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HISTORY 


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Carroll  County, 


New    Hampshire. 


(ILLUSTRATED.) 


We  tell  to-day  the  deeds  of  story, 
Ami  legends  of  the  oiden  time, 
win].   voiFes,  from  an  ancient  glory, 
sun  charm  us  as  a  silver  chime. 

The  oM  ami  new  join  loving  hands, 
The  pasl  before  the  present  stands; 
The  ages  give  each  other  greeting, 
And  years  recall  their  oM   renown, 
Their  acts  of  fortitude  repeating 
That  won  for  them  historic  crown. 


The  wheels  now  roll  in  lire  ami  thunder, 

And  bear  us  on  with  startling  speed; 
They  shake  the  dust  of  nations  under 
The  Mowers  of  forest,  mount,  and  nirad. 
The  oldtimc  worthies  siill  are  near, 
The  spirit  of  the  past  is  here; 
And  where  we  tread,  old  Indian  builders 
Looked  forward  through  the  mists  of  time 
A.S  we  look  hack.    The  scene  bewilders! 
And  all  the  distance  is  sublime. 

—  Adapt*  (/. 


GEORGIA    DREW     MERRILL,     Editor. 


\V.    A.    FERGUSSON    &    CO. 

BOSTON,   mass. 

1889. 


Copyright,  1889, 
By  W.  A.  Fergusson  &  Co. 


ALL  RIGHTS  RESERVED. 


PRESS  OF  SAMUEL   USHER, 
BOSTON,  MASS. 


FROM  innumerable  sources  of  information,  —  many  of  them  broken, 
fragmentary,  and  imperfect,  —  from  books,  manuscripts,  records,  and 
private  documents,  we  have  gathered  much  of  value  respecting  this 
land  of  Carroll  and  its  savage  and  civilized  occupancy.  In  our  labors 
we  have  endeavored  to  separate  truth  from  error,  fact  from  fiction,  as  they 
come  down  to  us  from  the  half-forgotten  days  in  legend,  tradition,  and  the 
annals  of  the  past. 

We  express  our  thanks  to  those  who  have  willingly  given  of  their 
time  and  labor  to  aid  us;  to  those  who  have  contributed  the  illustrations, 
thereby  adding  much  to  the  value  of  this  work ;  to  those  whose  cheering 
words  and  earnest  assistance  have  ever  been  at  our  service ;  and  to  all, 
for  the  uniform  courtesy  extended  unto  us  during  our  sojourn  in  this 
most  picturesque  of   counties. 


CONTENTS. 


OHAPTBB  PAGE 

I.  THE  COUNTY  OF  CARROLL  ....  1 
Organization  —  Towns  Included  —  Addi- 
tions —  Boundaries  —  Name  —  Strafford 
County  —  Area —  Location  and  Boundaries 

—  Population,  Agriculture,  Manufactures, 
and  Wealth  — Statistics  from  Census  of  1880 

—  Financial  Condition  —  Altitudes. 

ii.    Geology 4 

Rock  Formations  — Rock  Systems  —  The 
Age  of  Ice  — Glacial  Drift —  Lower  Till  — 
Upper  Till  —  Champlain    Period  —  Kames 

—  Recent  or  Terrace  Period,  etc.  etc. 

III.  Geology.—  (Continued) 8 

Modified  Drift,  etc.  —  Saco  River-  Pine 
River  —  Ossipee  Lake — Altitudes  around 
Winnipiseogee  Lake  —  Departure  of  the  Ice 
Sheet  —  Lake    Basins  —  Terraces  —  Kames 

—  Clay  —  Dunes  —  Lake  District  Elevations 

—  Conway  Bowlders  —  The  Washington 
Bowlder —  Ordination  Rock  —  Madison 
Bowlder  —  White  Mountain  Granites. 

IV.  Minerals 16 

(upper  —  Arsenic  —  Galenite  and  Silver  — 
Bornite  —  Sphalerite  —  Pyrite  —  ( Ihalcopy- 
rite  —  Arseuopyrite  —  Fluorite  —  Hematite 

—  Magnetite  —  Tin  —  Limonite  —  Quartz 

—  Beryl  —  Epidote  —  Mica  —  Feldspar  — 
Tourmaline  —  Chiastolite  —  Fibrolite  — 
Apatite  —  Scorodite  —  Calcite  —  Novaculite 

—  Gold. 

V.  Flora 19 

Alleghanian.  Canadian,  Arctic  or  Alpine 
Divisions — White-Pine  —  Pitch  and  Bed 
Pine  —  Hemlock  —  Oaks  —  Chestnut  —  But- 
ternut —  Elm  —  Maples  —  Birches  —  Beech 
Black  and  White  A-h—  Black.  Choke, 
and  Fire  Cherries  —  Black  Spruce —  White 
Spruce  —  Balsam-Fir —  American  Larch  — 
Poplar  —  Small  Trees  and  Shrubs  —  Alpine 
Plants. 

VI.  Inkivx  History      23 

Aboriginal  Indians  —  Iroquois  —  Mohawks 

—  Algonquins  —  New    England    Tribes  — 
Wigwams  —  Social  Life.  Government,  and 
Language — Food — Religion-  Taratines 
War.  Famine,  and    Plague  —  Nipmucks 
Passaconawav  —  Wonalancet    -  Kancama- 


CIIAPTER  PAGE 

gUS — LOVewell'S    Enterprises.    Buttle,   etc. 

—  Death  of  Paugus  —  Abenaquis  —  St 
Francis  Village  —Bounties  for  Scalps  and 
Prisoners. 

VII.  Early   History 39 

The  Sokokis  and  Pequawketi — Eastern 
Boundary  Line  — Walter  Bryant's  Journal 

—  Continuation  of  Boundary  Line  —  Rang- 
ing Parties  and  Military  Occupation  — 
Early  Grants  —  Townships  Granted  — 
First  Settlement  —  Early  Censuses  —  Pop- 
ulation, Polls,  and  Real  Estate  —  Rapid 
Increase  —  Early  Selectmen. 

VIII.  Early  Land  Grants,  Titles,  etc.  .  44 
Grants  by  James  I — North  Virginia  —  Ply- 
mouth Company  —  Captain  John  Smith  — 
New  England — Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges 
and  Captain  John  Mason —Province  of 
Maine  —  Laconia  —  First  Settlement  of 
New  Hampshire  —  Annulling  of  Plymouth 
Charter —  Death  of  John  Mason  —  Liti- 
gation —  Robert  Tufton  Mason  —  Gov- 
ernor Benuing  Wentworth —  Twelve  Pro- 
prietors and  their  Grants  —  Legislative 
Settlements  of  Mason's  Grant. 

IX.  Early  Settlers 50 

Character  of  Early  Settlers  of  New  Hamp- 
shire—  Concerning  the  Houses,  Manner  of 
Living,  etc.  —  ''The  Meeting-house"  — 
Minister  —  Traveling  —  Labor  —  Chil- 
dren—  Carroll  County  Pioneers  —  Hard- 
ships —  Privations  — ^Sufferings  —  Educa- 
tion —  Dress,  etc. 

X.  Primitive  Manners  and  Customs    .    55 

Clearing  Land— Planting  — First  Crops- 
Preparation  of  Flax  —  Carding  —  (Jarments 

—  IIoum's—  Modes  of  Traveling—  Food 
Primitive   Cooking—  "  Driving"  —Game 

—  Liquors  — Tools— Spinning— Loom  and 
Weaving. 

XI.  Roads G3 

Indian  Trails  —  Roads,  Turnpikes,  and 
Highways  —  Earlj  Post-routes—  Extracts 
from  Governor  and  Lady  Frances  Went- 
worth's  Letters—  Return  of  the  Governor's 
Load   to   Plymouth  — A  Coach  and  Sis 


VI 


Contents. 


PAGE 

Lake 


XIII. 


CHATTER 

Turnpikes  —  Canals  —  Railroads 

Na\  igation. 
\n.    i;i  you  noNAKi   Period  lnd  w  ar 

OV  1812 7:'' 

The  Association  Test  —  Patriotic  Spirit- 
Colonel  Poor's  Regiment  — Bounty  and 
Encouragemenl  —Nam''-  of  Recruits  — Col- 
one]  Badger's  Return  —  Colonel  Badger's 
Reporl  to  Committee  oi  Safety— Names  of 
Officers  and  Soldiers  -.Scouting  Parties  — 
Wakefield  Wolf  eborough  —  Effingham— 
Moultonborough  — Tamworth  —  Conway 
Sandwich— Tenth  and  Fourteenth  Regi- 
ments— War  of  1812. 

White  Mountains 87 

Topography  —  Mt  Starr  King  Group  —  Mt 
.  arter  Group  -Ml  Washington  Range- 
Cherry  Mountain  District  —  Mt  Willey 
Range  —  Passaconawaj  Range  —  Albany 
Mountains— Pequawkel  Area— History  — 
Mythology  —  First  Visited  —  Winthrop's 
Account  — Darby  Field's  Ascent  —  Josse- 
lyn's  Description  —  " The  Chrystal  Hills" 

—  Later  Visits  —  Western  Pass  or 
••  Notch  "  —  First  Settlement  —  Scientific 
Explorations-  Scenery  of  the  "Notch" 

—  Nash  and  Sawyer's  Grant  — "A  Horse 
through  the  Notch"  Sawyer's  Rock — 
Fir-t  Articles  of  Commerce  —  Tenth 
New  Hampshire  Turnpike  —  Brackett's 
Account  of  Naming  and  Ascertaining  the 
Heights  —  Other  Scientific  Visitors  — 
Hardships  of  Early  Settlers  —  First 
Bouse  in  the  "  Notch "  —  Crawford's 
Cabin  on  the  Summit  —  Summit  House  — 
Tip-top  House  — First  Winter  Ascent- 
Carriage  Road  — Glen  House— Ml  Wash- 
ington Railway  —  Mountain  Tragedies  — 
••Anion-  the  Clouds"  —  Signal  Station- 
Mi   Washington  Summit   House. 

XIV.    Scenery^    Attractions,    Tradi- 

I  ion-.  \Mi  Legendsoi  C  vrroll,  101 
Observation  Points:  —  Copple  Crown  - 
Moose  Mountain  — "Tumble-down  Dick" 
\li  Delighl  Green  Mountain  Ml 
Prospecl  Pockel  Hill  Batson  Hill  — 
Trask's  Hill  Whiteface  and  Cotton  Moun- 
tains -Ossipee  Mountains  Mt  Shaw — 
i  issipce  Park  -  Whittier  Peak  Uncle 
Tom's  Hill  Red  Hill  Mt  Israel  Sand- 
wich Dome  Mt  Whiteface  Passacona- 
waj The  Potash  Ml  Paugus  —  Mt 
\\  onalancel  Mt  Chocorua  Apostrophe 
to  Chocorua  Gow  Hill  Hear  Mountain 
—  Table  Mountain  .Mote  Mountain 
i;  igle  and  White-horse  Ledges  Haystack 
Mountain  Cathedral  Ledge  Devil's 
Den        Mi    Attitash        Conway's    Green 


CHAPTER  PAGE 

Hills  — Mt   Kearsarge  —  Thorn  Mountain 
—  Iron  Mountain  — Double-head  — Spruce, 
Black,  and  Sable  Mountains  —  Baldf  ace  — 
Lyman,  Glines,   and  Cragged  Mountains. 
XV.    Scenery,     Attractions,     Tradi- 
tions, and   Legends  of   Car- 
roll. —  (Continued) 109 

Character  of  First  Settlers  — Lake  Winni- 
piseogee— Squam    Lake  — Squaw  Cove  — 
Sandwich  Notch  —  Chocorua  —  Paugus. 
NVI.    Scenery.    Attractions,    Tradi- 
tions, and   Legends   of   Car- 
roll. —(Concluded) 125 

( lhampney  Falls  —Bear  Camp  River —  The 
Great  Carbuncle—  Saco  River  — The  Story 
of  Nancy  —  Carter  Notch  —  Pinkham  Notch 

—  Boott's  Spur  — The  Crystal  Cascade  — 
Glen  Ellis  Falls  —  Goodrich  Falls  —  Con  way 

—  Echo  Lake  —  Diana's  Bath  —  Artists' 
Brook  — Thomas  Starr  King  — The  Poet 
Whittier. 

XVII.  Military  History 134 

Military  Affairs  in  Carroll  County  Prior 
to  1861— Soldiers  in  the  Rebellion  1861 
to  1865. 

XVIII.  Masonic,  Odd  Fellow,  Medical, 
and  Temperance  Organizations,    186 

MASONIC.  —  Morning  Star  Lodge,  Wolfe- 
borough— Charter  Oak  Lodge,  Effingham 

—  Unity  Lodge,  Union  —  Carroll  Lodge, 
Freedom  —  Red  Mountain  Lodge,  Sandwich 

—  Ossipee  Valley  Lodge.  Centre   O-sipeC  — 

.Mount   Washington  Lodge,  North  Conway 

—  Officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  Odd  Fel- 
lowship.—Saco  Valley  Lodge,  North  Con- 
way—Bear  Camp  Lodge,  Sandwich  —Cold 
River  Lodge.  Tamworth —  Osceola  Lodge, 
Barl  lett  —  Trinity  Lodge,  Eaton  —  Fidelity 
Lodge,  Wolf  eborough  — Crystal  Lodge, 
Madison  — Carroll  County  Medical  Society 

—  Work  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Tem- 
perance Union. 

XIX.  Newspapers  and  Manufactures,  'j-il 
Newspapers  — Charles  H.  Parker— Timber 
and  Lumbering— Maple-sugar  Making  — 
<  >ther  Resources  —  Healthfulness  —  Why 
Manufacturers  Should  Locate  Here- Em- 
igration Should  Tend  Hitherward. 

XX.  State  and  County  Officials  .    .    •    232 

Delegates  to  Constitutional  Conventions- 
Early  Representatives  -Classed  Representa- 
tives Members  of  Congress  —State  Coun- 
cillors -Presidents  of  the  Senate  — State 
Senators  —  Justices  of  Court   of   Sessions 

Justices  of  Court   of  Common    Pleas 
County  Justices— Clerks  of  Superior  Court, 
Court    of    Common    Pleas,    and    Supreme 


Contents. 


vn 


.  ii  LPTBB  r.\i;i'. 

Court— Judges  of  Probate— Registers  of 

Probate  and  Deeds  — Treasurers  — Solici- 
tors—  Sheriffs  —  Commissioners. 

\\i.    Courts  and  County  Buildings     .    23s 
History  of  the  Courts— The  Superior  Court 

of  Judicature — The  Inferior  Court  of 
Common  Pleas — The  Court  of  General  Ses- 
sions of  the  Peace  —  Prohate  Court  —  Trial 
Terms  —  Court-House  —  County  Farm, 
House,  and  Jail. 

XXII.    Courts,  Lawyers,  and  Notable 

Trials 242 

Introduction — James  Otis  Freeman — Sam- 
uel Emerson  —  Samuel  Peabody  —  Judge 
Charles  A.  Peabody— Ira  A.  Bean— Lawyer 
Everett  —  Robert  Tibbets  Blazo— William 
M.  Weed  —  Nathaniel  Quimby  —  Aaron 
Beede  Hoyt  —  Neal  McGaffey  — John  Me- 
Gaffey  — Judge    David     Hammonds  Hill 

—  Erastus  P.  Jewell  — Henry  Asa  Folsom 

—  A.  Birnay  Tasker — Levi  Folsom — Henry 
C.  Durgin  —  George  P.  Davis — Elbridge 
Fogg  — Charles  E.  Hoag— Horace  L.  Had- 
ley  —  William  B.  Fellows  —  Alonzo  Mc- 
Crillis  — David  McCrillis  —  Samuel  Hidden 
Went  worth  —  Paul  Wentworth —  Moses  J. 
Wentworth  —  George  Wiuslow  Wiggin  — 
Alpheus  B.  Stickney  —  William  Quinby — 
Aaron  Beede,  Jr — JohnPeavey  —  Zachariah 
Batchelder— Joseph  Farrar— Charles  F.  Hill 

—  William  Copp  Fox — Edwin  Pease  — 
George  E.  Beacham— Sewall  W.  Abbott  — 
Joseph  Tilton  —  David  Copp,  Jr  —  Amasa 
Copp  —  William  Sawyer  —  Josiah  Hiltou 
Hobbs — Luther  Dearborn  Sawyer — George 
Y.  Sawyer  —  Hon.  Joshua  Oilman  Hall  — 
John  Paul — Amasa  C.  Paul— Charles  Ches- 
ley — Frank  Hobbs — Charles  W.  Sanborn  — 
Edward  A.  Paul — Arthur  L.  Foote — Josiah 
Dearborn  —  Samuel  Q.  Dearborn  —  Hayes 
Lougee  —  John  Sumner  Kunnells — Orestes 
Topliff— Nicholas  O.  Blaisdell  —  Elmer 
Smart  — Josiah  H.  Hobbs  —  Uriah  Copp, 
Jr  — Sanborn  B.  Carter  —  Buel  Clinton 
Carter — Samuel  D.  Quarles — Frank  Weeks 

—  Oliff  Cecil  Moulton — George  Barstow 
French  —  Charles  B.  Oafney  —  Zara  Cutler 

—  Benjamin  Boardman  —  <  >bed  Hall — Hon. 
Joel  Eastman  —  Francis  Russell  Chase  — 
diaries  B.  Shackford  —  John  Colby  Lang 
Wood  — John  B.  Nash  —  Frederic  B.  Os- 
good—Hon.  O.  W.  M.  Pitman  Seth  Wy- 
man  Fife  —  John  Bickford  —  James  A. 
Edgerly  —  Conclusion  —  Notable  Trials. 

XXIII.     WOLFEBOROUGH 270 

Kingswood  —  Grant  —  Grantees  Associ- 
ates—Township   Delined—  Wolfeborough 


CHAPTER  PAGE 

Addition,  etc.  —  To] tography — Bays—  Lake 
Wentworth  —  Ponds  —  Mountains— Abori- 
gines—Name  —  Survey  —  <  lommittee  for 
Settling  — .'Miles  Road  Elisha  Bryant- 
Drawing  of  Lots  -  -  First  .Mills  — The  Neck 
—First  Settlers  —Forfeitures  —  Charter  — 
Action  of  Town  in  First  Meetings  —  Fair  — 
Quaint  Records  —  Officers  —  Prosperity  and 
Depression  —  Ammunition  —  Committee  of 
Safety  —  I  uventories  of  177G  —  Governor 
Wentworth  and  his  Farm. 

XXIV.  Wolfeborough.  —  (Continued)    .    29G 

Something  about  the  Proprietors  —  Early 
Settlers — Early  Families  and  their  Descend- 
ants. 

XXV.  Wolfeborough.  — (Continued)  .  .312 
Revolution  —  Proprietors  and  the  Laud 
they  Owned  —  Schools  —  Advancement  of 
the  Town  —  Wolfeborough  Village  about 
1800  — Action  of  Town  in  Civil  War- 
Later  Chronicles —  Civil  List. 

XXVI.  Wolfeborough.  — (Continued)  .  .325 
Church  History  —  Town  Meeting-house  — 
Rev.  Ebenezer  Allen  —  Congregational 
Church  —  North  Wolfeborough  Congrega- 
tional Church  —  First  freewill  Baptist 
Church  —  Rev.  Isaac  Townsend  —  Deacon 
B.  F.  Parker  —  Second  Freewill  Baptist 
Church  —  First  Christian  Church — Second 
Christian  Church  —  Second  Advents — First 
Unitarian  Society  —  Church  Buildings. 

XXYII.  Wolfeborough.— (Continued)  .  347 
Schools  —  Early  Teachers —  "  Master  Con- 
nor" —  School  Districts  —  School  Com- 
mittees —  School  Money  —  Wolfeborough 
and  Tuftonborough  Academy — Incorpora- 
tion —  Charter  —  Lot — Proprietors  — Acad- 
emy Building  —  Chapel  —  Pewholders  — 
Trustees  of  Academy—  Preceptors — <  Ihris- 
tian  Institute  —  School  Money  for  1888  — 
Number  of  Scholars  —  Social  Library  — 
Brewster  Free  Academy  —  Temperance. 

XXVIII.  Wolfeborough.  — (Concluded)  .  356 
MilN  and  Manufactures  —  Early  Stores 
and  Traders— Taverns — Hotels  —  Summer 
Boarding-houses — Insurance  Company— 
Banks  —  Physicians  —  Fatal  Casualties  — 
Fires  —  Societies— Brewster  Memorial  Hall 

—  Present  Business  Interests--- Pen  Pic- 
ture"—Financial  Condition— Biographical 
Sketches. 

XXIX.  MOULTONBOROUGH 392 

Location  and  Surveys  —  Grant  —  Names  of 
( ;  rantees— Bounties  to  Settlers  —  Bounties 
to   Mill-builders  — Petition  of  Proprietors 

—  Incorporation  —  Name. 


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Contents. 


.   II  IPTEK  PAGE 

XXX.  Moultonborough.  —  (Continued)  .  306 
Boundaries—  Mbultonborough  Neck  and 
Long  Island  —  Brown  Family  —  Easl  Moul- 
ton borough  — Moultouborougb  Fulls  — 
Moultonborough  Corner  —  Red   Mountain 

The  Cook  Family  —  Ossipee  Mountain  - 
Ossipee  Park— B.  F.  Sbaw— Pond9  and 
Streams  Little  Winnipiseogee  Pond — Red 
Hill  River  Gristmill  -Sawmill  Emery's 
M il Is  —  Indian  Occupancy,  Relics,  etc. — 
Early  Prices. 

XXXI.  Moultonborough.—  (Continued)  401 
Firsl  Town-meeting  —  Inventory  — Divi- 
sion Line: Jonathan  Moulton—  Moulton- 
borough and  Sandwich  Social  Library  — 
Colonel  Nathan  Doit— 1820  — Early  Set- 
tlers  and  their  Descendants  —  John  Mars- 
ton  Richardson  Family — Smith  Family — 
Lee  Family  —  Evans  Family  —  The  Sturte- 
vants— Moulton,  Bean,  and  Ambrose  Fami- 
lies, etc. —Early  Life—  Prominent  Natives 
not  Residents  —  Temperance  Question. 

XXXLT.  Moultonborough.— (Continued)  407 
Ecclesiastical — First  Meeting-house — Con- 
gregational <  ihurch— Covenanl  Presented— 
Signers — Petition  in  Relation  to  Rev. 
Samuel  Perley — Rev.  Jeremiah  Shaw  — 
Salary  —  Ordination  —  Rev.  Joshua  Dodge 

—  New  Church  at  the  Corner — Metho- 
disl  Church-  Pastors  — Freewill  Baptisl 
Church  —  Christian  Baptists  and  Advent- 
ists. 

XXXIII.  Moultonborough.— (Concluded)  410 
Physicians— Business  Men — Other  Sketches 

—  Action  of  Town  in  the  Rebellion  —  Civil 

List. 

XXXIV.  TUFTONBOROUGH 422 

Introduction  —  Boundaries  —  Description 

-  Scenery  —Township  Granted  —  Names 
on  Firsl  Inventory  -Petition pf  Woodbury 
Langdon  -other  Petitions— Reception  of 
Petition-,  etc.  Act  of  Incorporation  — 
Record  of  First  Town-meeting— First 
Roads  First  Settlers  —  Town-house  — 
Public  Library. 

XXXV.  Tuftonborough. —(Continued)  .    430 
i  longregational  Church  —  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church    -First  Christian  Church- 
ed Christian  Church—  Firsl  Freewill 

Baptisl  Church  A<lv<-it  Church — Tem- 
perance — Schools. 
x  XXVI.  Tuftonborough.—  (Concluded)  436 
Civil  War— Postoffices-  -Villages— Islands 
ties  —  Civil  Fist  Biographical 
Sketches. 

XXXVII.     BROOKFIELD l.-.o 

Incorporation  and  Description— Early  Set- 


CHAPTER  PAGE 

t  lers  —  First  Town-meeting  —  Records  of 
L795  Inventory  of  1796  — Further  Town- 
meetingi — The  Haven  Farms — Religious 
Societies  —  The  Great  Rebellion— Business 
Interests,  etc.  —  Prominent  Families— Civil 
List. 

XXXVIII.     WAKEFIELD       462 

Wakefield  — Original  Name  —  Incorpora- 
tion —  Changes  —  Surface  —  Bodies  of 
Water— Extract  from  Proprietors'  Records 
—Petition  for  Incorporation  —  First  Town 
Officers  — Civil  List. 

XX  XIX.  Wakefield.  —  (Continued)  .  .  468 
Topography — Masonian  Proprietors— East 
Town  —  Early  Settlement  —  Lots  —  Early 
Settlers  —  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Oilman  — 
Captain  Jeremiah  Gilinan —  John  Horn  — 
( Japtain  David  Copp — Deacon  Simeon  Dear- 
I  >orn  —  John  Dearborn  —  Josiah  Page  — 
John  Kimball — Noah  Kimball  —  Colonel 
Jonathan  Palmer  —  Andrew  Gilman  — 
Clement  Steel  —  Benjamin  Perkins— Rev. 
Avery  Hall  —  Samuel  Sherborn — William 
Moore. 

XL.  Wakefield.—  (Continued)  ....  473 
Early  Settlers  Continued  —  Samuel  and 
Joseph  Haines  —  Robert  Hardy  —  Extract 
t  rom  Diary  of  RobertHardy — -Josiah  Hun- 
ford —  Samuel.  Samuel,  Jr,  and  Ahner 
Allen— Nathaniel  Balch— Eliphalet  Quimby 

—  Daniel  Hall  — Samuel  Hall  — John  Scrib- 
ner  —  Reuben  Lang  —  Jacob  Lock  — Weeks 
Family  — Mayhew  Clark  — Nathan  Mor- 
dough  —  Joseph  Maleham  —  Daniel  Horn 
— John  Huggins  —  Benjamin  Safford  and 
others  —  John  Wingate  —  Eliphalet  Phil- 
brook —  Captain  Robert  ('alder  —  Captain 
Joseph  Manson  —  Joseph  Wiggin — Richard 
Dow — Isaac  Fellows — Nathan  Dearborn  — 
Thomas  Cloutman  —  Benjamin  and  David 
Horn  —  Simeon,  Isaiah,  and  Jacob  Wiggin. 

XLI.  Wakefield.— (Continued)  ....  478 
Wakefield  in  the  Revolution  — Extracts 
from  Records  —  Signers  of  Association 
Test— Captain  Gilman  — Militia  Officers, 
Requirements,  and  Supplies —  Early  Roads 

—  Some  Acts  whicli  make  for  Peace  and 
Safety. 

XLII.  Wakefield.  —  (Continued)  ...  481 
Transition  State  —  Petition  for  Repeal  of 
Lumber  Act  —  Petition  Relative  to  Arrears 
of  Taxes  — Tax  List  of  1795  — Town  Busi- 
ness—War of  1812  — John  Paul— Wake- 
field in  1817  — Extracts  from  Town  Records 
and  Action  of  Town  — From  1817  to  1842 

—  The  Poor  in  Town  — The  Mexican  War 
— War  for  the  Union  —  Action  of  Town  in 
the  Rebellion  — Town  Debt. 


Contents. 


IX 


CHAPTER  l'v''1 

Xl.lll.  Waki'i  ii  i  i>.  (<  lontinued)  .  .  •  187 
Ecclesiastical  History-  <  lentennial  Poem 
FirstChurch-  -Organization  FirstMem- 
bers  Early  Action  Rev.  Asa  Piper 
l;. iv.  Samuel  Nichols  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Barker  —  Martin  Leffingwell  Joseph  B. 
Tufts  Rev.  Daniel  Dana  Tappan  Rc\ . 
Al\:m     Tobej       Rev.    Sumner    Clark  — 

•  Rev.  George  O.  Jenness      Rev.  Alberl  II. 

Thompson  -Rev.    Lyman    White-     Early 
Historj  "T  Church  ami  Society— Deacons 

—  Other  Members — One  Hundredth  Anni- 
versary -Second  Congregational  Church 
— Organization  —  Original  Members —Min- 
isters Deacons  —  Sunday-school-  Free- 
will Baptist  Churches  —  Methodisl  Epis- 
copal Church — Second  Advent  Church 
Episcopal  Church —  Meeting-houses,  etc. 

XLIY.  Wakefield.— (Continued)  .  .  .  506 
Education,  Early  Provisions  for — Teach- 
ers' Wages  First  Schools  Districts  — 
School  Committees  —  Common  Schools  — 
Dow  Academy — Wakefield  Academy — Col- 
legiates  —  Teachers,     etc.  —  Libraries  — 

Societies. 

xi.v.  Wakefield.  —  (Concluded)  .  .  .  514 
Development —  Union  Village  —  Railroads 

—  Wolfboro  Junction  —  Manufacturing  — 
Population  —  Polities  —  East  Wakefield  — 
Taverners  and  Traders  —  Early  Prices 
.North  Wakefield  and  Wakefield  Corner 
— Physicians  Longevity,  etc  — Biographi- 
cal Sketches. 

XLVI.     EFFINGHAM 531 

Situation—  Original  Grant  —  North  Effing- 
ham ■  Area  —  Surface  —  Boundaries 
Indian  Relics — Proprietors'  Meeting  — 
Conditions  of  Charter— Survej  Early 
Scii  lements  — Association  Test  —  Early  Ac- 
count-   Pay  of  Town  Officers    <i\il  List. 

XLYII.  Effingham.— (Continued)  .  .  .  538 
Roads  and  Bridges  -Highway  Districts  in 
wi-j  Mails,  Postoffices,  Stage  Routes 
Effingham  Fall--  South  Effingham— Hunt- 
ress Neighborhood  Merchants  —  House 
on  Green  Mountain—  [ce  Cave. 

SLVIII.  Effingham.  -(Concluded)  .  .  547 
Preaching—  <  fhurches-  Schools  —  Higher 
School-  -Physicians  — Sheriff— F.  W. 
Barker. 

\LI\.     FREEDOM 560 

incorporation    -Description  —  Boundaries 

—  Population      Freedom  Grange    -Manu- 
facturing   Mercantile  Houses     Physicians 

—  lion.  Zebulon   Pease      Savings  Bank  — 
Baptist  Church  —  Christian  Church. 


CHAPTER  PAGE 

L.    Freedom.     (Concluded) 667 

Civil  List  Town  Annals  Biographical 
Sketches. 

l.l.    OSSIPEE :.:•.» 

Description    -Lake-.  Streams,  and   Ponds 

—  Origin  of  Name  —  Boundaries  and 
Changes  [ncorporation  Forts  Indian 
Monumental  Mound  -"Where  some  of  the 
Early  Settlers  lived  Early  .Mill-  Stores 
and  Trader-. 

LIL    Ossipee.      (Continued) 589 

What  the  Early  Records  Contain  Early 
Taverners-  Early  Marriages  — First  In- 
ventory. 

LIII.    Ossipee.  —  (Continued) :»:u 

Gleanings  from  Town  Records  —  Action  of 
Town  in  the  War  of  1861  —  Later  Chroni- 
cles—Condition  of  Schools. 

L1Y.    Ossipee.  —  (Continued) 603 

First  Congregational  Church  —  First  Meet- 
ing-house—  Freewill   Baptist   Churches 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

LV.    Ossipee.— (Continued) 615 

Villages  ossipee  —  Centre  o-sjpee  — 
West  ( >ssipee  —  Ossipee  Valley  —  Moul- 
tonville  —  Water  Village  —  Leighton's 
Corners — Family  and  Personal  Sketches. 

LVI.    Ossipee.  —  (Concluded) 633 

Civil  List  —  Statistics  —  Biographical 
Sketch.-. 

LVII.     SANDWICH CD 

Charter  —  Boundaries  —  Names  of  Grantees 

—  Additional  Grant  —  First  Meeting  of 
Proprietors  —  Orlando  Weed  —  Terms  of 
Sei  i  lenient  —  ( it  her  Set  t  lers  —  Further  En- 
couragement—  Drawing  of  Lots — Daniel 
Beede's  Survey  —  Committee  to  Prosecute 
Colonel  Jonathan  .Moult on  —  Proprietors' 
Gift  to  Sandwich. 

LVIII.  Sandwich.  —  (Continued)  .  .  .  .  640 
Situation  —  I  lealtlifulne--  -Scenery  Sand- 
wich Dome — Red  Hill  Pond  —  Wentworth 
Ilill  —  First  Birth— Selectmen's  Return  in 
1775— Some  Residents  in  1776— French 
and  Indian  War— Revolutionary  Soldiers 

—  Earlj  Traders —  Lower  Corner  —  Centre 
.Sandwich.   1800-10  —  Business    Centres- 
Early  Industries      I'liy-icians      Dentist 
.Mill-    and    Manufactures       Merchants 
Sandw  ich    <  'attic       Freshet-       Longe>  ity 

—  Summer  Boarding-houses,  etc.  etc. 

l.l  X.    SANDWicn.      (Continued) 664 

Characteristics  of  Early  Settlers  —  Emi- 
gration— Early  Population  —  Early  Com- 
merce and  Highways  —  Place  of  Settlement 

—  Colonel  Jonathan  Moulton —  The  Asso- 


Contents. 


CHAPTEB  PAGE 

ciation  Test—  Signers'  Names— Inventor  j 
df  its:;      Persona]  Sketches. 

I,\.    Sandwich.  —  (Continued) 677 

Church  Bistory  —  Elder  Jacob  Jewell  — 
Calvinistic  Baptists  —  Freewill  Baptisi 
Church  —  Sketches  of  some  of  its  Pastors 

—  North  Sandwich  Freewill  Baptisl 
Church  —  Methodism  —  Congregational 
Churches  —  The  Friends  —  Education  — 
Sandwich  Library  Association. 

I. XI.  Sandwich.— (Concluded)  ....  694 
Excerpts  from  Early  and  Late  Town 
Records  Action  of  Town  in  Civil  War  — 
civil  List  — Biographical  Sketches. 

l.XII.     TAM  WORTH 731 

Name  —  Surface  —  Bodies  of  Water  — 
Boundaries  —  Chocorua  Lake  — Tarn  worth 

—  Grantees  —  First  Settlers  and  Set- 
tlements—Progress and  Prosperity  — 
"Siege  of  Wolves" — Trout  —  Tamworth 
Village  —  South  Tamworth  —  Hotels  — 
Tamworth  Inn  —  Tamworth  Iron  Works 

—  Chocorua  House  —  Merchants  of  Tam- 
worth Iron  Works  —  Cottages  —  First 
Inventory  —  Water-powers,  Mills,  and 
Manufacturing. 

LXIII.    Tamworth.— (Continued)     .    .    .    743 

Town  Annals  from  1777 — Action  of  Town 
in  Civil  War  —  Soldiers  in  Organizations 
outside  the  State  —  Civil  List  and  Later 
Annals. 

LX1V.  Tamworth.  —  (Continued)  .  .  .  75G 
Church  History  —  Arrangements  for  Set- 
tling Mr  Samuel  Hidden —Parsonage  — 
Letter  of  Acceptance  — Organization  and 
Ordination  — Original  Members  — Rev.  Mr 
Hidden*-  Pastorate  —  The  Hidden  Monu- 
ment -  Other  Pastors—  Deacons—  Free- 
will Baptists  — Rev.  John  Runnels  — 
Second,  Third,,  and  South  Tamworth  Bap- 
tist Churches—  Rev.  David  Bean— Metho- 
disl  Episcopal  Church— "Reminiscences 
of  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden"  — Education. 

LXV.    Tamworth.      (((included)  ....    765 

s" Citizens,    Families,    and     Business 

[ntcrests-    Biographical  Sketches. 

I.WI.     A  I. KAN  V 7S-2 

Grant  Boundaries  Grantees  —  Descrip- 
tion Seltlemenl  Petition  —  Orlando 
Weed  Colonel  Jeremiah  Oilman  — 
A  Hard  Family  —  Population—  Albany  in 
1868  Timber  Lands  — Freewill  Baptisl 
Church  Union  Chapel  of  Chocorua  — 
Civil  List. 

I.WI  I.     EATON 788 

Date    of    Grant— Description  — Number 


CHAPTER  PAGE 

of  Polls  hi  1783  — First  Town-meeting— 

Additions  to  Town  —  Eaton  Centre  — 
Snowville  —  Mills  —  William    Robertson 

—  Other  Early  Settlers  —  Sketches  — 
Churches. 

LXVIII.    Eaton.— (Concluded) 795 

War  of  1S12  Action  in  Civil  War  —  Civil 
List  and  Extracts  from  Town  Records  — 
Inventory,  Valuation,  etc.,  1889  —  Bio- 
graphical Sketches. 

LXIX.    MADISON 802 

Organization  —  Description  —  Boundaries 

—  Some  Early  Settlers  —  Mills  —  Silver 
Mine  —  Physicians  —  Early  Taverns  — 
Traders  —  Silver  Lake  —  Silver  Lake  Yi\- 
lage  —  Bickford's  Cave  —  Madison  Village. 

LXX.    Madison.  —  (Concluded) 809 

Town  Annals — Freewill  Baptist  Churches 

—  Rev.  Charles  E.  Blake  —  Civil  List  — 
Statistics. 

LXX  I.    COX  WAY 815 

Introduction  —  Conditions  of  Charter  and 
Boundaries  —  Grantees  —  Pequawket  — 
The  Original  Proprietors  and  List  of 
Settlers  —  Andrew    McMillan's    Petition 

—  Roads  —  Prominent  Settlers  —  Signers 
of  Association  Test — Early  Mills  —  Early 
Prices  —  Early  Innkeepers  —  Early  Taxes 

—  Early  Music — Early  Survey  —  Freshet 
of  October,  1785  —  Inventory  of  1794. 

LXXII.    Conway.  —  (Continued)   .     ...    826 

Extracts  from  Proprietors'  Records  — 
Annals  from  Town  Records  —  Action  in 
the  Civil  War— Civil  List. 

LXXIII.  Conway.— (Continued)  .  .  .  .843 
Brief  Sketches  of  some  of  the  Early  Set- 
tlers, their  Families  and  Descendants  — 
Physicians  —  Schools. 

LXX  IV.  Conway. —  (Continued)  ....  859 
Ecclesiastical  —  First  Preaching  —  What 
Rev.  Timothy  Walker  wrote  —  Mr  Moses 
Adams  —  Rev.  Mr  Porter's  Letter  — 
( 'hurch  Organization  —  Covenant  —  Sign- 
ers—  First  Minister  —  Other  Pastors  — 
Second  Church  —  Meeting-houses —  Bap- 
tist Church  —  Protests  —  Organization  — 
Petition  for  Incorporation  —  Pastors  — 
Reorganization  —  Other  Pastors  —  Con- 
way Freewill  Baptist  Church  —  Methodism 
in  Conway  —  Episcopal  Church. 

LXXV.  Conway.  —  (Concluded)  ....  st;> 
Industrial  Development  —  Mills, Tanneries, 
and  Stores  in  1832  —  Largest  Tax-payers  in 
1832— Chaises  in  1S32— Conway  in  1858 
and  1S72  —  Farms,  etc. —  Conway  Village 
in  1879  —  Conway  Savings  Bank  — Sturte- 


Index    to   Towns. 


m 


CHAFTBB  I'AiiK 

rant's  Peg-wood  Mill —  Bennett's  Spool 
Factory  —  Conway  House  —  Pequawkel 
House  —  other  Business  [nterests  —  North 
( lonway  -  Scenery  -Libraries — North  <  !on- 
way  Water-works,  etc. —  Railroad  Stations 

—  Hotels  —  Kearsarge  House— North  Con- 
way House  Sunset  Pavilion  —  Bellevue 
House — Eastman  House—  Artists'  Falls 
House— McMillan  House—  Randall  House 

—  Moat  Mountain  House  —  Past  and 
Present  Business  Men  and  interests — The 
interval* — Intervale  House,  etc.  —  Kear- 
Barge Village— Merrill  House  —  The  Orient 

—  The  Ridge  —  Redstone  —  Centre  Conway 

—  Cotton's  Manufactory  —  Centre  House, 
etc.  —  South  Conway  —  Green  Hills  — 
Conway  Street  —  East  Conway  —  Bio- 
graphical  Sketches. 

EX  XVI.    BAKTLETT 909 

Description — Scenery — Mountains — Rivers 

—  The  Saco  —  Incorporation  —  Grant  — 
Lieutenant  Vere  Roysc — Pioneers  —  Rela- 
tive to  a  Bridge  over  East  Branch  —  Roads 
and  Bridges  —  Signers  to  a  Petition  —  An- 
drew McMillan's  Petition  —  Mills — Some- 
thing Concerning  Early  Settlers  —  Names 
on  the  Tax-list  of  1811. 

I. XXVII.  Bartlett.  —  (Continued)  .  .  .917 
Town  Annals  and  Civil  List  —  Action  of 
Town  in  the  Rebellion. 

EX  XV  III.  Bartlett. —  (Concluded)  .  .  .927 
Early  Hotels  and  Staging — Physicians  — 
Bartlett  Village— Bartlett  Land  and  Luni- 


"  I'M. I 

ber  Company  -Kearsarge  Pi  Company  — 
Description  Business  interests  Glen 
Station  — Later  Hotels  Resources  Free- 
will Baptist  Church  Methodisl  Episcopal 
Church  Chapel  of  the  mils  —  Biographi- 
cal Sketches. 


EX  XIX.     IIAUT'S  LOCATION 


9  il- 


ex XX.    JACKSON in;, 

Introduction  -Scenery  —  Situation  Moun- 
tains incorporation — Grants — Firsl  Set- 
ters -  Petitions  —  First  Town-meeting  — 
First  Road  —  Inventory  of  1801  —  Some 
Early  Settlers  and  their  Descendants  — 
Personal  Sketches. 

LX.XXI.    Jackson.  —  (Concluded)  ....    956 
The   First    Schoolhouse  —  Early  Teacher- 

—  School  Surroundings,  etc.  —  Freewill 
Baptist  Church  —  Rev.  Daniel  Elkins  and 
Other  Pastors  — The  Protestant  Chapel 
Association  —  Temperance  —  Libraries  — 
Manufacturing  and  Merchants — Hotels  — 
Centennial  Celebration  —  Civil  List  — 
Action  of  Town  in  the  Rebellion  — 
Character  of  the  People  —  Glen  Ellis  Falls 

—  Biographical  Sketches. 

EX  XXII.    CHATHAM 977 

Description  —  Population  —  Families  —Ac- 
tion of  the  Proprietors  — Early  Settlers  — 
Extracts  from  -Town  Records — Chatham 
in  the  Rebellion — Reminiscences  of  Samuel 
Phipps,  Jr  —  Church  History — Education 

—  Civil  List  —  Biographical  Sketches. 


INDEX   TO  TOWNS. 


I'AGE 

ALBANY 782 

BARTLETT 909 

BROOKFIELD 150 

<  HATHAM 977 

CONWAY 815 

BATON       788 

EFFINGHAM 531 

FREEDOM 5C0 

HART'S  LOCATION 942 


i'agi; 

JACKSON       945 

MADISON       802 

MOULTONBOROUGH 392 

OSSIPEE .">7'.» 

SANDWICH       (it  l 

TAM  WORTH T:;i 

TUFTONBOROUGH   4^2 

WAKEFIELD 162 

WOLFEBOROUGH JT!i 


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MOUNT  A\I>  LAKE  CHOCORUA engraving    ...  106 

PARKER,  CHARLES  II 224 

WEED,  COL  WILLIAM   M engraving    ...  245 

HILL,  JUDGE  DAVID  H.1        engraving    ...  249 

EASTMAN,  HON.  JOEL        engraving    ...  266 

PITMAN,  HON.  G.  W.  M engraving    ...  270 

AVERY,  SAMUEL engraving    ...  373 

PICKERING,  DANIEL engraving    .     .     .  380 

BROWN,  ADAM engraving    .     .     .  383 

HUGGINS,  SAMUEL engraving    ...  386 

HUGGINS,  JOHN  P engraving    ...  388 

WHITTON,  HON.  THOMAS  L engraving    ...  389 

PEAVEY,  JOHN  1 391 

PEAVEY,  COL  JOHN        engraving    ...  447 

SANBORN,  IK»N.  JOHN  W engraving    .     .     .  521 

GARVIN,  CAPTAIN  EBENEZER engraving    .     .     .  524 

CANNEY,  MOSES]? engraving    .     .     .  527 

DORR,  GEORGE  S 529 

DEMERITT,  JOHN engraving    .     .     .  557 

TOWLE,  ELI  AS engraving    .     .     .  574 

THURSTON,  JOSIAH engraving    ...  576 

THE  QUARLES  FAMILY 637 

QUARLES,  LIEUT-COL  SAMUEL  I) engraving    ...  638 

GRANT,  NATHANIEL.  M.D engraving     .     .     .  040 

WHITE.  CHARLES,  M.D engraving    ...  706 

WHITE,  CHARLES  HENRY,  SURGEON  U.  S.  N.       .     . engraving    ...  708 

COOK,  JOHN engraving    .     .     .  709 

COOK,  ASA  S engraving    .     .     .  711 

THE  WENTWORTH  FAMILY 713 

WENTWORTH,  COL  JOSEPH engraving    ...  714 

HOYT,  AARON   BEEDE engraving    ...  715 

WIGGIN,  MEHITABLE  BEEDE       717 

MARSTON,  HON.  MOULTON  H engraving    ...  719 

HEARD,  HON.  WILLIAM   A engraving    ...  720 

FELLOWS,  COL  ENOCH  Q.       . engraving    .     .     .  723 

FELLOWS,  (  HRISTOPHEB  C 726 

SKINNER,  DANIEL  M engraving    .    .    .  727 

STEVENSON,  JOHN  M engraving    ...  777 

PERKINS,  TRUE       engraving    .    .    .  779 

PERKINS,  EDWIN  R engraving    ...  780 

SNOW.  EDWIN engraving    ...  799 

MASON,  NATHANIEL  E engraving    ...  895 

ABBOTT,  HIRAM  C engraving    .    .    .  S9S 

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MoKTON,  LEANDEF.  S engraving    .    .    .  901 

MORRILL,  JOEL  E ,.','.'.  903 

PITMAN,  HON.  LTCURGUS engraving    !    !    '.  903 

MURPHY,  LADY   BLANCHE 905 

THE  PENDEXTEK   FAMILY \  935 

PENDEXTER,  SAMUEL engraving    .    '.    !  937 

PENDEXTER,  CHARLES  C engraving    .    .    .  938 

PENDEXTER,  SOLOMON  D sngraving    .    .    .  939 

PITMAN,  HON.  JOSEPH       engraving    .    .    '.  940 

TRICKEY,  CAPTAIN  JOSHUA engraving    .    .    .  967 

WENTWORTH,  GEN.  MARSHALL  C engraving    .    .    .  969 

BTILLLNGS,  NICHOLAS  T engraving    .    .    .  972 

THE  MESERVE  FAMILY 973 

EASTMAN,  ASA :M 

CLAY,  ITHIELE engraving    .    .    .  985 


HISTORY 


OF 


Carroll  County. 


CHAPTER   I. 


THE   COUNTY   OF   CARROLL. 


Organization  —  Towns  Included  —  Additions  —  Boundaries  —  Name  —  Strafford  County  — 
Area,  Location,  and  Boundaries  —  Population,  Agriculture,  Manufactures,  and  Wealth  —  Sta- 
tistics from  Census  of  1880  —  Financial  Condition  —  Altitudes. 

CARROLL  COUNTY  was  created  by  an  act  of  the  state  legislature  approved 
December  23,  1840,  which  also  formed  Belknap  county.  The  language 
of  the  act  concerning  the  towns  embraced  in  Carroll  county  is  "  the  said 
count}'  of  Carroll  shall  contain  all  the  lands  and  waters  included  within  the 
following  towns  and  places,  which  now  constitute  a  part  of  the  county  of 
Strafford,  to  wit:  Albany,  Brookfield,  Chatham,  Conway,  Eaton,  Effingham, 
Freedom,  Moultonborough,  Sandwich,  Tarn  worth,  Tuftonborough,  Ossipee, 
Wakefield,  and  Wolfborough,  and  the  said  towns  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby, 
severed  and  disannexed  from  the  county  of  .Strafford." 

By  an  act  of  the  legislature  approved  January  5,  1853,  Bartlett,  Jackson, 
and  lint's  Location  were  disannexed  from  the  county  of  Coos  and  annexed  to 
( arroll  county. 

Boundaries  lid  ween  Belknap  and  Carroll  counties  were  established  in  1841 
thus:  "Beginning  at  the  easterly  termination  of  the  line  dividing  the  towns  of 
Meredith  and  Moultonborough;  thence  running  easterly  to  the  southerly  point 
of  Long  Island  in  Winnipisseogee  lake;  thence  easterly  to  the  westerly  termi- 
nation of  the  line  dividing  the  towns  of  Wolfborough  and  Alton  ;  and  all  the 
lands  and  waters  lying  northerly  of  said  line  and  between  that  and  said  towns 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


of  Moultonborough,  Tuftonborough,  and  Wolfborough  shall  constitute  a  part 
of  said  county  of  Carroll." 

The  town  of  Madison  was  incorporated  from  the  western  part  of  Eaton  in 
1852. 

Carroll  county  received  its  name  in  commemoration  of  Charles  Carroll  of 
Carrollton,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence,  and  by  the  diversified  and  lovely  character  of  its  bewitching 
scenery  is  keeping  the  name  a  household  word  in  the  cultured  minds  of  both 
the  old  and  new  worlds.  No  other  county  in  the  state  presents  more  attrac- 
tions to  the  traveler,  and  none  other  has  received  such  a  wealth  of  tribute 
from  pen  of  poet  or  gifted  litterateur. 

Strafford  county,  from  which  Carroll  was  formed,  was  one  of  the  five  origi- 
nal counties  of  New  Hampshire,  being  made  by  the  same  act  which  created 
Rockingham,  Hillsborough,  Cheshire,  and  Grafton,  March  19,  1771.  Many  of 
the  towns  in  Carroll  have  a  much  older  corporate  existence  than  the  county, 
and  some  of  them  are  as  old  as  the  five  first  counties.  The  early  or  pioneer 
stage  belongs  here  rather  to  the  towns  than  to  the  county,  and  will  receive 
attention  in  their  history. 

Carroll  county  contains  an  area  of  nearly  six  hundred  square  miles,  is  sur- 
rounded on  the  north  by  Coos  and  Grafton  counties,  east  by  York  and  Oxford 
counties  in  Maine,  southeast  by  Strafford  county,  southwest  and  west  by  Belk- 
nap and  Grafton  counties,  and  lies  between  43°  28'  and  44°  35'  north  latitude, 
and  3°  20'  and  6°  10'  longitude  east  from  Washington. 

Population,  agricultural  and  manufacturing  statistics  from  census  of  1880.  — 
The  entire  population  of  Carroll  is  18,291,  an  improvement  over  1870,  which 
showed  17,332,  and  a  falling  off  from  1860,  which  gave  20,465,  and  from  1850, 
which  was  20,157.  Albany  had  in  1880,  361  ;  in  1870,  339 ;  Bartlett  and 
Hailes  Location,  1,044  in  1880;  Brookfield  1880,  428;  1870,  416;  Chatham 
1880,  421;  1870,  445;  Conway  1880,  2,094;  1870,  1,607;  Eaton  1880,  629 ; 
1870,657;  Effingham  1880,  865';  1870,904;  Freedom  1880,  714;  1870,  737; 
Hart's  Location  1880,  70 ;  1870,26;  Jackson  1880,464;  1870,474;  Madison 
1880,  586;  1870,  646;  Moultonborough  1880,  1,254;  1870,  1,299;  Ossipee 
L880,  1,782;  1870,  1,822;  Sandwich  1880,  1,701;  1870,  1,854;  Tamworth 
1880,  1,274 ;  1870,  1,344 ;  Tuftonborough  1880,  923 ;  1870,  949 ;  Wakefield 
1880,  1,392  ;  1870,  1,185 ;  Wolfeborough  1880,  2,222  ;  1870,  1,995. 

In  1880  Carroll  county  had  2,753  farms,  with  a  total  of  168,232  acres  of 
improved  land,  while  158,019  acres  were  mountain,  woodland,  and  forest,  and 
10,213  acres  additional  were  unimproved.  The  aggregate  value  of  these  farms 
was  84,431, o72,  including  land,  fences,  and  buildings;  of  farming  imple- 
ments and  machinery,  1164,626 ;  livestock,  $703,680 ;  estimated  value  of  farm 
products,  $844,849. 

There   were    raised   733  bushels  of    barley,  1,046  bushels   of    buckwheat, 


The  County  of  Carroll. 


86,455  bushels  of  Indian  corn,  35,227  bushels  of  oats,  1,337  bushels  of  rye, 
14,713  bushels  of  wheat,  310,937  pounds  of  maple  sugar,  9,874  gallons  of 
maple  syrup,  40,869  tons  of  hay,  229,610  dozens  of  eg^*,  7,970  pounds  of 
honey,  241,050  bushels  potatoes,  6,974  fleeces  of  wool,  weighing  32,100  pounds. 
an  annual  value  of  orchard  products  of  $82,032,  and  7,778  bushels  of  beans. 

There  were  3,402  horses  on  the  farms,  June  1,  1880,  4,035  working  oxen, 
6,082  milch  cows,  and  8,294  other  cattle.  0,974  sheep  (excluding  spring  Lambs), 
3,476  swine,  32,100  pounds  of  wool  clipped  in  the  spring,  33,238  gallons  of 
milk  sold  and  sent  to  factories,  465,476  pounds  of  butter  made,  and  L9,684 
pounds  of  cheese. 

Tin'  assessed  valuation  of  real  estate  was  $4,374,291,  of  personal  property, 
$1,439,936.  There  were  96  manufacturing  concerns,  with  $2,056,245  capital; 
employing  780  operatives,  who  were  paid  $251,300  annually,  and  producing 
$1,707,626  in  goods.  The  financial  condition  of  the  county  at  the  end  of  the 
last  fiscal  year  is  thus  given  by  the  county  commissioners:  — 

The  County  debt  May  1,  1889,  was  :  — 

Bonds  at  G  per  cent.  $9,100.00 

„         4        „  10,000.00 

Interest  on  Bonds,  557.86 

Call  Notes  at  4  per  cent.  16,029.97 

Interest  on  Notes  to  May  1,  1889,  660.16 

Bills  and  orders  outstanding,  200.00 

$(50,547.9;) 
The  <  iounty  has  assets  :  — 

( Iounty  Farm  and  Buildings,  $20,000.00 

Personal  Property  at  the  Farm,  5,626.43 

Cash  in  hands  of  Treasurer,  5,804.98 

Costs  and  Fines  due  County,  200.00 

(  ash  due  from  the  towns  of  Albany  and  Chatham,  202.69 

The  debt,  less  fines,  cash  in  treasury,  and  cash  due  from  Albany  and  Chatham,  is 
$60,340.32,  and  the  reduction  of  the  debt  for  the  year  is  $11,007.22. 

In  1880  the  county  had  a  bonded  debt  of  $198,370,  and  a  floating  debt  of 
8269,019,  making  a  total  indebtedness  of  $467,389. 

Altit„<Irs.  —  Mt  Washington,  0,29:5  ft;  Mt  Adams,  5,704  ft:  Mt  Jefferson, 
•"..71  1  ft;  Mt  Clay.  5,553  ft;  Mt  Monroe,  5,384  ft;  Mt  Little  Monroe,  5,204  ft  : 
Mt  Madison,  5,365  It;  Mt  Franklin,  4,904  ft;  Mt  Pleasant,  4,764  ft:  Mt  Clin- 
ton, 4,320  ft:  Mt  Jackson,  4,100  ft;  Mt  Webster,  4,000  ft;  Mt  Crawford, 
3,134  ft;  Mt  Willey,  4,300  ft;  Mt  Nancy,  -,800  ft;  Giant's  Stairs,  3,500  ft; 
Boott  Spur,  5,524  ft;  Boott  Deception,  2,44s  ft;  Mt  Carter,  north  peak.  4,s:*,o 
ft  ;  Mt  Carter,  south  peak,  4,702  ft;  Mt  Moriah,  4,653  ft  :  Mt  Royce,  2,600  ft; 
Mt  Wildcat,  4,350  ft:  Mt  Whit. 'face,  1,007  ft  (the  northern  elevation  175 
higher):  Mt  Passaconaway,  4,200  ft;  Mt  Osceola,  4,397  ft:  Sandwich  Dome 
(Black  Mountain),  3,999  ft:  Mt  Resolution,  3,400  ft;  Trimountain,  3,393  ft: 


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Silver  Spring  Mountain  (est.),  3,000  ft;  Green's  Cliff,  2,958  ft;  Table  Moun- 
tain. 3,305  ft;  Mt  Israel,  2,880  ft;  Mt  Chocorua,  3,540  ft;  Mt  Kearsarge 
(  Pequawket),  3,251  ft;  Red  Hill,  south  peak,  1,709  ft;  Red  Hill,  north  peak, 
2,038  ft ;  Ossipee  Mountain,  2,361  ft ;  Mt  Shaw,  2,956  ft ;  Green  Hills,  2,390 
ft;  Copple  Crown,  2,100  ft;  Great  Moose  Mountain,  1,404  ft ;  Tin  Mountain, 
L,650  ft  ;  Mt  Baldface,  3,600  ft;  Double  Head,  3,120  ft;  Iron  Mountain,  2,000 
ft;  Mote  Mountain,  3,200  ft;  Mote  Mountain,  south  peak,  2,700  ft;  Lake  of 
the  Clouds  (Blue  Pond),  5,009  ft;  White  Mountain  Notch,  1,914  ft;  Saco 
Pond  (head  of  Saco  River),  1,880  ft;  Saco  River  (at  Willey  House),  1,300  ft ; 
Fabyan's,  1,571  ft;  Base  of  Mt  Washington,  2,668  ft;  Ossipee  Lake,  408  ft; 
Mountain  Pond,  1,300  ft;  Six-mile  Pond,  456  ft;  Chocorua  Lake,  550  ft;  Bear 
Camp  Pond,  600  ft;  Dan  Hole  Pond,  775  ft;  Pine  River  Pond,  550  ft;  Prov- 
ince Pond,  525  ft;  East  Pond  (Lake  Newicha  wan  nock),  499  ft ;  Horn  Pond, 
479  ft;  Lovell's  Pond,  550  ft;  Smith's  Pond,  525  ft;  Red  Hill  Pond,  590  ft; 
Long  Pond,  505  ft;  Squam  Lake,  510  ft;  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  496-502  ft; 
Wakefield  Summit,  690  ft ;  Wolfeborough  Junction,  574  ft ;  West  Ossipee, 
428  ft;  Conway,  466  ft;  North  Conway,  521  ft;  Upper  Bartlett,  660  ft; 
Jackson,  759  ft;  Drakesville  (Effingham),  381  ft;  Freedom,  396  ft;  South 
Tamworth,  630  ft ;  Sandwich,  648  ft ;  Tuftonborough,  889  ft ;  Moultonborough 
Centre,  581  ft ;  Water  Village  (Ossipee),  745  ft. 


CHAPTER   II. 


GEOLOGY. 


Pock  Formations  —  Rock  Systems —  The   Age  of    Ice  —  Glacial    Drift  —  Lower  Till  — 
Upper  Till  —  Champlain  Period  —  Karnes  —  Recent  or  Terrace  Period,  etc.  etc. 

ROCK  FORMATIONS.  —  These  are  the  fundamental  characters  of  the 
geological  book,  and,  before  we  dilate  on  the  later  periods,  due  attention 
must  be  given  to  the  backbone  of  the  edifice. 
The  rocks  of  Carroll  county,  beginning  with  the  lowest,  are  the  Acidic  and 
Basic  groups  of  the  unstratified,  and  the  Azoic,  Eozoic,  and  Paleozoic  groups  of 
the  stratified  rocks.  Of  these,  the  oldest,  or  bed-rock,  is  a  very  coarse  granite, 
or  gneiss,  conceded  now  to  be  of  eruptive  (volcanic)  origin,  that,  with  different 
arrangements  of  the  same  constituents,  is  given  different  names.  Ledges  of 
these   rocks  show  large  quadrangular   patches    of  feldspar   of   a   light   color, 


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varying  from  a  fraction  of  an  inch  to  three  <>r  more  inches  in  length.  Quartz 
ami  feldspar,  with  white  and  black  mica,  and  sometimes  hornblende,  are  the 
constituent  elements  of  those  primitive  or  acidic  rocks,  sienite,  granite,  and 
porphyry.     These  iinstratified  fundamental  rocks  are  the  oldest  rocks  in   New 

Hampshire,  and  form  the  vast  volume  of  the  White  Mountains,  and  nowhere  in 
New  England  can  he  found  a  Wetter  opportunity  to  read  in  the  earliest  pages  of 
the  "  Book  of  Nature  "  than  is  presented  in  the  scarred  rocks,  wild  gorges,  and 
precipitous  chasms  of  these  eternally  enduring  and  ever  magnificent  creal  ions  of 
a  God  nt  Power.  A  brief  mention  of  the  rocks  is  sufficient  for  our  purpose  in 
this  volume,  but  the  aspiring  student  who  would  pursue  their  study  in  the 
interest  of  science  or  for  personal  gratification  will  find  that  Professor 
Hitchcock  and  his  co-laborers  have  thoroughly  and.  exhaustively  covered  the 
ground  in  that  excellent  monument  to  their  scientific  attainments,  "  The  Geology 
of  New  Hampshire." 

Rock  Systems.  —  Prof.  C.  H.  Hitchcock  gives  as  the  rock  systems  of  the 
White  Mountain  district:  1.  Laurentian,  represented  by  the  porphyritic 
gneiss,  and  Bethlehem  group.  2.  Atlantic,  consisting  of  the  Lake  or  Berlin 
and  Montalban  or  White  Mountain  gneisses,  and  Franconia  breccia.  3.  Lab- 
rador. 4.  HuronioM.  5.  Merrimack  schists.  6.  Andalusite  schist  group.  7. 
Eruptions  of  porphyry.  8.  Eruptions  of  the  Conway,  Albany,  and  Chocorua 
granites  and  sienites.  9.  Formation  of  the  Mt  Pequaivket  (Kearsarge')  or  Mt 
Mute  porphyritic  breccia. 

The  Age  of  Ice.  —  It  is  perhaps  desirable  to  devote  some  space  in  this 
volume  to  the  Age  of  Ice,  as  in  this  period  and  those  immediately  following, 
when  the  colossal  ice-sheet,  which  was  so  thick  that  the  top  of  Mount 
Washington  was  deeply  covered,  was  removed,  and  the  surface,  soil,  and  water- 
courses of  the  county  were  formed,  the  lakes  established  in  their  boundaries, 
and  the  conditions  necessary  to  civilized  occupancy  were  arranged  and 
prepared. 

The  indications  of  a  glacial  period  are  probably  as  well  shown  in  this  section 
of  New  England  as  anywhere  in  the  world.  Underlying  the  modified  drift  are 
often  found  masses  of  earth  and  rocks  mingled  confusedly  together,  having 
neither  stratification  nor  any  appearance  of  having  been  deposited  in  water. 
These  are  the  glacial  drift,  or  till.  This  drift  frequently  covers  the  slopes,  and 
even  the  summits,  of  the  highest  mountains,  as  well  as  the  lesser  elevations. 
It  contains  bowlders  of  all  sizes,  up  to  thirty  feet  in  diameter,  which  have 
nearly  all  been  carried  southward  from  their  native  ledges,  and  can  be  traced, 
in  some  instances,  for  a  hundred  miles,  southward  or  southeastward.  Wherever 
till  occurs,  the  ledges  have  mostly  been  worn  to  a  rounded  form,  and,  if  the  rock 
be  hard,  it  is  covered  with  long  scratches,  or  striae,  in  the  direction  of  the 
course  taken  by  the  bowlders.  Geology  now  refers  these  to  a  moving  ice-sheet 
which  spread  over  this  continent  from    the   north,  and,  as   before   stated,  was  of 


Histoby  of   Carroll   County. 


sufficient  thickness  to  cover  even  Mount  Washington.  This  ice-sheet  was  so 
much  thicker  at  the  north  than  in  this  latitude  that  its  great  weight  pressed  the 
ice  steadily  onward  and  outward  to  the  south-southeast.  The  termination  of 
this  ice-sheet  in  the  Atlantic,  southeast  of  New  England,  was  probably  like 
the  great  ice-wall  of  the  Antarctic  continent,  along  which  Sir  J.  C.  Ross  sailed 
450  miles,  finding  only  one  point  low  enough  to  allow  the  smooth  white  plain  of 
the  upper  surface  to  be  seen  from  the  mast-head.  This  extended,  apparently 
boundless,  and  was  of  dazzling  whiteness. 

There  was  a  long,  continuous  period  of  glacial  action,  with  times  of  retreat 
and  advance,  but  never  a  complete  departure  and  return  of  a  continental  ice- 
sheet.  The  motion  of  this  ice,  being  caused  by  its  own  weight,  must  have 
been  slow  indeed.  Over  the  highlands  between  the  St  Lawrence  river  and 
Hudson  bay  the  ice-sheet  was  three  or  four  miles  in  thickness;  over  Greenland 
much  thicker,  and  over  the  White  Mountains  it  reached  nearly  or  quite  to  the 
line  of  perpetual  snow.  The  till,  or  coarse  glacial  drift,  was  made  by  the  long- 
continued  wearing  and  grinding  of  the  ice-sheet.  As  this  slowly  advanced, 
fragments  were  torn  from  the  ledges,  held  in  the  bottom  of  the  ice,  and  worn 
by  friction  upon  the  surface  over  which  it  moved.  This  material,  crushed 
beneath  the  ice  into  minute  fragments  or  fine  powder,  is  called  the  Lower  Till. 
While  the  lower  till  was  being  made  under  the  ice,  large  quantities  of  coarse 
and  line  matter  were  swept  away  from  hill-slopes  and  mountain-sides,  and 
carried  forward  in  the  ice.  As  this  melted,  much  of  this  matter  fell  loosely  on 
the  surface,  forming  an  unstratified  deposit  of  gravel,  earth,  and  bowlders. 
This  deposit  geologists  call  the  Upper  Till.  Usually  this  is  found  above  the 
lower  till,  the  line  of  separation  being  at  a  distance  of  from  two  to  twenty  feet. 
The  departure  of  the  ice-sheet  was  attended  by  a  rapid  deposition  of  the 
abundant  materials  therein  contained.  The  retreat  of  the  ice-sheet  was 
toward  the  northwest  and  north,  and  it  is  probable  that  its  final  melting  took 
place  mostly  on  the  surface,  so  that,  at  the  last,  great  amounts  of  its  deposits 
were  exposed  to  the  washing  of  many  streams.  The  finer  particles  were 
generally  carried  away,  and  the  strong  current  of  the  glacial  rivers  transported 
coarse  gravel  and  bowlders  of  considerable  size. 

When  these  streams  entered  the  valley  from  which  the  ice  had  retreated,  or 
their  currents  were  slackened  by  less  rapid  descent,  a  deposition  took  place, 
where  the  channel  was  still  walled  by  ice,  in  succession  of  coarse  gravel,  fine 
gravel,  sand,  and  fine  silt  or  clay.  These  deposits  filled  the  valleys,  and 
increased  in  depth  in  the  same  way  that  additions  are  now  made  to  the 
bottom-lands  or  intervals  of  our  large  rivers  by  the  floods  of  spring.  They  are 
called  Modified  Drift,  and  geology  gives  this  name  to  the  period  from  the 
depart  uk;  of  the  iee-sheet  to  the  present.  This  modified  drift  occurs  in  almost 
every  valley  of  New  Hampshire, and  comprises  the  intervals  which  are  annually 
overflowed,  and  the  successive  terraces  which  rise  in  steps  upon  the  sides  of  the 


Geology.  7 

valley,  the  highest  often  forming  extensive  plains.  Dr  Dana  has  given  the 
name  of  Champlain  Period  to  the  time  of  the  deposition  of  bhe  modified  drift 
daring  the  melting  of  the  ice-sheet.  During  the  Champlain  period,  the  ice 
became  molded  upon  the  surface,  by  the  process  of  destruction,  into  great 
basins  or  valleys  :  at  the  last,  the  passages  through,  which  the  melting  waters 
passed  off  came  gradually  to  coincide  with  the  depressions  of  the  presenl 
surface. 

These  lowest  and  warmest  portions  of  the  land  were  first  herd  from  the 
ice;  and,  as  the  melted  area  slowly  extended  into  the  continental  glacier,  its 
vast  Hoods  found  their  outlet  at  the  head  of  the  existing  valley.  In  these 
channels  were  deposited  materials  gathered  by  the  streams  from  the  melting 
glacier.  By  the  low  water  of  winter,  layers  of  sand  were  formed,  and  by  the 
strong  currents  of  summer,  layers  of  gravel,  often  very  coarse.  These  layers 
are  irregularly  bedded,  here  sand,  and  there  gravel,  accumulating,  and  inter- 
Btratified  without  much  order  with  each  other. 

These,  the  oldest  of  our  deposits  of  modified  drift,  are  long  ridges,  or 
intermixed  short  ridges  and  mounds,  composed  of  very  coarse  water-worn 
gravel,  or  of  alternate  gravel  and  sand  irregularly  bedded.  Wherever  the 
ordinary  fine  alluvium  occurs,  it  overlies  or  partly  covers  these  deposits.  The 
geological  name  for  these  is  Karnes. 

The  extensive  level  plains  and  high  terraces  bordering  the  New  Hampshire 
rivers  were  also  deposited  in  the  Champlain  period,  as  the  open  vallej's  became 
gradually  filled  with  great  depths  of  gravel,  sand,  and  clay  (alluvium),  which 
were  brought  down  by  the  glacier  rivers  from  the  melting  ice-sheet,  or  washed 
from  the  till  after  the  ice  had  retreated,  and  which  were  deposited  in  the  same 
way  as  those  made  by  high  floods  at  the  present  day.  During  the  recent  or 
terrace  period,  the  rivers  have  cut  deep  and  wide  channels  in  this  alluvium,  and 
the  terraces  mark  heights  at  which,  in  their  work  of  erosion,  they  have  left 
portions  of  their  successive  flood-plains. 

The  lenticular  accumulations  of  till  which  have  been  observed  east  of  Lake 
Winnipiseogee  lie  most  frequently  on  the  northwest  side  of  hills,  which  was 
struck  by  the  full  force  of  the  ice-current. 

The  hill  upon  which  Sandwich  Lower  Corner  is  built  may  serve  as  an 
example.  The  north  side  of  this  hill  is  a  smooth  lenticular  slope  of  till,  but 
ledge  appears  at  its  top  and  on  its  south  side.  Fernald's  hill  in  Tuftonborough, 
a  mile  east  of  Melvin  village,  also  has  a  very  regular  north  and  northwest  slope 
of  till. 

A  bed  of  stratified  gravel  and  sand  occurs  in  the  lower  till  of  this  deposit. 
The  highest  point  of  this  hill  is  ledge,  which  forms  all  its  southeast  side,  being 
ID  many  places  precipitous.  A  similar  mass  of  lower  till,  with  modified  drift 
beneath  or  enclosed  in  it,  lies  on  the  northwest  side  of  a  hill  two  miles 
northeast  of  Wolfeborough  village.     Pray  hill,  north  of  Tine   River  pond    in 


8  History  of  Carroll  County. 

Wakefield,  has  a  fine  northwest  slope  of  till,  while  its  southeast  slope  is  ledge. 
Fogg's  Ridge,  one  mile  south  of  Pocket  hill  in  Ossipee,  is  the  only  true 
lenticular  hill  seen  in  Carroll  county.  This  is  a  typical  example,  showing  no 
ledges  for  100  feet  below  its  highest  point.  Its  whole  northwest  and  north 
slopes  appear  to  be  composed  of  till;  on  the  south  and  southeast,  ledges  form 
the  base  of  the  hill,  extending  halfway  to  its  top. 


CHAPTER    III. 


GEOLOGY   CONTINUED.      MODIFIED    DRIFT,    ETC. 

Saco  River  —  Pine  River  —  Ossipee  Lake  —  Altitudes  Around  Winnipiseogee  Lake  — 
Departure  of  the  Ice-sheet  —  Lake  Basins  —  Terraces  —  Karaes  —  Clay  —  Dunes  —  Lake  Dis- 
trict Elevations  —  Conway  Bowlders  —  The  Washington  Bowlder  —  Ordination  Rock  —  Madi- 
son Bowlder  —  White  Mountain  Granites. 

TYTODIFIED   DRIFT.  — The  southeastern   part   of  the    White    Mountain 
district  is  drained  by  the  Saco,  which  has  its  farthest  sources  in  Saco 
r  pond    and    Mt  Washington   river.     The   watershed  at   the    Crawford 

house,  which  divides  this  from  the  Lower  Ammonoosuc  river,  is  formed  by 
a  deposit  of  very  coarse  modified  drift,  which  was  swept  down  into  this 
mountain-pass  in  the  Champlain  period.  Its  height  is  1,000  feet  above  the 
sea ;  and  Saco  pond,  which  fills  a  depression  in  this  deposit,  is  20  feet  lower. 
The  small  stream  which  issues  from  this  pond  passes  through  the  White 
Mountain  Notch,  falling  600  feet  in  the  first  three  miles,  and  nearly  as  much 
more  in  the  next  nine  miles.  Along  this  distance  it  flows  between'  lofty 
mountains,  whose  sides  are  often  precipitous  walls  of  rock.  A  fine  view  of 
this  part  of  its  valley  is  afforded  from  the  top  of  Mt  Willard.  Far  above 
rise  the  rugged  heights  of  Webster  and  Willey,  almost  vertical  in  their  upper 
part,  but  below  bending  in  graceful,  regular  curves,  composed  of  materials 
which  have  fallen  from  each  side,  and  form  an  apparently  smoothed  hollow 
for  highway  and  river.  The  principal  superficial  deposits  along  this  steep 
portion  of  the  river  are  such  rocky  debris  as  has  crumbled  from  the  mountains, 
or  the  equally  coarse  unstratified  till.  In  the  bed  of  the  stream  these  mate- 
rials have  become  water-worn,  but  only  limited  deposits  of  gravel  and  sand 
are   found. 

At  the  west  line  of  Bartlett  the  Saco  is  745  feet  above  the  sea.     In  the 


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next  eight  miles,  to  the  mouth  of  Ellis  river,  i1  descends  aboul  30  feet  to  the 
mile,  flowing  over  modified  drift.  This  consists  of  gravel  and  Band,  and  above 
Rocky  Branch  these  occupy  an  area  one  fourth  to  one  half  a  mile  wide,  which 
lies  mostly  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  forming  a  nearly  continuous  interval 
10  to  15  feet  in  height,  which  slopes  with  the  stream,  and  irregular  terraces 
which  reach  25  feet  higher. 

From  den  Station  in  Bartlett  to  Conway  Corner,  the  alluvial  area  averages 
fully  a  mile  in  width,  lying  in  nearly  equal  amount  on  each  side  of  the  river. 
The  greater  portion  of  this  is  interval  from  10  to  20  feet  in  height,  which  is 
often  seen  to  be  composed  of  coarse  gravel  overlaid  by  fine  silt,  as  on  Andros- 
coggin river.  The  flood-plain  of  the  Champlain  period  is  shown  in  the  higher 
terraces  of  sand  or  tine  gravel,  40  to  60  feet  above  the  river,  which  are  nearly 
continuous  on  both  sides.  North  Conway  is  built  on  a  wide  portion  of  the 
east  terrace.  The  form  of  these  terraces,  with  their  surfaces  level,  but  usually 
narrow  and  bounded  by  steep  escarpments,  and  their  correspondence  in 
height  on  opposite  sides  of  the  valley,  make  it  easy  to  understand  that  a  wide 
plain  once  reached  across  the  intervening  area. 

Along  Seavey's  falls,  the  Saco  is  bordered  on  both  sides  by  slopes  of  till 
and  ledge.  The  modified  drift  of  the  highest  terrace,  however,  is  continuous 
between  Pine  and  Rattlesnake  hills,  and  thence  extends  two  miles  to  the  east 
on  the  north  side  of  the  river;  on  the  south  it  reaches  from  Conway  Centre 
to  the  northeast  side  of  Walker's  pond,  and  thence  is  nearly  continuous, 
though  narrow,  eastward  to  Maine  line.  East  from  the  outlet  of  Walker's 
pond,  the  interval  between  this  terrace  and  the  river  on  the  south  is  not  wide, 
but  on  the  north  it  extends  from  one  half  to  one  mile  from  the  river,  rising 
with  a  gentle  slope  to  a  height  about  25  feet  above  it.  On  this  side  the  most 
elevated  part  of  the  alluvial  area,  as  at  Conway  street,  is  only  a  few  feet 
above  the  reach  of  high  water.  The  ancient  flood-plain,  from  40  to  50  feet 
above  the  present  river  (as  shown  by  its  terrace  on  the  south),  may  have 
extended  over  this  whole  area.  It  would  then  appear  that  the  river  here 
began  its  excavation  on  the  north  side,  and  has  been  gradually  cutting  its 
channel  deeper  as  it  has  slowly  moved  across  this  area  southward.  Remnants 
of  the  former  high  flood-plain  are  thus  found  at  a  nearly  constant  height  above 
the  river  for  fourteen  miles,  sloping  in  this  distance  more  than  100  feet.  The 
height  of  Saco  river  at  the  state  line  is  about  400  feet  above  the  sea. 

From  the  modified  drift  of  Pine  river,  Ossipee  lake,  and  Saco  river,  we 
learn  the  history  of  this  part  of  New  Hampshire  in  the  Champlain  period. 
After  the  ice-sheet  had  retreated  from  the  coast,  it  seems  for  a  long  time  to 
have  still  covered  the  Ossipee  lake  basin  and  the  valley  of  Pine  river  and 
Balch  ponds.  The  kames  of  this  valley  were  deposited  during  this  time  in 
the  channel  of  a  glacial  river,  which  carried  forward  its  liner  gravel  and  sand 
to    form    the    plains    that    extend    southeast    from    Balch    pond.     The    coarse 


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material  and  irregular  surface  of  nearly  all  the  modified  drift  along  the 
upper  part  of  Pine  river  indicate  that  masses  of  ice  still  remained  at  the  time 
of  its  deposition. 

After  this  the  ice-sheet  disappeared  from  the  broad,  low  basin  of  Ossipee 
lake,  and  again,  for  a  long  time,  had  its  terminal  front  at  the  border  of  the 
low  area  from  which  it  had  retreated.  Its  moraines  fill  the  west  and  higher 
side  of  the  narrow  valley  between  Madison  and  Conway.  These  gradually 
change,  as  we  come  to  the  centre  of  the  valley,  to  ordinary  water-kames.  This 
appears  to  have  been  the  first  outle't  from  the  melting  of  the  ice-sheet  over  the 
Saco  valley  and  the  southeast  side  of  the  White  Mountains ;  and  the  material 
brought  down  was  spread  out  to  form  the  extensive  sand-and-gravel  plains 
about  Ossipee  and  Silver  lakes.  The  comparatively  small  amount  of  levelly 
stratified  drift  associated  with  the  kames  in  Madison  and  Conway  makes  it 
probable  that  the  present  outlet  by  Saco  river  was  opened  before  the  ice  here 
had  wholly  disappeared. 

The  lowest  points  of  the  watershed  around  Winnipiseogee  lake  are:  — 
Summit  on  railroad  between  Meredith  village  and  Pemigewasset  valley  at 
Ashland,  166  feet  (ten  feet  below  the  natural  surface) ;  at  two  and  a  half 
miles  north  from  Meredith  village,  about  140  ;  at  same  distance  north  from 
Centre  Harbor,  about  100,  these  points  being  the  lowest  between  this  and 
Squam  lake  ;  the  Varney  pass,  between  Moultonborough  and  the  Bear  Camp 
valley,  about  150  ;  summit  on  railroad  between  Wolfeborough  and  Salmon 
Falls  valley,  164 ;  between  Smith's  pond  and  Cook's  pond,  about  200  ;  summit 
on  railroad  between  Alton  bay  and  Cocheco  valley,  72  ;  and  near  Lily  pond  in 
Gilford,  between  the  lake  and  Long  bay,  about  75  feet.  The  two  last  of  these 
places  show  by  their  modified  drift  that  they  were  formerly  outlets  of  the  lake. 

These  lake  basins  lie  upon  the  south  side  of  the  White  Mountains,  from 
which  source  we  might  expect  a  greater  depth  of  ice  to  move  southward  and 
cover  this  area  near  the  close  of  the  glacial  period  than  would  at  that  time 
remain  in  other  parts  of  the  state  to  the  east  and  west.  The  ice-sheet  proba- 
bly lay  over  Squam  and  Winnipiseogee  lakes  in  a  broad,  mountain-like  ridge 
till  after  it  was  almost  wholly  melted  away  over  the  lowlands  of  York  county, 
Maine,  in  the  basin  of  Ossipee  lake,  and  for  some  distance  along  the  Bear 
( lamp  valley.  The  departure  of  the  ice-sheet  along  the  Merrimack  and 
Pemigewasset  valley  appears  also  to  have  proceeded  more  rapidly  than  upon 
the  higher  land  on  its  east  side,  so  that  over  Winnipiseogee  and  Squam  lakes 
the  drainage  from  the  melting  ice  was  outward  both  to  the  east  and  west. 

The  noticeable  feature  in  the  surface  geology  of  these  lakes  is  the  absence 
of  modified  drift.  Their  shores  are  chiefly  of  coarse  glacial  drift  or  till  with 
occasional  ledges.  The  basin  of  Ossipee  lake,  on  the  contrary,  is  characterized 
by  very  extensive,  and  probably  thick,  deposits  of  modified  drift,  presenting 
a  remarkable  contrast.     These  deposits  are  also  abundant  in  the  Pemigewasset 


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valley  on  the  west.  Their  conspicuous  absence  from  these  intervening  basins 
needs  to  be  accounted  for,  and  this  seems  to  he  due  to  differenl  rates  of 
progress  in  the  departure  of  the  ice.  The  later  continuance  of  the  ice-sheel 
over  these  lakes  turned  all  the  drainage  from  the  south  side  of  the  White 
Mountains  into  the  Ossipee  basin  and  Pemigewasset  valley,  and  even  caused 
the  modified  drift  which  was  contained  in  this  part  of  the  ice  to  be  mostly 
carried   away. 

At  the  head  of  Moultonborough  hay  we  find  swampy  land  along  its 
east  shore  for  a  mile,  and,  farther  east,  an  extensive  deposit  of  sand,  undulat- 
ing and  partly  covered  with  pines,  reaching  a  mile  from  the  lake,  with  its 
highest  portions  40  feet  above  it. 

The  next  modified  drift  is  four  miles  to  the  southeast  of  Melvin  village. 
Melvin  river  here  brought  down  in  the  Champlain  period  a  small  plain  of 
gravel  and  sand,  which,  since  that  time,  has  been  partly  excavated  by  the 
stream  and  partly  undermined  and  carried  away  by  the  lake,  so  that  it  forms 
a  terrace  '20  feet  high.  Another  tributary  to  the  lake,  a  mile  farther  southeast, 
is  bordered  by  terraces  of  similar  height  near  its  mouth. 

( )n  the  northeast  side  of  Twenty-mile  bay,  two  miles  south  from  Melvin 
village,  a  bold  shore  of  coarse  till,  with  many  large  bowlders,  is  bordered  by 
an  old  beach,  about  oOO  feet  long  and  100  wide,  which  slopes  from  the  water's 
edge  to  ten  or  twelve  feet  above  high  water.  It  is  composed  of  fine  stratified 
sand,  which  is  clayey  below  a  foot  or  two  of  the  surface. 

Karnes.  —  The  oldest  of  our  deposits  of  modified  drift  are  long  ridges,  or 
intermixed  short  ridges  and  mounds,  composed  of  very  coarse  water-worn 
gravel,  or  of  alternate  layers  of  gravel  and  sand  irregularly  bedded,  a  section 
of  which  shows  an  arched  or  anticlinal  stratification.  Wherever  the  ordinary 
tine  alluvium  also  occurs,  it  overlies,  or  in  part  covers,  these  deposits.  An 
interesting  series  of  kames  extends  from  Saco  river  to  Silver  lake,  and  from 
Ossipee  lake  southeasterly  along  Pine  river,  and  by  Pine  river  and  Balch  ponds 
into  Maine.  About  three  miles  south  of  Melvin  village  there  is  a  kame 
extending  two  thirds  of  a  mile  from  northwest  to  southeast  along  the  top  of 
a  hill  about  100  feet  above  the  lake.  It  does  not  form  a  definite  ridge,  and 
could  hardly  he  distinguished  from  the  till  by  its  contour.  Its  materials  are 
coarse  and  fine  gravel  ami  sand  interstratilied.  Bowlders  are  enclosed  in  many 
portions,  hut  a  well  30  feet  deep  encountered  no  bowlders,  being  all  the  way 
through  sand  or  fine  gravel.  Nineteen-mile  hay  and  brook  are  a  half-mile 
farther  south.  Here  the  road  passes  over  the  alluvium  brought  down  by  this 
brook,  which,  like  that  at  the  head  of  Twenty-mile  bay,  is  only  three  or  four 
feet  above  the  lake.  Nineteen-mile  brook  is  bordered  by  considerable  widths 
of  low  alluvium  for  two  miles  above  its  mouth  to  where  it  is  crossed  by  the 
mail,  a  mile  and  a  half  south,  for  Centre  Tuftonborough. 

From  the  brook  to  this  village,  and  for  a  half-mile    farther   north,  kanie-like 


12  History   of  Carroll  County. 


deposits  of  limited  amount  are  seen  here  and  there,  at  heights  of  100  to  200 
feet  above  the  lake.  East  from  this  road,  interesting  kames  extend  more  than 
a  mile  along  the  northeast  side  of  Nineteen-mile  brook.  These  cover  a  width 
of  a  fourth  of  a  mile,  consisting  of  successive  small  plains  from  half  an  acre 
to  two  or  three  acres  in  extent,  usually  surrounded  by  hollows,  and  rising  one 
after  another  from  30  or  50  to  100  feet  above  the  stream,  or  fully  150  feet 
above  the  lake.  These  small  level-topped  deposits  consist  of  sand  and  water- 
worn  gravel,  with  the  largest  pebbles  about  one  foot  in  diameter.  Bowlders 
are  occasionally  but  not  frequently  enclosed.  These  kames  begin  about  two 
miles  southeast  from  that  described  between  Twenty-mile  and  Nineteen-mile 
bays.  These,  and  the  similar  deposits  which  occasionally  appear  about  Centre 
Tuftonborough,  probably  had  a  common  date  and  cause.  Advancing  to  the 
southeast  we  leave  the  modified  drift,  but  cross  a  watershed  which  is  probably 
lower  than  the  highest  of  these  kames,  and  thence  follow  Hersey  brook  to 
Lake  Wentworth.  A  sandy  plain,  about  50  feet  above  the  pond,  or  75  feet 
above  the  lake,  is  found  on  the  west  side  of  this  brook  near  its  mouth,  covering 
about  half  a  mile  square.  The  shores  of  this  pond,  like  those  of  the  lake,  are 
almost  entirely  till  or  ledge. 

Upper  Beech  pond,  covering  perhaps  150  acres,  and  about  300  feet  above 
Winnipiseogee,  is  situated  a  mile  and  a  half  northeast  from  the  kames  last 
described.  Its  outlet  is  to  Ossipee  lake  by  Beech  river,  but  only  a  very  slight 
barrier  at  its  southwest  side  prevents  its  flowing  to  Winnipiseogee  lake  by 
Nineteen-mile  brook.  This  barrier  consists  of  a  kame,  which  in  its  northwest 
portion  is  a  nearly  level  plain  three  or  four  acres  in  extent,  but  for  several 
hundred  feet  southeast  from  this  it  is  narrowed  to  a  mere  ridge.  The  gravel 
of  the  small  plain  is  but  slightly  water-worn,  the  rock  fragments  being  from 
a  foot  to  a  foot  and  a  half  in  size.  The  ridge  consists  of  sand  or  fine  gravel, 
in  which  fragments  larger  than  six  inches  are  uncommon. 

This  whole  deposit  is  bounded  by  steep  slopes,  both  against  the  pond  and 
on  the  opposite  side.  The  height  of  the  plain  is  20  to  30  feet  above  the  pond, 
while  its  southwest  slope  falls  abruptly  to  20  or  30  feet  below  it.  Large 
springs,  fed  from  the  pond,  issue  at  the  bottom  of  this  bank.  Except  at 
this  point  and  its  outlet,  this  pond  is  surrounded  by  high  hills;  no  other 
kame-like  deposits  occur  on  its  shores  or  in  the  steeply  sloping  valley  that 
descends  towards  the  southwest  from  this  barrier. 

The  shores  of  the  lake  through  Wolfeborough  have  no  modified  drift  worthy 
of  note. 

On  the  east  side  of  Squam  lake,  in  Moultonborough,  are  frequent  deposits 
of  clay.  This  was  used  for  brick-making  sixty  years  ago.  The  side  of  Red 
hill,  which  rises  near  at  hand  on  the  east,  is  said  to  have  in  many  places  (to 
a  height  300  feet  above  the  lake)  a  stratum  of  clay  underlying  one  to  three 
feet  of  coarse  till.     On  the  north  side  of  this  lake  the  clay  in  the  southwest 


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corner  of  Sandwich,  which  was  extensively  worked  for  brick-making  sixty 
years  ago,  appears   to  belong  in   the  same   class. 

At  Wolfeborough,  the  hillside  of  till  southeast   from  the  "Bridge"  has  an 

underlying-  stratum  of  clay.  Wells  at  the  Glcndon  house,  aboul  twenty-five 
feet  above  the  lake,  show  some  six  feel  of  till,  then  an  equal  depth  of  clay 
with  till  beneath.  Near  the  Pavilion,  about  fifty  feet  above  the  lake,  a  well 
showed  eight  feet  of  eoarse  till,  then  two  feet  of  ferruginous  earth,  then  twelve 
feet  of  clay  free  from  stones,  and  underlaid  by  the  compact,  stony,  lower  till. 
About  thirty  rods  southeast  from  the  last,  a  well  passed  through  eight  feet  of 
till,  and  then  through  four  feet  of  clay  underlaid  by  till.  About  the  same 
distance  farther  southeast  a  well  found  this  layer  of  clay  only  one  foot  thick. 
occurring  ten  feet  below  the  surface.  The  last  two  places  are  only  a  few  feel 
higher  than  that  near  the  Pavilion.  Nearly  all  that  part  of  the  village  which 
lies  southeast  from  the  "Bridge  "  is  built  on  a  thick  mass  of  till,  which  encloses 
a  continuous  stratum  of  clay.  Northeast  from  the  Pavilion  a  slope  descends  in 
about  twenty-five  rods  to  a  small  pond,  which  is  tributary  to  the  lake  and  of 
the  same  height.  This  slope  has  a  surface  of  till  with  numerous  bowlders;  but 
excavations  for  brick-making  show  that  the  clay  beneath  has  a  thickness  of 
fully  twenty  feet,  with  its  bottom  resting  on  till  only  a  few  feet  above  the 
lake.  The  till  on  the  surface  is  from  one  to  eight  feet  deep.  This  clay  is 
free  from  pebbles,  and  is  finely  laminated  in  its  lower  portion,  while  its  upper 
part  sometimes  crumbles  into  small  angular  pieces.  No  deposits  of  clay  appear 
to  occur  in  the  thinner  till  which  covers  the  hillside  northwest  from  the 
"  Bridge." 

At  the  northwest  ends  of  Rattlesnake  and  Davis  islands,  deposits  of  clay 
are  found  similar  to  that  of  Clay  point,  and,  in  former  times,  it  was  excavated 
at  both  these  places  for  brick-making. 

The  series  of  kames  in  Tuftonborough  and  Wolfeborough  was  probably 
formed  at  nearly  the  same  time  by  a  glacial  river  from  the  northwest,  after 
the  ice  had  disappeared  from  the  south  end  of  the  lake,  and  from  the  basin 
of  Lake  Wentworth. 

hums.  —  Wind-blown  banks  of  sand,  or  dunes,  apparently  isolated  on  the 
hillsides,  are  occasionally  found  along  the  east  side  of  Connecticut  and 
Merrimack  valleys  and  southeast  of  Ossipee  lake,  at  heights  varying  from 
the  Level  of  the  highest  terrace  or  plain  to  200  feet  above  it.  These  patches 
of  sand  are  very  conspicuous  because  they  are  often  destitute  of  vegetation. 
being  blown  in  drifts  by  the  wind.  They  vary  in  size,  the  longest  sometimes 
covering  an  acre  or  more,  with  their  thickest  portions  from  10  to  15  feet  in 
depth.  These  dunes  appear  to  have  been  swept  up  from  the  broad  plains  of 
the  Champlain  period,  before  forests  had  fully  covered  the  land,  by  the  strong 
northwest  winds,  which  we  may  suppose  prevailed  then  the  same  as  now.  Since 
the  clearing  awa\  of  the  forest,  the  upper  portion  of  these  trains  of  sand  has 


14  History  of   Carroll  County. 

sometimes  been  carried  several  hundred  feet  onward,  and  from  thirty  to  fifty 
feel  higher.  The  excavation  of  the  old  drifts  has  been  six  or  seven  feet  in 
depth,  as  shown  by  great  stumps,  beneath  which  the  sand  has  been  swept  away. 
These  dunes  are  ridged,  channeled,  and  heaped  up  by  the  wind  in  the  same 
manner  as  the  more  extensive  dunes  of  a  seacoast. 

Lake  District  Elevations.  —  The  Ossipee  mountains  have  an  area  in  oval 
form  of  from  six  by  ten  miles,  and  are  situated  in  the  adjoining-  corners  of 
Ossipee,  Tamworth,  Moultonborough,  and  Tuftonborough.  The  Bear  Camp 
river  flows  along  the  northern  side.  Two  streams  flowing  east  have  cut  very 
large  valleys  out  of  the  eastern  side,  the  largest,  LovelFs  (Lovewell's)  river ; 
the  smaller,  a  tributary  of  Pine  river  heading  in  Dan  Hole  pond.  The  highest 
Ossipee  mountain  has  an  altitude  of  about  2,000  feet.  Red  hill  was  named  in 
1  7 *, * 7  Mt  Wentworth  by  Dr  Dwight,  in  honor  of  Gov.  John  Wentworth.  Its 
length  is  three  miles,  with  a  breadth  of  one  half  that  distance.  It  lies  in 
Moultonborough  and  Sandwich.  Green  mountain  (Effingham)  is  about  four 
miles  long  and  shaped  much  like  Red  hill.  The  sandy  plains  of  Ossipee, 
Freedom,  and  Madison  have  an  elevation  of  from  four  hundred  to  five  hundred 
and  fifty  feet.  Between  Ossipee  and  Passaconaway  mountains  in  Tamworth 
and  Sandwich,  the  average  elevation  is  from  five  hundred  and  fifty  to  six 
hundred  and  fifty  feet.  The  highest  points  in  Tamworth  are  Chatman's,  Great, 
and  McDaniel's  hills.  The  soil  here  is  much  better  than  in  the  sandy  plains 
eastward,  and  the  extensive  meadows  along  the  Bear  Camp  river  are  profitable 
to  their  owners,  as  well  as  gratifying  to  the  eyes  of  the  artistic  visitors.  Bear 
Camp  river  has  its  source  in  several  streams  flowing  from  the  south  side  of  the 
Sandwich  and  Albany  mountains.  It  passes  through  Tamworth  in  an  easterly 
direction,  and  receives  a  considerable  stream  coming  from  Albany,  in  Ossipee, 
and  falls  into  Ossipee  lake  on  its  western  border. 

Conway  Bowlders.  —  Prof.  E.  J.  Houston  described  a  large  bowlder  in 
North  Conway  in  much  detail  in  the  Journal  of  the  Franklin  Institute,  in 
1871.  He  calls  it  the  Pequawket  bowlder.  "  It  is  of  coarse  granite,  with 
a  preponderance  of  feldspar,  considerable  quartz,  and  very  little  mica.  The 
general  form  is  that  of  a  paralleloped,  one  of  whose  longer  sides  is  partly 
buried.  The  length  is  52  feet  6  inches;  greatest  breadth,  21  feet;  greatest 
height,  33  feet  2  inches ;  and  it  is  estimated  to  weigh  2,300  tons.  Several 
Large  fragments  surround  the  mass,  seemingly  once  connected  with  it.  One 
is  31  feet  7  inches  long,  15  feet  3  inches  broad,  and  11  feet  7  inches  high. 
Several  spruces  and  beeches  conceal  the  bowlder  from  the  road.  A  few 
hundred    feet  below  the  Pequawket  is  another  mass   31  by  18   by  21   feet." 

The  Washington  Bowlder  is  about  a  mile  northeast  from  Conway  Centre, 
near  Pine  hill.  Its  dimensions  maybe  expressed  by  about  30  feet  wide,  40 
long,  and  25  high.  It  is  one  of  the  notable  objeets  of  Conway,  and  is  composed 
of  the  granite  for  which  the  town  is  famous. 


(iKoLCMiY     CoNTlNUKJ).       MODIFIED     DRIFT,     ETC.  15 


Bartlett  Bowlder. —  This  is  not  so  noted  for  size,  as  position.  It  has  the 
typical  shape  of  glaciated  stones,  is  15  feel  long,  L2  feel  wide,  10  feet  high, 
and  rests  upon  four  smaller  blocks.     The  entire  assemblage  rests  on  stratified 

sand;  hence  it  was  moved  to  its  present  position  at  the  time  of  the  inciting  of 
the  ice. 

Ordination  Rock. — This  is  in  Tamworth,  west  of  the  centre  village,  and 
has  a  Hat  top  reached  by  artificial  steps,  and  is  surmounted  by  a  monument. 
It  is  :'>()  feet  long,  20  feet  wide,  15  high,  and  composed  of  Conway  granite.  It 
came  from  the  north  or  northeast.  This  rock  takes  its  name  from  the  fact  that 
on  September  12,  17i»2,  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden  was,  on  its  top,  ordained  pastor  of 
the  First  Church  of  Tamworth.  [See  Tamworth  history  elsewhere  in  this 
volume.] 

Madison  Bowlder.  —  The  largest  of  these  glacial  "travelers"  on  this 
continent  is  perhaps  the  one  situated  in  the  northwest  [tart  of  Madison, 
not  far  from  the  White  Ledge  quarries.  Its  length  is  75  feet,  height  from 
the  surface  of  the  ground  38  feet,  and  it  has  six  sides,  respectively  32,  22,  75, 
31,  14,  and  40§  feet,  making  a  circumference  of  214|  feet.  The  existence 
of  this  rock  is  known  to  comparatively  few;  it  is  rarely  visited,  and  was  first 
examined  and  measured  by  B.  F.  Clark  and  C.  W.  Wilder  about  1887.  It  is 
granite  of  a  porphyritic  texture,  and  closely  resembles  the  rock  forming  the 
summit  of  Mt  Willard.  The  lower  ends  are  scow-shaped,  and  the  mass  rests 
apon  a  bed  of  pieces  of  rock  of  the  same  material.  A  few  bowlders  are  near 
by,  one  or  two  of  them  being  as  large  or  larger  than  Ordination  Rock.  One 
end  and  one  side  have  evidently  been  polished  in  its  journey  hither. 

White  Mountain  Granites.  — These  are  the  Conway,  Albany,  Chocorua,  and 
sienite  groups.  Certain  portions  of  these  mountains  can  be  quarried  and  made 
a  marketable  commodity.  Other  parts  are  unsuitable  for  building  purposes, 
because  they  easily  disintegrate.  This  disintegration  is  caused  by  the  presence 
of  innumerable  pores  in  the  feldspar  which  admit  water  charged  with  carbonic 
acid.  The  Conway  granite  mountains  are  not  of  this  character.  The  other 
varieties  also  afford  grades  of  building-stone  which  has  only  to  be  utilized  to  be 
appreciated.  The  liner  grained  varieties  of  Conway  marble  near  the  Portland 
and  Ogdensburgh  railroad  are  very  durable. 


16  History  of  Carroll  County. 


CHAPTER   IV. 


MINERALS. 


Copper  —  Arsenic  —  Galenite  and  Silver  —  Bornite  —  Sphalerite  —  Fyrite  —  Chalcopyrite 
—  Arsenopyrite  —  Fluorite  —  Hematite  —  Magnetite  —  Tin  —  Limonite  —  (Quartz  —  Beryl  — 
Epidote  —  Mica  —  Feldspar  —  Tourmaline  —  Chiastolite  —  Fibrolite  —  Apatite  —  Scorodite  — 
<  alcite  —  Novaculite  —  Gold. 

COPPER.  —  On  Eastman's  hill,  Jackson,  native  copper  was  found  while 
Masting  for  tin  ore,  and  in  connection  with  other  copper  ores. 
Arsenic.  — Native  arsenic  is  a  rare  mineral  in  the  United  States,  and 
almost  its  only  localities  are  in  New  Hampshire.  It  has  been  seen  at  the  tin 
mine  in  Jackson.  It  occurs  in  thin  layers  in  a  dark-blue  mica  schist,  associated 
with  iron  and  arsenical  pyrites. 

Galenite.  —  Galena  is  common  in  New  Hampshire.  It  occurs  in  small  beds 
and  veins,  and  though  it  has  never  been  found  in  such  large  quantities  as  to 
make  it  a  profitable  lead  ore,  yet  the  uniform  presence  in  it  of  varying 
amounts  of  silver  has  always  made  it  a  mineral  of  great  interest,  and  numerous 
attempts  have  been  made  to  mine  it.  It  is  well  to  bear  in  mind  that  no 
marked  success  has  ever  yet  attended  these  operations.  The  galenas  that 
are  found  in  these  highly  crystalline  regions  are  often  quite  rich  in  silver ; 
and,  as  rich  ores  have  been  found  in  this  state,  the  zeal  in  searching  for  them 
has  always  been  active,  but  the  amount  of  ore  is  always  small  and  its 
extraction  difficult.  In  Madison,  where  the  surface  indications  were  promising 
and  extensive  operations  begun,  the  money  expended  was  lost,  and  the 
workings  long  abandoned,  but  lately  the  mine  has  been  again  opened  with 
flattering  prospects.  Galena  may  be  found  in  Madison,  near  White  pond  in 
Tamworth,  and  in  small  quantities  scattered  through  the  rocks  in  general. 
The  galena  from  Madison  was  assayed  and  94  ounces  to  the  ton  obtained 
with  a  large  per  cent,  of  silver.  Though  it  is  widely  distributed,  it  ma}r  be 
quite  safely  affirmed  that  New  England  will  never  add  any  very  great  amount 
to  the  world's  production  of  silver. 

Bornite.  —  Sulphide  of  copper  occurs  sparingly,  associated  with  other 
copper  ores,  in  Jackson. 

Sphalerite.  —  At  Madison  there  is  a  large  vein  of  zinc  blende. 

Pyrite.  —  Iron  pyrites  is  very  common,  both  in  masses  and  as  a  constituent 
of  the  rocks.  It  forms  a  large  proportion  of  the  material  of  some  metallic 
veins.     At  Red  hill,  in  Moultonborough,  it  is  to  be  obtained  in    abundance. 


Minerals.  17 

Chalcopyrite  is  widely  distributed  over  the  state  in  varying  amounts,  but 
never  in  such  quantity  as  to  make  workable  deposits,  although  openings  have 

been  made  with  the  hope  of  profit.     It  is  found  in  Madison  and  Jackson. 

Arsenopyrite. —  Large  masses  of  the  non-crystalline  variety  are  found  at 
Jackson. 

Fluorite  is  found  at  the  Notch  in  beautiful  sea-green  octahedrons,  of  the 
size  of  hickory  nuts  and  of  perfect  form.  It  occurs  in  the  quartz  veins. 
These  green  octahedrons  are  found  on  Mts  Crawford  and  Webster,  at  Bemis 
brook,  and,  indeed,  all  along  the  White  Mountain  Notch.  It  is  also  found  at 
.Jackson  in  crystals  of  green,  white,  and  purple.  Fluor  spar  also  occurs  as  a 
microscopic  ingredient  of  the  granites  and  sienites  on  Chocorua  mountain. 

Hematite.  —  A  part  of  the  iron  ore  in  the  beds  at  Bartlett  and  Jackson  is 
hematite. 

Magnetite.  —  Large  amounts  of  magnetic  iron  are  associated  with  the 
hematite  at  Bartlett.     It  is  also  found  on  Thorn  mountain,  in  Jackson. 

Tin  was  first  discovered  in  the  United  States  in  1841,  at  Jackson.  Large 
excavations  have  been  made  with  the  idea  of  extracting  the  ore,  but  no 
quantities  sufficient  to  yield  metal  of  consequence  were  found.  The  tin  at 
Jackson  is  dark-colored  and  opaque,  except  in  the  thinnest  fragments.  The 
veins  arc  from  half  an  inch  to  several  inches  wide,  but  they  are  mostly  filled 
with  arsenopyrite,  chalcopyrite,  and  other  minerals.  The  veins  are  in  mica 
schist. 

Limonite.  —  Bog  iron  ore  has  been  found  in  the  bottom  of  Six-mile  pond,  in 
Madison,  also  in  Moultonborough. 

Quartz.  —  Common  transparent,  glassy  quartz  forms  a  large  proportion  of 
our  rocks,  and  is,  moreover,  found  in  the  most  grand  and  beautiful  crystalliza- 
tions. Fine,  large,  clear  crystals  arc  found  at  Bartlett  and  the  White 
Mountain  Notch.  Smoky  quartz  is  found  at  Bartlett  and  the  Notch.  Quartz 
of  a  delicate  rose  color,  called  rose  quartz,  occurs  in  mica  schist  rocks  in  the 
White  Mountains,  and  is  quite  abundant  on  Mt  Washington;  much  of  it  is 
annually  carried  away  by  tourists.  Amethyst,  or  purple  quartz,  is  found  at 
Mt  Cr;i\\  ford. 

Beryl. —  The  largest  beryls  of  the  world  are  in  New  Hampshire.  Professor 
Hitchcock  obtained  one  for  the  state  museum  weighing  half  a  ton.  Smaller 
but  much  more  perfect  crystals  are  found  in  the  islands  of  Lake  Winnipiseogee, 
Chatham  (in  the  stream  near  the  path  to  Baldface),  and  at  many  places  in  the 
White  .Mountains. 

Epidote  fills  a  vein  in  Jackson,  from  which  immense  crystals  have  been 
taken,  some  of  which  were  eight  inches  in  diameter  and  of  a  tine  green  color. 
Smaller  but  better  crystals,  and  also  twins,  are  more  common. 

Mica  in  New  Hampshire  is  an  important  mineral  from  an  economic  stand- 
point, and  a   most  common   and  interesting   rock    constituent.     The    color    of 


18  History  of   Carroll   County. 

granites,  as  well  as  many  schists,  is  largely  due  to  the  kind  of  mica  they 
contain.  Granites  that  contain  the  white  micas  are  light  colored,  while  the 
black  micas  make  the  granite  dark  colored  in  proportion  to  the  quantity  of 
mica  contained. 

Feldspar.  —  In  a  county  like  Carroll,  which  is  covered  by  crystalline 
rocks,  feldspar  is,  next  to  quartz,  the  predominant  mineral. 

Tourmaline. — Localities  of  note  for  black  tourmaline  are  Moultonborough 
and  White  Mountain  Notch  (very  large).  All  through  the  White  Mountains 
little  tourmalines  are  seen  here  and  there  scattered  through  the  schists. 
Sometimes  they  are  very  abundant  and  of  considerable  size,  and  sometimes 
small  and  sparsely  disseminated. 

Chiastolite.  —  The  variety  of  andalusite  called  chiastolite  is  abundant  in 
the  state.  It  abounds  on  some  parts  of  Mt  Washington,  in  Albany,  and  other 
places  in  Carroll  county. 

Fibrolite  exists  in  some  of  the  schists  of  the  White  Mountains  in  such 
amounts  as  to  give  a  character  to  the  rock. 

Apatite  is  found  in  Jackson.  The  augite  sienite  of  Jackson  is  filled  with 
very  perfect  crystals  which  are  large  enough  for  optical  examination.  The 
gabbros  at  Mt  Washington  contain  apatite  in  fine  crystals  of  some  size. 

Scorodite,  the  hydrous  arsenate  of  iron,  is  said  to  have  been  found  at  the 
tin  mines  in  Jackson. 

Calcite.  —  Crystals  of  calcite  are  found  at  the  Notch. 

Novaculite,  or  oil-stone,  so  highly  prized  for  sharpening  tools,  exists  in 
Tamworth  of  a  black  color. 

Gold  has  been  mined  for  to  some  extent,  although  geologists  consider  it 
not  present  in  any  quantity.  The  "  Diamond  Ledge  Gold  "  mine  was  opened 
near  Sandwich  Centre  in  1877,  and  a  yield  of  $49  a  ton  was  claimed.  A 
company  is  now  developing  a  property  in  Sandwich.  Certain  quartz  veins  in 
Ossipee  and  Wakefield  have  been  supposed  to  contain  gold. 


Floba.  10 


CHAPTER  V. 

FLORA. 

Alleghanian,  Canadian,  Arctic  or  Alpine  Divisions  —  White-Pine  —  Pitcb  and  Red-Pine  — 

Hemlock  —  Oaks  —  Chestnut  —  Butternut  —  Elm  —  Maples  —  Birches  —  Beech  —  Black  and 
White  Ash  —  Black,  Choke,  and  Fire  Cherries  — Black-Spruce — White-Spruce  —  Balsam-Fir 
—  American  Larch  —  Poplar  —  Small  Trees  and  Shrubs  —  Alpine  Plants. 

CARROLL  COUNTY  is  on  the  transition  line  between  the  southern  or 
Alleghanian  division  of  New  England  flora  and  the  northern  or  Canadian 
division.  If  we  were  to  attempt  to  draw  an  abrupt  line  of  division,  it 
w.mld  run  from  the  Maine  line  in  Conway  to  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  marking  an 
elevation  of  from  live  to  six  hundred  feet  above  the  sea;  but  an  arbitrary  line 
cannot  be  drawn.  The  two  divisions  interweave,  advance  and  retire,  and 
intermingle  with  each  other  for  some  distance.  In  the  northern  section  are  the 
black  and  white  spruce,  arbor-vita',  balsam-fir,  sugar-maple,  and  beech.  In  the 
southern  division  are  the  chestnut,  white-oak,  etc.;  while  the  range  of  the 
various  [lines  and  walnuts,  red-oak  and  hemlock,  and  the  white  or  river  maple 
is  principally  confined  to  this  division.  The  White  Mountains  introduce 
another  division  of  flora  into  this  county  —  the  Arctic  or  Alpine,  which  is  not 
that  of  trees,  but  only  of  dwarfed  and  abnormal  growths  and  mossy  and  lichen- 
oid plants.  We  will  enumerate  a  few  of  the  principal  plants  of  each  division, 
and  refer  the  reader  for  further  information  to  the  proper  botanical  works. 

White-Pine.  —  During  the  Indian  occupation  the  territory  now  Carroll 
county  was  covered  with  heavy  forests.  The  king  of  all  the  towering  growths 
was  the  massive  white-pine.  At  the  commencement  of  European  possession  of 
this  state  all  the  river  valleys  were  filled  with  a  stately  growth,  reaching  in 
some  cases  to  a  height  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet,  and  a  diameter  of  from 
four  to  six;  feet.  This  was  an  undeveloped  mine  of  untold  wealth.  After  17-11 
there  was  a  special  reservation  in  all  of  the  royal  grants  of  "all  white-pines  tit 
for  masting  the  royal  navy,"  and  wherever  the  wilderness  was  traversed  by  the 
surveyors  of  the  royal  forest,  the  "broad  arrow"  was  stamped  upon  the  most 
splendid  specimens.  To  cut  these  stamped  trees  for  any  other  purpose  than 
masts  in  the  royal  navy  was,  under  British  law,  a  felony,  and  punishable 
by  a  tine  of  £100  sterling  for  each  ••mast-tree"  cut  down.  This  arbitrary 
reservation  caused  great  indignation  in  the  thickly  settled  portions  of  the 
colony,  and  was,  doubtless,  one  of  the  causes  leading  to  the  independence  of 
the  colony.  Only  here  and  there  are  scattered  isolated  white-pines  of  the 
original  growth  :    the  lumberman's  axe   has  cut    the   rest   away. 


20  History  of   Carroll   County. 


Pitch  and  Red  Pine.  —  The  pitch-pine  grew  in  numbers  on  the  sandy  plains 
and  drift-knolls  from  Lake  Winnipiseogee  to  North  Conway,  and  yet  is  found  in 
plenteous  numbers  of  smaller  trees.  The  handsome  red-pine  was  scattered  in 
groups,  according  to  its  companionable  way,  over  the  same  territory,  and  went 
to  a  higher  altitude,  going  up  the  Saeo  valley  to  the  head  of  the  Notch.  This 
is  a  very  ornamental  tree,  of  rapid  growth,  and  worthy  of  special  attention  for 
its  beauty. 

Hemlock.  —  The  hemlock  is  as  much  at  home  in  this  county  as  in  any  part 
of  the  state,  and  was  in  great  abundance  in  early  days.  It  has  not  been  so 
closely  cut  off  as  the  white-pine,  and  will  be  a  valuable  product  for  years.  It 
does  not  often  ascend  high  on  the  mountain-sides,  and  may  be  said  to  be  found 
at  and  below  the  foot  of  the  mountains.  It  is  frequently  of  immense  size.  A 
tree  cut  in  Moultonborough  was  (J0  feet  long,  with  290  rings  of  growth. 

Oaks.  —  The  white-oak  extended,  and  is  now  found,  in  the  southern  part 
of  the  county  as  far  north  as  Ossipee  lake.  Its  limit  in  altitude  is  about  live 
hundred  feet  above  the  sea.  The  scrub,  pin,  or  barren  oak  lives  in  sterner 
air,  and  is  found  as  high  as  the  sandy  plains  of  Madison  and  Conway.  The 
charming  chestnut-oak  finds  one  of  its  few  abiding-places  in  New  Hampshire 
in  Ossipee,  where  it  flourishes  abundantly.  The  yellow-oak  is  usually  a 
companion  of  the  white-oak,  and  is  found  in  the  lower  towns  of  Carroll.  The 
red-oak  is  the  hardiest  of  the  oaks,  and  grows  as  high  up  as  the  lower  part  of 
the  Notch,  or  to  about  one  thousand  feet  above  tide-water. 

Chestnut.  —  The  chestnut,  like  the  white-oak,  is  found  in  the  lower  part  of 
the  county.  In  a  few  localities  near  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  where  the  water 
modifies  the  temperature,  it  grows  at  a  greater  height  than  its  real  limit  of 
altitude  —  four  hundred  feet  above  the  sea. 

Butternut.  —  This  grows  along  the  borders  of  the  streams  to  the  base  of  the 
mountains. 

Hickory.  —  The  shell-bark  variety  clings  around  the  vicinity  of  Lake 
Winnipiseogee  and  the  lower  lands  of  the  county. 

Elm. —  The  American  elm,  singly  or  in  groups  of  very  small  numbers,  adds 
a  picturesque  charm  to  the  river  landscapes  all  through  the  county,  and  follows 
them  closely  to  the  mountains. 

Maples.  —  The  sugar  or  rock  maple  is  a  valuable  economic  factor  in  the 
wealth  of  the  section  where  it  is  found,  producing  valuable  timber  and  the  cele- 
brated maple  sugar  and  sirup.  It  grows  in  good  soil,  and,  easily  transplanted, 
makes  one  of  the  finest  shade-trees.  The  red-maple  gives  the  brilliant  scarlet 
hue  to  the  autumnal  foliage,  and  its  plenty  and  habitat  will  then  be  shown  to 
be  universal  in  the  county  below  mountain  altitudes. 

Birches.  —  The  black,  yellow,  and  canoe  birches  occupy  the  same  range  for 
the  most  part  as  the  red-oak,  yet  the  canoe  or  paper  birch  attains  the  highest 
elevation,  its  white  bark  showing  in  striking  contrast  with  the  deep-green 
foliage  of  the  spruces  and  firs  upon  the  mountain-sides. 


Flora.  21 

Beech.  —  This  is  one  of  the  common  trees  of  the  county  belo\*  the  fool  of 
the  mountains,  not  so  numerous  in  the  Notch  as  lower  down,  however,  h  is 
not  a  stately  tree;  almost  always  it  is  low,  with  "  long  diverging  arms,  stretch- 
ing outward  at  a  large  angle." 

Bhiili  <nnt  White  Ash. — -These  trees  occur  in  the  lower  altitudes  of  the 
county,  and  approach  the  mountains,  hut  do  not  ascend  them. 

Bl<ic/,\  Choke,  and  Fire  Cherries. — These  are  found  in  the  intervales  as 
natives,  and  the  latter  varieties  spring  up  thickly  as  second  growth  in  some 
places  where  the  land  has  been  cleared. 

Black-Spruce.  —  This  magnificent  tree  rises  to  the  height  of  the  lower 
forest,  hut  adds  to  the  general  effect  as  much  by  its  sombre  masses  of  color  as 
by  its  outline  ;  the  elegance  peculiar  to  it  in  isolated  positions  is  usually  not 
attained  in  any  great  perfection  in  the  thick  woods.  It  makes  huge  forests 
itself,  redolent  of  healing  perfume,  carpeted  inimitably  with  thick  mats  of  fresh 
moss.  Here  the  spruce  has  sometimes  attained  enormous  size.  Josselyn,  in 
1672,  tells  of  spruce-trees  "three  fathom,"  eighteen  feet,  round  about.  Its 
blackish-green  foliage  appears  along  the  mountain-sides,  and,  with  the  fir,  it 
is  the  last  of  the  aborescent  vegetation  to  yield  to  the  increased  cold  and  tierce 
winds  of  the  higher  summits.  Since  the  comparatively  recent  discovery  of  its 
excellence  in  lumber,  extensive  lumbering  operations  have  been  carried  on,  and 
the  original  growth  is  fast  passing  away.  Unlike  the  white-pine,  however,  a 
new  growth  springs  up,  and,  with  proper  attention  and  care,  the  supply  may  be 
kept  up  for  a  long  period. 

White-Spruce.  —  This  differs  from  the  preceding  in  being  of  less  size,  having 
a  lighter  color  and  a  more  graceful  habit. 

Balsam-Fir.  —  This  is  a  lovely  tree,  of  rare  elegance  of  form,  and  has  the 
most  beautiful  foliage  of  any  of  the  evergreens,  and  also  the  smoothest  trunk. 
The  fir,  intermingled  with  the  black-spruce  in  about  equal  numbers,  gives  to 
the  White  Mountain  scenery  one  of  its  most  peculiar  features. 

American  Larch.  —  This  tree,  known  also  as  the  tamarack,  or  hackmatack, 
is  chiefly  found  in  swamps  of  small  extent,  and  is  a  very  graceful  tree.  It  is 
deciduous,  but  bears  many  of  the  characteristics  of  the  evergreens. 

Poplar.  —  Two  varieties  occur  in  Carroll  county.  One,  a  small  tree,  common 
in  light  soil,  springs  up  in  great  abundance  where  woodland  is  cleared  away. 
This  is  the  American  aspen,  and  closely  resembles  the  aspen  of  Europe,  so  cele- 
brated by  the  poets.  It  ascends,  in  burnt  lands,  several  thousand  feet  up  the 
mountain-sides.  The  other  is  a  larger  tree,  often  attaining  considerable  size. 
In  spring  the  young  leaves  are  covered  with  white  down,  by  which  the  tree  can 
be  distinguished  a  long  way  off.  The  dark  color  of  its  bark  gives  it  the  name 
"black-poplar."  Its  wood  is  in  great  demand  for  the  manufacture  of  wood- 
pulp. 

Small    Trees   and  Shrubs.  —  Among    these   we    mention    the   mountain-ash. 


22  Histoky  of   Carroll  County. 


mountain-laurel,  red-cedar  or  savin,  juniper,  witch-hazel,  striped-maple  or 
moosewood,  mountain-maple,  cranberry  (high  bush)  or  pembina,  several  alders 
and  willows,  blackberry,  raspberry,  elder,  blueberry,  mountain  holly.  The 
shrubs  grow  smaller  and  smaller  as  the  mountains  are  ascended.  The  mountain- 
aster  and  golden-rod,  the  white  orchis,  white  hellebore,  wood-sorrel,  and 
Solomon's  seal  ascend  into  the  "black  growth,"  while  the  clintonia,  bunch- 
berry,  bluets,  creeping  snowberry,  and  purple  trilliums  keep  them  company  and 
cease  to  grow  at  about  the  same  altitude.  The  red-cedar  is  found  in  Hart's 
Location  and  other  places. 

Alpine  Plants. — -An  Alpine  or  Arctic  vegetation  is  found  on  the  treeless 
region  of  the  upper  heights  of  Mt  Washington  and  adjacent  peaks,  where 
alone  are  found  the  conditions  favorable  to  their  growth.  They  are  of  great 
hardihood,  and  sometimes  bloom  amid  ice  and  snow.  The  region  they  occupy 
is  a  wind-swept  tract  above  the  limit  of  the  growth  of  trees,  and  is  about  eight 
miles  long  by  two  miles  wide.  Here  dwell  about  fifty  strictly  Alpine  species, 
found  nowhere  else  in  the  state.  About  fifty  other  species  are  "sub-Alpines," 
and  are  found  elsewhere  in  New  Hampshire,  and  along  the  base  of  the  White 
Mountains.  These  occupy  the  ravines  and  lower  portion  of  the  treeless  region, 
but  not  the  upper  summits.  The  firs  and  spruces  become  more  and  more 
dwarfish  as  they  ascend  the  mountain,  at  last  rising  but  a  few  feet,  while  their 
branches  spread  out  horizontally  for  a  long  distance,  and  become  thickly  inter- 
woven. They  present  an  almost  even  upper  surface,  strong  enough  for  a  man 
to  walk  upon.  These  dwarf  trees  at  last  disappear,  giving  place  to  the  dwarf 
birch,  Alpine  willows,  Labrador  tea,  and  Lapland  rhododendron,  which  spread 
out  over  the  nearest  rocks  after  rising  a  few  inches  above  the  ground,  thus 
gaining  the  warmth  which  enables  them  to  live  in  spite  of  cold  and  storm.  On 
the  mountain-tops  these  disappear  and  are  succeeded  by  the  Greenland  sand- 
wort, cassiope,  diapensia,  azalia,  Alpine  bearberry  and  heath,  mingling  with 
Antic  rushes,  sedges,  and  lichens.  On  some  of  the  warmer  spots  of  the  higher 
elevations  grow  the  Alpine  violet,  the  eyebright,  mountain  cudweed  and  sorrel, 
and  the  beautiful  grasses  which  are  found  on  the  summits  of  the  Alps  in 
Switzerland. 

The  various  trees  brought  in  by  Europeans  have  adapted  themselves  well  to 
their  surroundings ;  the  locust  especially  seems  to  thrive.  It  is  not  necessary 
for  the  purpose  of  this  work  to  enumerate  these. 


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CHAPTER   VI. 

INMAN    HISTORY. 

Aboriginal  Indians  —  [roquois — Mohawks  —  Algonquins —  New  England  Tribes  — Wig- 
wams —  Social  Life,  Government,  and  Language  —  Food — Religion — Taratines  —  War 
Famine,  and  Plague  —  Nipmucks —  Passaconaway  —  Wbnalancct— Kancamagus  —  Lovewell's 

Enterprises,  Battle,  etc.  —  Death  ol  Paugus  —  Abenaquis  —  St  Francis  Village  —  Bounties  for 
Scalps  and  Prisoners. 

WHEN  the  Europeans  first  landed  on  the  Continent  of  America,  the 
Indians  who  inhabited  the  Atlantic  slope  and  dwelt  in  the  valleys  of 
the  Connecticut  and  St  Lawrence,  in  the  basin  of  the  Great  Lakes, 
and  the  fertile  valleys  of  the  Alleghany  region,  were  composed  of  two  greal 
nations  and  their  sub-divisions.  These  were  soon  known  to  the  whites  under 
the  French  appellation  of  Iroquois  and  Algonquins  (Ale-zhone-ke-we-ne,  people 
of  one  language).  These  nations  differed  in  language  and  lineage,  in  manners 
and  customs,  in  the  construction  of  their  dwellings  and  boats,  and  were  heredi- 
tary enemies. 

The  Iroquois  proper,  who  gave  their  name  to  one  division,  the  ablest  and 
most  powerful  of  this  family,  were  the  Five  Nations,  called  by  themselves  the 
Ho-de-no-sau-nee,  "the  people  of  the  long  house."  They  compared  their  union 
of  five  tribes,  stretched  along  a  narrow  valley  for  more  than  two  hundred  miles 
in  Central  New  York,  to  one  of  their  long  wigwams  containing  many  families. 
Among  all  the  aborigines  of  America  there  were  none  so  politic  and  intelligent, 
none  so  warlike  and  fierce,  none  with  such  a  contrasting  array  of  virtues  and 
vices  as  the  true  Iroquois.  All  surrounding  tribes,  whether  of  their  own  fam- 
ily or  of  the  Algonquins,  stood  in  awe  of  them.  They  followed  the  warpath, 
and  their  warcry  was  heard  on  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi,  on  the  shores  of 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  where  the  Atlantic  breakers  dash  in  Massachusetts  Bay, 
and  the  high  tides  rise  and  fall  in  the  Bay  of  Fundy.  "Some  of  the  small 
tribes  were  nearly  exterminated  by  their  ferocity  and  barbarity.  They  were 
more  cruel  to  the  Eastern  Indians  than  those  Indians  were  to  the  Europeans." 
The  New  England  tribes,  with  scarce  an  exception,  paid  them  tribute  :  and  the 
Moiitagnais,  far  north  on  the  Saguenay,  called  by  the  French  "the  paupers  of 
the  wilderness,"  would  start  from  their  midnight  slumbers  at  dreams  of  the 
Iroquois,  and  run,  terror-stricken,  into  the  forest.  They  were  the  conquerors 
of  the  New  World,  and  justly  carried  the  title  of  "The  Romans  of  the  West." 
The  Jesuit  father,  Ragueneau,  wrote,  in  l(i50,  in  his  "  Revelations  des  I  In  ions,"' 


24  History  of  Carroll  County. 

"  My  pen  has  no  ink  black  enough  to  paint  the  fury  of  the  Iroquois."  The 
tribe  which  guarded  the  eastern  door  of  the  typical  long  house  was  the  most 
active  and  most  bloodthirsty  one  of  this  fierce  family,  the  dreaded  Mohawks,  to 
whom  the  Connecticut  River  Indians  gave  the  appellation  of  Ma-qua-ogs,  or 
Maquas  —  "  man-eaters."  The  Mohawk  country  proper  was  west  of  the  Hud- 
son river,  but  by  right  of  conquest  they  claimed  all  the  country  between  the 
Hudson  and  the  sources  of  the  north  and  easterly  branches  of  the  Connecticut, 
and  by  virtue  of  this  claim  all  the  Indians  of  the  Connecticut  valley  paid 
them  annual  tribute. 

The  few  tribes  of  the  Iroquois  were  surrounded  on  all  sides  by  the  much 
more  numerous  Algonquins,  to  which  family  all  the  New  England  tribes 
belonged.  Along  the  valley  of  the  St  Lawrence  dwelt  the  Algonquins  proper, 
the  Abinaquis,  the  Montagnais,  and  other  roving  tribes.  These  tribes  were 
often  forced,  during  the  long  Canadian  winters  when  game  grew  scarce,  to 
subsist  on  buds  and  bark,  and  sometimes  even  on  the  wood  of  forest  trees,  for 
many  weeks  together.  From  this  they  were  called  in  mockery  by  their  bitter 
enemies,  the  Mohawks,  "  Ad-i-ron-daks,"  tree-eaters.  The  late  B.  D.  Eastman, 
who  fairly  reveled  in  aboriginal  languages,  gives  this  concerning  the  Abinaquis, 
in  his  sketch  of  North  Conway  :  — 

"  The  Ale-zhone-ke-we-ne  confederacy,  located  in  the  northeast,  on  territory 
between  Mass-ad-chu-set,  '  near  the  great  hills  or  mountains,'  now  called  Massa- 
chusetts, on  the  south,  and  Heeh-sepe,  'chief  river,'  now  called  St  Lawrence, 
on  the  northeast,  were  called  the  Ab-e-na-kies.  This  name  is  thought  to  be  a 
disguise  of  the  name  Wan-ban-ak-kees,  which  by  some  Indians  is  pronounced 
Oob-an-ak-kees.  This  name  was  probably  applied  to  distinguish  them  as  the 
people  dwelling  in  the  region  of  the  Wan-ban-ben,  '  Aurora  Borealis,'  or 
'  Northern  Lights.'  So  the  name  Abenakees  appears  to  mean  the  '  Northern 
Light  People.'.  The  elements  of  this  name  has  place  in  many  Indian  names  in 
the  country  they  occupied.  Their  confederate  sign  manual  or  totem  was  *  Great 
Bear,'  Masse-machks,  which  is  a  corruption  of  the  Ale-zhone-ke-we-ne  term  for 
'  Great  Bear,'  Mishe-mo-kweir.  Probably  the  name  Mich-mack  and  Merrimack 
had  their  origin  from  this  name — one  given  to  the  Indians  resident  on  the 
river,  the  other  the  river  itself." 

Wig/rams.  —  The  Algonquin  Indians  made  their  wigwams  small  and  round, 
and  for  one  or  two  families  only  ;  while  the  Iroquois  built  theirs  long  and 
narrow,  each  for  the  use  of  many  families.  The  Algonquin  wigwam  was  made 
of  poles  set  up  around  a  circle,  from  ten  to  twelve  feet  across.  The  poles  met 
at  the  top,  forming  a  circular  framework,  which  was  covered  with  bark-mats  or 
skins:  in  the  centre  was  the  fire,  the  smoke  escaping  from  a  hole  in  the  top. 
In  these  wigwams  men,  women,  children,  and  dogs  crowded  promiscuously 
together  in  complete  violation  of  all  our  rules  of  modern  housekeeping. 

Social  Life,   Government,  and  Language.  —  The  government  of  the  Indian 


Ini>ian    History.  25 


was  completely  patriarchal.  The  only  law  was  the  custom  of  the  tribe; 
conforming  to  that,  he  was  otherwise  as  free  as  the  air  he  breathed  in  follow 

the  bent  of  liis  OWD  wild  will.  In  his  solitary  cabin  he  was  the  head  of  his 
family,  and  his"squaw"  was  hut  his  slave  to  do  the  drudgery.  Over  tribes 
were  principal  chiefs  called  sachems,  and  lesser  ones  called  sagamores.  Tin; 
direct  succession  was  invariably  in  the  female  line.  The  war-chiefs  were  only 
Leaders  in  times  of  war,  and  won  their  distinction  only  by  their  valor  on  the 
warpath.  The  Indian  Language,  in  the  language  of  modern  comparative 
philology,  was  neither  monosyllabic  like  the  Chinese,  nor  inflecting  like  thai  of 
the  civilized  Caucasian  stock,  hut  was  agglutinating,  like  that  of  the  northwest- 
ern Asiatic  tribes  and  those  of  southeastern  Europe.  They  express  ideas  by 
stringing  words  together  in  one  compound  vocable.  The  Algonquin  languages 
were  harsh  and  guttural,  not  euphonious  like  that  of  the  Iroquois.  Contrast 
the  Algonquin  names  A-gi-o-cho-ok,  Co-os,  Squa-ke-ag,  Am-os-ke-ag,  Win-ni-pi- 
se-o-gee,  Waum-bek-ket-meth-na,  with  Hi-a-wath-a,  O-no-a-la-go-na,  Kay-ad-ros- 
se-ra,  Ska-nek-ta-da. 

Food. — The  Indians  had  fish,  game,  nuts,  berries,  roots,  corn,  acorns, 
squashes,  a  kind  of  bean  called  now  "seiva"  bean,  and  a  species  of  sunflower, 
with  roots  like  an  artichoke.  Fish  were  speared  or  taken  with  lines,  nets,  or 
snares,  made  of  the  sinews  of  deer  or  fibres  of  moosewood.  Their  fish-hooks 
were  made  of  the  bones  of  fishes  or  of  birds.  They  caught  the  moose,  the 
deer,  and  the  hear  in  the  winter  season  by  shooting  with  bows  and  arrows,  by 
snaring,  or  in  pit  falls.  They  cooked  their  fish  by  roasting  before  the  fire  on  the 
end  of  a  long  stick,  or  by  boiling  in  closely  woven  baskets,  or  stone  or  wooden 
vessels.  They  made  water  boil,  not  by  hanging  over  the  fire,  but  by  the 
constant  immersion  of  hot  stones.  The  corn  boiled  alone  was  "  hominy ; " 
with  beans,   "succotash." 

Religion.  —  The  aborigines  had  but  a  vaguely  crude  idea,  if  an  idea  at  all, 
of  religion.  They  had  no  priests,  no  altars,  no  sacrifice.  They  had  "medicine- 
men"—  mere  conjurors  —  who  added  nothing  to  the  mysterious  awe  and  super- 
stition which  enveloped  the  whole  race.  The  Indian  spiritualized  everything 
in  nature:  heard  "aery  tongues  on  sands  and  shores  and  desert  wildernesses," 
saw  ••calling  shapes  and  beckoning  shadows  dire"  on  every  hand.  The  flight 
or  cry  of  a  bird,  the  humming  of  a  bee,  the  crawling  of  an  insect,  the  turning 
of  a  leaf,  the  whisper  of  a  breeze,  all  were  mystic  signals  of  good  or  evil 
import,  by  which  he  was  guided  in  the  most  important  undertakings.  lie 
placed  the  greatest  confidence  in  dreams,  which  were  to  him  revelations  from 
the  spirit-world,  guiding  him  to  the  places  where  his  game  linked,  and  to  the 
haunts  of  his  enemies.  He  invoked  t  heir  aid  on  all  occasions  to  instruct  him 
how  to  cure  the  sick,  or  reveal  to  him  his  enemies. 

Three  centuries  of  contact  with  our  civilization  has  unchanged  him,  and  he 
is  still  the  wild,  untamed  child  of  nature.     "  I  Ie  will  not,'*  says  Parkman,  v>  learn 


26  History  of  Carroll  County. 

the  arts  of  civilization,  and  lie  and  his  forest  must  perish  together.  The  stern, 
unchanging  features  of  his  mind  excite  our  admiration  from  their  immutability; 
and  we  look  with  deep  interest  on  the  fate  of  this  irreclaimable  son  of  the 
wilderness,  the  child  who  will  not  be  weaned  from  the  breast  of  his  rugged 
mother." 

A  powerful  confederacy  of  tribes  occupied  New  Hampshire  and  Maine 
when  Captain  Smith  sailed  along  the  coast  and  named  New  England.  The 
leading  chief  was  the  one  who  ruled  over  the  Penobscot  tribe,  which  dwelt 
along  the  river  of  that  name.  Shortly  after  this  (1615)  the  Taratines  sent 
war  parties  from  Acadia  and  captured  the  chief  village  of  the  Penobscots,  and 
nearly  exterminated  the  tribe.  This  dissolved  the  confederation,  and  a  season 
of  civil  war  and  anarchy  ensued.  The  Taratines,  flushed  with  victory,  sent 
forces  by  land  and  sea  against  the  various  tribes,  and  conquered  all  opposition. 
It  was  a  war  of  extinction  to  the  weak  tribes.  There  was  no  time  for  hunting, 
fishing,  or  corn-planting,  and  a  grievous  famine  fell  on  those  whom  the  toma- 
hawk had  spared.  Closely  following  this,  and  in  conjunction  therewith  (1616), 
a  mysterious  plague  developed  rapidly  near  the  sea,  and  raged  through  a  wide 
extent  of  territory  for  three  successive  summers,  sweeping  away  whole  tribes, 
and  leaving  a  solitude  in  the  most  populated  sections.  Nine  tenths  of  the 
Indian  population  was  exterminated  by  the  combined  action  of  the  three  forces 
of  war,  famine,  and  pestilence.  As  these  ceased,  new  tribal  arrangements  were 
formed,  and  a  confederation  of  thirteen  tribes  was  organized  with  the  historic 
Passaconaway,  of  Pennacook,  as  bashaba,  or  chieftain. 

The  tribes  were  then  located  throughout  this  northern  and  eastern  section 
substantially  thus :  the  Taratines  occupied  the  Penobscot  valley,  and  drew 
tribute  from  surrounding  tribes.  They  were  a  kindred  tribe  to  the  Abenaquis, 
which  held  its  territory  from  the  St  Lawrence  and  Lake  Champlain  to  the 
Kennebec.  The  New  Hampshire  tribes  were  known  as  IVipmucks,  fresh-water 
people.  The  Nipmucks  were  composed  of  the  Nashaways,  living  on  the 
Nashua  river ;  the  Souhegans,  in  the  Souhegan  valley ;  the  Squamscotts, 
around  Exeter;  the  Pascataquakes,  between  Dover  and  Portsmouth;  the 
Newichawanocks,  along  Salmon  Falls  river;  the  Amoskeags,  at  and  around 
Manchester;  the  Pennacooks,  around  Concord;  the  Winnipiseogees,  south 
and  west  of  the  lake  of  that  name  ;  the  "  swift  deer-hunting  Coo-ash-aukes,,' 
on  the  Connecticut;  the  Pemigewassets,  in  the  valley  of  that  name;  the 
Ossipees,  around  Ossipee  lake  and  along  the  north  shore  of  Winnipiseogee 
lake;  the  Pequawkets,  in  the  Saco  valley;  the  Anasagunticooks,  a  powerful 
tribe,  controlled  the  territory  of  the  Ameriscoggin   (Androscoggin). 

The  Massachusetts  occupied  the  lands  around  the  bay  of  that  name  and  the 
adjacent  islands.  What  is  now  Vermont  was  a  contested  ground,  where  no 
tribe  had  a  permanent  home.  It  was  the  beaver-hunting  country  of  the 
Mohawks,  also  claimed,  and  at  times  occupied,  by  the  Abenaquis. 


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Passaconawav  was  in  authority  from  before  1(520  to  1<>60.  He  was  a  better 
friend  to  the  whites  than  they  were  to  him.  lie  restrained  his  warriors  from 
making  war  on  the  English  for  many  years,  and  kept  the  peace  (hiring  the 
exciting  period  of  King  Philip's  War.  His  warriors  later  could  not  be  held 
hack  from  war  on  the  whites,  and  he  resigned  the  chieftainship  to  his  son 
Wonalancet.  In  1685  Wonalancet  was  succeeded  by  Kancamagus,  his 
grandson,  an  able  and  adroit  statesman  and  a  brave  and  skilful  warrior. 
He  was  abused  and  ill-treated  hy  the  English,  whose  friendship  he  tried 
hard  to  retain,  and  hecame  their  dangerous  enemy.  He  planned  and 
conducted  in  person  the  attack  on  Dover,  which  proved  so  disastrous  to 
both  whites  and  Indians.  This  was  in  168f>,  and  the  result  was  the  virtual 
sweeping  out  of  existence  of  the  Pennacooks. 

Passaconaway,  Wonalancet,  and  Kancamagus  were  all  of  them  men  of  more 
than  ordinary  power ;  equal  in  mental  vigor,  physical  proportions,  and  moral 
qualities  to  any  of  their  white  contemporaries. 

From  this  time  the  northern  tribes  of  the  broken  confederation  remained 
in  hostility  to  the  English,  and  war  and  warlike  forays  existed  for  a  long  term 
of  years.  The  Indians  had  been  foolishly  repulsed  by  the  English,  and  were 
stanch  and  valuable  allies  of  the  French.  "The  war  on  the  part  of  the 
Indians  was  one  of  ambushes  and  surprises."  They  were  secret  as  beasts 
of  prey,  skilful  marksmen,  swift  of  foot,  patient  of  fatigue,  familiar  with 
every  path  and  nook  of  the  forest,  and  frantic  with  the  passion  for  vengeance 
and  destruction.  The  laborer  in  the  field  and  the  woodman  felling  trees  were 
shot  down  by  skulking  foes  who  were  invisible.  The  mother  left  alone  in  the 
lumse  was  in  constant  fear  of  the  tomahawk  for  herself  and  her  children. 
There  was  no  hour  of  freedom  from  peril.  The  dusky  red  men  hung  upon  the 
skirts  of  the  colonial  villages  "like  the  lightning  on  the  edge  of  the  cloud." 

Military  expeditions  from  Massachusetts  and  the  lower  New  Hampshire 
settlements,  also  composed  of  "  skilful  marksmen,"  tireless  woodsmen,  and 
daring  adventurers,  thirsting  for  vengeance  and  destruction,  were  often 
sent  out. 

The  most  important  of  these  in  far-reaching  consequences  of  crushing  the 
Indian  strength  in  this  part  of  New  England,  and  securing  peace  and  immunity 
from  attack,  were  under  the  leadership  of  Captain  John  Lovewell,  and  have  made 
Carroll  county  historic  ground.  The  stirring  adventures  and  tragedies  enacted 
on  and  near  the  soil  of  what  we  now  call  Carroll  county,  where  he  and  most  of 
his  heroic  party  met  death  bravely,  carrying  death  at  the  same  time  to  their 
enemies,  have  been  finely  given  by  Hon.  John  H.  Goodale  in  his  History  of 
Nashua,  written  for  J.  W.  Lewis  &  Co.'s  History  of  Hillsborough  County,  and 
we  copy  his  very  graphic  account,  which  will  show  that  neither  the  English  nor 
the  Indians  were  governed  much  by  humanity  or  the  principles  of  the  gospel 
of  peace. 


28  History  of   Carroll  County. 


"  With  the  exception  of  General  John  Stark,  no  other  name  in  the  colonial 
annals  of  New  England  is  so  well  known  as  that  of  Captain  John  Lovewell. 
He  was  horn  in  that  part  of  old  Dunstable  which  afterward  fell  within  the 
limits  of  Nashua,  in  a  cabin  near  Salmon  Brook.  He  was  the  oldest  son  of 
John  Lovewell,  who  came  over  from  England  about  1670.  His  grandfather 
served  in  the  army  of  Oliver  Cromwell.  His  father  appears  to  have  fought 
under  the  famous  Captain  Church  during  King  Philip's  War.  He  was  a  man 
of  unusual  courage  and  physical  vigor.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1752,  he 
was  probably  a  centenarian,  but  not,  as  erroneously  reported,  one  hundred  and 
twenty  years  old. 

"Captain  John  Lovewell,  Jr,  was,  like  his  father,  a  man  of  great  courage 
and  ready  to  engage  in  daring  enterprises.  During  his  boyhood  Dunstable  was 
constantly  assailed  by  merciless  savages,  and  at  a  very  early  age  he  began  to 
engage  in  scouts,  which  required  the  exercise  of  the  utmost  caution,  prompti- 
tude, and  bravery.  At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  was  actively  engaged  in 
exploring  the  wilderness  to  find  the  lurking-places  of  the  Indians.  Having 
the  qualities  of  leadership,  his  ability  was  early  recognized,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-five  he  ranked  as  the  best  equipped,  most  daring  and  versatile  scout  in 
the  frontier  settlements.  This  was  no  trivial  compliment,  for  no  township  in 
New  England  had,  in  the  first  half  of  the  eighteenth  century,  a  more 
experienced,  adroit,  and  courageous  corps  of  Indian  fighters  than  Dunstable. 

"  The  fate  of  Lieutenant  French  and  his  party,  in  September,  1724,  had 
a  dispiriting  effect  on  the  inhabitants  of  Dunstable.  But  Captain  John 
Lovewell,  Jr,  then  thirty  years  old,  was  determined  to  carry  the  war  to 
the  strongholds  of  the  savages  and  destroy  them,  as  Captain  Church  had 
destroyed  the  followers  of  King  Philip.  '  These  barbarous  outrages  must 
be  stopped,  and  I  am  ready  to  lead  the  men  who  will  do  it,'  was  his  declaration 
to  his  comrades.  Joined  by  Josiah  Farwell  and  Jonathan  Robbins,  a  petition 
was  sent  to  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  for  leave  to  raise  a  company 
to  scout  against  the  Indians.  The  original  petition,  signed  by  them,  is  on  file 
in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  in  Boston,  and  is  as  follows :  — 

The  humble  memorial  of  John  Lovewell,  Josiah  Farwell,  Jonathan  Roberts,  all  of 
Dunstable,  sbeweth : 

That  your  petitioners,  with  near  forty  or  fifty  others,  are  inclinable  to  range  and  to 
keep  out  in  the  woods  for  several  months  together,  in  order  to  kill  and  destroy  their  enemy 
Indians,  provided  they  can  meet  with  Encouragement  suitable.  And  your  Petitioners  are 
Employed  and  desired  by  many  others  Humbly  to  propose  and  submit  to  your  Honors'  consid- 
eration, that  if  such  soldiers  may  be  allowed  five  shillings  per  day,  in  case  they  kill  any  enemy 
Indian,  and  possess  his  scalp,  they  will  Employ  themselves  in  Indian  hunting  one  whole  year; 
and  if  within  that  time  they  do  not  kill  any,  they  are  content  to  be  allowed  nothing  for  their 
wages,  time  and  trouble. 

John  Lovewell. 
Josiah  Farwell. 
Jonathan  Robbins. 
Dunstable,  Nov.,  1724. 


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"This  petition  was  granted,  with,  the  change  of  the  compensation  bo  a  bounty 
of  one  hundred  pounds  per  scalp.  Volunteers  came  forward  with  alacrity,  the 
company  was  organized,  and  the  commission  of  captain  given  to  Lovewell. 

i-  With   this  picked  company   Captain   Lovewell  started   on   an   exclusion 

northward  to  Lake  Winnipesaukee.  On  the  10th  of  December,  17-4.  the 
party  came  upon  a  wigwam  in  which  were  two  Indians  —  a  man  and  a  boy. 
They  killed  and  scalped  the  man,  and  brought  the  boy  alive;  to  Boston,  where 
they  received  the  promised  bounty  and  two  shillings  and  sixpence  per  day. 

M This  success  was  small,  but  it  gave  courage,  and  the  company  grew  from 
thirty  to  eighty-seven.  They  started  the  second  time  on  January  27,  172">. 
Crossing  the  Merrimack  at  Nashua,  they  followed  the  river  route;  on  the  east 
side  to  the  southeast  corner  of  Lake  Winnipesaukee,  where  they  arrived  on  the 
9th  of  February.  Provisions  falling  short,  thirty  of  them  were  dismissed  by 
lot  and  returned  home.  The  company  went  on  to  Bear  Camp  river,  in  Tain- 
worth,  where,  discovering  Indian  tracks,  they  changed  their  course  and  followed 
them  in  a  southeast  direction  till,  just  before  sunset  on  the  20th,  they  saw- 
smoke,  by  which  the}T  judged  the  enemy  were  encamped  for  the  night.  Keeping- 
concealed  till  after  midnight,  they  then  silently  advanced,  and  discovered  ten 
Indians  asleep  round  a  lire  by  the  side  of  a  frozen  pond.  Lovewell  now 
resolved  to  make  sure  work,  and  placing  his  men  conveniently,  ordered  them 
to  fire,  live  at  once,  as  quickly  after  each  other  as  possible,  and  another  part  to 
reserve  their  fire.  He  gave  the  signal  by  firing  his  own  gun,  which  killed  two 
of  them ;  the  men,  firing  as  directed,  killed  five  more  on  the  spot ;  the  other 
three  starting  up  from  their  sleep,  two  were  shot  dead  on  the  spot  by  the 
reserve.  The  other,  wounded,  attempted  to  escape  across  the  pond,  was  seized 
by  a  dog  and  held  fast  till  they  killed  him.  In  a  few  minutes  the  whole  party 
was  killed,  and  a  raid  on  some  settlement  prevented.  These  Indians  were 
coming  from  Canada  with  new  guns  and  plenty  of  ammunition.  They  had 
also  some  spare  blankets,  moccasins  and  snowshoes  for  the  use  of  tire  prisoners 
they  expected  to  take.  The  pond  where  this  success  was  achieved  is  in  the 
town  of  Wakefield,  and  has  ever  since  borne  the  name  of  Lovewell's  Pond. 
The  company  then  went  to  Boston  through  Dover,  where  they  displayed  the 
scalps  and  guns  taken  from  the  savages.  In  Boston  the}r  received  the  bounty 
of  one  thousand  pounds  from  the  public  treasury. 

"Captain  Lovewell  now  planned  the  bold  design  of  attacking  the  Pequaw- 
kets  in  their  chief  village  on  the  Saco  river,  in  Fryeburg,  Maine.  This  tribe 
was  powerful  and  ferocious.  Its  chief  was  Paugus,  a  noted  warrior,  whose 
name  inspired  terror  wherever  he  was  known.  To  reach  Pequawket  was  a  task- 
involving  hardships  and  danger.  There  is  no  doubt  that  Captain  Lovewell 
underestimated  the  perils  of  the  march  and  the  risk  from  ambuscades.  One 
hundred  and  thirty  miles  in  early  spring,  through  a  wilderness  not  marked  by  a 
trail  to  a  locality  never  visited  by  the  invaders,  but   every  rod  familiar  to  the 


30  History  of   Carroll  County. 

wily  foe,  were  serious  disadvantages.  Besides  this,  the  company,  at  the  start, 
only  consisted  of  forty-six  men.  They  left  Salmon  brook  on  the  16th  of  April, 
1725.  They  had  traveled  hut  a  few  miles  when  Toby,  an  Indian,  falling  sick, 
was  obliged  to  return,  which  he  did  with  great  reluctance. 

"At  Contoocook  (now  Boscawen)  William  Cummings,  of  Dunstable,  became 
so  disabled  by  a  wound  received  from  the  enemy  years  before  that  the  captain 
sent  him  back  with  a  kinsman  to  accompany  him.  They  proceeded  on  to  the 
west  shore  of  Ossipee  lake,  where  Benjamin  Kidder,  of  Nuffield  (now  London- 
derry), falling  sick,  the  captain  halted  and  built  a  rude  fort,  having  the  lake 
shore  to  the  east  and  Ossipee  river  on  the  north  side.  This  was  intended  as  a 
refuge  in  case  of  disaster.  Here  Captain  Lovewell  left  with  Kidder  the 
surgeon,  a  sergeant,  and  seven  other  men  as  a  guard.  He  also  left  a  quantity 
of  provisions  to  lighten  the  loads  of  the  men,  and  which  would  be  a  needed 
supply  on  their  return. 

"  With  only  thirty-four  men,  Captain  Lovewell,  not  disheartened,  proceeded 
on  his  march  from  Ossipee  lake  to  Pequawket  village,  a  distance  of  nearly 
forty  miles  through  a  rough  forest.  None  of  the  party  were  acquainted  with 
the  route.  Of  the  thirty-four  in  the  company,  only  eight  were  from  that 
portion  of  Dunstable  now  included  in  Nashua.  The  others  were  from  neigh- 
boring towns,  largely  from  Groton,  Billerica,  and  Woburn.  Dunstable  fur- 
nished the  captain,  lieutenants,  and  nearly  all  the  minor  officers  of  the  expedi- 
tion. The  eight  men  from  Dunstable  were  Captain  John  Lovewell,  Lieutenant 
Josiah  Farwell,  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Robbins,  Ensign  John  Harwood,  Sergeant 
Noah  Johnson,  Corporal  Benjamin  Hassell,  Robert  Usher,  and  Samuel  Whiting, 
privates. 

"  On  Thursday,  two  days  before  the  fight,  the  company  were  apprehensive 
that  they  were  discovered  and  watched  by  the  enemy,  and  on  Friday  night  the 
watch  heard  the  Indians  rustling  in  the  underbrush,  and  alarmed  the  company, 
but  the  darkness  was  such  they  made  no  discovery.  Very  early  in  the  morning 
of  Saturday,  May  8,  while  they  were  at  prayers,  they  heard  the  report  of  a  gun. 
Soon  after  they  discovered  an  Indian  on  a  point  running  out  into  Saco  pond. 
The  company  decided  that  the  purpose  of  the  Indian  was  to  draw  them  into  an 
ambush  concealed  between  himself  and  the  soldiers.  The  inference  was  a  mis- 
take, and  a  fatal  one  to  a  majority  of  the  party.  Expecting  an  immediate 
attack,  a  consultation  was  held  to  determine  whether  it  was  better  to  venture 
an  engagement  with  the  enemy  or  to  make  a  speedy  retreat.  The  men  boldly 
answered  :  '  We  have  prayed  all  along  that  we  might  find  the  foe,  and  we  had 
rather  trust  Providence  with  our  lives,  yea,  die  for  our  country,  than  try  to 
return  without  seeing  them,  and  be  called  cowards  for  our  conduct.' 

"Captain  Lovewell  readily  complied,  and  led  them  on,  though  not  without 
manifesting  some  apprehensions.  Supposing  the  enemy  to  be  in  front,  he 
ordered  the  men  to  lay  down  their  packs  and  march  with  the  greatest  caution 


In  man    History.  31 


and  in  the  utmost  readiness.  In  this  way  they  advanced  a  mile  and  a  half 
when  Ensign  Wyman  spied  an  [ndian  approaching  among  the  trees.  Giving  a 
signal,  all  the  men  concealed  themselves,  and  as  the  Indian  came  nearer  several 

guns  were  fired  at  him.  He  at  onee  fired  at  Captain  Lovewell  with  beaver 
shot,  wounding  him  severely,  though  he  made  little  complaint,  and  was  still 
able  to  travel.  Ensign  Wyman  then  tired  and  killed  the  Indian,  and  Chaplain 
Frye  scalped  him.  They  then  returned  toward  their  packs,  which  had  already 
been  found  and  seized  by  the  savages,  who,  in  reality,  were  Lurking  in  their 
rear,  and  who  were  elated  by  discovering  from  the  number  of  the  packs  that 
their  own  force  was  more  than  double  that  of  the  whites.  It  was  now  ten 
o'clock,  and  just  before  reaching  the  place,  on  a  plain  of  scattered  pines  about 
thirty  rods  from  the  pond,  the  Indians  rose  up  in  front  and  rear  in  two  parties, 
and  ran  toward  the  whites  with  their  guns  presented.  The  whites  instantly 
presented  their  guns  and  rushed  to  meet  them. 

"  When  both  parties  came  within  twenty  yards  of  each  other,  they  tired. 
The  Indians  suffered  far  the  more  heavily,  and  hastily  retreated  a  few  rods  into 
a  low  pi ne  thicket,  where  it  was  hardly  possible  to  see  one  of  them.  Three  or 
tour  rounds  followed  from  each  side.  The  savages  had  more  than  twice  the 
number  of  our  men  and  greatly  the  advantage  in  their  concealed  position,  and 
their  shots  began  to  tell  fearfully.  Already  nine  of  the  whites  were  killed  and 
three  were  fatally  wounded.  This  was  more  than  one  third  of  their  number. 
Among  the  dead  were  Captain  Lovewell  and  Ensign  Harwood,  and  both  lieu- 
tenant Farwell  and  Lieutenant  Robbins  were  injured  beyond  recovery.  Ensign 
Wyman  ordered  a  retreat  to  the  pond,  and  probably  saved  the  company  from 
entire  destruction,  as  the  pond  protected  their  rear. 

"The  fight  continued  obstinately  till  sunset,  the  savages  howling,  yelling, 
and  barking,  and  making  all  sorts  of  hideous  noises,  the  whites  frequently 
shouting  and  huzzahing.  Some  of  the  Indians,  holding  up  ropes,  asked  the 
English  if  they  would  take  quarter,  but  were  promptly  told  that  they  would 
have  no  quarter  save  at  the  muzzles  of  their  guns. 

"About  the  middle  of  the  afternoon  the  chaplain,  Jonathan  Frye,  of 
Andover,  who  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1723,  and  who  had  fought  bravely,  fell 
terribly  wounded.  When  he  could  light  no  longer,  he  prayed  audibly  for  the 
preservation  of  the  rest  of  the  company. 

"The  light  had  lasted  nearly  eight  hours,  and  at  intervals  was  furious.  The 
reader  will  understand  that  it  was  very  unlike  a  battle  between  two  parties  of 
civilized  infantry.  In  lighting  these  savages,  who  concealed  themselves  behind 
trees,  logs,  bushes,  and  rocks,  the  whites  were  compelled  to  adopt  similar 
tactics.  In  such  a  light,  while  obeying  general  orders,  each  soldier  fires  at  the 
toe  when  he  can  discern  an  exposed  head  or  body.  This  Pequawket  contest 
lasted  from  ten  in  the  morning  till  night,  but  it  was  not  continuous.  Then- 
were  intervals  of  nearly  or  quite  half  an  hour,  which  were  hardly  disturbed  by 


32  History  of   Carroll   County. 

the  crack  of  a  single  musket.  But  in  these  intervals  the  savages  were  skulking 
and  creeping  to  get  a  near  view  and  sure  aim  at  some  white  soldier,  while  our 
men  were  desperately  on  the  alert  to  detect  their  approach  and  slay  them. 
Noticing  a  lull  among  the  warriors,  Ensign  Wyman  crept  up  behind  a  bush 
and  discovered  a  group  apparently  in  council,  and  by  a  careful  shot  brought 
down  their  leader. 

"  It  was  in  the  latter  part  of  the  fight  that  Paugus,  the  Indian  chief,  met  his 
fate.  He  was  well  known  by  most  of  Lovewell's  men,  and  several  times  he 
(ailed  aloud  to  John  Chamberlain,  a  stalwart  soldier  from  Groton.  Meanwhile 
the  <nms  of  both  these  combatants  became  too  foul  for  use,  and  both  went 
down  to  the  pond  to  clean  them.  Standing  but  a  few  yards  apart,  with  a  small 
brook  between  them,  both  began  to  load  together,  and  with  mutual  threats 
thrust  powder  and  ball  into  their  weapons.  Chamberlain  primed  his  gun  by 
striking  the  breach  heavily  on  the  ground.  This  enabled  him  to  fire  a  second 
before  his  foe,  whose  erring  aim  failed  to  hit  Chamberlain. 

"  At  twilight  the  savages  withdrew,  disheartened  by  the  loss  of  their  chief. 
From  information  afterwards  obtained,  it  is  believed  that  not  more  than  twenty 
of  the  Indians  escaped  unhurt,  and,  thus  weakened,  they  did  not  hazard  a 
renewal  of  the  struggle.  But  our  men,  not  knowing  their  condition,  expected 
a  speedy  return.  About  midnight,  the  moon  having  arisen,  they  collected 
together,  hungry  and  very  faint,  all  their  food  having  been  snatched  by  the 
Indians  with  their  packs.  On  examining  the  situation,  they  found  Jacob 
Farrar  just  expiring,  and  Lieutenant  Robbins  and  Robert  Usher  unable  to  rise  ; 
four  others,  namely,  Lieutenant  Farwell,  Frye,  Jones,  and  Davis,  very  danger- 
ously wounded,  seven  badly  wounded,  and  nine  unhurt. 

"  A  speedy  return  to  the  fort  at  Ossipee  was  the  only  course  left  them. 
Lieutenant  Robbins  told  his  companions  to  load  his  gun  and  leave  it  with  him, 
saying,  'As  the  Indians  will  come  in  the  morning  to  scalp  me,  I  will  kill  one 
more  if  I  can.'  One  man,  Solomon  Keyes,  of  Billerica,  was  missing.  When 
lie  had  fought  till  he  had  received  three  wounds,  and  had  become  so  weak  that 
he  could  not  stand,  he  crawled  up  to  Ensign  Wyman  and  said:  'I  am  a  dead 
man,  but  if  possible  I  will  get  out  of  the  way  so  that  the  Indians  shall  not 
have  my  scalp.'  He  then  crept  away  to  some  rushes  on  the  beach,  where,  dis- 
covering a  canoe,  he  rolled  over  into  it.  There  was  a  gentle  north  wind,  and 
drifting  southward  three  miles,  he  was  landed  on  the  shore  nearest  the  fort. 
Gaining  strength,  he  was  able  to  reach  the  fort  and  join  his  comrades. 

"Leaving  the  dead  unburied,  and  faint  from  hunger  and  fatigue,  the 
survivors  started  before  dawn  for  Ossipee.  A  sad  prospect  was  before  them. 
The  Indians,  knowing  their  destitution,  were  expected  at  every  moment  to  fall 
upon  them.  Their  homes  were  a-  hundred  and  thirty  miles  distant;  ten  of 
their  number  had  fallen,  and  eight  were  groaning  with  the  agony  of  terrible 
wounds.     After    walking    a    mile    and    a    half,   four    of    the   wounded    men  — 


I  n  i  >  i  a  n    History. 


Lieutenant  Farwell,  Chaplain  Frye,  and  Privates  Davis  and  Jones  were 
unable  to  go  farther,  and  urged  the  others  bo  hasten  to  the  fort  and  send  a 
fresh  recruit  to  their  rescue.  The  part)'  hurried  on  as  fast  as  strength  would 
permit  to  the  Ossipee  fort.  To  their  dismay  they  found  it  deserted.  One  of 
their  number,  in  the  first  hour  of  the  battle,  terrified  by  the  death  of  the 
commander  and  others,  Bneakingly  had  fled  to  the  fort  and  gave  the  men 
posted  there  so  frightful  an  account  that  they  all  fled  hastily  toward  Dunstable. 
Fortunately,  some  of  the  coarse  provisions  were  Left,  but  not  a  tithe  of  what 
were  needed.  Resting  briefly,  they  continued  their  travels  in  detached  parties 
to  Dunstable,  the  majority  reaching  there  on  the  night  of  the  13th  of  May, 
and  the  others  two  days  later.  They  suffered  severely  from  want  of  food. 
From  Saturday  morning  till  Wednesday  —  four  days  —  they  were  entirely 
without  any  kind  of  food,  when  they  caught  some  squirrels  and  partridges, 
which  were  roasted  whole  and  greatly  improved  their  strength. 

"Eleazer  Davis  and  Josiah  Jones,  two  of  the  wounded,  who  were  left  near 
the  battle-ground,  survived,  and  after  great  suffering  reached  Berwick,  Me. 
Finding,  after  several  days,  no  aid  from  the  fort,  they  all  went  several  miles 
together.  Chaplain  Frye  laid  down  and  probably  survived  only  a  few  hours. 
Lieutenant  Farwell  reached  within  a  few  miles  of  the  fort,  and  was  not  heard 
of  afterwards.  He  was  deservedly  lamented  as  a  man  in  whom  was  combined 
unusual  bravery  with  timely  discretion.  There  is  little  doubt  but  he  and 
several  others  of  the  wounded  would  have  recovered  if  they  could  have  had 
food  and  medical  care.     Their  sufferings  must  have  been  terrible. 

"The  news  of  this  disaster  caused  deep  grief  and  consternation  at  Dun- 
stable. A  company,  under  Colonel  Tyng,  went  to  the  place  of  action,  and 
buried  the  bodies  of  Captain  Lovewell  and  ten  of  his  men  at  the  foot  of  a  tall 
pine-tree.  A  monument  now  marks  the  spot.  The  General  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts gave  fifteen  hundred  pounds  to  the  widows  and  orphans,  and  a 
handsome  bounty  of  lands  to  the  survivors." 

In  the  fight  which  resulted  so  fatally  to  Captain  Lovewell  and  a  majority  of 
his  command,  the  numbers  engaged  were  inconsiderable.  But,  while  tempo- 
rarily disastrous,  the  results  proved  of  incalculable  advantage  to  the  border 
settlements.  From  that  day  the  courage  and  power  of  the  red  men  were 
destroyed.  They  soon  withdrew  from  their  ancient  haunts  and  hunting 
groundsill  New  Hampshire  to  the  French  settlements  in  Canada.  No  subse- 
quent attacks  by  an  organized  force  of  Indians  were  made  upon  Dunstable, 
and  their  raids  made  afterwards  at  Concord,  Hillsborough,  and  Charlestown 
were  merely  spasmodic  efforts,  instigated,  and  in  some  instances  led,  by  French 
officers.  Yet  such  had  been  the  experience  of  the  past  that  for  years  the 
pioneer  settlers  listened  in  the  still  watches  of  the  night  for  the  footfall  of 
the  stealthy  savage  ;  the  musket  was  the  companion  of  his  pillow,  and  in  his 
sleep  he  dreamed  of  the  fierce  yells  of  the  merciless  toe. 


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The  expedition  of  Captain  Lovewell  was  no  doubt  hazardous  in  view  of  the 
difficulties  of  the  march  and  the  small  number  of  his  men.  One  fifth  of  his 
force,  besides  the  surgeon,  was  left  at  the  fort  at  Ossipee.  Captain  Lovewell 
intended  to  surprise  Paugus  by  attacking  him  in  his  camp.  Unfortunately,  the 
reverse  happened.  Paugus  and  his  eighty  warriors  were  returning  from  a  jour- 
ney down  the  Saco,  when  they  discovered  the  track  of  the  invaders.  For  forty 
hours  they  stealthily,  followed  and  saw  the  soldiers  dispose  of  their  packs,  so 
that  all  the  provisions  and  blankets  fell  into  their  own  hands,  with  the  knowl- 
edge of  their  small  force.  Thus  prepared,  they  expected  from  their  chosen 
ambush  to  annihilate  or  to  capture  the  entire  party. 

Thus  ended  the  memorable  campaign  against  the  Pequawkets.  Deep  and 
universal  was  the  gratitude  of  the  people  at  the  prospect  of  peace.  For  fifty 
years  had  the  war  been  raging  with  little  cessation  and  with  a  series  of  sur- 
prises, devastations,  and  massacres  that  seemed  to  threaten  annihilation.  The 
scene  of  this  desperate  and  bloody  action  at  Fryeburg  is  often  visited,  and  in 
song  and  eulogy  are  commemorated  the  heroes  of  "  Lovewell's  fight." 

[Suncook,  now  Pembroke,  was  granted  originally  in  May,  1727,  by  Massa- 
chusetts to  Captain  Lovewell  and  his  faithful  comrades,  in  consideration  of  their 
services  against  the  Indians.  There  were  sixty  grantees,  forty-six  of  whom 
went  with  Lovewell  in  his  last  march  to  Pequawket.  The  others  were  among 
those  who  were  in  his  first  enterprises.] 

Abnaquis. — A  veil  of  romance  surrounds  this  now  really  extinct  people. 
The  French,  who  have  been  in  circumstances  to  know  them  best,  award  them  a 
high  place,  with,  perhaps,  a  kinship  with  that  peculiar  European  people,  the 
Basques.  The  Jesuit  father,  Eugene  Vetromile,  in  his  work,  "  The  Abnakis 
Indians,"  expresses  the  French  view  of  them  in  these  words :  "  The  Abnakis 
bear  evident  marks  of  having  been  an  original  people  in  their  name,  manners, 
and  language.  They  show  a  kind  of  civilization  which  must  be  the  effect  of 
antiquity  and  of  a  past  flourishing  age.  We  never  read  of  their  having  been 
treacherous,  nor  of  a  want  of  honor  or  conscience  in  fulfilling  their  private  or 
public  word.  They  had  a  regular  method  of  writing,  like  the  Chinese,  Japanese, 
etc.,  but  with  different  characters." 

On  a  map  published  in  1660,  the  Abnaquis  (Abnaquotii)  are  located 
between  the  Kennebec  (Kinibakius  fluvius)  and  Lake  Champlain  (Lacus 
Champlenius),  occupying  the  head-waters  of  the  Kennebec,  the  Androscoggin 
(fluvius  Amingocoutius),  of  the  Saco  (Choacatius  fluvius),  and  another 
unnamed  river,  perhaps  the  Presumpscot.  Here  they  were  located  for 
many  generations  antecedent  to  this  date.  That  branch  of  them  in  the 
Saco  valley  and  Carroll  county  territory,  known  as  Sokokis,  Ossipees,  and 
Pequawkets,  was  noticed  by  the  earliest  navigators.  Captain  John  Smith,  in 
1614,  mentions,  among  other  names,  that  of  Sawogotuck  (Saco)  ;  and  La  Hon- 
ton  says:  "  The  Sokokis  were  one  of  the  tribes  of  the  country."     Gorges  calls 


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them  Sockhigones.     Two  of  their  chiefs,  about  L640,  conveyed  Lands.     Their 

names  were    Fluellen   and  Captain    Sunday,   and   who    succeeded   them   is  well 
known   in   history  . 

Charlevoix  mentions  them,  and  says.  "They  were  one  of  the  tribes  thai 
founded  the  settlement  at  St  Francis,  Canada,  where  some  of  their  descendants 
still  reside."  Williamson,  in  his  "History  of  Maine."  says  "they  were  a  num- 
erous people,  and  that  their  original  place  of  residence  was  on  the  islands,  near 
the  falls  of  the  Saco,  a  few  miles  from  the  sea;  and  that,  at  an  early  period, 
they  employed  English  carpenters  to  build  them  a  strong  fort  of  timber,  four- 
teen feet  high,  with  flankers."  This  was  to  protect  themselves  from  the 
Mohawks.  He  also  states  that  there  were  two  branches,  one  of  which  had  its 
residence  on  the  banks  of  the  Ossipee,  and  the  other  on  the  alluvial  land  in  the 
bends  of  the  Saco,  at  and  above  the  present  town  of  Fryeburg.  At  the  treaty 
of  peace,  held  at  Sagadahoc  in  1702,  there  were  delegates  from  those  inhab- 
iting at  Winnesockee,  Ossipee,  and  Pigwacket.  At  the  attack  of  Falmouth, 
now  Portland,  in  August,  1676,  it  is  stated  the  sagamore  of  Pegwacket  was 
taken  and  killed  ;  and  also,  by  an  Indian  that  was  taken,  the  army  was  informed, 
11  Y'  at  Pegwacket  there  are  twenty  English  captives."  Belknap  mentions  that 
Natambomet,  sagamore  of  Saco,  signed  a  treaty  of  peace  in  1685;  and  in  1702, 
in  the  treaty  before  referred  to  at  Sagadahoc,  Governor  Dudley  met,  among 
delegates  from  other  tribes,  Watorota-nunton,  Hegon,  and  Adiawonda,  chiefs  of 
the  Pequawkets.  The  latter  name  figures  in  the  annals  of  the  tribe  for  the 
next  half-century.  In  the  treaty  made  at  Portsmouth,  in  1713,  with  all  the 
eastern  Indians,  the  Pigwockets  are  mentioned,  but  the  names  of  their  dele- 
gates cannot  be  identified.  In  that  of  1717,  held  at  Arrowsic,  on  the  Kennebec, 
two  of  their  chiefs,  Adeawando  and  Scawesco,  appear,  and  sign  the  treaty  with 
a  cross.  They  were  probably,  at  that  period,  as  numerous  as  any  of  the  eastern 
tribes,  although  a  considerable  part  of  them  had  gone  some  years  before  to  join 
the  settlement  at  St  Francis. 

The  valleys  of  the  Ossipee  and  Bear  Camp  rivers  were  possessed  by  them, 
and  here  was  the  place  of  burial.  The  mound  resulting  from  this  rite  is  still 
plainly  to  be  seen.     [See  description  in  Ossipee.] 

The  precise  period  when  they  permanently  left  the  lower  part  of  the  Saco 
is  unknown,  but  it  is  likely  it  preceded  the  early  settlement  there.  With 
their  change  of  residence,  they  soon  changed  their  name  of  Sokokis,  and  were 
known  as  Ossipees  and  Pequawkets.  The  latter  has  been  written  in  a  great 
variety  of  wa}rs.  It  is  found  with  at  least  twenty  variations.  At  the  time  of 
Lovewell'8  light,  it  seems  mainly  to  have  been  written  Pigwocket.  Belknap 
wrote  it  Pequawket,  and  he  has  generally  been  followed  by  succeeding  histo- 
rians; but  Judge  Potter,  in  his  "History  of  Manchester,"  spells  it  Pequau- 
Quauke.  The  true  meaning  of  the  word  is  "crooked  place."  It  is,  like  most 
Indian  names,  a  compound  word,  made  up  from  Peque  or  Pequau,  crooked:  auk, 


36  History  of  Carroll  County. 

place  or  locality;  et,  a  verbal  termination,  meaning  "it  is,"  or  "here  it  is"  — 
Peqnauket.  It  is  singularly  expressive  of  the  locality ;  for  here  the  Saco 
makes  perhaps  the  most  remarkable  crooks  or  bends  of  any  stream  in  New 
England,  running  a  distance  said  to  be  about  thirty  miles  to  gain  less  than  six. 
Eliot,  in  his  Indian  Bible,  and  Roger  Williams  use  nearly  the  same  word  to 
express  crooked  or  winding.  Of  their  numbers  at  the  time  of  the  battle  with 
Lovewell,  it  can  only  be  conjectured ;  but  we  now  know  that  all  the  tribes  had 
been  much  reduced  by  pestilence.  In  this  action  they  must  have  lost  fifteen 
or  twenty  of  their  warriors  killed  or  badly  wounded.  Paugus  (the  oak)  and 
Wahawah  (the  broad-shouldered)  were  brave  and  daring  leaders,  but  they 
were  war-chiefs,  not  treaty-makers  nor  principal  chiefs,  though  Paugus  had 
been  long  known  as  a  chief  leader  in  their  forays  against  the  frontiers.  Adea- 
wonda  had  represented  the  tribe  at  treaties  for  more  than  twenty  years  pre- 
vious. In  1726,  Captain  John  Giles,  who  commanded  the  fort  at  Saco  and  had 
a  long  experience  with  all  the  Indians  in  Maine,  made  a  list  of  the  men  over 
sixteen  years  in  the  various  tribes,  which  is  preserved  in  the  "  Maine  Historical 
Collections."  He  puts  down  "  the  Paquakig  (Pequawkets)  as  only  twenty- 
four  fighting  men."  This  was,  no  doubt,  correct.  He  says,  "  Their  chief  is 
Edewancho"  (Adeawando).  At  the  close  of  Lovewell's  War,  a  treaty  was 
made,  to  which  the  Pequawkets  were  a  party  ;  and  from  that  period  we  hear 
nothing  of  them  for  several  years.  They  had  suffered  too  severely  by  the 
hands  of  Lovewell  and  his  company  to  wish  for  another  trial.  They  found 
they  were  not  secure  in  their  remote  village,  and  a  part  of  them  —  the  most 
warlike  —  emigrated  to  Canada.  Those  who  remained  always  advocated  and 
practised  peace  with  the  whites,  while  the  emigrants  to  Canada  became  our 
bitterest  enemies. 

In  Rev.  Mr  Smith's  journal,  kept  at  Falmouth,  we  find  under  date  of  July 
9,  1745:  "Several  gentlemen  are  with  the  Mohawks,  down  at  St  Georges, 
treating  with  the  Penobscott  Indians  about  peace.  About  twenty  Saco  Indians 
are  at  Boston,  pretending  to  live  with  us." 

At  the  treaty  of  Falmouth  in  1749,  the  Pigwacket  Indians  are  named  as 
being  present ;  but  it  was  decided  by  the  commissioners  that,  as  they  had  not 
been  engaged  in  the  war,  it  was  not  necessary  that  they  should  join  in  the 
treaty. 

There  is  no  doubt  that,  soon  after  the  close  of  Lovewell's  War,  a  part  of 
the  tribe,  with  their  neighbors,  the  Anasagunticooks  and  Noridgewocks, 
emigrated  to  Canada,  and  among  them  their  chief,  Adeawando,  where  he  was  a 
favorite  of  the  governor-general,  and,  as  he  had  been  at  Pequawket,  their 
statesman,  but  not  their  military  chief.  In  1752  Captain  Phineas  Stevens 
proceeded  to  Canada  as  a  delegate  from  the  governor  of  Massachusetts  to 
("liter  with  the  St.  Francis  tribe  and  redeem  some  prisoners  they  had  taken 
from  New  England.     In  a  conference  held  at  Quebec,  "  Atewanto"  was  the 


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Chief  speaker,' and  made  an  eloquent  reply,  in  which  be  charged  the  English 
with  trespassing  on  their  lands.  "  He  said.  •  We  acknowledge  no  other  land  of 
yours  but  your  settlements,  wherever  you  have  built;  and  we  will  not  consent, 
under  any  pretext,  that  you  pass  beyond  them.'  'The  lands  we  \)n<,si'±<,  have 
been  given  us  by  the  great  Master  of  life.  We  acknowledge  to  hold  only  from 
him."  "  J 

In  a  Letter  from  Jacob  Wendell,  a  resident  of  Boston,  but  dated  New  York, 
1749  (see  N.  V.  Col.  Hist.  vol.  vi.),  he  says,  "That,  in  the  beginning  of  the  war 
with  France  (1745),  some  men,  women,  and  children,  of  a  tribe  called  by  US 
Pigwackett,  came  to  a  Eort  near  where  they  lived,  and  desired  that  they  might 
live  among  the  English  ;  for  that  they  desired  they  might  not  be  concerned  in 
the  war :  and  they  lived  some  time  at  the  fort ;  but,  when  war  was  proclaimed 
against  the  eastern  Indians,  they  were  brought  up  to  Boston,  where  good  care 
was  taken  of  them  by  the  government,  a  suitable  place,  about  fifty  miles  from 
Boston,  provided  for  them  to  live  at,  where  there  was  good  fishing  and  fowling, 
and  their  clothing  and  what  else  they  wanted  provided  for  them  by  the 
government.  ( hi  the  application,  this  summer,  of  the  eastern  Indians  to 
Grovernor  Shirley  for  peace,  and  the  messengers  promising  to  call  in  all  the 
heads  of  the  tribes  concerned  with  them  in  the  war,  it  was  concluded  by  the 
governor,  if  these  Pigwackett  Indians  desire  it,  they  should  go  down  there  ; 
and  I  am  informed  by  Mr  Boylston,  who  left  Boston  some  time  after  me,  that 
he  saw  those  Indians  there,  and  the  commissary-general  told  him  he  had  orders 
to  provide  for  and  send  them  all  down  to  Casco  bay,  where  the  treaty  was 
appointed  ;  that,  I  believe,  the  account  thereof  may  be  sent  to  Canada  before 
now,  and  the  St  Francois  satisfied.  Thus  I  have  given  your  Excellency  a  true 
account  of  these  Indians;  and  hope,  when  the  governor-general  has  it  sent 
him,  he  will  send  home  the  poor  prisoners  belonging  to  this  as  well  as  to  the 
neighboring  provinces." 

It  may  be  inferred  from  this  letter  that  when  the  war  of  1745  began,  instead 
of  joining  the  other  eastern  tribes  against  the  whites,  they  remembered 
LovewelFs  fight  twenty  years  before,  and  were  so  determined  to  preserve  their 
neutrality,  that  they  left  that  part  of  the  country,  and  only  returned  when 
peace  was  to  be  made. 

Of  that  part  of  the  tribe  which  remained  but  little  more  can  be  ascertained. 
Douglass  the  historian,  who  wrote  about  1750,  says,  "The  Pequawket  Indians 
live  in  two  towns  (probably  at  Pequawket  and  at  Ossipee),and  have  only  aboul 
a  dozen  fighting-men.  They  often  travel  to  Canada  by  way  of  Connecticut 
river." 

After  the  conquest  of  Canada  and  the  occupation  of  the  Saco  vallej  by  the 
whites,  the  remnant  of  the  tribe  remained  about  the  upper  part  of  Connecticul 
river  till  the  beginning  of  the  Revolution.    The  last  trace  of  them,  as  a  tribe,  is 

1  Sec  Kidder's  Abanaki  Indians,  "  Maine  Bistorical  Col."  vol.  vi. 


38  History   of   Carroll  County. 

in  a  petition  to  the  government  of  Massachusetts,  dated  at  Fryeburg,  in  which 
they  ask  for  guns,  blankets,  and  ammunition  for  thirteen  men  who  are  willing 
to  enroll  themselves  on  the  patriot  side.  This  document  was  indorsed  by  the 
proper  authorities,  and  the  request  was  granted.  In  Drake's  "Book  of  the 
Indians"  is  the  following:  "With  the  Androscoggins,  the  Pigwackets  retired 
to  the  sources  of  the  Connecticut  river,  who,  in  the  time  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, were  under  a  chief  named  Philip."  [The  signer  of  the  famous  deed  of 
June  8,  1706,  conveying  northern  New  Hampshire  and  a  part  of  Maine  to 
Thomas  Eames  and  others.] 

Long  after  this,  solitary  members,  and  sometimes  a  family,  lingered  around 
the  vicinity  of  their  ancient  home,  and  the  old  people  of  a  generation  ago 
remembered  the  names  of  Old  Philip,  Tom  Hegon,  and  Swarson,  and  also  the 
fact  that  a  number  of  them  were  engaged  in  the  colonial  army  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, for  which  they  received  suitable  rewards.  The  central  metropolis  of  the 
Abenaquis  Indians  was  St  Francis,1  midway  between  Quebec  and  Montreal, 
on  the  St  Lawrence,  where  it  receives  the  St  Francis  river.  This  was  in  easy 
communication  with  the  New  England  frontiers,  here  were  planned  many  bloody 
expeditions  against  the  lower  New  Hampshire  settlements,  and  here  were  paid 
by  the  French  the  bounties  they  allowed  for  English  scalps  and  prisoners. 
This  wealthy  Indian  settlement  held  up  the  hands  of  New  Hampshire  Indians 
in  their  attacks,  and  joined  them  in  their  raids  to  glut  their  revenge  in  the  blood 
of  the  New  Englanders.  Their  trails  came  down  the  Pemigewasset,  the  Notch, 
and  other  defiles  of  the  mountains,  and  their  jubilant  cries  as  they  returned 
laden  with  prisoners,  scalps,  and  spoils  were  heard  among  the  pines  of  Winni- 
piseogee  and  Ossipee,  and  were  reflected  from  the  rocky  sides  of  the  mountain 
passes.  This  village  was  a  city  of  refuge  for  all  the  outlawed  savages  of 
English  territory,  and  here  after  their  crushing  defeats  were  gladly  received 
the  remnants  of  the  followers  of  Philip,  Mesandowit,  Wahawah,  Kancamagus, 
and  Paugus.  [In  1755  the  English  government  declared  all  Indian  tribes  in 
this  section,  except  the  Penobscots,  "  enemies,  traitors,  and  rebells,"  and  offered 
a  bounty  of  £250  for  each  scalp  of  a  killed  Indian,  and  <£300  for  each  Indian 
prisoner  delivered  at  Portsmouth.] 

The  passing  away  of  these  broken  bands  took  away  the  fear  of  savage  men 
from  the  Wmnipiseogee  and  Saco  regions,  and  they  were  soon  opened  to  civil- 
ized occupancy.  "Thus  the  aboriginal  inhabitants,  who  held  the  lands  of  New 
Hampshire  as  their  own,  have  been  swept  away.  Long  and  valiantly  did  they 
contend  for  the  inheritance  bequeathed  to  them  by  their  fathers  ;  but  fate  had 
decided  against  them,  and  their  valor  was  in  vain.  With  bitter  feelings  of 
unavailing  regret,  the  Indian  looked  for  the  last  time  upon  the  happy  places 
where  for  ages  his  ancestors  had  lived  and  loved,  rejoiced  and  wept,  and  passed 
away,  to  be  known  no  more  forever." 

'  SI  Francis  de  sale-  gave  name  to  this  village. 


Earl's    History. 


CHAPTER    VII. 


EARLY     HISTORY. 


The  Sokokis  and  Pequawkets —  Eastern  Boundary   Line — Walter    Bryant's  Journal  — 
Continuation  of  Boundary  Line  —  Ranging  Parties  and  Military  Occupation—  Early  (.ranis 
Townships  Granted  —  First   Settlement — Early   Censuses  —  Population,   Polls,  and   Real 
Estate  —  Rapid  Increase  —  Early  Selectmen. 

FROM  the  time  of  Darby  Field's  visits  to  the  White  Hills  (1632-1642)  and 
that  of  Thomas  Gorges  and  Richard  Vines,  who  came  up  the  Saco  from 
the  settlement  at  the  mouth  in  canoes  in  August,  1642,  for  many  years 
the  territory  now  Carroll  county  knew  nothing  of  the  white  man.  The  Soko- 
kis and  Pequawket  Indians  had  unmolested  occupancy  of  the  Saeo  valley, 
where  the  cornfields  grew  as  luxuriantly  for  them  as  if  they  were  the  men  of 
to-day.  Their  villages  were  scattered  here  and  there  in  the  fertile  vale,  the 
chief  one  being  along  the  river  stretching  from  Conway  into  Fryeburg.  They 
were  brave,  full  of  war,  great  in  hunting  and  deeds  of  valor.  Before  the 
defeat  of  Lovewell  (1725),  in  which  one  of  their  chiefs,  Paugus,  was  killed, 
they  were  numerous  and  prosperous.  They  numbered  about  500  warriors  in 
their  palmy  days,  but  were  broken  and  scattered  after  that  terrible  fight,  which 
not  only  killed  one  sixth  of  their  ablest  men,  but  demonstrated  that  the 
English   were  determined  to  occupy  the  lands  they  had  known  as  theirs. 

Remnants  of  their  tribe  and  the  Ossipees  continued  to  occupy  the  country, 
and  the  white  man  at  once  made  preparations  for  settlement.  Three  town- 
ships were  laid  out  on  the  east  shore  of  Winnipiseogee  in  172(5,  and  were 
surveyed  in  1728.  But  terror  of  Indians  prevented  establishment  of  homes, 
and  there  were  only  occasional  trapping  and  hunting  expeditions  to  this 
country  (of  which  no  records  have  been  preserved)  until  the  question  of 
the  '-astern  boundary  of  New  Hampshire  became  a  subject  of  reference  to 
commissioners.  The  claims  of  New  Hampshire  as  to  the  line  were  "that  the 
boundary  line  of  New  Hampshire;  should  begin  at  the  centre  of  Piscataqua 
harbor,  and  so  pass  up  the  same  into  the  river  Newichawannock,  and  through 
the  same  into  the  farthest  head  t hereof,  and  from  thence  northwestward  (that 
is.  north,  less  than  a  quarter  of  a  point  westwardly)  as  far  as  the  British 
Dominions  extends."  etc.  The  commissioners  reported  in  September,  17;'7. 
that  this  line,  after  leaving  the  farthest  head  of  Pascataqua  river,  should  "  run 
north,  two  degrees  west,  till  one  hundred  and  twenty  miles  were  finished.  ' 

Massachusetts  appealed   from   this  decision,  and  in   174o.  all    delays    being 


40  History  of  Carroll   County. 


exhausted,  the  lords  in  council  sustained  the  commissioners'  report.  In  the 
same  year  arrangements  were  completed  for  the  survey  and  establishment  of 
proper  designations,  and  the  next  spring,  very  early,  Walter  Bryant,  a  royal 
surveyor,  with  his  corps  of  assistants,  spotted  and  measured  it  about  thirty 
miles.  This  was  the  first  definite  act  of  occupation  of  this  part  of  the  state 
by  colonial  authority.  It  was  a  difficult  undertaking.  All  the  tangled 
wilderness  was  rendered  more  difficult  to  penetrate  by  the  deep  and  thawing 
snows,  and  the  fear  of  Indians  was  not  an  imaginary  danger.  We  reproduce 
his   journal. 

1741.  March  13.  Fryday.  I  set  out  from  New-Market  with  eight  men  to  assist  me,  in 
running  and  marking  out  one  of  the  Province  Bounderys  —  lodged  at  Cochecho. 

14.  Saturday.  Sent  our  Baggage  on  loging  sheds  to  Rochester  from  Cochecho  under  the 
care  of  three  men,  the  other  five  continuing  with  me  at  Cochecho,  it  being  foul  weather. 

I.!.  Sunday.  Attended  Public  worship  at  Cochecho  and  in  the  evening  went  to  Rochester 
and  lodged  there. 

16.  Monday.  Travelled  through  the  upper  part  of  Rochester  and  lodg'd  in  a  Loging 
Camp. 

17.  Tuesday.  Went  on  Salmon  Fall  River  &  travell'd  up  said  River  on  the  ice  above  the 
second  pond  and  campt. 

18.  Wednesday.  Went  to  the  third  pond,  &  about  two  of  the  clock  in  the  afternoon  it 
rain'd  &  snow'd  very  hard  &  oblidg'd  us  to  camp  —  extream  stormy  that  night  and  two 
men  sick. 

10.  Thursday.  Went  to  the  head  of  Nechawannock  River  and  there  set  my  course,  being 
North  two  Degrees  West,  but  by  the  needle  North  Eight  Degrees  East,  and  run  half  a  mile 
on  a  neck  of  Land  with  three  men  —  then  return'd  to  the  other  five  &  campt. 

20.  Fryday.  Crost  the  head  pond  which  was  a  mile  over,  and  at  two  hundred  rods 
distance  from  sd  head  pond  was  another  which  lay  so  in  my  course  that  I  crost  it  three 
times,  and  has  communication  with  Monsum  River  as  I  suppose  —  from  the  last  mention'd 
pond,  for  six  mile  together  I  found  the  land  to  be  pretty  even,  the  growth  generally  White 
and  Pitch  Pine.  (N.  B.  At  the  end  of  every  mile  I  mark'd  a  tree  where  the  place  would 
admit  of  it,  with  the  number  of  miles  from  the  head  of  Nechawannock  River.)  Went  over 
a  mountain  from  the  summit  of  which  I  plainly  see  the  White  Hills  &  Ossipa  Pond,  which 
[pond]  bore  about  North  West  and  was  about  four  mile  distant.  There  also  lay  on  the  north 
side  of  said  Mountain  at  a  mile  distant  a  pond  in  the  form  of  a  Circle,  of  the  Diameter  of 
three  miles,  the  East  end  of  which  I  crost.  I  also  crost  the  River  which  comes  from  the 
East  and  runs  into  said  pond  &  campt,  had  good  travelling  to-day  &  went  between  seven 
and  eight  miles. 

21.  Saturday.  In  travelling  five  miles  (the  land  pretty  level)  from  the  place  where  I 
campt  last  night,  I  came  to  a  river  which  runs  out  from  the  last  mention'd  pond  &  there 
track'd  an  Indian  &  three  Dogs,  kill'd  two  Deer  &  Campt. 

22.  Sunday.  Remain'd  in  my  Camp  &  about  nine  o'clock  at  night  the  camp  was  hail'd 
by  two  Indians  (who  were  within  fifteen  rods  of  it)  in  so  broken  English  that  they  called 
three  times  before  I  could  understand  what  they  said,  which  was,  "  What  you  do  there,"  — 
upon  which  1  spoke  to  them  and  immediately  upon  my  speaking  they  ask'd  what  news.  I 
told  them  it  was  Peace.  They  answer'd,  "  May  be  no."  But  however,  upon  my  telling  them 
they  should  not  be  hurt,  and  bidding  them  to  come  to  the  Camp,  they  came  and  behav'd  very 
orderly  and  gave  me  an  account  of  Ossipa  pond  &  River,  as  also  of  a  place  call'd  Pig- 
wacket.  They  told  me  the  way  to  know  when  I  was  at  Pigvvacket  was  by  observing  a 
pertain  River  which  had  three  large  hills  on  the  southwest  side  of  it,  which  narrative  of  said 
Indians  respecting  Ossipa,  &c,  1  found  to   correspond   pretty  well    with   my   observations. 


Kaim.y    History.  n 


They  also  informed  me  of  their  names  which  were  Sentur  ,v  Pease.  Sentur  Is  an  old  man, 
was  in  Capt.  Lovewell's  fight,  at  which  time  he  was  much  wounded  and  lost  one  of  1 » i  — 
eyes;  the  other  is  a  young  man.  They  informed  me  there  Living  was  at  Ossipa  pond.  They 
had  no  gun  hut  hatchett  and  spears.  Our  snow  shoes  being  something  broken  thej  readily 
imparted  wherewith  to  mend  them.  They  would  hwe  purchased  a  gun  of  me,  but  could  not 
span' one.  They  were  very  inquisitive  to  know  what  bro't  Englishmen  so  far  in  the  woods 
in  peace,  whereupon  I  inform'd  them.  Ami  upon  the  whole  they  said  they  tho't  it  was  war 
finding  Englishmen  so  tar  in  the  woods  <$  further  that  there  were  sundry  companys  oi 
Indians  a  hunting  <S  they  believed  that  none  of  sd  companys  would  lei  me  proceed  it  the) 
should  meel  with  me. 

23.  Monday.  Parted  with  Indian-  &  went  to  Ossipa  River  which  is  fifteen  mile  from 
the  head  of  Salmon  Fall  which  number  of  miles  I  mark'd  on  a  pretty  large  Tree  that  lay 
convenient.  And  in  my  return  I  found  on  said  Tree  a  sword  handsomely  form'd  grasp'd 
by  a  hand,  i  One  mile  from  Ossipa  River  came  to  a  mountain  from  the  top  of  which  I  saw 
the  White  Hills.     Travel  I'd  over  five  large  mountains.     Campt. 

24.  Tuesday.  Found  the  snow  very  soft  to-day,  so  thai  we  sunk  half  leg  deep  in  snow 
shoes.    See  where  two  Indians  had  Campt  on  Hemlock  Boughs.    Campt.    Snow'd  all  night. 

25.  Wednesday.  Continued  snowing  all  day  &  night.  The  general  depth  of  the  snow 
with  what  fell  last  nighl  &  to-day  was  four  foot  and  an  half  to  live  feet  deep. 

26.  Thursday.  The  Weather  fair  <&  (dear  and  in  my  travel  to-day  saw  the  White  Hills 
which  were  West  and  by  North  from  me,  and  about  seven  miles  distant,  as  near  as  I  could 
guess.  I  also  see  Pigwaket  Plain  or  Intervale  Land  as  also  Pigwaket  River  which  ruus  from 
the  North  West  to  the  South  East  and  cuts  the  aforesaid  Interval  to  two  Triangles,  it  lying 
North  A:  South  about  eight  miles  in  length  &  four  in  breadth.  About  two  or  three  miles 
beyond  Pigwaket  I  saw  a  large  body  of  Water  three  or  four  miles  long  &  half  a  mile  broad, 
but  whether  River  or  Pond  I  do  not  know. 

27.  Fryday.  Finding  the  travelling  Difficult  by  the  softness  of  the  snow  and  the  h'ivers 
and  Brooks  breaking  up.  together  with  some  backwardness  in  my  men  to  venture  any  further, 
1  concluded  to  return,  which  I  did  accordingly,  and  on  Wednesday  the  first  of  April  we  got 
safe  back  to  New  Market  and  all  in  good  health. 

Walter  Bryent. 

In  1768  this  line  was  continued  to  the  neighborhood  of  Umbagog  lake 
by   Isaac   Rindge  and  a  corps  of  men,  and  by  this  time  the   progress   of   the 

settlements  northward    had    reached  north  and  east  of  hike    Winnipiseogee. 

From  174.")  to  1741>.  however,  and  from  17o4  to  17t><»,  the  horrors  of  Indian 
wars  on  the  frontiers  had  prevented  settlements  being  formed,  hut  ranging 
parties  had  penetrated  the  wilds,  and  quite  a  number  had  become  somewhat 
conversant  with  the  country  we  are  considering. 

In  the  autumn  of  1746  the  regiment  of  New  Hampshire  troops  commanded 
by  Colonel  Atkinson  was  ordered  into  the  Winnipiseogee  country  to  make 
winter  quarters,  and  as  a  picket-posl  against  the  incursions  of  French  and 
Indians  from  Canada.  The  regiment  built  a  strong  fort  in  Sanbornton,  at 
the  head  of  Little  Bay,  and  named  it  Fort  Atkinson.  The  troops  remained 
Inn-  for  nearly  a  year  in  idleness,  tinder  the  lax  discipline  of  the  provincial 
commanders,  and  much  of  the  time  was  spent  in  fishing  and  hunting  excur- 
sions among  the  mountains  and  on  and  along  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  in  which 
the  character  and  capabilities  of  the  country  as  far  north  as  the  Sandwich 
Range   were   defined    and    minutely   studied. 


42  History   of   Carroll   County. 

The  soldiers  carried  back  the  most  glowing  reports  of  the  country,  and, 
as  Potter  says,  "  the  expedition,  apparently  so  fruitless,  had  its  immediate 
advantages,  for,  aside  from  the  protection  afforded  by  it,  the  various  scouts 
and  fishing  expeditions  explored  minutely  the  entire  basin  of  the  Winnipi- 
seogee,  and  turned  the  attention  of  emigrants  and  speculators  to  the  fine 
lands  and  valuable  forests  in  that  section  of  the  province.  And  as  soon  as 
the  French  and  Indian  wars  were  at  an  end  in  1700,  the  Winnipiseogee  basin 
was  at  once  granted  and  settled." 

Timothy  Nash,  Benjamin  Sawyer,  and  other  hunters  had  traversed  the 
region  of  the  White  Mountains  and  Pemigewasset  valley  before  the  French 
and  Indian  wars,  and  now  returned  to  make  permanent  camps  in  this  paradise 
of  game.  They,  as  well  as  the  soldiers,  carried  to  the  settlements  below 
wonderful  stories  of  this  land  of  richness  and  marvels,  and  the  colonists  now 
had  opportunities  for  peaceful  explorations  under  advantages  unknown  before. 

Lake  Winnipiseogee  was  carefully  measured  and  mapped  in  1753,  and  soon 
the  lake  and  river  basins  in  all  the  northern  part  of  the  state  were  visited  by 
prospectors,  for  a  colonizing  fever  had  broken  out  among  the  people  of  the 
old  towns  of  Massachusetts,  Connecticut,  and  New  Hampshire,  and  after 
the  conquest  of  Canada  (1760)  the  lands  prospected  were  laid  out,  granted, 
and  settled  in  rapid  succession.  Under  Governors  Benning  Wentworth  and 
John  Wentworth  hundreds  of  grants  were  issued,  and  complaints  were  rife 
that  exorbitant  fees  were  taken  for  passing  patents  of  land,  that  some  of  the 
best  land  in  the  province  was  granted  to  people  of  Massachusetts  and  Con- 
necticut with  views  of  personal  reward,  that  members  of  the  Wentworth 
family  and  their  intimate  friends  were  almost  invariably  placed  among  the 
grantees. 

There  was  undoubtedly  much  truth  in  these  charges,  and  there  was 
evidently  great  favoritism  in  the  distribution  of  grants.  One  incident  showing 
the  looseness  in  which  this  matter  was  treated  has  come  down  to  us  in  nearly 
every  work  of  history  published  concerning  the  state,  and  is  as  follows :  — 

In  1763  General  Jonathan  Moulton,  of  Hampton,  a  personal  friend  of  Gov. 
Benning  Wentworth,  and  a  grantee  of  Moultonborough,  hoisted  a  British  flag 
upon  the  horns  of  an  enormous  ox  weighing  1,400  pounds,  which  he  had 
fattened  for  the  purpose,  and  with  drum  and  life  accompaniment  and  a  great 
parade,  drove  it  to  Portsmouth  as  a  present  for  the  governor.  He  refused  all 
compensation,  but  as  a  slight  token  of  esteem  from  so  dear  a  friend,  he  would 
accept  a  charter  of  a  small  gore  of  land  he  had  discovered  adjoining  Moulton- 
borough. The  governor  pleasantly  had  the  grant  issued.  It  conveyed  to  the 
wily  general  26,972  acres  of  land,  now  comprising  the  towns  of  New  Hampton 
and  Centre  Harbor.      [For  authentic  statement  see  Moultonborough.] 

Mark  Hunking  Wentworth,  whose  name  appears  so  often  in  the  charters 
of  towns,  was  a  brother  of  Benning  Wentworth,  and  father  of  John  Went- 
worth, who  succeeded  his  uncle  as  provincial  governor. 


Eari/5    Bistort.  \:\ 


Townships  granted.  —  The  country  in  Vermont  and  New  Hampshire  along 
the  Connecticut,  the  territory  along  the   Androscoggin,  the  Sain,  and  in  the 

Winnipiseogee  hike  section  was  speedily  disposed  of.  Sandwich  and  Moulton- 
borough  were  granted  in  1763;  the  various  grants  constituting  Adams,  in  the 
decade  From  17t'.  I  id  177!  :  Conway,  17<>5;  those  organized  into  Bartlett,  from 
1765  to  1772:  Burton,  Eaton,  and  Tamworth  in  L766;  Chatham,  1767:  Wolfe- 
borough,  1770;  Chadbourne's  and  Hart's  Location,  177-. 

Settlements  were  begun  almost  simultaneously  in  Sandwich.  Moulton- 
borough,  Conway,  and  other  places  in  1763,  1764,  and  176").  The  forests 
resounded  with  the  woodman's  strokes;  the  hand  of  industry  rapidly,  and  as 
if  by  enchantment,  laid  open  new  fields  and  erected  commodious  habitations; 
commerce  was  extended.  The  ways  over  which  came  the  early  pioneers  could 
not  he  dignified  with  the  name  of  roads;  they  passed  through  deep  and 
tangled  forests,  over  rough  hills  and  mountains,  often  along  and  across  trouble- 
Some  and  dangerous  streams,  not  anfrequently  through  swamps  of  jungle-like 
growths,  and  miry  and  hazardous,  where  wolves,  bears,  and  catamounts 
obstructed  and  alarmed  their  progress.  The  forests  they  could  not  cut  down 
as  they  passed  along;  the  obstructing  rocks  they  could  not  remove;  the 
swamps  they  could  not  make  passable  by  causeways;  over  the  streams  they 
Could  not  make  bridges;  but  over  and  along  these  paths  (often  but  a  mere 
trail  indicated  by  "blazes'"  or  "spots"  cut  from  the  sides  of  trees)  men, 
women,  and  children  ventured  through  the  combination  of  evils,  penetrated 
the  recesses  of  the  wilderness,  climbed  the  lulls,  wound  their  way  among  the 
rocks,  carefully  avoiding  surprises  from  venomous  reptiles  warming  themselves 
in  the  rays  of  the  sun,  struggled  on  foot  or  on  horseback  through  the  ooze 
and  mire  of  the  swamps,  and  swam  or  forded  among  the  treacherous  quick- 
Bands  of  deep  and  rapid  streams. 

In  1773  a  census  of  the  province  was  taken  by  order  of  "  His  Excellency, 
John  Went  worth,  Governor."  There  was  now  a  permanent  population  of 
1,194,  divided  thus:  East  Town  248,  Leavitt's  Town  111,  Moultonborough  263, 
Sandwich  204,  Wolfeborough  165,  Conway  203. 

In  1775  there  had  been  a  gain  of  nearly  thirty-three  per  cent.,  as  the 
population  was  1,579,  divided  as  follows:  Wakefield  320,  Leavittstown  83, 
Wolfeborough  211,  Ossipee  26,  Conway  273,  Tamworth  151.  Sandwich  243, 
Moultonborough  272. 

In  1777  were  taxed  on  polls  and  real  estate  on  towns  reported,  Sandwich  60 
polls,  £53  3s.  Op.,  ratable  estate;  Wolfeborough  44  polls,  estates  .£107  4s.  7p. ; 
Wakefield  si  polls,  estates  £135  8s.  3p. 

The  growth  was  now  rapid  and  valuable.  The  families  of  wealth  and 
consideration,  who  had  waited  for  the  pioneers  t<»  prepare  the  way  for  their 
coming,  had  now  brought  flocks  and  herds,  and  cast  in  their  lot  with  the 
advance  guards  of  civilization.      By    1 T '. > « >   the    population    had    increased    2<>() 


44  History  of   Carroll   County. 

per  cent,  in  fifteen  years.  It  was  now,  in  spite  of  the  losses  of  the  Revolution, 
4,850,  distributed  in  the  towns  of  Conway  574,  Eaton  253,  Effingham  154, 
Ossipee  339,  Wakefield  646,  Wolfeborough  447,  Tuftonborough  109,  Moulton- 
borough  565,  Sandwich  905,  Tamworth  266,  Albany  133,  Bartlett  248,  Chat- 
ham 58,  Hart's  Location  12,  Burton  141. 

The  increase  and  inlhix  of  inhabitants  during  the  last  decade  of  the  last 
century  was  nothing  less  than  marvelous.  The  nineteenth  century  com- 
mences with  fifteen  towns  in  Carroll  county  territory,  having  9,519  inhabitants: 
Adams  180,  Bartlett  548,  Brookfield  504,  Burton  264,  Chatham  183,  Conway 
705,  Eaton  381,  Effingham  451,  Moultonborough  857,  Ossipee  1,143,  Sandwich 
1.413.  Tamworth  757,  Tuftonborough  357,  Wakefield  835,  Wolfeborough  941. 

Town  organizations  had  early  introduced  the  law  and  order  of  old  commu- 
nities. Four  towns  had  duly  elected  selectmen  in  1773.  Conway  elected 
Abiel  Lovejoy  and  John  Webster ;  Sandwich,  Bagley  Weed  and  Daniel 
Beede  ;  Moultonborough,  Bradbury  Richardson  and  John  Adams ;  Wolfe- 
borough, Benjamin  Folsom,  Thomas  Taylor,  and  James  Connor. 

Within  less  than  forty  years  from  the  granting  of  the  first  town  in  this 
territory,  the  land  of  the  Indian  and  his  barbarous  companions,  the  wolf,  the 
panther,  and  the  bear,  had  been  reclaimed  to  civilization,  and  a  new  epoch 
commenced.  The  history  of  one  race  upon  this  soil  had  been  closed,  and  the 
history  of  another,  a  higher  and  a  civilized  race,  begun,  and  the  materials  for 
a  fruitful  and  a  promising  chapter  wrought  out.  Savage  possession  was 
succeeded  by  Christian  occupancy. 


CHAPTER   VIII. 

EARLY    LAND    GEANTS,    TITLES,    ETC. 

Grants  by  James  I  —  North  Virginia  —  Plymouth  Company  —  Captain  John  Smith  —  New 
England  —  Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges  and  Captain  John  Muson —  Province  of  Maine  —  Laconia  — 
First  Sett  lenient  of  New  Hampshire  —  Annulling  of  Plymouth  Charter  —  Death  of  John  Mason 
—  Litigation  —  Robert  Tuftou  Mason  —  Governor  Benning  Wentworth  —  Twelve  Proprietors 
and  Their  Grants  —  Legislative  Settlements  of  Mason's  Grant. 

IN  1606  ;i  belt  of  twelve  degrees  on  the  American  coast,  embracing  nearly  all 
the  soil  from  Cape  Fear  to  Halifax,  was  set  apart  by  James  I  for  two  rival 
companies.     One,  North  Virginia,  included  the  land  from    the  forty-first 
degree  of  north  latitude  to  the  forty-fifth;  the  other  extended  from  the  thirty- 
fourth  to  the  -thirty -eighth  degree. 


Kaima    Land   Grants,   Titles,    Etc.  i.~, 


The  northern  portion  was  granted  to  the  "Plymouth  Company,"  formed  in 
the  west  of  England.  The  king  retained  the  power  of  appointmenl  of  all  offi- 
cers, exacted  homage  and  rent,  and  demanded  one  fifth  of  all  the  gold  and  sil- 
ver found,  and  one  fifteenth  of  all  the  copper  for  the  royal  treasury.  "No!  an 
elemenl  of  popular  liberty  was  introduced  into  these  charters;  the  colonists 
were  nol  recognized  as  a  source  of  political  power;  they  were  at  (Ik;  mercy  of 
a  double-headed  tyranny  composed  of  the  king  and  his  advisers,  the  Council 
and  its  agents." 

A  new  charter  was  given  to  the  Council  of  Plymouth,  November  3,  1620, 
granting  the  lands  between  the  fortieth  and  forty-eighth  degrees  of  north  lati- 
tude, from  sea  to  sea,  as  "  New  England  in  America."  All  powers  of  legisla- 
tion, unlimited  jurisdiction,  and  absolute  property  in  this  tract  were  given  by 
this  Charter.  The  name  originated  with  the  celebrated  Captain  John  Smith, 
who.  during  the  years  from  1605  to  1616,  was  the  greatest  American  explorer. 
He  made  a  map  of  the  American  coast  from  Cape  Cod  to  Penobscot  in  1614 
and  called  it  "New  England."  The  name  came  into  favor  with  the  sovereign, 
and  has  been  indelibly  stamped  upon  this  section  of  America. 

Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges  and  Captain  John  Mason  were  prominent  members 
of  the  Council  of  Plymouth.  A  man  of  intellect  and  courage,  a  most  brilliant 
naval  officer,  and  a  leading  spirit  in  many  prominent  historical  events  in  Eng- 
land. Gorges  had  always  a  desire  to  create  a  new  nation  in  the  barbaric  lands 
of  America.  He  had  been  associated  with  Raleigh  in  founding  the  settlements 
in  Virginia,  and  it  was  through  him  that  the  exploration  and  map  of  New  Eng- 
land were  made  by  John  Smith.  Fitting  out  several  expeditions  which  came 
to  naught,  he  at  last  became  associated  with  Captain  John  Mason,  a  kindred 
spirit,  who  had  been  governor  of  Newfoundland.  The  meeting  of  such  men 
struck  coruscant  and  rapid  sparks  of  enthusiasm,  In  quick  succession  they 
secured  various  charters,  which  were  intended  to,  and  really  did,  cover  most  of 
the  territory  now  in  this  state. 

The  "Province  of  Maine "  was  granted  by  King  James  to  Gorges  and 
.Mason,  August  10,  1622.  This  grant  was  bounded  by  the  rivers  Sagadahoc 
(  Kennebec)  and  Merrimack.  Palfrey  says  :  "In  the  same  year  (1622)  the  Coun- 
cil [of  Plymouth]  granted  to  Gorges  and  Mason  the  country  bounded  by  the 
Merrimack,  the  Kennebec,  the  ocean,  and  the  river  of  Canada,  and  this  terri- 
tory was  called  Laconia."  It  received  its  name  from  the  number  of  lakes  lying 
within  its  territory,  and  by  some  was  considered  to  reach  beyond  the  Great 
Lakes.  The  imperfect  knowledge  of  the  country  possessed  by  the  Council 
caused  them  to  make  such  vague  description  of  the  lands  in  the  patent  and  the 
intended  extent  of  territory  as  to  cause  innumerable  disputes  in  after  years. 

The  first  settlement  of  New  Hampshire  was  undoubtedly  made  in  two 
places  in  the  same  year  (1623).  An  "Indenture  of  David  Thomson"  has  been 
preserved  that  shows  that  David  Thomson  came  over  in  the  spring  of   L623  in 


46  History  of   Carroll  County. 

the  ship  "Jonathan,"  and  settled  at  "Little  Harbor"  (Portsmouth),  in  pursu- 
ance of  an  agreement  he  had  made  with  Abraham  Colmer,  Nicholas  Sherwill, 
and  Leonard  Pomerie,  merchants  of  Plymouth,  England,  and  that  neither 
Gorges  and  Mason  nor  the  Laeonia  Company  had  anything  to  do  with  this. 
In  (lie  same  year  Edward  and  William  Hilton  made  a  settlement  at  Dover 
under  a  patent  from  the  Plymouth  Council,  which  conflicted  with  that  given 
lo  the  Laeonia  proprietors. 

The  first  ship  which  came  out  in  the  interests  of  the  Laeonia  Company  was 
the  "  Warwick,"  which  sailed  from  London  in  March,  1630,  with  Walter  Neal, 
governor,  and  Ambrose  Gibbons,  factor;  instead  of  commencing  a  settlement, 
they  found  one  of  several  years'  existence  when  they  reached  the  mouth  of  the 
Piscataqua. 

Various  patents  were  granted.  Mason  and  Gorges  divided  their  territory. 
Mason's  patents  covered  the  Upper  and  Lower  Plantations,  and  the  settlers 
obtained  patents  from  the  Council  to  protect  their  rights.  In  1634  Thomas 
Williams  was  appointed  governor,  and  under  his  wise  administration^  great 
improvement  was  made  in  the  settlements.  Laborers,  materials  for  building, 
settlers,  cattle,  and  everything  necessary  for  prosperity  came  rapidly  over  from 
England.  In  1635,  however,  the  Plymouth  Council  was  compelled  to  give  up 
its  charter  to  the  king,  and  the  different  provinces  from  the  Hudson  to  the 
Penobscot  were  assigned  by  lot  to  the  twelve  living  members  of  the  corpo- 
ration, and  the  colonists  had  no  title  to  the  lands  they  had  subdued  and 
cultivated,  nor  any  hope  of  redress. 

The  annulling  of  the  charter  caused  New  Hampshire  and  Massachusetts  to 
belong  to  Gorges,  Mason,  and  the  Marquis  of  Hamilton,  who  drew  them  by  lot. 
Neither  Mason  nor  Gorges  ever  realized  his  hopes  of  an  English  manor  here. 
Mason  died  within  a  year  from  the  annulling  of  the  Plymouth  charter,  and  "his 
immense  estate  was  swallowed  up  in  outlays,  supplies,  and  wages,  and  at  his 
death  his  New  Hampshire  claim  was  valued  at  £10,000."  By  will  he  devised 
his  manor  of  Mason  Hall  to  his  grandson,  Robert  Tufton,  and  the  residue  of 
New  Hampshire  to  his  grandson,  John  Tufton,  requiring  each  to  take  the  name 
of  Mason. 

John  Tufton  Mason  died  in  infancy.  Robert  Tufton  Mason  became  of  age 
in  1650,  and  in  1052  Mrs  Mason  sent  over  Joseph  Mason  to  secure  her  rights. 
Massachusetts  courts  decided  adversely  to  her  claims,  and  matters  rested  thus 
until  after  the  restoration  of  Charles  II,  when  the  king's  attorney-general  (in 
1662)  decided  that  Robert  Tufton  Mason  "had  a  good  and  legal  title  to  the 
province  of  New  Hampshire."  The  colonists  had  a  long  season  of  trouble  and 
persecutions  under  the  various  royal  governors  appointed  in  the  interest  of 
Mason,  but  defeated  all  his  attempts  to  recover  the  cultivated  lands.1 

1  In  1661  Fluellen,  head  chid  of  the  Sokokis,  conveyed  to  Major  William  Phillips,  of  Saco,  Maine,  a  tract  of 
land  bounded  in  part  by  "  a  line  running  up  the  Ossipee  river  from  the  Saco  to  Ossipee  pond,  thence  to  Ossipee 
mountain,  thence  to  Bumphrej  <  lhadbourne's  logging  camp."  No  title  to  lands  in  New  Hampshire  was  perpetu- 
ated from  this  conveyance. 


Early  Land  Grants,   Titles,    Etc.  17 


In  1686  Mason  Leased  a  tract  of  a  million  acres  of  unoccupied  Lands  in  the 
Merrimack  valley  to  twenty  individuals  for  an  annual  rent  of  ten  shillings. 

The  Masonian  claims  were  afterward  presented  by  one  Allen,  who  died  in 
1705.     His  son  Thomas  renewed  the  suits  commenced  by  his  father,  and  on 

petition  to  the  queen  was  permitted  to  bring  a  writ  of  ejectment  in  the  New 
Hampshire  courts.  After  a  full  hearing,  the  case  was  decided  against  him. 
Taking  an  appeal  to  the  English  courts,  the  case  had  not  come  up  for  healing 
when   he  died.     Then   litigation    was  stopped    for  years. 

There  is  scarcely  a  land  controversy  on  record  which  has  created  so  many 
lawsuits,  or  continued  so  many  years,  as  this  claim  of  Mason  to  New  Hamp- 
shire. And  the  end  was  not  yet.  During  the  contentions  over  the  boundaries 
between  New  Hampshire  and  Massachusetts  more  than  thirty  years  later 
(1~:'>S),  some  astute  lawyer  discovered  a  lineal  descendant  of  Captain  John 
Mason,  bearing  the  name  of  John  Tufton  Mason,  and  succeeded  in  getting  him 
to  make  claims  to  all  the  lands  granted  to  Captain  John  Mason,  alleging  a  flaw 
in  the  conveyance  to  Allen.  The  claim  proved  a  good  one,  and  the  heirs  of 
Mason   were  again   in  possession. 

After  George  II  had  quieted  the  boundary  question  alluded  to  above,  he 
made  New  Hampshire  an  independent  royal  province  (1741),  with  Benning 
Wentworth,  Esq.,  as  governor.  The  same  year  Mason  came  again  to  New 
Hampshire,  and  in  1744  Governor  Wentworth  brought  a  proposition  to  buy 
Mason's  claim  before  the  Assembly.  Action  by  that  body  was,  however, 
delayed  by  the  excitement  incident  to  the  Louisburg  expedition,  in  which 
Mason  was  personally  engaged.  After  his  return  from  military  life,  Mason,  in 
174ti.  informed  the  Assembly  that  he  would  sell  his  claim  to  private  individuals 
if  that  body  did  not  take  speedy  action  on  his  proposition.  After  prolonged 
discussion,  the  Assembly  accepted  his  terms;  but  while  they  were  delaying, 
Mason  deeded  the  property  to  these  twelve  prominent  gentlemen  of  Ports- 
mouth, receiving  therefor  the  nominal  price  of  £1,500:  Theodore  Atkinson, 
Mark  H.  Wentworth,  Richard  Wibird,  John  Wentworth  (son  of  the  governor), 
George  Jaffrey,  Nathaniel  Meserve,  Thomas  Packer,  Thomas  Wallingford, 
Jotham  Odiorne,  Joshua  Pierce,  Samuel  Moore,  and  John  Moffat.  Atkinson 
had  three  fifteenths,  M.  H.  Wentworth  had  two  fifteenths,  and  all  the  rest 
one  fifteenth  each.  These  men  were  afterwards  known  as  the  Masonian 
proprietors. 

Professor  Sanborn  says:  u  This  deed  led  to  long  and  angry  disputes 
between  the  purchasers  and  the  Assembly.  They  at  one  time  agreed  to 
surrender  their  claim  to  the  Assembly,  provided  the  land  should  lie  granted  by 
the  governor  and  Council.  The  Assembly  was  jealous  of  these  officers,  and 
would  nut  accept  the  offer.  The  people  murmured,  the  legislators  threatened; 
but  the  new  proprietors  stood  firm.  They  proceeded  to  grant  new  townships 
on  the  most  liberal  terms,  asking  no  reward   lor  the  lands  occupied   by  actual 


48  History  of   Carroll   County. 


settlers,  only  insisting  on  immediate  improvement  in  roads,  mills,  and  churches. 
Tlie\  reserved  in  each  town  one  right  for  a  settled  minister,  one  for  a  par- 
sonage, one  for  a  school,  and  fifteen  rights  for  themselves.  This  generous 
conduct  made  them  friends,  and  they  soon  became  popular  with  all  parties. 
The  heirs  of  Allen  threatened  loudly  to  vindicate  their  claim,  hut  never 
actually  commenced  a  suit.  So  the  matter  ran  on,  under  the  new  proprie- 
torship, till  the  Revolution,  like  a  flood,  swept  away  all  these  rotten  defences, 
and  gave  to  actual  settlers  a  title,  in  fee  simple,  to  their  farms." 

The  hound  of  these  grants  on  the  west  was  limited  to  threescore  miles, 
and  in  time  a  dispute  arose  on  two  points:  where  the  exact  limit  should  be 
fixed,  and  whether  the  western  boundary  should  be  a  carve  or  a  straight  line. 
Dr  Belknap  says  on  this  :  — 

The  Masonian  proprietors  claimed  a  curve  line  as  their  western  boundary,  and  under  the 
royal  government  no  one  had  controverted  that  claim.  When  the  war  with  Great  Britain  was 
terminated  by  the  peace  of  17s:j,  the  grantees  of  some  crown  lands  with  which  this  line  inter- 
fered petitioned  the  Assembly  to  ascertain  the  limits  of  .Mason's  patent.  The  Masonians  at 
the  samo  time  presented  a  petition  showing  the  pretensions  which  they  had  to  a  curve  line, 
and  praying  that  a  survey  of  it,  which  had  been  made  in  176S  by  Robert  Fletcher,  might  be 
established.  About  the  same  time,  the  heirs  of  Allen,  whose  claim  had  long  lain  dormant  for 
want  of  ability  to  prosecute  it,  having  consulted  counsel  and  admitted  some  persons  of  prop- 
erty into  partnership  with  them,  entered  and  took  possession  of  the  unoccupied  lands  within 
the  limits  of  the  patent,  and,  in  imitation  of  the  Masonians,  gave  general  deeds  of  quitclaim 
to  all  bona  fide  purchasers  previously  to  the  first  of  May.  17S">,  which  deeds  were  recorded  in 
each  county  and  published  in  the  newspapers.  They  also  petitioned  the  Assembly  to  estab- 
lish a  headline  for  their  patent.  After  a  solemn  hearing  of  these  claims,  the  Assembly 
ordered  a  survey  to  be  made  of  sixty  miles  from  the  sea  on  the  southern  and  eastern  lines 
of  the  state,  and  a  straight  line  to  be  run  from  the  end  of  one  line  of  sixty  miles  to  the  end  of 
the  other.  It  also  passed  an  act  to  quiet  all  bona  fide  purchasers  of  lands  between  the  straight 
and  curve  lines,  so  far  as  that  the  state  should  not  disturb  them.  This  survey  was  made  in 
1787  by  Joseph  Blanchard  and  Charles  Clapham. 

The  line  begins  on  the  southern  boundary,  at  Lot  No.  18.  in  the  town  of  Rindge.  Its 
course  is  north,  thirty-nine  east.  Its  extent  is  ninety-three  and  one-half  miles.  It  ends  at  a 
point  in  the  eastern  boundary  which  is  seven  miles  and  two  hundred  and  six  rods  northward 
ill  (.real  Ossapy  river.  This  line  being  established  as  the  headline  or  western  boundary  of 
Mason's  patent,  the  Masonians.  for  the  sum  of  forty  thousand  dollars  in  public  securities  and 
eight  hundred  dollars  in  specie,  purchased  of  the  state  all  its  right  and  title  to  the  unoccupied 
lands  between  the  straight  line  and  the  curve.  The  heirs  of  Allen  were  then  confined  in  their 
claim  to  those  waste  lands  only  which  were  within  the  straight  line.  They  have  since  com- 
promised their  disputes  with  the  proprietors  of  eleven  of  the  fifteen  Masonian  shares  by  deeds 
of  mutual  quitclaim  and  release.     This  was  done  in  January,  1790. 

In  the  original  grant  to  Mason,  November  7,  1(329,  it  was  made  to  include 
"all  that  pari  id'  the  mainland  in  New  England  lying  upon  the  seacoast, 
beginning  from  the  middle  part  of  Merrimack  river,  and  from  thence  to 
proceed  northwards  along  the  seacoast  to  Pascataqua  river,  and  so  forwards 
up  within  the  said  river  and  to  the  furtherest  head  thereof,  and  from  thence 
northwestward,  until  threescore  miles  be  finished  from  the  first  entrance  of 
Pascataqua    river;    also,  from   Merrimack  through  the  said  river   and    to   the 


Early   Land  Grants,   Titles,  Etc.  pi 

furtheresl  head  thereof,  and  so  forwards  up  into  the  lands  west  wait  Is.  until 
threescore  miles  be  finished;  and  from  thence  to  cross  overland  to  the  three- 
score miles  end.  acconiptcd  from   Pascal  a<|  ua  river." 

This  grant,  as  modified  and  confirmed  April  22, 1635,  kept  the  same  bounds 
and  language.  The  Masonians,  says  Hammond,  in  their  eagerness,  perhaps,  to 
make  the  most  of  their  patent,  claimed  that  the  crossline  from  the  southwestern 
to  northerly  bound  should  be  a  curve  line,  or  the  are  of  a  circle  of  sixty  miles 
from  a  point  on  the  seacoast.  But  evidently  the  quantity  of  land  taken  in  by 
a  sweep  of  sixty  miles  would  depend  much  on  the  starting-point,  and  much 
more  whether  it  would  be  a  straight  line  or  a  eurve.  This  caused  much  dispute 
and  litigation.  The  curve  line  drawn  on  Carrigain's  map  (1816)  commences  at 
the  southwestern  end,  in  Fit/.william,  and  in  its  sweep  across  to  the  north- 
eastern bound  passes  through  Marlborough,  Roxbury,  Sullivan,  Marlow,  Wash- 
ington, Goshen,  New  London,  Wilmot,  Orange,  Hebron,  Plymouth,  Holderness, 
Campton,  Sandwich,  Burton,  to  or  near  the  south  line  of  Conway.  In  a  note 
on  his  map,  Mr.  Carrigain  says:  "A  survey  made  in  1768  carried  the  eastern 
end  of  the  Mason  curve  line  ten  miles  further  down;  hence  the  straight  line  of 
1TS7  runs  to  the  S.  W.  corner  of  Rindge."  In  conformity  to  this  statement, 
the  straight  line  drawn  on  Belknap's  map  (1791)  commences  on  the  western 
end.  in  Rindge,  and  runs  through  Jaffrey,  Peterborough,  Greenfield,  Frances- 
town,  Weare,  Hopkinton,  Concord,  Canterbury,  Gilmanton,  across  Lake  Winni- 
piseogee,  Wolfeborough,  Tuftonborough,  to  Ossipee.1  It  will  be  seen  that  the 
difference  in  land  between  the  two  lines  was  well  worth  some  litigation.  The 
ad  of  June  28,  1787,  quieted  the  titles  of  all  bona  fide  purchasers  of  the  lands 
in  dispute.  The  Masonian  proprietors  held  title  to  much  of  the  land  in  the 
southern  half  of  what  is  now  Carroll  county,  and  the  controversy  we  have  thus 
reviewed  is  a  part  of  its  history. 

'The  committee  appointed  to  run  this  line  says  in  its  report  to  the  House,  February  1,  17ss,  that  they  did 
run  it  bom  "  about  70  rods  below  Colonel  Badger's  house  [Gilmanton]  across  a  small  part  or  corner  of  the 
Gore  over  Rattlesnake  Island  in  Winncpeseochee  I'oml  to  Wolfboroughj  about  2  rods  north  of  Ebeue/.er  Horn's 
bairn,  ami  other  places  as  noted  on  the  plan." 


50  History  of  Carroll  County. 


CHAPTER    IX. 


EARLY    SETTLERS. 


Character  of  Early  Settlers  of  New  Hampshire  —  Concerning  the  Houses,  Manner  of 
Living,  etc.  —  "  The  Meeting-house  "  —  Minister  —  Traveling  —  Labor  —  Children  —  Carroll 
Count}'  Pioneers  —  Hardships  —  Privations  —  Sufferings  —  Education  —  Dress,  etc. 

CHARACTER  of  Early  Settlers  of  New  Hampshire.  —  The  people 
of  Carroll  county,  as  well  as  those  of  the  other  counties  of  the  state, 
have  a  personal  interest  in  the  characters  and  aims  of  the  early  settlers  of 
New  Hampshire.  It  is  of  interest  to  them  and  their  descendants  whether  the 
early  proprietors  and  settlers  were  actuated  merely  by  a  sordid  love  of  gain,  or 
whether,  with  the  business  enterprise  they  manifested,  there  was  not  also  a 
design  to  plant  on  these  lands  the  Christian  religion  and  to  uphold  the  Chris- 
tian faith.  Were  we  to  believe  all  that  was  said  by  the  men  of  the 
Massachusetts  Colony,  we  would  pronounce  them  godless,  lawless  persons 
"  whose  chief  end  was  to  catch  fish."  Rev.  James  de  Normandie,  in  his 
excellent  "  History  of  Portsmouth,"  in  speaking  of  the  long  and  bitter 
controversy  on  this  subject,  says  :  "  All  of  the  proprietors  interested  in  the 
settlement  were  of  the  Established  Church,  and  it  was  only  natural  that  all 
of  the  settlers  who  came  out  with  them  should  be  zealous  in  that  faith. 
Gorges  and  Mason,  Godfrie  and  Neal,  Gibbons  and  Chadbourne,  and 
Williams,  and  all  the  names  appearing  on  the  colonial  records,  were  doubt- 
less of  this  faith.  Among  the  earliest  inventories  of  the  colony's  goods  we 
find  mention  of  service-books,  of  a  flagon,  and  of  cloths  for  the  communion 
table,  which  show  that  provisions  for  worship  were  not  neglected,  and  of  what 
form  the  worship  was."  Gorges,  in  defending  his  company  from  various 
charges  before  the  English  House  of  Commons,  asserts  that  "  I  have  spent 
c£ "20,000  of  my  estate  and  thirty  years,  the  whole  flower  of  my  life,  in  new 
discoveries  and  settlements  upon  a  remote  continent,  in  the  enlargement  of  my 
country's  commerce  and  dominions,  and  in  carrying  civilization  and  Christianity 
into  regions  of  savages."  In  Mason's  will  were  instructions  to  convey  1,000 
acres  of  his  New  Hampshire  estate  "  for  and  towards  the  maintenance  of  an 
honest,  godly,  and  religious  preacher  of  God's  Word,  in  some  church  or  chapel 
or  other  public  place  appointed  for  divine  worship  and  service  within  the  county 
of  New  Hampshire;"  together  with  provisions  for  the  support  of  a  "free 
grammar  school  for  the  education  of  youth."     No  better  proofs  could  be  given 


Early   Skttlkks.  ;,\ 


that  the  aspirations  of  these  energetic  men,  from  whom  many  of  the  citizens  of 

this  county  claim  descent,  were  high,  moral,  and  religious. 

Concerning  the  houses,  manner  of  living,  etc.,  of  the  early  inhabitants  of  New 
Hampshire,  Professor  Sanborn  says:  "The  primitive  log-house,  dark,  dirty,  and 
dismal,  rarely  outlived  its  first  occupant.  The  first  framed  houses  were  usually 
small,  low,  and  cold.  The  half-house,  about  twenty  feet  square,  satisfied  the 
unambitious.  The  double  house,  forty  by  twenty  feet  in  dimensions,  indicated 
progress  and  wealth.  It  was  designed  for  shelter,  not  for  comfort  or  elegance. 
The  windows  were  small,  without  blinds  or  shutters.  The  fireplace  was  suffi- 
ciently spacious  to  receive  logs  of  three  or  four  feet  in  diameter,  with  an  oven  in 
the  back  and  a  line  nearly  large  enough  to  allow  the  ascent  of  a  balloon.  One 
could  sit  in  the  chimney-corner  and  see  the  stars.  All  the  cooking  was  done  by 
this  fire.  Around  it  also  gathered  the  family  at  evening,  often  numbering  from 
six  to  twelve  children.  The  furniture  was  simple  and  useful,  all  made  of  the 
wood  of  the  native  forest  trees.  Pine,  birch,  cherry,  walnut,  and  the  curled 
maple  were  most  frequently  chosen  by  the  'cabinet-maker.'  Vessels  of  iron, 
copper,  and  tin  were  used  in  cooking.  The  dressers,  extending  from  floor  to 
ceiling  in  the  kitchen,  contained  the  mugs,  basins,  and  plates  of  pewter  which 
shone  upon  the  farmer's  board  at  the  time  of  meals.  The  post  of  the  house- 
wife was  no  sinecure.  She  had  charge  of  the  dairy  and  kitchen,  besides 
washing  and  mending  for  the  '  men-folks,'  spinning  and  weaving,  sewing  and 
knitting.  The  best  room,  often  called  the  'square  or  spare  room,'  contained  a 
bed,  a  bureau  or  desk,  or  a  chest  of  drawers,  a  clock,  and,  possibly,  a  brass  fire- 
set.  Its  walls  were  entirely  destitute  of  ornament.  It  was  an  age  of  simple 
manners  and  industrious  habits.  Contentment,  enjoyment,  and  longevity  were 
prominent  characteristics  of  that  age.  Prior  to  1820,  there  were  nearly  four 
hundred  persons  who  died  in  New  Hampshire  between  the  ages  of  ninety  and 
a  hundred  and  live  years.  Fevers  and  epidemics  sometimes  swept  away  the 
people,  but  consumption  and  neuralgia  were  then  almost  unknown.  Their 
simple  diet  and  active  habits  were  conducive  to  health. 

"'  The  meeting-house1  was  a  framed  building.  Its  site  was  a  high  hill;  its 
shape  a  rectangle,  flanked  with  heavy  porticoes,  with  seven  windows  upon  each 
side.  Every  family  was  represented  here  on  the  Sabbath.  The  clergymen, 
who  were  often  the  secular  as  well  as  the  spiritual  advisers,  were  settled  by 
major  vote  of  the  town,  and  tax-payers  were  assessed  for  his  salary  according 
to  their  ability.  The  people  went  to  church  on  foot  or  on  horseback,  the 
wife  riding  behind  the  husband  on  a  •pillion.'  Chaises,  wagons,  and  sleighs 
were  unknown.  Sometimes  whole  families  were  taken  to  '  meeting '  on  an 
ox-sled.  The  meeting-houses  had  no  stoves  or  furnaces,  so  that  the  worshipers 
were  dependent  for  their  comfort  upon  the  ardor  of  the  minister's  exhortations 
and  the  fervor  of  their  own  religious  emotions.  Traveling  was  difficult  and 
laborious.     Neither  men  nor  women  were   ever  idle.      Books  were   few:  news- 


52  History  of  Carroll   County. 

papers  were  seldom  seen  at  the  country  fireside.  News  from  England  did  not 
reach  the  inland  towns  until  five  or  six  months  after  the  occurrence  of  the 
events  reported.  Intelligence  from  New  York  reached  New  Hampshire  in  a 
week.  In  1816  travel  was  mostly  on  horseback,  the  mail  being  so  carried  in 
many  places. 

"  Inns  or  taverns  in  the  thickest  settlements  were  found  in  every  four  to 
eight  miles.  Feed  for  travelers'  teams  was :  half-baiting  of  hay,  four  cents ; 
whole  baiting,  eight  cents ;  two  quarts  of  oats,  six  cents.  The  bar-room  fire- 
place was  furnished  with  a  loge/erhead,  hot  at  all  times,  for  making  '  flip.'  The 
'  flip  '  was  made  of  beer  made  from  pumpkin  dried  on  the  crane  in  the  kitchen 
fireplace,  and  a  few  dried  apple-skins  and  a  little  bran.  Half-mug  '  flip,'  or 
half-gill  '  sling,'  six  cents.  On  the  table  was  to  be  found  a  '  shortcake '  and 
the  ever-present  decanter  or  bottle  of  rum. 

"  Women's  labor  was  fifty  cents  per  week.  They  spun  and  wove  most  of 
the  cloth  that  was  worn.  Flannel  that  was  dressed  at  the  mill,  for  women's 
wear,  was  fifty  cents  a  yard ;  men's  wear,  one  dollar. 

"  Farmers  hired  their  help  for  nine  or  ten  dollars  a  month  —  some  clothing 
and  the  rest  cash.  Carpenters'  wages,  one  dollar  a  day  ;  journeymen  carpenters, 
fifteen  dollars  a  month ;  and  apprentices  to  serve  six  or  seven  years  had  ten 
dollars  the  first  year,  twenty  the  second,  thirty  the  third,  and  so  on,  and  to 
clothe  themselves. 

"Breakfast  generally  consisted  of  potatoes  roasted  in  the  ashes,  a  '  bannock  ' 
made  of  meal  and  water  and  baked  on  a  maple  chip  set  before  the  fire.  Pork 
was  plenty.  If  '  hash '  was  served,  all  ate  from  the  same  platter  without  plates 
or  tablecloth.  Apprentices  and  farm-boys  had  for  supper  a  bowl  of  scalded 
milk  and  a  brown  crust,  or  bean  porridge,  or  '  poprobin.'  They  had  no 
tumblers,  nor  were  they  asked  if  they  would  have  tea  or  coffee ;  it  was,  '  Please 
pass  the  mug ! '" 

The  children  of  those  days  were  expected  to  be  quiet  in  the  presence  of  their 
parents,  and  respectful  in  their  manners  and  speech.  "  Early  to  bed  and  early 
to  rise  "  was  punctiliously  enforced.  Their  food  was  plain,  and  with  pure  air 
and  industrious  habits  they  made  stalwart  men  and  long-lived  women. 

Carroll  Count//  Pioneers.  —  Two  classes  of  persons,  with  very  distinctly 
marked  characteristics,  penetrated  this  wilderness.  The  leaders  were  men  of 
intelligence,  energy,  perseverance,  and  some  had  property.  They  had  two 
objects  in  view:  to  furnish  permanent  homes  for  themselves  and  their  posterity, 
and  to  acquire  wealth  by  the  rise  of  their  lands.  They  brought  horses,  coWs, 
swine,  and  sheep,  and  could  supply  their  tables  with  meat,  and  in  a  short  time 
had  comfortable  houses.  Many  of  these  pioneers  were  people  of  limited  means 
and  but  little  of  this  world's  goods,  but  their  brave  hearts  and  willing  hands 
stood  them  in  good  stead,  and  they  patiently  endured  privations,  sufferings, 
and  discouragements  unknown  at  the  present  day. 


K.um.y   Settlers.  53 


,Hardshiqp%  of  the  Settlers.  —  It  is  difficult  for  the  present  generation  to  con- 
ceive the  hardships  of  the  pioneers  who  a  century  and  1 v  ago  invaded  these 

forest  wilds  and  determined  to  wring  a  livelihood  from  lands  upon  which  the 
shadows  of  mountains  lay  ai  morn  or  eventide.  Whether  we  read  the  accounts 
of  the  early  inhabitants  in  Jackson,  Conway,  Bartlett,  Albany,  Ossipee,  Sand- 
wich,  Wakefield,  Wolfeborough,  etc.,  the  trials  are  essentially  the  same.  The 
perils  of  isolation,  the  fear  of  Indian  raids,  the  ravages  of  wild  beasts,  the 
wrath  of  the  rapid  mountain  torrents,  the  obstacles  to  communication  which 
the  vast  wilderness  interposed,  —  every  form  of  discomfort  and  danger  was 
apparently  indieated  h}r  these  grand  mountains  as  impassable  barriers  to  intru- 
sion and  occupation.  But  the  adventurous  spirit  of  man,  implanted  by  the 
Supreme  Being  for  his  own  wise  purposes,  carries  him  into  the  tangled  forest, 
into  new  climates,  and  to  foreign  shores,  and  the  great  work  of  civilization 
goes  on  from  year  to  year,  from  decade  to  decade,  from  century  to  century,  and 
these  forest  solitudes  are  transformed  into  smiling  fields,  with  manufactories 
and  villages  scattered  through  the  intersecting  valleys. 

Privations,  eta. —  Living  at  a  distance  of  many  miles  from  the  seaporl 
towns,  all  heavy  articles,  such  as  salt,  iron,  lead,  and  in  fact  everything  indis- 
pensable to  civilized  life  that  could  not  be  procured  from  the  soil  or  forest  was 
obliged  to  be  transported  upon  the  backs  of  men  or  horses.  One  man  once 
went  eighty  miles  on  foot  through  the  woods  to  a  lower  settlement  for  a  bushel 
of  salt,  the  scarcity  of  which  had  produced  sickness  and  suffering,  and  returned 
with  it  on  his  back.  Several  of  the  earliest  settlers  lived  for  years  without  any 
neighbors  fur  miles.  One  man  was  obliged  to  go  ten  miles  to  a  mill,  and  would 
carry  a  bushel  of  corn  on  his  shoulder,  and  take  it  back  in  meal.  But  often 
these  brave  men  did  not  even  have  the  corn  to  be  ground  :  they  were  threat- 
ened with  famine,  and  were  obliged  to  send  deputations  thirty,  fifty,  and  sixty 
miles  to  purchase  grain.  These  families  were  tried  by  the  freshets  that  tore  up 
the  rude  bridges,  swept  off  their  barns,  and  even  floated  their  houses  on  the 
meadows.  On  the  Saco  intervale,  in  the  year  1800,  a  heavy  rain  swelled  the 
river  so  that  it  iloated  every  cabin  and  shed  that  had  been  built  on  it. 

Many  times,  when  by  their  industry  and  hard  work  the  settlers  had  accu- 
mulated provision  for  the  future,  the  bears  would  come  down  upon  them  and 
steal  their  pigs  or  anything  else  they  could  take.  Meal  and  water  and  dried 
fish  without  salt  was  often  their  diet  for  days,  when  game  was  shy  or  storms 
prevented  hunting.  Pluck,  perseverance,  and  persistenc}'-  were  the  cardinal 
virtues  of  these  pioneers,  and,  endowed  with  strong  and  vigorous  constitutions, 
they  cultivated  the  spirit  of  endurance  so  necessary   to  their  condition  in   life. 

They  suffered  much  from  the  inadequate  legislation  of  those  early  times, 
and  their  patience  was  often  tried  to  the  utmost,  when  they  sent  petition  alter 
petition  to  the  legislature  without  receiving  an  answer  until  years  had  passed. 

As  soon  as  possible  after  these  people  had  made  rude  habitations  in  which 


54  History  of  Carroll   County. 

to  abide,  they  would  make  arrangements  for  the  preaching  of  the  gospel  and 
the  education  of  their  children.  A  primitive  structure  of  rough  logs  was 
rolled  up  for  a  schoolhouse.  This  was  lighted  by  an  occasional  pane  of  glass; 
and  here  their  religious  services  were  often  held,  and  here  the  same  desire 
for  learning  was  kindled  and  fed  as  in  the  convenient  and  pretentious  edifices 
of  to-day.  There  were  but  few  props  and  helps  to  climb  the  hill  of  learning, 
but  many  a  man  has  taken  his  place  among  the  cultured  people  of  the  land 
who  was  taught  his  A  B  C\s  in  just  such  a  schoolhouse. 

The  dress  of  these  pioneers  was  necessarily  simple  and  of  their  own  manu- 
facture. The  women  were  obliged  to  work  very  industriously,  so  many  duties 
devolved  upon  them.  Many  of  them  would  work  from  eighteen  to  twenty 
hours  a  day.  They  would  card  and  spin  the  wool  from  their  sheep,  weave  and 
color  it  (in  some  primitive  way),  then  cut  and  make  their  plain  garments. 
They  had  neither  the  means  nor  opportunity  for  fine  clothes,  but  they  were 
dressed  neatly  and  generally  scrupulously  clean.  Before  they  raised  sheep,  the 
men  wore  garments  made  of  mooseskin,  and  towcloth  was  also  used  largely 
for  both  men  and  women.  No  luxuries,  no  laces,  no  "  lingerie,"  in  which  the 
women  of  the  present  take  so  much  pride.  Linen  and  tow  were  used  instead 
of  cotton,  and  dressed  flax  was  to  some  extent  an  article  of  export. 

Hard  wood  was  cut  from  large  tracts  of  land  and  burned  to  obtain  ashes, 
which  the  early  settlers  leached  and  boiled  into  "  salts,"  and  carried  where  they 
could  find  a  market.  Those  who  had  no  team  either  drew  their  load  by  hand 
or  carried  it  on  their  backs ;  and  the  man  who  could  not  carry  a  hundred 
pounds  on  his  back  was  not  fit  for  a  pioneer.  Money  was  so  scarce  that  the 
most  that  could  be  obtained  went  for  taxes.  In  winter  the  snow  was  so  fear- 
fully deep  that  the  few  families  with  their  homes  at  some  distance  from  each 
other  could  not  keep  the  road  or  marked  ways  open,  and  consequently  great 
suffering  often  ensued. 

But  these  hardships,  privations,  and  sufferings  did  not  dwarf  their  intellects 
or  diminish  their  physical  powers,  and  a  good  character  of  solidity,  intelligence, 
and  industry  has  ever  been  connected  with  the  inhabitants  of  this  county. 
Men  distinguished  in  the  domains  of  law,  literature,  medicine,  and  science 
with  just  pride  point  to  Carroll  County  as  the  place  of  their  birth,  while  the 
county  with  equal  pride  claims  them  as  her  sons. 


Primitive  Manners   and  Customs. 


CHAPTER  X. 

PRIMITIVE    MANNERS    AND   CUSTOMS. 
BY   15.   P.   PARKER,   ESQ. 

Clearing  Land  — Planting  — First  Crops  —  Preparation  of  Flax  —  Carding  —  Garments  — 
Booses  —  Modes  of  Traveling  —  Food  —  Primitive  Cooking  —  "Driving"  —  Game—  Liquors 
—  Tools  —  Spinning  —  Loom  and  Weaving. 

THE  early  inhabitants  were  generally  small  farmers,  depending  mainly  on  the 
animal  products  of  their  farms  for  their  sustenance.  In  the  winter  some 
attention  was  given  to  the  manufacture  of  staves  and  oars,  with  which  a 
portion  of  their  groceries  were  purchased.  The  early  spring  was  devoted  to 
sugar-making,  while  the  principal  part  of  the  summer  season  was  occupied  in 
"clearing  land"  and  raising  crops.  Trees  were  usually  felled  in  June,  as  then 
they  were  in  full  leaf.  The  branches  were  "lopped"  and  the  trees  left  to 
"dry"  for  several  weeks.  They  were  then  set  on  fire,  and  the  leaves  and 
small  branches  burned.  If  it  was  intended  to  put  the  land  into  rye,  the 
principal  grain  crop,  the  scorched  trunks  were  at  once  "cut  up"  and  "piled," 
and  the  "heaps  burnt  off."  In  piling  and  burning,  the  father  and  sons  were 
frequently  assisted  by  the  female  members  of  the  family;  and  at  the  close  of  a 
day  thus  spent  in  "  the  lot "  the  whole  group  would  have  well  passed  for 
"contrabands."  The  ashes  left  from  the  burning  heaps  were  gathered  and  sold 
to  "  the  storekeeper,"  who  had  "  a  potash  "  connected  with  his  little  grocery. 
Sometimes  the  felled  trees,  after  being  "  burned  over,"  were  permitted  to 
remain  until  the  following  spring,  when  they  were  cut,  piled,  and  burnt,  and 
the  land  planted  to  Indian  corn  by  the  method  termed  "under  the  hoe;"  the 
fanner,  after  removing  a  little  of  the  burnt  surface  of  the  earth  with  a  hoe, 
would  loosen  and  raise  a  small  portion  of  the  soil.  At  the  same  moment  a 
nimble  boy  or  girl  would  deposit  a  few  kernels  of  corn  beneath  the  hoe,  and 
the  work  of  planting  was  completed.  The  crop  would  require  little  or  no  care 
until  the  harvest,  but  sometimes  it  would  be  necessary  to  cut  down  a  few 
tender  weeds.  Early  in  the  autumn,  before  gathering  the  corn,  the  land  was 
sown  with  winter  rye,  which  was  "hacked  in"  with  hoes.  Subsequently  grass 
seed  was  sown.  The  harvest  of  rye  would  come  off  in  July  or  August  of  the 
following  year,  leaving  the  soil,  if  there  had  been  a  "good  catch."  which  was 
usually    the    case,    well    swarded.     The    hay    crop    the    succeeding    year    was 


56  History   of   Carroll  County. 

generally  very  heavy.  So  rankly  would  it  grow  as  to  render  the  use  of  the 
rake  in  gathering  it  unnecessary. 

Grain  was  threshed  with  flails  in  the  fields  on  plats  of  earth  rendered  hard 
by  beating.  It  was  winnowed  by  being  shaken  in  a  strong  current  of  air. 
That  portion  of  it  mixed  with  the  earth  was  fed  out  to  swine  or  used  for  seed. 
Sometimes  threshing-floors  were  built  of  timber  and  boards.  Corn  was  husked 
in  the  open  air,  and  secured  in  eorncribs  or  small  latticed  buildings.  Portions 
of  the  corn-fodder,  straw,  and  hay  were  deposited  in  stacks,  the  barns,  or,  more 
properly,  hovels,  being  too  small  to  contain  the  whole.  A  roof  of  split-stuff, 
or  boards,  was  usually  placed  over  the  stack. 

Wheat,  oats,  and  potatoes  were  but  little  cultivated.  Turnips  were  a 
common  crop.  Flax  was  an  important  product.  It  did  not  succeed  well  on 
"  burnt  ground,"  and  it  was  the  custom  with  those  who  were  making  new 
farms  to  hire  it  grown  on  the  plowed  lands  of  the  first  settlers.  It  was 
harvested  by  being  pulled  from  the  roots  and  tied  in  small  bundles. 
Then,  after  being  exposed  to  the  sun  for  a  few  days,  the  bolls  were  threshed  to 
obtain  the  seed.  Subsequently  it  was  taken  to  the  field  and  thinly  spread  on 
the  surface  of  the  ground,  until  the  straw  became  so  much  rotted  as  to  be 
easily  broken.  It  was  then  gathered  into  bundles  again  and  stored,  where  it 
usually  remained  until  the  early  spring  of  the  following  year.  March  was 
accounted  the  best  month  for  "-getting  out  flax."  It  was  first  "broken,"  by 
being  repeatedly  beaten  in  a  machine  with  wooden  knives,  or  teeth,  termed  a 
"break,"  until  the  straw  was  reduced  to  small  fragments,  leaving  its  external 
covering,  a  strong  fibre,  uninjured.  It  was  then  "swingled."  This  was  done 
by  suspending  it  beside  an  upright  board  fixed  in  a  heavy  log,  and  beating  it 
with  a  large  wooden  knife,  until  the  greater  portion  of  the  shives  and  coarser 
fibres  was  removed.  It  was  then  hackled,  or  combed,  by  being  repeatedly 
drawn  through  a  machine  of  strong  pointed  wires  attached  to  a  wooden  base. 
It  was  sometimes  again  subjected  to  a  similar  process,  a  finer  instrument  being 
used.  What  remained  was  termed  flax ;  that  which  had  been  removed  by  the 
several  processes,  tow,  of  which  there  were  three  kinds  —  fine  tow,  coarse  tow, 
and  swingle  tow.  "  To  get  out  flax  "  required  a  certain  degree  of  skill  and 
practice,  and  persons  who  were  adepts  at  the  business  were  accustomed  to  go 
from  place  to  place  for  that  purpose.  The  manner  of  spinning  flax  was 
peculiar.  It  was  first  wound  about  a  distaff  made  of  the  terminating  twigs  of 
the  pine  bough,  fastened  together  in  such  a  manner  as  to  form  a  globular- 
shaped  framework.  This  distaff  was  attached  to  a  small  wheel  called  a  "linen 
wheel."  This  was  moved  with  the  foot,  the  hand  being  employed  in  drawing 
out  the  flax,  and  occasionally  applying  it  to  the  lips,  for  the  purpose  of 
moistening  it.  Flax-spinning  furnished  an  opportunity  for  a  class  of  social 
interviews  called  "spinning-bees,"  when  the  women  of  a  neighborhood  would 
take  their  wheels  to  one  house  and  spend  the  afternoon  in  busy  labor  and  talk, 


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permitting  the  friend  whom  they  visited  to  have  the  benefil  of  their  toil.  Tow 
was  carded  with  hand  cards,  and  spun  in  a  manner  similar  to  wool.  Swingle 
tow  was  used  in  the  manufacture  of  meal-bags  and  straw  ticks.  Combed  tow 
formed  a  pari  of  towels,  coarse  tablecovers,  and  common  outer  garments.  Ii 
was  sometimes  used  for  under  garments,  in  which  case,  it  is  said,  flesh  brushes 
and  hair  mittens  were  rendered  unnecessary.  Flax  and  woo]  were  the  principal 
materials  from  which  were  manufactured  the  cloth  and  clothing  of  the  family. 
Occasionally  small  purchases  of  cotton  would  be  made,  hut  this  was  very  little 
us.mI.  Nut  ciily  was  there  a  supply  of  (doth  sufficient  for  home  uses  manu- 
factured, but  also  a  little  for  sale.  Hence,  in  setting  up  housekeeping,  it  was 
necessary  to  provide  the  young  couple  with  a  Large  and  a  small  spinning-wheel, 
a  loom,  reeds,  harnesses,  warping  bars,  spools,  and  quills.  These  were  regarded 
as  matrimonial  fixtures,  and  a  young  woman  was  not  considered  as  "  fit  to  be 
married "  until  she  had  supplied  her  wardrobe,  dining-room,  and  bed-chamber 
with  the  manufactures  of  her  own  hands. 

Garments  were  made  in  the  family.  Sometimes  a  tailor  would  he  applied  to 
for  the  purpose  of  "cutting  out"  a  coat.  This  was  usually  the  only  required 
aid  from  abroad.  The  rest  of  the  household  apparel  was  made  by  members  of 
the  family.  In  warm  weather  almost  every  one  went  barefooted.  In  the 
autumn  the  shoemaker  with  his  kit,  consisting  of  a  hammer,  a  strap,  and  a  few 
knives  and  awls  wrapped  up  in  his  leather  apron,  went  from  house  to  'house 
for  the  purpose  of  ''shoeing'*  the  several  families,  his  employers  furnishing  the 
material  —  leather,  thread,  and  bristles,  and  even  the  resin  and  tallow  used  in 
manufacturing  the  wax.  Pie  was  also  expected  to  provide  a  lapstone  and  lasts. 
If  the  latter  were  wanting,  blocks  of  wood  were  shaped  to  accommodate  the 
several  members  of  the  family.  The  cordwainer  was  generally  a  jovial  fellow, 
full  of  fun  and  stories,  and  pretty  sure  to  give  the  unlucky  urchin  who  might 
chance  to  stand  near  his  elbow  a  thrust  in  the  ribs.  Cattle  were  also  frequently 
shod  upon  the  farmer's  premises.  They  were  "cast"  on  beds  of  straw  and 
securely  hound,  their  feet  pointing  upward.  In  this  position  the  shoes  were 
secured  to  them. 

Much  of  the  woolen  cloth  designed  for  men's  clothing  was  woven  with  a 
wale,  and  colored  a  yellowish  brown  with  the  bark  of  the  yellow  oak.  Blue 
was  a  color  greatly  in  vogue,  and  an  indigo  dye-pot  was  found  in  almost  every 
chimney-corner.  This  color,  however,  was  generally  combined  with  some  other 
in  the  manufacture  of  cloth.  A  "copperas  color  and  blue  check"  was  regarded 
as  very  desirable  for  female  attire. 

The  clothing  consisted  principally  of  home  manufactures.  In  winter  the 
men  sometimes  wore  deerskin  garments,  but  more  frequently  short  woolen 
frocks  and  trowsers.  In  summer  the  same  style  was  preserved,  hut  the  material 
changed,  tow-and-linen  being  substituted  for  wool.  Holiday  garments  were 
made  of  thick  -full-cloth."     Nearly  every  substantial  citizen  was  the  possessor 


58  History  of  Carroll  County. 


of  a  grayish-white  "great-coat,"  which  lasted  a  lifetime.  Boots  were  almost 
unknown,  shoes  and  buskins  being-  worn  in  winter.  The  buskin  was  simply  a 
footless  stocking  fastened  to  the  shoe  for  the  purpose  of  protecting  the  foot 
and  lower  part  of  the  leg  from  the  snow.  The  "go-to-meeting"  dress  of  a 
woman  consisted  of  a  bonnet  called  a  calash,  which  resembled  a  chaise-top,  a 
short,  loose  gown,  a  skirt,  an  apron,  and  a  handkerchief  fastened  about  the 
neck.  A  hooded  cloak,  somewhat  similar  to  the  style  of  the  present  day, 
usually  of  a  red  color,  was  worn  in  winter.  The  stylish  ladies  wore  straw 
bonnets;  one,  with  an  occasional  bleaching,  would  last  for  a  decade.  They 
also  dressed  more  elaborately  than  the  common  class.  The  Vandyke  was 
also  worn. 

Shoes,  and  generally  stockings,  were  worn  to  church.  With  many  it  would 
have  been  regarded  as  an  unwarrantable  waste  to  have  worn  shoes  on  the  way. 
They  were  carried  in  the  hand  until  the  place  of  meeting  was  nearly  reached, 
and  then  put  on,  to  be  taken  off  again  on  the  return.  Some  of  the  more 
wealthy  wore  coarse  shoes  on  the  road,  and  exchanged  them  for  "  moroccos  " 
when  near  the  church  door.  Such  carefulness  was  necessary  in  order  that  a 
person  might  preserve  suitable  apparel  for  holiday  occasions,  since  a  young 
woman  with  her  week's  wages  could  only  purchase  two  yards  of  cotton  print. 
"Fancy  goods"  bore  a  corresponding  price. 

The  walls  of  many  of  the  houses  were  constructed  of  logs,  which,  however, 
usually  were  hewn  and  the  interstices  between  them  filled  with  clay  mortar. 
The  better  class  of  the  people  had  frame-houses  covered  with  rough  boards  and 
unpainted.  The  interior  was  seldom  completely  finished.  The  rooms  were 
separated  by  a  ceiling  of  boards,  sometimes  planed  and  occasionally  paneled, 
but  more  frequently  rough.  Chimneys  were  built  of  rough  stone,  and  topped 
with  laths  plastered  with  clay.  In  the  better  class  of  houses  they  were  built 
of  brick.  In  all  cases  they  were  very  large  and  provided  with  spacious  fire- 
places. The  oven  opened  into  the  fireplace.  In  some  instances  it  was  built  in 
the  open  air,  but  not  frequently.  These  large  chimneys  were  more  easily 
constructed  of  coarse  materials  than  smaller  ones,  and  were  also  necessary  on 
account  of  the  large  fires  kept  burning  in  the  cold  season.  These  fires  could 
not  be  dispensed  with,  the  houses  being  so  openly  constructed  as  to  readily 
admit  the  open  air.  The  hovels  for  the  shelter  of  stock  consisted  of  walls 
built  of  hewn  logs  fastened  at  the  corners,  and  covered  with  a  roof  similar  to 
that  placed  over  the  haystack. 

The  mode  of  traveling  was  principally  on  foot.  Few  horses  were  owned  by 
the  people.  These  were  used  for  horseback  riding.  It  was  a  common  practice 
for  two  persons  to  ride  at  one  time,  usually  a  man  and  a  woman  —  the  man 
riding  before  on  a  saddle,  and  the  woman  upon  a  pillion  attached  to  the  saddle. 
Not  unfrequently  one  child,  and  sometimes  two  children,  would  be  carried 
at  the  same  time.     Wheel  carriages  were  rarely  used   by  the  inhabitants.     In 


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the  winter  season  sleds  drawn  bj  horses  and  oxen  were  in  common   use.     I 
sleds  were  also  used  for  drawing  hay  from  the  fields  and  other  burthens  in  the 
summer  season. 

The  food  of  the  people  was  quite  simple.  Rye  and  Indian  corn  were  the 
principal  grains  raised.  These  were  ground  at  the  grist-mill,  hut  not  bolted. 
The  coarse  bran  was  separated  with  a  hand  sieve,  and  when  it  was  desirable 
t<>  obtain  tine  flour,  the  silted  meal  was  shaken  in  a  fine  sieve.  Various  hut 
simple  were  the  ways  of  cooking  these  meals.  Some  of  the  methods  are  still 
in  use.  The  « rye-and-Injun "  Loaf  will  probably  be  retained  to  the  latest 
posterity.  One  mode  of  preparing  bread  then  very  prevalent  is  now  entirely 
out  o\'  use.  the  baking  of  bannocks.  It  was  in  this  manner:  Thick  hatter  was 
spread  upon  a  plate  or  small  sheet  of  iron,  sometimes  upon  a  bit  of  board,  and 
set  up  edgewise  before  the  kitchen  fire.  Where  the  family  was  large,  a  con- 
siderable  many  of  these  would  be  before  the  lire  at  the  same  time.  Rude  as 
this  method  may  seem,  it  required  some  skill  to  properly  manage  the  baking. 
(are  must  he  taken  that  the  bread  did  not  burn  or  slide  down  on  the  hearth- 
stone. When  one  side  was  sufficiently  baked,  the  bannock  must  be  "turned," 
that  the  other  side  might  he  presented  to  the  fire.  To  do  this  skilfully  was 
regarded  as  a  very  desirable  attainment.  Meats  were  somewhat  sparingly  eaten. 
Beef  and  mutton  could  not  well  be  afforded  on  account  of  the  scarcity  of 
eattle  and  sheep.  Pork  was  not  very  abundant;  for  although  almost  every 
family  kept  swine,  they  were  required  to  obtain  their  living  by  running  at 
large  during  the  summer  season,  and  were  but  little  fattened  in  the  fall.  Some 
wild  meats  were  eaten,  and  a  good  supply  of  fish  was  obtained  from  the  brooks, 
ponds,  and  lake. 

One  very  common  dish  was  "bean  porridge,"  prepared  by  boiling  meat, 
beans,  and  Indian  corn  together.  "Boiled  corn  "  was  much  eaten.  The  shelled 
kernels  were  first  slightly  boiled  in  weak  lye,  by  which  means  the  hulls  were 
removed.  They  were  then  repeatedly  rinsed  in  pure  water  in  order  to  remove 
the  alkaline  matter,  and  afterwards  subjected  to  several  hours'  boiling.  When 
sufficiently  cooked  the  corn  was  served  up  with  milk  or  molasses.  Roasted 
potatoes,  boiled  fish,  and  butter  furnished  a  healthful  repast.  Boiled  meat, 
turnips,  and  brown  bread  afforded  a  substantial  dinner.  Poultry,  bacon,  and 
were  eaten  to  some  extent.  Puddings  were  very  common.  Fine  meal 
bread,  sweetened  with  maple  sugar  or  West  India  molasses,  and  [ties  sometimes 
graced  the  supper  table.  "  Hasty  pudding  and  milk"  was  a  very  common  dish. 
especially  for  children. 

This  simple  manner  of  living  rendered  the  people  of  that  time  hardy  and 
capable  of  performing  a  large  amount  of  labor.  It  was  not  an  uncommon 
thing  for  a  man  to  fell  an  acre  of  trees  in  one  day.  To  be  sure,  this  was  done 
in  part  by  ••driving.*'  as  it  was  termed.  This  was  the  method:  A  considerable 
number  of  trees  were  cut   partly  off;  then   one  very  large   and    favorably  situ- 


60  History  of   Carroll  County. 

ated  was  selected,  which  in  falling  would  strike  others,  and  these  again  others, 
until  scores,  and  perhaps  hundreds,  would  come  crashing  down  at  the  same 
time.  Still  it  required  much  physical  energy  and  strength  to  accomplish  that 
amount  of  labor  in  so  short  ;i  time.  Piling  was  also  very  heavy  work,  and 
occasioned  a  lively  competition.  Two  persons  generally  worked  together,  and 
it  was  regarded  as  disreputable  for  one  to  permit  his  end  of  the  log  to  fall 
behind  that  of  his  fellow-laborer. 

Hunting  and  fishing  were  the  principal  amusements  of  the  settlers,  and  in 
this  profit  was  chiefly  considered.  In  the  fall  bears  were  quite  troublesome  in 
the  eornfiehls,  and  were  destroyed  in  various  ways  —  sometimes  by  being 
caught  in  log  traps,  or  by  being  shot  with  guns  set  for  the  purpose,  and  some- 
times by  direct  hunting.  Their  flesh  in  the  autumn  or  early  part  of  the  winter 
was  considered  very  good.  In  the  winter  deer  were  taken  in  considerable 
numbers.  Other  wild  game  was  hunted  ;  some  for  flesh,  some  for  fur,  and 
others  to  prevent  depredations  on  the  growing  crops  or  domestic  animals.  At 
this  period  liquors  were  in  common  use,  although  seldom  drunk  immoderately 
except  on  extraordinary  occasions.  When  friends  met  at  the  store  or  at  their 
own  house,  "a  treat"  was  expected,  and  the  storekeeper  would  have  been 
regarded  as  niggardly  who  did  not  offer  his  customer  a  dram  if  he  had  made  a 
considerable  purchase.  On  all  public  occasions  and  social  feasts  liquors  were 
provided,  generally  at  the  expense  of  the  managers.  Laborers,  especially  if  the 
toil  was  uncommonly  severe,  expected  their  allowance  of  grog ;  even  the  house- 
wife on  washing  day  did  not  hesitate  to  take  a  "  drop  sweetened."  It  was 
always  kept  on  hand  for  visitors,  and  however  scanty  and  coarse  might  be  the 
food  offered,  if  the  bowl  of  toddy  or  mug  of  flip  was  forthcoming  the  claims  of 
hospitality  were  satisfactorily  complied  with.  A  bowl  of  toddy  consisted  of  a 
half-pint  of  rum  mixed  with  sugar  and  water,  and  was  regarded  a  drink  for 
four  persons.  A  mug  of  flip  was  composed  of  the  same  materials  but  drunk 
warm.  Town  officers  were  supplied  with  liquor  at  the  expense  of  the  town, 
and  frequently  furnished  it  for  persons  calling  at  the  town  office  on  business. 
Sometimes  the  whole  company  present  would  be  invited  to  drink.  At  the 
"vendue"  of  two  vagrants  in  1784,  in  Wolfeborough,  twenty-one  bowls  of 
toddy  were  drunk  at  the  expense  of  the  town.  At  the  sale  of  the  pews  of  the 
Wolfeborough  meeting-house  in  1791,  liquors  were  provided  by  the  selectmen. 
Notwithstanding  the  general  use  of  intoxicating  drinks  at  this  period,  drunken- 
ness was  not  very  common. 

The  axe  was  the  universal  and  most  important  companion  of  a  settler  in  a 
New  England  forest.  This,  as  well  as  all  other  farming  tools  composed  of  iron 
or  steel,  was  manufactured  by  the  village  blacksmith.  It  was  usually  quite 
heavy,  and  clumsily  made.  Sometimes  it  was  broad  on  the  edge,  being  shaped 
somewhat  like  the  broad-axe.  The  hoe  consisted  of  a  small  plate  of  hammered 
iron,  to  which  was  fastened  a  socket.     Through  this  the  handle  was  put,  and 


I'uimitivi;    Mannkks    and    Cist. .ms.  61 

fastened  with  wedges.  The  shovel  was  made  of  firm  wood,  and  the  blade 
occasionally  bordered  with  iron,  or  "shod."  The  "plo\>*  irons"  consisted  of 
two  parts,  the  colter  and  the  " chip-and-wing,"  or  share.  The  "wood-work" 
was  made  at  the  farmer's  house.     In  constructing  it   timber  was  nol   sparingly 

used.    Tl Eurrow-board  "  was  taken  from  a  winding  tree.     The  plow,  being 

short  and  clumsy,  would  nol  well  turn  the  sward,  but  seemed  to  be  designed 
mainly  for  rooting.     It  was.  however,  an  implement  not  much   needed,  as  most 

of   the  cereal  and  root  crops  were  raised  Oil   a  "burn."      The    harrow  was    made 

of  the  forking  branches  of  a  tree,  into  which  wooden  teeth  were  driven. 

It  has  been  before  said  that  hay  was  drawn  to  the  stack  or  hovel  upon  sleds. 
This  was  usually  the  case.  Sometimes  a  sledge  was  used.  This  consisted  of 
two  Ion--  poles,  fastened  together  with  cross-bars.  The  lighter  ends  of  the  poles 
were  attached  to  a  horse,  while  the  others  dragged  on  the  ground.  The  first 
attempt  to  manufacture  wheels  was  in  this  manner:  Large  trucks  were  formed 
of  plank.  Two  of  these  were  placed  together  in  such  a  position  that  the  grains 
of  wood   in  one  would  cross   those  of  the  other,  and   fastened  with   tree-nails. 

( )n  tl utside  of  this  apology  for  a  wheel  was  fixed  a  cleat  of  ver}r  firm  wood 

on  which  the  axle  might  rest.  Block  wheels  followed  these.  They  were 
constructed  much  like  those  used  at  the  present  time,  only  the  felloes  were 
much    larger  and    were   not   ironed. 

The  flail  with  which  grain  was  threshed  consisted  of  two  stout  cudgels 
fastened  together  with  a  cord  or  leathern  string.  The  one  held  in  the  hand 
was  called  "the  staff,"  and  was  a  little  longer  than  the  other,  which  was  termed 
the  ••  swingle."  It  was  quite  common  for  two  persons  to  thresh  together,  each 
striking  the  grain  alternately  arid  with  equal  rapidity.  Occasionally  the  flail 
string  would  break,  throwing  the  swingle  high  in  the  air,  which  in  its  descent 
was  liable  to  give  the  laborer  a  blow  on  the  head.  One  grindstone  and  a  cross- 
cut saw  generally  answered  for  an  entire  neighborhood.  The  principal 
mechanical  tools  owned  by  a  farmer  were,  with  the  exception  of  the  axe,  a 
gouge  and  a  pod-auger.  The  gouge  was  a  necessary  accompaniment  of  the 
auger,  as  it  wa^  difficult  to  enter  wood  with  the  auger  until  a  hole  was  first 
made  with  the  gouge.  Besides  these  were  the  frow,  an  elongated  wedge  used 
in  riving  timber,  and  the  shave.  These  last-mentioned  tools  were  \\sv(\  chiefly 
in  manufacturing  shingles,  which  were  then  rived  and  shaven,  and  were  much 
superior  to  those  of  the  present  time  obtained  by  sawing. 

In  preparing  wool,  cotton,  and  tow  for  spinning,  it  was  necessary  that  tl 
substances  should  first  be  formed  into  "rolls"  with  hand  cards.  These  rolls 
were  a  little  more  than  a  foot  in  length;  those  of  wool  and  cotton  being  round, 
and  those  of  tow  flattened.  Carding  parties  were  quite  common,  when  several 
neighbors  would  each  take  a  small  bundle  of  wool,  or  more  frequently  cotton. 
and  a  pair  of  cards,  and  spend  the  afternoon  in  forming  rolls,  taking  tea  with 
the  family  which  they  visited.     It  was  nearly  as  much  labor  to  caul   as   to  spin 


62  History  of  Carroll  County. 

a  certain  quantity  of  the  raw  material.  Wool,  cotton,  and  tow  were  spun  on  a 
••hum'  wheel.'"  This  machine  consisted  of  a  narrow  bench  standing  on  the 
legs,  the  forward  end  being  more  elevated  than  the  back.  At  the  forward  end 
were  two  small  posts  nearly  perpendicular.  To  these  was  attached  an  iron  or 
steel  spindle,  kept  in  plaee  with  "  ears,"  formed  of  hemlock  twigs  or  corn  husks. 
At  the  hack  pari  of  the  bench  arose  another  small  post  inclining  backward. 
Near  the  top  of  this  was  a  short  axle  on  which  revolved  a  broad-rimmed  wheel 
about  four  feet  in  diameter.  A  band  of  twisted  yarn  passed  from  the  wheel  to 
a  grooved  "whirl"  on  the  spindle.  In  spinning  the  roll  was  taken  in  the  left 
hand  and  attached  to  the  spindle;  at  the  same  moment  a  brisk  motion  was 
given  to  the  wheel  with  the  right  hand,  the  spinner  slowly  stepping  back  and 
drawing  out  a  thread  of  yarn.  Usually  a  small  wooden  pin  was  carried  in  the 
right  hand  with  which  the  wheel  was  moved.  This  was  called  a  "  wheel-pin."' 
The  yarn  was  wound  from  the  spindle  .with  a  reel  into  skeins.  Each  skein 
consisted  of  seven  knots  of  forty  threads,  and  each  thread  was  required  to  be 
six  feet  long,  so  that  a  skein  of  yarn  was  one  continuous  thread  1,680  feet  in 
length.  It  was  a  daily  stint  to  spin  five  skeins  of  wool  yarn,  or  to  card  and 
spin  three  skeins.  A  woman  performing  this  amount  of  labor  usually  received 
fifty  cents  a  week  and  board.  The  yarn  intended  for  warp  was  subsequently 
wound  on  spools,  which  were  hollow  cylinders  of  wood,  with  a  ridge  at  each 
end.  This  was  done  in  the  following  manner:  The  skein  of  yarn  was  stretched 
on  a  "swift,"  or  revolving  reel,  and  the  spool  was  placed  on  the  spindle  of  the 
wheel  before  described.  Then,  by  a  continuous  turning  of  the  wheel,  the  yarn 
was  transferred  from  the  swift  to  the  spool.  The  spools  were  then  set  in  a 
frame  called  a  "spool  frame/' being  kept  in  their  places  with  small  wooden 
rods,  and  the  threads  from  the  several  spools  were  carried  collectively  around 
wooden  pins  set  in  another  frame  called  "  warping  bars."  This  process  was 
denominated  warping,  and  was  the  last  step  preparatory  to  putting  the  yarn 
in  the  loom  for  weaving. 

The  loom  to  be  found  in  almost  every  farmhouse  consisted  of  a  stout  frame 
of  wood  about  six:  feet  long,  five  feet  broad,  and  five  feet  high.  At  one  end 
was  a  large  cylinder  around  which  the  warp  was  wound.  This  was  called  the 
'•yarn  beam."  At  a  little  distance  from  this  was  suspended  "  the  harness,"  con- 
nected with  cords  to  pulleys  above  and  treadles  below.  The  harness  was  made 
by  connecting  two  slender  shafts  with  numerous  threads.  By  knotting  these 
threads  of  twine,  ••eves'*  were  formed  through  which  the  threads  of  the  warp 
were  carried  separately.  Near  the  harness  and  immediately  before  it  hung  the 
lathe.  This  was  a  wooden  frame,  the  upper  part  of  which  rested  on  the 
timbers  of  the  Loom  in  such  a  manner  that  it  could  easily  be  swung  forward 
and  backward.  At  the  lower  part  were  two  cross-bars,  one  of  which  was 
movable.  Between  these  cross-bars,  which  were  grooved  on  the  inner  edges, 
was  fixed  the  "slaie,"  now  usually  termed  the  reed.    This  was  a  frame  three  or 


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four  feel  Long  mid  four  inches  broad,  in  which  were  set,  in  an  upright  position, 
small  slips  of  reed  or  minute  slats.  The  threads  of  the  warp  were  drawn 
through  the  interstices  between  these  slats,  then  carried  over  a  square  timber 
called  the  "breast  beam,"  and  finally  connected  with  a  small  cylinder  called 
the  "cloth  beam,"  situated  in  the  lower  part  of  the  loom.  Fronting  the  breasl 
beam   was  placed  a   high  scat    for  the   weaver.     The  " treadles "  (in  weaving 

plain  cloth  two  were  used)  were  narrow  hoards,  one  end  of  each  attached  to 
the  framework  of  the  loom,  and  the  other  to  the  harness.  The  manner  of 
weaving  was  as  follows:  A  quill,  usually  the  woody  stock  of  some  plant,  from 
which  the  pith  had  been  removed,  was  wound  with  woof  yarn  and  fixed  on  a 
small  rod  in  a  hand  shuttle.  By  the  action  of  the  treadle  on  the  harness  the 
alternate  threads  of  the  warp  were  separated.  With  one  hand  the  operator 
then  threw  the  shuttle  between  these  threads  thus  separated,  and  with  the 
other  brought  forward  the  lathe  containing  the  "slaie."  This  pressed  the 
wool-thread  close  to  the  one  which  preceded  it.  The  lathe  was  then  swung 
hack,  the  foot  pressed  on  the  other  treadle,  the  upper  ami  lower  threads  of  the 
warp,  by  the  action  of  the  harness,  were  made  to  cross  each  other,  and  thus 
confine  the  woof  in  its  place.  The  shuttle  was  then  thrown  hack  through  the 
new  opening  between  these  threads  of  the  warp,  and  the  lathe  again  brought 
forward:  and  this  course  being  continued,  the  web  of  cloth  was  at  length 
produced.  To  weave  five  yards  of  cloth  was  the  allotment  for  a  day's  work. 
When  more  complicated  webs  were  woven,  four  or  more  treadles  were  used. 


CHAPTER  XI. 


ROADS. 


[ndian  Trails  —  Roads,  Turnpikes,  and    Bighways —  Early  Post  Routes  —  Extracts  from 
Governor  and    Lad}    Frances    Wentworth's    Letters— Return   of    tin-  Governor's    Road   to 

Plymouth  — A  <  each  a i id-six —  Turnpikes  —  Canals  —  J  {ail  roads —  Lake  Navigation. 

INDIAN  TRAILS.  —  A  trail  existed  very  early  (probably  before  the  discovery 
of  America   by   the   whites)   from    the    Ammonoosuc  valley,   through    the 
Notch  to  North  Conway,  where  it  divided,  one  trail  following  the  Saco  to 
the  sea,  the  other  pursuing  the  general  route  of  the  railroad  southerly  through 
this  county.     Another  greal  trail    Left  the   Pemigewassel    valley  at    Holderness, 
skirted  the  northern  edge  of  Squam  lake,  and   then  struck   through  Sandwich 


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to  the  Bear  Camp  valley,  which  it  followed  till  it  joined  the  previously  described 
one;  thence  it  went  down  the  Ossipee  to  its  junction  with  the  Saco.  From 
near  Kusump  pond  a  smaller  trail  left  this,  wound  around  the  east  side  of  Red 
Hill,  and  passed  through  Moultonborough,  Tuftonborough,  and  Wolfeborough 
t<>  the  south  side  of  Winnipiseogee.  Along  these  routes,  in  the  early  French 
;iih1  Indian  wars,  marched  the  hostile  Canadian  Indians  on  their  way  to  the 
lower  settlements,  and  along  them  they  brought  the  scalps  and  prisoners 
acquired  in  their  bloody  forays.  It  is  probable  that  other  trails  led  through 
Sandwich  and  Pinkham  notches,  but  they  were  not  main  thoroughfares  of 
travel,  were  not  so  well  defined,  and  traces  of  their  existence  were  soon  lost 
when  they  were  unused. 

_Ro«</x,  Turnpikes,  and  Highways. — The  Indian  trails,  kept  somewhat  worn 
by  hunters  and  trappers,  were  better  than  a,  trackless  Avilderness,  but  they  did 
not  meet  the  demands  of  the  pioneers.  In  1722  a  road  had  been  cut  out 
to  the  eastern  shore  of  Winnipiseogee,  a  block-house  erected,  and  a  guard 
stationed  there.  This  is  the  first  road  of  which  we  have  record.  No  more 
roads  were  undertaken  until  after  the  peace  of  1760.  The  settlers  who  shortly 
after  this  came  hither  came  by  the  Salmon  Falls  river,  from  Gilmanton  to  the 
ninth  shore  of  the  lake  in  boats,  and  hastily  prepared,  first,  marked  trails, 
along  which  men  and  horses  could  pick  their  way,  and  later,  cut  out  roads  about 
eight  feet  wide,  corduroying  the  swamps  and  marshy  places  at  the  crossings 
of  streams.  These  were  not  much  like  our  later  roads,  but  the  pioneers  were 
able  to  drive  cattle  along  them,  and  to  travel  on  foot  and  horseback  with- 
out serious  detriment  to  their  progress.  In  laying  out  some  towns,  the 
surveyors  laid  out  range-ways,  but  these  followed  the  arbitrary  lines  of  the  lots, 
and  were  of  little  avail  for  highway  purposes.  The  narrow  roads  were  unsuited 
to  the  needs  of  a  rapidly  increasing  population,  and  in  all  town  and  proprietors' 
meetings  roads  was  the  most  important  subject  of  discussion,  and  petition  after 
petition  was  sent  to  the  legislature  concerning  them.  July  27,  1767,  the  pro- 
prietors of  Fryeburg  voted  to  lay  out  two  open  roads,  one  on  each  side  of  the 
Saco,  and  these  were  soon  met  by  the  Conway  settlers.  A  road  of  quite  a  good 
character  was  very  early  constructed  from  Wolfeborough  to  Conway,  and  the 
fust  mention  of  Wolfeborough  in  the  state  documents  in  the  office  of  the 
Secretary  of  State  is  in  relation  to  making  a  road  from  that  place  to  Stonington. 
This  was  in  legislative  records  of  action  done  October  26,  1768,  brought  about 
by  the  report  of  a  committee  appointed  March  12,  1767,  to  look  out  and  mark 
roads  from  Upper  Coos  to  Pigwacket. 

In  1772  Colonel  Joseph  Whipple  moved  from  Portsmouth  to  Jefferson, 
coming  to  Wolfeborough,  Conway,  and  through  the  White  Mountain  Notch, 
hoisting  his  cattle  over  the  rocks  at  the  head  by  ropes  and  tackle  he  had 
brought  with  him.  The  next  year  Nash  and  Sawyer's  Location  was  granted 
for  building  a  road  through  that  tract.  In  a  letter  written  by  Colonel  Whipple 
to  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Safety,  October  13,  1776,  he  says :  — 


Roads.  55 

The  Committee  <>f  Safety  for  this  state  having  by  an  advertisement  bearing  date  the 
25th  of  July  past  verj  3eriouslj  and  urgently  recommended  to  the  inhabitants  &  proprietors 
of  the  several  Towns  and  Tracts  <>r  Land  therein  to  repair  their  Roads  and  Bridges  so 
that  Warlike  &  other  Stores  mighl  be  transported  for  the  defence  &  use  of  the  inhabitants  ol 
the  Frontier  Towns,  particularly  the  Road  leading  from  Wolfeborough  through  Conwaj  to 
the  Upper  Cohos,  <&  the  said  recommendation  having  been  totally  disregarded,  excepting 
only  by  the  Mason  ian  Proprs  who  have  repair'd  their  Road  from  Wolfeborough  inwards 
Conway.)  •  •  •  From  the  Upper  Cohos  down  to  Conway  the  Bridges  are  lifted  out  of  place  bj 
a  Remarkable  Freshei  which  happened  a  year  pasl .  which  renders  passing  almost  impracl  icable 
for  horses  &  totally  SO  lor  a  Carriage  Of  any  kind,  &  also  many  Trees  (Windfalls)  lying 
across  the  roads. 

June  IT.  L786,the  Assemblj  enacted  that  a  "posl  set  off  every  other  Monday 
from  Portsmouth,  and  from  thence  proceed  through  Newmarket,  Durham, 
Dover,  Rochester,  Wakefield,  Ossipee  Gore,  andTamworth  to  Moultonborough  ; 
theme  through  .Meredith.  Gilmanton,  Barnstead,  Barrington,  and  Dover  to 
Portsmouth."  The  fourth  state  post  route,  established  December  6, 1791,  came 
from  Portsmouth  once  a  fortnight  to  Dover,  Rochester,  Wakefield,  Ossipee, 
Tamworth,  Sandwich  Center,  Holderness,  Plymouth,  Meredith,  etc.,  as  before. 
The  only  postoffice  in  the  county  (Strafford),  until  after  1800,  was  at  Dover,  and 
the  Sun,  Dover  Gazette  and  Strafford  Advertiser  frequently  contained  advertise- 
ments of  Letters  for  residents  of  Tamworth,  Sandwich,  Wakefield,  and  other  of 
our  towns.  The  post-rider  received  <£12  a  year  for  service  on  the  above  route, 
which  he  accomplished  on  horseback,  occupying  a  week  in  its  transit.  Samuel 
Bragg,  afterward  publisher  of  the  above-mentioned  paper,  was  post-rider  for  a 
long  time  on  this  route,  beginning  about  1795.  Postage  on  letters  was  4d 
under  forty  miles,  and  6d  for  every  forty  miles. 

In  1792  the  state  laid  out  a  road  four  rods  wide  from  Conway  to  Shelburne. 
President  D wight,  of  Vale  College,  came  to  Conway  from  Jefferson  in  1797 
through  the  Notch,  and  makes  no  complaint  of  had  roads,  except  that  the  first 
two  miles  of  the  Notch  is  so  steep  as  to  make  horseback  riding  seriously  incon- 
venient, and  says  from  Bartlett  to  Conway  they  "passed  through  a  good  road." 

Hon.  John  Wentworth,  royal  governor,  early  planned  to  make  manorial 
possessions  in  Wolfeborough,  and  in  a  letter  dated  April  5,  1758,  now  on  file  in 
Halifax,  he  says:  "  A  road  may  he  easily  made  from  Quebec  to  Winnipiseogee 
which  would  immediately  communicate  with  all  the  populous  and  most  fertile 
parts  of  New  England  at  one  third  of  the  distance,  trouble,  time,  and  expense 
of  any  other  route.'"  In  1768  lie  began  a  large  plantation  in  Wolfeborough,  on 
which  he  expended  large  sums,  and  erected  an  elegant  country  house.  As 
much  of  the  materials  was  brought  from  Portsmouth,  and  the  ladies  of  the 
-royal  household"  could  not  be  expected  to  travel  otherwise  than  by 
carriages,  a  suitable  road  of  forty-five  miles  was  made  and  completed  by  177". ' 
In  a  letter  written  from  this  place  by  Lady  Frances  Wentworth,  wife  of  the 
governor,  October  4,  1770,  are  several  allusions  to  the  road  as  follows 

2Thc  usual  way  was  to  ride  on  horseback,  the  lady  seated  ou  a  pillion  behind  the  man. 


66  History  of  Carroll  County. 

believe  we  shall  soon  get  to  town  [Portsmouth].  You  may  easily  think  I 
dread  the  journey,  from  the  roughness  of  the  carriage,  as  the  roads  are  so 
bad,  and  I  as  great  a  coward  as  ever  existed.  .  .  .  The  governor  would 
attempt,  and  effect  if  possible,  to  ride  over  the  tops  of  the  trees  on  Moose 
Mountain,  while  poor  I  even  tremble  at  passing  through  a  road  cut  at  the 
foot  of  it.  .  .  .  The  roads  are  so  precarious  in  the  winter  months,  that  it  is 
impossible.  ...  I  hope  the  roads  will  be  better  next  year." 

lion.  Peter  Livius,  afterward  Chief  Justice  of  Canada,  had  set  up  a 
country  establishment  in  Tuftonborough,  nine  miles  from  the  governor's  house 
in  Wolfeborough  as  early  as  1765.  There  might  or  might  not  have  been  a  road 
to  his  place ;  transportation  was  easier  on  the  lake. 

Through  the  influence  of  Governor  Wentworth  the  Assembly  passed  a  bill 
continuing  the  road  from  the  governor's  house  to  Plymouth.  This  was  laid  out 
in  1771,  the  committee  for  that  purpose  making  return  under  date  of 
September  20,  1771.     They  say  :  — 

Which  road  is  marked  for  three  rods  wide,  beginning  at  the  Governor's  House  in  Wolfe- 
borough  aforesaid,  running  from  thence  north.  27°  east,  1  mile  :ind  ^  to  Mr.  Rindges,  —  from 
thence  west,  45°  north,  i  mile  on  Wolfeborough  road,  —  from  thence  west,  4°  north,  7  miles  to 
Miles  road,  so  called,  —  from  thence  west,  45°  north,  |  mile  to  Squire  Livius',  —  from  thence 
north,  40°  west,  5  miles  on  Miles  road  to  Melvin  river,  — from  thence  north,  32°  west,  3  miles 
&  i  on  said  rode  to  Colonel  Moulton's,  —  from  thence  north,  3f  west,  1  mile  to  Ebenezar  Blak8, 
—  from  thence  west,  20°  south,  G  miles  &  £  to  Senters,  —  from  thence  west,  40°  north,  8  miles 
&  h  to  Shepherds, — from  thence  north,  20°  west,  1  mile  &  h  to  Squire  Liver inore's. — 
from  thence  north,  25°  west,  2  miles  &  3  to  Pemagawasset  river  at  the  entrance  of  Mill 
Brook.     The  whole  of  which  being  computed  to  be  3G  mile  &  |. 

This  road  was  continued  to  Dartmouth  College  in  Hanover,  and  we  are 
informed  that  "the  same  year  that  the  highway  was  laid  out,  the  governor  and 
his  lady  passed  over  the  route  in  their  coach.  The  style  of  this  equipage 
attracted  much  attention,  and  the  coach  was  a  source  of  much  wonder,  as  it 
was  the  first  four-wheeled  carriage  ever  seen  in  that  section  of  the  state." 
This  carriage  was  a  "  coach-and-six,"  with  mounted  guards  in  livery  (their 
usual  method  of  journeying),  and  the  trip  was  to  attend  the  first  commence- 
ment of  Dartmouth  College,  as  the  same  authority  quoted  above  informs  us. 
The  towns  provided  themselves  with  local  roads  soon  after  their  settlement, 
but  the  streams  were  troublesome.  The  fierce  mountain  torrents  swelled  them 
enormously  in  volume,  sometimes  causing  them  to  rise  twenty  and  twenty-five 
feet  in  a  single  night.  The  bridges  would  be  swept  away  like  so  many  straws. 
Gradually,  however,  these  were  made  capable  of  resistance,  and  more  scientific 
in  their  construction.  An  act  was  passed  by  the  legislature  of  1786  "for 
altering,  repairing,  and  making  fit  for  the  passing  of  carts  and  waggons  the 
road  from  Conway  to  the  Upper  Cooss."  The  road  to  Thornton  through  Sand- 
wich Notch,  called  the  old  county  road,  was  opened  in  1796.     Later,  in  1804, 


Roads.  67 

i  lie  •■  ( rreal  Ossipee  Turnpike  "  was  chartered  to  run  from  Thornton  through 
Sandwich,  Tamworth,  Effingham,  and  Ossipee  to  the  state  line. 

The  most  important  Legislation  concerning  early  roads  was  the  incorporation 
of  the  Tenth  New  Hampshire  Turnpike  from  the  wesl  line  of  Bartlett  through 

the  White  Mountain  Notch.  This  was  done  December  "JS,  l,si>:;.  Xhe  distance 
was  twenty  miles,  and  the  expense  of  building  it  $40,000.  Until  the  advent  of 
railroads,  this  was  the  great  outlet  of  the  Upper  Coos  country,  and  the  thor- 
oughfare over  which  its  merchandise  came  from  Portland  and  Portsmouth. 
Daily,  in  winter,  lines  of  teams,  from  half  a  mile  to  a  mile  in  length,  with 
tough  Canadian  horses  harnessed  to  "pungs"  or  red  sleighs,  would  pass  down 
on  their  way  to  market  with  pot  or  pearl  ash,  butter,  cheese,  pork,  lard,  peltry, 
etc.,  and  return  with  well-assorted  loads  of  merchandise  (New  England  rum 
tilling  a  liberal  space),  while  the  drivers  tilled  the  rude  taverns  of  the  Craw- 
fords,  Rosebrooks,  and  others  with  a  wild  hilarity.  The  Sandwich  Notch  road 
was  also  an  out  lei  of  the  Pemigew:asset  and  Coos  countries,  and  much  travel 
came  through  it  toward  and  from  the  eoast  towns. 

l\\  L820  tin'  mads  were  generally  in  good  condition,  the  plow  and  scraper 
dning  admirable  service,  and  considered  as  valuable  adjuncts  as  the  road 
machines  are  in  1889.  Plank  roads  were  established  in  some  places,  and  did 
good  duty,  but  their  day  did  not  last.     Stage  wagons  began  to  appear. 

Among  the  early  proprietors  of  the  four-horse  coaches  from  Lowell  to 
Conway  were  .John  L.  and  James  Hanson,  and,  later,  John  Brewster  and 
others.  In  1856  Elisha  P.Allen  purchased  the  route  from  Dover  to  Conway 
from  Cyrus  K.  Drake,  of  Effingham,  and  in  1808  sold  it  to  L.  D.  Sinclair,  who 
conducted  it  until  the  opening  of  the  Portsmouth,  Great  Falls,  and  Conway 
railroad.  In  1860  Mr  Allen  established  a  line  from  Wolfeborough  to  North 
Conway,  the  first  line  from  the  south  to  go  beyond  Conway.  Charles  Gilman, 
later,  became  proprietor.  In  early  days  a  stage  line  ran  from  Concord  to 
Conway,  where  various  lines  made  a  common  stopping-place.  In  time  the 
southern  terminus  of  this  route  was  changed,  as  the  railroad  from  Concord  was 
completed  northward.  It  reached  Meredith  about  184o,  ami  has  continued 
there  in  winter,  arid  in  summer  at  Centre  Harbor,  ever  since.  The  eastern 
terminus  was  changed  to  West  Ossipee  on  the  opening  of  the  Portsmouth, 
Great  Falls,  and  Conway  railroad. 

Canals.  —  In  17i»7,  when  the  .~>.000-acre  farm  of  Governor  John  Wentworth 
in  Wolfeborough  was  advertised  to  be  sold  at  auction,  it  was  said  to  be 
'•bounded    by   Smith's  Pond  —  said   pond  discharges   itself  in   the  great    Wini- 

pisdiv  Lake :  from  thence  there  will  be  a  canal  c munication  with  Boston  in  a 

few  years."  This  expectation  was  never  to  be  realized,  but  this  record  is  of 
value  as  showing  how  early  canals  were  thoughl  of  and  deemed  of  value.  A 
charter  was  obtained  in  1811  to  cut  a  canal  and  lock  all  the  falls  between 
Winnipiseogee  lake   and   the    Cocheco    branch    of   the    Pascataqua    in   Dover 


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(twenty-seven  miles).  The  fall  of  452  feet  required  53  locks,  and  the  expense 
was  estimated  at  $300,000.  The  charter  was  renewed  later  (about  1820),1  and 
the  possibilities  of  the  Winnipiseogee  gravely  discussed  in  this  manner:  — 

The  opening  <>f  this  canal  will  extend  to  more  than  1,400  miles,  bordering  on  the  lake  and 
rivers,  the  full  benefits  of  a  boat  navigation  to  Portsmouth.  The  communication  might 
extend  beyond  the  lake  nearly  to  the  Pemigewasset  river.  Great  advantages  would  result. 
The  immense  quantities  of  fine  timber  on  the  borders  of  the  lake  and  its  numerous  islands 
would  then  offer  facilities  in  the  building  of  vessels  of  war  unequalled  in  the  United  States. 
In  connection  with  the  safe  and  commodious  harbor  at  Portsmouth,  the  opening  of  this  canal 
would  seem  to  be  an  object  meriting  the  attention  of  the  National  Government. 

Before  definite  action  was  taken  on  this,  railroads  and  their  possibilities 
began  to  be  discussed,  and  in  time  revolutionized  all  preconceived  ideas  of 
transportation. 

Railroads  on  Carroll  Territory,  —  The  following  charters  have  been 
granted. 

1847,  July  2!  Conway  and  Meredith  Railroad  Company.  From  west 
village  in  Conway  to  some  convenient  point  on  Boston,  Concord,  and 
Montreal  railroad  in  Meredith. 

1868,  July  3.  New  Hampshire  Central  railroad.  From  line  of  Maine  in 
valley  of  Great  Ossipee  river,  in  Freedom  or  Effingham,  to  the  Northern 
railroad  in  Danbury. 

1871,  July  15.  Wolfeborough  and  Alton  railroad.  From  some  point  in 
Alton  to  connect  with  Portsmouth,  Great  Falls,  and  Conway  railroad,  in 
Ossipee  or  Wakefield. 

1872,  July  4.  Iron  Mountain  railroad.  From  Bartlett,  through  Bartlett 
and  Conway  to  any  convenient  point  to  connect  with  other  railroads. 

1874,  July  9.  Swift  River  railroad.  From  some  point  in  Conway  to 
connect  with  Portsmouth,  Great  Falls,  and  Conway  railroad,  to  height  of  land 
in  Waterville,  Allen's  or  Elkins's  grants. 

1870,  July  2.  Sawyer  River  railroad.  From  some  point  in  Hart's 
Location,  westerly,  up  valley  of  Sawyer  river,  to  some  point  at  height  of 
land  dividing  waters  which  flow  into  Sawyer  river  from  those  which  flow  into 
Pemigewasset  river. 

The  Portsmouth,  Great  Falls,  and  Contra//  railroad,  chartered  June  30, 
1865,  is  the  successor  of  the  Great  Falls  and  Conway  railroad,  chartered  June 
10,  1844.  It  runs  from  Conway  Junction,  at  North  Berwick,  Maine,  to  North 
Conway,  seventy-two  and  one-fifth  miles;  three  miles  of  the  south  end  being 
in  Maine.  It  was  completed  to  North  Conway  June  24,  1875.  In  1871  it  was 
leased  to  the  Eastern  railroad,  and,  with  that,  passed  into  the  control  of  the 
Boston  and  Maine  railroad,  which  now  operates  it. 

Wolfeborough     railroad,     from    Wolfeborough     Junction,     Wakefield,     to 

1  Little  Pigwackel  canal  was  incorporated  June  '24,  1819. 


Roads. 

Wolfeborough,  twelve  miles,  was  incorporated  July  I.  L868,  and  completed 
August  L9,  L872.  It  was  leased  January  6,  L872,  to  the  Eastern  for  sixty-eight 
\  ears,  and  is  now  a  part  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  m  stem. 

Portland  and  Ogdensburgh  railroad.  A  charter  was  granted  July  •;,  I 
(succeeding  others  granted  earlier  and  Lapsed),  for  a  railroad  from  the  west 
line  of  Maine  through  Conway,  Bartlett,  White  Mountain  Notch,  Carroll, 
Bethlehem,  and  Littleton,  with  the  proviso  if  a  route  from  Littleton  to  Si 
Johnsbury,  N't,  was  found  impracticable,  the  company  could  build  the  road 
from  Carroll  to  Whitefield,  Dalton,  and  Vermont  line.  This  road  runs  about 
thirty-five  miles  in  Carroll,  through  the  picturesque  Saco  valley  and  the  wildly 
romantic  scenery  of  the  White  Mountain  Notch.  It  was  completed  to  Fabyan's 
August  7,  1N~.~>. 

Navigation.  —  During  the  early  history  <  1'  this  vicinity,  great  difficulty  was 
experienced  by  the  settlers  in  transporting  goods  and  household  necessities 
from  the  distant  markets  of  Dover  and  Portsmouth.  The  roads  consisted  only 
of  "bridle-paths,"  which  were  only  wide  enough  for  a  single  horse,  and  all  the 
articles  had  to  be  carried  upon  horseback,  or  oftener  on  the  backs  of  the 
settlers  themselves.  At  last  the}T  got  tired  of  these  means  of  transportation, 
and  constructed  a  road  from  Dover  to  Alton  bay  about  the  commencement  of 
the  present  century.  From  Alton  bay  the  supplies  were  distributed  by  means 
of  boats,  and  almost  simultaneously  with  the  construction  of  this  road  the  old 
"  Gundalow  "  boat  was  built  by  Joseph  Smith,  of  Dover,  to  carry  the  goods  and 
passengers  across  the  lake  to  their  point  of  destination.  This  was  a  huge,  flat- 
bottomed,  unwieldy  craft,  propelled  by  sail  if  the  wind  was  favorable,  and 
when  it  was  not.  by  large  oars.  It  ran  no  regular  trips,  but  visited  the  Weirs, 
Meredith  village,  Centre  Harbor,  and  several  other  points  when  necessary. 
After  running  a  number  of  years,  it  was  shipwrecked  on  "Great  Boat 
Ledge  "  in  a   heavy  gale. 

In  1830  a  stock  company  was  formed  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  steam- 
boat, and  work  was  soon  after  commenced  upon  it  at  Lake  village,  and  it  was 
completed  in  1833  and  named  the  "Belknap."  Great  difficulty  was  expe- 
rienced in  getting  up  through  the  channel  at  the  Weirs,  on  account  of  the  low- 
water.  Like  the  old  "Gundalow,"  it  ran  no  regular  trips,  visiting  all  points  on 
the  lake  when  necessary.  It  was  about  one  hundred  feet  in  length,  and  llat- 
bottomed.  The  engine  was  in  no  way  in  proportion  to  the  size  of  the  boat,  in 
headwinds  hardly  able  to  hold  its  own.  and  making  a  noise  that  could  be  heard 
for  miles.  The  time'  employed  in  making  the  trip  between  Alton  ba\  ami 
Centre  Harbor,  when  t lie  wind  was  favorable,  was  nearly  six  hours.  Now  the 
time  made  between  these  two  points  is  two  hours,  regardless  of  wind  or 
weather.  Captain  W.  A.  Sanborn,  of  the  Weirs,  was  her  captain,  and  Perkins 
Drake,  of  Lake  village,  her  pilot.  In  November.  IS  II,  it  was  wrecked  on  what 
is  now  Steamboat  island.     Several  unsuccessful  attempts  to  get  her  off  the  bar 


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were  made,  the  last  being  on  the  Fourth  of  July  of  the  next  year,  when  the 
efforts  of  forty  men  tailed  to  move  her,  and  she  was  left  to  her  fate,  and,  after 
removing  her  engine,  boiler,  and  ironwork  generally,  she  finally  went  to  pieces. 
'Thus  ended  in  disaster  and  evil  forebodings  the  career  of  the  pioneer  steamboat 
mi  the  lake.  The  "ribs"  and  other  portions  of  the  hull  are  still  to  be  seen, 
and  afford  the  curiosity  seeker  an  interesting  object  for  investigation. 

A  few  years  afterwards  a  charter  for  the  "  Winnipiseogee  Steamboat 
Company"  was  obtained,  which  resulted  in  the  construction  of  the  "  Lady  of 
the  Lake"  in  1849.  This  boat  was  designed  to  run  between  Weirs,  Centre 
Harbor,  and  other  places  about  the  lake.  Her  first  captain  was  William 
Walker,  of  Lake  village.  Not  long  after,  she  fell  into  the  hands  of  the 
Boston,  Concord,  and  Montreal  railroad,  in  whose  interest  she  still  remains. 
During  her  career  she  has  undergone  some  changes,  was  burned  in  1867, 
immediately  rebuilt.  In  1882  nearly  a  new  hull  was  added,  and  extensive 
improvements  made  both  above  and  below  the  lower  deck.  At  present  she 
is  regarded  as  being  as  stanch  and  fleet  as  at  any  time  since  the  original 
eonstruction.  Since  the  days  of  Captain  Walker  she  has  been  commanded 
by  Eleazer  Bickford,  of  Meredith,  Stephen  Cole,  of  Lake  village,  Winborn 
Sanborn,  and  J.  S.  Wadleigh,  of  Laconia,  the  latter  being  her  present  captain. 
Her  route  during  the  season  lies  between  Weirs,  Centre  Harbor,  and  Wolfe- 
borough,  several  trips  being  made  daily  in  connection  with  the  time-table  of 
the  Boston  and  Lowell  railroad  at  Weirs. 

Next  on  the  list  came  the  "  Long  Island,"  built  by  Perley  R.  and  George 
K.  Brown,  of  Long  Island,  with  a  carrying  capacity  of  about  one  hundred 
passengers.     This  boat  was  designed  for  general  commerce  about  the  lake. 

About  this  time  Langdon  Thyng  constructed  the  "Jenny  Lind"  (at  first 
a  horse-boat)  at  Lake  village,  whose  carrying  capacity  was  about  the  same  as 
that  of  the  "  Long  Island." 

This  brings  us  down  to  the  building  of  the  "  Red  Hill "  by  the  "  Red  Hill 
Steamboat  Company,"  at  Lee's  Mills,  in  Moultonborough,  with  Allen  Bumpus 
as  her  captain.  This  boat  was  of  uncouth  architecture,  and  built  for  the  trade 
between  the  "Mills"  and  Alton  bay.  The  hull  of  this  boat  was  modeled 
something  like  that  of  a  scow.  She  was  very  laborious  in  her  movements. 
The  "  Red  Hill  '"  was  finally  sent  "up  in  a  balloon"  by  the  bursting  of  her 
I Miiler.  Remnants  of  her  hull  can  still  be  seen  on  the  shore  at  Alton  bay, 
just  below  the  bridge  that  crosses  the  Merry  Meeting  river.  Charles 
Brown,  of  Lake  village,  next  came  out  with  the  "  Naugatuck "  (afterward 
sold  to  Sweet  &  Morrison,  of  Wolfeborough),  which  is  still  in  existence, 
though  a  little  the  worse  for  wear.  About  this  time  Abram  Guptil,  of 
Wolfeborough,  built  the  "Dolly  Dutton."  Both  the  last-named  boats  had  a 
carrying  capacity  of  about  one  hundred  passengers.  We  have  next  to  speak 
of   the  "Seneca,"  of   about  the  same  size,  which  finally  went  ashore  on  the 


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"Goose  Egg,"  a  dangerous  rock  on  the  Moultonborough  coast.  Uriah  Hall 
was  her  captain,  residing  al  Melvin  village.  Hall  subsequently  constructed 
the  " Ossipee,"  another  specimen  of  the  laboring  craft.  Ansel  Lamprey  built 
tlic  "Gazelle,"  al  Tuftonborough,  a  Little  later  on,  which  subsequently  came 
into  ilif  possession  of  Dearborn  Haley. 

In  those  days  came  the  introduction  of  the  steam  yachts,  such  as  the 
"Pinafore,"  "Nellie,"  "Bristol,"  etc.,  the  " Nellie  "  being  the  first  propeller 
ever  introduced  to  the  lake.  The  "Nellie"  was  originally  a  steam  launch  used 
at  Portsmouth,  from  whence  she  was  taken  to  the  lake  by  George  Duncan. 
Soon  after  she  became  the  property  of  Dearborn  Haley,  at  Wolfeborough. 
Later  on  she  was  owned  by  a  Mr  Waldron,  at  Farmington,  bul  still  remained 
in  the  lake,  being  used  by  the  summer  boarders  at  the  Wmnipiseogee  House  al 
Alton  bay.  under  the  management  of  A.  <  >.  Philips  &  Co.  A  Eew  years 
previous  to  this  epoch  came  the  "Union,"  Captain  John  Tabor,  of  Wolfe- 
borough,  a  craft  with  eminent  renown,  and  always  a  constant  attendant  at  the 
Alton  bay  camp-meetings  in  their  early  stages.  The  "Mayflower,"  built  at 
Wolfeborough,  with  several  owners,  put  in  an  appearance  about  this  time  as  a 
freight-boat  more  particularly,  did  good  service,  and  was  quite  a  favorite  with 
small  excursion  parties. 

At  the  time  of  the  completion  of  the  Cocheco  railroad  between  Dover  and 
Alton  bay.  it  became  advisable  to  open  communication  with  the  various  towns 
which  lined  the  shores  of  different  parts  of  the  lake,  and  for  that  purpose  a 
steamer  was  constructed  at  Alton  bay,  called  the  "Dover."  This  was  about 
the  year  1.S52.  Captain  Winborn  Sanborn,  of  Gilford,  was  her  first  captain. 
Augustus  Wiggin,  of  Tuftonborough,  at  that  time  acted  as  captain's  clerk, 
and  some  time  afterward  the  "clerk"  became  the  captain.  Owing  to  some 
oversight  in  the  location  of  the  Dover's  engine  and  boiler,  she  settled  at  the 
how.  and  large  quantities  of  stone  were  placed  in  the  stern  to  counteract  that 
influence  and  make  her  assume  a  natural  position  in  the  water.  Later  on  it 
became  necessary  to  increase  her  size,  and  an  extension  of  about  twenty  feet 
was  made  in  the  centre.  Thorough  repairs  were  made  otherwise,  and  her  name 
changed  to  the  "Chocorua,"  Captain  Wiggin  still  master.  The  pilot-house  is 
now  used  as  a  wellcurb  in  the  yard  of  Joseph  L.  Avery  in  Wolfeborough.  The 
''Chocorua  "  did  good  service  lor  several  years,  but  it  became  necessary  to  have 
a  new  boat,  and  the  "Mount  Washington"  was  constructed  about  ]*~'2.  Cap- 
tain Wiggin  assumed  command,  and  with  a  popular  notion  of  -what  to  do  and 
how  to  do  it,"  has  succeeded  in  making  his  route  one  much  sought  alter  by 
tourists  and  pleasure-seekers.  The  "  Mount,"  as  she  is  familiarly  termed,  is  a 
model  of  neatness  and  workmanship,  and  said  to  be  the  fastest  boat  on  the 
lake.  Following  the  advent  of  the  "Mount  Washington,"  the  "Chocorua" 
lay  in  the  dock  at  Alton  bay  that  season,  and  underwent  the  process  oi 
decomposition    to    a    certain    extent.      The    apartments   composing  her  upper 


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decks  were  sold  to  various  parties  thereabouts  (principally  those  connected 
with  the  camp-meeting  association  )  and  utilized  for  lodging-rooms,  being  located 
mostly  about  the  vacant  space  near  the  passenger  depot.  The  pilot-house  was 
secured  by  "Aunt  Mary  "  Ryan,  of  the  "Alton  Bay  Cottage,"  who  set  it  up 
mi  the  lawn  for  a  sort  of  a  summer-house,  or  "lovers'  retreat." 

The  first  horse-power  craft  ever  on  the  lake  was  built  and  owned  by  Captain 
David  Parsons  in  1838,  at  Long  Island.  About  the  year  1875  Dearborn 
Haley,  of  Wolfeborough,  built  the  |'  Maid  of  the  Isles,"'  a  propeller,  with  an 
engine  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  horse-power,  and  capable  of  carrying  five 
hundred  passengers.  The  "Maid"  was  of  a  very  fine  model,  with  upper  and 
lower  (leeks,  and  calculated  to  be  very  fast.  'T  is  said  that  her  owner  intended 
that  she  should  be  a  sort  of  "mediator"  between  the  "Lady"  and  "Mount." 
She  was  used  only  a  part  of  two  seasons,  and  subsequently  lay  "moored"  in 
the  "  offing  "  near  Wolfeborough,  until  she  sank.  She  was  afterwards  raised  and 
towed  to  a  position  on  the  back  side  of  Long  Island.  She  is  said  to  have  cost 
about  twenty  thousand  dollars.  The  failure  of  this  craft  was  due  to  her 
immense  draught  of  water,  about  seven  and  a  half  feet.  Her  captain  was 
Anson  Lamprey,  of  .Long  Island.  Since  that  time  has  come  "  Mineola,"  a  fine 
little  steam  yacht;  the  "Maud  S."  of  South  Wolfeborough;  the  "  Gracie  "  of 
Meredith  village;  the  "Undine"  and  "  Laconia  "  of  Lake  village,  and  several 
other  crafts  of  this  class  among  the  batch  of  steam  yachts. 

The  "James  Bell  "  was  built  and  owned  by  Messrs  Wentworth  &  Sweet,  of 
Centre  Harbor,  in  1859,  who  sold  her  to  the  Boston,  Concord,  and  Montreal 
railroad,  since  which  she  has  been  used  as  an  excursion  boat,  with  head- 
quarters at  Lake  Village.  Stephen  Wentworth  was  her  first  captain.  The 
"  Bell "'  was  thoroughly  repaired  during  the  summer  of  1882. 

The  "  Winnipesaukee,"  Captain  Robert  Lamprey,  Jr,  formerly  on  the  line 
between  Lake  village  and  Long  Island,  makes  her  headquarters  at  Tufton- 
borough,  and  is  run  mostly  for  freighting  purposes.  This  brings  us  down 
to  the  "Belle  of  the  Wave,"  built  at  Long  Island  by  Arthur  H.  Lamprey  (a 
son  of  Uncle  Robert).  The  "Belle"  was  a  propeller,  carried  a  forty  horse- 
power engine,  and  was  rated  for  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  passengers.  Her 
model  was  perfect  for  attaining  speed.  The  "Belle"  was  burned  at  Long 
Island  in  the  fall  of  1884,  and  the  next  year  was  replaced  with  a  larger  and 
better  boat  of  similar  build,  called  the  "Lamprey,"  commanded  by  Captain 
George   Lamprey. 

Several  steam  yachts  have  been  since  added  to  the  flotilla  on  the  lake,  and 
many  small  sailing  craft,  and  a  new  "  Maid  of  the  Isles." 


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CHAPTER    XII. 

REVOLUTIONARY    PERIOD   AM"    WAR   <>K    Isu. 

The  Association  Test  —  Patriotic  Spirit  —  Colonel  Poor'-  Regiment  —  Bounty  and  Encour- 

agement  —  Names  of  Ueeruits      Colonel  Badger's  Return  —  Colonel  Badger's  Reporl  to  C - 

tnittee  of  Safety  Names  of  Officers  and  Soldiers  —  Scouting  Parties—  Wakefield  •— Wolf  e- 
borough  —  Effingham  —  Moult onborough  — Tamworth  —  Conway  —  Sandwich  —  Tenth  and 
Fourteenth  Regiments  —  War  of  1S12. 

THE  full  history  of  New  Hampshire's  services  in  the  Revolution  lias  not  yet 
been  written.  Other  states  have  claimed  honors  that  were  justly  hers, 
and  no  held  is  more  deserving  the  pen  of  a  painstaking  and  accurate  his- 
torian, more  rich  in  its  offered  wealth  of  material,  or  would  bring  a  better 
reputation  ;  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  soon  some  able  writer  will  treat  of  this 
subject  fully,  and  show  the  truth,  that  no  state  surpassed  or  even  equaled  the 
patriotism  of  this  state  in  munificence  of  gifts,  ability,  and  wealth  of  service, 
devotion,  and  sacrifice,  or  furnished  a  larger  per  cent.  From  the  commence- 
ment of  the  Revolution  the  hard}'  sons  of  the  pioneer  towns  of  Carroll  stood 
as  an  advance  guard  and  pickets,  not  only  to  protect  their  own  settlements,  but 
to  warn  and  defend  the  lower  country  against  attacks  from  the  north.  They 
Btood  in  the  very  highways  of  Indian  travel,  along  which  their  war  parties 
roamed  in  the  olden  times,  and  right  courageously  they  did  their  work.  Isaac 
W.  Hammond,  the  indefatigable  state  historian,  is  now  engaged  in  compiling 
further  information  concerning  the  soldiers  and  their  service  from  the  rolls  and 
papers  in  the  national  archives. 

The  Association  Test  was  in  reality  a  declaration  of  independence  by  the 
New  Hampshire  people,  and  preceded  that  of  the  national  Declaration  by  some 
months.  It  was  a  bold  movement  in  this  manner  to  resist  the  high  authority 
of  King  George.  If  the  cause  to  which  these  patriotic  citizens  pledged  them- 
selves had  been  defeated,  they  would  have  been  subjected  to  a  cruel  death  as 
traitors. 

This  declaration,  by  the  order  of  the  General  Congress,  was  sent  on  April 
1  _'.  1776,  to  the  inhabitants  of  New  Hampshire:  — 

We  the  subscribers  do  hereby  solemnly  engage,  and  promise,  that  we  will,  to  the  utmost 
of  our  power,  at  the  risque  of  our  lives  and  fortunes,  with  arms,  oppose  the  hostile  proceed- 
ings of  the  British  fleets  and  armies  against  the  United  American  Colonies. 


74  History  of  Carroll   County. 


This  was  signed  by  eight  thousand  one  hundred  and  ninety-nine  persons  in 
the  state  ;  seven  hundred  and  seventy-three  refused  to  sign.  Not  all  who  did 
not  sign  were  Tories  or  unfavorable  to  the  cause  of  the  Americans  ;  some  were 
Quakers  and  their  religious  principles  prevented ;  others  were  not  courageous 
enough.  The  residents  of  the  towns  then  organized  in  Carroll  county  territory, 
though  few  in  numbers,  responded  nobly  to  the  call  for  support  to  the  cause  of 
liberty.  Those  who  did  not  sign  the  Associated  Test  in  Sandwich  were  of 
Quaker  proclivities  in  most  instances. 

In  the  call  for  troops  which  hostilities  brought,  they  gave  of  their  best  and 
their  bravest,  and  from  Bunker  Hill  to  Saratoga  and  Yorktown  their  blood  was 
shed  in  every  important  action,  and  earnest,  long,  and  continued  service  was 
given  in  those  humbler  but  exhausting  marches  and  forays  which  are  not  sus- 
tained by  the  excitement  of  battle,  and  require  nerve,  fortitude,  and  patriotism 
of  the  purest  character.  In  this  chapter  we  have  endeavored  to  gather  the 
names  of  the  gallant  men  who  gave  and  periled  life  for  the  freedom  we  enjoy 
to-day,  and  to  lay  a  humble  laurel  wreath  upon  their  brows. 

May  2-1,  1775,  the  "Fourth  Provincial  Congress"  of  New  Hampshire 
appointed  Enoch  Poor,  of  Exeter,  colonel  of  a  regiment  of  troops  to  be  raised  as 
the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  and  that  day  issued  orders  for  the 
enlisting  of  ten  companies  of  sixty-two  men  each.  In  Captain  Benjamin  Tit- 
comb's  company  on  June  13,  we  find  from  Wolfeborough  Jeremiah  Gould, 
Ichabod  Tibbetts,  James  Lucas,  and  Moses  Tibbets. 

In  August,  1775,  General  Washington  planned  an  attempt  to  capture 
Quebec.  The  troops  were  placed  under  the  command  of  Benedict  Arnold,  then 
colonel.  The  gallant  heroes  waded  through  swollen  streams  of  ice-cold  water, 
pathless  forests  and  almost  impenetrable  swamps.  Their  clothes  became  so 
dilapidated  as  to  furnish  but  slight  protection  against  the  rigor  of  a  Canadian 
winter,  and  many  were  barefoot  for  days  before  they  reached  Quebec  on  the 
eighth  of  November.  Elkanah  Danforth,  of  Tamworth,  was  one  of  this  noble 
band  in  Captain  Henry  Dearborn's  compairy. 

The  bounty  and  encouragement  offered  by  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  to 
each  non-commissioned  officer  and  private  soldier  was  one  blanket  or  eighteen 
shillings  annually  ;  twenty  shillings  per  month,  to  be  paid  semi-annually.  The 
additional  encouragement  offered  by  Congress  was  twenty  dollars  bounty ;  one 
hundred  acres  of  land;  a  suit  of  clothes  annually,  to  consist  of  two  linen  hunt- 
ing shirts,  two  pairs  of  overalls,  a  leathern  or  woolen  waistcoat  with  sleeves, 
mil'  pair  of  breeches,  a  hat  or  leathern  cap,  two  shirts,  two  pairs  of  stockings, 
and  two  pairs  of  shoes,  all  equal  to  the  value  of  twenty  dollars. 

Among  General  John  Sullivan's  troops  stationed  at  Winter  Hill  near  Boston, 
(1775-76)  the  twenty-fifth  company  was  from  Wakefield,  officered  by  Captain 
David  Copp,  Lieutenant  Andrew  Gilman,  Second  Lieutenant  Samuel  Walling- 
ford,  and  was  composed  of  sixty-three  men. 


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Captain  James  Osgood,  of  Conway,  recruited  a  company  at  Charlestown 
for  Colonel  Timothy  Bedel's  regiment,  and  was  captured  ai  the  disastrous 
defeat  at  the  Cedars.  The  enlisting  was  done  January,  February,  and  March, 
1776. 

From  Colonel  Joseph  Badger's  return  of  officers  in  his  regiment,  made 
March  5,  L776,  we  extract:  "Second  Company  in  Wolfeborough  not  yet 
Returned.  Sixth  Company  in  moultonborpugb  Officers,  Nathaniel  Ambrose 
Captain,  Johu  Adams  Firsl  Lieutenant,  William  Plaisted  Second  Lieutenant, 
Joseph  Richardson,  Ensign.  Eighth  Company  in  Sandwich.  Officers,  Daniel 
Beede,  jr.  Captain,  Joshua  Prescott,  First  Lieutenant.  Josiah  Bean.  Second 
Lieutenant,  Jacob  Weed,  Ensign.  Tenth  Company,  Wakefield,  vacant. 
Eleventh  Company.  Leavittstown,  vacant.  Thirteenth  Company,  Tamworth, 
Officers,  Stephen  Mason,  Captain,  Jonathan  Choat,  First  Lieutenant,  John 
Fowler,  Second  Lieutenant.  Jonathan  Burgees,  Ensign." 

Joseph  Senter,  of  Moultonborough,  was  made  lieutenant-colonel  of  the 
regiment  raised  in  June,  1776,  to  reinforce  the  army  in  Canada,  commanded 
by  Colonel  Isaac  Wyman,  of  Keene,  and  rendezvoused  June  22  at  Haverhill. 
Colonel  Badger  reports  July  15,  177<i,  to  the  Committee  of  Safety  "that  the 
officers  have  returned  the  names  of  the  men  as  sent  for  excepting  two  wanting 
from  Leavittstown  and  two  from  Middletown  and  as  there  is  no  militia  officers 
chosen  there  the  selectmen  and  Committee  of  Safety  say  that  their  men  are  so 
many  gone  in  the  warr  that  they  cant  Raise  any  more  as  to  Leavittstown,  if 
there  should  be  Danger  of  Indians  I  think  they  are  Exposed  as  they  are  the 
outside  and  the  selectmen  Dont  Incline  to  spare  any  out  of  their  town,  and  so 
1  shall  Come  four  short  of  the  Number  sent  for  which  I  hope  you1  please  to 
abate  as  Leavittstown,  Tamworth  and  Sandwich  are  frontier  towns.7'  July 
23,  177<>,  he  reports  "  Eight  wanting  of  the  Number  Required  which  are 
from  Leavittstown  two  from  Tamworth  two.  The  Reasons  are  as  follows 
(viz.)  Leavittstown  having  no  officers  nor  selectmen  nor  Committee  of  safety  I 
applycd  to  thos  Parsons  Esq  who  said  they  were  so  Exposed  being  the  frontier 
town  that  he  thought  it  would  not  be  safe  to  spare  any  men  out  of  that  town, 
and  Did  not  think  he  could  possibly  Raise  any.  The  Cap',  of  Tamworth 
writes  to  me  that  the  state  of  their  town,  is  that  they  have  fourteen  men  now 
in  the  service  and  but  twelve  men  at  home  fit  for  Duty  but  with  Great  Diffi- 
culty he  had  obtained  one  man  who  appealed  on  muster  Day  but  on  hearing 
his  Complaint  and  the  Captains  Letter  by  advice  of  Deac  Knowles  the  muster 
master  I  released  him." 

Joseph  Leavitt,  of  Wakefield,  Joseph  Leavitt  and  John  Fullerton,  of  Wolfe- 
borough,  are  mentioned  as  privates  in  Captain  John  Moody's  Company,  mus- 
tered and   paid  at   Exeter,   December  23,  1776. 

Twenty  officers  recommend  "  Lieut.  Colonel  Senter  as  Proper  person  for  a 
field  officer  in  one  of  the  batallions  to  be  raised  in  the  state  and  humbly  pray 
that  he  may  be  advanced  to  be  a  Colonel." 


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Benjamin  Dodge,  of  Wakefield,  acknowledges  at  Dover,  January  27,  1777,  to 
have  received  "Twenty  pounds  as  a  Gratuity  or  Bounty  from  the  State  of  New 
Hampshire  for  having  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  Capt.  Benjamin  Titcomb's  com- 
pany in   Col.  Poor's  regiment." 

In  Colonel  Joseph  Badger's  return,  made  June  19,  1777,  "of  the  Names 
of  the  Men  Enlisted  from  the  tenth  Regiment  of  Militie  in  the  State  of 
hampshire  Commanded  by  Joseph  Badger  Esqr  for  Compleeting  the  three 
Regiments  alotted  to  this  State  as  their  proportion  of  the  Continental  Armey 
as  follows  (vis),"  we  find  Pearson  Huntriss,  of  Conway,  hired  by  Gilmantown, 
enlisted  for  three  years  in  Captain  Drew's  Co. ;  John  Garlin,  Moultonborough, 
three  years,  Captain  Livermore's  Co. ;  Moses  Kelsey  and  Mark  Blackey  (Will- 
iam Blake?),  Moultonborough,  three  years,  Captain  McClary's  Co.;  Joshua 
Thornton,  James  Mason,  Ebenezer  Clark,  Moultonborough,  three  years,  Captain 
Gray's  Co. ;  John  Sanderson,  Jr,  Stephen  Atkinson,  Moultonborough,  three 
years,  captain  unknown ;  Abiel  Stevens,  Phineas  Stevens,  Obadiah  Dudey, 
Jacob  Eastman,  William  Row,  all  of  Tarn  worth,  three  years,  Captain  Liver- 
more's Co. ;  William  Hilton,  Elisha  Winslow,  Sandwich,  three  years,  Captain 
Weare's  Co. :  Moses  Paige,  Sandwich,  three  years,  Captain  Livermore's  Co. ; 
Nathaniel  Knowles,  Sandwich,  three  years,  Captain  Stone's  Co. ;  Nathaniel 
Brown,  Moultonborough,  three  years,  hired  by  Sandwich,  Captain  Livermore's 
Co. ;  James  Flagg,  Moultonborough,  three  years,  hired  by  Sandwich,  Captain 
Gray's  Co.  (died  September  24,  1777,  from  wounds  received  at  Saratoga,  Sep- 
tember 19);  Thomas  Sprous,  Wolfeborough,  three  years,  Captain  Beal's  Co.; 
Enoch  Thomas,  John  Piper,  Wolfeborough,  three  years,  Captain  Gray's  Co. ; 
Joshua  Edgerley,  George  Fall,  Wakefield,  three  years,  Captain  Clark's  Co.;  Ben- 
jamin Dodge,  Wakefield,  three  years,  Captain  Heard's  Co. ;  Thomas  Rawlings, 
Bradstreet  Taylor,  Wakefield,  three  years,  Captain  Robinson's  Co.  ;  John  Gil- 
man,  Jonathan  Quimbey,  Paul  Sanborn,  William  Willey,  Wakefield,  three  years, 
not  assigned;  Levi  Lamper,  Samuel  Dearborn,  Leavittstown,  three  years,  Cap- 
tain Weare's  Co.  "  Sandwich  have  Rais'd  6  wants  0.  Moultonborough  have 
Rais'd  8  wants  0.  Tarn  worth  have  raised  5  want  0.  Wakefield  have  Returned 
9  wants  0.  Leavitts  Town  have  Returned  2  wants  0.  Wolfeborough  have 
Returned  3  wants  4." 

Among  the  men  enlisted  from  Colonel  Bartlett's  regiment  of  militia  of  1777 
for  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  Militia  in  the  Continental  Army  New  Hampshire 
Battalion   was  Alexander  Magoon,  Moultonborough,  three  years. 

Nathan  Hoit,  Moultonborough,  was  ensign  in  Captain  Livermore's  company, 
Colonel  Scammell's  regiment,  raised  in  1776. 

On  a  muster  roll  of  Captain  James  Gray's  company,  Colonel  Scammell's 
regiment  (Adna  Penniman,  second  lieutenant),  the  names  of  these  Carroll 
county  men  appear.  "  Mustered  from  April  1st  to  July  2d.  They  each 
received  <£20  state  bounty.     Moultonborough,  James  Mason,  Ebenezer  Clark, 


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Joshua  Thornton,  Fifer.  Wolfeborough,  Enoch  Thomas,  John  Piper,  David 
riper.     Sandwich,   .lames    Elagg." 

Bradbury  Richardson,  of  Moultonborough,  was  second  major  in  Colonel 
Stickney's  regiment,  Stark's  brigade,  July,  1777.  Among  the  other  officers 
were  Lieutenant  John  Adams,  Moultonborough ;  Lieutenant  Josiah  Bean, 
Sandwich;    Carr   Leavitt,  ensign,   Effingham. 

Lieutenant-colonel  Joseph  Senter,  of  Moultonborough,  was  in  command  of 
a  regimen!  raised  for  the  relief  of  Rhode  Island,  and  was  in  service  there  from 
June  25,  1777,  until  January  8,  1778. 

Captain  Nathaniel  Ambrose's  company,  in  Colonel  Welch's  regiment  of 
volunteers,  marched  from  Moultonborough  and  towns  adjacent,  .September  30, 
1777,  and  joined  the  Continental  Army  under  General  Gates  at  Saratoga;  and 
after  the  surrender  of  General  Burgoyne,  marched  with  the  guard  as  far  as 
Northampton,  in  the  state  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  whore  they  were  discharged. 
The  names  of  the  men,  who  were  not  all  from  the  towns  now  comprising 
Carroll  county,  we  give  here:  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  captain;  John  Kimbal, 
lieutenant:  Ebenezer  Blake,  William  Pike,  sergeants;  .John  Larey,  Adam 
Brown,  corporals;  Philip  Connor,  John  Mead,  James  McCrellis,  David  Watson. 
Pearson  Smith,  Moses  Senter,  Richard  Boynton,  William  Gilman,  Benjamin 
Sanborn,  Jonathan  Edgerly,  Moody  Bean,  Ebenezer  Meloon,  John  Glines, 
Moses  Chandler,  Elias  Smith,  Jonathan  Paige,  Richard  Sinkler,  Josiah 
Sanborn,  Jonathan  Morrison.  Joseph  Badger,  Jr,  Noah  Dow,  Benjamin  Dow-, 
John  Moody.  Thomas  Taylor,  Jacob  Smith,  privates. 

In  a  return  of  New  Hampshire  men  in  Colonel  Jackson's  Massachusetts 
regiment,  enlisted  in  1777  and  1778,  are  the  names  of  John  Twiman, 
Geremiah   Whiton,  and  William  Straw,  of  Conway;    three  years'  men. 

Colonel  Badger  mustered  into  service  in  1779,  Daniel  Bridges,  July  15,  for 
the  war.  Wolfeborough  ;  Joseph  Ames,  July  14,  one  year,  Tamworth  :  Jonathan 
Morgin,  July  14,  one  year,  Wakefield ;  Nathan  Lee,  July  14,  one  year.  Moul- 
tonborough :  Edward  Wells,  William  Ferguson,  July  14,  one  year,  Sandwich. 
He  also  mustered,  for  Colonel  Hercules  Mooney's  regiment  in  Rhode  Island, 
Rufus  Adams,  Moultonborough ;  Reuben  Libbey,  Wolfeborough:  Josiah 
Parsons.  Sandwich,  and  James  Clark,  of  Wakefield. 

In  Captain  Benjamin  Whitcomb's  Rangers,  in  1779,  Joseph  Chandler.  John 
Bo\\.  Moultonborough;  Nathaniel  Knowles,  Sandwich. 

James  Mason  was  colonel  of  the  Third  New  Hampshire  regiment  in  1779. 
He  was  from  Moultonborough. 

After  the  capture  of  Colonel  Joseph  Whipple  at  Jefferson,  in  August,  17*1. 
the  town  of  Conway  raised  scouting  parties,  consisting  of  Captain  James 
Osgood  and  three  men,  Lieutenant  Ezekiel  Walker  and  nine  men.  and  Elijah 
Dinsmore  and  two  men.  These  were  on  duty  from  ten  to  twenty-eight  days 
from  August  16,   1781,  at  Conway  and   adjacent  towns.     At  the  same  time 


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the  Committee  of  Safety  took  immediate  measures  for  the  defence  of  the 
inhabitants  of  that  section,  placing  a  force  there  under  the  direction  of  Colonel 
Joseph  Whipple  and  Colonel  David  Page,  for  the  protection  of  the  northern 
frontiers,  consisting  of  forty-nine  officers  and  men. 

In  the  muster  roll  of  the  men  raised  to  recruit  the  three  New  Hampshire 
regiments  in  the  Continental  Army  till  the  last  day  of  December,  1780, 
mustered  at.  Kingston  by  Josiah  Bartlett,  were :  Leonard  Weeks,  Wakefield ; 
Samuel  Neal,  Daniel  Cary,  Robert  Glines,  Moultonborough;  Sargent  Kimball, 
Jonathan  Hilyard,  Simeon  Smith,  Sandwich;  James  Fullerton,  James  Wiggin, 
Wolfeborough.  Jesse  Whitten,  Wolfeborough,  was  in  service  as  a  privateers- 
man. 

They  were  in  service  from  August  29,  1781,  to  November  6,  1781,  and 
commanded  by  Captain  James  Smith  and  Lieutenants  Josiah  Sanborn  and 
Peter  Gilman.  Sergeant  James  Blake's  party  of  eleven  men  "for  the  defense 
of  the  Upper  Coos  "  was  in  service  seven  months  and  eighteen  days  from  April 
13,  1782.  Sergeant  Philip  Page  and  five  men  were  drafted  for  duty  at 
"Androscoggin  River"  in  1782,  and  were  in  service  from  August  19  to 
November  25,  1782. 

March  31,  1781,  the  General  Assembly  voted  that  David  Page,  Esq.,  of 
Conway,  be  appointed  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Nineteenth  regiment,  and  Mr. 
Jonathan  Palmer,  of  Wakefield,  first  major  of  said  regiment. 

Among  the  soldiers  left  at  Sorell,  Canada,  from  Colonel  Bedel's  regiment, 
Captain  Green's  company,  in  May,  1770,  on  the  retreat  from  Quebec,  were 
Ebenezer  Hall,  Stephen  Webster,  Samuel  Chace,  William  Vittuin,  of  Tam- 
worth,  and  Joseph  Chandler,  of  Moultonborough. 

Wakefield.  —  Among  the  recruits  for  the  three  New  Hampshire  regiments 
mustered  at  Kingston  in  1780  by  General  Josiah  Bartlett  were  :  July  4,  Leonard 
Weeks,  of  Wakefield,  who  enlisted  for  Greenland;  July  10,  Samuel  Johnson, 
of  Middleton,  who  enlisted  for  Wakefield ;  Amos  Hodgsdon  and  Ebenezer 
Hill;    July  27,  Jacob  Welch,  of   Wakefield,  enlisted  for  Rochester. 

Jonathan  Hasseltine  is  returned,  February,  1781,  as  a  private  in  Captain 
Benjamin  Ellis's  company,  Colonel  Scammell's  regiment. 

Benjamin  Dodge  is  given  as  a  soldier  enlisted  for  the  war  in  a  return  of 
Captain  Fogg's  company  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  regiment,  made 
February  14,  1781. 

The  following  names  appear  on  the  muster  roll  of  men  mustered  by  Samuel 
Folsom  in  1781,  to  fill  up  the  army:  Andro  Quinbey,  30  years  old,  5  ft.  8  in. 
tall,  light  complexion,  mustered  March  21  for  three  years;  John  Watson,  20, 
i')  It,  light  complexion;  Nathan  Watson,  18,  5  ft  8  in.,  dark  (engaged  for 
Kensington),  and  John  Marlin,  31,  5  ft  7  in.,  dark,  were  mustered  in  April   17. 

Among  the  West  Point  men  of  1781  appear  Paul  Sanborn  and  John  Hill, 
mustered    in  from  Wakefield,  August    20.     John    Pike    Hilton,  Henry  Pike, 


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Dearburn  Lovering,  and  Joseph  Lovering,  of  Wakefield,  were  privates  in 
Captain  Jacob  Smith's   Rangers    in  1781.     Each  served   one   month  thirteen 

days,   and    was    paid    X'-\   bounty. 

Wakefield  advanced,  in  1770,  to  James  (dark,  a  six  months'  soldier  for 
defence  of  Rhode  Island,  £(50  state  bounty,  £44  10s.  Inanity  and  travel 
money,  by  authority  of  Avery  Hall  and  Samuel  Hall,  selectmen  ;  also  the  same 
in  Jonathan  Towle. 

Avery  Hall  and  John  Wingate,  selectmen,  return  as  Wakefield  soldiers 
then  in  service:  Thomas  Rawlings,  George  Fall,  Benjamin  Dodge,  Jonathan 
Morgan,  and  William  Went  worth,  for  the  war:  Andrew  Qnimby  (died  in 
service,  1782),  John  Watson,  John  Marlin,  for  three  years.  Simeon  Dearborn, 
in  behalf  of  the  town,  explains  :  "N.  B.  Thomas  Rawlings  was  an  Inhabitant 
of  Wakefield  A:  was  ingaged  in  the  war  by  and  for  said  Town  —  George  Fall 
was  a  hired  man  by  Sand.  II all  of  Wakefield  &  in  his  service  for  a  year  before 
his  inlistnieni  &  was  considered  as  an  Inhabitant  of  Wakefield  A:  Taxed 
accordingly  William  Went  worth  was  an  Indented  Servant  with  Mr.  Avery 
Hall  of  Wakefield  several  years  before  his  Inlistment  to  my  Sertain  knowledge 
as  I  now  have  bis  Indenture  in  keeping.  Jonathan  Morgan  was  an  inhabitant 
of  Effingham  or  Parsonstown  at  the  time  of  Enlistment  &  had  been  for  one  or 
two  years  preceding  that  time  &  had  at  that  time  A:  now  has  a  family  there 
which  has  drawn  supplys  from  Wakefield  ever  since  his  Inlistment  —  for  the 
Reasons  foregoing  I  think  all  the  above  mentioned  persons  ought  to  be 
Reckoned  to  Wakefield  &  no  other  Town." 

January  22,  1785,  Avery  Hall,  selectman,  receipts  for  <£20  17s.  Id.  for 
provisions  supplied  to  Continental  soldiers  in  the  year  1778-79. 

Captain  Jeremiah  Gilman  and  fifteen  men  were  in  the  Bennington 
expedition  in   1777. 

Peter  Barter,  Captain  Bell's  company,  Colonel  Hale's  regiment,  was  taken 
prisoner  on  the  retreat  from  Ticonderoga,  and  was  wounded  in  the  thigh  at 
Monmouth.  Timothy  Ricker  and  Jonathan  Quimby  were  in  the  Second  New 
Hampshire  regiment:  Joseph  Green  in  the  Third  New  Hampshire  regiment: 
Dearborn  Lovering  and  Joseph  Dearborn  in  Captain  Smith's  company ;  Joseph 
Edgerly  in  Nathan  Hale's  Second  battalion;  Joshua  Edgerly  was  in  Captain 
Carr's  company. 

Wblfeborough. Inly  8,  1780,  James  Fullerton,  24,  and  James  Wiggins.  10, 

wen-  mustered  into  service  at  Kingston.  The  latter  enlisted  June  29  and 
served  five  months  twenty-six  days.  Fullerton  enlisted  June  2(.».  served  six 
months  eighteen   days. 

Daniel  Bridges  served  in  Captain  Gilman's  companj  "during  the  War."  lb 
was  paid   £60  Continental  bounty,  ,£!>0  state  bounty. 

John  Piper  was  corporal  in  Captain  Jacob  Smith's    Rangers  in   tall  of  1781. 
In    1775   seventeen    shillings   and    sixpence    was   abated   from     the    taxes   ot 
Wolfeborough,   "being  for  the  poll-tax  of  soldiers." 


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July  7,  1779,  Henry  Rust,  Ebenezer  Meder,  Matthew  S.  Parker,  selectmen, 
give  an  order  on  Constable  John  Sinclair  for  =£46  16s.  in  favor  of  Ensign 
Reuben  Libbey,  this  being-  in  full  for  his  bounty  as  a  six  months'  man  in  service 
at  Providence,  R.  I. 

1779.     Ephraim  Ham  was  in  Colonel  Evans'  regiment  in  May  of  this  year. 

The  selectmen  of  1 770  certify,  July  9,  that  Sachariah  Bunker,  Moses 
Tibbetts,  [chabod  Tibbetts,  William  Twombly,  Samuel  Mellows,  Garret 
Byron,  and   Archibald  Gamble  had  gone  out  of  Wolfeborough  into  the  army. 

Effingham.  —  Jacob  Scagell  is  returned  as  a  private  from  Leavittstown  in 
his  company,  February  13,  1781,  by  Captain  Isaac  Frye,  First  New  Hampshire 
regiment,  Eliphalet  Webb  was  mustered,  August  8,  1781,  among  the  "  West 
Point  men  "  from  Effingham,  and  served  six  months. 

Benjamin  Lamprey  enlisted  August  4,  1782,  filling  the  town's  quota  of  one 
man,  and  received  an  order  for  the  "  Twenty  pounds  or  Sum  Granted  by  the 
General  Court  as  a  Bounty  for  Incorragment  to  Towns  for  Hiring  Soldiers  for 
Three  years'  service  or  During  the  war."  January  3,  1786,  signed  by  Weare 
Drake,  Jeremiah  Marston,  and  William  Taylor,  selectmen  of  Effingham.  Asel 
Derburn  received  =£3  bounty  and  enlisted  August  8,  1781,  in  Captain  Jacob 
Smith's  company,  from  "  Levetstown."  Samuel  Smith,  husbandman,  of 
Leavittstown,  was  mustered  and  reviewed  June  17,  1775,  by  Enoch  Poor. 
Jacob  Brown,  selectman,  returns  under  date  of  May  8,  1782,  Samuel  Lear,  as 
"  the  men  claimed  by  Ossipee  Gore  which  were  engaged  for  the  War  and  3 
years."  Eliphalet  Sias  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Captain  Jacob  Smith's  company 
of  rangers,  August  28,  received  .£3  bounty,  served  one  month  nineteen  days. 
Pay,  £2  a  month. 

Tamworth. — Among  the  West  Point  men  of  1781,  John  Watson,  of 
Loudon,  enlisted  July  25,  for  Tamworth.  Joseph  Eaton  Kennestone  enlisted 
in  Captain  Jacob  Smith's  company  of  rangers,  served  one  month  fourteen 
days.  Ebenezer  Keniston  was  one  of  the  recruits  of  1782.  Richard  Jackman 
served  six  months.     Samuel  Yeaton  was  also  one  of  the  recruits  of  1782. 

Joseph  Ames  enlisted  July  6,  1779,  for  one  year,  and  received  =£60  bounty. 

( iharles  Hackett  enlisted  during  the  war,  April  2, 1781,  but  is  reported  as  "a 
previous  deserter,"  and  probably  again  deserted,  as  the  record  continues,  "and 
is  a  deserter." 

Up  to  17*3  Tamworth  had  advanced  state  bounties  to  soldiers  to  the 
amount  of  forty-eight  pounds,  seventeen  shillings,  and  seven  pence. 

June  12,  17S4.  Nicholas  Kinestone,  of  Tamworth,  gives  an  order  on  the 
state  treasurer  to  pay  William  Eastman  wages  due  him  for  six  months'  service 
as  a  private  soldier  in  Colonel  Read's  regiment,  Captain  Dustin's  company.     • 

At  Tamworth,  June  23,  1784,  David  Kinerson  certifies  "  having  been  a 
six-months'-man  for  the  Town  of  Newmarket,  in  the  year  1780." 

Moultonborough.  -  Joseph  Chandler  was  a  private  in  Major  Benjamin 
Whitcomb's  Rangers,  enlisting  November  8,  1776. 


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Samuel  Neal  (Captain  Gilman's  company),  Daniel  Carj  ("never  joined"), 
Robert  Glines,  were  mustered  for  Moultonborough,  July  6,  1780,  as  recruits, 
enlisting  June  27. 

John  lu>\\  enlisted  November  10,  1776,  mustered  January  1,  1777. 

Stephen  Atkinson,  enlisted  June  1,  1777,  is  given  ;ts  a  private  on  the  return 
of  Captain  Frye's  company,  First  New  Hampshire  regiment,  made  February  13, 
L781. 

James  Mason  enlisted  January  25,  1781,  in  Captain  David  McGregore's 
company. 

Among  Folsom's  recruits  in  1781,  we  find  William  Kimbal,  aged  L9,  5  It 
6  in.  high,  dark  complexion,  enlisted  May  24,  and  mustered  June  13,  "for  the 
War,*'  and  William  Thompson,  22,  5  ft  5  in.  high,  dark  complexion,  enlisted 
May  24,  mustered  June  19,  "for  the  War." 

Hugh  Kelsy  and  Moses  Kesa  received  <£3  for  enlisting  in  Captain  Jacob 
Smith's  company,  August  and  September  in  1781. 

Nathan  Lee,  Jr,  enlisted  August  9,  1779,  filling  the  town  quota,  and 
received  .£60  bounty. 

An  abatement  of  the  town  tax  was  made  in  1775  of  10  shillings  and  five 
peine  for  poll-taxes  of  soldiers.  Ephraim  Drake,  Andrew  Cummings,  Joseph 
Chandler,  John  Glines. 

William  Page  and  Stephen  Webster  enlisted  April  5,  1778,  served  three 
years,  and  were  discharged. 

Samuel  Smith  is  certified  to  as  a  three  years'  soldier,  June  11,  1781,  by 
Nathaniel  Morse  and  Joseph  Ayers,  selectmen. 

We  the  subscribers  hereby  acknowledge  ourselves  inlisted  private  soldiers  to  Serve  in 
one  of  the  three  Continental  Battallions  of  the  State  of  Newhampshire,  to  Serve  until  the 
Last  Day  of  December  Next,  and  promies  to  be  Subject  to  the  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the 
Continental  army  Daring  Said  term  as  witness  our  hands  June  the  28th  1780. 

tesi  Ebenr  Smith  Daniel   Cary. 

Robert  Glines. 

Samuel  Neale. 
(or  the  town  of  moultonborough. 

Contra//.  —  Enumerated  Liste  of  all  the  Men  In  Conway  that  is  able  to  Bear 
aims  From  Sixteen,  and  upwards,  June  10,  1775. 

Cap0  David  Page  Thomas  Russell  Jedediah  Spring 

Lieu1  James  Osgood  Amos  .Merall  w  Seath  Spring 

Ens"  Joshua  Heath  Enoch  Merall  Thomas  Spring 

Benjamin  Osgood  Joab  Abbott  Jeramiah  page 

Thomas  Merell  Jur  Leonard  Haraman  John  Willson 

John  Webster  William  Whett  w  Samuel  Willson 

William  Knox  Antony  Emery  w  Isaac  Saltmascb 

w  Ezackel  Walker  Joseph  Thompson  Jeremiah  Harrington 

W  Amos  Thomson  Samuel  Randell  w  Bbenr  Smith 

Joseph  Colbie  James  Prenee  w  Crestefor  Hountos 


82 


History  of  Carroll   County. 


Enoch  Webster 
Eben1  Burbanck 

w  William  Abotl  ' 
Josiah  Dollife 
William  Dollife 
Jolin  Dollife  Ju1 
Joseph  Odell 
Jonathan  Cochran 

w  Ebenr  Varnani 
Benjamin  Varnam 
John  Ares 


Abiather  Esteman 
Noah  Eastman 
Samuel  Springer 
w  William  Merell 
Daniel  Peabody 
Thomas  King 
Archibald  Sterling 
Joseph  Lovees 
Benja  Heath 
phillip  page 
Joshua  Killey 


James  Hountos 

Robert  llearll 

James  Hearll 
w  Samuel  Thompson 

Joseph  Hull 

Timothy  Walker  Jr 
w  Benjamin  Crockett 

florence  MacColey 

John  Osgood 

Total  Number  Gl 


You  will  finde  w.  at  the  beginning  of  every  Mans  Name  that  is  gown  to  the 
Wart' 

The  A  Larm  Least  Men 
Colonel    MacMullen    Esq1'    Thomas    Merall   Esqr   Thomas    Chatburn    Esqr 
Byell  Lovejoy  Esq''  Cap'  Timothy  Walker  Lieu1  Hugh  Sterling  Lieu'  Neathanal 
Smath  John  Dolife  Leonard  Hearman  Abraham  Colbie  Invaleds1 10 

A  true  List 

Daniel  Page. 

Two  men  from  Conway  enlisted  for  three  months'  service  at  West  Point  in 
General  Arnold's  command. 

Benjamin  Dockom,  Conway,  is  a  private  in  Captain  Livermore's  return  of 
Third  company,  First  New  Hampshire  regiment  made  February  15, 1781.  John 
Morrell  was  returned  as  a  private  in  Captain  Benjamin  Ellis's  company, 
Colonel  Scammell's  regiment,  February,  1781.  Henry  Hill,  17  years  old,  dark 
complexion,  5  ft  6  in.  high  ;  Nicholas  Coffen,  17,  dark  complexion,  5  ft 
5  in.  high  ;  Thomas  Gates  Leach,  16,  dark  complexion,  5  ft  high,  all  living 
in  Conway,  enlisted  on  March  2,  1781,  the  first  two  for  three  years,  the 
last  for  the  war.  Benjamin  Heath,  private,  is  returned  as  a  member  of 
Brigadier-General  Hazen's  regiment  in  1781.  Seth  Spring  is  first  sergeant  of 
Captain  Jacob  Smith's  company  of  rangers.  He  enlisted  August  1,  1781,  from 
Conway,  served  on  northern  frontier  one  month  nineteen  days,  received  £3 
bounty,  <£4  18s.  Od.  pay.  Stephen  Merrill  and  Elijah  Densmore  enlisted 
September  1,  1781,  from  Conway  with  <£3  bounty  each,  and  served  two  months 
one  day  in  same  company. 

Captain  James  Osgood  and  Lieutenant  Ezekiel  Walker  enlisted  August  16, 
1781,  with  the  following  men  as  scouts,  and  were  employed  by  the  town  of 
Conway  for  from  ten  to  twenty-eight  days:  Ebenezer  Hall,  Stephen  Webster, 
Jonathan  Philbrick,  Philip  Page,  Joshua  Kelly,  Peter  Coffin,  John  Chase, 
Austin  George,  Charles  Hill,  John  Chase,  Jr,  John  Wilson,  Jeremiah  Lovering, 
Captain  Elijah  Dinsmore,  Seth  Spring,  and  Stephen  Merrill. 

Phillip  Page,  sergeant,  and  privates  Reuben  Moulton,  John  Sanborn,  Charles 

i  hilled  at  Saratoga,  September  19,  1777. 


Revolutionary    Period    and   War   of  1812. 


Hacket,  I  );i\  id  Blake,  John  Briant,  were  ••  draughted  "  from  ( !olonel  Richardson's 
regiment  to  serve  as  a  " Scouting  party  on  the  Andrewscoggins  River"  in  L782. 
The  pay-roll  was  attested  June  !•'>.  1783,  by  David  Page,  Esq.,  of  Conway, 
before  Nathaniel  Folsom,  J.  P. 

Benjamin  Heath  (Hazen's  regiment),  John  Twyman,  and  Jeremiah  Whitam 
(Jackson's  regiment)  are  returned  as  soldiers  from  Conway  in  March,  1784. 
Samuel  Wilson  and  Florence  McCalley  are  also  found  in  records  with  date  of 
service  or  regiment.  David  Page,  in  behalf  of  the  selectmen  of  Conway,  in  a 
••true  Return,"  June  9,  1781,  claims  them,  and  supports  the  claim  by  various 
depositions,  etc.     [Rev.  War  Rolls,  vol.  iii,  pp.  012,  l!13.] 

Sandwich.  —  Andrew  McGaffey,  lieutenant,  of  Sandwich,  was  pensioned 
June  1 ,  177'.'.  for  disability  received  from  wounds  obtained  June  17,  1775,  at 
Bunker  Hill.  He  was  a  sergeant  in  that  action,  was  shot  through  the  body, 
and  for  some  days  considered  mortally  wounded,  but,  recovering,  he  was 
commissioned  first  lieutenant  of  Captain  MeClary's  company  of  the  Third  New 
Hampshire  battalion  in  November,  1770.  His  old  wound  broke  out  seriously 
in  November,  1778,  and  he  was  debarred  from  active  service,  and  as  he  was 
thereby  "rendered  incapable  of  supporting  himself  and  family  by  bodily  labor," 
he  was  placed  upon  half-pay  and  pensioned.  [Rev.  War  Rolls,  vol.  iii,  pp. 
415,  41(3.] 

In  1779,  July  27,  Josiah  Parsons  enlisted  for  one  year  in  Colonel  Mooney's 
regiment  for  the  defence  of  Rhode  Island,  and  was  paid  X30  bounty,  and  £15 
for  travel  to  Providence. 

Sandwich  advanced  for  bounties  to  Continental  soldiers,  prior  to  1780, 
628  3s.  6d.    The  town  afterward  advanced  bounties  amounting  to  <£25  18s.  8d. 

Nathan  Noles  (Nathaniel  Knowles)  served  in  Major  Benjamin  Whitcomb's 
Hangers,  enlisting  March  1,  1777,  for  the  war. 

Sargent  Kimball,  Jonathan  Hilyard,  Simeon  Smith,  were  "inlisted"  June 
27.  17*0.  Kimball  served  six  months  two  days,  Hilyard  six  months  three  days, 
Smith  five  months  twenty-five  days.  Hilyard  received  £817  3s.  as  wages,  and 
Smith  c£7S1  13s.  Od.  Jonathan  Willard  was  one  of  the  recruits  of  1779 
mustered  by  Major  William  Scott;  so  was  Sergeant  Kimble  and  Simeon  Smith. 

Benjamin  Short  is  given  as  of  "Sandige"in  the  return  of  Captain  Isaac 
Fa  ru  ell's  company,  First  regiment,  made  February  14,  1781.  He  was  born  in 
New  London.  Conn.,  in  17'i<>  :  enlisted  December  5,  1770,  for  the  war.  In 
February,  L781,  Nathaniel  Phillips  is  reported  as  a  private  credited  to  Sandage 
in  Captain  Benjamin  Ellis's  company,  Colonel  Scammell's  regiment.  William 
Hilton,  lifer.  Sandwich,  was  serving  February  14,  1781,  in  Captain  Moses 
I  Alston's  company.  Second  New  Hampshire  regiment. 

Among  Samuel  Folsom's  recruits,  1781,  we  find  William  Forginson  (Fer- 
guson), age  17,  5  ft  4  in.  tall,  dark  complexion,  who  was  mustered  March 
3  -tor  the  War:"  also,  Edward  Wells,  5  ft  7  in.  tall,  39  years,  light 
complexion,  mustered   Ma\    2   Eor  the  war.     These  received  <£60  state  bounty. 


84  History  op  Carroll  County. 

Captain  Jacob  Smith,  the  gallant  leader  of  the  rangers  of  1781,  was  of 
Sandwich.     This  company  was  in  service  two  months  and  a  fraction. 

The  Tenth  regiment  of  militia  was  divided  November  3,  1780,  and  the 
Fourteenth  regiment  organized  from  the  towns  of  Wakefield,  Middleton, 
Wolfeborough,  Effingham,  Ossipee  Gore,  Eaton,  Conway,  Tuftonborough, 
Moultonborough,  Sandwich,  and  Tamworth  by  the  General  Assembly,  which 
chose  as  field  officers  Major  Bradbury  Richardson,  colonel,  Captain  David  Copp, 
Lieutenant-colonel,  Captain  David  Page,  first  major,  Mr.  David  Folsom,  second 
major.  March  31,  1781,  "  David  Page,  Esq.,  of  Conway,"  was  appointed 
lieutenant-colonel  of  this  regiment,  and  Mr.  Jonathan  Palmer,  of  Wakefield, 
first  major.  The  civil  titles  given  in  the  last  appointment  indicate  that  the 
feeling  was  prevalent  that  the  militia  would  not  be  as  a  body  called  into  active 
military  operations. 

January  10,  1782,  Colonel  David  Page  was  empowered  to  raise  twelve  men 
as  a  scouting  party  for  Shelburne  and  the  Upper  Coos,  and  he  was  directed  to 
call  on  Conway  and  neighboring  towns  for  supplies  for  the  men,  who  were  to 
be  officered  with  one  "  Sarjeant,"  the  officers  and  men  to  have  the  same  pay 
and  rations  as  the  Continental  Army,  and  to  be  under  the  directions  of  Colonel 
David  Page.  March  27,  David  Page,  Esq.,  was  directed  by  the  General 
Assembly  to  enlist  eight  men  to  serve  until  November  next  to  aid  in  defending 
the  western  and  northern  frontiers. 

No  military  operations  on  an  extended  scale  occurred  on  this  soil  during  the 
Revolution,  and  no  battle  was  fought  here,  but  the  dread  of  hostile  invasion 
from  Canada  and  of  the  incursions  of  bands  of  hostile  Indians  hung  heavy 
over  the  households,  many  of  whose  protectors  were  battling  in  the  army  at  all 
points  from  Ticonderoga  to  Yorktown,  from  Charlestown  to  Trenton,  and  with 
Sullivan  in  his  campaign  against  the  Indians  of  Western  New  York.  Their 
descendants  of  to-day  cannot  have  the  faintest  appreciation  of  the  worry,  care, 
and  responsibilities  appertaining  to  life  in  Revolution  days  among  Carroll's  now 
most  peaceful  vales  and  plains. 

War  of  1812.  —  New  Hampshire  was  in  1812  as  well  prepared  for  military 
operations  as  at  any  time  up  to  1861.  The  militia,  under  the  supervision  of 
adjutant-general  Michael  McClary,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  was  a  well-disci- 
plined and  well-regulated  body,  commanded,  to  a  great  extent,  by  men  who  had 
seen  active  service.  Colonel  Potter  says :  "  Such  men,  taught  in  the  school  of 
experience,  brought  military  skill  and  pride,  without  which  skill  is  of  little 
avail,  to  the  organization  and  completion  of  our  military  system/' 

Carroll  county's  territory  responded  well  to  the  call,  and  proved  that  her 
sons  kept  up  their  ancient  reputation  for  valor.  The  rolls  of  the  companies 
mustered  during  the  first  two  years  of  the  war  do  not  give  the  residence  of  the 
soldier,  and  it  is  groping  in  the  dark  to  gather  those  belonging  to  any  particu- 
lar locality.     In  1814  the  residence  of  some  is  given,  and  their  names  will  be 


Revolutionary    Period    \m>   War   op    L812.  85 


found  below.  Many  from  Carroll  count}  town.-,  served  in  Captain  Phineas 
Stone's,  Captain  Hugh  .Moore's,  Captain  John  Marsh's,  Captain  John  Willey's, 
Captain  William  Courson's,  and  Captain  Johnson  I).  Quimby's  companies,  and 
we  give  their  names  here.  The  same  names  sometimes  appear  in  several  com- 
panies. 

CAPTAIN  STONE'S  COMPANY.  —  Nathaniel  X.  Shannon,  lieutenant,  Tim  'thy 
Clark,  Nathaniel  Glines,  Moses  J.  Glines,  John  Holmes,  John  Rogers,  Jacob 
Wallace  Wolfeborough;  Jonathan  Palmer,  Asa  Clay.  David  Downs,  Otis  D. 
Densmore,  Lynes  Hoit,  Libbeus  Hayford,  Isaac  Meeder,  Herman  Rogers,  Tam- 
worih  :  Jonathan  C.  Johnson,  William  McGaffey,  Moses  Prescott,  Jonathan 
Bryant,  Ebenezer  Burley,  Amos  Church.  John  Elliot,  John  Fogg,  Jos i ah  Far- 
well,  -lames  George,  Joseph  Graves,  William  Hodge,  Ephraim  K.  hamper,  Noah 
Moulton,  John  Shaw,  Josiah  Smith.  Orlando  Weed,  Sandwich;  Josiah  Jenness, 
Mbultonborough. 

CAPTAIN  Moore's  Company.  —  Abraham  Menston,  lieutenant,  Stephen 
Fowler,  Thomas  Leavit,  Dearborn  Leavitt,  Dearborn  Lovering,  Effingham; 
Joseph  Dame,  ensign,  Robert  Quimby,  Wakefield;  John  Fullerton,  sergeant, 
John  Drew,  sergeant,  Mark  Lucas,  Walter  Avery,  Ichabod  Cook,  Theodore 
Ewins,  Jacob  Harvey,  Joseph  P.  Judkins,  Andrew  Lucas,  Natli.  D.  Richard- 
son, William  Tripe,  Wolfeborough;  John  Templeton,  John  Horsham.  Daniel 
Moody,  William  Watson,  Ossipee ;  Nathaniel  Chase,  Job  Colcord,  Nathaniel 
Hodgdon,  John   Hanson,  Joseph  L.  Perry,  George  Wiggin,    Tuftonborough. 

Captain  Marsh's  Company.  —  John  Marsh,  captain,  Eli  Glines,  lieuten- 
ant, James  Lang,  sergeant,  David  Allen,  sergeant,  Ebenezer  Wileason,  Abraham 
Colby,  Marshal  Ileninan.  Samuel  Lurk,  Joshua  Bickford,  Isaae  Bickford,  Col- 
man  Colby,  Ezekiel  Currier,  Samuel  Clerk,  Stephen  Danford,  Isaac  Davis.  Jr. 
James  Drew.  Samuel  Drown,  Adams  Forrist,  Simon  Furmold,  Enoch  Folsom, 
Andrew  Ham,  Samuel  Harriman,  Robert  Meeder,  Martin  Mush,  John  Nason, 
Natli.  Remmick,  Benj.  Stacy,  Wm.  Stacy,  James  Hoyt,  Eaton;  Jona.  Stark. 
lieutenant.  J;iiues  Farrington,  sergeant,  Ira  Crocker,  sergeant,  Samuel  Stark, 
Andrew  Boswell,  William  Boswell,  Nathaniel  Coffin,  Daniel  Crocker,  Jeremiah 
Eastman,  Moses  Harriman,  David  Harriman,  Hamilton  Edmunds.  Charles  Hods- 
don,  Conway;  Jonathan  Smart,  Samuel  P.  Daniels,  Ossipee;  Isaac  Davis,  2d, 
Humphrey  Mason.  Thomas  Varney,  Asa  Clay,  David  Downs,  Otis  Densmore, 
Isaac  Meeder,  Herman  Rogers,  Orlando  Weed,  Tamworth;  Daniel  Kimball, 
John  Kimball,  Wm.  Taylor,  Pearson  Kenison,  Samuel  Stewart,  Win.  Tripe. 
Benj.  Hables,  Effingham;  Wm.  Ayres,  .Matthew  Wentworth,  Zachariah  Nock. 
Jona.  Nock,  Wakefield;  Ebenezer  Burley,  John  Elliott,  Jeremiah  Elliott.  John 
.Josiah  Farwell,  Jona.  C.  Johnson.  Jona.  Smith,  John  Shaw,  Sandwich; 
John  Holmes.  Moultonborough. 

Captain  Willey's  Company. — Thomas  Vesey,  lieutenant,  George  Smith, 
David   Dull,  Daniel   Morrison.   Levi  Chase,  Josiah  L.  Abbott.   Tuftonborough; 


86  History  of   Carroll   County. 


Joshua  Gilman,  sergeant,  Benj.  T.  Hall,  Samuel  Frost,  Jonathan  Edgerly,  Peter 
Hawkins,  David  Taylor,  Benjamin  Russell,  Nath.  Glidden,  Benjamin  Clough, 
Samuel  Greenleaf,  John  Gile,  Jeremiah  Champion,  James  Nichols,  Effingham  ; 
Reuben  Wyman,  Lieutenant,  Jeremiah  Cranmore,  Robert  Harriman,  John  Phipps, 
Jr,  John  Levitt,  Jr,  Chatham;  Jesse  Page,  Mitchell  Emerson,  Edmund  Hamilton, 
Ivorv  Perkins,  Stephen  Littlefield,  Daniel  Ordway,  Nathaniel  Sawyer,  Jesse 
Merrill.  Conway;  John  Levitt,  Aaron  Rumney,  John  Hatch,  Eaton;  John 
Burnham,  Daniel  Gray,  John  Lucy,  Adams  ;  Luther  Harriman,  Bartlett  ;  David 
Allen,  Burton  :  Joseph  Hoit,  John  Shepard,  Stephen  Edmunds,  Joseph  Gray, 
John  A.  Wiggins,  John  Rogers,  Stephen  Hawkins,  Thomas  Frigs,  John  Willey, 
Daniel  Drew,  Jesse  Hall,  Wolfeborough ;  Daniel  Young,  Jeremiah  Brown, 
Nathan  Watson,  Joseph  Stagpole,  Walter  Cate,  Reuben  Plummer,  John  Dore, 
John  Cook,  Wakefield ;  Jona.  Wiggin,  Phineas  Hammond,  Levi  Abbott,  Levi 
Pray,  Moses  Skedgule,  Nath.  M.  Meserve,  Reuben  Davis,  Oxsvpee  ;  William 
Mallard,  Moultonborough. 

Captain  Courson's  Company. — John  Cook,  sergeant,  John  Johnson, 
Levi  Bean,  William  Burley,  James  Bean,  3d,  Eben.  Blake,  John  Cook,  Jr,  George 
Downs,  Oren  Fogg,  Josiah  Ladcl,  Aaron  M.  Walton,  Amos  Quimby,  Benj. 
Elliott,  Josiah  Thrasher,  Jedediah  Watson,  Samuel  Smith,  Sandwich  ;  Thomas 
Leavitt,  Benj.  Crafts,  John  Hartford,  Moses  Huchins,  Stephen  Hodgdon,  John 
Mclntire,  John  Wallace,  William  Morrill,  Moultonborough  ;  Stephen  Richards, 
Henry  B.  Hatch,  Hezekiah  Cook,  Edmund  Crockett,  Benj.  Gardner,  David  Gil- 
man,  3d,  Samuel  Holmes,  George  Low,  Daniel  Sanborn,  Stephen  Smith,  Samuel 
Savage,  David  Woodman,  Tamworth. 

Captain  Kimball's  company  contained  five  men  from  Wakefield,  John  M. 
Copp,  Edward  Witham,  Gilman  Cloutman,  John  Brown,  and  one  man,  John 
Hodge,  from  Brookfield 

Lieutenant  Nathaniel  Burley,  of  Sandwich,  raised  a  small  company  in  Sep- 
tember and  October,  1814,  in  which  were  these  men  from  Sandwich  :  John  Til- 
ton,  Nathaniel  Ethridge,  Timothy  Peasley,  John  Donovan,  John  Hackett,  John 
Moulton,  Jedediah  Skinner,  John  Smith. 

( 'apt:! in  -lames  Hardy's  company,  all  enlisted  August  11,  1814,  were  Nathan- 
iel Abbott,  Frederic  Ballard,  James  L.  Gowdy,  Stephen  Grant,  Daniel  Page, 
•Joseph  Page,  Hiram  Pierce,  Obadiah  Witham,  Wakefield;  James  Drew,  Joseph 
Pitman,  George  Stevens,  Stephen  Young,  Brookfield. 

In  Captain  John  D.  Harty's  company  were  Ichabod  Cook,  Stephen  D. 
Hutchins,  David  Page,  Jonathan  Willard,  Wakefield;  Samuel  Cate,  Levi 
Douglass,  Stephen  Giles,  Samuel  Tibbetts,  Brookfirld. 

Neal   McGaffey,  of  Sandwich,  served  in  Captain  Hayes's  company. 

CAPTA  in  Quj  mby's  Company. — Jonathan  Bean,  lieutenant,  John  McGaffey, 
ensign,  Enoch  Tewksbury,  Freeman  Jewell,  Daniel  Tewksbury,  Samuel  Beede, 
Henry    Thrasher,    Joseph    Thrasher,  Thomas  Bryer,  Moses  Maxfield,  Nathan 


White   Mountains.  87 

Mason,  Abel  Morrill,  Joseph  Hadley,  John  Hadley,  Winthrop  Hadley,  Stephen 
Quinby,  Jerry  Eliot,  Frank  Eliot,  John  Eliot,  Josiah  Webster,  Jedediah 
Skinner,  John  Currier,  Benjamin  Currier,   Benjamin   Morse,  Stephen   Atwood, 

Daniel  Fogg,  John  Fogg,  Oren   Fogg,  William   McGaffey,  John  Atw 1.  Moses 

Worthen,  Samuel   Worthen,  Asa   Pettingill,  Stephen   Bennett,  Abner  Be stt, 

John  Bennett,  Reuben  Bennett,  Amos  Bennett,  William  Burleigh,  Ephraim 
Dockum,  David  McCrillis,  Neal  McCrillis,  Josiah  Bean,  Andrew  Bean,  Josiah 
McGaffey,  Samuel  McGaffey,  William  Chase,  Amos  Neally,  Henry  Weed,  Robie 
French,  George  Hoyt,  John  Fellows.  Philip  Heath,  John  Tilton,  Samuel  Cor- 
liss, Joseph  Corliss,  James  Corliss,  Hezekiah  Webster,  John  S.  Webster,  John 
S.  Quinby,  Joseph  L.  Quinby,  Asa  Quinby,  Daniel  Quinby,  Amos  Quinby, 
James  Quinby,  John  Quinby,  Nathaniel  Pettingill,  Moses  Quinby,  Stephen 
Fellows,  Jr,  Abel  Morrill,  Nehemiah  Webster,  Samuel  B.  Quinby,  John  Shaw, 
Alexander  Rowe,  Samuel  Straw,  all  of  Sandwich.  Eliphalet  Maxfield,  Eli- 
phalet  Maxfield,  Jr,  Moses  Maxfield,  Stephen  and  Jacob  Quimby,  Enoch  Colby, 
Josiah   Bates,  Henry  .Jewell,  Amos  Quimby,  Asa  Pettengill,  Sherburne   Fogg, 

Joseph  Webster,  Thos.    Blackey,   Andrew  and  Bean  were  in   Lieutenant 

Enoch  Quimby's  ( !o. 


CHAPTER   XIII. 


WHITE   MOUNTAINS. 

Topography  —  Mt  Starr  King  Group  —  Mt  Carter  Group  —  Mt  Washington  Range  — 
Cherry  Mountain  District  —  Mt  Willey  Range — Passacon away  Range  —  Albany  Mountains  — 
Pequawket  Area  —  History —  Mythology — First  Visited  — Winthrop's  Account  —  Darby  Field's 
A-ci-iii  -Josselyn's  Description  —  "The  Chrystal  Hills**  —  Later  Visits  —  Western  Pass  or 
"Notch"  -Firsl  Settlement  —  Scientific  Explorations  —  Scenery  of  the  "Notch** — Nash 
and  Sawyer's  Grant  — "A  Borse  Through  the  Notch""  —  Sawyer's  Rock  —  First  Articles  of 
C merce  —  Tenth  New  Bampshire  Turnpike  —  Bracken's  Account  of  Naming  and  Ascer- 
taining the  Beights  —  Other  Scientific  Visitors  —  Bardships  of  Early  Settlers  —  First  House 
in  the  "Notch"  —  Crawford's  Cabin  on  the  Summit  — Summit  House  —  'Tip-top  House  — 
First  Winter  Ascent — Carriage  Road-  -Glen  Bouse— M1  Washington  Railway — Mountain 
Tragedies    -"Among  the  Clouds"-  -Signal  Station  — Mt  Washington  Summit  House. 

THE   WHITE   MOUNTAINS  cover  au  area  of  1,270  square  miles,  bounded 
by  the  Maine  line  on   the  east,  the   Androscoggin  river  and   the  Grand 
Trunk  railway  on  the  northeast  and   north,  the  Connecticut  river  valley, 
or  an  irregular  line  from  Northumberland  to  Warren,  on  the  west,  the  region 
of  Baker's  river  on  the  southwest,  and  the  Pemigewasset  river  and  the  lake 


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district  on  the  south.  The  Saco  river  cuts  the  White  Mountains  into  two 
aearly  equal  parts.  Professor  Hitchcock  groups  the  mountains  in  ten  sub- 
divisions:—!. Mt  Starr  King  group.  2.  Mt  Carter  group.  3.  Mt  Washington 
range,  with  a  Jackson  branch.  4.  Cherry  Mountain  district.  5.  Mt  Willey 
range.  6.  Mt  Carrigain  and  Osceola  group.  7.  Mt  Passaconaway  range. 
8.  Mts  Twin  and  Lafayette  group.  9.  Mts  Moosilauke  and  Profile  division. 
LO.  Mt  Pequawket  area.  These  mountain  groups  differ  much  in  geological 
character,  age.  and  topographical  features. 

1.  Mi  Starr  King  Group  is  embraced  in  the  remote  portions  of  Gorham, 
Randolph,  Jefferson,  Lancaster,  Stark,  Milan,  Berlin,  and  the  whole  of 
Kilkenny.  It  is  bounded  by  the  Upper  Ammonoosuc  and  Androscoggin  rivers 
on  the  north  and  east,  by  Moose  and  Israel's  rivers  on  the  south,  and  the 
Connecticut  slope  on  the  west.  The  longest  diameter  of  this  group  is  sixteen 
miles;  the  greatest  width  thirteen  miles.  The  shape  of  the  area  is  oval- 
elliptical,  more  pointed  at  the  north  than  south,  and  comprises  about  150 
square  miles.  The  Upper  Ammonoosuc  river  flows  in  a  broad  valley  in 
Randolph  and  Berlin,  and  thereby  divides  the  group  into  two  parts.  Its 
source,  called  the  "Pond  of  Safety,"  is  nearly  900  feet  above  Milan  water- 
station,  and  there  is  a  depression  in  the  ridge  in  the  south  towards  Jefferson. 
Geologists  state  that  the  northern  portion  of  the  Starr  King  region  was  once 
a  large  plateau  through  which  water  has  cut  the  numerous  valleys  now  found. 
Not  less  than  seven  streams  have  cut  notches  into  this  plateau,  —  the  three 
most  prominent  ones  being  from  Berlin,  Stark  (Mill  Brook),  and  Lancaster. 
There  is  a  central  ridge  through  Kilkenny,  the  Pilot  mountain  range,  connected 
by  a  valley  with  Mt  Starr  King  in  Jefferson.  A  branch  diverges  from  this 
range  to  Pilot  mountain  in  Stark.  Green's  ledge  and  Black  mountain  are 
spurs  to  the  east  from  the  Pilot  range.  From  Mt  Starr  King  to  Berlin  Falls 
runs  an  irregularly  curved  range,  composed  of  Pliny,  Randolph,  and  Crescent 
mountains,  and  Mt  Forest.  Mts  Starr  King,  Pilot,  and  Randolph  are  the 
culminating  points,  being  in  height  3,800,  3,0-10,  and  3,063  feet  respectively. 

2.  Mt  Carter  Grrowp  lies  in  Shelburne,  Bean's  Purchase,  Chatham,  and 
Jackson.  There  is  a  heavy  range  from  Gorham  to  Jackson,  quite  near  the 
Peabody  and  Ellis  valleys,  while,  on  the  east,  the  slope  towards  the  Andros- 
coggin is  quite  gradual.  Mt  Moriah  is  one  of*  the  most  northern  peaks  of  this 
chain.  Rev.  T.  Starr  King  says:  "Mount  Moriah  should  be  seen  from  the 
bend  of  the  Androscoggin,  a  little  more  than  a  mile  north  of  the  hotel  (in 
Gorham).  Here  its  charming  outline  is  seen  to  the  best  advantage.  Its  crest 
is  as  high  over  the  valley  as  Lafayette  rises  over  the  Profile  House."  Mt 
Moriah  and  Mt  Carter  are  separated  by  Imp  mountain.  Wild  river  occupies 
a  broad  valley  in  Bean's  Purchase,  trending  northeasterly.  The  highest  part 
of  Carter  range  is  next  Peabody  river.  The  western  slope  is  much  steeper 
than  the  eastern.     A  wild,  deep  notch  lies  in  the  edge  of  Jackson,  from  which 


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the  easl  branch,  of  Ellis  river  flows  southeasterly.  Several  tributaries  flow  to 
Wild  river  from  the  smith,  from  the  range  which  runs  easterly  to  form  the 
entire  western  and  southern  edge  of  the  Wild  river  basin.  This  range  curves 
to  the  mirth,  near  the  Maine  Line,  where  Mt  Royce  stands  immediate!}  on  the 
border.  Five  spurs  run  into  Jackson  and  Chatham.  One  runs  from  Height's 
mountain  to  Spruce  and  Eagle  mountains,  near  Jackson  village.  Another 
comes  down  from  Carter  mountain  and  embraces  Black  and  Tin  mountains. 
Another  includes  Double-head  mountain  and  lies  immediately  west  of  the  easl 
branch  of  the  Saco  and  Wildcat  Branch.  The  two  others  run  from  Baldface 
mountain:  one  takes  in  Sable  mountain  in  Jackson  and  its  foot-hills;  the  other 
includes  Mts  Eastman  and  slope  in  Chatham.  Some  of  the  wildest,  grandest, 
and  most  beautiful  scenery  of  the  White  Mountains  is  in  this  district. 

8.  Mi  Washington  Range.  —  The  main  range  of  Mt  Washington  extends 
from  (iorham  to  Bartlett,  about  twenty-two  miles.  The  culminating  point  is 
central,  with  a  deep  gulf  towards  Gorham,  a  slope  on  the  north,  formed 
partially  by  the  westerly  Mt  Deception  range,  which  also  produces  the  broad 
Ammonoosuc  valley  on  the  west,  in  connection  with  the  axial  line  of  summits. 
There  are  two  principal  valleys  on  the  south,  the  more  westerly  occupying  the 
depression  of  Dry  or  Mt  Washington  river,  and  the  easterly  passing  down  the 
slope  of  Rocky  branch,  which  travels  easterly  near  its  termination,  and  parallel 
with  the  Saco  in  Bartlett.  Starting  with  the  Androscoggin  valley,  the  range 
commences  in  the  low  Pine  mountain.  In  the  southeast  corner  of  Gorham 
this  is  intersected  by  the  pass  of  the  Pinkham  road  between  Randolph  and  the 
(ilen  House.  Next,  the  land  rises  rapidly  to  the  top  of  Mt  Madison,  5,400 
feet.  The  range  now  curves  westerly,  passing  over  the  summits  of  Adams, 
Jefferson,  and  Clay.  From  the  gap  between  Clay  and  Washington  the  best 
view  can  be  obtained  of  the  deep  abyss  in  which  the  west  branch  of  Peabody 
river  rises.  From  Washington  the  east  rim  of  the  Great  Gulf  is  easily 
discerned,  for  on  it  the  carriage  road  to  the  Glen  House  is  located.  From 
-  Bine  Pond,"  or  "Lake  of  the  Clouds,"  and  the  height  south  of  Tuckerman's 
ravine  to  Madison,  it  is  easy  to  imagine  an  elevated  plateau  out  of  Washington, 
which  rises,  say  N00  feet.  Tuckerman's  and  Huntington's  ravines  have  been 
cut  out  east  of  Washington.  Tuckerman's  runs  easterly,  holding  the  head- 
waters of  Ellis  river.  Huntington's  commences  at  the  southern  angle  of  the 
carriage  road,  at  the  fifth  mile-post,  and  runs  towards  the  first. 

Past  Mt  Washington  the  main  range  drops  to  the  pass  of  the  Lake  of  the 
Clouds  —  the  source  of  the  Ammonoosuc  river.  The  first  mountain  is 
Monroe,  then  comes  Mts  Franklin,  Pleasant,  Clinton.  Jackson,  and  Webster,  as 
named.  Mt  Webster  is  a  long  mountain  with  a  steep  side  towards  the  Saco, 
and.  being  directly  opposite  the  Willey  House,  forms  one  of  the  chief  features 
of  the  Notch.  From  Monroe  to  Webster  the  east  flank  of  the  mountains  is 
washed  by  the  powerful  Mt  Washington  river,  the   proper  continuance  of  the 


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Saco  valley,  which  formerly  was  called  Dry  river.  This  heads  in  Oakes's  gulf, 
from  the  east  side  of  which  two  ranges  run  southerly.  The  western  one 
follows  the  Saco  t<«  a  point  opposite  "Sawyer's  rock,"  having,  in  the  lower  part 
of  its  course,  Giant's  Stairs,  Mt  Resolution,  Mt  Crawford,  Mt  Hope,  and 
"Hart's  ledge."  The  eastern  one  is  not  conspicuous  and  not  named.  This  is 
skirted  by  Rocky  Branch  on  the  west  and  Ellis  river  on  the  east.  Near 
Jackson   it   makes  an  eastern   curve,  and  ends  in  Iron  mountain. 

4.  Cherry  Mountain  District.  —  Mt  Deception  range  consists  of  four  peaks 
—  Mt  Mitten,  Mt  Dartmouth,  Mt  Deception,  and  Cherry  mountain.  It  is 
separated  by  a  considerable  valley  from  Mt  Jefferson,  and  its  gentler  slope  lies 
on  the  northern  flank  towards  Israel's  river.  The  road  from  Fabyan's  to 
Jefferson  passes  between  Cherry  and  Deception.  Cherry  mountain  has  a 
northerly  spur  of  large  dimensions,  called  Owl's  Head,  where  occurred  the 
great  slide  of  1885. 

5.  Mt  Willey  Range  starts  from  near  the  White  Mountain  House  in  Carroll, 
and  ends  in  Mt  Willey.  Its  northern  terminus  is  low,  the  highest  peak  being 
at  the  southern  end  of  the  range.  Six  granitic  summits  appear  before  reaching 
the  high  summit  of  Mt  Tom,  just  back  of  the  Crawford  House.  The  stream 
forming  "Beecher's  Cascade"  passes  between  Mt  Tom  and  the  next  summit 
south,  which  was  named  Mt  Lincoln,  but,  as  that  name  was  already  occupied 
by  a  peak  in  Franconia,  was  rechristened  Mt  Field  by  Professor  Huntington. 
From  Mt  Field  to  Mt  Willey  the  high  land  is  continuous,  reaching  an  elevation 
of  4,300  feet.  It  then  drops  off  abruptly  and  terminates.  Ethan's  pond,  the 
head  of  the  Merrimack  river  waters,  lies  a  little  to  the  southwest  of  the 
precipice.  The  Field-Willey  range  is  directly  opposite  Mt  Webster,  and  the 
valley  between  these  is  the  most  striking  part  of  the  White  Mountain  Notch, 
the  head  of  which  is  formed  by  Mt  Willard,  only  about  550  feet  above  the 
Crawford  plain.  Mt  Carrigain,  a  lofty,  conical  summit,  4,678  feet  high,  is  a 
continuation  of  the  Mt  Washington  range. 

Passaconaway  Mange  has  an  easterly  course.  Its  most  massive  mountain  is 
Black  Mountain,  or  Sandwich  Dome,  on  the  line  between  Carroll  and  Grafton 
counties.  This  is  3,999  feet  high  at  United  States  Coast  Survey  Station. 
Majestic  Passaconaway  Mountain  (4,200  feet  high)  is  a  sharp  dome,  thickly 
wooded.  It  lies  a  little  north  of  the  main  ridge,  and  is  in  Grafton  county,  as 
is  Whiteface,  although  the  perambulations  of  the  west  line  of  Albany  on  the 
early  surveys  run  on  the  west  side  of  these  mountains.  From  Passaconaway 
to  Chocorua,  low,  ragged  mountains  occupy  the  space.  Chocorua  is  the 
sharpest  of  all  the  mountains  in  the  state,  and  is  easily  recognized  on  this 
account.  Its  cone  is  formed  by  an  uncommon  variety  of  granite.  From 
Chocorua  east,  the  mountains  gradually  drop  down  to  the  Conway  plains. 

The  Albany  Mountains  are  divided  by  Swift  river  into  two  parts.  On  the 
north  side  are  Mote  mountains,  and  mostly  unnamed  peaks  along  the  south 
bank  of  the  Saco  in  Bartlett. 


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The  Pequawket  area  embraces  the  conical  Kearsarge  Mountain,  which,  on 
the  south,  has  a  connection  with  those  tall  piles  of  granite  in  Conway  called 
( rreen  Hills. 

History.  —  The  first  European  who  gives  a  report  for  publication  concerning 
these  mountains  was  Verrazano,  a  Florentine  navigator,  who  sailed  along  the 
New  England  coast  in  1524,  and  spoke  of  "high  mountains  within  the  Land." 
On  Ribero's  map  of  1529,  thej  are  indicated,  and  marked  "montanas."  They 
are  shown  on  Cabot's  map  (1544)  as  "montagnas,"  and  from  that  time  are 
regularly  assigned  a  place  by  map-makers.  The  name  "White  Mountains"  is 
first  connected  with  these  elevations  in  print  by  Josselyn  in  his  "  New  England 
Rarities  Discovered,"  printed  in  1<!72.  This  writer,  in  his  "Voyages," 
published  a  year  or  two  later,  gives  us  the  best  part  of  the  mythology  of 
our  highest  hills.  The  story,  as  Josselyn  tells  it,  is  curious  enough;  ami  its 
resemblance  to  one  of  the  most  venerable  of  Caucasian  traditions  should  seem 
to  suggest  some  connection  of  the  people  which  transmitted  it  with  the  common 
Asiatic  home  of  the  bearded  races.  "Ask  them,"  says  Josselyn,  "whither  they 
go  when  they  dye?  they  will  tell  you,  pointing  with  their  ringer  to  Heaven 
beyond  the  White  Mountains,  and  do  hint  at  Noah's  Hood,  as  may  be  conceived 
by  a  story  they  have  received  from  father  to  son,  time  out  of  mind,  that  a  great 
while  agon  their  Countre}*  was  drowned,  and  all  the  People  and  other  Creatures 
in  it.  only  one  l}"irlnr  and  his  Webb,  foreseeing  the  Flood,  fled  to  the  White 
Mountains  carrying  a  hare  along  with  them,  and  so  escaped;  after  a  while  the 
Powaw  sent  the  Hare  away,  who  not  returning,  emboldened  thereby,  they 
descended,  and  lived  many  years  after,  and  had  many  children,  from  whom  the 
Countrie  was  filled  again  with  Indians."  The  Indians  gave  the  mountains  the 
names  of  Kan-ran-vugarty  (great  white  gull  likeness),  Waumrbek-Jcetjmeth-na 
(white  greatest  mountains),  and  A</iorko<;hook  (hills  over  there).  The  English 
name  of  our  mountains,  which  had  its  origin,  perhaps,  while  as  yet  they  were 
only  known  to  adventurous  mariners,  following  the  still  silent  coasts  of  New 
England,  relates  them  to  all  other  high  mountains,  from  Dha/cala-Griri,  the 
White  Mountain  of  the  Himalayas  to  Craig  Eryri  of  Snowdon  of  Wales;  but  it 
is  interesting  to  find  them  also,  in  this  legend,  in  some  sort  of  mythical  connec- 
tion with  traditions  and  heights  of  the  ancient  continent,  the  first  knowledge 
of  which  carries  us  back  to  the  very  beginnings  of  human  history.  Dr 
Belknap  says  that  Captain  Walter  Neale,  accompanied  by  Josselyn  and  Darbj 
Field,  sel  out,  in  1632,  to  discover  the  "beautiful  lakes"  report  placed  in  the 
interior,  ami  that,  in  the  course  of  their  travels,  they  visited  the  White  Moun- 
tains. Merrill,  in  L817,  after  an  examination  of  the  best  authorities,  concludes 
that  Walter  ami  Robert  Neal,  and  others,  visited  the  mountains  in  1631,  hut  it 
is  to  Darby  Field,  of  Pascataquack,  that  the  credit  is  now  generally  assigned 
of  being  the  first  explorer  of  the  White  Mountains.  Accompanied  by  two 
Indians.  Winthrop  tells  us,   Field  climbed    the   highest   summit    in    L642.      We 


92  History  of   Carroll   County. 

believe,  with  Judge  C.  E.  Potter,  that  Belknap's  account  is  correct,  and  Field's 
first  visit  was  in  1632.  It  appears  that  "within  twelve  miles  of  the  top  was 
neither  tree  nor  grass,  but  low  savins,  which  they  went  upon  the  top  of, 
sometimes  but  a  continual  ascent  upon  rocks,  on  a  ridge  between  two  valleys 
filled  with  snow,  out  of  which  came  two  branches  of  Saco  river,  which  met  at 
the  foot  of  the  hill  where  was  an  Indian  town  of  some  two  hundred  people. 
.  .  .  By  the  way,  among  the  rocks  there  were  two  ponds,  one  a  blackish  water, 
and  the  other  a  reddish.  The  top  of  all  was  a  plain  about  sixty  feet  square. 
On  the  north  side  was  such  a  precipice  as  they  could  scarce  discern  to  the 
bottom.  They  had  neither  cloud  nor  wind  on  the  top  and  moderate  heat." 
This  appears  to  have  been  in  June,  and  a  short  time  after  he  went  again,  with 
five  or  six  in  his  company,  and  "  the  report  he  brought  of  '  shining  stones,'  etc., 
caused  divers  others  to  travel  thither,  but  they  found  nothing  worth  their 
pains."  It  is  passing  strange  that  men  reputed  honest  could  make  such  a  wild 
report  of  regions  that  required  no  invention  to  make  them  attractive  and 
wonderful.  Among  those  who  expected  rich  treasure  from  these  mountains 
were  the  proprietors,  Mason  and  Gorges,  and  no  discouragement  could  lessen 
their  hopes.  The  Spaniards  had  found  riches  in  the  mountains  of  Mexico  and 
Peru;  why  should  not  these  New  Hampshire  mountains  prove  equally  rich  in 
the  precious  metals?  In  August  of  the  same  year,  another  party,  led  by 
Thomas  Gorges,  Esq.,  and  Richard  Vines,  two  magistrates  of  the  province  of 
Sir  Ferdinando  Gorges,  set  out  on  foot  to  explore  "  the  delectable  mountains." 
(Winthrop's  History  calls  this  "  Darby  Field's  second  visit.")  "  They  went  up 
Saco  river  in  birch  canoes  to  Pegwaggett,  an  Indian  town.  From  the  Indian 
town  they  went  up  hill  mostly,  for  about  thirty  miles  in  woody  lands,  then 
about  seven  or  eight  miles  upon  shattered  rocks,  without  tree  or  grass,  very 
steep  all  the  way.  At  the  top  is  a  plain  about  three  or  four  miles  over,  all 
shattered  stones,  and  upon  that  is  another  rock  or  spire,  about  a  mile  in  height, 
and  about  an  acre  of  ground  at  the  top.  At  the  top  of  the  plain  arise  four 
great  rivers,  each  of  them  so  much  water  at  the  first  issue  as  would  drive  a 
mill :  Connecticut  river  from  two  heads,  at  the  northwest  and  southwest,  which 
join  in  one  about  sixty  miles  off;  Saco  river  on  the  southeast;  Amascoggin,  which 
runs  into  Casco  bay  at  the  northeast,  and  Kennebeck,  at  the  north  by  east. 
The  mountain  runs  east  and  west  thirty  miles,  but  the  peak  is  above  the  rest." 
There  can  be  but  little  doubt  that  Darby  Field,  the  first  explorer,  entering 
the  valley  of  Ellis  river,  left  it  for  the  great  southeastern  ridge  of  Mt  Wash- 
ington, the  same  which  has  since  been  called  Boott's  Spur.  This  was  the  "ridge 
between  two  valleys  filled  with  snow,  out  of  which  came  two  branches  of  Saco 
river,"  and  it  led  him,  as  probably  the  other  party  also,  to  the  broadest  spread 
of  that  great  plain,  of  which  the  southeastern  grassy  expanse,  of  some  forty 
acres,  has  long  been  known  as  Bigelow's  Lawn,  and  the  "top"  to  the  north, 
where  the  two  ponds  are,  furnished  Gorges  with  a  part,  no  doubt,  of  the  sources 
of  his  rivers. 


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"Fourscore  miles,"  says  Josselyn,  "(upoE  a  direct  line)  to  the  northwesl  of 
Scarborow,  a  ridge  of  mountains  run  northwesl  and  northeasl  an  hundred 
Leagues,  known  by  the  aame  <>f  the  White  Mountains,  upon  which  lieth  snow 
all  the  year,  and  is  a  Land-mark  twenty  miles  off  at  sea.  It  is  rising  ground 
from  thf  seashore  to  these  Hills,  and  the}  are  inaccessible  bul  by  the  Gullies 
winch  the  dissolved  Snow  hath  made;  in  these  Gullies  grow  Savin  hushes. 
which  being  taken  hold  of  are  a  good  help  to  the  climbing  discoverer;  upon 
the  top  of  the  highesl  of  these  Mountains  is  a  large  Level  or  Plain  of  a  day's 
journey  over,  whereon  nothing  grows  hut  Moss:  at  the  farther  end  of  this 
Plain  is  another  Hill  called  the  Sugar  loaf,  to  outward  appearance  a  rude  heap 
of  massie  stones  piled  one  upon  another,  and  you  may.  as  you  ascend,  step  from 
one  stone  to  another,  as  if  you  were  going  up  a  pair  of  stairs,  hut  winding  still 
about  the  Hill  till  you  come  to  the  top,  which  will  require  half  a  day's  time, 
and  yet  ii  is  not  above  a  Mile,  where  there  is  also  a  Level  of  about  an  acre  of 
ground,  with  a  pond  of  clear  water  in  the  midst  of  it,  which  you  may  hear  run 
down,  hut  how  it  ascends  is  a  mystery.  From  this  rocky  Hill  you  may  see 
the  whole  Country  round  about;  it  is  far  above  the  lower  Clouds,  and  from 
heme  we  beheld  a  Vapour  (like  a  great  Pillar)  drawn  up  by  the  Sun  Beams 
out  of  a  great  Lake  or  Pond  into  the  air.  where  it  was  formed  into  a  Cloud. 
The  Country  beyond  these  Hills  Northward  is  daunting  terrible,  being  fnll  of 
rocky  Hills,  as  thick  as  Mole-hills,  in  a  Meadow,  and  cloathed  with  infinite 
thick    Woods." 

Gorges  and  Nines'  party  named  these  mountains  the  u  Chrystal  Hills,"  but 
their  provisions  failed  them  before  the  beautiful  lake  was  reached,  and  though 
they  were  within  one  day's  journey  of  it,  they  were  obliged  to  return  home. 
Josselyn  also  says :  " One  stately  mountain  there  is,  surmounting  all  the  rest, 
about  fourscore  miles  from  the  sea;  between  the  mountains  are  many  rich  and 
pregnant  valleys  as  ever  eye  beheld,  beset  on  each  side  with  variety  of  goodh 
trees,  the  grass  man-high,  unmowed,  uneaten,  and  uselessly  withering,  and 
within  these  valleys  spacious  lakes  or  ponds  well  stored  with  fish  and  beavers; 
the  original  of  all  the  great  rivers  in  the  countrie,  the  snow  lies  upon  the 
mountains  the  whole  year  excepting  the  month  of  August;  the  black  Hies  are 
so  numerous  that  a  man  cannot  draw  his  breath  but  he  will  suck  of  them  in. 
Some  suppose  that  the  White  Mountains  were  first  raised  by  earthquakes,  but 
they  are  hollow,  as  may  be  guessed  by  the  resounding  of  the  rain  upon  the 
level  on  the  top."  The  pond  on  the  top  in  this  account  may  have  been  due  to 
extraordinary  transient  causes;  it  is  not  mentioned  by  the  other  visitors  of  the 
seventeenth  century,  and  has  not  been  heard  of  since. 

We  aext  hear  of  an  ascent  of  the  White  Mountains  by  a  ■•  ranging  company," 
which  ••ascended  the  highest  mountain  on  the  N.  W.  part."  so  far  as  appears 
the  first  ascent  on  that  side,  April  29,  17^5,  and  found,  as  was  to  be  expected, 
the  snow-  deep  and  the  Alpine   ponds   frozen.     Another    ranging  party,  which 


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was  "in  the  neighborhood  of  the  White  Mountains  on  a  warm  day  in  the 
month  of  March,"  in  the  year  1746,  had  an  interesting  and  the  first  recorded 
experience  of  a  force,  which  has  left  innumerable  proofs  of  its  efficiency  all 
through  the  mountains.  It  seems  that  this  party  was  "alarmed  with  a  repeated 
noise,  which  they  supposed  to  be  the  firing  of  guns.  On  further  search  they 
found  it  to  be  caused  by  rocks  falling  from  the  south  side  of  a  steep  mountain." 

The  Western  Pass  (Notch*)  of  the  mountains  was  undoubtedly  known  to  the 
Indians,  but  we  have  no  account  of  its  use  by  the  English  till  after  1771,  when 
two  hunters,  Timothy  Nash  and  Benjamin  Sawyer,  passed  through  it.  It  is 
said  that  Nash,  in  pursuit  of  a  moose,  drove  it  into  a  deep  gorge,  and  expected 
an  easy  capture.  The  moose,  however,  took  an  old  Indian  trail,  which  brought 
it  safely  to  the  other  side  of  the  mountain.  A  road  was  soon  after  opened  by 
the  proprietors  of  lands  in  the  Upper  Cohos,  and  another,  through  the  Eastern 
Pass,  was  commenced  in  1774.  Settlers  began  now  to  make  their  way  into  the 
immediate  neighborhood  of  the  mountains.  The  townships  of  Jefferson,  Shel- 
burne  (which  included  Gorham),  and  Adams  (now  Jackson),  successively 
received  inhabitants  from  1773  to  1779,  and  the  wilderness,  if  as  yet  far  enough 
from  blossoming,  was  opened,  and  to  some  extent  tamed. 

It  was  now  that  the  first  company  of  scientific  incpuirers  approached  the 
White  hills.  In  July,  1784,  the  Rev.  Manasseh  Cutler,  of  Ipswich,  a  zealous 
member  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  the  Rev.  Daniel 
Little,  of  Kennebunk,  also  a  member  of  the  Academy,  and  Colonel  Joseph 
Whipple,  of  Dartmouth  (now-  Jefferson),  the  most  prominent  inhabitant  of 
.the  Cohos  country,  visited  the  mountains  "  with  a  view  to  make  particular 
observations  on  the  several  phenomena  that  might  occur."  The  way  by  which 
Cutler  ascended  the  mountain  is  indicated  by  the  stream  which  bears  his  name 
in  Belknap's  and  Bigelow's  narratives,  and  was  doubtless  very  much  the  same 
taken  and  described  by  Bigelow.  President  Dwight  passed  through  the  Notch 
in  1797,  and  a  second  time  in  1803,  and  his  beautiful  description  of  the  scenery 
is  still  valuable  and  correct.  He  says:  "The  Notch  of  the  White  Mountains 
is  a  phrase  appropriated  to  a  very  narrow  defile  extending  two  miles  in  length 
between  two  huge  cliffs,  apparently  rent  asunder  by  some  vast  convulsion  of 
nature.  The  entrance  to  the  chasm  is  formed  by  two  rocks,  standing  perpen- 
dicularly at  the  distance  of  twenty-two  feet  from  each  other;  one  about  twenty, 
the  other  about  twelve  feet  in  height.  Half  of  the  space  is  occupied  by  the 
brook,  the  head  stream  of  the  Saco,  the  other  half  by  the  road.  When  we 
entered  the  Notch  we  were  struck  with  the  wild  and  solemn  appearance  of 
everything  before  us.  The  scale  on  which  all  objects  in  view  were  formed 
was  the  scale  of  grandeur  only.  The  rocks,  rude  and  ragged  in  a  manner 
hardly  paralleled,  were  fashioned  and  piled  on  each  other  by  a  hand  operating 
only  in  the  boldest  and  most  irregular  manner.  As  we  advanced,  these 
appearances  increased  rapidly.     Huge  masses  of  granite,  of  every  abrupt  form, 


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and  hoary  with  a  moss  which  seemed  the  product  of  ages,  recalling  to  the  mind 
the  ' Saxum  vetuBtum*  of  Virgil,  speedily  rose  to  a  mountainous  height.  Before 
us  tlic  view  widened  fast  to  the  southeast.  Behind  us  it  closed  almosl  instan- 
taneously, and  presented  nothing  to  the  eye  but  an  impassable  barrier  of 
mountains.  About  half  a  mile  from  the  entrance  of  the  chasm  we  saw  in  full 
view  the  most  beautiful  cascade,  perhaps,  in  the  world.  Ii  issued  from  a 
mountain  on  the  right,  about  eight  hundred  feet  above  the  subjacent  valley, 
and  at  the  distance  of  about  two  miles  limn  US.  The  stream,  which  I  shall 
denominate  the  'Silver  cascade/  ran  over  a  series  of  rocks,  almost  perpen- 
dicular, with  a  course  so  little  broken  as  to  preserve  the  appearance  of  an 
uniform  current,  and  yet  so  far  disturbed  as  to  be  perfectly  white.  At  the 
distance  of  three  quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  entrance,  we  passed  a  brook 
known  as  the  'Flume.*  The  stream  fell  from  a  height  of  240  or  250  feet  over 
three  precipices  :  down  the  first  and  second  it  fell  in  a  single  current,  and  down 
the  third  in  three,  which  united  their  streams  at  the  bottom  in  a  fine  basin 
immediately  below  us.  It  is  impossible  for  a  brook  of  this  size  to  be  modeled 
into  mure  diversified  or  more  delightful  forms,  or  for  a  cascade  to  descend  over 
precipices  mure  happily  fitted  to  finish  its  beauty.  The  sunbeams,  penetrating 
through  the  trees,  painted  a  great  variety  of  fine  images  of  light,  and  edged  an 
equally  numerous  and  diversified  collection  of  shadows,  both  dancing  on  the 
waters,  and  alternately  silvering  and  obscuring  their  course.  Purer  water 
never  was  seen.  Exclusive  of  its  murmurs,  the  world  around  us  was  solemn 
and  silent.  Everything  assumed  the  character  of  enchantment:  and,  had  I 
been  educated  in  the  Grecian  mythology,  I  should  have  been  scarcely  surprised 
to  find  an  assemblage  of  Dryads,  Naiads,  and  Oreades  sporting  on  the  little  plain 
beneath  our  feet.  As  we  passed  onward  through  this  singular  valley  occasional 
torrents,  formed  by  the  rains  and  dissolving  snows  at  the  close  of  winter,  had 
left  behind  them,  in  man}'  places,  perpetual  monuments  of  their  progress  in 
perpendicular,  narrow,  and  irregular  paths  of  immense  length,  where  they  had 
washed  the  precipices  naked  and  white  from  the  summit  of  the  mountain  to 
the  base.  Wide  and  deep  chasms  also  at  times  met  the  eye,  both  on  the 
summits  and  the  sides,  and  strongly  impressed  the  imagination  with  the 
thought  that  a  hand  of  immeasurable  power  had  rent  asunder  the  solid  rocks, 
and  tumbled  them  into  the  subjacent  valley.  Overall,  hoary  cliffs,  rising  with 
proud  supremacy,  frowned  awfully  on  the  world  below,  and  finished  the 
landscape." 

This  incident  connected  with  the  rediscovery  of  the  Notch  is  interesting. 
On  the  report  of  its  rediscovery  to  Governor  Wentworth,  he  warily  agreed  to 
grant  Nash  and  Sawyer  a  tract  of  land  if  they  would  bring  him  down  a  horse 
from  Lancaster  through  this  Notch.  By  means  of  ropes  they  succeeded  in 
getting  the  horse  over  the  projecting  cliff,  and  down  the  ragged  pathway  of  the 
mountain  torrent,  and  brought  him  to  the  governor.     When  they  saw  the  horse 


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safely  lowered  on  the  south  side  of  the  last  projection,  it  is  said  that  Sawyer, 
draining  the  last  drop  of  rum  from  his  junk-bottle,  broke  the  empty  flask  on 
the  rock,  and  named  it  "Sawyer's  Rock,"  by  which  name  it  has  ever  since  been 
known.  The  earliest  articles  of  commerce  taken  through  the  Notch  appear  to 
have  been  a  barrel  of  tobacco  raised  at  Lancaster,  which  was  carried  to  Ports- 
mouth, and  a  barrel  of  rum,  which  a  company  in  Portland  offered  to  any  one 
who  should  succeed  in  taking  it  through  the  pass.  This  was  done  by  Captain 
Rosebrook,  with  some  assistance,  though  it  became  nearly  empty  "through  the 
politeness  of  those  who  helped  to  manage  the  affair.*' 

The  first  person  passing  through  the  Notch  to  settle  in  the  lands  northwest 
was  Colonel  Joseph  Whipple,  who  came  from  Portsmouth  in  1772.  He  brought 
tackles  and  ropes  by  which  his  cattle  were  brought  over  the  precipices  along 
the  way.  In  1803  the  legislature  authorized  a  lottery  for  the  building  of  a 
turnpike  through  the  Notch  of  the  White  Mountains  twenty  miles  in  extent  at 
an  expense  of  forty  thousand  dollars.  (It  was  customary  in  the  early  history 
of  the  country  to  raise  money  by  lottery  for  the  general  welfare.  Roads  were 
built,  literary  institutions  founded,  and  religious  societies  aided  by  this  ques- 
tionable means.)  Tickets  were  issued  exceeding  the  prizes  by  the  sum  of 
thirty-two  thousand  one  hundred  dollars,  but  through  the  failure  of  agents,  the 
loss  of  tickets,  and  the  expense  of  management,  only  fifteen  hundred  dollars 
came  into  the  state  treasury.  This  road,  winding  down  to  the  west  line  of 
Bartlett  through  this  gigantic  cleft  in  the  mountains,  presents  to  the  traveler 
"some  of  the  most  sublime  and  beautiful  scenery  which  the  sun,  in  his  entire 
circuit,  reveals  to  the  curious  eye."  In  July  of  this  year,  Dr  Cutler  visited 
the  mountains  a  second  time,  in  company  with  Dr  W.  D.  Peck,  afterwards 
Professor  of  Natural  History  at  Cambridge,  Mass.  In  1816  Dr  Bigelow,  Dr 
Francis  Boott,  Francis  C.  Gray,  and  Chief-Justice  Shaw  visited  the  mountains. 
In  1819  Abel  Crawford  opened  the  footway  to  Mt  Washington,  which  follows 
the  southwestern  ridge  from  Mt  Clinton.  July  31,  1820,  Mts  Pleasant,  Frank- 
lin, Monroe,  Jefferson,  Madison,  and  Adams  were  named  by  Messrs  A.  N. 
Brackett,  J.  W.  Weeks,  Charles  J.  Stuart,  Esq.,  General  John  Willson,  Noyes 
S.  Dennison,  and  S.  A.  Pearson,  Esq.,  of  Lancaster,  with  Philip  Carrigain  and 
Ethan  Crawford  as  guide,  who  ascended  the  southwestern  ridge  by  the  new 
path,  from  the  head  of  the  Notch,  and  explored  the  summits  of  the  whole 
range  as  far  as  Mt  Washington.  In  August,  1820,  an  exploring  company  took 
the  height  of  the  mountains  with  a  spirit-level,  and  were  seven  days  in  this 
slow,  fatiguing  labor.  This  must  have  been  the  first  party  that  passed  the 
night   upon   the  summit. 

From  the  manuscript  account  of  this  exploration  we  are  privileged  to 
extract.  The  account  was  written  by  Adino  N.  Brackett,  Esq.,  of  Lancaster, 
a  gentleman  of  great  intelligence,  a  practical  surveyor,  and  clerk  of  the 
Superior  Court  for  ten  years.     Major  John  W.  Weeks  was  at  that  time  county 


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treasurer  of  Coos  county,  and  afterwards  a  member  of  Congress.  Richard 
Eastman,  Esq.,  was  a  leading  citizen  of  Lancaster,  ami  represented  thai  town 
in  the  General  Court  for  many  years.  Charles  J.  Stuart,  Esq.,  was  a  brilliant 
lawyer.  ICdwanl  B.  Moore  became  a  prominent  physician.  Turner  Stephen- 
son was  afterward  judge  of  probate  of  Cob's  county.  So  it  will  be  seen  that 
these  observers  were  well  calculated  for  their  mission  of  investigation,  and 
were  not  ignorant  and   heedless  spectators,  but  true  scientific  explorers. 

"The  White  Mountains  are  situated  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state  of 
New  Hampshire.  The  latitude  of  the  highest  peak  is  44°  30' north,  or  very 
near  it,  the  variation  amounting  to  a  few  minutes  only,  if  any.  Every 
geographical  writer  in  this  country,  and  some  beyond  the  Atlantic,  have 
noticed  these  mountains,  and  all  agree  in  assigning  to  them  a  greater  altitude 
than  any  in  New  England,  if  not  in  the  United  States.  Notwithstanding  this 
acknowledged  fact,  no  two  writers  agree  in  assigning  to  the  White  Mountains 
the  same  height.  Had  the  variation  between  them  been  trilling,  the  public 
might  have  rested  satisfied,  or,  at  least,  have  taken  the  accounts  they  have 
given  as  correct. 

"But  when  they  differ  in  the  single  circumstance  of  their  altitude  more 
than  three  thousand  feet,  the  public  curiosity,  instead  of  being  gratified,  is 
perplexed,  and  seeks  for  something  approaching  to  certainty.  As  to  the  cause 
of  this  difference  it  is  unnecessary  to  inquire.  But  it  is  believed  to  be  out  of 
the  power  of  any  person  to  take  the  heights  of  mountains  correctly,  especially 
such  as  the  White  Hills,  without  using  a  spirit  or  water  level.  This  mode  is 
so  long,  and  generally  so  laborious,  that  few  have  courage  to  undertake  it. 
Notwithstanding  all  this,  the  heights  of  the  White  Mountains  were  taken  in 
August,  L 820,  by  John  W.  Weeks,  Richard  Eastman,  Charles  J.  Stuart,  and 
Adino  N.  Brackett.  To  accomplish  this  undertaking  they  spent  seven  days, 
and  during  live  of  them  were  attended  by  Amos  Legro,  Joseph  W.  Brackett, 
and  Edward  B.  Moore  as  assistants.  For  the  first  two  days  they  had  the 
company  of  Turner  Stephenson,  then  a  member  of  college,  and  Charles  Going. 
The  whole  party  was  from  Lancaster.  The  altitude!  of  the  mountains,  above 
low  water-mark  in  Connecticut  river  near  the  court  house  in  Lancaster,  with 
the  names  of  the  principal  peaks,  will  first  be  given. 

"  Mt  Washington  rises  above  the  river  at  the  place  before  mentioned  5,850 
feet,  and  is  known  by  its  being  the  southern  of  the  three  highest  peaks  .' 
above  Austin's,  in  Jefferson,  5,450  feet;  above  Crawford's,  4,781  feet;  above 
the  turnpike  where  the  path  crosses  it,  4,43b  feet.  Mount  Adams,  known  by 
the  sharpness  of  its  termination,  and  being  the  second  to  the  northward  of 
Mt  Washington,  5,383  feet  above  the  river.  Mt  Jefferson,  known  by  being 
situated  between  the  two  first,  5,281  feet.  Mt  Madison,  known  by  being  the 
eastern  of  the  range,  5,039.  Mt  Munroe,  known  by  being  the  first  to  the  south 
of    Mt   Washington,  4,932  feet.      Mt   Franklin,   known   by  its  level    surface, 


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and  being  the  second  to  the  south  of  Mt  Washington,  4,470  feet.  Mt 
Pleasant,  or  Dome  Mount,  known  by  its  dome-like  appearance,  and  being 
the  third  to  the  southward  of  Mt  Washington,  4,339  feet.  Seven  of  the 
party  before  mentioned  continued  on  and  about  the  mountains  five  days,  and 
encamped  on  them  four  nights,  two  of  which  were  passed  without  any  other 
covering  than  the  blankets  which  were  borne  along  by  their  attendants,  and 
the  jutting-  rocks  with  which  the  mountains  abound.  The  rocks  and  damp 
moss  also  furnished  their  resting-place,  and  the  heavens  their  canopy.  The 
night  following  the  31st  of  August,  1820,  was  passed  within  ten  feet  of  the 
summit  of  Mt  Washington.  No  human  being,  it  is  believed,  ever  passed  a 
night  there  before.  Nor  should  we,  had  two  of  our  party,  who  left  the  others 
to  explore  the  northern  peaks  of  the  range,  returned  in  season  to  enable  us, 
before  the  commencement  of  darkness,  to  descend  the  mountain." 

Benjamin  D.  Greene,  Esq.,  collected  the  plants  of  the  southwestern  ridge  in 
1823,  and  the  same  year,  Henry  Little,  a  medical  student,  explored  this  part 
of  the  mountains.  In  1825  William  Oakes,  Esq.,  and  Dr  Charles  Pickering, 
made,  together,  extensive  researches  of  much  interest.  Dr  J.  W.  Robbins 
explored  carefully  the  whole  range  in  1829,  descending  into  and  crossing  the 
Great  Gulf,  and  traversing  for  the  first  time,  so  far  as  scientific  interests  were 
concerned,  all  the  eastern  summits.  Mrs  M.  M.  Hills,  of  Dover,  traveled  to 
the  top  of  Mt  Washington  in  the  summer  of  1835,  in  company  with  her 
husband  and  two  or  three  other  clergymen.  They  went  up  on  horseback  from 
the  Crawford  House  and  traveled  along  the  top  of  the  other  mountains  to 
within  three  miles  of  the  summit  of  Mt  Washington,  but  the  last  three  miles 
they  had  to  travel  on  foot.  There  was  no  house  on  the  summit  then,  but  the 
day  was  clear  and  beautiful,  and  highly  enjoyed  by  all.  One  of  the  party, 
Rev.  Mr  Thurston,  felt  inspired  to  preach  a  short  sermon  from  the  text,  "  The 
devil  taketh  him  up  into  an  exceedingly  high  mountain,  and  sheweth  him  all 
the  kingdoms  of  the  world  and  the  glory  of  them."  This  was  probably  the 
first  sermon  ever  preached  on  the  summit  of  Mt  Washington.  Mrs  Hills  was 
one  of  the  first  women  who  went  to  the  summit.  The  party  were  twelve 
hours  in  going  and  returning,  and  Mrs  Hills  stood  the  journey  as  well  as  the 
men  ;  in  fact,  Mas  less  fatigued  than  most  of  them.  Rev.  T.  Starr  King, 
whose  artistic  appreciation  and  eloquent  writings  did  so  much  to  bring  this 
region  into  notice,  came  here  in  1837.  In  1840  a  party,  including  Dr  Charles 
T.  Jackson,  reached  Mt  Washington  on  horseback  by  the  way  of  the  Notch. 

First  Settlers.  —  In  1792  Captain  Rosebrook  established  himself  and  home 
on  the  site  of  Fabyan's,  and  opened  the  first  house  for  summer  visitors  there 
in  1808.  Abel  Crawford  settled  at  Bemis  in  1793.  Ethan  A.  Crawford 
succeeded  to  the  Rosebrook  place  in  1817.  But  thirty  years  before  any  of 
these  thought  of  making  a  home  in  this  wild  region,  so  runs  the  story, 
Thomas  Crager  sought  among  the  solitudes  of  the  mountain  rocks  relief  for 


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a  grief  so  intense  as  almosl  to  craze  him.  His  wife  had  been  executed  as  a 
witch  ;  his  little  daughter  Mary,  his  only  child,  had  been  carried  into  captivity, 
and  after  a  long  and  unavailing  search  for  her  among  various  tribes,  he  wenl 
up  to  (lie  mountains,  and  lived  for  a  long  time  in  a  cave  where  the  pure  water 
and  air  of  the  region  brought  health  and  strength,  protected  Prom  the  evil 
intent  of  the  Indians  by  their  belief  in  his  being  the  adopted  son  of  the  Great 
Spirit.  After  long  years  lie  found  his  daughter  among  the  Indians  of  eastern 
Maine,  married,  and  living  as  a  squaw.  Many  wild  legends  are  told  of  Crager 
and  the  Indian  captor  of  his  daughter,  but  the  fact  of  his  existence  and 
residence  here  is  all  we  need  record. 

The  First  House  in  the  Notch  was  the  historic  Wille}-  House.  It  was  kept 
as  a  public  house  for  some  years,  then  abandoned,  and  again  occupied  in  1825 
by  Samuel  Willey,  Jr,  who,  with  his  wife,  five  children,  and  two  hired  men 
perished  in  the  great  slide  of  August  28,  1826. 

As  there  would  be  a  dozen  people  desirous  of  visiting  the  mountains 
coming  to  Ethan  A.  Crawford's  hostelry,  in  1821  he  most  effectively  advertised 
it  by  cutting  a  path,  which  shortened  the  distance,  and  made  it  easy  to  go  up 
the  mountain.  Soon  after  this,  increased  travel  brought  a  demand  for  some 
place  on  the  summit  where  visitors  could  pass  the  night,  and  Ethan  constructed 
a  stone  cabin,  near  the  large  spring  of  water,  and  furnished  it,  first  with  a 
large  supply  of  blankets  and  soft  moss  for  beds,  and  afterwards  with  a  small 
stove,  an  iron  chest  to  hold  the  blankets,  and  a  long  roll  of  sheet  lead,  as  a 
register  of  names  of  visitors. 

The  first  hotel  on  Mt  Washington  was  the  old  Summit  House,  built  in  1852 
by  L.  M.  Rosebrook,  N.  R.  Perkins,  and  J.  S.  Hall.  The  Tip-Top  House  was 
built  in  1853,  by  John  H.  Spaulding  and  others.  He  was  part  owner  of  that 
and  the  Summit  House,  and  conducted  them  for  several  years.  The  present 
Summit  House  was  built  in  1872.  The  old  Summit  House  was  torn  down  in 
the  spring  of  1884,  to  give  place  to  a  new  building,  used  as  lodging-rooms  for 
the  employes  of  the  hotel. 

The  first  //'inter  ascent  of  Mt  Washington  was  made  by  Lucius  Hartshorne, 
a  deputy  sheriff  of  Coos  county,  and  B.  F.  Osgood,  of  Gorham,  December  7, 
L858.  John  II.  Spaulding,  Franklin  White,  and  C.  C.  Brooks,  of  Lancaster, 
made  the  ascent  February  19,  1862,  and  were  the  first  to  spend  the  night  on 
the  mountain  in  winter. 

Th'  carriage  road  from  the  Glen  House  to  the  summit  of  Mt  Washington 
was  begun  in  1855,  under  the  management  of  D.  O.  Macomber,  C.  H.  V. 
Cavis  being  surveyor.  The  first  four  miles  were  finished  the  next  year. 
Financial  troubles  stopped  the  work  for  a  time,  but  the  road  was  finally  opened 
August  8,  1861.  It  is  eight  miles  long,  and  has  an  average  grade  of  twelve 
feet  in  lOO.  The  ascent  is  made  by  stages  in  four  hours,  and  the  descent  in 
an  hour  and  a  half. 


100  History  of   Carroll   County. 

The  Glen  Rouse,  at  the  eastern  base  of  Mt  Washington,  is  fifteen  miles 
north  of  Glen  station,  eight  miles  south  of  Gorham,  and  has  a  full  and 
unobstructed  view  of  the  highest  peaks  of  the  Mt  Washington  range.  Mt 
Washington  is  ascended  from  the  Glen  by  the  carriage  road,  eight  miles  long, 
(ilcn  Ellis  Falls,  and  Crystal  Cascade,  near  the  Glen,  are  two  of  the  finest 
waterfalls  in  the  mountain.  Tuckerman's  ravine  is  most  easily  reached  from 
the  Glen  House. 

The  Mt  Washington  railway  was  projected  by  Sylvester  Marsh.  The 
building  of  the  road  was  begun  in  1806,  and  finished  in  1869.  The  ascent 
is  made  by  the  railway  from  the  west  side,  and  the  carriage  road  from  the  east. 
The  railroad  is  three  miles  long,  and  has  an  average  rise  of  one  foot  in  four, 
the  steepest  being  thirteen  and  one-half  inches  to  the  yard.  The  grade  is 
overcome  by  means  of  cog-wheels  working  in  a  cog-rail  in  the  centre  of  the 
track,  and  powerful  brakes  on  engines  and  cars  insure  safety.  No  passenger 
has  been  injured  since  the  road  was  opened.  The  running  time  is  one  and 
one-half  hours,  and  only  one  car  is  run  with  each  engine. 

Mountain  Tragedies.  —  The  destruction  of  the  Willey  family  by  a  landslide 
in  the  White  Mountain  Notch  occurred  August  28,  1826.  Frederick  Strick- 
land, an  Englishman,  perished  in  the  Ammonoosuc  ravine  in  October,  1851. 
Miss  Lizzie  Bourne,  of  Kennebunk,  Maine,  perished  on  the  Glen  bridle-path,  near 
the  summit,  on  the  night  of  September  14,  1855.  Dr  B.  L.  Ball  was  lost  on 
Mt  Washington  in  October,  1855,  in  a  snowstorm,  but  he  was  rescued  after 
a  two  days'  and  nights'  exposure  without  food  or  sleep.  Benjamin  Chandler, 
of  Delaware,  perished  near  Chandler's  Peak,  half  a  mile  from  the  top  of  Mt 
Washington,  August  7.  1856,  in  a  storm,  and  his  remains  were  not  discovered 
for  nearly  a  year.  Harry  W.  Hunter,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa,  perished  on  the 
Crawford  bridle-path  September  3,  1874,  a  mile  from  the  summit.  His 
remains  were  found  nearly  six  years  later,  July  14,  1880.  On  the  north 
side  of  Cherry  mountain  occurred  the  noted  landslide  of  July  10,  1885. 
This  was  the  largest  slide  ever  known  in  the  mountains.  Donald  Walker 
was  the  only  one  who  lost  his  life.  July  24,  1886,  the  great  snow  arch  in 
Tuckerman's  ravine  fell,  and  instantly  killed  Sewall  Faunce,  of  Boston. 

The  first  number  of  Among  the  Clouds,  the  first  daily  newspaper  published 
in  the  White  Mountains,  and  the  only  one  printed  on  any  mountain  in  the 
world,  was  issued  July  18,  1877,  by  Henry  M.  Burt,  of  Springfield,  Mass. 
The  paper  records  much  that  pertains  to  the  exploration  of  the  White  Hills 
and  the  development  of  its  unexplored  resources.  Almost  every  week  some- 
thing worth  preserving  about  the  mountains  is  printed  in  its  columns.  It  is 
indispensable  to  the  enjoyment  of  those  who  reside  for  the  season  among  the 
mountains.  When  the  season  is  fairly  open,  Mr.  Burt  receives,  by  telegraph, 
the  full  list  of  the  daily  arrivals  at  the  principal  hotels  in  the  mountains,  and 
publishes  it  in  the  following  issue.     Two  editions  are  published  daily,  one  at 


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1  P.M.  and  one  ;i(  5  A.m.,  each  summer,  from  July  to  the  close  of  the  season. 
The  afternoon  edition  contains  the  names  of  the  arrivals  on  the  morning  train 
from  Fabyan's,  and  on  the  stages  from  the  Glen  House.  The  publication  office 
is  the  old  Tip-Top  House,  nicely  fitted  up,  ami  equipped  with  a  steam-engine 

and  I  loc  cylinder  press. 

The  signal  station  at  the  summit  was  established  in  1S70.  Prof.  J.  H. 
Huntington,  of  the  State  Geological  Survey,  was  at  the  head  of  the  party  that 
spent  the  first  winter  here.  The  building  occupied,  by  the  observers  was  erected 
in  1873. 

The  Mi  Washington  Summit  House,  with  nearly  one  hundred  sleeping- 
rooms,  is  a  commodious  and  comfortable  hotel. 


CHAPTER   XIV. 

SCENERY,    ATTRACTIONS,    TRADITIONS    AND    LEGENDS    OF    CARROLL. 

Observation  Points:  —  Copple  Crown  —  Moose  Mountain  —  "Tumble -Down  Dick"  —  Mt 
Delight  —  Green  .Mountain  —  Mt  Prospect — Pocket  Hill—  Batson  Hill  —  Trask's  Hill  — 
Wliiteface  and  Cotton  Mountains — Ossipee  Mountains  —  Mt  Shaw  —  Ossipee  Park  —  Whittier 
Peak  — Uncle  Tom's  Hill— Red  Hill  — Mt  Israel  —  Sandwich  Dome  —  Mt  Whitefaee  — 
Passaconaway  —  The  Potash  —  Mt  Paugus  —  Mt  Wonalancet  —  Mt  Chocorua  —  Apostrophe 
to  Chocorua  —  Gow  Hill  — Bear  Mountain — Table  Mountain  —  Mote  Mountain — Eagle  and 
White-horse  Ledges  —  Haystack  Mountain  —  Cathedral  Ledge  —  Devil's  Den — Mt  Attitash  — 
Conway's  Green  Hills  —  Mt  Kearsarge  —  Thorn  Mountain  —  Iron  Mountain —  Double-head  — 
Spruce,  Black,  and  Sable  Mountains  —  Baldface  —  Lyman,  Glines,  and  Cragged  Mountains. 

ClLTUIvED  taste  has  ever  admired  the  scenery  of  Carroll  county. 
Mountain  sublimity  of  such  magnificent  character  as  to  bring  the  name 
of  "Switzerland  of  America  ;"  long  reaches  of  water  prospects  rivaling 
in  beauty  and  artistic  effects  the  Bay  of  Naples  and  the  Gulf  of  Venice  ; 
dream-like  bits  of  pastoral  gentleness  and  softness  stretching  away  like  dreams 
of  the  future,  —  these  have  been  admired  and  praised  and  rehearsed  in  story 
and  in  song,  and  have  stimulated  the  pencils  and  brushes  of  true  artists  from 
the  dawn  of  civilization  on  this  section  down  to  the  present.  Hither  came 
Dr  Jeremy  Belknap  and  President  Dwight,  of  Yale  College,  in  the  latter  part 
of  the  eighteenth  century,  forerunners  of  the  great  caravans  of  summer 
travelers  which  have  annually,  for  many  years,  and  in  steadily  increasing 
numbers,  made  their  pilgrimages  to  the  mountains  and   the   lakes,  the  intervals 


102  History  of   Carroll  County. 

and  the  pine-woods  of  this  most  richly  endowed  of  counties.  The  pure 
balsamic  air,  the  crystal  water,  the  gorgeous  atmospheric  effects  and  colorings, 
add  their  potent  charms  to  the  other  beguiling  influences,  and  "  who  comes 
once  will  come  again,"  and  again,  and  again.  So  it  is  that  the  scenery  is  a 
great  economic  factor  in  the  material  as  well  as  immaterial  wealth  of  the 
county,  and  a  somewhat  minute  account  of  many  things  that  go  to  make  the 
sum  total  of  the  quite  elastic  expression  scenery  will  be  in  order  in  a  work 
of  this  character.  First  and  most  prominent  are  the  mountains ;  not  those 
superior  ones  of  the  Presidential  range,  but  the  many  peaks  of  less  elevation 
which  add  to  the  beauty  of  the  prospect  in  various  parts  of  the  county,  and 
also  serve  as  desirable  points  of  observation. 

Copple  Crown  (Brookfield),  seen  from  afar,  is  a  moderate  peak  with  long 
and  gradual  slopes  on  its  sides.  It  is  not  difficult  of  ascent  from  Wolfe- 
borough,  and  furnishes  a  most  lovely  view  of  Lake  Winnipiseogee  and 
surroundings.  Thirty  other  of  the  lovely  lakes  dotting  the  country  here- 
abouts can  be  seen  from  its  summit,  2,100  feet  above  the  sea.  From  twenty 
to  twenty-five  miles  of  a  most  lovely  landscape  are  here  at  the  command  of 
any  one  for  very  slight  exertion. 

Moose  Mountain,  in  the  south  of  Brookfield,  is  attractive  in  its  way. 
"  Tumble-Down  Dick"  one  mile  north  of  Copple  Crown,  is  a  high  hill  easily 
accessible,  and  takes  its  name  from  a  picturesque  cliff  on  one  side,  where 
a  blind  horse,  "Dick,"  is  said  to  have  "tumbled  down."  An  Indian  legend 
is  said  to  exist  concerning  the  name  and  its   origin. 

Mt  Deli<jlit,  further  north,  well  deserves  its  name. 

Green  Mountain  (Effingham )  is  a  prominent  object,  as  it  is  higher  than  the 
Ossipee  mountains  (2,500  feet),  and  furnishes  an  extended  and  magnificent 
view.  It  was  originally  known  as  "  Seven  Mountain."  The  shape  of  the 
range  has  been  compared  to  Red  Hill,  yet  its  dimensions  are  larger,  with  a  base 
about  four  miles  in  length.  The  ascent  is  made  from  Effingham  Falls,  and  from 
Drakesville  on  the  south  side.  A  small  hotel,  burned  about  186(>,  was  erected 
on  the  top.  On  the  east  flank  of  the  mountain  is  a  deep,  cavernous  hole  in 
which  snow  remains  nearly  all  the  year. 

Mount  Prospect  has  rocky  sides  and  summit,  and  although  of  inferior 
elevation  will  well  repay  a  visit.     It  is  northeast  of  Green  mountain. 

Pocket  Hill,  1,000  ft  altitude,  is  in  the  southeast  part  of  Ossipee.  A  finer 
view  is  given  from  it  than  from  many  higher  elevations. 

Batson  Hill,  Trash's  Hill,  Whiteface,  and  Cotton  mountains  are  minor 
elevations  in   Wolfeborough  affording  fine  views. 

The  Ossipee  Mountains  cover  an  area  of  about  sixty  square  miles,  and 
are  a,  great  addition  to  the  scenery  of  the  county.  From  every  side  they  are 
beautiful  as  salient  points  in  the  view,  while  from  their  slopes  and  summits 
wonderful  panoramas  of  beauty  stretch  out  in  various  directions.     Most  of  the 


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peaks  art1,  however,  covered  by  a  dense  growth  of  birch,  spruce,  Larch,  etc. 
Seen  from  the  While  Mountains  the  Ossipees  stretch  oul  like  a  long  blue  wall. 
Although  of  primitive  rock,  the  hills  of  this  range  arc  smooth  and  round,  with 
sides  capable  of  cultivation  t * »  the  top.  The  main  range  runs  north  and  south, 
terminating al  thenorthin  Black  Snout  (Mt  Shaw)  at  the  corners  of  Tamworth, 
Sandwich,  and  Moultonborough.  From  this  range  long  spins  run  to  the  east, 
which  are  intersected  by  Lovewell's  river  and  two  branches  of  Bear  Camp  river. 

Mount  Shaw,  in  the  southeast  portion  of  the  Ossipee  mountains,  was 
formerly  called  Melvin  Peak,  and  earlier,  Black  Snout.  At  their  annual 
town-meeting  in  1882,  the  people  of  Moultonborough  rechristened  it  in 
honor  of  P.  F.  Shaw,  of  Lowell,  Mass,  who  had  done  much  to  improve, 
beantify,  and  make  known  the  scenic  attractions  of  this  section.  An 
observatory  was  erected  on  the  top,  the  platform  being  located  at  exactly 
3,000  feet  above  the  sea.  The  view  of  lake,  mountain,  and  rural  scenery 
presented  from  this  was  one  of  much  more  than  ordinary  beauty.  A  well-made 
path  affords  easy  access  to  the  summit,  but  the  observatory  has  been  taken 
down. 

Ossipee  Park. — This  lovely  spot  lias  been  created  by  the  artistic  taste  of 
B.  F.  Shaw,  developing  and  harmonizing  art  with  nature.  This  estate  is  750 
feet  above  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  and  1,233  above  the  sea.  On  a  lawn  of 
five  acres  fronting  the  lake  is  the  Hall,  a  select  house  of  entertainment. 
A  mountain  brook  falls  250  feet  in  one  mile,  as  it  passes  through  the  grounds, 
affording  most  exquisite  cascades  and  natural  beauties. 

Oxxipee  Falls,  or  "Falls  of  Song,"  shoot  down  35  feet  over  rough,  black 
rock  into  a  deep  pool  of  great  transparency.  The  width  of  the  stream  is  here 
about  18  feet,  and  a  tradition  is  preserved  that  John  Chamberlain,  who  after- 
ward killed  the  great  chief  Paugus  in  the  Pequawket  fight  where  Captain 
Lovewell  was  killed,  was  fleeing  from  a  band  of  Indians.  They  had  almost 
reached  him,  and  knew  that  he  could  not  escape  them,  as  the  gulf  of  nearly 
twenty  feet  in  width  would  be  impassable.  To  their  astonishment  he  made 
a  lea}),  cleared  the  chasm,  and  bounded  away  unharmed.  His  leading  pursuer 
undertook   the   same   feat,  fell  short,   and  was  found   a  lifeless   corpse  at  the 

bottom. 

Whittier  Peak,  a  northern  summit  of  the  Ossipees,  was  given  this  name  by 
M.  F.  Sweetser,  the  cultured  editor  of  Osgood's  ''White  Mountain  Guide.'*   in 

h r  of  the  venerable  Quaker  poet,  whose  gifted   muse   has  so  often   snug  of 

these  mountains  and  the  valley  at  its  base.  "It  is  composed  of  a  succession 
of  highly  inclined  ledges,  ascending  so  continuously  that  tin'  forest  cannot 
obtain  lodgment,  and  only  a  few  small  trees  are  scattered  along  the  slope." 
It  is  easy  of  access,  1,000  feet  above  the  sea,  commands  a  rich  and  extensive 
view,  and  is  near  the  north  line  of  the  town  of  Ossipee.  "The  crest  is  clear 
and  sharp,  formed  by  two  low  ramparts  of  rock,  between  which  is  a  tiny  giassy 
hollow." 


104  History  of  Carroll  County. 

(hsipcc  Mountain  is  (lie  name  applied  to  the  high  range  on  the  northeast  of 
the  Ossipee  range,  and  is  often  visited  by  tourists  from  West  Ossipee  and  Bear 
Camp  valley. 

Uncle  Tom's  Hill  (Mqultonborough)  presents  a  fine  view  of  rich  pastoral 
beauty,  lovely  lake  scenery,  and  sweeping  mountain   conformations. 

Red  Hill.  —  This  is  a  noted  and  beautiful  eminence,  commanding  a  varied 
and  enchanting  prospect  of  Lake  Winnipiseogee  and  the  surrounding  country, 
which  Barstow  describes  thus:  — 

Scarcely  <a  stone's  throw  from  the  summit  is  the  little  Lake  Squam,  its  waters  clear  as 
crystal  and  sprinkled  with  green  islands,  some  of  them  no  wider  than  a  small  grass-plot, 
some  spreading  out  into  fields  and  pastures,  with  hills  that  send  forth  man}r  a  rivulet  into  the 
bosom  of  the  lake.  Ascending  towards  the  summit  of  the  mountain,  the  trees  appear  slender 
and  graceful,  and  seem  to  stand  for  ornament  amidst  the  blueberry  and  sweetfern,  which  bear 
their  fruit  and  fragrance  almost  to  the  mountain's  top.  The  traveler  daily  and  hourly 
discovers  some  new  attraction  in  these  sweet  abodes  of  nature.  To-day  a  clear  atmosphere 
presents  a  change  of  hue,  and  flings  over  all  a  new  enchantment. 

Nothing  can  exceed  the  splendor  of  sunrise  on  this  mountain,  in  a  calm  summer's  morning. 
The  stillness  of  the  place,  the  placid  serenity  of  Winnipiseogee,  the  vai-ying  positions  of 
objects,  as  the  morning  mists  rise,  and  change,  and  pass  before  the  sun,  now  brooding  low  on 
the  waters,  now  sailing  slowly  over  the  islands,  and  wreathed  in  ever-varied  forms  around 
their  green  promontories,  —  these  and  other  features  present  a  view  abounding  in  wild  beauty 
which  exists  where  art  has  not  usurped  dominion  over  nature.  Here  some  bright  basin  is 
seen  to  gleam,  and  anon  the  eye  catches  some  islet,  half-veiled  in  mist  and  reddening  with 
the  first  blush  of  morning.  Sometimes,  by  a  pleasing  delusion,  the  clouds  become  stationary, 
and  the  island  seems  to  move  and  to  be  slowly  receding  from  the  veil  of  mist.  The  eye  dwells 
with  delight  on  the  villages  of  the  wide  country  and  the  hundreds  of  farms  and  orchards 
which  adorn  the  whole  extent  of  the  landscape.  The  fertile  islands  of  the  lake  are  scattered, 
and  when  clothed  in  the  deep  green  of  summer,  or  waving  with  luxuriant  harvest,  they 
appear  like  floating  gardens  mirrored  in  the  waters.  The  hills  and  woods,  the  shores  and 
eddies,  the  coves  and  green  recesses,  the  farms  and  houses,  sometimes  retiring  from  the 
waters,  sometimes  approaching  to  the  margin  of  the  lake,  all  form  a  picture  for  the  lover  of 
nature  to  gaze  upon  with  delight.  Italian,  Alpine,  or  Highland  scenery  can  hardly  surpass 
this  magnificent  view. 

Mount  Israel,  2,880  feet,  is  northwest  of  Centre  Sandwich,  and  is  composed 
largely  of  ledges  of  a  high  inclination.  The  United  States  Coast  Survey  has  a 
post  of  observation  here.  From  Mt  Israel  is  given  one  of  the  most  lovely  of 
views,  including  as  it  does  the  ever-beautiful  Squam  lake  on  the  south,  or 
rather,  west  of  south,  and  Winnipiseogee  on  the  southeast. 

Sandwich  Dome,  lying  partially  in  the  west  part  of  Sandwich,  has  long  been 
popularly  called  "  Black  Mountain."  As  this  possesses  no  individuality,  the 
later  name  has  been  generally  accepted.  Its  flattened  dome  rises  4,000  feet 
above  the  sea.  On  its  topmost  crest  stands  a  beacon  marking  it  as  a  station 
of  the  United  States  Coast  Survey.  The  long  upper  ridges  are  bare  of  trees, 
and  swell  into  minor  elevations,  between  which  are  stony  levels  and  tangled 
thickets.  "  From  its  position  in  regard  to  the  White  and  Franconia  mountains 
and  the  level  stretches  of  the  lake  country,  Sandwich  Dome  commands  one  of 


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the  grandest  and  mosl   fascinating  panoramas  in   New   England."     The  ascenl 
is  not  easily  made,  but  the  prospect  well  rewards  the  Labor. 

Mount  WTiiteface  takes  its  name  from  the  white  rocks  on  its  southern  Bide, 
marking  the  track  of  a  great  landslide  which  look  the  earthy  covering  down 
into  the  valley  in  1820.  All  the  other  sides  are  dark  with  foliage  of  the  dense 
woods  thai  cover  them.  Lumbermen  are  now  removing  the  birch  and  spruce, 
and  their  roads  will  aid  the  traveler  in  his  ascent.  Whitel'ace  is  one  of  the 
principal  peaks  of  the  Sandwich  ranee,  having  an  elevation  of  4,007  feet  at 
the  United  States  ('oast  Survey  station.  Beyond  and  above  this,  the  mountain 
rises  from  lf>0  to  200  feet,  reaching  probably  a  height  of  4,175  feet.  The  new 
from  the  summit,  which  hears  a  huge  pile  of  great  white  stones,  is  of  un- 
surpassed beauty  even  among  mountain  prospects.  Parties  sometimes  camp 
overnight  on  the  summit,  where  water  and  wood  are  easily  obtained,  to  enjoy 
its  charming  sunrise  and  sunset  views. 

Passaconaway,  one  mile  and  a  half  northeast  of  WTiiteface,  is  connected 
with  it  by  a  high  ridge.  It  preserves  the  memory  of  the  most  venerated  of 
the  old  Indian  chieftains  of  New  Hampshire,  and  its  finely  modeled  dome 
attracts  attention  from  every  point  of  observation.  It  towers  above  Whiteface 
and  Chocorua,  "remote,  inaccessible,  silent,  and  lone."  Thick  woods  cover 
it  to  the  summit  and  tourists  do  not  frequently  ascend  it. 

The  Potash,  near  the  foot  of  Passaconaway,  is  easily  ascended,  and  affords 
a  fine  view  to  the  north  and  northeast.  The  white  granite  of  which  the  top 
of  this  mountain  is  composed  attracts  attention  to  it  from  a  long  distance. 

Mo/mf  Paugus  commemorates  the  gallant  chief  of  the  Pequawkets  who  fell 
in  Lovewell's  fight.  It  lies,  low  and  massive,  between  Passaconaway  and 
Chocorua.  It  formerly  was  called  various  names,  such  as  Hunchback,  Deer, 
Frog,  Middle,  Berry,  and  Bald. 

Mount  Wonalancet,  thus  christened  by  Lucy  Larcom,  commemorates  the 
son  of  Passaconaway,  who  succeeded  him  as  bashaba  of  the  confederated 
Indian  tribes.     Wonalancet  is  a  small,  well-formed  cone  southwest  of  Paugus. 

Mount  Chocorua,  grandest  of  New  England  mountains  after  the  Presidential 
range,  and  in  many  ways  superior  to  them.  No  other  peak  has  been  so  sung 
in  song,  celebrated  in  legend  and  story,  or,  from  its  form,  would  attract  such 
quick  attention.  Starr  King  fairly  revels  in  delight  as  he  pours  out  expression 
after  expression,  never  tiring  or  halting  in  the  artistic  enthusiasm  called  forth 
by  this  grim  citadel  of  nature.  "It  is  everything  that  a  New  Hampshire 
mountain  should  be.  It  bears  the  name  of  an  Indian  chief.  It  is  invested 
With  traditional  and  poetic  interest.  In  form  it  is  massive  and  symmetrical. 
The  forests  of  its  lower  slopes  are  crowned  with  rock  that  is  sculptured  into  a 
peak  with  lines  full  of  haughty  energy,  in  whose  gorges  huge  shadows  are 
entrapped,  and  whose  cliffs  blaze  with  morning  gold." 

Chocorua  stands  on  the  site  of  one  of  those  islands  of  porphyritic  gneiss 


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which  was  the  first  dry  land  in  this  stale,  shooting  up  from  the  ocean  and 
forming  the  base  of  all  our  geologic  history.  The  present  peak  is  but  the 
pigmy  remains  of  the  mighty  shaft  that  towered  here  before  the  glacier  drift, 
but  it  now  lias  a  sternness  and  a  grandeur  which  gives  a  witchery  to  the 
ascent.  The  view  from  Chocorna  is  one  of  the  noblest  seen  in  New  England, 
rivaling  that  from  Mt  Washington,  Kearsarge,  Carrigain,  and,  to  many,  is 
unsurpassed  anywhere. 

Encircled  by  rare  scenery,  with  a  beautiful  lake  of  sylvan  loveliness  at  its 
base,  where  immense  pines  tower  in  dark-green  splendor,  Chocorua,  in  its  lonely 
solitude  and  exquisite  quietude,  possesses  peculiar  elements  of  attraction. 
Seen  from  Tarn  worth,  the  mountain  presents  a  green  ridge  surmounted  by  one 
of  white,  both  stretching  eastward ;  between  these  a  deep  ravine,  along  which 
a  path  leads  up  to  the  summit.  Above,  the  whole  zone  of  the  upper  mountain 
is  bare  to  desolation;  nothing  growing  except  in  the  hollows  between  the  lower 
peaks.  Many  years  ago  the  enormous  conical  crag  was  marred  and  torn  by 
lierhtninff,  and  but  a  few  charred  trunks  remained  from  the  fire  thus  kindled  in 
its  gigantic  primeval  forest. 

Various  versions  of  the  death  of  the  mysterious  chieftain  from  whom  the 
mountain  derives  its  name,  and  of  the  legends  connected  with  the  peak  and 
lake,  will  be  found  in  another  chapter.  The  venerable  Joseph  Oilman,  of 
Tamworth,  says  he  used  often  to  converse  with  an  old  settler  who  knew 
Chocorua  well.     He  was  a  real  person,  and  not  a  mere  myth. 

APOSTROPHE   TO   CHOCORUA. 

Thou  lone  and  shattered  column !     Thou  dost  stand 
In  mournful  grandeur  gazing  o'er  the  land ; 
A  gloomy  past  behind  thee ;  and  before, 
In  distance  vast,  the  sullen  surges  roar. 
Tby  silence  and  thy  aspect  correspond, 
And  indicate  a  weird  and  ghostly  bond, 
Whereby  thy  stern  black  peak  feels  human  woe, 
Thy  lava  veins  with  human  passions  flow. 

The  mountains  in  the  west  have  thrust  thee  out 
From  their  companionship,  and  all  about 
They  keep  a  solemn  watch  that  thou  dost  stay 
An  exile  from  their  grim  and  awful  company. 
For  what  fell  deed  or  what  mysterious  crime 
Did  these  huge  forms  call  thee  to  court  sublime? 
Didst  thou  above  them  daringly  aspire 
And  first  receive  the  lightning's  lurid  fire  ? 

No  answer  comes.     Chocorua  silent  stands 

Forever  gazing  out  across  the  lands 

Where  once  the  Indian  chieftain  roved 

Wbo  gave  it  name,  and  its  stern  wildness  loved. 


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which  was  the  first  dry  land  in  this  state,  shooting  up  from  the  ocean  and 
forming  the  base  of  all  our  geologic  history.  The  present  peak  is  but  the 
pigmy  remains  of  the  mighty  shaft  that  towered  here  before  the  glacier  drift, 
but  it  now  has  a  sternness  and  a  grandeur  which  gives  a  witchery  to  the 
ascent.  The  view  from  Chocorua  is  one  of  the  noblest  seen  in  New  England, 
rivaling  that  from  Mt  Washington,  Kearsarge,  Carrigain,  and,  to  many,  is 
unsurpassed  anywhere. 

Encircled  by  rare  scenery,  with  a  beautiful  lake  of  sylvan  loveliness  at 
base,  where  immense  pines  tower  in  dark-green  splendor,  Chocorua,  in  its  1< 
solitude    and    exquisite    quietude,  possesses    peculiar   elements    of   attr 
Seen  from  Tamworth,  the  mountain  presents  a  green  ridge  surmounted 
of  white,  both  stretching  eastward ;  between  these  a  deep  ravine, 
a  path  leads  up  to  the  summit.     Above,  the  whole  zone  of  the  upj 
is  bare  to  desolation ;  nothing  growing  except  in  the  hollows  betwe 
peaks.     Many  years  ago  the  enormous  conical  crag  was  marred  . 
lightning,  and  but  a  few  charred  trunks  remained  from  the  fire  thus 
its  gigantic  primeval  forest. 

Various  versions  of  the  death  of  the  mysterious  chieftain  from  whom  th 
mountain  derives  its  name,  and  of  the  legends  connected  with  the  peak  and 
lake,  will  be  found  in  another  chapter.     The   venerable   Joseph    Gilman,  of 
Tamworth,  says  he   used  often  to  converse  with    an    old    settler  who   knew 
Chocorua  well.     He  was  a  real  person,  and  not  a  mere  myth. 

APOSTROPHE  TO   CHOCORUA. 

Thou  lone  and  shattered  column  !     Thou  dost  stand 
In  mournful  grandeur  gazing  o'er  the  land ; 
A  gloomy  past  behind  thee ;  and  before, 
In  distance  vast,  the  sullen  surges  roar. 
Thy  silence  and  thy  aspect  correspond, 
And  indicate  a  weird  and  ghostly  bond, 
Whereby  thy  stern  black  peak  feels  human  woe, 
Thy  lava  veins  with  human  passions  ilow. 

The  mountains  in  the  west  have  thrust  thee  out 
From  their  companionship,  and  all  about 
They  keep  a  solemn  watch  that  thou  dost  stay 
An  exile  from  their  grim  and  awful  company. 
For  what  fell  deed  or  what  mysterious  crime 
Did  these  huge  forms  call  thee  to  court  sublime? 
Didst  thou  above  them  daringly  aspire 
And  first  receive  the  lightning's  lurid  fire  ? 

No  answer  comes.     Chocorua  silent  stands 

Forever  gazing  out  across  the  lands 

Where  once  the  Indian  chieftain  roved 

Who  gave  it  name,  and  its  stern  wildness  loved. 


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Grow  Mill,  the  site  of  the  first  settlement  in  Madison,  is  a  minor  elevation 
famishing  an  admirable  view. 

Bnir  Mountain  is  a  long  lino  of  heavy  ridges  in  Albany  and  Bartlett, 
between  Swift   and  Saco  rivers.     The   height   is  probably   3,000   Eeet.     It    is 

a  wild  section  of  heavy  forests,  and  few  haw  ventured  to  ascend  the  height. 
Those  who  do  this  will  obtain,  in  line  weather,  a  magnificenl  view  of  Mi 
Washington  and  surrounding  peaks.     It  is  best  reached  from   Upper  Bartlett. 

Table  Mountain,  a  level,  wooded  elevation,  lies  between  Hear  and  Mote 
mountains. 

Mote  (Moat)  Mountain  is  about  three  miles  long,  with  a  north  and  a  south 
[icak  of  considerable  altitude,  connected  by  a  ridge  along  which  are  several 
rocky  elevations.  The  north  peak  is  3,170  feet  high,  the  south  2,740,  Red-ridge 
peak  2,760,  Bear-ridge  peak  2,790.  The  west  spur  of  the  mountain  consists 
of  four  peaks  about  2,900  feet  high.  This  mountain  is  geologically  the  newest 
one  of  the  White  Mountains.  Its  base  is  surrounded  by  half-detached  hills 
with  steep  rocky  sides,  and  from  their  fanciful  appearances  the}*  have  acquired 
peculiar  cognomens.  On  the  south  are  Eagle  ledge  and  Haystack;  on  the 
east,  on  the  Conway  line,  are  White-horse  and  Cathedral  ledges.  These 
last  are  singular  and  regularly  arching  cliffs  facing  North  Conway  village. 
The  White-horse  bears  a  very  curious  resemblance  to  a  white  horse  in  the 
act  of  rearing.  This  is  occasioned  by  the  intrusion  of  white  rock  iu  the 
face  of  the  ledge.  This  ledge  is  960  feet  in  height.  The  Cathedral  is  just 
north  of  the  last,  and  is  700  feet  high.  It  receives  its  name  from  a  curious 
rock  cavity  100  feet  above  the  meadows  at  the  foot.  This  cave  is  about  sixty 
feet  high  and  forty  feet  in  length.  The  arched  roof  sweeps  up  with  the  grace 
and  regular  curvature  of  a  model  Gothic  cathedral  of  the  Middle  Ages. 

The  DeviVs  Den,  in  the  lower  part  of  the  same  cliff,  is  formed  by  a  huge 
piece  of  the  face  of  the  rock  falling  upon  other  detached  fragments  in  such 
a  way  as  to  leave  an  opening  large  enough  for  fifty  persons.  A  ponderous 
mass  divides  the  cavern  into  two  parts  —  one  light,  airy,  and  spacious,  the 
other  gloom)-   and   contracted. 

Mount  Attitash  is  the  name  applied  to  the  tall  north  spur  of  Mote  mountain, 
from  which  Humphrey's  ledge  is  projected  into  the  Saco  valley.  The  name  is 
given  from  its  luxuriant  growth  of  blueberries,  which  the  Indians  called 
"attitash."  J 

Conway's  Green  Hills  need  no  description  at  our  hands,  for  tourists  and 
summer  tamers  in  the  Saco  valley  have  climbed  them  for  the  past  eighty 
years,  and  admired  the  loveliness  of  the  scene  presented,  and  the  wonderful 
gradations  and  exhibitions  of  color  in  the  air  and  foliage.  They  cover 
an  area  of  near  sixteen  square  miles,  and  show  eight  well-defined  summits, 
the  highest  one  reaching  to  2,-390  feet  above  the  sea.  The  view  from  Artist's 
Hill  has   elicited   much   praise.     Higher   than    this    rises    Peaked   mountain,   a 


108  History   of   Carroll  County. 

narrow  ridge  of  rocks  and  a  fine  view-point.  Black-head,  or  Black-cap,  the 
highest  of  the  peaks,  is  not  a  good  point  of  observation.  Green  and 
Rattlesnake  mountains  are  names  given  to  other  peaks.  Middle  mountain 
is  the  pleasantest  peak  to  visit,  as  a  walk  of  little  more  than  a  mile  from 
North  Conway  brings  one  to  the  top.  An  extended  view  of  great 
attractiveness  is  here  spread  out. 

Mount  Kearsarge  ( Kiarsarge),  or  Pequawket,  is  yearly  visited  by  thousands 
of  people.  Its  form  is  a  sharp,  symmetrical  cone,  rising  to  3,251  feet  above  the 
sea.  Starr  King  called  it  the  "  queenly  mountain,"  and  wished  to  name  it 
"  Martha  Washington."  The  view  is  but  little  inferior  to  that  from  Mt 
Washington,  and  equals  airy  mountain  of  its  altitude  in  New  England. 
The  United  States  sloop-of-war  "Kearsarge,"  which  sunk  the  Confederate 
steamer  "  Alabama  "  in  the  Great  Rebellion,  took  its  name  from  this  mountain. 

Thorn  Mountain  (Bartlett)  is  a  high  and  rocky  knoll  at  the  south  end  of 
the  ridge  on  which  Tin  mountain  is  located.  It  is  one  of  the  easiest  ascents  to 
make,  and  the  view  is  splendid  from  its  top. 

Range  after  range  sublimely  piled  on  high, 
Yon  lofty  mountains  prop  the  incumbent  sky. 
Such  countless  tops  ascend,  so  vast  the  heap, 
As  if  when  gushed  the  deluge  from  the  deep, 
The  rushing  torrents  wrecked  the  guilty  world, 
And  all  the  rocky  fragments  thither  whirl'd. 

Iron  Mountain  (formerly  Bald  or  Bald-face)  is  in  the  northwest  part  of 
Bartlett  and  southeast  part  of  Jackson.  It  is  a  heavy,  low  eminence, 
containing  immense  bodies  of  iron  of  rich  commercial  value.  The  State 
Geological  survey  made  its  height  2,000  feet.  It  commands  a  fine  view 
of  the  Presidential  range. 

Double-head  is  the  name  given  to  two  flat-topped  peaks  in  the  east  part  of 
Jackson  from  the  earliest  days.  A  fine  prospect  is  presented  to  those  who  take 
the  trouble  to  make  the  somewhat  difficult  ascent. 

Sprwe  mountain  is  the  summit  of  the  low  range  called  Eagle  mountains 
from  the  number  of  eagles  that  formerly  frequented  them. 

Black  and  Sable  mountains,  also  in  Jackson,  present  fine  views.  Wild 
Cat  (Hight's)  and  Carter's  mountains  are  classed  with  Jackson  scenery  in 
the  guide-books,  and  are  partially  in  that  town. 

Boldface  (Chatham)  is  a  frowning  mountain  3,600  feet  high,  so  called 
from  the  white  character  of  the  fine-grained  rock  forming  its  upper  portion. 
Connected  with  this  on  the  west  is  "Mount  Sable,"  spoken  of  above,  and 
Mts  Eastman  and  Slope  on  the  southeast.  Mt  Eastman  was  covered  with 
forests,  on  which  lumbermen  are  rapidly  at  work.  It  is  about  3,000  feet  in 
height. 


Scenery,   Attractions,  Traditions  and  Legends.  L09 


Lyman,  Gl'mcx,  and  Qragged  mountains  lie  on  the  western  side  of  Eaton, 
are  of  inferior  elevation,  with  views  of  considerable  merit,  but  nol  to  be 
compared  to  many  of  the  others  we  have  mentioned. 

One  of  the  mountains  of  Albany  was  named  a  few  years  since  ffibbard 
mountain  in  honor  of  .Judge  E.  A.  Hibbard,  of  Laconia.  It  is  the  second 
elevation  east   of  Passaconaway,  and  is  3,200  feet  high. 

These  are  the  chief  observation  points  outside  of  the  White  Mountain 
Notch,  the  scenery  of  which  is  noted  elsewhere  in  this  volume.  We  have 
described  hut  one  or  two  of  the  prospects  afforded  from  these  eminences, 
as  this  belongs  more  appropriately  to  the  guide-books,  among  which  Osgood's 
and  Eastman's  stand  in  the  front  rank,  giving  full  information. 


CHAPTER   XV. 


SCENERY,    ATTRACTIONS,    TRADITIONS    AND    LEGENDS    OF   CARROLL, 

CONTINUED. 

Character    of    First    Settlers  —  Lake     Winnipiseogee  —  Squam    Lake  —  Squaw    Cove  — 
Sandwich  Notch  —  Chocorua  —  Paugus. 

WE  of  to-day  have  little  comprehension  of  the  first  settlers.  Strong, 
Long-limbed,  stalwart,  and  vigorous,  they  were  for  the  most  part  men 
of  physical  prowess  and  activity,  but  unlearned,  and  mere  children  in 
all  that  appertained  to  intellectual  culture  and  attainments.  They  had  been 
reared  in  an  atmosphere  clouded  with  witchcraft,  in  a  period  when  learned 
ministers  of  the  gospel  believed  in  visible  appearances  of  Satan  and  his 
messengers,  and  accounted  for  all  matters  apparently  mysterious  by  the  direct 
intervention  of  the  devil,  who,  to  their  abnormal  imaginations,  possessed  vastly 
more  power  than  all  the  hosts  of  heaven.  The  old  hunters  were  men  of 
credulous  superstition,  and  around  each  locality  of  the  new  country  lingered 
weird  legends  of  the  Indian  occupancy,  which  found  congenial  resting-places 
in  the  wondering  minds  of  the  new  inhabitants.  ( )f  a  truth,  these  were  as  true 
children  of  nature  as  those  aborigines  whose  dwelling-places  they  occupied, 
and  along  whose  trails  they  chased  the  bear  and  moose.  "They  were  simple 
and  open  as  children,  yet  with  the  depth  and  strength  n\'  men.  Nature  had  as 
yet  no  name  to  them.  To  these  wild,  deep-hearted  men  all  was  aew,  not 
veiled  under  names  or   formulas;   it  stood   naked,  Hashing  in   on    them    there, 


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beautiful,  awful,  unspeakable."  Nature  was  to  them  what  to  the  thinker 
and  prophet  it  forever  is,  preier-natural.  And  so,  mingled  with  their  belief  in 
their  Bible  and  its  appearances  of  spirits  and  devils,  were  their  beliefs  in  the 
spirits  around  them,  malignant  and  friendly,  in  the  evil  eye  and  the  powers  of 
witchcraft,  and  they  clung  to  them  with  the  earnestness  of  the  martyrs  of  the 
early  Christian  era;  to  them  they  were  eternal  verities  and  actualities. 

Remembering  this,  we  will  here,  associated  with  scenery  and  attractions, 
transcribe  some  of  the  legends  handed  down  from  their  day,  and  although  we 
may  smile  at  them  from  the  sublime  heights  of  our  critical  and  philosophical 
wisdom,  let  us  treat  them  tenderly  as  valuable  pictures  of  the  mental  moods 
and  characters  of  those  who  carved  the  way  for  us  to  walk  in  to-day. 

The  Winnipiseogee  Lake  District.  —  This  consists  largely  of  the 
hydrographic  basin  of  Winnipiseogee  lake,  with  sandy  plains  carrying  the 
tributaries  of  the  Saco.  It  is  normally  a  plain  with  four  isolated  mountain 
masses  imposed  upon  it.  These  are  the  Gunstock  and  Belknap  mountains, 
Red  hill,  Ossipee  mountains,  and  Green  mountain  in  Effingham.  All  of  these 
mountains  are  composed  of  igneous  material,  which  seems  to  have  been  poured 
out  over  an  uneven  floor  deposited  in  the  Montalban  period.  This  hydrographic 
basin  comprises  about  three  hundred  and  fifty  square  miles.  Its  farthest  points 
are  nowhere  more  than  seven  miles  distant  from  the  lake,  while  the  height  of 
the  divide  separating  it  from  the  Cocheco  valley  is  only  seventy-two  feet  at  the 
lowest  place.  The  hills  around  the  lake  are  steeper  than  is  common  in  other 
parts  of  New  Hampshire. 

Lake  Winnipiseogee  lies  in  Belknap  and  Carroll  counties,  is  quite  irregular 
in  form,  nineteen  miles  long,  with  a  breadth  of  from  one  to  eight  and  one- 
fourth  miles.  According  to  the  Lake  Company's  surve}r,  there  are  267  islands, 
ten  of  them  exceeding  one  hundred  acres  in  area,  some  thickly  settled,  with 
productive  farms.  The  area  of  the  lake,  exclusive  of  its  islands,  is  sixty-nine 
and  eight-tenths  square  miles.  By  the  Lake  Company's  dam  at  the  outlet  of 
the  lake,  a  depth  of  six  feet  is  made  available  in  dry  seasons  for  the  use  of 
manufacturing  companies  below.  The  top  of  this  dam  is  502  feet  above  tide- 
water. The  lake  forms  a  valuable  economic  factor  in  the  prosperity  of  the 
whole  state,  as  it  is  a  natural  reservoir  of  stored  power  for  the  millions  of 
spindles  along  the  Merrimack. 

Winnipiseogee  is  quite  irregular  in  outline.  Its  general  course  is  south, 
25°  east,  with  several  long  bays  or  arms.  The  broken  shore-line  trends  in 
various  directions,  enclosing  broad  expanses  of  water  among  its  numerous 
islands.  There  are  two  parts  which  are  locally  called  "  The  Broads."  From 
Centre  Harbor  there  is  a  straight  waterway  of  nearly  twenty  miles.  "The 
Broads  "  merging  with  each  other  in  the  middle  of  the  lake,  with  the  long 
bays  and  smaller  coves  spreading  irregularly  on  all  sides,  cause  the  map  or 
view  of  the  lake  to  suggest  a  huge  crab  with  broad  back  and  long  and  short 


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daws.  There  are  three  greal  bays.  Northwesl  Cove,  or  Meredith  bay,  is  on 
the  west  side;  Moulton borough  bay,  on  the  east  or  " back "  side,  is  larger  than 
some  lakes;  Merry  Meeting,  or  Alton,  bay,  is  the  extreme  southeastern  part  of 
the  Lake. 

Lake  Winnipiseogee,  according  to  modern  philologists,  takes  its  name  from 
the  Algonquin  words  winne,  beautiful,  nipi,  water,  kees,  high,  auke,  place.  The 
[ndian  pronunciation,  in  their  deep  guttural  and  strong  nasal  tones  would  be: 
merely,  "  whin-nip-ee-soog-kwa."  According  to  B.  I).  Eastman,  a  competent 
authority  in  the  signification  of  Algonquin  words,  the  host  translation  of  the 
words  would  be,  "Good  water  with  large  pour-out  place,"  or,  "with  abundant 
outlet.*'  This  would  appear  to  be  more  in  harmony  with  fact  than  either  "The 
beautiful  water  of  the  high  place,"  or  "The  smile  of  the  Great  Spirit." 

To  the  Indian  this  lake  was  a  much-traveled  thoroughfare  in  winter,  and  in 
summer  a  granary  affording  him  easily  acquired  food,  while  the  rich  laud 
along  its  shore,  cultivated  by  the  squaws,  provided  corn  and  beans  for 
his  sustenance  when  fish  and  game  were  scarce.  It  was  a  neutral  ground, 
on  and  around  which  met  and  congregated  the  aborigines  as  do  the  whites 
of  this  generation.  It  is  generally  shallow,  while  islands  of  varying  size 
and  appearance,  from  wild,  gloomy-foliaged  Rattlesnake,  to  sharp,  jutting 
rocks  just  large  enough  to  furnish  room  for  a  small  cottage  or  tent,  clot  its 
surface. 

Under  the  shimmering  summer  sun  some  of  these  lie  like  bits  of  tropic 
scenery  with  their  towering  forest  trees,  wild  in  matted  and  tangled  under- 
growth, and  great  moss-covered  rocks  on  which  golden  and  black  rattlesnakes 
bask  in  the  glowing  heat;  on  the  largest  of  others  are  farms  of  excellent  and 
highly  cultivated  land;  others,  long  since  cleared,  are  used  solely  for  pasturage, 
and  herds  of  cattle  and  sheep  are  finely  kept  on  them;  others  are  used  as 
resorts  of  picnic  and  excursion  parties,  which  come  from  near  and  far  to 
worship  nature  in  one  of  her  loveliest  temples ;  others  are  the  summer  resort 
of  loons,  ducks,  geese,  herons,  and  other  wild  fowl. 

In  early  days,  when  their  progress  was  unimpeded,  salmon  and  shad  came  up 
the  Merrimack  until  they  reached  the  mouth  of  Winnipiseogee  river,  when 
they  would  separate,  the  salmon  going  up  the  Pemigewasset,  and  the  shad  up 
the  Winnipiseogee  to  the  lake,  where  they  swarmed  in  countless  myriads. 
Many  were  caught  in  the  " ah-que-dau-ken-ash "  or  weirs  made  by  the  Indians 
at  the  foot  of  the  lake.  The  shad  are  here  no  longer,  hut  lake-trout,  pickerel, 
ciisk,  perch,  are  present  in  large  quantities.  The  trout  ranges  in  weight  from 
three  to  thirty  pounds,  but  the  pickerel  is  the  most  numerous  and  most 
valuable  of  the  lake  fishes. 

For  its  size,  Winnipiseogee  has  an  extremely  limited  watershed,  and  it 
has  been  considered  a  wonder  that  it  could  maintain  so  steadily  its  maximum 
depth.     No  stream  of  any  magnitude  finds   its  way  into   it,  while  it  discharges 


112  History   of  Carroll   County. 

an  important  river,  and  constantly  maintains  full  banks.  The  steady  flow  of 
its  waters  evidently  comes  from  powerful  and  numerous  springs  boiling  up 
from  its  bottom.  Its  depth  was  measured  by  the  Lake  Company  when  the 
survey  was  made.  The  deepest  place  was  off  the  east  shore  of  Rattlesnake 
island,  opposite  to  its  southern  and  lowest  peak.  Here  it  was  over  200  feet 
deep.  Between  Rattlesnake  and  Diamond  islands  soundings  were  made  with 
Imi! torn  at  190  feet  :  opposite  Fort  and  Gerrish  points  in  Alton  bay,  100  feet; 
in  "The  Broads'"  between  Rattlesnake  and  Cow  islands,  from  100  to  150  feet; 
between  Cow  island  and  Centre  Harbor  from  50  to  75  feet. 

The  pre-glacial  outlets  of  the  lake-basin  were  two:  one  along  the  present 
course  of  the  Winnipiseogee  river,  and  one  from  Alton  bay  southeast  toward 
Cocheco  river.  Both  of  them  are  partially  filled  with  till,  or  modified  drift ; 
yet  it  is  certain  that  if  these  were  fully  removed,  a  large  portion  of  the  lake 
would  remain,  bordered  by  rock  on  all  its  sides. 

The  beauty  of  Winnipiseogee  lake  is  owing  to  its  multitude  of  irregularly 
grouped  islands,  to  the  three  long  bays  or  arms  into  which  its  north  end  is 
divided,  and  to  the  winding  outlines  of  its  shores.  The  watershed  which 
bounds  its  basin  reaches  no  point  more  than  seven  miles  distant  from  the  lake. 
It  passes  over  Belknap,  Copple  Crown,  and  Ossipee  mountains  and  Red  hill, 
which  rise  from  1,500  to  1,900  feet  above  the  lake ;  but  its  other  highest  points 
are  hills  of  half  tins  height,  or  less,  which  descend  steeply  to  the  west  and 
south  shores,  but  have  more  gentle  slopes  on  the  east  and  north.  Somewhat 
farther  distant,  at  the  north,  the  view  from  Winnipiseogee  embraces  Chocorua, 
Paugus,  Passaconaway,  Whiteface,  and  Sandwich  Dome,  which  form  the 
southern  front  of  the  White  Mountains ;  and  from  many  parts  Mt  AVash- 
ington  is  also  visible.  To  know  this  scenery  fully,  the  lake  must  also  be  seen 
from  the  mountains  and  hills  by  which  it  is  environed.  The  most  magnificent 
of  these  views  is  that  from  Red  hill,  which  overlooks  both  Winnipiseogee  and 
Squam  lakes. 

The  scenery  on  the  shores  of  this  lake  has  been  celebrated  in  song  and 
afforded  rich  material  for  the  artist.  The  lake  itself  more  than  realizes 
Walter  Scott's  enthusiastic  description  of  Loch  Katrine.  Its  broad  expanse  of 
blue  and  limpid  waters,  dotted  with  fertile  islands,  is  environed  with  a  belt  of 
luxuriant  soil ;  its  far-stretching  arms  diversify  with  mimic  promontory,  creek, 
and  bay,  the  country  upon  its  borders ;  on  the  right  are  the  Ossipee  mountains 
with  their  wood-crowned  summits;  to  the  left  rise  the  twin  domes  of  the 
Belknap  peaks,  and  in  front  looms  high  the  imposing  Sandwich  range  ;  these 
all  combine  to  give  splendor  and  grandeur  to  the  view.  When  the  green 
fields  around  this  lake  were  the  homes  of  savage  tribes,  when  the  Indian's 
canoe  sprung  unmolested  over  its  bosom,  and  the  smoke  of  his  camping-fires 
curled  above  its  beautful  islands,  his  untutored  imagination  might  readily  haue 
looked  upon  this  scene  as  the  chosen  residence  of  the  "  Great  Spirit  of  Peace." 


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When  one  for  the   lirst    time  sails  on  Winnipiseogee's   beautiful   waters,  these 
words  of  Buchanan   Read's  poem  come  involuntarily  to  mind:  — 

My  soul  to-day 

Is  far  aw  ay, 

Sailing  the  Vesuvian  Bay ; 

My  winged  boat, 

A  bird  afloat, 

Swims  round  the  purple  peaks  remote;  — 

Round  purple  peaks 

1 1   Bails,  and  seeks 

Blue  inlets  and  their  crystal  creeks, 

Where  high  rocks  throw, 

Through   deeps    below, 

A  duplicated  golden  glow. 

I  heed  not,  if 

My  rippling  skill' 

Floats  swift  or  slow  from  cliff  to  cliff;  — 

With  dreamful  eyes 

My  spirit  lies 

I'nder  the  walls  of  Paradise. 

But  there  is  no  need  to  describe,  or  rather,  attempt  to  describe,  the  fairy- 
like scenery  of  this  most  popular  resort.  The  pens  of  the  most  gifted  of 
European  and  American  visitants  have  written  of  it  in  most  mellifluous  poesy 
and  vivid  and  speaking  prose,  while  artists  have  used  their  pencils  and  brushes 
and  brightest  colorings  to  portray  its  kaleidoscopic  loveliness.  But  all  in  vain  ! 
No  word  of  printed  page  or  written  scroll,  no  sketch-book  or  square  of  canvas, 
ever  held  its  witching,  soft,  immeasurable  beauty.  Far  beyond  the  I>a\  of 
Naples,  the  lakes  of  Switzerland  and  Scotland,  or  the  wondrous  witcheries 
of  far  Cathay,  does  its  almost  supernatural  beauty  touch  the  heart  of  its 
beholder.  A  new  existence  belongs  to  that  favored  being.  As  panorama 
alter  panorama  of  ever-changing,  ever-shifting  combinations  of  mountain, 
water,  and  sunlight  glide  by,  the  gates  of  the  "spirit-land"  seem  to  have 
rolled  one  side,  and  allowed  its  loveliness  to  escape  —  more  rich,  more  rare, 
more  celestial  with  each  new  combination.  What  wonder  that  even  the  wild, 
barbaric  hearts  of  the  savages  were  awestruck  at  its  entrancing  tenderness, 
which  called  up  all  tin;  better  elements  in  their  nature,  and  in  whispered 
accents  called   it  "the  smile  of  the   Great  Spirit"? 

Squam  Lake  —  "  The  most  beautiful  Lake  in  New  England."  Its  name  in 
the  Algonquin  language  was  Wonne-assquam-auke^  "  the  beautiful-surrounded 
by  water-place,"  according  to  some  authorities;  according  to  Judge  C.  E.  Pot- 
ter, Kfex-re-hun/r-)iij>-ee,  "the  goose-lake  of  the  highlands,'*  contracted  into 
Kusumpy  by  the  English.  Captain  John  Lovewell,  in  his  journal  under  date 
February  10,  1724,  says,  "We  travelled  L6  miles  &  camped  at  the  tenth  side  of 


114  History  of   Carroll  County. 

Cusumpe  pond."  Captain  Samuel  Willard  says,  "  1725,  Saturday,  September 
25.  .  .  .  Followed  ye  Indians,  and  a  little  before  we  come  to  Cusumpy  pond 
we  found  where  fchey  broke  one  Canoe  &  coming  to  ye  pond  could  follow 
them  noe  further."  Jeffrey's  map,  1755,  says  "Kusumpe;"  Blanchard's  map, 
1761,  and  Holland's  map,  1784,  "Cusumpy  Pond;"  the  latter  adds,  however, 
"Squam  Lake."  Belknap's  map,  1791,  and  Carrigain's  map,  1816,  call  it 
"Squam."  Farmer  and  Moore's  "  N.  H.  Gazetteer,"  1823,  calls  it  "Sullivan 
or  Squam  lake."  Among  the  many  poetic  inspirations  caused  by  this  lovely 
sheet  none  breathe  its  restful  quiet  in  a  higher  degree  than  this  gem  written  by 
Judge  D.  H.  Hill. 

SQUAM   LAKE. 

A  peaceful  lake,  by  frowning  woods  o'erhung, 

Sleeps  like  bright  waters  among  Alpine  hills: 

No  voice  is  heard,  nor  lisp  of  human  tongue, 

Nor  sound,  save  gentle  moan  of  purling  rills; 

'T  is  far  away,  beyond  the  purple  mountains, 

Beyond  the  sunset  clouds  of  golden  hue; 

Far  in  the  west  among  the  crystal  fountains 

That  gush  from  earth  to  smile  'neath  skies  of  blue. 

When  sinks  the  sun  o'er  wooded  hills  to  rest, 

While  golden  radiance  of  the  burning  west 

Fades  o'er  the  billows  with  the  fading  day ; 

When  midnight  lamps  o'er  moon-bright  waters  play, 

And  crimson  clouds,  tinted  with  fiery  hue, 

Look  from  the  waveless  depths  to  depths  of  blue; 

When  myriad  stars  burn  in  the  silent  lake, 

While  Hashing  waters  round  dark  islands  break  ; 

When  gleaming  wavelets  at  the  set  of  sun 

Bask  in  his  glories  when  his  course  is  run;  — 

As  breaks  the  sweet,  wild  vision  on  the  eye, 

We  dream  we  roam  in  classic  ltaty. 

Squaw  Gove,  on  Squam  lake,  derives  its  name  from  a  block  of  granite  on 
one  of  its  ledges  that  had  the  appearance  of  the  figure  of  a  woman.  This 
block  was  removed  some  years  since.  The  Indians  invariably  had  a  legend  for 
everything  that  differed  from  ordinary  nature,  and  of  this  block  of  granite 
they  had  this  tradition. 

Many  years  ago,  when  the  red  man  was  lord  of  this  soil,  Waunega,  an  old 
chieftain,  lived  on  the  shore  of  this  cove.  The  squaw  of  his  early  youth  had 
long  ago  gone  to  the  beautiful  land  beyond ;  as  time  passed,  he  became  lonely, 
and  longed  to  have  his  wigwam  once  more  made  cheery  by  the  pleasant  voice 
of  woman,  and  that  woman  he  had  seen  and  loved.  The  Princess  Suneta,  it 
was ;  she  was  young,  beautiful,  and  graceful  as  the  deer  which  ran  over  the 
hills,  and,  withal,  possessed  a  skill  in  housewifery  surpassing  the  maidens  in  all 


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the  region.  Her  home  was  across  the  lake,  and  her  father  the  proud  sachem  of 
an  allied  tribe.  Suneta  and  Anonis,  a  young  warrior,  Loved  each  other,  but  her 
father's  will  was  law;  he  favored  his  friend  and  ally,  Waunega. 

So  the  marriage  least  was  made  ready,  and  after  the  dusky  women  and 
brave  warriors  had  danced  and  feasted,  Waunega  and  his  bride,  the  beautiful 
but  sad-hearted  Suneta,  rowed  over  the  lake  to  her  future  home.  But  Anonis 
was  not  at  the  banquel  ;  the  youth's  heart  was  heavy  with  grief  because  Sun- 
eta was  taken  from  him.  That  night  there  was  a  fearful  storm.  Waunega 
slept  the  sleep  of  old  age,  while  the  sorrowful  Suneta  lay  sleepless,  moaning 
over  her  fate  and  the  loss  of  her  lover:  suddenly  a  hand  toUched  her  face;  a 
low.  well-known  voire  whispered,  "Come,  the  night  is  dark  and  stormy;  my 
canoe  is  on  the  lake.  My  beloved.  I  cannot  live  without  you;  you  are  mine. 
Death  awaits  me  to-night  if  I  bear  not  my  Suneta  away  in  my  arms." 
'•Anonis,  my  heart  is  yours,  and  for  you  only  can  I  sweep  the  hearth,  and 
welcome  thy  homecoming  with  the  trophies  of  the  hunt,  and  sing  my  sweetesl 
songs.  Without  thee,  I  cannot  live.  But  listen  to  the  storm!  The  Great 
Spirit  is  angry  even  now,  and  will  punish  me."  "Thou  art  mine,  ami  I  love 
you.'"  answered  Anonis.  "Come  to  the  strong  arms,  Suneta,  which  will  ever 
protect  you  from  all  wrath." 

In  the  darkness  the  lovers  lied  to  the  shore,  but  the  old  chieftain,  awakened 
by  the  noise  of  the  storm,  missed  his  bride,  and  seizing  his  strong  bow  and 
quiver,  hastened  out  in  search  of  Suneta.  The  storm  grew  wilder,  the  thunder 
rolled,  the  lightning  Mashes  became  more  vivid,  and  Waunega  perceived  the 
two  lovers  entering  the  canoe,  and  immediately  discharged  an  arrow,  when, 
with  a  loud  cry,  Anonis  sank  in  the  raging  waves.  Suneta  reached  a  ledge, 
and  looked  up  as  if  imploring  the  Great  Spirit.  But  Waunega  cried,  "  May 
the  lightning  blast  her!  Let  the  Manitou  make  of  her  an  example  to  coming 
time!"  His  words  were  answered.  Even  as  he  spoke,  there  came  a  Hash  and 
a  peal  of  thunder  that  made;  the  mountains  totter  and  the  rocks  tremble. 
Astounded  at  the  effect  of  his  words,  Waunega  plunged  into  the  seething 
waters,  and  the  proud  old  chieftain  was  seen  no  more  at  the  council  tires  oi  his 
tribe. 

The  morning  sun  never  shone  on  a  fairer  day  than  the  morrow,  but  what  a 
change!  Od  the  rock  where  Suneta  had  clung  had  appeared  the  huge  block 
of  granite  which  gave  the  name  to  the  cove. 

S, iii,I, rirh    Notch.  — • 

"Through  Sandwich  Notch  the  west  wind  sang 
Good-morrow  to  the  cotter." 

This  pass  is  1,417  feet  above  the  sea:  there  is  a  high,  rugged  road  running 
through  it  from  Sandwich  to  the  Mad  River  valley,  a  distance  of  about  ten 
miles.     The  best    time   for  a   drive   through   this   notch   is   in   the   late  autumn. 


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when  between  the  trees,  bare  of  foliage,  can  be  seen  the  rough  rocks  and  wild 
chasms  that  seem  to  be  lit  hiding-places  for  fierce  wolves,  bears,  and  catamounts, 
and  one  momentarily  expects  to  see  one  of  these  savage  creatures  leaping  from 
his  lair  in  pursuit  of  food  for  his  insatiate  appetite.  But  in  this  wild  defile 
there  is  also  a  luxuriance  of  beauty  rarely  seen.  In  the  rockiest  part  of  this 
rugged  pass,  huge  bowlders  stand  like  impregnable  fortresses  to  guard  the  way, 
with  their  tops  covered  with  exquisite  rock-ferns  to  such  a  depth  and  in  such 
profusion  and  abundance  that  one  is  almost  tempted  to  stop  and  spend  the 
night  on  such  a  beautiful  couch,  with  only  the  canopy  of  heaven  above,  were  it 
not  that  the  yawning  rocks  on  either  side  are  but  too  suggestive  of  what  may 
be  concealed  in  their  deep  gaps. 

Chocorua  is  well  calculated  for  legendary  attachments.  One  says  that  the 
chief  whose  name  this  lonely  mountain  bears,  for  some  unknown  crime,  was 
banished  to  this  region,  and  limited  to  a  narrow  strip  of  land  extending  from 
the  Bear  Camp  across  the  mountain  on  to  the  Saco,  death  being  the  penalty  of 
his  leaving  it  without  permission.  Another  tells  us  that  he  was  an  Indian 
chieftain  of  the  Ossipees,  who  loved  too  well  his  native  wilds  to  retreat  with 
the  most  of  his  tribe  to  Canada  after  the  famous  Lovewell  light,  and  with  a  few 
followers  sought  the  fastnesses  of  the  almost  impenetrable  wilderness  around 
this  mountain,  which  he  held  as  a  place  of  observation.  Here  rangers,  desirous 
of  gaining  the  blood-money  offered  by  Massachusetts  for  Indian  scalps, 
attacked  them,  killing  all  but  the  chief,  who  retreated  to  the  top  of  the 
mountain,  where  he  vainly  pleaded  his  personal  friendliness  to  the  whites, 
and  offered  himself  a  prisoner.  His  pursuer  was  unmoved,  the  bounty  was  too 
tempting.  Chocorua  then,  raising  himself  to  his  full  height,  called  on  the 
Great  Manitou  to  curse  the  land  in  its  occupancy  by  the  whites,  and  leaped 
from  the  dizzy  height  to  the  plain  below. 

The  cattle  of  the  settlers  who  came  to  the  north  side  of  the  mountain  for 
years  died  strangely  and  mysteriously,  and  Chocorua's  curse  was  kept  in  mind 
as  the  cause  thereof,  until  modern  science  found  an  excess  of  muriate  of  lime 
in  the  water  of  the  valley,  and  saved  further  deaths  by  giving  the  afflicted 
animals  soapsuds  as  a  drink. 

Another  story  says  that  he  was  killed  by  a  brother  of  two  rangers  who  fell 
in  Lovewell's  defeat,  as  an  act  of  personal  vengeance.  Still  another,  that  of 
Lydia  Maria  Child,  places  his  existence  at  a  later  period,  and  that  he  met  his 
fate  at  the  hands  of  an  early  settler,  Cornelius  Campbell,  whose  family  he  had 
murdered  as  the  supposed  assassins  of  his  son.  Another  one  still  says  that 
Chocorua  went  to  Canada  with  most  of  the  Ossipee  and  Pequawket  Indians 
after  the  Lovewell  fight,  and  returned  in  1701  to  seek  revenge,  and  was  shot 
on  the  mountain. 

The  following  poetic  version,  from  the  talented  pen  of  a  lifelong  resident  of 
Carroll,  is  of  such  a  high  standard  of  merit  as  to  show  that  constant  familiarity 


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with  the  glorious  scenery  of  the  mountains  does  nol   stultify  the  imagination 
nor  render  their  beauties  and  grandeur  commonplace. 

CHOCORUA. 

BY  JUDGE   DAVID   ll.    BILL. 

From  the  northerly  confines  of  Carroll  county,  stretching  toward  Bethlehem 
from  the  lake  region  of  New  Hampshire  into  the  dark  bosom  of  the  untraveled 
wilderness,  is  the  mysterious  mountain-land,  shut  in  by  everlasting  barriers. 
There  many  hundred  mountain  summits  vise  into  the  cold,  solemn  spaces  of 
h.aven,  in  a  solitude  as  ancient  as  the  memory  of  man.  Seldom  has  the 
human   voice  been  heard  there,  and  only 

"  Pale  echo  sits  upon  the  voiceless  mountains." 

The  southerly  chain  of  this  system  is  the  Sandwich  range,  commencing 
westerly  with  the  Sandwich  Dome,  and  extending  to  Chocorua  as  the  great 
easterly  terminal.  Of  all  the  mountains  of  the  range,  this  is  the  most  famous. 
1 1  stands  far  eastward  from  the  other  high  peaks,  weird  and  ghostly  and  grim  in 
its  solemn  loneliness,  as  if  defiant  in  its  isolation  ;  as  if,  in  some  long-forgotten 
age,  it  had  been  cast  out  from  the  brotherhood  of  mountains.  Some  time  the 
lightnings  that  have  played  round  its  brow  have  blasted  its  forest  trees,  or  fires 
kindled  by  human  hands  have  gnawed  like  "eternal  hunger"  on  its  sides,  and 
many  hundred  feet  of  the  high  mountain  walls  have  been  laid  bare ;  only  a  vast 
tower  of  bald,  gray  granite  rises  into  the  grim  solitude  of  the  north.  Here, 
according  to  tradition,  was  the  Indian  prophet's  home,  here  was  his  "  holy  of 
holies,"*  and   here  was  the  scene  of  his  tragic   death. 

The  following  poem  was  written  for  the  "Poets  of  the  Granite  State,"  at 
the  request  of  Bela  Chapiu :  — 

Sing  me  a  song,  a  pleasing  song,  of  the  wild  granite  hills; 
Some  weird  old  legend  of  the  north,  whose  mystic  romance  thrills 
Both  heart  and  brain,  at  thought  of  deeds  that  long  ago  had  birth 
Among  those  ancient  hills  that  stand  like  giant  kings  of  earth. 

Sing  of  the  buried  treasures  in  the  eastern  desert  caves; 

The  wild  bird's  mournful  burden,  as  he  screams  o'er  Indian  waves; 

The  notes  of  desolation  chant,  heard  in  the  desert  land, 

Where  in  a  gloomy  silence  still  the  moldering  temples  stand. 

'T  is  thine  to  trace  the  shadowy  realms  where  holiest  truths  are  wrought, 
And  summon  wild  imaginings  from  the  free  world  of  thought  i 
"r  is  thine  to  trace  the  welcome  light,  burst  ing  I hrough  desert  gloom. 
And  hear  the  singing  angels  chant,  'mid  silence  of  the  tomb;  — 


118  History  of   Carroll   County. 

By  outspread  tranquil  waters,  'neath  the  summer  skies  that  sleep, 
In  the  lone  glens  and  solemn  groves,  where  whispering  breezes  creep, 
Deep  in  the  aneient  forest  dark,  'mid  awful  forms  and  wild, 
Where  Nature  in  a  thousand  shapes  speaks  to  her  chosen  child;  — 

Where  far  o'er  mighty  ocean's  waste  the  traveler  can  descry 
Dark  incense  from  the  burning  hills  curl  upward  to  the  sky; 
Where  war  hounds  and  the  vulture  trace  the  conquering  army's  tread, 
And  ghostly  catacombs  appear,  homes  of  the  ancient  dead. 

Where'er  the  dews  of  genius  fall,  go  to  that  pleasant  clime, 
And  mark  the  footprints  — listen  to  the  voices  of  old  Time, 
And  sing  of  the  imperial  hills;  thy  romance  summon  forth, 
And  sing  some  mystic  song  of  old,  some  legend  of  the  north. 


Along  the  margins  of  the  lakes, 
Among  the  northern  hills  that  sleep, 
The  wild  bird's  music  scarcely  breaks 
The  silence  that  the  waters  keep, 
And  twilight  shadows  gently  creep 
Along  the  wild  indented  shore ; 
And  over  all  the  watery  floor 
A  mirrored  surface  softly  shines  : 
In  its  calm  depth,  the  silent  pines 
And  the  grim  mountains  seem  to  stand 
Like  giant  watchers  o'er  the  land. 

Scarcely  two  centuries  are  gone, 
Since  o'er  that  pleasant  mountain-land, 
Where  wild  Chocorua's  tower  of  stone 
Seems  like  an  ancient  king  to  stand  ; 
The  warriors  of  another  race 
lake  shadows  roamed  o'er  lake  and  hill ; 
And  now,  as  ancient  legend  says, 
Their  conscious  spirits  roam  there  still, 
Guarding  the  lonely  burial-place 
Where  sleep  the  warriors  of  their  race. 

'T  is  said  that  aneient  legends  show 

In  the  old  ages  long  ago, 

During  Charles  Stuart's  reign  of  blood, 

From  seaside  town  oft  wandered  forth 

('Mong  the  dark  forests  of  the  north, 

Far  in  New  Hampshire's  deepest  wood, 

Where  rocky  hills  their  vigils  keep, 

And  lakes  round  frowning  mountains  sleep) 

Proud  spirits  of  bold  Cromwell's  band, 

Who  left  their  homes  and  native  land 

To  seek  some  wilder,  lonelier  home 

Where  Stuart's  power  might  never  come. 

By  Burton's  lake,  whose  waters  lie 
In  tranquil  sleep,  where  cloud  and  sky 
And  mount,  and  fiery  sunset-gleam, 


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In  depth  ol'  wayeless  waters,  3eem 
Like  visions  wild  in  fleeting  dream, 
Lived  in  i  liai  old  historic  day 
The  prophet  chief,  <  ihocorua. 

Declining  day's  last  sunlighl  fell 

<  >Vr  that  wild  region  of  i  he  north  ; 
Westward,  deep  gorge  and  mighty  dell, 
Whence  mountain  rivers  issue  forth, 

In  the  increasing  darkness  slept. 
The  panther  started  from  bis  lair; 
The  wolf  from  out  his  cavern  crept ; 
'Mong  tangled  hemlocks  lay  the  hear, 
Gorging  himself  in  darkness  there. 

On  such  an  eve  <  Ihocorua  stood 
On  that  lone  height,  "The  Prophet's  Home; 
Beneath  him  lay  the  unbounded  wood, 
Deep  gorge,  where  tumbling  torrents  foam. 
Towering  aloft  great  Minden  '  rose, 
The  dark-browed  monarch  of  the  west, 
Stately  and  grand,  in  stern  repose 
Lifting  to  heaven  his  wooded  crest. 

On  this  wild  scene  the  prophet  gazed 
While  daylighl  deepened  into  night; 

When,  on  the  Indian's  vision,  blazed, 
Beside  the  eastern  lake,  a  light; 
\  single  camp-fire  shone  afar 
Through  the  dark  pines  like  evening's  star, 
Lighting  the  sacred  burial-place 
Where  slept  the  heroes  of   his  race. 

He  knew  it  was  no  meteor  lamp, 

As  ofttimes  flashes  <>n  the  eye 

Amid  the  exhalations  damp 

Where  the  low,  misty  moorlands  lie; 

Strangers  e'en  now  from  eastern  waves 

Were  feasting  by  his  fathers'  graves, 

Who  came  from  regions  far  away, 

To  roam  o'er  sacred  lands  at  will, 

By  mountain,  forest,  lake,  and  hill, 

Nor  recked  where  sleeping  warriors  lay. 

'T  was  a  tier  that  historic  day 

I  When  tidings  o'er  the  sea  were  blown 

Thai  Cromwell's  power  was  passed  away, 

And  Stuart  sat.  on  England's  throne) 
That  thronging  o'er  the  Atlantic  tide 

<  'ame  fugitive  and  regicide 
From  Albion's  fairy  isle,  in  quesl 
Of  safety  in  the  distant  west . 

Bui  messengers  of  kingly  wrath, 

In  sunless  forests  far  away. 


•Passaconaway. 


120  History  of   Carroll  County. 


Traced  through  dark  woods  the  wanderer's  path, 

Where  streams  down  lonesome  valleys  play; 

Hunted  through  gloomy  waste  and  wild, 

Driven  through  noisome  fens  to  roam 

\\\\h  Nature  and  her  savage  child, 

The  hunted  outcast  found  his  home; 

In  lonely  vales  his  camp-fires  burned, 

Then  to  remoter  wilds  he  turned, 

To  granite  mountains,  white  and  cold, 

Where  ancient  Indian  legends  told 

Once  dwelt  the  Prophet-Kings  of  old. 

Leader  of  that  Cromwellian  band, 
Cornelius  Campbell  led  them  forth 
Over  the  vast,  untrodden  land, 
O'er  mountain,  vale,  and  barren  sand, 
Back  to  the  cold,  enchanted  north, 
Where  Burton's  ancient  mountains  rise, 
Where  her  pure,  azure  lakelet  lies, 
And  weird  Chocorua  meets  the  skies. 
O'er  river,  plain,  and  forest  wide, 
With  that  bold  leader  came  his  bride; 
She  came,  capricious  Nature's  child, 
A  priestess,  to  that  desert  wild ; 
As  watch-fires  on  some  lonely  height 
Light  the  dark  woods  like  sunset's  smile, 
As  star  on  ik  Ethiop's  brow  of  night  " 
Gilds  the  dark  waters  of  the  Nile, 
So  that  young  fairy  of  the  woods 
Gladdened  those  savage  solitudes. 

'T  was  on  November's  waning  day, 

The  sun  in  southern  skies  hung  low, 

Pale  light  on  dying  woodlands  lay, 

That  northward  stretched  for  leagues  away, 

To  glittering  hills  in  wastes  of  snow. 

By  Burton's  lake  "  the  prophet  stood," 
While  evening  shadows  gently  fell 
O'er  fading  lake  and  darkening  wood; 
When  from  a  gloomy  mountain  dell 
Came  the  fierce  panther's  savage  yell ; 
That  strange,  wild,  piercing,  awful  cry 
Rose  upward  to  the  vaulted  sky, 
Fearful  as  ncaring  thunder's  jar, 
Then  died  in  mountain  glens  afar. 

Nearer,  again,  that  awful  cry 
Froze  the  quick  blood  with  curdling  chills; 
An  hundred  echoes  made  reply, 
Pealing  along  the  northern  hills. 

From  out  the  dusk  a  stranger  came ; 
The  monster  met  him  in  his  path 
With  quivering  limb  and  eyes  of  flame, 
Writhing  in  wild,  terrilnc  wrath. 


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Willi  upraised  arm  the  stranger  spoke 
In  Hash  of  fire  and  wreath  of  Bmoke; 
He  spoke  as  the  Great  Spiril  speaks 
In  clouds  bej  ond  the  mountain  peaks, 
When  jagged,  arrowy  lightnings  fly 
Through  dark  pavilions  of  the  sky, 
Ami  shuddering  mountains  make  reply. 

Soon  ebbed  the  monster's  life  away, 
And  dead  at  I  lampbell's  feel  he  lay. 
Amazed  the  prophet  stood,  and  saw 
The  thrilling  seene  with  solemn  awe. 
Ami  oft,  in  mountain  solitudes, 
Wandering  beneath  the  midnight  sky, 
Met  these  stern  tenants  of  the  woods 
As  uneventful  years  rolled  by. 

Bui  sorrow,  anger,  wrath,  and  gloom 

Were  "  -reeding  in  the  days  to  come;" 

When  from  his  kindred,  friends,  and  home 

The  prophel  turned,  alone  to  roam 

O'er  howling  wastes,  and  wandered  forth 

Deep  in  the  desolate,  wild  north, 

To  visit  tribes,  remoter  far, 

In  realms  beneath  the  northern  star. 

His  son,  the  child  of  many  a  prayer, 
His  twilight  star,  his  people's  [.ride, 
(Trusted  to  Campbell's  guardian  care) 

Like  a  frail  floweret  drooped  and  died. 

With  ancient  kings  his  grave  was  made, 
And  in  the  sombre  hemlock  shade, 
To  dreamless  sleep  the  hoy  was  laid. 
From  mound  where  ancient  sagamore 
Sleeps  on  the  lonely,  peaceful  shore, 
A  midnight  wail  rose  to  the  sky  ; 
Only  bleak  nature  made  reply; 
Its  burden  all  the  forest,  stirred; 
Such  bitter,  grieving,  anguished  cry 
As  once  from  mourning  Kama  heard. 

As  one  whose  farewell  glance  is  cast 
To  graves  where  sleep  the  kindred  dead, 
Turning  from  tender  memories  past 
And  sacred  joys,  forever  lied, 
Invokes  the  God  of  heaven  and  earth 
To  give  some  new  creation  birth, 
Some  consecration,  that  may  rise 
From  the  crushed  heart  that  bleeding  lies, 

So.  from  that  lowly,  sacred  tomb, 
The  prophet  turned  back  to  the  gloom 
And  cold,  Strange  mystery  of  night. 
The  heavens,  in  starry  silence  bright, 
"Over  the  empty  spaces"  hung; 


122  History  of   Carroll  County. 


Nor  breath  of  heaven,  nor  human  tongue, 

Nor  aught  the  solemn  silence  stirred, 

Save  midnight  wail  of  forest  bird, 

Or  lordly  river,  gliding  slow 

Through  ancient  woods  with  peaceful  flow. 

No  passion  darker  or  more  fell, 
Within  the  human  breast  e'er  burned  ; 
Nor  lit  with  blacker  fires  of  hell, 
Than  in  that  breast  for  vengeance  yearned, 
As,  in  his  wild,  bewildered  brain, 
Gradual  the  awful  thought  had  birth, 
'  By  Campbell's  hand  his  boy  was  slain  : 
His  race  was  stricken  from  the  earth." 
'T  was  midnight's  hour  of  holy  rest ; 
He  saw  the  stars  sink' down  the  sky 
Beyond  the  mountains  of  the  west, 
And  cold,  bright  meteors  gliding  by, 
And  ghostly  mountains  towering  high. 
The  glorious  pageant  of  the  hour 
Gave  his  mad  brain  intenser  power. 

Where  Burton's  ghostly  mountain  throws 
His  gloomy  shade  at  day's  calm  close, 
A  streamlet  plays,  with  gentle  moan, 
Down  from  Chocorua's  heart  of  stone ; 
And  weird  shapes,  with  avenging  frown, 
From  dizzy  mountain  heights  look  down; 
And  where  that  gentle  streamlet  plays, 
Among  those  rocky  solitudes, 
'Mid  sylvan  scenes,  in  other  days, 
Cornelius  Campbell's  cottage  stood. 

His  bride,  the  beautiful  and  young, 
(Like  some  rich  gem  of  purest  ray, 
Idly  by  jeweled  fingers  flung 
To  gloomy  ocean  depths  away), 
Was  the  bright  star,  the  constant  light, 
That  beamed  on  that  wild  desert  land; 
None  walked  the  earth  in  purer  white; 
None  wielded  power  with  gentler  hand. 

O'er  his  rude  empire  of  the  north 

Cornelius  Campbell  wandered  forth. 

At  eve  of  that  eventful  day, 

His  wife  and  child  all  ghastly  lay 

In  the  long,  dread,  appalling,  deep 

Silence  of  the  eternal  sleep  ! 

He  knew  the  tierce  avenger's  brand ; 

He  knew  what  dread  destroyer's  hand 

Had  placed  Death's  seal  on  Beauty's  brow; 

Only  grim  vengeance  nerved  him  now. 

Saw  ye  Chocorua's  cold,  gray  height 
Radiant  in  gold  at  set  of  sun? 


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Know  ye  at  morn's  returning  light, 
What  tlftils  <>!'  darkness  had  been  done 
Beneath  the  holy  stars  of  oighl  ? 

The  sun,  adown  the  golden  west, 

O'er  Passaconway's  d< ■  was  set, 

When  mi  <  Shocorua's  cold,  sharp  crest 
The  stern,  avenging  warriors  met. 
The  prophet  spoke:  "  We  ineel  at  last; 
And  now  for  one  no  morn  shall  rise. 
Then  let  his  farewell  glance  be  east 
Up  to  the  solemn,  starry  skies; 
For  wrongs  that  may  not  be  forgiven 
Cry  out  for  vengeance  up  to  heaven."' 

Willi  hand  uplifted  to  the  sky 
Cornelius  Campbell  made  reply: 
"Speak  you  of  wrongs  yet  unforgiven? 
Wrongs  thai  cry  up  from  earth  to  heaven? 
By  Him  who  kindled  the  great  sun, 
1  swear  no  wrong  by  me  was  done; 
But  crimes  my  lips  forbear  to  tell, 
Such  as  insatiate  fiends  of  hell 
Might  plot,  in  your  wild  brain  were  planned, 
And  wrought  by  your  twice  murdering  hand. 

We  meet  in  deadliest  hate,  alone 
On  this  bleak  mount,  this  tower  of  stone, 
In  the  cold  silence  of  the  sky; 
Xow,  witness  heaven's  avenging  eye! 
I  '11  hurl  you  from  this  mountain's  brow- 
Down  to  that  yawning  gulf  below, 
Where  only  bird  or  beast  of  prey 
Shall  bear  your  whitened  bones  away." 

(  hocorua  spoke  :  "  Where  in  the  deep, 
Wild  north,  earth's  ancient  mountains  rise, 
Where  bright  'Siogee's  waters  sleep, 
And  under  yet  remoter  skies, 
Our  warriors  roamed  o'er  all  the  land. 
On  this  great  mount  whereon  we  stand 
Have  prophets,  kings,  and  heroes  stood, 
And  gazed  on  earth's  vast  solitude. 
N'o  fitter  place  beneath  the  sky 
Than  this  wild  home  in  upper  air, 
Hallowed  by  many  a  prophet's  prayer, 
To  wreak  dire  vengeance,  or  to  die." 

One  moment  of  hate'-  deadliest  strife. 
Like  tigers  grappling,  life  for  life, 
And  the  last  prophet  of  his  land 
Lay  crushed  beneath  his  conqueror's  hand. 
He  knew  the  fatal  grasp;  his  last, 
Despairing  glance  to  heaven  was  cast, 
As  if  in  see  u  ith  dying  eyes 
The  sleamintr  lake-  of  Paradise. 


124  History   of   Carroll   County. 

The  victor  dragged  him  to  the  brow 

Of  the  dread  mount  whereon  they  stood; 

Pointing  to  awful  depths  below, 

He  spoke :  "  Deep  in  yon  gloomy  wood 

The  gray  wolf  hungers  for  your  blood ; 

And  grim  death  waits  —  Now,  murderer,  go." 

Down  to  a  yawning,  sunless  vale, 
O'er  frowning  battlements,  he  fell. 
Bang  from  his  lips  a  wild  death-wail, 
And  barren  hills  gave  back  his  knell. 
A  fiery  star,  a  meteor  bright, 
Shining  athwart  the  sombre  sky, 
Hung  on  the  orient  brow  of  night: 
Each  star  looked  down  with  solemn  eye ; 
Round  Whiteface,  baleful  meteors  swung; 
Minden's  dark  brow  was  bathed  in  light : 
A  death-song  on  the  winds  was  sung, 
Ne'er  heard  till  that  strange,  wrathful  night. 
Pale  lights  danced  over  lake  and  wood; 
The  chainless  Saco  blushed  in  blood ; 
And  pitying  angels,  hovering  nigh, 
Walked  the  cold  heavens  with  mourning  eye. 

A  graceful  Indian  legend  floats  over  the  placid  waters  of  the  gem-like  Lake 
Chocorua  to  this  effect :  that  the  stillness  of  the  lake  was  sacred  to  the  Great 
Spirit ;  if  a  human  voice  was  heard  while  crossing  its  waters,  the  offender's 
canoe  would  instantly  sink  to  the  bottom. 

Paugus,  mighty  monument  of  a  mighty  warrior,  strangely  enough  presents 
the  symbol  of  peace.  From  Albany  rises  the  solid  granite  mass  of  this  moun- 
tain, a  huge  pile  of  rock  scaled  over  with  forests,  and  o,000  feet  high.  On  its 
side  stands  out  a  spur  whose  upper  crest  shows  the  perfect  image  of  a  lamb's 
head  on  a  gigantic  scale.  Eye,  mouth,  nose,  ear,  and  forehead  are  exact ;  even 
the  chest  and  back  are  clearly  delineated.  Here  it  has  stood  for  ages,  an  object 
of  veneration  to  the  aborigines,  a  natural  symbol  of  the  Christian's  Prince  of 
Peace. 


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CHAPTER   XVI. 

SCENERY,    ATTRACTIONS,   TRADITIONS    AND    LEGENDS    OF   CARROLL. 

CONCLUDED. 

Champney's  Falls  —  Rear  Camp  River  — The  Great  Carbuncle  —  Saco  River  —  The  svtory 
of  Nancy  —  Carter  Notch  —  Pinkham  Notch —  Boott's  Spur  —  The  Crystal  Cascade  —  Glen 
Ellis  Falls-  -Goodrich  Falls  — Conway  —  Echo  Lake  —  Diana's  Bath  —  Artist's  Brook  — 
Thomas  Starr  King  —  The  Poet  Whittier. 

CHAMPNEY'S  FALLS,  Albany,  are  most  surely  worthy  of  the  tourist's 
attention,  and  will  repay  the  time  and  trouble  it  takes  to  visit  them. 
Professor  Huntington  says:  "There  are  two  streams  and  two  falls,  but 

they  are  so  near  together  that  they  are  collectively  known  as  Champney's 
Falls.  They  arc  on  a  small  stream  flowing  from  the  south  into  Swift  river, 
nearly  two  miles  from  the  road.  A  person  who  goes  without  a  guide  and 
follows  down  the  stream  will  be  at  first  disappointed;  for  all  that  is  seen 
is  a  small  stream,  with  a  few  massive  blocks  of  a  granitoid  rock.  It  is  true 
that  even  here  are  immense  caverns,  and  here  the  stream  runs  between  two 
blocks,  and  then  over  another,  when  it  falls  on  the  great  sloping  ledge,  and 
goes  bounding  along  until  it  tumbles  over  a,  precipitous  ledge,  and  is  lost  to 
view.  We  see  where  the  water  takes  its  leap,  yet  nowhere  does  there  seem 
to  be  anything  remarkable.  Then  we  climb  along  the  ledges,  and,  by  following 
a  rough  path,  get  to  the  base  of  the  falls,  yet  there  is  nothing  striking. 
We  are  about  to  turn  away  sadly  disappointed,  when  the  eye  catches  a 
sunbeam  reflected  from  the  water  that  seems  struggling  through  the  leafy 
foliage.  Then,  just  there,  not  a  dozen  rods  away,  but  almost  hidden  by  the 
trees,  we  discover  one  of  the  most  beautiful  falls  in  New  Hampshire.  We 
stand  just  at  the  c<]^r  of  the  fall,  on  the  stream  we  followed  down.  The 
sunbeams  fall  aslant  through  the  trees;  the  eye  follows  the  high  perpendicular 
ledge  that  runs  at  right  angles  to  the  stream,  and  through  the  leaves  of  the 
trees  we  see  the  water  come  over  the  Ledge,  fall  down  and  strike  the  rock, 
that  projects  just  enough  to  throw  the  water  in  spray  and  break,  for  an  instant 
only,  the  continuity  of  the  stream.  In  the  entire  fall  there  are  three  such 
projections:  after  t  he  last  fall  the  water  rests  in  a  quiet  basin,  where  it  flows 
"Ut  and  runs  into  the  stream.  The  entire  fall  may  be  sixty  feet;  opposite. 
thirty  feet  distant,  is  a  high  ledge;  probably  where  this  gorge  now  is  there  was 
once  an  immense  trap-dyke  that  has  been  disintegrated  and  carried  away. 


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126  History  of   Carroll  County. 


Bear  Camp  River.  -  Loveliest  of  the  streams  of  the  many  lovely  ones  of 
the  Granite  State,  the  Hear  Camp  river  has  been  immortalized  by  one  ot 
America's  greatest  poets,  and  words  of  ours  would  be  faint  beside  these 
exquisite  lines  of  J.  G.  Whittier. 


A  gold  hinge  on  the  purpling  hem 

Of  hills,  the  river  runs, 
As  down  its  Long,  green  valley  falls 

The  last  of  summer's  suns. 
Along  its  tawny  gravel-bed 

Broad-flowing,  swift,  and  still, 
As  if  its  meadow-levels  felt 

The  hurry  of  the  hill. 
Noiseless  between  its  banks  of  green 

From  curve  to  curve  it  slips; 
The  drowsy  maple-shadows  rest 

Like  fingers  on  its  lips. 

A  waif  from  Carroll's  wildest  hills, 

Unstoried  and  unknown ; 
The  ursine  legend  of  its  name 

Prowls  on  its  banks  alone. 
Yet  (lowers  as  fair  its  slopes  adorn 

As  ever  Yarrow  knew, 
Or  under  rainy  Irish  skies, 

By  Spenser's  Mulla  grew; 
And  through  the  gaps  of  leaning  trees 

Its  mountain  cradle  shows 
The  gold  against  the  amethyst, 

The  green  against  the  rose. 

Touched  by  a  light  that  hath  no  name, 

A  glory  never  sung, 
Aloft  on  sky  and  mountain-wall 

Are  God's  great  pictures  hung. 
How  changed  the  summits,  vast  and  old! 

No  longer  granite-browed, 
They  melt  in  rosy  mist ;  the  rock 

Is  softer  than  the  cloud ; 
The  valley  holds  its  breath ;  no  leaf 

Of  all  its  elms  is  twirled ; 
The  silence  of  eternity 

Seems  falling  on  the  world. 


Slow  fades  the  vision  of  the  sky, 
The  golden  water  pules, 

And  over  all  the  valley-land 
A  gray  winged  vapor  sails. 

I  go  the  common  way  of  all ; 
The  sunset  lires  will  burn ; 


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The  flowers  will  blow,  the  river  flow, 

w  hen  l  no  more  return. 
No  whisper  From  the  mountain-pine 

Nor  Lapsing  stream  shall  tell 
The  stranger,  treading  where  I  tread, 

Of  him  who  loved  them  well. 


Farewell!  these  smiling  hills  must  wear 

Too  soon  their  wintry  frown; 
Ami  snow-cold  winds  from  off  them  shake 

The  maple's  red  leaves  down. 

Bui  I  shall  see  a  summer  sun 

Still  setting  broad  and  lovi  ; 
The  mountain  slopes  shall  blush  and  bloom, 

The  golden  water  flow. 
A  lover's  claim  is  mine  on  all 

I  see  to  have  and  hold  — 
The  roselight  of  perpetual  hills. 

And  sunsets  never  eold. 


The  Great  Carbuncle.  —  According  to  the  Indians,  on  the  highest  mountain, 
Kan-raTi-vugarty,  suspended  from  a  crag  overlooking  a  dismal  lake,  was  an 
enormous  carbuncle,  which  many  declared  they  had  seen  blazing  in  the  night 
like  a  coal  of  fire.  Some  even  asserted  that  its  ruddy  glare  lighted  the  rocks 
by  night,  while  by  day  its  rays  were  dazzling  as  the  sun.  The  Indians, 
however,  declared  that  no  mortal  hand  could  hope  to  grasp  this  great  fire- 
stone.  It  was,  they  said,  guarded  by  the  genius  of  the  mountain,,  who.  on 
the  approach  of  explorers,  disturbed  the  waters  of  the  lake,  so  that  a  dark 
mist  arose,  in  which  the  daring  adventurers,  perplexed  and  then  bewildered, 
wandered  into  the  troubled  waters,  and  were  hopelessly  lost  in  its  dismal 
depths.  Several  wizards  and  conjurers  of  the  Pequawkets,  emboldened  by 
their  success  in  exorcising  evil  spirits,  made  the  ascent  of  the  mountain. 
They  never  returned,  and  doubtless  were  either  petrified  or  thrown  down 
some   wild  and   fearful   precipice   info  a  still    more   terrible  chasm. 

Although  no  one  returned,  still  the  belief  continued  in  the  existence  of 
this  great  carbuncle,  and  their  imaginations  were  inflamed  with  the  desire 
to  see  and  behold  this  precious  jewel.  Crawford  shows  that  the  belief  in 
its  existence  and  attempts  to  secure  it  existed  among  the  whites  as  late  as 
his   day. 

Sam  River.  —  Sullivan  says  in  his  -  History  of  Maine"  that  in  October, 
lTTo,  the  Saco  was  found  to  swell  suddenly.  As  there  had  not  been  rain 
sufficient  to  account  for  this  increase  of  volume,  people  were  at  a  loss  how- 
to  explain  this  phenomenon,  until  it  was  finally  discovered  to  be  occasioned 
by  a  new  river  having  broken  out  in  the  side  of  the  White  Mountains. 
When   this   river    issued,   a    mixture   of    iron  ore    gave   the    water   a   deep-red 


128  History   of   Carroll  County. 

color,  and  the  people  inhabiting  the  section  declared  the  river  ran  blood, 
and  regarded  it  as  an  evil  omen  for  the  success  of  their  arms  in  the 
struggle  between  the  colonies  and  Great  Britain. 

The  Story  of  Nancy. — -Nancy's  Rock,  Nancy's  Brook,  and  Nancy's  Mountain 
in  Bartlett  receive  their  name  from  Nancy  Barton,  the  first  white  woman  to 
voluntarily  pass  through  the  Notch.  She  came  from  Portsmouth  as  cook  for 
Colonel  Whipple,  of  Jefferson,  and  kept  a  boarding-house  for  the  men  employed 
by  him.  She  was  faithful,  industrious,  and  hard-working.  Tradition  says 
she  once  rescued  the  colonel  from  captivity  by  giving  rum  to  his  Indian  captors 
until  they  were  helplessly  intoxicated,  and  then  cutting-  the  ropes  by  which  he 
was  bound.  Her  life  was  one  of  toil  and  little  recompense,  but  she  saved  from 
each  year's  wages  until  she  acquired  quite  a  sum. 

She  was  sought  in  marriage  by  one  of  the  colonel's  men  in  1788,  and  it  was 
arranged  that  they  should  go  to  Portsmouth  with  the  next  party,  and  settle 
down  there  to  the  enjoyment  of  married  life.  She  entrusted  her  savings  to  her 
lover,  and  made  her  preparations  to  go.  But  her  lover  was  faithless.  Colonel 
Whipple  did  not  desire  to  lose  his  competent  cook,  and  they  contrived  to  make 
their  start  while  Nancy  was  at  Lancaster  on  a  conveniently  arranged  errand. 
She,  however,  heard  of  their  departure  on  the  day  they  went,  walked  to 
Jefferson,  found  the  report  true,  tied  up  a  small  bundle  of  clothing,  and  started 
on  foot  to  overtake  her  lover  at  his  first  camping-place,  the  Notch,  thirty  miles 
distant,  along  a  snow-covered  trail  indicated  only  by  spotted  trees  in  the  dense 
forest.  She  traveled  all  night,  and  reached  the  camp  to  find  them  gone,  and 
the  camp-fire  extinguished  by  the  rapidly  falling  snow.  Trying  in  vain  to 
rekindle  it,  she  hastened  along  their  track,  fording  the  icy  waters  of  the  Saco 
several  times,  until  exhausted  nature  gave  out.  The  chilling  wind  had  turned 
her  saturated  clothing  to  sheets  of  ice,  upon  which  clung  the  thick  masses  of 
the  falling  snow.  She  sank  down  on  the  south  side  of  the  brook  in  Bartlett 
which  bears  her  name,  and  was  speedily  chilled  to  death.  A  party  which  had 
started  to  rescue  her  after  the  storm  began  found  her  body  not  long  after. 

It  is  said  that,  on  hearing  of  her  terrible  fate  caused  by  his  dastardly 
conduct,  the  recreant  lover  became  insane  and  died  a  horrible  death.  The 
early  settlers  believed  that  his  restless  ghost  haunted  the  place  of  her  death, 
and  that  its  cries  and  lamentations  were  often  heard. 

Carter  Notch. — We  condense  from  Drake's  graphic  account  of  his  visit  to 
this  notch,  given  in  "The  Heart  of  the  White  Mountains,"  the  following 
description:  -w  By  half-past  seven  of  a  bright  and  crisp  morning  I  was  climbing 
the  steep  hillside  over  which  Jackson  Falls  pour  down.  On  arriving  at  the 
top,  instead  of  entering  a  difficult  and  confined  gorge,  I  found  a  charming  and 
tolerably  wide  vale,  dotted  with  farms,  extending  far  up  into  the  midst  of  the 
mountains. 

"  Half  a,  mile  above  the  falls  the  snowy  cupola  of  Washington  showed  itself 


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Over  Eagle  mountain    for  a    few  moments.      Then,  farther   on,  Adams  was   seen, 

also  white  with  snow.  For  five  miles  the  road  skirts  the  western  slopes  of  the 
valley*  which  grows  continually  deeper,  narrower,  and  higher.  Spruce  moun- 
tain is  now  on  our  Left  ;  the  broad  Hanks  of  Black  mountain  occupy  the  right 
side  of  the  valley.  Beyond  Black  mountain  Carter  Dome  lifts  its  ponderous 
mass,  and  between  them  the  dip  of  the  Perkins  Notch,  dividing  the  two 
ranges,  gives  admittance  to  the  Wild  River  valley,  and  to  the  Androscoggin  in 
Shelburne.  Before  me  the  grand,  downward  curves  of  the  Carter  Notch 
Opened  wider  and  wider. 

"  Burying  ourselves  in  deeper  solitudes,  we  descended  to  the  banks  of  the 
Wildcat  at  a  point  one  and  a  half  miles  from  the  road  we  had  left.  We  then 
crossed  the  rude  bridge  of  logs,  keeping  company  with  the  gradually  dimin- 
ishing river,  now  upon  one  hank,  now  on  the  other,  making  a  gradual  ascent 
along  with  it,  frequently  pausing  to  glance  up  and  down  through  the  beautiful 
\istas  it  has  cut  through  the  trees. 

"We  were  now  in  a  colder  region.  The  sparseness  of  the  timber  led  me  to 
look  right  and  left  for  the  stumps  of  felled  trees,  but  I  did  not  see  fifty  good 
timber-trees  along  the  whole  route.  An  hour  and  a  half  of  pretty  rapid 
walking  brought  us  to  the  bottom  of  a  steep  rise.  We  were  at  length  come  to 
close  quarters  with  the  formidable  outworks  of  Wildcat  mountain.  The 
brook  has  for  some  distance  poured  a  stream  of  the  purest  water  over  moss 
of  the  richest  green,  but  now  it  most  mysteriously  vanishes  from  sight.  From 
this  point  the  singular  rock  called  the  Pulpit  is  seen  overhanging  the  upper 
crags  of  the  Dome. 

"We  turned  sharply  to  the  left,  and  attacked  the  side  of  Wildcat  mountain. 
We  had  now  attained  an  altitude  of  nearly  3,000  feet  above  the  sea,  or  2,2o() 
above  the  village  of  Jackson  ;  we  were  more  than  a  thousand  feet  higher 
than   Crawford    Notch. 

"On  every  side  the  ground  was  loaded  with  huge  gray  bowlders,  so  pon- 
derous that  it  seemed  as  if  the  solid  earth  must  give  way  under  them.  Some 
looked  as  if  the  merest  touch  would  send  them  crashing  down  the  mountain. 
Undermined  by  the  slow  action  of  time,  these  fragments  have  fallen  one  by 
one  from  the  high  cliffs,  and  accumulated  at  the  base.  Among  these  the  path 
Serpentined  for  half  a  mile  more,  bringing  us  at  last  to  the  summit  of  the  spur 
we  had  been  climbing,  and  to  the  broad  entrance  of  the  Notch.  ' 

"Fascinated  by  the  exceeding  strangeness  of  everything  around  me,  I 
Advanced  to  the  edge  of  the  scrubby  growth  in  order  to  command  an  unob- 
structed view.  How  still  it  was!  I  seemed  to  have  arrived  at  the  instant  a 
death-like  silence  succeeds  the  catastrophe.  I  saw  only  the  bare  walls  of  a 
temple,  of  which  some  Samson  had  just  overthrown  the  columns.  The  light  of 
a  midday  sun  brightened  the  tops  of  the  mountains,  while  within  a  sepulchral 
gloom  rendered  all  objects  —  rocks,  trees,  cliffs  —  all  the  more  weird  and  fan- 
tastic.    1  was  between  two  high  mountains,  whose  walls  enclose  the  pass. 


130  History   of  Carroll   County. 

"Overhanging  it  1,500  feet  at  least,  the  sunburnt  crags  of  the  Dome 
towered  above  the  highest  precipices  of  the  mountain  behind  me.  But 
what  is  this  dusky  gray  mass,  stretching  huge  and  irregular  across  the  chasm 
from  mountain  to  mountain,  completely  filling  the  space  between,  and  so 
effectually  blockading  the  entrance  that  we  were  compelled  to  pick  our  way 
up  the  steep  side  of  the  mountain  in  order  to  avoid  it? 

"Picture  to  yourself  acres  upon  acres  of  naked  granite,  split  and  splintered 
in  every  conceivable  form,  of  enormous  size  and  weight,  pitched,  piled,  and 
tumbled  about  like  playthings,  tilted,  or  so  poised  and  balanced  as  to  open 
numberless  caves,  and  the  mind  will  then  grasp  but  faintly  the  idea  of  this 
colossal  barricade,  seemingly  built  by  the  giants  of  old  to  guard  their  last 
stronghold  from  all  intrusion.  It  is  evident  that  one  of  the  loftiest  precipices 
of  the  Dome  has  precipitated  itself  in  a  crushed  and  broken  mass  into  the 
abyss. 

"Previous  to  the  convulsion,  the  interior  of  the  notch  was  doubtless  nar- 
rower, gloomier,  and  deeper.  The  track  of  the  convulsion  is  easily  traced. 
From  top  to  bottom  the  side  of  the  mountain  is  hollowed  out,  exposing  a 
shallow  ravine,  in  which  nothing  but  dwarf  spruces  will  grow,  and  in  which  the 
erratic  rocks,  arrested  here  and  there  in  their  fall,  seem  endeavoring  to  regain 
their  ancient  position  on  the  summit.  There  is  no  trace  whatever  of  the 
debris  ordinarily  accompanying  a  slide  —  only  these  rocks. 

"  We  felt  our  way  cautiously  and  slowly  out.  In  the  midst  of  these  grisly 
blocks  stunted  firs  are  born,  and  die  for  want  of  sustenance,  making  the  dreary 
waste  bristle  with  hard  and  horny  skeletons.  The  spruce,  dwarfed  and 
deformed,  has  established  itself  solidly  in  the  interstices  ;  a  few  bushes  spring 
up  in  the  crannies.  With  this  exception  the  entire  area  is  devoid  of  vegeta- 
tion. The  obstruction  is  heaped  in  two  principal  ridges  ;  from  a  flat  rock  on 
the  summit  of  the  first  we  obtained  the  best  idea  of  the  general  configuration 
of  the  notch  ;  and  from  this  point,  also,  we  saw  the  two  little  lakes  beneath  us 
which  are  the  sources  of  the  Wildcat.  Beyond  and  above  the  hollow  they 
occupy,  the  two  mountains  meet  in  the  low  ridge  constituting  the  true  summit 
of  Carter  Notch." 

Pinkham  Notch  presents  some  of  the  wildest  sylvan  scenery  in  all  the 
mountains,  such  a  profusion  of  rich  foliage  being  exceedingly  rare.  It  takes 
its  name  from  Daniel  Pinkham,  an  early  resident  of  Jackson.  In  182-1  he 
commenced  a  road  through  the  wilderness,  which,  about  twelve  miles  in  length, 
connected  Jackson  with  Randolph.  The  notch  is  situated  at  the  Glen  Ellis 
Falls,  where  the  mountains  are  only  a  quarter  of  a  mile  apart. 

Booths  Spur  is  the  highest  curve  of  the  massive  granite  spur  rooted  deep  in 
the  Pinkham  defile.  It  is  nearly  three  miles  long,  and  the  sky-line  of  the 
ravine's  head-line  is  about  5,000  feet  above  the  sea. 

The   Crystal  Cascade,  one  of  the   most  beautiful   waterfalls  of  the  White 


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Mountains,  is  on  Ellis  river,  below  the  outlet  of  Tuckerman's  Ravine,  and  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Pinkham  Notch.  It  vies  with  the;  (lien  Ellis  Falls  in 
Loveliness,  hut  is  very  unlike  it.  The  kaleidoscopic  effect  of  different  combi- 
nations of  rocks,  trees,  and  water  is  wonderful,  and  nature  has  entirely  outdone 
herself  in  producing  this  preeminently  picturesque  of  cascades.  Its  setting  of 
moss-grown  cliffs  is  wild  ami  impressive;  the  rocks  and  trees  on  either  side 
partially  exclude  the  light  and  lend  their  sombre  shadows  to  the  romance  of 
the  scene  :  while  through  these  shades  the  cascade  gleams  like  a  silver  stream. 
Down  it  comes,  Leaping,  dancing,  tripping,  widening  its  pure  tide,  then,  gush- 
ing through  a  narrowing  pass  in  the  rocks,  it  reaches  a  curve,  where,  winding 
around,  it  sweeps  along,  scattering  its  diamond  sprays  over  the  green  mosses 
on   the  gray  and  purple  rocks. 

A  legend  comes  down  concerning  this  beautiful  cascade  which  is  well  worth 
repetition.  In  the  olden  days,  when  this  lovely  valley,  now  Jackson,  was  occu- 
pied by  the  red  man,  there  was  enacted  a  tragedy  of  "true  love  never  runs 
smooth/'  wherein  a  young  warrior  and  a  true-hearted  maiden  met  a  watery 
death.  As  was  customary  among  these  savage  tribes,  the  chief  had  selected  a 
lover  for  his  daughter,  hut  as  she  evidently  preferred  another,  and  one  high 
and  renowned  of  a  neighboring  tribe,  when  he  brought  his  gifts  of  feathers 
and  fur  and  demanded  his  bride,  the  father  could  not  honorably  refuse.  He 
called  a  council  of  his  braves,  and  in  solemn  conclave  they  concurred  that  the 
beautiful  maiden  should  be  the  bride  of  the  one  most  skilful  in  drawing  the 
bow.  A  mark  was  set  up  and  the  two  warriors  took  their  stand.  Although 
he  who  had  won  the  girl's  heart  was  an  expert  with  Cupid's  arrows,  his  rival 
was  the  victor  in  this  trial  of  skill.  But  before  the  echoes  of  the  triumphant 
shouts  of  the  assembly  had  died  away,  the  two  lovers  had  grasped  hands  and 
were  running  through  the  dense  forests.  They  were  quickly  pursued,  and  it 
soon  became  a  race  of  life  and  death.  Finding  their  pursuers  gaining  upon 
them,  the  lovers  reached  the  verge  of  the  cataract  and,  clasped  in  each  other's 
embrace,  threw  themselves  into  its  rushing  waters.  Often  when  the  glittering 
mists  are  ascending  the  falls,  imaginative  observers  perceive  two  airy  forms 
hand  in  hand. 

Glen  Ellis  Vails  are  on  the  Ellis  river  at  the  base  of  Wildcat  mountain. 
They  were  formerly  known  as  the  Pitcher  Falls,  in  allusion  to  their  shape,  hut 
received  the  present  name  in  1852.  This  fall  is  probably  the  finest  in  the 
White  Mountains.  The  solitude  is  deep,  dark,  and  intense,  with  its  stately 
pines,  funereal  cedars,  and  sombre  hemlocks.  Through  the  trunks  of  trees  the 
mad  seas  of  foam  conic  spurting  along  the  rocky  gorge  ;  we  hear  the  echo  of 
the  roar,  and  feel  as  if  we  too  must  rush  along  impelled  by  the  energy  of  the 
rushing  water;  then  we  are  hushed  and  silenced  by  the  thought  of  the  grand- 
Bess  and  majesty  of  the  power  which  moves  these  waters  in  this  very  heart  of 
mountain   wildness.     From  the  rocks  above  where  the   torrent   descends  is  the 


132  History  of  Carroll   County. 

best  view  of  the  falls.  Here  the  cataract  leaps  eighty  feet  to  carry  its  contri- 
bution to  the  Saco,  and  the  grim,  fierce  wildness  and  savage  force  and  beauty 
make  a  deep  and  abiding  impression  upon  the  beholder.  The  stream  is  clear 
and  cold,  having  conic  from  the  snows  of  Tuckerman's  Ravine. 

Samuel  Adams  Drake,  in  his  "Heart  of  the  White  Mountains,"  thus 
recounts  a  legend  of  Ellis  river.  An  Indian  family  living  at  the  foot  of  a 
lofty  peak  near  the  source  of  Ellis  river  had  a  daughter  more  beautiful  than 
any  maiden  of  the  tribe,  possessing  a  mind  elevated  far  above  the  common 
order,  and  as  accomplished  as  she  was  beautiful.  When  she  reached  a  proper 
age,  her  parents  looked  around  them  for  a  suitable  match,  but  in  vain.  None 
of  the  young  men  of  the  tribe  were  worthy  of  so  peerless  a  creature.  Sud- 
denly this  lovely  wildflower  of  the  mountains  disappeared.  Diligent  was  the 
search,  and  loud  the  lamentations  when  no  trace  of  her  light  moccasin  could 
be  found  in  forest  or  glade.  The  tribe  mourned  her  as  lost.  But  one  day 
some  hunters,  who  had  penetrated  into  the  fastnesses  of  the  mountain,  dis- 
covered the  lost  maiden  with  a  beautiful  youth,  whose  hair,  like  hers,  floated 
down  below  his  waist,  on  the  shore  of  a  limpid  stream.  On  the  approach  of 
the  intruders  the  pair  vanished.  The  parents  of  the  maiden  knew  her  com- 
panion to  be  one  of  the  kind  spirits  of  the  mountain,  and  henceforth  con- 
sidered him  as  their  son.  They  called  upon  him  for  moose,  bear,  or  whatever 
creature  they  desired,  and  had  only  to  go  to  the  water-side  and  signify  their 
wish,  when,  lo  !  the  animal  came  swimming  toward  them. 

This  legend  resembles  one  of  those  marvelous  stories  of  the  Hartz  Moun- 
tains, in  which  a  princess  of  exceeding  beauty,  destroyed  by  the  arts  of  a 
wicked  fairy,  was  often  seen  bathing  in  the  river  Use.  When  she  met 
a  traveler,  she  conducted  him  into  the  interior  of  the  mountain  and  loaded 
him  with  riches. 

Goodrich  Falls  (Jackson)  is  at  the  junction  of  the  two  branches  of  Ellis 
liver.  The  height  of  the  rock  at  the  right  from  the  water  is  eighty  feet. 
There  is  a  large  circular  pool  of  great  depth  below  the  fall.  When  the  river 
is  full,  the  water  pours  a  broad,  beautiful  sheet  over  the  dam,  covering  the 
rocks  and  throwing  np  clouds  of  spray,  sometimes  to  the  height  of  one  hun- 
dred feet. 

Contra!/  seems  to  be  the  grand  gateway  to  the  White  Mountain  region.  Its 
location  is  romantic  and  delightful,  and  wealth  and  taste  have  been  united  to 
enhance  its  superior  natural  advantages.  Here  the  outlines  of  Kearsarge,  the 
big  Mote,  and  the  legendary  Chocorua  are  sharp  and  well  defined,  and  the  view 
of  the  White  Mountains,  rising  over  the  Saco  meadows,  bursts  upon  the 
traveler  like  an  enchanted  view.  This  entrance  to  North  Conway  is  said  to 
be  the  most  beautiful  and  most  imposing  introduction  to  the  White  Mountains. 
"Nature  has  formed  here  a  vast  ante-chamber,  into  which  you  are  ushered 
through  a  gateway  of  mountains  upon   the  numerous  inner    courts,  galleries, 


SCKNKKV,     A'lTI.'ACTIONS,     Tk  A 1  »1TI<  )NS     AND     LEGENDS.  133 

and  cloisters  of  her  most  secluded  ret  reals.  The  mountains  fall  back  before 
the  flood  of  the  Saco,  which  comes  pouring  down    from   the   summit   of  the 

Notch,  and  is  joined  by  the  Swill  river,  which,  having  just  escaped  from  iis 
mountain  last  ness.  comes  rollicking  and  leaping  over  its  stonj  bed.  Here  the 
valley  between  the  gentle  slopes  of  the  Kearsarge  and  the  abrupt  declivities 

of  Mote  enclose  a  verdant  and  fertile  spot  of  land  enchanting  to  the  beholder. 
It  is  skirted  on  one  side  by  thick  woods,  behind  which  precipices  one  thousand 
feet  high  rise  black  and  threatening;  overlooked  on  the  other  by  a  high 
terrace,  along  which  the  village  stretches  itself."  And  here,  at  the  village, 
one  can  see  the  White  Mountains  in  all  their  grand  and  beautiful  metamor- 
phoses. 

Echo  Lake  (Conway)  lies  in  front  of  "The  Cathedral."  It  covers  but  a 
few-  acres,  ami  has  a  bright,  sandy  shore.  The  water  is  clear,  and  the  reflection 
of  White  Horse  Ledge  shows  beautiful  tints,  and  the  echoes  float  back  from 
the  purple  glens  like  fairy  bugles. 

I  >i<i  mi's  Hath. — -Not  far  from  "The  Cathedral  "is  a  cascade  falling  down 
a  long,  irregular  staircase  of  broken  rock.  One  of  these  steps,  a  solid  mass 
of  granite,  extends  for  more  than  a  hundred  feet  across  the  bed  of  the  stream, 
and  is  twenty  feet  high.  Unless  the  brook  is  full,  we  see  a  score  or  more 
crystal  streams  gushing  or  spurting  from  the  grooves  they  have  channeled  in 
the  hard  granite,  and  falling  into  basins  they  have  hollowed  out.  It  is  these 
stone  cavities,  out  of  which  flows  the  purest  and  clearest  water  constantly, 
that  give  to  the  cascade  the  name  of  Diana's  Bath. 

Artist' x  Brook  has  furnished  abundant  and  exquisite  material  for  the  land- 
scape painter;  and,  as  we  linger  near  it  or  wander  on  its  banks,  it  sings  to  us 
from  that  sweet  song  of  Tennyson  :  — 

I  el uit tor  over  stony  ways 

In  little  sharps  and  trebles; 
I  bubble  into  eddying  bays, 

T  babble  on  the  pebbles. 

Thomcw  Starr  King,  in  his  "White  Hills,"  first  appealed  to  the  great  circle 
of  the  lovers  of  nature  in  her  grandest  and  most  beautiful  creations,  and  they 
have  come  from  near  and  far,  in  answer  to  his  cheery  call,  to  enjoy  the  marvels 
he  has  described  in  language  as  purely  classic  as  ever  Homer  sung. 

The  poet  Whittier  has  done  a  wonderful  work  for  all  this  section.  Inder 
his  pen  of  witchery  Lake  Winnipiseogee  and  Squam,  Bear  Camp  and  Saco, 
Chocorua  and  Kearsarge,  glowing  in  fairy  light  and  coloring,  draw  nearer  to 
the  great  pulsating  hearts  of  humanity,  and  the  craggy,  solemn  mountains 
gleam  in  purple  and  gold  and  crimson,  while  oldtime  legends,  revivified, 
speak  to  us  of  Borrow,  suffering,  and  the  tender  sympathies  evoked  by  that 
unerring  touch  of    nature   which   "makes   the  whole  world  kin.**     Thousands 


134  HrsTOKY  or   Carroll   County. 


on  thousands  of  visitors  bring  their  wealth  hither  and  scatter  it  freely  all 
along  the  fascinating  pilgrimages  that  have  been  so  ably  described,  and  drawn 
rich  reward  for  their  time  and  money  expended  in  the  lake  and  mountain 
region.  The  number  of  visitors  will  steadily  increase,  so  long  as  Chocorua's 
"horn  of  shadow"  pierces  the  water,  so  long  as  the  "smile  of  the  Great 
Spirit  *'  sends  its  witching  dimples  toward  the  sunlight,  so  long  as  the  awful 
majesty  of  Mt  Washington  and  kindred  peaks  look  over  the  border  with  their 
eternal  watchfulness,  or  the  Saco  brawls  with  its  rippling  melody  through  the 
mighty  valley  of  the  Notch,  or  the  magic  colors  on  Red  Hill  steal  splendor 
from  the  morning  sunlight  to  add  new  charms  to  their  already  perfect 
loveliness. 

Never  will  the  fields  or  mills  of  Carroll  county  bring  in  a  greater  revenue 
than  is  brought  annually  as  an  offering  to  the  bare  rocks,  towering  mountains, 
silvery  lakes,  and  dreamy  valleys  with  which  nature  has  so  richly  endowed 
her.  The  sick  and  wornout  children  of  men  who  fly  to  these  healthful  lake 
and  mountain  sides,  gain  fresh  inspiration  from  the  balmy  pine-scented  breezes 
and  pure  waters  gushing  from  fountains  stored  beneath  the  bases  of  the  mighty 
granite  mountains. 


CHAPTER    XVII. 

MILITARY  AFFAIRS   IN   CARROLL   COUNTY  PRIOR  TO  1861.  — SOLDIERS  IN  THE 

REBELLION   1861  TO  1805. 

BY  COLONEL  ENOCH  QUIMBY  FELLOWS. 

Faint  the  din  of  battle  bray'd, 
Distant  down  the  hollow  wind, 
War  and  terror  (led  before, 
Wounds  and  death  remained  behind. 

—  Penrose. 

And  loving  words  shall  tell  the  world 
Their  noble  deeds,  who  'gainst  the  wrong 
The  Hag  of  freedom  first  unfurled, 
And  suffering  made  the  nation  strong. 

And  glistening  eyes  shall  throb  with  tears 
At  names  that,  stamped  on  history's  page, 
shall  aye  go  ringing  down  the  years, 
The  heroes  of  this  patriot  age. 

IT  is  with  great  diffidence  that  I  attempt  to  compile  the  following  chapter 
and  do  so  only  at  the  urgent  request  of  the  publishers  and  others.     My 
authorities  will  be  "Old  Militia  Records,"  "Adjutant-General's  Reports  — 
1865  and  1866,"  "  New  Hampshire  in  the   Rebellion,"   Colonel  Henry  O.  Kent 


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in  "History  of  Coos  County,"  and  all  other  reliable  records  that  may  ionic 
to  hand. 

Carroll  county  is  peopled  by  a  set  of  hardy  yeomanry.  Their  ancestors 
fought  tlic  Indians  and  British  ere  emigrating  hither;  and  ever  since  there 
lias  been  a  sharp  contest,  not  only  with  savage  beasts  and  more  savage  Indians 
at  first,  but  all  the  time  with  the  stubborn  soil  and  severe  climate.  In  the  very 
nature  of  things,  therefore,  the  people  may  be  somewhat  conservative,  perhaps, 
and  "go  slow."  but  they  are  hardy  and  rugged  as  the  White  Mountains  at 
whose  base  they  dwell  and  whose  invigorating  air  they  breathe. 

Carrol]  county  had  been  too  recently  settled  to  furnish  a  great  many 
soldiers  for  the  war  of  the  Revolution  (see  Revolution),  but  (juite  a  number 
of  the  survivors  of  that  war  settled  here  afterwards,  and  thus  the  military 
spirit  was  fostered  and  became  embodied  in  the  "Old  Militia/'  from  which 
a  reasonable  quota  enlisted  in  the  War  of  1812-15. 

In  fact,  during  a  period  of  about  forty  years,  from  1810  to  1850,  the  militia 
was  a  great  institution  in  New  Hampshire. 

Every  able-bodied  man  between  the  ages  of  eighteen  and  forty-five,  except 
Quakers  and  a  few  others  specified  in  the  statute,  was  obliged  to  do  military 
duty;  so  that  the  whole  military  force  of  the  state,  if  mustered  altogether  at 
one  time  and  place,  would  have  made  a  display  as  formidable,  in  appearance  at 
least,  and  much  more  picturesque,  as  the  whole  army  of  the  Potomac  at  its 
first  great  review  at  Washington  in  September,  1861,  under  General  McClellan, 
consisting  of  4"2  regiments  in  8  brigades  and  1  divisions,  in  all  about  30,000  men. 

The  dress  and  uniforms  were  about  as  various  as  the  tastes  of  the  wearers, 
and  many  of  the  Toe-nail  and  String-bean  companies,  or  Bare-foot  Rangers  and 
Barn-yard  Cadets  (as  they  were  often  called  by  the  profane),  could  give  points 
to  the  hosts  of  Gibeon  when  they  went  to  meet  Joshua  at  the  camp  at  Gilgal, 
and  then  "  take  the  cake ; "  while  many  of  them,  as  well  as  a  large  majority  of 
the  uniformed  companies,  would  bear  favorable  comparison  with  the  crack 
companies  of  to-day. 

The  old  regiments  were  composed  of  all  arms  —  artillery,  cavalry,  infantry, 
and  rifle  (like  a  miniature  army  corps) — -and  consisted  of  at  least  eight  com- 
panies of  infantry,  and  one  each  of  the  others. 

The  cavalry  (or  troop,  as  it  was  called),  in  its  palmiest  days,  with  their  neat 
gray  uniforms  and  bright  buttons,  black  glazed  caps  with  tall  white  plumes, 
and  prancing  horses  covered  with  gay  trappings,  would  rival  in  appearance  an 
equal  number  of  the  soldiers  of  the  cross,  under  Prince  Conrad  or  Richard 
Cceur-de-Lion ;  and  although  they  might  not  be  as  formidable  in  the  field,  yet 
no  doubt  they  fullilled  their  destiny  just  as  well. 

Farewell,  old  troop,  farewell  !     "  We  ne'er  shall  see  thy  like  again/' 

The  artillery,  with  their  blue  swallowtail  coals  and  brass  bell-buttons,  white 
pants  with  a  wide  red  band  near  the  bottom,  large  Hat  chapeaux  with  tall  black 


136  History  of   Carroll   County. 

plumes  tipped  with  red,  and  each  armed  with  a  sword,  numbered  about  as 
many  men  as  an  infantry  company,  and  cherished  and  nursed  their  little  four 
or  si\  pounder  brass  cannon  with  a  truly  fatherly  care.  They  manoeuvred  the 
piece  with  two  long  drag-ropes,  the  platoons  respectively  hold  of  each ;  so  they 
never  marched  much  by  the  Hank,  but  in  single  file,  with  the  whole  broadside- 
to  the  front,  and  it  took  about  as  much  space  for  them  to  manoeuvre  as  it  would 
for  the  "Great  Eastern."  It  fulfilled  its  day,  however,  and  was  a  wonder  to 
the  small  boys,  while  the  old  fieldpiece  is  chiefly  remembered  for  its  Fourth  of 
July  salutes,  and  the  astonishing  feats  of  agility  it  caused  some  of  the  horses 
and  their  riders  to  perform  on  the  muster  field. 

The  rifle  companies  were  composed  of  officers  and  men  who  took  great 
pride  in  their  appearance  and  wore  neat  and  jaunty  uniforms. 

There  was  also  now  and  then  a  company  of  "light  infantry,"  neatly 
uniformed,  which  added  much  to  the  gay  appearance  of  the  regiment. 

It  could  be  easily  told  where  a  regimental  muster  was  to  be  held,  for  as 
you  observe  clouds  of  all  sizes  and  directions  move  toward  the  body  of  a 
thunderstorm,  so,  muster  morning,  every  road  from  every  direction  was  more 
or  less  filled  with  soldiers  and  speetators  wending  their  way  to  the  muster 
field.  The  soldiers  were  generally  astir  long  before  the  break  of  day,  ready 
to  call  upon  their  officers  and  give  them  a  good  heavy  salute  with  their  guns, 
and  were  usually  called  in  and  "  given  something "  to  warm  them  up  before 
starting  for  the  field. 

The  first  sight  that  greeted  the  eye  on  entering  the  muster  field  was  tents 
for  various  purposes,  side-shows,  such  as  the  striped  pig,  fat  man,  man  with 
no  legs,  or  something  else  to  catch  money.  There  were  also  peddlers  of  all 
kinds,  singing,  fiddling,  etc.,  to  attract  attention.  One  particular  person,  who 
attended  these  musters  every  year,  was  a  deaf  man  who  sold  gingerbread; 
and  he  always  said  it  was  "  baked  last  night  after  two  o'clock."  It  was  a 
perfect  gala  day  for  old  and  young.  There  was  always  liquor  to  be  had,  and 
occasionally  a  soldier  perhaps  fell  a  victim  to  this  all-powerful  foe,  and  at  night 
would  get  scattered  all  along  the  road  with  his  accoutrements  until  he  found 
a  resting-place  and  went  to  sleep  under  the  lee  of  some  friendly  wall, 
reminding  one,  on  a  small  scale,  of  the  appearance  of  the  highway  between 
Manassas  Junction  and  Washington  after  the  disastrous  defeat  of  Bull  Run. 
Many  of  us,  I  think,  would  be  glad  to  see  some  of  those  old  muster  days 
again,  with  the  rum  and  cider  left  out. 

There  was  generally  a  sham  fight  in  the  afternoon  of  muster  day  between 
more  or  less  of  the  independent  companies,  beginning  and  ending  in  noise  and 
smoke.  I  don't  think  they  tried  to  imitate  any  battle  like  Bunker  Hill,  as  I 
have  seen  done  in  Massachusetts,  but,  if  your  fancy  was  lively  enough,  you 
might  imagine  yourself  at  the  skirmish  of  London  Hill,  where  a  promiscuous 
rabble,  armed  with  all  sorts  of  weapons,  defeated  some  of  the  best  troops  of 


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England  under  Colonel  Grahanie  of  Claverhouse.  But  with  the  Scotch 
Covenanters  it  was  no  sham  fight.  Though  using  carnal  weapons,  they  ye\ 
relied  mi  a  higher  power:  ami  after  hearing  exhortations  from  such  men  as 
Peter  Pound-text,  Gabriel  Kettle  - drummle,  Habakkuk  Mucklewrath,  and 
Ephraim   Macbriar,  and  all  joining  in  singing  the  Seventy-sixth  Psalm, — 

In  Judah's  land  *;<h1  is  well  known, 
I li<  i » .- 1 1 1 1 1 ■  's  in  [srael  greal  ; 
In  Salem  is  his  tabernacle, 
In  Zion  is  his  seal, 

they  rushed  upon  the  foe  and  gained  a  complete  victory  at  the  time;  but  in 
the  next  skirmish,  at  Bothwell  Bridge,  they  were  themselves  completely 
overwhelmed  by  the   Duke  of  Monmouth. 

The  arms  and  accoutrements  of  the  did  militia  would,  no  doubt,  compare 
favorably  with  those  of  the  volunteer  troops  at  the  commencement  of  the 
Rebellion  —  all  raw  militia  at  lirst.  Probably  some  muskets  had  flint-locks, 
and  some  percussion  :  and  possibly,  now  and  then,  one  with  no  lock  at  all  ; 
and  there  might  be  an  occasional  bayonet  lacking.  An  old  militia  veteran  told 
me  not  long  ago  that  a  captain  of  the  company  in  North  Sandwich  at  one 
time  ordered  his  men  to  all  appear  the  next  muster  day  with  bayonets,  so  it 
appears  that  previous  to  that  time  they  had  not  all  had  them.  Bayonets 
did  n't  lav  round  loose  then,  and  the  few  Lacking  them  went  to  Mr  Thrasher, 
the  blacksmith,  to  get  them  made.  So  he  made  their  bayonets  all  right  except 
the  shank  :  he  couldn't  make  a  socket  very  well  to  lit  on  the  muzzle,  but, 
instead,  made  them  so  as  to  tit  inside.  When  muster  day  came  they  all 
had  bayonets  fixed,  and  when  the  inspector  inspected  the  new-fangled 
arrangements,  he  asked  the  soldier  if  there  were  any  more  bayonets  like 
that  in  the  company.  The  man  stuttered  badly,  and  in  attempting  to  answer, 
began  to  stamp  and  catch  hold  of  his  hat  rim,  and  finally  got  out,  "  Ye-ye-ye- 
yes,  and  the  man  that  made  "em." 

for  a  generation  prior  to  1850  Carroll  virtually  contained  within  its  limits 
the  Nineteenth.  Twenty-seventh,  and  Thirty-sixth  Regiments,  Seventh  Brigade, 
Second  Division :  Brookfield,  to  be  sure,  belonged  to  the  Thirty-third  in  another 
county,  but  Centre  Harbor,  in  Belknap,  belonged  to  the  nineteenth  in  Carroll. 
|  >f  course  Carroll  furnished  (except  Centre  Harbor's  proportion)  the  officers 
for  its  own  regiments,  about  forty  colonels  in  all,  with  those  of  Lesser  grade  in 
proportion;  and  also  a  fair  share  of  brigadier  and  major  generals,  whose  com- 
mands extended  far  beyond  the  county  limits.  Some  of  the  latter  likewise 
held  high  ci\il  offices  and  were  well  known  throughout  the  state.  Especially 
is  this  true  of  Major-General  Johnson  1).  Quimby  and  Brigadier-General 
Daniel  Hoit,  both  of  Sandwich,  whose  earliest  commissions  date  back  to  1810, 
and  who  went  through  all  the  grades  up  from  fourth  corporal.     Following  these 


138  History   of   Carroll   County. 

were  Major-General  George  P.  Meserve,  of  Jackson ;  Gen.  Henry  Hyde,  of 
Ossipee  ;  Gen.  George  W.  Hersey,  of  Wolfeborough ;  Gen.  Samuel  Knox,  of 
Conway;  Gen.  Nathaniel  B.  Unit,  of  Moultonborough  ;  Gen.  Cyrus  K.Drake, 
of  Effingham;  and  Gen.  Enoch  Q.  Fellows,  of  Sandwich. 

The  militia  laws  were  changed  somewhat  in  1S47  or  1848,  and  again  in 
1851,  when  (raining  and  regimental  musters  ceased.  The  laws  were  again 
modified  in  1857  by  dividing  the  state  into  six  brigades  and  three  divisions. 
Carroll,  Belknap,  and  Stratford  counties  constituted  the  Second  Brigade,  First 
Division,  of  which  Enoch  Q.  Fellows  was  commissioned  brigadier-general  May 
14,  1858.  No  active  service  was  required,  however,  except  by  volunteer 
companies, .which  could  be  organized  and  formed  into  regiments  anywhere 
within  the  limits  of  the  brigade.  Before  much,  if  any,  progress  had  been 
made  under  that  statute,  the  Rebellion  of  1861  broke  out,  and  then  every 
energy  was  put  forth  to  send  troops  into  the  field. 

To  be  sure  there  were  a  few  old  military  organizations  still  in  existence, 
namely,  Governor's  Horse  Guards,  Amoskeag  Veterans,  the  Lyndeborough 
Artillery,  and  a  very  few  volunteer  companies  besides.  These  different  com- 
mands went  into  camp  at  Nashua,  by  invitation,  for  a  three  days'  muster,  in 
the  autumn  of  1860.  This  might  be  called  the  last  expiring  spark  of  the  old 
state  militia  (which  had  virtually  been  dead  for  the  last  ten  years),  and  when 
the  emergency  came  the  next  spring,  the  state  had  no  organization  whatever 
ready  to  take  the  field.  It  was  fortunate  for  New  Hampshire  that  she  had  a 
governor  at  that  time  (Ichabod  Goodwin,  of  Portsmouth,  elected  March,  1860, 
term  expired  June,  1861)  of  such  executive  ability,  energy,  wealth,  lofty 
patriotism,  high  character,  and  perseverance  as  to  enable  him  to  procure  all 
the  needed  assistance  from  the  banks ;  by  which  means  he  met  the  first  call 
of  the  President,  and  inaugurated  the  splendid  system  by  which  the  state 
was  enabled  to  send  the  succeeding  commands  to  the  field  with  such  complete 
outfits  as  to  elicit  the  admiration  of  those  from  other  states. 

Joseph  C,  Abbott,  of  Manchester,  was  at  this  time  adjutant  and  quarter- 
master general,  having  been  appointed  in  1855. 

Nathaniel  S.  Berry,  of  Hebron,  elected  in  March,  1861,  was  inaugurated 
governor  in  June  of  that  year,  and  the  legislature  at  that  session  ratified 
the  previous  action  of  Governor  Goodwin.  Governor  Berry  was  succeeded  in 
June,  1863,  by  .Joseph  A.  Gilmore,  who  in  turn  was  succeeded  in  June,  1865, 
by  Frederick  Smyth.  Throughout  the  war  these  chief  magistrates  devoted 
nearly  their  whole  time  while  in  office  to  the  state,  exercising  the  great  power 
entrusted  to  them  generally  with  a  wise  discretion,  and  were  held  in  high 
esteem  by  her  soldiers. 

Adjutant-General  Abbott  was  confronted  by  an  appalling  emergency,  with- 
out arms  or  equipments.  He  was  active  and  zealous,  and  entitled  to  great 
credit  for  his  labors  in  fitting  out  the  earlier  regiments,  which  went    to    the 


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front  exceptionally  well  provided.  He  resigned  in  the  Bummer  of  L861,  and 
by  authority  of  the  War  Department  raised  the  Seventh  Infantry,  going  oul 
as  its  lieutenant-colonel.  lie  became  colone]  on  the  death  of  Colonel  Putnam 
(killed  at  Fort  Wagner),  was  promoted  to  brigadier-general,  was  commandant 
of  the  city  and  district  of  Wilmington,  N.  C,  and,  after  the  war,  a  senator 
from  North  Carolina  at  Washington.  Ho  subsequently  engaged  in  business 
in    North   Carolina,   where   he  died. 

General  Abbott  was  succeeded  as  adjutant-general  of  the  state  by  ex- 
Governor  Anthony  Colby,  of  New  London,  who,  in  turn,  was  followed  by  his 
son,  Daniel  E.  Colby,  who  held  the  office  until  the  accession  of  Governor 
Gilinore  in  1864,  when  Natt  I  lead,  afterwards  governor,  was  appointed,  hold- 
ing the  place  until  his  accession  to  the  chief  magistracy,  when  Mayor  Cross. 
of  Manchester,  was  appointed.  He  was  succeeded  about  1877  or  '78  by  the 
present  incumbent,  Gen.  A.  D.  Ayling,  of  Massachusetts. 

The  Colbys,  father  and  son,  were  reliable,  earnest  men,  who  brought  to 
their  duties  devotion  and  painstaking  care.  General  Head  became  at  once 
favorably  and  widely  known,  and  his  excellent  administration  of  the  office 
had  much  to  do  with  his  advancement  to  the  executive  chair.  It  is  but  an 
act  of  justice  to  say  that  the  present  adjutant-general  himself,  a  veteran  of  the 
war,  by  his  zeal  in  perfecting  the  invaluable  records  of  the  soldiers  of  the 
state  and  his  ability  in  their  preparation,  as  well  as  by  his  general  efficiency, 
merits  recognition  from  New  Hampshire  soldiers  among  the  executive  officers 
who  organized,  equipped,  and  forwarded  our  troops. 

The  "  boys "  who,  during  the  process  of  organization  and  muster,  became 
familiar  with  the  State  House  and  its  officials,  will  remember  Hon.  Thomas  L. 
Tullock,  Hon.  Allen  Tenney,  and  Hon.  Benjamin  Gerrish,  consecutively  secre- 
taries of  state.  Mr.  Tullock  died  in  Washington,  after  having  long  held 
important  offices  there  ;  Mr.  Gerrish  died  in  Boston  in  1885,  after  having  been 
consul  at  Nantes  and  Bordeaux,  France ;  while  Mr.  Tenney  is  a  successful 
lawyer  at  Norwich,  Conn.  Neither  will  they  forget  their  enthusiastic  friend, 
Ibni.  Peter  Sanborn,  the  state  treasurer,  nor  his  flights  of  rhetoric,  perhaps,  in 
the  course  of  his  remarks  to  the  different  regiments  as  they  were  drawn  up  in 
the  State  House  yard  to  receive  their  colors.  I  will  just  remark  here  that  if 
Colonel  Sanborn's  eloquence  sometimes  reached  the  gilt  eagle  on  the  cupola, 
probably  that  of  some  colonels  in  responding  didn't  get  much  higher  than 
those  perched  on  their  llagstaffs. 

I  am  aware  that  the  duties  of  etiquette  must  be  performed,  but  I  know  of 
at  least  one  colonel  who  considered  such  ceremonies,  of  which  there  were 
several,  as  among  the  most  embarrassing  ordeals  of  the  service  (I  mean  the 
responding  part ).  Colonel  Sanborn,  having  long  ago  retired  from  public  life, 
still  survives  on  the  paternal  farm  at  I  Iampton,  enjoying  a  vigorous  and  honored 
old  ao-e. 


140  History   of   Carroll   County. 


( )u  the  reception  of  the  proclamation  of  the  President,  issued  April  15, 1861, 
calling  for  75,000  men  for  three  months,  recruiting  offices  were  opened  in 
twenty-eight  different  stations  in  the  state,  including  Conway  in  Carroll  (Joshua 
Chapman,  enlisting  officer). 

The  enthusiasm  did  n't  appear  as  great  in  Carroll  at  first,  perhaps,  as  in  the 
lower  part  of  the  state,  consequently  comparatively  few  went  in  the  earlier 
regiments;  but  as  the  war  progressed  she  became  fully  aware  of  the  gravity 
of  the  situation,  and  proceeded  accordingly  to  fill  her  required  quota. 

The  First  Infantry  was  raised  for  three  months'  service,  and  although 
twenty-three  men  enlisted  at  Conway,  none  of  them  appear  to  have  gone  in  the 
First,  but  twenty  of  them  served  in  some  other  command.  So  far  as  I  have  been 
able  to  learn  seven  men  only  went  in  the  First  Regiment  from  this  county, 
namely,  Enoch  Q.  Fellows,  Daniel  R.  Kenney,  Johnson  D.  Quimby,  William 
H.  Emery,  Samuel  Webster,  John  B.  Waldron,  and  Abner  S.  Towle ;  the  five 
first  named  being  residents  of  Sandwich.  E.  Q.  Fellows  was  first  lieutenant 
and  adjutant,  afterward  colonel  of  the  Third  and  Ninth  ;  D.  R.  Kenney  was 
captain  of  Company  B,  afterward  sergeant  in  the  Eighth,  and  subsequently 
promoted  to  captain  in  the  Second  Louisiana  Volunteer  Infantry.  J.  D.  Quimby 
was  a  private  in  the  First,  reported  as  residence  "unknown  ;"  he  was  afterward 
corporal  in  the  First  New  England  Cavalry,  also  first  sergeant  in  the  Eighteenth 
New  Hampshire  Infantry,  and  credited  to  Sandwich,  where  he  was  born.  Samuel 
Webster,  who  died  February  3,  1864,  was  a  sergeant  in  the  First,  recorded 
residence  "  unknown,"  afterward  credited  to  Dover  as  first  lieutenant  First 
New  Hampshire  Heavy  Artillery,  but  his  native  place  was  Sandwich.  William 
H.  Emery  was  a  private  in  the  First,  credited  as  residence  "  unknown,"  after- 
ward a  sergeant  in  the  Third,  credited  to  Sandwich,  where  he  belonged.  John 
B.  Waldron  was  a  sergeant  in  the  First,  recorded  as  "  unknown  ; "  afterward 
credited  to  Dover  as  first  sergeant,  Company  H,  Sixth  New  Hampshire, 
now  of  Tuftonborough,  and  so  I  give  this  county  the  credit  for  him.  Abner 
S.  Towle  was  a  private,  of  Effingham. 

The  regiment  was  organized  and  mustered  at  Concord  ;  was  entertained 
magnificently  at.  Worcester,  Mass.,  in  Mechanics'  Hall,  by  the  citizens  ;  received 
an  ovation  and  was  presented  with  a  beautiful  silk  flag  in  New  York,  May  26, 
by  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire  resident  in  that  city.  This  was  the  day  of 
Colonel  Ellsworth's  funeral,  and  the  streets  were  so  crowded  as  to  cause  a 
delay  of  several  hours,  during  which  all  who  could  viewed  the  colonel's 
remains  as  they  lay  in  state  in  the  mayor's  office  in  the  city  hall.  At  length 
the  regiment  proceeded  on  its  way  to  Washington,  where  it  arrived  the  next 
day,  and  after  a  few  days  was  sent  to  the  Upper  Potomac,  where  it  formed  a 
pari  of  General  Patterson's  command  during  its  period  of  enlistment.  It  was 
composed  of  the  finest  material,  and  was  admirably  officered  and  drilled.  It 
wore  gray  uniforms,  as  did  the  Second  and  Third  at  first,  and  was  ordered  to 


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141 


wear  a  strip  of  white  factory  cloth  uound  the  arm,  in  order  to  be  distinguished 
from  tlic  enemy,  who  also  wore  gray.  Its  field  officers  were:  Colonel  Mason 
\V.  Tappan,  of  Bradford,  who  afterwards  declined  the  colonelcy  of  one  of  the 
Later  regiments;  Lieutenant-Colonel  Thomas  J.  Whipple,  a  veteran  of  tin; 
Mexican  war.  subsequently  colonel  of  the  Fourth,  and  now  an  eminent  lawyer 
of  Laconia  ;  Major  Aaron  F.  Stevens,  of  Nashua,  subsequently  colonel  of  the 
Thirteenth,  brevet-brigadier-general,  and  member  of  Congress.  Colonel 
Tappan,  then  attorney-general  of  the  state,  died  early  in  1S87,  at  his  home 
in   Bradford. 

The  Second  Infantry.  About  double  the  number  required  having  enlisted 
under  the  call  for  three  months,  the  balance  were  ordered  to  Portsmouth,  where 
the  most  of  them  enlisted  for  three  years,  and  formed  the  main  body  of  the 
Second  ;  a  few,  refusing  to  enlist  for  three  years,  were  sent  as  a  garrison  to  Fort 
Constitution  at  the  month  of  Portsmouth  Harbor,  from  which  they  were  dis- 
charged the  ensuing  summer.  Thomas  P.  Pierce,  of  Nashua,  a  veteran  of  the 
Mexican  war,  had  been  commissioned  colonel.  Deelining  to  serve  for  three 
years,  he  resigned,  and  Gilman  Marston,  of  Exeter,  was  appointed  colonel; 
Frank  S.  Fiske,  of  Keene,  lieutenant-colonel,  and  Josiah  Stevens,  Jr,  of  (Jon- 
cord,  major.  Colonel  Marston  served  through  the  war  with  distinction,  was 
promoted  brigadier-general,  and  is  now,  in  his  halt;  old  age,  an  active  and 
eminent  lawyer  at  Exeter,  and  has  recently  been  United  States  Senator, 
appointed  by  Governor  Sawyer.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Fiske  resigned  after  a 
year's  service,  and  is  now  elerk  of  the  United  States  district  court  in  Boston. 
Major   Stevens   subsequently  resigned,  and    died   at   Manehester  about   1875. 

On  its  way  to  the  front,  the  regiment,  in  passing  through  Boston,  received 
a  magnificent  welcome  at  the  hands  of  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire  resident  in 
that  city.  It  was  reviewed  by  Governor  Andrew  from  the  State  Flouse,  dined 
in  Music  Hall,  and  paraded  on  the  Common.  The  record  of  this  famous  regi- 
ment would  constitute  the  record  of  the  army  of  the  Potomac,  in  which  it 
sen  id  through  the  war,  reenlisting  at  the  expiration  of  its  three  years  of  duty. 
It  was  a  nursery,  like  several  other  of  the  early  regiments,  from  which  eame 
many  accomplished  officers  for  other  regiments;  it  received  and  assimilated  the 
Seventeenth  Regiment  in  1863,  and  a  great  number  of  reeruits,  and  during  its 
entire  service  was  conspicuous  for  bravery,  soldierly  conduct,  and  untiring 
devotion  to  the  cause.  It  was  mustered  out  at  City  Point,  Va,  November  IS, 
and  paid  off  at  Concord  November  *2ti,  181!."). 

ROSTER. 


Charles  n.  K<>-^.  B, 

William  II.  Tucker,  !•',  Corporal, 

■  lame-  A.  WIggin,  1',  Musician, 

Boberl  Brown,  F, 

James  Breanehen,  l\ 


Samlu  Ich 

Ossipee 


Wolfeborougb 


John    s.    Varney,    l>,    promoted    Corporal, 

wounded  Beverely  July  •-',  1863,       Wolfeborongh 

Charles    n.    Eastman,    K,     promoted    flrsl 

Sergeant,  Conway 

A  li(n  <  >.  Sarriman,  F,  „ 


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History  of   Carroll   County. 


William    II.  Goldsmith,    !•',    promoted    Coi-- 


poral, 
John  II.  Leach,  F, 
John  A.  Plummer,  F, 
Calvin  B.  Peterson,  F, 


Ossipee 
Moultonborough 

Wakefield 
Conway 


Stephen  R.  Tibbetts,  F,  Tuftonborough 

George    S.    Vittum,    F,    wounded  severely 

July  2,  1863,  died    of   wounds  July   13, 

1863,  Sandwich 


SECOND   RECJIMKNT   RECRUITS. 


<  lharles  Y".  Allen, 

Wakefield 

Thomas  Jones, 

Bartlett 

John  Antoni, 

Wolfeborough 

Thomas  King, 

Freedom 

Frank  Antone, 

Brookfleld 

Henry  H.  Lane, 

Ossipee 

John  Beckley, 

Ossipee 

Leonard  Leslie, 

Bartlett 

Sewall  l).  Bachelder,  C, 

„ 

James  Leonard, 

Wolfeborough 

Edward  Baker, 

Wakefield 

Timothy  McCarthy,  E, 

Wakefield 

John  J.  Broderick, 

Ossipee 

John  McNaley, 

Freedom 

Jules  Chamnia, 

Moultonborough 

Thomas  Maley, 

Effingham 

Jerre  Cronin, 

Hart's  Location 

Frank  Monroe, 

Wakefield 

John  Farrel, 

Freedom 

John  Roberts, 

Bartlett 

William  Frasier, 

Wolfeborough 

Alba  L.  Smith,  G, 

Ossipee 

Charles  Hall,  D, 

Wakefield 

Peter  Smith,  G, 

Bartlett 

John  Harvey, 

,, 

Charles  H.  Smith,  G, 

Ossipee 

Thomas  Hayes, 

Bartlett 

Thomas  Thornton,  G, 

Effingham 

Michael  Harrington, 

Eaton 

Robert  Thompson, 

Bartlett 

John  Johnson, 

Wolfeborough 

Lambertus  15.  Wathy, 

Wakefield 

A  few  of  the  above-named  recruits  were  mustered  in  some  time  in  1863,  but 
nearly  all  late  in  1864. 

Reenlisted  Veterans,  Second  Regiment.  —  William  H.  Goldsmith,  F,  wounded 
June  7,  1864,  Ossipee;  Franklin  W.  Heath,  D,  Ossipee;  Allen  O.  Harriman, 
F,  Conway  ;  James  Mayhew,  F,  Conway ;  these  veterans  were  all  mustered  in 
again  January  1,  1864. 

The  Third  Infantry.  —  This  command  was  organized  at  Concord  in  the 
summer  of  1861,  and  from  excellent  material.  Enoch  Q.  Fellows,  now7  living 
at  Sandwich,  an  undergraduate  of  West  Point,  and  the  adjutant  of  the  First 
Regiment,  was  its  colonel ;  John  H.  Jackson,  of  Portsmouth,  a  veteran  of  the 
Mexican  war,  now  an  inspector  in  the  Boston  Custom  House,  lieutenant- 
colonel  ;  and  John  Bedel,  of  Bath,  also  a  Mexican  veteran,  afterward  brevctted 
brigadier,  who  died  in  1875,  major.  The  first  colonel,  several  commissioned 
and  non-commissioned  officers,  and  over  half  of  Company  G,  with  Pierce  L. 
Wiggin,  captain,  were  from   this  county. 

The  Third  was  first  assigned  to  duty  on  the  seaboard  in  the  South,  serving 
with  distinction  at  Hilton  Head,  Charleston,  Fernandina,  Fla,  and  other 
strategic  points.  It  was  mounted  for  about  three  months  while  in  South  Caro- 
lina and  Florida-.  Joseph  C.  Wiggin,  of  Sandwich,  who  went  out  as  first 
srr-cant  of  Company  G,  and  afterward  promoted  to  second  lieutenant,  was 
killed  August  22,  1862,  on  Pinckney  Island,  S.  C,  while  in  command  of  a 
picket  guard.  The  regiment  served  with  the  army  of  the  James,  and  took  part 
in  tlic  closing  scenes  before  Richmond.  Like  the  First  and  Second,  it  furnished 
iiiaii\  officers  for  later  regiments,  and  received  a  large  number  of  recruits.     Its 


Mii.ri'.\i;v    Affairs. 


1  i:: 


record  was  highly  honorable;  il  was  engaged  in  desperate  battles,  did  garrison 
and  fortification  duty,  and  in  all  respects  won  fairly  the  high  reputation  thai 
has  always . been  accorded  to  it.  It  was  mustered,  oul  July  20,  1865.  William 
II.  Trickey,  of  Wolfeborough,  enlisted  in  Company  (i  as  a  private,  was  pro- 
moted successively  to  corporal,  sergeant,  first  sergeant,  second  lieutenant,  first 
lieutenant,  captain,  major,  and  wounded  twice,  was  Tor  a  long  time  in  the  rail- 
way mail  service,  and  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  I  'niversalist  church  at 
South  Newmarket,  N.  II.,  June  21,  1889. 

ROSTER. 


Enoch  Q.  Fellows,  Colonel,  Sandwich 

Win.  H.  Trickc\    seeabove),  Wolfeborough 

Andrew  J.  Wadlia,  2d  Lieut,  1st  Lieut,  Capt., 

w  ounded,  Wolfeborough 

Pierce  I..  Wlggin,  Captain,  Ossipee 

Joseph  c.  Wiggin,  Sergeant,  2d  Lieut,  killed, 

Sandwich 
Amasa  M.  Knowles,  <  • ,  Sergeant,  Effingham 

\\m.  II.  Emery,  G,  Sergeant,  Sandwich 

Joseph    A.   Peavey,   G,   Corporal,   died    of 

disease,  Ossipee 

John  Gove,  G,  Corporal,  Sandwich 

Thomas  II.  Know  les,  < >.  I  lorporal,  Effingham 

Win.  II.  Burbank,  G,  Corporal,  1st  Serg't,  Sandwich 
Win.  ( '.  Piper,  G,  Corporal,  ,, 

Martin  B.  Kclley,  G,  Musician,  ,, 

Adolphus  l-;.  Hoj  t,  (.,  Wagoner, 
Joseph  II.  Allen,  G, 
Charles    II.    Brown,    G,   died    of 


( >s.~ipee 
Wakefield 
disease, 
Afoul  tonborough 
Wakefield 
Ossipee 
Tamworth 
Wolfeborough 
( Issipee 


George  B.  Bickford,  G,  wounded, 

John  P.  Brown,  G, 

Wm.  W.  Ballard,  G, 

liana  A.  Cbesley,  G, 

I'enno  Chick,  G, 

John  EL  Clements,  <;,  died  at  Hilton  Head, 

Moultonborough 
John  E.  Chick,  G,  promoted  Corporal,  died 

of  wounds,  Tamworth 

Lucien  Eastman,  <;,  killed  June  i,  1864,  „ 

Clnuies  II .  Edge  11,  G,  promoted  Sergeant,        ,, 
George  A.  Ellis,  G,  promoted  Corporal,      Wakefield 
Hollis  I).  Emerson,  G,  wounded  twice,  <  tssipee 

John  K.  Furguson,  G,  Moultonborough 

!■' rank  N .  Fobs,  < < ,  Sandwich 


Charles  Fogg, G,  died  or  disease,  Sandwich 

Lorenzo  Ford,  <;,  wounded  June  16,  1862,  ,, 

Asa  I'.  French,  i • ,  Effingham 

James  M.  Grant,  G,  Tamworth 

Lowell  Glidden,  o,  Wolfeborough 

Frank  Glidden,  G,  Effingham 

Albert     Gilman,     G,    promoted     Sergeant, 

wounded,  Tamworth 

Samuel  F.  Hodkins,  G,  ,, 

Edwin  I).  Haw  kins,  G,  ,, 

George  Knox,  G,  Ossipee 

Josiah  A .  Lai  Id,  ( ;,  died  of  disease,  Moultonborough 
.James  il.  Mel  ri  His,  G,  Sandwich 

Albion  Moulton,  G,  Tamworth 

James  W.  .Mead,  G,  Wakefield 

Benjamin  F.  Peavey,  G,  Ossipee 

Albert  Paris,  G,  promoted  Sergeant,    Wolfeborough 
Horaces.  Parrott,  G,  Sandwich 

George  II.  Page,  G,  Effingham 

George  E.  Piper,  G,  killed  at  Fort  Wagner,  Sandwich 
George  O.  Sceggell,  G,  promoted  Corporal, 

wounded,  ossipee 

John  L.  Sceggell,  G,  „ 

.Moses  Stiles,  G,  ,, 

Edward  Towusend,  G,  Wakefield 

David  I'.  S.  Vittuin,  G,  Tamworth 

William  O.  Weed,  Ci,  „ 

Charles  Wiggin,  G,  died  of  wounds,  ,, 

Edgar  II.  Watrous,  G,  Sandwich 

Charles  II.  Wentworth,  G,  Ossipee 

Marshall  P.  Wentworth,  G, 
George  T.  York,  G,  Sandwich 

A-a  F.  Sanborn,  I,  died  Nov.  21,  1861,  Wakefield 

Oliver  Watson,  K,  promoted  First  Sergeant, 

wounded,  Sandwich 


John  Gove,  of  Sandwich,  appears  in  the  above  list  as  having  been  mustered 
as  a  corporal  with  the  rest  of  the  regiment,  but  is  not  officially  accounted  for 
in  the  adjutant-general's  report.  The  fact  is,  he  was  commissioned  as  second 
lieutenant,  hut  was  rejected  by  the  examining  board  at  Concord,  consequent  1\ 
he  did  nnt  leave  the  state  ;  but  he  was  a  good  man.  had  been  one  of  the  leading 
men  in  town.  and.  if  he  had  continued  with  the  regiment,  would  undoubtedly 
have  made  a  good  record  for  himself. 


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History   of   Carroll  County. 


THIRD   REGIMENT   RECRUITS. 


Charles  Alson, 

Charles  11.  Bates, 

Louis  <  iouden, 

Robert  Curtis, 

Thomas  Denny, 

Charles  W.  Fanton, 

Daniel  W.Gilbert,  wounded  Auj 

Charles  Klein, 

Theodore  Mority, 

Timothy  C.  O'Keefe, 


Freedom 

Ossipee 

Tuftonborough 


Effingham 


16,  1864, 


Baton 
Conway 
Tuftonborough 

Ossipee 


John  Peacock,  C,  wounded  severely  May  16, 


1864, 
George  Papino, 
Barney  Quinn,  C, 
Edward  W.  Richardson, 
Albert  P.  Richardson, 
Thomas  Scott, 
John  Wilson, 
James  E.  White,  A, 
John  Williams, 


.Sandwich 
Tuftonborough 

Conway 

Sandwich 
Tuftonborough 

Sandwich 
Ossipee 


I  see  no  reason  why  James  E.  White  is  placed,  here  among  the  recruits,  the 
most  of  whom  were  mustered  in  the  latter  part  of  18G4,  while  he  was  mustered 
in  originally  with  the  regiment  in  August,  18*51.  He  was  a  good  soldier, 
wounded  May  13,  1864,  and  died  of  wounds  August  16,  1864,  after  about  three 
years'  service. 

RE-ENLISTED   VETERANS. 


Joseph  II.  Allen,  G,  wounded  severely  May 

14, 1864,  Tamworth 

William    II.    Burbank,  G,  wounded  May  lti, 

1864,  Tamworth 

John  F.  Brown,  G,  ( (ssipee 

Fenno  Chick,  G,  died  of  disease  Oct.  18,  1864,       ,, 
James  T.  Corson,  G,  wounded  Aug.  16,  1804,  Bartlett 
Wm.  II.  Emery,  G,  wounded  May  15, 1864,  Tamworth 
George  A.  Ellis,  G,  Corporal,  ,, 

Lorenzo  Ford,  G,  Sandwich 

Lowell  Gliddcn,  G,  Ossipee 

Alfred  C.  Moody,  B,  Wakefield 

James  W.  Meads,  G,  Tamworth 


James  II.  McCrillis,  G,  Sandwich 

Albion  Moulton,  G,  wounded  May  and  Aug., 

1S64,  died  of  wounds  Sept.,  1864,  Tamworth 

William  C.  Filter,  G,  Sandwich 

George  M.  Phelps,  G,  ,, 

Moses  Stiles,  G,  Tamworth 

Edward  Townsend,  G,  Wakefield 

David  P.  S.  Vittum,  G,  Tamworth 

Marshall  P.  Wentworth,  G,  ossipee 

Charles  11.  Wentworth,  G,  ,, 

Edgar  II.  Watrous,  G,  Sandwich 

George  T.  York,  G,  ,, 


The  Fourth  Infantry. — -This  command  was  officered  by  Colonel  Thomas  J. 
Whipple,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Louis  Bell  (mortally  wounded  at  Fort  Fisher, 
January  15,  1865),  and  Major  Jeremiah  D.  Drew,  of  Salem.  Colonel  Whipple 
served  in  the  First  as  lieutenant-colonel,  in  which  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bell  and 
Major  Drew  were  captains. 

It  was  a  valuable  and  efficient  three-years  regiment,  originally  part  of  the 
force  on  the  South  Atlantic  coast.  There  were  no  officers,  and  but  few  men, 
who  went  in  it  at  first  from  this  county.  Its  service  was  at  Hilton  Head,  Fer- 
nandina,  Charleston,  and  in  the  army  of  the  James,  before  Petersburg  and 
Richmond.  It  was  mustered  out  August  27,  1865.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bell, 
then  colonel  of  the  regiment,  was  brevetted  brigadier-general  for  meritorious 
conduct  at  Fort  Fisher,  receiving  the  commission  on  his  death-bed. 


ROSTER. 


Lorenzo  D.  Lane,  A,  died  of  disease  Sept.  11, 

is<;:{,  Wakefield 

Benjamin  P.  Wltham,  A,  ,, 

David  A.  Witham,  A, 
Charles  D.  Wentworth,  I),  Moultonborough 


Lyman  II.  White,  D,  Moultonborough 

Charles  F.  Brigham,  II,  Sandwich 

George  Evans,  II,  died  of  disease  March  -2, 

1862,  Moultonborough 

Joseph  James,  II,  Tamworth 


M  [LITARY     APPAIBS. 


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FOURTH    REGIMENT   RECRUITS. 

Qeorge  Bellini, 

( isslpee 

( iwrii  McCabo, 

Wakefield 

William  11.  Claua, 

(  "iiw  aj 

John  Maloney, 

Toftonborough 

James  <  lolller, 

,, 

Charles  Miller, 

way 

William  Dlgnam,  1 ! . 

Osslpee 

John  Etemson, 

Freedom 

Adolphus  Graul, 

Freedom 

A  lexander  Smith, 

Wakefield 

John  Harrington,  A, 

(  >-si|)('C 

John  Shaw, 

Toftonborough 

Qeorge  L.  Bartford, 

Effingham 

James  Thompson, 

Sioultonborongh 

George  1 1 ,  Barper, 

<  isslpee 

Charles  Talbot, 

<  (ssipee 

William  JohnBon, 

Wakefield 

George  J.  Webber,  11, 

,, 

Henr\  Jones, 

w 

olfeborougfa 

William  I).  Wyman,  E, 

Bartlett 

William  korh, 

Freedom 

Jolin  Williams, 

Conway 

James  H.  Lambert , 

Conway 

EE-ENLISTED  VETERANS. 


William  F.  Harm  an,  D,  Musician,  Effingham 

Lorenzo  i>.  Huntress,  F,  ,, 

Addison  A.  Parker,  D,  Wagoner,     fiioultonborough 


Charles  K.Miller,  F,  Sergeant,  wounded 

May  It;,  1864,  Effingham 

Henry  A.  Spencer,  F,  ,, 


With  very  few  exceptions,  the  recruits  for  the  Fourth  Regiment  were  mus- 
tered in  186-)  and  1804,  and  all  of  the  veterans  remustered  in  January  and 
February,  1864. 

The  Fifth  Infantry.  —  This  command  had  a  notable  record  for  daring 
bravery,  and  was  one  of  the  conspicuous  regiments  of  the  volunteer  service. 
This  was  largely  due  to  the  personnel  of  its  first  commander,  Colonel  Edward 
Ephraim  Cross,  of  Lancaster,  who  had  shared  largely  in  the  adventurous  life 
of  the  southwestern  frontier.  Leaving  home  at  an  earl)'-  age,  he  had  been  a 
newspaper  reporter  at  Cincinnati  and  Washington,  and  wagoned  the  first 
printing-press  across  the  plains  to  Tucson,  in  Arizona,  where  he  established 
a  paper.  Engaged  in  warfare  with  the  Apache  and  other  tribes,  he 
subsequently  took  service  with  the  republic  of  Mexico  until  he  came  north 
to  offer  his  services  to  his  native  state  in  the  summer  of  1861.  His  cam- 
paigning life  and  familiarity  with  the  ways  of  regular  soldiery  gave  him 
a  position  and  influence  that  added  Sclat  to  his  recruiting,  and  procured  for 
his  regiment,  from  the  outset,  a  reputation  for  dash  and  effective  work. 

This  regiment  went  into  camp  at  Camp  Jackson,  at  Concord,  on  the 
bluffs  opposite  the  lower,  or  Federal,  bridge,  with  Edward  E.  Cross  as  colonel, 
Samuel  G.  Langley,  late  adjutant  of  the  Second,  lieutenant-colonel,  and  Will- 
iam W.  Cook,  of  Boston,  major.  Colonel  Cross,  after  a  most  gallant  and 
brilliant  career,  fell  mortally  wounded  at  Gettysburg  while  commanding  the 
First  Brigade  of  the  First  Division  of  the  Second  army  corps.  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Langley  resigned  after  about  a  year  of  service,  and  died  in  Washington 
in  1808.     Major  Cook  died  since  the  close  of  the  war. 

As  with  the  Second,  so  with  the  Fifth:  the  limits  of  a  chapter  would 
utterly  fail  to  give  its  history.  It  furnished  gallant  officers  for  later  regiments, 
received  many  recruits,  and  was  always  conspicuous  for  its  bravery  and   heroic 


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History  of  Carroll  County. 


work.  It  was  in  the  Peninsula,  Maryland,  Pennsylvania,  and  Virginia  cam- 
paigns, and  its  colonel  made  the  proud  boast  to  a  friend  that  at  the  disastrous 
charge  at  Fredericksburg,  "  his  dead  lay  nearer  the  enemy's  rille-pits  than  those 
of  any  other  regiment  in  the  army  of  the  Potomac." 

While  a  veteran  of  the  Fifth  remains,  its  deeds  of  daring,  its  amateur 
engineering,  its  marches,  and  its  conflicts  will  be  as  fresh  in  their  memories 
as  the  rollicking  strains  of  "One-eyed  Riley!"  and  their  services  will  have  the 
appreciation  that  follows  honest  endeavor. 

The  number  originally  mustered  in  with  this  fighting  regiment  from  Carroll, 
though  not  large,  shared  proportionally  in  its  many  privations,  hardships, 
and  casualties,  and  furnished  more  than  its  quota  of  commissioned  and  non- 
commissioned officers. 

The  regiment  was  mustered  out  July  8,  1865.  Of  the  2,047  regiments  on 
the  Union  side  during  the  war,  the  Fifth  New  Hampshire  heads  the  list  in  losses 
in  battle. 

EOSTER. 


Richard  R.  Davis,  H,  Captain,  Wolfeborough 

Henry  B.  Randall,  H,  1st  Scrgt,  2d  Lieut, 

John  W.  Fogj?,  H,  Sergeant, 

Lewis  A.  Chesley,  H,  Corporal,  ,, 

Edgar  Avery,  H,  ,, 

John  F.  Corson,  H,  killed  June  30,  1862,  ,, 

William  Hussey,  H,  died  of  disease  Dec.  13, 

1861,  Wolfeborough 

William  H.  Hayes,  H, 

Caleb  T.  Keniston,  H,  ,, 

Charles  E.  Tibbetts,  H, 
Daniel  Kimball,  H,  died  of  wounds  June  15, 

1802,  Wolfeborough 

Simeon  B.  Kenney,  H,  ,, 

Charles  Tibbetts,  H,  „ 

Charles  A.  Libbey,  II,  ,, 

Ezra  Nutt,  H,  „ 

William  15.  Nason,  H, 
John  Sargent,  II,  died  of  disease  Dec.  22, 

1861,  Wolfeborough 

Ezra  Tibbetts,  H,  „ 

.lame-  W  .  Hooper,  II,  ,, 

Samuel  Thomas,  II,  ,, 

William  C.  Maleham,  H, 

John  C  Wallace,  H,  killed  Dec.  13, 1862,  ,, 

Charles  A.  Warren,  II,  died  of  wounds  June 

'->,  1862,  Wolfeborough 

Charles  E.  Sargent,  II,  ,, 

Jeremiah  young,  H, 

Charles  ().  Doe,  H,  musician,  „ 

Benjamin  F.  Blaisdell,  II, 


Sampson   W.   Townsend, 
wounded  June  3,  1864, 
William  <;.  Allen,  II, 
Mark  G.  Allen,  D, 
John  Doyle,  H, 
Charles  L.  Hubbard,  II, 
Charles  A.  Burbauk,  B, 


E,  2d  Lieutenant, 

Wakefield 


Bartlett 


Stephen  Emery,  B,  Bartlett 

James  C.  Chesley,  H,  Brookfleld 

John  C.  Allen,  H, 

Samuel  M.  Allen,  H,  „ 

John  F.  Chesley,  II,  „ 

Daniel  Libbey,  G,  2d  Lieutenant,        Tuftonborough 
Janvrin  W.  Graves,  H,  2d  Lieut,  1st  Lieut, 

Capt.,  Tuftonborough 

John  P.  Canney,  H,  promoted  Sergeant,         ,, 
John  H.  Graves,  H,  Sergeant,  died  of  dis- 
ease Dec.  20,  1861,  Tuftonborough 
Charles  H.  Horn,  II,  „ 
Mark  G.  Chase,  H, 

Andrew  J.  Fobs,  A,  killed  July  2,  1S63,  „ 

David  B.  Bean,  H,  „ 

Smith  P.  Davis,  H,  Moultonborough 

Albert  Shaw,  H,  „ 

George  W.  Shaw,  H,  ,, 

Charles  S.  Sanborn,  H,  ,, 

Nathan  II.  Holmes,  H,  ,, 

Benjamin  II.  Rogers,  H,  Corporal,  „ 

Converse    C.  Randall,    H,    died   of   disease 

Sept.  27,  1862,  Moultonborough 

Joseph  Whitten,  II, 

John  Bennett,  H,  ,, 

Charles  O.  Rogers,  H,  ,, 

Charles  H.  Dame,  H,  killed,  Ossipee 

Henry  Eldridge,  H,  „ 

Noah  Shaw,  II,  ,, 

Jacob  C.  Clough,  II,  Corporal,  ,, 

Alvah  II.  Garland,  H,  ,, 

James  M.  Ricker,  II,  „ 

Aaron  N.  Hanson,  H,  promoted  Sergeant,  ,, 

Charles  A.  Roberts,  H,  ,, 

Daniel  C.  Eaton,  B,  died  of  wounds  July  2, 

1863,  Sandwich 

Thomas  C.  Blanchard,  H,  died  June  12, 1862,      „ 
Charles  H.  Eaton,  II,  „ 


Military   Affairs. 


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George  8.  Cook,  H, 
llc/.ekiiih  Davis,  II, 
Daniel  K.  1'arrotl,  II, 

Ahin  Gilman,  n. 

William  II.  Da\i-, 
Willam  BlgelOW,  II, 


Sandwich 


.lolm  e.  Avery,  II, 
Freeman  ISldridge,  n, 
A  lviu  (i.  Ila\  ward,  !•', 
Joseph  Dow ncs,  ii, 
John  ( '.  Foss,  H, 
Henry  Bickford,  II, 


Sandw  Ich 

Freedom 

Baton 

Tamworth 


FIFTH    UKtJIMKNT    II F<  'IM'ITS. 


Henry  Birmingham, 
Harry  Burns, 
\v  llllam  Brow  a, 
Frank  Carpenter, 

•  lame-  II.  Delacy, 
Michael  Donnelley, 
James  Pole]  , 
John  H.  Garland, 
James  Harvey,  K, 
William  s.  Kimball,  A, 
Charles  King,  1), 
William  Miller, 
Adam  Miller, 
Martin  McKenney, 


Tamworth 

Tuftonborough 

Wakefield 

Sandwich 

Moultonborough 


Tuftonborongh 
Freedom 

Jackson 
Brooklicld 
Freedom 
Madison 
Freedom 


James  McLoon, 
Edward  McDonald, 
John  McKeever, 
Peter  McCabe,  K, 
Wlnslow  Norcutt, 
Thomas  Prindible, 
Charles  Shanley, 
George  E.  Sweet, 
Enos  Stebedore,  K, 
Charles  II.  Tibbetts, 
John  Velon,  G, 
Henry  Weaver, 
Nathaniel  Walsh, 


Wakefield 
Tuftonborough 

Wakefield 

Moultonborough 
Tuftonborough 

Conu  ay 

Wolfeborough 
Sandwich 
Freedom 


EE-ENLISTED  VETERANS. 


Mark  Allen,  II,  wounded  June  3, 1864,        Wakefield 
John  Doyle,  II,  „ 

Charles   EL    Eaton,    II,   promoted    Corporal, 

killed  June  18,1864,  Sandwich 

Elijah  F.  Marden,  B,  wounded  June  17,  1864, 

promoted  2d  Lieutenant  Oct.  28, 1864,    Wakefield 


Simeon  15.  Kenney,  Tuftonborough 

Ezra  Tibbitts,  H,  Wolfeborough 

Ira  Whittle,  H,  died  April  6, 1864,  „ 

Joseph  Whittier,  killed  Aug.  25, 1864, 

Moultonborough 


The  most  of  the  recruits  of  this  regiment  were  mustered  in  the  latter  part 
of  1864,  and  all  the  reenlisted  veterans  in  January  and  February,  1864. 

Tin1  Sixth  Infantry.  —  This  regiment  was  organized  at  Keene,  in  November, 
1861.  General  Nelson  Converse,  of  Marlborough,  of  the  old  militia,  was  its 
colonel;  Simon  G.  Griffin,  of  Nelson,  late  captain  of  Company  B,  Second 
Regiment,  lieutenant-colonel ;  and  Charles  Scott,  of  Peterborough,  major. 
It  served  in  several  departments,  being  first  ordered  to  the  southern  Atlantic 
coast,  at  Hatteras  Inlet,  N.  C,  and  Roanoke  Island;  it  then  became  a  part 
of  Burnside's  corps,  serving  in  Virginia,  Maryland,  Tennessee,  and  on  the 
Mississippi.  It  took  part  in  the  momentous  battles  of  South  Mountain, 
Antietam,  Second  Bull  Run,  Fredericksburg,  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  and  the 
closing  scenes  of  the  war  with  the  army  of  the  Potomac,  in  1864  and  1865, 
and  was  mustered  out  July  22,  1865. 

This  was  an  excellent  regiment  in  discipline  and  effectiveness.  Colonel 
Converse,  its  original  commander,  served  only  a  few  months,  when  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Griffin  assumed  command.  He  distinguished  himself  as  an  officer,  and 
received  the  highest  promotion  accorded  to  a  New  Hampshire  soldier,  being 
brigadier  and  brevet-major-general.     His  home  is  now  in  Keene,  although  he 


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has  large  interests  in  ranch  property  in  Texas,  to  which  he  devotes  considerable 
of  his  time.  Nearly  all  of  Company  D  of  this  regiment,  both  officers  and 
men,  went  from  this  county  with  Samuel  D.  Quarles  as  captain,  who  after- 
ward was  severely  wounded  and  promoted  to  major  and  lieutenant-colonel, 
and  is  now  a  lawyer  in  large  practice  at  his  old  home  in  Ossipee. 
The  list  below  shows  the  casualties  to  have  been  numerous. 


ROSTER. 


Samuel  D.  Quark's,  D,  Captain,  Major,  Lieut- 
Colonel,  wounded  severely  May  18,  1864,  Ossipee 
Josiah   N.   Jones,  D,  first  Lieut,  promoted 

Captain  Co.  F,  Wakefield 

Josiah  Prescott,  D,  1st  Sergeant,  2d  Lieut, 

killed  2d  Bull  Run,  Aug.  29, 1862,  Sandwich 

Robert  T.  Brown,  D,  Sergeant,  2d  Lieut,  Tam worth 
Henry  J.  Smith,  1),  Serg't,  died  Jan.  21, 1862,  Ossipee 
Orrin  Paul,  D,  Sergeant,  Eaton 

Joseph  Mead,  D,  Corporal,  Bartlett 

John  G.  Brown,  D,  Corporal,  Eaton 

Samuel  F.  Lewis,  D,  Corporal,  <  (sslpee 

Mark  Robertson,  D,  Corporal,  killed  2d  Bull 

Run,  Eaton 

William  H.  Hanson,  D,  Corporal,  missing  2d 

Bull  Run,  Ossipee 

Leander  W.  Brewster,  D,  Cor.,  died  April  7, 

1862,  Ossipee 

Hiram  Jones,  1),  Corporal,  Wakefield 

John  D.  Sias,  D,  Corporal,  Ossipee 

James  S.  Hunt,  D,  Musician,  Chatham 

John  G.  Mason,  D,  Musician,  Tamworth 

Greenleaf  M.  Abbott,  D,  Ossipee 

Frank  Atwood,  D,  Sandwich 

Pembroke  M.  Blaisdell,  D,  promoted  Serg't,  Madison 
HoseaQ.  Blaisdell,  D, 

John  Canney,  D,  Ossipee 

Fayette  Charles,  D,  Conway 

James  C.  Clough, D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,  Effingham 
Horace  Clough,  D,  Effingham 

Eliphalet  Clough,  D,  ,, 

John  A.  Dame,  D,  killed  at  Fredericksburg 

Dec.  13,  1862,  Ossipee 

Frank  E.  Davis,  D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,  Wakefield 
Joseph  G.  Edwards,  D,  Effingham 

Augustus  M.  Edwards,  D,  ,, 

Charles  Edwards,  D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,         ,, 
John  F.  Fall,  D,  died  Feb.  22,  1862,  <  >ssipee 

Lorin  Ferrin,  D,  Eaton 

Jeremiah    Goldsmith,   D,   died   of  disease, 

Nov.  26, 1862,  Ossipee 

William  Goodwin,  I>,  Chatham 

Daniel  P.  Grant,  D,  Moultonborough 

Upton  Hammond,  D,  Ossipee 

Addison G.  Harmon,D,  Madison 

Josiah  D.  Hatch,  1>,  Albany 


John  Hamilton,  D,  Conway 

William  H.  Ham,  D,  Albany 

Azros  A.  Ilarriman,  D,  Eaton 

James  M.  Ilarriman,  D,  died  Jan.  20,  1862,    Chatham 
Joseph  D.  Hawkins,  D,  Eaton 

Orrin  J.  Hawkins,  D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,  ,, 

Benjamin  Heath,  D,  Conway 

Marquis  L.  Heath,  D,  ,, 

John  F.  Hutchins,  D,  missing,  2d  Bull  Run,  Madison 
Thomas  O.  Hutchins,  D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,      „ 


Phinehas  Keith,  D, 
Jonas  Kimball,  D, 
William  Kimball,  D, 
Charles  H.  Kimball,  D, 
Barzilla  W.  Leighton,  D, 
Horatio  Littlefield,  D, 
William  Willis  Mead,  D, 


Eaton 
Ossipee 

Wolfeborough 
Ossipee 
Albany 
Bartlett 

Sewell  McDaniel,  D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,  Sandwich 
Horace  F.  Mclntire,  D,  Conway 

John  A.  Nute,  D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,  Sandwich 
Thomas  J.  Nute,  D,  Wolfeborough 

William  H.  Palmer,  D,  Eaton 

Hiram  S.  Prescott,  D,  also  2d  Mass.  Cavalry, 

died  in  hospital,  Sandwich 

Edward  Roberts,  D,  Tamworth 

Samuel  Ross,  D,  Albany 

Isaac  B.  Sawyer,  D,  Wolfeborough 

Horace  Sceggell,  D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,  Ossipee 
Elias  W.  Smith,  D,  died  March  30,  1863,  Freedom 
Nathan  Stacy,  D,  Madison 

Stephen  F.  Stacy,  D,  died  of  disease,  Dec. 

11,1864,  Madison 

Charles  H.  Tasker,  D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,  Ossipee 
Albion  P.  Thurston,  D,  „ 

James  A.  Tucker,  D,  Wakefield 

William  E.  Tucker,  D,  „ 

Cyrus  B.  Vittum,  D,  Sandwich 

William  H.  Wallace,  D,  „ 

David  L.  Wentworth,  D,  Brookfield 

Daniel  H.  Willey,  D,  Albany 

George  H.  Willey,  D,  missing  2d  Bull  Run,  Conway 
Larkin  E.  Woodman,  D,  Tamworth 

Oren  M.  Goldsmith,  G,  died  Jan.  22, 1862,  Ossipee 
John  Hanson,  G,  ,, 

Oliver  Tasker,  G,  ,, 

John  M.  Emery,  I,  Sandwich 


SIXTH  REGIMENT  RECRUITS. 


Charles  B.Abbott,  D,  died  of  disease,  Nov. 

27,1864,  Ossipee 

Almon  Allard,  D,  Eaton 


Marcus  Aldrich,  I,  wounded  Sept.  30,  1864, 

Moultonborough 
Peter  Anderson,  I,  Jackson 


Military   Affairs. 


149 


Edmund  K.  Brown,  Ossipee 

John  Brown,  D,  promoted  Corporal,  died  oi 

wonnds,  Ossipee 

Eollls  Beau,  n,  (rounded  May  12,  1864,  Baton 

i  Itto  Backer,  15,  Wolfeborough 

John  Banzlger,  K,  ,, 

Boberl  Banzlger,  K.  wounded  May  18,  1864,    ,, 
Louis  Bender,  B,  Effingham 

John  Butler,  F,  Moultonborough 

1 1 1  •  1 1 1  - >  Bow  ler,  E,  ,, 

William  Baragan,  I,  Wakefield 

George  W.  Baxton,  Ossipee 

William  Buttrey,  „ 

Edward  K'.  Bowman,  I,  Tamworth 

Alfred  Burdett,  Conwaj 

Antonc  Boppe,  C,  ,. 

James  Burk,  Tuftonborough 

Benjamin  F.  Brown,  F,  ,, 

William  Burns,  „ 

Martin  Birch,  G,  „ 

August  Brown,  Effingham 

James   <>.   Clements,    n,   died   o£   wounds, 

Wolfeborough 
William  Collins,  F,  prisoner  Sept.  30,   1864, 

Moultonborough 
John  Cammel,  Wakefield 

Edward  Church,  I,  Moultonborough 

Denis  i  larney,  C,  Conway 

David  Cochrane,  Madison 

James  Cross,  Brookfield 

William  II.  Dame,  1),  wounded  May  0.  1864,    Ossipee 
George  Diesenbachcr,  I'.,  Wolfeborough 

Loren  Drew,  D,  ■    Eaton 

Joseph  Durand,  A,  Effingham 

John  Doolittle,  Brookfield 

Michael  Dugan,  A,  Jackson 

Percy  Durgln,  If,  wounded  July  17, 1864,  died 

of  wounds  Sept.  lit,  1864,  Tamworth 

William  Duck,  A,  Sandwich 

David  Delancey,  K,  Tuftonhorough 

John  Day,  I),  „ 

Gfeorge  n.   Emerson,   D,  wounded  June  3, 

1864,  Ossipee 

James    Evans,    C,    wounded   June   3,    1864, 

Moultonborough 
Francis  N.  Klwell,  E,  wounded   May  6,  1804, 

Moultonborough 
Gottlob  Eichiholz,  K,  Conway 

John  Folsom,  D,  wounded  June  23,  1864,  Ossipee 

Michael  Furay,  I,  Conway 

Charles  Grunenthal,  D,  Effingham 

John  Green,  II,  Moultonborough 

William  Garner,  F,  Ossipee 

Thomas  Gearj ,  <;.  wounded  Oct.  1, 1S64,    Tamn  orth 
Charles  Gibson,  B,  Ossipee 

James  Golden,  H,  wounded  Maj  6,  1864,  and 

June  3,  1864,  I  Issipee 

<  barles  A.  Gilman,  C,  Sandwich 

Joseph  Greer,  Tuftonborough 

John  C.  Hanson,  D,  Ossipee 

Daniel  Hanson,  Jr,  D,  wounded  May  6,  1864,       „ 
William    Howard,    I,    killed    Spottsylvania 

May  12,  1864,  Tuftonborough 

John  llogan,  A,  ,, 

Christian  llartman,  K,  Wolfeborough 


Jacob  Hunziker,  K,  wounded  May  12,  L864, 

Wolfeborough 
Peter  Hanson,  Wakefield 

Michael    Eerrln,    F,    prisoner   Oct.    I,  1864, 

Moultonborough 
Ludwlg  Henby,  F,  Wakefield 

Michael  Eolllnshod,  I,  wounded  May  12,  1864 

and  June  19,  1864,  killed  June  24,  L864,     Freedom 
William  D.  Hambert,  B, 
John  T.  Hams,  Brookfield 

John  Henderson,  Sandw  Ich 

•  lames  Harris,  n 
James  Ilillis,  A,  ,, 
Hose  Hartford,  D,  Conway 
Peter  Belyorsen,  K,  killed  July  8,  1864,  „ 
John  Jennison,  Tuftonborough 
Andrew  Jones,  D,  wounded  June  ±1,   1864, 

died  of  wounds  July  ■'!,  1864,  Eaton 

William  II.  Johnson,  D,  Wolfeborough 

<  }eorge  Jackson,  „ 

Richard  O.  Jordan,  E,  Tamworth 

Edward  King,  A,  Wakefield 

George  Lewis,  II,  ,, 

Peter  Light,  G,  ,, 

Timothy  Larel,  ,, 

William  Linten,  Tuftonborough 

Martin  Leonard,  E,  wounded  Oct.  1,  1864,  Sandwich 
Joseph  Morse,  C,  missing  Pop.  Grove  Church 

Sept.  30,  1864,  Ossipee 

John  Murther,   F,    wounded    July   30,  1864, 

Tuftonborough 
Emile  Muldaur,  A,  Wolfeborough 

Frank  Meier,  15,  wounded  May  18,  1864,  ,, 

Louis  Malara,  A,  Effingham 

James  McCockrin,  K,  Moultonborough 

Nichols  Marteel,  A,  ,, 

Trueworthy  L.  Moulton,  B,  missing  Wilder- 
ness May  6, 1864,  Wakefield 
John  Myers,  A,  ( Issipee 
August  McKen/.ie,  I,  wounded  June  23,  1864, 

Moultonborough 
Charles  Martin,  Ossipee 

George  McArdle,  Jackson 

Warren  Morrill,  F,  Sandwich 

Samuel  Murdoek,  I,  Conway 

Anton  Myers,  K,  killed  Cold  Harbor  June  3, 

1864,  Conway 

Thomas  Murray,  C,  ,, 

William  M tiller,  Wolfeborough 

James  O'Connor,  II,  Jackson 

John   H.  Peavey,  D,  missing  2d   Bull   Run, 

Aug.  29,  1862,  Ossipee 

i  Jeorge  I'almer,  D,  Eaton 

Rubin  Pierre,  A,  wounded  May  12, 1864,  Effingham 
Francesco  Ponte,  F,  wounded  May  12,  1864,  Wakefield 
George  Pierce,  C,  Moultonborough 

Thomas  Parker,  B,  Wakefield 

Nil  hula-  Pie-back,  K,  Tuftonhorough 

John  H.  Randall,  Wolfeborough 

Charles  Reiff,  B,  prisoner  Pop.  Grove  Ch. 

Oct.  1,  1864,  Wolfeborough 

Michael  Roberts,  Sandwich 

•  lame-  Kile\  .  „ 

Edgar  Sanborn,  i>,  wounded  May  6,  1864,  died 

of  disease  July  30,  1864,  Ossipee 


150 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


Theodore  Ballshaw,  Wakefield 

Charles  Snyder,  D,  Effingham 

Jens  Marinus  Schon,  K,  ,, 

George  Scott,  (i,  wounded  May  6,  1SG4,  miss- 
ing Pop.  Grove  Sept.  30,  1864,       Moultonborough 
William  Smith,  G,  Wakefield 

George  Smith,  F,  Moultonborough 

•  lames  Smith,  A,  Ossipee 

John  Sullivan,  A,  missing  Pop.  Grove  Sept. 

.in,  1804,  Moultonborough 

Henry  Smith,  B,  Wakefield 

John  SUchelman,  Jackson 

William  Stratton,  A,  wounded  July  30,1804, 

died  of  wounds  July  31, 1864,  Sandwich 

(Jeer.-.'  Sullivan,  Tuftonborough 

Robert  Travers,  A,  ,, 

Theodore  Van  Ackersori,  G,  wounded  July 

27,  1864,  Conway 


Adolphe  Vincent,  B, 

John  Wood,  D,  wounded  May  18, 

of  wounds  May  31,  1804. 
Thomas  Wallace, 
Joseph  Wright, 
John  A.  Williams,  E, 
Charles  Webb, 
Henry  Wagner,  K, 
Isaac  Willan,  G,  wounded  June  21, 
Joseph  P.  Wilson,  B, 
Francis  Williams,  15, 
William  Wilson,  B, 
Harry  Wilson,  F, 
John  Welch, 
John  Weaver,  K, 
John  Waltch, 
Daniel  Williams,  D, 
William  Young, 


Brookfield 
1864,  died 

Ossipee 
Tuftonborough 

Effingham 

Wolfeborough 

Effingham 

1804,        Freedom 

Moultonborough 

Wakefield 

Jackson 

Ossipee 

Madison 

Wolfeborough 
Tuftonborough 


EE-ENLISTED   VETEKANS. 


Pembroke  M.  Blaisdell,  D,  Sergeant,  missing 

in  action  May  0, 1804,  Madison 

John  G.  Brown,  D,  1st  Sergeant,  killed  July 

30, 1804,  Conway 

Hosea  Q.  Blaisdell,  D,  Corporal,  wounded 

May  9,  1864,  Madison 

Joseph  G.  Edwards,  1),  Corporal,  wounded 

May  18, 1804,  Effingham 

William  Goodwin,  D,  Chatham 


Addison  G.  Harmon,  D,  Sergeant,  prisoner 

Pop.  Grove  Sept.  30, 1S64,  Madison 

John  Hamilton,  D,  Corporal,  prisoner  Pop. 

Grove  Ch.  Sept.  30, 1864,  Conway 

John  G.  Mason,  D,  Musician,  Tamworth 

William  E.  Tucker,  D,  Corporal,    prisoner 

May  6,  1864,  Wakefield 

Cyrus  B.  Vittum,  D,  wounded  May  6,  1804,  Sandwich 
David  L.  Wentworth,  D,  Brookfield 


The  above-named  recruits  and  veterans  were  mostly  mustered  in  and 
remustered  the  latter  part  of  1863  and  early  in  1864. 

The  Seventh  Infantry. —  This  command,  raised  under  exceptional  cir- 
cumstances, by  authority  of  the  secretary  of  war,  went  into  camp  at  Manchester 
in  October,  1861,  with  Lieut.  Haldiman  S.  Putnam,  of  the  Regulars,  —  a  native 
of  Cornish,  in  Sullivan  county,  —  as  colonel,  Joseph  C.  Abbott,  late  adjutant- 
general,  as  lieutenant-colonel,  and  Daniel  Smith,  of  Dover,  as  major. 

This  regiment,  which  was  exceptionally  well  prepared  by  drill  and  discipline 
for  its  later  experience,  left  the  state  on  January  14,  1862,  and  was  sent  by 
transport  to  the  Dry  Tortugas,  Fla,  where  it  garrisoned  Fort  Jefferson  and 
other  important  works.  In  June  it  was  sent  to  Beaufort,  S.  C,  and  then  to 
St  Augustine,  Fla.  It  participated  in  the  historic  attack  on  Fort  Wagner, 
Charleston  harbor,  July  18,  1863,  where  its  colonel  was  killed  after  having 
effected  an  entrance  to  the  fort,  although  our  forces  were  afterward  repulsed. 
It  served  with  the  Tenth  Corps  during  the  closing  scenes  of  the  war  near 
Petersburg  and  Richmond.  It  engaged  in  storming  and  capturing  Fort  Fisher, 
near  Wilmington,  N.  C,  and  through  all  its  arduous  service  acquitted  itself 
with  great  persistence,  devotion,  and  bravery.  It  was  mustered  out  July  22, 
1865,  and  reached  Concord  early  in  August  of  that  year. 

So  far  as  the  records  show,  there  appear  to  have  been  but  very  few,  only 
two   at  first,  from  this    county,  though  the  rolls  of  all  the   companies  show 


Military   Affairs. 


151 


residence  "unknown"  of  nearlj  all  its  members,  making  accuracy  of  compi- 
lation uncertain. 


ROSTER. 
Charles  P.  Kenlaton,  l,        Tamworth  Jesse  C  Fenlng,  I, 


Ossipee 


SKYKNTII    RECJLMKNT    RECRUITS. 


Patrick  Barritt,  D, 

Joseph  Hanks,  II, 

Daniel  Burns,  i>,  wounded 

1884, 
Charles  Brown,  A, 
John  Butler,  A, 
William  Birnle,  A, 
Lulgl  Cappelli,  P, 
Henry  n.  Churchill,  A, 
John  Clark,  F, 
Michael  Daley,  C, 
Aglsto  Delhuons,  E, 
Charles  J.  Drennan,  E, 
Oeorirc  K.  Downs, 
William  KilV,  I, 
William  Frazor,  I, 
A.UgU8t  Frank,  E, 
James  Parley,  6, 
.lames  Gunnell, 
Samuel  Hughs,  I,  missing 
Fell.  90,  18fi4, 

Waldemar  Hoff,  P, 

John  II.  Harriman,  B,  miss 

Peb.  30,  1864, 
Charles  Ilelmer,  E, 
Michael  Hollosen,  G, 
Howard  Barley,  G, 
Edward  Hill,  K, 
William  Jones,  A,  missing 

1864, 
Albert  Johnson,  A, 
Joseph  Knox,  G, 


Moultonborough 
Brookfleld 
aeverel)  Peb.  20, 

Wakefield 

Moultonborough 

Tamworth 

Moultonborough 

Jackson 
Effingham 

Moultonliorougli 


Tamworth 

Moultonliorougli 

Effingham 

Moultonborough 

Tamworth 

Moultonborough 

at  Olustee,  Fla, 

Wakefield 
Moultonborough 
Log,  Olustee,  Fla, 

Wolfeborough 

Tuftonborough 

Moultonborough 

Tamworth 

Jackson 

in  action,  Oct.  1, 

Moultonborough 

Wolfeborough 

Ossipee 


Thomas  Kuran,  A,  Moultonborough 

John  King,  A,  Sandwich 

Michael  Kelley.  G,  Tamworth 

John   McDonald,  P,  wounded   May  14,  l»a, 

Moultonborough 
John  Mayer,  15,  wounded  May  10,  1864, 

Tuftonborough 
Patrick  McGuiness,  H,  Moultonborough 

Daniel  Mullen,  II,  Tamworth 

John  Maddock,  II,  Jackson 

William  Moore,  Effingham 

William  Nichols,  B,  missing,  Olustee,  Fla, 

Peb.  '20,  1864,  Moultonborough 

Nicholson  Murdock,  G,  missing,  Olustee,  Fla, 


Feb.  20, 1804, 
Jerry  Ryans,  C, 
Peter  Sinclair,  B, 
Gurgan  Sunberman, 

Feb.  26,  1804, 
James  P.  Spiller,  I, 
Wilmot  Sanford,  I, 


Sandwich 

Wake  Held 


G,   wounded   mortally 

Moultonborough 

Jackson 

Moultonborough 

Frederick  Stoumeier,  I,  ,, 

Robert  J.  Thomas,  K,  captured,  Olustee,  Fla, 

Feb.  20,  1804, 
Clements  Volgel,  H,  ,, 

George  Von  Martini,  II,  Wolfeborough 

William  Wallace,  II,  wounded    May  11,  1864, 

Tuftonborough 
John  Williams,  First,  D,  Jackson 

George  Wilson,  D,  Tamworth 

Patrick  Walsh,  D,  missing  near  Richmond, 

Oct.  6,  18G4,  Jackson 


Reenlhted  Veterans.  —  Ivoiy  Abbott,  I,  killed  by  shell  near  Petersburg,  Va, 
August  27,  1864,  Ossipee  ;  Hazen  P.  Carlton,  H,  Jackson ;  Moses  Ferrin,  H, 
Tamworth;  Silas  Leroy,  G,  Ossipee. 

The  recruits  for  this  regiment  were  mustered  in  the  latter  part  of  186:5  and 
in  1864,  and  all  the  veterans  remustered  in  February,  1864. 

Tin'  Eighth  Infantry.  —  This  three-years  regiment  was  organized  at  Man- 
Chester,  served  valiantly  on  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  coasts,  at  Baton  Rouge, 
Port  Hudson,  and  Sabine  Pass,  Texas;  reenlisted,  and  underwent  all  the  hard- 
ships of  battle,  siege,  and  sickness  in  an  unhealthy  climate  being  finally 
mustered  out  at  Concord  in  January,  1865,  and  its  veteran  battalion  in  October 
of  the  same  year.  Its  officers  were:  Hawkes  Fearing,  of  Manchester,  colonel; 
Oliver  W.  Lull,  of  Milford,  who  had  been  an  aid  to  Gen.  George  Stark,  of 
the  state  service  at  Portsmouth,  and  who  was  killed  at  Port  Hudson,  lieutenant- 
colonel;  and  Morrill  B.  Smith,  of  Wakefield,  major. 


152 


History  of  Carroll   County. 


For  a  time  this  regiment  was  mounted,  and  known  as  the  Second  New 
Hampshire  Cavalry.  Carroll  was  well  represented  in  this  regiment  by  officers, 
non-commissioned  officers,  and  men.  Major  Morrill  B.  Smith,  though  then  tempo- 
rarily living  in  Concord,  was  a  lifelong  resident  of  Wakefield,  had  been  a 
colonel  in  the  old  state  militia,  and  was  the  only  brother  of  the  young  and 
gallant  Lieutenant  Smith  of  the  United  States  army,  who  was  killed  while  lead- 
ing a  forlorn  hope  in  an  attempt  to  scale  the  ramparts  of  Chapultepec,  near  the 
city  of  Mexico,  in  the  Mexican  war,  in  less  than  four  years  after  he  was 
graduated  from  West  Point. 

Major  James  R.  Newell,  born  in  Rrookfield,  December  5,  1839,  enlisted  in 
1861  in  the  Eighth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  served  faithfully  during  the 
war,  participating  in  over  forty  actions.  June  14,  1863,  then  a  first  lieutenant 
and  acting  captain,  he  led  his  company  in  a  disastrous  charge  on  rebel  earth- 
works in  the  rear  of  Port  Hudson,  where,  out  of  a  total  of  227,  his  regiment 
lost  126  men.  Here  he  was  severely  wounded,  and  was  captured.  Escaping 
after  some  weeks,  he  was  engaged  in  nearly  every  battle  fought  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Gulf,  and  also  did  admirable  service  as  a  scout  amid  almost  insur- 
mountable obstacles  and  difficulties.  He  was  promoted  for  personal  gallantry 
to  all  offices  from  the  ranks  up  to  major,  was  a  brave  and  gallant  soldier,  and  did 
honor  to  the  service  and  himself.  He  died  in  Wolfeborough,  March  1,  1880, 
and  the  G.  A.  R.  Post  at  that  place  is  named  in  his  honor. 


ROSTER. 


Morrill  B.  Smith,  Major,  Wakefield 

George  F.  Richardson,   E,   1st  Lieut,  Oapt. 

Moultonborough 
James  R.  Newell,  I,  Serg't,  2d  Lieut,  1st  Lieut, 

Capt.  E,  Major,  Wolfeborough 

Elphonzo  G.  Colby,  I,  Captain,  ,, 

Smith  N.  Welch,  B,  Effingham 

Charles  Young,  B,  Ossipee 

Daniel   R.  Kenney,  D,  Serg't,  Capt.,  2d   La. 

Vol's,  Sandwich 

Charles  c  Iloyt,  D,  Corporal,  Moultonborough 

Eli  N.  Cotton,  D,  „ 

Brackett  IS.  Lamprey,  D,  ,, 

Alonzo  G.  Lamprey,    D,    died    of    disease, 

February  i),  1sg2,  Moultonborough 

William     B.   Young,    I),   died    Feb.   2,    1SG2, 

Moultonborough 
George  JI.  Hurd,  1, 1st  Serg't,  killed  Oct.  28, 

L862,  Wolfeborough 

Solomon  (i.  Pool,  I,  Sergeant,  Freedom 

Charles  F.  Brewster,  I,  Serg't,  died  June  22, 

1862,  ( (ssipee 

George  Elliott,  I,  Corporal,  Wolfeborough 

James  \Y.  Johnson,  I,  Cor.,  promoted  Serg't, 

Wolfeborough 
Daniel  W.  Stoakes,  I,  Cor.,  died  Nov.  1,  1S62, 

Freedom 
John  D.  Goodwin,  1,  Wagoner,  died  Nov.  20, 

1862,  Eaton 


James  C.  Blaisdell,  I,  promoted   Cor.,  died 

Sept.  20,  1864,  Tamworth 

John  C.  Blanchard,  I,  Eaton 

John  L.  Hodge,  I,  died  March  29, 1863,  Ossipee 

Horatio  G.  Sawyer,  1,  Bugler,  promoted  2d 

Lieutenant,  Ossipee 

Charles  T.  Burnham,  I,  Wakeiield 

Joseph  P.  Burbank,  I,  Tamworth 

George  W.  Chesley,  I,  promoted  Corporal,  Etlingham 
John  Colby,  I,  Tuftonborough 

Hanson  L.  Dore,  I,  promoted  Corporal,  died 


October,  1863, 

Wakeiield 

Tobias  M.  Elliott,  I, 

W 

olfeborough 

AVilliam  M.  Elliott, 

1, 

,, 

John  H.  Emery,  I, 

Ossipee 

Augustus  D.  Ferrin 

1, 

Freedom 

Luther  E.  Head,  1, 

Tamworth 

Samuel  Henderson, 

I, 

Eaton 

William  Jenness,  I, 

Wakeiield 

John  Lovering,  1,  d 

ed  July  24, 

LS63, 

Freedom 

Joseph  Moody,  I, 

Ossipee 

Charles  E.  Moulton, 

I, 

,, 

Thomas  J.  Moulton, 

I, 

Freedom 

Henry  Marchington 

.  I, 

Wolfeborough 

Charles  N.  Moulton, 

I, 

Tamworth 

Urias  Richards,  I, 

Freedom 

John  S.  Stokes,  I, 

,, 

Benjamin  Stokes,  1, 

,, 

Elias  Towle,  2d,  I, 

,, 

Military    Afpa  crs. 


L53 


Brastue  Ward,  l,  Freedom 

,i.  3epb  in  x  inn  % ,  I,  died  March  -'.  1863,  ,, 

Jeremiah  i>.  Tlbbltts,  [,  w  olfeborough 


Berber)   I-..  Tlbbltts,  i,  died  January  :»,  18H8, 

Wolfeborough 
John  B.  Lamprey,  Tuftonborough 


EIGHTH    REGIMENT   RECRUITS. 


Frederick  (..  n.  Unslle, 

William  D.  Adams, 

George  \ .  Bonn, 

John  Collin-, 

Henry  i).  (  base,  H,  Mini  .July 

Nlchele  <  lose  . 

August?  I  lase,  B, 

Tlmothj  Concklin,  B,  Missing 

Roads,  I. a,  April  8,  1864, 
Peter  I  astague,  I  . 
John  Crawford,  B, 
Louis  De  I. a  Val.  K,  Missing 

Roads,  I. a,  April  S,  1864, 
Julius  Dusch,  D, 
Joseph  French,  II, 
l.eu  w  Frank,  E, 
Hen  Gardner, 
Michael  K.  Kennej ,  C, 
Eteorge  Kneller,  E. 
Edward  Krebs,  F, 
Thadeus  Low,  E,  died  May  i">, 
John  Meyer,  D, 


Tuftonborough 
Wakefield 

'I'm  i  i  i  w  orih 

Wakefield 
28,  1864,         Sandwich 

Tamworth 
Sabine  <  Iross 

Tamworth 
Sandwich 
Wolfeborough 
Sabine  Cross 

Samlw  ich 
Tamworth 

Wakefield 
Tamworth 
Brookfield 
Sandwich 
Wakefield 


1864, 


Tuftonborough 


Charles  F.  Miller,  C,  Sandwich 

Henry  Mun/.er,  C,  „ 

Berman  G.  Miller,  G,  Tamworth 

Adam  Meyer,  C,  Effingham 

Benjamin  Morrill,  E,  Tamworth 
James  Noyce,  Wolfeborough 
Hermann  Rock,                                  Moultonborough 

Nicholas  Roman,  C,  Sandw  Ich 

Andrew    Roch,  ,, 

Peter  Rarmej .  I  ,  Tamworth 
Eben  Richards,                                     Wolfeborough 

Kerl  Steins,  II,  Effingham 

Henry  Scott,  (',  promoted  Corporal,  Tamworth 

Otis  Sammet,  ,, 

George  Seaver,  Sandwich 

Jacob  Spies,  ,, 

William  i:.  Thompson,  II.  Wakefield 
William  II.  Ware,  C,  promoted  Serg't,       Tamworth 

Ludwig  Wachner,  Sandwich 

Henry  Wagner,  E,  Wakefield 

John  Young,  E,  „ 


Tteenlisted  Veterans.  —  George  W.  Chesley,  I,  sergeant,  Freedom;  Merrill 
Dow,  H,  died  of  disease  August  13,  1864,  Wakefield;  George  Elliott,  I,  ser- 
geant, Wolfeborough ;  Tobias  M.  Elliott,  I,  Wolfeborough;  Samuel  H.  Hender- 
son, I,  captured  Sabine  Gross  Roads,  La,  April  8,  1864,  Eaton;  Luther  E. 
Head,  I,  Tamworth ;  James  W.  Johnson,  I,  sergeant,  captured  Sabine  Cross 
Roads,  La,  April  8,  1864,  Wolfeborough;  Henry  Marchen ton,  I,  Wolfeborough ; 
William  Rounds.  I.  bugler,  Freedom;  LTrias  Richards,  I,  Freedom;  John  S. 
Stokes,  I,  corporal,  Freedom;  Horatio  G.  Sawyer,  I,  bugler,  promoted  2d  Lieu- 
tenant, Ossipee :  Benjamin  Stokes,  I,  Freedom ;  Jeremiah  D.  Tibbitts,  I, 
corporal,  Wolfeborough. 

The  recruits  for  this  regiment  were  mustered  late  in  1863  and  in  1864,  and 
all  the  veterans  in  January,  1864. 

The  Ninth  Infantry.  —  This  regiment  was  recruited  more  slowly  than  its 
predecessors,  and  was,  perhaps,  the  first  thai  experienced  to  any  considerable 
extent  the  effect  of  the  "bounty"  system. 

It  went  into  camp  in  Concord  in  June,  1862,  and  left  for  the  front  August 
2"),  under  Colonel  E.  Q.  Fellows,  formerly  of  the  Third.  It  was  a  gallant  regi- 
ment, and  performed  heroic  service. 

In  less  than  three  weeks  from  the  time  it  left  the  state,  it  fought  in  the 
battles  of  South  Mountain  and  Antietam,  where  Lieutenant-Colonel  Titus  was 
wounded  early  in  the  action,  leaving  Colonel  Fellows  the  only  field  officer,  the 
major  not  having  then  joined  the  regiment.     It  lost  heavily  at  Fredericksburg, 


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the  battles  of  the  Wilderness  in  1864,  and  the  closing  conflicts  of  the  war.  Its 
service  was  in  the  Ninth  Corps,  under  Burnside,  in  Maryland,  Virginia,  Ken- 
tucky, .Mississippi,  and  Tennessee,  and  it  was  mustered  out  in  June,  1865. 
Josiah  Stevens,  Jr,  who  was  major  Cor  a  few  days  in  the  Second,  was  appointed 

lieutenant-col 1.  and  on  his  resignation  the  same  day,  Herbert  B.  Titus,  of 

(  hesterfield,  late  lieutenanl  in  the  Second,  who  had  been  commissioned  major, 
was  immediately  promoted  to  lieutenant-colonel,  and  George  W.  Everett,  of 
New    London,  was  commissioned  major. 

The  viv  Eew  who  went  from  Carroll  at  first  were  nearly  all  commissioned 
and  non-commissioned  officers.  William  N.  Cook,  of  Wakefield,  the  first  adju- 
tant, died  before  joining  the  regiment,  and  George  H.  Chandler,  of  Concord, 
a  brother  of  Senator  Chandler,  was  commissioned  adjutant,  and  on  the  death  of 
Major  Everett,  August  -1,  1  SOS,  was  promoted  major,  and  afterward  lieutenant- 
colonel.  After  the  war  Lieutenant-Colonel  Chandler  became  a  successful 
lawyer  ai  Baltimore,  and  died  within  a  few  years. 

ROSTER. 


i  Q.  Fellows,  Colonel,  Sandwich 

w  in.  v  Cook,  Adjutant,  died  A.ug.  9,  1862,  Wakefield 
.luliii  S.  Emerson,  assistant  Surgeon,  Sandwich 

Albert  <•.  Merrill,  l>,  second  Lieutenant,  Conway 
Henry  a.   Boothby,   L>,  Corporal,  promoted 

first  Sergeant,  wounded  twice,  Conway 

Uosea  A.  Pettengill,  C,  Sergeant,  Sandwich 

Orsmon    Drown,   I),  woumleil    May   12,   1864, 

killed,  Spottsj  Ivania,  Va,  May  17,  1804,  Bartlett 
Mark  G.  Staples,  11,  Corporal,  Wakefield 


Martin  J.  McGraw,  II,  died  Dec.  4,  1802,  Wakefield 
Charles  A.  Wood,  K,  Cor.,  died  Dec,  1S62,  Freedom 
George  M.  Loring,  K, wounded  Dec.  13, 1862,  Ossipee 
William  Buttles,  K,  killed  in  action,  July  30, 

1864,  Tamworth 

Samuel  C.  Meader,  K,  wounded  at  Antietam,    „ 
William  II.  Nichols,    K,  died  at  Paris,   Ky, 

Oct.  29, 18G3,  Wakefield 

Eben  Eldredge,  K,  Ossipee 

Jacob  C  Dore,  K,  ,, 


NINTH  REGIMENT  RECRUITS. 


Daniel  Babb,  D,  prisoner,   paroled   Oct.  18, 

L864,  died  Nov.  l,  1864,  Conway 

John  Brush,  ll,  wounded  July  30,  1S04,       Effingham 
Henry  Colin,  E,  Sandwich 

ii  <  arter,    B,  cai.tur.-d   Sept.  30,   1864, 
paroled  Oct.  7,  1864,  Wakefield 

Martin  Dodd,  A,  Wolfeborough 

Daniel  Grant,  B,  Jackson 

Marquis  Heath,  D,  died  July  30,  1864,  Conway 

.lame-  Moran,  G,  Effingham 

William  C.  Mclntyre,  D,  Eaton 


William  B.  Perkins,  D,  killed  in  action  May 

12,  1864,  Conway 

William  Smith,  G,  Wolfeborough 

Harry  Simer,  G,  Chatham 

James  Smith,  G,  Brooklield 

James  Smith,  G,  Sandwich 

Thomas  Stevens,  G,  missing  in  action,  Sept. 

30, 1864,  Madison 

John  Welsh,   A,  missing  at  Fop.  Grove  Ch., 

Sept.  30,  1804,  Conway 


'l'!"'  above-named  recruits  were  all  mustered  in  1863  and  1864. 

The  Tenth  Infantry.  —  This  command,  popularly  known  as  the  Irish  regi- 
ment, was  organized  at  Manchester,  and  principally  from  that  city  and  southern 
portions  of  the  state.  It  went  into  camp  in  August,  1862,  and  was  mustered 
the  September  following,  Michael  T.  Donohoe  being  colonel,  John  Coughlin, 
Lieutenant-colonel,  and  Jesse  T.  Angell,  major.  It  was  a  part  of  the  Ninth 
Corps,  and  served  in  Virginia  and  the  Carolina**,  being  engaged  in  the  opera- 


MlUTAKY     A.FFAIRS. 


lions   of    1864-65,  iii  the  reduction  of    Petersburg   and    Richmond,  and 

mustered  out  June  21,  1 8(35. 

Colonel  Donohoe  had  served  as  captain  in  the  Third   Regimenl   for 
was  an  accomplished  and  meritorious  officer,  and  was  advanced  to  the  ran] 
brigadier.     He  has,  since  the  war,  been  engaged   in   railway  pursuits,  and   is  at 
present  an  inspector  of  the  postoffice  department.    Lieutenant-Colonel  Coughlin, 
after  serving  with  distinction,  entered  business  in   Washington  after  the  war, 
where  he  has  attained   affluence. 

So  far  as  the  records  show,  none  were  mustered  in  at  first  IV this  county, 

and  only  two  appear  to  be   credited   as   recruits:   George  W.  Coffran,  Com 
wounded  severely  June  3,  1864;  and  Daniel   McKenzie,   Bartlett.     The  rolls 
show  a  large  number  "residence  unknown,"  but  I  think  it  safe  to  say  that    lew 
of  those  were  from  Carroll. 

The  Eleventh  Infantry.  —  This  command  was  recruited  in  August,  1862, 
and  went  into  camp  at  Concord,  leaving  the  state  September  11.  It  was  a 
part  of  the  Ninth  Corps,  served  in  Virginia,  Kentucky.  Tennessee,  and  was 
engaged  at  Fredericksburg,  Vicksburg,  the  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania,  Peters- 
burg, and  the  closing  scenes  of  the  war.  It  was  a  regiment  composed  of 
admirable  material,  occupied  a  large  share  of  public  attention,  and  did  excellent 
service. 

Its  original  officers  were  Walter  Harriman,  of  Warner,  colonel,  Moses  N. 
Collins,  of  Exeter,  lieutenant-colonel,  and  Evarts  W.  Farr,  of  Littleton,  major. 
Colonel  Harriman  was  brevetted  brigadier-general,  and  after  the  war  was  for 
several  years  secretary  of  state,  also  governor,  and  naval  officer  of  the  port  of 
Boston.  He  died  June  1,  1884.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Collins  was  killed  at 
the  Wilderness,  May  6,  1864,  and  Major  Fair  served  through  the  war.  was 
elected  to  Congress  in  1878,  and  reelected  in  November,  L880.  He  died  the 
December  following,  at  his  home  in  Littleton. 


ROSTER. 


Oilman  Bickford,  C,  wounded  severely,  Dec. 

18,  1862,  Tainworth 

Bonce  F.  Benn,  < !,  ,, 

George  W.  Chandler,  C,  wounded  Dec.  13, 

1862,  Bartlett 

George  W .  Oilman,  0,  Tannvorth 

David  M.  Oilman,  C,  wounded  Dee.  13,  1862, 

Tamvt  orth 
Cyrus  B.  James,  C,  died  of  disease,  Nov.  11, 

L862,  Tamwortb 


James  C.  Johnson,  C,  wounded  Dec.  13,  1863, 

Tamworth 

Henry  T.  Page,  C, 

Levi  F.  Stanley,  C,  wounded  June  17,  1864, 
promoted  Corporal,  missing  Sept.  30,  L8<  1, 

Tamwortb 

David  J.  Sanborn,  C, 

Joel  S.  Sanborn,  C,  wounded  Dec.  18,  1862, 

Tamwortb 

John Tredrlck,  Jr,  K,  Wakcfleld 


i:u:vi:nti[   i:k<.imi:xt  i:i;<  1:1  its. 


•lame-   M.   Brown,  K,  died  of  disease,  April 

30,  1864,  Freedom 

James  Bly,  Bartlett 


Edward  Boucher,  K,  wounded  severely,  June 

l7|  |  BartleU 

John  S.  Collins,  Bedom 


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William  Baker,  F,  died  oi  wounds  received, 

June  it.  I  Wolfeborough 

Henrj  Davis,  Jackson 

James  D  Albany 

John  Doyle,  Wakefield 

Eugei  H.missingal  PegramHouse, 

\  a,  Sept.  30,  1864,  Wolfeborough 

i'.  ter  Parnan,  ,> 

John  M.Goodwin,  C,  died  of  disease,  April 

in,  1-  Baton 

George  A.  Lewis,  E,  wounded  May  <'>,  1804, 

Bartlett 
Love,  ,, 

Lewis  LaMarsh,  !•',  wounded  June  10,  1864,   Eaton 
Jacob  Bfaihoefer,  Wakefield 

Boberl  Miller,  H,  Wolfeborough 

William  Minnie,  D,  wounded  June  L6,  1864, 

missing  In  action  July  SO,  1864,  Albany 


Charles  Schmidt,  Wakefield 

John    Sullivan,    E,    died    of    wounds    near 

Petersburg,  Va,  Aug.  29,  1864,  Freedom 

John  Szulezewski,  K,  Brookfield 

Antonio  Tomas,  Wakefield 

John  Turner,  E,  wounded  severely  July  30, 

1864,  Freedom 

George  Williams,  ,, 

Fritz  Winter,  Wolfeborough 

John  Wall, 
John  Williams,  B,  missing  near  Petersburg, 

Va,  July  30,  1864,  Wolfeborough 

John  Walker,  „ 

John  C.  Wentvvorth,  E,  wounded  severely 

July  30,  1S64,  died  Aug.  17,  1864,  Bartlett 

George  Weller,  Wolfeborough 

Charles    Lamprey    (enlisted    from    Epsom), 

Tuftonborough 


These  recruits  were  mustered  in  late  in  1863  and  early  in  1864. 

The  Twelfth  Infantry.  —  This  command  was  raised  within  less  than  one 
week,  in  August,  1862,  in  the  region  around  Lake  Winnipiseogee.  It  was 
understood  that  the  men  were  to  select  their  own  officers,  and  detachments 
and  companies  were  made  up  from  localities,  so  that  the  aggregate  was  more 
like  the  muster  of  a  highland  clan  than  like  a  common  regiment.  It  was  the 
fervent  desire  of  all  that  the  veteran,  Thomas  J.  Whipple,  a  soldier  of  two 
wars,  late  of  the  First  and  Fourth,  and  one  of  the  most  accomplished  officers 
in  the  state,  should  be  placed  in  command  ;  but  the  Executive  failed  to  ratify 
this  wish,  and  Joseph  H.  Potter,  a  New  Hampshire  man,  and  an  accomplished 
officer  of  the  regular  army,  was  commissioned  colonel,  with  John  F.  Marsh, 
of  Nashua,  as  lieutenant-colonel,  and  George  D.  Savage,  of  Alton,  as  major. 

The  regiment  served  with  distinction  in  Virginia  during  its  entire  enlist- 
ment. This  county  was  well  represented  in  the  Twelfth.  Its  chaplain,  Thomas 
I..  Ambrose,  from  Ossipee,  was  wounded  severely  July  24,  1864,  and  died 
of  wounds,  August  19,  1864.  Nearly  the  entire  Company  K,  officers  and  men, 
were  from  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough;  while  large  details  of  other 
companies  were  from  Moultonborough  and  a  few  other  towns.  William  P. 
Ham,  of  Sandwich,  who  went  out  as  a  sergeant  in  Company  I,  and  was 
promoted  to  second  lieutenant,  was  severely  wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  June  3, 
1864,  and  died  of  wounds  the  fifteenth  of  the  same  month.  The  casualties  in 
this  regimenl  were  exceptionally  numerous,  and  those  who  went  from  Carroll 
fully  shared  in  them,  as  the  list  below  will  show.  Colonel  Potter  survived  the 
war,  and  has  recently  gone  upon  the  retired  list  of  the  army  as  a  brigadier. 
Major  Savage,  a  great  favorite  with  all  the  "boys,"  was  long  a  popular  character 
at  all  soldier  gatherings,  and  died  greatly  lamented,  within  a  few  years,  at  his 
home  at  Alton. 

The  veterans  of  New  Hampshire  have  two  notable  reminders  of  the  gallant 
Twelfth  — Colonel   Nathaniel  Shackford,   the    indefatigable   secretary   of    the 


MlLITAKY      AllAII;  J, 


Veterans'  Association,  and   the  "Memorial    Stone"  at    the    Weirs,  thi 
comrade  Woodbury  Sanborn,  now  of  Lowell. 


ijostki;. 


Thomas  L.   Ambrose,   Chaplain,   wounded 

severely  July  24,    1864,   died   of   wounds 

Aug.  l'.t,  1864,  OBBipee 

John  m.  Emerson,  Q,  1st  Lieut,         Moultonborough 
William    P.    Sam,    I,   Serg't,   promoted  2d 

l.ieut,  Juno  :i,  1864,  died  June  15,  ist;4,  Sandwich 
Silas  May,  K,  Captain,  wounded  May  :i,  1863, 

Wolfeborough 
William  F.  Dame,  K,  1st  Lieutenant,  Tuftonborough 
Ephralm  W.  Rloker,  K,  2d  Lieut,  promoted 

1st  Lieut,  Tuftonborough 

Adams  Eastman,  A,  wounded  May  9,  18G4, 

missing  at  Bermuda   Hundred,  Nov.  17, 

1S64,  Bartlett 

Alpheus  Llttlefleld,  A, 

Elbrldge  Jacobs,  G,  Sergeant,  Moultonborough 

Charles  W.  Hoit,  G,  Cor.,  Serg't,  wounded 

severely  June  8,  1864,  Moultonborough 

Charles  W.  Drown,  G,  Wagoner,  ,, 

Edward  IT.  Clark,  G,  captured  on  picket  at 

Bermuda  Hundred  Nov.  17, 1S64,  Moultonborough 
David  Clement,  G,  „ 

George   B.  Clement,  died  at  Falmouth,  Va., 

Dec.  9, 1862.  Moultonborough 

Henry  P.  Dow,  G,  ,, 

Charles  F.  Garland,  G,  ,, 

Charles  II.  Borne,  G,  wounded  May,  1864,    ,, 
Albert  W.  Ilayford,  G,  Tamworth 

William  L.  Johnson,  G,  ,, 

Thomas    Kelley,   G,   Mounded    May  3,  1863, 

Moultonborough 
John  15.  Lelghton,  G,  wounded  May  3,  1863,  ,, 
Lyman  F.  Moulton,  G,  ,, 

Edwin    W.    Shannon,    G,  wounded    May  3, 

1863,  Moultonborough 
Alfred   G.  Sanborn,  G,   promoted  Corporal, 

wounded  May  3,  1864,  Tuftonborough 

Levi  Whiting,  G,  Tamworth 

Joseph   F.  Wentworth,   G,    promoted    Cor., 

killed  Gettysburg  July  2, 1863,  Moultonborough 
Wm.    B.  Worth,    G,  killed  Chancellorsvllle 

May  3,  1863,  Moultonborough 

John  w.  Babb,  II,  Bartlett 

George  i\  Dlnsmore,  H,  ,, 

John  II.  Dearborn,  II,  ,, 

Beuben  Emery,  II,  killed  May  3,  1868, 
Joshua  S.  Hill,  H,  died  Sept.  1,  1863,  Conway 

John  W.  Hill,  II,  missing  in  action  June  3, 

1864,  Bartlett 
Samuel  A.  Seavey,  K,  1st  Sergeant,  Tuftonborough 
David  P.  llaines,  K,  Sergeant,  Wolfeborough 
Marquis  D.  L.  McDuffee,  K,  Serg't,  wounded 

May  ::,  1863,  Tuftonborough 

Freeman  0.  Willey,  K,  sergeant,  ,, 

Joseph  Morgan,  Jr,  K,  Sergeant,  Wolfeborough 

Jacob  15.  Tattle,  Iv,  Corporal,  ,, 

Charles  Sullivan,  K,  Corporal,  killed  (ban 

cellorsville  May  3, 1863,  Tuftonborough 


Enoch  C.   Piper,  K,  I  or.,  promoted  Serg't, 
wounded  twice,  died  of  wounds   \ 
1864,  Tuftonborough 

Daniel  W.  Horner,  K,  Corporal, 

<  lharles  A .  Warren,  K,  (  orporal,  capture.!  on 
picket  at  Bermuda  Hundred,  Nov.  it, 
1864,  Wolfeborough 

William   15.  Bandall,  K,  (  orporal, 

Wilbra  W.  Sweet,  K,  Corporal, 

John  L.  Canney,  K, Corporal,  Tuftonborough 

Jacob  Hans K,  Musician,  Wolfeborough 

Charles  EL  Adjutant,   K,   died    May   7,    I 

Tuftonboi 

Samuel  D.  Adjutant,  K,  ,, 

Charles  Blake,  K,  died  Jan.  9,  1863, 

Charles  ii.  Bickford,  K,  Wolfeborough 

Nathaniel  W.  Bradley,  K, 
Amos  E.  Bradley,  K,  wounded  June  2, 1864,  ,, 
George  II.  Blake,  K,  ,, 

Noah  E.  Colcord,  K,  Tuftonborough 

George  T.  Clark,  K,  ,, 

William  D.Clark,  K, 

Thomas  C.  Dame,  K,  ,, 

Greenlief  Davis,  K,  Wolfeborough 

Samuel  S.  Eaton,  K,  ,, 

Abial  C.  Eaton,  K,  wounded  June,  1864,  ,, 

Japhet  Emery,  K,  died  Jan.  27.  1864,  „ 

Dexter  J.   Folsom,   K,    promoted    Sergeant, 

wounded  several)  May  16,1864,  Effingham 

Everett  E.   Fall,   K,   wounded   May  :5,    1868, 

Tuftonborough 
William  B.  Fullerton,  K,  Wolfeborough 

George  B.  Frost,  K,  wounded  Maj  3,  1868,      ,, 
George  W.  Horn,  K,  ,, 

Munroe  Hartshorn,  K,  ,, 

Thomas  K.  Horn,  K,  ,, 

Oscar  F.  Horn,  K,  ,, 

Joseph   Hodsdon,   K,  wounded  May  •'!,  1863, 

Tuftonborough 
Franklin  Hodsdon,  K,  died  Jan.  14,  1863,       „ 
Frank  L.  Holmes,  K,  ,, 

Joseph  N.  Hersey,  K,  died  Dec.  27,  1862, 
Timothy  A.  Daley,  K,  „ 

John  M  .  Kimb:ill,.K,  Wolfeborough 

.lame-  W.  Libbey,  K,  died  Aug.  27,  1863,         „ 
Daniel  Leary,  K,  promoted  <  or.,  killed  Chan- 

cellorsvllle  Maj  3,  1863,  Tuftonborough 

Levi  W.  Ladd,  K,  wounded  severelj  June  :;, 

1864,  Tuftonborough 

Russell  Moulton,  k,  killed  June 8,  1864, 

James  Moulton,  K,  wounded  June  3,  1864,     ,, 

Jacob  Moulton,  K,  died  Feb.  22,  1864, 

Asa  B.  I'ipei',  K,  wounded  June  '-',  1864,  „ 

Joseph  F.  Plummer,  K.  ,, 

Joseph  T.  Phillips,  K,  Effingham 

William  B.  Pierce,  K  .  Wolfeborough 

William  Peavej .  K, 
John  w.  Stevens,  K,  promoted  <  or. 


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History  of  Carroll  County. 


Ephraim  W.  Bicker,  K,  promoted  Serg'l  and 

2d  Lieut,  Tuftonhorough 

James  P.  Smith,  K,  killed  al  Gettysburg  July 

2t  i-  Wolfehorougb 

Isaac  Stevens,  K,  wounded  .inly  !),  1864,  ,, 

Lorlng  Stoddard,  K,  wounded  Maj  3,  1863,     „ 
James  H.  Seavey,  K.  Tuftonborough 

Franklin  Stewart,  K,  died  May  27,  L863, 
George  W  .  Swett,  K,  died  Jan.  15,  L863,         „ 
John  Thomas,  K ,  ,, 

James  E.Tibbcts,  K.dled  Jan.  16, 1863,  w  olfeborough 
Moses  Thompson,  2d,  K,  ,. 


Moses  F.  Thompson,  K,  Wolfeborough 

John  M.  Thompson,  K,  wounded  severely, 

died  of  wounds  June  16, 1S64,         Wolfeborough 
George  D.  Wiggin  ,  K,  Tuftonborough 

James    S.   Wiggin,    K,   promoted   Corporal, 

wounded  severely  June  3, 1864,      Tuftonborough 
John  T.  Wiggin,  K,  „ 

Charles  B.  Wiggin,  K,  „ 

Levi  H.  Wiggin,  K,  ,, 

John  A.  Wiggin,  K,   wounded   May  3,  1863, 

ami  June  1864,  Tuftonborough 


TWKLFTH   REGIMENT  EECRUITS. 


John  Adams,  D, 

Joseph  Anderson, 

Charles   Brown,  E,  killed  Cold  Harbor,  \'a, 

June  ::.  1864, 
Thomas  Barry,  K, 
Andrew  Brackett,  K,  Musician, 
George  Ford,  K,  Musician, 
Edward  S.  Hinds,  C, 


Madison 

Benjamin  Kimball,  K, 

Wolfeborough 

)? 

Jackson  Lafleur,  A, 

Wakefield 

Va, 

Thomas  Murphy, 

Madison 

Wakefield 

Samuel  J.  Nutt,  F, 

Wolfeborough 

,, 

John  M.  O'Brien,  Musician, 

Tamworth 

Tamworth 

Michael  Robinson,  II,  Musician, 

„ 

Ossipee 

Edward  Stanley,  K, 

Wakefield 

Sandwich 

William  Stearns, 

„ 

The  above-named  recruits  were  mustered  in  at  different  times  during  1863 
and  1864. 

T/ie  Thirteenth  Infantry.  —  This  regiment  went  into  camp  at  Concord,  in 
September,  1862,  with  Aaron  F.  Stevens,  of  Nashua,  late  major  of  the  First 
Regiment,  colonel;  George  Bowers,  also  of  Nashua,  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican 
war,  lieutenant-colonel;  and  Clement  Storer,  of  Portsmouth,  major.  It  left 
the  state  early  in  October,  and  its  service  throughout  was  in  Virginia.  It  was 
mustered  out  June  20,  1865,  and  arrived  home  about  the  first  of  July.  It 
was  engaged  at  Fredericksburg,  Suffolk,  Drury's  Bluff,  Petersburg,  and,  in 
other  notable  conflicts,  and  on  all  occasions  won  and  maintained  high  credit. 

Colonel  Stevens  was  brevetted  brigadier,  and  Avas  subsequently  a  member  of 
Congress.  I  [e  was  distinguished  as  a  public  man  and  lawyer,  and  died  early  in 
1887,  at  his  home  in  Nashua,  honored  and  respected  by  all. 

Company  A  of  this  regiment  went  from  this  county,  chiefly  from  the 
eastern  and  northern  part,  with  William  Grantman,  of  Wakefield,  as  captain, 
ami  Buel  C.  Carter  and  Charles  B.  Gafney,  of  Ossipee,  as  first  and  second 
lieutenants.  Captain  Grantman  was  subsequently  promoted  to  major  and 
Lieutenant-colonel;  Lieutenant  Carter  to  captain  and  assistant  quartermaster; 
Second  Lieutenant  Gafney  to  first  lieutenant  and  captain  ;  and  Sergeant  Henry 
Churchill,  of  Brookfield,  to  second  lieutenant.  Captain  Carter  was  wounded, 
and  after  the  war  practised  law  several  years  in  Wolfeborough,  till,  his  health 
failing,  he  moved  to  Rollinsford,  and  died  a  few  years  later.  He  was  a  good 
Lawyer,  bright,  young,  and  ambitious,  but  ill-health  crippled  him,  and  death  cut 
him  down  in  the  midst  of  his  career  and  usefulness. 


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This  biographical  sketch  from   the   pen   of    Captain    Gafney   may    not    be 

amiss :  — 

Buel  Clinton  Carter  was  born  In  Ossipee,  \.  B.,  Januarj  20,1840.    He  attended  thecomi i  bcI I,  "Tl 

.\.:nltiii \      at    Wolfeborough,  fitting  tor  college  ill    I'hlillps    i    iitei     Icadem         He  entered   •» 

graduating  In  1863.    He  was  a  classmate  with  W.  n.  n.  Mm-raj ,  Joseph  Cook,  and  i>.  II.  Chamberlain,  ol 

Carolina.    On  bis  return  home  from  college  his  aer\  Ices  were  offered  In  organizing  Company    V.Thirtcenl 

Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  he  was  mustered  luto  the  service  as  a  Brsl  Lieutenant.     At  the  battle  ol 

burg,  December  13, 1882,  he  was  severely  wounded,    in  July,  18(  med  captain,  and  In  1864 

as  captain  and  acting  quartermaster,  and  assigned  to  dutj  In  the  artlllerj   brigade  ol   the  Eighteenth  Axmj 

Corps. 

In  1865  be  was  brevetted  major,  and  was  mustered  oul  of  the  Bervlce  at  the  close  of  the  war.  and  was 
subsequently  deputy  collector  of  Internal  revenue  Cor  southwestern  Virginia.  On  his  return  from  the  army  and 
his  official  duties  In  Virginia,  he  commenced  the  study  of  hi-  profession  In  the  office  of  his  father,  Sanborn  B. 
Carter,  Esq.,  and  alter  admission  to  the  bar,  located  at  Wolfeborough  n  here  for  ten  .  ears  he  had  a  lucrative  and 
successful  practice,  holding  tor  several  terms  the  office  of  prosecuting  attorney  for  Carroll  county,  in  i 
reason  of  tailing  health,  —  "  the  sequence  of  exposure  in  army  life,"  —  he  was  compelled  to  relinquish  bo 
temporarily,  and  removed  to  Rollinsford  (to  a  farm  two  miles  northeast  of  Dover)  where  he  sought  t"  regain 
his  health  and  strength  by  devoting  his  time  to  out-of-door  pursuits.  In  1870  he  became  a  member  "i  the  law 
linn  of  Carter  ami  Nason,  ami  practised  his  profession  in  Dover.  In  1881  he  wa-  appointed  hank  commissioner, 
and  held  that  office  at  the  time  ol'  his  death,  December  1 1.  1886. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Gran tm an  was  mustered  first  May  -!•'!,  1861,  as  a 
private  in  company  H,  First  Massachnset  ts  Infantry,  where  he  served  over  .1 
year,  being  wounded  three  times  at  the  first  battle  of  Bull  bun.  and  twice  near 
Yorktown.  While  recovering  from  these  wounds  he  happened  to  be  in  \V 
iield  at  the  time  the  Thirteenth  Regiment  was  being  raised,  and  al  the  earnest 
solicitation  of  the  citizens  of  that  town  he  consented  to  accept  the  captaincy 
of  company  A,  which  was  raised  through  the  patriotic  efforts  of  himself  and 
others.  He  was  subsequently  promoted  to  major  and  lieutenant-colonel,  and 
commanded  the  regiment  (when  not  sick),  while  Colonel  Stevens  was  in  com- 
mand of  a  brigade,  but  was  finally  reluctantly  compelled  by  continued  ill-health 
to  leave  the  service,  and  has  since  the  war  been  in  business  in  Boston.  Lieu- 
tenant Gafney  was  severely  wounded  near  Petersburg,  .lime  15,  1864,  was 
promoted  to  captain,  and  is  now  a  successful  lawyer  at  Rochester,  in  the  prime 
of  life,  and  with  bright  prospects  of  success  before  him.  It  appears  from  the 
record  that  Lieutenant  Churchill,  of  Brookfield,  was  a  very  efficient  officer,  and 
would  have  made  a  large  mark  had  his  health  been  good.  "He  was  brave, 
prompt,  fa i tli ful,  and  thorough  as  a  soldier :  genial,  companionable,  quick-witted, 
and  honest  to  a  fault."  His  constitution  becoming  undermined  1>\  the  climate, 
he  was  finally  compelled  to  leave  the  service,  and  died  March  L9,  L 885,  from 
the  immediate  effects  of  a  very  peculiar  accident.  "  He  was  employed  in  the 
United  States  mail  service,  having  charge  of  the  mails  at  the  railway  station  at 
Concord.  Early  one  evening  he  went  from  his  work  to  his  home,  and  Bat  down 
to  take  off  his  Congress  boots.  While  removing  one  of  them,  the  elastic  sides 
clinging  somewhat,  by  a  sudden  jerk  he  broke  the  bone  of  his  leg  just  above 
the  knee.  The  bone  was  shattered,  his  vitality  had  been  so  much  reduce. 1 
that  the  bone  would    not    knit;  pieces    soon    came    out,  and    blood-poisoning 


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History  of  Carroll  County. 


ensued.     He  said  that  a  shell  had  come  very  near  or  grazed  his  leg,  and  he  had 
alwavs  felt  a  degree  of  lameness  in  it  after  that  occurrence." 

Those  from  this  county  in  this  regiment,  besides  these  named  above,  shared 
all  its  vicissitudes,  and  are  worthy  of  the  honors  bestowed  on  this  gallant 
organization. 

EOSTER. 


William  Grantman,  A.  Capt.,  Major, Lieut 

i  ,,1,  Wake  Held 

Bliel  <'.  (arler.  A,   Isl   Lieut,  ('apt,  A.  Q.  M., 

wounded  December  13,  1862,  Ossipee 

Charles  B.  Gafney,  A,  2d  Lieut,  1st  Lieut, 

wounded  severely  June  15,  1864,  Ossipee 

Henrj  Churchill,  A,  Serg't,  2d  Lieut,  Brookfleld 

I. uke  Nicker  son,  A,  1st  Sergeant,  died  Jan.  7 

1863,  Madison 

( lharles  II.  Smith,  A,  Sergeant,  Wakefield 

George  E.  Goldsmith,  A,  Serg't,  promoted  1st 

Serg't,   wounded  at  Cold    Harbor,  died 

July  29,  1864,  Tuftonborough 

Mark  W.  Roberts,  A,  Sergeant,  died  Aug.  28, 

[863,  Effingham 

Jasper  U.  Warren,  A,  Cor.,  promoted  Serg't, 

promoted  Capt.,  CJ.  S.  C.T.  Brooklield 

Josiah  (.   Flanders,  Cor.,  promoted  Serg't, 

wounded  June  2, 1864.  Madison 

Gilman    Davis,    A,    Cor.,    promoted    Serg't, 

wounded  May  7, 1864,  killed  May  8,  1864, 

Wakefield 
Enoch   l>.  Elwell,  A,  Cor.,  promoted  Serg't, 

wounded  June  3,  1864,  died  June  5,  1864,       Eaton 
E.  Hewitt  Vining,  A,  Corporal,  Wakelield 

Leander  B.  Abbott,  A,  Corporal,  Ossipee 

Robert  C.  McDaniels,  A,  Corporal,  Wakelield 

Nathaniel    V.    Meserve,    A,    Cor.,    promoted 

Serg't,  killed  May  13,  1864,  Wakefield 

■n  ll.  Jackson,  A,  Musician,  died  of 

disease,  Madison 

Theodore  G.  Allard,  A,  Eaton 

George  Abbott,  A,  Bartlett 

Lewis  Abbott,  A,  ,, 

William  Abbott,  A,  Jackson 

Levi  M.  Ames,  A,  Wakefield 

James  <>.  Applebee,  A,  promoted  Cor.         Wakelield 
John  A.  Beacham,  A,  Woll'eborough 

Andrew  Uerry,  A,  Brookfleld 

Aaron    K.     Blake,     A,     promoted     Sergeant, 

wounded, died  of  wound,  Brooklield 

J<     eG.  Berry,  A,  Brooklield 

Elijah  B,  Baxter,  A,  Effingham 

lli-iin  J.  Bean,  A,  Eaton 

Jeremiah  Q.  Brown,  A,  Ossipee 

David  <  (inner.  A,  )( 

John  I!.  (  miner,  A,  ,, 

Joseph  i  lilley,  A,  ,, 

John  J.  (  tut  is,  A,  promoted  SerR't,  wounded 

June   15,   1864,  died   of    wounds  July  31, 

1861,  Brookfleld 

Mark  A.  L.  <  olbath,  A,  „ 

Danil  I  I  .  Drew,  A,  Wakelield 

Charles  E.  Davis,  A,  Eaton 


John  L.  Drew,  A,  Eaton 

Elijah   M.  Dinsmore,  A,  wounded  severely 

June  1, 1864,  Jackson 

George  E.  Dearborn,  A,  Tuftonborough 

Daniel  W.  Emerson,  A,  Wakelield 

George  W.  Ferrin,  A,  Madison 

George  S.  Frost,  A,  promoted  Cor.,  wounded 

severely  June  15,  1864,  died  of  wounds 

June  18,  1864,  Madison 

William  K.  Fellows,  A,  wounded  severely 

June  1,1864,  Wakelield 

Walter  Ford,  A,  transferred  to  navy  April 

27,  1864,  Effingham 

Andrew  J.  Ford,  A,  ,, 

Edwin  II.  Glidden,  A,  Wakelield 

Nathaniel  W.  Gray,  A,   wounded  Dec    13, 

1862,  Madison 

Ansel  B.  Green,  A,  ,, 

George  W.  Gray,  A,  ,, 

Timothy  Gilman,  A,  „ 

James  F.  Gerals,  A,  died  February  25,  1863, 

Wolfeborough 
William  II.  Glidden,  A,  wounded    severely 

June  15, 1864,  Effingham 

Samuel  Harvey,  A,  ,, 

Harrold  Hardy,  A,  Ossipee 

John  W.  Hodsdon,  A,  promoted  Corporal,  ,, 

Charles  H.  Hurd,  A,  Freedom 

George  W.  Hutchins,  A,  wounded  May,  1864, 

promoted  Sergeant,  Wakelield 

Jeremiah  G.   Hodgdon,  A,  promoted  Cor., 

promoted  Serg't,  Wakelield 

Charles  P.  Hanson,  A,  promoted  Corporal, 

promoted  Serg't,  Jackson 

Luther  H.  Harriman,  A,  Effingham 

George  F.  Harmon,  A,  killed  May  12, 1864,    Madison 
Orren  W.  Harmon,  A,  promoted    Corporal, 

promoted  Serg't,  promoted  1st  Serg't,      Madison 
Charles  A.  Hammond,  A,  Ossipee 

Charles  A.  Hawkins,  A,  died  Aug.  7,  1863,  Eaton 

John  Johnson,  A,  Effingham 

George  A.  Kennison,  Ossipee 

Diamond  Littlefield,  Madison 

William  Milliken,  A,  Effingham 

Daniel  E.  Meserve,  A,  died  March  9,  1863,  Wakelield 
Freeman  Nute,  A,  Bartlett 

James  Nute,  A,  ,, 

Francis  Peters,  A,  transferred  to  navy  April 

4, 1864,  Wakelield 

Thomas  L.  Pickering,  A,  ,, 

Charles  Pike,  A,  Ossipee 

Asa  Pray,  A,  promoted  Corporal,  ,, 

George  Z.  Ricker,  A,  killed  in  action  June  15, 

1864,  Brooklield 


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Abraham  Roberts,  A,  promoted  Corporal,         Baton 
Mark  Rcrotck,  A,  Wakefield 

Turner  N.  Sew nrd,  A, 
George  w.  Sawyer,  A,  promoted  Corporal, 

promoted  Serg't,  Wakefield 

Henry  E.  Bias,  A,  <  tsslpec 

Charles W. Thompson,  A,  wounded  twine,  „ 

Tlmothj  <  .  Taylor,  A,  promoted  Corporal, 

wounded  severely  June  15,  1864,  Effingham 

James  ll.  Thursl \,  Eaton 

Andrew  J.  Wentworth,  A,  Wakefield 

Qeorge  )•:.  Wentworth,   a,    promoted    I  or 

poral,  wounded  September  29,  1864,       Wakefield 


John    E.   \\  iih.un,     \.    proi 

promoted  Si  rj  't,  n  ... 

29,1804, 

Stephen  ,\.  Wentwortli    \. 

John  <'.  Waldron,  \. 

Cj  ru~  Whltten,  \,  transferred  t-  navj   Iprll 

'•  l86*.  elleld 

M  j  ion  i>.  ^  onng,  \. 

Ceorim  < Ihue,  I  .  Scrgeanl  died    '■' 

l883"  ikQcld 

George  P.  Blake,  P, 
Thomas  Goodhue,  P, 


THIRTEENTH    REGIMENT  RECKUITS. 


George  P.  Bennett,  A,  promoted  Corporal, 

killed  June  15,  1864,  Wakefield 

Albert  P. Craton,  A,  died  April  IS,  lsia,         Albany 
Qeorge  Emerson,  A,  wounded  June  i">,  1864,  Ossipee 


William  II.  Gerall  .  \ 

John  A.Nichols,  A,  promoted  <  lorporal, 

Charles  Nute,  B,  Bartlett 


These  recruits  were  mustered  in  1863  and  1864. 

The  Fourteenth  Infantry.  —  This  was  the  lust  three-years  regiment.  It  was 
composed  of  excellent  men,  who  discharged  their  duties  with  exemplary  fidel- 
ity and  honor.  It  was  mustered  at  Concord,  September  24,  1862,  and  left  the 
state  the  latter  part  of  the  ensuing  October.  It  first  reported  at  Washington 
and  spent  the  winter  in  picketing  forty  miles  of  the  Potomac,  did  provost  and 
guard  duty  in  Washington  in  1863,  and  the  next  spring  was  ordered  to  New- 
Orleans,  but  came  north  the  next  summer,  when  it  went  into  the  Shenandoah 
Valley,  engaging  in  the  historic  campaign  of  that  year.  The  succeeding  Janu- 
ary it  was  sent  to  Savannah,  Ga,  coming  north  again  in  July,  heing  mustered 
out  at  Concord  on  the  twenty-sixth  of  that   month. 

It  was  originally  commanded  by  Robert  Wilson,  of  Keene,  colonel  ;  Tileston 
A.  Barker,  of  Westmoreland,  lieutenant-colonel  ;  and  Samuel  A.  Duncan,  of 
Plainfield,  major.  Colonel  Wilson  was  honorably  discharged  September  6, 
1864,  when  Major  Alexander  Gardner  was  promoted  to  colonel,  and  mortally 
wounded  at  Opequan  Creek  the  nineteenth  of  the  same  month,  dying  the 
eighth  of  October  following. 

In  this  regiment  a  large  majority  of  company  K  came  from  this  county, 
chiefly  from  Sandwich.  Oliver  II.  Marston,  of  Sandwich,  now  of  Stoneham, 
Mass..  was  captain,  occasionally  in  command  of  the  regiment,  and  was  subse- 
quently promoted  to  lieutenant-colonel  ;  Moulton  S.  Webster,  of  Sandwich. 
was  the  first  second  lieutenant,  afterward  promoted  to  first  lieutenant,  mortally 
wounded  at  Opequan  Creek,  Va,  September  19,  1^64,  and  died  in  Sandwich, 
November  5  following.  "Moulton  S  Webster  Post.  No.  68,  G.  A.  II.."  Centre 
Sandwich,  is  so  named   in   his  honor. 

Company  K  was  composed  of  good  men.  Many  were  wounded,  and  died  oi 
wounds  or  disease;  while  some  are  yet   living  to  enjoy  the   honors  they  won. 


162  History  of  Carroll   County. 


and  are  filling  honorable  positions  in  the  community.  William  A.  Heard,  of 
Sandwich,  went  out  as  quartermaster,  and  is  at  present  United  States  bank 
examiner  for  Maine  and  New  Hampshire.  William  F.  Quimby,  a  grandson  of 
General  J.  D.  Quimby,  of  Sandwich,  went  out  first  as  a  sergeant,  was  wounded 
at  Opequan  Creek,  September  19,  1864,  was  subsequently  promoted  to  second 
Lieutenant,  and  has  been  for  the  past  two  years  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Sand- 
wich. Benjamin  F.  Fellows,  the  quartermaster's  sergeant,  another  grandson  of 
General  J.  D.  Quimby,  has  been  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Sandwich  several 
years,  and  is  the  present  representative  to  the  legislature. 

In  fact,  General  Quimby,  though  dead,  was  largely  represented  in  the  war 
of  the  Rebellion  by  those  of  not  very  distant  kin,  both  in  the  army  and  navy, 
and  in  all  grades,  from  that  of  private  to  colonel.  One  nephew,  six  grandsons, 
and  live  grandnephews  served.  One  grandnephew  was  adjutant  of  one  New 
Hampshire  regiment  and  colonel  of  two;  and  one  was  colonel  of  the  Thirty- 
eighth  Illinois  Volunteers.  One  grandson  served  through  the  war  while  very 
young,  afterward  graduated  at  West  Point,  and  after  entering  the  United  States 
service  as  lieutenant,  was  severely  wounded  while  fighting  the  Indians  in  the 
Northwest,  and  is  now  a  captain  in  the  regular  army.  One  grandnephew  was 
in  the  marine  corps,  and  as  corporal  commanded  one  of  the  guns  on  board  the 
Kearsarge  when  she  sunk  the  Alabama. 

Of  course  a  good  deal  could  be  written  in  reference  to  the  efforts  made  to 
raise  a  regiment,  or  company  even,  and  what  is  true  of  one  might  apply  to  all, 
perhaps,  by  changing  names  and  places.  And  at  the  risk,  possibly,  of  being 
tedious  or  prolonging  this  chapter  to  an  undue  length,  I  will  insert  a  little 
history  relating  to  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  and  Company  K,  as  a  partial  but 
very  mild  illustration  of  the  manner  in  which  regiments  were  made  up,  to 
more  or  less  extent,  during  the  war. 

When  the  call  for  troops  in  18(32  was  issued,  an  effort  was  made  to  raise 
a  company  in  Sandwich.  The  first  enlistment,  under  Oliver  H.  Marston  and 
William  M.  Weed  as  recruiting  officers,  was  July  30,  and  continued  till  the 
roll  numbered  eighty-five.  In  the  meantime  a  public  meeting  was  held,  at  which 
the  town  voted  to  give  $100  bounty  to  each  enlisted  man.  In  two  weeks  from 
July  30  they  were  ready  for  work  and  were  drilled  two  or  three  times  a  week 
by  O.  II.  Marston  and  M.  S.  Webster,  the  latter  having  the  benefit  of  previous 
military  experience  as  a  sergeant  in  the  Sixth  Massachusetts  Militia  for  some 
years.  Early  in  September  a  meeting  of  the  recruits  was  held,  which  resulted 
in  the  election  of  the  following  officers:  Calvin  Hoit,  captain,  O.  H.  Marston, 
first  lieutenant,  Moulton  S.  Webster,  second  lieutenant.  This  election  took 
place  with  the  expectation  of  filling  out  the  company  in  Concord  by  single 
recruits  ;  hut  upon  arriving  at  Concord,  September  19,  it  was  found  impracti- 
cable.  Jason  I).  Snell,  who  had  been  but  a  short  time  discharged  from  the 
regular  army,  had  raised  twenty-three  men  in  Pembroke,  given  them  thorough 


Military  Affairs. 


and  successful  drill,  and  arrived  with  them  in  Concord.  He  offered  to 
his  force  with  that  from  Sandwich  upon  condition  that  he  should  have  the 
lieutenancy,  and  one  of  his  men,  J.  M.  Prentiss,  the  position  of  sergeant.  Hi 
offer  was  accepted,  and  O.  H.  Marston  was  commissioned  captain,  Jason  D. 
Snell  first  lieutenant,  and  M.  S.  Webster  second  lieutenant.  It  was  the  last 
company  of  the  Fourteenth  which  went  into  camp  a1  Concord.  'This  arrange- 
ment was  a  compromise,  as  was  the  case  in  the  organization  of  nearly  every 
regiment  which  left  the  state,  and  probably  made  no  particular  difference  in 
the  final  result  or  fortunes  of  any  one  except  Calvin  Hoit.  The  governor  and 
council  finally  decide  who  shall  be  commissioned,  and  in  this  case,  if  Sandwich 
had  raised  at  the  time  from  twenty  to  thirty  more  men,  no  doubt  the  firsl 
election  of  officers  would  have  been  ratified.  Calvin  Hoit  was  an  officer  in  the 
old  militia,  held  different  commissions  in  the  rifle  company  of  the  Nineteenth 
Regiment  several  years,  was  its  captain,  and  a  good  one  too,  from  L841  to  L8  16, 
and  no  doubt  would  have  made  a  good  captain  in  L862.  He  is  a  brother  of 
the  late  Dr  Otis  Hoit. 

It  required  some  skill  and  patience  to  finally  arrange  the  commissions 
satisfactorily  in  the  late  war.  I  suppose  every  regiment  and  company  had 
similar  experience  to  this,  only  many  cases  were  more  intricate  and  difficult. 
A  company  of  from  64  to  100  men  can  have  but  three  commissioned  officers. 
The  field  officers  of  a  regiment  are  first  appointed,  and  a  camp  established 
somewhere  to  receive  the  men  and  organize.  Probably  100  men  or  50  are 
already  on  the  ground,  and  thereafter,  until  the  regiment  is  full,  squads  of 
from  10  to  40  men  are  continually  arriving  in  charge  of  some  one  individual 
who  confidently  expects  a  commission,  and  if  he  cannot  get  one  perhaps  he  will 
not  go  at  all.  Now,  as  there  can  be  only  three  commissions  issued  for  about 
100  men,  while  it  takes  four  or  five  of  these  squads  to  make  up  the  company  of 
100,  and  each  headed  by  a  prominent  candidate  for  captain,  or  first  or  second 
lieutenant  at  least,  the  result  is  that  there  is  a  good  deal  of  diplomacy  required 
and  displayed,  and  as  a  consequence  some  are  satisfied  with  what  they  get,  and 
many,  of  course,  dissatisfied. 

Lieutenant  Webster  was  born  in  Sutton,  Vt,  October  9,  1823,  and  not  long 
after  removed  with  his  parents  to  Sandwich,  where  he  resided  (except  a  few 
years  in  Massachusetts)  until  he  joined  the  brave  band  of  volunteers  for  the  Civil 
War.  He  held  the  position  of  second  lieutenant  in  Company  K,  Fourteenth 
New  Hampshire,  until  he  was  mortally  wounded.  September  19,  18G4.  at  the 
battle  of  Opequan  Creek.  He  lived  to  reach  his  home  in  North  Sandwich. 
and  died  soon  after.  He  was  a  faithful,  conscientious  officer,  and  universally 
respected  as  a  man.  James  Y.  Webster,  of  the  United  States  Signal  Service, 
is  his  only  brother.  Corporal  Oceanus  Straw  was  horn  in  Sandwich,  N.  H., 
December  28,  1823.  He  was  a  farmer;  resided  in  Sandwich  at  the  time  of  his 
enlistment,   August  14,   1802,    in   Company    K.      He   was  mortally  wounded 


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September  L9,  L864,  at  Opequan,  died  in  hospital  at  Winchester,  Va, 
September  26,  and  was  buried  in  the  National  Cemetery  there. 

Company  K  had  the  two  tallest  men  in  the  regiment,  Benjamin  Estes,  from 
Sandwich,  and  Herman  Blood,  from  Pembroke,  each  six  feet  and  four  inches  in 
height  :  also,  the  shortest  man,  John  Atwood,  from  Sandwich,  five  feet,  five 
inches. 

The  average  height  of  the  men  from  New  England,  and  in  fact  most  of  the 
northern  states,  was  live  feet  ten  inches,  and  they  were  capable  of  doing  most 
anything  required  of  them,  either  physical  or  intellectual. 


ROSTER. 


William  A.  Beard,  Quartermaster,  Sandwich 

Albert  P.  Hussey,  0.  M.  Serg't,  promoted  1st 

Lieut,  Wolfeborough 

Oliver    II.  Marston,   K,   (apt.,   Lieut-Col, 

Sandwich 
Moulton  S.  Webster,  K,  2d  Lieut,  promoted 

1st  Lieut,  Co.  B,  wounded  Sept.  19,  1864, 

Sandwich 
Benjamin   F.  Fellows,  K,  promoted   Q.  M. 

Serg't,  Sandwich 

James  H.  Gilman,  K,  1st  Serg't,  wounded 

Sept  19,  1864,  Sandwich 

O.  C  Mason,   K,    1st   Serg't,    promoted   2d 

Lieut    ami    <Japt.,    wounded    Sept.    19, 

1864,  Sandwich 

James  M.  Parrott,  K,  Sergeant,  ,, 

Benjamin  C.  Skinner,  K,  Sergeant,  ,, 

Oceanus  straw,  K,  Cor.,  wounded  Sept.  19, 

1864,  died  Sept.  26,  1864,  Sandwich 

Jeremiah  s.  Smith,  K,  Cor.,  wounded  Sept.  19, 

1864,  Sandwich 

Russel]  Graves,  K,  Corporal,  ,, 

Lemuel  F.  Vittum,  K,  Cor.,  promoted  Serg't, 

Sandwich 
i  feorge  X.  French,  K,  Corporal,  „ 

Enoch  S.  Eastman,  K,  Corporal,  Tamworth 

Daniel  B.  Gilman,  K,  Corporal,  Sandwich 

.1.  Marcellus  Smith,  K,  Musician,  ,, 

.John  L.  Smith,  K,  Musician,  „ 

Benjamin  F.  Sawtell,  K,  Wagoner,  died  May 

14,  1864,  Sandwich 

John  Atwood,  K,  ,, 

Harrison  Atwood,  2d,  K,  wounded  Sept.  19, 

1864,  died  of  wounds,  L864,  Sandwich 

Thomas    s.  Adams,  K,  died   Oct.  26,  1864, 

Moulton  borough 
Warren   .1.    Brown,   K,   promoted  Corporal, 

Sandwich 
John  C.  Bigelow,  K,  „ 

William    II.  II.  Bennett,  K,   promoted   Cor- 

poral,  Sandwich 

Amos  \V.  Bennett,  K,  ,, 

Samuel    P.    Leede,    K,    Corporal,    promoted 

Serg't,  Sandwich 


Silas  J.  Bryant,  K,  died  Sept.  15,  1863,  Sandwich 

Jesse  H.  Cook,  K,  ,, 

James  E.  Chase,  K,  ,, 
Ebeuezer  H.  Dale,  K,  wounded  Sept.  19, 1864, 

died  Nov.  23,  1864,  Sandwich 

Ezekiel  E.  Dustin,  K,  ,, 

Benjamin  Estes,  K,  ,, 

William  H.  Estes,  K,  „ 

John  Fry,  K,  ,, 

John  M.  Gove,  K,  promoted  Corporal,  ,, 

John  W.  Goss,  K,  „ 

Joseph  L.  Huntress,  K,  died  July  19,  1864  „ 

Andrew  Huntress,  K,  ,, 

John  D.  H.  Hill,  K,  „ 

Alonzo  C.  Hadley,  K,  ,, 

George  Haddock,  K,  ,, 

John  Kent,  K,  ,, 

John  S.  Morse,  K,  „ 

Isaac  G.  Moouey,  „ 

Asa  Magoon,  K,  wrounded  severely,  ,, 

Henry  II.  Moulton,  ,, 

Henry  Plummer,  K,  ,, 

John  M.  Prescott,  K,  died  Nov.  28, 1862,  ,, 

James  W.  Pearl,  K,  ,, 
William  F.  Quimby,  K,  promoted  Cor.  and 

Serg't,  wounded  Sept.  19,  1864,  promoted 

2d  Lieut,  Sandwich 

George  D.  Quimby,  K,  died  Dec.  14, 1862,  ,, 

Herbert  II.  Smith,  K,  ,, 
Samuel   S.    Smith,    K,    promoted    Corporal, 

wounded  Sept.  19,  1S64,  Sandwich 

Lewis  Q.  Smith,  K,  promoted  Corporal,  ,, 

Moses  L.  Smith,  K,  died  Dec.  8,  1862,  ,, 

Daniel  M.  Smith,  K,  promoted  Corporal,  ,, 

Edwin  D.  Sinclair,  K,  ,, 

William  H.  II.  Sinclair,  K,  ,, 

Henry  H.  Tanner,  K,  ,, 

Edward  E.  Tanner,  K,  died  May  19,  1863,  „ 

Henry  A.  Tilton,  K,  ,, 
Giles  s.  Vittum,  K,  wounded  Sept.  19,  1864, 

died  Oct.  9,  1864,  Sandwich 

Samuel  F.  Vittum,  K,  ,, 
James  M.  Wallace,  K,  died  Sept.  25,  1S63, 

Alfred  Wallace,  K,  „ 


John  I'.  Bennett,  K, 
George  I  lubois, 


FOURTEENTH  REGIMENT  RECRUITS. 

Sandwich       i       James  Emerson,  K,  wounded  Sept.  19,  1864, 
Wolfeborough  Chatham 


Miutaky    Affairs. 


Edgar  Barrlman,  Chatham 

Amos  Earrlman,  K,  died  of  wounds  received 

sept.  19,  1864,  (  batham 

Phelman  i  [arrlman,  K,  ,, 


i  iiri  Man  K rau  , 

William  II.  ii.  u  ai  ,,,,.  i,  ,iic. I  June  ■ 


Tlie  above-named  recruits  were  mustered  in  December,  1863,  and  early  in 
1864. 

The  Fifteenth  Infantry.  —  This  was  the  first  of  the  nine-months  regiments; 
went  into  camp  at  Concord  in  October,  L 862,  leaving  the  state  Novembei  I  _'. 
serving  with  General  Banks's  command  on  the  lower  .Mississippi,  taking  part  in 
the  siege  of  Port  Hudson  and  other  operations  in  that  region,  and  was  mus- 
tered out  at  Concord,  August  13,  1863. 

Carroll  was  represented  by  Jeremiah  F.  Hall,  of  Wolfeborough,  surgeon,  and 
a  very  few  men. 

John  W.  Kingman,  of  Durham,  was  its  colonel.  George  W.  Frost,  of  New- 
market, lieutenant-colonel,  and  Henry  W.  Blair,  who  had  raised  a  company  at 
Plymouth,  major.  William  M.  Weed,  of  Sandwich,  was  originally  commis- 
sioned lieutenant-colonel,  but  resigned  before  being  mustered  in,  for  reasons 
perfectly  satisfactory  to  himself  and  friends  acquainted  with  the  circumstances. 
During  the  latter  part  of  the  war  he  was  state  agent  and  paymaster  of  New 
Hampshire  soldiers.  Colonel  Kingman,  after  peace  was  restored,  was 
appointed  governor  of  Wyoming  Territory,  where  he  now  resides.  Major 
Blair,  promoted  to  lieutenant-colonel,  entered  political  life,  was  a  member  of 
the  house  and  senate,  was  twice  elected  to  Congress,  and  is  now  serving  on  his 
second  term  in  the  senate  of  the  United  States. 

The  Fifteenth  was  a  good  regiment,  and  during  its  brief  service  performed 
important  and   valuable  duties. 


ROSTER. 


Jeremiah  F\  Hall,  Surgeon, 
William  P.  Gilman,  *', 
Henry  M.  Bryant,  D, 


Wolfeborough 

Tamworth 

Moultonborousrb 


Charles  I..  Bryant,  l>. 
Truew  orl li\  L.  Moulton,  F, 


Moultonborough 
Wakefield 


TJtr  Sixteenth  Infantry. — This  was  the  second  of  the  nine-months 
regiments.  It  went  into  camp  at  Concord  in  October,  1862,  was  mustered 
with  the  minimum  number  allowable  for  a  regiment  —  after  great  effort  to 
secure  such  number  —  about  the  middle  of  the  succeeding  month,  joining 
Banks's  expedition  on  the  lower  Mississippi.  It  suffered  terribly  from  sickness, 
although  it  lost  no  men  in  battle,  and  was  depleted  far  beyond  the  average 
mortality  of  conflict.  It  was  at  New  Orleans,  Baton  Rouge,  and  Tort  Hudson. 
came  north  the  following  summer,  and  was  mustered  out  Augusl  20,  1863. 
In  the  organization  of  this  command,  Rev.  .lames  Tike,  a  presiding  elder  ol 
the  Methodist  church,  and  one  of  its  ablest  ministers,  was  colonel  :  Henry 
W.    Fuller,    of   Concord    late    lieutenant    in    the   First     Regiment,    Lieutenant- 


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colonel;  and  Samuel  Davis.  Jr,  of  Warner,  major.  Colonel  Pike  was  after- 
ward elected  to  Congress,  and  made  an  unsuccessful  run  for  governor.  He  is 
still  Living  at  South  Newmarket.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Fuller  was  brevetted 
idier-general,  and  after  the  war  became  a  practising  lawyer  in  Boston, 
where  he  died  a  tew  years  since.  This  regiment  did  its  duty  well,  and 
accomplished  all  that  was  assigned  to  it.  Nearly  all  of  Company  B  went  from 
this  county,  chiefly  Prom  Wolfeborough  and  Bartlett,  with  Albert  J.  Hersey 
as  captain:  Albert  W.  Wiggin,  second  lieutenant,  afterward  promoted  to 
lirst  lieutenant  :  and  Alvah  S.  Libbey,  first  sergeant,  afterward  promoted  to 
second  lieutenant,  all  from   Wolfeborough. 

ROSTER. 


Alberl  J.  Elersey,  B,  Captain,  Wolfeborough 

Albert  W.  Wiggin,   I'..  2d    Lieut,  promoted 

1st  Lieut,  Wolfeborough 

Alvah  s.  Libbey,  B,  1st  Serg't,  promoted  2d 

Lieut,  Wolfeborough 

Ceorge  I'.  Cotton,  B,  Sergeant,  ,, 

Nathaniel  K.  Scribner,  15,  Corporal,  died  June 

20,  1863,  Bartlett 

Lewis  !•'.  Davis,  1?.  Corporal,  Wolfeborough 

Harlin  1'.  (rain,  B,  Corporal,  ,, 

George  Goodhue,  B,  Corporal,  Brookfield 

Charles   1'.  Randall)  1!,  Musician,  died  July 

3,  1S63,  Wolfeborough 

Peter  C.  Seavey,  B,  Musician,  „ 

Mollis  l'.  Chapman,  B,  Wagoner,  ,, 

Leouidas  J.  Avery,  B,  died  July  26,1803,  „ 

Charles  II.  Bickford,  B, 

Nathaniel  1).  Bla/.o,  B,  died  Aug.  7,  1863,         Bartlett 
John  C.  Caryl,  15,  Wolfeborough 

Thomas  Chase,  B,  ,, 

Joseph  W.  Chamberlain,  B,  Ossipee 

William  Corson,  15,  Wolfeborough 

Joel  E.  <  ook,  l'., 
James  W.  Cross,  15,  promoted  Corporal,        ,, 

.lame-  C.  Dwight,  15,  ,, 

Albert  Emery,  15,  Bartlett 
Mo-,-  Emery,  B,                                     Wolfeborough 

Nathaniel  I).  Farn-worth,  B,  ,, 

B.  Fogg,  15,  M 

e  W.  Frost,  B,  died  April  28,  1863,  ,, 

Francis  A   Dale,  15,  Jackson 

Benjamin  c.  Garland,  B,  Bartlett 

Alpha  W.  Hall,  B,  promoted  Corporal,  ,, 


Charles  C.  Hall,  B,  died  June  22, 1863,  Bartlett 

Elias  M.  Hall,  B, 

Geoi-ge  W.  Hayes,  B,  died  April  13, 1863,  ,, 

Joseph  P.  Heath,  B.  Wolfeborough 

Charles  E.  Johnson,  B,  „ 

Ezra  F.  Johnson,  B,  ,, 

Ezra  II.  Keniston,  2d,  B,  ,, 

John  S.  Kenison,  B,  died  June  7, 1863,  Bartlett 

David  G.  Kimball,  B,  died  April  29, 1863, 

Wolfeborough 
John  W.  Lee,  B,  ,, 

Woodbury  L.  Leavitt,  B,  ,, 

John  H.  Loud,  B,  „ 

Jonathan  Mead,  B,  Bartlett 

Levi  Moulton,  B,  „ 

Leander  Nute,  B,  „ 

Andrew  F.  Parker,  B,  ,, 

John  C.  Parker,  B,  ,, 

Phineas  Parker,  B,  ,, 

William  A.  Parker,  B,  promoted  Corporal,  ,, 

Joseph  H.  Bicker,    B,    died   July   24,  1863, 

Wolfeborough 
Daniel  Rollins,  B,  ,, 

Charles  G.  Sherwood,  B,  died  June  14, 1863,    ,, 
Cyrus  F.  Stanton,  B,  Bartlett 

Edward  Turner,  B,  Wolfeborough 

Benjamin  Trickey,  B,  ,, 

Joseph  J.  Whitten,  B,  ,, 

William  P.  Ames,  I),  Tamworth 

Elden  Eastman,  E,  Bartlett 

Albion  G.  Goodrich,  E,  ,, 

John  W.Philbrick,  E, 


The  Seventeenth  Infantry.  —  Although  this  county  furnished  no  men  for 
this  regiment,  its  history  is  so  exceptional  as  to  call  for  a  brief  review  of  the 
facts  attending  its  formation  and  service. 

In  August,  1862,  the  President  issued  his  call  for  300,000  men  for  nine 
months.     Governor  Berry,  on  reception  of  this  call,  convened  his  council,  and 

srmined  to  call  for  three  regiments  of  volunteers,  first  appointing  their 
field  officers  and  assigning  the  Fifteenth  to  the  first  congressional  district,  the 


Militari    Affairs.  [67 


Sixteenth  to  the  second  district,  and  the  Seventeenth  to  the  third 
embracing  the  counties  of  Cheshire,  Sullivan,  Grafton,  and  C  thai  the 

officers  being  thus  selected,  volunteers  would  understand  with  whom  they  were 
to  serve. 

The    field   officers   of  the   Seventeenth  were   Col 1    Henry  <  >.  Kent,  of 

Lancaster;   Lieutenant-Colonel   Charles    II.  Long,  of   Clare it;   and    Major 

George  H.  Bellows,  of  Walpole.  The  records  of  the  adjutant-general's  office 
Bhow  that  7i»l  men  at  once  volunteered  in  the  territory  assigned  for  this 
regiment.  Almost  an  entire  company  was  raised  at  Lancaster  and  in  I 
county,  although  it  was  in  excess  of  all  quotas,  and  equal  zeal  was  manifested 
elsewhere.  The  Fifteenth  and  Sixteenth  regiments  were  at  this  time  in  pn 
of  formation  and  in  camp  at  Concord.  The  War  Department  requesting 
urgency  in  forwarding  troops,  the  state  authorities,  contrary  to  the  under- 
standing when  the  field  officers  were  appointed,  ordered  the  companies  first 
raised,  irrespective  of  location,  first  into  camp,  thus  assigning  several  hundred 
men  raised  for  this  regiment  to  the  Fifteenth  and  Sixteenth,  its  numerical 
predecessors. 

Thus  denied  the  men  enlisted  for  it,  the  Seventeenth  went  into  camp  at 
Concord  in  November,  1862,  just  as  the  Sixteenth  left  the  state. 

A  regimental  organization  was  perfected  and  drill  and  discipline  commenced 
and  continued.  All  through  that  dreary  winter  its  officers  were  assured  the 
command  should  be  filled,  but  volunteering  had  ceased,  the  governor  in  person 
ordered  the  acceptance  of  substitutes  discontinued,  and  no  resources  remained 
save  the  unfilled  quotas  of  dilatory  and  unwilling  towns.  An  attempt  was 
made  to  secure  the  enforcement  of  a  state  draft  authorized  by  the  law  and 
under  the  control  of  a  board  of  draft  commissioners.  A  draft  was  ordered 
for  December  24,  1862,  but  it  Avas  postponed  to  January  8,  1863,  and 
finally  abandoned.  With  the  surrender  of  the  draft,  all  hope  of  aid  from 
the  state  was  given  up,  and  February  !»  the  regiment  was  furloughed  to  April 
1.  when,  it  was  said,  decisive  measures  would  be  taken  to  put  the  command 
upon  active  service.  This  interval  and  the  early  part  of  April  was  spent 
in  earnest  efforts  by  the  field  and  line  officers,  through  memorials  to  members 
of  Congress,  to  induce  the  War  Department  to  convert  the  regiment  into 
batteries  of  artillery,  to  send  it  out  as  a  battalion,  or  to  place  it  on  detached 
service,  that  officers  and  men  might  together  serve  out  their  enlistment  at  the 
front.  These  requests  were  not  approved,  so  that  when  the  regiment  reassem- 
bled in  April,  nothing  remained  but  to  follow  a  special  order  of  the  War 
Department  which  mustered  out  its  commissioned  and  non-commissioned 
officers,  and  transferred  the  enlisted  men  to  tie'  Second  Infantry,  then  at  home 
on  furlough,  which  was  done  April  16,  1863. 

The  men    of   the    Seventeenth,  thus    taken    from    their    own    office 
command,  found   congenial   association  with    the    soldiers    of   that    admirable 


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regiment,  the  Second,  exhibiting  a  high  order  of  discipline  and  bravery  at 
Gettysburg,  losing  as  heavy  a  percentage  in  dead  and  wounded  as  any 
command  in  that  historic  engagement.  At  the  close  of  their  term  of  enlistment 
they  were  mustered  out,  but  so  conspicuous  had  been  their  work  that  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  Second,  Colonel  Edward  L.  Bailey,  now  of  the 
regular  army,  issued  a  special  commendatory  order,  which  we  reproduce:  — 

Headquarters  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers, 

Point  Lookout,  Maryland,  September  22, 1863. 

General  Okdek  No.  14. 

Soldu  rs  of  the  Seventeenth,—  Aroused  by  the  necessities  of  your  country,  you  assembled  under  a  gallant  and 
accomplished  leader,  with  justly  high  hopes,  to  lead  with  him  a  brilliant  career.  After  months  of  uncertainty, 
you  Were  consolidated  with  the  Second. 

Fovi  had  no  choice  in  your  disposition.  You  have  comported  yourselves  as  men  should,  and  have  secured  the 
respect  of  comrades  and  officers.  During  the  terrible  contest  (Gettysburg)  you  stood  shoulder  to  shoulder  with 
the  familiars  of  fifteen  battles,  fighting  as  valiantly. 

Ed.  L.  Bailev,  Colonel,  Second  New  Hampshire  Volunteers. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Long,  as  recited  elsewhere,  became  subsequently  captain 
of  Battery  A,  and  colonel  of  the  first  and  only  regiment  of  heavy  artillery. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  his  home  at  Claremont.  Major  Bellows 
afterward  served,  with  the  same  rank,  in  command  of  a  battalion  of  infantry 
raised  for  service  in  that  section  of  Virginia,  near  Washington,  under  control 
of  the  Union  forces,  wherein  the  state  government,  under  Governor  Pierpont, 
exercised  authority. 

With  the  untoward  circumstances  attending  this  regiment,  arising  out  of 
the  presumed  exigencies  of  the  service,  it  is  a  gratifying  reflection  that  the 
officers  and  men  of  the  Seventeenth  Infantry  did  their  whole  duty  wherever 
placed,  obeying  orders  wholly  unfortunate  and  destructive  of  their  pride  and 
hopes  with  soldierly  alacrity;  that  the  men,  in  the  most  desperate  conflict  of 
th<'  war,  elicited  special  mention  for  their  bravery,  and  this  command  enjoys 
fraternal  recognition  and  equal  regard  from  the  members  of  every  war 
organization  from  the  state. 

The  above  sketch  of  the  Seventeenth,  from  the  pen  of  Colonel  Kent,  is  the 
best  history  of  that  regiment  published,  and  in  the  fewest  words. 

The  Eighteenth  Infantry.  —  This  was  the  last  regimental  organization 
mustered,  and  was  made  up  of  men  who  enlisted  indifferently  for  different 
terms  of  service.  Recruiting  commenced  in  July,  18(34,  but  with  the 
organization  of  six  companies  the  quota  of  the  state  was  filled.  During 
the  next  spring  three  more  companies  were  sent  out,  but  Company  K 
was  stationed  at  Galloupe's  Island,  Boston  Harbor,  and  was  never  ordered 
to  the  front.  The  regimental  organization  was  Thomas  L.  Livermore,  of 
Mil  fold,  who  had  served  in  the  First  and  with  distinction  in  the  Fifth, 
colonel;  Joseph  M.  Clough,  of   New  London,  who  was  a  first  lieutenant  in 


Miutaky   Affairs. 


L69 


the  First  and  had  an  excellent  record  as  a  captain  in  the  Fourth,  and  who 
lias  since  commanded  the  militia  of  the  state  as  brigadier-general,  lieutenant- 
colonel;  and  William  I.  Brown,  of  Penacook,  former  adjutanl  of  the  Ninth, 
major.  This  command  was  engaged  in  front  of  Petersburg  and  had  an 
honorable  record.  It  was  mustered  oul  at  Concord  by  detachments  in  June, 
July,  and  August,  18i>f>.  Charles  II.  Bell,  since  governor,  was  originally 
commissioned  colonel,  and  .1.  W.  Carr,  of  Manchester,  formerly  of  the  Second, 
lieutenant-colonel,  but  each  resigned  before  muster.  George  I".  Hobb 
Wakefield,  was    adjutant,  Moses    T.  Cate,   of   Wolfeborough,   quartermaster, 

John   S.   Emerson,   of    Sandwich,   late   assistant-surgi f   the    Ninth,    was 

surgeon,  and  nearly  enough  officers,  non-commissioned  officers,  and  men 
went  from  Carroll  county,  chiefly  from  Conway  and  Sandwich,  to  make  one 
minimum  company  had  they  all  been  together. 

ROSTER. 


George  F.  Hobbs,  Adjutant, 
Moses  T.  Cate,  Quartermaster, 
John  S.  Emerson,  Surgeon, 
George  B.  Thorn,  E5,  promoted  2d 

Albert  C.  A). bolt,  A, 

James  L.  Bodge,  A, 

Joseph  A.  Cloutman,  A, 

Charlee  E.  Keyes,  A, 

Lucius  II.  Lovejoy,  A, 

John  O.  Mason,  A, 

Johnson  1).  Quimby,  C,  1st  Serg't 

George  S.  Cook,  C,  Corporal, 

Frank  N.  Foss,  C,  Corporal, 

Lorenzo  I>.  Bean,  C,  Musician, 

Edmund  < '•  Bennett,  ( ', 

George  B.  Hoynton,  C, 

Albert  Eogg,  C, 

Bezekiah  T.  Fogg,  C, 

Tobias  N.  Fernald,  C, 

( lharles  A .  ( rilman,  C, 

William  X.  Bart,  C, 

Charles  E.  Mudgett,  C, 

John  Miller,  C, 

William  II.  Scrlggins,  <  . 

William  L.  Tappan,  C, 

Bewell  J.  Choate,   I),  died   City 

Oct.   »t,  1864, 
<  al\  in  Durgin,  D, 
Samuel  Q.  Dearborn,  I), 

John  C.  l>a\  is,  l>, 

John  Fry,  1), 

James  A.  I.eavitt,  D, 

John  Stitson,  D, 

Charles  I>.  Swett,  D, 

Thateher  M.  Thompson,  E,  Serge 

Charles  A.  Brotton,  I-:,  Corporal, 

John  (  arson,  E,  Corporal, 

George  W.  Bean,  E, 

Reekie!  W.  Burbank,  E, 

Amoi  W.  Beuuctt,  E, 


Wakefield 

Wolfeborough 

Sandwich 

Lieut,  Conway 

Ossipee 

Conway 

Ossipee 
Conway 

,  Sandwich 


Ossipee 
Sandwich 


Point,    Va, 

Sandwich 
Effingham 


Sandwich 
Effingham 


mi, 


Ossipee 
Conway 


Sandwich 


James  Carter,  E,  <  onway 

Henry  Cook,  E, 

"William  F.  Dennett,  E, 

Mark  W.  Dennett,  E,  „ 

Reuben  Eastman,  E,  ,, 

David  B.  Hill,  E, 

Charles  W.  Heath,  E, 

Lorenzo  F.  Hale,  E,  ,, 

Charles  A.  Bill,  E, 

George  A.  Heath,  E,  ,, 

John  15.  Kendall,  E, 

Edwin  A.  Keith,  E,  „ 

1 1  ugh  M  (Norton,  B,  ,, 

John  Mason,  E,  ,, 

Ormond  W.  Merrill,  E,  ,, 

Benjamin  N.  Merrow,  E,  ,, 

Joseph  P.  Pitman,  E,  ,, 

Orrin  Seavey,  E,  „ 

Freeman  G.Thompson,  E,  Ossipee 

David  Brown,  F,  Tamworth 

Frank  K.  Bobbs,  F,  promoted  Sergeant,        Ossipee 

Harris  W.  Morgan,  F,  Wolfeborough 

Dana  Weeks,  P,  Chatham 

Charles  It.  Smith,  Effingham 

Andrew    McDonald,   C,  wounded    March  .29, 

1865,  Sandwich 
John  Drowne,  G, 
Benjamin  B.  Thompson,  Captain  Compan;   i. 

u  olfeborough 

Chauncy  Barriman,  G,  Eaton 
Albert  Paul,  G, 

Nicholas  E.  Whiting,  I,  Corporal,  ,, 

Robinson  Blalsdell,  i.            .  Madison 
Enoch  L.  Drew,  I,  promoted  Corporal, 

Josephus  Glldden,  l,  Effingham 

Timothy  Gllman,  l,  died  of  dla  Madison 
Royal  Harmon,  I, 

i-aac  m  .  Barmon,  I,  ■■ 
Simeon  W.  Hatch,  I, 

Eugene  Barriman,  l,  « 


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John  I>.  Lord,  l, 

N;iih;m  Stacy,  l,  promoted  Corporal, 

Samuel  11.  K.  Stacy,.I, 

Benjamin  P.  Wakefield,  I, 

M.hin  B.  Tasker,  K,  Sergeant, 

Charles  F.  Burleigh,  K, 

.i.  Cone  Beede,  i\, 

M       i  Bean,  i\. 

George  W.  Bacon,  K, 


Madison 

Edward  W.  Burnham,  K, 
Cliaiies  S.  Cloutman,  K, 
Thomas  Flaherty,  K, 

Sandwich 

Darius  W.  Ham,  K, 

Brookfield 

Sandwich 

Luther  11.  Ilairinian,  K, 

Eaton 

Charles  S.  Hill,  K, 

Sandwich 

,, 

Samuel  Thompson,  K, 

Eaton 

Conway 

Jesse  Watson,  K, 

Conway 

Sandwich 

Thf  Light  Artillery.  —  This  organization,  which  was  a  very  complete  and 
perfect  one,  was  raised  at  Manchester  in  the  summer  of  1861.  It  was  the  only 
light  battery  recruited  in  the  state.  Its  organization  was  George  A.  Gerrish, 
of  Portsmouth,  captain  :  Fred  M.  Edgill,  of  Orford,  and  Edwin  H.  Hobbs,  of 
Manchester,  first  lieutenants;  and  John  Wadleigh  and  Henry  F.  Condict,  of 
Manchester,  second  lieutenants.  It  served  with  the  army  of  the  Potomac 
through  the  war,  and  distinguished  itself  in  all  its  principal  battles.  In  1864 
it  was  designated  as  Company  M  of  the  First  Heavy  Artillery,  to  allow  that 
command  to  muster  as  a  regimental  organization.  While  the  artillery  service 
of  the  army  of  the  Potomac  was  exceptionally  good,  this  battery  maintained  a 
rank  for  excellence  and  bravery  with  the  best.  It  was  mustered  out  in  June, 
1865. 

The  Heavy  Artillery.  —  Immediately  upon  the  consolidation  of  the  Seven- 
teenth with  the  Second,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Long,  of  the  former  regiment, 
obtained  authority  to  raise  a  company  of  heavy  artillery  to  garrison  Fort  Con- 
stitution in  Portsmouth  harbor.  This  company  was  soon  raised,  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  Long  being  its  captain,  he  taking  with  him  several  non-commissioned 
officers  of  the  Seventeenth.  Later,  Captain  Ira  McL.  Barton,  of  Newport,  of 
the  Fifth,  and  late  captain  in  the  First,  obtained  authority  to  raise  a  second 
company  for  garrison  duty  at  Fort  McClary,  across  the  Piscataqua  from  Fort 
Constitution.  These  two  companies,  A  and  B,  were  mustered  during  the 
summer  of  1863.  In  the  early  autumn  of  1861  authority  was  granted  to 
augment  this  nucleus  to  a  full  regiment  of  twelve  companies  of  1,800  men. 
The  attractions  for  this  enlistment  were  great,  and  recruiting  went  on  briskly. 
Companies  A  and  B  had,  at  this  period,  been  for  some  time  in  the  defences  of 
Washington  on  the  line  of  earthworks  north  and  west  of  the  city,  and  the  new 
companies  were  forwarded  to  the  same  assignment  as  fast  as  mustered. 
Recruiting  lagged  with  the  organization  of  the  eleventh  company,  and  in 
order  to  give  the  command  a  muster  of  regimental  officers,  the  light  battery, 
which  had  been  in  active  service  since  1861,  was  designated  as  Company  M, 
ami  transferred  to  the  "  Heavys."  Colonel  Long  being  mustered,  and  the 
regimental  organization  thus  completed,  the  battery  was  ordered  on  detached 
service  under  General  Hancock's  command,  so  that  its  only  connection  with 
the  regiment  was  to  enable  it  to  muster  as  a  complete  organization.  Battery  A 
was  ordered  back   to   Fort  Constitution,  Portsmouth,  in  January,  1865,   and 


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171 


Battery  B  in  February  following.  Colonel  Long  was  assigned  bo  duty  in 
command  of  a  brigade  in  Elarden's  Division,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  McL. 
Barton  commanded  the  regiment,  h  was  a  splendid  bodj  of  men  capable  of 
performing  most  efficient  service.  It  remained  in  the  defences  about  the 
Capitol,  save  batteries  A,  B,  and  M,  until  the  Bunimer  of  L865,  when  it  was 
ordered  to  New  Hampshire,  and  mustered  out  June  L9,  L865.  The  field  officers 
were  Charles  II.  Long,  of  Claremont,  colonel ;  Ira  McL.  Barton,  of  Newport, 
lieutenant-colonel;  George  A.  Wainwright,  of  Hanover,  Dexter  <i.  Reed, 
formerly  second  lieutenant  in  the  First  [nfantry,  of  Newport,  and  Frederick 
M.  EdgUl,  of  Orford  (of  the  light  battery),  majors.  Colonel  Long  resides  in 
Claremont.  Lieutenant-Colonel  McL:  Barton  went  to  Arkansas,  reached  the 
grade  of  general  of  militia,  was  active  in  local  military  troubles,  and  died  not 
inaii\  years  after  the  close  of  the  war.  Major  Wainwright,  who  was  adjutant 
of  the  Seventeenth,  resides  in  Hanover. 

Although  there  was  no  company  organization  in  the  heavj  artillery  from 
this  county,  there  were  large  delegations  of  several  companies,  chiefly  from  the 
towns  in  the  central  part;  some  of  the  men  served  in  the  light  batteries  also. 

'The  county  was  well  represented  in  the  artillery. 

ROSTER. 


Freedom 
<  >ssipee 


Wakefield 

( >ssipee 

Freedom 

<  >ssipee 


Perry  C.  Moore,  A.  Serg't,  Ossipee 
Albert  II.  Leonard,  A,  Corporal,  ,, 

John  A.  Frost,  A.,  Corporal,  ,, 

A  lonzo  Cushlng,  A . 

George  De  Marsh.    \  . 

Robert  c.  Gunnison,  A, 

Peter  Marquet,  A. 

Charles  W.  Page,  A,  promoted  Corpora 

<  (beroii  Payne,  A , 

Henry  Philbrick,  A, 

John  Sanborn,  A, 

Edward  Smith,  A. 

Charles  Willey,  A, 

Granville  w  .  Bragg,  B,  Moultonborough 

Daniel  I  lovt  qs,  B,  Tamworth 

Nathaniel  Meserve,  B,  Freedom 

Alvah  s.   Libbey,  <;,    isi    Lieut,   promoted 

Capt.  Wolfeborough 

G 'ge  w.  Home,  G,  2d  Lieutenant,  „ 

William  l).  Haley,  I.,  promoted  Com.  Serg't, 

Tnftonborough 
Calvin  S.  Adams,  A,  Wakefield 

\  -  <  look,  B,  Sandwich 

John  W.  l'o_'-,  I),  Serg't,  promoted  1st  Serg't, 

w  olfeborough 
Horace  II.  Moulton,  I), 
Edward  P.'Eastman,  I), 
Jeremiah  Kimball,  l>, 
Joseph  p.  Heath,  <;,  Sergeant, 
Roah  shaw  ,  <;,  Corporal, 
Charles  S.  Parris, «.,  Corporal, 
George  S.  Parker, '..  Corporal,  „ 

Benjamin  Kennison,  G,  Corporal,  Albany 


Wakefield 

Coim  n\ 

Wolfeborough 

Freedom 

Wolfeborough 


William  I'.  Thurston,  <;,  Corporal, 
James  Stevenson,  G,  <  lorporal, 
Mayhev.  C.  Allard,  <;, 
( }eorge  A .  Adams,  i ., 

•  Iiilni   M.  A\er\  .  ( ., 
Nathaniel  \\  .  Brj  ant,  <  .. 

< leorge  F.  (  ate,  G, 
William  K.  ( lhase,  • ., 
James  E.  Dure,  <;, 
Daiah  K.  Drew,  G, 
Charles  ■•.  Edgerly,  <;, 
Elbridgc  Gerry,  G, 
<  harles  F.  Garland,  < ;. 

Orin  A.  Hidden.  (,. 
Frank  B.  Horn,  •  ■. 
John  I'.,  dames,  (., 
< reorge  -i .  Jordan,  < i, 
Ezra  II.  Keniston,  (i, 
Caleb  T.  Keniston,  G, 

John  Kane,  (J, 
( Jeor.ije  I  -  kimliall,  «i. 
F.Kimball,  G, 
Slilhnan  S.  Kent,  '  r, 

Charles  ii.  Lyman,  G, 

Jonathan  Q.  Mason,  (i, 
Thomas  F.  Mar-ton,  G, 

l.e\\  IS  C.   MelTnu  .  I  .. 
.lames  Marden,  (  ,, 

i  Nason,  G, 
Gilbert  M.  Nash,  G, 

William  II.  P 
Charles  Roberl ,  I  ■ 

Alexander  E.  Raitt,  G, 


Eaton 

w  olfeborough 

Eaton 

Moultonborough 

Wolfeborough 

Moultonborough 

Wolfeborough 

Alhan\ 

Wolfeborough 


Moultonborough 
Madison 

Wolfeborough 
Moultonborough 

u  ohteborough 


Eaton 
Albany 


Madison 


Wolfeborough 
Albany 
Moulton) 

Wolfeborough 


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History  of  Carroll  County. 


Samuel  Stokes,  G, 

Allium  I).  Thurston,  G, 

Daniel  Thurston,  <i, 

William  M.  Tow  Le,  Q, 

Samuel  Ward,  G, 

e  W.  Warren,  »., 
,  .1.  Whltten,  G, 

Franklin  Wilkinson,  (i. 

Blram  Pray,  K,  <  orporal, 
Gideon  Gllman,  K,  Corporal, 
Jacob  Abbott,  k, 
Stephen  Bean,  K, 
Edward  EL  Blckford,  K, 
Alfred  M.  Cate,  K, 
John  Edgerlj ,  K, 
John  W.  Folsom,  K, 
George  M.  D.  Garland,  K, 
Samuel  E.  Eanson,  K, 
John  F.  Hanson,  K, 
Charles  H.  Larrabee,  K, 
Ivory  Miliken,  l>, 
James  M.  Moulton,  K, 
James  Miliken,  K, 

Henry  ('.  Nichols,  K, 
Henry  A.  Neal,  K, 
Thomas  J.  Orne,  K, 
Martin  V.  Eticker,  K, 
Robert  G.  Boss,  K, 
John  II.  Stiles, K, 
Samuel  E.  Wentworth,  K, 


Freedom 
Eaton 


Madison 
Wolfeborough 


Freedom 
•  >ssipee 


Tuftonborough 

Ossipee 

Cbatliam 
Ossipee 


Charles  Young,  K, 
Allien  11.  Sanborn,  L, 
John  Davis,  L, 
Charles  W.  Dame,  L, 
Hiram  O.  Tuttle,  L, 
Leavitt  Alley,  L, 
Charles  Davis,  L, 
William  T.  Dorr,  L, 
William  H.  Donnelly,  L, 
Henry  Eldredge,  L, 
Elijah  S.  Haley,  L, 


Ossipee 

Wakeliekl 

Effingham 

Tuftonborough 

Effingham 

Eaton 

Ossipee 

Wolfeborough 

Chatham 

Freedom 

Tuftonborough 


George  F.  Hobbs,  L,  promoted  Adj't,  18th 

N.  H.  Vol.  Inf.  Wakefield 

Joseph  W.  Johnson,  L,  Tuftonborough 
George  M.  Lewis,  L,  Effingham 

Daniel  McFarland,  L,  Tamworth 

John  A.  Peavy,  L,  Tuftonborough 
Freeman  Richards,  L,  Freedom 

Nehemiah  C.  Snell,  L,  Madison 

George  L.  Stackpole,  L,  Tuftonborough 
Charles  E.  Thurston,  L,  Eaton 

James  It.  Thurston,  L,  ,, 

Joseph  D.  Tuttle,  L,  died  at  Fort   Slocum, 

D.  C,  Sept.  27, 1864,  Effingham 

Diamond  L.  Dana,  M,  Madison 

James  E.  Ferren,  M,  ,, 

Sewell  E.  Glidden,  M,  „ 

Charles  Harmon,  M,  „ 

Charles  Spring,  M,  Brookfleld 


Th e  Sharpshooters. —  There  were  in  the  service  two  regiments  of  picked 
marksmen  equipped  with  superior  weapons  for  special  or  detached  duty,  as 
their  designation  indicated.  From  the  nature  of  the  organization  it  was 
impossible  that  the  companies  should  serve  in  regimental  order,  and  they  were 
scattered  as  the  exigencies  of  the  service  required.  Company  G  of  the 
Second  regiment,  ninety-eight  officers  and  men,  had  a  number  of  its  best  men 
from  Carroll,  and  was  mustered  at  Concord  December  10,  1861.  It  performed 
the  duties  entrusted  to  it  with  devotion  and  unflagging  zeal.  Not  exempt  from 
casualties,  its  record  of  dead  and  wounded  was  equal  to  that  of  the  most  daring. 
In  every  respect  these  men  were  most  creditable  soldiers  and  admirable  repre- 
sentatives of  the  stanchest  element  of  the  county.  The  state  was  not 
represented  in  the  Field  of  the  original  organization,  but  later  the  field  officers 
from  New  Hampshire  in  this  command  were:  Major  E.  T.  Rowell,  of  Company 
F,  and  Major  Amos  B.  Jones,  of  Company  E.  George  A.  Marden,  since 
speaker  of  the  Massachusetts  House,  and  on  the  regimental  staff,  was  a  sergeant 
in  ( lompany  G.  Major  Rowell  and  Major  Marden  both  reside  in  Lowell.  The 
sharpshooters  served  in  the  Virginia  campaigns  and  were  at  South  Mountain, 
Antietam,  Fredericksburg,  Second  Bull  Run,  Gettysburg,  and  in  the  Valley. 
The  original  men  were  mustered  out  in  December,  1864,  and  those  of  the 
three  companies  remaining  were  consolidated  and  made  Company  K  of  the 
Fifth  infantry. 


Military   Affairs.  it- 


roster. 


Bosea  Rej  mil. is,  I-',  Wakefield 

Joseph  Sanborn,  G,  Cor.,  promoted  Serg't, 

«  ounded,  Tamu  orl  ii 

James    ^.    Webster,    G,    Cor.,     wounded, 

Antletam,  Sandwich 

Charles  IS.  Qulmby,  G,  „ 


H  llllam  ll.   Dai  Is,  G,  promoted    <  orporal, 

transferred  to  Bth  N.  11  .  Jat  mdwlch 

Daniel  N.  Smith,  <.,  wounded  June  ."..  1864, 
True  l).  Moulton,  '.  Tamworth 

Freeman  Sanborn,  < ., 
Isaiah  II.  Wlggba,  (.,  .lie. I  or  ,i; 


Recruits  for  Sharpshooters.  —  Andrew  Berry,  G,  died  at  Brandy  station,  Y.i. 
April  7,  1864,  Tamworth;  Alvin  G.  Hayward,   F,  transferred    to   Fifth 
Hampshire,  Eaton;  Joseph  Murry,  Chatham. 

Reenlisted  Veterans,  Second  United  States  Sharpshooters.  —  Ira  S.  Bla 
promoted  corporal,  G,  wounded  June  16,  1804,  died  of  wounds  October  -~. 
L864,  Tamworth ;  William  H.  Davis,  G,  promoted  corporal,  Sandwich;  James 
M.  Gilman,  G,  corporal,  transferred  to  Fifth  New  Hampshire,  Tamworth; 
George  A.  Langley,  G,  promoted  corporal,  transferred  to  Fifth  New  Hamp- 
shire, Tamworth. 

The  First  Cavalry.  —  There  was  but  one  cavalry  regiment  proper  from  i  In- 
state, and  that  was  organized  for  three  years  somewhat  late  in  the  war.  As 
stated,  the  Eighth  Infantry,  then  in  Louisiana,  was  for  a  time  mounted  and 
known  as  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Cavalry,  but  its  service  was  more  partic- 
ularly as  infantry.  Early  in  the  war  a  battalion  of  four  companies  of  New 
Hampshire  men  was  raised  and  incorporated  with  the  First  Rhode  Island  Cav- 
alry. It  was  found  that  the  union  of  companies  from  different  states  in  one 
regiment  was  not  altogether  desirable,  and  this  battalion  was  made  the  nucleus 
of  the  First  Cavalry.  This  regiment  and  battalion  served  in  Virginia  and 
Maryland,  and  was  first  united  in  March,  1865.  It  left  the  state  December 
22,  1861,  was  made  a  regiment  January  7,  1864,  and  mustered  out  July  21, 
I860.  It  was  composed  of  good  material  and  did  excellent  service.  The 
heaviest  wholesale  desertion  of  the  war  was  of  several  hundred  "bounty- 
jumping"  recruits,  who  had  been  mustered  to  fill  the  regiment,  and  who  broke 
away  at  Giesborough  Point,  below  Washington,  in  the  autumn  of  1863,  to  the 
relief  of  the  good  soldiers  left,  who  were  in  no  way  responsible  for  the  presence 
or  absence  of  these  "scalawags.'"  Its  original  ofiieers  were  :  David  15.  Nelson, 
major  of  battalion.  Regimental:  John  L.  Thompson,  who  died  recently  in 
Chicago,  colonel;  Ben  T.  Hutchins,  lieutenant-colonel;  Arnold  Wyman,  .1. 
F.  Andrews  and  John  A.  Cummings,  majors.  One  captain,  Pierce  L.  Wiggin, 
formerly  captain  in  the  Third,  and  a  few  men  were  from  this  county. 


FIRST  NEW  ENGLAND   CAVALRY. 

William  A.  Allard,  I,  Sergeant,        Moultonborough       I       John  G.  Sanborn,  I, 
Johnson  D. Qulmby,  I,  promoted  Corporal,  Sandwich 


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\i:\V    HAMPSHIRE   VOLUNTEER  CAVALRY. 


Pierce  L.Wlggin,  C,  Captain,  Ossipee 
Stephen  K.  Tlbbltts,  C,  wounded  June  3,  1864, 

Thomas  Barnes,  i>.  >> 

< ieorge  Brown,  l>,  >> 

Charles  Burke,  D,  >, 

John  Knight,  l>.  >> 

James  McGuire,  D,  Wakefield 

William  Channel".     I  I .  ,, 

Hiram  Peck,  G,  >> 


Jnlm  Williams,  G,  Wakefield 
John  C.  Caryl,  1,  commissioned  Serg't,  pro- 
moted 1st  Lieut,  Brookfield 
(  'harles  II.  Norton,  I,  Wakefield 
Nathaniel  H.  Munsey,  M,  died  of  disease, 

Nov.  17, 1864.  Albany 

Thomas  Richie,  M,  Eaton 

John  Clark,  Wakefield 

Charles  Whitehouse,  Albany 


VETERAN  RESERVE  CORPS. 


Sewell  i;.  Aldricb,  mustered  Aug 
Samuel  Adams,  Jan.  8,  1864, 
John  T.  Adams,  April  30,  1864, 
Oliver  L.  Mini.  Ma>   13,  1864, 
John  Delaney,  Oct.  .">,  1863, 
Martin  v.  Drew,  Dec.  23,  L863, 
Hezekiah  Davis,  Jan.  5,  1864, 
Samuel  Floyd,  Jan.  -J,  1834, 
John  (  .  Frost,  Aug.  27,  1864, 
[ra  B.  Gould,  June  26,  1864, 
Charles  il.  Home,  Jan.  5,  1864, 


22,  1863,  Conway 
Effingham 
Wakefield 

Conway 
Tamworth 

Sandwich 

Madison 

Bartlett 

Tuftonboroiiu'h 


John  McLachlin,  Sept.  24,  1863, 
Horace  S.  Parrott,  Jan.  1, 1864, 
Daniel  F.  Parrott,  Jan.  1,  1864. 
Enoch  J.  Quimby,  Oct.  1,  1863, 
George  W.  Ramsdell,  Aug.  21, 1863, 
Michael  Sullivan,  Aug.  20, 1863, 
Thomas  B.  Seaver,  Aug.  25, 1863, 
Patrick  Sherry,  Dec.  23,  1863, 
Michael  Scanlan,  Jan.  1,  1864, 
George  Williams,  Jan.  13, 1864, 


Conway 
Sandwich 

Conway 


Tamworth 

Moultonborough 
Bartlett 


Only  a  few  returns  were  ever  received  of  this  corps,  but  several  others  were 
transferred  to  it  from  different  regiments  from  time  to  time,  and  possibly  others 
enlisted  in  it  whose  names  were  not  returned  and  do  not  appear  here  for  that 
nason. 

Statistics.  —  From  carefully  compiled  tables  in  reports  of  the  adjutant- 
general  it  appears  that  during-  the  war  the  entire  number  of  commissions 
issued  was  2,362,  while  the  entire  number  of  officers  who  received  them  was 
L,601.  The  total  number  of  enlisted  men  was  31,426.  The  number  "killed 
or  died  of  wounds"  was  1,538.  "Died  of  disease,"  2,541.  Mustered  out  at 
expiration  of  service,  11,264. 

An  analysis  of  all  statistics  made  in  that  office  leads  to  the  conclusion  that, 
leaving  out  men  transferred  and  twice  enumerated,  New  Hampshire  sent  30,000 
different  men  into  the  field.  Estimating  in  the  same  proportion  it  would 
appear  that   of  this  number  Carroll  county  furnished  1,300  men. 

The  entire  muster  of  30,000  is  thus  accounted  for,  by  the  same  authority:  — 


Killed  or  died  of  wounds 5percent. 

Died  of  disease 8        „ 

Honorably  discharged  for  disability 15        „ 

Deserted 10        ,, 

Transferred  to  Invalid  Corps,  Army  and  Navy 3        ,, 

Promoted  to  commissioned  officers 2        ,, 

Nol  officially  accounted  for 2        ,, 

.\ii  cut  when  regiment  was  mustered  out 3        „ 

Rcenlisted 5 

Mustered  out  at  the  expiration  of  term 37        „ 

Otherwise  unaccounted  («v 4        )( 

Tota' 100  per  cent. 


Military   A-Ppairs.  175 


The  percentage  of  "desertions"  from  Carrol]  is  much  less  than  the  ab 

figures,  while  the  casualties  and  muster  mit  are  correspondingly  greater. 

New  Hampshire  employed  three  state  military  agents,  with  the  ran] 
colonel,  for  two  or  three  years  before  the  el  use  of  the  war.  One  was  stationed 
iu  New  York,  one  in  Philadelphia,  and  one  in  Washington,  I  >.  (  .  The  one 
stationed  in  Washington  was  Hon.  Laikin  I).  Mason,  of  South  Tamworth, 
therefore  it  seems  proper  thai  his  name  and  services  should  be  mentioned  in 
connection  with  the  officers  and  men  who  wenl  from  Carroll.  Colonel  Mason, 
now  nearly  eighty,  was  horn  and  has  always  lived  under  the  brow  of  Ossipee 
Mountain,  and,  I  suppose,  expects  to  die  and  he  buried  there.  Me  is  too  well- 
known,  both  in  this  county  and  state,  by  those  of  the  present  generation  to 
need  an  extended  notice  here.  For  forty  years  he  has  been  very  prominent  in 
political  affairs,  having  been  a  member  of  the  House  and  Senate  previous  to 
the  war:  during  the  war.  as  stated  above,  slate  military  agent  :  since  the  war 
judge  of  probate  till  disqualified  by  age,  and  since  that  a  candidate  Eor  gov- 
ernor of  the  state.  Some  might  think  the  military  office  he  held  was  a 
sinecure,  but  it  was  one  of  the  most  difficult  and  arduous.  How  well  he 
filled  it  is  shown  in  a  few  words  from  the  adjutant-general's  report,  in  which  he 
says  :  — 

Too  much  praise  cannot  be  awarded  to  Colonels  Mason,  Corson,  and  Bowe  for  their 
Faithful  and  efficient  services  and  untiring  devotion  constantly  rendered  by  them  in  the 
arduous  duties  that  have  devolved  upon  them  and  which  they  have  discharged  in  the  Bl 

honorable  and  successful  manner. 

In  order  to  give  a  little  insight  into  their  duties  1  take  the  Libert}  to  insert 

here  a    short  report  from  Colonel   Mason    himself,   which    I    find   in    the    same 
report:  — 

Washing  roN.D.t  ..  February  20 
Brigadier-General  Natt  Head,  Adjutant-General,  State  of  New  Hampshire:  — 

General,  I  have  the  tumor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  communication,  requesting  of  mo  some 
description  of  my  duties  ana  an  account  of  mj  operations  as  New  Hampshire  State  V gent,  and  1  hasten  to 
respond,  li  is  the  duty  of  the  stair  Agent  when  a  battle  is  pending  to  gather  in  quantltj  such  stores  a 
required  for  the  relief  of  won  m  lea  Boldiers;  to  have  several  assistants  ai  ha  ml  to  move  al  the  earliest  moment 
to  the  Bcene  of  suffering  and  administer  relief;  to  see  that  the  Unties  of  deceased  soldiers  from  hie  state  are 
properly  buried  and  secured  against  depredations,  and  that  such  bodies  as  are  called  Cor  bj  friends  are  properlj 
prepared  ana  forwarded  to  their  homes;  to  visit  hospitals  or  cause  them  to  be  visited,  and  such  luxuries  supplied 

its  are  necessarj  to  the  soldiers'  comfort ;  to  keep  an  exact  registry  of  all  men  in  hospitals,  \\  ith  their  c pany, 

regiment,  and  residence.    Soldiers  are  mustered  for  paj  every  two  months;  but  it  is  a  very  common  tiling  for 

a  soldier  to  be  transit  on  muster  day  and  fail  to  get  mustered,  or,  if  mustered,  he  is  liable  to  leave  his  place 

before  the  arrival  of  his  paymaster,  and  hence  lose  one  or  more  musters;  so  that  several  month-  may  elapse 

before  hi-  accounts  are  corrected.    The  State  Agent  has  ready  access  to  the  rolls,  and  it  is  his  am,  to  follow 

from  office  to  office  until  he  gets  the  account-  adjusted,  «  hen  he  receives  an  order  for  | 

muster  rolls  this  class  of  applicants  are  very  numerous,  and  there  is  seldom  a  single  daj  when  some  appll 

[or  assistance  of  this  kind  are  not  made,    it  is  the  dutj  of  the  State  Agenl  to  make  applications  for  the  transfer 

of  soldiers  in  the  various  hospitals  to  their  ow  n  state.    Since  December  l.  IS64,  l  have  made  applications  for  the 

transfer  of  several  hundreds  of  New  Hampshire  soldiers  to  the  Webster  General  Hospital  at  Man 

Men  u  ho  are  absent  on  furloughs  frequently  tail  to  return  in  season,  supposing  they  are  properly  reported  by 

their  attending  physician,  and  ere  thej  are  aware,  find  themselves  In  3ome  military  prison  or  pi 

with  the  charge  of  desertion  against  them,    [tlsthedutj  oi  the  Stat<    \   t    t  to  collect  all  facts  In  their  favor  and 


170  History  of   Carroll   County. 


present  th.ni  for  their  benefit,  and  if  there  appears  no  evidence  of  fraudulent  intention  on  their  part,  he  can 
generally  get  Informalities  overlooked  and  the  delinquent  ordered  to  duty  without  censure.  The  correspondence 
attending  my  duties  requires  the  writing  of  more  than  twenty  letters  per  day,  several  of  which  are  official  and 
baveto  be  copied.  1  am  prepared  at  all  times  to  give  the  name,  company,  regiment,  and  town  of  every  New 
I t.i,,lf ,  lierin  this  department,  and  can  give  much  information  concerning  our  soldiers  in  other  depart- 

ments. I  am  causing  a  journal  to  be  prepared  which  will  be  of  interest  to  the  New  Hampshire  people.  I  receive 
such  articles  of  comforl  as  the  people  at  home  see  (it  to  supply  for  the  soldier,  and  distribute  these  goods  to 
,,„•!,  ...  .   i  them  most.    1  am  much  assisted  in  this  duty  by  New  Hampshire  men,  resident  in  this  city. 

I  frequently  find  a  New  Hampshire  soldier  sick  with  some  disease  that  requires  the  tender  treatment  and  pure 
,  in  order  I'm-  In-  recovery.  At  present  he  is  entirely  out  of  money.  As  State  Agent  I  supply  all 
such  sums  as  are  necessary  to  enable  him  to  accomplish  his  object.  The  rooms  of  the  agency  are  open  day  and 
nighi  for  tin'  benefit  oi  the  New  Hampshire  soldier,  and  when  he  applies  for  anything  in  my  power  to  afford,  he 
r  turned  empty  away.  Soldiers  can  always  Jiud  refreshments  and  sometimes  rude  lodgings  at  the  rooms 
of  the  agency.  I  at  present  employ  one  male  assistant  in  canvassing  hospitals,  and  one  lady  assistant  in 
preparing  records  and  giving  information  to  applicants  during  my  absence  from  the  rooms,  and  I  employ 
assistants  transiently,  as  exigencies  arrive. 

1  have  the  honor  to  be,  General, 

Very  respectf ully,  your  obedient  servant, 

L.  D.  Mason,  Military  State  Agent  of  New  Hainpshire. 

Iii  the  limited  space  of  a  single  chapter  not  much  more  can  be  done  than  to 
give  a  list  of  names  with  the  companies  and  regiments  on  whose  rolls  they 
appear.  As  previously  stated,  I  think  but  few  credited  to  this  county,  and 
especially  those  who  were  originally  mustered  in  with  regiments,  are  put 
as  residence  "unknown,"  yet  I  have  noticed  a  few,  and  no  doubt  there  are 
others  whose  names  will  not  appear  here  for  that  reason.  It  would  indeed  be 
gratifying  to  give,  if  possible,  a  list  of  all  natives  of  the  county  who  have 
been  connected  with  the  military  service  at  any  time,  and  especially  of  those 
serving  in  the  Rebellion,  either  in  other  states,  or  credited  to  towns  in  other 
counties  in  this  state.  With  a  few  exceptions,  however,  about  all  that  is  known 
til  t lie  latter  class  appears  on  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  rolls.  The 
following  are  a  few  exceptions,  and  without  doubt  there  are  others:  James  W. 
I  but,  formerly  of  Sandwich,  then  of  Lowell,  distinguished  himself  as  a  captain 
in  the  Sixth  Massachusetts  in  its  passage  through  Baltimore  April  19,  1861, 
and  was  afterward  promoted  to  major.  After  the  war  he  returned  to  Lowell, 
where  he  died  a  few  years  since.  Samuel  Merrill,  a  former  resident  of  Tam- 
wni  th,  which  he  at  one  time  represented  in  the  Legislature,  afterwards  of  Iowa, 
was  colonel  of  one  of  the  early  Iowa  regiments,  subsequently  was  elected 
governor  of  the  state,  and  is  at  present  one  of  her  wealthy  bankers.  Benjamin 
K.  Quimby,  born  in  Sandwich,  son  of  Colonel  Joseph  L.  Quimby,  went  out 
as  a  sergeant  in  the  Tenth  Vermont,  was  promoted  to  captain  in  a  colored 
regiment,  taken  prisoner  with  others,  and  died  in  a  rebel  prison.  Austin 
Quimby,  near  of  kin  to  the  latter,  was  a  corporal  in  the  marine  corps,  and 
commanded  one  of  the  guns  on  the  upper  deck  of  the  Kearsarge,  when  she 
sunk  the  Alabama  in  the  harbor  of  Cherbourg,  France,  one  Sunday  morning 
in  sixty-two  minutes.  Harvey  M.  Weed,  formerly  of  Sandwich,  served  as 
sergeant  in  the  Fourth  New  Hampshire.  Lyman  P.  Lillie,  of  Sandwich, 
enlisted  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  and  served  in  Company  L,  Fourth  Massachusetts 
Heavy    Artillery,    under    Captain  James    McDavitt,    of    Lynn.      He    died    of 


Military    Affairs.  177 

typhoid  fever  in  Washington,  D.  C,  al  the  early  age  of  eighteen  j 

body  was  sent   to  Sandwich   by  the  company  for  burial   in  chargi      I   I     plain 

McDavitt,  who  uvni  to  Washington  for  thai  purpose. 

There  were  also  a    Pew  others,  native  born  or  former  residents,  cre< 
elsewhere,  as  follows :  — 


Daniel  8.   Beede,  ol    Sandwich,  Adj't,    12th 

N.  II.  Meredith 

Ambrose    II.    Mudgett,    i>r   Sandwich,    12th 

v  ii  Holdcrnesa 

David  0.  Burleigh,  of  Sandwich,  2d   Lieut, 

1st  Lieut,  Uapt.,  Lth  n.  ii.  Laconia 

Dexter    B.   Fogg,  of  Sandwich,  12th  N.  n., 

wounded,  <  lentre  I  [arbor 

William  H.  Skinner,  of  Sandwich,  Unknown 


Dr  A.  M.  Howe,  of  Sandwich,  Surgi ill. 

v"ol.  |||i , 

Emerson  ll.  Kimball,  ol    Sandwich,    M 

Vol.  \\  i 

Frank  P.  Uoulton,  of  Sandwich,  lth  M 

Ucavj    Vrtiller  m 

Samuel    Webster,  ol    Sandwich,  Si 

N.  II.  Inf.,  Isl  Lieut,  1st  N.  H.  H        Vrt.      L)     • 


Under  older  service.  —  Captain  Paul  Wentworth,  War  of  L812,  father  of 
Honorable  "Long  John."  Dr  James  Norris,  of  Sandwich,  was  surgeon's  mate 
in  the  navy  many  years  ago,  his  commission   being  dated  December   10,  L814, 

and  signed  by  President  Madison.  He  resigned  after  serving  thirteen  years, 
was  pensioned  about  1S."><>  by  special  act  of  Congress,  and  died  a  few  years 
later.  He  was  a  man  of  scientific  attainments,  and  well  remembered  by  the 
older  residents. 

His  father,  James  Norris,  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  was  honorably  dis- 
charged after  six  years*  service  at  the  close  of  the  war.  Otis  Hoit,  m.i>..  of 
Sandwich,  then  living  in  Framingham,  was  surgeon  of  a  Massachusetts  regimenl 
under  Colonel  Caleb  Cushing  in  the  Mexican  war.  afterward  went  to  Hudson. 
Wi>.,  where  he  became  a  banker,  and  served  in  the  United  States  land  office 
under  President  Pierce,  accumulated  a  large  landed  property,  and  died  there 
two  or  three  years  ago.  Dr  Charles  II.  White,  who  was  born  in  Sandwich  ami 
whose  homestead  is  there  still,  is  at  present,  and  has  been  for  many  years,  a 
surgeon  in  the  United  States  navy.  Moses  Peaslee,  a  Quaker,  for  many  ye  rs 
a  resident  of  Sandwich,  served  in  the  Mexican  war,  and  was  turned  out  of  the 
Society  on  account  of  it.  William  M.  Etuinery,  of  Newton,  Mass..  a  retired 
builder  and  owner  of  many  buildings  (including  Hotel  Effingham)  in  Boston, 
who  died  February  11,1889,  in  Gainsville,  Fla,  where  he  owned  an  orange 
grove,  was  born  in  Effingham,  and  served  in  the  Civil  War  as  second  lieutenant, 
first  lieutenant,  and  captain  in  the  Second  Massachusetts  Cavalry. 

The  late  Bradbury  C.  Davis,  for  many  years  a  resident  of  Sandwich,  al  one 
time  one  of  the  select  men.  and  the  father  of  William  II.  Davis,  of  the  Second 
United  States  Sharpshooters,  was  a  veteran  ^\  the  Florida  war. 

Nehemiah  R.  Moulton,  a  native  of  Albany,  being  in  Vermont  at  the  time. 
enlisted  in  one  of  her  regiments  (Twelfth,  I  believe),  and  was  killed  in  the 
battle  of  Fredericksburg.  Dr  I-:.  (c>.  Marston,  of  Sandwich,  served,  since  the 
late  war,  three  years  in  the  regular  army,  in  Troop  K.  Eighth  Cavalry,  lighting 


178  History   of   Carroll   County. 


[ndians  in  Arizona  and  Mexico.  Daniel  A.  Hill,  formerly  of  Sandwich,  served 
in  the  late  war  in  Company  G,  Second  Massachusetts  Cavalry;  was  captured 
by  Mosby's  guerrillas,  who,  after  taking  his  shoes  and  stockings,  compelled 
him  to  march  a  hundred  miles  barefoot,  and  subsequently  released  him.  Hiram 
S.  Prescott,  also  of  Sandwich,  served  in  the  same  regiment. 

Genera]  Ceorge  M.  Atwood,  born  in  Sandwich  September  17,  1817,  was 
grandson  of  Captain  Jonathan  Atwood,  of  the  Revolution.  He  filled  many 
military  offices  in  the  state  service  of  Maine,  and  in  1856  was  adjutant-general. 
In  1st; -1  he  was  made  colonel  of  the  Twenty-fourth  Maine,  and  served  in 
Louisiana  and  the  lower  Mississippi,  participating  in  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson. 
His  war  record  was  excellent,  and  lie  was  offered  a  general's  commission  if  he 
would  remain  in  service,  which  he  declined  on  account  of  imperative  private 
affairs  at  home.  He  died  May  22,  188!*.  He  was  president  of  the  Maine 
Veteran  Association. 

Present  residents  born  elsewhere  and  credited  outside :  Lyman  B.  Wade, 
now  of  Sandwich,  Fourth  New  Hampshire,  Centre  Harbor ;  Moses  C.  Berry, 
now  of  Sandwich,  Thirty-third  Massachusetts,  Parsonsfield,  Maine ;  Stephen 
D.  Huse,  now  of  Sandwich,  Eighteenth  New  Hampshire,  Harvard,  Mass. ; 
George  W.  Tibbetts,  sergeant,  Brookfield,  killed  at  Gettysburg. 

Having  thus  far  gleaned  all  I  could  from  the  records  and  other  sources 
within  my  reach,  still  without  being  satisfied,  and  with  a  view  of  gaining 
more  information,  I  caused  the  following  notice  to  be  put  in  The  Sandwich 
Reporter :  — 

INFORMATION    WANTED ! 

Possibly  there  may  be  now  and  then  a  veteran  of  the  late  war  whose  birthplace  was  in 
Carroll  county,  and  yet  was  credited  to  some  locality  outside  of  the  county  limits :  and  whose 
name  is  neitber  on  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  rolls,  nor  in  the  Adjutant-General's 
Report  of  1865  66;  as  well  as  some  now  resident  in  the  county,  but  who  also  were  credited 
elsewhere,  and  do  not  appear  as  above  specified.  If  any  one  knowing  of  such  will  be  pleased 
to  send  their  names,  birthplace,  present  residence,  and  in  what  organizations  they  served, 
to  E.  Q.  Fellows,  Centre  Sandwich,  N.  II..  without  delay,  such  information  will  appear  in  the 
county  history,  now  in  preparation,  and  help  complete  a  chapter.  Those  coming  under  one 
class  would  be  like  the  case  of  Governor  Merrill,  of  Iowa.  It  is  well  known  that  he  was  a 
former  resident  of  Tamworth,  but  he  was  colonel  of  an  Iowa  regiment,  and  his  name  docs 
not  appeal- on  any  of  the  rolls  above  indicated.  So  there  may  be  those  now  residing  in  the 
county,  but  then  living  in  some  other  state  or  some  other  part  of  this  state,  and  whose  names 
an-  on  neither  of  the  rolls  indicated  above.  It  is  of  the  above  two  classes  that  information 
is  especially  solicited;  likewise  of  any  whose  residence  was  put  as  "  unknown"  in  the  Adju- 
tant-General's Report,  but  are  known  to  have  been,  or  ought  to  have  been,  credited  to  Carroll. 

Will  the  Granite  State  News  copy? 

This    notice    elicited  a  few  replies,  but  only  one  name,  which  is  inserted 

above.     From    other   sources  we    find  that  Edgar  A.   Stevens  and  Frank  C. 

'•ns.  of  Chatham,  brothers,   served    in   Eleventh  Maine;  another  brother, 


Mill  tai:\     A  l  I  All:s. 


17:' 


Elmer   L.    Stevens,  in  Company    (i.  Tenth    Maine;    Daniel    \V.   Atkinson,  of 

Eaton,  in  Tenth  Massachusetts  Battery;  John   Et.  Stacy  ^Madison),  in  Sec I 

Massachusetts  [nfantry. 


THE   GRAND    ARMY    POSTS. 
ROSTEE   OF   MOULTON    s.   WEBSTEE    POST,    NO.   68,    CENTBE  SANDWK  II 

(FROM   TIIK  DESCRIPTIVE   BOOK,    Bl     I..   Q.    I. 


•  William  K.  Smith,  i>.  Sergeant,  4th  v  II..    Laconia 
Oliver  Watson,  l\,   Isl   Sergeant,  3d  \.   II.. 

wounded  Deep  Bottom,  V&,  Sandwich 

•  I'.enj.    M.  Nutter,    <i,    13th    Maine,    severely 

wounded,  Sandwich 

l,e«is  Q.  smith,  K,  Corporal,  Uth  N.  II. 
Benj.  F.  Fellow  3,  K.  Q.  M.  S.,  14th  N.  II. 

•  Albert  S.  Moulton,  A.  6th  N.  II.  „ 
'  Horace  F.  Bean,  C,  Sergeant,  Uth  X.  II. 
Fred.  P.  Smith,  G,  2d  Mass.  Cavalry,  „ 
Edward  8.  Hinds,  C,  12th  N.  H. 

John  P.  Canney,  H,  Sergeant, 5th N.  II.  „ 
♦William  II.  Felch,  1'..  1st  R.  I.  II.  A. 

Charles  A.  Gilman, C,  18th  N.  II.  „ 

John  O.  Cook,  K,  5th  Massachusetts,  ,, 

■  lame-  V.  \\  eb-ter.  G,  (  or..  2d  Reg.  U.  S.  S.S., 

wounded  Antietam, 
►John  W.  Goss,  K,  Ifth  s.  II. 
William  II.  Scriggins,  C,  18th  N.  H. 
John  Atwood,  K,  Uth  N.  II. 

•  Dennis  F.  Carter,  C,  29th  Maine, 
Benjamin  II.  Heath,  E,  3dN.  II. 
Charles  M.  Bagley,  A,  6th  N.  II.,  dead, 
Charles  E.  Mudgett,  C,  18th  N.  II. 

llo-ea  Pettengill,  C,  Wagoner,  nth  N.  II.  ,, 

Lorenzo  I).  Bean,  C,  Drummer,  18th  N.  II.  ,, 

Joseph  Huntress,  Contract  Surgeon,  dead,  Tamworth 
Alfred  Wallace,  K,  14th  \.  II.  Sandwich 

►  Samuel  Butterfleld,  <;,  17th  U.S.  Regulars, 

wounded,  Sandwich 


Sandwich 


Holderness 
Sandwich 


•lames  M.  Parrott,  K,  14th  N.  II.,  di 

Moultonborough 
Daniel  F.  Parrott,  ll, .", 1 1 >  v  11  ,  dropped,    Sandwich 
Charles  F.  Burleigh,  K,  18th  N.  II. 
Charles  II.  Philbrick,  E,  2d  V  II..  dropped, 
Amos  '.ale,  G,8th  V  11.  Rochester 

Ell    \.   Cotton,    D,    Corporal,   8th    N.   II., 

dropped,  Moultonborough 

John  II.  Plummer,  1,  6th  N.  II.,  dropped,    sandwich 

William  A.  Heard,  O.  Master,  I  llh  V  II. 

Enoch  Q.  Fellow  3,   Adj'l  of  the  1st,  Col.  3d 

and  9th  N.  II.  Sandwich 

Albert  Fogg,  C,  18th  N.  II. 

Clinton  A.  Shaw,  G,  l_>th  V  II.  Moultonborough 

Nathaniel  W.  Bryant,  G,  1st  N.  II.  11.  A. 
Samuel  F.  Vittum,  K,  14th  N.  II.  Tamworth 

Samuel  Parker,  F,  5th  N.  11.  Sandwich 

Harrison  Dow,  G,  4th  Vt,  dropped,  Tamworth 

Eward  W.  Burnham,  K,  18th  N.  II.  Sandwich 

*Jerome  l.ca\  itt.  15th  Ma--,  and  3d  it.  I.  1  . 
lieiir\  T.  Page,  C,  nth  N.  II.  Tamworth 

William  I'.  Gilman,  C,  15th  \.  II.,  dead, 
William  II.  Wallace.  D,6th  v  ll.  Sandwich 

Franklin  Grace,  E,  12th  Maine,  Tamworth 

John  N.  Campbell,  H,3d  N.  ll.  Sandwich 

'Warren  W.  Carter,  I),  2d  R.  I.  Cavalry, 
Thomas  F.  Gault,  C,  56th  Mas-.  ,, 

Lemuel  F.  Vittum,  K,  Sergeant,  Uth  \.  II.  „ 

Hezekiah  T.  Fogg,  C,  18th  N.  11. 


The  above  list  shows  residence  at  the   time   of  joining   the  post;  the   Lis! 
below  shows  the  birthplace  of  those  born  outside  of  county  limits. 


William  E.  Smith, 
William  II.  Felch, 
< lharles  A.  Gilman, 
John  w.  1 01--. 

William  II.  Scriggins, 
Dennis  F.  Carter, 

Benjamin  H.  Heath. 
Charles  M.  Bagley, 
Samuel  Butterfleld-, 
•lame-  m.  Parrott, 
Daniel  F.  Parrott, 
Charles  F.  Burleigh, 


Lynn,  Mass. 

1  [olderness 

Sanbornton 

Gilford 

Barnstead 

Saco,  Me 

Holderness 

Thornton 

Standish,  Me 

Lynn,  M  a    3 

Gilman  ton 


Charles  H.  Philbrlc 

AmOS  <  .ale. 

John  1 1 .  Plummer, 

William  a.  Heard, 

Clinton  A.  Shaw, 

Samuel  Parker, 

Harrison  DOW, 

Jerome  Leavitt, 
Henry  T.  Page, 
John  N.  Campbell, 
Warren  w.  1 
Thomas  E.  Gault, 


Epsom 

i>o\  er 

Farmlngton 

Wayland.  M 

Salisbury 

Canada,  B.  D. 

<  iilmanton 

l.i\ ermore,  Mi 

Gihnanton 

Bedford 

Waj  land,  M 

i  ... 


k  Transferred. 


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History   of  Carroll  County. 


ROSTER  OF  JAMES    R.   NEWELL   POST,   NO.   61,   G.   A.   R. 


Thomas  Lees,  B,  2d  Lieut, 2d  N.  ll.  V.  Wolfeborough 
Charles  S.  Paris,  (.,  Cor.,  Isl  N.  II.  II.  A. 
Jasper  ll.  barren,  I  a.  Serg't,  13th  N.  ll.  V. 
|  r.Capt.,  25th  l  .  s.  (  .  T. 

\\  olfeborough 
Joseph  P.  Beath,  I  B,  16th  N.  ll.  V. 

|G,S(  i-i.  Isl  N.  ll.  II.    \. 

Wolfeborough 
Richard  R.  Davis,  ll,  Capt.,  5th   N.   ll.   \  ., 

dead,  w  olfeborough 

Moses  !•'.  Thompson,   K.  12th  N.  ll.  V.,  dis- 

cli.-n  Mitchell,  Da 

Alvah  S.  Libbey,  j  B,  2d  Lieut,  16th  \.  ll.  V. 
j  (..  Capt.,  1st  N.  11.  H.  A. 

Wolfeborough 
Isaac  st. ■yen-.  K.  12th  V  ll.  V.  ,, 

S    i    Stinchfteld,  ll.  10th  Maine,  dropped, 
John  II.  Loud,  B,  16th  N.  II.  V. 
James  Stevenson,  6,  Cor.,  Isl  X.  II.  II.  A.      „ 
Prank  B.  Horn,  G,  Isl  N.  ll.  II.  A. 
James   A.   O'Conner,    A,   Charier   Member, 

dead,  \\  olfeborough 

James  Bresnehen,  P,  2d  N.  II.  V.  ,, 

Charles  ll.  Born,  II,  5th  N.  II.  v.,  wounded  In 

righl  leg,  dead,  Tuftonborough 

Jonathan  u  .  Sleeper,  II,  Saddler,  1st  N.  II. 

i  a\ .  Wolfeborough 

Benjamin  K.  Webster,  K,  lltli  N.  II.  V*. 
W  Borne,  t  K,  12th  N.  H.  V. 

}G,  1st  Lieut.  N.II.  II.  A. 
Joseph  P.  Kenney,  ll,  .">tli  N.  II.  V.,  dropped, 

Wolfeborough 
l-aiah   Piper,    A,    lath   N.    II.  V.,  dropped, 

Now  Durham 
Daniel  W.  Borner,  K,  Serg't,  12th  N.  II.  V. 
j  wounded  Chancellorsville,  Va, 
(        ,,        Gettysburg,  Pa, 

Tuftonborough 
John  S.  \  arnej .  D,  Cor.,  '2d  X.  II.  V.    Wolfeborough 
John  B.  \\  aldron,  \  B,  Serg't,  1st  N.  H.  v. 
I  II,     ,,'      6th 

Tuftonborough 
John  A.  Wiggin,  K.  12th  X.  II.  V.  Wolfeborough 

Alvin  Gilman,  ll,  lih  X.  H.V.,  wounded  at 

Aniieiaiii,  Wolfeborough 

ge  P.  Kimball,  G,  1st  X.  II.  II.  A.  „ 

Alfred  M.  Gate,  K,  1st  X.  II.  II.  A.  „ 

George  P.  Cotton,  B,  16th  X.  II.  V. 
John  A.  Smith,  <',  1st  Maine  II.  A.,  wounded 

Petersburg,  Va,  Wolfeborough 

Daniel  P.  Copp,  B,  llth  X.  II.  V.,  dropped,     „ 
George  II.  Waklron,  G,  X.  ll.  S.  M. 
George  W.   Elliott,   I.  Serg't,  8th  N.  II.  v., 

de-id,  Wolfeborough 

Jacob  Bauson,  A,  uih  v  ii.  v.,  dead,  ,, 

■  i.  Frederick  Sumner,  I,  19th  Maine  v.,  trans- 
ferred, Wolfeborough 
Jones  Harden,  G.lstN.  II.  II.  A.,  dropped,   ., 
M.  Elliott,  1,  8th  X.  II.  v.,  dropped,    ,, 
Thoiua-  Chase,  B,  16th  X.  II.  v.,  wounded  in 

knee,  dead,  Wolfeborough 

Isaiah  K.  Drevi ,  G,  IstN.  H.  H.  A. 
i  zra  B.  Tebbitts,  K,  5th  X.  ll.  v.,  dropped,    „ 
William  II.  Dame,  I),  6th  N.  II.  \  ..  wounded 

al  hattleof  Wilderness,  Va,  Ossipee 


Samuel  F.Lewis,  D,  i;tii  x.  II.  V.  Ossipee 

George  E.  Kimball,  G,  IstN.  H.  H.  A.  Wolfeborough 
Jacob  J.  Hammond,   (1,  1st  Maine  V. 
J  I,  10th     „ 
)  G,  29th  „ 
{  G,  U.  S.  Army 
7  years,  II  months'  service  Wolfeborough 

George  O.  Sceggell,  G,  Cor.,  3d  N.  H.  V.  Ossipee 

James  Evans,  C,  6th  N.  II.  V.,  transferred, 

Wolfeborough 
Thomas  E.  Mitchell,  II,  1st  Serg't,  5th N.  H.  V., 

dropped,  Wolfeborough 

Daniel  W.  Shaw,  E,  3d  N.  H.  V.  Ossipee 

Henry  Cook,  E,  18th  N.  H.V.,  dropped,  Wolfeborough 
Asa  Pray,  A, Cor.,  13th  N.  H.  V.,  transferred,  Ossipee 
Richard  R.  Cotton,  I  A,  17th  N.  II.  V. 
j  I,  18th  „ 

Wolfeborough 
Charles  W.  Thompson,  A,   13th    N.   H.    V., 

transferred,  Ossipee 

Marshall  P.  Wentworth,  G,  3d  N.  II.  V. 
John  Folsom,  I),  6th  N.  II.  V.,  dropped,  „ 

Frank  W.  Heath,  D,  2d  N.  II.  V.,  dropped, 
Harris  W.  Morgan,  F,  18th  N.  II.  V.,  dead, 

Wolfeborough 
Henry  C.  Nichols,  K,  1st  N.  II.  H.  A.,  trans- 
ferred, Ossipee 
George  W.  Chesley,  I,  8th  N.   H.  v.,  trans- 
ferred, Ossipee 
Frank  R.  Hobbs,   F,   Serg't,  18th  N.  H.  V., 

transferred,  Ossipee 

William   Corson,   I!,  16th   N.  II.  V.,  dropped, 

Wolfeborough 
John  A.  Burrows,  A,  Cor.,  8th  Mass. 

Chelmsford,  Mass., 
Freeman  D.  Gove,  B,    Serg't,   18th    Maine, 

dropped,  Tuftonborough 

Benjamin  Stokes,  I,  8th  N.  II.  V.,  dropped,     ,, 
John  D.  Morrison,   I  E,  Cor.,  98th  111.  Inf. 
\  C,    „      8th  Vet. 

Tuftonborough 
Calvin  Iloyt,  E,  10th  N.  II.  V. 

Charles  E.  Johnson,  B,  16th  N.H.  V.  Haverhill,  Mass. 
Timothy  A.  Haley,  K,  12th  N.  II.  V.     Tuftonborough 
Charles  J.   Wood,   E,   13th  N.  H.  V.,  trans- 
ferred, Wolfeborough 
Charles  H.  Tebbetts,  G,  5th  X.  II.  V. 
George  W.  Peaslce,  G,  Cor.,  7th  N.  II.  V. 
Henry  E.    Sias,    A,    13th    N.    H.   V.,  trans- 
ferred, Ossipee 
John  A.  Geralds,  F,  9th  N.  II.  V.,  dropped, 

Wolfeborough 
John  Tebbetts,  I,  8th  N.  II.  V. 

Jonas  Kimball,  D,  6th  N.  H.  V.  Ossipee 

Alonzo  T.  Grant,  K,  9th  Maine,  Wolfeborough 

Darius  W.  Ham,  K,  18th  N.  II.  V. 
Edward  E.  Fall,  K,  12th  N.  H.  V.  Tuftonborough 

M.  I).  L.  McDuffee,  K,  12th  N.  II.  V.  „ 

Jeremiah  B.  Cook,  G,  Cor.,  6th N.  H.  V.  Wolfeborough 
Elijah  S.  Haley,  L,  1st  N.  II.  II.  A.  Tuftonborough 
David  A.  William,  A,  4th  N.  II.  V.,  dead, 

Wolfeborough 
Daniel  W.  Emerson,  A,  Cor.,  13th  N.  H.  V. 

Wakefield 


Military    Affairs. 


William  K.  Fullerton,  K,  I -Jiii  N.  II.  \.  Wolfeborough 
Ezra  i'..  Tebbetts,  n,  5tb  n.  ii.  v.,  dropped, 

Wolfeborough 
Albert  W.  Wlggin,  B,  1st  Lieut,  16tfa  n.  ii.  V. 

Wolfeborough 
Joseph  L. Seavey,  M,  4th  Mass.  n.  a.  „ 

Orlando  F.  Davis,  \,  uii,  v  ll.  \  .  „ 

Isaac  Roberts,  k,  103d  U.S.  C.T. 
Amos  Vermitt,  1,  18th  n.  ii.  \'. 


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Henry  Eldrldge,  H.  5th  N    n.  \  . 
Alonzo  (ill-.in,  i.,  9th  v  n    \  . 
Greenleaf  i>.  Davis,  K,  18th  n.  ii.  v.  di 

\\  olfi 
Daniel  Llbbej ,  n,  2d   Lieut,  5th   \.   n.   \ . 

Tuftonboi 
Alonzo  Nun,  I  i  ,  5th  Maine, 
I  C,  10th    ,, 

Wolfeborough 
Jasfi  b  ii.  w  \ki:i  s,  Commander. 


ROSTER   OF  T.   L.   AMBROSE   POST,   NO.   73,   CENTREVILLE. 

FURNISHED    BY  JOHN   B.    HEAKBOHN,    ADJUTANT. 


Frank  K.  Hobbs,  F,  Sergeant,  18th  x.  n. 

Ossipee  Valley 
John  W.  Folsom,  'Nad,  Centre  Ossipee 

Charles  II.  Larabee,  K,  1st  v  II.  II.  A.  Ossipee 

\.  V..  Spear,  H,  7th  Maine  Vol.  Centre  Ossipee 

Hiram  Pray,  K,  1st  N.  II.  II.  A.  Ossipee 

George  M.  Loring,  K,  9th N.  II.  Inf.  ,, 

John  B. Dearborn, K,  1st  Maine  Cavalry,  ,, 

George  W.  Chesley,  I,  18th  X.  H.  [nf. 
Charles  E.  Keyes,  A,  18th  x.  n.  inf. 
John  B.  Conner,  A,  13tli  N.  II.  Int. 
Robert  G.  Ross,  K,  1st  N.  II.  n.  A. 
Henry  Eldridjre,  II,  5th  X.  H.  Inf.,  transferred    „ 
Thatcher  S.  Thompson,  Centre  <  issipee 

Tobias  Pernald,  ('.  18tb  N.  II.  Inf.  Ossipee 

Noah  Shaw,  H,  5th  \.  II.  Inf.  Effingham 

Joseph  W.  Chamberlin,  B,  16th  N.  II.  Inf.      Ossipee 
Albert  C.  Abbott,  A,  18th  N.  H.  Inf. 
John  M.  Brown,  C,  1st  N.  II.  Cavalry, 
[ra  i  lough,  <;,  3d  N.  II.  Inf.,  suspended, 
Frank  W.  Barker,  B,  32d  .Maine  Inf. 
George  E.  Goodhue,  B,  16th  N.  II.  Inf. 
•lame-  Milliken,  K,  1st  X.  II.  H.  A. 
John  B.  Davis,  F,  1-1  N.  II.  II.  A.,  dropped, 

Effingham 
George  R.  Abbott,  9th  Mass.  Battery,  Ossipee 

A-a  Pray,  A.  13th  X.  H.  Inf. 

Henry  C.  Nichols,  K,  1st  X.  II.  II.  A.  „ 

•  al\  in  Brown,  15,  7th  X.  II.  Inf. 
James  M.  Moulton,  1st  X.  II.  II.  A.  „ 

Eben  Eldridge,  K,  9th  X.  II.  Inf. 
Nathaniel  Meserve,  B,  1st  N.  H.  II.  A. 
Jacob  C.  Dore,  K,  9th  X.  II.  Inf.  ,, 

Andrew  .1.  Wentworth  A,  13th  X.  II.  Inf. 

Wolfboro'  Junction 
Joseph  Glidden,  18th  X.  II.  Inf.,  suspended, 

Effingham  Centre 
Charles   W.  Thompson,  A,    13th   X.   II.    Inf., 

dead,  Ossipee 


Effingham 


Wakefield 

i  >ssipee 


John  A.  Nichols,  A,  18th  x.  n.  Inf. 

W.  II.  II.  Clough,  F,  9th  Maine  in!.,  dropped,     ,, 

E.  It.  Bickford,  K,  l-t  N.  II.  II.  A. 

Thomas  J.  I  >rne,  K,  1st N.  H.  H.  A.  „ 

Samuel  Moulton,  K,  9th  N.  ll.  inf.  Freedom 

Martin  Drury,  <;,  6l8l  Ma--,  inf.  Wolfboro'  Junction 

Benjamin  F.  Peavey,  G,  3d  N.  H.  Inf.  Ossipee 

David  liar i,  C,  Blaine  Cavalry,  Freedom 

John  Sanborn,  A,  1st  X.  II.  H.  A. 

John  Giles,  I,  9th  X.  V.  Inf.  Madison 

Mark  A.  I,.  Colbath,  A,  1:1th  X.  II.  Inf. 

Wolfboro'  Junction 
Albert  W.  Leighton,  P, 44th  Mass.  Inf.  Ossipee 

Samuel  Q.  Dearborn,  l>,  18th  X.  II.  Inf.      Effingham 

Mayhew  c  Allard,  G,  i-t  X.  II.  II.  A.  Freed 

John  Stltson,  D,  18th  X.  II.  Inf.  Effingham 

Joseph  Kimv,  G,  7th  X.  H.  Inf.  Ossipee 

Jacob  L.  De  Molt.  I.  S.  Navy, 

John  II.  Beacham,  A.  13th  N.  II.  Inf. 
Charles  Eastman, -F,  1st  Maine  Cavalry,  sub 

pended,  Ossipee 

James  H.  Thurston,  A,  13th  X.  II.  Inf.  E  Lton 

Thomas  Goodwin,  B,  i-t  Mass  Inf.  Ossipee 

Simeon  W.  Hatch,  18th  N.  H.  Inf. 
Stephen  Bean,  K.  i-t  x.  II.  II.  A. 
John  F.  Hanson,  K,  1st  X.  II.  II.  A. 
Levi  F.  Whiting,  G,  12th  X.  II.  Inf.,  also  G, 

l>t  N.  ii.  ll.  A.  Tamwortfa 

I).  O.  Sanborn,  alias    D.   <).   Wentworth,    A, 

3Stb  Mass.  Inf.  Tamworth 

Albion  Hay  ford,  C,48th  Mass.  Inf. 

Samuel  I.  Finer- II,  IJIh  Maine  Inf.  Madison 

Joseph  C.  Perrlng,  I,  7th  X.  it.  inf. 

Henry  Richburg,  Ipee 

Henry  E.  Sias,  A,  13th  X.  II.  Inf. 

John  Storer,  F,  8th  Maine  Inf. 

George  W.  Sawyer,  A,  13th  X.  H.  Inf.         Wakefield 

William  II.  Davis,  F,  7th  X.  II.  Inf.  Tamworth 


The  above-mentioned  post  was  named  in  honor  of  Thomas  L.  Ambrose,  "I 
Ossipee,  chaplain  of  the  Twelfth  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  who  was  severely 
Wounded  -Inly  24,  18G4,  and  died  of  his  wounds  A.ugus1   L9,  1 S64. 

Chaplain  Ambrose,  after  graduating  from  Bowdoin  and  Andover  Theological 
Seminary,  was  at  once  ordained,  in  his  native  town,  to  tin-  ministry,  and  as  a 


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History   of  Carroll  County. 


missionary  to  Persia,  to  which  distant  iield  of  labor  he  proceeded  within  a  few 
months,  and  passed  nearly  three  years  among  the  mountain  Nestorians  with 
gratifying  success,  till  he  was  prostrated  by  a  fever  in  1861;  when  he  reluc- 
tantly returned  to  this  country  by  the  advice  of  his  physician.  A  change  of 
climate  proving  favorable  to  his  health,  and  being  filled  with  a  strong  desire  to 
be  of  service  to  the  country,  which  he  found  disturbed  by  civil  war,  he  accepted 
the  chaplaincy  of  the  Twelfth,  tendered  him  by  Governor  Berry.  He  was 
taken  prisoner  with  Colonel  Potter  at  Chancellorsville,  but  soon  after  released. 
Having  studied  medicine  to  some  extent,  he  volunteered  during  the  latter  part 
of  his  service  to  perform  duties  at  the  hospital  in  addition  to  his  labors  with 
the  regiment.  While  walking  from  headquarters  to  the  hospital  one  morning, 
he  was  shot  by  a  concealed  enemy  and  died  not  long  after.  He  possessed  a 
pleasing  address,  warm  and  earnest  sympathies,  and  an  unblemished  Christian 
character  which  endeared  him  to  every  one  in  the  regiment,  so  that  the  soldiers 
called  him  the  "  model  chaplain,"  which  title  he  richly  deserved. 


ROSTER   OF  CUSTER  POST,   NO.  47,   CONWAY,   N.   H. 


FURNISHED   BY   B.   F.   CLARK,    ADJUTANT. 


It.  F.  (lark,  I!,  15th  Mass.  Inf.,  Antictani,      Conway 
('.  A.  Broughton,  E,  I8tli  N.  IT.  Inf. 
Peter  Mitchell,  K,  13th  N.  II.  Inf.,  Fort  Harri- 
son, Conway 
S.  A.  Evans,  Surgeon,  14th  Maine  Inf.  ,, 
James  May  hew,  F,  2d  N.  II.  Inf.,  Malvern 

Hill,  Albany 

George  F.  Red  ton,  K,  23d  Maine  Inf.  Conway 

Isaac  M.  Kallock,  II,  32d  Maine  Inf.,  Peters- 
burg Mine  Explosion,  North  Conway 
I . .  w.  Purrlngton,  E,  14th  N.  H.  Albany 
George   W.   Philbrook,   I?,  23d,  and  I,  29th 

Maine,  Centre  Conway 

Ormond  W.  Merrill,  E,  18th  N.  H.  Inf. 
G.  F.  Boston,  9th  Mass.  Bat'y,  North  Conway 

Frank  Eastman,  H,  27th  Maine  Inf.  Conway 

W.  Bean,  E,  18th  N.  II.  Inf.,  dead. 
nnin  Robertson,  H,  7th  N.  H.  Inf.,  Fort  Wag- 
ner and  Olustee,  Fla,  Conway 
\  an.  A.  Pray,  K,  22d  Mass.  Inf.  North  Conway 
Joseph  P.  Pitman,  E,  18th  N.  II.  Inf.  Centre  Conway 
Charles  A.  Hill,  E,  18th  N.  II.  Inf.  Conway 
Lorenzo  T.  Hale,  E,  18th  N.  II.  Inf.  Centre  Conway 
Charles  H.  Eastman,  F,2d  N.  II.  Inf.  North  Conway 
George  W.  Marden,  A,  5th  N.  II.,  Hatcher's 

Run,  North  Conway 

w.  n.  Hanson,  2d  N.  II.  Inf.  „ 

■  I.  II.  Stinson,  C,  llth  Maine  Inf.,  dead. 
Henry  Mull,  II,  ith  Mass.  Inf.  Conway 

Samuel  Ward,  <;,  1st  N.  II.  Art.,  dead. 
George  W.  Gray,  A,  L3th  N.  II.  Inf.  Madison 

M h  Boyce,  <;.  13th  \.  II.  Inf.  Conway 

Nathan  Stacy,  D,  6th  N.  II.  Inf.  Madison 

Charles  II.  Williams,  K,  -ttli  N.  II.  Inf.,  dead. 
John  M.i  .tiinii.-iii.  A,  l'Jtli  Mass.  Inf.,  dead. 


Elisha  M.  Dinsmore,  A,  13th  N.H.  Inf. 

Lower  Bartlett 
John  M.  Gile,  F,  29th  Maine  Inf.  North  Conway 

Marshall  C.  Wentworth,  I,  6th  Maine,  battle 

of  Five  Forks,  etc.  Jackson 

Henry  A.  Warren,  K,  25th  Maine  Inf.  Conway 

Josiah  C.  Flanders,  A,  13th  N.  H.  Inf.  Madison 

Freeman  (>.  Hodge,  5th  Vt  Inf.  Jackson 

Joseph  Mead,  D,  6th  N.  H.  Inf.  Centre  Bartlett 

Albra  Garland,  I,  27th  Maine  Inf.        Centre  Conway 
Samuel  M.  Harmon,  7th  N.  H.  Inf.  Madison 

Edgar    E.    Stevens,     A,     llth    Maine     Inf., 

Hatcher's  Run,  Bartlett 

Charles  W.  Willey,  K,  2d  Maine  Inf. 
John  H.  Sanders,  I,  19th  Maine  Inf.,  Mine 

Run,  Bartlett 

L.  E.  Howard,  E,    18th    Maine    Inf.,    Cold 

Harbor, 
Alpha W.  Hall,  B,  16th  N.  H.  Inf. 
J.  F.  Robinson,  Oth  Maine  Bat'y 
John  Eastman,  M,  32d  Mass  Inf. 
Andrew  T.  Parker,  B,  16th  N.  H.  Inf. 
William  S.  Dinvmock,  15th  Maine  Inf 
Anson  J.  Bishop,  F,  57th  Mass.  Inf. 
Freeman  Nute,  A,  13th  N.  H.  Inf. 
James  Reba,  E,-  9th  Maine  Inf. 
Frank  W.  Brown,  1st  Maine  Bat'y, 
William  II.  French,  G,  13th  Maine  Inf. 

Centre  Conway 
William  C.  Davis,  C,  llth  Maine  Inf.,  Deep 

Bottom,  North  Conway 

Andrew  P.  Webber,  G,  9th  Maine  Inf.  Albany 

Archibald  Allen,  I,  1st  U.  S.  Art.  Bartlett 

W.  S.  Abbott. 
Wiley  Walker,  H,  23d  Maine  Inf.  North  Conway 


Bartlett 


North  Conway 
Bartlett 
Conway 
Bartlett 


Military   Affairs. 


Joseph  I).  Hawkins,  i >.  i;i ii  \ .  1 1 .  1 1. 1.  Centre  Conway 

(.hark-  K.  Holmes,  B,  I7lh  U.  S.  Inf. 

w.  a.  sioanr,  Kith  \t  1 1 1 1" . ,  Winchester,  Va, 

Sept.  I",  1864,  Conwaj 


Kdu  in  M.  r"oung,  1st  D.  (    <  av. 

•  lam.     Nate, 

George  P.  Dlnsmorc,  n,  12th  n.  ii.  Inf. 


SONS  of  vi<:terans. 

ROSTEB   OF   W.    P.    HAM    CAMP,    \<>.    i;;,   SANDWICH. 

(COPIED   FROM    DESCRIPTIVE   BOOK,   Itv   K.   Q.    FELLOWS. 


Dennis  K.  (  alter,  Saco,  Die, 

Harlan  B.  Ham, 

William  E.  Smith, 

l.i'\  i  I..  Magoon, 

Will  O.Cook, 

Frank  If.  Lowell,  Kennebunk,  Me, 

William  Heard, 

Samuel  l.eavitt,  Mlddleton,  Mass. 

Lew  i-  B.  Smith, 

Will  8.  l.eavitt,  Mlddleton,  Mass. 

Fred  ('.  (iilman, 

George  S.  Gault,  Salmon  Falls, 

Barker  Plummer,  Farmington, 

Henry  <  >.  Fogg, 


Sandwich 


Frank  li.  Atw I, 

l'.\  run  i  lines, 
George  Fogg, 
Leslie  smith, 

W  ill    \.    \  t  ^^ I, 

Charles  E.  Mudgett, 

•  lame-  (..  l.ea\  itt,  Middleton,  Mi 

Ed.  Angler,  Randolph,  Mass. 

Frank  W.  Scriggins, 

Closes  P.  Page. 

Uriah  McDaniel. 

Herbert  L.  Brown. 

Demeritt  Smith. 


In  the  above  list  the  place  of  residence  is  indicated,  as  shown  from  Descrip- 
tive Book,  also  birthplace  if  different  from  the  then  place  <>l   residence. 

The  camp  is  at  present  inactive. 

Joe  E.  Watson,  of  Sandwich,  now  of  Bronson,  Mich.,  son  of  Sergeant 
Oliver  Watson,  of  the  Third  New  Hampshire,  is  Adjutant  of  the  Michigan 
Division  Sons  of  Veterans. 


ROSTER  OF  JOHN   W.   FOLSOM  ('AMI',    NO.   32,   OSSIPEE. 

(JANUARY  28,    1889. 

FURNISHED   BY   CAPTAIN  .JOHN  A.  NICHOLS. 


•Toll  ii  A.  Nichols,  I  lap  tain, 

Allium  F.  Abbott,  1-t  Lieutenant, 

KIiiilm-  L.  Lorlng,  2d  ,, 

Charles  S.  Bean,  chaplain, 

George  II.  Abbott,  l-t  Sergeant, 

Red  E.  Bean,  Quartermaster  Sergeant, 

Kmery  Bloody,  Color  Sergeant, 

(  barles  I.  Ross,  S.  G. 

I'ltniier  F.  Fall,  !'.  Musician, 

David  Page,  Corporal  of  the  Guard, 


<  >.-sipee 


John  E.  Pray,  Captain  of  the  Guard,  06sipee 

William  (i.  Abbott,  Pickel  Guard, 

Lyford  A.  Abbott,  Brother, 

George  A.  Redlon,        ,,  .. 

JOShua    E.  (he-ley,  „  ,, 

George  W.  Lew  is,  „ 

John  W.  Nichols,  ,,  .. 

Frank  Moody,  ,, 

Noah  Shaw,  ,,  Effingham 

Edward  G.  Emerson,  ,,  Madison 


In  the  foregoing  pages  I  have  endeavored  to  be  accurate  in  the  statement 
:>f  facts,  and  have  spent  more  time  on  one  or  two  individual  names  than 
1   thought    first   it  would  require   for  the  whole  chapter;   nevertheless  there 


1x4  History  of   Carroll   County. 


are  inevitable  inaccuracies,  arising  partly  from  the  fact  that  the  official 
list  in  the  "Adjutant-General's  Report"  is  not  absolutely  correct,  both  in 
reference  to  names  and  residences.  This,  no  doubt,  is  owing  to  several 
reasons,  all  growing  out  of  the  peculiar  circumstances  at  the  time;  the 
haste,  the  excitement,  the  rush,  and  all  combined,  made  it  almost  impos- 
sible for  every  residence  to  be  given  or  understood  distinctly,  in  which 
case  it  would  be  recorded  as  "  Unknown,"  and  the  same  might  be  true 
as  to  the  name  itself :  so  that,  in  some  rare  cases,  by  the  time  the  name 
appears  in  the  "  Adjutant-General's  Report,"  the  man  himself  could  not 
tell  who  he  was,  or  where  he  lived.  For  instance,  William  W.  Ballard 
is  recorded  in  one  place  as  William  N.  Ballard,  and  Edmund  C.  Bennett 
as  Edward  C.  Bent;  and  there  are  several  more  similar  cases  of  which  I 
knew  personally,  and  corrected;  but  there  are  some  names  that  will  appear 
wrong  in  spelling  perhaps,  or  something  else,  because  they  appear  so  in 
the  official  report,  or  will  not  appear  at  all  perhaps,  for  the  same  reason, 
or  because  the  residence  appears  as  "unknown,"  or  is  wrongly  recorded. 
According  to  "Adjutant-General's  Report,"  three  men  of  the  Fourteenth 
Regiment,  by  the  name  of  Haggett,  are  recorded  as  from  Pembroke,  while 
in  the  history  of  the  Fourteenth  two  appear  as  from  Sandwich,  in  which 
case    I   follow  the  "Adjutant-General's  Report,"  for  seemingly  good  reasons. 

President  Lincoln,  in  his  message  to  Congress,  July  4,  1861,  among  other 
things,  said:  — 

There  are  many  single  regiments  whose  members,  one  and  another,  possess  full  practical 
knowledge  of  all  the  arts,  sciences,  professions,  and  whatever  else,  whether  useful  or  elegant, 
is  known  in  the  whole  world,  and  there  is  scarcely  one  from  which  there  could  not  be  selected 
a  president,  a  cabinet,  a  congress,  and  perhaps  a  court,  abundantly  competent  to  administer 
the  government  itself. 

Having  served  at  the  front  nearly  two  years  in  close  connection  with  ten 
New  Hampshire  regiments  and  scores  from  other  states,  I  know  that  those  from 
New  Hampshire  were  considered  the  equals  of  any  (to  say  the  least)  in  all 
respects;  and  the  soldiers  from  Carroll  were  as  good  as  those  from  other  parts 
of  the  state. 

If  the  whole  story  could  be  written  of  all  who  went  from  this  count}'  only 

—  of  their  acts  of  bravery,  heroic  fortitude  under  trials,  of  their  many  marches, 

campaigns,  and  sufferings,  it  would  fill  a  volume  as  large  as  this,  read  like  one 

of  Scott's  romantic  tales,  and  tell  the  whole  history  of  the  war. 


Military    Affairs. 


LS 


There  never  has  been  but  one  such  war  as  this,  and  never  will  be  anotli 
The  opposing  parties  were  of  the  same  Language,  nationality,  skill,  com 
perseverance,  thus  causing  more  than  twice  the  losses  in  campaigning  and  bat- 
tles, than  (excepting  the  foolhardy  and  disastrous  Russian  campaign  >  the  French 
suffered  under  the  greal  Napoleon.    Of  all  that  went  from  New  Hampshire 
than  one  half  returned.     All  alike,  whether  thej   returned  or  not,  offered  their 
lives  as  a  sacrifice  on  their  country's  altar.     Their  patriotism  was  manifi 
by  their  willingness  to  serve.     Those  who  survived  at  least  had  the  satisfaction 
of  knowing  they  did  their  duty.     Of  those  who  died  it  may  be  written  : 

<>n  fame's  eternal  camping-ground, 

Their  silent    tent  s  arc  spread  ; 
And  glory  guards  with  solemn  round, 

The  bivouac  of  the  dead. 

The  "Grand  Army  of  the  Republic"  is  a  grand  benevolent  institu- 
tion, a  natural  sequel  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  of  an  entirely  pacific  nature. 
non-partisan  and  non-sectarian,  to  whose  motto,  " Fraternity,  Charity,  Loyalty," 

none  can  reasonably  object.  It  has  been  the  means  of  binding  together  more 
closely  those  who  participated  in  the  stirring  scenes  of  those  eventful  years. 
A  casual  observer  might  suppose,  perhaps,  that  its  energies  were  mostly  devoted 
to  the  celebration  of  Memorial  Day,  when,  in  fad.  so  far  as  material  benefit 
is  concerned,  that  is  but  a  small  part  of  the  aim  of  its  founders.  It  has 
expended  in  a  quiet  way,  from  a  fund  raised  by  a  small  sum  which  each 
member  contributes  quarterly,  many  thousands  of  dollars  c\rry  year  for  the 
last  twenty  years,  in  aid  of  needy  surviving  comrades,  and  in  paying  the 
funeral  expenses  of  those  deceased.  At  present  it  is  a  vast  organization 
numbering  something-  less  than  half  a  million,  and  is  about  ;it  its  climax. 
Organized  in  1866,  it  has  been  in  existence  twenty-three  years,  and  will 
continue  for  twenty  or  twenty-live  years  longer,  when  its  active  benevolence 
will  cease,  as  there  will  be  none  to  give  and  none  to  receive  ;  when  the  pleasing 
and  mournful  ceremonies  of  Memorial  Day  will  be  among  the  thing-  of  the 
past;  and.  thenceforward  those  who  have  been  members  of  the  "Grand  Arm\ 
of  the  Republic,'"  with  none  living  to  continue  the  ceremony  of  Decoration 
Day   for  them,  must  be  content  to.  let 

The  mountains  weep  in  crystal  rill; 
The   Mowers  in   tears  of  balm  distill; 
Through  the  loved  groves  let  breezes  sigh, 
And  oaks,   in  deeper  groan,  reply; 
And  rivers  teach  their  rushing  waves 
To  murmur  dirges  round  their  graves. 


186  History  of   Carroll  County. 


CHAPTER    XVIII. 

MASONIC,    ODD    FELLOW,    MEDICAL,    AND   TEMPERANCE    ORGANIZATIONS. 

.Masonic.  —  Morning  Star  Lodge,  Wolfeborough  —  Charter  Oak  Lodge,  Effingham  — 
Unity  Lodge,  Union. —  Carroll  Lodge,  Freedom  —  Red  Mountain  Lodge,  Sandwich  —  Ossipee 
Valley  Lodge,  Centre  Ossipee  —  Mount  Washington  Lodge,  North  Conway  —  Officers  of  the 
Grand  Lodge.  Odd  Fellowship.  —  Saco  Valley  Lodge,  North  Conway —Bear  Camp  Lodge, 
Sandwich --Cold  River  Lodge,  Tarn  worth  —  Osceola  Lodge,  Bartlett  —  Trinity  Lodge,  Eaton 
—  Fidelity  Lodge,  Wolfeborough  —  Crystal  Lodge,  Madison  —  Carroll  County  Medical  Society. 

THE  lodges  forming  the  "sixth  masonic  district"  of  New  Hampshire  were 
(•(instituted  May  17,  1876,  into  that  body,  and  are  Morning  Star,  Red 
Mountain,  Unity,  Ossipee  Valley,  Carroll,  Charter  Oak,  Mt  Washington, 
Libanus.  All  save  the  last  are  in  Carroll  county.  H.  A.  Hayes  was  its  first 
District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  and  Charles  A.  Varney,  Grand  Lecturer. 

The  first  lodge  of  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  held  in  America  met 
in  Boston,  Mass.,  July  30,  1733,  under  a  commission  from  the  Right  Honorable 
and  Most  Worshipful  Anthony,  Lord  Viscount  Montague,  Grand  Master  of 
England.  The  first  lodge  instituted  in  New  Hampshire  was  St  John's  Lodge, 
No.  1,  at  Portsmouth,  in  1730.  The  first  lodge  in  Carroll  county  territory  was 
Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  17,  organized  at  Moultonborough  in  1804. 

Morning  Star  Lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  No.  17,  Wolfeborough.—  [By  F.  W. 
Prindall.]  Many  among  the  early  settlers  of  Sandwich,  Moultonborough,  etc., 
were  from  Portsmouth,  and  towns  in  its  vicinity,  and  had  there  been  made 
members  of  the  fraternity.  After  their  removal  to  this  new  country  their 
hearts  longed  for  brotherhood  intercourse  and  a  masonic  home  that  they  could 
attend.  At  the  request  of  John  Anthony,  Nathan  Hoit,  Lott  Cooke,  Noah  Rob- 
inson, Job  Sheldon,  Jonathan  Wiggins,  and  Charles  Little,  of  Moultonborough, 
recommended  by  St  John's  Lodge,  No.  1,  Washington  Lodge,  No.  13,  and  Olive 
Branch  Lodge,  No.  16,  this  warrant  of  dispensation  was  granted  by  the  Most 
Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  Ancient  Masons  in  New  Hampshire:  — 

i  L.  s.]  l'.\  authority  rested  in  me  as  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  and  throughout  the  State  of  New  Hampshire] 
Be  it  known,  that  I,  Thomas  Thompson,  on  application  and  proper  recommendation  of  John  Anthony, 
Nathan  Hoit,  and  others,  all  master  masons,  for  a  new  Lodge  to  be  constituted  and  holden  at  Moultonborough, 
in  this  state,  do  hereby  empower  said  Anthony  and  others  to  assemble  at  said  Moultonborough,  as  a  Lodge  of 
Masons;  to  perfect  themselves  in  the  several  duties  of  Masonry;  to  make  choice  of  officers;  to  make  regulations 
and  by-laws,  and  to  admit  candidates  into  the  first  degree  of  Masonry,  all  according  to  the  ancient  customs  of 
Masons : 

This  Warrant  of  Dispensation  to  continue  in  full  force  and  authority  for  nine  months  from  the  date  hereof. 
Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  24th day  of  October,  a.l.  5804. 

Thomas  Thompson,  Grand  Master. 
Attest  :   L.  SPAULDING,  Grand  Secretary. 


Masonic   and   Otheb   Organizations.  [87 


The  first  meeting  at  which  work  was  done  was  Noveml>er  20,  1804,  when 
John  Cahoon,  of  Lyndon,  N't.  was  initiated.  The  firsl  annual  communication 
was  held  December  18,  1804.  John  Anthony  was  chosen  \V.  M.:  Noah 
Robinson,  S.  W. ;  Lotl  Cooke,  -).  W. ;  Charles  Little,  Secretarj  ;  and  Jonathan 
Wiggins,  Treasurer,  pro  tern.  At  the  nexl  meeting,  Januar)  24,  L805,  il  was 
"voted  that  Bro.  Jonathan  Anthony  procure  eighteen  chairs  Eor  the  use  of  the 
lodge  exclusive  of  one  for  the  Mast,  and  procure  'spermcite'  candles  for  the 
use  of  the  lodge."  The  hour  of  assembling  was  then  one  o'clock  p.m.  April 
27,  L805:  "  Voted,  thai  the  R.  W.  M.  petition  the  Grand  Ledge  for  a  charter, 
and  thai  we  be  installed  at  Moultonborough,  St  John's  day,  in  June  next." 
At  this  meeting  arrangements  were  perfected  for  the  consecration.  A  glorious 
time  was  anticipated.  The  secretary  was  directed  to  advise  the  public  by 
publishing  ;i  notice  in  the  New  Hampshire  Gazette  and  (h-*/*-/, >•  Bro.  Nathan 
Unit  was  to  act  as  marshal;  Mr  I.  Beede  was  "extended  an  invitation  to  come 
and  deliver  a  sermon  without  expense'.';  Bro.  James  ( ).  Freeman  was  to 
prepare  and  deliver  an  oration:  Brothers  James  ( ).  Freeman,  Nathaniel 
Shannon,  Jonathan  Wiggins,  Charles  Little,  and  James  W.  Means  were  com- 
mittee mi  refreshments.  The  house  for  the  reception  of  the  Grand  deputation 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  was  the  inn  of  Mr  George  Freese,  and  the  place  to  open 
the  Grand  Lodge  was  at  the  house  of  Bro.  Jonathan  Wiggins.  Brothers 
Sheldon  and  Little  were  to  provide  "musick,"  if  they  thought  best.  For  some 
reasons  the  consecrating  ceremonies  were  postponed  until  the  30th  day  of 
September,  1805.  On  the  30th  day  of  May,  1805,  the  following  was  issued 
from  the  Grand  Secretary's  office  :  — 

PORTSMOl  l  II,   Maj   30,  A.l. 
To  John  Anthony,  .)Fa</'  r,  and  tli<  .1/'  rubers  <>/  Morning  Star  Lodgt ,  No.  17,  Moultonborough  :  — 

He  it  known,  that,  on  proper  application,  the  Grand  Master  has  seen  lit  to  continue  your  Dispensation  in 
full  force  ana  authority  for  twelve  months  from  the  dale  thereof:  that  is,  to  the  fourth  day  of  October,  a.i,. 
5805. 

And  be  it   known,  that  the  Morning  Star  Lodge  is  hereby  permitted  to  pass  to  the  degree  of  a  Fellow  Crafl 
the  three  following  Brethren,  namely,  Asa  Crosbj .  Nathaniel  shannon,  James  Otis  Freeman. 
r.v  order  of  the  Grand  Master. 

I,.  Spaolding,  i. ran. i  Secretary. 

The  lodge,  though  very  enthusiastic,  contained  but  twelve  members. 
September  16,  1805,  Brothers  Sheldon  and  Little  were  instructed  to  procure 
twelve  aprons  for  the  use  of  the  lodge. 

At  a  special  Grand  Lodge,  holden  in  the  lodge-room  at  Moultonborough. 
Monday.  September  30,  A.L.  5805,  for  instituting  and  consecrating  Morning 
Star  Lodge,  there  were  present  R.  W.  Lyman  Spaulding,  Special  (J rand 
Master:  R.  W.  John  Harris,  Deputy  Grand  Master;  Rev.  George  Richards, 
Past    Grand    Master;  W.  Robert    Fowle,  Senior   Grand    Warden:   W.  Thomas 

Chadbourne,    Junior    Grand    Warden:    Dr  Robbins,  Grand    Treasurer; 

Henry    Hubbard,  Grand  Secretary:    Mr Noyes,   Senior  Grand    Deputy; 


[88  History  of  Carroll  County. 


\1, Walker.   Junior   Grand    Deputy;    William    White,  Grand    Marshal; 

William  Webster,  Grand  Pursuivant;  Messrs  Hutchins,  Lord,  Butler,  and 
Clark,  Grand  Stewards;  Captain  Shepard,  Grand  Tyler. 

After  opening  the  Grand  Lodge  the  proceedings  and  records  were 
examined,  and  in  several  instances  found  faulty,  but  the  lodge  is  reported 
to  "have  some  respectable  men  and  intelligent  masons."  After  the  Right 
Worshipful  Master  had  addressed  the  lodge  on  the  impropriety  and  impru- 
dence of  giving  admissions  invariably  to  applicants  in  a  short  but  piquant 
address,  they  proceeded  to  the  ceremony  of  consecration.  Hon.  Nathan  Hoit 
was  placed  in  the  chair,  and  a  procession  formed  which  moved  to  the  meeting- 
house accompanied  by  music,  where  the  Throne  of  Grace  was  addressed  by 
Rev.  George  Richards.  A  discourse  from  Rev.  Robert  Fowle  followed,  when 
Nathan  Hoit  was  invested  with  the  badge  of  Master,  John  Anthony  installed 
S.  W.,  James  O.  Freeman,  J.  W.,  Jonathan  Wiggins,  treasurer,  Charles  Little, 
secretary;  etc.  Music  closed  the  exercises,  when  they  repaired  to  the  lodge- 
mum  where  a  repast  was  served. 

Below  we  give  a  copy  of  the  charter,  a  document  highly  prized  by  the 
members  of  this  lodge  for  its  antiquity  and  the  excellent  condition  in  which  it 
has  been  preserved.  It  is  written  on  parchment  in  a  neat  and  legible  hand, 
and  is  remarkable  for  the  correctness  of  the  spelling,  and  is  free  from  the 
old-fashioned  "  s "  so  common  in  instruments  of  those  days. 

CHARTER. 

To  all  the  Fraternity  to  whom  these  Presents  shall  come:  — 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  the  most  Ancient  and  Honorable  Society  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  for  the  State  of 
New  Hampshire  sends  greeting. 

WiiEKEAS  a  petition  has  been  presented  to  us  by  John  Anthony,  Nathan  Hoit,  Lott  Cooke,  Job  Sheldon, 
Jonathan  Wiggin,  Godfrey  Waldo,  Noah  Robinson,  and  Charles  Little,  all  ancient  free  and  accepted  Masons, 
praying  thai  they,  with  such  others  as  shall  hereafter  join  them,  may  lie  erected  and  constituted  a  regular  lodge 
of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  —  whirh  petition  appearing  to  us  as  tending  to  the  advancement  of  Masonry  and 
the  good  of  the  <  Iraft, 

Know  ye  therefore,  that  we,  the  Grand  Lodge  a  foresaid,  reposing  special  trust  and  confidence  in  the  prudence 

and  fidelity  of  our  beloved  brethren  above  named,  have  constituted  and  appointed,  and  by  these  presents  do 

constitute  and  appoint  them  the  said  John  Anthony,  Nathan  Hoit,  Lott  Cooke,  Job  Sheldon,  Jonathan  Wiggin, 

Godfrey  Waldo,  Noah  Robinson,  and  Charles  Little,  a  regular  lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  under  the 

title  and  designation  of  .Morning  star  Lodge,  No.  17,  hereby  giving  and  granting  unto  them  and  their  successors, 

full  power  and  authority  to  convene  as  masons,  within  the  town  of  Moultonborough,  in  the  County  of  Strafford 

and  State  aforesaid— to  receive  and  enter  Apprentices,  pass  Fellow  Crafts,  and  raise  Master  Masons,  upon  the 

nt  of  such  moderate  compensations  for  the  same  as  maybe  determined  by  the  said  lodge;  also,  to  make 

of  a  Master,  Wardens,  and  other  office  bearers,  annually,  or  otherwise,  as  they  shall  see  cause;  to  receive 

and  collect  funds  for  the  relief  of  poor  and  distressed   brethren,  their  widows  or  children,  and  in  general  to 

i  all  matters  relating  to  masonry,  which  may  to  them  appear  to  be  for  the  good  of  the  Craft,  according  to 

the  ancient  usages  and  customs  of  masons. 

And  we  do  hereby  require  the  said  constituted  brethren  to  attend  the  Grand  Lodge  at  their  quarterly 
communications  and  other  meetings  by  their  master  and  wardens,  or  by  proxies  regularly  appointed;  also,  to 
keep  a  fair  and  regular  record  of  all  their  proceedings,  and  lay  them  before  the  Grand  Lodge  when  required.    And 

we  do  enjoin  u] ur  brethren  of  the  said  lodge,  that  they  be  punctual  in  their  payments  of  such  sums  as  may 

for  the  supporl  of  the  Grand  Lodge  — that  they  behave  themselves  respectfully  and  obediently  to 
their  superiors  in  office,  and  in  all 'other  respects  conduct  themselves  as  good  masons.  And  we  do  hereby 
declare  the  precedence  of  the  said  lodge,  in  the  Grand  Lodge  and  elsewhere,  to  commence  from  the  date 
hereof. 


Masonic   and   Otheb   Organizations. 

in  testimony  whereof ,  We,  the  Grand  Master,  Deputy  Grand  m.i  ter,  and  Grand  Wai 
power  and  authority  to  ns  committed,  have  hereunto  set  our  hands,  and  caused  the  Beal  ol  tin 
be  affixed  at  Portsmouth  this  twenty-fourth  daj  ol  October,  a.d.  1804  and  \.  i     i804 

l   LBMKNT  8TOR]  R,  D 

•  Iiiiin  U<  (Ms  i,„  K   Senior  Grand  Warden. 
Edward  j.  Long,  Junior  Gram 
Attest :  L.  Spaulding,  Grand  Secretary. 

Thia  lodge  continued  in  a  prosperous  and  successful  condition,  and  did  for 
those  times  a  Large  amount  of  work,  enrolling  among  its  members  some  of  the 
tin >st  influential  and  substantial  men  of  that  time  within  its  jurisdiction,  which 
covered  an  immense  section  of  territory,  for  its  first  initiate  was  a  residenl  near 
the  Canada  lino:  while  there  were  applications  from  near  Rochester  and  along 
the  western  side  of  the  hike.  For  several  years  it  flourished  finely.  We  have 
no  means  of  knowing  how,  or  in  what  kind  of  a  room,  the  lodge  held  its  meet- 
ings, nor  how  elaborately  it  was  furnished,  but  there  was  some  pride  in  the 
fittings,  for,  June  8,  1808,  the  lodge  voted  to  purchase  a  carpel  for  their  hall. 
What  a  palatial  appearance  must  have  greeted  the  candidate  when  "  brought  to 
light  "  amid  the  glow  ol'  those  illustrious  luminaries,  the  "  spermcite  !  " 

The  lodge,  November  2,  1808,  voted  its  assent  for  a  lodge  at  Sanbornton, 
and  March  29,  1809,  for  a  lodge  at  Rochester.  About  this  time  interesl  ap- 
pealed to  wane;  little  work  was  done,  and  the  last  record  of  the  Lodge  a' 
Moultonboiough  was  January  3,  1812,  at  which  Samuel  Meder  was  chosen 
master,  and  William  Freese  representative  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

At  the  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  January  25,  1815,  Morning  Star  Lodge 
was  represented  by  Edward  B.  Neally,  master;  Josiah  Bartlett,  senior  warden. 
probably  as  proxies,  as  none  of  these  names  appear  on  the  records.  At  the 
next  session,  June  12,  1816,  appears  on  the  records:  — 

Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  IT,  proposed  to  resign  their  charter  to  the  (J  ram  I  Lodge,  ana  it  was  voted  to  accept 
oi  Bald  Charter,  which  was  accordingly  delivered  to  the  <;.  secretary. 

It  does  not  appear  that  any  representative  of  the  lodge  was  present.  From 
this  date  the  lodge  was  dormant  until  June  9,  1819,  when  the  following  i- 
reeorded  by  the  Grand  Lodge:  — 

These  petitions  of  Asa  Perkins  and  others,  for  the  removal  of  Lodge  No.  17.  from  Moul- 
tonborough  to  Wolfeborough,  were  referred  to  Bros.  Pierce,  Webster,  and  Sandborn. 

To  tht   Most   Worshipful  Master,   Wardens  and  Brethren  of  tin    Grand  Lodgeofthe  Statt  of  New  Hampshire  :- 
We,  the  subscribers,  tree  and  accepted  Master  Mason-,  ana  members  of  Morning  Mar  Lodge,  No.  l7,organized 
ana  established  at  Moultonborougb  in  said  state,  respectfully  represent  :  that,  agreeable  to  a  vote  oi  said  I 

and  tin-  consent  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  in  tli.'  year  a. i..  5816,  we  deposited  our  charter  in  the  archives  "t  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  New  Hampshire  for  a  certain  lime,  ami  as  we  expected  "ii  Mich  conditions  thai  we  could  withdraw  it 
at  any  period  within  the  time  specified,  ami  that  it  should  not  affect  our  standing  or  deprive  US  Of  our  right-  ami 
privilege-  a-  tree  and  accepted  Masons :  the  time  long  since  has  expired. 

Wherefore  your  petitioners  praj  thai  the  old  <  lharter  o!  said  Lodge  maj  he  restored  t"  them  with  all  the 
rights  ami  privileges  "i  regularly  constituted  lodges,  a-  long  a-  we  conform  to  the  constitution  oi  Masonrj  ;  thai 


190  History  of   Carroll   County. 


having  the  prosperity  of  the  fraternity  at  heart,  we  are  willing  and  zealous  to  exert  our  best  endeavors  to  fur- 
i  ],,.,-  promote  and  diffuse  the  genuine  principles  of  Masonry;  that  for  the  conveniently  of  our  respective  dwell- 
in--  and  for  other  g I  reasons,  we  arc  very  desirous  of  having  the  old  Charter  restored  to  us  and  permanently 

established  a(  Wolfborough  in  said  slate;  the  locality  of  the  place  and  the  respective  dwellings  of  most  of  your 
petitioners  arc  such  that  a  lodge  can  be  formed  without  inconvenience  or  encroachment  upon  our  avoca- 
tion-, which  will  greatlj  enhance  our  privileges  and  give  us  a  better  opportunity  in  promoting  and  diffusing  the 
true  and  genuine  principles  of  Masonry  to  those  who  arc  worthy  and  well  qualified.  In  duty  bound  we  ever 
pray.  Wolfborough,  May  12,  a.l.  5819.  Bartho.  Gilman,  Samuel  Meder,  John  Piper,  .Tun.,  Ichabod  Libbey, 
John  Piper,  Wm.  <  ihamherlain,  Nathl.  Shannon,  Wm.  C.  Freese,  Ichabod  Shaw,  Jonathan  Copp. 

To  the  Most  Worshipful  Master,  Wardens  and  Brethren  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Netc  Hampshire  :  — 

We,  the  subscribers,  Master  Masons  and  members  of  other  Lodges  in  this  state,  Inhabitants  of  Wolfborough 
and  its  vicinity,  respeel  fully  represent,  that  it  is  our  hearty  and  sincere  desire  that  the  Charter  of  Morning  Star 
Lodge,  formerly  established  at  Moultonborough,  may  be  restored,  together  with  its  constitutional  rights  and 
privileges,  to  the  foregoing  petitioners  Members  of  said  Lodge,  and  be  established  at  Wolfborough,  where  we 
have  every  reason  to  hope  that  Masonry  might  flourish;  considering  the  locality  of  the  place,  the  situation  anil 
respectability  of  the  members  of  said  Lodge.  Therefore  your  petitioners  pray  that  you  grant  the  request  of  the 
before  mentioned  petitioners,  so  that  we  may  receive  instruction  and  the  benefits  of  masonry  ourselves  by 
aiding  and  assisting  the  further  promotion  of  its  genuine  principles  to  others,  whereof  we  ever  pray. 

Wolfborough,  May  It,  a.l.  5819.  Asa  Perkins,  Warren  Smith,  Levi  Merrill,  Benjn.  Fullerton,  John 
Morrison. 

The  committee  to  which  was  referred  this  petition  reported  that  the  prayer 
thereof  be  granted,  which  report  was  accepted,  and  the  lodge  instructed  to 
elect  the  same  master  that  was  installed  last  previous  to  the  depositing  of  their 
charter. 

After  remaining  silent  six  years,  seven  months,  and  twenty-nine  days, 
.Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  17,  again  began  to  manipulate  the  trowel  to 
"spread  the  cement  of  brotherly  love  and  affection."  On  the  first  day 
of  September,  1819,  it  held  its  first  communication  at  the  "Inn"  of  Daniel 
Libbey  in  Wolfeborough.  This  inn  was  located  at  "Goose  Corner."  The  large 
two-story  building  occupied  by  William  Rendall  as  a  dwelling  is  said  to  be 
the  house.  There  were  present  Samuel  Meder,  Jonathan  Copp,  John  Piper,  Jr, 
Jedediah  Chapman,  John  Piper,  Levi  and  Asa  Merrill.  The  lodge  was  opened 
in  ancient  form  on  the  E.  A.  degree,  and  Brother  Jonathan  Copp  chosen  Master, 
pro  tern.;  Samuel  Meder,  S.  W.,  pro  tern.;  John  Piper,  J.  W.,  and  Asa  Perkins, 
secretary,  pro  tern.  At  the  next  meeting  at  the  same  place,  September  29,  it 
was  voted :  — 

Brother  Samuel  Meder  be  authorized  to  procure  the  furniture,  jewels,  bydaws,  and  all  other  property 
belonging  to  this  lodge,  from  Moultonborough  to  our  lodge  room  at  Libbey's  Inn,  in  Wolfeborough,  before 
our  next  regular  communication,  and  in  case  of  the  disability  of  Brother  Meder,  Brother  Copp  is  to  see  that 
this  vote  is  fulfilled  according  to  its  intent  and  purposes. 

Agreeable  to  the  above  vote,  Brother  Copp  had  procured  them  at  the 
next  communication.  October  27,  1819,  these  officers  were  elected  :  Samuel 
Meder,  W.  M. ;  Jonathan  Copp,  S.  W. ;  William  C.  Freese,  J.  W. ;  John 
Piper,  Jr,  treasurer;  Levi  Merrill,  secretary;  William  Chamberlain,  S.  D. ; 
John  Piper,  J.  D. ;  Ichabod  Libbey,  S.  S. ;  William  Chamberlain,  J.  S. ; 
[chabod  Libbey,  tyler. 


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After  the  removal,  the  hour  of  meeting  was 

From  l  to 8  PJf.,  on  the  Wednesday  of  or  preceding  everj  urn  of  tbe  moon,  "and  the  annual  choice  ol  ofl 
trae  a<  the  regular  lodge-meeting  preceding  the  (estiva!  ol  81  John  the  Evangelist,  and  each  member  p 
every  quarterly  communication  the  sum  <>r  flftj   cents  In  lieu  of  evening   fees,  while  visiting  brothei 
exempt  from  all  fees  at  his  first  sitting,  after  which  he  was  to  pay  twenty  cents  evening  fee       i     \      and  I    I 
were  to  each  paj  evening  fees  of  like  amount.    Pees  for  Initiation  were  twelve  dollars ;  F.  <  .  or  M.  M.   foui 

dollars.    Everj  memberwho  did  not  attend  punctually  at  the  hour  to  which  he  was    umm I  and  keep  bin 

place  while  in  the  lodge,  «  as  lined  or  ol  herwlse  deal!  with  as  a  majority  though!  proper. 

The  members  of  the  lodge  at  this  time  were  Jonathan  Copp,  Levi  Merrill, 
Lyford  Shorey,  William  Piper,  Samuel  Leavitt,  John  Piper,  David  V.  Libbey, 
Samuel  Meder,  and  Thomas  Rust. 

June   21,  18-0,  Brother  Joseph  Farrar  made   this  proposition,  which    was 

enacted  as  a  law  July  10,  1820:  — 

That  every  use  of  anient  spirits  or  wine  be  totally  interdicted  at  any  and  every  future  i munlcatiOO  Ol   the 

lodge,  excep!  when  attended  by  a  visiting  brother  not  amenable  to  'tis  regulations,  nor  at  such  time,  unless 
specially  directed  by  the  .Master. 

This  caused  dissatisfaction  among  some  of  the  older  masons  who  were 
accustomed  to  the  use  of  wine  when  called  from  "labor  to  refreshments,1' 
and  about  this  time  there  appears  to  be  a  lack  of  interest  and  enthusiasm 
in  the  lodge. 

Brothers  Asa  Crosby,  Samuel  Meder,  and  Jonathan  Copp  were  appointed 
a  committee,  November  15,  1820,  to  procure  chairs  and  pedestals  for  the  use 
of  the  lodge,  and  December  13  the  lodge  purchased  a  tyler's  sword  of  Bro. 
Levi  Merrill.  February  14,  1821,  the  annual  election  of  officers  was  changed 
to  April.  The  first  expulsion  was  June  13,  1821.  December  5,  1821,  the 
lodge  voted  to  buy  one  copy  of  "  Speculative  .Masonry,"  and  January  2,  1822, 
bought  of  Daniel  Brewster  a  Masonic  Chart  for  two  dollars. 

The  first  clergyman  made  a  mason  was  Rev.  Joseph  Kellum,  of  Tufton- 
borough,  February  6,  1822.  On  account  of  his  profession,  his  fees  were 
returned. 

June  9,  1824,  voted  to  furnish  "Master's  Jewel"  and  belts  for  the 
three  principal  officers.  August  16,  L826,  the  lodge  voted  to  remove  to 
a  hall  which  Bro.  Jona  Copp  was  then  preparing.  This  hall  was  situated 
directly  opposite  where  the  lodge  was  holding  its  meetings,  and  was  in 
the  second  story  of  the  store  in  which  Mr  Copp  was  trading.  September 
4,  1826,  a  committee  was  appointed  to  examine  the  hall  and  move  the 
furniture;  said  committee  consisting  of  Brothers  Joseph  W.  bang,  John 
Piper,  and  Samuel   Meder.     The  committee   made  this  report  : 

Bro.  Jon«  Copp  agrees  to  furnish  a  hall  ana  a  room  adjoining,  with  a  stove  In  each  room,  for  the 

MorniugStar  Lodge,  No.  it,  for  the  considerate t  $12  per  year,  or  at  that  rate  as  long  as  the  lodge  sees  Ql 

to  occupy  it   for  masonic  purposes.     The  above  hall  is  to  be  ready  at  all  times  for  regular  and  spe<  la! 
communications. 


[92  History   of   Carroll   County. 


The  lodge  was  now  in  a  flourishing  condition.  The  D.  D.,  L.  B.  Walker, 
in  his  report  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  June  12,  1827,  says:  — 

i  have  \  (sited  Morning  star  Lodge,  No.  17,  at  Wolfeborough.  The  Lodge  is  respectable  for  the  number  and 
masonic  acquirements  of  its  officers  and  members,  and  lias  recently  much  improved  in  the  quantity  and  quality 
of  iis  work.    Harmony  and  good  fellowship  prevail  among  them. 

It  appears  that  this  continued,  for  the  D.  D.,  Charles  Lane,  in  report  June 
10,  1828,  says:  — 

Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  17,  at  Wolfeborough,  is  in  a  flourishing  situation,  and  appears  to  keep  pace  with 
Ihe  growing  condition  of  Masonry  in  this  state. 

The  second  expulsion  was  May  5,  1830,  publicly  announced  in  the  Masonic 
Mirror.  May  5,  1830,  resolutions  were  presented  on  the  death  of  Bro.  John 
Pike,  who  died  April  20,  1830,  the  first  instance  on  the  records. 

About  this  time  the  interest  again  declined,  the  treasury  was  depleted,  and 
tut  tire  prosperity  in  a  precarious  condition.  The  records  show  that,  April, 
1829,  there  was  $  133. 38  uncollected  annual  dues,  and  October  27,  1830,  a  vote 
was  passed 

To  postpone  the  settlement  with  Bro.  Copn  until  the  next  communication,  and  have  a  committee  chosen  to 
use  their  influence  to  get  the  lodge  together  at  the  next  communication,  and  assist  the  treasurer  in  collecting  the 
debts. 

Little  more  was  done,  or  at  least  recorded,  the  most  important  action  for  a 
long  time  being  November  7,  1832,  when  it  was  "  voted  that  Masonic  Hall  be 
let  to  parties  for  a  ball  by  Bro.  Asa  Crosby." 

At  the  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  June  12,  1838,  the 
Grand  Seeretary  was  requested  to  make  a  statement  showing  when  each  lodge 
last  made  returns,  and  make  report  at  next  annual.  In  1839  he  reported,  and 
in  the  list  was  "Morning  Star  Lodge,  1831."  In  1840  a  committee  of  two  was 
appointed  to  compare  this  report  with  returns  received  after  that  report  was 
made.  Their  report  was  substantially  the  same,  and  was  recommitted  to  the 
same  committee  to  recommend  some  action.     They  reported  this  resolution:  — 

Resolved,  That  the  following  named  lodges,  having  neglected  to  make  returns  to  the  Grand  Lodge  within 
the  time  required  by  the  Grand  Regulations,  he,  and  hereby  are,  stricken  from  the  Grand  Lodge  Books,  and 
their  charters  are  hereby  declared  forfeited. 

Iii  this  list  was  Morning  Star  Lodge.  During  a  lapse  of  twenty-three  years 
the  charter  remained  in  the  archives  of  the  Grand  Lodge.  June,  1854,  the 
Grand  Lodge  was  petitioned  for  the  restoration  of  the  charter  by  Thomas 
Rust,  William  Chamberlain,  William  P.  Edgerly,  William  Piper,  T.  E.  Lang, 
and  Thomas  Shannon.  At  a  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  June  12,  1855,  the 
petition  was  presented  by  Bro.  Josiah  B.  Edgerly,  and  referred  to  the  standing 
committee  on  lodges,  who  reported  :  — 


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Masonic    and    Otheb    Orqanizatio  198 


The   committee   baring    full    confidence  In  tbe  good  standing,  skill,  and  ability  ol   r. 

recommend    that,  by  virtue  ol  a  resoluti C  this  Granil  ed  al  their  annual  commuu 

5844,  the  M.  W.  Grand  Blaster  be  authorized  to  return  the  charter  asked  tor. 

And  it  was  voted  to  return  the  charter,  and  this  warrant  issued:  — 

(  UNCORD,  .hiii. 

i~~  /     Byvlrtueol  power  and  authority  In  me  vested  bj  the  (.rami  Lodge  <  >  t  the  itatc  ol  New  Uamp  hire, 
<  -U  *     'nil  power  and  authority  la  hereby  granted  and  given  to  Thomas  Rust,  William  Chamberlain,  William 

P.  Edgerly,  William  Piper,  John  Piper,  Thomas  E.  Lang,  and  Thomas  Shannon,  former  membi 
Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.  IT,  at  Wolfborough,  and  such  oilier  brethren  as  maj   n    loclatc  with  them,  to  call  a 
meeting  oi  Bald  Lodge,  eleol  "Hirer-,  adopt   by-laws,  and  exercise  ana  enjoj   all  thi 
pertaining  to  Lodges  oi  Master  Masons,  they  conforming  al  all  times  to  the  rule.-,  regulations,  ana  requlri 
ol  the  Grand  Lodge  ol  New  Eampshire. 

Given  under  my  hand  ana  the  seal  ol  the  Grand  Lodge  iiii-  thirteenth  daj  ol  June,  a.i>.  1855,  \.i. 

[i  ii.  G.  Jordan,  Grand  Master. 

Agreeably  to  notice,  Morning  Star  Lodge  mel  al  brother  Thomas  Rust's 
office,  September  19,  a.l.  5855,  and  opened  a  w-  Lodge  of  Master  Masons,"  in 
due  and  ancient  form,  at  which  were  present  11.  W.  District  Deputy  Josiah  B. 
Edgerly:  Bro.  Thomas  Rust,  S.  W. ;  William  Chamberlain,  William  Piper, 
Dudley  L.  Libbey,  John  Avery,  Bro.  D.  T.  Parker,  of  Humane  Lodge,  No.  21, 
and  proceeded  to  the  election  of  Thomas  Rust,  Master;  William  Chamberlain, 
S.  W. :  Dudley  L.  Libbey,  J.  W. ;  John  Avery,  secretary;  Thomas  J.  Tibbetts, 
treasurer.  These  were  appointed:  Bro.  Samuel  Reynolds,  S.  D. ;  William 
Piper,  J.  D. ;  Joseph  V.  Wiggin,  tyler. 

The  lodge  assumed  work  under  very  favorable  circumstances,  and  increased 
in  membership  rapidly.  The  by-laws  were  ordered  printed  in  pamphlet  form 
June  15,  1856.  The  first  masonic  funeral  conducted  by  the  lodge  was  thai  of 
Bro.  Andrew  J.  Fullerton,  October  13, 1856.  Brothers  John  M.  Brackett,  Abel 
Haley,  and  Blake  Folsom  were  chosen  a  committee  to  furnish  the  hall  Decem- 
ber 10,  1856. 

September  2,  1858,  bought  a  masonic  library  of  Bro.  Robert  Morris. 
October  20,  1858,  Brothers  John  Wingate,  Thomas  Rust,  and  William  C.  Fox 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  prepare  rules  and  regulations  for  the  govern- 
ment of  the  library,  but  there  does  not  appear  by  the  records  that  the  committee 
ever  reported.  This  library  consisted  of  main'  valuable  works:  many  cannot 
now  be  found.  June  27,  1*00,  assented  to  the  establishment  of  Red  Mountain 
Lodge,  of  Sandwich.  September  26,  1 S00,  purchased  chandelier  for  $20.  May 
22,  1861,  first  public  installation  of  officers.  May  7,  L862,  voted  to  meet  at 
4  p.m.  until  otherwise  ordered.  In  1865,  by  vote  of  the  lodge,  the  secretary 
prepared  a  printed  list  of  all  the  members  from  1804  to  1865,  giving  date  of 
initiation,  passing,  and  raising. 

The  officers-elect  of  Morning  Star  for  1867  were  publicly  installed  May  15. 
the  brethren  inarching  in  a  body  from  the  lodge-room  to  Rollins'  Hall.  I  lie 
ceremonies  were  performed  by  It.   W.  D.  D.  Grand   Master    John   Blackmer. 


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July  10,  18(37.  Brothers  Charles  H.  Parker,  C.  Moulton,  and  Nathaniel  Mason 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  take  into  consideration  the  propriety  of  removing 
the  lodge-room  to  sonic  more  convenient  hall.  August  14,  1867,  it  was  voted 
to  lease  the  new  hall  in  Goodwin's  block  on  Main  street,  the  present  place  of 
meeting,  for  ten  years  at  $  100  per  annum ;  also,  that  the  funds  on  hand,  $800, 
be  expended  in  furnishing  the  same,  and  if  insufficient  an  additional  sum  of 
8100  be  raised  by  subscription.  This  room  was  fitted  and  furnished  and  the 
lodge  took  possession  January  4,  1868.  This  hall  was  richly  furnished  and  is 
one  of  the  tinest  and  best-arranged  lodge-rooms  in  Carroll  county.  About  this 
time  dissatisfaction  was  expressed  by  some  of  the  older  members  on  account  of 
the  change,  and  some  withdrew.  For  a  time  the  life  of  the  lodge  was  only  kept 
up  by  great  efforts.  In  1880  interest  was  revived  and  new  members  were 
added  rapidly.  In  1882  Bro.  George  F.  Horn  was  elected  master.  Mr. 
Horn  became  deeply  interested  and  devoted  a  great  amount  of  time  to  the 
cause,  infusing  new  life  and  energy  into  the  body.  There  was  soon  much  im- 
provement;  the  lodge-room  was  beautified,  new  implements  introduced,  and 
"more  light"  shone  all  about.  He  encouraged  and  greatly  promoted  the  social 
virtues,  and  many  enjoyable  evenings  were  passed  in  the  lodge-room.  Decem- 
ber 12,  1883,  under  his  direction  a  convention  was  held  here  of  nearly  all  the 
lodges  in  the  county.  This  proved  not  only  an  enjoyable  but  a  most  profitable 
occasion.  Work  was  exemplified  in  each  of  the  degrees  by  different  lodges 
with  a  view  to  the  perfection  of  the  work,  and  great  good  resulted.  During 
Brother  Horn's  term  of  office  much  time  was  devoted  to  the  ritual  work,  and 
Morning  Star  was  credited  with  being  one  of  the  best  and  most  accurate  work- 
ing lodges  in  the  district.  Mr.  Horn  was  also  district  deputy  grand  lecturer  of 
the  district,  which  office  he  filled  with  credit  to  himself  and  with  honor  to  his 
lodge ;  he  was  also  the  first  district  deputy  grand  master  which  this  lodge 
furnished. 

The  lodge  is  now  in  a  prosperous  condition. 

The  first  public  funeral  which  Morning  Star  Lodge  attended  was  that 
of  Brother  George  H.  Hicks,  of  South  Wolfeborough,  September  19,  1869. 
October  5,  1870:  The  first  Grand  Lecturer  from  Morning  Star  Lodge  was 
Brother  Henry  R.  Parker,  who  was  installed  in  open  lodge  by  W.  M.  Levi  T. 
Haley,  by  order  of  M.  W.  G.  M.  John  R.  Holbrook,  over  lodges  No.  17,  57,  58, 
62,  63,  74,  and  78. 

I  M  i  kicks.—  Worshipful  Masters.  1804,. John  Anthony;  1805,  Nathan  Hoit;  1806,  James  Otis  Freeman;  1807,  180S, 
1809,  1813,  AsaCrosby;  1810,  [chabod Shaw ;  1811, 1812, 1820,  Samuel  Meader;  1821,1822,1823,1824,1825, 1826,1827,  JoJ 
athanCopp;  1828,1829,  1830,  Thomas  Bust;  1831,  Levi  Merrill;  1855, 1856,  Thomas  Rust;  1857, 1858, 1859, 1S60, 1862, 1803, 
Abel  Haley;  L861,  1864,  John  Wingate;  lso:>,  C.  F.  Parker;  1866,  1867,  1871,  William  C.  Fox;  1868,  Henry  Kust 
Parker;  1869,1870,1875,  1876,  Levi  T.  Haley;  1872,  ls7:i.  1S74,  1879,  1880,  1881,  Oliver  Dowlin;  1877,  1878,  C  H. 
Tebbetts;  1882,  1883,  1884,  George  K.  Horn;  1885,  1886,  J.  F.  Gridley;  1887,  1888,  W.  J.  Mattison;  1880,  Sewall 
W.  Abbott.  Senior  Wardens.  IS04,  Nathan  lloit;  1805,  John  Anthony;  1806,  1825,  Asa  Crosby;  1807,  1808,  1809, 
[chabod  Shaw;  1810.  1822,  Samuel  deader;  1811,  1812,  1813,  William  C.  Freese;  1820,  1830,  Jonathan  Copp;  1821, 
1829,  Levi  Merrill;  1823,  John   Piper,  Jr;  1824,  David  Clark;  1826,  1827,  1831,  Thomas  Rust;  1828,  Nathaniel  Horn; 


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I9i 


L855,  William  Chamberlain;  1866,  Abel  Haley;  1857, 1884,  J.  W.  Wery;  185  . 

Wingate.Jr;  1861,  Henry  Rust  Parker;  1862, 1866,  William  C.  Fox;  1863,  (     Q    i 

1888,  Levi  T.  Haley;  I860,   1870,  1872,  1875,  L876,  Charles   ll.  Tebbetts;  1871,  I87U    J    n     i: 

II.  Scott;  1884,  J.  E.  Grldley;  1885,   1886,  W.  J.   klattlson;    1887,  «     i      ii  u      vblj 

Llbbey.    Junior   Wardens.    1804,  Loll  Cooke;  1805,  J.  Otie   Freeman;  1806,  Nathaniel  Shan, 

lsl--  Jonathan  C« ;   1810,  William  I  bamberlaln;   1811,  Willi.,,,,  Uean;    1813,  Jededlah  <  hapma 

Merrill;  1831,  Samuel  Meader;  L822,  1823,  Asa  I  rosby;  1824,  1825,  1820    1827,  L831,  William  Piper     i-- 
Colbj  ;  1829,  1830,  Andrew   Wlggta;  1855,  Dudley  I..  Llbbej  ;  1856,  John  Averj  .  1857,   R.  R    Davl 
Wlngate,Jr;1859,  Henry  P.  Glldden;  1860,  Henry  R.  Parker;  1801,  1862,  LevM     Plpei         ■      i     . 
G.P.Nowell;  1866,  C.  H.  Parker;  1866, 1867, 1877, 1878,  J.  ll.  Rust;  1868,  C.  F.Chase;  i860,  Charl, 

ls7"'-1 ,NV-  ^ery;  1871,  Oliver  Do  wlln;  1872, 1873,  Francis  Jadard ;  1874,  1875,  i-;,;, rge  E.  Chamberlain : 

1883,  J.  E.  Grldley;  1884,  J.  G.  Cate;  1885,  F.  \\  .  Primlall;  1886,  C.  I..  Horn;  L887,  -    u      \i,i„„i;  i»- 
Llbbey;  1889.G.E.  Llbbey.    Secretaries.    1804,  I  harles   Little;  1805,  N.  Shannon;  1806,  .i.  Copp    1807    Samuel 
Meader;    1808,  1809,  John  W.  Bean;    1810,  William  C.   Freese;    1811,  1812,  L813,    Benjamin  Holt;    1820,'  Samuel 
Farrar;  1821,  As,  Crosby;  1822,  David  T.  Llbbey;  1823,  David  Clarke;  1824,  1825,  1826  ph   W.  Lang 

1827, 1828, 1829, 1831,  Samuel Leavitt;  1855,  John  Avery;  1856,  W.  c.  Fox.  From  1857 to  i-;i  (inclusive  .Thomas 
Rost;  IS  -.  I-;:.  1874,  l'..  A.  Morgan;  1875  to  1881,  Alexander  ll.  Durgln;  1882,  1883,  1884,  F.  u  Prlndall;  1886 
Joseph  Lewando;  1886,  i^>7,  1888,  1889,  A.  ll.  Fowler. 

Charter  Oak  Lodge,  No.  58,  A.  F.  <)'•  A.  J7.,  Effingham.  —  [By  Frank  W. 
Barker.]  The  first  steps  toward  the  organization  of  a  masonic  lodge  in 
Effingham  were  taken  January  1,  1855,  when  a  petition  was  presented  to  the 
Grand  Master,  asking  for  a  dispensation  to  form  a  lodge  to  lie  known  as 
Charter  Oak  Lodge.  This  petition  was  signed  by  Cyrus  K.  Drake,  Benjamin 
F.Taylor,  John  C.  Leavitt,  2d,  Thomas  P.  Drake,  Silas  M.  Morse,  Aligns  us 
Colley,  and  Joseph  P.  Emerson. 

A  dispensation  was  granted  February  2,  by  I.  G.  Jordan,  Grand  Master. 
Cyrus  K.  Drake  was  named  as  Master,  Joseph  P.  Emerson,  Senior  Warden 
John  C.  Leavitt,  2d,  Junior  Warden.  The  first  meetings  were  held  in  the  hall 
in  the  third  story  of  Thomas  P.  Drake's  store. 

The  next  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  granted  a  charter  bearing  date  of 
June  13,  1855,  to  Cyrus  K.  Drake,  John  C.  Leavitt,  2d.  Thomas  P.  Drake,  and 
Silas  M.  Morse,  of  Effingham,  and  Joseph  P.  Emerson,  Bartlett  Doe,  and  John 
Bailey,  of  Parsonsfield,  Maine. 

They  held  their  first  meeting  under  the  charter,  June  23,  and  elected  Cyrus 
k.  Drake,  Master,  Joseph  P.  Emerson,  Senior  Warden,  .John  C.  Leavitt.  2d, 
Junior  Warden. 

The  following  were  then  elected  as  members  of  the  lodge:  Dr  John  Black- 
mar,  Silas  M.  Morse,  Jr,  Josephus  L.  Drake,  Levi  Champion,  Janus  Walch, 
Archelaus  Hayes,  Seth  C.  Lane,  John  Leavitt,  2d,  Lewis  A.  Leavitt,  Otis 
Ruiuery,  Nathan  W.  Titcomb,  William  Powell,  Nathaniel  Paul,  David  Wedg 
wood,  Jonathan  M.  Bm lev,  Charles  G.  Wilkinson,  Morris  1).  Rumery,  Morris 
H.  Leavitt,  Daniel  Wood,  William  L.  Taylor,  Henry  A.  F.  Colcord,  Alvah  S. 
Libbey,  and  Joseph  Wedgwood. 

Josephus  L.  Drake  was  elected  secretary,  Levi  Champion,  treasurer.  Henry 
A.  F.  Colcord,  representative  to  the  Grand  Lodge.  John  Blackmar  and  Silas 
M.  Morse,  standing  committee. 

The  master-elect  then  made  the  appointments  of   John   Blackmar,  Senior 


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Deacon,  Archelaus  Hayes,  Junior  Deacon,  Charles  G.  Wilkinson  and  Morris  H. 
Leavitt,  stewards ;  John  Leavitt,  2d,  marshal,  Henry  A.  F.  Colcord,  chaplain, 
Janus  Walch,  tyler. 

Thf  Lodge  was  publicly  constituted  and  the  officers  installed  July  4 ;  Most 
Worshipful  1.  G.  Jordan,  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  New  Hampshire,  presid- 
ing. The  ceremonies  were  held  in  the  Baptist  Church  at  Drake's  Corner  and 
in  an  adjoining  grove.  Carroll  Lodge,  of  Freedom,  and  Freedom  Lodge,  of 
Limerick.  Maine,  were  present  and  a  large  number  of  the  members  of  other 
lodges,  and  also  many  people  from  the  surrounding  towns.  An  address  was 
delivered  by  the  Rev.  Bro.  J.  Milton  Coburn,  of  Manchester;  subject,  "Inde- 
pendence of  Character  the  Ideal  of  a  true  Mason."  After-dinner  speeches 
were  made  by  Grand  Master  Jordan,  Rev.  Bro.  Elbridge  Cox,  of  Freedom, 
Bro.  F.  R.  Chase,  of  Conway,  Bro.  A.  McArthur,  of  Limington,  Maine,  and 
Bro.  Calvin  Topliff,  of  Freedom. 

At  a  special  communication  held  February  21,  1857,  the  lodge  voted  "To 
build  a  Masonic  Building  for  a  Masonic  Hall  and  other  purposes."  This  build- 
ing was  erected  the  following  year,  and  the  hall  dedicated  with  the  usual  cere- 
monies in  August,  1859. 

Soon  after  the  formation  of  this  lodge  Miss  Ellen  M.  Stuart,  daughter  of 
the  custodian  of  the  historic  Charter  Oak  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  presented  it  with 
a  piece  of  that  venerable  tree,  which  is  still  preserved  in  the  lodge-room. 

The  original  jurisdiction  of  this  lodge  included  nearly  all  of  the  town  of 
Ossipee,  and  until  the  organization  of  Ossipee  Valley  Lodge  obtained  consid- 
erable material  from  there.  It  also  made  masons  of  quite  a  number  of  persons 
resident  in  Cornish,  Porter,  and  Parsonsfield,  Maine.  At  the  present  its  juris- 
diction consists  of  portions  of  Effingham,  Ossipee,  and  Wakeheld. 

'  A  list  of  Masters  :  Frank  W.  Barker,  1873,  1874,  1878,  1879,  1880,  1881, 
1882,  1883;  George  P.  Beal,  1876;  John  Blackmar,  1859;  Jeremiah  W.  Dear- 
born, 1866,  1867,  1869;  Alvah  Doe,  1860,  1861,  1870;  Alex.  M.  Drake,  1871, 
L872  ;  (\  rus  K.  Drake,  1855,  1856,1857,  1858;  Josephus  L.  Drake,  1864,  1865; 
Joseph  P.  Emerson,  1862,  1863;  Milton  C.  Morse,  1885;  Melvin  H.  Nutter, 
1887,  1888  ;  C.  Frank  Uowe,  1884 ;  L.  Irving  Rowe,  1889 ;  Aldo  M.  Rumery, 
1875,  1876,  1877  ;  David  Wedgwood,  1868. 

District  Deputy  Grrand  Masters  :  Cyrus  K.  Drake,  John  Blackmar,  Jere- 
miah W.  Dearborn,  Frank  W.  Barker. 

Unity  Lodge,  No.  G2,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.,  of  Union.  —  [By  Charles  W.  Home.] 
On  the  ninth  day  of  June,  1857,  a.l.  5857,  Charles  C.  Hayes,  Alvah  Runnells, 
Joseph  Sharpe,  (diver  Seavey,  Dr  William  B.  Reynolds,  James  Tucker,  Dr 
A.  I).  Merrow,  and  Hosea  Runnells  wTere  granted  a  charter  by  the  "Most 
Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  constituting  them," 
and  w-such  others  as  shall  thereafter  join  them,"  a  regular  lodge  of  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons.'    The  first  officers  were  James  Tucker,  Worshipful  Master; 


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Charles  ( '.   Hayes,  S.  \\r. ;  Oliver  Seavey,  J.  W. ;    William    B.  Keynold 
fcary;   Lewis  Pluraer,  treasurer ;   Herbert  F.  Stevens,  S.  I  >. :   Alvali  Runnel 
I).:  Lewis  Pluiner,  chaplain;  A.  I).  Merrow,  S.  s. :  A..  J.   Lord,  J.  S.;   II 
Runnells,    fcyler.     Bro.    James    Tucker   continued    to    fill    the    master's   chair 

until   May,  L862,  when  Charles  E.  Swinerton  was  elected.     II scupied  that 

position   for  one  year  and  was  succeeded  bv  Herberl    F.  Stevens,  who  served 

two  years.     John  U.  Simes,  of  Milton  Mills,  was  the  uexl  i der.     He  served 

one  year  and  gave  way  to  Hon.  Asa  M.  Brackett,  who  served  six  years  in 
succession.  Now  Herbert  F.  Stevens  again  takes  the  "gavel"  for  one  year. 
( lharles  A.  Varney  sen  es  three  years  and  makes  room  for  ( lharles  ( '.  I  Ia\  es  for 
two  vears.  Albert  O.Robinson,  Hiram  O.  Stevens,  Frank  B.  Drew,  Charles 
W.  Home,  and  A.  H.  Chamberlain  have  each  been  master. 

This  lodge,  like  most  country  lodges,  has  had  its  days  of  adversity  as  well 
as  prosperity.  In  December,  1870,  the  building  in  which  the  lodge-room  was 
Located  was  burned,  and  the  lodge  lost  all  its  property  excepl  an  organ,  the 
records,  and' the  altar.  There  was  no  insurance,  and  but  a  few  dollars  in  the 
treasury.  The  members  at  once  called  a  meeting  and  began  to  plan  for  the 
future.  They  did  not,  as  is  too  often  the  case  under  such  circumstances,  solicit 
aid  from  other  lodges,  but,  like  true  masons,  put  their  hands  into  their  own 
pockets  and.  with  a  small  sum  loaned  by  one  of  the  brethren,  soon  had  a 
complete  new  outfit  and  a  comfortable,  well-arranged  lodge-room.  From  that 
time  the  lodge  has  prospered  financially,  its  only  loss  being  from  a  deposit  of 
two  hundred  dollars  in  the  savings-bank  at  Wolfeborough.  This  lodge  now  has 
one  of  the  best-equipped  halls  in  the  county  and  a  fund  of  six  hundred  dollars. 
This  lodge  has  been  instituted  nearly  thirty-two  years,  yet  all  of  its  past 
masters  arc  living,  and  only  two  of  the  charter  members  have  died.  Dr  William 
B.  Reynolds  and  Joseph  Sharpe.  The  membership  is  now  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five.  Bro.  Bard  B.  Plumraer  has  held  the  office  of  secretary  for  seven- 
teen years,  and  Charles  W.  Home  has  filled  more  chairs  than  any  other 
member,  having  held  every  office  except  secretary,  treasurer,  and  marshal. 
Brothers  Asa  M.  Brackett  and  Charles  A.  Varney  have  each  served  several 
terms  as  district  deputy  grand  lecturer,  and  as  district  deputy  grand  master  for 
this  (  No.  6)  district. 

Officers  for  1889:  Alexander  H.  Chamberlain,  W.  M. :  J  Frank  Farnham, 
S.  \\\:  Frank  H.  Moore,  J.  W. :  Fred.  E.  Stevens,  treasurer;  Bard  B. 
Plumraer,  secretary ;  Daniel  S.  Burleigh,  chaplain ;  Jacob  S.  Adams,  marshal; 
George  W.  Burleigh,  S.  D. ;  Myron  L.  Johnson,  J.  1 ). :  Joseph  L.  Johnson,  S. 
S. ;  Samuel  I).  Jones,  J.  S. ;  John  F.  Moore,  tyler;  Fred.  F.  Stevens,  repre- 
sentative to  the  Grand  Lodge:  Charles  W.  Home.  John  F.  Simes,  -'.  Frank 
Farnham,  standing  committee. 

Bro.  Asa  M.  Brackett  was  born  in  Wakefield,  December  1  I.  L839.  lie  was 
a  farmer  in  early  life,  has  been   thirteen  years  in   the  employ  of  the    Eastern 


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railroad  as  carpenter,  and  is  now  bookkeeper  in  the  Portsmouth  navy  yard. 
He  became  a  member  of  the  lodge  March  10,  1863,  was  master  in  1868,  and 
held  the  positiorj  several  years,  reelected  in  1878,  and  was  in  office  four  years 
more  ;  lecturer  in  1868,  and  district  deputy  grand  master  in  1882,  1883,  1884. 
He  represented  Wakefield  in  the  legislature  in  1870-71. 

Carroll  Lodge,  No.  57,  A.  F.  <f  A.  M.,  Freedom.  —  [By  A.  R.  Bennett.] 
This  was  chartered  August  18,  1853.  its  officers  were  Calvin  Topliff,  W.  M.; 
Elias  Towle,  S.  W. ;  John  M.  Lord,  J.  W. ;  Augustus  D.  Merrow,  secretary  ; 
Horace  P.  Wood,  treasurer;  Levi  Clough,  S.  D. ;  Cyrus  Fowler,  J.  D. ;  Taylor 
Lougee,  tyler.  The  masters  and  terms  of  service  from  organization  have  been  : 
Calvin  Topliff,  1*53  to  1859  and  1861  to  1867;  Cyrus  Fowler,  1859  to  1861; 
.lulu,  Parsons,  1867  to  1869;  James  Milliken,  1869  to  1872,  1877  to  1879,  1883 
to  L884;  Charles  Parsons,  1872  to  1871;  William  J.  Bennett,  1874  to  1877, 
1879  to  1881;  Wentworth  Tyler,  1881  to  1883;  Charles  H.  Andrews,  1884  to 
1886;  Almon  R.  Bennett,  1886  to  1889.  The  present  officers  are  Almon  R. 
Bennett,  W.  M.;  George  I.  Philbrick,  S.  W. ;  John  E.  Perkins,  J.  W. ;  Stephen 
A.  Stokes,  S.  I).;  Ralph  G.  Foster,  J.  D. ;  George  F.  Huckins,  secretary; 
Elias  I.  Fowle,  treasurer;  Nathaniel  Meserve,  tyler;  William  W.  Furbush, 
chaplain. 

A  comfortable  hall  for  a  lodge-room  was  completed  and  dedicated  in  June, 
1854.  The  lodge  has  made  over  two  hundred  masons,  is  well  officered,  is  in 
hue  working  form,  and  a  very  prosperous  condition  financially  and  otherwise. 
Ii  has  endeavored  to  exercise  the  fraternal  spirit  of  the  order,  and  inculcate  its 
tenets  of  friendship,  morality,  and  brotherly  love.  It  has  been  tried  and  fully 
tested ;  but  has  ever  become  purer,  and  its  principles  have  shone  the  brighter, 
and  its  infiuence  been  widened.  It  has  justly  merited  and  fully  obtained  the 
respect  and  goodwill  of  this  locality.  During  the  last  few  years  a  large  num- 
ber of  the  best  class  of  the  young  men  in  its  jurisdiction  have  become  members 
and  at  present  constitute  the  greater  part  of  the  officers.  I  am  pleased  to 
report  Carroll  Lodge  in  a  very  prosperous  condition. 

Re<l  Mountain  Lod<je,  No.  68,  A.  F.  $■  A.  M.,  Sandwich  Centre.  —  [By  Dr 
S.  B.  Wiggin.]  In  1859  Dr  Tristram  Sanborn  and  a  few  other  Masons  became 
interested  in  having  a  lodge  established  at  Sandwich,  and,  on  petition  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  New  Hampshire,  received  a  dispensation  under  which  they 
held  (heir  first  meeting  in  Odd  Fellows'  Hall,  Sandwich  Centre,  August  24 
of  that  year.  There  were  present  Dr  Tristram  Sanborn,  W.  M. ;  Rev.  J.  P. 
Stinchfield,  S.  W.,  and  Elijah  Skinner,  J.  W.  The  other  members  were 
Aaron  B.  Hoyt,  David  Haines,  and  Drs  Moses  Ho}t  and  Thomas  Shannon. 
September  28,  the  first  work  of  the  lodge  occurred  in  bestowing  the  E.  A. 
degree  upon  C.  C.  Fellows,  M.  H.  Marston,  and  W.  A.  Heard.  There  being 
at  this  time  a  deficiency  in  working  members  of  the  new  lodge,  a  dispensation 
was  granted    Morning  Star  Lodge,  No.   17,  to  pass  and  raise  Brothers  C.  C. 


Masonic    ani>   Otheb    Organizations.  199 

Fellows,  W.  A.  Heard,  and  M.  II.  Marston  to  the  Sublime  D  M 

Mason  at  a  special  meeting  held  in  Wolfeborough  November  2,  L859.  Decem- 
ber 6  of  tin-  same  year  Brother  Sanborn  died,  and  the  lull,, win-  dispensation 
was  received  from  the  Grand  Lodge:  — 

To  whom  il  may  concern:  Whereas  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  August,  1859,  I  granted  :i 
Dispensation  to  certain  Brothers  at   Sandwich,  N.  II.,  to  form  a   new  Lodge  by  the  name  ol 
Red  Mountain  Lodge,  No.  68,  in  said  town  of  Sandwich,  and  appointed   Brother  Trl 
Sanborn  to  be  their  ftrsl  Master  under  said  Dispensation,  etc. :    And  u  hereas,  in  the  Providence 
of  the  S.  G.  M.  of  T.  1  .,  our  said  Brother  Tristram  Sanborn  has  been  removed  from  his 

Lodge  by  the  hand  of  death :     And  whereas  the  brethren  of  said  Lodge  have  petiti 1  the 

Grand  Master  to  appoint  as  his  successor  Brother  C.  C.  Fellows  to  fill  the  vacancy  under  the 
dispensation  aforesaid ;  Therefore  be  it  known,  that  by  the  power  in  me  vested,  I  do  herebj 
appoint  the  said  Brother  C.  C.  Fellows  to  l>e  their  Master  under  the  said  I  lispeusation  until  the 
annual  meeting  of  our  Grand  Lodge  in  June  next.  Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  <>i  our 
Grand  Lodge  at  Dover  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  December,  a.i>.  1859,  a.i..  5859.  Mosi  - 
Paul.  G.  M. 

In  December  a  dispensation  was  granted  Blazing  Star  Lodge,  No.  11.  to 
pass  and  raise  Druthers  Daniel  G.  Beede  and  William  M.  Weed.  E.  A.,  of  tins 
lodge,  to  the  Sublime  Degree  of  Master  Mason,  at  a  special  communication 
held  at  Concord  December  26,1859.  In  April,  1860,  a  code  <>t'  by-laws  and 
rules  of  order  were  adopted.  The  lodge  acted  under  its  dispensation  till  June 
If..  L860,  when  it  received  its  charter  from  the  Grand  Lodge.  In  addition  t<> 
its  original  petitioners.  Brothers  C.  C.  Fellows.  \Y.  M.  Weed,  D.  (i.  Beede,  Dr 
Eben  Wilkinson,  and  W.  A.  Heard  were  charter  members.  The  lodge  was 
organized  with  C.  C.  Fellows,  W.  M. ;  W.  A.  Heard,  S.  YV. :  and  I ).  G.  Beede, 
.1.  \Y.  Brother  Fellows  remained  master  four  years,  and  subsequently  tilled 
the  chair  at  five  different  times.  He  was  also  Grand  Pursuivant  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  from  1861  to  1863  inclusive,  and  District  Deputy  Grand  Master  in  L86-J 
and  1st;.").  From  its  charter  till  his  death  in  April,  1888,  Brother  Fellows  was 
closely  identified  with  the  affairs  of  the  lodge  and  did  more  to  promote  its 
interests  than  any  other  member.  He  was  a  true  mason  in  ever}  sense  of  the 
word,  and  in  his  death  the  lodge  met  with  an  irreparable  loss.  In  L864  Daniel 
G.  Beede  was  elected  Worshipful  Master,  and  in  lN6/>,  1S66,  1867,  was  succeeded 
by  W.  A.  Heard,  and  he,  in  1868,  by  C.  C.  Fellows.  In  1868  the  Lodge 
purchased  the  hall  which  it  has  occupied  since  that  time.  A  tew  years  since 
a  banquet-hall  and  kitchen  were  added.  In  1869  Dr  John  Blackmer,  who  had 
previously  been  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  joined  this  lodge  and  became 
its  master  and  was  again  elected  in  1870.  Perhaps  the  lodge  has  never  had  a 
more  polished  worker  than  Brother  Blackmer.  In  the  death  of  Elijah  Skinner, 
this  year,  the  lodge  lost  its  first  charter  member.  In  L871  Bro.  W.  A.  Heard 
was  again  elected  Worshipful  Master.  Up  to  this  time  Brother  Fellows 
had    made    all    the    records    of    the    lodge,  though    other    members    had    been 


200  Hlstoky   of   Carroll  County. 


secretaries,  and  probably  so  good  a  record  with  so  legible  penmanship  is  rarely 
found.  The  next  master  was  James  E.  French,  elected  in  1872  and  1873. 
At  this  time  the  treasurer  reports  the  lodge  free  from  debt  and  a  balance  of 
$79  in  the  treasury.  In  1874  Dr  Blackmer  was  again  chosen  Worshipful  Master, 
ami  was  succeeded  in  1875  and  1876  by  W.  A.  Heard.  Brother  Heard  was 
.me  of  the  besl  masters  of  the  lodge,  always  presiding  with  dignity  and 
rendering  the  work  in  an  accurate  and  impressive  manner.  Subsequently  the 
masters  were  as  follows:  1877,  1878,  1879,  1881,  C.  C.  Fellows;  1880,  A.  P. 
Jaclarcl;  1882,  S.  15.  Wiggin ;  1883,  1884,  Oilman  Moultou ;  1885,  1880, 
Wilson    I).  George  ;  1887,  1888,  Edwin  M.  Heard. 

At  the  present  Bro.  Wilson  D.  George  is  the  best  posted  in  masonic 
work  of  any  member  of  the  lodge  and  delivers  the  lectures  with  a  solemnity 
never  equaled  here.  The  officers  of  1889  are  Charles  B.  Hoyt,  W.  M. ;  J.  A. 
Smith,  S.  W. ;  Dr  E.  W.  Hodsdon,  J.  W.  The  present  number  of  members  is 
fifty;  whole  number  made  masons  here,  one  hundred  and  seventeen;  number 
who  have  joined  from  other  lodges,  ten.  The  lodge  meets  the  Monday 
evening  on  or  before  the  full  moon,  and  the  annual  meeting,  at  which  officers 
are  elected,  is  the  regular  meeting  in  January.  Red  Mountain  Lodge  has 
resident  members  in  Tarn  worth,  Moultonborough,  and  Centre  Harbor,  and 
dt  hers  who  retain  their  connection  with  the  parent  lodge  are  scattered  in 
different  parts  of  the  country.  During  our  history  there  has  been  but  one 
temporary  suspension  and  no  expulsion,  thus  showing  not  only  that  harmony 
and  decorum  have  prevailed  to  a  remarkable  degree,  but  the  marvelous  strength 
of  the  "  mystic  tie."  The  masters  have  with  fidelity  impressed  upon  the 
members  the  gravity  of  their  moral  and  masonic  obligations,  and  their  duty 
to  the  Supreme  Ruler  of  the  Universe. 

Members  who  have  acquired  more  than  merely  local  fame  are  Aaron  B. 
Hoyt,  Daniel  G.  Beede,  and  Alonzo  S.  Kimball,  as  educators;  Hon.  M.  H. 
Marston,  as  member  of  governor's  council;  W.  M.  Weed,  nineteen  years  clerk 
of  supreme  court  and  ten  years  representative  to  the  legislature;  Colonel  E.  Q. 
fellows,  military  officer;  Hon.  W.  A.  Heard,  clerk  of  supreme  court  and 
national  bank  examiner;  Hon.  L.  D.  Mason,  judge  of  probate;  Dr  Charles  H. 
White,  surgeon  of  very  high  standing  in  the  United  States  navy,  now  occupying 
the  position  of  inspector;  Dr  George  N.French  holds  a  responsible  position 
in  United  Stfrtes  treasury  department;  among  other  members  who  deserve 
special  mention  as  having  occupied  positions  of  trust  and  honor  are  L.  G. 
(lark,  lion.  .1.  E.  French,  Colonel  Oliver  H.  Marston,  Hon.  O.  G.  Hatch,  G.  W. 
Wiggin,  Esq.,  G.  L.  Clark,  and  Paul  Wentworth,  Esq. 

Prom  the  Grand  Lodge  Report  of  1887:  — 

Red  Mountain  Lodge,  No.  OS,  Centre  Sandwich.  I  visited  this  Lodge  at  their  regular 
communication   in  October.      The  day   was  fine  and  the  drive  delightful.     My  visit  was  a 


Masonic    and   Otheb    Organizatio  201 

surprise  to  .-ill  bul  the  Worshipful  Master.    The  Lodge  has  nol   had  any  work   for  two 
previous,  bul  the  Master  Mason  degree  was  well  rendered,  and  the  lecture  and  en 

in  a  very  impressive  ma sr.     Records  are  well  kept,  and  finances  in  good  shapi 

brethren  were  present    from  Centre  Barbor,  Meredith,  and    Ashland,    i ig   thnra    i 

Worshipful  Brother  Thomas  P.  Cheney,  of  Ashland.     After  work  a  fine  collation  h 
and  I  wish  to  return  my  thanks  for  marked  hospitality. 

W  hi  i  am  <'.  Sinclair,  Grand  Lecturer,  Sixth  Masonic  l» 

Ossipee  Valley  Lodge,  No.  ;.,'.  A.  /•'.  a-  .1.  .1/..  Centn  Ossipee.-  -  [Bj  Henry 
\\  Abbott.]  This  lodge  has  an  existence  of  a  full  quarter  of  a  century,  and  it 
seems  fitting  to  now  record  the  chief  facts  of  its  history.  It  derived  it>  life 
from  the  following  dispensation  :  — 

To  whom  ii  may  concern:  Know  ye  thai  1,  Jonathan  Everett  Sargent,  Most  Worshipful  Gi  ind  M 
Free  and  Accepted  Mason-  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  bj  the  power  ana  authority  in  me  vested  bj  the 
Grand  Constitution  oi  tin'  Gi-and  Lodge  of  the  State  aforesaid,  ami  upon  the  petition  of  a  constitutional  number 
or  Master  Masons,  properlj  \  ouched,  and  recommended  as  in  good  ami  regular  standing,  setting  forth  thai  the) 
arc  desirous  of  forminga  new  Lodge,  in  the  Count}  of  Carroll  and  3tate  aforesaid :  ami  whereas  there  appears 
tome  to  be  good  ana  sufficient  cause  for  granting  the  prayer  of  said  petitioners, 

Now  therefore  by  virtue  of  the  power  in  me  vested,  as  aforesaid,  l  do  hereby  grant  thismj  dlspensati 

authorizing  and  empowering  Brother  Dearborn  I gee  to  act  as  W.  M.  :  15  rot  her  Humphrey  Scammon  in  act  as 

S.W.;  ami  Brother  John  W.  Merrow  to  act  as  J.  W.  of  a  new  Lodge  of  free  and   Accepted  Masons,  to  be  holden 
at  -aid  ( (ssipee,  10  he  named  ami  designated  a-  "( tssipee  Valley  Lodge." 

And  1  do  hereby  further  authorize  and  empower  the  above-named  Brethren  with  the  necessary  assistance  and 
constitutional  members  to  form,  open,  and  hold  Lodges  of  Entered  Apprentices,  Fellow  Craft,  a 
ami  therein  to  initiate  (raft  and  liaise  Candidate- to  the  sublime  degree  oi   Master  Mason,  agreeable  to  the 
ancient  landmark-  oi  the  order  ami  i  he  Con -til  hi  ion  of  the  <  fraud  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Sew  Hampshire  and 
not  otherwise. 

And  thi-  dispensation  -hall  remain  and  lie  in  force  until  the  annual  communication  ol  said  (.rand   I  . 
June  next,  unless  s< er  revoked  by  me  or  by  order  of  said  Grand  Lodge. 

In  wiine--  whereo!  I  have  hereunto  set  mj  hand  and  caused  the  seal  of  the  Grand  Lodge  to  be  affixed  at 
Wentworth  this 2Tth  day  of  October  a.i..  5864,  a.i>.  1864. 

.  ~-~  J.  Everett  Sargent,  ( frand  Master. 

■t  !-■*■  \  Horai  i.  in  \m..  Grand  Seen 

The  names  of  the  original  petitioners  were:  Sanborn  B.  Carter,  John  ('. 
Bickford,  John  P.  Roberts,  Edward  I\  Hodsdon,  Lewman  G.Moulton,  Frank  K. 
Bobbs,  Dearborn  Lougee,  Alvah  Moulton,  Humphrey  Scammon,  John  W.  Mer- 
row, Joseph  Hodgdon,  Charles  L.  Connor.  Woodbury  B.  Sceggel. 

It  will  be  tin'  dun  of  -aid  new  Lodge,  and  they  are  hereby  required,  to  return  this  dispensation,  w  ith  c 

tran8Cript   of  all   proceedings  had  under  the  authority  of  the  same,  together  with  an  alt, '-ted  copj    of  i;  i 
law.-,  to  our  (.rand  Lodge  at  its  annual  communication  in  June  next,  tor  examination,  ami  for  such  further 
action  in  tin-  prem  ill  i"-  deemed  proper. 

.1.  Kvkki  i  i  S  wa.KN  r,  Grand  M 

This  lodge  was  first  located  at  Centre-  Ossipee,  most  of  the  charter  members 
hailing  from  Charter  Oak  Lodge.  The  lodge  in  its  infancy  received  constanl 
visits  from  many  of  the  members  of  other  lodges,  especially  Charter  Oak  lodge, 
who  rendered  them  every  assistance  in  their  power,  giving  them  such  instruc- 
tions from  time  to  time  as  the  case  required. 


202  History  of   Carroll   County. 


It  appears  by  the  records  that  the  most  frequent  visitors  were  J.  W.  Dear- 
born,  Josephus  L.  Drake,  A.  G.  Barker,  A.  M.  Drake,  Cyrus  K.  Moor,  S.  M. 
Morse,  Charles  B.  Gafney,  Joseph  Emerson,  and  James  Gate.  These,  with 
others  from  the  same  Lodge,  as  well  as  from  Carroll,  made  up  a  good  company 
of  workers  who  believed  in  working  while  the  day  lasts,  and,  judging  from  the 
amount  of  work  they  performed,  their  day  must  have  lasted  from  sun  to  sun 
(  from  sunset  until  sunrise)  and  their  supper  in  the  morning  was  often  a  part  of 
the  programme. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  December,  1864,  Sanborn  B.  Carter  and  Rev. 
T.  V.  Haines  were  chosen  to  prepare  a  code  of  by-laws,  which  were  accepted  by 
the  lodge.  January  17,  1865,  the  application  of  George  W.  Tebbetts,  m.d.,  a 
well-known  and  highly  esteemed  physician,  was  received,  and  also  that  of  Levi 
F.  Smith.  They  were  the  first  to  receive  the  degrees  of  masonry  in  the  lodge. 
Thus  the  wheel  had  started  and  every  revolution  brought  in  applications.  On 
the  fourteenth  of  February,  1865,  live  candidates  were  elected  for  the  E.  A. 
decree.  March  14.  six  candidates  were  balloted  for  and  accepted,  among  them 
Nathaniel  Grant,  m.d.  He  received  the  E.  A.  degree,  April  11,  the  degree  of 
F.  C.  May  16,  degree  of  M.  M.,  August  8,  1865.  Though  the  oldest  person  who 
is  a  member  of  the  lodge,  as  well  as  one  of  the  oldest  citizens  of  the  town, 
being  87  years  of  age.  his  familiar  face  is  often  seen  in  the  lodge-room  to  wit- 
ness the  work  in  the  different  degrees  and  to  partake  of  such  refreshment  as 
may  be  prepared. 

At  the  April  communication  of  1865,  the  applications  of  four  persons  were 
received  and  placed  on  file ;  three  of  them  were  rejected  on  ballot  and  so 
declared.  May  30,  1865,  Sanborn  B.  Carter  was  elected  to  represent  the  lodge 
in  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge,  which  was  held  in  Concord  the  following 
month,  to  execute  the  order  of  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master,  as  specified 
in  the  dispensation  previously  granted.  He  did  so,  and  the  lodge  received  its 
charter,  dated  June  11,  a.d.  1865. 

The  next  three  principal  officers  of  the  lodge  were  John  W.  Merrow,  W.  M., 
Joseph  Hodgdon,  S.  W.,  and  Edward  P.  Hodsdon,  J.  W.  During  the  hot 
months  of  July  and  August  no  meetings  were  held.  This  was  frequently  the 
custom,  to  resume  work  in  the  fall  with  renewed  vigor.  In  November,  voted  to 
pay  a  member  $30  for  an  installation  supper  furnished;  also,  voted  to  have  one 
hundred  copies  of  by-laws  printed. 

January  2,  1866,  agreeable  to  the  by-laws,  the  lodge  elected  officers.  At 
the  installation  of  these  officers,  fourteen  members  from  Charter  Oak  and 
several  from  other  lodges  were  present.  Edward  P.  Hodsdon  was  installed 
master,  and  served  as  such  during  1866  and  1867,  doing  a  large  amount  of 
work  on  the  different  degrees,  many  special  meetings  being  necessary  to 
confer  the  degrees  upon  the  applicants  who  were  accepted. 

In  1*67  the  lodge  received   the  first  application  of   a  clergyman  for  the 


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degrees  of   masonry.     It   was  referred  to  a  committee  for  investigation.      He 

was  rejected  on  ballot. 

At  the  election  of  officers  in  1868  John  ('.  Bickford  waselected  master.  The 
lodge  enjoyed  an  unusual  degree  of  prosperity  during  this  year  until  October 
8,  when  a  proclamation  was  issued  by  J.  W.  Dearborn,  I).  I).  <i.  M..  for- 
bidding them  to  confer  any  degrees  until  matters  had  been  adjusted,  the  Lodge 
having  admitted  a  candidate  who  resided  beyond  the  bounds  of  its  jurisdiction, 
and  who  had  previously  been  rejected  by  another  lodge.  Ou  November  3  an 
order  was  received  from  A.  M.  Winn,  Grand  Master  of  New  Hampshire,  to 
notify  all  members  to  be  present  at  the  stated  communication  the  following 
month  to  transact  business  pertaining  to  the  interest  of  the  lodge.  Accordingly 
they  met  as  requested  on  the  first  day  of  December.  Grand  Master  Winn 
being  present  took  the  chair,  and  organized  a  grand  lodge  for  the  adjustment  of 
difficulties  between  this  and  other  lodges ;  and  after  a  due  examination  of  the 
facts  presented  him,  and  after  admonishing  the  lodge  as  to  its  future  course, 
declared  it  in  working  order,  and  directed  the  W.  M.  to  resume  charge. 

January  5,  1809,  at  a  regular  meeting  appropriate  resolutions  on  the  death 
of  a  charter  member,  Alvah  Moulton,  m.d.,  were  read  and  accepted.  On  the 
first  day  of  June,  1869,  a  special  meeting  was  held  to  take  action  in  regard  to 
moving  the  lodge,  and  after  some  discussion  it  was  voted  to  move  to  Wesl 
Ossipee  ;  for  reasons  which  do  not  appear  on  record  the  lodge  was  never  moved. 
October  9  the  lodge  voted  to  procure  a  hall  at  Moultonville,  a  distance  of  about 
one  mile  away,  which  was  done,  said  hall  being  over  the  store  formerly  owned 
by  L.  D.  Moulton,  now  deceased,  who  was  a  member  of  the  order. 

May  17,  1870,  John  C.   Bickford  was  reelected   master,  and   served    until 

L873.      Since  the  institution  of  the  lodge  up  to  this  time  it  had   had  a  g 1 

amount  of  work,  but  during  this  year  there  was  only  a  small  amount  don.-. 
The  meetings  were  regularly  held,  yet  only  a  small  number  were  in  attendance. 
During  1*71  it  was  evident  that  the  lodge  was  struggling  for  an  existence 
against  a  strong  wave  of  adversity.  A  few  members  regularly  me1  until  Sep- 
tember, when  their  meetings  ceased,  and  until  February  18,  L873,  none  were 
held.  Notwithstanding  tins  sad  state  of  affairs,  there  remained  a  little  spark 
of  love  tor  the  order  burning  bright  in  the  breasts  of  some  of  the  members  of 
this  once  flourishing  lodge,  and  they,  desiring  to  revive  it.  application  was 
made  by  John  C.  Bickford  to  Nathaniel  W.  Cumner,  Grand  Master,  when  the 
following  dispensation  was  granted  :  — 

i  (face  of  Grand  (faster  of  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire, 

M  \\,  in  -i  i  k,  v  i!..  Jan.  81,  l-7:i. 
Whereas,  application  has  been   made  to  me  by  Worshipful    Brother  J.  C.  Bickford   for  Ossipee  \ 
Lodge,  No.  74,  for  permission  to  elect  officers:  Therefore  know  ye  thai  [,  N.  W.  I  umner,  Graml  Master  a 
and  Accepted  Masons  of  New  Hampshire,  grant  this  my  dispensation  thai  Ossipee  Valley  Lodge,  No.  74,  may 
elect  their  officers  agreeable  to  the  usage  and  custom  of  the  Crafl  on  the  eleventh  daj  of  February;  due  and 
timely  notice  of  the  o i , j i •  i •  i  of  the  aforesaid  meeting  having  been  given. 

Given  under  my  hand  this  thirty -first  da}  oi  January,  k.L.  5873,  i.d.  1^7;. 

N  mil  \\  .  i  i  mm  i:.  Grand  Master. 


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Agreeable  to  the  foregoing  dispensation  a  meeting  was  held  and  Hiram 
Pray  was  elected  master,  and  until  this  day  he  is  called  by  many  of  the 
members  ••  Master  Hiram,"  and  the  inclemency  of  the  weather  does  not  prevent 
••.Master  Hiram"  from  putting  in  an  appearance  at  every  meeting,  being 
usually  the  first  to  arrive. 

At  the  lirst  regular  meeting  after  its  revival  the  lodge  received  five  appli- 
cations for  the  degrees.  All  the  candidates  were  accepted  at  a  subsequent 
meeting,  when  two  more  applications  were  received:  Rev.  Joseph  P.  Frye, 
pastor  of  the  church  at  Moultonville,  and  Oliff  C.  Moulton,  a  son  of  one  of 
the  charter  members,  a  promising  young  lawyer  at  Ossipee.  During  this  year 
the  Lodge  seemed  to  enjoy  an  unusual  degree  of  prosperity.  February  17, 
L874,  the  lodge  publicly  installed  its  officers.  Hiram  Pray  was  again  installed 
master',  lie  having  been  previously  elected.  During  this  year  only  a  few  were 
added  to  the  members,  while  several  took  demits,  having  moved  from  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  this  lodge. 

February  1,  1875,  a  funeral-lodge  was  held  at  the  court-house  at  Ossipee 
for  the  burial  of  Oliff  C.  Moulton.  There  were  present  forty-two  members  of 
the  order.  After  the  usual  masonic  ceremonies  appropriate  resolutions  were 
adopted,  to  be  spread  upon  the  records  of  the  lodge.  February,  1876,  the 
newly  elected  officers  were  installed  by  P.  M.  Charles  Parsons,  of  Carroll 
Lodge,  Daniel  Abbott  being  master-elect.  At  the  next  regular  meeting  the 
application  of  Rev.  William  C.  Bartlett  was  received,  who  subsequently 
received  the  three  degrees  of  ancient  craft  masonry,  and  is  still  a  member 
of  the  lodge. 

Notwithstanding  the  amount  of  work  that  had  been  done,  the  lodge  was 
in  a  poor  condition  financially,  having  only  a  small  amount  in  the  treasury. 
The  rent  of  the  hall  that  it  occupied  was  more  than  it  could  afford  to  pay. 
During  this  period  of  financial  embarrassment  it  was  voted  to  accept  the 
proposition  of  John  W.  Merrow  to  finish  a  hall  in  the  attic  of  his  store, 
the  rent  of  which  was  to  be  ten  dollars  per  year,  the  lodge  to  fit  the  hall  for 
its  occupation.  This  was  not  a  suitable  place  for  a  masonic  hall  and  really 
was  a  disgrace  to  the  institution  of  Freemasonry,  notwithstanding  that  it 
was  the  best  that  could  be  done  under  the  circumstances.  The  lodge  had  to 
borrow  nearly  as  much  money  as  was  in  the  treasury  to  finish  the  attic  for  its 
home.  But  the  members  resolved  that  the  lodge  should  not  go  down,  and, 
prompted  by  that  zeal  which  characterizes  the  hearts  of  every  true  member 
of  the  order,  they  pushed  forward,  laboring  under  the  great  disadvantages 
with  which  they  had  to  contend  and  preserved  the  life  of  the  lodge,  constantly 
desiring  that  further  light  might  be  given  them  to  guide  them  in  the  path  of 
progress  and  prosperity. 

Daniel  Abbott  was  reelected  master  in  1877,  1878,  and  1870.  In  1878  the 
treasurer   reported   the  lodge   free   from  debt    with  the  exception  of  a  note  of 


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twenty-five  dollars  due  a  member.  On  the  same  evening  that  their  unfl 
big  financial  condition  was  presented,  an  application  was  received  and  j 
on  file.  Notwithstanding  thai  the}  were  in  debt,  he  was  rejected  at  the 
meeting,  he  not  being  considered  a  suitable  person  to  receive  the  d< 
of  masonry.  Thus  acting  true  to  their  masonic  principles,  the  members  then 
as  they  ever  have  since,  kept  their  doors  guarded  against  the  admission  of 
all  questionable  characters. 

From  June,  1878,  u>  January,  1879,  no  meetings  were  held,  as  eral 

previous  meetings  there  were  barely  enough  present   to  constitul  ility. 

From  January  until  May,  1879,  meetings  were  held,  with  a  small  number, 
however,  often  no  more  than  four  or  five  members  being  present.  They  thru 
adjourned,  and  no  more  meetings  were  held  until  December. 

February,  L880,  Frank  W.  Heath  was  installed  master.  The  lodge  now 
seemed  to  enjoy  a  better  degree  of  prosperity  than  during  the  two  previous 
years,  having  conferred  the  degrees  upon  several  candidates,  among  the  num- 
ber Rev.  Charles  W.  Dealtry,  pastor  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  church  at  Water 
Village.  At  a  public  installation  of  officers,  January  I'ti.  lss|.  diaries  L. 
Connor  was  installed  master.  During  this  year  the  following  were  elected  to 
receive  the  degrees:  J.  H.  Connor.  Sewall  W.  and  Henry  F.  Abbott,  and 
Inglis  L.  Pineo. 

January.  1882,  Charles  A.  White  was  elected  master.  The  officers  were 
publicly  installed  in  the  presence  of  a  large  company  to  witness  the  ceremo- 
nies. This  was  a  prosperous  year  for  Ossipee  Valley  Lodge.  The  total 
receipts  were  #241.  Among  the  number  admitted  this  year  was  Pearse 
Hawkey,  of  English  origin.  When  a  certain  member  jokingly  told  him  he 
would  "back  down"'  during  the  conferring  of  the  third  degree,  he  made 
answer,  "Perhaps  you  don't  know  who  I  am.  I  will  tell  you;  I  am  Johnny 
Bull,  and  am  not  to  he  backed  <h>u',i  by  any  one  I  see  around  me."  lie  was 
gently  reminded  that  Johnny  Bull  was  once  hacked  down  upon  the  Ameri- 
can  continent,  and   he   had  better  not   he   t sonfident.        However,   he   was 

willing  to  bet  the  cigars,  which  he  willingly  paid  after  the  degree  was  conferred 
and  the  lodge  closed.  Brother  Hawkey  was  a  highly  esteemed  member,  ami 
tilled  the  office  of  secretary  faithfully  until  his  death  three  years  later. 

Daniel  Abbott  was  elected  master  for  L883.  During  his  term  of  office 
several  special  meetings  were  held  to  do  the  work  required.  Total  receipts  for 
the  year,  $236.50.     Henry  F.  Abbott  was  elected  and  served  .is  master  during 

!  the  years  of  1884  and  1885.  During  his  term  of  office  the  same  interest  was 
manifested  that  had  existed  the  two  previous  years,  especially  in  the  ritualistic 
work,  each  officer  doing  his  utmost  to  render  it  correctly  and  in  an  impressive 
manner.  A  goodly  number  of  members  were  present  regularly  at  the  meetings. 
New  regalias  had  been  procured.  Total  receipts  tor  L884  were  #245.10,  which, 
added  to  what  was  already  in   the  treasury,  placed   the   Lodge  in  easy   circum- 


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stances.  All  the  disadvantage  under  which  they  now  labored  was  the  size  of 
their  hall  :  it  qoI  being  large  enough  to  accommodate  the  members  attending, 
something  had  to  be  done.  Accordingly  a  meeting  was  held  March  3,  1885,  to 
take  action  in  regard  to  procuring  a  different  lodge-room,  and  fitting  it  up  suit- 
ably. After  some  discussion  a  motion  was  carried  by  a  two-thirds  vote  in  favor 
of  moving  to  Centre  Ossipee  to  occupy  the  hall  where  the  lodge  was  first  insti- 
tuted. Accordingly  the  lodge  was  moved  thither,  permission  having  been 
granted  by  -John  Francis  Webster,  Grand  Master. 

Perfect  harmony  does  not  always  exist  in  any  society,  though  harmony  in 
masonry  is  a  submission  to  the  will  of  the  majority.  The  receipts  for  the  year 
were  $99.50.  Thus  the  treasury  afforded  ample  means  to  fit 'and  furnish 
a  Lodge-room  in  a  neat  and  tasty  manner,  which  was  done,  leaving  a  goodly 
amount  in  the  treasury  with  which  to  relieve  a  sick  and  distressed  worthy 
I  not  her  should  occasion  require. 

January  5,  1886,  a  funeral-lodge  was  held  at  Moultonville,  to  perform 
the  last  sad  duties  of  respect  over  the  remains  of  Pearse  Hawkey,  secretary  of 
the  lodge,  a  highly  esteemed  member,  whose  many  virtues  will  long  be  cher- 
ished in  the  hearts  of  the  brethren.  A  committee  was  chosen  to  accompany 
his  remains  to  Salem,  Mass.,  for  interment. 

At  the  annual  communication  of  1886  Willie  C.  Sinclair  was  elected 
master;  he  was  reelected  in  1887  and  filled  the  office  with  credit  to  himself  and 
honor  to  the  craft.  He  was  appointed  district  deputy  grand  lecturer  by 
Grand  Master  Burleigh  in  1886  and  1887,  and  district  deputy  grand  master 
in  1888  and  1889.  In  June,  1886,  the  lodge  sustained  the  loss  of  a  good  mem- 
ber and  a  highly  esteemed  citizen,  John  W.  Folsom,  after  a  long  and  severe 
sickness.  He  was  laid  to  rest  by  the  hands  of  the  brethren,  after  which  appro- 
priate resolutions  were  adopted  and  spread  upon  the  records. 

At  a  stated  communication,  August,  1886,  the  lodge-room  was  well  filled  to 
witness  the  work  in  the  Master  Mason's  degree.  Twenty-five  visiting  members 
from  Morning  Star  and  four  from  Charter  Oak  lodges  being  present.  After 
the  lodge  was  closed  a  bountiful  supper  was  served,  when  the  visiting  brethren 
repaired  to  their  homes,  no  doubt  arriving  there  in  season  for  an  early 
breakfast. 

June  24,  1887,  John  W.  Merrow,  a  charter  member  and  first  junior  warden 
of  the  lodge,  having  received  the  final  summons  from  the  Supreme  Grand 
Master  of  the  Universe,  the  lodge  was  again  called  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a 
worthy  member,  whose  remains  were  deposited  in  their  last  resting-place  by  the 
members  of  the  fraternity  who,  in  token  of  their  brotherly  love,  caused  the 
charter  and  lights  to  be  draped  in  mourning  for  thirty  days.  George  L.  Cate 
was  elected  and  served  as  master  during  the  year  1888.  The  usual  harmony 
prevailed  and  it  proved  to  be  a  prosperous  year,  although  during  the  year  the 
lodge  was  twice  alarmed  by  the  Grim  Tyler  and  two  members  were  called  from 


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its  circle:  Lewman  G.  Moulton,  a  charter  member,  and  one  who  alwa 

tested  a  deep  interest   in  the  welfare  of  the  lodge  and   mas y,  and  who  put 

forth    his    best    endeavors    to    promote    its    prosperit}    during   the   da 
through  which  it   was  called    to   pass;   also.  Orlando    L.   White,  a    merchanl 
at  Centreville,  and  a  highly  esteemed  citizen  of  the  town,  a  true  and   faithful 
brol  her. 

Many  other  members  have  been  called  over  the  dark  river,  we  trust   to  i 
in  peace  on   the  other  shore.     Among  them  was  Sanborn    B.  Carter,  who  was 
buried  with  masonic  honors  .Inly  11,  1881. 

The  three  principal  officers  now  arc   (uglis  L.   Pineo,   W.  M.;    George  L. 

Young,  S.  W. ;    George  ( >.  Bean,  J.  W.     Their  ability  cai i   be  questioned, 

and  with   the  other  officers  they  manifest  a  deep  interest  in  the  working  of  the 
lodge  and  the  preservation  of  the  old  landmarks  of  masonry. 

Mi  Washington  Lodge,  .1.  /•'.  ,\-  A.M.,  No.  87.  North  Conway.— [By  W.  A. 
Fergusson.]  The  early  records  are  complete.  Bro.  J.  M.  Gibson,  the  secre- 
tary, with  thoughtful  care  remembering  that  in  the  years  to  come  the  circum- 
stances attendant  on  the  organization  and  full  establishment  of  the  lodge  would 
be  of  great  interest,  has  spread  them  upon  the  records  in  clear-cut  penmanship 
like  engraver's  text.     From  them  we  extract:  — 

The  subject  of  organizing  a  masonic  lodge  in  North  Conway  having  been 
discussed  on  several  occasions  hy  master  masons  residing  in  this  town,  it  was 
deemed  advisable  that  a  meeting  should  take  place  at  which  the  matter  could 
be  more  fully  considered.  Agreeably  to  appointment  a  number  of  brethren  as- 
sembled in  the  orifice  of  the  Washington  House  mi  the  evening  of  the  twenty- 
fourth  of  November,  1868,  where  they  were  welcomed  and  accommodated  by 
Bro.  .lames  M.  Gibson,  then  an  "entered  apprentice."  There  were  present 
at  this  meeting  the  following  brethren  of  the  Masonic  Fraternity:  Brothers 
William  C.  Eastman,  Augustus  Eastman,  J.  Cummings  Eastman.  Edwin  <  . 
Stokes,  Haskett  D.  Eastman,  John  C.  Davis,  Nathaniel  Faxon,  Allien  Barnes, 
master  masons  of  Carroll  lodge,  No.  57  :  Rev.  T.  B.  Newby,  chaplain  of 
Adelphic  lodge,  No.  848,  New  York  City:  Brother  -lames  M.Gibson,  entered 
apprentice  of  Carroll  lodge. 

On  motion  Bro.  William  C.Eastman  took  the  chair,  and  Brother  Newby 
acted  as  secretary.     On  motion  it  was 

Resolrrd.  that  iii  the  opinion  of  this  meeting  we  ought  to  proceed  to  obtain  a  dispensation 
tu  enable  us  to  work  in  accordance  with  the  principles  of  our  order,  from  the  Grand  Lodge  "I 
the  state  of  New  Hampshire. 

Previous  to  the  passage  of  the  above  resolution,  it  was  stated  by  some  ot 
the  members  of  Carroll  lodge  that  the  distance  to  that  lodge  being  about 
twenty-two  miles  it  was  practically  impossible  for  them  to  enjoy  any  of  the 


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privileges  of  masonry,  and  they  considered  the  formation  of  a  lodge  in  Con- 
wax  to  be  desirable  and  necessary.  An  informal  ballot  for  officers  of  the  new 
Lodge  (supposing  one  should  be  established)  was  then  taken,  electing  Nathaniel 
Faxon,  W.  M. ;  T.  B.  Newby,  S.  W. ;  William  C.  Eastman,  J.  W. ;  Augustus 
Eastman,  secretary,  treasurer,  and  S.  D. ;  Edwin  C.  Stokes,  J.  D. ;  J.  C. 
Eastman,  lyler. 

The  question  of  naming  the  lodge  was  then  brought  up.  Bro.  William 
('.  Eastman  suggested  "Pequawket,"  but  this  was  not  adopted,  and  Brother 
Newby  proposed  "Mount  Washington,"  giving  these  reasons  for  its  acceptance: 

First,  Ml  Washington,  one  of  the  greatest  natural  curiosities  of  the  world,  second  to  only 
one  mountain  this  side  the  Rocky  Mountains  in  height,  is  in  full  view  of  our  town,  and  is  vis- 
ited annually  by  thousands  from  all  parts  of  our  country  and  Europe,  has  formed  an  object  of 
interest  to  poets  and  artists  for  many  years,  and  is  intimately  connected  with  most  interesting 
events  in  the  private  history  of  most  of  us.  It  is  an  object  of  which  the  people  of  Conway 
feel  justly  proud.  As  it  has  honored  us,  let  us  accordingly  honor  it.  Secondly,  I  find  upon 
investigation  that  General  George  Washington,  America's  noblest  patriot,  was  made  a  mason 
in  lodge  No.  227  of  the  registry  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ireland,  which  was  held  in  the  distin- 
guished Forty-sixth  British  regiment  while  on  duty  in  this  country.  For  these  reasons  then, 
brethren,  and  in  order  that  we  may  jointly  honor  one  of  Nature's  fairest  works  and  one  of 
her  noblest  sons,  I  move  that  the  lodge  to  be  established  in  North  Conway  be  called  Mt 
Washington  lodge. 

The  reasons  were  deemed  satisfactory  by  the  meeting  and  the  name  unani- 
mously chosen.  The  lecture  on  the  E.  A.  degree  was  rehearsed,  and  the  meet- 
ing adjourned.  A  dispensation  was  soon  granted  in  accordance  with  the 
request  of  the  brethren  as  to  name  and  officers  with  lodge-number  87.  The 
first  regular  communication  of  Mt  Washington  lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  acting  under  a  dispensation  properly  granted,  was  held  at  the  Wash- 
ington House,  North  Conway,  on  Wednesday,  January  27,  a.l.  5869. 
|  Arrangements  had  been  made  to  hold  the  meetings  during  the  winter  at  this 
hotel.]  There  were  present  Nathaniel  Faxon,  W.  M. ;  George  H.  Willard,  S. 
W.  {  I'm  dill.):  William  C.  Eastman,  J.  W. ;  brothers  Augustus  Eastman, 
Edwin  ('.  Stokes,  Bennett  P.  Strout,  J.  M.  Gibson,  Albert  Barnes,  J.  C.  East- 
man. The  minor  officers  were  elected,  namely,  J.  M.  Gibson,  secretary;  B.  P. 
Strout.  treasurer;  Augustus  Eastman,  S.  D. ;  E.  C.  Stokes,  J.  D. ;  Albert 
Barnes,  steward:  George  W.  Barbour,  chaplain;  J.  C.  Eastman,  tyler. 

Work  was  ready  for  the  new  organization,  seven  applications  for  member- 
ship coming  in  at  this  meeting.  The  lodge  voted  to  purchase  twelve  collars, 
twelve  jewels,  a  sash,  square  and  compasses,  and  a  copy  of  Mackey's  Masonic 
Jurisprudence.  The  "  quarterages  "  were  established  at  one  dollar  annually, 
this  year  in  advance.  Thirty-five  dollars  was  received  at  this  meeting  with  the 
petitions  of  the  applicants  for  membership. 

The  lodge  is  now  an  entity,  starting  off  in,  it  is  hoped,  a  long  and  useful 
existence,  in  good  spirits,  "  harmony,"  and  with  money  in  its  treasury. 


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At  a  stated  comraunicatioE   held   Februarj  24,   LKt>0,   \ 
Loammi  B.  Dame,  George  I'.  Boston,  James  T.  Randall,  Ezni    I;.  I 
Samuel  D.Thompson  were  elected  as  candidates.     The  lodge  voti 
three  charts  sent  bj    Brother  Newbj   for  the  use  of  tin  D 

dexter  made  application  for  membership.     Ma\    19,   18GU,  n   le 
Hall  as  a  place  of  meeting  was  received  ami  accepted.     -Inly  21,  lift)  eopii 
the  by-laws  were  ordered  to  be  printed.    About  this  time  a  charter  of  the 
was  obtained,  as  at   this  meeting  measures  were  taken   to  pay  the  expi 
the  delegates  "  who  obtained  the  charter."     Rev.  Thomas  B.  \ewh\  tcndei 
resignation  as  Senior  Warden  October  20,  as  he  was  about   removing  from  tin; 
state.     He    had    been    of    valuable    service    in    forming    and    establishing 
workings  of  the  lodge,  and  was  voted  the  thanks  of  the  lodge  for  the  efficient 
manner  in  which  he  had  done  his  duties. 

The  lodge  was  consecrated  and  officers  installed,  for  the  first  time,  I  ►ecembcr 
16,  I860,  the  ceremonies  being  conducted  by  J.  W.  Dearborn,  l>.  I>.  <..  M  ;  \. 
Doc.  D.  G.  M.;  A.  M.  Drake.  G.  S.  W. ;  F.  \V.  Barker,  G.  J.  W. ;  A.  M. 
Rumery,  G.  T. ;  J.  L.  Drake,  (i.  S. ;  C.  K.  Moore,  (i.  ('.:  J.  P.  Emerson,  <..  M. 
The  incoming  officers  were  \T.  Faxon,  W .  M. ;  William  C.  Eastman,  S.  W. ; 
Arthur  L.  Meserve,  J.  W. ;  Isaac  E.  Merrill,  treasurer;  J.  M.  Gibson,  secretary; 
Augustus  Eastman,  S.  D.  :  E.  C.  Stokes,  J.  D. ;  S.  I).  Thompson,  marshal; 
Bennett  P.  Strout,  chaplain;  Albert  Barnes,  E.  \l.  Eastman,  stewards:  J.  <  . 
Eastman,  tyler. 

Death  first  visited  the  lodge  January  30,  ls7<i.  when  Dr  Loammi   I'>.  Dame, 
of  Bartlett,  one  of  the  first  masons  made  in  the  lodge,  was  called   to  the 
above.     The  record  says  :  — 

A  special  meeting  was  called  February  2,  1870,  for  the  purpose  of  attending  the  funeral  ><\ 
our  worthy  and  well-beloved  brother  Loammi  B.  Dame  Alter  the  usual  ceremonies  al  the 
Lodge-room,  the  brethren  formed  into  procession  and  escorted  the  remains  to  the  '  "n_ 
tional  church,  and  from  thence  to  the  cemetery  where  the  masonic  burial  services  were 
performed  according  to  the  ancient  usages  of  the  craft.  A  goodly  number  of  brethren  were 
present  from  Pythagorean  lodge,  Fryeburg. 

March  16,  1870,  one  of  those  pleasant  incidents  occurred  on  which  memory 
loves  to  linger.  Again  from  the  records:  A  beautiful  copy  of  the  Holy  Bible 
was  presented  to  this  lodge  this  evening  accompanied  by  this  lett< 

Worshipful    Master,  officers,  and  members    of    Mi  Washington    lodge  ol    Freein 
Please  accept  from  us  this  Bible  ■■!-  a  slight  token  of  <>ur  regard.     Value  it  as  a  gift  from  ili"-< 
who  have  a  just  regard  for  your  cause,  ami  whose  best  wishes  you  will  always  have.     Tin 
denied  admission  within  the  secret  portal-  of  Masonry,  we  have  no  desire  for  the  knov  l< 
oi  your  mystic  band,  and  as  long  as  we  are  assured  that  you  acknowledge  God  as  lh< 

Master  of  us  all,  and  accept   this  Bible  as  your  guide,  we  will  do!  question  tl 

debars  us  from  participation  in  your  meetings.     May  yon  be  faithful  to  tl 


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thai  when  summoned  from  earth  (as  has  recently  been  one  of  your  number)  you  may  meet 
the  approval  of  Bira  in  whose  presence  is  fullness  of  joy  and  at  whose  right  hand  there  are 
pleasures  forevermore.     Mrs  .'.  Cummings    Eastman,  Mrs   J.    M.    Gibson,   Mrs  William    C. 

Eastman,  Mrs  S.  D.  Th pson,   Mrs   Moses  Chandler,  Mrs  J.  T.  Randall,  Mrs   M.  A.  Dame, 

.Mrs  !•:.  C.  Stokes,  Mrs  I.  E.  Merrill,  Mrs  Albert  Barnes,  Mrs  E.  E,  Eastman,  Mrs  I.  M. 
Chase,  Mrs  Sumner  •'.  Eastman. 

( )n  motion  it  was  voted  to  copy  the  above  letter  into  the  records  of  this 
Lodffe,  and  Bro.  A.  L.  Meserve  was  directed  to  express  the  thanks  of  the 
Lodsre  in  a  suitable  letter  to  be  sent  to  the  donors  of  the  Bible. 

January  24.  1872,  George  F.  Boston  was  elected  representative  to  the 
Grand  Lodge.  February  21,  it  was  voted  to  procure  two  dozen  aprons  for  the 
use  of  the  lodge.  April  4,  at  a  special  meeting,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
ascertain  the  cost  of  land  for  a  site  of  a  masonic  building,  and  the  cost  of 
erecting  one.  April  17,  a-  building  committee  was  appointed  consisting  of  Dr 
William  H.  Bragdon,  Augustus  Eastman,  George  F.  Boston,  Albert  Barnes, 
Hiram  II.  Dow,  A.  L.  Meserve.  Resolutions  regretting  the  sudden  death  of 
Isaac  E.  Merrill  on  March  21,  1872,  are  spread  upon  the  records.  He  was  one 
of  the  liist  four  to  be  made  a  mason  here,  and  one  of  the  first  two  "raised." 
He  succeeded  Dr  Dame  as  treasurer,  and  was  a  valued  member. 

Members  "raised''  in  1860:  Loammi  B.  Dame,  Isaac  E.  Merrill,  Samuel  D. 
Thompson,  George  F.  Boston,  James  T.  Randall,  Ezra  R.  Eastman,  Mahlon  L. 
Mason.  Arthur  L.  Meserve,  Moses  Chandler,  Angevine  Pitman:  in  1870: 
Daniel  E.  Pendexter,  Isaac  J.  Hill,  Sumner  C.  Eastman.  Isaac  M.  Chase, 
George  G.  Lucy,  Orren  Seavey,  Hiram  H.  Dow,  Frank  George,  G.  W.  Me- 
serve, Chase  B.  Perkins,  George  Pinkham.  No  clear  records  are  shown  from 
this  last  record  until  February  17,  1875,  when  the  officers  for  the  year  appear 
to  he  George  F.  Boston,  W.  M. ;  W.  C.  Eastman,  S.  W. ;  Lycurgus  Pitman, 
J.  W.  ;  Gideon  H.  Allen,  treasurer;  Jonathan  C.  Ela,  secretary;  Joseph  F. 
Dinsmore,  S.  D. ;  Frank  M.  Black,  J.  D. ;  James  G.  Martin,  tyler.  Quite 
an  interest  seems  to  prevail  in  favor  of  masonry,  and  much  and  pleasant 
labor  goes  on  in  the  lodge-room.  March  17,  Gideon  H.  Allen  and  William  H. 
Bragdon  were  chosen  to  revise  the  by-laws.  October  13,  Bro.  Albert  O. 
Phillips.  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  being  present,  exemplified  the  work, 
and  instructed  the  lodge  as  to  the  "ancient  landmarks."  November  10,  Bro. 
G.  F.  Boston  was  chosen  to  confer  with  committees  of  Odd  Fellows  and  Sons 
of  Temperance  lodges  concerning  the  purchase  of  an  organ. 

1876,  January  5,  officers  elected  for  ensuing  year:  George  F.  Boston, 
W.  M.:  .Joseph  F.  Dinsmore,  S.  W. ;  James  G.  Martin,  J.  W. ;  Moses  Chand- 
ler, treasurer;  Hiram  II.  Dow,  secretary;  William  H.  Bragdon,  representa- 
tive to  the  Grand  Lodge;  G.F.Boston,  J.  C.  Ela,  S.  D.  Thompson,  H.  II. 
Dow.  Moses  (handler,  trustees.  January  19,  public  installation  of  officers. 
L877,  January  1,  the    members    number   eighty-five.     January  24,  officers 


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elected:  Lycurgus  Pitman,  W.  M. ;  Joseph  F.  Dinsmore,  S.  \V.:  Uberl 
Barnes,  J.  W.;  George  F.  Boston,  treasurer;  Hiram  II.  Do 
William  II.  Bragdon  and  Nathan  Whitaker,  standing  committee;  S.  D. 
Thompson,  representative  to  the  Grand  Lodge;  S.  D.  Thompson,  G.  I.  I '. 
ton,  II.  II.  Dow,  James  M.  Gibson,  and  Lycurgus  Pitman,  trustees.  Brothers 
Dinsmore  and  Barnes  declining  to  serve,  May  23,  Ezra  R.  Eastman  was  elei  ted 
Senior  Warden  and  Samuel  D.  Thompson  Junior  Warden. 

L878,  January  1,  eighty-five  members  arc  reported.  Januarj  L6,  offii 
elected:  Lycurgus  Pitman,  W.  M.;  William  II.  Bragdon,  S.  W.;  Henn 
Hedstrom,  -I.  W.:  George  F.  Boston,  treasurer;  Hiram  II.  Dow,  Becretar)  ; 
John  C.  L.  Wood,  representative  to  Grand  Lodge:  .lames  M.Gibson,  Hiram 
H.  Dow,  Lycurgus  Pitman,  George  F.  Boston,  John  ('.  L.  Wood,  trustees. 
February  »i,  installation  of  officers  by  Right  Worshipful  District  Deputy 
Grand  Master  II.  A.  Hayes.  October  9,  the  lodge  voted  to  allow  Bro. 
Ernest  H.  Owen  to  conclude  his  degrees  of  masonry  at   Amherst,  N.  II. 

187!'.  Januarjr  1,  lodge  now  has  ninety-nine  members,  and  is  in  flourishing 
condition.  This  year  the  three  degrees  have  been  conferred  on  Brothers 
Augustus  Bowie,  William  Pitman,  Daniel  Mason,  Elvin  II.  Washburn,  Mel- 
ville C.  Sturgis,  Edwin  C.  Thompson,  Marshall  C.  Wentworth,  George  R. 
Carson,  Lyman  II.  Charles,  .Joseph  II.  Pitman,  E.  B.  Packard,  G.  B.  Trickey, 
Charles  .1.  Poole.  January  8,  officers  elected:  Lycurgus  Pitman,  W.  M.: 
Ephraim  E.  Hodgdon,  S.  W. ;  Marshall  C.  Wentworth.  .1.  W. :  Levi  .1. 
Ricker,  treasurer;  Charles  J.  Poole,  secretary;  Augustus  Eastman,  repre- 
sentative to  Grand  Lodge:  Lycurgus  Pitman.  .John  C.  L.  Wood,  Levi  .1. 
Ricker,  Charles  J.  Poole,  Hiram  II.  Dow,  trustees.  January  ■"',».  officers 
installed  by  Right  Worshipful  District  Deputy  Grand  Master  ('.A.  Varney. 
The  year  commences,  with  a  good  amount  of  work,  prosperously.  April  -. 
a  communication  was  received  from  Carroll  Lodge,  of  Freedom,  giving  permis- 
sion to  Mt  Washington  Lodge  to  confer  degrees  upon  Bro.  George  W.  M. 
Pitman.  April  30,  something  unparalleled  in  the  history  of  masonry  in  the 
world  occurred  at  this  communication.  The  degree  of  Master  Mason  was 
conferred  upon  Bro.  George  W.  M.  Pitman  by  his  son.  Lycurgus,  assisted 
hy  four  other  sons  and  one  son-in-law;  the  names  and  stations  were  these: 
Lycurgus,  W.  M. ;  Joseph  H.,  S.  I). ;  William,  S.  A. ;  Winthrop  M.  and  Ange- 
vine  as  F.  C.'s;  George  R.  (arson,  .1.  D. 

January  lo,  1<sso,  shows  one  hundred  and  ten  members.  February  5, 
officers  installed  by  Kev.  D.  D.  G.  M.  Charles  A.  Varnev  as  follows:  Ephraim 
E.  Hodgdon,  W.  M.:  Marshall  C.  Wentworth,  S.  W. :  Joseph  II.  Pitman, 
.).  W.;  Levi  .I.  Picker,  treasurer;  George  R.  (arson,  secretary;  James  D. 
Martin,  S.  D. ;  Alfred  Eastman.  J.  I).:  Jonathan  Gale,  chaplain:  Augustus 
Howie,  marshal  :  .John  W.  Babb,  S.  S.  :  .lames  L.  Gibson,  J.  S. 

October  14,  this  resolution  among  other-  was  passed  by  the  Lodge  : 


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hal  in  the  death  of  Angevine  Pitman  this  Lodge  laments  the  loss  of  a  brother 
ever  ready  to  proffer  the  hand  of  aid  and  the  voice  of  sympathy  to  the  needy  and  distressed 
<>l  the  Fraternity;  an  active,  though  quiet,  member  of  this  lodge,  whose  utmost  endeavors 
were  exerted  for  the  welfare  and  prosperity  of  the  brotherhood,  and  who  was  a  friend  and 
companion  esteemed  by  us  all. 

1881,  January  13.     Sickness  must  be  prevailing  in  the   community,  as  the 
Worshipful   Master  appoints  as  "sick  committee,"  brothers  J.  W.  Babb,  W.  E. 

('has,'.  W.  S.  Carter,  E.  A.  Stevens,  C.  E.  Gale.  Officers  elected:  E.  E. 
Hodgdon,  W.  M.:  J.  II.  Pitman.  S.  W. :  Alfred  Eastman,  J.  W. ;  L.  J.  Ricker, 
treasurer;  J.  L.  Gibson,  secretary;  M.  C.  Wentworth,  representative  to  the 
Grand  Lodge.  January  17.  This  communication  was  called  for  the  purpose  of 
attending  the  funeral  of  Bro.  John  C.  Davis.  January  23.  This  commu- 
nication was  called  for  the  purpose  of  attending  the  funeral  of  Bro.  F.  W. 
Grover.  1882,  .January  12.  Public  installation  and  ball.  The  by-laws  were 
changed  in  April.  In  1883  a  public  installation  of  officers  occurred.  Novem- 
ber 10,  1886.  A  Kranich  &  Bach  piano  was  presented  to  the  lodge  by  the 
ladies  of  North  Conway  and  vicinity;  the  committee  of  presentation  being 
Mrs  L.  W.  Brock,  Mrs  A.  C.  Bragdon,  Mrs  H.  K.  Dinsmore,  Mrs  L.  J. 
Pitman,  Mrs  J.  L.  Gibson.  September  29,  1887,  the  thanks  of  the  lodge 
were  voted  to  Saco  Valley  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  P.,  for  their  generous  offer  of  the 
free  use  of  their  lodge-room  to  hold  meetings  in  until  the  completion  of  the 
Masonic  Hall.  November  17,  Masonic  Hall  was  dedicated.  This  was  the  old 
building  made  fifteen  feet  longer,  fitted  up  with  a  lodge-room  in  the  third  story, 
and  covered  with  a  mansard  roof.  1888,  Public  installation  January  24. 
Bro.  Lycurgus  Pitman,  acting  as  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  George  F. 
Boston,  as  Grand  Marshal.  April  6,  a  beautiful  bookmark  for  the  new  Bible 
of  the  lodge  was  presented  by  Miss  Minnie  E.  Pitman.  In  May,  Bro. 
Lycurgus  Pitman  receives  the  appointment  of  District  Deputy  Grand  Lecturer 
for  the  Sixth  Masonic  District  of  the  State.  September  20,  the  lodge  voted 
to  send  $25  for  aid  of  brethren  in  Jacksonville,  Florida  (yellow  fever  epidemic). 
Public  installation  of  officers,  December  25.  1880,  June  6,  Centennial  year  of 
Masonry  in  the  United  States,  celebrated  by  a  public  installation  and  supper. 
The  h.dgc  is  a  ha rnionioiis  and  flourishing  one;  the  interior  of  the  lodge  is 
arranged  in  artistic  manner,  and  presents  the  appearance  of  a  dream  of  beauty. 
Cultured  taste  is  shown  everywhere.  The  officers  for  1889  are  James  L. 
Gibson,  \V.  M.  (fifth  year);  George  F.  Wolcott,  S.  W. ;  Horace  W.  Harmon, 
.I.W.:  Alfred  Eastman,  treasurer ;  William  C.Eastman,  secretary;  Augustus 
Eastman,  S.  D. ;  Charles  W.  Nute,  J.  D.  ;  Ezra  R.  Eastman,  F.W.Russell, 
stewards:  Charles  II.  Whitaker,  chaplain;  Joseph  H.  Pitman,  marshal; 
George  W.  Gordon,  tyler ;  David  G.  Dolloff,  representative  to  the  Grand 
The  membership  is  one  hundred  and  twenty.  The  following  have 
been  Worshipful  Masters:  Nathaniel  Faxon,  two  years ;  Augustus  Eastman,  two 


Masonic    ani>    <  )i  n  1 :  i :    (  )i:i,  \nixati. 


vcars;  William  C.  Eastman,  one  year ;  George  F.  Boston,  two  I 

Pitman,  three  years ;   Ephraira   E.  Hodgdon,  two  years ;   William   II.  I: 
one  year:  James  L.  Gibson,  five  years. 

Ofpicbbs  Of  'nil-.  Grand  Lodge  furnished  bi   Carroll  County. 

Through  the  kindness  of  George  P.  Cleaves,  Grand  Secretary,  we  are  enabled 
togive'the  following  list:  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  Ossipee,  Grand  Steward,  L82G 
to  L  829,  inclusive.  Cyrus  K.  Drake,  Effingham,  District  Deputj  Grand  Master, 
L856,  l^.'.T,  1862,  1st;:;.  Christopher  C.  Fellows,  Sandwich,  Grand  Pursuivant, 
L862,  L863;  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  1864, 1865.  Jeremiah  W.  Dearborn, 
M.D.,  EfiBngham,  Grand  Lecturer,  1864,  1865,  1866,  1867;  District  Deputy 
Grand  Master,  1868,  1869,  1870,  1871.  John  Blackmer,  M.D.,  Sandwich, 
District  Deputy  Grand  .Master.  L866,  L867.  Asa  M.  Brackett,  Wakefield, 
Grand  Lecturer,  1868;  District  Deputy  Grand  Master.  L882,  L883,  L884. 
Henry  R.  Parker,  Wolfeborough,  Grand  Lecturer,  1869,  1870,  1871.  Rev. 
Thomas  B.  Newby,  Conway,  Grand  Chaplain,  1  stilt.  Charles  A.  Varney, 
Union,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  1877,  1878,  1879,  1880,  L881.  Ge 
F.  Horn,  Wolfeborough,  Grand  Lecturer,  1882,  1888,  1884;  District  Deputy 
Grand  Master,  1885.  Frank  (Francisco)  W.  Barker,  Effingham,  Grand  Le 
tuicr.  L885,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master.  L886,  1887.  William  ('.Sinclair. 
Ossipee,  Grand  Lecturer,  1886,  1887:  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  lv^^. 
Lycurgus   Pitman,  North  Conway.  Grand    Lecturer. 

INDEPENDENT  OIJDEE   OF  ODD   FELLOWS. 

This  Fraternity  lias  for  many  years  existed  in  Carroll  county,  and  carried 
on  a  most  beneficent  work  within  its  borders.  It  is  deemed  fitting  to  here 
preserve  in  perpetuity  the  short  records  some  of  the  brothers  have  compiled, 
that  in  after  years  those  who  laid  the  foundation-stones  shall  not  be  forgotten 
in  the  noble  edifice  they  have  helped  to  erect. 

Saco  Valley  Lodge,  No.  01, 1.  0.  0.  F.,  North  Conway,  was  instituted  April 
19,  1848,  at  Conway  Corner,  by  Grand  Representative  Timothy  G.  Senter,  for 
Grand  Master,  George  W.  Towle,  with  these  charter  members:  Francis  R. 
Chase.  Samuel  W.  L.  Chase,  Charles  C.  Cloutman,  Henry  E.  Fast  man.  Gideon 
R.Hart,  Elijah  Stanton.  Brothers  F.  R.  Chase  and  Cloutman  were  initiated  in 
Winnipiseogee  Lodge,  No.  7,  Laconia,  in  April  and  September,  1845;  Eastman 
in  Motolinia  Lod-e.  No.  L8,  Rochester,  May  I.  L846.  Brothers  I'-  R.  Chase, 
Eastman,  and  Stanton  passed  the  chairs,  and  Brother  Chase  was  admitted  to 
the  Grand  Lodge  in  1849,  the  only  one  of  the  charter  members  ever  admitted 


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to  thai  body.  In  1849  he  was  elected  Grand  Warden,  in  1850  Grand  Repre- 
sentative to  the  Sovereign  Grand  Lodge  for  1850  and  1851,  and  was  in  good 
standing  when  the  lodge  disbanded  in  1861.  None  of  these  charter  members 
are  now  members  of  the  lodge,  but  four  of  them  were  in  good  standing  when 
the  lodge  ceased  to  work. 

July  22,  1875,  the  lodge  was  resuscitated  by  Special  Commissioner  Joseph 
Kidder,  and  located  at  North  Conway.  Among  the  petitioners  for  the  restora- 
tion of  the  charter  were  these  members  of  the  old  lodge:  Albert  Barnes, 
('handler  E.  Chase,  Joseph  F.  Dinsmore,  Andrew  Dinsmore,  Reuben  Eastman, 
William  C.  Eastman,  Joseph  Pitman,  Christopher  W.  Wilder,  and  Orrin 
Seavey,  all  of  whom  were  initiated  in  1848,  excepting  William  C.  Eastman, 
initiated  in  1852;  and  all  are  now  members  except  two,  J.  F.  Dinsmore,  who 
died  April  2(3,  1877,  and  Andrew  Dinsmore,  who  withdrew  from  the  lodge 
November  9,  1880. 

But  three  have  been  admitted  to  the  Grand  Lodge  :  William  C.  Eastman  in 
187(.»,  Reuben  Eastman  in  1880,  and  Christopher  W.  Wilder  in  1879.  Fifteen 
past  grands  of  this  lodge  have  been  admitted  to  the  Grand  Lodge. 

There  are  now  sixty-seven  members.  The  officers  May,  1889,  were  George 
A.  Wagg,  N.  G. ;  John  B.  Hobbs,  V.  G. ;  E.  F.  McFarland,  secretary ;  Reuben 
Eastman,  treasurer;  W.  W.  Pease,  J.  A.  Barnes,  F.  P.  Allard,  trustees; 
Charles  H.  Whitaker,  chaplain. 

Bear  Camp  Lodge,  No.  37,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  Sandwich,  was  instituted  May  15, 
1851,  by  Grand  Master  John  T.  Stevens,  with  these  charter  members:  Nathaniel 
1  Jerry,  Norman  G.  French,  Ebenezer  Horn,  Jr,  Nathaniel  Johnson,  Caleb  M. 
Quimby,  William  M.  Weed.  All  were  initiated  in  Winnipiseogee  Lodge,  No.  7, 
Laconia:  Horn,  November  24,  1846;  French,  Johnson,  and  Quimby,  February 
4,  1851  ;  Berry  and  Weed,  March  4,  1851.  Brothers  Horn  and  Weed  were  the 
only  ones  who  passed  the  chairs,  and  were  admitted  to  the  Grand  Lodge,  the 
first  in  1855,  the  latter  in  1852.  Brother  Quimby  dropped  his  membership  in 
IS;').'!.  French  in  1857,  Berry  and  Weed  in  1859.  Johnson  withdrew  from  the 
lodge  in  1852. 

This  lodge  had  an  existence  of  fourteen  years,  and  was  declared  defunct  by 
the  Grand  Lodge  in  1865.  At  that  time  there  were  but  four  members  in  good 
standing:  Ebenezer  Horn,  Jeremiah  S.  Dinsmore,  William  S.  Prescott,  and 
•lames  M.  Smith,  all  past  grands.  Ten  past  grands  were  admitted  from  it  to 
the  (J rand  Lodge,  but  never  held  office  in  that  body.  There  were  seventy- 
seven  candidates  initiated  by  the  lodge,  and  it  built  a  good  hall  which,  after  the 
representative  of  the  Grand  Lodge  had  visited  Sandwich,  collected  the  effects 
of  the  Lodge,  and  turned  them  over  to  the  Grand  Secretary,  was  sold  to  the 
Freemasons.  The  number  was  given  to  Mt  William  Lodge,  North  Weare, 
February  27,  L878. 

Cold  Hirer  Lodge,  No.  J/O,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  Tamworth,  was  instituted  March  25, 


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ISaii,  by  Graud   Master  John   Peabody,  with   Edward    W.    Bradbury,  An 
W.  Hill.  Davids.  Hidden,  Nathaniel  Johnson,  William   L.  Johnson,  Joseph   B. 
Kennison,   and    William    ( ).    Weed    as   charter    members.     All    these 
Nathaniel    Johnson   (sec    Bear   Camp    Lodge)    were  initialed    in    Bear   ('amp 
Lodge,  Sandwich,  during  the  year  1851.     The  charter  members  all   passed  the 
chairs,  but  Brother  Johnson  was  the  only  one  who  entered   the  Grand   Lodge 
which  he  did  in  1855.     The  Lodge  was  disbanded  in   1860,  having  during  thai 
time  initiated  forty-three  candidates  and  admitted  two  brothers  l>\  card.     The 
charter  members,  except    Brother  Hill,  who  dropped  his   membership  in    L859, 
were  in  good  standing  when   the  lodge  was  closed,  and  although  reports  had 
gone  to  the  Grand  Lodge  thai  but  three  meetings  had   been   held  for  the 
there  were  thirty-four  members  in  good  standing  on  the  honks.     The   number 
of  the  lodge  was  given   to   Unity   Lodge,   Hinsdale     Only  two  past  grands  of 
Cold  River  Lodge  entered  the  Grand  Lodge. 

Osceola  Lodge,  No. 27,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  Bartlett,  was  instituted  May  25,  1877,  by 
Grand  Master  Alonzo  F.  Craig,  having  as  charter  members  Thomas  Black, 
Frank  W.Brown,  John  O.  Dodge,  Leonard  Foster,  Caleb  F.  Ordway,  Sidne} 
W.  Peakes,  Humphrey  I*.  Richards,  Frank  A.  Rodgers,  Edward  C.  Thompson. 
Uriah  M.  Wright,  Sanford  E.  Whitten.  Brothers  Black,  Dodge,  Foster,  Ord- 
way.  Peakes,  Thompson,  Wright,  and  Whitten  were  initiated  in  Saco  Valley 
Lodge,  North  Conway,  as  follows:  Thompson,  August  19,  1875;  Foster, 
December  21,1875;  Black,  .January  25,1876:  Ordway,  Peakes.  and  Wright. 
April,  1876;  Dodge  and  Whitten,  July  18,  1  <ST< > :  Richards  was  initiated  in 
Saco  Lodge,  No.  2,  Saco,  Maine,  July  20,  18<J'.>,  and  Rodgers  in  Dirigo  Lodge, 
No.  63,  Milo,  Maine,  March  26,  1873.  Brothers  Brown.  Peakes,  Richards, 
Thompson,  and  Wright  have  passed  the  chairs.  Brother  Brown  was  admitted 
to  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1878,  Richards  in  1879,  and  Thompson  in  1884. 

Osceola  Lodge  took  the  number  of  Pemigewasset  Lodge  of  Bristol,  which 
disbanded  January  2,  1856.  Only  six  of  the  eleven  charter  members  are  now 
members,  three  having  withdrawn  from  the  lodge  and  two  dropped  their 
membership.     Seven  past  grands  have  been  admitted  to  the  Grand    Lodge. 

Trinity  Lodge,  No.  63,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  located  at  Snowville,  in  Eaton,  was 
instituted  May  5,  1880,  by  George  A.  Robie,  acting  (hand  Master,  assisted  by 
George  W.  Gordon,  Deputy  Grand  Master,  C.  E.  Chase,  Grand  Warden, 
Joseph  Kidder,  Grand  Secretary,  and  William  Boyington,  Grand  Guardian. 
The  charter  members  were  Edwin  Snow.  Andrew  J.  While.  Aimer  ( '.  Wake- 
field, Benjamin  F.  Wakefield,  Clinton  S.  Warren,  and  Horace  M.  Thompson. 
The  lodge  experienced  a  very  slow  growth  for  several  years,  owing  to  the 
prejudice  against  secret  orders  then  existing  in  its  vicinity.  As  the  purposes 
of  the  order  became  better  underst 1.  and  it  was  relieved  of  this  unjust  oppo- 
sition, the  lodge  increased  in  membership  very  rapidly,  and  has  added  forty- 
eight   initiates  to   its   charter   members.     Considering  the   territory   accessible 


216  History   of  Carroll  County. 


to  the  lodge,  it  has  enjoyed  a  notable  degree  of  prosperity,  and  although  it 
recently  parted  with  eleven  of  its  active  members  in  the  institution  of  Crystal 
Lodge,  Madison,  it  is  still  in  a  flourishing  condition  with  an  active  member- 
ship of  thirty-six. 

Fidelity  Lodge,  X".  71,  7.  0.  0.  F..  Wolfeborough,  was  instituted  March  15, 
L886,  by  District  Deputy  Grand  Master  John  A.  Glidden.  The  charter  mem- 
bers  were  Darius  F.  Ham,  George  F.  Horn,  Herbert  M.  Horn,  Joseph  Lewando, 
William  J.  Mattison,  Downing  V.  Osborne,  Charles  H.  Parker,  Charles  W. 
Sylvester,  Fernando  Willand,  Edgar  F.  White.  Brother  Ham  was  initiated 
in  Mechanics  Lodge,  No.  13,  Manchester,  February  7,  1872;  Mattison  in 
Miltonia  Lodge,  No.  52,  Milton  Mills,  November  4,  1879,  and  George  F.  Horn 
in  the  same.  March  14,1884;  Willand  in  Belknap  Lodge,  No.  14,  Meredith, 
September  8,1879;  White  in  Equity  Lodge,  No.  33,  East  Northwood,  March 
17.  L880;  Sylvester  in  Blue  Hill  Lodge,  No.  79,  Blue  Hill,  Maine,  June  7, 1881; 
Osborne  in  Kennedy  Lodge,  No.  57,  Rochester,  May  12,  1885  ;  H.  M.  Horn  in 
Caledonia  Lodge,  No.  6,  St  Jolinsbury,  Vt,  September  6,  1885;  Parker  in 
Wecohamet  Lodge,  No.  3,  Dover,  October  16,  1844,  preparatory  to  becoming 
a  charter  member  of  Swamscot  Lodge,  No.  8,  Newmarket ;  Lewando  in  Suffolk 
Lodge,  No.  8,  Boston,  Mass.  (He  afterward  became  a  member  of  Orient 
Lodge,  No.  17,  East  Portland,  Ore.)  Everett  S.  Albee,  Joseph  P.  Heath,  and 
Edward  E.  Gate  were  made  members  under  a  dispensation  on  the  evening  of 
the  organization  of-  Fidelity  Lodge.  Bro.  Charles  H.  Parker  passed  the  chairs 
in  Swamscot  Lodge,  and  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New 
Hampshire  in  1847,  and  was  in  the  same  year  appointed  District  Deputy 
Grand  Master  for  that  district.  He  was  appointed  District  Deputy  Grand 
Master  for  this  district  in  1886,  holding  the  office  two  years.  He  is  the  Nestor 
of  the  lodge,  his  work  and  walk  for  nearly  half  a  century  in  Odd  Fellowship 
causing  him  to  be  held  in  great  veneration  and  esteem.  Brothers  White, 
Sylvester,  Lewando,  Heath,  and  Gate  have  passed  the  chairs.  Sylvester  and 
Lewando  were  admitted  members  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1888.  C.  W. 
(iilman  was  elected  Noble  Grand  in  December,  1888;  and  the  same  year 
Joseph  Lewando  was  appointed  District  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

For  nearly  two  years  the  lodge  held  its  meetings  in  Masonic  Hall.  In 
1888  it  rented  the  third  story  of  Union  Block,  and  fitted  up  a  hall  and  side- 
rooms  in  a  line   manner  at  an  expense  of  over  #1,000. 

( 'rystal  Lodge,  No.  77,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  Silver  Lake,  Madison,  was  instituted 
September  18,  1888,  by  Grand  Master  Folsom,  assisted  by  Grand  Secretary 
Kidder  and  several  grand  officers  pro  ton.  appointed  for  the  occasion.  It  is 
the  last  lodge  instituted  in  the  jurisdiction  and,  of  course,  the  youngest  on  the 
list.  The  projectors  of  the  lodge  are  young  men  full  of  zeal  and  thoroughly 
indoctrinated  with  the  principles  of  the  order  and  will  neglect  no  proper 
opportunity  nor  Hag  in  their  efforts  to  make  Crystal  Lodge  a  success  among  its 
sister  lodges. 


Masonic     AND     OtHEB     ORGANIZATIONS. 


The  charter  members  were  John  A.   Forrest,  Jr,  Fred   I..  Moore,   \l 
Robertson,  Samuel  .1.  Gilman,  George   M.   Atwood,  Lewis   N.   Knox,  Josiah  C. 
Flanders,  Charles  E.  Bickford,  James  O.  Gerry,  and   Frank  11.  Kennett,  ten  in 
number.     Two   other    petitioners    failed   of    having   their   names  on    the   list, 
namely,  Edwin    Blake  and    Edgar   F.  White,  simply  because  their  withdrawal- 
cards  were  not  received  in  season,  under  the  law  regulating  such  matters.      \ 
the  charter  members  came  from  Trinity  Lodge,  No.  63,  Eaton,  where  they  were 
severally  initiated  thus:   Flanders,  June    Is  L884: ;  Atwood,  Februar}  3,  i 
Fmrest,  kennet t,  and  (Jerry,  February  24,  L885 ;    Knox  and  Bickford,  February 
•".,  L886;  Robertson,  July  20,   1887;  Gilman,  September  28,  same  year;   M 
January  25,  1S88. 

On  the  evening  of  the  institution,  which  was  a  stormy  one.  rendering  trav- 
eling exceedingly  difficult  along  the  dark  country  roads,  hut  live  candidates 
presented  themselves  for  initiation  and  the  degrees.  Four  of  these  were  resi- 
dents of  Madison:  Jesse  E.  Lyman,  William  C.  Lord,  John  F.  Chick,  and  John 
T.  Frost.     The  fifth,  Everett  W.  Ivenerson,  lives  in  Tarn  worth. 

The  following  were  duly  elected  and  installed  as  the  first  list  of  officers  for 
the  lodge,  namely,  noble  grand,  Dr  George  M.  Atwood:  vice  grand,  Mark  E. 
Robertson;  secretary,  Lewis  N.  Knox;  treasurer,  Charles  E.  Bickford;  warden. 
John  A.  Forrest;  conductor,  Samuel  J.  Gilman;  outside  guard,  Frank  B.  Ken- 
nett; inside  guard,  Josiah  C.  Flanders;  chaplain,  Rev.  Edwin  Blake. 

Carroll  County  Medical  Society  was  organized  June  2ti.  1883,  by 
virtue  of  a  charter  obtained  from  the  New  Hampshire  State  Medical  Society, 
June  20,  1883,  by  Dr  William  H.  H.  Mason.  The  charter  members  were' 
William  H.  H.  Mason,  Frank  L.  Judkins,  Thomas  E.  Hubbard.  Nathaniel  II. 
Scott,  Melvin  A.  Harmon,  James  C  Bassett,  Jeremiah  W.  Dearborn,  and  J.  M. 
Leavitt.  The  officers  for  the  year  1883-84  were  William  H.  II.  Mason. 
president;  J.  W.  Dearborn,  vice-president;  James  ('.  Bassett,  secretary;  J.  M. 
Leavitt,  treasurer.  Officers  for  1885:  J.  W.  Dearborn,  president  ;  M.  A.  Har- 
mon, vice-president;  J.  C.  Bassett,  secretary:  J.  M.  Leavitt,  treasurer.  Offi- 
cers for  1886:  M.  A.  Harmon,  president:  William  H.  Bragdon,  vice-president  ; 
J.  C.  Bassett,  secretary ;  J.  M.  Leavitt,  treasurer.  Officers  for  1887:  W.  H. 
Bragdon,  president ;  A.  L.  Merrow,  vice-president  :  M.  A.  Harmon,  secretary  ; 
J.  M.  Leavitt,  treasurer.  Officers  for  1888  :  A.  L.  Merrow,  president:  J.  F. 
Scruton,  vice-president;  M.  A.  Harmon,  secretary;  J.  M.  Leavitt,  treasurer. 
Officers  for  1881  >:  J.  E.  Scruton,  president;  X.  II.  Scott,  vice-president;  M.  A. 
Harmon,  secretary  ;  J.  M.  Leavitt,  treasurer. 

This  society  meets  twice  a  year  :   its  annual  meeting  is  at  the  court-house  at 
Ossipee,  and  the  semi-annual  arranged  for  by  a  committee,  or  by  vote  ol   the 
society.     This  latter  meeting  combines  pleasure  with  business;  partakii 
the  nature  of  an  excursion,  each  member  inviting  his  family  and  friends.     It  is 


218  History  of   Carroll   County. 


made  as  social,  instructive,  and  enjoyable  as  possible,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
pleasant  features  of  the  society. 

Original  Members. — W.  H.  H.  Mason,  Frank  L.  Judkins,  Thomas  E.  Hub- 
bard, Nathaniel  H.  Scott,  M.  A.  Harmon,  James  C.  Bassett,  J.  W.Dearborn, 
A.  D.  Merrow,  George  W.  Lougee,  James  M.  Leavitt. 

Members,  July  29,  1889.  [Furnished  by  Dr  M.  A.  Harmon,  secretary.] 
Frank  L.  Judkins,  N.  H.  Scott,  M.  A.  Harmon,  J.  W.  Dearborn,  A.  D.  Merrow, 
(i.  W.  Lougee,  -James  M.  Leavitt,  IT.  I.  Berry,  John  E.  Scruton,  W.  H.  Brag- 
don,  George  M.  Atwood,  Joseph  H.  Pitman,  R.  H.  King,  E.  W.  Hodsdon, 
Samuel  W.  Roberts,  diaries  F.  Roberts,  C.  B.  Cotton,  W.  G.  Martin,  David 
Watson.  William  M.  Moore,  of  Provincetown,  Mass.,  G.  H.  Shedd,  of  Frye- 
burg,  Maine. 

Work  of  the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union. —  [By  Mrs  Fanny  M.' 
Grant.]  March  7,  1882,  Mrs  Asa  Tuttle,  of  Dover,  organized  the  first  local 
Union  in  Carroll  county  at  Centre  Sandwich,  with  Mrs  E.  R.  Beede,  president; 
Mrs  L.  W.  Stanton,  corresponding  secretary;  Mrs  Annie  R.  Folsom,  recording 
secretary ;  Mrs  George  MeGaffey,  treasurer.  In  addition  to  these  officers, 
there  were  eleven  members,  making  fifteen  in  all.  They  adopted  this  constitu- 
tion, prepared  by  the  State  Executive  Committee  for  local  unions  who  wished 
to  become  auxiliary  to  the  state  unions:  — 

Article  I.  This  organization  shall  be  known  as  the  Woman's  Christian 
Temperance  Union  of  Centre  Sandwich,  auxiliary  to  the  Woman's  Christian 
Temperance  Union  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire. 

Art.  II.  The  object  of  this  union  shall  be  to  educate  public  sentiment  up 
to  the  standard  of  total  abstinence,  train  the  young,  save  the  inebriate,  and 
secure  legal  prohibition  and  complete  banishment  of  the  liquor  traffic. 

Art.  III.  Any  woman  may  become  a  member  of  this  organization  by 
signing  the  constitution,  and  by  payment  of  fifty  cents  per  year  into  the 
treasury.  She  shall  also  sign  this  pledge  :  "I  hereby  solemnly  promise,  God 
being  my  helper,  to  abstain  from  all  distilled,  fermented,  and  malt  liquors  as  a 
beverage,  including  wine,  beer,  and  cider,  and  to  employ  all  proper  means  to 
discourage  the  use  of,  and  traffic  in,  the  same."  Gentlemen  may  become 
honorary  members  by  signing  this  pledge,  and  paying  fifty  cents  a  year  into 
the  treasury  . 

The  State  Annual  Convention  of  that  year  was  held  at  Deny,  September 
•Jti  and  27,  and  Mis  C.  C.  Fellows  was  sent  as  delegate.  As  it  was  something 
new  in  the  annals  of  the  town  to  send  women  as  delegates,  the  credentials  read 
"To  whom  it  may  concern,"  and  was  signed  by  the  president.  There  being 
no  other  union  in  the  county  and.  Mrs  Fellows  being  the  only  representative 
therefrom,  she  was  chosen  by  the  convention  assembled  to  serve  as  president  of 


Masonic   and  Otheb   Organizations.  219 


Carroll  County  Union;  bul  she,  having  recently  moved   into  the  county,  fell 

that  she  was  too  much  of  a  stranger  to  do  the  work  justice,  declined,  ;it   the 
same  time  recommending  Mrs  Asahel  Wallace,  of  Sandwich,  who  was  eli 
;ui(l  entered  upon  her  labors  with  great  energy.     At  the  next  state  convention, 
held   in  Milford,  September  -I   and   25,  L884,   Mrs   Wallace    reported    eleven 

unions  formed  at  an  expense  of  twelve  dollars,  and  only  five  towns  in  the 
county  where  there  were  no  unions.  This  had  been  accomplished  by  visiting 
from  house  to  house  in  the  day,  and  speaking  in  the  evening,  through  much 
hard    work   and    many   prayers  of  faith. 

At  the  next  state  convention,  held  in  Great  Falls,  September  i!'.'  and  30, 
L885,  Mrs  Wallace  gave  a  detailed  and  a  most  encouraging  report  of  work 
done.  Eight  more  unions  had  been  formed  and  several  county  conventions 
held.  This  year  there  were  six  towns  represented  by  delegates:  Sandwich. 
Moultonborough,  Wakefield,  Union,  Brookfield,  and  Wolfeborough.  Several 
of  these  new  unions  presented  their  first  report  which  showed  they  hail  made 
a  good  beginning.  Brookfield  received  special  mention  in  the  annual  report  of 
that  session.  At  this  convention  it  was  voted  to  institute  a  new  department 
for  the  "suppression  of  Sabbath-breaking."  Mis  Ira  T.  Wallace,  of  Centre 
Sandwich,  was  chosen  superintendent  of  this  department.  The  state  conven- 
tion of  188(3  was  held  at  Littleton.  Previous  to  this  the  countj  presidents 
reported  individually,  giving  a  summary  of  work  done,  hut  for  lack  of  time  it 
was  voted  that  in  future  the  reports  he  sent  to  the  corresponding  secretary, 
Miss  Wendell,  and  she  report  by  counties.  In  her  report  for  this  year.  Miss 
Wendell  said  :  "  Carroll  county  was  organized  last  year  and  now  has  fifteen 
unions,  though  not  all  in  active  operation;  the  county  president  reports  good 
work  done  in  old  unions  and  in  organizing  new  ones;  the  Woman's  Christian 
Temperance  Union,  uniting  with  the  men's  organization  called  the  Carroll 
County  Temperance  Association,  have  held  nine  county  conventions  which  have 
done  much  to  awaken  the  people."  Brookfield's  union,  though  in  one  of  the 
smallest  villages,  does  not  lack  for  enterprise.  It  has  a  membership  of  about 
forty,  a  juvenile  society,  and  public  meetings  are  held  monthly  with  good 
attendance.  South  Tamworth  reports  they  are  holding  the  fort,  and  trying  to 
keep  the  boys  from  drinking  cider.  Centre  Sandwich  and  Union  always  semi 
good  reports.  The  other  unions  are  Albany,  Conway,  Effingham  Falls.  Baton, 
Madison.  Moultonborough,  Tamworth,  Tuftonborough,  Wakefield,  Wolfe- 
borough,  ami  East  Wolfeborough.  Three  unions  in  the  county  having 
never  taken  any  active  steps  were  dropped  from  the  report. 

At  the  state  convention  for  1887,  held  at  Manchester.  Carroll  county  was 
reported  as  having  held  seven  county  conventions,  the  Woman's  <  hristian 
Temperance  Union  holding  the  forenoon  session,  and  the  Carroll  County  I  em- 
perance  Association  (which  had  done  much  towards  awakening  temperance 
sentiment  in  the  county),  the  afternoon.     The  total  number  of  active  unions  in 


220  History  of   Carroll  County. 


the  county  is  thirteen  with  a  membership  of  two  hundred  and  twenty;  nine- 
teen union  signals  taken.  Three  unions  have  juvenile  societies,  and  three  are 
holding  public  meetings.  All  unions  have  distributed  literature;  three  have 
used  the  monthly  readings,  and  two  have  loan  libraries. 

The  state  convention  of  L888  was  held  at  Keene,  the  corresponding  secre- 
tary  reporting  Carroll  county  as  having-  held  five  county  conventions  with  good 
success  and  attendance.  Other  meetings  were  held  in  various  places  with 
good  results.  Two  new  unions  formed  at  Ossipee  and  Centre  Ossipee  which 
have  started  with  promise.  Each  union  has  about  twenty  members  and  several 
honorary  members.  The  one  at  (  Vntre  Ossipee  has  had  several  public  meetings 
and  entertainments,  organized  a  juvenile  society,  and  introduced  temperance 
songs  into  the  day-school.  Much  active  work  has  been  done  in  the  town  of 
Wolfeborough  to  check  the  tide  of  intemperance. 

At  this  convention,  Mrs  Fanny  M.  Grant,  of  Centre  Ossipee,  was  elected 
president  of  the  county  in  place  of  Mrs  Asahel  Wallace.  During  the  amend- 
ment campaign  for  constitutional  prohibition,  Mrs  Grant  was  a  member  of  the 
state  committee  for  Carroll  county,  and  did  all  in  her  power  to  further  the 
good  cause.  The  ladies  of  all  the  unions  did  very  active  work,  and  it  was 
greatly  owing  to  their  efforts  that  Carroll  county  gave  a  majority  for  the 
amendment. 

In  February,  1884,  a  department  for  the  "suppression  of  impure  literature  " 
was  taken  up  by  the  National  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union.  Miss 
Lucy  .1.  Holmes,  of  Derry,  being  national  superintendent,  Mrs  C.  C.  Fellows 
was  invited  to  take  charge  of  the  work  in  New  Hampshire.  In  February, 
188"),  she  started  the  work.  She  sent  circular  letters  to  all  ministers,  editors, 
superintendents  of  schools,  presidents  of  colleges,  and  principals  of  high 
schools  and  seminaries,  asking  the  minister  to  preach  one  sermon  at  least  on 
the  subject ;  the  editor  to  suppress  all  tending  to  deprave,  and  publish  only  the 
pure:  and  the  superintendents  of  educational  institutions  to  look  well  after 
the  morals  of  teachers  and  pupils.  She  sent  circular  letters  with  petitions  to 
every  town  according  to  population,  to  presidents  of  unions,  and  where  there 
were  no  unions,  to  ministers  and  postmasters.  She  received  returns  from  sixty- 
two  towns,  and  more  than  thirteen  thousand  signatures.  Just  at  this  stage  of 
her  labors  she  received  an  injury  to  her  right  hand  which  prevented  her  writing 
and  her  husband  came  to  the  rescue.  He  made  all  copies,  directed  and  sent  all 
mail  matter,  prepared  the  petitions  and  put  them  in  proper  shape  to  present  to 
the  legislature,  furnished  the  money,  postage,  and  stationery  needed,  and  then 
drew  up  the  hill  for  presentation  to  the  legislature.  He  furnished  means  and 
encouraged  his  wife  to  go  to  Concord  and  place  "the  yards  of  names"  in  the 
hands  of  Rev.  .lames  Thurston,  who  took  charge  of  the  petitions,  presented  the 
l.ill  to  the  house,  and  ably  assisted  in  securing  its  passage.  Mrs  Fellows  gives 
great  credit  to  Miss  Holmes  for  earnest  advice  and  continued  assistance,  and  to 


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Miss  Wendell  who  drafted  the  petition-headings  and   rendered  gn 
by  her  zeal  in  sending  directions  and  advice.     Mrs  Fellows  said  :    •■  I,, 
forward,  I  could  not  see  how  anything  could  be  accomplished,  but  in  loo 
back  I  was  reminded  of  thai  memorable  sentence,  '  I  came,  I  saw,  I  conquei 
The  women  of  the  National  Woman's  Christian   Temperance   Union  oi 
this  department ;  a  good  sister  of  Carroll  county  took   the  work  in  hand,  and 
working  with  a  will,  received  help  from  sisters  all  over  the  state.     The  bill 
presented   to  the  legislature:   they  passe. I  the  act;    it   became  a  law,  and  the 
work   was  done. 


CHAPTER    XIX. 


NEWSPAPERS    AND    M  A  N  0  I'ACTTJRES. 


Newspapers  —  Charles  IT.  Parker— Timber  and  Lumbering  —  Maple-Sugar  Making  — 
Other  Resources  —  Healthfulness  —  Why  Manufacturers  should  Locate  here  -Emigration 
should  tend  hither  ward. 

CARROLL  County  Newspapers.  —  In  January,  L841,  Junot  J.  White- 
house  began  the  publication  of  a  newspaper  at  Smith  Wolfeborough,  then 
a  flourishing  business  centre.  Tins  was  a  great  undertaking.  The  new 
paper  had  quite  an  amount  of  legal  and  other  advertising,  and  was  uell- 
conducted,  but  it  had  a  short  life.  It  was  called  the  Carroll  County  />'■  publican. 
It  w as  a  four-paged,  six-column  paper;  price,  "81.50  in  advance,  $1.75  if  not 
paid  within  six  months,  or  two  dollars  if  not  paid  before  the  end  of  the  year." 
It  was  devoted  to  miscellany,  politics,  and  general  news.  In  polities  it  was 
Democratic,  although  it  advocated  the  abolition  of  slavery.  The  next  efforl 
to  establish  a  paper  in  the  county  was  made  by  John  F\  Roberts,  who  in  Jan- 
uary, 1856,  issued  the  first  copy  of  the  Carroll  ('<>n,it;i  Pioneer.  Mr  Roberts 
was  a  practical  printer,  having  given  three  veins'  time  in  Boston  and  New  ^  oik 
to  the  business.  A.t  the  above  date  he  came  to  Wolfeborough  and  opened  an 
office  in  the  Bank  building.  The  Pioneer  was  a  six-column  paper  devoted  to 
politics,  local  and  general  news,  and  miscellany.  In  politics  it  was  Repub- 
lican. Mr  Roberts  was  an  excellent  printer,  a  hard-working  honesl  man  of  fail- 
ability,  ami  by  great  effort  continued  the  publication  of  the  Pioneer  up  to 
March,  1858,  when  it  was  sold  to  I).  Warren  Furber,  by  whom  its  publication 
was  continued  for  some  months,  and  then  removed  to  Rochester.  I  he  P 
was  published  Thursdays  at  *1  per   year   in  advance,   or   $1.25  at    end   o\  year. 


222  History  of   Carroll   County. 


Having  disposed  of  the  Carroll  County  Pioneer,  Mr  Roberts  removed  to 
<  >ssipee  and  stalled  a  job  office.  In  May,  1859,  he  commenced  the  publication 
of  the  Carroll  County  Register,  which  he  continued  to  publish  till  a  few  weeks 
before  his  death,  a  period  of  nearly  six  years,  when  he  sold  his  subscription  list 
t.i  the  Granite  State  News.  The  Register  was  a  five-column,  four-page  paper 
issued  every  Thursday  morning  as  "  A  family  newspaper,  devoted  to  the 
interests  of  Carroll  County  in  general."  Terms,  single  subscriptions,  in 
advance,  $1  :  live  copies,  $4  ;  twelve  copies,  $9.  Mr  Roberts  worked  hard  both 
early  and  late,  but  failed  to  make  his  business  a  success.  He  evidently 
made  the  mistake  often  made  by  men  who  lack  experience  in  the  newspaper 
publishing  business.  To  induce  patronage  he  made  his  prices  both  for  sub- 
scriptions and  advertising  too  low,  and  endeavored  to  make  up  for  the  loss  by 
overwork.  Such  a  course  may  answer  for  a  time,  but  in  the  end  results  in 
tail  inc.  as  it  did  in  Mr  Roberts's  case.  Too  close  application  brought  him  to 
an  early  grave. 

The  Granite  State  News  was  started  by  James  R.  Newell,  at  Wolfeborough, 
November  1,  1860,  and  printed  on  a  second-hand  press  over  fifty  years  old. 
The  News  was  at  first  a  six-column  paper,  issued  weekly  at  "one  dollar  a  year 
in  advance,  or  $1.25  if  not  paid  within  the  year." 

In  his  "Introductory  "  Mr  Newell  said:  — 

Tt  will  be  the  aim  of  the  publisher  to  make  the  News  a  family  paper  —  one  which  will  be 
entertaining  to  all.  We  shall  devote  particular  attention  to  the  collection  and  publication  of 
items  of  local  news,  in  order  that  persons  who  formerly  resided  in  this  vicinity,  and  who  have 
removed  to  other  places,  may,  by  subscribing  for  the  News,  be  kept  informed  of  everything 
of  interest  that  transpires  in  the  neighborhood  of  their  former  homes. 

Mr  Newell  edited  and  personally  conducted  the  paper  until  December  5, 
1861,  when  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  I,  Eighth  New  Hampshire 
Volunteers,  and  left  his  business  in  charge  of  Charles  H.  Parker,  the  present 
publisher.  Mr  Newell  was  the  only  person  in  the  office  who  had  a  competent 
knowledge  of  the  printing  business,  and  Mr  Parker  soon  found  his  position 
to  be  anything  but  a  sinecure.  With  a  small  list  of  subscribers,  an  office 
wanting  in  almost  everything  (including  experienced  workmen),  with  very 
little  advertising  and  less  job  custom,  the  prices  of  stock  and  wages  constantly 
increasing,  it  was  well,  perhaps,  for  the  enterprise  that  the  new  publisher  was 
entirely  ignorant  of  the  requirements  of  a  successful  printing  and  newspaper 
business. 

I"  give  one  illustration  of  the  enormous  expense  incident  to  the  publishing 
ol  a  newspaper  in  those  "  war  times,"  the  white  paper  for  the  newspapers,  which 
could  be  bought  before  the  war  for  nine  cents  a  pound,  rose  in  price  to  twenty, 
twenty-two,  twenty-live,  and  even  as  high  as  thirty-two  cents  a  pound.  As 
the  subscription  price— too  low  at  first  —  was  unchanged,  the  profits  would 
necessarily  be  imaginary. 


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At  the  end  of  four  years  Mr  Newell,  finding  thai   there  was  no  pros] 
making  the   News  self-sustaining,  decided    to  sell  out   if   possible;   if  not, 
discontinue  the  publication  of  the  paper.     It  was  in  the  middle  of  the 

for   the   reelection   of   President    Line. .In  when    this   conclusion   v  died. 

Thinking  it  would  not  help  the  matter  any  in   Nr«   Hampshire,  to  Imve   it 
abroad  thai  a  Republican  paper  had  died   for  want  of  support   in   the  midsl   of 
a  hot  campaign,  Mr  1'arker  purchased  the  establishment,  increased  the  prici 
§1.50  per  year  in  advance,  boughi  the  subscription   list   of  the   Carroll    I 
Record  published  at  Ossipee,  and  by  putting  in   from   fifteen   to  sixteen   hours 
for  a  day's  work,  practising  the  closest    economy,  and   making  "  typos  "  of  hi.> 
girls  when    they  should    have   been   in   the  schoolroom,  seven    years  more 
added  to  the  life  of  the  News. 

Duiing  this  period  some  prominent  Democrats  came  to  the  conclusion  thai 
a  Democratic  county  ought  to  support  a  Democratic  paper,  and,  by  donating 
$500  in  cash,  and  guaranteeing  five  hundred  subscribers,  induced  Mr  Elijah 
( loulliard,  an  excellent  printer  of  long  experience,  to  commence  the  publication 
of  the  Carroll  County  Democrat.  The  Democrat  run  two  or  three  year-  and 
died  of  starvation. 

In  \x~~2  the  publisher  of  the  News  enlarged  his  paper  to  seven  columns  per 
page,  and.  with  the  assistance  of  a  friend,  purchased  a  Fairhaven  power-press. 
Before  this  purchase  there  had  only  been  one  press  in  the  office,  which  had 
been  used  for  all  purposes.  This  was  the  one  purchased  by  Mr  Newell  for 
fifty  dollars  when  the  News  was  founded.  It  was  a  "  patent-lever"  press  made 
in  1804;  a  press  that  lias  a  history,  and  which  is  still  in  use  in  the  .V,  ws  office, 
and  yet  capable  of  doing  the  best  of  work.  The  purchase  of  the  new  press 
and  the  application  of  steam-power  relieved  the  publisher  from  a  degree  of 
hard  labor  which  was  beginning  to  tell  upon  a  strong  physical  constitution,  he 
having  been  his  own  pressman  always,  as  well  as  editor,  devil,  and  all  hands, 
as  circumstances  required. 

In  December,  1879,  Mr  Parker  enlarged  the  News  to  an  eight-column  paper, 
with  no  increase  in  subscription  price.  From  that  date  to  the  present  the 
prosperity  of  the  News  has  continued,  and  it  has  been  a  most  valuable  party 
aid,  as  well  as  a  good  local  paper. 

In  1879,  George  C.  Furber,  so  long  an  able  publisher  of  the  Republic  at 
Littleton,  established  the  While  Mountain  Record,  weekly,  ai  North  Conway. 
lie  made  it  an  active  Democratic  paper,  and  beyond  question  alienated  support 
that  a  neutral  or  independent  sheet  would  have  had.  It  had  an  existence  oi 
something  over  a  year  and  was  in  quite  a  flourishing  condition  when  the 
pressure  of  other  business  caused  the  withdrawal  of  Mr  Furber.  who  took  the 
■•plant  "  with  him.  In  1880,  Mr  Furber  published  a  summer  paper.  The  Idler, 
a  very  handsome  and  ably  conducted  journal,  which  did  ^"'l  service  in 
preserving  much  of  historical  information  in  that  section.  It  is  a  matter  ol 
regret  that  its  publication  was  not  continued. 


224  History   of   Carroll   County. 


After  the  discontinuance  of  the  Record,  Van  Cullen  Jones  continued  the 
name  in  a  paper  which  he  conducted  weekly  for  one  summer.  Some  year  or 
so  later,  J.  A.  Seitz,  who  had  been  publishing  an  independent  religious  journal, 
The  True  Religion,  at  Norway,  Maine,  removed  his  office  to  North  Conway, 
and  in  connection  with  that  paper  began  the  publication  of  a  local  weekly, 
The  White  Mountain  News.  Edward  H.  Crosby  took  the  News  after  two 
years'  time,  but  it  soon  died. 

Eastman's  Monthly  Ray,  a  four-column,  eight-page  "Congregational  journal 
lor  the  church,  the  Sunday-school,  and  the  home,"  was  published  at  Centre 
(  >ssipee  lor  a  time  from  April,  1881.      Its  price  was  fifty  cents  a  year. 

The  Carroll  County  Pioneer,  was  established  at  Wolfboro  Junction,  in  1881, 
by  George  S.  Don-.  It  is  a  weekly  Democratic  paper  of  seven  columns,  pub- 
lished Fridays  at  one  dollar  a  year  in  advance.  Mr  Dorr  is  a  young  man  of 
exceedingly  good  ability,  of  fine  poetic  taste,  and  justly  acquired  popularity, 
and  is  a  "  born  editor/' 

Sandwich  Reporter. — The  first  number  of  this  paper  was  issued  at  Sand- 
wich Lower  Corner,  June  7,  1883,  by  Charles  H.  Blanchard,  editor  and 
proprietor,  who  still  publishes  it.  In  February,  1881,  a  power-press  was 
introduced,  and  the  office  is  now  supplied  with  two  presses  and  about  sixty 
fonts  of  type,  and  does  some  very  satisfactory  job-work.  The  Reporter  is 
published  weekly,  has  810  circulation,  and  costs  one  dollar  a  year.  It  has 
been  a  valuable  medium  for  the  preservation  of  historical  and  genealogical 
information. 

Charles  II.  Parker,  the  veteran  publisher  of  the  Granite  State  News,  is  the 
one  par  excellence  to  be  mentioned  in  connection  with  the  press  of  Carroll 
county.  He  was  born  in  Portsmouth,  May  26,  1819,  and  is  thoroughly  a 
"  self-made "  man,  having  made  his  way  through  life  entirely  by  his  own 
exertions.  When  a  lad  of  seven  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  farmer  for  seven 
years,  hut  broke  away  at  the  age  of  eleven,  continuing,  however,  to  work  at 
farming  until  he  was  seventeen.  In  1831  he  came  to  Wolf eboro ugh,  but  as 
lie  desired  to  be  near  his  mother  who  needed  his  aid,  he  went  to  Newmarket 
where  she  resided,  and  became  an  operative  in  a  cotton  factory.  With  a  great 
desire  for  knowledge,  his  opportunities  for  learning  had  been  most  limited, 
but  now,  during  his  spare  hours,  he  applied  himself  to  study,  and  acquired 
proficiency  in  the  branches  taught  in  common  and  high  schools.  An  oppor- 
tunity offering,  he  became  with  great  diffidence,  a  teacher  in  a  back  district 
in  Lee  :  succeeding  finely,  he  opened  a  private  school  in  Newmarket.  After 
a  few  weeks  he  was  induced  to  take  charge  of  one  of  the  village  schools,  and 
taught  seven  years  —  twenty-one  terms — in  one  room.  After  this  he  taught 
three  terms  in  Searsport,  Maine,  then,  coming  to  Wolfeborough,  he  taught  six 
or  eight  winter  terms  in  the  village  school.  His  principal  business  here  for 
some  time  was  official  ;  lie  was  deputy-sheriff  eight  years,  and  sheriff  five 
years  ;  in  1858-59  he  was  representative  of  Wolfeborough  in  the  legislature. 


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In  1860,  at  the  request  of  Mr  Newell,  Mr  Parker  became  editor  of  the 
until  a  permanent  one  was  procured.     Thirty  years  have  passed,  and   lie  ha 
laid  down  the  editorial  pen.     He  purchased   the  office  in    L86-!   and 
been  its  publisher.     Under  his  managemenl   the    O-ranite  8  <      X 
been  positive  and  aggressive,  in  strong  Logic  and   plain,  crisp   English  dealing 
stalwart  blows  in  advocacy  of  the  righl  as  he  saw  the  right.     Truth  was  truth 
ami  must  bespoken.     He  lias  had   strong  opposition,  but   no  one  has  alii 
that  he  did  not  believe  what  he  wrote.     Expedienc}  and  time-serving  have  had 
no  tolerance  from  him.     And   he  has  ever  been   the  advocate  of  those  things 
that   benefit  and   uplift   mankind.     Originally  a   Democrat,  he  was  one  of  the 
few  who  organized  the  Liberty  party  (the  first  anti-slavery  party)  in  this  state, 
and  from  that  time  he  has  affiliated  with  the  partj  demanding  freedom   for  all. 
Ilr  is  ;i   Freemason,  an  Odd   Fellow,  a    Unitarian,  and.  with    almost    radical 
views  in  favor  of  temperance,  has  been  connected  with  all  societies  originated 
to  advance  that  cause,  and  his  trenchant  pen   has  done  good  service  in   its 
advocacy.     He  married  Sophia  Blaisdell,  a   native  of  Middleton,  and   has  four 
daughters:   Abbie  (Mrs  Fred  \V.  Prindall),  Fannie  (Mrs  George  F.  Mathes), 
Alice  M.  (Mrs  Charles  Thompson  ),  Nettie  (Mrs  Edwin  L.  Furber). 

The  frosts  of  age  are  gathering  round  his  head,  but  the  lire  of  his  mind 
burns  brightly,  the  keen  touch  of  his  humor  is  as  delicate  as  ever,  and  we 
voice  tin'  desire  of  all  in  wishing  him  a  long  continuance  of  his  useful  career. 

Timbeb  and  Lumbee.  —  The  vast  quantity  of  early  white-pine  which 
would  have  been  so  valuable  to-day  was  practically  exhausted  long  ago,  and  do 
data  are  left  to  estimate  either  its  amount  or  value.  Some,  even  at  an  early 
period,  went  down  the  Ossipee  and  Saco,  more  went  from  Lake  Winni  3 
to  the  mills  at  Meredith,  the  Weirs,  Gilford,  and  Meredith  Bridge,  and  so  on 
down  to  the  Merrimack,  while  some  went  by  the  way  of  Alton  to  the  Lower 
country.  Much  was  cut,  used,  burned,  and  wasted  by  the  first  settlers.  Mow- 
ever  it  was  used  and  what  its  valuation,  concerns  us  of  to-day  nothing  in 
tracing  an  outline  of  the  timber  production  of  the  last  fifty  years. 

The  first  large  operator  on  the  Merrimack  and  its  head-waters  who  touched 
the  county  on  its  western  side  was  Nicholas  G.  Norcross,  who  had  previously 
acquired  the  title  of  '•Timber  King  of  New  England"  from  his  extensive 
business  in  .Maine.  In  1X44  he  established  himself  on  the  Merrimack,  and, 
expending  more  than  $  100,000  in  purchasing  rights  at  the  principal  falls, 
blasting  rocks,  removing  obstructions,  and  adapting  and  improving  the  river- 
channel,  changed  the  former  laborious  and  tedious  method  of  locking  rafts 
around  the  falls  into  the  " driving "  of  logs  down  the  river.  His  operations 
took  in  a  portion  of  Sandwich,  and  his  men  worked  on  different  parts  <>l  the 
Lake. 

The  first  real  lumbering  in  Tamworth,  Ossipee.  Sandwich,  and  Albany  was 
done   by  Josiah   Thurston,  of  Freedom,  and   John    Demeritt,   of    Effingham, 


226  History   of  Carroll  County. 


about  L855,  and  the  liisi  great  drive  was  bought  by  Horace  Hobson.  Mr 
Thurston  was  an  active  operator  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century.  J.  P. 
Cushing,  of  Tamworth,  was  several  years  in  the  business,  in  1870  contracting 
to  nvt  l.iioi). (Hid  feel  per  annum  for  a  term  of  years,  but  later  confined  his 
attention  to  manufacturing.  For  the  first  ten  years  nothing  but  white-pine 
was  sent  off.  Then,  as  pine  grew  scarce,  hemlock  and  spruce  became  the 
staple  products.  Attention  began  to  be  given  to  the  hard-wood  growth  about 
twenty  years  ago. 

In  1883  and  L884  Towle  &  Keneson  were  operating  extensively  in  Tam- 
worth in  spruce  and  hemlock,  employing  from  forty  to  seventy-five  men.  In 
Ins.")  and  1886  John  L.  Peavey  &  Son  had  a  mill  in  the  southern  part  of 
Ossipee,  and  operated  in  spruce,  hemlock,  and  hard  wood.  They  were  also  in 
Albany  working  largely.  They  placed  a  mill  there  in  1855  and  another  in 
1857.  In  1885  they  began  on  birch,  maple,  and  beech,  which  they  sawed  into 
flooring  from  one  to  three  inches  in  thickness.  The  output  from  their  mills 
in  Albany  has  been  from  one  to  three  millions  per  annum.  This  firm  is  one 
of  the  heaviest  in  the  county,  and  has  a  mill  now  in  Wolfeborough. 

In  1868,  when  a  concerted  movement  was  made  to  advance  the  Great  Falls 
and  Conway  railroad  from  Union  Village  to  West  Ossipee,  a  meeting  was 
arranged  between  the  prominent  officials  of  the  Eastern  Railroad  Corporation 
and  leading  citizens  of  the  count}'-  at  Union  Village,  at  which  these  citizens 
gave  carefully  prepared  estimates  of  the  support  various  towns  in  the  county 
would  give  to  the  proposed  extension  of  the  railroad.  Ossipee  was  represented 
by  Asa  Beacham,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  Henry  J.  Banks,  Samuel  D.  Quarles,  and 
Lorenzo  D.  Moulton.  Their  estimate  of  what  Ossipee  would  send  to  market 
over  the  road  was:  timber,  376,000,000  feet;  wood,  141,000  cords  ;  bark,  50,000 
cords;  available  sites  for  mills  and  mills  for  lumber  production  within  six 
miles  distance,  40;  merchandise  tonnage  per  annum,  1,500  tons.  Charles 
Cook,  of  Tamworth,  estimated  that  his  town  would  send:  timber,  100,000,000 
feet;  wood,  2,000,000  cords;  shoe-pegs,  6,000  barrels;  hay-rakes,  2,000  dozen; 
merchandise  tonnage  per  annum,  750  tons.  Henry  J.  Banks  gave  an  estimate 
for  Sandwich :  lumber,  5,000,000  feet ;  wood,  1,000,000  cords ;  bark,  3,000 
cords;  merchandise  tonnage,  220  tons.  William  H.  Allen  estimated  that 
Conway  would  send :  lumber,  300,000,000  feet ;  and  a  merchandise  tonnage  of 
1.5(10  tons  a  year.  John  M.  Nickerson  said  that  Albany  offered  "large 
quantities  of  hemlock,  pine,  spruce,  maple  timber  and  wood  growth  covering 
thousands  of  acres  around  the  base  of  Chocorua  mountain." 

In  1872  statistics  were  furnished  to  the  Portland  and  Ogdensburgh  railroad 
along  its  route  as  follows  :  — 

Chatham  has  100,000,000  feet  of  hemlock  and  spruce  lumber  standing.  There  is  a  large 
amount  of  poplar. 


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Bartlett  has  -'^.oon  acres  of  w led  land,  and  150, ,000   feel    ol  spruce  and   h 

ready  for  the  lumberman.     Barfc    for  tanning  is   available  in   unlimited   quai 

birch,  beech,  and  poplar  are  abundant.    There  are  six  water-powers ;  one,  Goodrich  Fa 

Kllis  river,  has  100  feel  descent . 

Jackson  lias  19,000  acres  of  wooded  territory.     100,000,000  teel  ol  lumber  available  f<u 

use, stlj  spruce  and  hemlock,  especially  spruce,     rt  is  of  large  size.    Several  water-powers 

arc  unoccupied  on  Kllis  river. 

Hart's  Location.     A.  good  deal  of  spruce,  hemlock,  and  s pine  adapted  to  clapboards 

are  standing  upon  ii . 

Conway  has  four  water-powers,  pari  improved,  with  thousands  ol  cords  ol  popiai 
pulp,  excelsior,  etc.,  in  the  vicinity ;  20,000,000  feel  of  pine  are  still  standing  in  the  town,  with 
hard  and  soft  wood,  spruce  and  hemlock. 

The  tow  ns  of  Freedom.  Effingham,  and  Ossipee  run  and  will  continue  to  run  i  heir  lumber 
largely  down  the  river  to  be  cut  up  by  its  water-powers,  or  al  Steep  Falls  on  the  Saco,  from 
whirl i  poinl  it,  will  take  rail  to  Portland. 

Iii  1876  Albany  whs  furnishing  much  lumber,  mostly  hard  wood.  Ossipee 
was  doing  a  large  business  in  manufactured  lumber,  produced  bv  F.  K.  Hobbs 
&  Co.,  J.  B.  Moulton  and  the  heirs  of  L.  I).  Moulton,  and  others.  Towle 
&  Keneson  and  Thurston  &  Towle,  of  Freedom,  were  lumbering  extensively 
in  Ossipee  and  South  Tamworth  in  hemlock  and  spruce,  which  was  driven 
down  the  various  streams  leading  to  the  Saco.  Charles  McKenney  and 
Horace  llobson,  of  Maine,  were  operating  quite  heavily  in  Ossipee.  Bartletl 
Bros,  of  South  Tamworth,  were  manufacturing  lumber  on  a  large  scale 
at  their  mills  at  that  place.  In  1880  Mr  Hobson  cut  about  3,000,000  feet  in 
Bartlett  and  Jackson. 

Since  the  early  operations  in  pine  in  Moultonborough,  lumbering  has 
been  carried  on  more  or  less  by  small  operators,  never  attaining  high  propor- 
tions. Emery's  newly  refitted  mill  lias  revived  it  somewhat,  about  2,000,000 
feet  being  cut  in  the  winter  of  1888-89. 

Colonel  John  Peavey,  for  many  years  the  largest  operator  in  Tufton- 
borough,  informs  us  that  in  1823,  when  he  went  into  trade,  the  most  of  the 
lumbering  of  the  town  was  in  red  oak  "shook"'  for  molasses  hogsheads.  A 
large  quantity  was  manufactured  here,  the  home  price  being  about  fifty  cents 
and  the  Dover  price  about  one  dollar.  They  were;  drawn  by  teams  to  Dover,  a 
trip  occupying  tour  days.  Captain  Tristram  Copp  used  to  own  a  large  team 
with  which  he  would  draw  " shook  "  down,  and  load  back  with  goods.  There 
were  also  a  great  many  beef-barrels  made  for  the  Dover  market.  Considerable 
pine  was  standing  when  the  Boston,  Concord,  and  Montreal  railroad  was  built. 
This  became  quite  valuable  with  the  advanced  facilities  of  transportation,  and 
it  was  cut,  drawn  to  the  lake,  rafted,  and  floated  to  Lake  Village.  The  price 
in  the  log  on  the  shore  of  the  lake  ranged  from  live  to  ten  dollars  per 
thousand. 

John  L.  Peave\  Informs  us  that  in  L852,  when  his  knowledge  of  lumbering 
details    began,    the    lumber    interest    of    Tuftonborough    was    connected    with 


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the  old-pine  mentioned  above,  hemlock,  and  oak.  The  hemlock  was  less  in 
quantity  than  the  pine  and  was  sawed  at  Lake  Village  and  Wolfeborough 
mills.  The  oak  was  for  hogshead  staves  and  found  a  Boston  market.  Colonel 
John  Peavey  was  doing  more  in  lumbering  than  all  other  operators.  He 
employed  a  large  crew  for  those  days  —  twenty  men.  Wages  was  sixty-five 
cents  a  day.  More  or  less  was  done  in  a  small  way  until  1881,  when  John  L. 
Peavey  began  quite  extensive  operations  on  the  Whitehouse  lots  in  old-pine 
and  oak.  He  employed  thirty  men,  used  a  portable  sawmill  to  cut  his  logs, 
and  got  out  "shook"  and  ship-timber.  The  last  went  to  Gloucester,  the 
••  shook  "  to  Portland  and  Boston,  and  the  pine  mostly  to  Nashua  and  Boston. 
He  operated  here  two  years,  getting  out  1,500,000  feet  annually. 

The  primitive  growth  of  pine  in  East  Sandwich  is  said  to  have  been 
unsurpassed  in  New  Hampshire  as  regards  size  and  quality,  but  it  was  carried 
down  the  river  many  years  ago  when  it  was  worth  two  dollars  per  thousand, 
and  it  is  not  often  now  that  one  of  the  old  king  pines  can  be  seen.  In  a  not 
very  extensive  manner  many  small  operators  have  cut  off  a  very  large  amount, 
including  pine,  hemlock,  poplar,  and  birch.  A  disastrous  wind  of  a  cyclonic 
character  prostrated  much  timber  in  Sandwich  in  1883,  including  whole  groves 
of  massive  hemlocks.  In  1884  John  L.  Peavey  located  his  mill  on  the 
W.  M.  Weed  lot,  and  employed  seventy-five  men.  This  had  been  considered 
the  heaviest  hemlock  growth  in  the  county  before  the  hurricane,  and  the  trees 
then  lay  in  an  apparently  inextricable  confusion  piled  thirty  feet  high  in  some 
places.  From  one  hundred  acres  of  this  mass  Mr  Peavey  cut  that  year 
1,600,000  feet,  mostly  in  boards  sent  to  Massachusetts.  No  lumbering  of 
consequence  is  now  done  in  Sandwich. 

A  correspondent  from  Conway,  under  date  of  February  1,  1879,  thus  sums 
up  the  production  of  lumber:  — 

There  will  be  about  one  million  feet  of  lumber  in  the  logs  landed  on  the  banks  of  the 
river  near  this  place  to  float  down  in  the  spring  to  mills  below.  Tliere  are  manufactured  at 
Hie  peg-factory  one  thousand  cords  of  birchwood  per  year.  This  requires  two  hundred 
thousand  feet  of  poplar  boards  for  boxes,  which  are  also  manufactured  here.  Also,  about  six 
hundred  cords  of  birchwood  are  cut  into  spool  timber;  one  thousand  cords  of  oak  are  cut 
into  -laves  and  made  into  shooks  for  the  West  Indian  trade,  and  about  live  thousand  cords  of 
hemlock  bark  sent  from  this  station  during  this  winter.  W.  H.  Allen  sends  from  this  station 
a  large  amount  <>f  manufactured  pine  and  spruce  lumber,  cut  at  the  base  of  Chocorua  moun- 
tain, from  as  good  quality  of  timber  as  grows  in  New  England. 

A  i  this  writing  (1889),  besides  the  mills  of  Mr  Peavey  in  Albany,  there 
are  two  others  on  Swift  river,  owned  and  operated  by  George  Sanders,  of 
Nashua,  and  Haven  Quint,  of  Conway.  The  Bartlett  Land  and  Lumber 
Company  are  getting  from  Albany  most  of  their  supply  for  their  mill  in 
Bartlett.     Commencing  about  1874,  this  company  has  produced  from  three  to 


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five  million   of    feel    annually    of   pine,  spruce,  and    hemlock;    the  •  nine    hi 
been    much    less   in    quantity   in    recent    years.      This    is   shipped    by   rail    to 
Portland.     In    Bartletl    in  addition   to  this  compam  are  <  .  I'.  Buffuni 
large  operators,  and  several  others  who  ship  from  Glen  Station. 

J.F.Smith  lias  ;i  mill  ;it  Avalanche  Station,  in  Hart's  Location,  ami  is 
doing  quite  an  extensive  business  in   the  production  of  Lumber. 

Henry  Heywood  has  been   producing   aboul   3,000,000    feel    of   Bpru 
.lacks.. n  annually  in  1888  and   L889. 

.Messrs  Towle  &  Keneson,  of  Freedom,  operate  in  Tamworth  and  Sand- 
wich, on  Ossipee  mountains,  and  for  several  years  have  cut    from   :'.. 1,000  in 

1,000,000  feet  annually. 

Davis  &  Hodsdon,  of  Centre  Ossipee,  carry  on  lumbering  in  Ossipee  and 
Albany.  Mr  Hodsdon  (Arthur  E.)  lias  also  formed  a  partnership  with 
('.  B.  Gafney,  of  Rochester,  as  Hodsdon  &  Gafney,  for  lumber  operations 
in  Wakefield  and  Ossipee. 

In  Wolfeborough  are  the  manufacturing  and  lumbering  linns  of  Libbey, 
Yarney  &  Co.,  Hersey  Brothers,  and  A.  Wiggin  &  Son.  They  get  out  pine 
hemlock,  and  hard-wood  lumber. 

Poplar  used  to  be  in  fair  demand  for  shingles,  boards,  etc. ;  in  later  years 
both  poplar  and  spruce  have  been  in  great  demand  for  the  manufacture  of 
wood-pulp. 

Maple-Sugar  Makln<:. —  [By  Dr  S.  B.  Wiggin.]  In  the  early  history 
of  Sandwich  '  but  little  attention  was  paid  to  sugar-making.  At  first,  in 
clearing  the  farms,  the  early  settlers  did  not  reserve  the  sugar-mapli 
that  when  the  industry  was  found  to  be  of  some  importance,  many  who 
desired  to  engage  in  it  had  to  go  back  on  the  mountains  and  the  uncleared 
lands  to  find  the  maple-trees.  But  now  the  rock-maple  is  as  carefully 
preserved  as  the  apple-tree,  and  the  income  of  the  sugar-orchard  is  frequently 
greater  than  from  the  apple-orchard.  Seventy-live  years  ago  the  axe  and  gouge 
were  used  in  drawing  the  sap  from  the  tree,  and  it  was  caught  in  troughs 
scooped  from  logs  of  wood.  The  sap  was  then  "boiled"  in  iron  kettles 
suspended  over  an  open  fire,  usually  made  between  two  logs  of  wood  lying- 
parallel  on  the  ground.     The  kettles  were  hung  from  a   pole  placed   \\\ two 

crotched  stakes  driven  into  the  ground.  The  implements  used  and  the  sugar- 
camps,  when  there  were  any,  were  of  the  rudest  kind.  The  sugar  then  made 
was  very  dark  in  color  and  very  strong  in  taste,  owing  to  foreign  substances 
constantly  getting  into  the  sap,  and  its  almost  continual  burning  on  the  sides  oi 
the  kettles  as  the  flames  of  the  lire  wrapped  around  and  above  them.  Then, 
when  a  man  went  far  away  from  his  dwelling  to  make  sugar,  he  would 
sometimes  remain  in  the  woods  through  the  season,  living  on  potatoes  and 
salt  pork,  or  some  such  rough  fare,  his  camp  being  made  of  a  lew   poles  covered 

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with  spruce  or  hemlock  boughs.  When  these  camps  were  pitched  near  where 
bears  made  their  winter  quarters,  occasionally  Bruin  walking  abroad  in  the 
warm  spring  days  would  call  upon  the  sugar-maker.  Sometimes  the  bear  and 
sometimes  the  sugar-maker  would  beat  a  hasty  retreat,  and  sometimes  "fight" 
would  be  shown,  but  no  serious  casualties  are  recorded  by  early  historians.  At 
the  end  of  the  season  the  man  would  pack  up  his  troughs  beneath  some  large 
bury  his  kettles  in  the  ground  to  remain  till  the  next  season,  then  take  his 
sugar  or  syrup  upon  his  back  and  return  home. 

The  sugar  thus  made  was  of  so  inferior  a  quality  that  it  had  little  market 
value,  vet  it  was  the  almost  exclusive  ""sweetening"  in  the  families  where  it 
was  made.  But  time  has  wrought  a  great  change,  not  only  in  the  process  of 
manufacture,  but  in  the  product.  Instead  of  the  axe,  gouge,  auger,  and 
trough,  small  bits,  and  metallic,  or  nicely  turned  spouts  are  used;  tin  buckets 
have  replaced  the  troughs  and  later  wooden  buckets;  galvanized  iron  pans  and 
evaporators  set  in  well-built  arches  have  taken  the  place  of  kettles;  tin-lined 
tanks  are  used  as  receptacles  for  the  sap;  the  utmost  care  is  taken,  and  cleanli- 
ness is  carefully  observed  in  the  manufacture ;  comfortable  framehouses  have 
taken  the  place  of  the  ruder  huts,  and  instead  of  the  dark,  coarse  sugar  and 
black  syrup,  sugar  is  made  almost  rivaling  the  refined  in  whiteness,  syrup  clear 
as  crystal,  and  both  of  the  most  delicious  flavor.  The  market  value  has  trebled 
in  the  last  half  century  and  the  quantity  made  is  many  times  greater.  Now 
nearly  every  farm  has  its  sugar  orchard  or  "  sap  yard,"  and  the  industry  is  one 
of  the  most  important. 

The  annual  product  is  about  eighty  tons  and  't  is  said  that  one  hundred 
tons  have  been  made  in  one  season  in  town.  Quite  a  good  many  of  the  farmers 
of  Sandwich  make  from  fifteen  hundred  to  two  thousand  pounds  annually,  and 
several  make  about  three  thousand  pounds  each.  The  sugar  and  syrup  find  a 
ready  market  in  the  large  cities  as  a  luxury,  and  the  town  derives  quite  a 
revenue  from  the  sale.  One  farmer,  William  McCrillis,  of  Whiteface,  has  kept 
an  account  of  the  sugar  he  has  made  since  1841,  and  the  aggregate  is  80,770 
pounds.  The  largest  amount  he  made  in  any  one  year  was  8,900  pounds  in 
1879.  John  Cartland  this  year,  1889,  made  400  gallons  of  syrup  and  some 
sugar.  O.  L.  Ambrose  made  2,700  pounds  of  sugar.  Herman  H.  Quimby, 
John  Foss,  Charles  Foss,  Herbert  E.  Moulton,  Jonathan  Tappan,  Gilman  Moul- 
ton,  Stanley  F.  Quinby,  Charles  O.  Smith,  B.  F.  Fellows,  Samuel  Chase, 
George  W.  Smith,  Noah  S.  Watson,  George  Beede,  Lewis  Q.  Smith,  Larkin  D. 
French,  Sumner  Watson,  and  perhaps  others,  make  from  1,500  to  2,500  pounds 
annually.  Although  not  producing  so  large  a  quantity  as  some  of  the  above 
mentioned,  George  H.  Smith  should  have  the  credit  of  making  sugar  of  the 
finest  quality  ever  obtained  from  the  maple-tree. 

Other  Resources  of  Carroll  County.  —  In  addition  to  the  timber  and  lumber 
and    maple-sugar  interests,  there  are  other  resources  of  the  county.     But  far 


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transcending   all  others  are  the   scenery,  the  salubrious  atmosphere,  am 
sports  .it'  fishing  and   hunting.     The  latter  is  however  of  little  avai 
the  wilderness  region,  but   the  streams  are  still  alive  with  trout  and  the  lakei 
with  various  varieties  of  edible  and  "gamy  "  fish,  pickerel,  bass,  and  lake-trout. 
Public  policy  and  individual  benefit  would  seem   to  Indicate  thai   h   vigorous 
course  of   game-protection   should   be   rigorously   maintained,  and    thai 

means  should  lie  adopted  to  make  the  plains,  mountains,  and  valley8  of  <  '.u mil 
county  appropriate  portions  of  one  vast  park  wherein  the  multitudes  of  sum- 
mer visitants,  who  now  flock  into  every  town,  would  be  bul  the  pioneers  of  still 
greater  and  ever-increasing  numbers  coming  out  of  the  heated  and  over- 
crowded cities.  These  cities  are  increasing  yearly  in  population  by  thousands 
of  inhabitants  who  must  have  country  enjoymenl  and  a  playground  some- 
where. No  other  section  combines  the  features  of  pleasantness  to  alias  does 
Carroll  county,  and  every  resident  should  labor  to  add  to  its  (harms  and 
attractiveness. 

Healthfullness.  —  Malarious  diseases,  end  tracing  the  various  forms  of  inter- 
mittent, remittent,  and  autumnal  fevers,  and  those  febrile  ailments  coming  from 
miasmatic  sources,  are  almost  entirely  unknown.  There  is  sufficient  humidity, 
and  in  places  sufficient  accumulations  of  vegetable  matter  in  the  soil  to  give 
origin  to  these  affections,  but  the  low  summer  temperature  and  the  influences 
of  the  mountain  breezes  forbid  their  generation.  Epidemics  and  infections, 
such  as  cholera  and  yellow  fever,  can  never  prevail  here,  excepl  in  isolated 
cases  by  direct  importation,  as  the  three  essential  conditions  for  their  develop- 
ment are  absent.  These  are  a  high  temperature,  great  moisture,  and  a  stagnanl 
condition  of  the  atmosphere,  and  are  found  here  rarely  and  only  for  a  day  or 
so  at  a  time,  causing  entire  exemption.  The  conditions  for  freedom  from  pul- 
monary diseases  are  eminently  found  here.  Air  highly  oxygenized  and  charged 
with  ozone  gives  life  and  soothing  to  the  lungs  inhaling  it.  and  with  proper 
care  from  undue  exposure  carries  healing  with  it  to  those  who  come  from  other 
places  with  lungs  already  diseased.  Sufferers  from  asthma  and  hay-fever  find 
great  relief  in  many  instances. 

Why  manufacturers  should  locate  here.  —  It  is  well  known  that  the  burden 
of  the  day's  work  is  felt  by  the  operative  to  be  much  heavier  in  summer  than 
in  winter.  The  winter's  cold  can  be  so  guarded  against  or  mollified  that 
throughout  the  whole  establishment  average  temperature  can  be  secured 
most  contributing  to  vigorous  exertion.  But  the  heat  of  summer  pervades  and 
penetrates  everywhere.  Brought  in  at  every  window  or  opening  for  the  neces- 
sary supply  of  fresh  air  it  cannot  be  shut  out  or  qualified.  It  oppresses  the 
worker  with  a  languor  rarely  experienced  in  out-of-door  avocations, and  renders 
it  impossible  for  him  to  do  so  much  or  do  so  well  as  he  can  easily  do  in  cool 
weather.  Here  where  the  summer  temperature  is  low,  where  it  rises  above  the 
point  of  comfort  only  a  few  days  in   the  whole  season,  operatives  can   perform 


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leu  per  cent,  more  Labor  under  the  same  conditions  than  can  be  done  in  sections 
nut  possessed  of  this  cool  atmosphere.  All  along  the  railroads  are  magnificent 
water-powers  idle  or  only  partially  used,  and  everywhere  fuel  for  steam-power 

can  be  procured  at  a  merely  nominal  figure.  Already  at  Union  and  Wolfe- 
borough,  blanket,  shoe,  and  excelsior  factories  are  located,  while  in  Conway, 
Tamworth,  etc.,  peg  and  spool  mills  do  a  thriving  business. 

Emigration  should  tend  hitherward.  —  Immigrants  from  northwestern 
Europe,  British  Isles.  Germany,  Holland,  Belgium,  Norway,  Sweden,  and  Den- 
mark incur  far  less  risk  to  their  health  in  removing  to  such  a  climate  as  that  of 
Carroll  county  than  to  the  interior,  western,  or  southern  [tortious  of  the  United 
Suites.  Much  of  the  lands  now  considered  worthless  in  the  wilderness  moun- 
tain dist licts  are  better  adapted  to  cultivation  and  will  produce  better  crops 
with  less  labor  than  many  sections  of  Scandinavia  or  Germany. 


CHAPTER   XX. 

STATE   AND    COUNTY    OFFICIALS. 

Delegates  to  Constitutional  <  inventions  —  Early  Eepresentatives —  Classed  Representa- 
tives—Members of  Congress  —  State  Councillors  —  Presidents  of  the  Senate  —  State  Senators 

—  Justices  of  Court  of  Sessions  —  Justices  of  Court  of  Common  Pleas  —  County  Justices  — 
Clerks  of  Superior  Court,  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  and  Supreme  Court  —  Judges  of  Probate 

—  Registers  of  Probate  and  Deeds  —  Treasurers  —  Solicitors  —  Sheriffs  —  Commissioners. 

DELEGATES  to  Constitutional  Conventions.  —  None  of  the  Carroll 
county  towns  were  represented  at  the  Convention  of  1778.  Among  the 
delegates  to  the  convention  at  Exeter,  February  13, 1781,  to  "  consider  the 
Constitution  formed  by  a  Convention  of  the  United  States''  were:  Sandwich 
and  Tamworth,  Daniel  Beede;  Conway,  Eaton,  Burton,  etc.,  David  Page;  Wake- 
field, Effingham,  etc.,  Nicholas  Austin;  Moultonborough,  Tuftonborough, 
Wolfeborough,  and  Ossipee,  Nathaniel  Shannon.  James  Brewer,  of  Sandwich, 
etc.,  appears  also  on  record  as  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  Convention 
of   L781. 

The  Convention  of  1788  which  adopted  the  Federal  Constitution  was  com- 
posed in  a  great  measure  of  the  state's  strongest  men,  and  there  was  much 
diversity  in  their  counsels.  Some  thought  that  it  conferred  too  many  powers 
upon  the  general  government,  and  were  jealous  of  the  rights  to  be  relin- 
guished  by  the  state.     Those  of  the  delegates  from  our  territory  who  believed 


Statk    AND    (  'nl'NTV    <  >  I   I'll  I  A  l.s. 


thus  and   voted    against   adoption   were:    Conway,   Eaton,   Burton,  and    I. 
tions.  David   Page,  Esq.;  Wakefield,  Effingham,  el   ..  \    .,         \.,  ; 
for  adoption  were :  Sandwich  and  Tarn  worth,  Daniel   Beede;   Moultonboro 
Tuftonborough,  Wolfeborough,  and  Ossipee,  Nathaniel  Shan i. 

L791.  Sandwich,  etc.,  Daniel  Beede;  Moultonborough,  etc.,  Colonel  Nathan 
Hoit;  Wakefield,  etc.,  Captain  David  Copp;  Couway,  etc.,  David   Pi 

1850.  Albany,  James  Ham:  Bartlett,  G.  W.  M.  Pitman;  Brookfield,  John 
Churchill;  Chatham,  Russell  Charles ;  Conway,  Joel  Eastman;  Eaton,  Joseph 
E.  Perkins;  Effingham,  Jeremiah  Leavitt ;  Freedom,  Elias  Rice;  Moulton- 
borough, Jonathan  S.  Moulton;  Ossipee,  John  Brown,  Sanborn  B.  Carter; 
Sandwich,  Joseph  Wentworth,  Lewis  Smith;  Tamworth,  True  Perl 
Waketield,  Thomas  W.  Mordough;  Tuftonborough,  Abel  Haley;  Wolfebor- 
ough, Thomas   L.  Whitton,  Henry    B.  Rust. 

1876.  Albany,  Hiram  Mason:  Bartlett,  George  W.  M.  Pitman.  Frank 
George;  Brookfield,  Dudley  C.  Colman;  Chatham,  Osborn  Anderson;  Con- 
way, Hiram  ('.Abbott,  Jeremiah  A.  Farrington;  Eaton,  Benjamin  !•'.  Wake- 
tield; Effingham,  John  V.  Granville:  Freedom,  Stephen  Danforth;  Hart's 
Location,  John  O.  Cobb;  Madison,  James  J.  Merrow;  Moultonborough, 
W.  II.  II.  Mason;  Ossipee,  Sanborn  l>.  Carter.  Samuel  D.  Quarles;  Sandwich, 
John  H.  Plumer,  Paul  Wentworth;  Tamworth,  Nathaniel  Hubbard;  Tufton- 
borough, Marquis  D.  L.  McDuffee ;  Wakefield,  John  W.  Sanborn:  Wolfebor- 
ough, Jethro  R.  Furber,  Thomas  L.  Whitton. 

1889.  Bartlett,  G.  W.  M.  Pitman:  Brookfield,  etc.,  Dudley  C.  Colman; 
Chatham,  Charles  H.  Binford ;  Conway.  Lycurgus  Pitman.  John  B.  Nash; 
Eaton,  Francis  M.  Hatch;  Effingham,  Francisco  W.  Parker:  Freedom, 
William  H.  Furbush;  Jackson,  Hart's  Location,  etc.,  Charles  W.  Gray ;  Albany 
and  Madison,  Augustus  Lary ;  Moultonborough,  Wesley  J.  Wilkins;  Ossipee, 
David  W.Davis;  Sandwich,  Joseph  H.  Quimby;  Tamworth,  Arthur  E.  W 
gin;  Tuftonborough,  James  A.  Bennett:  Waketield,  John  W.  Sanborn: 
Wolfeborough,  Alvah  S.  Libbey,  George  F.  Mathes. 

Members  of  the  House  of  Representatives  for  the  colony  of  New  Hampshire. 
January.  March,  June,  September,  and  November  sessions,  1776.  Leavitts- 
fcown,  Waketield.  and  Middleton,  Mr  Nathaniel  Balch;  Moultonborough,  Sand- 
wich, and  Tamworth,  Daniel  Beede,  Esq.  Wolfeborough  was  classed  with 
New  Durham,  etc. 

1776-December  session,  and  to  December,  1777.  Leavittstown,  etc., 
Simeon  Dearborn:  Moultonborough,  etc.,  Jonathan  Moulton.  Esq.  Conway 
classed   with   Upper  Coos. 

1777-1778.  Leavittstown.  Mr  Nathaniel  Balch:  Moultonborough,  etc., 
Bradley  Richardson,  Esq.;  Wolfeborough,  etc.,  Thomas  Tash.  No  other 
towns  represented. 

1778-1779.     Conway,  Thomas  Chadbourne,   Esq.;    Sandwich,  etc.,   Daniel 


234 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


Beede,  Esq.;  Wakefield,  etc.,  Simeon  Dearborn,  Esq.;  Wolfeborough,  etc., 
Thomas  Tash,  Esq. 

1778-1780.  Wakefield,  etc.,  Simeon  Dearborn,  Esq.;  Sandwich,  etc.,  Jona- 
than .M. Hilton,  Esq.;  Conway,  Thomas  Merrill;  Wolfeborongh,  etc.,  Matthew 
S.  Parker. 

1780-1781.  Wakefield,  etc.,  Simeon  Dearborn;  Sandwich,  etc.,  David 
Folsom,  Esq.      Wolfeborongh   and  Conway  not  represented. 

L781-1782.  Wakefield,  etc.,  Captain  David  Copp;  Sandwich,  etc.,  Daniel 
Beede;  Conway,  etc.,  David  Page. 

The  treaty  of  peace  between  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States  of 
America  was  signed  in  Paris,  September  3,  1783.  The  constitution  containing 
bill  of  rights  and  form  of  government  agreed  upon  by  the  delegates  of  the 
people  of  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  in  a  convention  held  at  Concord  on 
the  first  Tuesday  of  Jane,  1783,  had  been  submitted  to  and  approved  by  the 
people,  and  established  by  their  delegates  in  convention,  October  31,  1783,  to 
take  effect  in  June,  1784. 

June  2,  1784,  the  first  legislature  under  the  State  Constitution  met  at 
Concord.  It  was  perhaps  as  distinguished  a  body  of  men  as  ever  met  for 
council  or  deliberation  in  the  limits  of  this  state.  Those  from  the  towns  of 
Carroll  county  were :  Sandwich  and  Tamworth,  Daniel  Beede,  Esq. ;  Moulton- 
borough,  Tuftonborough,  and  Ossipee  Gore,  Colonel  Bradbury  Richardson; 
Wakefield,  Effingham,  etc.,  Captain  David  Copp;  Conway,  Eaton,  Burton  and 
Locations,  Colonel  David  Page.  These  members  were  paid  six  shillings  a  day 
for  their  services. 

CLASSED  REPRESENTATIVES   FROM   1805. 

[COMPILED   FROM   NEW   HAMPSHIRE  REGISTERS   BY   ARTHUR   R.    KIMBALL,   OF   THE   STATE 

LIBRARY.] 


Silas  Meserve. 


A.  1805.  —  Adams,  <  'hathain ;  Loca- 
tions ami  Gores  :  —  T. 
( lhadbourne's,  Gaffer's, 
M.  II.  We  n  (worth's, 
Rogers  and  Treadwell's, 
Martin's,  Tlieo.  Dame's, 
Sherburne's,  et.  al.,.Tno. 
Hurd'S,  Stephen  Hol- 
land's, Arch  Stark's, 
Samuel  Hale's,  Francis 
Green's,  R  i  a  d  ge  and 
Pierces',  Vere  Royce's, 
Win.  Stark's,  Philip 
Bailey's,  Robert  Fur 
nass'.-,  Samuel  Gilmans, 
McMillan's,  David  Gil- 
man's,  Gridley's,  Gray's, 
Nash  ami  Sawyer's.  J 

1806.—  Same  as  A,  IMC),  ami  Bartlett, 

Silas  .Meserve. 


1807.  — Same   as  A,  1806,    save  j 

Theo.    Dame's    Loca- J  Silas  Meserve. 

tion.  ' 

1808. —  Same  as  A,  1807,  Silas  Meserve. 
1S0O.—  Class  A,  1807,  Silas  Meserve. 

1810.  —  Class  A,  1807,  Silas  Meserve. 

1811.  — Class  A,  1807,  Silas  Meserve. 
1812. -Class  A,  1806,  save  the") 

several  Locations  and  j 

Gores     therein     men-  [  David  Badger. 

tioned  (Adams,  Chat-  | 

ham,  and  Bartlett).       J 

1813.  — Ciass  A,  1S12,  save  Chat-  , 

ham,    Adams,    and { David  Badger. 
Bartlett.  ' 

1814.  — Class  A,  1813,  J.  Pendexter. 

1815.  — Class  A,  1813,  J.  Pendexter. 

1816.  —  Class  A,  1812,  Asa  Eastman. 

1817.  — Class  A,  1812,  J.  Pendexter,  Jr. 
1818. —  Class  A,  1813,  Jonathan  Meserve. 


State   and  <  !ountt    <  >ffici  \i.s. 


l.siii.  —  Class  A,  1818,  Jonathan  (deserve. 
1830.—  Class  A,  1818,  J.  Pendexter,  Jr. 
1821.     (  lass  \.  1818,  Btophen  Meserve. 

1823.  Class  A,  1818,  Stephen  Meserve. 
182  I.     Class  A,  1818,  Stephen  Meserve. 

1824.  Class  a.  L818,  Stephen  Meserve. 

1825.  i  la--  a,  1818,  Stephen  Meserve. 
IS26.  -Class  Sl,  1813,  J.  Pendexter,  Jr. 
ls-27.  —  <  la--  a.  1818,  Stephen  Meserve. 
[828.     Class  A,  1818,  Stephen  Meserve. 

No  classed  towns  In  1829  and  1830. 
1881.  —  Barton  and  Chatham,  Samuel  Dearing. 

Jackson  and  Bartlett,  George  P.  Meserve. 
1832.      Barton  and  Chatham,  L.  Richardson. 

Bartlett  and  Jackson,  George  P.  Meserve. 
1883.—  Albany  and  Chatham,  David  Allard,  Jr. 
1834.      \  Ibanj  and  Chatham,  J.  K.  Eastman. 
isi.'i.  —  Aliian\  and  Chatham,  Samuel  Dearing. 
1836.     Albany  and  Chatham,  Reuben  Wyman. 
k:t.  —  a iiiany  and  ( lhatham, Samuel  W .  Merrill. 
1838.— Albany  and  Chatham,  Reuben  Wyman. 
1839.— Albany  and  Chatham,  Samuel  W.  Merrill. 


i  >  in-  l    Perkins. 


1840.      klban     ind  Clial 

1843.         \ll.:in;.  .  ,i  [>||tc, 

1  

1879.     -lari,-, ,n.  Llvermi  ,,     , 

Han  a  Location.  > 

1880  Bl       Jacl and  Llv-  /,,     , 

111 V,  I 

1882  83      Albanj  and  Madison, Josian  H.  ii 

Mart-   Location 

and  Jackson. 

1884  85.  —  Albanj  and  Madison,  Jan 

Jackson  and  Hart's  /  ,    ..    , 

;  .i    B.  Prlcl 
Location. 

IS86  -7.      Albanj  and  Madiaon, William  Kennctl 

Jackson     and 

Hart's  Loca  '  <  mslow  P.  Oilman. 

tlon,  etc.        ' 

18S8-89.  -  Allium    and  I  ,  .        ...... 

Langdon  M.  Aiki. 
Madison.    ' 

Ja<  kson  and  Hart's  / , „        .... 

e  B.  Perkins. 

Location.  > 


Representatives  in  Congress.  —  Obed  Hall,  Bartlett,  1811;  Benning  M. 
Bean,  Moultonborough,  1833-1837. 

State  Councillors.  —  Samuel  Quarles,  Ossipee,  1814, 1815,  181<'» ;  John  M. 
Page,  Tamworth,  1817,  1818,  1819;  Richard  Odell,  Conway,  1820,  1821,  L822; 
Daniel  Hoit,  Sandwich,  1825,  1826;  Benning  M.  Bean,  Moultonborough, 
L829;  Richard  Russell.  Wakefield,  1832;  Henry  15.  Rust,  Wolfeborough,  1840, 
1S41  ;  John  C.  Young,  Wolfeborough,  1846:  Zebulon  Pease,  Freedom.  Is  17. 
1848;  Abel  Haley,  Tuftonborough,  1853,  1854;  Thomas  L.  Whitton,  Wolfe- 
borough, 1858,  1859 ;  John  W.  Sanborn,  Wakefield,  1863;  John  M.  Bracket*, 
Wolfeborough,  1864,  1865;  Ezra  Gould,  Sandwich,  1870 ;  Alphonso  1 1.  Hum. 
Wolfeborough,  1871  ;  Moulton  H.  Marston,  Sandwich,  18.75,  ls7i'<:  Arthur  L. 
Meserve,  Bartlett,  1881,  1883. 

Presidents  of  Tin-  Senate.  —  Benning  M.  Bean,  Moultonborough,  1832; 
George  W.  M.  Pitman,  Bartlett.  1871  ;  John  W.Sanborn.  Wakefield,  1875. 

State  Senators.  —  Nathan  Hoit,  .Moultonborough.  IT'.'T.  1798,  1790: 
Nathaniel  Shannon.  Moultonborough,  1805,  1806,  1807.  1808,1817,  1818; 
Samuel  Quarles,  Ossipee,  1810,1811,1812;  Daniel  Hoit,  Sandwich,  1820,  1821, 
1822,  1823;  Benning  M.  Bean,  Moultonborough,  1824,  1825,  1826,  1831  ;  Ezekiel 
Wentworth,  Ossipee,  1829,1830;  Henry  B.  Rust,  Wolfeborough,  L830  ;  Jona- 
than T.  ('has.-.  Conway,  1835,  1836;  Neal  McGaffey,  Sandwich,  1837,  1- 
Zebulon  Pease,  Freedom.  1843,  L844;  Artemas  Harmon,  Eaton,  1846;  Abel 
Haley,  Tuftonborough,  1850,  1851  ;  Joseph  Pitman,  Bartlett,  1851  ;  Obed  Hall, 
Tamworth,  1854,  1856;  Larkin  I).  Mason,  Tamworth,  1855 ;  Samuel  Emerson, 
Moultonborough,  L859;  W.  II.  II.  Mason.  Moultonborough,  L865 ;  Edwin 
Pease,  Conway,  1868;  Ezra  Gould,  Sandwich,  1869;  G.  W.  M.  Pitman, 
Bartlett.  1870,  1871;  Otis  O.  Hatch,  Tamworth.  1873:  John  W.  Sanborn, 
Wakefield.  1874,  1875;  Levi  T.  Haley,  Wolfeborough,  1883;  Asa  M.  Bracket*, 
Wakefield,  1885;   Lycurgus  Pitman,  Conway,  lvx7. 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


Justices  of  Court  of  Sessions.  —  John  Pendexter,  Bartlett,  C.  J.,  1820; 
Samuel  Quarles,  Ossipee,  1821,  18^2;  Samuel  Quarles,  Ossipee,  and  John  M. 
Page,  Tamworth,  L823;  Samuel  Quarles,  C.  J.,  Ossipee,  and  John  M.  Page, 
Tamworth,  L825. 

Justices  of  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  —  John  Pendexter,  Jr,  Bartlett,  1833, 
L842;  (Firsl  District)  Samuel  Quarles,  Ossipee,  1821.  [Henry  B.  Rust, 
Wolfeborough,  Strafford  county.] 

n ni ii  Justices.  Court  of  Common  Pleas. — Obed  Hall,  Bartlett,  1805; 
Nathan  Hoit,  Moultonborough,  1809,  1810,  1811;  Silas  Meserve,  Bartlett,  1811 ; 
Nathaniel  Rogers,  Wolfeborough,  and  John  Crocker,  Eaton,  1841,  1842; 
Nathaniel  Rogers  and  Thomas  P.  Drake,  Effingham,  1843,  1844,  1845,  1846; 
Thomas  Rust,  Wolfeborough,  and  Thomas  P.  Drake,  1847,  1848,  1849,  1850, 
L851,  L852,  1853,  1854. 

Clerks  of  Superior  Court  and  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  —  Francis  R. 
Chase,  Conway,  1841,  1842,  1843,  1844,  1845,  1846,  1847,  1848. 

Clerk  of  Superior  Court,  —  Francis  R.  Chase,  1849,  1850,  1851,  1852,  1853, 
L854,  1855. 

Clerks  of  Supreme  Court.  —  William  M.  Weed,  Sandwich,  1856  to  1874; 
William  A.  Heard,  Sandwich,  1874  to  1887  ;  Aldo  M.  Rumery,  Ossipee,  1887, 
present  incumbent. 

Judges  of  Probate,  —  Henry  Rust,  Wolfeborough  (Strafford  county),  1773  ; 
Ebenezer  L.  Hall,  Bartlett  (Coos  county),  1811 ;  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  Conway, 
1841  to  1856;  Joel  Eastman,  Conway,  1856  to  1868;  Larkin  D.  Mason,  Tam- 
worth, 1868  to  1874.  G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  Bartlett,  1874  to  1876;  Larkin  D. 
Mason,  Tamworth,  1876  to  1880;  David  H.  Hill,  Sandwich,  1880,  present 
incumbent. 

Registers  of  Probate,  —  Obed  Hall,  Tamworth,  1840  to  1851 ;  Sanborn  B. 
Carter.  Ossipee,  1851  to  1856;  Daniel  G.  Beede,  Sandwich,  1856  to  1872; 
C.  W.  Wilder,  Conway,  1872  to  1876  ;  Samuel  B.  Wiggin,  Sandwich,  1876  to 
1879;  Jeremiah  A.  Farriugton,  Conway,  1879  to  1883;  J.  C.  L.  Wood,  Con- 
way, L883  to  1885;  Edgar  Weeks,  Ossipee,  1885  to  1887;  Dana  J.  Brown, 
1887,  present  incumbent. 

Registers  of  Deeds. — Isaac  Thurston  (appointed)  served  from  February  15, 
to  A  |  nil  20,  1841  ;  Joseph  Wentworth,  Sandwich,  1841,1842;  Loammi  Hardy, 
Wolfeborough,  1843,  1844,  1845,  1846,  1847,  1848,  1849,  1850,  1851,  1852, 
L853,  1854,  1855,  1856,  1857,  1858,  1859,  1860,  1861,  1862,  1863,  1864,  1865, 
Is.;,;,  L867,  L868,  L869,  1870,  1871,1872,  1873;  Sanborn  B.Carter,  Ossipee, 
L874,  L875,  1876,  1877,  1878,  1879,  1880;  Aldo  M.  Rumery,  Ossipee,  1881, 
L882,  1883,  1884,  1885,  1886,  1887;  James  O.  Gerry,  Ossipee,  1887,  present 
incumbent. 

Treasurers.  —  George  P.  Meserve,  Jackson,  1839,  1840  ;  John  P.  Pitman, 
Bartlett,  1840,  1841,  1842,  1843,  1844;  Zebulon  Pease,  Freedom,  1841,  1842; 


State   and   Coi  n  r\    <  >fficj  \i.s. 


Brackett    Wiggin,    Ossipee,    L843,    L844;    Joshua    N.    C'ate,    Brooktield,   l 
1846;  Dudley  Pike,  Brookfield,  isiT.   L848;    Moulton   II.    Marstou,  Sand 
1849,   L850;  Stephen  W.  Perkins,  Eaton,   L851,   L852;    I.  .i,,,,,. 

1853,1854,1855;    Daniel  Brackett,  Wakefield,   L856;     \. ..,,•,  <;.  Smith,  Tam- 
worth, is.')?,    1858;    Moses  Merrill,  Ossipee,  1859,   I860;    John  <i.  Robi 
Tamworth,    1861,    1862;    Benjamin    .M.   Mason.   Moultonborough,   1863,   1864; 
Alvin    M.   Davis.    Freedom,  1865,   1866;   Thomas  Nute,  Ossipee,    1867,    I 

1869;    Jacob    Manson,    ( >ssipee,    1870,    1871;    Joseph    W.    G Iwin,    W 

borough,  1872,  1873;  John  Haley,  Tuftonborough,  1874,  1875;  Joseph  Q. 
Roles,  Ossipee,  1876, 1877, 1878 ;  Charles  W.  Fall,  Ossipee,  1-7'.'.  1880,  1881, 
1882,1883;  Henry  W.  Furber,  Wolfeborough,  1883,  1884,  1885,  1886,  1887; 
George  I.  Philbrick,  Freedom,  1887,  present  incumbent. 

Solicitors.  —  Zachariah  Batchelder,  Wolfeborough,  1841,  1842,  1843,  1844, 
1845;  Sanborn  B.  Carter.  Ossipee,  1846,  1847,  is  18.  1849,  L850;  Samuel 
Emerson,  Moultonborough,  1851,1852,  1853,  1854,  1855;  Luther  I).  Sawyer, 
Ossipee.  1856,  1857,  1858,  1859,  I860:  Charles  Chesley,  Wakefield,  1861,  1862, 
1863;  Josiah  II.  Hobbs,  Madison,  1864,  1865,  1866,  1867,  1868,  L869,  1870, 
1871,  1872,  1873;  Oliff  C.  Moulton,  Ossipee.  1874,  187.7:  Buel  C.  Carter, 
Wolfeborough,  1876,  1877;  Paul  Wentworth,  Sandwich,  1877,  1878,  1-7'.'. 
1880;  John  B.  Nash,  Conway,  1881,  1882,  1883,  1884:  Frederick  B.  Osgood, 
Conway,  1885,  1886,  1887,  1888;  Paul  Wentworth,  1889,  present  incumbent. 

Sheriffs.  —  Obed  Hall,  Bartlett,  1812;  George  P.  Meserve,  Jackson,  1839, 
1840,  1841  :  James  Garvin,  Wakefield,  1841,  1842.  1843,  1844,  1845;  Jonathan 
Wedgewood,  Effingham,  1846,  1847,  1848,  1849,  1850;  Joseph  Wei, i worth. 
Sandwich,  1851,  1852,  1853,  1854,  1855;  Enoch  Remick,  Tamworth.  1856, 
1857,1858,1859,1860;  Charles  H.  Parker,  Wolfeborough,  1861,  1862,  1863, 
1864;  Leavitt  H.  Eastman,  Conway,  1865,  1866, 1867,  1868,  1869,  1870,  1871, 
1-72.  1873;  Levi  T.  Haley,  Wolfeborough,  1874,  1875;  John  Demeritt,  Effing- 
ham, 1876,  1877,  1878;  Levi  T.  Haley,  Wolfeborough,  1879,  1880,  1882  to  July 
1,1883;  Andrew  J.  Milliken,  Wakefield,  1883,  1884,  1885,  1886,  1887,  1888, 
1  889,  present  incumbent. 

Coi:ntv  Commissioners.  —  G.  W.  M.  Pitman  (Bartlett),  John  X.  Lord 
(Freedom),  Augustine  D.Avery  (Wolfeborough),  1856,  1857;  John  N.  Lord. 
(..  W.  M.  Pitman,  Charles  Nowell  (Wolfeborough),  1858;  G.  W.  M.  Pitman, 
Charles  Nowell,  Arthur  ('.  Quimby  (Sandwich).  1859;  Charles  Nowell, 
Arthur  C.  Quimby,  Christopher  W.  Wilder  (Conway),  I860;  A.  I  .  Quimby, 
C.  W.  Wilder.  Joseph  Q.  Roles  (Ossipee),  1861  ;  C.  W.  Wilder.  J.  Q.  I: 
Ebenezer  Garvin  (Wakefield),  1862;  J.  Q.  Holes.  E.  Garvin,  Cyrus  K.  Drake 
(Effingham),  1863;  E.  Garvin,  C.  K  Drake.  Joseph  E.  Perkins  (Eaton), 
1864;  Philip  D.  Blaisdell  (Tuftonborough),  C.  K.  Drake.  J.  E.  Perkins,  i 
P.  1).  Blaisdell,  J?E.  Perkins.  Joseph  B.  Trickey  (Jackson,.  I860;  P.  D. 
Blaisdell.  J.  B.  Trickey,  Alphonzo  II.  Lust  (Wolfeborough),  186-1 ;  Joseph   B. 


History   of  Carroll  County. 


Trickey,  A.  II.  Rust,  Bennett  1'.  Strout  (Conway),  1868;  A.  H.  Rust,  B.  P. 
Strout,  Joseph  Pitman,  Jr  (Bartlett),  1869;  B.  P.  Strout,  J.  Pitman,  Jr,  John 
M.  Emerson  (Moultonborough),  1870;  J.  Pitman,  Jr,  J.  M.  Emerson,  Her- 
bert F.  Stevens  (Wakefield),  1871;  J.  M.  Emerson,  H.  F.  Stevens,  George 
!•'.  Lord  (  Freedom),  L872,  L873;  G.  F.  Lord,  Silas  Snow  (Eaton),  Asa  Chan- 
dler (Chatham),  1874;  Jonathan  VV.  Sanborn  (Brookfield),  S.  Snow,  A. 
Chandler,  1875;  A.  Chandler,  J.  W.  Sanborn,  Arthur  L.  Meserve  (Bartlett), 
L876;  A.  Chandler,  J.  W.  Sanborn,  A.  E.  Meserve,  1877;  A.  L.  Meserve, 
John  II.  Plumer  (Sandwich),  Charles  H.  Osgood  (Conway),  1878;  Hezekiah 
Wilhmd  (Wolfeborough),  J.  H.  Plumer,  C.  H.  Osgood,  1879;  H.  Willand, 
J.  H.  Plumer,  C.  H.  Osgood,  1880;  Jacob  Manson  (Ossipee),  Lowell  Ham 
(Tamworth),  James  O.  (Jerry  (Madison),  1881  to  July,  1883;  John  F.  Fox 
(Tuftonborough),  Edwin  F.  Brown  (Moultonborough),  John  Hodge  (Jack- 
son), 1883  to  188") ;  Jeremiah  A.  Farrington  (Conway),  Alfred  Brown  (Wolfe- 
borough),  Robert  H.  Pike  (Wakefield),  1885  to  1887;  R.  H.  Pike,  Edwin 
Snow  (Eaton),  Walter  A.  Sherburne  (Wolfeborough),  1887  to  1889;  Edwin 
Snow,  \V.  A.  Sherburne,  Samuel  G.  Wentworth  (Moultonborough),  1889 
to  1*91. 


CHAPTER   XXL 

COURTS    AND   COUNTY    BUILDINGS. 

History  of  the  Courts  —  The  Superior  Court  of  Judicature  —  The  Inferior  Court  of 
<  lommou  Picas  —  The  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace  —  Probate  Court  —  Trial  Terms 
—  Court-House  —  County  Farm,  House,  and  Jail. 

JISTORY    of    the    Courts.  —  Previous    to    1770  the    whole    of    New 
Hampshire,  for  all  financial  and  judicial  purposes,  was  a  single  court. 
r  All  business  of  a  public  nature  was  transacted  at  Portsmouth,  Exeter, 

and  Dover;  and  the  bulk  of  it  at  Portsmouth,  which  had  a  population  of 
over  four  thousand,  was  the  residence  of  the  royal  executive  officers,  and 
practically  the  provincial  capital.  As  the  province  increased  in  population, 
other  and  smaller  political  divisions,  with  suitable  courts,  were  demanded  by 
the  people.  John  Wentworth,  the  second  of  that  name,  was  appointed 
governor  in  1767,  and  one  of  his  first  measures  considered  the  formation 
of  various  counties  in  the  province,  and  the  creation  of  a  judicial  system 
of  adequate  proportions.  The  matter  was  debated  in  several  sessions  of  the 
assembly,  favored  by  the  governor  as  calculated  to  develop  the  province 
/;l"    objed    to    which    he    devoted    all    his    energies),    and    opposed    by   the 


(  JOTJRTS     AND    (  lOUNTY     I'.i  il  in 


residents  of  the  three  principal  towns  and  contiguous  country,  with   tin 
thai   it  would  increase   the   provincial   expenses  without   corresponding 
fcages.     The  discussion  was   1  i 1 1 : 1 1 1  \    ended  by  a   division  of  the   province   into 
five   counties,   with   an   ample  judiciary   system.     The  acl    constituting 
took  effect  in  the  spring  of  1771,  and  was  entitled  "  An    Acl    for  dividing  the 
Province   into  Counties,  and    for   the   more  easy   administration   of    Justice." 
This  act  created  three  courts  of  justice       the  Superior  Courl   of  Judicature 
the   Inferior  Court   of  Common   Pleas,  and  the  Court  of  General   Sessio 

The  Superior  Court  of  Judicature  had  cognizance  of  all  questions  of  law 
and  divorce,  and  finally  was  clothed  with  equity  powers,  and  was  intended 
as  the  supreme  tribunal  of  the  province.  It  existed  until  L813,  when  the 
Federalists,  then  in  power  in  the  state,  to  get  rid  of  politically  obnoxious 
judges,  abolished  it,  and  erected  the  Superior  -Judicial  Court,  which  was  over- 
turned in  18K!  by  the  Democratic  Republicans,  and  the  Superior  Courl  of 
Judicature  reerected.  No  attempt  was  made  to  interfere  with  this  courl  of  lasl 
resort  until  1855,  when,  under  the  brief  term  of  power  of  the  "Know-Noth- 
ing" party,  il  was  again  abolished  and  the  Supreme  .Judicial  Courl  re-created. 
This  was  superseded  in  1874  by  the  Superior  Court  of  .Judicature,  which 
continued  in  being-  until  1876,  when  it  was  succeeded  by  the  presenl  Supreme 
Court.  It  would  appear  that  the  legislature  could,  constitutionally,  get  rid  of 
obnoxious  judges  by  changing  the  name  and  some  of  the  minor  functions  of 
a  court  :  and  the  great  height  to  which  partisanship  has  been  carried  has 
almost  caused  tins  court  to  be  a  mere  shuttlecock  in  the  hands  of  the 
legislature. 

The  Inferior  Court  of  Common  Pleas  was  the  court  for  the  disposition  and 
settlement  of  all  ordinary  controversies.  It  continued  in  existence  under  the 
name  first  given  it,  and  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  from  1771  until  L859, 
except  for  five  years,  from  1820  to  1825,  when  it  was  discontinued.  In  1859  it 
was  abolished  and  its  business  transferred  to  the  Supreme  Judicial  (dun.  It 
was  again  revived  in  1874,  and  after  two  years'  existence  its  business  was 
handed   over  to  the  Supreme   Court. 

The  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace  had  for  its  judges  all  the 
justices  in  commission  of  the  county.  It  had  a  limited  jurisdiction  in  criminal 
complaints  and  was  accompanied  by  a  grand  and  petit  jury.  It  had  the  entire 
control  of  the  financial  affairs  of  the  county.  The  number  of  justices  com- 
posing the  court  depended  on  the  number  in  commission,  sometimes  more. 
sometimes  less,  and  the  law  did  not  require  the  justice  to  reside  in  the  county 
tor  which  he  was  commissioned,  and  it  was  a  matter  of  choice  with  the  justices 
as  to  how  many  should  sit  at  any  particular  term.  It  was  a  cumbersome  and 
unwieldly  institution,  and  in  1 7*. >4  its  functions  were  given  to  the  <  ourt  ol 
Common  Pleas;  some  of  the  judges  of  the  last  court,  called  side  ju 
attending  to  financial  and  special  committees  formed  to  la\  out  highway-.     In 


240  History  of   Carroll  County. 


I  855  a  board  of  county  commissioners  was  created  to  act  with  the  court  in 
conducting  the  financial  matters  of  the  county  and  in  laying  out  highways. 
By  tlif  organization  of  this  board  the  services  of  side  judges  were  dispensed 
with. 

The  sessions  docket,  now  a  branch  of  the  business  of  the  general  term  of 
the  Supreme  Court,  but  formerly  of  the  Common  Pleas,  is  all  that  now  remains 
of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions  of  the  Peace,  and  treats  only  of  entries  for 
the  laying  out  of  highways. 

Probate  Court.  —This  has  jurisdiction  of  the  probate  of  wills,  of  granting 
administrations,  and  of  all  matters  and  things  of  probate  jurisdiction  relating 
to  the  sale,  sett  lenient,  and  final  distribution  of  the  estates  of  deceased  persons. 

I I  has  original  jurisdiction  in  relation  to  the  adoption  of  children,  assignments 
dt'  dower  and  homesteads  in  estate  of  deceased  persons,  in  the  appointment  and 
removal  of  guardians  of  minors,  insane  persons,  spendthrifts,  together  with 
other  powers  unnecessary  to  mention.  It  has  been  also  a  court  of  insolvency 
for  some  years. 

The  Trial  Terms  for  the  County  of  Carroll  are  held  at  Ossipee  on  the  third 
Tuesday  of  each  April  and  October. 

The  Probate  Court  is  held  at  Conway  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  January,  May, 
and  September;  at  West  Ossipee  on  first  Tuesday  of  February,  June,  and 
October:  at  Ossipee  Corner  on  first  Tuesday  of  March,  July,  and  November; 
at  Wolfboro  Junction  on  first  Tuesday  of  April,  August,  and  December. 

Court-House.  —  In  1839  the  northern  part  of  Strafford  county  had 
attained  such  importance  and  had  so  much  business  in  the  courts  that  the 
county  delegation  of  that  year  decided  to  build  a  court-house  in  that  section 
and  hold  regular  terms  of  court  there.  This  action  occurred  on  Saturday,  and 
the  delegation  adjourned  to  meet  for  further  consideration  of  the  subject  on 
Monday  afternoon  at  four  o'clock.  Ossipee  was  represented  in  this  delegation 
by  a  keen,  far-seeing  man  of  great  executive  ability,  Asa  Beaeham,  who  at 
once  saw  that  the  town  who  could  present  the  most  liberal  offer  on  Monday 
would  be  the  one  most  likely  to  secure  the  location.  Immediately  he  started 
for  Ossipee  (a  long  ride  by  private  eonve3rance),  and  as  the  county  delegation 
was  going  up  the  steps  to  meet  on  Monday,  joined  them.  The  question  of  the 
location  came  up,  and  Mr  Beaeham  handed  to  the  chairman  a  subscription  list 
of  1850  seen  led  by  him  during  his  brief  visit  home.  This  was  to  be  applied 
toward  the  building  of  the  court-house  if  it  was  located  in  Ossipee.  No  other 
town  had  any  proposition  to  make,  and  Mr  Beaeham  succeeded  in  getting  the 
location.  The  building  was  at  once  built,  in  season  for  the  April,  1840,  term 
of  Strafford  county  court  of  common  pleas  which  was  held  there.  Carroll 
county  was  created  in  that  year,  and  had  a  court-house  already  provided  upon 
its  organization.  Thus  did  Ossipee  become  the  county-seat  through  the  energy 
of  Mr  Beaeham  and  the  public  spirit  of  Judge  Quarles  and  other  citizens. 


('OUKTS     AND     (    <>l    NT\       I'.l    ll.m  ._.  ,  , 


The  court-house  is  sixty-four  by  forty  feel  in  u  e,  and  two  stories  high 
mounted    by  a  belfry  of  appropriate  heighl    containing  a  bell.     A  brick  wing 
twelve  feel  square  and  two  stories  in  height  was  built  in   L856,  making  twi 
proof  rooms  for  the  preservation  of  records,  etc.     At   the  same  time  the  house 

was  raised  and  remodeled.  Iii  L887  a  similar  wing  was  buill  on  the  other  side 
of  the  house.  The  building  now  contains  a  court-room  forty-five  by  forty  feet, 
offices  for  the  registers  of  deeds  and  probate,  clerk  of  the  court,  county  clerk, 
and  county  commissioners,  and  four  capacious  and  safe  depositories  of  county 
and  other  documents. 

Counts  Farm,  House,  and  Jail.  — In  18bM.i  the  county  commission! 
on  behalf  of  the  county  purchased  two  farms  containing  two  hundred  and  fifty 
a.ics  of  Land  in  Ossipee  for  a  county  farm.  The  farms  were  aboul  one  mile 
from  Ossipee  station  in  a  tine,  commanding  situation,  of  excellent  soil,  and  the 
commissioners  could  not  have  equaled  the  advantages  here  presented  in  an\ 
other  part  of  the  county.  The  citizens  of  Ossipee  contributed  about  one 
thousand  of  the  live  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  purchase  money. 

In  1*70  the  house  was  erected  substantially  as  it  is  at  present.  The  main 
part  is  sixty  by  thirty-four  feet  in  size,  with  practically  three  stories;  the  L 
part  seventy  by  thirty-six  feet,  three  stories  high:  the  woodshed  sixty  b\ 
twenty  feet,  two  stories  high,  the  upper  one  fitted  up  as  ;i  ward  for  insane 
inmates.     The  work  was  well  done  and  the  house  well  planned  for  its  purpose. 

One  of  the  finest  barns  in  the  northern  pari  of  the  state  was  built  on  this 
farm  in  1874  at  a  cost  of  six  thousand  dollars.  It  was  one  hundred  and  twenty 
feet  long,  forty-live  wide,  with  a  cellar  costing  one  thousand  dollars.  This  was 
burned  December  15,  1884,  by  an  Indian  boy  of  eleven  years,  who  having 
obtained  a  match  set  fire  to  the  hay  in  front  of  the  cattle  to  see  them  jump. 
The  barn  was  consumed  with  twenty  cattle  and  other  property  amounting  to 
three  thousand  dollars.  Another  barn  was  built  in  1885.  This  was  our 
hundred  feet  long  and  forty-five  feet  wide,  and  cost  three  thousand  two 
hundred   dollars. 

In  L871  a  jail  thirty-six:  by  fourteen  feet  in  size,  with  four  double  cells,  was 
built  as  an  annex  to  the  county  house.     The  superintendent  is  the  jailer. 

Fifty  acres  have  been  added  to  the  farm  since  the  original  purchase.  The 
institution  has  accommodations  for  eighty  persons;  the  average  number  of 
inmates  for  the  last  years  has  been  sixty.  There  has  been  a  great  increase  in 
the  number  of  insane  in  recent  years  :  there  are  now  twenty  cases  among  the 
inmates,  ten  of  them  incurable. 

The  superintendents  have  been  Thomas  Xute,  one  year:  Sias  M.  Giles, 
three  years  (died  in  office) ;  Jacob  Manson,  three  years;  Porter  Philbrick,  three 
years;  W.  A.  Sherburne,  three  years;  Jacob  Manson  from  L884. 


242  History  of   Carroll   County. 


CHAPTER  XXII. 

COURTS,  lawyers,  and  notable  trials. 

BY  HON.    DAVID   II.    HILL. 

The  night  of  oblivion  so  quickly  throws  into  obscurity  the  lame  and  merits,  the  talents  and  worth,  and 
especially  the  individual  characteristics  of  lawyers,  —  most  of  whom  possess  some  marked  peculiarity  worthy 
of  remembrance,     that  1  think  every  one  must  be  pleased  with  this  design. —  Colonel  Thomas  J.  Whipple. 

SCARCELY  ;t  half-century  has  passed  since  the  political  creation  of  Carroll 
county;  ye1  in  that  brief  space,  so  short  in  the  great  sweep  of  ages, 
so  vast  in  the  history  of  two  generations,  much  has  transpired  that  should 
not  be  forgotten,  and  many  men  of  marked  personality  have  been  notable 
actors  on  the  scene,  whose  memory  should  be  preserved  for  the  generations  to 
come.  Their  molding  fingers  have  shaped  the  institutions  of  the  state ;  their 
wisdom  is  impressed  upon  its  legal  lore  ;  and  their  penetrating  voices  have 
been  heard  above  the  uproar  of  an  exciting  age.  When  a  later  generation 
shall  take  the  places  of  those  now  living,  or  recently  dead,  and  gather  "ripe 
clusters  of  wisdom  from  their  experience,"  they  will  have  gone  to  mingle  with 
things  mysterious  and  eternal,  like  birds  of  passage,  the  stridor  of  whose  great 
wings  breaks  for  a  moment  the  sky's  deep  silence;  then  pass  to  the  unseen, 
unknown,  and  unheard  "in  realms  beyond  our  sphere."  In  some  degree  it  is 
hoped  the  purpose  of  these  brief  sketches  may  be  accomplished  by  preserving, 
as  truthfully  as  may  be,  some  pictures  of  these  stern,  material  men,  whose 
names  were,  or  even  now  are,  household  words  on  the  lips  of  many. 

By  an  act  of  the  legislature  of  1839,  the  court  of  common  pleas  was  to  be 
held  at  Ossipee,  annually,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  April,  in  and  for  the  county 
of  Strafford,  but  it  was  provided  that  "no  grand  jury  should  ever  attend,  or  be 
drawn  or  summoned  to  attend,  the  term  of  said  court  already  established."  At 
the  April  term  of  this  court,  in  1840,  the  eminent  jurist,  John  James  Gilchrist, 
was  the  presiding  judge;  Thomas  Drake,  of  Effingham,  and  Nathaniel  Rogers, 
of  Wolfeborough,  were  side  judges  ;  Francis  R.  Chase  was  clerk,  and  Jonathan 
Wedgewood,  of  Effingham,  high  sheriff.  On  those  cases  so  entered,  or  perhaps 
transferred  from  the  old  Strafford  docket,  appear  the  names  of  forty-seven 
lawyers,  among  whom  were  men  very  eminent  in  after  years.  Three  at  least 
became  judges  of  the  highest  court  in  the  state;  three  became  United  States 

ttors;  one  became  minister  to  the  court  of  Spain;  one  a  justice  of  the 
United  States  Supreme  Court:  and  one  a  President  of  the  United  States. 

Of  those  who  have  passed  their  active  lives  in  the  county  we  shall  speak 
more  fully  than  of  those  who  were  born  here  but  who  made  their  reputations  in 


Courts,   Lawyers,   am.   Notable   Tria 


other  states  and  counties  ;  and  we  hope  so  to  presenl  them  thai  thej  may 
momenl  step  from  the  halls  of  their  mysterious  silence  thai  the  world 
once  more  on  them   in  their  manliness,  their   dignity,  their 

austerity,  ami  their  genialitj  . 

When  the  writer  of  these  sketches  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  in 
L865,  in  April,  the  \vn  day  thai  the  funeral  observances  in  honor  of  Abraham 
Lincoln  were  taking  place,  the  members  of  the  Carroll  bar  were  nearly  all  i 
men.  Among  them  were  Samuel  Emerson,Ira  Bean,  Obed  Hall,  Joel  Eastman, 
Josiah  Dearborn,  Zachariah  Batchelder,  Luther  I).  Sawyer,  Sanborn  l'».  Carter, 
and  Edwin  Tease — all  gone  "  into  the  Silent  land/'  their  eyes  forever  closed 
on  the  great  lights  of  the  material  universe. 

Famous  Lawyers.  —  In  addition  to  the  resident  lawyers  who  constantly 
practised  in  the  county,  it  can  hardly  he  amiss  to  speak  of  those  in  other  coun- 
ties who  have  occasionally  practised  in  this  county  court.  The  eleganl  and 
genial  and  courtly  Franklin  Pierce;  the  massive  Christie,  who  was  the  worthy 
rival  of  the  professional  giants  of  New  England  :  the  melodious  and  persuasive 
James  Hell  :  John  P.  Male,  whose  marvelous  tact  was  ever  present,  and  who. 
when  occasion  demanded,  could  "soar  to  the  gates  of  light";  Nathan  Clifford, 
a  ponderous  volume  of  learning;  and  many  others  of  equal  distinction  whose 
names  should  be  written  in  this  book.  We  scarcely  dare  speak  of  them,  for  with 
many  we  had  little  or  no  personal  acquaintance,  and  only  knew  them  by  tradi- 
tion and  their  recorded  contributions  to  the  legal  lore  of  the  state.  Nor  must 
we  omit  the  attorneys-general  of  the  state  who,  by  virtue  of  their  office,  have 
been  [tartly  ours.  Distinguished  among  these  were  Lyman  B.  Walker.  John 
Sullivan,  the  two  ('larks,  William  ('.  and  Lewis  \V..  Mason  W.  Tapp an.  and 
the  present  official,  Daniel  Barnard.  These  men  form  a  legal  constellation  to 
which  we  ever  turn  with  reverence  and  gratitude. 

Hut  there  is  still  another  class  without  a  review  of  whom  this  work  would 
be  incomplete:  those  lawyers,  now  living  or  hut  recently  deceased,  from  other 
counties  who  have  shared  with  us  the  labors  ami  responsibilities  of  the  bar. 
Among  these  we  would  name  Colonel  Thomas  .1.  Whipple,  one  of  the  most 
brilliant  men  in  the  state,  and,  in  force  of  originality,  the  most  wonderful  man 
we  ever  saw;  Samuel  M.  Wheeler,  of  whom  Jeremiah  Smith  said  "no  man  so 
well  understood  the  human  nature  of  the  average  juror*':  George  W.  Stevens, 
a  man  of  apparently  sluggish  temperament,  but  who,  when  his  lifeblood  was 
stirred,  assumed  tremendous  proportions:  Ellery  A.  Ilihhard.  who  worked  like 
the  forces  of  gravitation,  calmly  and  dispassionately,  hut  always  eff 
William  J.  Copeland,  a  master  in  the  ait  of  cross-examination;  Joseph  II. 
Worcester  and  Charles  B.  Gafney,  representatives  of  one  of  the  strongest  law 
firms  in  the  state  ;  James  A.  Edgerly,  Thomas  .1.  Smith,  and  many  otl 

Samuel  Emerson,  son  of  John  Emerson,  was  born  February  4, 1792.  He 
was  educated  at   Atkinson   academy,   and  was  graduated    from    Dartmouth    in 


244  History  of   Carroll   County. 


ls14.  lit-  read  law  with  Kent  &  Chester,  practised  in  Sandwich  about  two 
pears,  and  afterwards  removed  to  Moultonborough,  where  he  passed  the 
remainder  of  his  life  and  married  Mary  Moulton,  daughter  of  a  merchant 
there.  .Mr  Emerson  was  county  solicitor  for  some  years,  and  state  senator 
from  distrid  No.  6  in  1859.  He  was  a  brother  of  Rev.  John  Emerson,  once  a 
missionary  to  the  Sandwich  Islands. 

As  a  lawyer,  Mr  Emerson  was  in  the  front  rank  in  Carroll  county.  He 
made  .Moultonborough  the  common  centre  where  legal  advice  was  given  for 
Moultonborough,  Sandwich,  Tuftonborough,  Centre  Harbor,  and  some  other 
towns,  and  as  a  counselor  he  took  high  rank.  He  also  prepared  his  cases  with 
great  diligence  and  was  especially  acute  as  a  special  pleader.  He  did  not  excel 
as  an  advocate.  He  believed  so  fully  in  his  client  and  his  interests  that  he 
presumed  that  the  jury  would  have  equal  faith  in  them.  Estimating  Mr 
Emerson  as  a  whole,  he  may  justly  be  accorded  a  high  place  among  lawyers  in 
the  county,  and  even  in  the  state.     His  practice  was  very  large  up  to  1860. 

James  Otis  Freeman  was  born  at  Coventry,  Conn.,  September  22,  1772, 
and  died  at  Sandwich,  March  30,  1815.  He  was  graduated  from  Dartmouth 
College  in  1797,  and  practised  law  in  Sandwich  and  Moultonborough.  Next  to 
Joseph  Tilton  he  was  probably  the  earliest  of  the  Carroll  county  lawyers. 
Seventy-four  years  have  passed  since  his  death,  and  the  generation  with  whom 
he  lived  has  gone  from  the  earth,  hence  it  is  not  easy  to  learn  very  fully  of  his 
personal  and  professional  character.  Only  tradition  has  preserved  the  generally 
accepted  fact  that  he  was  a  man  of  great  professional  brilliance,  who,  under 
more  favorable  circumstances,  might  have  been  a  great  leader  in  his  profession. 
Samuel  Peabody  was  born  in  1775,  and  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
College  in  1803.  Daniel  and  Ezekiel  Webster  were  in  college  during  a  part  of 
his  course.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  Sandwich  at  what  is  now 
generally  called  the  Lower  Corner  about  1807.  He  subsequently  moved  to 
Tamworth  and  afterwards  to  Massachusetts.  He  died  in  1859.  He  was  a 
lawyer  of  -nod  attainments,  and  many  tributes  from  the  press  of  New  Hamp- 
shire and  Massachusetts  gave  utterance  to  the  high  estimation  in  which  he  was 
held.     Of  his  snns,  one  is  a  distinguished  physician  in  San  Francisco. 

Judge  Charles  Augustus  Peabody,  son  of  Samuel  Peabody,  was  born 
in  Sandwich,  July  10,  1814.  He  became,  and  still  is,  a  very  eminent  man.  He 
has  won  an  enviable  reputation  as  judge  in  the  highest  courts  in  New  York, 
and  has  in  addition  that  strength  and  dignity  of  character  that  always  accom- 
panies an  extensive  inlluence.  His  legal  learning  has  contributed  much  to  the 
judicial  hire  of  his  adopted  state,  and  he  is  a  man  of  whom  Carroll  county  is 
justly  proud. 

Ira  A.  Bean  was  born  not  far  from  1799.  He  married  Eliza,  daughter  of 
General  Daniel  ffoit,  of  Sandwich,  and  practised  his  profession,  the  law,  there 
for  several  years.     He  then  removed  to  Ohio,  and  continued  for  many  years  in 


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Bagley  was  one  of  the  first  to  locate  in  the  east  part  of  the  town.  Henry  was 
agent  for  his  father  in  his  granted  lands.  He  located  on  the  Giles  L.  Moulton 
place,  was  a  millwright  by  trade,  and  built  the  first  mill  in  town  on  the  outlet 
of  Little  pond.  This  was  to  grind  corn,  and  the  pendle-stock  running  into  the 
pond  was  made  of  the  then  abundant  clear  white-pine,  and  is  now  quite  well 
preserved.  Henry  had  among  his  children,  Henry,  2d,  born  1751,  Elisha, 
Susanna,  Phebe,  Jacob.  Henry  Weed,  2d,  became  the  owner  of  one  or  two 
lots  of  land  and  erected  the  first  mill  on  the  privilege  since  known  as  Weed's 
Mills.  This  was  a  combined  carding  and  grist  mill  and  an  old-fashioned  up-and- 
down  sawmill.  A  brisk  village  soon  sprang  up  under  his  operations  here,  which 
freshets,  Moods,  and  the  changed  conditions  of  business  long  ago  obliterated. 
Some  kind  of  a  mill  has  most  of  the  time  occupied  his  first  location.  In 
connection  with  his  son  William  he  constructed  mills  in  various  parts  of  the 
state,  continuing,  however,  his  residence  at  Weed's  Mills,  where  he  died 
January  24,  1821.  He  was  prospered  in  business,  a  Congregationalist  in 
religion,  and  a  Federalist  in  politics.  His  wife  was  an  Eastman,  and  they 
had  Hannah,  Sally  < married  Roby  French),  Phebe  (married  a  Drake),  William, 
Henry. 

Henry  succeeded  to  the  mill  property,  while  William  became  possessed  of 
the  farm  originally  cleared  by  his  father,  lying  about  one  mile  south  of  the 
Mills,  near  the  Freewill  Baptist  Church  and  now  owned  by  W.  M.  Weed. 

William  Weed  was  born  on  this  farm  October  22,  1774.  He  became  noted 
as  a  machinist  and  millwright,  and  from  early  life  was  engaged  in  mill-building 
in  various  places  in  this  state  and  Vermont.  He  married,  March  19,  1801, 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Margaret  (McClary)  Foss.  She  was  born 
November  15,  1775.  Their  children  were  Hannah,  Melinda,  Jacob  (who  lived 
on  the  ancestral  farm  until  his  death),  Harvey  M.,  William  M.,  ({race  E.  Mr 
Weed  was  never  a  public  man,  his  business  preventing  his  acceptance  of 
political  or  public  office.  He  was  a  strong  Congregationalist,  and  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  pioneer  temperance  society  of  America — the  Washingtonian. 
He  died  January  5,  1864,  aged  eighty-nine,  surviving  his  wife  fifteen  years. 

William  M.  Weed  attended  Gilmanton  academy  and  the  classical  depart- 
ment of  New  Hampton  Institution,  but  as  his  health  failed  he  relincpuished  col- 
lege aspirations.  For  some  years  he  taught  district  and  high  schools.  In  1886 
he  went  into  merchandising  in  the  Daniel  Little  store  at  Sandwich  Lower 
(  Diner,  and  in  1845  built  a  brick  store  near  by.  He  was  in  trade  fifteen  years, 
and  has  always  resided  here.  Public-spirited  and  active,  no  man  in  Sandwich 
has  been  more  often  or  more  continuously  in  office.  He  was  inspector  of  the 
Seventh  Brigade  New  Hampshire  Militia,  with  rank  of  major  on  the  staff  of 
General  Nathaniel  B.  Iloit  in  1843  and  1S44 :  in  1846  and  1847,  engrossing 
clerk  of  the  state  legislature  and  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Sandwich;  in  1846, 
commissioned  colonel  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Anthony  Colby;  in  1853,  chair- 


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man  of  the  board  of  selectmen;  in   L854,   L855,   L867,   .  - 
is?:!.  L876,  and  L877,  he  represented  Sandwich  in  the  legislature;  in  I85i 
a  delegate  a1  large  bo  the  Republican  national  convention  al  Philadelphia  which 
nominated  John  C.  Premonl   for  President;  April.  L856,  received   the  api 
menta   of  clerk   of    the   court    of  common    pleas   and    clerk  of   the   supreme 
judicial  court,  which  offices  he  held  until  October,  L874;  in  L857,  L858,  1859 
and   L860  he  was  moderator  of  the  annual  town   meeting;   in   l^til   he   was 
chosen  overseer  of  the  poor,  agenl  to  pay  aid-money  to  the  families  of  soldiers 
in  the  civil  war.  and  agent  to  fill  the  quota  of  the  town  for  soldiers  under  tin- 
calls  of  the  President  for  troops,  and  was  continued  in  these  offices  until  the 
close  of  the  war.     October  7.  L862,  he  was  commissioned  lieutenant-coloi 
the  Fifteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers;  in  1871  he  was  a  commis- 
sioner to  reimburse  the  towns  of  the  state  for  bounties  paid  for  soldiers.     Whig 
and    Republican  in   politics,  he  was   one  of  the  state   central   committee  from 
1s4.~>  to  1s~t),  and  was  absent  from  only  three  meetings  in  all  those  years. 

In  connection  with  his  other  numerous  duties  he  had  commenced  the  study 
of  law  with  Samuel  Emerson  in  1848,  and  in  October,  L874,  was  admitted  to 
the  bar.  Since  he  became  a  voter,  Colonel  Weed  has  given  much  attention  to 
town  matters  and  lias  been  absent  from  annual  and  fall  meetings  but  twice,  and 
then  was  detained  by  illness.  He  has  ever  been  one  of  the  town's  most  pros- 
perous and  leading  citizens,  while  in  private  and  social  life  he  has  won  perma- 
nent and  numerous  friends.  Like  his  ancestors,  he  is  a  Congregationalist  and 
a  liberal  supporter  of  the  faith. 

Colonel  Weed  married  in  1850  Eliza  N.,  daughter  of  Elisha  Hanson,  then  a 
prominent  citizen  and  merchant  of  Sandwich.  Mrs  Weed  is  a  pleasant  and 
intelligent  lady.  Their  children  were  Herbert  l'\.  educated  at  Andover  and 
Phillips  Exeter  academies,  and  Clara  Belle,  a  most  promising  young  lad\  who, 
after  rapid  educational  progress  for  four  years  in  the  seminaries  of  West  Leba- 
non and  Bradford,  Mass..  died  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years. 

Nathaniel  Quimby,  born  about  18ul,  in  Sandwich,  was  son  of  Enoch 
Quimby  and  brother  of  the  well-known  John  S.  Quimby,  who  died  in  Sand- 
wich about  18o3  or  1854.  He  studied  law  in  Sandwich  with  Samuel 
Peabody  part  of  the  time,  it  is  believed.  He  never  practised  in  the  town, 
and  removed  so  long  ago  that  the  generation  that  knew  him  as  a  Sandwich  man 
has  passed  away.      He  was  a  man    of  culture  and  ability. 

A.ARON  BEEDE  IIoyt,  born  in  Ossipee  in  1802,  was  graduated  from  Dart- 
month  ( 'ollege  in  1822.  He  appears  to  have  once  been  a  law  partner  with  I  Ion. 
Samuel  Emerson  at  Sandwich,  but  abandoned  law  in  early  life  and  became  a 
teacher.  He  was  a  scholar  of  vast  acquirements  in  the  varied  fields  ot  learning, 
and  look  rank  in  this  respect  much  higher  than  in  the  law.  which  he  never  liked. 
(See  Sandwich. ) 

Neal   McGafpey   was  son  of   Samuel    McGaffey,  and   grandson  of  John 


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McGaffey,  an  ancient  resident  of  North  Sandwich,  whose  title-deeds  are  dated 
in  1780.  He  was  also  brother  of  Eliphalet  and  Josiah  McGaffey,  who  lived  and 
died  in  the  Whiteface  neighborhood,  and  an  uncle  of  John  McGaffey,  of  Chicago. 
He  removed  from  Sandwich  in  early  life  and  became  a  successful  lawyer  in  Ohio, 
afterwards  in  Michigan  and  Texas. 

John  McGaffey  was  born  in  Sandwich,  April  20,  1833,  went  to  Ohio  in 
1  853,  married  Louisa  A.,  daughter  of  F.  W.  Pratt,  Esq.,  April  1,  1855.  lie  read 
law  with  Hon.  Richard  A.  Harrison,  of  London,  Ohio,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  October,  I860.  He  has  been  journalist  and  lawyer,  and  is  now  practising 
in  Chicago.  Of  his  children  two  sons  and  two  daughters  survive;  the  sons  are 
practising  lawyers  in  Chicago;  the  younger,  Ernest,  is  rising  in  the  higher  walks 
of  literature.  His  writings  have  attracted  very  considerable  attention,  but  it  is 
yet  too  early  to  fix  his  literary  rank.  He  gives  evidence  of  decided  originality, 
and  strikes  poetic  veins  worthy  "of  the  great  days  of  old." 

John  McGaffey  has  traveled  extensively  in  his  own  country,  has  been  .con- 
nected as  editor  or  correspondent  with  several  of  the  leading  journals  of  the 
West.  He  is  very  happy  in  his  domestic  relations;  his  wife  is  a  most  estimable 
woman,  and  his  children  have  attained  such  positions  in  society  as  to  be  equal 
to  the  best  expectations  of  their  father.  His  professional  rank  is  gratifying, 
commanding  the  respect  of  the  court  and  his  legal  brethren,  as  well  for  his  legal 
abilities  as  for  his  social  qualities. 

Lady  Blessington  once  said  to  N.  P.  Willis:  "Mr  Willis,  I  receive  letters 
very  frequently  from  New  England  and  other  parts  of  America  from  strangers 
whose  names  I  have  never  heard ;  most  affectionate  letters,  wherein  they  refer 
to  some  of  my  own  writings  in  terms  of  greatest  kindness,  sometimes  compli- 
menting me  in  most  delicate  language  and  apparently  good  faith,  and  they 
evince  a  knowledge  of  literature  that  astonishes  me.  What  am  I  to  make  of 
this,  Mr  Willis?  Are  they  sincere,  or  do  they  presume  upon  my  vanity?" 
Mr  Willis  replied:  "They  are  your  sincere  admirers,  and  this  you  would  more 
easily  perceive  if  you  knew  that  in  almost  every  village  of  New  England, 
and  scattered  upon  many  of  its  farms,  are  persons  of  wonderful  taste  and 
culture  who  are  familiar  with  all  the  great  writers  upon  both  continents,  and 
with  the  leaders  in  literary  society."  Lady  Blessington  then  said :  "And  do 
you  believe,  Mr  Willis,  that  these  are  the  people  who  write  to  me?  To  know 
this  would  be  most  gratifying." 

We  introduce  this  conversation  (a  memory  of  something  read  a  quarter  of 
a  century  ago ),  to  say  that  such  as  the  people  above  described  were  the  father 
and  mother  of  John  McGaffey,  common  people  with  uncommon  taste  and 
culture.  Mr  McGaffey  is  a  man  of  extensive  reading  and  culture,  and  all 
that  is  beautiful,  original,  tender,  stern,  or  mighty  in  language  is  written  upon 
his  soul  and  molds  his  very  being.  He  is  one  whom  Sandwich  would  welcome 
back  to  look  once  more  upon  her  native  majesty. 


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Judge  David  Hammonds   Hill1  is  a   native  of    Berwick,   Maine,  « 
he  was  born   Dei-ember  1-,  1833. 

In  L662  some  of  the  sect,  called  Quakers  ram,,  from  En  land  !< 
Here  they  met  great  persecution;  they  were  invited  to  Kittery,  wenl  thither 
established  their  faith  there,  anil  returned  to  Dover  to  undergo  severer  tribula- 
tions and  cruelties  than  they  had  experience  A  before  ;  bul  h\  their  faithfuli 
endurance,  and  exemplary  walk  in  life  the}  overcame  opposition  and  built  up 
a  goodly  people  in  New  Hampshire  and  in  Maine  The  ancestors  of  Judge 
Hill  were  of  this  faith,  and  possessed  the  plain,  unostentatious,  industrious,  and 
sober  characteristics  of  the  Friends.  His  father,  Oliver,  was  a  farmer  of  fair 
education  for  his  days,  whose  good  judgment  and  strong  common-sense  caused 

him  to  stand  high  among  his  associates.     He   married  Lucinda    Han »nds  of 

the  somewhat  distinguished  Maine  family  of  that  name.  When  David  was 
nearly  four  years  old  (1837)  the  family  removed  to  Sandwich  in  this  county 
and  became  permanent  residents. 

David  had  early  aspirations  for  knowledge,  was  fitted  for  college  under 
private  teachers  and  the  academy  at  Wolfeborough,  hut  on  account  id  ill-health 
did  not  enter  college.  In  place  of  this  he  became  a  popular  teacher  in  .Maine. 
New  Hampshire,  and  Massachusetts  for  several  years.  Without  at  the  time 
intending  to  become  a  lawyer,  he  read  law  with  Samuel  M.  Wheeler  and 
Joshua  G.  Hall,  of  Dover.  As  he  progressed,  he  was  more  and  more  inter- 
ested in  the  profession,  decided  to  devote  himself  to  its  practice,  and  supple- 
mented his  studies  with  the  advantages  of  Harvard  Law  School.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  April  term  of  court  at  Ossipee  in  1865,  opened  an 
office  at  his  home,  Centre  Sandwich,  and  has  since  been  in  active  practice.  He 
has  been  no  noisy  or  cunning  pettifogger  seeking  to  profit  in  pocket  or  reputa- 
tion by  the  disputes  of  the  people,  no  stirrer  up  of  strifes,  but  one  who  remem- 
bered that  the  peacemakers  are  blessed.  He  is  not  a  student  of  commentaries 
and  reports,  and  delves  not  in  the  realm  of  must}  and  timeworn  statutes,  but 
he  quickly  seizes  upon  the  strong  points  of  a  case,  carries  them  in  his  mind, 
takes  time  for  deliberation  and  reflection,  and  by  an  intuitive  comprehension  of 
the  underlying  principles  of  justice,  is  able  to  arrange  his  ease  so  that  it  will 
hang  upon  a  few  hinges  fastened  upon  the  eternal  verities  of  truth.  Thus  in 
his  presentation  of  a  case  he  is  original,  strong,  and  sagacious,  and  has  con- 
ducted important  causes  to  success.  He  is  regarded  as  a  safe  ami  sensible 
counselor  and  a  sound  lawyer  of  eminent  integrity. 

In  1*70-71  he  was  representative  to  the  legislature  from  Sandwich  and 
served  on  two  important  committees^  that  of  the  judiciary,  and  a  special 
committee  to  investigate  the  affairs  of  the  Concord  and  Northern  railroads,  and 
from  his  convictions  wis  forced  to  submit  a  minority  report  on  the  latter,  in 
Opposition  to  all  but  two  of  his  colleagues,  and   to  support    his   report    in   the 

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250  History   or  Carroll  County. 


house.  He  was  beaten  in  that  body,  but  the  senate  sustained  him  by  a  vote 
of  eight  to  four.  He  attracted  the  attention  of  the  leading  legislators,  and 
it  is  not  too  much  to  say  if  his  inclinations  had  carried  him  into  legislative  life 
he  would  have  fairly  ranked  with  the  state's  best  known  and  ablest  men. 
In  his  town  he  is  popular  and  highly  esteemed.  He  was  its  treasurer  for  two 
years,  and  selectman  for  live.  June  6,  1880,  he  received  the  appointment  of 
judge  of  probate,  and  still  holds  the  office,  and  while  very  important  and 
strongly  contested  cases  have  come  before  his  court  (notably  the  Isaac  Adams 
and  Dr  S.  A.  Bemis  will  cases),  no  appeal  from  his  decisions  has  ever  been 
sustained.  "  He  has  shown  signal  ability  as  a  judge  of  probate,  and  if  the 
absence  of  error  in  professional  practice  is  a  proof  of  learning,  he  certainly 
In ilds  a  very  respectable  position." 

He  married,  June  4,  1865,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  E.  Moulton,  of  Par- 
sonsfield,  Maine.  Their  children  are  Walter  D.  H.  and  Bertha  Mary.  Judge 
Hill  has  been  an  active  Whig  and  Republican,  is  a  shrewd  and  sagacious 
politician,  and  prominent  in  the  councils  of  his  party.  In  religion  the  judge 
is  a  Unitarian,  with  very  strong  predilections,  however,  for  the  manners, 
thought,  and  associations  of  the  Friends.  He  fully  believes  in  the  movings  of 
the  Spirit. 

He  is  a  lover  of  literature,  and  had  circumstances  led  him  the  proper  way 
would  have  been  a  shining  light  in  the  galaxy  of  its  stars.  Possessed  of  a 
wonderfully  retentive  memory,  a  vivid  and  exalted  imagination,  poetic  powers 
of  a  line  order,  and  a  wealth  and  exuberance  of  classic  diction,  he  writes  well 
on  any  subject  on  which  he  tries  his  pen;  but  it  is  in  grand  and  lofty  fields, 
descriptions  of  the  solemn  mountains  and  the  rich  and  varied  scenery  of  the 
lakes,  appreciation  of  the  nobler  qualities  of  humanity,  and  keen  and  accurate 
analyses  of  human  nature,  that  he  excels.  His  poem  of  "Chocorua"  has 
elicited  high  praise.  He  is  full  of  anecdote  and  traditional  lore  and  is  apt  in 
quotations  of  sayings  and  in  descriptions  of  people.  He  is  a  capital  com- 
panion :  his  insight  into  human  nature  enables  him  to  adapt  himself  pleasantly 
to  the  society  he  is  in,  while  his  rare  conversational  powers  and  fund  of  humor 
cause  him  to  become  at  once  its  central  figure.  His  memory  of  poetry  and 
gems  of  prose  is  simply  marvelous  ;  he  will  quote  poem  after  poem  by  the  hour 
while  time  to  the  listeners  passes  on  its  way  unheeded.  Combine  with  these  a 
candid  honesty,  a  kindliness  of  heart  which  never  fails  to  win  friends,  a  delicacy 
as  tender  as  a  woman's,  and  a  quiet  unconsciousness  of  any  superior  merit,  and 
the  reason  of  his  great  popularity  is  apparent. 

Erastus  P.  Jewell  was  born  in  Sandwich  in  1836,  and  educated  at  com- 
mon and  high  schools  and  the  seminary  at  New  Hampton.  He  was  a  son  of 
Mark  F.  Jewell,  a  farmer  of  high  personal  character.  Mr  Jewell  commenced 
the  study  of  law  with  Colonel  Thomas  J.  Whipple  about  1860  or  1861,  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Belknap  county  about  1805,  and  soon  after  entered  into  a 


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partnership  with  Colonel  Whipple,  which  was  dissolved  a 
Jewell  practised  alone  for  a  number  of  years,   then   formed  a  partnership 
Charles    F.    Stone.     This  is  now  one  of   the  strongest   Law  firm 
county.     Mr  Jewell  has  been   ver\  successful  in   his  profession.     Hi     pn 
tion  for  the  trial  of  cases  is  peculiar  to  himself,  and  his  methods  would  no( 
always  he  adopted  by  many,  and  perhaps  would  not   be  always  suited  to 
others.     He  is  in  no  sense  a  plodder  ;  bis  discernmenl  is  verj  quick.     Hi 
well  to  see  what  is  involved  in  his  ease,  anticipates  with  greal  correctness  what 
is  likeh  to  be  the  ruling  of  the  court,  judges  well  where  the  hinges  on  which 
the  decision  will  turn   need  to  be  made  strong,  and  defends  and  strengthens 
those  hinges  with  great  tenacity,  and  does    not    trouble  himself   much  about 
matters  on  which  some  counsel  would  expend  much  time  and  labor. 

The  result  is  that  he  is  usually  successful,  at  least  he  wins  a  good  propor- 
tion of  verdicts.  He  is  a  very  pleasing  and  effective  advocate,  ami  has  the 
respect  of  the  court  and  the  confidence  of  the  jurors.  But  he  is  much  more 
than  a  Lawyer.  He  has  a  fine  taste  for  the  elegant,  impressive,  and  original  in 
literature,  and  considerable  creative  power  in  this  direction  ;  is  one  of  the  fair- 
est men  in  his  estimate  of  his  political  opponents  and  professional  rivals:  he 
has  a  vein  of  genial  humor  ;  his  shafts  are  keen,  but  carry  no  malice.  In  short. 
Mr  Jewell  is  one  of  those  men  whose  character  a  biographer  likes  to  delineate. 

Henkv    Asa  FOLSOM  was  born  in  Sandwich   about  1845,  the  son   of  Ji  5S 
and  Elizabeth  (  Varney)  Folsom.     He  was  graduated  at   Dartmouth  in  the 
of    1871.     He    had   considerable    interest    in    educational    matters    during   his 
college  course.      He  read  law  and  was  admitted  to  practice  about   L874,  ami    for 
a  season  practised  in  Boston.     He  returned  to  Hanover  and  was  made  prof 
of  municipal  law  in  Dartmouth  College,  where  he  continued  until  his  death  in 
1887.     He  was  a  man  of  rare  scholarship,  a   thoroughly  educated  lawyer  with  a 
mind  of  a  judicial  nature,  and  his  analysis  of  principles  was  remarkably  Lucid 
and  clear. 

A.  Bernay  Tasker,  of  Sandwich,  is  a  son  of  Rev.  Levi  lb  Tasker,  formerly 
of  the  same  town.  Mr  Tasker  was  educated  at  New  Hampton  and  was  for  a 
season  a  student  of  Amherst  College.  He  read  law  with  David  II.  Hill  at 
Sandwich,  practised  his  profession  for  a  time  at  Boston  and  Peabody,  Ma--., 
and  subsequently  returned  to  Sandwich,  where  he  has  been  engaged  in  his  Law 
business  for  the  last  five  years.  Mr  Tasker  is  one  of  the  most  exact  and 
scholarly  men  in  the  Carroll  county  bar,  and  we  could  scarcely  name  a  man  in 
the  county  better  versed  in  the  principle-  of  the  common  law.  Delias  held 
several  local  places  of  trust,  and  is  considerably  engaged  in  probate  pra 
and  is  regarded  as  a  safe  and  valuable  counselor.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, and  in  religious  matters  liberal. 

Levi    Folsom,  of  Tamworth,  commenced  the  pra  law   at   Soul 

Tamworth  not  far  from  L850.     He  was  a  genial,  scholarly   man  ^\'  apparently 


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good  prospects  when  lie  emigrated  to  the  West,  and  is,  T  believe,  still  living 
there.  He  was  a  brother  of  John  T.  I).  Folsom,  for  many  years  postmaster  at 
South  Tamworth. 

Henri  C.  Dtjrgin,  formerly  of  Sandwich,  now  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  commenced 

the  study  of  law  with  David  II.  Hill,  and  afterwards  studied  with  David  O. 
Allen  at  Lynn.  He  graduated  with  high  honors  at  the  Boston  Law  School,  yet 
practised  his  profession  but  a  short  time,  abandoning  it  when  a  good  business 
prospect  opened  for  him. 

George  1'.  Davis,  of  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  read  law  with  David  IT.  Hill, 
Luther  Moore,  of  Limerick,  Maine,  and  Charles  Clifford,  then  at  Harvard  Law 
School  in  1868.  On  his  return  he  finished  his  studies  in  the  office  of  David  II. 
Hill,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Carroll  county  bar  in  1877.  He  is  now  in  Par- 
sonsfield, practising  law,  teaching,  and  farming. 

Elbridge  Fogg  was  born  in  Sandwich  about  1841,  and  remained  there 
during  his  boyhood.  He  became  a  lawyer  and  emigrated  to  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  married  the  daughter  of  a  prominent  Quaker.  She  was  a  lady  of 
much  refinement.  Mr  Fogg  was  just  achieving  success  in  his  profession  when 
in  the  "springtime  of  life  "  he  died,  leaving  many  friends  to  mourn  him.  He 
was  son  of  Stephen  Fogg,  now  of  New  Jersey. 

Charles  E.  Hoag,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  having  had  meagre  opportuni- 
ties for  education,  became  ambitious  to  do  something  more  than  he  had  yet 
done,  and  seemed  to  feel  like  Albert  Pike, 

"  Who  knew  not  the  bent  of  his  own  mind 
Until  the  mighty  spell  of  Coleridge 
Had  waked  his  hidden  powers."' 

He  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  David  H.  Hill  at  Sandwich  about 
1871,  then  went  to  Peabody,  Mass.,  and  entered  the  law  ol'tice  of  his  uncle, 
Sidney  Bancroft,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  about  1875 ;  practised  in  Peabody 
and  built  up  a  lucrative  business,  from  which  he  retired  a  few  years  since  and 
devoted  himself  to  journalism.  He  is  a  man  of  clear  judgment,  unusual  fore- 
cast into  the  probabilities  of  events,  an  inveterate  fighter,  and  whoever  drives 
him  from  his  positions  must  fight  for  every  inch  he  gains. 

HORACE  L.  Hadley,  born  in  Sandwich  about  1838,  received  his  prepara- 
tory education  there,  studied  law  with  Sidney  Bancroft  at  Peabody,  Mass.,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  not  far  from  1861.  After  years  of  successful  practice 
he  went  to  Washington,  Ohio,  where  he  continued  in  law.  Mr  Hadley  had  great 
faith  in  the  possibilities  that  come  to  those  persons  who  by  ambition  and  per- 
severance are  worthy  of  them,  and  by  his  own  example  he  has 

'*  Taught  to  all  men,  commons,  lords,  and  kings, 
That  some  things  can  be  done  as  well  as  other  things." 


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Wn.i.i  am  B.  Fellows,  sou  of  ( lolonel  Enoch  Q.  Fi  llov 
wich,  July  5,  L858,  prepared   for  college  al    New    Hampton,  and  was  gradu 
from     Dartmouth    in     the    class  of    L880.       He    read    law    with    Hon.   E.    \. 

[Iil>l>anl,  uf  Laconia,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  L883,  and  i imenced  pra 

in  Ashland,  where  he  continued  one  year,  then   removed  to  Til ,  taking  the 

law  business  of  W.  D.  Hardy.  In  L881  he  was  sergeant-at-arms  of  the  New 
Hampshire  senate;  was  private  secretary  of  Senator  Pike  in  the  Forty-eighth 
Congress;  clerk  of  the  committee  on  claims,  and  private  secretary  of  Senator 

Cheney   during    his   term.     He   is  county   solicitor  of    Belknap    i nty.      Mr 

Fellows  is  fertile  in  resources,  lias  strong  originality,  ability  of  a  high  de 
both   natural   and  acquired,   and  will    unquestionably  take  a  high  place  in  liis 
profession. 

ALONZO  McCRILLIS,  formerly  of  Sandwich,  was  a  lawyer  (if  considerable 
repute,  but  he  soon  removed  to  Maine,  and  there  his  reputation  as  a  man  of 
business  and  a  lawyer  was  made.  He  was  related  to  the  McCrillis  families 
now  living  in  Sandwich.      He  recently  died,  having  attained  a  good  old  ag 

DAVID  McCRILLIS,  another  lawyer  of  Sandwich  birth,  also  related  to 
William  McCrillis,  went  to  Great  Falls,  and  there  established  a  lucrative 
practice.  He  died  at  an  early  age,  when  bright  prospects  were  before  him  and 
professional  and  political  honors  were  of  easy  attainment. 

Samuel  Hidden  Wentworth,  son  of  Paul  and  Lydia  C.  Wentworth, 
was  born  in  Sandwich  and  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1858.  He  has  received 
the  degree  of  a.m.,  and  from  the  Harvard  Law  School  the  degree  of  1.1..1;.  He 
practises  law  in  Boston,  where  he  resides. 

Paul  Wentworth,  son  of  Colonel  Joseph  and  Sarah  .1.  Wentworth.  was 
born  in  Sandwich,  graduated  from  Harvard  in  1868,  commenced  the  stud}  of 
law  soon  after  with  Hon.  Ira  Eastman,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Merrimack 
county  in  .June.  1872,  and  returned  to  Sandwich,  where  he  has  since  been 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  has  been  county  solicitor  several 
years  under  both  appointive  and  elective  systems,  and  is  the  proem  incumbent. 
lie  was  superintending  school  committee  and  a  member  of  the  hoard  of  educa- 
tion in  Sandwich,  lie  was  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention  in  L876, 
and  representative  in  1878,  and  has  served  as  chairman  of  the  selectmen.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Ked  Mountain  Lodge  of  Freemasons.  He  married  Ellen  F. 
Duncklee  in  Concord,  November  18,  1872.  Their  children  are  Louisa  C, 
Joseph,  and  John  Paul.  He  is  a  well-read  lawyer,  an  effective  advocate, 
personally  popular;  a  genial  companion,  scholarly  in  his  tastes,  a  favorite  with 
his  professional  brotherhood,  and  has  a  delightful  home  amid  scenes  SO  beautiful 
thai  we  alniosl  wonder  how  such  lovely  prospects  ever  got  •>astia\  from 
Paradise." 

Moses  J.  Wentworth,  brother  of  Paul,  was  graduated  in  the  same  class 

from  Harvard.      He  went    Wesl  and  was  graduated  from  the    law   department  of 


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the  Chicago  university,  and  received  the  degree  of  ll.b.  ;  then  engaged 
in  business  Eor  his  uncle,  Hon.  John  Wentworth,  of  Chicago,  whose  vast  estate 
is  Left  chiefly  in  Ins  care.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  business  ability  ;  practises  law, 
and   represented    bis  adopted  city  in  the  legislature  in  1874,  1876,  1878,  and 

L880. 

George  WlNSLOw  WlGGlN  was  born  in  Sandwich,  March  10,  1841,  and 
educated  at  the  common  and  high  schools  in  that  town  and  at  Phillips  Exeter 
academy,  where  he  took  a  four  years'  course  and  prepared  to  enter  Harvard 
as  a  sophomore.  He  was  engaged  in  teaching  in  Massachusetts  for  a  few  years, 
then  studied  law  with  Hon.  Samuel  Warner  at  Wrentham,  Mass.,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Norfolk  county,  September  25,  1871.  He  has  been  for 
many  years  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Franklin,  Mass.,  and  now 
practises  also  in  Boston,  and  has  acquired  a  lucrative  business  and  a  high 
professional  reputation.  His  natural  abilities,  which  were  of  a  high  order, 
have  been  developed  by  ambition  and  diligence  until  congressional  honors  have 
come  within  easy  reach,  but  he  seems  disinclined  to  grasp  the  prize,  preferring 
to  attain  excellence  in  his  chosen  profession  rather  than  such  position  as  he 
might  obtain  by  a  mixture  of  politics  and  law.  He  was  county  commissioner 
of  Norfolk  county  in  1879,  1881,  1884,  and  elected  in  1887  for  three  years. 

Alpheus  B.  Stickney  was  a  native  of  Sandwich.  He  went  West  in 
early  life,  practised  law,  and  is  now  one  of  the  first  business  men  of  the 
Northwest. 

William  Qutnby,  son  of  William  F.  and  Martha  Quinby,  was  born  in 
Sandwich.  He  was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College  and  then  engaged  in 
educational  affairs  in  Washington,  I).  C,  and  subsequently  admitted  to  the  bar 
after  a  course  of  preparation  at  a  law  school.  He  is  a  young  man  and  has  not 
bad  time  to  establish  a  reputation  in  law,  but  has  established  one  as  a  scholar 
of  rare  attainments  and  a  successful  man  in  educational  matters,  and  a  brilliant 
career  as  a  lawyer  can  lie  confidently  predicted  of  him.  He  now  resides  in 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Aaron  Heede,  Jr,  son  of  Aaron  and  Mary  (McGaffey)  Beede,  was  born 
in  Sandwich  about  1860.  He  prepared  for  college  whenever  and  wherever  he 
could:  entered  Bates  College  at  Lewiston,  Maine,  with  a  poor  preparation;  as 
a  sophomore  his  rank  as  a  scholar  had  improved;  as  a  junior  he  stood  high,  and 
he  finally  graduated  the  first  man  in  college.  He  read  law,  and  was  admitted 
t<>  practice  in  Maine  and  was  in  legal  business  there  for  a  short  time  success- 
fully. He  has  also  studied  theology.  It  is  uncertain  whether  law  or  the  gospel 
should  claim  him.  He  has  good  health  and  courage,  strong  ambition,  strong 
will,  high  aspirations,  and  plenty  of  native  talent,  and  if  his  future  life  is 
guided  by  proper  conservatism  he  can  hardly  fail  to  become  a  power  in  the 
world. 

Colonel  John    Peavey,  for   long   years   a   prominent   business  man   of 


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Tuftonborough,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Carroll  county   aboul    1852 

statute  lawyer.     He  filled  manj  responsible  positions  abh  ;  was ie 

of  Strafford  county,  and  was  appointed   bank  c missioner  by  Governoi   ' 

Berry.     He  was  a  business   lawyer  and.   Later  in    life,   removed    to   Mich 
where  he  is  now,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five,  busily  engaged  in  procuring  pene 

and  olher  legal  labors,  and  in  (lie  enjoyment  of  good  health. 

Zachariah  Batcheldee  was  one  of  the  marked  iii.-ii  who  have  passed 
away  within  the  last  quarter  of  a  century.  He  was  born  in  Beverly,  M 
IT'.1-"),  but  his  parents  moved  to  Sunapee  in  his  early  youth.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  Dartmouth  College.  After  passing  some  years  in  teaching  and  thestud\  of 
the  law.  he  went  to  Wolfeborough  and  established  himself  in  the  profession  and 
business  of  his  life.  It  had  been  his  cherished  hope  to  enter  the  ministry, 
which  for  some  time  he  kept  in  view  in  his  studies.  Bui  as  time  passed  and 
he  gained  nearer  and  more  definite  views  of  the  duties  of  the  sacred  office,  his 
strong  natural  diffidence  and  self-distrust  led  him  to  the  conclusion  that  he  was 
better  adapted  to  some  other  profession.  Mr  Batchelder  was  thoroughly  edu- 
cated and  kept  up  his  interest  in  classical  learning  until  the  close  of  his  life. 
He  was  a  man  of  very  high  attainments  in  the  law,  strictly  accurate  in  the 
drawing  of  briefs,  these  being  without  a  (law.  He  was  the  scholar  of  the 
county,  although  Aaron  B.  Hoy t  may  have  been  his  equal  in  general  learning. 
Mr  Batchelder  was  one  who  ought  to  be  long  remembered,  as  his  influence 
extended  far  beyond  the  usual  duties  of  his  profession. 

JOSEPH  FARRAR,  a  native  of  Vermont,  came  to  Wolfeborough  from 
Chelsea,  where  he  had  been  admitted  to  practice.  He  was  here  early  in  the 
century,  and  after  the  building  of  the  Pickering  store  had  his  office  in  the 
upper  story.  He  is  remembered  as  a  man  of  medium  size,  pleasant  manners, 
and  if  not  as  scholastic  as  Batchelder,  was  sate  in  counsel  and  well  posted  in 
common  and  statute  law,  and  no  mean  antagonist  in  the  courts.  He  shared  the 
practice  of  this  part  of  the  county  for  a  long  time  with  Zachariah   Batchelder. 

Charles  F.  Hill  was  a  native  of  Limerick,  Maine,  lie  read  law  with  his 
uncle,  Joshua  Hill,  of  Frankfort,  and  practised  a  few  years  at  Searsport.  He 
then  came  to  Wolfeborough,  where  he  acquired  a  lucrative  practice  and  was  a 
hading  member  of  the  Carroll  county  bar.  About  twenty  years  ago  he  went 
to  New  Jersey,  and  died  in  Newark.  February  1 2,  1889,  al  the  age  of  aboul 
sixty-seven  years.  He  was  a  lawyer  of  marked  ability,  a  convincing  and  able 
advocate,  and  a  man  of  high  personal  and  professional  character.  Hon. 
Joel  Eastman  regarded  him  as  a  very  strong  advocate.  His  wife  v 
(diaries  II.  ami  Benjamin  F.  Parker.  His  sou,  C.  E.  Hill,  is  president  of  the 
common  council  of  Newark  and  a  lawyer  of  good  repute. 

William  Copp  Fox  was  born  at  Wolfeborough,  December-1.1.  1827,  was 
educated  at  Wolfeborough  and  Gilmanton  academies,  and  was  graduated  from 
Dartmouth    in   1852.     He    read    law-    with    Batchelder,  of    Wolfeborough,  and 


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Hobbs,  of  Wakefield,  and  has  since  been  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  his 
native  county.  In  his  early  life  he  was  engaged  in  educational  interests,  was 
for  a  time  principal  of  Wakefield  academy,  and  two  years  school  commissioner 
of  Carroll  county.  He  was  president  of  Wolfeborough  Savings  Bank  for  six 
years,  and  is  now  president  of  Carroll  County  Bar  Association.  Mr  Fox  has 
become  migratory  in  his  habits  within  a  few  years,  and  as  winter  approaches 
our  northern  clime  he  goes  with  the  journeying  birds  to  the  warm  regions 
around  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  At  the  time  of  this  writing  he  has  just  returned 
from  his  orange  groves  in  Florida. 

Mr  Fox  is  a  well-educated  lawyer  and  is  regarded  as  a  safe  counselor  and 
has  had  a  lucrative  business.  He  has  hardly  been  willing  to  devote  himself 
entirely  to  his  profession,  but  believes  he  can  enjoy  life  better  to  cultivate  his 
love  for  the  higher  walks  of  literature.  He  is  a  poet  of  considerable  reputa- 
tion, and  at  a  meeting  of  the  Grafton  and  Coos  Bar  Association  he  read  an 
original  poem  that  attracted  much  attention.  He  also  has  a  great  love  for 
social  matters  and  is  a  very  companionable  man.  He  delights  in  the  sports  of 
the  lake,  in  boating  and  fishing,  and  in  the  latter  accomplishment  he  is  a  worthy 
rival  of  Izaak  Walton.  At  his  solicitation  many  an  eight  pound  trout  has 
come  up  from  the  dark  depths  of  "  'Siogee's  waters"  to  spend  his  remaining 
life  under  sunny  skies,  and  it  might  be  said  of  Mr  Fox  as  Saxe  said  of  "  The 
Cold  Water  Man":  — 

Many  a  gudgeon  of  the  lake 

(If  he  could  speak  to-day) 
Would  own,  with  grief,  this  angler  had 

A  mighty  taking  way. 

No  man  has  a  keener  sense  of  the  beautiful  in  nature  or  art  or  language, 
lie  sees  and  appreciates  wit  when  it  floats  in  a  form  so  delicate  that  it  requires 
explanation  to  the  average  mind. 

Edwin  Pease,  son  of  Hon.  Zebulon  Pease,  was  born  at  Freedom, 
April  2:5,  1827,  and  died  at  Conway,  August  31,  1879.  His  rank  as  a  lawyer 
was  fair.  He  represented  his  town  two  terms,  and  was  state  senator  in  1868. 
lie  was  a  war  Democrat.  He  was  not  what  is  called  a  successful  man  in  a 
worldly  sense,  but  he  won  the  regard  ami  goodwill  of  nearly  every  one  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact.     His  honesty  was  unquestioned. 

George  E.  Beaoham  was  born  at  Wolfeborough,  May  12,  1852.  Among 
his  paternal  ancestors  was  one  who  came  to  this  country  during  the  Revolu- 
tionary war  and  settled  in  Ossipee.  His  boyhood  history  is  about  the  same  as 
the  average  son  of  the  New  Hampshire  farmer,  who  has  the  ambition  to  make 
the  besl  of  his  natural  talents  and  opportunities.  In  1873  he  commenced  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  William  J.  Copeland,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1876.     Mi'  Beacham  was  elected  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  house  of 


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representatives  before  he  was  thirty  years  old,  and  at  the  age  of  thirl 
appointed  associate  justice  of  the  police  court  al   Somersworth.     II.    is  a   law 
partner  of  the  firm  of  Beacham   &    Foote  thai   has  offices  al    Wolfh 
tion  and  Great   Falls,  and  does  business  in  Strafford  and  Carroll  counties  and 
York  county,  Maine 

Sbwall  W.  A.BBOTT  was  born  iii  Tuftonborough,  April  11,  L859.  II 
educatioD  at  district  schools  was  largely  supplemented  by  attendanci 
Tamworth  high  school,  Hebron  academy,  Colby  university,  Maine,  and  Union 
Law  ( lollege,  ( Ihicago,  where  he  look  high  rank,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
lSv:>>.  Aiter  a  practice  of  about  a  year  he  returned  to  his  native  state  March. 
1885;  he  passed  a  legal  examination  at  Concord,  and  December  15,  1885,  he 
established  himself  in  the  profession  of  law  at  Wolfeborough.  He  \&  a  wide- 
awake man,  quick,  alert,  and  persistent,  and  has  many  of  the  qualities  which 
constitute  a  bright  lawyer  and  live  citizen.  lie  is  a  Republican  in  polities,  and 
Unitarian  in  religious  sentiment. 

Joseph  Tn/roN  was  horn  at  East  Kingston,  August,  1774,  was  graduated 
at  Harvard  in  L797,  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1800,  and  opened  ; If i< - . ■  in  Wake- 
field near  the  Piper  schoolhouse.  lie  removed  t<>  Rochester  in  L 805,  to  Exeter 
in  L809,  where  he  died  March  28,  L856.  From  1815  to  L823  inclusive,  he  rep- 
resented Exeter  in  the  legislature,  and  was  esteemed  and  respected  tor  his  hon- 
esty and  ability.  He  practised  his  profession  in  the  days  of  many  distinguished 
lawyers,  and  ranked  creditably  among  them  for  his  legal  lore. 

David  Copp,  Jr,  son  of  David  Copp,  of  Wakefield,  was  horn  about  1 77<». 
was  educated  at  Phillips  Exeter  academy,  and  studied  law  with  lion.  W.  K. 
Atkinson,  of  Dover.  He  subsequently  removed  to  New  Orleans,  where  he 
died. 

A.masa   COPP  was  born  in  Wakefield,  October  8,  1788,  and  was  graduated 

from  Dartmouth  in  1811.      He  read  law  with   Hon.  \V.  K.  Atkinson   and  A s 

Kent,  and  practised  in  Chester  and  Wilton,  and  later  in  Wakefield,  where 
he  died  January  7.  1871.  He  was  a  man  of  large  and  powerful  physical 
frame,  loved  hunting  and  hard  exercises  in  the  swamps  and  on  the  mountains, 
and  with  preeminent  natural  talents  failed  to  make  the  best  of  them,  ami 
consequently  his  position  as  a  lawyer  was  not  quite  what  due  diligence  might 
have  made  it.  Such  at  least  seems  to  be  the  estimate  placed  mi  him  by  lion. 
Charles  II.  Bell. 

William  Sawyer,  one  of  the  older  lawyers  of  Carroll  county,  was  gradu- 
ated al   Harvard  College  in  L 801,  and  after  reading  law  with   Henrj   Mellen,  of 

Dover,  came  to  Wakefield  about  1805,  where  he  died  in  L860.  lie  was  a  man 
to  be  remembered  as  one  of  the  strictest  integrity,  and  won  the  right  to  be 
spoken  of  as  the  "honest  lawyer.""  and  ever  exerted  his  influence  foi  good. 

Josiah   Hilton   Hobbs,  of  Wakefield,  was  born    in    Effingham    in    IT 
His  rank  as  a  lawyer  was  very  high.     Thirty-five  years  have  elapsed  since  his 


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death,  and  o!'  the  generation  that  knew  him  but  few  survive,  but  they  still 
remember  his  strength  as  a  lawyer.  Hobbs  and  Eastman  were  generally 
arrayed  against  each  other  in  the  leading  cases  in  the  county,  and  were  some- 
times associated.  Eastman  was  the  greater  as  an  advocate,  but  Hobbs  in  the 
leading  specialties  of  law  was  more  learned.  His  mastery  of  the  law  was 
much  of  the  same  nature  as  so  greatly  characterized  his  gifted  son,  Frank 
Hobbs.  Hon.  Joshua  G.  Hall  and  Hon.  John  W.  Sanborn,  who  knew  him 
well,  agree  in  ranking  him  very  high,  not  only  among  the  leading  lawyers  of 
the  county,  hut  of  the  state. 

Luther  Dearborn  Sawyer,  son  of  Timothy  Sawyer,  was  born  in 
Wakefield,  March  7,  1803.  lie  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips  Exeter  acad- 
emy, and  was  graduated  from  Bowdoin  in  1828.  He  read  law  with  Sawyer  & 
Hobbs,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1882,  and  practised  his  profession  in  Ossipee 
from  1832  till  1859,  with  the  exception  of  one  year  when  he  was  in  practice 
at  Sandwich  Centre.  He  resided  a  short  time  in  Dover  and  in  Massachusetts, 
where  he  held  the  position  of  trial  justice.  The  last  twenty  years  of  his  life 
were  passed  in  Wakefield  in  the  active  business  of  his  profession.  In  1846 
he  was  assistant  clerk  of  the  New  Hampshire  senate;  he  held  the  office  of 
county  solicitor  for  Carroll  county  for  several  years,  and  was  a  representative 
in  the  legislature  in  1859  and  1860. 

Mr  Sawyer  was  a  firm  friend  and  admirer  of  Hon.  Joel  Eastman,  and 
believed  that  the  people  of  New  Hampshire  ought  to  have  placed  Mr  Eastman 
in  ('(ingress  in  his  midday  strength.  Mr  Sawyer  did  excellent  service  as  a 
lawyer.  He  caused  satisfactory  adjustment  of  many  difficulties,  and  used  the 
confidence  reposed  in  him  in  the  interests  of  peace.  He  was  a  ready  debater 
and  an  interesting  man  in  conversation;  he  had  an  extensive  acquaintance 
with  the  members  of  the  profession  in  New  Hampshire  for  two  generations. 
He  died  in  duly,  1884,  the  oldest  member  of  the  Carroll  County  Bar,  and  the 
president  of  its  association.  Mr  Sawyer  had  a  vast  fund  of  information 
relating  to  distinguished  lawyers  and  statesmen  in  this  and  other  states,  and 
his  personal  recollections  of  Hale,  Bell,  Pierce,  Bartlett,  Christie,  Sullivan, 
and   others  afforded  vivid  pictures  of  these  eminent  men. 

GEORGE  Y.  Sawyer  was  born  in  Wakefield  in  1805,  commenced  the 
practice  of  law  at  Laconia,  and  removed  to  Nashua  in  1884.  He  soon  attained 
a  high  professional  standing  and  an  extensive  practice,  and,  when  a  member 
of  the  legislature,  had  great  influence  in  shaping  its  action.  In  1855  he  was 
appointed  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  and  afterwards  of  the 
supreme  judicial  court.  He  died  in  1882.  He  was  unquestionably  a  very 
able  man,  and  both  as  lawyer  and  advocate  his  rank  was  very  high.  He 
addressed  a  court  or  jury  with  great  force  and  eloquence.  George  Ramsdell, 
of  Nashua,  regarded  him  as  one  of  the  best  special  pleaders  in  the  state. 

Hon.  Joshua  GlLMAN    II all  was  horn  in  Wakefield  about  1826.     He  was 


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educated  al  Wakefield  and  Gilmanton  academies  and  a!    Dartmouth, 
was  graduated  in  1851.       He   then   traveled  somewha!    In  Liu-   southi 
and    on    his    return  commenced   the  study   of  law  in    Dover  witl     D 
Christie,  the  educator,  probably,  of  more  eminenl  lawyers  than  am  other  man 
in  New  Hampshire.     Mr  Hall  practised  his  profession  a  few  years  in  W 
then  wen  1   to   Dover,  where  he   entered    into  a   partnership  with   lion.  Samuel 
M.Wheeler.     This  law  linn  was  a  v«n\  strong  one.       From  abo  ul   iKoh 
ten  years  thereafter  Wheeler  &  Mall  were  the  immediate  rivals  of  Mr  Chi 
then  in  the  maturity  of  his  vast    legal  power.-,  and   it    is  credil   enough    to 
i  ha  i  they  won  their  full  share  of  verdicts  in  their  contests  with  thai  pro  I 
giant.     This  firm  soon  after  dissolved,  and  Mr  Mall  has  continued  in  pr; 

Dover  since,  with  the  exception  of  the  years  IV 1ST(.'  to   L883,  while  lie 

a  member  of  the  Forty-sixth  and  Forty-seventh  Congresses. 

Mr  1 1  all  has  from  time  to  time  held  other  positions  of  much  importance.  He 
was  for  nearly  ten  years  solicitor  of  Strafford  county;  Tor  two  years  mayor  of 
Dover;  two  years  state  senator;  United  Mates  district-attorney  for  the  district 
court  of  New  Hampshire;  in  addition  to  many  offices  of  t rust  in  banking  and 
other  institutions,  and  special  appointments  from  the  supreme  court  in  railroad 
matters  and  business  of  a  similar  nature.  He  is  and  has  been  for  many 
a  very  strong  lawyer.  Frank  Hobbs,  when  in  the  fulness  of  his  powers,  was 
accustomed  to  say  that  Joshua  G.  Hall  was  his  strongest  opponent,  and  added  : 
"To  begin  with,  the  beginning,  Joshua  is  an  excellent  lawyer  and  his  learning 
is  thorough;  and  a  yet  stronger  (dement  is  that  lie  rarely  errs  in  judgment; 
and  in  addition  to  all,  his  personal  and  professional  honesty  so  commend  them- 
Belves  both  to  the  court  and  to  juries  that  his  statements  are  generally  accepted 
as  gospel." 

John  Paul,  formerly  of  Wakefield,  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  has 
been  a  teacher  at  West  Lebanon  and  other  places.  He  has  a  farm  in  Sullivan 
county,  where  he  resides. 

Amasa  C.  Paul,  of  Wakefield,  received  the  degree  of  ll.b.  at  Columbia 
university  in  1882,  and  is  now  in  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

CHARLES   CHESLEY   was  horn  in  Wakefield.  April   L2,  L827.      He  was  grad- 
uated at  Bowdoin  College  in  1852.     He  was  engaged   in   teaching   for  two  or 
three  years  after  leaving  college.     He  studied  law  with  Hon.  John  Hickman,  ol 
West    Chester,  Pa,  and   Messrs  Woodman  &    Doe,  of  Dover,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Carroll  county  in   November,  L856,  and  commenced  the  pra< 
of  law  at  Wakefield  in  January,  1857.     He  was  county  solicitor  in   1861, 
and  1st;:',;  was  connected  with  the  board  of  enrollment    for  the  firsl 
Bional  district  of  New  Hampshire   from   June,    L863,  to  June.   L865.      Hi 
employed   in  the    law  branch    of   the  office    of   the    commissionei    of   interna] 
revenue  at   Washington,   D.  C,   from  June,  1865,  until  July,  1872,  and  i 
office  of   the    United  States   attorney-general   on   business   before   the    I 


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States  court  of  claims  from  July,  1872,  to  October,  1872,  and  was  solicitor 
of  internal  revenue  from  October,  1872,  until  July,  1888.  In  November, 
1 859,  Mr  Chesley  married  Mrs  Sarah  E.  Twitchell,  a  native  of  Wakefield, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Swasey.  Mrs  Chesley  died  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
August  20,  1888.  John  II.  Chesley,  Mr  Chesley's  only  child,  is  engaged  in 
mercantile  pursuits  in  Washington,  where  Mr  Chesley  is  at  present  remaining. 

Mr  Chesley  is  descended  from  one  of  the  distinguished  families  of  the 
county,  and  has  been  very  successful  in  business,  being  one  of  the  most  ready 
ami  efficient  men  in  public  life  in  clerical  matters  and  in  all  those  qualities  that 
make  an  officer  thai  can  be  relied  on.  His  active  life  has  been  almost  entirely 
passed  in  public  service.  He  is  one  of  those  men  whom  his  native  town  and 
county  highly  appreciate. 

FRANK  HobbS,  a  lawyer  of  commanding  ability,  practised  mostly  in 
Carroll  and  Strafford  counties  from  about  1866  to  1877.  He  was  a  son  of 
Josiah  Hobbs,  a  lawyer  of  marked  distinction  at  Wakefield.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Dartmouth  College  about  1NIJ2  and  read  law  with  the  eminent  Daniel 
M.  Christie,  of  Dover,  who  could  number  among  his  students  Chief  Justice 
Perley,  John  P.  Hale,  Chief  Justice  Doe,  ex-congressman  Joshua  G.  Hall, 
ex-judge  Jeremiah  Smith,  and  many  others  equally  distinguished.  Mr  Hobbs 
married  Emma  Josephine,  daughter  of  Mr  Christie. 

Early  in  his  practice  Mr  Hobbs  flashed  into  distinction  like  a  meteor  in  the 
starry  midnight.  Colonel  Thomas  J.  Whipple,  who  knew  him  well,  spoke  of 
him  as  "  the  first  lawyer  in  New  Hampshire  of  his  years.1"  His  strong  quality 
as  a  lawyer  was  his  ready  discernment  of  distinction  in  legal  principles,  and  his 
discussions  of  intricate  points  arising  in  the  progress  of  a  trial  were  listened  to 
by  the  court  with  profound  interest  and  by  the  bar  with  frequent  astonish- 
ment, lie  was  an  aggressive  and  bold  practitioner,  and  gave  great  promise  at 
the  age  of  thirty-six  years  to  be  one  of  the  shining  lights  of  the  profession; 
but  a  mental  malady  fell  on  him,  from  which  he  will  probably  never  recover. 
We  might  speak"  of  him  as  Whittier  spoke  of  his  friend,  J.  O.  Rockwell,  as 

One  whom  the  winds  visited  roughly 

And  the  passer-by  smote  down  in  wantonness. 

Charles  W.  Sanp.orn,  son  of  Hon.  John  W.  Sanborn,  was  born  in  Wake- 
lield,  December  L9,  L849.  He  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips  Exeter  academy, 
and  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  the  class  of  1872.  He  read  law  with 
Luther  I).  Sawyer,  George  William  Burleigh,  and  finished  his  legal  studies  with 
Chief  Justice  Doe.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  about  1879.  He  married  Addie 
E.Smith,  December,  L872,  and  died  January  17,  1886.  His  career  was  brief, 
and  not  many  young  men  could  look  into  the  future  with  brighter  hopes  of 
success  than   Mr  Sanborn,  whose  natural  endowments  and  extensive  culture 


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were  equaled  by  few.     Bui  just  as  broader  fields  were  opening  before  him, 
season  when  he  might  have  soared  into  the  free  world  of  action,  he 
while  his  young  ambition  was  bul   partly  realized. 

Edward  A.   Paul,  of  Wakefield,  was  admitted   to  the  bar  while  the 
cessful  founder  and  principal  of  the  high  school  in  Washington,  I  >.  < '..  where  he 
met  an  untimely  death  by  accidenl      a   horse  colliding  with  the  bicycle  he  was 
riding— April  2,  L888,  at  thirty-two,  much  lamented.     He  married,  June,  I 
Sarah  II.  Woodman,  the  great-granddaughter  of  Parson  Hidden,  of  Tamworth. 

A.RTHUB  I..  Foote  was  born  a1  Lewiston,  Maine,  December  -■'>.  1863,  and 
was  educated  at  the  Great  Falls  high  school,  where  he  graduated  in  1883;  he 
then  commenced  the  study  id'  law  with  George  E.  Beacham  and  William  <■. 
Pierce,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Concord,  .Match,  1887.  He  thereupon 
entered  into  partnership  with  George  E.  Beacham  a1  Wolfboro  Junction,  and 
they  ate  engaged  in  the  luisiness  of  insurance  as  well  as  law.  Mr  Foote  i-  a 
young  law  yet-  of  good  general  learning,  a  man  who  attends  diligently  to  his 
professional  duties,  has  rare  conversational  powers,  and  is  growing  in  reputa- 
tion with  his  increasing  years.  It  is  not  so  easy  to  predicl  the  future  as  to 
record  the  past,  and  in  speaking  of  rising  young  men  like  Mr  Foote  we  cannol 
speak  as  we  can  of  the  man  whose  record  is  made  and  the  sum  total  of  whose 
life  is  complete.  But  so  far  as  human  judgment  can  he  made  from  facta 
already  historic,  we  are  justified  in  predicting  for  Mr  Foote  a  future  of  high 
and  worthy  achievement. 

In  the  autumn  of  1864  ex-Governor  Emory  Washburn,  then  one  of  the  law- 
professors  at  Harvard,  said  to  the  students:  "Many  young  men  fail  to  become 
leading  lawyers  from  causes  of  which  they  are  unaware.  Some  from  inexcusa- 
ble neglect  of  their  business:  some  get  too  much  involved  in  politics;  some 
neglect  their  profession  for  other  business,  while  others  arc  so  ill-mannered  or 
dishonest  that  few  clients  can  he  found  who  are  willing  to  emploj  them,  and 
they  fail  as  lawyers  and  never  understand  t  he  reason  why."  He  then  added : 
"Bul  an  instance  of  a  well-read,  diligent,  honest,  courteous  young  lawyer,  who 
has  fairly  good  ability,  failing  to  become  a  successful  lawyer  is  exceedingly  rare." 
This  remark,  coming  from  a  man  of  keen  observation  and  extensive  experience. 
is  worthy  of  being  remembered. 

Josiah  Dearborn  was  horn  in  Effingham,  September  25,  L790,  and  died 
March  31,  1873.  He  fitted  for  college  at  Fryeburg  academy.  He  studied 
law  with  Samuel  Cushman,  of  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  and  William  Sawyer,  of 
Wakefield,  and  commenced  practice  in  Effingham  in  L819,  and  had  quite 
an  extensive  practice.  He  had  a  very  thorough  knowledge  of  the  common 
law,  prepared  his  cases  with  greal  care,  and  had  withal  that  quality  which  is 
so  absolutely  requisite  in  all  professions,  excellent  judgment.  In  addition  to 
this  he  was  cool  and  self-possessed  in  difficUH  cases,  and  kept  his  temper 
under  admirable   control,  and  his*  duents  could   rely  on  his  besl   powers  in  the 


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management  of  their  business.  He  was  one  of  that  circle  of  venerahle  men 
whom  in  lsiiO  we  used  to  look  14M.11  in  the  Carroll  county  bar,  and  whose 
heads,  white  with  the  wisdom  of  age,  seemed  like  the  fathers  whose  mantles 
were  so  soon  io  fall  on  the  present  generation.  Such  men  were  Josiah  Dear- 
born, -loci  Eastman,  Ira  A.  Bean,  Zachariah  Batchelder,  Obed  Hall,  and 
Luther   D.  Sawyer,  all   passed  now  into  the  courts  eternal. 

Samuel  Q.  Dearborn  is  a  son  of  Josiah  Dearborn,  of  Effingham.  He  was 
graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  the  class  of  i860,  and  read  law  with  his  father  and 
also  with  Hon.  Daniel  M.Christie.  On  admission  to  the  bar  lie  returned  to 
Effingham,  and  has  since  divided  his  time  between  general  business  and  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  Mr  Dearborn  is  devoting  much  energy  to  the  educa- 
tion of  his  children,  and  with  apparent  good  success. 

Hayes  Lougee,  formerly  of  Effingham,  practised  law  for  a  few  years  in 
Mo ul ton  borough,  is  now  in  Boston,  and  still  has  some  clients  in  Carroll  county. 
He  read  law  with  Colonel  Thomas  J.  Whipple,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
Belknap  county.  He  is  a  bold  practitioner,  and  wins  a  fair  proportion  of 
verdicts. 

John  Sumner  Runnells,  son  of  Rev.  John  and  Huldah  (Staples) 
Bunnells,  was  born  at  Effingham,  N.  H.,  July  30,  1846.  He  fitted  for  college 
at  New  Hampton,  and  was  graduated  at  Amherst  College  in  1865.  He  read 
law  with  Samuel  M.  Wheeler  at  Dover,  and  finished  his  law  studies  in  Iowa. 
He  was  American  consul  in  England,  and  soon  after  was  appointed  state 
reporter  of  the  supreme  court  of  Iowa.  He  is,  and  for  many  years  has  been, 
attorney  for  the  Pullman  Car  company. 

As  a  student  at  Amherst  he  was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  of  all  its  distin- 
guished alumni,  and  is  reported  to  have  ranked  first  among  its  many  graduates 
as  a  Greek  scholar.  He  is  a  polished,  bright,  and  effective  orator,  and  one  of 
the  most  talented  men  that  ever  emigrated  from  New  England. 

Orestes  Topltff,  son  of  Dr  Calvin  Topliff,  of  Freedom,  died  about 
twenty-five  years  ago,  in  early  life.  He  was  a  lawyer  of  very  considerable 
promise  and  was  already  attaining  local  eminence  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
had  natural  abilities  of  such  an  order  that  he  might  have  reached  a  rank  quite 
above  the  average  lawyer. 

Nicholas  G.  Blaisdell  was  born  in  Madison,  where  he  died  a  few  years 
since.  He  received  a  good  academic  education  and  was  graduated  from  the 
Harvard  Law  School.  He  did  but  comparatively  little  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  devoting  nearly  the  whole  of  his  active  life  to  business  in  Massachu- 
setts and  New  York,  passing  his  last  years  in  Madison. 

Elmer  Smart,  of  Rochester,  formerly  of  Freedom,  was  born  about  1860. 
On  completing  his  academical  studies,  he  was  engaged  in  teaching  for  a  few 
years.  He  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  Judge  Andrews,  of  Maine,  but 
completed    his    law   studies    with    Worcester    &    Gafney   of    Rochester,    was 


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admitted  to  the  bar  in  1887,  and  has  already  established  a  verj  fair  m 
Rochester.     He   has   held    local   offices  of  considerable   importance,   and  with 
good  health,  industry,  and  ambition  there  seems  to  lie  no  reason  win 
not  lis^  to  eminence  in  Ins  profession. 

JosiAH  II.  Hobbs,1  son  of  Dr  Daniel  S.  and  Judith  <i.  II. .hi,-.,  was  born  in 
Madison,  December  22,  L834.  His  father  was  a  man  of  cultivated  taste  an. I 
excellent  medical  knowledge  and  ability;  his  mother,  of  active  temperament, 
keen  intuitions,  and  sagacious  common-sense,  a  valuable  residenl  of  the  commu- 
nity, a  woman  well  fitted  to  discharge  the  important  duties  of  a   ther.     The 

education  of  Josiah  commenced  in  early  years  under  her  instruction,  was  i - 

tinned  at  Parsonsfield  (Maine)  seminary  and  Fryeburg  academy,  where  he  was 
fitted  for  college.  He  entered  Dartmouth  in  the  class  of  ls-">»'>.  was  duly  grad- 
uated and  in  due  time  was  made  A.M.  Ex-Governor  Prescotl  was  n  member 
of  the  same  class.  In  1857  Mr  Hobbs  went  to  Albany,  N.  5T.,  entered  the  office 
of  a  prominent  lawyer  as  a  student  and  enrolled  himself  as  a  member  of  the 
Albany  Law  School,  then  in  its  palmiest  days,  and  was  graduated  from  that 
institution  in  1859,  receiving  the  degree  of  LL.B.  In  the  same  vear  he 
commenced  practice  in  Madison,  where  he  has  since  been  Located.  He  was 
appointed  county  solicitor  in  1864,  again  in  1869,  and  held  the  office  ten  years. 
He  has  been  much  in  town  affairs,  and  bears  the  reputation  anion-  his  towns- 
men of  strict  honesty  and  capability  in  the  discharge  of  important  official 
functions.  He  lias  ever  been  identified  with  the  Republican  party  and  is  an 
energetic  worker  for  its  principles.  By  close  attention  to  business  he  has  done 
much  work  which  has  caused  him  to  stand  well  among  his  brethren,  and  he  has 
been  prominently  mentioned  for  positions  requiring  legal  erudition  in  a  more 
than  common  degree.  Mr  Hobbs  married,  January  3,  1878,  Mary  E.  Erwin,  a 
member  of  the  distinguished  Erwin  family  of  western  New  York.  They  have 
one  child,  .Josiah  Irving,  horn  June  11,  1880. 

URIAH  COPP,  Jr,  of  Ossipee.  was  a  young  man  of  marked  ability  thirty 
years  ago,  and  was  frequently  engaged  as  a  teacher  in  local  high  schools.  He 
was  a  lawyer,  hut  emigrated  to  the  West  in  the  early  days  of  his  practice. 

Sanborn  B.  Carter  was  horn  February  20,  L819,  and  died  Jul}  8,  L881. 
In  the  years  of  his  active  life  he  was  almost  constantly  in  public  positions  of 
trust,  the  variety  of  his  offices  having  been  as  extensive  as  that  of  any  man 
perhaps  who  ever  lived  in  the  county.  He  held  the  offices  of  school  committee 
of  his  town,  school  commissioner  of  the  county,  moderator  sonic  fifteen  years, 
town  clerk  a  number  of  years,  representative  to  the  legislature  several  \ 
a  member  of  the  judiciary  committee  in  1*70.  county  solicitor  five  years, 
ter  of  probate  live;  years,  register  of  deeds  seveu  years,  twice  a  member  oi 
constitutional  convention.  He  read  law  with  Hon.  John  T.  Paine,  ol 
Massachusetts,   and    Hon.    Charles    Woodman,    of    Dover.     Mr    Carter  wi 

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Lawyer  of  good  repute;  courteous  and  agreeable  in  his  manners,  he  was  person- 
ally popular,  and  in  probate  practice  he  was  once  regarded  as  the  leading  lawyer 
in  the  county.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  was  one  of  five  persons 
who  established  the  Episcopal  church  in  Dover.  Mr  Carter  was  badly  injured 
in  the  terrible  railroad  collision  on  the  Boston,  Concord  &  Montreal  railroad 
near  Weirs  in  1852,  from  which  he  never  fully  recovered. 

IJrjEL  Clinton  Carter,  a  son  of  Sanborn  B.  Carter,  was  born  in  Ossipee, 
January  20,  1840.  lie  was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1862,  in  the  class 
with  \V.  H.  H.  Murray  and  Joseph  Cook.  On  his  return  from  college  his 
military  lite  commenced.  (See  Carroll  in  the  Rebellion.)  When  Major 
Carter  returned  to  civil  life  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  his  father, 
ami  after  admission  to  the  bar  located  at  Wolfe  bo  rough,  where  he  remained 
ten  years  and  had  a  successful  practice,  and  also  held  the  office  of  prosecuting 
attorney  tor  the  county  for  several  terms.  In  1879  he  became  a  member  of 
the  law  firm  of  Carter  &  Nason,  at  Dover;  in  1881  he  was  appointed  bank 
commissioner,  and  continued  in  that  office  until  his  death  at  Rollinsford, 
December  11,  18S6.  "  Major  Carter  was  a,  sincere  friend,  an  able  lawyer,  an 
honest  man  ;  noble  and  generous  in  all  the  acts  of  a  busy  and  useful  life." 

Colonel  Samuel  D.  Quarles,  of  Ossipee,  born  January  16,  1833,  is  one 
of  the  marked  men  of  Carroll  county.  He  is  a  son  of  Judge  Quarles,  and  was 
educated  at  the  common  and  high  schools  of  his  native  town,  at  the  academy 
at  New  Hampton,  and  had  a  special  course  at  Michigan  University,  Ann 
Arbor.  He  then  entered  upon  the  study  of  law  with  Luther  D.  Sawyer  at 
Ossipee,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Carroll  county  at  Ossipee  in  October, 
1861.  He  held  the  office  of  school  commissioner  of  the  county  two  years, 
ending  August,  1861,  but  resigned  to  enter  the  military  service  of  the  country. 
(Set;  Carroll  in  the  Rebellion.)  Colonel  Quarles  was  railroad  commissioner  of 
New  Hampshire  in  1X(>9, 1870,  and  1871.  As  a  lawyer  Colonel  Quarles  takes  a 
high  position.  He  is  diligent  in  his  examination  of  the  merits  of  his  eases, 
fortifies  weak  places  with  jealous  care,  and  develops  his  strongholds  with 
much  force.  He  is  diligent  in  his  examination  of  all  law  questions  that  can 
come  to  bear  on  the  evidence,  is  not  often  surprised,  and  is  fertile  in  resources 
beyond  must  men.  It  is  no  common  thing  to  see  Colonel  Quarles  apparently 
laid  out  and  beaten  by  some  adverse  ruling  of  the  court,  or  some  apparently 
unanswerable  argument  of  his  opponent,  but  wait  one  minute!  the  colonel 
is  mi  his  feet  again  with  four  times  his  original  strength,  supplementing  his 
old  doctrine  with  some  new  principle  that  he  makes  as  clear'  "as  if  written 
with  a  sunbeam,"  and  the  chances  are  that  he  comes  out  a  winner;  for,  like 
General  Zachary  Taylor,  he  never  knows  when  he  is  beaten.  He  is  exceed- 
ingly well  versed  in  the  common  law  and  statute  law,  and  almost  knows  the 
reported  cases  by  heart. 

Frank   Weeks  was  horn  in   Wakefield,  August  31,  1851.     After  having 


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acquired  a  good  academic  education,  he   commenced    the   study  of  li 
Colonel  Samuel  D.  Quarles,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  aboul    ls7'>.     II 
once  entered  upon    the   practice  of  bis   profession  al    Ossipee,  where   he   has 
Bince  continued,  having  established  a  good  business,  and   is  growing  in  reputa- 
tion.    He  is  a  diligent  practitioner,  a  good   financier,  prompt   in   pursuance  of 
his  business,  and  is  already  one  of  the  rising  Lawyers  of  the  county. 

Oliff  Cecil  Moxjlton,  son  of  Hon.  Lewman  G.  Moulton,  born  about 
L849,  died  in  Ossipee.  January,  L875.  He  received  a  good  education,  com- 
menced the  study  of  law,  was  graduated  from  Harvard  Law  School  and 
admitted  to  the  bar,  and  shortly  after  lie  was  appointed  bj  Governor  Weston 
and  his  eouneil  solicitor  for  Carrol]  county  and  devoted  himself  to  the  duties 
of  his  ot'liee  ami  profession.  His  future  seemed  brighl  with  promise  of  high 
success,  and  his  friends  were  justly  gratified  with  honors  so  early  won.  with 
higher  prospects  rising  in  his  future,  when  suddenly  he  fell  before  the  relei 
hand  that  "loves  a  shining  mark." 

George  Barstow  French,  son  of  .lames  French.  was  horn  at  Tufton- 
borough,  November  27,  1846,  and  was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College  in 
the  class  of  1872,  and  read  law  with  lion.  Bainbridge  Wadleigh,  of  Milford. 
He  is  in  practice  at  Nashua,  and  is  a  very  thorough,  able,  and  successful  law- 
yer, and  is  recognized  in  his  part  of  the  state  as  in  the  front  raid-:  of  lawyers, 
and  he  is  constantly  adding  to  his  already  wide  reputation.  Mr  French  was 
admitted  to  the  Suffolk  county  bar  in  May,  1876,  and  in  September  of  the 
same  year  was  admitted  at  Nashua. 

CHARLES  B.  GAFNEY,  whose  parents  died  while  he  was  yet  young,  was  in 
early  life  a  resident  of  Ossipee,  and  Sanborn  B.  Carter  was  his  guardian,  lie 
attended  the  high  school  at  Sandwich,  then  under  the  care  of  Daniel  G.  Beede, 
and  acquired  a  very  good  education.  The  breaking  oul  of  the  war  took  him 
away  from  his  professional  studies,  hut  soon  after  his  return  he  commenced  the 
practice  of  law  in  Wolfeborough.  He  passed  several  reasons  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  in  the  employ  of  Hon.  Jacob  H.  Ela  and  Hon.  Aaron  II.  Cragin, 
during  their  service  in  Congress  between  the  years  L868  and  L873,  arid  sub- 
sequently settled  down  seriously  to  the  legal  business  as  a  member  of  the 
lirm  of  Worcester  &  Gafney  at  Rochester.  This  firm  has  become  one  of  the 
strongest  law-  firms  of  the  state.  They  are  engaged  in  nearly  all  the  leading 
eases  in  Carroll  and  Strafford  counties,  and  have  quite  an  extensive  business  in 
other  counties.  Mr  Worcester  has  long  been  regarded  as  a  thorough  lawyer, 
and  .Mr  Gafney,  from  his  large  experience  and  practice,  has  risen  to  a  leading 
position  as  a  trial  lawyer  and  is  a  very  strong  advocate. 

ZARA  Cl  TLER  was  horn  aboul  L785,  and  came  to  Conw;i\  near  1815,  from 
Lunenburg,  Vermont.  He  married  Man.  a  daughter  of  Mary  Waldo,  the 
daughter  of  General  Israel  Putnam,  who.  when  necessity  required,  would  light 
his  own   imperious  countrymen,  or  successfully  defy  the  mandates  ol    British 


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generals,  or  drag  the  wild  beasts  from  their  lair.  Mary  Waldo  lies  buried  in 
the  cemetery  near  Conway  Corner,  and  on  her  monument  is  inscribed:  "Mary 
Waldo,  daughter  of  Gen.  Israel  Putnam.  Died  November  29,  1825,  aged  72 
vcars,  6  months,  and  8  days."  Mr  Cutler  probably  commenced  the  practice  of 
law  in  (\)ii\\a\  and  there  remained  during  his  life.  He  was  a  reputable  lawyer, 
a  good  citizen,  interested  in  the  welfare  of  his  town  both  as  to  its  social  and 
religious  progress.  As  an  advocate  he  was  not  above  the  average.  Twenty- 
eight  years  have  passed  since  his  death,  and  only  the  older  persons  remember 
him,  as  his  contemporaries  have  long  since  traveled  the  silent  road.  Some  of 
his  children  still  survive. 

Benjamin  Boardman  was  a  lawyer  of  considerable  reputation  and 
marked  ability,  who  came  to  Conway  not  far  from  1828.  He  was  the  rival  of 
Joel  Eastman,  whom  he  found  a  "foeman  worthy  of  his  steel,"  and  it  is 
believed  that  he  developed  the  fighting  qualities  of  Joel  to  a  very  great 
degree.  Tradition  preserves  this :  that  when  there  came  an  antagonistic 
clash  between  Eastman  and  Boardman,  the  elements  were  much  disturbed  and 
the  "portents  of  war  hung  on  all  the  arches  of  the  horizon."  Boardman  was 
keen  and  acute,  and  Joel's  indignation  "  burned  like  a  fiery  oven."  Mr  Board- 
man  later  removed  from  the  town. 

Op.ed  Hall,  of  Tamworth,  son  of  Ebenezer  L.  D.  Hall,  of  Bartlett, 
practised  law  many  years  in  Carroll  county,  and  died,  aged  seventy-eight  years, 
in  May,  1873.  He  read  law  with  Governor  Lincoln,  of  Maine.  He  held 
many  local  offices.  He  was  at  one  time  somewhat  engaged  in  educational 
matters.  He  was  register  of  probate  some  }rears,  state  senator  from  district 
No.  6,  and,  after  the  formation  of  Carroll  county,  a  leading  Democratic 
politician  for  man}-  years.  He  possessed  good  native  ability,  and  in  his  earlier 
days  was  a  good  lawyer,  and  with  more  diligence  and  devotion  to  his  pro- 
fession would  have  been  an  abler  man. 

Hon.  Joel  Eastman  was  a  name  in  the  central  and  northern  portions  of 
New  Hampshire  that  for  half  a  century  was  the  theme  of  many  a  story  and 
was  heard  by  many  thousands,  nine  tenths  of  whom  never  saw  the  stern, 
austere,  commanding  man  by  whom  that  name  was  borne.  Jurors  and  wit- 
nesses attending  court,  who  noted  and  admired  his  conscious  strength  before  a 
jury  and  his  original  sentences  and  his  terrible  arraignment  of  those  whom  he 
regarded  as  guilty,  and  listened  to  his  words  of  burning  indignation  as  he 
related  the  story  of  their  crimes  or  sufferings,  would,  as  they  were  best  able, 
tell  their  families  or  neighbors,  sometimes  in  feeble  language  and  sometimes 
witli  vivid  likeness,  of  his  remarkable  doings  and  sayings.  Hence  his  name 
became  almost  a,  household  word.  He  was  one  of  those  men  whose  personality 
ought  to  be  preserved  in  picture  and  story. 

Joel  Eastman  was  descended  from  a  family  of  repute  both  in  England  and 
America.     He  was  fifth  in  descent  from  Samuel  Eastman,  Esq.;  the  line  being 


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Samuel1,  Thomas2,  Edward8,  Joel4,  Joel6.      Joel   Eastman4,  born   N 
1760,  in    Kingston,  died    March    23,   L849.      He  married   I 
Sandown;  she  was  born    April    23,   I7<>J,  and    died    Septeml 
the  advanced  age  of  one  hundred  and  five  years,  five  months,  and 
She  was  a  woman  of  remarkable   natural  endowments,  and   from   her   he 
Joel  inherited  his  strong  vitality.     He  was  born  February  22,  IT'.1-,  in  - 
and   died   in   Conway,  March    L6,   L884,   and    was  graduated   from    ham:. 
College  in  1822,  I  believe,  in  the  class  with  ( !hief  Justice  Pei  U  y  and  othei   ' 
Hampshire    men   who   afterwards    became   -ready   distinguished.      He    \v; 
relative  and   personal   friend   of    Daniel    Webster,  whom   he   resembled.      M 
Eastman    came    to   Conway   and    made   his  home  there   in   1826.     Ele  manic-, I 
Ruth  Gerrish  Odell  in   December,  L833.      A.bouI    L847  his  nephew  and  name- 
sake.   Joel    Eastman    Morrill,    became   a    member  of   his   household,   and    the 
engraving  which  accompanies  this  sketch  is  his  tribute  to  the  memory  of  his 
honored  uncle. 

Joel  Eastman  once  held  the  office  of  United  States  district-attorney  for  the 
district  of  New  Hampshire,  and  for  several  years  represented  Conway  in 
the  legislature.  He  was  supported  for  the  office  of  United  States  senator  in 
the  legislature  of  18f>4,  which  resulted  in  no  election  for  an\  of  the  rival  candi- 
dates; but  the  contest  was  really  a  victory  lor  .Mr  Eastman's  party,  as  it  left 
two  vacancies  to  be  filled  (in  1855),  when  John  I'.  Hale  and  .lames  Hell  were 
elected  United  States  senators.  He  was  also  judge  of  probate  for  Carroll 
county  from  1856  to  1868,  when  he  retired,  having  attained  the  age  of  seventy 
years.  I le  was  the  oldest  member  of  the  national  Republican  convention  that 
nominated  General  Garfield  and  supported  Mr  Blaine  until  he  was  withdrawn. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  national  Whig  convention  in  1840  that  nominated 
the  fust  President  Harrison.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  all  his  official  duties 
were  discharged  with  commanding  ability.  Had  he  resided  in  Exeter  or 
Concord  there  is  scarcely  a  doubt  but  that  he  would  have  passed  many 
of  his  life  in  Congress. 

Hon.  James  Bell,  of  Gilford,  once  said :"  When  -loci  Eastman  was  admitted 
to  practice  it  was  believed  that  he  would  he  the  leader  n\'  the  New  Hampshire 
War:  hut  he  Went  up  to  Conway,  and  being  possessed  of  a  delightful  farm  on 
the  Saco,  and  becoming  interested  in  farming  and  politics,  he  did  not  devote 
himself  to  his  profession  so  entirely  as  to  secure  his  largest  development 
as  a  lawyer."  However,  he  was  well  versed  in  the  common  and  statute 
law,  ami  in  his  power  of  construction  was  one  of  the  firsl  of  lawyer-.  I'm 
analyze  principles  and  throw-  his  comprehensive  common-sense  into  the 
analysis  was  a  peculiarity  of  Joel   Eastman.      It   is  probable  that   Eim 

Batchelder  were  re  ready  with  the  changes  and  revisions  of  law.  and    in    the 

extent     and    fulness    of  learning    the   older    Josiah    Hobbs,    of    W 
superior  to  Eastman,  but  his  great  strength  lay  in.  hi-  convincing  pow< 


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advocate.  Like  strong  men  generally,  he  was  not  cunning.  The  lion-hearted 
King  Richard  could  more  easily  cleave  bars  of  steel  and  hearts  of  oak  than 
sever  the  light  scarf  of  silk  with  slight  but  dexterous  stroke.  Luther  D. 
Sawyer,  speaking  of  this  distinguished  advocate  of  New  Hampshire,  said :  "I 
have  listened  with  intense  pleasure  to  Sullivan  and  Bartlett,  Christie  and  John 
P.  Hale,  Frank  Pierce,  Thomas  J.  Whipple,  and  James  Bell,  but  I  never  yet 
heard  the  lawyer  that  could  heat  and  belt  and  thump  and  whack  facts  into  a 
jury  better  than  Joel  Eastman." 

If  yon  would  see  him  in  his  exalted  mood,  imagine  him  arguing  facts  to  a 
jury  wherein  his  convictions  are  in  entire  harmony  with  his  duty  and  position. 
You  see  a  man  not  above  the  middle  height,  his  brow  stern  as  the  mountains  of 
the  north,  his  deep-set  eye  recalling  the  description  that  Barlow  in  his  "Vision 
of  Columbus"  gives  of  John  Adams  when  making  the  last  great  speech  in 
favor  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence:  — 

From  all  the  guileful  plots  the  veil  he  drew ; 
With  eye  retortive  looked  creation  through. 

I  lis  arm  upraised  and  all  gestures  made  with  his  clenched  fist,  his  speech 
strong,  indignant,  and  impetuous,  court,  lawyers,  jurors,  and  spectators 
listening  in  silent  wonder,  and  the  advocate  speaking  thus, — 

Look  at  the  daily  newspapers  of  the  time  and  you  will  find  the  history  of  our  country  has 
become  darkened  and  is  one  vast  history  of  crime.  Why  is  it  so?  Because  American  jurors 
have  not  the  virtue  to  respect  their  oaths  and  render  verdicts  according  to  the  facts  proved. 
And  so  it  will  ever  remain  while  jurors  are  so  weak  or  so  wicked  as  to  love  the  criminal 
better  than  the  victim,  and,  from  personal  or  partisan  prejudice,  or  from  sympathy  with 
crime,  continue  to  violate  their  sacred  oaths  and  prostitute  official  duty  to  allow  the  criminal  , 
to  go  •'  unwhipt  of  justice. ''  If  /  had  been  attacked  as  my  client  has  been,  and  should  go 
before  a  jury  of  my  countrymen  and  that  jury  should  weakly  or  wickedly  refuse  to  give  me 
justice,  I  would  curse  the  country  that  could  produce  such  a  jury.  My  client  is  a  non-com- 
batant ;  lie  would  not  tight.  He  is  an  aged  man  and  could  not  fight;  and  this  lawless  villain 
knew  that  such  were  his  principles  and  condition,  and  thus  presumed  upon  the  safety  of  an 
attack.  It  the  lawless  ruffian  had  attacked  me  as  he  did  this  old  gentleman,  I  would  have 
returned  his  assault,  and  with  fist  or,  if  it  had  been  necessary,  with  bludgeon,  by  the  God  that 
made  me.  1  would  have  felled  him  to  the  earth! 

Francis  Russell  Chase,  son  of  Jonathan  Chase,  was  born  about  1818, 
and  his  home  was  for  a  large  portion  of  his  active  life  in  Conway.  His  father, 
although  not  a  lawyer,  had  quite  an  extensive  knowledge  of  law  and  was  for 
about  fifteen  years  judge  of  probate  for  Carroll  county.  Francis  was  little 
more  than  twenty-one  years  of  age  when  the  county  of  Carroll  was  carved 
out  of  the  old  county  of  Strafford.  He  became  clerk  of  the  court  until 
about  1855,  when  the  old  court  was  abolished  and  a  new  one  established.  He 
read  law  with  Judge  Dana   or   Judge  Joel  Eastman,  perhaps  with  both.     He 


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married  Huldah  Perlej   Fessenden,  of  Fryeburg,  Maine.     He  practised  hi 
Eession  in  this  county,  extending  his  business  also  into  Oxford  couul      M 
In   L854  he  was  speaker  of  the    New   Hampshire   house  of  represe 
IsTI  he  represented   Nmthfield   in   the  legislature.     II. ■  was  an  apl   and   n 
speaker,  a  companionable  man.  bright,  sharp,  and  keen,  and  with  stricl  devotion 
in  his  profession  might  have  become  a  siill  stronger  lawyer. 

Charles  B.  Shackford,  son  of  Samuel  B.  Shackford,  of  Conw 
born  in  Barrington,  December  28,  L840.  II. ■  was  graduated  al  Bowdoin  in 
L863,  and  soon  after  entered  the  law  office  of  Wheeler  <&  Hall  al  Dover.  He 
subsequently  attended  Harvard  Law  School  and  was  admitted  to  urai 
in  Massachusetts,  afterwards  in  New  Hampshire,  and  pursued  1 1 i.->  profession  al 
Dover  lor  several  years.  He  was  assistant  clerk  of  the  house  of  representa- 
tives in  1864  and  1865,  clerk  in  1866  and  1867,  appointed  solicitor  of  Strafford 
county  in  1876,  and  held  the  office  until  the  adoption  of  the  new  constitution, 
and  continued  to  hold  this  position  by  successive  elections  till  his  death  in 
1881.  He  married  Caroline,  daughter  of  Moses  A.  Cartland,  of  Lee,  October 
26,  1869.  Readers  of  Whittier  will  remember  Mr  Cartland,  and  will  doubtless 
recall  the  tender  tribute  which  Mr  Whittier  paid  him  in  the  poem  "  M.  A  I 
With  broad  culture,  strong  native  ability,  and  high  moral  elevation,  with  social 
and  domestic  relations  of  a  very  pleasant  character.  Mr  Shackford's  high  aspira- 
tions were  leading  him  up  to  a  proud  eminence  when,  January  2,  1881,  he  died, 
leaving  a  very  large  circle  of  appreciating  friends  who  had  based  high  expecta- 
tion mi  the  bright  promises  of  his  future. 

John  Colby  Lang  Wood  was  born  in  Freedom,  July  6, 1847.  His  educa- 
tion was  obtained  at  common  and  high  schools  of  Freedom  and  New  England 
Masonic  Charitable  Institute  of  Effingham.  He  was  graduated  at  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Commercial  College.  Portland,  Maine,  in  1*66.  He  then  engaged  in 
trade  at  Freedom,  then  came  to  Conway  in  1868  and  carried  on  merchandising 
until  1880.  He  built  a  store  in  1873.  He  commenced  to  read  law  with  II. >n. 
•loci  Eastman  in  1874,  then  studied  with  Josiah  II.  Hobbs,  of  Madison,  and 
was  subsequently,  1880,  at  the  Boston  Law  School,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Concordat  the  March  term.  L881,  and  has  since  practised  in  Conway. 
He  belongs  to  these  masonic  bodies:  Mt  Washington  Lodge,  Conwaj  ;  North 
Star  Chapter,  Lancaster:  St  Grerard  Commandery,  Littleton:  Orphan  Council, 
No.  1.  Dover.  He  is  a  director  in  Conway  Savings  Lank,  and  has  been  its 
president.  He  was  register  of  probate  from  July,  L883,  to  July,  lss-">.  and 
among  the  best  of  the  registers  of  the  county,  all  of  whom  have  been  men  of 
excellent  official  ability.  He  has  been  for  about  four  years  assistant  assessor  ol 
internal  revenue  for  the  first  district  of  New  Hampshire,  and  still  holds  the 
position  (1889).  He  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political  views.  Mr  Wood  discha 
his  official  duties  with  care  and  capability. 

John  B.  Nash,  now  a  practising  lawyer  in  Conway,  was  born  in  Windham. 


270  History   of   Carroll  County. 


.Maine.  May  17.  1848.  His  common  school  education  was  supplemented  by 
attendance  at  the  academy  at  Gorham,  Maine.  He  studied  law  with  Hon. 
Joel  Eastman  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Concord  in  August,  1878,  one  of 
the  first  under  the  new  order  and  rules  for  the  examination  and  admission  of 
students.  He  commenced  practice  at  Conway  and  soon  established  a  good 
Legal  business  in  the  county,  and  has  already  acquired  a  reputation.  He  has 
frequently  held  town  offices,  has  been  county  solicitor  for  four  years,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  constitutional  convention  of  1889. 

Mr  Nash  is  a  popular  man  and  enjoys  the  respect  and  friendship  of  his  pro- 
fessional associates.  He  is  generous  in  his  action  and  liberal  in  his  opinions,  is 
not  slow  to  make  himself  understood,  for  he  is  a  positive  man  in  his  expression 
of  his  views  and  reasons.  He  is  a  rapid  speaker,  has  a  very  ready  command  of 
language,  and  shows  the  false  positions  of  his  opponents  with  a  great  deal  of 
force.  He  identifies  himself  with  his  client's  cause,  and  whatever  subject  is 
under  his  consideration  receives  the  full  force  of  his  mental  activities,  and  at 
the  time  is  the  thing  of  vital  importance.  He  has  a  keen,  robust  humor,  and 
an  original  expression  of  it.  As  a  man  and  a  lawyer,  Mr  Nash  is  one  rising  to 
a  leading  position.  He  is  ever  in  the  lead  in  progressive  movements,  and  was 
the  first  man  in  Carroll  county  to  subscribe  for  its  history.  He  is  now  doing 
good  work  on  the  board  of  education  in  Conway. 

Frederic  B.  Osgood,  son  of  James  and  Jane  (Harnden)  Osgood,  was  born 
in  Fryeburg,  Maine,  November  10,  1852.  He  was  educated  at  Fryeburg 
academy  and  Bowdoin  College,  where  he  graduated  in  the  class  of  1875.  He 
commenced  the  study  of  law  with  Major  D.  R.  Hastings,  of  Fryeburg,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1877  at  the  December  term  of  the  Oxford  county 
court.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  North  Conway,  and  with 
the  exception  of  a  six  months'  absence  from  the  state  has  been  located'  there. 
He  was  elected  county  solicitor  in  1884  and  has  held  the  office  two  terms, 
from  July,  1885,  to  July,  1889.  He  was  made  a  Freemason  at  Pythagorean 
Lodge,  Fryeburg,  about  1878,  and  still  holds  membership  there.  He  is  a 
member  of  Saco  Valley  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  North  Conway.  Mr  Osgood  is 
a  natural  student,  a  man  of  scholarly  instincts  and  much  culture,  and  when 
fully  aroused  and  persuaded  of  the  correctness  of  his  position  speaks  with 
much  eloquence.  He  has  an  earnest  and  powerful  nature,  and  often  speaks 
like  one  born  to  command. 

Hon.  George  W.  M.  Pitman,1  son  of  Joseph  and  Joanna  (Meserve) 
Pitman,  was  born  in  Bartlett,  May  8,  1819.  He  lived  with  his  parents  until 
he  was  twelve  years  of  age,  then  went  to  the  tavern  of  his  cousins,  Stephen 
and  Ezra  Meserve,  located  where  Pitman  Brothers'  East  Branch  House  now 
stands,  remaining  there  three  years,  and  then  returned  to  his  home.  He 
was  educated  at  the  public  schools  and  North  Conway  and  Fryeburg,  Maine, 
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Ann    M.  (Davis)  Chubbuck,   and   continued   In-   resid in    Barth 

he  has  always  made   his   home.    The   children   of  Georgi    W.  M. .  and    !. 
Pitman   were:  — (1)  .loan    M.,  married    Lyman   Charles;   (2)  Marj    \. 
(3)    Angevine     (dec.  >:    <  I  >    Winthrop     M.  ;     1 5  i    I.  ci  i  \\ 

(7)  Adnali.    married     Charles     E.    Wingate,    resides    in     Lawrence,     M 

(8)  l^vi  ('.:  (9)  Joseph  II.;  (10)  Emma,  married  George   \.  < 

(II)  A-ndrew  .1.     Mrs    Pitman    died    March   1.  L  889,  aged   -i<i\   six    -. 
five   months.     Her  eight    living  children   are   estimable   citizens,  prominent    in 
society  and  business.     She  was  a  woman  of  sterling  <  ihristian  principle,  and  her 
influence  will  be  felt    for  good  during  Long  years. 

Judge  Pitman  was  engaged  in  teaching  for  some  five  or  six  years,  then  in 
BUrveying,  for  which  lie  had  fully  qualified  himself,  lie  has  done  much  in 
surveying  and  platting,  probably  more  than  any  other  man  in  the  state,  and  bo 
fully  demonstrated  his  ability  that  he  has  frequently  been  called  upon  as  an 
expert.  Many  of  the  original  surveys  in  the  White  Mountain  region  were 
made  by  him.  Studying  law,  he  began  practice  in  1855,  in  which  he  has  con- 
tinued ever  since.     He  conducted  merchandising  fr 1850  until  lv^. 

Liberal  in  religion  and  a  sound  Democrat  in  politics,  he   has   represented  all 

the  various  town  offices,  including  chairman  of  the  hoard  of  select n.  for  b< i 

twenty  years;  served  as  county  commissioner  from  L856  to  1859,  inclusive; 
judge  of  probate,  1*74  to  1  n 7 < *>  (said  to  have  been  tin;  best  for  length  of  service 
the  county  has  ever  had) ;  member  of  the  legislature  twelve  terms,  from  Is-"". 
to  1869;  of  the  senate  in  1*70  to  1*72.  and  president  of  that  body  during  his 
second  term.  lie  enjoys  the  distinction  of  being  the  only  citizen  of  the 
who  has  been  honored  by  a  seat  in  three  constitutional  conventions.  Another 
circumstance  concerning  the  Pitman  family  is  worthy  of  note:  Judge  Pitman, 
his  father  Joseph,  and  his  son  Lycurgus,  three  generations,  have  each  been 
chosen  state  senator. 

Judge  Pitman  has  been  for  many  years  a  man  of  extensive  influence,  as  i- 
shown  by  the  record  of  his  serving  so  many  terms  in  important  positions.  His 
dignified  appearance  and  affable  and  genial  nature  have  made  him  a  favorite 
among  the  people;  while  his  sterling  integrity,  ripened  judgment,  and  large 
experience  in  public  and  private  affairs  have  made  him  a  desirable  representa- 
tive to  protect  their  interests.  Judge  Hill  says  of  him:  ••Judge  Pitman 
man  of  quick  perceptions,  of  strong  natural  abilities,  a  genial  companion,  and 
his  conversational  powers  are  of  a  high  order,  lie  has  for  many  years  I 
leading  lawyer  of  Carroll  county." 

Seth  Wvmax  Fife,  son  of  Moses  and  Eliza  Fife,  was  born  in  Chatham, 
December  10,  1846.  He  was  educated  at  the  common  schools  and  Fryeburg 
and  Norway  (Maine)  academies,  and  read  law  with  <  .  (  .  Sandi  son,  ol 
Norway,  and  was  admitted  to  the  (  >xford  county  bar  in  1  vo".     1 1     then  ent 


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Harvard  Law  School,  and  after  graduation  established  himself  in  the  practice  of 
law  at  Fryeburg,  where  he  has  continued  in  his  professional  labors;  he  has 
also  been  engaged  in  insurance  business,  and  in  educational  matters  to  some 
extent. 

.Iioin  Bickford,  formerly  of  Ossipee,  after  being  admitted  to  the  bar, 
went  to  Manchester,  and  is  now  and  has  been  for  some  time  an  acceptable 
clerk  of  the  police  court  of  that  city. 

Jambs  A.  Edgerly  was  born  in  Wolf eborough  about  1846,  and  read  Law 
with  William  ,1.  Copeland,  of  Great  Falls.  Mr  Edgerly,  after  liis  admission 
to  the  bar.  became  law  partner  of  Mr  Copeland.  and  so  continued  till  the  death 
of  Mr  Copeland.  He  has  an  extensive  practice  in  York.  Strafford,  and  Carroll 
counties,  and  is  a  rising  man  in  his  profession. 

There  are  some  whom  we  have  doubtless  passed  by  who  might  worthily 
be  commemorated  here  :  some  among  the  living,  and  some  whose  very  names 
are  forgotten.  Of  those  here  represented,  we  have  endeavored  to  present 
their  virtues,  but  only  in  the  lightest  way  to  recall  their  frailties,  for  human 
frailty  is  manifested  everywhere.  The  larger  number  of  those  whose  charac- 
ters have  been  delineated  here  have  been  worthy  men,  and  have  adorned  the 
highest  places  in  a  noble  profession. 

Of  the  living,  many  are  walking  the  "border-land."  and  looking  across  to 
the  ''bright,  unearthly  shores."  They  have  seen  many  of  their  rivals  fall 
beside  them  and  have  paid  tender  tribute  to  their  virtues.  But  we  turn 
tenderly  to  the  dead,  to  those  who,  being  invoked,  cannot  answer.  "  The}" 
have  canceled  all  they  have  done  or  said."  and  gone  to  "the  presence  chamber 
of  the  King  of  kings."  They  have  passed:  the  venerable  in  years:  manhood 
in  its  prime  has  "thrown  its  last  fetters  off:"  aspiring  youth  has  soared  from 
its  mortal  habitation  to  the  mysteries  that  lie  beyond  the  material  wall  that 
shuts  us  from  the  land  only  seen  in  holy  vision;  and  as  we  contemplate  these 
wondrous  tilings  of  the  mortal  and  the  immortal,  we  recall  the  language  of 
Wallace  as  he  invokes  the  silent  sleepers  of  Greenwood:  — 

Where  are  ye,  lost  sunbeam*  of  the  soul? 
Are  ye  where  great  Orion  towers,  and  holds 
Eternity  on  Ins  stupendous  brow? 
Or  where  pair  Neptune  in  the  shadowy  space 
Shows  forth  how  far.  in  his  creative  mood, 
In  pomp,  and  silence,  and  concentred  brows. 
Walked  forth  the  Almighty?    Haply  ye  are  gone 
Where  ether  being  roundeth  into  shapes 
Of  bright  beatitude. 

NOTABLE  Trials.  —  Many  interesting  trials  have  taken  place  in  this 
county  which,  for  the  time,  created  a  deep  concern.  A  few  criminal  trials 
are  worthy  of  record,  as  these  excited  a   deep  and  far-reaching  interest. 


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Aboul    L865  or  1866,  in  the  town  of  Effingham,  i     . 
with  one  or  more  friends,  was  Bitting  beside  hia  own  home,  ta 
rest  after  dinner.     A  young  man,  Mr  Frost,  was  seen  approaching  with  .. 
hut  there  was  in  the  minds  of  the  partj  no  suspicion  of  hostile  intent.     1 
had  been  supposed  to  be  a  man  very  easily  disturbed,  and  had  blamed   M     D 
for  sonic  trivial  act  wherein  Day  had  performed  some  act  of  kind 
mother  of  Frost  which   Frost  had  refused  or  neglected  to  do.     I1 
suspicion  that   Frost  regarded  him  as  unfriendly.     As    Frost    approached,  he 
came  deliberately  near  to  Day.  Leveled  his  gun,  and  at  once  shot  him   ; 
The  act  was  deliberate  and  with  no  attempt  at  concealment.     There  w 
possible  defence  except  the  common  pica  of  insanity. 

In  the  following  autumn,  at  the  October  term  of  court.  Frost  was  indicted 
for  murder,  and  tried  at   the  same  term.     Hon.  Henry   A.   Bellows  and    I! 
Jonathan  E.  Sargent  presided.     William  ('.  Clark  was  attorney-general.  .1 
H.  Hobbs,   county   solicitor.       George    W.   Stevens    was   assigned   as   se 
counsel,  and  Sanborn  B.  Carter  as  junior  counsel,  for  the  defence.     The  object 
of  the  attorney-general  appeared  to  be  to  have  a  perfectly   just   trial  and 
at    the   truth.     The  plea  of  insanity  was  very  unpopular,  and   while  Mr  Clark 
searched  vigorously    every    test    to    ascertain    the    probability   of  the    plea    ol 
insanity  being  just  or  otherwise,  when   the  hypothetical  questions  were  asked 
of  Dr  Tyler  of  the  Somerville  (Mass.)    Asylum  for    the    Insane,    and    of    Dr 
Bancroft    of  the  New   Hampshire   Asylum   for  the   Insane,  the    answer-   were 
awaited   with   much  interest. 

Those  eminent  physicians  agreed  that  insanity  was  indicated  by  the  sup- 
1  conditions.  Those  answers  substantially  settled  the  is  The  jury 
gave  a  verdict  of  "Not  guilty  by  reason  of  insanity,"  and  Frost  was  committed 
to  the  insane  asylum,  where  lie  died  a  few  years  later.  At  that  time  Carroll 
county  had  not  had  many  trials  of  such  nature,  but  within  twelve  years  the 
reputation  of  the  county  as  being  the  "wickedest  in  the  country"  was  rising 
fast,  and  by  the  time  that  the  last  Buzzell  trial  was  concluded  we  had 
approached    near  the  head  of  the  list   in   that    unenviable  direction. 

Trial  of  Joseph  B.  Buzzell.  —  In  the  late  autumn  of  1874  the  town       I'. 
field  was  the  scene  of  one  of  the   most  appalling  murders  that   ever  dark 
the  history  of  crime.     <  >ne  evening  a   family  consisting  of  an  aged  lady,  M  - 
Hanson,  and  her  son.  a  man  approaching  middle  age.  and  her  daughter  Susan, 
a   young    lady    of  good   repute,  was    sitting    quietly  in    a    well-lighted    room, 
engaged  in  conversation  and  such  other  matters  as  are  incident  tosuch 
So   tar  as   they  knew  they  were  at    peace  with  all   the  world,  exci  pt  tl 
the  daughter,  had  a  suit  with  Joseph    B.  Buzzell  of  the  same  town  t 
damages  for  breach  of  contract  on   the  part   of  Buzzell  to  marry  the  plaintiff, 
Susan.      At  a  previous  term  of  the  court   the  cas<     \  1  and  the  hearing 

was  to  take  place  at  an  early  day. 


27  I  History  of   Carroll   County. 


Suddenly,  amid  the  rattling  and  crashing  of  glass,  was  heard  the  explosion 
of  a  heavily  Loaded  gun,  and  the  lamps  in  the  room  went  ont.  The  fear  and 
dismay  of  the  family  can  be  imagined.  They  recovered  from  their  surprise, 
lighted  a  lamp,  and  then  was  revealed  the  broken  window,  and  Susan  lying 
dead,  shot  by  some  one  from  outside.  Hon.  John  W.  Sanborn  and  Frank 
Hobbs,  the  counsel  for  Miss  Hanson  in  the  breach  of  promise  suit,  at  once  pro- 
ceeded to  take  steps  for  a  thorough  investigation.  .There  was  no  ground  for 
suspicion  against  any  person  except  Mr  Buzzell,  and  he  was  a  man  of  fair  repu- 
tation, had  held  offices  of  trust  in  his  town,  and  was  at  the  time  engaged  in 
Wolfeborough  at  his  trade  as  a  stonemason.  It  was  ascertained  that  he  came 
from  Wolfeborough  on  the  evening  of  the  tragedy  and  returned  early  next 
morning. 

Next  day  the  excitement  was  at  fever  heat,  and  when  the  daily  newspapers 
on  the  following  evening  announced  the  murder  and  its  circumstances,  there 
was  a  general  feeling  of  horror  that  a  peaceful  home  could  be  so  invaded. 
Levi  T.  Haley,  at  Wolfeborough,  asked  Mr  Buzzell  if  he  had  heard  of  the 
murder  at  Brookfield  on  the  last  night.  Buzzell  replied,  "  A  murder?"  Haley 
answered,  "Miss  Hanson  was  shot  at  Brookfield  last  night."  "Not  Susan!" 
said  Buzzell.  "Yes,"  Haley  replied,  "Susan  Hanson  was  shot  through  the 
window  last  night  at  her  own  home  at  Brookfield  and  is  dead."  Buzzell  so 
mastered  his  emotions  as  to  leave  Mr  Haley  in  doubt  as  to  the  effect  produced. 

Buzzell  was  arrested ;  a  preliminary  trial  was  had,  and  he  was  held  to 
answer  to  the  April  term  of  court,  when  he  was  indicted  and  put  on  trial. 
The  attorney-general,  lion.  Lewis  W.  Clark,  now  judge  of  the  supreme 
court,  Frank  Hobbs,  of  Dover,  and  the  county  solicitor  conducted  the  prosecu- 
tion, and  Cyrus  K.  Sanborn  and  William  J.  Copeland  defended  Buzzell. 
Judge  Isaac  W.  Smith  presided.  John  Gove,  of  Sandwich,  was  foreman  of 
the  jury.  The  outside  sentiment  was  very  strong  against  Buzzell.  The  court 
used  all  precaution  to  have  a  fair  trial,  but  even  then  the  strong  feeling  against 
the  respondent  seemed  floating  in  the  air,  and  a  sentence  of  "guilty"  was  pre- 
dicted with  confidence  by  a  large  majority  of  persons  attendant.  The  theory 
of  the  state  was  that  Buzzell  committed  the  murder  in  person,  with  the  weapon 
in  his  own  hand,  at  about  ten  minutes  past  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening.  The 
time  of  his  starting  from  Wolfeborough  became  very  material.  The  witnesses 
differed  somewhat  in  relation  to  this,  many  fixing  it  at  near  half-past  five 
o'clock,  but  the  testimony  was  not  uniform.  The  distance  was  about  nine 
miles,  over  a  very  rough  and  hilly  road,  across  the  spur  of  a  mountain  of  local 
lame  known  as  "  Tumble-down  Dick."  The  jury  was  taken  over  the  road 
which  it  appeared  Buzzell  had  traveled  the  night  of  the  murder.  It  was 
claimed  that  BuzzelPs  horse  had  been  driven  over  this  road  at  some  time 
between  the  murder  and  the  trial,  and  had  made  the  trip  in  less  time  than  the 
weighl  of  testimony  indicated. 


Courts,    Lawyers,   am.   Notable    I'i 


Bui   the  question   what    was  the  weight   of  testin y  wiis  much  tli 

Much  testimony  showed  that  Buzzell  was  traveling  verj   leisu 
t  i  1 1 1 1  >  1 1  \    indicated  thai   on  the  lower  pan  of  the  route  those  who  saw  hi  in  in 
tlic  dusk  saw  him  driving  rapidly.     Boot-tracks  were  seen  in  n  garden   - 
Hanson  house  thai  were  said  to  be  made  1>\   Buzzell'a 
same  size.     The  tracks  of  a  horse's  fool  on  a  road  where  the  tnurdi 
posed  to  have  passed  were  believed  to  have  hern  made  h\  a  shoe  the  - 
as  a  blacksmith  believed  was  worn  by  Buzzell's  horse,  and  which  he  liin 
put  on  the  horse's  feet.     The  cross-examination  seemed  to  elicit   from  the  wit- 
ness thai  the  same  track  would  have  been  made  by  one  third  of  the  horses  trav- 
eling upon  our  roads.     All  these  slighl  circumstances  weighed  but   little.     The 
trial  was  conducted  with  masterly  ability  on  both  sides.     Frank  Hobbs  for  the 
state,  and  MrCopeland  for  the  defence,  chiefly  pul   in  the  evidence,  and  each 
disputed  point  was  thoroughly  discussed   before  the  court,  and  each  devel 
all  there  was  in   his  ease.     Attorney-General   Clark   made  the  argument  to  the 
jury  for  the  state,  which  was  worthy  of  his  high  reputation  as  a   jury  advo 
Mr  Copeland  in  an  argument  of  four  hours  and    forty  minutes   made  a  trium- 
phant defence,  and  Buzzell  was  acquitted. 

The  public  at  large  believed  Buzzell  guilty  and  fell  thai  a  terrible  crime 
was  to  go  unpunished.  Severe  expressions  were  indulged  in  against  the  jury. 
While  many  individual  jurors  might  have  believed  or  had  strong  suspicions 
that  Buzzell  was  guilty,  partly  because  they  could  see  how  he  might  have  had 
a  motive  that  would  influence  some  men,  but  which  to  others  would  be  do 
motive  at  all,  they  still  failed  to  see  that  legal  evidence  existed.  Could  they 
say.  on  their  oath  to  render  a  verdict  according  to  law  and  evidence,  that  it 
was  proved  beyond  a  reasonable  doubt  that  Joseph  15.  Buzzell  was  there  after 
his  return  from  Wolfeborough  and  committed  that  murder  in  person  at  or 
about  ten  minutes  past  seven  (such  being  the  theory  of  the  state)'.'  It  seems 
that  most  persons  will  say  that  whatever  the  fact  was.  the  jury  was  justifled  in 
finding  that  on  the  lirst  trial  the  murder  was  not  proved  against  Buzzell  beyond 
reasonable  doubt. 

Buzzell's  Second   Trial.  —  After  his  discharge  Buzzell  went  to  his  home  and 
folk, we<l  his   usual   pursuits,  but    the   disturbed    elements   did    not    assume   their 
original  serenity.     A  bitter  feeling  had  been  engendered,  not  to  be  quieted  this 
Bide  the  grave.     In  the  neighborhood  several  fires,  apparent!)  incendiary,  blazed 
up  in  the  silence  of  the  night,  and  whether  there  was  any  evidence  pointii 
Buzzell  or  otherwise,  he  was,  by  some  of  his  former  opponents  in  the  first 
regarded   as  a   dangerous   man.      At    length   one   Charles  Cook,  a   singular  boy 
who  had  lived   much   in    Buzzell's   family,   made    a    startling   disclosure    that 
renewed   all    the    interest    in    the    Susan    Hanson    murder.      This    boy.   who  had 
much  less  wit  than  the  average  boy  in  some  directions,  and  much  more  in 
others,  made  statements  that  indicated  that  Buzzell  did  nol  commit  the  murder 
in  person,  but  procured  it  to  lie  done. 


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What  should  l>e  done?  A  trial  had  been  held.  Buzzell's  life  had  once 
been  placed  in  jeopardy,  and  now  came  a  proposition  to  again  jeopardize  it. 
The  court  refused  to  grant  a  new  trial  until  the  full  bench  should  pass  upon  it 
as  a  question  of  law  whether  one  who  had  once  been  tried  for  a  crime  as  prin- 
cipal could  again  be  tried  for  procuring  another  to  commit  the  same  crime. 
This  seemed  a  matter  of  grave  consideration.  But  the  court,  after  a  full 
examination  of  authorities,  said  :  u  One  who  has  been  acquitted  as  a  principal 
in  a  murder  may  be  convicted  as  an  accessory  before  the  fact  in  the  same  mur- 
der." In  reasoning  on  this  the  court  further  said :  "  In  murder,  the  felony  of 
an  accessory  is  not  the  act  of  a  principal,  and  the  felony  of  a  principal  is  not 
the  act  of  an  accessory.  In  fact,  they  are  different  acts  done  at  different  times 
and  different  places.  In  law  they  are  different  crimes."  —  58  New  Hampshire 
Reports,  page  257. 

Buzzell  was  again  put  on  trial  for  the  crime  of  procuring  the  murder  of 
Susan  Hanson.  Hon.  Mason  W.  Tappan  was  attorney-general  ;  Frank  Hobbs 
again  aided  the  state  in  the  trial,  and  before  the  evidence  was  closed  the 
case  was  substantially  settled  against  Buzzell.  Hon.  William  L.  Foster  and 
Hon.  Clinton  W.  Stanley  presided.  Copeland  and  Edgerly  again  conducted 
the  defence.  The  only  possible  chance  for  the  defence  after  the  decision  of 
the  court  granting  a  new  trial  was  to  break  down  the  testimony  of  Cook,  the 
principal.  The  trial  was  a  stubborn  one  from  the  first,  and  was  again  con- 
ducted with  ability,  but  the  defence  had  a  hard  contest,  and  Buzzell  was 
convicted  and  sentenced  to  suffer  the  punishment  of  death.  He  was  executed 
on  the  day  appointed.  The  general  public  accepted  the  verdict  as  a  just  one, 
but  for  the  immediate  parties  the  history  was  sad  in  the  extreme. 

So  passed  Joseph  B.  Buzzell  and  Susan  Hanson  from  the  earth.  Few  lives 
so  pleasant  in  the  beginning  have  had  so  sad  a  termination.  They  had  walked 
together  the  rosy  paths  of  childhood.  In  the  early  days  of  youth  and  maiden- 
hood they  had  looked  down  the  vistas  of  the  future  and  saw  bright  prospects 
toward  the  "sunset  land."  One  passed  to  the  eternal  world  'mid  night  and 
darkness  and  horror,  while  the  murdering  rifle  became  the  death-angel  calling 
in  the  night's  deep  silence.  The  other  suffered  upon  the  gallows  the  penalty  of 
an  outraged  law,  far  from  the  ministrations  of  kindred  and  home,  in  expiation 
of  a  fearful  crime.     Fiction  furnishes  few  parallels  for  such  fearful  realities. 

Trial  of  Sylvester  W.  Cone.  —  In  the  late  summer  or  early  autumn  of  187(3 
the  peace  of  the  quiet  old  town  of  Tamworth  was  suddenly  broken  by  an 
event  as  startling  as  it  was  unexpected.  The  report  ran  through  the  commu- 
nity that  Paul  Williams  had  been  killed  by  Sylvester  W.  Cone.  Cone  was  a 
man  forty-five  years  old  or  thereabouts,  a  man  quite  widely  known,  having  a 
reputation  something  more  than  local.  He  had  become  possessed  of  a  pleasant 
home  on  the  easterly  shore  of  Lake  Chocorua,  a  beautiful  sheet  of  water  lying 
at  the  base  of  the  mighty  mountain  whose  name  it  bears.     He  had,  within  a 


(  Iotjrts,    Lawyers,   and    Not  \m  i    Tri  \ 

year  or  two  previous,  married   his  firsl   cousin,  Miss  Anna  Cone,  of  I'. 
vania,  ;i  young  Lady  whose  age  scarcely  exceeded  twent}  years. 

Mr  Cone  was  a  presentable  man  when  seen  at  his  best,  and  by  his  manm 
and  conversation  impressed   many  people  as  a   gentleman.     He  talked  intelli- 
gently and  sometimes  sensiblj  of  things  "mental,  moral,  natural,  and  divine." 
With  ;ill  these  pleasing  qualities,  he  was  yet   an   unpopular  man.     His  temper 
was   unpleasant,  his   manner  at   times   insolenl  ;  his  promises  lie  more  "i 
disregarded,  ami  some  of  his  neighbors  considered   him  as  a  d  id  ., 

malicious   man.      Whether  there  was  any  reason    for  such  opinion   perhap.* 
lie    best    judged   by    his   subsequent    conduct.     Many  of   his    neighbors 
insulting  remarks  toward   him.  and   ii    required   but    little  irritation    to    cause 
him   t<>  become  very  disagreeable.     lie  was   hist    becoming  an   Ishmael  in  his 
neighborhood. 

<  hi  the  morning  of  the  tragedy,  a  Sabbath  morning,  several  young  men  had 
come  down  from  Albany  to  bathe  in  the  lake  near  his  dwelling.  He.  as  usual. 
resented  this  and  ordered  them  away.  They  refused  to  go.  Insulting  language 
was  used,  probably  on  both  sides.  Cone  seemed  ready  for  a  conflict,  and  the 
other. party  seemed  to  enjoy  his  excitement.  Cone  went  at  once  to  his  house 
and  armed  himself  with  a  heavily  loaded  gun.  His  wife,  guessing  hi-  purpose 
and  knowing  his  reckless  lawlessness,  and  fearing  for  the  result,  tried  to  keep 
him  from  going  into  danger,  where  she  foresaw  thai  the  life  of  himself  or  of 
some  of  the  other  party  would  be  endangered.  But  Cone  was  resolute  and 
determined  to  maintain  what  he  deemed  to  be  his  just  rights,  even  at  the 
expense  of  human  life. 

When  ('one  again  sought  the  intruders  they  appeared  to  have  gone  on,  and 
he  passed  on  to  a  place  among  the  pines  near  what  was  termed  the  "Narrows" 
bridge.  Here  he  discovered  that  between  himself  and  his  house  was  Paul 
Williams  with  a.  horsewhip.  His  escape  was  difficult  or  impossible  by  land 
without  an  encounter.  Either  from  the  fear  that  he  must  stand  up  and  receive 
a  most  fearful  horsewhipping,  or  from  a  very  light  estimate  in  which  he  held 
human  life.  Mi-  ('one  at  once  shot  Williams,  who  died  in  a  very  shorl  time. 
The  whole  community  cried  out  with  indignation  and  demanded  ' 
punishment. 

The  particulars  of  his  arrest  are  not  material,  but  at  the  next  term  of  the 
supreme  court  .Mr  ( "one  was  indicted  for  the  murder.  Hon.  \V .  II.  II.  Allen 
presided.  Hon.  Mason  W.  Tappan  was  attorney-general,  and  Buel  C.  Carter, 
solicitor  of  the  county.  The  defence  was  conducted  by  Copeland  and  I'.dgerly. 
of  Great  Falls,  aided  by  Quarles,  of  Ossipee,  and  Hobbs,  of  Madison. 

The  defence  set  up  the  plea  of  insanity,  and  also  urged  the  stress  of  circum- 
stances as  a  full  or  partial  justification.  It  was  argued  against  the  last  position 
that  Cone  was  safe  in  his  own  house,  that  he  was  in  no  sense  in  d  I   life 

or  limb  until  he  deliberately  armed  himself  with  a   deadly  weapon  and  sought 


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an  encounter,  and  that  even  then,  if  he  was  put  in  peril  of  bodily  harm,  he  had 
deliberately  put  himselrf  there  with  the  full  purpose  of  having  a  hostile 
encounter. 

The  trial  lasted  many  days.  The  demeanor  of  Cone  was  variable.  For 
most  of  the  time  he  conducted  himself  properly,  but  when  the  trial  was  over, 
in  presence  of  the  court  and  counsel,  he  became  enraged  and,  as  J)r  Holmes 
would  express  it,  he  seemed  "like  a  hawk  with  a  broken  wing." 

This  trial  was  one  of  the  most  exciting  and  interesting  ever  conducted  in 
the  county.  Mr  Copeland,  who  led  in  the  defence,  was  at  his  best,  and  on  the 
points  of  evidence  and  many  of  the  discussions  arising  before  the  court  on  the 
admissibility  of  evidence,  gave  proof  of  vast  learning  and  capacious  equipment 
for  the  conducting  of  such  cases.  His  argument  was  ingenious  and  well  calcu- 
lated to  distract  the  attention  of  the  jurors  from  the  material  fact  of  the  mur- 
der to  the  remoter  matters  of  the  alleged  hostility  of  Otis  G.  Hatch  to  his 
client,  and  to  (-one's  apparent  unsoundness  and  irresponsibility.  In  all  the 
discussions  before  the  court  Mr  Copeland  had  proved  himself  an  unquestioned 
match  for  Mr  Tappan.  He  was  even  more  ready  and  apt  in  his  fine  distinc- 
tions. Mr  Tappan  rose,  commenced  his  argument  slowly,  with  no  evidence 
ot'  excitement  or  of  much  enthusiasm.  He  began:  "Gentlemen  of  the  jury, 
If  you  had  not  sat  here  through  many  days  and  listened  to  the  evidence  in  this 
case,  but  were  dependent  for  your  knowledge  of  it  upon  the  argument  of  my 
eloquent  brother,  you  would  hardly  know  who  was  on  trial,  or  for  what  offence. 
You  would  be  quite  likely  to  consider  that  Otis  G.  Hatch  was  on  trial  for  con- 
spiracy against  a  poor,  suffering  martyr  by  the  name  of  Sylvester  W.  Cone. 
You  would  hardly  dream  that  Cone  himself  was  on  trial  for  one  of  the  most 
cold-blooded  and  detestable  murders  that  ever  darkened  God's  fair  earth." 
Mr  Tappan  then  referred  to  Mr  Hatch  as  one  who  felt  that  justice  required 
that  the  offender  should  be  held  to  punishment,  and  he  (Tappan)  trusted  that 
the  time  might  never  come  when  such  a  murder  could  be  committed  without 
the  entire  community  feeling  outraged,  and  added  that  the  indignant  feeling  of 
Mr  Hatch  was  one  of  the  best  indications  of  a  healthy  public  sentiment. 

During  the  first  hour  Mr  Tappan 's  efforts  seemed  directed  toward  the  dis- 
pelling of  the  impression  Mr  Copeland  had  made  touching  Mr  Cone's  claim  to 
martyrdom.  The  next  ninety  minutes  he  devoted  to  the  more  particular  con- 
sideration of  the  evidence.  The  defences  of  the  criminal  were  fading  "  like  a 
wreath  of  mist  at  eve."  The  pretence  of  insanity  looked  flimsy  and  shallow. 
The  conduct  of  Mr  Cone  was  reviewed  with  fearful  force  against  him,  and 
during  the  last  half-hour  the  utterance  of  Mr  Tappan  was  slow;  "his  breath- 
ings," as  used  to  be  said  of  Curran,  "were  deep  and  fearful."  It  was  one  of 
the  most  terrific  arraignments  ever  heard  in  Carroll  county. 

Mr  ('one  was  found  guilty  of  manslaughter  and  sentenced  to  thirty  years 
imprisonment  in  the  state  prison,  where  he  now  remains. 


HISTORY  OF  TOWNS. 


WOLFEBOROUGH. 


By    B.   F.   Parker,   Esq. 


CHAPTER    XXIII. 

Kingswood —  Grant  —  Grantees  —  Associates      Township  Defined—  Wolfeborough  Addi- 
tion,  etc.  —  Topography  —  Bays  —  Lake     Wentworth — Ponds—  Mountains       Aborigii 
Name  —  Survey —  Committee  for  Settling— Miles  Road  — Elisha  Bryanl      Drawing  of  Lots 

First  Mills  —  The  Neck  —  First  Settlers  —  Forfeitures  —  Charter — Action  of  Town  in  l'ii-t 
Meetings—  Fair  —  Quaint  Records  —  Officers—  Prosperity  and  Depression  —  Ammunition— 
Committee  of  Safety  —  Inventories  of  177<»  —  Governor  Wentworth  and  his  Farm. 

THE  first  town  organization  to  which  we  have  claim  was  Kingswood,  char- 
tered October  -*K  1737,  by  Governor  Belcher,  and  comprehending  tin- 
towns  of  Middleton,  New'  Durham,  New  Durham  Gore  (n<>\\  Alton), 
and  part  of  the  towns  of  Gilmanton,  Wakefield,  and  Wolfeborough.  By  the 
conditions  of  the  grant  the  proprietors  were  each  to  build  a  dwelling-house 
and  settle  a  family  in  the  town  within  five  years.  They  were  to  build  a 
meeting-house  within  the  same  time  and  settle  an  orthodox  minister  within 
seven  years.  Should  wars  occur,  the  time  for  doing  these  things  was  to  be 
extended.  They  were  also  to  reserve  three  hundred  acres  of  land  for  the  first 
ordained  minister  that  should  settle  in  the  town,  three  hundred  acres  for  the 
second,  six  hundred  acres  for  parsonages,  and  three  hundred  acres  for  the 
of  schools. 

Its  boundaries  were  partially  surveyed,  and  at  a  meeting  of  thi    pi  p 
held   in  January,  1738,  it  was  voted   to  survey  our  hundred  and  twenty  I 
lots  of  three  hundred  acres  each ;  one  to  be   for  the  use  of  scho  for  a 

parsonage,  one  for  the  firsl  minister,  sixty  for  sixty  settlers,  and  sixty  for  the 
sixty  proprietors,     [t  was  also  voted  that  the  first  settlement   should  be  m  the 


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southerly  corner  of  the  town,  which  would  be  within  the  present  limits  of 
New  Durham.  It  is  possible  that  a  few  persons  might  have  settled  there,  as 
eleven  years  alter  that  town  was  granted  to  Ebenezer  Smith  and  others. 
Certainly  there  were  no  settlements  within  the  present  boundaries  of 
Wolfeborough. 

The  Masonian  Proprietors,  at  a  meeting  held  in  Portsmouth,  October  5, 
L759,  disposed  of  the  principal  part  of  the  territory  now  constituting  the  town 
of   Wolfeborough  by  the  following  grant:  — 

Whereas,  sundry  young  gentlemen  of  the  town  of  Portsmouth,  in  said  Province,  have 
applied  to  said  proprietors,  and  represented  that  they  were  disposed  to  make  a  settlement  of 
a  new  Plantation,  and  to  advance  all  such  sums  of  woney,  from  time  to  time,  as  should  he 
necessary  to  a  vigorous  Prosecution  of  that  design,  if  they  could  obtain  the  title  of  said 
proprietors  to  a  suitable  tract  of  land  for  that  purpose ;  and,  thereupon,  have  requested  sucli 
a  ( I  rant ;  and  said  proprietors  being  willing  to  encourage  a  proposition  so  likely  to  be  of 
public  utility:  Therefore  —  Voted:  That  there  be,  and  hereby  is  granted  unto  William  Earl 
Treadvvell,  Henry  Apthorp,  Ammi  Ruhamah  Cutter,  and  David  So  wall,  all  of  Portsmouth 
aforesaid,  and  such  others  as  they  shall  admit  as  associates  with  them,  and  their  respective 
heirs  and  assigns  forever,  all  the  Right,  Title,  Estate,  Property  and  Demand  of  said  proprie- 
tors, of,  in  and  unto  a  certain  tract  of  laud  in  the  Province  aforesaid,  Equal  in  Quantity  to 
thirty-six  square  Miles;  Bounded  as  follows,  viz.  beginning  at  the  north  easterly  corner  of 
a  tract  of  land  granted  by  said  proprietors  to  Jonathan  Chesley  and  others,  known  by  the 
Name  of  New  Durham,  then  running  North  Forty-eight  Degrees  East,  on  the  Head  or  upper 
Line  of  a  Tract  of  Land  called  Middleton,  and  on  that  called  Salmon  Falls  —  Town,  or  as 
those  head  Lines  run,  joining  thereon,  and  running  so  far  as  that  a  Line  running  from  thence 
Six  Miles  North  West,  and  then  South  West  to  VVinnepiseoky  Pond,  and  then  by  the  side  of 
said  Pond,  joining  thereon,  until  the  aforesaid  Corner  first  mentioned  bears  South  East  to  the 
said  Corner,  makes  up  the  aforesaid  Quantity  of  thirty-six  square  Miles;  Excepting  and 
reserving  as  is  herein  after  Expressed,  and  on  the  Conditions  and  Limitations  and  Terms 
herein  after  declared,  to  have  and  to  hold  the  said  granted  Premises,  with  the  Appurtenances 
to  them,  the  said  William  Earl  Treadwell,  Henry  Apthorp,  Ruhamah  Cutter,  and  David 
Sewall,  and  their  Associates,  their  Several  and  respective  Heirs  and  Assigns,  forever,  on  the 
Terms,  Reservations,  Limitations  and  Conditions  following:  viz.  —  First,  that  the  said  Tract 
of  Land  be,  at  the  Cost  of  the  Grantees  and  their  Associates,  laid  out,  as  soon  as  may  be, 
into  four  equal  Parts,  both  for  Quantity  and  Quality,  and  one  of  said  Parts,  to  be  determined 
by  Lot,  be,  and  hereby  is  Excepted  and  Reserved  to  the  said  proprietors,  and  their  Assigns; 
which  Quarter  Part  shall  be  also  laid  out,  at  the  expense  of  the  said  Grantees  and  their 
Associates,  when  required  by  said  Proprietor,  into  twenty  Shares  or  Lots;  three  of  which 
-hall  he  for  the  following  Public  Uses,  Viz.  one  for  the  Use  of  a  School,  one  for  the  Use  of 
I  he  first  Minister  of  the  Gospel  who  shall  settle  there,  the  other  for  the  Use  of  the  Ministry 
of  the  Gospel  who  shall  settle  there  forever;  and  the  other  seventeen  Lots  to  be  for  the  Use 
of  the  other  Persons  to  whom  they  shall  fall  by  Lots,  hereafter  to  be  drawn,  their  Heirs  and 
Assigns;  by  which  Method  also  the  aforesaid  Lots  for  public  Uses  shall  be  determined;  and 
all  necessarj  Public  and  General  Highways  shall  be  laid  out  in  the  Reserved  Quarter,  at  the 
Expense  of  Hie  said  Grantees  and  Associates,  no  Highway  to  be  less  than  two  rods  wide; 
and  all  the  Shares.  Pots  and  Divisions  in  said  Quarter  Part,  shall  not  be  liable  to  any  charge 
in  settling,  and  carrying  this  Proposal  into  Execution,  until  the  same  shall  be  improved  by 
i  he  respective  <  >\\  ners. 

Secondly,  — the  said  grantees  shall  have  ten  Families  settled  on  said  three  Quarters  of 
said  Tract  of  Land,  within  three  years  after  a  Public  Peace  shall  be  concluded  between  the 


'Town    of    Wolpeborough, 


English,  French  and  indians;  and  within  eighl  years  after  such  h  P,    . 

Families  settled  there,  and  a  Convenient  House  buill   for  the  Public  Worship  < 

uecessarj  Highways  shall  be  laid  oul  through  the  said  Land  of  the  Breadth  afoi 

the  said  matters  and  Things  are  to  be  done  at  the  I  barge  and  e 

their  associates.     Provided,  that,  If,  after  such  a  Peace,  a  War  with  the  Indians  should 

commence,  before  the  Expiration  of  the  several  Periods  before  Limited,  the  like   i 

be  allowed  as  before  specified  after  thai   impediment  shall  be  removed.     Moreover  all  Whit*- 

Pine  Trees  fit  for  his  Majesty's  Use  in  the  services  of  the  Royal  Navy,  are  I 

to  his  Majesty's  Use,  his  Heirs  and  successors  for  that  purpose,  that  now  are,  or  bei 

shall  be  growing  on  said  Land. 

\ml  in  <'asc  the  said  Grantees  and    Associates  shall  neglect   and   omit    to   perforin   the 
Articles,  Matters  or  Things  before  mentioned  i>y  them  to  be  done,  or  that  shall  be  add 
Agreement   between  said  proprietors  and  them,  according  to  the   true  Intern  and    Mi 
hereof ,  and  within  the  Time  limited  for  that   purpose,  il  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  an 
-aid  Proprietors,  and  they  are  hereby  authorized,  either  by  themselves  or  any  ol  them,  their 
Agent  or  Agents  or  Attorneys,  in  their  Names  to  Enter  and  take  Possession  ol  said  Grantees 
Premises,  and  Become  Reseized  thereof,  and  be  again  instated  as  in  their  former  Estab 
as  if  this  Grant  had  never  been  made;  and  further,  it   is  agreed,  and  this  Condition  added, 
thai  the  Grantees  Lots  shall  not  be  subjected  to  any  Tow  n  or  Parish  char-.-  or  Tax,  either  by 
act  of  Assembly,  or  otherways,  until  they  shall   be  respectively  Settled   or  Sold;  but    the 
Grantees  and  their  Associates  shall  keep  and  save  them  wholly  indemnified  from  the  same, 
and  also  that  neither  the  Grantees  nor  their  Heirs  shall  be,  by  Virtue  of  this  Grant,  bound 
or  held  to  Warrant  the  said  Grantees  Premises  to  the  Grantees  or  their  Associates;  and  that 
there  be  also  reserved  in  the  most  convenient  Place  in  the  said  three  Quarter  I'art-  ol   said 
Tract  hereby  granted,  Ten  Acres  of  Land,  to  be  laid  out  by  the  said  Grantees  and   their 
Associates  in,  or  as  near  as  can  be,  in  a  Square,  for  Public  Uses  for  the  Benefit  ol  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  said  Tract  herein  described ;  Viz.  for  a  Training  Field,  Burying  Ground  and  anj 
other  Public  Uses. 


Treadwell  and  Apthorp  were  merchants,  Cutter  was  a  physician,  and 
Sewall  an  attorney.  On  the  twenty-fourth  of  the  same  month,  these  four 
persons,  "in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  five  shillings,"  by  deed  admitted 
twenty  associates,  granting  to  them  "  twenty-four  and  twentieth  parts  of  three 
quarters  of  said  tract  of  land,  excepting  only  ten  acres  which  were  to  be  held 
in  common  for  public  uses." 

These  associates  were :  Daniel  Pierce,  Esq.,  Paul  March,  Joshua  B racket t, 
gentlemen;  John  Kludge,  Daniel  Rihdge,  John  Wentworth,  George  Meserve, 
Robert  Odiorne,  Jotham  Kludge,  Samuel  Moffatt,  Thomas  Wentworth, 
merchants:  George  King,  Henry  Rust,  John  Parker,  [saac  Rindge,  mariners, 
all  of  Portsmouth;  William  Parker,  of  Kingstown,  gentleman;  Nathaniel 
Peaslee  Sargent,  of  Haverhill,  county  of  Essex,  province  of  Massachu 
Bay,  attorney  at  law:  Daniel  Treadwell,  of  New  York,  province  of  New  York, 
gentleman:  Thomas  Darling,  master  of  the  mast-shin  called  the  Strafford,  and 
John  Long,  master  of  the  mast-ship  Winchester,  hoth  Lately  of  Portsmouth. 
These  twenty-four  persons  constituted  the  "Proprietors  of  Wolfeborough, 
and  were  joint  owners  of  three  quarters  of  the  traci  of  land  ceded  by  the 
"Masonian    Proprietors,"  who  still  retained  the  remaining  quaiti 


282  History  or   Carroll  County. 


The  original  township  was  thus  defined:  Beginning  at  a  point  about  one 
mile  southeasterly  of  South  Wolfeborough  village  on  the  line  of  New  Durham, 
and  running  northeaster])-  six  miles  on  the  line  of  that  town  and  Brookfield, 
thru  turning  af  a  right  angle  and  running  northwesterly  by  Dimon's  Corner, 
and  nearly  on  the  line  of  the  road  leading  from  that  hamlet  to  Water  Village, 
tn  Tuftonborough  six  miles,  then  southwesterly  by  the  border  of  that  town 
to  Lake  Winnipiseogee  seven  miles,  then  by  the  shore  of  the  lake  and  the 
town   of   Alton   to   the  starting-point. 

In  1800  a  tract  of  land  known  as  "Wolfeborough  Addition  "  was  annexed 
1>\  legislatorial  act.  It  extended  the  northeasterly  line  of  the  town  one  mile 
and  seventy  rods  to  North  Wakefield  village,  then  ran  northwesterly  three  miles 
and  two  hundred  and  thirty  rods,  where  tliere  was  a  set-off  of  eight}r-three 
rods  towards  Wolfeborough ;  then  the  northwesterly  line  continued  one  mile 
and  three-fourths.  In  the  "addition"  there  were  five  lots:  three  of  about 
1,000  acres  each,  owned  by  Jonathan  Warner,  James  Stoodly,  and  Dr  Hall 
Jackson  ;  two  of  about  500  acres  each,  owned  by  (leorge  Meserve  and  Stephen 
Batson.  The  inhabitants  of  this  territory  had  always  acted  with  those  of 
Wolfeborough  in  town  affairs. 

By  an  act  passed  June  27,  1849,  a  portion  of  Alton  was  annexed  to  this 
town,  and  June  26,  1858,  a  part  of  Tuftonborough  was  annexed.  The  town 
now  has  a  border-line  of  about  thirty  miles,  or,  including  the  sinuosities  of  the 
lake  shore,  thirty-five  miles,  with  an  area  of  about  28,000  acres. 

Topography.  —  Several  bays  set  in  from  Lake  Winnipiseogee.  The  one 
lying  directly  south  of  Wolfeborough  village  is  the  most  important.  Sur- 
rounded with  islands,  it  is  a  safe  and  commodious  harbor;  connected  with 
this  by  a  narrow  strait  is  a  smaller  bay  which  flows  to  the  foot  of  the  Smith's 
river  falls.  A  large  bay  is  formed  by  the  projection  into  the  lake  of  the 
peninsulas  Wolfeborough  Neck  and  Tuftonborough  Neck.  Previous  to  the 
settlement  of  Wolfeborough,  a  heavily  ladened  boat  bound  for  Moultonborough 
was  by  stress  of  weather  driven  into  this  bay,  and  remained  during  the  winter, 
and  this  gave  it  the  name  of  "Winter  Harbor." 

In  the  south  central  part  of  the  town  is  Lake  Wentworth,  formerly  called 
Smith's  pond.  It  is  a  fine  sheet  of  water  about  three  miles  in  diameter,  and 
has  twenty-one  islands;  several  of  these  are  quite  small.  The  largest,  Stamp 
Act  (formerly  called  Mill)  Island,  contains  ninety  acres.  Triggs  Island  has 
twenty  acres.  Jotham  Rindge,  Governor  Wentworth's  factotum,  placed  cusk 
in  Lake  Went  worth,  and  from  these  probably  Lake  Winnipiseogee  and  other 
waters  were  supplied.  Llisha  (ioodwin  deposited  black  bass  in  this  lake. 
These  have  increased  remarkably  in  numbers,  and  Wolfeborough  has  become 
a  noted  resort  for  lovers  of  piscatorial  sport,  whose  votaries  furnish  employ- 
ment to  skilful  guides  during  the  summer,  a  veteran  one  being  John  A. 
Jackson. 


Town   of    Woli  ebohoi  gh. 


The    Ponds  are :    Rust's    <  formerly    Middle 
Beech,   Batson's,  and    Lang's  (Levis").     The    most    important    in 
Smith's  river,  the  outlet   of   Lake  Wentworth  and  Crooked   pond,  which  li 
fall  "t   twenty-eighl  feet,  and  on  which  is  situated   Mill  YTllage.     South  W 
borough  is  mi  the  outlel    of    Rust's  pond.     The  surface  of   Wolfeborough    is 
generally    uneven,   although    there   are    meadows   of    considerabli  mi 

the  borders  of    Lake    Wentworth  ami  its  tributaries,  and   some  small    plains 
in   other   Idealities. 

Mountains.  —  Along  the  northern  border  is  a  line  of  high  hills.  The  prh 
pal  peaks  arc  Stockbridge,  Beacham,  and  Moody  mountains.  On  the  north- 
easter^  border  there  are  four  distinct  elevations,  of  about  the  same  heighl  ami 
nearly  equi-distant  from  each  other-  Batson,  Trask,  Whiteface,  ami  Cotton 
(Cutter's)  mountains.  They  are  about  L,200  feel  above  the  ocean  ami  700 
above  hake  Winnipiseogee.  There  is  a  deep,  narrow  valley  between  Batson 
and  Trask  mountains,  through  which  passes  the  mad  leading  from  Wolfe- 
borough  to  Ossipee.  Whiteface  has  a  nearly  perpendicular  precipice  oi 
oral  hundred  feet  on  its  eastern  side.  The  rain  which  falls  within  a  circle 
than  one  mile  in  diameter  on  the  top  of  Cotton  mountain  reaches  the  ocean  by 
three  rivers,  the  Saco,  the  Piscataqua,  and  the  .Merrimack,  whose  outlets  are  in 
three  states.  Numerous  pictures  of  beautiful  landscape  scenery  may  lie  seen 
from  these  elevated  points.  The  most  extensive  scenic  view  is  from  the  top  of 
Trask  mountain.  From  this  point  can  be  seen  both  the  Kearsarge  of  Conway 
and  the  kearsarge  of  Warner.  These  two  peaks  strikingly  resemble  each 
other. 

The  Soil  of  Wolfeborough  is  generally  fertile,  although  in  various  place-,  dis- 
similar in  character.  It  is,  however,  meagre  in  mineral  products.  Bog-iron 
ore,  garnets,  and  quartz  crystals  have  sometimes  been  found.  Coarse  granite 
abounds,  but  good  building  stone  is  scarce.  There  are  several  deposits  of  clay 
and  a  few  mineral  springs,  whose  water  is  supposed  to  possess  curative  proper- 
ties. Its  primitive  forests  were  diversified.  Tine  prevailed  in  the  central  [.art 
of  the  town,  beech  in  the  northern  part.  Maple,  oak,  and  hemlock  grew  almost 
everywhere. 

Aborigines.  —  Little  is  known  of  the  aborigines  of  this  section.     They  were 
probably  subject  to  the   Pennacook*;  whose   headquarters  were  on   the    .Merri- 
mack,    [ndian  relics  have  frequently  been  found  on  the  borders  of  the  ponds 
and    streams.      A   stone    health   and    several   caches  were   discovered    near  ! 
Wentworth:   a  small  plot  of  cleared  hufd    now  enclosed  within  Pine    Hill  i 
tery  has  ever  been  called  the -Indian   Dance." 

At  a  meeting  of  the  town  proprietors,  held  at  the  house  of  Joht  -.  in 

Portsmouth,  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  November,  L759,  of  which  Danii 
Esq.,  was  appointed  moderator,  and  David  Sewall,  clerk,  i!  was  voted  "that  the 


284  History  of   Carroll  County. 


township,  in  honor  of  the  late  lamented  and  illustrious  General  Wolf,  deceased, 
be  called  WOLFBOROTTGH."  General  Wolfe  had  recently  fallen  at  the  head  of 
the  English  army,  in  a  successful  engagement  with  the  French  on  the  Plains  of 
Abraham,  near  Quebec.  The  error  in  the  orthography  of  Wolfe's  name  was 
transferred  to  the  name  of  the  town.  This  has  been  variously  written  Woolf- 
borough,  Wolfsborough,  and  now  Wolfeborough. 

At  this  meeting  of  the  proprietors,  Daniel  Rindge,  George  Meserve,  and 
A.  I{.  Cutter  were  appointed  a  committee  to  procure  a  survey  and  division 
of  the  township  into  four  parts.  A  tax  was  assessed  for  defraying  the  cost  of 
surveying  and  other  current  expenses. 

The  survey  and  division  of  the  town  was  made  by  Walter  Bryant,  Jr,  who 
constructed  a  camp  for  shelter  near  the  present  site  of  the  South  Wolfeborough 
woolen  manufactory.  Its  exact  locality  is  still  pointed  out.  The  work  was 
completed  in  1762.  The  grantors  drew  the  northern  quarter  of  the  township, 
which  was  the  least  valuable  division.  This  was  afterwards  known  as  the 
"Lords  Quarter.''  This  title  is  now,  however,  applied  to  a  district  comprising 
the  northwestern  portion  of  the  division. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors  in  April,  1762,  Paul  March,  John  Wentworth, 
and  A.  R.  Cutter  were  appointed  a  committee  to  settle  five  families  in  the 
township,  and  were  authorized  to  grant  a  tract  of  land  to  the  same  not  exceed- 
ing one  thousand  acres,  and  to  pay  each  settler  a  sum  not  exceeding  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds  old  tenor. 

January  11',  1763,  the  committee  on  settlements  was  authorized  to  settle 
seven  additional  families,  ''provided  that  the  expense  of  settling  the  seven  fam- 
ilies did  not  exceed  fourteen  hundred  acres  of  land  and  fourteen  hundred 
pounds  old  tenor."  ( )n  the  seventeenth  of  October  following,  the  same 
committee,  with  the  addition  of  Daniel  Pierce,  was  instructed  to  make  a 
load   in  said  township. 

In  March,  1764,  this  committee  was  directed  to  grant  one  additional  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  to  encourage  settlements,  and  in  May  were  instructed  to 
publish  in  the  newspapers  notices  of  the  favorable  terms  which  were  being 
offered  to  settlers  in  Wolfeborough,  and  also  to  procure  a  survey  for  a  road. 
This  road  was  "spotted"  by  John  McDuffee  and  "cut"  by  Josiah  Miles  the 
same  season.  The  next  year  Miles  built  bridges  across  most  of  the  streams 
over  which  the  road  passed.  This  was  called  the  Miles  road,  and  is  in  the 
main  the  same  as  that  from  New  Durham  to  Tuftonborough  through  Wolfe- 
borough village. 

Up  to  this  period  no  success  had  attended  the  efforts  to  effect  a  settle- 
ment in  the  township.  The  proprietors  now  granted  full  discretionary  power 
to  the  committee  on  settlements,  and  voted  additional  sums  of  money  for 
accomplishing  the  object.  Still  failing  to  secure  settlers,  they,  in  October, 
1765,  voted  to   lay  out  their  portion  of   the  township  into   twenty-four  shares 


Town     OF     WOLFEBOROl  GH. 

of   equal    value   reserving   one    hundred    acres   around    the    falls   on    Smith's 
river  for  ;i  mill  privilege,  and  a  tracl  of  1,050  acres  in   the  south   pan   of  the 

town    for  Elisha   Bryanl   and  others,  who  proposed   to  be< ■  settlers,     h   is 

said  that  Bryant  and  three  sturdy  sons  afterwards  came  to  the  place,  and 
converting  the  camp  formerly  occupied  l>\  Walter  Bryanl  into  a  dwelling, 
commenced  felling  trees.  They,  however,  remained  but  a  short  time.  The 
elder  Bryant  complained  thai  the  limpid  stream  flowing  near  his  temp. 
domicile  furnished  an  unpalatable  beverage.  The  tract  was  divided  into 
seven  lots,  and  was  evidently  intended  for  seven  families,  h  subsequently 
reverted  to  the  proprietors. 

A  contracl  was  made  with  Paul  March  to  procure  a  survey  of  the  town  for 
twenty-tive  pounds,  lawful  money.  The  survey  was  immediate!}  commenced 
by  Walter  Bryant,  Jr,  and  completed  within  the  year. 

On  the  nineteenth  of  February,  17dd,  the  proprietors  met  at  the  inn  of 
Captain  Zachariah  Foss,  in  Portsmouth,  for  the  purpose  of  drawing  their 
respective  lots  of  land.  It  appears  that  after  the  twenty-four  lots  had  beeu  laid 
out.  there  remained  a  tract  bordering  on  Tuftonborough,  and  extending  from 
the  lake  to  the  "Lords'  Quarter,7'  302  rods  wide  at  the  easterly  end,  186  rods 
at  the  westerly,  and  comprising  1,750  acres.  Of  this  tract  Daniel  Pierce,  by 
agreement,  took  one  thousand  acres,  afterwards  known  as  the  Great  Lot,  ami 
gave  to  the  proprietors  a  quitclaim  of  his  right  as  a  grantee,  and  also  as  a 
grantor.  It  was  thus  that  the  lots  numbered  eleven  and  fifteen  in  the  grantors' 
quarter  came  into  the  possession  of  the  grantees. 

The  remaining  750  acres  of  this  tract,  together  with  lots  twenty-two  ami 
twenty-three,  were  granted  to  Paul  March  on  condition  that  he  should  waive 
all  other  claim  to  a  right  as  a  grantee  and  settle  nine  families  thereon  by  the 
tilth  day  of  the  following  October.  This  tract,  which  embraced  1,670  acres, 
extended  from  Tuftonborough  line  to  the  Varm-v  road.  Here  were  made  the 
first  permanent  settlements  in  town,  but  not  at  so  early  a  date  as  that  ag 
on,  and  it  is  evident  from  subsequent  proceedings  of  the  proprietors  that  some 
portion  of  the  tract  came  again  into  their  possession. 

Having  completed  these  arrangements  with  Pierce  and  March,  the  drawing 
commenced. 

Drawing  of  Lots.  —  The  lots  were  drawn  in  the  following  order:  — 

No.    I  of  640  acres       by  Jonathan  Rindge. 

18  (!00     ,,  rohn  Rindge. 

7        642  rohn  Wentworth. 

I        560     „         John  Lang- 

19  560     „         Nat Ifl  1'.  Sargent. 

■2\        600       ,  lohn  Park 

15        COO     „  Henry  Rust. 

i:i        isi)     „  George  Kin-. 

12        550  Thos.  Wentworth. 


286  History  of   Carroll  County. 

No.    8  G48  acres  Daniel  Kludge. 

9  642      ,,  Henry  Apthorp. 

M  iso      ,,  Daniel  Treadwell. 

17  GOO     „  Robert  Odiorne. 

20  710      „  Win.  E.  Tredwell. 

2  GOO  „  Win.  Parker,  Jr. 

11  550  ,,  Joshua  Brackett. 

21  650  ,,  George  Meserve. 

16  440  „  David  Sewall. 

3  5.">0      ,,  . Thomas  Darling. 

10        048      ,, Samuel  Moffatt. 

5  648      ,,  Isaac  Rindge. 

6  648      „  A.  It.  Cutter. 

It  was  required  by  the  Masonian  Proprietors  that  their  quarter  should  be 
divided  into  twenty  shares,  or  lots,  at  the  expense  of  the  grantees.  Fifteen 
shares  in  all  the  Masonian  grants  were  for  the  purchasers  of  the  patent,  two  for 
their  attorneys,  and  three  for  public  purposes.  In  this  case,  however,  their 
reservation  was  divided  into  eighteen  shares,  which  were  drawn  as  follows :  — 

Lot  No.    9 for  the  Ministry. 

,,  17 John  VVentworth. 

,,  15 Joshua  Pierce. 

,,  12 George  Jaffrey. 

,,  6 Thomas  Packer. 

,,  14 John  Moffatt. 

,,  11 D.  Pierce  and  M.  Moore. 

„  2 Mark  H.  Wentworth. 

,,  1 Thomas  Wallingford. 

,,  18 The  First  Minister. 

,,  7 John  Rindge. 

„  13 : Solley  &  Marsh. 

,,  8 Meserve,  Blanchard  &  Co. 

,,  5 Robinson  &  Mason. 

„  3 Richard  VVibird. 

,,  16 Jotham  Odiorne. 

,,  1 The  School. 

,,  10 Theodore  Atkinson. 

These  lots,  with  the  exception  of  one,  averaged  about  three  hundred  acres. 
This  contained  live  hundred. 

At  the  meeting  for  drawing  lots,  it  was  voted  that  each  proprietor  should 
settle  one  family  on  his  "right"  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  March,  1709,  or 
forfeit  two  hundred  acres  of  land.  On  the  twenty-second  day  of  the  following 
May  it  was  voted  to  grant  to  George  Meserve  forty-five  pounds,  lawful  money, 
the  mill  lot,  and  Mill  Island,  on  condition  that  he  should  erect  a  sawmill  and  a 
gristmill  at  the  falls  on  Smith's  river,  the  sawmill  to  be  completed  by  the  last 
of    November,  and    the  gristmill    in  two  years  from  the   date  of   the   grant. 


Town   «>f   Wolfeboroi  gh. 


Meserve  erected  a  sawmill  and  perhaps  an  inferior  gristmill,  but   not   v, 
the  time  specified  in  the  agreement.     The  sum  of  inone}  stipulated 
him  in  L768,  but  his  claim  to  the  mill   privilege  and    Mill   Island  was  dec 
forfeited. 

When  the  survey  of  the  township  was  made  by  Bryanl  in  L765,  he  estimated 
the  Neck  at  1,200  acres,  and  divided  it  into  two  lots,  numbered  fift 
twenty-four.  The  former  was  drawn  by  Henry  Rust,  the  latter  l>\  John 
Parker.  Subsequently,  when  an  actual  survey  of  it  was  made,  it  was  found 
to  contain  only  547  acres.  In  July,  1766,  the  whole  trad  was  confirmed  to 
John  Parker,  and  it  was  voted  to  granl  to  Henrj  Rusl  as  much  land  (out  of 
the  1. 050  acre  tract  once  granted  to  Elisha  Bryant  and  others,  and  now 
declared  forfeited)  as  would  make  his  share  equal  to  one  of  the  other  proprie- 
tors. Six  hundred  acres  were  laid  out  for  him,  which  was  reallj  a  very  valuable 
lot,  including  as  it  did  the  falls  on  the  outlet  of  Middle  pond. 

During  the  summer  of  17f>7,  the  first  trees  for  a  permanent  settlement  v. 
felled  by  Benjamin  Blake  and  Reuben  Libbey.  Here  happened  one  of  those 
casualties  so  common  to  new  enterprises.  They  were  felling  the  last  tree  they 
designed  to  cut,  when  Libbey 's  leg  was  broken.  Blake  sel  the  bone  as  well  as 
he  was  able,  and  placed  Libbey  beside  a  log,  sheltering  him  from  the  rays  of 
the  sun  with  brush.  He  left  him  their  small  remnant  of  food  and  a  bucket  of 
water,  and  set  out  for  Gilmanton.  He  was  absent  two  days.  Libbey,  in  the 
meantime,  having  drunk  the  water  left  him,  suffered  greatly  from  thirst  as  well 
as  from  the  swarms  of  annoying  insects.  On  the  evening  of  the  second  day 
help  arrived,  and  an  examination  by  the  medical  attendant  showed  that  Blake's 
surgery  required  no  emendation. 

In  the  spring  of  1 708.  Benjamin  Blake,  William  Fullerton,  Joseph  Lary,  and 
James  Lucas  commenced,  settlements.  Blake  arrived  a  little  before  the  others, 
and  with  the  aid  of  his  wife  erected  a  log  house,  in  which  he  resided  with  his 
family  eighteen  years.  He  was  from  Epping,  and  commenced  operations  on 
the  lot  of  hind  now  occupied  by  his  great-grandson.  Fullerton.  Lary,  and 
Lucas  came  from  Suncook  (now  Pembroke),  fullerton  settled  on  the  farm 
now  occupied  by  Rev.  Seth  Hinckley;  Lary  on  that  occupied  by  James 
Wiggin,  and  Lucas  on  that  now  in  the  possession  of  L  11.  Manning.  These 
persons  settled  under  the  patronage  of  Paul  March,  and  received  each  one 
hundred  acres  of  land  on  the  .Miles  road  and  fifty  acres  on  Pine  Hill. 

The  same  year  Thomas  Taylor  and  Thomas  Piper  settled  under  the  same 
conditions  as  Blake,  Fullerton,  Lary,  and  Lucas.  Taylor  remained  but  a  short 
time,  and  the  lot  came  into  the  possession  of  Jonathan  Chase.  Jacob  Folsom 
Boon  after  purchased  the  place,  and  it  is  now  occupied  b\  his  grandson,  John  <I. 
Folsom.  Samuel  Meader  occupies  the  lot  on  which  Piper  set  tied.  Wentworth 
also  sent  men  to  make  an  opening  on  his  lot  in  17''>s. 

Four  proprietors  failed  to  put  families  on  their  respective  lots  seasonal 


288  History  of   Carroll  County. 


and  two  hundred  acres  of  each  lot  were  forfeited.  October  11,  1769,  these 
forfeited  hinds  were  granted  to  "  His  Excellency,  John  Wentworth,  Esq., 
on  condition  that  lie  complies  with  the  terms  of  settling  said  rights  within 
twelve  months  from  this  date."  The  governor  eventually  obtained  possession 
of  the  whole  of  these  four  lots  and  also  of  others.  The  same  year  the 
proprietors  built,  or  perhaps  only  "cut,"  several  roads.  This  was  the  case 
with  three  miles  of  the  proprietors'  road  to  Conway.  It  was  several  years 
before  this  was  completed.  This  is  the  road  which  passes  through  Cotton 
valley  over  llawley  hill  and  Trash  mountain  towards  Ossipee  Corner. 

October  11  it  was  voted  "  that  the  mill-stream  and  privilege  which  had  been 
granted  George  Meserve  was,  on  account  of  conditions  broken  by  him,  forfeited 
and  reverted  to  the  proprietors."  March  28,  1770,  the  same  was  granted  to  Dr 
A.  R.  Cutter  and  David  Sewall,  "on  condition  that  they  have  a  good  gristmill 
built  to  the  acceptance  of  the  proprietors  in  eighteen  months  from  date,  and 
that  they  keep  said  mill  and  the  sawmill  in  good  order  and  repair."  Cutter 
and  Sewall  retained  an  interest  in  the  property  for  several  years.  There  were 
yet  a  few  hundred  acres  of  land  unappropriated,  and  the  road  building  com- 
mittee was  authorized  to  give  to  each  settler  fifty  acres,  except  to  an  investor. 

At  the  same  time  "  Captain  Henry  Rust,  Dr  A.  R.  Cutter,  and  John  Parker 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  apply  to  the  governor  and  council  to  incor- 
porate the  township."  They  were  successful,  and  a  charter  was  granted 
August  21,  1770. 

CHARTER. 

Province   of    New   Hampshire,  George    the  Third,   by   the    Grace    of   God,  King    of    Great 
Britain,  France  and  Ireland.     The  Defender  of  the  Faith,  &c. 

To  all  people  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come,  Greeting: 

Whereas  our  loyal  subjects,  inhabiting  a  tract  of  land  within  our  said  Province  of  New 
Hampshire,  known  by  the  name  of  Wolfborough,  have  humbly  petitioned  and  requested  us 
that  they  may  be  erected  and  incorporated  into  a  township,  and  enfranchised  with  the  same 
powers  and  privileges  with  other  towns  within  our  said  province,  and  which  they  by  law  hold 
and  enjoy  ;  And  it  appearing  unto  us  to  be  conducive  to  the  general  good  of  our  said  province, 
as  well  as  to  the  said  inhabitants  in  particular,  by  maintaining  good  order,  and  encouraging 
the  culture  of  the  land,  that  the  same  should  be  done ;  Know  ye,  therefore,  that  we,  of  our 
special  grace,  certain  knowledge,  and  for  the  encouragement  and  promotion  of  the  good  end 
and  purpose  aforesaid,  by  and  with  the  advice  of  our  trusty  and  well  beloved  John  Went- 
worth, Esq.,  our  Governor  and  Commander-in-Chief,  and  of  our  Council  for  said  Province  of 
New  Hampshire,  have  erected  and  ordained,  and,  by  these  pi'esents,  for  us,  our  heirs  and  suc- 
cessors,  do  will  and  ordain,  that  our  loving  subjects  residing  on  the  tract  of  land  aforesaid,  or 
that  shall  hereafter  reside  and  improve  thereon;  (the  same  being  butted  and  bounded  as 
follows:  Beginning  at  the  northeasterly  corner  of  a  tract  of  land  called  New  Durham,  then 
running  north  forty-eight  degrees,  east  on  the  head  or  upper  line  of  a  tract  of  land  called 
Middleton,  and  on  that  called  Salmon  Falls  town  or  East  town,  or  as  those  headlines  run, 
joining  l  hereon,  and  running  so  far  as  that  a  line  running  from  thence  six  miles  northwest,  and 
then  southwest  to  Winnipiseokee  Pond,  and  then  by  the  side  of  said  pond  joining  thereon, 
until  the  aforesaid  corner  first  mentioned  bears  southeast;  and  then  running  southeast  to  the 


Town   of   Wolfeboroi  gh. 

said  corner,  which  completes  bhirty-sis  square  miles,  the  cont<  i 

be,  and  bythese  presents  are  declared  and  ordained  to  be  n  town  uorpoi 

erected  and  incorporated  into  a  body  politick  and  corporate,  to  have  cou 

sion  !mic\  er,  by  the  name  oJ   Wolfbokoi  gh,  \\  itli  all  powers,  uuthorities,  prl> 

cities  and  franchises,  which  any  other  towns  in  said  Province  bj  law  hold  and  enjoy  •    \ 

reserving  to  us,  our  heirs  and  successors,  the  Full  power  and  right  "i  dividing 

ii  shall  appear  necessary  and  convenient  for  the  inhabitants  thereof;  ulso  reserving 

heirs  and  successors,  all  white  pine  trees  which  are  <>v  shall  be  found,  growing  ami 

within  and  upon  the  said  i  racl  of  land,  fn  for  the  use  of  our  royal  navy.    Tin-  -aid  inhab 

by  these  presents  shall  have  and  enjoy  the  liberty  and  privilege  ol  holding  an 

Man  within  the  said  town 5  which  Fair  shall  be  held  and  kept  on  the  flrsl  Tu<  »wlng 

the  twenty-first  day  of  September  annually. 

Provided  nevertheless,  and  it,  is  hereby  declared  i  hat  i  his  charier  :md  grant  i-  not  intended, 
and  shall  not,  in  any  manner,  be  con -trued  to  a  ileei  the  private  property  ol  the  soil  within  the 
limits  aforesaid ;  and.  a-  the  several  towns  within  our  said  province,  are,  by  the  laws  thereof 
enabled  and  authorized  to  assemble,  and,  by  the  majority  of  the  voter-  present,  to  choos 
officers,  and  transact  such  a  Hair-  a-  in  the  said  laws  are  declared;  We  do,  by  these  pr< 
nominate  and  appoint  Mr  Jotham  Rindge  to  call  the  first  meeting  of  said  inhabitants,  to  !>■• 
held  within  the  said  town,  on  the  28th  day  oJ  September  inst.,  giving  legal  notice  ol  the  time 
and  design  of  holding  .such  meeting;  after  which  the  annual  meeting  of  said  town  shall  I"- 
held  therein  for  the  choice  of  said  officers,  and  the  purposes  aforesaid,  on  the  last  Tuesday  of 
March  annually. 

In  testimony  whereof,  we  have  caused  the  seal  of  our  said  Province  to  be  hereunto 
affixed. 

Witness,  our  truly  and  well  beloved  John  Wentworth,  Esquire,  our  Governor  and  Com- 
mander-in-Chief aforesaid,  the  twenty-first  day  of  August,  in  the  tenth  year  ol  our  reign, 
Anno  Domino  Christi,  1770. 

Bj  His  Excellency's  command,  with  advice  of  Council. 

.1.  WENTWOR  I  II.        I  .  8. 

Agreeably  to  the  foregoing   charter,  the  inhabitants,  being  duh    notii 
mot   on  the  twenty-eighth  day  of   September,   1770.  and  made  choice  of   the 
following  officers:  "Mr  James   Lucas,  moderator;    Mr  Jotham   Rindge,  town 
clerk:  Captain  Thomas  Lucas,  .John  Sinclair,  and  Jacob   3  L,  selectmen  ; 

Thomas  Taylor,  constable:   Benjamin    Blake,  Samuel    Tibbetts,    Aaron    I 
and  Benjamin  Folsom,  surveyors."     At  the  annual  town  meeting  held  ai   John 
Sinclair's  on  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  March,  1771,  Thomas   Lucas  was  elected 
moderator;  John  Flagg,  town  clerk ;  and  Lucas,  Sceggell,  and  Sinclair,  se 
men:   Ithiel  Clifford,  constable;   Benjamin   Folsom  and  Samuel  Tibbetts,  sur- 
veyors  of  highways;    Benjamin    Folsom    and  Thomas    Piper,    fence  viewers: 
Benjamin    Folsom  and  Thomas  Piper,    hog  reeves,     h   was  voted  to  build  a 
pound  on   Samuel  Tibbett's  lot ;  the  same  to  he  twenty  feel   square  and  seven 
feel   high.     This  pound  was  built   by  Andrew   Wiggin,  Jr,  for  twelve  shil 
he  having  made  the  lowest  bid  for  the  contract.     Samuel   Tibbetl 
pound-keeper,  to  which  office  he  was  reelected  for  many  years.     Pound-ki 
and    hog    reeves  were   much    more    important    officers  than    now.     <  attle    and 
swine  being  allowed  to  mam  ai  Large  in  the  woods,  it  became  neces  have 

definite  regulations  in  regard  to  them.     Hence  the  relative  impoi  I 


-'.hi  History  of  Carroll   County. 


offices.  The  ramblings  of  domestic  animals  rendered  them  so  familiar  to  the 
wild  tenants  of  the  forest,  that  deer  have  been  known  to  herd  with  young 
cattle  and  follow  them  to  the  farmyard. 

Fair. —  In  the  charter  of  the  town  permission  was  granted  to  hold  an 
annual  fair.  This  was  held  for  quite  a  number  of  years,  commencing  on 
Tuesday  and  continuing  throughout  the  remainder  of  the  week,  during  which 
time  the  festivities  were  kept  up  without  intermission.  This  festival  was 
held  in  a  public  inn  kept  by  Joseph  Lary.  Jockeys  from  distant  towns  were 
accustomed  to  visit  the  place  on  these  occasions,  and  antiquated  nags,  rejuve- 
nated by  the  pharmaceutic  skill  of  the  trickster,  would  change  owners  half  a 
score  of  times.  The  road  fronting  the  diminutive  tavern  was  used  as  a  race- 
course, and  horse  and  foot  races,  wrestling,  throwing  quoits,  and  other 
gymnastics  occupied  the  day,  while  the  night  was  spent  in  telling  stories, 
card-playing,  and  dancing.  The  more  staid  portion  of  the  population  visited 
these  scenes  but  little.  Confined  to  severe  labor  during  most  of  the  year,  as 
were  the  people  generally,  and  unrestrained  by  the  influences  of  religious 
training,  it  is  not  strange  that  in  a  time  of  relaxation  from  toil  they  should 
give  unbridled  license  to  fun  and  frolic.  Though  obstreperous  their  mirth 
and  rough  their  sports,  quarrels  seldom  occurred.  They  sought  pleasure,  rude 
though  it  might  be,  and  would  not  have  this  marred  by  brawls.  At  length, 
however,  the  questionable  character  of  these  fairs  led  to  their  discontinuance. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  TXTJ^ "  John  Sinkler "  was  chosen  town  clerk, 
and  as  a  literary  curiosity,  the  record  of  that  meeting  is  inserted  verbatim  et 
literatim.  It  is,  however,  proper  to  observe  that  the  records  of  the  town  were 
generally  well  kept,  and  that  "  Mr  Sinkler "  served  as  town  clerk  only  one 
year. 

Province  of  New  hamsher  County  of  Starford. 
At  the  aneuil  town  meting  of  the  freeholders  ;ind  inhabetens  of  the  town  of  Wolfsborough 
met  at  John  Sinklers  the  30  Day  of  march  1773 

I  Voted  thomas  Lukes  moderator  2  John  Sinkler  town  clerk  3  Bengmon  folsom 
4  thomas  tayler  5  James  Connor  Selekmen  6  Joseph  Lary  Constable  7  thomas  Lukes 
Benjamin  folsom  sevairs  of  high  ways  8  thomas  Piper  Bengmon  folsom  hog  Reeves 
!)  Bengmon  Blake  Jorge  Woodhouse  fence  viewers  10  thomas  Piper  Jonathan  Harsey  Dear 
Keepers. 

I I  Voted  to  Raise  Ave  Pounds  Lawfull  money  for  a  scoole 

12  Voted  that  the  Rods  Be  Repaired  By  urate. 

13  Voted  Cornel  henery  Rust  Capt  thomas  Lukes  Commety  men 
11  that  the  Seleckmen  By  A  Book  to  keep  their  A  Counts  in 

15  thomas  Piper  Culler  of  Lumber 

16  Samuel  Tebbetts  Chose  Pound  Keeper 

17  Jacob  Scegil  Chose  Juery  men. 

It  will  be  seen  that  there  was  then  a  town  officer  termed  deer-keeper, 
whose  business  was  to  prevent  the  destruction  of  that  animal  at  unseasonable 


Town   of    \v< >l,feb< >roi  gh. 

times.     This  was  the  first   instance   in  which   the  town  voted   to    i 
although  it  is  pretty  certain   thai    the  selectmen   had    pr. 
assessments.     Jurors  al    this  period   were  chosen  al   town  el 

'I'hc  firsl  Legal  instrument  issued  by  the  town  authoril 
highway  surveyor's  warrant.     Here  is  a  copj  of  it: 

Province  ol   Newhamshirc  County  ■■!    - 
To  Capt.  Thomas  McLucas  one  of  the  Sevars  of  Wolfborough  for  the  Coranl 

You  are  in  his  Majesty's  (name)   Required  in  Lavy  and  I  the  inhul 

Estats  as  they  are  Sel  Down  in  this  List  of  Rats  Delivered  to  you  the  total  to 
thirteen  Pound  five  shillings  and  Sixpence   Lawful]   Money  which   Mone}  yo 
..I'  -.1  [nhabitanes  and  Estats  in  Labor  at  Two  Shilings  Pr  Day  which  you  an 
the   Main    Road   from  Tuftinborough    Line  to   Birch  Camp  So  Coled  ami   it    an 
[nhabitans  Shall   Neglect  or  Refuse  to  Pay  the  above  Sura  or  Sum-  Given   to   you    in    -.1 
l.i-i  you  are  to  Distraint  on  the  Goods  Chatels  or  Estats  and  them  safely  Ceap  the 

of   four  Days  at   the  charge  of   the  owner  or  owners  of  sd   <; 1-  and   <  batels  and  it    -.1 

owner  or  owners  Shall  Not    Pay  sd  sum  or  sums  within  -.-ml   I'm.'  Days  you  are  to  ■ 
ami  -HI  at    Publick  Vendue,  to  pay  sd  sum  oi-  sums  with   Incidental  I  harges  a-  the  Law 
Directs,  ami  Return  the  over  Plush  money  it  any  there  be  ameadtly  to  the  owner  or  owners. 
Dat.d  at  Wolfborough  this  2  Day  of  September   177;;  and  in  the   L3th  year  of  Hi-  Maji 
Koigu. 

I'.enj.  Folsom,       | 

Thomas  Taj  lor,      Selectmen. 

James  <  lonnor,    j 

In  November,  177-5,  the  proprietors  voted  to  raise  thirty  pounds,  lawful 
money,  " towards  building  a  meeting-house  not  less  than  30  by  1"  feet,"  ami 
appointed  Colonel  Henry  Rust  and  Dr  A.  R.Carter  a  committee  to  attend  to 
the  matter.  At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1771.  the  subject  was  brought 
before  the  citizens  of  the  town,  who  voted  not  to  raise  any  oione}  for  that 
purpose.     Hence  the  attempt  to  build  a  meeting-house  at  that  time  failed. 

In  1774  Matthew  Stanley  Parker  was  chosen  town  clerk.  He  held  the 
office  several  years.  At  this  election  tithing-men,  auditors,  and  cullers 
lumber  were  added  to  the  list  of  town  officers.  The  town  also  voted  to  raise 
live  pounds  for  a  school,  to  he  added  to  the  sum  raised  the  preceding  year  for 
that  purpose.  It  is  somewhat  doubtful  if  this  or  the  other  sum 
expended.  Probably  neither  was  ever  collected.  In  August  of  this  year  the 
town  voted  to  raise  six  pounds,  six  shillings,  to  hire  a  minister  at  the  rate  of 
twenty-one  shillings  a  week. 

From  1770  to  1775  Wolfeborough  enjoyed  greal  prosperity,  and  there  was  a 
Large  increase  in  its  population.  In  the  northeast  part  Governor  Wentworth 
was  making  extensive  improvements.  His  agents  gave  employment  to  many 
laborers,  and  persons  of  rank  and  property  were  proposing  to 
Substantial  families  were  likewise  settling  in  the  southwesl  part,  and  il 
probable  that  it  would  become  one  of  the  most  important  towns  in  the  pro  ince. 
But   in  177.7  a  great  change  took  place.     Governor  Wentworth,  its  principal 


292  History  of   Carroll   County. 


patron,  was  compelled  to  abandon  his  estate  and  leave  the  country.  Many  of 
his  political  adherents  pursued  a  similar  course.  Persons  of  wealth  who 
through  his  influence  had  settled  in  town  left  it;  and  others  who  contem- 
plated making  it  their  place  of  residence  abandoned  the  purpose.  Laborers 
who  had  found  constant  employment  and  ready  pay  now  sought  other  sections 
of  the  country,  or  awaited  the  slow  though  sure  return  of  labor  bestowed  in 
converting  the  dense  forests  into  fruitful  fields.  The  unsettled  condition  of 
the  country,  arising  from  the  revolt  of  the  people  against  the  regularly  consti- 
tuted forms  <>!'  government,  rendered  it  difficult  to  enforce  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  were  conducive  to  the  general  welfare. 

At  a  town-meeting  held  March  13,  1775,  it  was  voted  to  raise  fourteen 
shillings,  that  sum  being  the  town's  proportion  of  the  expense  of  sending  dele- 
gates from  the  colony  of  New  Hampshire  to  the  Continental  Congress;  and  at 
the  annual  meeting,  held  on  the  twenty-eighth  of  the  same  month,  it  was  voted 
to  raise  fifteen  pounds  for  the  purpose  of  hiring  preaching  the  ensuing  summer. 
These  sums  were  assessed  by  the  selectmen,  but  could  not  be  collected,  as  a 
portion  of  the  people  refused  to  acknowledge  their  authority. 

It  appears  that  in  177o  a  sum  of  money  was  raised  to  purchase  a  town  stock 
of  ammunition.  At  a  town-meeting  held  in  June,  1775,  Moses  Ham  was 
appointed  an  agent  to  expend  the  money  for  the  specified  purpose.  He  visited 
Portsmouth,  purchased  powder  and  lead  which  he  manufactured  into  "  bullets." 
The  stock  consisted  of  twenty-six  pounds  of  powder  and  sixty-five  pounds  of 
bullets.  On  the  seventh  of  August  the  town  appointed  "a  committee  of 
safety,"  consisting  of  Moses  Wingate,  Moses  Ham,  Robert  Calder,  John  Sin- 
clair, and  James  Connor.  At  the  same  meeting  Moses  I  lam  was  chosen  a 
delegate  to  the  Provincial  Congress.  At  a  meeting  of  this  congress,  held  on 
the  twenty-fifth  of  the  same  month,  it  was  recommended  to  the  selectmen  of 
the  several  towns  in  the  province  to  number  and  classify  the  inhabitants  of 
their  respective  towns,  and  also  to  ascertain  the  number  of  firearms  and  the 
amount  of  ammunition  within  their  precincts.  They  were  also  required  to 
use  their  influence  in  restraining  the  people  from  "burning  their  powder  in 
shooting  birds  and  other  game/' 

Agreeably  to  these  instructions,  an  inventory  of  the  town  of  Wolfeborough 
was  taken.      It  here  follows:  — 


Males  under  1(!  years  of  age 57 

,,     between  16  and  50  years  of  age,  not  in  the  army       53 

,,    above  50  years  of  age 4 

,,    absent,  in  the  army 4 

Females  of  all  ages 91 

Slaves      2 

Firearms  fit  for  use,  ineluding  pistols .">f 

Number  of  pounds  <>l  powder,  private  property 5 


Town     OF     WOLFEBOIiOl  GH. 

The  four  persons  absent  in   the  army  were  probably   Enoch    I 
Piper,  John  Piper,  and  [chabod  Tibbetts. 

From  an   inventory  taken   in   L776,  there  were  in   the  northeasterly  i  -r. 
the  town  IT  ratable  polls  sixteen  years  of  age  and   upwards,  II  cows,  I  i 
and  I  horse.     Another  list  about  the  same  date  reads  thus: 

Hide  and  wife  and  six  children,  one  house;  Durgiu  and  wife;  Calder  ami  wife  nn 
children,  one  bouse,  one  barn;  Cotton  and  wife  and  eighl  children,  one  hou«<\  one 
Shortridge  and  wife  and  four  children ;  Frosl  and  wife  and  seven  children;  Samuel    i 
Jr,  and  wife  and  six  children,   one  bouse,  one  barn;  Joseph  Keniston   and   wife  und 
children,  one  barn;  Leavitt  and  wife  and  two  children,   one   bouse,  one  barn;  Furber  and 
wife  and   three  children,  one  house;   Pribble  and  seven  children;    Lary  and  wife  and 
children,  one  house,  one  barn;  Glynn,  one  house,  one  barn  ;  Triggs  and  wife  and  one  child. 

Governor  Wentworth  and  his  Farm.  —  Sir  John  Wentworth,  a.m..  ll.d.,  .1 
descendant  of  Elder  William  Wentworth  (one  of  Rev.  John  Wheelwright's 
company  at  Exeter  in  1638),  was  sun  of  Mark  Hunking  Wentworth,  grandson 
of  Lieutenant-Governor  John  Wentworth,  and  nephew  of  Hon.  Benning  Went- 
worth, his  immediate  predecessor  as  governor.  He  was  born  in  1736,  graduated 
from  Harvard  in  1755,  and  became  associated  with  his  father  in  his  I 
mercantile  business.  lie  went  to  England  as  agenl  of  the  province,  and  his 
talents  commended  him  to  the  ministry,  while  his  high  social  position,  suave 
manners,  correct  literary  tastes,  and  brilliant  conversational  powers  made  him 
strong  friends  in  prominent  positions.  Through  his  personal  influence  he 
secured  the  repeal  of  the  odious  Stain})  Act,  and  when  not  thirty-one  was 
appointed  governor  of  New  Hampshire,  and  also  "surveyor  of  the  king's 
woods"  for  North  America.  lie  entered  upon  his  gubernatorial  duties  in 
17»>7.     Rev.  Dr  Dwight  wrote  of  him:  — 

Governor  John  Wentworth  was  the  greatest  benefactor  of  this  province.  He  was  a  man 
of  sound  understanding,  refined  tastes,  enlarged  views,  and  a  dignified  spirit.  His  manners 
were  elegant  and  his  disposition  enterprising.     Agriculture  here  owed  more  to  him  than  any 

oilier  man.     He  originated  building  new  roads,  and  improved  old  ones.     He  was  very  popular, 
had  an  unimpeachaWe  character,  and  retired  with  a  high  reputation. 

His  administration  ended  with  the  uprising  of  the  people  which  began  the 
Revolution.  At  first  the  governor  thought  he  could  secure  the  repeal  of  the 
obnoxious  laws,  but  he  was  not  in  England  and  could  not.  His  last  act  as 
governor  was  to  prorogue  the  Assembly  in  September,  L775.  Notwithstandin 
his  great  personal  popularity,  the  rising  tide  of  independence  -wept  him 
his  influence  together  out  of  the  country.  He  was  later  created  a  baronet,  and 
was  governor  of  Nova  Scotia  from  .May.  L792,  to  April.  L808.  His  wife  was 
Frances,  widow  of  Theodore  Atkinson,  Jr. 

At  the  drawing  of  lots  in  Wolfeborough,  Governor  Wentworth  drew  "lot 


294  History  of   Carroll   County. 


No.  7.""  (On  this  lot  is  now  the  farm  of  Timothy  Y.  Cotton.)  Later  he 
secured  five  lots  bordering  on  Lake  Wentworth,  extending  from  the  "sands" 
to  Stephen  Ourginjs  farm.  These  six  lots  and  one  other  in  the  "grantors'" 
division  made  him  the  owner  of  nearly  four  thousand  acres.  It  appears  from 
a  letter  written  by  the  governor,  April  25,  1768,  to  Colonel  Thomas  M.  Waldron, 
of  Dover,  that  it  was  not  alone  the  desire  to  form  an  English  countiy-seat  here 
that  caused  him  to  obtain  and  develop  this  land,  but  that  his  chief  object  was 
to  rapidly  develop  the  resources  of  the  province,  and  that  he  looked  for  others 
to  follow  his  example  in  this  field.  In  the  same  letter  he  writes:  "Mr  Benja- 
min Hart,  overseer  of  my  designations  in  the  wilderness,  and  Mr  Webb,  who  is 
to  reside  there  as  farmer,  are  now  on  their  first  expedition  to  clear  a  few  acres 
and  build  a  humble  habitation  for  me.'*  In  1708,  1769,  and  1770  a  large  force 
of  laborers  was  employed  here,  a-  great  extent  of  forest  cleared  away,  iields 
sown,  orchards  planted,  a  large  garden  laid  out,  and  the  mansion  erected.  The 
site  of  the  house  was  on  a  small  plain  about  one  hundred  rods  from  Lake 
Went  worth. 

This  house  was  one  hundred  feet  long  and  forty  feet  broad.  It  had  two 
stories:  the  upper  eighteen,  and  the  lower  ten  feet  high.  It  fronted  both  east 
and  west.  A  hall  twelve  feet  wide  extended  across  it,  entered  at  each  end  by 
Large  doors.  The  principal  room  in  the  upper  story  was  the  "East  India 
chamber,"  the  walls  covered  with  finely  painted  paper,  representing  life  scenes 
in  the  East.  Here  was  a  white  marble  fireplace ;  on  each  side  were  niches  in 
which  to  place  statues.  On  the  same  floor  were  the  "  green  room  "  and  the 
"blue  room,"  and  the  "king  and  queen's  chamber."  In  the  last  was  a  fireplace 
of  gray  marble.  Here  were  likewise  niches,  and  in  them  were  placed  statues 
of  the  king  and  queen.  In  the  lower  story  were  the  porch  (built  without  the 
main  building),  storeroom,  kitchen,  dining-room,  sitting-room,  and  library.  In 
this  was  a  black  marble  fireplace  with  a  tile  hearth.  A  narrow  passage 
extended  from  the  main  hall  to  the  east  end.  The  western  part,  two  fifths  of 
the  building,  remained  unfinished.  Tradition  says  this  west  end  was  intended 
tbr  ;i  court-room,  and  about  this  time  the  Assembly  passed  an  act  to  "eventu- 
ally hold  the  courts  of  Strafford  county  one  half  the  time  at  Wolfeborough." 

The  expense  of  erecting  this  edifice  must  have  been  very  great.  Some  of 
the  material  was  brought  from  England;  other  portions  obtained  at  Ports- 
mouth, and  transported  as  follows:  taken  to  Lake  Winnipiseogee  with  teams, 
boated  across  the  lake,  then  conveyed  to  Lake  Wentworth,  and  floated  to  its 
place  of  destination.  The  two  large,  old-fashioned  chimneys  were  made  from 
bricks  that  it  is  said  were  made  at  the  foot  of  the  falls  in  Smith's  river,  from 
clay  brought  from  Clay  point,  four  miles  distant.  The  house  was  ready  for 
occupancy  in  1770,  as  witness  this  mention  in  the  New  Hampshire  Gazette  of 
-Inly  17,  1770:  "Last  Tuesday  His  Excellency,  our  Governor,  set  out  for  his 
country-seat  on  Winnipiseogee  pond,  and  we  hear  his  lady  sets  out  next  week 


Town   of   \V<>u  ebi iri >ugh. 


for  the  same  place,  to  reside  during  the  summer  season."     Extensivi    inn 
infills  went  on.     A  pari  of  several  hundred  acres  was   fenced;  the  f< 
made  by  first  digging  a  ditch  twelve  feel  wide,  and  witli  the  earth  thrown 
forming  an  embankment  on  the  outer  side;  upon  this  were  placed  large  fallen 
lives.     This  park  was  stocked  with   moose  and   deer.     A   mall    bordered  with 
elms  (some  of  them  still  standing)  extended  Prom  the  lake  past  the  bouse  into 
the   grounds.     The   "Rockingham,"  a   two-masted   boat,  was   placed   in    I. 

Wentworth  and  a  sloop  in   Lake   Winnipiseogee.     Substantial  and  mi 

farm  buildings  were  built  and  solid  stonewalls  abounded.  (The  remai 
the  "governor's  road"  can  be  traced  by  the  stone  bridges,  facings,  and 
walls  along  it.) 

The  people  of  this  town  justly  regarded  Governor  Wentworth  as  a  bene- 
factor,    lie  furnished  them  employment,  paid  them   liberally,  and    evinced  .1 

deep  interest  in  their  welfare.      Had  he   remained   in    the   C nr\  and    retained 

his  official  position,  the  town  would  probably  have  become  one  of  the  mosl 
important  in  the  province;  hut  he  was  obliged  to  relinquish  his  estate  and 
government  and  leave  his  country.  He  removed  from  Wolfeborough  only  his 
plate  and  line  stud  of  horses,  and  left  a  large  herd  of  ueal  cattle  of  superior 
breed,  all  his  furniture,  utensils,  and  provisions.  There  were  also  left  behind 
two  slaves. 

When  he  went  away  the  governor  evidently  intended  to  soon  return,  but 
the  excitement  of  the  people  of  the  lower  towns  and  the  widening  breach 
between  the  people  and  the  government  prevented  it.  He  died  in  1820, 
eighty-three.  In  the  same  year  his  residence  here  was  burned,  and  a  verj  large 
[»ine-tree  on  Mt  Delight,  under  which  he  and  his  family  not  infrequently  dined, 
was  shattered  by  lightning. 

The  estate  was  confiscated  not  long  after.  The  cattle  were  used  for  beef  in 
the  colonial  army  and  the  other  effects  wasted  and  sold  for  small  sums. 

In  1780  two  brothers,  Andrew  and  John  Cabot,  of  Beverly,  Mass.,  pur- 
chased the  farm  with  the  intention  of  making  it  a  stock  farm.  They  cleared 
and  improved  more  land,  built' a  stone  fence,  erected  two  hams,  a  large  stable, 
and  other  farm  buildings.  They  also  built  the  Stoddard  house,  intending  it  for 
a  private  academy  ami  residence  of  the  teacher.  They  purchased  the  fines! 
breeds  of  horses  and  cattle.  At  one  time  they  had  twenty-five  horses  and 
about  one  hundred  neat  cattle  on  the  farm. 

The  Cabots  died,  and  in  or  about    L805  Daniel   Raynard  becai wn 

most    of   the    land,    paying    $17,000    for    it.      lie    brought    to    town    the 
carriage    of    pleasure.      After    his    death     in     a      few    years,    th< 
reduced    by    repeated    sales    to   a    moderate   sized   farm,    which,    in    1823,    Mrs 
Raynard    exchanged    for  one  in   Tuftonborough,  where  she  resided   unti 
death.     She  was  cousin  of   lion.  Thomas    L.  Whitton,  her  maiden   name   ; 
Margarette  Whitton.     Mr  Whitton  and  his  sons  now  own  th  the 


296  History  of   Carroll   County. 


governor's  buildings  stood.  The  barn  built  by  the  governor  blew  over;  the 
buildines  erected  by  the  ("abets  have  been  removed,  and  most  of  the  stone 
fences  have  tumbled  down.  'Flic  orchard  has  a  few  old  scraggy  trees  standing, 
while  the  fields  and  the  gardens  have  been  converted  into  sheep  pastures. 
Time  and  -the  woodman's  axe"  have,  however,  spared  a  few  of  the  elms  that 
shaded  the  mall,  while  in  tin'  cellar  over  which  once  stood  the  stately  mansion 
art'  the  stumps  of  trees  which  grew  in  a  vain  attempt  to  hide  the  sorrowful 
ruins  of   former  greatness. 


CHAPTER   XXIV. 

Something  about  the  Proprietors  —  Early  Settlers  —  Early  Eamilies  and  their  Descendants. 

SOMETHING  about  the  Proprietors.  —  Richard  Wibird  was  one  of  the 
purchasers  of  Mason's  Patent.  He  was  educated  at  Cambridge  and 
graduated  in  1722.  Soon  after  he  engaged  in  merchandising,  which  he 
followed  through  life.  In  1739  he  was  appointed  one  of  His  Majesty's  council, 
and  in  1756  judge  of  probate.  He  retained  these  offices  until  his  death  in 
1765. 

Thomas  Packer,  a  purchaser  of  Mason's  Patent,  was  the  sheriff  of  the 
province  of  New  Hampshire  who  executed  Ruth  Blay  in  December,  1708. 
He  died  in  1771.  He  is  represented  as  an  upright  man,  faithful  in  the 
discharge  of  his  official  duties,  but  rigidly  severe  in  the  execution. 

Theodore  Atkinson  was  the  largest  owner  of  the  Masonian  claim,  having 
purchased  one  fifth  of  it.  He  was  educated  at  Harvard,  where  he  graduated  in 
171S.  Soon  after  he  was  appointed  a  lieutenant,  and  in  1720  clerk  of  the 
court  of  common  pleas.  For  many  years  he  commanded  the  first  regiment  of 
militia  in  the  province.  He  held  the  offices  of  collector  of  customs,  naval 
"Hirer,  and  sheriff.  In  1734  he  was  admitted  to  a  seat  in  the  council,  and  in 
1741  appointed  secretary  of  the  province.  He  was  one  of  the  delegates  to  the 
congress  that  met  at  Albany  in  1754.  He  was  afterwards  appointed  chief 
justice  of  the  superior  court,     He  died  in  1779. 

Mark  II.  Wentworth,  father  of  Governor  John  Wentworth,  was  a  merchant 
and  furnished  many  masts  and  spars  for  the  British  navy.  His  various  branches 
of  business  brought  him  a  large  fortune.  He  was  one  of  the  original  purchasers 
of  Mason's  Patent,  of  which  he  owned  two  fifteenths.  A  large  claimant 
against    the  confiscated  estate   of  his  son,   he  generously  withdrew  his  claim 


T<>\\  \     OF     WOLFEB<  m       QH. 

that   other  creditors  might   be  paid  in  full.     He  was  for  man 
of  the  provisional  council.     He  died  in  L785. 

George  Jaffrej  was  appointed  one  of  the  provisional  council  in    11 
held  the  office  of  treasurer.     II.'  was  Eor  many  yea  of  the   M 

Proprietors,  of  whom  he  \\  as  one. 

John  Parker,  second  s< f  William   Parker,   Esq.,  was  Winn  in    1732.     In 

1771  he  was  appointed  sheriff  of  the  province,  and  after  its  division  into  coun- 
ties, sheriff  of  Rockingham  county.     When  the   federal  governmenl  went   into 
operation  he  was  appointed  marshal  of  the  district  of  New  Hampshire.      I 
offices  be  held  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1791.     He  was  nevi  r  married, 
hut  educated  several  nephews. 

Joshua  Bracketl  was  born  in  Greenland  in  May,  L733,  and  graduated  al  II 
van!  College  in  17">_.  He  then  applied  himself  to  the  study  of  theology  and 
preached  a  short  time.  He  afterwards  relinquished  this  employment  for  the 
practice  of  medicine.  In  1783  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society  elected  him 
an  honorary  member,  and  in  1791  "he  was  complimented  by  his  Alma  Mater 
with  a  medical  doctorate."  When  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  was 
organized  in  1791,  he  was  elected  the  first  vice-president,  and  in  1793  succeeded 
Governor  Bartlett  as  president.  He  laid  the  foundation  of  a  medical  library  in 
this  society  by  presenting  it  with  one  hundred  and  forty-three  valuable  b 
A  short  time  before  his  decease  he  requested  his  wile  to  convey  certain  prop- 
erty, worth  about  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  when  she  should  no  Longer  need  it. 
to  the  University  of  Cambridge,  for  a  professorship  in  natural  history  and 
botany,  sciences  for  which  he  had  great  taste.  He  was  appointed  judge  of  the 
maritime  court  for  this  state  at  the  beginning  of  the  Revolution.  He  died  in 
1802.  He  gave  his  nephew.  John  Brackett,  one  hundred  acres  of  land  out  of 
his  proprietor's  lot,  No.  11. 

Daniel  Pierce  is  represented  as  being  "affable,  judicious,  and  sensible,"  and 
a  friend  to  the  poor.      lie   held    the   offices   of  recorder   of  deeds  and    justice   of 
the    peace    many    years:    and    in    1766    was    appointed    one   of    Mis   Majes 
council.     He  usually  acted  as  moderator  at   proprietary  meetings.     He  died  in 
177:!. 

David  Sewall,  after  practising  law  for  awhile  in  Portsmouth,  removed  to 
York  county,  Maine.  He  was  afterward  judge  of  the  Tinted  States  circuit 
conn .  He  frequently  visited  Wolfeborough,  being  for  many  years  .i  joint 
owner  with    Dr  (utter  of  the   mills  on   Smith's  river. 

William  Parker,  Jr,  was  probably  a  brother  of  John  Parker,  and  s<  n  of 
William  Parker,  Esq.,  of  Portsmouth.     He  died  in  L81 .;. 

Jotham,  John,  Daniel,  and  Isaac   Rindge  were  relatives  "(  Governor  W 
worth.     Jotham  appears  to  have  had   the  care  of  the  goven  He 

was  authorized  to  call  the   first    meeting  of  the  inhabitants  of  W 
and  was  appointed  the  first  town  clerk.     Daniel  was  a   member  of  the  provin- 
cial council,  appointed  in  1 776. 


298  History  of   Carroll  County. 


Isaac  Rindge  was  quite  prominent;  aided  in  establishing  the  northeast 
boundary,  and  during  Governor  Went  worth's  operations  erected  a  house  here. 
As  he  was  a  loyalist,  the  Provincial  Congress  directed  him,  November  15,  1775, 
to  remove  himself  to  some  place  at  least  fifteen  miles  from  Portsmouth,  there 
to  remain  until  he  was  granted  leave  to  go  abroad.  This  restriction  was 
removed  January  3,  1 7 7 < > .  Wolfeborough  was  doubtless  the  place  of  his  exile, 
as  he  evidently  lived  here  before  and  after  Governor  Wentworth  left  the  town. 

Annni  Ruhamah  (utter  was  born  at  North  Yarmouth,  Maine,  in  1735.  He 
was  son  of  the  first  minister  of  that  place,  and  was  educated  at  Harvard, 
where  he  graduated  in  175*2.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr  Clement 
Jackson,  of  Portsmouth.  Soon  after  he  was  appointed  surgeon  of  a  regiment 
raised  to  oppose  the  French  and  Indians,  and  was  present  at  the  capture  of 
Louisburg.  lie  returned  to  Portsmouth,  and  his  practice  soon  became  exten- 
sive. He  was  offered  a  seat  in  the  provincial  council,  but  declined.  He 
readily  espoused  the  cause  of  his  native  country  in  her  struggle  with  Great 
Britain.  Being  earnestly  solicited,  he  took  charge  of  the  medical  department 
of  the  northern  army.  On  the  surrender  of  General  Burgoyne,  he  returned 
home.  He  was  delegate  to  the  convention  that  formed  the  constitution  of 
the  state  ;  this  is  the  only  instance  of  his  leaving  his  professional  duties 
to  discharge  those  of  political  life.  He  was  for  several  years  president 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society.  He  was  an  honorary  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society  and  the  Massachusetts  Humane  Society. 
He  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  affairs  of  Wolfeborough,  was  for  many  years 
a  proprietor  of  lands  within  the  town,  and  was  accustomed  to  make  many 
visits,  both  friendly  and  professional,  to  its  citizens.  He  lived  a  Christian 
life  and  died  in  the  act  of  prayer,  on  the  eighth  day  of  December,  1820,  aged 
eighty-six  years. 

Thomas  Wallingford  was  a  native  of  Somersworth.  In  early  life  he  was 
in  indigent  circumstances.  He  engaged  in  mercantile  business  and  was  very 
successful.  By  becoming  one  of  the  purchasers  of  Mason's  Patent  he  acquired 
a  great  landed  interest  in  various  parts  of  the  province.  He  commanded  a 
regiment  of  militia,  and  was  one  of  the  judges  of  the  superior  court.  He 
was  taken  suddenly  ill  at  a  public  house  in  Portsmouth,  where  he  died  on 
I  he   fourth  of  August,  1771. 

•lot ha m  Odiorne  was  a  member  of  the  council  and  a  purchaser  of 
M;i -oil's  Patent. 

.lames  Stoodley  was  a  noted  taverner  of  Portsmouth.  His  hotel,  on  Daniel 
street,  was  burned  in  1761,  and  rebuilt.  It  had  a  place  for  some  years  in  the 
"  almanack  "  as  being  the  usual  resort  for  entertainment  of  travelers  from 
Boston  to  Maine. 

Jonathan  Warner  married  a  cousin  of  Governor  John  Wentworth,  and 
was  one  of  the  council  previous  to  the  Revolution.  His  tax  in  1770  was 
exceeded   in  amount  by  only  two  persons. 


Town   of    Wolpeborough. 


George    Meserve,    Esq.,  born    in    Portsn th,  was    in 

Stamp  Act  was  enacted  in  L765,  and  appointed   the  agenl    for  distribu 
stamps    in    Nt'\v   Hampshire.     Three  days  after  his  arrival  in    H 
burned  in  effigy,  and  on  his  arrival  there  was  surrounded    1>\   a    tin 
crowd,  to  pacifj    whom  he    made    a    public    resignation    of  his   office   on    the 
parade.      .Much  of  his  large  landed   property  here   was  confiscated  during  the 
Revolution,  but  he  retained,  evidently,  the  title  to  some.     He  was  a  Ioa 
and  left   the  country  before  hostilities  began. 

Kaim.y  Settlers,  am»  Other  Sketches.  Benjamin  Blake  was  the 
first  permanent  settler,  lie  was  a  hardy  and  somewhat  eccentric  man.  When 
pressed  with  labor,  he  would  remain  in  his  Held  for  several  days  in  succession, 
taking  his  food  and  sleeping  on  the  bare  earth;  and  it  was  do  unusual 
occurrence  for  him  in  the  winter  season  to  visit  his  bam  and  feed  his  si 
before  he  had  put  on  the  usual  habiliments  of  the  day.  He  served  in  the 
army,  and  when  returning  from  Ticonderoga  walked  home  barefo 
although  the  ground  was  partially  covered  with  snow.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Conner,  was  a  large-sized,  athletic  woman.  They  had 
several  children.  Jonathan,  a  son  horn  soon  after  their  arrival  in  Wolfe- 
borough,  afterwards  became  one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens.  He  served 
the  town  as  one  of  the  board  of  selectmen  eighteen  years,  frequently  presided 
at  town-meetings,  and  was  several  times  a  member  of  the  state  legislature. 
He  has  quite  a  number  of  descendants  distinguished  for  large  size  and  great 
strength.     He  died  February  12,  1824.  aged  ninety-two. 

Reuben  Libbey  felled  trees  in  1767,  on  the  lot  of  one  hundred  acres  which 
he  purchased  of  John  Parker.  He  chose  the  lo1  on  Wolfeborough  Neck 
furthest  from  the  mainland,  as  it  lay  near  the  water-route  to  and  from 
Moultonborough.  He  brought  with  him  a  horse,  a  yoke  of  oxen,  and  a  few 
sheep.  These  were  the  first  animals  of  the  kind  in  town.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  William  Fullerton.  This  was  the  first  marriage  solemnized  in 
town.  The  ceremony  took  place  under  an  oak-tree  near  Smith's  bridge,  and 
was  conducted  by  a  clergyman  from  Portsmouth  visiting  the  place.  Libbey 
became  noted  as  a  bear  hunter.  In  one  season  he  killed  thirty-six.  He  was 
uneducated  but  had  good  ability,  and  did  considerable  business.  Ik  acted 
as  constable  and  selectman  for  several  years  and  was  the  second  representative. 
He  was  deputy  sheriff  about  twenty  years. 

Joseph  kaiy  married  Hannah  Blake,  and  moved  to  Gilead,  Maine,  in    IT 
His  brother  Jonathan  was  selectman  and  lieutenant  of  the  training  hand.      II 
was  father  of  the  first  white  child  born  in  the  town. 

From  tin-  purchase  of   Mason's  Patent  in  1746  land  speculation  ran   high 
New     Hampshire.      Numerous    grants    of    townships   were    made,  and    i 
number  of  persons  had  thus  become  landed  proprietors.      All  were 
Becure   settlers,    that    they   might    realize    pecuniar}    advantage    Erom    their 


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possessions.  Land  was  necessarily  held  at  a  low  price,  even  in  the  more 
densely  populated  towns,  and  comparatively  few  persons  could  be  induced  to 
endure  the  privations  incident  to  a  pioneer  life,  when  they  could  purchase  a 
farm  in  a  settled  neighborhood  for  a  mere  trifle.  There  were  no  roads  leading 
to  Wolfeborough.  It  was  a  long  time  after  the  building  of  the  Miles  road 
through  the  town  he  fore  a  road  was  opened  through  New  Durham,  lying  south- 
east of  it,  and  cutting  it  off  from  the  lower  towns.  Travel  and  transportation 
were  carried  on  principally  over  the  lake.  Yet  after  a  settlement  was  once 
begun,  few   towns  had  a  more  rapid  increase  of  population. 

The  earl\  settlers  were  generally  poor,  consisting  mostly  of  persons  who 
were  willing  to  bear  the  toils  and  endure  the  hardships  inseparably  connected 
with  an  attempt  at  a  settlement  in  the  New  England  forest  wilds.  They 
possessed  strong  muscles  and  determined  wills,  and  these  constituted  their 
principal  capital.  There  is  little  doubt  but  that  emigration  to  this  town  was 
much  stimulated  by  the  example  and  influence  of  Governor  Wentworth,  and  a 
very  few  men  of  property  were  induced  to  become  citizens. 

For  a  few  years  the  settlers  were  subjected  to  many  inconveniences.  Those 
living  in  the  west  part  drew  their  hay  six  or  eight  miles  on  hand-sleds,  taking 
it  from  the  meadows  near  Smith's  pond,  or  from  the  opposite  shore  of  Lake 
Winnipiseogee.  Meal  and  other  necessary  articles  of  food  were  brought  on 
the  shoulders  of  men  from  Gilmanton,  Rochester,  and  more  distant  towns. 
Horses  and  oxen  were  not  generally  possessed,  and  the  implements  of  labor 
were  ill  constructed.  Hence  there  was  a  great  demand  for  physical  strength. 
Happily  the  men  and  women  of  that  day  had  a  large  stock  of  this,  and  were 
not  unwilling  to  use  it.  It  was  no  unusual  occurrence  for  the  wife  to  aid  the 
husband  in  piling  logs  for  burning  and  in  other  laborious  occupations. 

However  hard  may  seem  to  have  been  the  lot  of  the  early  settlers  to  us, 
it  is  probable  that  they  were  quite  as  happy  as  we  are.  Their  simple  wants 
were  easily  supplied,  while  we  are  the  slaves  to  a  thousand  fancied  needs. 
The  woods  furnished  abundance  of  game,  and  the  lakes,  ponds,  and  streams  a 
supply  of  fish,  although  some  years  elapsed  before  the  art  of  taking  the  salmon 
I  rout  was  well  understood.  Samp  was  obtained  by  beating  the  Indian  corn  in 
huge  wooden  mortars,  while  occasionally  the  luxury  of  fine  meal  was  allowed. 

Their  simple  food  and  earnest  labor  rendered  them  proof  against  the 
assaults  of  dyspepsia  and  other  kindred  diseases. 

William  Fullerton  was  drowned  while  attempting  to  ford  the  strait  between 
the  inner  and  outer  bays  near  Smith's  bridge.  This  event  happened  not  long 
after  he  had  removed  his  family  to  the  township.  His  widow,  Mary  Fullerton, 
received  a  dveA  of  the  land  pledged  to  him,  and  managed  to  retain  possession 
of  the  same  and  rear  a  family  of  eight  children,  one  born  shortly  after  the 
decease  of  her  husband.  Fullerton's  posterity  is  quite  largely  represented 
in   town. 


Town   of    Wolfebouough, 


John   Fullerton  was  a  son  of  William.     The  prop] 
in    177".  voted   to  give  him  a  Lol   of  one  hundred  acres  provided  Ik 
within  one  year,  ereel  on  it.  a   house  sixteen   feel   square,  clear  th 
for  the  |>l<>\\.  and  have  a  family  living  on  the  same.     He  cleared  a  small   \ 
of  land    and  erected   the  frame  of  a    house.     Soon    after   he   enlisted    in 
revolutionary  army,  where  he  remained  during  the  war.     While  absent,  ti 

several   inches  in  diameter  grew   within   the  uncovered   liouse-fri On 

return  he  round  thai  his  lol  had  been   forfeited  and  was  in  possessi »f  I 

March.      He  bought  it  from  him  for  a  small  sum. 

.lames  I. mas,  of  Irish  ancestry,  was  the  head  of  a  numerous  family  ><\   that 
name    many    members   of   which    still    reside    here.      Mr     Lucas   was    model 
of  the  first   town-meeting  held  in  town.     His   house-lot    is    now   occupied    by 
I.  B.  Manning. 

.lames  Lucas.  Jr,  for  several  years  held  the  offices  of  town  clerk  ami  select- 
man; he  owned  a  farm  on  which  now  stands  a  part  of  Wolfeborough  villi 

Andrew  Lucas  was  also  son  of  .lames  Lucas. 

Thomas    Lucas    was    probably    a    brother    of    James    Lucas,     lie    wa 
the  first  hoard  of  selectmen,  and  held  the  same  office  several   times  afterwards. 
He  frequently  presided  ;it  town-meetings. 

Jacob  Sceggel  was  elected  selectman  at  the  organization  of  the  town,  and 
reelected  the  following  year. 

John  Flagg  came  from  Portsmouth.  He  was  a  man  of  propert}  and 
influence.  He  purchased  four  hundred  acres  of  land  in  tin-  westerly  part  of 
the  town.  He  held  the  office  of  town  clerk  in  1771-72,  and  soon  after  left 
town. 

John  Sim  lair  was  town  clerk  in  177:'.  He  several  times  acted  as  modera- 
tor at  town-meetings,  and  was  a  selectman  two  years.  He  kept  the  first 
tavern  in  town. 

Thomas  Taylor  came  from  Grilmanton  during  the  first  year  of  settlement. 
Ih  was  one  of  the  hoard  of  selectmen  in  177:!.  and  soon  after  returned  to 
Gilmanton.  His  son.  Wiggins 'Taylor,  was  probably  the  first  male  child  born 
in  town. 

Aaron   Frost  received  his  land  of  <■ ge   Meserve   for   settling.     Ih-  was 

distinguished   as  a    hunter.      'Taking    a    small    quantity    of  meal    and    salt,   his 
traps,  gun.  and    ammunition,   he    would    for   weeks   together   hunt    game   in    the 
mountains.      He    was   a    large-sized,   stout,   athletic    man.      lie    was   once    nearly 
matched  in  strength  and  agility  in  a  desperate  encounter  with  a    h 
she-bear,  just  robbed  of  her  cubs.     He  espied   her  swimming  in  Smith's  pond, 
and.  seizing  a  wooden  lever,  met  her  before  she  reached  the  sit 
no  ways  inclined  to  avoid  the  combat,  and  for  awhile  -  the  battle  hung  in   i 
scale."      At    length    hrute    force    was   obliged    to   yield    to    human  I 

the   intrepid    hunter   secured    his    prize.      IT-    took    a    load    ol    clapl 


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a  hand-sled  to  Dover,  exchanged  them  for  a  grindstone,  which  he  brought 
home,  performing  the  distance  of  seventy  miles  in  two  days.  He  was  the 
ancestor  of  ( 'urtis  J.  Frost. 

Captain  Henry  Rust,  afterward  colonel,  was  the  only  original  proprietor  to 
make  a  permanent  home.  His  lot  of  six  hundred  acres  included  a  portion 
of  Rust's  pond  and  South  Wolfeborough  village.  He  began  improvements  in 
L768,  and  for  some  years  passed  his  summers  here  with  his  two  sons  Henry  and 
Richard,  preparing  a  home  and  clearing  land.  He  built  a  log  house,  which 
was  burned,  destroying  their  clothes,  provisions,  guns,  and  ammunition.  One 
winter  the  boys,  one  fourteen,  the  other  twelve  years,  remained  here  to  take 
care  of  stock,  and  for  nine  weeks  saw  no  white  person.  Colonel  Rust  was 
appointed  judge  of  probate  for  Strafford  county  in  1773,  and  was  for  many 
years  a  kind,  obliging,  and  leading  citizen.  He  was  a  firm  man,  lixed  in  his 
opinion,  but  conscientious  and  just.  When  sworn  in  judge  of  probate  he 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  crown,  and  after  the  state  government  was 
established,  considered  that  oath  so  binding  as  to  refuse  to  take  one  of 
allegiance  to  the  state.     He  had  three  sons  and  four  daughters. 

Colonel  Rust  served  eight  years  as  selectman.  His  son  Henry  served  as 
town  clerk  five  years  and  as  representative  to  the  state  legislature  four  years. 
His  son  Richard  served  as  town  clerk  four  years  and  as  selectman  nine  years. 
His  son-in-law,  Matthew  S.  Parker,  served  as  town  clerk  nine  years  and  as 
selectman  six  years ;  and  his  son-in-law  Isaiah  Home  served  as  town  clerk  four 
years,  as  selectman  four  years,  and  as  representative  six  years.  His  grandson, 
Henry  Rust  Parker,  served  as  selectman  seven  years  ;  his  grandsons  Isaiah 
Greene  Orne  and  Charles  Barker  Orne,  served  as  selectmen  each  one  year. 
His  grandson,  Thomas  Rust,  served  as  town  clerk  two  years  and  as  selectman 
three  years,  and  as  county  justice.  His  grandson,  Henry  Bloomfield  Rust,  served 
as  selectman  one  year  and  as  representative  six  years.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  state  senate,  councillor,  and  a  judge  of  common  pleas.  His  great-grandson, 
Samuel  S.  Parker,  served  as  town  clerk  two  years  and  as  selectman  one  year. 
His  great-grandson,  George  Rust,  served  as  selectman  two  years;  and  his  great- 
grandson,  Alphonzo  H.  Rust,  has  served  as  representative  twice  and  councillor 
twice.  John  H.  Rust,  a  great-great-grandson,  has  been  selectman  twice.  The 
colonel  and  his  descendants  have  held  the  office  of  town  clerk  twenty-six  times, 
of  selectman  forty-five  times,  of  representative  eighteen  times,  since  the  organi- 
zation of  the  town. 

Iihicl  Clifford  was  an  early  settler. 

Lemuel  Clifford,  his  son,  married  Betsey,  a  daughter  of  William  Fullerton. 
This  marriage  took  place  at  Governor  Wentworth's  mansion.  The  governor, 
attired  in  scarlet,  and  his  lady,  dressed  in  blue,  honored  the  occasion  with  their 
presence  and  provided  the  nuptial  feast.  One  day  while  Lemuel  was  absent,  a 
deer  came  into  the  little  inclosure  where  their  house  stood.     His  wife  Betsey 


T<>\\  N     OF     \Y<  ILFEBOKOI  GH. 


thinking  such  an  opportunity  for  obtaining  venison   I 
Beized  her  husband's  gun  and  broughl  down  the  intruder  at  th 
examination  it  proved  to  be  one  thai  escaped  from  the  governor1     pai 
shown  by  a  marked  strap  aboul  its  neck.     Knowing  "  Lem1    '   partiality 
governor,  and    fearing  his  displeasure,  she   removed   the  strap  and   kepi   her 
husband  in  ignorance  of  the  rightful  ownership  of  the  game.     SI  d   to 

have  been  a  woman  of  greal  strength. 

Matthew    S.  Parker  was  a   brother   of  Johu    Parker,    proprietor   oi    W 

borough   Neck.     This  tract,   with   the   excepti f  the  settler's   lol   given  to 

Reuben  Libbej ,  came  into  his  possession.  Here  he  cirri,,!  a  house  and  resided 
for  awhile.  He  was  a  well-educated  man  and  far  better  qualified  for  the  ti 
action  of  Legal  business  than  any  other  person  then  living  in  town.  II.-  was 
for  some  years  the  only  justice  of  the  peace,  an  office  then  regarded  as  quite 
important.  He  died  suddenly  in  1788  at  the  age  of  thirty-nine  years.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  held  the  offices  of  town  clerk  and  selectman,  as  he  had 
done  almost  continuously  while  he  resided  in  town,  lie  married  Anna. 
daughter  of  Colonel  Henry  Rust.  His  son.  Henry  Rusl  Parker,  resided  in 
town,  was  a  merchant  and  farmer  and  prominent  in  town  affairs.  Many  of  his 
descendants  occupy  responsible  positions.  Deacon  Charles  I\  Parke]-,  cashier 
of  the  Lake  National  Bank,  is  a  representative  of  the  family  here. 

Ebenezer  Meader  came  to  town  a  young  man,  and  was  the  firsl  blacksmith. 
In  L770  he  purchased  the  farm  now  in  possession  of  his  descendants.  Tradi- 
tion says  that  he  took  with  him  to  his  new  home  a  cow  and  a  pig;  ,  that 
when  he  was  drafted  in  the  Revolution  the  people,  who  needed  his  sen 
sent  a  substitute  in  his  place.  A  small  dwelling  yet  standing  on  the  Varney 
road  was  built  with  nails  made  by  him  on  his  anvil.  He  was  several  times 
selectman.     His  great-grandson.  Samuel  A.,  occupies  the  homestead. 

Samuel  Fox  came  to  Wolfeborough  early:  settled  in  Pleasant  Valley,  and 
afterwards  changed  farms  with  Elder  Isaac  Townsend.  Here  he  passed  mosl 
of  his  life.  It  is  the  John  L.  Wiggin  farm,  lying  north  of  the  Maine-road 
cemetery.  He  was  quite  active  in  town  affairs.  His  son  John  studied  for 
the  ministry  at  Gilmanton,  but,  not  preaching  long,  became  connected  with 
insurance,  and  conducted  this  for  many  years. 

Isaac  Martin  came  from  Massachusetts  with  his  father  in    L780,  being  then 
si\  years  old.      The  father  died  soon  alter,  in  March,  and  was  buried  in  a  e 
the  locality  of  which  was  lost.      When  twenty-one  years  old   he   commi 
felling  trees  on  the  Banfield  farm,  but  finding  the  growth   wry  heavy  he 
up   the  attempt,  and  took  up    a   portion    of  the   Governor   Wentwortl 
where    he    lived    until  his   death,  at   the    agi  ghty-nine.      Nil 

plateau  where  he  made  his  home  has  borne  the  name  <A'  Martin  a  Hill.      1 1  - 
Daniel  was  selectman  and  representative.      The  sane-  offices  havi  by 

his  grandson,  James  II.  Martin,  who  resides  in  Wolfebori 


804  History  op  Carroll   County. 


Ebenezer  Home  came  from  Dover  in  1775,  having  exchanged  property  in 
that  town  with  John  Flagg  for  his  lot  of  four  hundred  acres.  His  son  William 
left  town  early.  Stephen,  Isaiah,  John,  and  Benjamin  settled  near  their  father 
on  portions  of  his  estate,  now  for  the  most  part  in  the  possession  of  their 
descendants.  John  had  seventeen  children,  and  Benjamin  fourteen.  Isaiah 
became  one  of  the  Leading  men  in  the  town;  married  a  daughter  of  Henry 
Unst.  He  dropped  the  H  from  his  name.  His  family  have  since  written  it 
( >rne.  He  had  two  sons,  Henry  H.  and  Woodbury  L.  Henry  H.  practised 
law  a  few  years.  He  married  Caroline  Chaplin,  a  lady  who  acquired  some 
celebrity  as  an  authoress.  Ebenezer,  the  patriarch  of  this  family,  was  very 
vigorous.  He  married  a  second  wife  when  he  was  eighty  years  old,  and  could 
walk  several  miles  with  ease  when  ninety-five.  He  died  aged  ninety-nine  years 
and  six  months.     George  F.  Home  is  one  of  his  descendants. 

Jacob  Home  removed  from  Somersworth  about  1800.  He  was  a  blacksmith 
as  well  as  a  farmer.  He  was  the  first  owner  of  a  wagon  in  town.  His  wife  was 
a  Twombly,  and  lived  to  be  nearly  one  hundred  years  old.  They  had  ten 
children. 

Jesse  Whitten  was  born  in  Brentwood.  In  1779  he  removed  to  Wolfe- 
borough,  being  then  fourteen  years  of  age.  Three  years  after  he  sailed  on  board 
a  privateer.  He  remained  at  sea  about  one  year,  when  the  war  closed.  He 
afterwards  purchased  a  piece  of  wild  land,  and  cleared  a  farm  on  what  is  now 
known  as  Whitten's  Neck.  He  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  first 
church  organized  in  town,  and  was  known  as  a  very  zealous  religionist.  He 
was  small  of  stature,  but  remarkably  agile.  He  had  some  reputation  as  a  root 
and  herb  doctor.  He  had  a  family  of  twelve  children.  Mr  Whitten  died  at 
the  age  of  ninety-three  years.     Joseph  W.  Whitten  is  Ins  grandson. 

Enoch  Thomas  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  His  descendants  now 
reside  in  Tuftonborough. 

Robert  Calder  settled  in  the  easterly  part.  His  farm  became  a  portion  of 
the  Cabot  estate.  He  served  as  selectman  several  times.  He  afterwards 
removed  to  Brookfield,  and  held  the  office  of  deputy  sheriff. 

Moses  Ham  held  the  office  of  selectman  several  years,  and  was  delegate  to 
the  Colonial  Congress.  He  occupied  other  posts  of  honor  and  trust,  and 
while  he  remained  in  town  was  an  influential  citizen. 

Thomas  Triggs  settled  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  David  Chamberlain. 

Joseph  Keniston  settled  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Stephen  Nute,  situated 
in  the   addition. 

Thomas  Piper  came  from  Suncook.  He  had  seen  service  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war.  He  was  the  first  miller  in  town.  His  sons,  Thomas,  David,  and 
John,  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  John  had  twenty-one  children, 
twenty  of  whom  married,  and  nineteen  were  present  at  his  burial.  Timothy, 
: ther  son,  had  thirteen  children.      Twelve  of  these   married.       They  would 


Town    OF    WOLI  BB0R01  <;n. 


average  in  weight   about    two  hundred  pounds.      John   and  Tim 
man}  years  citizens  of  Tuftonborough.     David  spenl  his  life  in  W 
Charles  F.  Piper,  the  popular  merchanl  a1  the  "bridge,"  is  a  grandson  i  I   J 
He  has  been  mail  agent,  town  clerk,  postmaster,  and  represenl 
witli  marked  ability  in  all  relations. 

Thomas  Stevenson  removed  Prom  Dover  to  Wolfeborougli  in  I"1"'..    H< 
employed  somewhat  as  a  school-teacher.     He  served  .1-  a  town  clerk   m. 
ami  as  selectman  thirteen  years.      He  had  a  family  of  ten  children  thai 
adult  age.      His  son  Samuel  has  served  as  selectman  in  town.      A  grandson, 
Henry  Stevenson,  a  successful  builder  in   Boston,  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  legislat nre. 

John  Chamberlin  was  a  resident  of  Brookfield,  where  he  w.i-  selectman  for 
many  years,  and  several  times  representative  to  the  legislature.  He  married,  in 
1774,  Mary  Jackson ;  in  1794,  Joanna  Banfield.  He  came  to  Wolfeborough  in 
1  822  and  pur<  based  of  William  Triggs  the  farm  qow  occupied  by  Mrs  David 
Chamberlin.  lie  had  a  large  family  id*  children,  and  many  of  his  descendants 
are  now  living  in  Wolfeborough.  David,  his  eleventh  child,  was  a  farmer, 
tanner,  and  shoemaker,  and  lived  on  the  place  until  his  death.  His  son.  I  I 
E.  Chamberlain,  is  a  farmer,  tanner,  and  shoemaker,  and  resides  on  the  old 
homestead.  I ra,  tenth  child  of  John  Chamberlin,  was  ;i  farmer,  which  avoca- 
tion his  son,  John  A.  Chamberlain,  follows.  John  A.  has  been  supervisor 
several  years.     Jason  Chamberlain,  a  former  resident  of  this  town,  removed   to 

Marblehead,  Mass.;  at  his  death  he   bequeathed   $500  for  the  j r  <<\'  W 

borough  and  $500  for  those  of  Tuftonborough.  Dudley  Chamberlain,  son  of 
John,  came  to  Wolfeborough  about  1800,  settled  on  a  farm  near  Frost's  Corner. 
I  lis  son  Daniel  became  a  prominent  hotel  proprietor  in  Boston. 

Dr    Reynold   Fernald  came  from   England  to  Portsmouth.     His  grandson, 
Deacon    James    Fernald,    was    an    early    resident    id'    Wolfeborough.     Betsey, 
daughter   of  the   deacon,   married    Rev.    Ebenezer  Allen.     John,   a   son    1 
Fernald.  settled    in    Brookfield ;    his    son    John    came    to    Wolfeborough  with 
Governor  Wentworth;    one  of   John    Jr's   daughters  married   Captain  James 

Nllte. 

James    Mersey,  of  Newmarket,  had    ten    children,   of   whom   Jonathan,   born 
1746,    and    Jemima    (Mis    John    Piper),  born     1750,    settled    here.     Jonathan 
received  a  deed  of  one  hundred  acres  from   Daniel   Fierce  in   November,  1777, 
for  which  he  agreed  to  nay  live  shillings  (one  dollar)  and   build   ;i    house  equal 
to  eighteen  feet  square  within  the  year,  and  for  ten   consecutive  years 
annually  three   acres  of  land.      (This   land    was   part    of  the    Great    Lot.        He 
eventually    became    a    large   landowner.     His    son   James   settled    in     I  niton 
borough,  had  the  title  of  captain,  and  became  wealthy.     His  grandsoi     : 
W..  was  prominent  in  military  affairs  ami  became  brigadier-general  "l   the   N 
Hampshire    militia;      ( iharles    II..  son    of    General    H  irsey, 


306  History  of  Carroll  County. 


Dartmouth,  and  was  for  a  time  preceptor  of  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough 
academy;  but  most  of  his  life  has  been  passed  in  mercantile  business  in  Boston 
and  Wolfeborough.  Samuel,  son  of  Jonathan,  the  first  of  the  family  here, 
settled  in  Tuftonborough,  where  he  has  many  descendants,  good  and  useful 
citizens. 

Daniel  and  George  Brewster,  descendants  of  Elder  William  Brewster,  of 
Mayflower  fame,  came  early  to  this  town  with  their  father.  They  were  farmers. 
George  Flagg,  son  of  Daniel,  lived  on  the  farm  until  his  death.  A  son  of  his, 
Eli  V.,  for  many  years  a  shoe-dealer  in  Dover,  has  been  mayor  of  that  city. 
Another  son,  George  F.,  now  represents  this  branch  of  the  family  here. 

George  Brewster  had  several  children,  one  of  whom,  Daniel,  succeeded  him 
on  the  home  farm.  He  had  three  sons,  Nathaniel  T.,  John  L.,  and  Jonathan  M. 
The  younger  two  received  a  collegiate  education.  Nathaniel  T.  occupies  the 
old  homestead  and  now  owns  twelve  hundred  acres  of  land  and  seventy  neat 
cattle.  John  L.  has  been  a  teacher,  a  banker,  and  superintendent  of  schools 
of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  where  he  resides.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  estate  of  his 
uncle,  John  Brewster,  and  a  trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  Brewster  Free  Acad- 
emy. Jonathan  M.  became  a  Freewill  Baptist  minister,  and  died  some  years 
since  in  Providence,  R.  I. 

John  Brewster,  another  son  of  George,  left  home  in  early  life  and  not  long 
after  began  trading  in  a  small  way  in  Boston.  He  was  subsequently  a  banker, 
and,  meeting  with  success,  became  wealthy.  In  his  last  will,  after  making 
ample  provision  for  his  only  son  and  other  relatives  and  friends,  he  devised  the 
annual  income  of  the  residue  of  his  estate,  which  exceeded  one  million  dollars, 
chiefly  for  the  benefit  of  his  native  town,  Wolfeborough,  and  the  neighboring 
town,  Tuftonborough.  He  bequeathed  to  the  Wolfeborough  and  Tufton- 
borough Academy  $10,000  annually  with  these  conditions:  that  its  name 
should  be  changed  to  that  of  the  Brewster  Free  School  or  Academy,  and 
that  there  should  be  no  restriction  on  its  pupils  in  relation  to  age,  sex,  or  color, 
but  that  all  should  be  required  to  possess  a  "  good  moral  character."  He  also 
made  provision  for  erecting  a  town  hall  for  Wolfeborough  at  a  cost  of  $85,000, 
and  for  furnishing  a  free  library.  The  balance  of  the  income  was  to  be  applied 
"  one  half  for  the  use  of  the  academy,  the  other  to  be  used  equally  for  the 
support  of  the  'worthy  poor'  and  the  common  schools  in  Wolfeborough  and 
Tuftonborough." 

The  Muggins  family  is  of  English  origin.  Samuel,  third  in  descent  from 
the  emigrant,  passed  his  youth  in  Wakefield,  and  from  there  went  to  Massachu- 
setts. In  1818  he  purchased  the  Deacon  Wormwood  farm,  where  he  resided 
until  his  death.  His  sons,  Nathaniel,  Samuel,  and  John  P.,  have  all  been 
successful  and  prominent  in  hotel  business  in  New  York  city.  John  P.  is  now 
the  owner  of  the  Cosmopolitan  Hotel  in  that  city. 

Jonathan  Chase  was  one  of  the  early  settlers,  locating  on  the  lot  Thomas 


Town    or    Wolpeborough. 


Taylor  occupied  for  a  short  time;  and   here  in    L784   his  claughtei  \| 

Edgerly,  was  born.      Mrs    Edgerly  died   January  20,   I- 

5  months,  and  28  days,  and  for  aboul    ninety  years  had   been  a  (  i 

was  an  energetic,  industrious  woman,  doing  whatever  she  had   to  do  witl 

her  strength.    Thomas  Chase,  her  brother,  settled  neai   Ne      Durham  line.     lb 

was  also  a  worker,  and  luult  on  his  farm  two  thousand  rods  of  good  stone  wall. 

His  son,  Charles   F.Chase,  lias  served  a-  selectman,  and  occupies  tin-   faun. 

Henry   II.  Chase  is  a  grandson  of  Thomas. 

Jacob  Folsom  came  from  Newmarket  aboul  L790,  and   purchn  ed  n   Fa 
Jonathan   Chase,  since   known  as   the   folsom   farm.      His  son,  John    I 
married   Hannah,  daughter  of  Jonathan   Blake.      Ho  was  deacon  of  the  i 
Christian  Church.     Deacon  Folsom  remained  on  the  farm  until  his  death.      II  a 
widow  occupies  the  homestead  and  is  ninety-two  years  old.      John  G.  Folsom 

has   charge  of   the  estate.      Blake    Folsom,  son    of    Deacon    John    and    

Folsom,  is  a  leading  business  man  of  the  town,  which  he  has  represented,  and 
has  been  president  of  the  Lake  National  Bank. 

James  Connor,  from  Henniker,  was  an  early  settler,  and  occupied  the  lot 
now  owned  by  Samuel  W.  Tetherly.  He  had  little  education,  bul  with 
natural  abilities  served  several  years  acceptably  as  selectman.  lie  built  the 
first  cider-mill  in  town.  There  was  considerable  rivalry  between  him  and  his 
brother-in-law,  Benjamin  Blake,  concerning  their  farmwork.  On  visiting 
Blake  one  day  Connor  discovered  that  he  was  intending  to  finish  haying  on  the 
morrow,  his  grass  being  all  cut.  Connor  still  had  grass  standing,  but, 
determined  not  to  be  outdone,  he  cut  his  grass  that  night,  put  it  in  the  barn, 
and  early  the  next  morning  called  on  Blake  and  informed  him  that  he  was  "done 
haying/ 

Colonel  William  Cotton,  a  trader  of  Portsmouth,  came  to  Wolfeborough  in 
L781,  being  then  forty-three  years  old,  and  opened  a  store  and  a  tavern.  He 
brought  with  him  eight  children,  the  oldest  eighteen  years  of  age.  The  most 
of  them  settled  in  the  same  neighborhood,  and  in  CSTo  their  descendants  pos- 
sessed sixteen  hundred  acres  of  land  in  moderate-sized  farms,  many  of  them 
adjoining,  and  the  name  " Cottonborough "  has  been  given  to  the  locality. 
Colonel  Cotton  and  his  children  were  of  large  stature.  The  colonel's  height 
was  six  feet  four  inches.  He  was  prominent  in  the  councils  of  the  town  in  its 
early  days,  and  his  descendants  have  often  represented  Wolfeborough  in  the 
legislature.  Colonel  Cotton  had  fifty-nine  grandchildren,  all  but  live  of  whom 
reached  mature  age;  forty-six  married  and  had  issue.  A  great-  i 
Dudley  1'.  Cotton,  acquired  wealth  in  trad.'  in  the  West  Indies.  Timotl 
Cotton,  another  great-grandson,  is  a  resident  here  ami  is  a  farmer. 

Robert  Hardy  came  from   Exeter  to   Wakefield  in   L772.       I!  Dudley 

came  to  Wolfeborough  in  1788,  and  purchased    the    lot    of   land   on  which    I 
Hardy  now  lives  of  James   Sheafe,  of  Portsmouth,  for  1360.     Mi    Hard} 
a  major  in  the  militia. 


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t  ornelius  Jenness  came  from  Rochester  to  Ossipee;  in  1791  removed  to 
Wolfeborough,  and  settled  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  his  great-grandson, 
Cyrus  Jenness.  His  son  John  had  twelve  children,  and  his  son  Joseph 
eleven.  There  are  several  representatives  living  in  the  northeast  part  of  the 
town.  Sarah  A.  .Jenness.  a  descendant  of  Cornelius,  enjoys  the  honor  of 
being  the  first  daughter  of  the  county  to  graduate  as  a,  physician. 

Elisha  Goodwin  came  from  New  Durham.  He  was  a  miller  at  Mill  Village, 
lie  had  twelve  children.  One  son,  Elisha,  built  the  Goodwin  block  in  1871. 
.I.  W.  Goodwin,  another  son,  has  held  numerous  positions  of  trust,  and  was 
appointed  postmaster  under  Cleveland's  administration. 

Ahrani  Prebble  had  a  settler's  lot  of  one  hundred  acres  on  the  Packer  right, 
being  number  six  of  the  Lords'  Quarter.  He  soon  sold  it  to  the  Haines  family 
and  removed  to  Ossipee.  His  grandson,  Valentine  B.  Willey,  is  a  resident 
here. 

Samuel  Tibbetts  settled  on  the  lot  now  occupied  by  Blake  Folsom  as  a 
milk  farm.  He  was  a  framer  of  buildings,  and  was  the  first  pound-keeper. 
The   family   remained   on   this  lot  many  years. 

-lot ha m.  Stephen,  and  Nicholas  Nute,  brothers,  came  from  Milton  in  1798, 
and  settled  on  what  is  now  known  as  Nute's  Ridge.  Their  descendants  still 
reside  there.  Tristram,  Paul,  and  James  Nute,  brothers,  came  from  Madbury 
about  L800,  and  settled  in  the  Lords'  Quarter.  George  W.  Nute  represents 
one  branch  of  this  family. 

John  Bickford  was  the  pioneer  of  the  family  in  America.  He  left  England 
to  avoid  conscription,  came  to  Wolfeborough  early,  and  was  a  weaver.  His 
son  Jonathan  was  a  millwright  and  farmer;  he  settled  on  land  now  occupied 
by  his  grandson,  Joseph  H.,  son  of  James  Bickford.  The  family  have  served 
the  town  as  selectmen  and  representatives.  Wilmot  Bickford  settled  on  the 
farm  where  Thomas  .1.  Bickford  now  resides. 

Benning  Brackett,  brother  of  Dr  Brackett,  proprietor  of  lot  number 
eleven,  had  seventeen  children;  .John,  the  eldest,  born  in  1768,  came  here 
when  a  young  man,  married  Betsey  Folsom,  and  settled  near  Brackett's 
Corner.  John  M.  Brackett,  their  son,  was  born  in  1807,  always  resided  in 
Wolfeborough,  and  died  December,  1887.  In  earlier  life  he  was  an  extensive 
farmer,  lmt  for  many  years  was  officially  connected  with  banking  and  other 
corporations.  He  was  long  president  of  Lake  Bank,  and  treasurer  of 
Carroll  County  Five  Cents  Savings  Bank.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  latter  at 
the  time  of  its  failure.  For  many  years  lie  was  one  of  the  most  prominent 
Republicans  in  the  state,  and  was  frequently  mentioned  as  candidate  for 
governor.  He  was  a  representative  to  the  legislature  in  1855  and  1857, 
a  messenger  (1858)  to  carry  the  electoral  vote  for  Fremont  and  Dayton 
to  Washington,  a  member  of  the  council  of  Governor  Gilmore  in  1804,  and 
a  member  of  the  council  of  Governor  Smythe  in  18(35.  No  member  of  the 
council  during  these  two  important  years  rendered  more  faithful  service. 


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Colonel  .Mark  Wiggin  was  born  in  Strathara,  October  25,  L746.  He  mar- 
ried Betsey  Brackett,  born  November  26,  17  Is.  ||,.  Was  appointed  captain 
in  the  Continental  Establishmenl  in  1 T T < *> :  September  25,  1777.  a  major  in 
Colonel  Drake's  regiment;  February  L3,  177s.  then  a  major  in  Colonel 
Whipple's  regiment,  was  appointed  a  recruiting  officer;  November  24,  L781, 
commissioned  lieutenant-colonel  in  the  Firsl  Regimenl  of  New  Hamp- 
shire militia;  December,  1779,  he  was  sent  with  £20,000  to  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  New  Hampshire  line  to  be  used  for  recruiting  purposes.  The 
trunk  in  which  lie  carried  this  money  is  now  in  the  possession  of  George  C. 
A  very,  his  great-grandson.  In  1778  he  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace 
for  Rockingham  county,  and  represented  Stratham  four  years  in  the  legisla- 
ture. He  came  to  Wolfeborough  prior  to  17*. >7,  became  a  farmer  and  also 
taught  school,  and  served  the  town  in  its  official  affairs. 

William  Rogers,  accompanied  by  his  aged  father,  Charles  Rogers,  came  from 
Alton  in  177'.',  and  purchased  of  .Judge  Sewall  one  hundred  acres  of  land  for 
four  pounds  of  beaver  fur.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable  business  ability. 
His  son  Nathaniel  was  one  of  the  most  enterprising  men  of  the  town,  a  success- 
ful farmer,  and  also  interested  in  trade  and  manufactures.  He  was  one  of  the 
lirst  judges  of  common  pleas  in  Carroll  county.  He  was  very  liberal  in  his 
religious  and  political  opinions,  and  an  early  advocate  of  temperance. 

Moses  Thompson  came  from  Deevfield  and  was  a  thriving  farmer.  Three 
of  his  sons,  Benjamin  F.,  William,  and  Moses,  have  occupied  official  positions. 
Several  members  of  the  family  still  reside  in  Wolfeborough.  William  C. 
Thompson   is  of  this  family. 

About  1796  Samuel.  William,  and  Benjamin  Nudd  came  here  from  Green- 
land and  settled  in  the  north  part  of  the  town.  George  Nudd's  daughter 
Mary  was  a  graduate  of  State  Normal  School,  Salem,  Mass.:  was  class  poet. 
In  1863  she  wrote  a  poem  for  the  "Triennial  Convention  of  the  Alumni." 
In  1872  she  married  Thomas  Robinson,  a  professor  in  Howard  University, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Joshua  Haines  came  from  Greenland  to  Wolfeborough  in  1784  with  his 
sons,  Jacob,  Matthias,  and  Joseph.  They  settled  on  lot  number  six  in  the 
Lords'  Quarter.  This  lot  originally  belonged  to  Thomas  Packer,  who  deeded 
one  hundred  acres  of  it  to  Joshua  Haines  in  1772.  Joshua  Haines  was  born 
in  172:'>.  and  died  aged  ninety.  Jacob  was  a  farmer.  He  lived  on  what  is 
known  as  Haines'  Hill.  He  was  captain  in  the  militia  in  1795,  served  in  town 
offices  and  as  representative.  Matthias  was  also  a  farmer  and  conversant  with 
town  affairs.  Joseph  was  a  farmer,  and  worked  for  five  dollars  per  month  to 
pay  for  his  lot  of  land.  Among  their  descendants  are  Joseph  !(.,  who  has 
represented  his  town  four  times;  George  A.,  who  has  been  a  teacher,  on  the 
board  of  school  committee,  and  is  a  farmer. 

Jethro  Furber  settled  in  town  quite  early.     He  was  from   Durham  and  had 


310  History   of   Carroll  County. 


many  descendants.  Some  were  fanners;  others  engaged  in  trade.  Henry  W. 
Furber  and  Edwin  L.  Furber  are  representatives  of  this  family. 

John  Shorey  came  to  Wolfeborough  in  1796.  He  purchased  one  of  "the 
6fty-acre  lots  "  on  Pine  Hill,  granted  by  Paul  March  to  the  first  six  settlers  on 
the  main  road,  each  of  whom  was  entitled  to  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres.  This 
was  sold  to  Shorey  by  Abigail,  widow  of  Thomas  Piper.  John  Shorey  was  a 
Revolutionary  soldier.  His  son  Joseph  made  the  watering-trough  which  has 
been  by  the  roadside  a  hundred  years.  One  son,  Lyford,  died  at  the  age  of 
ninety-five. 

Josiah  Willey  came  from  Dover.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  enlisted  in 
the  Revolutionary  army.  Of  his  children  Valentine  was  a  farmer  and  a 
mill  man.  He  was  clerk  and  deacon  of  the  Second  Christian  Church.  His 
son.  Valentine  B.  Willey,  succeeded  him  in  business. 

Samuel  Nowell  came  here  from  Boston  about  1790.  He  was  one  of  the 
'■  Boston  Tea  Party." 

George  Warren  was  a  drummer  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  resided  in 
Portsmouth.  His  eldest  son,  John,  settled  in  Brookfield  near  Wolfeborough 
line.  With  the  latter  town  he  held  his  most  intimate  relations.  He  had 
twenty  children  who  reached  mature  age.  Jasper  H.  is  a  resident  here.  The 
family  possessed  much  musical  talent. 

In  1700  .lames,  William,  John,  and  Joseph  Cate  came  from  England  to 
Portsmouth,  and  settled  in  that  and  neighboring  towns.  Neal  Cate,  grandson 
of  . I anies,  settled  in  Brookfield  about  1790,  on  a  farm  adjoining  Wolfeborough. 
He  had  ten  children.  Daniel,  his  eldest  son,  located  on  a  farm  in  this  town 
in  1821.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Willey.  Mr  Willey  lived  to 
the  age  of  ninety-five,  and  his  wife  to  the  age  of  ninety-four ;  they  had  been 
married  seventy-five  years.  Mr  Cate  and  his  wife  had  been  married  sixty 
\  ears.  At  the  time  of  their  death  Mi'  Cate  was  eighty-eight  years  old,  Mrs 
Cate  eighty-one.  They  had  eight  children.  Moses  T.  and  John  G.  have  been 
trailers  and  manufacturers.  Two  sons  of  Moses  T.  have  received  a  collegiate 
education.  One  lias  entered  the  ministry;  the  other,  E.  E.  Cate,  has  practised 
law.  .lames  Cate  received  a  lot  of  land  from  his  father,  on  which  Charles  J. 
Cate  now  lives. 

John  Bassetf  came  from  Lynn,  Mass.,  in  1790;  settled  on  "the  Bassett 
place."  Two  sons,  Daniel  and  John,  came  with  him;  they  were  industrious, 
hard-working  men.  Daniel  remained  here  many  years,  then  removed  to  Minne- 
sota, where  his  sons,  Daniel,  Jr,  and  Joel,  reside.  The  Bassetts  were  Quakers. 
George  W.  Bassett  is  a  son  of  .John. 

The  Pickering  family  came  from  Greenland.  John  settled  here  about  1810 ; 
In-  Imilt  a  large  hotel  which  he  managed  for  several  years.  Daniel,  his 
brother,  came  later;  opened  a  general  store.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Joseph    Farrar,   Esq.     Mr    Pickering  became   eventually  the  largest  dealer  in 


Town    of    Wolfeborough.  :;i  1 


goods  iii  the  vicinity;  he  managed  a  farm  and  was  interested  in  various  manu- 
factures. He  was  postmaster  for  many  years.  He  died  in  L856,  aged  sixty 
years.  A  son  died  young;  his  daughter,  Caroline  (Mrs  Charles  Rollins). 
resides  in  Boston.     Mr  and  Mrs   Rollins  occupy  the  homestead  as  a  summer 

residence. 

Moses  Thurston  came  from  Stratham  in  IT'.'T  and  cleared  a  farm  in  the 
Dortheasterlj  part  of  the  town.  He  had  two  children,  Isaac,  a  merchanl  in 
Ossipee,  which  town  he  represented  in  the  state  Legislature.  James  lived  od 
the  home  place.  He  served  Wolfeborough  as  selectman  live  years  and  as 
representative  two  years.  Stephen  Thurston,  brother  of  Moses,  came  aboul 
the  same  time  and  so  did  two  sisters,  oue  the  wife  of  Thomas  15.  Wig-gin,  the 
other  the  wife  of   Isaac  Wiggin. 

William  Mason  came  from  Stratham.  He  was  a  man  of  several  trades,  and 
broughl  n[)  seven  children.  His  wife's  father,  a  member  of  his  family,  was  a 
Revolutionary  pensioner. 

John  L.  Piper  came  from  Stratham  about  1800.  He  built  a  house  in  L802 
on  the  site  of  the  Charles  F.  Parker  house,  and  a  store  where  the  bank 
building  stands.  He  was  in  trade  for  a  long  time.  He  served  as  selectman. 
His  grandson,  Jonas  W.  Piper,  has  had  a  long  service  in  town  offices;  he  is  a 
descendant  of  Major  Jonas  Wilder,  an  early  settler  of  Lancaster. 

Tobias  Banfield  came  from  Portsmouth  about  1812  and  purchased  the  farm 
since  known  as  the  Banfield  farm.  He  had  eight  children.  Of  his  children, 
Joseph  became  a  clergyman;  his  son  Everett  C.  became  a  lawyer,  and  after 
several  years'  residence  in  Washington,  I).  C,  where  he  held  an  important 
government  office,  returned  to  Wolfeborough ;  Joshua  was  for  many  years  a 
merchant  in  Dover;  Nathaniel  served  as  selectman;  he  was  the  father  of 
A.  W.  Banfield,  a  merchant  in  Boston  for  a  long  time.  The  family  is  now 
represented  in  Wolfeborough  by  Ira  Banfield,  son  of  Tobias.  He  has  been  a 
member  of  the  legislature  and  is  treasurer  of  Wolfeborough  Savings  Bank. 

Abel  Haley,  at  the  age  of  two  years,  removed  with  his  parents  from  Roch- 
ester to  Tuftonborough  in  1810,  where  he  eventually  became  a  leading  citizen, 
holding  the  various  offices  that  his  townsmen  could  bestow  upon  him.  At  the 
establishment  of  the  Lake  Bank,  he  removed  to  Wolfeborough  and  was  its 
cashier.  His  son,  Abel  S.,  has  a  successful  business  in  Faneuil  1 1  all  market. 
Boston;  Levi  T.,  another  son,  resides  in  Wolfeborough  and  has  been  engaged 
in  various  kinds  of  business.  He  has  been  senator,  and  was  sheriff  of  Carroll 
county  when  the  Prookfield  murderer,  Joseph  W.  Buzzell,  was  executed. 

Jeremy  Towle,  in  1820,  purchased  of  Joseph  Yarney  and  Echabod    Libbej 
the    George    Jaffrey    lot,    No.    12,    in    the     Lords'    Quarter,    containing    three 
hundred  acres,  for  eight  hundred  dollars.     This  was  in    the  most    hilly  part  of 
the  town.     Mr  Towle   and  several  sons  cleared    farms  and   resided    here   for  a 
long  time,  giving  the  name  of  the  family  to  the  locality. 


312  History  of  Carholl  County. 


Joseph  Clark  came  from  Greenland  in  1817  and  passed  the  remainder  of  his 
life  here.  He  was  a  cabinet-maker.  Of  his  family  of  eight  children  two 
resided  in  town.  Mary  (Mrs  Samuel  Avery)  and  Enoch,  who  followed  the 
avocation  of  his  father.  Enoch  had  ten  children;  his  son,  Greenlief  B.,  occu- 
pies the  homestead. 


CHAPTER   XXV. 


Revolution  —  Proprietors  and  the  Land  they  Owned — Schools  —  Advancement  of  the 
Town—  Wolf  eboro  ugh  Village  about  1800  — Action  of  Town  in  Civil  War  — Later  Chronicles 
—  Civil  List. 

Revolution.  —  Agreeably  to  a  notice  issued  by  Colonel  Joseph  Badger, 
the  citizens,  at  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1776,  made  choice  of  the  follow- 
ing military  officers:  John  Sinclair,  captain;  Andrew  Lucas,  first  lieutenant; 
Jonathan  Lary,  second  lieutenant,  and  Reuben  Libbey,  ensign.  Early  in 
1777  a  requisition  for  additional  soldiers  was  made,  the  following  reply  to 
which   will  explain  itself. 

Wolf  borough,  Jan.  19,  1777. 
Sir:  There  having  a  vote  passed  the  Honorable  Council  and  Assembly,  for  each  town  to 
make  up  their  lull  quota  of  men  for  the  three  years'  service  in  the  Continental  Army,  occa- 
sions my  troubling  you  with  this  line  to  ask  your  advice  in  relation  to  what  can  be  done 
respecting  that  affair  with  this  town ;  the  particulars  of  which  (as  I  informed  you  last  July 
at  Exeter,  when  I  was  sent  down  by  the  town  on  the  same  business)  are  these:  In  the  year 
177"i  there  were  orders  issued  by  the  General  Court  for  the  number  of  all  souls,  at  which  time 
there  were  ten  or  twelve  more  ratable  polls  than  there  are  at  present  —  there  being  now  only 
forty-four.  Now,  the  proportion  for  this  town,  I  imagine,  was  made  by  the  return  given  in 
that  year,  which  occasions  the  call  for  soldiers  from  this  town  to  be  two  or  three  more  than 
it-  proportion  (which  I  understand  to  be  every  eighth  man,  agreeably  to  a  vote  of  the 
Assembly),  the  inhabitants  having  depreciated  instead  of  increasing.  Now,  if  you  recollect, 
I  related  these  particulars  to  you,  likewise  shew  you  the  necessary  certificate  to  prove  the 
same,  when  I  saw  you  at  Exeter.  I  endeavored  to  lay  the  affair  before  the  Honorable  Com- 
mittee of  Safety,  then  sitting,  hut  the  multiplicity  of  business  then  before  your  Honors 
prevented  me.  I  think  you  told  me  you  mentioned  it  before  the  committee  adjourned,  and 
it  was  concluded  that  the  town  might  make  itself  easy  if  it  had  sent  its  proportion  according 
t(.  the  present  number  of  it-  inhabitants.  The  present  order  is  for  the  muster  master  to  hire 
all  delinquent  men,  and  charge  the  respective  towns  with  the  cost.  Now,  if  you  can  help 
as  in  the  affair,  thai  we  maj  a-  i~  most  just  )  slum  that  difliculty,  I  shall  take  it  as  a  particu- 
lar kindness  done  to 

Your  most  Obedient  and  very  Humble  Servant, 

Matthew  S.  Parker. 
John  W'eni  worth,  Esq. 


T<  >WN    OF     WOLFEBOROUGH.  | :; 


This  letter  availed  nothing  for  the  town. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  1777.  provision  was  made  for  the  supporl  of 
Samuel  Mellows,  a  poor  child,  who  was  to  be  provided  with  ••  proper  victuals 
and  clothing  in  the  cheapest  manner."  This  was  probably  the  first  pauper 
case  ever  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  town.  At  this  meeting  the  acl 
recently  passed  by  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  regulating  the  price  of  sundry 
articles  was  read.  Among  the  articles  enumerated  in  this  act,  of  which  there 
were  forty,  were  the  following,  which  were  not  to  be  sold  above  the  prices 
set  against  them,  namely:  wheat  7s.  6d.,  rye  Is.  6d.,  coin  3s.  6d.,  oats  2s.,  peas 
8s.,  beans  6s.,  potatoes  2s.  per  bushel;  cheese  6d.,  butter  1<»d.,  pork  id.,  beef 
3d.,  and  mutton  3d.  per  pound;  West  India  rum  6s.  8d.,  New  England  rum 
3s.  10d.,  and  molasses  os.  4d.  per  gallon. 

At  a  meeting  held  on  the  eighteenth  day  of  June,  Matthew  S.  Parker, 
Joseph  Lary,  and  James  Conner  were  appointed  a  committee  to  hire  two  men 
to  complete  the  town's  quota  for  the  continental  service.  These  three  and 
Captain  Thomas  Lucas,  Moses  Wingate,  Jonathan  Lary,  and  Reuben  Libbey 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  regulate  the  prices  of  sundry  articles,  and 
they  were  to  constitute  the  Committee  of  Safety  for  the  year.  The  committee 
to  hire  soldiers  secured  [chabod  Tibbetts  and  David  Piper,  paving  one  #110 
and  the  other  $100.     They   were  to  serve  three  years,  from  June,  1777. 

Inventory  taken  June  24:  Number  of  polls  eighteen  years  old  and 
upwards  44,  slaves  1,  horses  and  colts  21,  oxen  3N,  cows  54,  young  cattle  L02, 
acres  of  tillage  land  88,  mowing  land  150,  pasture  land  97.  July  1,  agreeably 
to  a  vote  passed  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  the  following  list  of  men 
belonging  to  the  "Train  Band"  in  the  town  of  Wolfeborough,  under  com- 
mand of  Captain  John  Sinclair,  was  made,  namely,  Andrew  Lucas,  first 
lieutenant:  .Jonathan  Lary,  second  lieutenant;  Reuben  Libbey,  ensign; 
Andrew  Wiggin,  clerk;  Jonathan  Mersey,  drummer:  John  Lucas,  lifer; 
Aaron  Frost,  Joseph  Leavit,  Lemuel  Clifford,  and  John  Fullerton,  sergeants ; 
Samuel  Tibbetts,  Jr,  Samuel  Hide,  Enoch  Thomas,  and  David  Piper,  corpo- 
rals: Richard  Lust.  James  Conner,  James  Lucas,  Jr,  William  Lucas,  and 
•lames  Lucas,  :5d.  Samuel  Tebbetts,  Sr,  Edmund  Tebbetts,  Joseph  Lary, 
Ebenezer  Meder,  Benjamin  Blake,  James  Fullerton,  William  Fullerton,  John 
Piper,  Jeremiah  Could,  James  Wiggin,  [chabod  Ham,  Henry  Lust.  Jr,  Grafton 
Nutter.  George  Glynn,  Matthew  S.  Parker,  Joseph  [venniston,  Moses  Wingate, 
William  Rogers,  John  Wadley,  soldiers.  Of  these,  Edmund  Tibbetts,  John 
Piper,  [chabod  Ham,  William  Fullerton,  and  .lames  Wiggin  were  under 
Eighteen  .years  of  age.  .lames  Lucas.  Sr,  Thomas  Lucas,  and  Ithiel  Clifford, 
being  more  than  sixty  years  old,  were  exempted  from  doing  military  service, 
as  also  was  Thomas  Piper,  on  account  of  being  a  miller. 

Captain  John  Sinclair,  William  Lucas.  John  Lucas,  Benjamin  Blake, 
Andrew  Wiggin.  and  Moses  Ham  immediately  responded  to  the  call  for 
soldiers  made  in   September,  1777. 


314  History  of   Carroll   County. 


These  were  substantia]  citizens,  induced  by  a  love  of  country  to  enter  the 
armv.  The}  had  the  pleasure  of  being  present  at  Burgoyne's  surrender. 
Business  was  al  this  period  generally  prostrated,  and  taxes  were  very 
burdensome. 

.1  ligt  of  the  proprietors  of  lands  in  Wolfeborough  in  1778  and  the  amount 
which  they  severally  possessed.  A  little  more  than  one-fourth  part  was  owned 
by  residents:  Proprietors  of  Mason's  Patent,  5,100  acres ;  Jonathan  Warner, 
esq.,  tOO  acres;  .lames  Stoodley,  esq.,  400  acres;  Doctor  Hall  Jackson,  400 
acres  :  George  Meserve,  esq.,  2,050  acres;  Governor  Wentwortb/s  estate,  3,282 
acivs;  Doctor  A.  I{.  Cutter,  1,048  acres;  Daniel  Pierce,  esq.,  900  acres;  Daniel 
Rindge,  esq.,  648  acres;  Doctor  John  Brackett,  450  acres;  Thomas  Went- 
worth,  esq.,  450  acres:  Captain  George  King,  480  acres;  David  Sewall,  esq., 
246  acres;  William  Torrey,  esq.,  650  acres;  Nathaniel  P.  Sargent,  esq.,  460 
acres;  Colonel  Henry  Rust,  600  acres;  James  Connor,  100  acres;  Captain 
Thomas  Lucas,  310  acres ;  James  Lucas,  jr,  100  acres  ;  Captain  John  Sinclair, 
116  acres:  .lames  Lucas,  3d,  40  acres;  Joseph  Leavitt,  100  acres;  George 
Glynn,  648  acres  ;  Thomas  Triggs,  100  acres;  Aaron  Frost,  100  acres  ;  Abraham 
Prebble,  100  acres:  Samuel  Tibbetts,  jr,  100  acres  ;  Jonathan  Lary,  150  acres; 
Samuel  Hide,  100  acres;  Samuel  Glover,  100  acres;  Samuel  Emerson,  100 
acres  ;  Robert  Calder,  150  acres;  Grafton  Nutter,  100  acres;  Benjamin  Blake, 
100  acres;  Oliver  Peavey,  100  acres;  Ithiel  Clifford,  100  acres;  Lemuel  Clif- 
ford, 100  acres;  Robert  Estes,  100  acres;  Widow  Mary  Fullerton,  150  acres; 
John  Fullerton,  100  acres;  Jonathan  Hersey,  50  acres;  William  Hersey,  50 
acres:  .lames  Hersey,  100  acres;  Moses  Ham,  500  acres;  Joseph  Lary,  100 
acres;  Andrew  Lucas,  150  acres;  Reuben  Libbey,  100  acres;  Eben  Meder, 
100  acres ;  Thomas  Piper,  sr,  100  acres  ;  Matthew  Stanley  Parker,  447  acres ; 
Samuel  Tibbetts,  sr,  100  acres  ;  Enoch  Thomas,  100  acres ;  Andrew  Wiggin, 
100  acres  :  William  Rogers,  100  acres;  Colonel  Jonathan  Moulton,  100  acres; 
John  B.  Hanson.  100  acres  ;  Moses  Varney,  114  acres. 

In  January,  177*,  the  town  hired  Nathan  Watson,  supplying  him  with  a 
gun  which  cost  sixteen  dollars,  a  knapsack  which  cost  one  dollar,  and  a  blanket 
which  cost  four  dollars  ;  and  also  paying  him  a  bounty  of  twenty  dollars.  The 
gun  was  furnished  by  .James  Connor,  the  knapsack  by  James  Lucas,  3d,  the 
blanket  by  Eben  Meder,  and  the  money  for  the  bounty  by  Moses  Wingate. 
These  articles  were  borrowed,  and  their  value  afterwards  refunded  to  the 
several   owners  by   the  town. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  1779  the  town  chose  Ebenezer  Horn,  Sr,  Lieu- 
tenant Jonathan  Lary,  and  Matthew  S.  Parker  a  committee  to  hire  a  preacher 
four  months  "  on  as  reasonable  terms  as  they  can,"  and  that  he  preach  one  third 
of  the  time  on  the  northeast  side  of  Smith's  pond.  It  was  also  agreed  to  alter 
the  main  or  Miles  road  so  that  it  would  better  accommodate  the  public,  and  also 
t(»  la  road  across  the  heath  to  the  mills,  and  likewise  one  from  the  mills 

to  ,.  road. 


Town   of    vVolfeboroi  oh.  :;i. 


[n  July,  1779,  a   requisition  was  made   on  the  town   for  one  soldier  for  1 
Rhode  Island  expedition.      K  was  difficult  to  obtain  a  man.      Finally  an  agree- 
ment was  made  with   Reuben  Libbey  by  which  he  was  to  serve  in  the  army  six 
months.      The   town  was  to  pay  him   for  bounty  and   travel   forty-six  pounds, 

sixteen  shillings,  and  harvest  his  hav  crop.  A  labor  tax  of  one  hundred  days' 
work  was  apportioned  among  the  inhabitants.  The  balance  of  the  labor,  after 
gathering   the    hav.  if   there  should   be   any,  was   to   he  worked   out    <>n   the 

highway. 

In  177'.»  Wolfeborough  was  "classed"  with  New  Durham  and  the  Gore.    A 

the  elections  were  held  iii  Xew  Durham,  a  long  distance  from  Wolfeborough, 
but  few  dt'  its  citizens  attended.  Thomas  Tash.  of  New  Durham,  generalh 
represented  the  district.  This  year  Matthew  Stanley  Parker  was  Wolfe- 
borough's  first  representative.  In  September,  1779,  another  soldier  was  called 
for.  and  Thomas  Piper  was  appointed  an  agent  to  procure  one. 

In  June,  1780,  other  soldiers  were  required  for  six  months'  service.  The 
town  hired  .lames  Wiggin  and  James  Fullerton,  paying  as  a  bounty  to  Wiggin 
thirty  bushels  of  corn,  and  to  Fullerton  fifteen  bushels  of  com  and  twenty 
days'  work  in  haying.  Specie  was  now  almost  unobtainable,  and  paper  money 
nearly  valueless,  and  resort  was  had  to  various  commodities  for  a  currency.  In 
this  region  Indian  corn  became  a  standard  article,  and  the  prices  of  labor  aiul 
other  articles  were  reckoned  by  it.  Taxes  were  becoming  so  burdensome  that 
the  inhabitants  could  by  no  means  pay  them  in  full.  On  account  of  its  finan- 
cial difficulties,  the  general  government  supplied  the  army  directly  with  such 
articles  as  the  respective  states  produced.  Beef  was  one  assigned  to  New- 
Hampshire,  and  Wolfeborough  was  required  to  furnish  in  1781  3,875  pounds. 
At  a  town-meeting  held  in  September,  Lieutenant  Eben  Horn,  Captain  John 
Sinclair,  and  Joseph  Lary  were  appointed  a  committee  to  purchase  beef.  Cattle 
were  purchased  and  driven  to  Dover,  wdiere  they  were  taken  in  charge  by  the 
receiver-general. 

Rum  was  also  furnished  by  New  Hampshire  for  the  army,  and  Wolfe- 
borougb  paid  a  rum  tax  in  1781  of  fifty-eight  dollars  in  specie.  In  1782  a 
tax  of  four  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  was  assessed,  of  which  less  than  one- 
twentieth  pari  was  for  town  expenses;  the  rest  went  to  the  state  to  meet  the 
exigencies  of  the  war.  This  year  the  town  again  declined  sending  a  delegate 
to  a  convention  to  frame  a  state  government. 

The  year  1781  was  distinguished  for  town-meetings  and  taxes.  Of  the 
former,  there  were  no  less  than  nine,  and  of  the  latter  more  than  the  people 
could  pay.  A  town-meet  ing  was  called  on  March  1  for  the  purpose  of  adopting 
measures  to  procure  five  additional  soldiers  to  serve  during  the  war.  This 
meeting  was  adjourned  to  the  fifteenth,  when  Jonathan  Lary,  Eben  Meder,  and 
Reuben  Libbey  were  appointed  a  committee  to  procure  the  soldiers.  This 
committee,   on   the  third   day  of  April,  had  accomplished   nothing,  and   .James 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


Connor,  Andrew  Wiggin,  and  James  Lucas  wore  appointed  in  their  stead. 
This  committee  was  equally  unsuccessful.  In  July  a  requisition  was  made  for 
two  additional  three  months'  men.  The  town  was  probably  unable  to  meet 
either  demand.  The  regiment  formerly  under  the  command  of  Colonel  Joseph 
Badger,  of  Gilmanton,  having  been  divided,  Wolfeborough  was  included  within 
tin- limits  of  the  one  commanded  by  Colonel  Bradley  Richardson,  of  Moulton- 
borough.  Agreeably  to  a  notice  issued  by  the  colonel,  the  militia  of  the  town, 
on  ilit;  seventh  day  of  August,  met  and  made  choice  of  Joseph  Lary  for 
captain.  William  Lucas,  first  lieutenant,  Aaron  Frost,  second  lieutenant,  and 
Enoch  Thomas,  ensign. 

S  iptember  1  a  requisition  was  made  on  the  company  "to  raise  and  equip 
three  able-bodied  men  and  forward  them  to  Colonel  David  Page,  of  Conway, 
immediately."  These  men  were  to  be  employed  as  scouts  in  defence  of  the 
northern  frontier  and  were  to  serve  three  months  if  needed.  They  were  to 
receive  three  pounds  bounty  and  two  pounds  per  month,  the  money  to  be 
advanced  by  the  town.  David  Piper,  John  Piper,  and  Jeremiah  Sinclair  went 
on  this  expedition.  David  Piper  acted  as  sergeant  and  John  Piper  as  corporal. 
They  were  absent  a  little  more  than  two  months. 

Schools.  At  a  town-meeting  held  on  the  eighth  day  of  May,  1781,  it  was 
voted  that  the  part  of  the  town  on  the  southwest  side  of  Smith's  pond  hire 
Mi  Andrew  Collins  to  preach  and  teach  school  for  the  term  of  twelve  months, 
upon  his  good  behavior,  the  selectmen  being  authorized  to  contract  with  him 
and  provide  proper  accommodations.  The  fitting  up  of  a  room  for  the  school 
and  religious  meetings  was  not  a  very  expensive  affair,  as  will  be  shown  by  the 
following  letter  :  — 

To  the  Honorable  Gentlemen,  the  Select  men  of  t lie  town  of  Wolfborough,  chosen  for  accom- 
modating necessary  conveniences  for  said  town  in  a.d.  1781:  — 
Before  you,  the  said  Selectmen,  is  herein  laid  the  accompt  for  providing   the  necessary 

articles  for  the  accommodating  uf  a  school  in  said  town,  by  John  Lucas,  viz : 

To  11!)  feet  of  boards $0.45 

To  making  a  Preaching  Desk 55 

To  making  one  Writing  Table 82 

To   lour  benches 55 

To  one  Water  Bucket 25 

To  one  hundred  nails 40 

Gentlemen,  the  above-mentioned  school  accommodations  are  all  provided  according  to 

your  order  given,  and  the  humble  request  of  your  affectionate  well-wisher, 

Andrew  Collins,  S.  M., 

Under  the  direction  of  the  Selectmen. 
WOLPBOROl  GH,    May  22,  1781. 

On  the  seventeenth  day  of  the  same  month  (May)  Mr  Collins  commenced 
abors,  receiving  rate  of  eight  dollars  per  month,  exclusive  of  board.     His 


Town    OF    WOLFEBOROUGH.  .'.17 


firsl  term  continued  eleven  weeks,  when  Mr  Collins  made  a   new  contracl  with 
the  select  men. 

This  day  agreed  with  Henry  Rust,  James  Conner,  and  Ebenezer  Meder  to  keep  school  in 
Baid  town  i<>  the  I7tli  day  of  May,  1782,  to  teach  reading,  \\  riting,  and  arithmetic,  at  -i\  silver 
dollars  per  month ;  the  said  selectmen  paying  for  my  board,  the  said  school  to  be  kept  where 
the  seleol  men  shall  order. 

Andrew   <  Iollins,  Schoolmaster. 

Mr  Collins  appears  afterwards  to  have  been  shorl  of  funds.  This  note 
illustrates  the  epistolary  style  of  that  day:  — 

October  16,  1781. 
Mr.  Libbey  : 

tfir, —  After  bidding  you  God  speed  this  morning,  I  should  be  exceeding  glad   if  you 

would  let  me  have  a  small  triflo  of  money.      I  am  sorry  to  trouble  you,  but  I  hope  you  will 

excuse  my  necessity.       If  you  can  let  me  have  ten  shillings  by  the  hand  of  the  bearer  I  shall 
give  you  no  more  trouble  at  present. 

Sir,  I  am  with  all  respect 

Your  affectionate  Friend  and  Humble  Serv't, 

Andrew  Collins. 

The  "bearer"  brought  to  him  six  shillings. 

There  does  not  appear  to  have  been  a  perfect  agreement  in  relation  to  hiring 
Mr  Collins.  A  proposition  was  brought  before  a  town-meeting  held  November 
13,  when  it  was  voted  seventeen  to  thirteen  to  hire  him.  It  being  intimated 
that  the  matter  was  not  well  understood  by  the  inhabitants  of  all  sections  of 
the  town,  another  meeting  was  called  on  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  the  same 
month,  when  it  was  again  voted  to  retain  his  services  — twelve  voting  in  the 
affirmative,  and  nine  in  the  negative.  It  is  probable  that  lie  left  the  town  the 
next  spring.     It  is  also  evident  that  his  was  the  first  school  here. 

17S2,  December.  The  town  voted  to  hire  a  teacher  six  months  the 
approaching  year.  The  teacher  was  Isaiah  Home.  He  received  eleven  dollars 
per  month,  inclusive  of  board.     The  school  was  kept  three  months  only. 

In  November,  17*:},  the  following  inventory  was  taken:  — 


Number  of  polls  from  eighteen  to  seventy-five  years  of  age     .    .    .  58 

■•icres  of  tillage  land (i.'i 

acres  of  mowing  land 324 

acres  ,,f  pustule;  land 351 

horses .{•_• 

oxen 60 

cows LOO 

young  horses  and  cattle 7"> 


318  History   of   Carroll   County. 


Tillage  land  sufficient  to  produce  twenty-live  bushels  of  com,  mowing  land 
sufficient  to  produce  one  ton  of  hay,  and  pasture  land  sufficient  to  pasture  one 
cow  was  accounted  an  acre. 

This  year  two  vagrant  persons  living  in  town,  leading  idle  and  dissolute 
Lives,  were  arrested  and  bound  out  to  masters  for  their  maintenance,  showing  it 
to  be  ill*'  prevailing  sentiment  of  the  times  that  "he  who  would  not  work 
should   not    eat."* 

At  the  annual  meeting,  twenty-ninth  of  March,  1784,  the  town  elected  five 
selectmen,  the  only  time  in  its  history  when  more  than  three  persons  were 
chosen.  They  were:  John  Martin,  Richard  Rust,  Isaiah  Home,  William 
Lucas,  and  Andrew  Lucas.  Also  voted  to  build  a  bridge  across  the  mill-pond 
tin  Smith's  river. 

March  21,  1785,  the  legal  voters  of  Moultonborough,  Wolfeborough,  and 
Ossipee  Gore  met  at  the  house  of  Jonathan  Chase,  in  Wolfeborough,  and 
elected  Ensign  Reuben  Libbey  a  representative  to  the  General  Assembly.  Mr 
Libbe\  was  a  person  of  good  natural  abilities,  but  uneducated,  rough  in  his 
manners,  and  indifferent  as  to  his  apparel. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  1785  it  was  voted  to  lay  out  the  road  now 
extending  from  the  back  road  to  F.  B.  T.  Leavitt's  house.  This  year  a  school 
was  kept  by  Nehemiah  Ordway  for  seven  dollars  per  month. 

Up  to  ITS"),  the  settlements  had  been  principally  in  two  localities:  one 
section  embracing  that  portion  lying  along  the  main  road  and  including 
the  mill  neighborhood  and  a  few  scattered  settlements  in  Raccoonborough  and 
Pine  1 1  ill  districts,  denominated  the  southwest  part;  and  the  other,  the  region 
about  the  governor's  farm,  with  an  occasional  settlement  along  the  way  to 
Dimond's  Corner,  and  in  the  neighborhood  of  that  locality  known  as  the 
northeast  part.  The  central  portion  was  more  sparsely  inhabited,  as  the  soil 
was  too  moist  to  produce  good  crops. 

In  1781  the  eitizens  of  the  northeast  part,  as  well  as  those  of  the  second 
division  of  Middleton  (now  Brookfield),  petitioned  to  be  set  off  into  a  new 
town.  In  ITS.")  the  eitizens  of  the  southwest  part  of  Wolfeborough  offered  a 
remonstrance.  As  it  will  show  somewhat  the  condition  of  the  town,  we  give 
some  extracts.  The  remonstrants,  after  expressing  their  surprise  at  the  unrea- 
sonableness of  the  petitioners,  urge  that  their  prayer  should  not  be  granted, 
from  the  following  considerations:  — 


First,  because  tin-  number  of  families  in  the  town  of  Wolfborough  does  not  exceed  forty, 
and  those  in  the  town  of  Middleton  not  more  than  twice  that  number;  so  that  to  divide  two 
Buch  -mall  number  of  inhabitants  so  as  to  make  three  towns  would  be  very  injurious  and 
expensive  i<>  the  inhabitants  as  well  as  fco  flic  community  at  large;  that  the  people  of  the 
whole  town  of  Wolfborough  together  are  poorly  able  to  support  proper  town  government, 
ami,  by  reason  of  their  low  circumstances  and  the  difficulties  of  the  late  times,  have  never 
been  able  to  settle  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  or  eveu  to  hire  necessary  schooling  for  their 


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children  ;  and  now  to  cu1  off  one  quarter  or  one  third  of  said  inhabitants  would  entirely  oblit- 
erate all  prospect  of  enjoying  such  blessings  for  a  long  time  to  co ,  as  there  are  ool  any 

settlers  in  the  towns  adjoining  to  be  united  to  us.  and  bul  little  prospect  of  there  being  anj  at 

present,  as  the  lands  are  held  by  the  proprietors  in  large  bodies  and  are  not   to  be  c i  :it 

without  a  large  price  being  given  therefor.  Secondly,  that,  although  the  inhabitants  who 
have  petitioned  Cor  a  separation  may  ool  exceed  the  number  above  mentioned,  yet  that  part  of 
the  lands  they  desire  to  have  cut  off  is  above  one  half  of  the  value,  as  to  the  quality  ol  the 
whole  town,  the  middle  pan  being  exceeding  poor  ami  but  little  thereot  suitable  Cor  settle- 
ment. Thirdly,  thai  your  remonstrants  mostly  live  on  one  direct  road  in  the  southwesterly 
part  of  the  town,  adjoining  the  Winnipiseogee  lake,  and  the  lands  on  -aid  road  Cor  one  mile 
distant  from  the  lake  being  almost  wholly  taken  up  (which  embraces  in  a  measure  all  of  the 
land  in  that  quarter  suitable  for  settlements)  ilicy  cannot  be  benefited  by  but  very  Cew  addi- 
tional settlers  there,  and  no  inhabitants  being  in  the  towns  adjoining,  under  the  distance  of 
eight  or  ten  miles,  and  then  very  scattering,  that  the  prospect  of  any  benefit  by  a  conn 
with  them  is  at  present  entirely  chimerical. 

This  remonstrance  appears  to  have  prevailed,  as  the  division  of  Wolfe- 
borough  did  not   take  place. 

Id  March,  1786,  the  town  voted  to  constitute  a  committee  consisting  of  the 
selectmen,  Colonel  Henry  Rust,  and  Colonel  William  Cotton,  to  treat  with  the 
proprietors  for  an  exchange  of  the  ten-acre  lot  granted  for  public  purposes  for 
a  more  desirable  one  Also,  to  raise  one  hundred  dollars  for  clearing  a  lot 
for  a  meeting-house.  The  exchange  of  lots  was  made,  and  that  on  which  the 
town-house  was  later  hnilt  secured  by  the  town. 

Buildings  near  Wolfeborough  Village  about  1800.  —  North  of  the  stream 
were  William  Rogers'  house  and  store,  the  Jewett  tavern;  the  Mason  house 
stood  on  the  present  site  of  Stephen  Durgin's  residence.  (This  house  is  now 
at  Factory  Village.)  On  the  south  side  of  the  river  were  John  L.  Piper's  store 
where  the  bank  building  is  now,  his  dwelling  occupying  the  present  site  of 
Charles  F.  Parker's  house;  the  Pickering  Hotel,  now  the  Rollins'  house;  the 
dwellings  of  James  Lucas,  Jr,  and  Andrew  Lucas  not  far  from  Cate's  block ; 
the  Allan!  house,  now  occupied  by  G.  B.  Clark;  and  the  Guppy  house  on 
the  Berry  lot.  William  Kent  had  a  house  on  the  mill  road  near  Pickering's 
Corner.  The  first  frame-house  built  in  the  southeast  part  of  the  town  was  the 
mill-house,  which  stood  near  the  gristmill.  The  second  house  erected  in 
Mill  Village   was  where    Lorenzo  Home's  now  stands. 

In  1802  the  inventory  of  the  town  was  :  Number  of  acres  of  wild  Land, 
40,898;  acres  of  orchard  land,  10  3-4;  acres  of  tillage  land.  262;  aires  of 
mowing  land,  7~>6 ;  acres  of  pasturage,  1,100;  number  of  [mils,  li * > « > ;  number 
of  horses,  154;  number  of  neat  cattle,  971. 

The  town  voted  to  expend  -$150  on  the  meeting-house.  About  the  first 
of  June  the  meeting-house  became  very  much  endangered  by  running  fires, 
and  the  town  voted  to  clear  away  the  underbrush  from  the  land  near  it.  This 
year  there  were  five  persons  licensed  by  the  town  to  retail  mixed  liquors. 

In   1803   the   town    was   surveyed   by    Isaiah    Home   at    a    cost     of  $101.      Ill 


History   of   Carroll   County. 


there  were  206  tax-payers;  all  but  nine  were  assessed  for  property  of 
some  kind,  and  160  paid  a  tax  on  real  estate.  Moses  Brown,  William  Guppy, 
and  Aniiah  Fullerton  were  assessed  for  money  at  interest  :  Richard  Rust  and 
William  Kent  for  mills:  Samuel  Dimon,  Samuel  Mason,  Ebenezer  Meader, 
Samuel  .Meader.  John  L.  Piper,  Richard  Rust,  and  Joseph  Varney  for  stock 
in  trade.  The  five  residents  holding  the  largest  amount  of  wild  land  were 
William  Rogers,  Jonathan  Hersey,  John  Young,  Nathaniel  Brown,  "Daniel 
Brewster  and  father."  The  live  having  the  greatest  value  of  livestock  were 
Captain  Moses  Brown,  Jonathan  Hersey,  Nathaniel  Brown,  William  Rogers, 
and  "Daniel  Brewster  and  father.'*  In  1806  the  town  voted  to  appropriate 
one  acre  of  the  meeting-house  Lot  for  a  burying-ground.  In  1810  and  1811 
the  town   paid  ten   cents  bounty  on  crows,  and  in   1812  twenty  cents. 

Comparatively  few  soldiers  went  from  Wolfeborough  to  the  War  of  1812. 
A  few  may  have  enlisted  in  the  regular  army.  In  1812  it  was  voted  "to  pay 
drafted  soldiers  ten  dollars  a  month  while  in  service."  The  following  were 
drafted  and  served  from  one  to  two  months  at  the  forts  at  Portsmouth  harbor: 
Jacob  Hersey,  Samuel  Nudd,  .Joseph  Edmonds,  Nathaniel  Home,  Jonathan 
Gale,  George  W.  Cotton,  John  Drew.  Jr,  John  W.  Home,  John  Wiggin, 
rsaac  Poor,  Thomas  Stevenson.  Samuel  Fernald.  Alphens  Swett,  Andrew 
Lucas.  3d,  John  Fullerton,  Jr.  Joseph  Hoitt,  John  Willey,  John  Jenness, 
rsaac  Martin.  Jonathan  Shepherd,  Stephen  Willey,  Valentine  Willey,  Jona- 
than Cook,  James  Rogers.  Stephen  W.  Edmonds  went  as  a  substitute  for 
his  brother  Isaac,  and  died  of  fever.  There  may  have  been  others.  In  1814 
the  training  hand  was  divided  into  two  companies.  In  1813  the  town  paid 
a  hill  of  $43.21  for  powder  and  rum;  and  in  181.")  one  of  $20.44  for  provisions 
used  at  musters. 

June  6,  L816,  there  was  a  snowstorm.  In  1817  hay  was  worth  $18  a  ton, 
potatoes  65  cents  a  bushel,  and  rye  $2  a  bushel.  Laborers  received  a  peck 
of  pool'  coin  for  a  day's  work.  The  town  voted  negatively  in  relation  to 
a  proposition  to  divide  it.  In  181*  there  was  no  sleighing  until  March.  Then 
foui'  feci  nf  snow  tell,  and  only  fourteen  persons  reached  the  town-house  on 
election  day.  In  1819  the  town  voted  not  to  allow  cattle,  horses,  and  swine 
to   run   at   large  in   the  winter  season   in   the   thickly  settled  neighborhoods. 

'I  he  votes  for  governor  for  a  few  years  exhibit  great  unanimity.  In  1820 
Samuel  Bell  had  201,  William  Hale  4^:  in  1821  Bell  had  205,  Hale  1;  in  1822 
Hell  had  218;  scattering  2.  A  change  took  place  the  following  year,  when 
Samuel  Dinsmore  had  L15  votes,  and  Levi  Woodbury  108.  In  1824  the  vote 
was  divided  between  David  L.  Morrill  and  Woodbury:  but  in  1825  Morrill 
received  l'J"  votes  against  2  scattering. 

At  the  annual  town-meeting  in  L822  a  petition,  signed  by  Nathaniel  Rogers 

1  others,  was  presented  to  prevent  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  about 
the  meeting-house  on  election  days.     The  town   refused  to  grant  the  petition. 


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At  the  annual  election  in  1823  a  superintending  school  committee  was  chosen. 
It  consisted  <>t'  John  P.  Cleveland,  Thomas  J.  Tibbetts,  Aaron  Roberts,  David 
T.  Livy,  and  Thomas  Rust.  During  the  year  L825  William  Cotton,  one  of 
the  selectmen,  died,  and  John  ( '.  Young  was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy.  At 
the  annual  meeting  the  town  voted  to  expend  one  hundred  dollars  in  repairing 
fche  meeting-house.  It  also  voted  to  pay  to  the  Congregationalist  Society  its 
proportion  of  the  interest  arising  from  the  proceeds  of  the  parsonage  Lot. 
For  some  years  this  annual  interest  had  been  appropriated  for  schools.  The 
following  year  the  parsonage  money  was  divided  among  the  several  religious 
societies  in  town.  It  has  been  divided  in.  this  manner  to  the  present  time. 
In  L827  Jonathan  Blake,  Dudley  Hardy,  Thomas  Stevenson,  Joseph  Varney, 
and  Aaron  Roberts  were  appointed  a  committee  to  consider  the  feasibility 
of  purchasing  a  town  farm.  None  was  purchased.  In  1830  the  town  again 
\oted  not  to  allow  cattle,  sheep,  horses,  and  swine  to  run  at  large  in  thickly 
settled  parts  of  the  town. 

In  1837  the  town  voted  to  receive  its  share  of  the  surplus  revenue.  Henry 
B.  Kust  was  appointed  an  agent  to  receive  it  from  the  state  treasurer:  and  the 
selectmen  were  authorized  to  loan  it  to  individuals  on  well-secured  notes. 
It  also  voted  to  purchase  a  town  farm,  and  Thomas  Rust,  George  E.  Nudd, 
and  Gilman  Folsom  were  authorized  to  make  the  purchase.  This  farm  was 
the  home  for  paupers  for  some  years  and  then  sold.  In  1838  the  town  voted 
to  divide  the  interest  arising  from  the  surplus  revenue  among  the  legal  voters 
and  widows.  The  division  of  the  county  of  Strafford  came  before  the  citizens 
at  this  time.  The  proposition  to  make  two  counties  of  Strafford  received  7 
affirmative  votes  and  20-1  negative.  The  proposition  to  divide  it  into  three 
counties  received  37  affirmative  votes  and  143  negative.  In  1839  the  same 
question  came  up.  and  the  town  voted  for  a  division  25;  against  a  division 
-'•':''.  A  proposition  was  also  made  to  divide  the  town,  which  was  negatived 
by  a  vote  of  84  in  favor  of  division  to  21")  against  one.  This  year  the  interest 
from  the  surplus  revenue  went  for  schooling.  In  1840,  it  being  a  time  of 
much  religious  interest,  the  town-meeting  was  opened  by  prayer,  Rev.  George 
< ).  Cotton  officiating.  The  custom  continued  a  lew  years.  In  1841  one 
hundred  and  lifty-six  persons  voted  that  the  public  good  did  not  require  the 
division  of  Strafford  county.  In  1843  the  town  meeting-house  was  removed 
and  converted  into  a  town-house.  In  1844  the  town  voted.  214  to  121.  to 
divide  the  surplus  revenue  among  the  legal  voters  and  resident  widows.  Each 
person  received  about  seven  dollars.  In  L849  John  fox,  Thomas  L.  Wliitton, 
ami  Gilman  folsom  were  appointed  a  committee  on  the  town  landing,  so 
called.  4diey  reported  that  the  landing-place  was  the  property  of  the  town. 
The  report  was  adopted.  This  matter  was  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  town 
several  times.      Votes  were  passed,  hut  little  efficienl  action  taken. 

Action  <>/  Town  hi  Civil    War.    -October   II.   L861,  voted   to  raise  $500  to 


_:  History  of   Carroll  County. 


aid  the  families  of  soldiers.  John  Wing-ate,  Jr,  Alphonzo  H.  Rust,  and  Joseph 
II.  Bickford  were  appointed  a  disbursing  committee.  1862,  February  22,  $500 
were  raised  for  the  same  purpose,  and  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to  add 
fifty  per  cent,  to  that  sum  if  needed,  August  9,  voted  to  place  a  sum  not 
exceeding  13,000  in  the  hands  of  the  disbursing  committee,  and  to  pay  each 
volunteer  under  the  call  for  volunteers  a  bounty  of  $200,  and  a  bounty  of 
$150  to  each  person  that  should  volunteer  to  fill  the  draft;  September  18, 
voted  to  pay  each  person  who  should  enlist  in  the  army  for  nine  months  $300. 
1863,  .March,  voted  $5,000  for  the  benefit  of  soldiers'  families;  September  9, 
voted  to  pay  each  drafted  man  or  his  substitute  $300 ;  December  3,  this  sum 
was  increased  $50.  1  86  1,  May  12,  voted  to  pay  $300  to  each  person  who  should 
enlist  in  the  army  ;  June  I.  voted  to  pay  $300  to  each  drafted  man  who  should 
go  into  the  army,  or  who  should  provide  a  substitute  ;  reenlisted  soldiers  were 

eceive  a  like  bounty;  July  7,  voted  to  pay  each  drafted  man  $300,  or  pro- 
vide him  with  a  substitute,  on  condition  that  he  should  pay  $100  to  the  town  ; 
Charles  V.  Hill  and  George  W.  Furber  were  appointed  recruiting  agents; 
August  23,  voted  to  pay  each  resident  who  should  enlist  for  one  year  $300,  for 
two  years  $400,  for  three  years  $500;  September  1,  Woodbury  P.  Home, 
Moses  Thompson,  and  John  L.  Haines  were  made  recruiting  agents,  and  a 
bounty  of  $700  offered  to  each  person  who  should  enlist  for  one  year; 
December  1,  voted  to  pay  to  any  citizen  enrolled  in  the  militia  $100,  if  he 
should  procure  a  substitute  for  one  year,  $200  for  one  for  two  years,  and  $300 
for  one  for  three  years.  In  1867,  voted  to  pay  $100  to  each  person  who  had 
paid  commutation  money,  furnished  a  substitute,  or  volunteered  to  serve  in  the 
army.  March  10,  1868,  voted  to  pay  $100  to  each  soldier  a  citizen  of  the 
town  when  he  enlisted,  and  who  had  never  received  any  town  bounty  from  this 
or  any  other  town,  and  who  had  an  honorable  discharge  from  the  service. 
Mosl  of  the  money  used  during  the  war  was  obtained  by  loan,  although  con- 
siderable sums  were  raised  by  taxation. 

Railroad.  —  September  20,  1869,  the  town  voted  to  pay  $3,500  (five  per 
cent,  of  the  valuation)  to  aid  in  constructing  the  Wolfeborough  Railroad. 
Elisha  Goodwin,  Jr,  Blake  Folsom,  and  John  L.  Goldsmith  were  appointed  to 
-•oiiler  with  the  directors  of  the  road  in  relation  to  the  matter.  One  half  the 
money  to  he  paid  when  the  road  was  granted,  and  the  balance  when  completed. 
December  2.  1*71,  the  matter  was  again  brought  before  the  town,  and  the  pre- 
ceding vote  confirmed  —  2.~>2  in  the  affirmative,  and  70  in  the  negative. 

Later  Chronicles.  —  In  1869  the  Lake  Bank  was  broken  into  and 
robbed  of  $10,000.  May  3,  1873,  it  was  voted  "  to  instruct  the  selectmen  to 
loan  money  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  for  the  use  of  the  town  at  a  rate  per 
'•-in.  nol  exceeding  six,  and  instruct  our  representatives  to  General  Court  to 
procure  the  passage  of  an  act  authorizing  the  selectmen  to  exempt  the  same 
a  tax.       In  1878  the  town-meeting  held  three  days,  and  only  one  repre- 


Town   of    Wolfebohough. 


sentative  was  chosen.  This  is  the  only  instance  when  the  town  has  failed  to 
elect  its  full  complemenl  of  officers.     July   26,  L879,  the  town    voted  to  bond 

its  debl  ($90,000  >  al  a  rate  not  exceeding  four  per  cent.,  the  whole  : m   to 

be  redeemed  within  thirty  years.  The  bonds  were  not  to  be  sold  al  less  than 
par  value.  It  was  also  voted  to  pay  only  four  per  rent,  for  monej  Loaned,  the 
same  to  be  exempt  from  taxation  by  the  town.  Everett  C.  Banfield,  Blake 
Folsom,  and  John  (i.  ('air  were  chosen  a  committee  to  act  with  the  selectmen 
in  disposing  of  said  bonds.  Charles  F.  Parker  was  subsequently  chosen  to  take 
the  place  of  Blake  Folsom,  who  declined  serving. 

188".  March,  voted  to  instruct  the  selectmen  to  enforce  the  law  against  the 
illegal  sale  of  spirituous  liquors.  1881,  March,  voted  to  exempt  from  taxation 
for  ten  years  capital  used  in  manufacturing,  provided  that  the  capital  invested 
should  not  he  less  than  $10,000.  In  November,  1882,  voted  to  exempt  the 
capital  stock  employed  to  put  in  operation  the  tannery  owned  by  Moses  Yarnev 
&  ( !o.  1885,  March,  voted  to  instruct  the  selectmen  not  to  assess  a  tax  on  the 
bonds  issued  by  the  Steam  Power  Company  for  a  limited  time,  and  to  abate  all 
taxes  paid  by  any  citizen  on  such  bonds  in  1884.  March,  1886,  voted  to  raise 
$600  more  than  the  sum  required  by  law  for  the  support  of  schools.  April  6, 
1886,  John  I..  Peavey  was  appointed  an  agent  to  represent  the  town  "in  rela- 
tion to  certain  matters  connected  with  the  will  of  the  late  John  Brewster,  of 
Cambridge,  Mass." 

In  March,  1887,  the  following  resolutions  were  passed:  — 

Resolved,  That  the  munificent  bequest  of  John  L.  Brewster,  Esq.,  late  of  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  to  the  town  of  Wolfeborough,  merits  the  gratitude  of  its  citizens,  and  imposes  on  them 

an  obligation  to  cooperate  with  the  trustees  of  the  estate  of  the  Liberal  donor  in  such  action 
as  may  seem  to  have  been  purposed  by  him  as  expressed  in  his  last  will,  and  as  may  also  be 
most  conducive  to  the  general  weal. 

Resolved,  That  it  was  the  obvious  intent  of  Mr  Brewster  to  promote  morality  in  the  town 
as  well  as  to  bestow  great  educational  advantages  and  supply  physical  wants,  in  that  he 
required  of  those  who  might  wish  to  profit  by  the  benefit  of  the  Brewster  School  "  a  good 
moral  character."  and  that  those  whose  necessities  were  to  be  supplied  from  the  avails  of  his 
estate  should  be  ■'  deserving/' 

Whereas  the  open  and  unrestrained  sale  of  intoxicants  as  now  practised  in  this  town 
antagonizes  the  Brewster  legacy,  in  that  it  degenerates  the  youth  and  thereby  unfits  them  for 
availing  themselves  of  the  benefits  of  the  Brewster  School,  and  also  increases  poverty  in  such 
a  manner  as  shall  nor  allow  those  persons  who  may  suffer  therefrom  to  become  the  recipients 
Of  the  ample  provisions  made  lor  the  deserving  poor;  and,  whereas  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors  is  a  fruitful  BOurce  Of  many  immoralities,  thereby  damaging  the  reputation  of  the 
town,  preventing  the  removal  of  worthy  families  within  its  borders,  deterring  parents  and 
guardians  from  sending  their  children  to  its  schools,  and  lessening  the  value  of  its  real  estate, 
—  therefore, 

Resolved,  Thai  the  selectmen  are  hereby  instructed  to  endeavor  to  ascertain  it  intoxicating 
liquors  are  sold  within  the  limits  of  the  town  contrary  to  the  laws,  and  also  to  prosecute  to 
final  judgment  all  persons  who  shall  be  found  thus  selling. 

March,  1888,  the  roads  were  so  blocked  with  snow  that  only  about  thirty 
persons   reached  the  town-house.     At  an   adjourned   meeting  it  was  voted  to 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


raise  #2,000  to  aid  in  providing  drainage  for  the  village.  March,  1889,  votes 
on  the  several  amendments  were :  first,  333  for,  21  against;  second,  334  for, 
L7  against;  third.  :>>3;,>  for,  IT  against;  fourth,  339  for,  17  against;  fifth,  256 
for,  L13  againsl  ;  sixth,  300  for,  13  against;  seventh,  258  for,  18  against. 

Civil  List.  -Clerks.  — 1770,  Jotham  Rindgc.  1771-72,  John  Flagg.  1773,  John  Sinclair.  1774-30,  Matthew 
S.  Parker.  1781-84,  Richard  Rust.  1785  S6,  James  Lucas,  Jr.  1787-88,  Matthew  S.  Parker,  died  in  office.  1789, 
James  Lucas,  Jr.  1790  91,  Henry  Rust,  Jr.  1792,  John  Bassett.  1793-95,  Henry  Rust,  Jr.  1790-1800,  Isaiah 
Home.  1801-03,  Mark  Wiggin.  1804,  Samuel  Meder.  1805-07,  SamuefDimon.  1808,  Samuel  Meder.  1809,  Mark 
wiii-in.  1810  11,  Samuel  Piper.  1812,  Mark  Wiggin.  1813  14,  Samuel  Piper.  1815-16,  Thomas  Stevenson.  1817- 
i-.  Samuel  Burley.  1819  21,  Samuel  Avery.  1822-24,  Thomas  Stevenson.  1825-26,  Thomas  Rust.  1827-30,  Joseph 
Ban  lie  Id.  1831, Samuel  Avery.  1832  35,  Samuel  Nudd,  Jr.  1836,  Alvab  Chamberlain.  1837,  Nathaniel  Willey. 
Lnarnmi  Hardy.  1841,  A.  l>.  Avery.  1842,  Loammi  Hardy.  1843,  A.  D.  Avery,  1844,  John  Haines. 
1845-46,  Samuel  S.  Parker.  1847-4S,  John  Haines.  1849,  Joseph  L.Avery.  1850-51,  Matthias  M.  Haines.  1S52- 
., ;.  gleazer  l>.  Barker.  1851-55,  Andrew  .1.  Tibbetts.  ls">o,  George  Nowell.  1857-5S,  Gilman  Cooper.  1859-61, 
Jonas  W.  Piper.  IS62  64,  John  W.  Avery.  1865-66,  Jonas  W.  Piper.  1807-08,  John  \V.  Avery.  1869-71,  Jonas 
w  .  Piper.  1872,  Daniel  F.  Whiton.  1873,  Jonas  W.  Piper.  1874-75,  Charles  H.  Hodgdon.  1870-78,  Oliver 
Dowlin.  1879,  Charles  F.  Piper.  1880-S1,  George  F.  Horn.  1882-83,  Dudley  C.  Frost.  1884-85,  Forest  W. 
Peavey.     1886-87,  William  J.  Mattison,  Sevvall  W.  Abbott.     1888,  Curtis  J.  Frost.    1889,  Sylvester  A.  Edgerly. 

ctmen.  ITT  71,  Thomas  Lucas,  John  Sinclair,  Jacob  Sceggell.  1772,  John  Flagg,  Benjamin  Folsom, 
Itliiel  Clifford.  ITT!,  Benjamin  Folsom,  Thomas  Taylor,  James  Connor.  1774,  Henry  Rust,  James  Connor, 
Thomas  Lucas.  ITT.">  TT,  Henry  Rust,  Roberl  (.'alder,  Moses  Hani.  1778-79,  Henry  Rust,  Ebenezer  Meder, 
Matthew  S.  Parker.  1780,  Henry  Rust,  Jonathan  Lary,  Matthew  S.  Parker.  1781,  Henry  Rust,  James  Connor, 
Ebenezer  Meder.  1782,  Reuben  Libbey,  William  Rogers,  William  Lucas.  1783,  Richard  Rust,  William  Rogers, 
Isaiah  Home.  1784,  John  Martin,  Richard  Rust,  Isaiah  Home,  William  Lucas,  Andrew  Lucas.  1785,  Reuben 
Libbey,  Ebenezer  Meder.  .lames  Lucas,  Jr.  l7s(;-88,  Matthew  s.  Parker,  died  in  office,  James  Lucas,  Jr,  Eben- 
ezer  Meder.  17S9,  James  Lucas,  Jr,  Isaiah  Home,  Richard  Rust.  1790,  Richard  Rust,  Jacob  Haines,  William 
Cotton.  lT'.d,  Richard  Rust,  James  Lucas,  Jr,  Isaiah  Home.  178-2,  Moses  Vamey,  Samuel  Tibbetts,  Stephen  H. 
Home.  1793-94,  Richard  Rust,  .lames  Lucas,  Jr,  Jacob  Haines.  1795,  Richard  Rust,  Nathaniel  Brown,  Samuel 
Tibbetts,  Jr.  IT'.«;,  Richard  Rust,  James  Lucas,  Jr,  Jacob  Haines.  IT'.iT,  Mark  Wiggin,  Nathaniel  Brown,  Eben- 
ezer  Meder.  1798,  Mark  Wiggin,  Nathaniel  Brown,  Samuel  Pastes.  1799-1803,  Mark  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Blake, 
Dudlcj  Hardy.  1804,  John  Young,  Samuel  Fox,  Henry  R.  Parker.  1805,  Mark  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Blake,  Dudley 
Hardy.  Ism:,  Mark  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Blake,  John  L.  Piper.  1807,  John  L.  Piper,  Samuel  Dimon,  Jonathan 
Blake.  1808,  John  L.  Piper,  Jonathan  Blake,  Samuel  Nowell.  1809-11,  Dudley  Hardy,  Jonathan  Blake,  Thomas 
Steve n -on.  1812,  Thomas  Stevenson,  Isaiah  G.  Orne,  Jonathan  Bickford,  Jr.  1813,  Thomas  Stevenson,  Jonathan 
Blake,  Jonathan  Bickford,  Jr.  1S14-15,  Thomas  Stevenson,  Zachariah  Young,  Jonathan  Blake.  1810,  Thomas 
Steveuson,  Jonathan  Blake,  James  Sceggell.  Isit.  Samuel  Fox,  William  Cotton,  Jr,  Henry  R.  Parker.  1818, 
Thomas  Stevenson,  Henry  R.  Parker,  William  Cotton,  Jr.  1819,  Thomas  Stevenson,  Dudley  Hardy,  Henry  R. 
Parker.  1820,  llenr;  R.  Parker,  William  Cotton,  Jr,  Wilinot  Bickford.  1821,  Thomas  Stevenson,  William  Cotton, 
Jr,  James  Haines.  1822,  Thomas  Stevenson,  Samuel  Nowell,  William  Cotton.  1823,  Jonathan  Blake,  William 
(  ..Hon,  Henry  R.  Parker.  1824,  Thomas  Stevenson,  William  Cotton  (dieil  in  oilice),  Henry  R.  Parker.  1825,  John' 
i  ifoung,  Samuel  Avery,  Thomas  Stevenson.  1826,  Jonathan  Blake,  John  C.  Young,  Thomas  Rust.  1827,  John 
C.  Young,  Thomas  Rust,  John  Cate.  ls2s  29,  John  Cate,  Thomas  J.  Tibbetts,  William  Thompson.  1830,  Samuel 
Averj .  James  Sceggell,  -lame-  Rogers.  1831,  John  Cate,  Matthias  Haines,  -lames  i;  igers.  18.S-2,  John  Cate,  Geo. 
i;  Nudd,  Charles  I'..  Orne.  1833,  Samuel  Pox,  John  C.  Young,  Richard  Nudd.  1834,  Richard  Nudd,  Benjamin  F. 
Thompson,  Thomas  Rust.  Is:',;,,  Samuel  Avery,  Matthias  Haines,  Benjamin  F.  Thompson.  1836,  Benjamin  F. 
Thompson,  Samuel  Nudd.  .lame,  Thurston,  is:;;,  Benjamin  F.  Thompson,  James  Thurston,  Levi  Towle.  183S, 
Levi  Tow  le,  Thomas  I..  Whitton,  Samuel  Nudd.  1839,  Thomas  L.  Whitton,  Nathaniel  Bantield,  James  Thurston. 
Thurston,  Samuel  Fox,  Robert  Wiggin.  1841,  John  Cate,  Samuel  Nudd,  Jr,  Thomas  L.  Whitton. 
'  Huston,  Thomas  L.  Whitton.  1843-44,  Thomas  L.  Whitton,  Benjamin  F.  Thompson, 
James  Bickford.  1845,  James  Bickford,  John  P.  Cotton,  John  Fox.  1846,  Thomas  L.  Whitton,  Levi  T.  Hersey, 
John  Fox.  I-1T  I-.  Levi  T.  Hersey,  John  P.  Cotton,  Samuel  S.  Parker  (died  in  office).  1849,  Thomas  L.  Whitton, 
Levi   T-    Hersey,  Jame     Sceggell.     1850,  Thomas    L.  Whitton,   Henry   B.  Rust,  James  Sceggell.    1851,  James 

II,  John  L.  Furber,  Matthias  M.  Haines.    1852,  James  Sceggell,  Levi  T.  Hersey,  John  P.Cotton.     1853, 

Jonn    ''■   '""on.    Benjamin   F.  Thompson,   George  W.  Furber.     1854,  Benjamin   F.Thompson,   Elliot  Cotton, 

■    W.    Furber.    1855,  Elliot  (niton,  Benjamin  F.  Parker,  Richard  R.  Davis.    1856,  Woodbury  P.  Home, 

Blake,  James  Bickford.     1857,  Benjamin  P.  Parker,  Richard  R.  Davis,  Charles  O.  Kendall.    1858,  Charles 

•   Rust,  George  W.  Hersey.     1859,  George  Rust,  George  W.  Hersey,  Daniel  Martin.    1S00-61, 

Daniel    Martin,  Gilman  (ooper,  John   L.   Furber.    1862-63,  David  C.  Rogers,  Hezekiah  Willand,  Thomas  J. 

1864,  Woodburj  P.  Home,  George  W.  Furber,  Joseph  \\\  Goodwin.    1865-66,  Woodbury  P.  Home, 

Tl l'-""-  Charles   II.  Nudd.    1867  68,   David  c.  Rogers,  John  J.  Chamberlin,  Charles  G.  Cate.    1869, 

''■•'    "'     Daniel  Martin,   Uonzo  I.  Orne.     1870,  John  II.  Rust,  Nathaniel  Wiggin,  Daniel  Martin.    1871, 


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John  Tlbbetts,  Nathaniel  Wlggln,  John  H.  Rust.     1872,  John  n.  Rust,  Samuel  J.  Stove William    \.  Smith. 

1873,  Daniel  Martin,  John  G.  Gate,  Henry  G.  Home.    1874  -75,  Ufred  Brown,  Hezeklali  Wllland,!  harli     i 
1876  77,  Alfred  Brown,  Hczeklah  Wllland,  Nathaniel  Hick  -    1878,  Hezeklali  Wllland,  ll.  ,,,\  \\  .  Furliei 

inn-  A.  Fullerton.    1879,  Jonas  W.  Piper,  James  H.  Martin,  Augustine  A.  Fullcrton.     1880-81    J u 

James  H.  Martin, Charles  F.  Chase.  1882,  Jonas  W.  Piper,  James  ll.  Martin,  John  L.  Goldsmith.  1883,  Jonas 
W.  Piper,  Joseph  H.  Blckford,  Thomas  J.  Blckford.  IS84,  Jonas  W.  Piper,  William  B.  Hodge,  John  L.  Gold 
smith.  1885,  Jonas  W.  Piper,  Walter  A.  Sherburne,  Charles  G.  Cate.  ISMJ  -7.  Jonae  W.  Piper,  Nathaniel  T. 
Brewster,  Stephen  W.  Clow.  1888,  Stephen  W.  Clow,  Nathaniel  T.  Brewster,  Henrj  W.  (Turner.  1889,  Stephen 
\v.  (low  ,  Nathaniel  T.  Brew  Btor,  Charles  S.  Paris. 

Representatives.      I77.">.   Moses    Ham.      To    Colonial    Convention.)     '77'.',  Matthew    8.    Parker.      For    Now 
Durham,  the  Gore,  and   Wolfeborough.)     1785,   Reuben    Llbbey.    (For  Moultonborough,  W<  li,  ami 

Osslpee  Gore.)  1793,  Reuben  Llbbey.  For  Moultonborough,  Ossipee,  Tuftonborough,  and  Wolfeborough.) 
17'.'."'.  Henrj  Rust,  Jr.  (For  Brookfleld  ami  Wolfeborough.  1798  1800,  Henrj  Rust,  Jr.  1801  05,  Isaiah  Home. 
[806,  Nathaniel  Brown.    1807,  rsaiah  Horn.'.    1808  09,Jacob  Haines.   1810  l2,Jonathan  Blake.    1813, Jacob  u 

1814  15,  Jonathan  Blake.    1817  18,  Samuel  Mcder.     1819,  Jonathan  Blake.    1820,  Samuel  Fox.    1821,  Th a 

1822-23,  Samuel  Fox.    1824-25,  John  C.  Young.    1826,  Samuel  Fox.    1827,  John  C.  Young.    182;  29,  Hcnr;    B.  Ru  t. 

1830-33,  Thomas  J.  Tebbetts.    1834-35,  Nathaniel  Rogers.     1836-37,  Si INudd.Jr.    18-18,  Henrj    B.  Rust.    1839, 

Henry    B.   Rust,  Thomas  L.  Whitton.    1840,  Thomas  L.  Whltton,  Benjamin  P.  Thompson.    1841,  Benjamin  F. 

Thompson,  James  Thurston.     1842,  James  Thurston,  John  Cate.     1843  14,  George  W.  G.  Whitl Vugu  tlm    D 

Avery.  Ib45,  John  Cate,  Thomas  Cotton.  IS46,  Henry  B.  Rust,  Thomas  Cotton.  1847,  Henrj  B.  Rust,  Lewis  L. 
Whltchouse.  1848,  Lewis  L.  Whitohouse,  John  L.  Meder.  1849,  John  L.  Medcr,  John  P.  Cotton.  1850,  John  P. 
Cotton,  Levi  T.  Hersey.  1851,  Levi  T.  Hersey,  James  Bickford.  1852,  James  Blckford,  Henry  B.  Rust.  1853, 
Thomas   L.   Whitton,   Augustine   D.  Avery.    1854,   E.   l>.    Barker,  Matthias  Haines.    1855,  John  M.   Brackett, 

Thomas   L.  Whitton.     IS56,  George  W.  Furber,  Tl as  Nute.    1857,  John   M.   Brackett,   Elliol   Cotton.    1858, 

Charles  H.  Parker,  Elliot  Cotton.  1859,  Charles  ll.  Parker,  Aaron  Roberts.  1860-61,  Moses  Thompson,  J.  C. 
Foung.  1862,  Alphonzo  H.  Rust,  Thomas  Nute.  1863,  Alphonzo  H.  Rust,  John  L.  Goldsmith.  1864,  David  C. 
Rogers,  John   L.  Goldsmith.    1865,  Joseph   R.   Haines,  David  C.   Rogers.    1866,  Joseph   R.   Haines,  William 

B.   Hodge.    1867-68,  Joseph  \v.i Iwin,  John  Tebbetts,  Jr.    1869-70,  Elisha  Goodwin,    Blake   Folsom.    1871, 

Thomas  Nute,  Daniel  Martin.  1872,  Daniel  Martin,  Alvah  S.  Libbey.  1873,  Alvah  S.  Libbey,  William  A.Smith. 
l-7i,  Vlonzo  Thompson,  Andrew  J.Drew.  1875,  Alonzo  Thompson,  Israel  B.  Manning.  1876,  Andrew  J.  Drew, 
Ira  Banfleld.  1877,  Ira  Banfleld,  Joseph  R.  Haines.  1878,  Joseph  R.  Haines,  .lame-  J.  Rendall.  1878  Fall 
election),  William  A.  Smith.  IS80,  John  W.  Peavey,  Charles  W.  young.  1882,  Samuel  Wyatt,  A.  •).  Varney. 
1884,  George  F.  Horn,  James  H.  Martin.  1886,  Charles  F.  Piper,  Charles  A.  Whitton.  1888,  Israel  B.  Manning, 
<  iideon  <  iilman. 


CIIAI'TEll     XXVI. 


ECCLESIASTICAL. 


Church  History  —  Town  Meeting-house  —  Rev.  EbeDezer  Allen  —  Congregational  Church 

■  North    Wolfeborough    Congregational    church  -First    Freewill     Baptisl    Church    -Kev. 

feaac  Townsend  —  Deacon  B.  F.   Parker      Second  Freewill  Baptist  Church      First  Christian 

Church  -Second  Christian  Church  —  Second    Advents  —  First   Unitarian   Society  —  Church 

Buildings. 

CHURCH  HISTORY.  — It  is  more  than  probable  that  services  of  the 
Church  of  England  were  held  at  the  "governor's  house"  before  the 
Revolution  ;  but  the  people  of  Wolfeborough  were  almost  entirely 
destitute  of  religious  meetings.  The  question  of  settling  a  minister  was  being 
talked  up  when  that  war  commenced  and  other  matters  absorbed   attention. 


326  History   of   Carroll   County. 


Meeting-house.-  In  September,  1780,  the  town  proprietors  offered  to  give, 
in  lieu  of  the  thirty  pounds  promised  heretofore,  25,000  four-penny  nails, 
15,000  five-penny  nails.  10,000  ten-penny  nails,  3,000  two-penny  nails,  30  gal- 
lons of  Wesl  India  rum,  1  quintal  of  fish,  50  pounds  of  sugar,  50  pounds  of 
coffee,  8  pounds  of  tea,  and  200  feet  of  glass  toward  the  erection  of  a  meeting- 
house. This  gift  was  accepted  by  the  town,  and  in  November  Henry  Rust, 
Matthew  S.  Parker,  and  Eben  Meder  were  appointed  a  committee  to  receive 
the  articles.  Joshua  Haines,  Samuel  Tebbetts,  Matthew  S.  Parker,  William 
Cotton,  and  Andrew  Wiggin  were  appointed  a  committee  to  draw  a  plan  of 
the  meeting-house,  to  contract  for  a  frame,  and  purchase  the  materials  necessary 
to  cover  it. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1787,  the  plan  for  a  meeting-house  was 
presented.  This  was  not  acceptable  to  the  town,  and  Matthew  S.  Parker  was 
authorized  to  draw  one  like  that  of  the  meeting-house  in  Middleton.  It 
was  then  voted  to  raise  ninety  pounds,  to  be  expended  in  clearing  the  lot  and 
covering  the  building,  to  be  paid  in  labor  at  the  rate  of  four  shillings  per  day, 
or  in  produce  or  neat  stock.  This  was  to  be  completed  by  winter,  under  the 
direction  of  Samuel  Tibbetts  and  Andrew  Lucas.  The  frame  was  raised  in 
the  course  of  the  season,  ^Samuel  Tibbetts  acting  as  master  workman;  but 
it  was  not  covered  as  intended.  One  reason  why  this  was  not  done  will  be 
shown  by  the  following  letter,  addressed  to  Dr.  A.  R.  Cutter,  the  pro 
prietors'  treasurer :  — 

WolfborOugh,  February,  17SS. 

Sir,  —  As  the  time  draws  near  for  our  annual  town-meeting,  the  meeting-house  will  come 
on  the  carpet;  and  as  but  a  small  part  of  those  articles  which  were  voted  by  the  proprietors 
for  the  encouragement  thereof  have  been  received,  we  have  thought  proper  to  write  you 
respecting  the  matter,  and  desire  that  such  preparation  may  be  made  for  procuring  the 
remainder,  that  we,  as  a  committee,  may  have  it  in  our  power  to  lay  before  the  town  at  their 
next  meeting  the  situation  thereof,  which  we  should  wish  may  be  on  the  encouraging  hand; 
otherwise,  we  arc  apprehensive  of  its  being  the  cause  of  stagnating  our  plan  for  a  meeting- 
house  greatly,  especially  as  we  have  now  got  the  frame  raised  and  were  in  great  expectation 
•  > i  having  the  nails  ready  for  boarding  it  early  in  the  spring  or  summer  ensuing.  We  shall  be 
exceedingly  obliged  if  you  will  take  the  trouble  of  starting  the  affair  from  its  present  stag- 
nate! situation;  otherwise,  gratify  us  with  a  line  respecting  the  matter  prior  to  our  annual 
meeting,  which  will  conic  on  the  last  Tuesday  in  March  next,  that  we  may  give  an  account  of 
"in  stewardship.     Your  compliance  will  much  oblige 

Your  most  obedient,  Humble  Servants. 

ltd  by  the  committee. 

J n  March,  1788,  the  town  voted  "to  sell  the  pews  in  the  meeting-house  for 

th''    purpose   of  raising  icy  to   complete  the  same,"  and  William    Cotton, 

Andrew  Wiggin,  ami  Eberj  Meder  were  made  a  committee  "to  draw  a  plan  of 
the  pews,  sell  them  at  public  vendue,  and  appropriate  the  money  arising  there- 
from."    May  8  the   pews   were  sold,  and  the  purchasers  were  Joseph   Lary, 


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Jonathan  I  Jersey,  William  Cotton,  John  Fullerton,  William  Lucas.  James 
Connor,  Joshua  Haines,  John  Martin,  John  Swazey,  William  Rogers,  Benjamin 
Home,  David  Piper,  James  Fullerton,  Matthew  S.  Parker,  James  Lucas,  Jr 
I It'ii i  \  Rust,  Samuel  Tibbetts,  Henry  Rust,  Jr,  Reuben  Libbey,  Andrew 
Wiggin,  Levi  Tibbetts,  Jacob  Smith,  Andrew  Lucas,  William  Fullerton,  Isaiah 
Home,  Thomas    Piper,  William    Triggs.     There    were    thirty-two   pews  sold. 

Henry  Rust  paid  the  highest  price,  <£ 9-1-0;  Jacob  Smith  the  Lowest,  fj  1  — :i 0. 

The  payments  were  made  later  in  neat  stock,  building  materials,  labor,  and 
cash.     In  July,  178'.'.  twenty-five  gallery  pews  were  sold   to  eleven   purchasers. 

The  outside  of  the  building  was  finished  by  Reuben  Libbey,  he  receiving 
lor  the  labor  eighty-two  pounds.  The  pews  in  the  lower  pari  of  the  house 
were  built  and  some  finishing  done  in  the  autumn  of  1790  by  Jesse  and 
Eliphalet  Merrill,  of  Stratham.  They  received  thirty-four  pounds  in  neat 
stock,  produce,  and  small  notes  on  sundry  persons  who  had  purchased  pews. 

At  a  town-meeting  held  in  June,  1791,  the  committee  that  had  charge  of 
building  the  meeting-house  made  a  report  of  its  doings,  and  had  performed  its 
duties  so  satisfactorily  as  to  receive  a  public  vote  of  thanks.  From  this  report 
there  appears  to  have  been  expended  three  hundred  and  fifteen  pounds, 
received  from  the  sales  of  pews  and  a  labor  tax  which  had  been  worked  out 
under  the  direction  of  Samuel  Tebbetts.  On  the  thirtieth  day  of  the  month 
the  "privileges"  for  four  pews  on  the  lower  floor  of  the  meeting-house  were 
sold  at  public  auction,  and  Nos.  33  and  34  were  purchased  by  James  Wiggin, 
No.  35  by  Reuben  Libbey,  and  No.  36  by  Samuel  Tebbetts,  Jr,  the  whole 
bringing  thirteen  and  a  half  pounds.  This  money,  with  an  additional  sum 
raised  by  a  tax,  was  expended  in  building  a  pulpit.  This  pulpit  and  a  canopy 
over  it  was  built  by  George  Freeze,  who  received  for  his  labors  nine  pounds 
and  eight  shillings.  The  pulpit  was  finished  by  the  first  of  September,  and 
Joshua  Cushman,  of  Dover,  was  employed  to  preach  for  six  weeks  at  four 
i lobars  per  week,  exclusive   of  board. 

This  meeting-house  was  fifty-four  feet  long,  forty-four  feet  wide,  and  two 
stories  high.  There  were  sixty-one  square  pews,  and  quite  a  number  of  open 
seats.  It  had  double  doors  on  the  west  end  and  an  entrance  through  a  porch 
on  the  southern  side.  It  was  never  finished  or  dedicated.  After  180<i  it  was 
a  free  house,  occupied  by  ministers  of  various  denominations.  In  1811  and 
again  in  1827  it  was  struck  by  lightning.  After  churches  had  been  erected 
the  meeting-house  was  neglected.  About  1840  the  lower  story  was  removed, 
and  it  was  finished  for  a  town-house.  Town-meetings  have  ever  been  held 
in  it. 

Settling  a  Minister. — It  is  not  known  that  the  town  enjoyed  the  ministra- 
tions of  any  religious  teacher  except  Mr  Collins,  the  teacher,  during  the 
Revolution,  and  he  remained  here  but  a  few  months.  In  1784  Rev.  John 
Allen  preached  some  sermons,  and   in   171*1    Rev.  Mr  Cushman   and    Rev.  Isaac 


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Townsend  held  meetings,  and  a  Large  proportion  of  the  citizens  determined 
ttle  a  minister.  The  leader  of  this  movement  was  Colonel  Henry  Rust. 
A  town-meeting  was  called  August  22,  1792,  to  see  if  the  town  would  give 
Mr  Ebenezer  Allen,  of  Massachusetts,  who  had  been  preaching  here  for  some 
weeks,  a  call  to  Income  its  minister.  It  was  voted  to  give  him  a  call,  and 
;i  committee  of  invitation  was  appointed,  consisting  of  Colonel  Henry  Rust, 
Joshua  Haines,  James  Connor,  Colonel  William  Cotton,  Andrew  Wiggin, 
Joseph  Edmonds,  Samuel  Tebbetts,  Jonathan  Hersey,  Daniel  Brewster, 
Ebenezer  Meder,  Captain  Reuben  Libbey,  Isaiah  Home,  Jacob  Haines, 
Lieutenant  John  Martin,  Ithiel  Clifford,  Joseph  Keniston,  Lieutenant  Andrew 
Lucas,  Perry  Hardy,  Samuel  Tebbetts,  Jr,  Richard  Rust,  Esq.,  Jacob  Smith, 
John  Fullerton,  Stephen  Home,  Henry  Rust,  Jr,  James  Fullerton,  James 
Lucas,  Jr,  Josiah  Thurston,  David  Piper,  James  Marden,  Jason  Chamberlain, 
Paul  Wiggin,  Jesse  Merrill,  Aaron  Frost,  Nathaniel  Brown,  William  Triggs, 
Isaac  Goldsmith,  Benjamin  Home,  George  Yeaton,  Levi  Tibbetts,  and  Benja- 
min Wiggin,  embracing  probably  all  the  freeholders  in  the  town  favorable  to 
the  movement. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  eight  days  after,  this  committee  reported  that 
ihe\  had  unanimously  agreed  to  give  Mr  Allen  a  call  to  settle  as  minister, 
"to  pay  him  annually  forty-five  pounds;  one  third  cash,  one  third  part  grass- 
fed  beef  at  twenty  shillings  per  hundred,  and  the  remaining  third  part  in 
corn  at  three  shillings  per  bushel  and  rye  at  four  shillings  per  bushel,  or 
otherwise  in  cash;  and  had  also  agreed  to  increase  his  salary  proportionally 
as  the  ratable  estate  of  the  parish  should  increase,  until  it  should  reach  sixty 
pounds  per  annum,  when  it  should  remain  stationary  during  his  ministry." 
They  had  also  agreed  to  ''deliver  him  annually  twenty-five  cords  of  wood, 
to  expend  thirty  pounds  on  his  buildings,  to  be  paid  in  labor  or  building 
material,  and  to  grant  him  leave  of  absence  five  Sabbaths  in  a  year  during 
the  first  three  years  of  his  ministry,  and  four  Sabbaths  each  year  during  the 
remainder  of  it."  This  report  was  accepted,  and  it  was  voted  that  "if  Mr 
Allen  should  accept  of  the  imitation  to  become  the  minister  of  the  town, 
his  estate  should  be  exempted  from  taxation  during  his  ministry."  Colonel 
Henry  Lust,  Joshua  Haines,  and  Andrew  Wiggin  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  inform  Mr  Allen  of  the  action  in  relation  to  him  and  receive  his 
answer.  The  meeting  was  then  adjourned  to  the  twentieth  day  of  September. 
A.1  the  adjournment   Mr  Allen's  answer  was  received  and  read. 

To  the  Freeholders  and  other  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Wolfborough,  convened  in  town- 
meeting  this  20th  day  of  September,  ,\.i>.  17'.)2:  — 
i/.//.   Brethren,  <<<i<\  Fathers:   The  call,  or  invitation,  which  you  have  given  me  to  settle 

a-  a  minister  oJ   Mi''  gospel  in  this  town  of  Wolfborough  has  engaged  my  serious  attention. 

Wishing  to  act  agreeably  to  the  pleasure  <>f  thai  God  whom  I  serve  in  the  gospel  of  His  Son, 

and  considering  the  unanimity  which  yon  have  exhibited  in  your  proceedings,  together  with 


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other  circumstances,  as  affording  a  striking  presumption  whal  thai  pleasure  is  In  the  case 
now  depending,  I  comply  with  your  request.  To  be  your  minister,  and  preach  to  you  the 
unsearchable  riches  of  Chrisl  according  to  the  measure  of  grace  and  ability  given,  I  consent 
and  agree.  Great,  arduous,  importanl  is  the  work.  How  important  to  yon  and  your  chil- 
dren! How  important  to  me!  Bow  importanl  to  thai  spiritual  kingdom  which  consists  in 
righteousness,  peace,  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghosl  !  Who  is  sufficient  Eor  these  things?  ••  But," 
Bays  the  Redeemer,  ••  Lol  I  am  with  you  always  unto  the  end  <»r  the  world." 

Permit  me  («>  expect,  Cor  I  shall  certainly  need,  your  love,  your  kindness,  your  prayers. 

Em  m  zi  1;  A1.1.1  \. 

This  answer  was  acceptable  to  the  meeting,  which  voted  that  Thursday, 
the  twenty-fifth  day  of  October,  be  appointed  for  the  ordination  of  Mr  Allen, 
and  Henry  Rust.  Jr,  Richard  Iviist,  Reuben  Libbey,  and  Stephen  \V.  Home 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  extend  invitations  to  ministers  and  churches 
to  attend  tin'  ordination  services. 

October  16,1792,  this  action  was  taken  in  town-meeting,  the  commence- 
ment of  a  long  and   bitter  controversy. 

1st.     Whereas,  we,  the  freeholders  and  others,  inhabitants  of  (his  town  of  Wolfborough, 

did,  in  the  month  of  August  last,  give  Mr  Ebenezer  Allen  a  eall  or  invitation  to  settle  as 
a  minister  of  the  gospel  in  the  said  town;  and  whereas,  by  his  answer  in  writing  of  tin' 
twentieth  of  September  last,  he  fully  complied  with  the  said  call  or  invitation,  plainly 
expressing  his  consent  and  agreement  to  be  our  minister;  and  whereas,  being  then  convened 
in  town-meeting,  we  voted  to  accept  his  answer;  we  do  therefore  now  resolve,  declare,  and 
vote:  First,  That  the  said  Ebenezer  Allen,  upon  giving  his  answer  aforesaid,  on  the  3aid 
twentieth  of  September,  and  his  answer  being  accepted  immediately,  became  the  lir<t 
minister  of  the  gospel  of  tins  town  of  Wolfborough.  Such  we  then  considerd  bim;  such 
we  now  declare  him.  Secondly.  That  although  lie  was  not  at  that  time  ordained,  yet  the 
civil  contract  between  him  and  the  people  being  completed,  he,  the  said  Ebenezer  Allen, 
was  settled,  at  least  so  far  as  respects  things  0f  a  civil  nature;  and  therefore  immediately  had 
a  good  and  sufficient  title  to  the  right  or  lot  of  land  which  was  given  or  reserved  Eor  the  use  of 
the  lir<t  minister  of  the  gospel  who  should  settle  in  said  town.  Thirdly,  That  the  said  Eben- 
ezer  Allen  shall  have  for  himself,  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever,  the  said  right  or  lot  of  land, 
being  number  eighteen,  in  what  is  called  the  Lords',  or  Mason ian  Proprietors',  quarter  of  this 
town  of  Wolfborough,  and  consisting  of  about  three  hundred  and  fifty-four  acres.  Voted, 
Secondly,  —  Whereas  it  is  suspected  that  Mr  Isaac  Townsend  designs  to  be  ordained  in  some 
pari  of  this  town  of  Wolfborough  as  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  before  the  ordination  of  Mr 
Ebenezer  Allen,  which  is  appointed  to  be  on  Thursday,  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  this  present 
October;  and  whereas,  he  may  possibly  entertain  some  faint  hope  that  he  shall  thereby  be 
entitled  to  the  whole  or  a  part  of  the  right  or  lot  of  laud  which  was  given  for  the  u-e  of 
the  first  minister  of  the  gospel  who  should  settle  in  the  town;  — we,  therefore,  the  free- 
holders and  other  inhabitants  of  this  town  of  Wolfborough  (to  prevent  difficulty  I,  do  hereby 
declare  —  1st,  that  we  have  not  invited  or  agreed  with  the  said  [saac  Townsend  to  settle 
as  a  minister  of  the  gospel  in  this  town;  secondly,  that  we  utterly  disown  him  as  our 
minister;  and  thirdly,  that  we  hereby  forbid  him  to  be  ordained  in  any  part  of  the  said  town 
of  Wolfborough,  with  any  view,  design,  or  intention  of  being  considered  or  acknowledged 
as  a  minister  of  the  town.  It  was  also  voted  that  Mr  Allen's  -alary  commence  from  the 
time  that  he  consented  to  be  the  minister  of  the  town,  and  that  the  constable  serve  a  notice 
ot  the  second  vote  passed  at  this  meeting  on  Mr  Townsend. 

A   porti E  the  inhabitants  being  unwilling  to  accept    Mr  Allen  us  their 


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minister,  prepared  a  dissent,  which  was  presented  to  the  selectmen  by  William 
Rogers  and  William  Lucas,  and  an  informal  meeting  was  called,  at  which  it 
was  voted  to  enter  the  same  on  the  town  records.  The  following  is  the 
instrument :  — 

We,  whose  names  are  hero  underwritten,  being  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Wol thorough, 
deelare  thai  we  have  considered  ourselves  of  the  Baptist  persuasion,  and  have  constantly 
attended  to  and  have  had  a  Baptist  preacher  for  the  space  of  seventeen  months  past,  and  do 
now  look  upon  ourselves  us  a  Baptist  society ;  and  understanding  that  Mr  Ebenezer  Allen 
js  ;,,  be  ordained  as  a  minister  of  the  town  of  Wolfborough,  we  hereby  enter  our  dissent 
againsl  him  as  our  minister;  and  declare  that  we  have  never  called  nor  desired  him,  neither 
will  we  have  any  concern  in  ordaining  and  settling  him,  the  said  Mr  Allen,  as  our  minister, 
but  do  make  choice  of  and  have  called  Mr  Isaac  Townsend  as  our  minister,  and  are  deter- 
mined, as  i he  happy  government  we  set  under  allows  us  liberty  of  conscience,  according 
to  a  previous  appointment  from  the  fourth  of   September,  to   ordain   him   as  minister  the 

twenty-fifth  of  this  instant  October. 

Isaac  Townsend.  Josiah  Evans. 

William  Lucas.  William  Rust. 

Thomas  Chase.    .  John  Furber. 

Israel  Piper.  Thomas  Cotton. 

William  Rogers.  John  Warren. 

Henry  Allard.  Jona.  Edmonds. 

John  Snell.  Jesse  Whitten. 
U Oi.fborough,  October  10,  1792. 

Besides  these  there  were  a  few  other  persons,  including  several  who  were 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  not  favorable  to  the  settlement  of  Mr 
Allen. 

At  Mr  Allen's  ordination,  Mr  Allen,  of  Bradford,  Mr  Whittemore,  of 
Stratham,  Mr  Shaw,  of  Moultonborough,  Mr  Piper,  of  Wakefield,  and  Mr 
Gray,  of  Dover,  were  present.  The  sermon  was  preached  by  Mr  Allen,  of 
Bradford,  the  charge  delivered  by  Mr  Shaw,  and  the  right  hand  of  fellowship 
given  by  Mr  Piper.  The  ordination  was  an  occasion  of  great  hilarity  and 
joy.  Almost  the  entire  population  of  the  town  were  present,  as  well  as  large 
numbers  of  persons  from  the  adjacent  towns.  Food  and  forage  were  furnished 
at  the  Cabot  House.  In  the  bill  of  expenses  appeared  three  and  one-half 
gallons  of  ruin,  four  gallons  of  wine,  seven  pounds  of  loaf  sugar,  forty-two 
pounds  of  brown  sugar,  and  two  and  one-quarter  dozen  lemons.  An  omission 
of  these  indispensable  requisites  for  such  an  occasion  would  have  been  deemed 
highly  improper. 

•\'  ;i"  early  hour  of  the  same  day  Isaac  Townsend  was  ordained  as  a 
Baptisl    minister  at    his  own   house. 

After  the  ordination  of  Mr  Allen,  the  new  (Congregational)  church 
adopted  a  constitution,  from  which  we  extract:  — 

Persons  who  believe  the  Christian  religion  and  in  the  judgment  of  charity  lead  moral 
lives,  shall,  upon  professing  their  faith   and   promising  obedience,  be   entitled  to  baptism, 


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either  for  themselves  or  their  children,  provided  that  shall  be  entitled  to  baptism  for 

their  children  who  shall  not  have  been  previously  baptized  themselves,      who  shall  nol 
promise  to  bring  up  such  children  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord,  to  teach  them 

their  duly,  and  to  display  before  them  iu  their  own  conduct  examples  ol  piety  and  \  in  ue. 

The  following  Bigned  this  constitution  in  the  presence  of  the  ordaining 
council,  namely :  Joshua  Haines,  Henry  Rust,  [thiel  Clifford,  John  Shortridge, 
Samuel  Tibbetts,  William  Cotton,  Andrew  Wiggin,  and  Jacob  Smith.  There 
were  afterwards  added  to  this  church  :  in  L793,  Sarah  Martin,  Hannah   Martin, 

William  Wancn,  Phoebe  Young,  Hannah  Rust,  Hannah  Horn,  and  Deborah 
Folsom  ;  in  1794.  James  Fernald,  Mary  Horn,  and  Abigail  Shortridge;  in  L796, 
Anna  Young;  in  1798,  Betsey  Allen  and  Margaret  Shortridge;  in  1799,  Ben- 
jamin Nudd  and  .Mary  Chamberlin ;  in  1800,  Martha  Adams:  in  1N01,  Eliza- 
beth Stoddard  and  Lucy  Keniston.  The  year  following  the  organization  of 
the  church,  Henry  Kust  and  Andrew  Wiggin  were  appointed  deacons. 

After  the  death  of  Mr  Allen,  which  took  place  in  1806,  the  church  lost  its 
visibility.  Mr  Allen  at  the  time  of  his  ordination  was  forty-six  years  old. 
The  following  certificate  will  show  in  what  estimation  he  was  held  by  his 
clerical  brethren :  — 

June  11,  17!i2. 

This  may  certify  that  Mr  Ebenezer  Allen  graduated  at  the  University  of  Cambridge  in  the 
year  1771  :  that  he  sustained  a  good  moral  character;  that  he  is  esteemed  well  as  a  preacher 
of  the  gospel,  and  as  such  may  be  improved  by  any  people  who  shall  think  proper  to  invite 
him. 

Isaac  Merrill,  pastor  of  the  church  in  Wilmington;  John  French,  pastor  of  a  church  in 
Andover;  John  Shaw,  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Haverhill;  Gyles  .Merrill,  pastor  of  the 
church  in  Plaistow;  Jonathan  Eames,  pastor  of  the  church  in  Newton,  X.  H.;  Samuel 
Webster,  pastor  of  a  church  in  Salisbury;  Ebenezer  Thayer,  pastor  of  the  church  in 
Hampton;  Thomas  Carey,  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Newburyport;  John  Andrew,  junior 
pastor  of  the  same  church;  Francis  AVebb,  pastor  of  a  church  in  Amesbury;  Benjamin 
Thurston,  pastor  of  church  in  New  Hampton;  Samuel  Langdon,  d.d.  ;  Samuel  Haven,  n.n. ; 
.lames  Miltemore,  pastor  of  the  church  in  Stratham. 

May  30,  1793,  the  town  gave  Mr  Allen  the  use  of  a  portion  of  the  meeting- 
house lot  for  ten  years.  In  March,  1795,  the  town  granted  Mr  Allen  leave  of 
absence  for  six  Sabbaths,  to  recompense  him  for  two  years'  deficiency  of  lire- 
wood.  He  declined  this  offer,  and  December  29,  1796,  it  was  voted  to  furnish 
him  with  seventy-five  cords  of  wood,  the  amount  due.  Tradition  says  that 
this  was  all  delivered  on  one  day.  After  this  the  furnishing  of  the  annual 
allowance  (twenty-five  cords)  was  let  to  the  lowest  bidder.  The  first  con- 
tractor was  John  Shorey,  his  bid  being  nine  dollars. 

Several  unavailing  attempts  were  made  at  various  periods  to  increase  .Mr 
Allen's  salary.  In  1799  Joseph  Varney  and  others  petitioned  the  town  to  have 
the  parish  business  separated  from  the  general  town  affairs,  urging  that  it  was 
unjust  for  the  "Quakers  and  Baptists  to   be   requested  to  aid  in  paying  the 


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parish  expenses;"  but  without  avail.  As  Mr  Allen  died  only  seven  years 
later,  and  the  town  declined  to  procure  another  minister,  the  support  of  the 
niinistn  by  taxation  then  ceased  to  be  a  disturbing  element,  but  it  was  a  bitter 
controversy.  The  followers  of  Elder  Benjamin  Randall  contended  that  the 
niinistn  should  lie  supported  by  voluntary  contributions.  This  was  antag- 
onistic to  the  prevailing  opinion  and  custom  of  the  time,  and  from  Mr  Allen's 
settlement  until  his  death  there  were  contentions  as  well  as  protests.  The 
larger  and  mote  influential  party  held  to  the  Puritanic  idea,  that  as  the 
preached  gospel  was  a  public  good,  and  every  person  benefited  thereby,  so 
every  prison  should  he  required  to  pay  for  the  support  of  this  ordinance.  The 
Baptists,  the  Quakers,  and  some  other  citizens  demurred  to  an  obligatory  sup- 
port of  doet  lilies  with  which  they  were  not  in  harmony.  The  Quaker  element 
gave  the  minority  great  strength,  for  several  very  prominent  families  were  of 
that  faith.  It  is  but  just  to  consider  that  it  was  an  honest  difference  of  opinion 
and  a  matter  of  religions  principle  on  each  side. 

At  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1802,  Thomas  Cotton  and  others  petitioned 
to  he  released  from  paying  a  minister's  tax.  The  town  refused  to  grant  the 
petition.  The  selectmen  assessed  a  ministerial  tax  of  one  dollar  and  ninety- 
two  cents  against  Mr  Cotton,  which  he  refused  to  pay,  and  on  the  twenty-third 
day  of  the  following  October  Samuel  Tebbetts,  the  collector  of  taxes,  took 
from  him  by  distraint  a,  cow  valued  at  twenty  dollars.  At  the  annual 
meeting  in  March,  1803,  the  town  voted  to  abate  the  minister  tax  of  1802 
assessed  against  Stephen  Thurston  and  all  other  persons  that  "the  selectmen 
thought  the  law  would  clear.'"  On  the  twenty-third  day  of  September 
following  Cotton  brought  a  suit  against  the  town  for  the  recovery  of  the  value 
of  the  cow  taken  for  the  ministerial  tax.  At  a  meeting  held  on  the  twelfth 
day  of  January,  1S<>4,  Stephen  W.  Home  was  appointed  an  agent  to  defend  the 
town  against  the  suit  brought  by  Cotton.  The  following  persons  then  and 
there  entered  their  protest  against  contesting  the  suit  with  Cotton  :  Benning 
Brackett,  Isaac  Cotton.  .lames  Cotton,  Cornelius  Jenness,  Joseph  Jenness, 
Thomas  Frost.  Valentine  Wormwood,  Samuel  Hide,  Jr,  John  Snell,  William 
Cotton,  John  Young,  William  Fernald,  Moses  Thompson,  Josiah  Frost,  George 
O.  Cotton.  John  W.  Fernald,  Stephen  Nute,  John  Furbur,  Aaron  Frost, 
.lames  Fernald,  James  (ate,  John  Warren,  John  P.  Cotton,  Josiah  Willey. 
Stephen  \Y.  Home  subsequently  declined  serving  as  agent  in  the  suit  Cotton 
vs.  Wolfeborough,  and  another  person  was  appointed  in  his  stead.  The  suit 
was  continued  with  considerable  expense  to  both  parties  until  August,  1805, 
when  it  terminated  by  a  settlement,  each  party  paying  its  own  costs  and  the 
town  paying  to  Cotton  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars,  being  the  value  of  the  cow. 

June  i^'i.  1806,  Rev.  Mr  Allen  died  very  suddenly.  Fie  was  a  native  of 
Tisbury,  Mass.,  and  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College.  He  married  Betsey, 
daughter  of  Deacon  -lames  Fernald,  in  1790.     They  had  six  children.     During 


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his  ministry  twenty-six  members  were  added  to  the  church.     After  his  dei 
the  church  had  no  Leader  and  became  extinct. 

First  Congregational  Church.1  —  In  L822  23  Rev.  Dr  J.  P.  Cleveland,  the 
first  preceptor  of  the  academy,  started  a  Sunday-school,  and  occasionally 
preached.  In  this  way  he  and  his  co-workers  sowed  seed  destined  to  bear 
tin i t  a  few  years  later  in  the  organization  of  the  First  Congregational  Church. 
This  was  formed  June  17,  1s:',  I.  The  council  met  at  the  house  of  Daniel 
Pickering,  Esq.,  examined  the  twelve  candidates  for  membership,  and 
adjourned  to  an  ••  upper  room"'  in  the  old  academy,  and  held  the  appropriate 
services.  The  original  members  were  Benjamin  Young,  Rebecca  Young, 
Daniel  Pickering,  Sarah  ('.  Pickering,  George  I5.  Farrar,  Susan  M.  Farrar, 
Mehitable  Farrar,  Eunice  Piper,  Abigail  Connor,  Amy  YV.  Connor,  Sarah 
Meader.  Mary  Avery,  [n  the  autumn  eighteen  became  members,  among  them 
Thomas  Rust  and  wife  and  Ann  Eliza  Avery,  who  later  became  the  wife  of 
Rev.  Leander  Thompson,  missionary  to  Syria. 

Thomas  P.  Beach,  an  instructor  in  the  academy,  assisted  in  the  public 
services,  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist  June  17,  1835,  and  became  acting  pastor 
for  about  two  and  one-half  years.  About  the  time  of  his  departure,  students 
from  Gilmanton  Theological  Seminary  held  a  series  of  meetings  here.  They 
visited  every  family  and  preached  every  evening.  As  a  result  of  their  labors, 
fourteen  joined  this  church,  and  much  religious  zeal  was  awakened.  Novem- 
ber 1,  1838,  Rev.  Jeremiah  Blake,  m.d.,  became  pastor  at  a  salary  of  four 
hundred  dollars  and  "a  suitable  dwelling-place.'''  Mr  Blake  gives  a  remarkable 
statement  concerning  his  connection  with  the  church.  lie  visited  this  place 
first  as  one  of  the  students  engaged  in  revival  work.     He  says:  — 

My  mind  was  wonderfully  drawn  toward  the  place.  For  a  long  time  I  seemed  to  see  a 
field  of  wheat  extending  from  Moultonborough  to  Brookfield.  This  wheat  had  very  full 
heads,  all  leaning  toward  the  east,  and  "  white  for  the  harvest. "'  This  field  was  before  me  by 
day  and  by  night,  and  the  feeling  was  very  strong  that  1  must  assist  in  reaping  it.  In  the 
winter  of  1889  10,  God  in  his  all-wise  providence  opened  the  way  for  me  to  reap  this  field.  1 
held  a  meeting  at  Tuftonborough,  and  thus  began  at  the  upper  end  of  the  field,  and  reaped 
grain  as  it  leaned  to  the  east.  The  good  work  soon  spread  through  Moultonborough.  Tufton- 
borough, and  then  into  Wolfeborough.  The  first  manifestations  here  were  at  the  Bridge.  It 
spread  to  Wolfeborough  Center,  the  farm  road,  and,  last,  to  South  Wolfeborough.  This 
revival  continued  almost  two  years.  By  the  assistance  of  Deacons  Rust,  Fox,  Ayers,  and 
others,  I  was  enabled  to  labor  in  Tuftonborough,  North  Wolfeborough,  Alton.  Middleton, 
Farmington,  Milton,  Wakefield,  Effingham,  Moultonborough,  Tamworth,  Centre  Harbor,  and 
N'ewtield,  Blaine.  In  all  these  places  God  was  pouring  out  bis  Spirit.  The  field  oi  wheat  was 
now  reaped  and  laid  in  bundles  to  be  bound  and  shocked.  As  fruits  of  this  revival,  a  Congre- 
gational church  was  formed  in  Tuftonborough,  and  another  in  North  Wolfeborough,  and  a 
meeting-house  budded  there.  During  this  revival  all  denominations  were  united  as  the  heart 
Of  one  man,  and  converts  were  added  to  each  of  them.  My  five  years  in  Wolfeborough  are 
among  the  brightest  spots  in  my  life. 

1  By  w  .  a.  b'ertrusson. 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


In  November,  1839,  a  missionary  meeting  was  held,  and  the  meeting-house 
crowded  with  a  most  attentive  audience.  Rev.  Messrs  Bird  and  Smith,  who 
had  passed  many  years  in  the  Holy  Land,  gave  addresses,  and  a  sermon  was 
preached  by  Rev.  Leander  Thompson,  who  was  on  the  eve  of  departure  for 
Syria  as  a  missionary.  The  next  day  Mr  Thompson  and  Ann  Eliza  Avery 
were  married.  About  this  time  the  records  mention  the  case  of  Mrs  Mary 
Piper,  who  was  baptized  and  joined  the  church  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  years. 
Di  Blake's  ministry  was  full  of  interest  from  first  to  last.  From  1S38  to  1842, 
sixty-one  members  were  added.  The  next  pastor  was  Rev.  Jeffries  Hall. 
lie  combined  the  labors  of  pastor  with  those  of  instructor  in  the  academy.  He 
began  at  once  to  work  for  a  new  church  edifice,  traveled  in  Massachusetts  solic- 
iting aid,  and  was  successful.  The  church  was  dedicated  January  26,  1847. 
Mi-  Hall  was  strongly  orthodox,  and  had  it  specified  in  the  deed  that  the  edifice 
should  never  lie  used  except  by  the  Congregational  order  on  penalty  of  for- 
feiting the  entire  property.  He  became  acting  pastor  in  1843,  and  held  that 
relation  eight  years.  Rev.  Nelson  Barbour  was  installed  June  16,  1852,  and 
remained  till  November  27,  1854.  Rev.  George  W.  Campbell  was  here  for  a 
time,  from  May  20,  1855.  Rev.  Sumner  Clark  became  acting  pastor  in  June, 
L856.  After  three  years  he  went  away,  but  returned  in  1864,  and  preached  for 
tour  years.  During  his  pastorate  twenty-eight  members  were  added.  Rev. 
John  Wood  filled  the  pulpit  between  the  pastorates  of  Mr  Clark,  and  after  this 
resided  here  for  some  years  as  agent  of  the  American  Tract  Society.  From 
July,  1868,  Rev.  Leander  Thompson,  who  had  given  up  missionary  labor  by 
reason  of  ill-health,  supplied  the  pulpit  for  one  year.  Rev.  Thomas  A. 
Emerson  began  his  ministry  November  25,  1869,  and  closed  his  pastorate 
May  14,  1873.  During  his  stay,  the  meeting-house  was  refitted,  furnished 
anew,  and  rcdedicated  August  4,  1872.  Resolutions  are  spread  upon  the 
records,  tendering  thanks  to  L.  C.  Edgerly,  of  Boston,  for  his  present  of  a 
communion  table;  Mrs  Charles  Rollins,  for  an  "elegant"  communion  service; 
William  P.  Libbey,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  for  a  Bible;  Joseph  W.  Whitten,  of 
Lost  on.  for  "  our  beautiful  pulpit  chair  and  other  favors."  Rev.  Robert  B.  Hall 
was  ordained  November  13,  1873,  and  remained  two  years.  Rev.  George  H. 
Tilton  was  acting  pastor  from  January  1,  1876,  to  July  1,  1877.  We  are 
indebted  to  an  historical  sketch  of  the  church  prepared  by  him  for  most  of 
the  data  in  the  preparation  of  this  church  history.     Mr  Tilton  further  sa}rs :  — 

Rut  a  history  of  this  church  would  hardly  be  complete  without  mention  of  Deacons  Rust 
and  A.yers,  who  were  lor  many  years  its  chief  pillars.  Thomas  Rust  was  born  November  27, 
1 1  South  Wolfeborough.  lie  was  converted  in  1834,  and  continued  steadfast  in  the  faith. 
For  more  than  forty  year-  he  has  been  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school,  and  deacon  from 
1834.  During  the  intervals  when  the  church  was  destitute  of  a  pastor,  he  has  uniformly 
taken  the  lead.  Joshua  1".  Ayers  was  born  at  Wolfeborough  Neck,  November  4,  1815;  was 
converted  when  twenty-one;  was  chosen  deacon  in  1S43,  and  though  residing  three  miles  away 


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for  many  years,  lie  was  a  constant  attendant  upon  Sabbath  sen  Ices,  and  was  often  present  al 
prayer-meetings,  even  in  stormy  days  when  those  who  lived  near  by  would  nol  venture  out. 
After  removing  to  the  village  he  could  always  be  depended  upon.  Hi-  religion  was  lii-  meal 
and  drink  ;  the  prayer-meeting  was  his  Bethel.     He  died  Augusl  L3,  L875. 

Rev.  llenn  Ketchura  was  acting  pastor  from  January  1.  1s7s  to  July, 
1870.  Rev.  George  W.  Christie  commenced  pastoral  work  January  I,  1--". 
was  installed  June  I,  L880,  and  dismissed  by  council  May  28,  L883.  Rev. 
Joseph  A.  Tomlinson  preached  from  January,  L884,  to  November.  During  his 
service  June  17,  1884,  was  observed  with  appropriate  exercises  "the  semi- 
centennial anniversary "  of  the  church.  Two  of  the  twelve  original  members 
were  then  living.  Miss  Amy  W.  Connor  and  George  B.  Farrar.  Rev.  Theo- 
dore C.  Jerome  was  installed  June  17,  1885;  his  pastorate  was  abruptly 
terminated  by  his  death,  May  28,  1886,  and  the  pulpil  was  supplied  for  some 
mi ii 1 1 lis  by  Mr  Tomlinson.  The  present  clergyman,  Rev.  Edgar  F.  Davis, 
began  his  pastorate  January  1,  1888.  He  is  a  man  of  great  originality,  good 
reasoning  powers,  and  in  and  out  of  the  church  makes  friends. 

The  church  membership  (April,  1889)  is  about  eighty.  The  officers  are 
Charles  F.  Parker  and  Dr.  N.  H.  Scott,  deacons;  Mary  E.  Hersey  and  Mrs 
Sarah  Clark,  deaconesses ;  Samuel  Avery,  clerk. 

The  Sabbath-school  has  about  one  hundred  members.  Charles  F.  Parker  is 
superintendent;  Arthur  E.  Richardson,  assistant;  Everett  N.  Severance  and 
Fred  E.  Meader,  librarians;  May  Hanson,  secretary  and  treasurer;  Rev.  E.  F. 
Davis,  Arthur  E.  Richardson,  F.  H.  Safford,  Charles  F.  Parker,  Mrs  C.  F. 
Parker,  Mrs  C.  H.  Hersey,  Mrs  C.  H.  Morgan,  Mrs  A.  B.  Phillips,  Kate  E. 
Parker,  Nellie  0.  Hersey,  teachers. 

Mrs  Fannie  M.  Newell,  a  member  of  this  church,  offered  her  services  in 
missionary  work  in  1881  to  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign 
Missions,  was  accepted,  and  assigned  to  Broosa,  Turkey,  as  teacher  in  the 
girls'  school.  She  sailed  in  June,  1882,  from  Boston.  In  1885  she  was 
transferred  to  Constantinople  as  city  missionary.  Before  leaving  Wolfe- 
borough  she  organized  the  "Newell  Mission  Circle"  among  the  children. 
The  circle  has  sent  eighty  dollars  annually  to  be  applied  equally  to  her 
salary  and  to  her  mission  work. 

Nm-tJi  Wolfeborough  Church.  —  Previous  to  the  formation  of  the  church  at 
Smith's  bridge  the  Freewill  Baptists  and  the  Christian  connection  had  each 
formed  two  or  more  churches  and  erected  houses  of  worship.  Missionaries  ol 
the  Congregational  denomination  had  preached  in  schoolhouses  to  accom- 
modate the  different  sections  of  the  town.  But  at  the  Bridge  a  village  had 
been  forming,  and  the  teachers  of  the  academy  held  public  worship  in  thai 
building.  This  continued  through  Rev.  Mr  Blake's  ministry.  Meantime. 
Ninth  Wolfeborough  (Dimon's  Corner),  six  miles  from  the  Bridge,  attracted 
Mr    Blake's   attention,    and    in    connection    with    licentiates    from    Gilmanton 


History   of   Carboll   County. 


Theological  Seminary  and  two  Methodist  preachers,  he  commenced  a  protracted 
meeting  April  6,  L839.  Thirty  persons  were  converted,  and  Robert  Fuller,  one 
of  the  licentiates,  was  engaged  by  them  to  preach  two  thirds  of  the  time  for  a 

year. 

June  13,  1839,  the  Congregationalisl  Church  in  North  Wolfeborough  was 
organized  by  a  council  composed  of  Rev.  John  S.  Winter  and  Deacon  Daniel 
Smith,  of  the  church  in  Ossipee ;  Rev.  Joshua  Dodge,  from  the  church  in 
Moultonborough ;  Rev.  Nathaniel  Barker,  from  the  church  in  Wakefield;   Rev. 

S.  II.  Merrill,  from  the  church  in  Centre  Harbor:  Rev.  Giles  Leach  and  Mr 
James  Fullerton,  from  Sandwich;  Deacon  Thomas  Rust  and  Deacon  John 
Fox,  from  Wolfeborough  Bridge.  November  D'>,  1So9,  Thomas  J.  Tibbetts 
and  Richard  Bickford  were  chosen  deacons.  September  24,  1843,  Rev.  J. 
Doldt  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  church.  November  29,  1848,  his  pastoral 
relation  ceased.  November,  1850,  Rev.  Stephen  Merrill,  a  native  of  Conway, 
commenced  his  ministrations  over  this  church,  and  continued  until  his  death 
in  June,  lsl>l(.  Rev.  Horace  Wood  was  here  from  June,  1863,  until  1866, 
preaching  one  half  of  the  time.  Since  then  the  church  has  not  had  a  resident 
pastor,  hut  has  had  preaching  a  portion  of  each  year  by  theological  students. 
Thomas  L.  Whitton  has  served  as  deacon. 

First  Freewill  Baptist  Church. —  A  Baptist  church  was  formed  by  Elder 
Randall  October  l!>,  1792,  at  the  house  of  William  Rogers,  and  John  Snell  was 
baptized,  becoming  the  eighth  member.     The  church  then  adopted  this 

Covenant.  —We  whose  names  arc  here  underwritten,  reeling  the  spirit  of  adoption 
whereby  we  cry  "  Abba  Father,"  though  most  unworthy,  and  by  his  grace  having  a  fellowship 
with  each  other  as  brethren  of  one  family  and  children  of  one  Father,  finding  our  souls  knit 
together  like  David  and  Jonathan,  Ruth  and  Naomi  —  believing  it  for  the  declarative  glory  of 
God,  our  Heavenly  Father,  thai  we  should  embody  and  walk  in  the  ordinances  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  :  do  now,  in  this  solemn  manner,  in  the  fear  of  God,  calling  on  him  for  his  aid 
and  assistance,  covenant  together  and  promise,  by  grace,  to  walk  in  the  ordinances  and  com- 
mands of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  as  we  do  or  shall  understand.  We  will  take  the  Scriptures 
of  truth,  which  we  believe  to  be  an  unerring  rule,  for  the  rule  of  our  practice  in  our  conversa- 
tion, dealing,  and  commerce;  and  if  any  of  us  are  convicted  of  not  walking  according 
thereto,  or  ol'  violating  thereof,  we  shall  be  deemed  disorderly,  and  he  dealt  with  as  such,  as 
the  aforesaid  rule  shall  direct. 

Isaac  Townsend.  John  Snell. 

Benjamin  Libbey.  Thomas  Chase. 

William  Rust.  Experience  Townsend. 

Jesse  Whitten.  Tabitha  chase. 

October  25  a  council  of  ordination  composed  of  Elders  Benjamin  Randall, 

Samuel   Weeks,  Joseph   Boodey,  and  John  Whitney  ordained  Isaac  Townsend 

as  its  minister.      Boodey   made   the  ordaining    prayer  and  extended  the  right 

ind    of    fellowship.      Weeks    preached    the    sermon,    and    Randall    gave    the 

charge. 


T<»\VN     OF     WOLFEBOROUGH. 


The  nexl  month  William  Lucas  and  Mary  Rogers  joined  this  church. 
Among  those  who  united  with  this  organization  during  the  nexl   decade,  or  a 

Little   later,  were   rsrael    Piper,   Mrs    Lucas,  isaac  -I is,   Polly  Jones,  Stephen 

Fall,  Jonathan  Brown,  Lydia  All ard,  Thomas  Cotton,  Valentine  Wormwood, 
Richard  Marden,  Neal  Cate,  Reuben  Daniels.  Hannah  Whitten,  Susannah 
Rust,  .lane  Cate,  Charlotte  Clark.  Dolly  Willey,  Sail}  Willey,  M  II  I. in-. 
Betsey  Wormwood,  Josiah  Willey.  Thomas  Frost,  James  Grant,  Joseph  Granti 
Ebenezer  Kent,  Edward  Dow,  and  Thomas  Hawkins.  October  28,  I 
seventeen   members,  residing  in   the   northeastern  part   of  the  town,  separated 

themselves    from    this   churcli   to   form    the   Sec I    Freewill   Baptist  Church. 

'This  left  the  old  church  with  fifty-five  members,  which,  In  1843,  had  risen  to 
a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  twenty.  It  now  (1889)  numbers  seventy- 
two  members. 

Rev.  Isaac  Townsend  was  pastor  about  forty  years,  until  old  age  incapac- 
itated him  for  the  duties.  His  successors  were  Hiram  Holmes,  John  Chick, 
Enoch  T.  Preset. tt,  Oliver  Butler.  Cumins  Paris,  Tobias  Foss,  Uriah  Chase, 
Elbridge  G.  York,  H.  F.  Dickey,  G.  ('.  Andrews.  A.  I).  Fairbanks,  Daniel  C. 
Wheeler,  [ra  Emery,  C.  L.  Plummer,  Henry  B.  Huntoon,  and  Lincoln  Civen, 
the  present  pastor. 

The  Sunday-school  has  for  its  superintendent  Israel  B.  Manning;  assistant, 
Jasper  H.  Warren;  librarian,  Bert  W.  Parker;  teachers,  P>.  F.  Parker.  A.M. 
Cate,  A.  S.  Libbey,  E.  J.  Remick,  Helen  M.  Warren,  Lydia  F.  Remick,  Mary 
Smith.   Abbie    Libbey,    Harriet    P>.  Parker.      Number  of  scholars,  one   hundred. 

The  following  clergymen  have  been  members  of  this  church:  John  L. 
Cooley,  Stephen  Coffin,  James  J.  Went  worth.  William  l\.  Lucas,  Moses 
Hanson,  J.  F.  Locke,  and  J.  M.  Brewster.  Lucas  and  Brewster  were  natives 
of  the  town.  Mr  Brewster  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  for  some 
years  assistant  editor  of  The  Morning  Star,  the  leading  newspaper  of  the  Free 
Baptist  denomination.  Lorenzo  S.  Coffin,  a  son  of  Stephen  Collin,  is  a 
preacher  in  Iowa.  The  deacons  have  been  Thomas  Cotton,  Valentine  "Worm- 
wood, Pelatiah  Lord,  Hamilton  Locke.  Benjamin  V.  Parker,  Samuel  W.  Teth- 
erlv:  and  the  clerks,  Isaac  Townsend.  William  Lucas,  Israel  Piper.  Neal  Cate. 
Hiram  Holmes,  Hamilton  Locke,  and  B.  F.  Parker. 

Rev.  Isaac  Taumsend,  born  in  Newmarket.  December  1  8,  L756,  died  in 
Wolfeborough,  Augusi  30,  1846.  Early  Left  an  orphan,  when  sixteen  he 
apprenticed    himself   to  a  tanner  and  served   five  years;   then   shipped  on  a 

privateer,  which  was   captured    five    days    later,  and  was   a    prisoner    in     Halifax 

ibi'  some  months.  About  1790  he  came  to  Wolfeborough,  and  after  his  ordina- 
tion was  a  public  preacher  for  many  years.  He  was  an  acceptable  minister, 
an  earnest  Christian,  and  an  industrious  citizen,  acquiring  considerable 
property  by  his  own  labor.  This  he  left  to  religious  and  benevolenl  causes. 
Deacon  Benjamin  Franklin  Parker,  ><<n  >>\'  Samuel  G.  and  Sarah  T.  (  Kelley) 


History  of  Carroll   County. 

Parker,  was  born  in  Stratham,  April  21,  1817,  and  is  of  the  Massachusetts 
Parker  family.  He  came  to  Wolfeborough  in  1831,  attended  the  old  academy 
in  its  palmy  days,  and  was  a  schoolmate  of  Henry  Wilson.  He  began  teaching 
when  nineteen  ;  taught  in  this  town,  Alton,  Brookfield,  and  Tuftonborough, 
and  was  a  popular  teacher.  In  1X48  he  commenced  merchandising,  and  con- 
tinued until  1SSS.  Originally  a  Free-soil  Democrat,  he  has  affiliated  with  the 
Republicans  for  many  years,  but  his  pronounced  temperance  views  have  caused 
him  to  take  an  active  place  in  the  ranks  of  the  Prohibitionists.  He  has  been 
moderator  and  selectman,  and  assistant  clerk  of  the  New  Hampshire  House 
of  Representatives.  A  member  of  the  Free  Baptist  Church  for  many  years, 
he  lias  been  a  deacon  for  half  a  century.  He  is  a  straightforward,  honest 
man,  and  active  in  all  reform  measures.  The  people  of  Wolfeborough  owe 
him  a  debt  of  gratitude  for  his  painstaking  researches  in  its  history. — 
Editor. 

The  Second  Freewill  Baptist  Church  was  organized  in  1834  with  fifteen 
members.  In  1845  it  numbered  seventy  members  and  now  has  twenty.  The 
population  of  the  locality  has  much  lessened  within  the  last  forty  years.  Its 
fust  pastor  was  Hiram  Holmes.  William  K.  Lucas  served  in  that  capacity 
many  years.  Several  ministers  have  preached  for  the  church,  but  have  not 
been  pastors.  Its  deacons  have  been  Valentine  Wormwood,  Thomas  Cotton, 
Thomas  Cotton,  2d,  Timothy  Y.  Cotton,  and  George  H.  Gage.  The  two  last 
named  are  now  acting  officers. 

For  more  than  ninety  years  a  portion  of  a  Methodist  society  has  worshiped 
in  the  easterly  part  of  the  town,  with  members  of  the  same  faith  in  Brookfield 
living  near  the  line.  Decrease  of  the  population  in  that  section  has  materially 
lessened  the  number  of  its  members. 

First  Christian  Church.  —  For  several  years  previous  to  1812  Elder  Mark 
Fernald,  of  Kittery,  Maine,  a  "Christian,"  had  preached  considerably  in 
Wolfeborough.  lie  was  quite  popular  with  the  people,  and  had  a  controlling 
religious  influence  in  the  town.  January  3,  1812,  he  organized  a  church, 
which  is  known  as  the  First  Christian  Church  in  Wolfeborough.  Its  members 
at  organization  were  George  Yeaton,  Levi  Mason,  Polly  Clifford,  Eleanor  Rust, 
Betsey  Keay,  and  Hannah  Doe.  There  were  soon  added  to  the  membership 
Bradstreel  Doe,  Sally  Pinkham,  Nathaniel  Rust,  Martha  Thurston,  Pamelia 
Welch,  Elisabeth  Banfield,  Joseph  Leavitt,  Phebe  Leavitt,  William  Cate, 
Betsey  Cate.  Abigail  Tibbetts,  Sarah  Ann  Dealing,  and  Mary  F.  Warren. 
Elder  Fernald  visited  the  church  annually,  frequently  several  times  in  a  year, 
ami  retained  his  pastoral  relations  until  1838,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  John 
I  ■  •'•  (  olby.  In  L858  Mr  Colby  was  succeeded  in  the  pastorate  by  Thomas 
Bartlett.  The  pastors  since  then  have  been:  Seth  Hinckley,  William  H. 
'i.  James  Rowell,  Samuel  B.  Bowditch,  C.  P.  Smith,  and  Lewis  Phillips. 
The  deacons  have  been    Nathaniel  Rust,  John  Folsom,  and  David  Blake.     In 


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the  spring  of  L840  a  remarkable  religious  interest  prevailed  in  the  church  1 

society.  Ou  the  third  da\  of  May  thirty-six  persons  received  the  rite  of 
baptism.  In  Is  1 1  ten  persons  left  the  church,  assigning  these  reasons:  "First, 
we  consider  all  the  nominal  churches   Baby] and  are  commanded   to  come 

oul  (sec  Rev.  28:  4):  secondly,  we  view  ourselves  as  unequallj  yoked 
together  with  unbelievers,  and  that  the  time  has  arrived  for  these  lion. Is  to 
be  broken  (see  2  Cor.  6  :  14-17):  thirdly,  we  believe  that  on  the  tenth  day 
of  the  seventh  month,  which  is  either  the  twenty-second  or  twenty-third 
of  October,  that  this  world  will  be  on  lire,  and  Babylon  will  be  destroyed." 
There  have  been  276  persons  connected  with  the  church,  and  its  members 
now  number  102.  The  Sabbath-school  numbers  sixty:  George  P.  Gridley 
is  superintendent.  Joseph  Banfield,  a  member  of  this  church,  became  a 
preacher. 

The  Second  Christian  Church  was  organized  January  10,  1822,  at  the 
house  of  John  Hurley,  of  Ossipee,  by  Elder  Mark  Fernald.  It  was  declared 
to  be  "a  church  of  Christ,  with  no  other  covenant  than  the  name  of  Christ, 
His  Spirit  and  word  to  unite  and  keep,"  of  the  society  called  "Christians." 
Its  members  resided  in  the  west  part  of  Ossipee  and  the  east  part  of  Wolfe- 
borough.  They  were  Benjamin  Prebble,  George  Stevens,  Valentine  Willey, 
Polly  Prebble,  Sally  Hyde,  Peggy  Hyde,  Betsey  Smith,  Abigail  Willey, 
Catharine  Tibbetts,  Jemima  Triggs.  A  few  months  later  John  Chamberlain, 
Dudley  Chamberlain,  Stephen  Burke,  Joanna  Chamberlain,  Abigail  Chamber- 
lain, and  Hannah  Burke  united  with  the  church.  Elder  Fernald  remained 
pastor  for  a  few  years,  and  was  succeeded  by  Joseph  Banfield,  who,  about 
1830,  Left  the  denomination  and  the  town.  John  T.  G.  Colby  took  his  place 
and  was  pastor  for  some  years.  The  last  pastor  was  Rev.  Daniel  Wiggin, 
of  Tuftonborough.  Its  deacons  have  been  Valentine  Willey,  Mark  A.  Young, 
and  Frank  Ivenney.  Mr  Willey  acted  as  deacon  for  about  half  a  century. 
In   1830  it   had  about  sixty  members. 

Second  Adventists.  —  This  society  holds  meetings  every  Sabbath  in  Central 
Block. 

A  Sabbath-school  is  kept  up  at  South  Wolfeborough,  with  Miss  Fliza  Rust 
as  superintendent.  There  is  one  at  East  Wolfeborough,  Mrs  T.  Y.  Cotton, 
Superintendent.  Centre  Wolfeborough  Sabbath-school  is  now  held  at  Tine 
Hill  schoolhouse,  C.  II.  Tibbetts,  superintendent. 

First  Unitarian  Society.  —  The  address  of  Charles  IT.  Parker  at  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  beautiful  church  edifice  of  the  Unitarian  Society  gives  in  a  graphic 
and  concise  form  the  growth  of  liberalism  here,  and  the  development  and 
formation  of  the  Unitarian  organization.     As  such  it  is  well  worthy  a  place. 

MORE  or  less  of  liberal  Christian  sentiment  has  existed  in  this  town  for 
many  years.     For  quite  a  number  of  years  we  had   a   small  society  of   Univer- 


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salists;  among  its  adherents  were  some  of  tlie  most  intelligent  and  substantial 
citizens;  their  numbers,  however,  were  small,  and  they  had  only  an  occasional 
service.  The  association,  I  think,  has  ceased  to  exist.  Other  denominations 
have,  perhaps  unconsciously,  sown  more  or  less  liberal  seed.  Many  of  the 
Christian  denomination,  so  called,  which  prevails  quite  largely  in  this  region, 
are  moderately  Unitarian  in  their  views,  to  say  the  least.  A  large  portion  .of 
the  Adventists,  of  whom  there  are  many  in  this  region,  are  in  harmony  with 
the  liberal  teachings  to  the  extent  that  they  regard  the  doctrine  of  endless 
torment  of  the  wicked  as  "  tin  scriptural  and  God  dishonoring,"  and  so  teach. 
What  are  known  as  the  strictly  evangelical  denominations,  although  adhering 
tenaciously  to  their  creeds,  for  many  years  have  less  persistently  urged  upon 
the  attention  of  the  people  the  dogmas  obnoxious  to  persons  of  liberal  thought 
upon  religious  matters.  The  publication  of  sermons  and  speeches  delivered  by 
men  of  liberal  thought  and  progressive  ideas  of  all  denominations  in  the  city 
and  other  papers  have  unquestionably  led  to  deeper  thought  and  broader  views 
upon  religious  subjects.  Notwithstanding  this  general  tendency  toward  a  more 
liberal  and  enlarged  view  of  the  relation  existing  between  God  and  man,  and 
man  and  man,  very  little  was  known  in  this  region  of  Unitarians  or  Unitari- 
anisni.  except  by  well-read  people,  until  quite  recently.  Little  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century  since  a  Unitarian  clergyman  from  Boston  or  vicinity 
spent  his  summer  vacation  in  the  family  of  a  leading  member  of  the  Free  Bap- 
tist denomination.  His  manner  and  conversation,  especially  upon  religious 
subjects,  so  pleased  his  landlord  and  family  that  he  was  invited  to  preach 
several  discourses  from  the  Free  Baptist  pulpit.  His  sermons  were  net  of  a 
doctrinal  character,  but  tended  to  show  that  the  Christian  religion  is  applicable 
to  everyday  life  and  matters  pertaining  to  this  world.  The  people  were 
pleased  and  instructed,  and  some  of  the  seed  thus  sown  bore  fruit.  These 
were  probably  the  first  sermons  preached  in  town  by  a  Unitarian  minister. 
Some  years  since  the  Unitarians  commenced  holding  grove  meetings  at  Weirs. 
Communication  by  steamer  between  this  place  and  that  being  very  convenient, 
many  of  our  people  attended  the  meetings.  To  say  that  they  were  edified, 
instructed,  and  often  surprised  to  hear  sentiments  so  much  in  accord  with  their 
own  that  the  remark  was  not  unfrequently  heard,  u  Well,  if  this  is  Unitarian- 
ism,  then  I  am  a  Unitarian,"  is  but  to  say  the  truth.  Then  arose  the  question 
whether  it  were  not  possible  to  have  at  least  an  occasional  service  at  Wolfebor- 
ough.  By  invitation  of  the  commander  of  the  steamer,  a  man  of  liberal  views 
by  the  way.  Rev.  Mr  Powell,  then  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  church  at  Laconia, 
laid  service  two  Sabbaths  in  succession  on  the  deck  of  the  steamer.  The  con- 
gregations were  not  large,  but  the  excellent  sermons  were  appreciated.  In 
L883  Rev.  S.  C.  Beane  and  other  Concord  friends,  and  perhaps  friends  in  other 
localities,  became  interested  in  the  Wolfeborough  movement.  Mr  Beane  pre- 
vailed upon  Rev.  Mr  Brown,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  to  spend  his  summer  vacation 


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in  this  place,  and  hold  services  Sunday  afternoons.  MainK  through  the  influ- 
ence of  Mr  James  S.  Libbey,  of  New  York,  who  was  visiting  friends  in  town, 
and  who  took  much  interest  in  the  Liberal  movement,  the  Christian  society 
kindly  permitted  the  use  of  their  church  for  these  meetings.  A  portion  of  Mr 
Brown's  discourses  were  of  ;i  doctrinal  character,  and  were  much  enjoyed  by 
those  who  Listened.  Rev.  Mr  Shippen,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  spenl  a  Sabbath  in 
town,  and  by  invitation  of  Mr  Brown  preached  a  very  eloquent  discourse  upon 
"The  School  of  Life."  During  the  \  ear  L884,  service  was  held  Less  frequenl  Ly  ; 
no  convenient  place  could  be  obtained.  We  had,  however,  several  discourses 
by  Mr  Brannegan,  a  student  who  was  spending  his  vacation  in  a  neighboring 
town,  Rev.  Mr  Payne,  of  Manchester,  and  Hornbrook,  of  Newton,  Mass. 
During  the  years  1885  and  1886,  service  was  held  nearly  half  of  the  Sundays. 
Rev.  Mr  Beane,  as  missionary  of  the  Unitarian  Association,  having  taken  our 
interests  somewhat  under  his  care,  supplied  the  desk  quite  a  Large  portion  of 
the  time,  and  when  not  able  to  come  himself,  sent  others.  In  this  way.  during 
these  years,  we  had  opportunity  to  listen  to  Rev.  Messrs  Williams.  Mullet, 
Bradley,  Moore,  Gardner,  Pratt,  Reynolds,  and  perhaps  others,  of  Boston; 
Reverends  Israel  and  Hosmer,  of  Salem;  Sheaf,  of  Dover;  Oilman,  of  Con- 
cord: McDugall,  of  Rockland;  St  John,  of  Haverhill:  Nickerson,  of  Exeter ; 
Pardee,  of  Laconia ;  Lefavor,  of  Williams  College,  and  E.  C.  Smith,  of  Cam- 
bridge Divinity  School,  and  others  whose  names  I  may  have  omitted.  We  can 
no  longer,  with  any  degree  of  propriety,  plead  ignorance  of  Unitarians  or  CJnita- 
rianism.  During  these  years  our  meetings  have  been  held  in  an  inconvenient 
hall  up  two  flights  of  stairs,  and  we  came  to  the  conclusion,  something  more 
than  a  year  since,  that  to  make  the  movement  a  success  in  any  degree  we  must 
have  better  accommodations. 

Wolfeborough  has  a  territory  of  thirty-six  square  miles,  and  a  present 
population  of  not  less  than  2,500,  with  good  prospect  of  a  large  increase  in  the 
near  future.  Previous  to  the  organization  of  this  society,  there  were  in  town 
two  Congregationalist,  two  Free  Baptist,  two  Christian,  one  Methodist,  and  one 
Advent  society.  Formerly  then'  was  a  society  of  Friends  and  of  Universal- 
ists.  as  before  mentioned.  There  were  seven  church  edifices.  Only  three  of 
these  societies  have  pastors  and  services  the  year  round.  The  others  have 
service  a  greater  or  less  portion  of  the  time.  The  question  has  naturally 
arisen  in  the  minds  of  some,  Why  the  necessity  of  another  society  and  another 
church  edifice ?  Might  not  the  people  find  ample  accommodation  already  pro- 
vided? In  reply  we  have  this  to  say:  At  least  four  fifths  of  the  population 
reside  upon  the  westerly  side  of  the  town.  Here  are  located  one  society  of 
each  denomination,  Methodists  excepted.  From  the  best  information  I  can 
obtain,  I  learn  that  the  average  attendance  upon  public  worship  in  the  whole 
town  should  be  set  down  at  less  than  five  hundred  per  Sabbath.  Some  well- 
informed  people  say  the  number  will  fall  very  much  below  these  figures.     But 


[2  History  of   Carroll  County. 


suppose  if  to  be  as  high  as  five  hundred,  what  are  we  to  say  of  the  remaining 
two  thousand?  A  portion  of  them,  no  doubt,  attend  meetings  more  or  less. 
But  that  a  large  majority  of  them  are  without  a  religious  home  there  can  be 
little  doubt.  The  reason  cannot  be,  wholly  from  indifference  to  religious  sub- 
jects.     Many  of  these  people  do  not  find  a  genial  home  in  the  other  societies. 

In  1886  a  society  was  organized  in  legal  form  to  be  known  as  the  First  Uni- 
tarian Society  in  Wolfeborough.  Very  little  effort  has  been  made  to  increase 
its  membership,  it  being  thought  best  to  first  secure  a  place  convenient  for 
worship,  from  present  indications,  we  think  we  may  hope  to  have,  within  a 
reasonable  period,  a  strong  and  useful  society.  Whatever  may  be  the  outcome 
of  this  movement,  we  congratulate  ourselves  over  the  fact  that  it  has  neither 
been  conceived  nor  prosecuted  from  any  feeling  of  animosity  toward  existing 
denominations.  It  is  not  the  outgrowth  of  any  bickerings,  heart-burnings, 
disappointments,  personal  or  other  quarrels  in  or  with  the  other  religious  socie- 
ties. The  First  Unitarian  Society  is  not  here  to  tear  down  any  good  thing, 
but  to  help  build  up  and  improve,  so  far  as  they  may  be  able,  the  moral  and 
religious  interests  of  the  community;  to  act  in  conjunction  with  others  if  they 
may,  alone  if  they  must. 

I  wish  to  tender  the  heartfelt  and  sincere  thanks  of  this  society  to  each  and 
all  who  have  rendered  assistance  in  any  way  in  this  enterprise,  and  we  hope 
the  day  will  never  come  when  they  shall  feel  that  their  bounty  has  been  misap- 
propriated, or  their  confidence  misplaced. 

The  original  members  of  the  society  were  Charles  H.  Parker,  William  B. 
Hodge,  Frank  P.  Hobbs,  Rufus  H.  King,  Ida  M.  Clark,  Mary  A.  Dowlin,  Fred 
W.  Prindall,  Abbie  M.  Prindall,  Joseph  Lewando,  Nellie  J.  Lewando,  Charles 
F.  Piper,  Sewall  W.  Abbott.  The  first  board  of  officers  was  :  Oliver  Dowlin, 
president ;  Ida  M.  Clark,  vice-president  ;  Fred  W.  Prindall,  clerk ;  Frank  P. 
Hobbs.  treasurer;  William  B.  Hodge,  Charles  F.  Piper,  Joseph  Lewando, 
executive  committee.  These  officers  were  elected  January  14,  1886,  but  the 
society  was  not  legally  organized  until  March  25,  1886.  All  early  business 
meetings  wen;  held  at  the  office  of  The   Granite  State  News. 

December  4,  1886,  the  society  voted  to  build  a  church,  as  the  facilities  for 
holding  meetings  were  not  such  as  tended  to  advance  the  progress  of  the  new 
movement.  ('<.  15.  (Mark,  William  B.  Hodge,  and  F.  W.  Prindall  were  chosen 
a  building  committee.  Work  in  this  new  direction  was  pressed  with  ardor; 
outside  friends  gave  contributions  to  the  object,  while  a  generous  and  liberal 
response  came  from  the  believers  in  liberal  religious  thought  in  Wolfeborough. 
The  result  was  the  erection  of  the  beautiful  house  of  worship  on  Glendon 
street,  which  was  dedicated  with  imposing  ceremonies  January  17,  1888. 

The  Church. — A  church  edifice,  however  plain  or  humble  may  be  its 
aspect,    is   indicative    of   a  progressive    community,  an    inspiration    after    the 


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better  and  higher  Life.  A  well-proportioned,  tasty  edifice  of  this  kind  in  a 
village  shows  thai  amid  the  toil  and  struggle  for  physical  existence,  people 
devote  some  fragments  of  time  and  fractions  of  income  to  the  consideration  of 
thf  moral  and  religious  nature.  Such  a  structure  is  nol  only  an  ornament,  bul 
a  source  of  just  pride  to  a  people.  The  tall,  graceful  spire  towering  above  the 
buildings  devoted  to  business  or  domestic  pursuits  is  a  sign  to  all  that  man's 
spiritual  nature  is  an  object  of  interest,  and  neither  forgotten  nor  wholly 
neglected  in  that  community. 

Wolfeborough  may  now  claim  to  have  the  handsomest  and  most  com- 
modious church  building  in  Carroll  county.  In  its  general  proportions  and 
exterior,  this  building  was  patterned  after  that  of  the  Unitarian  society  of 
Lebanon.  The  architecture  might  be  styled  composite,  still  the  predominating 
order  is  Gothic,  and  its  tall  and  beautifully  proportioned  spire  (110  feet  high), 
its  massive  Gothic-top  windows  and  tasty  minaret,  present  an  attractive  and 
pleasing  appearance.  The  main  building  is  55  feet  long  by  41  feet  wide,  with 
a  two-story  addition  on  the  south,  24  feet  wide  by  5o  feet  long,  falling  back 
from  the  main  building  some  feet.  This  church  was  contracted  to  Messrs 
Prindall  &  Hersey  of  Wolfeborough,  and  the  plan  drafted  by  Mr  Prindall. 

The  church  has  three  entrances  on  its  front,  each  opening  into  spacious 
vestibules,  from  which  aisles  lead  to  the  rear  of  the  auditorium.  A  platform 
across  the  eastern  end  of  the  audience  room,  built  for  the  organ  loft  and  pulpit, 
is  accommodated  by  four  flights  of  steps,  the  choir  being  seated  at  the  right  of 
the  minister.  The  ceiling  is  finished  into  the  roof  with  a  beautiful  Gothic 
arch  that  gives  the  auditorium  a  height  of  thirty  feet.  The  room  is  lighted  by 
eight  large  Gothic-top  windows,  glazed  with  various  colored  cathedral  glass. 
In  the  evening  light  is  diffused  by  a  gorgeous  sixteen-light  reflector  chandelier, 
a  gift  from  the  ladies. 

Eight  Gothic  arches  —  four  on  each  side  —  intersecting  with  the  main  Gothic 
present  a  very  pretty  interior.  On  the  south  side  is  the  vestry,  connected  with 
the  main  room  by  three  large  sliding  doors,  having  amber-colored  cathedral 
glass  panels.  In  the  rear  of  the  vestry  is  the  library,  a  kitchen,  furnished  with 
cook-stove,  sink,  cupboards,  and  cooking  utensils,  and  is  also  connected  by 
folding  doors  with  the  vestry.  A  large,  triple  Gothic-top  window  of  colored 
glass  and  four  smaller  light  this  part  of  the  building.  The  walls  and  ceiling 
are  handsomely  frescoed.  The  finish,  stained  in  imitation  of  cherry,  was  done 
by  George  B.  Horn.  There  are  fifty-six  handsome  hardwood  pews,  stained  to 
match  the  church  finish,  accommodating  five  persons  each. 

The  handsome  and  elaborate  chancel  window  of  stained  glass,  in  leaded 
frame,  was  a  gift  from  the  Channing  Religious  Society  of  Newton,  Mass. 
The  transom  over  the  central  entrance  is  of  stained  glass,  and  has  in  cut 
letters,  "First  Unitarian  Society,  1887."  The  pulpit  set  of  six  pieces  is  cherry, 
upholstered  in  old-gold  crushed  plush,  and  makes  a  very  pretty  suit,  lor  which 
Mrs  S.  W.  Fay  presented  the  society  a  splendid  pulpit  lamp. 


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From  the  tower  swings  a  1590-pound  bell,  the  heaviest  in  the  county,  also 
a  gift.  The  entire  cost  of  the  church,  including  furnishings,  was  six  thousand 
dollars. 

Dedication.  -A  clear,  cold  winter  day,  with  the  thermometer  indicating 
the  temperature  to  be  sixteen  degrees  below  zero,  did  not  prevent  a  goodly 
concourse  from  this  and  adjoining  towns  from  assembling  to  participate  in  the 
dedicatory  services.  The  order  of  exercises,  given  below,  was  fully  carried 
..in  in  an  interesting  and  entertaining  manner. 

Order  of  Exercises.  —  1.  Opening  Anthem,  "Oh,  how  Beautiful !  " 

■2.   Invocation,  Rev.  J.  P.  Sheaf,  Jr,  of  Dover. 

3.  Scripture  Heading,  Rev.  J.  P.  Sheaf,  Jr. 

4.  Rev.  Lewis  Phillips,  pastor  of  the  Christian  Church,  read  Hymn  No.  43, 
"Universal  Worship,"  which  was  finely  rendered  by  the  choir. 

O  Thou  to  whom,  in  ancient  time, 

The  lyre  of  Hebrew  bards  was  strung-, 

Whom  kings  adored  in  song  sublime, 

And  prophets  praised  with  glowing  tongue!  — 

\nl  now  on  Zion's  height  alone 
Thy  favored  worshiper  may  dwell; 
Nor  where,  at  sultry  noon,  thy  Son 
Sat  weary  by  the  patriarch's  well. 

From  every  place  below  the  skies 
The  grateful  song,  the  fervent  prayer, 
The  incense  of  the  heart,  may  rise 
To  heaven,  and  find  acceptance  there. 

O  Thou  to  whom,  in  ancient  time, 
The  lyre  of  prophet-bards  was  strung, 
To  thee,  at  last,  in  every  clime, 
Shall  temples  rise,  and  praise  be  sung. 

5.  Histoiical  Address,  C.  H.  Parker. 

6.  Report  of  Building  Committee. 

Mr  G.  1>.  Clark,  in  behalf  of  the  building  committee,  made  a  statement  of 
the  eost  of  the  building  and  state  of  the  finances,  showing  that  the  committee 
have  built  a  somewhat  better  and  of  course  a  more  expensive  church  than 
was  at  first  contemplated,  but  no  better  than  the  times  and  circumstances 
demand.  Anything  less  would  have  been  unsatisfactory.  As  it  is,  the  society 
have  a  substantial,  commodious,  well-furnished  church  in  modern  style,  at 
a  cost  which  must  be  put  down  as  moderate. 

7.  Anthem.     Selected. 

8.  Formal  Act  of  Dedication. 

The  formal  act  of  dedication  by  the  people,  led  by  Rev.  S.  C.  Beane,  of 
Salem.  Mass.,  was  in  the  following  words,  the  congregation  standing  and 
uniting :  — 

To  thee,  O  God,  our  Father,  we  humbly  dedicate  this  house,  the  work  of  our  hands;  that 
in  it   we  may  together  worship  thee ;  that  in  it  we  may  learn  to  know  thee,  the  only  true 


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God,  :iiul  Jesus  Christ,  whom  thou  hasl  Bent;  thai  here,  in  the  gladness  and  strength  ot  the 
life  thai  now  is,  and  in  hope  <>i  the  life  which  is  10  come,  we  maj  abound  in  love  to  one 
another  and  to  all  men,  in  righteousness  ol  life,  and  in  faith  and  trusl  toward  the  Father 
of  our  spirits.    ()  Lord,  establish  thou  the  work  of  our  hands;  yea,  the  work  of  our  hands 

establish  thou  it.     Amen. 

9.  Prayer  of  Dedication,  Rev.  Fielder  [srael,  Salem,  Mass. 

This  was  full  of  devotional   thought,  given  in  most   expressive    Langua 
which  seemed  to  lake  the  entire  congregation  to  the  throne  of  grace  as  humble 
suppliants  for  divine  Love,  mercy,  and  direction. 

10.  Hymn,  composed  by  Rev.  Edward  E.  Hale,  d.d.,  sung  to  Retreat. 

O  Father,  take  the  new-built  shrine; 
The  house  our  hands  have  built  is  thine; 
Greel  as  with  welcome  when  we  come, 
Ami  make  our  Father's  house  our  home. 

Itlcsl   with  thy  spirit   while  we  stay, 

May  we  thy   spirit  bear  away, 
That  every  heart  a  shrine  may  be, 
And  every  house  a  home  for  thco. 

11.  Sermon,  Rev.  Brooke  Hereford. 

'This  discourse  was  from  "  Ye  are  not  your  own,"  1  Corinthians  G:  19.  It 
was  eloquent,  full  of  rich  thoughts  and  instructive  suggestions. 

12.  Prayer,  I  lev.  Thomas  E.  St  John. 

13.  Doxology,  Congregation. 

14.  Benediction. 

Instead  of  a  sermon  in  the  evening  there  were  short  speeches  upon  "The 
Faith  and  Work  of  a  Liberal  Christian  Church,"  interspersed  with  excellent 
music  by  the  choir.  The  speakers  were  Rev.  T.  E.  St  John,  Rev.  J.  P.  Sheaf, 
of  Dover,  win i  was  introduced  as  our  nearest  Unitarian  neighbor;  Rev.  S.  C. 
Beane,  a  missionary  of  the  Unitarian  denomination  for  eastern  New  England; 
Rev.  Fielder  Israel,  pastor  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church  in  Salem,  the  first 
and  oldest  congregational  church  in  America  (organized  in  Salem,  August  6, 
1629);  Professor  E.  II.  Lord,  principal  of  Brewster  Free  Academy;  and 
Rev.  Brooke  Hereford,  successor  of  the  eminent  Dr.  Channing.  The  best 
evidence  that  the  exercises  were  interesting  is  the  fact  that  the  audience  gave 
the  closest  attention  for  two  hours. 

Rev.  Loren  Benjamin  Macdonald  is  pastor.  He  was  horn  in  Newport, 
N.  S.,  January  21,  1858;  removed  to  Boston,  Mass.,  when  eight  years  of  age. 
In  1878  he  entered  the  theological  school  of  Harvard  College;  was  graduated 
in  L881;  then  settled  as  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  Church  in  Ellsworth,  Maine ; 
resigned  in  the  autumn  of  1884  to  enter  the  junior  class  of  the  collegiate 
department  at  Harvard,  and  was  graduated  in  L886.     During  this  time  and   the 


346  History  of   Carroll   County. 

following  year  lie  supplied  a  pulpit  in  Shirley,  Mass.  May  8,  1888,  he  received 
an  invitation  to  come  to  Wolfeborough  to  minister  to  the  new  society  at  an 
annual  salary  of  one  thousand  dollars.  Mr  Macdonald  accepted  the  invita- 
tion, and  commenced  his  pastorate  May  12.  He  is  scholastic,  earnest,  and 
eloquent,  a  close  logician  and  independent  thinker.  He  has  proven  "to  be 
the  right  man  in  the  right  place,"  and  the  society  under  his  ministrations  is 
united,  interested,  and  progressing. 

February  23,  1888,  Hon.  Mark  P.  Emery,  of  Portland,  Maine,  presented 
the  society  with  a  beautiful  Bible  and  an  elegant  silver  communion  service. 

The  officers  for  1889  are:  C.  H.  Parker,  president;  Ida  M.  Clark,  vice- 
president  ;  F.  W.  Prindall,  clerk ;  Joseph  Lewando,  Frank  P.  Hobbs,  Mrs 
C.  II.  Gage,  C.  II.  Parker,  Ida  M.  Clark,  F.  W.  Prindall,  C.  F.  Piper, 
executive    committee. 

The  Sunday-school  has  fifty  members.  Rev.  L.  B.  Macdonald,  superin- 
tendent ;  Mrs  G.  B.  Clark,  assistant;  librarian,  Harry  Home  ;  secretary,  Mrs 
C.  H.  Gage  ;  teachers,  Rev.  Mr  Macdonald,  Charles  H.  Parker,  Mrs  G.  B. 
Clark,  Mrs  Charles  W.  Gilman. 

Church  Buildings.  —  The  town  meeting-house  was  built  in  1786-92.  A 
meeting-house  was  built  in  the  east  part  of  the  town  in  1801  by  the  Baptists 
and  Methodists.  About  1850  this  was  taken  down  and  another  erected  on  the 
same  site.  The  Christian  Society  built  one  in  1838  at  Goose  Corner.  In  1858 
this  was  taken  down  and  another  built  by  the  same  society  in  the  Bridge 
village.  In  1840  a  Free  Baptist  Church  was  built  in  Mill  village,  and  a  Union 
Church  at  Dimon's  Corner.  In  1841  a  Union  Church  was  erected  in  Wolfe- 
borough  Centre.  In  1845  a  Union  Church  was  built  at  South  Wolfeborough. 
In  1845-46  the  Congregationalists  erected  a  church  at  Bridge  village.  The 
society  had  previously  worshiped  in  the  academy  building.  This  church  has 
been  once  enlarged.  These  churches  were  neither  large  nor  expensive.  The 
Friends  had  a  small  meeting-house  on  the  Varney  road,  probably  from  1830 
to  L850.  In  1887  the  Unitarians  erected  a  church  in  Wolfeborough  at  a  cost 
of  six  thousand  dollars. 


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CHAPTER    KXVII. 

Schools  —  Early  Teachers  —  "  Master   Connor "—  School  Districts  —  School  Committees 

—  School  Money  —  Wolf ehorough  and  Tuftonhorough  Academy  —Incorporation    -Charter 

Lot  —  Proprietors  -    Academy     Building  —  <  ihapel  —  Pewholders    -  Trustees    oi    Academy  — 
Preceptors  —  Christian    institute    -School  Money    for    1888  —  Number  of    Scholars    -Social 

Library  —  Brewster  Free  Academy  —  Temperance. 

SCHOOLS.  —  In  1773  the  town  voted  to  raise  fifty  pounds  for  a  school  ;  in 
1774  a  like  sum.  These  votes  were  probably  not  complied  with.  In 
1781  Mr  Collins  taught  a  school  several  months.  In  1782  [saiah  Home 
had  charge  of  one  for  three  months.  With  the  exception  of  1785,  when  Nehe- 
miali  Ordway  taught,  it  is  not  known  that  there  were  any  others  until  1790, 
when  the  town  was  divided  into  four  districts,  and  schools  were  kept  in  district 
one,  "above  the  Bridge,"  sixty  days;  two,  "below  the  Bridge,"  thirty-nine 
days;  three,  "the  Cabot  or  Farm,"  fifty-six  days;  four,  "the  Haines,"  twenty- 
live  days.  The  first  schoolhouse  was  probably  erected  in  1798;  it  stood  near 
the  lane  leading  to  Daniel  Brewster's  farm.  The  first  schoolhouse  above  the 
Bridge  was  on  Benjamin  Blake's  land. 

Early  Teachers. — The  following  persons  were  known  to  be  teachers  here 
until  1820.  The  date  preceding  names  indicates  the  first  year  they  had  charge 
of  a  school:  many  continued  to  teach  for  years.  1785,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Jr ; 
1791,  Samuel  Tucker,  Abraham  Peavey,  George  Nicholson  ;  1793,  Anna  Blake: 
1794,  Thomas  Demerritt,  Colonel  Mark  Wiggin,  William  Kent,  Betsey 
Wiggin :  179(*>,  Moses  Thompson;  1797,  Katherine  Edmonds,  Horatio  G. 
Balch,  Moses  Bickford,  Nancy  Wiggin;  1798,  Benjamin  Canney ;  l"!^*, 
George  Melville,  John  French,  Joseph  Odiorne  ;  1800,  Samuel  Fox;  1801, 
Israel  Piper,  Betsey  Lucas,  Betsey  Fernald ;  1802,  Nancy  Coleman,  Charles 
Barker,  Jonathan  Copp ;  1803,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Betsey  Gould,  Sarah  Johnson, 
James  F.  Moulton,  Mrs  John  Snell,  Mrs  Josiah  Frost;  1804,  Weathan  Wiggin, 
Hiram  Hodge;  1805,  Aaron  Boodey,  Nehemiah  Ordway,  Henry  Home,  Fben- 
e/.er  Meader,  Jr:  180(1,  Stephen  L.  Creighton,  Polly  Gould,  Charles  Foss,  John 
Brown;  1S07,  Dudley  Leavitt,  "the  almanac  maker,"  Miss  Savage,  Sanborn 
Blake,  Thomas  Stevenson,  Jane  Stuart;  1808,  John  Bassett,  Moses  Connor, 
Isaiah  G.  Orne,  Hannah  Lucas;  1809,  Nathaniel  Burleigh,  David  T.  law, 
John  J.  Coleman,  Jonathan  Blake,  John  Rines,  Hannah  Home,  Mary  Young, 
Charles  Foss,  Abigail  Meserve,  Polly  Gow ;  1811,  Joseph  Farrar,  Joseph 
Shorey,  William  Cotton,  Daniel  Fellows;  1812,  John  W.  Home,  John  C. 
Young,  Joseph    Edgerly,  Thomas   J.  Tebbetts,    Dearborn   Wedgewood,  Mary 


History   of   Carroll   County. 


Hayes,  Sail}  Crosby,  Dolly  Tebbetts,  Betsey  Brewster;  1813,  Samuel  Bur- 
leigh,  olive  Shepherd,  Jonathan  Bickford,  Jr,  Nancy  Philbrick,  Elizabeth 
Powers,  George  W.  Warren;  1814,  Mary  Copp,  Samuel  Leavitt,  Jr,  Gideon 
Straw,  George  Nowell,  Sarah  Lyford,  Deborah  Gilinan ;  1815,  David  B.  Straw, 
Henry  Tebbetts,  Abigail  Snell;  1816,  Hannah  Gage,  May  Dudley;  1817, 
Charles  Gilman,  Polly  Hawkins:  1819,  David  Fullerton;  1820,  Betsey 
Lucas. 

Moses  Connor,  known  as  "  Master  Connor,"  was  a  cripple;  he  was  a  teacher 
many  years.  He  excelled  in  penmanship,  and  prepared  many  family  records. 
John  Bassetl  had  charge  of  schools  twenty-eight  consecutive  winters.  Several 
of  these  teachers  subsequently  became  prominent  in  town  affairs.  Joseph 
Farrar  was  a  lawyer;  David  T.  Livy,  Thomas  J.  Tebbetts,  and  Joseph  Edgerly 
w  ere  physicians. 

For  quite  a  number  of  years  the  selectmen  had  the  entire  management  of 
schools,  which  were  at  first  generally  kept  in  private  houses,  and  the  simple 
school  furniture  was  moved  from  place  to  place  when  needed.  Teachers'  wages 
at  this  time  varied  from  four  to  twenty  dollars  a  month,  inclusive  of  board. 
In  1801  "the  school  lot"  was  sold  and  the  interest  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale 
divided  among  the  school  districts  in  proportion  to  their  number  of  legal 
voters.  This  amounted  to  $156,  and  the  school-tax  to  $175.  In  1804  the 
town  voted  to  raise  fifty  dollars  for  schools  in  excess  of  the  sum  required  by 
Law.  In  1807  there  were  eight  school  districts.  In  1809  it  was  voted  to 
divide  the  amount  received  from  the  school  fund  among  the  districts,  in 
proportion  to  the  number  of  children  between  the  ages  of  three  and  eighteen 
in  each,  and  this  method  of  division  continued  for  a  long  period.  Afterwards 
it  was  divided,  "  one  half  according  to  the  number  of  children,  and  one  half 
according  to  poll  and  estate." 

About  1820  there  seems  to  have  been  an  increase  of  interest  in  relation  to 
educational  matters.  In  1821  Richard  Rust,  Samuel  Nowell,  and  Moses  Hoit 
were  chosen  a  superintending  school  committee.  In  1823  John  P.  Cleaveland, 
Dr  Thomas  J.  Tebbetts,  Dr  David  T.  Livy,  Aaron  Roberts,  and  Thomas  Rust 
were  chosen  as  school  committee,  and  the  requisite  qualifications  of  teachers 
determined.  The  school  districts  were  increased  to  twelve.  The  number  of 
scholars  were :  -  above  the  Bridge,"  80 ;  "below  the  Bridge,"  92 ;  "Furbur," 
57;  "Pine  Hill,"  62;  "Center,"  83;  "  Haines,"  118 ;  "Farm,"  102;  "Young," 
lit:  "Jenness,"  20;  "Pierce,"  19;  "Doe,"  37;  "  Tebbett's,"  43;  making  a 
total  of  740.  The  school  tax  was  1506.49;  the  income  from  school  fund 
$193.53;  furnishing  an  allowance  of  less  than  one  dollar  for  each  scholar.  In 
1829  three  additional  school  districts  were  formed;  subsequently  the  whole 
number  was  increased  to  seventeen;  the  town  also  chose  a  prudential  com- 
mittee that  should  include  residents  in  each  district.  These  were  Charles 
B.    Orne,    William    Thompson,    John    Cate,   Lyford  Shorey,   Joseph  Banlield, 


ToWN     OF     WOLFEBOKOl  G II.  )',  I'.i 


Obadiah  Stoddard,  John  ('.  Young,  Matthias  Haines,  Timothy  W.  Young, 
Roberl  Newell,  Joshua  Pierce,  Richard  Nudd,  Samuel  S.  Parker,  Thomas 
Cotton,  Jr,  and   Walter  Avery.     In    1831    Jonathan    Blake,   John  C.   Young, 

and  John  ('ate  were  appointed  ;i  committee  to  ascertain  the  condition  of  the 
town  funds.  This  committee  reported  "school  money,  $2,966.58;  literan 
fund,  $408.65;  parsonage  money,  $1,062.96;  making  an  aggregate  of 
§4,438.19,  secured  by  sixty-two  individual  notes  that  appeared  to  be  well 
secured."  It  would  seem  as  if  the  citizens  were  using  the  fund  as  a  Borl 
of  banking  institution.  For  the  last  lil'u  years  schools  in  Wolfeborough 
have  been  managed  much  as  in  other  towns.  Sometimes  there  lias  been 
raised   for  school  purposes  a  larger  sum  than  the  law  required. 

Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough  Academy. — The  awakened  interest  in 
educational  matters  in  1820  led  to  the  adoption  of  measures  to  establish 
an  academy  in  Wolfeborough.  On  the  fourth  day  of  May,  1820,  there 
was  held  at  the  inn  of  Ichabod  Libbey  a  meeting  of  certain  persons 
styling  themselves  "the  proprietors  of  the  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough 
Academy."'  .Jonathan  Blake  was  appointed  chairman,  and  Daniel  Pick- 
ering, secretary.  At  this  meeting  it  was  voted  to  raise  a  sum  equal  to 
live  thousand  dollars  for  a  fund  with  which  to  erect  a  building  for  an 
academy  and  other  purposes.  It  was  voted  to  raise  the  same  by  subscrip- 
tion, each  donor  to  pay  the  interest  on  the  sum  subscribed  annually  for 
ten  successive  years,  and  that  was  to  he  in  full  for  his  obligation.  At  an 
adjourned  meeting,  Henry  H.  Orne,  Andrew  Lucas,  Jr,  ami  Samuel  Avery 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  draft  a  petition  for  an  act  of  incorpora- 
tion; and  Samuel  Avery,  Nathaniel  Rogers,  Henry  H.  Orne,  Henry  Rust, 
3d,  James  Ilersey,  James  Folsom,  and  Henry  R.  Parker,  a  committee  to 
obtain  subscriptions  and  superintend  the  erection  of  an  academy  building. 
A  sum  of  $.~>,270  was  subscribed  in  sums  varying  from  $30  to  $350,  the 
annual   interest  on   which   was  to  be  paid  for  ten  years. 

The  academy  was  incorporated  June,  1820.  The  charter  was  granted 
to  Samuel  Avery.  Jonathan  Blake,  Daniel  Pickering,  and  their  associates. 
It  authorized  the  association  to  hold  real  estate  of  the  value  of  $15,000 
exempt  from  taxation.  The  academy  lot,  one  acre,  was  deeded  by  Stephen 
Pickering,  of  Greenland,  and  Daniel  Pickering,  of  Wolfeborough,  to  Samuel 
Avery,  Nathaniel  Rogers,  Henry  R.  Parker,  Henry  Rust,  3d,# James  Folsom, 
Henry  H.  Orne,  of  Wolfeborough,  and  James  Hersey,  of  Tuftonborough. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors,  held  October  21,  1820,  the  following 
were  chosen  trustees:  Henry  IL.  Orne,  Samuel  Avery,  Samuel  fox.  -lames 
Ilersey.  Samuel  Parker,  William  Pickering,  Asa  Piper.  Samuel  Peabody, 
11.  P.  Parker.  .Jonathan  Blake,  and  Nathaniel  Shannon.  Henry  II.  Orne 
subsequently  declined  serving,  and   Joseph    Parrar  was  chosen    in    his  stead. 

It  is   probable   that   the  aeadcm\    building   was   raised    and    partly    finished 


350  History   of   Carroll  County. 


in  1820.  At  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors,  July,  1821,  money  was  raised  to 
complete  the  building,  and  the  school  went  into  operation  in  September,  under 
the  direction  of  John  1*.  Cleveland.  The  lands  and  building  cost  two  thou- 
sand dollars:  and  in  addition  there  was  a  fund  of  about  two  thousand  dollars. 
A  considerable  portion  of  this  fund  was  donated  by  William  Guppy. 

In  the  summer  of  1827  the  upper  story  of  the  academy  building  was 
finished  lor  a  chapel  for  the  use  of  the  citizens,  at  a  cost  of  $222,  Nathaniel 
Rogers  being  the  contractor.  Forty-three  pews  were  sold  at  priees  varying 
from  |3.50  to  $7.75.  The  sum  realized  from  the  sale  was  $218.  The  pur- 
chasers of  pews  were:  George  Brewster,  Samuel  Connor,  David  T.  Livy, 
Joseph  Chirk,  Samuel  Avery,  Benjamin  Tibbetts,  Daniel  Pickering,  Henry  B. 
Rust,  Thomas  Rust,  Henry  11.  Parker,  Luther  Varney,  Samuel  Fox,  William 
1*.  Edgerly,  Joseph  Edmands,  Henry  Rust,  Jr,  Joshua  Conner,  William 
Guppy,  Nathaniel  Rogers,  George  F.Brewster,  James  Downs,  Stephen  Giles, 
Enos  Bean,  John  Horn,  Jeremiah  Connor,  Samuel  Meder,  and  David  Fuller- 
ton.  In  1831  Daniel  Pickering,  Samuel  Avery,  Joseph  Farrar,  Thomas  Rust, 
Paul  II.  Varney,  Henry  B.  Rust,  David  T.  Livy,  Enos  Merrill,  James  Hersey, 
A n<l icw  Pierce,  and  John  Wingate  were  chosen  trustees  of  the  academy. 
This  board  of  trustees  continued  in  office  by  the  filling  of  vacancies  that 
occurred  from  time  to  time  until  1857,  when  at  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors, 
at  which  John  Fox  presided  and  John  M.  Brackett  acted  as  secretary,  Zaeha- 
riah  Batchelder,  Abel  Haley,  John  M.  Brackett,  Jeremiah  F.  Hall,  Joseph  L. 
Avery,  Moses  Thompson,  Moses  T.  Cate,  Charles  II.  Parker,  Thomas  L. 
Whitton,  George  W.  Hersey,  and  John  L.  Meder  were  elected  to  the  office 
of  trustees.  At  an  adjourned  meeting  it  was  voted  to  raise  $2,000  for  the 
purpose  of  repairing  the  academy  building,  and  John  M.  Brackett,  Abel 
Haley,  Joseph  L.  Avery,  Charles  H.  Parker,  and  Charles  Remick  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  superintend  the  work. 

Mr  Cleveland,  the  first  preceptor  of  the  academy,  was  succeeded  by  James 
Towner,  who  was  followed  by  Mr  Bailey,  W.  H.  H.  Hoitt,  Enos  Merrill, 
Erastus  Perry,  Thomas  P.  Beach,  Charles  Duren,  Nehemiah  C.  Coffin,  Mr 
Fowler,  Jeffries  Hall,  William  H.  Farrar,  Benjamin  Stanton,  Joseph  G. 
Bartlett,  Goodale  Yittum,  Joseph  B.  Clark,  B.  L.  Pease,  Ambrose  Smith, 
Charles  II.  Hersey,  and  John  Wingate.  In  the  autumn  of  1823  thirty-eight 
males  and  six  females  attended  the  school.  Its  greatest  prosperity  was  about 
1835,  under  the  administration  of  T.  P.  Beach,  when  Henry  Wilson  was  one 
of  the  students. 

[Christian  Institute.  —  The  academy  was  continued  with  varied  success 
until  1866,  when  the  property  was  leased  to  the  Christian  society  on  condi- 
tions. Professor  E.  T.  Moulton  was  placed  at  the  head  of  the  school,  which 
s  called  the  "Christian  Institute."  He  was  followed  by  John  W.  Lary 
and  George  F.Chase.  In  1870  John  W.  Symonds  succeeded  Mr  Chase,  and 
remained  two  years,  when  the  "  Institute"  was  removed  from  Wolfeborough.J 


Town   of   Wolfeboroi  qh.  :;:,i 


In  1  ST  I  the  old  trustees  of  the  academy  voted  to  reopen  the  school.  In 
L876  Rev.  De  Witt  Durgin  was  in  charge.  In  L878  the  use  of  the  building 
was  granted  to  school  district  No.  IT.  on  condition  thai  a  high  school  should 
be  kepi  in  it.  In  L886  the  old  charter  was  renewed  and  the  name  changed 
to  "Brewster  Free  Academy."  Subsequently  it  came  into  the  possession 
of  the  trustees  of  the  Brewster  estate,  and  the  grounds  are  now  the  site  for 
the  Memorial  and  Town  Hall.  The  academy  building  is  now  occupied  by 
the  "Brewster  Free  Academy,'"  hut  will  eventually  become  the  property  of 
Wolfeborough  for  a  schoolhouse. 

School  Money  for  1S88.  —  School  tax,  #1,074;  from  Brewster  estate,  |1,300; 
town  fund.  $258;  literary  fund,  $333;  dog  tax,  $158.  Total,  $4,023.  For 
schoolhouses :  from  town  tax,  $600;  Brewster  estate,  $400.  There  are  now 
(1889)  three  hundred  and  live  scholars  between  the  ages  of  live  and  fifteen 
years. 

Social  Library.  —  At  a  meeting  of  a  number  of  the  inhabitants  of  Wolfe- 
borough  and  parts  adjacent,  to  take  into  consideration  the  propriety  of  estab- 
lishing a  library,  held  at  the  schoolhouse  above  Smith's  bridge,  January  1". 
1804,  Isaiah  Horn  was  chosen  moderator;  Samuel  Nbwell,  clerk;  and  John  L. 
Piper,  treasurer  and  librarian.  Piper,  Horn,  Nowell,  Daniel  Brewster,  and 
William  Guppy  were  appointed  a  committee  to  draft  a  constitution,  and 
Samuel  Meder,  Henry  Wiggin,  .James  Wiggin,  Samuel  Fox,  Jonathan  Blake, 
George  Brewster,  William  C.  Warren,  James  Hersey,  Benjamin  Horn,  and 
Samuel  Mason,  with  the  above-named  committee,  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  determine  the  books  that  should  constitute  the  library.  It  was  also  voted 
that  the  price  of  a  share  in  the  library  be  two  dollars.  At  an  adjourned 
meeting  held  on  the  twenty-first  day  of  the  same  month  a  constitution,  con- 
sisting of  thirteen  articles,  was  adopted.  By  this  it  was  determined  that  the 
officers  of  the  society  should  consist  of  a  president,  a  secretary,  a  treasurer,  a 
librarian,  and  three  inspectors;  the  duty  of  the  last-named  officers  being  to 
make  a  semi-annual  examination  of  the  books  in  the  library.  Members  of 
the  association  were  required  to  pay  an  annual  tax  of  thirty-four  cents,  and 
were  allowed  to  take  one  book  from  the  library,  which  the}r  were  to  return 
within  two  months,  or  subject  themselves  to  a  fine. 

The  library  was  to  be  kept  on  the  main  road  in  the  southwest  part  of  the 
town,  between  the  dwellings  of  William  Guppy  and  Samuel  Meder.  Subse- 
quently the  price  of  a  share  in  the  library  was  raised  to  three  dollars,  although 
two  dollars  was  the  more  common  price.  The  annual  tax  varied  from  thirty- 
four  to  twelve  and  one-half  cents,  and  was  finally  fixed  at  twenty  cents.  The 
persons  who  signed  the  constitution  and  became  members  of  the  society  were 
Daniel  Brewster,  Jr,  Isaiah  Horn,  Samuel  Nowell.  Jonathan  Blake,  Henry 
Horn,  William  Chamberlain,  Andrew  Lucas,  William  Mallard,  Samuel  Mason, 
Andrew  Wiggin,  James  Wiggin,  Benjamin    Young,  William  C.  Warren,  Jacob 


352  History   of   Carroll  County. 


Folsom,  Widow  Aiinah  Fullerton,  Elijah  Estes,  George  Brewster,  John  L. 
Piper,  John  Piper,  James  Hersey,  Levi  Tibbetts,  David  Copp,  Benjamin 
Home,  Neal  Cate,  -lames  Fullerton,  Andrew  Wiggin,  Jr,  Henry  Wiggin, 
Ebenezer  Meder,  Jr,  Samuel  G.  Piper,  William  Guppy,  David  Piper,  William 
Fullerton.  Samuel  Meder,  Benjamin  Blake,  Samuel  Fox,  William  Copp,  Samuel 
Johnson,  Stephen  W.  Horn,  William  Rogers,  Oliver  Smith,  Samuel  Connor, 
James  Connor,  Jr,  John  Edmonds,  Benning  Brackett,  Ichabod  Libby,  Jona- 
than Hersey,  Thomas  W.  Chase,  William  Kent,  Joshua  Avery,  Jesse  Whittier, 
and  Daniel  Bassett.  Ninety  volumes,  mostly  historical  works,  were  purchased, 
and,  agreeably  to  the  constitution,  covered  with  leather. 

In  June  of  the  same  year  the  society  was  incorporated  by  the  "name  of 
the  Proprietors  of  the  Republican  Social  Library  in  Wolfborough,"  and 
Samuel  Nowell  and  Jonathan  Blake  were  authorized  to  call  the  first  meeting 
of  the  proprietors.  A  meeting  was  accordingly  called  on  the  third  day  of  the 
following  September,  and  Isaiah  Horn  was  chosen  president;  Samuel  Meder, 
clerk;  John  L.  Piper,  librarian  and  treasurer;  and  Samuel  Nowell,  William 
Rogers,  and  George  Brewster  a  committee  of  inspection.  Mr  Piper  held  the 
office  of  librarian  until  1817.  He  was  succeeded  by  Samuel  Meder,  who 
retained  the  office  one  year,  and  was  in  turn  succeeded  by  George  Nowell. 
The  year  following  Richard  Rust  was  chosen  librarian.  Mr  Rust  was  elected 
three  successive  years,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Thomas  Rust,  who  held 
the  office  for  twenty  years,  or  until  1843,  when  George  B.  Farrar  took  his 
place.  In  1845  Z.  Batchelder  was  appointed  librarian.  In  1846  Joseph  L. 
Avery  was  appointed  to  the  office.  About  fifty  persons  became  members  of 
the  association,  exclusive  of  those  who  united  with  it  at  the  time  of  its 
organization.  It  was  justly  regarded  as  a  valuable  institution  in  the  beginning 
of  the  present  century.  W.  C.  Fox,  Est}.,  was  librarian  for  several  of  the  last 
years  of  the  existence  of  the  library;  but  as  it  received  few  additions  it  was 
but  little  used,  and  in  1888  it  was  sold  at  auction. 

Brewster  Free  Academy} — John  Brewster,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  gave  the 
larger  portion  of  his  estate,  amounting  to  more  than  one  and  a  quarter 
millions,  to  a  perpetual  trust,  and  directed  the  trustees  to  pay  annually  to  the 
Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough  Academy,  on  certain  conditions,  the  sum 
ol  110,000  and  one  half  the  residue,  after  certain  other  annuities  are  paid. 
It  is  expected  that  the  total  amount  will  reach  in  time  to  more  than  $80,000. 

The  legislature  of  1887  granted  the  institution  a  new  charter,  and  changed 
the  name  to  Brewster  Free  Academy.  Under  this  charter  the  academy  is 
governed  by  a  board  of  eleven  trustees,  consisting  of  the  trustees  of  the  estate 
of  John  Brewster,  the  principal  of  the  academy,  and  seven  elective  members 
chosen  for  seven  years,  one  retiring  annually.     The  present  trustees  are  :  — 

'  By  E.  II.  Lord,   \.m. 


Town  of   Wolfeborough. 

Trustees.  —  William  Brewster,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  president;  John  L. 
Brewster,  Lawrence,  Mass.,  treasurer;  Arthur  F.  Estabrook,  Boston,  Ma 
Edwin  II.  Lord,  Wolfeborough,  John  K.  Lord,  Hanover,  Charles  CJ.  Bell, 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  secretary;  Jeremiah  Smith.  Dover,  vice-president;  Joseph 
L.  Avery,  Charles  II.  Parker,  Albert  \V.  Wiggin,  Benjamin  F.  Parker, 
Wolfeborough. 

The  building  and  grounds  of  the  old  academy  being  inadequate  to  the 
needs  of  the  school,  a  new  site  was  purchased  by  the  trustees,  who  selected  a 
lot  in  the  eastern  portion  of  the  village  on  the  shore  of  the  lake  and  con- 
taining nearly  forty  acres.  A  considerable  sum  has  already  been  expended  in 
laying  out  the  grounds  and  putting  in  the  foundation  for  the  new  building, 
which  will  probably  be  ready  for  use  in  1890. 

The  school  is  now  accommodated  in  the  old  academy  building.  The  firsl 
session  was  opened  September  12,  1887,  with  forty-seven  scholars.  The 
number  has  since  increased  to  one  hundred. 

The  teachers  are:  E.  H.  Lord,  a.m.,  principal;  Lydia  F.  Remick,  George 
C.  Kimball,  a.m.,  Alice  S.  Rollins,  Helen  M.  Cobb,  Fred  H.  Safford,  b.s. 

In  accordance  with  the  wish  of  Mr  Brewster,  that  the  school  should  be  as 
nearly  free  as  is  consistent  with  its  best  interests,  the  trustees  have  voted  that 
for  the  present  tuition  and  textbooks  shall  be  furnished  free  to  all  pupils. 
The  requirements  of  admission  are  good  moral  character  and  such  knowledge 
of  the  common  school  branches  as  is  necessary  for  admission  to  the  average 
New  England  high  school. 

Temperance.  —  For  two  generations  from  the  settlement,  intoxicating  liquors 
were  considered  a  necessity.  Their  moderate  use  was  regarded  as  promotive 
of  health  and  vigor;  their  misuse  which  led  to  inebriation  was  alone  censured. 
It  was  the  ambition  of  the  early  settlers  to  plant  an  orchard  :  and  the  first 
clearing  was  generally  used  for  that  purpose.  In  a  few  years  cider  became 
a  common  drink.  The  brown  earthen  pitcher  filled  with  the  home-made 
beverage  well  seasoned  with  bell-peppers  seething  on  the  hearthstone  was 
grate&ll  to  the  frosty  woodman  as  he  returned  from  his  arduous  toil.  His 
attentive  spouse  had  indeed  provided  him  with  a  warm  welcome.  "A  drink 
of  cider"  was  usually  proffered  to  the  neighbors  who  made  a  social  call;  and 
when  breaking  paths  through  the  snow  the  well-to-do  farmers  on  the  way 
were  expected  to  stand  treat  for  the  whole  company  of  laborers.  Cider  was 
qoI  infrequently  a  table  drink.  But  even  before  the  orchards  came  to  bearing. 
distilled  Liquors  were  very  much  in  vogue.  Little  taverns  were  quite  common, 
and  the  ability  to  furnish  a  glass  of  New  England  or  West  India  rum,  a  bowl 
of  toddy  or  a  mug  of  flip,  gave  to  the  person  the  title  of  "taverner."  Stores 
contained  only  a  moderate  quantity  of  the  most  essential  necessaries  of  life, 
hut  all  had  a  supply  of  intoxicating  liquors. 

With    the   general    conviction    that    alcoholic    Liquors    were    healthful    and 


354  History   of   Carroll   County. 


invigorating,  and  with  the  facilities  for  obtaining  them,  it  is  not  strange  that 
they  should  have  been  in  common  use.  The  laborer  expected  his  liquid 
as  wrll  as  his  solid  rations.  The  daily  allowance  with  ordinary  toil  was 
half  a  pint  of  rum  at  four  drinks,  one  before  breakfast  as  an  appetizer,  one 
at  eleven  o'clock  in  the  forenoon,  and  two  in  the  afternoon.  In  the  hay 
and  grain  harvest,  when  men  were  required  to  work  from  twelve  to  sixteen 
hours  in  a  day,  "grog"  was  generally  furnished  without  restriction.  At  all 
public  gatherings,  as  weddings,  funerals,  huskings,  raisings,  and  the  like, 
Liquors  were  provided;  clergymen  did  not  deem  it  improper  to  take  a  drop 
he  fore  entering  the  sacred  desk ;  town  officers  at  their  business  meetings 
drank  al  the  public  expense;  and  even  the  housewife  on  washing-day  imag- 
ined that  a  cheering  dram  strengthened  her  for  her  toil ;  the  wily  tradesman 
was  ready  to  give  a  drink  to  his  customer ;  and,  if  he  had  a  plethoric  purse, 
would  ply  him  with  a  second  glass.  A  few  examples  will  illustrate  the  habits 
of  the  times.  Liquors  were  amply  provided  for  the  ordination  of  the  town 
minister,  Mr  Allen.  An  innkeeper's  bill  for  expenses  of  selectmen  in  1781 
reads  thus :  July,  eight  meals  victuals,  eight  shillings ;  five  bowls  toddy, 
six  shillings;  August,  seven  meals,  seven  shillings;  three  bowls  toddy,  three 
shillings  and  eight  pence;  November,  four  meals,  four  shillings;  two  bowls 
toddy,  two  shillings  and  seven  pence.  In  1796  another  bill  reads  thus:  for 
nine  dinners,  nine  shillings ;  for  five  mugs  of  cider,  one  shilling  and  eight 
pence.  In  1801  another  taverner  charged  $1.08  "for  five  pints  of  rum  while 
perambulating  town  lines."  In  1814,  at  a  school  meeting  called  for  the 
purpose  of  making  arrangements  for  building  a  schoolhouse,  it  was  voted 
to  purchase  one  gallon  of  brandy  at  expense  of  the  district.  Liquors  were 
provided  for  military  trainings.  One  year  the  bill  for  powder  and  rum 
exceeded  forty  dollars.  Here  is  a  bill  of  a  private  citizen  for  burying  a 
pauper  in  1821 :  "For  digging  a  grave,  $1.00;  for  a  coffin,  $1.50;  for  winding- 
sheet  and  other  grave-clothes,  $2.50;  for  trouble  and  attendance,  $2.75;  for 
spirits  and  candles,  $2.00."     The  last  charge  was  evidently  a  subterfuge. 

At  length  it  was  discovered  that  the  constant  and  almost  universal*  prac- 
tice of  using  intoxicants  was  bringing  resulting  evils  on  the  community. 
Estates  were  squandered,  intellects  beclouded,  and  physical  vigor  abated. 
Discerning  persons  perceived  that  there  was  too  free  indulgence  in  a  good 
thing,  and  sought  by  repressive  measures  to  bring  the  people  back  to  a 
normal  condition.  As  early  as  1822,  Nathaniel  Rogers  and  others  petitioned 
the  town  to  discontinue  the  sale  of  spirituous  liquors  at  the  meeting-house 
on  election  days,  but  the  town  voted  not  to  grant  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners. 
In  1843  Mr  Rogers  presented  a  similar  petition,  but  the  town  voted  to  post- 
pone the  matter  to  the  next  town-meeting. 

The  Farmers'  and  Mechanics'  Temperance  Society  of  Wolfeborough  was 
organized   in   1830.     Its  officers  were  Nathaniel  Rogers,  president;  Benjamin 


Town     OF     WOLFEBOROUGH. 


T.  Thompson,  vice-president ;  Thomas  Rust,  secretary  and  treasurer;  Paul  II. 
Varney,  Charles  Thurston.  Jonathan  Gale,  William  Thompson,  and  Jeremiah 
Conner,  board  of  counsel.  Any  person  could  become  a  member  l>\  signing 
the  constitution;  could   leave  it   by  presenting  a   written    declaration    of   bis 

reason  for  so  doing,  but,  while  a  member,  was  required  "at  all  times  to  abstain 
from  the  unnecessary  use  of  anient  spirit,"  and  it  was  his  "hound  duty  to 
use  his  best  endeavor  for  the  suppression  of  intemperance."  The  board 
of  counsel  was  directed  to  prosecute  any  "unlicensed  retailer  of  ardent 
spirit."  Any  person  violating  the  rules  of  the  society  was  to  ho  first  admon- 
ished; and  if  unrepentant,  then  to  have  his  name  stricken  from  the  record-. 
mid  lie  publicly  posted  " as  an  unworthy  member  of  society."  The  members 
were  also  pledged  to  employ  as  laborers  only  temperate  men.  As  no  records 
of  the  doines  of  this  organization  are  now  extant,  it  is  doubtful  if  it  did 
much  effective  work;  hut  the  fact  of  its  existence  shows  that  the  better 
tlass  of  citizens  were  beginning  to  consider  the  evils  arising  from  the  drinking 
habits  of  the  people. 

About  1833  a  great  temperance  reform  began  in  Wolfeborough.  Lawyer, 
afterwards  Judge,  Kittredge  came  here  on  a  leeturing  tour.  A  society  pro- 
hibiting the  use  of  distilled  liquors  as  a  beverage  wras  organized,  and  many 
of  the  people  joined  it.  The  largest  dealer  in  town  abandoned  the  sale  of 
intoxicants.  His  example  was  soon  followed  by  others,  while  some  traders 
in  the  Bridge  village  continued  to  sell  liquor,  and  at  Xorth  Wolfeborough 
and  South  Wolfeborough  it  was  also  sold;  but  for  many  years  liquors  have 
not  been  sold  at  the  latter  place.  I.  W.  Springfield,  proprietor  of  the  blanket 
factory  in  that  village,  has  publicly  advertised  that  he  will  not  employ  any  one 
who  uses  intoxicating  liquors.  A  few  years  after  the  first  temperance  reform, 
an  advanced  step  was  taken,  ami  fermented  as  well  as  distilled  liquors  were 
prohibited  by  reformers.  Continual  progress  in  habits  of  sobriety  was  made, 
until  the  exciting  questions  which  preceded  the  Rebellion  absorbed  public 
attention.  The  consequent  decline  of  interest  in  temperance,  the  drinking 
habits  acquired  in  the  army,  and  the  intense  partisanship  of  political  organ- 
izations since  the  war  have  all  tended  to  retard  temperance  work,  but  the 
vote  in  March,  1889,  on  the  amendment  to  the  constitution  providing  for  the: 
prohibition  of  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors,  showed  a 
creditable  public  sentiment,  the  vote  standing  256  for  the  amendment  to  113 
against  it. 


356  History  of   Carroll  County. 


CHAPTER    XXVIII. 

Mills  and     Manufactures  —  Early    Stores     and    Trailers  —  Taverns  —  Hotels  —  Summer 

Boarding  Bouses-  -Insurance   Company —  Banks  —  Physicians  —  Fatal  Casualties  —  Fires  — 

Societies  Brewster     Memorial     Hall  —  Present    Business     Interests  —  "Pen     Picture"  — 

Financial  Condition. 

TYTILLS  AND  MANUFACTURES.  — A  gristmill  was  erected  on  Smith's 
river  as  early  as  the  spring  of  1771.  This  was  done  by  A.  R.  Cutter 
r  and  David  Sewall.     Probably  George  Meserve  built  a  sawmill  on  the 

same  stream  in  1769.  Cutter  and  Sewall  no  doubt  improved  the  sawmill. 
They  were  sole  or  part  owners  of  these  mills  for  many  years.  The  mills  have 
been  repeatedly  remodeled  or  rebuilt.  Among  the  owners  have  been  William 
Kent,  Joseph  Kent,  Nathaniel  Rogers,  James  Rogers,  Stephen  and  Daniel 
Pickering,  John  M.  Brackett,  William  Thompson,  Moses  Thompson,  Rlake 
Folsom,  George  W.  Hersey,  VVinthrop  D.  Hersey,  Luther  G.  Cate,  William  C. 
Thompson,  Frank  E.  Hersey,  Fred  E.  Hersey,  Mrs  E.  G.  Colby,  and  Mrs  I.  C. 
Thompson.  The  first  person  who  had  charge  of  the  gristmill  was  Thomas 
Piper.  John  Lucas,  Charles  Stackpole,  and  Elisha  Goodwin  have  been  millers. 
At  the  same  falls  are  situated  the  piano-stool  factory  of  Lorenzo  Home  and 
the  furniture  factory  of  William  B.  Hodge. 

Existing  debris  shows  that  there  was  once  a  sawmill  on  the  Wentworth 
farm.  A  few  years  after  the  settlement,  Jonathan  Lary  built  a  sawmill  on 
the  largest  tributary  of  Lake  Wentworth.  It  was  first  known  as  Lary's, 
then  Triggs',  and  now  as  Willey's  mill.  In  1818  nineteen  farmers  jointly 
built  a  sawmill  higher  up  on  the  same  stream,  called  at  first  the  Tebbetts' 
and  afterwards  the  Isaac  Willey  mill.  At  the  same  place  Dudley  Hardy 
had  a  small  gristmill.  On  this  same  stream,  which  is  the  outlet  of  Batson's 
pond,  there  was  also  at  one  time  a  tannery,  owned  by  Hezekiah  Willand, 
and  a  shop  with  machinery,  owned  by  Nathaniel  Frost.  Now  Willey's  mill 
alone  utilizes  its  water-power. 

On  the  Rye-Field  brook  Dudley  Chamberlin  once  had  a  cornmill. 
William  Kent  ami  .lames  I lersey  erected  a  sawmill  on  the  stream  which  is 
the  outlet  of  Sargeant's  pond,  now  known  as  Hersey  brook.  This  mill  was 
afterwards  rebuilt  by  George  W.  Mersey.  On  the  same  stream  John  Lucas 
had  a  small  gristmill.  It  was  located  near  the  present  site  of  Stephen 
Durgin's  farmhouse.  William  Kent  built  a  sawmill  on  the  Harvey  brook, 
which  was  subsequently  removed  to  Smith's  river  upper  falls  by  Paul  H. 
Yarnev.  who  erected  in  1816  a  woollen  factory.    This  was  burned  in  1841.    On 


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its  site  Charles  and    Moses    It.  Warren    erected  a  starch  factory,  which  con- 
tinued in  operation  but  a  few  years.     There  was  also  a  tannery  here. 

The  fall  of  water  on  Mink  brook,  the  outlel  of  Rust's  p I  al  South  Wolfe- 
borough,  exceeds  sixty  feet,  and  a1  different  times  there  has  been  considerable 
machinery  on  the  stream  :  a  gristmill,  a  sawmill,  a  shingle-mill,  a  chair  factory, 
a  pipe  factory,  a  wool-carding  and  cloth-dressing  establishment,  a  tannery,  a 
foundry,  and  a  woollen  factory.  A  large  portion  of  this  property  has  been 
destroyed  by  tire.  The  whole  of  this  water-power  is  not  now  used.  The 
South  Wolfeborough  Blanket  and  Flannel  Manufacturing  Company  \\;i> 
incorporated  in  L861.  The  factory  building  is  leased  by  I.  W.  Springfield. 
He  employs  seventy-five  men.  and  makes  60,000  blankets  annually,  and  has 
run  the  factory  now  tor  thirty  years.  Several  small  establishments  are  located 
on  other  streams,  and  there  have  also  been  small  tanneries  and  brickyards  in 
various  localities. 

Moses  Varney  was  the  first  tanner.  He  commenced  business  near  the 
present  site  of  the  bank  building,  and  afterwards  removed  to  the  place  where 
now  stands  the  Varney  tannery.  He  was  succeeded  in  turn  by  his  son  Joseph, 
his  grandson  .Moses,  and  his  great-grandson  William.  A  grandson,  Joseph,  has 
been  a  leather  manufacturer  for  many  years.  His  tannery  is  located  on  the 
lake  shore. 

Tin-  Steam  Mill  Company,  established  in  1851  by  Moses  and  Augustus 
Varney,  Alpheus  Swett,  and  Benjamin  Morrison,  became  in  1865  the  property 
of  Libbey,  Varney  &  Co.  (Alvah  S.  Libbey,  Augustus  J.  Varney,  Alonzo 
Thompson).  They  manufacture  sawed  lumber  and  box  '-shook,*'  of  which 
the  yearly  product  is  about  3,f)00,000  feet.  The  value  of  buildings  and 
machinery  is  $12,000  :  of  stock,  $12,000.     They  employ  thirty  men. 

Tin-  Lake  Boot  and  Shoe  Manufacturing  Company  was  incorporated  in  1873. 
Its  capital  was  limited  to  $100,000  by  charter,  and  fixed  at  $40,000.  It  did  a 
large  business  for  several  years. 

Joseph  Varney  &  Co.  (George  F.  Symonds),  at  their  tannery  on  the  shore 
of  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  employ  twenty-five  hands,  and  manufacture  25,000 
sides  nf  heavy  brogan  quarter  leather  annually. 

Tin'  Wolfeborough  Steam  Power  Company  was  incorporated  August  4,  1883, 
to  build  a  shoe  factory.  A  building  was  erected  in  1884  at  an  expense  of 
$30,000.  It  was  intended  for  two  establishments,  and  was  four  stories  high, 
with  a  length  of  200  feet  and  a  width  of  36,  having  two  L's  36x75  feet. 
J.  M.  Cropley  &  Bro.  and  F.  W.  &  I.  M.  Munroe,  shoe  manufacturers  of 
Marblebead,  Mass.,  became  occupants.  After  the  fire  which  destroyed  it  in 
Ins",  the  property  of  the  Steam  Power  Company  was  transferred  to  the 
Wolfeborough  Construction  Company.  This  company  put  up  a  similar 
building  on  the  same  site,  which  is  occupied  by  the  same  firms.  The  officers 
are:  John  L.  Peavey,  president  j  Charles  H.  Morgan,  vice-president;  Joseph 


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Lewando,  clerk;  I.  B.  Manning,  treasurer;  Greenleaf  B.  Clark,  Charles  P. 
Piper,  Joseph   P.   Heath,  directors. 

1".  \V.  &  I.  M.  Munroe  have  ;i  capital  of  81-5,000  invested  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  misses'  and  children's  standard-screw  and  machine-sewed  shoes.  They 
have  been  in  business  twenty-four  years,  and  employ  one  hundred  and  fifty 
operatives.  Salesroom,  15  and  17  High  street,  Boston,  Mass.  John  A. 
Burrows  is  superintendent. 

.1.  M.  Cropley  &  Bro.  (Jacob  M.  Cropley,  W.  W.  Cropley)  employ  about 
three  hundred  hands  in  the  manufacture  of  machine-sewed  shoes  for  children 
and  misses.  They  produce  from  thirty-five  to  forty  cases  a  day.  H.  B. 
Hawkesworth,  a  native  of  Nova  Scotia,  came  to  Wolfeborough  with  the  firm 
as  their  superintendent,  and  now  holds  that  position. 

Stores  and  Traders.  —  About  1781  William  Cotton  opened  a  store  at 
the  present  residence  of  Albert  Cotton.  The  old  storeroom  is  now  a  part 
of  the  family  kitchen.  Samuel  Dimon,  previous  to  1800,  commenced  trade 
at  Dimon's  Corner  (now  North  Wolfeborough).  Dimon  also  kept  tavern. 
A  few  years  after  he  was  succeeded  by  Aaron  Roberts,  who  remained  in 
business  as  a  merchant  and  tailor  a  long  time.  Pierce  L.  and  Brackett 
Wiggin,  brothers,  and  Augustine  D.  Avery  also  had  stores  there.  Roberts 
was  succeeded  by  Hersey  &  Coleman,  and  they  by  George  J.  Burke.  Heze- 
kiah  Willand  and  son,  Arthur  J.  Willand,  have  been  engaged  in  merchan- 
dising there  for  several  years.  There  have  been  small  stores  at  Wolfeboro 
Centre  at  different  times. 

The  first  store  at  Mill  village  was  opened  by  Nathaniel  Rogers.  He  may 
have  been  succeeded  by  William  Thompson.  In  1848  Parker  &  Wiggin 
commenced  trade,  and  with  their  successor,  H.  B.  Parker,  continued  the 
business  more  than  thirty  years.  Hodge  &  Heath  and  Joseph  P.  Heath 
sold  goods  for  a  score  of  years  or  more.  Colonel  Jonathan  Copp  had  a 
store  in  early  time  at  Goose  Corner.  John  W.  Home  traded  there  for 
awhile.  In  later  years,  one  Langley  was  the  local  merchant.  Bradstreet 
Doe  came  to  town  in  1810,  purchased  a  small  farm  near  Goose  Corner, 
where  he   manufactured  hats  until  the  business  became  unprofitable. 

The  first  trader  at  South  Wolfeborough  was  probably  some  one  of  the  Rust 
family.  Henry  Rust  Parker  was  in  trade  there  quite  early.  Henry  B.  Rust 
continued  the  longest  time  in  mercantile  business.  John  W.  Avery  and 
several   others  have  dealt  in  merchandise  there. 

The  first  store  at  Smith's  bridge  was  probably  that  of  William  Rogers. 
John  L.  Piper  commenced  trade  early,  followed  by  Piper  &  Avery. 
Richard  Rust  was  an  early  trader  here;  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Thomas,  and  he  by  Rust  &  Farrar.  Smith  &  Crosby  were  also  merchants, 
as  was  James  Pike,  and,  later,  John  Barker,  Gilman  Cooper,  and  many 
more.     The    persons     who     continued    in     trade    the     longest    were     Daniel 


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Pickering  and  Samuel  Avery.  Mr  Pickering  commenced  business  in  the 
building  since  known  as  the  Manning  House.  AJboul  L830  he  built  a 
Large  store  at  Pickering's  Corner.  He  was  the  Largest  dealer  in  (own. 
Mr  Avery  erected  the  store  now  occupied  by  Furber  a.   (lark,  about    L824. 

Taverns  were  quite  comn ,  but  rather  small  affairs  iu  the  early  settle- 
ment. John  Sinclair  is  said  to  have  had  the  first.  On  the  main  road 
at  different  times  taverns  were  kept  by  James  Connor.  Widow  Evans,  and 
others.  In  IT'.'")  Andrew  Jewett  built  an  inn  at  the  Bridge  village; 
this  was  a  one-story  building,  forty  feet  in  length.  After  Jewett's  death. 
Richard  Rust  took  his  widow  and  the  tavern;  he  added  one  story  to  the 
house,  and  at  his  demise  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Thomas;  and  he  in 
turn  by  several  others.  It  was  once  called.  "Jewett's,"  then  "Rust's 
Tavern,"  and  is  now  the  Lake  Hotel.  This  was  for  some  years  the 
principal  hotel  in  that  part  of  the  town.  -John  Pickering  for  several 
years  kept  a  public  house,  occupying  the  premises  now  owned  by  his 
niece,  Mrs  Charles  Rollins. 

Captain  Moses  Brown  opened  a  tavern  near  the  close  of  the  last  century, 
on  Brown's  Ridge.  It  being  situated  on  one  of  the  principal  thoroughfares 
in  the  easterly  part  of  New  Hampshire,  lie  did  a,  flourishing  business, 
and  at  his  death  he  left  to  each  of  his  several  sons  three  thousand 
dollars.  The  business  and  thrift  of  the  establishment  continued  under  the 
management  of  his  widow,  who  was  an  energetic  woman.  One  son,  Adam, 
accumulated  a  large  fortune.  The  old  homestead  is  in  the  possession  of 
Mrs    V.   P.   Adams,  daughter  of  Adam   Brown. 

James  Pike  had  a  tavern  near  the  present  site  of  the  Bank  building. 
Colonel  Jonathan  Copp  kept  tavern  for  many  years  in  the  large  house  at 
Goose  Corner,  now  occupied  by  Mr  Randall.  A  hotel  was  kept  for  some 
years  at  South  Wolfeborough;  several  different  proprietors  have  had  charge 
of  it.  The  mill-house  at  Mill  village  was  for  years  an  "inn."  In  1781 
William  Cotton  set  up  a  small  tavern  where  his  great-grandson,  Albert 
Cotton,  now  resides.  About  the  same  time,  William  Glynn  established  one 
near  where  Harry  Smith  lives.  Afterwards  William  Triggs  had  one  at  the 
David  Chamberlain  place.  Thomas  Whittle  furnished  "  entertainment "  near 
Dimon's  Corner,  as  did  likewise  some  others.  In  1<S07  Samuel  Wiggin  was 
an   innkeeper. 

The  Pavilion  at  Wolfeborough  village  was  erected  by  a  company  of 
citizens  in  1849  or  1S">0.  It  was  originated  by  Daniel  Pickering,  and 
built  and  furnished  largely  by  him  and  his  son-in-law,  Charles  Rollins, 
who  now  owns  the  property.  Daniel  Chamberlain  was  the  first  proprietor, 
and  gave  it  a  valuable  reputation  as  a  summer  hotel.  Large  additions 
were  made    to    it    later,  and   it  accommodates  two    hundred  ami   fifty  guests. 

The     Grfondon     was    built     by     John     I,.     Peavey    and    C.    W.   Thurston     in 


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L873    and    1874.     It    is   one    of   the    finest   constructed    hotels   in    the    lake" 
region,    cost    $29,000    to    build,  and  was    opened   for   guests   in    June,    1874. 
In  1881  it   passed  into  the  ownership  of  the  Carroll    County  Savings    Bank. 
It   was  purchased  by   William  C.  Thompson  in   1883,  has    ninety-one    rooms, 
and   is  only  open  in  the  summer. 

The  Belvue  House  is  the  former  dwelling-house  of  Gilman  Cooper. 
Daniel  Horn,  son  of  James  Horn  from  Yarmouth,  Maine,  commenced  hotel 
life  in  the  Pavilion  in  1855,  took  charge  of  the  Winnipiseogee  House  at 
Alton  for  three  years  during  the  Civil  War,  purchased  this  house  of 
W.  H.  Jones  in  October,  1868,  and  opened  it  as  a  hotel.  A  lady  boarder, 
conversant  with  European  life,  named  it  the  Belvue.  The  house  was 
enlarged  in  1872  to  accommodate  seventy-five  guests,  is  popularly 
known  as  "Horn's  on  the  Lake,"  and  commands  a  delightful  view.  In 
connection  with  this  house,  Mr  Horn  has  a  camp  of  two  cottages  on  an 
island   in  the  lake.     Mr  Horn  is  now  the  oldest  landlord  in  town. 

Summer  Boarding-houses.  —  Glen  Cottage,  Levi  Horn ;  Lake  View  House, 
C.  W.  Gilman;  Elm  Cottage,  Mrs  R.  R.  Davis;  Hersey  House,  Mrs  W.  I). 
Hersey;  in  the  village.  Meader  Retreat,  S.  A.  Meader;  Maple  Cottage, 
J.  L.  Wiggin;  Piper's  Farmhouse,  J.  W.  Piper;  Stewart  House,  H.  B. 
Stewart ;  Pebble  Cottage,  W.  B.  Fullerton ;  Fay's  boarding-house,  S.  W. 
Fay ;  on  the  main  road  to  Tuftonborough.  Fair  View  House,  S.  N. 
Furber;in  Pine  Hill  district.  Highland  Cottage,  J.  L.  Goldsmith;  at  the 
Highlands. 

The  Lake  Fire  Insurance  Company  was  organized  on  the  stock  system 
in  1860,  with  Abel  Haley,  president ;  John  Fox,  secretary  and  treasurer ; 
Abel  Haley,  Thomas  L.  Whitton,  J.  F.  Hall,  W.  W.  Blaisdell,  C.  G. 
Tibbetts,  Moses  Thompson,  J.  M.  Mooney,  M.  T.  Cate,  A.  H.  Rust,  J.  M. 
B racket t,  John  Fox,  Henry  Hurd,  George  D.  Savage,  directors.  It  was 
ultimately  absorbed  by  the  New  Hampshire  Fire  Insurance  Company. 

Banks.  —  Wolfeborouc/h  Bank  was  organized  under  an  act  of  incorporation 
approved  July  5,  1834,  with  a  capital  of  $100,000.  The  stock  was  mostly 
owned  by  New  York  parties,  although  people  of  Dover  were  interested.  The 
directors  were  Nathaniel  Rogers,  Samuel  Avery,  Joseph  Hanson,  John  P. 
Hale,  Daniel  Pickering,  John  Williams,  Thomas  E.  Sawyer.  Daniel  Pickering 
was  president  ;  Thomas  E.  Sawyer,  cashier.  A  brick  block  was  constructed 
near  Pickering's  Corner  for  its  occupancy,  and  the  strong  vault  built  for  it  is 
still  in  use.  Augustine  I).  Avery  soon  became  cashier,  and  was  succeeded  by 
Thomas  Rust.  This  bank  went  down  in  the  financial  reverses  succeeding  the 
panic  of  L837. 

The  Lake  Bank  was  incorporated  as  a  state  bank  July  15,  1854,  with  a 
capital  of  $50,000.  The  first  board  of  directors  was:  John  M.  Brackett, 
Daniel  Bassett,  Jr,  Jeremiah   F.   Hall,  Eleazer  D.  Barker,  George  W.  Hersey, 


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Greorge  Rust,  Thomas  L.  Whitton.  J.  M.  Brackett,  president;  Abel  Haley, 
cashier.  The  bank  began  business  in  November,  L854,  in  the  Wolfe- 
borough  Bank  building,  and  did  business  there  till  January  5,  L856,  when  a 
committee  was  chosen  to  purchase  the  four  southerly  rooms  in  the  brick 
building  near  the  steamboal  Landing.  This  was  done  and  the  bank  removed 
there,  where  it  was  located  until  it  closed  its  existence.  There  was  no  change 
in  presidenl  or  cashier  from  the  first.      Its  successor. 

The  Lake  National  Bank,  chartered  for  twenty  years,  was  organized  Ma\  >'>. 
1865,  with  a  capital  of  $75,000.  Directors:  John  M.  Brackett,  George  Rust, 
Moses  Thompson,  George  W.  Hersey,  Aaron  Roberts,  Blake  Folsom,  Otis 
Evans.  -I.  M.  Brackett,  president;  Charles  G.  Tibbetts,  cashier.  In  Novem- 
ber, L 871,  Charles  F.  Parker  succeeded  Mr  Tibbetts  as  cashier,  and  has  held 
the  office  continuously  to  the  present.  January  1,  1881,  Miss  K.  E.  Parker 
was  chosen  assistant  cashier,  and  is  now  holding  the  office.  Blake  Folsom  was 
chosen  president  January  8,  1878,  and  resigned  January  12,  1886,  when  the 
present  president,  Isaac  \V.  Springfield,  was  elected.  The  bank  had  its  charter 
extended  May  6,  1885,  with  No.  1,4X6.  The  directors  for  1889  are  Isaac  W. 
Springfield,  John  P.  Huggins,  Daniel  S.  Burleigh,  Charles^  F.  Parker,  Otis 
Evans,  James  II.  Martin,  John  G.  ('ate.  The  bank  was  never  in  a  more 
prosperous  condition,  having  March  24,  1889,  a  reserve  of  $12,386.24,  a  surplus 
of  $18,900,  and  deposits  of  $40,828.15. 

77/r  Carroll  Count//  Fir,-  ('ml*  St/rings  Bank  started  out  under  good 
auspices  and  was  well  patronized.  It  was,  however,  closed  up  alter  some  years 
of  business  at  a  loss  to  depositors. 

Tlf  Wolfeborough  Savings  Bunk  was  organized  July  12,  1871.  First 
officers,  October  29,1872:  president,  Stephen  Durgin;  vice-president,  Elisha 
Goodwin,  Jr  ;  treasurer,  Joseph  L.  Avery  ;  trustees,  Addison  W.  Banfield, 
Jethro  P.  Furber,  John  W.  Sanborn,  Joseph  II.  Bickford,  Charles  G.  (ate, 
Jacob  F.  Brown,  Alphonzo  H.  Rust,  William  C.  Fox,  George  W.  Furber, 
William  II.  Jones.  James  H.  Neal,  Joshua  B.  Haines,  John  M.  Emerson,  Enos 
G.  Whitehouse.  Charles  B.  Edgerly,  Joseph  L.Avery.  1877,  October  30,  Ira 
Banfield  was  chosen  vice-president,  to  till  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of 
Elisha  Goodwin,  Jr.  1878,  February  16,  Joseph  L.  Avery  resigned  the  office 
of  treasurer,  and  Ira  Banfield  was  chosen  treasurer.  1878,  April  <!,  William  C. 
Fox  was  chosen  president  and  Charles  G.  Cate  vice-president.  April  5,  1884, 
William  C.  Fox  resigned  and  A.  W.  Banfield  was  chosen.  1887,  April  2, 
Alphonzo  H.  Bust  was  chosen  president  and  William  II.  Jones  vice-presi- 
dent. 1888,  April  7,  Charles  G.  Cate  was  chosen  president  and  William  H. 
Jones  vice-president.  Present  officers,  March,  188'J:  president,  Charles  G. 
Cate;  vice-president,  William  II.  Jones:  treasurer,  Ira  Banfield;  trustees, 
Joseph  P.  Avery.  Alphonzo  II.  Rust,  Charles  B.  Edgerly,  I  ia  Banfield,  Charles 
P.  Piper.  Albert  W.  Wiggin,  Charles   IP  Gage,  Joseph    W.  Goodwin,   Levi  T. 


302  Histoiiy  of  Carroll  County. 


Haley,  I.Ienry  W.  Furber,  William  B.  Hodge.  Amount  of  deposits,  $142,- 
574.61  :  surplus  and  guarantee  fund,  121,319.71. 

The  bank  commenced  business  in  the  apartments  it  now  occupies  in 
Goodwin's  block.  They  were  litted  up  in  the  building  of  the  block  with 
especial  reference  to  its  occupancy,  and  are  probably  the  pleasantest  offices  in 
the  county. 

Physicians.  —  Dr  A.  R.  Cutter,  one  of  the  proprietors,  although  residing 
in  Portsmouth,  was  sometimes  called  professionally  to  the  town.  Mrs  Ben- 
jamin Blake  (Molly  Connor)  possessed  considerable  medical  skill,  and  became 
noted  as  an  obstetrician,  and  practised  in  Wolfeborough  and  neighboring  towns 
for  many  years  in  the  early  times.  She  was  very  successful,  and  is  said  to 
have  been  present  at  nearly  one  thousand  births.  Asa  Adams  came  to  Wolfe- 
borough  in  1798  and  resided  on  Martin's  hill  for  several  years  in  the  house 
known  as  the  Eaton  house.  He  removed  to  Gorham,  Maine.  Dr  Moses  Hoyt 
practised  here  from  1810  for  a  few  years.  John  McNorton  was  in  practice 
here  from  1813  to  1819.  He  resided  in  the  north  part  of  the  town.  He  died 
about  1819.  Jedediah  Chapman  practised  medicine  about  the  same  time  in 
the  southwest  part  of  the  town.  He  removed  to  Tuftonborough  in  1819, 
where  he  died  in  1850.  Dr  Chapman  was  succeeded  by  Asa  Perkins,  whose 
residence  was  near  the  site  of  the  Glendon  Hotel.  Dr  Perkins  remained  but  a 
short  time.  David  T.  Livy,  from  New  Durham,  was  his  successor  in  1820, 
and  occupied  the  same  house.  Dr  Livy  died  in  1834,  and  was  followed  by  Dr 
Jeremiah  F.  Hall,  who  married  his  daughter  Annette.  Dr  Hall  was  here 
nearly  thirty  years,  then  removed  to  Portsmouth.  About  1820  Thomas  J. 
Tebbetts,  from  Brookfield,  married  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Allen,  and 
commenced  the  business  of  a  physician  at  Dimon's  Corner.  Here  he  remained 
during  his  life,  practising  his  profession,  managing  a  farm,  doing  considerable 
public  business,  and  was  several  times  elected  to  the  offices  of  selectman  and 
representative.  He  had  a  large  family.  Several  sons  have  been  druggists ; 
one  a  physician.  The  home  farm  is  now  occupied  by  his  son  David.  Joseph 
Edgerly,  a  native  of  New  Durham,  practised  medicine  in  town  for  several 
years.  He  died  in  1840.  Dr  John  L.  Swinerton  was  here  in  1831 ;  remained 
but  a  IVw  years.  About  1840  Dr  Cyrus  Blaisdell  established  himself  in  town. 
After  some  years  he  removed  to  Maine,  but  returned  and  located  in  the  north- 
easterly  part  of  the  town,  where  he  practised  a  short  time.  Charles  Warren, 
a  native  of  Brookfield  and  a  noted  teacher  of  vocal  music,  followed  Blaisdell. 
He  was  in  town  several  years;  erected  the  house  now  occupied  by  Joseph  L. 
Avery.  During  his  residence  here  Moses  R.  Warren  removed  from  Middleton 
to  Wolfeborough;  remained  some  years.  Luther  Pattee  came  from  Rock- 
ingham county  about  I860,  and  while  on  the  high  tide  of  popular  practice  left 
for  Manchester.  Chase  Moulton  practised  medicine  from  1860  to  1870, 
perhaps  longer.  In  1st;;,  Jeremiah  R.  Smith,  from  Vermont,  settled  here; 
practised  a   few    veins. 


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Dr  Henry  Rust  Parker,  son  of  John  T.  and  Sail}  (Seavey)  Parker, 
was  bom  in  Wolfeborough,  January  24,  1836.  He  studied  medicine  with 
Dr    Pattee  ;    attended    medical    lectures   at    Dartmouth,    graduated     in     L865, 

commenced     practice     in    his    native     town,   and    became   a   successful    and 
popular  physician.     In   1881   lie  removed  to   Dover. 

Dr  R.  II.  King,  one  of  Wolfeborough's  most  widely  known  and  respected 
men.  was  bom  in  Wakefield,  September  26,  1821.  He  tools  the  classical 
course  at  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1*40  and  1^4-4.  He  read 
with  Dr  George  B.  Garland,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  and  I  )r  J.  F.  Hall,  of 
Wolfeborough,  and  attended  the  old  Tremonl  Medical  School  of  Boston 
at  the  summer  term  of  1845,  and  was  graduated  with  honor  from  Bowdoin 
Medical  College,  Brunswick,  Maine.  He  commenced  practice  in  Kittery, 
Maine,  in  1847,  and  remained  there  about  seven  years,  when  he  went  to 
Newton.  Mass.,  and  subsequently  to  Newark,  N.  J.  Dr  King  located  at 
Wolfeborough  in  1860,  where  he  soon  obtained  an  extensive  practice,  and 
is  known,  both  in  and  out  of  the  profession,  as  a  genial  gentleman,  a 
skilful  physician  and  surgeon,  eminently  successful  in  practice  and  every- 
thing he  undertakes.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Carroll  County  Medical 
Society,  and  held  the  office  of  examining  surgeon  from  1868  to  1884.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics,  Episcopalian  in  religious  preference,  but  does 
not  belong  to  any  church,  and  is  a  member  of  the  First  Unitarian  Society 
of  Wolfeborough. 

Dr  N.  Harvey  Scott,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Margaret  (Harriman)  Scott, 
was  bom  in  Dalton,  March  lb,  1851,  fitted  for  college  at  Lancaster  and 
Gorham.  Maine;  entered  the  academical  department  of  Dartmouth  College 
in  1*71:  studied  medicine  with  Dr  Albert  Winch,  of  Whitefield,  and  Dr 
J.  L.  Harriman,  of  Hudson,  Mass.  Attending  medical  lectures  at  Bur- 
lington, Vt,  and  Brunswick,  Maine,  he  was  graduated  at  the  latter  school 
in  1874 ;  then  took  a  course  of  lectures  at  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  New  York;  commenced  practice  at  Sandwich  in  1875,  removed 
to  Mavnard,  Mass.,  in  1877,  and  in  1880  located  at  Wolfeborough.  He 
was  appointed  United  States  examiner  of  pensions  in  President  Arthur's 
administration.  He  has  an  extensive  practice.  He  married  Lizzie,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Moulton,  of  Sandwich,  and  has  two  children  living.  Margaret  F. 
and  Ruth  B.  Dr  Scott  is  an  active  member  of  various  societies  —  Masons, 
Odd   Fellows,  etc.,  and   is  a   deacon  of  the  Congregationalist  church. 

Dr  Herman  I.  Berry,  born  in  New  Durham,  December  7,  1855,  studied 
with  Dr  Parker,  of  Farmington,  attended  medical  lectures  at  Dartmouth 
and  Brunswick,  and  received  his  degree  of  M.D.  at  the  Pulty  Medical 
School,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  the  spring  of  1875.  He  began  practice  in 
Farmington.  removed  to  Lynn,  then  to  Acton,  Maine,  and  in  1884  came 
to   Wolfeborough,  where  he  is  now  in  practice. 


364  History  of   Carroll  County. 


Dr  C.  B.  Cotton  came  to  Wolfeborough  in  September,  1888,  and  is 
now  in   practice. 

Dentist.  —  Dr  Oliver  Dowlin,  born  December  15,  1836,  in  Warner, 
studied  his  profession  in  Manchester  under  the  tuition  of  Dr  F.  W.  Childs, 
and  began  the  practice  of  dentistry  in  Manchester  in  i860.  In  1867  he 
came  to  Wolfeborough  and  has  since  been  located  here  in  dental  practice. 
He  is  connected  with  numerous  brotherhood  organizations,  and  is  a  valuable 
man   in   the  community. 

C<nmt  11  Commissioner.  —  Walter  A.  Sherburne,  one  of  the  present  board 
of  county  commissioners,  came  from  Great  Falls,  where  he  was  born 
September  7,  1853,  at  the  age  of  four  years,  with  his  father,  Benjamin, 
who  settled  on  the  farm  where  Walter  now  resides.  Walter  commenced 
public  life  in  1880  as  superintendent  of  the  county  farm.  Here  he 
remained  three  years,  when  he  purchased  the  home  place  on  his  father's 
death  in  1883,  and  has  since  resided  here.  He  was  selectman  in  1885, 
and  in  1886  was  elected  county  commissioner.  He  was  reelected  in  1888. 
lie  is   Democratic  in  politics,  and  a  popular  official. 

Fatal  Casualties.  —  In  1768  William  Fullerton  was  drowned  in  Smith 
fiver.  Eleanor  Hawkins  was  drowned  in  1S02.  July  12,  181'.),  Mrs  Deborah 
Brown  was  killed  by  lightning,  A  babe  on  her  breast  was  uninjured.  In 
1 S24  James  Cate,  while  assisting  in  butchering,  fell  into  a  tub  of  hot  water 
and  was  scalded  to  death.  December  21,  1S26,  a  daughter  of  Paul  H.  Varney 
was  drowned  while  on  her  way  to  school,  in  Crooked  pond.  In  1833  Stephen 
Giles  was  killed  by  a  kick  of  a  horse.  A  strange  premonition  of  this  was 
felt  by  Rev.  Hiram  Holmes  on  the  Sabbath  preceding.  Mr  Giles  was  in  his 
congregation  in  the  morning,  and  Mr  Holmes  said  that  he  was  impressed  that 
a  person  then  present  would  die  during  the  week.  This  he  repeated  with 
greater  conviction  in  the  afternoon.  1802,  Joshua  Rust,  son  of  Richard 
Rust,  six  years  old,  was  thrown  from  a  horse  against  the  door-stone 
of  his  father's  house  in  South  Wolfeborough,  killing  him.  About  1S40  Aaron 
Frost  was  drowned  while  crossing  a  Hooded  meadow.  About  the  same  year 
Samuel  Young  died  From  exposure  on  a  cold  night.  December  26,  1840, 
David,  son  of  Dr  David  T.  Livy,  eight  years  old,  broke  through  the  ice  into 
Lake  Wmnipiseogee  and  was  drowned.  Jesse  Nute  was  found  dead  in  the  road 
in  1841.  In  1845  a  child  of  Robert  Estes  fell  into  a  vessel  of  hot  water  and 
was  scalded  to  death.  August  10,  1846,  a  boat  was  capsized  near  Clark's 
sands,  in  Wolfeborough  hay,  and  A.  Brewer,  of  Boston,  aged  twenty,  S.  T. 
Perry,  of  New  Durham,  aged  seventeen,  and  Everett  Huggins,  of  Wolfe- 
borough, aged  nine,  were  drowned.  In  1855  Dexter  May,  ten  years,  was  kicked 
to  death  by  a  horse.  April  10,  1857,  William  Fullerton,  aged  fifty-eight,  was 
drowned  in  Lake  Wiunipiseogee,  March  15,  1860,  a  cannon  burst,  killing 
Joseph   Garland,  seventeen,  and  Everett  Warren,  fifteen.     December  27,1861, 


'Town     OF     WOLFEBO  ROUGH.  365 

Mark  C.  Lucas  perished  from  exposure.  March  12.  1862,  Deacon  Richard 
Bickford,  aged  seventy-eight,  was  crushed  to  death  by  a  heavily  loaded  wagon 
that  he  was  driving.     December  21,   1st!:],  a  child    of  Charles    F.  Chase  was 

so  scalded  that  death  resulted.  August,  1868,  William  .1.  Tilden,  of  Law- 
rence, Mass.,  was  throw  ii  from  a  carriage,  and  soon  died.  December  L8,  L870, 
Benjamin  Kimball  was  skating  to  Pleasanl  Valley  to  attend  a  baptism,  when  the 
ice  broke,  and  be  was  drowned.  February  1,  L871,  Samuel  -lours  was  killed 
by  a  kick  of  a  colt.  March  1  :'>,  1874,  Charles  \V.  Varney,  an  active  business 
man.  bwenty-eighl  years  old,  and  George,  Stewart,  a  hired  man.  started  to 
cross  the  lake  to  Alton  and  were  never  seen  thereafter.  Their  horse  and 
sleigh  floated  ashore  in  July.  They  were  doubtless  drowned,  although  divers 
searched  for  their  bodies  in  vain.  .June  24,  1*74,  Dudley  L.  Avery,  son  of 
Augustine  D.  Avery,  aged  sixteen,  was  drowned  near  Wolfeborough  Neck. 
September  12.  1874,  Miss  Fanny  Home,  aged  seventy,  was  burned  to  death 
by  her  clothes  taking  lire.  October  10,  1874,  Joseph  Mayes,  sixty-five,  was 
crushed,  so  that  he  died  the  same  day,  by  a  building  he  was  assisting  in 
moving.  -July  14,  1*75,  Freddie,  son  of  Daniel  Deland,  aged  eight  years, 
and  another  boy  of  nearly  the  same  age  were  drowned  in  the  inner  bay. 
August  '2*.  1875,  Littie,  a  seven-year-old  daughter  of  Rev.  A.  D.  Fairbanks, 
fell  into  a  cellar,  receiving  injuries  from  which  she  died  two  days  later.  April 
ti,  1879,  Bertie,  son  of  Arthur  V.  Young,  a  lad  of  four  years,  broke  through 
the  ice  in  the  bay  near  the  mills  at  Mill  village  and  was  drowned.  December 
15,  1*77.  a  daughter  of  .lames  Bresnahan  fell  into  a  kettle  of  hot  water  and 
soon  died.  December  22,  1*77,  Daniel  Wentworth,  aged  seventeen,  was 
drowned  while  trying  to  skate  across  Lake  Wentworth  in  the  night.  May 
28,  L886,  Rev.  ddieodore  Jerome  and  his  three  children,  Paul,  aged  eleven, 
Kate,  aged  nine,  and  Bernard,  aged  six,  and  Theodore  Davis,  aged  nineteen, 
were  drowned  within  two  miles  of  the  village.  This  was  a  strange  and 
unexplainable  accident.  The  day  was  calm;  Mr  Jerome  and  Davis  were 
expert  swimmers;  their  boat  was  found  quite  near  an  island,  while  the  bodies 
were  not  far  off  in  water  of  no  great  depth,  and  not  far  apart  from  each 
other.  April  2">,  1887,  Ira  Hanson,  aged  thirty-three,  fell  and  broke  his  neck 
while  walking.  July  13,  1887,  Thomas  Geary,  of  Rochester,  was  drowned 
in  Uust's  pond  while  bathing.  John  Judkins  was  killed  by  his  son  about 
Is".".  Other  casualties  of  which  we  know  not  the  date  are  here  given. 
Franklin  Meserve,  a  lad,  was  crushed  to  death  by  a  loaded  wagon.  A  boy 
named  (Hidden  was  drowned  in  Lake  Wentworth.  John  Bickford  was 
drowned  in  Lake  Winnipiseogee.  An  employee  of  the  South  Wolf eboro ugh 
blanket  factory  was  crushed  to  death.  Iehabod  Libbey  fell  from  his  carriage 
on  the  hill  near  Mark  Fernald,  and  died  from  his  injuries.  Nathan  Morrison 
was  crushed  to  death  by  a  heavy  stone  which  he  was  trying  to  sink  on  the 
walk  near  his  dwelling. 


.366  History   of   Carroll   County. 


Fires. — Before  Henry  Rust,  the  early  settler,  had  brought  his  family  here, 
his  camp  was  burned,  destroying  his  guns,  clothing,  and  provisions.  About 
1818  the  dwelling  of  Samuel  Nudd  was  burned,  and  in  it  his  two  sons,  aged 
ten  ami  twelve  years.  The  Governor  Wentworth  house  was  destroyed  in 
L820  from  lire  caught  by  sparks  falling  on  the  moss-covered  roof.  Samuel 
Avery's  store  was  burned  in  1823.  Running  fires  caused  the  burning  of  the 
dwelling  of  Isaae  Poor  in  1829.  David  Blake's  residence  was  burned  in  1830. 
In  1836  the  home  of  Daniel  Whitten  was  burned.  December  15,  1841,  the 
woolen  factory  in  Mill  village,  owned  by  the  Pickering  Factory  Company, 
was  burned.  This  factory  was  built  in  1816,  and  became  the  property  of  the 
above  firm  (composed  of  Stephen  and  Daniel  Pickering,  Nathaniel  Rogers, 
and  Samuel  Avery)  in  1836.  Insurance  on  buildings  and  machinery,  $5,000; 
on  stock  (owned  by  Stephen  Durgin),  $1,500.  A  tannery  owned  by  Moses 
Varney  was  burned  in  1845;  loss,  $10,000  above  insurance.  November  1, 
1845,  Nathaniel  Rogers'  barn  was  struck  by  lightning,  and  consumed  with  its 
contents;  loss,  $1,000.  December  5,  1S46,  a  fire  at  South  Wolf eboro ugh 
destroyed  a  chair  manufactory,  a  wool-carding  and  cloth-dressing  mill,  a  tan- 
nery, a  shingle-mill,  a  carriage  shop,  and  an  unoccupied  store.  The  losers 
were  Henry  B.  Rust,  Nathaniel  Banfield,  John  C.  Corliss,  and  William  Deland. 
The  whole  loss  was  $5,000.  In  1850  David  Boyle's  woolen  factory  at  South 
Wolfeborough  was  burned,  and  near  the  same  year  John  Haines  lost  his 
dwelling,  and  John  Tabor  a  small  pipe  factory.  March  7,  1861,  a  gristmill 
owned  by  Mrs  Alphonso  G.  Colby  was  burned;  loss,  $3,500;  insurance,  $2,500. 
January  21,  1x62,  a  set  of  buildings,  house,  barn,  etc.,  and  contents,  belonging 
to  William  Clark,  were  consumed.  The  Paul  Varney  house  was  burned  in 
1864.  John  A.  Chamberton  lost  a  new  barn,  part  of  his  dwelling,  and  two 
hundred  dollars'  worth  of  tools  and  hay  by  fire,  July  11,  1868.  Libbey, 
Varney  &  Co.'s  steam  mill  was  burned  June  24,  1871 ;  loss,  $12,000.  March 
29,  1875,  the  dwelling  occupied  by  Samuel  Jenness  on  Trask's  hill  was  burned. 
A  tannery,  barn,  and  shed,  with  a  large  amount  of  stock,  all  belonging  to 
Moses  Varney,  was  consumed  by  fire  July  4,  1877  ;  loss  above  insurance, 
$15,000.  The  Parker  house  near  South  Wolfeborough,  formerly  the  residence 
•  if  Colonel  Henry  Rust,  was  burned  December  7,  1877.  John  Clow's  farm 
buildings  were  burned  August  10,  1878.  A  house  owned  by  Paul  D.  Rand 
was  burned  September  9,  1878.  A.  S.  Libbey  lost  buildings  by  fire  November 
it.  IMs.  amounting  to  $1,500.  October  11,  1881,  the  dwelling  of  Jasper 
H.  Warren  was  burned.  January  21,  1885,  a  dwelling  owned  by  N.  T. 
Brewster  and  occupied  by  Isaiah  Piper  was  burned.  February  2,  1887,  a  fire 
on  Railroad  avenue  destroyed  two  buildings  —  one  owned  by  Joseph  W. 
Goodwin,  the  other  by  John  M.  Brackett  and  Charles  F.  Piper.  They  con- 
tained the  store  of  E.  V.  White,  the  postoffice,  Charles  Parker's  marble  works, 
J.  C.  Watson's  news-stand,  C.  J.  Frost's  fancy-goods  store,  and  Spear's  photo- 


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graph  looms;  loss  between  $7,000  and  $8,000.  The  new  shoe  factory,  valued 
nt  $30,000,  was  burned  August  9,  L887.  It  was  occupied  by  J.  M.  Croplej  & 
Bro.  and  F.  W.  \  I.  M.  Munroe,  shoe  manufacturers.  The  total  Loss  was 
aboul  $115,000.  Four  hundred  operatives  were  thrown  oul  of  employment; 
eighl  dwellings,  one  shop,  and  other  property  were  also  burned.  June,  LI — !, 
the  Free  Baptisl  Church  was  damaged  by  fire,  which  destroyed  the  sheds. 
Lorenzo  Home's  piano-stoo]  factory  was  burned.  15.  F.  Garland's  dwelling 
was  burned  in  June,  1888;  Loss,  $1,000. 

The  business  interests  of  Wolfeborough  have  suffered  much  from  the 
destructive  fires  of  the  past  two  years;  but  new  buildings  have  been  erected, 
tlic  shoe  factory  is  once  more  in  operation,  and  all  loot  for  prosperity  in  the 
future. 

Societies,  etc.  —  For  .Masonic  and  Odd  Fellows  see  the  first  part  of  this 
volume. 

Co.  K,  Third  Regiment  (  Peav'ey  Rifles),  N.  H.  N.  6r.,  has  an  active  organi- 
zation. Charles  L.  Horn,  2d,  is  first  lieutenant  commanding;  Dana  W.  Horn, 
second  lieutenant. 

Carroll  Fire  Company,  No.  2,  was  organized  in  1866.  George  E.  Libbey  is 
foreman.     It  is  a  line  body. 

Monitor  Fin-  Company,  No.  1,  is  located  at  South  Wolfeborough,  and  is  an 
effective  organization. 

H""k  and  Ladder  Company  was  formed  in  1888.  The  carriages  and 
fixtures  were  presented  by  the  ladies  of  the  village.  Alexander  McDonald, 
foreman. 

Lake  Shore  Grange,  No.  128,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  was  instituted  Feb- 
ruary s,  Inns,  wiili  twenty-eight  members  and  these  principal  officers:  John 
H.  Rust,  master;  Charles  II.  Paris,  overseer;  Greenleaf  B.  Clark,  lecturer: 
Albert  II.  Kust,  secretary;  James  H.  Martin,  treasurer;  Frank  W.  Edgerly, 
slew  aid:  Loring  T.  Grant,  assistant  steward;  Frank  Davis,  chaplain.  Meet- 
ings monthly  in  Grand  Army  Hall. 

Carroll  Lodge,  Knights  of  Honor,  No.  754,  organized  several  years 
since,  is  in  a  prosperous  condition.  Meetings  are  held  in  Odd  Fellows' 
hall  every  other  Tuesday  evening.  Officers,  April,  1889 :  William  B.Hodge, 
dictator:  Joseph  W.  Goodwin,  financial  secretary;  Martin  A.  Libbey, 
recording  secretary  ;  Samuel  N.  Hersey,  treasurer. 

Royal  Arcanum,  No.  2J{7,  organized  in  1879,  holds  its  meetings  in 
Piper's  hall,  semi-monthly,  Mondays.  Officers,  April,  1889:  A.  S.  Libbey, 
regent;  John  Rogers,  vice-regent;  Ira  Banfield,  secretary;  H.  W.  Furber, 
collector;  I.  B.  Manning,  treasurer. 

The  United  Order  of  Workmen  has  a  branch  located  here,  with  George 
F.  Horn,  master  workman;  Albert  II.  Fowler,  recorder.  Meetings  Thurs- 
day evenings,  at   Odd    Fellows'  hall. 


nils  History  of   Carroll   County. 


Wahawah  Tribe,  Improved  Order  of  Bed  Men,  No.  19,  was  organized 
January  2'.'.  1889.  Meetings  are  held  in  Odd  Fellows'  hall  every  other 
Tuesday  evening.  The  first  officers  were:  E.  J.  Gridley,  sachem;  E.  E. 
Cate,  senior  sagamore;  J.  L.  Clow,  junior  sagamore;  A.  H.  Fowler,  chief 
of  records:  0.  Dowlin,  keeper  of  wampum;  E.  S.  Albee,  prophet;  G.  A. 
Wentworth,  first  sannup;  E.  F.  Chamberlin,  second  sannup;  M.  A.  Libbey, 
H.  .1.  Pettengill,  W.  O.  Reynolds,  and  G.  E.  Kimball,  warriors;  W.  F. 
Pickering,  A.  F.  Chase,  C.  W.  Chamberlin,  and  John  A.  Jackson,  braves; 
C.  P.   .Moore,  guard  of  wigwam;   G.  D.  Kimball,  guard  of  forest. 

James  R.  Newell  Post,  No.  Gl,  was  instituted  August  19,  1881,  with 
twenty-three  charter  members,  who  are  the  first  on  the  roster.  Department 
Commander  Martin  A.  Haynes  instituted  the  post,  assisted  by  Assistant 
Adjutant-General  Natt  Shackford  and  comrades  of  posts  in  Belknap  county. 
Jasper  H.  Warren  was  elected  commander  at  the  first  meeting,  and  Moses 
F.  Thompson,  adjutant.  The  commanders  from  organization  have  been 
Jasper  H.  Warren,  Thomas  Lees,  Samuel  E.  Stinchfield,  Charles  S.  Paris, 
John  B.  Waldron,  Jonathan  W.  Sleeper,  Joseph  P.  Heath,  Jasper  H. 
Warren. 

The  post  lias  now  a  membership  of  fifty-five,  holds  its  meetings  on 
the  first  and  third  Fridays  of  each  month  in  Grand  Army  hall,  in  Piper's 
block,  on  Central  avenue.  The  hall  is  nicely  fitted  up,  and  a  great  deal 
of  interest  is  manifested,  and  the  post  may  be  truly  called  one  of  the 
wideawake  bodies  of  the  organization.     The  officers  are :  Commander,  J.   H. 

Warren;  S.  V.  C,  J.  D.  Morrison;  J.  V.  C, ;    Q.  M.,    Albert  W. 

Wiggin ;  surgeon,  Benjamin  K.  Webster;  chaplain,  Alfred  M.  Cate;  officer 
of  the  day,  Charles  S.  Paris;  officer  of  the  guard,  Joseph  P.  Heath;  adjutant, 
Jonathan  W.  Sleeper. 

James  R.  Newell  Woman's  Relief  Corp*,  No.  44->  was  organized  April 
22,  1887,  by  installing  officer  Sarah  W.  Green,  of  Hampton,  with  eighteen 
charter  members.  The  officers  installed  were  Susan  A.  Ham,  president; 
Mary  S.  Grant,  S.  V.  P.;  Annie  I.  Warren,  J.  V.  P.;  Lulu  S.  Ham,  secre- 
tary; Edna  Piper,  treasurer;  Helen  M.  Warren,  chaplain;  Mary  Smith,  con- 
ductor: Nancy  D.  Varney,  guard;  Winnie  Sleeper,  assistant  conductor; 
Aggie  Tuttle,  assistant  guard.  The  other  members  were  Julia  A.  Gilman, 
Maria  A.  Sanborn,  Eliza  C.  Webster,  Betsey  Horn,  Clara  Darling,  Annie 
E.  Kimball,  Georgia  A.  Jenness,  Delia  Gilman.  The  officers  of  1888  were 
the  same,  with  the  changes  of  Annie  I.  Warren  to  S.  V.  P.;  Aggie 
Tuttle,  .1.  V.  P.:  Helen  M.  Warren,  treasurer;  Maria  Sanborn,  chaplain. 
Officers  for  L889,  president,  Mrs  Helen  M.  Warren;  S.  V.  P.,  Miss  Annie 
I.  Warren;  J.  V.  I'.,  Miss  Maggie  E.  Milliken ;  secretary,  Miss  Lizzie 
Elliott;  treasurer,  Mrs  Aggie  E.  Tuttle;  chaplain,  Mrs  Anna  N.  Manning; 
conductor,    Mrs    Mary    E.  Smith;  guard,  Mrs    Annie    Kimball.     The  present 


Town   of    Wolpeborotjgh.  369 


membership  is   aboul    forty.     The   corps   has   had    to    surmounl     ancomn 

obstacles.  Sonic  of  its  most  active  members  have  been  prevented  l>\ 
sickness  from  participation.  The  hall,  with  charter  furniture  and  all  appur- 
tenances, was  destroyed  by  fire  in  the  fall  of  L887,  and  it  was  only  l>\ 
the  fidelity  and  strenuous  exertions  of  a  few  thai  the  continuance  of  the 
corps  was  assured,  [ts  present  condition  is  encouraging,  and  it  will  probably 
become  a  permanent  and  valuable  auxiliary  to  the  post. 

The  Granite  State  News  gives  tins  description  of  the  Brewster  building: 
"Brewster  Memorial  Hall  is  located  on  the  lot  known  as  the 'academy  lot,' 
•  hi  Main  street.  The  building  wras  ehielly  designed  by  Mr  .John  1,.  Brewster. 
It  has  a  frontage  of  103  feet,  and  is  51  feet  wide,  built  of  brick  and  iron, 
with  brown  stone  trimmings.  The  outside  walls  arc  face-brick  laid  with  red 
cement,  which  makes  a  very  handsome  appearance.  The  style  of  roof  is  hip, 
slated,  making  the  building  practically  fireproof.  At  the  western  corner 
of  the  front  is  a  tower,  measuring  from  base  to  apex  101  feet,  while  at  the 
cast  end  is  a  second  tower,  55  feet  high.  The  first  floor  is  used  for  business 
purposes.  In  the  rear  of  the  tower  is  to  be  a  large  safe  for  use  of  the  bank, 
in  the  rear  of  which  is  to  be  the  selectmen's  room,  14  feet  3  inches  by  38  feet; 
this  room  is  provided  with  a  place  for  a  safe  and  other  necessary  apartments 
for  the  safe-keeping  of  papers.  The  entrance  to  this  office  is  at  the  southwest 
corner,  and  is  made  more  attractive  by  a  large  bow  window;  ample  light 
is  secured  by  six  large  windows.  The  room  next  the  tower,  designed  for 
banking  purposes,  is  50  feet  6  inches  by  15  feet  3  inches.  Each  of  these 
rooms  receives  light  from  the  rear  and  front,  and  the  bank  apartment  has 
hammered  glass  in  the  floor.  Twelve-inch  brick  partitions  separate  the  rooms. 
The  next  two  stores  are  24  feet  by  50  feet  6  inches.  The  fourth  or  upper 
store  is  of  irregular  shape,  34  feet  long  and  18  feet  wide  at  the  widest  point. 
In  the  rear  of  this  store  is  an  entry  12  feet  6  inches  by  17  feet  6  inches. 
which  contains  stairs  to  cellar  as  well  as  a  rear  entrance  to  the  stage  above. 
The  public  reading-room  is  in  the  northeast  corner  of  the  main  building, 
and  is  accessible  from  the  rear  or  front  through  a  vestibule  9  feet  wide  b}- 
37  feet  long;  in  the  centre  of  this  vestibule  is  the  entrance  to  the  library. 
The  library  portion  is  37  by  67  feet  4  inches;  the  reading-room  is  20  by  -\~ 
feet.  The  library  contains  a  laboratory,  librarian's  room,  and  four  alcoves, 
the  whole  well  lighted  by  massive  windows.  The  reading-room  will  be  fitted 
witli  a  large  fireplace. 

"  The  Town  Hall  in  the  second  story  is  70  by  47  feet,  and  light  is  furnished 
from  ten  large  windows.  The  main  entrance  is  at  the  westerly  end  of  the 
building,  through  the  porch  in  the  tower,  by  large  double  doors,  9  feet  high 
and  7  feet  wide.  The  porch  is  1!»  feet  6  inches  by  1(.>  feet  6  inches:  the 
floor  is  paved  with  face-brick  on  edge:  at  the  farther  side  of  this  porch  is 
a    flight  of  stairs  of  seven  steps  leading  to  the   lobby,  or  entry-way;    at    the 


370  History  of   Carroll   County. 

right  of  this  landing  is  a  ticket  office,  7  feet  3  inches  by  8  feet.  Opposite 
the  ticket  office  is  a  serving-room,  11  feet  6  inches  by  16  feet,  with  lavatory. 
Tlic  main  hall  is  reached  by  four  large  doors;  the  auditorium  is  47  by  59 
feet;  at  the  east  end  of  the  hall  is  a  stage,  or  platform,  20  feet  wide;  on  the 
of  the  stage  is  an  entry  and  passageway  furnishing  a  dressing-room 
5  feet  9  inches  by  6  feet  10  inches;  three  steps  reach  the  platform  from  each 
side,  and  at  the  left  is  a  rear  entrance  to  the  stage  from  the  vestibule  below. 
There  is  a  continuation  of  the  reading-room  in  the  second  story.  The  front 
elevation  is  very  attractive  in  appearance,  with  its  two  towers  and  handsome 
dormer-like  window  in  the  centre  ;  in  the  small  tower  are  three  windows,  18£ 
feet  high,  circle  tops;  the  main  tower  is  the  embodiment  of  beauty  and 
solidity.  Above  the  main  entrance  is  a  spacious  window  opening  upon 
a  handsomely  ornamented  and  railed  balcony,  while  in  the  top  is  to  be  placed 
a  large  clock  with  four  illuminated  faces,  having  a  diameter  of  7  feet  6  inches. 
The  east  elevation  shows  a  pretty  front  of  114  feet  and  has  one  gable.  The 
interior  of  the  hall  has  a  roof  finished  after  the  hammer-beam  style.  The 
building  is  to  be  heated  by  steam  and  lighted  by  electricity.  A  commodious 
and   neatly  arranged  police-station  is  fitted  up  beneath  the  selectmen's  office." 

PRESENT  BUSINESS  INTERESTS.  —  Manufacturers  :  lumber, 
John  L.  Peavey,  A.  W.  Wiggin  &  Son,  Libbey,  Varney  &  Co.,  Hersey 
Brothers,  Valentine    B.  Willey;    shoes,  J.    M.   Cropley  &  Brother,    F.  W.  & 

I.  M.  Munroe,  Moses  T.  Cate ;  leather,  Joseph  Varney  &  Co.,  George  E. 
Chamberlain;  carriages,  Charles  II.  Gage ;  furniture,  William  B.  Hodge, 
William  Deland.  Traders  :  general  stores,  Ira  J.  Abbott  (Mill  village), 
Furber  &  Clark  (Edwin  L.  Furber,  Mayhew  Clark),  Charles  H.  Hersey, 
Samuel  N.  Hersey,  Mason  Brothers,  Lewando  &  Mattison  (Joseph  Lewando), 
at  the  Bridge;  Lewando  &  Mattison  (William  J.  Mattison),  South  Wolfe- 
borough;  George  J.  Burke,  Willand  &  Son  (Hezekiah  and  Arthur  J.),  North 
Wolfeborough ;  William  T.  Dorr,  East  Wolfeborough ;  dry  goods,  A.  E.  Rich- 
ardson (this  is  the  first  store  of  the  kind  established  in  the  county);  millinery 
and  fancy  goods,  Mrs  I.  B.  Manning,  Mrs  H.  E.  Tyler;  clothing,  Charles  F. 
Piper,  Charles  S.  Chase;  tin,  hardware,  etc.,  George  F.  Horn;  varieties,  S.  F. 
Hodgkins;  watches,  jewelry,  etc.,  Everett  S.  Albee,  Ira  J.  Abbott;  boohs,  sta- 
tionery, etc.,  I.  B.  Manning:  drugs,  etc.,  Dr  R.  H.  King,  Charles  W.  Hicks; 
grain,  Eleazer  1).  Barker,  Isaac  C.  Thompson,  William  C.  Thompson;  shoes, 
Curtis  .1.  frost,  S.  A.  Edgerly,  John  Rogers,  M.  T.  Cate;  harnesses,  J.  W. 
Sleeper,  C.  F.  Symonds;  livery,  Frank  E.  Cook,  Frank  Chase,  Levi  T.  Haley, 
biank  P.  Hobbs  &  Co.,  boring  T.  Grant  &  Son  (South  Wolfeborough)- 
Among    the    builders    are    Charles   Prindall,   Alexander  S.  McDonald,  Jasper 

II.  Warren,  Stephen  W.  Clow,  George  G.  Collier.  There  are  two  prac- 
tising lawyers.  William  C.  Fox  and  Sewall  W.  Abbott.  Also  three  insurance 
agents:  W.  O.  S.  Hodgdon,  John  H.  Beacham,  Ira  Banfield. 


Town    OF    WOLFEBOROUGH.  ;7 1 


Pen  Picture.  -For  varied  picturesque  scenery,  Wolfeborough  is  prob- 
ably unsurpassed.  The  centre  of  the  principal  village  is  situated  in  a 
little  valley  on  the  border  of  a  narrow  strail  thai  connects  two  bays. 
The  main  streel  which  crosses  this  stream  continues  a  roadway  thai  leads 
to  New  Durham  and  Tuftonborough,  a  distance  of  seven  miles.  In  the 
compact  part  of  the  village  this  street  is  lined  with  shade-trees  and  well- 
constructed  and  well-preserved  buildings,  while  in  either  a  northerly  or 
southerly  direction,  by  a  more  or  less  gradual  ascent,  at  no  great  distance 
it  reaches  broad  plateaus  where  are  spread  ou1  attractive  panoramas  of 
hill   and   dale,   water  and    wood. 

Here  are  obtained  bird's-eye  views  of  the  village,  the  open  town,  and 
portions  of  other  towns,  while  towards  the  west  lies  the  great  "Smile" 
dotted  with  its  numerous  islets  and  hounded  on  its  farther  shore  by  moun- 
tains whose  peaks  give  to  the  horizon  line  a  contour  of  fantastic  beauty. 
The  almost  Land-locked  hay  which  fronts  the  village  has  a  comparatively 
unruffled  surface  and  a  safe  harbor,  even  when  the  boisterous  north  wind 
brings  frowns  to  the  broad  Wmnipiseogee,  and  dashes  its  foaming  waters 
on  unprotected  shores.  Harmony  grove,  a  little  park  whose  waving  pines 
are  a  survival  of  the  evergreen  foliage  which  everywhere  surrounded  the 
lake  in  aboriginal  days,  is  a  pleasant  retreat.  May  no  utilitarian  axe 
ever  mar  its  beauty  ! 

Within  the  boundaries  of  Wolfeborough,  there  are  attractive  lakes  and  lake- 
lets that  would  be  even  more  noted  were  it  not  for  their  great  rival  that 
lies  so  near  them.  Not  unworthy  to  be  noticed  is  its  "Rust's,"  with  its 
well-defined  oval-shaped  border;  its  "  Wentworth,"  smiling  with  the  reflected 
rays  of  the  rising  and  the  setting  sun;  its  "  Sargeant,'"  whitened  with  the 
blooming  water-lily:  its  "Beech,"  mingling  the  glitter  of  its  placid  surface 
with  that  of  its  pebbly  shore;  and,  last  and  least,  its  little  "Batson," 
hidden  behind  the  mount  that  bears  its  name,  and  shadowed  by  the  forest 
trees  that  environ  it,  a  sequestered  pool  whose  sleepy  waters  are  seldom 
seen  by  human  eye.  There  are  also  numerous  peaks,  from  which  are 
extensive  views  of  attractive  scenery.  In  this  respect  "  Trask  "  rivals  all 
others.  From  its  top  are  seen  the  mountains  of  other  counties  and  of 
other  states,  and  towering  above  the  rest,  stands  New  Hampshire's  chief, 
Mt  Washington,  while  in  the  valleys  are  mirror  lakes  and  ribbon  streams 
shimmering  in  the  sunlight. 

Wolfeborough  has  a  diversified  but  generally  fruitful  soil,  which  yields 
to  the  farmer  fair  crops  that  usually  find  a  ready  market;  while  its 
woodlands  are  to  their  owners  a  source  of  welcome  income.  It  has  a 
large  amount  of  water-power,  little  affected  by  droughts  or  freshets.  Some 
of  this  is  not  now  utilized,  while  a  large  portion  is  employed  in  turning 
the     humming     wheels     of     hn>v    industry.     The     facilities     for  ingress    and 


372  History  of  Carroll  County. 


3S  are  as  good  as  an  inland  town  can  possess.  There  are  three  routes 
for  steam  carriage.  Its  industries  are  varied  and  generally  prosperous. 
Besides  farming,  cutting  and  hauling  of  wood  and  timber,  and  the  usual 
mechanical  pursuits,  it  has  manufactories  of  sawed  lumber,  boxes,  leather, 
shoes,  and  blankets.  To  a  limited  extent  it  manufactures  carriages,  har- 
nesses, tinware,  furniture,  and  brick.  Its  fisheries  are  a  source  of  profit 
and  pleasure.  Trout,  cusk,  and  pickerel  are  taken  from  Lake  Winni- 
piseogee.  Black-bass  fishing  is,  however,  the  most  important.  These  are 
generally  caught  in  Lake  Wentworth.  Hundreds  of  persons  visit  the  town 
every  season  to  engage  in  the  fascinating  pastime  of  catching  bass.  Amateurs 
pronounce  this  place  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  any  other  for  this  kind  of  sport. 

Wolfeborough  is  an  important  central  point  for  travel,  being  the  terminus 
of  the  Wolfeborough  Branch  railroad,  and  the  point  where  the  Boston  & 
Maine  makes  direct  connection  with  its  steamers  and  those  of  the  Boston, 
Concord,  and  Montreal  railroad.  It  is  thus  easy  of  access  to  all  points 
of  attraction  in  the  lake  and  mountain  region,  and  is  visited  yearly  by 
many  thousands  of  health  and  pleasure  seekers.  At  various  hours  of  the 
day,  during  the  summer,  large  passenger  steamers  leave  its  wharves  for 
Alton,  Centre  Harbor,  and  the  Weirs.  Smaller  steamers  and  sailing-craft 
furnish  abundant  facilities  for  excursions  to  the  islands  and  secluded 
shores,  while  the  sheltered  bay  with  its  many  rowboats  presents  an 
attractive  scene  of  gayety. 

The  lake  shores  afford  numerous  delightful  sites  for  summer  cottages 
that  are  each  year  more  and  more  utilized  for  that  purpose.  Lake  Went- 
worth also  furnishes  desirable  locations.  The  drives  around  Wolfeborough 
are  very  inviting.  Among  the  most  enjoyable  are  those  along  the  shore 
to  Tuftonborough,  and  on  to  Ossipee  Park;  that  to  Copple  Crown;  to 
Mt  Dick;  the  ten-mile  square;  the  five-mile  square;  to  the  Wentworth 
farm. 

From  its  peculiar  situation,  Wolfeborough  village  is  not  seen  from 
many  points  on  the  lake  shore.  It  is  when  the  steamer  from  Alton  bay 
reaches  Barndoor  island  or  the  one  from  the  upper  part  of  the  lake 
doubles  Sewall's  point,  that  the  village  is  seen  most  advantageously,  its 
centre  lying  on  the  water's  edge,  while  its  streets,  gradually  rising  on 
either  side,  are  lined  with  buildings  whose  diversified  colors  harmonize 
most  pleasantly  with  the  green  of  the  numerous  shade-trees.  The  smoke 
of  its  mill  and  factory  chimneys  indicates  its  industry,  the  many-lighted 
walls  of  the  hotels  speak  of  refreshment  and  repose  for  the  traveler,  its 
church  spires  tell  that  its  people  are  not  unmindful  of  the  beneficent 
Father.  The  Brewster  Free  Academy,  whose  extensive  grounds  slope  to 
the  shore  of  the  lake,  and  the  massive  town  hall,  with  its  clock-tower 
pointing  skyward,  stand  most  conspicuous  of  all,  monuments  of  the  gen- 
erous benefactor  who  has  so  well  remembered  his  native  town. 


TOWN     OF     WOLFEBOROUGH. 


Financial  Condition.  —  The  liabilities  of  the  town.  March  I.  I- 
were:  bonded  debt,  $58,250;  accrued  Lnteresl  on  bonds,  $388.13;  interest 
due  and  unpaid  on  bonds  to  January  L,  L889,  1174;  parsonage  Fund, 
$1,063 ;  school  Fund,  $4,300;  unpaid  lulls,  $250.  Assets,  $4,662.26;  net  debt, 
March  1.  L888,  $63,391.34.  Nel  debt,  March  1,  L889,  $59,763.07.  Reduc- 
tion of  debl  during  the  year,  $3,6.28.27.  The  treasurer  reports  March  I, 
L889,  receipts  of  $34,679.06,  of  which  $24,010,26  was  from  the  assessment 
of  L888;  and  expenditures  of  $:'>_, 77.">.7:i,  among  which  were  $3,323.72  for 
schools;  interest  on  bonds,  $2,463.47;  bonds  redeemed,  $3,100;  state  tax. 
$2,820;  county  tax,  $5,(366.50;  fire  department,  $1,930. 

From  a  report  made  to  the  State  Department  of  Agriculture  in  1 
Wolfeborough  produced  during  l<sss,  20,000  pounds  of  butter  and  1,200 
pounds  of  wool;  36,500  gallops  of  milk  were  sold;  20.0  tons  of  ensilage 
made  and  used;  75  tons  of  commercial  fertilizers  used;  and  $25,000  were 
received  from  summer  hoarders.  The  valuation  of  1889, i§.,706  p'olls,  $70,600 ; 
real  estate,  $#0.g,622;  h'»T  horses,  $26,198-;  6  mules,  $320;  23s  oxen,  $9,922; 
041  cows.  $14^36.;  595  other  neat  stock,  $10,398;  5  hogs,  $44;  255  sheep, 
$798;  59  carriages,  $3,210;  stock  in  public  funds,  $1,100;  stock  in  hanks 
and  other  corporations,  $55,000;  surplus  capital  of  hanking  institution, 
$8,900;  money  on  hand  and  at  interest,  $23,806;  stock  in  trade,  $44,752; 
machinery,  $4^0-;   total    valuation,  $1,120,148. 


P.IOGRA PHICAL   SKETCH ES. 


SAMUEL  AVERY,  BSQ.i 

A  EISTORY,  and  even  an  historical  sketch,  of  Wolfe  ho  rough  during  the  last 
three  quarters  of  a  century  that  should  fail  to  give  some  notice  of  Samuel 
Avery  would,  to  every  one  who  ever  knew  the  man,  he  obviously  very 
defective,  if  not  indeed  the  play  of  "Hamlet  with  Hamlet  left  out."  Yet  the 
work  of  preparing  such  a  biographical  notice  of  him  as  our  full  sense  of  his 
worth  dictates  is  not  without  difficulties.  His  was  one  of  those  unassuming 
and  noiseless  lives  that  so  touch  society  at  every  turn  and  in  every  phase,  in 
the  interests  of  virtue,  honesty,  and  good  order,  as  to  be  a  sort  of  modified 
ubiquity,  always  felt  and  always  respected,  yet  never  visible  as  an  embodiment 
of  officious  meddling. 

So  far  as  the  facts  have  been  ascertained,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  Samuel 
Avery  descended  from  an  ancestry  preeminent  for  their  moral  worth.  In  the 
early  years   of   Boston   and  several   of  the   ancient    towns   in   its  vicinity  there 

'By  Rev.  Leander  Thompson. 


374  History   of   Carroll  County. 


were  families  bearing  the  name  of  Avery  which  stood  high  in  the  esteem 
of  the  people,  and  included,  even  in  the  first  two  or  three  generations,  an 
unusual  number  of  educated  and  professional  men,  clergymen  and  physicians 
being  especially  noted.  Among  the  latter  Dr  William  Avery,  who  was  born 
in  England,  1619,  and  came  to  this  country  in  1650,  lived  in  Boston,  and  died 
there  in  1686.  Some  of  his  descendants  early  settled  in  Franklin  county, 
Massachusetts,  where  have  been  found  many  highly  respected  families  of 
the    name. 

Another  and  doubtless  a  near  relative  of  Dr  William  was  Christopher 
Avery,  who  is  said  by  an  old  writer  to  have  come  from  Salisbury,  in  county 
Hants,  England,  and  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  eastern  Massachusetts. 
In  1646  he  was  on  the  board  of  selectmen  in  Gloucester,  and  for  several 
subset ment  years  remained  in  that  position.  In  1658  he  removed  to  Boston, 
and  in  16G6  he  finally  settled  in  New  London,  Conn.  Among  his  children 
born  in  England  was  James,  born  in  1620,  who  married,  November  10,  1643, 
Joanna  Greenslade,  of  Boston.  With  a  large  and  highly  esteemed  family, 
he  also  removed  to  New  London,  where  his  descendants  have  been  well  known 
and  respected  for  many  years.  This  James  was  for  some  time  a  representa- 
tive. He  was  also  a  captain,  and  in  King  Philip's  War  was  in  command  of 
the  Pequoit  allied  force. 

Among  the  sons  of  James  was  John,  born  February  10,  1654,  who  is 
believed  to  be  identical  with  the  John  who  settled  in  the  southeastern  part 
of  New  Hampshire,  and  in  1689,  when  thirty-five  years  of  age,  solicited  the 
protection  of  Massachusetts,  which  at  that  time  largely  controlled  the  new 
settlements  of  the  former  colony.  There  can  be  but  little,  if  any,  doubt, 
indeed  it  seems  to  be  fairly  demonstrable,  that  this  John  was  the  father  of 
John  Avery,  of  Stratham,  the  grandfather  of  Samuel  Avery,  of  Wolfeborough. 
If  this  be  so,  the  generations  may  easily  be  traced  as:  Samuel6,  Joshua5, 
-John1,  John3,  James2,  Christopher 1. 

Of  the  seven  children  of  John  and  Bridget  Avery,  of  Stratham,  the  two 
youngest,  Joshua  and  Josiah,  were  twins,  born  October  28,  1740.  Joshua 
married,  November  24,  1768,  Hannah  Clark,  who  was  born  December  18,  1747. 
They  had  seven  children,  of  whom  the  youngest  was  Samuel,  subsequently 
of  Wolfeborough.  lie  was  born  in  Stratham,  May  9,  1785.  Nothing  in  his 
childhood  and  younger  manhood  seems  to  have  distinguished  his  experience 
and  career  from  the  common  lot  of  youth  in  those  days.  If,  however,  as  we 
have  reason  to  believe,  "the  child  was  father  of  the  man,"  he  was  ever 
trustworthy,  of  steady  habits,  of  irreproachable  character,  and  of  even  and 
noiseless  demeanor.  When  yet  a  young  man  he  received  a  lieutenant's 
commission  in  the  artillery  company  of  his  native  town.  Marrying,  January 
1:'..  L814,  Mary  Moody  Clark,  he  and  his  young  wife,  during  the  same  month, 
fixed   their    home    and    entered    upon    their    lifework    in    Wolfeborough.     Mr 


Town   of   Wolfeborough.  375 


.\\fi\  had  lived  the  previous  year  with  his  older  brother,  Daniel,  a  prominent 
business  man  of  Meredith  Bridge,  im«  Laconia,  and  when  he  started  in  life 
as  a  married  man  he  supposed  himself  to  be  the  possessor  of  from  Pour  to 
five  hundred  dollars.  He  purchased  the  real  estate  on  which  he  passed  his 
subsequent  life  and  on  which  his  oldesl  son  still  Lives.  There  were  then  only 
a  small  house  of  one  story  and  a  barn.  There  were  also  a  store  and  a  cooper's 
shop,  both  of  which  he  opened  for  business.  The  store  being  destroyed  by  fire 
in  March,  1824,  he  in  the  course  of  a  year  built  another  in  which  he  or  his 
sons,  who  succeeded  him,  continued  merchandising  till  L865.  In  connection 
with  his  other  occupations,  lie  at  various  times  engaged  in  blacksmithing, 
shoemaking,  harness-making,  milling,  coopering,  and  farming.  In  1836,  with 
Stephen  and  Daniel  Pickering  and  Hon.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  he  engaged  in 
woolen  manufacturing,  which  they  conducted  for  several  years,  till  the  factory 
was  consumed  by  fire. 

'The  various  departments  of  Mr  Avery's  business  made  him  emphatically 
a  busy  man.  This  pressing  care  and  his  lack  of  robust  health,  as  well  as  his 
persona]  taste,  disinclined  him  to  public  official  life.  Yet  in  1819,  1820,  L821, 
L830,  and  in  183]  he  held  the  office  of  town  clerk,  and  in  1825,  L830,  and 
Is:',.")  he  was  on  the  board  of  selectmen. 

Mr  Avery  took  a  warm  interest  in  the  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough 
Academy  from  the  outset  of  the  enterprise.  After  it  was  incorporated  (Jan- 
uary 20,  1820)  its  friends  intended  to  erect  a  suitable  school  building  by 
means  of  a  stock  company,  that  should  issue  two  hundred  shares  al  ten  dollars 
each.  It  was  found,  however,  that  only  one  hundred  and  fifty  of  these  shares 
were  sold  to  fifty-three  holders,  and  the  enterprise  stopped  for  want  of  funds. 
Mr  Avery  felt  so  strongly  the  importance  of  finishing  the  building  already 
erected,  and  had  so  much  faith  in  its  usefulness,  that  he  took  forty-three  of  the 
remaining  shares,  thus  giving  a  new  impulse  and  new  hopefulness  to  the  work. 
The  building  was  soon  in  readiness  for  occupancy.  John  P.  Cleveland  (the 
late  Dr  Cleveland)  opened  the  school  as  its  first  principal,  and  it  met  then  and 
later  in  its  history  a  degree  of  success  which  far  exceeded  expectation.  Man\ 
prominent  men  from  Wolfeborough  and  elsewhere  there  laid  the  foundations  of 
their  success  in  various  professions.  There  Henry  Wilson  began  his  career  in 
education,  finding  his  home,  as  many  others  did,  in  Mr  Avery's  family.  And 
when,  many  years  afterward,  he  visited  the  place  as  Vice-President  of  the 
United  States,  it  was  with  deep  emotion,  and  his  eyes  filled  with  tears  as  the 
old  school  building  and  his  old  home  were  both  in  full  view,  that  he  said, 
though  in  tin-  presence  of  many  friends:  "For  all  I  am,  I  am  indebted  to  Mi 
Avery.  It  was  through  his  influence  and  kindness  I  received  my  education  in 
the  academy  when  I  was  without  money  and  discouraged,  and  when  all  others 
refused  to  aid  me." 

Mr  Avery  was  a  corporate  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  academy. 


376  History  of   Carroll   County. 


and.  with  several  others,  held  a  deed  of  the  property  in  trust.  He  was  also 
a  member  and  a  liberal  supporter  of  the  Congregational  society  from  its  organ- 
ization until  his  death. 

In  every  department  of  his  life  Mr  Avery  was  known  and  trusted  as  an 
honest  man.  No  one  ever  accused  him  of  meanness  or  fraud.  And  he  ever 
aimed  to  train  his  sons  to  habits  of  living  and  doing  business  which  should 
comma nd  the  confidence  of  the  community.  When  one  of  them  was  a  lad  of 
from  thirteen  to  fourteen  years  of  age  he  secured  for  him  a  position  in  the 
store  of  one  of  the  most  enterprising  traders  in  a  large,  distant  town.  Calling 
upon  him  a  few  weeks  afterward  to  see  how  he  succeeded  in  his  new  rela- 
tions, he  was  gratified  to  find  that  between  the  merchant  and  the  boy  there 
was  a  leeling  of  mutual  kindliness ;  but,  learning  that  the  former  was  addicted 
to  methods  of  trade  not  strictly  and  squarely  honest,  he  quietly  took  his  son 
from  the  position  he  thought  too  full  of  temptation  and  incompatible  with  the 
formation  of  the  strictly  honest  business  character  which  he  desired  him  to 
possess. 

Though  less  demonstrative  than  many  in  the  social  relations  of  life,  Mr 
Avery  was  ever  keenly  alive  to  the  incidents  that  touched  them  both  in  his 
own  family  and  in  the  community.  A  few  quiet  words,  uttered  just  at  the 
right  moment,  often  revealed  a  busy  mind  and  a  sympathetic  heart.  Contrary 
to  what  many  would  have  expected,  this  was  sometimes  true  of  him  on  the 
mirthful  side  of  life.  There  are  those  still  who  remember  with  what  zest  he 
used  to  relate  an  incident  which,  in  the  early  days  of  his  office  as  town  clerk, 
amused  a  whole  assembl}'.  According  to  the  custom  of  the  times,  he  embraced 
an  opportunity  after  the  sermon  at  a  public  religious  meeting  for  publishing 
the  bans  of  matrimony  between  certain  well-known  parties.  As  the  sermon 
had  criticized  with  some  severity  the  doctrines  of  Universalism,  a  man  who 
had  embraced  those  doctrines  and  was  troubled  with  some  deafness  hastily 
inferred  that  Mr  Avery  was  expressing  a  wish  that  such  a  sermon  might  never 
be  heard  there  again,  at  once  arose  and  said,  "I  second  Mr  Avery's  motion." 
The  effect  of  his  manoeuvre  upon  the  assembly  was  not  assuring.  And  the 
enjoyment  of  his  discomfiture  on  discovering  his  mistake  was  to  him  who  was 
supposed  to  have  made  the  motion  not  limited  by  the  occasion. 

Mr  Avery's  last  years,  though  often  affected  by  frail  health  and  sometimes 
considerable  suffering,  were  in  the  main  free  from  seriously  disturbing  inci- 
dent. His  last  sickness,  which  he  bore  without  complaint,  was  long  and 
exhausting.  He  died  peacefully,  trusting  in  Christ,  October  5,  1858,  and  was 
home  to  his  grave  sincerely  mourned  and  universally  respected. 

No  account  of  Samuel  Avery  can  be  complete  that  does  not  include  some 
notice  of  his  wife.  Mary  Moody  Clark,  the  oldest  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Comfort  (Weeks)  Clark,  of  Greenland,  N.  II.,  was  born  in  that  town  August 
25,   M(M\,  and   was   a    lineal   descendant   of  Nathaniel   Clark,  one   of    the   first 


Town     OF     WOLPEBOROUGH.  ',77 


Bettlers  of  Newbury,  Mass.,  her  line  of  descent  being  Joseph5,  Greenleat'4, 
Enoch8,  Henry2,  Nathaniel1.  At  her  marriage  she  was  yonng,  small,  and 
beautiful,  but,  as  ever  afterwards,  ful]  ol  life  and  energy.  When  she  settled 
in  Wolfeborough  many  of  her  friends  thought  of  her  as  in  a  wilderne 
which  verj  little  was  known  except  that  it  was  a  desolation.  In  later  life 
she  u±r<\  to  amuse  her  children  by  telling  them  of  the  curiosity  which,  soon 
after  her  coming  to  Wolfeborough,  some  of  t  he  people  had  to  see  Mr  Av< 
young  bride.  Much  had  been  said  concerning  her  as  the  latest  wonder,  but 
a  lew  only  had  verified  the  rumors  by  actual  sight.  At  length  one.  more 
resolute  than  the  rest,  declared  that  he  would  see  her  lor  himself.  He  went 
accordingly  to  the  house  and  knocked  at  the  door.  The  door  being  opened 
1>\  Mrs  Avery,  he  asked  her  if  Mrs  Avery  was  a1  home  and  desired  that  she 
would  bring  him  a  mug  of  cider.  So  particularly  anxious  did  he  seem  that 
Mra  Avery  should  herself  get  and  bring  it,  that  she  at  once  suspected  his 
object.  She.  however,  brought  "the  cider,  which  he  drank,  and.  returning 
to  the  store  whence  he  had  come,  reported,  with  evident  disappointment, 
that  he  had  failed  to  see  Mrs  Avery,  but  saw  instead  a  small  young  girl,  who 
came  to  the  door  ami  insisted  on  waiting  upon  him,  though  he  specially 
requested   her   to  ask   Mrs  Avery  to  bring  what    he   wished. 

Few  men  have  been  so  blessed  in  the  marriage  relation  as  Mr  Averj 
in  his  union  with  Mary  Moody  Clark.  The  heart  of  her  husband  fully 
trusted  in  her.  As  the  eldest  daughter  in  a  large  family  in  her  early  home, 
a  special  responsibility  was  thrown  upon  her  which  admirably  trained  her  for 
her  life  as  a  wife  and  mother.  Capable,  energetic,  prudent,  hospitable,  kind, 
sympathetic,  are  only  some  of  the  adjectives  that  describe  her  character.  In 
the  home  circle,  in  society,  in  the  church,  in  social  life,  in  the  abode  of 
suffering  and  distress,  everywhere  she  was  ready  for  needed  service.  After 
the  opening  of  the  academy  it  seemed  to  be  considered  a  matter  of  course 
that  she  should  hoard  the  preceptor,  and  it  seemed  to  be  the  special  aim 
of  pupils  from  abroad  to  secure,  if  possible,  a  home  in  her  family.  Her 
children  cannot  recall  the  time  in  that  well-remembered  past  when  her 
house  was  not  tin;  attraction  of  friends  from  near  and  from  afar,  and  the 
almost  unbroken  rush  of  people  from  various  parts  of  New  England  and 
elsewhere  made  it  more  like  a  public  house  than  the  abode  of  a  private 
family.  But  her  sunny  face  and  slight  figure  Hitting  here  and  then-,  minister- 
ing alike  to  family  and  to  guests,  somehow  never  failed  to  meet  ever} 
emergency.  There  were  occasions  so  unlooked-for  and  so  full  of  difficulties, 
not  to  say  seeming  impossibilities,  that  they  would  have  appalled  into  despair 
almost  any  other  woman,  yet,  with  wonderful  equanimity  ami  cheerfulness, 
she  successfully  met  them  all,  till  her  numerous  guests  were  sometimes 
tempted  to  believe  that  to  her  marvelous  executive  there  had  been  added 
a  creative   power. 


378  History  of  Carroll   County. 


Meanwhile  Mrs  Avery  never  neglected  her  own  family.  She  was  ever 
watchful  over  her  children,  efficiently  controlling  and  faithfully  instructing 
them,  and  uniformly  prompt  in  attendance  with  them  upon  the  Sabbath 
services.  Sometimes,  when  there  was  no  other  religious  meeting,  she  went 
with  them  to  thai  of  the  Quakers,  where,  upon  board  seats  supported  by 
wooden  blocks,  they  often  sat  for  a  whole  hour  in  profound  silence,  longing 
for  the  " break-up  "  and  the  closing  hand-shaking. 

Mrs  Avery  was  peculiarly  the  friend  of  the  poor.  All  who  suffered  from 
pecuniary  needs  which  could  not  otherwise  be  supplied  seemed  moved  as  by 
a  law  tn  go  to  her,  and  she  never  failed,  in  some  way,  to  help  them.  After 
her  death  various  garments  were  found  which  she  had  neatly  mended  and 
kepi  in  readiness  for  needy  children  here  and  there,  as  their  wants  should 
become  known  to  her. 

Mrs  Avery  survived  her  husband  between  seventeen  and  eighteen  years, 
and  to  the  last  was  always  a  most  welcome  member  of  every  circle  in  which 
she  moved.  Her  last  sickness  was  short  and  severe,  resulting  in  her  death, 
March  6,  1876.  At  the  funeral  service,  held  in  the  Congregational  church 
which  she  had  long  loved,  her  pastor,  Rev.  George  H.  Tilton,  read,  in  connec- 
tion witli  very  tenderly  appreciative  remarks,  Proverbs  31  :  10-31,  a  portion 
of  Scripture  never  more  appropriate,  and  added  a  somewhat  extended  account 
of  her  religious  experience,  which,  not  long  before,  he  had  committed  to  paper 
as  dictated  by  her  own  lips. 

The  children  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Avery  were:  1.  Augustine  Decatur,  born 
October  16,  1814.  2.  Joseph  Lorenzo,  born  January  12,  1817.  3.  Anne  Eliza, 
born  .November  25,  1819. 

The  two  sons  of  Mr  Avery  married  sisters,  and  have  always  been  in 
company  in  their  business,  sharing  equally  in  all  gains  and  losses.  Both  have 
remained  in  Wolf eboro ugh,  both  are  members  and  supporters,  like  their  father 
before  them,  of  the  Congregational  society;  and,  though  both  have  sustained 
various  offices  of  trust,  both  have  often  declined  to  be  candidates  for  offices, 
preferring  a  life  of  untrammeled  freedom  from  the  cares  of  official  responsi- 
bility. 

Augustine  D.  Avery  has,  however,  been  town  clerk  and  town  treasurer, 
each  for  several  years;  representative  for  three  years,  county  commissioner 
one  or  two  terms,  a  corporate  member  of  the  Wolfeborough  Savings  Bank,  and 
was  elected,  but  never  served,  as  a  trustee  of  the  academy.1  He  married, 
December   26,  1854,  Sarah   Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dudley  Leavitt   and   Sarah 

1  Mr  Avery  i-  a  man  of  unusual  Information  concerning  all  branches  or  commercial  activity  in  this  section, 
reads  ana  understands  good  literature,  has  a  strong  and  energetic  nature,  ami,  having  once  taken  hold  of  the 
handleof  the  plow,  does  not  look  hack  until  the  furrow  is  turned.  lie,  like  his  brother,  is  a  pleasant,  courteous 
gentleman,  whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  know.  lie  has  been  one  of  those  most  interested  in  the  history  of  Wolfe- 
borough,  and,  proud  of  her  record,  has  done  much  to  preserve  it.  Both  Augustine  and  Joseph  are  highly 
valued  citizens,  and  are  justly  classed  among  the  best  representatives  of  Carroll  county.  —  Editok. 


Town    of    Wolfeboroi  <;ii.  379 

Aim  (Wiggin)  Libby,  of  Wolfeborough.  They  have  had  five  children: 
1.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  November  1.6,1855;  died  October  20,  L856.  2.  Dud- 
Ley  Libby,  bora  August  LI,  L857;  died  June  -4,  L874.  ;'>.  Samuel  Augustine, 
bora  March  5,  1S(>0:  died  Augusl  27,  L861.  4.  Samuel,  born  March  II.  L8G2. 
5.  Belle,  bora  March  -7,  L866.  The  oldest  son,  in  the  brighl  morning  of  his 
young  and  promising  manhood,  lost  his  life  by  drowning  in  the  Winnipiseogee 
lake. 

Joseph  L.  Avery  has  also  sustained  the  offices  of  town  clerk  and  town 
treasurer,  and  was  a  corporate  member  and  trustee  of  the  Wolfeborough 
Savings  Bank,  and  its  lirst  treasurer.  Since  leaving  the  last-named  office  he 
has  been  on  the  hoard  ()(  examiners.  lie  was  on  Governor  Weston's  stall'  with 
the  rank  of  colonel.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Tuftonborough  and  Wolfe- 
borough  Academy  from  the  time  his  father  retired  from  the  board  till  the 
adoption  of  the  name  of  "  Brewster  Free  School,"  of  which  he  is  a  corporate 
member  and  trustee.  During  the  construction  of  the  Wolfeborough  railroad, 
Mr  Avery  was  treasurer,  and  has  been  a  director  to  the  present.  As  treasurer 
he  was  not  required  to  give  any  bond,  and,  in  the  interest  of  the  road,  he  often 
found  it  necessary  to  take  journeys  partly  by  night  and  through  miles  of  an 
unfrequented  region  alone,  and  with  many  thousands  of  dollars  in  charge; 
yet,  though  sometimes  in  apparent  peril,  he  escaped  unfriendly  molestation. 
lie  married  Helen  Maria  Libby  January  8,  1 8~)T.  They  have  had  two  chil- 
dren :  1.  Joseph  William,  born  August  14,  1867;  died  October  1<>,  1867. 
'1.  Joseph  Clifton,  born  June  1,  1S74. 

Anne  Eliza,  the  only  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  M.  (Clark)  Avery, 
married,  November  6,  1839,  Kev.  Leander  Thompson,  of  Woburn,  Mass.  Soon 
after  their  marriage  they  sailed  with  others  for  Syria  and  the  Holy  Land  as 
missionaries  of  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions. 
During  their  sojourn  of  several  years  in  that  country,  a  series  of  four  terrible 
wars,  very  unexpectedly  to  them,  desolated  a  large  portion  of  the  missionary 
field  and  seriously  interrupted  the  missionary  work.  The  unavoidable  cares 
and  anxieties,  and  sometimes  great  perils,  which  attended  such  scenes,  and  the 
prostrating  effects  of  the  extreme  heat  of  tin;  climate,  at  length  completely 
broke  down  the  health  of  some  of  the  missionaries,  and  among  them  was  Mr 
Thompson.  After  a  long  and  very  dangerous  illness  in  the  city  of  Jerusalem, 
whither  he  had  tied  for  safety  from  the  perils  of  war,  an  illness  from  which  he 
has  never  fully  recovered,  he  was  advised  and  thought  it  best  to  return  with 
his  family  to  the  United  States.  Here,  though  never  regaining  his  former 
vigor,  he  has  been  twice  a,  pastor;  lirst,  for  seven  years,  in  South  Hadley, 
Mass.,  and  later,  for  thirteen  years,  in  West  Amesbury  (now  Merrimac  ).  Mass. 
Besides  this  he  has  been  acting  pastor  in  Wolfeborough  one  year,  and  in  his 
native  town  of  Woburn,  Mass.,  between  three  and  Four  years.  In  this  last 
place  he  has  with  his  family  resided  for  several  years  without  a  pastoral  charge. 


History    of   Cabroll   County. 

Mr  and  Mrs  Thompson  have  had  six  children,  the  first  born  in  the  city 
of  Jerusalem,  the  second  in  the  city  of  Beirut.  Only  two  are  now  living, 
four  having  died  in  childhood.  One,  Everett  Augustine,  born  March  28,  1847, 
graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  1871,  and  for  many  years  has  taught  the 
classics  and  natural  history  in  the  high  schools  of  Woburn  and  Springfield, 
Mass.  The  youngest  son  and  child,  Samuel  Avery,  born  in  Wolfeborough, 
October  L6,  L850,  married,  November  27,  1879,  Harriet  Ella,  daughter  of 
Dexter  Carter,  Esq.,  of  Woburn,  where  he  resides  and  is  engaged  in  business. 
They  have  two  children:  1.  Amy  Carter,  born  October  22,1881.  2.  Everett 
Leander,  born  May  12,  1884. 


DANIEL  PICKERING. 

In  the  lis!  of  inhabitants  of  Portsmouth  who,  in  1640,  made  a  grant 
of  fifty  acres  for  glebe  land  for  the  use  of  the  ministry,  is  the  name  of 
John  Pickering,  who.  in  himself  and  his  descendants,  was  to  play  a  con- 
spicuous part  in  town  matters,  both  civil  and  ecclesiastical.  He  appears  in 
Portsmouth  as  early  as  1635,  perhaps  as  early  as  1630.  He  came  from 
Massachusetts,  and  was  probably  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Cambridge. 
He  was  of  English  birth,  a  man  of  wealth  and  great  business  capacity. 
Me  had  several  grants  of  land  from  the  town  besides  the  South  Mill 
privileges.  In  Portsmouth  his  land  covered  the  Point-of-Graves  cemetery 
and  extended  over  the  site  of  the  South  church  to  the  mill  bridge,  taking 
in  the  whole  shore  to  the  site  of  the  Universalist  church.  He  was  an 
old  man  at  his  death  in  1669.  His  sons,  John,  of  Portsmouth,  and  Thomas, 
of  Newington,  were  molding  forces  of  society. 

Captain  John  Pickering  was  one  of  the  ablest,  boldest,  and  most 
pronounced  of  the  sons  of  New  Hampshire  in  defence  of  the  rights  of 
the  people.  He  possessed  great  physical  strength,  a  powerful  will,  and  a 
keen  and  subtle  mind.  He  exercised  much  influence  in  church  and  state, 
was  a  lawyer  and  king's  attorney,  a  captain  of  a  company  for  years,  and 
after  the  impeachment  of  Governor  Andros  in  1089  he  marched  his 
company  to  the  dwelling  of  Richard  Chamberlain,  colonial  secretary,  and 
took  the  public  records  by  force  and  concealed  them.  In  1692  he  was 
imprisoned  by  Lieutenant-Governor  Usher  to  compel  him  to  deliver  the 
books  or  make  known  their  place  of  concealment.  In  1690  he  represented 
Portsmouth  in  the  Assembly  of  Massachusetts  at  Boston,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  convention  for  securing  a  reunion  of  the  two  provinces. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  colonial  assembly  of  New  Hampshire  most  of 
the  time  from  L680  to  1709.  and  its  presiding  officer  in  1699,  1704,  1705, 
liuik  17<iT.  1708,1709.  -When  the  difficulties  began  in  regard  to  the 
site    lor    the    new    church,    which    ended    in    the    formation    of   a   new  parish 


'Town    of    Wolfeborough.  :',s\ 


;uk1  animosities  which  disturbed  the  peace  of  the  whole  province  for  a 
generation,  Captain  Pickering  was  the  leading  spirit  in  the  old  Smith 
parish,  who  carried  everything  as  he  willed  a1  the  town-meetings,  either 
by  persuasion  or  by  force,  strenuously  opposed  building  the  new  meeting- 
house so  far  up  as  the  site  of  the  North  church,  carried  the  matter  aorain 
and  again  to  the  general  court,  and  generally  with  success  for  his  side: 
was  foremost  in  all  matters  concerning  the  old  parish,  and  when  at  last 
the  old  church  could  be  no  longer  repaired  and  kept  as  he  made  the  town 
vote  it  should  be,  'the  meeting-house  of  the  town  forever,'  he  devised  to 
the  South  parish  a  lot  of  ground  for  a  convenient  site  for  another  meeting- 
house to  be  set  oil'  to  the  said  parish,  'on  the  highest  pari  of  his  neck.' 
He  was  a  large  real  estate  owner  at  the  south  end  of  the  town,  and  what 
was  called  Pickering's  Neck  was  a  part  of  the  land  on  which  the  fourth 
place  of  worship  for  the  town  of  Portsmouth  was  built,  being  the  church 
of  the  South  parish  until  the  present   stone  church  was  built  in   1824." 

Thomas  Pickering2  settled  in  Newington,  on  a  part  of  his  lather's 
estate  comprising  five  hundred  acres  on  Great  Bay,  granted  in  1655.  Not  long 
after  be  had  built  his  Log  hut  an  English  man-of-war  anchored  near  by,  and  a 
press-gang  came  to  impress  him  into  service.  Alter  complimenting  Thomas, 
who  was  clearing  his  land,  on  his  muscular  appearance,  they  commanded  him 
to  come  with  them.  He  declined,  seized  one  by  the  throat,  threw  him  to  the 
ground,  and  threatened  to  cut  off  all  their  heads.  They  abandoned  their 
object  and  left  him  to  his  freedom.  Thomas  Pickering  was  as  strong  a  man  in 
mind  as  in  body;  was  one  of  the  opponents  of  Governor  Cranliehl  in  his 
arbitrary  rule.  Every  movement  for  liberty,  religious  advantages,  and  civil 
advancement  met  with  his  ready  support.  Portions  of  his  estate  arc  now 
occupied  by  his  descendants.  He  had  three  sons.  -lames,  Joshua,  Thomas,  and 
nine  daughters.  James  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  The 
granddaughter  of  Joshua  married  Jonathan  Bailey,  and  through  this  marriage 
Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich  is  connected  with  the  family. 

Thomas  Pickering3  was  horn  in  Newington  in  1703,  and  died  in  1T8G.  He 
married  first  Mary,  daughter  of  Colonel  Downing;  second,  in  1743,  Mary, 
daughter  of  .lean  Janvrin,  of  Portsmouth.  Three  of  his  children  married 
Langdons.  He  was  a  highly  successful  fanner,  and  had  huge  sums  of  money 
on  loan,  which  he  lost  through  the  "legal  tender"  act.  His  home  was  one  of 
good  cheer  and  a  special  resort  of  ministers  of  the  gospel.  Thomas  was  an 
old  man  in  Revolutionary  times,  but  a  zealous  patriot,  as  were  all  of  the 
family.  The  "  True  Sons  of  Liberty''  of  Newington  signed  the  Association 
Test  in  1775,  "risquing  their  Lives  and  Fortunes,  with  arms,  to  oppose  the 
British  fleets  and  Armies.'"  Among  those  signing  were  Nicholas.  Ephraim, 
John  (i..  John,  Benjamin,  .lames,  Richard,  and  Winthrop  Pickering. 

William  Pickering,  the  first  child  of  Thomas  and   Mary  (Janvrin)  Picker- 


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ing,  was  a  farmer  in  Newington  and  Greenland.  He  was  born  in  1745, 
married  Abigail  Fabyan,  of  Newington,  and  had  ten  children;  three  of  whom, 
John,  Stephen,  and  Daniel,  became  residents  of  Wolfeborough.  He  was  a 
man  of  property,  and  his  children  were  brought  up  to  do  credit  to  the  family 
name.     He  died  May  1G,  1798. 

Daniel  Pickering,  son  of  William  and  Abigail  (Fabyan)  Pickering,  was 
born  in  Greenland,  November  22,  17'.>"),  where  his  early  life  was  passed,  and  he 
acquired  a  good  education  at  the  excellent  Brackett  Academy,  of  Greenland, 
and  Phillips  Exeter  Academy.  On  arriving  at  maturity  he  came  to  Wolfe- 
borough,  where  his  brother  John  had  previously  located  and  built  a  hotel. 
Mi-  Pickering  immediately  engaged  in  merchandising.  He  was  successful, 
and  soon  erected  the  store  at  Pickering's  Corner,  opposite  the  "Pavilion," 
and  continued  in  business  as  a  merchant  for  thirty-five  years.  He  carried  the 
largest  stock  of  goods  in  Carroll  county,  and  drew  trade  from  a  territory  of 
thirty  miles  in  radius.  At  one  time  he  had  three  stores  in  active  operation : 
that  at  Wolfeborough  village,  one  at  Goose  Corner,  and  one  at  Tuftonborough. 
For  many  years  much  of  the  pay  for  goods  was  given  in  products  of  the  farm 
and  forests,  and  Mr  Pickering  had  many  teams  engaged  in  drawing  these  to 
Portsmouth  and  returning  with  goods.  Mr  Pickering  was  a  natural  salesman. 
It  is  said  that  "  he  was  the  pleasantest  man  that  ever  waited  on  a  customer," 
and  he  made  the  hearts  of  children  glad  by  his  plenteous  gifts  of  "goodies." 
He  always  gave  a  liberal  allowance  of  the  commodity  sold,  and  the  wealth  he 
acquired  was  untainted  with  short  weight  or  false  measure,  and  the  confidence 
of  the  community  was  secured  by  his  fair  dealing.  About  1840  he  formed 
a  copartnership  with  John  N.  Brackett,  Ira  P.  Nudd,  and  Moses  Thompson 
to  carry  on  the  manufacturing  of  shoes  for  Boston  parties  in  connection 
with  merchandising.  The  firm  was  Pickering,  Brackett  &  Co.  for  two 
years,  when  Freeman  Cotton  succeeded  Mr  Brackett,  and  the  firm  name 
became  Pickering,  Cotton  &  Co.  The  amount  of  business  transacted  by 
Mr  Pickering  as  a  merchant  was  very  large,  and  he  was  also  connected  with 
every  branch  of  commercial  activity  in  town.  He  carried  on  the  manufacture 
of  brick  on  a  large  scale.  In  connection  with  his  brother  Stephen  he  origi- 
nated and  was  a  large  owner  of  the  stock  of  the  Pickering  Manufacturing 
Company,  whose  woolen  and  satinet  mills  were  located  at  Mill  village.  He 
purchased  wide  tracts  of  timber  land  and  carried  on  extensive  lumbering 
operations,  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Wolfeborough  Bank  and  its 
president,  and  one  of  the  stock  company  that  built  the  steamer  "Lady  of  the 
Lake."  He  did  much  to  develop  the  growth  of  the  village  of  Wolfeborough 
and  Mill  village.  He  owned  a  tract  of  land  running  from  Pickering's  Corner 
to  tin-  site  of  the  Glendon  House,  and  a  large  farm  stretching  eastward  from 
the  Avery  homestead  on  the  south  side  of  the  road.  At  that  time  there  were 
but  twelve    houses  from  the  present    residence  of  Greenlief  B.Clark  to  that 


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borough  and  purchased  land  on  what   became  later  "  Brown's  ridge,"  and  was 

the  most  prominent  of  the  citizens  of  the  cast  part  of  the  town.  His  wife  was 
Lydia  Kimball,  a  member  of  the  Wenham  branch  of  the  Massachusetts  family 
of  that  name.  Captain  Blown  opened  a  tavern  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
numerous  travelers  along  the  great  highway  on  which  he  located,  and  acquired 
extended  reputation  as  a  host  and  entertainer.  His  health  was  impaired 
previous  to  his  residence  here,  and  he  died  August  3,  1809,  when  only  fifty 
years  of  age.  His  wife  survived  him  many  years,  and  conducted  the  hotel 
with  greal  ability.  Their  children  that  attained  maturity  were:  Sally  (Mrs 
Taft  Brown),  Oliver,  Adam,  Irena  (married  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Esq.,  of 
Moultonborough),  Moses  P.,  Polly  (Mrs  William  Smith). 

Adam  Brown  was  born  January  9,  1793.  He  had  the  common  lot  of  chil- 
dren of  that  early  day,  hard  work,  which  developed  a  magnificent  physical 
organization,  and  but  few  educational  advantages,  these  being  comprised  in 
about  six  weeks'  annual  attendance  at  the  neighborhood  school.  The  boy  was 
eao-er  for  a  business  education,  and  gathered  a  full  share  of  such  knowledge  as 
he  deemed  important  in  practical  life,  and,  with  an  inheritance  of  three 
thousand  dollars,  began  life  for  himself  when  twenty-one  as  a  farmer  on  a  large 
farm. 

The  magnitude  of  his  operations,  as  he  employed  from  ten  to  twenty  men, 
kept  him  constantly  engaged  in  superintending  them,  and  much  time  was 
passed  on  horseback,  riding  here  and  there  as  circumstances  demanded.  His 
business  aspirations  were  not  content  with  general  farming ;  he  soon  became  a 
large  raiser  of  cattle  and  the  purchaser  of  great  tracts  of  valuable  timber  land. 
He  I  hen  combined  lumbering  with  his  other  operations,  and  gave  employment 
to  many,  building  up  quite  a  settlement  of  his  employes  which  bore  the  name 
of  "  Brown  City."  His  investments  in  real  estate  continued,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  November  25,  1880,  he  was  by  far  the  largest  landowner  in 
Carroll  county.  He  was  connected  with  various  matters  of  financial  magni- 
tude :  was  an  incorporator  and  director  of  the  Portsmouth,  Great  Falls,  and 
Conway  railroad,  and  in  numerous  and  differing  ways  exercised  a  most  bene- 
ficial influence  in  business  circles  throughout  all  this  region.  He  was  a  keen 
and  sagacious  financier,  forecasting  events  with  great  precision,  and  acquired 
wealth. 

Mr  Brown  was  a  Whig,  Free-soiler,  and  Republican  in  political  belief,  and 
was  heartily  in  accord  with  party  movements;  but  the  imperative  demands  of 
private  business  did  not  permit  his  giving  his  personal  energies  to  the  support 
of  party,  lie  never  eared  for  the  publicity  or  care  of  office,  and  steadily 
avoided  all  honors  in  the  political  field.  He  was  possessed  of  marked  traits 
df  character  which  rendered  his  life  more  than  an  ordinary  one.  His  career 
gives  an  example  of  what  may  be  achieved  by  thorough  uprightness  of  char- 
acter, honesty  of  purpose,  and  a   just  regard  for  the  rights  and  happiness  of 


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others.  He  was  kindly  in  disposition  and  always  courteous  in  his  intercourse 
with  his  fellowmen.  Though  tenacious  of  his  own  opinions,  he  thoroughly 
respected  those  of  others,  lie  was  outspoken  in  his  views,  and  had  a  repug- 
nance amounting  almost  to  contempl  for  hypocrisy  or  insincerity  in  any  one. 
He  was  generous,  and  his  contributions  to  both  public  and  private  enterprises 
were   bestowed  with  a   liberal   hand.     He  took  much  interesl   in  worth}  young 

men  struggling  amid  the  vicissitudes  of  life,  and   i\  have  cause  to  bless  his 

memory  I'm-  material  assistance  ami  valuable  counsel. 

The  religious  nature  of  Mr  Brown  was  largely  developed,  and  his  acts  did 
not  cease  with  a  profession  of  religion  and  a  church  membership.  He  joined 
the  Freewill  Baptist  Church  in  1 833,  and  was  a  faithful  and  consistent  member. 
1 1  is  memory  is  held  in  remembrance  throughout  an  extended  circle  that 
reaches  Ear  beyond  the  limits  of  his  own  denomination,  as  a  man  of  great 
benevolence  and  a  Christian  philanthropist.  From  a  report  of  the  Society  of 
Foreign  Missions  connected  with  the  Freewill  Baptist  Church  it  appears  that 
tn  that  branch  of  religious  work  alone  he  had  given  $40,000  ;  more  than  any 
other  member  of  the  church  from  its  organization.  He  paid  for  the  education 
and  maintenance  in  their  own  country  of  ten  East  Indian  children.  These 
received  the  names  of  members  of  his  family,  and  his  fatherly  care  was 
mindful  of  them  until  in  some  cases  they  were  heads  of  families.  He  was  the 
first  contributor  to  the  education  of  the  African  freedman,  heading  the  list  of 
those  who  so  generously  erected  and  sustained  the  first  school  established  for 
this  purpose — -  Storer  College  at  Harper's  Ferry,  Va.  His  liberality  did  not 
Stop  at  denominational  lines.  It  was  a  pleasure  to  him  to  relieve  suffering  and 
dist  less,  and  the  full  extent  of  his  charities  was  known  only  to  himself;  but 
his  name  is  written  high  up  on  the  roll  of  Christian  philanthropists. 

Mr  Brown  was  an  unusually  good  type  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race,  with  a 
large  and  finely  proportioned  form,  and  a  dignity  of  bearing  almost  kingly. 
lie  retained  the  clear  complexion  of  youth  and  preserved  his  manly  vigor  to 
an  advanced  age. 

Mr  Brown  married  Susan  Plummer,  of  Milton,  who  died  November  15, 
1829.  They  had  one  child,  Adam  Plummer,  a  most  promising  young  man. 
lie  died  April  14,  1838,  in  his  nineteenth  year.  March  1,1839,  Mr  Brown 
married  Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Folly  (Thompson)  Pickering,  of 
Newington.  She  was  born  February  12,  179*.*,  and  died  February  11,  1880. 
Their  only  child.  Susan  P.,  married  Francis  Page  Adams,  of  Newfield,  Maine, 
a  lineal  descendant  through  his  mother  of  the  celebrated  Sir  Francis  Drake. 
They  have  had  three  children:  Adam  B.,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one. 
February  6, 1887 ;  Samuel  C.  and  Fanny  Isabelle.  Mr  and  Mrs  Adams  reside 
in  Boston,  but  the  ancestral  home,  now  " The  Ridge,"  somewhat  modernized, 
affords  a  delightful  summer  home  for  themselves  and  their  many  guests. 
From  "  The  Ridge  "  is  presented  a   magnificent    prospect   of  mountain  scenery. 


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Mt  Washington  and  neighboring  peaks,  Choeorua,  Mote  mountain,  Kearsarge, 
and  many  minor  peaks  are  in  full  view  across  intervening  miles  of  distance. 


SAMUEL  HUGGINS. 

The  Huggins  family  is  an  early  Anglo-Saxon  one,  coming  down  through 
centuries  in  England,  and  members  are  frequently  mentioned  in  the  history 
of  the  times  in  connection  with  civic  honors  and  positions  of  responsibility. 
It  is  also  an  old  American  family.  The  first  of  the  name  to  come  to  New 
England  and  the  progenitor-  of  the  family  in  New  Hampshire  was  John 
Huggins,  who  came  to  Hampton  in  company  with  Rev.  Stephen  Bachiler  in 
1640.  His  descendants  were  early  located  in  Hampton  and  contiguous 
towns.  —  Editor. 

Samuel  Huggins  '  was  of  English  origin,  one  of  the  third  generation  in 
this  country.  His  ancestors  lived  in  Greenland,  N.  H.,  near  what  was  called 
The  Parade,  and  it  is  said  that  a  lane  still  called  Huggins'  lane  was  a  part 
of  the  original  farm.  His  father,  John  Huggins,  moved  from  Greenland 
to  Wakefield  and  located  near  Huggins  brook  as  early  as  171)0.  In  the  latter 
town  he  made  a  home,  having  married  Anna  Mordough,  of  Wakefield.  Speci- 
mens of  his  handiwork  are  still  kept  in  the  family  as  curiosities;  the  bureaus 
and  stands  were  put  together  with  wooden  pins. 

Samuel  was  a  brave,  persevering,  and  self-reliant  youth.  His  leaving 
home  in  early  manhood  was  the  old  story  of  an  enterprising  Yankee  boy 
starting  out  with  his  earthly  possessions  put  over  his  shoulder,  taking  the 
journey  on  foot.  He  went  from  Wakefield,  N.  H.,  to  Wenham,  Mass.  Here 
for  several  years  he  superintended  farmwork.  In  1817  he  married  Sally  L. 
Wyatt,  of  Wenham.  She  too  was  of  English  descent,  her  father  coming  from 
England  in  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  After  marriage  they  came 
to  Wolfeborough  and  purchased  what  was  known  as  the  Deacon  Wormwood 
farm,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town.  He  paid  down  one  thousand  silver  dollars 
that  he  had  saved  from  his  earnings  for  this  purpose.  On  this  homestead 
their  ten  children  were  born,  and  here  the  parents  lived,  died,  and  were  buried, 
the  father  nearly  reaching  the  age  of  ninety-two  years.  Samuel  Huggins  was 
a  man  of  good  physique,  more  than  six  feet  tall  and  well  proportioned.  He 
was  of  a  somewhat  slow,  contemplative  turn  of  mind;  could  frequently  be 
seen  walking  with  hands  clasped  behind  him,  absorbed  in  thought.  He  was 
conservative  by  nature;  in  politics  he  was  in  earlier  life  a  Whig,  voting  that 
ticket  in  Wolfeborough  when  but  nineteen  Whig  votes  were  cast  in  town. 
In  later  years  he  was  a  Republican.  In  religion  he  and  his  wife  were  Meth- 
odists, and  his  home  was  always  open   to   the   circuit-rider  as  on    horseback 

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he  went  through  the  towns  of  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough.  One  of 
the  strongest  characteristics  of  Mr  Huggins  was  his  tenderness  of  beart.  Not 
oiil\  the  children,  bu1  every  animal  on  the  farm,  knew  this;  even  the  old  gray 
horse  took  a  peculiar,  leisurely  jog  as  lie  took  the  reins.  Always  careful  and 
exact  in  his  dealings,  lie  was  a  thoroughly  honest  man. 

Mis  Huggins  seemed  in  every  way  the  counterpart  of  her  husband:  an 
energetic,  breezy,  thrifty  tanner's  wife.  Up  with  the  sun,  she  looked  "  well 
to  the  ways  of  her  household,"  and  under  her  guidance  work  was  never 
allowed  to  lag.  A  home  of  perfect  method  and  neatness  was  the  result, 
in  which  there  always  seemed  the  leisure  that  comes  from  prompt  accomplish- 
ment n(  one's  work.  A  family  of  ten  children,  work-hands,  spinning,  weav- 
ing, and  the  many  duties  of  farm  life  during  those  times  of  early  settlement 
of  the  country  never  brought  confusion  into  the  home.  While  heing 
thoroughly  womanly,  she  had  the  most  remarkable  generalship;  in  its  best 
>ense  she  was  a  "  Mother  Superior."  Three  of  their  sons,  Nathaniel,  .John  P., 
and  Samuel  J.,  have  been  successful  hotel-keepers.  The  Cosmopolitan  Hotel 
in  New  York  city  is  owned  by  them.  John  P.  retired  from  active  business 
some  years  ago.  By  a  judicious  investment  of  his  funds  he  has  become  rich, 
notwithstanding  his  generosity.  At  one  time,  having  been  asked  the  secret 
of  getting  rich,  he  answered,  " Close  attention  to  details  and  never  allowing 
one's  expenses  to  equal  the  income:  the  tug  comes  in  saving  the  first 
thousand.''  The  accompanying  engraving  is  a  tribute  from  him  to  the  memory 
of  his  father. 

The  two  sons  of  Nathaniel  Huggins  were  educated  at  Lafayette  College. 

( )f  the  children  of  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of  Samuel  Huggins,  but 
one  survives,  Miss  Lydia  F.  Remick,  a  teacher  of  the  Brewster  Free  Academy, 
at  Wolfeborough.  Everett  Remick,  the  youngest  son,  was  graduated  at 
Bates  College,  class  of  1883.  He  entered  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  New  York  city,  the  same  year.  He  died  of  consumption  July  30, 
1885.     He  was  a  young  man  of  great  promise. 

Of  the  grandchildren  of  Samuel  Huggins  only  one  other  survives,  Alnnni 
W.  Eaton,  of  Wolfeborough. 

There  are  only  three  great-grandchildren  —  Grace  E.  Douglass,  of  Ames- 
bury,  Mass.,  and   the   two  children  of  George   L.  Huggins,  of  New   York   city. 

GENEALOGY. John    Huggins,   born  May  19,1753,  at  Greenland,  N.   H., 

died  June  1,  1838,  at  Wolfeborough,  N.  H. :  married  (date  not  known)  Anna 
Mordough,  born  in  17.~>7  at  Wakefield,  N.  H.,  died  September  3,  1800,  at 
Wakefield.  Their  son.  Samuel  Huggins,  was  born  September  23,  178s,  at 
Wakefield,  and  died  July  21,  1880,  at  Wolfeborough.  He  married  Sally  L. 
Wyatt,  at  Wenham,  Mass..  July  3,  1817,  where  she  was  horn  May  8,  1795,  and 
died  December  11, 1871,  at  Wolfeborough.  Their  children  were :  1.  Elizabeth 
Gardner  Huggins,  born  May  31,  1818,  at  Wolfeborough,  N.  11.,  died  December 


388  History   of   Carroll   County. 

27,  1886,  at  Wolfeborough.  She  married,  May  12,  1839,  Charles  Remiek  at 
Wolfeborough.  2.  Nathaniel  Huggins,  born  January  11,  1820,  at  Wolfe- 
borough,  married  Ruth  P.  Nuclei,  June  12,  1849,  at  Wolfeborough.  Their 
children  were  George  L.,  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Everett  N.,  born  March 
20,  1855,  in  New  York  city.  3.  John  Huggins,  born  July  2,  1823,  at  Wolfe- 
borough :  died  August  25,  182."),  at  Wolfeborough.  4.  John  P.  Huggins,  born 
May  3,  1826,  at  Wolfeborough,  married  Lydia  S.  Moore,  of  Sanbornton,  July 
is.  L857,  .n  New  York  city,  who  died  there  July  5,  1886.  5.  Samuel  J. 
Huggins.  born  June  2,  1828,  at  Wolfeborough.  6.  Mehitable  Huggins,  born 
May  31,  1830,  at  Wolfeborough.  7.  Sally  Ann  Huggins,  born  January  7,  1834, 
at  Wolfeborough,  married  first  Alvin  S.  Cotton,  December  25,  1859,  who  died 
January  25,  1866.  She  married  second  Abiel  C.  Eaton,  who  also  died. 
8.  Almon  Wyatt  Huggins,  born  January  16,  1837,  at  Wolfeborough,  died  May 
6, 1837,  at  Wolfeborough.  9.  Everett  Newell  Huggins,  born  January  16,  1837, 
at  Wolfeborough,  died  August  10,  1847,  at  Wolfeborough  (drowned  in  Lake 
Winnipiseogee).  10.  Mary  R.  Huggins,  born  December  20,  1839,  at  Wolfe- 
borough, married  James  H.  Martin,  January  1,  186,7,  at  Wolfeborough. 


JOHN  P.   HUGGINS.1 

John  P.  Hii(/;//iis  is  a  worthy  example  of  the  self-made  men  of  Carroll 
county.  He  was  born  at  Wolfeborough,  May  3,  1826.  He  came  of  indus- 
trious ancestors,  and  was  a  worker  from  very  early  years,  assisting  his  father 
on  the  farm.  He  attended  the  district  school  winters,  and  had  the  advantages 
of  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough  Academy  for  three  terms.  The  common 
school  of  a  few  months  in  each  year  for  the  practical  business  life  of  New 
England  in  that  period  did  its  work  well.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  Mr  Hug- 
gins went  to  Boston,  where  he  remained  one  year  as  clerk  at  the  Bromfield 
House,  and  returning  to  Wolfeborough  was  a  pupil  of  the  academy  for  six 
months.  He  was  then  at  Dartmouth  Hotel,  Hanover,  as  clerk  for  one  year. 
From  there  he  went  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  was  with  Henry  Emery  at  the 
Merrimac  House  for  two  years  as  bookkeeper.  In  1852  Mr  Huggins  removed 
to  New  York  city,  where  he  has  since  been  a  resident  and  a  prominent  man  in 
many  directions.  He  was  at  first  employed  as  clerk  at  Lovejoy's  Hotel  on 
Park  Row,  but  the  following  year  he  purchased  the  interest  of  the  proprietors, 
Libby  &  Whitney,  and  continued  the  hotel  business  there  for  twenty  years 
satisfactorily  and  successfully.  He  then,  with  his  brothers,  Nathaniel  and 
Samuel  J.,  bought  the  property  of  the  Cosmopolitan  Hotel,  corner  of  Cham- 
bers street  and  West  Broadway,  and  they  have  conducted  it  since  that  time. 

Mr  Huggins,  however,  lias  had  other  outlets  for  the  exercise  of  his  business 
acumen  and  financial  ability,  and  many  enterprises  and  undertakings  have  been 
promoted  by  his  interest  in  them.     He  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  Metro- 

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politan  Gas  Light  Company,  and  for  manj  years  a  director;  is  now  a  director 
of  the  Consolidated  Gas  Lighl  Company,  also  of  several  banks  and  savings 
institutions  of  Nev  York  city;  of  the  Citizens' Gas  Lighl  <  ompany  of  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y-.,  and  a  director  of  the  Lake  National  Bank  of  Wolfeborough,  and 
.it  one  time  its  vice-president.  Mi'  lias  been  on  the  board  of  education  of 
New  York  city  for  more  than  thirty  years  and  is  still  a  member.  In  all  these 
manifold  activities  Mr  Huggins  lias  shown  a  thorough  adaptability  and  a 
remarkable  discernment,  and  has  proved  himself  a  natural  financier.  Politi- 
cally he  has  always  been  a  Republican. 

Bui  there  are  other  phases  of  Mr  Huggins's  character  worthy  of  record. 
'The  Liberal  and  yet  unostentatious  manner  in  which  he  has  used  his  wealth  ; 
the  warm  interest  he  has  ever  manifested  iii  his  birthplace ;  the  patient  industry 
that  characterized  his  early  manhood;  the  persevering  energy  which  he  evinced 
when  be  entered  upon  active  business  life;  his  kindness  and  affection  in  all  his 
family  relations,  and  the  genial  spirit  of  his  social  life  have  made  him  warm 
friends  in  the  city  of  his  adoption  and  the  town  of  his  nativity.  One  of  the 
Leading  citizens  of  Wolfeborough  says  of  him:  "By  honesty,  industry. 
sobriety,  and  ability,  backed  by  perseverance,  he  won  his  way  step  by  step. 
He  always  manifested  a  great  interest  in  adding  to  the  comforts  of  the  family, 
making  large  additions  to  the  old  homestead  farm  in  the  lifetime  of  his  parents, 
and  never  counting  dollars  or  cents  in  improving  and  earing  for  the  welfare  of 
his  sisters,  lie  has  marked  financial  ability  and  honesty,  always  despising 
trickery  and  fraud;  is  a  social,  genial  friend,  plain  and  honest  spoken,  and  tin 
honor  to  his  native  town." 


BON.   THOMAS    LUPTON   WTIITTON. 

//"/<.  Thomas  Lupton  Whitton,  son  of  George  and   Esther  (Copp)  "Whitton, 

was  born  in  Wakefield,  August  8,  1811.  On  his  paternal  side  he  descends 
from  a  noted  family  in  Yorkshire,  England,  his  father  emigrating  to  this 
country  when  he  was  entering  man's  estate,  about  1800.  His  sister  Mar- 
garet was  the  wife  of  Daniel  Raynard,  Esq.,  who  became  owner  of  the 
Wentworth  mansion  and  surrounding  farm.  George  Whitton  visited  this 
farm  and  purchased  one  hundred  acres  of  land  near  by,  but  did  not 
occupy  it,  as  he  had  become  acquainted  with  the  family  of  Captain  I 'avid 
Copp,  of  Wakefield,  and.  marrying  his  daughter  Esther,  he  settled  in  that 
town  as  an  innkeeper  and  farmer.  Hon.  Joshua  G.  Hall  says  this  ol 
Captain  Copp:  ••Coming  to  Wakefield  early  from  Rochester,  he  seems 
for  many  years  to  have  been  the  central  figure  in  the  management  ol 
public  affairs.  In  wealth,  social  standing,  and  in  influence,  he  was  the 
first  man  in  the  town.  There  was  no  office  in  the  gifl  of  the  people 
he    did    not    enjoy,    and    there   was    no    call    of    his    country    that    he   was   not 


390  History   of   Carroll   County. 

aiming  the  foremost  to  obey.  He  was  in  command  of  a  company  at  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  was  perhaps  continuously  in  service  to  the  close 
of  the  Revolution."  About  1826  Mr  Whitton  removed  to  Wolfeborough 
and  made  his  home  on  that  part  of  the  governor's  farm  he  had  pur- 
chased so  long  before.  Here  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life,  d}ing 
December  17.  1852.  His  wife  survived  him,  dying  September  5,  1857. 
George  Whitton  was  a  man  of  fine  proportions,  six  feet  in  height,  ener- 
getic, and  possessed  of  rare  good  judgment  in  practical  matters,  but  a 
lack  of  education  kept  him  back  from  public  positions  and  offices.  He 
was  an  "  old-line  "  Democrat.  His  wife  possessed  a  large  amount  of  that 
energy,  capability,  and  attractiveness  so  characteristic  of  the  best  New 
England  women  of  that  period,  and  her  home  was  a  model  one.  They 
had  three;  children,  George  Washington,  Thomas   L.,  and  David  Copp. 

Thomas  L.  Whitton  had  common  school  and  academic  education,  was 
a  bright  and  earnest  student,  married  Sally,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Elizabeth  (Page)  Morse,  of  Kingston,  where  she  was  born  June  29,  1812, 
and  settled  as  a  farmer  near  his  father,  and  finally  purchased  the  home- 
stead. He  and  his  good  wife  occupy  to-day  the  same  house  where  they 
began  housekeeping.  He  has  done  much  in  raising,  buying,  and  selling 
cattle,  and  his  business  has  been  purely  agricultural  through  life,  except 
that  in  early  life  he  was  for  some  terms  a  successful  school-teacher.  Mr 
Whitton  inherited  many  qualities  from  his  mother,  and  has  for  long  years 
been  a  most  valuable  citizen,  popular  with  the  people,  and  one  of  Wolfe- 
borough's  representative  men.  He  has  been  moderator  ten  times,  select- 
man nine  times,  representative  four  times,  member  of  the  governor's  council 
twice,  and  twice  delegate  to  constitutional  conventions.  Originally  a 
Democrat,  he  was  one  of  the  earliest  Free-soil  men,  and  has  been  a  Repub- 
lican from  the  organization  of  the  party,  and  one  of  its  most  faithful 
and  successful  workers.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  from  early  manhood,  and  a  Freemason  for  many  years.  Having 
a  winning  magnetism,  a  soft,  melodious  voice,  and  an  attractive  appear- 
ance, combined  with  sound  reasoning  powers,  he  has  been  a  good  public 
speaker;  his  services  have  been  in  demand  as  chairman  of  public  occa- 
sions, and  in  many  and  varying  ways  he  has  been  one  of  the  leading- 
men  of  the  town  and  county.  Genial,  social,  kindhearted,  and  a  favorite 
of  all,  he  has  wielded  a  large  influence  among  the  people,  which  has 
ever  been  exercised  in  the  interests  of  peace  and  harmony.  He  has 
especially  been  noted  as  a  peacemaker;  often  and  often  has  he  successfully 
changed  the  clang  of  discord  into  forbearance  and  forgiveness.  His  public 
duties  were  ever  discharged  with  conscientiousness,  and  his  private  life 
has  been  marked  by  warm  social  feelings,  quiet  unobtrusiveness,  and  those 
gentle    virtues    which    throw    a    halo    around    their   possessor,  and  win  many 


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friends.  Mr  and  Mrs  Whitton  have  four  surviving  children,  Charles  A. 
Oscar  F..  David  E.,  William  M.  These  are  all  occupying  enviable  posi- 
tions in  society,  showing  by  their  life  and  aspirations  the  effed  of  careful 
youthful  training.  Charles  A.  married  Annie  E.  Prescott.  She  died  April 
6,  1889.  Their  children  are  Anietta  Lilian,  Abbie  Anna,  Ellie  B.  Oscar 
F.    married    Clarissa    Blake;    children    are    Sarah     M.,    Esther    C,    Clara     L. 

David     E.    married    Annetta    A.    Tibbetts;    they    have    >    son,    Thomas 

Edwin.      William   M.   married   Susan    Haines. 


JOHN  L.  PEAVEY. 

John  L.  Peavey,  son  of  John  and  Hannah  (Thing)  Peavey,  was  burn 
in  Tuftonborough,  .luly  15,  1835.  Attending  the  academies  of  Nbrthfield, 
Laconia,  and  Lancaster,  he  supplemented  the  education  he  there  acquired 
with  a  practical  education  in  mercantile  and  lumbering,  under  the  personal 
tuition  of  his  father,  one  of  the  ablest  business  men  of  that  day,  and  when 
nineteen  years  of  age  commenced  lumbering  on  his  own  account.  From  that 
time  to  the  present  he  has  given  special  attention  to  this  and  has  become  the 
leading  operator  of  the  county,  his  operations  extending  from  the  Saco  river 
to  Lake  Winnipiseogee.  He  owns  an  immense  tract  of  heavy  timbered  land 
in  Albany,  where  he  has  two  mills  that  produce  from  two  to  three  million  feel 
annually.  He  has  portable  mills  in  operation  in  various  other  towns,  a  corps 
of  men  engaged  in  getting  out  oak  piling  through  the  oak  region  of  this 
section,  and  others  securing  hemlock  bark  and  timber.  Since  1885  his  son, 
Forrest  W.,  has  been  connected  with  him,  and  during  the  winter  of  18<SX-X<> 
tiny  employed  seventy  horses  and  a  corresponding  number  of  men,  and  kept 
two  hundred  freight-cars  in  use. 

Mr  Peavey  has  not  limited  his  attention  to  lumbering.  He  carried  on 
merchandising  in  Wolfeborough  for  four  years  (from  1867  to  1871),  and  was 
the  one  most  concerned  in  the  building  of  the  Glendon  House,  which  he 
conducted  in  person  as  landlord  for  seven  years,  from  July  1,  1873.  Mr 
Peavey  has  been  an  active  Republican  from  the  organization  of  the  party, 
and  his  opinion  is  of  weight  in  its  deliberations  and  counsels.  Generous 
in  responding  to  all  calls  for  aid  whether  private  or  public,  public  spirited 
and  progressive  in  all  matters  of  enterprise  and  the  welfare  of  the  commu- 
nity, he  is  very  popular  with  all  classes  and  considered  one  of  Carroll  county's 
leading  citizens,  who  has  fuliilled  onerous  official  and  individual  trusts  with 
conceded  ability. 

Mr  Peavey  married  Mary  F.,  daughter  of  Aaron  Wiggin,  of  Tuftonbor- 
ough. They  have  three  children,  Forrest  W.  (postmaster  of  Wolfeborough), 
Herman  L.,  and  Harry  B. 


MOULTONBOROUGH. 


By   W.   H.   H.   Mason,   m.d. 


CHAPTER    XXIX. 


Location  and  Surveys  —  Grant — Names  of  Grantees  —  Bounties  to  Settlers  —  Bounties  to 
Mill  Builders  —  Petition  of  Proprietors—  Incorporation  —  Name. 

LOCATION  AND  SURVEYS.  —  About  1760  a  few  men  living  in  Hamp- 
ton and  vicinity  united  for  the  purpose  of  "taking  up  a  township"  in 
some  part  of  New  Hampshire.  Many  vague  and  unreliable  reports  had 
been  in  circulation  concerning  a  locality  rich  in  mountain  ores,  ponds,  and 
streams  abounding  in  fish  and  valuable  fur-bearing  animals.  This  locality 
was  near  the  central  portion  of  that  part  of  New  Hampshire  then  called 
"Laconia." 

These  men  held  a  meeting  in  Hampton  October  16,  1761,  at  the  house  of 
Jeremiah  Leavitt,  and  organized  by  choosing  Captain  Ephraim  Moulton  chair- 
man;  John  Moulton,  clerk;  John  Moulton,  treasurer.  They  also  voted  that 
"  each  member  of  the  association  shall  pay  a  tax  of  six  Pounds  old  tenor  for 
the  purpose  of  defraying  whatever  expenses  might  accrue  in  the  proper  exam- 
ination and  survey  of  the  anticipated  Township."  Walter  Bryant,  Jr,  was 
chosen  to  "go  up,"  with  Benjamin  Batchelder  as  principal  and  Jeremiah 
Moulton  assistant,  to  "  run  out  "  lots  and  examine  the  surface  and  soil  suffi- 
ciently to  enable  them  to  confirm  or  deny  the  glowing  reports  in  circulation. 
Three  hundred  and  fifty-four  pounds  lawful  money  was  raised  at  this  time  to 
defray  the  expenses  of  the  survey. 

This  survey  included  the  territory  of  the  present  town  of  Moultonborough, 
and  contained  thirty-six  square  miles.  It  did  not  justify  the  committee  in 
comfirming  the  accounts  that  had  come  to  their  ears,  and  their  report  was  made 
at  :i  meeting  held  November  9,1761.  A  negotiation  was  then  commenced 
between  this  association  and  the  Masonian  Proprietors  for  the  purpose  of 
changing  the  locality  or  adding    more   territory,  on  account  (as  they  said)  of 


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the  "  badness  *'  of  the  territory  which  they  had  Looked  over.  The  Masonian 
Proprietors  then  gave  additional  territory,  "commencing  on  the  southerly  side 
of  the  original  survey,  at  the  northeasl  corner  of  New  Salem,  thirty  rods  north 
of  the  big  pond  (Lake  Winnipiseogee),  and  running  southwesterly  to  the 
Pemigewasset  river,  including  New  Hampton  and  a  portion  of  New  Salem 
(Centre  Harbor  and  a  part  of  Meredith)."' 

A  meeting  was  held  at  Hampton  April  12,  L762,  and  Captain  John  Moul- 
ton  and  Jesse  Towle  were  chosen  to  "go  up"  and  complete  the  survey,  with 
the  libera]  wages  of  five  pounds  per  day.  They  were  empowered  to  take  a 
surveyor  and  two  assistants  with  them  on  the  best  terms  made,  and  report  al 
a  subsequent  meeting.  "Twelve  pounds  was  assessed  upon  each  member, 
which  was  to  be  paid  by  the  1  :i  of  Aug  Prox:  or  their  right  for  forfeited;  the 
forfeiture  to  be  announced  by  posting  the  names  two  sabbaths  upon  the 
meeting-house  door."  The  forfeited  claims  were  to  go  to  any  who  would  pay 
the  assessments.  Tn  consequence  of  the  inability  of  several  to  meet  this  tax, 
changes  took  place  among  their  number,  which  seemed  to  require  a  new 
survey,  and  a  surveying  committee  consisting  of  Captain  John  Moulton,  Jesse 
Towle,  Josiah  Dearborn,  and  Philip  Towle,  Jr.  was  chosen,  and  a  sum  of  fifty 
pounds  was  voted  to  each  to  lie  accounted  for  at  a  final  settlement. 

Grant.  — A  grant  was  made  November  17,  1763,  for  the  purpose  of  "pro- 
moting the  settlement  of  the  Country,'"  by  the  Masonian  Proprietors  to  .Jona- 
than Moulton,  Esq.,  Ephraim  Marston,  Jeremiah  Marston,  Benjamin  Page, 
Benjamin  Bachelder,  John  Lamprey,  Jeremiah  Towle,  Philip  Towle,  Steven 
Page.  Simon  Dow,  Jr,  Christopher  Tappan,  Esq.,  Jonathan  Leavitt,  Nathan 
Moulton,  Jr,  Thomas  Rand,  John  Tuck,  Thomas  Brown,  John  Moulton,  John 
Moulton,  3d,  Amos  Coffin,  Anthony  Emery,  Esq.,  Joshua  Lane,  Jr,  James 
Philbrick,  Edward  Shaw,  Jr,  Joseph  Johnson,  Joshua  James,  Joshua  Towle, 
Joseph  Palmer,  Jonathan  Shaw,  Jr,  William  Simpson,  Joseph  Sanborn, 
Nathaniel  Towle,  Josiah  Dearborn,  Ebenezer  Lane,  Samuel  Brown,  Jonathan 
Elkins,  William  Lane,  John  Taylor,  Samuel  Towle,  Bradley  Richardson, 
Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Josiah  Moulton,  3d,  Jonathan  Moulton.  3d,  Benjamin 
Sanborn,  Benning  Moulton,  William  Vittum,  Jr,  Samuel  Robinson,  Elisha 
Towle.  Wirthington  Moulton,  John  Garland,  Joseph  Garland,  William  Vittum, 
Richard  Mason.  Esq.,  Benjamin  Mason,  Shubel  Dearborn,  Thomas  White, 
John  Neal,  Richard  Cutts  Shannon,  Eben  Blake,  Simon  Nudd,  Jonathan 
Garland,  all  of  Hampton:  George  Place,  of  Rochester,  and  Philip  Nooker,  of 
Portsmouth.  The  additional  grant  was  to  the  same  proprietors  and  on  the 
same  conditions  as  the  first. 

By  the  original  grant  the  township  was  to  be  laid  out  in  eighty-two  shares, 
each  share  divided  into  two  equal  lots,  twenty  of  the  shares  being  reserved  to 
the  grantors.  This  reservation  was  their  only  recompense  tor  the  remaining 
fifty-two  shares.      They  anticipated  a  substantial  value  in  this   reservation   after 


394  History  of   Carroll  County. 


the  township  should  be  fairly  settled;  but  their  expectations  were  never 
realized  —  in  fact,  through  misunderstandings  and  disputes,  it  became  of  but 
little  value,  and  they  finally  took  their  shares  in  one  contiguous  section  con- 
taining only  three  fourths  of  the  amount  of  land  in  the  original  reservation. 
This  was  located  in  the  northeast  part  of  the  town,  largely  upon  Ossipee 
mountain,  and  brought  them  little  or  nothing.  This  tract  has  since  been 
known  as  the  "Masonian  claim." 

The  grantees  entered  early  and  earnestly  upon  the  settlement,  and  taxed 
themselves  heavily  for  bounties  to  bona  fide  settlers.  One  hundred  pounds 
old  tenor  was  offered  to  the  first  six  settlers.  These  offers  continued  from 
time  to  time,  sometimes  one  hundred  and  sometimes  fifty  pounds,  with  some- 
times each  a  cow  in  addition;  and  to  families  who  would  stay  five  years,  as 
high  as  £2,800  was  offered ;  each  settler  to  have  his  choice  of  lots  free.  At 
a  meeting  held  at  Hampton,  September  18,  1764,  it  was  voted  to  pay  any  one 
£  1,000  who  would  build  a  sawmill  and  keep  "her"  in  repair  so  as  to  supply 
the  first  twenty  settlers  with  lumber  for  building  purpose,  the  mill  builder 
to  have  one  half  the  lumber  sawed.  December  2,  1765,  ninety  pounds  was 
voted  to  Jonathan  Moulton  to  build  a  saw  and  grist  mill  upon  Red  Hill  river, 
and  a  lot  was  assigned  "  to  the  first  minister  who  may  be  settled  in  town.'" 

In  the  meantime  individuals  and  families  strolled  away  to  the  new  town- 
ship with  what  cattle  they  could  procure  and  such  farming  utensils  as  they 
could  convey  through  the  forest.  Their  route  was  to  Alton  bay  by  a  road 
little  better  than  a  bridle-path.  From  Alton  some  continued  their  journey  by 
land,  others  by  water  in  "  dug-outs."  Friends  accompanied  them  to  the  bay, 
where,  with  tears,  they  parted,  taking  a  final  farewell  as  of  friends  going  to  a 
foreign  land.  It  took  more  time  and  labor  to  travel  these  sixty  miles  then 
than  now  to  go  across  the  continent.  What  a  change  in  a  little  more  than  a 
century ! 

In  1773  this  petition,  signed  by  Jonathan  Moulton,  was  addressed  "To 
his  Excellency  John  Wentworth  Esquire  captain-general,  governor  and 
commander  in  chief  in  &  over  said  province  of  Newhampshire  &ca.  &ca. 
And  to  the  honrable  his  majestys  councill  for  the  same  province." 

The  humble  petition  of  Jonathan  Moulton  Esq  for  himself  &  other  proprietors 
of  two  certain  tracts  of  land  granted  by  the  proprietors  of  Masons  patent  so  called 
the  first  Tract  was  granted  on  the  17th  day  of  November  A  D  176.5  commonly  called 
Moultonborough'.  The  other  tract  was  granted  the  24th  of  January  A  D  1765  commonly 
called  the  gore,  or  moultonborough  addition  Most  Humbly  sheweth  That  great  progress 
is  made  &  still  making  towards  the  complete  settlement  of  said  two  tracts  of  land 
and  that  the  inhabitants  &  Proprietors  thereof  have  been  at  great  charge  in  making 
public  roads  through  said  two  tracts  of  land  for  the  benefit  of  his  majestys  service. 
Your  petitioner  therefore  prays  that  the  inhabitants  of  the  said  two  tracts  of  land  may 
be  respectively  incorporated  into  townships  with  such  privileges  as  other  towns  enjoy 
within  this  province  by  the  bounds  &  limits  contained  in  the  respective  grants, 
and  the  petitioner  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray  &ca. 


T<>\v.\   of    Moultonborough.  395 


This  petition  was  not  granted,  and  June  1".,  1777.  this  petition  for 
an  incorporation  of  the  territory  into  two  towns  was  sent  to  the  General 
Assembly  :  — 

Jonathan    Bfoulton,   Joseph   Senter,   and    Bradbury  Richardson,  Esq™,  in  behalf  ol    the 
inhabitants  of  thai  Tract  <>i'   Land  called  Moultonborough  situate   in  the  County  ol  Stral 
ford  in  the  said  state  — 

Thai  the  said  inhabitants  labour  under  many  Inconveniences,  Disadvantages  &  Diffl- 
culties  by  Reason  of  their  unincorporated  state  Thai  the  situation  and  Ex  ten  I  ol  -aid 
Trail  render  it  most  convenient  for  said  inhabitants  thai  ii  be  divided  and  erected  into 
Two  distinol  Townships.  Wherefore  Ye  Petitioners  in  behalf  of  said  inhabitants  humbly 
pray  that  the  said  Trad  may  be  erected  into  two  distinct  Township-,  one.  within  the 
following  bounds  —  viz1  beginning  at  the  South  Easterly  corner  of  Meredith  al  VVinne- 
pissiokee  Pond  then  running  northwesterly  by  said  Meredith  to  the  North  Easterly 
Corner  thereof  thence  on  a  strait  Line  with  the  North  Line  of  Meredith,  to  Eolderness 
thence  Northeasterly  by  said  Eolderness  to  Sandwich  thence  Easterly  by  Sandwich 
and  Tamworth  to  the  South  Easterly  Corner  of  Tamworth  thence  Southwesterly  to  the 
Northwesterly  Corner  of  Tuftonborough  thence  Southwesterly  by  said  Tuftonborougb 
to  Winnepissiokee  Pond  thence  Westerly  by  the  Shore  of  said  Pond,  as  that  lays,  to 
the  Bound  first  mentioned,  and  that  it  he  incorporated  b\r  the  Name  of  Moult  on.  And 
the  other  within  the  bounds  following  viz1  beginning  at  the  Northeasterly  Corner  of 
Meredith  thirty  rods  from  Winnepisseokee  Pond  thence  running  South  fifty  five  Degrees 
West  by  Meredith  and  Sanhorntown  to  Petnigewasset  River  'Thence  running  northerly 
up  .-aid  River  by  the  Middle  thereof  to  the  Southwesterly  corner  of  Eolderness  till  it 
conns  to  the  Westerly  line  of  that  Part  of  said  Tract  above  hounded  thence  South- 
eastcrly  by  said  Line  to  the  said  Northeasterly  corner  of  Meredith,  and  that  the  same 
be  incorporated  by  the  Name  of  Watcrtown.  And  that  each  of  said  Towns  may  be 
invested  with  all  the  Powers  and  enfranchised  with  all  the  Rights  Privileges  and 
Immunities  winch  any  Towns  in  this  State  hold  and  enjoy. 

The  town  of  Moultonborough  was  incorporated  "  November  24,  1777, 
and  received  its  name  in  honor  of  Colonel  Jonathan  Monlton.  From  this 
date  the  legal  and  civil  proceedings  of  the  town  commenced,  although 
for  several  years  much  of  its  bnsiness  was  transacted  at  the  proprietors1 
meetings  in  Hampton.  (May  31,  1815,  all  the  common  land  owned  by 
the  proprietors  was  sold  at  vendue  to  Ezekiel  lloit  for  one  hundred 
dollars. ) 


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CHAPTER   XXX. 

Boundaries  —  Moultonborough  Neck  and  Long  Island  —  Brown  Family —East  Moulton- 
borough —  Moultonborough  Falls  —  Moultonborough  Corner  —  Red  Mountain  —  Cook  Family 
—  Ossipee  Mountain  — Ossipee  Park— B.  F.  Shaw  —  Ponds  and  Streams  —  Little  Winnipi- 
seogee  Pond  —  Bed  Hill  River — Gristmill  —  Sawmill  —  Emery's  Mills —  Indian  Occupancy, 
Belies,  etc.  —  Early  Prices. 

TVf  OULTONBOROUGH   lies  on   the  north  side  of  Lake   Winnipiseogee, 
and  is  bounded  southerly  by  the  lake  and  Tuftonborough,  westerly  by 
r  Centre   Harbor  and  Squam    lake,  northerly  by  Sandwich,  Tarn  worth, 

and  Ossipee,  and  easterly  by  Ossipee  and  Tuftonborough,  and  is   fifty  miles 
north  from  Concord. 

Moultonborough  Neck  and  Lomj  Island.  —  A  peninsula  known  as  Moulton- 
borough Neck  extends  seven  miles  from  the  main  road  into  Lake  Winnipi- 
seogee. On  the  south  side  of  this  neck,  five  miles  from  the  road,  is  a  narrow 
channel  of  the  lake  which  divides  it  from  an  island  three  miles  in  length  and 
one  in  width,  known  as  Long  Island.  (Annexed  to  this  town  December  30, 
1799.)  There  are  several  flourishing  farms  upon  this,  one  schoolhouse,  a  post- 
office,  and  several  large  summer  boarding-houses.  This  island  is  connected 
with  the  mainland  by  a  bridge.  It  is  a  high  elevation  of  land,  a  sort  of  prom- 
ontory, which  commands  a  complete  view  of  the  lake  and  is  a  great  resort  for 
summer  tourists  who  spend  the  summer  here,  not  only  for  the  beauty  of  the 
scenery,  but  to  get  the  benefit  of  the  salubrity  of  the  atmosphere.  There 
is  a  commodious  steamboat-landing  on  the  south  side  of  the  island,  where 
steamers  stop  daily  during  the  season  on  their  regular  trips  from  Alton  bay 
to  Centre  Harbor  and  the  Weirs.  The  postoffice  is  kept  by  George  Brown, 
son  of  George  K.  Brown,  a  farmer,  who  runs  a  boarding-house  that  is  well 
patronized  by  regular  boarders  and  transient  pleasure  parties.  Mr  Brown 
was  born  upon  the  island  where  he  has  always  lived,  and  is  the  son  of  John 
Brown,  one  of  the  early  settlers  and  business  men  of  the  town  and  a  first- 
class  farmer.  Mr  Brown's  farm  is  noted  for  having  extensively  produced 
the  "  King  Philip "  corn,  yielding  one  hundred  bushels  shelled  corn  to  the 
acre.  The  "Neck"  has  a  postoffice,  Lake  View,  formerly  kept  by  Lucien  Dow, 
now  by  Mrs  Andrew  J.  Smith.  The  "Neck"  and  Long  Island  is  purely  a 
farming  territory,  and  constitutes  the  best  part  of  the  town.  The  inhabitants 
are  industrious  and  thriving  farmers,  whose  profits  come  from  well-cultivated 
farms,  tine  herds  and  flocks,  which,  with  the  income  from  public  and  private 
boarding-houses,  render  them  financially  independent. 


Town    of    Moi  ltonborough.  891 


East  Moultonborough.  -Thai  pari  of  the  town  lying  between  the  lake  and 
Ossipee  mountain  is  level  and   the  soil   Largely  alluvial.     Many  of  the   farms 

have  a  rich  soil  easily  cultivated.  It  was  here  that  the  early  proprietors  made 
their  " pitches,"  for  no  other  reason,  perhaps,  than  it  was  the  pari  upon  which 
they  firsl  "sei  foot."  Here  they  Located  the  firsl  meeting-house  and  estal> 
lished  their  first    minister.     This  section  is  known  as   Easl    Moultonborough, 

and  was  for  man)-  years  the  centre  of  business  and  the  residence  "i'  its  princi- 
pal men.  There  were  once  here  a  grist  and  saw  mill,  three  stores,  two  hotels, 
blacksmith's  shop,  tannery,  wheelwright,  postoffice,  a  physician,  a  minister,  and 
ii  deacon. 

Mnii!t<,ii/>nrini;//i  Z'V/.s.  At  a  Later  period  this  became  the  centre  of  trade. 
It  had  three  simvs,  two  hotels,  a  tannery,  currier's  shop,  a  blacksmith,  a  grist- 
inill,  sawmill,  carding  and  fulling  mill,  a,  sleigh  and  carriage  maker,  a  saddle 
and  harness  maker,  a  printing-office,  and  shoe  shops.  Tins  place  has,  however, 
like  the  eastern  portion,  lost  its  life  and  activity. 

Moultonborough  Comer  is  now  the  principal  business  place.  There  are 
three  stores,  three  hotels,  three  blacksmiths,  a  postoffice,  three  physicians. 
a  church,  and  a  minister  located  here.  In  1820  this  town  had  1.271'  inhabi- 
tants, in  1840  nearly  1,800,  at  present  about  1,300.  The  cause  of  this  change 
is  local.  Before  the  advent  of  railroads  in  this  section  Moultonborougfh  was 
on  the  thoroughfare  to  the  White  Mountains,  and  it  was  not  unusual  to  see 
live  or  six  coaches  drawn  by  four  or  six  horses  pass  daily,  loaded  with  passen- 
gers and  baggage.     The  travel  has  been  diverted  by  railroads   ii[ each   side. 

and  now  one  coach  accommodates  all  the  travelers.  This  town  would  be 
a   superior   farming  town  if  it  had  railroad  facilities. 

Red  Mountain,  or,  as  it  is  usually  called,  Red  hill,  is  almost  wholly  in  this 
town,  only  a  small  part  of  the  northern  portion  being  in  Sandwich.  It  is  one 
range,  running  northwest  and  southeast.  (See  Observation  Points  in  General 
History.)  It  is  covered  with  abundance  of  wood  and  timber,  mostly  pine. 
hemlock,  oak,  spruce,  beech,  and  maple.  The  uva  ursi  (trailing  arbutus) 
grows  here,  and  the  summit  bears  blueberry  bushes,  from  which  hundreds 
of  bushels  of  berries  are  gathered  each  season,  affording  quite  a  lucrative 
avocation  for  children  and  others  who  have  no  better  way  to  occupy  their 
time.  In  autumn  the  variegated  colors  id'  the  foliage  of  the  mountain's  sides 
present  a  most  attractive  appearance.  The  highest  peak.  North  hill,  is  2,000 
feet  above  the  sea,  and,  as  the  southern  base  of  the  mountain  is  hut  two 
miles  from  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  its  northern  base  bordering  on  Squam  lake, 
its  western  one  washed  by  Long  pond,  and  its  eastern  side  skirted  by  Led  Hill 
river,  all  these  bodies  of  water  can  be  seen  froin  the  summit,  and  a  far-spread 
panorama  of  farms,  cottages,  villages,  rivers,  brooks,  hills,  mountains,  and 
forests,  stretching  as  far  as  sight  extends,  giving  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
and  charming  views  in  New   England.     From  the  main  road  to  <  entre   Harbor 


398  History   of   Carroll   County. 


a  carriage  road  leads  nearly  to  the  summit  and  thousands  visit  the  mountain 
yearly.  This  road  terminates  at  the  Cook  settlement,  which  has  been  occupied 
by  the  Cook  family  from  the  early  days  of  the  town.  The  original  settler  was 
Jonathan  Cook,  who  tilled  a  fairly  productive  farm  near  the  summit,  which, 
with  what  he  was  paid  for  giving  milk  and  a  plaee  to  rest  to  tourists  visiting 
the  mountain,  afforded  him  and  his  family  a  comfortable  living.  Jonathan 
had  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter,  both  deaf  and  dumb.  Their  home 
was  here  with  their  father  until  he  died  at  a  good  old  age  and  in  the  fixed 
belief  that  he  would  return  to  this  highly  prized  home  and  again  become  its 
occupant.  His  descendants  continued  to  live  here  until  the  last  of  them, 
John  Q.  A.  Cook,  left  the  mountain  a  few  months  ago,  but  he  is  restless, 
and   probably  wall  not  remain  long  away  from  the  old  home. 

The  basic  rocks  of  lied  hill  are  sienite,  gneiss,  and  feldspar,  the  strips 
of  which  run  north  and  south.  Living  springs  of  the  purest  water  gush 
out  of  its  rock  cavities  on  every  side,  supplying  freely  the-  habitations 
around  its  base.  Near  the  Cook  dwelling,  a  ledge  of  iron  ore  exists,  which 
at  one  time  was  thought  to  possess  some  value,  and  an  attempt  was  made 
to  work  it,  but  it  was  abandoned  as  unprofitable.  On  its  discovery,  Jacob 
Wehster,  of  Sandwich,  took  some  of  the  ore  home,  smelted  it,  and  made  a 
crowbar  that  is  now  in  the  possession  of  J.  Q.  A.  Cook. 

Ossipee  Mountain  lies  in  Moultonborough,  Sandwich,  Tamworth,  Ossipee, 
and  Tuftonborough.  The  southerly  side  and  summit  are  largely  in  Moul- 
tonborough. (For  full  description  see  General  History.)  The  highest  peak, 
formerly  called  "Black  Snout,"  was,  at  the  annual  town-meeting  in  1882, 
named  "Mount  Shaw,"  by  vote  of  the  town,  in  honor  of  B.  F.  Shaw, 
Esq.,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  the  inventor  of  the  famous  Shaw-knit  machine. 
This  peak  is  nearly  three  thousand  feet  above  the  sea,  and  from  it  is 
seen  a  magnificent  view  that  includes  Casco  bay,  Portland,  Saco,  and 
many  other  places  in  Maine,  the  White  Mountains,  Kearsarge,  Whiteface, 
the  Sandwich  range,  and  Ossipee  and  Winnipiseogee  lakes. 

Ossipee  Park. — In  1879  B.  F.  Shaw,  Esq.,  purchased  a  tract  of  land 
at  the  Lee  settlement,  on  which  he  has  erected  a  beautiful  residence, 
where,  with  his  family  and  friends,  he  passes  a  part  of  the  summer 
months.  He  has  made  a  first-class  road  up  the  mountain  to  his  house, 
comfortable  paths  to  the  cascade,  and  twelve  rustic  bridges  over  the 
brook  above  and  through  groves,  and  has  given  to  his  possessions  the 
uame  of  Ossipee  Park.  This  has  become  a  widely  known  resort  for  pleas- 
ure seekers,  and  thousands  come  hither  every  season.  The  walk  around 
the  cascade  and  forest  is  weird  and  wild,  and  commands  the  admiration 
of  the  visitor.  Mr  Shaw  contemplates  building  a  road  to  Mount  Shaw; 
this  will  afford  easy  access  to  the  best  view-point  in  the  state,  not 
excepting  Mt  Washington. 


Town   of   Moultonborough.  399 

Many  wonder  why  the  early  settlers  should  have  selected  the  nook 
in  the  mountain  where  the  Lee  settlement  was  formed  for  their  perma- 
nenl  dwelling-place,  instead  of  the  more  Level  land  below,  bul  it 
probably  for  the  reason  thai  the}  could  from  this  elevation  look  off 
upon  the  surrounding  country.  The  first  settlers  always  Located  their 
dwellings  npon  hills  or  smaller  elevations.  The  houses  were  built,  and 
then  the  roads  were  made  to  them.  This,  in  after  years,  made  traveling 
very  laborious  and  hard  for  man  and  beast.  This  iuconvenience  has  been 
somewhat  relieved  by  new  lay-outs,  yet  many  of  the  roads  remain  as  first 
located,   to   the   great    annoyance   of   travelers. 

On  the  north  side  of  this  settlement  is  a  famous  boiling  spring  aboul 
sixteen  feet  across,  that  sometimes  throws  water  up  to  the  height  of  two 
feet  above  the  surface.  This  spring  is  the  source  of  a  brook  that  mean- 
ders down  the  mountain's  side,  and  through  meadows  and  fields  six  or 
eight  miles  to  the  lake.  This  brook  has  sufficient  water  for  milling 
purposes,  and  affords  a  capital  stream  for  speckled  trout,  and  from  it 
many  are  taken.  About  one  mile  below  the  spring  on  this  stream  is  a 
cascade  that  has  ever  been  a  great  resort  for  sight-seers.  Here  the  water 
falls  nearly  perpendicularly  over  a  solid  ledge  of  seventy   feet   in   height. 

In  this  ledge,  at  the  foot  of  the  falls,  are  several  indications  of  ancient 
Indian  occupancy.  An  excavation  about  the  shape  and  size  of  an  ordinary 
brick  oven,  hearing  the  name  of  "Indian  oven,"  has  been  carved  out  id' 
the  rock,  and  in  all  probability  was  used  by  the  aborigines  for  cooking 
purposes. 

Still  further  down  the  mountain  is  another  spring,  famous  for  its 
medicinal  properties.  It  is  impregnated  with  sulphureted  hydrogen  and 
iron.  Sulphur  is  deposited  on  the  ground  around  the  spring,  and  there 
is  no  doubt  of  its  possessing  some  medicinal  virtues,  especially  in  cuta- 
neous diseases. 

The  timber  growth  on  Ossipee  mountain  is  largely  spruce,  although 
there  is  a  great  quantity  of  other  soft  and  hard  wood.  <  )n  the  western 
side  of  the  mountain  is  a  place  where  coal  was  thought  to  he  embedded, 
and  a  company  was  formed  a  few  years  ago  for  the  purpose  of  mining 
it.  After  several  years  of  intermittent  labor  it  was  abandoned  without 
any  satisfactory  results  being  obtained.  The  principal  rock  of  the  mountain 
is  gneiss. 

Poixl*  and  Streams.  —  The  principal  bodies  of  water  are   I g   pond  and 

Little  Winnipiseogee  pond.  Long  pond  is  aboul  two  miles  long  and  half  a 
mile  broad.  It  has  at  its  mouth,  about  a  mile  from  the  village  of  Centre 
Harbor,  a  water-power  upon  which  is  a  saw  and  grist  mill,  owned  by  .lame-  \\  . 
Goodrich.  Little  Winnipiseogee  pond  is  a  beautiful  sheet  of  water  near  Moiil- 
tonhoi'oiigh  Corner,  containing   from    L60   to   200  acres.      It    abounds   in   fish   of 


400  History  of   Carroll   County. 

various  kinds,  and  is  much  frequented  by  wild  ducks  in  their  season,  and  is  a 
place  much  resorted  to  by  sportsmen.  It  is  fed  by  a  large  stream  from  Ossipee 
mountain,  of  sufficient  size  to  furnish  power  to  run  machinery.  There  was  once 
a  sawmill  on  the  Richard  Fry  farm,  and  a  gristmill  on  that  of  Albert  Tilton ; 
at  the  preseni  Mr  Tilton  uses  the  power  to  drive  a  shingle-mill,  a  threshing- 
machine,  and  some  smaller  machinery.  The  outlet  of  this  pond  empties  its 
waters  into  Red  Hill  river.  Red  Hill  river  runs  from  Sandwich  into  Moulton- 
borough,  and  flows  into  Lake  Winnipiseogee.  About  four  miles  of  its  course 
is  in  this  town,  upon  which  are  two  fine  mill  privileges,  one  at  Moultonborough 
Falls,  where  there  is  a  gristmill  owned  by  B.  W.  and  W.  H.  H.  Mason,  and  a 
sawmill  owned  by  Durward  Adams.  The  other  privilege  is  a  mile  lower  down, 
and  was  formerly  the  site  of  Lee's  mills.  Some  years  since  the  property  was 
purchased  by  Isaac  Adams,  who  erected  a  substantial  building  in  which  were 
manufactured  boards,  staves,  baseball  bats,  etc.  A  few  months  since  Isaac 
Emery,  of  Portland,  purchased  the  mills  and  privilege  and  several  lots  of  tim- 
ber land,  and  extensively  repaired  and  improved  the  mill  and  machinery.  The 
power  is  now  produced  by  two  five-feet  turbine  water-wheels  that  carry  board 
and  box-board  saws,  shingle-mill,  two  stave  machines,  and  a  planer.  He 
employs  between  forty  and  fifty  hands,  and  is  doing  quite  an  extensive 
business,  which  is  quite  an  element  of  prosperity  to  the  town. 

For  several  years  before  this  our  town  was  destitute  of  manufacturing,  the 
good  water  privileges  of  the  different  streams  not  being  utilized  to  any  extent. 

Indian  Occupancy,  Relics,  etc.  —  There  are  many  indications  of  Indian 
occupancy,  and  several  Indian  relics  have  been  found.  Some  Indian  cellars 
are  yet  visible  on  the  borders  of  the  streams.  These  cellars  are  about  eight 
feet  square,  and  are  carefully  stoned.  There  is  one  on  a  ridge  of  land  on 
James  Smith's  farm  near  the  Corner,  and  not  far  from  Winnipiseogee  pond. 
On  Dr  W.  H.  H.  Mason's  farm  near  Red  Hill  pond  are  several,  indicating  the 
former  existence  of  an  Indian  village. 

On  a  tree  found  by  the  early  settlers  between  two  ponds  was  delicately 
carved  the  history  of  one  of  the  Indian  expeditions.  The  number  killed  and 
prisoners  were  represented  by  as  many  human  figures;  the  former  were  marked 
with  the  stroke  of  a  knife  across  their  throats.  In  1817  a  gigantic  skeleton 
was  found  near  Tuftonborough  line,  measuring  seven  feet  in  height,  and  on  a 
small  island  of  the  lake,  in  1820,  was  discovered  a  curiously  wrought  and  much 
decayed  gun-barrel  imbedded  in  a  large  pine-tree.  Whether  it  found  its  way 
from  the  early  inhabitants  of  Portsmouth  to  this  (Ossipee)  tribe  is  not  known. 
There  was  communication  between  the  Ossipees  and  the  early  settlers  previous 
to  the  settlement  of  the  town,  and  there  is  a  legend  that  Chamberlain,  pursued 
by  1 'aligns,  scaled  Ossipee  Falls,  leaping  at  one  bound  sixteen  feet,  and  thus 
escaped.  It  is  conjectured  that  this  region  was  once  a  place  of  concealment 
for  this  tribe. 


Town   of   Motjltonbohough.  401 


Early  Prices,  etc.-  In  early  days  everything  was  directed  by  publio 
action.  The  building  of  a  meeting-house  and  the  Bettlemenl  and  supporl 
of  Hie  minister  was  acted  upon  in  open  town-meeting,  and  a  ta\  was  levied 
for  that  purpose.  May  1"),  1777,  the  town  chose  a  committee  to  establish 
prices.  Of  this  Jonathan  Penniman  was  chairman.  Their  report,  adopted 
May  --,  fixed  prices  of  snndiy  articles.  Rye,  4/6  per  bushel  of  60  lbs.; 
Indian  corn,  4/0  for  60  lbs.;  good  sole  leather,  1/(3;  flax,  1/3;  mat  leather 
shoes  (best),  8/0;  labor  from  March  15  to  A.ugust  31,  3/0  per  day;  from 
August  :>>1  to  October  2,  2/6  per  day:  from  October  2  to  March  15,  1/6  per 
day.  Butter,  hay,  in  fact  every  article  of  sale  or  traffic,  had  its  established 
price,  which  had  no  regard  for  want  and  supply. 


CHAPTER    XXXI. 


Fir*!  Town-meeting  —  Inventory —  Division  Lines  —  Jonathan  Moulton  —  Moultonbor- 
ough nnd  Sandwich  Social  Library  —  Colonel  Nathan  Ho  it  —  1820  —  Early  Settlers  and  their 
Descendants — John  Marston —  Richardson  Family  —  Smith  Family  —  Lee  Family  —  Evans 
Family  -The  Sturtevants  —  Moulton,  Bean,  and  Ambrose  Families,  etc. — Early  Life  — 
Prominent  Natives  not  liesidents  —  Temperance  Question. 

THE     first    legal    town-meeting    was    holden    March    31,    1778.      The    first 
inventory  was    taken    in    1773   by   the    selectmen    of   Sandwich,  Daniel 
Beede  and  Bagley  Weed,  in  pursuance  of  instructions  received  from  the 
colonial  government. 

The  Inventory  of  the  Pools  &  Estates  of  Moultonborough  in  177.'i.  Poolls,  44;  Slaves.  0; 
orchard,  0;  Arable  land,  52  Acres ;  Mow  land,  100  Acres ;  Pasture  land.  60  Acres;  horses,  2; 
Maivs.  2;  Colts,  1  three  years  old;  Oxen,  20;  Cows,  55;  three  years  old,  12;  two  years  old, 
24;  Yearlins,  L5;  Mills.  0;  Wharves.  0;  Ferries,  0;  Money—;  Stock  in  trade  — . 

Disputations  long  and  fierce  occurred  between  Moultonborough,  Sand- 
wich, and  Tamworth,  concerning  division  lines.  These  were  fostered  for 
personal  gain  by  Jonathan  Moulton,  and  petition  after  petition  were  sent  to 
the  colonial  and  state  legislatures.  A  committee  consisting  of  John  Langdon, 
Joshua  Wentworth,  and  Benjamin  Chadbourne  was  appointed,  February  22, 
1785,  to  review  the  matters  in  dispute  and  make  a  final  decision.  This  decision 
fixed  the  boundary  lines  permanently. 

Jonathan  Monlfon,  the  leading  man  of  the  early  set  t  lenient,  was  in  many 
ways  a  remarkable  man.  Governor  William  Plumer  gives  this  sketch  oi 
1 1  i  m  :  — 


402  History  of   Carroll   County. 


He  was  born  in  Hampton  of  poor  parents,  and  was  bound  by  his  father  an  apprentice  to 
a  cabinet-maker.  When  about  twenty  years  old  he  purchased  his  time  of  his  master,  and  set 
up  as  a  trader  in  a  small  shop  in  small  articles  of  small  value.  By  unwearied  attention  to 
the  purchase  and  sale  of  these  small  articles,  he  became  an  extensive  dealer  in  English  and 
West  India  goods.  His  reputation  as  a  trader  and  as  a  man  was  not  good.  He  was  suspected, 
and  not  without  cause,  of  various  kinds  of  unfair  and  dishonorable  management  to  acquire 
property.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable  talents  and  of  insinuating  address,  and  uniformly 
flattered  the  vices  and  folly  of  mankind.  At  his  own  house  he  was  hospitable.  He  was  a 
prompt,  ready  man,  and  transacted  business  with  great  dispatch ;  but  those  with  whom  he 
dealt  most  suffered  the  most  by  him.  He  was  a  representative  from  Hampton  several  times, 
and  sat  in  the  assembly  several  times  as  representative  of  Moultonborough  and  towns  classed 
therewith.  In  1771  he  was  colonel  of  militia,  and  March  25,  1785,  he  was  appointed  brigadier- 
general  of  the  First  Brigade.  He  was  a  large  proprietor  of  extensive  tracts  of  new,  unculti- 
vated lands,  and  expended  much  money  in  forming  settlements  and  in  making  and  repairing 
roads  in  those  townships.  These  things  are  useful  to  the  state,  but  his  improvements,  road- 
making,  taxes,  lawsuits,  and  his  debts  very  much  embarrassed  and  perplexed  him.  In  his 
last  years  he  was  unable  to  pay  the  demands  against  him,  and  after  his  death  the  property  he 
left  was  not  sufficient  to  pay  what  he  owed.  For  some  years  previous  to  his  death  many 
suits,  both  for  and  against  him,  were  pending  in  the  courts  of  law.  He  attempted  to 
corrupt  judges,  bribe  jurors,  suborn  witnesses,  and  seduce  the  counsel  of  his  opponents. 
There  was  a  period  when  his  influence  with  courts  and  jurors  was  great,  and  his  process 
fatal  to  many;  but  in  178Ghe  was  unable  to  get  justice.  Judges  and  jurors  were  excited  and 
strongly  prejudiced  against  him,  and  he  knew  the  fact.  In  1786  he  was  president  of  a  self- 
created  convention  which  met  at  Rochester  to  take  measures  to  procure  a  law  to  declare 
certain  property  a  legal  tender  for  the  payment  of  debts  and  to  emit  paper  money.  In 
September  of  that  year  the  Chester  convention  marched  with  arms  to  Exeter,  surrounded  the 
house  where  the  legislature  was  in  session,  and  tried  to  coerce  them  to  pass  such  a  law. 
General  Moulton  strongly  encouraged  them  to  persevere ;  but  September  18,  1787,  he  died  at 
his  own  house  in  Hampton. 

From  its  incorporation  in  1777  Moultonborough  has  been  a  quiet  and 
uneventful  town.  In  1800  the  Moultonborough  and  Sandwich  Social  Library 
was  incorporated,  and  the  Moultonborough  Social  Library  came  into  existence 
by  act  of  legislature  ten  years  later ;  showing  intelligence  and  desire  for 
knowledge.  In  the  first  of  this  century  George  Freese  kept  a  tavern  at 
Freese's  Corner  (now  called  Moultonborough  Corner),  and  here  was  organ- 
ized the  first  Masonic  lodge  instituted  in  Carroll  county  territory.  Colonel 
Nathan  Hoit  was  master  for  some  years.  (See  Morning  Star  Lodge  in 
Masonic  history  in  General  History.) 

Colonel  Hoit  was  an  early  settler,  and  the  most  prominent  man  of  the 
town  from  1776  to  1800.  In  1777  he  was  an  ensign  in  Captain  Livermore's 
company  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  In  1781  he  was  a  lieutenant  and  was 
rapidly  advanced  to  the  command  of  a  regiment.  After  the  war  he  repre- 
ss ited  the  town  many  years  in  the  legislature  ;  was  speaker,  was  senator  from 
the  sixth  district  in  1797,  1708,  1799,  and  president  of  the  senate. 

In  1820  there  were  in  town  one  meeting-house,  nine  schoolhouses,  two 
taverns,  one  store,  live  sawmills,  five  graininills,  one  clothmill,  one  barkmill, 
one  carding-machine,  and  one  tannery. 


Town    of    Moultonborough.  108 


Early  Settlers  and  their  Descendants.  Among  bhe  early  inhabitants  was 
John  Marston,  a  soldier  in  the  continental  army  of  the  Revolution  from 
Hampton.  His  father-in-law,  General  Jonathan  Moulton,  gave  him  and 
his  wife  Anna  four  hundred  acres  of  land  in  this  town.  Anna  firsl  saw 
her  future  husband  when  he  was  a  sergeant  drilling  troops,  and  said  bo 
a  companion,  "1  mean  to  have  that  young  man."'  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  paid  sixty  dollars,  continental  money,  for  a  set  of  buttons.  Their 
home  was  at  Easl  Moultonborough,  near  the  old  meeting-house,  and  they 
had  a  family  of  thirteen  children.  Mr  Marston  was  a  Qniversalisl  and 
refused  to  pay  tithes  for  the  support  of  the  settled  clergyman,  Rev.  Mr 
Blake,  and  his  ease  was  made  a  test  one  in  the  courts ;  after  a  protracted 
Litigation,  the  decision  was  against  him,  and  the  satisfaction  of  the  judg- 
ments and  the  heavy  costs  swept  away  all  of  his  property.  Mr  Marston 
died  November  9,  1846,  aged  eighty-nine  years  and  ten  months.  Mis  wife 
died  June   5,    L830,  aged  sixty-seven. 

The  Richardson  family  had  much  to  do  with  the  original  settlement. 
Colonel  Bradbury  Richardson  and  a  brother  settled  in  the  southeast  part, 
and  a  school  district  bore  the  name  "Richardson  district."  The  colonel 
had  twelve  children,  nine  of  whom  settled  near  his  home.  It  is  said  that 
in  1825  fifty  scholars  attended  the  district  school,  forty  of  them  being 
cousins,  while  thirty  were  Richardsons.  The  colonel  was  a  man  of  energy 
and  tilled  many   places  of  position. 

The  Neck  was  largely  peopled  by  a  family  named  Smith,  which 
took  an  active  and  a  prominent  place  in  the  prosperity  and  business  of 
the  town.  The  earlier  ones  were  Joseph  Smith,  Joseph  Smith,  Jr,  Josiah 
Smith,  and  Reuben  Smith.  They  held  various  official  positions,  and  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  legislature.  Many  of  their  descendants  now  live 
on   the  Neck. 

The  Lee  family  and  that  of  Roberts  were  conspicuous  among  the  early 
settlers.  With  others,  they  pitched  on  a  plot  of  arable  land  about  half- 
way up  the  south  slope  of  Ossipee  mountain.  (This  settlement,  composed 
of  some  six  or  eight  families,  became  a  school  district,  having  a  commo- 
dious and  good  schoolhouse  and  about  fifteen  scholars.  The  schoolhouse 
has  become  dilapidated  for  want  of  care  and  scholars,  and,  in  fact,  many 
of  the  other  districts  have  suffered  nearly  as  much  from  the  same  causes.) 
Only  two  of  the  descendants  of  these  early  settlers  remain  on  the  moun- 
tain,  Asa   Lee  and  his  sister  Martha. 

David  Lee  was  an  early,  if  not  the  first,  owner  of  Lee's  Mills,  lie 
was  followed  in  their  ownership  by  his  sons,  Nathan  M.  and  Edward  S. 
Lee.  Nathan  M.  has  live  children  now  residing  here:  David  (i.,  Frank  S., 
Edward  M..  Mrs  A.  P.  Jaclard,  and  Mis  dames  M.  Smith.  His  youngesl 
daughter,  Annetta,  married  Hayes  Lougee,  Esq.  Edward  S.  Lee  left  one 
son,  George  F.,  who  lives  on  the  old  homestead. 


404  History  of   Carroll  County. 

The  Evans  family  was  here  early.  The  sire,  James  Evans,  had  six 
sons;  among  them  were  James,  Smith  B.,  Alvah  C,  and  Daniel  B.  Five 
of  the  seven  daughters  of  Smith  B.  Evans  married  and  moved  from  town. 
Kimiiii  F.,  the  widow  of  Dr  George  L.  Mason,  and  her  sister,  Mrs  D.  F. 
Grant,  are  now  residents. 

The  Sturtevants  were  early  residents  of  the  town.  Benjamin,  with 
Comfort,  his  wife,  located  on  the  farm  where  they  lived  many  years, 
he  dying  September,  1 S ( > 0 ,  aged  eighty-seven  years;  his  wife  died  in 
September,  1850,  aged  seventy  years,  leaving  no  children.  Hosea  Sturte- 
vant,  nephew  of  Benjamin,  settled  here  at  the  same  time.  His  wife  was 
.Joanna  Lee.  Of  their  ten  children,  live  are  living.  Hosea  died  in  Decem- 
ber, L882,  aged  ninety-one  years;  his  wife  died  in  1878,  aged  eighty-four 
years.  The  Sturtevants  were  pioneers  on  the  farms  they  lived  and  died 
on,  felling  the  first  trees,  doing  labor  and  living  in  a  manner  that  would 
seem  impossible  to  the  present  generation.  Their  descendants  are  among 
the  representative  citizens  of  the  town,  not  unworthy  of  their  sturdy 
ancestry. 

A  Mr  Green  lived  near  the  mouth  of  the  main  road ;  his  descendants 
are  numerous,  and  are  industrious  and  well-to-do  citizens.  Scattered 
through  the  town  are  many  descendants  of  the  early  proprietors  named 
Moulton.  Two  families,  descendants  of  Deacon  Enoch  True  and  Josiah 
Haines,  emigrated  west  some  time  since  and  are  prominent ;  notably  John 
C.  and  Joseph  C.  Haines,  Rev.  Aaron  True,  and  John  True,  a  leading 
agriculturist,  residing  at  Baraboo,  Wis. 

John  S.  Moulton  (son  of  John  Moulton,  one  of  the  grantees  of  the 
town,  born  in  Hampton,  July  3,  1731)  was  born  July  30,  1772,  on  the 
place  where  his  father  settled,  and  died  of  spotted  fever,  December  1, 
1821.  His  wife,  Lucy  Hubbard,  survived  him  thirteen  years.  His  son, 
John  H.  Moulton,  born  March  21,  1817,  occupies  the  old  homestead,  where 
he  has  always  lived.  He  has  filled  responsible  positions  of  trust.  A  son 
of  his  died  in  the  army  during  the  war  of  1861 ;  one  daughter  married 
George  Lee,  and  another,  Hattie,  resides  with  her  father. 

Moody  Bean  came  from  Brentwood  prior  to  the  Revolution.  He  had 
six  sons  born  in  this  town,  Moody,  David  and  Jonathan  (twins),  Ben- 
ning  M.,  Samuel,  and  Josiah.  David  and  Benning  M.  were  all  who 
settled  here.  Moody  lived  many  years  after  clearing  up  a  fine  farm  from 
a  wilderness  state;  but  his  son,  B.  M.,  was  the  representative  of  the  family. 

Hon.  Benning  Moulton  Bean,  born  January  9,  1782,  had  a  love  of 
learning,  and  early  became  a  successful  teacher.  For  nine  years  from 
1815  he  was  elected  representative,  also  in  1827.  In  1824,  1825,  1826, 
1831,  1832,  he  was  state  senator ;  in  1829,  a  member  of  the  governor's 
council ;  in  1832,  president  of  the  state  senate.     In  1833  he  was  elected  a 


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member  of  Congress,  and  in  1*:'>~)  was  reelected.  Retiring  from  public  life 
at  the  close  of  liis  second  term,  he  lived  for  thirty  years  on  his  beautiful 
farm,  one  mile  from  Centre  Harbor.  By  his  second  wife,  Lydia  Adams,  he 
had  ten  children,  only  one  of  whom,  .Mrs  Josiah  C.  Sturtevant,  is  now  Living. 
Mi  Bean  died  February  9,  L866,  and  his  wife  October  23  of  the  same  year. 
He  was  a  Democrat  in  polities,  possessed  great  executive  ability,  was  wise  in 
council,  honest  and  scrupulously  faithful  to  every  trust,  receiving  and  always 
keeping  the  full  confidence  of  his  townsmen  and  associates.  In  local  politics 
he  was  a  power  for  many  years.  Hon.  John  Wentworth  said  of  him:  ••  I 
doubt  it'  there  is  another  case  of  a  man  of  such  poor  early  advantages 
receiving  such  uniform  promotion  to  such  great  public  satisfaction."  While 
in  Congress  he  was  one  of  the  originators  and  a  president  of  the  first 
••  ( lougressional  Temperance  Society." 

Nathaniel  and  David  Ambrose  were  among  the  first  settlers,  "pitching" 
at  East  Moultonborough,  and  their  descendants  now  reside  there,  wealthy 
and  reputable  citizens. 

For  many  years  from  its  first  inhabitancy  by  the  whites,  Moultonborough 
was  an  excellent  farming  town.  Father  and  son  worked  together  in  the 
fields,  clearing  up  the  land,  felling  trees,  building  stone  walls,  and  performing 
all  the  other  necessary  labor  to  render  the  farm  productive.  The  mother 
and  daughter  worked  together  in  the  kitchen,  spinning  and  weaving  rooms, 
and  attended  to  all  the  other  work  of  the  house.  The  schoolhouses  were 
tilled  in  summer  with  young  children,  in  winter  with  young  men  and  maidens. 
The  tables  were  supplied  with  the  wholesome  products  of  the  farm,  and  nearly 
all  kinds  of  clothing  worn  were  manufactured  at  home.  Local  tanneries 
tanned  the  hides,  and  home  shoemakers  made  them  up  into  shoes  and  boots. 
The  tanners'  flocks  furnished  material  for  clothing,  which  was  made  into 
cloth  by  the  crude  home  machinery.  Everybody  had  a  business,  and  attended 
to  it.  It  was  a  happy  Arcadian  life.  But  the  opening  up  of  the  "Great 
West,"  the  discoveries  of  the  great  mining  fields,  the  creation  of  manufac- 
turing cities,  the  construction  of  the  wonderful  systems  of  railroads,  and 
the  fascinations  and  excitement  of  life  in  the  large  cities,  have  changed 
this  condition  of  health  and  content,  and  to  a  great  extent  depopulated 
the  old  homesteads  and  workshops  of  the  young  people,  who  have  sought 
new  fields  of  employment,  where  there  is  more  pay  for  labor  and  more  bustle 
and  excitement. 

In  consequence  of  this,  the  old  men  were  left  to  till  the  farms,  and  the 
aged  matrons  the  sole  housewives.  These  were  not  aide  to  attend  to  the 
labors  performed  of  old,  and  home  manufactures  were  abandoned.  Then 
swift-coming  age  and  hard  labor  disabled  them  from  properh,  conducting 
their  farms,  and.  like  many  other  town--  in  this  state,  farming,  from  this 
and    other   causes,   here    has   fallen    to    a    low    estate,   the   inhabitants    reduced 


406  H [story   of   Carroll   County. 

in  number,  and  the  population  largely  made  up  of  old  and  elderly  people. 
A  peculiar  illustration  of  this  is  the  fact  that  there  are  at  the  present  writing 
seventy-one  widows  and  twenty-nine  widowers  residing  in  our  town.  There 
are  also  twenty-five  pensioners  in  town. 

Of  those  natives  of  Moultonborough,  who,  emigrating  young,  have  attained 
prominence,  we  would  mention  as  successful  lawyers,  Joseph  W.  Cotton, 
Nathan  Morse,  and  John  Butler,  all  of  Massachusetts,  and  George  B.  French, 
of  Nashua:  Oliver  Goss,  a  popular  physician  of  Lake  village;  as  business 
men,  Jonathan  G.  Morse  (grandson  of  Dr  Caleb  Morse),  of  Roxbury,  Mass., 
Oliver  Prime,  a  land  agent  of  Boston;  Oliver  Shaw  (grandson  of  our  first 
established  minister)  does  a  large  banking  business  in  the  West ;  John  G. 
Haley  (son  of  Samuel  Haley)  went  to  Boston  about  fifty  years  ago,  and 
has  built  up  an  extensive  business  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  trunks; 
Charles  Berry  was  for  several  years  (up  to  his  death)  in  the  canned  fruit 
and  grocery  trade  in  Boston,  and  his  brother  Arthur  is  a  builder  and 
contractor  in  Somerville ;  John  Q.  A.  Rollins  (son  of  John  A.  Rollins)  has 
for  many  years  been  engaged  in  extensive  mining  operations  in  Colorado  ; 
Harris  Wentworth  (son  of  Clark  Wentworth)  for  several  summers  has  been 
employed  as  clerk  of  the  steamer  "  Mt  Washington  "  and  in  winters  in  the 
office  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad  in  Boston  ;  Charles  Brown  is  in  business 
in  Boston ;  his  brother,  Moses  Brown,  now  and  for  many  years  past,  policeman 
in  Bostcn  ;  John  Penniman  (son  of  Adna  Penniman,  one  of  our  town's  first 
settlers)  was  for  twenty-five  years,  and  until  retired  for  ill-health,  an  esteemed 
member  of  the  Boston  police  ;  Willie  Dockham  has  just  entered  the  ministry. 

Public  gatherings  are,  and  have  always  been,  free  from  broils.  There 
never  was  a  personal  fight  at  town-meetings,  at  least  not  for  sixty  years. 
Often  no  constables  were  chosen  for  the  day,  and  for  several  years  no  intoxi- 
cating drinks  have  been  allowed  about  the  town-house.  In  consequence 
the  duty  of  the  moderator  is  a  very  easy  task.  Sixty  years  ago  liquors 
were  sold  in  stores  and  taverns  here  as  in  other  places,  but  about  1830  their 
sale  was  restricted  by  law,  and  it  was  left  to  the  selectmen  to  grant  license 
at  their  option.  This  resulted  in  making  the  temperance  question  prominent 
in  town-meetings,  especially  in  choosing  selectmen,  and  for  several  years 
"rum"  and  "no  rum"  were  in  exciting  contest.  Sometimes  one  would 
prevail  and  sometimes  the  other,  but  most  frequently  "  rum."  The  excitement 
brought  this  question  into  the  election  of  other  officers,  and  frequently  the 
choice  of  representative  hung  upon  it.  This  resulted  in  there  being  many 
places  where  liquor  was  sold.  Outside  parties  established  liquor-selling  here 
as  a  profitable  point  of  trade,  and  the  town  acquired  the  unenviable  reputation 
of  a  noted  place  for  liquor  traffic,  although  the  greater  part  sold  went  to  out- 
of-town  parties.  Things  continued  thus  until  the  law  came  in  force  making  it 
optional  with  the  town  to  license  the  sale  for  medical  and  mechanical  purposes. 


Town   of   Moultonborotjgh, 


For  a  number  of  years  the  selectmen  were  instructed  to  appoinl  one  or  more 
to  sell  as  restricted  by  the  Law;  but  in  L875  thej  refused  to  license  am  one, 
and  at   every  annual  town-meeting  since  the  voters  have   refused  to  grant   a 

license  by  a  nearly  unanimous  vote.     There  has  bee i   place   in   town    for 

several   years  where  liquor  is  sold,  and    but   little   distilled    liquor   is    HOW    used. 


CHAPTER    XXXII. 


Ecclesiastical  —  First  Meeting-house  —  Congregational  Church  Covenant  Presented  — 
Signers  —  Petition  in  Relation  to  Rev.  Samuel  Perley  —  IJev.  Jeremiah  Shaw — .Salary  — 
Ordination  —Rev.  Joshua  Dodge  —  New  ('lunch  at  the  Corner —  Methodist  Church  —  Pastors 
—  Freewill  Baptist  Church  —  Christian  Baptists  and  Adventists. 

ECCLESIASTICAL.  —  The  early  inhabitants  were  zealous  in  religions  mat- 
ters, and  were  earnest  to  maintain  the  observance  of  the  Sabbath  and 
regular  services.  A  meeting-house  was  built  in  177;>  at  East  Moulton- 
borough,  which  was  used  until  it  was  blown  down  in  the  severe  gale  of  L819. 
Another  was  soon  erected.  At  this  period  the  settlement  and  support  of  a 
minister  of  the  gospel  was  a  part  of  the  public  business  of  the  town. 

March  1l!,  1777,  at  the  annual  town-meeting,  a  Congregational  church 
covenant  was  presented,  and  was  signed  by  Jonathan  Penniman,  David  Bean, 
John  Sanderson,  Katherine  Meloon,  Ebenezer  Meloon,  Nathan  Lee,  Nehemiah 
Lee.  James  Brown,  Enoch  Blake,  Sarah  Lee,  Rebeckah  Richardson,  John 
Rogers,  Mary  Adams,  Nathan  Hoyt,  .lames  Sanborn,  Ellinor  Sanborn,  Steven 
Adams.  Jeremiah  Shaw,  Ebenezer  Lee,  Abial  Lee,  Daniel  Rogers,  John  Rogers, 
Benjamin  Morse,  William  Rogers,  Israel  Gilman,  Moses  Jenness,  Caleb  Morse, 
Hannah  Lee,  Jane  Burnham,  Mary  Rogers,  Mary  Shannon,  Rebecca  Uogers. 
Mary  Lee,  Martha  M.  Rogers,  Lydia  Penniman,  Abigail  Mulleson.  Mary 
Leavitt,  Lucy  Moulton,  Betsy  Gilraan,  Roily  Rogers.  Patty  Morse.  NTehemiah 
Lee,  Jr,  Billy  Leach,  Lydia  Leach,  Hitte  Brown.  Joseph  Clement.  Ruth 
Clement.  Hannah  Adams,  Dolly  Sturtevant.  Sarah  Bean,  Polly  Hubbard, 
Widow  Brown,  Richard  Clement,  Mary  Clement,  Moses  Morse,  Ephraim 
Doten,  Susannah  Doten,  Eunice  Shaw.  Hannah  Morse,  Edna  Morse,  Widow 
Frost,  Edmund  Frost,  Judith  Hubbard,  Susannah  Freeman,  Dolly  Brown, 
Ephraim  Bradbury,  Widow  Blake,  Joseph  Richardson,  Sarah  Moulton,  Samuel 
Moulton,  Susan  Moulton,  Sarah  Sanborn,  Abigail  Randal,  Joseph  Moulton, 
Betsy   Cram,   Hannah    Horn,  Widow    Haines,    Hannah    Rogers,    Betsey  Rogers, 


408  History  of   Carroll   County. 


Adna  Penniman,  Nancy  Morse,  Anna  Meloon,  Mehitable  Brown,  Sally  Leach, 
Anna  Horn,  Oliver  Lee,  Eunice  Lee,  Comfort  Sanborn,  Rachel  Shaw,  Deborah 
Lee,  Lucy  Rogers,  Mary  Ann  Rogers,  Mary  Shaw  Mullin,  Sarah  Paine,  Nathan 
S.  Moulton,  Sally  Moulton,  Livonia  Payne,  Alraira  White,  Mary  J.  Smith, 
Mary  Payne,  Polly  Rogers,  Jacob  Moulton,  Jeremiah  Shaw,  Sophia  Rogers, 
Mary  Shaw,  Sally  Mullen.  Mr  Meloon,  Mr  Penniman,  and  Nathan  Lee  were 
early  deacons  of  this  church. 

From  "Hammond's  Town  Papers"  we  extract  the  following,  which  throws 
some  light  on  the  early  history  of  the  church :  — 

State  of  New  Hampshire,  Strafford  ss. 
To  the  Honlle  Council  and  House  of  Bepresentatives  in  General  Assembly  convened :  — 

The  Petition  of  Bradbury  Richardson,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Abraham  Burnam,  Jonathan 
Moulton,  and  John  Adams,  a  Committee  for  and  in  Behalf  of  the  Town  of  Moultonborough  in 
said  State;  Humbly  shew,  that  there  are  great  Uneasiness  and  disaffection  subsisting  in  said 
Town,  which  has  been  occasioned  by  the  Revd  Samuel  Perley's  removing  himself  and  Family 
into  Town  with  the  Pretence  of  being  the  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  here,  and  by  his  con- 
tinuing as  such  in  preaching  and  other  Administrations;  and  by  his  unjustly  claiming  and 
demanding  publick  Priviledges  granted  to  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Town,  which  he 
the  said  Perley  claims  by  Virtue  of  a  pretended  Settlement  here,  by  certain  Persons  acting 
under  the  Denomination  of  an  Ecclesiastical  Council  in  October  last  —  which  Council  this  Town 
avers  convened  and  acted  in  that  Matter  without  either  the  Order,  Voice  or  Concurrence  of 
the  Town,  and  against  the  general  Sense  of  the  Town,  as  much  the  greater  part  of  the  People 
were  against  his  being  settled  here:  —  The  Conduct  of  said  Council  has  by  this  Town  at  a 
legal  Meeting  been  wholly  disavowed  and  greatly  disapproved  of,  as  their  Records  make 
appear,  all  which  said  Perley  has  been  duly  advised  of,  and  treated  with  to  relinquish  his 
aforesaid  Settlement  on  equitable  Terms;  &  has  been  legally  requested  by  the  Town  with 
the  Church  to  join  the  Town  in  calling  a  Council  to  judge  of  his  aforesaid  Settlement,  all 
which  he  refused  to  comply  with,  but  still  persists  in  preaching  and  in  his  unjust  Demands  for 
the  same  —  Wherefore  your  Petitioners  in  their  aforesaid  Capacity  pray  your  Honbl  Court 
to  view  the  particular  Situation  of  this  Town  in  the  Difficulties  they  are  under  with  Respect 
to  sd  Perley  and  the  Inconvenience  that  will  ever  attend  the  Town  in  obtaining  a  regular 
settled  Minister  so  long  as  there  is  a  Person  laying  Claim  to  that  Office  and  the  Previledges 
belonging  to  the  same ;  and  that  your  Honble  Court  wou'd  so  far  interfere  in  the  Matter 
as  to  order  &  appoint  an  Ecclesiastical  Council  to  take  Cognizance  of  the  Transactions  that 
have  happen'd  here  with  Respect  to  said  Perley,  &  to  judge  and  detennin  whither  said 
Perley  has  ever  been  fairly  and  legally  settled  as  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel  for  the  Town  of 
Moultonborough,  and  your  Petitioners  shall  ever  pray  — 

Moultonbor0,  10th  March  177!) 

Jona  Moulton,  Bradbury  Richardson,  Nathaniel  Ambros,  Abraham  Burnam,  John  Adams. 

Mr  Perley  left  soon  after,  and  September  27,  1779,  the  town  voted  to  unite 
with  the  church  in  the  settlement  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Shaw,  and  voted  him  a 
salary  of  fifty  pounds,  "and  to  increase  it  five  pounds  for  every  five  families 
with  which  the  town  shall  be  increased  above  its  present  number  until  it  shall 
get  to  sixty-five  pounds,  which  is  then  to  remain  as  fixed  salary  until  one 
hundred  families  shall  inhabit  here.'1  If  the  salary  was  any  part  paid  in 
produce  it  wras  to  be  in   corn  at  four  shillings  per  bushel,  or  other  products 


Town   of   Moultonborough.  h)9 


in   the  same  proportion.     After  one  hundred   families  were  settled  his  salary 

was    to    lie    raised    to   seventy-five    pounds.     In    addition    to    the   salary    they 

further  voted  to  haul   him  thirty  cords  of  g 1   lirew |  annually,  and   make 

him  a  present  of  thirty  pouuds  in  currency.  He  was  allowed  to  be  absent  two 
Sabbaths  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  his  friends.  These  conditions  were 
accepted  by  Mr  Shaw  in  a  letter  to  the  town,  dated  Hampton,  October  9 
177'.'.  November  15  the  church  voted  to  unite  with  the  town  in  settling  Mr 
Shaw,  and  he  was  ordained  November  17,  177'.'.  The  services  were :  Prayer 
by  Rev.  Mr  Porter,  Conway:  sermon  by  Rev.  Mr  Thayer.  Hampton,  from 
Ezekiel  33:  7-9;  ordaining  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr  Haven,  Rochester;  charge 
to  pastor  by  Rev.  Mr  Wood.  Sanbornton;  right  hand  of  fellowship  by 
Rev.  Mr  Fessenden,  Fryeburg,  Maine;  closing  prayer  by  Rev.  Mr  Smith. 
Gilmanton.  Mr  Shaw  preached  here  until  about  1825,  when  the  infirmities 
of  age  compelled  him  to  retire  from  the  ministry.  Tradition  has  it  that  he 
solemnized  four  hundred  marriages.  He  was  an  aide  man,  and  was  loved 
and  respected  by  all.  He  remained  in  Moultonborough  until  his  death  in 
L834.  Shortly  after  his  settlement  the  town  and  church  separated,  the  town 
agreeing  to  pay  Mr  Shaw  $1,000.  After  this  all  church  expenses  were  sus- 
tained by  voluntary  contributions.  Rev.  Joshua  Dodge  succeeded  Mr  Shaw; 
was  settled  February  15,  1828.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth;  studied 
theology  with  Rev.  Drs  Manasseh  Cutler.  Abiel  Abbott,  and  Samuel  Worcester. 
Mr  Dodge  presided  with  great  ability  over  the  Congregational  church,  which  at 
that  time  numbered  many  members  and  attendants.  After  arduous  labor  for 
several  years  his  health  failed.  He  died  March  25,  1861.  His  wife,  Martha 
(Hubbard)  Dodge,  died  in  1886. 

About  1840  the  meetings  were  held  at  Moultonborough  Corner  in  the  town- 
house.  A  new  meeting-house  was  soon  after  erected  at  the  Corner,  and  services 
held  alternately  here  and  at  East  Moultonborough.  This  separation  disturbed 
the  harmony  of  the  church,  and  the  old  church  was  disbanded  and  a  new- 
church  formed  at  the  Corner,  over  which  Rev.  Jonathan  B.  Cook,  born  in 
Wakefield,  April  21,  1825,  was  ordained  December  18,  1850;  dismissed  in 
L854.  In  January.  1855,  Rev.  W.  P.  Apthorp  was  settled  here  in  the  min- 
istry, remaining  until  1859.     In  1856  there  were  seventy-three  members. 

The  pulpit  was  supplied  by  transient  ministers  and  Andover  theological 
students  for  a  time,  when  finally,  from  various  causes,  the  principal  one  being 
removals  by  death  and  to  other  towns  with  but  few  accessions,  the  Congrega- 
tional church  became  extinct,  and  the  meeting-house  at  East  Moultonborough 
was  sold  to  the  Adventists  and  removed  to  Melvin  village.  The  one  at  the 
Corner  was  sold  to  the  Methodist  society  of  this  place,  and  has  since  been 
occupied  by  that  church. 

The  Methodist  Church  was  organized  about  1840  by  Rev.  J.  S.  Loveland, 
and  has  had   these   pastors:    1843,    II.    Hartwell.     1844,    II.    Hill,   dr.     1845, 


410  History  of   Carroll   County. 


supplied.  1846,  John  Smith,  2d.  1847-48,  Jonathan  G.  Johnson.  1849-50, 
I).  W.  Barber.  1851-52,  J.  W.  Spencer.  1858,  supplied.  1854-55,  J.  W. 
Gurnsey.  1856-57,  J.  B.  Holman.  1858,  L.  Draper.  1859-60,  H.  Chandler. 
1861-62,  A.  ('.  Hardy.  1863,  C.  R.  Homan.  1864,  J.  Currier.  1865,  A.  J. 
Chinch.  1866,  A.  P.  Hatch.  1867,  H.  A.  Mattison.  1868,  H.  S.  Ward. 
1869,  J.  E.  Robbins.  1870,  N.  P.  Philbrook.  1871,  L.  L.  Eastman.  1872,  H. 
Chandler.  1*7:5-74,  A.  Adams.  1875-76,  supplied.  1877-79,  S.  J.  Robinson. 
1880,  J.  H.  Knott.  1881,  G.  H.  Hardy.  1882-84,  C.  Byrne.  1885-86,  G.  N. 
Bryant.     1887-88,  W.  J.  Wilkins. 

Freewill  Baptist  Church.  —  As  early  as  1810  Elder  John  Colby  held 
meetings,  and  had  stated  appointments  here  in  the  spring  of  1811.  During 
the  summer  he  baptized  seventeen.  August  31  he  preached  at  Widow 
Thompson's,  and  held  services  occasionally  until  October.  He  preached  in 
town  June  18,  1812  ;  attended  a  meeting  at  Moultonborough  Falls  June  23 ; 
July  10,  1813,  preached  here,  and  also  September  13,  1817.  At  the  present 
time  there  is  a  Freewill  Baptist  meeting-house  at  the  mouth  of  the  Neck 
road  which  is  occupied  a  part  of  the  time,  and  the  schoolhouses  in 
different  parts  of  the  town  are  frequently  used  for  Sabbath  preaching  by  the 
Christian  Baptists  and  the  Adventists.  The  Rev.  Mr  Goodwin,  a  Christian 
Baptist,  preceded  by  Rev.  Mr  Hodgdon,  preached  several  years  at  what  is 
called  the  "Middle  schoolhouse "  on  the  "Neck."  There  was  an  organized 
church  of  that  order  of  Christians  in  that  part  of  the  town. 


CHAPTER    XXXIII. 

Physicians  —  Business  Men  —  Other  Sketches  — Action  of  Town  in  the  Rebellion  —  Civil 
List. 

PHYSICIANS. — Dr  Caleb  Morse  was  one  of  the  earliest  physicians.  He 
studied  medicine  with  Dr  Benton,  of  Baldwin,  Maine.  He  commenced 
practice  here  about  1780,  and  continued  until  1842.  He  married  Anna 
Ambrose  September  20,  1783.  They  had  twelve  children.  He  was  grand- 
father of  Dr  Jonathan  Morse  (dec),  who  was  an  active  physician  in  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  and  also  the  father  of  Nathan  Morse,  a  popular  lawyer  now  practising 
in  Boston.  Dr  Morse  was  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church,  and  had 
its  general  direction  for  many  years.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  business 
affairs  of  the  town;  represented  it  in  the  legislature  in  1805.  He  died 
of  pneumonia,  May  2,  1843. 


TOWS     OF     MOULTONBOKOUGH.  H  1 


Dr  Asa   Crosby,   the   celebrated   sire  of   the   Crosb}    family   of  physicia 
practised    here    a    short    time    very    early.     He    married    Miss    Hoil    of    this 
town. 

/),-  Tchabod  Shaw,  son  of  Rev.  Jeremiah  Shaw,  was  born  in  Moulton- 
borough,  March  3,  1782.  He  studied  with  Dr  Caleb  Morse,  and  practised 
here  until  his  last  sickness.  He  was  a  well-read,  highly  educated,  and 
successful   physician.     He  died  January  16,   L836. 

Dr  Thomas  Shannon,  son  of  Nathaniel  Shannon,  one  of  the  original 
settlers  and  a  leading  and  influential  citizen,  was  a  native  of  this  town. 
horn  December  25,  1783.  He  married  Margaret  Vaughn  Moses,  Jul 
L808.  They  had  eight  children.  lie  studied  medicine,  practised  some 
years  in  Pittsfield,  but  returned  here,  and  was  in  active  business  until 
his  death.  July  5,  1864.  Dr  Shannon  was  one  of  the  most  able  practi- 
tioners of  his  time,  and  had  the  confidence  of  the  people,  lit;  was  never 
a  fossil  in  his  profession,  but  sought  after  and  obtained  every  improve- 
ment, and  whatever  was  new  and  important  relating  to  it.  He  was  a 
man  of  strict  integrity  and  honor,  and  embraced  every  opportunity  to  aid 
young  physicians.  He  Mas  representative  man)-  years,  and  several  years  a 
trustee  i<\'  New  Hampshire  Insane  Asylum.  His  son  Nathaniel  became 
a  physician,  and  practised  in   London  and  Portland,   Maine. 

Dr  John  M.  Emerson,  born  here  July  13,  1835,  was  educated  at  Gil- 
manton  and  Phillips  academies;  studied  medicine  with  Dr  W.  II.  II. 
Mason,  graduated  at  Harvard  Medical  School  in  1857.  tie  practised  a 
short  time  at  Conway,  then  returned  to  Moultonborough,  where  he  remained 
until   1873,  when  he  moved  to  Gloucester,  Mass. 

Dr  George  Peavey,  son  of  Alva  Peavey,  graduated  at  Harvard  Medical 
School  :  practised  medicine  at  Centre  Harbor,  a  few  years,  when  he  was 
obliged  to  relinquish  business  on  account  of  illness.  He  died  in  Moulton- 
borough.    He  was  a  young  man  of   fine  ability  and  great  promise. 

Dr  Frank  L.  Judkins,  son  of  Daniel  Judkins,  horn  in  Freedom  in  1850, 
studied  with  Dr  A.  1).  Merrow;  graduated  at  Brunswick,  Maine,  in  1879. 
lie  commenced  practice  in  this  town;  remained  about  six  years,  then 
removed   to   Lynn.    Mass. 

Dr  William  H.  II  JIason,  son  of  Lemuel  B.  Mason,  was  horn  in  Gilford, 
December  14,  1817.  He  read  medicine  with  Dr  Andrew  Me  Fa  Hand,  and 
was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1842.  He  opened  an  office 
in  Moultonborough  October  17,  LSI-,  where  he  has  remained  nearly  forty- 
seven  years,  most  of  the  time  engaged  in  active  practice  of  medicine  and 
surgery.  He  was  president  of  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  in  1870, 
and  delivered  an  address  before  the  graduating  class  at  Dartmouth  Medical 
College  November  12,  1850,  which  was  published  by  recommendation  of 
the  class.     He  has  been  twice  married:  November  1L  1844,  to  Mehitable  S., 


n-j  IhsroKv   of   Carkoll  County. 


daughter  of  Simon  Moulton.  She  died  July  25,  L853.  In  1853,  December 
23,  he  married  Sarah  J.,  daughter  of  -John  G.  Brown.  They  have  had  three 
children;  one  died  in  infancy;  one,  Dr  George  L.  Mason,  died  May  13, 
L888,  aged  thirty-four  years:  one  son.  Charles  11.  Mason,  born  November 
30,    I860,  resides  with  his  father  and  superintends  his  business  affairs. 

Dr  Mason  has  been  Largely  engaged  in  agriculture,  and  was  appointed 
a  member  of  the  first  hoard  of  agriculture  organized  under  the  art  o\'  the 
legislature  in  1ST".  Ho  has  been  reappointed  every  term  since,  excepting 
one.  up  to  the  last,  when  he  declined  a  reappointment.  He  was  appointed 
on  lax  commission  in  1877,  and  in  1883  a  trustee  oi  New  Hampshire 
Asvlnm  for  the  Insane,  which  office  ho  holds  at  the  presenl  time.  In  1ST-") 
he  was  commissioned  trustee  o{'  the  agricultural  college  at  Hanover,  ami 
delivered  a  tew  lectures  before  the  class  on  veterinary  science.  In  L887  he 
was  appointed  a  member  id'  cattle  commission  with  Dr  Irving  A.  Watson, 
secretary  o(  the  state  hoard  o\'  health,  and  N.  .1.  Bachelder,  secretary  o( 
the  state  hoard  of  agriculture.  Or  Mason  served  several  years  as  superin- 
tending school  committee  and  was  chosen  town  clerk  in  1S4T.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  in  1859,  1860,  and  L869,  and  was  chosen  in  1862,  but 
declined.  In  1>TT  he  was  appointed  pension  surgeon,  which  office  he  now 
holds.  He  was  chosen  moderator  of  the  animal  town-meeting  in  L857,  and 
served  in  that  capacity  twenty-four  consecutive  years.  He  was  elected  senator 
of  district  No.  6  in  1864  ami  1865,  and  received  a  unanimous  vote  as  delegate 
to  the  constitutional  convention  oi'  1876. 

He  has  now  (1889)  retired  from  practice  in  consequence  of  ill-health, 
though  he  is  frequently  called  and  attends  to  cases  of  consultation.  There 
are  but  few,  if  any.  physicians  in  the  state  who  have  practised  in  one 
place  so  long  as  ho.  He  took  particular  interest  in  surgery,  and  did  the 
most  ^['  it  in  his  own  and  surrounding  towns.  He  muted  with  the  Congre- 
gational church  in  1837.  He  early  took  an  active  part  in  the  temperance 
reform,  and  after  a  few  years  o\  experience  seldom  used  liquor  in  his 
practice,  believing  it.  as  a  title,  unnecessary.  He  took  a  great  interest  in 
hygiene,  and  prepared  a  paper  on  that  subject  which  lie  used  while  on  the 
board  o\  agriculture  in  meetings  throughout  the  state.  He  has  labored,  in 
his  ,.wn  town  particularly,  to  convince  the  people  o(  the  necessity  oi'  taking 
care  around  their  dwellings.  He  believes  that  wells  as  used  are  inquire: 
that  sink-spouts  and  drains  are  positively  dangerous.  It  is  a  noted  fact 
that  the  town  has  not  one  ease  of  fever  or  dysentery  where  there  were 
formerly   twenty. 

Dr    G  L.    Mason,  son  of  Or   W.  H.  11.  Mason,  died  at   his  residence 

in  Moultonborough  May  L3,  lsv^.  He  was  well  known  throughout  Belknap 
and  Carroll  counties  as  a  physician  o(  great  skill  and  ability.  He  was  born 
in  Moultonborough.  October   26,  1S~>4.     lie   studied   medicine  with   his   father, 


TOWM     "I      MOULTONBOKOUGH.  11:; 

completing  his  educatioi]  as  a  physician   al    Dartmouth    M  I  and 

Bellevue  Hospital  of  New   York   city.     He  commeo  .; 

borough  in  1876  and  at  once  attained  il  im<l  ;,,   ].;-_ 

remaining  there  aboul  five  years,  where  he  had  a  intly  jn 

ing    business.     His    health    becoming    impaired, 
a  shorl  time  in  1884  and  moved  to  Centre  Harbor.     He    • 
in    L885   and    continued    it    up   to    his   death.     He    married    in    1878    Emma, 
daughter  of  S.  B.  Evans,  who  survives  him.     H<        a  town  clerk  ;     ilton- 

borough  in  1877  and  1878,  and  represented  Centre  Harbor  in  the  Legislature 
in  1885.     He  was  a  member  of  Odd    I  .  Knights  of  Honor,  and    P 

Fathe  ties.     In  private  life  he  was  loved  for  his  man  traits 

of  character  A  genial  and  kindhearted  friend,  he  was  also  a  young  man 
of  brilliant  qualities  and  ability  and  would  have  won  high  rank. 

Dr  Franl    S.    L  ,  s  m  of  John   X.   Lovering,  was  born  in   Freedom, 

April  7.  L861.  Ill—  medical  studies  were  with  Dr  Merrow.  He  graduated 
at  Dartmouth  Medical  College  in  1883.     He  commenced  practi  Sandwich, 

remained  there  a  few  years,  then  spent  several  months  in  New  York  city 
in  order  to  pursue  his  professional  studies,  He  came  to  Moultonborough 
in  1885,  and  i>  now  actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession. 

hr  Leonard  B.  Morrill,  son  of  Harrison   Morrill,  was   born  here  iber 

_.  1865.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr  Nutting,  of  Meredith,  was  _.  luate 
of  Burlington  Medical  College  in  1888,  and  opened  an  office  in  this  town 
A    _    -'.  1888.      He  i>  a  young  man   of  promt 

Dr  Green  in  1837,  Dr  Bussell  in  1845,  Dr  Bryant  in  1887,  Di  Marshall  in 
i — .  d  here  for  a  few  months. 

Business  Men. — roseph  H.  Watson  was  horn  in  Moultonborough,  Jam 
L801,  resided  in  this  town  until  the  year  1870,  and  having  suffered  the 
of  a  building  by  fire,  he  soon  after  sold  his  extensive  landed  property  and 
removed  to  Laconia.  Mr  Watson  was  the  only  son  of  John  and  Huldah 
W  tson.  He  manied  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Moses  S  ter,  :  this  town: 
he  had  three  children,  two  only  now  surviving,  John  F.  H.  and  Charles  B.  S. 
Wats  Laconia. 

Mr  Watson  held  a  justice's  commission  many  y  s  frequently 

moderator   at  town-in<    ti    _.   and   was    selectman    for   a    series  He 

represented    the    town    in    the    legislature    two    terms.     If-  linent 

in  the  settlement  of  estates  ami  gained  the-  confidence  "f  the  public  by  his 
fair  dealing.     He   died  in   Laconia  in    1882,     a     I   eighty-  His  wife- 

survived  him  three  years,  and  died  at  the  age 

James    French  was    born    in  Tuftonborough,  July  29,   1811,  and  •     _    ; 
in    the    mercantile    business    at    Melvin    village   in    lv4_:.     II  inted 

postmaster    in   1845  to  sue  E         S  .     In   1851    he   pure 


414  History   of   Carroll   County. 


hotel  and  store  in  this  town,  and  engaged  actively  in  business.  He  was 
appointed  postmaster  in  1861  to  succeed  B.  E.  Thurston,  and  held  the 
office  until  1873,  when  he  voluntarily  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
son,  J.  E.  French.  In  1869  he  retired  from  active  business,  having 
obtained  ample  competency  as  a  result  of  active  and  industrious  business 
habits.  He'  married  in  1S42  Eveline  A.,  daughter  of  Simon  Moulton,  of 
this  town,  who  survives  him.  He  had  four  children:  James  E.,  George  B., 
Lydia,  and  John  Q.  A.,  who  died  in  infancy.  Mr  French  was  an  active 
and  prominent  member  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  was  a  liberal  con- 
tributor to  everything  pertaining  to  its  interest.  A  few  years  before  his 
death  he  gave  a  bell  for  the  chapel. 

John  A.  Rollins  was  born  in  Andover,  November  24,  1791  ;  came  here 
in  May,  1820.  For  many  years  he  taught  district  and  singing  schools, 
and  was  an  apt  and  efficient  teacher.  Although  he  belonged  to  no  religious 
denomination,  yet  he  was  engaged  in  ministerial  work  for  several  years, 
lb'  served  the  town  as  selectman,  treasurer,  overseer  of  the  poor,  and 
representative.  He  was  editor  and  proprietor  of  The  Reformer  and  Straf- 
ford Sentinel,  published  at  Meredith  bridge  (Laconia)  in  1832,  which  he 
moved  to  Moultonborough  Falls  in  1834.  Mr  Rollins  was  thrice  married: 
first  to  Mary  Randlett  in  1823,  second  to  Mary  Copp,  of  Tuftonborough, 
third  to  Elizabeth  C.  Lee.  He  has  many  descendants.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  War  of  1812,  and  was  among  the  first  organizers  of  the  Free-soil 
party,  and  always  advocated  its  principles.     He  died  October  24,  1881. 

Benjamin  E.  Thurston  came  here  about  1849  and  carried  on  merchan- 
dising for  about  twenty  years.  David  L.  Warren  was  associated  with 
him.  Mr  Thurston  owned  and  cultivated  a  fine  farm.  He  was  deputy 
sheriff  for  several   years.     He  removed   to  Laconia,  where  he  died   in  1887. 

Ezekiel  Flanders  was  in  trade  for  many  years.  He  was  a  native  of 
Alton,  born  September  18,  1815.  He  came  here  when  a  young  man,  and 
took  charge  of  the  store  of  John  Barker,  formerly  Samuel  Brown's.  He 
went  into  business  for  himself  after  a  few  years  in  the  same  store,  and 
continued  until  his  death,  January  27,  1875.  Mr  Flanders  was  active  in 
town  affairs.  His  wife  was  Sarah  Eaton.  Their  son  Henry,  born  June 
1 8,  1843,  when  he  came  of  age,  became  his  father's  partner.  He  died 
March  25,  1877,  and  in  1878  Leander  Bryant,  a  native  of  Tamworth,  pur- 
chased the  store,  and  is  doing  a  successful  business. 

Hamlin  Huntress,  son  of  Joseph  L.  Huntress,  was  born  in  Sandwich, 
August  19,  1801.  He  served  as  clerk  for  James  E.  French  for  some  years, 
mastering  the  details  of  the  mercantile  business,  and  in  1884  succeeded 
Mr  French,  and  is  one  of  the  active,  wideawake  citizens  of  Moulton- 
borough.  He  has  been  town  clerk  for  several  years.  He  married  Amy  L., 
daughter  of  .John   A.  Rollins,  June  25,  1885. 


TOWS     OF     Ml  >1  "I.n  >NBOROTJGH.  II." 


Charles    II.,   son   of    W.    II.    Blake,    was   born    in    Rochester,   September, 

L832.  He  came  to  Moultonborough  in  L852,  and  married  firsl  Mary  < 
Webster.  Of  their  five  children  four,  E.  E.,  Emma  I'.,  Lizzie  S.,  and 
Mary  C.  are  now  living.  In  1*7-  he  married  second  Hattie  Dearborn,  of 
Centre  Harbor.  Mr  Blake  lias  always  taken  a  lively  interesl  in  the  town's 
affairs,  and  represented  it  in  the  legislature  in  L881-82.  He  has  for  several 
years  been  engaged  as  wholesale  traveling  merchant,  and  also  does  a  retail 
business. 

Edwin  F.  Brown,  son  of  Lyman  and  Lucy  Brown,  was  born  in  Moulton- 
borough, August  20,  1X37.  He  married,  January  8,  L862,  Susie  F.  Choate ; 
was  educated  in  common  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  has  been  engaged 
in  lumbering  since  1867.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  county  com- 
missioners from  1883  to  1885,  the  only  Republican  in  the  county  ever 
elected  to  that  position.  He  was  selectman  of  the  town  in  1870,  1871, 
and  1874,  and  from  1878  to  1889  inclusive.  He  was  chairman  of  board 
all   of  said  years  except   1871,  and   is  present  representative. 

('harles  I".  Huntress,  born  in  Sandwich,  January  --.  L833,  died  in  Moulton- 
borough,  June  30,  1887.  When  seventeen  years  of  age  he  was  apprenticed 
to  John  Haines.  <A'  Meredith,  a  carriage-builder,  with  whom  he  remained  three 
years.  He  then  worked  at  his  trade  in  Campton,  and  for  Bryant  &  Co.  of 
Moultonborough.  In  1858  he  established  himself  at  Moultonborough  Falls 
and  commenced  the  manufacture  of  carriages  and  sleighs,  which  he  con- 
tinued, and  was  known  throughout  the  state  as  a  manufacturer  of  first-class 
work.  He  was  a  man  of  upright  character  and  sterling  worth,  and  was 
always  a  friend  of  the  poor  and  needy. 

Joel  F.  Cotton  was  born  in  Moultonborough,  April  2,  1839:  received  a 
common  school  education,  and  about  1860  went  to  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and 
was  engaged  in  business  until  1804,  when  he  returned  to  Moultonborough. 
He  married.  March  9,  18(54,  Lavinia  F.,  only  daughter  of  Benjamin  Gilman. 
Soon  after  he  was  appointed  deputy  sheriff,  which  office  he  held  until  1874, 
when  he  resigned  and  removed  to  Massachusetts,  having  been  one  of  the 
mosl  efficient  officers  the  county  ever  had.  He  returned  to  Moultonborough 
in  1876  and  engaged  in  farming.  In  1S84  he  was  again  appointed  deputy 
sheriff  and  served  until  July  1,  1887.  He  was  supervisor  of  the  town  from 
1*74  to  1876.  He  was  a  man  of  good  business  ability,  shrewdness,  and  judg- 
ment. He  had  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances  and  friends.  In  politics  an 
ardent  Republican,  he  never  hesitated  to  devote  his  time  and  energy  to 
advance  his  party's  interest.  His  children  are:  Curtis  lb.  a  physician  in 
Wolfeborough,  and  Fannie.     Mr  Cotton  died  September  21,    lsv". 

James  E.  French  was  born  in  Tuftonborough,  February  27,  L845,  and 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Moultonborough  in  1851.  lb'  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Moultonborough,   with  two  year- at  seminary  at  Tilton.      From 


lit;  History  of   Carroll  County. 


1864  to  1869  he  was  employed  as  clerk  in  stores  at  Centre  Harbor,  Ply- 
mouth, and  Great  Kails.  Tn  1869  he  succeeded  his  father,  James  French,  in 
mercantile  business  in  Moultonborough,  which  he  continued  until  December, 
1884,  when  he  retired.  He  has  no  religious  preference  though  a  regular 
attendant  of  the  Methodist  church.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  an  active 
Republican;  has  served  three  years  as  town  clerk,  ten  years  as  treasurer, 
three  \ cars  as  chairman  of  board  of  education,  and  moderator  at  every  election 
in  the  town  since  1870 ;  he  was  county  auditor  six  years,  representative  from 
1878  to  1881,  senator  for  Plymouth  district  from  1887  to  1889,  postmaster 
twelve  years,  member  of  board  of  railroad  commissioners  from  1879  to  1883, 
and  United  States  deputy  collector  from  1882  to  1885.  He  was  married  July 
2,  1867,  to  Martha  E.,  daughter  of  William  Hill,  of  Great  Falls. 

Augustus  P.  Jaclard,  born  in  New  York  city  May  23,  1834,  married 
Harriette  S.  Lee,  daughter  of  Nathan  M.  Lee  (an  old  resident  and  mill-owner 
of  this  town),  March  6,  1859. 

His  father,  Sebastian  Jaclard,  was  born  in  Metz,  France,  1800.  Augustus 
commenced  business  in  New  York  with  his  brother  Daniel  as  importers  of 
fancy  goods,  perfumery,  and  hair  goods.  Daniel  having  died  in  1860,  he 
continued  the  business  alone  until  1862,  when  he  sold  out  to  settle  his 
brother's  estate.  He  moved  to  Moultonborough  in  the  summer  of  1863  and 
took  up  farming  until  he  bought  the  store  and  business  of  Warren  &  Thurs- 
ton in  1866,  where  he  is  still  in  trade ;  he  bought  the  hotel  of  Alvin  Peavey 
at  the  corner  in  1868  and  has  made  a  business  of  keeping  summer  boarders, 
in  connection  with  his  store,  ever  since.  He  has  held  several  offices  in  town  ; 
was  appointed  postmaster  under  Cleveland's  administration,  August  1,  1885. 
He  joined  Red  Mountain  Lodge  No.  68,  F.  &  A.  M.,  April  28,  1868;  Pytha- 
gorean Council  No.  6,  S.  R.  &  S.  E.  M.,  May  11,  1878,  at  Laconia ;  Belknap 
Chapter  No.  8,  R.  A.  M.,  June  12,  1873,  at  Dover;  St  Paul  Commandery 
No.  5,  Knights  Templar,  July  16,  1874,  at  Dover;  Edward  A.  Raymond 
Consistory,  Sublime  Prince  of  the  Royal  Secret,  32d  degree  Ancient  and 
Accepted  Scottish  Rite,  March  14,  1878,  at  Nashua;  Winnipisiogee  Lodge 
No.  7,  I.  O.  ().  F.,  April  30,  1872,  at  Laconia;  Red  Hill  Lodge  No.  2,477, 
K.  of  H.,  May  28,  1881,  at  Moultonborough.  He  is  also  a  member  of  several 
Masonic  and  Odd  FelloAvs'  relief  associations. 

Captain  Lemuel  B.  Mason  was  born  in  Durham,  February,  1759.  Being 
in  infancy  bereaved  of  his  parents  and  having  no  brother  or  sister,  he  was 
left  mostly  to  the  care  of  strangers ;  in  consequence  his  early  education 
was  entirely  neglected.  He  was  oidy  sixteen  years  of  age  when  the  war 
of  the  Revolution  commenced,  yet  he  resolved  to  have  some  part  in  achieving 
independence.  This  resolution  was  strengthened  by  the  roar  of  the  cannon 
at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  the  sound  of  which  reached  the  place  where 
he    i  hen    resided.      He    joined    the    army    immediately    after    this    battle    and 


Town   op   Moultonborough.  m; 


remained  in  the  service  until  the  close  of  the  war,  a  period  of  aboul  eighl 
years.     He   was   in   the  army  of  Washington   when    he   retreated    IV I 

Island,  and.  barefooted  and  ragged,  eont  inned  wit  h  him  in  his  retreat  through 
the  highlands  in  New  Jersey,  the  army  then  being  reduced  to  three  thousand 
men.  Washington's  army  at  this  time  suffered  its  darkest  hours  and  was 
reduced  to  its  lowest  numbers.  'The  soldiers  were  most K  barefooted,  and 
in  their  retreat  left  their  trail  in  blood.  In  that  dark  hour,  when  patriot 
hearts  quailed,  Captain  Mason  was  one  of  the  faithful  few  who  stood  by 
and  guarded  the  Father  of  our  Country.  With  him  he  fought  in  the  battles 
of  Trenton  and  Princeton,  being  the  first  battles  that  gave  encouragement 
to  our  arms  and  hope  to  the  hearts  of  Americans.  He  was  also  at  the  battles 
of  Monmouth,  Stillwater,  and  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne,  and  also  with 
Sullivan  in  his  expedition  to  the  "  Indian  country." 

When  Captain  Mason  enlisted  he  could  neither  read  nor  write,  having  had 
but  three  days'  schooling  in  his  life.  Soon  after  he  enlisted  he  was  appointed 
sergeant,  and  after  serving  in  that  capacity  for  some  time  was  made  clerk, 
which  he  accepted  only  on  condition  that  his  captain  would  become  his 
teacher  in  reading  and  writing.  This  officer  readily  consented,  and  in  three 
weeks  Sergeant  Mason  was  able  to  make  out  his  return  in  his  own  hand. 
Soon  after  he  received  a  commission  as  lieutenant,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  After  receiving  his  commission  lie  was 
mindi  of  his  time  in  command  of  scouting  parties  engaging  in  skirmishes 
with  the  Indians,  in  which  he  many  times  made  but  hairbreadth  escapes. 
At  one  time  his  scout  of  thirty  men  was  tired  upon  from  an  Indian  amhush 
and  the  whole  party  slain  but  himself  and  two  others,  he  saving  himself 
by  crawling  under  the  turned-up  roots  of  a  tree  and  remaining  partially 
in  the  water  until  dark.  Once  a  ball  passed  through  his  hat;  at  another 
time  <me  through  the  skirt  of  his  coat,  yet  he  was  never  wounded.  While 
making  a  running  retreat  from  a  large  body  of  Indians  at  one  time,  his 
faithful  dog  was  shot  at  his  feet,  when  he  immediately  turned,  seized  and 
shouldered  him,  bearing  him  off  while  the  enemy  were  close  upon  him  ;  and 
when  inquired  of  why  he  exposed  himself  to  such  danger  for  a  dead  dog, 
he  replied  that  the  Indians  should  not  have  his  scalp. 

After  Washington  had  made  his  farewell  address  Lieutenant  Mason 
returned  to  Newington,  where  he  found  he  had  been  despoiled  of  the  patri- 
mony inherited  from  his  father;  not  receiving  any  compensation  for  his 
services  in  the  army  and  deprived  of  his  inheritance,  he  was  poor  indeed. 
So.m  after  his  return  lie  married  Sarah  Nutter,  who  died  three  years  after. 
leaving  no  children.  Shortly  after  he  moved  to  New  Durham,  where  he 
selected  a  wild  lot  of  land  and  commenced  a  clearing.  He  there  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Ephraim  Chamberlain,  with  whom  he  lived  sixty-live  years, 
having  a    family   of  thirteen   children,  all   of  whom   lived    to  adult   age   and    to 


418  History   of   Carroll   County. 

be  settled  with  families.     Two  only,  Benjamin  M.  and  Dr  W.  H.  H.  Mason, 
now  survive. 

Captain  Mason  removed  from  New  Durham  to  Alton,  where  he  served 
several  years  as  selectman,  and  from  there  to  Gilford.  In  the  War  of  1812 
he  was  commissioned  captain  of  a  company  of  volunteers  under  Colonel 
Davis,  and  served  one  year.  He  again  returned  to  Gilford,  where  he  remained 
until  the  pension  act  of  1818  placed  him  beyond  the  indigence  in  which  he 
had  lived  for  many  years.  This  act  of  Congress  gave  him  twenty  dollars 
per  month  and  subsequently  (many  years  previous  to  his  death)  his  pay 
was  increased  to  twenty-six  and  two-thirds  dollars  per  month.  As  early 
as  L836  he  became  a  warm  advocate  in  the  temperance  reform  and  a  strict 
observer  of  its  pledge.  In  1838  he  received  a  justice's  commission.  In  1839 
he  became  connected  with  the  Freewill  Baptist  church  in  Sandwich,  and 
was  a  worthy  member  up  to  his  death,  which  occurred  March  30,  1851,  at 
the  age  of  ninety-two  years  and  two  months.  His  wife  died  the  February 
previous,  aged  eighty-two  years. 

Benjamin  M.  Mason  was  born  in  the  town  of  Gilford,  October  25,  1811,  and 
is  now  in  his  seventy-seventh  year,  being  the  twelfth  in  the  family  of  Lemuel 
B.  Mason,  all  of  the  older  members  having  died  in  previous  years.  The  only 
surviving  members  of  this  family'  are  B.  M.  and  W.  H.  H.  Mason,  both  having 
resided  in  Moultonborough  from  early  years.  Benjamin  M.  Mason,  with  his 
father,  moved  from  Gilford  to  this  town  when  in  his  eighth  year,  where  he  has 
lived  and  labored  on  a  farm  the  principal  part  of  the  time  since.  His  winters 
have  been  devoted  to  the  instruction  of  the  district  schools  in  this  town  and 
Sandwich  until  within  a  few  years;  also,  in  connection  with  these,  singing- 
schools  have  been  taught  by  him  in  Centre  Harbor,  Sandwich,  and  Moulton- 
borough. He  instructed  the  public  schools  at  Moultonborough  Corner  twenty- 
seven  terms,  was  superintendent  of  the  town  schools  about  thirty  years,  and 
was  school  commissioner  for  Carroll  county  in  1855.  He  has  served  as  one  of 
the  trustees  of  the  Normal  School  at  Plymouth,  and  was  road  commissioner  for 
Carroll  county  two  years.  He  represented  his  town  in  the  legislature  of  the 
state  in  1855  and  1856.  He  was  county  treasurer  in  1863  and  1864,  and  was 
moderator,  selectman,  and  treasurer  for  several  years.  In  July,  1838,  he  mar- 
ried Ann  E.,  daughter  of  John  G.  and  Joanna  Brown.  She  died  April  5,  1885, 
leaving  two  surviving  children,  William  H.  and  M.  Ella.  A  second  child, 
George  L.,  died  August,  1851,  aged  ten  years. 

Action  of  the  Town  hi  the  Civil  War. —  December  26,  1861,  under  an  act 
"entitled  an  act  authorizing  cities  and  towns  to  aid  families  of  volunteers," 
voted  to  raise  $800;  August  5,  1862,  voted  to  give  each  volunteer  soldier, 
under  the  two  last  calls  of  the  President,  $100;  October  10,  1863,  voted  to 
pay  every  drafted  man  or  his  substitute  $300  ten  days  after  being  mustered 
in:    November  30,  1863,  voted  that  the  selectmen  be   authorized   to  procure 


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eighteen  men  to  fill  our  quota;  also,  that  the  selectmen  be  authorized  to  hire 
110,000  i"  procure  volunteers  and  to  pay  the  town  debts;  March  8,  L864, 
voted  to  raise  $15,000  to  pay  the  debl  and  Interest;  June  18,  L864,  voted  to 
pay  to  each  of  the  conscripts  lasl  made  or  their  substitutes  $300;  also,  to  pay 
$200  each  to  Addison  Parker  and  Joseph  Whitten,  they  having  reeulisted  as 
veterans;  A.ugus1  27,  1864,  voted  to  pay  cadi  citizen  who  may  volunteer  for 
one  year  prior  to  September  5,  $300 ;  voted  $200  to  each  citizen  who  maybe 
drafted  and  go;  also,  to  pay  to  such  men  as  may  volunteer,  or  be  drafted  and 
scud  a  substitute,  such  sum  as  the  law  allows;  March  11,  1st;;,,  voted  to  pay  to 
dratted  men,  their  substitutes,  or  volunteers,  what  the  law  allow-. 

Civil  List,  1778,  clerk,  Jonathan  Moulton;  selectmen,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Jonathan  Moulton,  Jacob 
Brown.  ITT; >,  clerk,  Jonathan  Moulton;  selectmen,  John  Adams,  Bradbury  Richardson,  Jonathan  Moulton. 
L780,  clerk,  Jonathan  Moulton;  selectmen,  Joseph  Ayres,  Amos  Whipple,  James  Sanborn.  1781,  clerk,  Jonathan 
Moulton;  selectmen,  Bradbury  Richardson,  John  Adams,  Amos  Whipple.  I7s-j,  clerk,  Jonathan  Moulton; 
selectmen,  Nathan  Hoyt,  Joseph  Richardson,  Smith  Moulton.  1784,  clerk,  Ebenezer  (ku-k:  selectmen,  John 
Adams,  Nathaniel  Shannon,  Jonathan  Moulton.  1785,  clerk,  Nathan  Smith  Moulton;  selectmen,  N.  smith  Moul- 
ton, Nathaniel  Shannon,  l..  N.  Smith.  1786, clerk,  Nathan  s.  Moulton.  I7s7,  clerk,  Nathan  s.  Moulton; 
men,  (apt.  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Nathan  S.  Moulton,  Nathaniel  Shannon.  17-S,  clerk,  Nathan  S.  Moulton  ;  -elect 
men,  N.  s.  Moulton,  John  Marston,  Edward  B.  Moulton;  Nathaniel  lloit,  representative  Cor  Moultonborough, 
Wolfeborough,  and  Ossipee  Gore.  1789,  clerk,  Caleb  Morse;  selectmen,  Edward  B.  Moulton,  John  Marston, 
.lame-  Berry.  1790,  clerk,  Edward  B.  Moulton;  selectmen,  E.  I'..  Moulton,  Elias  Smith,  Nathan  S.  Moulton; 
representath  e  tor  Moultonborough,  New  Hampton,  sandwich,  and  TamwOrth,  Nathan  Hoyt.  1791,  clerk,  Edward 
B.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Edward  1">.  Moulton,  Elias  Smith,  Nathan  S.  Moulton.  1792,  clerk,  Edward  B.  Moulton; 
selectmen,  Joseph  Richardson,  Joel  Holmes,  Jonathan  Richardson.  1793,  clerk,  Edward  B.  Moulton;  selectmen, 
Nathan  Hoyt,  Edward  U.  Mouli  in,  " Captain "  Smith.  L794,  clerk,  Edward  B.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Edward  I!. 
Moulton,  Col.  Nathan  Hoyt,  Elias  Smith.  1795,  clerk,  Edwin  B.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Edwin  B.  Moulton,  Nathan 
Hoit,  Ellas  Smith.  IT;);,  clerk,  Edwin  B.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Edwin  15.  .Moulton,  Nathan  lloit,  Elias  Smith. 
1797,  clerk,  Edwin  1!.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Edwin  B.  Moulton,  Nathan  lloit,  Elias  Smith.  1798,  clerk,  Edwin  15. 
Moulton.  selectmen,  Edwin  B".  Smith,  Bradbury  Richardson,  Nathan  lloit;  Joseph  Richardson,  representative 
for  Moultonborough  and  Tuftonborough.  17!)'.», clerk,  Edwin  B.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Edwin  B.  Moulton,  Nathan- 
iel Shannon,  Nathan  lloit.  1800,  clerk,  Edwin  B.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Edwin  B.  Moulton,  Nathan  lloit,  Nehe- 
miah  Lee;  Nathaniel  Shannon,  representative.  1801,  clerk,  Edwin  15.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Edwin  B.  Moulton, 
Nathan  Holt,  Nehemiah  Lee;  Nathaniel  shannon,  representative.  1802,  clerk,  Edwin  B.  Moulton;  selectmen, 
Edwin  B.  Moulton,  Nehemiah  Lee,  John  Marston;  Nathaniel  Shannon,  representative.  ISO.'!,  clerk,  Edwin  15. 
Moulton;  selectmen,  Edwin  B.  Moulton,  Nathan  lloit,  John  Drake;  Nathaniel  shannon,  representative 
clerk.  E.  15.  Moulton ;  selectmen,  E.  B.  Moulton.  Nathan  lloit,  John  W.  Bean ;  (voted  not  to  -cud  representative  • 

1805,  clerk,  E.  B.  Moulton  ;  selectmen,  E.  B.  Moulton,  Nathaniel  Shannon,  Nathan  Hoit ;  ('.  Morse,  representative. 

1806,  clerk,  B.  B.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Nathaniel  Shannon,  E.  15.  Moulton,  Reuben  smith,  Jona.  Wiggin,  repre- 
sentative.    1807,  clerk,   E.    15.  Moulton;    selectmen,   10.    B.   Moulton,  Nathaniel   Shannon,   Reuben  smith;    E/ekiel 

Hoit, representative.  1808,  clerk,  E.  B.  Moulton;  selectmen,  Nathaniel  Shannon,  Jonathan  Richardson,  E.  15. 
Moulton;  Ezekiel  lloit,  representative.  1809,  clerk,  E.  15.  Moulton;  .selectmen,  E.  15.  Moulton.  Ezekicl  lloit, 
J.  O.  Freeman;  Ezekiel  Hoit,  representative.  1810,  clerk,  E.  B.  Moulton ;  selectmen,  Ezekiel  Holt,  E.  B.  Moul- 
ton, Nathaniel  shannon ;  Ezekiel  Hoit,  representative.  1811,  clerk,  Josiah  Richardson;  selectmen,  Nathaniel 
shannon,  Stephen  Strong,  Benning  M.  Bean  ;  Nathaniel  shannon,  representative.    L812,  clerk,  Josiah  Richardson  ; 

selectmen,  Nathaniel  shami Benning  M.  Bean,  Stephen  Strong;  Nathaniel  shannon,  representative.    1813, 

clerk,  Josiah  Richardson;  selectmen,  ichabod  Shaw,  Benning M.  Bean,  David  Bean;  [cbabod  Shaw,  representa- 
tive. 1814,  clerk,  Josiah  Richardson;  selectmen,  ichabod  Shaw,  David  Bean,  Edward  B.  Moulton;  (cbabod 
Shaw,  representative.  1815, clerk,  Josiah  Richardson ;  selectmen,  Nathaniel  Shannon,  Benning  M.  Bean,  E/.ekiel 
lloit ;  Benning  M.  Bean,  representative.  1816,  clerk.  William  C.  Freese;  selectmen,  Nathaniel  shannon.  Benning 
M.  Bean,  Isaac  Webster;  Benning  M.  Beau,  representative.  1817,  clerk,  Nathaniel  Shannon ;  selectmen,  Benning 
M.  Bean,  Nathaniel  Shannon,  Jonathan  Richardson;  Benning  M.  Bean,  representative.  1818,  clerk,  Jonathan 
Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning M.  Bean,  Jonathan  Richardson,  Nathaniel  Shannon;  Ezekiel  lloit,  representa- 
tive. 1819,  clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning  M.  Bean,  Jonathan  Richardson,  Simeon  Smith; 
Benning  M.  Bean,  representative.  L820,  clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning  M.  Bean,  Jonathan 
Richardson,  Greenlcai  l  Ambrose;  Benning  M.  Bean,  representative.  1821,  clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson; 
-elect,,, en.  Benning  M.  Bean,  Jonathan  Richardson,  Isaiah  <■.  Orne;  Benning  M.  Bean,  representative.  1822, 
clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning M.  Bean,  Moses  Moull Jo  ,  ,h  Halne  .  Ezekiel  Hon,  repre- 
sentative.   1823,  clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning  M.  Bean,  Jonathan  Richardson,  Mo  e    Moul 


420  History   of   Carroll   County. 

ton;  Benntng  M.  Bean,  representative.  1824,  clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning  M.  Bean, 
Jonathan  Richardson,  Muses  Moulton;  Benning  Tvr -  Bean,  representative.  1825, clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen, 
Benning  M.  Bean,  Jonathan  Richardson,  Moses  Moulton;  Isaiah  G.  Orne,  representative.  1S26,  clerk,  Jonathan 
Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning  M.  Bean,  Moses  Moulton,  Aimer  Adams;  Isaiah  G.  Orne,  representative.  1827, 
clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning M.  Bean,  Aimer  Adams,  George  R.Mason;  Benning  M.  Bean, 
representative.  1828,  clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning  M.  Bean,  George  It.  Mason,  Josiah 
Smith;  Thomas  Shannon,  representative.  1829,  clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson;  selectmen,  Benning  M.  Bean,  Asa 
Crosby,  Josiah  smith:  Thomas  Shannon,  representative.  1830,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Isaiah  G.  Orne, 
Josiah  Smith,  Josiah  Haines;  Isaiah  G.  Orne,  representative.  1831,  clerk,  Jonathan  Richardson;  selectmen, 
Isaiah  G.  Orne,  Josiah  Haines,  Moses  Moulton;  Isaiah  G.  Orne,  representative.  1832,  clerk,  Charles  Bean; 
selectmen,  Benning  M.  Bean,  Joseph  Smith,  Joseph  II.  Watson;  Isaiah  G.  Orne,  representative.  1833,  clerk, 
Charles  Bean;  selectmen,  Isaiah  G.  Orne,  Joseph  Smith,  Joseph  H.  Watson;  Charles  Bean,  representative. 
1834,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Isaiah  G.  Orne,  Joseph  Smith,  Joseph  H.Watson;  Charles  Bean,  repre- 
sentative. 1835,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Isaiah  G.  Orne,  Joseph  Smith,  Joseph  II.  Watson.  1836,  clerk, 
Aimer  Adam- ;  selectmen,  Samuel  P.  Moulton,  John  A.Rollins,  Samuel  Vickery;  John  A.  Rollins,  representa- 
tive, is:;;,  clerk.  Aimer  Adams;  selectmen,  John  A.  Rollins,  Samuel  P.  Moulton,  Samuel  Vickery;  John  A. 
Rollins,  representative.  1838,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Benning  M.  Bean,  Simon  Moulton,  Samuel  P. 
Moulton.  1839,  clerk,  Abner  Adams ;  selectmen,  Josiah  Smith,  Nathaniel  V.  Shannon,  Abner  Adams;  Thomas 
Shannon,  representative.  1840,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Josiah  Smith,  Nathaniel  V.  Shannon,  Abner 
Adams;  Thomas  Shannon,  representative.  1841,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Abner  Adams,  Hosea  Sturte- 
vant,  Nathaniel  15.  Hoit.  1842,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Nathaniel  B.  Hoit,  Hosea  Sturtevant,  Reuben 
Smith,  jr;  Simon  Drake,  representative.  1843,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Reuben  Smith,  jr,  Eleazcr 
Mod-don.  Abner  Adams;  Simon  Drake,  representative.  1844,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Reuben  Smith,  jr, 
Lyman  Brown,  Benjamin  M.  Mason;  Joseph  Smith,  representative.  1845,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen, 
Klea/.er  Hodsdon,  John  S.  Boody,  Abner  Adams;  Joseph  Smith,  representative.  1816,  clerk,  Abner  Adams; 
selectmen,  John  S.  Boody,  Abner  Adams,  Eleazer  Hodsdon;  Joseph  H.Watson,  representative.  1847,  clerk, 
William  II.  II.  Mason;  selectmen,  Josiah  Smith,  Hosea  Sturtevant,  Mark  Randall;  Joseph  II.  Watson,  repre- 
sentative. 1848,  clerk,  Aimer  Adams;  selectmen,  John  S.  Boody,  Charles  N.  Emery,  Mark  Randall;  Nathaniel 
B.  Watson,  representative.  1849,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Charles  N.  Emery,  Shadrach  II.  Brown,  Will- 
iam (..  Hoit;  Alfred  Ambrose,  representative.  1850,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Mark  Randall,  John  S. 
Boody,  Samuel  Abbott;  Alfred  Ambrose,  representative.  1851,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Mark  Randall, 
John  S.  Boody,  Samuel  Abbott;  Jonathan  S.  Moulton,  representative.  1852,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen, 
James  M.  Hodsdon,  Shadrach  II.  Brown,  Charles  G.  Dow;  Charles  N.  Emery,  representative.  1853,  clerk, 
Aimer  Adams;  selectmen,  James  M.  Hodgdon,  Shadrach  H.  Brown,  Arnold  M.  Graves;  Charles  N.  Emery, 
representative.  1854,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Ezekiel  S.  Flanders,  Shadrach  H.  Brown,  Arnold  M. 
Graves;  Smith  I?.  Evans,  representative.  1855,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Ezekiel  S.  Flanders,  Herbert  T. 
Sturtevant,  Mac  1).  Lovejoy;  Smith  B.  Evans,  representative.  1856,  clerk,  Abner  Adams;  selectmen,  Ezekiel  S. 
Flanders,  Herbert  T.  Sturtevant,  Mac  D.  Lovejoy ;  Benjamin  M.Mason,  representative.  1857,  clerk,  Joseph  H. 
Watson;  selectmen,  Ezekiel  S.  Flanders,  Joseph  N.  Moulton,  George  Brown;  Benjamin  M.  Mason,  representa- 
tive. 1858,  clerk,  Joseph  H.  Watson;  selectmen,  Ezekiel  S.  Flanders,  Joseph  N.  Moulton,  George  Brown; 
Reuben  Smith,  jr,  representative.  1850,  clerk,  Joseph  II.  Watson;  selectmen,  Benjamin  M.  Mason,  Joseph  H. 
Watson,  John  M.  Potter;  Reuben  Smith,  jr,  William  II.  H.  Mason,  representatives.  1860,  clerk,  Joseph  H. 
Watson;  selectmen,  Benjamin  M.  Mason,  Joseph  II.  Watson,  John  M.  Potter;  William  H.  II.  Mason,  Ezekiel 
S.  Flanders,  representatives.  1861,  clerk,  Joseph  II.  Watson ;  selectmen,  Benjamin  M.Mason,  John  M.Potter, 
Joseph  II.  Watson;  Ezekiel  S.  Flanders,  William  II.  II.  Mason,  representatives.  1862,  clerk,  Joseph  II.  Watson; 
selectmen,  Reuben  Smith,  jr,  David  Ambrose,  Benjamin  E.  Thurston;  Ezekiel  S.  Flanders,  David  L.  Warren, 
representatives.  1863,  clerk,  John  M.  Emerson;  selectmen,  Reuben  Smith,  jr,  Benjamin  E.Thurston,  John  B. 
Dow;  David  I..  Warren,  Samuel  Emerson,  representatives.  1864,  clerk,  John  M.  Emerson;  selectmen,  Reuben 
Smith,  jr,  Benjamin  E.  Thurston,  John  15.  Dow;  David  L.  Warren,  representative.  1865,  clerk,  John  M.  Emer- 
son; selectmen,  Benjamin  M.  Mason,  Joseph  H.  Watson,  Ezekiel  S.Flanders;  John  Q.  A.  Bean,  representative. 
1866,  clerk,  John  M.  Emerson ;  selectmen,  Benjamin  M.  Mason,  Joseph  II.  Watson,  Ezekiel  S.  Flanders;  John  Q. 
A.  Bean,  representative.  1867,  clerk,  John  M.  Emerson;  selectmen,  John  M.  Emerson,  John  T.  Bean,  Joseph 
Smith,  2d;  Benjamin  K.Thurston,  representative.  1868,  clerk,  W.  H.  H.Flanders;  selectmen,  John  M.  Emer- 
son, John  T.  Bean,  Joseph  Smith,  2d;  Benjamin  E.  Thurston,  representative.  1869,  clerk,  William  H.  H. 
Flanders,  selectmen,  John  M.  Emerson,  Charles  B.S.Watson,  Oliver  Prime;  W.  H.  H.  Mason,  representative. 
1870,  clerk,  James  E.  French;  selectmen,  Charles  B.  S.  Watson,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  John  Paine;  John  M.  Emer- 
son, representative.  1871,  clerk,  James  K.  French;  selectmen,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  John  Paine,  jr,  Samuel  G. 
Wentworth;  John  M.  Emerson,  representative.  1872,  clerk,  Nathan  Lee;  selectmen,  Samuel  G.  Wentvvorth, 
Nathan  s.  Moulton,  Charles  W.  Davis;  Arnold  M.  Graves,  representative.  1873,  clerk,  Augustus  P.  Jaclard; 
selectmen,  Charles  W.  Davis,  Andrew  J.  Watson,  Henry  S.  Bickford;  Arnold  M.  Graves,  representative.  1874, 
.Nil,,  .lames  E.  French;  selectmen,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  Leander  Bryant,  Joseph  G.  Abbott.  1875,  clerk,  Edward 
M.  Lee;  selectmen,  Arnold  M.Graves,  Lucian  Dow,  Hayes  Lougee;  Josiah  H.  Sturtevant,  representative.  1876, 
clerk,  Edward  M.  Lee;  selectmen,  Arnold  M.  Graves,  Lucian  Dow,  Hayes  Lougee;  Josiah  H.  Sturtevant,  repre- 
sentative.  1877,  clerk,  George  L.  Mason;  selectmen,  Arnold  M.  Graves,  Lucian  Dow,  Frank  S.  Lee;  Joseph 
Smith,  representative.    1878,  clerk,  George  L.  Mason;  selectmen,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  John  V.  Hill,  William  H. 


Tn\\N     OF     MOULTONBOROUGH.  I -J  1 

Mason;  James  E.  French,  representative.  1879,  clerk,  James  <  .  Pitman;  selectmen,  Edwin  I'.  Brown,  John  V. 
Hill.  William  ii.  Mason;  James  E.  French,  representative.  18S0,  clerk,  James  C.  Pitman;  selectmen,  Edwin  F. 
Brown,  William  11.  Ma6on,  John  Elodsdon;  Charles  n.  Blake,  representative.  1881,  clerk,  John  II.  Moullon' 
selectmen,  Edwin  P.  Brown,  William  H.  Mason,  George  K.  Brown.  18S2,  clerk,  John  n.  Moulton;  selectmen, 
Edwin  P.  Brown,  William  H.  Mason,  George  K.  Brown;  David  Ambrose,  representative.  1883,  clerk,  Bamlln 
Huntress;  selectmen,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  John  n.  Kelsca,  James  I  .  Pitman.  1884,  clerk,  Hamlin  Huntress; 
selectmen,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  John  II .  Kelsci,  James  C.  Pitman;  Leander  Bryant,  repre  entatlve.  1885,  clerk 
Hamlin  Huntress;  selectmen,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  John  ll.  Kelsca,  3amuel  U.  Wentworth.  1886,  clerk,  Hamlin 
Huntress;  selectmen,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  John  n.  Kelsea,  John  C.  Davis;  John  ll.  Moulton,  representative. 
1887,  clerk,  Hamlin  Huntress;  selectmen,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  John  I  .  Davis,  Samuel  W.  <  asey.  1888,  clerk  Ham 
lin  iiunti-t — ;  selectmen,  Edwin  F.  Brown,  Samuel  W.  Casey,  George  ll.  Bragg;  Edwin  F.  Brown,  representa 
tlve.    IS89,  clerk,  Hamlin  Huntress;  selectmen,  James  C.  Pitman,  George  ll.  Bragg,  Stephanuc  i  ,  Kelly. 


TUFTONBOROUGH. 


By   Sewall   W.   Abbott,   Esq. 


CHAPTER    XXXIV. 


Introduction  —  Boundaries  —  Description  —  Scenery  —Township  Granted  —  Names  on 
first  Inventory — Petition  of  Woodbury  Langdon —  Other  Petitions  —  Reception  of  Petitions, 
etc.  —  Act  of  Incorporation  —  Record  of  First  Town-meeting  —  First  Roads  — First  Settlers 
—  Town-house —  Public  Library. 

TO  one  attempting  to  write  a  history  of  the  early  settlement  of  towns 
in  New  Hampshire,  the  difficulties  to  be  overcome  seem  almost  insur- 
mountable. To  so  great  an  extent  has  superstition  and  popular  belief 
been  interwoven  with  the  actual  facts,  that  it  seems  altogether  impossible 
to  separate  the  true  from  the  false,  and  determine  what  is  history  and 
what  is  fanciful  tradition.  Our  forefathers,  those  grand  pioneers  who 
opened  up  a  new  land  and  made  it  a  comfortable  dwelling-place  for  us, 
had  too  many  hardships,  too  great  dangers  to  meet  and  to  conquer,  to 
admit  of  their  preserving  very  full  records  for  the  guidance  of  those  who 
in  aftertimes  should  desire  to  reduce  their  varied  experiences  from  unwritten 
to  writ  ten  history.  The  wilderness  was  at  the  same  time  their  refuge  and 
their  adversary,  for  while  it  offered  them  a  retreat  from  real  or  fancied 
oppression,  yet  it  must  be  attacked  with  a  courage  almost  sublime  to  be 
made  to  smile  in  sunny  fields  and  meadows,  its  hilltops  crowned  with 
happy  homes,  its  valleys  and  streams  to  resound  with  the  music  of 
countless  industries. 

Tuftonborough  is  one  of  the  southernmost  towns  of  Carroll  county,  and 
ma\  be  said  to  lie  with  its  feet  bathed  by  the  waters  of  Winnipiseogee, 
its  head  resting  on  the  Ossipee  mountains:  bounded  northwest  by  Moulton- 
borough,  northeast  by  Ossipee,  southeast  by  Wolfeborough,  and  south  and 
southwest  by  Winnipiseogee  lake  and  Moid  ton  borough.  Its  surface  presents 
a  pleasing  diversion  of  low  hills,  deep  valleys,  and  mountains,  offering  to 
the    settler    many  beautiful  meadow  lands  and  ridges,  which  place  it  among 


Town    of   Tuftonborough.  123 

tin-  first  of  its  sister  towns  in  its  adaptation  to  farming  purposes.  No 
large  streams  have  their  sourc ■  flovt  through  its  confines,  [ts  water- 
shed tends  towards  the  lake  and  numerous  brooks  and  small  streams  fur- 
nish the  channels  by  means  of  which  it   is  drained. 

Mclvin  stream,  arising  in  the  north  or  northeast  part  of  the  town, 
flowing  southwesterly  and  into  the  lake  at  Melvin  village,  is  the  la 
and  the  only  one  that  can  boast  of  power  enough  to  be  used  \',,r  in, ins- 
trial  purposes.  It  has  several  mills  along  its  course,  chiefly  at  Melvin 
village  and  Horner's,  formerly  called  the  Graves'  mill,  and  is  the  only  one 
celebrated  in  song  and  story.  From  its  source  to  the  lake  it  goes  singing 
down  rocky  declines,  winding  through  fertile  meadows  and  tangled  forests, 
even  when  caught  and  chained  for  a,  moment  to  the  water-wheel,  never 
losing  its  bright  good  nature,  but  laughing  as  passing  on  it  leaps  into  the 
lake. 

Close  beside  in  shade  and  gleam 
Laughs  ana  ripples  .Melvin  stream; 
Melvin  water,  mountain-horn, 
All  lair  flowers  its  hanks  adorn; 
All  the  woodlands'  voices  meet, 
Mingling  with  its  murmurs  sweet. 

Over  lowlands  forest-grown, 
Over  waters  island-strewn, 
Over  silver-sanded  beach, 
Leaf-locked  bay  and  misty  reach, 
Melvin  stream  and  burial  heap 
Watch  and  ward  the  mountains  keep. 

Though  until  recently  but  little  noticed  by  tourists,  it  offers  to  the  seeker 
after  the  beautiful  in  nature  some  of  the  rarest  gems  of  natural  scenery. 
From  its  every  hilltop  a  new,  strange,  and  beautiful  view  is  obtained.  As 
one  rides  through  the  town  in  any  direction  the  scenery  changes  with  the 
regularity  of  the  panorama.  To  appreciate  it  fully  one  should  climb  the 
long  hill  between  Water  village  and  Tuftonborough  Corner  in  the  waning 
afternoon  of  a  clear  October  day,  when  the  hills  are  clothed  in  garb  of  richer 
hue  than  the  purple  and  scarlet  of  kings,  and  the  sun  is  sending  down  long 
beams  of  light  that  push  their  way  through  fleecy  clouds  and  rest  npon  the 
earth  below,  covering  the  distant  [teaks  with  crowns  of  glory.  To  the  north 
the  southern  slope  of  the  Ossipee  rises  to  Black  Peak's  forest-crowned  brow; 
to  the  west  a  nameless  group  of  hills  and  mountains  rising  tier  on  tier  from 
the  lake,  ami  chief  among  them  Gardner  and  Sanbornton.  To  the  southwest 
and  south,  tbe  Belknaps  and  Altons ;  while  far  away,  enveloped  in  a  warm 
autumn  haze,  rises  the  peak  of  Kearsarge,  and  the  broad,  fright  shaft  oi 
light  resting  on  its  top  might  be  a  counterpart  of  the  wonderful  ladder 
which  Jacob  in  his  vision  saw  extending  from  earth  to  heaven.  And  at 
your  very  feet  lies  Winnipiseogee,  oft  sung  in  song,  in  legend,  and  in  story, 
Hashing  back,  even  to  the  clouds,  from  its  silvery  surface,  the  falling  sunbeams. 


424  History  of   Carroll  County. 

Along  the  sky  in  wavy  linos, 

O'er  isle  and  reach  and  bay, 
Green-belted  with  eternal  pines, 

The  mountains  stretch  away. 
Below,  the  maple  mosses  sleep 

Where  shore  with  water  blends, 
While  midway  on  the  tranquil  deep 

The  evening  light  descends. 

So  seemed  it  when  yon  hill's  red  crown 

Of  old  the  Indian  trod, 
And  through  the  sunset  air  looked  down 

Upon  the  "  Smile  of  (Jod." 
To  him  of  light  and  shade  the  laws 

No  forest  skeptic  taught; 
Their  living  and  eternal  Cause 

His  truer  instinct  sought. 

No  master-hand  of  man  can  reproduce  this  picture,  no  skilful  word-painting 
do  it  justice.  Only  God,  who  made  the  lake  and  sky,  hill,  mountain,  and 
valley,  can  blot  it  out  with  the  darkness  of  night  and  with  the  rising  sun 
place  another,  no  less  sublime,  for  the  upbuilding,  the  uplifting  of  the  souls 
of  men.  Whether  our  forefathers  dwelt  much  on  the  peculiar  beauty  of 
their  surroundings  is  largely  a  matter  of  conjecture,  and  yet  we  have  evidence 
that  their  rugged  characters  had  in  them  a  great  regard  for  all  things  in 
nature.  She  was  their  close  companion,  with  whom  they  must  hold  constant 
communion  as  they  toiled. 

Only  the  Indian,  the  hunter,  the  wandering  prospector,  or  perhaps  a 
surveyor  and  his  party,  had  trod  these  trackless  forests  until  after  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  Then,  as  the  echoes  of  that  great  conflict  died  away  and  peace 
once  more  held  the  country  under  her  mild  sway,  settlers  began  to  build 
their  homes  and  establish  their  firesides  in  Tuftonborough,  the  fires  of  which 
are  in  many  instances  kept  brightly  burning  by  their  descendants  of  to-day. 
The  township  was  granted  to  John  Tufton  Mason  by  the  Masonian  Propri- 
etors, but  the  exact  time  the  grant  was  made  cannot  be  accurately  determined. 
Some  time  afterward  Woodbury  Langdon,  well  known  in  our  provincial 
history,  became  a  large  owner  by  purchase.  In  1788  the  first  inventory 
was  taken,  as  far  as  any  record  can  be  found,  in  which  thirteen  names  alone 
are  enrolled :  Phineas  Graves,  Benjamin  Bean,  Edward  Moody,  Obadiah 
Brown,  William  0.  Warren,  Hanson  Libbey,  Jonathan  Brown,  James  White- 
house,  William  Melling,  Elisha  Abott,  Samuel  Abott,  Benjamin  Young,  and 
Grafton  Nutter. 

It  appears  from  the  records  that  the  state  had  assessed  the  town  for  two 
soldiers  to  help  fill  the  quota  of  the  continental  army  when  there  was  not 
an  inhabitant  in  the  town,  and  placed  other  "grievous  and  burdensome"  taxes 
upon  it.  In  consequence  of  which  Woodbury  Langdon,  Esq.,  in  1789,  pre- 
sented  to  the  legislature  the  following  petition:  — 


Town   of  Tttftonborotjgh.  pj- 


Portsmouth,  N.  II..  December  y  29th,  1789. 

The  petition  of  Woodbury  Langdon  shews  that  your  petitioner  is  proprietor  oi  the  jrreatesl 

part  of  the  town  oi  Tuftonborough;  thai  said  towu  bas  been  taxed  Eoi   a  great  aumber  oi 

years  very  unreasonably  considering  its  situation  and  having  any  inhabitants  until]  very 

lately,  and  now  only  live;  that  notwithstanding  this  grievance,  which  bas  prevented  the 
settlement  oi  the  town,  your  petitioner  and  the  other  proprietors  have  paid  all  the  taxes 
on  Bald  town  up  to  the  year  17>J.  altho'  many  others  in  like  situation  have  paid  Dothing- 
that  since  then  the  Taxes  have  accumulated  to  the  enormous  sum  ol  four  hundred  pounds 
in  cash  and  other  articles,  which  is  now  unpaid;  thai  in  it  is  included  a  tax  assessed  in  the 
year  1782  tor  two  soldiers  when  there  was  not  a  single  inhabitant  in  the  town,  which  soldiers 
were  not  finally  wanted  and  no  uninhabited  town,  as  your  petitioner  can  find,  ha-  paid  for 
such  non  compliance,  all  which  matters  being  duly  considered  by  your  Honors  he  trusts 
you  will  abate  the  tax  for  the  soldiers  and  whatever  part  of  the  other  taxes  you  niav  think 
reasonable,  and  the  remainder  shall  he  paid. 

Woodbery  Langdon. 

If  we  are  to  take  the  statement  of  the  petitioner  that  at  the  date  of  his 
petition  there  were  only  live  inhabitants,  the  population  must  have  increased 
very  rapidly,  for  in  the  year  following  there  were  said  to  be  one  hundred  and 
nine.  Perhaps  this  may  account  in  part  for  the  rejection  of  the  petition  ;  at 
any  rate  it  wa%  rejected,  and  five  years  later  another  appeal  was  made  to  the 
legislature  relating  to  so  much  of  the  taxes  in  arrears  as  pertained  to  the  two 
soldiers,  which  petition  met  with  a  like  fate. 

In  1795  several  of  the  leading  and  most  influential  inhabitants  thought 
it  would  be  for  their  advantage  to  have  the  town  incorporated  and,  acting 
with  the  promptness  and  energy  characteristic  of  them,  forwarded  to  the 
legislature   then  in  session  at  Hanover  this  petition:  — 

June  6th  Ano  Domi  1705. 

To  the  HonhU2  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State  of  Newhampshire 
in  General  Court  convened  at  Hanover  in  sa  State  Humbly  Shewes  We  your  Petitioners 
Living  on  a  tract  of  Land  known  by  the  name  of  tuftonborough  in  the  county  of  Strafford 
and  state  aforesaid.  That  we  Labor  under  many  Difricultyes  on  many  Accounts  Firstly 
not  having  no  settled  minister  with  us  Nor  schools  which  are  two  grate  defects  for  the  Good 
Of  society,  also  on  account  of  Podes  &  many  Other  things  which  might  be  mentioned,  bul 
being  fully  sensible  That  your  Honors  will  know  what  new  settlers  in  a  New  place  Labor 
under  not  being  incorporated  into  a  Town  politic  therefore  we  your  petitioners  pray  thai 
your  Honors  would  take  our  Case  in  to  your  Consideration  and  incorporate  us  into  a  town- 
ship By  the  name  of  Tuftonborough  with  the  Usual  Privileges  that  Township-  are  favored 
with  fully  Relying  on  your  honors  wisdom  in  the  premises  So  in  Duty  bound  will   Ever  pray 

John  Hall.  Tristram  Copp,  jr,  Benjamin  Bean,  Phineas  (oaves,  Samuel  Abbott,  Moses 
Copp,  William  Warren,  Samuel  Piper,  p]noch  Thomas,  William  Mallard,  Ichobod  Libby, 
Moses  Brown,  Edward  Moody,  John  Brown,  Gardner  Brown,  James  Connor,  Benjamin 
Young,  James  Finch,  Andrew  Wiggin,  Nathan  Hansen,  Josiah  Moody,  Grafton  Nutter. 
Timothy  W.  Young,  James  Whitehouse,  Tristram  Copp. 


426  History  or   Carroll   County. 

RECEPTION   OF  PETITION,  Etc. 
State  of  New  Hampshire. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives  June  9th  1795. 
Upon  reading  and  considering  the  within  petition  and  the  report  of  committee  thereon 
voted  that  a  day  of  hereing  be  had  thereon  before  the  General  Court  on  the  second  Wensday 
of  the  next  session  and  that  in  the  mean  time  the  petitioners  caus  that  substance  of  tins 
pert  it  ion  and  order  of  court  thereon  be  published  three  weeks  successively  in  the  New 
Hampshire  Gazzett  and  posted  up  in  the  like  tirm  of  time  in  some  publeck  place  in  the  town 
of  Tuftonborough  commencing-  six  weeks  prior  to  the  setting  of  said  court  that  any  person 
or  persons  may  then  appear  and  shew  cause  if  any  they  have  why  the  prayers  thereof  may 
not    be  granted. 

Sent  up  for  Concuranee. 

John  Printice,  Speaker. 
In  Senate,  June  9th  1795.  Read  &  Concurred. 

Nath  Parker,  D'y  S'y 
A  True  Copy. 

Entest  Nath1  Parker,  D'y  S'y 

State  of  New  Hampshire. 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety-five. 
An  act  to  incorporate  a  certain  tract  of  land  in  the  county  of  Strafford  into  a  town  and  to 

invest  the  inhabitants  thereof  with  such  priveleges  and  imuuities  as  other  towns  in  this 

state  hold  and  injoy. 

Whereas  a  pertetion  signed  by  a  number  of  the  inhabetantes  of  a  certain  tract  of  land  in 
the  county  of  Strafford  setting  forth  they  labour  under  many  inconveniencies  in  their  present 
situation.  Being  unincorporated  and  praying  that  they  might  be  incorporated  and  made 
a  body  politic  with  all  the  corporate  powers  and  priveleges  by  law  vested  in  other  townes. 

Therefore  be  it  inacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General  Court 
convened  that  all  the  lands  and  the  inhabitants  contained  within  the  following  limits  viz. 
begining  at  the  south  west  corner  bound  of  AVolfborough  line  to  the  north  west  corner  of 
sd  Wolfborough  thence  north  seventeen  degrees  west  to  north  east  cor  of  Moultonborough 
thence  southwesterly  on  Moultonborough  line  to  Winepeesocke  pond  thence  running  by  sd 
Winipeesocke  pond  south  esterly  to  the  bounds  first  mentioned  be  and  the  same  are  hereby 
incorporated  in  to  a  town  by  the  name  of  Tuftonborough.  And  the  inhabetanee  who  reside 
and  shall  hereafter  reside  within  the  before  mentioned  boundaries  are  made  and  constituted 
a  body  politic  and  corprate  and  invested  with  powers  priveleges  and  immunities  which  towns 
within  this  state  by  law  are  intitled  to  injoy  to  remain  and  have  contiuance  and  successors 
forever.  And  be  it  further  enacted  that  Nathan  Hoit  Esqr  be  and  he  is  hereby  otherised 
and  impowered  to  call  a  meeting  of  the  inhabetantes  for  the  purpose  of  choosing  necessary 
town  officers  who  shall  preside  therein  untill  a  moderator  shall  be  choosen  to  govern  su  meet- 
ing which  shall  be  warned  by  posting  -up  notice  iherfor  at  the  house  of  Woodbury 
Langdon  Esq1  and  Mr  Phineas  Graves  in  s'1  Tuftonborough  fourteen  days  prior  to  the  day 
of  holding  the  same  and  the  annual  meeting  for  the  choice  of  town  officers  shall  be  holden 
on  second  Monday  of  March  for  ever  annuly.  In  the  House  of  Representatives  Decmr 
11  L795  the  lore  going  bill  having  had  three  several  readings  passed  to  be  enacted  sent  up 
for  concorance.  Pain  Wingate,  Speaker. 

In  Senate  Decemr  15  1795  this  bill  haven  been  read  a  third  time  voted  that  the  same  be 
enacted. 

Ebenezer  Smith,  President  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  Decemr  17  1795 

John  T.  Gilman,  Governor 
Attest 

Joseph  Persons,  Secy 


Town    of    Tufton BOROUGH.  121 


And  thus  out  of  many  hardships,  after  nearly  fifteen  years,  the  town 
obtained  the  firsl  blessing  of  freedom  in  A.raerica,  a  local  self-government 
and  a  representative  voice  in   the  government   of  state  and  nation. 

In  accordance  with  the  "act  of  incorporation,"  the  first  town-meeting  was 
called  to  meet  at  the  house  of  William  Copp,  on   Monday,  March  1  I.  L796. 

Record  of  First  Town  Meeting.  —  Agreeable  to  the  foregoing  ootifycation  the  town  oi 
Tuftonborough  meet  en  March  I  I.  17'.n>. 

1st.     Voted,  Col.  Nathan  Hoit  Moderator. 

2d.     Voted,  Timothy  W.  Young  Town  Clerk. 

.id.     Voted,  -VI  Votes  for  .i<>lm  T.  Gilman  Governor. 

Ith.     Voted,  35  Votes  for  Nathan  Hoil  Esq'  Senitor  Dect.  X  6. 

oth.     Voted,  30  Votes  for  David  Copp  Esq1  Councilor  County  Straff*. 

6th.     Voted,  33  Votes  for  Thomas  Footman  County  treasurer. 

7th.     Voted,  '.VI  Votes  for  John  1'.  Gilman  Recorder  Deeds. 

sili.     Voted,  Beni'   Bean,  Nathan  Hanson.  Benja  Wiggin,  Selectmen. 

9th.     Voted,  two  assessors  Josiah  Swetl  hyram  <  lopp  J"1  assors. 

10th.     Voted,  Elyhu  Abbot,  William  Warren  Viewer  Select  men-  act. 

11th.     Voted,  Josiah  Swetl  I  ^unstable  and  Collector  has  two  dollars  for  serving. 

12th.  Voted.  .lames  Wiggin,  Andrew  Wiggin,  Win.  Copp,  Benja  Bean  surveyor  of  the 
highway  also 

l.lth.  Voted,  the  selectmen  to  Layout  and  proportion  the  District  for  each  surveyor  on 
the  Rode  and  the  Inhabta. 

1  Ith.     Voted,  to  Raise  seven  pounds  for  the  use  of  the  town. 

15th.     Voted,  one  Day  and  half  on  a  pole  taxe  and  Estate  Equivel". 

Kith.     Voted,  Leu1  Enoch  Thomas.  Sam1  Piper,  .Tames  Wiggin,  hog  reel'-. 

17th.     Voted,  Iehabod  Lehhey,  Lent  Nutter,  Edward  Moody,  Sand  Abbot,  Fence  viewers. 

18th.     Voted,  Enoch  Thomas,  James  Wiggin,  Survcyer  of  Lumber. 

19th.  Voted,  the  selectmen  to  Destrict  the  town  for  School  money  so  as  to  suit  the  Inhab- 
it antes  for  the  best  advantage. 

20th.  Voted,  five  Dollars  Mr.  Phineas  Graves  for  his  Expenses  for  Incorprating  the  town 
of  Tuftonborough  two  dollars  and  a  quarter  Paid  for  getting  the  papers  Included  in  the  live 
Dollars. 

Tuftonborough,  March  14t:'  1796 

A  True  Record  Attest  Timothy  W.  Young 


On  the  same  day  and  presumably  among  the  first  acts  of  these  first  "town 
fathers. '"  Mr.  .lames  Wiggin  and  Josiah  Swett  were  licensed  to  he  "taverners" 
for  the  term  id'  one  year.  During  the  year  1796  the  first  road  laid  out  by  the 
town  as  a  town  was  made,  and  ran  from  Wolfeborough  to  Tuftonborough, 
beginning  at  the  line  between  William  C.  Warren  and  John  Fullerton.  In 
this  year  also  Tuftonborough  and  Moultonborough  were  classed  for  state 
elections.  In  1707  we  find  the  matter  id'  ta\e>.  on  account  of  the  two  Rev- 
olutionary soldiers  before  referred  to  in  the  petition  of  Woodbury  Langdon, 
again  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  legislature  by  the  petition  of  Joseph 
Richardson. 


128  History  of   Carroll   County. 


Joseph  Richardsons  petition  addressed  to  the  Legislature  1797  Humbly  sheweth 
The  Inhabitant*  of  Tuf tonborough ;  that  the  said  Township  of  Tuftonborough  was  called 
upon  for  deflcieney  of  Soldiers  when  there  was  no  Inhabitants  in  said  Town  and  the  proprie- 
tors Neglected  paving  th<'  same  since  that  time  some  Inhabitants  have  settled  in  said  Town, 
bought  their  land  at  a  Dear  Rate  &  are  now  called  upon  for  said  deficiency  which  ought  to 
have  been  paid  by  said  propriety.  Wherefore  they  pray  that  they  may  be  Impowere'1  to  tax 
all  the  lands  in  said  town  as  unimproved  land  in  a  sum  sufficient  to  Discharge  the  sum  due  the 
State  for  said  Deficiency  and  your  petitioner  as  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray 

Joseph  Richardson  in  behalf  of  said  Town 
Portsmouth  Decr  5  1797 

Upon  considering  this  petition  the  House  of  Representatives  in  1797 
granted  Joseph  Richardson  leave  to  bring  in  a  bill  such  as  the  exigencies 
of  the  case  required,  in  which  permission  the  senate  concurred  on  the  fol- 
lowing day.  This  action  brought  the  matter  to  the  notice  of  Nathaniel  A. 
Haven,  James  Sheafe,  A.  R.  Cutler,  James  Haven,  John  Haven,  Nathaniel 
A.  Haven,  attorney  for  Mrs  Moffat,  guardian  to  R.  C.  Moffatt,  and  their 
opposition  to  the  bill  appears  in  the  following  protest:  — 

The  petition  of  the  Subscribers  proprietors  of  a  considerable  part  of  the  unimproved 
Lands  in  Tuftonborough,  humbly  Shews  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  proprietors  of  Tufton- 
borough held  on  the  18th  day  of  September  1794  a  tax  of  sixpence  per  Acre  was  voted 
to  be  raised  on  all  the  lands  in  Tuftonborough  for  the  express  purpose  of  paying  off  all 
Arearages  of  taxes  due  the  State,  and  for  certain  other  proprietary  purposes  —  that  the 
aforesaid  tax  was  amply  sufficient  to  meet  every  Demand  on  the  proprietors. 

That  Woodbury  Langdon  Esq'  was  chosen  Collector  of  said  tax  —  that  your  Memori- 
alists as  early  as  the  Month  of  November  1794,  paid  the  aforesaid  tax  on  all  their  lands 
in  said  town  and  presumed  that  their  Collector  had  appropriated  the  proceeds  of  said 
tax  or  such  part  thereof  as  was  sufficient  to  the  payment  of  the  Demand  which  the 
Government  had  on  said  Propriety. 

That  your  Memorialists  to  their  astonishment  now  rind  that  their  Collector  has  made 
no  such  Appropriation,  but  on  the  contrary  a  petition  we  understand  is  now  before  the 
Honorable  Court  requesting  permission  to  assess  this  Arrearages  of  taxes  due  the  State 
from  said  town.  —  Your  petitioners  therefore  prays  that  so  much  further  time  may  be 
granted  as  shall  enable  them  to  compell  their  aforesaid  Collector  to  appropriate  the  pro- 
ceeds of  said  tax  agreable  to  the  original  Intention  of  the  Proprietors  or  to  refund 
the  Money  your  Petitioners  have  already  paid  — 

Portsmouth  December  14th  1797. 

We  are  unable  to  find  anything  further  in  the  town  records  or  elsewhere 
regarding  this,  at  that  time,  somewhat  remarkable  case.  Nearly  a  century 
has  elapsed,  and  it  is  not  for  us  to  judge,  on  such  unsatisfactory  evidence, 
the  motive  or  the  reason  why  Woodbury  Langdon  failed  to  discharge  his 
duty  and  pay  the  town's  indebtedness,  as  the  proprietors  intended  he 
should  do.  One  thing,  however,  is  certain;  the  debt  was  paid  without 
further  trouble,  and  the  inhabitants  and  proprietors  of  the  town  relieved 
from  further  annoyance  regarding  a  matter  which  had  vexed  them  for  nearly 
eight  years.     We  know  that  Woodbury  Langdon  was  ever  a  zealous  laborer 


Town    of    Tctftonbi  >roi  i;ii.  ^29 


for  the  advancement  of  New  Hampshire,  an  earnesl  patriot,  enjoying  to  the 
fullest  extent  the  confidence  of  the  early  settlers,  holding  many  places  of  trust 
and  receiving   the  highest    favors  that   could    be  bestowed  on  any  pioneer  of 

their    new     land. 

In   L 802  we  find  the  citizens  voting  money  for  scl I   purposes  in  excess  of 

the  amount  required  by  Law,  showing  their  appreciation  of  the  advantages  to 

be  derived  from  our  common  scl Is.  and  although  the  amounl    raise. I  at   this 

time  was  small,  vet  it  served  as  a  foundation  on  which  has  arisen  her  excellent 
school  system  of  to-day. 

Among  the  first  events  of  interest  we  find  recorded  the  following:  Her 
fust  settlers  were  Benjamin  Beane,  Phineas  Graves,  and  Joseph  Peavey,  who 
pushed  their  way  into  the  then  unbroken  wilderness  in  1780;  some  of  their 
direct  descendants  are  yet  to  be  found  among  her  citizens.  The  first  church 
established  was  Congregational,  over  which  Rev.  Joseph  Kellum  was  installed 
first  pastor.  The  first  male  child  horn  in  town  was  Abram  Graves,  son  of 
Phineas  Graves. 

In  Islo  the  town  voted  to  build  a  town-house,  all  their  previous  meetings 
having  been  held  in  some  dwelling-house  conveniently  situated,  but  no  house 
was  built  for  several  years  subsequent  to  the  passing  of  the  vote.  In  L817 
and  1818  the  subject  was  discussed,  acted  upon,  and  the  acts  reconsidered  at 
several  special  town-meetings;  but  the  records  fail  to  show  the  exact  time 
when  the  present  town-house  was  erected;  it  was  evidently  about  1819  or 
1820.  It  stands  on  a  hill  near  the  centre  of  the  town  and  commands  an 
extended   view  on  all  sides. 

From  1S20  to  1832  the  records  are  not  particularly  interesting  or  instruc- 
tive, and  from  all  that  can  be  gathered  during  those  years  we  learn  nothing 
except  that  the  town  continued  to  grow  in  numbers  and  extend  its  area  for 
cultivation,  gradually  developing  into  the  beautiful  rural  borough  which  now 
exists,  and  in  which  all  her  sons  and  daughters,  whether  at  home  or  scattered 
throughout  the  world,  take  a  just  pride. 

In  1839,  being  justly  mindful  of  the  great  value  of  a  public  library, 
affording  to  the  people,  rich  and  poor  alike,  equal  opportunity  of  enriching 
their  minds  by  means  of  the  best  literature  then  extant,  they  chose,  at  the 
annual  town-meeting,  a  committee  of  fifteen  and  instructed  them  to  purchase 
a  library  for  the  town,  which  they  divided  into  three  wards.  Among  the 
promoters  of  this  object  are  the  following  honored  names:  John  Peavey, 
Isaac  Copp,  Aaron  B.  Smith,  Joseph  Palmer,  and  Jonathan  Bean,  executive 
committee  of  ward  one;  Abel  Haley,  Jonathan  M.  Varney,  Thomas  French, 
Elias  Chapman,  and  John  Neal,  executive  committee  of  ward  two;  Andrew 
Wiggin.  William  P.  Edgerly,  Samuel  Coverly,  George  Pox,  and  Dudley  bib- 
bey,  executive  committee  of  ward  three.  Allot  these,  with  the  -ingle  excep- 
tion of  John    Peavey,  sleep  each  in  his  "windowless  palace  of    rest"    in    the 


Pin  History   of   Carroll   County. 


shadows  of  the  hills  and  mountains  over  which  they  saw  the  rising  and  setting 
of  the  sun  during  many  years  of  privation,  toil,  and  hardship,  hardly  realized 
by  their  children  and  children's  children  of  to-day. 

This  committee  drew  up  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  library, 
which  were  accepted  by  the  town  at  the  March  meeting  in  1840,  and  it  may 
be  of  interest  to  note  in  this  connection  the  preamble  to  the  by-laws  of  this 
Library  :  — 

The  Advantage  naturally  resulting  from  a  proper  cultivation  of  the  human  faculties  is 
a  matter  apparent,  ami  has  thus  long  been  a  subject  the  learned  and  judicious  of  every  age 
to  need  any  further  commendation;  yet  however  when  it  is  viewed  in  its  proper  colours 
wIkmi  can  fail  to  pronounce  it  a  thing  not  only  productive  of  temporary  benefit,  but  really 
necessary  towards  the  perfection  of  our  last  happiness ;  under  this  impression  we  the  inhabi- 
tants of  tuftonborough,  being  desirous  for  the  promotion  of  piety,  virtue,  and  beneficial 
information,  having  formed  an  association  for  the  purpose  of  a  library,  do  agree  upon  the 
following  articles  as  a  form  of  "-overnment. 


CHAPTER   XXXV. 


Congregational  Church  —  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  —  First  Christian  Church  —  Second 
Christian  Church  —  First  Freewill  Baptist  Church  —  Advent  Church  —  Temperance  —  Schools. 

CHURCH  HISTORY.  — In  1800  a  Congregational  church  which  had  a 
brief  existence  was  established  in  town.  Rev.  Joseph  Kellum,  Method- 
ist, w;is  the  first  minister.  Nothing  but  tradition  is  preserved  concern- 
ing this  church,  as  no  records  are  preserved  if  any  were  kept.  They  have 
probably  gone  from  earth  as  completely  as  those  who  made  them.  The 
members  built  no  meeting-house,  but  held  their  services  at  the  homes  of  the 
different  members.  Before  1800  no  minister  was  settled,  and  they  had  to  rely 
for  preaching  on  such  of  the  clergy  as  came  back  from  the  coast  towns  to 
spread  the  light  of  the  gospel  through  the  settlements.  By  such  means  as 
these  the  early  settlers  of  Tuftonborough  kept  their  altar  fires  burning 
brightly. 

The  old  Congregational  society  never  had  a  separate  existence,  but  was 
connected  with  the  Freewill  Baptist  and  Methodist  societies,  and  ultimately 
became  merged  in  the  Methodist  church.  Its  only  pastor  was  buried  near  the 
church,  but  the  passing  footsteps  of  many  years  have  obliterated  every  trace  of 
the  spot.      During  the  great    revival  period  (see  Congregational  church  history 


Town   op   Tuptonborough.  |:;i 


of  Wolfeborough),  another  church  was  organized  with  Nathaniel  Bickford 
deacon,  rts  members  and  attendants  came  from  the  families  of  Deacon  Bick- 
ford, George  W.  Piper,  Jerenrj  B.  Wingate,  Jacob  Moulton,  Jonathan  Leavitt, 
Jonathan  and  William  Copp.  Its  records  were  kepi  03  Deacon  Bickford.  The 
church  has  been  extinct  for  years,  and  its  communion  service  was  senl  to  a 
needy  church  in  the  West. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church. — The  Tuftonborough  circuit  forms  an  ellipse 
with  preaching  places  ten  miles  aparl  for  the  foci.  The  two  extremities  are  about 
twenty  miles  distant.  This  is  quite  a  circuit  for  these  days  in  New  England, 
hut  is  only  a  fragment  of  what  it  originally  was.  lor  it  once  stretched  away  to 
the  very  fringes  of  the  state  northerly,  touching  the  Canada  lines.  Later  it 
embraced  Rochester  on  the  south,  Moultonborough  on  the  north,  Parsonsfield 
and  Newtield  on  the  east,  with  Lake  Winnipiseogee  forming  a  natural  boundary 
on  the  west.  This  was  a  territory  fifty  miles  in  length  and  thirty  miles  in  width, 
and  included  ten  towns  or  more,  among  them  Rochester,  Wakefield,  Wolfebor- 
ough, Milton.  Moultonborough,  Ossipee,  Tuftonborough.  Brookfield,  Parsons- 
field,  and  Newfield.  Tuftonborough  was  the  scene  of  the  earliest  action,  and 
gave  the  name  to  the  circuit. 

The  first  Methodist  sermon  was  preached  here  in  1804  by  Caleb  Dustin,  in 
a  private  house  since  known  as  the  "old  Peave}r  house,"  winch  is  still  standing. 
At  this  time  (1804)  Tuftonborough  belonged  to  the  New  Hampshire  district 
of  the  New  England  Conference,  which  embraced  most  of  the  six  New  England 
states.  In  ISO.")  Tuftonborough  with  several  other  stations  were  added,  and 
Lewis  Bates  was  the  first  preacher  appointed  by  the  conference  to  the  charge. 
John  Brodhead,  whose  name  is  quite  conspicuous  in  American  Methodism,  was 
the  first  presiding  elder.  These  pioneer  preachers  were  followed  by  a  long  line 
of  illustrious  men,  both  pastors  and  presiding  elders. 

Bates  was  alone  the  first  quarter  of  1805,  and  Thomas  Goodhue  was  asso- 
ciated with  him  the  second.  Bates,  John  Johnson,  and  Nathaniel  Stevens 
shared  the  toils  of  the  third  quarter,  and  the  fourth  quarter,  Bates,  Warren 
Banister,  and  Benjamin  Bishop  traversed  the  circuit  together.  In  1806  John 
Brodhead,  presiding  elder,  L.  Bates,  and  W.  Banister  were  preachers  in  charge. 
In  most  eases  where  classes  were  formed  church  building  was  early  under  con- 
templation, though  frequently  the  worshipers  gathered  for  years  in  private 
houses,  barns,  groves,  and  schoolhouses.  The  first  Methodist  church  in  Tuf- 
tonborough was  built  in  1820.  It  was  unplastered,  and  heated  by  an  old- 
fashioned  fireplace.  The  men  who  pioneered  here  evidently  did  not  have 
hopes  of  gain  in  contemplation,  or  follow  Christ  for  the  loaves  and  fishes. 
The  total  amount  collected  the  firsl  year.  L805,  was  $26.45.  This  scanty  pit- 
tance was  disbursed  as  follows:  Lewis  Bates,  -S'loJiT:  Thomas  Goodhue,  $6.48, 
and  Brodhead,  presiding  elder.  $4.10,  leaving  a  small  balance  for  incidentals.  In 
L809,  when  the  societies  aggregated  about   300  members,  only  little    more   than 


432  History   of   Carroll   County. 

$100  were  contributed.  The  cases  of  discipline  in  the  early  days  of  Methodism 
on  tliis  circuit  are  worthy  of  notice.  The  Tnftonborough  first  class  contained 
about  fifty  members.  Seven  of  these  were  expelled  for  violation  of  discipline. 
Two  were  turned  out  for  intemperance.  Two  others  of  Tnftonborough  class 
were  suspended  for  breaking  the  "-rules,"'  one  other  for  negligence,  and  still 
another  for  " lightness."  Such  was  the  summary  punishment  which  the  diso- 
bedient received  at  the  hands  of  early  administrators. 

Mrs.  Sally  Keniston,  who  died  in  Tnftonborough,  December  4,  1879,  aged 
ninety-eight  years  and  nine  months,  was  the  oldest  person  in  the  town,  and  the 
oldest  member  of  the  Methodist  church  here ;  she  joined  the  class  in  1805. 
She  retained  her  mental  faculties  till  within  a  few  years  of  her  death.  Her 
funeral  was  conducted  on  the  place  where  she  had  lived  seventy-eight  years. 

The  First  Christian  Church  of  Centre  Tnftonborough. — The  church  was 
organized  at  the  house  of  Thomas  French,  May  27,  1820,  these  seventeen 
persons  having  met  for  that  purpose :  Thomas  French,  Joshua  Neal,  Jere- 
miah Foss,  Ezra  Shepherd,  Enoch  Burley,  Levi  Tibbetts,  John  Doe,  Robert 
Haley,  Daniel  Morrison,  Lydia  Shepherd,  Polly  Doe,  Mary  Hoit,  Hannah 
Marden,  Abigail  Marden,  Betsy  Burley,  Miriam  Perkins,  Susanna  Burley. 

Elder  Mark  Fernald  was  chosen  pastor  and  retained  his  pastorate  until 
June  29,  1829.  Elder  Fernald  resigned,  and  Elder  William  Blaisdell  suc- 
ceeded him.  Elder  Blaisdell  was  the  pastor  until  February  18,  1841,  when 
he  resigned.  March  30  the  church  again  chose  Elder  Mark  Fernald  pastor, 
and  he  continued  to  serve  until  his  death,  December  80,  1851.  Up  to  this 
time  the  pulpit  was  supplied  for  the  most  part  by  Elders  Fernald,  Blaisdell, 
Piper,  Colby,  and  Dixon.  The  church  was  then  without  a  pastor  until  April 
20,  1853,  when  Elder  William  H.  Ireland  was  chosen  pastor,  and  remained 
until  1859.  July  13,  1860,  the  church  was  reorganized  and  Thomas  Bartlett 
was  chosen  pastor. 

Names  of  Members.  —  Enoch  Haley,  George  W.  Abbott,  Cyntha  Haley, 
Eliza  Thompson,  Woodbury  L.  Wiggin,  Jacob  Hersey,  Jane  Abbott,  Mary 
Wiggin,  George  W.  Piper,  Jacob  Burleigh,  Gordon  Ladd,  Susan  Wiggin,  Ann 
Haley,  John  Doe,  Andrew  L.  Hersey,  John  S.  Haley,  Sarah  Gilman,  Mary  E. 
Piper,  Hannah  Young,  James  S.  Doe,  William  W.  Blaisdell,  Joseph  Welch, 
Mary  A.  Young,  Rosilla  Rollins,  John  H.  Young,  James  P.  Hersey,  Isaiah  S. 
Wiggin,  Albert  Wiggin,  Mary  A.  Haley,  Isaiah  Wiggin,  Mary  E.  Haley,  Dolby 
Doe,  Susan  Brown,  Joseph  Kimball,  Susan  P.  Rogers,  Marianna  Wiggin, 
Huldah  Wiggin,  Levi  Chase,  Mary  F.  Kimball,  Hannah  Kimball,  Sarah  Chase, 
Mary  Ann  Haley,  Eliza  Haley,  Polly  Blaisdell,  Samuel  T.  Piper,  Clara  J. 
Hersey,  Polly  Swett,  Drusilla  Fox,  J.  L.  Morrison,  Mary  F.  Peavey,  Pamelia 
Mclntyre,  Julia  C.  Morrison. 

July  6,  1861,  Elder  Bartlett  resigned  the  pastorate  and  Elder  John  W. 
Tilton    became  pastor;  he  resigned  March  5,  1870,  when  William  S.  Morrill 


Town    OF    TUFTONBOROTTGH.  | :',:', 


was  chosen;  lie  resigned  February  I,  L871.  Joseph  Whitney  was  chosen 
pastor  August,  L871,  and  resigned  January  27,  L876.  May  2,  1876,  the  church 
again  chose  John  \V.  Tilton  pastor,  and  he  continued  in  Labor  until  his  death. 
July  2,  L881,  chose  Hezekiah  Short  pastor;  he  resigned  July  2,  1882.     June 

•_\  Iss:;,  chose  James  P.  Topping  pastor  for  one  year.  George  I).  Garland 
succeeded  him  December  6, 1884,  and  he  resigned  October  1.  1887.  April  7. 
L888,  James  Phillips  became  pastor.  Number  of  members  at  present  time 
(1889),  about  sixty-five.  The  deacons  are  Woodbury  L.  Wiggin,  Thomas 
Foung;  clerk,  Franklin  L.  Hersey.  Charles  W.  Pinkham  is  superintendent 
(it    the   Sabbath-school,  which  numbers  forty  scholars. 

In  June,  1839,  a  new  church  was  built  one  mile  north  of  Centre  Tufton- 
borough  on  the  main  road,  at  an  expense  of  $1,500.  In  1*69  the  church 
was  removed  to  Centre  Tuftonborough  and  rebuilt  at  a  cost  of  $2,000.  A 
parsonage  was  built  in   1882  and  1883  at  a  cost  of  $800. 

Second  Christian  Church.  —  Standing  just  across  the  bridge  from  the 
direction  of  Wolfe  borough,  the  bridge  that  spans  the  stream  running  from 
Mirror  lake  (as  it  is  now  called)  into  Winnipiseogee,  is  the  Second  Christian 
Church  building.  Close  beside  the  singing  stream,  commanding  a  view  of  the 
lake,  it  stands  on  the  Neck  proper.  The  section  for  miles  around  is  a  farming 
country  and  the  best,  or  equal  to  the  best,  in  town;  the  neat,  well-painted, 
and  well-cared-for  buildings  speak  most  eloquently  of  thrift  and  comfort. 
This  church  was  organized  November  12,  1864,  by  Rev.  Daniel  A.  Wiggin, 
and  on  the  twelfth  day  of  April,  1869,  the  society  began  to  build  the  nice 
little  place  of  worship  which  it  now  occupies.  On  the  eighth  day  of  the 
following  August  it  was  dedicated.  The  dedicatory  sermon  was  delivered 
by  Dr  J.  1).  Fulton,  of  Boston,  who  was  assisted  in  the  services  by  Rev. 
Edward   Edmunds,  also  of  Boston. 

In  the  summer  season  the  farmhouses  in  the  vicinity  are  usually  rilled 
to  overflowing  with  visitors  from  the  cities  seeking  rest  and  recreation  far 
from  the  crowd  and  confusion  of  the  large  hotels.  Many  of  these  visitors 
arc  church-going  people,  and  attend  this  church  and  contribute  liberally 
to  its  support.  Fortunately  for  the  church  it  has  never  had  but  one  settled 
pastor,  for  the  reason  that  that  pastor  is  the  Rev.  Daniel  A.  Wiggin.  who  was 
chosen  on  the  day  of  its  organization,  and  who  has  served  faithfully  and 
well  to  the  present  time  and  bids  fair  to  minister  to  his  Hock  many  years  to 
come.  Instances  of  one  man  serving  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  one  church 
better  beloved  and  stronger  in  the  hearts  of  his  people  as  the  years  go  by 
are  hard  to  find.  Uev.  Mr  Wiggin  was  born  in  this  town  October  13,  L826, 
and  is  a  son  of  Aaron  and  Mary  (Home)  Wiggin.  His  early  advantages 
were  limited;  yet  he  is  a  well-read,  well-educated  man,  as  he  has  been  tireless 
in  his  endeavors  for  an  education.  He  was  a  farmer  until  he  entered  the 
ministry,  and  now  cultivates  his  land  with   pleasure  and  success.     Republican 


434  History   of   Carroll  County. 

in  politics,  although  the  town  is  opposed  to  him  politically,  his  townsmen 
have  honored  him  with  positions  of  trust.  He  is  often  called  upon  to  act 
as  executor  or  administrator  of  estates,  and  the  rights  of  the  widow  and  orphan 
are  safe  in  his  hands.  What  greater  seal  of  approbation  can  be  set  upon  the 
life  and  acts  of  any  man  than  to  say  he  has  traveled  life's  pathway  ever 
honest,  upright,  and  true  ? 

First  Freewill  Baptist  Church. — At  Melvin  village  on  the  sixteenth  day 
of  October,  1837,  a  little  company  of  twenty-five  men  and  women,  with  Rev. 
William  Buzzell,  united  in  forming  a  church  society  to  be  known  as  the 
First  Freewill  Baptist  church  in  Moultonborough  and  Tuftonborough.  At 
this  meeting  they  chose  Peter  Stackpole  clerk,  and  Richard  Caverly  deacon. 
Elder  Buzzell  remained  with  them  two  years,  laboring  faithfully  for  the 
upbuilding  of  the  Master's  cause.  October  14,  1839,  Rev.  Silas  F.  Bean 
was  chosen  pastor,  and  in  1844  the  membership  had  increased  to  sixty.  But 
now  one  of  those  unfortunate  troubles  that  sometimes  fall  upon  churches  — 
internal  dissension  — -  fell  upon  this  one,  many  of  the  members  going  over  to 
what  was  then  known  as  Millerism,  and  from  this  and  other  causes,  between 
the  years  1845  and  1852  the  church  organization  became  nearly  extinct. 
In  1852  the  sunlight  that  had  for  so  long  a  time  been  obscured  by  clouds 
of  disunion  and  doubt  broke  in  upon  them  once  more,  and  June  18  of  that 
year  six  men  and  two  women  joined  hands  in  a  common  cause  and  reorgan- 
ized the  church.  Their  next  pastor  was  Rev.  S.  P.  Fernald.  In  the  summer 
of  1866  a  church  building  was  erected  on  a  pleasant  spot  near  the  mouth  of 
Melvin  stream  and  commanding  a  beautiful  view  over  Melvin  bay.  The 
several  ministers  who  have  been  called  by  this  society  are :  William  Buzzell, 
founder  and  first  pastor,  Silas  F.  Bean,  S.  P.  Fernald,  E.  G.  York,  William 
H.  Cutting,  and  F.  H.  Perkins,  who  is  now  regularly  settled.  The  society  is 
in  a  prosperous  condition  and  has  a  membership  of  sixty.  The  present  offi- 
cers are :  clerk,  J.  R.  Caverly  ;  deacon,  Orlando  Richardson,  who  was  chosen  in 
1866  and  has  held  the  office  since. 

Advent  Church.  —  The  history  of  the  Second  Advent  church  of  Melvin 
village  dates  back  to  1842  and  1843,  during  the  great  movement  under  William 
Miller.  At  that  time  quite  a  number  left  other  churches  and  were  actively 
identified  as  Adventists ;  a  large  number  were  "raised  up"  who  were  engaged 
with  great  zeal  in  sustaining  meetings  in  this  and  adjoining  towns,  and  there 
were  at  that  time  not  far  from  one  hundred  of  the  faith  in  Tuftonborough.  In 
L886  they  erected  a  church  sufficiently  large  to  accommodate  their  followers 
and  others.  The  seats  were  free,  and  large  congregations  assembled  every 
Sunday  for  years,  and  regular  services  have  continued  uninterrupted  down 
to  the  present  time.  The  society  now  numbers  fifty.  During  the  greater 
part  of  the  time  its  only  resident  pastor  has  been  Elder  Thatcher  W.  Piper; 
and  as  the  history  of  this  society  is  in  great  measure  the  history  of  the  pastor 
(for  herein  he  has  performed  the  labor  of  his  life),  we  briefly  sketch  his  career. 


Town     OF    TUFTONBOKOUGH. 


He  was  horn  in  Tuftonborough,  May  9,  1824.  As  a  boy,  he  was  deprived 
of  the  privilege  of  obtaining  any  extensive  education,  even  as  ii  was  then  con- 
sidered, and  only  had  what  the  common  schools  of  the  <la\  taught,  and  not  so 
very  much  of  that.  He  began  the  wort  of  a  preacher  in  L 850,  was  ordained 
in  L 858,  and  has  been  in  active  service  since.  His  work  has  nol  been  con- 
fined to  Tuftonborough,  bu1  after  the  custom  of  the  church  he  has  gone  aboul 
the  country  among  the  leading  churches  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  and 
Massachusetts,  and  as  a  revivalist  lias  met  with  greal  success  for  many 
seasons.  For  eleven  years  he  was  president  of  New  Hampshire  "Confer- 
ence of  Adventists."  A  hale  man,  seemingly  carrying  the  strength  of  early 
manhood  in  his  erect  form,  he  is  a  type  of  rugged  New  England  manhood, 
full  of  honest  Loyalty  to  God  and  the  world,  strong  for  the  right,  and  earnesl 
in  every  endeavor.  Long  may  he  remain  to  cheer  and  comfort  his  flock,  and 
when  his  eyes  shall  behold  the  morning  of  eternity,  he  shall  surely  hear, 
••  Well  done,  good  and  faithful  servant,  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy 
Lord." 

Temperance.  —  Tuftonborough  was  among  the  first  to  take  a  forward  step  in 
the  cause  of  temperance,  and  by  voting  no  license  in  1848  took  an  advanced 
position  from  which  it  has  never  retreated,  and  to-day  there  cannot  he  found 
within  her  borders  a  single  place  where  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold.  It  is 
true  that  as  her  farms  abound  in  good  orchards,  producing  some  of  the  finesl 
fruit  in  the  county,  the  farmers  manufacture  large  quantities  of  cider,  which  is 
productive  of  quite  an  income  to  them.  Notwithstanding  this  fact,  habits  of 
sobriety  almost  universally  prevail,  and  few  indeed  are  the  families  broken  up 
or  farm  lands  made  waste  places  by  the  great  destroyer.  May  this  state  of 
affairs  ever  exist. 

Schools.  —  Tuftonborough  has,  as  far  as  her  resources  would  allow,  fostered 
the  common  schools  and  done  what  she  could  to  lay  proper  foundations  for  the 
education  of  all  her  sons  and  daughters.  Away  back  in  its  infancy  we  find  the 
tow  n  raising  money  for  school  purposes  in  excess  of  that  required  by  law,  and 
all  down  through  the  years  it  has  manifested  a  progressive  spirit.  Tufton- 
borough  shares  with  Wolfeborough  in  the  munificent  gift  bequeathed  by  John 
Brewster,  one  of  that  town's  most  successful  sons,  to  education  and  the  poor. 
[See  Wolfeborough.]  All  honor  to  him,  the  generous  philanthropist  and  ben- 
efactor. He  has  erected  to  his  memory  a  monument  more  enduring  than  any 
wrought  from  costly  granite  or  marble  —  a  monument  of  love  and  gratitude 
enshrined  in  every  heart  and  set  up  by  every  fireside  in  Tuftonborough,  which 
shall  remain  as  long  as  her  children  shall  dwell  within  her  holders. 

The  trustees  of  the  "Brewster  Fund  "  aim  to  work  in  harmony  with  the 
members  of  the  town  school  hoard  and  obtain  the  greatest  possible  results  from 
the  fund.  The  consequence  is  better  schools  and  longer  terms,  and  one  only 
has  to  ride  through  the  town    to    note    the   great    improvement    in    schoolhouses 


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and  grounds.     This  is  only  the  beginning;   as  the  years  go  on  the  common 
schools  in  this  and  her  sister  town  cannot  be  surpassed  in  the  state. 

The  second  provision  of  the  Brewster  legacy  in  regard  to  the  worthy  poor 
is  not  intended  or  used  to  support  the  town  paupers  in  the  two  towns.  In  the 
language  of  one  of  the  trustees,  "It  is  not  for  the  purpose  of  encouraging  and 
increasing  pauperism,  but  to  prevent  it."  Whenever  a  man  struggling  against 
the  tide  of  adverse  circumstances  bids  fair  to  be  overcome,  and  himself  and 
family  likely  to  become  charges  on  the  town,  then  comes  this  strong  hand  to 
help  him  bear  up  against  the  tide. 


CHAPTER   XXXVI. 

Civil  War  —  Postottiees  —  Villages  —  Islands  —  Sketches  —  Civil  List. 

CIVIL  WAR. — The  war-cloud  which  cast  its  forbidding  shadow  over  the 
land  in  1860  found  the  citizens  ready  to  do  their  part  and  all  they 
could  do  in  the  common  cause.  And  in  the  readiness  with  which  her 
sons  came  to  the  front  at  the  call  for  troops  may  be  seen  the  same  sublime 
courage  which  animated  their  fathers  in  overcoming  every  obstacle  which 
obstructed  their  progress  as  out  of  the  wilderness  they  created  the  homes 
of  a  "  noble  yeomanry." 

October  15,  1861,  the  town  called  a  special  meeting  to  see  if  it  would 
vote  to  adopt  the  provisions  of  an  act  authorizing  cities  and  towns  to  aid 
the  families  of  volunteers,  and  if  so  to  raise  such  sum  or  sums  of  money  as 
might  be  necessary.  The  act  was  adopted,  and  the  credit  of  the  town  was 
pledged  for  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  and  the  selectmen  appointed  a 
committee  to  pay  it  out.  In  1862  they  voted  to  pay  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  additional  bounty,  and  held  meetings  throughout  the  town  to  encourage 
volunteering  in  the  service ;  and  in  the  same  year  voted  to  pay  John  Peavey 
five  dollars  for  each  person  he  would  enlist  to  fill  the  town's  quota  for  nine 
months'  men.  In  1863  they  voted  to  pay  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  to 
drafted  men  or  their  substitutes,  and  sent  two  of  the  selectmen  to  Portsmouth 
at  the  time  of  the  examination  of  drafted  men  to  assist  all  who  should  need 
assistance.  In  1864  the  town  voted  to  allow  the  selectmen  to  use  the  credit  of 
the  town  to  the  amount  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars  to  pay  soldiers'  substitutes ; 
and  later,  voted  to  pay  one  thousand  dollars  to  every  citizen  of  said  town  who 
should  enlist  for  one  year. 


Town    OF    TUFTONBOROUGH.  |:',T 


l[p  to  April,  is*;.",,  the  record  shows  that  the  number  of  soldiers  furnished 
by  the  town  was  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight.  This  is  a  record  of  which  the 
town  may  well  be  proud,  and  if  in  the  future  war  should  again  come  upon 
the  country,  this  town  could  be  relied  upon  to  do  its  whole  duty. 

The  town  lias  made  good  progress  in  many  ways.  Some  of  the  agricul- 
turists arc  improving  their  farms  and  making  a  profession  of  their  calling. 
From  a  report  made  to  the  state  department  of  agriculture  in  1889  we  find 
that  there  were  L9,738  pounds  of  butter  made  here  iii  the  previous  year,  954 
pounds  of  cheese,  139  gallons  of  milk  sold,  1,006  pounds  of  wool  grown.  12 
tons  of  ensilage  fed,  1<>  tons  of  commercial  fertilizer  used  ;  *  1. 1  |s  Was  received 
from  summer  boarders.  Among  these  representative  farmers  arc  John  L.  Har- 
riman,  Charles  Mclntire,  Haley  Burleigh,  Daniel  \Y.  Wingate,  Franklin  L. 
IIersev,  Joseph  B.  Whitteu,  Nathaniel  Neal,  Isaiah  Wiggin,  John  A.  Edgerly, 
Levi  W.  Brown,  John  E.  Fox,  dames  H.  Neal,  and  Lyford  Wiggin.  One  of 
the  host  farms  on  Tuftonborough  Neck  is  owned  by  the  Thomas  family; 
Willie   W.   Thomas  occupying  and  developing  it  with  his  father. 

Postojjices. — -There  are  four  postoffices  in  town :  Tuftonborough,  formerly 
Tuftonborough  Corner,  Centre  Tuftonborough,  Melvin  village,  and  Mirror 
Lake.  Water  village,  which  lies  partly  in  Tuftonborough,  Wolfeborough,  and 
Ossipee,  though  the  postoffiee  is  in  Ossipee,  "  convenes  "  quite  a  large  section 
of  Tuftonborough. 

Villtyjes. — Tuftonborough  is  a  small  hamlet  in  the  northeasterly  part  of 
the  town  on  the  top  of  a  high  hill  commanding  an  extended  view  of  Winni- 
piseogee,  and  near  the  place  where  the  first  tree  was  felled  in  the  settlement 
of  the  town  by  Phineas  Graves;  this  hill  slopes  to  the  south  and  west, 
guarded  on  the  north  by  the  black  front  of  the  Ossipees.  Over  the  hills 
to  the  northeast  a  picturesque  view  of  a  portion  of  the  Ossipee  valley  is 
obtained.  There  are  no  manufacturing  industries  of  any  kind  here ;  the  prin- 
cipal business  of  the  people  is  farming.  There  were  at  one  time  two  general 
stores  before  the  railroad  was  extended  north  of  Union,  and  during  a  portion 
of  the  time  since.  There  is  only  one  now,  owned  by  Herbert  F.  Hodgdon, 
who  is  the  present  postmaster.  Here  stand  several  of  the  old  houses  of  "the 
olden  time.'*  the  Peavey  house,  the  Emery  house,  the   Drew  place,  and  others. 

Centre  Tuftonborough  is  near  the  geographical  centre  of  the  town,  six 
miles  from  Wolfeborough,  its  nearest  railroad  station.  This  little  village  also 
stands  on  high  ground,  though  much  lower  than  Tuftonborough  Corner.  It 
has  one  general  store,  owned  by  Andrew  L.  Mersey  (who  has  been  in  trade 
here  forty-eight  years),  and  one  blacksmith  shop. 

Melvin  village,  situated  on  Melvin  bay  at  the  outlel  of  Melvin  stream, 
is  the  largest  village.  It  contains  two  stores,  a  gristmill  and  shingle-mill;  for- 
merly it  had  connection  with  the  outside  world  by  boal  to  Wolfeborough, 
Alton,  etc.,  but  for  years  this  service  has  been  irregular.     Captain  Walker  now 


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has  a  little  steamer  running  to  Long  Island  and  connecting  with  the  lake  boats, 
and  there  is  a  daily  mail  by  way  of  Wolfeborough.  It  will  probably  ever  be 
the  same  quiet  town  it  now  is,  although  it  is  becoming  something  of  a  summer 
resort.  People  will  come,  people  will  go;  old  faces  disappear,  new  ones  take 
their  places.  A  pleasant  spot  indeed,  but  being  nearly  equidistant  from  the 
two  great  rail  mads  of  the  state,  not  destined  to  rapid  growth. 

Mirror  Lake  is  not  a  village,  but  a  locality  about  four  miles  from  Wolfe- 
borough  on  Tuftonborough  Neck,  where  are  some  of  the  best  farms  in  town. 
The  beauties  of  its  location  make  it  a  favorite  place  for  city  people  to  pass  a 
summer  vacation.  Until  1887  the  residents  of  the  Neck  went  to  Wolfeborough 
for  their  mail.  Now  they  have  a  postoffice,  and  a  gentlemanly  postmaster, 
Horace  Mclntire  by  name,  to  preside  over  it. 

On  the  lake  shore  on  its  southeastern  point,  near  the  entrance  to  the  bay, 
Mr  Rollin  Jones,  of  Boston,  has  built  a  fine  summer  cottage.  It  is  a  beautiful 
spot.  A  short  sandy  beach  curves  in  front,  at  either  end  of  which  are  the  usual 
rocky  shores,  while  on  the  land  it  is  nearly  surrounded  by  a  beautiful  pine 
grove,  ever  suggestive  of  comfort  in  its  cool  shadowy  recesses.  Half  a  mile 
to  the  west  on  another  point,  affording  a  more  extensive  view  of  the  lake, 
Henry  F.  Hurlburt,  Esq.,  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  two  years  ago  built  one  of  the 
most  costly  and  best  appointed  summer  residences  on  the  lake  shore.  Thus 
one  by  one  they  are  gathering  here.  These  cottages  add  much  to  the  charm  of 
the  lake  shore,  every  angle,  line,  and  color  blending  harmoniously  with  the 
surroundings. 

Islands.  —  All  along  the  shore  line  of  Tuftonborough  are  scattered  numer- 
ous islands ;  seventeen  have  been  legally  annexed  to  different  towns.  Of 
these  Tuftonborough  has  six:  Cow  island,  annexed  in  1799,  Birch,  Farm, 
Little  Bear,  and  Whortleberry  islands  in  1858,  and  Sandy  island  in  1863. 
Cow  island  is  third  in  size  of  the  two  hundred  and  sixty-seven  islands  in 
the  lake  proper,  and  contains  from  five  hundred  to  one  thousand  acres.  It 
lies  west  of  and  near  Tuftonborough  Neck,  from  which  it  is  separated  by 
a  dee[>  channel.  Once  it  was  inhabited,  but  now  only  a  part  of  a  house  and 
the  curious  ruins  of  the  tower  of  a  windmill  remain  ;  the  island  is  wholly 
given  over  to  grazing  purposes  and  affords  good  pasturage.  Only  the  ruins 
mentioned  and  old  cellars  are  left  to  tell  of  the  life  and  industry  that  once 
had  its  home  there.1     Birch  and  the  other  islands  are  utilized  only  for  summer 

1  Immediately  alter  the  War  of  1812  Paul  Pillsbury  was  sent  to  this  island  by  the  owners,  who  resided  in 
Dover,  and  erected  buildings,  including  tlie  windmill,  the  tower  of  which  is  of  wood,  octagonal  in  shape, 
peaked  top,  ami  still  of  sound,  solid  frame,  and  he  became  a  celebrated  breeder  of  cattle.  The  quaint  old 
house  has  fallen  into  decay  ami  is  now  nothing  more  than  a  sheep  pen.  At  the  time  the  buildings  were 
l  Ihe  island  owners  boasted  of  owning  one  of  the  best  farms  in  the  state.  The  old  windmill  was  used 
to  grind  corn  lor  the  cattle,  and  everything  continued  to  prosper  until  the  owner  died  and  the  heirs  lost  interest 
in  the  farm,  and  it  soon  became  sadly  neglected,  until  Anally  the  inhabitants  of  the  island  departed  and  every- 
thing was  left  to  the  mercy  of  the  weather.  At  one  time  a  deep  cellar  was  dug  and  the  foundation  partially 
put  in  for  a  large  hotel,  but.  the  air-castle  ideas  of  the  proprietor  failed  to  materialize.  The  present  owners 
coin  considerable  money  annually  by  pasturing  horses  and  cattle,  which  are  brought  to  the  island  on  flatboats 
early  in  the  season  and  taken  away  late  in  the  fall.  The  island  contains  among  its  numerous  curiosities  a'red 
oak-tree,  whose  branches  cover  a  space  of  over  two  hundred  feet  in  diameter. 


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camping  purposes.  Of  the  two  hundred  and  sixty-seven  islands,  two  hundred 
and  fifty  are  state  lands.  It  is  greatly  to  be  regretted  thai  the  state  takes  no 
measures  to  properly  protecl  them.  They  form  in  a  greal  degree  the  chief 
beauty  of  the  lake,  and  yel  people  are  allowed  to  cut  the  wood  and  timber 
without  leave  or  license  and  thus  despoil  them  of  their  beauty.  It  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  people  will  wake  np  to  the  Fad  thai  the  state's  property  in 
her  grand  mountain  and  lake  attractions  is  no  inconsiderable  portion  of  tin- 
state's   wealth,  and   shape   their   laws  accordingly. 

From  Governor  William  Plumer's  manuscript  biographies  in  possession  of 
tin1  State  Historical  Society  we  take  this:  — 

Peter  Livius  was  a  gentleman  of  foreign  descent  and  of  handsome  properly,  who  came 
to  America  Cor  the  purpose  of  investing  his  money  in  lands.     At  what  period   he  arrived 

doe-  not  appear,  bul  in  1764  he  was  living  iii  Portsmouth.  May  :i:!.  L765,  he  took  hi 
as  a  member  at  the  council  board.  Before  the  province  was  divided  into  counties  he  was 
for  a  number  <>t  years  a  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  but  in  1771,  when  the  law 
dividing  the  province  into  counties  took  effect,  his  commission  as  judge  was  not  renewed. 
This  omission  irritated  and  inflamed  him  against  the  governor  and  council,  and  in  177^  he 
went  to  England  and  exhibited  articles  of  complaint  against  diem  to  the  lords  of  trade,  who 
reported  that  the  charges  were  verified;  but  on  the  appeal  to  the  king  in  council,  the 
governor  and  council  were  acquitted  and  the  complaint  dismissed.  In  1773  the  king  consented 
to  appoint  him  chief  justice  of  the  superior  court  in  Xew  Hampshire,  hut  upon  more  mature 
consideration  that  it  would  occasion  discord  in  the  province,  afterwards  appointed  him 
boa  more  lucrative  office,  that  of  chief  justice  of  Canada,  which  he  accepted  and  performed 
its  duties  with  ability.  .June  2,  1777,  he  wrote  from  Montreal  to  General  Sullivan  urging 
him  to  abandon  the  Revolutionary  cause  and  support  the  royal  government,  promising  him 
a  pardon  and  reward.  Livius  was  a  man  of  talents,  shrewd,  cunning,  and  possessed  great 
decision  of  character.     He  died  in  1795,  in  Brighthelmstone,  England. 

Livius  married  Anne  E.,  daughter  of  John  Tufton  Mason,  became  pos- 
sessed of  a  large  tract  of  land  in  this  town,  and  built  a  country-house  on  the 
Kimball  place  near  Livius's,  now  Lang's,  pond  (tradition  says  before  the 
governor's  house  was  built),  and  resided  here  some  time.  It  was  situated 
upon  the  Pond  road  (then  the  main  traveled  road)  about  fifty  rods  from 
the  mouth  id'  the  outlet  of  the  pond.  He  at  one  time  tried  to  drain  the 
pond  to  make  meadows  on  the  bottom,  but  the  scheme  failed,  as  only  clean 
wdiite   sand    was   found. 

Hon.  Woodbury  Langdon,  of  Portsmouth,  judge  of  the  supreme  court,  was 
a  prominent  owner  of  Tuftonborough.  He  too  had  a  country-seal  here.  From 
some  of  the  documents  of  the  old  time  one  might  draw  a  very  erroneous  "pin- 
ion of  Mr  Langdon.  He  was  noted  for  his  commercial  success,  firm  patriotism, 
and  great  benevolence.  His  Portsmouth  home,  destroyed  in  the  great  tire  of 
1781,  was  on  the  present  site  of  the  Rockingham  Mouse. 

Some  resident  families.  —  Phineas  Graves  felled  the  first  tree  on  what  is  now  the  White- 
houae  place,  a  short  distance  from  Tuftonborough.  He  was  married  twice,  and  his  children 
were  Abram,  James,  Samuel,  John,  Phylenia,  Lois,  Cynthia,  Polly,  Hannah,  Sally,  Joanna. 


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Olive.  Al>ram  was  the  first  male  child  born  in  town.  He  married  a  Dennett,  and  finally  set- 
tled in  Canaan,  a  beautiful  valley  under  the  southern  slope  of  the  Ossipees.  His  family  num- 
bered twelve.  Fiances,  Hannah  B.,  Eunice  D.,  Belinda  A.,  Mark  M.  (married  Mary  A. 
Bowers.  He  was  a  skilled  workman  in  wood  and  a  pattern-maker.  After  a  time  he  went 
to  Northfield,  Vt,  as  manager  of  the  carshops,  and  left  that  position  on  account  of  ill-health; 
subsequently  be  went  to  Montreal,  and  from  there  to  Chicago,  III.,  where  he  remained  until 
1888.  He  now  resides  at  Wolfeborough  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years.  His  mind  was  quick 
in  the  matter  of  inventions,  and  he  has  produced  many  that  are  useful  and  novel;  among  them 
a  water-heater,  a  safety  railroad  switch,  outside  window  shutters  for  fireproof  buildings), 
Oliver  X.,  Fhineas  H.,  Joanna  S.,  Angeline  P.,  Phebe  J.  (married  George  W.  Abbott.  Her 
son,  Sewall  W.  Abbott,  Esq.,  resides  in  Wolfeborough),  and  Lydia  P. 

.lames  Craves  had  his  name  changed  to  Oilman;  he  lived  near  Melvin  village,  and  built 
'•  Graves'  mills."  His  sons  were  Charles  W.  Gilman,  James  M.,  William  II.,  John  W.,  Edward 
V..  Lyford  J.  (engineer;  killed  at  Yieksburg  in  18G3),  George  F.,  and  Phineas  G. 

Samuel  Craves  had  four  sons  and  three  daughters;  Sarah,  married  Jesse  Drew;  Laura, 
married  James  M.  Gilman;  Janvrin,  Calvin,  Lyford,  Carrie,  and  Herbert.  The  other  children 
of  Phineas  Craves  married  with  the  families  of  Fox,  Wentworth,  Philbrick,  Fernald,  and 
other  prominent  ones  in  the  count y. 

William  Canney  and  his  wife,  Rose  Allen,  Quakers,  from  Soinersworth,  had  eight 
sons  and  four  daughters.  Of  these  children  Edinond,  Joseph,  and  Benjamin  settled  on 
one  side,  and  Ebenezer,  John,  and  William  on  the  other  side  of  the  road  leading  from 
the  centre  of  the  town  to  Tuftonborough  Corner.  James  located  in  another  part  of  the 
town  on  a  farm  lately  owned  by  Jeremiah  Horn.  They  were  good  farmers,  industrious  and 
intelligent  men,  and,  excepting  William,  lived  to  old  age.  One  daughter,  Abigail,  married 
Joseph  Peavey,  and  lived  at  Tuftonborough  Corner.  The  father,  William  Canney,  lived  to 
be  ninety-six,  and  his  wife  attained  the  age  of  ninety-five.     Both  are  buried  in  town. 

Joseph  Peavey  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Tuftonborough.  He  was  son  of  Edward 
Peavey,  who  served  and  died  in  the  Revolution.  lie  was  a  farmer  at  Tuftonborough  Corner, 
and  an  active  man  physically  and  mentally.  He  had  children:  William,  Edmund,  Joseph  L., 
James,  John,  and  Abigail  (Mrs  Trustram  Leighton).  Of  these  the  most  settled  in  Tufton- 
borough. John  Peavey,  Esq.,  is  now  living  at  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  vigorous  and  energetic,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-five,  and  was  for  years  a  merchant  and  leading  business  man  here. 

Adjutant  John  Piper  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  army  from  Wolfeborough  in  1770  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  years,  and  served  to  the  close  of  the  war.  He  afterwards  resided  in  Wolfe- 
borough until  1800,  when  he  bought  an  immense  tract  of  wild  land  in  Tuftonborough,  where 
be  hewed  himself  a  home  and  resided  until  his  death,  April  30,  1830.  Of  his  twenty-one  chil- 
dren (eight  sons  and  thirteen  daughters),  all  of  whom  lived  to  be  men  and  women,  six  survive: 
Mrs  .Joseph  Ayer,  of  Barnstead,  Mrs  Abel  Haley,  Mrs  Nathaniel  Mason,  and  Mrs  Levi  Hersey 
of  Wolfeborough,  Mrs  Lyman  Allen,  of  Nottingham,  and  Benjamin  Y.  Piper,  of  Lee.  Many 
of  his  descendants  are  among  the  best  families  of  this  and  adjoining  towns. 

John  Lamprey  was  an  early  settler  of  Gilford,  where  he  built  a  small  sawmill  near  the 
Alton  line.  He  was  a  man  of  great  strength.  The  original  residence  of  this  family  was 
Hampton,  later  Exeter,  Stratham,  and  Newmarket.  Probably  no  one  family  has  been  so 
identified  with  the  navigation  of  Lake  Winnipiseogee  as  this.  Some  time  in  the  "fifties" 
Ansel  Lamprey  built  the  "Gazelle,"  a  steamer  for  lake  transportation,  and  from  that  time 
some  of  the  finest  craft  on  the  lake  have  been  built,  conducted,  and  commanded  by  the  Lain- 
preys.  Robert  Lamprey,  a  citizen  of  this  town,  and  one  of  its  most  energetic,  go-ahead 
business  men,  is  a  descendant  from  one  of  the  oldest  families,  and  is  one  of  seven  children, 
six  of  whom  are  now  living  and  in  active  business  in  this  part  of  the  state.  He.  with  his 
brothers,  has  been  engaged  in  steamboating  on  Lake  Winnipiseogee,  and  they  have  built  sev- 
eral boats,  and  carry  on  a  large  lumber  business  in  this  section  and  on  the  Ossipee  mountains. 
When  their  grandfather  first  came  here  he  settled  on  Long  Island,  and  the  old  home  place  is 
still  in  the  family.  Robert  Lamprey  has  always  been  connected  with  the  interests  of  the 
town,  and  is  widely  known  and  respected,  and  is  deservedly  popular. 


Town    OF    TrjFTONBOROCJGH.  |  || 


The  Wiggin  family  is  an  old  on.-  ot  thia  and  adjacent  towns.  It  appears  early  and  in 
frequency.  The  two  members  now  mosl  known  an-  Rev.  Daniel  \  Wiggin  ami  Captain  A. 
Wiggin,  so  long  the  popular  commander  of  the  ''Mount   Washington." 

The  Hersey  family  i-  another  of  the  old  ami  prolific  families  <>i  the  town.  General 
George  W.  Hersey  was  a  prominent  member.  He  was  -on  of  James  Hersey,  an  early  3ettler 
who  was  very  active  in  town,  and  acquired  wealth.  In  the  old  militia  days  be  was  a 
captain,  and  noted  lor  the  excellence  of  hi-  drill.  Samuel,  -on  oi  Jonathan,  was  an  early 
Settler,  and  now  has   many   descendants  here. 

Dr  Renald  Fernald  was  a  prominent  Knglish  -m-vim.  Iron,  1,1,,,  those  bearing  the 
name  in  Tuftonborough  and  adjacent  towns  are  descended.  He  was  sent  out  to  New  Hamp- 
shire in  1631,  and  was  the  tirst  physician  and  surgeon  among  the  New  Hampshire  settlers. 
He  died   in   1656. 

Abel  Haley  was  for  years  from  1S:T>  a  man  of  great  influence  in  business  and  political 
circles.     He  later  removed  to  Wolfeborough,  where  he  engaged  in  banking. 

The  French  family  is  another  familiar  one  to  older  and  later  residents.  It  was  at  the 
house  of  Thomas  French  in  Centre  Tuftonborough  that  the  first  Christian  church  was  organ- 
ized, and  he  was  the  tirst  signer  of  the  articles  of  union.  The  two  most  widely  known  of 
the  family  of  to-day  are  Thomas  French,  Esq.,  of  this  town,  and  Hon.  .lames  E.  French, 
of  Moultonborough. 

Among  other  families  connected  with  the  history  of  the  town  from  the  first,  ami  factors 
in  the  progress  of  husiness,  education,  and  religion,  are  the  Richardson,  Bean,  Hodgdon, 
Graves,  and  divers  others  whose  descendants  have  kept  the  good  ways  of  their  sturdj 
ancestors. 

Other  Sketches.  —  Jonathan  Drew,  who  died  in  Moultonborongh,  February  6,  1866,  aged 
ninety-six.  vvas  among  the  early  settlers  of  Tuftonborough.  He  retained  his  physical  and 
mental  powers  to  his  latest  years,  conversing  fluently  of  early  times,  lie  was  the  last 
survivor  of  thirteen  children,  all  of  them  living  to  advanced  ages,  a  brother  dying  at 
ninety-se\  en. 

In  ls-27.  among  the  students  of  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough  Academy  were  Mary 
and  Clarissa,  daughters  of  Thomas  Hoit,  of  Tuftonborough.  Clarissa  married  Deacon 
Samuel  Brown,  who  moved  to  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Their  son,  Thomas  II.  Brown,  was  the  first 
mayor  id'  that  his  native  city.     Buck's  "History  of  Milwaukee"  says:  — 

"At  the  head  of  the  noble  women  who  came  here  to  stay,  the  purity  of  whose  lives 
and  examples  has  had  so  powerful  an  influence  in  softening  the  manners  of  those  early 
times,  stands  Mr-  Clarissa  Hoit)  Brown,  who  came  here  in  1S:S3,  being  the  second  American 
woman  to  settle  in  Milwaukee.      Her  life  and  example  have  been  noble." 

Benjamin  Bean,  a  native  of  Brentwood  and  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  a  Federalist 
and  a  Methodist,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers,  coming  here  from  Moultonborougb  not  far 
from  1780.  He  took  up  a  settler's  lot.  His  sons,  Jonathan.  James,  and  Josiah,  horn  in 
Moultonborough,  became  residents  of  Tuftonborough;  Jonathan  succeeding  to  bis  father's 
place,  Janus  settling  about  half  a  mile  back  from  the  road,  and  Josiah  on  the  road  from 
Water  village  to  Wolfeborough. 

Nathaniel  Bickford  was  horn  in  Dover,  December  8,  1771,  and  was  -on  of  Jonathan  and 
Sarah  (Wilmot)  Bickford.  Nathaniel  settled  on  the  lot  now  occupied  by  his  -on.  Isaac  <'., 
Cutting  his  first  trees  in  1796,  when  there  was  no  clearing  within  a  mile  and  a  half  of  him. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Bean,  horn  in  Moultonborough,  March  J'.».  17>n. 
He  was  a  Federalist  and  Whig  in  politics,  Congregationalisl  in  religion,  and  the  deacon  and 
clerk  of  the  church.  He  died  December  I.  1854.  Isaac  < '.  Bickford,  horn  Ma\  8,  1821,  has 
always  lived  on  the  place  where  he  was  horn,  has  been  a  teacher  and  fanner,  and  selectman 
for  four  years.  He  married  Deborah  <'.,  daughter  of  James  Bean.  He  is  an  intelligent 
citizen  and  keep-  abreast  of  the  current  of  public  affairs. 

Orlando  Richardson  was  horn  in  Moultonborough,  September  18,  1843.  His  lather. 
Lucian,  was  horn  in  1813,  and  his  grandfather,  Fliphalet,  born  in  1785,  both  natives  of  that 


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town.  The  great-grandfather,  Colonel  Bradbury  Richardson,  of  Bradford,  who  died  at 
Moultonborough,  October,  1814,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  that  town.  Orlando  Rich- 
ardson moved  to  Tuftonborough  in  1860;  he  received  most  of  his  education  at  the  common 
schools  and  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough  Academy,  and  worked  at  fanning,  and  also 
learned  the  cooper's  trade,  and  taught  school  in  winter  at  Melvin  village,  where  he  now 
resides,  lie  kept  a  general  store  nineteen  years  and  was  postmaster  fourteen,  town  clerk 
and  town  treasurer  for  several  years.  In  politics  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Freewill  Baptist, 
and  lias  been  deacon  of  Ids  church  for  twenty-three  years.  He  is  a  type  of  the  successful 
man  in  whom  every  one  has  implicit  confidence. 

Daniel  Fernald,  Jr,  one  of  the  old  residents  and  well-to-do  citizens,  lives  at  Melvin 
village,  where  he  has  been, in  trade  for  many  years.  He  is  a  native  of  Tuftonborough, 
and  a  descendant  of  an  old  family.  His  place  of  business  is  as  well  known  as  the  propri- 
etor, who  has  gone  in  and  out  for  long  years.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  character,  honesty, 
and  industry,  and  has  succeeded  in  life  by  his  own  efforts,  and  is  honored  and  respected 
by  his  townsmen. 

Oliver  G.  Fernald,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  is  one  of  Tuftonborough's  sons  who  has  achieved 
success  in  another  state.  The  citizens  of  his  adopted  city  have  ofttimes  honored  him  by 
their  suffrage;  he  has  been  alderman,  councilman,  representative,  and  state  senator,  lie 
has  a  summer  home  at  Melvin  village,  "close  beside  the  Melvin  stream.'" 

Thomas  French,  a  native  of  Tuftonborough,  resides  at  the  Centre,  where  he  has  a  farm 
and  entertains  his  numerous  friends.  His  hospitality  and  general  good-fellowship  are  pro- 
verbial, and  as  a  gentleman  fisherman  he  is  "a  great  su/cess."  A  Democrat  always,  he 
has  served  his  town  in  the  legislature,  and  is  recognized  as  a  party  leader.  He  is  one  of 
the  wealthiest  and  best-known  citizens,  and  a  representative  man. 

James  A.  Bennett  was  born  in  Tuftouborough,  September  3,  1847.  His  father,  John  E. 
Bennett,  was  a  native  of  Wolfeborough,  but  moved  to  town  at  the  age  of  four  years.  His 
mother,  Hannah  (Welch)  Bennett,  was  a  native  of  the  town;  both  are  now  living  on  the  site 
of  the  old  "log-cabin  house'"  into  which  they  first  moved. 

James  A.  was  educated  in  the  common  school  and  at  the  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough 
Academy.  He  follows  the  calling  of  a  farmer,  but  finds  much  time  for  other  business,  and  is 
a  successful  teacher.  Always  a  Democrat,  and  fully  trusted  by  his  townsmen,  he  has  been 
auditor  two  years,  supervisor  three  years,  and  a  member  of  the  constitutional  convention  of 
1889.  He  has  been  town  clerk  for  the  last  ten  years,  member  of  the  school  board*  twelve  years, 
and  was  recently  reelected  for  a  term  of  three  years.  He  is  a  member  of  no  church  or  reli- 
gious  society,  but  prefers  the  Advent  faith.  This  record  tells  of  the  man,  and  speaks  for  him 
better  than  any  one  or  anything  else.  Large-hearted,  genial,  always  a  gentleman,  he  well 
deserves  popularity.  He  belongs  to  the  great  Christian  army  of  the  world,  doing  the  good 
found  close  by,  looking  for  no  future  reward,  practising  the  golden  rule.  Such  men  are  of 
the  true  nobility. 

<  harles  H.  Bennett  is  one  of  the  town's  promising  young  men;  he  is  married  and  resides 
at  Melvin  village,  and  is  postmaster.  He  is  Republican  in  politics,  of  Advent  preference  in 
religion,  and  a  pushing,  energetic  man,  who  makes  his  influence  tell  strongly  for  the  right. 

George  W.  Copp,  son  of  Charles  H.,  was  born  in  Tuftonborough,  November  3,  1854.  His 
grandfather,  Moses  Copp,  and  three  brothers  came  to  town  in  1791,  which  brings  Mr  Copp  in 
the  line  of  descent  from  the  oldest  settled  families  on  both  sides,  as  his  mother  was  the 
daughter  of  Daniel  Fernald,  another  old  settler.  He  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  and  follows  the  calling  of  a  farmer.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  Adventist  in 
religion,  and  one  of  the  solid  men  of  the  town;  has  been  supervisor  four  years,  collector 
two  years,  and  selectman  five  years;  chairman  of  the  board  four  of  the  five,  which  position 
he  now  holds.     He  resides  on  the  "  old  place"  where  his  father  and  grandfather  lived. 

Dr  Levi  Merrill  was  in  practice  in  Tuftonborough  as  early  as  1819;  left  in  1838  and  moved 
to  Dover,  where  lie  practised  seven  years;  then  moved  to  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  practised 
for  six  years;   returned   to  Dover  in  1851;   lie  finally  moved  back  to  Tuftonborough  and  died 


Town   <>k   Tuftonbouoi  gh.  i  |:; 


there.     While  in  Dover  he  was  an  assistant  editor  ol  the  Dover  I  ind  was  also  a  mem- 

ber i>r  the  l >over  school  committee. 

T.  Avans  Haley,  m.d.,  son  of  John  Smith  and  Mary  (NealJ  Haley,  i  one  o1  a  Caniih  ol 
Bix  children,  nearly  all  of  whom  have  been  eminently  successful.  Dr  Haley  was  educated  ill 
the  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough  Academy,  Andover  Christian  institute,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Dartmouth  Medical  College  class  of  1867.  He  also  studied  with  Dr  Luther 
Pattee,  of  Manchester,  and  Dr  William  n.  n.  Mason,  of  Moultonborough.  He  began  t<>  prac- 
tise his  profession  in  Tuftonborough  in  1867,  where  he  has  since  resided  and  buill  up  an  exten- 
sive and  lucrative  practice.  He  enlisted  in  the  United  States  service  ^ugusl  18,  1862,  and 
served  through  the  war.  He  has  been  medical  examiner  for  the  Hartford  and  Annuitv  Insur- 
ance companies,  was  a  member  of  the  United  States  pension  examining  board,  and  superin- 
tendent of  schools  for  several  terms.  He  believes  in  the  Christian  religion,  has  always  been  a 
Republican,  aud  has  obtained  ;i  strong  hold  on  the  affections  or  neighbors  and  townsmen.  He 
lias  probably  the  fines!  collection  of  stuffed  birds  and  of  birds'  eggs  to  be  found  in  the  Male 
He  has  in  his  house  1,500  specimens  of  American  and  foreign  birds,  many  of  which  are  very 

rare  and  beautiful.     His  collection  of  birds'  eggs  is  very  large,  and  contains  the  eggs  of  al ?1 

every  kind  of  bird  that  is  obtainable,  both  foreign  and  American.  He  also  has  a  fine  and 
extensive  collection  of  the  minor  precious  stones,  lie  takes  much  pride  in  showing  his 
treasures,  and  is  an  enthusiast  on  the  subject  of  birds,  their  eggs,  and  the  like. 

Marshall  VV\,  son  of  Thatcher  W.  and  Nancy  M.  Piper,  was  born  in  Tuftonborough, 
and  descends  from  "old  settlers."  His  education  was  acquired  at  the  common  schools 
except  one  term  at  high  school.  He  was  a  furniture  dealer  and  undertaker  lor  several 
year-;  be  lias  been  one  of  the  Melvin  Lumber  Company.  He  votes  the  Republican  ticket. 
is  a  strong  temperance  man.  and  believes  in  the  Advent  faith.  He  lias  a  pleasant  home  at 
Melvin  village. 

William  Thompson  was  born  in  1813,  live  years  after  bis  parents  moved  into  town.  He 
was  one  of  a  family  of  twelve  children.  lie  was  in  early  manhood  a  stonemason,  in  later 
years  a  farmer.  He  married  Eliza,  daughter  of  Joseph  Jones,  an  old  settler,  and  owns  and 
carrier  en  a  good  farm  near  Tuftonborough  Corner.  In  religion  be  is  a  Freewill  Baptist,  in 
politics  a  Democrat,  in  everything  a  good  citizen. 

John  H.  Piper  was  born  in  Tuftonborough,  December  27,  1815;  his  father,  John  Piper. 
Jr.  was  one  of  the  fust  settlers,  and  was  several  times  honored  with  tin;  highest  official  posi- 
tion in  the  gift  of  the  town,  representing  it  at  the  general  court  in  1819,  1821,  and  ls^2.  John 
II.  has  held  the  ollice  of  town  clerk  several  years,  and  lias  been  representative;  the  only 
instance  in  the  history  of  the  town,  it  is  believed,  where  father  and  son  have  held  this  ollice. 
And  now.  during  lite"-  waning  afternoon,  Mr.  Piper  lives  in  happy  contentment  on  the  old 
home  [dace. 

Marquis  I).  L.  McDuffee  was  horn  in  Alton,  November  24,  is;?;; ;  his  father  was  a  native 
of  that  town  and  his  grandfather  was  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  Alton,  and  is  -aid  to  have 
owned  the  firsl  wagon  ever  brought  to  town.  Mr  McDuffee  received  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  and  at  G-ilmanton  Academy.  He  moved  to  Tuftonborough  in  1856.  \U' 
enlisted  in  Company  H,  Twelfth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  served  hi-  country  honor- 
ably and  well;  was  wounded  severely  at  Fredericksburg  and  at  Chancellorsville.  The  last 
wound  compelled  him  to  close  his  career  as  a  soldier,  lie  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional 
convention  in  1876,  was  representative  in  1883  and  1885,  and  has  been  tax  collector  for 
years.  In  politics  in-  is  a  Democrat,  in  religion  a  Unitarian,  in  daily  lit''  a  good  citizen, 
neighbor,  and  friend. 

Daniel  W.  Horner,  born  in  Granby,  P.  Q.,  October  22,  1829,  moved  to  Tuftonborough  in 
1856,  received  his  education  in  the  common  schools  and  Wolfeborough  and  Tuftonborough 
Academy.  He  is  a  farmer  and  millman,  owning  the  old  mill  built  on  Melvin  stream  by  Cap- 
tain James  cihnan  on  land  formerly  owned  by  James  Graves,  son  ol  Phineas  Graves.  The 
old  mill^  standing  there  in  its  quaint,  picturesque  construction,  is  an  object  of  curiosity  and 
historical  interest  to  the  town.     What   tale-  its  singing  wheel  might  tell,  if  gifted  with  the 


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power  of  speech,  of  those  who  came  and  went,  and  went  and  came,  during  the  many  years  it 
turned  in  rain  and  shine!  It  is  but  little  used  now.  Mr  Horner  is  a  veteran  of  the  late  war, 
having  served  three  years  in  the  Twelfth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  during  which  service  he 
was  quite  severely  wounded.  He  is  a  Republican  in  political  belief,  and  Freewill  Baptist  in 
religious  preference. 

(  aptain  Augustus  Wiggin  was  born  in  1826,  and  received  only  a  common  school  education, 
bein<*  a  fanner's  boy.  At  the  age  of  twenty-six  he  began  work  on  the  lake  boats,  and  so 
rapidly  did  he  rise  in  the  esteem  of  his  employers  that  in  five  years  he  was  made  captain  of 
the  Boston  and  Maine  steamer,  which  position  he  holds  to-day.  Always  obliging,  genial,  and 
a  thoroughly  good  officer,  he  is  loved  and  respected  by  every  one  with  whom  he  comes  in 
contact,  and  is  held  in  the  memory  of  the  many  thousands  who  yearly  go  about  this  beautiful 
lake.  At  the  close  of  the  season  he  usually  retires  to  his  comfortable,  cozy  home  on  Tufton- 
borough  Neck  for  the  winter.  He  is  a  native  of  the  town,  his  grandfather  being  among  the 
ftvsl  settlers  and  the  first  selectman  of  the  town  in  1796.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is 
looked  up  to  as  a  man  of  sterling  honor  and  morality. 

Andrew  L.  llersey,  now  numbering  fourscore  years  at  least,  is  a  link  connecting  the  far- 
away past  with  the  present  time.  Born  iu  town,  he  has  always  resided  here,  and  here  he  will 
doubtless  see  the  sun  of  his  last  day  sink  behind  the  western  horizon.  For  forty-eight  years 
he  has  been  engaged  in  trade  at  Centre  Tuftonborough,  and  still  may  be  found  at  the  old 
stand.  The  happy  possessor  of  a  good  memory,  he  can  for  hours  tell  tales  of  the  early 
settlers.  Successful  iu  business,  he  can  enjoy  his  last  days  without  fear  of  the  shadows  of 
financial  troubles  crossing  his  path.  In  politics  a  Democrat,  in  past  years  he  has  been  often 
elected  to  places  of  trust;  was  town  clerk  several  years  and  moderator  a  great  many.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Freewill   Baptist  and  a  pillar  of  his  church. 

Frank  A.  llersey  is  one  of  the  sterling  young  men  of  Tuftonborough  who  has  cast  in  his 
lot  with  his  native  place  instead  of  leaving  the  old  home  to  carve  a  fortune.  His  father, 
Andrew  L.  llersey,  was  one  of  those  who  early  wrestled  with  the  wilderness  and  cleared 
it  for  settlement.  In  politics  Frank  is  a  Democrat,  in  religion  a  Freewill  Baptist.  He  is 
a  young  man  of  high  morals,  great  industry,  and  one  on  whom  in  years  to  come  the  people 
will  most  likely  look  as  well  fitted  for  any  position  of  trust. 

John  Xeal,  son  of  James  H.  Neal,  is  a  successful  business  man  and  farmer.  Although 
only  about  thirty  years  of  age,  he  has  made  his  mark  as  a  lumberman,  and  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  during  the  years  1886-SS,  and  was  only  excused  then  on  his  positive  refusal  to 
serve  again.  A  Democrat  in  politics,  he  may  yet  be  found  holding  the  highest  offices  in 
the  gift  of  his  townsmen.     He  now  prefers  to  look  after  his  constantly  increasing  business. 

Andrew  K.  Roberts  was  born  in  this  town  November  10,  1853,  and  is  a  type  of  the  young 
men  of  active,  energetic  force.  He  was  educated  at  the  common  school,  is  married,  and  bids 
lair  to  be  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  town.  In  politics  a  Democrat,  he  now  represents 
his  town  in  the  legislature.  His  father,  William  N.  Roberts,  one  of  the  early  pioneers, 
represented  the  town  just  thirty  years  ago. 

Herbert  F.  Hodgdon  was  born  in  1859,  and,  with  his  parents,  moved  to  town  when  from 
twelve  to  fifteen  years  of  age.  His  business  for  some  years  has  been  trader  and  postmaster 
at  Tuftonborough  (corner),  where  he  is  very  successful.  Of  good  education  and  fine  natural 
abilities  lie  has  been  early  called  by  his  townsmen  to  places  of  honor  and  trust.  For  several 
years  be  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board,  and  for  two  years  selectman.  In  politics  he 
i>  :i  Democrat. 

William  II.  Davis  is  a  dealer  in  groceries,  dry  goods,  boots,  shoes,  etc.  He  was  born  in 
Xew  Durham,  February  5,  1832.  In  March,  1835,  his  father,  Eleazer  Davis,  removed  his  fam- 
ily lo  t.iis  town,  locating  near  the  town  hall.  William  attended  common  schools  and  Wolfe- 
borough  Academy.  In  1852  he  engaged  in  school-teaching  in  Tuftonborough  and  Moulton- 
borough,  and  was  a  successful  teacher.  He  was  also  a  farmer  until  1885,  when  he  purchased 
the  stock  of  goods  and  store  belonging  to  Orlando  Richardson  at  Melvin  village;  he  was 
appointed  postmaster  under  Cleveland,  and  holds  the  office  now  (August,  1889).     He  is  a 


TOWH     OF     Til  Ti  >N  l:<  >R01  GH.  I  I .', 

Democral  in  politics,  and  a  Second  A.dventisl  in  religious  faith.  He  married  first,  in  1857 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  Caverly,  of  Tuftonborough ;  second,  Mrs  Naney  L. 
(Smith)  Caverly.  Mr  Davis  has  two  children,  Charles  V.  and  Willie  E  A  brother  ol  Mr 
Davis,  Smith  P.,  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg. 

Civil  LIST.  — 1790,  selectmen,  Benjamin  Bean, Nathan  Hanson,  Benjamin  Wiggln;  clerk,  Ttmothj  \\    1 
1797,  selectmen,  Benjamlu  w  iggin,  Winthrop  Thing,  Benjamin  Voting  .  clerk,  \\  11! lam  i     u  nrren. 
1708,  selectmen,  Benjamin  Voung,  Benjamin  Canney,  Win throp  Thing;  clerk,  \V.  C.  Warren. 

1799,  selectmen,  Benjamin  Wlggln,  William  C.  Warren,  Ebenezer Cannes  ,  clerk,  William  < '.  Warren. 

1800,  -cirri n leu,  Benjamin  Uanney,  William  C.  Warren,  Ebenezer  Cannej  ,  clerk,  William  C.  Warren. 

1801,  selectmen,  Benjamin  Canney,  jr,  Ebenezer  Canney,  \\  ill  lam  C.  Warren;  clerk,  Aaron  Blckford. 

1803,  selectmen,  William  H.  Copp,  Benjamin  Voung,  Nathaniel   Blckford;  clerk,  \  -run  Blckford;  represen 
taiiv  e,  William  H.  ( lopp. 

1508,  selectmen,  Benjamin  <  lanney,  Ebenezer  ( lanncy,  William  C.  Warren  ;  clerk,  Aaron  Blckford;  represen 
tatn  c,  William  11.  <  lopp. 

1801,  selectmen,  Timothy  Drew,  Israel  Piper,  Ebenezer  Canney;  clerk,  Aaron    Bb-kford;  representative, 
Benjamin  'i  oung. 

1805,  selectmen,  Timothy  Drew,  John  Hall,  Benjamin  Voung;  clerk,  Aaron  Blckford;  representative,  B 
min  Voung. 

1806,  selectmen, Timothy  Drew,  Benjamin  Voung,  John   Hall;  clerk,  Aaron  Blckford;  representative,  Jona 
than  Burbank. 

1807,  selectmen,  Timothy  Drew,  Benjamin  Voung,  John  Hall;  clerk,  Aaron  Blckford;  representative,  Benja- 
min Voung. 

Ink,  selectmen.  .John  sentor,  Israel  Piper,  Charles  Nutter;  clerk,  Aaron  Blckford;  representative,  Jonathan 
Burbank. 

1509,  selectmen,  Timothy  Drew,  Benjamin  Voung,  Ebenezer  Canney;  clerk,  Aaron  Blckford;  representative, 
Jonathan  Burbank. 

1810,  selectmen,  Timothy  Drew,  Benjamin  Voung,  Ebenezer  Canney;  clerk,  Jonathan  Coffin ;  representative, 
Jonathan  Burbank. 

1811,  selectmen,  Timothy  Drew,  Benjamin  Voung,  Ebenezer  Canney;  clerk,  Aaron  Bickford;  representative, 
Jonathan  Burbank. 

1812,  selectmen,  Timothy  Drew,  Israel  Piper,  John  Hall;  clerk,  Aaron  Bickford;  representative,  .Jonathan 
Burbank. 

1813,  selectmen,  Timothy  Drew.  Ebenezer  Canney,  Benjamin  Young;  clerk,  Aaron  Bickford;  representative, 
Benjamin  Voung. 

1814,  selectmen, Timothy  Drew,  John  Brown,  l'anl  Dame;  clerk,  Jonathan  Coffin;  representative,  Jonathan 
Burbank. 

1815,  selectmen,  Timothy  Drew,  John  Brown,  Paul  Dame;  clerk,  Jonathan  Coffin;  representative,  Jonathan 
Burbank. 

1816,  selectmen,  John  < '.  Mallard,  Lieut.  Ichabod  Libbey,  Lieut.  Thomas  Hoit;  clerk,  Jonathan  <  loffin ;  repre- 
sentative, Jonathan  Burbank. 

1817,  selectmen,  Timothy   Drew,  John   Brown,  Ebenezer  Canney;  clerk,  Jonathan  Coffin;  representative, 
Benjamin  Voung. 

1818,  selectmen,  John  Sen ter,  Josiah  Sawyer,  Paul  Dame;  clerk,  Jonathan  Coffin;  representative,  Benjamin 
Voung. 

1819,  selectmen,  John  Senter,  Thomas  Eoit,  Samuel  Wiggin;  clerk,  Jonathan  Coffin;  representative,  John 
Piper,  jr. 

isiu,  selectmen,  John  Senter,  Thomas  Hoit,  Samuel  Wiggin;  clerk,  Jonathan  Coffin;  representative,  Benja- 
min Voung. 

1821,  selectmen,  John  Senter,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Thomas  Hoit;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative,  Thomas 
Hoit. 

1822,  selectmen,  John  Senter,  Samuel   Morrison,  Joseph  Canney;  clerk,  William   Piper;   representative, 
Tb as  Hoit . 

1823,  selectmen,  Jacob  Burleigh,  Joseph  Canney,  Samuel  Wiggin;  clerk,  William   Piper;  representative, 
John  Piper,  jr. 

1824,  selectmen,  Jacob  Burleigh,  Joseph  Canney,  Samuel  Wiggin;  clerk,  William   Piper;   representative, 
John  Piper,  jr. 

1825,  selectmen,  Jacob  Burley,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Joseph  L.  Peavey;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
John  Piper,  jr. 

1826,  selectmen,  Jacob  Hurley,  John  c.  Mallard,  Joseph  L.  Peavey;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 

Joseph   L.  l'ca\  e\  . 

1827,  selectmen,  Jacob  Burley,   Samuel   Wiggin,  Jonathan    Bean;   clerk,  William    Piper;  representative, 
Joseph  L.  Pe.ivey. 


446  History   of   Carroll   County. 


1828,  selectmen,  Samuel  Leavitt,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
Joseph  L.  Peavey. 

1829,  selectmen,  Robert  Ualey,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative,  Jacob 
Burley. 

1830,  selectmen,  Samuel  Leavitt,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  Samuel  Leavitt;  representative, 
Jacob  Hurley. 

1831,  selectmen,  Samuel  Leavitt,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
Jacob  Burleigh. 

i-:,:,  selectmen,  Samuel  Leavitt,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
John  Peavey. 

1833,  selectmen,  Samuel  Leavitt,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
John  Pea\ c\. 

1S34,  selectmen,  Samuel  Leavitt,  Samuel  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
John  Peavey. 

is:;."),  selectmen,  .Samuel  Leavitt,  Samuel  Wiggin,  .Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
John  Peavey. 

1836,  selectmen,  Abel  Haley,  Andrew  Wiggin,  Trueworthy  Durgin;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
Samuel  Leavitt. 

1837,  selectmen,  Abel  Haley,  Andrew  Wiggin,  Trueworthy  Durgin;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
Samuel  Leavitt. 

1838,  selectmen,  John  Neal,  William  S.  Hersey,  Kinsley  L.  Wiggin;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
John  Peavey. 

183'.),  selectmen,  John  Neal,  William  S.  Hersey,  Kinsley  L.  Wiggin;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative, 
Abel  Haley. 

1S40,  selectmen,  John  Neal,  Joseph  Palmer,  William  S.  Hersey;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative,  Abel 
Haley. 

1841,  selectmen,  Abel  Haley,  Amasa  Piper,  Joseph  Palmer;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative,  Abel 
Haley. 

1842,  selectmen,  Abel  Haley,  Amasa  Piper,  Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative,  Abel 
Haley. 

1843,  selectmen,  Abel  Haley,  Amasa  Piper,  Jonathan  Bean;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative,  Abel 
Haley. 

1844,  selectmen,  J.  B.  Wingate,  Amasa  Piper,  Daniel  Grant;  clerk,  William  Piper;  representative,  Jonathan 
Bean. 

1845,  selectmen,  J.  B.  Wingate,  Alpheus  Swett,  Daniel  Grant;  clerk,  A.  L.  Hersey;  representative,  A.  L. 
Hersej . 

1S4I>,  selectmen,  Abel  Haley,  Alpheus  Swett,  Isaac  Dame;  clerk,  A.  L.  Hersey;  representative,  A.L.  Hersey. 

1847,  selectmen,  Abel  Haley,  Alpheus  Swett,  Isaac  Dame;  clerk,  A.  L.  Hersey;  representative,  A.  L.  Hersey. 

1848,  selectmen,  James  G.  Hersey,  Amasa  Piper,  Kinsley  L.  Wiggin;  clerk,  A.  L.  Hersey;  representative, 
A.  L.  Hersey. 

1S49,  selectmen,  James  G.  Hersey,  Charles  G.  Edgerly,  K.  L.  Wiggin;  clerk,  John  H.  Piper;  representative, 
Isaac  Dame. 

1850,  selectmen,  Dr.  Oliver  Goss,  C.  G.  Edgerly,  Edward  Grant;  clerk,  John  II.  Grant;  representative, 
Isaac  Dame. 

1851,  selectmen,  Oliver  Goss,  Jefferson  Piper,  Edward  Grant;  clerk,  John  II.  Piper;  representative,  John 
II.  Piper. 

1852,  selectmen,  Charles  II.  Copp,  Jefferson  Piper,  George  B.  Canney;  clerk,  George  B.  Canney;  representa- 
ti\  e,  John  II.  Piper. 

1853,  selectmen,  Charles  II.  Copp,  Benjamin  Wiggin,  George  B.  Canney;  clerk,  George  B.  Canney;  represen- 
ting c,  James  G.  Hersey. 

1854,  selectmen,  Charles  II.  Copp,  Benjamin  Wiggin,  George  B.  Canney;  clerk,  John  S.  Leavitt;  representa- 
tive, James  G.  Hersey. 

1855,  selectmen,  Levi  T.  Piper,  Benjamin  Wiggin,  William  N.  Roberts;  clerk,  John  S.  Leavitt;  representa- 
tive, Charles  II.  Copp. 

1856,  selectmen,  Philip  D.  Blaisdell,  Charles  G.  Edgerly,  William  N.  Roberts;  clerk,  John  S.  Leavitt;  repre- 
sentative, Charles  H.  Copp. 

1857,  selectmen,  Philip  D.  Blaisdell,  Charles  G.  Edgerly,  William  X.  Roberts;  clerk,  John  S.  Leavitt;  repre- 
sentative, Philip  I).  Blaisdell. 

L858,  selectmen,  Charles  G.  Edgerly,  Thomas  J.  Hersey,  Plummer  G.  Lovering;  clerk,  John  S.  Leavitt; 
representative,  Philip  D.  Blaisdell. 

1859,  selectmen,  Thomas  J.  Hersey,  William  W.  Blaisdell,  Plummer  G.  Lovering;  clerk,  John  S.  Leavitt; 
representative,  William  N.  Roberts. 

selectmen,  William  W.  Blaisdell,  John  E.  Bennett,  William  E.  Thomas;  clerk,  John  S.  Leavitt;  repre- 
sentative, William  N.  Roberts. 

1861,  selectmen,  John  Ualey,  John  E.  Bennett,  William  E.  Thomas;  clerk,  John  S.  Leavitt;  representative, 
Levi  T.  Piper. 


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1862,  selectmen,  John  ffalej .  James  Piper,  William  n.  Roberte .  i  lerk,  John  8.  i 
T.  Piper. 

1863,  selectmen,  John  Haley,  James  Piper,  William  s.  ttoberts;  clerk,  John  8,  Leavltt;  representative 
William  W.  Blalsdell. 

1864,  selectmen,  -i « >i i n  Haley,  James  Piper,  Th as  J.  Bersey;   clerk,  John  8.   Leavltt;    rei 

William  w.  Blalsdell. 

1865,  selectmen,  John   Ealey,  James   Piper,  Thomas  J.  Hei  •  John  S.  Leavltt;   represents 
Goorge  Fox. 

1866,  selectmen,  Levi  T.  Piper,  James   Blckford,  8tephen  Piper;  clerk,  John  8.  Leavltt;   reprosenl 
George  Fox. 

1867,  selectmen,  Levi  T.  Piper,  James  Blckford,  Stephen  Piper;  clerk,  John  S.  Leavitl  and  William  W. 
Blalsdell;  representatih  e,  Joseph  B.  Whitten. 

1868,  selectmen,  John  Hale] ,  Tin  una-  J.  Hersej ,  Daniel  Llbby;  clerk,  J.  L.  Herscy;  representative,  Joseph 
B.  Whitten. 

i860,  selectmen,  John  Haley,  Thomas  J.  Hersey,  Daniel  Llbby;  clerk,  John  L.  Horsey;  repre  entative, 
Greenleaf  Piper. 

1870,  selectmen,  Thomas  J.  Hersey,  Isaac  Blckford,  Thomas  P.  Hodsdon;  clerk,.).  L.  Hei  senta- 

the,  t  rreenleaf  Piper. 

i-7i,  selectmen,  Thomas  J.  Hersey,  Isaac  C.  Blckford,  Thomas  P.  Hodsdon;  clerk,  John  L.  Hersey;  repre 
Bontatlve,  Andrew  W.  Doe. 

l>7-2.  selectmen,  Thomas  J.  Hersey,  James  H.  Neal,  Henry  D.  McDuffee;  clerk,  John  I..  Hersey ;  represents 
ti\ e,  <  harles  W.  Mclntire. 

i-:;.  selectmen,  Isaac  C.  Bickford,  Thomas  P.  Hodsdon,  Thomas  J.  Hersey;  clerk,  Orlando  Richardson; 
representative,  Andrew  W.  Doe. 

lsTl,  selectmen,  Thomas  J.  Hersey,  Thomas  p.  Hodsdon,  Andrew  J.  Brown;  clerk,  Orlando  Richardson; 
representative,  Charles  W.  Biclntlre. 

i-T."),  selectmen,  Thomas  J.  Hersey,  Thomas  F.  Hodsdon,  Andrew  J.  Brown;  clerk,  Orlando  Richardson; 
representative,  .lames  n.  Neal. 

I876j  selectmen,  Thomas  P.  Hodsdon,  Daniel  W.  Wingate,  Calvin  Fernald;  clerk,  .lames  A.  Bennett;  repre 

-enlaiive.  .lame-  H.  Neal. 

l.sTT,  selectmen,  Thomas  F.  Hodsdon,  (  harles  W.  1'inkhani,  Calvin  Fernald  :  clerk,  .lames  A.  Bennett  ;  repre 
sentative,  Daniel  D.  Wingate. 

1878,  selectmen,  Charles  W.  Pinkham,  John  D.  Morrison,  Isaac  c.  Bickford;  clerk,  Orlando  Richardson; 
representative,  Daniel  i>.  Wingate. 

1&79,  selectmen,  John  D.  Morrison,  David  M.  Smith,  John  L.  Field-;  clerk,  Orlando  Richardson. 

1880,  selectmen,  John  I >.  .Morrison,  John  E.  Pox,  John  L.  Fields;  clerk,  James  A .  Bennett. 

1881,  selectmen,  John  B.  Fox,  Joseph  B.  Whitten,  Frank  E.  Hersey;  clerk,  James  A.  Bennett;  representa- 
tive, 'I  liomas  French. 

1882,  selectmen,  John  E.  Fox,  Joseph  B.  Whitten,  Frank  E.  Hersey;  clerk,  .lame-  A.  Bennett;  representa- 
tive, Thomas  French. 

1883,  selectmen,  John  E.  Fox, Joseph  B.  Whitten,  Frank  F.  Hersey;  clerk,  -lame-  A.  Bennett;  representa- 
tive, M.  D.  L.  McDuffee. 

1884,  selectmen,  John  E.  Fox,  Lanson  P.  Lamprey,  Frank  E.  Hersey;  clerk,  .lame-  A.  Bennett;  represents 
live,  M.  D.  L.  McDuffee. 

1 385,  selectmen,  John  E.  Fox,  George  W.  Copp,  William  ( >.  S.  Hodgdon;  clerk,  .lame-  A.  Bennett ;  represen 
tali\e.  M.  D.  L.  McDuffee. 

1886,  -elect men,  George  W.  Copp,  William  ( >.  S.  Hodgdon,  John  Neal ;  clerk,  James  A.  Hen  net  I  ;  represents 
tive,  M.  D.  L.  McDuffee. 

I--7,  selectmen,  < leorge  W.  Copp,  William  < >.  S.  Hodgdon,  John  Neal ;  clerk,  .lame-  A .  Bennett ;  representa- 
ti\ e,  Prank  E.  Hersej . 

1888,  selectmen,  George  W.  Copp,  John  Neal,  Herbert  P.Hodgdon;  clerk,  James  A.  Bennett;  representa- 
tive, \  ndrevs  K   Robert -. 

1889,  -elect  men,  George  W.  Copp,  Herbert  F.  Hodgdon,  Everett  D.  Wiggin ;  clerk,  .lames  A.  Bennett .  repre- 
sentative, Andrew  K .  Roberts. 


IJIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHES. 


COLONEL    JOHN     PEA  VET. 

Among    the    firsl    families    to    plant    civilization    in    Tuftonborough,   one 
whose  influence   1ms   been    mosl    potenl    on   the   town   to   the   present    is  thai 


lis  History  of  Carroll   County. 

of  Edward  Peavey,  one  of  the  continental  army  of  the  Revolution  who 
died  in  service.  Joseph  Peavey,  son  of  Edward,  was  one  of  the  advance 
guard  of  pioneer  occupants  of  Tuftonborough,  locating  at  the  Corner  early 
in  the  time  when  the  dense  forest  was  being  cleared  away  in  small  patches 
and  -spotted"  trees  guided  the  way  between  the  scattering  settlements. 
Here  he  cleared  a  farm,  brought  up  a  large  family,  and  did  well  his  duty 
until  his  death. 

John  Peavey,  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and  Abigail  (Canney)  Peavey,  was 
horn  in  Tuftonborough,  June  9,  1804,  when  everything  was  new  and  called 
for  men  of  action  and  energy.  Mr  Peavey  at  an  early  age  became  absorbed 
in  business,  and  while  many  of  his  age  were  attending  school  he  was  working 
and  employing  others  in  his  business  transactions.  He  established  himself 
as  a  trader  at  the  Corner  in  1823  and  continued  merchandising  until  1850. 
He  soon  opened  a  hotel  there  in  which  he  continued  until  1850.  He  did  not 
confine  himself  to  these  avocations,  and  it  was  not  long  before  he  was  the 
chief  actor  in  all  the  varied  branches  of  commercial  activity  of  the  town, 
and  even  of  a  much  larger  area.  He  employed  many  men  and  was  engaged 
in  lumbering,  mill-building,  tanning,  farming,  staging,  anything  and  all  things 
that  offered  a  legitimate  field  for  financial  ability  and  persistent  energy. 
In  this  way  he  was  one  of  the  fathers  of  the  town,  furnishing  the  means 
for  the  support  of  many  families  and  the  source  of  the  income  of  others. 
At  one  time  he  was  owner  of  the  stage  line  from  Dover  to  Conway,  with 
a  branch  line  from  Union  village  to  Tuftonborough.  On  this  route  he 
employed  thirty-three  horses.  He  was  a  large  stockholder  of  and  assistant 
operator  in  the  incorporated  company  which  owned  and  conducted  the  stage 
route  from  Portland,  Maine,  to  Plymouth.  For  some  years  he  was  associated 
with  Joseph  L.  Peavey  and  William  Pickering  in  trade  at  Melvin  village, 
and  in  connection  with  Jacob  Nutter  carried  on  shoe  manufacturing.  He 
also  manufactured  sale  clothing,  and  for  some  years  had  a  small  store  at  Union 
wharf.  In  these  varied  industries  he  paid  out  much  money  to  his  many 
workmen  and  workwomen. 

Mr  Peavey  was  early  in  public  life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  until 
the  repeal  of  the  Missouri  Compromise;  since  then  he  has  been  a  Republican, 
lie  was  elected  moderator  of  the  annual  town-meeting  of  Tuftonborough 
in  1827  when  but  twenty-two  years  old,  and  for  twenty-eight  consecutive 
years  was  chosen  to  fill  the  same  position.  He  was  appointed  postmaster 
at  Tuftonborough  by  Amos  Kendall,  postmaster-general  under  President  John 
Quincy  Adams,  and  held  the  office  until  removed  for  political  opinions  by 
the  administration  of  James  Buchanan.  He  represented  Tuftonborough  in 
I  he  legislature  in  1832,  1833,  183-1,  1835,  and  1838  and  while  a  member  of  this 
body  originated  the  division  of  Strafford  county  and  worked  zealously  for  it, 
during  the  disenssion   publishing  an  article  over  his  signature   in   the   Dover 


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Gazette  giving  twenty-four  cogenl  reasons  for  the  division.  He  obtained  the 
incorporation  of  Wolfeborough  Bank,  and  was  an  active  laborer  for  the  Dom- 
ination and  election  of  Benning  M.  Bean,  Ira  A.  Eastman,  and  John  P.  Hale 
as  members  of  Congress.  During  these  years  he  was  elected  treasurer  of 
Strafford  county,  serving  two  years  in  thai  office.  He  was  appointed  bank 
commissioner  of  New  Hampshire  by  Governor  Nathaniel  S.  Berry  and  held 
this  position  two  years.  He  was  commissioned  as  justice  of  the  peace  for 
the  county  of  Strafford  in  1833,  and  was  continued  in  commission  for  the 
counties  of  Strafford  and  Carroll  until  L850,  when  he  was  made  a  justice 
throughout  the  state,  holding  this  commission  until  leaving  the  state.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  har  as  an  attorney  in  185<»,  and  was  in  practice  until 
he  left  the  state  in  1864.  lie  was  twice  elected  president  of  Strafford  County 
Agricultural  Society. 

Mr  Peavey  was  active  in  the  military  matters  of  the  old  militia  organiza- 
tion. When  sixteen  he  was  appointed  orderly  sergeant  in  the  First  Company 
of  light  infantry  in  the  Twenty-seventh  Regiment  of  New  Hampshire  militia: 
when  twenty-five  he  was  commissioned  captain  by  Governor  Benjamin  Pierce  ; 
and  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  (1831)  was  eommissioned  lieutenant-colonel 
of  the  same  regiment. 

From  L850  to  the  present  Mr  Peavey  has  been  largely  engaged  in  the 
prosecution  of  pension  claims  and  has  had  unusual  success,  man\  cases  that 
had  been  abandoned  by  other  attorneys  being  carried  through  by  him. 

In  1863  Mr  Peavey  removed  to  Wolfeborough,  and  in  June,  1864,  to 
Marshall.  Michigan.  He  is  now  residing  in  Battle  Creek  in  that  state,  and 
at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-six  is  full  of  vigor  and  conducting  the  prosecu- 
tion of  pension  claims.  His  connection  with  affairs  extends  over  a  period 
of  seventy  years,  and  few  can  look  back  to  such  a  long  and  useful  career. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist,  and  all  through  his  life  his  influence  and  assist- 
ance have  been  given  to  the  furtherance  and  maintenance  of  the  better 
elements  of  society. 

Mr  Peavey  married,  in  1825,  Hannah  Thing,  of  Ossipee.  They  have  had 
seven  children  :  Emily  (  Mrs  George  B.  Canney)  ;  Frank  (a  prominent  edu- 
cator of  Detroit);  Charles  C.  (now  living  in  Battle  Creek,  Michigan) ;  John 
L.  (see  Wolfeborough)  ;  Lyford  (left  college  at  Ann  Arbor  in  L861  to  become 
first  lieutenant  of  Company  ( ',  First  Regiment  Michigan  Volunteers,  and 
died  suddenly  a  few  weeks  later  at  Annapolis  Junction,  Maryland);  Zebedee 
(served  in  the  telegraph  corps  of  the  army  of  the  Missouri  under  General 
Fremont  in  the  ('ivil  War,  and  died  of  disease  contracted  in  the  service); 
Lafayette   (a    lawyer  and   editor  of   Montana). 


BROOKFIELD. 


By   Hon.   Dudley   C.   Colman. 


CHAPTER   XXXVII. 


Incorporation  .and  Description — Early  Settlers  —  First  Town-meeting  —  Records  of  1795 
—  Inventory  of  1796  —  Further  Town-meetings  —  The  Haven  Farms  —  Religious  Societies  — 
The  Great  Rebellion  —  Business  Interests,  etc.  —  Prominent  Families  —  Town  Clerks  —  Select- 
men —  Representatives. 

BROOKFIELD  was  a  part  of  the  early  township  of  Kingswood  which 
existed  only  on  paper.  Later  it  formed  a  part  of  Middleton,  which 
was  created  in  1778.  In  December,  1794,  Brookfield  was  incorporated, 
and  William  Chamberlin  was  appointed  to  call  the  first  town-meeting  and 
act  as  moderator.  For  many  years  Brookfield  was  united  with  Middleton  in 
sending  a  representative  to  the  legislature.  Neither  town  had  the  constitu- 
tional number  of  votes  to  entitle  it  to  a  representative,  and  in  1826  David 
Davis,  Esq.,  then  a  member  of  the  legislature  from  the  two  towns,  caused  a 
special  act  to  be  passed  allowing  each  town  a  member. 

Brookfield  is  situated  in  the  lower  part  of  Carroll  county,  directly  west  of 
Wakefield.  Wolfeborough  lies  on  the  northwest,  New  Durham  on  the  west, 
and  Middleton  on  the  south.  From  the  latter  town  it  is  separated  by  Moose 
and  Willey  mountains,  which,  lying  partly  in  each  corporation,  form  a 
towering  natural  bulwark  between  them.  Copple  Crown,  another  moun- 
tain, is  nearly  on  the  dividing  line  between  Brookfield  and  New  Durham,  a 
part  being  in  each  town.  Tumble-down  Dick  lies  wholly  in  Brookfield,  and 
is  a  favorite  resort  of  summer  visitors.  A  small  pond,  one  and  one-fourth  mile 
long  and  three  fourths  of  a  mile  wide,  known  as  Cook's  pond,  is  the  source 
of  one  branch  of  Salmon  Falls  river. 

Early  Settlers.  —  Among  the  earliest  settlers  of  Brookfield  were  Waldron 
Kennerson,  John  Drew,  Josiah  Johnson,  Ezekiel  Sanborn,  John  and  James 
Chamberlin,  William  Chandler,  Stephen  Lyford,  John  Toscan,  Richard 
Hanson,    David     Watson,    Charles    Stanton,    Timothy   Johnson,   John    Giles, 


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IVOUll 


Benjamin    Clay,    Andrew     Drew.    Thomas    Chamberlin,    Waiter     Ri 
Moses    Whitehouse,    Josiah     Robinson,    Dudley    Colman,    Joseph    Churchill. 
Some  of   these    had    been  residents  of   the  town  when  a  pari  of   Middleton. 

John  Toscan  was  a  Frenchman,  and  lived  on  the  farm  uow  owned  by 
Charles  II.  William.  Colonel  William  Hacketl  lived  there  after  Mr  Toscan 
moved  away,  and  afterwards  the  Hodge  family.  The  "governor's  road," 
leadiug  to  his  farm  in  Wolfeborough,  was  laid  oul  through  this  farm.  Rich- 
ard Hanson  built  the  firsl  frame-house  in  Brookfield.  Josiah  Robinson  built 
the  first  tannery.  William,  Thomas,  and  John  Chamberlin  were  quite  promi- 
nent in  the  business  and  political  affairs  of  the  town.  John  Warren  lived 
here  over  fifty  years.  One  son  was  Dr  Charles  Warren,  who  died  a  lew  years 
ago  in  Exeter.  Captain  Jasper  II.  Warren,  another  son,  received  a  captain's 
commission  in  the  war,  now  lives  in  Wolfeborough,  and  is  prominent  in  the 
( irand  Arm\    of   the  Republic  post. 

The  first  town-meeting  was  held  at  house  of  Richard  Hanson,  March  10, 
1795.  ('host'  John  Chamberlin,  town  clerk;  Colonel  James  Chamberlin, 
Moses  Whitehouse,  and  Lieutenant  Charles  Stanton,  selectmen:  Dearing 
Stoddard  and  William  Chamberlin,  auditors:  John  Stanton  and  Timothy 
Johnson,  assessors;  Moses  Perkins,  sealer  of  weights  and  measures ;  Stephen 
Lyford,  fence  viewer:  Samuel  Wiggin,  field  driver;  Ezekiel  Sanborn,  surveyor 
of  lumber ;  Reuben  Daniels,  Stephen  Lyford,  Richard  Wentworth,  Captain 
Thomas  Chamberlin,  Dearing  Stoddard,  Walter  Robinson,  and  Neal  Cate, 
surveyors  of  highways.  Voted  that  the  town-meeting  should  be  held  at  the 
house  of  Edmund  Home  the  present  year.  Voted  to  raise  the  sum  of  fifteen 
pounds  lor  schooling  the  present  year.  They  also  made  choice  of  Benjamin 
Clay  for  constable  and  collector;  and  Ezekiel  Sanborn  and  Richard  Went- 
worth  were   bondsmen   for  Clay. 

!;•  cords  of  ITD.').  —  The  Selectmen  of  the  town  of  Brookfield  do  recommend  Richard 
Hanson  of  said  Brookfield  to  he  a  suitable  person  to  keep  a  Public  House  in  said  town, 
and  recommend  him  accordingly  for  that  purpose. 

.lames  Chamberlin, 
Moses  Whitehouse, 

Selectmen. 
Brookfield,  March  It"',  1795. 

We  the  subscribers  do  recommend  John  Toscan  of  Brookfield  to  be  a  suitable  person 
to  retail  Spirituous  Liquors. 

James  <  hamberlin, 
Moses  Whitehouse, 

Selectmen. 
Brookfield,  April  20'".   L795. 

In  the  evening  of  the   12th  day  of   November,    17'.»">.    Mi-  James   Burke  and   Elizabeth 

Wiiiry  both  of  Brookfield  were  joined  in  wedlock  by  Mr  John  Buzzell,  Teaching  Elder. 

A  true  copj .  Attest: 

.mini  <  bamberlin,  Town  <  llerk. 


452  History   of   Carroll   County. 

Inventory  of  1796.  —  John  Toscan,  one  poll,  three  hundred  and  six  acres  of 
land,  seventeen  cattle,  one  horse,  four  hundred  dollars  stock  in  trade.  Andrew 
Drew,  one  poll,  twenty-eight  acres,  six  cattle,  one  horse.  Josiah  Wiggin,  one 
poll,  eighl  acres,  four  cattle,  one  horse.  Jesse  Wiggin,  one  poll,  eight  acres, 
two  cattle.  Asa  Wiggin,  one  poll,  six  cattle.  Samuel  Wiggin,  one  poll,  one 
hundred  acres,  eight  cattle,  one  horse.  Benjamin  Clay,  one  poll,  forty-four 
acres,  ten  cattle.  Jonathan  Clay,  one  poll,  twenty-eight  acres,  four  cattle. 
Charles  F.  Whitehouse,  one  poll,  thirty-four  acres,  two  cattle.  John  Dear- 
horn,  one  poll,  one  "cattle."  David  Watson,  thirty-two  acres,  eight  cattle, 
one  horse.  John  Roberts,  one  poll,  eight  acres,  one  "cattle,"  one  horse. 
Joseph  Watson,  one  poll,  eight  acres.  Samuel  Watson,  one  poll,  eight  acres. 
John  Palmer,  one  poll,  ten  acres,  two  cattle.  Reuben  Hanson,  one  poll,  ten 
acres,  four  cattle.  Richard  Hanson,  one  poll,  one  hundred  and  thirteen  acres, 
twelve  cattle,  one  horse.  Thomas  Kennison,  one  poll,  forty-one  acres,  three 
cattle,  one  horse.  Levi  Kennison,  one  poll,  thirty-nine  acres,  nine  cattle. 
Moses  Kennison,  one  poll,  one  "  cattle."  Moses  Perkins,  one  poll,  eighteen 
acres,  Jive  cattle,  one  horse.  Isaiah  Perkins,  one  poll,  forty-five  acres,  one 
"cattle."  Thomas  Chamberlain,  one  poll,  two  hundred  and  fifteen  acres,  thir- 
teen cattle,  one  horse.  James  Chamberlin,  one  poll,  one  hundred  forty-four 
acres,  thirteen  cattle,  one  horse.  Joseph  Ricker,  one  poll,  twenty-four  acres, 
one  "cattle."  William  Willey,  one  poll,  thirty-five  acres,  five  cattle,  one  horse. 
Moses  Willey,  one  poll,  thirteen  acres,  one  "  cattle."  Daniel  Wentworth,  one 
poll,  sixty-four  acres,  one  "  cattle."  Joseph  Pike,  three  cattle.  Josiah  Robin- 
son, one  poll,  fifty-eight  acres,  three  cattle,  one  horse.  Josiah  Robinson,  Jr, 
one  poll.  Walter  Robinson,  one  poll,  seven  cattle.  Stephen  Lyford,  one  poll, 
sixty -two  acres,  ten  cattle,  one  horse.  John  Funnal,  one  poll,  seventy-six  acres, 
fourteen  cattle,  one  horse.  Robert  Lyford,  one  poll,  forty-four  acres,  two 
cattle.  Joshua  Guppy,  one  poll.  William  Guppy,  one  poll,  one  "cattle." 
Turner  Whitehouse,  one  poll.  Moses  Whitehouse,  one  poll,  one  hundred  and 
eleven  acres,  ten  cattle,  one  horse.  Timothy  Johnson,  one  poll,  sixty  acres, 
twelve  cattle,  one  horse.  Phineas  Johnson,  one  poll,  thirty-nine  acres,  eleven 
cattle,  one  horse.  Widow  Calder,  twelve  acres,  seven  cattle.  Robert  Calder,  one 
poll,  twenty-eight  acres,  five  cattle.  John  Willey,  one  poll.  Samuel  Tibbetts, 
one  poll,  fifty -six  acres,  three  cattle,  one  horse.  William  Tibbetts,  one  poll,  forty- 
one  acres,  three  cattle.  Dearing  Stoddard,  one  poll,  fifty-nine  acres,  nine  cattle. 
John  Fouraignau,  one  poll,  one  hundred  seventy-one  acres,  eighteen  cattle,  two 
horses.  Paul  Tuttle,  one  poll,  seventy-two  acres,  three  cattle.  Captain  Amelin, 
one  poll.  Charles  Willey,  one  poll.  John  Durgin,  one  poll,  seventy  acres,  three 
cattle.  John  Stanton,  one  poll,  thirty-eight  acres,  ten  cattle.  Charles  Stanton, 
one  poll,  one  hundred  twenty-four  acres,  eight  cattle,  one  horse.  John  Mar- 
tin, Obediah  Daniels,  one  poll,  one  "cattle."  Reuben  Daniels,  one  poll,  twenty- 
live  acres,  two  cattle,  one  horse.    John  Tibbetts,  one  poll,  forty-four  acres,  three 


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cattle.  Samuel  Tibbetts,  one  poll,  forty-four  acres,  five  cattle.  Joseph  Brown, 
one  poll,  twenty  acres,  one"cattle."  John  Weeks,  fifty-three  acres.  Daniel 
Horn,  fifty-three  acres.  Roberl  Tike,  Jr,  one  poll,  two  cattle.  Reuben  Drew, 
one  poll,  one  "cattle."  Nathaniel  Willey;  one  poll,  forty-seven  acres,  one 
"cattle."  William  Watson,  one  poll.  John  W.  ('alder,  one  poll,  fifty-one 
acres,  one  "cattle."  Michael  Sawyer,  one  poll,  three  cattle.  Jacob  Horn,  one 
poll,  fifty-four  acres,  one  "cattle."  Samuel  Shortridge,  one  poll.  John  Tash, 
eight  acres.  Daniel  Sawyer,  Jr,  one  poll.  William  Trickey,  one  poll,  forty- 
Eour  acres.  Obediah  Drew,  one  poll,  two  acres,  two  fan  If,  on,'  horse.  Tobias 
Hanson,  one  poll,  one  hundred  fifty-three  acres,  three  cattle.  James  Edgerly, 
one  poll,  three  acres,  one  "-cattle."     Neal  Cate,  one  poll,  fifty-five   acres,  two 

cattle,  one   horse.      Daniel    Delan,  one    poll,   one   "cattle."      Samuel    Delan,   • 

poll,  forty-six  acres.  John  Delan,  one  poll,  forty-six  acres.  Jonathan  Delan. 
one  poll.  William  Kent,  one  poll,  two  hundred  ten  acres,  four  cattle.  Timothy 
Martin,  one  poll,  one  hundred  live  acres,  three  cattle.  John  (riles,  one  poll, 
twenty-five  acres,  two  cattle.  Charles  Giles,  one  poll,  eighty-seven  acres,  one 
"cattle."  James  Burke,  one  poll.  Stephen  Willey,  one  poll,  forty-two  acres. 
one  "cattle."  Turner  Willey,  one  poll,  six  acres.  Thomas  Baker,  one  poll, 
one  hundred  twelve  acres,  seven  cattle.  Ebenezer  Kent,  one  poll,  one 
••cattle."  Daniel  Sawyer,  one  poll,  sixty-three  acres,  six  cattle,  one  horse. 
Richard  Wentworth,  one  poll,  thirty-six  acres,  three  cattle.  Edmund  Home, 
one  poll,  twenty-one  acres,  two  cattle.  Nathan"  Watson,  one  poll,  one 
hundred  one  acres,  fifteen  cattle.  John  Chamberlin,  one  poll,  seventy-two 
acres,  nine  cattle,  one  horse.  William  Chamberlin,  one  poll,  seventy-six 
acres,  sixteen  cattle,  one  horse.  Waldron  Kennison,  one  poll,  one  hundred 
thirty-four  acres,  twelve  cattle,  one  horse.  John  Perkins,  one  poll,  twenty- 
nine  acres,  live  cattle.  Ezekiel  Sanborn,  one  poll,  one  hundred  two  acres, 
nine  cattle,  two  horses.  Ezekiel  Sanborn,  Jr,  one  poll.  Robert  Pike,  one 
poll,  eighty-eight  acres,  five  cattle,  one  horse. 

Further  Meetings,  1796.  —  The  next  town-meeting  was  held  at  the  house 
of  Samuel  Watson,  formerly  owned  by  Edmund  Home,  March  8,  1 T ' * t > .  Chose 
William  Chamberlin,  moderator:  John  Chamberlin,  town  clerk:  Robert  Pike, 
Neal  Cate,  and  Nathan  Watson,  selectmen.  Voted  against  building  a  meeting- 
house. 

On  the  twenty-first  day  of  March,  17Mb,  a  meeting  was  held  at  the  inn 
of  Richard  Hanson,  consisting  of  the  legal  voters  of  Brookfield  and  Wolfe- 
borough,  to  choose  a  suitable  person  to  represent  said  towns  in  the  general 
court  the  following  June.  Chose  Henry  Rust  moderator  and  William  Cham- 
berlin representath  e. 

Another  meeting  was  held  on  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  August  the  same 
year,  to  vote  for  four  members  of  Congress.  The  following  candidates  were 
voted    for:    Jeremiah   Smith,   of  Peterborough:   Abie!    Foster,    of  Canterbury: 


454  History   of   Carroll   County. 


John  Prentice,  of  Londonderry;  William  Gordon,  of  Amherst;  Nathaniel 
Rogers,   Woodbury   Langdon,  Samuel  Hale,  and  John  Sam  Sherburne. 

Another  meeting  was  held  at  house  of  Richard  Hanson  the  seventh  day 
of  November,  to  vote  for  presidential  electors. 

1707.  Meeting  held  at  house  of  Samuel  Watson.  Samuel  Tibbetts  elected 
moderator;  John  Chamberlin,  town  clerk;  James  Chamberlin,  John  Stanton, 
and  Moses  Whitehouse,  selectmen. 

1798.  Meeting  at  Richard  Hanson's.  William  Chamberlin,  moderator; 
James  Chamberlin,  John  Stanton,  and  Moses  Whitehouse,  selectmen. 

In  August  a  meeting  was  held  at  house  of  Benjamin  Clay  and  voted  to 
raise  thirty  dollars  for  preaching  "  as  soon  as  convenient." 

1770.  In  February  a  meeting  was  called  upon  petition  of  twenty-one  free- 
holders to  reconsider  the  above  vote.     They  met  and  "reconsidered  the  same." 

In  March  a  meeting  was  held  at  B.  Clay's.  Chose  John  Chamberlin,  town 
clerk;  James  Chamberlin,  Charles  Stanton,  and  Moses  Whitehouse,  selectmen; 
and  voted  "  to  lay  out  sixty  dollars  in  preaching  if  Mr  Russell  would  stay  and 
preach  with  them." 

March  18.  The  voters  of  Brookfield  and  Middleton  met  according  to  act 
of  the  general  court,  and  chose  Daniel  Wingate,  moderator ;  and  William 
Chamberlin  to  represent  said  district  of  Brookfield  and  Middleton  in  the 
general  court. 

At  a  meeting  held  April  1,  voted  to  pay  Mr  Russell  sixty  dollars  for 
preaching.  John  Giles,  John  Chamberlin,  and  Waldron  Kennison  entered 
their  protest  against  raising  the  same. 

Another  meeting  was  held  June  10  at  same  place,  the  house  of  Benjamin 
Clay,  to  act  upon  the  same  subject.  Voted  to  raise  eighty  dollars  to  hire  Mr 
Russell  to  preach  a  longer  time,  and  authorize  the  selectmen  to  lay  out  the 
eighty  dollars  to  the  best  advantage  for  said  town ;  also,  voted  to  have 
meetings  held  at  Josiah  Wiggin's  barn. 

In  September  following  they  held  another  meeting  and  voted  not  to  hire 
Mr  Russell  to  preach  any  longer ;  but  in  October  of  the  same  year  another 
meeting  was  held  at  the  house  of  Mr  Clay,  and  they  voted  to  raise  two 
hundred  dollars  to  hire  Mr  Russell  to  preach  one  year.  Chose  Dudley 
Colman,  Andrew  Drew,  and  Thomas  Baker,  a  committee  to  treat  with 
Mr  Russell. 

1800.  Chose  Dudley  Colman,  town  clerk;  Thomas  Chamberlin,  Charles 
Stanton,  and  Phineas  Johnson,  selectmen.  Meeting  held  at  house  of  Josiah 
Wiggin. 

1801.  Chose  Dudley  Colman,  town  clerk;  Dudley  Colman,  William  Kent, 
and  Robert  Pike,  selectmen. 

At  a  special  meeting  held  March  17,  at  house  of  Josiah  Wiggin,  the 
voters  <>f  Brookfield  and  Middleton  chose  William  Chamberlin  to  represent 
said  towns. 


Town   or   Brookfield. 


1802.  March  9,  chose  John  ( lhamberlin,  town  clerk  ;  I  horaas  <  lhamberlin, 
Moses  Whitehouse,  and  John  Stanton,  selectmen. 

1803.  Chose  John  Chamberlin,  town  clerk:  Thomas  Chamberlin,  William 
Kent,  and  Waldron  Kennison,  selectmen  ;  \Vi]li;uii  Chamberlin,  representative. 

1804.  Chose  John  Chamberlin,  town  clerk;  Thomas  Chamberlin,  Waldron 
Kennison,  and  Aaron  Boody,  selectmen. 

1805.  Chose  John  Chamberlin,  town  clerk;  Thomas  Chamberlin,  Charles 
Stanton,  and  Charles  Giles,  selectmen,  ('host;  Thomas  Chamberlin,  represen- 
tative, at  special  meeting-,  Brooklield  and  Middleton. 

Brookfield  belonged  to  the  Masonian  Proprietors,  and  about  fort}  pears  ago 
eight  of  the  best  farms  in  town  were  owned  by  Alfred  ami  George  W.  Haven, 
of  Portsmouth.  Good  tenants  were  always  ready  to  take  these  farms  and 
carry  them  on  at  the  halves.  The  Havens  generally  owned  all  the  stock  kept 
on  the  several  farms.  The  hay,  corn,  and  potatoes  was  fed  to  the  stock  and 
hogs.  The  tenant  got  one  half  the  growth  on  the  stock.  In  December  or 
January,  after  the  sledding  became  good,  they  would  start  for  Portsmouth  with 
their  ox-teams  loaded  with  the  half  of  the  products  of  the  farms  belonging 
to  the  Havens.  They  also  took  all  of  their  own  that  they  could  spare,  with 
which  to  purchase  salt,  molasses,  fish,  grass  seed,  and  such  other  articles  as 
they  needed.  These,  with  what  things  they  purchased  for  other  people,  gave 
them  a  load  back.     The  trip  took  five  or  six  days. 

The  Havens  always  drove  from  Portsmouth  to  Brookfield  (forty  miles) 
with  their  own  carriage.     Their  headquarters  were   at  the   house  since  owned 

by  the  Churchill  family,  where  two  rooms  were  kept  for  their  accon idation. 

Their  arrival  in  town  was  considered  as  great  an  advent  as  for  the  Governor 
of  Oregon  to  arrive  here  now.  Chief  Justice  Doe  married  a  daughter  of 
George  W.  Haven.  She  can  probably  remember  coming  to  Brookfield  with 
her  father  when  a  young  girl. 

Religious  Societies.  —  The  first  record  relating  to  religious  societies  was 
in  1798,  when  thirty  dollars  was  voted  to  pay  Rev.  Mr  Russell  for  preaching. 
They  afterwards  changed  the  amount  to  sixty  dollars,  and  afterwards  at 
another  meeting  to  eighty  dollars.  And  again  they  voted  to  lay  out  two 
hundred  dollars  to  hire  Mr  Russell  one  year.  This  he  declined,  unless  those 
who  voted  against  raising  the  money  were  exempted  from  paying  any  part 
of  the  same. 

In  1802  it  appears  that  Elder  Benjamin  Randall,  the  founder  of  the  Free- 
will Baptist  denomination,  held  meetings  at  the  house  of  Waldron  Kennison. 
for  many  years  the  Freewill  Baptists  had  a  regular  organization.  Thomas 
Bailey  was  deacon  for  many  years.  After  his  death.  Jeremiah  Chamberlin, 
who  had  been  clerk  for  several  years,  was  chosen  deacon,  and  held  the  office 
until  his  death  in  1882.  Such  preachers  as  David  Marks,  Joseph  Boody,  Heze- 
kiah  Buzzell,  Samuel    Burbank.  and,  later   on,   Joseph    Harvey,  John    Chick. 


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Cummins  Paris,  Silas  Bean,  Joseph  Spinney,  and  many  others,  were  frequently 
employed  to  preach,  or  were  in  attendance  at  quarterly  or  protracted  meetings. 
Elder  Moses  Folsom,  Elder  James  Mas  tin,  Elder  McDonald,  and  other  min- 
is! its  lived  in  town  and  preached  in  the  town  hall.  Jeremiah  Chamberlin 
held  the  office  of  clerk  for  thirty  years,  and  George  W.  Chamberlin  was 
chosen  as  his  successor.  Since  the  death  of  Deacon  Chamberlin  no  regular 
meetings  have  been  held  in  town  by  the  Baptists. 

Methodism.  —  Moses  Chase  was  the  first  Methodist  preacher  to  reside  in 
Brookfield.  He  with  his  family,  in  1849,  lived  in  what  was  then  known  as 
the  Thurstin  house,  now  owned  by  George  Hanson.  About  that  time 
Nathaniel  Hayes  owned  the  farm  and  lived  where  Joseph  Curtis  now 
lives.  He  deeded  one  acre  of  land  to  the  Methodist  society  on  condition 
that  "a  Parsonage  house  should  be  built  and  occupied  on  the  land  for  the  use 
of  the  minister's  family,"  and  the  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  R.  L. 
Chamberlain  at  Brookfield  Corner  was  built.  The  first  minister  to  occupy 
it  was  Henry  Nutter;  afterwards  came  Mr  Heath,  Charles  Olin,  Horatio 
Taplin,  Joseph  Emerson,  Mr  Johnson,  and  then  for  several  years  the  church 
was  supplied  by  ministers  living  in  other  towns.  By  the  conditions  of  the 
deed,  the  land  reverted  to  the  original  owners;  the  house  was  sold,  and  the 
proceeds  went  into  the  hands  of  members  of  the  Methodist  society  of 
Cottonborough.  Since  then  no  minister  has  been  located  in  the  town,  but  the 
organization  has  been  kept  up  by  presiding  Elders  James  Pike,  Barrows, 
Judkins,  and  lately  Mr  Dunning.  All  have  frequently  held  quarterly  meetings 
here,  and  such  men  as  James  Crowley,  Nathan  Alger,  Mr  English,  Henry 
Allen,  James  Stewart,  and  at  the  present  time  George  A.  Luce,  of  Wolf- 
boro  Junction,  and  others,  have  held  services  either  at  the  town  hall  or  in 
schoolhouses  part  of  the  time  each  year. 

Second  Adceiitlx)n.  —  T\\Q  first  Advent  meetings  were  held  in  Prookfield 
in  1840.  Daniel  Churchill  and  Elder  William  Thompson,  of  Wolfeborough, 
were  the  first  to  preach  that  doctrine.  Mr  Churchill  was  born  in  Brookfield, 
but  in  early  life  went  to  Lowell,  where  he  became  acquainted  with  Elder 
William  Miller  when  he  held  meetings  in  that  city.  Mr  Thompson  was  a 
lifelong  resident  of  Wolfeborough,  where  he  died  a  few  years  ago.  Later 
Elder  Joseph  Spinney,  a  Freewill  Baptist  minister  of  Wakefield,  adopted  the 
Second  Advent  doctrine  and  preached  in  this  town  for  nearly  forty  years. 
Owing  to  advanced  age  he  seldom  holds  services  except  at  his  own  church 
at  South  Wakefield.  Within  the  last  thirty  years  such  men  as  Elder  Miles 
Grant,  II.  L.  Hastings,  John  Couch,  A.  Ross,  L.  Boutell,  and  a  large  number 
of  tin;  most  prominent  men  in  the  Advent  denomination  have  held  conference 
and  protracted  meetings  in  the  town  hall,  which  have  been  attended  by  a 
r  number  of  people  than  those  of  any  other  religious  society.  At  present 
Thomas  L.  Churchill  and  Charles  Colman,  both  residents  of  Brookfield,  hold 
religious  services  in  the  surrounding  towns. 


Town    of    Bbookfield.  1.-7 

The  Great  Rebellion.  From  President  Lincoln's  firsl  call  till  thi 
the  war  the  quota  was  prompt^  filled.  The  firsl  to  respond  to  the  call  for 
troops,  residents  of  the  town,  received  but  small  bounty;  afterwards  a  mosl 
liberal  homily  was  given  when  authority  bad  been  obtained,  and  promptly 
paid.  Of  our  citizens  enlisted  Andrew  \\rn\ .  Jesse  Berry,  Zeuas  [ticker,  John 
Curtis,  Henry  Churchill  (captain  in  the  Thirteenth  Regiment),  Jasper  II. 
Warren  (captain),  George  \V.  Tibbetts,  William  Emerson,  John  Blake, 
George  P.  Blake,  William  0.  Blake,  Joseph  Allen,  Charles  Hubbard,  Thomas 
Goodhue,  George  Goodhue,  Cronin  Goodhue,  Joseph  Sanborn,  Charles  White- 
house,  Darius  Ham,  John  Witham,  Mark  Renrick,  David  L.  Wentworth. 
J.T.Churchill  gave  an  individual  bounty  of  $100  each  to  the  first  live  who 
enlisted.  Ten  citizens  sent  substitutes,  paying  $300  each  lor  them.  Dudley 
(.  Colman,  the  agent  to  till  the  quotas,  reports  seven  substitutes  secured  at 
in  expense  of  *i_\.">i'>.").  This,  with  $3,875  bounty  paid  to  volunteers,  and  Mr 
Churchill's  amount,  shows  that  the  town  in  the  whole  paid  $9,940  for  soldiers. 
The  town  raised  money  for  bounties  as  follows:  September,  1863,  $3,000; 
December,  1863,  $4,200;  June,  1864,  $900;  July,  is.;  I.  $4,000  and  $2,000; 
October,  L864,  $3,500;  .January,  1865,  tf:;,00<) :  total,  $20,600.  March,  L863, 
the  town  voted  $300  for  aid  to  families  of  soldiers.  March,  1864,  the  town 
again   voted  $300  for  the  same  purpose. 

Business  Interests,  etc. —  The  town  was  formerly  a  profitable  agricultural 
town,  and  this  is  now  the  principal  industry.  There  were  formerly  a  gristmill, 
several  sawmills,  a  bobbin-mill,  and  shingle-mill  in  active  operation  here;  also, 
several  tanneries,  public  houses,  and  stores.  The  development  of  Wolfboro 
Junction  has  drawn  most  of  our  business  life  away  to  that  flourishing  centre. 
and  Brookfield  has  become  really  a  suburb  of  the  Junction.  We  have  had 
as  storekeepers  John  Toscan,  Wiggin  &  Pike,  Dudley  Pike,  John  Churchill, 
Joseph  T.  Churchill,  Leon  Chappotin,  James  Tibbetts,  Wesley  Cotton,  Dudley 
Colman.  Charles  Colman,  Luther  G.  Cate,  Isaac  Cate,  and  others;  as  shoe- 
makers and  tanners,  Josiah  Robinson,  Thomas  Chamberlin,  Isaac  (ate,  Hill  & 
Chamberlin,  and  others ;  carpenters,  Thomas  Burleigh,  Ephraim  Parsons.  Moses 
Perkins,  Alfred  Lang,  Smith  Hurley,  Charles  A.  Hackett,  Daniel  Lang,  Samuel 
Plumer,  and  others:  blacksmiths,  Thomas  Wentworth.  Daniel  Wiggin,  Josiah 
Warren,  .John  Hackett,  .John  Ferguson,  Henry  Peavey,  William  Pitman,  and 
others;  masons,  Garland  Allen,  Samuel  Allen,  ami  others;  shoemakers,  James 
Perkins.  Isaac  (ate.  Jacob  Chamberlin,  Samuel  Lang,  Spencer  Wentworth,  and 
others;  mills  and  owners,  K unban  saw  and  shingle  mill,  Willey's  shingle-mill, 
Chamberlin's  grist,  saw,  and  bobbin  mills,  Churchill's  sawmill:  hotels.  John  T. 
Churchill,  Richard  Hanson,  Dudley  Pike,  and  several  others  in  olden  time. 

The  financial  affairs  of  the  town   have   been  carefully  conducted,  and  it   is 
practically  irrc  from  debt. 

Robinson    Family.  —  Josiah    Robinson    moved    from    Epping   to    Brookfield 


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about  1778.  He  purchased  the  farm  now  owned  and  occupied  by  his  great- 
grandson,  John  F.  Robinson,  which  then  consisted  mostly  of  wild  land. 

An  anecdote  is  told  of  him  that,  during  the  "Dark  Day"  in  1780,  his 
neighbors  were  alarmed,  and  called  round  to  see  how  "neighbor  Robinson" 
was  affected  ;  and  being  surprised  to  find  him  calmly  at  work  at  midday  by  the 
light  of  a  tallow  candle,  expressed  their  astonishment  at  his  composure.  He 
remarked,  "God  will  attend  to  his  business,  and  I  shall  try  to  look  after  mine." 
He  died  in  1805,  leaving  six  children.  One  son,  Josiah,  was  educated  at 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  and  became  a  lawyer  in  New  York,  where  some 
of  his  descendants  now  live.  Another  son  went  to  Ohio.  His  other  son, 
Waller,  born  in  1761,  lived  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  died  in  1822,  leaving 
eight  children.  One  of  them,  Richard,  lived  in  Ljnin,  Mass.  Henry  was 
a  contractor  and  builder  in  Roxbury,  Mass.  Ebenezer  C.  was  a  farmer  in 
Wakefield;  Noah  always  lived  on  the  old  farm,  and  died  there  in  1880. 
He  was  a  man  who  commanded  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  townsmen, 
held  all  the  various  town  offices,  and  represented  his  town  in  the  legislatures 
of  1842  and  1844.  He  left  three  sons.  George  lives  in  Plymouth ;  John  F., 
with  one  son,  Walter,  who  is  the  fifth  generation  from  the  first-named  Josiah 
Robinson,  lives  on  the  old  homestead ;  Albert  O.  resides  at  Wolfboro 
Junction,  where  he  is  chief  clerk  in  the  railroad  office,  which  he  has  held 
since  the  appointment  of  Hon.  John  W.  Sanborn  as  superintendent  of  the 
northern  division  of  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad. 

Mr  Robinson  married  Clara,  daughter  of  Darius  Davis,  Esq.,  of  Conway. 
[The  old  Exeter  family  of  Robinson  was  well  represented  in  the  continental 
service,  several  of  its  members  holding  commissions  therein.  Caleb  Robinson 
was  a  captain,  John  a  lieutenant,  and  Noah  an  ensign.  —  Editor.] 

Colman  Family.  —  Colonel  Dudley  Colman,  a  native  of  Newburyport, 
Mass.,  who  kept  a  public  house  in  Boston,  in  1797  bought  a  large  farm 
in  Brookfield,  moved  here,  and  died  the  same  year,  leaving  children.  One 
daughter  married  Leon  Chappotin,  and  died  several  years  ago  in  Providence, 
R.  I.  A  son,  John,  died  in  Brookfield ;  another,  Dudley,  died  in  Dover. 
Charles  lived  in  Brookfield  and  taught  school  over  thirty  years.  He  was 
a  fine  bookkeeper,  and  could  speak  and  write  several  languages.  Henry 
was  educated  at  Harvard,  was  settled  as  a  minister  over  Unitarian  societies 
in  Salem,  Hingham,  and  other  places,  but  in  the  latter  part  of  his  life  devoted 
his  time  to  agriculture,  and  went  to  Europe  in  the  interest  of  the  New  England 
Agricultural  Society,  which  published  his  report.  He  died  in  London  in  1849. 
Dudley  C.  Colman  and  Charles  Colman,  now  residents  of  Brookfield,  are  sons 
of  Charles  Colman  mentioned  above. 

Hon.  Dudley  ('.  Colman  has  lived  nearly  his  whole  life  in  Wakefield 
and  Brookfield,  was  in  trade  in  Brookfield  and  Union  village  for  a  number 
of   years.      lie  manufactured   clothing  for  some  time.      A   school-teacher   in 


Town    of    Brookfield.  j.V.t 


early  lit'*',  tie  has  been  called  by  his  townsmen  to  every  position  of  public 
trust   in  their  gift   time  after  time,  always  discharging  his  trusts  with  ability, 

accuracy,and  genera]  acceptance;  he  has  been  i Lerator  twi  n 

town-meetings,  eight  years  selectman,  nine  years  treasurer,  two  years  represen- 
tative, delegate  to  the  constitutional  conventions  of  L876  and  L889,  and  member 
of  the  state  senate  in  L879.  lie  is  a  liberal  in  religion,  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics  until  1860,  since  then  has  been  a  Republican.  He  is  n  pleasant 
companion,  has  an  easy  flow  tit'  language,  holds  positive  ideas,  which  he 
has  ability  to  express  and  defend  (if  need  he)  with  tongue  and  pen.  The 
sketch  of   Brookfield    in  this  volume  shows  his  historical    ta  |  Id u. 

Rev.  ('harles  Colman  owns  a  farm  in  Brookfield,  has  been  a  school-teacher 
for  over  thirty  years,  a  preacher  of  the  Advent  faith  for  twenty  years,  town 
clerk  for  several  years,  school  committee  and  member  of  school  hoard  for 
twelve  years,   holding  that    position   at    this  time. 

Lyford  Family.  —  One  of  the  earliest  residents  of  Brookfield  was  Stephen 
Lyford,  who  moved  to  this  town  from  Newmarket  as  early  as  1780.  His 
ancestors  were  from  Exeter.  He  had  three  sons,  Stephen,  Levi,  and  The- 
ophilus  W.  Stephen  studied  law,  beeame  a  member  of  the  Belknap  county 
bar,  and  resided  for  many  years  and  practised  his  profession  in  Laconia. 
Theophilus  always  resided  on  the  homestead  of  his  father,  was  a  prominent 
man  in  the  town  affairs,  was  selectman  and  treasurer  for  several  years,  and 
representative  in  1852  and  1853.  His  eldest  daughter  married  John  S. 
Ilutchins,  of  Wakefield,  who  died  several  years  ago,  leaving  three  sons, 
Stephen  II.,  Samuel  L.,  and  Frank.  Stephen  has  been  a  member  of  the  school 
hoard  and  selectman  of  the  town.  He  married  Lizzie,  niece  of  Professor 
George  A.  Wentworth,  of  Exeter,  and  lives  on  the  old  Lyford  farm  in 
Brookfield.  Samuel  Lyford  Hutchins  lives  at  Union  village,  Wakefield.  He 
was  in  the  hardware  business  for  several  years;  he  now  manufactures  excelsior 
and  is  doing  a  large  and  profitable  business.     Frank   is  a  farmer  in  Brookfield. 

Chamberlin  Family.  —  One  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town  to  buy  wild  land 
and  make  what  was  afterwards  one  of  the  best  cultivated  and  attractive  farms 
in  town  was  John  Chamberlin.  Subsequently  his  three  brother-.  Thomas, 
.lames,  and  William,  moved  into  the  neighborhood,  and  for  one  hundred  years 
their  descendants  comprised  a  very  respectable  portion  of  the  inhabitants. 
Ivory  Chamberlin.  born  in  Brookfield  about  seventy  years  ago.  was  a  prom- 
inent journalist  in  New. York  City,  where  he  died  a  lew  years  since.  William 
R.  Chamberlin,  a  grandson  of  John,  was  a  man  of  fine  ability  ;  he  became  a 
Universalist  minister  and  was  settled  in  Ohio  and  New  York.  Henry  R.,  son 
of  .lames  Chamberlin,  went  to  Manchester,  where  lor  the  last  twenty-five  years 
of  his  life  he  was  city  treasurer.  Freeman  Chamberlin  was  for  many  years 
eoniiected  with  the  Pearl  Street  and  Adams  houses  in  Boston,  and  at  one  time 
was  proprietor  of  the    Pavilion  at    Wolfeborough.      The   later   descendants   have 


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nearly  all  moved  to  different  localities.  The  early  members  of  the  family 
in  Brook  Held  were  all  conversant  with  its  town  affairs,  and  the  present  town 
clerk  is  Robert  L.  Chamberlain. 

Churchill  Family.  —  Joseph  Churchill  moved  from  Newmarket  to  Brook- 
field,  and  the  remainder  of  his  life  was  passed  on  his  farm  in  this  town.  He 
had  a  large  family  of  children,  most  of  whom  left  their  home  in  early  life. 
His  eldest  son,  John  T.,  was  engaged  in  farming  and  staging,  and  at  one  time 
kept  a  public  house.  He  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature  three  years 
and  was  selectman  several  years.  Joseph  T.,  son  of  Joseph,  passed  nearly  his 
whole  lifetime  in  Brookfield,  and  died  in  1874.  He  was  the  most  prominent 
man  in  town  for  many  years;  representative  in  1831,  1832,  and  1834,  and  for 
a  number  of  years  one  of  the  selectmen.  One  of  his  sons,  Joseph,  resides  in 
Lowell:  Charles  and  George  reside  on  the  ancestral  acres;  Charles  now  holds 
the  office  of  selectman,  to  which  he  has  been  elected  twelve  years.  The  only 
daughter  of  Joseph  T.  Churchill  married   Henry  H.  Oilman,  of  Wakefield. 

Town  Clerks.  — 1806-09,  John  Chamberlain.  1810-11,  Ichabod  Richards.  1812-16,  John  Chamberlain.  1817-18, 
Ichabod  Richards.  1819,  Daniel  Wiggin.  1820,  Thomas  Chamberlain.  18-21,  Daniel  Wiggin.  1822-24,  Charles 
Colman.  1825-27,  Theophilus  Lyford.  1828-32,  Dudley  Pike.  1833,  Thcophilus  Lyford.  1834-35,  Dudley  Pike. 
L836-37,  Theophilus  Lyford.  1838-39,  Dudley  Pike.  1840-41,  Noah  Robinson.  1842-46,  Charles  Colman.  1*47-48, 
Noah  Robinson.  1849-51,  Jeremiah  Chamberlain.  I sr>'2-."):5,  Dudley  Pike.  I s.">4,  Noah  Robinson.  1855,  Dudley 
C.  Colman.  1856-58,  Charles  Colman.  1859,  George  W.  Chamberlain.  1860-61,  Charles  Colman.  1862-70,  Moses 
i  .(air.  1871,  Henry  M .  Libby.  1872-74,  Moses  C.  Cate.  1875,  diaries  A.  Hackett.  1876-77,  Edgar  M.  rate. 
1878,  John  F.  Hackett.    1879-81,  Frank  A.  Hanson.    1882-80,  John  F.Robinson.    1887-89,  Robert  L.  Chamberlain. 

Selectmen.— 1800-08,  John  Chamberlain,  Charles  Stanton,  Charles  Giles.  1809,  John  Chamberlain,  John 
Stanton,  Thomas  Chamberlain,  Jr.  1810,  Charles  Giles,  John  Stanton,  Robert  ('alder.  1811,  John  Stanton, 
Robert  Calder,  Samuel  Uuppy.  1S12-13,  Robert  Calder,  Trueworthy  Chamberlain,  Hatevil  K.Stanton.  1814, 
John  Chamberlain,  Ichabod  Richards,  Robert  Lyford.  1815,  Robert  Calder,  Trueworthy  Chamberlain,  Hatevil 
K.  Stanton.  1816-17,  John  Chamberlain,  Hatevil  K.  Stanton,  Robert  Pike,  Jr.  1818-19,  Ichabod  Richards,  Daniel 
Wiggin,  Eliphalct  Willey.  1820,  Ilatevil  K.  Stanton,  Robert  Pike,  Benjamin  Trickey.  LS21,  Eliphalet  Willey, 
Daniel  Wiggin,  Henry  Tibbetts.  1822,  Henry  Tibbetts,  Eliphalet  Willey,  Trueworthy  Chamberlain.  1823,  Robert 
Pike,  Henry  Tibbetts,  Trueworthy  Chamberlain.  1824,  Daniel  Wiggin,  Samuel  Lang,  Charles  Colman.  1825-26, 
Robert  Pike,  Henry  Tibbetts,  Trueworthy  Chamberlain.  1827,  Henry  Tibbetts,  Joseph  T.  Churchill,  Samuel 
Lang.  1828-30,  Joseph  T.  Churchill,  Theophilus  W.  Lyford,  William  Blake.  1831,  Theophilus  W.  Lyford, 
William  Blake,  Thomas  Chamberlain.  1832,  Joshua  N.  Cate,  Thomas  Chamberlain,  Reuben  Lang.  1833,  Joseph  T. 
Churchill,  Thomas  Chamberlain,  Reuben  Lang.  1834,  Thomas  Chamberlain,  Reuben  Lang,  Noah  Robinson. 
1835,  Joseph  T.  Churchill,  Noah  Robinson,  James  Hutchins.  1836,  Joseph  T.  Churchill,  Freeman  Chamberlain, 
James  Hutchins.  1837-38,  Joseph  T.  Churchill,  Noah  Robinson,  Reuben  Lang.  1839,  Dudley  Pike,  Theophilus 
W.  L\  ford,  Joshua  N.  Cate.  1840,  Joseph  T.  Churchill,  T.  W.  Lyford,  John  Churchill.  1841,  Joseph  T.  Church- 
ill, T.  W.  Lyford,  Henry  Tibbetts.  1842-43,  Joseph  T.  Churchill,  T.  W.  Lyford,  John  Churchill.  1844,  Dudley 
Pike,  Henry  Tibbetts,  John  Churchill.  1845,  Dudley  Pike,  Henry  Tibbetts,  Albin  Johnson.  1840,  Joseph  T. 
Churchill,  John  Churchill,  Robert  Pike,  Jr.  1847,  T.  W.  Lyford,  Noah  Robinson,  Henry  Tibbetts.  1848,  T.  W. 
Lyford,  Albin  Johnson,  Henry  Tibbetts.  1849,  Joseph  T.  Churchill,  William  T.  Cate,  Samuel  J.  Deland.  1S50, 
William  T.  Cate,  William  lilake,  Jr,  Samuel  J.  Deland.  1851,  John  Churchill,  William  Blake,  Jr,  William  T. 
Cate.  1852-53,  Noah  Robinson,  Joint  Hodge,  Albin  Johnson.  1854,  T.  W.  Lyford,  Sias  M.  Giles,  John  W.  Lang. 
1855,  William  T.  Cate,  Albin  Johnson,  Jonathan  W.  Sanborn.  1856,  Noah  Robinson,  John  W.  Lang,  Garland 
Allen.  1857,  T.  W.  Lyford,  Garland  Allen,  Deren  P.  Stoddard.  1858,  Garland  Allen,  Dudley  C.  Colman,  George 
W.  Chamberlain.  1859,  Dudley  C.  Colman,  Garland  Allen,  Jonathan  W.  Sanborn.  1800,  Dudley  C.  Colman,  John 
W.  Lang,  Mark  F.  Furber.  1801,  Dudley  C.  Colman,  John  W.  Lang,  Joshua  N.  Cate.  1862,  Noah  Robinson, 
Jonathan  W.  Sanborn,  John  W.  Lang.  1803,  Joseph  Pike,  Jonathan  W.  Sanborn,  Garland  Allen.  1864,  Joseph 
Pike,  Joshua  X.  Cafe,  Garland  Allen.  1865-66,  Dudley  C.  Colman,  William  Blake,  Jr,  Joshua  Neal  Cate.  1867, 
Dudley  C.  Colman,  William  Blake,  Jr,  Garland  Allen.  1868,  Albert  B.  Chamberlain,  Garland  Allen,  Jeremiah 
berlain.  1869,  Noah  Robinson,  John  W.  Lang,  George  A.  Wiggin.  1870,  Jeremiah  Chamberlin,  John  W. 
Lang,  ( leorge  A .  Wiggin.  1871,  Jonathan  W.  Sanborn,  George  H.  Robinson,  Charles  H.  Neal.  1*72-73,  George  H. 
Robinson,  Garland  Allen,  Joseph  B.  Buzzell.  1874,  Dudley  C.  Colman,  John  B.  Lord,  Thomas  Goodhue.  1875, 
John   15.  Lord,  Samuel  11.  Plummer,  Orin  J.  Baton.    1876,  George  H.  Robinson,  Charles   Churchill,  Thomas 


Town    of    Bbookfibld.  161 


Goodhue.     L877,  Charles  Churchill,  William    Blake,  Jr,  Thomas   Ihue.     1878,  John    B.   I 

Hutcblns,  James   U. Willey.     1879,  Charles  Churchill,   Noah   Robinson,  i   i    i ihui 

Churchill,  Edgar  M.  Cate,  John  F.  Robinson.     1882,  Charles  i  hurchlll,  Luther  M.  Sanborn,  John  w  .  I 

Chariest  Ihurchill,  Luther  M.  Sanborn,  William  a.  Lang.    1884,  I  harles  i  hurchlll,  Lutber  M.  Sanborn,  Tl as 

( ; Ihue.    1885-8C,  Stephen  E.  Hutchlns,  John  (  .  Pike,  William  V.  Rlxby.    1887  38,  <  harles  <  hurchill,  Chai  i     B 

Thomes,  Henrj  E.  Wentworth.    1889,  <  harles  Churchill,  •  harles  Willey,  John  E.  Lang. 

Representatives.  1 7: »;,  William  Chamberlin,  Brookfleld  and  Wolfeborough  1799,  William  ChamberUn 
Brookfleld  and  Middleton.    1801,  William  i  hamberlin,  Brookfleld  and   Middleton.    1803,  William  (  hamberlin 

Brookfleld  and  Mlddleton.    1805,  Tl taa  Chamberlin,  Brookfleld  and   Mlddleton.    1807,  Th as    Chamberlin 

Brookfleld  and  Mlddleton.  1809,  Thomas  Chamberlin,  Brookfleld  and  Mlddleton.  1811,  Charles  Stanton, 
Brookfleld  and  Middleton.  l-i 3,  Thomas  Chamberlin,  Brookfleld  and  Middleton,  IS15,  Charlee  Stanton, 
Brookfleld  and  Middleton.  1817,  Thomas  Chamberlin,  Brookfleld  and  Mlddleton.  1819,  [cbabod  Richards, 
Brookfleld   and  Middleton.    1821,  Charles  Giles,   Brookfleld  and    Mlddleton.    1823,  Charles  Giles,    Brookfleld 

ami   Mlddleton.     1825,   Brookfleld  ami   Middleton   voters  met   to  choose  a   representative,  ami  adjour I  to 

March,  1826.  1827,  John  T.  Churchill  elected  Cor  Brookfleld  alum-.  1828,  John  T.  Churchill.  1829,  Dudley 
Pike.  1830,  Dudley  Pike.  1831,  Joseph  T.  Churchill.  1&32,  Joseph  T.  Churchill  1833,  Dudley  Pike 
36,  AsaWiggin.  1837,  Loring  Stoddard.  1838,  John  T.  Churchill.  1839-40,  Thomas  Burley.  1841,  William  T. 
Cate.  1848,  Noah  Robinson.  1843,  William  T.  Cate.  1844,  Noah  Robinson.  IS45,  John  Eodge.  1840  17,  Joseph 
Goodhue.  1848,  John  Hodge,  Jr.  1849-50,  John  Churchill.  1851,  Freeman  Chamberlin.  1852-53,  Theophilus 
W.  Lyford.  1854,  Henry  Tibbetts.  1855,  Freeman  Chamberlin.  1856-57,  Sias  M.Giles.  1858-59,  Ezekiel 
Prescott.  1860-61,  l>.  F.  Stoddard.  1862,  no  choice.  1863-64,  Dudley  C.  Colman.  1865-66,  Daniel  1>.  Stevens. 
1867-68,  Peter  Cook.  1^:'.  William  Blake,  Jr.  1870,  Joshua  HealCate.  1871, no  choice.  1872-73,  Joseph  Pike. 
1874,  William  Blake,  Jr.  1876  77,  Plumer  G.  Lovering.  1878,  -1111111  B.  Lord.  1879,  Henry  Lang  for  two  years. 
1881,  Middleton  ami  Brookfleld  election  "  for  two  years"  held  in  Middleton.  Pro  rata  representative.  1883, 
James  H.  Willey,  Brookfleld  and  Middleton,  for  two  years,  iss.">,  Jonas  l>.  Willey,  Brookfleld  and  Middle- 
ton,  for  two  years.  1887,  James  C.  (lark.  Brookfleld  and  Middleton,  for  two  years.  1889,  Cyrus  D.  Willey, 
Brookfleld  and  Middleton,  for  two  years. 

Ai  tlic  constitutional  convention,  held  January,  1889,  an  amendment  was 
passed  and  ratified  at  March  election,  allowing  all  classed  towns  to  send  a 
representative  to  the  legislature  such  proportion  of  the  time  as  the  population 
of  the  towns  hear  to  six  hundred.  Brookfleld,  having  a  population  of  a  little 
more  than  four  hundred,  will  therefore  be  entitled  to  send  a  representative 
two  thirds  of  the  time  after  January,  1890. 

At  the  March  meeting,  1889,  the  town  voted  on  the  articles  submitted  by 
the  constitutional  convention.  On  the  fifth  (prohibitory)  amendment  the  vote 
was  thirty-nine  in  favor,  thirty-one  against. 

According  to  a  report  made  to  state  authorities,  these  statistics  are  given 
for  1888 :  pounds  of  butter  made,  6,700;  cheese,  2,240;  gallons  of  milk  sold, 
550;  wool  grown,  904  pounds  ;  commercial  fertilizer  used,  7.75  tons;  received 
from  summer  hoarders,  62' 


WAKEFIELD. 


By   Rev.   Albert   II.   Thompson. 


CHAPTER    XXXVIII. 

Wakefield  —  Original  Name  —  Incorporation  —  Changes  —  Surface  —  Bodies  of  Water  — 
Extract  from  Proprietors'  Records  —  Petition  for  Incorporation  —  First  Town  Officers  — 
Civil  List. 

THE  church  and  town  records  of  Wakefield  are  in  spots  quite  bare,  yet  we 
can  read  between  the  lines,  and  image  somewhat  in  our  minds  the  lives 
of  those  settlers  who  were  the  first  to  identify  themselves  with  this 
township,  known  since  August  30,  1774,  as  Wakefield.  Perhaps  the  name 
was  given  by  some  admirer  of  the  famous  "  Vicar  of  Wakefield,"  or  its  author, 
Oliver  Goldsmith,  whose  works  were  then  in  their  early  fame,  and  who  died 
that  very  year  in  April.  Wakefield,  in  England,  in  Yorkshire,  long  before  had 
a  history ;  a  very  ancient  town,  the  site,  some  suppose,  of  an  old  Roman  village 
as  early  as  the  fifth  century,  certainly  having  a  corn-market  down  to  now  from 
the  time  of  the  Saxons  before  the  ninth  century,  and  in  the  eleventh  allotted 
in  the  Norman  conquest  in  Domesday  Book  and  recorded  as  Wackefield  ;  later 
made  famous  by  the  battle  of  Wakefield,  December  31,  14(30,  when  Margaret, 
the  queen  of  the  imprisoned  Henry  the  Sixth,  fought  with  Richard,  the  duke 
of  York,  who  there  met  his  death,  the  claimant  to  the  throne  for  his  son,  who 
in  a  few  months  was  indeed  hailed  by  the  people  as  king  and  crowned 
"  Edward  the  Fourth.''  Our  Wakefield  is  but  a  stripling  in  years  compared 
with  that  old  town.  But  into  these  years  much  has  been  put,  making  its  name 
to  many  sacred. 

Wakefield  was  incorporated  August  30,  1774,  by  its  present  name  by  Gov- 
ernor John  Wentworth ;  prior  to  this  time  it  was  called  East  Town,  under  a 
grant  from  the  Masonian  Proprietors.  By  act  of  the  legislature  approved 
June  22,  1820,  a  gore  of  land,  containing  all  that  belonged  to  Wakefield  on 
tin:  northerly  side  of  Province  pond,  was  severed  from  this  town  and  annexed 
to  Effingham.     June  23,  1858,  an  act  was  passed  severing  a  tract  of  land  from 


Town   of   Wakefield.  \i\:) 

the  town  of  Milt»>n  and  annexing  it  to  Wakefield.  This  town  Lies  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  county.  Its  surface  is  diversified  with  hills,  rocks,  and 
ponds.  The  soil,  when  broughl  under  cultivation,  is  very  productive.  It  is 
bounded  uorthwesl  by  Ossipee  and  Effingham,  east  l>\  Newfield,  Maine,  si. nth- 
cast  by  Milton,  and  southwest  by  Middleton  and  Brookfield,  and  is  fifty  miles 
norl  heasl  from  ( Joncord. 

Mast  pond  (Lake  Newichwannock),  lying  partly  in  Wakefield  and  partly  in 
A.cton,  is  on  the  line  dividing-  New  Hampshire  and  Maine,  and  is  about  three 
miles  wide  and  six  miles  long.  A  little  below  the  outlet  of  Last  pond  is  Wil- 
ton's pond,  and  below  that  is  Horn's  pond.  Each  of  the  three  ponds  is  owned 
by  the  Great  Falls  Manufacturing  Company.  They  have  a  canal  thirteen  Feel 
wide,  sixteen  feet  deep,  and  one  hundred  and  forty-five  rods  long,  at  the  outlet 
of  East  pond,  where  the  original  rise  and  fall  of  water  was  live  feet,  and  now 
twenty-one  feet,  at  a  stone  dam  eighteen  feet  thick  and  thirteen  feet  wide, 
enabling  them  to  draw  off  the  water  whenever  they  may  need  it  for  their 
works  at  Somersworth.  Salmon  Falls  river  takes  its  rise  from  East  pond,  and 
divides  the  state  from  York  county  in  Maine,  until  it  reaches  Berwick,  where 
it  takes  the  name  of  Newichwannock,  until  it  meets  the  Cocheco  river  from 
Dover,  forming  a  branch  of  the  Piscataqua  river.  Lovewell's  pond  is  on  the 
southeast  side  of  Wakefield,  and  is  about  seven  hundred  rods  long  and  two 
hundred  and  seventy -five  rods  wide  ;  the  right  to  the  water  is  also  owned  by 
the  (Treat  Falls  Manufacturing  Company,  and  kept  by  them  as  a  reservoir. 
One  branch  of  the  stream  that  carries  the  mills  at  Union  village  takes  its  rise 
in  this  pond,  and  the  other  branch  takes  its  rise  from  Cook's  pond,  in  Brook- 
held.  Province  pond  is  about  four  hundred  and  fifty  rods  long  and  four  hun- 
dred wide,  in  the  northeasterly  part  of  Wakefield,  and  is  a  very  pretty  sheet  of 
water,  having  no  mill  privilege  at  the  outlet.  Pine  River  pond  is  on  the  north 
part  of  this  town,  and  is  about  one  hundred  rods  long,  and  about  the  same 
width.  Pine  river  takes  its  rise  in  this  pond,  flowing  through  Ossipee  and 
Effingham   into  Ossipee  lake. 

Extract  from  Proprietors'1  Records. — At  a  Proprietors'  meeting  Leagely  warned  and  held 
at  the  house  of  ('apt.  David  Copp  in  East-Town  so  called  by  the  proprietors  of  said  Bast- 
Town,  the  28th  day  of  June,  Anno  Domini,  1774;  And  the  proprietors  at  said  meeting,  Voted, 
That  this  Trad  or  Township  of  Land  conionly  called  East-Town,  he  incorporated,  and  the 
said  proprietors  at  -aid  meeting,  Voted,  That  ('apt.  David  Copp,  Capt.  James  Garvin,  and 
John  <  oige  be  a  Comraitee  or  agents  to  wait  on  the  Governor  &  Counsel  to  gite  the  said 
Tow  Qship  Incorporated. 

A  true  <  opjiy.  Attest 

John  Gage,  Pro.  <  lark. 

Petition  for  Incorporation.  —  Province  of  New  Hampshire. 
To  his  Excellency  John  Wentworth  Esqr  Capt.  General,  Governor  and  <  ommander  in  Chief 
of  -aid  Province  and  the  Honourable  his  Majesty's  Council :  Humbly  -hew-, 
David  Copp,  James  Garvin,  and  John  Gage  that  at  a  Proprietors  Meeting  held  a!   East- 


464  History   of   Carroll  County. 

Town  so  called  on  the  2S:h  day  of  June  last   ymu-  Petitioners  were  Voted  a  Committee  to  Peti- 
tion your  Excellency  and  Honors  for  an  Incorporation  of  said  Tract  or  Township: 

5Tour  Petitioners  therefore  humbly  pray  that  the  said  Township  beginning  at  the  North- 
Easl  corner  of  the  Township  of  Rochester  at  Newichwanick  Piver,  and  from  said  River 
running  westerly  by  the  head  line  of  Rochester  five  miles,  and  from  that  extent  upon  a  strait 
Line  parallel  with  the  General  Course  of  the  said  River  as  a  strait  line  may  be  run  at  the  said 
River  &  continuing  the  breadth  of  five  miles  adjoining  said  River  &  bounds  of  the  Province 
so  far  northwardly  as  to  make  equal  to  six  Miles  square  in  such  form  as  that  the  head  or 
northerly  Boundary  shall  be  a  Line  parallel  with  the  head  line  of  Rochester,  and  the  westerly 
side  Line  to  be  strait  from  Rochester  Line  to  the  head  Line  of  said  Tract  of  Land,  maybe 
incorporated  and  invested  with  such  powers  &  Privileges  as  other  Towns  in  this  his  Majesty's 
Province  usually  have  &  enjoy;  and  your  Petitioners  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray. 

Portsmouth  2!>lh  August,  1774. 

David  Copp. 
James  Garvin. 

Terms  of  Charter.  —  By  the  terms  of  the  grant  to  the  proprietors,  April  27, 
1749,  the  land  was  divided  into  one  hundred  shares,  and  each  lot  of  land  was 
to  contain,  when  surveyed,  one  hundred  acres.  "One  of  the  shares  should 
be  for  the  first  minister  of  the  gospel  who  might  be  settled  in  the  town  and 
continue  here  during  his  life,  or  until  regularly  dismissed."  "Another  of 
said  shares  should  be  for  the  support  of  the  gospel  ministry.  The  one- 
hundred-acre  lots  belonging  to  those  shares  to  be  laid  out  as  near  the  site 
of  the  meeting-house  as  might  be  conveniently  done.  That  there  be  six  acres 
of  land  left  in  some  convenient  place  for  building  a  meeting-house  and  school- 
house  upon,  and  to  be  used  as  a  training-field,  a  burying-place,  or  other  public 
uses,  as  the  inhabitants  may  have  occasion  to  improve  it  for.  One  other  of 
said  shares  shall  be  for  the  use  and  maintenance  of  a  school  forever."  It  was 
further  provided  that  the  grantees  should  settle  thirty  families  in  town  within 
four  years  after  the  close  of  the  war  then  raging  between  the  English  and 
the  French  and  Indians,  each  family  to  have  a  house  at  least  sixteen  feet 
square  and  three  acres  of  land  cleared  and  fitted  for  mowing  and  tillage,  and 
that  ten  more  families  should  be  settled  by  the  end  of  five  years  from  the 
close  of  the  war;  and  that  within  six  years  from  the  Declaration  of  Peace 
a  meeting-house  should  be  built,  and  that  the  preaching  of  the  gospel  should 
be  maintained  from  the  end  of  seven  years. 

First  Town-meeting.  —  Of  the  first  town-meeting  we  have  no  record,  but 
the  following  were  probably  elected:  moderator,  David  Copp;  clerk,  John 
Horn:  selectmen,  Simeon  Dearborn,  Noah  Kimball,  Joseph  Maleham.  At  the 
second  annual  meeting,  March  15,  1776,  were  chosen:  moderator,  Simeon 
Dearborn;  clerk,  John  Horn:  selectmen,  Jacob  Wiggin,  Nathan  Mordough, 
John  Kimball:  assessors,  Jonathan  Gilman,  Samuel  Hall;  auditors,  John  Horn, 
Joseph  Maleham:  hawards,  Nicholas  York.  Samuel  Hall;  surveyors  of  high- 
ways. Jacob  Wiggin.  Daniel  Hall,  Jonathan  Gilman,  Joseph  Perkins,  Captain 
David    Copp,    John     Wingatc     (if    Captain    Copp    is    absent);    pound-keeper, 


Town   op   Wakefield.  165 


Captain     David    Copp ;    fence    viewers,    Captain     David     Copp    and     Lieutenant 

Andrew  (iilinan:  tything-men,  Samuel  Allen,  Jr,  and  Daniel  Hall;  constable, 
Ebenezer  Cook.  December,  chose  Simeon  Dearborn  representative.  1777, 
Lieutenant  Jonathan  Gilman,  moderator. 

Civil  List.   -1777,  clerk,  John  Horn  ;  selectmen,  Samuel  Hall,  Jonathan  Gilman,  N.  Balch. 

I77>,  clerk,  John  Horn;  selectmen,  Simeon  Dearborn,  Jacob  Wiggin,  Samuel  Hall;  repre  entatlve,  Simeon 
Dearborn. 

177'.',  clerk,  John  Horn;  selectmen,  Avery  Hall,  Jacob  Wiggin,  Samuel  Hall;  representative,  Nathan 
I  (ear born. 

1780,  olerk,  Averj  Hall;  selectmen,  Averj  Hall,  Mayhew  (Mark,  John  Wingate;  representative,  Simeon 
Dearborn. 

1781,  clerk,  Avery  Hall;  selectmen,  Avery  Hall,  John  Wingate,  Mayhew  Clark;  representative,  David 
Copp. 

17*--',  clerk,  Avery  Hall;  selectmen,   Avery   Hall,  John   Wingate,  Mayhew  Clark;  representative,  David 

(  opp. 

1788,  clerk,  Avery  Hall;  selectmen,  Avery  Hall,  John  Wingate,  Mayhew  (lark;  representative,  David 
(  opp. 

1781,  clerk,  Avery  Hall;  selectmen,  Avery  Hall,  John  Wingate,  Mayhew  Clark;  representative,  Captain 
David  Copp. 

1786,  clerk,  Avery  Hall;  selectmen,  Avery  Hall,  Mayhew  Clark,  John  Wingate. 
1786,  clerk,  \  i  ery  Hall;  selectmen,  Avery  Hall,  John  Horn,  Jacob  Welch. 
17-7,  no  record. 

1788,  clerk,  Avery  Hall;  selectmen,  Col.  Jonathan  Palmer,  Lieut.  Reuben  G.  Dearborn,  John  Wingate. 

1789,  clerk,  Avery  Hall;  selectmen,  Jonathan  Palmer,  David  ('opp,  John  Gilman. 

1790,  clerk,  Avery  Hall;  selectmen,  Col.  Jonathan  Palmer,  David  Copp,  Col.  John  Gilman;  representative, 
Capt.  David  Copp. 

1791,  wanting. 

1792,  w  anting. 

17'.'.'i,  clerk,  David  Copp;  selectmen,  Isaac  Fellows,  Avery  Hall,  John  Gilman. 

1704,  clerk,  Dav  id  Copp;  -elect  men,  John  Gilman,  Walter  Neal,  Jonathan  Palmer. 

17'.'."),  clerk,  David  Copp;  selectmen,  Jonathan  Palmer,  John  Gilman,  Walter  Neal;  representative,  David 
Copp. 

17'.«;,  clerk,  Thomas  Lindsay;  selectmen,  Jonathan  Palmer,  Isaac  Fellows,  John  Gilman;  representative, 
Col.  Jonathan  Palmer. 

1797, clerk,  Thomas  Lindsay;  selectmen,  Isaac  Fellows,  Col.  Jonathan  Palmer,  Col.  John  Gilman;  repre- 
sentative, Col.  Jonathan  Palmer. 

179S,  Clerk,  Thomas  Lindsay:  selectmen,  Col.  Jonathan  Palmer,  Col.  John  Gilman,  Lieut.  James  Young; 
icpi e-i'iititiv e, Col.  Jonathan  Palmer. 

1799,  clerk,  Thomas  Lindsay  ;  selectmen,  Isaac  Fellows,  Lieut.  James  Young,  Lieut.  Joshua  Wingate;  repre- 
sentative, David  Copp. 

1800,  clerk,  Lather  Dearborn;  selectmen,  Isaac  Fellows,  Lieut.  Joshua  Wingate,  Col.  John  Gilman;  repre- 

-ent.itiv  e,  David  (  opp. 

1801,  clerk,  Luther  Dearborn;  selectmen,  James  Young,  Joshua  Wingate,  Luther  Dearborn ;  representative, 
David  Copp. 

1802,  olerk,  Luther  Dearborn ;  selectmen,  James  Young,  Luther  Dearborn,  Elisha  Sanborn;  representative, 
Col.  Jonathan  Palmer. 

1803,  clerk,  Luther  Dearborn ;  selectmen,  James  Young,  Luther  Dearborn,  Elisha  Sanborn:  representative, 
<  ol.  Jonathan  Palmer. 

1804,  clerk,  Luther  Dearborn ;  selectmen,  James  Young,  Luther  Dearborn,  Elisha  Sanborn;  representative, 
(  ol.  Jonathan  Palmer. 

1805, clerk,  William  Copp;  selectmen,  Lieut.  Jonathan  Copp,  Noah  Robinson,  Lieut.  Joshua  Wingate:  repre- 
sentatl  \  e,  Elisha  Sanborn. 

1806,  clerk,  William  Copp;  selectmen,  Jonathan  Copp,  Noah  Robinson,  Joshua  Wingate;  representative, 
Jonathan  (  opp. 

1807,  clerk,  William  Copp;  selectmen,  Jonathan  Copp,  Noah  Robinson,  Elisha  Sanborn;  representative, 
Jonathan  I  opp. 

1808,  clerk,  William  Copp;  selectmen,  Jonathan  (opp,  Noah  Robinson,  John  Wingate;  representative, 
Jonathan  (  opp. 

1809,  clerk,  Joseph  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Elisha  Sanborn,  Noah  Robinson,  Daniel  Horn;  representative, 
William  Sawyer,   Esq. 

1810,  clerk,  Joseph  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Noah  Robinson,  Capt  Benjamin  took,  Moses  Gage;  representative, 
Jonathan  I  opp. 


466  History  of   Carroll  County. 


1811,  clerk,   Joseph    Wiggin;    selectmen,   Moses    Gage,   Benjamin  Cook,   John  Fellows;    representative, 
William  Sawj  er. 

1812,  clerk.  Joseph  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Moses  Gage,  Benjamin  Cook,  William  Blaisdell;  representative, 
Moses  ■  ■ 

1813,  clerk,  Joseph  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Isaac  Fellows,  Noah  Robinson,  Jonathan  Copp;  representative,  Moses 
Gage. 

L814,  clerk,   Porter  K.  Wiggin;   selectmen,   Moses    Gage,  Benjamin   Cook,  James  Hardy;    representative, 
Joshua  (i.  Hall. 

1815,  clerk,  Porter  K.   Wiggin;   selectmen,  Moses  Gage,  Benjamin  Cook,  James  Hardy;    representative, 
Joshua  <;.  Ball. 

1816,  clerk,  Porter  K.  Wiggin;  selectmen,   Moses  Gage,  Benjamin  Cook,  George  W.  Copp;  representative, 
Joshua  (..  Hall. 

1817,  clerk,  Porter  K.  Wiggin;  selectmen,  James  Young,  Henry  L.  Wiggin,  Noah  Kimball;  representative, 
\\  llliam  Sawyer. 

1818,  clerk.  Porter  K.  Wiggin;   selectmen,  Henry  L.  Wiggin,  George  W.  Copp,  Elias  Wentworth;  repre- 
sentative, William  Sawyer. 

1819,  clerk,  Porter  K.  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Henry  L.  Wiggin,  Elias  Wentworth,  Jonathan  Copp;  representa- 
tive, Joshua  <;.  Hall. 

1820,  clerk,  Porter  K.  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Jonathan  Copp,  Elias  Wentworth,  Henry  L.  Wiggin;  representa- 
tive, Jonathan  Copp. 

1821,  clerk,  John  Wingate;  selectmen,  Elias  Wentworth,  Jonathan   Copp,  Joseph  Ayres;  representative, 
William  Saw}  er. 

1822,  clerk,  John  Wingate;  selectmen,  Henry  L.  Wiggin,  Jonathan  Copp,  Joseph  Ayres;  representative, 
Richard  Russell. 

1823,  clerk,  John  Wingate;  selectmen,  Henry  L.  Wiggin,  Joseph  Ayres,  Elias  Wentworth;  representative, 
Richard  Russell. 

1824,  clerk,  John  "Wingate;   selectmen,  Joshua  G.  Hall,  Moses  Gage,  John   Wentworth;    representative, 
Richard  Russell. 

1825,  clerk,  Henry  L.  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Jacob  A.  Chesley,  Joshua  G.  Hall,  Benjamin  Cook,  Jr;  represen- 
tative, Henry  L.  Wiggin. 

1826,  selectmen,  Joshua  G.  Hall,  Josiah  H.  Hobbs,  Benjamin  Cook;  representative,  John  Kimball. 

1827,  clerk,  Henry  L.  Wiggin ;  selectmen,  Josiah  H.  Hobbs,  Ward  W.  Kimball,  Benjamin  Cook;  representa- 
tive, John  Kimball. 

1828,  clerk,  Henry  L.  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Josiah  II.  Hobbs,  Ward  W.  Kimball,  Benjamin  Cook;  representa- 
tive, John  Wingate. 

1829,  clerk,  Henry  L.  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Benjamin  Cook,  Ward  W.  Kimball,  Daniel  G.  Rollins;  representa- 
tive, William  Sawyer. 

1830,  representative,  John  Kimball. 

1831,  representative,  Benjamin  Cook,  Jr. 

1832,  representative,  Amasa  Copp. 

1833,  representative,  Amasa  Copp. 

1834,  representative,  Amasa  Copp. 

1835,  representative,  James  Garvin. 

1836,  clerk,  William  Sawyer,  Jr;  selectmen,  Henry  L.  Wiggin,  William  Bmiey,  Stephen  D.  Hutching;  repre- 
sentative, James  Garvin. 

L837,  Clerk,  William  Sawyer,  Jr;  selectmen,  Henry  L.  Wiggin,  John  Wentworth,  Ward  W.Kimball;  repre- 
sentative, James  Garvin. 

1838,  clerk,  William  Sawyer,  Jr;  selectmen,  Ward  W.  Kimball,  John  Wentworth,  Henry  L.  Wiggin;  repre- 
sentative, Amasa  Copp. 

1839,  clerk,  John  Wingate;  selectmen,  Ward  W.Kimball,  John  Wentworth,  Henry  L.  Wiggin;  representa- 
l  ivc,  Amasa  Copp. 

1840,  clerk,  John  Wingate;  selectmen,  Nathaniel  H.  Cook,  Alpheus  Nutter,  Elphronzo  G.  Colby;  representa- 
tive, Amasa  Copp. 

1841,  clerk,  John  Wingate;  selectmen,  Nathaniel  H.  Cook,  Alpheus  Nutter,  Elphronzo  G.  Colby;  representa- 
tive, no  choice. 

1842,  clerk,   John   Wingate;    selectmen,    E.    G.  Colby,    John    Gage,    Ephraim  G.  Smith;   representative, 
William  Sawyer,  Jr. 

1843,  clerk,  Samuel   Featon;  selectmen,  John  Gage,  Ephraim  G.  Smith,  Ebenezcr  Garvin;  representative, 
William  Sawyer,  Jr. 

1844,  clerk,  Samuel  Veaton  ;  selectmen,  John  Gage,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Jr,  Alvah  Bickford;  representative, 
William  Sawyer,  Jr. 

1845,  clerk,  Samuel  Yeaton;  selectmen,  John  Gage,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Jr,  Alvah  Bickford;  representative, 
William  Saw  yer,  Jr. 

1840,  clerk,  Samuel  Veaton;  selectmen,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Charles  H.  Sawyer,  Morrill  B.Smith;  representa- 
tive, Thomas  W.  Mordough. 


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1847,  clerk,  Samuel  Yeaton;  Belectmon,  Charles  EI. Sawyer,  John  Copp,  Morrill  B.  Smith;  representative, 
Thomas  w  ,  Mordough. 

1848,  clerk,  Samuel  Yeaton;   selectmen,  Charles  II.  sawyer,  John  Copp,  Joseph  Elan  on;  representative, 
John  Gage. 

1849,  clerk,  Samuel  Yeaton;  selectmen,  E&benezer  Garvin,  Jr,  GEiram  Paul,  Ephralm  G.  Smith;  representa 
the,  Enoch  I >.  ^  eaton. 

1850,  clerk,  Daniel  Brackett;  selectmen,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Jr,  Hiram  Paul,  John  P.  Copp;  representative, 
Enoch  l  >.  ^  eaton. 

1851,  clerk,  .lame-  a.  Cher-ley;  selectmen,  Hiram  Paul,  Daniel   Brackett,  John  F.  Copp;  representative, 
Ebenezer  < tarvln,  Jr. 

1852,  clerk,  .lame-   \.  i  he-ley;  selectmen,  Daniel  Brackett,  Thomas  J.  Dearborn,  Frederic  A.<  opp;  rep 
resentath  e,  Ebenezer  Gari  in,  Jr. 

1853,  clerk,  .lame-  A .(  lie-ley  :  selectmen, Thomas  -l.  Dearborn,  Frederic  A.  Copp,  Jonathan  Woodman; 
representative,  Daniel  Brackett. 

1854,  clerk,  James  A.  Chesley;  selectmen,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Jonathan  Woodman,  Albra  Wentworth;  repre 
sentath e,  Daniel  Brackett. 

1855,  clerk,  George  EL  Wlggln;  selectmen,  John  Gage,  Jonathan  Buzzell,   Oliver  Nutter;  representative, 
Thomas  J.  Dearborn. 

1856,  clerk,  George  ll.  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Jonathan  Buzzell,  Jonathan  Woodman,  John  W.  Sanborn;  repre- 
sentative, Thorn  is  .1 .  Dearborn. 

1857,  clerk,  George  E.  Wlggln;  selectmen,  Jonathan  Woodman,  John  W.  Sanborn,  Charles  A.  Wentworth; 
representative,  William  P.  Burleigh. 

1858,  clerk,  <  lharles  Chesley  ;  selectmen,  Albra  Wentworth,  Alvah  E.  Sawyer,  Simon  M .  Young;  representa 
ti\  e,  John  Copp. 

1859,  clerk,  Charles  Chesley  ;  selectmen,  Albra  Wentworth,  Alvah  II.  Sawyer,  Joshua  Brooks;  representative, 
John  ( 'opp. 

1860,  clerk,  .lames  A.  Che-ley;  selectmen,  Alvah  II.  Sawyer,  Joshua  Brooks,  Nathaniel  Paul;  representative, 
Albra  Wentw  orth. 

1861,  clerk,  Samuel  EL  Smith;  selectmen,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Daniel  Brackett,  Charles  E.  Swinerton;  repre- 
sentative, Jonathan  W.  Sanborn. 

1862,  clerk,  Samuel  II.  Smith;  selectmen,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Charles  E.  Swinerton,  Joshua  II.  Cloutman; 
representative,  Jonathan  w.  Sanborn. 

1863,  clerk,  George  II.  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Joshua  II.  Cloutman,  Charles  A.  Wentworth; 
representative,  Samuel  II.  smith. 

18G4,  clerk,  George  H.  Wiggin;  selectmen,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Andrew  J.  Hayes,  John  C.  Philbrick;  repre- 
sentative, Samuel  II.  Smith. 

1865,  clerk,  Asa  Brown;  selectmen,  Elijah  Wadleigh,  William  A.  Maleham,  John  G.  Sanborn;  representa- 
tive, Joseph  B.  Wiggin. 

1866,  clerk,  Asa  Brown;  selectmen,  Elijah  Wadleigh,  William  A.  Maleham,  John  G.  Sanborn;  representa- 
tive, Joseph  P..  Wiggin. 

1867,  clerk,  Asa  Brown;  selectmen,  Elijah  Wadleigh,  William  A.  Maleham,  James  MeNorton  Cook;  repre- 
sentative, Luther  G.  Cate. 

1868,  clerk,  William  Sawyer;  selectmen,  Elijah  Wadleigh,  James  McN.  Cook,  Isaac  N.  Fellows;  representa- 
tive, Luther  G.  Cate. 

1869,  clerk,  William  Sawyer;  selectmen,  Elijah  Wadleigh,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  James  McXorton  Cook;  repre- 
sentative, S.  W.  Roberts. 

1870,  clerk,  Andrew  J.  Milliken;  selectmen,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  James  MeNorton  Cook,  James  Tucker;  repre- 
aentatn  e,  Asa  M.  Brackett . 

1871,  clerk,  <  harles  E.  Smith;  selectmen,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  George  H.  Gage,  John  C.  Philbrick;  representa- 
live,  Asa  M.  Brackett. 

1872, clerk,  Charles  II.  Smith;  selectmen,  George  II.  Gage,  John  C.  Philbrick,  James  W.  Hill;  representa 
live,  Robert  IL  Pike. 

1873,  clerk,  Charles  H.  Smith;  selectmen,  George  II.  Gage,  Charles  A.  Varney,  Albert  F.  Wood;  representa- 
the,  Robert  II.  Pike. 

1874,  clerk,  Charles  II.  Smith;  selectmen,  George  II.  Gage,  Albert  E.Wood,  Joseph  Hanson;  representa- 
tive, Jonathan  M.  Hurley. 

1875, clerk,  George  A.  Yeaton;  selectmen,  George  ll.  Gage,  Albert  E.  Wood,  Joseph  Hanson;  representa- 
ti\  e,  Jonathan  M .  Burley. 

1876,  cicrk,  George  A.  Yeaton;  selectmen,  Daniel  Brackett,  John  F.Garland,  Eiram  R.  Waldron;  represen- 
tative, Morrill  B.  smith. 

1877,  clerk,  George  A.  Yeaton;  selectmen,  Daniel  Brackett,  Samuel  H.  Smith,  Eiram   R.  Waldron;  repre- 
sentative, Morrill  B.  Smith. 

1878,  clerk,  George  \.  Yeaton;  -electmen,  George  H.  Gage,  Asa  M.  Brackett,  George  L.  Wentworth ;  repre- 
sentative, Herbert   F.  Stei  BUS. 

1879,  clerk,  Horatio  <;.  Sawyer;  selectmen,  George  E.  Gage,  A -a  M.  Brackett,  George  L.  Wentworth;  repre- 
sentative, Herbert  F.  Stevens. 


168  History  of   Carroll  County. 

1880,  clerk,  il. .ratio  G.  Sawyer;  selectmen,  George  II.  Gage,  Asa  M.  Brackett,  George  L.  Wentworth;  repre- 
sentative, Satchel  Weeks. 

1881,  clerk,  Charles  EL  Smith;  selectmen,  George  H.  Gage,  Aziah  C.  Willey,  George  A.  Yeaton;  representa- 
tive, Satchel  Weeks. 

1882,  clerk,  diaries  II.  Smith;  selectmen,  George  II.  Gage,  George  A.  Yeaton,  Phineas  O.  Cottle;  representa- 
tive, Ebenezer  Fall  (died),  Hanson  P.  Gilman. 

1883,  clerk,  George  S.  Dorr;  selectmen,  George  A.  Yeaton,  Phineas  O.  Cottle,  Hanson  P.  Gilman;  represen- 
tative, Hanson  P.  Gilman. 

1884,  clerk,  George  S.  Dorr;  selectmen,  George  A.  Yeaton,  Phineas  O.Cottle,  Hanson  P.  Gilman;  represen- 
tative, George  ll.  Gage. 

1885,  clerk,  George  S.  Dorr;  selectmen,  Phineas  O.  Cottle,  Hanson  p.  Gilman,  Ivory  S.  Loud;  representa- 
tive, ( Jeorge  1 1 .  <  iage. 

1886,  clerk.  George  S.  Dorr;  selectmen,  Phineas  O.  Cottle,  Hanson  P.  Gilman,  Ivory  S.  Loud;  representa- 
tive, George  ll.  Gage. 

1887,  clerk,  George  S.  Dorr;  selectmen,  Phineas  O.  Cottle,  Hanson  P.  Gilman,  Fred.  B.  Shorey;  representa- 
tive, George  \ .  ■>  eaton. 

1888,  clerk,  George  S.  Dorr;  selectmen,  Phineas  O.  Cottle,  Hanson  P  Gilman,  Fred.  B.  Shorey;  representa- 
tive, .James  \v.  Garvin. 

1889,  clerk,  George  S.  Dorr;  selectmen,  Albert  F.  Wood,  Fred.  B.  Shorey,  Edward  E.  Brown. 


CHAPTER    XXXIX. 


Topography  —  Masonian  Proprietors  —  East  Town  —  Early  Settlement  —  Lots  —  Early 
Settlers  —  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Gilman  —  Captain  Jeremiah  Gilman — John  Horn  —  Captain 
David  Copp  —  Deacon  Simeon  Dearborn — John  Dearborn  —  Josiah  Page  —  John  Kimball  — 
Noah  Kimball  —  Colonel  Jonathan  Palmer  —  Andrew  Gilman  —  Clement  Steel  —  Benjamin 
Perkins— Rev.  Avery  Hall  —  Samuel  She rborn— William  Moore. 

WAKEFIELD,  since  1840  the  southern  sentinel  of  the  then  new  county  of 
Carroll,  has  now  for  neighbors  on  the  south  live  miles,  Milton,  before 
1802  Rochester;  on  the  west  for  three  miles,  Micklleton  since  1788,  and 
Brookfield  since  1794  for  seven  miles,  and  for  about  one  quarter  of  a  mile  the 
privilege  of  Wolf ebo rough's  companionship;  on  the  north  Ossipee,  for  three  and 
a  half  miles,  shares  with  Effingham  two  and  a  half  miles  the  northern  neighbor- 
ing; albeit  Province  pond's  inviting  and  calm  waters,  with  a  bit  of  Parsonsfield 
(  L785)  formerly,  it'  not  now,  touched  on  the  northwest;  while  on  the  east  New- 
field  for  four,  East  pond  and  Acton  (formerly  Shapleigh)  for  five,  form  the 
nine  miles  of  that  side  We  must  not  forget  that  we  are  but  joint  owners  with 
Acton  of  the  Greal  Northeast  pond,  known  also  by  the  more  romantic  and 
hospitable  name,  the  Indian  Newichwannock,  "come  to  my  house,"  the  lake 
from  which  proceeds  the  river  of  the  same  name,  called  also  Salmon  Falls  river, 
which  separates  the  sister  states  for  a  space;  and  though  near  its  source  never 
much  noted,  yet  has  furnished  a  water-power  which  the  Great  Falls  Manufac- 
turing Company  and  other  mills  of  greater  or  less  capacity  have  been  perfectly 
willing  to  use. 


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"Walk  aboul   Zion:  tell  the  towers  thereof.     Mark  ye  well   her  bulwarks, 

(•(insider  her  palaces;  thai  ye  may  tell  ii  to  the  generation  following." 

Much  of  the  early  tradition  has  escaped  beyond  the  reach  of  the  historian, 
because  the  lips  of  those  who  knew  the  early  settlers  are  silent,  and  there  have 
been  presented  bu1  i'vw  of  the  facts  and  anecdotes  of  informal  iinnals  thai 
season   the  solid   food  of  the  more  sober  written  history. 

The  twelve  Masonian  Proprietors,  to  whom  in  fifteen  lots  Mason  sold  the 
tract  of  land  within  the  limits  of  the  Masonian  patent,  long  a  subject  of  con- 
tention, were  after  lucre  and  for  making  money  rather  than  history.  In  L749, 
April  27,  that  section  of  their  gran  1  known  as  "East  Town/'  or  "Easternmost 
Township,"  said  to  have  been  a  part  of  a  town  chartered  in  17-J7  as  "  Kings- 
Wood,"  was  granted  by  vote  to  John  Ham,  Gershom  Downs,  John  Horn,  and 
seventy-six  others,  proprietors,  all  described  as  being  residents  of  Dover  and 
Somersworth,  with  the  one  exception  of  Noah  Emery,  of  Kittery,  Maine,  and 
survey  made.  In  1750,  April  11,  at  Ann  Slayton's  inn  in  Portsmouth,  the  Lot 
was  east,  and  the  lots  in  East  Town  (in  first  and  second  divisions)  fell  to  the 
several  proprietors,  very  few,  if  any,  of  whom  settled  in  the  township.  But 
others  were  ready  to  buy  of  them,  and  to  go  up  and  possess  the  land  nearly 
twenty  years  later,  after  the  long-continued  and  harassing  French  and  Indian 
wars  w  ere  over. 

Until  then  the  forest  was  not  invaded  by  the  foot  of  the  white  settler, 
though  its  trees  were  spotted  by  the  surveyor,  and  also  by  the  Indian  long 
before,  and  his  inveterate  foe,  the  daring  Captain  Love  well,  whose  name  is  pre- 
served by  the  beautiful  sheet  of  water,  where  once  in  winter,  February,  1725, 
he  slew  the  sleeping  Indians  by  the  frozen  pond,  and  bore  away  to  Boston  in 
triumph  their  ten  scalps.  But  the  first  tree  felled  within  the  township  was  in 
17'iii.  Whose  was  the  axe  neither  history  nor  tradition  tells  us.  Aecording  to 
a  memorandum  made  by  the  first  minister  on  the  back  of  an  old  deed,  the  first 
family  wintered  in  town  in  1767,  father  and  son  by  the  name  of  Gilman,  prob- 
ably cither  Jonathan  or  Jeremiah  his  cousin,  both  of  Exeter.  .And  the  first 
wave  of  colonizers  seems  to  come  from  that  old  town,  followed  by  waves  from 
Dover  and  Rochester  (the  then  adjoining  township),  and  Portsmouth,  and  its 
adjacent  Greenland  and  North  Hampton.  In  1 7 « > 9  the  number  of  families  had 
increased  to  eleven. 

"  Dover,  Exeter,  Hampton,  Portsmouth,  and  Newbury,  after  they  had  been 
settled  one  hundred  years,  seemed  to  the  active  young  men  of  17t><>  to  be 
getting  thickly  peopled.  The  best  of  the  [line  and  the  oak  had  been  cut 
down.  With  succeeding  generations  and  increasing  numbers  the  farms  had 
been  divided  and  subdivided,  until  the  young  and  enterprising  turned  their 
thoughts  to  nearer  lands  and  easier  avenues  to  wealth.  The  Masonian 
Proprietors    were    surveying    their    lands    in    this    region    and    offering    them 


470  History   of   Carroll   County. 


for  sale.  Visions  of  wealth  loomed  up  to  some  from  the  pine  forests  of  the 
Salmon  Falls  and  Saco  valleys.  To  others  the  thought  of  possessing  broad 
acres  and  founding  a  new  estate  was  a  fascination,  and  so  the  young  and 
stalwart  from  the  older  settlements  below  came  and  settled  this  town." 
Peace  was  declared  in  L763.  The  first  family  in  1767  was  increased  to 
eleven  in  L769,  and  in  177n  to  thirty,  when  there  should  have  been  thirty  in 
1767  and  forty  in  1768. 

Lots  and  Settlers.  —  The  one  hundred  lots  of  100  acres  each  would  not 
make  a  township  <>!'  six  miles  square  as  designated  in  the  charter,  but  the 
second  division  of  lots  would  secure  this  23,000  acres.  The  lots,  diamond  in 
shape  if  not  in  value,  first  laid  out  were  thus  located:  lot  1,  southwest  of  the 
town  at  (now)  Union  village,  the  first  division  reaching  north  to  the  check- 
line  near  the  brick  schoolhouse  at  Wakefield  Corner.  The  surface  then,  as 
now.  "diversified  with  hills,  rocks,  and  ponds;  the  soil  stubborn,  but  when 
subdued  and  brought  under  cultivation,  very  productive."  The  second 
division  was  also  surveyed,  while  the  gore  on  the  east  side  was  not  laid 
out  in  regular  lots. 

Early  Settlers. — Lieutenant  Jonathan  Gilman,  the  first  settler,  in  1767, 
the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Gilman,  at  forty-seven  married,  December 
1,  174' ;,  Mehitable  Kimball,  born  1724,  the  daughter  of  Caleb,  the  fourth  by 
descent  from  Richard  Kimball,  the  emigrant,  born  lf>95.  He  was  moderator  and 
second  selectman  in  1777.  He  settled  on  the  old  main  road  from  Wakefield  to 
Milton,  nearly  opposite  the  house  of  the  late  John  Kimball.  His  descendants 
for  three  generations  have  owned  and  occupied  the  farm  where  his  great- 
grandson,  Jonathan  R.  Gilman,  now  resides,  on  the  road  from  Union  village 
to  Brookfield. 

Captain  Jeremiah  Gilman  came  with  his  family  perhaps  as  early  as  1767, 
and  built  his  house  just  opposite  the  "Old  Maid's  Tavern,"  where  he  lived  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  May  1,  1701,  his  farm  extending  westerly  to  the  river. 
He  was  born  in  Exeter,  June  3,  1710,  whence  he  removed  to  this  town,  and  is 
the  fourth  in  descent  from  Edward  Gilman.  His  father  and  uncle  were  taken 
prisoners  by  the  Indians  while  at  work  in  a  sawmill  at  "Pickpocket,"  in 
Exeter,  in  the  spring  of  1709.  Andrew  escaped  and  returned  home,  and  his 
son  probably  imbibed  some  of  his  hatred  for  the  Indian,  and  was  a  warrior 
before  he  came  to  East  Town.  Though  his  recorded  exploits  are  not  many,  his 
military  prowess  made  him  a  desirable  man  in  the  community.  He  married 
Sarah,  sister  of  Jonathan  Gilman's  wife,  who  lived  from  1720  to  1778.  Of 
their  nine  children  several  married  men  of  Wakefield, — Noah  Kimball,  Samuel 
Hall.  Thomas  (loutman,  John  Gilman,  —  so  that  the  Kimball  and  Gilman 
stock   was  quite  plenty  in  the  early  days. 

John  Horn,  third  settler,  perhaps  in  1767,  in  age  not  far  from  thirty,  of 
the  same  name  as  one  of  the  proprietors,  was  born  in  Dover,  February  22, 1738; 


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died  in  1829,  the  day  before  Christmas,  the  oldest  person  in  Wakefield,  almost 
ninety-two;  the  first  town  officer,  it  being  organized  by  the  election  of  him  as 
town  clerk,  and  he  continued  as  such  for  some  years,  and  when  his  house  was 
burned  he  bore  away  the  records  in  a  baskel  from  the  flame.  His  lot  was 
probably   18,  and  he  lived  in  the  "Goudy  field"  on  "Witch-trot"  road. 

Captain  David  Copp  was  for  many  years  a  conspicuous  figure.  He  was 
born  in  Rochester,  December  11,  1738,  the  son  of  Jonathan  and  Esther  Copp, 
prominent  members  of  the  Congregational  church,  on  whose  record  stands  his 
name  as  having  received  infant  baptism  February  12,  1739.  At  the  agi  of 
thirty,  in  July,  ITti'd.  he  bought  of  Samuel  Austin  lot  37,  below  the  G.  W. 
Copp  place,  but  he  built  his  home  on  lot  15  on  (now)  Sanborn  hill,  bought 
earlier,  it  may  he.  He  became  an  extensive  landowner,  and  was  clearly  the 
foremost  man  of  the  town  at  its  incorporation.  He  headed  the  petitioners 
and  was  appointed  to  call  the  first  town-meeting  "within  seventy  days  from 
date  of  (diarter."  His  male  descendants  here  are  John  and  Frederic  A.  He 
was  the  first  moderator  at  thirty-live,  and  for  most  of  the  next  fifteen  years 
shared  that  honor  with  Simeon  Dearborn.  He  lived  nearly  eighty  j^ears,  not 
dying  until  1817.  He  was  captain  in  the  Revolution.  His  military  bearing  he 
carried  in  time  of  peace  long  after  the  war.  He  led  men,  and  held  offices 
without  number  in  town,  and  was  prominent  in  the  state.  He  was  first  major 
in  Colonel  Joseph  Badger's  regiment  in  August,  1775;  in  November,  1775,  he 
commanded  a  company  for  the  defence  of  the  Piscataqua  harbor  and  fortresses; 
in  November,  1780,  he  was  lieutenant-colonel  of  militia. 

Deacon  Simeon  Dearborn  (1727-87)  came  from  Greenland  before  1770 
(one  of  the  numerous  descendants  of  Godfrey  Dearborn)  ;  he  owned  lot  42, 
next  to  the  ••  minister's  lot,  44."  He  lived  for  several  years  in  a  log  hut  and 
erected  the  first  two-story  house.  He  was  a  man  of  superior  mind,  ami  had  a 
valuable  library  of  books  not  usually  found  in  those  clays.  He  was  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  served  the  town  and  church  well  until  he  fell  asleep  at  sixty. 
He  was  allied  by  marriage  with  the  famous  Haven  family  of  Portsmouth.  His 
firsl  wife  was  Anne  Gookins ;  his  second,  Martha,  the  talented  sister  of  the 
Rev.  Dr  Samuel  Haven,  of  Portsmouth,  born  in  Framinghara.  Her  brother, 
John  Haven,  came  later,  and  was  quite  a  dealer  in  lands,  and,  for  the  few 
years  that  he  was  a  resident,  a  man  of  note.  He  sold  in  1789  his  house  and 
home  lot  to  Joseph  Leavitt,  and  "Leavitt's  tavern'*  became  one  of  the 
institutions  of  the  day.  This  was  near  the  main  road  just  below  the  present 
home  of  Charles  Page  (whose;  grandfather,  Josiah  Page,  bought  of  Simeon 
Dearborn  "10  acres  in  s.  w.  of  42"  in  September,  17":!,  and  lived  to  the 
south  of  him  ).     He  had  six  sons  and  five  daughters. 

John  Kimball,  when  twenty-seven,  bought,  1768,  lot  40.  not  far  from  Jona- 
than Gilman's,  whose  wife  was  Kimball's  cousin.  The  lot  has  remained  in  the 
family  since,  only  two  generations  occupying  it,  —  Ward'W.  and   John,  —  one 


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hundred  and  twenty-one  years.  John  Kimball  died  October  14,  1807,  fifth 
in  (Weill  Prom  Richard  Kimball,  and  his  first  wife  was  Dorothy  Dudley,  of 
Exeter.  John  W.  Kimball  and  Alonzo  are  his  grandsons.  His  younger 
brother,  Noah  Kimball,  married  Jeremiah  Gilman's  daughter  Mehitable,  living 
in  East  Town,  bought  the  next  lot  above  38  in  1770,  when  he  was  twenty-six 
years  old.  He  was  one  of  the  second  board  of  selectmen,  and  father  of 
••  Master  John,"  the  last  of  the  male  line  of  descent.  His  daughter  Sally  is 
one  of  several  reputed  to  be  "the  first  white  female  child"  born  in  the  town, 
June  17.  1770.     He  died  at  sixty-six. 

Lieutenant,  later  Colonel,  Jonathan  Palmer  was  younger  than  these,  but 
became  quite  a  prominent  Federalist  in  the  town  and  state.  He  was  the  son 
of  Barnabas  and  Elizabeth  Palmer,  of  Rochester,  and  brother  to  David 
Copp's  wife.  His  father  was  the  leading  member  of  the  church  in  that 
place.  He  "lost  an  arm  at  the  siege  of  Louisburg  in  1745."  He  was  col- 
lector for  the  proprietors,  1770-74.  His  mother  was  the  town  physician, 
"skilled  in  the  use  of  roots  and  herbs."  His  father  lived  to  a  great  age, 
as  did  Colonel  Palmer,  who  had  a  constitution  of  great  strength. 

Lieutenant  Andrew  Oilman  was  the  son  of  Captain  Jeremiah  Oilman. 

Clement  Steele,  from   Brentwood,  located,  I  judge,  back  of  the   Kimballs. 

Benjamin  Perkins,  the  story  goes,  came  from  Dover  Point  near  1768,  felled 
the  trees,  went  back  to  Dover,  and  returned  in  the  fall  to  build  a  house  into 
which  he  could  move  the  next  spring.  His  provisions  failed  just  before  his 
work  on  the  house  was  completed  ;  whereupon  he  went  to  the  river,  shot  a 
duck,  then  sat  down  on  a  rock  and  sang  a  hymn  of  thanksgiving.  He  lived 
on  the  home  place  of  Noah  Kimball  Nutter,  and  his  brother  Thomas  not 
far  away.  In  the  war  he  was  a  drummer,  so  he  seems  to  have  been  of  a 
musical  turn.     Joseph  was  a  fifer. 

Rev.  Avery  Hall,  a  man  of  forty,  came  in  1777  from  a  nine  years' 
pastorate  of  the  Rochester  church.  He  very  soon  was  assigned  a  high  place 
in  the  community.  He  was  first  selectman  from  177 1  >  for  nine  years,  and  for 
ten  years  town  clerk  after  the  pen  of  John  Horn  was  laid  down.  He  was 
a  leader  as  well  in  the  organizing  of  the  church.  He  was  called  "Esquire  " 
Hall,  and  obtained  much  land,  and  long  retained  an  influence  in  the  town 
affairs. 

For  the  first  ten  years  these  men  had  a  large  influence  in  shaping  the 
town.  As  one  of  our  sons  has  said,  "These  early  settlers  were  made  up  of 
more  than  common  good  stock.  The  older  settlements  furnished  for  the 
emigration  hither  of  the  flower  of  their  youth  and  of  the  strongest  and  best 
of  their  men  and  women  of  middle  life;"  they  came  largely  from  families 
of  prominence  and  high  standing  in  the  older  towns.  Generally  they  were 
well  abreast  of  the  times  in  matters  of  education,  and  no  town  in  this  vicinity 
could  boast  among  its  citizens  so  many  men  of  liberal  culture  as  Wakefield 


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in   its  early  days.     This  will   apply   not  alone  to   these   mentioned   as  living 

within    the    area    of   the     Piper    district.      'This    was    the     most     thickU    settled 

section  (though  the  Landmark  of  the  Old  Maid's  Tavern  ma\  feebly  suggesl 
it)  along  the  old  road  for  two  miles,  some  of  it  very  near  the  range-line, 
as  at    Leavitt's  tavern. 

Samuel  Sherborn  lived  just  above,  opposite  the  "  minister's  lot."     William 
Moore,  the  first  constable,  lived  over  the  hill  beyond  Simeon  Dearborn. 


CHAPTER    XL. 


Early  Settlers  Continued  —  Samuel  and  Joseph  Haines  —  Robert  Hardy  —  Extract  from 
Diary  oi  Robert  Hardy  —  Josiah  Eun ford  —  Samuel,  Samuel,  .lr,  and  Aimer  Allen  —  Nathan- 
iel Balch— Eliphalet  Quimby  —  Daniel  Hall  — Samuel  Hall — John  Scribner  —  Reuben  Lang 
Jacob  Lock  —Weeks  Family  — Mayhew  Clark —  Nathan  Mordough  —  Joseph  Maleham  — 
Daniel  Horn — John  Huggins  —  Benjamin  Safford  and  Others  —  John  Wingate  —  Eliphalet 
Philbrook  —  Captain  Robert  Calder  —  Captain  Joseph  Manson  —  Joseph  Wiggin  —  Richard 
]>n\\  -Isaac  Fellows— Nathan  Dearborn  —  Thomas  Cloutman — Benjamin  and  David  Horn 
—  Simeon,  Isaiah,  and  Jacob  Wiggin. 

TO  the  southwest  now  lies  fair  Union  village,  along  the  riverside.  But 
before  the  Revolution  this  was  occupied  by  no  settler  until,  in  1775,  came 
Samuel  Haines,  or  his  son  Joseph,  the  grandfather  of  George  W.,  who  at 
one  time  owned  all  Union  village  —  lots  1  and  2.  Their  dwelling  was  opposite 
Pike's  hoi  el.  long  ago  a  very  ancient  structure.  Samuel  sold  his  homestead 
in  Greenland  in  1766.  These  two  men  lie  buried  directly  opposite  the  railroad 
depot.  The  Haines'  mill  was  long  a  useful  institution,  and  to  their  gristmill 
in  1777.  March  4.  it  was  voted  to  (dear  a  road  from  the  governor's  road,  near 
Roberl  Hardy's,  the  road  to  be  two  rods  wide  on  the  easterly  side  of  the 
marked  trees.  Robert  Hardy  was  interested  in  the  mills,  and  later  his  sons 
Dudley  and   .lames  had  some  woolen  machinery  and  cotton-mills. 

The  young  men  of  this  part  of  the  town  before  the  Revolution  were 
not  many  in  number,  but  they  had  the  spirit  of  enterprise.  The  Gilmans, 
Nathaniel  Balch,  and  others  were  advancing  in  years,  but  the  oexl  generation 
had  young  blood,  and  they  stepped  to  the  front,  filling  important  positions 
in  societx  before  reaching  the  age  of  thirty-five.  Several  were  boys  together 
in  Exeter.  The  two  Kimballs,  with  Andrew  Gilman  and  Robert  Hardy. 
no  doubt  played  in  the  streets  of  that  town  while  Captain  Jeremiah  Gilman 
and  his  men  were  fighting  the  redskins  in   1 755.     Seventeen   years   later   found 


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those  boys  sin  nig-  men  in  the  new  township  which  allured  so  many  to  heed 
the  voice  which  told  them  of  the  rich  unbroken  soil  where  all  they  would 
have  to  do  would  be  to  "tickle  the  soil  with  a  hoe  and  it  would  laugh  out 
loud  in   a   harvest." 

John  Kimball  had  bought  in  1768;  Noah  in  1770.  The  same  year,  June 
:!i'>.  Robert  Hardy  bought  one  half  of  lot  4  (first  and  second  divisions)  for  ten 
shillings,  of  the  Hussey  heirs.  He  lived  on  the  Willey  place.  Edward  Gilman 
was  conspicuous  in  that  important  era  in  the  life  of  Exeter  and  a  right-hand 
man  in  the  church.  Godfrey  Dearborn  was  also  there  in  1639,  in  the  "com- 
bination" with  parson  Wheelwright.  Their  descendants  may  have  made 
humbler  history  in  Wakefield,  but  they  had  the  inspiration  of  their  ancestors. 

Glimpses  of  the  life  of  the  little  hamlet  are  given  in  the  rather  informal 
diary  of  Robert  Hardy  on  the  blank  spots  of  his  daybook,  which  I  may 
be  pardoned  for  quoting.  "  Left  Exeter  Dec.  25,  1771  ;  arrived  to  Easttown 
Dec.  27."  They  journeyed  in  the  winter,  thus  observing  Christmas.  His 
oldest  boy,  Dudley,  then  five  years  old,  settled  in  Wolfeborough  near  1788. 
In  the  next  February,  twentieth  day,  1772,  Robert  helped  his  friend,  Andrew 
Gilman,  on  the  "mill  "and  "huen"  timber  two  days  for  six  shillings;  sold 
him  one-half  bushel  "  pertaters "  for  two  shillings.  December  20  he  charges 
him  one  day's  work  "  boarding  his  house."  Andrew  helped  him  in  the  fall, 
September  17,  with  his  oxen ;  October  9,  "  cuten  stocks "  and  "  binden  up." 
Hardy  also  helped  in  June  "2  days  work  on  the  frame,"  five  shillings,  and 
"laen  a  barn  floor,"  six  shillings.  September  20,  "one  day  on  the  house," 
three  shillings.  This  looks  like  something  more  comely  than  the  log  hut. 
The  same  year  he  helped  Josiah  Hunford  in  May  "clearing  one  acker"  of 
land,  £1  4s.  June  4,  one-half  acre.  August  15  he  charges  for  "  halen  rye 
into  the  Barn."  September  24,  for  "  3  days'  work  on  the  barn,"  six  shil- 
lings. November  24,  for  "  six  days'  gathering  corn  and  husking."  December, 
lor  -w  digen  the  saler." 

The  building  suggests  that  they  have  "  come  to  stay."  This  Hunford  lot, 
No.  28,  east  of  Hardy's,  was  sold,  I  judge,  in  1774,  December  9,  to  John 
Haven,  of  Greenland,  and  by  him  to  Avery  Hall,  "  with  building  and  one-half 
corn-mill."  The  next  year  he  helped  Jonathan  Palmer  on  his  barn,  who  had 
come  from  Rochester,  the  son  of  Barnabas,  who  was  just  "of  age  "  in  1772, 
and  who  became  the  possessor  of  a  very  large  farm,  and  was  of  considerable 
repute,  but  died  in  poverty. 

Above  Hardy's,  in  lots  5  and  6,  Samuel  Allen,  Samuel  Allen,  Jr,  and 
Abiicr  Allen,  across  the  way,  came  early.  They  carried  on  blacksmithing  and 
run  a  mill  (for  sawing)  near  the  Allen  bridge.  James  Hardy,  the  son  of 
Robert,  naturally  enough,  married  neighbor  Abner  Allen's  daughter  Lydia; 
and  another  (laughter.  Ma rv,  married  neighbor  Page's  son  Daniel.  That  was 
1  v'  '■     These  families  mentioned  were  nearly  all  occupying  that  section 


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of  the   town   for  the  firsl   few  years,  though  much  of  the  land  -Mine  into  the 
hands  of  David  Copp  or  Avery  Hall. 

Already  not  a  few  homes  above  the  "minister's  Lol  '*  were  dotting  the  land- 
scape. The  meeting-house,  started  in  1771,  interrupted  by  war's  dread  alarms, 
was  two  miles  north  from  the  first  settler,  and  Captain  David  Copp  was 
beyond  thatj  while  in  the  district  now  called  " Witch-trot,"  to  the  north  and 
cast  of  the  meeting-house,  was  John  Horn  and  the  Horn  brook. 

Nathaniel  Balch,  on  lot  64,  " Runnell's  place,"  bought  in  1776,  February 
23,  of  John  Horn.  He  was  at  this  time  fifty-eight  years  of  age,  the  senior  of 
mosl  of  the  settlers  ;  a  man  of  wisdom,  experience,  and  of  dignity  of  character, 
us  he  was  selected  as  the  deputy  to  represent  the  town  in  the  provincial  con- 
gress at  Exeter,  and  to  be  their  trusty  agent  in  war  matters ;  a  man  evidently 
looked  up  to  by  onr  first  citizens,  and  I  am  confident  that  he  did  much  to 
arouse  the  patriotic  spirit,  though  none  of  his  words  are  preserved.  His 
descendants  of  that  name  are  not  in  town,  but  his  daughter,  Hepzibah,  became 
Mrs  Tobias,  or  Joseph,  Hanson. 

Beyond  him  to  the  south,  on  the  Garvin  place,  Eliphalet  Quimby,  of 
Exeter,  "pitched  his  tent"  very  early,  for,  June  30,  1768,  his  was  the  firsl 
white  child  that  lived  born  in  this  town,  and  received  the  name  of  Dorothy 
Quimby.  She  married  Nathaniel  Willey,  of  Brookfield,  father  of  the  late 
Colonel  Willey,  and  lived  to  see  many  years. 

To  the  north  of  Nathaniel  Balch,  Daniel  Hall  with  his  wife,  Patience 
Taylor,  of  Sanbornton,  found  a  home  for  himself  and  his  descendants.  His 
only  child,  Hannah,  married  John  Sanborn.  Their  son  was  Daniel  Hall 
Sanborn,  whose  son  is  too  well  known  in  Wakefield  to  be  here  mentioned 
by  name.     Four  brothers  and  sisters  of  this  Hall  family  located  here. 

Two  miles  across  lots  to  the  north,  on  the  slope  of  the  hill,  in  from  the 
homestead  of  Algernon  S.  Weeks,  came  Samuel  Hall,  born  in  1747,  a  Dover 
boy  who  went  south  in  1777  and  found  a  wife  at  the  hospitable  home  of  Jere- 
miah (iilnian,  his  daughter  Bridget,  who  lived  but  four  years.  Her  little  boy 
became  one  of  the  men  of  the  very  first  rank  of  the  years  after  1800,  Joshua 
(Iilnian  Hall. 

( >nly  a  little  way  to  the  east,  this  Samuel  could  visit  a  sister,  Peniel,  who 
became  the  wife  of  John  Scribner,  March  19,  1775,  and  to  the  south  and  west 
still  another  sister.  Hannah,  the  wife  of  Reuben  Lang.  They  both  sleep  in  the 
little  burying-ground  near  the  "  Lang "  or  "  Lock "  schoolhouse  ;  for  hard  by 
Jacob  Lock,  born  1751,  and  Mehitable,  his  wife,  settled  and  had  a  good-sized 
family,  as  was  quite  the  custom  in  those  days.  His  grandson  carries  his  name 
jusl  over  the  line  in  Brookfield. 

The  Weekses,  John,  etc.,  fitted  in  along  here,  coming  from  Greenland,  the 
home  of  their  common  ancestor,  Leonard,  the  emigrant,  who  came  to  Ports- 
mouth before  1660,  married  Mary,  daughter  of    Deacon   Samuel   Haines,  and 


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held  positions  of  responsibility.  An  old  record  says:  "  The  Weeks  family  in 
England  did  not  spring  from  obscurity.*'  In  this  locality  the  name  is  far  from 
run  out. 

Mayhew  Clark  must  not  be  passed  by.  Hailing  from  North  Hampton,  a 
neighbor  of  Deacon  Dearborn,  he  bought  of  Captain  Copp,  in  May,  1772,  lot 
15,  in  from  the  road  over  Tattle's  hill ;  the  cellar  of  his  house  is  still 
standing.  lie  was  called  "Ensign."  He  served  five  years  on  the  board  of 
selectmen,  and  probably  died  in  office,  February,  1786.  The  name  Mayhew 
was  retained  in  his  brother's  family,  but  none  of  his  descendants  are  in  town. 
To  his  home  came  -Jacob,  his  brother,  from  the  south,  with  his  young  bride;  he 
located  a  mile  across  the  lots,  near  the  sweep  in  the  North  Wakefield  road  that 
brings  us  in  sight  of  Mt  Washington.  He  had  three  sons,  Johnson,  John,  and 
Mayhew,  the  preacher. 

To  this  fourth  group  add  Nathan  Mordough,  of  Greenland,  another 
neighbor;  he  bought  lot  11,  south  of  the  Weeks  place  (13,  I  suppose,  and 
(lark.  15),  in  1772;  and  41  before  that  time,  which  takes  in  John  F.  Farn- 
liam's  field.  He  sold  one  half  of  lot  11  to  Judith  Lang,  perhaps  the  widowed 
mother  of  Reuben,  who  was  then  a  young  man.  So  the  neighbors  were  not 
far  apart.  This  may  have  attracted  Joseph  Maleham,  who  bought,  December 
13,  1793,  most  of  lot  89,  of  Mayhew  Clark,  and  sold  to  Daniel  Horn  the 
"  Wormwood  place.''  He  built  on  the  next  lot,  90,  in  the  second  division, 
whose  southwest  u peeked"  corner  is  just  back  of  the  brick  schoolhouse.  To 
this  home  he  brought  his  second  bride,  Frederica  Lang.  His  son,  "  Uncle 
Joseph  Maleham,"  married  Rachel,  daughter  of  Daniel  Horn.  He  was  long 
known  for  his  endurance  and  sturdy  character.  He  was  a  successful  farmer, 
living  with  acute  faculties  until  only  four  years  since,  when  he  died  at  ninety- 
lour.  His  father,  Joseph,  appears  as  the  first  of  the  third  selectmen.  At  the 
battle  of  Bennington  his  scalp  was  plowed  on  the  surface  by  a  shot,  but  he 
kept  on  fighting.  On  being  told  by  some  one  that  if  it  had  gone  half  an  inch 
lower  it  would  have  killed  him,  he  answered  with  a  laugh,  "  If  it  had  gone 
half  an  inch  higher,  it  would  n't  have  hit  me  at  all." 

The  Huggins  brook  gets  its  name  from  John  Huggins,  who  lived  near  it  as 
early  as  1790.  Nathaniel,  I  judge,  was  a  family  name.  Adjoining  Nathan 
Mordough,  were  Benjamin  Safford,  on  G.  H.  Gage's  place,  and  beyond,  Moses 
Gage,  on  Richard's  lot,  and  the  Lucas  lot  was  occupied  by  Joseph  Pike,  whose 
brothei'  Robert  lived  on  Brookfield  side. 

We  are  now  at  lot  90,  first  division,  below  the  schoolhouse,  taking  in 
Wakefield  Corner  to  the  guide-board,  to  become  a  beautiful  village.  Here 
John  Wingate  broke  the  first  ground,  though  to  Eliphalet  Philbrook  belongs 
the  credit  of  constructing  the  first  house,  on  lot  54  below  the  Philbrook  farm 
(nol  now  to  be  recognized  in  the  pleasant  Lieutenant  Chesley  house),  occupied 
later  by  his  son-in-law.  Captain  Robert  Calder,  who  kept  store,  and  others, 
including  Dr  McCrillis  and  Tobias  Hanson,  the  tailor. 


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John  Wingate  was  selectman  in  L780 ;  hut  when  he  located  al  Wakefield 
Corner  I  cannol  say.  He  may  have  been  the  John  Wingate  born  in  IT-"'.!". 
The  name  is  an  honorable  one  in  New  Hampshire.  Mis  house  was  hut  a  few 
steps  from  thai  of  Philbrook,  now  standing;  and  the  well,  tradition  Bays,  is 
beneath  the  steps  of  the  Sawyer  office,  next  to  the  (own  hall.  The  large 
Wingate  farm  passed  into  (lie  hands  of  Joseph  Wiggin,  whose  family  have 
long  resided  here. 

.loh  n  Wingate's  brother  (I  think  Joshua )  is  (lie  reputed  builder  of  t  he  third 

house  (sold  and  moved  first  to  the  orchard,  this  side  of  the  Satchel  Weeks 
place,  which  was  his  later  home).  He  believed  in  witches.  John  was  a 
marked  man.      So  was  the  younger  John,  the  merchant. 

The  Sawyer  house  was  long  the  home  of  Timothy  and  Sarah  Dearborn 
Sawyer  and  their  sons  and  daughters,  the  Latter  of  whom  are  enjoying  ;t  brisk 
and  genial  old  age  in  the  old  homestead  near  the  blacksmith  shop,  where  Alvali 
Haven  Sawyer  wrought,  mighty  of  brawn  and  mighty  of  bruin. 

Wakefield  Corner  seems  now  to  he  growing,  for  the  new  tavern  was  huilt 
by  Captain  (alder  and  bought  by  Captain  Joseph  Manson,  of  Kittery,  whose 
daughter  Lucy  married  William  ('.  Frost  in  Octoher,  1814.  The  Haven  house 
below,  Esquire  Sawyer  occupied  when  he  first  came.  The  "  old  tavern"  and 
the  Wiggin  tavern,  kept  by  Joseph  Wiggin  and  his  descendants,  have  become 
private  dwelling-houses,  and  the  days  of  their  glory  gone  with  the  stage-and- 
four.  The  Corner  became  quite  a  centre  of  trade  from  1800  on  for  an  outlying 
population  which  had  been  spreading  out  over  the  town. 

The  "Scribner"  road  was  a  tributary.  Richard  Dow,  from  Kensington, 
had  bought  of  Scribner  in  1781,  at  twenty-eight.  He  had  seven  sons  and 
three  daughters,  and  was  one  of  the  church.1 

His  descendants  live  in  the  grand  old  mansion  which  crowns  the  eminence 
overlooking  the  waters  of  Lake  Newichwannock.  His  neighbor  at  Kensington 
had  a  home  near  by, —  Isaac  Fellows,  whose  daughter  married  Levi  Neal, — 
across  on  Tuttle's  hill.  Then  Nathan  Dearborn,  father-in-law  to  Moses  Gage, 
grandfather  of  the  late  Thomas  J.  Dearborn,  lived  where  L.  W.  Lary  does. 

Beyond,  about  this  time,  Jacob  Welch,  Jonathan  Binley,  Ebenezer  and 
John  Hill,  lived  near  East  Wakefield  station.     The  Pine-river  settlement,  now 

1  We  abstract  from  an  article  in  a  nevt  spaper  of  twentj  years  ago  this  mention :  — 

"Richard  Dow,  bora  March  22,  1753,  and  wife,  Mary,  bora  September  25,  1758,  came  to  Wakefield  from  Port- 
Land,  Maine.  They  had  many  children.  The  third  one,  Josiah,  bora  December  27,  1782,  went  from  Wakefield 
when  a  young  man.  u  iili  'seventj  five  cents  and  a  fishhook  in  bis  pocket.'  lie  began  business  in  Salem,  Mass.; 
Its  increasing  magnitude  carried  him  to  Boston,  thence  to  New  York,  where  be  did  an  immense  business  until 
the  panic  ol  1837  nearly  ruined  him.  He  returned  to  Wakefield,  where  he  died  in  1850,  previous!)  losing  one  of 
iii-  -on-  ami  a  large  aim m nt  of  money  bj  the  burning  of  the  Btearaer  Lexington  in  ism.    Josiah  was  the  founder 

ni   Dow'e  Academy,  which  wenl  Into  opi  ration  in  L816.    lie  furnished  all  the  books  ami  stati rj  necessary  tor 

the  school  tor  ten  dollars  a  term,  ami  boarded  Students  for  t  w  ent  \  -li\  e  dollar-  a  term,  and   averaged  seven  t J  -live 

scholars  during  each  of  the  four  terms  of  the  year.  This  academy  was  kepi  four  years  with  a  preceptor  and 
two  female  assistants.  The  preceptors  were  Mr  Thayer,  Mr  Alden,  Mr  Gordon,  and  Mr  Aiken,  under  whose 
administration  the  school  closed,  many  of  the  scholars  following  Mr  Aiken  to  his  next  field  of  labor,  Franklin 
Academy,  Dover." 


t78  Htstory   of   Carroll  County. 


North  Wakefield,  had  Jacob  Clark,  Simon,  father  of  William  Blake,  Silvanus 
Wentworth,  Lieutenant  James  Young,  Nathaniel  Cook,  father  of  Colonel  Ben- 
jamin Cook,  the  famous  surveyor  and  militia  officer,  with  a  large  family,  and 
others. 

Over  the  river  descendants  of  Wentworth  and  Waldron  families  now  live, 
while  in  the  vicinity  of  Province  pond  in  the  northeast  the  farmer  was  found 
1  id',, re  1800.  Woodman's  Mills  is  of  perhaps  recent  origin.  Passing  through 
the  Dow  district  we  pass  around  East  pond  by  Jude  Allen  perhaps,  by  the 
future  home  of  Leavitt  and  Paul,  over  the  bridge  into  Maine,  course  south  by 
Horn  pond  to  Horn's  Mills,  to  which  came  Thomas  Cloutman  in  1799  from 
near  the  Piper  house.  He  came  from  Rochester  to  Wakefield  in  1780  ;  at  thirty- 
live  married  Sarah  Oilman,  daughter  of  Jeremiah,  and  died  in  1833  at  eighty- 
eight.  But  others  came  before ;  of  the  Horn  name  Benjamin  and  David  made 
use  of  the  water-power,  and  the  former  kept  tavern.  Further  on  in  the 
southeast,  and  at  the  head  of  Lovewell's  pond,  we  find  the  home  of  the 
Wiggin  families,  Simeon  and  Isaiah,  and  I  think  also  Jacob,  quite  promi- 
nent in  town,  a  sealer  of  leather  and  a  selectman;  James  Hutchins,  John 
Garlin,  Samuel  Chapman,  who  sold  to  David  Spinney,  Christopher  Skinner, 
and  William  Blaisdell  on  the  school  lot,  one-half  mile  to  the  west,  to  Jona- 
than Gilman's,  where  we  started,  and  thus  leave  off  at  the  bounds  begun  at. 

( >ur  "perambulation"  is  ended.     Wakefield  has  been  encompassed. 


CHAPTER   XLI. 


Wakefield  in  the  I  Evolution  —  Extracts  from  Records —  Signers  of  Association  Test  — 
Captain  Gilman— Militia  Officers,  Requirements  and  Supplies  —  Early  lloads —  Some  Acts 
which  make  tor  Peace  and  Safety. 


W 


AKK1TELD  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  —  Wakefield  began  its  life  as 
a  town  in  the  very  midst  of  the  fast-increasing  shadows  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. Duly  a  few  months  went  by  before  the  war-cloud  burst,  and  the 
nineteenth  of  April  went  into  history  written  with  blood.  The  hardy  sons  of 
New  Hampshire,  to  the  number  of  five  thousand,  were  in  the  service  before  the 
end  of  that  year,  and  Wakefield,  like  other  towns  of  the  province,  responded 
promptly  and  gladly  to  the  several  calls  for  men  and  means  to  carry  on 
resistance  by  force  of  arms  of  the  rebellious  daughter  against  the  mother 
country.       Her    soldiers    are    found    on    the    state    rolls    of    honor.      Special 


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meetings  were  called  early  and  Late  in  the  day,  and  the  town  was  roused 
li\  successive  alarms ;  bul  the  pen  of  the  town  clerk  indulges  in  no  eloquence 
nor  ornament,  but  records  the  particular  votes  that  correspond  to  the  several 
calls. 

May  L2.  "  Two  men,  Samuel  Sherborne  and  John  Gil  man,  released  from  enlistment.  I.t. 
Andrew  Gilman  to  have  liberty  to  enlisl  two  men  in  lieu  of  those  dismissed.  The  action  of 
Apr.  24  to  stand  good.  Lieut  Gilman  to  have  six  pence  added  to  his  wages.  Each  soldier  that 
shall  neglect  his  duty  shall  pay  a  ftne  of  two  shillings.  The  selectmen  thai  were  chosen  at 
the  annual  meeting  should  act  in  all  cases  as  usual.  Lt.  Gilman  to  pay  lour  shillings  for 
every  oeglecl  of  duty,  Mi-  Balch  impowered  to  buy  h  bul  Powder  and  2  cut-lead,  2  gross 
Bints ;  to  hire  a  man  to  come  into  town  to  mend  the  guns ;  and  that  the  Town  pay  the  exl  inor- 
dinary charge ;  to  buy  12  fire-locks;  the  soldiers  to  meet  at  4  o'clock  each  day  of  exercise." 
This  sounds  like  war,  and  we  ran  almost  smell  the  powder  and  hear  the  click  of  the  Hint  lock. 
Unfortunately,  we  have  no  record  of  the  action  of  April  24,  but  without  doubt  it  expressed 
that  thrill  which  answered  the  tidings  of  Lexington  and  Concord.  In  .July  one  article  was 
to  see  what  method  the  town  will  take  with  those  men  that  "  inlisted  as  minit-inen.  and  it 
was  voted  to  dismiss  them."  The  niinuteinen  of  the  Revolution  are  heroes  in  history,  and 
those  from  New  Hampshire  responded  with  alacrity,  and  furnished  over  one  half  the  troops 
at  Hunker  Hill,  maintained  their  ground  through  the  entire  action,  fought  with  bravery,  and 
thrice  hurled  back  and  nearly  annihilated  British  regulars.  The  old  Indian  hunters  and 
rangers  of  the  woods  were  "dead  shots.**  Wakefield  had  a  hand  in  that,  and  was  proud  of 
her  Captain  David  Copp  in  command  of  a  company,  and  Andrew  Gilman,  his  lieutenant,  with 
very  likely  other-  of  those  "  minit-men "'  dismissed  in  duly  whose  services  were  not  then 
called  lor.  Following  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  many  meetings  must  be  held  before  peace 
smiles  upon  the  young  republic. 

1775,  October  30.  The  voters  are  requested  to  meet  at  dwelling-house  of  Captain  David 
I  opp  to  •■  choose  an  agent  to  petition  the  Congress  for  a  new  regiment,  and  also  to  see  what 
men  will  inlist  to  join  the  army  now  raising  at  Portsmouth  under  Maj.  Gen.  Sullivan,"  and 
Simeon  Dearborn,  John  Haven,  Joseph  Maleham  are  chosen  "  a  committee  to  sign  the  petition 
to  -end  by  Nathaniel  Balch  to  the  Congress  to  divide  Col.  Badger's  Regiment." 

177(i,  duly  in.  They  had  likely  not  heard  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  They 
meet  at  Captain  Copp's  "  to  raise  the  men  that  are  required  for  the  present  expedition  into 
Canada."  They  vote  $80  to  the  five  men  that  went :  Josiah  Wig-gin,  Benjamin  Horn,  Samuel 
Scribner,   Henry  Went  worth,  Jesse  Wig-gin. 

Signers  of  the  Association  Test.  —  David  Copp,  Nathaniel  Balch,  Samuel  Willey,  John 
Wentworth,  Joseph  Perkins,  Simeon  Dearborn,  John  Borne,  Joseph  Maleham,  Daniel  Hall. 
Ehenezer  Cook,  Jacob  Wiggin,  William  Moor,  William  Blaidell,  Richard  York,  John  (air. 
John  Hills,  David  Hains,  Elisha  Piper,  Samuel  Allen,  Jr,  Nathaniel  Balch,  Jr,  Eliphalet 
Quimby,  Nathan  Mordogh,  John  Wingate,  John  Cook,  Eliphalet  Philbrook,  Benjamin  Phil- 
brook,  Richard  York.  Samuel  Haines,  Jeremiah  Gilman,  Jeremiah  Gilman,  Jr.  Noah  Kimball, 
Benjamin  Perkins,  Isiah  Wiggin,  John  York,  Andrew  Gilman,  John  Gilman,  Jonathan  Gilman, 
Jonathan  Gilman,  Jr.  Joseph  Haines,  Samuel  Hall,  Mom-  Copp,  Stephen  Hawkens,  Joseph 
Sanborn.  Joseph  Leavit,  Robert  Hardy.  Nathaniel  Cook,  Thomas  Parkines,  .Ion.  Palmer, 
Jonathan  Copp,  Samuel  Scribner?  John  Kimball,  Ben  Kinnein  (Gilman),  Cleml   Steel,  Clemt 

Steel,  Jr.  Samuel  Allen.  Abner  Allen.  Josiah  Page,  Tobias  I lanson.  sii n  Wiggin,  Reuben 

Davis.  Eenery  Robens,  Samuel  Sherbourne.    62. 

According  to  the  request  of  the  Honourable  Committy  of  Safety  for  the  Colony  of  New 

Bampshire  this  instrument  has  been  presented  to  the  inhabitant-  of  this  town  and  unavasely 

approved  of  and  3ind  by  them. 

Jacob  Wiggin. 


ogh,  }  Selectmen 


Wakefield,  Septem1"  th  11  day  1776. 


I -i)  History  of   Carroll  County. 


1777.  March  2.  "  Voted  to  raise  nine  men  including  those  already  enlisted  as  the  Quota." 
April  1.  Quota,  17.  Voted  to  give  two  dollars  to  each  of  the  three  who  will  enlist  for  three  years. 
July  '22.  "The  qualified  voters  of  Wakefield,  together  with  the  whole  train-band  and  alarm 
list  in  said  town,  agreeable  to  Court  order,  are  hereby  notified  to  meet  at  the  meeting  house 
on  tuesday  the  22d  day  to  raise  a  number  of  men  to  go  into  the  service  of  the  United  States; 
tail  not,  as  you  will  answer  to  the  contrary.''  Voted,  uto  take  the  men  in  course,  they  begin- 
ning at  lower  end  of  the  town  ;  that  Charles  Hilton  be  added  to  Hardy's  mess;  that  the  list  of 
messing  the  men  be  accepted."     December  20.     *'  At  meeting  house  to  see  if  town  will  vote  to 

raise  the  m y  upon  the  poles  and  estates  to  defray  the  charge  of  raising  the  last  1G  soldiers 

for  to  serve  two  months  in  the  service  of  the  united  states  or  how  much  they  will  vote  to  raise 
for  each,  if  not  the  whole  sum  it  cost  each  class  to  hire  said  men.''  It  was  voted  to  raise  $20 
for  each  class  that  raised  the  sixteen  soldiers  that  went  with  Colonel  Stark  in  Captain  Gilman's 
company.  He  was  the  hero  that  year.  "An  Indian  fighter,  and  a  captain  in  the  old  French 
and  Indian  war,  he  marched,  armed  with  gun  and  sword,  adopting  largely  the  Indian  methods 
of  lighting.  Among  the  incidents  of  his  soldier-life  he  used  to  relate  that  at  one  time, 
exhausted  by  the  heat  and  protracted  fighting,  he  quenched  his  thirst  by  drinking  from  a  pool 
of  water  reddened  by  the  blood  of  the  combatants."  In  1777,  when  the  descent  of  Burgoyne's 
army  upon  New  York  was  imminent,  he  raised  a  company  here,  joined  Stark's  forces,  and 
took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bennington.  At  that  time  he  was  fifty-eight  years  of  age,  and  his 
wife,  claiming  that  he  had  done  his  part  as  a  soldier,  endeavored  to  persuade  him  not  to  again 
enter  the  service;  but  on  a  July  afternoon  the  little  company  was  formed  in  front  of  the 
captain's  house.  The  captain,  stepping  in  front,  said,  "Come  on,  boys,"  and  all  hands 
started  down  the  road  on  the  double-quick,  bivouacked  that  night  in  a  barn  in  Rochester, 
and  inarched  thence  to  Exeter,  where  they  joined  General  Stark's  forces.  After  a  desperate 
tight  of  two  bonis  at  Bennington,  the  British  entrenchments  were  carried,  Gilman  being,  as 
his  soldiers  said,  the  second  man  to  follow  Stark  over  the  breastworks  of  the  enemy,  where 
a  hand-to-hand  conflict  was  terminated  by  the  utter  rout  of  the  enemy.  Bennington  was 
followed  by  the  victory  at  Stillwater,  when  our  boys  came  home  at  the  close  of  their 
two  months'  service. 

1778,  June  15.  In  answer  to  order  to  send  two  men  to  Rhode  Island  from  Colonel  Badger, 
voted  w-  two  to  serve  till  Jan.  1.  Addition  be  made,  of  200  dollars  as  encouragement  for  two 
soldiers,  Capt.  Copp  to  enlist  them." 

L779,  May  31.     "Endeavor  to  raise  the  men  called  for  by  Col.  Badger;"  four,  I  think. 

Captain   Copp  to   have  Simeon   Dearborn   and   Captain  John    Haven   additional  committee. 

Selectmen  to  pay  the  bounty  to  three  continental  soldiers.     Tf  raised  get  them  for  three  years 

no  signs  of  t  lie  war  closing) ;  if  not,  for  one,  and  one  soldier  for  Rhode  Island  for  six  months. 

No  war  record  of  enlistments  after  this. 

In  this  year  the  militia  officers  chosen  were  John  Haven,  Esq.,  captain,  Mr 
Joseph  Maleham,  first  lieutenant,  Mr  Jonathan  Palmer,  second  lieutenant,  Mr 
Daniel  Hall,  ensign.  Before  the  war  the  organization  was  not  kept  up  in  all 
places  according  to  the  requirement  of  the  old  militia  law,  "that  every  inhab- 
itant from  sixteen  to  sixty  should  be  provided  with  a  musket  and  bayonet, 
knapsack,  cartridge-box,  one  pound  of  powder,  twenty  bullets,  and  twelve 
flints."  This  militia  was  organized  into  companies  and  regiments  subject  to 
frequent  drills.  The  muster  day  and  review  was  a  great  occasion.  Every 
town  was  obliged  to  keep  in  readiness  one  barred  of  powder,  two  hundred 
pounds  of  lead,  and  three  hundred  flints  for  every  sixty  men.  To  fill  this 
requisition  was  doubtless  the  vote  of  June  10,  1775.  But  no  list  of  militia 
officers  is   found   before   tins  one.     This  may  be  under  the  new  law. 


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L778,  January  L9.    Ten  pounds  were  voted  for  the  support  oi  the  families  In  Continental 

army;  how  many  doI  given;  Captain  Copp  i"  distribute  it.  This  was  the  winter  <>f  Valley 
Forge.  August  30.  A  committee  chosen  to  lay  oul  a  road  to  Parsonstown  and  Leavittstown 
agreeably  to  a  petition  of  Thomas  Parsons  and  others.  The  laying  oul  of  roads  dow  becomes 
quite  a  lea! are. 

1780,  February.  Committee  appointed  to  procure  our  quota  of  beef  cattle  Cor  the  army: 
Captain  David  <  'opp,  Esq.,  and  Jonathan  Palmer  and  Samuel  Hall.  Voted,  "  the  Clother  lliai 
shall  be  seti led  here  -hall  lie  doomed  tor  faculty,"  \\ hich,  I  interpret,  "no(  taxed  for  business 
to  encourage  a  new  industry,"  or  the  opposite,  "  shall  be  taxed  for  business."  December  13. 
Plan  of  government  proposed;   rejected  by  the  slate. 

Tin.1  iniiiutemen,  the  train-bands,  the  alarm  list,  the  regular  soldiers  of  the 
Continental  army  each  had  their  work,  but  the  enthusiasm  of  177")  would  not 
be  expected  to  burn  so  brightly  in  1779,  and  without  doubt  the  task  of  raising 
men  became  harder  and  harder,  and  the  advent  of  peace  ushered  in  by  York- 
town  was  as  welcome  as  Lexington. 

Some  of  the  acts  which  make  for  peace  and  safety.  — 1781.  Attempt  perhaps  to  settle  a 
clothier,  followed  same  year  by  an  article  "  to  see  if  the  town  will  give  any  encouragement 
for  killing  wolves.*'  They  preferred  sheep  to  wolves,  in  1780  they  offered  a  minister  the 
inducement  of  a  salary  of  400  bushels  of  corn.  In  1779,  September  13,  voted  that  the  "plan 
of  government'*  be  accepted.  14  in  the  affirmative,  8  in  the  negative,  4  neuters;  20  voters 
present.  L788,  June  2.  "  The  civil  constitution  for  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  "  went  into 
effect,  and  Wakefield  gave  General  John  Sullivan  47  votes  for  president  of  the  state.  For 
senator.  17ss  no,  (  aptain  David  Copp  was  put  up  against  Hon.  Ebenezer  Smith,  25  to  19;  4."J  or 
48  to  35. 


CHAPTER   XLII. 

Transition  Stati — Petition  for  Repeal  of  Lumber  Act  —  Petition  Relative  to  Arrears  of 

Taxes  — Tax  List  of  1795  —  Town  Business  —  War  of  1812  — John  Paul  —  Wakefield  in  1817 

-Extracts  from  Town  Records  and   Action   of  Town  —  From    1817   to  1842  — The  Poor  in 

Town  —  The  Mexican  War  —  War  for  the  Union  —  Action  of  Town  in  the  Rebellion  —  Town 

Debt. 

DF  the  transit  ion  state  between  the  close  of  the  war  and  the  inauguration 
of  the  first  President  we  get  an  occasional  hint  in  the  records.  Without 
doubl  Wakefield  shared  in  the  rejoicing  of  that  hour.  The  next  ten 
years  was  a  period  of  development  in  peace.  Men  in  taverns  and  stores 
discussed  the  French  Revolution,  and  polities  did  not  take  the  form  of  blood- 
shed, bul  men  differed  as  to  menus  and  measures.  Parson  Piper  is  said  to 
have  been   not    averse  to  political   discussion,  and    sonic   years    later    had    one 


182  History  of   Carroll  County. 


with  his  friend,  Hon.  Nathaniel  CJpham,  of  Rochester,  son  of  the  minister 
of  Deerfield  and  a  member  of  Congress,  which  was  carried  on  for  two  or 
three  days  in  the  stores  at  Wakefield  before  interested  listeners.  Men's  minds 
w  ere  sharpened. 

/',  tition  for  a  Repeal  of  tin  Lumber  Act,  Addressed  to  the  Legislature.  —The  Petition  of  us, 
the  Subscribers,  Freeholders  and  Inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Wakefield,  humbly  sheweth  that 
we  are  largely  concerned  in  lumber,  and  understand  Your  Honours  has  passed  some  late  acts 
at  your  last  Session  very  hurtfull  and  injurious  to  us,  and  we  believe  to  all  other  towns  con- 
cerned in  tlif  lumber  way.  Therefore  Humbly  Request  you  would  repeal  the  Act  that  requires 
all  boards  to  [be  an]  inch  thick  and  square  edged,  and  other  lumber  in  proportion  — 

And  likewise  to  repeal  the  Act  that  prohibits  any  British  vessel  from  carrying  lumber  to 
the  British  Islands  in  the  West  Indies  that  can  procure  British  papers  for  that  purpose,  and  to 
repeal  the  other  act  in  regard  to  duty  laid  on  tunnage  on  Ships  or  Vessels  belonging  to 
Foreigners  which  duty  we  look  upon  to  be  equal  to  shutting  up  our  Ports  against  them.  But 
it  Your  Honours  dont  see  fit  to  grant  the  prayer  of  this  Petition,  we  would  request  a  Paper 
( lurrency  on  loan,  or  in  such  other  way  as  your  Wisdom  may  direct  you  to  support  the  credit 
of  said  money  —  As  in  duty  bound  we  ever  pray  — 
Wakefield,  Aug*'  1785. 

David  Copp,  Jeremiah  Gilman,  Jonathan  Palmer,  Andrew  Oilman,  Noah  Kimball,  John 
Wiggin,  Isaiah  Wiggin,  John  Garland,  Solomon  Huchins,  James  Hutchins,  Josiah  Moor, 
Samuel  Chapman,  William  Blasdell,  Simeon  Blasdell,  Phinehas  Low,  Clement  Steel,  John 
Chapman,  Thomas  Lindsay,  Winthrop  Wiggin,  Jonas  Bieh,  John  Wingate,  Nathan  Mordogh, 
Toiler  Gilman,  Elijah  Allen,  Natban  Watson,  Dudley  Gilman,  Benja  Gilman,  Mayhew  Clark, 
Benjamin  Dodge,  Benjamin  Perkins,  Jacob  Welch,  Eliphalet  Philbrook,  Reuben  Gove 
Dearborn,  John  Kimball.  Spencer  Wentworth,  Dudley  Hardy,  Sam11  Hall,  Daniel  Hall,  Joseph 
Chapman,  Joseph  Haines,  Thomas  Pirkins,  Nathan  Derborn,  Richard  Wintworth,  Simeon 
Wiggin. 

In  1791  the  selectmen  addressed  a  petition  to  the  legislature  relative 
to  arrears  of  taxes  thus :  — 

That  Whereas  the  Expenses  of  hiring  and  paying  Soldiers  for  the  Continental  Army  in  the 
course  of  the  late  War,  amount  to  about  ninety  pounds  more  than  have  been  already  taxed  on 
said  Town;  therefore  Your  Petitioners  pray  the  Honorable  Gen1  Court  may  be  pleased  to  pass 
-nine  order  impowering  the  Selectmen  of  said  Town  to  Levy  the  same  on  the  Inhabitants; 
with  a  proportional  part  on  the  Non-resident  Lands  in  said  Town;  with  power  also,  to  appoint 
a  proper  person  to  collect  the  said  Tax;  or  otherwise  relieve  your  petitioners  as  you,  in  your 
\\  isdom,  shall  think  most  meet,  and  your  petitioners  will  as  in  duty  bound  pray  — 
Wakefield.  26th  Xovemr  a.i>.  1791. 

Avery  Hall      n 

Isaac  Fellows  \  Selectmen. 

John  Wingate  J 

Tax  List  of  179o.  —  Samuel  Allen,  Samuel  Allen,  Jr,  Abner  Allen,  Josiah 
Allen,  Charles  Babb,  William  Blaisdell,  Simeon  Blaisdell,  William  W.  Blais- 
dell,  'Thomas  Kick  ford,  John  Blake,  James  Bryant,  Benony  Brown,  Jonathan 
Burky,   Captain   D.   Clark.  Jacob   Clark,   Estate    of   Mayhew    Clark,   Samuel 


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Chapman,  John  Cloutman,  Thomas  Cloutman,  Roberl  ('aider,  Ebenezer  Cook, 
Nathaniel  Cook,  Nathaniel  Cook,  Jr,  Peter  Cook,  Jonathan  Cook,  Captain 
David  Copp,  Dodavah  Copp,  Jonathan  Copp,  Moses  Copp,  Moses  Colby, 
William  Chamberlain,  Esq.,  Lieutenanl  Joseph  Dearborn,  Benjamin  Dearborn, 
Luther  Dearborn,  Joseph  Dearborn,  Nathan  Dearborn,  Jeremiah  Dearborn, 
Samuel  Dearborn,  Samuel  Dame,  Samuel  Dinsraore,  Captain  Richard  Dow, 
Miles  Davis,  .loshua  Edgerly,  Isaae  Fellows,  Moses  Fellows.  Samuel  Fellows, 
Shadrach  Folsom,  Captain  Andrew  Oilman,  Colonel  John  Gilman,  Dudley 
Gilman,  Samuel  Gwin,  Ebenezer  Garvin,  John  Garlin,  Joseph  Gage,  Moses 
Gage,  Otis  Goudy,  John  Goudy,  Lieutenant  Joseph  Haines,  Daniel  Haines, 
Roberl  Hardy,  Ebenezer  Hill,  John  Hill,  Reuben  Hill,  Avery  Hall,  Esq., 
Benjamin  Hall,  Major  Daniel  Hall.  Captain  Samuel  Hall,  Solomon  Hutchins, 
James  llutehins,  John  Horn,  Esq.,  David  Horn,  Daniel  Horn,  Joseph  Hodg- 
son, Samuel  Hodgson,  Tobias  Hanson,  Samuel  Hard,  John.  Huggins,  Stephen 
Hawkins,  James  Hawkins,  Thomas  Hawkins,  David  Jewell,  John  M.  Johnson, 
Lieutenant  John  Kimball,  Major  Noah  Kimball,  Waldron  Keniston,  Joseph 
Leavitt,  Captain  Leavitt,  Dr  Lindsay,  Reuben  Lang,  Jacob  Lock,  Simon  Lock, 
Samuel  Moody.  Nathan  Mordough,  Dr  John  Manning,  Robert  Moulton, 
Thomas  Nudd,  Thomas  Nudd,  Jr,  Simeon  Nudd,  Joseph  Nudd,  Ebenezer 
Neal.  Esq.,  Anthony  Nutter,  Colonel  Jonathan  Palmer,  Barnabas  Palmer, 
Josiah  Page,  Benjamin  Perkins,  Benjamin  Perkins,  Jr,  Thomas  Perkins, 
Daniel  Perkins,  Joseph  Perkins,  Nathaniel  Perkins,  Eliphalet  Philbrook, 
William  Peare,  Josiah  Robinson,  Jonathan  Quinby,  Jonathan  Quinby,  Jr, 
Joshua  Pundlett,  Henry  Rollins,  Nathaniel  Roberts,  Clement  Steal,  Jacob 
Sanborn,  Reuben  Sanborn,  John  Sanborn,  Elisha  Sanborn,  Benjamin  Safford, 
Timothy  Sawyer,  Samuel  Sherborn,  Christopher  Skinner,  Thomas  Smith, 
Thomas  Thurston,  Benjamin  Tuttle,  Joshua  Vickery,  Widow  Sarah  Went- 
worth,  Stephen  Watson,  John  Watson,  Jonathan  Watson,  Jacob  Wiggin, 
Isaiah  Wiggin,  Simeon  Wiggin,  Jeremiah  Wiggin,  Henery  Wiggin,  Henery 
Wiggin.  Jr.  Nathaniel  Willey,  Colonel  Wingate,  Lieutenant  Joshua  Wingate, 
John  Weeks.  Jacob  Welch,  Spencer  Wentworth,  Sylvanus  Wentworth,  Lieu- 
tenant James  Young,  Joseph  Young,  Jonathan  Young,  Jonathan  Yeaton. 

In  its  civil  capacity  the  town  met  at  the  meeting-house  for  fifty  years  or  more,  in  its  early 
days  usually  adjourning  to  Captain  David  Copp's  for  a  half-hour,  sometimes  oidy  a  quarter  Or 
twenty  minutes,  for  refreshments,  and  to  ''complete  the  -late.'"  In  1811  it  took  but  live 
hours  t<>  transact  all  the  town  business,  and,  adds  the  relieved  town  clerk,  "the  like  of  which 
was  never  known  in  this  town  before."  Now  that  would  be  a  long  time.  Politics  sometimes 
ran  high,  and  party  lines  were  sharplj  drawn.  Each  of  the  two  policies  of  (be  parties  found 
warm  advocates,  to  say  the  least.  The  lires  were  kept  hot,  and  the  air  was  tilled  w  ii  li  the 
resounding  blows  upon  the  iron.  Tradition's  voice  has  told  us  of  the  methods  of  warfare, 
but  they  need  not  lie  revealed.  The  Republicans,  under  lead  of  Captain  Copp,  admired  Jeflfer- 
son.  The  Federalists,  or  followers  of  Hamilton,  were  led  by  Jonathan  Palmer;  later  by 
Joshua  G.  Hall  anil  Luther  Dearborn. 


jsi  History  of   Carroll  County. 


War  of  181 2.  —  The  second  war  with  England  may  not  have  received 
much  favor  from  Wakefield.  The  record  is  blind  to  it.  We  learn  from  other 
sources  thai  when  Portsmouth  was  threatened  with  an  attack  from  the  British 
in  summer  of  1814,  a  call  or  draft  for  ninety  days  was  made,  and  some  rushed 
to  the  front:  but  the  enemy  did  not  come  ;  among  these  Major  J.  G.  Hall  and 
Lieutenant  or  Captain  James  Hardy  stationed  at  Fort  Constitution.  The  new 
Dr  Russell  went  on  the  privateer  "Polly"  as  surgeon,  was  captured  and 
released,   returned  to  practice  and  entered  the  state  of  double  blessedness. 

John  Paul,  a  sailor  boy  from  Maine,  who  was  obliged  by  the  embargo  to 
Leave  his  vessel  at  New  Orleans,  in  company  with  three  shipmates  set  out  for 
home  on  foot  and  tramped  fifteen  hundred  miles,  part  of  the  way  among  the 
Indian  tribes  of  the  Gulf  states,  and  gladly  reached  his  distant  home  in  San- 
ford,  Maine,  in  some  three  months,  not  having  exactly  served  in  the  War  of 
1812;  but  he  was  always  proud  to  tell  of  this  incident,  and  since  then  his  walks 
away  from  home  have  been  few.  He  used  to  tell,  too,  of  the  "  expected " 
growth  of  that  locality  where  he  settled  in  Wakefield  near  1816.  The  disap- 
pointment he  survived,  and  lived  on  the  same  quiet  spot,  near  the  outlet  of 
East  pond,  seventy  years,  reaching  the  green  old  age  of  ninety-three,  and  saw 
his  children's  grandchildren. 

In  1814  May  hew  Clark,  then  of  Ossipee,  was  drafted  and  sent  to  Ports- 
mouth. He  had  been  a  licensed  preacher  some  years,  and  wishing  still  to 
serve  the  Captain  of  his  salvation,  at  daybreak  one  morning  he  went  through 
the  barracks  singing  a  religious  song  and  summoning  the  soldiers  to  a  prayer- 
meeting  at  the  cook-house.  The  third  morning  he  was  called  up  by  the  com- 
manding officer  and,  instead  of  the  rebuke  expected,  he  received  a  request  to 
hold  a  regular  service  and  was  excused  from  all  other  duty.  This  he  did,  and 
also,  at  four  in  the  afternoon,  when  clear,  by  the  riverside,  and  quite  a  number 
of  the  soldiers  became  Christians. 

The  New  Hampshire  Gazetteer  thus  describes  Wakefield  in  1817:  "-There 
is  here  a  meeting-house,  a  cotton  factory,  a  carding-machine,  three  grainmills, 
three  sawmills,  three  fulling-mills,  and  a  handsome  village  containing  several 
stores.''  President  Monroe's  1817  to  1825  "era  of  good  feeling"  was  partici- 
pated in  by  our  villages.  The  population  in  1854  had  increased  to  1,405;  299 
polls.  Inventory,  $309,165;  value  of  lands,  $177,278;  stock  in  trade,  82,900; 
value  of  mills  and  factories,  $3,550;  sheep,  699;  neat  stock,  1,473;  horses, 
24;  money  at  interest,  $9,800.     (Each  Gazetteer  enlarges  somewhat.) 

From  1817  to  1842.  —  Most  of  the  records  for  sixteen  years  up  to  1837 
are  missing.  The  chief  events  are  building  the  new  meeting-houses  and  devel- 
oping. In  1818  the  town  negatived  the  proposition,  "  how  much  it  will  raise 
to  board  and  shingle  the  new  meeting-house,  even  with  the  proviso  that  it 
should  be  free  for  regular  preaching  of  all  denominations  of  Christians  and  for 
holding  of  town-meetings."     This  action  may  have  led  to  the  building  of  the 


Town   op    Wakefield.  185 


North  Wakefield  house  of  worship.  Yet  on  November  5,  L820,  town  met  in 
"  aew  meeting-house."  The  proposal  to  move  the  old  meeting-house  to  a  more 
convenienl  site  or  invest  in  the  new  was  rejected,  as  was  the  proposal  in  1815 
to  build  a  hall. 

In  1837  the  town  treasurer  is  authorized  to  take  care  of  the  surplus  revenm 
ami  also  of  ministerial  ami  school  funds.  It  is  voted  that  the  interesl  arising 
from  the  ministerial  fund  belonging  to  the  town  be  equally  divided  between 
thi'  three  religious  societies  in  this  town,  namely,  the  Congregationalists, 
Methodists,  and  Freewill  Baptists;  to  he  [mid  over  to  the  proper  official  of 
each  society  duly  authorized  to  receive  the  same.  This  fund  came  from  the 
sale  of  the  "parsonage  lands,'"  which,  after  the  death  of  Mr  Piper,  reverted  to 
the  town.  'I'he  income  or  interest  was  for  years  $53.73.  Fifty  years  later  it 
was.  by  vote  of  town,  extended  in  its  blessing  to  the  Episcopal  and  Adventist 
societies. 

Town-house.  —  The  town  took  the  fund  in  1838  and  put  it,  in  part,  into  a 
new  town-house,  which  had  long  been  "in  the  air,"  for  which  they  paid 
Thomas  W.  Mordough  the  sum  of  $525.  From  that  day  to  this  it  has  stood. 
In  1842,  "'paint"  it  and  ••inhabitants  can  have  it  for  religious  purposes." 
About  this  time  enthusiastic  Advent  meetings  were  held  in  the  meeting-house. 
In  1843,  "prohibit  the  use  of  Town  Hall  as  a  place  of  Deposit  for  Goods  and 
Fanning-  tools,  etc." 

The  Poor  in  Town.  —  "The  poor  ye  have  with  you  always,  and  when  ye  will 
ye  may  do  them  good."  Idleness  and  poverty  are  not  sisters  in  every  case, 
hut  the  old  rule  was  to  warn  out  of  town  any  who  had  no  visible  means  of 
support,  and  in  Wakefield  in  1790,  not  to  encourage  ignorance  nor  shiftless- 
ness,  they  instruct  the  selectmen  "  carefully  to  look  out  and  bind  out  to  ser- 
vice all  the  idle  inhabitants  in  town  and  such  as  neglect  to  provide  for  their 
families."  Located  tramps  are  not  to  be  town  charges.  Still,  when  misfortunes 
and  old  age  brought  poverty  the  town  would  not  see  suffering,  and  some  who 
in  younger  days  had  given  an  impulse  to  our  activities  were  forced  to  appeal 
to  the  town,  and  were  struck  off  to  the  lowest  bidder. 

In  L839  the  town's  importance  called  for  a  poor  farm,  and  one  was  bought 
by  the  selected  committee  at  a  reported  cost  of  $2,lo0,  including  "  Purchase 
81,500  &  stock  $500."  George  W.  Copp,  .Joseph  Maleham,  and  .John  Gage, 
committee.  The  bargain  was  not  satisfactory  to  all,  and  the  examiners 
appointed  to  see  made  report  of  our  poor  farm  that  it  was  Lacking  in  wood 
and  water  privilege.  Attempts  were  made  in  1840,  that  year,  to  get  a  vote  to 
Bell  it  or  "exchange  it  for  a  good  convenient  productive  farm  well  wooded."  A 
long  discussion  did  not  secure  any  action,  and  it  was  not  sold  until  the  vote  of 
January,  1  *•'>•'>.  March,  1867,  it  was  voted  to  abolish  pauper  settlements,  and 
throw   cut  ire  support  on  county. 

1838,  Wakefield  voted  against  dividing  the  county  into  three  unanimously. 


(.86  History   of  Carroll  County. 


In  L839,  193  to  16,  but  in  1S40  Carroll  struck  out  for  itself,  and  our  town  has 
acquiesced  since. 

The  Mexican  War,  declared  May  11, 1846,  did  not  seem  to  affect  New 
Hampshire  much;  but  one  home  in  town,  that  of  Ephraim  G.  Smith,  felt 
the  cloud,  for  his  son,  Lieutenant  Joseph  Parker  Smith,  a  native  of  Wakefield 
and  a  graduate  of  West  Point,  a  brave  soldier,  fell  at  Chapultepec  and  lies  in 
the  family  burying-ground  near  to  his  brother,  the  late  Morrill  B.  Smith,  who 
went   into  the  war  of  1861  from  Concord  as  major  of  the  Eighth. 

From  1840  TO  1865  four  fifths  were  days  of  peace  and  progress.  The 
coming  into  town  of  the  railroad,  while  taking  away  some  of  the  triumph  of 
the  rolling  stage-coach,  yet  brought  us  nearer  to  the  large  cities  and  developed 
Union  village  and  impressed  upon  us  that  we  had  a  future. 

War  for  the  Union,  but  political  questions  were  boiling.  The  old  idea 
of  1793  and  1830  that  emphasized  state  rights  came  out  in  practice  in  the 
extreme  proposition  that  a  state  has  a  right  to  secede  from  the  Union.  To 
disprove  that  right  government  resorted  to  force  and  many  a  heart  and  home 
felt  the  War  for  the  Union. 

The  war  of  1861  is  of  recent  date,  and  the  votes  in  the  town  taken  give 
but  little  idea  of  the  pain  even  in  patriotism  which  came  to  the  loving  and 
Loved  ones  when  the  boys  went  to  the  front  and  when  news  came  from  the 
battlefield.  In  1861  some  answered  the  call  to  help  to  sustain  the  government, 
among  whom  was  William  Grantman,  then  in  Boston,  who,  later,  returned 
severely  wounded,  and  for  him  was  secured  the  commission  of  captain  of  that 
company  in  the  regiment  to  which  belonged  our  boys. 

Action  of  the  Town.  —  The  first  recorded  action  of  the  town  revealing  the  existence  of  the 
war  was  in  March,  1862,  when  "  $300  are  to  be  appropriated  by  the  Selectmen  for  the  support 
(.1  families  of  soldiers  who  have  enlisted  in  the  service  of  the  U.  S."  August  21.  Voted, 
•'to  pay  each  man  resident  of  this  town  who  has  enlisted  or  who  may  hereafter  enlist  in 
the  service  of  the  V.  S.  under  the  last  call  of  the  President  for  volunteers  the  sum  of  two 
hundred  dollars  until  the  quota  shall  be  filled  or  the  time  of  enlistment  expires  and  to  pay 
the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  to  each  man  resident  who  shall  enlist  in  said  service  under 
call  of  iIm'  President  for  soldiers  by  draft  for  the  term  of  nine  months  until  the  quota  shall  be 
filled  or  time  of  enlistment  expires  to  be  paid  at  the  time  such  soldiers  are  mustered  into 
service,  and  that  the  select  men  he  authorized  to  borrow  the  same  on  the  credit  of  tbe  town  at 
a  rate  of  interest  not  exceeding  six  per  cent."  October  20.  The  President  calls  for  300,000 
by  draft.  The  town  votes  one  hundred  dollars  in  addition  to  sum  already  offered,  etc.,  05  to 
II.  Motion  for  indefinite  postponement  made  by  Alvah  II.  Sawyer  had  failed  by  G5  to  23. 
Five  hundred  dollars  were  voted  for  aid  to  soldiers"  families.  October  2.'5.  The  Selectmen  are 
authorized  to  enlist  non-residents  under  last  call  for  300,000  by  draft  at  a  bounty  not  exceed- 
ing 8-00.     '•  After  many  remarks"  this  action  taken,  2G  to  0. 

1863,  August  15.  "  $300  for  each  one  who  may  be  conscripted  or  drafted  for  the  suppres- 
sion of  the  Southern  rebellion  or  for  each  person  who  shall  serve  as  substitute;  selectmen  to 
borrow  and  pay  soldiers  in  ten  days  after  mustered  into  service."  •'Unanimous."  Novem- 
ber 27.  •'  Selectmen  authorized  to  raise  $15,200  for  bounties  under  last  call  for  300,000,  and 
to  pay  out  in  such  sums  as  they  shall  see  fit." 


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1864,  April  I.  $5,000  for  bounties  under  Lasl  two  calls  ol  the  Presidenl  Cor  volunteers. 
Selectmen  authorized  to  hire  Slid  3um  on  credit  of  the  town  and  give  note.  .1 29.  Select- 
men to  raise  $10,000  for  those  who  may  hereafter  volunteer,  enlisl  and  be  mustered  in  Bucb 
enlistment  to  be  with  the  consent  of  the  selectmen ;  authorized  to  hire  and  give  note.  Select- 
men authorized  to  pay  each  ihaiicd  man  or  his  substitute  three  hundred  dollars  when  mus- 
tered  in.  Unanimous.  August  26.  Voted  to  each  man  who  has  volunteered  to  serve  as  sub- 
stitute for  any  drafted  or  enrolled  man  in  said  town,  and  has  been  mustered  in.  sum  (or  one 
year's  service,  8200  for  two  years,  $300  for  three  year-,  to  them  or  their  assigns,  provided 
that  no  assign  shall  receive  a  greater  sum  Mian  he  has  actually  paid.  April  30.  Aid  to 
Boldiers'  families,  8800.  November.  The  town  raise-  $10,000  for  bounties  to  those  who  may 
enlist  or  furnish  a  substitute,  the  selectmen  to  paw  as  expedient,  one.  i  wo,  and  three  hundred 
dollars  for  men  for  one,  two,  or  three  years. 

Men.  bounties,  aid  to  soldiers'  families  were  contributions  of  our  town 
offered  in  reply  to  the  calls  for  help :  forty  thousand  and  six  hundred  dollars 
in  bounties  to  volunteers,  drafted  men,  and  substitutes:  sixteen  hundred 
dollars  for  aiding  soldiers'  families  and  men  some  of  whom  lost  their  Lives; 
others  lived  to  suffer  from  the  effects  of  wounds,  disease,  and  exposure,  and  all 
who  lived  and  were  brave  are  still  reckoned  as  heroes.  But  none  were  sorry 
when  the  last  battle  was  fought,  the  last  victory  won,  and  the  last  soldier  was 
mustered  out.  War  never  has  been,  and  may  it  never  be,  our  nation's  highest 
opportunity  or  delight.  At  the  elose  of  the  war  the  town  debt  was  $27,000; 
reduced  since  then  in  1872  to  $12,000  by  the  reimbursement  by  the  state  for 
bounties  $11,000:  decreased  steadily  till  it  was,  March  1,  1889,  $<>,000. 


CHAPTER    XLIII. 

ECCLESIASTICAL    HISTORY. 


( lentennial  Poem —  First  Church  —  Organization  —First  Members  —  Farly  Action  —  Rev. 
Asa  Riper  -Rev.  Samuel  Nichols  — Rev.  Nathaniel  Barker  —  Martin  Leffingwell  —  Joseph  R. 
Tuns—  Rev.  Daniel  Dana  Tap  pan  —  Rev.  Alvan  Tobey  —  Rev.  Sumner  (lark  — Rev.  George 
O.  Jenness  —  Rev.  Albert  II.  Thompson  —  Rev.  Lyman  White  — Early  Historj  of  Church 
and  Society  — Deacons  —  Other  Memhers  — One  Hundredth  Anniversary  —  Second  Congrega- 
tional Church  —  Organization  —  Original  Members  —  Ministers  —  Deacons  —  Sunday-school  _ 
Freewill  Baptist  Churches  —  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  —  Second  Advent  Church  — Epis- 
copal Church  —  Meeting-houses,  etc. 

BEHIND  the  dusty  bars  of  time 
is  rang  to-day  a  century's  cblme; 
A  century  dim,  with  all  it  holds, 
To-daj  the  grasping  past  enfolds. 


188  History   of   Carroll  County. 


We  bill  you  all  remember  well 

The  struggles  none  may  fully  tell, 

Of  Parson  Piper  and  the  few, 

Who  "  builded  better  than  they  knew." 

O'er  these  hills  their  feet  have  trod, 
Their  ancient   plows  upturned  this  sod; 
They  builded  homes,  they  churches  raised, 
Within  whose  walls  their  God  they  praised. 

A  century  old  — this  church  and  town 
Outlasts  many  a  gilded  crown; 
To-day  we  place  a  golden  star 
Within  Time's  swift  revolving  car. 

A  golden  clasp — this  bright  To-day  — 
Hinds  two  centuries  on  our  way; 
Behind  we  hear  a  last  faint  chime 
Mingle  with  that  of  coming  time. 

And  may  we,  who  stand  to-day 
Where  stood  those  long  passed  away, 
Leave  a  record  bright  and  pure, 
Which,  like  theirs,  shall  long  endure. 

—  Centennial  Poem,  by  George  S.  Dorr. 

FIRST  CHURCH.  — September  22,  1885,  was  celebrated  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  First  Church  and  ordination  of 
the  first  settled  minister,  Asa  Piper,  of  the  town  of  Wakefield.  At  this 
time  the  history  of  the  church  was  given  substantially  as  follows:  The 
church  was  made  up  of  nine  members ;  five  were  the  men  and  four  the 
women,  making  a  beautiful  picture  of  these  homes  consecrated  to  God  by 
the  united  love  of  both  the  partners.  No  church  could  have  a  better  start, 
no  community  be  blessed  more  richly,  than  in  a  church  made  up  of  consecrated 
homes.  These  husbands  and  wives  were  likely  not  the  only  Christians  in 
Wakefield  on  that  clear  September  morning  in  1785,  but  their  names  are 
worthy  of  record.  Samuel  Haines,  Avery  Hall,  Abigail  Hall,  Richard  Dow, 
Mary  Dow,  Simeon  Dearborn,  Martha  Dearborn,  Mayhew  Clark,  Mary  Clark. 
Descendants  they  have  who  may  well  praise  the  God  of  their  fathers  who  gave 
them  such  an  ancestry,  not  descended  from  royal  blood,  but  princes  and 
princesses   in  the  everlasting  kingdom. 

Wli;it  led  to  the  organization  of  this  church  at  this  time?  They  tell  us  in 
part,  and  we  know  two  facts  that  would  be  likely  to  affect  their  action.  The 
war  of  (he  Revolution  had  ended  four  years  before;  its  thunders  had  died 
away,  and  the  people  were  settling  down  to  the  labors  and  arts  of  peace,  to 
build  up  the  young  nation  whose  liberty  they  had  purchased  on  the  bloody 
battlefield.  And  to  this  end  the  Christian  church  would  add  its  great  influ- 
ence. Again,  the  town  for  several  years  had  cared  for  its  own  religious  welfare 
instead  of  allowing  private  individuals  so  to  do,  as  now,  and  voted  each  year 
to  have  preaching  four,  six,  or  eight  weeks  by  some  minister  designated  by  the 
town,  witli  attempts  at  permanent  settlement  in   1779-80-82.     Now,  increased 


Town  of   Wakkiiki  i>.  4  so 


in  population  and  resources,  and  possibly  more  awake  bo  the  religious  need,  the 
people,  in  town-meeting  assembled,  proposed  to  have  a  minister  the  year  round, 
jnsi  as  much  as  a  selectman  or  pound-keeper,  and  to  keep  alive  and  awake 
the  religious  spirit,  as  well  as  to  keep  the  mads  and  bridges  in  good  condition, 
that  society  maj  have  a  sate  journey/  And  very  likely  they  wen:  shrewd 
enough  to  see  thai  the  material  prosperity  would  be  enhanced  by  the 
spiritual. 

The  earliest  accessible  record  is  in  that  eventful  year  of  Concord  and 
Lexington,  when  the  colonies  began  the  struggle  to  free  themselves  from  the 
poke  of  the  "tyrant."  Vet  our  early  settlers  did  not  forget  to  praj  and  to 
worship.  For  in  May,  1775,  the  town  met  "(1)  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote 
to  have  any  preaching  this  summer,  and  if  any,  what  method  they  will  take  to 
hire  it.  (2)  To  see  what  method  the  town  will  take  with  those  men  that 
inlisted  as  minit-men.  (3)  To  hear  the  request  of  William  Blaisdell  relative 
to  exchanging  more  or  all  of  the  school  lot  with  said  Blaisdell.  Signed, 
Simeon  Dearborn,  Noah  Kimball,  Joseph  Maleham,  selectmen."  So  they  were 
probably  chosen  at  the  first  meeting.  At  the  next  meeting,  July  17,  it  was 
voted  "that  there  be  preaching;"  "that  there  be  eight  Sabbaths  preaching 
here  at  the  expense  of  the  town  unless  the  proprietors  are  bound  by  charter  to 
supply  this.  Voted  that  Mr  Henshaw  be  the  man  ;  that  Mr  Jonathan  Gilman, 
Simeon  Dearborn,  Esq.,  and  Mr  John  Horn  be  a  committee  to  apply  to  Mr 
Henshaw,  or  some  other  suitable  person,  if  he  cannot  be  had."  Each  year  the 
military  and  religious  concerns  occupied  the  mind  of  the  citizens  as  the  chief 
concerns  —  to  supply  the  army  with  soldiers  and  the  town  with  preaching. 
These  are  the  names  of  the  preachers  mentioned :  1775,  Henshaw ;  1776, 
Chickering  or  Henshaw  and  Hall,  perhaps  Avery  Hall,  who  had  moved  in  from 
lioeliester,  where  he  was  pastor  for  nine  years  up  to  1775;  1777,  Mr  Porter, 
very  likely  later  the  distinguished  Dr  Nathaniel  Porter.  1778,  Rev.  Mr  Dutch 
and  Cummings  ;  1779,  Mr  Henshaw,  and  Mr  Dutch  was  called  to  settle;  1780, 
Rev.  Josiah  Badcock;  sixty  voted  for  his  settlement,  fifteen  against;  1781,  Rev. 
Mr  Kendall  ;  1782-83,  Rev.  Moses  Sweat,  who  seems  to  have  got  a  hold  of  the 
affections  of  many,  and  a  mild  contest  took  place,  according  to  the  record, 
whether  or  not  he  should  be  the  permanent  supply.  Once  the  town  voted  "to 
have  no  Sweat  that  year."  The  next  they  voted  yes,  but  he  declined.  The 
reason  given  by  tradition  is  not  given  by  the  uninspired  town  clerk,  and  1  will 
not  give  it,  only  advise  all  ministers  to  be  careful  in  their  horse  trades.  He 
seems  to  have  had  a  reputation  more  as  a  Greek  and  Hebrew  scholar  to  whom 
great  scholars  looked  as  an  authority.  His  home,  as  pastor  for  many  years, 
was  in  Sanford,  Maine,  where  he  died  in  1824,  at  the  age  of  threescore  and 
ten. 

In  the  year  1782  the  earnest  desire  for  constant  religions  worship  showed 
itself  in  the  call  for  all  the  legal  voters  to  meet  at  the  meeting-house  "for  the 


490  History  of  Carroll  County. 

purpose  of  consulting  upon  our  religious  affairs,  and  to  come  into  and  prose- 
cud'  such  measures  as  the  Town  shall  think  fit  when  met,  in  order  to  have  the 
Gospel  preached  among  us.  The  matter  of  Religion,  with  the  means  appointed 
for  the  promoting  of  it,  are  so  important  that  we  shall  be  acquitted  of  Blame, 
yea,  commended  for  calling  the  Town  together  at  this  busy  time,  and  desiring 
all  concerned  to  attend  as  above  mentioned.  Avery  Hall,  John  Wingate, 
Mayhew  Clark."  At  the  notified  meeting,  August  26,  Captain  David  Co})}), 
moderator,  it  was  voted  to  adjourn  one  week.  Then  it  was  voted  "to  keep 
Thursday,  12th  day  of  instant  September,  as  a  Day  of  Fasting  and  Prayer  for 
Direction  in  the  calling  and  settling  of  a  minister.'"  "Voted  also  to  invite  the 
Rev.  Messrs  James  Pike,  Jeremy  Belknap,  Joseph  Haven,  Isaac  Hasey,  Nehe- 
miah  Ordway,  to  assist  and  advise  on  that  occasion."  This  was  a  council  called 
not  by  a  church,  but  by  the  town,  Esquire  Dearborn,  Captain  D.  Copp,  and 
Avery  Hall  to  be  a  committee  to  write  to  these  ministers.  No  permanent  min- 
ister was  advised,  but  Esquire  Dearborn,  Captain  Copp,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Balch, 
Mr.  Richard  Dow,  and  Mr.  Avery  Hall  were  chosen  to  hire  for  a  term  not 
exceeding  two  months. 

Their  desires  were  at  last  gratified  in  1784.  In  the  spring  of  that  year  it 
was  voted  to  have  eight  Sabbaths  preaching.  Captain  Copp,  Ensign  Clark, 
and  Major  Palmer,  a  committee  "  to  apply  to  some  suitable  person  to  preach 
with  us  on  probation  4  Sabbaths  at  first."  In  the  August  meeting,  Lieutenant 
Jonathan  Gilman,  moderator,  "  voted  to  hire  eight  Sabbaths  preaching  in 
Addition  to  what  was  voted  last  spring.  Simeon  Dearborn,  Esq.,  Avery  Hall, 
and  Mr.  Richard  Dow  to  be  a  new  committee  to  hire  a  candidate  on  Probation 
at  Discretion,  and  meeting  dissolved."  November,  the  town  met  and  voted  to 
give  a  call  to  the  man  selected  by  this  committee  (at  Cambridge),  and  he 
accepted.  This  ended  the  yearly  supply.  I  have  given  the  names  of  the  suc- 
cessive ministers  who  served  the  town  only  a  few  weeks,  but  long  enough  to 
show  their  excellence  and  the  taste  of  the  people.  And  judging  by  the  later 
renown  of  Sweat  and  Porter,  that,  even  in  their  younger  days  at  Wakefield, 
they  must  have  shown  some  of  that  power  of  mind,  we  may  judge  that 
all  these  early  town  ministers  of  Wakefield  were  fully  up  to  the  average  of 
those  days.  Their  service  was  limited,  and  we  pass  them  by  with  a  brief 
notice,  which  they  surely  deserve.  They  were  the  forerunners  of  the  settled 
minister. 

A  new  era  dawns  upon  the  town,  when,  in  1784,  there  appears  in  Wakefield 
a  young  minister,  twenty-seven  years  old,  of  stanch  English  stock,  whose  great- 
grandfather came  from  Dartmouth,  England,  about  1650,  when  "Charles  the 
First  had  his  Cromwell."  This  ancestor  settled  in  Ipswich,  Mass.  The  strug- 
gle in  the  land  of  his  birth,  without  doubt,  had  its  impress  on  his  character 
ami  that  of  his  descendants. 

This  young  minister  was  not  a  soldier  of  the   Revolution,  but  a  thorough 


! 


Town   of   Wakefield.  491 


patriot,  a  g I  scholar  and  priest  of  the  .Musi  High  God.    Nine  and  forty  years 

he  lived  not  Car  from  the  beautiful  hike,  until  on  the  L7th  day  of  May,  1835,  In- 
died  verv  suddenly,  much  lamented  by  the  church  and  the  citizens  of  the  town 
generally-  -Rev.  Asa  Piper,  the  first  pastor  of  this  church,  the  first  and  only 
settled   town  minister.     He  stands  at  the  head  of  the  line  in  time  and   talent. 

Ili>  successors  must   have  inenti though  it  be  brief.     In  L828,  September  17, 

Rev.  Samuel  Nichols  was  ordained  as  colleague  pastor,  serving  as  such  until 
March  7,  L833,  when  ho  was  dismissed  by  council,  lie  was  a  graduate  of  Ban- 
gor Theological  Seminary,  1826,  a  native  of  South  Reading,  Mass.,  where  he 
died  in  1844,  in  the  forty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  As  a  preacher  he  may  not 
have  ranked  high  for  brilliancy,  but  the  comparatively  large  number  of  addi- 
tions in  his  short  ministry,  of  over  forty  to  the  membership  of  nine  at  his 
arrival,  speaks  well  of  the  spiritual  condition  of  the  society.  Six  weeks  after 
our  first  minister  was  laid  away  in  his  peaceful  grave,  but  a  few  steps  from 
the  sacred  house  where  was  his  throne,  there  came  another  minister,  not  quite 
forty  years  of  age  —  Rev.  Nathaniel  Barker,  and  he  lived  among  you,  lo,  these 
many  years,  that  life  of  a  holy  man,  until  a  few  years  since  he  was  called  away, 
at  fourscore  and  seven,  to  the  reward  of  the  faithful.  He  also  was  a  college 
graduate,  sharing  with  Dartmouth  the  honor  of  one  of  her  sons  in  1822.  Rev- 
olutionary blood  and  the  martyr  spirit  was  in  his  veins.  His  father,  Samuel 
Barker,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  was  of  heroic  mold ;  his  mother,  Betsy 
Rogers,  was  the  daughter  of  Major  Rogers  of  royal  descent,  tracing  back  his 
ancestry  to  the  fires  of  Smithfield  and  to  John  Rogers  the  martyr.  He  was 
born  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  January  6,  1796,  and  bred  in  a  Christian  household, 
educated  for  the  gospel  ministry,  a  graduate  of  Andover,  1825,  ordained  at 
Meiidou,  Mass..  soon  alter,  where  he  served  a  few  years,  with  a  heart  bound  up 
in  the  cause  of  the  Redeemer;  he  was  led  by  providence  to  Wakefield.  He 
once  told  me,  speaking  of  the  liquor  traffic,  then  quite  brisk,  "I  thought  if  I 
did  my  duty  I  shouldn't  stay  long."  But  the  Lord  gave  him  nearly  fifty  years 
longer  as  the  village  pastor  and  upright  citizen,  and  never  did  his  voice  or 
heart  shut  up  to  the  blight  of  that  curse,  or  any  other  which  sin  has  brought 
into  the  world.  lie  now  sleeps  in  the  burial-place  on  the  brow  of  the  hill, 
revered  in  the  memory  of  all.  He  had  a  mind  of  no  small  grasp,  and  as  a 
theologian  he  has  not  had  his  equal  in  the  county.  He  was  true  to  his  convic- 
tions, that  to  him  admitted  of  little  opposition.  Of  the  church  he  writes  in 
18o4,  "The  tide  is  always  going  out.  But  the  Lord  is  the  stay  of  his  people." 
Yet  to  the  twenty-nine  at  his  arrival,  forty-five  had  been  added,  and  his  great 
moral  influence  had  reached  many  hearts.     He  died  October  1-5,  l<s<S3. 

His  successors  were:  Marvin  Leffingwell,  of  Methodist  training,  who  did  a 
faithful  work  of  four  years  before  1800 ;  Joseph  B.  Tufts,  a  graduate  of 
Harvard  in  1849,  from  1861  to  1864,  during  which  period  several  were  added 
to   the  church.     These  are  all  dead.     From  November  19,   1865,  to  April  1, 


492  History  of   Carroll  County. 


L871,  the  now  venerable,  still  vivacious  and  exact,  Daniel  Dana  Tappan,  a 
graduate  of  Bowdoin  in  1822,  labored  in  season  and  out  of  season  for  the 
upbuilding  of  Zion,  and  the  lull  harvest  is  not  yet.  From  his  pen,  gifted  even 
down  to  fourscore  and  seven  years  of  age,  is  this  grand  hymn:  — 

(iml  of  the  centuries!  thy  truth 

Has  through  the  ages  kept  its  way, 
And  still  maintains  a  vigorous  youth 

With  ever-widening,  lustrous  sway. 

So,  too,  thy  Church,  her  Guide  in  view, 

From  times  remote  has  kept  her  course, 
Dispensing  good  like  early  dew, 

Of  human  weal  a  tailless  source. 

This  hundredth  year  of  her  birthday 

This  little  flock  thy  care  would  own, 
And  grateful  homage  here  we  pay 

As  thus  we  bow  before  the  throne. 

This  aged  minister  still  retains  his  vigor.  Though  born  in  1798,  October 
30,  this  last  winter,  at  over  ninety,  he  has  led  a  prayer-meeting  every  week, 
and  several  times  has  preached. 

During  his  service,  five  days  before  Christmas  in  1867,  the  bell,  weighing 
819  pounds  and  costing  $388. 73,  of  which  $100  was  contributed  by  friends 
away,  was  joined  to  the  church,  the  first  church  bell  in  town,  to  call  with  its 
silver  tones  the  people  to  the  house  of  God. 

Rev.  Alvan  Tobey  served  the  church  for  a  short  time,  in  1871,  I  think. 
Rev.  Sumner  Clark,  our  near  neighbor  and  firm  friend,  had  agreeable  memories 
of  the  three  years  from  May,  1872,  that  he  spent  with  his  Wakefield  parish, 
and  still  holds  in  their  hearts  a  large  place.  He  was  born  in  Framingham, 
Mass.,  October  4,  1812,  and  died  in  Wolfeborough,  December  20,  1887.  He 
was  graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  1840. 

The  five  years  before  1880  were  marked  by  a  signal  display  of  the  grace  of 
God,  especially  among  the  young,  in  the  ministry  of  Rev.  George  O.  Jenness. 
This  parish  will  not  forget  the  dominie  and  his  helpmeet. 

During  the  eighties,  the  feeble  light  of  your  historian  has  been  shed,  and  it 
is  to  him  a  pleasure  and  a  pride  to  have  served  in  this  centennial  year  this 
ancient  church,  and  recount  the  deeds  of  the  pions  ancestors. 

Albert  Henry  Thompson,  the  third  of  four  sons  of  Edward'  Kneeland 
Thompson  and  Elizabeth  Dearborn  Smith,  was  born  January  27,  1849,  at 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  brought  up  in  Searsport,  Maine,  after  his  father  and 
mother  were  lost  at  sea  on  the  brig  "  Albert  Perkins,'"  of  which  his  father  was 
"  master."  He  went  to  common  schools  in  Searsport,  and  assisted  his  grand- 
lather  in  his  drug  and  book  store,  until  in  May,  1865,  he  took  a  course  at 
Conier's  Commercial  College.  In  the  fall  he  entered  Phillips  Andover 
Academy,  and  at  the  end  of  three  years  had  missed  but  three  recitations,  and 
graduated  June  30,  1868,  with  the  second  rank  as  salutatorian. 


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lie  then  entered  Amherst  College,  where  he  was  graduated  Julj  11, 
1872,  with  B.A.  He  took  first  prizes  in  English  composition  and  Greek. 
He  entered  the  junior  class  of  die  divinity  school  of  Yale  College,  September, 
L872,  ami  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  b.d.,  May  13,  L875 ;  was  appro 
bated  to  preach  by  the  New  Haven  West  Association  of  Ministers,  May,  L874. 
He  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist  February  26,  L879,  at  Bingham,  Maine  and 
preached  in  summer  vacations,  1873,  al  Enfield,  X.  H.,  and  1N7I.  South  San- 
ford,  Maine:  also,  in  Georgetown,  Conn.,  from  May  8,  L875  to  1877;  Bingham, 
Maine,  1877-79;  Cromwell,  Iowa.  1879-80;  Wakefield,  N.  II.,  1880-87;  and 
from  May.  L888,  to  the  presenl  at  Raymond.  He  married,  January  13,1885, 
Mrs  Arvilla  Hardy  Pitman,  daughter  of  Loammi  Hardy,  of  Ossipee. 

'Two.  the  lirst  and   last,  of  their  three  children  are  living:   Elizabeth   Hardy, 
Rose  Standish,  Arvilla  Haynes. 

Rev.  Lyman  White,  of  excellenl  repute  among  the  churches  of  our  order, 
commenced  a  pastorate  here  in  .June,  1888.  He  was  a  native  of  Roxbury, 
horn  .luh  2:'),  L818;  was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  in  1846,  and  died  May  30, 
1889.  He  was  held  in  much  esteem  in  his  pastorates,  was  a  man  of  noble 
character,  and  an  excellent  preacher  and  wise  adviser. 

The  earlier  preachers  were  educated  men,  who  believed  in  studying  the 
Bible  in  the  languages  in  which  it  was  written,  the  Hebrew  and  Greek.  With- 
out sacrificing  the  religious  nature,  they  aimed  to  develop  the  mind.  They 
were  the  patrons  of  learning,  and  without  doubt  had  something  to  do  in  form- 
ing that  literary  taste  which  has  prevailed  in  Wakefield.  These  preachers 
were  loyal  citizens,  not  monks  seeking  retirement  from  the  world  in  cloisters 
and  caves.  They  were  ever  fearless  in  the  discharge  of  what  conscience  told 
them  was  duty.  I  should  like  now  to  see  the  service  in  the  old  meeting-house, 
with  its  square,  high-backed  pews  or  pens,  its  three  galleries,  its  huge  sounding- 
hoard  over  the  stalwart  form  of  the  minister  dressed  in  knee  breeches,  ancient 
coat,  powdered  hair,  preaching  to  our  ancestors  that  good  old  sermon  ninety- 
nine  years  ago.  on  the  reverence  due  to  the  house  of  God.  And  they  came 
from  near  and  from  far,  on  horseback  and  on  ox-sleds,  and  barefooted,  to  save 
their  shoes  when  they  should  enter  the  sacred  place.  Those  were  the  days 
when  sacrifices  were  known. 

Eight  weeks  of  preaching  seems  to  us  small,  but  it  cleared  the  law,  and 
eight  weeks*  pleaching  then  might  be  as  good  as  three  times  that  now.  But 
that  didn't  satisfy  them.  According  to  custom,  the  town  of  Wakefield  did 
for  the  tirst  ten  years  support  preaching,  and  then  called  to  a  permanent  settle- 
ment Rev.  Asa  Piper,  who  had  already  preached  nineteen  Sabbaths.  This  call 
wa-  given  in  November,  1784,  through  a  committee  of  seven:  S.  Dearborn, 
N.  Balch,  A.  Hall,  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Gilman,  Captain  J.  Gilman,  Major 
Jonathan  Palmer,  and  Ensign  Mayhew  Clark.  The  terms  of  settlement  or 
the  proposals  were:   Mr  Piper  was  to  receive, 


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In  addition  to  the  rights  sequestered  to  the  use  of  the  Ministry  in  the  Town,  one  Hundred 
Pounds  lawful  money  towards  building  him  a  house,  to  be  paid  in  Labor  and  Materials  for 
building,  common  labor  at  3s.  per  day,  the  man  finding  himself ;  Pine  Boards  at  4  Dols.  per 
L000  l'i.:  Shingle  a1  9s.  per  L000;  Clapboards,  rough,  at  4  dollars  per  1000,  each  of  said 
articles  to  be  delivered  on  the  spot,  and  in  any  other  articles  that  may  be  wanted  at  cash 
price,  and  also  lay  oul  one  hundred  Days'  work  in  Fencing  and  clearing  the  Minister's  Lot. 
Thai  the  town  will  give  said  Mr.  Piper  as  an  annual  salary,  Seventy-five  pounds,  lawful 
Money,  loriy  pounds  of  said  sum  to  be  paid  in  Money,  the  other  thirty-live  in  produce  of  the 
country,  —  twelve  pounds  in  Indian  corn  at  3s.  per  bushel,  six  pounds  in  R4e  at  4s.  per  bushel, 
five  pounds  in  Beef  at  2  l-2d  per  lb.,  twelve  pounds  in  pork  at  5  pence  per  lb.  It  is  to  be 
understood,  that  lor  the  two  first  years,  they  will  give  only  sixty  pounds  annually  as  salary, 
and  after  that  adding  to  the  sixty  pounds  yearly  five  pounds,  until  it  amount  to  seventy-five 
pounds,  his  stated  annual  salary. 

Also  voted  to  give  the  upper  part  of  the  town  above  Ensign  Mayhew 
Clark's  a  proportional  part  of  the  preaching.  The  proposals  were  modified 
in  June,  so  that  one  half  of  the  one  hundred  pound  settlement  shall  be  paid 
the  first  year,  the  other  half  the  next.  "  The  work  shall  be  done  the  coming 
fall.  The  Rie  shall  be  at  3s  9d  per  bushel ;  Money  part  to  be  paid  quarterly." 
The  minister  wanted  less  pork  and  more  corn,  so  the  twelve  pounds  in  pork 
was  changed  to  the  same  value  in  Indian  corn.  To  this  call,  borne  by  S.  Dear- 
horn,  Esq.,  Captain  David  Copp,  and  Avery  Hall,  Mr  Piper  made  the  following 
answer  in  the  affirmative:  — 

Wakefield,  June  20,  1785. 
Friends  and  Brethren,  —  It  is  some  time  since  I  received  an  invitation  to  settle  with  you  in 
the  gospel  ministry  —  a  work  that  is  not  to  be  undertaken  without  a  solemn  pause  and  mature 
deliberation  upon  the  reasons  operating  for  or  against  compliance.  Notwithstanding  the 
ureal  distance  from  my  particular  friends,  which  is  a  circumstance  disagreeable  both  to  them 
and  to  me,  and  other  objections,  —  so  remote  from  my  brethren  in  the  ministry,  whose  society 
and  kind  offices  would  be  a  source  of  satisfaction  and  edification,  and  likewise  the  difficult 
and  laborious  duty  of  the  ministerial  office  to  winch  I  feel  myself  so  unequal  and  unworthy 
of,  —  yet,  as  there  appears  so  great  a  degree  of  unanimity  (as  far  as  I  have  obtained  informa- 
tion) among  the  people,  and  as  you  have  so  far  complied  with  what  was  proposed  as  an 
amendment  to  the  former  conditions,  after  consulting  with  those  wdiose  advice  I  esteemed, 
and  seeking  direction  from  the  great  Head  of  the  Church,  with  whom  is  the  residue  of  the 
spirit,  who  is  able  to  supply  every  weakness  and  deficiency  and  qualify  the  most  unworthy 
tor  his  service,  and  on  whose  blessing  success  depends,  I  have  finally  thought  it  my  duty  not 
to  ret  use  your  request,  and  do  accordingly  accept  your  invitation.  Relying,  however,  if  a 
union  should  take  place,  on  your  Christianity  and  benevolence,  that,  should  the  future  pros- 
perity of  the  Town  admit  of  it,  you  will  make  me  such  further  allowance  as  shall  be  neces- 
sary. And  1  shall  expect,  likewise,  the  privilege  of  absence  a  number  of  Sabbaths  yearly  in 
order  to  visit  my  friends  and  acquaintances  to  the  westward. 

Asa  Piper. 

"  Friends  and  brethren  "  he  calls  the  citizens  of  the  town.  But  the  friends 
thought  another  step  ueeded  to  secure  a  permanent  minister,  and  we  have 
what  now  would  be  a  strange  sight:  a  council  called  by  the  town  for  the 
ordination  of  a  religious  teacher,  and  at  the  same  time  the  "brethren"  and 


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their  wives  were  embodied  into  a  church  by  the  town's  council.  The  town 
Leads,  the  church  follows.     Now,  in  calling  a  minister,  the  church  Leads. 

The  church  was  broad  in  its  foundation,  with  a  ver\  limited  creed  un<l  a 
generous  covenant:  "  We  profess  a  serious  and  full  belief  thai  the  Scriptures 
of  t he  <  Md  and  New  Testaments  are  given  by  inspiration;  thai  1 1 1<-\  teach  us 
the  doctrine  of  man's  apostasy  from  God,  and  the  only  means  of  recovery  is 
by  faith  in  Jesus  Christ  as  the  only  Saviour  of  Lost  sinners."  A  little  Later  in 
some  towns  the  first  church  organizedhad  no  creed,  simply  a  covenanl  to  join 
together  Christians  of  different  names.  This  short  confession  of  faith  was 
Later  and  in  1828,  at  the  time  of  settling  the  colleague,  enlarged  and  arranged 
in  eigh.1  articles.  The  covenanl  seemed  to  he  the  main  thing  on  which  they 
depended  for  mutual  help,  though  of  course  the  covenant  was  based  on  the 
kinship  of  belief  and  practice  and  the  object  of  upbuilding  the  kingdom  of 
grace.  It  had  an  "  exception  ""  as  a  relic  of  the  "  half-way  covenant."'  which 
allowed  people  to  be  church  members,  have  their  children  baptized,  and  yel  not 
partake  of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

<  )ne  excellent  woman,  without  doubt,  was  taken  into  the  church  on 
"exception"  in  1787,  her  conscience  forbidding  her  to  partake  of  the  Lord's 
Supper,  and  for  over  forty  years  she  was  deprived  of  that  privilege,  and  she 
died  before  she  could  use  the  rite.  The  Articles  of  Faith  have  been  amended 
in  1828  and  again  in  1867.  This  church  now  is  supposed  to  be  in  general 
accord  with  other  churches  of  the  Congregational  name,  but  at  the  outset  thai 
name  was  not  used.  Neither  is  it  called  the  first  church  of  Christ,  though 
they  make  a  solemn  surrender  of  themselves  to  the  Deity  in  Trinity,  and 
"regard  it  our  incumbent  duty  in  our  present  situation  to  form  ourselves  into 
a  church  for  fellowship  and  communion."  But  it  was  the  first  church  of 
Wakefield,  and  I  am  glad  that  it  was  not  the  last  one;  but  other  Christian 
bands,  bearing  different  names,  have  had  the  name  of  Christ  written  on  their 
hearts  and  have  done  a  good  work. 

The  moderator  of  the  special  town-meeting  which  called  Asa  Piper  was 
Simeon  Dearborn.  The  moderator  of  the  new  church  meeting  was  Avery 
Hall.  The  voted  call  was  unanimous,  and  this  was  the  answer  given  that 
very  day  before  his  ordination  :  — 

Wakefield,  September  :>•_>,  1785. 
I  now  declare  my  acceptance  of  the  call  given  nie  this  day  by  the  church  <>!'  <  Ihrisl  in  this 
place  to  be  their  pastor. 

Asa  Piper. 

The  town  had  already  called  him  to  be  their  minister,  and  he  had  accepted 
three  months  before.  The  town  led,  the  church  followed.  And  when  t he 
town  totally  ceased  to  lead,  at  the  passage  of  the  Toleration  Act  about  lsl!>, 
the  church  remained  as  the  organized  spiritual  body,  competent  to  call   and 


496  History  of   Carroll  County. 


settle  a  minister,  and  the  First  Congregational  Society  was  chartered  by  the 
Legislature  in  1815,  which  embraced  Joseph  Wiggin,  Richard  Dow,  Luther 
Dearborn,  William  Sawyer,  Joshua  G.  Hall,  John  Kimball,  Elisha  Sanborn, 
and   associates. 

The  members  of  the  ordaining  council  were  ministers  Hasey,  of  Lebanon, 
Maine:  Haven,  of  Rochester;  Adams,  of  Acton,  Mass.,  the  early  home  of  the 
young  minister;  Newhall,  of  Stowe,  Mass.;  Ripley,  of  Concord,  Mass. 

Thus,  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  September,  1785,  Asa  Piper  saw  this 
church  organized,  received  its  call  and  accepted  it,  was  ordained,  and  married 
his  first  couple  in  Wakefield  —  Joseph  Maleham  and  Frederica  Lang.  The 
next  year  or  so  he  brought  to  his  home  at  Simeon  Dearborn's  his  young  wife, 
Mary  Cutts,  of  Portsmouth,  and  not  long  after  moved  a  few  steps  to  the 
new  mansion  which  still  stands  on  that  site  of  remarkable  beauty,  which 
from  that  day  to  this  has  been  the  happy  home  of  his  descendants.  Esquire 
Dearborn's  house  was  near  the  road  over  Copp's  hill.  There  was  the 
"prophet's  chamber"  in  the  early  day.  And  there  they  met  and  chose  the 
first  two  deacons,  October  26,  Simeon  Dearborn,  Esq.,  who  had  been  deacon 
of  the  church  in  Greenland,  and  Avery  Hall. 

The  church  thus  organized  received  additions  from  time  to  time,  but 
the  number  was  small,  only  two  hundred  for  the  century.  The  history 
of  the  church  for  the  first  quarter  of  a  century  is  not  very  marked.  No 
mighty  revivals,  convulsing  society,  when  men  quaked  before  the  majesty 
and  purity  of  God,  but  we  may  believe  a  steady  stream  of  good  influence 
was  flowing  on,  blessing  society.  Later  we  find  revivals,  1828,  1837,  1840, 
L875,  1881.  Infant  baptism  was  then  regarded  important,  and  a  few  families 
consecrated  their  children,  whose  children's  children  are  rejoicing  in  the  God 
of  their  fathers.  The  first  child  baptized  was  William  Maleham,  whose 
parents,  Joseph  and  Frederica,  now  took  upon  themselves  vows  to  love  the 
Lord,  as  they  had  vowed  one  year  ago  to  love  each  other.  Great-grand- 
children of  Joseph  Maleham  are  of  this  church,  and  in  the  Sunday-school 
i  lie   third  and  fourth  generations,  unto  whom  the  Lord  is  showing  mercy. 

Richard  Dow,  one  of  the  original  members,  became  deacon,  and  in  1826 
was,  at  his  own  request,  relieved  because  of  age  and  infirmity,  and  died  in 
1835,  the  same  year  as  his  pastor,  full  of  years.  His  son,  Asa,  was  one 
of  the  first  to  receive  baptism.  Several  of  his  grandchildren  were  baptized 
at  tins  font,  and  to  the  memory  of  one  of  these,  who,  sixty  and  four 
years  ago.  a  babe  in  the  arms  of  the  aged  minister,  had  placed  upon  her 
brow  the  sacred  water  —  to  her,  as  wife  and  mother,  we  owe  the  memorial 
of  our  Town  Library  and  High  School  —  Ellen  Almira  Dow,  the  mother  of 
our  honored  friend,  the  daughter  of  Josiah,  the  granddaughter  of  Richard 
Dow.  Our  communion  set,  also,  is  the  gift  of  one  here  consecrated  in  infancy 
and    of  her   husband   so   recently  called    away.     The   granddaughters    of   the 


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first  deacon,  bearing  another  name,  Sawyer,  are  in  a  hale  old  age,  still  inter- 
ested, as  always,  with  other  grandchildren,  in  the  service  of  the  sanctuary. 
Descendants  of  the  second  deacon  are  not  in  town,  bu1  the  name  of  A.verj 
Hall  was  long-  honored  as  of  one  very  helpful  in  civil  and  religious  affairs. 
"  In  his  last  years  his  means  were  quite  limited,  hut  he  died,  as  he  had  lived, 
a  good  man,  held  in  hig'h  esteem  by  all  who  knew  him." 

Luther  Dearborn,  the  son  of  the  first  deacon,  was  chosen,  I  judge,  to 
succeed  Deacon  Dow  in  1826.  lie  seems  to  have  succeeded  to  his 
father's  mantle  in  church  and  town.  He  married  Sally  Pike,  January  2,  1792. 
His  daughter,  Lucv  Ann,  horn  March  2,  1804,  is  the  oldest  and  best  informant 
of  those  days  of  seventy-live  years  ago,  one  of  the  few  and  valued  links 
between  the  old  and  new  that    to  our  sorrow  must  soon  break. 

Asa  Piper  Wiggin  is  reputed  a  deacon.  His  mother,  Elizabeth  Gerrish, 
was  the  firstborn  of  the  parsonage.  Tlis  father,  Porter  Kimball  Wiggin, 
united  with  the  church  on  his  dying  bed  and  received  the  emblems  of  Christ's 
love  from  the  hands  of  his  minister.  That  was  in  1840.  She  journeyed 
on  alone  for  forty  years,  until  in  1881,  on  Memorial  day,  she  had  reached 
almost  ninety-two  years  before  God  took  her. 

The  surviving  deacon,  Satchel  AVeeks,  who  since  1879  has  served  the 
church,  is  descended  from  Deacon  Samuel  Haines,  of  Portsmouth  church 
(1671  ).  and  grand-son-in-law  of  Deacon  Richard  Dow.  So  we  see  that  the 
deacon  timber  has  been  so  far  limited  to  certain  families.  The  son  of  the 
first  minister.  Edward  Cutts  Piper,  as  deacon  for  nearly  half  a  century  from 
1838,  and  the  father  (as  minister  up  to  that  time  and  a  little  later,  so  that 
the\  were  together)  cover  nearly  the  whole  hundred  years  of  the  church 
as  office-bearers.  He  quietly  passed  away  [in  the  month  of  February,  1881, 
just  ninety  years  from  that  winter  month  when  he  was  consecrated  to  God. 
Of  him  it  is  written:  "He  was  the  good  old  deacon  permitted  for  more 
than  half  a  century  to  embellish  in  his  ancestral  home  a  hard-working  farmer's 
life  with  the  culture  of  a  Christian  gentleman.  He  had  an  apostolic  beauty 
of  character,  and  led  a  blameless  life." 

Of  the  members  at  large  we  may  not  speak  in  particular.  Several  covered 
fifty  years  of  church  life,  as  did  Deacon  Dow  and  Deacon  Piper,  who  joined 
in  1831.  At  the  same  time  joined  Belinda  Evans  (still  living  in  Ossipee 
as  Mrs  Isaac  Thurston)  and  Emily  Peare,  later  Mrs  Rollins  (deceased  Decem- 
ber, 188(3).  The  same  year  Mrs  Lucy  Bradbury  Chesley  entered  upon  her 
fifty-two  years  of  living  as  a  member  of  the  church  in  Wakefield  to  which 
she  had  come  as  a  bride  some  years  before.  She  retained  her  elasticity 
of  spirit   and  beaming  countenance  until  the  great  age  of  ninety-one. 

Mrs  Rhoda  Hobbs  completes  her  half-century  in  January.  Yet  of  the  five 
original  male  members  two,  and  perhaps  three,  died  within  eighteen  months 
after  they  joined  the  little  band,  Deacons  Hall  and  Dow  surviving  Simeon 
Dearborn.  Mayhew  (lark,  and  Samuel  Haines. 


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Two  of  the  members  have  become  ministers,  John  H.  Mordongh  (1831, 
ordained  evangelist  1836).  He  died  in  1869.  Jonathan  Byron  Cook,  son  of 
Benjamin,  as  a  lad  by  the  side  of  the  village  lawyer,  joined  the  church  in  1839, 
September  8;  settled  as  colleague  pastor  with  Rev.  Joshua  Dodge,  at  Moulton- 
borough,  L850-53  ;  pastor  at  Wells.  Maine,  1855-67  ;  at  Salisbury,  N.  H.,  1869 
to  187  1  :  for  several  years,  until  very  recently,  at  Hebron.  Dr  Charles  Coffin 
Barker,  son  of  the  revered  minister,  though  never  a  member  of  this  church, 
I'm-  some  years  has  labored  for  his  Master  as  a  preacher  of  the  Adventist  faith. 
Si mie  of  the  members  married  ministers.  Olive  Haven,  who  joined  in  1787, 
married  Rev.  Joseph  Willard  (first  settled  minister  of  Lancaster)  ;  Mary  J. 
Robinson  married  Rev.  N.  Barker;  Mary  A.  Smith  married  (1858)  Rev.  Leo 
Baier ;  Ellen  M.  Wiggin  married  (1863)  Rev.  Henry  L.  Foote,  Episcopal ; 
Alice  Haven  Maleham  married  (1875)  Rev.  James  C.  Flanders,  Episcopal. 

The  founders  wanted  a  "  learned,  orthodox  ministry."  Their  descendants 
may  have  thought  more  of  the  "learned"  than  the  "orthodox"  part.  But  in 
getting  the  one  they  got  the  other.  The  church  was  virtually  the  state  in  a 
religious  capacity,  providing,  as  its  duty,  preaching  at  the  central  place,  at  the 
expense  of  the  town,  and  each  man  on  the  grand  list  taxed.  To  this  the 
majority  assented.  A  few  protested,  but  perhaps  not  more  than  would  oppose 
other  acts  of  the  majority,  such  as  a  new  road.  Their  protest  was  noticed. 
The  sentiment  grew  quite  strong  against  "  taxation  without  representation,"  in 
this  sense,  that  the  preaching  did  not  express  their  views,  from  some  near  the 
church  as  well  as  more  remote.  Some  preferred  preaching  of  a  different  sort, 
and  some  then,  as  now,  probably  preferred  no  preaching,  and  did  not  wish  to 
pay  for  the  support  of  any  highway  they  did  not  travel  on.  There  was  also  an 
idea  that  the  minister  should  not  be  a  "  hireling."  Still,  if  anything  was  to  be 
given,  let  it  be  a  freewill  offering. 

As  early  as  1788,  within  three  years  from  the  settling  of  the  first  minister, 
several  "  who  called  themselves  a  Baptist  society  "  the  town  voted  "  to  exempt 
from  paying  a  tax  to  the  town  minister,  and  shall  hold  them  excused  so  long  as 
they  support  preaching  among  themselves  according  to  their  perswasion,  or 
at  tend  upon  the  ministry  in  their  way;  and  at  the  same  time  we  wish  their 
attendance  with  us,  and  leave  it  to  their  generosity  to  contribute  what  they 
please  for  the  support  of  Mr  Piper."  Their  names  will  interest  you:  Samuel 
Allen,  Samuel  Allen,  Jr,  Ebenezer  Cook,  John  Horn,  the  first  town  clerk,  John 
Hill,  Jacob  Wiggin,  Simeon  Wiggin,  Isaiah  Wiggin,  and  Tobias  Hanson. 
Each  year  nearly  some  were  excused.  But  the  town  only  could  excuse.  It 
held  thai  right,  as  well  as  to  tax.  A  variety  in  religious  as  well  as  in  political 
views  may  be  expected,  even  among  a  small  population.  Each  view  may  be  of 
hearts  loyal  to  God  or  to  the  nation.  And  this  variety  is  shown  in  the  history 
of  our  town,  as  the  number  excused  grew  larger.  In  1788,  these  ten  I  have 
mentioned:  1794,  fifteen  ;  1798,  thirty-seven  out  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-two 


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voters;  L804,  forty-four;  L807,  ninety-eighl  out  of  one  hundred  and  ninety- 
two,  over  one  half;  L810,  the  "contract"  was  "dissolved,"  and  practically, 
from  that  time  on,  support  was  voluntary,  Asa  Piper  not  being  the  paid  min- 
ister of  ilif  town,  but  paster  of  the  church  for  another  quarter  of  a  centun 
until,  in  L819,  taxation  for  preaching  was  abolished  by  the  "Act  of 
Toleration." 

The  town  improved  in  the  quarter  century  when  they  had  their  first  and 
only  town  minister.  'This  is  shown  in  the  eloquent  and  pathetic  document 
when  Parson  Piper  on  his  part  dissolved  the  contract,  January  1.  L810. 

The  five  and  twentieth  year  is  now  in  pari  elapsed  since  my  induction  into  the  important 
.iiiil  sacred  oflice  of  a  religious  Teacher  in  this  place.  At  that  time  the  people  were  few  in 
number,  ami  had  but  imperfectly  subdued  a  wilderness  and  prepared  the  soil  to  yield  support 
in  the  inhabitants,  who  being  collected  together  from  various  places,  were  man}-  of  them  far 
Crom  abounding  with  the  conveniences  and  delicacies  of  life.  .  .  .  Fears  were  entertained  by 
some  ai  thai  time  that  the  people  would  not  be  able  to  fulfil  their  engagements  without 
bringing  poverty  and  distress  upon  themselves.  But  a  present  view  of  the  case  will  show 
how  groundless  were  those  Tears,  instead  of  those  temporary,  humble  cottages  first  erected, 
and  which  they  would  now  think  could  scarce  give  shelter  to  their  herds,  we  now  behold  com- 
fortable and  even  elegant  habitations.  Thus  hath  a  kind  providence  blessed  us;  and  thus  is 
there  exhibited  unto  my  eyes  irresistible  proof  that  what  I  have  received  from  the  town  hath 
not  impoverished  them.  In  justice  to  myself,  I  must  say  that  1  have  ever  cherished  a  lively 
sympathy  with  the  people,  and  made  it  my  constant  endeavor  to  lighten  the  burdens  and  not 
forgel  the  poor.  In  all  their  afflictions  I  was  afflicted;  and  an  omnipresent  Deity  can  witness 
my  secret  intercessions  lor  unity,  happiness,  and  spiritual  welfare  of  all.  .  .  .  Desirous  as  I 
am  of  meeting  tin'  wishes  of  the  people.  [  have  uniformly  declared  my  readiness  to  absolve 
them  from  every  obligation  to  contribute  to  my  support,  whenever  they  should  express  such 
a  desire ;  ami  hail  such  an  event  taken  place  several  years  ago  rather  than  at  this  time,  the 
probability  is  that  it  would  have  been  more  for  my  temporal  happiness.  Because,  having 
expended  a  considerable  sum  in  fencing  and  subduing  my  farm  and  the  like,  I  shall  probably 
not  find  any  one  disposed  to  compensate  me,  should  it  become  expedient  to  dispose  of  my 
property.  Besides,  the  season  of  gray  hairs  admonishes  me  of  approaching  infirmities,  and 
darkens  the  prospect  before  me.  Nevertheless,  I  should  prefer  a  "dinner  of  herbs  where  love 
is  unto  a  stalled  ox  and  hatred  therewith.'"  It  has  lately  been  signified  to  me  that  a  dissolu- 
tion 01  the  contract  is  wished  for  by  some,  and  thought  expedient  by  many.  I  do  not  feel 
disposed  to  throw  obstacle-  in  the  way:  and  therefore  declare  my  readiness  to  dissolve  the 
civil  contract.  I  would  therefore  say  that  1  will  agree  unto  its  dissolution  on  the  following 
conditions:  1st.  That  all  sums  now  assessed  by  virtue  of  the  contract  be  paid  in  conformity 
to  ii-  provisions.  2d.  That  1  enjoy  all  immunities,  as  heretofore,  while  my  relation  to  the 
church  shall  continue.  3d.  That  1  receive,  as  an  indemnification  in  part  for  this  concession, 
four  hundred  dollars. 

To  the  inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Wakefield,  this  day  in  Town  meeting  assembled. 
January  1st,  1810.  Asa  Piper. 

At  that  town-meeting,  Major  Joshua  G.  Hall,  moderator,  it  was  voted  to 
dissolve  the  contract  according  to  Mr  Piper's  proposals. 

Thus  in  1810  the  town  ceased  to  support  preaching,  but  the  town  minister 
continued  as  pastor  for  twenty-five  years  more,  with  a  colleague  from  1828  t<» 
1833,  until  his  death  in  1835.     The  amount  for  his  support  must  have  declined. 


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but  the  civil  contract  was  looked  after  by  the  society  incorporated  in  1815. 
He  supplied  in  Milton,  1H10  to  1812,  and  perhaps  did  some  missionary  service, 
bill  he  ever  remained  a  commanding  figure  of  society.  Old  people  now  living 
remember  "the  old  priest,"  as  he  was  called,  and  delight  to  tell  of  him,  a  man 
of  massive  frame,  great  dignity,  and  upright  character,  who  did  much  to 
upbuild  society  in  this  town.  He  was  a  citizen,  and  one  of  the  best.  He  was 
always  at  the  polls,  and  bis  fellow-citizens  parted  as  he  marched  up  through 
with  stately  step  to  deposit  bis  ballot.  He  was  a  leader  in  making  improve- 
ments in  husbandry.  He  beautified  his  own  premises,  lifting  agriculture  out 
of  the  rudimental  condition,  and  sought  to  combine  the  beautiful  with  the 
useful.  He  made  the  address  at  the  first  agricultural  fair  in  this  region,  at 
Rochester,  and  the  splendid  shade-trees  planted  by  bis  hand  are  a  monument 
to  his  foresight,  as  they  adorn  the  avenue  in  front  of  the  ancestral  grounds. 
We  cannot  measure  either  the  direct  or  indirect  influence  of  the  church  upon 
this  community  in  upbuilding  morality  and  education  as  well  as  spirituality. 
But  the  record  is  on  high.  The  presence  of  the  church,  even  with  a  small 
nominal  membership,  has  acted  as  a  restraining  influence  to  keep  back  from 
impiety  and  wickedness.  Like  a  tower  of  granite  it  is  to  stand  as  a  protest 
against  sin  ;  and  as  a  beacon  tower  to  guide  to  a  better  and  happier  life. 

The  Lord  be  thanked  that  that  seed  was  planted  in  1785.  We  have  a  right 
to  sing  the  song  of  the  tiny  acorn,  and  then  go  forth  to  help  to  make  the  new 
century,  more  than  any  other  since  the  world  began,  God's  century  and  years 
of  the  right  hand  of  the  Most  High. 

For  its  financial  support  the  church  depends  upon  voluntary  subscriptions 
supplemented  by  annual  grant,  the  New  Hampshire  Home  Missionary  Society 
and  the  income  from  the  Fund,  the  Rollins  Fund,  and  the  Sawyer  Fund, 
making  the  salary  $550  and  parsonage.  Few  have  left  memorials  in  the  shape 
of  bequests.  Elisha  Rollins,  at  his  death  in  1872,  left  $300  for  himself,  and 
|200  for  his  wife,  Prudence,  who  died  in  May,  1871.  Both  were  members  of 
the  church  from  1832.  Luther  Dearborn  Sawyer,  a  constant  attendant  up  to 
the  last  Sabbath  before  his  death  on  July  9,  1884,  bequeathed  $200.  The 
communion  service  was  the  gift  of  Mr  and  Mrs  E.  A.  Rollins,  of  Philadelphia. 
The  ( hn  Hundredth  Anniversary.  —  This  was  celebrated  September  22, 
L885.  The  day  was  a  day  of  beauty,  and  five  hundred  gathered  to  pay  tribute 
to  the  character  of  their  ancestors  and  to  praise  the  God  of  their  fathers.  This 
anniversary  was  observed  with  fitting  services.  Hon.  John  W.  Sanborn 
presided  with  his  customary  courtliness  and  dignity.  Order  of  exercises:  Ser- 
vice of  ancient  songs,  Freeman  D.  Pike,  precentor;  address  of  welcome,  Hon. 
•I.  W.  Sanborn;  response,  Hon.  J.  G.  Hall;  invocation,  Rev.  G.  S.  Butler; 
responsive  reading  led  by  Rev.  Win.  Lloyd  Himes  ;  prayer  by  Rev.  Sumner 
Clark;  hymn  composed  by  Rev.  D.  D.  Tappan  ;  address,  Hon.  Seth  Low,  of 
Brooklyn  ;  poem  by  Miss   Harriett  N.  Hobbs.     In  the  afternoon  addresses  were 


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made  by  Hon.  J.  G.  Hall,  Rev.  Win.  Lloyd  Himes,  Rev.  G.  S.  Butler,  Rev. 
Sumner  Clark,  Captain  Nathaniel  Meserve  of  the  Freewill  Baptists,  Rev. 
Charles  Dame,  of  A.cton,  Maine.  Letters  were  read  from  Rev.  D.  D.  Tappan, 
Rev.  G.  0.  Jenness,  Hon.  Charles  Chesley,  interspersed  with  sonsrs  of  devotion. 
It  was  a  "red-letter"  day  in  the  history  of  the  church. 

Second  Congregational  Church.  For  man]  years  there  were  mem- 
bers of  tlic  Congregational  church  living  at  Union  village,  al  which  place 
Rev.  N.  Barker  preached  occasionally,  as  did  Rev.  W.  Jenness.  In  1879  Rev. 
Charles  F.  Goldsmith,  then  preaching  al  Union,  was  ordained  to  the  work  of 
the  ministry  as  an  evangelist  by  a  council  called  by  the  First  Congregational 
Church.  In  1880  Rev.  Joseph  Fawcett  began  his  ministry  of  two  years. 
November  25,  1881,  the  Second  Congregational  Church  was  organized  and 
recognized  by  council.  Its  thirteen  members  were:  Rev.  Joseph  Fawcett. 
Mrs  Ann  G.  Fawcett.  Mrs  Maggie  Field,  Asa  Merrill,  Mrs  Susan  C.  Merrill,  Mrs 
Josephine  Nute,  Mrs  Catherine  Meikle,  Mrs  Mary  M.  Ileggie,  Mrs  Elizabeth 
Nute.  Lewis  Plumer,  Lovey  Sanborn,  Mrs  Martha  J.  Burley,  and  Mrs  Clara  A. 
Burley.  '"Sterling  preached,  Christie  charged,  Secretary  Greeley  prayed,  and 
Thompson  right  hand."  This  church  had  a  healthy  growth  during  the  pastor- 
ate of  Rev.  Gardner  S.  Butler,  an  earnest,  consecrated  man,  ordained  in  1877, 
who  came  to  Union  in  the  winter  of  1883  and  remained  live  years.  The  last 
two  years  were  especially  fruitful  and  bore  testimony  to  faithful  efforts  :  over 
forty  added.  The  church  has  now  a  membership  of  nearly  seventy.  Much 
successful  religions  and  temperance  work,  largely  by  members  of  this  church 
and  congregation,  has  given  tone  to  public  sentiment  and  greatly  strengthened 
the  walls  of  society.  The  present  minister  is  Rev.  William  France,  just 
ordained,  with  prospect  of  a  successful  pastorate.  The  deacons  from  the  start 
were  Lewis  Plumer  and  Asa  Merrill.  The  "Union"  Sunday-school  is  large  and 
flourishing;  it  has  143  members,  and  has  had  for  a  number  of  years  as  its  wise 
and  energetic  superintendent,  Edwin  W.  Junkins,  whose  departure  to  Wash- 
ington Territory  is  deeply  regretted.  His  successor  is  Charles  \\r.  Home.  A 
bell  was  presented  to  the  church  some  three  years  since  by  Alonzo  Kimball, 
Esq.,  of  New  York,  whose  father,  Noah,  grandson  of  John,  was  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  A  hall  and  chapel  combined  has  been  Lately 
erected  by  members  of  this  society  near  the  railroad  station.  Rev.  Frank  I. 
Nute,  son  of  Samuel  F.  Nute,  of  Union,  and  great-grandson  of  Josiah  Page,  who 
has  been  sonic  years  in  t  he  ministry,  is  a  member  of  this  church.  The  entire 
church  membership  of  the  town  is  not  far  from  three  hundred,  and  the  Dumber 
is  on  the  gain. 

Freewill  Baptist  Churches.  —  Of  the  so-called  Baptist  society  in 
17^s.  we  have  no  further  history.  Samuel  Allen.  Samuel  Allen,  Jr, 
Ebene/.er  Cook,  John  Horn.  John  Hill,  Jacob  YYiggin.  Simeon  Wiggin, 
Tobias    Hanson    may   have    been    interested    in   the    Free    Baptist    ideas    just 


502  History   of   Carroll   County. 


spreading,  and  Benjamin  Randall  lived  in  New  Dedham  near.  In  1806 
he  wrote  a  letter  to  a  branch  of  the  Lebanon  monthly  meeting,  which  then 
was  composed  of  quite  a  number,  most  of  whom  lived  in  the  Weeks  district 
and  likely  met  there.  Mayhew  Clark,  who  began  exhorting  about  this  time, 
.John  Clark,  his  brother,  Nathaniel  Lock,  John  Watson,  John  Weeks,  Josiah 
Allen.  Joseph  Hill,  Reuben  Lang,  William  Maleham,  James  Hutchins,  Betsy 
Clark.  Deborah  Weeks,  Moley  Allen,  Sarah  Tuttle,  Betsy  Weeks,  Patience 
Watson,  Bridget  Hall,  Sarah  Blake,  Abigail  Lock,  etc.,  may  have  constituted 
the  first  Free  Baptist  church,  said  to  have  been  at  North  Wakefield.  After  the 
first  became  extinct,  the  second  Free  Baptist  church  was  organized  in  1831, 
and  was  a  centre  of  influence  for  many  years  in  the  Spinney  neighborhood, 
or  South  Wakefield,  its  original  members  including  David  Spinney,  Joseph 
Spinney,  Solomon  Wiggin,  Paul  Farnham,  Francis  Berry,  John  Farnham, 
Joseph  Libby  and  Nathan,  David  Archibald,  James  Hutchins,  Solomon 
Lewis,  Alva  Spinney,  John  Hanson,  Bert  Cook,  Sarah  Cook,  Susan  Horn, 
Charlotte  Wiggin,  Hannah  Archibald,  Lydia  Garvin,  Agnes  Garvin,  Loru- 
liamah  Farnham,  and  others.  This  church  was  supplied  by  different  preachers 
until  1835,  when  the  meeting-house  was  finished  and  dedicated,  and  the  mem- 
bers gladly  saw  Joseph  Spinney,  a  young  man  of  their  own  number,  ordained. 
He  was  their  pastor  for  many  years,  and  broke  unto  them  the  bread  of  life. 
In  1852  he  became  a  zealous  advocate  of  the  immediate  second  advent  of  our 
Lord,  and  April  9,  he  and  twenty-two  members,  followed  later  by  twelve  others, 
withdrew  from  the  church.  After  that  the  church  had  as  pastors,  Elder 
Cummins  Parris,  Elder  John  Chick,  and  Hiram  P.  Mansur,  who  was  ordained 
( >etober  30,  1862,  and  served  quite  a  number  of  years  (their  last  pastor)  ;  after 
that  he  served  for  some  years  as  pastor  of  the  Acton  Free  Baptist  Church, 
Milton  Mills,  one  of  the  five  Free  churches  in  that  first  year  of  Benjamin 
Randall's  ministry,  1780.  His  son,  Herbert  Mansur,  is  a  recent  graduate  of 
Bates  College  and  Theological  School,  Lewiston,  Maine. 

The  Third  Free  Baptist  Church  was,  I  judge,  at  East  Wakefield,  but  owing 
to  diminished  numbers  is  practically  extinct.  James  Hill  and  wife  Sally,  who 
lived  to  old  age,  Moses  Perkins  and  wife,  and  others  are  reputed  members; 
perhaps  also  Captain  Nathaniel  Meserve,  an  old  and  respected  citizen  for  many 
years,  active  among  the  Free  Baptists.  Of  Union  is  Deacon  Samuel  B.  Ames, 
with  his  large  frame  and  warm  heart,  and  J.  Morrill  Woodman,  a  very  active 
member,  a  few  years  ago  ordained  to  the  ministry.  To  the  same  church 
belonged  Rev.  John  D.  Waldron,  now  at  Springvale,  Maine.  He  has  united 
to  churches  by  baptism  421  persons  in  twenty-one  }Tears. 

The  Fourth  Free  Baptist  Church  was  the  fifth  and  last  organized  at  Union 
village,  July  22.  1868,  with  nineteen  members,  of  whom  eight  remain,  including 
the  clerk.  Charles  W.  Home,  Nathaniel  Durrell,  Job  H.  Burleigh,  Sarah  A. 
Edgerly,  Emily  A.  Hall,  Joseph  O.  Rines,  Sarah  J.  Rines,  Charles  W.  Home, 


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Man  V.  Home,  Rowena  D.  Brackett,  Man  E.  Cate,  George  \V.  Dicey,  Susan 
A.  Dicey,  Sally  A.  Junkins,  George  W.  Morrison,  Lizzie  W.  Morrison,  Ben- 
jamin  Roberts,  John  Wallace,  Dorothy  Wallace,  Victoria  A.  Wentworth.  Il 
had  but  one  pastor,  Uev.  Joshua  A.  Stetson,  who  served  one  year.  Rev. 
Samuel   I'.  Fernald  preached  in   L859  and    L860. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Churches.  -The  first  Methodisl  preaching  in 
Portsmouth,  and,  il  may  he,  in  New  Hampshire,  was  when  Jesse  Lee  visited 
Lt,  1790-91.  Along  in  L810  Rochester  was  supplied  by  a  preacher  from  the 
Tuftonborough  circuit.  Wakefield,  as  early  as-1828,  may  have  been  in  the 
same  circuit,  tor  they  had  a  class  that  used  to  meet  at  the  house  of  Francis 
Chapman,  and  the  Word  was  dispensed  to  them  by  circuit  preachers,  as  Roswell 
Putnam  and  Herschel  Foster,  who  also  went  t»»  Brookfield  and  to  the  Dow 
district.  A  ehureh  was  at  Union  village;  for  many  years  in  active  operation. 
Milton  circuit,  October,  1831.  A.  H.  Houghton,  preacher  in  charge,  J.  Wors- 
ter,  assistant  circuit  preacher,  held  quarterly  meetings  at  Milton,  Union  village, 
Brooklield,  and  Wakefield.  October,  1832.  Wolfeborough,  Milton  Mills.  Mil- 
ton Three  Ponds,  Brookfield.  John  Adams,  L.  E.  Gordon,  assistant.  1833, 
July.  Circuit  divided  into  Milton  and  Wakefield  circuits:  quarterly  meeting 
at  new  meetingdiouse ;  John  Adams  and  Moses  Chase,  preachers.  1834,  last 
quarterly  conference  at  the  old  meeting-house  in  centre  of  the  town.  1839, 
Joseph  Smith,  preacher;  Elisha  Mills,  local  preacher  and  class  leader  at 
Union  :  stewards,  Thomas  Chapman,  Luther  Wentworth,  Joseph  Walker, 
Samuel  Applebee.  1842,  January  8,  Caleb  Dustin,  preacher;  1844,  .John 
French;  1846,  I.  C.  Emerson  ;  1853-54,  Lorin  H.  Gordon;  1857,  Daniel  W. 
Barber,  preacher,  James  Thurston,  presiding  elder.  The  last  minister 
appointed  was   Rev.  Joseph  P.  Frye  (Milton  Mills  and  Union)  in  1882. 

At  North  Wakefield  there  is  reported  to  have  been  an  organized  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  }rears  ago,  but  not  far  from  18<S0  a  new  church,  or  class,  was 
organized  and  the  Lord's  Supper  observed  in  the  new  Wesley  chapel.  Uev. 
H.  T.  Barnard,  Free  Baptist,  preached  for  a  time  at  Leigh  ton's  Corner  and 
North  Wakefield.  Rev.  W.  Burrell  also  preached  and  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  securing  the  new  place  of  worship.  North  Wakefield  was  then 
in  the  Tuftonborough  circuit,  embracing  Tuftonborough,  East  Wolfeborough, 
and  North  Wakefield.  The  old  meetingdiouse  was.  1  believe,  a  union  house 
and  had  a  long  line  of  ministers;  Elders  Taplin  and  Hayes  among  the 
Methodists,  and  Elder  Walker  and  Olin  Page  of  Baptists.  Rev.  Henry  E. 
Allen  since  1880  will  be  long  remembered  for  his  zeal  and  kind  heart  among 
his  parishioners  at  Brookfield,  Hackett  Schoolhouse,  and  at  North  Wakefield. 
Frank  Chamberlain,  a  local  [(readier,  supplied  for  a  season. 

A  church  was  organized  at  Wolfboro  Junction  in  January,  1887, 
with  seven  members,  and  a  new  circuit  was  formed  embracing  Wolfboro 
Junction,  Brookfield,  East  Wolfeborough,   and   North    Wakefield,  and   April, 


504  History  of   Carroll  County. 


L887,  Rev.  George  A.  Luce  was  appointed  minister  in  charge.  He  lived 
at  the  Junction,  and  to  his  hearty  labors  with  the  hand  and  voice  and  heart 
is  due  largely  the  new  church  at  the  Junction  and  the  general  prosperity 
of  the  circuit.  He  served  two  years,  and  was  followed  in  1889  by  Rev.  J. 
Mowry  Bean.  The  church  building  was  dedicated  in  November,  1887.  There 
arc  now  forty  communicants. 

Second  Advent  Church.  —  Earnest  meetings  were  held  by  followers 
of  William  Miller  in  1842  and  onward,  and  April  9,  1852,  Elder  Joseph 
Spinney  and  twenty-two  members,  followed  later  by  twelve  others,  withdrew 
from  the  Free  Baptist  Church  and  became  a  separate  society,  and  have 
maintained  from  that  day  to  this  a  somewhat  vigorous  existence,  holding 
meetings  all  these  years,  still  looking  for  that  blessed  Hope.  Their  early 
minister  still  ministers,  and  the  young  man  who  there  began  his  ministry, 
now  venerable  with  age,  is  at  this  writing  opening  up  this  summer  season 
of  1889  near  the  place  where  he  was  ordained  fifty -four  years  ago.  For 
these  many  years  he  has  been  almost  the  town  minister,  so  wide  has  been 
his  circuit  and  influence,  joining  in  marriage  many  happy  pairs  and  called 
from  near  and  far  to  bury  the  dead  of  his  former  acquaintance  —  Elder 
Joseph  Spinney,  of  winning  face,  long  white  beard,  and  snowy  hair,  a  patri- 
arch in  looks,  yet  young  in  heart.  Abial  W.  Sibley,  born  in  Wakefield,  in 
1883,  ordained  in  1862,  at  Chelsea,  his  first  pastorate,  has  been  a  leading 
spirit  in  the  Advent  Christian  denomination,  now  numbering  100,000  in  the 
United  States.  He  has  been  teacher  and  preacher  for  twenty-two  years,  and 
elected  annually  secretary  of  the  Advent  Christian  Missionary  Society.  There 
are  a  goodly  number  of  Adventists  in  town  of  varied  types.  A  flourishing 
society  exists  at  Woodman's  Mills  and  has  had  regular  preaching  for  several 
years  from  Elders  T.  Lindsay  Churchill  and  Charles  Colman,  both  of  Brook- 
field,  and  other  ministers.  Interesting  meetings  for  prayer  and  conference 
have  also  been  held  with  Brother  Alonzo  Wentworth. 

Episcopal  Church.  —  The  new  village  of  Wolfboro  Junction  was 
not  complete  without  this  sacred  edifice.  On  Saint  John  the  Baptist's  day  was 
laid  the  cornerstone,  and  the  mission  church  of  Saint  John  the  Baptist  at 
Wolfboro  Junction  was  consecrated  by  the  Right  Reverend  William 
Woodruff  Niles,  d.i>.,  Bishop  of  New  Hampshire,  September  14,  1877.  The 
church  was  built  partly  by  gifts  from  the  people  of  the  town,  largely  from 
those  of  friends  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  To  a  lady  of  that  city  was  due  the 
building  of  the  rectory.  All  the  triangular  piece  of  land  on  the  north  of 
the  church  has  been,  by  A.  Augustus  Low,  Esq.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  given 
to  the  village  for  a  park,  to  be  in  charge  and  under  the  care  of  the  wardens 
and  vestry  of  the  church  and  others  whom  they  may  elect  from  time  to  time. 

The  first  rector  was  licv.  W.  B.  T.  Smith.  The  longest  ministry  has  been 
that    of    the    Rev.   William  Lloyd  Himes,  six  years,  winter  of    1881    to    that 


Town   of    W'aki.i  iki.i>.  505 


of  1887,  years  of  faithful  Christian  toil.  Ai  the  beginning  of  the  mission 
there  was  but  one  communicant;  presenl  number,  thirty-two.  Sixty  have 
been  baptized.  There  is  but  one  other  Episcopal  church  in  this  county, 
Christ  Church,  North  Conway,  although  there  are  scattered  communicants 
in  \  arious  parts. 

Tht'  officers  lor  the  ensuing  year,  as  for  several  years  past ,  are  Charles 
A.  Hackett,  senior  warden;  Hiram  W .  Nichols,  junior  warden;  James  W. 
Garvin,  treasurer;  John  II.  Garvin,  secretary. 

This  mission  has  furnished  two  lay  readers  for  the  diocese  of  N.-\.  Hamp- 
shire. Key.  William  Stanley  Emery  succeeded  Rev.  William  Lloyd  Himes 
in  September,  1887. 

Meeting-houses.  —  Eight  years  had  elapsed,  instead  of  the  six  required  by 
charter,  since  the  Declaration  of  Peace  in  1763,  when  the  frame  of  the  first 
meeting-house  was  raised.  The  finishing  of  it  was  interrupted  in  1775  by  the 
Revolution  ;  yet  as  late  as  1800  it  had  not  reached  its  full  development,  tor, 
September  6,  1785,  it  was  voted  that  "no  porches  are  to  be  built";  "vendue 
of  pew  privileges,*'  on  the  8th  :  "S.  E.  and  S.  W.  corner  privilege  not  to  be 
sold,  leaving  room  for  the  stairs";  1793,  April  29,  "commenced  to  build  and 
sell  pews";  1800,  May  3,  "how  much  will  the  Town  raise  to  finish  the 
Meeting  House  and  inclose  the  Burying  Ground."  After  that  there  were 
attempts  to  build  a  hall  at  Wakefield  Corner,  the  then  rising  village,  and  then 
to  move  the  meeting-house.  But  for  over  sixty  frosts  of  winter  and  heats  of 
summer  it  stood,  somewhat  the  worse  for  wear,  until  1838-39,  when  it  was 
transplanted  to  the  more  congenial  soil  of  Union  Village,  and  from  time  to  time 
improved  and  beautified,  so  that  now  the  first  builders  would  fail  to  recognize 
their  former  temple.  Before  1820  the  new  meeting-house,  in  lot  90,  Wake- 
liehl  Corner,  began  to  lift  its  massive  frame  toward  the  sky.  In  1818  the 
town  would  not  agree  to  take  the  new  meeting-house  and  finish  it  for  its  own 
use.  Finished  when,  no  one  knows,  but  dedicated  in  1831,  this  stately 
structure  with  imposing  columns  in  front,  above  the  broad,  well-hewn  granite 
steps,  with  its  lofty  steeple  ever  a  source  of  pride,  and  the  huge  interior 
including  rooms  above  and  below,  still  stands  as  a  monument  to  our  fathers' 
ideas;  while  the  time-honored  edifice  at  North  Wakefield  has  gracefully  yielded 
to  the  far  less  spacious  Wesley  Chapel,  the  gift  of  Adam  Brown  and  others, 
and  since  then  Time's  cold  and  wintry  blast  has  brought  it  low,  although  it 
was  made  of  the  best  lumber  which  the  forest  could  then  produce. 

The  parsonage  at  Wakefield  Corner  was  bought  in  1846,  for  three  hundred 
dollars.  In  the  fall  of  188(3  it  was  improved  at  an  expense  of  nine  hundred 
dollars,  and  since  then  by  other  additions.  The  next  meeting-house  was  the 
"Spinney,"  in  1835.  But  this  "old"  Spinney  meeting-house  was  replaced  in 
1872  by  the  very  neat  and  tasty  structure  built  as  a  "  Union"  house  by  the 
Free  Baptists  and  Adventists. 


506  History  of   Carroll  County. 

The  latest  addition  to  the  churches  of  the  town  was  in  Wolfboro  Junction, 
when,  in  1887, the  Methodisl  Episcopal  Church  was  dedicated:  a  comely  struc- 
ture within  and  without,  the  contribution  of  many  purses.  Thus  six  localities 
have  been  marked  by  church  buildings,  but  as  many  as  twelve  churches  or 
societies,  have  been  formed  to  supply  the  supposed  needs.  "  Meetings  "  have 
been  held  in  private  houses  and  schoolhouses  and  in  groves,  "  God's  first 
temples." 


CHAPTER   XLIV. 


Education,  Early  Provisions  for  —  Teachers'1  Wages — First  Schools  —  Districts  —  School 
Committees  —  Common  Schools  —  Dow  Academy  —  Wakefield  Academy  —  Collegiates  — 
Teachers,  etc.  —  Libraries  —  Societies. 

EDUCATIONAL.  —  Very  early  the  town  made  provision  for  at  least  the 
limited  education  of  those  days.  The  school  lot,  by  the  provision  of 
the  charter  of  the  grantees,  must  be  set  apart  for  the  use  and  mainte- 
nance of  a  school.  For  twenty-five  years  William  Blaisdell  seems  to  have 
occupied  it.  As  the  income  from  that  would  not  be  adequate,  our  fathers 
voted  so  much.  In  1776,  "  8£  for  schooling,  one  half  to  be  laid  out  in  the 
summer,  the  other  half  in  winter."  In  1777,  Captain  David  Copp,  Mr  Daniel 
Hall,  Mr  William  Moore,  and  Mr  John  Kimball  were  chosen  as  the  first  school 
committee,  and  ,£11  voted  for  schooling,  "one  half  to  be  laid  out  below  the 
pond,  the  other  half  above."  In  1778,  no  division  was  specified  as  to  season  or 
place,  but  the  school  was  to  be  kept  near  Mr  John  Kimball's,  below  the  pond. 
The  amount  was  increased  to  =£80;  in  1779,  to  £60;  in  1782,  money  sufficient 
to  support  a  "man  school"  for  six  months;  in  1785,  the  interest  of  the  school 
Lol  and  £24  ;  in  1786,'  £61 ;  in  1789,  an  article  "  to  see  if  the  town  will  let  30£ 
of  the  school  money  to  Dr  Thomas  Lindsay; "  in  1794,  "3  months'  schooling  to 
people  above  Pine  River,"  £60  including  interest  from  Blaisdell;  in  1798, 
$200  including  interest;  in  1804-07,  $200  ;  next  year  (I  think)  $300,  exclusive 
of  interest  money,  and  $300  for  town  expenses. 

Teachers  and  Wages.  —  "In  1807,  in  Hall  district,  paid  Mr  Sanborn  for 
boarding  Elizabeth  Piper,  and  glass,  $8;  "in  1808,  Richard  F.  Dow,  teaching 
in  Middle  district,  $63,  and  in  Hall  district,  $54.87;  Sally  Copp,  for  teaching 
in  the  Clark  district,  $21,  Samuel  Fellows,  $24.  The  earliest  teachers  before 
this  (1791)  were  paid:  Master  Nicolson,  12  shillings;  Master  Robinson,  £2, 
and  by  Colonel  .1.  Wingate,  £3  9s.  9d. ;  Master  John  Basdel,  7£  months  at  £3 


Town  of   Wakefield.  507 


per  month,  he  boarding  himself,  £22  LOs.;  Master  David  Glody,  9|  months 
at  60s.,  627  L5s.,  and  in  L792,  66  I8d.;  [saac  Fellows,  for  boarding,  CI  L2s.; 
Captain  Andrew  Gilmon,  for  paj  to  Master  Robinson;  Joseph  Gage,  for  pay 
to  Master  Glody,  68  L8s.  4d.,  and  Waller  Nea]  to  same;  A.bner  Allen  paid 
in  specie,  for  gun  Lost  in  war,  XI  10s.;  in  1791  Lieutenanl  Daniel  Hall,  for 
boarding  Master  Evans,  61  17s.  6d.;  in  IT'.*-"),  Master  John  Dame,  and  one 
Newlson  ;  and  since  then  a  small  army  of  schoo]  ma'ams  and  masters,  at 
varied  wages,  from  60s.  or  $10  a  month  and  board  themselves.  From  1791  to 
and  iii  L889,  from  $28  to  $40  a  month  was  paid  to  the  teachers  of  the  seven 
out  o\'  eight  districts  in  the  town,  which  hud  nearly  -$1,600  from  all  sources 
for  the  302  scholars,  of  whom  286  registered  during  the  year;  It;  between  5 
and  L5  not  attending:  8  under  5;  270,5  to  15;  10,16  and  over.  The  hoard 
of  education  asks  for  at  least  $750  more  than  that  required  bylaw  ($1,120). 
The  school  funds  arc  diminished  more  than  a  thousand  dollars  by  the  town's 
applying  the  savings  bank  tax  to  other  purposes. 

Schools,  etc. — 1805,  December.  Act  of  legislature  authorizes  towns  to 
divide  into  school  districts.  Before  this  was  done  by  arrangement  of  the 
inhabitants  or  by  selectmen.  In  1827  the  former  town  system  gave  place  to 
the  district  system,  in  order  to  secure  for  the  large  number  of  scholars  in  rural 
towns  the  most  prudent  distribution  of  time,  money,  and  education  in  the 
schools.  In  1885,  after  forty-eight  years  of  absence,  the  town  system  returned 
to  receive  the  criticism  of  those  who  thought  that  "the  fathers  fixed  it  about 
right."  not  thinking  that  the  town  system  is  much  older  than  the  district 
system. 

The  first  schools  were  probably  in  private  houses,  but  in  the  fall  of  1796  a 
schoolhouse  was  built,  the  first  recorded,  and  the  next  spring  it  was  voted  to 
excuse  the  Hodgdon  district  from  paying  anything  towards  its  building,  and 
also  all  below  Hardy's  from  paying  towards  building,  probably  the  same 
schoolhouse.  To  the  question,  "Shall  the  district  'cawled'  the  Wiggin 
district  remain  a  district,  or  belong  to  the  lower  or  south  district?"  it 
was  voted  that  it  shall  be  a  district  by  itself,  if  it  build  its  own  schoolhouse. 
This  it  likely  agreed  to,  for  the  next  year,  1798,  March  12,  we  find  due  in  the 
districts,  and  it  is  one:  "Lower,"  $33.50,  or  south  (now  Piper);  Wiggin, 
$31.33  (Oak  Hill);  Wingate,  $45.42  (Corner);  Fellows,  $4.67  (Dow);  Horn, 
$20.33  (Witch-trot);  Clark,  $23.00  (Pine  River);  Wentworth,  $12.40  (over 
tiie  river):  total,  $170.").").  The  sums  may  give  some  idea  of  the  number  in 
each  district. 

In  1799,  a'nly  4,  Abner  Allen  was  paid  for  building  a  schoolhouse  in  lower 
district,  8129.00.  March  4,  Levi  Neal,  for  one  in  upper  district.  $1 29.90, 
"he  to  put  on  a  few  shingles  near  the  chimney  and  some  laches."  March  1, 
Jacob  Welch.  $129.00,  for  building  one,  where  I  cannot  say.  He  lived  in 
Dow  district,  which  later,  in   1812,  was  set  off  from   No.  2  and  called  Xo.  8. 


508  History  of  Carroll  County. 

Appropriated,  February  17,  $225  to  build  a  schoolhouse,  to  be  finished  by  the 
last  day  of  September  and  to  be  twenty-eight  feet  long,  twenty-two  wide, 
eighl  and  one-half  high,  set  on  southwest  side  of  the  brook  running  near  the 
mouth  of  the  road  to  Jacob  Welch's.  The  names  of  those  set  off  to  form  No. 
8  indicate  also  the  locality  in  which  they  lived,  namely,  Jeremiah  Dearborn, 
Joshua  Wingate,  Moses  Copp,  Jonathan  Copp,  Richard  F.  Dow,  Isaac  Fel- 
lows, Nathan  Fellows,  Nathan  Dearborn,  Nathan  Dearborn,  Jr,  Jonathan 
Hurley,  Daniel  Welch,  Ebenezer  Hill,  Richard  Cook,  and,  on  road  to  Parsons- 
iield,  Jacob  Welch,  Joseph  Welch,  John  Whittier,  Benajah  Brown,  Noah 
Horn,  and  Jonathan  Brown. 

In  1811,  March  11,  the  following  were  set  off  from  No.  3  and  called  No.  7  : 
Jacob  Lock,  Reuben  Lang,  Reuben  Lang,  Jr,  John  Lang,  John  Weeks,  John 
Weeks,  Jr,  Nathan  Weeks,  Phineas  Weeks,  John  Watson,  Nathan  Watson, 
Samuel  G.  Viekery,  John  Clark,  Nathaniel  Lock,  and  the  northeast  line  of  the 
land  adjoining  Jonathan  Copp,  Joseph  Ayres,  Thomas  Clark,  Widow  Mary 
Johnson;  and  Daniel  Horn  is  the  dividing  line  between  said  district  No.  3 
and  the  persons  above  named  when  schoolhouse  is  built.  No.  7  is  now  classed 
with  No.  2.  Through  this  Lock  and  Lang  district  runs  Jockey  street,  laid  out 
in  1700.  The  Corner  schoolhouse  must  have  been  built  earlier.  In  1813, 
the  limits  of  the  school  districts  were  set.  The  eight  of  these  have  increased 
to  twelve  (last  two  added  since  1853),  and  reduced  to  eight  since  the  new 
system. 

School  Committees. —  In  1827,  June,  a  law  was  passed  "requiring  towns  to 
choose  a  committee,"  and  in  1828  "  teachers  to  be  examined  and  obtain 
certificates  before  beginning  school."  In  Wakefield,  as  early  as  1777,  a 
school  committee  was  elected,  but  none  mentioned  from  that  time  till  1814, 
when  Rev.  Asa  Piper,  William  Sawyer,  Esq.,  and  Luther  Dearborn  were 
chosen  at  the  famously  "short  town-meeting."  For  nine  years  in  succession 
the  first  two  were  on  the  school  board,  Jonathan  Copp  for  three  years, 
John  Wingate  for  five.  Others,  under  the  "1827  law,"  have  had  long 
experience,  especially  Parson  Barker,  for  many  years  within  the  memory 
of  those  now  living,  giving  reports  prepared  with  great  pains,  serving  his 
I  own  even  up  to  fourscore  and  three.  The  following  have  been  in  this 
office :  Frederick  A.  Copp,  Morrill  B.  Smith,  Charles  W.  Varney,  John 
Tredick,  John  W.  Sanborn,  Charles  W.  Sanborn,  Dr  S.  W.  Roberts,  Haven 
N.  Cook,  and  others  for  short  terms.  In  1886  were  elected  the  first  board 
of  education:  Frederick  A.  Copp  for  one  year,  John  G.  Sanborn  for  two 
years,  Morrill  B.  Smith  for  three.  The  latter  died  in  office  December  25, 
L887.  In  1887  George  H.  Gage  was  elected  for  three  years;  in  1888  Rev. 
George  A.  Luce  for  one  year,  to  fill  vacancy;  Mrs  Ella  E.  Moulton  for 
three  years,  the  first  woman  thus  chosen  in  town;  at  the  last  election,  Dr 
Charles  F.  Roberts  for  three  years. 


Town   of   Wakefield.  r,ou 


Common  School \b. —  The  reporl  of  L882  aotes  the  progress  of  the  preceding 
period  of  nearly  thirty  years  since  reports  first  published.  ■■  It  is  evidenl  thai 
there  have  taken  place  man}  and  marked  changes  in  the  condition  and  welfare 
of  the  town  in  general,  and  in  the  state  and  condition  of  the  public  schools  in 
particular.  Former  ten  districts  arc  now  twelve ;  five  new  schoolhouses  erected 
and  several  of  the  old  ones  materially  repaired  and  improved.  The  contribu- 
tions Eor  the  support  of  schools  have  increased  from  some  $600  to  $2,000  per 
yeai',  while  the  number  of  scholars  has  decreased  from  370  to  about  300. 
From  two  dollars  per  scholar  each  year,  the  appropriation  has  increased  to 
nearly  seven  dollars,  affording  much  longer  terms  of  schools  and  better 
facilities  for  educational  improvement.  Thirty  years  ago  but  one  district 
raised  more  than  eighty  dollars  to  be  expended  in  the  cause  of  letters,  while 
several  failed  to  raise  one  half  that  amount.  Now  the  smallest  amount  in  any 
district  is  much  more  than  the  largest  of  any  district  at  that  time.  Instead  of 
but  few  weeks  most  districts  now  furnish  for  half  a  year  educational  advantages, 
and  some  more  than  this.  Some  that  had  only  one  short  term  have  two  long 
ones,  and  others  three  such.  The  youth  have  about  all  the  opportunity  they 
nr^A.  or  can  use  to  advantage,  in  acquiring  a  useful  education.  If  the  standard 
of  scholarship  in  our  schools  has  not  reached  a  higher  point,  intellectually 
considered,  by  longer  terms,  improved  methods  of  teaching,  and  superior 
textbooks,  it  is  reached  at  an  earlier  age."  The  studies  :  reading  and 
spelling,  283;  penmanship,  261;  arithmetic,  205;  geography,  152;  grammar, 
11:!:  history,  58;  composition,  29;  vocal  music,  61 ;  algebra,  21;  bookkeeping, 
16;  philosophy.  '••  :  physiology,  4;  astronomy,  2;  chemistry,  geometry,  and 
surveying.  1  each.  From  1882  to  1889,  scholars  reduced  from  303  to  o02. 
In  1889  the  town  voted  for  schools  *."><>0  above  what  is  required  by  law: 
82,000  town  expenses,  and  87,000  to  repair  highways,  $1,000  to  pay  on 
town  debts.  Each  can  compare  for  himself  1889  with  1789  in  our  common 
schools.  The  education  thus  secured  has  changed  somewhat,  and  advanced 
perhaps  not  more  than  it  ought.  The  "master"  is  now  "teacher,*"  hut  the 
days  of  some  "discipline''  may  need  to  continue. 

Academies.  The  town  will  never  lose  by  giving  the  best  of  common 
school  education  to  its  boys  and  girls.  At  the  "deestrict*'  school  many  have 
had  started  and  fed  aspirations  for  something  higher.  Some  of  the  fathers  were 
themselves  college  learned,  and  the  first  minister  and  other  leading  men  took  a 
great  interest  in  education.  In  some  towns  the  parish  minister  was  the  only 
educated  man.  Not  so  in  Wakefield.  College  graduates  this  town  had  right 
along.  At  Dartmouth,  Harvard,  Bowdoin,  and  Yale  not  a  few  graduates  have 
hailed  from  Wakefield,  not  to  speak  of  those  other  graduates,  the  sons  of  other 
towns,  who  have  entered  the  bowers  of  our  Edens  and  carried  off  the  fail- 
daughters  of  Wakefield. 

In  1815  a  rare  opportunity  came  to  the  youth.     Mr  Josiah   Dow.  a   leading 


510  History    of   Carroll   County. 


merchanl  of  Boston,  in  high  business  and  social  position,  built  and  established 
upon  his  father's  farm,  at  his  own  expense,  Dow  Academy.  This  was  dedicated 
November  6,  1815,  in  the  presence  of  over  five  hundred  spectators.  The 
founder  gave  the  address,  broad  and  liberal  in  its  educational  and  religious 
sentiment,  designed  to  arouse  in  the  community  a  larger  interest  in  higher 
education,  setting  forth  his  motive  in  establishing  a  school  for  the  benefit  of 
his  children  in  the  county,  and  to  extend  its  advantages  to  all  around.  Rev. 
Andrew  E.  Thayer  made  the  invocation;  Rev.  Joseph  Haven,  of  Rochester, 
the  closing  prayer.  The.  u  Ode  on  Science  "  was  performed  by  the  Wakefield 
band  :  and  two  hymns  were  sung,  after  which  the  company  partook  of  refresh- 
ments at  Captain  Richard  Dow's.  This  institution  flourished  for  several  years, 
having  an  extensive  patronage  from  some  of  the  first  families  in  and  out  of  the 
state,  anil  1  have  heard  that  the  first  stage-coach  was  put  on  for  their  benefit. 
The  room  itself  is  placed  over  the  church  room  to  fulfil  the  condition  of  the 
oil i  of  the  land  that  "the  meeting-house  should  always  be  used  for  ecclesias- 
tical and  educational  purposes."  Not  a  few  still  cherish  "memories  of  the  old 
academy  room,  with  the  mellow  autumn  sunlight  streaming  through  its  broad 
southern  windows  upon  busy  pupils,  all  happy  and  free  from  care."  Since  its 
incorporation,  it  lias  had  two  or  three  lives,  with  temporary  deaths  intervening. 

The  Dow  Academy  building  stood  for  many  years,  until  removed  to  the 
Junction  in  1886,  and  now  serves  as  a  hall  for  the  societies,  and  is  called 
"  Brackett's  hall."  In  1820  that  school-life  went  out,  but  nearly  sixty  years 
later  the  son  of  the  founder's  daughter  revived  the  Wakefield  Academy  by  the 
gift  of  one  hundred  dollars  annually  ;  providing,  in  case  of  failure  to  sustain 
the  school,  the  amount  to  go  one  half  to  the  Dow  district,  the  other  half  to 
the  Corner.  So  that,  to-day,  this  time-honored  institution,  through  the  gener- 
osity of  the  Hon.  Seth  Low,  is  taking  a  new  lease  of  life,  having  had  as  prin- 
cipals Dr  A.  P.  Chesley,  Dartmouth,  1880;  Emery  Pinkham,  Bates  College, 
I  883  ;  Arthur  P.  Greeley,  Dartmouth  College,  1882 ;  Professor  Joseph  A.  De 
Boer,  Dartmouth  College,  1884;  Rev.  James  C.  Flanders,  Dartmouth  College, 
L884.  Elmer  Ellsworth  French,  Tufts,  1890,  has  taught  some  four  or  five 
terms  ;  John  F.  Manson,  Fred.  A.  Fernald,  Dartmouth,  1887,  John  Gage,  and 
•lustin  L.  Moore  at  present. 

The  roll  of  students  in  the  male  and  female  departments  of  Dow  Academy, 
dated  August,  1819,  exhibits  sixty-three  students  in  all,  a  large  number  for 
that  day.  They  came  from  Portsmouth,  Rochester,  Dover,  Wolfeborough, 
and  from  Roxbury,  Boston,  Charlestown,  and  Salem,  Mass.,  etc.  "Men 
learned  in  their  professions,  examples  of  good  breeding  and  high  character, 
when  advanced  in  years  never  tired  of  talking  of  their  days  spent  at  Dow 
Academy,  and  there  was  no  praise  too  high  for  them  to  bestow  on  its  teachers 
and  its  founder.  They  not  only  remembered  the  excellence  of  the  work  done 
daily  in  the  classroom,  but  they  delighted  to  dwell  on  the  pomp  and  circum- 


Town    of    Wakefield.  r,n 


stance  of  exhibition  days,  which  the  founder  always  attended,  and  when 
they  had  martial  music  and  a  procession."  The  firsl  preceptor  was  Rev. 
Andrew  E.  Thayer,  afterwards  the  firsl  principal  of  Franklin  Academy, 
Dover.  In  L819,  Adam  Gordon,  a.b.,  was  preceptor,  Miss  Rebecca  Phippen 
and  Miss  Eliza  Bailey,  preceptresses,  and  at  one  time  the  Late  Hon.  John 
Aikni.nl'  Andover,  Mass..  was  preceptor. 

In  1  s-JT  Wakefield  Academy  was  incorporated  through  its  trustees,  Josiah 
H.  Hobbs,  William  Sawyer,  Joseph  P.  Wiggin,  Alvah  II.  Sawyer,  Henry  L. 
Wiggin,  George  W.  Cartel-,  Charles  Cartel1,  William  Sawyer,  Jr,  lehahod 
Richards,  Elisha  Rollins,  Porter  R.  Wiggin,  Thomas  Lindsay,  Jr,  Benjamin 
Pierce  Gove,  William  Sawyer,  president  of  trustees.  According  to  catalogue 
of  1832,  the  year  of  the  first  term,  Nathaniel  Shptswell  Dodge  was  preceptor, 
and  there  were  thirty-two  male  and  twenty-six  female  students. 

Parson  Barker,  in  the  lirst  years  of  his  Wakefield  life,  was  principal 
of  Wakefield  Academy  iii  perhaps  its  palmiest  days.  His  gifted  wife,  once 
Katharine  Knight,  of  Boscawen,  was  his  assistant.  From  1840  to  1885  the 
following  were  preceptors:  Charles  G.  Weeks,  Caleb  Emery,  Charles  Cum- 
mings.  George  Copp,  E.  B.  O.  Jewett,  in  1845;  F.  A.  Dean,  with  an  assistant, 
now  Rev.  Jotham  B.  Sewall,  Samuel  W.  Roberts,  J.  E.  Swallow,  Daniel  \i. 
Carter,  and  E.  P.  Hodgdon. 

Collegiates. — Early  the  boys  got  into  the  habit  of  going  to  college,  and 
it  has  been  kept  up.  The  first  minister  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard,  1778 ; 
Avery  Hall,  of  Yale,  1759.  The  first  native  graduate  was  from  Dartmouth, 
in  1811,  Amasa  Copp,  the  youngest  son  of  Captain  David,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-three.  Josiah  Hilton  Hobbs,  the  lawyer,  was  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin 
in  1820.  From  Dartmouth,  1822,  came  Rev.  Nathaniel  Barker,  minister  from 
1835;  Bowdoin.  1826,  George  Yeaton  Sawyer,  sou  of  William:  Bowdoin,  1828, 
Luther  Dearborn  Sawyer,  son  of  Timothy;  Bowdoin,  1832,  John  Copp; 
Bowdoin,  1842,  George  W.  .J.  Copp;  Yale,  1847,  Frederick  Augustus  Copp. 
—  three  sons  of  George  W.  Copp;  Dartmouth,  1847,  John  Paul;  Dartmouth, 
1850,  Edward  Ashton  Rollins,  son  of  Hon.  Daniel  G.,  and  living  in  Wakefield 
in  1828;  Dartmouth,  1s~>1,  Joshua  Gilman  Hall,  Jr ;  Bowdoin,  1852,  Charles 
(  Jhesley,  son  of  Isaac  B. ;  Dartmouth,  1857,  Daniel  R.  Carter,  who  died  L865, 
at  thirty:  Harvard,  1858,  George  Albert  Wentworth;  Dartmouth,  1859,  Josiah 
Hilton  Hobbs;  Dartmouth,  1800,  John  Tredick;  Dartmouth,  1862,  George 
Frank  Hobbs;  Dartmouth,  1862,  Augustus  Wiswall  Wiggin;  Dartmouth, 
1872,  Charles  William  Sanborn;  Harvard.  1874,  Robert  William  Sawyer,  son 
of  Charles  H.  and  grandson  of  William;  Dartmouth,  1876,  Edward  Angus. 
tus  Paul,  son  of  Hiram;  Tufts,  1877,  Daniel  Rollins  Brown,  son  of  Asa: 
Dartmouth,  1887,  Sidney  E.  Junkins,  son  of  Edwin  W;  Dartmouth,  ls^7. 
Aziah  C.  Willey,  Jr.  Henry  A.  Roberts,  son  of  Dr  S.  W.,  graduates  from 
Dartmouth  in  181>0,  and  Walter  J.  Weeks,  son  of  Algernon  S.,  from    Bowdoin. 


512  History  of   Carroll  County. 


L890.  Herbert  Mansur  is  a  graduate  of  Bates  Theological  School,  Lewiston, 
1888.  John  H.  Mordough  graduated  from  a  three  years'  course  at  Yale 
Theological  Seminary,  L836;  Jonathan   B.  Cook,  from  Bangor,  1849. 

Of  those  who  became  'physicians,  Augustus  W.  Wiggin  took  m.d.  at 
Georgetown  Medical  College:  surgeon  in  the  army;  died  in  1875,  at  thirty- 
three.  John  Tredick,  m.d.,  1867,  Jefferson  Medical  College,  practised  at  Perry- 
mansville,  Md;  dead.  Benjamin  Hobbs,  m.d.,  1863,  Dartmouth,  died  three 
years  later  at  twenty-six.  Daniel  R.  Brown,  m.d.,  1881,  Bellevue,  is  in  prac- 
tice in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  George  A.  Smith,  m.d.,  1881,  Bellevue,  was  of 
Wakefield  stock.     Charles  C.  Barker,  d.d.s.,  at  Meriden,  Conn. 

Of  the  teachers  John  Copp  was  one  of  the  finest  before  taking  up  agri- 
culture and  horticulture.  He  is  spending  the  evening  of  his  days  in  a  genial 
old  age  at  Wakefield.  George  W.  Copp  died  in  1804,  at  forty-four.  Fred- 
erick A.  Copp  has  continued  farming,  milling,  and  some  years  the  duties  of 
superintending  school  committee,  and  at  times  been  one  of  the  town  fathers  of 
Wakefield  or  of  Brookfield. 

Professor  George  Albert  Wentworth,  youngest  son  of  Edmund  and  Eliza 
(Lang)  Wentworth,  born  July  31,  1835,  a  graduate  of  Phillips  Exeter  Acad- 
emy, 1855,  entered  the  sophomore  class  in  Harvard  and  graduated  in  class 
of  1858,  being  then,  since  April,  tutor  in  Greek  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
with  which  he  has  been  connected  since  1859  as  professor  of  mathematics, 
in  which  realm  he  has  no  peer  in  this  country.  He  has  helped  to  fit  more  boys 
for  college  than  any  other  living  man  and  is  the  author  of  many  superior 
textbooks.  Alvah  Sawyer,  brother  of  William,  born  1799,  was  a  graduate 
of  neither  college  nor  professional  school,  but  was  regarded  as  a  man  of 
extensive  knowledge,  acquired  by  reading.  He  was  the  "  learned  blacksmith," 
of  keen  intellect,  and  a  mind  of  grand  cast ;  died  May,  1882. 

Libraries,  Societies,  etc. — -In  1797,  under  the  influence  of  Parson  Piper  and 
others,  a  charter  was  secured  for  the  Wakefield  and  Brookfield  Union  Library, 
—  shares  $3,  later  $4,  —  which  had  a  vigorous  life  until  in  its  sixtieth  year. 
November  :'>,  1856,  the  then  twelve  members,  William  Sawyer,  Jr,  Amasa 
Copp,  Alvah  II.  Sawyer,  Jonathan  Gage,  John  Wingate,  John  Clark,  Theodore 
W.  Lyford,  Mandana  Carter,  John  A.  Chamberlain,  Freeman  A.  Chamberlain, 
and  Hubartis  Neal,  agreed  to  divide  the  books  and  dissolve  and  annul  the  act 
of  incorporation,  which  they  did  March  15,  1857.  Only  one  shareholder  of  that 
number  now  survives,  Hubartis  Neal.  Since  1879  the  Wakefield  Public 
Library  has  had  life,  due  to  the  Hon.  Seth  Low  and  others,  including  Mrs 
E.  A.  Rollins,  and  is  becoming  of  considerable  value  as  the  years  roll  on.  For 
some  years  Union  Village  had  a  library  to  gratify  the  taste  for  reading  (from 
is.,  |  io  L886),  but  it  has  been  divided  among  stockholders.  Wolfboro 
•I unction   lias  its  "village  library,"  started  in   1881. 

A  musical  society  was  incorporated  in  1815.1     "Brookfield  Social  Library" 

*Laws  of  N.  H.(  vol.  xx,  p.  870. 


Town  of   Wakefield.  513 


was   incorporated    in    1811;   called    in    L833,  "  Brookfield,  Wolfeborough,  and 

Wakefield  Social   Library."     Union  Manufacturing  C pan}  was  incorporated 

in  1833;  Union  River  Manufacturing  Company,  L868;  Unity  Lodge  of  Free- 
masons, L875;  Pine  River  Lumber  Company,  L857  and  1877 '.  —  From  indea  to 
laws  of  state,  1679-1883. 

The  Lodge  of  [ndependenl  Order  of  Good  Templars,  instituted  at  Union 
Village  October  '.>,  1879,  now  numbers  ninety-six  members,  and  has  done  a  vig- 
orous, aggressive,  and  helpful  work.  The  first  chief  templar  was  Rev.  C.  V. 
Goldsmith;  the  last,  Fred.  E.  Stevens;  C.  W.  Home  was  chief  templar  for 
several  years,  also  grand  secretary  of  the  Grand  Lodge;  Mrs  C.  W.  Home 
was  secretary  for  sixteen  years.  Grand  Chief  Templar  George  A.  Bailey, 
who  instituted  the  Union  lodge,  also  instituted  the  "Newiehiwannock  "  a1 
Wellborn  Junction,   February,  1886,  but  it  had  a  short  life. 

The  Law  and  Order  League  of  Wakefield,  Brookfield,  and  Milton,  under 
the  leadership  of  Daniel  S.  Burley,  Esq.,  has  strengthened  public  sentiment. 

The  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union  and  Band  of  Hope  had  for 
some  years  an  active  lodge  at  Woodman's  Mills. 

Union  Village  has  "Lovewell"  lodge,  No.  1185,  Knights  of  Honor,  thirteen 
members;  and  fur  some  three  years  near  1876,  Council  No.  2.S,  Sovereigns  of 
Industry.  Wolfboro  Junction  has  "Syracuse'*  lodge,  No.  27,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  which  was  instituted  March  17,  1886,  by  Grand  Chancellor  John  P. 
Young;  a  large  number  of  knights  were  present  from  various  New  Hampshire 
and  Maine  lodges ;  thirty  charter  members,  and  ten  since  added ;  leased 
Bracket t*s  hall.  The  first  officers  were:  P.  C,  G.  F.  Mathes;  C.  C, 
G.  M.  Smith  ;    V.  C,  A.  D.  Robinson  ;   prelate,  J.  F.  Tucker. 

Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  on  the  sleep  of  the  first  sun,  worm  moon, 
G.  S.  D.  397,  Songonombee  Tribe,  No.  15,  was  instituted  (in  the  language  of 
the  palefaces)  March  1,  1888,  in  the  Hunting  Grounds  of  Wolfboro  Junc- 
tion, by  G.  S.,  C.  C.  Bunce,  of  Dover.  The  tribe  started  with  thirty-six 
charter  members  and  has  rapidly  gained  in  valuable  membership.  The  firs! 
chiefs  were:  prophet,  G.  S.  Dow;  sachem,  Arthur  L.  Foote ;  senior  saga- 
more, Eli  W.  Nute. 


514  History  of   Carroll  County. 


CHAPTER   XLV. 

Development  —  Union  Village  —  Railroads  —  Wolfboro  Junction  —  Manufacturing  — 
Population  —  Politics  —  East  Wakefield  —  Taverners  and  Traders  —  Early  Prices  —  North 
Wakefield  and  Wakefield  Corner  —  Physicians  —  Longevity,  etc. 

WAKEFIELD  increased  rapidly  in  population  and  wealth  until  1837, 
when  many  of  the  leading  citizens  became  embarrassed  by  the  eastern 
land  purchases  :  but  with  these  heavy  losses  they  tried  to  keep  up  their 
former  position,  but  as  there  was  no  railroad  communication  it  became  an 
isolated  town,  and  for  several  years  made  little  progress  in  either  population 
or  wealth. 

The  railway  at  last  came  to  Union  Village.  This  place,  which  had  since 
L820  been  of  some  importance,  having  a  factory  for  spinning  yarn,  a  tannery, 
sawmill,  gristmill,  carding-works,  store,  and  blacksmith's  shop,  improved 
rapidly.  Many  were  the  loaded  teams  that  brought  their  wheat,  butter, 
cheese,  etc.,  to  the  station,  and  left  their  money  with  the  merchants,  and 
gladdened  the  hearts  of  the  hotel-keepers,  prominent  of  whom  was  Robert 
11.  Pike,  who  has  accumulated  a  fortune  from  the  proximity  of  his  house 
to  the  station,  and  has  to-day  one  of  the  most  elegant  hotel  oflices  and  dining- 
rooms  in  northern  New  Hampshire.  Business  thrived,  demanded  more  men, 
and    families  moved  in. 

Union  Village,  with  its  trim  houses  and  manufacturing  industries,  is  a 
decided  growth  on  the  few  houses  it  had  up-  to  1827.  Noah  Barker  was 
here  a  clothier  as  early  as  1802 ;  lie  also  in  1817  set  up,  near  John  Paul's, 
a  carding-mill.  James  Hardy  did  a  large  business  in  cloth  dressing.  He 
had  one  of  the  first,  if  not  the  first,  cotton-mills  in  the  state.  Ira  Fish  followed 
Noah  Barker,  and  Dr  Lindsay's  sons,  John  and  James,  succeeded  Hardy. 
Joshua  (I.  Hall  followed  both,  and  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  society.  uHe 
was  one  of  the  brightest  men  this  town  ever  raised,"  says  one  who  knew 
him  well.  July  4,  1822,  a  party  met  here  to  celebrate  the  day  and  name 
the  place.  It  was  proposed  to  call  it  Federal  Village  from  one  of  the  political 
parties  of  that  day.  A  Republican,  however,  objected,  and  a  compromise  was 
effected  on  Union  Village. 

Hon.  .John  W.  Sanborn  and  others  were  not  satisfied  with  the  facilities 
afforded  at  Union,  and  labored  for  the  extension  of  the  road.  By  the  energy 
of  Mr  Sanborn  this  was  accomplished,  and  the  Wolfeborough  Branch  railroad 
constructed.  This  was  the  beginning  of  a  new  and  a  prosperous  era.  The 
junction  of  this  last  road  with  the  main  line  is  near  the  head  of  Lovewell's 
pond,  and  in  the  vicinity  of  the  spot  where  Captain  Copp's  grist  and  saw 
mills  alone  broke  the  silence  one  hundred  years  ago. 


TO"WTS     OF     W  LKEFIELD.  .",  | .', 


Originally  the  site  of  the  thriving  village  of  Wolfboro  Junction, 
fed  by  and  feeding  the  railroad,  was  full  of  ravines  and  huge  bowlders, 
and  covered  with  a  dense  forest.  A  small  clearing  was  made,  rocks  and 
stumps  cleared  away,  and  buildings  erected  to  accommodate  the  business 
and  mechanical  works  of  the  Conway  or  Northern  division  of  the  railroad 
that  were  moved  to  this  place.  A  hotel,  the  Sanborn  House,  was  built, 
a  fine  schoolhouse  lias  been  erected,  and  an  Episcopal  chapel  now  g] 
the  roadside  on  the  hill.  From  its  starl  in  1*71  the  village  has  progn 
rapidly  and  solidly.  Hon.  John  W.  Sanborn,  superintendent  of  the  Northern 
Division  of  the  Boston  &  .Maine  railroad,  here  has  his  home  and  offices,  and 
supervises  his  many  and  important  business  interests.  Albert  0.  Robinson 
is  assistant  superintendent,  and  performs  his  duties  with  rapidity  and  accuracy. 
The  railroad  shops  of  the  Northern  division  are  here  located.  James  Tucker 
is  chief  of  engineers;  Charles  A.  Hackett,  master  mechanic;  Edward  Leavitt, 
roadmaster.  All  of  the  officials  and  employes  are  courteous,  gentlemanly, 
and  capable. 

The  Sanborn  House,  heated  by  steam,  is  kept  by  C.  B.  Remick,  and 
accommodates  thirty  guests.  James  W.  Garvin  &  Co.  is  one  of  the  veteran 
mercantile  houses.  Besides  trading,  Mr  Garvin  has  an  extensive'  manufactory 
of  sale  clothing,  and  furnishes  employment  to  many.  John  M.  Haynes  deals 
in  stoves  and  tinware.  John  T.  Garland  supplies  the  meats  for  the  commu- 
nity. P.  0.  Cottle  has  a  general  store.  William  H.  Willey  carries  a  stock 
of  grain,  groceries,  etc.  Edwin  A.  Himes  is  the  new  postmaster,  succeeding 
.1.  W.  Garvin,  who  followed  George  F.  Piper.  Beacham  and  Foote  attend 
to  law  and  insurance ;  and  George  S.  Dorr,  one  of  our  most  busy  men,  is  editor 
and  proprietor  of  the  Carroll  County  Pioneer^  established  October  4,  18<Sl. 
"The  Ploneer  labors  to  remove  the  underbrush  from  the  Forest  of 
Humanity." 

A  majority  of  the  people  are  engaged  in  farming,  but  manufacturing  and 
mercantile  trade  are  becoming  important  branches  of  business.  I  need  not 
trace  the  manufacturing  industries,  great  or  small,  from  the  first  rude  cornmills 
of  Captain  Copp  and  Joseph  Haines  to  the  Union  Brass  Foundry  looking  for 
gains.  Sawmills  appeared  early ;  perhaps,  in  order,  Copp"s  first,  and  Haines's, 
the  Allen.  Captain  Hall's,  and  so  on  down  to  the  latest  of  the  portable  steam- 
mills  which  take  away  some  of  the  beauty  of  the  forests  to  transform  it  into 
homes  for  men.  At  Union  are  the  excelsior  mills  of  George  E.  Hail  &  Co., 
and  Samuel  L.  Hutchins's  feltmills,  now  silent,  Stevens's  marble  shop,  ami 
others.  Reuben  Sanborn  for  thirteen  years  has  had  a  chair  factory,  employing 
twenty  persons,  and  turning  out  yearly  some  six  thousand  or  more  chairs, 
and  several  thousand  sawhorses. 

In  1868  there  were  seven  mills  in  town  ;  one  near  the  Ossipee  line  running 
a   gang   of   saws,    where    lumber,    heading,    and    sugar-boxes   were    produced. 


516  History  of   Carroll  County. 


This  was  owned  by  the  Pine  River  Lumber  Company.  One  was  at  Union, 
operated  by  Luther  Gr.  Cate;  and  one  cutting  a  thousand  feet  an  hour  was 
near  Wakefield  Corner,  run  by  John  W.  Sanborn  and  others.  Six  shingle- 
mills  were  in  operation,  and  shoe  and  salt  boxes,  flannel  boards,  etc.,  were 
made.  Tinware  was  quite  extensively  manufactured,  and  so  were  shoes. 
In  L872  Wakefield  ranked  in  point  of  wealth  the  fourth,  and  in  mechanical 
business  the   third,  town  in  the  county. 

Population.  — East  Town,  1773:  Unmarried  men  from  16  to  60,20;  mar- 
ried men,  16  to  60,  40;  boys,  16  and  under,  65;  men,  60  and  over,  1;  unmar- 
ried females,  64;  married  females,  48;  no  widows;  1  male  slave.  Total, 
males,  L56;  females,  112;  248  in  all.  1775  showed  320  population;  May, 
L786,  5..5:  1700,  446;  1830,  1,470;  1840,  1,506;  1850,  1,405;  i860,  1,470; 
L870,  1,185  :  L880,  1,302.  The  families  in  town  in  1767  numbered  2  ;  in  1760, 
11;  1770,  30;  1784,00;  1800,150. 

Politic*.  —  Since  1800  the  town  has  flourished  under  the  different  banners 
of  Federalist  and  Republican,  Whig,  Democratic,  and  Republican,  about  as 
follows:  From  1800  to  1850  the  Federalists  and  Whigs  had  it  two  thirds 
of  the  years;  from  1850  to  1800  the  Democrats  have  had  thirty  years,  three 
quarters  of  the  time. 

The  tide  of  business  first  struck  Piper  road  and  Wakefield  Corner  in 
L800,  Union  in  1855,  and  Wolfboro  Junction  in  1871.  The  Piper  road, 
once  the  village,  is  now  a  delightful  locality  to  visit;  Wakefield  Corner 
is  quiet  and  beautiful;  East  Wakefield  is  a  distributing  station  for  stages. 
Here  come  many  summer  visitors  to  get  our  balmy  air  and  enjoy  the 
beauties  of  nature.     It  has  two  hotels,  Davis  House  and  Sunnyside. 

Taverners  and  Traders.  —  Taverners  were  not  few,  if  we  judge  by  licenses 
granted  by  the  selectmen  from  1703  to  1803  to  sell  ardent  spirits  —  in  varied 
phrase,  as  "  retailer  of  spirituous  liquors;  "  "  to  keep  public  house  and  liquor;" 
-on  account  of  his  situation  and  employment  of  a  public  nature;"  "  pro- 
vided he  keeps  a  good  orderly  house;"  "to  sell  rum;"  "to  keep  spirituous 
liquor  and  mix  the  same,  or  in  other  words  to  keep  a  public  house  of  enter- 
tainment;" "at  his  store,  under  such  rules  as  the  law  directs."  Under 
taverners  are  David  Copp  (his  "flip-stick"  survives,  but  it  has  lost  its  cun- 
ning), Joseph  Leavitt,  and  Samuel  Sherborn  before  1780,  and  running  in  1703 
to  170s.  perhaps  later;  Mrs.  Eunice  Leavitt,  1801.  In  1704  and  on,  Stephen 
Watson,  Captain  Andrew  Gilman,  Josiah  Robinson,  Thomas  Cloutman,  1700; 
David  Horn,  Benjamin  Dearborn,  Joshua  G.  Hall,  1808;  Jacob  Welch,  Ensign 
James  Hardy,  1806;  George  Whitton,  1813;  Samuel  Pike,  1811;  Israel 
Hodgdon,  John  Dame,  Porter  K.  Wiggin,  1819.  In  1827  five  licenses  were 
granted  —  one   reading  "wine  and  spirits  in  any   quanity   not   less  than   one 


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pint,  to  be  sold,  delivered,  and  carried  away."  About  this  time  a  "Temper- 
ance Society  "  was  formed.  Ten  years  later  temperance  sentiment  in  the  state 
is  said  to  ha\e  been  at  its  highest  point,  under  the  reign  of  no  Law. 

Of  the  taverns,  some  were  rather  unpretentious,  aiming  to  supply  a  fell 
need  of  the  public,  both  traveling  and  local,  and  the  chief  ones  were  also  a 
combination  of  a  market-place,  auction-block,  and  Lyceum  where  the  great 
questions  of  the  day  were  discussed,  if  not  settled,  as  well  as  at  the  country 
grocery  stoics.  It  would  be  interesting  to  compare  prices  then  with  now 
—  of  molasses,  cambric,  crackers,  rum,  and  cheese,  thread,  sugar,  salt,  and 
calico.  In  17~>0  lour  hanks  thread  and  one  gil]  nun  cost  8  shillings;  four 
yards  linen,  £2;  four  pounds  sugar,  I' 1  6s.;  one  gallon  molasses,  22  shillings: 
fifteen  hundred  shingle  nails,  52s.  6d. ;  2  1-2  punch,  20  shillings;  L,000  "bord 
nales,"  £4  10s.;  one  handkerchief,  35  shillings.  That  was  " old  tenor."  From 
17T-">  to  1800  prices  were  up,  and  continental  money  between  1777  and  1781 
became  so  depreciated  that  $100  of  it  were  only  equal  to  one  dollar  in  gold,  ami 
it  became  practically  worthless.  InlSlS:  one  gross  pins,  Is.  6d.  =  25  cents: 
one  pound  tobacco,  2  shillings  ;  one  mug  "  egg  pop,"  Is.  6d.  ;  one  straw  bonnet, 
$1.50;  one  yard  ribbon,  25  cents ;  one  yard  cotton  cloth,  30  cents;  one  yard 
calico,  2s.  3d.:  one  pound  of  rice,  10  cents;  one  gallon  rum,  9  shillings;  one- 
fourth  yard  crape,  -7  cents  ;  one  almanac,  4s.  2d.;  two  quarts  molasses,  2s.  3d.; 
one  vest  pattern,  4s.  6d.  ;  one  ounce  indigo,  25  cents.  In  1802  :  "  1  yard 
tobacco,"  a  selectmen's  bill,  seven  half-pints  rum,  7  shillings;  four  dinners. 
4  shillings;  six  suppers,  0  shillings.  In  1770  a  man  got  two  pounds  for  "one 
day  plowen."  In  1819:  a  bushel  corn,  5  shillings  ;  one  pint  New  England  rum, 
12  to  14  cents;  one  glass,  4  cents;  one  gill,  8  cents  ;  one  pint  brandy,  20  cents  ; 
one  yard  cambric,  5  shillings:  one  yard  calico,  2  shillings;  one  New  Hamp- 
shire Register,  20  cents;  carding  nineteen  pounds  wool,  $1.19;  one  pound 
cheese,  9  cents;  one  bowl  punch,  25  cents;  one-half  yard  shirting.  23  cents: 
butter,  12  1-2  cents;  sugar,  18  cents;  tea,  84  cents;  No.  8  yarn,  72  cents; 
one-half  pound  salt,  4  shillings;  lamb,  5  cents;  broom,  25  cents.  Of  traders. 
Captain  David  Copp  was  very  likely  the  first.  James  Hardy  had  a  store  at 
Union  about  1800.  Joshua  G.  Hall  had  one  near  the  Piper  schoolhouse,  but 
followed  Hardy  to  Union  in  ls27.  His  son  Andrew  Gilman  Hall,  Joseph  Pike 
Gilman,  Elijah  Wadleigh,  and  A.  F.  Wood  were  among  the  other  traders. 

At  Wakefield  Corner  about  1800  Captain  Robert  ('alder.  William  ('.  Frost 
for  some  ten  years  from  L807;  Captain  Salter,  Chesley  Drew,  Captain  Joseph 
Manson.  In  1810,  John  Wingate,  for  himself  or  for  Mr.  Upham,  on  Russell 
Hill.  In  1818,  Henry  L.  W'iggin;  he  and  Joseph  P.  Wiggin  were  in  business 
in  1N27  ;  Daniel  Gr.  Rollins,  L826;  William  Sawyer.  Jr.  for  many  years: 
Henry  R.  Chamberlain,  Joseph  Pike,  Otis  Wiswall,  Asa  P.  Wiggin,  Amasa 
Copp,  Asa  Brown,  George  Gage  ;  A.J.  Milliken,  who  was  deputy  and  sheriff 
for  many  years  and  in  trade  twenty-one  years.     George   A.  5Teaton,  Porter  K. 


5 1  -  History  of   Carroll   County. 


Wiggin,  Henry  L.  Wiggin,  Joseph  P.  Wiggin,  and  George  H.  Wiggin  have 
kept  the  town  records;  also,  William  Sawyer,  Jr,  Asa  Brown,  George  A. 
Yeaton,  and  A.  .1.  Milliken. 

At  North  Wakefield  several  have  traded,  the  latest,  Daniel  M.  Emerson, 
postmaster.  The  postoffice  has  usually  been  kept  in  one  of  the  stores.  At 
Union  from  1827  Major  Joshua  G.  Hall,  John  Tredick,  C.  E.  Swinerton ; 
.John  Tredick,  1861  to  1866;  Joseph  P.  Gilman,  1866  to  1869;  Charles  A. 
Varneyand  Elijah  Wadleigh  to  1885;  Joseph  P.  Gilman  to  1889;  Jacob  S. 
Adams.  At  Wakefield  Corner  were  Henry  L.  Wiggin,  William  Sawyer,  Jr, 
Samuel  Beaton,  Hiram  Paul,  1885;  A.  J.  Milliken,  1889;  George  E.  Goodhue. 
At  Woodman's  Mills,  J.  M.  Woodman  is  postmaster;  East  Wakefield  station, 
Ivory  S.  Loud ;  Horn's  Mills,  John  G.  Sanborn. 

Wakefield  is  not  a  seaport,  and  few  have  made  their  home  upon  the  deep ; 
but  one  of  our  citizens,  Captain  Samuel  Yeaton,  was  a  prosperous  sea-captain 
for  years,  commanding  the  swift  "clipper"  ships  once  so  famous  in  the  East 
India  carrying  trade. 

James  A.  Chesley  entered  the  United  States  naval  service  October  80,  1861, 
and  served  twenty-two  years  on  ships,  monitors,  and  ironclads  as  assistant- 
navigator,  navigator,  watch  and  division  officer,  navigator,  and  first  lieutenant, 
first  lieutenant  in  command  on  the  ironclads  "Manhattan"  and  "  Mahopac " 
for  eight  years,  until  retired  as  lieutenant  January  22,  1884. 

Physicians.  —  The  first  doctor  was  probably  some  woman  skilled  in  admin- 
istering herbs.  Dr  Howe,  of  Rochester,  used  sometimes  to  come  to  Wakefield. 
Whether  the  early  physicians  were  wholly  supported  by  their  fees,  we  do  not 
know;  in  most  places  they  combined  the  art  of  healing  with  cultivating  the 
soil  or  other  business. 

Dr  John  Manning  (if  in  practice)  had,  I  judge,  other  business,  and  was 
likely  a  man  of  means,  and  associated  somewhat  with  his  neighbor  and  friend, 
Captain  Copp.  lie  was  of  Chester,  1781  to  1785,  and  probably  at  Wakefield 
l'r< mi  1790  to  1800.  John  Manning,  Harvard,  1813,  m.d.,  may  have  been  his 
son. 

Dr  Thomas  Lindsay  must  have  come  early,  as  he  married,  in  1787,  Polly 
Nudd,  and  for  his  second  wife,  in  1821,  Elizabeth  Clark,  both  of  Wakefield, 
lie  moved  to  Lincoln,  Maine,  in  1832,  and  died  at  Chester,  Maine,  December 
10,  1810,  at  eighty.  He  was  collector  of  the  minister's  tax  in  1795-96,  which 
was  over  one  half  the  town  tax.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Strafford  Medical 
Society  in  1810.  He  had  a  long  and  successful  practice.  His  two  sons  were 
in  tin!  factory  at  Union. 

Dr  John  McCrillis  was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Strafford  Med- 
ical Society  and  fifth  president  in  1832.  He  practised  for  many  years  with  one 
or  two  abseil 

Dr    Richard   Russell,  a   medical   graduate  of    Dartmouth,   1813,    came  to 


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Wakefield  soon  after,  was  surgeon  on  privateer  "P0II3  ";  was  captured  and 
confined  in  Dartmoor  prison ;  when  released,  he  came  back  to  Wakefield,  and 
near  Christmas,  L815,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Captain  David  Copp,  and 
practised,  with  the  exception  of  Eour  years  a1  Concord,  from  L815  until  L833. 
The  last  twenty  years  was  at  Greal  Falls,  where  be  died  in  L855  al  seventy. 
These  men  made  Lasting  reputations. 

Dr  Thomas  Lindsay,  Jr.  Strafford  Medical  Society,  1N25:  secretary,  1828- 
30;  began  practice  at  Wakefield  about  L827,  at  twenty-five.  He  moved  to 
Lincoln,  Maine,  with  ins  wife,  the  daughter  of  William  Sawyer,  Esq.,  and 
practised  at  Lincoln  until  he  died,  March  3,  1864. 

Dr  Nathaniel  Grant  and  Dr  Jones  (here  in  1830),  natives  and  neighbors  of 
Lebanon,  Maine, both  came  and  went  between  1830  and  1840,  the  former  to 
(  entre  Ossipee,  the  latter  to  his  native  town. 

Dr  Sumner  Gilman  practised  some  years  at  Union  and  Wakefield  Corner, 
and  married  a  Wakefield  daughter  —  Miss  Susan  Went  worth.  lie  was  of 
Dartmouth  Medical  School,  1833,  and  died  at  Wakefield  in  1841,  aged 
thirty-six. 

Dr  Charles  L.  Swasey  came  from  Limerick  about  1840,  and  went  from  his 
practice  here  to  New  Bedford,  and  died  the  past  year. 

Dr  S.  B.  Twitchell  came  about  1849,  married  Miss  Sarah  E.  Swasey,  and 
removed  to  Rushville,  N.  V.,  but  returned  to  Wakefield  to  practise  until 
October.  1854,  and  died  the  following  year  at  thirty-nine. 

Dr  Samuel  Woodbury  Roberts,  a  native  of  Alton,  in  1825,  a  graduate  (the 
first  from  his  native  town)  of  Dartmouth,  1850,  of  the  Medical  School  in  1823, 
soon  came  to  Wakefield.  His  five-and-thirty  years  have  given  him  the  longest 
circuit  over  these  hills  in  time  of  any  physician  except  the  first.  For  many 
years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  and  its 
last  president,  1887-88. 

Dr  William  B.  Reynolds,  of  Acton,  Maine,  came  to  Union  in  1855,  and 
went  into  the  army.  After  the  war  he  went  from  Union  to  Lynn,  Mass.,  the 
place  of  his  death. 

Dr  John  Langdon  Swinerton  was  born  at  Newfield,  Maine,  1805;  graduated 
from  medical  school  of  Bowdoin,  1841  ;  a  member  of  Strafford  Medical  Society 
in  1*45;  practised  the  medical  profession  during  nearly  fifty  years  at  Brook- 
field,  Wolfeborough,  Milton  Mills,  and  Union,  where  he  died  in  the  fall  of 
L882,  November  2,  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine,  regretted  by  all  who  knew  him 
as. a  kind  friend,  a  safe  counselor,  a  good  physician  to  the  sick  and  suffering. 

Dr  John  E.  Scruton,  born  in  New  Durham,  November  23,  1846,  had  the 
educational  advantages  of  Farmington  high  school,  West  Lebanon.  Maine. 
academy,  and  Milton  Classical  Institute;  commenced  the  study  of  medicine 
with  the  noted  Dr  D.  T.  Parker  at  Farmington,  and  attended  the  medical 
school  at    Portland,  and  was   graduated    from   the    Medical    School   of   Maine. 


520  History  of   Carroll  County. 

(  Bowdoin  College)  in  June,  1870,  and  began  practice  at  Union,  January  1, 
1871.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society  since 
L870,  and  has  been  very  active  in  connection  with  the  Carroll  County  Medical 
Societv,  of  which  he  has  been,  first,  vice-president,  and  president  since  June  26, 
1889.  lie  lias  an  extensive  practice  in  Wakefield,  Milton,  Middleton,  Farming- 
ton,  Brookfield,  etc.,  and  is  frequently  called  into  consultation  in  a  much  wider 
area.  Dr  Scruton  is  an  earnest  student  in  his  special  field,  keeps  himself  well 
up  with  the  latest  discoveries  and  approved  methods  of  treatment,  and  is  a 
sympathetic  and  kind-hearted  physician  of  more  than  ordinary  ability  and 
success,  and  enjoys  a  deserved  popularity. 

Dr  Charles  F.  Roberts  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Maine,  August  5,  1860,  and 
moved  to  Brookfield  in  1866 ;  took  a  four  years'  course  at  Great  Falls  high 
school  and  graduated  in  1871) ;  studied  medicine  with  Dr  James  Farrington,  at 
Rochester;  attended  lectures  at  Dartmouth  and  Columbia  colleges,  and  was 
graduated  second  in  a  class  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  at  the  latter 
college,  participating  in  the  "  Hansen  Prize."  This  honor  also  brought  him 
an  appointment,  without  competitive  examination,  to  the  staff  of  Bellevue 
Hospital,  where  he  served  the  regular  term,  and  then  came  to  Wolfboro  Junc- 
tion in  January,  1885,  where  he  is  now  in  practice. 

Longevity.  —  Whether  the  air  of  Wakefield  has  some  virtue  above  common 
air  or  not,  certain  it  is  that  a  considerable  number  have  been  "with  long  life 
satisfied,"  and  have  reached  the  ninetieth  milestone.  The  oldest  person  who 
ever  lived  in  Wakefield  was  Robert  Macklin,  who,  born  in  Scotland  in  1672, 
lived  in  Portsmouth  for  several  years  as  a  baker,  and  died  here  in  1787  at  the 
great  age  of  one  hundred  and  fifteen.  He  was  a  noted  walker  in  his  day, 
frequently  going  on  foot  from  Portsmouth  to  Boston,  sixty-six  miles,  in  one 
day  and  returning  the  next  or  third  day.  This  journey  he  made  when  he  was 
eighty.  The  next  oldest  was  known  by  many  of  us,  and  admired  in  his  placid 
old  age.  He  fell  asleep  on  the  twenty-ninth  of  September,  1882,  at  the  age  of 
one  hundred  and  four  years.  David  Evans  was  a  native  of  Madbury,  May, 
177s,  (wo  years  before  the  Dark  Day,  of  Avhich  he  spoke  in  my  presence  on 
that  Yellow  Dajr,  September,  1881,  when  he  wrote  in  a  plain  hand  his  auto- 
graph, long  to  be  prized.  He  had  that  mildness  characteristic  of  the  Friends, 
or  Quakers,  with  whom  he  was  reckoned,  until,  as  he  jocularly  remarked,  "I 
transgressed,  in  marrying  one  of  the  world's  people."  But  he  was  buried  with 
the  simple  ceremony  of  his  early  Society.  Mrs  Mary  Jones  was  born  in  Ports- 
mouth in  1743,  and  died  here  in  1844.  Her  daughter  was  the  wife  of  Deacon 
Piper.  Mrs  Mehitable  Kimball  Wiggin  reached  ninety-three  years,  nine 
months,  three  days,  June  26,  1859.  Her  son's  wife,  Elizabeth  Gerrish  Wiggin, 
lived  to  almost  ninety-two  years.  Mrs  Elizabeth  Wiggin  died  May  15,  1826, 
at  ninety-three  years,  seven  months,  twenty-three  days,  leaving  eight  children, 
forty-six  grandchildren,  sixty-eight  great-grandchildren.     John   Horn   in  1830 


522  HrsTORY  of   Carroll   County. 

John  Sanborn,  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Lane)  Sanborn,  was 
bom  in  Brentwood,  November  21,  1767,  married,  in  1792,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Patience  Hall,  and  made  his  home  near  the  centre  of  Wake- 
field on  a  farm,  later  removing  to  that  of  his  father-in-law,  with  whom  they 
Lived.  Their  children  attaining  majority  were  Daniel  H.,  Joseph  W.,  Sarah 
L.,  Susan,  Ann,  and  John  G-.  Mr  Sanborn  was  an  industrious,  substantial 
fanner,  a  good  citizen,  and  attained  old  age,  dying  January  29,  1854.  His 
wife  was  born  May  24,  1772,  and  died  in  May,  1841.  It  was  said  of  Mr 
Sanborn  that  "he  had  not  an  enemy  in  the  world." 

Daniel  Hall  Sanborn,  son  of  John  and  Hannah  (Hall)  Sanborn,  was  born 
May  31,  1796,  in  Wakefield,  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Joseph  Dorr,  of 
Acton,  Maine,  December  25,  1821.  She  was  born  in  Acton,  June  16,  1796, 
and  was  a  descendant  of  that  Brackett  family  prominent  in  early  New  Hamp- 
shire history.  Mr  Sanborn  was  a  farmer,  and  died  September  25,  1872.  His 
wife  died  March  2,  1854.  Their  children  were  John  W.,  Joshua  H.,  Enoch 
E.,  Daniel  H.,  and  Lydia  S.  (Mrs  F.  N.  Dixon). 

Hon.  John  W.  Sanhom  was  born  in  Wakefield,  January  16,  1822.  From 
an  early  age  he  was  a  member  of  his  grandfather  Sanborn's  family,  receiving 
the  educational  advantages  of  the  town  schools  and  its  noted  academy.  In 
these  he  had  the  power  to  gain  the  best  of  the  knowledge,  while  in  the  fields 
and  at  other  labor  incident  to  a  farmer's  life  he  acquired  a  robust  constitution, 
and  a  practical  education  of  great  value  to  himself  and  others  in  subsequent 
years.  When  eighteen  he  became  a  teacher  of  winter  terms  of  school,  gave 
satisfaction  both  as  an  instructor  and  disciplinarian,  and  taught  twenty  terms 
with  success.  This  sphere  was  not  broad  nor  active  enough  for  him.  He  had 
the  confidence  in  his  powers  born  of  possession,  and  the  strength  and  genius 
to  rise  above  the  circumstances  of  life,  to  obtain  knowledge  however  opposed 
by  difficulties,  to  advance  his  own  station  beyond  the  one  inherited,  and  to 
secure  for  himself  commanding  positions  of  affluence,  integrity,  and  eminent 
usefulness  in  the  town  and  state  of  his  nativity.  His  career  has  not  been 
a  sudden  elevation  brought  about  by  extraneous  circumstances,  but  a  gradual 
upward  progress  through  the  successful  application  of  inherent  capability, 
fidelity,  and  honest  endeavors  to  do  thoroughly  the  labors  incumbent  upon 
him.  Very  soon  after  attaining  his  majority  he  purchased  a  farm  and  indus- 
triously engaged  in  its  cultivation;  when  twenty -four  years  of  age  he  began 
buying,  selling,  and  shipping  cattle,  and  gradually  connected  with  these  the 
manufacture  of  lumber,  which  from  1864  to  1870  attained  very  large  propor- 
tions for  this  region.  He  early  became  interested  in  probate  business,  and 
for  many  years  conducted  causes  in  its  court,  and  at  one  time  did  more 
of  this  work  than  any  other  in  the  county. 

Distinct  from  these  varied  interests  Mr  Sanborn  found  other  and  weighty 
matters  were  demanding  his  time  and  attention.     His  ability  was  appreciated 


T<»\\n   of   Wakefield.  523 


by  his  townsmen,  who  chose  him  selectman  in  1856  and  L857,  and  representa- 
tive in  1861  and  1862.  This  was  ai  that  critical  juncture  in  our  national 
history  when  the  country  Brsl  fell  the  misery  of  civil  war.  Mr  Sanborn  was 
an  active  and  untiring  Union  man,  and  gave  his  energies  to  the  momentous 
questions  to  be  settled.  His  clear,  dispassionate  judgment  and  comprehension 
of  the  situation  gave  influence  to  his  words  and  action,  and  his  services  were 
demanded  in  the  counsels  of  the  highest  circle  of  the  stale's  officials.  He  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  executive  council  in  1<S(I3,  and  was  one  of  the  valued 
advisers  of  the  state  administration.  Party  feeling  ran  high  in  those  days, 
and,  although  a  candidate  for  councillor  in  1864,  and  running  far  ahead 
of  his  ticket,  he  tailed  of  an  election  by  a  few  votes.  He  was,  however, 
of  too  much  importance  to  be  put  one  side,  and  he  was  appointed  by  the 
governor  one  of  a  committee  to  adjust  the  unfinished  business  of  the  old 
council,  and  also  one  of  a  committee  to  arrange  and  adjust  the  state  aid  to 
soldiers.  It  is  conceded  that,  although  a  Democrat,  no  other  man  in  the  state 
possessed  more  influence  with  the  Republican  oi'tieials,  and  no  man  rendered 
the  state  more  valuable  service  through  the  entire  war  period.  He  enlisted 
a  company  of  soldiers  in  1862,  had  much  to  do  in  raising  men  under  every 
call  for  troops,  and  expended  much  time  and  money  in  this  and  other  fields 
of  patriotic  activity. 

During  this  period  Mr  Sanborn's  private  enterprises  had  increased.  He 
was  interested  in  providing  better  means  of  transportation  and  travel,  and 
active  in  procuring  the  extension  of  the  Portsmouth,  Great  Falls,  and  Conway 
railroad,  and  the  construction  of  the  Wolf eboro ugh  railroad.  In  1874  he  was 
appointed  superintendent  of  the  Conway  division  of  the  Eastern  railroad,  and 
is  now  superintendent  of  the  Northern  Division  of  the  Boston  &  Maine. 
The  thriving  village  of  Wolfboro  Junction  owes  its  existence  to  him.  He 
laid  out  the  wild  land  into  lots,  built  the  Sanborn  House  and  other  buildings, 
secured  the  erection  of  the  railroad  shops,  and  gave  inducements  to  business 
men  to  locate  there.  All  of  this  time  of  activity  he  was  also  carrying  on 
farming  and  lumbering  and  giving  employment  to  many  men. 

In  1874  and  1875  he  was  elected  state  senator,  and  in  1875  his  abilities  as 
a  leader  and  executive  officer  were  recognized  in  his  election  as  president  of 
the  senate.  He  was  eminently  fitted  for  the  onerous  duties  of  this  office,  and 
won  many  friends  by  his  graceful  and  dignified  performance  of  them.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  conventions  of  1*76  and  18s{>.  and  was  the 
Democratic  candidate  for  member  of  congress  in  opposition  to  his  kinsman, 
Hon.  Joshua  Gr.  Hall,  of  Dover.  Although  receiving  a  gratifying  vote,  he  was 
not  elected,  as  the  district  was  largely  Republican.  He  has  held  other  official 
stations:  trustee  of  New  Hampshire  Insane  Asylum,  New  Hampshire  Agri- 
cultural College,  Wolfeborough  Savings  Bank,  director  of  the  Portsmouth, 
Great  Falls,  and  Conway  railroad,  of  the  Manchester  and    Lawrence   railroad, 


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and  of  the  Wolfeborough  railroad,  a  director  of  the  Portsmouth  Fire 
Association,  and  a  director  and  the  vice-president  of  the  Granite  State  Fire 
Insurance  Company.  Originally  a  Whig  and  an  ardent  admirer  of  Daniel 
Webster,  he  became  a  Democrat  on  the  dissolution  of  the  Whig  organization, 
and  has  ever  been  one  of  the  leading  spirits  of  his  party;  has  been  a  member 
of  its  state  committee  for  over  thirty  years,  and  of  its  state  executive 
committee  for  about  the  same  time,  and  has  represented  the  party  at  all 
important  conventions.  He  is  popular  with  his  townsmen,  as  is  shown  by  his 
having  been  chosen  moderator  of  the  annual  town-meeting  of  Wakefield 
nearly  every  year  since  1860. 

Mr  Sanborn  married,  February  22,  1849,  Almira  J.,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Almira  (Robinson)  Chapman,  of  Wakefield.  They  had  two  children: 
Charles  W.,  born  December  19,  1849,  who  was  graduated  from  Dartmouth,  and 
died,  in  the  commencement  of  a  brilliant  legal  career,  January  17,  1886,  and 
Lillian,  who  married  Herbert  E.  Rogers,  and  has  one  child,  Herbert  Sanborn 
Rogers.  Mr  Sanborn  is  descended  from  John  Hall,  of  Dover,  1650,  deacon  of 
the  First  Church,  and  is  connected  with  lion.  J.  G.  Hall  and  Colonel  Daniel 
Hall.  He  is  Episcopalian  in  his  religious  affiliations,  and  contributes  generously 
to  the  church  of  that  faith  and  to  other  worthy  objects. 

Mr  Sanborn  was  fully  equipped  for  success.  In  him  a  vigorous  vitality 
inherited  and  cultivated,  a  mind  of  judicial  cast,  keenness,  and  fairness,  and 
an  indomitable  will  are  united  with  a  tireless  industry,  persistent  energy,  a 
rare  knowledge  of  men,  a  uniform  affability,  strong  common-sense,  and  that 
faithfulness  to  principles,  duties,  and  associates  that  rounds  out  a  noble 
character.  At  the  same  time  he  is  positive  and  aggressive,  and  rarely  fails  to 
accomplish  his  object.  Starting  when  a  mere  lad  to  conquer  fortune,  his 
success  has  been  well  won,  and  he  is  an  acknowledged  leader  in  the  field  of 
business  enterprise,  and  in  the  management  of  financial  and  political  affairs. 


OArTAIN  EBENEZER  GARVIN.1 

Till';  first  ancestor  in  this  country  of  Ebenezer  Garvin  was  the  common 
ancestor  of  the  Garvins — James  Garvin,  of  Ireland,  who  came  to  Rollinsford, 
then  Somersworth,  probably  before  1740,  a  sea-captain  ;  who  built  a  store,  and 
became  a  trader  in  West  India  goods  at  the  lower  landing.  He  married  Sarah 
Ilobbs,  and  the  names  of  their  children  were  James,  Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Rachel, 
John,  Thomas,  and  Paul.  He  lived  till,  perhaps,  1787,  and  was  a  man  of 
influence.  His  sons  also  had  a  taste  for  salt  water  and  the  seafaring 
instinct  ran  in  the  family.  His  youngest  son,  Captain  Paul,  while  on  a  mer- 
chant man  in  the  time  of  the  Revolution,  was  overtaken  by  the  English.     He 

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tired  his  vessel,  then  escaped  bo  Land  ;  was  captured,  confiued  in  prison  in 
London,  released,  came  back   to   America,  and,  years  after,  died  in  Shapleigh 

(  A.cton  ).  Maine,  the  home  of  some  of  his  descendants.     His  eldest  s Captain 

James,  was  bom  September  8,  17  17.  At  twenty-two  he  was  master  of  the  brig 
"Grey  Hound."  He  married,  December  19,  1770,  Dorothy  Wentworth.  He 
visited  East  Town,  of  which  his  father  had  become  one  of  the  proprietors  and 
the  second  of  the  petitioners  for  the  town  charter.  His  father  may  have 
planned  to  settle  him  here  had  he  not  gone  on  a  voyage  to  sea,  which  proved 
to  he  his  last,  as  he  was  shipwrecked  in  1 T T li  off  the  coast  of  France,  and 
having  cast  himself  into  the  sea,  lost  his  life  within  two  years  of  his 
marriage  day. 

1 1  is  son  and  second  child,  Ebenezer  James,  was  born  in  Somersworth, 
March  17,  1  T7->,  and  was  cared  for  by  his  Wentworth  and  Garvin  grand- 
parents. When  of  age  he  became  possessed  (by  serving  his  time  with  his 
father's  brother  Thomas  for  it)  of  a  tract  of  woodland  of  one  hundred  and 
twenty-live  acres  in  lot  67,  Wakefield,  which  his  father  or  grandfather  had 
owned.  Ilis  first  visit  to  the  place  was  not  inspiring.  There  was,  indeed,  a 
dense  grow  th  of  wood  and  timber  on  tk  Oak  Hill,"  his  future  home  ;  vet  the 
outlook  was  dismal — plenty  of  timber,  but  neighbors  scarce,  the  nearest  one 
a  mile  away  :  his  only  companion  and  only  weapon  of  defence  his  trusty  axe. 
But  he  put  in  his  best  with  that,  with  all  the  courage  his  young  heart  pos- 
sessed, to  clear  the  land  for  tillage.  For  weeks  and  months  he  kept  at  it  — 
b\  day  felling  the  great  trees  of  the  forest,  and  by  night  burning  the  trees  to 
keep  away  the  wild  beasts  from  his  camp.  That  camp  was  not  aristocratic,  nor 
overluxurious  —  a  great  log,  under  which  he  slept  many  nights  as  sweetly  as 
upon  a  bed  of  down.  He  later  built  a  log  house,  the  foundation  of  which  is 
still  to  be  seen.  Attractions  at  home  were  stronger,  and  he  returned,  intend- 
ing not  to  go  back;  but  marrying  at  twenty-one  Lydia  Wentworth,  of  the 
numerous  tribe  descended  from  William  Wentworth  the  elder,  he  found  his 
wile's  mother  a  spur  to  his  courage.  She  urged  him,  "  You  take  Lydia  and  go 
up  there,"  and,  like  a  dutiful  son,  he  obeyed,  and  became  a  pioneer.  Her  folks 
weiv  well-to-do  people,  and  they  gave  her  the  necessary  household  furnishings, 
with  a  barrel  of  pork  and  other  provisions,  also  a  cowr,  hens,  a  hog,  and  other 
farm  stock. 

Thus  equipped  they  started  for  Wakefield,  and  settled  on  the  spot  which 
became  their  comfortable  and  happy  home  for  many  years,  at  first  occupying 
the  log  hut,  then  vacating  it  for  a  more  commodious  one,  built  further  east. 
which  they  abandoned  later  for  the  present  structure  on  the  site  of  the  second 
one.  Here  they  both  passed  many  hard  days  in  work,  and  both  reached  ripe 
old  age,  the  wife  dying  first,  April  :'><),  1856;  he,  in  1858,  May  15.  She  was 
born  August  20.  L772. 

To   their   home  came  four  sons  and  four  daughters:  James,   Wentworth. 


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John,  Ebenezer,  Betsy,  Sarah,  Lois,  and  Mary.  Three  of  the  girls  died  in 
L816,  within  twelve  days,  of  spotted  fever;  and  one  son,  John,  died  of  con- 
sumption at  eighteen.  Of  the  remaining  four,  Wentworth,  who  married  Sarah 
Wentworth,  March  i2;>>,  1823,  and  Mary,  who  married  Peter  Young,  of  Acton, 
December  2,  1832,  died  long  since,  and  left  children.  The  eldest  of  the  family 
was  Colonel  .lames,  who  was  born  September  29,  1704,  and  was  married  July 
16,  1818,  to  Nancy  Philbrook,  daughter  of  Eliphalet,  and  (2)  to  Mary  Gup  til, 
.January  11,  1827.  He  died  in  Wakefield  February  7,  1875,  leaving  one  son, 
John  \V .  Garvin,  who  died  leaving  one  son,  Charles  Parker  Garvin,  and  two 
daughters,  Florence  Jones  and  Hattie  Caroline  Garvin. 

(  aptain  Ebenezer  Garvin,  Jr,  the  youngest  of  the  family,  was  born  August 
5,  1815,  and  is  still  living.  Like  boys  of  those  days,  his  advantages  for  educa- 
tion were  limited,  but  he  improved  every  opportunity,  and  by  perseverance 
overcame  the  obstacles.  Both  in  school  and  out,  when  he  could  catch  an  hour, 
he  would  use  it  in  study.  He  has  said  that  many  a  night  when  the  other 
members  of  the  household  were  comfortably  in  bed  and  asleep,  he  was  poring 
over  his  books  in  the  chimney  corner,  with  no  better  light  than  the  flickering 
blaze  which  the  never  overdry  logs  in  the  open  fireplace  gave  out.  There  he 
passed  solid  hours  in  mental  work.  In  the  winter  season  for  several  terms  he 
attended  the  old  "  Academy  "  at  the  "  Corner,"  under  the  tutorship  of  the  ven- 
erable Parson  Barker.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  began  his  first  school ;  and 
he  followed  teaching  for  twenty  years  in  the  fall  and  winter  two,  and  some- 
times three,  terms,  "farming"  the  balance  of  the  year.  At  seventeen  he  had 
almost  the  entire  management  of  the  farm,  his  father  having  given  it  over  to 
him.  He  had  the  name  of  being  a  good  teacher,  and  always  "  very  stern." 
He  was  the  "  master."  It  is  said  that  "order  is  heaven's  first  law."  It  surely 
was  his.  He  was  "  cut  out"  for  a  commander,  and  although  he  never  walked 
the  quarterdeck,  as  did  some  of  the  Garvin  line,  yet  he  commanded  on  land  — 
in  the  schoolroom,  and  on  the  bloodless  "muster-field"  as  "captain"  —  the 
title  which  now  clings  to  him.  At  the  end  of  five  years'  service  in  the  militia, 
he  was  offered  the  commission  of  major,  but  declined,  because  of  the  expense 
of  the  outfit.     His  brother  attained  the  rank  of  colonel. 

Captain  Garvin  did  not  serve  in  the  Mexican  war,  nor  in  "sixty-one  ";  but 
in  a  civil  capacity  he  served  his  town  for  a  long  period  in  the  chief  offices. 
As  early  as  is  1:5,  when  he  was  twenty-seven,  his  townsmen  made  him  their 
third  selectman,  for  three  years  their  second,  and  for  ten  the  chairman  of  the 
board.  For  eight  years  from  1851  he  was  moderator,  and  two  years  of  that 
time  representative,  as  his  son  James  now  is.  He  was  for  three  years  county 
commissioner;  also,  town  constable,  etc.,  and  superintending  school  committee 
for  three  years  and  town  treasurer  eleven.  During  the  war  he  was  agent  to 
fill  the  town's  cpuota  for  troops,  and  town's  agent  to  pay  state  aid  to  dependent 
wives  and    children  of  soldiers.     He   was    a  faithful,  accurate,   and    efficient 


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official,  and  deservedly  popular  with  his  party.  He  was  proud  to  be  reckoned 
as  one  of  the  Followers  of  Andrew  Jackson,  and  was  always  cheered,  as  yet,  by 
Democratic  successes.  The  religious  preferences  of  his  family  are  Episcopa- 
lian. His  son  James  was  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the  church  of  St 
John  the  Baptist  from  the  start,  while  bis  youngest  sun.  John,  is  a  la\  reader 
of  the  Diocese  of  New  Hampshire. 

For  sixty  years,  as  boy  and  man.  Captain  Garvin  lived  on  the  old  farm,  and 
saw  it  enlarged  and  improved,  becoming  one  of  the  besl  in  town,  covering 
three  hundred  acres,  while  many  a  rod  of  stone  wall  testifies  to  his  hard  and 
handi-work.  The  frame  of  the  "100-foot"  barn,  put  up  when  he  was  an 
infant,  was  hewn  out  of  native  wood  by  his  father  and  brother  Wentworth. 

The  family  heirloom  is  the  old-fashioned  brass  clock  which  stands  ceiling 
high,  and  ha^  been  marking  off  the  time  for  three  quarters  of  a  century.  It 
was  bought  and  paid  for  by  his  mother  with  butter,  eggs,  and  cheese. 

In  1875  Captain  Garvin  retired  from  the  farm  to  his  present  home  at 
Wolfboro  Junction,  where  in  187-5  he  had  formed  a  partnership  with  his  son 
under  the  firm-name  of  J.  W.  Garvin  &  Co.,  which  has  done  a  prosperous 
and  ever-increasing  business  in  the  general  merchandise  trade.  It  was  the 
first  store  in  that  village,  then  new.  They  have  built  three  additions  to  the 
store,  and  to-day  carry  one  of  the  largest  stocks  in  the  county.  In  18S6 
Captain  Garvin  sold  out  his  interest  to  Charles  II.  Johnson,  of  Wolfeborough. 
James  W.  Garvin  carries  on  quite  an  extensive  manufacturing  business  in 
the  line  of  clothing,  having  capacity  for  turning  out  a  thousand  pairs  of 
pantaloons  per  week,  and  giving  employment  to  seventy-five  to  one  hundred 
people,  in  town  and  out. 

Ebenezer  Garvin,  born  August  5,  1815,  married,  April  19,  Is  IS,  Almira 
Lang,  horn  November  11,  1824,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  (Thurber) 
Lang,  who  died  in  ls80  at  over  ninety.  They  have  had  three  sons  and  two 
daughters,  but  have  been  bereft  of  both  daughters  and  one  son  :  James 
Wentworth.  horn  January  14,  1S40;  Mary  Eliza,  horn  August  21,  1852, 
died  February  17,  1874  ;  Samuel  Francis,  born  February  21,  1858,  died  .Jan- 
uary 2,1886;  Lydia  Maria,  horn  August  4,  1861,  died  July  IS,  1882;  John 
Howard,  born  July  15,1866. 

•lames  W.  married,  March  7,  1872,  Charlotte  J.  Maleham,  daughter  of 
William  A.  and  Nancy  (Pike)  Maleham.  Their  children  are:  Bertha  Maud, 
horn  February  12.  1873;  Clara  Maleham,  born  November  15,  1875;  .lames 
Philip,  born  June  10,1880;  Samuel  Francis,  horn  December  27,  L885. 


MOSES  B.    (  ANNI'.V. 


Moses  B.  Canney  was  horn  in  Ossipee,  .May  2o.  1809,  and  died  al    Union, 
April  19,1886.      He  was   the  oldest    child    of   Isaac   and    Hannah    (Thompson) 


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Canney,  who  had  eight  children:  Moses  B.,  Zalmon,  Benjamin,  Eliza,  William, 
Priscilla,  Isaac,  and  Sylvester  G.  Of  these,  two  are  now  living:  Isaac,  who 
resides  in  Chicago,  and  Sylvester  G.,  who  married  Maria  Briard,  of  Kitteiy, 
Maine,  and  lives  in  Salem,  Mass.  They  have  had  five  children,  two  of  whom, 
Ida  M.  and  Flora  M..  are  living.  He  has  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Eastern 
railroad  about  forty  years. 

Moses  B.  Canney  at  an  early  age  felt  the  necessity  of  taking  care  of  him- 
self, that  he  might  aid  his  father,  who  supported  his  large  family  by  carrying 
on  a  small  farm  and  working  at  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  walked  to  Salem, 
Mass.,  and  began  independent  life  by  working  on  a  farm.  When  about 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Hull  and  Mercy 
(Twombly)  Abbott,  of  Berwick,  Maine.  She  died  January  23,  1886,  twelve 
weeks  previous  to  her  husband's  decease.  They  had  two  children,  Mary 
Fiances,  born  September  23,  1830,  and  Eliza  A.,  born  October  2,  1836  (died 
in  infancy).  Mary  Frances  married  George  A.,  son  of  Asa  and  Aphia 
( (  anney)  Beacham,  who  was  born  October  10,  1826,  and  died  March  11,  1866. 
Mrs  Beacham  has  one  son,  Howard  Arthur,  and  resides  at  Union.  At  his 
father's  death,  which  occurred  shortly  after  his  marriage,  Moses  B.  voluntarily 
assumed  the  maintenance  of  his  mother  and  brothers  and  sisters,  who  were 
too  young  to  support  themselves,  taking  them  to  his  home  in  Salem,  where 
they  remained  until  they  were  able  to  care  for  themselves.  Mr  Canney  was 
never  ashamed  to  do  any  honorable  work.  Lacking  the  educational  advantages 
that  even  the  young  people  of  those  days  enjoyed,  it  was  more  difficult  for 
him  to  get  on  in  the  world  ;  but  he  possessed  a  willingness  to  do,  and  a 
laudable  ambition  to  be  higher  up  in  the  scale  of  life.  The  additional  burden 
devolving  upon  him  by  his  father's  death  made  advancement  doubly  hard,  but 
in  all  his  labors,  hopes,  and  ambitions  he  was  aided  and  encouraged  by  his 
most  estimable  wife.  Many  times  in  early  life  Mr  Canney  has  come  home 
from  his  day's  work  and  sawed  wood  for  others  until  far  into  the  night. 
This  shows  of  what  material  he  was  made.  The  business  of  his  life  was 
varied,  beginning  first  on  a  farm  and  then  going  into  the  stables  of  the  old 
"  Coffee-House,"  now  the  "Essex,"  in  Salem,  Mass.,  where  he  drove  "extras" 
until  established  on  a  regular  line  from  Salem  to  Boston.  Soon  he  removed 
to  Amesbury,  and  entered  the  employ  of  Moses  Coleman,  and  drove  four  and 
six  horse  coaches  to  Boston  via  Salem  and  Lynn  until  1839,  driving  from 
Amesbury  to  Boston  one  day  and  returning  the  following  day,  "  putting  up  " 
at  the  old  "  Eastern  stage  house,"  on  what  was  then  Ann,  now  North  street. 
Persons  wishing  to  travel  on  his  route  registered  their  names  at  the  office,  and 
Mi'  ('anne}r  would  drive  around  and  "pick  them  up."  This  sounds  queer  in 
regard  to  Boston,  but  things  were  vastly  different  then  from  now.  Mr  Canney 
bought  and  sold  quite  extensively  such  things  as  the  farmers  on  his  route 
produced,  butter,  eggs,  poultry,  etc.,  on   his  own  account,  and  this  spirit  of 


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trade  continued  as  Long  as  he  did  business.  In  the  fall  of  L839  William 
Sawyer,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  established  .1  competing  stage-line  from  Dover  to 
Conway,  and  Mr  Canney  was  placed  in  charge,  and  removed  to  Ossipee.  He 
Shod  boughl  an  interest  in  the  Line,  and  eventually  became  sole  owner,  driving 
from  Dover  to  Ossipee,  connecting  with  Leander  D.  Sinclair,  who  drove  from 
Ossipee  to  Conway.  When  the  Eastern  railroad  was  extended  to  South 
Milton,  Mr  Canney  was  appointed  the  first  conductor  between  Greal  Falls 
and  South  Milton,  and  served  until  the  road  was  built  to  Union,  when  he 
moved  his  family  there,  and  shortly  after  disposed  of  his  stage-line. 

In  1806  Mr  Canney,  in  connection  with  I..  XV .  Perkins,  established  " Canney 
&  I  ompany's  Express"  from  Conway  to  Boston  and  continued  in  that  business 
until  L872,  when  the  business  was  purchased  by  the  Eastern  Express  Company, 
wliieh  subsequently  sold  out  to  the  American  Express  Company.  From  1872 
until  his  death,  Mr  Canney  passed  most  of  his  time  at  home  engaged  in 
tannine-.  He  was  a  devoted  and  indulgent  husband  and  father.  In  politics 
he  was  an  unflinching  Democrat;  in  religion  a  firm  believer  in  the  Universalis! 
faith.  He  was  no1  easily  turned  from  any  line  of  action  upon  which  he  had 
once  deeided.  He  gave  liberally  to  all  worthy  and  benevolent  objects.  As  a 
stage-driver,  conductor,  and  expressman,  and  in  all  his  business  intercourse 
through  Life,  he  was  kind  and  obliging,  winning  the  respect  and  kindly  regard 
of  those  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  Several  years  before  he  sold  his 
express  business  he  was  severely  hurt  in  a  railroad  accident  at  South  Berwick, 
Maine,  in  wliieh  the  engineer  and  fireman  were  killed  and  many  others  injured  ; 
this  accident  probably  hastened  his  death.  He  was  a  member  of  Unity  Lodge 
of  Masons,  No.  62,  at  Union. 


GEORGE    S.    DORR. 

G-eorye  S.  Dorr,  son  of  Charles  and  Mary  (Shackford)  Dorr,  was  bom 
in  Wakefield,  May  12,  1851.  His  school  advantages  were  very  meagre,  being 
brought  up  on  a  farm  upon  which  he  commenced  to  work  as  soon  as  old 
enough,  attending  the  scanty  supply  of  winter  schooling  until  he  was  sixteen 
years  of  age.  when  he  went  away  from  home  to  work.  He  followed  various 
occupations  for  a  few  years,  and  then  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  working 
at  that  for  about  ten  years,  until,  in  October,  1881,  he  established  the  Carroll 
County  Pioneer  at  Wolfboro  Junction,  and  is  still  engaged  in  its  publication. 
He  is  a  natural  editor,  of  keen  and  quick  wit,  and  deserves,  and  will  have, 
success  in  Life.  He  is  now  serving  his  seventh  year  as  town  clerk  of  Wake- 
field. He  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  Red 
Men.  January  5,  1884,  he  married  Fannie  H.,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Frozilla  Twombly,  of  Wolfeborough. 


530  History  of  Carroll   County. 

His  father,  Charles  Dorr,  was  born  in  a  "  little  old  log  cabin  "  at  Milton 
Mills,  October  16,  1789,  and  in  early  life  was  a  sailor  on  a  merchant  vessel 
which  went  privateering  under  a  letter  of  marque  when  the  War  of  1812 
began.  Soon  after,  being  captured  by  the  English,  the  crew  was  sent  to 
Dartmoor  prison,  in  England,  as  prisoners  of  war.  Here  Dorr  was  held, 
suffering  great  privations,  until  peace  was  declared,  a  term  of  two  years 
and  three  months,  when  he  was  released  and  returned  home.  Having  had 
enough  of  the  sea,  he  married  Phebe  Hobbs,  of  Newfield,  Maine,  by  whom 
lif  had  one  son,  now  dead,  and  settled  down  on  terra  firma.  After  the  death 
of  his  first  wife  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  C.  Shackford,  who 
came  from  Newington  and  settled  in  Wakefield  about  1824,  by  whom  he  had 
four  children.  The  last  fifty  years  of  his  life  passed  uneventfully,  and  he  died 
in  1870.  His  widow  still  lives  on  the  homestead-farm  of  her  parents,  which 
has  been  her  home  for  more  than  sixty  years,  one  of  the  oldest  persons  in 
Wakefield,  aged  eighty-four  years. 


EFFINGHAM. 


By   Francisco   W.   Barker. 


CHAPTER   XLVI. 


Situation  —  Original  Grant  —  North  Effingliam  —  Area  —  Surface  —  Boundaries  —  Indian 
Relies  —  Proprietors'  Meeting  —  Conditions  of  Charter  —  Survey  —  Early  Settlements  —  Asso- 
ciation Test  —  Early  Accounts  —  Pay  of  Town  Officers  —  Civil  List. 

GENERAL  DESCRIPTION.  —  Effingliam  is  situated  in  the  southeastern 
part  of  the  county,  and  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Freedom,  from  which 
it  is  separated  by  the  Great  Ossipee  river,  south  by  Wakefield  and 
Ossipee,  east  by  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  and  west  by  Ossipee. 

The  northeastern  corner  of  Effingham  is  upon  an  island  in  the  Great 
Ossipee  river  a  short  distance  below  the  Huntress  sawmill.  This  island  is 
only  a  few  rods  in  extent,  yet  it  is  made  up  of  four  towns,  three  counties,  and 
two  states ;  namely.  Effingham  and  Freedom  in  Carroll  county,  Parsonsfield, 
York  county,  and  Porter,  Oxford  county,  Maine. 

The  original  grant  called  for  six  miles  square.  In  1820  a  small  portion  of 
the  town  of  Wakefield  was  annexed.  This  was  a  gore  lying  between  the  state 
line  and  Province  pond.  In  1831  that  part  of  the  town  lying  north  of  the 
Great  Ossipee  river  was  incorporated  as  the  town  of  North  Effingham.  This 
part  contained  thirty-three  lots,  and  comprised  an  area  of  about  seven  thousand 
acres,  leaving  that  of  Effingham,  including  that  annexed  from  Wakefield, 
about  twenty-five  thousand  acres. 

The  surface  of  this  town  can  truly  be  called  somewhat  broken.  On  its 
northern  boundary  is  the  Great  Ossipee  river,  a  stream  of  an  average  width  of 
one  hundred  yards.  In  the  eastern  part  is  South  river,  and  in  the  western  part 
Pine  river,  both  of  which  have  been  utilized  as  power  for  mills  from  the 
earliest  days  of  the  town's  history  to  the  present  time.  In  the  southern  part  is 
Province  pond,  about  one  and  three-fourths  mile  in  diameter  and  a  little  over 
six  miles  in  circumference.     NeaiTy  in  the  centre  of  the  town,  Green  mountain 


532  History  of   Carroll   County. 

rises  to  the  height  of  over  seventeen  hundred  feet 1  above  sea-level.  The  dis- 
tance around  the  mountain  by  the  road  is  about  twelve  miles.  In  1830  the 
town  had  1,911  population;  in  1880,  865. 

Effingham  was  originally  covered  with  a  growth  of  majestic  white-pine 
trees.  In  1810  one  Nudd,  of  Hampton,  who  owned  land  here,  felled  one  of 
those  monarchs  of  the  forest,  and  of  it  made  a  boat  or  "dug-out,"'  which  he 
hauled  to  Hampton,  seventy  miles,  and  used  for  many  years  to  float  hay  from 
the  salt  marshes. 

There  is  abundant  proof  that  a  tribe  of  Indians  once  had  their  home  on  the 
western  shore  of  Province  pond.  The  land  is  level  and  dry,  and  the  shore 
sandy.  The  hearths  upon  which  they  built  their  fires  or  the  foundations  to 
their  wigwams  are  frequently  met  with  upon  the  farm  now  owned  by  Charles 
H.  Stevens.  These  hearths  are  of  stone  from  six  to  ten  inches  in  diameter, 
placed  closely  together  to  the  depth  of  about  two  feet.  These  stones  show  the 
effect  of  fire,  and  among  them  ashes  are  found.  These  stones  must  have  been 
brought  a  considerable  distance,  as  none  are  found  in  the  immediate  vicinity. 
The  largest  of  these  foundations  measures  about  twelve  by  twenty  feet;  the 
smaller  ones  about  eight  by  twelve  feet.  Near  them  have  been  found  many 
Indian  relics,  such  as  flint  arrowheads,  stone  tomahawks  and  knives. 

Probably  the  first  time  what  is  now  Effingham  was  ever  mentioned,  except 
as  a  portion  of  the  great  undivided  American  continent,  was  on  the  twenty- 
eighth  of  June,  1749,  when  "  the  proprietors  of  the  lands  purchased  of  John 
Tufton  Mason  met  at  the  house  of  Sarah  Priest  in  Portsmouth."  2  At  that 
meeting  a  grant  of  land  was  made  to  Nathaniel  Gookin,  Thomas  Marston, 
Samuel  Marston,  John  Leavitt,  Thomas  Parsons,  and  seventy-four  others,3 
which  was  "  to  contain  the  quantity  of  six  miles  square.'' 2  At  another 
meeting,  December  20  of  the  same  year,  an  addition  was  made  to  this  grant 
in  consequence  of  its  being  represented  that  "near  two  miles  of  the  upper 
part  and  quite  across  the  tract  will  run  upon  Mountainous  Rocky  Land  not 
Capable  of  Improvement."2 

These  two  grants,  now  included  in  the  towns  of  Effingham  and 'Freedom, 
were  bounded  as  follows:  "Commencing  at  the  Province  line,  at  the  head 
of  a  township  granted  to  John  Ham  and  others,  near  Province  pond,  so 
called,  then  on  said  Ham's  head  line  two  and  one  third  miles,  then  north 
42°  west  7  miles,  then  north  48°  east  to  the  Province  line,  then  on  said  line 
to  the  first  mentioned  bounds."2 

The  charter  or  deed  conveying  this  land  contained  among  other  conditions 
the  following :  — 

» Height  calculated  in  1884  by  Professor  B.  T.  Quimby,  of  the  United  States  Coast  Survey, 
i  Hi;.  Proprietors' Records. 

Among  them  wire  several  others  by  the  name  of  Marston  and  Leavitt,  and  others  by. the  name  of  Drake, 
Dearborn,  and  Palmer,  nearly  all  of  whom  were  residents  of  Hampton,  North  Hampton,  Rye,  and  Exeter. 


Tows   of    Effingham.  533 


Thai  the  whole  be  laid  <>m  Into  one  hundred  shares  and  each  share  to  be  Laid  oul  Into 
two  lots,  one  to  contain  fifty-six  acres  and  the  other  an  hundredth  pari  of  the  remainder. 
Thai  <»ne  share  be  for  the  flrsl  minister  \\ii<>  shall  settle  on  said  land.  Thai  one  share  be 
for  the  support  of  the  Gospel  Ministry  forever.  That  one  share  be  for  the  use  and  supporl 
of  a  Bchool  there  forever.  Thai  the  owners  build  a  meeting-house  fil  for  the  publick  worship 
of  God,  within  ten  years,  and  maintain  preaching  constantly.  Thai  all  white-pine  trees  lit 
tor  his  Majesties  use,  for  masting  the  Royal  Navy,  be  and  hereby  are  granted  to  his  Majesty, 
his  heirs  and  successors,  fox  thai  purpose. 

Nothing  seems  to  have  been  done  until  August  26,  L761,  when  the  propri- 
etors met  at  the  tavern  of  John   Leavitt,  Esq.,  in   North   Hampton,  and  voted 

"to  hire  a  surveyor  to  lay  out  the  town."*  For  this  purpose  they  engaged 
Daniel  Sanborn,  paying  him  eight  pounds  --  <  >  1  <  I  tenor''1  per  day.  He 
as  assistants  Benjamin  Hobbs  and  tour  others,  and  went  there  on  the  twelfth 
of  October  following,  laid  out  the  town  and  first  division  of  lots,  and  returned 
home  on  the  thirtieth  of  the  same  month.  In  April  of  the  next  year  he  run 
out  the  second  division  of  lots. 

This  new  town,  which  was  known  as  Lea vitts town,  was  a  wilderness 
in  a  wilderness,  as  this  vote  passed  at  a  proprietors'  meeting  held  at  North 
Hamilton,  September  27,  1762,  will  show:  "That  Lieut,  Abraham  Drake 
and  Daniel  Sanborn  be  a  Committee  to  go  to  Dover  and  Rochester  to  find 
the  most  convenient  way  to  cut  a  road  to  the  centre  of  Leavittstown,  and 
they  shall   have  power  to  hire  a  pilot  if  they  see  fit." 

Several  years  elapsed  before  any  settlements  were  made.  There  was  no 
record  left,  or  even  tradition  that  any  were  made  before  1768.  The  following, 
taken  from  an  account  written  by  James  Dearborn  Leavitt,  is  inserted  here 
as  being  nearer  correct  than  any  information  that  can  be  obtained  at  this  time 
relating  to  the  early  settlement  of  the  town.  Mr  Leavitt  was  born  in  Effing- 
ham, February  25,  1700,  and  was  a  grandson  of  Captain  John  Leavitt,  one 
of  the  first  settlers.  He  was  a  man  of  great  power  of  memory,  and  had 
an  almost  inexhaustible  fund  of  stories  relating  to  the  early  settlement  of 
the  town,  as  well  as  of  the  events  which  came  within  his  own  recollection, 
with  which  to  interest  the  listener.  Much  of  this  he  committed  to  paper, 
and    from   this  the  following  is  copied    verbatim:  — 

"The  first  settler  in  Effingham,  James  ('.  Dearborn,  came  from  Stratham, 
in  the  year  17»">s.  and  settled  near  where  David  W.  Hobbs2  now  lives.  In  the 
spring  of  17»'>0  Walter  Avery  came,  and  settled  up  near  where  widow 
Catharine  Leavitt  now  lives,  and  about  the  same  time  William  Palmer  came 
from  Rye,  and  settled  at  the  foot  of  the  old  sandhills  near  Lord's  Hill,  and 
one  of  his  sons  settled  down  by  the  old  bridge  in  front  of  where  Stephen  S. 
Flanders :;  now   lives.     About    the    same    time   a    Mr.    Dow    came    from    New 

1  Paper  money  Issued  by  tin;  colonies  ami  very  much  depreciated  Id  value. 
-Eliplmlet  Williams.         Reuben  Flanders. 


534  History   of  Carroll   County. 

Market,  and  settled  on  the  old  road  leading  from  A.  J.  Ford's1  to  Carr 
Taylor's,  and  a  Mr.  Hilton  from  New  Market  settled  near  the  spring  in  John 
Rumery's  pasture.  James  Titcomb2  came  from  Exeter,  and  settled  where  he 
lived  and  died. 

"Coffin  Page  settled  where  Elijah  Taylor  now  lives;  Eleazer  Davis  near 
where  Joseph  B.  Rowe 3  now  lives :  Thomas  Parsons  settled  where  A.  J. 
Wedgwood  now  lives;  Weare  Drake  came  into  town  in  1770,  and  settled  on 
the  hill  near  Drake's  Corner  near  where  David  Knowles 4  now  lives.  Captain 
John  Leavitt  came  in  the  year  1772,  and  settled  on  the  Leavitt  hill,  and  was 
killed  in  the  year  1785,  July  7th  day.  Benjamin  Dearborn  settled  near  where 
John  C.  Leavitt,  second,  now  lives.  Asahel  Dearborn  settled  near  where  Suel 
Stevens  now  lives.  Carr  Leavitt5  settled  where  he  lived  and  died.  Jeremiah 
Leavitt6  settled  where  he  lived  and  died.  Jeremiah  Marston  settled  where 
the  Esq.  Lord  great  house  now  stands.  Richard  Taylor  settled  out  in  the 
field  opposite  John  S.  Dearborn's  house.  Abraham  Marston '  settled  where  he 
lived  and  died.     The  last  eight  men  came  from  North  Hampton. 

"  The  two  Mr.  Lampreys  settled  where  they  lived  and  died.  Nathan 
Brown  came  from  old  Hampton,  and  settled  where  he  lived  and  died.8 
Jonathan  Hobbs  and  Morris  Hobbs  came  from  old  Hampton,  and  settled 
where  they  lived  and  died.9  Joseph  Palmer  came  from  Rye,  and  settled 
where  Sylvester  Day  now  lives.  John  Drake  came  from  old  Hampton,  and 
settled  where  he  lived  and  died."  10 

Those  mentioned  above,  with  some  others,  settled  here  before  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  In  1775  the  town  contained  eighty-three  inhabitants,  good 
citizens.  The  proprietors  held  meetings  at  North  Hampton  and  Exeter,  and 
chose  the  officers  for  the  town,  raised  money  for  building  roads,  for  bounties 
offered  to  settlers,  and  for  various  purposes.  The  following  record  of  one  of 
those  meetings  has  been  preserved,  and  is  given  as  showing  some  light  in 
regard  to  affairs  as  they  existed  at  that  time. 

North  Hampton  Monday,  September  16th,  1772 

The  Proprietors  Mett  According  to  the  Warrent  and  Voted  as  follows  (Viz) 

Voted  l'y  John  Leavitt  Esq.  Moderator. 

2'y  Thomas  Parsons  Clerk  pro  Temp. 

3'y  That  Samuel  Lane  Esq.  Capt  Abraham  Drake,  and  Benjamin  Leavitt  be  Assessors 
for  Leavitts  Town  Proprietors  untill  others  be  chosen  in  their  room. 

4'y  That  Thomas  Parsons,  Weare  Drake  and  Capt  John  Leavitt  of  Leavitts  Town  be  a 
Committee  to  preamberlate  or  new  run  the  Range  lines  and  new  No.  the  lotts  in  said  Eanges 
as  near  according  to  the  running  of  the  first  Survey  as  they  are  capable,  and  employ  a 
surveyor  at  G/.  pr  day  and  4  or  five  other  hands  @  4/.  pr  day  including  the  committee,  to 
compleat  the  same.  Also  Extend  the  west  side  line  of  the  town  N.  42°  W.  seven  Miles  from 
the  head  of  East  Town,  thence  continue  runing  N.  4S°  E.  to  the  Provence  line,  and  in  the 

1  Edwin  Day.  2Melvin  H.  Nutter.  3  In  the  pasture  beyond  Joshua  Durgin's.  4  James  M.  Champion. 
5  Deacon  John  Carr  Leavitt.  r>  Dr  J.  M.  Leavitt.  '  Frank  W.  Barker.  8  Joseph  Huzzy.  "Jonathan  Hobbs. 
"Joseph  S.  Smith. 


Town   of   Effingham.  :,:;.", 


return  ol  the  survey  report  to  the  Proprietors  the  Quantity  <>t  vacant   land  left  between  the 
first  range  line  and  said  Line  that  runs  N.  48°  B.  and  make  return  of  the  Bame  as  soon  as 

may  be. 

;V.v  That  Weare  Drake  Thomas  Parsons  ami  Capt.  John  Leavitt  oJ  Leavitts  Town  be  a 
committee  to  repair  and  clear  what  roads  are  necessary  to  accomidate  the  Inhabitants  of 
said  LeavittS  Town. 

<;>>•  That  a  Committee  be  chosen  to  Prosecute  those  who  have  not  fulfilled  their  Settle- 
ments in  Leavitts  Town 

7'y  That  Thomas  Parsons.  Weare  Drake  and  Capt.  John  Leavitt  be  a  Committee  to  prose- 
cute those  who  have  not  fulfilled  their  bond  given  to  the  Proprietors  to  make  Settlement-  in 
LeavittS  Town. 

s>-  Thai  there  shall  be  no  more  added  t<»  the  above  committee. 

9'y  That  Capt.  John  Leavitt  of  Leavitts  Town  be  paid  4/.  pr  Day  for  the  time  he 
expended  in  Bpoting  the  seven  Mile  line  and  measuring  the  road  that  is  cleared  thro.  Leavitts 
Town  leading  from  Wolfborough  to  Conway. 

10'y  That  forty  Dollars  be  raised  and  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the  Gospel  in  Leavitts 
Town  at  the  Decression  of  Thomas  Parsons  Weare  Drake  and  John  Leavitt 

ll'y  To  raise  by  Tax  two  Dollars  on  each  Right  which  with  the  one  Dollar  on  each  Right4 
Voted  to  be  raised  at  adjournment  of  the  Meeting  held  at  Capt.  Robertsons  the  .'Jd  Day  of 
August  1772  makes  three  Dollars  including  the  forty  Dollars  to  be  raised  for  preaching 

12'y  That  whereas  on  February  :i  1772  three  Pounds  sixteen  shillings  L.  M.  was  voted  to 
Mr  John  Dearborn  to  move  Josiah  Marston  out  of  Leavitts  Town  and  free  the  Proprietors 
from  any  further  charges,  said  Dearborn  has  not  moved  him.  The  money  Voted  to  John 
Dearborn  aforesaid,  shall  be  appropriated  at  the  Descretion  of  Thomas  Parsons  and  John 
Leavitt  of  Leavitts  Town  to  defray  the  Expence  that  Weare  Drake  is  out  of  in  supporting 
said  Marston  in  his  sickness  and  the  remainder  of  said  sum  paid  to  said  Marston 

l.Slv  That  John  Haven  Esq.  Doct.  Levi  Dearborn  and  Mr  Enoch  Poor  be  a  Committee  to 
settle  and  adjust  all  accounts  wherein  the  proprietors  of  Leavitts  Town  are  conserned  and 
report  to  the  next  Proprietors'  meeting  what  the  state  of  them  is. 

14>  that  12/.  expence  shall  be  allowed  for  this  meeting  to  John  Leavitt  Esq. 

15'y  That  this  Meeting  be  and  hereby  is  adjourned  to  the  first  Tuesday  in  June  next  to  be 
held  at  the  house  of  Thomas  Parsons  in  Leavitts  Town,  at  one  o'clock  P.  M.  on  said  day. 

Thomas  Parsons  Clerk,  pro.  Temp. 
Levi  Dearborn  Propr.  Clrk. 

A  True  Copy.  Attest 

Levi  Dearborn  Pro.  Clk. 

The  signers  in  Leavitts  Town  (now  Effingham)  to  the  Association  Test  in 
1776  were :  Reuben  Marston,  John  Marston,  John  Lamper,  Can  Leavitt, 
Benjamin  Dearborn,  Richard  Taylor,  Simon  Leavitt,  Weare  Drake,  Thomas 
Parsons,  Levi  Jones,  John  Leavitt,  James  Titcomb,  Josiah  George,  Robert 
Brown,  Joseph  Palmer,  Eleazer  Davise,  William  Palmer.  The  above  names 
comprised  all  the  inhabitants  of  Leavitts  Town. 

In  the  council  records  of  August  18,  1778,  is  recorded  :  "  An  act  to  Incor- 
porate a  place  called  Leavit's  Town  in  the  County  of  Strafford  by  the  name  of 
Effingham  having  been  read  three  times  Voted  that  the  same  be  enacted."  As 
the  act  cannot  be  found  on  record,  it  was  probably  lost  before  ls:>(.»,  when  all 
such  acts  in  existence  were  supposed  to  be  recorded. 

In    June,  1778,   Carr   Leavitt   was   chosen    to   present   a   petition    to   the 


536  History  of   Carroll  County. 


Legislature  asking  that  the  town  be  incorporated.  This  was  granted  August 
L5,  1778,  and  Leavitts  Town  became  Effingham.1  But  who  suggested  the 
name,  or  why,  not  even  the  slightest  tradition  comes  down  to  us.  The  first 
town-meeting  was  hold  at  Captain  John  Leavitt's  dwelling-house,  and  the 
following  officers  elected:  moderator,  Captain  John  Leavitt ;  town  clerk, 
Weare   Drake:  selectmen,  John  Leavitt,  Weare  Drake,  and  Carr  Leavitt. 

From  this  time  the  town-meetings  were  principally  held  "at  the  tavern  of 
Carr  Leavitt,"  until  the  meeting-house  was  built  at  Lord's  Corner  in  1798. 
The  question  of  deciding  upon  the  location  of  this  house  proved  to  be  a 
vexatious  one,  and  many  meetings  were  held  before  it  was  settled.  Finally  a 
committee  of  disinterested  men  was  called,  of  which  Colonel  Ambrose,  of 
Ossipee,  and  Colonel  Mason,  of  Tamworth,  were  members.  They  decided  in 
favor  of  Lord's  Corner. 

The  following  items  are  taken  from  the  town  treasurer's  accounts :  — 

March  12,  1801. 

Paid  order  of  ( !ol.  Ambrose,  as  committee  to  fix  on  place  for  setting  meeting  lionse  $3.00 

Paid  order  of  Col.  Mason,  as  committee  to  fix  upon  place  for  setting  meeting  house  $3.00 

Paid  Isaac  Lord  for  attendance,  vittilling  and  Rum,  committee  to  fix  place  for  meeting  house  $14. 88 

Early  accounts,  pay  of  town  officers,  etc.  —  The  accounts  of  the  town  were 
kept  in  English  money  until  1796.  In  that  year  a  part  of  the  accounts  are 
in  pounds,  shillings,  and  pence,  and  a,  part  in  dollars,  dimes,  and  cents.  The 
force  of  habit  in  keeping  accounts  in  three  denominations  of  money  was  so 
strong  that  at  first  the  columns  were  headed  dollars,  dimes,  and  cents,  but 
in  1797  Isaac  Lord  was  town  treasurer,  and  he  placed  the  columns  of  dimes 
and  cents  together.  The  treasurer's  accounts  were  audited  by  "  committee 
men,"  who  certified  to  the  correctness  of  the  accounts  by  writing  in  the 
treasurer's  book  thus:  — 

December  20,  1790. 

Then  settled  and  balanced  all  accounts  to  the  year  1790  and  rind  due  to  Weare  Drake 
treasurer  £1  5s.  9d.  hard  money 

Nathaniel  Hobbs~l  ri~.~  .«:«■«,«, 

r,       r        ...  >  Committee 

Carr  Leavitt  J 

The  selectmen,  Carr  Leavitt  and  Joseph  Drake,  settled  with  George  Lord, 
collector,  March  27,  1795,  and  found  one  shilling  and  ten  pence  in  his  hands. 
They  balanced  the  account  with  this  credit  item:  "By  grog  for  committee, 
Is.  lOd."  Some  of  the  items  in  those  early  accounts  are  curious  reading  to 
the  people  of  to-day,  as :  — 

March  15,  1797. 

By  two  bowls  tody  brought  into  a  town  meeting  in  1796  by  vote  of  town,  .34 

i Effingham  means  "home  of  the  children  of  Effa  or  Uffa,"  a  famous  king  of  the  East  Angles,  a.d.  575. 
—  Sanborn's  Hist.  N.  II.,  p.  415, 


Town  of   Effengb  \m.  537 


Pay  of  town  officers.  —  William  Taylor,  selectman,  1786,  L2  shillings;  John 
Drake,  selectman,  L790,  £1;  George  Lord,  collector,  1796,  8s.  6d. ;  Joseph 
Drake,  selectman,  L796,  I'l  7s.;  Dr  A.sahel  Dearborn,  selectman,  1797,  $2.85; 
Weare  Drake,  committeeman,  17!»9,  33  cents;  Isaac  Lord,  selectman,  L800, 
13.33;  John  Lang,  selectman,  1810,  $8.28;  Joseph  Bennett,  selectman,  L820, 
$20.22;  Thomas  P.  Drake,  selectman.  18i'i».  *:',<>.7:i:  John  S.  Dearborn,  town 
clerk.  L824,  $3.00. 

Civil  List.  Town  Clerks. — In  the  absence  of  any  official  record  the  following  list  baa  been  made  accord- 
ing to  the  record  left  by  -I.  Dearborn  Leavltt:  Weare  Drake,  John  S.  Dearborn,  James  Lord,  Georgi  W. 
Drake,  Thomas  P.  Drake,  Joseph  Burrows,  George  Lord,  Carr  L.Drake.  Mr  Leavltl  Bays  John  S.Dearborn 
held  the  office  for  tw  enty-one  years.  Carr  L.  Drake  Is  known  to  have  held  the  office  Eor  fifteen  year-  and  was 
succeeded  In  1868  by  Robert  Pulton,  who  held  the  office  until  1866.  From  that  time  the  following  persons 
have  held  the  office:  1867,  Jeremiah  W.  Dearborn.  1868,  Charles  F.  Taylor.  1869-70,  Aldo  M.  Rumery.  1871- 
73,  Josiah  W.  Thurston.  1873-74,  Alex.  M.  Drake.  1875-77,  Milton  C.  Morse.  1878-79,  John  E.  Leavltt.  1880-84, 
Albert  B.  Lamper.     1SS5,  Charles  I'.  Taylor.     1880-88,  Silas  E.  Stevens.     1889,  John  W.  Moore. 

v,  tectmen.  —  1814,  John  Andrews.  1876,  1881-82,  Francisco  W.  Barker.  1816-21,  1842,  1847-48,  Joseph  Bennett. 
1867  68,  Charles  II.  Cate.  1862-63,  Cyrus  K.  Champion.  1849-50,  Levi  Champion.  18:32,  Robert  Clark.  1872, 
William  K.  Clark.  1871-72,  Henry  A.  F.  Colcord.  1783-84,  John  Costelloe.  1849-50,  1854,  1863,  Charles  S.  Davis. 
1882-85,  David  w.Davis.  1880,  Weare  T.  Davis.  1802, 1818, 1830-32,  Asahel  Dearborn.  1861-62,  James  P.Dear- 
born. 1868,  Jeremiah  w.  Dearborn.  1816, 1821,  John  S.Dearborn.  1826,  Josiah  Dearborn.  1844-46, 1866,  John 
Demeritt.  1880,  George  E.  Doane.  1837-3'J,  1854,  Abraham  Drake.  1861-63,  Albert  W.  Drake.  1855-56,  Bradley 
Drake.  1849-50,  Cyrus  K.Drake.  18-24-25,  George  W.  Drake.  1832-34,1836,1843-44,  John  Drake.  1885-86,  John 
M.Drake.  1793-1800,  1803-15,  1823,  Joseph  Drake.  1840-42,  Joseph  Drake,  Jr.  1851-53,  '1861,  Samuel  I..  Drake. 
1826-29,  1831,  Thomas  P.  Drake.  1822,  John  Eastman.  1823,  Samuel  F.  Frost.  1851-54,  Robert  Fulton,  Daniel 
C.  Gale.  1859-60,  1865,  1869-70,  John  V.  Granville.  1842-46,  1854-55,  1857,  1864,  Simon  P.  Hill.  1837,  1851-53, 
Isaac  Eobbs.  1785-S9,  Nathaniel  Hobbs.  1840-41,  Elijah  Hodgdon.  1866-68,  Cyrus  Eeay.  1869-70,  John  S. 
Lamper.  1886-88,  Albert  B.  Lamper.  1807-10,  1818,  John  Lang.  1778-82,  1790-92,  Carr  Leavitt.  1835-36,  1841, 
Colonel  Carr  Leavitt.  1819-21,  1824-27,  James  Leavitt.  1836,  Jeremiah  G.  Leavitt.  1778-82,  Captain  John 
Leavltt.  1799-1801,  Major  John  Leavitt.  1856-60,  Captain  John  Leavitt,  2d.  1871-75,  John  A.  Leavitt.  1855- 
66,  John  C.  Leavitt,  2d.  1805-06,  1811-17,  1819-20,  1822,  1833-34,  Morris  Leavitt.  1838-39,  Samuel  Leavitt.  1S43-44, 
George  Lord.  1800-04,  Isaac  Lord.  1840,  Isaac'  Lord,  Jr.  1825,  John  Lord.  1845-46,  Samuel  W.  Lord.  1788-89, 
Abraham  Marston.  1873-74,  Abram  F.  Marston.  1791-92,  Jeremiah  Marston.  1839,  John  L.  Marston.  1871, 
Jacob  Manson.  1847-48,  Joshua  L.  Meloon.  1889,  Frank  Meloon.  1883-84,  Charles  S.  Miles.  1857-59,  1864, 
Andrew  J.  Milliken.  1810-11,  Jacob  Mills.  1869-70,  Charles  E.  Moore.  1828-30,  1841,  Silas  M.  Morse.  1802, 
RedmOD  Moulton.  1823-24,  Richard  Moulton.  1878-80,  1889,  John  W.  S.  Palmer.  1877-79,  1885-86,  Charles 
Parsons.  1830-31,  Zebulon  Pease.  1794-96,  Simon  Philbrook.  1857-58,  James  Boss.  1875-77,  Aldo  M.  Rumery. 
1S77-79,  1881,  1884,  1887-89,  Charles  II.  Stevens.  1858-60,  1804-05,  Alphonzo  Taylor.  1847-48,  Benjamin  P.  Taylor. 
1786  88,  1791,  18iiU-i)9,  William  Taylor.  1827-29,  Amos  Towle,  Jr.  1812-13,  Daniel  Towle.  1805,  Joseph  Towle. 
1873-74,  Andrew  J.  Wedgwood.  1S66-67,  David  Wedgwood.  1833-35,  1837-38,  Jonathan  Wedgwood.  1803-04, 
Josiah  Wedgwood. 

Representatives.  —  No  election  for  representative  was  held  until  1800,  when  Carr  Leavitt  was  elected.  1802, 
1*04,  1*07,  l>aac  Lord,  lsno,  Joseph  Drake.  1812,  Carr  Leavitt.  1813-15,  Joseph  Drake.  1816-17,  Carr  Leavitt. 
1818  19,  Joseph  Drake.  1820-22,  James  Leavitt.  1823-27,  James  Lord.  1828,  no  one  was  sent.  1829-30,  John 
Colley.  1831-32,  Carr  Leavitt.  1833-34,  George  W.  Drake.  1835-30,  Morris  Leavitt.  1837,  Jeremiah  G.  Leavitt. 
1838-39,  John  Drake.  1*10-41,  Jonathan  Wedgwood.  1842,  Thomas  P.  Drake.  1843-44,  Abram  Drake.  1845-46, 
William  Champion.  1*17-4*,  Simon  P.  Hill.  1849-50,  Joseph  Bennett.  1851-52,  Joshua  L.  Meloon.  1853-54, 
Cyrus  K-  Drake.  1855-56,  Charles  S.  Davis.  1857-58,  Levi  Champion.  1859-00,  John  C.  Leavitt,  2d.  1861-62, 
Andrew  J.  Milliken.  1863-64,  Benjamin  F.  Taylor.  1805,  Samuel  L.  Drake.  1S66-07,  Ruins  II.  Burbank.  1868, 
John  Demeritt.  1869-70,  Alphonzo  Taylor.  1871,  Aaron  Clark.  1872-73,  Jacob  Manson.  1874-75,  Robert  Ful- 
ton. 1870-77,  Joseph  R.  Davis.  1879,  Alexander  M.  Drake.  1881,  Cyrus  K.  Champion.  1883,  Silas  M.  Morse. 
1885,  Melvin  J.  Leavitt.     1887,  John  M.  Drake.    1889,  Daniel  C  Gale. 

The  selectmen  appointed  William  S.  Taylor  constable  Cor  1889.  Mr  Taylor's  first  appointment  to  this  office 
wa>  in  1>I7;  be  has  served  every  year  since  but  two,  making  forty  years'  service. 


538  History  of  Carroll  County. 


CHAPTER   XLVII. 

Roads  and  Bridges  —  Highway  Districts  in  1802  —  Mails,  Postofflces,  Stage  Routes  — 
Eilingham  Falls  —  South  Effingham  —  Huntress  Neighborhood  —  Merchants  —  House  on 
Green  Mountain — Ice  Cave. 

ROADS  AND  BRIDGES.  —  One  of  the  most  serious  obstacles  encountered 
by  the  first  settlers  was  the  construction  of  roads  and  bridges.  In  the 
earlier  days  of  its  settlement  many  things  were  brought  into  town  on 
the  backs  of  horses  and  men,  who  followed  a  rude  path  by  the  aid  of  spotted 
trees.  It  is  related  that  the  first  potatoes  planted  in  Effingham  were  planted 
by  James  Titcomb,  who  brought  four  bushels  on  his  back  from  Wakefield 
in  one  day.  He  had  them  in  two  bags.  He  would  carry  one  bag  until  he 
was  tired,  then  he  would  leave  it  and  go  back  and  get  the  other  and  carry 
that  on  beyond  the  first  one,  and  so  he  went  on  working  until  he  got  them 
both  home.  That  winter  he  killed  two  bears  and  hauled  them  to  Portsmouth 
on  a  hand-sled,  where  he  exchanged  them  for  salt,  which  he  hauled  home  in 
the  same  way. 

There  is  now  standing  on  the  farm  cleared  by  Abraham  Marston  a  sweet- 
apple  tree  which  was  brought  from  Hampton  on  horseback  about  one  hundred 
years  ago.  This  tree  is  still  in  bearing  condition.  It  measures  nine  feet 
in  circumference. 

March,  1782,  the  town  passed  the  following:  "No  team  shall  pass  in 
any  public  road  in  said  town  with  a  sled  less  than  four  feet  between  runners 
under  penalty  of  having  his  sled  cut  in  two." 

The  proprietors,  as  early  as  1762,  chose  Abraham  Drake  and  Daniel  San- 
born a  committee  to  find  the  most  convenient  way  to  cut  a  road  to  the  centre 
of  the  town.  This  road  which  they  located,  or  at  least  the  first  road  made 
into  town,  came  from  Wakefield,  through  what  is  called  Ossipee  Pocket 
and  the  Clough  neighborhood  to  the  Captain  John  Leavitt  hill  and  Drake's 
corner ;  thence  it  was  extended  to  Lord's  hill  and  over  the  Sweatt  hill  to 
the  Great  Ossipee  river,  near  where  Reuben  Flanders  now  lives. 

The  bridge  over  the  Great  Ossipee  river  at  this  point,  long  known  as 
the  "  great  bridge,'*  was  built  by  Isaac  Lord,  Esq.,  in  1792.  It  was  maintained 
by  him  as  a  toll1  bridge  until  1820,  when  he  sold  it  to  the  town.  The  condi- 
tions of  the  sale  were  something  like  this.  Mr  Lord  agreed  that  if  the  town 
would  pay  him  a  certain  price  for  the  bridge  (seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars, 
it  is  said),  he  would  present  the  town  a  bell  for  the  Congregational  church, 

1  Toll  was  one  cent  for  a  person  on  foot  and  ten  cents  for  a  team. 


Town  of  Effingham.  588 


or  north  meeting-house,  ai  Lord's  Corner.  This  he  did,  purchasing  and 
placing  upon   the  church  a  bell  weighing  eleven   hundred  pounds. 

A  number  of  years  afterward,  and  after  the  death  of  Mr  Lord,  the  town 
sold  ai  public  auction  its  claim  on  the  bell,  which  was  "bid  off"  by  Thomas 
P.  Drake  for  a  small  sum.  Then  the  question  was  how  to  gel  possession 
of  the  hell,  as  the  people  at  Lord's  Corner  were  ma  disposed  to  give  it  up. 
Learning  that  all  the  men  at  Lord's  Corner  were  away  at  work  on  the  mad, 
Mr  Drake  took  a  two-horse  team  and  a  crew  of  men  and  went  over,  took 
tlu'  hell  down  from  the  church,  and  carried  it  to  Drake's  Corner.  It  is  said 
that  Deacon  Robert  ('lark  happened  along  when  they  got  the  bell  down, 
and  sat  dow  is  on  it  and  refused  to  leave  it,  but  they  took  him  up  with  the 
hell  and  put  both  in  the  wagon,  when  he  gave  it  up  rather  than  be  carried 
to  Drake's  Corner.  A  messenger  had  in  the  meantime  been  sent  for  help, 
hut  it  did  not  arrive  in  season  to  prevent  the  consummation.  A  writ  of 
replevin  was  procured  and  placed  in  the  hand  of  an  officer,  wdio,  supported 
by  the  majority  of  the  male  population  of  Lord's  Corner,  brought  the  bell 
back  the  same  day.  A  lawsuit  resulted,  which  was  decided  in  favor  of  the 
Congregational  society. 

After  the  purchase  of  the  bridge  by  the  town  it  was  made  a  free  bridge, 
and  for  a  number  of  years  was  the  only  bridge  in  town  over  the  Great 
Ossipee,  hut  after  one  had  been  built  at  Effingham  Falls  it  was  discontinued 
by  the  town,  and  finally  fell  in  1848.  A  bridge  over  Pine  river  was  built  at  a 
very  early  date.  September  7,  1786,  the  inhabitants  of  this  town  petitioned 
the  legislature  in  regard  to  unpaid  taxes,  in  which  petition  they  allude  to  a 
bridge  over  Pine  river  as  on  the  road  leading  from  Wolfeborough  to  Conwav. 
This  was  probably  what  was  called  the  Pecpuawket  road,  and  is  said  to  have 
followed  an  old  Indian  trail.  It  crossed  the  Great  Ossipee  river  soon  after  it 
leaves  Ossipee  lake,  where  at  low  water  the  river  is  fordable.  A  bridge  was 
once  built  there,  the  remains  of  which  are  still  seen.  In  1797  the  town  paid 
John  Wedgwood  and  Abraham  Drake  twenty-nine  dollars  and  fifty  cents  "for 
building  over  Pine  river  bridge  and  thirty-nine  rods  of  cassaway."  * 

The  road  from  the  great  bridge  past  the  foot  of  the  Marston  hill  was  laid 
out  by  order  of  court  in  1806,  and  built  the  following  year,  a  special  tax 
being  assessed  for  the  purpose,  which  was  paid  in  labor.  The  first  road  from 
Lord's  (oiner  into  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  went  past  the  buildings  of  Nathan 
Brown,  grandfather  of  the  late  Jeremiah  D.  Brown,  and  to  and  past  the 
Granville  mill  on  South  river,  and  out  to  the  Chase  neighborhood,  but  about 
IT'.' I  the  present  road  to  Lord's  mills  was  built.  The  bridge  over  the  Great 
Ossipee,  known  as  the  Huntress  bridge,  was  first  built  by  private  subscription, 
but   after  the  building  of  the    road   through  the   swamp  to    the    foot   of  the 

1  Town  Treasurer's  Accounts,  1707. 


540  History  of   Carroll  County. 


Marston  hill  in  1847,  the  town  assumed  control  of  it  and  rebuilt  it  in  1851, 
Carr  Leavitl  doing  the  work.  This  bridge  was  washed  away  in  1859,  and 
replaced  by  the  present  one  with  stone  butments  and  pier.  The  road  from  the 
Clough  neighborhood  to  near  John  M.  Drake's  was  built  about  1850.  Mi- 
ami Mrs  John  Carr  Leavitt  were  the  well-known  keepers  of  a  tavern  known 
as  the  Leavitt  House,  at  Leavitt's  bridge,  on  the  road  from  Maine  to  Effing- 
ham Falls  :  but  both  the  house  and  bridge  were  long  ago  removed,  as,  after 
the  building  of  the  bridges  at  Effingham  Falls  and  Province  Falls,  the  travel 
went  in  those  directions,  to  the  disuse  of  the  old  one. 

Highway  Districts  in  1S02.  —  District  No.  1.  Beginning  at  the  Province  line,1  and 
running  from  thence  to  Isaac  Lord's 2  house ;  from  thence  to  Jonathan  Sweat's 3  house, 
and  from  Isaac  Lord's  house  to  Benj.  Dearborn's4  house,  and  from  the  road  to  Nathan 
Brown's.  Brown,  Nathan;  Dearborn,  Asahel;  Hobbs,  Benj.,  Jr;  Hobbs,  James;  Leavitt, 
Morris,  2d;  Leavitt,  Carr,  Esq.;  Leavitt,  Jeremiah;  Leavitt,  James;  Lamper,  Benj.; 
Lamper,  John;  Lord,  Isaac;  Marston,  Jeremiah;  Marston,  Abraham;  Marston,  Levi; 
Marston,  Thomas;  Leavitt,  John,  2d;  Leavitt,  John,  3d;  Lear,  Richard;  Taylor,  Richard; 
summer  tax,  $106.82;  winter  tax,  $23.72. 

District  No.  2.  Beginning  at  Isaac  Lord's  potash,5  and  thence  by  Joseph  Drake's6  house 
to  the  road  that  leads  from  Benj.  Taylor's7  to  Joseph  Palmer's;8  and  from  Joseph  Drake's 
to  Abram  Drake's 9  house.  Drake,  Joseph ;  Dearborn,  John  S. ;  Hobbs,  Morris ;  Hobbs, 
Jonathan;  summer  tax,  $22.90;  winter  tax,  $5.43. 

District  No.  3.  Beginning  at  the  house  of  Benjamin  Dearborn,4  and  from  thence  to 
Drake's  Mills,10  and  so  on  to  Eleazer  Davis;11  also,  from  the  schoolhouse  12  on  to  Joseph 
Palmer's  house,8  and  from  Abram  Drake's9  house  to  John  Drake's  house,13  and  so  on  to 
the  Province  line.  Weare  Drake ;  Drake,  Abram ;  Drake,  John,  Jr ;  Leavitt,  Simon ; 
Dearborn,  James;  Dearborn,  Benjamin;  Dearborn,  Samuel;  Leavitt,  Carr;  Wedgwood, 
Josiah;  Hobbs,  Benj.;  Taylor,  Benj.;  summer  tax,  $45.54;  winter  tax,  $11.71. 

District  No.  4.     Beginning  at  Joseph  Palmer's,  and  running  from  thence  to  Ithiel  Bryant's 
house.11     Atkinson,  Jonathan ;  Palmer,  Joseph ;  Palmer,  Stephen;  Gentleman,  Philip;  Cham- 
pion, James;  Champion,  Jeremiah;  Drake,  John;  summer  tax,  $25.13;  winter  tax,  $6.80. 
District  No.  o.     Beginning  at  Ithiel  Bryant's  house,  thence  running  to  Pine  river  bridge, 

from  thence  to  Joseph  Meloon's  house,15  from  thence  to  Roger  Welch's  house  lfi  and  from  Pine 

river  bridge  to  the  town  line,  and  from  Joseph  Meloon's  to  Isaac  Leighton's.17    Bryant,  Ithiel ; 

Bryant,  Joseph  ;  Meloon,  Joseph  ;  Meloon,  Joseph,  Jr;  Meloon,  Samuel;  Meloon,  Samuel,  Jr; 

Davis,  Dearborn;    Davis,  William;    Davis,  Elijah;    Wedgwood,   Dearborn;    AVelch,    Roger; 

Leighton,  Isaac;  Leigbton,  Remembrance;  Granville,  Thomas. 

District  No.  6.     Beginning  at  the  schoolhouse,18  and  from  thence  to  Nath'l  Hobb's  Mills;  19 

from  thence  by  the  house  of  James  Titcomb 20  to  John  and  Morris  Leavitt's  house.21     Titcomb, 

.lames;  Titcomb,  Joshua ;  Leavitt,  John ;  Leavitt,  Morris ;  Hobbs,  Nath'l ;  Hobbs,  Nath'l,  Jr ; 

summer  tax,  $34.07;  winter  tax,  $S.S8. 

1  Maine  line.  2John  C.  Leavitt,  2d.  On  the  old  road  between  the  Marston  hill  and  Reuben  Flanders'. 
4  SuelT.  Stevens' place.  "'Stood  near  his  house.  ''House  stood  near  the  pound.  '  Elijah  Taylor.  "John  W.  S. 
Palmer.  James  M.  Champion.  This  road  followed  the  present  road  a  little  beyond  the  house  of  Dr  Carr 
L.  Drake,  then  went  to  the  left  along  the  side  of  the  hill  and  on  across  the  meadows  to  where  Deacon  John 
I..  Drake  lately  lived.  "Charles  (i.  Wilkinson  mills.  "  Between  Melvin  H.  Nutter's  and  Bela  H.  Emerson's. 
Ai  Drake's  Corner.  "Irving  S.  Howe.  "John  C.  Bryant.  lr>  Frederick  Cate.  "Stood  on  the  old  road  near 
the  Joshua  Welch  place.  "David  Goldsmith.  18Drafee's  Corner.  19Ueorge  W.  Towle's  mills.  This  road  ran 
back  of  Levi  c.  Leavitt'-.  House  3tood  between  the  mills  and  where  M.  H.  Nutter  now  lives.  This  was 
the  old  range  road.    "Randolph  Keniston. 


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District  No.  7.     Beginning  al   Dearborn  Wedgw I'a  store,'    and   from  thence  to  John 

Colley'a,1  and  from  said  Btore  to  Leavitt's  mills,11  and  from  the  <  !ooper  house  to  v-itiri  Bobbs' 
mill-,  ami  from  Leavitt's  mills  i"  Lieut.  Titcomb's.'  Littlefield,  Henry;  Glidden  Nicholas' 
Glidden,  Benj.;  Glidden,  Joseph;  Colley,  John;  Cooper,  Levi;  Doe,  Joseph;  Morgan,  Parker; 
Bummer  tax,  $17.88;  winter  tax,  $4.33. 

District  No.  8.  Beginning  at  Nath'l  Hobb's  mill ;  from  thence  to  Stephen  Towle's  bouse, 
and  from  the  crotch  of  the  road  that  lends  from  the  Towle  road  down  to  the  Province  line 
towards  Esq.  Parsons.'  Towle,  Stephen ; 6 Towle,  Simeon ;  Taylor,  Benj.;  Parsons,  Thomas, 
Ksq.;  <  liase,  Stephen ;  summer  tax,  $11.76;  winter  tax,  $2.81. 

District  No.  9.  Beginning  at  Eleazar  Davis';  from  thence  t<>  John  Lang's  house'  and 
soon  to  the  Town  line;  also,  from  the  main  road  in  to  John  Buzzell's  and  Timothy  Young's.8 
Philbrick,  Simon ;  Young,  Timothy ;  Lang,  John;  Lang,  Bickford;  Davis,  Eleazar;  Buzzell, 
John  ;  summer  lax,  $28.81  :   winter  tax,  $6.85. 

District  Vb.  10.  Beginning  at  the  Great  Bridge ; 9  from  thence  to  Jonathan  Sweat's,  and 
from  said  Great  Bridge  to  John  Mason's  house.10  Mason,  John;  Kinison,  John ;  Kinison, 
Parsons;  Kinison,  Henry;  Palmer,  William ;  Sweat,  Jonathan ;  Sanborn,  James. 

District  No.  11.*  Beginning  at  the  opening  made  by  Amos  Towle  above  Edward  Cotton's 
house,  and  from  thence  to  Isaiah  Varney's  house,  and  to  the  Core  line,  and  from  thence  to 
Robert  Sargent's  house.  Towle.  William;  Tibbetts,  Henry;  Bickford,  Isaiah;  Sargent, 
Robert;  summer  tax,  $13.64;  winter  tax,  $3.37. 

District  No.  12  *  Beginning  at  the  opening  made  by  Amos  Towle  above  Edward 
Cotton's;  and  from  thence  to  the  Great  Bridge.  Moulton,  Redinon;  Moulton,  Jonathan; 
Batchelder,  Stephen;  Cotton,  Edward. 

District  Xo.  13.*  Beginning  at  the  schoolhouse;  from  thence  to  Levi  Allen's  house,  and 
from  Samuel  Philbrook's  to  Joseph  Towle's,  Jr,  house.  Allen,  Levi ;  Allen,  Ebenezer; 
Philbrook,  Samuel;  Ward.  Jonathan;  Ilearn,  John;  Gail,  Daniel;  summer  tax,  $12.60; 
winter  tax,  s2.88. 

District  N"o.  14.*  Beginning  at  Joseph  Towle's,  Jr,  house;  thence  by  Nath'l  Sweasy's 
house  to  the  crotch  of  the  roads  by  Jeremiah  Kinisan's  house,  and  from  Nath'l  Sweasy's  to 
John  Woodman's  house.  Sweasy,  Nathaniel;  Bennett,  Joseph;  Towle,  Joseph;  Towle, 
Joseph,  Jr;  Towle.  Daniel:  Emerson,  Andrew;  summer  tax,  $19.96;  winter  tax,  $4.91. 

District  No.  15.*  Beginning  at  Moulton's  sawmill;  from  thence  by  Thomas  Lord's  house 
to  the  Gore  line  by  Samuel  Lovering's.  Lord,  Thomas;  Taylor,  John;  Taylor,  John  M. ; 
Taylor,  Samuel ;  summer  tax,  $17.25;  winter  tax.  $4.22. 

The  winter  tax  was  to  be  worked  out  if  wanted;  if  not,  to  be  worked  out 
the  following  summer.     Eight  cents  per  hour  was  allowed  for  men  and  oxen. 

Mails,  Postoffices,  and  Stages.  —  For  quite  a  number  of  years  after  the 
organization  of  the  town  the  only  mail  privileges  enjoyed  by  its  people  were 
those  afforded  by  private  conveyance.  The  next  step  was  a  regular  carrier, 
who  came  and  went  once  a  week  on  horseback.  Benjamin  Hobbs  was  the  first 
to  perform  this  service.  His  route  was  from  Wakefield  to  Freedom.  This  was 
about  1800,  or  perhaps  a  few  years  later.  At  that  time  there  was  no  postoflSce 
in  town  and  the  carrier  distributed  the  mail  from  house  to  house,  blowing  a 
horn  to  notify  the  inmates  of  a  house  when  he  had  mail  to  leave. 

'Probably  Dear  where  Charles  F.  Taylor  now  lives.  'House  torn  down;  Btood  beyond  James  Stevens'. 
8 Charles  B.  Moore's  mills.  'This  road  ran  across  the  field  back  of  Albra  Wilkinson's,  a.  w.  <  ook's,  Par- 
sonsfleld,  Maine.  Samuel  i I.  Dorr.  'Charles  L.  Trafton.  "Timothy  B.Young.  'Isaac  Lord's  toll  bridge 
across  the  Greal  ( "ssipee  river  near  Reuben  Flanders'.    '"The  John  G.  <  hick  place. 

*!No\v  Freedom. 


512  History   of   Carroll  County. 

The  first  postoffice  was  established  at  Lord's  hill,  and  Isaac  Lord  was  the 
first  postmaster.  This  office  was  moved  back  and  forth  from  Lord's  hill  to 
Drake's  Corner  several  times,  as  the  administration  of  national  affairs  changed 
from  the  hands  of  one  political  party  to  the  other.  Thomas  P.  Drake  served 
as  postmaster  at  Drake's  Corner,  and  Isaac  Lord,  Carr  Leavitt,  and  John  C. 
Leavitt,  2d,  at  Lord's  hill.  Upon  the  change  in  the  administration  in  1861  the 
office  was  again  moved  to  Lord's  hill,  and  Josiah  Dearborn  was  appointed  post- 
master. Since  then  it  has  not  been  removed.  In  1866  an  office  was  estab- 
lished at  Drake's  Corner  under  the  name  of  Centre  Effingham,  and  Thomas 
.1.  ('ate  was  appointed  postmaster.  A  postoffice  was  first  established  at  Effing- 
ham Falls,  and  Simon  Taylor  was  appointed  postmaster  in  1848.  A  postoffice 
was  established  at  South  Effingham  in  1872,  and  Benjamin  F.  Taylor  was 
appointed  postmaster. 

The  first  public  conveyance  to  and  from  Effingham  was  a  coach  line  to 
Portland,  established  by  a  stock  company  in  which  Isaac  Lord  was  the  prin- 
cipal owner.  This  was  as  early  as  1820,  perhaps  a  few  years  earlier.  The  first 
driver  was  a  Mr  May.  A  few  years  later  a  mail  route  was  established  from 
Dover  to  Drake's  Corner,  and  a  mail  stage  commenced  running,  which  was 
driven  by  one  John  Hadison. 

Elijah  Hodsdon  died  in  1869.  He  was  the  last  survivor  of  the  mounted 
post-riders.  His  route  was  from  Portsmouth  to  Plymouth.  He  brought  news 
of  the  treaty  of  peace  after  the  War  of  1812,  and  rode  the  entire  route  without 
any  rest  except  while  his  saddle  was  changed  from  one  horse  to  another. 

EffiiKjlutin  Fall*.  — The  manufacturing  of  iron  was  commenced  at  Effingham 
Falls  at  a  very  early  date  by  John  Costelloe.  He  addressed  the  following 
petition  to  the  general  court,  January  7,  1790 :  — 

Humbly  sheweth  That  your  Petitioner  has  discovered  in  Ossipee  pond  and  adjoining  a 
large  quantity  of  Iron  Ore  —  that  at  a  considerable  expence  lie  has  erected  a  Forge  or  Iron 
Works,  for  the  trial  of  said  Ore.  —  Which  upon  trial  affords  Iron  equal  in  Quality  (in  the 
opinion  of  good  judges)  to  that  imported  from  Philadelphia.  And  as  a  Furnace  in  that  part 
of  the  State  tor  Refining  and  easting  would  be  of  public  utility  and  save  money  in  the  State, 
—  he  most  humbly  prays  your  Honors  for  some  encouragement  to  enable  him  to  erect  a 
Furnice  —  by  a  Grant  for  that  purpose,  or  by  loaning  him  a  sum  of  money  upon  good 
Security  to  he  refunded  in  a  certain  number  of  years  without  interest  or  otherwise 
encourage  your  Petitioner  as  to  your  great  Wisdom  may  seem  politic  and  advisable  and  he 
as  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray 

John  Costelloe 

The  ore  was  obtained  from  the  bottom  of  Ossipee  pond,  near  the  mouth  of 
Pine  river,  in  from  one  to  four  feet  of  water.  It  was  then  taken  to  the  iron- 
works in  boats.  These  works  were  situated  on  the  upper  falls  near  where 
Smart's  sawmill  now  stands. 

Nothing  can  be  ascertained  regarding  the  time  these  works  were  in  opera- 


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bion.  The  "cannon"  with  which  the  boys  for  years  al  Lord's  hill  have  been 
accustomed  to  salute  on  the  Fourth  of  July  was  once  the  anvil  of  these  iron- 
works. A  few  years  ago  in  digging  near  their  site  a  portion  <>f  (he  furnace 
and  an  amount  of  iron  ore  were  unearthed. 

Tlie  first  house  in  what  might  he  called  the  village  of    [roil   Works  Falls  was 

built  about  L826  by  -Joseph  Huckins  for  his  son-in-law.  Joseph  Warren.  This 
is  still  standing  as  originally  constructed.  The  second  was  built  by  Carter 
Gale  aboul  the  same  time.  This  house  is  still  standing,  although  it  has  been 
remodeled.     It    is   now  occupied   by   Nelson    Marston.     The   third    house  was 

built  by  William  Parsons  and  stood  near  the  house  of  Ira  Shaw  and  was  taken 
down  in  1ST4.  The  fourth  house  was  built  by  William  Milliken,  and  is  still 
standing  as  built,  and  is  occupied  by  Josiah  W.  Thurston. 

The  first  store  at  Effingham  Falls  was  built  and  occupied  by  James  Toss 
about  1830.  The  second  store  was  built  by  Peter  Huckins  in  1833.  It  was 
first  occupied  by  Ira  Huckins:  afterwards  by  Carr  Leavitt,  Jeremiah  Milliken, 
Parker  Demeritt,  Hodgdon  Brothers,  Bennett  &  Lord,  William  Thurston, 
Simon  Taylor,  Towle  &  Pinkham.  This  store  (which  stood  nearly  between 
the  present  store  and  house  of  John  L.  Demeritt)  was  burned  in  1854.  but 
rebuilt  the  same  year  by  Towle  &  Pinkham,  who  were  succeeded  by  Henry  C. 
Harmon,  S.  F.  Demeritt  &  Co.,  Burleigh  Brothers,  Jacob  Manson,  Roberts  & 
Morton,  John  Demeritt  &  Co.,  and  John  L.  Demeritt,  the  present  occupant. 
The  third  store  was  built  by  William  Thurston  and  occupied  by  him  from 
184l!  to  1856.  Stores  have  also  been  built  and  occupied  by  P.  &  I.  Demeritt, 
and  Frederick  E.  Bradbury. 

The  first  mill  at  Effingham  Falls  was  built  about  1820  by  Joseph  Huckins. 
It  consisted  of  saw,  clapboard,  and  grist  mills  and  stood  near  where  the  gristmill 
now  stands.  These  mills  were  operated  by  Mr  Huckins  until  about  1830, 
when  several  became  owners  (including  Joshua  Gilman,  Joseph  Warren,  John 
Demeritt.  and  others),  until  1855,  when  they  were  taken  down.  A  manu- 
factory of  bedsteads  was  connected  with  the  sawmill  about  1840,  and  was 
in  successful  operation  for  about  ten  years  by  Thomas  -Davis  and  Daniel 
Demeritt. 

The  first  mill  for  carding  wool,  cloth  dressing  and  dyeing  was  built  by 
William  Milliken  in  1825,  and  the  business  was  carried  on  by  him  until  Is ".2: 
from  1832  to  1837  by  Jeremiah  Milliken  ;  from  1837  to  1840  by  William  Par- 
sons. About  this  time  these  mills  became  the  property  of  Josiah  Dearborn, 
Esq.,  who  enlarged  them   and  commenced  the   manfacturing  of  blankets  and 

other  woolen  g Is.     This  manufacturing  was  carried  on  from  1840  to  1844  by 

Miles  and  .Joseph  Mayall ;  from  1844  to  1854  by  Robert  Fulton.  This  factory 
was  taken  down  in  1855  and  a  new  one  erected  on  the  same  site,  and  the  busi- 
ness carried  on  until  i860  by  Robert  Fulton  and  Jacob  Manson  :  from  L860  to 
1864  by  Simpson  &  Bennett;  from  1864  to  1868  by  Aaron  Clark.     In  1870  the 


544  History  of   Carroll  County. 

factory  was  burned,  but  immediately  rebuilt  by  Samuel  Q.  Dearborn,  and  used 
for  wool-carding  until  1878.  From  1873  to  1876  it  was  used  by  J.  H.  T. 
Newell  for  manufacturing  shoe-pegs;  from  1876  to  1880  for  wool-carding; 
from  1880  to  the  present  by  Julian  D'Este  for  the  manufacture  of  excelsior. 

South  Effingham,  —  The  first  settlements  in  the  southern  part  of  the  town 
were  made  by  John  Colley,  who  settled  on  what  has  since  been  known  as  the 
Collej  place,  and  b}^  Nicholas  Glidden,  who  settled  near  where  Charles  F. 
Taylor  now  lives.  From  him  this  place  was  first  known  as  Glidden's  Corner. 
It  afterward  received  the  name  of  "  The  City,"  which  name  still  clings  to  it. 
It  is  said  it  received  this  from  one  "  Bob  "  Holland,  a  roving  character,  who,  in 
a  drunken  frolic,  said  the  place  should  be  called  the  "City  of  Want."  In  1809 
Jesse  Stevens,  who  lived  on  the  farm  afterward  occupied  by  his  son  Samuel 
I).  F.  Stevens,  and  another  son,  Emery,  afterward  cleared  the  farm  now  occu- 
pied by  his  son,  Charles  H.  Stevens,  on  the  shore  of  Province  pond.  But  the 
first  house  built  in  this  vicinity  is  said  to  have  been  a  log  one  on  what  is  called 
Scotland  point,  on  the  Bailey  farm. 

Only  one  person  is  known  to  have  been  drowned  in  Province  pond,  John 
Parker,  a  pedlar,  who  some  sixty  years  ago  was  crossing  the  pond  on  the  ice 
in  the  night  and  broke  through.  He  was  a  Mason  and  was  buried  with 
masonic  honors.     This  was  probably  the  first  masonic  funeral  in  this  vicinity. 

Huntress  Neighborhood.  —  The  first  settlement  in  the  Huntress  neighbor- 
hood was  made  by  Robert  C.  Huntress  in  1829,  when  he  commenced  clearing 
the  farm  and  built  the  house  now  occupied  by  Samuel  Allen,  who  married  his 
daughter.  In  1836,  in  company  with  Benjamin  P.  Russell,  he  built  the  saw- 
mill which  lias  since  been  known  as  the  Huntress  mill. 

Mills. — The  following  is  taken  from  the  records  kept  by  J.  Dearborn 
Leavitt :  "  The  first  mills  in  Effingham  were  built  by  the  Leavitts,  near  where 
the  mills  now  stand  owned  by  Charles  E.  Moore.  The  second  were  built  by 
Weare  Drake  where  Charles  G.  Wilkinson's  mills  now  stand.  The  third  mills 
were  built  by  Nathaniel  Hobbs  where  Frank  Colcord's  mills  now  stand.  The 
fourth  mills  were  built  by  Joseph  Meloon  near  where  John  V.  Granville  now 
lives.  The  fifth  mills  were  built  by  John  Drake  and  sons  where  the  Drake 
mills  now  stand.  The  sixth  mills  were  built  by  Joseph  Huckins  at  the  'Iron 
Works  Falls,'  so  called." 

There  seems  to  be  several  conflicting  stories  in  regard  to  the  location  and 
builder  of  the  first  sawmill,  some  saying  that  it  was  built  by  Thomas  Parsons, 
Esq.,  where,  or  near  where,  the  Colcord  mill  now  stands,  and  that  the  first 
lumber  sawed  was  for  his  house  in  Parsonsfield.  Others  claim  that  this  mill 
stood  about  halfway  between  the  Colcord  mill  and  the  Moore  mill,  and  that  it 
was  washed  away  (a  son  of  Mr  Parsons  was  drowned  at  the  time),  and  that 
the  first  mills  built  where  the  Moore  mill  stands  were  built  by  William  Knapp 
as  a  sawmill   and   a  carding  and   cloth-dressing  mill.     These   stories   do    not 


Town  of    Effingham.  545 


agree  with  the  record  of  Mr  Dearborn  Leavitt,  which  perhaps  is  the  nearest  to 
the  truth.     In  L816  Silas  ME.  Morse  and  John  Sanders  bought  the  carding  and 

cloth-dressing  mill.     In   L818  Jonathan    Wedgw I   bought   out   Sanders,  and 

it  became  the  Morse  &  Wedgwood  mills.  The  sawmill  was  then  owned  by 
several  who  used  the  mill  so  many  days  per  month  in  proportion  to  the  amount 
they  owned.  Iii  Is  1 1  Morse  &  Wedgwood  dissolved  partnership,  Morse  taking 
the  woolen,  and  Wedgwood  the  saw,  mill.  In  L842  Silas  M.  Morse,  Jr,  Lost  his 
right  arm  in  the  wool-picker.  In  L845  these  mills  were  burned  and  rebuilt. 
In  L853  the  wool  machinery  was  moved  to  Effingham  Falls,  and  lor  ;i  few  •. 
nothing  was  done  at  these  mills.  In  1857  Silas  M.  Morse,  Jr,  boughl  the  mills 
and  used  them  for  the  manufacturing  of  boards,  clapboard,  shingles,  etc.  In 
1863  Morse  sold  to  Hill  &  Meserve.  In  1864  Mr  Hill  was  caught  in  the 
machinery  and  killed.  The  mills  were  then  sold  to  different  parties.  Charles 
E.  Moore  later  bought  out  the  several  owners,  and  the  mills  are  still  in  his 
possession. 

First  Merchants. — -Thomas  Parsons,  Esq.,  was  probably  the  first  person  who 
brought  anything-  into  town  to  sell.  It  is  related  that  in  the  earliest  days  of 
the  town  he  hauled  some  of  the  necessaries  of  life  from  the  towns  below  and 
exchanged  them  for  labor  with  his  ] rer  neighbors.  But  Isaac  Lord  estab- 
lished the  first  store.  It  was  in  a  small  building  that  stood  near  where  John 
( >.  Leavitt,  2d,  now  lives.  He  afterward  built  a  large  store  on  the  corner 
opposite.  It  is  said  that  Mr  Lord  brought  his  first  stock  of  dry,  or  English, 
goods  into  town  on  his  back,  carrying  his  boots  in  his  hands  that  he  might  not 
wear  them  out.  He  commenced  in  town  near  Effingham  Falls,  on  what  has 
since  been  known  as  the  Cato  hill.  (It  was  so  called  from  a  negro  named 
Cato  who  was  in  Mr  Lord's  employ  and  who  afterward  lived  there.)  Mrs 
Lord,  in  after  years,  was  accustomed  to  relate  this  story  of  their  first 
Thanksgiving  day  in  the  little  house  on  Cato  hill:  "Mr  Lord  brought 
home,  late  in  the  afternoon  of  the  day  before,  some  brick  to  build  an 
oven,  and  she  held  a  light  while  he  hastily  constructed  a  rude  one  out-of- 
doors  in  which  was  baked  the  dinner  for  the  next  day.  And  a  sweeter  one 
they  never  had  !  "  They  soon  moved  to  the  hill  called  Lord's  hill.  Here  he 
built  the  house  now  occupied  by  John  ('.  Leavitt  as  the  Green  Mountain 
House.  Mr  Lord  was  a  man  of  unusual  business  capacity,  and  soon  ama 
what  was,  for  the  times,  a  large  fortune.  He  became  an  extensive  landowner 
ami  carried  on  great  farming  operations  and  built  large  houses  and  barns,  the 
barn  on  his  home  place  being  two  hundred  feet  in  length.  In  1836  his  inven- 
tory was  1,554  acres  of  land,  10  horses,  12  oxen,  1")  cows,  tin  other  cattle,  and 
26  sheep.  He  died  in  1838,  and  was  succeeded  in  business  by  his  sons  George 
\\\.  Isaac,  and  Samuel. 

Later  Merchants.  —  In   1840  .John   ('.    Leavitt,    2d,    bought    the    Isaac    Lord 
store    and    commenced    business.      This   store   was    burned    in    L858    bill    at    once 


546  History  of   Carroll  County. 


rebuilt  by  .Mr  Leavitt.  It  was  again  burned  and  rebuilt  in  1871.  In  1876  Mr 
Leaviti  sold  to  Albert  B.  Lamper,  who  continued  in  trade  until  1885,  when  he 
sold  to  Silas  E.  Stevens.  This  store  was  burned  in  1887,  and  has  not  been 
rebuilt. 

The  first  store  at  Drake's  Corner  was  opened  by  Thomas  P.  Drake 
probably  as  early  as  1816.  Mr  Drake  was  a  'son  of  Joseph  Drake,  Esq., 
a  son  of  Weare  Drake,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town.  Thomas  P. 
Drake  became  prominent  in  town  affairs,  and  held  the  office  of  town  clerk 
and  selectman  for  a  number  of  years.  He  also  represented  the  town  in  the 
legislature.  He  died  in  1861,  and  was  succeeded  in  business  by  his  sons  Cyrus 
K.  and  Josephus  L.,  who  have  been  prominent  in  town  affairs;  Cyrus  K.  Drake 
having  served  as  selectman,  representative,  and  county  commissioner.  Josephus 
L.  Drake  served  for  many  years  as  school  committeeman.  In  1864  Cyrus  K. 
Drake  built  a  store  and  engaged  in  trade  and  the  manufacture  of  sale  work. 
He  afterward  associated  his  son,  A.  Milton  Drake,  with  him. 

Near  1872  Silas  M.  Morse  built  the  store  near  the  sch.oolh.ouse,  and  with  his 
son,  Milton  C.  Morse,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  sale  work  and  in  general 
merchandising.  They  were  wideawake  business  men,  and  took  an  active  part 
in  social  and  political  affairs.  S.  M.  Morse  served  the  town  as  representative, 
and  Milton  C.  Morse  as  town  clerk  for  several  years.  They  sold  their  stock  in 
1885  and  moved  to  Haverhill,  Mass.,  leasing  their  store  to  Charles  M.  Leavitt, 
who  continues  the  business.  About  1820  James  Taylor  opened  a  store  near 
where  I'iummer  H.  Chesle}^  now  lives,  and  continued  in  business  there  for 
a  number  of  years. 

The  first  store  at  South  Effingham  was  kept  by  Chase  Taylor  as  early  as 
1815.  He  was  followed  by  Jeremiah  Taylor,  Ephraim  Downs,  Frederick 
Waterhouse,  Alpheus  S.  Rogers.  In  June,  1840,  Benjamin  F.  Taylor 
commenced  business  there.  He  had,  previous  to  this  time,  been  in  the 
grocery  business  in  Boston,  Mass.,  for  eight  years.  W.  W.  Taylor  was 
an  active  and  successful  business  man.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in 
public  affairs,  and  served  the  town  for  several  years  as  selectman  and  also 
as  representative.  He  died  in  1887,  and  was  succeeded  in  business  by  his 
son.  (diaries  F.  Taylor,  who  in  1887  sold  to  Plummer  H.  Chesley,  who  is  still 
in  trade. 

About  1825  Frederick  Waterhouse  opened  a  store  near  the  mills,  now 
owned  by  (diaries  E.  Moore,  and  continued  in  trade  for  a  few  years.  In 
1880  Silas  M.  Morse  and  Daniel  Morse  went  into  business  in  the  same  store. 
This  store,  like  all  others  in  those  days,  sold  New  England  rum  in  abundance. 
Near  this  store  was  a  straight  piece  of  road,  on  which  a  mile  was  measured, 
extending  from  the  Maine  line  to  a  certain  stump,  and  this  was  used  as  a 
racecourse  over  which   to   inn   horses,  paying  the  bets  at  the  store  in  rum. 

In  1889  the  town  voted  to  buy  a   road-machine:  to  raise  $10  to  decorate 


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soldiers'  gra^  es;  to  raise  $1,200  to  pa\  town  expen  00  to  repair  highways 

and  bridges;  1400   for  schools,  above  what   is  required   03  fe2,000  to  pay 

for  breaking  roads  it'  needed. 

House  on  Green  Mountain. —In  L857  a  house  was  built  on  the  top 
Green  mountain  by  John  Stitson  anil  Jeremiah  Hobbs.  Ii  was  occupied  by 
Mr  Stitson  as  a  summer  hotel  for  three  years,  when  it  was  burned.  The  view 
from  the  top  is  very  fine,  Portland  and  the  Atlantic  ocean  being  distinctly 
seen.  It  is  related  that  one  of  the  carpenters  engaged  in  the  building  of  the 
house  stated  that  one  clear  morning  he  saw  a  vessel  coming  into  Portland 
harbor  and  could  distincti}  sec  that  it  was  loaded  with  West  India  rum.  This 
was  probably  an  optical  delusion,  the  result  of  looking  so  often  through  a 
glass  in  common  use  in  those  days. 

/.  Cave.  —  On  the  northwestern  slope  of  Green  mountain  is  a  natural  ice 
cave,  where  ice  remains  during  nearly  the  entire  year.  Before  ice-houses  became 
common  it  was  often  resorted  to,  to  obtain  ice  for  the  sick.  It  is  situated 
at  the  head  of  a  rocky  valley,  and  is  reached  by  going  above  and  clambering 
down  between  the  huge  rocks  here  [tiled  up  in  great  numbers.  The  entrance. 
large  enough  to  admit  a  person  easily,  is  under  an  overhanging  rock.  The 
depth  is  about  twenty-live  feet,  and  the  length  of  the  main  cavern  about 
twenty,  although  it  extends  much  farther,  but  is  not  of  sufficient  height  to 
allow  a  person  to  stand  upright.  It  is  said  that  it  was  once  followed  to  an 
exit  at  some  distance  down  the  mountain.  It  was  first  discovered  by  Parsons 
Kenistoii.  It  is  on  the  land  of  John  T.  Hodgdon,  who  has  opened  a  path  and 
provided  ladders  for  any  one  wishing  to  visit  it. 


CHAPTER    XLVIII. 
Preaching  —Churches  —  Schools  —  Higher  Schools  —  Physicians  —  Sheriff — F.  \V.  Barker. 

PREACHING.  —  The  Charter  required  that  the  proprietors  -build  a 
niceting-house  fit  for  the  worship  of  God  and  maintain  preaching  con- 
stantly:" and  that  one  proprietor's  share  "be  for  the  support  of  the 
Gospel  .Ministry  forever."'  This  share  was  set  aside  for  that  purpose,  and 
at  a  town-meeting  held  March  21,  L806,  it  was  voted  to  raise  forty  dollars 
annually  forever  for  the  support  of  preaching,  for  these  lots,  which  were  after- 
wards  sold    by   the   town.     This   sum   is  annual!;,  tl    by   the    selectmen. 


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and  is  known  in  town  as  the  "ministerial  money."  It  is  divided  among  the 
several  religious  denominations  according  to  the  individual  preferences  of  the 
legal  voters.  The  early  records  show  that  a  preaching  tax  was  assessed  each 
year  until  1805,  when  by  a  vote  a  greater  part  of  it  was  "discounted,"  and 
after  that  it  was  not  assessed.  This  tax  amounted  in  1790  to  ,£4  Is.  9£d. ;  in 
1795,  to  $52.52;  in  1800,  to  195.80;  in  1804,  to  $300,  of  which  $200  was 
abated;  in  1805,  to  $500,  but  this  was  all  abated.  At  a  town-meeting- held 
September  -">.  17S0,  it  was  "Voted,  Mr.  John  Adams  to  preach  twelve  sab- 
baths al  six  bushels  of  corn  per  sabbath,  meeting  to  be  held  at  Weare  Drake's 
house,  and  said  Drake  to  board  him/'  These  items  are  taken  from  the  town 
treasurer's  accounts:  1794,  paid  Rev.  Jonathan  Ames,  preaching,  year  1794, 
$20.  1796,  paid  Rev.  Ebenezer  Price,  preaching,  $35.  1799,  paid  Rev.  Benja- 
min Rolfe,  preaching  one  Fast  day,  $4. 

The  first  settlers  of  this  town  were  mostly  Congregationalists.  The  town 
was  incorporated  in  1778,  and  at  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1779,  the 
inhabitants  voted  to  raise  twenty  dollars  for  preaching.  In  September,  1780, 
they  voted  to  unite  with  some  of  the  adjoining  towns  in  the  support  of  Rev. 
John  Adams.  "  Meetings  to  be  held  at  Weare  Drake's  house,  and  said  Drake 
to  board  him."  In  1783,  "  Hired  Rev.  Mr.  Balch  to  preach  twelve  Sabbaths  at 
four  dollars  per  Sabbath,  to  be  paid  in  corn  or  grain  at  four  shillings  per 
bushel."  Until  1793  they  annually  raised  a  small  sum  for  preaching;  this 
year  they  offered  Rev.  Jacob  Kimball  the  ministerial  land  and  fifty  pounds  to 
settle  as  minister.  This  appears  not  to  have  been  done,  as  Messrs  Wyeth  and 
Ames  preached  in  1794.  In  1800  one  hundred  dollars  were  raised,  and  the 
town  voted  that  Baptists  presenting  a  certificate  that  they  belonged  to  a  Bap- 
tist society  and  attended  the  services  of  that  denomination  should  be  exempted 
from  ministerial  tax ;  in  1798  a  Congregational  church  was  organized  by  Rev. 
Samuel  Hidden,  of  Tarn  worth.  In  1802  Mr  Whipple  was  employed.  In  1803 
it  was  voted  "to  divide  the  ministerial  land  between  the  Baptists  and  the  Con- 
gregationalists." This  vote,  however,  was  not  carried  into  effect.  The  same 
year  Rev.  Gideon  Burt  was  invited  to  settle  at  a  salary  of  three  hundred 
dollars  ;  he  accepted,  and  in  1805  was  dismissed. 

From  ISO."")  until  1836  there  is  no  record,  and  the  church,  being  for  a  time 
destitute  of  the  stated  means  of  grace  and  deprived  of  the  regular  adminis- 
tration of  the  ordinances,  had  nearly  become  extinct,  but  was  revived  and 
reorganized  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  John  H.  Mordough. 

On  May  17,  1836,  the  Congregational  church  was  reorganized,  consisting 
of  five  members,  namely,  Moris  Hobbs,  Comfort  Hobbs,  Abigail  Hobbs,  John 
Lamper,  and  John  Drake. 

May  20th.  Church  examined  for  admission,  Josiah  Dearborn  and  wife,  Bohbert  Clark  and  wife,  Emeline 
Dearborn,  Betsej  Lamper,  and Theodate  Hobbs.  Voted,  that  their  religious  experience  is  .satisfactory,  and  that 
they  be  propounded  for  admission  to  the  Church  at  the  next  Communion.    Sept.  21st.    In  regular  church  meeting 


Town   of   Effingham.  549 

the  Church  voted,  to  adopl  the  Principle  Rules,  Articles  of  Faith,  and  Chuxeh  Covenant  favrd  In  the  prece< 
pages.    Examined  for  admission  to  the  Church,  Isaac  Hobl)    and  wife,  Hannah   Frosl   ind  Maria  Clark      Voted, 
that  their  religious  experience  Is  satisfactory  and  thai  thej  be  propounded  rov  i  the  (  hurchal  the 

nexl  <  "i 1 1 ni ii ii i< hi.    \  oted  also,  thai  Robberl  Clark  be  appointed  to  officiate  as  Deaco the  Church.    Ma\  26th, 

L887.    to  regular  church  meeting,  Jeremiah  G.  LeavlU  and  wife,  Ruth    \  liuzzell  and  Marj  Dear 

born  offered  themselves  to  the  Church  and  related  their  experience     <  hurch  voted,  thai  II  i-   satlsfactorj  and 

that  they  be  propounded  for  admission  to  the  church  al  the  nexl  comn Ion.    Sept.  25th.    in  regular  church 

meeting,  Daniel  S.  Wentworth  and  wife,  Nancy  Palmer,  Theodate  M.  Brown,  Marj  Lamper  appeared  them 
selves  i"  the  Church,  and  related  thoir  religious  experience     Church  voted  to  receive  them  anil  thai  they  be 

propounded  for  admission  at  the  nexl  c munion.    Church  also  voted  to  adopt  the  following  rule,  viz.,  The 

Church  Conference  shall  be  held  monthly  the  object  of  which  shall  betoobej  that  Command  ol  God,  "Con 
(ess  your  taull  one  to  another,  and  pray  one  for  another,  that  ye  may  be  healed."  James  5:1(5.  Everj  member 
of  the  church  shall  be  expected  to  attend  and  it  inquired  of,  to  give,  a  reason  of  the  hope  thai  la  within  them 
with  meekness  and  fear — and  In  case  of  absence  of  any.il  shall  bethedut^  of  the  pastor,  and  in  his  absence 
of  the  Deacon,  to  vlsll  them  Immediately  and  inquire  Into  their  spiritual  statu.    J.  H.  Mordough,  clerk. 

Rev.  Mr  Mordough  was  ordained  an  evangelist  in  L836,  and  served  three 
years  as  pastor  of  this  church.  He  died  in  L869,  a1  Gorham,  Maine.  In  1842 
Rev.  .lames  Doldt  preached  here.     A j nil,  1849,  Rev.  Elias  Chapman  commenced 

preaching,  and  continued  until  October,  1850,  "preaching  one  half  of  the 
time."  From  March,  1854.  to  March,  1855,  Rev.  Leander  S.  Tripp,  a  Baptist, 
supplied  one  fourth  of  the  time.  October  25,  1856,  Rev.  William  II.  Kings- 
bury commenced  his  labors  with  this  church. 

From  June  12,  1836,  to  October  26,  1856,  the  following  were  added 
to  the  membership,  namely,  Josiah  Dearborn,  Belinda  R.  Dearborn,  Asahel 
Dearborn,  Louisa  Dearborn,  Robert  Clark,  Polly  Clark,  Betsey  Lamper, 
Emeline  Dearborn,  Theodate  Hobbs,  Isaac  Hobbs,  Mrs  Susan  Hobbs,  Hannah 
Frost,  Maria  I.  Clark,  in  1836;  Jeremiah  G.  Leavitt,  Catherine  H.  Leavitt, 
Ruth  Atkinson,  Sally  Buzzell,  Mary  Dearborn,  Daniel  S.  Wentworth,  Rebecca 
Wentworth,  Nancy  Palmer,  Theodate  M.  Brown,  Mary  Lamper,  Samuel  Lord, 
Comfort  Hobbs,  John  S.  Dearborn,  Esther  Gilman,  Eunice  F.  Sayward,  in 
1837;  Hannah  M.  Hobbs,  in  1838;  James  Champion,  Betsey  Champion,  Levi 
Champion,  Nancy  Champion,  Abigail  Drake,  Sophia  P.  Leavitt,  George  Lord. 
Sarah  F.  Lord,  Frances  Lord,  Joseph  Philbrick,  James  W.  Leavitt,  Abram  B. 
Lord.  Mrs  Susan  Lord,  Elizabeth  Leavitt,  Elizabeth  Lamper,  in  1839;  Jane 
Hobbs  and  Lucy  Hobbs,  in  1840;  Elizabeth  L.  Hobbs,  in  1849;  Harriet  Keoy, 
in  1855;  Ellen  Dearborn,  in  1856. 

Original  Members. — -Weare  Drake,  Nathan  Brown,  Simon  Philbrick, 
Josiah  Dearborn,  John  Drake,  Joseph  Palmer,  Morris  Hobbs,  John  Lamper. 
Comfort  Lamper,  Huldah  Drake,  Anna  Drake,  Abigail  Hobbs,  Sally  Lamper, 
Theodate  Brown,  Polly  Doe.  Weare  Drake  was  chosen  deacon  at  the 
organization. 

For  many  years  past  the  church  had  no  regular  pastor.  Some  years  since 
Rev.  Henry  F.  Snow,  Freewill  Baptist,  preached  here  and  at  Effingham  Falls 
on  the  same  day  for  several  years.  The  church  is  feeble  in  numbers,  but 
holds  its  visibility. 

First   Freewill  Baptist   Church.  —  The  organization  of  this  church  was  the 


History   of   Carroll   County. 


result  o\'  a  religious  reformation  which  took  place  in  1824.  On  July  1  of 
that  year  Mr  Joseph  Davis  was  ordained,  the  ordination  council  consisting 
of  Elders  John  Buzzell,  Samuel  Burbank,  Mayhew  Clark,  David  Elkins, 
James  Sawyer,  and  Elias  Libby.  February  9,  1825,  a  church  was  organized 
by  Elders  John  Buzzell  and  Elias  Libbey;  Elder  Joseph  Davis  was  chosen 
pastor:  John  G.  Tuttle,  church  clerk;  Samuel  Greenlief,  deacon.  Members 
at  organization  were  :  Frederick  Cate,  Samuel  Tuttle,  Wentvvorth  M.  Burleigh, 
Henry  Bickford,  John  G.  Tuttle,  Thomas  Frost,  James  B.  Gile,  Jacob  Tuttle, 
John  L.  Davis,  John  E.  Buzzell,  Betsey  Demeritt,  Lydia  Cate,  Sally  Burleigh, 
Sally  Tuttle,  Julia  Taylor,  Betsey  Small,  Mary  Brackett,  Mary  Jane  Gile, 
Elanor  Gile,  Olive  Davis,  Olive  White,  Sarah  Frost,  Judith  Dearborn, 
Abigail  Greenlief,  Nancy  Bickford,  Hannah  Champion,  Mary  Davis. 

A  house  of  worship  was  built  in  1833,  which  has  always  been  known 
as  the  Davis  meeting-house. 

The  pastors  have  been :  Joseph  Davis,  A.  W.  Hobbs,  Nahum  Foss,  Moses 
Hanson,  J.  W.  Nichols,  John  Chick,  Cumins  Paris,  John  P.  Stinchfield,  Moses 
Folsom,  E.  K.  Amazeen,  J.  L.  De  Mott,  Henry  F.  Snow. 

Second  Freewill  Baptist  Church  is  at  Lord's  hill.  This  was  organized 
iiL  1838  by  Elders  John  Buzzell  and  Hosea  Quimby.  The  members  when 
organized  were :  Abraham  Marston,  Abram  F.  Marston,  Mary  L.  Marston, 
Abigail  Marston,  Mrs  Polly  Marston,  John  Leavitt  and  wife,  Jeremiah  Leavitt 
and  wife,  Andrew  Wetherby  and  wife,  Moris  Brown  and  wife,  Jeremiah 
Hobbs,  Hannah  Hobbs,  Abigail  Hobbs,  Betsey  Hobbs,  Susan  White. 

The  meetings  were  held  in  the  academy  until  1846,  when  a  church  was 
built.  The  builders  were  Samuel  Lord,  Frederick  Lord,  John  L.  Marston, 
John  C.  Leavitt,  2d,  and  Jonathan  Hobbs.  The  pastors  have  been  Moses 
M.  Smart,  Hosea  Quimby,  Porter  S.  Burbank,  Orren  B.  Cheney,  Nahum 
Foss,  Levi  Brackett,  J.  M.  L.  Babcock,  Henry  F.  Snow,  A.  D.  Fairbanks, 
Lewis  W.  Gowen,  Thomas  F.  Millit,  Uriah  Chase,  John  P.  Stinchfield,  Levi 
H.  Winslow,  William  H.  Trafton. 

The  Third  Freewill  Baptist  Church  was  at  Effingham  Falls,  and  was  organ- 
ized in  1*4:!  by  Elders  Oliver  Butler  and  Moses  M.  Smart.  Members  at 
organization  were:  Benjamin  Leavitt,  Samuel  Lord,  James  M.  Leavitt, 
Thomas  J.  Leavitt,  John  Demeritt,  William  T.  Howard,  Betsey  Hodgdon, 
M.  S.  Butler,  Hannah  Leavitt,  Betsey  Demeritt,  Meriam  Lord,  Mary  Howard, 
Susan   Leavitt,  Eunice  Huckins,  Abigail  Witherell. 

Their  house  of  worship  was  erected  in  1842.  Pastors:  Oliver  Butler, 
Enoch  T.  Prescott,  Moses  Hanson,  Nahum  Foss,  John  Chick,  Lemuel  A. 
Jones.  J.  L.  De   Mott,  E.  K.  Amazeen,  Henry  F.  Snow. 

Calvinist  Baptist  Church.  Drake's  Corner.  —  This  church  was  organized, 
August  ±1.  1807,  by  Rev.  Wentworth  Lord,  of  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  and  Rev. 
Stephen    Webber,  of    Limington,  Maine,  at  the   house  of    Jacob   Mills.     The 


Town   of    Effing b  \m.  :,:, I 

members  at  its  organization   were:    Jacob    Mills  and    wife,  John  Seavey  and 
wife,  Nicholas   Blaisdell,  Libbeus   Blossom  and   wife,   Elizabeth   Burns,    Betsey 
Cushing,  Nanc}   Mills,  Mehitable  Mills,  Abigail   Moulton,  Thomas   Lord,   I 
Lord,    John    Mills.    Sally     Mills.    Sukey     Mills.    Samuel     Lovering,    Susannah 

Lovering,  John   Drake,  P0II3    Drake,  Sally  Champion,  Ji Gentleman,   I 

Meloon,  Hannah  Bryant,  Joseph  Drake.  Lucy  Drake.  A.bram  Drake,  Susannah 
Drake,  Mary  Dearborn,  Lydia  Davis,  and  Sarah  Wedgwood.  The  firs*  house 
of  worship  was  built  in  18ii2.  This  house  was  built  in  the  style  common  in 
those  days  with  square  pews  and  galleries  on  three  sides.  It  was  torn  doWn 
and  a  new  house  buill  in  L844.  This  house  was  rebuilt  and  remo'deled  in  1880. 
Pastors:  Levi  Chadborn,  1810-17;  Samuel  Cook,  1821-27;  Gideon  Cook, 
1828-32;  Eaton  Mason.  L834 ;  Eleazar  Robbins,  1835-38;  J.  M.  Coburn, 
L839-44;  William  Slason,  Is4."»-I7:  Titus  Merriman,  1848-49;  Noah 
Hooper,  1851-52;  L.  S.  Tripp.  1853-54;  Charles  W.  Broadbent,  1855-56; 
Samuel  L.  White.  1859-61;  Elbridge  Pepper,  1861-63;  Charles  D.  Sweat. 
1864;  Horace  Perkins,  1865-66  ;  Nathaniel  Melcher,  1867-68;  J.  M.  Coburn, 
1ST'):  William  M.  Hathorn,  1880;  William  H.  Trafton,  1887-88. 

Schools.  —  The  early  settlers  of  Effingham  belonged  to  that  class  of  people 
who  realized  that  if  they  successfully  founded  a  town  they  must  cultivate  the 
mind  as  well  as  the  soil.  And  from  the  very  first,  money  was  appropriated  for 
the  support  of  the  church  and  the  school.  In  the  early  days  of  this  town's 
existence,  a  large  per  cent,  of  the  money  raised  by  taxation  was  for  these 
purposes,  as  shown  by  the  town  treasurer's  accounts,  namely:  — 

1790.     Lieutenant  Joseph  Drake,  Collector,  Dr. 

3.  .1. 

To  tax  on  inhabitants 1!)      1  1 

,,      on  non-residents 5     18  24 

,,      for  schooling     7     17  4 

,,      for  preaching    4       1  '.>.'. 

17'.)7.     Abraham  Drake,  Collector,  Dr. 

To  tax  on  non-residents     $3.50 

,,      on  Inhabitants  for  town  and  county    :>3.iil 

,,      for  preaching  the  Gospel     55.50 

,.      for  schooling   60. 1:5 

The  charter  specified  that  one  share,  or  one  one-hundredth  part  of  the  town, 
should  he  used  for  the  support  of  schools.  This  share  was  set  apart  for  that 
purpose.  At  a  town-meeting  held  March  11,  180:!.  the  town  voted  to  raise  the 
sum  of  forty  dollars  annually,  forever,  for  these  school  lots,  and  since  then  the 
selectmen  have  added  each  year  that  sum  to  the  assessment  for  the  support  of 
schools.     May  12,  17K6,  the  following  vote  was  passed  : 

"To  build  a  school  house  Is  ft.  \  24  It.,  to  stand  on  the  southeasterly 
comer  id'  Josiah  Wedgw l*s  land,  it  being  Lot  No.  93,  in  the  most  convenienl 


552  History  of  Carroll  County. 


place  on  the  road  leading  from  Weare  Drake's  house  to  the  Mills."  This  was 
the  first  schoolhouse  built  in  town,  and  probably  stood  near  where  the  school- 
house  at  Drake's  Corner  now  stands.  The  next  was  at  Lord's  Corner,  and 
stood  in  the  corner  of  the  road  nearly  in  front  of  Samuel  Q.  Dearborn's.  It 
was  probably  built  not  many  years  after  that  at  Drake's  Corner,  for  in  1816  1  it 
was  abandoned  and  a  new  one  built  near  where  James  Bean  Leavitt  now  lives. 
The  third  schoolhouse  stood  near  where  John  Bryant  now  lives,  but  was  after- 
ward moved  to  near  Joseph  S.  Smith's,1  but  the  date  of  its  erection  is  not 
known. 

As  early  as  179o  there  were  as  many  as  five-school  districts  in  town. 

These  items  from  the  town  treasurer's  accounts  show  wages  and  price 
of  board. 

1790,  Aug.  23.     By  paying  Mr.  Nathan  Muzzy  for  four  sabbaths  preaching  and  one 
months  schooling  in  said  Effingham  £5  14s. 

Nov.  20.     By  paying  John  Hart  for  one  months  schooling  — 19  bushels  corn £2  17s. 

1791.  By  paying  James  Hart  24  bushels  Indian  corn  or  3  pounds  12  shilling  in  part 
for  keeping  school. 

1795.     Paid  Isaac  Lord,  keeping  school  one  month  $11.55 

1798.     Paid  Josiah  Wedgwood  for  boarding  school  master  8  weeks    $9.00 

Mar  15  1799.     Paid   Suky  Lougee  for  keeping  school  two  months  third  and  fourth 

districts $7.00 

Paid  Jonathan  Hobbs  Jr,  boarding  Suky  Lougee  two  months,  3  and  4  Dist $5.33 

Higher  Schools. — In  1836  the  building  erected  by  Weare  Drake  for  a  store 
at  Drake's  Corner  was  fitted  up  as  an  academy,  and  a  school  organized  as  the 
Carroll  Literary  Institute.  The  first  teacher  was  Rev.  J.  Milton  Coburn. 
This  school  was  in  successful  operation  for  a  number  of  years  under  different 
teachers,  among  whom  were  Andrew  Walch,  E.  G.  Dalton,  John  P.  Marshall, 
Enoch  P.  Fessenden,  and  James  E.  Kaime. 

In  the  fall  of  1861  the  New  England  Masonic  Charitable  Institute  was 
opened  in  the  masonic  temple.  This  building  had  just  been  completed,  and 
cdiit ained  besides  the  masonic  hall,  fine  schoolrooms.  The  first  term  com- 
menced with  fifty-five  students  under  these  instructors :  Rev.  Elbridge  Pepper, 
a.m.,  principal;  Miss  Fannie  C.  Davis,  preceptress;  Miss  Exa  L.  Drake, 
instructress  upon  pianoforte;  Joseph  P.  Emerson,  vocal  music.  In  1862  J.  H. 
Jackson,  A.B.,  was  principal  and  Mrs  C.  M.  Jackson,  preceptress.  The  whole 
number  d'  students  during  the  year  was  146.  In  the  fall  of  1862  Aretas  G. 
Barker,  a.i:.,  became  principal;  Miss  M.  M.  Barker,  preceptress;  Frank  K. 
Hobbs  and  Exa  L.  Drake,  assistants.  Joseph  P.  Emerson  taught  vocal  music; 
Miss  Huldah  L.  Drake,  drawing;  C.  C.  Dunnels,  penmanship.  The  number 
of  students  for  the  year  was  one  hundred  and  eighty.  The  institute  was 
under  the  instruction  of  Mr  Barker  until  1867.     In  1868  Rev.  Nathaniel  Mel- 

lJ.  Dearborn  Leavitt'a  record. 


Town   op   Effingham.  558 


cher,  a.i;.,  was  principal.  The  orphan  children  of  members  of  the  masonic 
fraternity  were  admitted  to  this  school  free.  For  several  years  there  has  been 
no  school  there. 

Effingham  Union  Academy  al  Lord's  Corner  was  incorporated  June  L8, 
1819.  An  academy  building  was  erected  and  dedicated  in  September,  L820. 
The  first  preceptor  was  Rev.  Thomas  Jameson,  who  received  as  salary  four 
hundred  dollars  and  his  hoard,  for  teaching  and  preaching  in  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  per  year.  This  was  a  very  successful  and  popular  school.  There 
was  al  that  time  no  acadenrj  nearer  than  Fryeburg,  Maine.  Mr  Jameson  con- 
tinued as  preceptor  for  about  ten  years.  It  was  in  this  academy  in  1830  that 
.lames  W .  Bradbury,3  of  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  taught  what  is  believed  to  have 
been  the  first  normal  school  taught  in  New  England. 

"He  would  take  the  school  only  on  condition  that  it  should  be  for  the 
instruction  and  training  of  teachers.  The  idea  was  his  own,  and  at  the  time 
entirely  novel.  No  such  school  is  known  to  have  antedated  it,  and  few  have 
been  more  successful."2 

This  school  was  kept  up  until  the  year  184;").  Among  the  teachers  were  : 
John  T.  Parsons,  Peter  Folsom,  John  Mordoiigh,  Joseph  Burrows,  Joseph  Gar- 
land, and  Simeon  Pease.  The  academy  building  was  afterwards  remodeled, 
and  is  now  used  as  the  district  schoolhouse.  Amount  appropriated  for  public 
schools:  1800,  1124.18;  1810,  $300;  1820,  1418.60;  1830,1524;  1850,  $625.80 ; 
1860,-1578;  1870,  $707.20 ;  1880,11,018.69;  1888,1920.04. 

Physicians. —  In  the  town's  early  days  it  was  necessary  to  send  a  long 
distance  for  the  doctor  (sometimes  to  Hampton).  The  first  settled  physician 
was  William  Taylor,  M.D.,  who  was  born  in  North  Hampton  in  1761,  and 
married  Mehitahle  Low,  of  Stratham.  He  studied  medicine  with  I)r  Levi 
Dearborn,  of  North  Hampton,  and  moved  to  Effingham  in  1785;  he  practised 
here  successfully  until  1800,  when  he  moved  to  Parsonsfield,  Maine.  From 
1800  to  1817  several  physicians  were  here  for  a  short  time.  The  inventory 
records  from  1802  to  1809  show  the  name  of  Dr  Benjamin  Taylor,  a  brother 
of  William  Taylor. 

Erastus  Freeman,  m.i>.,  practised  in  1805-07.  He  received  his  education  in 
Scotland,  and  is  said  to  have  been  a  line  scholar  and  a  skilful  surgeon.  He 
married  Mary  Palmer,  of  Effingham.  When  he  left  Effingham,  the  manner  of 
his  going  was  characteristic  of  the  man.  He  left  home  on  horseback  to  attend 
town-meeting,  but  was  never  seen  again.  A  Dr  Tibbetts  from  Brookfield  prac- 
tised two  years  about  the  same  time,  and  also  a  Dr  Chellis  from  Newfield, 
Maine.  Dr  Theophilus  Doe  commenced  practice  here  about  1818,  remaining 
hut  a  short  time. 

David  Libby,  m.d.,  a  physician  of  good  repute,  came  from  Wolfeborough  in 
1817,  remained  three  years,  and  returned  to  Wolfeborough. 

i Afterward  United  States  senator  from  Maine. 

•  History  of  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  by  J.  W.  Dearborn,  m.d. 


554  History  of   Carroll   County. 

Dr  David  Weld  Clark  was  born  in  Sturbridge,  Mass.,  May  20,  1779,  and 
was  schooled  at  his  native  place.  He  married  Mary  Snow,  of  Greenwich, 
Mass.,  February  11,  1802.  They  journeyed  to  Effingham  on  horseback,  where 
he  remained  one  year,  boarding  with  the  elder  Colonel  Carr  Leavitt.  He  lived 
in  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  from  1803  till  1819,  when  he  returned  to  Effingham 
and  practised  until  his  death  in  1846.  Although  lie  never  graduated,  yet  he 
was  a  skilful  physician,  especially  in  fevers.  He  was  hired  to  attend  spotted 
fever  in  Gilmanton  by  the  month. 

Ebenezer  Wilkinson,  M.D.,  came  in  1828,  practised  for  eight  years  and 
moved  to  Tamworth. 

David  W.  Stickney,  M.D.,  born  in  Sandwich,  practised  in  Effingham  in 
1838. 

A  Dr  Smith  from  Vermont  was  in  practice  a  short  time  in  1842.  He  later 
went  to  Manchester. 

Dr  Orren  S.  Sanders,  a  native  of  Epsom,  after  a  very  thorough  medical 
education,  was  graduated  in  1843  from  Vermont  Medical  College.  The  same 
year  he  married  Drusilla,  daughter  of  Silas  M.  and  Huldah  Morse,  of  Effing- 
ham, and  at  once  located  and  practised  his  profession  here  until  June,  1847. 
In  November,  1848,  he  went  to  Boston,  where  he  has  since  had  a  large  and 
successful  practice,  and  is  a  prominent  homoeopathic  physician. 

Seth  S.  Jones,  M.D.,  came  from  Bradford  in  1849,  practised  three  years, 
and  returned. 

John  Blackmer,  M.D.,  a  native  of  Plymouth,  Mass.,  after  a  collegiate 
course  at  Brown  University,  R.  I.,  was  graduated  from  the  medical  department 
of  Harvard  University  in  1854,  and  soon  after  commenced  practice  at  Effing- 
ham, and  remained  five  years.  Since  that  time  he  has  been  assistant  physician 
in  the  hospital  for  the  insane  at  Augusta,  Maine ;  McLean  Asylum,  Somerville, 
Mass. ;  during  the  war  he  held  high  rank  as  surgeon  in  the  navy.  He 
practised  in  Centre  Sandwich  eight  years.  In  1872,  1873,  and  1874,  he  was 
Prohibition  candidate  for  governor.  He  is  now  located  in  Springfield,  Mass., 
and  besides  his  professional  duties  has  been  editor  of  The  Domestic  Journal  for 
eight  years,  and  is  now  the  Prohibition  candidate  for  governor  of  Massachu- 
setts.    He  married  Ellen  S.,  only  daughter  of  John  S.  Dearborn,  of  Effingham. 

Jeremiah  W.  Dearborn,  son  of  John  and  Sally  (Wadleigh)  Dearborn,  was 
born  in  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  May  2,  1832 ;  studied  medicine  with  Doctors 
Moses  and  John  B.  Sweat,  and  graduated  March  26,  1857,  at  Michigan  Univer- 
sity. He  commenced  practice  at  East  Parsonsfield,  where  he  remained  two 
years,  then  moved  to  Effingham,  where  he  practised  for  sixteen  years  ;  then  in 
Freedom  for  one  year,  and  returned  then  back  to  Parsonsfield.  He  married 
Mary  G.  Smart  in  1853.  He  was  a,  member  of  the  Maine  senate  in  1880,  a 
trustee  of  Maine  General  Hospital,  and  for  three  years  a  trustee  of  Maine 
Insane  Hospital.     He  has  a  very  extended  practice,  and  is  much  employed  as  a 


Town   of   Effingham.  555 


consulting  physician.  As  a  surgeon  he  stands  without  an  equal  in  a  large 
area.     He  lias  recently  published  an  elaborate  history  of  Parsonsfield. 

Dr  Albert  N".  Gould,  born  at  Berwick,  Maine,  .lime  21,  L847,  fitted  for 
college  al  Great  Falls  and  South  Berwick,  graduated  Prom  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Dartmouth  in  L872,  and  located  at  Centre  Effingham  in  L875,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  He  was  one  of  the  censors  of  Carroll  County  Medical 
Society  at  its  reorganization.  His  great-grandfather,  Edward  Nason,  was  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolution,  under  Arnold  in  the  invasion  of  Canada,  and  Wash- 
ington at  tlic  siege  of  Yorktown  and  surrender  of  Cornwallis. 

Physicians  born  in  town.  —  For  Daniel  Hobbs,  see  Madison.  A.sahel  Dear- 
born, M.D.,  s.m  of  Asalicl  and  Elizabeth  (Drake)  Dearborn,  was  born  May  6, 
1798;  died  October,  1848.  He  married  Louisa  Dalton,  of  Parsonsfield,  and 
graduated  in  medicine  in  Philadelphia.  He  first  located  at  Lord's  Hill,  but 
afterward  moved  to  Drake's  Corner,  and  from  there  to  Hampton  in  L839;  then 
to  Portsmouth,  where  he  remained  a  few  years  and  returned  to  Effingham, 
where  he  practised  till  Ins  death  in  1848. 

Carr  L.  Drake,  m.i>.,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Leavitt)  Drake,  was  born 
July  19,  1798.  He  was  educated  at  the  academies  in  Effingham,  Fryeburg, 
and  Limerick,  Maine  ;  read  medicine  with  doctors  Libbey  and  Clark,  of 
Effingham,  and  Dr  Bradbury,  of  Parsonsfield,  Maine;  married,  July  5,  1821, 
Margaret  Titcomb,  of  Effingham.  He  practised  here  three  years,  then  moved 
tn  Tamworth,  where  he  practised  for  seventeen  years;  then  to  Ossipee  for  four 
-  :  then  to  Effingham,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  October  24,  1869. 
His  wife  is  Living,  aged  eighty-eight  years. 

Joseph  Huntress,  m.i>..  son  of  Samuel  and  Huldah  (Leavitt)  Huntress, 
received  his  education  at  Effingham  academy  (Lord's  Hill);  read  medicine 
with  Dr  Calvin  Topliff,  of  Freedom,  and  graduated  from  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Dartmouth.  He  commenced  practice  in  Tamworth;  was  assistant 
surgeon  in  hospitals  near  Washington  during  the  war;  practised  medicine 
in  Washington  after  the  war,  then  returned  to  Tamworth,  then  moved  to 
Sandwich. 

Joseph  II.  Warren,  M.D.,  son  of  Joseph  Warren  and  Caroline  (Huckins) 
Warren,  is  a  resident  of  Boston,  where  he  has  attained  to  eminence  in  his 
profession.  Samuel  Otis  Clark,  son  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Dearborn)  Clark, 
was  horn  June  23,1828;  educated  at  the  Carroll  Literary  Institute  ;  entered 
Dartmouth  in  1846;  studied  with  Dr  S.  S.  Jones,  and  was  graduated  from 
Vermont  State  Medical  School  in  1853.  He  married  Eliza  Ann  Moore  in 
L857;  commenced  practice  in  Newfield,  Maine:  remained  there  twelve  years, 
and  since  has  been  in  successful  practice  in  Limerick,  Maine. 

James  M.  Leavitt,  M.D.,  son  of  James  B.  and  Mary  (Lainper)  Leavitt,  was 
born  July  2"',  1852.  Receiving  his  education  at  Centre  Effingham  and  North 
Parsonsfield,  .Maine,  seminary,  he   lead  medicine  with    Dr  J.  W.  Dearborn,  and 


556  History   of   Carroll  County. 

was  graduated  from  Bowdoin  Medical  School  in  June,  1878.  He  married 
E.  E.  Leavitt,  of  South  Boston,  Mass.,  June  1,  1881,  and  has  been  in  practice 
from  the  first  at  Lord's  Hill  (the  place  of  his  birth),  where  he  has  a  successful 
practice.  He  is  a  member  of  Carroll  County  Medical  Society,  and  United 
States  medical  examiner  for  invalid  pensions  for  Carroll  county. 

George  W.  Lougee,  m.d.,  son  of  Sylvester  T.  and  Ruhamah  (Burleigh) 
Lougee,  was  horn  June  3,  1859.  He  attended  town  schools,  high  school  at 
Chelsea,  Mass.,  and  Parsonsfleld  seminary;  graduated  from  Bowdoin  Medical 
School  in  1883;  and  married,  in  1886,  Edith,  daughter  of  Dr  A.  D.  Merrow. 
He  resides  and  practises  in  Freedom.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Medical  Society  and  coroner  for  Carroll  county. 

Frank  T.  Lougee,  M.D.,  a  brother  of  George,  was  born  September,  1862. 
He  attended  the  town  schools,  and  was  three  years  at  Parsonsfleld  seminary, 
graduating  from  the  medical  department  of  Dartmouth  in  1886.  He  lives  in 
Lynn,  Mass.  He  married,  May,  1889,  Elva  N.  Staples,  daughter  of  Rev.  L.  T. 
Staples,  of  Parsonsfleld. 

Olin  M.  Drake,  m.d.,  son  of  Cyrus  K.  and  Lucinda  (Morse)  Drake,  was 
born  April  26,  1847.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr  O.  S.  Sanders  in  Boston ; 
graduated  at  a  homoeopathic  college  in  Philadelphia  in  1879 ;  and  married  Mary 
Whiting,  of  Ellsworth,  Maine,  where  he  located  and  is  in  successful  practice. 

Thomas  N.  Drake,  m.d.,  brother  of  Olin  M.,  was  born  May  14,  1858; 
studied  medicine  with  Dr  Olin  M.  Drake ;  graduated  from  Hahneman  college, 
Philadelphia,  in  1884 ;  married  Florence  E.  Thomson,  of  Pittsfield,  Maine, 
March  3,  1887  ;  and  is  now  in  practice  in  Pittsfield. 

J.  Starr  Barker,  m.d.,  son  of  Aretus  G.  and  Exa  L.  (Drake)  Barker,  was 
born  February  26,  1866;  studied  with  Dr  S.  S.  Stearns,  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  graduated  from  Howard  University,  Washington,  D.  C,  March,  1889. 

Sheriff.  —  Andrew  J.  Milliken,  sheriff  of  Carroll  county,  is  son  of  Thomas 
ami  Mary  A.  (Wedgwood)  Milliken,  of  Effingham,  where  he  was  born  August 
8,  1833.  lit;  received  the  school  advantages  of  Effingham  and  Parsonsfleld 
seminary,  and  was  a  farmer  until  1865,  when  he  moved  to  Newfield,  Maine, 
and  was  a  merchant.  In  1867  he  moved  to  Wakefield,  where  he  has  been 
in  trade  until  recently.  He  was  selectman  of  Effingham  in  1857-59  and 
1863-64 ;  representative  in  1861-62,  and  deputy  sheriff  from  1874  to  1883, 
when  he  was  elected  sheriff,  and  has  held  the  office  since  by  successive 
reelections. 

Francisco  Weston  Barker  was  born  April  17,  1846,  in  Lovell,  Oxford 
County,  Maine,  son  of  John  and  Selina  (Little)  Barker.  He  enlisted  before 
he  was  eighteen  years  old,  March  10,  1864,  in  Company  B,  Thirty-second  Maine 
Volunteers,  and  took  part  in  the  battles  at  North  Anna  river,  Cold  Harbor, 
Petersburg,  June  15  and  16;  July  30  (explosion  of  mine);  Pegram  farm, 
September    30,    1864 ;    and   the    capture    of    Petersburg,    April    2,    1865.     He 


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Town   of   Effingham.  557 


came  to  Effingham  in  the  fall  of  L865,  attended  school  al  the  X.  E.  M.  C. 
Institute;  and  became  a  fanner,  lie  married,  November  17.  1872,  Lucretia 
M.  Marston,  of  Effingham.      They  have  one  child,   Kate   E.,  born    November 

6,    1ST:',. 

Mr  Barker  ia  Republican -in  polities,  and  served  as  selectman  in  lv7|->.  L881, 
and  1882;  on  school  committee  for  several  years,  and  is  a  member  of  the  pres- 
ent board  of  education.  He  was  appointed  town  treasurer  in  .June  1889,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  constitutioDal  convention  in  L889.  In  all  his  official 
relations  he  has  been  a  careful  and  diligent  custodian  of  the  interests  entrusted 
to  him,  and  intelligently  discharged  his  duties,  lie  is  a  natural  historian;  and, 
although  the  town  records  were  hut  recently  burned,  "from  people,  monuments, 
stones,  hooks,  and  memoranda^  lie  has  gathered  and  preserved  much  from  the 
deluge  of  time"  in  the  history  of  Effingham  in  this  volume,  and  deserves  the 
thanks  of  his  townsmen  for  his  work  so  meritoriously  done.  —  [EDITOR. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCH. 


JOHN   DEMERITT.i 

Tin-.  Demeritts  belong  to  the  old  families  in  the  state.  They  are  of 
English  descent  and  emigrated  to  this  country  prior  to  the  Revolution,  in 
which  struggle  they  took  part.  Some  of  the  name  settled  at  Dover,  in  thai 
part  now  Madburv.  In  1733  John  Demeritt  was  a  large  landholder  in 
Dover,  and  ".John  Demeritt  was  chosen  the  first  representative  to  the 
general  assembly  held  at  Exeter  in  December,  1776,"  from  .Madbury.  He  was 
probably  the  ancestor  of  the  family  in  Effingham. 

John  Demeritt  was  horn  in  Ossipee,  July  21,  1813  ;  died  at  Effingham  Falls, 
June  7,  1883,  and  was  the  son  of  John  and  Betsey  (Leavitt)  Demeritt,  and  the 
eldest  of  eight  children.  While  he  was  quite  small  his  father  moved  into 
Effingham,  and  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Effingham  Falls. 

The  only  educational  advantages  which  he  enjoyed  were  a  few  short  terms 
of  the  district  school,  which  he  attended  before  he  was  sixteen  years  old,  when 
his  father  was  drowned  while  driving  logs  on  Pine  river,  only  a  short  distance 
from  the  place  where  his  brother  Daniel  was  drowned  four  years  previous. 
This  brought  the  care  and  support  of  his  mother,  brothers,  and  sister  in  a  g 
measure  upon  him.  In  this  school  of  adversity  and  necessity  he  received 
lessons  of  greal  value  to  him  in  after  life.  He  went  to  his  task  with  that 
determination  which  meant  success  and  was  a  leading  characteristic  of  his  life. 

1  By  F.  W.  Barker. 


558  History   of   Carroll   County. 


He  kept  the  family  united  until  all  were  grown  to  manhood.  They  lived 
and  worked  together,  and  had  all  matters  of  business  in  common.  They  cut 
oak  timber,  made  it  into  shook,  and  drew  them  to  Portland,  where  they  were 
exchanged  for  dry  goods,  groceries,  etc.,  which  they  brought  to  their  store  at 
the  Falls.  In  1861,  all  the  brothers  except  the. youngest  having  died,  they 
made  a   division  of  the  property  and  thereafter  lived  separately. 

From  1838  until  his  death  Mr  Demeritt  was  engaged  in  trading  and 
lumbering.  For  seventeen  years  he  was  associated  with  Josiah  Thurston,  of 
Freedom,  in  operating  timber  lots,  and  from  1863  to  1868  he  was  engaged  with 
his  son  John  L.  in  the  manufacture  of  heading-shooks. 

In  polities  Mr  Demeritt  was  born  and  bred  a  Democrat,  but  followed  the 
had  of  John  P.  Hale  into  the  Freesoil,  or  Abolition,  party.  He  became  a 
Republican  upon  the  organization  of  that  party  and  was  an  earnest  supporter 
of  its  principles.  He  was  a  firm  friend  of  the  colored  man,  and  many  a  one 
has  been  assisted  by  him  on  his  way  to  Canada,  through  the  medium  of  the 
great  underground  railroad.  He  took  an  active  part  in  local  political  affairs, 
and  was  several  times  elected  one  of  the  selectmen.  He  was  also  town  agent 
for  the  prosecution  of  frauds  in  the  management  of  town  affairs  during  the 
war.  In  this  investigation  he  displayed  his  usual  firmness  and  perseverance, 
carrying  these  suits  to  a  successful  termination,  and  bringing  back  into  the 
town  treasury  a  considerable  sum  which  had  been  unlawfully  taken  from  it. 

He  represented  Effingham  in  the  legislature  of  1868,  and  was  the  prime 
mover  in  establishing  the  Ossipee  Valley  Ten-cent  Savings  Bank  at  Freedom 
and  procured  its  charter  from  the  legislature.  He  also  obtained  the  passage  of 
the  law  placing  the  support  of  insane  criminals  upon  the  state,  thus  relieving 
Effingham  of  the  support  of  Samuel  Frost,  who  had  been  sentenced  to  the 
insane  asylum  for  life  for  the  murder  of  William  H.  Day.  He  held  the  office 
of  deputy  sheriff  under  appointments  from  Enoch  Rernick,  Charles  H.  Parker, 
and  Leavitt  H.  Eastman,  and  was  appointed  sheriff  by  Governor  Person  C. 
Cheney,  and  held  the  office  until  the  elections  were  changed  from  annual  to 
biennial. 

In  religion  he  was  a  Freewill  Baptist,  and  one  of  the  original  members  of 
the  church  at  Effingham  Falls,  and  contributed  liberally  towards  the  building 
of  its  house  of  worship.  He  was  a  member  of  Carroll  lodge,  A.  F.  and  A.  M., 
Freedom. 

In  187S  and  1<ST(.»  Mr  Demeritt,  while  acting  as  agent  of  the  Saco  Water 
Power  Company,  built  the  canal  at  Effingham  Falls.  In  this  he  was  under  the 
supervision  of  Hon.  William  P.  Haines,  agent  of  the  Pepperell  and  Laconia 
corporations,  Biddeford,  Maine,  and  Thomas  Quinby,  Esq.  (father  of  Hon. 
Henry  B.  Quinby,  of  Lake  Village),  agent  of  the  Saco  Water  Power  Com- 
pany. This  canal  is  bnill  through  the  site  of  the  old  ironworks  on  the  upper 
falls,  and  is  about  fifty  rods  in   length,  and   from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  feet  in 


'I'<»wn   of    Effingham. 


depth.  By  ii  the  fall  in  the  river  is  overcome,  and  the  water  can  be  drawn  to 
a  Level  of  the  water  in  the  eddj  belovi  the  falls,  which  will  Lower  the  water  in 
<  tesipee  lake  and  its  tributaries  about  six  feet.  A  dam  is  built  at  the  head  of 
the  canal  in  which  are  six  gates,  each  six  by  twenty-four 

Mr  Demeritl  married  Huldah  L.,  daughter  of  Dearborn  and  Sarah 
(Leavitt)  Davis,  born  September  30,  L811,  and  died  January  22,  L875.  The\ 
had  five  children :  AJbronia  L.,  born  April  Is,  1837 ;  John  L,  born  October  5, 
L840 ;  Sarah  A.,  born  June  26,  L842;  Mary  E.,  born  November  24,  1847; 
Lucy   C,  born  June  24,   L851.     Of  these  John    L.  is  the  only  survivor. 

Mr  Demeritl  was  a  kind  and  obliging  neighbor,  equally  firm  in  his  friend- 
ships and  enmities,  and  although  quick  to  resent  infringemenl  on  his  rights,  he 
was  always  ready  to  overlook  grievances  and  rectify  errors.  Impetuous  and 
nerous  to  a  fault,  he  could  acquire  better  than  save.  He  never  resorted  to 
questionable  methods,  uor  took  advantage  of  any  one  in  matters  of  business. 
lie  did  not  value  money  except  for  its  use,  and  any  worthy  person  or  objeel 
found  him  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand.  For  his  qualities  of  hear!  and  mind 
he  owed  much  to  the  training-  of  a  Christian  mother,  and  his  care  for  her  was 
the  just  pride  of  his  later  years.  He  was  fond  of  argument,  and  generally 
carried  his  point  by  logical  presentation  of  facts.  In  all  the  positions  he  was 
called  to  till,  he  performed  his  duties  not  only  faithfully,  hut  creditably  both 
to  himself  and  those  who  appointed  him.  lie  was  a  shrewd  business  man  and 
could  carry  out  successfully  a  line  of  action,  opposition  only  serving  to  stimu- 
late him  to  greater  exertion.  He  always  had  the  welfare  of  his  town  and 
neighbors  at  heart   and  could  work  as  hard  for  them  as  for  himself. 


FREEDOM. 


CHAPTER   XLIX. 

Incorporation  —  Description  —  Boundaries  —  Population  —  Freedom  Grange  —  Manufac- 
turing —  Mercantile  Houses  —  Physicians  —  Hon.  Zebulon  Pease  —  Savings  Bank  —  Baptist 
Church  —  Christian  Church. 

FREEDOM  was  originally  incorporated  June  16,  1831,  as  North  Effingham. 
It  embraced  that  portion  of  Effingham  lying  north  of  the  Great  Ossipee 
river.  This  name  was  retained  only  until  December  16,  1832,  when 
it  was  changed  to  Freedom.  The  town  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Eaton 
and  Madison,  on  the  east  by  Porter,  south  by  Effingham,  and  west  by  Ossipee. 
There  is  said  to  be  a  small  island  in  the  Ossipee  river  on  which  is  the  corner 
of  the  towns  of  Effingham  and  Freedom,  Porter,  in  Oxford  county,  Maine, 
and  Parsonsfield,  in  York  county,  Maine.  Ossipee  lake  occupies  the  west 
side  of  the  town,  and  a  lovely  small  sheet  of  water,  Loon  lake,  is  in  the  south- 
eastern part.  Ossipee  river  is  the  only  stream  of  importance.  This  furnishes 
a  moderate  amount  of  water-power.  The  soil  is  mostly  good ;  valuable  for 
tillage  ami  grazing.  The  population  was  910  in  1850,  917  in  1860,  737  in 
1870,  and  750  in  1880.  Freedom  is  devoid  of  railroads,  as  the  much  talked-of 
road  up  the  Ossipee  valley  has  never  been  built.  Its  nearest  station  is  Centre 
Ossipee,  on  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad,  eight  miles  away.  Baldwin  depot 
on  the  Portland  &  Ogdensburgh  railroad  is  thirteen  miles  distant. 

The  town  having  such  a  late  date  of  organization,  its  early  settlement  and 
pioneer  history  is  necessarily  included  in  Effingham,  which  see. 

Freedom  is  a  fine  agricultural  town,  and  intelligence  is  manifested  in 
improving  the  condition  of  land,  cattle,  and  all  branches  of  husbandry.  Per- 
haps no  town  in  the  county  is  doing  more  in  this  direction.  There  were 
produced  in  1889,  18,850  pounds  of  butter,  200  pounds  of  cheese,  615  gallons 
of  milk  sold,  1,312  pounds  of  wool  grown,  45  tons  of  ensilage  fed,  14  tons 
of  fertilizers  bought  and  used,  and  $366  received  from  summer  boarders. 

Freedom  Grange,  No.  139,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  was  organized  March  8, 
1889,  with  fifty-four  members.  This  was  one  of  the  largest  granges  ever 
formed  in  the  state.     The  first  officers  were  :  master,  Alonzo  Towle ;  overseer, 


Town   oe    Freedom.  56] 


S.  W.  Fowler;  Lecturer,  S.  A.  McDaniel ;  steward,  Alonzo  G.  Fowler;  a 
ant  steward,  William  Moulton;  chaplain,  William  Furbush ;  treasurer, 
George  I.  Philbrick;  secretary,  Charles  II.  Andrews;  gate-keeper,  Alonzo 
Pease;  Ceres,  Mrs  Alonzo  Towle;  Pomona,  Mis  Charles  Danforth;  Flora, 
Mrs  Edwin  Perkins;  la<l\  steward,  Miss  Isa  M.  Harmon.  John  W.  Smith 
was  elected  director  of  the  Grange  Fair  Association,  and  Stephen  Danforth 
was  recommended  for  agenl   of  the  Grange   Mutual   Fire   [nsurance  Company. 

Under  the  superintendence  of  the  agricultural  experiment   stati f  the 

state,  each   county  in   tin'  slate  lias  an   acre  i'f  ground   planted  accordi] 
tlie    plan    of   the   stati'   director.     The  aero   in   Carroll    county   is    Located    in 
Freedom,    and    is    in    charge    of   Dr    Alonzo   Towle,    of   the    state    board    of 
agriculture. 

Manufacturing.-  -The  water-power  at  the  village  and  elsewhere  was 
formerly  nsa\  to  carry  quite  extensive  manufacturing.  According  to  Fogg's 
Gazetteer,  1858,  there  were  in  Freedom  four  tanneries,  one  sawmill,  one 
machine-shop,  and  manufactories  of  bedsteads,  carriages,  chairs,  cabinet  ware, 
edge  tools,  and  harnesses.  Since  then  Churchill  &  Bros,  have  manufactured 
Leather,  ( '.  &  0.  Parsons,  bobbins,  while  lumbering  has  been  conducted 
extensively  by  the  Thurston,  Towle,  and  Keneson  families.  In  1879  three 
funis  were  making  sale  clothing,  S.  Danforth  &  Son  and  George  F.  Lord, 
at  the  village,  and  Clark   Brothers  at  Huntress  Bridge. 

Stephen  Danforth  was  the  pioneer  in  what  has  since  become  an  important 
industry.  In  1873,  in  connection  with  his  son,  Pitt  F.,  he  began  the  manufac- 
ture of  sale  clothing.  The  firm  has  ever  been  S.  Danforth  &  Son,  Charles  P. 
Danforth  becoming  a  member  on  the  death  of  his  brother  Pitt  in  1886.  He 
was  later  succeeded  by  another  brother,  John  A.,  who  is  now  in  business 
with  his  father.     They^nake  an  average  of  30,000  pairs  of  pantaloons  a  year. 

E.  P.  Towle  &  Co.  (George  I.  Philbrick)  began  manufacturing  clothing 
in  1880,  and  carry  on  quite  an  extensive  business,  making  up  40,000  pairs 
of  pantaloons  per  annum.  This  article  of  apparel  is  the  only  one  produced 
here.  The  work  is  clone  for  Boston  firms,  who  cut  out  the  cloth  and  forward 
the  unmade  garments  here  to  be  made  up. 

Orren  E.  Drake,  son  of  Cyrus  K.  Drake,  of  Effingham,  is  one  of  the 
heaviest  operators  in  the  making  of  sale  clothing.  He  established  himself 
as  a  manufacturer  in  Freedom  in  the  spring  of  1881.  In  1888  he  made  up 
about  50,000  pairs  of  pantaloons  and  gave  employment  to  about  400  "sewers." 

David  M.  A  Hard  commenced  the  pantaloon  business  in  the  fall  of  ls,-7. 
He   makes   from   ten   to  fifteen   thousand   pairs  a  year. 

James  D.  Foster  began  the  manufacture  of  pantaloons  in  1886,  and  in 
the    Las1    year   has   made    np   aboul    25,000   pairs. 

Charles  P.  Danforth  began  business  for  himself  on  the  \\<st  side  of  the 
bridge    in    lSSX.      lie    makes    up   about   20,000   pairs  of   trowsers   this  year. 


562  History  of   Carroll   County. 

Mercantile  Rouses.  — The  firm  of  E.  P.  Towle  &  Co.  (George  I.  Philbrick), 
general  store,  was  established  in  September,  1879.  The  partners  are  natives 
of  Freedom.  The  business  had  previously  been  carried  on  by  E.  P.  Towle. 
This  is  the  centre  of  commercial  life  in  the  town.  In  this  block  is  not  only 
the  store,  which  contains  the  extremely  neat  postoffice,  but  the  Ossipee  Valley 
Ten-cent  Savings  Bank  and  E.  I.  Towle  &  Co.'s  large  manufacturing  business. 

James  D.  Foster,  born  in  Freedom,  started  a  store  for  the  sale  of  hard  and 
tin  ware,  stoves,  etc.,  in  1859.  The  business  has  attained  quite  a  magnitude 
for  a  small  town,  and  he  has  added  agricultural  machinery  to  his  stock  in 
latter  years. 

George  F.  Huckins,  a  descendant  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Lord  and 
Huckins,  a  native  of  Effingham,  has  been  in  business  as  a  general  trader  since 
1884.     He  has  been  town  clerk  since  March,  1888. 

Orren  E.  Drake  keeps  an  assortment  of  general  merchandise  for  sale  in 
connection  with  manufacturing. 

Mrs  J.  C.  Ferrin  lias  conducted  a  dressmaking  and  millinery  store  since 
1884. 

Arthur  P.  Merrow  came  to  East  Wakefield  from  Maine  in  1882 ;  after 
trading  there  as  a  general  merchant  he  came  here  and  is  now  in  trade. 

Ransellear  Towle  has  kept  a  private  hotel  for  over  thirty  years,  and  is  well 
patronized.  Mr.  Towle  is  one  of  the  representative  men  of  Freedom,  is 
forward  in  all  public  matters,  and  fills  important  positions  ably. 

Physicians.  —  Dr  Calvin  Topliff  was  born  in  Hanover  in  1807,  and 
received  an  excellent  medical  education  for  his  day.  He  began  practice  in 
Alton  in  1829  but  removed  to  Freedom  in  1880  and  was  in  constant  and 
active  demand  as  a  physician  until  his  death  in  1867.  He  was  the  first  master 
of  the  masonic  lodge,  and  was  considered  one  of  the  best  informed  Masons  in 
the  state. 

Frank  Topliff,  son  of  Calvin,  born  in  1840,  was  also  a  physician  ;  he  was 
much  valued  both  for  professional  skill  and  moral  worth.  Prominent  among 
the  physicians  of  the  county  to-day  is  Dr  A.  D.  Merrow.  He  has  a  large  and 
busy  practice,  and  for  some  years  was  president  of  Carroll  County  Medical 
Society. 

Dr  Alonzo  Towle,  son  of  Lovell  and  Mary  Towle,  was  born  in  Freedom, 
February  28,  1844.  He  prepared  for  college  at  New  Hampton  Institution,  and 
was  graduated  from  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  New  York  city,  in 
1869.  He  began  practice  in  Biddeford,  Maine,  and  later  passed  a  year  in 
Europe,  and  resumed  his  profession  in  Maiden,  Mass.  In  1882,  in.  consequence 
of  illness,  he  was  obliged  to  retire  temporarily  from  his  professional  duties, 
and  came  again  to  Freedom.  Dr  Towle  was  a  member  of  Massachusetts 
Medical  Society,  and  is  also  a  member  of  New  Hampshire  State  Board  of 
Agriculture. 


Town   of   Freedom.  553 


Dr  George  W.  Lougee  is  son-in-law  of  Dr  Merrow.  Besides  their  practice 
1  hc\  keep  ilif  \  Lllage  drag-store. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Hobbs  has  been  an  "eclectic"  practitioner  for  Borne  years,  and 

N.  Mr. Mister  is  an  herbal  or  root  doctor. 

Henry  I.  Durgin,  son  of  Joshua  and  Mary  E.  (  Keniston)  Durgin,  was  born 
in  Freedom,  April  21,  L864.  lie  studied  with  Dr  J.  E.  Scruton,  of  Union; 
was  graduated  from  Long  Island  Medical  College  March,  L889,  and  is  now 
Located  at  Newfield,  Maine. 

Hon.  Zebulon  Pease  was  born  in  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  September  21, 
IT'.'.").  In  early  Life  he  removed  to  what  is  now  Freedom,  where  lie  died  March 
24,  L863.  Although  not  a  lawyer  in  the  strict  sense  of  the  word,  for  many 
years  he  performed  much  of  the  business  of  a  lawyer,  making  wills,  writing 
deeds,  obtaining  pensions  for  Revolutionary  war  widows,  etc.  He  was  very 
successful  in  his  work,  and  lawyers  often  sent  their  clients  to  him.  He  fre- 
quently held  a  justice  court,  and  gave  much  information  to  his  neighbors  on 
law  points.  lie  was  a  lifelong  Democrat  and  much  engaged  in  political  affairs 
and  held  high  official  positions.  He  was  the  first  postmaster  of  Freedom ; 
representative  two  years  ;  county  treasurer  in  1841  and  1842;  state  senator  in 
L843  and  1844;  member  of  Governor  Jared  Williams's  council  in  1847  and 
1848. 

Ossipee  Valley  Ten-cent*  Saving*  Bank  was  chartered  in  1868,  with  Josiah 
Thurston,  Elias  Towle,  John  Demeritt,  Ransellear  Towle,  John  Parsons,  John 
L.  Demeritt,  Stephen  J.  Keneson,  and  William  Harmon,  incorporators. 

The  bank  opened  its  doors  for  business  August  31,  1868,  at  the  store  of 
Elias  Towle,  in  Freedom,  and  was  very  soon  thereafter  located  in  its  present 
situation  adjoining  the  store.  Mrs.  Sarah  Hodsdon  was  the  first  depositor, 
and  the  sum  was  seventeen  dollars.  The  first  election  of  officers  occurred 
August  22,  1868,  when  proper  by-laws  were  also  adopted.  The  first  officers 
were  Josiah  Thurston,  president;  Ransellear  Towle,  vice-president;  Elias 
Towle,  Stephen  J.  Keneson,  Alvah  M.  Davis,  John  Parsons,  Joseph  Smith, 
and  Augustus  Moulton,  of  Freedom,  John  Demeritt  and  Josiah  Dearborn,  of 
Effingham,  and  Henry  J.  Banks,  of  Ossipee,  were  chosen  trustees;  Elias 
Towle,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  amount  of  deposits  during  the  first 
year  of  the  bank's  existence  was  #16,1*37.75. 

Mr  Thurston  remained  president  until  his  death  in  November,  1886,  when 
he  was  succeeded  by  Ransellear  Towle,  the  present  incumbent.  All  of  the 
first  board  of  trustees  excepting  Stephen  J.  Keneson  and  Augustus  Moulton 
are  now  dead.  The  present  officers  are:  president,  Ransellear  Towle:  vice- 
president.  S.  J.  Keneson;  treasurer,  E.  I.  Towle;  assistant  treasurer,  George 
I.  Philbrick  ;  trustees,  Jacob  Manson,  Elias  I.  Towle,  George  I.  Philbrick, 
Augustus  I).  Merrow,  David  Smith,  Edwin  Towle,  Orren  E.  Drake,  Edgar  L. 
Mills,  David  W.   Davis.     The  bank  has   been   conducted  conservatively  and 


564  History   of   Carroll   County. 


wisely  ;  it  has  been  ever  a  useful  institution,  and  in  its  present  management 
will  keep  its  reputation  good.  The  statement  of  its  condition,  March  31,  1889, 
makes  this  showing:  Liabilities.  Amount  due  depositors,  ^180,724.85 ;  guar- 
anty fund,  $5,000;  surplus,  $6,764.99 ;  premium  on  stocks  and  bonds,  $104. 
Total.  $142,593.84.  Resources.  Loans,  bank-stock,  real  estate,  cash  on  hand, 
etc.,  value  on  books,  $142,489.84;  par  value,  $112,054.84;  market  value,  Janu- 
ary 1,  1889,  $1  12,593.84.     Net  profits  during  1888,  $4,773.21. 

George  I.  Philbrick,  the  present  county  treasurer,  is  a  native  of  Freedom, 
born  March  10,  1853.  He  worked  on  a  farm  and  attended  the  district  schools 
during  the  years  of  his  minority  until  he  was  nineteen,  when  he  was  employed 
as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  E.  I.  Towle  for  several  years,  then,  1879,  he  went 
into  partnership  with  Mr  Towle.  He  has  been  in  town  affairs  from  early  age ; 
was  chosen  town  clerk  when  he  was  twenty-three  years  old;  in  1884  was 
elected  chairman  of  the  board  of  selectmen,  and  served  three  years;  in  1886 
was  elected  treasurer  of  Carroll  county  for  two  years,  and  in  1888  was  re- 
elected for  two  years.  He  is  a  trustee  and  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Ossipee 
Valley  Ten-cents  Savings  Bank  ;  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  of  Free- 
dom, and  of  Carroll  lodge  No.  57,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  He  is  married,  and  has  a 
son  twelve  years  old.  Mr  Philbrick  is  a  thorough,  systematic  business  man, 
a  good  citizen,  and  has  made  his  position  and  success  by  his  faithfulness, 
integrity,  and  industry.  In  politics  Democratic,  he  was  appointed  postmaster 
in  1885  under  Cleveland's  administration,  and  he  has  held  the  commission  of 
justice  for  a  number  of  years. 

Baptist  Church.1 — This  church  was  organized  July  25,  1857.  A  few 
brethren  and  sisters,  members  of  a  former  Baptist  church,  and  two  from  the 
first  Baptist  Church  in  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  were  desirous  of  forming  a  Baptist 
church.  They  were  much  encouraged  by  the  labor  and  counsel  of  Rev.  William 
W.  Whitten,  who  came  to  labor  with  the  people  of  Freedom  in  the  spring  of 
1857.  His  labors  were  greatly  blessed  with  this  people.  The  few  who  were 
present  at  the  meeting  to  organize  a  church  were  Ezekiel  Andrews,  Abigail 
Andrews,  Mehitable  Andrews,  Orren  Stackpole,  and  Hannah  Stackpole. 
Ezekiel  Andrews  was  chosen  deacon  and  clerk  of  the  church.  The  church  at 
this  time  voted  to  receive  as  a  member  Zillah  T.  Mills;  she  being  a  cripple  and 
unable  to  walk,  she  was  carried  to  the  river  and  baptized,  sitting  in  her  chair. 
Sunday  following,  Rev.  William  W.  Whitten  gave  the  hand  of  fellowship  to 
Tabitha  S.  Foss,  and  administered  the  Lord's  Supper  to  the  little  church.  At 
a  church  conference,  August  22,  1857,  Rev.  William  W.  Whitten  and  Orren 
Stackpole  were  chosen  delegates  to  attend  the  annual  session  of  the  Saco 
River  Baptist  Association  with  instructions  to  ask  admission  into  that  body. 
This  requesl  was  granted,  and  the  church  was  admitted  into  the  association  in 
September.     In  the  spring  of  1858   Rev.  Thomas  J.  Swett  visited  this  church; 

1  By  Charles  II.  Andrews. 


Town   of    Freedom.  555 


his  coming  at  this  time  proved  a  great  blessing,  as  the  church  was  much 
strengthened  by  his  faithful  labors.  Maj  I.  L858,  three  were  added  to  the 
church,  Albion  Lord,  Orinda  Lord,  and  Juliet  S.  Bennett;  Mi\  L3,  six  were 
add. '(I,  Sally  Fowler,  Mary  Danforth,  Betsey  Danl'orth,  Livonia  Danforth, 
Harriet  Pease,  and  Lydia  J.  Swett;  Ma\  L5,  Clara  B.  Andrews,  Eliza  C. 
Andrews,  Frances  A.  Lord,  and  Esther  Durgin  united  with  the  church; 
December  7,  Ezekiel  Andrews,  being  aged,  asked  to  be  excused  from  serving 
the  church  as  clerk,  and  Albion  Lord  was  chosen.  December  L3,  II.  ML  Saw- 
telle  was  called  to  settle  as  pastor.  Mr  Sawtelle  was  a  young  man.  He  was 
ordained  with  this  church  February  9,  1859.  January  30,  L859,  Stephen 
Fowler  united  with  the  church;  .March  7.  L860,  Deacon  Ezekiel  Andrews 
died.  By  his  death  the  church  lost  one  of  its  strongest  pillars.  Albion  Lord 
and  Stephen  Fowler  were  selected  as  deacons.  August  1,  L862,  Rev.  William 
X.  Slason  began  to  labor  with  the  church  as  pastor. 

August  li1*  Anna  Swett  was  baptized  and  united  with  the  church.  Miss 
Swetl  being  desirous  to  follow  the  Master  in  the  ordinance  of  baptism,  though 
very  feeble  in  health,  preparations  were  made  at  her  lather's  house,  where  she 
was  baptized  and  received  the  hand  of  fellowship  by  Lev.  William  X.  Slason. 
She  was  also  permitted  to  partake  of  the  Lord's  Supper  with  the  church.  Five 
days  afterwards  she  passed  on  to  her  reward. 

September  '.'.  1866,  live  were  added  to  the  church,  and  on  October  14,  one. 
In  the  spring  of  1867  Rev.  A.  H.  Este}',  of  Limerick,  Maine,  began  to  labor 
with  this  church,  preaching  on  alternate  Sundays.  August  -•"»  three  united 
with  the  church,  and  September  -!0,  1868,  one.  April.  1871,  Lev.  •).  I'.  Stinch- 
lield  settled  as  pastor  over  this  church  and  people.  The  Sunday-school  at  this 
time  numbered  forty  members.  C.  II.  Andrews  was  superintendent.  April  1, 
L880,  Rev.  William  M.  Harthorn  became  pastor  of  the  church,  and  July  l,  seven 
united  with  the  church  :  J.  D.  Foster  and  S.  IL  Burke  were  chosen  deacons, 
and  ('.  II.  Andrews,  clerk.  Mr  Harthorn  was  much  interested  in  the  Sunday- 
school,  which  now  numbered  about  sixty,  C.  11.  Andrews,  superintendent. 

July  5,  1881,  one  united  with  the  church  :  April,  1882,  S.  K.  Burke  and 
Joseph  M.  Andrews  were  chosen  deacons,  and  C.  II.  Andrews,  clerk  :  January 
16,  1883,  five  were  added  to  the  church.  A  baptistery  was  built  in  the  church, 
where  the  ordinance  was  administered  by  Lev.  William  M.  Harthorn.  One  of 
these  members.  Walter  E.  Andrews,  is  now  a  student  of  Brown  University, 
Providence,  R.  I.,  preparing  for  the  ministry. 

During  the  summer  months  of  1884,  J.  A.  Brown,  a  student,  labored  very 
acceptably  with  this  church.  The  Sunday-school  was  largely  attended ;  W.  A. 
Bennetl  was  superintendent.  A.  C.  Scovil.  also  a  student,  labored  with  the 
church  during  the  summer  of  1885.  The  Sunday-school  numbered  fifty,  C.  II. 
Andrews,  superintendent.  In  September.  1886,  the  Saco  Liver  Association 
met  with  this  church;  as  a  result  of  this  meeting,  three  sons  of  deacon  S.   L. 


566  History   of   Carroll   County. 


Burke  were  baptized  by  Rev.  G.  B.  Titus,  of  Saco,  Maine,  and  united  with  the 
church.  The  youngest  was  only  eleven  years  of  age.  The  church  has  been 
thoroughly  repaired.  The  society  now  has  a  neat  and  commodious  house  of 
worship.  In  June,  1867,  Rev.  E.  H.  Doane  became  pastor;  Jonas  Farnsworth 
was  chosen  deacon,  and  C.  H.  Andrews,  clerk.  Number  in  Sunday-school, 
fifty,  C.  H.  Andrews,  superintendent. 

Christian  Church.  —  June  12, 1858,  Elder  John  Buzzell,  of  Parsonsfield,  and 
Elder  King  Atkinson,  of  Eaton,  formed  the  "  Church  of  Christ "  in  Freedom, 
with  membership  as  follows:  H.  S.  McDaniel,  Mehitable  Bennett,  Solomon 
Andrews ;  Rola  Andrews,  Betsy  Harmon,  Lovel  Towle,  Lucy  A.  Towle, 
Uriah  Towle;  the  latter  was  clerk.  June  26,  these  persons  joined:  Nathaniel 
Pease,  Sally  Pease,  Hannah  Towle,  Lucy  Towle ;  July  10,  Horace  P.Wood, 
Belinda  Wood;  November  27,  Martha  Wilkinson  ;  March  5, 1859,  Lydia  Clark; 
April  30,  Elias  Towle,  Lois  Towle ;  August  27,  Abram  Libby ;  September 
11,  Charles  H.  Harmon,  Mary  Nason  ;  February  18, 1861,  Huldah  Davis,  Lydia 
Davis;  July  7,  1866,  Rev.  A.  W.  Hobbs,  Lucinda  Hobbs;  September  9,  A.  M. 
Davis,  Joseph  Bennett,  Aba  A.  Towle,  Amanda  Bennett,  Huldah  M.  Drown, 
Irene  A.  Philbrick,  Lydia  Lovering ;  October  12,  Sarah  Davis,  Eliza  Drown  ; 
October  19,  Charles  H.  Beach.  July  7,  1866,  this  preamble  and  resolutions 
were  adopted :  — 

We,  the  Church  of  Christ,  in  Freedom,  N.  II.,  believing,  as  we  do,  in  the  organization  of 
Christian  churches  as  taught  in  the  New  Testament,  and  believing  that  all  Christians  belong 
to  one  and  the  same  family  here,  Christ  being  the  head,  and  believing  that  all  sectional  organi- 
zations and  doctrines  of  men  (not  taught  in  the  New  Testament)  which  tend  to  a  diversion 
among  the  people  are  detrimental  to  the  advancement  of  the  cause  of  Christianity, 

Therefore,  resolved,  that  we  consider  ourselves  to  be  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Freedom,  and 
are  known  by  that  name  and  no  other,  it  being  the  name  under  which  we  were  first  organ- 
ized, and  the  name  that  we  have  always  intended  to  be  known  by. 

Therefore,  be  it  further  resolved  that  we  withdraw  all  connection  or  supposed  connection 
with  the  general  Provisional  Baptist  denomination. 

"  Elias  Towle  was  chosen  to  visit  the  Eaton  and  Conway  church  to  let 
them  know  what  we  have  done.  Chose  Lovell  Towle  to  visit  the  Porter 
church."  October  21,  "  The  Church  of  Christ  voted  to  join  the  Association 
of  Christians  in  Strafford  County,"  and  thus  formed  the  First  Christian  Church 
of  Freedom.  October  28,  the'Jollowing  were  added  :  John  T.  Swett,  Adaline 
Swett,  John  Philbrick,  Nancy  O.  Philbrick,  Mehitable  Andrews,  Phebe  Mills, 
Mary  Towle;  December  23,  Augustus  Moulton,  Mary  A.  Moulton,  Mary  A. 
Thurston  ;  January  4,  1867,  Lydia  J.  Bennett ;  June  29,  Sylvester  Bennett, 
Olive  Bennett ;  November  30,  James  Leavitt. 

This  church  for  the  first  time  communed  with  Rev.  A.  W.  Hobbs,  at  Free- 
dom, June  7,  1868.  September  13,  chose  Rev.  A.  W.  Hobbs,  John  T.  Swett, 
Lovell  Towle,  Elias  Towle  delegates  to  the  Strafford  Christian  Conference   at 


Town   of    Freedom.  567 


Wolfeborough,  September  17,1808.  The  church  edifice  of  this  Bociety  was 
built  in  L 867  at  a  cosl  of  $3,000  by  a  company  composed  of  Eliaa  Towle, 
Josiah  Thurston,  Horace  P.  Wood.  Alvah  M.  Davis,  Ransellear  Towle,  and 
others.  They  were  paid  by  the  sale  of  the  pews,  and  the  building  is  now 
owned  1>\  the  pew-holders  and  controlled  by  the  Christian  society,  [ts  seating 
capacity  is  about  two  hundred  and  fifty.  The  Sunday-school  has  an  average  of 
thirty-five  scholars.  Dr  Alonzo  Towle  is  superintendent.  This  church  at  the 
time  of  its  greatest  prosperity  numbered  about  seventy  members,  and  now 
has  forty-three. 

Elias  Towle  left  a  legacy  of  $1,000  in  bank,  the  interest  of  which  is  to  be 
used  for  this  church  so  long  as  it  exists,  and  a,  parsonage,  valued  at  $1,000,  on 
similar  conditions,  to  the  society.  Uriah  Towle  is  trustee  of  this  fund.  He 
was  chosen  deacon  in  1807,  and  is  now  in  office. 

Rev.  A.  \V.  Hobbs,  the  first  pastor,  continued  in  that  relation  about  nine 
years.  Rev.  Charles  E.  Goodwin  succeeded  him,  and  was  here  two  and  a  half 
years.  Rev.  E.  K.  Amazeen  was  with  the  church  three  years.  Rev.  Nathaniel 
T.  Ridlon,  the  present  pastor,  has  been  here  since  May,  1884. 


CHAPTER   L. 

Civil  List  and  Town  Annals. 


CIVIL    LIST    AND    TOWN    ANNALS.— In    1832    and    1833,    the  new 
town  of  Freedom  was  represented  by  W.  Harmon,  2d  ;  in  1834  and  1835, 
by  Amos  Towle,  Jr ;  in  1830  and  1837,  by  Stephen  Swett.     The  officers 
for  the  year  1838  were:  Joseph  Bennett,  clerk;  Joseph  Bennett,  W.  Harmon, 
2d,  William  Thurston,  selectmen.     Zebulon  Pease,  representative  for  1838  and 
1839. 

L839.     Joseph  Bennett,  Ammi  Lord,  Elias  Rice,  selectmen. 

1840.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk;  Joseph  Bennett,  Elias  Rice,  Ammi  Lord, 
selectmen  ;  Elias  Towle,  representative. 

1841.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk;  Elias  Rice,  John  Lord.  William  Harmon, 
selectmen  ;  Elias  Towle,  representative. 

is  12.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk;  Elias  Rice,  William  Harmon,  Peltiah  Foss, 
selectmen  ;  John  Lord,  representative. 

1843.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk  ;  Elias  Rice,  Peltiah  Foss,  .lames  Tyler,  select- 
men ;  John  Lord,  representative. 


568  History  of   Carroll   County. 


1844.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk;  -lames  Tyler,  Joseph  Bennett,  Joseph  God- 
frey, selectmen  ;   Elias  Rice,  representative. 

1845.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk;  Joseph  Bennett,  Joseph  Godfrey,  Nathaniel 
I  Vase,  selectmen  ;  Elias   Rice,  representative. 

1846.  Elias  Towle,  clerk:  Joseph  Bennett,  N.  Pease,  N.  S.  McDaniel, 
selectmen  ;  Calvin  Topliff,  representative. 

1X47.  Elias  Towle,  clerk  ;  Elias  Rice,  William  Hammond,  W.  S.  McDaniel, 
selectmen  ;  Calvin  Topliff,  representative.  Jared  W.  Williams  had  141  votes 
for  governor  to  Anthony  Colby  20,  and  Nathaniel  S.  Berry  13.  Charles  H. 
Peasley  141  votes  for  member  of  congress  to  Joel  Eastman  20,  and  George  W. 
Stevens  13.  For  altering  the  constitution,  3  votes  ;  against  alteration,  95. 
Voted  to  raise  $1,500  to  repair  highways  and  bridges;  also,  "that  there  shall 
be  a  gide  Board  on  gide  Posts  erected  at  the  following  places  (viz)  one  at 
the  fouks  of  the  Rode  that  leads  from  John  Judkins  house  to  the  Iron  works 
Falls,  one  at  the  fouks  of  the  Tamworth  and  David  Judkins  Rode  so  called, 
one  at  the  fouks  of  the  Tamworth  new  Rode  to  Iron  works  Falls  so  called,  and 
one  at  the  fouks  of  the  Rodes  at  the  town  farm." 

1848.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk  ;  Elias  Rice,  Elias  Towle,  Joseph  Smith,  select- 
men ;  James  Tyler,  representative.  Jared  W.  Williams  had  155  votes  for 
governor  to  Nathaniel  S.  Berry  35.  The  ticket  for  electors  of  President, 
headed  by  Samuel  Tilton,  received  131  votes,  that  by  James  Bell  21,  and 
that  by  John  Page  4. 

1849.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk  ;  Elias  Towle,  Joseph  Smith,  Ezekiel  Andrews, 
selectmen  ;  James  Tyler,  representative.  Samuel  Dinsmore  had  138  votes  for 
governor  to  Levi  Chamberlain  24,  and  Nathaniel  S.  Berry  2.  School  districts 
(ten)  numbered,  bounded,  and  defined. 

1850.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk;  Elias  Towle,  Ezekiel  Andrews,  John  N.  Lord, 
selectmen  ;  Peletiah  Foss,  representative  ;  Samuel  Dinsmore  had  143  votes  for 
governor.  Voted  that  $2,200  be  raised  to  defray  town  charges,  support  the 
poor,  and   making  and  repairing   roads  and  bridges  the  ensuing  year. 

1851.  Uriah  Towle,  clerk;  Elias  Towle,  Daniel  Loverin,  Josiah  Thurston, 
selectmen ;  Peletiah  Foss,  representative ;  Samuel  Dinsmore,  140  votes  for 
governor. 

1852.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk;  Daniel  Lovering,  Josiah  Thurston,  Samuel 
Harmon,  selectmen;  Joseph  Smith,  representative;  Noah  Martin,  159  votes 
for  governor.  Voted  that  the  sum  of  $300  be  raised  and  appropriated  to  build  a 
town-house  :  also,  that  the  town-house  be  located  on  land  of  Thomas  Andrews,  Jr, 
on  the  west  side  of  the  road  leading  from  Freedom  village  to  William  Harmon's, 
at  the  corner  of  said  Andrews'  lot  adjoining  Elias  W.  Harmon's  land,  said  lot 
to  be  fifty  feet  front  on  the  road  and  sixty  feet  back,  to  be  properly  prepared 
and  fitted  for  the  erection  of  said  town-house  by  said  Andrews,  and  the  said 
Andrews  is  to  receive  for  said    land  and  preparation  the  sum  of  $20.     The 


Town   of   Freedom.  569 


tickel    for   electors  of    President,    beaded    l>\     Nathaniel     li.    Baker,   feci 
L43  votes,   thai    bj    Nathaniel    S.   Berry   2,  and    William   II.   Y.   Hacketl    II. 
The  votes  on  act   to  suppress  drinking  houses  and   tippling  simps  cast   -A~  for, 
ami  89  against,  said  bill. 

1853.     Calvin    Topliff,    clerk  :    Josiah    Thurston,   Samuel     Harmon,    John 
Brooks,  selectmen  ;  Solomon  Andrews,  representative  ;   Noah  Martin,  L58 
for  governor. 

ls.')4.  Calvin  Topliff,  clerk ;  Elias  Rice,  John  T.  Swett,  James  Milliken, 
selectmen:  Solomon  Andrews,  representative;  Nathaniel  B.  Baker,  L38  votes 
for  governor. 

L855.  Elias  Towle,  clerk ;  William  J.  Bennett,  Solomon  Andrews,  Samuel 
Harmon,  selectmen ;  Josiah  Thurston,  representative ;  Nathaniel  P..  Baker  had 
loT  votes  for  governor. 

L856.  Elias  Towle,  clerk ;  William  J.  Bennett,  Solomon  Andrews,  Samuel 
Harmon,  selectmen ;  Josiah  Thurston,  representative  ;  John  S.Wells  had  189 
votes  for  governor.  The  tickel  for  electors  of  President,  headed  by  Daniel 
Maivy,  received  177  votes,  and  that  by  William  H.  H.  Bailey  29. 

1857.  Addison  Nutter,  clerk:  William  J.  Bennett,  Job  Allard,  Cyrus 
Fowler,  selectmen  ;  George  W.  Kittridge,  representative;  John  S.  Wells  had 
17")  votes  for  governor,  and  William  Haile  34. 

L858.  Addison  Nutter,  clerk;  Job  Allard,  Cyrus  Fowler,  Jonathan 
Andrews,  selectmen;  Edwin  Pease,  representative:  Asa  P.  ('ate  had  166 
votes  for  governor,  and  William  Haile  41.  Voted  that  the  selectmen  be  a 
committee  to  settle  with  the  York  and  Cumberland  Railroad  Company  for 
Liquors  taken   from  the  depot  at  Gorham. 

L859.  Addison  Nutter,  clerk;  William  J.  Bennett,  Wentworth  Tyler, 
Albert  Rice,  selectmen:  Edwin  Pease,  representative:  Asa  P.  ('ate  had  173 
votes  for  governor.  Echabod  Goodwin  4:2. 

1860.  John  Philbrick,  clerk;  Albion  Lord,  Albert  Rice,  James  Ferron, 
selectmen;  Cyrus  Fowler,  representative.  Town  raised  $2,000  for  highways 
and  bridges,  $200  for  town  charges  and  poor ;  not  to  remove  the  courts  from 
Ossipee;  to  divide  the  school  money  according  to  the  number  of  scholars. 
The  Democratic  candidate  for  President  of  the  United  States  received  131 
votes,  the   Republican  one,  40. 

1861.  John  Philbrick,  clerk:  Albion  Lord.  James  Ferron,  Leander 
Milliken.  selectmen.  Town  raised  .^:},i)00  tor  highways  and  bridges,  $600  for 
Town  charges  and  poor.  George  Stark  has  153  votes  for  governor  to 
Nathaniel  S.  Berry  13.  Among  the  articles  calling  a  meeting  in  October  was 
one  concerning  selling  the  town  farm  and  one  in  reference  to  buying  a  new 
one  Both  were  "indefinitely  postponed."  At  this  meeting  the  town  voted 
to  adopt  the  provisions  of  the  law  enacted  in  June,  entitled  An  Act  to  make 
provisions  for  the  families  of  volunteers:  and  the  selectmen  were  authorized  to 


570  History  of   Carroll   County. 

loan  a  sufficient  sum  to  provide  for  the  families  of  volunteers  in  accordance 
with  said  act. 

1862.  John  Philbrick,  clerk;  Leander  Milliken,  Elias  Towle,  John 
Parsons,  selectmen  ;  Alvah  M.  Davis,  representative.  $3,000  raised  for  roads 
and  bridges.  Town  voted  that  it  is  not  expedient  for  the  county  to  purchase 
a  farm  and  build  a  jail  thereon  ;  also,  to  authorize  the  selectmen  to  raise  the 
money  for  the  support  of  the  families  of  volunteers.  August  12,  voted  to  pay 
each  volunteer  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  for  this  town  $200 
bounty. 

1863.  Augustus  Moulton,  clerk  ;  Elias  Towle,  John  Parsons,  Stephen  J. 
Keneson,  selectmen  ;  Alvah  M.  Davis,  representative.  Ira  A.  Eastman  has  180 
votes  for  governor,  Joseph  A.  Gilmore  36,  John  Coughlin,  one.  John  W. 
Sanborn  has  180  votes  for  councillor  to  Oliver  Wyatt  37.  At  the  annual 
meeting  the  town  voted  to  raise  $4,600  for  town  charges,  poor,  and  roads  and 
bridges.  Eighty-four  votes  were  cast  against  revising  the  state  constitution  — 
none  recorded  for  revision.  Voted  also  "  that  the  town  pay  no  more  bounties 
to  volunteers."  May  2,  voted  to  '"authorize  the  selectmen  to  hire  sufficient 
money  to  aid  the  families  of  volunteers.  November  25,  voted  that  the  town 
loan  $200  to  each  accepted  conscript  and  take  their  notes  for  the  same  in  the 
name  of  the  town  ;  also,  to  raise  $8,000  and  appropriate  it  to  procure  substi- 
tutes to  fill  our  present  quota,  and  the  selectmen  are  authorized  to  pay  each 
volunteer  for  himself  or  his  substitute  the  sum  of  $500,  reserving  the  United 
States  and  state  bounties  for  the  benefit  of  the  town. 

1864.  Augustus  Moulton,  clerk  ;  Stephen  J.  Keneson,  Sylvester  Bennett, 
James  Milliken,  selectmen  ;  William  J.  Bennett,  representative.  Edward  W. 
Harrington  has  180  votes  for  governor,  Joseph  A.  Gilmore  43.  $3,000  raised 
to  defray  town  charges,  support  the  poor,  and  build  and  repair  roads  and 
bridges ;  $2,600  to  be  raised  to  be  paid  to  the  accepted  conscripts  of  Freedom 
(conscripted  October,  1863),  to  be  assessed  as  a  special  tax  to  be  raised  this 
spring.  Indefinitely  postponed  action  on  the  article  in  the  warrant  concerning 
raising  men  to  fill  the  quota  of  the  town  for  soldiers.  August  15,  voted  to 
borrow  $10,000  on  the  credit  of  the  town,  and  appropriate  it  to  fill  the  quota 
of  the  town  for  men  under  the  late  call  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
for  500,000  men;  also,  to  appropriate  $200  each  as  a  bounty  to  the  men  enlisted 
at  Fort  Constitution,  provided  they  are  allowed  on  our  quota,  and  serve  out  of 
our  state  ;  also,  $200  to  each  of  the  men  enlisted  in  New  Orleans  and  allowed 
on  our  town's  quota,  $100  at  the  end  of  one  year's  service,  and  $100  at  the 
expiration  of  two  years.  August  27,  voted  to  raise  $10,000  to  fill  the  town's 
quota  under  the  present  call  for  troops,  and  selectmen  authorized  to  borrow 
this  sum  for  the  town  ;  also,  chose  John  Parsons  agent  to  fill  the  quota,  and 
authorized  him  to  pay  $200  to  each  drafted  man  of  the  town  who  serves  as  a 
soldier  or  furnishes  an  acceptable  substitute.     November  8.     The  Democratic, 


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electors  for  President  receive  174  votes,  the  Republican  ticket  getting  31. 
Voted  unanimously  not  to  buy  a  county  farm  and  build  a  jail.  Votes  for 
revision  of  constitution,  9;  against,  <s">.  Voted  to  sell  the  town  farm,  and  Elias 
Tow  lr  chosen  agent  to  do  this;  also,  to  pay  those  who  went  to  Portsmouth  to 
have  their  uames  stricken  from  the  roll,  their  traveling  expenses.  December  1, 
voted  to  raise  $10,000  and  appropriate  the  same  to  fill  the  next  quota; 
authorized  the  selectmen   to  do  this,  and  to  cash  the  state  bounty. 

L865.  Alonzo  Pease,  clerk;  Stephen  J.  Keneson,  Sylvester  Bennett,  James 
Milliken,  selectmen;  William  J.  Bennett,  representative.  Daniel  Marcy  has 
153  votes  for  congressman  to  Oilman  Marston  31.  John  W.  Sanborn  has  153 
votes  for  councillor  to  John  M.  Brackett  31.  Town  Notes  $5,000  for  town 
charges,  support   of  the  poor,  and   roads  and.  bridges. 

L866.  Alon/.o  Pease,  clerk;  Stephen  J.  Keneson,  Joseph  M.  Andrews, 
Charles  B.  Moulton,  selectmen;  Samuel  Harmon,  representative.  At  the 
March  meeting  it  was  voted  that  Albion  Burbank  be  chosen  an  agent  to 
investigate  a  suit  pending  between  this  town  and  John  Sanborn,  Henry 
Philbrick,  Alon/.o  Cushing,  and  Nathaniel  Meserve,  claiming  a  bounty  for 
services  at  Fort  Constitution,  and  if  in  his  opinion  the  town  is  holden,  the 
selectmen  are  authorized  to  settle  the  suit;  otherwise,  to  defend  it. 

L867.  Charles  H.  Beach,  clerk;  William  J.  Bennett,  Charles  E.  Moulton, 
Ransellear  Towle,  selectmen ;  Samuel  Harmon,  representative.  At  the  March 
meeting  it  was  voted,  by  one  in  favor,  57  against,  not  to  adopt  pauper  settle- 
ments in  the  county,  to  raise  $5,000  to  defray  town  charges,  support  poor,  and 
for  roads  and  bridges. 

1868.  Charles  II.  Andrews,  clerk  ;  Joseph  M.  Andrews,  Ransellear  Towle, 
Samuel  Harmon,  selectmen;  Thomas  Lovering,  representative.  John  G. 
Sinclair  had  107  votes  for  governor,  Walter  Harriman  44.  November 
3.  The  Democratic  ticket  for  presidential  electors  has  152  votes,  and  the 
Republican  one  44.  Voted  45  to  10  against  revising  the  constitution  of  the 
state  :  also,  to  authorize  the  selectmen  to  loan  the  credit  of  the  town  to  the 
amount  of  five  per  cent,  of  its  valuation  to  the  New  Hampshire  Railroad 
corporation  and  take  stock  in  the  road  for  above  amount  (provided  the  road 
is  built  through  the  town,  etc.). 

1869.  Charles  H.  Andrews,  clerk;  Samuel  Harmon,  Albert  Locke, 
Gardner  Brooks,  selectmen;  Thomas  Lovering,  representative.  John  Bedel 
has  158  votes  for  governor  to  Onslow  Stearns  47.  Town  votes  $2,500  for  town 
charges  and  support  of  the  poor,  and  support  of  the  poor  left  with  the  select- 
men. November  9.  Voted  unanimously  against  the  establishment  of  a  state 
police. 

1870.  Charles  II.  Andrews,  clerk;  Albert  Locke,  Gardner  Brooks,  Elias  R. 
Sargent,  selectmen;  John   Brooks,  representative.     Vote   for  governor:   John 

Bedel.  14:5;  Onslow  Stearns,  44.     $>4,£ raised   for  town   charges,  support  of 

poor,  highways  and  bridges. 


572  History   of   Carroll   County. 

L871.  Charles  II.  Andrews,  clerk  ;  Albert  Locke,  Elias  R.  Sargent,  Augus- 
tus I).  Merrow,  selectmen;  John  Brooks,  representative.  $5,000  raised  for 
town  charges,  poor,  highways,  etc.  At  the  annual  meeting  the  selectmen  are 
authorized  to  appoint  an  agent  to  collect,  by  suit  if  need  be,  the  money  reported 
to  be  due  Prom  town  agents,  selectmen,  and  collectors  since  1864. 

1872.  Stephen  Danforth,  clerk;  Augustus  D.  Merrow,  Joseph  F.Mills, 
Harrison  Durgin,  selectmen;  James  Milliken,  representative.  Vote  for 
governor:  James  A.  Weston,  148;  Ezekiel  A.  Straw,  44.  .  November  5.  The 
Democratic  electors  for  President  have  117  votes,  the  Republican  37. 

1873.  Stephen  Danforth.  clerk;  Augustus  I).  Merrow,  Joseph  L.  Mills, 
Harrison  Durgin,  selectmen;  Joseph  Milliken,  representative.  Vote  for  gov- 
ernor:   James  A.  Weston,  138;  Ezekiel  Straw,  42  ;  John  Blackmar,  1. 

1874.  Stephen  Danforth,  clerk ;  Augustus  D.  Merrow,  Amos  T.  Andrews, 
.lames  S.  Wormwood,  selectmen;  John  F.  Topliff,  representative.  Vote  for 
governor  :    .lames  A.  Weston,  130  ;   Luther  McCutchins,  37. 

1875.  Elias  I.  Towle,  clerk  ;  Amos  F.  Andrews,  James  S.  Wormwood, 
Joseph  Moulton,  selectmen;  John  F.  Topliff,  representative.  Vote  for  gov- 
ernor :    Hiram  R.  Roberts,  155 ;  Person  C.  Cheney,  34. 

ls"G.  Elias  I.  Towle,  clerk:  Stephen  J.  Keneson,  Joseph  Moulton,  Ransel- 
lear  Towle,  selectmen;  Wentworth  Tyler,  representative.  Vote  for  governor  : 
Daniel  Marcy,  149  ;  Person  C.  Cheney,  32.  The  Democratic  electors  for  Presi- 
dent have  141,  the  Republican  37. 

1877.  George  I.  Philbrick,  clerk;  Stephen  J.  Keneson,  Ransellear  Towle, 
Joseph  M.  Andrews,  selectmen  :  Wentworth  Tyler,  representative.  Vote  for 
governor:  Daniel  Marcy,  170  ;  Benjamin  F.  Prescott,  33.  Voted  #1,000  for 
town  charges  and  poor,  also  #2,800  for  highways. 

1878.  George  I.  Philbrick,  clerk  ;  Stephen  J.  Keneson,  Ransellear  Towle, 
Joseph  M.  Andrews,  selectmen  :  Winthrop  W.  Lord,  representative.  Vote 
for  governor  :  Frank  A.  McKean,  158;  Benjamin  F.  Prescott,  34.  Voted  that 
the  selectmen  look  after  the  poor. 

1879.  Pitt  F.  Danforth,  clerk;  William  J.  Bennett,  Robert  Milliken, 
Daniel  Harmon,  selectmen.  Voted  #500  for  town  charges  and  poor,  and  #2,800 
for  highway. 

1880.  Pitt    F.    Danforth,   clerk;    William    J.    Bennett,    Robert    Milliken, 
Daniel  Harmon,  selectmen ;  John  Parsons,  representative.     Vote  for  governor  : 
Frank  Jones,  ITS;  Charles  H.  Bell,  49.     The  Democratic  electors  for  President 
have    17s,  the  Republican  49.      Voted  to  shingle  the    town-house  and    make. 
necessary  repairs,  also  to  discontinue  the  pound. 

1881.  Pitt  F.  Danforth,  clerk:  William  J.Bennett,  Elias  R.  Sargent, 
Simon  O.  Huckins,  selectmen.  Voted  that  the  several  delinquent  collectors  be 
held  responsible  to  the  town  for  the  amount  of  tax  on  their  respective  books  at 
the  end  of  the  ensuing  year;  the  selectmen  having  the  right  to  abate  such  as 
they  think  advisable. 


Town   of   Freedom.  :,T:; 

L882.     I'in     F.   Danforth,  clerk;     William    J.    Bennett,    Elira    R.Sargent, 
Simon   ( ).   Huckins,   selectmen:    Jonas   Farnsworth,  representative.     Voti 
governor:    Martin  V.  B.  Edgerly,  It''1.' :  Samuel  W.  Hale,  15.     Voted  to  divide 
the  school  monej  among  the  scholars. 

L883.  I'in  F.  Danforth,  clerk;  William  J.Bennett,  Edmund  P.Sawyer, 
Gilberl  N.  Huckins,  selectmen.  Voted  to  raise  $3,000  to  be  appropriated  to 
highway  uses  as  follows:  one  third  to  be  paid  in  money,  one  third  in  Labor  in 
summer,  and  one  third  in  winter  if  necessary. 

1884.  Orren  E.  Drake,  clerk ;  George  [.  Phil  brick,  David  Smith,  Edwin 
Towle,  selectmen;  Stephen  J.  Keneson,  representative.  Vote  for  governor: 
John  M.  Hill,  \~~>:  Moody  Currier,  53.  The  Democratic  electors  for  Presidenl 
have  L75,  the  Republican  53.     Voted  to  dispense  with  a  liquor  agent. 

1885.  Orren  E.  Drake,  clerk:  George  I.  Philbrick,  David  Smith.  Edwin 
Towle,  selectmen. 

L886.  Edward  T.  Merrow,  clerk;  George  I.  Philbrick,  Silas  Brooks,  Amos 
E.  Drew,  selectmen:  -Joseph  Huckins.  representative.  Vote  for  governor: 
Thomas  Cogswell,  151  :  Charles  II.  Sawyer,  50  ;  .Joseph  Wentworth,  3. 

L887.  Edward  T.  Merrow,  clerk:  Silas  Brooks,  Amos  E.Drew,  William 
A.  Bennett,  selectmen.  Voted  to  authorize  the  selectmen  to  dispose  of  the 
liquor  on  hand. 

L888.  George  F.  Huckins,  clerk:  William  A.  Bennett,  Edmond  P.Sawyer, 
O.  C.  Moulton,  selectmen:  Leander  Milliken,  representative.  Vote  for  gov- 
ernor: Charles H.  Amsden,  147  ;  David  H.  Goodell,  50  ;  Edgar  L.  Carr,  5.  The 
Democratic  electors  for  President  have  147,  the  Republican  50,  third  party  5. 
Voted  to  build  a  town-house,  also  to  buy  a  road-machine. 

L889.  George  F.  Huckins,  clerk;  Edmond  I'.  Sawyer.  O.  C.  Moulton, 
Orren  E.  Drake,  selectmen.  Voted  to  sell  the  old  town-house;  to  raise  $15 
for  the  purpose  of  decorating  the  soldiers'  graves;  voted  against  prohibiting 
the  manufacture  or  sale  of  alcoholic  liquor  as  a  beverage  in  the  state.  <).  (  . 
Moulton  died  August  6,  1881*,  and  George  I.  Philbrick  was  appointed.  The 
new  town-house  in  process  of  erection  is  36x60  feet  in  size  ;  and.  including 
the  ha  ($400),  costs  13,000.  On  the  first  floor  is  a  room  for  the  selectmen's 
room  lor  cooking  or  other  purposes,  and  the  hall  in  which  the  town- 
meetings  will  be  held.  It  is  sheathed  overhead  and  around  the  wall  and  four 
or  five  feet  from  the  floor.  On  the  second  floor  is  a  hall  tor  special  purp 
furnished  with  an  "  eleven  foot  "  stage.  The  building  is  an  ornament  to  the 
village. 


574  History  of   Carroll   County. 


BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHES. 


ELIAS    TOWLE. 

The  inline  Towle  is  frequently  found  in  the  war  annals  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. One  William  Towle  was  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  1754-60 ;  Ser- 
jeant William  Towle  was  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  and  quite  a  number 
of  the  family  participated  in  the  War  of  1812-15.  Elisha  Towle,  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  Raymond,  was  from  Hawke,  now  Danville.  The  Towle  family 
of  Freedom  has  been  an  important  factor  in  its  prosperity,  and  the  Towles 
were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Effingham,  and  have  ever  been  prominent 
in  town  affairs. 

Elias  Towle  was  born  in  Freedom,  January  22,  1807,  and  died  December 
22,  1881.  He  was  a  son  of  Amos  and  Susan  (Moulton)  Towle,  who  had 
a  family  of  nine  children :  Amos,  William,  Roley,  Lovell,  Lucinda,  Almira, 
Klias,  Uriah,  and  Jonah.  When  Elias  was  three  years  old  his  parents  removed 
to  Hollis,  Maine,  and  lived  in  that  town  and  Limington  eight  years,  keeping 
hotel  and  carrying  on  a  farm,  when  they  returned  to  Freedom,  where  they 
ever  after  resided. 

The  early  years  of  Elias  Towle  were  full  of  toil  and  privations ;  the  first 
pair  of  shoes  he  owned  was  bought  with  money  earned  by  himself,  hoeing 
in  the  field  at  ten  cents  per  day,  doing  the  same  work  for  which  men  received 
forty-two  cents.  His  educational  advantages  were  very  limited.  He  attended 
only  a  few  terms  at  the  district  school  in  winter,  doing  chores,  cutting  wood 
for  home  use,  and  cutting,  hauling,  and  preparing  the  school  wood  for  five 
weeks  of  the  term  (that  being  the  apportionment  for  the  number  of  scholars 
sent  in  the  family).  Usually  his  lessons  were  learned  while  lying  on  the  floor 
with  his  head  to  the  fireplace,  using  the  blaze  for  his  light.  His  boyhood  and 
early  manhood  were  passed  on  the  farm  and  in  working  out  by  the  month. 
When  about  twenty  years  of  age  he  commenced  to  take  small  lumbering  jobs 
for  himself. 

In  the  winter  of  1<S2'.>  and  1830,  he  and  his  brother  Lovell  operated  a  timber 
lot  in  Madison  successfully,  making  what  was  then  considered  a  good  winter's 
profit.  In  the  winter  of  1830  and  1831,  he,  with  Thomas  Andrews,  took  a  job 
to  cut  a  large  amount  of  lumber  and  put  the  logs  in  Ossipee  lake  and  drive 
them  over  Iron  Works  Falls  (now  Effingham  Falls)  into  Ossipee  river.  After 
enclosing  the  logs  in  a  boom,  they  would  tow  them  along  shore  with  oxen.  At 
one  time  the  success  of  their  whole  winter's  business  depended  on  a  single 
night's  work.  A  strong  wind  prevailing  through  the  day  when  towing  the 
boom,  they  decided  to  work  during  the  night  (which  was  very  cold)  to  get 


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the  logs  around  Rockj  point,  where  they  would  be  sheltered.  All  their  men 
left  before  midnight,  chilled  and  wearied,  and  al  lasl  Andrews  gave  out,  and 
Left  Mr  Towle  bo  Labor  alone.  With  wonderful  endurance  and  will  he  suc- 
ceeded in  pulling  the  boom  around  the  point  aboul  daylight.  The  oxen  used 
were  so  chilled  thai  their  hair  soon  came  off.  Mr  Towle's  clothes  were  so 
coated  with  Lee  that  he  had  to  break  it  to  enable  him  to  travel,  and  he  wa 
chilled  and  exhausted  that  it  was  with  difficulty  he  succeeded  in  reaching  the 
camp.  This  winter's  business  netted  him  one  thousand  dollars,  which  was  the 
foundation  of  the  Large  property  he  subsequently  acquired. 

In  the  spring  of  L831  he  and  his  brother  Amos  engaged  in  trade  at  North 
Effingham  (now  Freedom)  and  continued  one  year,  whim  Elias  bought  his 
brother's  interest  and  carried  on  the  business  alone  until  1866,  excepting  one 
year  when  John  N.  Lord  was  associated  with  him. 

At  one  time  Mr  Towle  was  largely  interested  in  getting  out  shooks  for 
the  southern  trade:  he  also  carried  on  a  large  farming  business,  and  for  aboui 
twelve  years  was  associated  with  Stephen  J.  Keneson  in  buying  and  operating 
timber  lots,  as  Towle  &  Keneson.  With  Josiah  Thurston,  John  Demerit t. 
S.  J.  Keneson.  and  others.  Mr  Towle  was  instrumental  in  establishing  the 
Ossipee  Valley  Ten-cents  Savings  Bank,  was  elected  treasurer  at  its  6rs1 
meeting,  and  held  the  office  until  his  death.  He  took  a  great  interest  in  the 
hank  and  in  inducing  young  people  to  make  a  start  toward  saving  by  deposit- 
ing small  sums  in  it,  his  motto  being  to  earn  and  save  what  he  could;  and  he 
made  it  a  point  never  to  be  idle  nor  waste  his  time  nor  ever  to  spend  money 
foolishly.     He  possessed  a  faculty  for  saving  as  well  as  for  acquiring. 

He  always  took  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  town,  county,  and  state  : 
held  nearly  all  the  town  offices;  represented  the  town  in  the  state  legislature 
of  1840  and  1841,  and  served  his  county  as  commissioner  and  treasurer.  He 
was  for  many  years  justice  of  the  peace  and  did  much  business  in  that  capac- 
ity. He  was  a  man  of  decided  opinions,  firm  in  his  convictions,  and  unswerv- 
ing in  his  line  of  action  after  making  a  decision.  Possessed  of  keen  business 
acumen  and  good  judgment,  he  conducted  his  affairs  systematically,  exacting 
from  others  only  what  he  was  willing  to  allow  them  under  like  circumstances. 
lie  was  always  a  mediator  between  parties  al  variance,  advising  settlement 
of  all  difficulties  without  recourse  to  law,  if  possible,  but  when  he  was  person- 
ally committed  to  a  suit  he  would  contend  to  the  hitter  end.  lie  never  had 
but  one  lawsuit — the  celebrated  Bell  case,  which  he  won  after  a  stubborn 
contest.  In  politics  he  was  an  unflinching  Democrat  :  was  a  charter  member 
of  Carroll  Lodge  of  Masons,  of  Freedom.  In  1838  he  joined  the  Free  Baptist 
Church  and  was  an  active  member  and  liberal  supporter  of  that  society  until 
L865,  when  the  society  reorganized  as  the  Christian  Church,  in  which  he  took 
a  deep  interest,  and  cordially  aided  if  with  his  time  and  money,  lie  was 
superintendent  of  the  Sabbath-school   for  a  number  of  years,  and.  at  his  death. 


570  History  of   Carroll  County. 

gave  the  society  its  parsonage  and  one  thousand  dollars,  the  income  of  which 
was  to  be  devoted  to  the  support  of  preaching.  He  also  presented  the  society 
its  church  bell. 

October  28,  1832,  he  married  Lois,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Lois  (San- 
born)  Swett  (born  June  26,  1811,  and  died  November  4,  1888).  They  had 
three  children  :  Orin,  born  September  3,  1833,  died  July  16,  1835  ;  Stephen  S., 
born  November  20,  1836,  and  Elias  Irving,  born  April  16,  '1845.  Mr  Towle 
was  eminently  a  home  man,  enjoying  in  a  high  degree  the  society  of  his 
family.  He  was  respected  by  all  as  a  man  of  sterling  integrity,  and  in  the 
varied  social,  business,  and  religious  circles  of  the  community  his  death  left 
a  void  impossible  to  be  filled. 

Elias  Irving  Towle,  son  of  Elias  and  Lois  (Swett)  Towle,  was  born 
April  16,  1845.  His  early  years  were  passed  on  his  father's  farm  and  in  his 
store ;  he  acquired  his  education  at  the  district  schools,  the  seminaries  at  North 
Parsonsfield,  Maine,  Effingham  Centre,  and  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Business 
College  at  Portland,  Maine.  He  bought  his  father's  mercantile  business  May 
1,  1866,  and  carried  on  merchandising  alone  until  1879,  when  he  associated 
with  him  George  I.  Philbrick,  under  the  name  of  E.  I.  Towle  &  Co.  He  has 
carried  on  the  lumber  business  with  S.  J.  Keneson  since  1876,  doing  a  business 
of  forty  thousand  dollars  annually ;  he  also  owns  and  operates  a  large  farm; 
was  chosen  assistant  treasurer  of  the  Ossipee  Valley  Ten-cents  Savings  Bank 
in  October,  1874,  and  elected  its  treasurer  in  December,  1881.  He  married, 
February  22,  1871,  Vesta  M.,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Diantha  (Parks)  Merrill, 
of  Cornish,  Maine.  They  have  had  two  children  ;  only  one,  Harold  Irving, 
born  April  3,  1887,  is  living.  Mr  Towle  resides  on  the  homestead  in  Freedom 
Village. 


JOSIAn    THURSTON. 

Jux'htli  Thurston  was  born  in  Freedom,  N.  H.,  June  9,  1814,  and  died 
suddenly  of  apoplexy,  in  Boston,  November  13,  1886.  He  was  the  tenth 
child  of  Oliver  and  Anstress  (Cross)  Thurston.  Oliver  was  born  in  Brent- 
wood, May  10,  1773,  and  in  1792  married  Anstress  Cross,  born  in  Exeter, 
November  3,  1775.  They  removed  to  Freedom,  were  among  the  early  settlers 
of  the  town  and  there  resided  until  their  death.  Mr  Thurston  was  one  of 
the  best  farmers  in  the  town.  They  had  twelve  children:  Mary,  Oliver, 
William  (1),  William  (2),  Sally  (1),  Martha,  Nathaniel,  Josiah  (1),  Sally  (2), 
Josiah  (2),  Eunice,  and  [saac;  only  one,  Martha  (Mrs  Hale  Watson),  is 
living.  Josiah's  early  training  was  oh  his  father's  farm;  his  educational 
privileges  were  limited  to  the  district  school,  where  he  laid  the  foundation  for 
an  active  business  career.  Me  married  first  Alary  Ann,  daughter  of  William 
and   Mary   (Robinson)   Thurston,   of    Eaton,   September  10,  1840,   who   died 


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Town    "i     Freedom.  577 


November  L6,  L875.  For  his  second  wife  be  married,  April  23,  L877,  Julia 
Anna  Roberts,  daughter  of  Danie]  and  Abigail  Pierce,  of  Hiram,  Maine;  she 
was  born  February  •,  L843,  and  has  one  child,  Hattie  P.  Thurston.  Mr 
Thurston  had  two  children  by  adoption,  Nathaniel  II.  Thurston  (dec),  who 
married  Georgia  A.  Sias,  of  Ossipee,  and  had  three  children,  May  Bell,  Addie, 

ami   Winfield  0. j  Sarah   A.  (dee.),  who  married    Edwin  Towle,  "I'  Freed 

and  had  tw<>  children,  Amos  ('.and  Josiah  Thurston. 

Mr  Thurston,  when  a  young  man.  became  engaged  in  lumbering  on  a  small 
scale,  buying  timber  lots  and  operating  them,  disposing  of  hi-  lumber  in  the 
Log  at  the  river-bank  and  on  the  cars.  His  business,  by  good  management, 
gradually  developed  to  Large  proportions,  extending  through  eastern  New 
Hampshire  and  western  Maine,  and  at  his  death  he  was  considered  the  I; 
landowner  in  Carroll  county,  and  one  of  the  largest  in  the  state.  Among  the 
various  enterprises  with  which  he  was  connected  was  the  old  Pine  River  Bank 
at  Ossipee.  lie  was  at  his  death  three  fourths  owner  of  the  Pine  River  Lumber 
Company,  which  owned  a  track  of  timberland  3,o00  acres  in  extent,  the 
original  proprietors  of  which  were  Asa  Beacham,  Luther  D.  Sawyer,  Esq., 
Isaac  Thurston,  and  the  Pine  River  Bank.  Mr  Thurston  first  bought  Isaac 
Thurston's  interest,  then  Asa  Beacham's  and  lastly,  Luther  D.  Sawyer's,  thus 
becoming  three  fourths  owner,  with  Dr  N.  Grant,  of  Ossipee  Centre,  as  owner 
of  the  other  fourth.  Mr  Thurston  was  manager  for  the  company  until  his 
death.  July  1,  1868,  an  act  to  incorporate  the  Ossipee  Valley  Ten-cents 
Savings  Bank  at  Freedom  passed  the  state  legislature,  the  charter  being 
secured  by  the  efforts  of  Mr  Thurston,  John  Demeritt,  of  Effingham,  then 
in  the  legislature,  and  Elias  Towle.  At  the  first  meeting  Mr  Thurston  was 
chosen  president,  and  held  the  position  during  the  remainder  of  his  life; 
Elias  Towle   was  chosen   treasurer,  and  Stephen  J.   Keneson,  secretary. 

In  connection  with  his  other  business  he  carried  on  the  home  farm,  where 
lie  always  resided  and  cared  for  his  parents  while  they  lived.  Tie  was  an 
affectionate,  devoted,  and  indulgent  husband,  fond  of  home  and  its  sur- 
roundings, and  a  pleasant  man  in  his  family,  hospitable  and  social  with  all: 
strong  in  his  friendships  and  equally  so  in  his  dislikes,  yet  governed  by  reason: 
of  uniform  temperament, he  often  acted  in  the  capacity  of  peacemaker  between 
parties  at  variance:  systematic,  orderly,  exact,  honest:  he  possessed  keen 
discrimination  and  good  judgment  as  applied  to  business  affairs  and  men. 
He  was  not  a  very  robust  man,  but  by  care  was  enabled  to  accomplish  more 
than  an  ordinary  amount  of  labor.  He  was  liberal  to  all  worthy  objects  and 
causes,  and  willing  to  help  those  who  showed  a  disposition  to  help  themselves. 
Commencing  with  limited  means,  by  judicious  management  and  wise  invest- 
ments, he  accumulated  a  large  property,  notwithstanding  heavy  losses,  at  one 
time  losing  twenty-live  thousand  dollars  by  one  linn.  He  was  always  prompt. 
and   expected   others   to  be  so.      Careful   in    making   a    promise,   his   word   once 


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given  was  his  bond.  All  his  affairs  were  admirably  arranged  to  avoid  trouble 
at  his  decease.  He  left  sums  varying  from  one  hundred  to  five  thousand 
dollars  to  relatives.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  he  took  much  interest 
in  national,  state,  and  local  affairs.  He  held  some  town  offices,  and  repre- 
sented Freedom  in  the  state  legislature. 

Mrs  Thurston,  who  inserts  tins  sketch  and  portrait  to  the  memory  of 
Mr  Thurston,  is  a  most  estimable  and  capable  lady;  she  retains  the  old 
homestead,  where,  with  her  daughter,  Hattie  P.,  she  still  resides. 


OSSIPEE. 


CHAPTER   LI. 

I  >'  scriptiOD  —  Lakes,  Streams,  and  Ponds  —  Origin  of  Name  —  Boundarie-  and  Changes  — 
Incorporation  —  Forts  —  Indian  Monumental  Mound  —  Where  Some  of  the  Early  Settlers 
Lived  —  Early  Mills  —  Stores  and  Traders. 

DSSIPEE  is  sixty  miles  north-northeast  from  Concord,  and  nine  miles  from 
Wolf eboro  ugh.  It  is  a  queer  shaped  town,  as  seen  on  the  map,  with  a 
length  of  eighteen  miles  and  a  very  irregular  width,  averaging  perhaps 
six  miles.  Ossipee  mountains  occupy  the  northwestern  portion  for  their 
eastern  think.  Ossipee  lake  lies  partly  in  this  town.  It  is  a  fine  body  of 
water,  of  oval  form,  covering  about  seven  thousand  acres,  and  its  waters  are 
clear  and  beautiful.  It  has  no  island.  Lake  trout,  cusk,  and  other  edible  fish 
abound  in  its  depths.  Ossipee  river  ilows  from  this  lake  northeasterly  to  the 
Saco  in  .Maine.  Pine  river  passes  through  the  east  part  of  Ossipee,  and  Bear 
Camp  river  seeks  the  lake  on  the  northwest.  These  streams  and  their  tribu- 
taries arc  well  filled  with  the  gamy  brook  trout,  and  this  appears  to  be  a  most 
capital  breeding-place,  as  the  numerous  bodies  of  water  connecting  with  them 
afford  a  winter  resort.  The  largest  of  these  is  Dan  Hole  pond,  about  four 
hundred  rods  long,  on  the  Tuftonborough  line.  Lovewell's,  Welch,  Bean, 
Archer's,  Garland,  White,  and  Black  ponds  and  Duncan  lake  are  others. 

Rev.  B.  D.  Eastman  gives  the  origin  of  the  euphonic  name  of  this  town  in 
this  manner:  "At  a  very  early  date  in  the  history  of  the  settlement  of  New 
England  by  the  English  people,  it  became  known  that  the  Indians  generally 
put  a  higher  estimate  upon  pine-trees  than  any  other  species  of  which  the  6 
is  made,  and  taking  the  advantage  of  this  knowledge,  together  with  the  knowl- 
edge of  their  love  of  trinkets,  they  coined  and  introduced  among  them  half- 
penny pieces  bearing  the  image  of  the  pine-tree,  which  took  wonderfully  with 
the  red  hunters  and  their  squaws,  and  fabulous  prices  were  obtained  which 
wonderfully  increased  the  already  growing  propensity  of  cheating  the  Indians, 
the  resull  of  which  was  the  loss  of  many  lives.  The  ko-was,  ••pine-tree,"  fur- 
nished them  with  many  of  the  indispensables  of  forest  life.     The  cones  or  buds 


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could  be  gathered  for  fuel,  and  already  fitted  without  the  tedious  labor  with 
tools  of  stone.  The  boughs  were  used  for  beds,  the  pitch  for  canoes  and  lodge 
purposes,  and  in  extreme  eases  the  seeds  to  prevent  starvation.  The  Indians 
appear  to  respect  the  pine-tree  as  an  emblem  of  their  own  physical  and  mental 
uprightness,  its  tall  and  straight  shape,  green  and  fresh  in  cold  or  heat,  a 
cover  from  the  storms  in  winter,  and  a  shade  from  hot  summer  rays.  The 
name  koosa,  'pine,'  or  ko-was,  "pine-tree,'  has  a  connection  with  many 
Indian  names.  We  have  a  county  Coos  in  this  state,  though  different  in 
orthography.  It  is  pronounced  as  Indians  pronounce  pine-tree,  and  we  doubt 
not  the  original  name  of  a  portion  of  the  county  called  Coos  was  by  the 
Indians  named  Kb-was-auk  or  Ko-was-ki-Jci.  Again,  we  have  in  the  county  of 
Carroll  a  mountain,  a  town,  and  a  river  bearing  the  same  name.  Now  one  of 
them,  and  only  one,  could  have  been  named  by  the  Indians.  The  orthography 
of  this  one  name  is  also  partly  disguised.  It  is  now  written  and  pronounced 
'  Ossipee.'  If  the  Indians  had  named  the  mountain  for  the  reason  that  pine 
predominated,  they  would  have  called  it  Koos-adchu,  Koos-adine,  or  Koos-wa-jo ; 
if  either,  it  would  mean  the  same  thing,  'pine  mountain.'  If  the  Indians  had 
named  the  region  of  country  embraced  in  the  town  now  called  Ossipee,  and 
pine  as  a  wood  predominated,  it  would  have  been  just  like  the  Indians  to  give 
it  a  name  with  fundamental  meaning.  If  Narraganset  Indian,  it  would  be 
Koos-auk ;  if  Delaware  Indian,  it  would  be  Koos-oh-ke ;  and  if  Ab-e-na-kl 
Indians,  the  name  would  be  Koos-ki-ki.  Now  with  regard  to  the  Indian 
name  of  Ossipee  and  its  meaning.  Jfoos-sipe,  'pine  river'  (from  the  roots 
of  Indian  dialect),  means  '  water  stretched  out '  or  extended  '  midst  ever- 
greens.' We  do  not  propose  any  change  in  the  names  of  our  mountains, 
rivers,  or  of  our  goodly  shire  town  of  Ossipee,  but  rather,  in  connection  with 
our  subject,  to  show  the  reason  why.  The  Indians  at  Ossipee,  who  were  really 
;i  branch  of  the  Pequawket  tribe,  were  called  Koos-apeese,  for  it  is  a  remarkable 
fact  that  the  Indian  tribal  name  is  generally  originated  from  the  name  of  the 
place  of  their  home  location,  as  also  you  may  see  in  the  name  of  the  tribe  at 
the  junction  of  the  Saco  with  the  bay.  A  tribe  in  close  alliance  with  the 
Pequawket,  their  name  evidently  originated  from  the  name  of  the  place  of 
their  location,  Sauk-skog-oose,  'outlet  or  mouth  of  the  Snake  stream.'  How 
easily  this  original  name  slides  into  the  name  of  the  tribe  Sok-ko-gies,  or  into 
the  name  of  the  river  as  now  called,  Saco." 

Originally  the  whole  of  the  valley  and  plain  land  of  the  town  was  thickly 
covered  with  a  growth  of  giant  white-pine,  some  of  them  toweling  nearly  two 
hundred  feet  into  the  air. 

Ossipee  is  bounded  north  by  Tamworth,  northeast  by  Freedom  and  Effing- 
ham, southeast  by  Wakefield,  west  by  Wolfeborough,  Tuftonborough,  and 
Moultonborough.  It  was  originally  known  as  New  Garden,  and  later,  as  Ossi- 
pee Gore.     After  Ossipee  was  incorporated,  February  22,  1785,  the  portion  of 


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the  Gore  nol   included  in  the  town  of  Ossipee  retained  the  name  of  Ossipee 
Gore  until  it  was  annexed  to  Effingham  in  L820. 

The  petition  for  incorporation,  dated  October  20,  L784,  was  signed  by  Jacob 
Brown,  Josiah  Poland,  Winthrop  Smith.  Andrew  Folsom,  John  Sanderson, 
John  Cooley,  Joseph  Ames,  Noah  Dow,  Ebenezer  Hall,  Nathaniel  Brown, 
Joseph  Pitman,  Jabez  Garland,  Samue]  Lear,  Jacob  Williams,  John  Scagel, 
Richard  Beacham,  and  Cornelius  Dinsmoor.  By  an  acl  approved  Januan  13, 
L837,  the  farm  of  Wentworth  Lord  and  some  other  territory  was  taken  from 
Ossipee  and  annexed  to  Tamworth,  and  June  22,  1859,  a  pari  of  the  same  Land 
was  reannexed  to  Ossipee.     The  presenl  area  is  about  55,000  acres. 

Forts.  —  Between  1650  and  ItitiO  English  workmen  sent  to  assist  the 
Ossipee  Indians  against  the  warlike  Mohawks  constructed  a  timber  fori 
fourteen  feet  in  height  on  the  south  side  of  Lovewell's  river  near  the 
lake.  This  was  quite  a  work  of  engineering.  It  was  used  by  the  Indians 
until  their  arms  were  turned  against  the  whites.  In  1676  it  was  destroyed 
by  English  troops  commanded  by  Captain  Hawthorne.  The  site  was  occupied 
several  times  later  by  Massachusetts  and  New  Hampshire  troops.  Substan- 
tially the  same  spot  was  taken  by  Captain  Lovewell  for  his  palisade  in  1725. 
This  enclosed  about  one  acre  of  ground  and  fronted  the  lake.  It  was  in  the 
northwest  part  of  the  interval,  about  seventy-five  rods  from  the  lake  and  a  few 
rods  from  the  river.  In  1851  the  preliminary  survey  of  the  railroad  ran  across 
its  site.  The  soil  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  fort  to  the  lake  and  For  a  distance 
north  and  west  of  the  lake  denotes  that  there  was  a  large  Indian  settlement  of 
ancient  date. 

The  Indian  Mound,  or  burial-place  of  the  Pecpuawkets,  is  located  on  the 
beautiful  interval  south  of  Lovewell's  river  and  west  of  Ossipee  lake.  This 
is  one  of  those  monumental  edifices  which,  scattered  over  the  country,  have 
been  objects  of  scientific  curiosity  from  the  first  settlement.  Daniel  Smith 
and  his  descendants  became  the  civilized  possessors  of  the  land  on  which 
stood  this  legacy  of  a  past  race,  and  from  conscientious  desire  not  to  disturb 
the  last  resting-place  of  the  dead,  they  forbade  attempts  at  exploration  except 
in  one  instance,  and  that  in  the  interest  of  science.  This  mound  is  an  Indian 
cemetery,  but  its  use  as  a  receptacle  for  the  bodies  of  those  who  died  ceased 
before  the  terrible  battle  called  Lovewell's  defeat.  It  is  most  probable  that 
the  decimation  of  the  tribe  by  the  pestilence  of  1016  and  following  years  broke 
up  the  practice  of  interment  here.  The  mound  was  originally  twenty-rive  feet 
high,  seventy-five  feet  in  length,  and  fifty  in  width.  The  length  and  width  are 
now  about  the  same,  hut  the  height  is  not  over  eight  feet.  John  Moulton, 
of  Moultonville,  a  careful  and  intelligent  observer,  wrote  this  description  for 
the  Qraniti  State  News  over  twenty  years  ago:  — 

"The  first  time  we  saw  this  mound  was  in  the  year  1813,  when  it  was  about 
twenty-three  feet  high.     Since  1810  we  have  lived  within   thirtrj   minutes'  walk 


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of  this  mound  and  are  very  well  versed  with  its  history.  Daniel  Smith,  Esq., 
soon  after  the  Revolution,  moved  from  Brentwood,  commenced  farming  on  the 
lot  on  which  it  stood.  A  lew  veins  later  Dr  McNorton,  of  Sandwich,  and  Dr 
Boyden,  of  Tamworth,  came  to  Mr  Smith  to  know  if  they  might  open  the 
mound  and  get  a  few  skeletons  if  they  could  find  any  that  were  not  too  much 
decayed  to  be  of  any  service.  Mr  Smith  would  not  consent  that  anything 
should  be  taken  away;  but  they  might  make  an  excavation  sufficiently  large 
to  ascertain  the  internal  structure.  It  has  been  thought  by  many  that  their 
tomahawks,  hatchets,  and  pipes  were  buried  with  them,  but  nothing  was  found 
to  lead  to  such  a  belief.1  Mr  Smith  told  me  that  he  helped  make  the  excavation, 
and  saw  how  they  buried  their  dead.  It  was  different  from  our  mode  of  burial. 
The  bodies  were  placed  in  a  sitting  position  round  a  common  centre,  and  it 
appeared  from  the  skeletons  not  entirely  decomposed  that  they  were  packed 
hard  against  each  other,  reclining  towards  the  centre,  and  facing  outward,  and 
that  when  one  circle  was  completed,  another  was  made  outside  of  it,  till  the 
base  was  large  enough  to  commence  another  tier  above  the  first  tier.  We  have 
no  means  of  knowing  how  far  back  this  mound  was  first  used  for  their  burying- 
ground.  It  must  have  been  a  number  of  thousands  of  years,  or  the  tribe  much 
larger  than  it  was  when  Captain  Lovewell  burnt  their  village.  It  was  judged 
1)\-  the  physicians  that  not  less  than  eight  or  ten  thousand  were  buried  in  this 
mound.  Evidently  when  one  was  added  to  the  number  the  earth  was  removed, 
and  the  body  packed  hard  against  the  last  one  buried,  and  hard  against  the 
back  of  it,  the  same  as  farmers  pack  their  beef  and  pork,  leaving  no  waste 
spaces.  There  was  but  very  little  earth  inside  the  mound,  perhaps  just  enough 
to  fill  the  crevices  made  in  packing.  The  outer  covering  of  this  mound  was 
made  of  coarse,  gravelly  sand  brought  from  the  plains  on  the  west  side  of 
L  i ve well's  river,  some  hundred  rods  distant  from  the  mound.  This  outside 
covering  appeared  to  have  been  about  two  feet  thick  when  made;  and,  to 
prevent  the  sides  from  washing  away,  they  brought  cobble-stones  from  the 
river  and  rubbled  the  sides  of  the  mound  in  the  same  way  that  streets  are 
paved  in  cities.  What  appeared  most  singular  was  that  all  the  stones  were 
perfectly  smooth.  Ever}^  rough  side,  corner,  and  all  sharp  angles  were  rubbed 
off,  and  every  part  of  the  stone  was  perfectly  smooth  and  highly  polished. 
Did  the  Indians  do  this  the  same  as  we  polish  our  monuments  and  grave- 
stones '.'  We  find,  however,  on  a  subsequent  examination,  that  these  stones 
were  taken  from  a  small  island  of  stones  in  Lovewell's  river,  a  few  rods  below 
the  bridge  over  the  river,  and  some  seventy  rods  below  the  railroad  bridge, 
and  upon  further  examination  we  find  that  these  stones  possess  the  same 
constituents  as  those  on  the  side  of  Ossipee  mountains,  —  about  forty  per 
cent,  quartz,  thirty  per  cent,  feldspar,  and  thirty  per  cent,  mica,  —  and  this 
gives   us  ample   proof  of  their  identity  and  place  of  location. 

1  A.  A .  M (Hilton  informs  us  that  a  tomahawk  was  taken  out,  and  seen  by  him  when  a  boy. 


TOWH     OF     OSSTPEE. 


"  Lovewell's  river  lakes  its  rise  in  the  gorges  of  these  mountains,  and  every 
heavy  rainstorm  undermined  more  or  less  of  these  cobble-stones;  then  the 
action  of  the  water  kepi  them  moving  one  over  another  till  they  were  carried 
down  to  the  base  of  the  mountain  with  their  sharp  corners  and  rough  places 
worn  quite  smooth ;  from  the  base  of  the  mountain  to  the  intervale  there  is 
quite  a  fall  almost  the  whole  distance,  and  when  the  river  has  full  hanks  the 
water  runs  with  greal  force,  moving  these  stones  little  l>\  Little  till  the\  have 
found  a  final  resting-place." 

Where  some  of  the  Early  Settlers  lived? — The  Masonian  Proprietors  earh 
had  a  road  completed  from  the  settled  districts  below  to  the  Saco  valley  al 
Conway.  This  was  the  great  thoroughfare  of  the  early  day.  Various  roads 
deflected  from  this;  sonu' of  them,  widened  and  improved,  are  the  roads  of 
to-day;  others  are  abandoned,  and  where  were  once  the  homes  of  thrifty 
settlers,  now  is  naught  but  a  tangled  growth  of  stunted  forest  or  wild  pasture 
land.  Josiah  Poland  had  the  100-acre  lot  across  the  road  from  the  court-house. 
It  fronted  160  rods  on  the  Conway  road.  A  narrow  lane-like  road  was  early 
laid  westerly  past  the  meeting-house,  and  on  this,  about  where  the  watering- 
trough  of  the  "  Pine  River  House "  now  stands,  was  the  residence  of  Mr 
Poland.  Eliphalet  Sias  lived  where  the  railroad  station  of  Ossipee  now  stands. 
William  Lear  owned  the  lot  now  called  the  "  mill  "  lot.  His  house  was  built  a 
little  north  of  Dr  Harmon's  residence.  John  Goldsmith's  lot  was  south  of  the 
Poland  home  lot.  The  "Carroll  House,"  the  court-house,  and  numerous  other 
buildings  are  on  this  land.  His  house  was  where  Curtis  Neal  now  lives. 
William  Williams  lived  on  the  lot  between  the  one  now  occupied  by  George 
B.  Sias  and  the  railroad.  An  old  willow-tree  still  standing  near  the  road  was 
brought  from  Portsmouth  by  Mr  Williams  as  a  cane,  and  stuck  into  the 
ground,  where  it  took  root  and  grew.  His  companion,  Mr  Goldsmith,  also 
brought  a  willow  cane  which  lie  set  out  at  the  forks  of  the  Wolfeborough  and 
Water  Village  roads.  This  was  for  many  years  a  large  tree,  growing  to  be  0"V  er 
two  feet  in  diameter.  Jacob  Brown  had  the  lot  at  the  Corner  on  the  east  side 
of  Conway  road.  He  had  a  small,  one-story  house,  where  he  sold  goods,  living 
in  the  same  building.  This  was  where  the  tavern  was  built  by  his  son  John. 
who  inherited  the  property,  and  stood  where  the  old  tavern,  built  in  1819,  is 
now  going  to  decay.  Jonathan  Dodge  was  a  farmer  and  a  merchant.  He 
built  and  lived  in  the  one-story  house  now  standing  near  Poland's  bridge  on 
the  proprietors' road  from  Ossipee  Corner  to  Wakefield.  He  has  no  descend- 
ants in  town.  One  of  his  daughters  married  Isaac  Thurston.  Moses  Brown 
Located  on  the  same  road  on  Brown's  ridge.  He  kept  an  inn  for  a  longtime. 
John  Young  lived  further  on  in  what  is  now  Wolfeborough.  Samuel  Smith 
lived  near  Brown  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road.     John  Burleigh  lived  a  mile 

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northwest  of  Brown's,  where  Albert  B.  Deering  now  resides.  Samuel  Roles 
lived  west  of  the  Corner  on  the  place  so  long  occupied  by  Deacon  Moses 
Biown.  Samuel  Quarles  had  a  lot  on  the  other  side  of  the  road  from  Roles. 
He  had  his  house  and  store  at  first  on  the  west  part  of  the  lot,  but  afterwards 
built  a  house  nearer  the  Corner,  which  was  burned  later.  Moses  Roberts  lived 
on  the  lot  east  of  Roles.  Jedediah  and  Benjamin  Abbott  lived  where  Mrs. 
Emily  L.  Goldsmith  does  now.  Richard  Abbott  made  his  home  on  a  lot  about 
one  mile  from  Garland's  Mills  toward  Ossipee  Corner.  Benjamin  Preble  on 
road  from  Ossipee  Corner  to  Dimon's  Corner.  John  Sceggell,  Jr,  lived  next 
north  of  Preble.  Ichabod  Hodgdon  and  Ebenezer  Hodsdon  each  had  about 
200  acres  of  land,  and  lived  half  a  mile  southeast  of  the  Centre,  then  Buswell's 
Mills,  on  Conway  road.  Joshua  Hodsdon  lived  three  quarters  of  a  mile 
southeast  on  same  road.  Joseph  Buswell  owned  the  early  mills  (grist  and 
saw)  at  the  Centre,  and  gave  his  name  to  the  settlement.  Nathaniel  Ambrose 
lived  above  and  adjoining  Ebenezer  Hodsdon.  Ebenezer  Ambrose,  his  grand- 
son, resides  here.  Daniel  Smith  was  a  valuable  citizen.  He  lived  on  the 
interval  about  two  miles  above  the  Centre.  His  son  John  was  for  many  years 
an  active  man  in  town.  Winthrop  Smart  lived  below  Mr  Smith.  Andrew 
Folsom  resided  below  Mr  Smart  and  above  the  Centre.  Winthrop  Thing 
owned  mills  at  the  Centre.  Shaber  Nickerson  lived  up  in  the  Bear  Camp 
valley,  and  owned  the  mill  privilege  where  was  later  Elliott's  mills  ;  John  and 
Timothy  White  in  the  upper  part  of  the  town. 

Joseph  Garland,  one  of  the  first  settlers,  very  early  built  mills  and  located 
on  Beech  river  near  Tuftonborough  line.  A  primitive  up-and-down  sawmill  and 
a  small  gristmill  occupied  the  site  where  Samuel  J.  Thompson  now  has  a  saw- 
mill and  gristmill,  giving  the  name  of  Garland's  Mills  to  the  place.  Beniah 
Dore  lived  near  Beech  river.  Tristram  Fall  lived  over  the  hill  on  the  road 
from  Ossipee  Corner  to  Garland's  Mills,  about  one  mile  east  of  the  mills. 
Caleb  Gilman  lived  on  the  road  from  Dimon's  Corner  to  Water  Village,  where 
Thomas  Nute  now  lives.  He  moved  to  Jackson,  afterward  to  Brookfield,  his 
native  town,  where  he  died.  Levi  Wiggin  lived  on  the  lot  where  his  grand- 
son, Levi  VV.  Brown,  now  lives,  on  the  road  from  Dimon's  Corner  to  Tufton- 
borough. Joseph  Pitman  lived  where  Leander  Pitman  now  resides,  at  the  turn 
of  the  road  east  of  the  county  farm.  His  son  Nathaniel  succeeded  him  in  the 
occupancy  of  the  place.  Joseph  Nay  lived  on  the  road  between  the  county 
farm  and  Water  Village.  The  place  is  now  owned  by  George  P.  Wiggin. 
William  Goldsmith  lived  beyond  the  Nay  place,  on  land  now  occupied  by  his 
grandsons,  sons  of  William,  Jr.  The  next  lot  toward  Water  Village  was 
owned  and  occupied  by  Samuel  Wiggin.  The  next  place  was  that  of  John 
Column  Young.  Thomas  Wiggin,  a  brother  of  Samuel,  made  his  home  on  the 
next  lot  toward  Water  Village.  Richard  Beacham  bought  this  about  1810. 
Benjamin  Gilman's  land  joined  that  of  Richard  Beacham  and  Caleb  Gilman. 
James  Nute  and  Charles  Wiggin  now  own  it. 


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John  Chick  succeeded  Elder  Wentworth  Lord,  the  pioneer  settler,  in  the 
ownership  and  occupancy  of  bhe  Lot  north  of   the  county  farm.     Wentworth 

Lord,  Jr,  lived  on  fifty  acres  of  the  same  lot,  where  Carey  Wilkins  (the  only 
negro  in  town)  is  now  owner  and  resident.  William  Brown  Lived  on  the  hill 
back  of  the  Nay  place.  John  and  Paul  Canney  lived  on  the  lot  west  of  the 
Lord  lot.      Aldo  M.  Etumery  owns  John's  place,  and  James  Bickford  Paul's. 

'These  lots  are  now  pasture  land;  the  road  to  them  long  since  taken  up. 
Joshua  (irant  lived  where  is  now  the  "  Reed  pasture."  Thomas  Perkins  lived 
on  the  place  now  owned  by  Mrs  James  Nute.  This  joins  that  of  Thomas  Nute, 
and  is  on  the  Wolfe  ho  rough  line.  One  half  of  this  lot  was  occupied  by 
Jeremiah  Martin,  who  succeeded  John  Wadleigh,  the  first  settler. 

John  Wadleigh  was  from  London.  His  sister  married  Richard  Beacham, 
and  when  they  were  about  to  emigrate  to  this  new  settlement,  Mr  Wadleigh 
went  to  aid  them  in  their  journey  hither.  During  his  absence,  and  possibly  on 
the  first  night,  Mrs  Wadleigh  was  killed  (as  was  supposed)  by  lightning,  and 
it  was  nearly  a  week  before  this  was  known.  A  dog  tied  to  the  side  of  the  bed 
had  starved  to  death.  His  possessions  were  soon  sold  to  Mr  Martin.  Richard 
Beacham  made  his  settlement  on  a  settler's  lot  of  100  acres,  one-half  mile  from 
Water  Village,  on  the  road  to  Dimon's  Corner;  Benjamin  Sceggel  lived  on  the 
Conway  road  between  Wolfeborough  and  Dimon's  Corner;  Samuel  Chick  now 
lives  on  the  same  lot;  Sceggel's  house  was,  however,  nearer  Ossipee  Corner. 
Moses  Sceggel,  the  first  white  male  child  born  in  the  town,  was  the  son  of  John 
Sceggel  and  a  brother  of  John  Sceggel,  Jr.  John  Pitman  married  Sabra 
Robinson,  of  Lamprey  River,  and  settled  on  a  part  of  the  Eliphalet  Sias  lot. 
He  died  of  the  smallpox.  Mrs  Pitman  lived  ninety-six  years.  She  passed 
her  last  years  with  her  daughter,  who  married  Colonel  Henry  A.  P.  Brown 
Hyde,  and  lived  near  the  old  Daniel  Pike  house  on  the  road  from  Ossipee 
Village  to  the  "Pocket."  Her  memory  of  early  days  was  vivid,  and  she 
would  have  been  of  invaluable  help  to  the  historian.  Elisha  P.  Allen  is  her 
grandson. 

Isaac  Demerritt  lived  on  the  "Pocket"  on  a  farm  where  he  has  now 
descendants  living;  Joseph  and  John  Glidden  on  Pocket  road  from  Ossipee 
Corner.  William  Keys  lived  where  William  Wentworth  now  lives.  Keys 
sold  to  a  blacksmith  named  Stokes,  and  moved  to  Beech  pond  in  Wolfe- 
borough.  David  Crockett  lived  near  Effingham,  on  the  road  from  the  Locket 
across  Pine  river.  Jonathan  Crockett  lived  at  the  end  of  the  Pocket  road, 
near  Wakefield;  Samuel  Tucker  on  Pocket  road;  Thomas  Young  on  the 
road  from  the  Pocket  to  Effingham.  John  Welch  was  his  neighbor.  Lbenezer 
and  Timothy  Horsam  lived  back  of  the  Pocket  hill.  Ephraim  Leighton 
lived  near  Loightbn's  Corners,  his  land  coming  to  the  corner.  Aaron  Hanson 
lived  on  road  from  Pocket  to  Newfield.  Simon  and  Seth  Fogg  lived  between 
Leightoifs   Corners  and  North   Wakefield,  Seth,  one  mile  below  the  Corners 


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(he  was  assessed  on  one  mill  in  1804),  and  Simon  nearly  a  mile  nearer  Wake- 
field ;  his  son  Simon  now  occupies  the  place.  Zebulon  Glidden  lived  where 
John  F.  Hum  now  resides.  Joseph,  James  (had  a  mill  in  1804),  and  Edward 
Dearborn  lived  southeast  of  Simon  Fogg's  on  the  North  Wakefield  road. 
James  Roberts  between  Fogg's  and  Leighton's. 

EARLY  Mills.  —  There  were,  according  to  Asa  Beacham,  at  one  time  five 
mills  in  active  operation  on  Pine  river.  One  at  the  outlet  of  Pine  river  pond, 
built  by  James  Dearborn  and  first  assessed  in  1804.  This  had  various  changes 
of  ownership,  and  was  burned  about  1870.  General  Henry  Hyde,  a  prominent 
citizen,  built  what  was  later  called  the  "Jeff.  Wentworth  "  saw  and  grist  mill 
in  1809,  two  miles  below  the  Dearborn  mill.  The  general  cleared  a  large' 
piece  of  land  near  this,  and  in  1818,  while  it  was  new  land,  used  it  as  a 
muster,  drill,  and  parade  ground  for  his  militia.  The  black  dust  arising  from 
the  ground  was  a  great  annoyance  to  the  men,  and,  to  punish  the  general,  they 
made  an  assault  along  the  line  of  his  well-kept  beehives,  destroying  them  and 
eating  the  honey.  Trees  a  foot  through  are  now  growing  on  this  field.  Gen- 
eral Hyde  sold  this  mill  to  George  W.  Copp  about  1820,  and  built  another 
about  two  miles  from  Ossipee  Corner  on  the  main  road  to  the  Pocket.  This  was 
operated  many  years,  when  it  was  burned.  In  1810  Isaac  Demeritt  had  a  mill 
on  what  is  now  called  the  "Crockett"  milldam.  The  "Hodsdon  mill"  was  built 
about  1818  by  Joseph  Chamberlain,  the  first  merchant  at  Leighton's  Corners. 
Joseph  and  John  Mathes  afterward  owned  the  mills  at  the  mouth  of  Pine 
river.  Josiah  Poland  early  built  a  gristmill  on  the  branch  bearing  his  name ; 
this  was  on  the  Conway  road  toward  Wakefield  and  near  Ossipee  Corner. 
This  was  assessed  to  Samuel  Wiggin  in  1821,  and  to  Samuel  Quarles  in  1827, 
who  owned  it  when  it  was  carried  off  by  the  "big  freshet"  of  1840,  or  earlier. 
Richard  and  Isaac  Stillings  owned  a  sawmill  near  this  in  1821.  David 
Pike,  an  early  blacksmith,  had  a  trip-hammer  run  by  water-power.  His  shop 
and  dam  were  located  on  Poland  branch,  a  mile  below  the  gristmill.  Ezekiel 
Wentworth  had  the  mill  near  the  mouth  of  Poland  branch  in  1811;  John 
Chick  and  Thomas  Rogers  in  1821.  All  these  have  served  their  day  ;  the  saw- 
mills have  "cut  up"  many  thousands  of  the  noble  pines  that  grew  so  thickly 
in  the  section,  and  nothing  but  ruins  and  a  new  growth  of  vegetation  mark 
their  sites. 

Joseph  Buswell  early  utilized  the  water  privilege  at  the  Centre,  and  erected 
grist  and  saw  mills.  These  were  profitable,  and  a  brisk  village  sprang  up 
around  them.  In  1817  these  had  passed  into  the  possession  of  Joseph 
Wiggin,  and  in  1821  into  that  of  Nathaniel  Libbey.  Shaber  Nickerson  built 
about  1790  the  mills  on  the  Pear  Camp,  later  known  as  the  Elliott  mills. 
Jeremiah  Wiggin  had  a  small  sawmill  in  1811  in  the  northwest  part  of  the 
town  among  the  mountains;  Pinner's  mills  were  on  Lovell's  river,  and  Aaron 
Hanson  had  one  in  the  same  year  at  the  outlet  of  Dan  Hole  pond.     Jonathan 


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Watson  built  a  gristmill  in  1811  nn  Beech  river  near  Water  Village.  In  L827 
this  was  purchased  by  Richard  Beacham  from  Samuel  Wiggin,  the  owner  at 
thai  time;  Stephen  Jackson's  sawmill  now  occupies  the  site.     Joseph  Bickford 

was  own  cm-  of  a  grist  and  sawmill  near  North  Wakefield  in  1812.  Tristram 
Fall  in  L809  became  the  owner  of  the  Garland's  mills  on  Beech  river;  in  1>1  1 
Charles  W.  Babb  became  part  owner.  Dudley  Hardy,  of  Wolfeborough,  had 
a  fulling-mill  at  Water  Village  in  1814,  which  became  the  propert}  of  <■■ 
W.  Lord  in  1821.  Elder  Mayhew  Clark,  son  of  Jacob  Clark,  who  had  a  mill 
on  Dan  Hole  stream  at  what  is  now  Moultonville  in  1814,  and  Ezekiel  Dore 
owned  the  property  in  1821.  This  became  the  property  of  John  Moulton  in 
L827.     Mark   Moulton  had  a  sawmill   in  1823  at  the  outlet  of  Dan  Hole  [mud. 

Stokes  and  Traders.  —  Samuel  Quarles  and  Jonathan  Dodge  were 
among  the  first  at  the  Corner  or  near  locality.  Samuel  Poland  and  Samuel 
Wiggin  were  in  company  here  later.  Mr  Quarles  moved  west  of  the  Comer 
and  was  in  successful  trade  for  years,  until  the  devolving  cares  of  responsible 
and  high  official  stations  occupied  his  time  exclusively.  No  man  ever  lived 
in  Carroll  county  of  greater  ability,  or  who  did  more  good  in  public  station. 
John  Brown  was  merchandising  for  many  years  in  a  one-story  house  which 
was  also  his  "tavern,"  on  the  site  of  the  hotel  he  built  in  1819  at  the  Corner. 
In  this  he  continued  in  trade  until  1826,  or  at  least  was  assessed  on  "stock  in 
trade  "  during  those  years. 

(lark  and  Wingate,  of  Wakefield,  put  a  stock  of  goods  in  a  small  store  at 
the  Corner,  which  was  first  assessed  as  "stock  in  trade"  in  1822.  Isaac 
Thurston  was  their  clerk.  He  was  from  Wolfeborough,  and  one  of  the  first 
initiates  of  the  masonic  lodge  at  that  place.  Clark  failed  in  a  few  years. 
John  Wingate  went  into  trade  at  the  Centre  and  Thurston  succeeded  to 
the  business  at  the  Corner,  and  by  1832  was  in  a  much  larger  and  more 
commodious  building  on  the  site  of  the  old  store.  Here  he  traded  for  about 
thirty  years.  The  building  was  afterwards  changed  to  a  dwelling.  Mr  Thurs- 
ton i lied  in  1880,  aged  eighty-one. 

John  Brown,  Jr,  built  the  store  now  occupied  by  C.  S.  Demeritt  in  1844 
or  1845.  and  was  in  trade  here  until  1861,  when  he  went  into  the  arm}'.  A 
cooperative,  or  "union/'  store  was  then  organized,  and  Daniel  Wentworth 
was  the  manager  for  three  years,  when  he  purchased  the  stock  of  the  company 
and  conducted  business  about  two  years.  He  was  succeeded  by  George  A. 
Beacham,  who  remained  one  year,  when  M.  V.  Richer  occupied  the  stand  for 
two  years,  then  Rufus  F.  Stillings  traded  here  for  three  years:  his  successor 
was  Charles  F.  Fall,  who  was  the  trader  for  the  next  four  years,  and  his  wife 
continued  the  business  one  year.  In  1885  George  L.  Young  commenced 
merchandising  in  this  building  as  George  L.  Young  &  Co.;  in  a  short  time 
he  became  sole  proprietor  and  was  in  trade  until  August,  1889.  lie  was 
appointed  postmaster  in  1885;  elected  town  clerk  first  in  1887,  and  was  and 
is  a  popular  and  efficient  official. 


588  History  of   Carroll  County. 

Charles  H.  Carter,  who  was  commissioned  postmaster  in  1889,  removed  the 
office  to  the  store  near  the  court-house,  and  carries  a  stock  of  groceries. 

C.  S.  Demeritt  leased  the  store  occupied  by  George  L.  Young  in  Septem- 
ber, 1889,  and  has  a  large,  fine,  and  new  stock  of  general  merchandise. 

In  1820  Peter  Huckins  built  the  store  opposite  the  Carroll  House  at  the 
Corner,  and  was  in  trade  there  for  eight  or  nine  years.  Badger  and  Jacobs 
succeeded  him,  trading  two  years.  Later  Wentworth  L.  Young  occupied 
it  for  some  time,  after  it  had  been  vacant  for  some  years.  Jacob  F.  Brown 
bought  Young's  stock  about  1855,  and  was  in  trade  until  he  was  succeeded 
in  1880  by  his  son,  Dana  J.,  who  in  1883  admitted  his  brother,  Eugene  F.,  to 
a  partnership.  They  now  carry  on  merchandising  under  the  firm  name  of 
D.  J.  &  E.  F.  Brown. 

Brackett  Wiggin  built  the  store  near  the  court-house  in  1830,  and  was 
there  in  trade  until  his  death  in  or  about  1860.  I.  Dewitt  Carter  and  Martin 
V.  Ricker  traded  here  from  about  1870  for  two  or  three  years.  It  then  lay 
idle  for  quite  a  time  until  Miller  Chad  wick  opened  it  as  a  store,  which  he 
conducted  for  some  years.  It  is  now  occupied  by  Charles  H.  Carter,  who 
is  postmaster. 

Joseph  V.  Quarles  traded  in  the  store  in  the  mill  building  at  the  Centre 
from  1823  to  1828.  Joseph  P.  Wiggin  traded  there  later,  and  it  has  been 
occupied  by  various  merchants  since  for  longer  or  shorter  periods. 

Alvin  Senter  opened  a  store  at  Water  Village  about  1835;  after  some 
years  he  was  succeeded  by  Joseph  Moody,  who  sold  in  four  or  five  years 
to  Richard  Beacham.  Ten  years  thereafter  Mr  Beacham  was  succeeded  by 
his  son  Richard,  he,  after  three  years,  by  Charles  S.  Beacham,  who  was 
followed  by  John  H.  Beacham,  and  he  by  Clarence  Hayes.  The  store  was 
burned  in  1880  and  has  not  been  rebuilt.  Daniel  Hanson  conducted  a  tannery 
from  1812  to  1829.  Moses  Brown  carried  on  the  same  business  at  Water 
Village  from  1813  to  1836. 

Curtis  Pitman  built  a  store  at  West  Ossipee  about  the  time  of  the 
Rebellion,  and  here  he  and  Joseph  Varney  were  in  trade  for  some  years. 
Addison  Hyde  was  a  merchant  here  for  a  time.  Hobbs  and  Lord  opened  a 
store  at  West  Ossipee  about  twenty  years  ago,  and  were  in  business  for  from 
six  to  ten'  years.  A.  B.  Lamper  does  an  extensive  business  for  the  place 
there  now. 

John  W.  Sanborn,  who  was  in  trade  in  1832  at  Centre  Ossipee,  died  in 
that  year,  and  was  succeeded  by  Joseph  P.  Wiggin,  who  formed  a  partnership 
with  Otis  L.  Wiswell  a  year  or  so  later.  Wiggin  sold  his  interest  to  Edward 
Grant,  and  in  1836  Wiswell  went  out  of  business.  Dr  Nathaniel  Grant,  who 
had  opened  a  store  at  Wakefield  Corner,  came  here  at  the  solicitation  of  his 
brother  in  the  fall  of  1836,  succeeded  him  in  business  the  next  year  (1837), 
and  conducted  it  for  fifty  years,  until  1887. 


Town   of   Ossipee. 


Aaron  Roberts,  one  of  the  largest  traders  of  Carroll  count}  territory, 
conducted  an  immense  mercantile  establishment  ;it  Dimou's  Corners  for  forty 
years,  from  1825  or  1 826. 

Dr  McNortoD  practised  medicine  firsl  in  Sandwich  until  aboul  lv<»o.  when 
he  removed  to  Dimon's  Corners.  He  died  a  ver\  old  man,  according  to  tradi- 
tion one  hundred  and  seventeen  years  of  age,  about  1830. 


CHAPTER   LII. 

What  the  Early  Records  contain  —  Early  Taverners  —  Early  Marriages  —  First  Inventory. 

FOR  a  great  many  years  the  early  records  are  largely  devoted  to  arrange- 
ments for  the  care  of  the  poor,  of  which  the  town  seems  to  have  had 
iik ire  than  a  liberal  allotment,  and  these  speak  well  for  the  humanity  and 
charity  of  the  people;  the  heavy  burden  is  cheerfully  borne,  although  in  one 
year  the  amount  paid  out  for  the  town's  poor,  aside  from  county  charges,  is 
eleven  hundred  dollars. 

Another  matter  of  great  concern  and  much  expense  to  the  townsmen  was 
the  condition  of  the  roads.  In  a  town  covering  so  much  territory,  where  roads 
cioss  so  many  rapid  streams,  the  highway  question  was  a  vital  and  expensive 
one:  so  we  find  much  local  legislation  concerning  the  laying  out  of  roads,  the 
building  and  rebuilding  of  bridges,  especially  over  Bear  Camp  river.  In  IT'.1! 
(inly  sixteen  families  were  living  on  the  road  running  eighteen  miles  through 
the  town.  Once  we  find  a  record  of  action  taken  to  consider  what  was  to  be 
done  concerning  an  indictment  found  against  the  town  for  the  bad  condition  of 
its  highways.  "Carriages"  were  long  in  finding  their  way  into  the  new 
region.     Even  as  late  as  1829  only  thirteen  appear  in  the  inventory. 

Nothing  shows  the  changes  of  our  civilization  and  the  character  of  business 
more  than  the  mention  of  important  ofliees  in  the  early  records,  the  name,  the 
character,  and  the  functions  of  which  are  nearly,  if  not  completely,  unknown 
to  the  present  generation.  Among  others  we  note  pound-keepers,  corders  of 
wood,  inspectors  of  leather,  field-drivers,  hog-reeves,  tithingmen,  etc. 

Schools  were  of  importance.  At  first  they  seem  to  have  been  taught  lor 
awhile  in  a  dwelling  in  one  part  of  the  town,  and  when  the  proportion  of 
teaching  due  the  scholars  in  that  section  had  been  done,  another  locality  was 
thus  favored.     Gradually  permanent  schools  and  schoolhouses  were  established 


590  History   op  Carroll   County. 


and  a  higher  grade  of  instruction  inaugurated.  Then,  in  clue  time,  came  the 
division  of  the  town  into  school  districts.  This  was  about  the  commencement 
of  tlic  present  century.  About  1820  school  committees  were  chosen  to  see 
that  the  efficiency  of  teachers  and  schools  was  kept  up,  and  district  or  sub- 
committees were  voted  in  1826. 

Early  Taverners. —  Ossipee,  September  30,  1799.  —  We  the  Subscribers 
approbate  Quarles  &  Dodge  to  sell  all  kinds  of  Spiritous  Liquors  by  retail. 
Sanborn  Blake,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Selectmen. 

Captain  Jacob  Brown  and  Samuel  Quarles  and  Captain  Jonathan  Dodge 
are  k* approbated"  in  1800. 

In  1803,  Mr.  Ephraim  Knight  was  approbated  to  keep  a  publick  house  ; 
Captain  Seth  Fogg  approbated  to  keep  a  Tavern;  Captain  Jacob  Brown 
approbated  to  keep  a  Publick  Tavern  in  1804. 

Jonathan  Dodge  was  approbated  to  sell  at  his  Store  in  Ossipee  all  kind  of 
Destiled  Seprits  in  1806.  The  same  year  Joseph  Ames  was  approbated  to 
keep  an  open  Tavern. 

In  1811,  Hubbard  Goldsmith,  Ichabod  Hodsdon,  and  Jonathan  Dodge  were 
approbated  to  sell  by  retail  all  kinds  of  sperituous  liquours,  and  Captain  Jacob 
Brown  approbated  to  keep  a  tavern  and  sell  mixed  liquours. 

Mr  Joseph  Ames,  Captain  Jacob  Brown,  John  Brown,  Joseph  Bus  well,  and 
Elisha  Cooley  were  approbated  to  sell  liquors  in  1812.  Peter  Huckins 
"  approbated  "  to  sell   at  retail  in  1817. 

In  1818,  Nathaniel  Libbey  and  Ephraim  Knight  were  also  approbated  ;  the 
former  to  sell  liquor,  the  latter  to  keep  a  tavern. 

Early  Marriages  "  performed  by  Elder  Wentworth  Lord."  1803,  March  19, 
Nathaniel  Lock,  of  Wakefield,  and  Abigail  Pitman,  of  Ossipee;  May  31, 
Joseph  Palmer  and  Hannah  Davis,  of  Effingham;  July  1,  James  F.  Jeweld,  of 
Wakefield,  and  Polly  Randall,  of  Tuftonborough ;  August  16,  Amos  Garland, 
of  Ossipee,  and  Polly  Fullerton,  of  Tuftonborough.  1804,  January  4,  John 
Emesson,  Jr,  and  Nancy  Dearborn,  of  Ossipee;  May  25,  Samuel  Hyde,  Jr,  of 
Wolfeborough,  and  Sally  Taylor,  of  Ossipee ;  October  25,  John  Burleigh  and 
Temperance  Smith,  of  Ossipee;  November  17,  Moses  Whitehouse,  of  Brook- 
field,  and  Olive  Dame,  of  Wakefield;  December  20,  Abraham  Graves  and 
Phebe  Dennet,  of  Tuftonborough.  1805,  October  2,  Daniel  Young  to  Elizabeth 
Nason,  both  of  Ossipee.  1806,  May  7,  Jeremiah  Wiggin,  of  Ossipee,  to  Polly 
Brown,  of  Tuftonborough;  November  27,  John  M.  Knell  to  Phebe  Hobbs, 
both  of  Effingham.  1807,  February  18,  John  C.  Young  to  Betsey  Lord,  both 
of  Ossipee;  April  7.  William  Lear,  Jr,  of  Ossipee,  to  Kezia  Glover,  of  Wolfe- 
borough  ;  December  16,  John  Parker  to  Sally  Fogg,  both  of  Effingham.  1808, 
March  10,  David  Goldsmith,  of  Ossipee,  to  Nabby  Goodwin,  of  Milton;  May 
2,  Ezekiel   Wentworth  and  Ruth   Marthes,  of  Ossipee. 

The  First  Inventory  we  find  on  record  is  that  of  1802,  which  we  copy  :  — 


Town   of  Ossipeb.  59] 


Benjamin  Goldsmith,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  cows,  three  neal  stock,  one  acre  tillage,  one 

mowing,  two  pasturing,  thirty-six  wild  land.     Hubbard  Goldsmith, poll,  one  horse,  two 

cow.,  five  neat  stock,  five  acres   mowing,  torn-   pasturing,  thirty-four  wild   land.     Thomas 

Rogers,  one  poll,  two  row-,  one  neal  stock,  one  acre  tillage,  one  wing,  flftv-flve  wild  land. 

Jedediah  Abbott,  one  poll,  two  oxen,  three  cows,  one  acre  tillage,  -ix  acres  mowing  sis 
pasturing,  sixty-two  wild  land.  Benjamin  Abbott,  one  poll,  one  cow,  one  young  neal  stock, 
twenty-five  acres  wild  land.  Samuel  Sias.  one  poll,  one  horse,  three  cows,  two  three-vear- 
olds,  four  acres  mowing,  -ix  pasturing,   ninety  wild  land.     Daniel    Robarts,  one    poll!  one 

horse,  one  colt,  four  oxen,  three  cows,  three  three-3  ear-olds, ■  acre  tillage,  3evei wing, 

six  pasturing,  eighty-six  wild  land.  Robert  Robarts,  one  poll.  Moses  Hanson,  one  poll,  one 
horse,  five  oxen,  three  cows,  three  acres  mowing,  eight,  pasturing,  eighty-nine  wild  land. 
Isaac  Stiles,  one  poll,  one  cow,  seventy  acres  wild  land.  William  Stiles,  one  poll,  one  cow, 
thirty  acre-  wild  land.  Elisha  Gould,  one  poll,  one  horse,  seven  oxen,  one  cow,  three  young 
cattle,  one  acre  tillage,  ten  mowing,  fifteen  pasturing,  seventy-five  wild  land.  J.  Goldsmith, 
jr.  one  poll,  one  horse,  four  oxen,  two  cows,  one  three-year-old,  one  acre  tillage,  live  mowing, 

tour  pasturing,  fifty-nine  wild  land.     Edward  Moody,  one  poll,  one  horse,  o :ow,  one  acre 

tillage,  se\  en  mowing,  six  pasturing,  sixty-six  wild  land.  Joseph  <  larland,  one  poll,  one  cow  . 
fifty  and  one-half  acres  wild  land,  two  mills  (?).  Amos  Garland,  one  poll.  W  inthrop  Thing, 
one  poll,  one  hois,,  one  colt,  one  cow,  one  three-year-old,  fifty  and  one-half  acres  wild  land, 
two  mills  (?).  Nathan  Abbott,  one  poll,  one  colt,  one  ox,  one  cow,  sixty-two  acres  wild 
land.  Richard  Abbott,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  ox, one  cow,  three  three-year-olds,  ten  acres 
wild  land.  Daniel  Abbott,  one  poll,  one  stallion,  six  oxen,  two  cow-,  one  acre  tillage,  five 
mowing,  four  pasturing,  sixty  wild  land.  William  Goodwin,  one  poll,  one  cow.  one  acre 
tillage,  six  mowing,  twelve  pasturing,  eighty  wild  land.  Benjamin  Hodsdon,  one  poll,  one 
horse,  one  colt,  one  cow.  one  acre  tillage,  six  mowing,  thirty-three  pasturing.  Samuel 
Nutter,  one  poll,  thirty  acres  pasturing.  Asa  Wight,  one  poll,  four  oxen,  one  hundred  acres 
wild  land.  Xeliedee  Tiling,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  cows,  two  acres  mowing,  two  pasture, 
forty-six  wild  land.  Wentworth  Lord,  one  poll,  twenty-six  wild  land.  Stephen  Wentworth, 
one  poll,  one  two-year-old,  one  acre  mowing,  sixty  wild  land.  Joel  Fernald.  one  poll,  one 
COlt.  Samuel  Roles,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  colt,  two  oxen,  one  cow,  two  three-year-olds, 
two  yearlings,  one  acre  tillage,  two  mowing,  eight  pasturing,  seventy-three  wild  land. 
Moses  Robarts,  one  poll,  one  stud,  one  cow,  one  acre  tillage,  six  mowing,  one  hundred 
thirty-nine  wild  land.  Benjamin  Brown,  one  poll,  two  horses,  one  cow.  Turner  Hanson, 
one  poll,  one  horse,  one  cow,  one  acre  wild  land.  John  Goldsmith,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one 
cow,  one  acre  tillage,  four  mowing,  four  pasturing,  sixty  wild  land.  Josiah  Poland,  one 
poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  six  cows,  two  mills,  one  yearling,  three  acre-  tillage,  fifteen 
mowing,  twenty-four  pasturing,  one  hundred  fifty-eight  wild  land.  Jacob  Brown,  one  poll, 
one  colt,  four  oxen,  eight  COWS,  Six  young  cattle,  three  acres  tillage,  ten  mowing,  twenty 
pasturing,  two  hundred  ten  wild  land.  Jacob  Brown,  jr,  one  poll,  one  colt.  Caleb  Gilman, 
two  oxen,  one  hundred  acres  wild  land.  Eliphalet  Sias.  one  poll,  one  horse,  lour  oxen,  one 
cow.  three  young  cattle,  one  acre  tillage,  seven  mowing,  four  pasturing,  one  hundred  thirty- 
nine  wild  land.  Samuel  Lear,  one  poll,  two  oxen,  one  cow.  one  acre  tillage,  three  mowing, 
one  pasturing,  ninety-six  wild  land.  William  fear,  one  poll.  John  Young,  one  poll,  one 
horse,  one  colt,  lour  oxen,  four  cows,  nine  young  cattle,  two  acres  tillage,  twelve  mowing, 
fourteen  pasturing,  two  hundred  seventy-two  wild  land.  . Joseph  Pitman,  one  poll,  one 
horse,  two  oxen,  one  cow,  three  young  cattle,  one  acre  tillage,  five  mowing,  ten  pasturing, 
seventy-live  wild  land.  Nathaniel  Pitman,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  cow-.  iili\  acres  wild 
land.  Joseph  Fogg,  one  pole,  one  horse,  one  colt,  I  wo  oxen,  one  cow  .  four  young  cattle,  one 
acre  tillage,  eight  mowing,  fifteen  pasturing,  one  hundred  seventy-six   wild  land.    Joseph 

Nay,  one  poll,  two  horses,  two  oxen,  two  cow-,  f ■  young  cattle,  one  acre  tillage,  eighl 

mowing,  fifteen  pasturing,  seventy-six  wild  land.  Samuel  I. ear.  jr.  one  poll,  one  cow,  one 
yearling,  tive  acres  pasturing,  ninety-five  wild  land.  William  Goldsmith,  one  poll,  one  COW, 
two  yearling.-,  one  acre   mowing,  four  acres  pasturing,   seventy   wild   land.     Samuel   W'iggin. 


592  History   of   Carroll  County. 

one  poll,  one  stud,  two  oxen,  six  young  cattle,  one  acre  tillage,  seven  mowing,  ten  pasturing, 
one  hundred  twenty-seven  wild  land.  Thomas  Wiggin,  one  poll,  one  colt,  two  oxen,  one 
cow.  one  hundred  acres  wild  laud.  Benjamin  Gilman,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  one 
cow,  one  three-year-old,  one  acre  tillage,  seven  mowing,  ninety-three  wild  land.  Richard 
Beacham,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  one  acre  tillage,  five  mowing,  seven 
pasturing,  thirty-seven  wild  land.  Richard  Beacham,  jr,  one  poll,  one  colt,  two  oxen,  two 
cows,  one  acre  tillage,  live  acres  mowing,  seven  acres  pasturing,  thirt^'-seven  wild  land. 
Joseph  White,  one  poll,  two  cows,  one  yearling,  two  acres  mowing,  twelve  pasturing-, 
eighty-six  wild  land.  John  Chick,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  one  cow,  one  three-year- 
old,  one  acre  tillage,  two  mowing,  two  pasturing,  forty-six  wild  land.  David  Jones,  one  poll, 
one  colt,  one  cow,  one  three-year-old,  two  acres  mowing,  four  pasturing,  forty-four  wild 
land.  William  Brown,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  one  yearling,  three  acres 
mowing,  four  pasturing,  sixty-two  wild  land.  John  Canney,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  colt, 
four  young  cattle,  one  acre  mowing,  two  pasturing,  twenty-seven  wild  land.  Paul  Canney, 
one  poll,  one  cow.  one  three-year-old,  thirty  acres  wild  land.  Joshua  Grant,  one  poll,  one 
cow,  one  yearling,  sixty  acres  wild  land.  Joseph  Peere.  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  cow. 
Benjamin  Copp,  one  poll.  Abner  Moody,  one  poll.  Thomas  Perkins,  one  poll,  one  stud, 
two  cows,  two  yearlings,  one  acre  tillage,  six  mowing,  four  pasturing,  thirty-nine  wild  land. 
Jeremiah  Martin,  one  poll,  two  cows,  one  acre  tillage,  six  mowing,  six  pasturing,  thirty-seven 
wild  land.  Sanborn  Blake,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  cows,  one  yearling.  Beniah  Dore,  one 
poll,  one  horse,  two  cows,  two  acres  mowing,  twenty-eight  wild  land.  John  Robarts,  one 
poll.  Moses  Hoyt,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  colt.  Tristram  Fall,  land  in  25,  one  hundred 
acres  wild  land.  Samuel  Quarles,  one  poll,  one  stud,  one  three-year-old  colt,  one  yearling 
colt,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  one  three-year-old,  one  acre  tillage,  six  acres  mowing,  six  acres 
pasturing,  two  hundred  thirty  wild  land.  Levi  Wiggins,  land  in  lot  24,  one  hundred  thirty 
acres.  Isaac  Williams,  one  poll.  William  Williams,  one  poll,  one  cow,  one  hundred  acres 
wild  land.  Taylor  Abbott,  one  poll,  one  cow.  John  Pitman,  one  poll.  Ichabod  Hodgdon, 
one  poll,  one  three-year-old  colt,  two  oxen,  three  cows,  two  young  cattle,  one  acre  tillage, 
three  and  one-half  mowing,  two  pasturing,  one  hundred  ninety-three  wild  land.  Ebenezer 
Hodsdon,  one  poll,  one  three-year-old  colt,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  two  two-year-olds,  one 
acre  tillage,  three  and  one-half  mowing,  two  pasturing,  one  hundred  ninety-three  wild  land. 
Silas  White,  one  poll,  one  cow.  Joseph  Buswell,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  cow,  two  hundred 
acres  wild  land.  Joshua  Hodsdon,  one  poll,  one  horse,  five  cows,  one  acre  tillage,  four  acres 
mowing,  live  pasturing,  ninety  wild  land.  Jonathan  Dodge,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  stud, 
two  oxen,  five  cows,  two  young  cattle,  five  acres  tillage,  eight  acres  mowing,  eighteen 
pasturing,  five  hundred  ninety-tour  acres  wild  land.  Solomon  Emerson,  one  poll,  one  horse, 
two  acres  tillage,  four  acres  mowing,  six  pasturing,  seveuty-eight  wild  land.  Wald*n 
Kennison,  one  poll,  two  horses,  two  cows,  two  acres  mowing,  forty-eight  wild  land.  Isaac 
Demerritt,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  five  acres  mowing,  five  pasturing, 
thirty-nine  wild  land.  Jonathan  Garland,  one  poll.  Joseph  Glidden,  one  poll,  one  cow, 
two  hundred  acres  wild  land.  John  Glidden,  one  poll,  two  hundred  acres  wild  land. 
William  Keys,  one  poll,  two  cows,  one  acre  tillage,  two  mowing,  twenty-four  wild  land. 
Joseph  Bracket,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  four  cows,  two  yearlings,  one  acre  tillage, 
live  acres  mowing,  four  acres  pasturing,  forty  acres  wild  land.  Benjamin  Scadgel,  one 
poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  four  cows,  one  acre  tillage,  eight  acres  mowing,  eight  acres 
pasturing,  one  hundred  forty-three  wild  land.  David  Crockett,  four  oxen,  two  cows,  three 
young  cattle,  four  acres  tillage,  ten  mowing,  one  hundred  thirty-two  wild  land.  Jonathan 
Crockett,  one  poll,  one  two-year-old  colt,  two  cows,  two  acres  pasturing,  thirty-eight  wild 
land.  Samuel  Tucker,  <>ne  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  three  yearlings,  three  acres 
tillage,  three  mowing,  four  pasturing,  forty-eight  wild  land.  Thomas  Young,  one  poll,  one 
colt,  three  cows,  two  yearlings,  two  acres  tillage,  four  mowing,  four  pasturing,  forty-one 
wild  land.  John  Welch,  one  poll,  one  colt,  four  cows,  two  two-year-olds,  one  acre  tillage, 
three  acres  mowing,  one  hundred  eleven  wild  land.     Timothy  Horsoin,  one  poll,  one  horse, 


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one  roll,  two  rows,  two  three-year-olds,  two  acres  tillage,  Pom  mowing,  two  pasturing, 
seventy-two  wild  land.  Ebenezer  fforsom,  one  poll,  one  horse,  om  cow,  two  jroung  cattle, 
two  acres  tillage,  two  mowing,  three  pasturing,  fifty-three  wild  land.  Ephralm  Leighton,  one 
poll,  one  horse,  three  cows,  eight  young  cattle,  three  acres  tillage,  sis  ucres  mowing,  five 

pasturing,  one  hundred  sixty-two  wild  land.     Aaron  Sanson, poll,  one  ox,  one  cow,  one 

yearling,  our  acre  tillage,  three  mowing,  three  pasturing,  i  wenty-nlne  wild  land.     Seth   I 
one  poll,  our  horse,  one  colt,  two  oxen,  six  cows,  seven  young  cattle,  three  acres  tillage,  ten 

mowing,  ten  pasturing,  seventy-seven  wild  land.    Simon  Fogg,  our  poll, ■  horse,  two  oxen, 

twocows,  two  young  cattle,  one  acre  tillage,  lour  mowing,  seven  pasturing,  fort3  uil'1  land. 
John  $Toung,jr,  one  poll.  on<>  horse,  two  oxen,  lour  cow-,  two  acres  tillage,  three  mowing, 

six  pasturing,  thirty-nine  wild  laud.    Zebulon  Glidden,  one  poll.  •  horse,  our  cow.  two 

young  cattle,  one  aero  mowing,  eighty-nine  wild  laud.  Jonal  han  Welch,  our  poll,  two  young 
cattle,  one  hundred  acres  wild  land.  Paul  Welch,  one  poll.  Samuel  Tasker,  our  poll,  two 
oxen,  two  cow-,  one  yearling,  three  acres  tillage,  six  mowing,  three  pasturing,  eighty-eighl 
wild  land.  John  Lord,  six  acres  mowing,  three  tillage,  ten  pasturing,  two  hundred  eighty- 
seven  wild  land.  George  Tasker,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  cows,,  three  young  cattle,  three 
hundred  eighty  wild  land.  Ebenezer  Tasker,  one  poll,  two  cows,  our  acre  tillage,  forty-nine 
wild  land.  Stephen  Tasker,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  cows,  two  three-year-old-,  three  acres 
mowing,  two  tillage,  three  pasturing,  seventy-three  wild  land.  Elisha  Blarston,  our  poll,  two 
cows,  two  young  cattle,  two  acres  mowing,  one  tillage,  ninety-seven  acres  wild  land. 
Stephen  \ason.  one  poll,  two  cows.  David  Philhrick,  one  poll,  two  cow-,  two  young  cattle, 
two  acre-  mowing,  four  pasturing,  forty-four  wild  land.  Joseph  Dearborn  Farr  i  ?),  one 
cop.  six  acres  mowing,  two  tillage,  ten  pasturing,  eighty-two  wild  land.  James  Dearborn, 
our  poll,  our  horse,  two  oxen,  two  cow's,  one  two-y ear-old ,  five  acres  mowing,  two  acres 
tillage,  eight  pasturing,  one  hundred  thirty-two  wild  land.  Edward  Dearborn,  one  poll,  one 
horse,  two  cow-,  two  yearlings,  live  acres  mowing,  two  tillage,  four  pasturing,  thirty-nine 
wild  land.  .lames  Boberts,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  ox,  four  cows,  one  yearling,  three  acres 
mowing,  one  tillage,  three  pasturing,  forty-five  wild  land.  Joseph  Bickford,  our  poll,  one 
horse,  one  colt,  three  young  cattle,  two  acres  mowing,  one  tillage,  two  pasturing,  fifty-one 
wild  land.  David  Emerson,  one  poll,  one  cow.  Samuel  Smith,  one  poll,  one  horse,  three 
cow-.  -i\  young  cattle,  ten  acres  mowing,  two  acres  tillage,  ten  pasturing,  eighty-one  wild 
land.  Moses  Brown,  eight  acres  mowing,  eight  pasturing,  two  hundred  twenty-four  wild 
land.  Benjamin  Taylor,  one  poll,  two  cows,  one  yearling,  three  acres  mowing,  one  acre 
tillage,  four  pasturing,  thirty-eight  wild  land.  John  Burleigh,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen, 
live  cow-,  two  young  cattle,  live  acre-  mowing,  one  acre  tillage,  six  pasturing,  four  hundred 
ninety-eight  wild  land.  Abraham  Preble,  one  poll.  Benjamin  Preble,  our  poll,  one  horse, 
two  cows,  six  yearlings,  five  acres  mowing,  one  tillage,  six  pasturing,  sixty-eight  wild  land. 
John  Scadgel,  jr,  one  poll,  two  cows,  two  young  cattle,  two  acres  mowing,  two  pasturing, 
twenty-six  wild  land.  John  Emerson,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  cow.  Disco  Nock,  one 
poll,  one  cow,  thirty  acres  wild  land.  David  Crocket,  one  poll,  one  horse.  Nathaniel 
Perkins,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  cows,  one  acre  tillage,  one  hundred  ninety-nine  acres  wild 
land.  John  Mason,  our  poll,  one  cow,  two  acres  mowing,  twenty-eight  wild  land.  Andrew 
Folsom,  one  poll,  our  horse,  two  oxen,  four  cows,  four  young  cattle,  -even  acres  mowing, 
two  acres  tillage,  twelve  pasturing,  two  hundred  forty-nine  wild  land.  John  Goudy,  one 
poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  four  young  cattle,  three  acres  mowing,  one  tillage. 
forty-six  wild  land.  Reuben  Hurd,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  cow,  five  young  cattle,  two 
acres  mowing,  two  acres  tillage,  four  pasturing,  one  hundred  ninety-one  acres  wild  land. 
William  Hurd,  one  poll,  two  cows.  Winthrop  Smart,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  cow.  two 
oxen,  six  young  cattle,  seven  acre-  mowing,  three  tillage,  lour  pasturing,  two  hundred 
fifty-six  wild  land.  Robert  Smart,  nothing.  Ephraim  Knight,  our  poll,  one  horse,  two 
oxen,  two  cows,  three  young  cattle,  eleven  acres  mowing,  three  tillage,  eleven  pasturing, 
one  hundred  wild  land.  Shaber  Nickerson,  our  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  three  cows,  four 
young  cattle,  six  acres  mowing,  two  tillage,  lour  pasturing,  two  hundred  twenty  wild  land. 


594  History  of   Carroll   County. 

Widow  Nickerson,  one  cow,  two  young  cattle.  Jeremiah  Eldridge.  one  poll,  one  horse,  two 
cows,  three  young  cattle,  two  acres  mowing,  two  tillage,  thirty-five  wild  land.  Josiah 
Towle,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  cow,  three  young  cattle,  one  and  one-third  acres  mowing, 
one  and  one-half  acres  tillage,  one  pasturing,  forty-six  wild  land.  Jonathan  Moody,  one 
poll,  one  horse,  three  cows,  five  young  cattle,  five  acres  mowing,  one  tillage,  one  pasturing, 
eighty-four  wild  land.  Robert  Lord,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  cows,  four  young  cattle,  three 
acres  mowing,  two  tillage,  forty-five  wild  land.  Daniel  Smith,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two 
oxen,  three  cows,  three  young  cattle,  ten  acres  mowing,  two  tillage,  two  pasturing,  eighty- 
six  wild  land.  Timothy  White,  one  poll,  one  cow,  one  three-year-old,  three  acres  mowing, 
one  tillage,  seventy-six  wild  land.  Thomas  Haley,  one  poll,  one  cow,  one  and  one-half  acres 
mowing,  one  tillage,  twenty-three  wild  land.  William  Nicholas,  one  poll,  one  cow,  one  acre 
mowing,  one  tillage,  twenty-eight  wild  land.  James  Buswell,  one  poll,  one  cow,  one  hundred 
acres  wild  land.  John  White,  one  poll,  two  cows,  one  hundred  acres  wild  land.  William 
Pearce,  one  poll,  one  cow,  one  yearling,  seventeen  acres  wild  land.  James  Moody,  one  poll, 
one  cow,  seventeen  acres  wild  laud.  Samuel  Moody,  one  poll,  one  horse,  one  cow,  one 
yearling,  seventeen  acres  wild  land.  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen, 
three  cows,  four  young  cattle,  six  acres  mowing,  two  tillage,  six  pasturing,  one  hundred 
eighty-six  wild  land.  Paul  Welch,  one  poll,  one  cow,  two  three-year-olds,  fifty  acres  wild 
land.  James  Welch,  one  poll,  fiftjr  acres  wild  land.  Clement  Steele,  one  horse,  two  oxen, 
two  cows,  two  young  cattle,  four  acres  mowing,  one  tillage,  fifty-five  acres  wild  land. 
clement  Steele,  jr,  one  poll.  Joseph  Ames,  one  poll,  one  horse,  four  oxen,  one  cow,  four 
young  cattle,  one  acre  mowing,  one  hundred  thirty-four  acres  wild  land.  Jacob  Wiggin,  one 
poll,  two  oxen,  one  cow,  two  mills,  one  acre  mowing,  fifty  acres  wild  land.  Samuel  Wiggin, 
one  poll.  John  Williams,  one  poll.  Gordon  Moody,  one  poll.  Jonathan  Moody,  jr,  one  poll. 
Joseph  Cooley,  one  poll,  one  horse.     Benjamin  Cooley,  one  poll. 

There  are  166  names  on  the  list.  The  largest  tax-payer  was  Jonathan 
Dodge,  $16.98 ;  Samuel  Quarles  and  Joseph  Fogg  are  taxed  $13  each  ;  Josiah 
Poland,  111.74  ;  Jacob  Brown,  $11.27 ;  John  Young,  $12.37  ;  Samuel  Wiggin, 
$11.22;  Seth  Fogg,  $10.63;  these  are  all  that  paid  a  tax  of  over  ten  dollars. 


CHAPTER   LIII. 


Gleanings  from  Town  Records  — Action  of  Town  in  the  War  of  1SG1  —  Later  Chronicles 
—  Condition  of  Schools. 

GLEANINGS   from  Town  Records.  — 1790.     The  existing  town  records 
of  Ossipee  begin  in  December,  1790,  when  Benjamin  Scadgel  and  Moses 
Brown  called  a  town-meeting  at  the  house  of  Captain  Jacob  Brown  to 
vote  for  representatives  in  the  National  Congress. 

1791.     At  the  March  meeting  voted  to  raise  <£5  in  Corn  at  three  shillings 
pr  Bushel  for   preaching.     Levi    Dearborn    and   Jacob    Brown   were   chosen   a 


T<>\\\    of    Ossipee.  595 

committee  bo  get  a  man   to  preach.      Voted  to  alter  the  name  of  the   town 

to  Greenfield.     Josiah   Bartlett   had  37   votes  for  gover •,  Thomas  Footman 

30  votes  for  county  treasurer,  John  Smith  -J  I  for  recorder  of  deeds,  Samuel 
Hale   Is  for  senator,  Ebenezer  Smith  48  for  senator. 

1792.  Joseph  Fogg  aud  Moses  Hodsdon  voted  to  be  town  Lo1  layers. 
Voted  to  raise  L2  shillings  on  the  Pound  to  be  laid  ou1  in  work  on  the 
mails  in  the  Sumer  season;  also  to  raise  VI  shillings  on  the  Pound  to  be 
laid  <mt  in  work  in  the  Winter  if  wanted.  At  a  special  town  meeting 
April  9,  the  Constitution  together  with  the  amendments  was  accepted 
by  thirty-two  voters  which  were  present. 

L793.  The  seventh  article  of  the  warrant  calling  the  annual  town-meeting 
reads,  To  see  how  much  Money  the  Town  will  raise  for  the  Support  of  Schools, 
and  how  it  shall  be  laid  out.  The  ninth  article  reads,  To  see  if  the  Town 
will  Vote  to  raise  any  Money  or  Produce  to  incourage  the  building  of  School 
houses.  No  action  on  these  articles  appears  to  have  been  taken.  The  select- 
men were  directed  to  lay  out  roads,  one  from  John  Sanderson's  into  John 
White's,  and  one  from  Stanton  Carter's  out  to  the  Cooly  Old  home  on 
Tamworth  Road. 

179-">.  Eliphalet  Sias  bid  off  the  collector  and  constableship  for  8  bushels 
of  corn.  Voted  to  raise  3  days  work  on  the  head  for  the  repair  of  Roads  ;  one 
third  to  be  laid  out  in  the  Winter  if  wanted.  Voted  that  those  parts  of  the 
Town  that  have  [not]  had  the  benifit  of  the  School  in  times  past  Shall  have 
their  proportion  out  of  the  other  parts  that  have  had  the  benifit  of  it.  Voted 
that  the  town  tax  be  made  in  Corn  at  3  Shillings  pr  Bushel  or  Rye  at  4  or  the 
money  in  lieu  thereof.  A  special  meeting  was  called  for  September  7,  to  see 
if  the  Town  will  stop  the  Complaint  that  is  gone  to  the  Grand  .Jury  against 
sd  Town  on  account  of  the  Highways;  and  to  vote  for  the  better  regulations 
of  the  highways  by  laying  out,  clearing  and  making  passable  said  highways. 

1796.  Voted  to  build  a  Pound  and  set  it  somewhere  near  Capt.  Jacob 
Brown.     Voted  to  bring  in  two  Gallons  of  Cyder  on  the  Town's  Cost. 

1799.  November  18,  Voted  to  revoke  the  vote  passed  to  sett  of  the 
Northeast  part  of  the  Town  of  Ossipee  to  be  a  Parish  or  a  Town  and 
be  seperated  from  the  Town  of  Ossipee,  etc. 

1802.  October  23,  At  a  meeting  called  to  see  if  the  Town  or  any  pari 
of  said  Town  will  agree  Mr.  Wentworth  Lord  as  their  Minister,  it  was 
Voted    not    to   ordain    him    by   -41    yeas   to   54    nays. 

1803.  October  6,  Samuel  (^narles  and  Andrew  Folsom  were  chosen  agents 
to  carry  on  a  lawsuit  on  account  of  an  indictment  on  the  bridge  over  Bear 
(amp  river.  Voted  to  accept  of  School  districts  as  Divided  by  the  Selectmen 
and  Committee  chosen  for  that  purpose. 

180*5.     Voted  to  build  a  Bridge  over  Bearcamp  River  near  Joseph  Am 
to  be  compleated  by  the  first  Day  of  Nov1  next:  voted  to  Vendue  the  Bridge 


596  History  of   Carroll   County. 

bid  off  to  Winthrop  Smart  at  70  Dollars  (for  the  hewed  timber);  the  plank 
bid  off  to  Joseph  Bus  well  at  35  Dollars  to  be  delivered  at  the  Bridge. 
Ephraim  Knight,  Joseph  Pitman,  Andrew  Folsom  chosen  a  Committee  to 
examine  the  Bridge  and  report  to  the  Selectmen  whether  it  is  build  according 
to  the  I  Hmentions. 

1808.  John  Langdon  had  91  votes  for  governor,  John  T.  Gilman  4; 
Joseph  Badger  had  92  votes  for  councillor.  The  presidential  electoral 
ticket  headed  by  John  Langdon  had  83  votes ;  that  headed  by  Jeremiah 
Smith  39. 

1811.  The  first  recorded  action  of  the  town  concerning  school  districts 
was  at  the  annual  meeting  of  this  year  when  it  was  voted  "to  Choose  a 
Committee  to  divide  this  Town  into  School  districts  or  make  such  alterations 
in  the  present  division  as  they  may  think  proper." 

1818.  This  year  fifteen  school  districts  were  defined  and  established,  and 
Captain  Jacob  Brown  was  licensed  to  keep  a  tavern. 

1820.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  examine  and  determine  whether  the 
bridge  should  be  rebuilt  over  Bear  Camp  river  at  the  same  location.  They 
reported  that  they  "have  examined  the  river,  and  find  no  place  this  side  Tam- 
worth  line  (in  the  opinion  of  the  majority  of  the  committee)  more  suitable 
than  the  place  where  the  old  bridge  was  built";  and  the  contract  was  let  to 
Wentworth  Lord  to  rebuild  it. 

1821.  It  was  voted  "that  spirituous  Liquors  being  distributed  among 
labourers  repairing  the  highways  shall  not  be  allowed  or  accounted  to  pay  the 
whole  or  any  part  of  Highway  tax  assessed  in  the  town  of  Ossipee."  Voted 
that  k*  Hogs  may  run  at  large  in  the  public  highway  by  being  wrung  and  with- 
out yokes  unless  found  doing  damage  or  damage  feasant." 

1822.  Voted  "to  purchase  three  burying  cloths  for  the  use  of  this  town ; 
that  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  John  Burleigh  and  Amos  Hodsdon  be  a  committee 
to  purchase  these  cloths;  that  one  cloth  be  deposited  at  Capt.  Jacob  Leigh- 
tons,  one  at  Samuel  Quarles  Esq  and  one  at  Daniel  Smiths,  Esq."  This 
year  the  boundary  line  between  Ossipee  and  Wolfeborough  was  "preambu- 
lated  "  and  the  marks  and  bounds  renewed. 

1824.  At  the  annual  meeting  it  was  voted  that  no  district  school  com- 
mittee shall  employ  nor  shall  any  school  Master  or  Mistress  hereafter  commence 
instructing  any  school  unless  he  or  she  shall  have  previously  complied  with  the 
requirements  of  the  law  in  producing  proper  certificates  of  his  or  her  literary 
qualifications  and  moral  character  to  some  one  of  the  town  committies. 
Voted,  that  the  Selectmen  of  this  town  shall  not  pay  any  school  Master  or 
Mistress  nor  answer  any  order  for  that  purpose  unless  he  or  she  shall  produce 
to  them  a  further  certificate  from  the  town  committee  of  his  or  her  having 
fully  complied  with  the  above  resolutions.  Also  voted,  that  a  committee  be 
chosen  to  draft  a  bill   for  the  prohibition  of  tame  animals  "  riming  "  at  large 


Town   of  Ossipee,  597 


in  this  town  or  any  part  of  it,  and  Daniel  Smith,  Francis  P.  Smith,  Samuel 
Quarles,  Jacob  Leighton,  and  Nathaniel  Ambrose  were  chosen. 

1826.  Et  was  voted  thai  Samuel  Quarles,  Daniel  Smith,  Hezekiah  Went- 
worth,  John  Burleigh,  and  Benjamin  Boardman  be  a  committee  for  the  purpose 

of  purchasing  a  farm  for  the  supporl  of  the  j ■.     Voted  thai  district  bcI I 

committees  be  appointed,  whose  duty  shall  be  to  visil  the  schools  a1  the  com- 
mencemenl  and  close  of  the  schools  and  report  to  the  general  (town) 
committee  the  number  of  scholars  in  the  district,  the  studies  to  which  they 
attend  and,  so  tar  as  practicable,  the  progress  of  the  scholars  in  their  studies, 
and  that  the  general  committee  report  to  the  town  at  the  annual  March 
meeting  a  general   view  of  the  schools  in  town. 

1827.  The  committee  appointed  last  year  to  purchase  a.  town  farm  report 
that  it  is  not  for  the  interest  of  the  town  to  do  this  at  present. 

L828.  .lime  oO.  it  was  voted  to  build  a  stone  bridge  across  Beach  river 
near  George  W.  Lord's  mill. 

1834.  Voted  to  raise  $4,200  to  be  laid  out  in  repairing  the  highways. 
Forty-nine  votes  given  against  the  revision  of  the  constitution,  and  none  in 
favor. 

Is:;.").  The  boundaries  between  Moultonborough  and  Ossipee,  and  Ossipee 
and  Tuftonborough  were  "  preambulated  "  and  renewed. 

1836.  Six  thousand  dollars  were  appropriated  for  highways.  The  line 
examined  and  confirmed  between  Wolfeborougb  and  Ossipee.  On  the  question 
of  the  division  of  the  county,  7  votes  were  cast  in  favor,  and  167  against. 

1835.  The  tenth  article  in  the  warrant  calling  the  annual  town-meeting 
reads.  To  see  what  method  the  town  will  take  to  furnish  said  town  with  a 
town  house  :  it  was  voted  to  postpone  it  indefinitely.  The  eleventh  article 
was  on  the  expediency  of  dividing  the  count}^  of  Strafford  so  as  to  form  the 
present  county  of  Carroll.     The  vote  stood:  yeas,  42;  nays.  '.'4. 

1839.  At  the  March  meeting,  the  vote  on  the  expediency  of  dividing  the 
county  of  Strafford  according-  to  the  provisions  of  a  bill  reported  to  the  house 
of  representatives  at  the  June  session.  1838,  the  yeas  were  284;  nays,  43. 
Match  21.  Voted  that  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
expediency  of  repairing. the  old  meeting  house  or  of  building  a  town  house  and 
ascertaining  the  best  local  situation  and  what  the  probable  expense  may  be. 
Jacob  Leighton,  Bracket!  Wiggin,  John  Smith,  .Jr.  chosen  said  committee. 
At  the  same  meeting  19  school  districts  were  constituted  and  hounded. 
April  29,  the  committee  on  the  meeting  house  and  town  house  report  that  the 
town  be  to  one  half  of  the  expense  of  repairing  the  outside  and  In  feel  of 
the  lower  part  of  the  meeting  house  on  the  easterly  end  for  a  town  house.  pro- 
Added  individuals  will  be  to  the  expense  of  one  halt'  of  the  outside  and  will 
finish  the  upper  pari  of  the  inside  for  a  place  of  publick  worship,  the  probable 
expense  to  the  town   will   not  exceed  two  hundred   Dollars.     This   report  was 


598  History  of   Carroll  County. 


accepted  and  two  hundred  dollars  voted  for  this  purpose.  September  23, 
Voted  to  raise  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  painting  and  finishing  the  out- 
side of  the  town  house.  Voted  that  a  sum  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars 
be  expended  to  erect  a  belfry,  and  prepare  said  house  to  receive  a  bell  on  con- 
dition that  individuals  furnish  a  bell  for  said  house.  Voted  to  put  blinds  to 
the  windows  of  said  house. 

1844.  March  12,  Voted  that  the  ministers  of  the  Gospel  in  this  town  be 
taxed  as  all  other  citizens.  November  4,  153  votes  cast  against  abolishing 
capital  punishment,  45  in  favor  of  it. 

1847.  Voted  $4,000  for  the  repairs  of  highways  and  bridges ;  also,  to  raise 
•1400  in  additional  to  what  the  law  requires  for  schools;  also  $1,100  for  neces- 
sary expenses. 

1851.  March  12,  Voted  to  pay  a  sum  not  exceeding  five  per  cent,  for 
a  Teachers'  Institute  on  condition  that  other  towns  in  the  county  do  the  same. 

1852.  March  11,  action  was  taken  to  buy  a  farm  for  the  support  of  the 
poor. 

1853.  March  9,  Voted  whenever  the  citizens  and  pew-owners  raise  money 
enough  to  paint  the  meeting  house  at  Ossipee  Corner  that  the  Selectmen  be 
instructed  to  appropriate  money  enough  to  paint  the  town  house. 

1854.  $499.94  was  paid  out  this  year  by  the  town  in  consequence  of  the 
small-pox. 

1856.  November  4,  in  the  Presidential  election  the  electoral  ticket  headed 
by  Daniel  Marcy  had  244  votes.  That  by  William  H.  H.  Bailey  221,  that  by 
William  Choate  1. 

1857.  At  the  March  meeting  $3,000  were  voted  for  highways  and  bridges, 
$2,500  for  town  expenses,  $200  for  schools. 

1860.  March  14,  422  votes  were  cast  in  favor  of  retaining  the  county 
courts  at  Ossipee  Corner;  22  were  cast  to  remove  them  to  West  Ossipee;  2 
were  cast  in  favor  of  their  removal  to  Tamworth,  and  one  vote  for  their 
removal  to  Ossipee  Centre.  125  votes  were  cast  for,  228  against,  purchasing 
a  county  farm  and  building  a  jail. 

Action  of  the  Town  in  the  War  of  1861.  —  The  second  article  in  the  warrant, 
calling  a  special  town-meeting  for  the  sixteenth  of  May,  1861,  reads :  "To  see 
if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  a  sum  of  money  for  the  support  of  the  families 
of  those  who  enlist  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  in  this  town,  and  what, 
if  any,  sums  said  towns  will  pay  as  bounty  money  for  volunteers  and  fitting 
out  the  same." 

At  the  meeting  held  May  16,  1861,  the  following  resolutions  were  pre- 
sented, read,  and  seconded:  — 

Eesoli-ed,  That  we,  the  citizens  of  Ossipee,  stand  ready  at  any  and  all  times  to  furnish 
our  just  and  equal  proportion  of  the  men  and  money  which  has  been  or  may  be  called  for, 


Town    of    OSSIPBB.  599 

from  the  state  of  New  Hampshire,  by  the  General  Goven snt,  for  the  purpose  of  maintain- 
ing (lif  laws  and  Constitution  of  the  United  States  of  America. 

Resolved,  Thai  Abraham  Lincoln  is  legally   and  constitutional^   the  Chlel  Magistrate  ol 

the  Union;  and  it  is  a  duly  we  owe  1 ir  count  rj .  our  Eorefathers,  and  the  rising  generation, 

to  sustain  bim  in  the  performance  of  bis  official  duties,  in  upholding  and  perpetuating  out 
free  government,  and  keeping  the  Stars  and  Stripes  at  the  masthead,  thai  they  may  never 
again  be  disgraced  by  neither  rebels  nor  traitors. 

Resolved,  Thai  we  deem  it  the  imperative  duty  of  the  General  Governmenl  ol  our  United 
States  to  hold  forts,  arsenals,  and  all  other  public  property  which  they  now  possess  and  to 
resisl  all  attacks  from  whatever  quarter  they  may  come,  and  to  retake  all  important  forts 
etc.,  which  will  better  enable  the  constitutional  authorities  to  3ubjec1  the  rebels,  and 
them  to  honor  and  respect  the  flag  that  has  given  the  American  people  8o  much  pride  and 
honor  both  at  home  and  abroad. 

Resolved,  That  we  claim  fellowship  with  and  desire  the  cooperation  of  all  who  regard  the 
preservation  of  the  Union  under  the  Constitution  as  the  paramount  issue  and  repudiate  all 
sectional  parties  and  platforms  hoth  North  and  South. 

It  was  voted  that  the  selectmen  be  instructed  to  furnish  the  families  of 
these  citizens  of  Ossipee  who  have  or  may  enlist  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  with  such  necessary  supplies  as  the  circumstances  of  those  families  may 
demand.  The  whole  amount  not  to  exceed  a  thousand  dollars,  and  the  select- 
men he  authorized  to  borrow  the  money  for  that  purpose  on  the  credit  of 
the  town,  if  there  be  not  sufficient  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated. 

November  2,  1861,  it  was  voted  that  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  thousand 
dollars  be  raised  for  the  aid  of  the  wife  and  the  children  under  sixteen  vears  of 
age,  and  the  other  dependents  of  the  volunteer  or  enrolled  militia  of  this  state, 
agreeably  to  an  act  passed  June  session,  a.d.  18G1,  approved  July  4,  a.d.  1861, 
and  the  selectmen  be  authorized  to  borrow  so  much  money  on  the  credit  of  the 
town  as  they  deem  necessary  for  said  purpose. 

1862,  July  22.  The  town  voted  that  a  sum  not  exceeding  three  thousand 
dollars  should  be  raised  for  the  aid  of  the  families  of  the  volunteer  or  enrolled 
militia.  Also,  voted  that  the  selectmen  be  requested  to  appoint  a  committee 
of  ten  men  to  solicit  volunteers  and  ten  to  get  subscription  for  bounty,  and  call 
a  meeting  within  three  weeks. 

August  11,  1862,  it  was  voted  that  the  selectmen  of  the  town  of  Ossipee  be 
authorized  to  pay  one  hundred  and  ten  dollars  to  every  resident  of  this  town 
who  shall  volunteer  and  enlist  on  or  before  the  twenty-fifth  day  of  August  into 
the  service  of  the  United  States,  under  the  call  of  government  \\>r  •",.<>0,000 
men  made  in  June  last,  to  be  paid  when  mustered  into  service. 

August  31,  1862.  The  selectmen  are  instructed  to  pay  to  each  male  citizen 
the  sum  of  $125,  who  shall  enlist  for  nine  months  to  till  the  quota  of  Ossipee 
under  a  call  for  300,000  drafted  men,  said  Inanity  to  be  paid  when  the  enlisted 
men  are  accepted  by  the  government. 

September  lo,  1862.     The  selectmen  are  directed   to   pay  to  each   citizen   of 


600  History  of   Carroll   County. 

Ossipee  who  is  drafted  into  the  United  States  service  to  fill  the  quota  under  a 
call  of  -'ion. DIM)  drafted  men,  one  hundred  dollars  in  money,  one  hundred  dollars 
by  note  payable  in  one  year  with  interest,  one  hundred  dollars  by  note  payable 
in  two  years  with  interest.  Also,  be  it  further  voted  that  the  selectmen  be 
empowered  to  pledge  the  entire  credit  of  the  town  in  procuring  the  money  and 
means  necessary  to  execute  and  carry  into  effect  this  and  previous  votes. 

October  6,  1862.  Voted  that  the  selectmen  be  directed  and  instructed  to 
pay  all  volunteers  who  shall  hereafter  enlist  to  till  Ossipee's  quota  of  three 
years"  men  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  to  be  paid  when  accepted 
by  the  government. 

July  29,  I860.  Voted  to  pay  each  drafted  man  or  his  substitute  the  sum  of 
three  hundred  dollars,  agreeable  to  an  act  passed  June  session,  a.d.  1863. 

December  2,  1863.  The  selectmen  are  instructed  to  pay  each  three  years' 
volunteer  a  sum  not  exceeding  seven  hundred  dollars,  provided  said  volunteers 
are  received  and  counted  on  Ossipee's  quota  of  twenty-one  men  by  the  proper 
authorities,  agreeable  to  the  call  of  October  17,  1863,  for  300,000  volunteers. 

March  29,  1864.  Resolved,  That  the  town  of  Ossipee  pay  the  sum  of  three 
hundred  dollars  to  each  volunteer  for  the  quota  of  said  town  under  the  last  call 
of  the  United  States  government  for  200,000  men,  as  a  town  bounty  to  be  paid 
in  ten  days  after  said  volunteer  shall  be  mustered  into  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  and  to  fill  all  deficiencies  on  previous  calls. 

September  7,  1864.  Resolved,  That  the  town  of  Ossipee  pay  all  one  year's 
enlisted  men  since  September  first  five  hundred  dollars,  and  all  residents  who 
enlist  for  two  years  since  September  first  seven  hundred  dollars. 

The  citizens  of  Ossipee  were  prompt  in  furnishing  money  and  men  for  the 
war  of  the  Rebellion,  and  at  the  annual  meeting  in  March,  1865,  the  selectmen 
were  authorized  to  pay  eight  hundred  dollars  to  enlisted  men  to  fill  the  quota 
for  the  next  call,  if  there  should  be  one  ;  also,  voted  to  pay  men  who  will  vol- 
unteer to  serve  as  substitutes  for  enrolled  or  drafted  men  residents  of  the  town 
the  largest  sum  authorized  by  law ;  also,  voted  to  authorize  the  selectmen  to 
hire  115,000  to  pay  the  bounties. 

March  19,  1807.  The  town  voted  to  pay  the  sum  of  $200  in  addition  to 
the  money  already  secured  by  them  as  bounty  to  reenlisted  volunteers  who 
reenlisted  under  the  provisions  of  the  vote  passed  December,  1863. 

Later  Chronicles.  — 1867.  The  selectmen  were  instructed  to  provide  one 
or  more  suitable  public  cemeteries.  Representatives  to  the  legislature  were 
instructed  to  procure  the  passage  of  an  act  allowing  the  selectmen  to  refund 
all  money  paid  out  for  substitutes,  volunteers,  and  commutations  by  citizens  of 
Ossipee. 

1870,  August  24.  Two  hundred  and  eighteen  votes  were  cast  in  favor,  and 
fifty-eight  against,  contributing  five  per  cent,  of  the  present  valuation  of  the 
town  in  aid  of  the  construction  of  the  Portsmouth,  Great  Falls,  and  Conway 
railroad. 


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1872.  November  5,  the  Republican  presidential  ticket  (Granl  and  Wilson) 
received  183  votes ;  the  Democratic  ticket  (Greeley  and  Brown)  received  170: 
Prohibitory  ticket  (Black  and  Russell),  5  votes. 

1876,  March  18.  Voted  to  authorize  the  select  men  to  sell  the  Town  Farm. 
Votes  for  revising  the  Constitution:  in  favor,  100;  against,  2.  November  7. 
the  Democratic  presidential  electoral  ticket  received  208  votes,  the  Republican, 
206. 

1882.  The  town  funded  $30,000  of  its  indebtedness  at  four  per  cent. 
interest. 

1888.  The  town  votes  "that  the  selectmen  be  instructed  to  obtain  a  road- 
machine  on  trial,  and  purchase  the  same  if  they  think  it  advisable." 

1889.  Votes  on  the  constitutional  amendments  submitted  to  the  vote  of 
the  people  by  the  Constitutional  Convention:  Article  1,  for  changing  the 
time  for  the  meeting  of  the  legislature  from  June  to  January,  etc. ;  in  favor, 
219;  against,  19.  Article  2,  concerning  the  compensation  of  members  of  the 
legislature  by  a  fixed  salary;  in  favor,  224;  against,  16.  Article  3,  relating 
to  vacancies  in  state  senate;  yes,  19G  ;  no,  29.  Article  4,  to  have  the  speaker 
of  the  House  act  as  governor  in  case  of  certain  vacancies;  in  favor,  189; 
against,  18.  Article  5,  concerning  the  incorporation  of  an  article  in  the  State 
Constitution  prohibiting  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  alcoholic  and  intoxicating 
liquors  as  a  beverage;  in  favor,  142;  against,  126.  Article  (5,  making  the  Bill 
of  Rights  non-sectarian;  in  favor,  37  ;  against,  206.  Article  7,  in  reference  to 
representation  of  classed  towns;  in  favor,  148;  against,  36.  Voted  to  raise 
$4,000  for  town  expenses  (which  includes  $2,000  to  pay  bonds)  ;  $2,000  for 
highway  purposes;  to  allow  "fifteen  cents  an  hour  for  a  man  or  a  yoke  of 
oxen,  and  what  is  right  for  other  help;"  to  raise  $200  in  money  to  run  road- 
machine  ;  $700  for  breaking  roads,  winter  of  1888-89 ;  $650  over  what  the 
law  allows  for  the  support  of  schools ;  to  build  schoolhouses  at  West  Ossipee 
and  Ossipee  Pocket. 

Amount  of  resident  inventory,  1888:  $228,626;  non-resident,  $30,209; 
total,  $258,835.  The  amount  raised  this  year  for  the  use  of  the  town  is 
$2,500 ;  for  breaking  highways,  $2,500 ;  school  money,  $910 ;  extra  school 
money,  $650;  interest  on  bonds,  $880;  amount  to  pay  on  bonds,  $2,000: 
repair  of  schoolhouses,  $1,100;  soldiers,  $25:  state  tax,  $1,300;  county  tax, 
$2,612.22;  total,  $14,477.22.  To  this  must  be  added  $276.75  percentage, 
which  gives  as  the  expenditures  of  the  town,  as  voted,  $14,753.97.  The  rate 
of  taxation  was  $2.85  on  a  valuation  of  one  hundred  dollars. 

Thus  by  the  aid  of  the  records  we  have  traced  the  progress  of  Ossipee 
from  the  humble  circumstances  of  a  pioneer  settlement  to  the  position  of 
the  county  seat  and  the  comfortable  civilization  of  to-day.  Its  progress 
has  been  steadily  forward.  Here  and  there  an  apparent  retrogression  may 
occur,  but  it  is  only  apparent.     There   is  a  wonderful  advance   in  education 


602  History  of   Carroll  County. 


from  the  few  weeks  of  rudiments  of  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic,  taught 
by  incompetent  instructors  in  private  houses  alternately,  to  the  numerous 
schoolhouses  of  to-day,  where  capable  teachers  expound,  under  careful 
supervision,  the  wide  range  of  instruction  which  causes  the  New  England 
school  to  be  a  model  to  the  world.  Where  the  early  settlers  were  compelled 
to  go  long  miles  over  roads  we  could  scarcely  dignify  with  the  name  of 
highways  to-day,  to  get  the  scanty  religious  services  furnished  semi-occasionally, 
we  see  now  six  churches  well  supplied  with  regular  ministrations  and  at  easy 
distance  for  every  resident.  Several  railroad  stations  give  access  to  all  parts 
of  the  state,  to  Boston,  to  Portland,  and  wherever  the  fancy  of  the  citizen  may 
take  him.  The  town  has  a  reputation  of  staid  conservatism,  of  intelligent 
activity  and  participation  in  the  living  issues  of  the  day.  Some  of  its  sons 
have  done  honor  to  the  parent  town  in  other  and  distant  places,  and  they  still 
retain  the  fondest  remembrances  of  the  lakes,  the  plains,  and  the  mountain 
attractions  of  Ossipee. 

The  old  records  are  more  than  ordinarily  legible  and  well  preserved.  Some 
of  the  entries  are  quaint,  and  many  give  a  hint  at  unwritten  history  which  set 
the  imagination  into  weavings  of  romance.  What  would  the  most  sanguine 
resident  of  the  town  in  1795  have  thought  if  he  had  been  shown  that  there 
would  be  raised  as  ordinary  town  expenses  in  Ossipee,  ninety  years  later,  such 
sums  as  these  :  over  $600  for  schools,  $2,500  for  summer  highway  tax,  $5,400 
for  paying  the  just  debts  and  necessary  expenses  of  the  town?  And  what 
would  he  have  thought  of  the  then  unheard-of  salary  of  forty  dollars  of  each 
officer  —  clerk  and  treasurer?  or  of  the  usual  annual  vote  of  $25  for  the 
decoration  of  the  graves  of  soldiers  of  a  great  civil  war? 

A  very  complete  report  of  the  condition  of  the  schools  was  made  in  1885 
by  Edgar  Weeks,  school  committeeman.      From  it  we  extract :  — 

The  work  of  the  teachers  during  the  past  year,  with  but  very  few  exceptions,  has  been 
better  than  their  wages ;  but  we  cannot  expect  to  find  a  high  grade  of  teachers  in  our  smaller 
schools  as  long  as  the  revenues  of  at  least  one  half  the  districts  in  town  remain  so  small  as 
during  the  past  two  years.  There  have  been  exceptions  to  the  rule,  but  it  still  holds  true  that 
poor  pay  means  less  experienced  and  less  efficient  teachers.  .  .  .  Many  of  the  schools  have 
been  highly  satisfactory,  and  none  of  them  can  be  termed  failures.  Except  in  two  or  three 
districts  the  average  attendance  has  been  better  than  it  was  last  year.  In  the  schools  as  a 
whole  it  has  been  80%  of  the  number  enrolled,  against  73%  last  year.  The  average  throughout 
the  county  in  1884  was  74.5%.  .  .  .  The  introduction  of  Steele's  Physiology,  with  lessons  on 
narcotics,  has  been  begun,  but  in  view  of  the  short  terms  of  the  past  year,  we  did  not  think 
it  wise  to  push  the  introduction  at  the  expense  of  other  studies  already  taken  up.  The  knowl- 
edge of  the  unmixed  evil  resulting  from  the  use  of  intoxicating  drinks  which  can  be  gained 
from  these  volumes  by  our  scholars  would  be  a  most  potent  influence  to  guard  them  against 
the  greatest  danger  of  the  age;  it  would  dispel  illusions  that  surround  the  subject,  and  show 
the  danger  of  the  so-called  temperate  use  of  spirits,  by  proving  that  such  use  of  them  is  im- 
possible; that,  in  any  quantity,  however  small,  they  are  an  enemy  to  the  human  constitution, 
and  that  their  only  proper  place  is  in  the  medicine  chest,  labeled  "poison."  .  .  .  With  337 


Town    of    I  Issipbb.  r,o:> 


scholars  enrolled,  and  a  total  appropriati r  only  91,126,  the  need  ,,\  Increased  support  and 

more  economical  methods  of  expenditure  is  manifest.  .  .  .  The  Centre  district  has  proved 
its  liberal  and  far-sighted  policy  by  erecting  and  eurnishing  a  model  sohoolbouse  during 
iln'  year.  The  Bchoolhouse  at  Ossipee  Valley  has  been  enlarged  and  Improved.  These  and 
many  other  Bigns  indicate  tin'  deep  interest  thai    is  taken  in  our  schools. 

The  report  of  18811  was  the  last  one  made   under  the  district   system,  and  a 
few  extracts  from   the  able   and  exhaustive    report    of  the   committee,    Edgar 
Weeks  and  Albra  Fogg,  will,  taken  with  the  above  extracts,  make  a  very 
s\  nopsis  of  the  condition  of  schools  at  the  advent  of  the  town  system. 

The  extra  appropriation  of  si;oo  made  last  March  has  added  considerably  to  the  number 
and  length  of  terms,  and  also  has  led  to  the  employment  of  a  better  grade  of  teachers. 
With  the  exception  of  one  or  two  terms,  the  money  in  all  the  districts  has  been  very  profitably 
expended.  ...  In  district  No.  21  the  work  of  two  teachers,  who  were  successively  employed, 
was  ended  by  sickness.  Globes  have  been  provided  for  many  of  the  schoolrooms,  and  other 
and  more  expensive  aids,  in  the  form  of  maps,  charts,  and  dictionaries,  are  urgently  needed; 
but  owing  to  the  enactment  of  the  law  providing  for  the  town  system  of  schools,  we  desisted 
from  expenditures  in  this  direction  which  were  in  contemplation.  ...  At  the  beginning  of 
the  next  school  year,  we  are  to  go  back  to  the  town  system  of  schools  which  was  in  use  in 
this  state  until  about  1805. 

On  the  adoption  of  the  town  system  there  were  21  districts ;  the  number  of 
scholars  ranged  from  eight  to  forty-eight  in  each  school ;  the  wages  of  teachers 
from  $15  to  $48  per  month.  The  discipline  and  improvement  are  reported  in 
most  of  the  schools  as  "  good,"  "  very  good,"  and  "  excellent." 


CHAPTER    LIV. 


First  Congregational  Church  —  First  Meeting-house  —  Freewill  Baptist  Churches  —  First 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

THE  FIRST  CONGREGATIONAL  CHURCH  of  Ossipee  was  formed 
and  established  in  Centre  Ossipee,  September  27,  1806,  by  Rev.  James 
Thurston,  of  Newmarket,  and  Rev.  David  McGregore,  of  Bedford,  mis- 
sionaries from  the  Piscataqua  Missionary  Society,  with  these  members:  Daniel 
Roberts,  Shaber  Nickerson,  Ichabod  Hodsdori,  Patience  Sanderson,  Ruth 
Poland,  Elizabeth  Roberts,  Mehitable  Dodge,  Polly  Roberts.  Sally  Hodsdon, 
Winthrup    Smart,    Winthrop    Smart,    Jr,  Betsey  Sias.     Martha    Lear,    Daniel 


604  History   of  Carroll   County. 


Smith,  Rhoda  Smith,  John  White,  Margaret  White,  James  Buswell,  Jonathan 
Crockett,  Sarah  Crockett.  For  eight  or  ten  years  this  little  band,  united  and 
harmonious,  met  together  on  the  Sabbath  in  some  private  dwelling-house,  for 
religious  worship,  and  for  ten  or  twelve  years  after,  in  a  schoolhouse.  When 
without  a  minister  they  would  sing  and  pray  and  read  sermons.  A  house  for 
public  worship  was  built  in  1827,  and  about  a  year  after  a  dwelling-house  and 
fifty  acres  of  land  were  purchased  for  a  parsonage.  This  was  a  heavy  tax 
upon  the  small  means  of  the  members  of  the  society,  but  it  was  done  willingly. 
In  1852  the  interior  of  the  church  building  was  remodeled. 

At  first  there  was  occasional  preaching  by  itinerant  missionaries,  and  by 
Rev.  Samuel  Hidden,  who  always  manifested  a  deep  interest  in  the  little 
church.  From  1823  to  1828  the  pulpit  was  supplied  by  Rev.  Thomas  Jame- 
son, of  Effingham,  Rev.  Messrs.  Noyes,  Gay  lord,  and  Hubbard.  In  1828 
ministers  of  different  denominations  from  the  adjoining  towns  officiated. 
September  23,  1829,  Rev.  Samuel  Arnold  was  installed  pastor,  remaining  two 
years,  when  he  requested  a  dismissal,  which  was  granted ;  Rev.  John  Sanders 
supplied  from  1832  to  1831 ;  Rev.  Abel  Manning  came  in  1834  and  remained 
until  1837,  when  Rev.  John  S.  Winter  was  installed  November  8,  1837,  and 
continued  until  his  death,  January  30,  1848.  During  Mr.  Winter's  ministry 
there  were  added  to  the  church  forty-five  by  profession  ;  five  by  letter.  In 
May,  1848,  Rev.  Horace  Wood  was  engaged  as  stated  supply  ;  he  continued  his 
ministrations  over  this  church  until  October,  1863.  Rev.  Thomas  V.  Haines 
was  his  successor  from  December,  1863,  to  April,  1867.  Rev.  Thomas  N.  Lord 
was  here  from  October,  1867,  to  October,  1868.  Rev.  David  S.  Hibbard  was 
pastor  from  October  19,  1868,  to  January  4,  1871.  For  several  years  the 
pulpit  was  supplied  by  ministers  and  students.  Daniel  Roberts  and  Ichabod 
Hodsdon  were  chosen  and  ordained  deacons  at  the  organization,  and  Daniel 
Smith  was  chosen  clerk.  He  died  in  January,  1864,  and  May  27,  1864,  Levi 
Smith  was  chosen  clerk;  Joseph  Hodsdon  and  Ebenezer  W.  Ambrose  chosen 
deacons.  March  10,  1865,  at  a  regular  meeting  of  the  church,  Deacon  Joseph 
Hodsdon  was  chosen  to  receive  and  receipt  for  the  legacy  made  the  church  by 
Deacon  Daniel  Smith.  November  14,  1874,  A.  A.  Moulton  was  chosen  clerk 
to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Levi  Smith.  Mr  Moulton  has  held 
the  position  to  the  present  time,  and  the  records  have  been  carefully  and  well 
recorded.  January  12,  1876,  Rev.  E.  P.  Eastman  commenced  his  regular 
labors,  preaching  alternately  at  Centre  Ossipee  and  at  Ossipee  Corner.  Rev. 
Joseph  Fawcett  was  pastor  for  a  few  years  ;  he  was  followed  by  Rev.  Nelson 
M.  Bailey,  who  officiated  at  the  Centre  in  the  morning,  and  at  Ossipee  in  the 
afternoon.     His  pastorate  ceased  in  March,  1889. 

This  church  has  always  contributed  liberally  to  benevolent  objects.  Its 
members  were  stable  Christian  men  and  women.  The  society  has  a  sinking 
fund  of  about  $2,000.     They  also  own  a  parsonage. 


Town    of    OssiPEE.  605 


Hov.  Thomas   Lvfonl  Ambrose  waa  born  in  Ossipee,  Juno  16, 1889.    Hi-  \'.  .,',■,,  i  Uowdoln  College 

In  1888,  passed  a  year  at  a  theological  Behool  In  New  fork,  and  entered  Andover  Theological  Semln 
account  of  failing  health,  left  the  class  in  1868.    His  religious  nature  Inclined  him  to  become  a  ml    lonai        Hi 
was  accepted  by  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  tor  Porel   n  Ml    Ions,  and   waa  ordained  at  Centre 

Osslpee,  July  21, 1868,  sailed  September  9,  1858,  and  labored  a g  the  antaln  Nestorians  In  Persia     I 

nearly  three  years  he  tolled  unceasingly,  endured  privation,  and  suffered  from  exposure  and  Fatigue.    Hi-  labors 

were  greater  than  his  strength,  and  ho  returned  to  this  countrj  i.i  November,  1SG1      II  was  hie  pun 

time  return  to  missionary  ground.    Thai  he  mighl  bo  prepared  to  effectually  labor  for  body  as  well  as  soul  be 
Btudled medicine.    He  was  appointed  chaplain  of  the  Twelfth  Keglraenl  New   Hampshire  Volunteers, and  was 

soon  known  as  a  hard  worker, ready  assistant,  true  sympathizer,  and  kind  friend,    ai  the  b] tj   battle  of 

Chanoellorsvllle,  while  caring  tor  his  wounded  colonel  and  othersoi  his  regiment  in  a  house  upon  the  field  of 
battle,  by  the  retreat  of  our  forces  he  came  under  a  severe  fire.  He  was  entreated  to  retire,  and  thus  escape 
capture.  This  he  would  notdoand  leave  the  wounded  men.  He  was  retained  by  the  enemj  about  two  weeks. 
When  his  regimenl  was  employed  In  the  trenches  in  fronl  of  Petersburg,  he  was  placed  on  dutj  In  the  hi 
in  the  roar  ol'  tho  army.  It  was  his  custom  to  daily  visit,  his  regiment  and  care  for  the  men.  July  38, 1864,  be 
was  wounded  by  a  rebel  bullet  while  on  this  mission,  and  died  in  consequence.  The  (.rami  Armj  Post  bears 
his  name. 

First  Meeting-house.  -  The  first  definite  action  taken  by  this  town  in  rela- 
tion to  a  building  for  religious  services  was  in  1801,  when  the  following  article 
was  inserted  in  the  warning  for  a  town-meeting,  to  be  held  at  the  house  of 
Jacob  Hayes,  March  2:  "To  see  if  the  Town  will  agree  on  any  Plan  to  build 
a  Meeting  house,  when  it  should  he  built  and  where  it  should  sit."  At  an 
adjourned  meeting  held  at  the  house  of  Jacob  Brown,  April  20,  1801,  with 
Major  Winthrop  Smart  as  Moderator  it  was 

Voted  to  accept  one  half-acre  of  Laud  out  of  the  Lot  that  Aaron  Patch  sold  to  Samuel 
Quarles  situate  in  Ossipee  in  the  Northeast  corner  of  said  Lot  to  set  a  Meetinghouse  on  to  be  free 
and  clear  of  all  expence  to  the  Town.  .  .  .  Voted  that  the  above  vote  be  recalled  and  to  begin 
anew.  .  .  .  Voted  to  set  the  Meeting  House  on  Mr  Polands  Land  near  his  Barn  provided  it 
can  be  purchased  within  thirty  days  free  of  cost  from  the  Town  otherwise  to  set  on  Mr 
Quarles  Land  first  mentioned  Voted  to  chuse  a  Committee  to  be  invested  with  Power  to  sell 
the  Land  given  by  the  Proprietors  for  the  use  of  a  Meeting  house  and  the  priviledge  of  the 
Pews.  .  .  .  Voted  to  chuse  a  Committee  to  build  a  Meeting  bouse  50  feet  Long  and  10  feet 
wide  two  Stories  high  provided  they  will  finish  said  house  in  a  decent  manner  for  the  priviledge 
of  tbe  Pews  and  the  Land  given  by  the  Proprietors.  .  .  .or  agree  with  any  person  or  Persons 
to  do  it  in  like  manner  within  eighteen  Months  from  the  above  Date.  .  .  .  William  Burleigh 
N'.itli1  Ambrose  Sam1  Quarles  Chosen  Committee  for  the  above  Purpose.  .  .  .  Voted  that 
Phinebas  Graves  Samuel  Smith  Samuel  Nutter  be  a  Committee  to  inspect  said  .Meeting 
House,  whether  it  be  done  according  to  the  above  Vote  or  not. 

Committee's  Report. — The  land  for  to  set  the  meeting-house  on  was  procured  near  Mr  Polands 
barn,  the  place  mentioned  in  the  vote  of  the  town,  free  of  expence  to  the  town,  and  some 
time  in  the  fall  of  the  year  1801  some  of  tbe  Inhabitants  erected  a  frame  on  the  spot.  Some 
time  after  one  of  the  Committee  Mr  William  Burleigh's  decease,  it  was  understood  and  be- 
lieved that  Mr  Jerediah  Abbot  was  chosen  to  fill  the  place  of  Mr  Burleigh  in  the  Committee 
and  a  bond  was  made  out  in  the  name  of  Nathaniel  Ambrose  &  .Jerediab  Abbot  as  committee 
of  the  town,  bearing  date  April  tbe  fifth  1siil>,  Signed  by  Jacob  Brown  <$  Samuel  Quarles,  con- 
ditions of  which  was  to  build  and  finish  a  meeting  bouse  agreably  to  vote  or  votes  of  the 
town  of  Ossipee.  But  as  the  committee  did  not  deed  tbe  hind  given  by  the  proprietors  agre- 
ably to  the  vote  of  the  town,  the  bond  of  course  was  not  given  to  said  committee.  On  tbe 
12th  day  of  April  1S02  the  pews  were  sold  and  according  to  the  record  made  by  Sanborn 
Blake  Town  Clerk  amounted  to  1359  dollars,  the  conditions  of  sale  were  one  (bird  to  be  paid 
in  six  months  one  third  in  twelve  months  and  the  remainder  withiD  eighteen  months  and  all 
those  who  had  done  work  &c  about  tbe  frame  were  to  be  allow  d  in  part  or  in  whole  for  pay- 


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ment  for  a  pew  or  pews.  The  work  commenced  on  the  meetinghouse  in  July  1802  and  went 
on  with  spirit  and  dispatch  so  that  on  the  last  Monday  of  August  of  the  same  year  they  held 
a  town  meeting  in  it,  and  continued  to  occupy  it  for  that  purpose  for  many  years  In  Octo- 
ber L802,  the  land  deeded  by  the  Proprietors  to  Jacob  Brown  <fc  Joseph  Fogg  for  the  purpose 
of  helping  build  a  meeting  house  in  Ossipee  was  sold  for  n351..c97-in  Goods. 

From  a  report  submitted  by  Moses  Colby  for  the  committee,  at  a  legal 
meeting  held  in  December,  1819,  we  are  enabled  to  give  the  financial  status  of 
the  *k  meeting  house  "  at  that  time. 

Your  committee  are  further  able  to  report  what  has  been  expended  on  said  meeting  house 
as  it  appear  on  the  regular  books  kept  by  Samuel  Quarles  Esqr.  one  of  the  contractors  and 
supported  by  vouchers,  excepting,  two  hundred  dollars  expended  by  Captain  Jacob  Brown 
the  whole  amount  expended  on  the  meeting  house  appears  to  be  1473  dollars.  ...  It  appears 
that  the  Contractors  have  received  for  lands  given  to  the  Inhabitans  of  this,  town  for  aiding 
thi-  building  of  a  meetinghouse  D351..C97.  Also  it  appears  the  Contractors  have  sold  pews 
and  received  pay  for  to  the  amount  of  D772..C30  making  in  the  whole  which  the  Contractors 
have  received  D1121..C97.  It  also  appears  that  the  Contractors  have  expended  D348..C73  more 
than  they  have  received.  But  there  appears  to  be  pews  sold  and  not  paid  for  Amounting  to 
D5SG..C70  which  if  paid  for  would  leave  a  ballance  in  the  hands  of  the  Contractors  to  the 
amount  of  D237..C97. 

This  report  being  accepted,  they  voted  "  the  undertakers  to  build  the 
meeting  house  collect  the  pay  for  the  pews  as  far  as  practicable  and  go  on  and 
finish  the  meeting  house  within  one  year.  Mr  John  Wood  was  chosen  in 
addition  to  the  committee  for  inspecting  the  meetinghouse  in  the  room  of 
Phineas  Graves  deseased." 

In  1822  measures  were  taken  in  order  that  the  meeting-house  should  be 
given  up  to  the  town  by  the  contractors.  For  nearly  twenty  years  the  town 
had  occupied  the  house  as  a  town-house  free  from  expense.  A  committee 
consisting  of  Charles  Babb,  Joseph  Pitman,  and  Joel  Furnald,  on  the  ninth  of 
April,  1822,  reported  "the  town  quitclaim  unto  Jacob  Brown  &  Samuel  Quarles 
all  the  right  and  title  the  town  has  or  ever  had  to  any  land  given  by  the 
proprietors  towards  aiding  the  building  of  a  meeting  house  in  the  town 
also  discharge  the  said  Jacob  Brown  and  Samuel  Quarles  from  all  liability 
and  cost  or  charges  for  further  fencing  the  meeting  house  lot.  Jacob  Brown 
and  Samuel  Quarles  are  to  give  up  the  deed  of  the  lot  to  be  for  the  use  of  the 
town  for  which  the}r  gave  Josiah  Poland  a  pew  and  fence  the  lot.  They  also 
are  to  give  up  and  discharge  to  the  town  all  their  right,  claim  and  demands 
more  or  less  they  hold  against  several  persons  for  pews." 

In  March,  1823,  the  question  of  repairing  as  well  as  finishing  the  meeting- 
house was  brought  up.  Although  the  building  had  been  used  as  a  town  hall 
and  as  a  church  for  so  many  years,  while  part  was  in  an  unfinished  state,  other 
parts  needed  repairing,  and  seventy-five  dollars  was  voted  by  the  selectmen  to 
be  "  laid  out  on  the  outer  side  of  the  house ; "  also,  that  "  this  meeting  house  is 


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considered  ;is  a  town  house  to  do  town  business  in."  It  was  also  voted  1 1 i;it  any 
person  or  persons  shall  have  the  right  to  all  the  debts  due  the  town  for  pews, 
to  all  the  pews  belonging  to  the  town,  and  all  the  privilege  of  building  pews 

and    selling   them  (except   enough  to   pay  the   seventy  live   dollars    just    voted), 

provided  they  should  give  sufficienl  sureties  for  the  finishing  of  the  inside  of 

the  meeting-house  "in  a  decent  manner"'  within  •  year.      A  further  provision 

was  made  that  they  should  not  make  or  sell  but  one  row  of  pews  around  the 
gallery  nor  have  any  right  to  build  pews  where  seats  were  below,  and  tree  the 
town  from  any  expense  for  fencing  the  meeting-house  lot. 

At  the  March  meeting,  1839,  voted,  that  the  town  relinquish  their  right  to 
the  old  meeting-house  to  individuals,  and  at,  a  special  meeting  held  April  29, 
1839,  it  was  voted  to  accept  the  report  of  the  committee,  Jacob  Leighton  and 
Brackett  Wiggin,  relative  to  the  meeting-house,  and  further  voted  "that  the 
town  will  finish  so  much  of  the  lower  part  of  the  old  meeting  house  as  is  neces- 
sary for  a  town  house  agreeably  to  a  report  of  the  committee,  provided  individ- 
uals will  finish  the  remainder  for  a  place  of  public  worship  and  indemnify  the 
town  against  owners  of  pews  within  three  months,  and  the  cost  of  the  same  to 
the  town  shall  not  exceed  two  hundred  dollars." 

This  amount  was  expended  according  to  agreement,  and,  March  14,  1840, 
the  pews  were  sold  as  follows  :  1,  Samuel  J.  Quarles,  2,  John  Chick  3,  John 
Smith,  Jr,  4,  Levi  Smith,  5,  Adam  Brown,  Moses  P.  Brown,  6,  John  Burleigh, 
7,  Isaac  Thurston,  8,  Azor  Roles,  9,  Joseph  Nay,  10,  Luther  D.  Sawyer,  11, 
Joseph  Sias,  12,  Luther  D.  Sawyer,  13,  A.  T.  Brown,  14,  A.  C.  Pitman,  15, 
James  Stevens,  16,  John  Roberts,  17,  James  Lord,  Jr,  18,  John  Walker,  19. 
I.  G.  Stillings,  20,  Benjamin  Sceggell,  Jr,  21,  Moses  W.  Brown,  22,  Samuel 
Quarles,  23,  Alvah  Moulton,  24,  Eli  Fall,  25,  William  Goldsmith,  Jr,  26, 
Nathaniel  Goldsmith,  27,  Nathaniel  Abbott,  28,  Richard  Stillings,  29,  Benjamin 
Pribble,  Jr,  30,  Isaac  Thurston,  31,  Joshua  Nay,  32,  W.  L.  Young,  33,  Richard 
Stillings,  34,  Brackett  Wiggin,  35,  William  R.  Dame,  36,  Alvah  Moulton,  37, 
William  B.  Stevens,  38,  John  O.  Rollins,  39,  William  R.  Dame,  40,  Samuel 
Quarles,  41,  William  W.  Jackson,  Sylvanus  Dame,  42,  Amos  Hodsdon. 

From  1840  until  1860  no  repairs  were  done  ;  at  this  time  the  building  was 
reshingled  by  private  contribution.  The  old  meeting-house  did  good  service  as 
a  house  of  worship  and  as  a  town-house  without  any  further  attention  until 
1880,  and  wind  and  weather,  with  assistance  from  the  hands  of  idle  men  and 
boys,  had  rendered  it  a  gloomy  and  almost  dilapidated  ruin.  The  old  house 
was  like  the  silent  Irish  beggar,  whose  ragged  apparel  and  miserable  looks  told 
a  most  touching  story.  So  with  this  old  building.  It  said  never  a  word,  but 
hearts  were  touched  by  its  forlorn  appearance  ;  thoughts  reverted  to  those  who 
in  other  days  had  built  and  consecrated  this  place  for  divine  worship,  and  it 
was  determined  to  restore  the  sacred  edifice  to  its  oldtime  beauty  or  a  still 
more    comfortable   condition.      Great   reforms  move  slowly.     Other   religious 


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edifices  hud  been  built  in  various  parts  of  the  town,  and  it  was  reserved  for 
private  enterprise  to  make  the  first  step  to  the  furtherance  of  this  worthy 
object. 

March  15,  1880,  a  subscription  paper  was  drawn  up  at  the  request  of  Mrs 
Abbie  A.  C.  Q.  Beacham,  "  For  the  purpose  of  repairing  the  meeting-house  at 
Ossipee."     The    signers  were :    Adam  Brown,  850  ;    Francis  P.    Adams,  $50 
Samuel  D.  Quarles,  $100  ;    Joseph  Q.  Roles,  $50 ;  Mrs  A.  C.  Q.  Beacham,  $50 
Frank  Weeks,  $25  ;  L.  D.  Sinclair,  $5  ;  A.  Stillings,  $25  ;  Charles  W.  Fall,  $15 
Sanborn  B.  Carter,  $10  ;  George  B.  Sias,  $15 ;  E.  P.  Allen,  $15  ;    Mrs  Hannah 
Brown,  $5  ;  Nathaniel  F.  Goldsmith,  $50  ;  George  O.  Sceggel,  two  days'  work ; 
Josiah  Thurston,  $5  ;    Mary  B.  Hardy,  $10  ;  a  friend,  $10  ;    John  Ayers,  $10  ; 
John  H.  Young,  $3;    Samuel  Burleigh,  $5.25;    George    C.  Thurston,  $5;    a 
friend,  $2  ;  Joseph  V.  Quarles,  $10  ;    Mrs  Mary  E.  Deering,  $10  ;    Mrs  Lizzie 
Stevens,  $10. 

Meeting  with  such  success  in  individual  aid,  a  town-meeting  was  called  to 
see  what  action  the  town  would  take  in  repairing  the  house  if  the  people  would 
move  it  and  turn  the  end  toward  the  road.  The  town  voted  to  indefinitely 
postpone  the  matter.  Mrs  Beacham,  however,  was  not  discouraged,  and  with 
her  wonted  energy  and  executive  ability  proceeded  to  finish  the  work  she  had 
commenced.  She  engaged  workmen  to  turn  the  edifice  around  with  its  end  to 
the  highway  (which  was  done  in  September)  and  personally  assumed  the 
responsibility  of  the  repairs.  These  continued  in  operation  for  some  time,  and 
in  November  a  subscription  was  circulated  by  Aldo  M.  Rumery  for  funds  to 
be  used  in  "  putting  a  belfry  on  the  meeting-house  and  repairing  the  same." 
The  subscribers  were  :  Luther  I).  Sawyer,  $25  ;  Belinda  B.  Thurston,  $20  ; 
Frank  Weeks,  $5  ;  Moses  W.  Brown,  $10 ;  Sarah  M.  Rumery,  $10  ;  Aldo  M. 
Rumery,  $10  ;  Elizabeth  Roles,  $5  ;  W.  Can ney,  $10  ;  William  A.  Smith,  $5, 
and  several  of  less  amounts.  To  these  were  added  later  Asa  Beacham,  $25  ; 
Ellis  U.  Buswell,  $12  ;  a  total  of  $152.93.  The  work  was  carried  on  to  com- 
pletion and  the  belfry  erected  and  the  pews  repaired  in  the  summer  of  1881, 
and  the  house  reopened  for  public  service  in  the  fall.  The  next  year  a  bell  of 
over  a  thousand  pounds  was  placed  in  the  belfry.  This  cost  $331.79  in 
Boston  ;  the  purchase  money  was  raised  by  subscription.  The  largest  sub- 
scribers were  :  Josiah  Thurston,  $25  ;  Charles  B.  Gafney,  $25  ;  Samuel  D. 
Quarles,  $25 ;  Asa  Beacham,  $25  ;  Frank  Weeks,  $10 ;  Elisha  P.  Allen,  $20  ; 
Porter  W.  Brown,  $10  ;  M.  A.  Harmon,  $25  ;  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  $20  ;  Aldo  M. 
Rumery,  $10.  A  chandelier  was  also  procured  this  year.  Aside  from  indi- 
vidual subscriptions,  entertainments  were  held  and  various  means  devised  to 
aid  in  this  noble  work.  The  total  expense  was  over  $1,800.  The  remodeling, 
repairing,  etc.,  were  supervised  and  completed  through  the  personal  efforts  of 
Mrs  Beacham,  to  whom  the  town  owes  a  permanent  debt  of  gratitude.  She 
expended  her  time  and  money  freely. 


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Mrs  Susan  P.  Adams  gave  the  carpel  for  the  aisles  and  body  of  the  church, 
and  a  pulpit  set,  consisting  of  a  marble-top  table,  reading-desk,  bouquetstand, 
and  chairs.  Mrs  Nellie  M.  To wle,  daughter  of  Dr  Alvah  Moulton,  of  South 
Boston,  deserves  mention  for  her  assistance  in  raising  thirty-three  dollars 
towards  the  price  of  an  organ.  Mr  and  Mrs  Nathaniel  F.  Goldsmith  contrib- 
uted four  side  lamps  to  match  the  chandelier,  a  valuable  pulpit  Bible,  etc.  Mi- 
ami Mrs  Moses  Hanson,  of  Boston,  presented  two  hanging-lamps.  Bion  E. 
Tripp,  of  Wells,  Maine,  also  gave  two  lamps. 

The  town  through  the  selectmen  paid  Mrs  Beacham  $4o0  for  the  repairs 
done  on  tli£  town-house,  and  in  1883  the  pew  owners  were  assessed  $360 
(*10.t'»<>  each )  for  the  payment  of  changing  and  painting  the  pews.  The  old 
building  has  taken  on  a  new  lease  of  life,  and  in  its  double  capacity  of  church 
and  town  hall  bids  fair  to  be  of  service  for  many  years. 

This  meeting-house  has  always  been  free  to  every  denomination.  The  first 
minister  was  Wentworth  Lord,  of  the  Calvinistic  Baptist  faith,  who  preached 
here  in  the  early  part  of  this  century.  There  was  no  church  organization 
existing  at  the  Corner  so  far  as  we  can  ascertain  until  that  of  the  Fourth 
Freewill  Baptist  in  1836.  A  Congregational  society  had  an  existence  for  a 
time,  but  no  record  remains  of  its  duration  or  action.  Baptist,  Congregational, 
and  Methodist  preachers  officiated  in  the  early  years,  and  since  the  Freewill 
Baptist  Societ}r  came  into  being,  the  pulpit  has  been  occupied  about  alternately 
by  Congregational  and  Freewill  Baptist  speakers. 

About  1876  Rev.  Edward  P.  Eastman,  Congregationalist,  held  services  for 
three  years,  and  a  number  of  persons  united  to  keep  up  meetings,  not  however 
forming  a  regular  society.  They  have  since  been  served  by  Rev.  H.  T. 
Barnard,  Freewill  Baptist,  for  nearly  two  years  ;  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev. 
A.  H.  Thompson  for  two  years  ;  Rev.  Nelson  Bailey  preached  here  one  half 
the  time  from  May,  1886,  until  April  1,  1889. 

The  First  Freewill  Baptist  Church  in  Ossipee  was  for  several  years  a  branch 
of  the  "  Church  of  Christ "  in  Parsonsfield,  Maine.  The  first  considerable 
revival  began  in  the  fall  of  1806,  under  the  preaching  of  Elder  Benjamin 
Randall,  and  continued  through  the  winter  and  spring  under  the  preaching  of 
Elder  John  Buzzell.  During  this  revival  quite  a  number  became  believers, 
and  July  16,  1807,  were  baptized  Seth  Fogg,  John  Goudy,  Peggy  Leighton, 
Martha  Hodsdon,  Ebenezer  Tasker,  Sally  Kelley.  The  ordinance  was  adminis- 
tered by  Elder  Buzzell.  From  this  date  the  church  may  be  said  to  date  its 
existence,  as  a  "conference"  was  established,  and  the  converts  mentioned,  in 
connection  with  Samuel  Tasker  and  others,  who  had  previously  experience. 1 
religion  and  been  baptized  in  New  Durham,  met  once  a  month  to  relate  their 
minds  to  each  other,  and  made  a  report  of  their  standing  by  their  messengers 
to  the  church  meeting  at  Parsonsfield.  The  revival  continued  in  marked 
results,  and  eighteen  were  baptized  during  1808.     At    the   monthly  conference 


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held  on  Thursday  in  the  first  week  of  February,  1809,  a  large  number  met  at 
the  house  of  Seth  Fogg,  and  forty-one  "  related  the  travel  of  their  minds." 
At  the  close  of  the  religious  exercises  Seth  Fogg  and  Ebenezer  Tasker  were  set 
apart  to  the  office  of  deacons.  The  first  communion  of  this  church  was  on  the 
first  Thursday  in  June,  1809.  They  continued  as  a  branch  of  the  Parsonsfield 
church,  making  monthly  reports,  until  1811.  The  ministers  laboring  here  were 
Elders  John  and  William  Buzzell,  Jacob  Norton,  Jeremiah  Bullock,  and  Samuel 
Burbank.  The  old  church  is  said  to  have  been  built  about  1818,  although  it  is 
not  mentioned  in  the  records  until  April  18,  1832,  when  it  is  said  that  this 
meeting  was  at  the  "  meeting  house."  Jacob  Leighton  gave  the  lot,  and  mostly 
built  the  house.  After  this  there  appears  no  record  until  September  14,  1826, 
when  Daniel  Jackson  was  ordained  as  an  evangelist,  and  either  a  reorganiza- 
tion effected,  or  the  old  one  resuscitated,  for,  although  in  the  Sandwich  Quar- 
terly Meeting  territory,  it  did  not  appear  in  the  list  of  churches  when  that 
quarterly  meeting  was  formed  in  1812.  The  members  were  principally  resident 
in  the  east  part  of  Ossipee  and  north  part  of  Wakefield,  and  September  29, 1826, 
were  recorded :  Samuel  Tasker,  John  Buzzell,  Isaac  Demerritt,  Deacon  Seth 
and  Elizabeth  Fogg,  John  Goudy,  Dodavah  Scates,  Ephraim  Leighton,  Peggy 
Leighton,  Susan  Buzzell,  Deacon  William  Sanders,  Lois  Sanders,  James  Fogg, 
Hannah  Fogg,  Nathan  Fogg,  Abigail  Fogg,  Mehitable  Scates,  Aaron  Hanson, 
Judith  Horsom,  Lydia  Tasker,  Sarah  Sanders,  Polly  Ames,  Catharine  Mathes, 
Abel  Sanders,  Betsey  Sanders,  Huldah  Davis,  Hannah  Glidden,  Sylvanus 
Wentworth,  John  Wentworth,  Mary  Wentworth,  John  Hill,  Lydia  Hill,  Eunice 
Morrill,  Nathaniel  Meserve,  Abigail  Wentworth,  Walter  Gate,  Mary  Gate, 
Susan  Ames,  Jacob  Leighton,  Anna  Wentworth,  Betsey  Horsom,  Patty  Hods- 
don,  Benjamin  Buzzell,  Joseph  Buzzell,  William  Buzzell,  Sarah  Buzzell,  David 
Allen,  Sally  Scates,  Sally  Hodsdon,  Anstres  Scates,  Azariah  Brackett,  Elizabeth 
Brackett,  Nathaniel  Nason,  Lucinda  Brackett,  Elizabeth  Buzzell,  Daniel  Glidden, 
Elder  Daniel  Jackson.  Elder  Jackson  appears  to  have  been  a  faithful  servant 
until  December  14,  1832,  when  the  church  gave  him  a  letter  of  commendation. 
Up  to  this  time  the  church  meetings  had  been  held  mostly  at  Ephraim  Leighton's 
house,  although  frequently  at  Elder  Jackson's.  January  20, 1835,  James  Roberts 
was  made  ruling  elder,  John  Wentworth  clerk,  and  it  was  voted  that  Elder  John 
Walker  take  charge  of  the  church.  October  19,  John  Wentworth  resigned  his 
office  and  Daniel  Wentworth  was  chosen.  August  18,  1839,  delegates  were 
chosen  to  the  Wolfeborough  Quarterly  Meeting.  September  4,  Samuel  Seward 
was  ordained  deacon.  Elder  James  Emery  appears  to  be  here  in  1841.  Elder 
Hobbs  was  chosen  pastor  in  December,  1842,  and  was  here  until  August  31, 
1843.  February  2,  1843,  a  church  temperance  society  was  formed,  the  members 
pledging  themselves  to  abstain  from  the  use  of  all  spirituous  liquors  except  as 
a  medicine.  Many  of  the  church  joined,  but  "some  refused  to  sign."  Soon 
after  the  subject  of  securing  Elder  John  Runnels  as  pastor  was  in  consider- 


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ation;  and  the  "  new  "  church  was  buill  in  L856.     The  builders  were  Samuel  B. 

Ames,  Simon  I'.  Hill,  James  Stevens,  [ra  Hans Daniel  J.Sanders,  Nathan- 

ael  Meserve,  Mark  Wentworth,  and  Joseph  Pray.  There  are  qo  records  until 
April  Iti,  L857,  when  the  church  was  reorganized  with  fourteen  male  and  seven- 
teen female  members,  in  this  manner.  The  First  Ossipee  Church  mei  and  dis- 
banded, ami  a  new  organization  was  formed  on  Freewill  Baptist  principles,  and 
called  the  "First  Ossipee  and  Wakefield  church."  Rev.  True  W.  Hill  was 
chosen  pastor;  Samuel  Seward  and  Samuel  B.  Ames,  deacons;  Joseph  W. 
Woodman,  clerk.  In  1804  O.F.Russell  was  pastor,  and  on  November  23,  L865, 
resigned  his  pastorate  on  account  of  different  theological  views  from  those 
sustained  by  the  church,  and  his  resignation  was  accepted,  and  he  dismissed 
from  the  denomination  by  a  council  called  to  consider  his  case,  which  gave  him 
a  eertificate  of  good  moral  character.  He  seems  to  have  been  an  excellent  man, 
who  became  more  in  accord  with  Methodists  than  with  the  Freewill  Baptists. 
May  16,  18(57,  Rev.  A.  D.  Fairbanks  was  chosen  pastor.  Daniel  J.  Sanders  was 
now.  and  had  been,  clerk  for  some  years.  The  record  ends  in  1870,  and  we  can 
only  say  that  the  church  has  had  a  steadfast  prosperity  since  under  the  watch- 
ful care  of  faithful  ministers,  of  whom  Rev.  L.  A.  Jones  closed  a  pastorate  of 
about  five  years,  June,  1888.  A  nice  church  has  been  built  near  Leighton's 
Corners,  and  is  kept  in  good  repair,  while  the  Christian  efforts  of  the  society 
have  borne  good  fruit.     Timothy  Young  is  the  present  clerk  of  the  church. 

The  Bullock  Church,  as  it  was  called,  an  offshoot  of  the  Freewill  Baptist 
church,  had  an  organization  for  about  twenty  j^ears  from  1856,  under  Rev.  Jere- 
miah Bullock,  it  controlled  and  occupied  the  old  church  building  at  Leigh- 
ton's  Corners,  but  the  organization  is  now  practically  extinct. 

The  Second  Freewill  Baptist  Church  (Chickville)  was  organized  by  Elder 
John  Chick,  an  uneducated  but  powerful  speaker,  who  settled  on  the  place 
now  occupied  by  Tobias  M.  Fernald,  near  the  Chickville  meeting-house,  and 
by  his  earnest  labors  built  up  a  large  society,  which  contained  the  membership 
of  the  Fourth  Church,  organized  in  1836.  The  Second  Church  has  main- 
tained a  good  standing  in  character,  but  has  decreased  numerically  so  as  to  lie 
no  longer  able  to  maintain  a  pastor,  and  is  connected  with  the  Water  Village 
church  in  the  ministrations.  The  Dore  family,  especially  Hon.  John  C.  Dore, 
of  Chicago,  111.,  has  taken  great  interest  in  the  society,  and  it  has  received 
many  substantial  tokens  of  this. 

The  Third  Freewill  Baptist  Church  was  disbanded  years  ago. 

Fourth  (Ossipee  Corner)  Freewill  Baptist  Church.  —  "There  being  a  num- 
ber of  brethren  living  remote  from  the  main  body  of  the  Second  Church  in 
Ossipee  to  which  they  belong,  they  being  situated  near  Ossipee  Corner,  and 
the  field  of  labor  so  extensive  around,  it  was  thought  that  it  might  he  for  the 
glory  of  God  and  good  of  precious  souls  to  have  a  church  organized  in  this 
place  which  would  strive  to  walk  in  gospel  order.    Accordingly  the  subject  was 


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taken  up  in  the  Second  Church  in  Ossipee,  and  agreed  that  if  on  examination 
the  brethren  in  this  place  (Ossipee  Corner)  thought  they  could  keep  house, 
the  Second  Church  would  consider  them  dismissed.  Therefore  met,  according 
to  a  previous  appointment  on  the  25th  day  of  June,  1836,  at  brother  Moses 
Hanson's  house.  Elders  present:  Jesse  Meader  and  John  Chick,  Jr.  Agreed 
agreeable  to  the  faith  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  connexion  to  organize  a  church 
of  eleven  members  (4  absent)  that  live  on  the  south  side  of  the  Abbott  and 
Roberts  road,  so  called,  that  to  be  the  line  between  the  Second  and  Fourth 
churches,  Ossipee  Corner  church  to  be  the  Fourth  Freewill  Baptist  Church." 
—  Church  Records. 

Action  of  First  Meeting.  —  "  1st,  Agreed  that  Bro.  John  Rogers  be  church 
clerk.  2d,  Chose  Elder  Jesse  Meader  pastor  of  said  church.  3d,  Agreed  to 
have  Brethren  Moses  Hanson  and  John  Rogers  act  as  deacons.  4th,  Agreed 
that  the  Monthly  Meeting  be  held  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  every  month. 
5th,  Agreed  to  have  a  weekly  conference  on  Saturday  afternoon.  6th,  Agreed 
that  the  Quarterly  church  conference  be  held  on  the  first  Saturday  of  every 
month  that  the  Quarterly  meeting  is  held  in,  at  one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon. 
7th,  Agreed  to  have  a  communion  quarterly  when  convenient.  8th,  Agreed 
that  this  church  be  known  by  the  name  of  the  Fourth  Freewill  Baptist  Church 
in  Ossipee." 

Original  members.  —  Moses  Hanson,  Jr,  John  Rogers,  Daniel  Goldsmith, 
Thomas  Rogers,  James  Small,  James  Young,  William  Young,  Joanna  Hanson, 
Nancy  Rogers,  Sally  Rogers,  Eliza  Goldsmith,  Mary  Goldsmith,  Betsey  Gold- 
smith, Olive  Bennett,  Nancy  Burleigh. 

The  infant  church  has  baptisms  in  September,  1836,  as  follows :  Dorcas 
Hanson,  by  Elder  Meader,  September  10 ;  Mary  Goldsmith,  by  Elder  Meader, 
September  24 ;  Thomas  Goldsmith,  Anna  Dame,  Nancy,  wife  of  Ezekiel  Key, 
Catharine  Quint,  September  31,  by  Elder  Walker. 

At  a  meeting  held  November  24,  this  record  was  made :  "  Sister  Mary 
Goldsmith  having  given  her  name  to  be  a  member  of  another  church,  this  may 
certify  that  sister  Mary  has  renewed  her  covenant  in  promise  with  the  Breth- 
ren, and  will  make  exertions  to  retain  her  name  from  said  church,  and  still 
remain  in  this  Fourth  Freewill  Baptist  Church."  A  committee  was  appointed 
at  a  conference  held  December  1,  1836,  "to  examine  into  the  case  of  Bro. 
D.  Goldsmith  of  his  manifesting  his  disunion  with  the  church  or  members  of 
the  same."  Brothers  J.  Rogers,  T.  Goldsmith,  Samuel  Dore  appointed  com- 
mittee. May  13,  D.  Goldsmith's  name  is  erased  from  the  church  book.  (The 
good  man  had  probably  some  altercation  concerning  business  with  a  brother, 
and  did  not  wish  to  grieve  him  by  his  presence  and  abstained  entirely  from 
church  attendance.)  November  25,  Elders  Jesse  Meader,  John  Chick,  and 
John  Walker  set  apart  as  deacons  Moses  Hanson  and  John  Roberts. 

1839,  May  18.     Eliza,  wife  of  Thomas  Goldsmith,  died.     William  M.  Jack- 


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son  and  1  lis  wife,  from   Newmarket,  and    Horace  P.  Wood  and   Belinda  \V 1. 

of  Saco  village,  Moses  \V.  Brown  and  wife,  Abigail  P.,  Anna  Nute,  Melissa  J. 
Goldsmith,  Brackett  G.  Stillings,  Rufus  F\  Stillings,  Joseph  F.  Brown,  James 
Canney,  Pamelia  Stillings,  Hannah  Wiggin,  Adam   I'.  Brown  and  wife,  Sally, 

Joanna  Moody,  joined  the  church  in   L840  and   Is  II. 

It  was  voted.  August  13,  L840,  that  Elder  John  Brooks  Bhould  Ik-  pastor. 
We  find  Elder  -John  Chick  officiating  in  connection  with  him.  Moses  Hanson 
has  been  ordained  elder,  and  August  II,  1841,  Elder  II.  Webber  officiated. 
April,  L842,  Brother  J.  Canney  was  given  a  Letter  t<>  unite  with  the  Water 
Village  church,  and  Stephen  P.  Smith  and  wife,  Mary,  were  received  by  Letter. 
June  21,  184^,  Sister  Joanna  Hanson  died.  August  19,  L842,  voted  "to  have 
a  set  of  communion  dishes.'*  November  19,  1842,  Eli  fall  and  Eliza  Jane 
Pray  were  added  as  members  by  baptism. 

May  18,  1843,  Elder  John  Brooks  requested  to  resign  his  pastoral  care  of 
the  church.  His  request  was  granted,  provided  they  could  obtain  Elder  John 
Chick,  who,  being  chosen  pastor,  accepted  on  condition  that  "if  he  wished  to 
resign  in  one  month  he  could  have  the  privilege  of  it."  Jacob  Hanson,  Asahel 
Rogers,  Abigail  A.  C.  Quarles,  and  Sarah  Ann  Rogers  accepted  to  church 
membership. 

March  16,  1844,  voted  to  have  Elder  Chick  preach  on  the  first  Sabbath  of 
each  month  for  one  year.  The  records  continue  for  years  with  such  state- 
ments as  these:  "Met  in  conference.  The  brethren  and  sisters  were  well 
engaged  serving  the  Lord.  At  the  close  we  could  say  that  it  was  good  to  meel 
together/'  "  Met  in  conference.  The  brethren  and  sisters  were  rather  low  in 
their  minds.  Many  doubts  and  fears  arise.  The  most  of  them  seem  to  have 
good  resolutions  to  serve  the  Lord."  "  Met  in  conference.  Only  one  brother 
and  four  of  the  sisters  present.  All  seemed  to  have  a  desire  to  serve  the  Lord 
and  gain  the  port  of  glory." 

January  23,  1845,  chose  J.  Rogers,  Elder  John  Chick,  and  Moses  W.  Brown 
a  committee  to  draft  a  church  discipline  or  covenant.  At  this  meeting  a 
request  was  made  by  "  Br.  Moses  Hanson  for  a  letter  of  commendation  for  the 
following  reasons:  Br.  Hanson  said  he  was  prest  and  bound  and  lie  wished  to 
be  relieved;  said  he  felt  it  his  duty  to  break  bread  to  us  in  the  room  of  sitting 
with  us  in  communion :  said  he  had  been  calld  on  to  baptise  2  members  &  he  was 
prohibited  of  the  priviledge  by  some  of  the  church,  &  said  he  could  not  fellow- 
ship what  was  practiced  by  some  of  the  church,  (ie)  social  parties  of  pleasure 
&  makeing  feasts  &  calling  in  our  Rich  Neighbours,  &c.  A  remark  was  made 
by  one  present  that  in  our  social  visits  we  closed  by  prayer.  A  Reply  from 
Brother  Hanson  that  we  could  fiddle  &  dance  all  the  evening  ^v  close  by 
prayer.  For  the  above  Reasons  or  charges  the  church  did  not  vote  to  give  a 
letter  of  commendation,  but  voted,  to  consider  on  it  until]  our  Monthly  meet- 
ing &  then  have  the  case  of  Brother   Hanson  taken   up."     At   the   meeting 


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held  March  13,  it  was  voted  that   Brother  Hanson  have  the  liberty  to  travel 
and  preach  wherever  the  Lord  may  call  him. 

Elder  Samuel  Knowles  and  wife  are  received  ns  members  in  1844,  and  lie 
officiated  as  pastor  nearly  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  Novem- 
ber 15,  1850.  In  1856-58,  Elder  N.  Foss  preached  here  half  the  time.  He 
was  succeeded  by  Elder  John  Walker.  October  8,  1859,  Rev.  Horace  Webber 
was  chosen  pastor.  Horace  Webber  and  wife,  Relief  Webber,  Charles  H. 
Webber  and  wife,  Susan  A.  Webber,  Dorcas  L.  Hanson,  and  Anna  Weston 
were  received  by  letter  in  1859.  A  new  confession  of  faith  and  covenant  was 
adopted  in  January,  1860.  In  1861  the  Quarterly  Meeting  was  requested  to 
license  Bro.  Chas.  H.  Webber  to  preach  the  gospel.  May  4,  1864,  the  breth- 
ren to  try  and  sustain  Rev.  Mr  Wood  (Congregationalist)  one  year,  to  preach 
for  us  one  half  the  time,  thinking  we  could  raise  for  him  one  hundred  dollars 
and  a  donation.  In  1869  it  is  recorded  that  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars 
has  been  raised  for  Rev.  F.  P.  Smith,  Congregationalist,  the  past  year. 

March  2, 1870,  Simon  Beacham,  Elisha  Hanson,  and  John  H.  Beacham  were 
chosen  a  committee  to  assist  in  forming  a  Freewill  Baptist  Church  at  Water 
Village.  March  1,  1871,  a  subscription  was  started  to  engage  Rev.  D.  I.  Quint 
for  one  year,  salary  four  hundred  dollars,  and  the  amount  was  raised.  March 
6,  1872,  he  preached  his  farewell  sermon.  Rev.  A.  D.  Fairbanks  preached  four 
Sabbaths  in  1872.  In  1873  and  1874  Rev.  J.  Fawcett,  Methodist,  preached, 
and  was  paid  six  hundred  dollars  a  year.  Various  clergymen  have  since  offici- 
ated here  for  brief  periods. 

Water  Village  Freewill  Baptist  Church.  —  This  was  organized  July  12,  1870, 
with  ten  members.  The  membership  is  now  seventy.  It  has  a  good  meeting- 
house and  parsonage,  erected  within  a  few  }^ears.  The  deacons  have  been 
Matthew  Jackson,  John  H.  Beacham,  Thomas  F.  Hodgdon.  Matthew  Jackson 
was  again  chosen  March  31,  1886.  The  pastors  have  been  E.  G.  York,  H.  P. 
Mansur,  A.  D.  Fairbanks,  D.  W.  Dealtry,  W.  H.  Ward,  S.  J.  Gould,  N.  A.  Avery, 
M.  P.  Tobey,  Elisha  Hanson,  clerk.  There  was  for  many  years  a  Freewill 
Baptist  church  called  "  Tuftonborough  church  "  that  embraced  the  territory  of 
the  Water  Village  church  and  more.  Rev.  John  Walker  was  pastor,  and 
Richard  Beacham  a  deacon.     This  died  about  1850. 

First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  (Moultonville).  — A  class  was  formed  here 
in  1864,  John  G.  Wiggin,  leader.  Soon  steps  were  taken  to  organize  a  church, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1865  the  meeting-house  of  the  Freewill  Baptists  at  Center 
Ossipee  was  purchased  by  L.  D.  Moulton,  and  moved  to  Moultonville,  where 
the  cornerstone  was  laid  November  3,  and  the  church  fitted  up,  and  dedicated 
January  30,  1866,  by  Rev.  E.  Adams,  d.d.  Quite  a  revival  now  occurred,  and 
many  accessions  were  made  to  the  list  of  members.  April  11,  1866,  there  were 
30  members  and  74  probationers.  There  were  then  four  classes,  the  leaders 
being  Benjamin  Q.  Abbott,  John  G.  Wiggin,  L.  D.  Moulton,  and  Erastus  C. 


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Fblsom.  The  first  quarterly  conference  was  held  a1  the  church,  May  1  I.  L866, 
when  Daniel  Merrow,  Abner  Goldsmith,  Moses  Merrill,  Daniel  Tibbetts,  George 
B.  Sias,  S.  P.  Wallace,  Erastus  C.  Folsom,  and  T.  k.  Shannon  were  elected 
stewards;  L.  D.  Moulton,  Daniel  Merrow,  Daniel  Tibbetts,  Charles  Nason, 
and  John  Moulton,  trustees.  In  1880  there  were  64  members  of  the  church 
and  an  attendance  at  the  Sabbath-school  (organized  in  181)6)  of  seventy.  At 
the  present  then'  are  thirty  members,  with  forty  scholars  in  the  Sunday-school. 
The  pastors  have  been:  1866-69,  George  W.  Carr:  1869-71,  M.  Sherman: 
1871-72,  supplied:  1872-74,  J.  P.  Frye ;  1874-75,  A.  W.  Browne;  L875  78, 
Wm.  C.  Ilartlett  :  1878-79,  E.  P.  F.  Dearborn;  since  1879  George  II.  Hardy, 
Thomas  Cheney,  Mr  Farnham,  and  Thomas  Bell,  a  young  Englishman  of  great 
promise. 


CHAPTER   LV. 


Villages  —  Ossipee  —  Centre  Ossipee  —  West  Ossipee  —  Ossipee  Valley  —  Moultonville  — 
Water  Milage  —  Leighton's  Corners  —  Family  and  Personal  Sketches. 

THE  town  has  six  business  centres  around  which  have  clustered  villages. 
These  are  Ossipee,  Centre  Ossipee,  Centreville,  Moultonville,  Wesl 
( tssipee,  Water  Village. 

OSSIPEE,  formerly  Ossipee  Corner,  is  the  location  of  the  town-house,  court- 
house, jail,  county-house  and  county  farm,  and  is  admirably  located  on  a  ridge 
which  gives  a  high  altitude,  good  drainage,  and  pure  air.  It  is  a  very  lively 
place  during  the  semi-annual  sessions  of  court,  or  in  the  height  of  the  summer 
season  when  the  town  is  tilled  with  visitants  from  the  city.  Aside  from  these 
seasons  it  has  a  quiet,  staid,  demure  aspect  quite  befitting  a  "county-seat."  In 
early  days  it  was  the  one  centre  of  trade  and  business  of  the  town;  manufac- 
turing was  carried  on  quite  extensively;  the  stage-coaches  from  Dover  and 
Conway  dashed  along  with  clatter  and  noise.  Lawyers  have  found  attractions 
here  from  before  the  organization  of  Carroll  county.  The  first  to  locale  was 
Francis  Peter  Smith,  who  was  resident  here  for  years,  and  bore  a  good  reputa- 
tion for  erudition  and  skill.  After  him  came  Benjamin  Boardman,  Francis 
Cogswell,  Josiah  Dearborn,  Luther  I).  Sawyer,  Colonel  Samuel  D.  Quarles,  and 
Frank  Weeks.     The  last  two  have  offices  here  and  are  residents. 

Present  Business  Interests.  —  Dana  J.  and  Eugene  F.  Brown,  Alonzo 
Stillings,  C.  S.  Demeritt,  anYl  Charles  H.  Carter  are  in  trade  as  merchants; 
Ausbry  C.  Moulton  deals  in  coffins  and  caskets  ;   Iuglis  L.  Pineo  is  blacksmith. 


616  History  of   Carroll   County. 

Edgar  Weeks  pension  attorney,  Doctors  Harmon  and  Atwood  care  for  the 
sick,  while  near  the  railroad  station  is  Asa  Beacham's  steam  sawmill,  William 
E.  Kincaid's  marble-works,  and  W.  C.  Sinclair's  steam  gristmill.  Miss  S.  R. 
Webber  manufactures  sale  clothing,  and  gives  employment  to  many. 

The  "  Carroll  House  "  originally  was  a  one-story  dwelling.  About  1838 
Asa  Beacham  came  into  possession,  and  enlarged  it  and  raised  the  old  part 
another  story.  He  rented  it  to  Curtis  Pitman,  who  opened  it  as  a  hotel,  calling 
it  the  "  Carroll  House  "  in  honor  of  the  new  county.  In  1845  Mr  Asa  Beacham 
became  landlord  and  was  there  until  1854.  John  Brown,  Jr,  conducted  it  for 
a  time,  and  leased  it  to  H.  H.  Ballard,  who  was  landlord  for  about  two  years. 
Josiah  Durgin  was  here  for  a  time,  and  so  was  Joseph  Q.  Roles.  The  latter 
sold  the  place  to  John  Clark,  who  soon  left  town.  Mrs  Clark  ran  the  hotel 
until  her  death.  Charles  Rendall  continued  the  business.  In  1872  Elisha  P. 
Allen  became  proprietor.  He  was  a  man  of  extensive  and  popular  acquaint- 
ance, having  been  connected  with  various  stage  lines,  and  deputy  sheriff.  He 
soon  enlarged  the  house  by  the  addition  of  a  two-story  building  which  he 
brought  from  near  the  railroad  station,  and  now  has  accommodations  for 
seventy-five  guests,  with  a  good  livery  attached.  The  "  Pine  River  House  " 
was  opened  as  a  house  of  entertainment  about  1830  by  Brackett  Wiggin,  who 
kept  it  until  his  death  about  1868.  After  a  few  years  Joseph  Q.  Roles  became 
proprietor,  and  called  it  the  "  Pine  River  House."  Nathan  Weeks  and  others 
kept  it  a  short  time.  John  E.  Beacham  kept  it  from  1886  to  June,  1889,  when 
Elisha  P.  Allen  purchased  it. 

Ossipee  Local  Union,  No.  9,  a  branch  of  the  State  Temperance  Union, 
was  organized  at  Ossipee  village  in  October,  1882,  with  eighteen  members,  "  to 
promote  the  cause  of  temperance  generally,  and  especially  to  provide  for  the 
education  of  children  in  temperance."  The  first  officers  were :  Dr  M.  A. 
Harmon,  president  (from  organization);  W.  C.  Sinclair,  vice-president ;  Mrs 
Arvilla  Pitman,  secretary.  The  meetings  are  held  twice  a  month,  and  consist 
of  literary  exercises  and  instruction  of  classes  of  children.  The  textbooks 
used  are  Julia  Colman's  "  Catechism  of  Temperance,"  "  Hygiene  and  Alcohol," 
and  Dr  Richardson's  "  Lessons  on  Temperance."  A  paper,  The  Magnet,  is 
prepared  and  read  monthly.  Meetings  were  held  at  first  in  the  "  meeting- 
house," then  in  the  schoolhouse,  and,  at  present,  in  Carter's  hall,  which  the 
Union  has  fitted  up  for  this  purpose.  It  has  forty  members  under  twenty-five 
years  of  age,  who  have  taken  and  kept  a  pledge  to  abstain  from  drinking 
alcoholic  liquors,  including  cider. 

The  Women's  Christian  Temperance  Union  has  two  organizations  in  town, 
one  at  Ossipee  village,  the  other  at  Ossipee  Centre.  These  were  organized  in 
December,  1887,  by  Mrs  Wallace,  of  Sandwich.  These  unions  have  taken  a 
pledge  of  social  purity  similar  to  that  of  the  White  Cross,  and  labor  for  the 
advancement  of  the  community  in  higher  morality  as  well  as  temperance. 


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Ossipee  Reading  Club  and  Village  Library  was  organized  in  1882,  through 
the  efforts  of  the  Ladies  Congregational  Circle.  The  original  idea  was  to 
meet  from  house  to  house  and  read  ;  this  was  done  for  some  time,  then  it  was 
deemed  besl   to  form  a  society,  fixing   the   membership  ai    one  dollar  annual 

dues.  This  was  done,  and  forty  dollars  raised  the  firsl  season,  and  the  nucleus 
of  the  library  formed.  The  firsl  officers  were:  Dr  M.  A.  Harmon,  presidenl  ; 
W.  C.  Sinclair,  secretary ;  Mary  J.  Stillings,  treasurer.  Dr  Harmon  has  been 
president  of  the  club  from  formation,  excepting  during  L888,  when  Edgar 
Weeks  held  the  office.  Achsah  Sinclair  was  the  firsl  librarian.  Mrs  Harmon, 
the  second  librarian,  held  the  position  four  years,  the  Library  being  at  the 
doctor's  office.  James  O.Gerry  became  librarian  at  the  annual  meeting  in 
December,  L888,  and  removed  the  library  to  Ins  office  in  the  court-house  —  a 
very  convenient  location.  Members  of  the  club,  of  whom  there  are  now 
thirty-six,  have  the  use  of  a  book  free  for  two  weeks.  Persons  not  belonging 
to  the  club  arc  charged  five  cents  a  volume  for  a  time  not  exceeding  one  week. 
The  club  and  library  are  in  a  prosperous  condition,  a  well-selected  libran  of 
nearly  800  volumes  has  been  purchased,  and  a  long  and  useful  existence  can  be 
safely  prophesied  for  it. 

The  Pine  River  Bank,  incorporated  in  1856,  with  Luther  1).  Sawyer  as 
president,  had  an  existence  of  about  seven  years,  until  the  national  bank 
system  came  into  force.  The  directors  voted  not  to  reorganize  under  the 
new   rule. 

The  Pine  River  Lumber  Company,  an  incorporation  having  offices  at 
Ossipee,  mills  at  the  foot  of  Pine  River  pond,  and  3,500  acres  of  valuable 
pine  land  in  Ossipee  and  Wakefield,  did  a  prosperous  business  from  1860, 
when  the  mills  were  built,  to  1875,  when  they  were  burned.  This  company 
was  incorporated  in  18~>7;  Luther  D.  Sawyer,  John  Mat  lies,  Asa  Beacham, 
Dr  Nathaniel  Grant.  Isaac  and  Josiah  Thurston  were  among-  the  incorporators. 
L.  D.  Sawyer  was  president  :   Asa  Beacham,  agent. 

Other  old  incorporations  were  Ossipee  Bridge  Company,  incorporated  1808, 
charter  revoked  L840;  Great  Ossipee  Manufacturing  Company,  incorporated 
L825;  Pine  River,  Ossipee,  and  Wakefield  Lumber  Company,  incorporated 
1831  and  L832;  Ossipee  Hosiery  and  Woolen  Manufacturing  Company,  incor- 
porated L866  ;  Dan  Hole  Manufacturing  Company,  incorporated  L866. 

Centre  Ossipee.  —  Quite  a  business  was  done  for  years  in  the  Joseph 
Hodsdon  tannery  (established  in  L839),  which  gave  life  to  the  community 
and  furnished  employment  for  from  fifteen  to  twenty-live  men  during  the 
year,  and  was  an  active  factor  in  the  prosperity  of  the  whole  town,  producing 
20,000  sides  of  leather  in  1871.  This  is  now  silent;  its  chimneys  smoke  no 
more,  and  Mr  Hodsdon,  who  is  a  native  of  Berwick,  Maine,  is  passing  the 
years  of  advanced  lib'  in  his  pleasant  home,  free  from  the  cares  of  business. 
Arthur   L.  Hodsdon  is  his  son.     The   present    industries  are  a  sash   and   blind 


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manufactory,  with  water  and  steam  power,  employing  ten  to  twelve  men. 
This  is  carried  on  by  C.  H.  Smart,  who  is  carrying  on  an  increasing  business. 
.lames  M.  Canney,  another  of  Ossipee's  representatives  and  a  prominent 
prohibitionist,  manufactures  excelsior  in  the  mill  where  he  formerly  made 
straw  board.  Davis  &  Hodsdon,  lumbermen,  have  headquarters  here  under 
the  management  of  the  popular  and  energetic  Arthur  L.  Hodsdon.  Charles 
Keys  has  a  small  general  store,  and  I.  H.  Gilman  makes  sale  clothing  and 
also  "  keeps  store."  Dr.  W.  H.  Grant  is  the  physician.  Ossipee  Valley 
masonic  lodge  has  its  lodge-room  here,  a  tine  church  spire  points  heavenward, 
graceful  trees  throw  depths  of  shadow  along  the  beautiful  street,  and  a  little 
inn  is  ready  to  receive  guests.     Mrs  M.  E.  Merrow  is  postmistress. 

Centreville  is  the  railroad  village  of  Centre  Ossipee.  It  is  only  half  a 
mile  away  and  does  much  business,  as  it  is  the  shipping  point  for  Freedom, 
Effingham  Falls,  Moultonville,  etc.  The  oldest  mercantile  house  is  that  of 
O.  L.  &  C.  A.  White,  which  carries  on  a  general  store  including  hardware, 
groceries,  etc.  The  members  of  this  firm  were  born  in  Ossipee,  and  had  built 
up  a  fine  business  previous  to  the  failure  in  health  of  Orlando  L.,  the  senior 
member,  who  died  in  November,  1888.  Charles  A.,  his  brother,  carries  on  the 
business  with  the  firm-name  unchanged.  David  W.  Davis,  a  native  of  Effing- 
ham Falls,  and  George  L.  Gate  (station  agent),  a  native  of  Wolfeborough, 
have  been  in  trade  for  a  year,  carrying,  besides  their  stock  of  general  mer- 
chandise, clothing  and  fancy-goods.  They  are  energetic  business  men  and 
deserve  success.  Mr  Gate  succeeded  O.  L.  White  as  postmaster.  The  Grand 
Army  has  a  hall  here,  and  there  is  one  hotel,  "The  Central  House." 

West  Ossipee  is  quite  an  important  railroad  station,  furnishing  the  best 
shipping  point  for  Tarn  worth  and  that  portion  of  Sandwich  lying  in  the  Bear 
Camp  valley.  The  merchants  are  A.  B.  Lamper  and  Wentworth  H.  Hobbs. 
The  scenery  here  is  of  the  grandest.  Here  was  the  oldtime  hostelry,  the 
"  Bear  Camp  River  House,"  made  celebrated  by  being  the  favorite  resort  in 
this  section  of  the  Quaker  poet,  Whittier.  The  hotel  was  owned  and  kept  at 
various  times  by  Thing,  "Joe  Varney,"  Ames,  and  Henry  J.  Banks.  The  last 
proprietor  was  -James  H.  Plummer,  from  Gilford.  He  purchased  the  house  in 
May,  1873,  and  conducted  it  until  it  was  burned  in  October,  1.881.  George 
Wilder  is  station  agent.  Ossipee  Valley  (Bear  Camp  station)  is  a  hamlet 
with  a  store  (kept  by  Prank  K.  Hobbs),  mill,  postoffice,  etc.,  between  West 
Ossipee  and  Centre  Ossipee. 

The  rich  soil  around  Dan  Hole  ponds  attracted  settlers  early,  and  it  is  tire- 
some even  to  look  at  the  course  of  the  roads  they  laid  out  over  the  steep  hills, 
which  might  have  been  so  easily  avoided  by  making  slight  detours.  This 
section  was  formed  into  the  "Dan  Hole  school  district "  later.  Only  two 
families  now  live  where  was  once  a  prosperous  community.  Tobias  Fernald, 
and,  after  him,  his  son  Nathaniel,  occupied  the  place  where  Tyler  Neal  now 


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lives.  Their  land  lay  along  the  south  side  of  the  lower  pond  and  stretched  to 
the  upper  pond,  including  Borne  of  this  in  Its  area.  Besides  Nathaniel,  the 
children  of  Tobias  were  -lea nun,  Dolly,  Charles,  John  Y.  (lived  north  of  Dore's 
Corners),  Mark  (settled  in  Wakefield),  Joseph  dived  ;,i  Centreville),  Abigail 
(married  a  Pindar,  and  now  lives  ai  Salmon  Falls,  aged  eighty-three),  and 
Samuel  P.  (became  a  minister  of  Freewill  Baptist  church).  All  attained  great 
ages,  Joanna  dying  at  ninety-three.  Nathaniel  had  children:  Almon,  Samuel 
H.  (deceased),  Sarah  (deceased),  Anstriss  (married  John  W.  Folsom),  Susan 
(married  a  ('ate).  Tobias  M .,  and  Orra  E.  (married  John  II.  Weeks,  of 
Wakefield).  Of  these  Almon  has  been  for  many  years  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  Tobias  M.  resides  on   the   Elder  John  Chick   farm  near 

the  (  'hiek   meet  [ng-house. 

Moiilhmrilh'.  —  The  line  water-power  on  Dan  Hole  si  ream  at  Moultonville 
was  early  utilized.  Elder  Mayhew  Clark  was  manufacturing  here  in  1  s  1 4  ;  the 
property  was  assessed  to  Ezekiel  Dore  in  L821,  and  in  1826  or  L827  was  pur- 
chased by  John  Moulton,  who  gave  his  name  to  the  place,  and  developed  an 
extensive  manufacturing  establishment  of  furniture,  mostly  bedsteads,  which 
became  an  important  article  of  export  and  gave  employment  to  many.  A  local 
writer  thus  describes  it  in  1868  :  — 

"Moultonville  is  one  of  the  live  villages  of  Xew  Hampshire.  It  derives  its 
name  from  its  early  founder,  Mr  John  Moulton,  who  may  be  found  any  day  at 
his  shop,  skilfully  using  his  instrument  in  drafting  some  new  machine,  or 
handling  the  various  tools  with  which  his  shop  abounds,  and  which  a  long 
and  useful  life  has  accumulated.  lie  is  not  only  a  master  mechanic,  but  in 
former  days  mastered  grammar,  mathematics,  surveying,  and  music.  You  will 
find  a  bench  across  one  end  :  on  the  opposite  side  a  forge,  bellows,  and  anvil  ; 
while  the  ceiling  on  all  sides  is  completely  covered  with  every  conceivable 
article  belonging  to  iron  or  wood  work,  each  having  its  particular  nail,  hook. 
or  drawer,  and  when  we  inquired  of  our  honored  friend  if  he  had  kept  the  run 
of  the  various  nuts,  holts,  bars,  and  tools,  the  answer  was  that  he  could  go  to 
his  shop  any  time  in  the  dark  and  place  his  hand  on  anything  he  wanted. 

"There  is  an  air  of  stir  and  thrift  about  the  village  which  attracts  the 
attention  of  all  who  pass  through  or  stop  there.  Those  living  in  other  parts 
of  the  town  do  not  fail  to  see  that  to  accumulate  money  is  not  the  whole  object 
of  the  enterprising  manufacturers  of  Moultonville;  that  while  the  business 
department  is  successfully  carried  on,  the  comfort  and  morals  of  the  people  are 
equally  cared  for.  During  the  past  two  years  a  neat  church,  with  a  parsoi 
has  keen  erected,  and  public  worship  maintained  as  regularly  as  in  any  town  in 
New  England." 

Lorenzo  I).  Moulton  succeeded  to  the  business,  and  was  followed  by 
Moulton  &  Xason  about  1865.  In  1885  the  bedstead  factory,  saw  and 
woolen  mills  were  sold  to  F.  A.  Garnsey,  of  Sanford,  Maine.     He  soon  formed. 


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in  connectioD  with  a  Mr  Frost,  of  Springvale,  Maine,  the  Ossipee  Woolen  Mills 
Company.  They  did  a  good  business,  employing  about  fifty  operatives  until 
1889,  when  the  mill  was  burned. 

George  B.  \Yrl  ii  to  is  the  grocer  ;  Mrs  Pierce  Hawkey,  dry-goods  merchant; 
Daniel  Abbott,  blacksmith.  The  village  in  its  days  of  prosperity  has  a  neat- 
ness and  thrill  decidedly  pleasant  to  look  upon,  and  many  neat  cottages 
indicate  happy  homes. 

Dove's  Corner,  adjacent  to  Moultonville,  has  become  quite  a  business  point 
through  the  energy  of  one  man,  Samuel  Wallace,  who  employs  from  fifteen  to 
twenty  hands  in  the  manufacture  of  sale  clothing.  He  has  a  general  store 
connected  with  his  manufactory. 

John  Moulton,  born  in  Newfield,  Maine,  in  1796,  was  well  educated,  and  in 
youth  a  principal  of  a  high  school.  He  married  Susan  Davis,  also  of  Newfield, 
and  located  in  1S24  at  the  place  where  his  energy  built  up  the  village  bearing 
his  name.  He  was  possessed  of  great  strength  of  character  and  uprightness, 
and  was  a  leading  and  consistent  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
which  he  was  largely  instrumental  in  forming  and  sustaining.  He  lived  to  a 
very  advanced  age.  He  had  four  children  :  Lydia  A.,  Lorenzo  D.,  John  B., 
and  Emily  W. 

Lorenzo  D.  Moulton  (born  in  1827,  died  in  1878)  was  brought  up  to 
thoroughly  understand  his  father's  business,  for  which  he  was  well  qualified, 
and  became  his  successor.  He  enlarged  the  business;  his  buildings  were 
burned  time  after  time,  and  his  losses  were  very  heavy,  but  each  time  the 
burned  buildings  were  replaced  with  larger  and  more  expensive  ones,  and, 
while  his  father  had  employed  forty  men,  he  gave  employment  to  one  hundred 
in  the  factory  and  in  getting  out  timber.  He  was  owner  of  one  half  of  the 
Dan  Hole  woolen  factory,  two  sawmills,  had  a  large  store,  built  more  than  one 
half  the  buildings  of  Moultonville,  and  kept  business  moving  everywhere  in 
his  sphere.  He  was  an  upright,  honest,  enterprising  citizen,  a  deeply  religious 
man,  who  was  a  benefactor  to  the  poor,  and  much  interested  in  religion  and  its 
attendant  institutions.  He  built  the  Methodist  church  and  parsonage  and 
gave  them  to  the  society,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  with  an  accompanying 
gift  of  $1,000.  He  married  Abbie  C.  Merrow.  Their  only  son,  La  Fayette, 
born  in  1859,  succeeded  to  his  father's  business,  which  he  conducted  some 
years.      He  married  Mattie  A.  Manson,  and  has  one  child,  Lorenzo  Dow. 

Water  Village,  three  miles  from  Ossipee  westerly,  was  quite  a  centre  in 
early  times,  and  now  has  a  saw  and  grist  mill,  a  church,  a  tanner,  and  other 
tradesmen.  "  ( )ssipee  Mountain  Grange"  has  been  established  a  short  time, 
and  bids  fair  to  live  long  and  accomplish  much  good.  Chocorna  Lodge,  No.  9, 
A.  ( ).  U.  W.,  a  thriving  society,  is  located  here.  Mrs  Caroline  Whitehouse  is 
postmistress. 

Leighton's  Corners  takes  its  name  from  the  pioneer  settler,  Ephraim 


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Leighton,  who  came  from  Rochester  in  1 7 i M  and  made  his  settlement  on 
Leigh  ton  hill,  on  the  place  now  occupied  by  Albert  W.  Leighton.  He  came 
with  oxen  (through  a  wilderness  for  the  Last  two  miles)  from  Wakefield, 
and  his  axe  was  the  firsl  to  attempl  the  clearing  of  the  immense  hard-wood 
growth  thai  prevailed  here.  He  reared  a  family  of  hardy  children:  Susan 
(married  first  a  Drake;  second,  Rev.  Joshua  Roberts);  Abigail  (married  a 
Beaman  and  ultimately  settled  in  Canada);  Mehitable  (married  firsl  a  Drew, 
second  a  Sanborn  >;  Nancy  (  married  a  Killham) ;  Olive;  Sally  (married  Oliver 
Scates).  Jacob,  Ins  only  son,  was  born  in  1787  and  died  in  L875.  He,  when 
of  age,  began  clearing  the  farm  where  his  long  life  was  mostly  passed,  and 
it  is  now  occupied  by  his  grandson,  Charles  15.  Leighton.  He  made  the  first 
clearing  between  Ossipee  and  Newfield  on  the  presenl  road  between  those 
places.  The  massive  rod  oaks  he  cut  down  and  burned  would  be  of  greater 
value  to-day  than  the  cleared  land  he  brought  into  cultivation.  He  was 
a  prominent  man  in  town  and  section  and  much  in  puhlic  affairs.  lie  held 
a  justice's  commission  for  years,  combined  merchandising  with  farming  for 
a  time,  and  was  a  successful  business  man.  He  secured  the  establishment 
of  Leighton's  Corners  postoffice,  and  was  one  of  the  pillars  of  the  Freewill 
Baptist  church.  He  married  Sarah  Wentworth,  of  Dover,  and  had  a  family 
of  eleven  children,  of  whom  six  attained  mature  age:  Ephraim,  Charles, 
Elizabeth  (married  Israel  L.  Sanders),  Jacob,  Leonard,  and  Elvira  (married 
Benjamin  B.  Smith,  and  later  three  other  husbands).  Of  these  Ephraim  had 
nine  children,  three  of  the  boys  serving  in  the  Union  army  of  the  Rebellion. 
Charles,  born  August,  1815,  died  April  1,  1857,  married  Sally  Wentworth 
and  lived  on  the  farm  of  his  grandfather.  Their  children  were  Elizabeth 
(  Mrs  I.  L.  Sanders),  Jacob  (a  surgeon  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-eighth 
New  York  Volunteers),  Leonard  (a  surgeon  in  the  Civil  War.  now  practises 
medicine  at  Shapleigh,  Maine),  and  Charles,  who  had  four  children,  Olive  .1.. 
Albert  W..  George  II.,  Charles  B.  He  was  a  lifelong  Whig  and  Republican, 
and  a  Freewill  Baptist.  His  widow  married  Benjamin  R.  Lyons.  Albert  W. 
Leighton  is  now  a  farmer  on  the  old  homestead  and  an  active  and  valuable 
citizen:  from  1860  to  1875  he  was  in  business  in  Boston,  Now  York,  and 
Pittsburgh,  and  served  in  the  Forty-fourth  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volun- 
teers. George  11.  is  a  successful  shoe  manufacturer  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 
Charles    15.  is  a   farmer  on   his   father's   homestead. 

The  first  schoolhouse  in  this  part  of  the  town  was  built  about  L800  in  the 
"  old  swamp." 

Marston  Ames  came  from  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  settled  on  what  is  known 
as  Foffff's  Ridge  in  November,  1828,  and  lived  on  the  same  farm  until  his  death 
in  June,  L887.  He  had  six  children  that  attained  maturity  :  Mary.  Samuel 
and  William  ( twins ).  Mart  in  L..  John  C,  and  David  M.  Martin  L.  served 
in   the   Civil    War:    he   enlisted    in    the    Thirty-second    Regimenl    Massachusetts 


622  History  of   Carroll,  County. 

Volunteers.  September,  1861,  and  died  in  Andersonville  prison  September  8, 
L864.  John  C.  Ames,  Ossipee's  present  representative,  resides  on  the  old 
homestead.  Mr  Ames  has  been  much  in  town  affairs  for  the  past  ten  or 
fifteen  years,  having  been  representative  and  selectman  for  several  terms. 
His  politics  are  of  the  Jeffersonian  type. 

The  llanim  brothers,  A.  J.  and  W.  B.,  are  sons  of  Hiram  Hamm,  who 
came  from  Wolfeborough  about  thirty  years  ago.  Mr  Hamm  died  in  March, 
1887.     A.  J.  Hamm  is  connected  with  a  Philadelphia  publishing  house. 

John  T.  Hum  came  from  Boston  to  Ossipee  eighteen  years  ago.  He  is 
a  native  of  Freedom,  and  resides  on  the  farm  formerly  owned  by  Jonathan 
Went  worth,  one  mile  from  Leightoirs  Corners.     He  is  a  Democrat. 

The  Beacham  family  is  of  English  origin,  having  for  its  first  American 
ancestor  Richard  Beacham,  of  London,  who  was  impressed  on  board  a  British 
man-of-war  in  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century.  When  nearing  the  American 
coast,  Richard,  a  good  swimmer,  quietly  tied  up  his  little  bundle  of  clothes, 
and,  taking  a  Bible  his  sister  had  given  him,  dropped  overboard,  swam  to  the 
shore,  and  landed  near  Portsmouth.  When  Ossipee  was  needing  settlers, 
Richard  Beacham  availed  himself  of  the  offer  of  the  proprietors  to  give  a  lot 
of  one  hundred  acres  to  a  permanent  settler,  and  with  his  wife,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Wadleigh,  located  here,  and  cleared  up  a  valuable  farm.  His  chil- 
dren were:  Richard,  Hannah  (married  Benjamin  Gilman,  of  Brookfield ),  and 
Mary  (Mrs  Joseph  Pecry).  Mr  Peery  was  killed  by  a  falling  tree.  Richard 
married  a  Pitman.  Their  children  were:  Asa,  Richard,  Moses,  Simon,  John  C, 
Sally,  Betsey  (Mrs  James  Canney),  Hannah  (married  Theodore  Thompson,  of 
Tuftonborough),  Sabrina  (married  Washington  Thompson),  and  Joanna  (mar- 
ried Hiram  Thompson).  The  homestead  farm  was  divided  between  Richard 
and  Moses.  John  E.  Beacham,  proprietor  of  the  Pine  River  House  in  1888,  is 
son  of  Simon.  John  H.  Beacham,  insurance  agent,  of  Wolfeborough,  is  son  of 
John  Coleman  Beacham. 

Asa  Beacham,  one  of  Ossipee's  most  esteemed  citizens,  is  son  of  Richard 
and  Hannah  Beacham,  and  was  born  in  Ossipee,  September  19,  1809.  He  was 
the  oldest  son  of  an  active  farmer  and  stockraiser,  and  was  brought  up  as  a 
working  farmer  with  all  the  labor  the  name  implied  in  that  day.  When  he  was 
twenty-one,  his  father  sold  him  fifty  acres  of  new  land  (where  George  Beacham 
now  lives)  and  helped  him  erect  a  small  house.  Into  this  house  he  moved  his 
young  wife  before  it  had  doors  or  windows.  To  obtain  the  latter  he  bought  a 
box  of  glass  on  credit,  and  worked  out  at  two  shillings  a  day  to  get  the  money 
to  pay  for  it.  It  will  he  seen  that  his  was  not  an  easy  lot  in  life.  Soon  after 
this  he  commenced  buying  lambs  for  market,  and  developed  an  extensive  busi- 
ness in  cattle  and  stock,  which  he  pursued  for  eighteen  years  with  success. 
For  many  years  he  wielded  the  strongest  inlluence  of  any  man  in  town,  and 
with  iron  will,  strong  tenacity  of  purpose,  and  great  brain  power  rarely  failed 


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in  the  accomplishment  of  his  purposes.  During  fifty  years  be  held  the  town's 
rnosl  responsible  positions,  and  always  did  the  best  of  service.  A  plain,  direct 
man,  without  ostentation,  careless  of  personal  appearance,  his  rugged  honesty, 
great  ability,  and  financial  skill  gave  him  recognition  and  position.     When  the 

town  had  need  of  a  particularly  able  man.  Asa  Beacham  was  called  for.  As 
selectman  for  many  years,  representative  at  varied  periods,  and  in  various  other 
official  positions,  his  townsmen  have  honored  his  merits,  and  he  has  always 
done  well  for  the  town.  To  him  is  due  the  existence  of  the  county-seat  at 
Ossipee,  as  related  elsewhere.  Originally  a  Democrat,  he  went  with  John  P. 
Hale  into  the  Freesoil  party,  and  was  one  of  its  strongest  forces  in  this  section. 
He  was  steadily  anti-slavery,  became  a  Republican,  and  was  town  agent  in 
filling  quotas,  and  one  of  the  representatives  in  the  war  period.  He  is  now 
living  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty-eight,  with  vigorous  memory  and  a 
wondrous  vitality.  His  reminiscences  and  intimate  knowledge  of  the  past 
and  present  have  enabled  US  to  preserve  much  that  otherwise  would  have  been 
lost.  By  his  first  wife,  Aphia  Canney,  he  had  three  children  :  George,  Eunice 
C.  (Mrs  Elisha  l\  Allen),  and  Annie  A.  Mr  Beacham  married  his  present 
wile.  Abigail  Ann  Caroline  Quarles,  March  23,  1845. 

Jacob  Brown,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Ossipee,  was  a  native  of  Wenham, 
Mass.  John  Brown,  son  of  Jacob,  was  born  July  7,  1785,  and  married  Sally  S. 
Goodwin,  of  Milton,  about  1806;  his  family  consisted  of  eight  sons  and  two 
daughters;  he  died  April  8,  1838.  He  was  a  farmer  and  proprietor  of  one  of 
the  first  hotels  in  the  town.  Jacob  F.  Brown,  son  of  John  and  Sally  S.  Brown, 
born  October  1'.'.  1821,  married  Betsey  Emeline  Willey,  of  Wakefield,  Decem- 
ber 25,  Is44;  his  family  consisted  of  four  children:  Eugene  F.,  Dana  J. 
(deceased),  Herbert  II.,  and  Ida  (Mrs  L.  M.  Chadwick).  In  early  life  Mr 
Brown  was  a  carpenter ;  in  1854  he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  in  which 
he  continued  until  1880;'.in  polities  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  legislature  in  ls72-7:>>.  He  held  the  office  of  selectman  for  several  years. 
Captain  John  Brown,  son  of  John  and  Sally  S.  Brown,  was  born  September  19, 
L811  :  married  Lydia  Quint,  of  Ossipee:  his  family  consisted  of  two  sons  and 
one  daughter  :  he  served  in  the  Florida  war  ;  afterwards  was  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile pursuits,  and  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  several  years.  At  the 
commencement  of  the  Rebellion  he  recruited  a  company  for  the  Seventh  New 
Hampshire  Regiment  :  he  was  afterwards  promoted  to  captain,  in  which  office 
he  was  serving  at  the  time  he  received  wounds  from  the  effects  of  which  he 
died.  .]\\ne  2">,  1864,  at  Washington.  Jeremiah  Quincy  Brown,  brother  ol 
Jacob  F.  Brown,  enlisted  in  the  Twelfth  Regiment  of  New  Hampshire  Volun- 
teers, Company  A.  in  the  summer  of  1862.  He  scr\ed  in  this  regimenl  but 
two  or  three  months  before  his  health  failed,  and  he  was  obliged  to  go  into 
hospital.  Later  he  was  transferred  to  the  Invalid  Reserve  Corps,  in  which  he 
remained  till  the  (dose  of  the  war.      When  honorably  discharged  he  returned  as 


624  History  of   Carroll  County. 


far  as  Chicopee,  Mass.,  where  be  died.  Dana  Jacob  Brown,  son  of  Jacob 
F.  and  Betsey  E.  Brown,  was  born  in  Ossipee,  June  8,  1859.  He  was  educated, 
at  the  schools  at  Ossipee  Corner;  was  graduated  from  Bryant  &  Stratton's 
Business  College  at  Manchester  in  1877.  Ho  commenced  keeping  a  general 
store  at  Ossipee  in  1880,  and  lias  been  in  trade  since  that  time.  He  married  in 
L879  Nellie,  daughter  of  Elisha  P.  and  Eunice  (Beacham)  Allen,  and  has  a 
son,  Fred  H.  Brown.  In  politics  a  Democrat,  he  has  served  as  clerk  of 
Ossipee  from  1881  to  1887.  He  was  elected  registrar  of  probate  to  serve 
two  years  from  July  1,  1887,  and  reelected  to  serve  two  years  from  July  1, 
1889.     He  is  a  young  man  of  character,  and  an  efficient  and  popular  official. 

John  and  Robert  Sanders  moved  to  Ossipee  from  Epsom  in  1813.  The 
farms  now  occupied  by  their  descendants,  and  the  two  adjoining,  were 
originally  cleared  by  Samuel  Tasker,  of  New  Durham.  John  Sanders, 
a  soldier  of  the  War  of  1812,  married  Betsey  Buzzell,  niece  of  Elder 
Benjamin  Randall,  and  bought  the  farm  now  occupied  by  Ins  son  Israel 
L.  in  1821.  His  son  .John  B.  was  a  captain  in  the  Sixth  New 
Hampshire  in  the  Civil  War.  Robert  Sanders  married  Comfort  Philbrook. 
His  farm  is  now  occupied  by  his  son  Daniel.  Deacon  William  Sanders 
came  from  Strafford  to  Ossipee  in  1822.  His  farm  has  been  divided.  Part 
is  occupied  by  his  sons  Obed  and  Robert.  The  house  he  built  is  now 
occupied  by  Arthur  Young. 

Isaac  Demeritt  bought  fifty  acres  of  woodland  in  1795  from  Samuel 
Tasker,  paying  him  therefor  one  hundred  forty-eight  Spanish  milled  dollars. 
He  then  cleared  the  land  for  his  home  farm.  It  was  the  second  farm  settled 
in  the  neighborhood,  the  first  being  the  "  Tucker "  farm,  now  owned  by 
Mrs  H.  T.  Brintnall.  Isaac  was  succeeded  in  possession  by  his  son  Isaac. 
Of  his  nine  children  five  are  now  living.  One  of  them,  Calvin  S.  Demeritt, 
now  owns  the  farm  which  has  been  "in  the  family  "  for  ninety-four  years,  and 
is  a  merchant  at  the  Pocket.  He  was  postmaster  of  Granite  postoffice,  now 
discontinued.     He  has  recently  opened  a  stock  of  goods  for  sale  at  Ossipee. 

Daniel  Smith,  from  Brentwood,  was  an  early  settler.  He  died  January  11, 
186  1,  aged  eighty-nine  years,  five  months.  He  located,  in  1794,  on  the  interval 
at  the  mouth  of  Lovewell's  river  on  the  land  where  was  the  fort  made  by 
the  Ossipees  in  very  earty  times  as  a  defence  against  the  Mohawks,  and  later 
the  rude  fort  erected  by  Captain  Lovewell  in  1725.  The  burial  mound  of  the 
Pequawket  tribe  was  on  his  land,  and  at  the  time  of  his  occupancy  was  twenty- 
five  feet  in  height.  In  1802  Mr  Smith  was  taxed  on  one  hundred  acres  of  land 
and  quite  a  stock  of  cattle.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Congregational 
church,  a  deacon,  and  one  of  its  pillars  for  years.  The  Smith  family  became 
prominent  in  civil  and  religious  affairs,  and  were  leaders.  John  lived  on  the 
old  family  home,  was  well  educated,  a  surveyor,  and  justice  of  the  peace. 
Henry  was  a  Congregationalist  clergyman,   ordained  at  Centre   Ossipee,  and 


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preached  in  Imlusm  and  Bingham,  Maine.  Levi  lived  al  Centr<  i 
owned  a  mill,  and  died  on  a  visit  to  his  daughter  al  Greal  Falls.  Samuel 
11.  lived  at  Centre  Ossipee,  Later  in  Maine  and  Wakefield.  "John  Smith, 
son  of  Deacon  Daniel,  lived  a  mile  north  of  Centre  Oa  ipee.  He  was  a  man 
of  great  kindness  of  heart,  liberal  to  a  fault,  and  gave  employmenl  to  many. 
He  was  selectman,  representative,  and,  as  oue  of  the  old  citizens  recalls  him, 
5  was  one  of  the  fathers  of  the  town/  His  sun,  Daniel,  is  a  generous  contributor 
to  missionary  work.  His  daughter  married  Dr  S.  W.  Roberts,  of  Wakefield. 
Mr  Smith  died  May  5,  L864,  aged  sixty-seven.  His  epitaph  tells  his  character. 
•  The  ( Ihristian  who  let  in  sunlight  on  the  poor  man's  door.'  " 

Ebenezer  Hodsdon,  sun  of  Elder  Thomas  Hodsdon,  of  Berwick,  Maim-, 
married  his  cousin  Sally,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Timothy  and  Amy 
(Hodsdon)  Wentworth,  and  moved  to  Ossipee  soon  after  his  marriage  in 
IT'.'T.  Of  their  ten  children,  Betsey  married,  first,  Rev.  Henry  Smith, 
second.  Rev.  Sydney  Turner,  of  Bingham,  Maine;  Olive  II.  married  Deacon 
Jonathan  Ambrose,  who  died  in  1863,  surviving  her  nine  years;  Thomas; 
Sally  married,  first,  Andrew  Folsom,  second,  John  Hurley,  of  Sandwich; 
Belinda  married  Holds  Burleigh,  of  Ossipee;  Amy  IT.  married  Calvin 
Sanborn,  of  Wakefield;  her  sou,  Henry  S.,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Thirteenth 
Massachusetts  Volunteers,  and  was  killed  at  Manassas  August  3,  1862; 
another  son.  Asa  F.,  was  in  the  Third  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  and  died 
November  27,  1861,  at  Hilton  Head,  S.  C. ;  Ebenezer,  born  March  8,  1811, 
married.  March  16,  1834,  Catherine^  daughter  of  Lieutenant  George  and  Sarah 
(Giles)  Tuttle,  of  Effingham.  They  had  three  children  :  John  W.,  a  soldier 
in  the  Thirteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers  in  the  late  war:  Edward  1'. 
(married  Emma  !>..  daughter  of  Mark  Demeritt,  of  Effingham,  was  railroad 
commissioner  of  New  Hampshire  for  three  years,  and,  later,  mayor  of  Dover 
for  two  years,  and  is  now  of  St.  Louis);  Sarah  E.  (married  Alphonzo  A.  Spear, 
now  a  merchant  in  Ossipee).  Mr  Ebenezer  Hodsdon  is  seventy-eight  years  of 
age.  and  well  preserved. 

The  Manson  family  is  represented  in  the  comity  by  Jacob  Manson.  His 
grandfather.  George  Manson,  was  a  pioneer  settler  of  Limington,  Maine. 
His  father.  Deacon  John  Manson,  moved  to  Effingham  as  early  as  the  first 
of  the  century,  and  was  a  drover.  During  the  War  of  L812  cattle  brought 
high  prices;  when  peace  was  declared  Mr  Manson  was  at  Brighton  with  a  large 
drove,  but  the  fall  in  prices  was  so  great  that  he  lost  largely:  this,  in  con- 
nection with  other  misfortunes,  deprived  him  id"  most  of  his  property.  Aboul 
1814  he  moved  to  Eaton  and  located  on  what  became  Manson's  Hill.  He  was 
a  freewill  Baptist,  an  agreeable  social  man.  and  had  an  extensive  acquaintance. 
He  was  married  twice  and  had  a  family  of  eleven  children,  of  whom  Jacob  is 
the  only  resident  in  Carroll  county.  Jacob  Manson  was  born  in  Eaton,  February 
11,  1828,  and  lived  there  until   1839.     He  was  a  drover,  a    farmer,  and   trader. 


626  History  of   Carroll   County. 


and  quite  conversant  in  the  municipal  affairs  of  the  town;  collector  of  taxes 
for  two  years,  selectman  two  years,  representative  two  years.  In  1863  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Robert  Fulton,  with  firm-name  Fulton  &  Manson, 
and  engaged  in  woolen  manufacture ;  the  mill  was  located  at  Effingham  Falls, 
and  thither  he  removed.  He  also  carried  on  merchandising  here  for  eleven 
years ;  he  was  selectman  two  years,  representative  two  years,  and  county 
treasurer  in  1870  and  1871.  In  1874  he  came  to  Ossipee  and  took  charge  of 
the  county  farm,  remaining  three  years,  removed  to  Freedom  for  a  time,  then 
returned  to  Ossipee,  and  in  1884  was  made  superintendent  of  county  farm. 

Simeon  Moulton,  of  Hampton,  married,  first,  Sally  Parsons,  of  Parsonsfield, 
Maine,  and  settled  in  Newfield,  Maine.  Their  two  sons,  Mark  and  John, 
settled  in  Ossipee,  as  narrated  elsewhere.  By  a  second  wife  Simeon  had  seven 
children :  Simeon,  Samuel,  Lyrena,  William,  Charles,  Joseph,  and  Francis. 
William  Moulton  settled  on  the  hill  at  Centre  Ossipee  near  the  church,  and 
married  Sally,  daughter  of  Deacon  Daniel  Smith.  They  had  Jabez  S.,  Mary 
C.  (married  Deacon  E.  W.  Ambrose),  Luther,  Daniel  S.,  Rhoda  M.,  William 
H.,  and  Alvin  A.  This  family  of  Moultons  represents  the  Ossipee  Moultons 
nearly  in  full,  and  descendants  are  scattered  in  many  other  localities. 

Mark  Moulton  and  his  wife,  Sophia  (Tibbetts)  Moulton,  natives  of  New- 
field,  Maine,  came  to  Ossipee  in  the  early  part  of  the  century  and  settled  in 
Moultonville.  For  several  years  Mr  Moulton  conducted  the  "  Dan  Hole " 
mill ;  subsequently  he  removed  to  the  Corner,  located  on  the  beautiful  spot 
where  his  grandson,  Ausbry  C,  now  resides,  and  carried  on  the  business 
of  an  undertaker.  He  died  June  6,  1854,  aged  sixty-two  years ;  his  wife 
died  March  7,  1879,  aged  eighty-nine  years.  Of  their  children  Lewman  G. 
remained  on  the  homestead,  continued  the  business  of  his  father,  and  also 
attended  to  trading  in  other  ways,  and  built  the  fine  residence  where  he  died 
October  11,  1888,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years.  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Jeremiah  Marston,  of  West  Ossipee;  of  their  children  only  Mary  E. 
(Mrs  Charles  Ayers,  of  Wolfeborough)  and  Ausbry  C.  are  living.  Mr  Moul- 
ton was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature 
in  1865  and  1866 ;  a  charter  member  of  Ossipee  Valley  masonic  lodge,  he 
did  honor  to  masonic  tenets.  Ausbry  C.  Moulton  married  Minnie  Parsons, 
of  Freedom  ;  they  have  one  child,  Lisle  O. 

John  Canney  lived  in  the  west  part  of  the  town  early.  He  had  two  sons, 
John  (killed  in  the  War  of  1812)  and  Burritt.  Theodore  Thompson  lived 
a  neighbor,  and  as  a,  result  of  this  propinquity  Burritt  Canney  married  a 
daughter  of  Mr  Thompson,  and  Samuel,  son  of  Theodore,  married  one  of 
Mr  Canney's  daughters.  This  Samuel  located  at  the  Garland  Mills  and 
became  their  owner.  His  son,  Samuel  J.,  succeeded  him  in  possession  and 
occupancy,  and  lias  been  the  proprietor  of  the  mills  for  thirty-four  years. 

Benaiah  Dore,  a  Luge,  stout,  athletic  man,  lived  early  about  half  a  mile 
from  the  Chick  meeting-house. 


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Ezekiel  Dore  came  from  Wakefield,  and  was  connected  with  Elder  Mayhew 

(Mark  in  family  relationship.  Clark  came  aboul  1820  and  Mr  Dore  aboul 
L824.  He  bad  an  interest  in  Clark's  mill  at  Moultonville  and  later  buill 
a  shingle-mill  on  the  stream  on  the  place  where  he  settled,  called  Dore'a 
Corners.  Here  he  passed  the  res!  of  his  life,  and  his  sons,  Hermon  R.  and 
Jacob  C,  are  now  in  occupancy.  Hon.  John  C.  Dore,  of  Chicago,  111.,  has 
attained  honors  in  his  adopted  city,  and  vet  holds  high  regard  for  the  beautiful 
home  of  his  childhood  under  the  shadow  of  the  Ossipee  hills.  Satchel  C.  is 
also  a  resident  of  Chicago. 

Nathaniel  Hobbs  came  from  Hampton  at  the  (dose  of  the  Revolution,  in 
which  he  lost  his  property,  and  settled  in  Effingham,  where  Hobbs'  mills 
perpetuated  his  name.  He  married  a  Leavitt,  and  had  children:  Benjamin, 
Nathaniel,  Jonathan.  Joseph,  and  Reuben.  Benjamin  settled  in  Tamworth, 
near  Chocorua  lake,  and  dropped  dead  about  1835,  at  an  advanced  age,  at 
Bear  Camp,  while  sitting  in  bis  wagon.  Joseph  married  Dorothy  Cooley  and 
settled  in  Ossipee  Valley  on  four  hundred  acres  of  land  on  which  Bear  Camp 
railroad  station  is  located.  He  was  a  farmer  and  Lumberman,  and  represented 
Ossipee  in  the  legislature  in  1832  and  1833.  He  went  into  the  eastern  lands' 
speculation,  endorsed  heavily  for  others  and  lost  his  property.  He  had  several 
children:  Samuel,  Lavina,  Dorothy,  Joseph  T.,  Larkin  D.,  Anna,  Oliver  F., 
Went  worth  II.,  and  Ezra  T.  Samuel  was  a  farmer  and  lived  half  a  mile  west 
of  Bear  Camp  station.  He  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  only  remain  Joseph 
W.,  of  Tamworth,  and  Christopher  C,  on  the  homestead.  Lavina  married 
Joseph  Doe,  of  Tamworth.  They  lived  on  the  Captain  Smart  farm  in  West 
Ossipee.  Dorothy  married  Mark  F.  Jewell,  of  Sandwich,  and  lived  at  Birch 
intervale.  (E.  P.  Jewell,  of  Laconia,  and  Jefferson  H.  are  her  sons.)  Joseph 
T.  was  a  millman.  He  married  Nancy  Pinner,  whose  father  built  and  owned 
Pinner's  mills.  His  son,  Joseph  Pinner,  and  Mr  Hobbs  inherited  the  mill  prop- 
erty. Joseph  Pinner  died  soon  after,  and  after  conducting  them  alone  for  a 
long  time  he  sold  them  to  Adam  Brown,  whose  heirs  now  own  the  place.  Both 
saw  and  grist  mill  have  gone  to  decay.  Larkin  I),  was  a  farmer  in  West  Ossi- 
pee, married  Dorothy  C,  daughter  of  John  Hobba  (son  of  Benjamin),  and  has 
two  sons  now-  living:  Warren  J.,  a  prominent  clergyman  of  the  Second  Advent 
faith  in  Minnesota,  and  Wentworth  B.  Anna  married  Benjamin  F.  Fellows. 
of  Tamworth,  and  lives  in  New  York.  Oliver  F.  lives  at  Bear  Camp  station, 
is  a  farmer  and  lumberman,  married  Deborah  Jenness,  and  has  four  children: 
Prank  K.,  Orodon  P.,  Elizabeth  (Mrs  Edward  \lw*r\  >,  and  Lucinda  (Mrs 
Jeremiah  Conner).  Prank  K.  Hobbs  has  been  a  prominent  man  of  the  town. 
He  has  been  a  farmer  and  merchant,  commencing  trade  as  a  member  oi  the 
firm  of  F.  K.  &  W.  II.  Hobbs  in  1859,  and  conducting  it  alone  since  1861.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  lumbering  firm  of  ( ).  P.  &  F.  K.  Hobbs  for  several  years, 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  and  orderly  sergeant  of  his  company. 


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and  has  held  various  town  offices,  selectman,  representative,  etc.  He  married 
Sarah  Atwood  and  has  two  children.  Wentworth  H.  Hobbs  lived  at  Ossipee 
Valley  as  a  farmer  and  merchant  until  1874,  when  he  moved  to  West  Ossipee, 
where  he  built  the  store  he  now  occupies.  He  was  postmaster  at  West  Ossipee 
under  Cleveland's  administration,  has  been  selectman  many  years,  and  repre- 
sentative, lie  married  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Hall.  They  have  three  children: 
Ora  A.  (Mrs  Ernest  Hall ),  Frank  O.,  and  Charles  E.  Ezra  T.  Hobbs  lived  at 
West  Ossipee  on  place  now  occupied  by  George  O.  White.  Frank  P.  Hobbs, 
of  Wolfeborough,  is  his  oldest  child.  Reuben  H obits  was  a  farmer,  first  at 
West  Ossipee,  later  at  Ossipee,  where  he  died  about  1876.  He  has  descendants 
in  Tarn  worth  and  Conway. 

Edward  Knox,  son  of  John  and  grandson  of  Jonathan  Knox,  of  Berwick, 
Maine,  was  the  first  of  the  family  in  Carroll  county.  He  Avas  born  April  25, 
1780,  and  settled  in  1808  in  West  Ossipee,  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  his 
youngest  son,  Joseph,  and  lived  there  until  his  death  in  1852.  In  early  life  he 
was  a  seaman  for  fourteen  years  and  was  twice  shipwrecked  and  given  up  as 
dead.  He  was  a  sturdy,  thick-set  man  of  dark  complexion,  a  Freewill  Baptist 
in  religion,  and  an  intimate  friend  of  Captain  Winthrop  Smart,  his  neighbor,  in 
whose  militia  company  he  appears  to  have  been  ensign.  •  He  had  six  sons  and 
five  daughters :  Alvah,  Daniel,  Edward,  Ephraim,  Charles  ().,  Joseph,  Maria, 
Elizabeth  J.,  Sarah,  Almira,  and  Mary.  Edward  Knox,  son  of  Ensign  Edward, 
farmer,  has  children  living:  Orrin  and  Monroe,  spool  manufacturers  of  Conway; 
Albert,  farmer  in  Albany ;  and  Hiram,  of  Conway.  Ephraim,  son  of  Ensign 
Edward,  has  been  a  lumberman,  and  resides  in  West  Ossipee.  Among  his 
children  are  Charles  E.,  a  carpenter  ;  Alvah  W.,  a  section  man  on  Boston  & 
Maine  railroad;  Herbert  E.,  an  apiarist;  Manville  E.,  baggagemaster  at  West 
Ossipee  station,  Boston  &  Maine  railroad  (all  of  West  Ossipee),  and  William 
O.,  shoemaker,  Wolfeborough.  Charles  O.,  son  of  Ensign  Edward,  farmer,  has 
one  son,  Lewis  N.,  a  section  foreman,  Boston  &  Maine  railroad,  residing  in 
Madison.  Joseph,  son  of  Ensign  Edward,  lives  on  the  old  homestead.  He  is 
a  farmer,  and  served  as  a  soldier  two  years  in  the  Civil  War. 

Robert  Lord  was  an  early  settler  in  the  Bear  Camp  valle}^  He  had  one 
son,  Robert,  and  daughters,  one  of  whom  married  a  Mason  of  Tamworth. 

William  Nutter  settled  next  to  Reuben  Hobbs,  and  is  living,  aged  eighty- 
seven,  on  the  same  farm  where  he  located. 

Timothy  White  settled  at  West  Ossipee  early.  His  son,  Josiah  G.,  and  a 
daughter,  Mrs  Lucinda  Tibbetts,  are  his  surviving  children.  Miss  Irma  White, 
a  teacher,  is  a  daughter  of  Josiah. 

Rook  Stillings  came  from  Sanford,  Maine,  to  Ossipee  about  1810,  and 
settled  on  two  hundred  acres  of  land  where  is  now  the  county  farm.  He  had 
five  children,  four  of  whom  made  homes  lane,  lie  was  a  good  type  of  the 
industrious,  hard-working  pioneer.     At  his  death,  about  1820,  his  home  farm 


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w;is  divided  between  Richard  and  feaac  G.,  Richard  taking  the  homestead,  and 
[saac  erecting  a  set  of  buildings  near  il thers.  Richard  was  of  Congrega- 
tional affiliations.  He  died  in  L845.  teaac  G.,  born  in  L799,  died  in  1860,  was 
a  Christian  Baptist.  His  wife  was  Mar}  G.,  daughter  of  Ichabod  Colby.  They 
had  a  large  family,  of  whom  Rev.  Alonzo  Stillings,  now  in  trade  al  Ossipee, 
was  one.  He  is  also  a  preacher  of  the  Sic. ml  Advent  church.  He  has  been 
in  merchandising  here  for  nearly  thirty  years,  and  is  a  g I  citizen.  He  mar- 
vied  Mary  J.  Hyde,  daughter  of  William  and  Joanna  (Mason)  Hyde.  Her 
paternal  grandfather,  Samuel  Hyde,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  on  Brown's 
Ridge,  and  the  first  to  build  a  camp  there.  He  had  nine  suns  and  one 
dan-liter.  AJbout  L820  he  removed  to  Tamworth,  and  located  (mi  the  bank 
of  Bear  Camp  river  two  or  three  miles  distanl  from  Tamworth  village,  where 
he  resided  until  his  death.  Two  of  his  sons.  Levi  and  Samuel,  remained  on 
the  ridge  engaged  in  fanning,  lint  eventually  settled  in  Ossipee  in  the  cast  part, 
as  neighbors.  William,  the  youngest,  also  a  farmer,  came  from  Tamworth  to 
Ossipee,  and  located  near  the  others.  His  two  surviving  children  are  Alonzo 
Hyde  and  Mrs  Stillings.  Mrs  Stillings  is  an  industrious  helpmeet  to  her 
husband. 

Ezekiel  Wentworth,  familiarly  known  as  "Squire"  Wentworth,  Lived  about 
two  miles  and  one-half  east  of  the  Corner,  on  the  place  where  Charles  Hodg- 
don  Lived  in  1886.  He  was  a  farmer;  a  man  of  fine  appearance,  tall,  and  with 
an  open,  cheerful  countenance,  and  was  very  popular.  He  represented  Ossipee 
in  the  legislature  fourteen  years,  and  held  numerous  town  offices.  He  was  a 
prominent  Freemason,  and  ever  ready  to  aid  and  assist  any  one  in  need.  He 
disappears  from  public  life  in  1830. 

Daniel  Wentworth  was  horn  at  the  "back  of  the  Pocket  :  *"  he  Lived  on  the 
old  David  Goldsmith  place  near  the  county  farm.  He  was  a  medium  sized 
man,  of  light  complexion,  a  farmer,  and  a  trader  in  the  .John  Brown  store  at 
the  Corner.  He  did  a  considerable  business  in  making  clothing,  and  was  often 
entrusted  with  town  affairs.  He  was  a  quiet,  industrious  man  in  whom  every 
one  placed  confidence,  and  a  prominent  member  of  the  Freewill  Baptist 
church. 

Ichabod  Colby  came  here  early  in  the  century  from  Madbury  or  Lee.  and 
located  near  the  Corner,  where  James  W.  Canney  now  resides,  lie  was  a 
farmer  and  lived  on  the  place  until  his  death  about  L835.  He  had  a  large 
family,  of  whom  Moses  and  Benjamin  became  physicians.  Benjamin  settled  in 
Saeo.  Maine.  Another  son,  John  T.  G.,  was  a  prominent  clergyman  of  the 
"Christian  Baptist"  faith;  he  preached  a  long  time  in  Wolf eboro ugh,  after- 
wards in  Dover.  His  daughter  Mary  married  [saac  Stillings.  Mi'  Colby  lived 
to  quite  an  advanced  age.  He  was  quite  ingenious,  and  Rev.  Alonzo  Stillings. 
his  grandson,  has  in  his  possession  a  "rattle-box"  which  his  grandfather  made 
for  him  when  he  was  a  child:  this  toy  is  quite  a  curiosity  and  shows  mechan- 
ical skill. 


630  History  of   Carroll   County. 

Dr  Moses  Colby  was  the  physician  of  the  town  for  many  years,  and  was 
known  throughout  a  wide  section.  He  was  town  clerk  for  a  long  time,  and  all 
along  the  records  are  scattered  emblematic  figures,  mostly  masonic,  artistically 
done:  he  was  a  leading  citizen,  plain  in  his  manners,  quite  eccentric,  abounding 
in  humor,  careful  and  conservative.  He  had  an  extensive  practice.  He  was 
postmaster  about  1810,  and  kept  the  office  in  his  house.  He  became  a  member 
of  the  Strafford  District  Medical  Society  in  1810,  and  was  its  secretary  from 
L824  to  lsJT.  lie  had  a  large  family,  whom  he  educated  well.  In  later  life  he 
removed  to  Dover. 

Dr  Alvah  Moulton  was  born  in  Parsonsfield,  Maine,  October  11,  1708.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Dalton,  in  1821,  and  located  in  Ossipee, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death,  September  11,  1868.  He  built  and  occupied 
the  house  in  which  Colonel  S.  D.  Quarles  resides.  He  was  an  upright  man,  a 
physician  of  repute,  a  good  surgeon,  and  commanded  the  respect  of  the  com- 
munity. He  was  a  member  of  the  Strafford  District  Association  in  1839, 
and  president  of  that  body  in  1858  and  1859.  He  was  ever  interested  in  all 
that  could  promote  the  public  good  ;  his  wife  was  his  coadjutor  in  all  good 
works.     They  had  twelve  children,  six  sons  and  six  daughters. 

Dr  G.  W.  Tibbetts  was  in  practice  for  years  at  Ossipee  until  his  death,  and 
was  very  successful. 

Dr  W.  M.  Moore  was  here  for  a  short  time,  but  moved  to  Provincetown, 
Mass.,  in  1888. 

Dr  Russell  R.  Ricker,  father  of  Levi  J.  Ricker,  proprietor  of  the  North 
Conway  House  at  North  Conway,  was  in  practice  at  Centre  Ossipee  about 
forty  years  ago  for  a  year  or  so. 

Dr  Melvin  A.  Harmon,  son  of  Dion  E.  and  Caroline  (Huckins)  Harmon, 
was  born  October  22,  1857,  at  Dan  vers,  Mass.,  where  his  parents  were  tempo- 
rarily residing.  He  was  educated  at  the  common  and  high  schools  in  Freedom, 
Parsonsfield  (Maine)  Academy,  and  Waterville,  Maine  ;  pursued  his  profes- 
sional studies  at  Portland  Medical  School ;  attended  lectures  at  Hanover  and 
Brunswick  (Maine  Medical  School),  and  was  graduated  from  Brunswick  in 
June,  1879.  He  located  at  Ossipee  in  July,  1879,  and  has  since  been  in  active 
practice.  In  the  winter  of  1888-89  he  attended  lectures  at  the  Polyclinic  School 
in  New  York  city.  He  married  Nellie,  daughter  of  Ransellear  and  Caroline 
(Gilman)  Towle,  of  Freedom.  They  have  one  child,  C.  Retta.  Dr  Harmon  is 
a  member  of  the  masonic  fraternity,  United  Workmen,  Knights  and  Ladies  of 
Honor,  and  is  a  "  Granger."  He  is  warmly  interested  in  education,  and  has 
done  much  to  forward  that,  as  well  as  the  temperance  cause  and  all  other  pro- 
gressive steps  in  the  community.     He  is  much  esteemed  as  a  physician  of  skill. 

Dr  George  M.  Atwood  was  born  in  Portland,  Maine,  December  26,  1855. 
He  was  educated  at  the  Maine  Central  Institute  (Normal  course),  Pittsfield, 
Maine.   Portland  School  of  Medical  Instruction,  and  Medical  School  of  Maine, 


Town    of   Osripee.  631 


at    Brunswick,   wliere    be  was   graduated    in    L884.      He    began    practice   ai 

Madison,  October,  L884.     November,  lsss.  h,.  removed  t"  <  >ssi] ami  formed 

a.  partnership  with  Dr  Harmon.  Dr  Atwood  attended  a  post-graduate  course 
at  the  Polyclinic,  New  York    city,  in    the    winter   of    L887   38.      In    L888  39, 

attended  the  New  York   Post-Graduate  Medical  School  and   Hospital.     He  is 

a  member  of  the  Carroll  County  Medical  Society,  and  is  a  rising  man  in  bis 
profession. 

Joseph  Q.  Roles  was  born  in  Ossipee,  March  L4,  L828.  When  he  was 
nineteen  years  old,  his  father  died,  leaving  five  younger  children  and  n<> 
property.  These  were  mostly  dependenl  on  Joseph  and  an  older  brother  for 
support.  lie  began  business  life  as  a  traveling  merchant,  was  a  Long  time 
engaged  in  hotel  keeping,  also  in  staging,  dealing  in  cattle  and  real  estate, 
lumber,  etc.  He  conducted  for  a  time  a  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  at  Union 
Village.  He  was  mueh  in  public  life;  as  selectman,  justice  of  the  peace, 
countv  commissioner,  recruiting  officer  during  the  Civil  War,  county  treasurer, 
and  as  a  member  of  the  legislature  for  many  terms  he  filled  many  years  of  an 
active  life.  He  was  one  of  the  state  committee  sent  by  Governor  Gilmore  to 
Gettysburg  in  1S63  to  look  after  the  wounded  soldiers  from  this  State,  and  was 
a  delegate  from  this  State  to  the  historic  Peace  Convention  held  at  Philadelphia 
in  lSbo.  Mr  Roles  died  by  his  own  hand  in  mental  despondency  December  4, 
1885. 

Leander  D.  Sinclair  was  born  in  Essex,  Vermont,  October  19,  1804.  In 
182")  he  removed  to  Bartlett,  and  in  June  came  to  Ossipee,  and  became 
connected  with  staging  from  Conway  to  Dover,  and  for  forty-six  years  he 
followed  the  arduous  duties  of  that  avocation,  commencing  with  a  two-horse 
team.  In  1870,  on  the  opening  of  the  railroad,  he  sold  out  his  route,  with 
sixteen  horses  and  four  coaches.  In  1868  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of 
( >ssipee.  and  held  the  office  seventeen  years;  he  was  also  station  agent  and  has 
continued  in  that  position  until  the  present  (1889).  Mr  Sinclair  removed  the 
postoffice  from  the  store  of  M.  V.  Ricker,  his  predecessor,  to  the  station  where 
it  was  kept  until  1885,  when  George  I,.  Young,  his  successor,  removed  it  to  his 
store.  William  C.  Sinclair,  son  of  Leander,  has  been  connected  with  him  in 
the  duties  of  his  offices,  and  has  been  express  agent  from  the  opening  of  the 
railroad. 

William  C.  Sinclair  has  been  one  of  the  most  active  members  of  the 
masonic  society  in  Ossipee  :  has  been  master  of  the  lodge,  and  with  fidelity  has 
served  in  higher  official  stations,  and  at  the  present  is  district  deputy  grand 
master.  He  is  active  in  social  and  religious  matters,  and  one  of  Ossipee's  best 
citizens. 

Loammi  Hardy  was  much  respected  in  private  and  in  official  life.  He 
was  register  of  deeds  from  the  third  year  of  this  county  to  the  thirty-third. 
Thirty  years'  service  is  rare,  and  it  attests  the   faithfulness  of  the  incumbent 


632  History  of  Carroll   County. 


and  the  confidence  of  the  people.  To  this  work  in  1843  he  brought  a  patience, 
painstaking,  and  fidelity  which  never  forsook 'him.  He  died  November  21, 
L873,  in  Ossipee.  He  was  descended  from  Rev.  Samuel  Dudley,  the  famous 
minister  of  Exeter,  and  son  of  Governor  Thomas  Dudley,  whose  daughter 
Mary  married  Samuel  Hardie,  "sometime  schoolmaster  of  Beverly,"  also,  later, 
Dr  Samuel  Hardy.  Dudley  Hardy,  a  descendant  of  Dr  Hardy,  upon  reaching 
the  estate  of  manhood  migrated  from  Wakefield  to  North  Wolfeborough  and 
settled  on  the  Hardy  lull  about  one  hundred  years  ago,  and  was  later  known 
as  Major  Hardy.  His  wife  was  Hannah  Johnson.  Here  Loammi,  the  sixth 
of  eight  children,  was  born  August  16,  1805.  The  youngest,  Ezra,  still  lives 
on  the  old  homestead.  Loammi  learned  the  trade  of  a  tailor,  which,  as  well 
as  the  toil  of  a  farmer's  life,  proved  too  much  for  his  delicate  constitution  and 
he  became  lame  from  inflammatory  rheumatism,  which  distorted  his  formerly 
erect  six  feet  of  manhood,  making  him  a  victim  all  his  days. 

Faithful  and  devoted  to  the  principles  of  the  Democratic  party,  which 
placed  him  in  office,  he  was  yet  uniformly  urbane  to  those  of  every  name, 
and  won  the  confidence  of  all  and  the  votes  of  some  not  in  political  harmony. 

"  His  unflinching  devotion  and  unflagging  industry,"  says  his  biographer, 
"  are  revealed  in  the  sixty  600-page  volumes  in  his  own  handwriting  in  the 
county  records,  silent  though  sAvift  and  conclusive  witnesses  of  his  labors. 
The  perplexing  labor  of  examination  and  copying  of  deeds  he  attended  to 
in  person.  He  had  an  unqualified  good  nature  and  pleasant  disposition.  He 
was  invariably  courteous  to  old  and  young.  Not  a  man  of  positive  character, 
yet  he  never  sacrificed  principle  for  party  purpose  or  private  ends."  He 
entered  into  fellowship  with  the  Congregational  church  in  North  Wolfe- 
borough,  1842.  He  did  faithful  work,  and  threw  the  weight  of  his  influence 
on  the  side  of  education,  temperance,  and  morality. 

He  married,  January  1,  1846,  Mary  Bean  Haines,  daughter  of  Captain 
John  Haines.  Of  their  six  children  the  only  one  now  living  in  the  state 
is  Arvilla,  first  the  wife  of  Angevine  Pitman,  son  of  Judge  Pitman  of  Bart- 
let  t,  who  died  in  1880,  and  now  Mrs  Albert  H.  Thompson,  of  Raymond. 

Aldo  M.  Rumery,  present  clerk  of  the  supreme  court  for  Carroll  county, 
is  a  son  of  John  M.  and  Sarah  Rumery,  and  was  born  in  Effingham,  October 
10,  1842.  He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  and  the  New  England 
Masonic  Institute  in  Effingham.  January  3,  1870,  he  married  Sarah  M. 
(Quarles)  Wiggin,  widow  of  Thomas  B.  Wiggin,  of  Ossipee,  and  daughter 
of  Samuel  J.  and  Sarah  S.  Quarles,  of  Ossipee.  Their  two  children  ate 
Howard  C,  born  March  17,  1873,  and  Laura  M.,  born  August  11,  1874.  Mr 
Rumery  held  the  office  of  town  clerk  in  Effingham  in  1869-70,  and  was 
selectman  in  1875-77.  He  moved  to  Ossipee  in  1877,  and  has  held  the 
office  of  school  committee  here  for  1881-83  and  was  a  member  of  the  school 
board  for  L887-89;  town  treasurer  for  1884-89;  the  two  last-named  offices  he 


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holds  al  this  time.  He  was  appointed  register  of  deeds  for  the  county  by  the 
supreme  court,  July  1»'»,  1881,  to  till  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of 
Sanborn  B.  Carter.  Esq.,  and  was  elected  to  this  office  in  November,  L882, 
and  reelected  in  L884  and  1886;  he  resigned  his  position  January  L3,  L887, 
to  accept  the  appointment  of  clerk  of  the  supreme  court,  on  the  resignation 
of  William  A.  Heard.  Mr  Rumery  is  an  admirable  county  officer,  faithful 
to  his  duties  and  courteous  in  his  intercourse  with  his  fellowmen. 
.lames  O.  Gerry  is  the  present  register  of  deeds.  (See  Madison.) 
Edgar  Weeks,  son  of  Algernon  S.  and  Sarah  J.  (Rogers)  Weeks,  was 
born  in  Wakefield,  May  13,1859;  he  taught  school  at  sixteen  years  of  age; 
in  1878  he  entered  Colby  University,  Waterville,  Maine,  remained  two  years, 
then  studied  law  with  his  brother,  Frank  S.  Weeks:  in  1884  he  was  register 
of  probate  for  Carroll  county.  lie  is  a.  pension  attorney  and  a  good  business 
man. 


CHAPTER    LVJ. 

Civil  List  —  Statistics. 


Town  huh  BBS. — 1791.  Levi  Dearborn,  John  Adams,  Joseph  Fogg,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk; 
Amos  Garland,  Moses  Brown,  assessors;  Ephraim  Knight,  Jacob  Brown,  committee;  Joseph  Ames,  Joseph 
Garland,  John  Goldsmith,  Moses  Brown,  Samuel  Tasker,  Thomas  Rogers,  Nathan  Dow,  Joseph  Pitman,  highway 
surveyors;  Thomas  Rogers,  Amos  Garland,  "tythingmen;"  Samuel  Kennison,  John  Sanderson,  hog  reeves; 
Joseph  Pitman,  Ephraim  Bought,  fence-viewers. 

1793,  Josepb  Fogg,  Win  thro  p  Smart,  Andrew  Folsom,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk. 

1793,  Mark  Wiggin,  Winthrop  Smart,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk;  Moses 
Hodsdon,  Robert  Lord,  tithingmen;  Jonathan  Dodge,  Porter  Gilman,  Moses  Hodgson,  surveyors  of  lumber. 

1794,  Mark  Wiggins,  Winthrop  Smart,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk;  Porter 
Gilman,  John  Adams,  adjusters. 

1795,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Sanborn  Blake,  Andrew  Folsom,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk;  Winthrop 
Smart,  Jonathan  Dodge,  tithingmen. 

iT'.in,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Sanborn  Blake,  Andrew  Folsom,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk;  Porter 
oilman,  Winthrop  Smart,  assessors. 

1T'.)7,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Andrew  FoImuii,  Sanborn  Blake,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Klake,  clerk;  Porter 
Gilman,  Eliphalel  Sias,  auditors. 

17'.'-,  Andrew  Folsom,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Sanborn  Blake,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk;  Daniel 
Smith,  Porter  Gilman,  auditors;  Jeremiah  Abbott,  surveyor  of  lumber;  Samuel  Tasker,  Simon  Smith, 
tithingmen. 

L799,  Captain  Jacob  Brown,  representative  of  Ossipee  and  Effingham;  Sanborn  Blake,  Nathaniel  Ambrose, 
Andrew  Folsom,  selectmen  .  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk ;  Joseph  Fogg,  constable  and  collector;  I ..  Sias,  P  irter  Gilman , 
committee. 

1800,  Andrew  Folsom,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Samuel  Quarles,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk;  Eliphalel 
Sias,  Porter  Gilman,  auditor-;  Moses  Roberts,  constable  and  collector. 

1801,  Andrew  Folsom,  Samuel  Quarles,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  selectmen;  Sanborn  Blake,  clerk;  Samuel 
Quarles,  Aaron  Hanson,  Sanborn  Blake,  Andrew  Polsom,  surveyors  of  lumber;  Sanborn  Blake,  constable  and 
collector. 

1803,   Samuel   Quarles,   Jonathan    Dodge,    Andrew   Foist selectmen;   Sanborn    Blake,  clerk;    William 

Goldsmith,  Richard  Beacham,  Benjamin  Hodgdon,  John  Goldsmith,  jr,  Major  Winthrop  Smart,  Robert  I. cud, 


634  History  or   Carroll   County. 

Daniel  Smith,  Eben  Hodgdon,  James  Welch,  William  Lear,  Edward  Dearborn,  Ephraim  Leighton,  Samuel 
Tucker,  Joseph  Bracket,  John  Burleigh,  highway  surveyors;  Eliphalet  Sias,  Ichabod  Uodgdon,  Daniel  Abbott, 
Edward  Dearborn,  surveyors  of  lumber;  Daniel  Abbott,  collector. 

1803,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  representative;  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Samuel  Smith,  Samuel  Quarles,  selectmen; 

Sanborn  Blake,  clerk;  Andrew  Folsom,  Winthrop  smart,  auditors;  Richard  Abbott,  Diseo  Knox,  tithingmen; 

Daniel    Roberts,   William    Hurd,    Robert   Lord,   Andrew    Folsom,    Joseph   Buswell,   Jacob   Brown,    Benjamin 

[1,   Seth    Fogg,  John    Young,    Pocket,    Joshua    Hodsdon,    Dodipher   Scates,    Asa    Wiggin,    Weutworth 

Lord,  jr,  Richard  Beacham,  jr,  Samuel  Varney,  Samuel  Quarles,  highway  surveyors. 

1804, Samuel  Quarles, representative;  Andrew  Polsom,  Joshua  Hodsdon,  Samuel  Quarles,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Quarles,  clerk;  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Samuel  Smith,  auditors;  Eliphalet  Sias,  constable  and  collector. 

lso.">,  Samuel  Quarles,  representative ;  Samuel  Quarles,  Andrew  Folsom,  John  Burleigh,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Quarles,  clerk;  Eliphalet  sias,  constable  and  collector. 

L806,  Samuel  Quarles,  representative;  Samuel  Quarles,  Joseph  Buswell,  Seth  Fogg,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Quarles,  clerk;  Andrew  Folsom,  John  Burleigh,  auditors. 

1807,  Samuel  Quarles,  representative;  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Andrew  Folsom,  Seth  Fogg,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Quarles,  clerk;  Samuel  Quarles,  -John  Burley,  auditors;  Benjamin  Brown,  constable  and  collector. 

1808,  Samuel  Quarles,  representative;  Samuel  Quarles,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Seth  Fogg,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Quarles,  clerk;  Seth  Fogg,  Samuel  Varney,  tithingmen. 

IS09,  Samuel  Quarles,  representative;  Samuel  Quarles,  Andrew  Folsom,  Seth  Fogg,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Quarles,  clerk;   Moses  Hanson,  constable  and  collector. 

1810,  Samuel  Quarles,  representative ;  Samuel  Quarles,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  selectmen; 
Samuel  Quarles,  clerk;  Eliphalet  Sias,  constable  and  collector;  Samuel  Rooles,  Jeremiah  Wiggin,  Jedediah 
Abbot,  Jonathan  Copp,  Nathaniel  Pitman,  Ichabod  Tebbets,  Ebenezer  Hodsdon,  Robert  Chick,  Dodavah 
Scates,  Daniel  Glidden,  Samuel  Moody,  John  Burleigh,  Reuben  Kendal,  Joseph  Bickford,  James  Roberts, 
Winthrop  Smart,  John  Mather,  David  1'hilbrick,  Isaac  Demerit,  Joshua  Hodsdon,  John  Brown,  John  Wiggin, 
Otis  Fall,  William  Goldsmith,  highway  surveyors. 

1811,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  representative;  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  Eliphalet  Sias,  John  Burleigh,  selectmen; 
Samuel  Quarles,  clerk;  Wentworth  Lord,  constable  and  collector. 

1812,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  representative;  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  Eliphalet  Sias,  Gershom  Bickford,  select- 
men; Samuel  Quarles,  clerk;  Wentworth  Lord,  constable  ami  collector;  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  treasurer;  Benja- 
min Gilman,  Samuel  Tucker,  Seth  Fogg,  fence-viewers;  Samuel  Tasker,  Daniel  Roberts,  tithingmen;  Hubbard 
<  roldsmith,  sealer. 

1813,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  representative;  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  John  Burleigh,  John  Roberts,  selectmen; 
Samuel  Quarles,  clerk  ;  Jacob  Leighton,  collector;  Eliphalet  Sias,  collector ;  Abraham  Graves,  Jacob  Leighton, 
Joseph  Pitman,  James  Libbey,  David  Hammond,  surveyors  of  lumber;  Samuel  Quarles,  Nathaniel  Ambrose, 
auditors. 

\>U,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  representative;  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  John  Roberts,  Elisha  Beetle,  selectmen; 
Samuel  Quarles,  clerk ;  Eliphalet  Sias,  constable. 

1815,  Ezekiel  Weutworth,  representative;  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  Daniel  Smith,  Elisha  Beede,  selectmen; 
Samuel  Quarles,  clerk ;  Wentworth  Lord,  constable  and  collector. 

1816,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  representative;  Samuel  Quarles,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  Daniel  Smith,  selectmen; 
Samuel  Quarles,  clerk;  Wentworth  Lord,  constable  and  collector;  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  John  Burleigh,  Jacob 
Leighton,  auditors. 

1817,  John  Burleigh,  representative;  Samuel  Quarles,  Daniel  Smith,  Jacob  Leighton,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Quarles,  clerk;  Wentworth  Lord,  constable  and  collector. 

isis,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  representative;  Samuel  Quarles,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Jacob  Leighton,  select- 
men; Samuel  Quarles,  clerk. 

L819,  John  Burleigh,  representative;  Samuel  Quarles,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  Daniel  Smith,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Quarles,  clerk;  Isaiah  Chick,  collector. 

L820,  Samuel  Quarles  first  hall',  E.  Wentworth,  second  half,  representative;  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  Daniel 
Smith,  Jeremiah  Sceggel,  selectmen;  Samuel  Quarles,  clerk;  Isaiah  Chick,  constable  and  collector;  Jonathan 
Ambrose,  John  Welch,  Isaac  G.  Stillings,  field-drivers. 

1821,  E.  Wentworth,  representative;  Samuel  Quarles,  E.  Wentworth,  Daniel  Smith,  selectmen;  Moses 
Colby,  clerk;  Moses  Hanson,  collector;  Jacob  Leighton,  constable. 

1822,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  representative;  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  John  Burleigh,  Amos  Hodsdon,  selectmen; 
Moses  Colby,  clerk;  Captain  Jacob  Leighton,  Captain  John  Smith,  Captain  Jeremiah  Sceggel,  fence-viewers; 
and  field-drivers;  John  Brewster,  Nathan  Abbott,  Noah  Bicker,  Levi  Bray,  tithingmen. 

A  school  committee  tonus  an  important  (dement  in  the  ordering  of  the  town,  and  some  of  the  ablest  men  are 
chosen  on  it.  This  year  the  members  were:  James  Fogs,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  Jacob  Leighton,  Samuel  Quarles, 
M.o  es  t'olby,  Alvah  Moulton,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Daniel  smith,  Nathan  Leonard. 

1823,  Jacob  Leighton,  representative;  Samuel  Quarles,  Jacob  Leighton,  Amos  Hodsdon,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Quarles,  clerk;  Ezekiel  Leighton,  John  Brewster,  tithingmen. 

1824,  Jacob  Leighton,  representative;  Jacob  Leighton,  John  Roberts,  John  Smith,  jr,  selectmen;  Joseph 
V. Quarles, clerk ;  Daniel  Hanson, corder  of  wood. 

1825,  Ezekiel  Wentworth,  representative;  Jacob  Leighton,  John  Roberts,  John  Smith,  selectmen;  Joseph  V. 


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Quartos,  clerk;  Richard  sailings,  Nathaniel  Llbbey,  Wlnthrop  Smart,  constables;  lohabod  Colbj ,  John  Moulton, 
Moses  French,  tlthl ngmen. 

1826,  Ezeklel  Wentworth,  representative;  John  i: n-ts,  John  Smith,  jr,  John  Burleigh,  selectmen;  Mo  i 

Colby,  clerk;  John  Moulton,  Joseph  Pitman,  Francis  P.  Smith,  ttthlngmen. 

IS27,   Ezeklel  Wentworth,  representative;  John   Roberts,  John    Burleigh,   Nathaniel    Lib  ctmen- 

Moses  Colby,  clerk;  Isaac  sailings,  Joseph  v.  Quarles,  tllhlngmen ,  Nathaniel  Ambro  e,  Mi  i  zeklel 

Wcntw  orth,  auditors. 

L888,  Ezeklel  Wentworth,  representative;  John  Roberts,  John  Burleigh,  Nathaniel  Llbbey,  selectmen; 
Moses  Colby,  clerk;  Joel  Fernald,  Tobias  Fernald,  Setli  Fogg,  tithlngmen;  Luther  i  ate,  surveyor  of  lumber. 

1829,   Moses  Colby,  representative;  Ezeklel   Wentworth,  Jeremiah   -  ,„. 

Moses  Colby, clerk ;  Edward  Grant,  Nathaniel  Verrlll,  constables. 

1880,  Moses  Colby,  representative;  Jeremiah  Sceggel,  Winthrop  Smart,  Colby,  clerk1 
Daniel  Hanson,  Isaac  StlUlngs,  Edward  Grant,  tithlngmen. 

1881,  John  Burleigh,  Daniel  Wentworth,  Nathaniel  Llbbey,  selectmen;  Samuel  Quarles,  clerk. 

1832,  Joseph   Hobbs,  representative;    Daniel   Wentworth,   Moses    Brown,   Edward   Grant  itmen' 

Mo  es  Colby,  clerk;  Joseph  Hobbs,  Francis  Cogswell,  tithlngmen. 

1883,  Joseph  Hobbs,  representative;  John  Burleigh,  Edward  Grant,  jr,  Jacob  Leighton,  selectmen;  Mo  i  • 
Colby,  clerk  ;  Pierce  L.  Wiggins,  Edward  Grant,  jr,  constables. 

1834,  Edward  Grant,  jr,  representative;  John  Burleigh,  Edward  Grant,  jr,  Jacob  Leighton,  selectmen; 
Joseph  V.  Quarles,  clerk;  Bracket)  Wiggin,  Joseph  P.  Wiggin,  Oliver  Scates,  Richard  Stillings,  constables. 

1835,  Edward  Grant,  jr,  representative;  Edward  Grant,  jr,  Asa  Beacham,  Caleb  Hodsdon,  selectmen; 
Moses  Colby,  clerk. 

1836,  Edward  Grant,  jr,  representative;  Edward  Grant,  jr,  Asa  Beacham,  Daniel  Wentworth,  select- 
men; Moses  Colby,  clerk;  Luther  D.Sawyer,  J.  V.  Quarles,  Alvab  Moulton,  school  committee. 

D:>7,  Daniel  Wentworth,  representative;  Edward  Grant,  jr,  Daniel  Wentworth,  A/or  Roles,  selectmen; 
K<1\\  ard  Grant,  jr,  clerk ;  Ezekiel  Wentwoith,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Samuel  Quarles,  auditors. 

1838,  Daniel  Wentworth,  representative;  Daniel  Wentworth,  Asa  Beacham,  John  B.  Wentworth,  selectmen; 
Isaac  Thurston,  clerk;  John  Sanders,  .John  smith,  William  Goldsmith,  jr,  Cence-viewers ;  Joseph  Nay,  Levi 
smith,  tithlngmen. 

Uv$9,  Asa  Beacham,  representative;  Asa  Beacham,  Daniel  Wentworth,  Joseph  P.Wiggin,  selectmen;  Isaac 
Thurston,  clerk:  Samuel  Quarles,  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Luther  D.  Sawyer,  auditors. 

1840,  no  election  of  representative;  Daniel  Wentworth.  Azor  Roles,  John  Smith,  jr,  selectmen;  Isaac 
Thurston,  clerk ;  Nathaniel  Ambrose,  Samuel  Quarles,  Gecrge  W.  Lord,  auditors. 

1841,  A -a  Beacham,  Brackctt  Wiggin,  representatives;  Daniel  Wentworth,  John  Smith,  jr,  A/or  Roles, 
selectmen;  Isaac  Thurston,  clerk ;  Edward  Grant,  Ezekiel  Dore,  Luther  D.  Sawyer,  auditors. 

1842,  Asa  Beacham,  Bracket!  Wiggin,  representatives;  John  smith,  jr,  Daniel  Wentworth,  John  Burleigh, 
selectmen;   Isaac  Thurston,  clerk. 

is  t.i,  Isaac  Thurston,  John  smith,  representatives;  John  Smith,  jr,  Joseph  Sias,  Jacob  Leighton,  selectmen; 
Sanborn  B.  Carter,  clerk;  Moses  Merrill,  collector. 

l>it,  Isaac  Thurston,  John  l'.rown,  representatives;  Jacob  Leighton,  Moses  Merrill,  James  Stevens,  select- 
men; Sanborn  B  Carter,  clerk;  Amos  Hodgdon,  Alvah  Moult tithingmen. 

1845,  John  Brown,  Leander  D.  Sinclair,  representatives;  Daniel  Wentworth,  Moses  Merrill,  James  Stevens, 
selectmen;  Sanborn  B.  Carter,  clerk. 

1846,  Leander  D.  Sinclair.  John  Smith,  jr,  representatives;  John  Burleigh,  Isaac  Pray,  Levi  Smith,  select- 
men; Sanborn   15.  Carter,  clerk  ;   Amos  Hodsdon,  collector. 

1847,  John  Smith,  jr,  Samuel  Quarles,  representatives;  John  Burleigh,  Levi  smith,  Isaac  Pray,  selectmen; 
John   Brown,  clerk. 

1848,  Moses  15.  Canney,  Nathaniel  Grant,  representatives;  Moses  Merrill,  James  L.  Brown,  Isaac  Demerit*, 
selectmen;  Sanborn  B.  Carter,  clerk ;  Benjamin  F.  Fowler,  satchel  c.  Dore,  James  L.  Brown,  William  P.  Sias, 
Henry  G.  Abbott,  David  Leighton,  con-tables;  Samuel  J.  Quarles,  tithingman. 

l-i.i.  Moses  I*.  i  anney,  Nathaniel  Grant,  representati\ es;  Levi  smith.  Isaac  Pray,  James  Stevens,  selectmen; 

Sanborn  B.  <  alter,  clerk. 

1850,  Sanborn  B.  Carter,  Moses  Men-ill,  representatives;  James  L.  Brown,  Daniel  Wentworth.  Zachariah 
Sceggel,  selectmen;  Sanborn   B.  Carter,  clerk. 

1851,  Sanborn  B.  (alter.  Moses  Merrill,  representatives;  James  l.  l'.rown,  Benjamin  Sceggel,  Benjamin 
F.  Fowler,  selectmen;  Greenleal  A,  Moiiii.ni,  clerk. 

1852,  Daniel  Wentworth,  Samuel  J.  Quarles,  representatives;  Moses  Men-ill,  James  Stevens,  John  Canney, 
selectmen;  Greenleaf  A.  Moulton,  clerk. 

is..;,  John  l'.rown,  George  A.  Beacham,  representatives;  John  Canney,  Benjamin  Sceggel,  John  Wlngate, 
selectmen;  Greenleaf  A.  Moulton,  clerk. 

1854,  John  l'.rown,  William  P.  sia-,  representatives;  John  Wingate,  James  L.  Brown,  Henrj  g.  Abbott, 
selectmen;  Greenleaf  A.  Moulton,  clerk;  Frederick  C.  Abbott,  collector. 

1855,  Joseph  Hodsdon,  Nathaniel  Goldsmith,  representatives;  James  Stevens,  Gideon  Gilman,  Francis 
K.  l'.rown,  selectmen;  Greenleaf  A    Moulton,  clerk;  Levi  smith.  Ahull  Moulton,  John  canney,  auditors. 

185(5,  John  l'.rown,  William  P.  Sias,  representatives;  Moses  Men-ill.  Henry  C.  Abbott,  Joseph  Q.  Roles, 
selectmen;  Nathaniel  Grant,  clerk;  Fred.  C.  Abbott,  collector. 


636  History  of   Carroll   County. 

1857,  Joseph  Hodsdon,  .lames  Stevens,  representatives;  Moses  Merrill,  Henry  G.  Abbott,  Joseph  Q.  Roles, 
Belectmen;  Greenlcaf  A.  Moulton,  clerk;  Jacob  F.  Brown,  collector. 

1858,  James  Stevens,  Levi  Smith,  representatives;  Gideon  Gilman,  Francis  K.  Brown,  Israel  L.  Sanders, 
selectmen;  Greenleaf  A.  Moulton  .till  March  8),  Abram  Sanborn,  clerk. 

1859,  Levi  Smith.  Luther  I).  Sawyer,  representatives;  Gideon  Gilman,  Francis  K.  Brown,  Israel  L.  Sanders, 
selectmen;  Abram  Sanborn,  clerk;  John  Smith,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  Daniel  Wentworth,  auditors. 

1860,  Luther  1).  Sawyer,  John  Moullon.  representatives;  Israel  L.  Sanders,  John  W.  Merrow,  Richard 
Beacham,  jr.  selectmen;  Abram  Sanborn,  clerk. 

[861,  Joseph  Q.  Holes,  Asa  Beacham,  representatives;  John  W.  Merrow,  Thomas  Nute,  John  T.  Burleigh, 
selectmen:  Samuel  D.  Quarles,  clerk. 

1862,  Asa  Beacham,  John  Moulton,  representatives;  John  W.  Merrow,  Thomas  Nute,  John  T.  Burleigh, 
selectmen;  Thomas  B.  Wiggin,  clerk. 

1863,  Joseph  Q.  Holes,  Wentworth  H.  Hobbs,  representatives;  Thomas  Nute,  Nathaniel  Grant,  Charles 
Hodsdon,  selectmen;  Lewman  »;.  Moulton,  clerk. 

1864,  Joseph  Q.  Holes,  Wentworth  II.  Hobbs,  representatives;  Thomas  Nute,  Nathaniel  Grant,  Charles 
Hodgdon,  selectmen;  Moses  Merrill,  clerk. 

1865,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  Lewman  G.  Moulton,  representatives;  Thomas  Nute,  Nathaniel  Grant,  Charles 
Hodgdon,  selectmen;  Moses  Merrill,  clerk. 

1866,  Lewman  G.  Moulton,  Thomas  Nute,  representatives;  Charles  Hodgdon,  James  L.  Brown,  Wentworth 
II.  lloMis.  selectmen;  Moses  Merrill,  clerk;  Moses  Merrill,  Israel  L.  Sanders,  Thomas  Nute,  auditors. 

IStiT,  Thomas  Nute,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  representatives;  Charles  Hodsdon,  James  L.  Brown,  Wentworth  H. 
Hobbs,  selectmen;  Buel  C.  Carter,  clerk. 

1SG8,  Henry  J.  Hanks,  Charles  Nason,  representatives;  Wentworth  H.  Hobbs,  Thomas  Nute,  George  15.  Sias, 
selectmen;  Charles  W.  Grant,  clerk  ;  Levi  Smith,  Charles  Hodsdon,  James  L.  Brown,  auditors. 

1869,  Henry  J.  Hanks,  Sanborn  B.Carter,  representatives;  Thomas  Nute,  Geoi-ge  B.  Sias,  Allen  White, 
selectmen;  William  Holes,  clerk;  Sanborn  B.  Carter,  Buel  C.  Carter,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  auditors. 

1870,  Sanborn  B.  Carter,  Henry  J.  Banks,  representatives;  Allen  AVhite,  George  B.  Sias,  James  Nute,  jr, 
selectmen;  Charles  W.  Grant,  clerk;  Thomas  Nute,  Moses  Merrill,  Levi  Smith,  auditors. 

1871,  Thomas  Nute,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  representatives;  Moses  Merrill,  James  Nute,  jr,  Frank  K.  Hobbs, 
selectmen;  Herbert  II.  Browne,  clerk;  Charles  W.  Fall,  superintendent  school  committee. 

1872,  Jacob  F.  Brown,  Jeremiah  P.  Burnham,  representatives;  James  Nute,  jr,  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  John 
C.  Ames,  selectmen;  Herbert  H.  Browne,  clerk. 

1873,  Jacob  F.  Brown,  James  Nute,  jr,  representatives;  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  John  C.  Ames,  Charles  F.  Wriggin, 
selectmen;  Alonzo  Stillings,  clerk;  Thomas  Nute,  Levi  Smith,  George  B.  Sias,  auditors. 

1874,  James  Nute,  jr,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  representatives;  John  C.  Ames,  Wentworth  K.  Hobbs,  Thomas  Nute, 
selectmen;  Alonzo  Stillings,  clerk. 

1875,  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  representatives;  John  C.  Ames,  Wentworth  H.  Hobbs,  Thomas 
Nute,  selectmen;  Ammi  R.  Quint,  clerk;  Ichabod  Hodgdon,  Francis  H.  Lord,  appraisers. 

1876,  George  W.  Tibbetts,  John  C.  Ames,  representatives;  Israel  L.  Sanders,  John  H.  Beacham,  John  W. 
Folsom,  selectmen;  Ammi  R.  Quint,  clerk;  Sanborn  B.Carter,  Samuel  D.  Quarles,  delegates  to  Constitutional 
Convention. 

1877,  George  W.  Tibbetts,  John  C.  Ames,  representatives;  Thomas  Nute,  Loring  S.  Libbey,  Charles  E.  Knox, 
selectmen;  Ichabod  De  Witt  Carter,  clerk;  John  C.  Ames,  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  Gideon  Gilman,  auditors;  Thomas 
Nute,  treasurer. 

1878,  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  representatives;  Thomas  Nute,  Charles  E.  Knox,  John  W.  Folsom, 
selectmen;  I.  De  Witt  Carter,  clerk;  Charles  W.  Fall,  Gideon  Gilman,  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  auditors;  Thomas  Nute, 
treasurer. 

1870,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  George  W.  Tibbetts,  representatives;  Thomas  Nute,  John  C.  Ames,  John  W.  Folsom, 
selectmen;  I.  De  Witt  Carter,  clerk;  John  AV.  Merrow,  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  auditors;  Alonzo  Stillings,  treasurer. 

1SS0,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  George  W.  Tibbetts,  representatives;  Thomas  Nute,  John  W.  Folsom,  John  C.  Ames, 
selectmen;  Henry  C.Carter,  clerk;  Sanborn  B.  Carter,  John  E.  Beacham,  Charles  W.  Fall,  auditors;  Alonzo 
Stillings,  treasurer. 

1881,  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  representatives;  Jacob  Manson,  Wentworth  H.  Hobbs,  Thomas 
Nute,  selectmen;  Dana  J.  Brown,  clerk;  John  II.  Beacham,  treasurer. 

issj,  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  Joseph  Q  Roles,  representatives;  Wentworth  II.  Hobbs,  Jacob  Manson,  Albert  W. 
Leighton,  selectmen;  Dana  J.  Brown,  clerk;  John  H.  Beacham,  treasurer. 

1883,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  representative;  Wentworth  H.  Hobbs,  Jacob  Manson,  Albert  W.  Leighton,  select- 
men; Dana  J.  Brown,  clerk;  John  H.  Beacham,  treasurer. 

1884,  Joseph  Q.  Roles,  representative;  Albert  W.  Leighton,  Jacob  F.  Brown,  Charles  A.White,  selectmen; 
Dana  J.  Brown,  clerk;  Aldo  M.  Rumery,  treasurer. 

1885,  Frank  K.  Hobbs,  representative;  Albert  W.  Leighton,  Jacob  F.  Brown,  Charles  A.  White,  selectmen; 
Dana  J.  Brown,  clerk;  Aldo  M.  Rumery,  treasurer. 

1886,  Albert  W.  Leighton,  Jacob  F.  Brown,  Charles  A.  White,  selectmen;  Dana  J.  Brown,  clerk;  Edgar 
Weeks,  George  A.  Wiggin,  Charles  A.  Wiggin,  Daniel  Abbott,  fish  and  game  wardens;  Aldo  M.  Rumery, 
treasurer. 


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1887,  Ausbry  c.  Moulton,  representative;  John  G.  Ham,  Jefferson  u.  Jewell,  John  <  .  Ames,  selectmen; 
George  L.  Young,  clerk ;  Ahlo  M.  Rumery,  treasurer. 

L888,  John  C.  Ames,  Martin  v.  Bicker,  Tl tas  Nute,  selectmen;  George  i.   Young,  clerk ;    Lido  II.  Run 

treasurer. 

1888,  John  C.  lines,  representative ;  John  C.  Ames,  Martin  v.  Rlckor,  Orodon  P.  Elobbs,  selectmen'  ■  • 
L.  Young,  clerk;  Aldo  M.  Rumery,  treasurer. 

Inventory,  1889.  —  Resident,  $227,106 ;  non-resident,  $30,414;  total,  $257,- 
520.  435  polls;  358  horses  valued  $20,510;  JT4  oxen  valued  $9,392;  537 
cows  valued  $] 0,999 :  431  other  neat  stork  valued  $7,023;  314  sheep  valued 
$854;  6  hogs  valued  $64;  7  carriages  valued  $400;  stock  in  corporation 
outside  the  state,  $56;  money  at  interest  or  on  deposit,  $5,450;  stock  in  trade, 
$19,084;  mills  and  machinery,  $2,450;  buildings  not  designated,  $600. 

We  extract  from  a  report  made  to  the  State.  Board  of  Agriculture  in  1889 
these  statistics :  Pounds  of  butter  made,  26,100 ;  pounds  of  cheese  made.  200; 
gallons  of  milk  sold,  10,049;  pounds  of  wool  grown,  1,256;  tons  of  ensilage 
used,  7  ;  tons  of  commercial  fertilizers  used,  50;  cash  received  from  summer 
boarders,  $3,450. 

The  population  has  steadily  decreased  since  1850.  That  year  it  was  2.12-"> ; 
in  1860,  1,997 ;  in  1870,  1,822;  in  1880,  1,782. 


BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHES. 


THE    QUARLES    FAMILY. 

The  Quarles  family  has  a  high  antiquity,  as  its  origin  is  lost  in  the  mists 
surrounding  early  English  history.  It  has  never  been  office-seeking  or  clam- 
orous for  notoriety,  and  yet  every  generation  has  shown  some  one  to  do  credit 
to  the  ancestral  name.  Among  the  most  widely  known  is  the  Puritan  poet, 
whose  philosophy  and  quaint  language  have  had  many  admirers.  There 
appears  to  be  two  American  branches  of  the  same  ancestral  stock,  one  rooting 
itself  in  the  Massachusetts  colony,  and  one  in  that  of  Virginia.  From  these 
two  branches  apparently  come  all  the  Quarles  of  the  United  States.  The 
Ossipee  family  comes  from  the  Massachusetts  branch. 

Hon.  Samuel  Quarles,  born  October  10,  17(34,  at  Wenhani,  Mass..  married, 
December  17,  1795,  Lydia  Very,  born  in  Danvers,  Mass.,  .Ian nan  27,  1774, 
died  in  Ossipee  in  1809.  He  settled  in  Ossipee,  and  soon  engaged  in  trade 
with  Jonathan  Dodge  as  a  merchant,  and  in  the  ownership  of  saw  and  grist 
mills,  and  "  ashcry  "  or  "  potash  "  which  stood  near  the  Poland  brook  bridge 
and  opposite   the  old  Dodge   house  now  standing.     He  was  in  these   business 


638  History   of   Carroll   County. 


relations  with  Mr  Dodge  for  many  years.  Later  he  made  his  home  one  mile 
west  of  Ossipee  Corner,  and  carried  on  trade  extensively  there  for  that  day. 
His  dwelling  was  a  one-story  house,  and  the  principal  commodities  sold  were' 
rum,  Hour,  and  broadcloth.  "  Quarles'  store  "  was  the  centre  of  hilarity  on 
Independence  Day  and  other  celebration  periods.  In  advanced  life  he  built  a 
set  of  buildings  one-half  mile  nearer  the  Corner,  retired  from  business,  moved 
thither,  and  passed  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  a  man  of  more  than  common 
consideration.  He  was  selectman,  clerk,  representative,  state  senator,  member 
of  the  governor's  council,  twice  a  presidential  elector,  once  casting  his  vote 
for  .John  (c).  Adams,  and  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas.  Originally  a 
Democrat,  he  was  offered  the  nomination  of  that  party  for  governor,  then 
equivalent  to  an  election,  but  refused  it,  as  his  convictions  on  the  tariff  caused 
him  to  unite  with  the  Whigs.  He  was  a  colonel  in  the  old  militia,  and  did 
much  in  building  up  that  organization.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  these  children  : 
Fanny,  married  Benjamin  Sceggell ;  Joseph  V.;  Lydia  V.,  married  Moses  P. 
Brown:  Jerusha,  married  Charles  Brooks;  Samuel  J.  By  his  second  wife, 
Abigail  Knight,  whom  he  married  in  1810,  he  had  Belinda  K.,  Francis  and 
Mary  Frances  (twins),  Abigail  Ann  Caroline.  Belinda  married  Josiah 
Dearborn,  of  Effingham,  Mary  Frances  married  Ebenezer  French,  Esq.,  and 
Abigail  married  Asa,  Beacham. 

Joseph  r.  Quarles  was  a  merchant  at  Ossipee  and  Centre  Ossipee  for  some 
years,  then  removed  to  Wisconsin,  where  his  sons,  Joseph  V.  and  Charles,  are 
leading  lawyers. 

Captain  Samuel  Jefferson  Quarles  was  born  March  31,  1807,  and  died  July 
6,  18G5.  He  located  as  a  farmer  on  a  portion  of  his  father's  homestead,  became 
captain  in  the  militia,  was  an  old-line  Whig,  Freesoiler,  and  Republican,  and 
held  the  offices  of  deputy  sheriff  and  deputy  United  States  marshal.  He 
married  Sarah  S.,  daughter  of  Samuel  Dalton,  of  Parsonsfield,  Maine.  Their 
children  were  Maria,  Lydia,  Samuel  D.,  Sarah  M.  (Mrs  Aldo  M.  Rumery),  and 
William  C. 

Lieutenant- Colonel  Samuel  Dalton  Quarles,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  S. 
(Dalton)  Quarles,  was  born  in  Ossipee,  January  16,  1833.  He  had  the  advan- 
tages in  education  of  Parsonsfield  Academy,  New  Hampton  Institution,  Phillips 
Exeter  Academy,  teaching  school  and  performing  manual  labor  to  obtain  the 
funds  tu  pay  the  necessary  expenses.  He  won  credit  as  a  teacher,  and  started 
numbers  hopefully  on  the  road  of  knowledge,  and  held  the  office  of  county 
school  commissioner  two  years  by  appointment  of  the  governor.  He  attended 
Michigan  University  for  a  year,  returned  to  Ossipee  in  1858,  read  law  in  the 
office  of  Luther  D.  Sawyer,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  October,  1801. 
The  times  were  such  as  rouse  men's  souls.  An  imperiled  country  called  on  its 
sous  to  save  it  from  disunion.  Among  the  most  active  of  the  young  men  of 
Ossipee.  our  young  lawyer  showed  the  same  energy  in  this  new  field  as  hereto- 


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fore,  and  t'aised  a  company  for  the  Fourth  Regiment,  but  did  not  accompany  it 

mi  account  of  serious  illness.  As  soon  after  his  recovery  as  circumstances 
would  allow,  lie  was  again  recruiting,  and  raised  another  company,  which  was 
mustered  into  the  United  States  service  at  Keene,  November  28  and  29,  L861, 
as  Company  1).  Sixth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  Mr  Quarles  was 
commissioned  captain  November  30.  On  Christmas  the  regiraenl  left  for  the 
seat  of  war.  and  on  arriving  at  Washington  was  assigned  to  Burnside's  expedi- 
tion. The  history  of  the  Sixth  is  the  history  of  man\  of  the  severest  battles 
of  the  war.  It  won  laurels  at  Camden,  N.  C,  April  19,  1862;  second  Bull 
Run,  Va.  August  29,  1862;  Chantilly,  Ya.  September  1,  L862;  South  Moun- 
tain. Md,  September  I  :'>,  1862 ;  Antietam,  Md,  September  17.  I  "-02:  Fred- 
ericksburg, Va,  December  1  o,  1X02:  siege  of  Vicksburg,  Miss.:  Jackson,  Miss.; 
Wilderness.  Va,  May  6,  1864;  Spottsylvania,  Va,  May  12,  1801:  Spottsyl- 
vania.  Va,  May  18,  1864*;  North  Anna,  Va,  May  24,  1864;  Tolopotomy,  Va, 
May  31,  1864;  Bethesda,  Va,  June  2,  1804;  Cold  Harbor,  Va.  June  3,  L864; 
Petersburg,  Va,  June  10,  1804:  Petersburg,  Va,  June  17,  1864;  Petersburg, 
Va,  June  18,  1804;  Weldon  Railroad,  Va,  July  80,  1864;  Poplar  Spring 
Church,  Va,  September  30,  1804:  Hatcher's  Run,  Va,  October  27,  1864; 
Petersburg,  Va,  April  2,  I860.  During  many  days  of  the  Wilderness  cam- 
paign, and  for  nine  weeks  before  Petersburg,  the  regiment  was  under  constant 
fire.  Its  losses  were  heavy.  One  historian  says:  "No  regiment  from  the  state 
and  none  in  the  army  won  a  prouder  name  or  made  a  more  honorable  record 
than  the  gallant  old  veteran  Sixth.  No  regiment  saw  more  severe  campaigning, 
did  more  or  better  service,  or  was  oftener  under  fire.  Few  regiments  went 
through  the  war  with  so  little  internal  dissension  and  so  much  harmony  among 
the  officers.  Few  regiments  endured  the  hardships  of  the  service  with  so  much 
fortitude  and  so  little  grumbling,  for  they  were  men  whose  hearts  were  in  the 
work  of  crushing  out  the  Rebellion.  When,  at  various  times,  calls  were  made 
for  the  names  of  men  to  whom  medals  should  be  awarded  for  gallant  conduct 
upon  the  tield,  few  names  were  ever  given,  for  the  reason  that  so  many  had 
done  well  it  was  hard  to  designate  a  small  number.  Captains  would  say  that 
almost  every  one  of  their  men  might  be  recommended,  but  it  would  be  invid- 
ious to  name  a  few."  The  regiment  closed  its  gallant,  career,  and  was  mustered 
out  of  service  July  31,  1865. 

It  was  in  this  regiment  of  courage  and  reputation  that  Captain  Quarles  won 
honors  ami  promotion;  and  it  is  but  simple  justice  to  state  that  none  were 
more  worthy  of  them,  or  bore  them  with  greater  modesty.  After  passing 
through  many  sanguinary  battles  unharmed,  at  Spottsylvania.  May  I  8,  L864, 
Captain  Quarles  was  severely  wounded  by  a  minie-ball  which  struck  him  just 
below  the  left  side  of  his  tnouth,  shattering  the  jaw  in  its  passage  through  it, 
and  lodged  in  the  neck  immediately  back  of  the  carotid  artery.  This  wound 
was  long  in  healing,  and  it  was  not  until  October  2i>,  L864,  that  he  rejoined  his 


640  History  of   Carroll  County. 


regiment.  He  was  then  major,  receiving  his  commission  July  28,  1864.  In 
his  new  position,  Major  Quarles  showed  the  same  admirable  qualities  that  had 
previously  characterized  him,  and  was  brevetted  lieutenant-colonel  "  for  gallant 
and  meritorious  service  in  front  of  Petersburg,  April  2,  1865." 

Returning  to  Ossipee  at  the  close  of  the  war,  Colonel  Quarles  married, 
November  26,  1866,  S.  Augusta,  daughter  of  Moses  P.  Brown,  and  began  the 
practice  of  Law,  and  soon  acquired  a  leading  position  at  the  bar,  and  a  large  and 
lucrative  clientage.  (See  chapter  xxii.)  He  has  ever  had  the  faculty  of 
attracting  and  making  warm  personal  friends,  and  while  in  his  various  com- 
mands he  enforced  exact  discipline,  his  courtesy  and  impartiality  won  him  the 
devotion  of  his  men  and  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  associates  and  supe- 
rior officers.  Generous  to  an  extreme  degree,  no  appeal  to  his  kindness  or 
charity  is  ever  made  in  vain. 

Carroll  county  classes  him  as  one  of  her  most  distinguished  sons,  and  is 
justly  proud  of  his  record  as  soldier  and  lawyer.  The  engraving  accompanying 
this  sketch  is  made  from  a  photograph  taken  before  he  recovered  from  the 
severe  wound  received  at  Spottsylvania,  Va,  May  18,  1864. 


NATHANIEL    GRANT,    M.P. 

The  Highland  Scotch  have  ever  been  noted  for  personal  courage,  decision 
of  character,  determination,  firmness,  love  of  liberty,  loyalty  to  friends  and 
home,  and  strong  religious  convictions.  For  religious  freedom  they  would 
shed  their  blood,  or  expatriate  themselves  to  find  on  alien  shores  the  blessings 
denied  them  in  their  native  land.  This  did  the  ancestors  of  Dr  Grant, 
who,  with  other  families,  came  to  America,  and  settled  as  pioneers  on  the  forest 
lands  of  what  later  became  "Scotland  Hill"  in  the  town  of  Lebanon,  Maine. 

Dr  Nathaniel  (J rant  is  grandson  of  Joseph  Grant  the  emigrant,  and  son  of 
Edward  Grant  (born  1775  ;  died  in  Ossipee,  October,  1838)  and  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth  (Linscott)  Leavitt.  He  was 
born  on  the  ancestral  acres  in  Lebanon,  Maine,  February  28,  1804,  and  is  the 
only  one  living  of  the  family  of  eight  children,  and,  having  been  a  resident  of 
Ossipee  so  many  years,  interest  in  and  friendship  for  the  Grant  family  naturally 
centres  in  him.  From  lack  of  means  and  being  of  so  large  a  family,  his  early 
life  was  one  of  almost  continuous  labor  on  his  father's  farm,  with  only  occa- 
sional schooling.  His  ambition,  however,  prompted  him  to  attain  a  good  edu- 
cation and  acquire  a  profession,  and  his  struggles  were  constant  and  perplexing 
to  obtain  means  to  buy  books,  pay  teachers  and  board,  during  the  period  of 
his  study  of  medicine.  He  had  a  common-school  education  as  a  boy,  and  left 
the  farm  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  ;  he  had  one  academic  term  at  Limerick,  Maine, 
and  studied    medicine   at   Hanover  and   Brunswick   medical    schools,  and  was 


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Town    OF    OSSIPEE.  641 

graduated  from  the  latter  in  L829.  This  was  accomplished  1 . \-  bis  teaching  school 
daring  the  winter  months,  working  a  fe\n  weeks  in  each  Bummer  al  haying,  and 
diligent  study  while  uot   at  Bchool.     He  had  a  serious  attack  of  typhus  fever 

and  nearly  died,  but  recuperated,  and  was  enabled  to  teach  school  the  following 
winter,  and,  in  February,  started  on  fool  from  Brunswick,  with  his  Blender 
wardrobe  and  a  few  hooks  tied  up  in  a  handkerchief,  tramped  through  Sanford, 
Alfred,  and  Waterborough  to  Portland,  and  then  took  stage  to  Brunswick. 
Having  Lost  three  months'  study  through  his  illness,  he  fell  doubtful  of  under- 
taking an  examination  lor  a  diploma,  but,  being  of  an  observanl  nature  and 
measuring  his  attainments  with  those  of  his  fellows,  he  determined  to  compete 
with  them.  Alert  for  success,  he  put  forth  his  best  efforts,  receiving  as  ;i  result 
the  verdict  '-done  well"  from  the  faculty,  and  the  long-coveted  and  much- 
prized  certificate  in  1829.  The  granting  of  the  diploma  to  Dr  Grant  was  the 
tirst  token  of  intellectual  worth  or  professional  skill  received  by  any  resident 
of  his  native  town.1 

Dr.  Grant  practised  medicine  at  Norway,  Maine,  for  two  years,  and  married 
Charlotte  S.  Hobbs,  daughter  of  William  and  Catherine  (Weatherby)  Hobbs, 
of  Norway,  who  has  been  a  partner  of  his  joys  and  sorrows  these  many  years, 
and  to-day  has  a  countenance' radiant  of  the  peace  within,  and  a  consciousness 
thai  she  has  been  a  worthy  helpmate  to  a  worthy  man.  From  Norway  he 
went  to  Guilford  for  the  winter,  and  in  1832  came  to  Wakefield,  remaining 
there  in  active  and  successful  practice  until  November,  1830,  when  he  came  to 
Buswell's  Mills,  now  Centre  Ossipee,  and  attended  to  the  ailments  of  suffering 
humanity  in  this  vicinity  for  thirty-three  years  thereafter.  He  united  to  his 
professional  duties  the  responsibility  of  merchant  in  1836,  with  his  brother 
Edward,  who,  one  year  thereafter,  relinquished  business,  and  Dr  Grant  became 
the  sole  proprietor  of  the  store  which  has  dispensed  supplies  for  a  period  of  a 
half-century. 

Formerly  a  Federalist  in  politics,  he  has  been  a  Democrat  since  1837.  lie 
represented  Ossipee  in  the  legislature  of  1847;  was  selectman  in  1862-64; 
has  been  town  clerk;  justice  of  the  peace  from  1847  until  his  hand  lost 
the  power  to  write;  was  an  incorporator  and  president  of  the  Fine  River  Bank 
and  of  the  Fine  River  Lumber  Company,  and  has  been  a  member  of  Ossipee 
Valley  masonic  lodge  since  1861.  He  brought  the  first  carload  of -corn  ever 
shipped  from  the  West  to  this  county,  and  the  first  carload  shipped  to  this 
section  on  the  Portsmouth,  Great  Falls,  and  Conway  railroad. 

1  Tin'  difficulties  thai  an  aspiring  young  man  had  to  contend  with  al  thai  day  can  lie  best  illustrated  by  the 
way  in  which  Joseph  Grant,  brother  of  the  doctor,  bought  his  ftrsl  grammar.    He  was  about  eighteen  years  of 

age.    The  schools  of  thai  daj  were-of  little  worth;  many  owned  no  l ks,  some,  very  few,  owned  a  book,  some 

of  the  wealthiest  pupils  two  or  three.  Joseph  wished  i<>  obtain  a  grammar.  ( >ne  of  the  boys  wanted  to  sell  his, 
and  Joseph  gave  bis  note  for  the  price,  fifty  cents.  The  nexl  March,  to  get  funds  to  meel  this,  he  took  his  father's 

team,  cut  a  load  Hi'  w 1,  drew  II  in  the  nighl  fourteen  miles  to  South  Berwick,  sold  it  for  $2.50,  mostrj  In  bade, 

bul  gol  enough  cash  to  take  up  his  note,  it  i-  needless  to  say  thai  such  pains  to  acquire  an  education  were 
amply  rewarded.  Thee >f  Joseph,  I  laudius  B.,  who  also  was  compelled  to  struggle  with  adverse  circum- 
stances, worked  his  way  through  the  University  oi  Michigan,  and,  alter  filling  various  positions  of  honor,  Is 
now  jwlge  of  the  supreme  court  of  that  state. 


642  History  of   Carroll   County. 

The  record  of  Dr  Grant's  life  exhibits  points  of  character  which  have  given 
him  a  good  name  among  his  large  acquaintanceship,  and  to  which  they  may 
well  point  with  pride  and  emulation.  As  a  boy  he  labored,  with  endurance, 
working  tor  the  mutual  interests  of  his  family,  patiently  biding  the  time  when 
he  might  with  well-earned  liberty  endeavor  to  attain  an  education.  Against 
obstacles  which  to  many  would  have  been  insurmountable,  he  obtained  not 
only  a  fair  amount  of  learning,  but  a  professional  degree,  a  good  start  for  a 
Lucrative  and  honorable  living.  Dr  Grant  has  ever  manifested  the  best  traits 
of  the  hardy  Scotch  ancestry  from  which  he  sprang,  is  a  man  of  intellectual 
power,  has  during  his  whole  life  been  a  diligent  and  reflecting  reader  of  the 
best  literature,  thinks  for  himself,  and  holds  tenaciously  to  the  beliefs  he  has 
formulated.  He  expresses  his  ideas  in  clear  and  forceful  language  either 
vocally  or  in  writing.  Had  his  tastes  led  him  in  that  direction,  he  would  have 
made  a  most  popular  and  effective  lecturer.  The  reason  that  he  did  not  attain 
prominence  in  political  circles  was  that  he  was  no  time-server,  was  too  out- 
spoken, and  would  not  pay  out  money  to  secure  either  nomination  or  election. 
He  is  an  honest  man,  a  worthy  citizen  and  a  patriot,  and  now  that  he  has 
attained  so  many  years,  and  may  be  said  to  be  on  the  verge  of  life,  it  is  with 
pleasure  that  we  write  a  sketch  of  this  character.1  The  children  of  Dr  and 
Mrs  Grant  were :  — 

(1)  William  Henry  Grant,  born  in  Wakefield,  October  23, 1834.  Educated 
in  New  Hampton  and  Phillips  Exeter  academies,  he  attended  medical  lectures 
at  Brunswick  (Maine)  Medical  School,  where  he  was  graduated,  and  began 
practice  in  Tamworth  in  1859,  soon,  however,  removing  to  Centre  Ossipee. 
When  the  Civil  War  broke  upon  the  country,  he  answered  the  call  for  educated, 
intelligent  medical  men,  and  for  three  years  was  surgeon  in  Carver  (D.  C.) 
and  Point  Lookout  (Md)  hospitals.  After  this  he  returned  to  his  home  and 
resumed  his  practice  later,  for  several  }rears  holding  the  office  of  examining 
surgeon  in  the  department  of  invalid  pensions.  He  is  still  in  active  practice. 
November  24,  1859,  Dr  Grant  married  Louisa  A.,  sister  of  Chaplain  T.  A. 
Ambrose  ;  she  died  January  29,  18G5.  April  23,  186G,  he  married  Fanny, 
daughter  of  Henry  C.  and  Mehitable  (Clement)  Magoon.  Mrs  Grant  unites 
the  Dana  blood  with  the  Magoon  in  her  ancestry,  and  is  a  lady  of  worth,  intel- 
lectual vigor,  and  executive  ability.  She  is  now  president  of  the  Carroll 
County  Woman's  Temperance  Union.  Their  only  child,  Willie  Clinton,  born 
April  26,  1867,  died  December  2,  1869. 

(2)  John  Gaspar  Spurzheim  Grant  was  born  Februaiy  6,  1836,  in 
Wakefield.  He  was  educated  at  Hampton  and  Exeter  academies  and 
Dartmouth  College,  and  received  his  medical  diploma  from  Harvard  Uni- 
versity. After  graduation  he  became  a  surgeon  at  Saratoga  hospital,  Wash- 
ington, I).  ('.,  and  died  while  in  service,  August  14,  1865. 

1  August  19,  1889,  Or  Grant  had  a  fall  which  caused  a  serious  fracture  of  the  hip.    ITe  died  October  5,  aud  was 
buried  with  Masonic  rites. 


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(3)  Charles  Whitman  Grant,  born  October  1.  L838,  and  died  July  3,1877. 

(4)  Mary  Ellen,  born  September  5,  L840,  died  in  infancy. 

(5)  Mary   Ellen,  horn   August   29,  L 842,  married  Charles  B.  Gafney,  Esq., 

and  died  January  -(>,  1888. 

(6)  Charlotte  M.,  born  July  26, 1844,  married  Arthur  L.  Hodsdon.     They 

have  three  children  :    Walter  Grant,  Herbert  Arthur,  Mary  Ellen. 


SANDWICH. 


CHAPTER   LVIL 

Charter  —  Boundaries  —  Names  of  Grantees  —  Additional  Grant  —  First  Meeting  of  Pro- 
prietors—  Orlando  Weed:  Terms  of  Settlement  —  Other  Settlers  —  Further  Encouragement  — 
Drawing  of  Lots  —  Daniel  Beede's  Survey  —  Committee  to  Prosecute  Colonel  Jonathan 
Moulton  —  Proprietors'  Gift  to  Sandwich. 

THE  PROPRIETORS'  RECORDS,  dating  back  to  1703,  in  the  fine,  clear, 
copper-plate    writing   of    Joseph    Oilman,  proprietors'  clerk,  have    been 
preserved   in  the  town  archives,  and   give  a  very  vivid  account  of   the 
first  settlement  of   Sandwich.     We  have  drawn  largely  from  them. 

Charter. — The  original  grant  was  in  the  usual  formula  of  the  charters  of  Benning  AVent- 
worth,  ceded  23,040  acres  (6  miles  square),  and  was  subject  to  these  conditions :  1st,  that  each 
grantee  should  cultivate  and  plant  five  acres  of  land  within  five  years  for  each  fifty  acres 
granted  ;  2d,  that  "  all  white  and  other  pine  trees  fit  for  masting  our  Royal  Navy  "  be  carefully 
preserved  for  that  use,  and  none  to  be  cut  or  felled  without  special  license  under  penalty  of 
the  forfeiture  of  the  right  of  the  grantee  and  the  acts  of  parliament  then  in  force;  3d,  that  a 
town  lot  shall  be  laid  out  for  each  grantee,  of  one  acre  in  size,  as  near  the  centre  of  the  town 
as  possible;  4th,  to  pay  the  King,  annually  for  ten  years,  "  the  rent  of  one  ear  of  Indian  corn 
only  " ;  5th,  to  pay  annually,  forever,  one  shilling  proclamation  money  for  each  100  acres 
granted.     It  bears  date  October  25.  1763. 

Boundaries.  —  Beginning  at  the  Northeast  corner  of  New  Holderness,  and  from  thence 
running  East-  six  miles  and  then  turning  off  and  running  North  six  miles,  and  then  turning  off 
again,  and  running  West  six  miles,  and  then  turning  oft*  and  running  South  to  the  Northeast 
corner  of  Campton,  and  then  by  Campton  to  the  Northeast  corner  of  New  llolderness,  which 
was  the  bounds  begun  at. 

Grantees.  —  Samuel  Oilman  jun  Esq,  Cap4  Nath1  Folsom,  Thomas  Parsons,  Cap'  Samuel 
Folsom,  Enoch  Poor,  Thomas  Odiorne,  Nich°  Oilman,  John  Folsom,  Joseph  Gihnan, 
Benjamin  Rogers,  Josiah  Folsom,  John  Bowden,  junr,  John  Ward  Gilman,  Sachwel  Rund- 
let,  Samuel  Harris,  John  Folsom,  jun,  Josiah  Oilman,  3d,  Lemuel  Davis,  Trueworthy 
Folsom,  John  Folsom,  3d,  Andrew  Gerrish,  William  Odlin,  Peter  Coffin,  James  Thurston, 
Nath1  Folsom,  junr,  John  Chipman,  Esq1',  Eliphalet  Coffin,  John  Wadley,  Jonathan  Folsom, 
junr,  Moses  Perkins,  .Jonathan  Folsom,  Richard  Sinkler,  James  Sinkler,  John  Nelson,  Andrew 
Hilton,  Enoch  Clark,  Caleb  Thurston,  Increase  Wilson,  Samuel  Moody,  Jacob  Longfellow, 
Clement  .Moody,  Edward  Bean,  Wadley  (ram.  Nehemiah  Cram,  Thomas  Runolds,  Benjamin 
Atkinson.  Joseph  Atkinson,  Ebenezer  ingals,  Daniel  Oilman.  3d,  Cap'  Somersbee  Oilman, 
John  Bowden,  John  Taylor  Oilman.  Thomas  Potter,  Joseph  Roberts,  Joshua  Young,  Moses 
Thurstin,  Benjamin   Bachellor,  Nath'   Bachellor,    Owen  Runolds,  Daniel  Poor,  Col1  Robert 


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Bale,  l.vv1  Mr  John   Chipman,  Hon1  Theodore    Atkinson,  Esqr,  Mark  II    Wentworth,  Esq', 
Nath1  Barrel,  Esqr,  James  Nevin,  Esqr. 

••Hi-  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth,  Esqr,  a  Trad  of  Land  to  contain  five  hundred 
Acres  as  marked  B.  W.  in  the  Plan  which  is  to  be  accouuted  two  of  the  within  Shares.  One 
whole  share  Eor  i  he  incorporated  Society  for  the  Propagation  ol  tho  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts, 
One  whole  Share  for  a  Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England  as  bj  Law  established,  One  share 
for  the  first  settled  Minister  in  said  Town,  And  one  Share  for  the  benefit  of  a  School  in  Baid 
Town  forever." 

On  the  survey  of  the  original  grant  it  was  Pound  thai  ••  The  Northerly  & 
Westerly  sides  thereof  [are]  so  loaded  with  inaccessible  Mountains  & 
Shelves  of  Rocks  thai  ii  is  uninhabitable,"  and  tin'  grantees  petitioned  for 
an  "additional  Granl  of  a  Strip  of  his  Majestys  Land  on  the  South  and  on  the 
Eas1  of  the  aforesaid  Tract."  This  petition  was  granted  and  an  addition  made 
September  5,  1764  ;  this  brought  its  area  to  64,000  acres,  and  is  described  :  - 

Beginning  al  the  Southwesterly  corner  of  the  aforesaid  tract  of  land  granted  by  the  name 
of  Sandwich,  and  from  thence  run  Smith  one  mile  until  it  comes  to  |  or  upon  a  line  with]  the 
northerly  side  line  of  a  tract  of  land  called  Palmerstown,  or  New  Salem;  in  that  case  to  stop 
in  a  shorter  measure;  then  running  East  between  the  aforesaid  tract  called  Sandwich,  and  the 

said   Pal rstown  eight   miles,  then  turning  off  again  and  running  North  seven  miles,  then 

tnrning  off  again  at  right  angles  and  runs  West  two  miles  to  the  northeasterly  corner  of  the 
aforesaid  tract  called  Sandwich. 

First  Meeting  of  Proprietors. —  This  met  at  the  inn  of  Captain  Samuel 
Folsom,  in  Exeter,  April  1'h  17d4,  in  pursuance  of  a  notification  issued  by 
Samuel  Gilman,  Jr,  justice  of  the  peace,  en  March  22,  17d4.  and  duly  published 
in  the  New  Hampshire  Gazette.  Samuel  Gilman,  Jr,  Esq.,  was  chosen  moder- 
ator; Joseph  Gilman,  proprietors'  clerk;  Captain  Samuel  Folsom,  collector; 
Samuel  Gilman,  Jr,  Esq.,  Captain  Nathaniel  Folsom,  and  Captain  Samuel 
Folsom  were  chosen  a  committee  to  lay  out  the  township  of  Sandwich,  assess 
the  proprietors,  and  transact  all  affairs  for  bringing  forward  the  settlement  of 
the  township.  Lieutenant  Nicholas  Gilman  was  added  to  this  committee  at 
the  same  meeting,  and  Mr  Thomas  Parsons  was  later  added.  September  24, 
1T»')4,  the  committee  for  settlement  assessed  a  tax  of  twenty-five  pounds  on 
each  right  to  defray  the  charges  of  laying  out  the  town  and  establishing  its 
settlement.  In  1767  Mr  Enoch  Poor  was  substituted  on  the  committee  for  Mr 
Thomas  Parsons,  and  John  Phillips,  Esq.,  for  Samuel  Gilman,  Jr.  Esq. 

Extracts  from  Records.  — 1765.  At  a  Proprietors'  meeting  held  at  the  Inn  of  Samuel 
Poison),  in  Exeter,  October  29,  L765,  it  was  voted  to  give  Orlando  Weed,  of  Gilmanton,  for 
making  the  Seven  ftrsl  settlements  in  -aid  Sandwich,  Seven  hundred  acres  ol  Land  in  any  pari 
of  the  Town  he  shall  choose,  to  he  laid  out   in  one  Square  Body;   Seventy  pounds  Lawful 

Money;  and  Seven  Cows ;  on  the  following  Conditions,  Vi/.  lie  the  said  Orlando  W 1  is  to 

(dear  up  Forty  two  acres  of  Land,  to  Build  Seven  good  sufficient   Dwelling  Houses,  and  to 
Settle  Seven  Families  on  the  Premises  within  three  Years  I'r this  time,  there  to   remain   for 


646  History  op   Carroll  County. 


six  Fears.  <  me  half  of  the  above  Seventy  pounds  to  be  paid  in  Money,  and  the  other  half  to 
be  paid  in  Goods  :  one  hall  of  each  to  be  paid  when  he  has  Cleared  Twenty  one  Acres,  &  built 
Seven  Houses;  The  other  half  to  be  paid  when  he  has  Cleared  Twenty  one  Acres  more  and 
moves  "ii  Seven  Families,  at  the  same  time  the  Cows  are  to  be  delivered  to  him.  It  was  also 
voted  thai  any  eighl  of  the  proprietors  shall  have  200  acres  of  land  each  where  they  shall 
choose,  for  settling  in  the  same  time  and  manner  as  Mr  Weed;  that  the  first  one  to  thus  settle 
shall  have  the  flrsl  choice  of  lands,  and  if  more  than  one  appears  on  the  spot  at  the  same 
time,  then  they  are  to  draw  lots  for  their  choice,  lie  complied  with  the  conditions.  The  lot 
granted  him  included  the  farm  now  occupied  by  Charles  W.  Donovan,  and  other  lands  near 
••  Little  Pond."  It  was  further  voted  that  Captain  Josiah  Miles  be  a  proprietor  in  common,  for 
services  lie  has  done  the  Proprietors.  17G8,  Feb.  9.  —  The  Proprietors  taking  under  consider- 
ation the  absolute  necessity  of  speedily  settling  said  Township,  as  the  time  allowed  by  Charter 
is  Dearly  expired.  And  as  a  number  of  the  Proprietors  whose  Names  are  as  follows:  Nathaniel 
Folsom,  Esq1,  Capt"  Nicholas  Gilman.  Samuel  Folsom  Esq.  Mr  Enoch  Poor,  M1'  John  Mont- 
gomery, Daniel  Beede,  Esq.  &  Mr  Eliphalet  Hale ;  with  a  view  of  forwarding  the  settlement 
of  said  Township,  did  at  great  expence  in  the  Month  of  November  last  past,  carry  up  a  number 
of  men  to  said  Town,  and  there  Build  each  of  them  a  sufficient  Dwelling  House.  And  as  the 
abovenamed  Proprietors  now  appear  willing  to  perform  each  of  them  a  Settlement  in  said 
Township,  on  such  terms  &  conditions  as  appears  advantagious  to  the  Proprietors.  Wherefore 
Voted  That  each  and  every  of  the  abovenamed  Proprietors  be  and  hereby  are  entitled  to  the 
following  Lotts  of  Land,  viz;  each  of  them  a  Lott  containging  Fifty  Acres,  to  be  laid  out 
where  they  have  severally  Built  their  Dwelling  Houses;  And  each  of  them  a  Lott  of  Land 
containing  Two  Hundred  Acres,  in  any  part  of  said  Township  where  they  shall  choose, 
unless  such  Lott  should  be  chosen  before  and  a  return  thereof  made  to  the  Clerk;  each  of 
the  abovenamed  Proprietors  to  cause  his  lotts  to  be  laid  out  at  his  own  proper  Cost  and 
(  barge;  the  Lines  to  run  North,  South,  East  &  West.  The  above  mentioned  Fifty  Acre  Lotts 
&  Two  Hundred  Acre  Lotts  are  over  and  above  their  several  equal  Propriety  Rights  or  Shares 
in  said  Township.  And  that  each  of  the  abovenamed  Proprietors  shall  be  paid  Fifteen  pounds 
Lawful  Money  by  the  Committee  for  Settlement ;  winch  money  is  to  be  raised  by  an  equal  Tax 
on  the  Proprietors.  —  On  the  following  conditions,  viz.  That  they  the  abovenamed  Proprietors 
have  each  of  them  a  Family  now  settled  on  the  Premises;  &  that  they  and  each  of  them  will 
support  a  Family  on  the  Premises  for  Six  years  to  come,  reckoning  from  the  first  day  of 
November  last  past.  And  that  each  of  the  above  named  Proprietors  shall  for  himself  cause 
Six  Acres  of  Land  to  be  cleared  up  and  cultivated  on  each  of  the  Fifty  acre  Lotts  this  present 
year.  And  that  each  of  the  abovenamed  Proprietors  shall  cause  his  Lotts  to  be  laid  out,  and 
a  Pel  urn  made  thereof  to  the  Clerk  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  September  next  ensuing,  and 
if  any  neglect  the  same,  he  shall  lose  his  right  of  choice,  but  shall  lie  allowed  to  draw  for  the 
same  alter  the  Town  is  laid  out  into  Lotts.  And  that  each  of  the  abovenamed  Proprietors 
shall  give  a  Bond  in  the  sum  of  One  Hundred  pounds  Lawful  Money,  to  the  Committee  for 
Sell  lenient;  to  be  forfeited  to  the  Proprietors  on  failing  to  perform  the  several  Conditions 
abovementioned. 

Whereas  the  beforementioned  Proprietors  with  Capt  Josiah  Miles  compleat  the  number 
who  had  particular  encouragement  to  Settle  by  a  Vote  passed  October  29ti>  1765.  And  as 
there  now  appears  a  necessity  of  giving  encouragement  for  making  more  Settlements  in  said 
Town —  Voted  That  the  following  persons  Viz.  John  Phillips  Esqr,  Capt"  Nicholas  Oilman, 
Capt  Samuel  Folsom,  Daniel  Beede  Esq'  and  Mr  John  Montgomery  may  make  each  of  them, 
one  Settlement,  and  Major  Nathaniel  Folsom  &  Mr  Enoch  Poor  two  Settlements  each;  and  for 
each  Settlement  shall  be  and  hereby  are  intitled  to  a  Lott  of  Land  containing  Two  Hundred 
Acres,  in  any  part  of  said  Township  where  they  shall  choose,  (over  and  above  their  equal 
Rights  in  -aid  Town)  unless  -aid  Lotts  should  be  chosen  before  &  a  Return  thereof  made  to 
the  Clerk.  Each  of  the  abovenamed  Proprietors  to  cause  his  Lott  or  Lotts  to  be  laid  out  at 
his  own  cost;  the  Lines  to  run  parralel  with  the  Lines  of  the  Town;  and  cause  a  return 
thereof  to  be  made  to  the  Clerk  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  next  September.     And  if  any 


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neglect  the  same  tie  shall  lose  bis  right  oJ  choice,  bul  shall  be  allowed  to  dra^  for  the  same 
after  the  Town  shall  be  laid  oul  Into  Lotts;  Provided  thej  perform  the  following  Conditions 

viz  for  each  settlement   build  m  g I  sufficient   Dwelling  House,  <£   settle  a  Family  on  each 

Lott  a1  or  before  the  30th  of  nexl  Novem1  and  support  a  Family  on  the  premises  for  Sis 
STears  after  said  time ;  \mlihat  each  of  said  Proprietors  shall  for  each  settlement  cause  Sis 
Aires  of  Land  to  be  cleared  up  and  cultivated  on  each  Two  Hundred  Acre  Lott  In  the  Year 
1769.  At  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted  to  tax  each  proprietor  E7  10  I..  M.  -in  defray  the 
charge  of  set  tling  the  town." 

1768,  April  in.  Daniel  Beede  Esq.  was  allowed  t<>  make  another  settlement  in  the  manner 
as  the  other  -September  8th.  Josiah  Miles  makes  return  to  Joseph  Gilman,  proprietors' 
clerk,  of  bis  choice  of  two  hundred  acres  as  follows:  "Beginning  at  a  Stake  and  Stones  by 
the  North  side  of  Bear  Camp  river  so  called  ami  on  the  East  Dine  of  said  Township  from 
thence  running  west  160  rods  to  a  >take  and  3tones,  then  north  200  roil-  to  a  Btake  <&  stones 
Then  east  160  rods  to  a  stake  &  stones  standing  on  the  Town  Dine.  Then  South  by  the  Dine 
to  the  Bounds  first  mentioned." 

Houses  had  now  been  built  by  Nathaniel  Folsora,  Nicholas  Gilman,  Daniel  Beede,  Samuel 
Folsom,  Enoch  Poor,  and  perhaps  others.  These  all  settled  within  half  a  mile  from  a  line 
drawn  from  John  A.  Mar-ton'-  to  Paul  Went worth*s,  except  Josiah  Miles,  who  located  his 
land  on  bear-camp  Diver,  between  Isaac  I),  smiths  and  Langdon  G.  (lark's.  Eliphalel  Hale. 
John  Phillips,  and  John  Montgomery  located  families  about  the  same  time. 

At  a  legal  meeting  of  the  Proprietors  of  Sandwich  held  at  Exeter,  February  11,  1771, 
four  lots  of  one  hundred  shares  each  were  drawn  to  each  Proprietor's  share.  It  wa-  also 
voted  that  Lot  No.  Hi  in  the  seventh  long  Range  (lying  near  the  centre  of  the  Town)  be 
reserved  for  Town  Dots;  That  Dot  No.  1  in  the  first  lone,'  Range,  Dot  No.  1  in  the  sixth  long 
Range,  Lot  No.  is  and  Dot  No.  21  in  the  thirteenth  long  Range  he  reserved  for  the  incorpo- 
rated Society  lor  propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts;  That  Dot  No.  5  and  Lot  No.  7 
in  the  sixth  long  Range.  Dot  No.  17  and  Dot  No.  1!)  in  the  thirteenth  long  Range  he  reserved 
for  a  Glebe  for  the  Church  of  England;  That  Dot  No.  17  in  the  seventh  long  Range,  Dot  No. 
13  in  the  ninth  long  Range,  Dot  No.  It  in  the  tenth  long  Range,  and  Dot  No.  ID  in  the  eleventh 
long  Range,  he  reserved  for  the  first  settled  Minister  of  the  Town;  That  Dot  No.  11  in  the 
second  long  Range,  Lot  17  in  the  fourth  long  Range,  Dot  2!)  in  the  fifth  long  Range  and  Dot 
17  in  the  tenth  long  Range  he  reserved  for  the  benefit  of  a  school  in  the  Town. 

The  meeting  was  then  adjourned  to  Feb.  12,  1771,  when  it  was  voted  that  Onesiphorus 
Flanders  and  Klisha  <  lark  -hall  have  the  Lot  No.  5  in  the  third  Short  Range  to  he  divided 
between  them  according  to  quantity  and  quality.  Provided  they  and  each  of  them  clear  up 
live  acre-  of  land  and  build  each  of  them  a  sufficient  dwelling  House  on  said  Lot  at  or  before 
the  first  day  of  September  1772  and  abide  there  themselves  or  cause  some  other  sufficient 
persons  under  them  to  abide  there  for  and  during  the  term  of  five  years  after  building  said 
Houses;  That  Elias  Smith  Jum  shall  have  one  half  of  Lot  Xo.  l(i  in  the  third  long  Range 
to  be  divided  equally  for  quantity  <$  quality,  provided  lie  performs  a  settlement  in  the  same 
time  &  manner  that  is  voted  to  Onesiphorus  Flanders  ami  Elisha  Clark;  That  Elias  Ladd 
Junr  ami  John  Ladd  shall  have  Dot  No.  K)  in  the  third  long  Range  to  lie  divided  in  equal 
Shares  between  them,  provided.they  shall  perform  settlements  in  like  manner  as  the  above: 
That  Benjamin  Folsom  shall  have  one  half  the  Dot  No.  22  in  the  third  long  Range,  etc,  that 
is  with  the  same  conditions  as  those  before  mentioned;  That  Elias  Ladd  have  one  half  of 
l.ot  No.  11  in  the  fifth  long  Range  to  be  taken  oft' of  the  North  end  of  said  Lot.  Provided 
he  continues  to  dwell  on  the  same  with  his  Family  five  years  from  this  dale,  or  cause  a 
sufficient  Man  to  continue  on  the  same  for  the  Term  aforesaid  with  a  Family;  That  Josiah 
Dean  have  one  half  of  Lot  No.  17  in  the  fifth  long  Range  to  be  divided  according  to  quantity 
A  quality,  upon  the  same  conditions  as  the  half  Lot  is  voted  to  Elias  Ladd. 

The  next  article  in  the  warrant  was  " To  see  what   Lands  the  Proprietors  will  give  the 

Agents  for  Services  d •  the   Proprietors,"  and   it   was   Voted     -That   the   following   Dots  of 

Land  viz.  Lot  No.  1  in  the  twelfth  Range,  Lot  No.  1   in  the  eleventh  Range,  Lot    No.  1   in  the 


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tenth  K.uiuv  and  Lot  No.  12  in  the  seventh  Range  and  Lot  No.  30  in  the  first  Range  contain- 
in^  one  hundred  acres  each;  be  granted,  and  the  said  Lots  are  hereby  granted  Nathaniel 
Folsom  and  Nicholas  Gilraan  Esqe™  for  the  good  services  they  have  done  the  Proprietors 
in  Settling  the  Dispute  with  the  Purchasers  of  Masons  Patent;  and  defending  the  Proprietors 
in  a  number  of  actions  brought  against  the  Propriety;  That  Bagley  Weed  shall  have  the  Lot 
No  25  in  the  eighth  long  Range  of  Lots.  Provided  he  erect  two  sufficient  Dwelling  Houses 
and  Settle  two  Families  on  the  same  at  or  before  September  first  1772  and  cause  them  or  some 
other  Families  to  continue  on  the  same  for  Five  Years  after  settlement;  That  Mr  Enoch  Poor 
shall  have  the  one  half  part  of  Lot  No.  28  in  the  first  long  Range  to  be  divided  equally  for 
quantity  and  quality.  Provided  he  shall  perforin  the  settlement  in  the  same  manner  as  is 
voted  tor  Bagley  Weed  to  perform;  That  so  much  of  the  Proprietors  Land  be  sold  at  Publick 
Vendue  as  will  pay  the  Debts  due  from  the  Proprietors  to  particular  persons,  and  that 
Nathaniel  Folsom  and  Nicholas  Oilman  Esquires  be  a  Committee  for  that  purpose.  The 
meeting  was  adjourned  to  March  11,  1771,  and  then  it  was  voted  that  Daniel  Beede  Esq  Shall 
have  one  half  part  of  the  Lot  No.  9  in  the  second  long  Range  to  be  taken  off  the  Easterly 
side  of  said  Lot,  provided  he  shall  make  a  settlement  on  the  same,  or  any  one  of  his  own 
Lots  one  mile  Distant  from  any  other  Settler  in  said  Town  in  the  following  manner.  Viz 
That  he  clear  up  five  Acres  and  build  a  sufficient  Dwelling  House  at  or  before  the  first  Day 
of  September  1772  and  cause  some  able  and  sufficient  person  to  abide  there  constantly  for 
five  years  after  the  first  Day  of  September  1772. 

In  1769,  Daniel  Beede,  Surveyor,  laid  out  the  Lots  of  Land  in  Sandwich.  From  his  return 
we  extract  the  following:  "  Short  ranges.     These  are  divided  into  six  lots  each  range     *     * 

*  *  *  *  rpne  firS£  long  range  begins  at  the  west  end  of  the  Township,  about  eighty  rods 
north  from  Cusump  Pond,  and  runs  east  to  Tamworth  containing  thirty  Lots,  and  30  rods  in 
the  Lots  number  4,  5,  &  11  I  have  made  an  allowance  of  20  rods  each  for  Ponds,  the  Lots  are 
numbered  on  the  SE  corner  of  them  beginning  to  number  at  the  West  End  of  the  Range. 
The  Second  long  Range  begins  at  the  West  End  of  the  Township  and  runs  East  to  Tamworth 
containing  29  Lots ;  on  the  lot  20  I  have  allowed  li)()  rods  for  Red  Hill  Pond.  The  Third, 
Fourth  &  Fifth  long  Ranges  begin  at  the  West  End  of  the  Town  and  run  East,  containing  31 
lots  in  each.  The  Sixth,  Seventh  and  Eighth  Ranges  contain  30  lots  in  each  Range.  They 
begin  at  the  West  end  of  the  Town  and  run  East.  The  Ninth,  Tenth,  Eleventh,  Twelfth  and 
Thirteenth  Ranges  begin  at  the  East  end  of  the  Town  and  run  West.  The  ways  between  the 
ranges  are  three  Rods." 

1770,  Sept.  27.  —  Henry  Weed  returns  the  following  Lots  in  Sandwich  as  chosen  for  settle- 
ment by  him  &  his  Father,     the  second  &  third  Lots  in  the  first  short  Range. 

1774,  April  LI. —Voted  that  John  Philips,  Nathaniel  Folsom,  Nicholas  Gilman  &  Samuel 
Folsom  Esquires,  &  Mr.  Enoch  Poo'r,  they  or  the  major  part  of  them  be  a  Committee  to 
prosecute  Colonel  Jonathan  Moulton  and  any  other  person  or  persons  (not  holding  under 
Sandwich)  who  have  trespass'd  on  any  Lands,  within  the  Lines  thereof  to  final  judgment  and 
execution;  Also  —  That  the  above  Committee  be  impowered  to  make  ten  settlements  in  said 
Town  and  thai  they  have  live  hundred  acres  of  common  &  undivided  Land  in  said  Township 
for  said  number  of  Settlements,  or  the  same  proportion  of  Land  for  any  less  number  of 
Settlements  they  shall  cause  to  be  made,  each  Settler  to  build  a  sufficient  dwelling  house  & 
clear  up  &  cultivate  Six  acres  of  Land  and  abide  upon  the  premises  with  a  family  Six  years 
from  the  time  the  houses  are  built;  That  Elias  Ladd  have  the  whole  of  Lot  No.  11  in  the  fifth 
long  Range  being  the  Lot  on  which  he  is  settled. 

There  is  a  lapse  of  eight  years  in  the  records,  but  Joseph  Oilman  appears  as  the  Proprie- 
tor-' clerk  in  1782,  when  there  was  a  tax  of  three  hundred  pounds  levied  on  the  Proprietors. 

1784,  January  21.  —  Doctor  William  Parker  was  appointed  to  Draw  the  numbers  as  the 
Proprietors  names  shall  be  read  as  a  Lot  of  100  Acres  was  to  be  each  Proprietors  share.  1788. 
March  18.  —  Voted  that  the  Running  out  and  plotting  the  Township  be  completed  by  Daniel 
Beede  Esqr  who  was  originally  employed  lor  that  purpose;  and  that  he  is  allowed  Thirty 
Dollars  lor  performing  the  same,  he  taking  especial  care  that  the  Lines  be  well  Spotted.    1789, 


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July  13.  —  Voted  that  Josiah  Gilman  jr  be  Proprietor's  Clerk,  and  was  sworn  in  the  Meeting. 
L805,  November  1 1,  whs  probably  the  date  of  the  flrsl  meeting  of  the  Proprietors  in  Sandwich. 
This  was  "  hidden  al  the  dwelling  house  of  Nehemiah  Cram  Jr.  [nnholderin  Bald  Sandwich.'1 
Voted  thai  Ezekiel  French  Esq,  be  Moderator  oJ  this  meeting.  Voted  thai  .lame-  Otis 
Freeman  be  Proprietors  Clerk  and  was  sworn  by  Ezekiel  French,  Esqr.  1806  May  29. 
Ezekiel  French  Esqr,  Mr.  Nathan  Beede  and  A.sa  Crosby  F-.|r  were  appointed  :i  committee  i" 
ascertain  the  boundaries  of  Mrs.  Mary  Gilman's  land.  1809,  Dec.  13.  —  Proprietors'  meeting 
held  at  the  bouse  of  John  Puriugton,  innholder.  1810.  Nathaniel  French  chosen  Proprietors' 
clerk.  lsji;,  January  25.  -Meeting  railed  to  order  by  Samuel  Emerson;  .lames  French 
chosen  proprietors1  clerk.  Daniel  II oil  Ksq.  was  unpointed  ageni  lor  the  proprietors,  and  a 
meeting  was  held  at  his  house  in  Sandwich.  .March  L2,  1827,  at  which  time  David  Viltutn  was 
chosen  agent.     is^7,  December  11.  —  It  was  voted  that  all  the  Proprietary  estate  he  conveyed 

by  the  agents  to  Sandwich,   and  vested    in  stock  or   securities   until   the   sum   a int   to   live 

hundred  dollars,  or  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars.  This  sum  to  he  and  remain  a 
perpetual  fund  the  interest  of  which  shall  he  annually  appropriated  for  keeping  primary 
school-  for  instructing  the  youth  of  the  town  in  the  English  language,  reading,  writing, 
English  Grammar,  Arithmetic,  Geography  —and  such  other  branches  of  education  as  may  he 
required  by  the  laws  of  this  state,  etc. 

This  is  probably  the  last  meeting  of  the  proprietors,  and  the  following  is 
the  last  vote  recorded:  "That  on  the  acceptance  of  the  Town  of  the  fore- 
going vote  the  clerk  of  this  proprietary  lodge  their  book  of  records  with  the 
Town  Clerk  of  Sandwich  for  use  of  said  Town." 


CHAPTER   LVIII. 

Situation — Healthfulness  —  Scenery  —  Sandwich  D»me  —  Red  Hill  Pond  —  Wentworth 
Hill  —  First  Birth  —  Selectmen^  Return  in  1775  —  Some  Residents  in  1776  —  French  and 
Indian  War  —  Revolutionary  Soldiers  —  Early  Traders  —  Lower  Corner  —  Centre  Sandwich. 
1800-10  —  Business  Centres  —  Early  Industries  —  Physicians  —  Dentist  —  Mills  and  Manu- 
fact  ares  —  Merchants  —  Sandwich  Cattle  —  Freshets  —  Longevity  —  Summer  Boarding-houses, 
etc.  etc. 

SANDWICH  is  one  of  the  most  important  towns  of  Carroll  county  in 
many  ways.  Il  has  a  large  area;  its  population  was  from  the  first  a 
superior  one ;  it  has  kept  a  high  standard  of  education;  it  lias  sent  out 
many  sons  who  have  attained  high  positions  in  public  service  and  religions, 
Legal,  literary,  and  commercial  circles;  and,  although  away  from  the  various 
lines  of  railroads  and  thoroughly  an  inland  country  town,  it  has  much  to 
compensate  it  for  its  apparent  isolation.  It  lies  on  the  border  of  as  wild 
a  country  as  New   Hampshire  affords,  while  skirting  its  northern  boundary 


650  History  of  Carroll   County. 

is  that  chain  of  massive  mountains  —  the  Sandwich  range — which  gives  that 
peculiar  beauty  so  valued  by  the  summer  visitors.  From  these  mountains, 
and  even  smaller  heights,  most  inimitable  prospects  stretch  out,  including 
Squam,  Winnipiseogee,  and  a  thousand  impressive  features  whether  seen  in 
winter  or  summer.  An  able  writer  thus  speaks  of  the  attractions  of  the 
town:  — 

In  health-giving  properties  it  otters  the  purest  of  air,  clearest  of  water,  and  freshest 
of  fruits,  berries,  and  garden  products.  In  social  independence,  one.  is  delightfully  free 
without  being  isolated,  since,  however  much  alone  he  be,  he  skirts  the  best  of  social  life 
with  which  he  can  mingle  much  or  little  as  he  chooses.  In  wayside  beauties  it  offers, 
through  all  the  season,  the  most  tempting  array  of  hues  and  tints,  of  which  we  plucked 
in  a  single  week  ninety-seven  varieties  of  wild  flowers  in  blossom  by  the  roadside.  In 
cascade  adornment  it  boasts  of  Bear  Camp  and  Swift  rivers,  ranging  through  all  the  octaves 
of  beauty  and  grandeur,  from  the  delicate,  shimmering,  rock-bottomed  pool  to  the  roaring, 
foaming,  frantic  cataract.  In  lake  views  it  is  eminently  fortunate,  since  the  numerous 
accessible  summits  reveal  that  princess  of  lesser  lakes  —  Squam — than  which  no  sheet 
of  water  of  its  size  on  either  continent  is  more  lovely ;  its  wavy  shore  kissing  the  feet 
of  innumerable  hills,  while  a  hundred  long  and  slender  islands  seem  like  a  peace-born 
flotilla  sailing  upon  its  unruffled,  glassy  surface,  burnished  by  the  reflection  of  the  sky.  In 
mountain  scenery  its  location  is  perfect,  near  enough  to  no  mountain  to  reveal  its  ragged  sides 
and  coarse  features,  yet  near  enough  to  a  hundred  peaks  to  reveal  all  that  is  impressive  in 
their  loftyr  grandeur,  beautiful  in  their  idiosyncrasies,  or  tender  in  their  purple  tints  of  dawn 
and  mellow  twilight  shades.  We  are  at  one  of  the  foci  of  this  mountain  ellipse,  so  that 
without  the  excrescences  which  mar,  or  the  slightest  blur  of  indistinctness,  we  focus  all  that 
is  grand  and  beautiful  in  huge  Ossipee,  symmetrical  as  she  is  extended;  modest  Red  Hill, 
blushing  in  the  morning  sun;  the  coquettish  Sandwich  mountains,  smiling  first  upou  Squam 
and  then  upon  Little  Squam ;  rock-gray  Israel,  which  ought  to  be  as  high  as  his  neighbors, 
were  he  not  bent  with  the  weight  of  honors ;  sombre  Black  mountain,  arrayed  in  funereal 
shades;  stern  old  Whiteface,  bleached  with  rage  so  fierce  that  he  sometimes  spits  forth 
torrents  and  avalanches  in  his  wrath ;  gentle  Passaconaway  that  seems  to  whisper  quieting 
words  to  her  easily  enraged  neighbor,  and  isolated,  rock-crested,  high-headed  Chocorua. 

Sandwich  Dome.  —  [By  Judge  D.  H.Hill.]  The  highest  land  in  Carroll 
county  is  Sandwich  Dome.  If  this  earth  of  ours  could  be  seen  from  an 
altitude  above  the  highest  Asiatic  mountains,  it  would  not,  probably,  be  very 
interesting.  But  when  from  some  high  pinnacle  we  look  down  on  peaceful 
villages,  cultivated  towns,  and  lakes  outspread  like  sheets  of  silver  light,  then 
upward  to  gray  piercing  domes  of  granite,  calmly  reposing  in  their  native  skies 
where  they  have  stood  from  the  morning  of  creation,  the  view  is  often  appall- 
ing. Such  is  the  view  from  Sandwich  Dome.  Grafton  shares  with  Carroll  in 
this  mountain,  as  the  county  line  passes  over  it.  To  visit  Sandwich  Dome,  let 
the  day  be  in  mid-October,  and  the  steel-blue  sky  all  cloudless.  You  look  to 
the  north,  Osceola,  great  guardian  watcher  of  this  western  valley,  rises  solemnly 
from  out  the  wilderness  of  mountains.  You  look  to  the  east,  Whiteface  and 
Passaconaway,  and  the  unnamed  mountains,  death-struck  and  pale  in  the 
foliage  of  the   dying  year,  look   calmly  up   to   heaven  as  venerable    manhood 


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with  his  "head  and  beard  of  silver"  when  he  feels  stricken  1>\  the  Almighty's 
hand.  Yen  rarely  among  the  dark  forests  of  spruce  and  fir,  that  climb  mile 
above  mile  to  the  Ear  pinnacles  of  the  north,  some  dying  birch  or  maple  stands 
out  alone,  brilliant  as  the  "burning  bush"  that  Muses  saw.  Again,  al  far 
intervals  some  pale  beech  stands  alone  among  dark  evergreens,  like  an 
injured  spirit  that  walks  in  darkness.  You  look  away  to  the  unpeopled  moun- 
tains. Great  purple  ranges  rise  like  the  billowy  waves  of  ocean,  and  vanish  in 
the  dim  mystery  of  unclouded  distance.  Chocorua,  must  weird  of  mountains 
seems  yet  nunc  weird  in  its  lonely  isolation.  Scores  of  strange,  unknown 
mountains  rise  into  the  eni|it\  spaces  of  heaven,  looking  grimly  at  each  other 
across  untraveled  vales,  as  hostile  neighbors  only  commune  with  each  other 
across  bloody  chasms.  But,  look  yet  once  more  to  the  northeast.  Is  it  a 
vision  of  earth  or  heaven?  Is  it  some  wondrous  cloud  whose  base  rests  upon 
the  solid  earth,  but  rises  summit  above  summit,  pinnacle  above  pinnacle,  in 
towers  and  ridges  and  battlements  of  silver7  No,  there  is  no  evidence  of 
floating  clouds.  For  one  moment  the  thought  Hashes  on  you.  Is  it  the  City  oi 
God,  the  New  Jerusalem  let  down  from  heaven,  and  is  that  strange  whiteness 
her  light  like  stones  of  jasper?  Is  that  garnished  wall  her  foundation  of 
sapphire?  No,  these  great  glittering  pinnacles  of  the  north  are  none  other 
than  the  great  mountains  of  the  Presidential  range,  Washington  and  Adams 
and  Jefferson  and  Clay,  in  their  diadems  of  snow ;  while  all  other  earth  is  brown 
and  sere,  these  alone  have  caught  the  cold  Arctic  whiteness  of  the  profounder 
north,  and  seem  as  eternal  as  the  steel-blue  heaven  where  they  repose. 

/.'.  d  Hill  Pond.  —  This  pond  is  an  irregularly  shaped  body  of  water,  for 
which  the  old  town  surveyor  allowed  two  hundred  acres  of  surface.  Though 
situated  very  near  the  two  principal  villages  in  Sandwich,  it  is  so  completely 
shut  in  by  hills  and  woods,  that  it  is  not  probable  one  fourth  of  the  people  of 
the  town  have  even  seen  it.  The  woods  around  it  are  as  wild  as  they  were  one 
hundred  years  ago.  Pines,  rocks,  and  marshy  lowlands  mark  its  solitary 
shores;  in  the  summer  thousands  of  water-lilies  repose  on  its  tranquil  bosom, 
and  whoever  sails  over  it  on  a  summer  moonlit  evening  will  appreciate  Theodore 
Winthrop's  description  of  the  moonlit  waters,  and  the  boatman's  enthusiasm 
as  lie  glides  over  the  calm  lakes  of  Maine.  "Calm  never  could  have  been  so 
beyond  the  notion  of  calm."  "Stars  in  the  empyrean,  and  stars  in  the  still 
water,  winked  at  each  other  across  ninety-nine  billions  of  leagues,  as  uninter- 
ruptedly as  boys  at  a  boarding-school  table."  Again  the  voyager,  fearing  the 
paddle-stroke  might  break  the  mirrored  surface  of  the  water,  cried,  "  Gentlier, 
even  gentlier,  my  steersman.  Take  up  no  pearly  drop  from  the  lake,  mother  of 
pearliness,  lest  falling  it  sound  too  loudly,"  for  he  feared  "that  with  another 
dip  of  his  paddle,  he  should  shatter  the  thin  surface  and  sink  toward  heaven 
and  the  stars." 

Wentworth   Sill  in  Sandwich   is   the  highest  elevation  of  land  on  the  stage 


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road  from  West  Ossipee  to  Centre  Harbor.  From  it  the  mountain  scenery  is 
exceedingly  beautiful.  On  a  summer  evening  at  sunset  the  great  North  moun- 
tain chain  from  Sandwich  Dome  to  Chocorua,  as  it  stands  shadowy  and  grim 
against  the  burning  sky,  reminds  one  of  Byron's  description  of  sunset  along 
"the  Hills  of  Morea."  In  winter  the  scene  is  entirely  different.  In  the  cold 
bright  mornings  of  January,  each  distinct  peak  stands  clear  and  white  in  Arctic 
brilliance. 

First  Birth.  —  Traditions  disagree  on  this.  On  one  side  it  is  said  that 
Samuel  Page,  son  of  Jeremiah  Page,  was  the  first  male  child,  and  received  a  lot 
of  land  from  the  proprietors,  on  which,  when  he  grew  to  manhood,  he  began  a 
clearing  and  a  barn,  then  sold  to  Deacon  Mason,  in  the  possession  of  whose 
descendants  it  is  to-day.  The  first  birth  in  town  as  recorded  is  that  of  Hunkin 
Hilton,  son  of  Ien  Hilton  and  Abigail  his  wife,  born  April  29,  1769.  It  is  said 
that  Mrs  Hilton  was  the  first  white  woman  that  arrived  in  town  among  the 
settlers,  and  the  town  of  Exeter,  from  whence  she  came,  presented  her  with  a 
new  calico  dress  in  honor  of  that  fact. 

Selectmen's  Return  in  1775.  —  The  following,  aside  from  its  historic  worth, 
will  cause  a  smile  from  its  quaintness :  — 

Males  under  1(?  years  of  age 81 

Males  from  1G  years  of  age  to  50  not  in  the  Army 45 

All  males  above  50  years  of  age 9 

Persons  gone  in  the  Army 1 

All  females 109 

Negroes  and  slaves  for  life 00 

245 

The  number  of  firelocks  fit  for  use  in  Sandwich  is  27.  The  gunpowder  is  36  pounds,  which 
is  in  town  stock. 

Sandwich,  September  20,  1775. 

The  above  numbers  were  taken  carefully  by  us  in  pursuance  of  the  above  order. 

Joshua  Prescott,  \     Selectmen 
Mark  Jewell,        J  of  Sandwich. 

Sandwich.  September  20,  1775. 

Then  the  above  named  Joshua  Prescott  and  Mark  Jewell  made  solemn  oath  that  the  above 
numbers  by  them  subscribed  to  is  the  just  and  true,  Souls,  ages  and  firelocks  and  gunpowder 
found  in  Sandwich. 

Before 

Daniel  Beede,  Town  Clerk. 

Some  Resident*  in  1776.  —  John  Cook  gave  the  following  to  the  Reporter 
in  1884 :  — 

Nathaniel  Knowles  was  an  Englishman  and  lived  on  the  B.  F.  Fellows  place.  Richard 
Sinkler  was  grandfather  of  the  wife  of  John  Cook.  He  lived  where  Ebenezer  Tilton  lived. 
Jeremiah  Page  lived  on  •'  Page  Hill  "  near  George  Robinson's,  and  was  grandfather  of  Jere- 


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miahP.  Moulton.  David  Bean  lived  on  land  owned  by  Lawrence,  near  B.  I'..  Holt's.  I  hristo- 
pher  Tappan  was  grandfather  of  Stephen  Scribner  and  lived  <>m  the  Seribner  place.  Jonathan 
Page  is  buried  on  the  Enoch  Lewis  place.  John  Page  lived  where  Caleb  Mars  ton  now  lives. 
John  Prescotl  lived  on  the  Captain  French  place  and  was  brother  of  Joshua  Prescott,  who 
was  selectman  in  177.~>.    Colonel  Jacob  Smith  lived  on  the  ^.sahcl  Wallace  place  which  he  sold 

to  Captain  Paul  Wentworth  about   1812.     si m  Smith  lived  where  E.  D.  Gilinan  lives,  and 

was  father  <>c  Jeremiah  Cl •'«'  drover  .  Levi,  and  others.  Eliphalel  Maxfleld,  grandfather  <>r 
John  Cook,  lived  On  the  James  Webster  place  beyond  Enoch  Hoag's.  He  was  a  Freewill 
Baptist  minister  and  finally  moved  to  Sutton,  Vt.  Joseph  Hoil  lived  where  B.  B.  Hoit  now 
live-.  He  was  father  of  Genera]  Daniel  Hoil  ami  Ezekiel.  Thomas  Burleigh,  grandfather  <>i 
'I'Ik n uas  Burleigh,  of  Sandwich  Centre,  lived  where  Samuel  II.  Burleigh  now  lives.  Nathaniel 
Ethridge  was  grandfather  of  David  Ethridge  ami  Colonel  Samuel  Ethridge.  Benjamin 
Atkinson  was  the  father  of  Theodore   Atkinson,  a  Revolutionary  soldier.    John  Glidden  was 

killed  by  a  falling  tree  on  the  \.  II.   Burrows  adow.     Benjamin  Bean  was  the  lather  (>i 

Abraham  Bean  -  grandfather  of  Ezra  Gould,  and  lived  on  the  farms  of  Amasa  Horn  and  of 
the  late  Jacob  W.  Moulton.     Edward  Smith  lived  on  tlie  farm  adjoining  the  Tillotson  Pierce 

place.     Jeremiah  Hilton  lived  on  or  mar  the  J.  E.  Hilton   place,  and   was   father  of    HubartuS 

Hilton.    Mieah  Rice  was  grandfather  of  the  wife  of  the  late  Eli  Cook.    Joshua  Prescott,  the 

selectman  in  1775,  lived  on  the  M.  II.  Marston  Lewis  place.  Benjamin  Blanchard  lived  where 
.lames  B.  Blanchard  now  live-.  Josiah  Bean  lived  on  the  David  Merrill  place.  Edward  Wells 
lived  on  the  Enoch  Hoag  place.  Elias  I. add  lived  where  the  late  William  Taylor  died.  He 
was  a  man  much  inclined  to  delight  in  law -nits.  Xatt  Scribner  lived  near  where  Ira  Blackey 
now  lives.  One  of  the  daughters  of  Jacob  .Jewell,  the  minister,  became  the  wife  of  Captain 
John  Severance;  another  was  the  wife  of  Nathaniel  French,  brother  of  Ezekiel  French; 
another  was  the  wife  of  Eliphalet  Prescott.  Elder  Jacob  Jewell  must  have  heen  the  great- 
grandfather <>f  Sargent  F.  Severance.  He  preached  in  this  town  since  my  rememhrance. 
Benjamin  Scribner  lived  on  the  Isaac  Adams  place.  .Moses  Weed  was  father  of  the  late 
Thomas  Weed.  Nathaniel  Weed  lived  for  a  time  where  (iiles  L.  Moulton  now  lives,  and  died 
in  Tamw  orth. 

French  <nt<l  Indian  War.  —  Four  of  the  New  Hampshire  soldiers  in  this  war 
settled  in  Sandwich:  Stephen  Webster,  who  bought  his  freedom  from  captivity 
by  running  the  gauntlet,  and  in  his  hale  old  age  became  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution;   Benjamin  Atkinson,  Richard  Bryant,  and  Eliphalet  Maxfield. 

Revolutionary  Soldiers.  —  These  are  thus  given  by  Judge  David  H.  Hill: 
Theodore  Atkinson,  son  of  Benjamin  Atkinson:  Samuel  Thompson,  whose  son 
of  the  same  name  died  in  this  town  within  twenty  3rears  last  past;  Daniel 
Collins,  who  once  occupied  the  farm  now  owned  by  Calvin  Hoyt;  William 
Ferguson;  William  Page,  who  was  said  to  have  been  a  deserter,  and  thereby 
failed  to  obtain  a  pension  ;  Moses  Page,  grandfather  of  Dr  William  A.  Page, 
of  Centre  Harbor;  John  Watson,  grandfather  of  Calvin  Watson  and  Oliver 
Watson;  John  Kent,  lather  of  Jonathan  Kent  whom  many  remember  as  "the 
Major;'"  John  Marston,  fat  her  of  Elisha,  Caleb,  and  Hon.  Moulton  II.  Mar-ion: 
Andrew  McGaffey,  father  of  the  late  Neal  McGaffey  [he  was  wounded  at 
Bunker  Hill],  Weymouth  Wallace,  grandfather  of  Ira  T.  Wallace  [he  was 
shot  through  the  wrist  at  Bunker  Hill.  The  shock  caused  his  gnu  to  fall  front 
his  hands,  but  though  he  was  so  wounded,  his  ammunition  exhausted,  and  the 
charge  of  the  enenrj  sharp,  close,  and  incessant,  he  withstood  the  galling  lire 


654  History  of   Carroll  County. 

until  he  recovered  his  gun.]  ;  Stephen  Ethridge,  grandfather  of  Lewis  B. 
Ethridge,  and  his  brother  Nathaniel;  Eliphalet  Smith,  grandfather  of  the 
missionary,  B.  B.  Smith  [he  escaped  capture  by  receiving  the  kicks  and 
buffets  of  the  enemy  while  counterfeiting  death  in  such  a  manner  that  they 
believed  him  dead  and  left  him]  ;  Aaron  Quimby,  generally  known  as  Captain 
Aaron,  and  father  of  General  Johnson  D.  Quimby  ;  Daniel  Moulton,  grand- 
father of  Jacob  W.  Moulton;  Thomas  Burleigh  (uncle  of  Thomas  Burleigh, 
now  of  Sandwich  Centre)  ;  Andrew  Neally,  father  of  the  late  Amos  Neally ; 
Josiah  Bean,  whose  son,  Deacon  John  Bean,  will  be  remembered  by  the  older 
men  of  this  generation;  Simon  Mason,  grandfather  of  Amos  W.  Mason,  and 
who  lived,  it  is  said,  upon  the  same  place  ;  Ebenezer  Cook,  uncle  of  the  late 
John  Cook;  Stephen  Webster ;  John  Beede,  partner  in  milling  business  with 
Governor  John  Taylor  Gilman  ;  Simeon  Smith  (a  half-brother  of  the  late 
Jeremiah  Smith  the  drover)  ;  Elias  Smith,  once  a  blacksmith  and  axe  manu- 
facturer ;  Samuel  Moulton,  who  during  the  war  embarked  on  the  ocean  and 
never  returned;  Jeremy  Hilton,  uncle  of  the  late  John  H.  Hilton. 

In  1787  a  distressing  and  very  dangerous  sickness  called  the  "putrid  fever" 
continued  for  nearly  the  whole  year.  One  twentieth  of  the  population  died, 
and  about  one  seventh  of  the  remainder  were  sick. 

Early  Traders.  —  Sandwich  Centre  and  Sandwich  Lower  Corner  were 
places  of  considerable  trade  about  1800. 

Earlier,  a  man  named  Atwood  traded  at  Sandwich  Centre  on  the  site  now 
occupied  by  Oliver  E.  Lowell.  He  is  said  to  have  been  succeeded  by  Jonathan 
Farrar,  who  in  his  turn  was  succeeded  by  General  Daniel  Hoit,  who  carried  on 
an  extensive  business  for  nearly  half  a  century. 

After  the  death  of  Benjamin  Burley  (who  started  the  first  store  in 
Sandwich  at  the  Lower  Corner),  Daniel  Little  came  there  from  the  region 
of  Campton  as  a  storekeeper.  He  had  one  son,  Albert  Little,  who  lived  to 
maturity  and  settled  near  Boston.  His  widow,  who  was  a  Nichols,  afterwards 
married  Jeremiah  Furber,  who  succeeded  Mr  Little  as  a  merchant  for  awhile. 

Paul  Wentworth  extensively  engaged  in  trade  at  Sandwich  Lower  Corner 
for  many  years,  was  successful  in  business,  and  became  a  leader  in  politics  and 
in  business.  He  and  General  Daniel  Hoit  held  leading  positions  in  business,  in 
polities,  and  in  matters  of  social  reform,  acquired  reputations  more  than  local, 
and  became  prominent  in  the  county  of  Strafford  and  in  the  state. 

At  North  Sandwich  Aaron  Beede,  son  of  that  Daniel  Beede  who  was  the 
ancient  proprietor  of  that  ridge  of  land  extending  from  Leander  Pierce's  to 
Durgin's  mills,  was  engaged  in  trade,  and  was  succeeded  by  a  Mr  McCrillis, 
who  in  turn  was  succeeded  by  Asa  Quimby  and  Joseph  L.  Quimby. 

Early  Postmasters.  —  Elisha  Hanson  was  postmaster  as  early  as  1816.  He 
kept  the  office  in  his  dwelling-house  now  occupied  by  William  M.  Weed,  his 
son-in-law.     The  entrance  was  fronting  the  Furber  house,  and  close  to  the  door 


Town   of   Sandwich.  i  ;;,.-, 


on  tlic  Left-hand  side  was  Mr  Hanson's  private  desk,  on  the  top  of  which  was 
the  case  containing  once  a  week's  horseback  mail  from  Dover.  There  was  no 
other  postoffice  in  town.  About  L826  Mr  Hanson  gave  up  the  postoflSce  to 
Jeremiah   Furber,  who  had  opened  a  stoic  directly  across  the  road  from   Mr 

Hanson's  house.  In  1829  Daniel  Weed  Vittum,  a  clerk  in  Paul  Went  worth's 
store,  was  appointed.  Not  long  after  postoffices  were  established  at  the  Centre 
and  North. 

Judge  Nathan  Crosby  gives  this  reminiscence  of  the  Lower  Corner  as  it 
was   iii   the  early    pari    of  the  century:  — 

our  neighbors  at  the  lower  end  of  the  town  were  very  plea-ant  farmers;  two  Webster 
brothers,  William  ami  Hezekiah,  Nathaniel  Hubbard,  our  early  town  potentate,  the  Weeds, 
and  Beedes;  bul  after  our  removal  to  Hie  Judge  Beede  farm,  in  1805,  we  found  people  of 
more  culture,  and  a  village  of  men  of  business  and  craft -men.  Mr  Daniel  Little,  a  youn°- 
trader,  from  Newburyport,  Mass.,  who  married  a  Miss  Nichols,  of  Portland.  Maine,  was  the 
then  principal  storekeeper  in  town;  John  Purinton,  a  hatter,  who  married  Judge  Beede's 
daughter;  Timothy  Badger,  saddle  and  harness  maker,  who  married  a  daughter  of  Mr 
Hubbard;  Ezekiel  French,  Esq.,  clerk  of  the  proprietors  of  the  town,  with  a  large  farm; 
Benjamin  Scribner,  a  Quaker,  owner  of  a  large  farm;  Elijah  Hanson,  who  married  a 
daughter  of  Scribner,  early  a  man  of  money,  and  a  farmer  of  great  taste  in  care  of  his 
smooth  acres  and  tine  cattle;  there  were  also  a  silversmith  and  a  tailor,  a  lawyer  and 
doctor;  one  schoolhouse,  but  no  meeting-house  nor  blacksmith's  shop.  Mr  Little  had  a 
large  farm  in  front  of  the  village,  Benjamin  Scribner  and  Esquire  French  on  the  east, 
father  on  the  west.  The  Little  and  Hanson  houses  remain;  the  Scribner,  Purinton,  and 
Yarney  dwellings  have  been  blotted  out.  The  Beede  house  (my  father's)  remains,  modern- 
ized into  the  Wentworth  man-ion,  occupied  by  members  of  the  Captain  Paul  Wentworth 
family,   who  succeeded  my   father  in  the  ownership. 

Centre  Sandwich,  1800-10.  —  The  first  house  in  the  village,  entering  it  from 
the  north,  was  that  now  owned  by  Charles  F.  Burleigh.  This  was  built  by  Dr 
Cook  about  1806  (or  near  that  time),  and  here  he  lived  and  practised  his  pro- 
fession, lie  owned  the  laud  where  now  stands  the  Dr  White  house,  the  D.  H. 
Hill  house,  the  B.  B.  Locke  house,  and  where  is  now  the  Freewill  Baptist 
cemetery.  The  only  house  in  that  part  of  the  village  was  the  Dr  Cook  house. 
William  Ferguson's  house  stood  near  where  is  now  Caleb  M.  Quimby's  black- 
smith shop,  and  the  house  of  Samuel  Ambrose,  near  the  building  so  long 
occupied  by  .lames  M.  Smith.  Samuel  Ambrose  built  the  Thomas  Burleigh 
house  not  far  from  1806.  George  W.  Mann's  house  was  then  standing  and 
bore  marks  of  considerable  age.  It  is  claimed  by  some  to  be  the  oldest  house 
now  standing  in  Sandwich.  There  was  also  an  old  house  standing  where  now 
is  the  General  Hoit  house  which  was  built  about  1810.  An  orchard  about 
twenty  rods  long  by  eight  in  width  extended  from  the  corner  of  the  street  by 
the  Sandwich  House  to  the  dwelling  of  M.  H.  Marston.  There  was  an  old 
store  standing  where  Smith  Brothers  now  trade,  and  there  was  no  other  build- 
ing on  that  street  between  the  store  just  named  and  the  place  where  Charles 


656  History  of   Carroll  County. 

Blanchard's  stoic  stands  except  one  house,  where  William  A.  Heard's  buildings 
are,  owned  by  a  man  named  Warren.  From  Charles  Blanchard's  store  a 
narrow  road  extended  toward  Sandwich  Lower  Village,  through  a  growth  of 
ancient  pines,  there  being  no  house  or  other  building  nearer  than  the  Cyrus 
Beede  gristmill,  which  stood  near  the  old  tannery  site;  a  little  further  on  stood 
the  Stephen  Beede  house,  which  even  then  bore  marks  of  considerable 
antiquity,  and  now,  in  its  forsaken  gloominess,  tells  no  tale  of  the  many 
intellectual  conversations  held  within  its  hospitable  walls. 

Business  Centres.  —  In  the  first  days  of  the  settlement,  an  embryo  city  was 
formed  at  Squam  Lake.  Governor  Gilman  and  John  Beede  conducted  large 
lumbering  operations;  mercantile  establishments  and  other  concomitants  of 
business  gathered  there,  and  promised  a  long  lease  of  life.  The  opening 
of  the  county  road  to  Thornton  through  Sandwich  notch  in  1801  changed 
the  course  of  events.  This  road  soon  became  a  thronged  highway,  and  a 
main  thoroughfare  for  Coos,  Upper  Coos,  and  Vermont  farmers  to  convey 
their  products  to  Portland.  The  mills  on  Red  Hill  river  at  the  Beede  place 
attracted  the  formers  of  the  new  village,  and  Centre  Sandwich  was  the  result. 
The  advent  of  railroads  put  an  end  to  the  long  caravans  of  red  sleighs  and 
wagons,  but  the  Centre  still  keeps  its  existence,  and  the  city  on  Squam  only 
lives  in  tradition.  The  Lower  Corner  was  the  staid  aristocratic  village  of 
oldtime  New  England  character.  The  academy,  a  Congregational  church, 
several  branches  of  industry,  several  mercantile  houses,  at  one  time  three 
lawyers'  offices,  etc.,  gave  life  and  vivacity  to  its  proceedings.  The  village  is 
now  a  staid  country  corners.  Arven  Blanchard's  store,  Sandwich  postoffice, 
the  Reporter  printing-office,  the  law-offices  of  W.  M.  Weed  and  Paul  Went- 
worth,  and  one  or  two  mechanics'  shops  constitute  its  life.  Three  or  four 
homes  of  elegance  still  keep  its  aristocratic  reputation. 

Early  Industries.  —  Captain  Samuel  Ambrose  was  a  blacksmith  in  Sand- 
wich at  an  early  day  (1802).  He  once  lived,  it  is  said,  where  John  Cook 
lately  lived  but  was  advised  by  his  father,  Colonel  Ambrose,  of  Moulton- 
borough,  to  change  his  location  to  Sandwich  Centre,  for  there  would  be  the 
future  village.  About  1808  there  was  on  the  "Brown's  mill  site,"  now  owned 
by  Frank  Plumer,  a  gristmill,  sawmill,  and  iron  foundry,  owned  by  Dr  Jacob 
Webster.  Cyrus  Beede  owned  the  Adams  gristmill  at  Sandwich  Centre. 
Elijah  Beede  owned  a  gristmill  and  sawmill  near  where  George  Prescott  now 
lives.  Dr  White  owned  a  gristmill  and  sawmill  built  by  his  father-in-law, 
Ezekiel  French,  on  Red  Hill  river,  southerly  from  Sandwich  Lower  Corner. 
Weed's  mill  was  owned  by  Henry  Weed,  an  ancestor  of  W.  M.  Weed,  one  of 
the  fust  millmen  in  this  vicinity.  This  mill  was  long  continued  and  had  an 
extensive  patronage. 

Clothing  manufacture  and  cloth-dressing  acquired  considerable  importance. 
Stephen  Fellows,  and  afterwards  Asa  Fowler,  had  a  clothing  establishment 


Town   of  Sandwich.  657 


;it  Weed's  mill ;  John  Folsom  carried  on  the  same  business  al  Durgin's  mill; 
Augustine  Blanchard,  and  previously  his  father,  carried  on  quite  an  extensive 
clothing  business.  There  were  mills  at  Sandwich  Centre,  at  <  ross'  mill,  and  at 
Easl  Sandwich,  near  the  Mark  Huntress  place.  The  first  tannery  is  thought 
to  have  been  carried  on  by  a  Mr  Ladd  on  the  Gilmau  Moulton  place.  He  had 
his  residence  and  a  store  on  the  Dale   place.      Afterwards    Enoch    Hoag   carried 

on  the  same  business  on  the  place  now  owned  ly  Ira  Wallace.     His  son  James 

followed  him.  and   Elisha   Marston  learned  the  business  of   -lames. 

Physicians.  —  Dr  Asa  Crosby  came  here  about  1787,  locating  at  Cram's 
Corner,  which  Judge  Crosby  describes  as  at  the  junction  of  the  road  from 
Moultonborough   to  Tamwortb    and    from    Little's   Corner  to  Tamworth.      Dr 

Crosby  met  here  a  surgeon  who  was  located  in  Sandwich.  I  lis  name  was 
[ngalls  Kittredge.  The  two  became  great  friends  and  students.  Kittredge 
instructing  Crosby  in  surgerj  and  Crosby  teaching  Kittredge  medicine.  After 
a  thorough  interchange  of  information  Dr  Crosby  paid  Kittredge  a  satisfactory 
amount  for  his  practice  and  he  left  Sandwich.  Dr  Crosby  built  up  a  large 
and  opulent  practice,  lived  later  on  Wentworth  hill,  was  town  clerk,  select- 
man, representative,  and  a  prominent  factor  in  society  for  many  years.  His 
sons  were  men  of  extended   reputation. 

About  1805  came  Dr  Lot  Cook  from  Temple,  whose  brother,  Joel  Cook, 
had  lived  here  from  boyhood.  He  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  character 
and  ability  —  quite  a  politician,  a  warm  adherent  of  President  Jefferson,  and 
contributed  as  far  as  he  was  able  to  recover  the  town  from  its  former  adher- 
ence to  the  administration  of  John  Adams.  Dr  Cook  was  in  practice  until 
his  death  in  1819. 

Dr  Moses  Hoyt,  born  in  1773,  began  life  as  a  physician  in  Ossipee,  later 
was  in  practice  at  Dimon's  Corner  in  Wolfeborough,  and  in  1812  removed 
to  Sandwich,  where  he  was  resident  until  his  death  in  1863.  He  was  father 
of  Aaron   Beede   Hoyt,  and  a  man   of  consideration. 

About  181  i *  Dr  Charles  White  commenced  practice.  He  was  here  about 
thirty-six  years,  and  died  in  1855,  worn  out  by  immense  professional  la  hoi-. 
at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years.  In  a  very  high  sense  lie  was  what  is  termed 
••a  family  physician."  Personally  he  was  a  positive  man,  sharp  in  his  opposi- 
tion, exceedingly  strong  in  his  friendship,  and  so  decided  in  the  expression 
of  his  opinion  that  none  could  doubt  his  meaning.  From  1825  to  nearly  L850 
he  had  a  very  extensive  practice.  lie  was  a  man  of  genial  humor,  had  a  very 
keen  sense  of  the  ludicrous,  and  few  men  were  so  generally  familiar  with  the 
great  masters  of   British  eloquence. 

Dr  Andrew  J.  McFarland  was  at  Sandwich  Lower  Coiner  from  1838  to 
1844.  He  left  while  his  reputation  as  a  physician  was  growing  in  favor,  soon 
became  connected  with  different  asylums  for  the  insane,  and  has  occupied 
such   positions  of  trust  as  indicate   high   reputation. 


658  History  of   Carroll  County. 

Dr  James  Norris,  who  for  fourteen  years  of  his  early  medical  life  was  in 
the  United  States  naval  service,  first  began  practice  in  treating  the  wounded 
of  one  of  the  great  naval  battles  of  1812,  at  Portland.  His  commission  as 
surgeon  soon  came  to  him  unsought.  After  retiring  from  the  navy  he  settled 
in  Sandwich.  His  practice  did  not  extend  through  many  years,  but  he  was 
reputed   to  be  a  physician  of  thorough  learning. 

A  Dr  Shannon  was  at  the  Lower  Corner  sometime  in  the  "forties." 

Dr  Thomas  J.  Sweatt  came  about  1<S43  and  succeeded  Dr  McFarland, 
locating  for  some  years  at  the  Lower  Corner,  then  moving  to  the  Centre.  He 
was  a  physician  of  preeminent  ability,  one  of  the  leading  ones  in  the  county, 
vet  his  success  arose  more  from  his  rare  capacity  of  reading  disease  at  sight 
than  from  study  of  medical  authorities  or  personal  diligence.  He  was  success- 
ful and  popular  as  a  medical  man;  his  presence  in  a  sick-room  carried  health 
with  it;  yet  his  unfortunate  habit  of  intemperance  stood  in  the  way  of  the 
eminence  lie  might  have  attained.      He  removed  to  Rochester  in  1873. 

Rev.  William  Hewes,  M.D.,  was  located  at  Centre  Sandwich  in  1817-48 
as  a  Methodist  clergyman  and  also  practised  medicine.  In  1850  Dr  George 
Sanborn  and  Dr  Tristram  Sanborn,  rivals,  located  at  the  Centre.  George 
removed  to  Meredith  in  1855,  dying  there  in  1888,  and  Tristram  died  of 
consumption  after  a  few  years'  practice. 

Dr  Ingalls  came  from  Dover  to  the  Centre,  remained  a  few  years  only. 

Dr  Emerson  was  a  resident  of  the  Centre,  enjoying  a  fair  support  from 
1855  to  about  1865,  when  he  removed  to  Lynn,  Mass. 

Dr  John  Blackmer  succeeded  Emerson  and  was  here  seven  years.  He  was 
prominent  in  temperance  work,  was  candidate  for  governor  on  prohibition 
ticket,  and  is  now  a  candidate  for  the  same  office  in  Massachusetts  on  the 
same  ticket. 

Dr  Joseph  Huntress,  a  physician  of  fine  education,  who  was  a  surgeon 
in  the  United  States  army  before  and  during  the  great  Rebellion,  and  who, 
earlier  than  that,  had  built  up  a  large  practice  in  the  town  of  Tamworth, 
came  to  Sandwich  in  1873.  He  was  a  professional  man  of  great  ability  and 
soon  had  a  large  and  successful  practice  in  Sandwich  and  among  his  old 
patrons  in   Tamworth.     He  died  early  in  1884. 

Dr  Geary,  now  of  Ashland,  was  here  a  short  time  a  few  years  ago.  He 
was  followed  by  Dr.  J.  A.  Presby,  who  soon  went  to  Salem,  Mass.  In  1883 
came  Dr  F.  S.  Lovering,  succeeding  Presby.     He  remained  about  four  years. 

Dr  Enoch  Q.  Marston,  a  native  of  Sandwich  (son  of  Elisha6),  graduated 
at  Harvard  Medical  School  in  187(5,  began  practice  immediately  at  Tewksbury 
(Mass.)  almshouse;  in  1877  went  to  Worcester,  first  as  physician  at  the 
asylum  lor  chronic  insane,  afterwards  (1878-80)  at  Worcester  Lunatic  Hospi- 
tal. From  1880  to  1884  he  was  in  practice  at  Lawrence.  He  returned  to 
Sandwich  in  1884  and  is  now  in  practice.  He  is  a  man  of  extensive  reading, 
with  a  passion  for  old  and  rare  books,  of  which  he  has  a  fine  collection. 


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Dr  Ervin  Wilbur  Hodsdon,  a  native  of  Ossipee,  son  of  Edward  I'.  Hods- 
don,  was  educated  al  Phillips  Exeter  Academy  and  Washington  University, 
St  I. Wilis;  studied  medicine  at  Si  Louis  Medical  College,  graduating  March  I, 
L884.  He  was  then  Eor  fourteen  months  an  assistant  in  Si  I  .on  is  City  Hospital, 
after  which  he  located  in  Dover,  N.  II.,  Eor  practice.  He  remained  there  until 
October,  1887,  when  he  removed  to  Centre  Sandwich,  where  he  is  fasl  making 
friends  and  building  up  a  good  practice. 

Dr  Aaron  M.  Howe,  Thompsonian,  was  at  the  Centre  a  few  years  prior  to 
1850.     His  office  Btood  near  tlic  site  of  W.  A.  Heard's  residence. 

Rev.  Harrison  N.  Hart,  m.d..  sun  of  John  and  Mary  C.  (Gilman  )  Hart,  was 
born  in  Sandwich,  June  28,  1830.  He  was  educated  at  common  and  high 
schools,  and  early  studied  medicine.  He,  however,  was  drawn  in  another 
direction,  and  in  L856  became  a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  Conference 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  filled  pastorates  in  Hinsdale  and  Manches- 
ter, and  supplied  other  pulpits  for  some  years.  His  health  failing,  he  engaged 
in  the  shoe-trade  in  Centre  Sandwich  Eor  five  years  in  the  "-sixties."  For  the 
last  fifteen  years  he  was  in  the  homoeopathic  practice  of  medicine  here  until  his 
death.  August  1,  1889.  His  sole  surviving  child,  Elmer  B.,  is  the  present 
(  L889)  efficient  and  courteous  town  clerk. 

About  Is4i*>-I7  Dr  Simeon  I).  Buzzell  was  located  at  North  Sandwich.  A 
Dr  Moody  was  also  here  a  few  months  some  time  later. 

Dr  William  A.  Page,  of  Centre  Harbor,  established  a  ten  years'  residence 
at  North  Sandwich  in  1855,  had  a  good  patronage,  but. returned  whence  he 
came. 

Dr  Wilbur  Fisk  Sanborn,  a  native  of  Sandwich,  a  graduate  of  Harvard 
Medical  School,  after  a  successful  practice  of  five  years  in  the  insane  asylums 
of  Concord  and  Somerville  (Mass.),  came  back  to  his  parents'  home  in  North 
Sandwich  in  1880,  and  opened  an  office,  lie  soon  became  widely  and  favor- 
ably known,  was  a  skilful  and  sympathetic  physician,  and  was  fast  building  up 
a  wide  practice.  The  work  of  a  country  practitioner  was  too  exhausting  for  a 
delicate  constitution,  and  he  died  much  regretted,  March   14,   L884. 

Dr  A.  H.  Harriraan  succeeded  Dr  Sanborn,  remaining  until  1887. 

Dr  Horace  .1.  Binford  was  born  in  Chatham,  December  27,1856,  commenced 
his  medical  studies  February  20,  1882,  under  the  instruction  of  Dr  I).  Lowell 
Lamson,  of  Fryeburg,  Maine,  attended  the  full  course  of  lectures  at  Dart- 
month  Medical  School  in  1883,  entered  the  University  of  Vermont,  November 
6,  1884,  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  June  i!'.'.  1885.  He  was 
located  as  a  physician  at  Mexico,  Maine,  from  January  19,  L886,  until  Novem- 
ber 1.  1XN7,  when  he  came  to  North  Sandwich  and  began  practice. 

George  N.  French,  a  native  of  Sandwich,  studied  medicine  and  became  a 
physician.  He  relinquished  this  profession  to  enter  the  United  States  service, 
and  was  after  the  war  appointed  to  a   clerkship   in    the   United  States  treasury 


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department  at  Washington.  He  now  holds  a  responsible  position  in  the  same 
branch  of  service,  is  one  of  the  oldest  officials,  and  takes  rank  as  one  of  the 
must  efficient.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known  of  the  sons  of  Sandwich  residing 
.miside  her  limits.  He  is  much  interested  in  the  town  and  is  liberal  to  her 
enterprises. 

Dentist.  —  Dr  Samuel  Beede  Wig-gin,  born  in  Sandwich,  was  educated  at 
the  Friends"  School,  Providence,  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  and  Amherst 
College.  His  dental  education  was  acquired  in  Boston,  and  after  fully  mas- 
tering the  science  of  the  profession,  he  established  himself  as  a  dentist  in 
Centre  Sandwich  in  1876,  and  has  been  in  practice  most  of  the  time,  and  is 
now  permanently  located  there.  He  has  been  much  in  public  business  and 
honored  with  public  trusts,  and  was  register  of  probate  from  1876  to  1879. 

Mills  and  Manufactures. —  Levi  H.  Smith  has  a  saw  and  shingle  mill,  with 
cider-mill  connected,  on  Montgomery  brook,  between  Centre  Sandwich  and 
Chick's  corner,  about  one-half  mile  east  of  the  latter  place.  Gilman  &  Hoyt 
now  lease  the  "  Carter  mill  "in  Sandwich  notch,  and  manufacture  dimension- 
timber  and  shingles  (water-power).  Samuel  H.  Dorr  has  a  sawmill  on  Red 
Hill  river  at  Centre  Sandwich  which  does  some  business.  This  mill  was  built 
nearly  a  half-century  ago,  is  an  up-and-down  mill,  occupies  the  site  of  the 
second  mill  in  town,  and  is  the  only  one  that  to-clay  stands  on  an  original  site. 
The  heirs  of  Isaac  Adams  now  own  the  gristmill  on  Red  Hill  river  near  the 
Centre.  It  has  three  runs  of  stone,  and  was  built  to  succeed  one  burned  about 
twenty  years  ago. 

Nicholas  M.  Bean  and  son,  Lorenzo  D.,  have  an  up-and-down  sawmill  on 
Bear  Camp  river  about  half  a  mile  from  North  Sandwich.  They  produce 
boards  and  shingles.  At  the  outlet  of  Bear  Camp  pond  Charles  Follet,  of 
Tamworth,  does  the  largest  manufacturing  business  of  any  water-mill  in  town 
in  dimension-timber,  boards,  shingles,  laths,  etc.  Frank  Plummer  has  a  shingle 
and  cider  mill  on  the  site  of  the  old  Brown's  mill  on  Bear  Cam})  river  about 
one  mile  above  Bean's  mill.  Joel  Page  manufactures  excelsior,  hoe-handles, 
and  spool-stock  on  the  site  of  the  old  Weed's  mill  at  North  Sandwich.  He  is 
doing  quite  an  extensive  business.  Larkin  W.  French  has  a  shingle-mill  about 
half  a  mile  below  Page's  on  Swift  river.  He  also  gets  out  considerable  spool- 
stock.  R.  B.  Durgin  has  a  mill  below  French's  where  he  makes  salt-box 
shooks  and  has  done  some  business  in  excelsior.  Herbert  I).  Chilson  has  a 
steam-mill  (forty  horse  -  power)  on  the  east  bank  of  McGaffey  river  on 
YYhiteface  interval.  He  does  custom  sawing,  and  produces  dimension-timber, 
hoards,  square-timber  and  laths.  Employs  in  the  winter  from  twenty-five  to 
thirty  men.  Production  about  10,000  per  day.  An  old  up-and-down  mill 
owned  and  operated  for  many  years  by  William  Heddle  is  situated  at  the 
upper  end  of  Bennett  street,  under  Black  mountain. 

John  A.  Marston  &  Son,  near  the   Centre,  have  built  up  quite  a  successful 


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business  in  manufacturing  verbena  baskets  with  "Marston's  patent  handle." 
To  this  they  have  added  thai  of  pansy  and  verbena  baskets,  and  put  in  a  small 
engine  in  L888.  Frank  K.  Pierce  commenced  the  canning  of  nun.  tomatoes, 
and  other  vegetables  in  lss|  a1  North  Sandwich,  and  his  business  has  assumed 
Large  proportions. 

Sandwich  Savings  Bank  was  incorporated  in  L872.  [ts  office  is  in  the  store 
of  E.  M.  Heard.  The  president  is  Hon.  Moulton  II.  Marston ;  the  treasurer 
is  Edwin  M.  Heard.  .Mr  Heard  is  a  social  gentleman  of  popularity  and 
business  ability,  and  the  hank  is  one  of  the  solid  institutions  of  the  county. 

Hotels.  -  The  oldtime  hostelry,  the  Sandwich  House,  has  been  under  the 
proprietorship  of  Henry  S.  Dorr  for  the  past  two  years.  He  is  making  many 
improvements;  has  a  tennis  court;  and  the  house  is  pleasantly  located.  The 
rooms  are  large  and  airy,  and,  during  the  summer,  accommodate  numerous 
guests. 

The  Maple  House,  Thomas  E.  Burleigh,  proprietor,  and  Pleasant  House, 
kept  by  J.  C.  Burleigh,  are  also  open  during  the  year.  The  Maple  House  is 
a  favorite  resort. 

The  principal  tradesmen  are:  Charles  Blanchard,  E.  M.  Heard,  F,  M. 
Smith  &  Co.,  merchants,  Centre  Sundtcich  ;  Arven  Blanchard,  merchant,  and 
Charles  E.  Blanchard,  Reporter  hook  and  job  printing-office,  Sandwich  Lower 
Corner ;  Alvah  Webster,  N.  W.  Mason,  merchants.  North  Sandwich. 

The  Sandwich  Cattle.  —  In  the  first  quarter  of  this  century  a  very  noted 
race  of  cattle  were  bred  here.  They  had  the  height  and  length  of  the  Dur- 
hains,  but  not  their  thickness,  symmetry,  or  short  horns,  and  were  large-boned, 
coarse,  and  mostly  red  in  color.  It  is  conjectured  that  they  were  descendants 
of  the  first  cattle  brought  into  New  Hampshire.  These  came  in  1634  from 
Denmark,  were  of  large  size,  yellowish  in  color.  This  stock  existed  pure  in 
the  west  of  Maine  until  1820.  The  oxen  were  famous  for  size  and  strength. 
About  1800,  General  Derby  imported  a  deep-red  bull  from  Holland  to  London- 
derry. If  the  Sandwich  breed  came  from  a  crossing  of  these  stocks,  they  were 
kin  to  the  original  English  short-horns.  They  were  extremely  popular  for  a 
time,  brought  high  prices,  but,  as  their  flesh  had  a  greenish-blue  tinge,  the 
people  would  not  eat  their  beef.  About  1824,  Colonel  John  Prince  imported  a 
North  Devon  bull  to  an  island  in  Winnipiseogee  lake.  This  he  sold  to  Elisha 
Hanson,  who  brought  it  to  town,  and  the  leading  stock-raisers  took  pains  to 
improve  their  stock.  About  1855,  Colonel  Joseph  Wentworth  introduced  a 
prize  Devon  bull  of  the  famed  Hurlburt  stock.  Stephen  Beede  also  intro- 
duced the  Devon  breed  a  little  later. 

Freshets.  —  These  are  of  frequenl  occurrence  in  the  streams  heading  among 
the  mountain  sides.  In  Swift  river  in  the  north  pari  of  the  town  annual 
freshets  occur  of  from  six  to  ten  feet.  In  1 S44  and  1  S .">;")  bridges  were  torn  from 
their   foundations;  in   1820,1826,   and    lNUi)  (notably    ls2<>h   the    wild   waters 


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assumed  such  a  height  as  to  carry  terror  to  all  observers.  The  Hoit  house  was 
surrounded  by  deep,  raging  torrents,  and  the  family  driven  from  the  place.  The 
Hood  of  1869  assumed,  perhaps,  still  greater  dimensions,  carrying  away  bridges 
of  solid  construction  (one,  the  Durgin  bridge,  being  bolted  to  the  solid  rock 
with  iron  bolts  two  inches  through),  and  working  sad  havoc  all  along  its 
course. 

Longevity.  —  The  plain  fare,  steady  labor,  and  health-giving  air  which 
sweeps  from  the  mountains  have  justly  given  to  Sandwich  a  reputation  for 
longevity  of  human  life,  excelled  by  few  places  in  the  habitable  globe.  In 
L884  were  living,  according  to  a  writer  in  the  Reporter,  in  one  section  of  the 
town  "  Jonathan  R.  Duntley  and  John  Moulton,  born  in  1793  ;  Mrs  Moulton, 
only  a  year  or  so  younger;  John  Cook  and  wife  and  Mrs  Mary  Blanchard,  born 
in  1795;  William  Mason,  born  in  1796,  and  Jeremiah  P.  Moulton  in  1798." 
Mrs  Esther  Sargent  died  in  1883,  aged  over  one  hundred  and  four  years. 
Richard  Bryant  died,  aged  one  hundred  and  one.  Mrs  Hurd,  born  in  1745, 
died  in  1847. 

Summer  Boarding-houses.  —  For  a  long  time  many  of  the  pleasant  farm- 
houses have  been  visited  annually  by  swarms  of  summer  visitors  who  find 
nowhere  purer  water,  fresher  air,  or  more  lovely  or  fascinating  views  of  awe- 
inspiring  or  picturesque  scenery  than  are  presented  here,  and  many  have  made 
it  a  business  to  care  for  these  sojourners.  Among  the  principal  ones  of  those 
who  keep  summer  boarding-houses  are :  Alonzo  McCrillis  and  Oliver  L. 
Ambrose;  and  son  on  Whiteface  intervale.  Mr  McCrillis  accommodates  thirty 
guests,  and  Mr  Ambrose  sixteen  ;  Samuel  D.  Wiggin,  at  Rock  Maple  Ridge 
House,  entertains  thirty;  Jonathan  Tappan,  Tappan  House,  thirty;  Samuel 
Hurley,  twenty;  Samuel  Chase,  Burley  Hill,  twenty;  John  A.  Marston, 
fifteen;  Albert  Fogg,  fifteen.     Many  others  care  for  a  smaller  number. 

The  Present  Revenue  of  the  town  is  derived  from  ha}-,  fat  oxen,  wool,  early 
lambs,  butter,  eggs,  maple  sugar  and  syrup  (the  production  of  which  could 
probably  be  doubled),  lumber,  excelsior,  shooks,  box-boards,  hoe-handles, 
baskets,  interest  on  government  bonds,  pensions  to  soldiers  and  their  families  ; 
while  summer  boarders  pay  quite  a  revenue  for  their  rides,  entertainment,  "the 
pure  wine  of  the  mountain  air,"  and  the  enchanting  glory  of  the  mountains. 

According  to  the  report  made  to  the  state  department  of  agriculture  in 
1889,  Sandwich  made  in  the  year  just  ended  103,500  pounds  of  butter,  200 
pounds  of  cheese,  produced  4,125  pounds  of  wool,  used  90  tons  of  ensilage, 
100  tons  of  commercial  fertilizer,  and  received  #6,500  in  cash  from  summer 
boarders.  It  is  but  a  short  time  since  an  "annual  revenue"  was  received  from 
the  state  treasurer  in  the  form  of  ninety  dollars  bounty  for  killing  nine  bears 
in  town,  and  twenty  dollars  for  one  wolf.  This  can  hardly  be  considered  a 
regular  source  of  income  however. 

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Revolution,  emigration  from  Dover,  Temple,  Weare,  Rochester,  Epping, 
Gilmanton,  Exeter,  etc.,  bringing  Qumerous  families  of  substance,  character, 
and  influence.  In  1790  the  population  was  905;  in  L800,  1,413;  in  1810, 
2,232.  This  emigration  continued  until  1830.  In  1820  it  had  a  population  of 
2,363;  in  L830,  2,744.  From  1830  the  tide  of  emigration  set  from,  instead  of 
toward,  the  town,  and  in  the  next  fifty  veins  it  lost  nearly  eleven  hundred 
of  it-  population.  From  L849  to  L855  a  large  number  went  to  the  West, 
principally  to  Illinois,  where  a  new  Carroll  county  was  populated.  Their 
dej  trture  was  a  severe  Mow  to  the  town,  as  some  of  the  ablest  citizens  were  in 
tin  list;  among  tem  were  the  families  of  Dr  Aaron  and  Henry  Howe.  Otis 
and  Josiah  Cook,  .lames  Buswell,  Elder  James  Bean.  George  Page,  Lyman 
V  \I.    W.    Copp,    Daniel   W.  Vittum,  Samuel   S.    Ethridge,    John    and 

Ileinx  Prescott,  and  others.  In  1850  the  population  was  2,577,  and  from  that 
time  there  has  been  a  steady  decline  ;  in  L860  there  were  2,229  inhabitants; 
in  1870,  l.s:»l  :  in  1880,  1,701. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  in  18<>1  Centre  Sandwich,  and,  in 
fact,  the  town,  was  in  prosperity.  It  was  quite  a  manufacturing  centre, 
shoi  s  being  made  in  great  numbers.  At  the  call  for  enlistments  some  fifty  or 
sixty  of  the  townsmen  enlisted.  As  they  were  not  credited  to  Sandwich,  the 
town  had  afterwards  to  make  up  the  demanded  quotas  at  great  expense.  This 
produced  high  taxes,  drove  away  business  enterprises,  and  depressed  home 
capital,  so  that  it  has  never  attained  its  manufacturing  prominence  of  <mir- 
bdjlwm  days.  The  loss  of  the  young  men  who  went  as  soldiers  and  never 
returned  was  a  great  one  to  the  town,  and  although  almost  a  generation  has 
t  since  the  Civi]  War,  it  has  never  recovered  from  it. 

From  what  has  been  said  the  inference  might  be  drawn  that  the  old  town 
is  in  rapid  decay.  To  the  surprise  of  those  who  return  after  years  of  absence, 
they  find  a  most  flourishing  and  prosperous  town.  Wealth,  culture,  education, 
flourishing  churches,  are  everywhere  found  :  while  the  buildings  alone  are 
probably  worth   more   than   the   entire   inventory   of  the   real  estate   in    1X30. 

Sandwich  is  a  good  farming  town  and  its  soil  is  as  varied  as  its  surface. 
Sand,  clay,  and  loam  exist  in  all  their  varieties  and  mixture  capable  of  yielding 
every  production  common  to  the  climate.  It  is  not  even  a  wornout  soil,  but 
wants  only  good  fertilizers  in  return  for  its  production,  and  with  proper  culture 
will  richly  repay  the  farmer.  No  town  in  the  state  can  produce  better  corn, 
potatoes,  wheat,  oat,  carrots,  and  turnips  if  properly  cared  for. 

According  to  the  inventory  of  1889  there  are  351  polls  in  town  ;  37'.1  horses, 
valued  $23,846;  lot)  oxen,  valued  $17,156;  594  cows,  valued  $13,698;  other 
neat  stock,  valued  $12,564;  906  sheep,  valued  >f2.404  :  30  carriages,  valued 
$1,830:  money  at  interest,  $15,190;  stock  in  trade.  $9,200;  mills  and 
machinery.  $3,880;  valuation  of  real  estate,  $356,138;  total  valuation, 
$492,850. 


664  History  of   Carroll   County. 


CHAPTER   LIX. 

Characteristics  of  Early  Settlers  —  Emigration  —  Early  Population —Early  Commerce 
and  Highways  —  Place  of  Settlement  —  Colonel  Jonathan  Moulton —  The  Association  Test  — 
Signers'  Names  —  Inventory  of  17S3  —  Sketches  —  Daniel  Beede  —  Daniel  Beede,  jr  —  Aaron 
Beede  —  Israel  Oilman  —  Ezekiel  French  —  Captain  Nathaniel  French  —  Roby  French  —  John 
Beede  —  Thomas  Beede  —  Samuel  Ambrose  —  Enoch  Hoag  —  Etc.  etc. 

THE  early  settlers  were  of  that  strong,  positive,  intellectual  stock  which  has 
furnished  to  the  state  so  many  eminent  lawyers,  jurists,  legislators,  gov- 
ernors, and  other  public  worthies,  and  had  they  been  surrounded  by  the 
social  and  political  influences  which  encompassed  their  relatives  in  Rocking- 
ham county,  there  is  no  reason  to  doubt  that  they  would  have  occupied  as  higli 
positions,  state  and  national,  as  were  occupied  by  them.  They  were  preemi- 
nently patriots.  Only  eight  out  of  forty-six  voters  in  1776  refused  to  give  in 
their  adherence  to  American  independence,  and  their  refusal  only  came  from 
the  non-combatant  spirit  of  the  Quaker  element.  They  were  honest,  religious, 
industrious  citizens,  did  good  men's  work  fearlessly  in  their  day,  and  th'eir 
descendants  have  demonstrated  their  worthiness  by  their  advanced  positions  on 
moral  and  religious  questions.  Their  intellectual  worth  and  ability  have  b(  ui 
recognized  in  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust  at  home  and  abroad.  No 
town  in  the  state  has  sent  out  worthier  or  more  numerous  sons  to  uphold  the 
honor  of  the  place  of  their  nativity  and  perpetuate  the  virtues  of  its  early 
settlers.  It  is  the  leading  town  of  the  county  in  temperance  work,  and  the 
vote  on  constitutional  prohibition  in  1889  was  137  in  favor  to  61  against. 
Emigration.  —  After  the  pioneers  had  established  themselves  in  thei* 
homes,  and  reports  of  the  wealth  of  the  soil,  its  future  capabilities,  th. 
fusion  of  the  game,  moose,  bear,  etc.,  the  richness  and  plenitude  of  the  trout 
in  the  cool  mountain  streams,  had  gone  back  to  the  seacoast,  the  proprietors, 
who  were  men  of  wisdom,  soon  found  ways  to  make  emigration  rapid  and 
comparatively  easy.  The  population  increased  beyond  all  precedent.  In  1775 
there  were  243  inhabitants  ;  in  1776,  46  voters.  The  north  part  of  the  town 
was  early  settled.  In  1790  there  were  905  residents;  in  1800,  1,413.  By  this 
time  the  town  was  very  generally  cultivated,  and  was  assuming  a  high  rank 
among  the  towns  of  the  state.  Orchards  of  very  ancient  growth  are  even  now 
found  near  the  summits  of  the  lower  mountains,  and  many  old  cellars  are  still 
in  existence  high  up  in  the  mountain  pastures  of  Sandwich.  Three  hundred 
farms  of  various  sizes  on  which  buildings  once  stood  are  now  abandoned  and 
have  become  appendages  to  other  farms,  or  nature  has  asserted  its  wild 
dominion,   and    groves  of  oak  and  rock-maple  now  stand  where,  ninety  years 


Town  of   Sandwich.  665 

ago,  the  grim  old  farmers  thrusl  the  sharp  sickle  into  the  rank  wheat-fields.  In 
1810  Sandwich  was  more  populous  than  Dover,  Keene,  or  Rochester,  with  its 
2,232  souls.  Every  hilltop  thai  was  nol  more  than  five  hundred  feel  above  the 
genera]  level  of  the  town  had  its  farm  buildings  sel  Like  a  city  upon  a  hill. 

Earl)/  Commerce  and  Highways.  —  Communication  between  Sandwich  and 
the  seacoast  was  much  more  easy  than  to  many  of  the  towns  settled  at  about 
the  same  date,  and  possibly  its  population  increased  luster  from  thai  cause. 
The  frozen  surface  of  Winnipiseogee  lake  gave  an  easy  and  advantageous 
highway  in  winter,  and  in  summer  good  navigation.  The  early  roads  as  much 
as  possible  followed  the  hills,  avoiding  the  swamps  and  mire  of  the  low  grounds. 
Rivers  were  to  be  bridged  (in  the  first  place  for  foot  passengers  only)  by  two 
treeB  thrown  side  by  side  across  them,  in  places  where  the  streams  were 
sufficiently  narrow.  Paths  from  one  settlement  to  another  were  first  cleared, 
then  marked  by  spotted  trees.  Later  came  wagon  roads.  They  were  cut  out 
about  one  rod  in  width,  corduroyed  in  miry  places,  although  inferior  to  many 
of  the  back-lot  lanes  of  the  farms  of  to-day.  Quite  early  in  the  century  the 
subject  of  building  a  new  highway  to  open  a  commerce  between  the  farmers  in 
eastern  Vermont  and  western  New  Hampshire  with  the  dealers  in  West  India 
goods  in  Portland  was  much  considered.  A  public  highway  extended  up  the 
easterly  slope  of  Guinea  mountain,  and  far  on  over  the  level  land  towards 
Guinea  pond ;  then  a  private  way  continued  to  wind  among  the  hills  and 
woods  west  of  Mount  Israel,  striking  the  Notch  road  far  up  toward  Thornton. 
Just  when  it  fell  into  disuse  does  not  appear,  but  traces  of  it  yet  exist  in  the 
depths  of  "  the  forest  primeval,"  and  remind  us  of  Thomas  Buchanan  Read's 
description  of  the 

Ancient  road  that  winds  deserted 
Bound  the  margin  of  the  hill. 

Some  time  from  1812  to  1815  the  first  chaises  appeared  on  the  roads,  and 
from  the  latter  date  rapid  improvement  occurred  in  their  care.  The  county 
road  to  Thornton  has  from  the  very  first  been  an  onerous  tax  to  Sandwich. 

It  seems  somewhat  remarkable  that  the  remote  parts  of  the  town  should 
have  been  so  early  settled  and  so  soon  after  abandoned.  This  is  especially  true 
of  North  Sandwich.  Southwesterly  from  Birch  intervale  an  ancient  road 
extended  toward  the  Whiteface  intervale,  which  as  early  as  1810  had  been 
abandoned.  Northwesterly  from  Aaron  Beede's  Whiteface  farm,  an  ancient 
highway  extended  upon  the  lower  spur  of  Flat  mountain,  where  an  ancienl 
orchard  bears  witness  that  the  hand  of  industry  has  been  there.  This  was 
once  the  home  of  John  McGaffey,  the  grandfather  of  Eliphalel  McGaffey  and 
Josiah  McGaffey,  whose  title-deeds  are  dated  in  1786. 

From  Weed's  mill  a  highway  extended  westerly  along  the  southerly  slope 
of  Young  mountain,  as  far  as  the  General   Hoit   pasture,  and    then  extended 


H.STORY     OF     V  COUS  PY. 

I  -  being  nearly 

is   s,       Qe  of  which  now  remains.      From 

g  sann  2  en  the  higher  and  Lower 

roung  -  s  then      sided.     A 

Beede's  athan    T...  pan's)  up  the 

-    s  it  is  sti  I  spute  whether  nine  or  sixteen 

list]  .  which   this   mountain   formed  a 

.  -  Is  s  main,  or  a  p.. 

had  been  to  the  windward  of  them  for  a 
hum".  g        rhis  seas  -         -  med  around  the  door- 

vient  houses,  and  tl..  -  seems 

Rich  in  the  uneu.:  oess 

_     .111  wild. 

Aim  st  a  hundred  ;•      rs     g     the  old  ;v-     -  double  houses  began  to  be 

the  fashi  s  to  build  chimneys       snch  enormous  bulk 

sts  and  -  the  destru  .  nts  of  earth 

ade  as  eai      as  17         q  1       Samuel  H.  Burleigh  place  and  on 

2S   used  in  the  house  built  by  Maj   :  Aaron 

trds      S  .-.".-  were  opened 

ou  th-.    Asa  iel  Walla*  A  place,  the  McCrillis  ■:-.  the 

i  re. 
v  .  ■-   As  -  els*  lg  le's    Laughter  Fhebe 

rsts  tx  on  Wentworth  hill.     Judge  Hill  sa   - 

si    -     .  ement  in  Sandwich  was  made  near  Little 
ieve  in  this  st    ry  and  tradition  agree.     The  tirst  tree  cut 

tor  of  Moull  ugh,  resided 

right  to  s        -  sent  tor  the  district 

th,  and  M  oltonb  i   ugh.     He  thus  appeared 

..  remons:.  -  Sandwich,  the  con- 

27,1776,       ised  robe  sent  to  the  selectmen 

:her  representative.     Still,  whenever  no 

8    -  er    this.    Colonel  Moulton   would  ap]    ..:    :   r  the 

tes  and  g    .'.aims  of  lands  under  the 

_  ::    .        I   Sandwich,     -  •   as  177*  ;    .     _    - 

-     ss  art  were  in  [      _     ss,  and  Moulton's  place  in 

-  -        re  was  tageous  Laims  -  town  and  clients.     These 

rs,     hen  the  last  of  sc  oimittees 

Sandwich :  finding  M  that  the 


Town    OF    SANDWICH. 


dispute    [cepl   up  by  General  Monitor]  appeared  to  them   mo  ilated  for 

private  emolumenl   than  for  the  good  of  the  proprietors  or  the  peace  of  the 

■  . 

'/'/>■     [mortal        i    !  an  I   -   ndwicb  signers.       We,  the  subscribers,  do  solemn! 
and  promise  that  ire  will,  .-it  the  risk  ol  our  Uvea  and  fortunes,  with  arms,  oppose  the  hostile 
ediugs  oi  the  British  Fleets  and  \imi<-  American* 

I-        G  I   .  Nathaniel  Knowl-  [2),  Bern  I  .  J.'i  ha    I  Sinl  lei      i  . 

.  .  David  Bean    6  .  Christopher  Tappan    7  .  Bagley  '•'■ 
Jonathan  Page    10  .  John  Page     ll  , John  Pre* 

N  .   Simeon   ^mith     15),    Eliphalel    Kaxfield     16  .    Enoch   True     17  .  Joseph    B 
Thomas  Burlej     19  ,  Daniel  Beede    20  .  Ellas  Ladd  (21),  Ellas  5m 
23  .  Bcnj.  Atkinson     _'i  .  John   Glidden    23  .   B  n     B  I       John 

Jeremiah  Hi!  leede,  Ji  I 

32  .    Benj.    Blanchard     33  .  Josiafa    Bean  ard  Wella  (35  .  Eliac    I.    Id 

Nathaniel  Scribner    37  . 

In  pursuance  ol  the  request  ol  the  government  set  up  at  I.  have  asked  all  male 

inhabitants  of  Sandwich  who  are  above  twenty  one  years  \      o  sign  the  above  declara- 

tion; and  the  above  signed  the  same;  and  the  following  are  the  names  of  those  who  refused 
to  -i^n :  — 

Jacob  Jewell    38  .  Benj.  Scribn<  Moses  Weed     W  .  Nathaniel  Weed     U   .  Henry 

Weed,  Jr    12  .  Mark  Jewell    13  .  Jacob  Weed    h  .  Nathan  Beede    to),  Aaron  Be 
rest  :  June  l".  177';. 


Mark  Jewell,        I      ,  .  .     ..   .. 

Selectmen  ,  h.  V  if. 


/  the   Pools  &   Estats   ol    Sandwich  a-  taken   in   1783      •    Dan     Beede  and 

.  _        Weed  Select  Men  oi  Sandwich. 

Pol  0;  orchard.  0:  Arable  land,  7  ing  land,  117  store 

land,  £  2;  1;  Colts,  0;  oxen,  18;  Cows,   15;  three 

old,  27:  Yearling,  9;   Mills,  0;    Wharves,   0;  :■■  M  .   200   L  M: 

in  trad'-.  0. 

Return  ol  Ratable  Polls  in  17-.;. 

"Si  ite  "i  Newhamp3hire  iv  County  ol  Straford  —  A  Beturn  of  rho  Just  Number  of  all 
the  Male  Poles  Paying  for  them  Selves  a  Pole  Tax  in  the  Town  of  Sandwich  thu  Present 
fear  1783  the  Number  of  Which  is  one  hundred  &  one  Tak  ■ 
wich  December  ye  Bth  1783. 

lbLaddhj    -  -   ■*** 

Judgt    Daniel   li     le.  —From   Governor   William   Plu  inuscript  in 

State  Histori(       S  n  and  other  sources  we  are  enabled  to  give 

it ii  excellent  sketch  of   Judge   Daniel    Beede.     Hi-  father,  Eli    B le,  ■ 

Frenchman   of  the   [sle  of  Jersey,  who,  in   1713.  at  th 

to  Boston  and  in  a  few  months  went   to  H  .  ed  a  regular 

apprentice  with  a  farmer.     In  1720  lie  removed  to  East    Kings!    n,  t 

ton.  married  and  settled   there,  becoming  a    member  of    Rev.   M 

church.     This   Eli   Beede    was  th<  »tor  of  all   the   families  of  that  name 

in  New  Hampshire.     Daniel  Beede  was  the  second  son  of  Eli,  and  was  born 

in  East   Kingston.   July    21,   17 J'1.     His   education  w  imperfect.     I  I 


668  History  of   Carroll   County. 


sell. mis  were  then  few  in  number  and  seldom  merited  the  name.  The  great 
mass  of  the  people  in  the  state  had  little  means  to  improve  the  school  or  give 
their  children  a  knowledge  of  literature  or  the  useful  arts.  The  Bible  was 
the  only  book  Eli  Beede  allowed  to  be  read  in  the  family,  and  that  book,  or 
detached  portions  printed  for  that  purpose,  was  almost  the  only  one  used 
in  the  country  schools.  Under  such  circumstances  Daniel  was  unable  to 
acquire  the  knowledge  he  sought,  but  by  the  aid  of  Mr  Secombe  he  obtained 
some  valuable  information  and  the  use  of  books,  amongst  others  a  spelling- 
lux  ik,  which,  he  used  in  after  life  to  say,  he  was  obliged  to  keep  as  secret 
as  if  it  had  been  stolen  goods.  Mr  Secombe  also  instructed  him  in  the 
higher  branches  of  mathematics,  trigonometry,  and  surveying.  He  afterwards 
became  a  good  practical  surveyor.  He  imbibed  the  principles  of  Quakerism, 
was  attached  to  the  Quakers,  attended  their  meetings,  and  frequented  their 
society,  hut  never  joined  their  church,  and  in  advanced  life  thanked  God  that 
he  had  preserved  his  freedom  from  the  discipline  and  powers  of  all  church 
governments  and  from  the  restraints  and  impositions  of  all  sectarians.  June 
15,  179;"),  he  was  appointed  a  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  of  Strafford 
county,  which  he  resigned  in  the  winter  of  1799,  just  before  arriving  at  his 
seventieth  year.  He  died  early  in  April,  1800,  aged  seventy-one.  He  was 
m  man  of  sound  judgment,  great  prudence,  and  strict  integrity,  and  was 
superior  to  the  narrow  views  of  party  and  the  sordid  spirit  of  selfishness. 
He  was  distinguished  for  his  hospitality  and  kindness  to  strangers  and  trav- 
elers. In  public  as  well  as  private  life  his  great  object,  and  one  he  pursued 
successfully,  was  to  be  useful  to  others,  and  in  return  he  enjoyed  the  consola- 
tion arising  from  the  respect,  esteem,  and  confidence  of  all  who  knew  him, 
as  those  who  differed  from  him  in  opinion  never  questioned  the  purity  of  his 
motives  and  submitted  to  his  decision  ;  indeed,  the  mildness  of  his  temper  and 
the  gentleness  of  his  manners  tended  not  less  than  the  firmness  of  his  charac- 
ter to  disarm  opposition. 

He  married,  January  26,  1750,  Patience  Prescott,  and  settled  in  Gilmanton. 
He  possessed  executive  qualities  in  a  large  degree,  and  was  considered  to  be 
the  best  person  to  become  father  to  the  coming  town  that  the  proprietors  could 
find.  As  an  inducement  to  him  to  become  the  first  settler  and  their  agent  they 
offered  to  give  each  of  his  children  (tradition  says  each  of  his  sons)  one  hun- 
dred acres  of  land.  He  then  had  six  sons  and  two  daughters.  Leaving  his 
farm  in  Gilmanton  in  charge  of  his  son  Daniel  in  the  autumn  of  1768,  he,  with 
his  wife,  Israel  Gilman  anfl  wife,  fifteen  laborers,  and  Mary  Wells,  a  hired  girl, 
came  to  the  town,  and  located  on  VVentworth  Hill.  Here,  according  to  the 
statement  of  his  daughter,  Phebe,  they  cut  the  first  trees  and  put  up  the  first 
house  in  the  town  (a  log  one)  the  same  day  they  arrived.  It  was  in  front  of 
the  present  residence  of  Paul  Wentworth,  Esq.,  where  the  first  burying-place 
in  the  town  was  afterwards  made.     After  making  homes  as  comfortable  for  the 


Town   of  Sandwich.  669 

winter  us  the  lateness  of  their  arrival  would  admil  (snow  falling  the  first  nighl 
of  their  stay),  Mr  Beede  proceeded  to  divide  fche  town  into  ranges  and  lots, 
drawings  plan  of  his  wort  for  the  proprietors.  (This  is  not  imu  in  exist. inc. 
an  imperfect  copy  being  all  the  documenl  attesting  to  the  original  division.) 

From  this  time  until  his  death,  April  7,  1799,  Danie]  Beede  was  busy  with 
the  development  of  the  town  and  the  conduct  of  its  affairs.  He  was  on  the 
first  hoard  of  selectmen,  the  firsl  town  clerk,  first  justice  of  the  peace,  delegate 
to  the  fifth  provincial  congress  at  Exeter  in  December,  1775,  representative 
many  times,  justice  of  the  quorum,  and  delegate  to  the  constitutional  conven- 
tion of  1791-92.  lie  built  many  of  the  early  log  houses;  a  few  years  after 
his  arrival  he  put  up  the  saw  and  grist  mill  where  Cyrus  Beede  lived.  It  is 
said  that  he  had  many  combats  with  the  wolves  while  on  his  way  on  horse- 
back between  these  buildings.  His  second  wife,  Dorothy,  widow  of  Captain 
Nathaniel  Ethridge,  he  married  February  27,  1795.  He  had  a  great  posterity. 
Not  less  than  ten  of  his  children  attained  mature  age.  His  home  was  always 
on  VVentworth  Hill,  and  he  was  buried  there.  He  left  to  his  children  several 
of  the  best  farms  in  town,  not  an  acre  of  them  being  tainted  with  dishonest 
possession.  His  children  were  by  his  first  wife,  and  were:  Nathan,  born  May 
28,  1750 ;  Daniel,  May  20,  1752 ;  Aaron,  September  22,  1754 ;  Elijah,  May  16, 
1757  ;  Joshua,  May  18,  1760  ;  Sarah,  February  19,  1762  (married  Joseph 
Varney) ;  Mary,  March  26,  1764  (married  Richard  Varney) ;  Cyrus,  March 
(.».  1766;  Martha.  March  9,  1770  (married  Stephen  Hoag)  ;  Phebe,  December 
6,  1771  (married  John  Purington);  Lydia,  September  28,  1773  (married 
Samuel  Tibbetts)  ;  Patience,  September  2,  1777   (married  Barzilla  Hines). 

Cyrus  Beede  was  long  a  leading  and  influential  man.  Judge  Hill  says 
of  him  :  — 

It  does  not  appear  that  he  was  ever  very  much  engaged  in  public  business,  his  general 
qualities  of  character  leading  him  in  other  directions.  He  was  a  Quaker  minister  of  wide 
reputation,  and  it  is  said  he  was  regarded  by  his  brethren  in  the  ministry  as  being  one  of  the 
ablest  (perhaps  the  ablest  and  soundest)  exponent  of  the  doctrines  of  his  denomination  in 
New  England.  He  was  once  owner  of  a  large  amount  of  laud  around  the  Mill  pond  at 
Sandwich  Centre,  and  also  where  Sandwich  Centre  village  now  stands,  which  he  sold  to 
Samuel  Ambrose  and  others.  Dr  Charles  White  was  accustomed  to  say  of  him,  that  when 
one  became  acquainted  with  Cyrus  Beede,  and  came  to  appreciate  his  intellectual  dimensions, 
his  logical  grasp  of  mind,  his  conversational  powers,  and  high  moral  elevation,  he  was  sure  to 
concede  to  him  a  high  rank. 

Daniel  Beede,  Jr,  lived  on  the  Albert  Quimby  place.  He  owned  that  ridge 
of  land  in  North  Sandwich  extending  from  Leander  Pierce's  nearly  to  Durgin's 
mill.  He  is  reputed  to  have  been  a  man  of  large  possessions,  but  somewhat 
indolent  and  careless;  and  when  a  neighbor  of  whom  he  purchased  potatoes 
expressed  surprise  that  he  should  need  to  buy  potatoes  in  view  of  the  large 
acreage  he  planted  the  previous  year,  lie  replied:  "I  now  remember  I  did  plant 


670  History   of   Carroll   County. 


two  acres  in  the  northwest  field,  but  it  slipped  my  recollection  and  I  forgot  to 
dig  them."     His  son  Aaron  traded  at  the  Pierce  place  for  some  years. 

Aaron  Beede  had  descendants  who  appear  to  have  settled  on  Burleigh  hill 
and  in  the  pine-woods  region  of  East  Sandwich.  He  once  lived  on  the  Aaron 
B.  Hoyi  place.  After  his  death  his  widow  built  a  fine  two-story  house  near 
Asahel  Gline's  residence. 

Elijah  Beede  was  drowned  while  young.  It  is  said  that  his  father,  on  his 
way  home  from  a  session  of  court,  was  strongly  impressed  that  his  son  Elijah 
was  in  peril,  and.  going  out  of  his  usual  way,  reached  the  point  on  the  highway 
near  the  northeast  part  of  Sqnam  lake  where  Coon  brook  flows  into  it,  just  as 
a  party  of  men  had  recovered  from  the  water  the  dead  body  of  the  drowned 
boy.  (About  eighty  years  later  his  grandson,  Daniel  B.  Hoag,  was  drowned  in 
the  same  lake,  near  Hoag's  Island.) 

Israel  Gilman  settled  on  the  cross-road  leading  from  the  Asahel  Wallace 
place  to  that  of  Benjamin  B.  Hoit.  Israel's  mountain  took  its  name  from  him. 
He  was  totally  blind  for  some  time  previous  to  his  death.  He  was  buried  about 
forty  rods  from  his  residence  in  a  northerly  direction.  His  widow,  Sarah, 
married,  in  1803,  Joseph  Flanders,  who  sold  the  place  to  Paul  Wentworth,  who 
sold  it  to  Thomas  Beede  Weeks. 

Ezekiel  French,  born  in  Deerfleld,  October  31,  1754,  was  in  early  life  a 
carpenter  in  Epping,  from  which  town  he  entered  the  continental  army.  After 
his  service,  and  before  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  he  came  to  Sandwich  and, 
December  10,  1778,  married  Phoebe,  daughter  of  Bagley  Weed.  He  first 
settled  in  the  north  part,  then  exchanged  farms  with  David  Bean  ;  on  this 
farm  near  Wentworth  Hill  he  passed  his  life,  and  the  place  still  bears  his  name. 
He  was  a  very  successful  farmer,  did  much  at  land  surveying,  was  active  in  all 
matters,  and  a  careful,  useful,  and  valuable  citizen,  prominent  in  all  good 
works.  His  name  first  appears  as  selectman  in  1790.  This  office  he  held  many 
years.  He  was  representative  in  1799,  and  was  moderator  and  on  important 
committees  of  the  proprietary  meetings  held  in  Sandwich.  He  was  architect 
of  the  Congregational  meeting-house,  and  it  is  said  that  when  the  plate  was 
ready  for  raising,  he  stepped  upon  it,  asked,  "  Are  you  all  ready?  "  received  the 
answer,  "All  ready,"  said,  "  Then  take  it  up,"  and  remained  upon  it  until  it  was 
placed  into  position.  He  died  July  8,  1826.  Probably  next  to  Daniel  Beede 
and  Dr  Asa  Crosby,  he  was  in  his  day  the  most  influential  man  in  town.  Of 
his  nine  children,  seven  married  and  had  children.  Of  his  children  attaining 
maturity,  his  oldest  son,  Nathaniel,  born  July  19,  1781,  married  Grace  Beede 
Crosby,  represented  the  town  in  1820,  and  died  February  17,  1822.  He  had 
the  title  of  captain.  (Dr  Otis  French  and  Ezekiel  French  were  his  sons.) 
James,  born  July  2,  1799,  the  other  son,  emigrated  to  the  south ;  his  son, 
Norman  G.,  now  resides  in  California.  Susanna,  born  May  22,  1783,  the 
oldest  daughter  of  the  first  Ezekiel,  married,  first,  James  O.  Freeman,  Esq. ; 


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second,  I>r  Lot  Cook;  Rebecca,  born  November  LO,  1784,  married  Josiah,  son 
of  Eliphalet  Smith.  Pho3be,  born  October  25,  L792,  married,  first,  Nathaniel 
Burley,  Jr;  second,  Elder  Scarriott;  third,  .John  Crosby.  Sally,  born  April 
22,  1797,  married  Dr.  Charles  While.  Mrs  French,  all  through  ber  Long  life, 
was  an  uncommonly  industrious  and  provident  woman,  and  noted  for  her 
Christian  work  and  example.  Few  women  in  Sandwich  were  better  known 
or  more  highly  respected.  She  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-seven, 
the  last   survivor  of  the  first  generation  of  settlers. 

Captain  Nathaniel  Wrench,  brother  of  Ezekiel,  was  a  prominent  townsman  ; 
married  Martha,  daughter  of  Rev.  Jacob  Jewell,  August  27,  L780.  He  was  a 
clerk  of  the  proprietors.  He  had  two  sons,  Sargeant  and  Nathaniel,  and 
daughters,  among  them  Anna,  Martha,  and  Dorothy  (married  John  Severance). 
He  lived  on  the  S.  F.  Severance  place. 

Roby  French,  a  relative  of  Ezekiel,  came  to  Sandwich  in  1798  or  1800,  and 
was  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  the  north  part.  He  was  possi  ssed  of  the 
elements  of  great  personal  popularity,  married  a  daughter  of  Henry  Weed,  the 
first  miller,  and   lived  a  short  distance  below  him  on  the  river. 

John  />'<  ede  and  Thomas  Beede,  nephews  of  the  judge,  came  here  some  years 
alter  its  first  settlement.  John  became  one  of  the  strong  men  of  the  town. 
He,  Ezekiel  French,  and  Dr  Asa  Crosby,  after  the  death  of  Judge  Beede.  were 
the  leaders  of  society,  politics,  and  business.  He  lived  on  the  place  now 
owned  by  J.  Edwin  Beede,  was  much  engaged  in  public  business,  a  large  land- 
owner, and  a  man  much  more  generally  known  in  the  west  part  of  Sandwich. 
He,  with  Governor  John  Taylor  Oilman,  owned  a  gristmill  near  the  northeast 
corner  of  Squam  lake,  where  it  was  once  supposed  would  be  the  principal 
village  in  the  town.  Among  his  grandchildren  are  J.  Edwin  Beede  and  John 
W.  Beede,  of  Meredith. 

Thomas  Beede  settled  close  under  the  mountain,  nearly  a  mile  from  the 
present  road  leading  to  Holderness,  in  a  school  district  rendered  locally  famous 
by  having  as  its  teacher  the  famed  astronomer  and  almanac-maker,  Dudley 
Leavitt.      Daniel  G.  Beede  was  son  of  his  son  Thomas. 

The  Varneys,  Hoags,  Meaders,  Bunkers,  and  nearly  all  the  Quakers  came 
from  Dover.  The  Varneys  claimed  descent  from  Richard  Otis,  who  was  killed 
at  the  time  of  the  capture  and  destruction  of  the  garrison  of  Major  Richard 
W a  Id ron,  of  Dover,  in  1689. 

Samuel  Ambrose,  another  leading  Sandwich  man,  born  about  1771,  appears 
to  have  become  quite  a  landowner  prior  to  1800.  His  home  was  at  Sandwich 
Centre.  He  was  the  first  postmaster  (the  postoffice  being  established  about 
1828),  ami  his  correspondence  with  the  postoffice  department  shows  many 
interesting  facts.  He  held  many  offices  of  trust,  was  administrator  of  man} 
estates,  guardian  of  minors  in  many  instances,  and,  in  addition,  was  a  leading 
member  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  Church.      His  home  was  an  open  hotel  to  all 


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the  denomination,  and  continued  many  years  to  be  so  kept  by  his  descendants. 
He  had  one  other  element  of  influence  (without  which  a  person  is  not  very 
great),  that  of  gaining  and  holding  the  confidence  of  nearly  all  who  came 
within  the  radius  of  his  sphere.  He  died  in  1820.  Among  his  children  were 
Jesse  and  Merritt  Ambrose,  Mrs  Caleb  Marston,  and  the  wife  of  Rev.  Elias 
Hutching. 

Enoch  Hoaij.  —  About  1786  came  Enoch  Hoag,  from  Dover,  with  a 
family  of  five  boys  and  five  girls,  and  settled  on  the  farm  later  owned  by 
Lewis  Hoag.  He  was  "  Enoch  Hoag,  goldsmith,"  and  he  made  spoons,  knives, 
rings,  ornaments  of  various  kinds,  and  was  the  only  tradesman  of  that  nature 
in  town.  His  oldest  child,  Mary,  born  in  1758,  became  the  wife  of  Isaiah 
Gould,  and  was  the  grandmother  of  Hon.  Ezra  Gould.  Perhaps  he  has  left 
a  larger  posterity  than  any  other  man  who  ever  lived  in  Sandwich.  There 
were  ten  families  of  his  own  children,  while  the  number  of  his  grandchildren 
must  be  nearly  one  hundred,  and  more  than  sixty  of  them  had  families.  It  is 
believed  that  the  entire  number  of  his  descendants  must  be  nearly  or  quite 
five  hundred;  among  them  now  living  in  Sandwich  are  found  the  names  of 
Gould,  George,  Plumer,  Burrows,  Bacon,  Hoag,  Quimby,  Sinclair,  Heard, 
Smith,  Felch,  and  doubtless  others,  while  the  tide  of  emigration  has  carried 
many  to  other  towns.  His  children  settled  near  him.  Stephen  owned  the 
farm  owned  afterwards  by  Enoch  Hoag ;  Enoch,  his  eldest  son,  lived  on 
the  farm  later  owned  by  Ira  T.  Wallace,  and  his  grandson  James  owned  the 
farm  now  owned  by  Levi  W.  Stanton.  Here  he  carried  on  the  business  of 
tanning.  Stephen  in  early  life  carried  on  coopering.  He  afterwards  became 
a  prosperous  farmer  and  acquired  a  competency.  This  farm  for  many  years 
was  one  of  the  great  dairy  farms  of  Sandwich.  John,  the  youngest  brother 
in  the  family,  lived  on  the  Lewis  Hoag  farm,  and  Joshua  lived  on  the  Goodwin 
farm. 

Enoch  Hoay,  son  of  Stephen,  was  of  national  reputation.  By  self-exertion 
he  received  a  liberal  education  for  his  day.  Arriving  at  maturity  and  having 
a  strong  incentive  to  a  life  of  activity  and  usefulness,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
four  he  married  and  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  which  he  followed  until 
1854,  when  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Iowa,  where  he  engaged  in  rural 
avocations.  He  was  much  interested  in  public  questions  of  the  day,  especially 
those  of  slavery  and  Indian  civilization.  His  influence  was  unceasingly 
exerted  for  the  abolition  of  slavery,  and  after  the  emancipation  he  assisted 
in  aiding  the  freedmen  in  education.  At  the  same  time  he  gave  his  attention 
more  particularly  to  the  welfare  of  the  Indian,  and,  in  1869,  entered  that 
branch  of  the  public  service  of  the  government  in  response  to  a  nomination 
made  by  Friends  by  request  of  the  President.  His  seven  years  of  faithful  and 
arduous  labor  accomplished  much  in  establishing  many  tribes  permanently 
and  providing  for  the  education  of  their  youth.     His  last  years  were  devoted 


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to  the  interests  of  peace  and  in  gospel  ministry.     He  died  in  Sandwich,  June 
26,  1884. 

Abraham  and  Christopher  Tappan,  who  lived  on  the  old  road  from  Little 
pond  to  Moultonborough,  were  the  ancestors  of  the  Sandwich  Tappans. 
Benjamin  Scribner  came  from  Brentwood  as  one  of  the  Laborers  of  Daniel 
Beede.  His  sister  Dorothy  married  Nathan  Beetle.  They  were  Quakers.  He 
married  Ilnldah,  daughter  of  Christopher  Tappan,  and  they  passed  their  lives 
on  a  farm  at  the  head  of  Scribner  Hill.  <  )f  their  thirteen  children,  nine  lived 
to  be  men  and  women:  Peggy,  horn  1772,  married  Paul  Bunker;  Hannah, 
17Ti'».  married  Joshua  Hoag:  Abigail,  1778,  married  Timothy  Varney ;  Samuel, 
1780;  Sarah,  1784;  Huldah  1786,  married  Elisha  Hanson;  Stephen,  1794; 
Ruth,   L795;  Benjamin,  1799. 

Joshua  Prescott,  son  of  Joshua  of  Chester,  born  1740,  married  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Bradbury  and  Anna  Carr,  in  1762  ;  came  to  Sandwich  in  June, 
1772.  and  was  in  the  Revolutionary  army  for  a  long  time,  acquiring  the  title  of 
captain.  He  filled  prominent  offices,  and  died  February  22,  1829.  Five  of  his 
children  married  and  had  children,  forming  to-day  an  extensive  circle  of 
descendants.  They  were:  Bradbury,  born  December  29,  1765;  Ruth,  1767, 
married  Samuel  Burleigh;  Dolly,  1773,  married  John  Atwood  ;  Anna,  1775, 
married  Rev.  David  Bean ;  Josiah. 

Henry  McCrillis  came  from  Epsom  in  1780  with  his  wife  Margaret  and  two 
children :  Jane,  aged  three,  and  John,  aged  one  year.  Their  only  guide 
through  the  dense  forests  was  blazed  or  notched  trees.  He  drew  their  goods 
on  a  sled,  while  his  wife  and  children  rode  together  on  horseback.  John 
McGaffey,  his  father-in-law,  had  come  to  Sandwich  in  1778,  and  lived  on 
what  is  now  called  the  John  M.  Smith  farm.  In  1780  there  were  but  three 
houses  from  the  Moultonborough  line  to  John  McGaffey 's.  McCrillis  located 
on  one  of  the  best  places  in  Sandwich,  under  the  morning  shadow  of  Mount 
Whiteface,  and  his  descendants  now  occupy  the  old  homestead.  This  pioneer 
couple  lived  long  and  useful  lives,  and  had  ten  children  born  in  Sandwich : 
Henry,  1781;  David,  1783;  William,  1785;  Margaret,  1787;  James,  1790; 
Neal,  1792;  Mary,  1794;  Nancy,  1796;  Elizabeth,  1799;  Andrew,  1801. 

Augustus  Blanchard  removed  from  Hopkinton  to  Sandwich  in  1800.  He 
was  a  clothier,  and  carried  on  his  trade  for  many  years  near  John  Hubbard's, 
and  afterward  at  the  mills  near  the  "  meeting-house,"  where  he  built  the  house 
in  which  he  died  October  11,  1829.  Carding  wool  and  dressing  cloth  was  an 
important  matter  in  those  early  days.  Mr  Blanchard  pursued  that  branch 
of  business,  as  did  also  his  son  Augustine,  so  long  as  it  was  remunerative. 
He  was  a  genial,  social,  and  kindhearted  man,  quite  as  good  to  his  neighbors 
as  to  himself.  He  let  the  political  questions  of  the  day  pretty  much  alone, 
though  belonging  to  the  Washingtonian  and  Federal  wing.  He  married,  in 
1792,    Esther   Crosby.      Mrs     Blanchard    was     a     devoted    mother,    a    warm- 


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hearted  Methodist  ;  always  cheerful,  sympathizing,  generous,  cordial,  loving, 
and  lovable.  Their  son  Augustine,  born  April  19,  1793,  married,  first,  Mrs 
Betsey  •  Ambrose)  Purington,  of  Sandwich,  second,  Rebecca  P.  Currier.  His 
children  were :  Caroline;  Harriet;  John  Augustus,  who  became  a  physician; 
Elizabeth,  a  teacher  in  Mount  Holyoke  Female  Seminary,  and  Charles. 
Augustine  Blanchard  followed  the  avocation  of  his  father,  was  a  successful 
business  man.  lived  a  life  of  quiet  virtue,  and  received  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  the  community.     He  died  February  11,  1877. 

Charles  Blanchard  married  Mary  J.  Donovan.  He  is  a  prosperous 
merchant,  and  owns  a  beautiful  residence  in  the  centre  of  the  town.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  been  postmaster  for  many  years;  has  again 
been  appointed  under  the  present  administration,  and  is  one  of  the  most 
energetic  and  popular  citizens  of  Sandwich.  "  He  might  have  been  an 
aid-de-camp  on  a  governor's  staff,  with  rank  of  colonel,  but  he  would  n't 
accept." 

General  Daniel  Hoit,  born  in  1778,  died  in  1859,  was  son  of  a  lieutenant 
in  Staik"s  regiment  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  and  later.  General  Hoit 
was  lie n tenant-colonel  of  the  Nineteenth  Regiment  New  Hampshire  militia 
from  1810  to  1817,  colonel  in  1818  and  1819,  brigadier-general  of  the  Second 
Brigade  in  1 820-22,  when  he  resigned  his  commission.  He  represented 
Sandwich  in  the  legislature  for  many  terms,  was  state  senator  in  1828,  and 
councillor  in  1825  and  1826.  He  was  father  of  the  distinguished  portrait- 
painter,  Albert  G.  Hoit,  whose  works  had  more   than  a  national  reputation. 

Hon.  Xeal  McGaffey  was  one  of  the  strong  powers  of  Democracy.  He  lived 
on  the  place  where  Oliver  Ambrose  now  lives.  He  was  a  wealthy  farmer. 
Tall  and  dignified  in  his  presence,  he  commanded  attention  when  he  addressed 
the  people,  and  was  an  adroit  manager  of  political  affairs. 

John  Cook,  son  of  Joel  and  nephew  of  Dr  Lot  Cook,  born  December  14, 
1795,  died  June  6,  1887.  He  was  one  of  the  last  surviving  soldiers  of  the 
War  of  L812.  He  was  the  young  associate  of  the  early  settlers,  and  his  keen 
memory  and  bright  understanding  has  preserved  valuable  information  of  those 
early  days  of  log  cabins,  wild  beasts,  and  privations.  His  accurate  memory 
made  him  a  treasury  of  wealth  to  the  historian.     He  was  an  early  Abolitionist. 

John  S.  Quirnby,1  born  in  Sandwich,  March  10,  1793,  was  the  oldest  of 
eleven  children.  His  lather,  Enoch,  third  in  a  family  of  twelve  children,  was 
born  in  Weare,  March  23,  1769,  became  an  officer  in  the  War  of  1812,  and 
Later  one  of  the  hardest-working  men  and  most  thriving  farmers  in  Sandwich, 
where  lie  died  at  63.  His  -rand lather  was  Aaron  Quimby,  born  July  22,  1733. 
He,  with  others  of  the  same  name,  was  among  those  who  asked  for  the  incor- 
poration   of    the    town    of  Hawke,    now  Danville,  their   native    place.     They 

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Town   of  Sandwich.  675 

afterward  moved  bo  Derryfield,  now  Manchester,  whence  they  wenl  as  pioneer 
settlers  to  Weare,  in  L752,  17.".::,  and  L754. 

Aaron  Quimby  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  Weare,  one  of  its  fust 
selectmen,  served  in  the  old  French  war.  went  on  the  expedition  to  Canada  in 
1755,  and  was  a  captain  in  the  Revolution.  He  was  promoted  to  major,  came 
to  Sandwich  about  1779,  bought  four  hundred  aires  on  Rock  Maple  ridge, 
North  Sandwich  (paying  in  continental  scrip),  where  be  afterward  lived,  died, 
and  was  buried  in  December,  L810. 

John  Smith  Quimby  was  one  of  the  hest  known  and  leading  men  in 
Sandwich  and  vicinity  in  his  day.  Coming  into  active  Life  when  party  polities 
ran  high,  he  became  an  ardent  Jackson  Democrat,  and  was  intimately  asso- 
ciated in  politics  with  such  men  as  Captain  Paid  Went  worth,  Hon.  Neal 
McGaffey,  and  Captain  Randall,  until  the  schism  in  that  party  about  L844  or 
L845,  when  he,  with  John  P.  Hale  and  others,  joined  the  Freesoil  party,  to 
which  he  firmly  adhered  till  his  death,  July  13,  1853. 

With  limited  means  of  education,  a  farmer's  son  and  living  all  his  life  on  a 
farm,  with  no  professional  training,  as  he  ought  to  have  had.  he  was  yet  a  man 
of  affairs,  and  could  with  equal  facility  lead  his  men  in  the  mowing  field, 
when  he  was  so  minded,  without  fear  of  being  "cut  out  of  his  swath."  act  as 
farrier  for  himself  and  neighbors,  or  preside  as  moderator  in  town  or  church 
meetings,  be  of  counsel,  or  preside  as  justice,  according  to  circumstances. 

He  was  a  captain  in  the  old  militia,  held  many  town  offices,  and  represented 
Sandwich  in  the  legislature  in  1S43,  1846,  and  1*47.  He  was  a  man  of  alder- 
manic  build  and  fine  presence,  a  genial  companion  and  firm  friend,  a  strong 
opp<  nent.  tearless,  and  tenacious  of  his  opinions  and  rights.  For  sixteen  years 
previous  to  his  death  he  was  a  leading  member  and  zealous  supporter  of  the 
Free  Baptist  church  at  Centre  Sandwich.  He  was  a  kind  and  indulgent  father 
of  twelve  children,  eleven  of  whom  lived  to  mourn  his  loss. 

Robert  Moulton,  of  Gilford,  had  a  son  Joseph,  who  married  Phoebe, 
daughter  of  John  Chase,  Jr,  a  soldier  of  the  War  of  181^,  and  was  buried 
under  arms.  Their  son,  Oilman  Moulton,  fifth  of  seven  children,  was  born 
Jane  27,  1825,  in  Albany.  His  parents  moved  to  Sandwich  in  1834,  and  lie 
lived  with  them  till  he  was  twenty  years  old,  when  he  became  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  various  cities  of  this  state  and  Massachusetts  for  five  years.  He  has 
since  been  resident  in  Sandwich.  He  has  been  selectman,  representative, 
justice  from  1860,  deputy  sheriff  sixteen  years  under  both  Democratic  and 
Republican  administrations;  and  was  tax  collector  for  Sandwich  eight  years. 
Mr  Moulton  married,  first,  Abbie  T.,  daughter  of  John  S.  and  Nancy  Quimby. 
Of  their  children  none  survive.  His  second  wife  was  Lydia  A.,  daughter  of 
Warren  and  Eliza  Dearborn.  Their  son,  Warren  J.,  is  a  graduate  of  Tilton. 
Seminary,  and  a  prominent  member  of  the  class  of  '88,  Amherst  College,  and 
is  engaged  in  teaching  at  present. 


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Jeremiah  Hilton  was  the  pioneer  of  the  numerous  families  bearing  his 
name.  Ien  was  here  in  1769,  and  located  first  on  the  Moultonborough  road, 
and  later  on  the  Red  Hill  road  near  where  some  of  his  descendants  now  reside. 
As  the  records  say,  his  son  Hunkin  was  the  first  child  born  to  the  settlers  in 
town.  One  of  the  earliest  orchards  was  produced  from  seeds  brought  and 
planted  by  his  wife. 

John  Pnrington,  the  early  hatter,  married  Phoebe,  daughter  of  Judge  Beede. 
Their  daughter,  Patience,  married  General  Montgomery. 

Probably  no  settler  has  had  a  larger  progeny  than  the  early  Wallace  who 
made  Sandwich  his  home  in  the  days  of  "spotted"  roads  and  bridgeless 
streams.  At  a  reunion  held  at  North  Sandwich  in  1884,  ninety-one  descend- 
ants attended,  and  it  was  said  that  the  whole  number  living  was  over  one 
hundred  and  fifty. 

.1  udge  Nathan  Crosby  was  one  of  the  numerous  children  of  Dr  Asa  Crosby, 
and  was  born  in  Sandwich  in  1798.  Although  moving  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  when 
voung,  and  for  over  forty  years  judge  of  the  municipal  court  of  that  city,  he 
ever  retained  great  interest  in  his  native  town,  and  gathered  much  material  for 
a  history  of  it.  He  was  a  prominent  temperance  worker,  and  died  at  an 
advanced  age. 

Hon.  Isaac  Adams,  the  celebrated  inventor,  although  a  native  of  Rochester, 
where  he  was  born  August  16,  1802,  commenced  active  life  in  Sandwich  as 
apprentice  with  his  brother  Seth  to  Benjamin  Jewett,  the  cabinet-maker,  at  the 
Lower  Corner.  He  then  went  to  Boston  as  a  pattern-maker,  invented  the 
printing-press  that  bears  his  name,  and  acquired  great  wealth.  He  returned  to 
Sandwich  previous  to  1880,  and  expended  much  money  in  fitting  up  his  resi- 
dence  on  Wentworth  Hill.  He  was  eccentric  in  many  ways.  He  paid  large 
prices  for  numerous  farms  in  Sandwich  and  Moultonborough,  which  he  kept 
unoccupied  after  his  purchase  of  them,  and  for  some  years  was  active  in  town 
affairs.     The  stone  wall  along  his  farm  will  ever  be  a  monument  to  his  memory. 

Benjamin  Jewett,  first  a  cabinet-maker,  was  afterwards  for  many  years  a 
merchant,  He  died  about  1853.  His  wife  survived  him  thirty  years,  dying,  in 
1883,  at  South  Berwick,  Maine,  in  her  ninety-sixth  year.  Both  Mr  and  Mrs 
Jewett  were  active  in  their  residence  in  town,  doing  much  to  build  up  and 
improve  society. 

Hon.  Ezra  Gould  was  born  in  Sandwich,  August  26,  1808.  On  attaining  his 
majority  he  was  clerk  in  a  mercantile  house  in  Portland  for  a  few  years,  when 
he  returned  to  Sandwich,  and  in  company  with  Moses  J.  Hoag  engaged  in  fur 
hat  manufacturing  in  a  building  near  the  drug-store  in  Centre  Sandwich.  He 
was  then  in  trade  for  several  years.  For  nearly  twenty  years  he  was  in  the 
shoe  manufacturing  in  Sandwich  and  Dover.  He  was  very  prominent  in  busi- 
ness and  social  affairs,  but  until  his  fiftieth  year  had  very  little  to  do  with 
politics.     He  served  as  selectman  for  some  years ;  was  a  member  of  the  legisla- 


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ture  in  1863  and  1864;  of  the  senate  in  1869,  and  of  the  executive  council 
in  1870;  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national  convention  that  nomi- 
nated General  Grant  for  President.  In  L846  he  opened  the  Eagle  Hotel  (now 
Sandwich  House)  at  Centre  Sandwich,  which  had  a  high  reputation.  For  a 
lew  years  he  was  proprietor  of  the  Maple  House,  where  he  died.  He  was  a 
Quaker  in  belief,  a  man  of  quick  perceptions,  tireless  energy,  and  great 
executive  ability. 


CHAPTER   LX. 


Church    History  —  Elder  Jjicob  Jewell  —  Calvinistic  Baptists  —  Freewill   Baptist  Church 

—  Sketches  of  Some  of  its  Pastors  —  North  Sandwich  Freewill  Baptist  Church  —  Methodism 

—  Congregational  Churches — The  Friends  —  Education  —  Sandwich  Library  Association. 

CHURCH  HISTORY.— In  the  days  of  "Auld  Lang  Syne,"  when  Sandwich 
was  but  a  small  settlement  "among  the  hills,"  her  inhabitants  were 
imbued  with  the  spirit  and  principles  that  characterized  New  England 
at  that  period.  Many  of  them  emigrated  from  the  lower  part  of  the  state,  and 
affiliated  with  the  Congregationalists,  Baptists,  and  Quakers.  Among  them 
was  Elder  Jacob  Jewell  from  Weare,  born  March  18,  1737.  He,  with  his 
wife,  Martha  Quimby  Jewell,  were  received  into  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Weare  at  its  organization,  April  19,  1768.  Elder  Jewell  was  the  first 
minister  of  Sandwich,  coming  here  prior  to  1776,  and  preached  the  stern 
doctrines  of  Calvin.  He  was  a  good  and  faithful  preacher  and  adhered 
steadfastly  .to  the  religion  of  his  ancestors.  His  daughters  connected  them- 
selves by  marriage  with  some  of  the  best  families  in  town,  and  his  sons  were 
worthy  descendants  of  the  pioneer  preacher.  Elder  Jewell  left  town  about 
1806  and  returned  in  1812,  and  died  in  a  few  years.  He  received  one  of  the 
four  lots  in  the  right  of  the  first  settled  minister  and  relinquished  the  remain- 
ing lots  to  the  town. 

The  Calvinistic  Baptists  built  the  first  church  in  town.  This  was  located 
nearly  opposite  the  present  (1889)  residence  of  Asahel  Glines,  and  Elder 
Jewell  is  said  to  have  been  settled  as  its  pastor  in  1780.  The  building  must 
have  been  a  very  primitive,  rude  structure,  as  in  1802  it  had  served  its  day 
and  a  new  meeting-house  had  been  erected  during  the  last  decade  of  the 
eighteenth  century  and  occupied  the  site  of  the  present  Freewill  Baptist 
church  at  the  Centre.  This  meeting-house  was  built  by  the  people,  the 
pewholders  being  the  proprietors,  and  was  occupied  by  the  Baptists  and 
Methodists  alternately. 


678  History  of   Carroll  County. 


This  church  edifice  remained  until  about  forty  years  ago,  and  was  used  for 
the  public.  " Here  were  held  tor  many  years  the  annual  town-meetings;  here 
the  anniversary  meetings  of  the  Freewill  Baptists  were  held,  and  here  was 
often  heard  the  apostolic  eloquence  of  John  Colby,  the  clear  logic  of  the 
marvelous  boy  preacher,  .Jonathan  Woodman,  as  well  as  the  scholarly  sermons 
of  more  modern  preachers."  According  to  Backus,  the  Baptist  historian, 
this  church,  although  existing  earlier,  was  not  formally  organized  until  1793. 
Its  pastor.  Rev.  Jacob  Jewell,  preached  the  "doctrine  of  election"  on  each 
Sabbath,  and  Rev.  Joseph  Quimby,  a  Baptist,  who  began  preaching  here 
in  1700,  preached  "free  grace"  on  each  Sabbath,  one  in  the  afternoon,  the 
other  in  the  morning.  Mr  Jewell  frequently  summoned  Quimby  before  the 
church  for  heresy,  but  the  church  invariably  acquitted  and  sustained  him, 
showing  that  even  then  the  members  were  most  of  them  in  accord  with  the 
Freewill  Baptisl  faith.  Rev.  Joseph  Quimby  was  ordained  in  1798,  and 
An-nst  15,  1799,  the  church  withdrew  from  the  Baptist  Association  and 
Elder  Jewell  went  to  another  field  of  labor.  April  22,  1801,  a  vote  was 
passed  to  ask  the  New  Durham  Quarterly  Meeting  of  the  Freewill  Baptist 
denomination  "to  send  instructors  to  them  to  expound  the  faith;"  Rev. 
Benjamin   Randall  and  Richard  Morton  were  sent. 

Freewill  Baptist  Church.  — 1803,  September  21,  application  for  fellowship 
and  union  was  made  to  the  New  Durham  Quarterly  Meeting,  and  the  church 
was  accepted  the  same  day,  thus  becoming  the  Freewill  Baptist  Church  of 
Sandwich,  Joseph  Quimby,  pastor,  in  which  relation  he  continued  nearly 
till  his  death,  November  15,  1825.  Elder  Quimby  was  son  of  Major  Aaron 
Quimby,  and  grandfather  of  Joseph  H.  Quimby,  of  North  Sandwich.  He 
was  a  most  eloquent  and  persuasive  preacher,  and  had  great  influence  over 
his  townsmen,  and  doubtless  it  was  through  his  means  so  many  became  Free- 
will Baptists.  Under  his  fostering  care  and  that  of  Randall,  and  through 
the  labors  of  John  Colby,  a  native  of  Sandwich  and  the  greatest  evangelist 
of  the  denomination,  the  church  became  strong  in  numbers,  reporting,  in  1809, 
426  members. 

[John  Colby,  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Atwood  Colby,  was  born 
December  9,  1787.  He  died  November  28,  1817,  at  the  age  of  thirty  years, 
having  pressed  into  his  short  life  the  work  of  a  century.  His  labors  extended 
to  nearU  every  part  of  the  United  States  and  the  Provinces.  He  baptized 
and  received  into  the  church  many  hundreds.  Profoundly  earnest  in  his 
nature,  awfully  impressed  with  the  vast  possibilities  and  high  destiny 
tow  aid  which  humanity  tends,  ordained  by  the  Almighty  rather  than  the 
priesthood  to  preach  the  gospel  in  its  stern  simplicity,  he  was  one  of  the  most 
effectual  preachers  in  the  country.] 

Dudley  Pettingill  must  have  preached  here  most  of  the  time  from  1821  to 
L831,  although  Thomas  Jackson   was  pastor    in    1827,  and  Nathaniel  Rollins 


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was  here  in  1828.  John  Pinkham  came  in  1831  and  remained  until  1s37. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Horace  Webber  in  1837.  In  L838  occurred  the"Grea1 
Reformation:"  over  three  hundred  embraced  religion;  ninety-eight  joined 
this  church. 

In  1827  a  branch  was  formed  in  Tamworth  and  prosperity,  continued. 
October  10,1839,  the  church  was  divided.  The  First  Church  (Nmth  Sand- 
wich) in  1S40  had  a  membership  of  291,  while  in  1840  the  Second  Chinch 
(Centre  Sandwich)  had  159.  The  division  line  of  these  churches  commenced 
in  the  west  pari  of  the  town,  followed  Bear  Camp  river  to  the  Martin  mad. 
then  went  soul  1 1  to  the  main  road  from  Tamworth  to  Sandwich  Lower  Corner. 

Pastor*  settled  over  the  Centre  Sandwich  church,  with  dates  of  settlement. 
-Rev.  Horace  Webber,  October  10,  1839;  Rev.  Nahum  Brooks,  November. 
L843 ;  Rev.  L.  lb  Tasker,  June  25,  1848;  Rev.  Levi  Brackett,  September  25, 
L854;  Rev.  L.  B.  Tasker,  May,  1856;  Rev.  E.  B.  Fernald,  June  23,  1859; 
Rev.  L.  B.  Tasker,  May,  1863;  Rev.  G.  W.  Bean,  April,  1865:  Rev.  C.  H. 
Kimball.  June,  1870;  Rev.  L.  B.  Tasker,  May,  1872;  Rev.  D.  Galley,  May, 
1874:  Rev.  C.  W.  Griffin,  June,  1880;  Rev.  J.  W.  Scribner,  May,  1882;  Rev. 
G.  O.  Wiggin.  May,  1886. 

In  1839  Enoch  True  and  Samuel  Ambrose  were  chosen  deacons,  Jesse 
Ambrose  and  George  W.  Downing,  ruling  elders.  Caleb  M.  Marston,  clerk. 
January,  1840.  Ezekiel  Hoit,  Samuel  Ambrose,  John  Burleigh,  were  appointed 
to  serve  on  what  became  a  standing  committee.  In  1841  the  church  requested 
the  ordination  of  Enoch  Prescott  and  Hugh  Beede.  The  Yearly  and  Quar- 
terly meetings  were  frequently  held  here.  August,  1842,  Joseph  S.  Moulton 
was  chosen  clerk.  At  the  close  of  Mr  Webber's  pastorate  the  membership 
was  201,  182  being  added  to  the  church  by  baptism  during  his  stay;  but  in 
1848,  at  the  end  of  Mr  Brooks's  pastorate,  there  were  but  185  members, 
Millerism  "having  made  sad  havoc"  in  this  section. 

This  church  early  took  a  strong  stand  for  temperance,  voting  as  early  as 
1842  disapproval  of  the  use  of  liquors  as  a  beverage,  and  in  January,  1844, 
uto  dispense  with  the  wine  for  communion,  and  to  use  the  juice  of  raisins 
instead."  In  1847  the  meeting-house  was  remodeled.  In  1848  Caleb  M. 
Marston  was  chosen  deacon,  and  in  1849  J.  G.  Moulton  was  chosen  deacon. 
In  1851  the  present  parsonage  was  built.  July  14,  1852,  Benjamin  Burleigh 
Smith  was  ordained  as  a  minister  and  missionary  to  India.  Rev.  Levi  Brackett 
was  here  for  a  short  period,  1854  to  1856.  In  1858,  Rev.  Mr  Tasker,  pastor, 
"there  were  twenty-four  additions  by  baptism,  the  greatest  number  for  fifteen 
years."  In  1859  Tristram  Sanborn  and  Asa  Severance  were  made  deacons. 
Albert  R.  Kimball  succeeded  Sanborn  in  1860. 

(i.  W.  Downing  was  a  faithful  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath-school  for 
years.  John  S.  Quimby  was  a  leader  in  the  church,  a  man  of  great  influence 
and  permanence  of  character.     Augustus  Blanchard  was  a  valuable  member, 


680  History   of  Carroll  County. 


unostentatious,  a  pillar  of  the  church.  In  1859  Eli  B.  Fernald  commenced  a 
,rate  of  mosi  salutary  influence.  "He  brought  to  his  work  consecration 
and  deep  piety."  January  8,  1862,  John  A.  Marston  was  chosen  clerk  to 
succeed  Phineas  Bacon,  who  had  served  for  more  than  fourteen  years.  In  1863 
the  membership  was  220 ;  of  the  Sabbath-school,  173.  1864,  John  M.  True 
succeeded  John  A.  Marston  as  clerk.  Oliver  H.  Marston  was  clerk  in  1865. 
Rev.  <i.  W.  Bean  was  a  man  of  push,  perseverance,  and  energy.  In  May,  1868, 
George  N.  Dorr  became  clerk.  Rev.  Mr  Kimball  was  here  in  1870.  He  was 
active  in  temperance  work.  Dining  his  two  years'  stay  the  membership  for 
each  year  was  100.  N.  F.  Hoag  was  chosen  clerk  in  1870 ;  he  was  followed  by 
Ira  Marston  in  187-.  John  A.  Marston  succeeded  him  in  1874.  In  1873  the 
Yearly  Meeting  was  held  with  this  church,  being  the  third  time  since  the 
division.  At  this  meeting  the  "Woman's  Mission  Society"  was  formed;  this 
has  been  a  valuable  auxiliary-  Rev.  Mr  Calley's  pastorate  of  six  years  was 
quiet  and  uneventful.  No  special  records  were  made.  Rev.  Mr  Griffin's  minis- 
terial labors  did  not  increase  the  church  membership,  while  death  reduced  the 
number  eleven.  During  the  first  year  of  Rev.  Mr  Scribner's  ministrations,  the 
congregation  averaged  102,  the  Sabbath-school  attendance  increased,  and  the 
second  year  there  was  a  marked  growth  in  every  direction.  Quite  a  number 
were  received  by  baptism  these  two  years.  About  this  time  the  church  build- 
ing was  repaired.  "  This  was  chiefly  due  to  Mrs  Oliver  Chase,  for  without  her 
generous  gift  and  untiring  labor  the  improvement  might  have  failed."1  A 
religious  and  temperance  revival  took  place  in  January,  1883.  In  August  of 
the  same  year,  twenty  were  added  to  the  church.  Mr  Scribner  was  fond  of 
historical  research  and  his  histories  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  churches  of  the 
Sandwich  Quarterly  Meeting  show  great  labor  and  accuracy.  Through  his 
kindness  we  are  enabled  to  give  this  resume. 

Dudley  Pettingill  was  born  in  Sandwich  in  1817.  After  his  service  here,  he  was  the  itinerant  preacher  for 
the  Sandw  ich  Quarterly  Meeting  for  some  time,  keeping  his  home  in  the  town,  however,  until  1840;  was  elected 
iw  ice  to  the  state  legislature,  doing  much  pastoral  work  in  these  years.  He  died  in  Thornton,  April  28, 1850.  A 
good  servant  oi  the  Lord. 

Hosea  Quimby,  a  native  of  Sandwich,  was  the  first  college  graduate  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  clergy,  was  the 
father  of  the  educational  interests  of  that  church,  teaching  and  preaching  for  many  years,  ami  holding  many 
important  offices.  He  died  at  Milton  Mills,  October  11,  1878,  aged  seventy-four.  Daniel  Quimby,  who  resided  in 
Sandwich  from  17S1  to  lSKi,  was  an  industrious  and  successful  minister,  and  assisted  John  Colby  greatly  in  his 
labors. 

Hugh  Beede  held  a  high  rank  as  a  preacher.  Mr  Scribner  says:  "His  sermons  were  clear,  logical,  and 
convincing;  his  native  ability  was  great."  lie  died  in  Sandwich,  his  native  town,  January  27,  1879,  aged 
seventy-two. 

Samuel  Beede,  another  eminent  Freewill  Baptist,  at  one  time  editor  of  the  Morning  Star,  came  to  Sandwich, 
n  lad  of  seventeen,  in  1816,  and  died  March  27,  1834.  In  this  short  life  he  accomplished  much.  His  ministerial 
work  was  done  in  three  brief  \  ears,  j  et  he  won  a  high  place  in  the  councils  of  the  church. 

Rev.  I.e\  i  B.  Tasker  was  born  in  Strafford,  March  21.  1814.    In  1834,  when  Strafford  Academy  opened,  he  was 

'Oliver  chase  wa-  a  man  prominent  in  church  and  mission  work.    Possessed  of  means,  the  results  of  his 
and  economy,  he  devoted  much  of  this  to  the  cause  of  religion.    In  this  he  was  heartily  seconded  by 
ood  wife.    lie  gave  a  large  amount  to  missionary  causes,  probably  the  most  ever  given  by  a  citizen  of 
Sandwich  to  the  -ame  objects. 


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one  of  its  first  students,  defraying  his  expenses  with  m j  saved  from  bard  labor.    He  continued  iiis  studies 

four  years,    in  1837  he  was  baptized  and  united  with  the  church  in  Northw I.  and  -cum  became  clerk  of  the 

church  and  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath-school.  When  the  anti-slavery  question  was  prominent  in  the  minds 
of  the  people,  he  took  a  decided  stand,  and  maintained  bie  \  lew  -  In  the  face  >>r  bitter  persecutions,  in  1846  be 
received  license  to  preach  and  soon  after  was  ordained.  He  settled  In  Sandwich  In  1848,  and  thirteen  of  the 
twentj  -six  years  of  in-  ministerial  life  was  passed  here.  While  pastor  al  Lyndon,  Vt,  he  did  efficient  service  as 
an  organizer  and  educator,  and  to  blm  is  the  establishment  of  the  Lyndon  Institution  largelj  due.  Bewae  a 
worker,  nut  a  loiterer,  In  the  Lord's  vineyard.  Se  was  clerk  "i  the  Sandwich  Quarterly  Meeting,  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Jfearly  Meeting,  and  of  the  Home  Mission  Societj  for  many  years;  a  member  <>r  the  executive 
Board  of  Home  Missions  for  twentj  years,  and  clerk  for  several  years;  a  member  <>\  the  Executive  Board  oi 
the  Education  Society,  and  one  "i  the  corporators  "i  the  printing  establishment.  His  clear  head,  good  judg- 
ment, and  kind  heart  fitted  him  specially  for  these  places.  His  care  of  the  Bock  entrusted  t<>  him  was  faithful, 
and  "he  was  without  doubt  the  ablest  preacher  tiii-  church  bas  ever  had."    He  died  August  29,  1875. 

The  North  Smnhrii-h  Fffe/ri//  Baptist  Church  is  the  original  first  church  of 
thai  denomination  in  town.  After  the  division  in  1830,  Rev.  Dudley  Pettingill 
ministered  to  this  church  until  1840  ;  Rev.  Hugh  Bcede  and  J.  Prescott, 
1840-41:  William  Johnson,  1841-42;  Rev.  B.  H.  McMurphy,  1842-45;  Rev. 
C.  E.  Blake,  1845-47;  Rev.  Josiah  Wctherbee,  1847-50;  Rev.  Thomas  Kenis- 
ton,  1850-53  ;  Rev.  John  L.  Sinclair,  1853-58;  Rev.  Samuel  Wiggin,  1858-59; 
Rev.  William  Rogers,  1859-62;  Rev.  Hugh  Beede,  1862-06;  Rev.  Jonathan 
Woodman,  1806-72:  Rev.  David  Calley,  1872-74;  Rev.  J.  S.  Potter,  1874-76; 
Rev.  John  L.  Sinclair,  1876-80;  Rev.  C.  W.  Dealtry,  1880-82;  Rev.  David 
Calley,  L882-87;  Rev.  J.  Langdon  Quimby,  April,  1887,  to  October,  1887;  Rev. 
A.  J.  Dutton  is  the  present  (1SS1»)  pastor.  Church  membership,  87.  The 
Sabbath-school  lias  82  scholars.     Benjamin   F.  Fellows  is  clerk  of  the  church. 

During  Rev.  Mr  Sinclair's  pastorate  the  chmch  was  remodeled;  new  pews 
were  put  in,  making  the  seating  capacity  250,  and  other  repairs  made  at  a  cost 
of  several  hundred  dollars.  A  parsonage  was  built  about  1864  or  1865,  costing 
$1,200.  uThis  church  building  once  had  a  belfry,  octagonal  in  form,  with  eight 
perpendicular  columns  framed  with  timbers  beneath  the  roof,  and  extending 
upwards  supporting  a  large  dome,  from  which  ran  up  a  spire,  and  at  its  apex 
was  inserted  an  iron  bar  or  rod  and  that  was  surmounted  by  a  large  weather- 
vane"  About  1826  this  section  was  visited  by  a  hurricane  that  twisted  off 
the  iron  bar  close  down  to  the  spire,  hurling  it  to  the  ground.  The  belfry 
remained  in  this  unsightly  condition  until  1842,  when  S.  N.  Fogg  was  employed 
to  remove  it.  The  church  was  built  on  the  southeast  corner  of  the  farm  once 
owned  by  Abraham  Perkins. 

Mrtliotllsni  came  to  Sandwich  early  in  the  century  from  Landaff  and 
Bridge  water  circuits  on  the  west,  and  Tuftonborough  on  the  southeast.  In 
1803  Solomon  Langdon,  Paul  Dustin,  and  Thomas  Branch  were  on  the  large 
Landaff  circuit,  and  Rev.  Mr  Langdon  has  the  credit  of  being  the  pioneer 
Methodist  preacher  in  this  town.  He  labored  mightily  in  word  and  doctrine 
to  lay  the  foundation  of  this  faith.  Mrs  Winslow.  it  is  said,  was  the  first 
member  of  this  church,  and  Jedediah  Skinner  the  second.  Lewis  Bates  and 
Paul  Dustin  were  on  Bridgewater  circuit   in   1804-05.   and    "Elder"    Dustin 


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baptized,  in  1805,  in  Sandwich,  Gilman  Smith,  Anna  Smith,  Fanny  Glines, 
.1  others.  Not  Par  from  this  time  the  first  class  was  formed,  with  Jedediah 
Skinner,  leader,  Elijah  Skinner,  Bradbury  Prescott,  Mrs  Beede,  and  two 
others  as  members.  "Father"  Skinner  was  the  first  to  open  his  house  to 
Methodisl  preaching,  and  about  the  same  time  Mrs  Beede,  who  lived  where 
Asahel  Glines  new  lives,  opened  her  doors  for  public  services,  and  for  a  long 
period  it  was  Methodisl  headquarters .  The  first  class-meeting  was  probably 
held  at  Gilman  Smith's  in  1805.  Elijah  Hedding,  afterwards  bishop,  was 
presiding  elder  in  1807-08,  Martin  Ruter  in  1809-10. 

Methodisl  meetings  were  held  in  the  Red  Hill  district  and  in  the  south- 
eastern parts  of  the  town  simultaneously  and  independently  of  each  other.  The 
Red  Hill  meetings  were  eonnected  with  Centre  Harbor,  and  the  others  with 
Tuftonborough,  and  their  preachers  doubtless  conducted  the  services.  Those 
stationed  at  Centre  Harbor  were  Hezekiah  Field,  1806,  Paul  Dustin,  1807,  J. 
Peck,  1808,  Abner  (lark,  1809.  At  Tuftonborough  were  L.  Bates,  1806, 
.1.  Peck.  E.  Blake,  1807,  L.  Bates,  1808,  Benjamin  Bishop,  Amasa  Taylor,  1809. 

In  1810  Sandwich  became  a  station,  which  included  Centre  Sandwich,  North 
Sandwich,  and  South  Tamworth,  with  the  Centre  as  base  of  operations,  and 
lure,  alter  meetings  ceased  to  be  held  at  private  houses,  the  Methodists 
worshiped  in  the  "old  meeting  house"  one  half  of  the  time  for  several 
years,  alternately  with  the  Baptists  until  1825,  when,  being  stronger  in 
numbers,  and  deeming  it  pleasanter  to  have  a  house  of  their  own,  they 
commenced  a  church  in  April,  which  they  finished  the  same  year.  The 
celebrated  John  N.  Maffit  preached  the  dedication  sermon.  This  church 
was  built  through  the  zealous  efforts  and  personal  labor  of  Elijah  Skinner, 
a  prominent  leader  in  the  society. 

It  was  the  custom  to  send  two  preachers  to  the  Sandwich  circuit,  one 
married  and  one  unmarried;  and  they  had  religious  services  every  Sabbath 
at  Centre  Sandwich,  and  once  in  two  weeks  at  North  Sandwich  and  South 
Tamworth. 

The  Methodists  and  Congregationalists  built  a  church  edifice  of  brick  at 
North  Sandwich,  and  the  clergymen  of  the  different  denominations  occupied 
the  pulpit  alternate  Sabbaths.  Stephen  Fellows  was  one  of  the  leading 
members  of  this  Methodist  church.  After  his  removal  from  the  state,  and 
other  changes  made  by  time,  there  were  but  few  Methodists  remaining  in 
that    section. 

The  first  church  erected  by  the  Methodists  was  occupied  by  them  for  nearly 
a  quarter  of  a  century,  when  a  fire  made  such  devastation  within  its  walls  that 
t  was  decided  to  rebuild.  This  was  done  in  1848.  The  land  on  which  the 
present  church  stands  was  given  by  Hon.  Moulton  H.  Marston. 

The  second  session  of  the  New  Hampshire  Conference  was  held  at  Centre 
]  L831,  Bishop  Soule  presiding.     The  tenth  annual  session  was  also 


Town    of    Sandwich.  (is3 


held  here  in  Is:',!',  Bishop  Hedding  presiding.  At  a  Quarterly  Conference  held 
at  Sandwich,  June  27,  L839,  it  was  "Voted,  that  said  Sandwich  Circuil  be 
divided  in  the  following  manner :  Centre  Sandwich  to  be  a  station — also  that 
North  Sandwich  and  Tamworth  be  a  circuit,  that  Holderness  and  Centre 
Harbor  be  another  circuit." 

The  following  list  of  Methodist  preachers  stationed  on  Sandwich  Circuil 
was  compiled  by  C.  C.  Fellows:  — 

L810,  Leonard  Frost.  1811,  Francis  Dane.  1812,  Hezekiah  Field.  1813, 
John  Vickory.  L814,  Hezekiah  Davis.  1815.  Leonard  Frost.  L816,  Josiah 
Scarritt.  1sl7,  Unknown.  1818,  Benjamin  Bishop.  L819,  Nathan  Paine. 
L820,  Ezra  Kellogg.  1821,  J.  Kellam,  E.  S.  Goodwin.  1822,  William  McCoy. 
L823,  Charles  Baker.  1824,  J.  B.  II.  Norris.  1825,  J.  B.  H.  Norris,  Nathaniel 
Norris.  1826,  Samuel  Kelly,  George  Storrs.  1827,  George  Storrs,  J.  Hazleton. 
L828,  A.  B.  Kindsman,  L.  Harlow.  1829,  J.  B.  H.  Norris,  S.  Fisk.  1830,  Will- 
iam Nelson.  John  Worcester.  1831,  S.  Chamberlain,  William  Peck.  1832,  S. 
Chamberlain,  C.  Kales.  1833,  M.  Newhall,  O.  Dunbar.  1834,  M.  Newhall, 
L.  D.  Blodgett.  1835,  N.  W.  Scott,  L.  D.  Blodgett.  1836,  N.  W.  Scott. 
L837,  John  Smith,  M.  P.  Marshall.  1838,  John  Smith,  John  English.  1839, 
David  Wilcox.  L840,  H.  Drew,  M.  P.  Marshall.  1841,  H.  Drew.  J.  S.  Loveland. 
L842,  C.  W.  Levings,  J.  S.  Loveland,  William  Blake.  L843,  C.  W.  Levings, 
II.  II.  Hartwell.  1844,  J.  A.  Scarritt,  H.  Hill.  L845-46,  N.  W.  Aspinwall. 
L847-48,  William  Hewes.  1849-50,  Calvin  Holman.  1851,  Rufus  Tilton. 
1852-53,  H.  N.  Taplin.  1854-55,  Joseph  W.  Guernsey.  L856-57,  Joshua 
H.  Holman.  1858,  Nelson  Green.  1859-60,  J.  P.  Stinchfield.  1861-62, 
Reuhen  Dearborn.  1863-(54,  John  Currier.  1865,  A.  J.  Church.  1866, 
A.  P.  Hatch.  1867-69,  M.  T.  Cilley.  1870,  C.  A.  Cressey.  1871-7:'., 
George  N.  Bryant.  1874-75,  Moses  Sherman.  187<i-77,  D.  W.  Downs. 
1878,"  -I.  Mowry  Bean.  1879-81,  William  Woods.  1882,  J.  D.  Folsom. 
1883-85,   G.  C.  Noyes.      1886-87,  J.   H.   Brown.      1888,   William    A.    Mayo. 

Rev.  George  X.  Dorr,  horn  in  Sandwich,  graduate  of  Bowdoin  College,  is 
a  Methodist  clergyman  and  stationed  at  Lebanon  this  year  (1888).  The 
membership  of  the  church  in  1888  was  ninety;  the  Sabbath-school  had  an 
average  of  sixty  pupils,  Dr  E.  W.  Hodsdon,  superintendent.  The  society  has 
a  good  house  of  worship,  valued  at  four  thousand  dollars,  a  pleasant  parsonage, 
and  is  in  a  prosperous  condition. 

The  Congregational  Churches.  —  Until  1814  there  was  no  organization  of 
the  Congregation alists  in  Sandwich;  people  of  that  faith  worshiped  at 
Tamworth  or  Moultonborough,  where  churches  of  that  denomination  were 
established  and  the  gospel  preached.  Occasionally  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hidden, 
of  Tamworth,  and   Mr  Crane,  of  Exeter,  preached  gratuitously. 

The  report  of  a  committee  of  the  church  gives  the  succint  history  to  L827. 
"In  1811  Mr  Clark,  a  missionary  from  the  New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society, 


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sent  to  Ossipee,  preached  one  Sabbath  and  once  or  twice  on  weekdays  to  this 
people.  In  1814  the  Rev.  Mr  Taylor  was  sent  to  ns  three  months  from  the 
New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society,  and  the  same  year  Mr.  William  Cogswell,  a 
licentiate,  was  sent  to  us  three  months  by  the  Massachusetts  Society,  whose 
labors  were  blest;  a  church  consisting  of  thirteen  members  was  organized  and 
a    further  revival  followed." 

j  We  find  fourteen  members  on  the  church  records  at  the  organization, 
August  17.  1814,  as  follows:  Asa  Crosby,  deacon  ;  Josiah  Bean,  deacon  ;  Rev. 
Jacob  W.  Eastman,  -lames  Adams,  Eliphalet  Sanborn,  Sarah  Webster,  Susan 
Freeman,  Grace  R.  French,  Catharine  Badger,  Lucy  II.  Freeze,  Olive  Bean, 
Mrs  Eliza  Little,  Sally  Clark,  Abigail  Crosby.] 

"  Mr  Cogswell  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Mr  Jewell  from  the  Massachu- 
setts Missionary  Society,  who  continued  two  weeks  and  was  the  same  year 
succeeded  by  the  Rev.  Mr  Field  from  the  New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society, 
who  labored  here  about  one  year,  who  received  a  part  of  his  support  from  the 
congregation.  The  Rev.  Mr  Coe  succeeded  Mr  Field  and  continued  with  us 
about  three  months.  In  1816  and  1817  the  Rev.  Mr  Spofford  preached  to  us 
about  three  months  and  was  sent  us  from  the  New  Hampshire  Missionary 
Society.  The  Rev.  Isaac  Jones  from  the  New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society 
continued  about  three  months  with  us  in  1818  and  1819,  and  in  1821  and  1822. 

"  In  1823  the  Rev.  Mr.  Sewall  from  the  New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society 
continued  about  one  year  and  received  one  hundred  dollars  from  this  congre- 
gation. According  to  Hon.  John  Wentworth,  'Rev.  Jotham  S.  Sewall 
preached  in  the  potash  schoolhouse  situated  near  the  Little  Pond  Cemetery 
(and  which  was  afterwards  burnt  down  and  the  district  divided)  at  different 
intervals  under  the  auspices  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society."  In  1824  Mr 
Isaac  Willey,  a  licentiate,  was  sent  by  the  New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society 
three  months  and  was  afterwards  continued  by  subscriptions  about  eight  weeks. 

"  The  membership  of  the  church  was  now  reduced  to  eleven,  with  but  two 
male  members.  But  prospects  began  to  brighten.  God  had  put  it  into  the 
hearts  of  outside  individuals  to  erect  a  commodious  house  for  public  worship, 
and  efforts  were  now  made  to  erect  a  meeting-house  and  various  methods 
pursued,  but  nothing  effectual  was  done  until  March  24,  1824,  when  eleven 
individuals  agreed  to  build  a  Congregational  meeting-house  by  sixteen  shares. 

"These  proprietors,  having  organized  themselves,  made  preparations  for 
erecting  a  meeting-house,  and  having,  with  various  others,  on  the  eighth  clay  of 
December,  1824,  formed  themselves  into  a  society  by  the  name  of  the  First 
Congregational  Society  in  Sandwich,  and  published  the  notice  of  their  associ- 
ation and  constitution,  on  the  28th  day  of  February,  1825,  purchased  of  Ezekiel 
French,  Esquire,  and  received  from  him  a  deed  of  the  plot  of  land  on  which 
tin;  meeting-house  now  stands,  with  the  common  appurtenant  to  the  same. 

"The  accounts  of  the  proprietors  were  settled  on  the  18th  and  19th  days  of 


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November,  1825,  and  the  average  price  of  pews  being  found  at  forty-one  dollars 
and  twenty-five  cents  (after  reserving  No.  1  on  the  east  aisle  as  a  parsonage 
pew),  reckoning  the  whole  expense  of  completing  the  meeting-house,  with  the 
exception  of  a  stove  and  of  painting.  On  the  19th  day  of  said  November,  the 
pews  in  said  house  were  set  up  at  public  auction  to  the  highest  bidder,  and 
also  the  remnants  of  the  materials  for  the  meeting-house.  After  which  the 
meeting  adjourned  to  the  house  of  N.  G.  Norris,  and  passed  various  resolves 
placing  the  property  in  said  meeting-house  under  the  control  of  the  First 
Congregational  Society. 

"  On  the  30th  day  of  November,  1825,  the  meeting-house,  having  been 
completed  in  the  inside,  was  dedicated  to  the  service  of  Almighty  God. 
The  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden,  of  Tamworth,  assisted 
by  the  Revs.  Messrs  Shaw  (Moultonborough),  Rankin  (Plymouth),  Hale,  and 
Norwood  (Meredith  Bridge). 

"  Various  efforts  were  made  during  the  winter  and  spring  of  1826  to  obtain  a 
suitable  candidate  to  minister  to  this  people  and  become  pastor  of  this  church. 
The  New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society  having  voted  to  this  society  sixty 
dollars,  and  the  society  in  Massachusetts  '  for  promoting  Christian  knowledge  ' 
having  given  expectations  of  assistance,  many  individuals  were  willing  to  tax 
themselves  heavily  to  procure  a  stated  preaching.  Mr  David  P.  Smith  (D.  0. 
1823),  a  licentiate,  commenced  his  labors  with  us  on  the  23d  day  of  July, 
1826,  for  four  Sabbaths,  and,  giving  a  general  satisfaction,  was  continued  by 
a  subscription  until  March,  1827. 

"In  March,  1827,  a  general  excitement  having  taken  place,  and  the'  Society 
for  promoting  Christian  Knowledge  '  in  Massachusetts  having  voted  us  one 
hundred  dollars  per  year  for  five  years  for  the  support  of  a  settled  minister,  a 
subscription  for  the  support  of  Mr  Smith  was  put  in  circulation,  and  the 
Church  and  Society  united  in  giving  him  a  call  to  become  pastor  of  the 
church,  which  invitation  was  accepted. 

Samuel  Emerson,     ) 
Paul  Wentworth,  >  Committee." 
Jeremiah  Furrek,  ) 
"Sandwich,  April  13,  1827. 

May  20,  1827,  Joseph  Mason  and  wife,  Jeremiah  Furber,  Susan  Lamson, 
Susan  Cogan,  Benjamin  Cook,  were  admitted  members  by  profession,  and  Paul 
Wentworth  and  wife  by  letter. 

May  22,  the  ordination  of  Rev.  David  Page  Smith  occurred,  Rev.  David 
Weed  Eastman,  a.m.,  preaching  the  sermon. 

The  meeting-house  at  which  this  ordination  took  place  was  situated  not  far 
from  Little  Pond,  between  the  old  Elisha  Weed  house  and  the  Fairfield  house 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road,  near  and  just  below  where  the  road  turns  to 
the  left  to  go  to  North  Sandwich.     It  was  torn  down  long  since. 


686  History  of   Carroll   County. 


[David  Page  Smith  was  born  at  Hollis,  September  20,  1795,  and  died  at 
Greenfield,  <  October  L,  L850  ;  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1823.  He  was 
dismissed  from  Sandwich  June  28,  1832. 

Rev.  Jacob  Weed  Eastman  was  born  at  North  Sandwich,  May  29,  1790,  and 
was  son  of  James  and  Susanna  (French)  Eastman.  He  was  the  first  Congre- 
gationalisl  clergyman  born  in  Sandwich.  He  married  Mary  Webster.  He  was 
a  celebrated  schoolmaster,  and  Dartmouth  conferred  the  honorary  degree  of 
a.m.  upon  him  in  1822.  He  was  ordained  December  13,  1815,  at  Methuen, 
Mass.]     Rev.  D.  P.  Smith  was  elected  clerk. 

••  March  13,  1828.  Met  at  the  house  of  widow  Grace  French,  and  attended 
to  the  establishment  of  Sabbath  Schools."  In  October  and  December,  1831, 
thirty-one  persons  united  with  this  church. 

Rev.  Giles  Leach,  a  native  of  Bridge  water,  Mass.,  and  a  graduate  of 
Amherst  and  Andover,  commenced  his  labors  in  Sandwich  in  October,  1832, 
preaching  two  thirds  of  the  time  with  the  First  Church,  and  one  third  at 
North  Sandwich.  He  was  ordained  as  pastor  of  both  churches,  February  5, 
1833,  and  was  dismissed  February  26,  1840.  He  continued  occasionally  to  fill 
the  pulpits  until  1812.  November  23,  1842,  he  was  installed  in  Meredith, 
where  he  remained  until  May  23,  1854.  His  next  pastorate  was  in  Wells, 
Maine  :  then  he  went  to  Rye.  He  died  in  Franklin,  in  the  spring  of  1885. 
He  was  an  earnest  and  fervent  preacher,  and  left  a  pleasant  memory.  Rev. 
Giles  Leach  acted  as  clerk  during  his  pastorate  ;  he  was  succeeded  by  Deacon 
Jeremiah  Furber.  Calvin  Hoyt  was  the  next,  and  he  was  followed  by 
William  M.  Weed. 

In  the  spring  and  summer  of  1842,  Mr  Otis  Holmes  preached  several 
sermons  with  such  acceptation  that  he  was  called  to  the  pastorate  August  15, 
and  installed  September  7.  He  possessed  great  energy,  deep  religious  feelings, 
and  marked  convictions,  winch  he  inculcated  without  fear  or  favor.  He  was 
strongly  anti-slavery  in  sentiment,  and  a  radical  in  temperance.  Intestine  com- 
motion was  developed  during  his  pastorate,  and  some  of  the  principal  members 
were  alienated  and  withdrew.  The  church,  never  strong,  felt  their  loss  to  a 
marked  degree.  But  Mr  Holmes  knew  no  compromise  with  evil,  and  slackened 
not  his  zeal.  He  ministered  faithfully  until  April,  1849.  In  May,  Moses  Weed 
and  William  Cogan  were  elected  deacons. 

After  the  dismissal  of  Rev.  Mr  Holmes  there  was  only  occasional  preaching 
for  some  years.  "  The  old  meeting  house  was  so  out  of  repair  as  to  be  unfit 
for  use  It  was  1'eared,  first,  that  unanimity  could  not  be  secured  in  the  loca- 
tion of  a  new  house,  and,  secondly,  that  the  necessary  funds  could  not  be 
raised.  But  when  efforts  were  made  in  the  winter  of  1856,  those  'fears' 
vanished  to  the  'four  winds.'" 

A  new  meeting-house  was  built  at  Sandwich  Lower  Corner,  and  dedicated 
January   1,    1857.     Occasional   preaching  occurred   from  this   time    until    the 


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autumn  of  185S,  when  l{<>yal  Parkinson  was  employed  to  supply  for  three 
months,  from  December  to  March.  March  1<»,  1859,  he  was  reengaged  and 
supplied  the  pulpit  two  years,  then  went  to  Queechy,  Vt.  He  was  not 
installed  here.  Records  show  that  in  May,  1862,  four  hundred  and  twenty- 
six  dollars  were  raised  to  pay  Rev.  David  Bean  for  preaching  at  the  Congrega- 
tional church  at  Sandwich  Corner.  Mr  Bean  was  in  Sandwich  previous  to  this 
subscription  and  gave  such  satisfaction  that  the  subscription  was  raised  in 
order  to  retain  him.  Bui  before  the  winter  of  1862-63,  he  felt  constrained  to 
seek  another  field,  as  he  was  a  Freewill  Baptist. 

After  an  absence  of  nearly  sixteen  years,  Rev.  Otis  Holmes  again  began 
ministerial  labors  here,  January  27,  1865,  dividing  his  services  equally  between 
the  First  Church  and  the  "North  Parish/'  At  this  time  the  membership  had 
diminished  from  eighty  to  twenty-seven,  as  stated  by  Calvin  Hoyt,  clerk. 
Mr  Holmes  remained  until  1N68,  and  is  now  (1888)  in  active  ministrations 
at  Eliot,  Maine.  Rev.  Charles  L.  Tappan,  a  native  of  Sandwich,  commenced 
labor  as  pastor  June  18,  1871. 

Rev.  Mr  Hall  supplied  from  May,  1878,  to  May  15,  1879.  Mr  Headley,  an 
Andover  student,  was  here  from  May  to  October,  1879,  Rev.  Edwin  M. 
Vittura  was  here  from  June  to  October,  1880.  Since  Mr  Vittum  preached, 
there  has  been  no  regular  Congregational  ministry;  prayer -meetings  and 
Sabbath-schools  were  kept   up,  however,  until  about  1888. 

The  North  Sandwich  Congregational  Church  was  organized  June  27,  1832. 
For  many  years  prior  to  this  time  the  families  embracing  the  Congregational 
faith  had  enjoyed  the  occasional  labors  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden,  of  Tamworth, 
and  to  receive  the  ministrations  of  the  gospel  on  the  Sabbath.  For  nearly  forty 
years  they  were  accustomed  to  go  to  Tamworth,  some  on  horseback,  some  on 
foot,  and  they  were  very  regular  in  their  attendance  on  divine  worship.  Mr 
Hidden  used  to  say,  "I  love  to  preach  to  the  people  of  Sandwich,  they  love 
preaching  so  well.''  And  many  were  converted  and  united  with  the  Tamworth 
church. 

At  the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  North  Sandwich  church  there  were 
fifteen  members:  among  them,  the  names  of  Neal  McCrillis,  Isaiah  Fogg, 
David  M.  rJoss,  Joshua  B.  Smith,  David  S.  Emery,  Jonathan  G.  Webster, 
Albert  I,.  Emery,  Joseph  Hoit,  have  been  given  us.  The  society  was  formed 
October  8,  1832,  and  the  following  were  also  among  its  numbers:  Jacob  F. 
Moulton,  Stephen  Bennett,  Jr,  Isaac  Foss,  Eliphalet  McGaffey,  William  Weed, 
Josiah  McGaffey.     Neal  McCrillis  and  Isaiah  Fogg  were  deacons. 

1832,  December  19,  they  voted  "  to  invite  Rev.  Giles  Leach  to  become 
our  pastor;  also,  to  raise  by  subscription  eighty-three  dollars  for  his  services 
one  third  of  the  year  in  case  he  accept  our  invitation;  also,  voted  to  raise 
twenty-four  dollars  for  the  services  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden  four  Sabbaths  tin- 
past  year."     In  1833  they  united  with  the  F^irst  Church  in  securing  the  labors 


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of  Rev.  Giles  Leach,  who  ministered  to  them  one  third  of  the  time  for  seven 
wars.  Under  his  care  the  church  enjoyed  a  good  degree  of  prosperity,  with 
frequent  additions.  After  his  pastorate  closed,  two  years  elapsed  without  reg- 
ular services,  Mr  Leach  preaching  occasionally  for  two  years.  Rev.  Otis 
Holmes  supplied  the  pulpit  one  third  of  the  time  for  several  years;  then  for 
-nine  years  there  were  religious  services  when  a  minister  could  be  secured  for 
a  Sabbath.  For  the  two  years  1854-55  they  united  with  the  Freewill  Baptist 
church  in  hiring  a  Baptist  minister,  who  held  services  in  their  meeting-house 
one  fourth  of  the  time.  At  present  (1889)  there  are  no  regular  services;  the 
meeting-house  is  opened  for  funerals,  and  sometimes  meetings  of  other  denomi- 
nations are  held  here.  The  members  attend  and  support  the  Freewill  Baptist 
chinch.  William  McCrillis,  Larkin  W.  French,  and  Alvah  Moulton  are  the 
only  resident  male  members. 

East  Sandwich. — There  is  no  church  organization  at  this  part  of  the  town, 
hut  about  1878  a  small,  unpretending  church  building  was  erected  and  called 
Union  Chapel,  and  here  "  God's  people "  of  various  denominations,  Baptists, 
Methodists,  Adventists,  etc.,  assemble  for  worship.  The  number  of  people  is 
so  small  that  they  are  not  able  to  support  a  preacher  entirely  and  are  supplied 
from  other  churches,  contributing  what  they  can.  Rev.  J.  P.  Frye  preached  at 
the  chapel  for  three  years  when  stationed  at  South  Tamworth ;  Rev.  David 
('alley,  Baptist,  succeeded  him  for  two  years;  in  1888,  Rev.  W.  A.  Mayo, 
Methodist,  from  Centre  Sandwich,  ministered  here.  At  present  the  pulpit  is 
supplied  one  Sabbath  in  each  month  by  Rev.  Mr  Piper  (Adventist)  from 
Melvin  village,  and  the  remainder  of  the  time  Rev.  Mr  Wilkins,  from 
Moultonborough,  Methodist,  officiates. 

A  small  Sabbath-school  was  organized  six  years  ago,  and  about  four  years 
since  a  temperance  club  was  formed  and  called  the  East  Sandwich  Blue  Ribbon 
Association.  Great  interest  is  taken  in  all  these  good  institutions  by  the 
inhabitants,  and  they  bid  fair  to  grow  and  prosper. 

The  Friends.1  — In  giving  a  history  of  the  Friends  Society  in  Sandwich 
we  dn  not  propose  to  give  such  history  as  may  be  a  record  merely,  but  an 
outline  rather  of  the  Quaker  element  of  this  town,  showing  briefly  what  it 
did  and  what  it  was;  what  molding  impress  it  had  on  the  generations  that 
followed;  its  influence  on  communities  now  far  remote,  and  to  whom  perhaps 
a  knowledge  of  their  ancestors  has  never  come.  As  the  geologist  and  the 
astronomer  find  "the  ancient  hills  and  the  morning  stars"  away  back  in  "the 
freshness  of  the  far  beginning,"  so  we  find  the  Quakers  of  Sandwich  in  the 
very  beginning  of  its  history.  As  early  as  1777  there  must  have  been  by  any 
reasonable  estimate  as  many  as  forty  members,  while  in  1802  they  had  become 
so  numerous  that  the  Salem  Quarterly  Meeting  in  Massachusetts  recognized 
it  as  one  of  its  branches  and  established  it  as  the  Sandwich  Monthly  Meeting. 

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Judge  Daniel  Beede,  though  not  himself  a  member,  allied  himself  to  this 
denomination,  and  not  less  than  seven  of  Ins  children  became  members  of  the 
society.  In  Nevi  Hampshire  the  Quakers  were  nol  scattered  widely,  but  lived 
and  gathered  in  quite  Large  numbers  together,  and  were  mostly  in  Dover, 
Rochester,  Gilmanton,  Weare,  Sandwich,  Epping,  and  adjacent  towns.  From 
1802  to  1833  there  were  probably  not  less  than  seven  hundred  members  of  the 

society  in  the  Sandwich  Meeting.  This  number  may  at  first  seem  Large,  but 
the  estimate  will  not  appear  extravagant  when  we  remember  that  among  the 
names  enrolled  were  Hoag,  Beede,  Yaniey,  Hoit,  Meader,  Dealing,  Felch, 
Brown,  Jewell,  Scribner,  Wingate,  Hunker,  Jenness,  Folsom,  Heard,  Hill, 
Hinds,  Marston,  Dow,  (rove.  Bean,  Gould,  Roberts,  Purinton,  Plumer,  Hanson, 
Greene.  Peaslee,  Cook,  Samos,  Hassletine,  Wiggin,  Sweat,  Frye,  Miller,  John- 
son, Tut  tie,  and  if  we  should  continue,  the  list  of  names  would  expand  almost 
""  to  cloudy  legions."  Of  the  Hoags  alone  there  were  about  sixty  members, 
and  probably  as  many  by  the  name  of  Beede. 

In  North  Sandwich  they  were  nearly  as  early  as  at  the  Centre,  but  were 
organized  later,  and  for  a  season  were  part  of  the  general  meeting.  The  first 
meeting-house  at  the  Centre  must  have  been  built  soon  after  the  settlement 
of  the  town,  for  it  had  served  its  generation  and  a  new  one  was  built  about 
181 1).  The  record  shows  this  house  to  have  been  50  feet  long-  and  38  feet 
wide,  two  stories  high,  and  cost  $905.  The  North  Sandwich  meeting-house 
was  erected  about  1814.  In  1802  Enoch  Hoag  was  clerk  for  a  short  time,  and 
in  the  same  year  Benjamin  Frye  became  clerk  and  held  the  position  more  than 
a  quarter  of  a  century.  He  was  succeeded  by  Ezra  Meader,  who  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Stephen  Beede,  and  these  three  held  the  office  for  about  sixty 
years.  Thomas  W.  Hoag  is  now  clerk.  The  clerk  was  presiding  officer 
as  well  as  recording  officer,  and  made  his  record  from  verbal  expressions 
without  vote,  and  was  himself  sole  judge  of  the  preponderance  of  sentiment 
as  gathered  from  verbal  expression,  made  his  record  accordingly,  and  scarcely 
or  never  was  any  objection  made  to  the  record.  Benjamin  Frye's  records 
were  admirably  written,  and  he  must  have  been  a  very  methodical  man.  Ezra 
Meader  and  Stephen  Beede  each  in  his  turn  became  clerk  of  the  Dover 
Quarterly  Meeting. 

Cyrus  Beede  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  members.  He  was  a  man 
of  large  comprehension,  who  was  regarded  as  an  oracle  to  his  own  denomina- 
tion, and  it  is  said  clergymen  of  other  denominations  regarded  the  opinion  of 
Cyrus  Beede  on  theological  questions  as  about  "the  end  of  the  law.''  He 
was  born  in  1766  and  was  among  the  younger  sons  of  Judge  Daniel  Beede. 
He  was  one  of  the  early  Quaker  ministers.  Ezra  Meader  was  a  man  of  high 
repute  and  was  long  among  the  leaders  of  the  Quakers.  Stephen  Beede, 
in  later  times,  was  one  of  the  strong  men  of  this  church.  He  was  one  of 
those  peculiarly  organized  men  who  easily  gather   from    the   remarks  and  argu- 


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ments  of  others  both  the  weakness  and  the  wisdom  of  their  views,  and  when 
the  exact   time  earae  was  able  to  sum   up  the  whole  substance  pro  and  con, 

ightly  divide  the  true  From  the  false,  and  steer  with  unerring  certainty 
along  the  line  of  wisdom  and  draw  entire  assemblies  after  him.     None  could 

mr  oil  on  troubled  waters"  with  a  gentler  hand  or  with  more  certain  effect. 
Among  the  ministers  were  Cyrus  Beede,  Benjamin  Frye,  Martha  Meader, 
Joanna  Miller,  Mary  Una-,  and,  belonging  to  Sandwich  Monthly  Meeting 
though  resident  in  VVolfeborough,  Lindley  Murray  Hoag,  a  minister  of  mar- 
velous ['ower.  whose  tame  always  brought  out  crowded  houses.  "  When 
Lindley  Hoag  comes  to  Sandwich,  let  me  know,"  was  a  request  of  hundreds. 
His  wife.  Iluldah.  sister  of  Joseph  Varney  and  the  late  Moses  Varney  of 
Wolfeborough,  was  scarcely  less  distinguished  than  himself.  Of  the 
men  prominent  in  their  time,  acting  as  committees  and  in  various  other 
capacities,  were  Stephen  and  John  Hoag,  Jonathan  Wingate,  John  Folsom, 
Solomon  Hoit,  Elijah  Beede,  Oliver  Hill,  Noah  Varney,  Richard  Wiggin, 
Daniel  Frye,  Joshua,  Paul,  Russell  and  James  Hoag,  Parker  Felch,  Beede 
Varney,  Ephraim  Meader,  and  many  others,  of  each  of  whom  interesting 
things  could  he  said,  but  time  and  space  forbid  that  we  should  call  them  from 
their  long  repose. 

About  L854  came  a  tide  of  emigration,  and  the  Sandwich  Quakers  followed 
the  "course  of  empire"  westward.  Emigration  continued,  till  of  the  great 
number  who  dwelt  in  Sandwich  in  1820  nearly  all  are  gone  from  the  Centre, 
hut  a  somewhat  flourishing  society  remains  at  North  Sandwich,  which  ranks 
in  numbers  probably  second  or  third  among  the  religious  bodies  of  the  town. 
To  that  society  John  B.  Cartland,  a  Quaker  minister,  preaches  with  great 
acceptance  almost  every  Sabbath,  and  has  drawn  a  goodly  number  who  are 
not  allied  to  the  society  to  become  regular  attendants,  and,  moreover,  by  his 
honesty  and  devotion  to  duty  and  unselfish  dealing  with  his  fellowmen,  as 
well  as  by  his  verbal  ministrations,  he  has  placed  a  molding  finger  on  that 
community,  and  made  it  easier  for  them  to  lead  honest  and  unselfish  lives. 

More  than  a  century  has  passed  since  the  establishment  of  the  Quakers  in 

Sandwich,  and  the  time  is  not  come  to  sum  up  their  influence.     Their  influence 

has  entered  new  organizations,  and,  to  a  great  extent,  speaks  through  other 

people.     In   New   Hampshire  they  have  greatly  declined  in  numbers,  but  are 

very    numerous   in    the   West  and   in   many  parts   of    the   older  states.     The 

Quakers  spoke   for  the  slave  in  unmistakable  terms,  when  many  were  servile 

or  silent  :  they  spoke  for  spiritual  freedom,  when  many  were  bound  to  outworn 

creeds;  they  spoke  for  "the  Spirit  that  makes  alive,"  while  many  could  see 

'the  letter  that  killeth;"   they  upheld  the  law  of  human  kindness,  while 

ith  many  "the  iron  heel  went  down  upon  the, hearts  of  men."     Tending  in 

and  in  some  directions  to  narrowness,  because  they  did  not  always 

fight  the  teachings  of  their  founders,  yet  in  their  cardinal  principles 


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they  were  set  as  bright  sunbeams  in  the  orienl  of  a  brighter  day:  their  prin- 
ciples live  in  the  teachings  and  practices  of  many  who  'I"  no1  bear  their  name. 
The  Quakers  of  this  town  mel  twice  a  week  in  their  respective  bouses  of 
worship,  through  wind  and  storm  and  flood,  and  often  sal  in  peaceful  silence, 
and  no  human  voice  was  heard.  Often  was  it  asked.  «  Whj  this  waste  of 
time?"  Bui  far  other  judgment  may  determine  thai  such  time  was  nut 
wasted.  In  the  hush  of  meditation,  in  the  all  solemn  silentness  of  nature, 
.spirit  voices  oftenest  speak.  Then  comes  the  solemn  contemplation  of  human 
and  divine  relations  :  of  the  vast  possibilities  of  the  human  soul  in  time  and 
eternity,  and  rich  and  valuable  as  speech  may  be,  silence  may  be  more  golden. 
In  the  Quaker  burial-ground  at  North  Sandwich,  on  a  declivity  that  gently 
slopes  toward  singing  waters,  in  the  land  guarded  by  mighty  mountains  that 
keep  watch  from  the  skies  of  the  measureless  north,  the  families  of  Pour  genera- 
tions are  sleeping.  Willi  all  their  human  frailties,  their  work  has  been  done 
well.  By  the  present  generation  the  names  of  many  id'  them  are  absolutely 
forgotten.  But  those  who  sleep  in  the  dust  have  molded  the  Lives  of  the 
living,  though  they  are  unconscious  of  the  fact,  and  who  shall  estimate  their 
influence  '.' 

Education. —  From  its  earliest  days,  the  people  of  Sandwich  have  been 
interested  in  literature  and  the  cause  of  education.  The  schoolmasters  of  "ye 
olden  time  "  were  respected  and  generally  looked  up  to  as  more  than  ordinary 
men.  They  were  usually  dignified  in  their  bearing  and  courteous  in  their 
manners,  and  these  " oldtime  worthies "  merit  recognition  in  history.  William 
Martin  was  a  teacher  early.  About  1795,  Benjamin  Frye  taught  school  in 
Sandwich  and  continued  here  for  many  years.  Nearly  ninety  years  ago  (1800) 
John  Donovan  (who  married  a  daughter  of  Bagley  Weed)  was  a  teacher  at 
the  schoolhouse  which  stood  near  the  house  of  Asaliel  Glines.  He  was  grand- 
father  of  (diaries  W.  Donovan,  who  has  been  selectman  for  many  years.  Natt 
Burley  taught  near  Sandwich  Centre  about  the  same  time.  Jacob  Weed  Page, 
another  teacher,  was  a  contemporary;  also  Dudley  Leavitt,  the  famous  mathe- 
matician, taught  the  young  the  mysteries  of  figures  for  several  years.  Stephen 
Cogan  was  a  teacher  here  for  nearly  forty  years,  and  for  many  years  was  super- 
intendent of  schools.  Brewster  Smith  was  an  early  teacher  in  North  Sandwich, 
ami  Eli  Cook  and  Eliplialet  McGaffey  were  well-known  instructors  nearly 
seventy  years  ago.  Rev.  Benjamin  G.  Will ey  taught  school  in  the  potash  or 
Little  pond  district  in  the  winter  of  1819-20.  This  was  the  fust  school  that 
John  Wentworth,  of  Chicago,  ever  attended.  ''Master  Ladd "  taught  in  a 
schoolhouse  near  the  Freewill  Baptist  cemetery.  He  was  lame,  and  his 
scholars  treated  him  with  the  utmost  kindness  and  consideration,  drawing 
him  to  and  from  school  on  a  small  sled  or  carriage.  The  Beede  family 
have  furnished  the  town  with  many  teachers.  Samuel  Beede,  Huldah 
Beede  (Mrs    Leonard    Frost),   Mary   Beede   (Mrs  Pinkham ),  Mehitable   Beede 


History   of   Carroll   County. 


(Mrs   Richard  Wiggin),  Daniel  G.  Beetle,  and  Nancy  McCrillis  were  teachers 
of  high  repute. 

Hon.  Daniel  G.  Beedi  has  had  :i  state  reputation  Cor  years,  standing  in  the  trout  rank  as  an  educator.  He 
establish!  Beede  Normal  [nstitute  at  Centre  sandwich,  and  it  at  once  became  one  of  the  best  training-schools 
for  teachers  in  the  state,  besides  being  a  school  of  high  grade  for  students  fitting  for  other  professional  and  com- 
mercial  life.  His  studenl  are  numbered  by  hundreds,  and  all  retain  esteem  and  veneration  for  their  old 
Instructor.  Mr  Beede  was  much  in  public  life  until  advancing  years  and  illness  prevented  his  acceptance  of 
official  place,  lie  was  town  clerk  several  wars,  moderator  of  the  annual  town-meeting  nearly  twenty  years, 
school  committeeman  twentj  years,  first  selectman  live  years,  representative  two  years,  register  of  probate 
fifteen  year-,  and  state  superintendent  of  public  instruction  in  1875.  Mr  Beede  has  clone  well  what  duties  have 
been  intrusted  to  him.  an  1  none  -lands  higher  than  he  among  the  sons  of  Sandwich.  Mrs  Beede  conducts  a  high 
Bchool  in  the  building  formerly  occupied  by  the  Normal  Institute. 

Benjamin  l'>.  Smith,  afterwards  missionary  in  India,  was  a  teacher. 
"Methodical  and  exact  in  all  things,  thorough  in  his  discipline,  leading  the 
stronger  intellects  rapidly  into  wide  fields  of  thought,  Mr  Smith  was  regarded 
by  his  pupils  with  a  feeling  akin  to  reverence.'"  Albert  Ethridge  was  known 
only  a  few  years  in  Sandwich  as  a  teacher.  His  intellect  was  of  a  high  order. 
Charles  Hoag  was  formerly  a  teacher  of  high  reputation,  and  for  several  years 
he  and  his  brother  Levi  were  engaged  in  teaching  in  Pennsylvania.  Charles 
afterward  went  West,  where  he  acquired  an  extensive  influence.  Edward  G. 
Hoag  was  for  many  years  a  teacher  in  the  Quaker  School  at  Providence,  R.  I., 
lung  the  leading  school  of  that  denomination  in  New  England.  Enoch  Hoag 
was  a  teacher  in  Sandwich  long  ago. 

Wvatt  Folsom,  Levi  Varney,  Amos  Heard,  Jesse  Folsom,  George  M. 
Burleigh,  Wyatt  MeGaffey,  David  M.  Bean,  Mrs  Albert  C.  Buffum,  of  North 
Berwick,  Maine,  her  sister,  Mrs  Gifford,  the  daughters  of  Benjamin  Frye,  and 
ni'  Dr  White,  and  -lames  Hoag,  and  Colonel  Samuel  Ethridge,  Anne  E.  Bean, 
Martha  Quinby,  Mary  MeGaffey,  Anna  F.  Hoag,  Amy  Hoag,  Betsey  Severance, 
and  Harriet  Weed  were  teachers  of  prominence  both  at  home  and  abroad. 
There  are  also  many  who  were  natives  of  Sandwich  who  have  done  good  ser- 
vice in  the  cause  of  education  away  from  home.  Prominent  among  these  are 
Miss  Lizzie  Blanchard,  of  the  celebrated  school  at  Mt  Holyoke  ;  Miss  Hattie 
Cook,  of  Ml  Vernon,  Iowa;  Miss  Susan  Sherman,  of  Mt  Carroll;  Alonzo 
Kimball,  of  the  School  of  Technology  at  Worcester,  Mass.;  George  L.  Clark 
and  his  brother  Selwyn;  Lebbeus  Hill,  Cyrus  Beede,  and  Jonathan  B.  Wiggin 
(teachers  fur  many  years  in  southern  Massachusetts)  ;  Warren  Ambrose,  of 
California;  Samuel  V.  Beede,  in  the  far  West ;  Ella  Moulton  and  her  sister 
Annie  ;  Emma  II.  Sanborn,  teacher  for  a  season  in  Bradford  Academy;  Emma 
Beede  (Mrs  Gulliver),  in  Boston  and  Brookline  schools;  Abbie  Smith,  in 
Newton  schools  ;  Oliver  C.  Hill,  George  N.  French,  George  F.  Varney,  Henry 
A.  Folsom,  and  Edmund  M.  Vittum,  who  was  for  a  season  a  teacher  in 
( ionstantinople. 

Iwich  Academy,  chartered  about  1824,  was  located  on  Wentworth  Hill. 


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The  original  trustees  were  Giles  Leach,  Elisha  Hanson,  Jeremiah  Furber, 
Benjamin  Frye,  William  Weed,  Samuel  Bidden,  Joshua  Dodge,  Samuel 
Emerson,  Paul  Wentworth,  Nicholas  G.  Norris,  Benjamin  Scribner,  Johnson 
D.  Quimby,  Augustine  Blanchard,  James  Stevenson,  Nathaniel  Hubbard,  and 
Benuing  M.  Bean.  There  were  subsequently  added  from  time  to  time  Aaron 
B.  Hoyt,  James  Norris,  David  Dow,  Andrew  J.  McFarland,  William  M.  Weed, 
Otis  Holmes,  Benjamin  Jewett,  Thomas  Shannon,  Jeremiah  Blake,  William  A. 
Kimball,  Calvin  Iloit,  and  Thomas  J.  Sweatt.  The  institution  did  not  become 
complete  hu  many  years,  and  the  first  school  was  in  the  autumn  of  1837  under 
the  instruction  of  Charles  Cochrane.  He  was  succeeded  by  Samuel  French, 
James  Osgood,  E.  H.  Greely,  John   Riley   Varney,  Joseph  McGaffey,  William 

A.  Kimball,  and  Aaron  B.  Hoyt.  Joseph  McGaffey  was  a  graduate  of  Dart- 
mouth College  in  the  class  of  1844,  and  an  accomplished  scholar.  Aaron  B. 
Hoyt  was  the  last  of  the  preceptors  of  Sandwich  Academy,  and  was  doubtless 
among  the  best.  The  last  term  of  school  was  in  the  fall  of  1849.  Professor 
Hoyt  commenced  a  spring  term  in  18f>0,  but  relinquished  it  on  account  of  ill- 
health.  Two  years  passing  without  any  school,  by  terms  of  the  deed  of  gift, 
the  academy  land  reverted  to  the  former  owners,  and  in  1852  was  sold  to 
Isaac   Adams,  and   the  building  was  moved  away  and  torn  down. 

SamhricJi  Library  Association.  —  As  long  ago  as  1800  the  intelligence  of 
the  people  demanded  additional  means  for  feeding  the  mind  than  they 
possessed,  and.  in  connection  with  Moultonborough,  the  w>  Sandwich  and 
Moultonborough  Social  Library  '"  was  incorporated  in  that  year  by  act  of  the 
legislature.  The  field  was  too  broad  for  the  desired  facilities,  and  in  1810 
the  legislature  chartered  the  "  Sandwich  Social  Library."  This  did  a  good 
work  for  many  years,  was  well  supplied  with  valuable  books  of  a  solid 
character,  well  calculated  to  make  strong  thinkers  of  their  readers. 

The  "  Sandwich  Library  Association  "  was  formed  at  Centre  Sandwich  in 
18*-,  and  as  many  of  the  books  of 'the  Social  Library  as  could  be  obtained 
were  incorporated  with  it.  The  library  was  located  in  the  small  building  adja- 
cent to  the  residence  of  Charles  Blanchard.  May  10,  1888,  it  was  made  an 
incorporated  body  with  these  members  as  signers  of  the  articles:  David  H. 
Hill.  A.  Birnay  Tasker,  E.  Q.  Marston,  Charles  Blanchard,  Paul  Wentworth, 
S.  I').  Wiggin,  C.  B.  Hoyt.  John   A.  Marston,  A.  S.  A.  Gilman,  L.  C.  Ambrose, 

B.  F.  Fellows,  Charles  W.  Donovan,  John  S.  Quimby,  Lewis  Q.  Smith,  G. 
Moulton,  E.  M.  Heard,  Levi  W.  Stanton,  C.  E.  Blanchard.  There  are  now 
seven  hundred  volumes  in  the  library;  A.  B.  Tasker,  Esq.,  librarian.  The 
presidents  have  been:  David  11.  Hill,  Enoch  Q.  Marston,  Samuel  B.  Wiggin, 
Charles  Blanchard,  Charles  B.  Hoyt. 


History   of  Carroll  County. 


CHAPTER   LXL 
Excerpts  from  Early  and  Late  Town  Records  —  Action  of  Town  in  Civil  War— Civil  List. 

177:;.  A  town-meeting  was  held  June  29  at  the  house  of  Daniel  Beede, 
Esq.,  in  pursuance  of  a  warrant  issued  by  Ebenezer  Smith,  Esq.,  of  Meredith, 
;,,  answer  to  a  petition  of  more  than  ten  of  the  inhabitants  of  Sandwich 
asking  for  this  warrant  because  the  proprietors  had  neglected  to  keep  up  their 
in,  (Minus  appointed  by  their  charter,  and  the  town  had  thus  lost  its  officers 
and  meeting.  At  tins  meeting  Ebenezer  Smith,  Esq.,  was  chosen  moderator; 
Daniel  Beede,  Esq.,  clerk;  Elias  Ladd,  Moses  Weed,  Daniel  Beede,  Esq., 
selectmen;  Jeremiah  Page,  constable;  Joshua  Prescott  and  Christopher 
Tappan,  surveyors  of  highways;  Elias  Smith,  Micah  Rice,  tithingmen. 
September  10.  At  a  town-meeting  held  at  "the  Griss  mill,"  Elias  Smith, 
moderator,  it  was  voted  "that  a  way  be  laid  from  Lt  Jacob  Smith's  to 
Moultonborough  line  by  the  seal  of  Daniel  Beede,  Esq.,  provided  the  owners 
of  the  land  will  take  for  satisfaction  as  much  adjacent  rangeway  or  otherwise 
as  the  selectmen  can  agree  with  them  without  cost  to  the  town;  voted  that 
a  way  be  laid  through  Orlando  Weed's  grant ;  likewise  from  Richard  Sinclers 
to  the  above  said  way;"  voted  two  hundred  days'  work  on  the  "  rodes ; " 
voted  to  raise  five  pounds  lawful  money  for  the  necessary  expenses  of  the 
town,  and  to  give  Daniel  Beede,  Esq.,  ten  shillings  to  collect  it. 

177:'>.  March  29,  three  hundred-days'  work  voted  to  be  done  on  the  ways, 
twenty  days  of  it  to  be  done  on  the  Red  Hill  way  in  "Molten  Borough." 

1779.  |150  raised  for  the  use  of  the  town.  Moses  Weed  having  hired 
Jacob  Smith  to  serve  as  constable  in  his  turn,  the  town  accepted  his  services 
in  that  capacity.  August  31  it  was  voted  "that  the  hire  of  Edward  Wells 
in  the  Continental  and  Josiah  Parsons  in  the  Rhode  Island  service  be  paid 
by  a  tax.  exempting  those  who  have  done  service  by  going,  hiring,  or  paying 
in  to  the  extent  of  their  service,"  and  the  selectmen  were  directed  to  make 
the  proportion;  also  voted  "that  the  hundred  bushels  of.  corn  to  Ed  Wells 
be  paid  by  the  first  of  February  next."  It  appears  that  the  town  had  agreed 
to  cut  fifteen  acres  of  trees  on  a  lot  in  Tamworth  as  part  pay  for  the  service 
of  Josiah  Parsons,  and  at  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted  to  let  the  job  to  the 
lowest  bidder,  and  it  was  struck  off  to  Caleb  Oilman  for  $17  per  acre. 

April  12.     Voted  that  whereas  one  hundred  and  fifty  Dollers  was  advanced 

Gratis  by  Daniel  Beede  Esq  &  by  him  paid  to  Moses  Page  James  flag  &  Nath1 

i  Viz  fifty  Dollers  Each  in  March  or  apl  in  the  year  1777  to  hire  them 

to    Enlist    themselves  into  the  Contanental  army  for  three  years  or  Dureing 


Town    of   Sandwich.  695 


the  war  &  Each  of  them  to  Pass  muster  &  serve  as  three  Soldiers  for  this 
town  of  Sandwich  as  part  of  their  Quoto  of  the  Contanental  army  and  nothing 
being  allowed  to  the  said  Daniel  By  the  si  town  voted  ('minimus  that  if  the 
Contananl  or  State  should  allow  the  Town  of  Sandwich  the  said  sum  of  one 
hundred  &  fifty  Dollers  or  an\  part  thereof  that  it  lie  Paid  to  the  said  Danie] 
&  that    the  said  Daniel  have   the  whole   Benefil   of  what    may  be    Recoverd 

for  sd    Mone\   advanced    by  him    as   afores'l.  —  It  was  voted  this  year   to   accept 

the  plan  of  governmenl  published  by  the  state  convention. 

In  1781  John  Prescut  and  I,t  Josiah  Bean  were  chosen  committee  to  hire 
soldiers  to  lill  the  town's  quota,  and  the  selectmen  directed  to  assess  a  tax 
for  the  payment.  The  next  entry  is  dated  1780.  July  -4  voted  "that  the 
eight  acres  of  trees  for  the  hire  of  Samuel  Me  Gaff  ey  (a  soldier)  be  fell  out 
of  the  highway  Role  &  Samuel  Burley's  (a  soldier)  18  days  work  if  required;" 
also,  that  the  selectmen  purchase  the  town's  quota  of  beef  for  the  Continental 
service  with  the  promise  of  corn  on  the  best  terms  they  can  buy  it,  and  raise 
the  corn  to  pay  for  it  by  tax.  At  the  March  meeting,  1781,  voted  that  the 
ammunition  taken  out  of  the  store  be  returned  forthwith,  &  those  that  went 
to  (doss  have  one  lilint  [Hint]  and  two  ounces  allowed  wastage.  June  18. 
Capt.  Nathaniel  Ethridge  and  Lt  Jacob  Smith  appointed  a  committee  to  sell 
the  right  of  land  appropriated  to  the  first  settled  minister  to  raise  money 
to  pay  the  hire  of  soldiers.  Daniel  Beede  was  given  a  note  in  the  name 
of  the  town  tor  fifty  silver  dollars  for  the  hire  of  Ben  Short  to  enlist.  1782. 
Thomas  Mudget,  elected  a  surveyor  of  highways,  refuses  to  take  the  oath 
or  affirmation  of  allegiance.  Voted  "that  no  ox-sled  shall  pass  on  the  public 
road  in  the  snow  path  being  narrower  than  five  feet  from  outside  to  outside 
of  said  sled-sides  on  penalty  of  twelve  shillings  to  be  recovered  by  complaint 
before  any  justice  of  the  peace,  etc."  The  same  enactment  was  made  in 
1783.  17S4.  Hon.  Meshech  Weare  receives  27  votes  (all  that  were  cast) 
for  president  of  the  state.  The  minister's  right  of  land  had  not  been  sold 
to  pay  soldiers,  and  this  year  it  was  voted  to  sell  that  right  and  the  school 
right  and  put  the  proceeds  at  interest  for  the  use  of  schooling.  1785.  Votes 
for  president  of  the  state,  Gen.  John  Sullivan  14,  Col  John  Langdon  33, 
George  Atkinson  1.  Votes  for  senators  John  Wentworth,  Esq.,  50,  Daniel 
Beede,  Esq.,  56.  $90  raised  by  tax  for  schooling.  1786.  Voted  to  raise 
£50  to  pay  the  town's  debt.  "Nov.  1786.  At  a  meeting  held  at  Sandwich 
being  legally  notified  to  see  if  they  do  approve  the  plan  lately  published 
by  oi-dcr  of  the  General  Court  for  emitting  paper  money  &  to  see  if  they 
would  wish  any  alteration  or  amendment  of  said,  plan  Capt.  N.  Ethridge, 
moderator,  present  at  meeting  27  legal  voters  Question  put  to  receive  said 
plan  &  there  was  not  a  single  vote  for  receiving  it."  1787.  Votes  for  presi- 
dent of  the  state  John  Sullivan  14,  John  Langdon  2;  for  senators  Col 
Ebene/.er  Smith  48,  Col  Copp  1,  Daniel    Beede,  Esq.  49.      1788.     Votes   for 


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president  John  Sullivan  37,  John  Langdon  4,  Col  Bartlett  1;  for  "senators 
ate"  Ebenezer  Thompson  Esq.  39,  Ebenezer  Smith  41.  The  selectmen's 
a.-,. units  for  last  years  services  (seven  pounds  five  shillings)  allowed.  Voted 
to  raise  £30  to  pay  the  county  tax  of  1787.  1789.  Judge  Josiah  Bartlett 
has  66  votes  for  president  to  Gen.  Sullivan  5;  Daniel  Beede,  Esq.  78  votes 
for  senator,  Col  Nathan  Hoit  53,  Ebenezer  Smith  23.  A  vote  as  to  whether 
there  should   be  a   town  school  passed  in   the  negative. 

1790.  Votes  for  president  (of  state)  J.  Wentworth  Esq  57,  John  Picker- 
ing 1,  Judge  Bartlett  1;  for  senators  Col  Hoit  46,  Col  Smith  3,  Col  Waldron 
14.  Col  McDiii'lie  2.  £40  for  schooling,  and  £40  for  use  of  the  town  raised 
this  year.  August  10,  voted  "that  this  town  assume  their  right  to  send 
a  representative  to  the  General  Court,  that  they  be  discontinued  with  Tam- 
worth."" 

This  year  is  the  first  recorded  vote  for  Congressmen.  Hon.  Samuel 
Livermore,  Esq.,  Hon.  Nicholas  Gilman,  Esq.,  and  Hon.  Abiel  Foster,  Esq., 
received  the  majority. 

1792.  Up  to  this  time,  wherever  places  of  holding  town-meetings  are 
mentioned  in  the  records,  the  meetings  are  usually  stated  to  be  at  the 
house  of  Daniel  Beede ;  but  the  March  meeting  this  year  is  warned  to 
meet  at  "  the  meeting  house."  Tavern  licenses  were  granted  to  Benjamin 
Burley  and  John  Prescut.  1703.  Votes  for  governor,  President  J.  Bartlett 
105 ;  counselor,  Joseph  Badger  92 ;  senator,  district  No.  6,  Ebenezer  Smith 
100.  £60  raised  for  the  use  of  schools,  and  £25  for  the  town  expenses.  John 
At  wood  licensed  to  keep  tavern.  1794.  £90  voted  for  the  schools  of  this 
year,  and  £30  for  the  town's  use.  Voted  to  provide  schoolhouses  in  each 
district.  Moses  Little  and  John  Atwood  licensed  to  keep  tavern.  1795. 
John  T.  Gilman  receives  106  votes  for  governor.  £60  raised  for  schools. 
The  selectmen  are  authorized  to  lay  a  road  to  Holderness  where  they  think 
best,  and  a  committee  appointed  to  look  out  a  road  to  Thornton  if  practicable 
I'lMj.  £60  for  the  use  of  schools,  and  £30  for  the  town's  use  raised  this  year. 
Voted  to  open  a  road  to  Thornton  in  June,  1797,  and  the  selectmen  are 
requested  to  petition  the  General  Court  for  a  tax  of  two  cents  an  acre 
on  all  lands  in  Sandwich  for  the  purpose  of  opening  said  road.  In  1797 
the  town  voted  "that  this  petition  be  prosecuted  with  great  determination." 
In  L798  it  was  voted  $30  be  drawn  out  of  the  town  treasury  to  open  a  road  to 
Burton,  "stopped  by  a  hurricane."  The  line  between  Sandwich  and  Tamworth 
perambulated  this  year.  1800.  Voted  that  the  town  meetings  should  be 
warned  in  future  by  the  selectmen  without  a  constable.  16  voted  in  favor 
of  a  revision  of  the  state  constitution  to  4  against.  Dr  Asa  Crosby  was 
m  "to  t'earit  (ferret)  into  the  business  about  the  ministerial  right  of 
land,  and  consult  with  the  learned  in  the  law  to  see  if  anything  can  be 
jpecting  Mr  Jacob   Jewil,  so  as  to  give  said  Jewil  any  part  of  said 


TOWN    OF    Sandwich.  697 


right  of  land  tn  be  done  at  his  cost."  The  selectmen  authorized  to  sell  the 
schoolhouse  near  Bear  Camp  river.  August  25th.  "Voted  thai  the  town  do 
own  and  acknowledge  Mr.  Jacob  Jewell  to  be  the  firsl  ordained  minister  in  the 
town  of  Sandwich."  May  15,  L801.  The  selectmen  were  empowered  "to 
settle  matters  with  Mr.  Jewell  for  settling  a  lol  of  land  owned  by  said  Jewell 
as  non-residenl  land,  or  purchase  the  land  of  the  present  owner  as  may  be  mosl 
for  the  advantage  of  the  town."  August  1<>  action  was  taken  concerning 
Thornton  road;  $300  was  voted  for  opening  it.  and  a  committee,  John  Folsom, 
Ezekiel  French,  and  Nathaniel  Weed,  appointed  to  have  a  good  winter  road 
completed  b\  the  middle  of  October.  Lines  between  Moultonborough  and 
Sandwich  and  New  Holderness  and  Sandwich  perambulated.  The  selectmen 
empowered  to  sell  the  school  and  ministerial  lands  at  public  vendue  and 
lease  them  for  '.''.Mi  years.  1.S02.  The  selectmen  are  empowered  to  build 
a  good  sufficient  pound  near  the  large  meeting-house.  1803.  Thornton 
road  again  considered,  and  $200  voted  to  he  laid  out  on  it:  committee 
appointed  to  see  which  way  is  most  practicable.  1804-0o.  Considerable 
legislation  concerning  school  districts  and  school  moneys  during  these 
years.  1806.  A  town  workhouse  established,  Nathaniel  Weed  made  work- 
master:  his  dwelling  constituted  the  workhouse;  extensive  rules  and 
regulations  for  government  adopted.  Town  divided  into  school  districts. 
1m'7.  Mr  Benjamin  Scribner  chosen  master  of  the  workhouse,  and  his 
house  to  he  used  for  that  purpose.  1808.  The  county  road  to  Thornton 
still  is  a  source  of  annoyance.  The  selectmen  are  empowered  to  assess 
a  sum  which  may  come  against  this  town  by  fine  and  cost  by  Thornton 
large  enough  to  meet  the  same,  it  not  to  exceed  $100.  The  selectmen  are 
directed  not  to  make  provision  for  the  soldiers  on  regimental  muster  days 
as  the  law  directs.  1809.  Line  between  Moultonborough  and  Sandwich 
perambulated.  Three  agents  chosen  respecting  the  business  of  admeasurement 
of    the   town. 

1810.  John  Langdon  gets  136  votes  for  governor,  Jeremiah  Smith  129, 
John  Lang  1.  Perambulation  made  between  Campton  and  Sandwich.  1815. 
William  Plumer  receives  178  votes  for  governor  to  John  T.  Gilman  loo.  $700 
raised  lor  use  of  the  town.  1816.  Selectmen  authorized  to  prosecute  those 
persons  who  have  erected  a  dam  across  Swift  river  to  the  injury  of  the  roads. 
lv17.  Ezekiel  French,  Lott  Cooke,  Samuel  Ambrose  chosen  agents  for  the 
town  to  petition  tin;  General  Court  to  suppress  the  evil  practices  of  retailers 
of  spirituous  Liquors.  1818.  "Strong  rat,-.  Voted  unanimously  that  the 
selectmen  he  directed  and  requested  not  to  give  any  taverner  or  retailer 
license  the  current  year  excepting  Mich  as  may  be  strictly  within  the  letter 
and  spirii  of  the  laws  of  New  Hampshire,  and  that  they  be  directed  strictly 
ami  impartially  and  faithfully  to  execute  the  laws  with  respect  to  the  use  of 
strong  liquors."     1819.     Eastern  school  district   divided. 


History  of   Carroll   County. 


L820.  Voted  to  raise  11,000  for  town's  use.  Voted  to  raise  8160  to  repair 
the  large  meeting-house  to  compensate  for  the  privilege  the  town  has  enjoyed 
of  holding  town-meetings  in  it.  1821.  Samuel  Bell  receives  273  votes  for 
governor  oui  of  280  votes  cast.  1822.  Extensive  changes  made  in  school 
districts.  Voted  that  swine  be  not  permitted  to  run  at  large  after  November 
1st.  1823.  Voted  not  to  employ  any  person  to  teach  in  any  of  the  town 
s.li, mis  unless  they  file  copies  of  their  certificates  with  the  selectmen.  Voted 
••that  the  selectmen  be  instructed  by  this  meeting  to  post  all  tipplers  in  this 
town  as  the  law  directs  the  current  year  without  distinction,  favour,  fear, 
affection,  or  hope  of  reward,  and  that  they  note  in  the  margin  of  such  notice 
the  place  where  such  tippling  is  practised,  and  the  name  or  names  of  all  persons 
in  capitals  who  keep  such  store  or  house  where  such  tippling  is  encouraged  or 
allowed,  that  such  corruptions  of  society  may  be  publicly  known  and  exposed 
to  just  censure  and  merited  contempt."  The  Franklin  society  for  the  sup- 
pression of  intemperance  is  approved  by  vote.  1824.  The  selectmen  were 
authorized  to  purchase  a  town  farm,  and  contract  for  the  support  of  the  poor. 
(This  was  the  first  "  town  farm  "  in  the  state.)  Numerous  changes  in  school 
districts.  1826:  By-laws  adopted  for  management  of  workhouse.  1827.  The 
original  proprietors  of  the  town  donate  to  the  town  all  of  their  present  interest 
to  be  devoted  to  a  perpetual  fund  for  schools.  1831.  The  representatives  are 
instructed  to  use  their  influence  to  get  the  bounty  on  wolves  increased  to  830. 
1832.     $1,000  raised  for  the  town's  use. 

1835.  The  article  in  the  warrant  calling  the  March  meeting  concerning 
the  sale  of  the  town  farm  was  passed  over.  $100  of  the  literary  fund  was 
taken  for  schools.  1836.  The  sense  of  the  voters  concerning  the  division 
of  Strafford  was  taken  at  the  March  meeting  with  one  vote  for,  and  one 
hit  ml  ied  twenty-four  against.  $800  voted  for  the  town's  use.  In  November 
the  division  of  the  county  was  again  brought  up  ;  for  division  received  25 
votes,  against  division,  94.  112  votes  were  cast  in  favor  of  a  state  appropriation 
to  build  an  insane  asylum  to  none  against,  and  the  representative  of  the  town 
instructed  to  use  his  influence  in  favor  thereof.  1837.  Samuel  Ambrose 
appointed  commissioner  of  school  funds.  One  and  a  half  days'  work  on  the 
single  poll  and  in  proportion  on  other  ratable  estate  to  be  raised  for  highways, 
and  double  that  amount  in  breaking  snows  in  the  winter  if  needed.  It  was 
voted  that  no  surveyor  of  highways  allow  anything  for  drink  on  the  highway. 
Nicholas  Smith  chosen  grand  juror,  John  Severance,  Jeremiah  Furber,  Enoch  P. 
Sherman,  petit  jurors.     Line  between  Sandwich  and  Tamworth  perambulated. 

1838.     Paul  Wentworth  chosen  grand  juror.     Isaac  Hill  receives  182  votes 

lor    governor    to    James    Wilson,  Jr,  231.       $1,000  raised  for  the  use  of    the 

The  division  of  Strafford  was  again  before  the  people,  and  140  votes 

against,  and  none  in  favor  of,  its  division  into  three  counties  ;  122  against,  and 

none  for.  its    division    into  two  counties.     108  votes  against  and  none    for   a 


Town   of  Sandwich.  699 


revision  of  the  state  constitution.  An  agent,  John  Severance,  appointed  to 
prosecute  illegal  Belling  of  liquor.  Paul  Wentworth  licensed  to  retail 
spirituous  Liquor  at  his  store.  David  M.  HodgdoD  chosen  grand  juror  for 
United  States  district  court,  and  William  Randall  grand  juror  for  the  court 
of  common   pleas. 

183i».  John  Page  received  284  votes  for  governor  to  James  Wilson  206. 
23  votes  in  favor  ami  270  votes  against  the  division  of  the  county  into  three 
counties.  11,200  voted  for  the  use  of  the  town.  $200  of  the  literary  fund 
applied    to   schools. 

L840.  $1,800  raised  for  use  of  the  town.  Voted  to  pay  the  proprietors 
of  the  old  meeting-house  $25  for  the  use  of  the  house  to  hold  town-meetings 
in  during  the  next  year.  The  ticket  for  electors  of  President  headed  by 
John  W.  Weeks  received  284  votes;  that  by  Joseph  Healy  274.  1841. 
The  votes  for  governor  were  John  Page  206,  Enos  Stevens  122,  Daniel  Hoit 
100.  $2,000  raised  for  the  use  of  the  town.  241  votes  cast  in  opposition 
to  the  late  division  of  Strafford  county  to  31  in  favor.  By-laws  were  adopted 
providing  for  suitable  clothing  for  the  poor  in  care  of  the  town  to  attend  public 
worship;  punishing  persons  who  run  horses  through  the  streets,  use  profane  or 
obscene  language,  disturb  religious  or  moral  assemblies  or  town-meeting; 
prohibiting  the  sale  or  gift  of  liquor  within  one  mile  of  any  town-meeting; 
prohibiting  the  running  at  large  of  cattle  within  half  a  mile  of  any  meeting- 
house, town-house,  tavern,  store,  or  gristmill ;  for  the  annual  appointment  of 
seven  or  nine  police  ot'licers. 

1n42.  Voted  to  take  what  the  donation  from  the  proprietors  of  the  Town 
exceeds  $750  and  the  interest  and  appropriate  it  for  schools. 

1843.  The  vote  for  governor  was  Henry  Hubbard  133,  Anthony  Colby  50, 
Daniel  Hoit  77,  John  H.  White  36.  The  selectmen  were  empowered  to  employ 
one  or  more  persons  to  keep  constantly  on  hand  liquor  of  all  kinds  to  supply 
the  town  for  medicinal  and  mechanical  purposes,  and  Joseph  Wentworth  so 
employed. 

1844.  Vote  for  governor,  John  H.  Steele  235,  Anthony  Colby  91,  Daniel 
I  It  nt  85,  Schuyler  Chamberlain  5.  This  year,  as  heretofore,  the  article  to  see 
if  the  town  would  vote  to  build  a  town-house  was  passed.  Voted  to  prosecute  all 
violations  of  the  license  law.  By-laws  adopted  constituting  the  house  on  the 
town  farm  a  house  of  correction,  and  concerning  its  charge  and  management. 
The  representatives  were  instructed  to  use  their  influence  to  abolish  annual 
trainings  and  general  musters. 

1845.  Vote  for  governor,  John  H.Steele  204,  Anthony  Colby  75.  Daniel 
Hoit  95.  John  Woodbury  had  162  votes  for  congressman,  John  P.'  Hale  149, 
Ichabod  Goodwin  39. 

1846.  Nathaniel  S.  Berry  has  229  votes  for  governor,  Jared  W.  Williams 
202,  and  Anthony  Colby  53.     The  selectmen  were  directed  to  license  no  one  to 


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sell  or  retail  alcoholic  drinks  except  a  physician,  and  three  men  were  chosen  to 

■iite  any   illegal   sale   of  Liquor.     These  were    William    Mears,    Jonathan 

and  John    Beede.     Charles  White   was  appointed  an  agent  for  the 

ination  of  the  town.     Sandwich  and  Tain  worth  line  perambulated.     Line 

between  Holderness  and  Sandwich  perambulated. 

1847.  Vote  for  governor,  Jared  W.  Williams  247,  Anthony  Colby  161, 
Nathaniel  S.  Berry  132.  The  article  concerning  building  a  town  hall  was 
"  passed  "  at  the  March  meeting.  10  votes  in  favor  and  148  against  changing 
the  state  constitution.  Ezra  Gould  at  his  tavern,  and  Jacob  F.  Moulton, 
Daniel  Hoit,  and  William  M.  Weed,  at  their  respective  stores,  were  licensed  to 
sell  liquors.  September  25.  It  was  voted  to  build  a  town-house,  and  a  com- 
mittee of  location  chosen  consisting  of  Stephen  Beede,  J.  D.  Quimby,  Neal 
McGaffey,  I.  H.  Johnson,  Nathaniel  Vittum,  Joseph  Wentworth,  and  George 
Page,  appointed  to  select  a  site.  Stephen  Beede  reports  for  the  majority  that 
Skinner  Corner  will  the  best  accommodate  the  town  as  a  location  for  the  town- 
house,  and  for  the  minority  that  it  should  be  located  somewhere  near  the 
village  of  Centre  Sandwich,  where  the  town  has  usually  met  for  the  trans- 
action of  its  business.  The  majority  report  was  rejected  by  a  vote  of  88  for, 
111*  against:  the  minority  report  was  adopted.  110  votes  for,  88  against. 
Stephen  Beede,  Eli  Beede,  Samuel  Ethridge,  were  chosen  a  committee  to  build 
the  town-house  at  a  cost  not  exceeding  $600,  and  to  so  far  complete  it  as  to 
answer  to  meet  in  at  the  next  annual  meeting.  At  a  later  meeting  it  was 
voted  to  build  this  house  "40  by  50  feet  with  posts  to  be  ten  feet;  the  build- 
ing to  be  of  good  sound  hemlock  plank,  and  to  be  what  is  called  a  plank- 
house.*'  The  vote  of  the  former  meeting  concerning  location  was  reconsidered, 
and  the  location  at  Skinner  Corner  adopted,  and  1500  voted  as  its  cost.  Line 
between  Thornton  and  Sandwich  perambulated. 

1848.  Votes  for  governor,  N.  S.  Berry  260,  J.  W.  Williams  236.  $1,500 
voted  for  town  expenses.  $2,500  voted  for  highways,  and  double  that  sum  for 
breaking  mads  in  winter  if  needed,  ten  cents  an  hour  being  allowed  for  labor. 
On  the  question,  "Is  it  expedient  that  a  law  be  enacted  by  the  General  Court 
prohibiting  the  sale  of  wines  and  other  spirituous  liquors  except  for  chemical, 
medicinal,  and  mechanical  purposes?"  there  were  cast  214  votes  in  favor  to  5 
against. 

L849.  Votes  for  governor,  Samuel  Dinsmore  236,  Levi  Chamberlain  117, 
Nathaniel  S.  Berry  96.  Line  between  Campton  and  Sandwich  perambulated; 
also  line  between  Waterville  and  Sandwich.  23  school  districts  formed  and 
bounded. 

,<-,n-     Votes    for   governor,    Samuel    Dinsmore    252,    Nathaniel    S.    Berry 

Chamberlain   98.     112  votes   for  and    104  against  a  revision  of   the 

lion.      The    select  men  were   instructed   to   have   seven    hundred 

i    of   the   annual   expenses  of  the   town  and  superintending  school 


Town  of  Sandwich.  701 

committee  published  in  pamphlel  form.  This  appears  fco  be  the  iiist  year  of 
such  publication.  The  previous  division  of  the  t < > w 1 1  into  school  districts  had 
not  proved  satisfactory,  and  another  division  of  twenty  districts  was  made  this 
year.  Joseph  Wentworth  elected  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention. 
L851.  Votes  Eor  governor,  Samuel  Dinsraoor  213,  Thomas  E.  Sawyer  117. 
John  Atwood  114.  tfl.700  raised  tor  town  expenses.  Line  perambulated 
between  Sandwich  and  Moultonborough.  L852.  Noah  Martin  receives  219 
votes  for  governor,  Thomas  E.  Sawyer  112.  John  Atwood  111.  $1,700 
voted  lor  town  expenses.  More  changes  in  school  districts.  Line  hetween 
Tamworth  and  Sandwich  perambulated.  L853.  Votes  for  governor,  John  !I. 
White  101.  .lames  Bell  167,  Noah  Martin  220.  $2,000  voted  lor  town 
expenses,  and  selectmen  authorized  to  hire  money  to  pay  the  debts  of  the 
town.  The  house  on  the  town  farm  voted  to  be  a  house  of  correction.  The 
selectmen  were  instructed  to  license  three  persons  in  different  parts  of  the 
town,  not  merchants,  to  sell  liquors  lor  medical  and  mechanical  purposes,  "the 
selectmen  to  furnish  liquor  to  the  persons  licensed,  and  make  such  disposition 
of  the  same  that  neither  shall  grow  rich  out  of  it.''  Holderness  and  Sandwich 
line  perambulated;  also  that  between  Waterville  and  Sandwich.  1854. 
Nathaniel  B.  Baker  receives  211  votes  for  governor,  .lames  Bell  165,  Jared 
Perkins  L30.  $2,200  voted  for  town  expenses.  Line  between  Campton  and 
Sandwich  perambulated;  also  that  hetween  Thornton  and  Sandwich.  1855. 
Sixty  highway  districts  defined  and  limited.  1856.  Votes  for  governor,  John 
S.  Wells  235,  Ralph  Metcalf  L98,  Ichabod  Goodwin  hi.  The  presidential 
electoral  ticket  headed  by  W.  H.  H.  Bailey  received  310  votes  :  that  headed 
by  Daniel  Marcy  253  votes;  that  headed  by  William  Chase  (!  votes.  1858. 
William  Haile  has  854  votes  for  governor,  Asa  P.  Cate  222.  $2,500  voted  for 
town  expenses.  1859.  Centre  Sandwich  village  precinct  constituted  and 
bounded. 

1860.  Ichabod  Goodwin  receives  297  votes  for  governor.  Asa  P.  Cate 
199.  On  the  question  of  the  expedienc}^  of  the  purchase  of  a  county  farm 
and  the  erection  of  a  jail  thereon,  11  votes  were  cast  in  favor  to  H>2  against. 
The  ticket  for  electors  of  President  headed  by  .John  Sullivan  (Republican) 
receives  260  votes ;  that  headed  by  II.  P.  Rolfe  (Democratic)  receives  152 
votes.  1864.  The  Republican  electoral  ticket  for  President  receives  251  votes; 
the  Democratic  ticket  218  votes.  237  votes  for  and  166  votes  against  a  con- 
vention to  revise  the  state  constitution.  1865.  The  selectmen  were  directed 
to  fund  the  town's  indebtedness,  and  empowered  to  issue  bonds  not  exceeding 
$50,000.  1867.  At  the  annual  meeting  it  was  voted  to  fund  a  part  of  the 
town  debt,  and  the  selectmen  authorized  to  issue  20-year  bonds  at  6  per  cent, 
interest  to  the  amount  of  $25,000.  1868.  The  Republican  electors  for  Presi- 
dent receive  262  votes,  and  the  Democratic  electors  195  votes.  1869.  The 
selectmen   are   authorized  to  subscribe    live   per   cent,   of  the   valuation  of  the 


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town  toward  the  stock  of  the  New  Hampshire  Central  railroad  if  the  road  be 
built  on  the  line  of  the  survey  through  Centre  Sandwich  to  Ashland. 

L872.  The  Republican  national  ticket  has  216  votes,  the  Democratic  one 
212,  the  Prohibitory  one  8.  1876.  The  Republican  national  ticket  has  239 
:  the  Democratic  ticket  222  votes.  John  H.  Plumer  and  Paul  Went- 
woith  chosen  delegates  to  state  constitutional  convention.  1878.  F.  A. 
McKean,  Democrat,  gets  212  votes  for  governor;  Natt  Head,  Republican, 
171.     Warren  C.  Brown,  "Greenback,"  46. 

1880.  The  town  votes  to  fund  its  indebtedness.  The  Republican  national 
ticket  receives  270  votes:  the  Democratic  one  209  votes.  1884.  The  Repub- 
lican presidential  ticket  received  233  votes,  the  Democratic  one  155  votes,  and 
the  Prohibition  ticket  o0  votes.  1885.  The  selectmen  authorized  to  redeem 
town  bonds  so  far  as  the  unappropriated  money  in  the  treasury  will  allow. 
L886.  Vote  for  governor:  C.  H.  Sawyer  (Republican),  175;  Thomas  Cogswell 
i  Democrat),  105;  Joseph  Wentworth  (Prohibition),  70. 

Action  of  Town  in  Civil  War.  — 1861.  October  22.  The  selectmen 
were  authorized  to  borrow  fifteen  hundred  dollars  for  aid  to  the  families  of 
volunteers.  1862.  August  14.  The  selectmen  were  instructed  to  pay  a 
bounty  of  one  hundred  dollars  to  each  volunteer  who  should  enlist  to  fill  the 
([iiot a  under  the  President's  call  for  300,000  volunteers  for  three  years  or  the 
war.  Also  to  pay  a  like  bounty  to  volunteers  for  nine  months,  provided  they 
are  accepted  by  government  as  the  quota  of  Sandwich,  etc.  1863.  March 
L0.  William  M.  Weed  was  chosen  agent  to  receive  and  pay  out  money  to  the 
families  of  volunteers. 


Receipts  for  Bounty.  — 18(!3.  March  17.  We  the  undersigned  residents  of  the  town  of 
Sandwich  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  received  of  said  town  of  Sandwich  One  Hundred 
I  dollars  each  in  full  for  a  bounty  voted  August  14th  1862  to  any  one  who  would  enlist  as  one  of 
said  towns  quota  or  who  had  enlisted  under  the  late  calls  of  the  President,  and  we  having 
been  examined  and  duly  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  are  entitled  to  said 
sum. 

John  s.  Emerson  by  W.  M.  Weed,  Henry  I.  Webster  by  Ange  W.  Webster  per  order, 
Hosea  \.  Pettingill  by  P.  M.  Pettingill,  Samuel  F.  Vittum,  Giles  L.  Vittum,  James  M.  Parrott, 
Benry  A.  Tilton,  Alonzo  C.  lladley,  Calvin  Hoit,  Samuel  F.  Beede,  John  Fry,  John  L.  Smith, 
Joseph  I..  Huntress,  Russell  Greaves,  Andrew  Huntress,  Lewis  Q.  Smith,  B.  F.  Sawtell,  Amos 
W.  Bennett.  John  Atwood,  John  W.  Goss,  John  H.  Morse,  William  F.  Quimby,  George  N. 
French,  John  M.  Gove,  Benjamin  F.  Fellows,  James  H.  Gilraan,  John  D.  H.  Hill,  Moses  L. 
Smith,  Enoch  <,>.  Fellows  by  John  Fellows  per  order,  Win.  A.  Heard  by  Charles  Blanchard 
per  onlcr.  Jesse  EL  Cook,  John  C.  Bigelow,  Harrison  Atwood  2d,.Eben  H.  Dale  by  John 
Burleigh,  Alfred  Wallace.  Henry  Plummer,  James  W.  Pearl  by  Jane  Pearl,  Benjamin  Estes, 
Ezekiel    Duston,  Silas  .1.  Bryant,  John  M.  Prescott,  Wm.  H.  H.  Bennett,  Daniel  K.  Gilman, 

his 

\-a    Magoon,  M.  S.  Webster,  Jeremiah   S.  Smith,  George  X   Haddock,  witness,  Samuel  F. 

mark 

Beede,  Samuel   S.  Smith.  Lemuel  F.  Vittum,  Jane  M.  Smith  for  J.  Marcellus  Smith,  William 

i.  Daniel  M.  Smith.  Henry  11.  Tanner,  Joshua  Tanner  for  Edward  E.  Tanner,  George 

l>.  Quimby,  James  M.  Wallace,   Edwin  D.  Sinclair,   Henry  H.  Sinclair,  William    H.  Ester, 


Town   of  Sandwich.  703 


Warren  J.  Brown,  Octavius  C.Mason,  [saac  <;.  Mboney,  John   Kent,  Oceanua  Straw,    B.C. 

Skh r,  Henry  W.  Moulton  by  A.shel  Glines  per  order,  Oliver  II.  Marston,  Oliver  H.  Blarston 

for  James  E.  Chase  per  order,  Jane  M.  Smith  (or  Herbert  H.  Smitb  perorder.     This  receipt  is 
as  recorded  by  Arisen  Blanchard,  Jr,  Town  Clerk. 

1863.  September  9.  Voted  to  raise  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  to  pay  to 
the  conscripts  or  their  substitutes  who  shall  be  mustered  into  the  United  States 
service.  December  10.  Voted  to  raise  sis  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars  to  pay 
twenty-three  volunteers  or  substitutes  under  the  hist  call  of  t lie  President  of 
the  United  States  for  volunteers.  1864.  March  8.  On  the  motion  "to  pay 
each  of  the  Conscripts  who  were  drafted  from  this  town  last  October  1863  and 
furnished  substitutes  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  each."  Nays,  f>9.  Yeas, 
78.  1864.  June  0.  " Motioned  and  unanimously  adopted  that  the  selectmen 
be  authorized  to  pay  to  each  of  the  conscripts  who  shall  be  accepted  or  furnish 
substitutes,  the  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  each  if  he  goes  himself.  Or  if 
he  chooses  to  commute  to  let  him  give  his  note  to  town  for  the  same.  In  this 
and  all  other  calls."  Voted  that  the  selectmen  pay  each  of  the  conscripts  three 
hundred  dollars  on  demand  to  all  who  may  be  conscripted  and  accepted 
between  now  and  next  March.  1864.  June  29.  At  this  meeting  William 
M.  Weed  offered  resolutions,  which  were  adopted,  providing  for  the  raising  of 
twenty  thousand  dollars  for  bounties,  and  to  pay  two  hundred  dollars  each  addi- 
tional to  the  recently  drafted  men,  and  one  hundred  dollars  each  to  the  drafted 
men  who  have  furnished  substitutes.  William  M.  Weed  was  chosen  ageni  to 
procure  substitutes.  1864.  September  5.  Voted  to  raise  twenty  thousand 
dollars  in  addition  to  the  sum  raised  June  29,  to  furnish  men  to  fill  the  town's 
quota  under  the  call  for  five  hundred  thousand  men;  the  selectmen  were 
authorized  to  pay  a  bounty  of  eight  hundred  dollars  for  each  enlistment  for 
one  year.  1865.  March  15.  The  selectmen  were  authorized  to  fill  the  quota 
under  the  call  for  three  hundred  thousand  men  and  all  other  calls  during  the 
year,  "  in  the  cheapest  possible  manner." 

CIVIL  List.    Selectmen  and  clerics.— 17":>,  Daniel  Beede,  Jacob  Smith,   Bagley  Weed,  selectmen;  Daniel 
Beetle,  clerk. 

1771.  Bagley  Weed,  Eenry  Weed,  Jacob  Smith,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beetle,  clerk. 
177"),  Mark  Jewell,  .Joshua  Prescott,  Bagley  Weed,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beetle,  clerk. 
I77i'.,  Mark  Jewell,  Joshua  I'reseott,  Jacob  Smith,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beetle,  clerk. 

1777,  do  record. 

1778,  Nehemiab  (ram,  Lt  Josiah  Bean,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Ethridge,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 

1779,  Richard  Sineler  [Sinclair],  Joshua  I'rcscut,  Enoch  True,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 

1780,  Daniel  Beede,  John  Present,  Ezekiel  French,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beetle,  clerk. 

1781,  Daniel  Beede,  Samuel  Winslow,  Barley  Weed,  selectmen ;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 

1782,  Daniel  Beede,  Nathaniel  Ethridge,  John  McGaffey;  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 
[783,  John  I. add,  Jacob  Smith,  Nathaniel  Weed,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 

1784,  J arni i  Smith,  Nathaniel  Weed,  John  I. add,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 

1785,  Jonathan  oilman,  Neal  McGaffey,  Nathaniel  Weed,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 

1786,  Jonathan  Gilman,  Neal  McGaffey,  Thomas  Colby,  selectmen ;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 

1787,  J  i  ma  thai  i  oilman,  Thomas  Colby,  Neal  McGaffe} ,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 
17".  Daniel  Beede.  Joiiat  ban  Oilman,  John  Eadd,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 
1789,  Daniel  Beede,  Jonathan  Oilman,  John  Ladd,  selectmen  ;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 


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le,  Jonathan  Gilman,  Ezekiel  French,  selectmen  ;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 
iT'.u.  Daniel  Beetle,  Ezekiel  Frond,.  F.  Eodgsken,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 
17'jj'  Daniel  Beede,  Ezekiel  French,  John  Folsom,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 

i,,.r,  Beede,  Isa  I  rosby,  Ezekiel  French,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 

Ezekiel  French,  Asa  I  rosby,  Nathaniel  Weed,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  clerk. 
ekiel  Erench,  Asa  Crosby,  Nathaniel  Weed,  selectmen;  Asa  Crosby,  clerk. 
L79«'  John  Folsom,  Asa  Crosby,  Daniel  Beede,  selectmen;  Asa  Crosby,  clerk. 
I7:»7.  Ezekiel  French,  Asa  Crosby.John  Beede,  selectmen;  Asa  Crosby,  clerk. 
1798,  Asa  Crosby.John  Beede,  Ezekiel  French,  selectmen;  Asa  Crosby,  clerk. 
I7:>:<.  Jonathan  Gilman,  Asa  Crosby,  Ezekiel  French,  selectmen;  Asa  Crosby,  clerk. 
L80oijohn  Beede,  Ezekiel  French,  Jonathan  Gilman,  selectmen;  Asa  Crosby,  clerk. 
L801,  Thomas  Colby,  John  Beede,  Ezekiel  French,  selectmen;  Asa  Crosby,  clerk. 
l-o-j.  Nathaniel  Weed,  Ezekiel  French,  John  Beede,  selectmen;  Asa  Crosby,  clerk. 

Nathaniel  Weed,  John  Beede,  John  Folsom,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 
l8o4i  j0hn  Beede,  Samuel  Ambrose,  John  Folsom,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 

John  Folsom,  John  Beede,  Asa  Crosby,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 
John  Beede,  Benjamin  Fry,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 
L807,  Daniel  Little,  Aaron  Quimby,  John  Beede,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 
1808,  Daniel  lloit,  Aaron  Quimby, Samuel  Ambrose,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 
L809,  Samuel  Ambrose,  Daniel  Little,  Aaron  Quimby,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 

1810,  Daniel  lloit.  Aaron  Quimby,  Lewis  Burley,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 

1811,  Aaron  Quimby,  Lewi-  Burley,  Lott  Cooke,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 

1812,  Daniel  lloit,  l.ott  Cooke,  Samuel  Ambrose,  selectmen;  Lott  Cooke,  clerk. 

l-l;;,  Samuel  Ambrose,  Daniel  lloit,  Aaron  Quimby,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 
i-i  i,  Daniel  lloit,  Samuel  Ambrose,  Aaron  Quimby,  selectmen;  Samuel  Ambrose,  clerk. 

1815,  Daniel  lloit.  Aaron  Quimby,  Lewis  Burleigh,  selectmen;  Lott  Cooke,  clerk. 

1816,  Daniel  lloit,  Benjamin  Quimby,  Lewis  Burleigh,  selectmen;  Lott  Cooke,  clerk. 

1817,  Daniel  lloit,  Nathaniel  French,  Benjamin  Quimby,  selectmen;  Lott  Cooke,  clerk. 

1818,  Daniel  lloit,  Nathaniel  French,  Stephen  Fellows,  jr,  selectmen;  Lott  Cooke,  clerk. 

1819,  Nathaniel  French,  John  Severance,  jr,  Stephen  Fellows,  jr,  selectmen;  Lott  Cooke,  clerk.    He  died, 
and  November  3,  George  F.  Marston  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy. 

1820,  Nathaniel  French,  Paul  Wentworth,  Neal  McGaffey.  selectmen;  George  F.  Marston,  clerk. 

1821,  Nathaniel  French,  Johnson  D.  Quimby,  Neal  McGaffey,  selectmen;  George  F.  Marston,  clerk. 

1822,  Neal  Met. alley,  Paul  Wentworth,  Samuel  Ambrose,  selectmen;  George  F.  Marston,  clerk. 

L823,  Paul  Wentworth,  Johnson  D.  Quimby,  Stephen  Fellows,  jr,  selectmen;  George  F.  Marston,  clerk. 
1-JI,  Paul  Wentworth,  Johnson  D.  Quimby,  Stephen  Fellows,  jr,  selectmen;  Charles  White,  clerk. 
1825,  Paul  Wentworth,  Johnson  D.  Quimby,  Asahel  Adams,  selectmen;  George  F.  Marston,  clerk. 
L826,  Samuel  Ambrose,  Paul  Wentworth,  Johnson  D.  Quimby,  selectmen;  George  F.  Marston,  clerk  until 
September  15,  then  S.  Ambrose. 

1827,  Daniel  Hoit,  Samuel  Ambrose,  Stephen  Fellows,  jr,  selectmen;  S.  Ambrose,  clerk. 

1828,  Stephen  Fellows,  jr,  Jeremiah  Furber,  David  C.  Page,  selectmen ;  Charles  White,  clerk. 

1829,  Paul  Went  worth,  Stephen  Fellows,  jr,  David  C.  Page,  selectmen;  Charles  White,  clerk. 
L830,  David  C.  Page,  Jonathan  D.  Quimby,  Samuel  Ambrose^selectmen ;  Charles  White,  clerk. 

1831,  Neal  McGaffey,  Paul  Wentworth,  William  Randall,  selectmen;  M.  H.  Marston,  clerk. 

1832,  Neal  McGaffej  ,  Paul  Wentworth,  William  Randall,  selectmen;  Moultou  H.  Marston,  clerk. 

1833,  Neal  McGaffey,  Paul  Wentworth,  William  Randall,  selectmen;  Moulton  II.  Marston,  clerk. 

1834,  Paul  Wentworth,  Neal  McGaffey,  William  Randall,  selectmen;  Moulton   H.   Marston,  clerk;   Daniel 
lloit,  Samuel  Ambrose,  Stephen  Fellows,  auditors. 

1835,  David  C.  Page,  Samuel  Ambrose,  James  Hoag,  selectmen;  Moulton  H.  Marston,  clerk;  Paul  Went- 
worth, Daniel  lloit,  William  Randall,  auditors. 

1836,  David  C.  Page,  John  Burleigh,  James  Hoag,  selectmen;  Moulton  H.  Marston,  clerk; 
18;!7,  David  C.  Page,  Stephen  Beede,  John  Burlej  ,  selectmen;  Moulton  H.  Marston,  clerk. 
1838,  Paul  Wentworth,  Stephen  Beede,  David  C.  Page,  selectmen;  Moulton  H.  Marston,  clerk. 

1- 19,  Paid  Wentworth.  John  S.  Quimby,  Nathaniel  Burley,  selectmen;  Moulton  H.  Marston,  clerk. 

1840,  Paul  Wentworth.  John  s.  Quimby,  Nathaniel  Burleigh,  selectmen;  Moulton  II.  Marston,  clerk. 

1841,  John  S.  Quimby,  William  Rand.ill,  Paul  Wentworth,  selectmen;  Joseph  Wentworth,  clerk. 

1842,  John  S.  Quimby,  Stephen  Beede,  John  Fellows,  selectmen;  Daniel  G.  Beede,  clerk. 

1843,  Stephen  Beede,  John  Fellows,  Samuel  Ethridge,  selectmen;  Daniel  G.  Beede,  clerk. 
l-l  I.  Neal  Mci  iaffej .  John  Sex  erance,  Lewis  Smith,  selectmen;  David  T.  Huckins,  clerk. 

1845,  John  Burley,  Stephen  Beede,  Lewis  Smith,  selectmen;  David  T.  Huckins,  clerk. 

1846,  Daniel  i,.  Beede,  Neal  McCrillis,  William  M.  Weed,  selectmen;  Timothy  Varney, clerk. 
1-17.  Daniel  G.  Beede,  Neal  McCrillis,  William  M.  Weed,  selectmen;  Timothy  Varney,  clerk. 

Jeremiah  Furber,  Nathan  Mason,  selectmen;  Timothy  Varney,  clerk. 
nith,  Charles  '1'aylor.  George  M.  Burleigh,  selectmen;  Joseph  C.  Wiggin,  clerk, 
ith,  Charles  Taylor,  Elden  McGaffey,  selectmen ;  Joseph  C.  Wiggin,  clerk. 


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1861,  Daniel  <;.  Beede,  Jeremiah  Furber,  John  Gove,  selectmen ;  N.  G.  French,  clerk. 
1859,  Kan  id  (..  Beede,  Jeremiah  Purber,  John  Gove,  selec m  ,  s.  G.  French,  clerk. 

1853,  William  M.  Weed,  John  M.  Smith,  James  I..  Bus  well,  selectmen;  v  i .   French,  clerk. 

1854,  •lame-  L.  Bus  well,  John  M .  Smith,  [salah  R.  Johnson,  selectmen;  Charles  E.  Burley,  clerk. 

1855,  Daniel  G.  Beede,  Langdon  G.  Clark,  John  Pellovi  -,  jr.  selectmen;  Charles  E.  Burley,  clerk. 
ls.v,,  Joseph  Wentworth,  Jacob  F.  Moulton,  Alpheus  B.  Beede,  selectmen;  William  A.  Heard, clerk, 

1857,  i. a ii -.Inn  (,.  Clark,  Nicholas  Smith,  Ellpbalei  McGaffey,  selectmen;  William  A.  Heard,  clerk. 

1858,  Langdon  G.  Clark,  Nicholas  Smith,  Eliphalel  McGaffej ,  selectmen;  William  A.  Heard,  clerk. 

1859,  Langdon  c.  Clark,  Ezra  Gonld,  James  H.  Gilman,  selectmen;  Charles  Blanchard,  clerk. 

1860,  Ezra  Gould,  James  H.  Gilman,  Joseph  C.  Wiggln,  selectmen;  (  barlee  Blanchard,  clerk. 

1861,  Ezra  Gould,  John  M.  Quimby,  Parker  Beede,  selectmen;  William  a.  Page,  clerk. 

1868,  Joseph  Wentworth,  Jacob  F.  Moulton,  Levi  Is  Smith,  selectmen  ,  w  llllam  a.  Pago,  clerk. 
1868,  Joseph  Wentworth,  Jacob  F.  Moulton,  Samuel  Busell,  selectmen;  Arven  Blanchard,  jr,  clerk. 

1864,  Samuel  Busell,  William  McCrillis,!  barles  W.  Donovan,  selectmen;  Arven  Blanchard,  jr,  clerk. 

1865,  William  McCrillis,  Charles  W.  Donovan,  Gilman  Moulton,  selectmen;  Albert  i;.  Kimball,  clerk. 

1866,  Isaac  A 'lam-,  Lewis  Smith,  Jacob  F.  Moulton,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  S.  Smith,  clerk. 

1867,  Stephen  Beede,  Charles  w.  Donovan,  David  II.  Hill,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  S.  Smith,  rink. 

1868,  Stephen  Beede,  Charles  W.  Donovan,  David  ii.  inn.  selectmen ;  Jeremiah  s.  smith,  clerk. 

1869,  (  barles  W.  Donovan,  David  ll.  Hill, Noah  S.  Watson,  selectmen  ;  Frank  E.  Burleigh,  clerk. 
i>T<i.  Charles  w .  Donovan,  Noah  S.  Watson,  Gilman  .Moulton,  selectmen  ;  Frank  E.  Burleigh,  clerk. 
1871,  Charles  W.  Donovan,  Asa  Severance,  William  McCrillis,  selectmen;  Samuel  B.  Wiggin,  clerk. 
1878,  William  McCrillis,  Asa  severance,  John  Cove,  selectmen;  Arven  Blanchard,  clerk. 

is;:;,  John  H.  Plumer,  John  Gove,  Jacob  F.  Moulton,  selectmen;  Arven  Blanchard,  clerk. 

1874,  John  ll.  Plumer,  Jacob  F.  Moulton,  George  W.Thompson,  selectmen;  Daniel  D.  Atwood,  clerk. 

1875,  John  ll.  Plumer,  Jacob  F.  Moulton,  George  W.  Thompsom,  selectmen ;  Daniel  D.  Atwood,  clerk, 

1876,  David  II.  Hill,  Bradbury  C.  Davis,  John  Gove,  selectmen ;  George  N.  Dorr,  clerk. 
i-77,  David  ll.  Hill,  John  Gove,  Jason  J.  C.  Brown,  selectmen;  George N.  Dorr,  clerk. 

1878,  Isaac  A. lam-.  George  W.  Thompson,  Asa  Severance,  selectmen ;  Edwin  M.  Heard,  clerk. 

1879,  Isaac  Adams,  George  W.  Thompson,  Asa  Severance,  selectmen;  Edwin  M.  Heard,  clerk. 

1880,  Charles  W.  Donovan,  Benjamin  F.  Fellows,  Asa  Severance,  selectmen;  A.  Birnay  Tasker,  clerk. 

1881,  CharleS  W.  Donovan,  Benjamin  F.  Fellow  -.  George  W.  Thompson,  selectmen ;  A.  Birnay  Tasker,  clerk 
until  Nov  ci n her  l,  when  Samuel  B.  Wiggin  was  appointed. 

1883,  Charles  W.  Donovan,  Ken  jam  in  F.  Fellows,  George  W.  Thompson,  selectmen;  Arven  Blanchard,  clerk. 

1883,  Charles  W.   Donovan,   Benjamin  F.   Fellows.  George  W.Thompson,  selectmen;  Daniel  D.  Atwood, 
clerk. 

1884,  '  barles  W.   Don.. van,  Benjamin  F.  Fellows,  George  W.  Thompson,  selectmen;  Daniel  1).  Atwood, 
clerk. 

1885,  George  W.  Thompson,  Benjamin  F.  Fellows,  l'aul  Wentworth,  selectmen;  A.  Birnay  Tasker,  clerk. 

1886,  Benjamin  F.  Fellows,  Joseph    H.  Quimby,  Algernon  S.  A.  Gilman,   selectmen;  Frank  S.   Lovering, 
clerk. 

1887,  Paul  Wentworth,  A.  8.  A.  Gilman,  William  F.  Quimby,  selectmen;  Frank  S.  Lovering,  clerk. 
I---,  Paul  Wentworth,  William  F.  Quimby,  A.  S.  A.  Gilman,  selectmen;  Elmer  B.  Hart,  clerk. 
1889,  A -a  Gilman,  <  barles  R.  Fellows,  Herman  H.  Quinby,  selectmen;  Elmer  Hart,  clerk. 

Represi  ntatives.—  1775,  Daniel  Beede.  177<i,  Daniel  Beede,  after  June  4,  Colonel  Jonathan  Moulton,  Hampton. 
1777,  Bradburj  Richardson,  Moultonborough.  1778,  Bradbury  Richardson.  177!),  Jonathan  Moulton,  Hampton 
(claiming  a  residence  in  Moultonborough).  1780,  David  Folsom,  Tam worth.  1781,  David  Folsom.  1788,  Daniel 
Beede.  1783,  no  name  on  journal-.  1784,  Daniel  Beetle.  178."),  David  Gilman,  Tam  worth.  1786,  Daniel  Beede. 
1787,  Daniel  l'.eede.  17—,  David  Cilman,  Tamworth.  178'.),  Daniel  Beede.  1790,  Daniel  I'.eede.  17'.*1.  Daniel 
Beede.  1792,  Daniel  Beede.  179:],  Daniel  Beede.  1794,  Daniel  Beede.  1795,  Daniel  Beede.  [Appointed  judge 
this  year.l  1796,  Asa  Crosby.  1797,  Asa  Crosby.  1798,  Asa  Crosby.  1799,  Ezekiel  French.  1800,  Asa  Crosby. 
1801,  Asa  Crosby.  1802,  John  Beede.  ISO:?,  Asa  Crosby.  1804,  John  Beede.  1805,  Asa  Crosby.  lso;,  Asa  Crosby. 
1807,  Daniel  Doit.  1808,  Daniel  Hoit.  18(19,  Asa  Crosby.  1810,  Daniel  Hoit.  1811,  Daniel  Hoit.  1812,  Daniel 
Holt.  1813,  Deacon  Samuel  Ambrose.  IM4,  Daniel  Hoit.  1815,  Daniel  Hoit.  1816,  Daniel  Hoit.  1817,  Daniel 
Hoit.  1818,  Daniel  Hoit.  1819,  Daniel  Hoit,  Lewi-  Hurley.  1820,  Lewi-  Burley,  Nathaniel  French.  1821, 
Johnson  i>.  Quimby,  Nathaniel  French.  1822,  John-on  D.Quimby,  Neal  McGaffey.  1823,  Neal  McGaffey,  Asahel 
Adam-.  1824,  Neal  McGaffey,  Asahel  Adam-.  1825,  Neal  McGaffey,  George  F.Marston.  1826,  Neal  McGaffey, 
George  F.  Mars  ton.  1827,  Neal  McGaffey,  Daniel  Hoit.  I828,Daniel  Hoit,  Johnson  D.Quimby.  (General  Hoil 
was  eleeted  to  the  Senate,  and  Stephen  Fellows,  jr,  was  chosen  to  succeed  him  at  the  tall  session.)  1829,  Neal 
McGaffey,  Johnson  D.Quimby.  1830,  Daniel  Hoit,  Stephen  Fellow-,  jr.  1831,  George  F.  Marston,  Paul  Went- 
worth. 1882,  George  F.  Marston,  Paul  Wentworth.  i-;.;,  George  F.  Marston,  Paul  Wentworth.  1834,  Paul 
Wentworth,  Neal  McGaffey.  1835,  Daniel  Hoit,  Johnson  D.  Quimby.  1836,  Neal  Met, alley,  William  Randall. 
1837,  David  C.  Page,  Rev.  Dudley  Pettlngill.  1838,  David  C.  Page,  Rev.  Dudley  PettingiU.  l>;:>.  Paul  Went 
worth,  William  Randall,  1840,  Paul  Wentworth,  William  Randall.  1841,  Paul  Wentworth,  Nathaniel  Burley. 
1842,  no  election.  1848,  John  Smith  Quimby,  Stephen  Beede.  IS44,  Elijah  skinner,  Joseph  Wentworth.  1845, 
Elijah    Skinner.    Joseph    Wentworth.     1846,   Stephen    l'.eede.    John    Smith    Quimby.     1847,  Stephen    l'.eede.  John 


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Smith  Qulmby.    1848,  John   Gove,   Samuel    Ethridge.     1849,  Jacob  F.  Moulton,  John  Burley.    1850,  Jacob  F. 

Moulto  rley.    1861,  George  Page,  Moulton  H.  Marston.    1852,  Charles  Quimby,  George  Page.    1853, 

Quimby.    1854,  William  M.  "Weed,  Daniel  G.  Beede.    1855,  William  M.  Weed,  Bufus 

,„    election.     1857,  John   Beede,  jr,  Jonathan  M.  Morrison.    1858,  Jonathan  M.  Morrison.    (John 

jr,  was  reelected,  bul  died  on  the  27th  of  April  previous  to  the  session  of  the  Legislature.)    1859,  Neal 

in   (  o..k      I860,  Ncal   McCrillis,  .John  Cook.    1861,  Langdon  G.  Clark,  Caleb  M.  Marston.    1862, 

ii  G.  i  lark,  Caleb   M.  Marston.     1868,  Nathan    Mason,  Ezra  Gould.    1S64,  Ezra  Gould,  Nathan  Mason. 

Fohn  Fellows,  jr,  Ira  A.  Bean.    1866,  J.  Fellows,  jr,  Isaac  Adams.    1867,  William  M.  Weed,  Ira  A.  Bean. 

•    lliani  M.  Weed,  Enoch  Q.  Fellow  a.     1869,  William  M.  Weed,  Enoch  Q.  Fellows.    1870,  William  M.  Weed, 

David  H.  Mill.    1871,  David  H.  Hill,  Charles  W.  Donovan.    1872,  Charles  W.  Donovan.  William  M.  Weed.    1873, 

William  M.  Weed,  William  A.  Heard.    1874,  W.  A.  I  lean  I,  Asa  Severance.    1S75,  John  H.  Plumer,  Asa  Severance. 

1-7':.  William  M.  Weed,  Leander  Pierce.    1877,  William  M.  Weed,  Enoch  Q.  Fellows.    1878,  Isaac  Adams,  Paul 

Wentwortn.    1879,  Isaac  Adams,  Lewis  B.  Ethridge.    1880-81,  George  N.  Dorr,  Gilman  Moulton.    1882-83,  William 

B.Smith.    1884-85,  David  Calley.    1886-87,  Charles  Blanchard.    1888-89,  Benjamin  F.  Fellows. 


BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHES. 


DR  CHARLES  WHITE,  i 

Dr  Charles  White,  a  distinguished  physician  of  Sandwich,  is  a  representative 
of  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  New  England.  William  and  Susanna  White 
came  over  in  the  Maj^flower,  and  their  son,  Peregrine,  was  the  first  English 
male  child  born  in  New  England.  His  son,  Daniel,  was  grandfather  of  Benja- 
min, who  was  probably  father  of  Samuel,  who  was  the  father  of  Dr  Charles 
White.  Samuel  was  a  man  "six  foot  "tall,  well  proportioned,  social,  of  strong 
character  and  wide  influence  in  his  town,  a  soldier  and  officer  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  He  was  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  many  interesting 
memories  are  connected  with  his  service  in  the  war.  He  was  born  at  Mans- 
field, Mass.,  about  1750,  and  married  Mary  Williams,  of  Mansfield,  November 
30,  1773,  and  soon  moved  to  Nelson,  N.  H.,  where  all  his  children  were  born. 
In  early  life  Charles,  the  eighth  child,  born  July  30,  1795,  came  to  Sandwich, 
and  became  a  member  of  the  family  of  Lot  Cooke,  a  physician.  He  studied 
his  profession  with  Drs  Cooke  and  Shaw,  the  latter  an  eminent  physician  of 
that  time,  and  afterwards  be  entered  Dartmouth  College,  where  he  graduated 
in  1818. 

February  7, 1820,  he  married  Sarah,  eighth  child  of  Ezekiel  French.2  Sarah 
was  burn  at  Sandwich,  April  25,  1795.     The  children  of  Dr  Charles  and  Sarah 

1  Contributed. 

el  French  was  born  al  Poplin,  N.  H.,  October  31, 1754,  and  he  married  Phebe  Weed,  who  was  born  at 

Poplin  in  1758.    Ezekiel  was  Bonof  Nathaniel,  born  January  13, 1724  —  son  of  Samuel,  born  December  11, 1699— 

rosenh,  born  In  1676— son  of  Samuel,  who  was  son  of  Edward,  who  settled  in  Salisbury,  Mass.,  about  1640. 

war-  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Sandwich,  and  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the  town.    He  was 

he  meeting-house  now  remodeled  and  occupied  by  the  Free  Baptist  church  at  Sandwich  Centre. 

B  i  upon  the  plate  when  the  broadside  was  raised,  giving  his  orders  to  the  men  as  he  ascended. 


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(French)  White  were  bora  and  married  as  follows:  Eliza  P.,  bora  Decembei 
30, 1820,  married  Rev.  L.  P.  Frost,  November  27,  1840;  Laura  C,  bora  July 
21,  L822,  married  Timothy  Varney,  .Inly  21,  L840;  Sarah  F.,  bora  May  21, 
L824,  married  Dr  David  Huckins  in  August,  1st:', :  Mary  .lane,  bora  April  19, 
1826;  Emily  M.,  bora  Augusl  30,  L828,  married  Johu  F.  Coffin,  Augusl  28, 
L851  ;  Henrietta,  bora  June  -7.  L830,  married  Frank  Davis,  July  29,  1857,  and 
Levi  Guptil,  May  II,  L866;  Susan  Frances,  bora  October  <>,  L832,  married 
Luther  Mooney,  December  16,  L855,  and  Norman  (i.  French,  November  10, 
ls7<>:  Charles  Henry,  horn  November  19,  18:5s,  married  Mary  K.  Connor, 
September  1,  1875. 

Immediately  alter  his  graduation,  Dr.  White  commenced  his  professional 
Career  at  Sandwich,  and  within  five  years  had  acquired  an  extensive  pr.ietice. 
At  the  time  of  which  we  speak  the  town  took  high  rank  among  the  towns  of 
the  state,  being  the  eighth  highest  in  population.  The  surrounding  towns  were 
also  much  larger  than  in  later  years,  and  a  leading  physician  of  the  ability  and 
experience  of  Dr  White  would  of  necessity  have  an  immense  practice.  He 
not  only  was  the  principal  physician  of  his  own  town,  hut  also  went  into  a  wide 
area,  numbering  in  its  extent  the  towns  of  Holderness,  Thornton,  Campton, 
Moultonborough,  Centre  Harbor,  Tuftonborough,  Tamworth,  and  Ossipee,  and 
as  a  consulting  physician  he  was  frequently  called  into  the  towns  of  York 
county.  Maine,  to  meet  with  the  distinguished  Dr  Moses  Sweatt,  of  Parsonsfield. 
His  practice  extended  over  a  period  of  thirty-six  years,  and  he  was  completely 
worn  out  by  his  excessive  professional  labors  at  the  comparatively  early  age  of 
fifty-five  years.     He  died  March  12,  18o5. 

Dr  White  was  one  of  the  most  positive  men  we  ever  knew.  His  ideas  were 
strikingly  original.  With  no  time  to  devote  to  literature,  he  yet  had  the  finest 
taste,  and  an  appreciation  of  all  that  was  good  and  solemn  and  impressive  in 
the  writings  and  orations  that  belonged  to  the  days  of  "old  English  unde- 
filed."  Few  men  were  so  familiar  with  the  startling  passages  that  occur  in  the 
orations  of  Chatham,  Pitt,  Fox,  Burke,  Cumin,  and  Charles  Phillips.  He 
regarded  the  letter  that  Phillips  wrote  to  King  George  the  Fourth  respecting 
his  attempt  of  divorce  from  his  queen  as  the  most  scathing  rebuke  that  ever 
sounded  in  the  ears  of  a  monarch  from  the  lips  or  pen  of  a  subject  since 
Nathan  the  prophet  spoke  in  the  ears  of  King  David.  He  had  a  wonderful 
commaud  of  language,  and  in  ordinary  conversation  would  often  fall  from  his 
lips  passages  of  classic  force  and  elegance.  He  had  the  characteristics  of  his 
father ;  was  large,  well  built,  social,  generous  to  a  fault,  and  brave  as  a  lion. 
One  who  studied  with  him  often  spoke  of  his  rough  opendieartedness,  good 
humor,  tender  humanity,  genuine  manly  nobleness  of  nature;  and  he  was  a 
fine  specimen  of  the  gentleman  of  the  good  old  times.  Dr  White  quite  often 
attended  the  Quaker  church,  but  generally  the  Methodist,  of  which  his  wife 
was  a  devout   member  till  her  death,  April  2,  1880.     Dr  White's  example  and 


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influence   were  beneficent  in  all  the  relations  of  life,  and  his  memory  is  grate- 
fully cherished. 

•■  lie  who  lives  and  dies  in  the  full  confidence  of  his  fellowmen   transmits  a 
character  worthy  of  thoughtful  study." 


hi;    CHARLES    HENRY    WHITE.i 

Dr  Charles  Henry  White,  son  of  Dr  Charles  White,  has  had  a  career 
more  eventful  than  falls  to  the  lol  of  most  men.  Entering  the  public  service 
in  early  life  as  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  navy,  he  has  sailed  from 
ocean  to  ocean  and  passed  from  continent  to  continent,  and  very  few  men  have 
such  extensive  knowledge  of  the  world.  He  was  born  in  Sandwich,  November 
L9,  1838,  and.  like  both  his  father  and  mother,  was  the  eighth  child  of  his 
parents.  His  education  was  begun  under  the  instruction  of  Aaron  B.  Hoyt, 
Daniel  ('.  Beede,  and  Albert  Ethridge,  in  Sandwich,  and  he  was  a  year  in  the 
academy  at  Northfield,  now  the  Conference  Seminary  at  Tilton.  He  was  in 
.1.  B.  Henck's  civil  engineering  office  in  Boston  several  months,  then  studied 
medicine  with  Dr  D.  T.  Huckins,  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  attending  at  the  same 
time  Cambridge  Scientific  School  as  pupil  of  Jeffries  Wyman.  He  attended 
Harvard  .Medical  School  three  years,  and  graduated  in  March,  1862.  He 
entered  the  navy  as  assistant  surgeon,  December  26,  1861,  being  the  successful 
one  of  several  applicants  for  the  vacancy  after  an  examination  that  lasted  a 
week,  and  in  May  he  was  ordered  to  the  Naval  Hospital  at  Chelsea,  Mass.  He 
joined  the  United  States  steamship  "  Huron  "  in  November  of  the  same  year,  and 
was  in  the  blockading  squadron  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  on  this  vessel,  and  on  the 
monitor  "Lehigh."  He  returned  North  in  1864,  and  was  on  shore  duty  till 
November,  then  went  to  the  United  States  ironclad  "Roanoke"  in  the  Potomac, 
and  remained  on  that  vessel  till  the  close  of  the  war.  In  1865  he  was  promoted 
to  passed  assistant  surgeon,  and  was  on  duty  in  New  York  navy  yard  till  the 
following  spring,  and  then  went  to  the  Asiatic  squadron  on  the  United  States 
steamship  "  Ashuelot,"  and  passed  three  years  in  China  and  Japan.  In  1869  he 
returned  home  and  was  promoted  to  surgeon  and  ordered  to  the  naval 
laboratory  at  New  York.  In  1872  he  returned  to  the  Asiatic  squadron,  and 
served  on  the  United  States  ships  "  Benicia,"  "Idaho,"  and  "  Monocacy,"  and 
then  came  back  to  duty  in  the  naval  laboratory,  where  he  remained  four  years. 
Then  followed  a  three  years*  cruise  on  the  United  States  steamship  "Lacka- 
wanna** in  the  Pacific  squadron;  returning  in  1883,  he  was  ordered  to  the 
nuseiini  of  anatomy  and  hygiene  in  Washington,  and  remained  there  on  duty 
years.  From  Washington  he  was  ordered  to  the  United  States  flagship 
nton  "'  as  fleet  surgeon  of  the  Pacific  squadron,  and  promoted  to  medical 

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inspector,  the  highest  grade  save  one  in  the  navy.  January  13,  1889,  the 
••  Trenton  "  was  ordered  from  Panama  to  the  Samoan  Islands  pending  the  con- 
troversy between  Germany  and  the  United  Stales  respecting  the  government 
of  those  islands.     He  was  in  the  terrific  gale  of  March   L6  when  six  German 

and  American  war-vessels,  including  the  w>  Trenton,"  were  wrecked  and  almost 
ground  to  atoms.  Himself  rescued,  it  was  Dr  White's  privilege  to  direct  the 
care  of  the  men  who,  bruised,  maimed,  half-drowned,  surf-beaten,  and  utterly 
exhausted,  survived  the  awful  fury  of  that  appalling  tempest.  His  varied 
acquirements  have  made  him  sought  for  membership  in  many  organizations, 
and  to  the  following  lie  belongs:  Masonic  Fraternity;  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion  of  the  Tinted  States;  American  Association  for  the  Advancement  of 
Science  ;  American  Public  Health  Association  ;  Philosophical  Society  of 
Washington  ;  Biological  Society  of  Washington  ;  Chemical  Society  of  Wash- 
ington;  Microscopical  Society  of  Washington;  National  Geographical  Society ; 
while  for  professional  service  he  received  a  decoration — The  Military  Order  of 
Christ  —  from  the  king  of  Portugal. 

As  a  student  Dr  White  in  early  life  aspired  to  high  attainments  in  his 
profession.  His  scientific  knowledge  is  very  thorough  ;  he  investigates  every- 
thing pertaining  to  his  favorite  studies,  and  the  result  is,  he  has  attained  to 
the  standard  of  his  early  amhition.  But  he  is  much  more  than  a  professional 
student:  his  investigations  extend  into  the  broad  fields  of  learning.  In  the 
subtilties  of  science,  in  the  profounder  depths  of  literature,  in  the  later 
developing  thoughts  of  the  age,  in  his  own  striking  originality,  in  the  large 
variety  of  his  conversational  powers,  those  acquainted  with  him.  are  surprised 
at  the  plenitude  of  his  gifts. 


JOHN   COOK.1 

John  Cook  was  a  grandson  of  Cornelius  Cook,  who,  with  his  brothers  Eben 
and  Robert,  came  to  this  country  from  England  some  time  previous  to  the  year 
1700.  Cornelius,  although  a  cooper  by  trade,  appears  to  have  had  a  literary 
turn  of  mind,  and  was  a  natural  poet,  for  he  wrote  verses  and  hymns  enough 
to  fill  a  large  volume,  which,  through  neglect,  became  scattered  and  lost.  He 
til-si  settled  in  Moultonborough,  where  Joel,  John's  father,  was  born.  He  sub- 
sequently moved  to  Sandwich  with  Joel  and  another  son,  Dr  Lot  Cook,  buying 
the  land  now  partly  occupied  by  the  village  of  Centre  Sandwich,  where  he  and 
his  son,  the  doctor,  died.  Joel  was  quite  an  extensive  farmer;  and  when  he 
first  moved  to  Sandwich  with  his  father  he  bought  a  tract  of  land  near  the 
present    residence  of  Deacon  Asa  Severance,  where  John  was  horn  and  grew  to 

1  By  Colonel  E.  Q.  Fellows. 


10  History  of   Carroll  County. 


manhood.  He  also  subsequently  bought  four  hundred  acres  of  land  in  the 
southwest  part  of  the  town  bordering  on  Squam  lake  and  Holderness, 
including  the  whole  of  Rattlesnake    mountain. 

John  Cook,  born  in  1795,  had  eight  brothers  and  sisters,  and,  like  nearly  all 
of  the  older  settlers,  had  no  inheritance  except  a  robust  constitution  and  stal- 
wart frame,  being  over  six  feet  tall.  He  came  of  the  best  blood  in  the  country, 
of  which  he  was  justly  proud,  on  the  side  of  his  paternal  grandmother,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Adams,  of  Braintree,  Mass.,  near  of  kin  to  those  illustrious 
statesmen  and  patriots,  Samuel,  John,  and  John  Quincy  Adams.  He  lived 
about  two  years  in  Lowell,  and  seven  in  Illinois,  but  passed  more  than  eighty 
years  of  his  Long  lite  of  over  ninety  years  in  Sandwich,  and  was  at  the  time  of 
hi-  death,  in  -June,  1887,  aged  ninety- two,  one  of  the  old  landmarks  and  one 
of  the  oldest  inhabitants. 

Though  the  apparently  adverse  circumstances  under  which  he  was  placed 
required  constant  exertion  as  a  farmer  and  drover,  he  yet  found  time  to  read 
and  digest  the  current  news  of  the  day,  and,  being  blessed  with  an  excellent 
memory,  was  a  living  cyclopaedia  of  the  noted  events  of  that  most  interesting 
period  of  the  world's  history  from  1810,  when  Napoleon  Bonaparte  was  at  the 
\ri\  climax  of  his  splendor,  to  the  last  Indian  outbreak  on  the  frontier  in  1887. 
lie  served  in  the  last  war  with  England  in  1814,  before  he  was  twenty  years 
old,  and  received  a  pension  for  his  services  for  many  years.  He  was  an  old- 
line  Whig,  and  as  such  represented  the  town  twice  in  the  legislature,  was  a 
lifelong  political  associate  with  such  men  as  General  Hoit  and  Stephen  Beede, 
but  immediately,  as  well  as  they,  became  a  Republican  on  the  organization  of 
that  party  and  continued  one  of  its  firm  adherents  till  his  death. 

He  was  a  man  of  sound  judgment,  honest  in  his  dealings  and  upright  in  his 
deportment,  a  good  neighbor  and  citizen,  and  it  was  always  a  rare  treat  to 
have  an  hour's  conversation  with  him  on  the  current  events  of  the  eighty  years 
from  1807  to  1887.  He  was,  for  more  than  a  generation,  a  consistent  member 
of  the  Methodist  church.  He  raised  a  family  of  seven  children,  of  whom  two 
only  survive:  John  Otis,  a  veteran  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  and  Hon.  Asa 
S.  Cook,  one  of  Hartford's  wealthiest  citizens,  mentioned  elsewhere.  His 
widow  still  survives  at  the  age  of  ninety-four. 

Judge  David  II.  Hill,  of  Sandwich,  saj's :  "John  Cook  differed  from  most 
men  in  many  respects.  Such  was  the  clearness  of  his  thought  that  he  was  able 
to  give  voice  to  an  idea  in  language  clear-cut  aud  incisive  that  fitted  the 
thought  he  wished  to  express  and  gave  it  its  exact  force.  But  his  native 
originality  was  not  his  leading  quality.  It  was  rather  the  power  of  absorption 
to  make  all  men's  thoughts  subservient  to  his  own.  Such  is  the  highest  use  of 
education.  As  a  historian  of  local  and  general  matters,  he  kept  the  fact  ever 
in  view,  and  never  allowed  prejudice  or  imagination  to  cast  its  shadow  over  the 
lie  fact.     Hence,  in  local  matters,  when  he  commenced  by  differing  from 


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others  of  equal  age  and  opportunities,  he  ended  with  convincing  them  of  his 
correctness.  At  the  age  of  ninety  years,  he  was  the  mosl  interesting  man  in 
his  county  in  conversation  od  all  matters  of  local  character,  and  also  on  all 
matters  of  general  history  Erom  the  Revolutionary  period  down." 


AS.\    SINCLADB    COOK. 

Asa  S.  Cook,  eldest  sou  of  John  and  Sarah  (Sinclair)  Cook,  was  born  at 
Sandwich,  N.  H.,  January  10,  1823,  amid  comfortable  but  not  affluent  sur- 
roundings. His  father,  a  sturdy  and  highly  respected  farmer,  was  a  fellow- 
member  of  the  legislature  with  Pliny  Jewell,  who  subsequently  removed  to 
Mart fonl,  and  thus  two  families  of  two  small  New  Hampshire  towns  have  con- 
tributed liberally  in  brain,  energy,  and  character  toward  the  upbuilding  of  the 
capital  < ■  i t  \   of  ( 'onneetieut. 

Having  supplemental  the  slender  advantages  of  the  district  school  by  two 
terms  at  the  high  school,  then  taught  by  Daniel  G.  Beede,  an  able  instructor, 
he  was  ready  at  the  age  of  eighteen  to  start  forth  in  quest  of  fortune,  equipped 
with  a  purse  somewhat  lean,  but  with  a  fair  ediu-at ion.  robust  health,  and  a 
resolute  will.  He  was  especially  prolicient  in  mathematics,  a  fact  which 
proved  of  great  advantage  later  on.  Having  worked  for  brief  periods  at 
Salem,  Waltham,  and  Lowell,  Mass.,  he  determined  to  learn  the  trade  of  the 
machinist,  for  which  he  had  a  natural  inclination.  This  accomplished,  he  spent 
live  years  at  Gloucester  Point,  N.  J.  During  the  time,  he  was  sent  by  his 
employers  to  Tuscaloosa.  Ala.  to  assist  in  setting  up  the  machinery  of  one  of 
the  pioneer  cotton-mills  of  the  South.  In  1850  he  moved  to  Hartford,  Conn., 
to  enter  the  employ  of  the  Colt's  Patent  Firearms  Company,  and  as  workman, 
foreman,  and  contractor,  remained  with  the  establishment  during  the  next 
fifteen  years,  except  for  a  few  months  in  1858,  which  he  gave  to  the  cause  of 
freedom  on  the  bloody  soil  of  Kansas.  In  1865  the  oil  excitement  drew  him  to 
Petrolea,  Canada  West,  where  he  arrived  the  morning  after  the  assassination  of 
Abraham  Lincoln.  He  remained  in  the  business  about  three  years  without 
materially  adding  to  his  worldly  possessions.  Forseeing  perhaps  the  base  uses 
to  which  Canada  was  to  be  put  as  an  asylum  for  Americans  whose  sins  had 
found  them  out.  like  a  wise  man  he  returned  to  Hartford  and  to  the  field  of 
labor  for  which  both  inclination  and  training  peculiarly  fitted  him.  His  skill 
was  brought  into  immediate  use,  for  he  was  called  by  the  National  Screw  Com- 
pany to  make  from  their  patterns  and  drawings  machinery  for  the  production 
of  wood  screws.  When  a  few  years  later  this  company  was  absorbed  by  their 
powerful  rival  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  he  began  to  manufacture  wood-screw 
machinery  for  the  trade  from  designs  of  his  own.  introducing  several  impor- 


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for  which  he  secured  letters-patent.  Since  then  he  has 
equipped  many  screw  factories  in   America  and  Europe. 

In  1872  Mr  Cook  began  to  manufacture  Stephens'  patent  parallel  vise,  and 

med  out  over  thirty  thousand.     He  has  also  made  special  machin- 

order:  dynamos,  electric  lamps,  etc.  etc.     For  many  years  his  shop  has 

een  located  in  our  of  the  wings  of  Colt's  armory,  where  he  employs  from  fifty 

B   hundred  men.  and  disburses  from  $40,000  to  $75,000  a  year  in  wages. 

\~  reward  for  industry,  wisely  directed  efforts,  good  work,  and  honorable 
dealing,  Mr  Cook  has  accumulated  a  handsome  property.  Readiness  to  face 
the  bullets  of  "  border  ruffians  '*  to  rescue  Kansas  from  the  hands  of  the  slave- 
power  gives  a  hint  of  the  courage  and  resolution  which  have  been  marked 
characteristics  of  hi- entire  career.  In  politics  Mr  Cook  is  a  Republican,  and 
.,  recognized  leader  in  the  city  of  his  adoption,  having  served  two  years  in  the 
common  council  and  four  years  as  alderman.  When  the  principal  financiers, 
manufacturers,  and  merchants  of  Hartford  organized  a  board  of  trade  in  1888, 
he  was  selected  as  one  of  the  directors.  He  is  also  member  of  the  Society  of 
American  Mechanical  Engineers.  He  has  long  been  a  director  of  the  Pratt 
and  Whitney  <  lompany. 

He  has  a  pleasant  home  on  Charter  Oak  Place,  overlooking  the  valley  of 
the  Connecticut  skirted  by  the  distant  Bolton  Range,  and,  for  a  summer  resi- 
dence, has  recently  erected  a  cottage  on  an  island  in  Squam  lake,  in  Moulton- 
borough,  near  the  home  of  his  boyhood. 

Mr  Cook  married,  October  31,  1850,  Mary  J.,  daughter  of  John  and  Harriet 
(Coburn)  Cole,  of  Lowell,  Mass.,  Francis  A.  Pratt,  of  Hartford,  founder  and 
president  of  the  famous  Pratt  and  Whitney  Company,  marrying  a  younger 
sister  at  the  same  time  and  place.  Mr  Cook  attributes  no  small  share  of  the 
happiness  and  prosperity  which  have  fallen  to  his  lot  to  the  wise  counsels  and 
hearty  cooperation  of  his  most  estimable  wife.  Their  children  are:  Millard 
Fillmore  Cook,  horn  July  30,  1851  :  John  Franklin  Cook,  born  April  11,  1854; 
Harriet  Elizabeth  Cook,  born  July  31,1857;  Albert  Sinclair  Cook,  born  May 
28,  1864  :   Mary  Sinclair  Cook,  born  July  8,  1871,  died  April  28,  1883. 

Two  of  the  children  have  married,  namely,  John  Franklin  to  Josephine 
Emma  Garrison,  July  20,  1874;  and  Harriet  E.  to  Philemon  Wadsworth 
Robbins,  October  l:i.  L880.  Albert  S.  Cook  belongs  to  the  class  which  grad- 
uated at  Vale  University  in  June,  1889.  Two  sons,  Millard  F.  and  John  F., 
graduates  of  the  Hartford  high  school,  and  both  practical  mechanics,  assist 
,lir"'  lather  in  carrying  on  the  business,  thus  giving  the  strongest  of  assurances 
hat  this  establishment,  founded  on  energy,  enterprise,  and  honesty,  will  con- 
tinue to  grow  in  the  future  as  it  has  in  the  past.  This  family,  singularly 
lited  in  aims  and  sympathies,  in  union  has  found  both  contentment  and 
Btrength. 


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THE    WENTWORTH    FAMILY.* 

Paul  Wentworth  was  bom  in  Dover,  April  -J-,  1 7SJ.  His  father,  John 
Wentworth,  Jr,  was  in  lTTti  representative  of  Dover  in  the  assembly  which 
met  at  Exeter,  and  was  reelected  annually  until  1781,  when  he  was  transferred 
to  the  council  t<>  succeed  his  father.  He  served  in  the  council  until  1783, 
when  he  was  elected  to  the  senate  for  two  years.  While  a  member  of  the 
assembly  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  committee  of  safety  for  the  state. 
This  committee  of  safety,  during  the  recess  of  the  legislature,  performed 
all  the  duties  of  the  government  —  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial.  While 
a  member  of  the  assembly  he  was  appointed  a  delegate  of  New  Hampshire 
in  the  Continental  Congress.  He  married,  in  1771,  Margaret  Frost,  of  New 
Castle.  II<'  died  at  Dover  in  1787.  His  father,  Judge  John  Wentworth, 
was  chosen  representative  to  the  legislature  from  Dover  in  1749  and  various 
years  thereafter  until  the  separation  of  Somersworth ;  then  he  was  chosen 
from  that  town  for  several  years,  when,  in  1771,  he  was  chosen  speaker  of 
the  house.  He  was  also  chief  justice  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  and 
afterwards  one  of  the  members  of  the  superior  court,  and  served  until  his 
death   in  1776. 

Paul  Wentworth  aforenamed  attended  the  academy  at  Exeter,  and  after- 
wards became  a  merchant  at  Dover.  In  1812  he  moved  to  Sandwich,  and 
in  181  1  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Colonel  Amos  Cogswell,  and  was  merchant 
and  postmaster  there  for  several  years;  was  moderator  and  selectman  for 
twenty  years,  and  representative  in  the  legislature  seven  years.  In  1*44 
he  removed  to  Concord,  where  he  died  August  31,  1855.  Mrs  Wentworth 
died  in  Concord,  August  24,  1872.  They  had  eight  children,  all  born  in 
Sandwich  :  John,  Lydia  C,  Joseph,  George,  William  B.,  Mary  F.,  Margaret  J., 
and  Samuel  H. 

Hon.  John  Wentworth,  ll.d.,  popularly  known  as  "Long  John,"  was  born 
in  Sandwich.  March  15,  1815,  and  was  son  of  Paul  Wentworth.  He  was 
graduated  from  Dartmouth  in  1836,  and  at  once  went  West  intending  to  some- 
where study  law.  He  located  in  Chicago,  then  a  mere  village.  He  was  the 
first  person  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Chicago,  edited  the  first  newspaper  estab- 
lished there,  and  was  the  first  representative  (in  1843)  from  Chicago  in  the 
national  house  of  representatives.  He  became  actively  engaged  in  politics, 
was  elected  to  Congress  six  terms,  serving  his  sixth  in  the  Thirty-ninth 
Congress.  He  was  elected  mayor  of  Chicago  in  1857  and  in  1860.  Though 
a  Democral  all  his  life,  he  was  nominated  the  first  time  by  a  convention 
of  delegates  from  all  the  old  parties.  The  ticket  was  called  the  Republican 
fusion  ticket.      At  the  close  of  his  second  term  in  the  mayor's  chair  he  issued 

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History  of   Carroll   County. 


mation  of  any  mayor  in  the  country  denouncing  the  rebels  and 

taken   possession    of  the    property   of  the   Union.     He   set 

3,  L864,  as  a  day  to  celebrate  the  patriotism  of  Major  Anderson 

i t'nl  discharge  of  his  duties  at   Fort  Sumter,  and  ordered  the  city 

-  closed. 

There  was  no  man   in   the  western   metropolis  of  whom  so  many  anecdotes 

been  told,  and   for  years  he  was  one  of  the  characters  of  Chicago.     He 

held   many   other  offices;    among   them   president  of  the   Alumni  association 

Dartmouth   College   in    L882  and  1883;  vice-president  of   the    Republican 

national    convention    in    1880,   and    vice-president   for   nearly   a   quarter    of   a 

century  of  the   New  England   Historic-Genealogical  Society.     He  wrote  many 

historical    essays,  and   is  the   author  of  the   Wentworth  Genealogy,  the  most 

complete    and    perfectly    indexed    of  any    of   that    class    of  works   published. 

II,.   w.i-,  .me  of  the   earliest    Masons    and  Odd  Fellows  in  Chicago.     He  was 

made  a  doctor  of  laws  by  Dartmouth  in  1876. 

Throughout  his  life  he  was  indefatigable  in  everything  that  concerned 
Chicago,  and  was  authority  on  everything  pertaining  to  her  history  or  her 
interests.  He  acquired  great  wealth,  and  with  great  intellectual  capacity 
he  possessed  decided  convictions  with  courage  to  follow  them,  and  made 
for  himself  a  national  reputation.     He  died  October  25,  1888. 

Colonel  Joseph.  Wentworth,  son  of  Paul  and  Lydia  (Cogswell)  Wentworth, 
was  born  in  Sandwich,  January  30,  1818.  He  is  a  descendant  of  noble 
ancestry.  No  better  blood  courses  through  the  veins  of  any  man  in  the 
lite  State.  His  mother  was  a  descendant  of  Ezekiel,  son  of  William 
Wentworth.  and  her  father,  Colonel  Amos  Cogswell,  served  the  seven  years 
of  the  Revolution,  and  represented  Dover  in  the  legislature  five  years,  and 
in   the  senate  three  years.      lie  died  in  Dover,  January  28,  1826. 

Colonel  Wentworth  attended  school  at  New  Hampton,  Hopkinton,  and 
Berwick,  Maine,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  opened  a  general  country 
.  where  lie  did  a  successful  business  for  thirty  years;  he  also  dealt 
in  cattle,  horses,  and  discounted  notes,  besides  managing;  the  homestead  farm. 
•  I''  took  hold  of  everything  with  all  the  energy  of  his  nature,  the  enthusiasm 
of  his  youth,  and  the  ability  of  his  brains  to  help  farmers  to  help  themselves. 
He  was  instrumental  in  organizing  an  agricultural  society  in  the  county 
I860,  and  was  its  president  several  years;  and,  on  his  retiring,  this  resolu- 
tion was  moved  1»\  lion.  K.  \{.  Chase  amC  seconded  by  L.  D.  Sawyer,  and 
unanimously    adopted  by  the  society:  — 


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Thai   Colonel   Joseph  Wentworth,   of   Sandwich,  be  constituted  an  honorary 

r  of  the   Carroll   County    Agricultural   and    Horticultural   Society,   to  enjoy  all  the 

and  immunities  of  membership  Cor  life,  in  testimony  of  the  Society's  appreciation 

j  honorable  and  efflcienl   services  a-  president  during  the  first  and  second  years 


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He  was  register  of  dwds  for  Carroll  County  in  1841  and  1842;  town 
clerk,  selectman,  and  representative  to  New  Hampshire  legislature  in  1844 
and   1845,  and   a   representative    from    Concord    in    1878.     He  was   delegate 

from  Sandwich  in  L850,  and  also  from  Concord  in  L876,  to  revise  the  (•(institu- 
tion of  the  state,  lie  was  sheriff  of  the  county  five  years,  postmaster  iifteen 
years,  and  president  and  chief  owner  of  Carroll  County  National  Bank,  in 
1870  he  moved  to  Concord,  purchased  the  former  residence  of  ex-Presidenl 
Pierce,  and  went  into  mercantile  business  for  awhile,  and  of  late  is  enjoying 
himself  in  flower  and  fruit  raising  for  his  own  amusement. 

He  married,  May  7.  1845,  Sarah  Payson,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Sarah  C. 
Jones,  of  Brookline,  Mass.  They  had,  born  in  Sandwich,  six  children,  all 
living.  The  oldest.  Paul  and  Moses,  were  three  years  at  Andover  (Mass.) 
Academy.  They  entered  Harvard  College  on  the  same  day.  graduated  on 
the  same  day  four  years  thereafter  (in  1868,  just  one  hundred  years  after 
the  graduation  of  their  great-grandfather  from  the  same  college),  and  from 
their  high  raid-:  in  the  class  both  were  assigned  parts  on  graduation  day; 
the  records  of  the  college  show  no  similar  record  of  two  brothers.  The 
daughters  are  Sarah  C,  Lydia  C,  Susan  J.,  and  Dolly  F. 

Being  a  strong  temperance  man  (having  never  used  tobacco  or  intoxicating 
drink  in  any  form,  seeing  as  he  did  on  every  hand  the  evil  of  intemperance, 
the  curse  of  rum  being  more  baneful  than  slavery),  he  was  nominated  in 
.Inly,  L886,  as  a  candidate  tor  governor  of  the  state  by  the  Prohibition  party, 
and  made  several  speeches  during  the  canvass. 

His  personal  appearance  is  good,  being  six  feet  three  inches  in  height; 
he  is  of  unblemished  character,  and  is  a  man  of  brains  and  great  activity. 
Weighing  as  he  does  every  question  in  his  own  even  scales  of  justice,  he 
usually  arrives  at  a  correct  verdict.  He  is  an  intense  lover  of  a  good  horse. 
For  thirty  years  while  on  a  farm  he  raised  colts,  taking  care  of  theni  himself, 
breaking  them  for  market,  and  now  at  the  age  of  seventy  years  he  seldom 
allows  a  man  to  pass  his  horse  without  a  trial  of  speed.  He  is  conservative 
in  principle,  and  independent  in  religion,  although  a  strong  believer  in  the 
verities  of  the  Bible,  having  those  truths  instilled  into  his  youthful  mind 
by  the  pious  teaching  of  a  beloved  father  and  mother.  When  a  young  man 
he  founded  his  faith  on  the  sacred  teaching  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  and 
on  that  faith  he  is  willing  to  rest  his  eternal  future. 


AARON    r.KKDK    IIOYT. 


Amoxi;  those  who  had  charge  of  educational  interests  for  many  years  was 
Aaron  Beede  Hoyt,  the  last  preceptor  of  Sandwich  academy.  The  Hoyt 
family  emigrated  very  early  to  this  country.     Simeon,  of  Dorchester,  was  at 


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i    1629;    William,  of  Ipswich,  came  in  the  "Planter"  in  1635, 

holder  in  1642;  he  had  a   Large  family. 

/;     ,      Eoyi    was    born    in    Ossipee,    July    10,    1802,   and    died   at 

July    1 -•    1880.     Ilf    was    a    descendant    of   three   notable    Carroll 

imilies.     He    was    son    of    Dr    Moses    Hoyt,    so    famed   as    an    early 

an   in    Ossipee.     His   mother,    Anna    (Beede)    Hoyt,   was   daughter   of 

son    of  lndi;e    Daniel    Beede)    and    his  wife    Anna    (Winslow) 

le,  whose  mother,  Mis  Anna  Winslow,  was  said  to  be  the  first  Methodist  in 

Sandwich.     Mr  Hoyt  early  showed  a  remarkable  fondness  for  knowledge,  and 

his    father   gratified    his    inclinations    by  giving    him    exceptional    educational 

advantages.      He    prepared    for   college    at    Gilmanton    and    Phillips    Exeter 

academies,  and   was  graduated    from    Dartmouth  College  with  high  honors  in 

1822,    in    a    class   of    forty-five.      Among    his    classmates    were    Hon.    Francis 

■.,■11.  Hon.  Ira   Perley,  LL.D.,  and    Rev.  Henry  Wood,  d.d. 

He  studied  law  with   Samuel   Emerson,  at  Little's  Corners,  and  practised 

that    prote— inn    for   a    few   years,    hut   it   was   not  to    his    taste.     He   was    an 

educator,  and  in    1832   he   became   connected  with    the    noted    Chauncy  Hall 

school  in  Boston  as  teacher  in  the  mathematical  and  English  branches.      Here 

he  remained   five  years,  showing  more  than  ordinaiy  ability  as  an  instructor. 

Hon.  <i.   I'.  Thayer,  the  principal  of  this  school  at  this  time,  wrote  thus  of 

him :    "His   fidelity   and   success   as  a    teacher   secured   my  approbation    and 

friendship.     I    always   found  him  diligent,   patient  of    labor,   and  capable    of 

performing  a   large   amount.     He   has  enjoyed   the    advantages    of    a   college 

education,  is  an  excellent  French  scholar,  and  an  almost  unequaled  penman. 

His   mind   is  stored   with  various  knowledge,  and  I   consider   him    competent 

to   teach  a   school   of    high  order."     During  this  time    he   was    corresponding 

secretary,  and  one  of  the  board  of  directors    of   the    American    Institute    of 

Instruction.     Shortly  after  this  he  went  to  Baltimore  and  established  a  private 

academy,  which  he  conducted  with  marked  success  until  his  return  to  Sandwich 

about  1846  or  L847. 

Mr   Hoyt    now  made  his  home  on  the  farm  where  his  father  had  lived  so 

many  years,  known  still  as  the  "Dr  Moses  Hoyt  place,"  and  here  he  passed  the 

remainder  of  his  lite.     This  farm  is  in  a  magnificent  location,  on  a  beautiful 

ntervale  in  view  of  the  massive  peaks  of  the  Sandwich  range,  and  the  scenery 

both    lovely    and    awe-inspiring,  and  to   Mr   Hoyt's   devoutly  religious   and 

philosophical  mind  it  was  second  only  in  sublimity  to  the  mountain  scenery  of 

Judaea  that  so  inspired  the  tongues  of  prophets.     In  many  ways  Mr  Hoyt  was 

1:111  "'   marked   individuality.     He  had  strong  convictions,  and  could  give 

logical   reasons   for   the    faith    he   held.     He  was  a   friend   to   the   down- 

md  the  oppressed,  gave  lavishly  to  the  poor  of  his  substance  and  his 

is  one  of  the  strongest  of  the  early  band  of  abolitionists.     He  was 

ascientiously  religious,  and  in  this,  as  in  other  matters,  he  never 


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stopped  to  consider  whether  or  not  his  views  were  popular,  but  only  to  decide 
it'  they  were  right.  Early  in  life  he  was  an  Episcopalian  ;  in  later  life  he 
became  an  Adventist,  and  those  coming  to  convert  him  t<>  their  views  often 
went  away  converts  to  his  reasons,  lie  possessed  ;i  marvelous  memory; 
everything  committed  to  its  keeping  was  retained  dear,  sharp,  and  well- 
defined.  Hi'  was  a  fine  singer,  and  during  his  Boston  residence  led  the  choir 
at  Trinity  (now  Phillips  Brooks's)  Church.  In  social  life,  Mr  Hoyt  was  a 
strong  friend,  plain  in  speech,  frank  and  without  dissimulation;  retiring  and 
conscientious  in  all  things;  as  an  educator  he  stood  iii  the  front  rank.  Judge 
David  II.  Hill  writes  thus  of  him:  "  He  was  a  man  of  vast  information,  far 
beyond  the  average  of  the  college  graduate.  He  was  in  the  habit  of  engaging 
his  pupils  much  in  conversation,  and  it  is  the  testimony  of  many  of  them  that 
from  the  lips  of  Aaron  B.  Hoyt  fell  more  wisdom  that  took  effect  in  after  life 
than  from  any  other  man." 

.Mr  Hoyt  married,  lirst.  Catharine  H.,  daughter  of  Augustus  Blanchard, 
one  of  Sandwich's  prominent  citizens.  She  died  December  15,  1866.  Their 
children  were:  Moses  C.  who  settled  as  a  physician  in  Illinois;  Augustus 
B.,  also  a  physician  in  Illinois;  Esther  A.  (Mrs  William  R.  Smith);  Catharine, 
and  Elizabeth  Grace.  Elizabeth  G.  is  the  only  one  now  living.  He  married, 
second.  February  8,  187:5.  Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  Augustus  and  Huldah 
(Cousins)  Doeg,  of  Alfred.  Maine,  who  survives  him.  Her  care  and 
devotion  made  his  last  days  comfortable  and  cheerful.  The  engraving  which 
accompanies  this  sketch  is  her  tribute  to  his  honored  memory. 


HERITABLE    BEEDE    WIGGIN. 

Mehitable  Beech  Wiggin  was  born  in  Sandwich,  March  15, 1800.  Her  father 
was  Jonathan  Beede,  a  descendant  from  sturdy  ancestors  in  the  island 
of  Jersey.  (See  sketch  of  Judge  Daniel  Beede.)  Her  mother,  Anna 
Winslow,  of  Exeter,  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Governor  Edward  Wins- 
low,  who  came  over  in  the  u  Mayflower."  Both  were  devout  members  of 
the  Society  of  Friends. 

In  1784  Jonathan  and  his  wife  moved  from  Poplin,  now  Fremont,  and 
settled  in  a  log  cabin  in  the  forest  at  the  foot  of  Guinea  hill  and  Israel 
mountain.  Here  they  reared  a  large  family  of  children,  one  of  whom  was 
Mehitable.  Her  parents  were  possessed  of  great  force  of  character,  mentally 
and  morally,  and  from  them  she  inherited  those  sterling  traits  which  were  so 
conspicuous  throughout  her  life.  Although  her  parents  did  all  they  could  to 
educate  their  children,  much  remained  for  them  to  accomplish  by  individual 
effort.  Mehitable  early  displayed  a  remarkable  thirst  for  knowledge  and  a 
great  desire    to  obtain  a    liberal    education.     Not    content    to    stop  with    the 


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mmon   English  branches,  she  pushed  her  way  into  the  realms 
i  mathematics  and   the  classics.     After  leaving  the  district  school,  she 
p   studies  at    Wolfeborough   Academy,  and  at   the   Friends'   school, 
I;.  J.      At  the  latter  she  was  the  first  young  lady  who  pursued  the 
bra.     Passing  from  these  schools  she  engaged  in  the  study  of  the 
es   under   the  direction   of   Rev.  Samuel   Hidden  and  her  cousin,  Aaron 
B.  II-    i.     While  studying  with  Mr  Hidden,  she  used  to  ride  on  horseback  from 
lu.r  home  to  his  house  in   Tamworth,  a  distance  of  ten  miles,  once  a  week,  for 
the  purpose  of  reciting  to  him.     <  >n  these  occasions  it  was  no  unusual  thing  for 
her  to  learn  and   recite  double  the  number  of  lines  of  Virgil  given  her  for  a 
daily  lesson.     Indeed,  her  power  of  acquisition  was  remarkable.     Before  she 
was  fifteen  years  of  age  she  had  Learned  and  could  recite  the  whole  of  Milton's 
Paradise  Lost.     Hie  began  teaching  when  sixteen  years  old,  and  continued  to 
teach  in  public  and  private  schools  for  half  a  century.     Her  success  is  attested 
by  the  many  noble  men  and  women  who  received  their  inspiration  and  instruc- 
tiuii  at  her  hands.     Her  power  to  arouse  ill  others  a  desire  for  self-improvement 
wtis  something  wonderful,  and  that  pupil  was  dull  indeed  into  whose  mind  she 
could  not  instil  some  measure  of  her  own  ambition.     Among  her  pupils  were 
that  eminent   teacher,  Daniel  G.  Beede,  the  distinguished  artist,  Albert  Hoyt, 
and  Hon.  John  Wentworth.     From  childhood  she  took  a  deep  interest  in  the 
political  events  of    the    times,  particularly   in    the  great  conflict  over  human 
sl  iveiv.     Wherever  human  freedom  was  abridged  or  oppression  existed,  there 
her  sympathies  were  enlisted.     Toward  the  poor  her   charity  was  boundless. 
The  Christian  philanthropy  of  Elizabeth  Frye,  the  efforts  of  Channing  to  liber- 
alize religious  thought,  the  heroic  struggles  of  Kossuth  and  Garibaldi,  the  patri- 
otic sentiments  of  Phillips,  Sumner,  and  Lincoln,  found  responsive  echo  in  her 
soul  and  aroused  her  strongest  sympathy  and  admiration.     But  the  most  ear- 
efforts  of  her  Life  were  directed  to  the  education  of  her  children;  for  them 
she  toiled  unceasingly,  sparing  no  pains  to  develop  a  sound  moral  and  intellec- 
tual   character.     She    married    Richard   Wiggin,  son   of   Andrew  and  Judith 
(Varney)   Wiggin,  in   1829.     Their  children  were   Jonathan   B.,  Andrew  B., 
Anna    II..    Samuel    B.,    Elizabeth,    George   W.,  Richard    H.,  and   Eliphaz    O. 
Judith  (Varney)  Wiggin,  whose  second  husband  was  Jonathan  Beede  (father 
of   Mehitable  Heed,.  Wiggin),  was  born  at  Dover,  March  3,  1777,  and  died  at 
the   home  of  her  daughter,   Naomi   Beede  Hoag,  in  Tamworth,  at  the   age  of 
one    hundred    and    two    years,   with    mental    faculties    undimmed.     Mehitable 
Beede  Wiggin  died  September  8,   1867,  deeply  mourned  by  a  large  circle  of 
eighbors,  pupils,  and   friends.      As  a,  ripe  scholar,  a  successful  teacher,  and  a 
stian  wife  and  mother,  she  had  few  equals  in  the  community  in  which  she 


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HON.    MOULTON   II.    MARSTON. 

THE  Carroll  county  Marstons  spring  from  varying  lines  of  the  common 
ancestor,  William,  the  emigrant,  who  came  from  England  in  1634,  and  be- 
longed to  a  family  entitled  to  hear  arms.  He  was  an  early  settler  of  Hampton. 
His  son,  Thomas,  came  with  his  father  as  a  youth  of  seventeen  years,  and 
made  his  homo  in  Hampton.  The  line  to  Moulton  H.  Marston  is  William1, 
Thomas'2,  John3,  Jonathan4,  Elisha5,  John0.  John  Marston0  was  a  man  of 
decided  originality,  ability,  and  force  of  character.  He  was  a  patriot  soldier 
in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and,  after  his  long  services  for  his  country  were 
ended,  became  a  settler  in  Moultonborough.  He  married  Nancy,  daughter  of 
General  .Jonathan  Moulton,  the  grantee  of  Moultonborough,  and  one  of  the 
brightest  intellects  of  his  generation.  The  young  couple  built  up  a  large 
establishment  at  East  Moultonborough,  dispensed  hospitality  freely,  and  de- 
veloped quite  a  place  in  the  wild  woods.  Fortune  smiled  upon  their  efforts, 
and  for  long  years  their  home  was  one  of  the  most  pretentious  of  the  town. 
Mr  Marston  was,  however,  a  liberal  in  religious  thought,  and  one  of  the  earli- 
est to  embrace  the  faith  of  the  Universalists.  This  was  in  that  day  very  much 
as  if  he  had  announced  himself  an  atheist,  and  as  he  had  that  courage  which 
accompanies  deep  convictions,  he  positively  and  peremptorily  refused  to  pay 
the  taxes  levied  upon  him  to  aid  in  paying  the  salary  of  the  established  min- 
ister of  the  town.  A  long  litigation  followed ;  he  would  not  compromise  his 
sense  of  right,  justice,  and  honor  bv  paying  even  a  portion  of  the  assessment, 
and  finally,  after  reaching  the  last  court  of  resort,  the  ultimate  decision  was 
given  against  him,  and  the  costs  and  expenses  of  the  protracted  legal  proceed- 
ings swallowed  up  his  entire  fortune.  He  was  of  courtly  ways  and  appearance, 
and  his  daguerreotype  in  possession  of  his  grandson,  Dr  E.  Q.  Marston, 
resembles  the  English  statesman  Edmund  Burke.  He  died  in  1846,  aged 
nearly  ninety.  Three  of  his  sons  became  residents  of  Sandwich,  and  are  now 
(1889)  vigorous,  alert,  and  well-preserved  at  advanced  ages:  namely,  Elisha, 
eighty-eight  years ;  Caleb  M.,  eighty-six  ;  Moulton  H.,  eighty-three. 

Hon.  Moulton  Hot/t  Marston,  son  of  John  and  Nancy  (Moulton)  Marston, 
was  born  in  Moultonborough,  January  8,  1806,  but  from  the  age  of  five  j^ears 
he  has  been  a  citizen  of  Sandwich.  Commencing  to  take  care  of  himself  at  an 
age  almost  incredibly  young,  Mr  Marston  developed  as  a  boy  rare  industry, 
economy,  and  financial  ability,  and  acquired  a  shrewd  practicality  that  has 
been  turned  to  account  in  many  business  operations  in  maturer  life.  He  was 
well  developed  physically,  and  had  a  well-balanced  mind.  He  was  stirring  and 
active,  but  cautious  and  conservative,  and  counted  the  costs  and  looked  on  all 
sides  of  a  question  before  he  adopted  or  opposed  it,  and  generally,  whenever 
he  advocated  a  measure  or  a  principle,  he  was  prepared  to  do  all  he  could  to 
bring  success  and  rarely  failed  of  his  object. 


HlSTOBY    OF    CARKOLL    COUNTY. 


5  for  many  years  a  merchant  and  a  prosperous  one.     He  was 
rinciples  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  and  there  could  be  no 
oundto  his   Demo,  vary.     He  deemed  the  Constitution  the  bulwark 
.erties,  and  would  sanction   no  intrusion  upon  its  sanctity.     Honesty, 
and   economy   in  the  management    of  public   affairs   were    cardinal 
in    his  platform.     By  study  of   men  and   things,    aided  by    strong 
Rtive  common-sense,  he  soon  qualified  himself  for  official  place,  and  his  opin- 
of  weight  among  the  people.     He  was  town  clerk  of  Sandwich  ten 
,  :tll,l  his  fine  penmanship  and  full  records  are  a  pleasure  to  behold.     He 
was  postmaster  al   Centre  Sandwich  for  many  years,  representative  to  the  Gen- 
eral Court,  county  treasurer  in  1849  and  1850,  and  was  twice  a  member  of  the 
governor's  council  (1s7.~>  and    1876);     In  public  and  private  matters  he  com- 
biner precision  and  grasp,  a  clear-cut  judgment  and  an  instinct  that  rarely  errs. 
resident   of  the  Carroll  County  National  Bank,  and  later  as  president  of 
Sandwich  Savings  Bank,  he  lias  brought  into  practical  operations  the  principles 
of  finance  he  had  previously  adopted.     It  is  just  to  say  of  Mr  Marston  that  if 
his  lot   had  been  cast  in  any  of  the   great  centres  of  the  world's  commercial 
activities,  he  could  not  have  failed  to  have  been  one  of  the  marked  and  suc- 
nl  operators  in  its  business  circles.     In  private  and  social  life  he  is  noted 
for   his  cordiality  and  geniality,  his  pleasant    conversational  powers,  and  his 
courtesy  of  manner  toward  all,  the  high  and  the  low,  the  rich  and  the  poor. 
He  is  a  .Methodist  in  his  religious  belief,  and  gave  the  lot  now  occupied  by  the 
church.      He  has  been  for  many  years  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  county  in 
nmrc  than  one  respect,  and  he  is  now  passing  the  closing  years  of  a  long  life  in 
the   consciousness  of  having  done   his  work  well,   and  that  his  children  and 
children's  children  are  among  the  state's  best  citizens. 

Mr  Marston  married,  March  30,  1830,  Anne  M.,  daughter  of  Colonel  Jona- 
than Ambrose,  of  Moultonborough.  She  died  January  21,  1857.  They  had 
children  :  Anne  Elizabeth  (married  Hon.  William  A.  Heard),  died  Janu- 
ary I.  L854;  Emily  Maria  (Mrs  William  A.  Heard);  Elvira  B.  (Mrs  Samuel 
G.  Lane,  of  Concord);  Carrie  B.  (Mrs  Samuel  C.  Tozzer,  of  Lynn,  Mass.); 
Alfred  A.,  a  highly  successful  business  man  of  Springfield,  Mass. 


HON".    WILLIAM     ANDREW    HEARD. 

In   August,    L623,  the  ship  "Ann"  arrived   at    Plymouth,  bringing    large 

itions  to  the   settlement.     These  were,  as  Governor  Bradford  said,  "  very 

1  persons,  and   became  good  members  to  the  body."     Among  these  early 

i   was   William    Heard   of    the    Devonshire    family  of  England.     He 

the   American  ancestor  of  the   Heard  family  of  Massachusetts. 

granted  an  acre  of  land  in  the  north  part  of  Plymouth.     The 


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next  record  we  have  of  the  family  is  thai  of  Zachariah  Heard,  who,  "in 
August,  1707,  was  the  owner  of  a  homestead  and  clothier  shop  in  Cambridge, 
on  the  Watertown  road."  About  L709  he  moved  to  Wayland,  Mass.,  where 
he  was  conspicuous  in  its  affairs  as  highway  surveyor  in  1714,  constable  in 
L716,  selectman  in  1723,  and  also  in  many  other  town  offices.  Zachariah  was 
born  in  1675,  married  Silence  Brown,  of  Wayland,  in  L707,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 27,  1761.  Richard,  his  fifth  child,  was  born  April  2,  1720,  married  Sarah 
Fiske,  of  Wayland.  died  May  16,  1~'.»2.  Their  son  David,  born  June  2,  1758, 
died  January  22,  1813.  He  was  a  very  kind  and  genial  man,  and  for  many 
years  he  and  his  brother  Richard  resided  together  and  worked  in  company,  and 
he  never  said  an  unpleasant  word  to  him.  During  the  Revolution  he  belonged 
to  the  militia.  He  married,  first,  Eunice  Baldwin,  of  Wayland,  May  24,  1784, 
who  died  September  5,  1785.  He  married,  second,  Sibyl  Sherman,  also  of 
Wayland.    March  31,1789.     She   died   September  2,1845. 

William,  son  of  David  and  Sibyl  (Sherman)  Heard,  was  born  in  Wayland. 
September  19,1795,  and  died  there  March  30,1869.  "  He  was  very  promi- 
nent in  the  history  of  the  town,  and  held  every  office  in  its  government.  He 
was  coroner  of  Middlesex  county  for  many  years.  He  was  a  man  of  very 
strong  will,  unswerving  honesty,  and  untiring  zeal  in  carrying  out  whatever 
he  undertook.  During  the  war  he  traveled  a  short  time  in  the  South,  visited 
the  soldiers  in  camp,  with  whom  he  had  much  sympathy,  and  for  whose 
interests  he  spent  much  time  and  labor."  He  was  a  Whig  and  Republican 
in  politics,  and  religiously  a  Unitarian.  Mr  Heard  married  Susan  Mann,  of 
Orford,  N.  H.,  March  14,  1825.  Their  children  were  Samuel  H.  M.,  William 
A.,  Jared  M.,  and  Susan  E.  Mrs  Heard  died  July  14,  1870.  The  ancestral 
history  of  Mrs.  Susan  Mann  Heard  is  interesting  and  worthy  of  record  here. 
According  to  the  Heraldic  Register  of  ancient  and  noble  families  in  England, 
a  coat-of-arnis  was  granted  to  Edward  Mann,  of  Ipswich,  in  Suffolk,  England, 
March  2.  1692.  Lord  Cornwallis,  whose  family  name  was  Mann,  had  the  same 
coat-of-arms ;  it  was  "Sable  on  a  fess  counter-embattled  between  three  goats 
passant  argent  :  as  many  aigrettes."  This  was  borne  by  Sir  Horatio  Mann. 
Linton,  Kent,  who  was  knighted  March  3,  1755.  His  motto  was  " Per  ardua 
stabilis."  The  king's  private  secretary  was  for  many  years  selected  from  this 
family.  William  Mann,  a  native  of  Kent  county,  emigrated  to  Massachusetts 
early  in  its  settlement  and  located  in  Cambridge,  where  he  married  Mary 
JaiTod.  His  son  Samuel,  born  July  6,  1647,  was  graduated  from  Harvard  in 
K)i'>5.  He  became  a  noted  clergyman;  he  preached  in  Wrentham,  Mass.,  to  a 
few  settlers  until  the  place  was  abandoned  on  account  of  Philip's  War.  On 
their  return  Mr  Matin  accompanied  them  and  preached  his  own  ordination 
sermon.  He  died  in  1719,  in  the  forty-ninth  year  of  his  ministry.  His  wife 
was  Esther  Ware,  of  Dedham,  Mass.  Their  son  Nathaniel  married  Elizabeth 
George,  of  Dorchester,  December  19,  1704.     He  settled  in   Mansfield,  Conn.. 


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er,    the    town    was    named    for    him.     John,    son    of 
aret    Peters,  of    Hebron,   Conn.      [She   was  a  lineal 
r  John    Peters,   of  Exeter,    England,   whose   ancestor  was  a 
at  the  battle  of  Hastings,  and  was  granted  a  coat-of- 
the   First.     His  motto  was:  "Sans   Dieu  Hen."     Rev.  Hugh 
Lin  to  the  Lords  and   House  of  Commons  for  twenty  years, 
of  the  seven  judges  who  condemned  Charles  the  First;  he,  with  his 
s  William    ami  Thomas,  came    to    New    England    in   1G34.     They  were 
Sir  John.     Thomas  was  a  prominent  clergyman;  he  founded  an 
,  .idniiv  which  bore  his  name  until  ii   became  Yale  College.     William  had  a 
Wiiliam,  whose  son  John,  in   1717.  moved  from  Boston  to  Hebron,  Conn., 
is  daughter  Margarel  was  horn.]     John  Mann,  son  of  John  and  Mar- 
I  i  |\;.  rs)  Mann,  married    Lydia    Porter,  of  Hebron,  and  moved  with  her 
in   October,  1765.     They  were  the  first  abiding  settlers.     Mr  Mann 
,11,., ,  ed  eighty-four.     Of  liis  children  was  Jared,  born  Novem- 

;.  1770,  died  May  30,  1837,  in  Lowell.  Mass.     He  held  some  public  offices 
ford,  and  was  an  exemplary  and   useful  citizen.     His  wife  was  Mindwell, 
of  Dr  Samuel   Hale,  of  I'epperell,  Mass.     Of  their  children  was  Mrs 
n  Mann  Heard. 
Won.    William  Andreiv  Heard,  son  of  William  and  Susan  (Mann)  Heard, 
"■in  ai  Wavland,  Mass..  August  25,  1827,  and  had  the  educational  advan- 
3  of    Wayland   academy   until   he  was    fifteen.     His  inheritance  was  the 
■ntal  and  physical  characteristics  of  ancestors  noted  for  fidelity,  bravery,  and 
firmness.     Commencing  the  battle  of  life  for  himself  at  the  age  of  fifteen  as  a 
clerk  in  the  stoic  of  Timothy  Varney,  Centre  Sandwich,  by  his  diligence,  cour- 
and   faithfulness  he  soon    acquired   the   fast   friendship  of  his  employer, 
ed    himself  possessed   of  the   necessary  qualities  for  success  in  merchan- 
nd   in   1849   engaged    in   business  for  himself   as  a   merchant  where 
5   Blanchard  now  trades.     At  the  end  of  two  years  he  sold  to  Messrs 
1   &  Varney,  and  purchased  the  Hoit  store,  traded  there  five  years,  then 
of  the  business  to  Dr  Tristram  Sanborn.     A  year  later  he  became  the 
•r  of  the  stock  of  Gould  &  Varney,  and  after  one  year  admitted  Charles 
a  partner,  the  linn  becoming  Heard  &  Blanchard,  and  continuing 
for   fourteen   years,  when    Mr    Blanchard   purchased   Mr   Heard's  interest. 
.\h-  I  hard  was  .me  year  in  trade  in  the  Bank  building,  and  then  pur- 
led th.-  stock  of  goods  owned   by  Frank  Burleigh  in  the   Hoit  store,  where 
he  retired  in  1878,  after  nearly  twenty-eight  years  of  active  and 
mdising.     To  deal   with  men  year  after  year,  to  keep  their 
requires  not  only  a  high  degree  of  business  ability,  but 
rpose  and  integrity,  and  also  a  facility  in  reading  character,  com- 
il  courtesy,  that  would  insure  success  in  any  field. 
•  Mr  Heard  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  the  Fourteenth  Regi- 


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ment,  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  was  commissioned  quartermaster  of  the 
regiment  on  its  organization,  and  accompanied  ii  to  its  sen,,-  of  operations  in 
Virginia,  then  the  nucleus  of  the  active  operations  of  war  on  the  Atlantic 
mast.  He  became  brigade  quartermaster  in  November,  1862.  But  the 
climatic  influences  and  press  of  labor  incuinbenl  on  his  position  caused  Ids 
health  to  fail  to  such  an  extent  as  to  compel  liis  resignation  in  September 
L863. 

Many  public  trusts  and  offices  have  been  committed  to  .Mi-  Heard.  He  was 
town  clerk  of  Sandwich  in  1859-61  :  representative  to  the  legislature  in  I 
74:  treasurer  of  Sandwich  Savings  Bank  from  September,  L872,  until  January, 
L887 ;  appointed  clerk  of  the  courts  of  Carroll  county  in  August,  1874,  and 
reappointed  in  August,  1876.  This  office  he  held  until  L887.  His  high  repu- 
tation as  an  able  financier  caused  him  to  be  appointed  to  the  responsible 
position  of  national  hank  examiner  for  Maine  and  New  Hampshire  in  January, 
1SS7,  and  he  tendered  his  resignation  of  all  other  official  trusts.  August  16, 
L889,  Mr  Heard  was  appointed  bank  commissioner  id'  the  state  of  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  educated  a  Whig:  voted  for  General  Taylor,  and  also 
for  Abraham  Lincoln;  was  a  Liberal  Republican  in  the  Greeley  campaign,  and 
has  since  been  a  Democrat  :  is  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church:  became  a  Freemason,.at  the  organization  of  bed  Mountain  Lodge  of 
Sandwich,  and  has  held  its  principal  offices  :  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Moulton  S.  Webster  Post  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

Mr  Heard  married,  Jjine  •!,  1850,  Anne  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Hon.  Moul- 
ton 11.  Marston.  They  had  one  child,  Edwin  M.  (now  a  merchant  and  banker 
in  Sandwich).  Mrs  Heard  died  January  4,  1854.  Mr  Heard  married  Emily 
Maria  Marston,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  April  25,  1855.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, William  and  Arthur  M. 

Mr  Heard  is  a  kind  and  courteous  gentleman,  a  wise  and  unostentatious 
man.  to  whom,  in  recognition  of  his  abilities,  honors  have  come,  and  his  influ- 
ence has  been  beneficially  exerted  in  the  affairs  of  town,  county,  and  stale. 
He  has  been  a  resident  of  Sandwich  for  nearly  half  a  century,  and  prominently 
connected  with  its  business,  social,  and  political  interests,  and  an  energetic 
and  generous  contributor  to  its  development  and  progress,  and  is  one  of 
Carroll's  most  widely  known  and  popular  citizens. 


COLONEL  ENOCH  Q.  FELLOWS. 


The  Civil  War  of  1861  to  1865  was  a  most  critical  epoch  in  our  nation's 
life,  and  it  is  most  fitting  that,  in  connection  with  the  histon  of  events,  we 
should  preserve  somewhat  of  the  individuality  of  those  citizens  of  Carroll 
county  who  were  especially  active  in  defence   of  the    Union   during   that  great 


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of  the   thickening   past  shall   weave  an  impenetrable 
in    thai    most    sublime    tragedy.     Their   ancestry,   their 
ig,  and  their   personality,  shining  out  from  the  historic 
most  valuable  lessons  to  generation  after  generation. 

-,/„,/,//    Fellows,   of   the  Third  and  Ninth  New  Hampshire 

s  in  the  Great  Rebellion,  was  horn  in  Sandwich,  June  20,  1825.     His 

Stephen    Fellows,  was  horn  in   Poplin,  now  Fremont,  January  11, 

;);,       |  p.   was   a    tanner   and   hut.  her.  a    constable   and   collector.     He   was  a 

stalwart  man  and  a  patriot.     In  the  Revolution  a  false  rumor  once  came  that 

British  were  landing  at  Hampton  beach,  and  he  "run  forty  bullets  as  quick 

er  forty  bullets  were  run,"  ami.  taking  his  gun,  galloped  away  toward  the 

of  supposed  action.     His  son.  John,  was  born  in  Poplin,  November  11, 

1791,  and   in    1806    came   with    his    father   to   Sandwich,  where   the   family   has 

since  been  resident. 

John  Fellows  passed  his  life  in  Sandwich,  a  man  of  industry  and  worth; 
••a  farmer,  carpenter,  storekeeper;  and,  for  amusement,  a  captain  in  the 
militia.  He  was  a  kind  man.  but  austere  and  determined  in  his  own  belief. 
His  Bible  offered  to  an  upright  life  a  reward  in  heaven,  but  no  particular 
pleasure  on  earth  :  heme  lie  did  not  think  of  pleasure  here.  His  sons  inherited 
his  strict  honest v  and  firmness,  but  drew  their  geniality  from  their  mother's 
family."  He  married  Mary  -I.,  daughter  of  Enoch  Quimby,  a  farmer,  and 
a  lieutenant  in  the  War  of  1 81 2.  The  father  of  Lieutenant  Enoch  Quimby 
was  Aaron  Quimby,  a  native  of  Weare.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  Revolution, 
and  after  his  removal  to  Sandwich  "held  the  first  commission  in  the  militia 
in  Sandwich  and  Moultonborough  as  ensign  of  an  alarm  company,  in  1787,  with 
rank  of  major." 

So  it    is  to  the   maternal  side-  that  we  must  chiefly  look  for  the  inherited 
military  tastes  of  Colonel   Fellows.     He   early   availed   himself  of  the   educa- 
tional  advantages  of  the  town  schools  and  academy,  and,  thirsting  for  more 
knowledge,  unaided,  determined  to  obtain  it.     He  attended  a  high  school  in 
Waylaud,   Mass.,   in    the   fall  of  his  eighteenth  year,  and  taught  the  winter's 
school    in    Framing-ham.      A  lawyer  who   had   passed  a  year  at    West   Point 
military  school    was  in  practice  in  Framingham,  and  the  advantages  of  that 
institution   became  known   to  the  young  teacher.     The  next  year,  1813,    Mr 
Fellows  completed  his  preparation  for  college  at  Newbury,  Vermont,  seminary. 
During  the  summer  vacation   he  made  a  personal  application  to  Congressman 
John   P.  Hale   for  an   appointment   as  a   cadet  at    West   Point,  and   interesting 
him  and  Congressman    Moses  Norris,  in  whose  congressional  district  he  was  a 
idem,  in  his  behalf,  be   received   the  appointment  in   the  spring  of  1844. 
atelv  -oin-   to    West    Point  he  entered  the  academy  on  his  nineteenth 
t,,(,l<   and   maintained  a  good  standing  in  his  class,  among  such 
George  P.  McClellan,  Ambrose  E.  Burnside,  D.  N.  Couch,  Jesse 
L.  R  -  Stonewall"  Jackson. 


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His  going  to  West  Point  had  the  opposition  of  his  father,  who  desired  liis 
services  at  home,  and,  on  account  of  his  solicitations,  he  resigned  his  cadetship 
in   November,   L846,  and   returned  to  Sandwich.     His  military    education  and 

tastes    caused    him    to    take    interest     in    the    militia,    and    he    was    800H     <ls17i 

appointed  one  of  the  drill-officers  of  the  New  Hampshire  militia.  This  he 
resigned  in  L851,  when  the  militia  law  was  revised.  He  was  adjutant  of  the 
Nineteenth  Regiment  in  L 847-49,  and  in  1858  brigadier-general  of  the  brigade 

composed  of  Carroll,  Belknap,  and  Strafford  counties.     In   L851-54  be  was  door. 

keeper  of  the  New  Hampshire  senate.     From  L854  to  L857  he  held  the  position 

of  inspector  in  the  Boston  custom  house.  From  L857  to  L861  he  was  in  Sand- 
wich; hiit   in  April,  1861,  the  moment  he  saw  President  Lincoln's  proclamation 

calling  for  seventy-five  thousand  troops,  he  offered  his  services  to  the  adjutant- 
general,  and  was  immediately  ordered  to  report  at  Concord.  He  was  employed 
in  drilling  recruits  and  in  the  organization  of  the  First  Regiment,  and  was 
ottered  a  captaincy  in  it,  but  declined,  immediately  enlisting  as  private;  then 
was  commissioned  as  first  lieutenant  of  Company  K,  and  detailed  as  adjutant 
of  the  regiment,  the  duties  of  which  office  he  performed  during  the  three 
months  the  regiment  was  in  service.  Tiie  regiment  received  many  compliments 
on  its  efficiency  and  military  appearance.  This  in  an  eminent  degree  arose 
from  the  prompt  and  untiring  energy  of  Colonel  Fellows,  and  his  skill  as  an 
instructor. 

He  was  mustered  out  with  his  regiment  August  9,  1801,  and  the  next  day 
was  commissioned  colonel  of  the  Third  Regiment.  This  was  selected  to  accom- 
pany General  T.  W.  Sherman  down  the  Atlantic  coast.  Colonel  Fellows 
was  ranking  colonel  of  the  expedition,  and  in  the  winter  of  1861-6:2  was 
stationed  at  Hilton  Head,  S.  C,  and  was  first  commandant  of  the  post,  acting 
as  brigadier-general,  and  in  command  of  seven  regiments.  The  next  spring 
he  was  granted  leave  of  absence,  but,  an  important  movement  being  on  foot, 
the  Third  Regiment  wras  ordered  to  Edisto  island,  near  Charleston,  and  Colonel 
Fellows  wrote  to  General  Benham  that  if  he  could  be  of  service  he  would 
defer  his  departure.  Accepting  his  offer,  General  Benham  placed  him  in 
command  of  Edisto,  where  were  three  and  one-half  regiments,  four  pieces  of 
artillery,  a  company  of  dragoons,  and  a  gunboat. 

After  the  capture  of  Fort  Pulaski  Colonel  Fellows  came  home  on  his  Leave 
of  absence.  While  here  the  governor  asked  him  to  take  command  of  the 
Ninth  Regiment  just  in  organization,  and  also  keep  the  colonelcy  of  the  Third. 
Considering  this  not  fair  to  the  other  officers  of  the  Third,  he  resigned 
his  commission  in  that,  and  accepted  the  command  of  the  Ninth.  Within 
three  weeks  from  the  departure  of  the  Ninth  from  the  state  it  participated 
in  the  battles  of  South  Mountain  and  Antietam.  In  the  first  of  these  it 
made  a  brilliant  charge  up  a  hill  in  front  of  the  enemy's  tire,  broke  their  line, 
and  drove  them  from  the  field.      General    Reno  gave   Colonel   Fellows  and   the 


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its   bravery,  and  it   honorably  won  its   title   of  the 

At,,.,.   the   battle   of    Antietam   the   cold    rains    and    snows 

,|lt.   march    through    Virginia   afflicted   Colonel    Fellows  with 

neuralgia  as  to   make   ii    impossible  for  him  to  remain  with  his 

and    he    resigned    his    commission.     He   was   recommended   by  the 

;111,1    council    to    President    Lincoln    for    appointment   as   brigadier- 

ieral  of  the  United  States  volunteers,  and  a  considerable  part  of  his  service 

ii  that  rapacity. 

Prompt,  energetic,  a  stricl  disciplinarian,  and  of  unfailing  courage,  Colonel 

Fellows  was  a  soldier  and  commander  by  nature,  and  couid  not  fail  to  inspire 

ins  men  with  his  own   spirit.      He  was  one  of  the  best  drill  officers  in   New 

pshire.      He  has  the  manners  and  traits  of  regular  army  officers,  and  was 

in  warmest   friendship  with  his  associates,  while  his  men  felt  that  he  looked 

out    for  their  nerds,  always  meant    what  he  said,  was  ever  ready  to  listen    to 

nd  right    just  grievances,  and  in  Ins  plain,  blunt  way  he  won  their  confidence 

and  affection.     While  at  West   Point  he  became  permanently  deaf,  and  could 

never  after  hear  commands,  but  safely  depended  upon  his  knowledge  and  his 

to  execute  them  at  the  proper  moment.     This  affliction  causes  him  great 

annoyance  and  embarrassment,  and  he  ran  rarely  be  persuaded  to  attend  public 

gatherings  or  military  reunions.     He  delivered  the  address  on  Decoration  Day 

at  Ashland  in  1884,  and  at  Sandwich  in  1886  and  1889.     He  is  an  attractive 

speaker,  and  his  chapter  on  military  affairs  in  this  volume  proves  that  he  is 

well  capable  of  using  the  pen. 

Since  the  war  he  has  lived  in  Sandwich,  interested  in  real  estate  and 
hanking  operations  in  Sandwich,  Minnesota,  and  Kansas.  From  1869  to  1873 
he  was  assistant  assessor  and  deputy  collector  of  internal  revenue  for  Carroll 
and  Belknap  counties.  In  11S6S,  1869,  and  1877  he  represented  Sandwich  in 
the  legislature.  lie  lias  been  no  seeker  of  place,  and  the  honors  that  have 
come  i"  him  have  not  been  solicited  by  him.  He  has  labored  zealously  for  the 
success  of  l lie  Republican  party,  as  he  deemed  it  right.  The  one  predom- 
inating  trait  in  his  character  is  strict  honesty.  If  property  he  has  sold  has 
depreciated  in   value,  it   has  been  his  practice  to  bear  the  loss. 

Col d  bellows  married,  November  18,  1847,  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Colonel 

h   L.  Quimby.     Of   their  live  children  three  survive:    William    B.  (see 

sketch  among  lawyers);  Mary  Lizzie,  born  February  22,  1861,  now  married  and 

living  in  Somerville,  Mass.;  Sarah  Frances,  born  July  4,  1868,  is  now  studying 

c  at    Boston  Conservatory  of  Music.     June   20,  1887,  he  married  Lydia 

uing,  formerly  of  Brunswick,  Maine,  whose  great-grandfather  at  one  time 

uird  one  half  of  the  township  and  was  one  of  its  earliest  settlers.     She  is  a 

lability  and  refinement,  well  fitted  to  be  a  cheerful  companion  to 

a    man   as   the   Colonel. 

'i.    C.   Fellows,    brother   of   Colonel   E.    Q.    Fellows,    was   a 


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prominent  citizen  of  the  last  half-century;  born  March,  L820,  died  April  3, 
L888.  He  was  early  a  clerk  with  his  father,  John  Fellows,  at  Centre  Sand- 
wich,  afterwards   a   partner   with   him.     For  thirty   years  he   was  a  druermsl 

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keeping  a  drug-store  when'  Dr  Hodsdon  now  does  business.  A  deeph  reli- 
gious and  conscientious  temperance   man,  he  would   never  sell   liquor  only  as 

combined  with  other  medicines  in  prescriptions.  He  was  ;m  active  Freemason, 
and  also  preeminently  a  Christian  and  an  honest  man,  and  hi-  influence  will 
long  be  felt.  He  was  postmaster  from  1850  or  L851  to  L 863,  for  some  years 
cashier  of  Carroll  County  National  P>ank,  a  trustee  and  auditor  of  Sandwich 
Savings  Bank  from  its  organization  until  his  death,  and  was  town  treasurer 
also  at  his  death.  An  ardent  member  of  the  Methodist  church,  for  many 
years  he  tilled  the  offices  of  steward,  recording  steward,  trustee,  secretary 
of  the  hoard  of  trustees,  and  was  either  the  superintendent  of  or  a  teacher 
in  the  Sunday-school.  He  had  decided  literary  ability,  and  was  a  penman 
of  extraordinary  skill.  When  over  sixty  years  of  age  he  wrote  the  Lord's 
Prayer,  the  Ten  Commandments,  the  first  twelve  psalms,  and  the  Declaration 
of   Independence,  4,194  words,  on  a  postal  card. 


DANIEL    MOULTON    SKINNER. 

Dunii'l  Moiiltnn  Skhinin\  son  of  Elijah  and  Abigail  (Moulton)  Skinner, 
was  horn  in  Sandwich,  April  14,  1825.  His  grandfather,  Jedediah  Skinner, 
came  from  Connecticut  to  North  Sandwich  about  1800.  He  was  a  noted 
singer  and  taught  many  singing-schools.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of 
1812.  1 1  is  sons  Elijah  and  Clark  engaged  in  trade  in  separate  stores  at  Skinner 
Corners.  Clark  built  up  a  brisk  business  there.  He  was  drowned  in  1830 
while  fording  Mad  river  near  Thornton. 

Elijah  Skinner  at  an  early  day  removed  his  stock  of  goods  to  the  Centre, 
and  for  many  years  was  a  zealous  and  useful  citizen.  He  was  born  in  Lyme, 
Conn.,  September  30,  1786,  and  died  January  22,  1871.  He  was  above 
medium  height,  quick  and  lively,  with  fiery  red  hair  that  stood  out  straight 
from  his  head.  He  was  of  unbounded  hospitality,  and  responded  to  every 
call  on  him  for  aid.  He  may  be  styled  the  father  of  Methodism  here,  as  his 
house  was  the  free  hotel  of  that  denomination;  in  1824  he  gave  up  merchan- 
dising to  build  the  church  which  he  had  persuaded  General  Hoit  to  join  him 
in  erecting.  This  was  completed  in  1825.  Elijah  and  his  father  were  the 
first  two  members  of  the  society  established  here.  Elijah  Skinner  was  a 
prominent  Freemason;  he  never  aspired  to  public  office:  represented  Sandwich 
in  the  legislature  of  1844  and  1845,  and  universally  bore  the  reputation  of 
being  an  honest  man.  He  possessed  an  active  and  mechanical  mind  with 
greal  inventive  powers,  and  in  many  ways  was  fifty  years  ahead  of  his  times. 


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pid  strides  .'1'  invention,  and  talked  of  railroads,  locomotives, 
along  wires  by  electricity  and  conversing  in  the  same  maimer, 
s   before    these    improvements   were   developed,  and   people    fancied    him 
ii„..     From    L825  he   took   contracts    to   erect   buildings   and   gave 
much  time  to  invention.     He  secured  fourteen  patents  on  important  scientific 
irinciples.      He    invented    a    serpentine    water-wheel    about    1810,    but    found 
hat  practically  the  same  thing  had  been   patented  in  France.      He  was  greatly 
disappointed,  but   shut    himself  up  in  a    room    and   soon    developed   what   he 
termed  an  endless  screw,  one  of  which  he  placed  in  a  mill  which  he  erected 
at  the  outlel  of  bake  Winnipiseogee.     Among  his  specifications  in  his  appli- 
cation for  a  patent  was  one  claiming  that  this  wheel  might  be  used  to  propel 
boats;  and    it    is    probable    that  this  was  the  first  discovery  and  application 
of  the  screw  propeller  as  a  motive-power.     He  also  invented  a  lock  to  simul- 
taneously lock  and  unlock  a  series  of  locks.     This  principle  is  now  universally 
used  in  lucking  cells  in  prisons,  etc.     He  first  introduced  stoves  into  Sandwich 
and  claimed   to  he  the  inventor  of  the  elevated  oven.     In   1836  he  patented 
an  improvement  in  fireplaces,  and  many  of  his  last  years  were  devoted  to  the 
improvements   of  flues  to  prevent  smoky   chimneys  and  to  the  manufacture 
and  improvement  of  stoves,  and  many  of  his  make  were  sold  through  Belknap 
and  Carroll  counties  as  the  Hoit  and  Sherman  stove.     In  1845  he  purchased 
the  tin-shop  of  John  Fellows,  placed  his  son  Daniel  in  charge  of  it,  and  shortly 
after  built  a  shop  where  Hosea  Pettingill  now  lives,  where  Daniel  conducted 
business   for  some   time   and  also  learned  the  shoe  business  of  a  man  in  his 
employ.     Elijah  then  purchased  the  meeting-house  he  built  in  1825,  finished 
it  as  a  dwelling  and  a  tin-shop.     Here  in  1856  Daniel  began  the  manufacture 
of  shoes,  which  in  a  short  time  was  transferred  to  a  new  shop  on  the  same 
lot.     Elijah  Skinner  was    of  too   generous    a   nature    to    acquire  wealth,  and 
Daniel    faithfully  discharged  the  duties  of  a  good  son  to  his  parents,  caring 
for  them  in  their  last  days.     Mr  Skinner  married,   December  3,  1807,  Lydia 
Page,  who  died  January  27,  1810.     Her  daughter  Eliza  became  Mrs  George 
\V.    Mann.     September  13,  1810,  Mr  Skinner  married  Abigail,   daughter    of 
Daniel    Moulton,    in    early  life    a    privateersman    in    the    Continental    service 
of  the   Revolution.     They  had  four  children:  Polly  (Mrs  Hosea  Pettingill); 
Lydia   (Mrs  .lames  M.  Smith);  Cyrus  (dec),    and    Daniel  M.     Mrs  Skinner 
was  born  December  9,  1782,  and  died  April  3,  1872.     She  was  a  quiet  worker 
in  church  matters,  and  there,  as  in  her  family,  her  presence  was  felt  to  be  a 
power,  and  the  record  of  her  is  "a  Christian  character  of  lovely  womanhood." 
Daniel  M.  Skinner  inherited  inventive  powers  of  a  high  order,  and  aided  his 
i  his  inventions  and   in   making   patterns.     Like    many  New   England 
was  better  educated  in  the  school  of  labor  than  in  that  of  books, 
in-- at  carpentering  and  in  tin  and  iron  work,  in  1857  he  was  a 
facturer,  employing  fifteen  men.     By  the  hard  times  of  that  year  he 


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lost  bis  entire  property,  but  after  a  few  months  bis  Boston  creditors  reestab- 
lished him  in  business,  which,  although  giving  employment  to  forty,  proved 
unremunerative.  He  thru  went  to  Manchester  bo  work  in  a  tin-shop  to  support 
the  large  family  dependent  on  him.  Here  bis  attention  was  attracted  to  a 
rapidly  selling  pie-lifter.  He  soon  devised  a  much  better  one,  bul  had  nol  the 
means  to  patent  it.  A  daughter  furnished  the  money,  and  thousands  of  the 
articles  were  manufactured  and  sold  at  good  profits.  In  1*7<>  Mi'  Skinner 
resumed  Bhoe  manufacturing  in  the  building  he  now  uses  as  a  tin-shop:  be 
employed  thirty-five  hands  and  continued  five  years.  But  lie  was  to  acquire 
a  competence  and  prosperity  only  through  his  God-given  powers  of  invention. 
He  nearly  perfeeted  a  mowing-machine,  but  was  forced  to  abandon  it  for  Lack 
of  funds.  The  same  thing  occurred  with  a  railroad  to  ascend  mountains,  the 
idea  of  which  he  developed  long  before  Marsh  projected  the  one  on  Mount 
Washington.  He  invented  a  steam  clothes-washer,  which  well  met  a  popular 
demand. 

October  '23,  1883,  Mr  Skinner  obtained  a  patent  for  a  parcel  transmitter, 
which  was  much  noticed  by  machinists  and  merchants,  and  was  the  precursor 
of  that  wonderful  combination  of  mechanical  skill,  Skinner's  instantaneous 
cash-transmitter.  This  Avas  so  decidedly  superior  to  anything  of  the  kind 
extant  that  it  was  evident  a  fortune  could  be  obtained  from  it,  but  not  being 
able  to  properly  place  it  on  the  market  and  defend  suits  that  would  necessarily 
arise,  in  1887  Mr  Skinner  sold  his  interest  in  it  to  the  Lainson  Store-service 
Company  for  enough  to  make  him  comfortable  for  life.  He  is  now  enjoying  a 
mental  rest,  but  we  predict  that  another  pleasant  surprise  for  the  scientific 
world  is  now  in  its  formative  period  in  his  active  brain. 

Mr  Skinner  was  much  interested  in  the  old  militia  organization.  He  was 
advanced  from  private  to  captain  at  his  first  training,  and  attained  the  rank  of 
major  in  the  Nineteenth  Regiment.  He  is  a  Republican,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  defunct  Bear  Camp  lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  held  the  position  of  D.  D.  G. 
Master  in  the  order.  A  quiet,  retiring  citizen,  he  seeks  no  office;  in  his 
darkest  clays  he  kept  faith  with  his  creditors,  and  he  has  ever  been  a  kind  son, 
husband,  and  father.  He  married,  September  7,  1845,  Sarah  P.,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Lois  Stratton.  Her  paternal  grandfather  was  an  Englishman  who 
made  a  settlement  on  the  present  site  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  served  in  the  Conti- 
nental army  of  the  Revolution,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 
Her  maternal  grandfather,  Cornelius  Dinsmoor,  served  seven  years  in  the 
Revolution,  from  Ossipee.  Their  surviving  children  are  Clara  M.  (Mrs  David 
Hammond);  Flora  S.  (Mrs  Charles  A.  Hammond);  Cyrus  E.;  Daniel  W.; 
Walter  L. ;  Lucien  C,  and  Olive  L. 


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sde,  nephew  of  Judge  Daniel,  came  to  Sandwich  from  Poplin 

,t)  in    17*7.  became  a  Large  farmer  and  stock-raiser,  and,  like  Dr  Asa 

3  the  father  of  a  distinguished  family.     Among  the  children  was 

,  who  married  the  eldest  of  Dr  Crosby's  daughters  and  emigrated  to 

West,  where    he  became  noted  as  an  educator  and  judge.     Mary  was  a 

minister  of  greal   power  and  traveled  extensively  and  preached  in  all 

the  northern  states  and  territories.     Two  other  daughters,  Sarah  and  Annie, 

also  Quaker  ministers.     Mehitable  is  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  history. 

The  only  descendant  Living  in  Sandwich  is  Samuel  B.  Wiggin. 

Dr  Asa  Crosby  was  horn  in  Amherst,  now  Milford,  July  15,  1765,  moved  to 
Sandwich  in  1790,  and  married  Betsey  Hoyt.  Of  his  family  of  sixteen  chil- 
dren, fourteen  were  born  in  Sandwich,  and  none  more  remarkable  ever  lived  in 
the  county  or  the  state.  Among  them  was  Nathan,  for  forty  years  judge  of 
the  police  court  in  Lowell,  Mass.  Another  was  Dixi,  one  of  the  most  distin- 
ished  surgeons  in  the  state,  for  many  years  professor  of  surgery  in  Dart- 
mouth College.  Another  was  Alpheus,  a  scholar  of  wonderful  attainments, 
who  graduated  from  college  at  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  became  one  of  the 
most  accomplished  Creek  scholars  of  his  time.  He  was  professor  of  Greek 
and  Latin  in  Dartmouth  College,  wrote  several  Greek  textbooks,  and  closed 
his  public  career  as  principal  of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Salem,  Mass. 

David  C.  Page  from  1820  to  1840  was  very  prominent  in  Sandwich,  and 
largely  engaged  in  public  business.  His  son  George  emigrated  West  in  1853. 
Henry  <  r.  Page,  his  grandson,  is  a  wealthy  and  influential  man  in  Fergus  Falls, 
Minn.  He  has  been  mayor,  member  of  the  state  senate,  and  is  a  large  flour 
manufacturer  and  hank  president. 


TAMWORTH. 


CHAPTER   LXII. 

Name —  Surface  —  Bodies  <>f  Water  —  Boundaries  —  Chocorua  Lake  —  Tamworth  — 
Grantees  —  First  Settlers  and  Settlements  —  Progress  and  Prosperity  —  " Siege  of  Wolves'* 
—  Troul  —  Tamworth  Village  —  South  Tamworth  —  Hotels  —  Tamworth  Inn  —  Tamworth 

Iron    Works  —  Chocorua   House  —  Merchants   of    Tamworth    Iron    Works  —  Cottages  —  First 
Inventory  —  Water-powers.  Mills,  and   Manufacturing. 

TAMWORTH  is  in  some  ways  a  reminder  of  some  of  the  north  of  England 
towns,  but  it  was  probably  not  its  resemblance  to  the  quiet  English  town 
bearing  its  name  that  caused  the  governor  to  insert  Tamworth  in  the 
charter  as  the  name  of  this  town.  The  Tamworth  of  England  receives  its 
name  from  the  river  Tame  (on  whose  bank  it  nestles),  and  the  Saxon  word 
wcorth,  signifying  a  river-island,  or  any  place  surrounded  by  water.  Another 
Tamworth  is  in  New  South  Wales. 

The  surface  of  Tamworth  is  uneven,  broken  by  hills  and  valleys,  presenting 
untiring  variety  of  scenery,  while  its  proximity  to  the  mountain  region  enables 
it  to  offer  many  an  unsurpassed  view  to  the  lovers  of  the  grand  and  sublime 
in  its  primeval  and  eternal  habitations.  No  town  in  the  state  has  taken  deeper 
hold  of  its  visitants  than  this,  and  perhaps  none  is  more  cherished  in  memory 
or  has  tin-  charm  of  drawing  the  observer  back  more  often  to  gaz.e  upon  its 
attractions.  The  soil  is  deep  and  fertile  in  most  parts,  well  adapted  to  tillage, 
fruit,  and  grazing,  and  many  fine  farms  give  evidence  to  this,  but  part  of  the 
town  has  but  the  thin  soil  of  the  pine  plains.  Years  ago  it  was  a  great  pro- 
ducer of  maple  sugar,  and  in  1874  it  was  the  sixth  town  in  the  county  in  value 
of  agricultural  production  and  the  first  in  its  yield  of  fruit.  It  is  well 
watered.  Bear  Camp  river  passes  through  it  in  an  eastern  direction  toward 
Ossipee  lake.  Swift  river  rises  in  the  northwest  corner,  meanders  through  the 
central  part,  and  joins  the  Bear  Camp.  Chocorua  river,  the  outlet  of  hake 
Chocorua,  passes  through  the  southeast  corner  as  a  tributary  of  the  Bear 
Camp.  Excellent  water  privileges  are  furnished  by  these  streams.  Chocorua 
lake  is  the  principal  body  of  water,  although  Great  Hill  pond  in  the  northwest 
part  may  rival  it  in  area.      Besides  these,  Elliott  and   White   ponds  are  all  the 


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worthy  of  uote.     The  town  is  bounded  north  by  Albany,  east 
and    Ossipee,  south  by   Ossipee  and   Moultonborough,   west   by 
The   Ossipee  mountains  occupy   the  southern   part  of  the  town, 
them  side   is   flanked   by   the   eastern    portion  of  the  Sandwich 
The  area  is  28,917  acres.     Chocorua  lake  is  over  one  mile  long, 
vided  into  two  parts  connected  by  a   narrow  channel  which  is  bridged 
The   shore   is   partly  formed    by    curving  sandy  beaches,  overhung   by 
shadowy  trees.     It  has  been  storked  with  bass,  and  pickerel  are  caught  here. 
••  Tamworth.—   The  township  was  granted  October  14,  1766,  to  Lieutenant 
John  Webster  and  others  in  sixty-eight  equal  shares.     At  that  time  the  south 
line  of    the  town   was  the    'supposed   head  line  of   Mason's  Patent';   but  the 
•rune  line.' as  established  subsequently,  crosses  the  northwest  corner,  taking 
in  the  entire  town.     William  Eastman,  Richard  Jackman,  David  Philbrick,  and 
Jonathan  Choate  were  the  first  settlers  in  1771.     Governor  Wentworth's  reser- 
vation is  in  the  southwest  corner  of  the  town.     A  committee  was  appointed  by 
the  legislature,  February  _!:!.  1785,  to  establish  the  line  between  this  town  and 
Sandwich.     The  committee's  decision   was  to  be   final.     January  10,   1796,  a 
committee  was  appointed  to  fix  the  lines  between  this  town  and  the  towns  of 
Burton  and  Eaton.     The  decision  was  to  be  final.     The  matter  came  up  again, 
however,  and  another  committee  was  appointed  December  23,  1808,  to  establish 
the  lines  between  the  towns  of  Sandwich,  Tamworth,  Eaton,  and  Burton,  and 
report  to  the  legislature.     By  an  act  approved  January  13,  1837,  some  territory 
was  severed  from  <  >ssipee  and  annexed  to  this  town,  and  the  same  was  severed 
from  Tamworth  and  annexed  to  Ossipee,  June  25,  1859."  —  Hammond's   Town 
Papers. 

It  is  said  that  Colonel  Jonathan  Moulton  was  the  original  proprietor,  the 
names  of  the  grantees  being  inserted  as  a  legal  fiction  to  enable  Governor 
Benning  Wentworth  to  comply  with  the  royal  requisites  for  a  charter,  none  of 
the  grantees  really  having  vested  rights  in  the  land,  but  the  Bryants  were 
evidently  in  occupation  early.  James  Head  became  a  resident,  and  was  the 
progenitor  of  a  -noil  posterity;  and  Israel  Gilman  and  Jacob  Fowler  owned 
lands  here. 

flic  grantees  of   Tamworth  were   Lieut   John   Webster,  James    Cochran, 

Enoch   Webster,  Jas  Cochran,  Jr,  Jno  Merril,  George  Abbot,  Will111  Rogers, 

Jn°   Moore,   Andw   McMillan.  Sand    Osgood,  Jas   Osgood,  W'«  Cochran,  Jno 

Webster,  Junr,  Jona  Stickney,  Thos  Stickney,  Josiah  Miles,  Joseph  Hall,  Jr, 

AI  ""••  Dan!  Stickney,  Walter  Bryent,  esq.,  Joshua  Abbot,  Jona  Merril, 

Cochran,    Sam!    Cochran,    Alexander    Lessley,    Stephen    Holland,   Abel 

.    Joseph    Emery,    Jona    Cochran,    Moses    Barnett,    Jas    Wallis,    Abel 

dler,  Timy  Walker,  Jr,   Isaac   Cochran,  Jno  Davison,  Hamilton  Davison, 

ison,  Thos  ( Mough,  James  Head,  W.  Bryent,  Jun.,  Esq.,  Peter  Coffen, 

Iton,   Willm   Coffen,    \\.   Barnett,    Jno   Kimball,    Jno   Noyes    Esqr, 


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ThoB  Wallis,  Rob.  Rogers,  Jun.,  Moses  Coffen,  Phinehas  Virgin,  Saml  Dickey, 
Jo  Barnett,  Jun,  Jn<>  Webster,  Esq.,  Jas  Dwyer,  Enoch  Coffen,  Israel  Gilman, 
Sam1  Gilman,  Col0  Todd,  Lieut  Col"  Barre,  Hon.  Geo.  Jaffrey,  Dan1  Rindge, 
Esq.,  Jons  Warner,  Esq.,  Jacob  Fowler. 

Tradition  and  Legend  would  preserve  for  us  an  earlj  settlemenl  of  Tarn- 
worth,  as  they  Locate  Cornelius  Campbell  and  bis  family  on  the  shores  of  Lake 
Chocorua  by  L750  (the  latest  period  claimed).  Prosaic  fart  finds  no  evidence 
of  this,  but  hunters  and  trappers  no  doubt  roamed  here  as  early  as  elsewhere  in 
this  region.  One  of  these,  named  Richard  Jackman,  had  his  cabin  near  Jack- 
man  pond,  and  he  and  his  squaw  and  an  Indian,  Sabatis,  made  this  their  home 
for  several  years  before  true  civilized  occupancy.  Several  other  Indians  had 
their  home  here,  but  joined  the  remnants  of  the  Pequawkets  in  Maine  as  soon 
as  white  men  settled  here. 

It  is  generally  considered  that  the  first  settlement  was  made  in  1771.  hut 
Rev.  Mr  Cogswell  in  his  "Memoir  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden,"  published  in  ls4J, 
says:  "The  first  white  man  who  settled  in  Tamworth  was  Mark  Jewell  (177-!), 
whose  father  resided  in  Sandwich.  He  settled  on  what  is  now  called  Stevenson 
hill,  removing  about  six  years  thereafter  to  what  is  called  Birch  Intervale.  He 
is  now  living  in  good  health  (1842),  aged  eighty-nine.  He  was  married  by 
Daniel  Beede,  in  1776,  to  Ruth  Vittum,  of  Sandwich.  Soon  after  Mr  Jewell's 
settlement,  he  was  followed  by  his  brother,  Bradbury  Jewell,  who  was  elected 
one  of  the  selectmen  at  the  first  town-meeting  in  Tamworth,  July  2,  1777." 

Bradbury  and  Mark  Jewell  were  leading  men  for  many  years.  They  were 
very  efficient  in  procuring  men  to  fill  the  quota  for  the  Revolutionary  war. 
Tradition  says  the  first  two-story  house  in  town  was  built  by  Bradbury  Jewell 
on  Stevenson  hill.  It  took  fourteen  thousand  of  bricks  for  the  chimney,  for 
which  he  paid  $14,000  (continental  money). 

The  descendants  of  the  Jewells  are  numerous  in  Sandwich  and  Tamworth 
in  the  female  branch. 

Jackman,  William  Eastman,  Jonathan  Choate,  David  and  Jonathan 
Philbrick  were  here  in  1772.  Jackman  soon  moved  to  Eaton,  where  he 
was  probably  the  first  settler,  locating  near  Silver  lake.  Choate  soon  went  to 
Sandwich.  David  Philbrick  was  killed  in  1775  by  the  falling  of  a  tree. 
William  Eastman  became  a  lifelong  resident,  and  was  a  deacon  in  Parson 
Hidden's  church   for  years. 

Colonel  Moulton  interested  the  people  of  Gilmanton  in  the  ""plain  country 
between  the  Ossipee  and  Sandwich  mountains,"  and  the  Gilmans  and  Hon. 
Thomas  Cogswell  became  large  landholders  here.  Such  men  as  these  push 
enterprises,  and  settlers  came  rapidly.  Stephen  Mason  came  from  Moulton- 
borough  in  1773.  By  this  time  there  were  several  families  located,  Silvanus 
Hall's  and  Hezekiah  Hacketfs  among  the  number.  They  worked  together, 
cutting  trees,  hewing  logs,  and  rolling  up  the  log  cabins  for  their  future   homes 


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another,  while    Hackett,  the  excellent  shot,  was  kept  hunting  for 

|  0f  the  rest.     After  the  way  was  found,  rapid  settlement  was 

itral,  and  northern  portions:  and  in  1775  there  were  one 

habitants.      A  road  was  early  made  by  the  settlers  for  the 

the  Sandwich  Line.     This  extended  through  Moultonborough 

ftonborough  to  Wolfeborough,  and   for  a  long-  time  was  the  only  high- 

v  worth)  of  the  nam.'  in  town,      it  subsequently  became  part  of  the  highway 

tending  to  Conway  through  Albany  ;  and  a  part  of  this  is  now  and  has  been 

■  in  the  first. 

The    hardships    undergone    by   the    early   settlers   were   severe.     Jonathan 

Philbrick    brought    cornmeal    from  Gilmanton  on  his  back.     Henry  Blaisdell 

wcni  to   Kingston   for  a  supply  of  meal  and  was  gone  two  weeks,  and  during 

hjs   absence    his  family  lived  on  milk  alone.     Gamaliel  Hatch  was  inventive 

igh  to  make  a  mortar  wherein  he  pounded  flaxseed  iifto  meal,  which  made 

a  substitute  for  Hour  in  making  bread.     Food,  even  game,  was  searce  with  the 

ettlers  who  owned  no  guns,  and  sufferings  often  ensued.     One  woman 

t  her  children  to  bed,  then  told  her  neighbor:  "I  have  put  them  to  bed  to 

"  but  help  was  rendered.     After  they  had  begun  to  raise  corn,  they  had  to 

carry  it  to  Gilmanton  if  they  wished  it  ground  at  a  mill.     But  in  a  few  years, 

probably  by  1780,  there  were  gristmills  on  the  north  and  south  sides  of  the 

town,  to  which  <  )ssipee  people  would  bring  "  grists  "  on  their  backs  along  paths 

marked  only  by  spotted  trees. 

In  1776  several  families  settled  in  the  Bear  Camp  valley  and  in  other  parts 
of  the  town.  The  town  was  now  in  the  first  stages  of  prosperity,  when  the 
Revolutionary  war  called  for  valiant  men  for  soldiers.  The  first  to  enlist  was 
Elkanah  Danforth,  September  18,  1775.  Joseph  Eaton  Keniston,  Nicholas 
Kinestone,  David  Kinerson,  Joseph  Ames,  and  others  enlisted  in  1776.  Moses 
11  id  enlisted,  the  first  man  in  1777.  He  left  a  wife  and  several  children,  and 
told  the  enlisting  officer,  kw  I  go  to  die  for  my  country,"  and  did  die  the  same 
year.     Abial  and  Phineas  Stevens  and  Isaac  Head  also  died  in  service. 

In  1777  John  Fowler  (who  had  come  from  Boscawen  in  1775),  James  Head, 

and  Thomas  Danforth  were  in  office.     David  Folsom  and  David  Gilman  appear 

i  selectmen  in  1781.     The  selectmen  report  fifty-three  taxable  polls  in  1783, 

and  from  this  time  emigration  both  to  and  from  the  town  was  rapid.    The  west 

side  of  the  town  was  almost  one  with  Sandwich,  Moultonborough,  and  Burton, 

and  frequenl  changes  of  residence  were  made.     The  eastern  side  in  the  same 

f  was  connected  with  Eaton  and  Ossipee ;    and  there   was  a  desire  to  be 

sed  as  a  part  of  Eaton,  and  on  account  of  uncertainty  of  town  lines  many 

es  i  here. 

George  Dodge  was  an  important  addition  to  the  town  in  1790.  He 
>f  the  inhabitants,  had  the  first  chaise,  and  was  "  unani- 
srk   of  the   Congregational  church  at  its  first    meeting  in 


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L792.  His  attire  was  much  superior  bo  the  settlers.  He  wore  breeches  and 
Long  stockings  with  buckles,  and  his  wife  fine  white  holland  aprons.  His  house 
was  Located  near  the  old  meeting-house,  and  he  was  a  Leading  man. 

From  1810  to  L813  a  greal  degree  of  prosperity  was  felt,  both  in  temporal 
and  spiritual  matters.  In  L813  the  spotted  fever  made  Its  ravages,  and  soon 
succeeded  the  cold  seasons  of  L816,  1817,  1818,  when  corn  did  nol  ripen  and 
the  frosl  blasted  ever}  green  thing;  a  famine  ensued,  and  greal  sufferings  were 
experienced.  I'>\  L820  there  were  nineteen  school  districts  (in  seventeen  of 
which  schools  had  been  kept ),  and  the  population  had  risen  to  1,442.  In  L826 
an  epidemic  of  typhus  fever  prevailed.  In  L830  there  were  1,544  inhabitants. 
Emigration  both  to  and  from  the  town  occurred  in  a  greater  degree  than  in 
many  towns,  but  the  advantage  was  in  favor  of  an  increased  population  here, 
and  by  L850  the  high  tide  was  reached,  1,766  people  then  residing  here.  From 
L850  there  has  been  a  steady  decline  in  numbers,  1860  showing  1,678  inhab- 
itants; 1870,  1,344  :  1880,  1,274. 

From  a  report  made  in  1889  to  the  department  of  agriculture  we  take  these 
items:  the  town  lias  produced  during  the  last  year  30,000  pounds  of  butter, 
2,000  pounds  of  wool,  used  20  tons  of  commercial  fertilizer,  and  received 
$6.00<»  in   cash   from   summer  boarders.    . 

For  fifty  years  no  liquors  have  been  allowed  to  be  sold  in  the  town,  and  the 
character  of  the  people  descended  from  the  first  settlers  has  borne  a  high  repu- 
tation for  intelligence,  sobriety,  and  moral  and  religious  culture.  The  influence 
of  the  sainted  Father  Hidden  is  still  a  leavening  force. 

Bears,  deer,  and  wolves  were  numerous  in  Tamworth  up  to  a  comparatively 
recent  date,  and  early  that  queer  survival  of  antediluvian  days,  the  moose, 
grazed  in  its  ponds  in  large  droves.  Jonathan  Philbrick  killed  fourteen  bears 
in  one  season.  The  wolves  were  very  annoying  to  the  settlers  for  many  years. 
What  is  remembered  as  the  "  Siege  of  Wolves  "  occurred  November  14, 15,  and 
16,  1830.  On  the  evening  of  the  14th  messengers  went  rapidly  through  all 
the  surrounding  towns,  proclaiming  the  news  that  an  immense  army  of  wolves 
had  descended  from  the  Sandwich  range  of  mountains  and  idled  the  forests  on 
Marston  Hill.  From  all  the  towns  the  farmers  came  in  force  to  prevent  tin- 
wolves  from  further  advance.  At  noon  of  the  15th  six  hundred  men  were 
bivouacked  around  the  hill  in  military  organization,  under  command  of 
General  Quimby,  of  Sandwich.  A  force  of  riflemen  was  sent  into  the  forest, 
and  after  sharp  firing  the  wolves  were  finally  defeated  ;  a  number  being 
killed,  but  by  far  the  greater  part  breaking  through  the  picket-line  and  dying 
to  the  mountains.  The  dead  wolves  were  carried  to  a  suitable  place,  where  a 
great  jubilee  was  held  in  honor  of  the  victory.  From  that  time  the  wolves 
have  not  seriously  disturbed  the  town.  There  are  many  fine  trout  stream-,  of 
which  the  brook  running  through  Birch  Interval  has  been  perhaps  most  noted. 
It  has  a  fall  of  many  feet,  often  in  dashing  cascades,  from  its  mountain  source 


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altitude.     One  season  it  was  estimated  that  one  hundred  bushels 

•  taken  from  it. 

nworth    Village  near   the    centre    of  the    town    is   on    Swift   river,  and 

the  (  tional   church,  town   hall,  A.  E.  Wiggin's  spool  factory, 

gristmill,  three  stores,  Tamworth   Inn,  and  the  postoffice 

ph  Gilman  and  his  daughter  Mary  J.,  since  1861).     The  railroad 

i  0f  VVest  Ossipee  is   four  miles  distant,     Here   the  oldtime  hostelry  of 

h  Gilman  has  for  long  years  given   liberal  entertainment  to  the  traveler, 

and  the  new  "Tamworth  Inn  "  invites  the  summer  visitor  to  a  pleasant  home. 

Kimball  Brothers  keep  the  old  Cook  store;  Levi  E.  Remick  &  Son  carry  a  good 

stork  of  merchandise:   Edward  S.  Pollard  has  the  store  on  the  bridge. 

S  h  Tamworth  is  a  small  hamlet  in  the  Bear  Camp  valley  at  the  base  of 
the  Ossipee  mountains.  A  store  and  a  postoffice  comprise  the  chief  institu- 
tions. Coal  is  said  to  exist  in  the  Ossipee  mountains  near  here,  and  unprofit- 
able mining  attempts  have  been  made.  The  store  now  occupied  by  John  L. 
M  is  ii  is  located  on  the  site  of  the  building  erected  by  Colonel  Levi  Folsom  in 
L827,  who  was  in  trade  there  until  1837.  The  next  five  years  it  was  occupied 
by  Albert  Whitten,  who  was  succeeded  in  1812  by  Elias  Newbegin,  who  traded 
there  for  a  year.  From  1843  to  1841,  Jacob  Stanley  was  the  storekeeper.  In 
1^  I  |  Hon.  Larkin  D.Mason  engaged  in  merchandising,  and  continued  here 
until  1883,  when  his  son,  John  L.  Mason,  became  proprietor.  In  1860  the 
building  was  burned,  but  immediately  rebuilt. 

//  ,,.-,  /s. —  Iii  the  early  days  ewery  house  was  a  hotel,  but  soon  some  of  the 

wealthier  citizens  became    taverners  :    Captain   Dodge,  William   Eastman,  and 

Stephen    Mason,   at    first;    later,   in    1795-97,    William    J.   and    John    Folsom, 

Tufton    Mason,  Oliver  Fowler,  Jr.     In   1799  David  Gilman  is  approbated  to 

sell  Liquor  in   large  or  small  quantities,  while  the  taverners  become  numerous 

aboul  the  commencement  of  the  century,  as  in  1803  Larkin  Dodge,  Jeremiah 

Mason,  Job  Chapman,  and  Ebenezer  Dow  are  licensed  as  taverners.     Eleazer 

Young  had  a  tavern   for  many  years  at  Sonth   Tamworth,  succeeding  Dow. 

This  was  on  the  "south  road,"  the  second  road  of  the  town,  "built  before  the 

Revolution,"  according  to  tradition,  and  a  most  important  highway.     Captain 

Enoch  Remick  kepi   an  inn   for  years  where  Colonel  Nathaniel  Hubbard  now 

lives.    This  was  also  a  c hanging-place  for  horses  on  the  stage  route  from  Centre 

Harbor  to  Conway,  even   up  to  the  building  of  the  railroad  to  West  Ossipee. 

Along  in  the  thirties   many   town-meetings   were   held   at  the   inn  of  Captain 

Remick  and  the  law-office  of  Obed  Hall,  just  across  the  street  from  the  inn. 

imiiel   McGaffey,  who  married  Amelia  Drew  (adopted  daughter  of  Captain 

Dodge),  kept  public  house  just  east  of  the  old  residence  of  James  Remick,  and 

bout  eighty  rods  west   of  Parson  Hidden's  house.     He  died  in  1829,  leaving 

nid  two  daughters,  who  have  since  died.     Joseph  Gilman  kept  hotel 

L  1889  at  the  village,  and  many  travelers  pleasantly  remember 


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the  quaint  house  and  its  quainl  Landlord  with  bis  oldtime  knowledge.  John 
G.  RobinsoD  fitted  up  the  Charles  Remick  place  for  a  hotel  a  Tin-  i  he  Civil  War, 
ami  kepi  ii  as  such  for  some  \ ears. 

Tamworih  Inn. —  The  quaint  Gilman  House  qoI  serving  to  accommodate 
a  tithe  of  the  people  seeking  the  restful  repose  of  Tamworth  Village,  in  the 
spring  of  L888  Arthur  E.  Wiggin  enlarged  his  dwelling,  introduced  electric 
aDnunciator  and  modern  improvements,  and  opened  the  Wiggin  House  as  a 
summer  hotel.  Ii  was  idled  to  its  utmosl  capacity  during  the  season,  and  in 
L889  a  wing  had  been  added,  a  neighboring  cottage  purchased,  a  tennis  court 
Laid  out,  and  spacious  grounds  added  to  the  other  attractions.  Again  the  house 
was  crowded,  over  si\t\  people  being  pleasantly  entertained  at  one  time.  The 
house  was  rechristened  this  year  "The  Tamworth  Inn."  It  is  a  lovely  spot. 
In  front  over  pleasant  pastoral  scenery  rises  the  symmetrical  cone  of  Passacon- 
away,  while  on  every  side  bits  of  idyllic  landscape  show  like  genre  paintings  in 
the  clear  atmosphere,  while  the  murmur  of  the  stream  back  of  the  inn  serves 
to  add  to  instead  of  detract  from  the  gentle  sense  of  quiet.  Mr  and  Mrs 
Wiggin  are  well  adapted  for  landlord  and  landlady,  a  true  home  feeling  pervad- 
ing the  whole  establishment. 

Tamworth  Iron  Works  went  into  operation  some  time  previous  to  1800. 
Tradition,  an  uncertain  guide,  says  that  nails  were  first  made  here  in  1775,  and 
screw  augers  were  made  in  1780.  Henry  Blaisdell  started  this  enterprise  with 
David  Howard.  The  bog-iron  ore  taken  from  Lake  Ossipee  was  used,  and  cut 
nails,  anchors,  and  other  heavy  articles  were  made.  It  is  probable  that  the 
nails  made  here  were  the  first  that  were  cut  and  headed  by  machinery  in  the 
state.  Nathaniel  Weed  soon  after  came  into  possession  of  the  works.  He  was 
a  man  of  great  ingenuity  and  inventive  powers,  and  was  said  to  have  invented 
the  first  screw  auger,  but  did  not  "patent"  it,  not  realizing  the  necessity. 
When  the  Piscataqua  Bridge  was  built,  Mr  Weed  with  his  screw  auger  was 
the  most  useful  person  employed ;  the  old-fashioned  pod  auger  was  dispensed 
with,  and  relays  of  hands  were  appointed  in  order  to  keep  the  Weed-auger  in 
perpetual  motion.  The  manufacture  of  iron  was  abandoned  long  ago,  but  the 
(plaint  picturesqueness  of  the  hamlet  and  its  surroundings  charms  the  stranger, 
and  in  summer  it  is  thronged  with  summer  boarders.  The  mills  along  the 
outlet  of  Chocorua  lake  are  gone,  and  as  the  "  privileges  "  at  the  village  have 
been  purchased  by  the  cottagers  interested  in  the  preservation  of  the  beauty 
of  Lake  Chocorua,  the  water  will  doubtless  run  henceforth  unchained  in  its 
course.  The  Free  Baptist  church,  a  neat  schoolhouse,  the  postoffice,  and  a 
stoic  are  the  "institutions"  of  the  place. 

Chocorua  House. — In  1803  the  attractions  of  the  beautiful  section  lying 
near  Chocorua  lake  and  mountain  began  to  bring  summer  visitors  in  numbers, 
and  hotel  accommodations  were  demanded,  so,  in  liSbo,  Mr  Niekerson 
commenced   the   Chocorua    House.     This    is  1<)D   feet    long,   4<>   feet   wide,  and 


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id  with  three  stories,,  to  accommodate  thirty-five  guests. 

Hill,  two  hundred  rods  south  of  Chocorua  lake.     From  its 

wide    range    of   inspirating    mountain    scenery,    the    close 

hocorua  with  its  manifold  charms,  its  high  altitude,  pure 

1    water,   it    deserves   and   has  great    patronage.     An  "annex" 

ias    been   added.     Sixty  guests   were    here  at    one   time    during   this 

sumn 

Tamworth    Iron    Works.  —  The   first   worthy  of  the  name  was 
Daniel   Hayford,  who  combined  the  manufacture  of  hats  with  merchandising 
312.     The  residence  of  Otis  G.  Hatch  occupies  the  site  of  his  shop  and 
II,    was  followed   by  Zeiias    Blaisdell,  who  built  a  store,  now  a  part  of 
the  Moore  store,  and.  in  or  near  1830,  sold  to  True  Perkins,  who  continued  in 
lia,l,  sfully    for   some   years.     The    next   in    order   of    time    was   Henry 

..      lie  was  here  for  some  years,  and  alter  him,  about  1840,  came  William 
m    into    the  same  store  for   two  years.     He  sold   his    stock    to    Charles 
born,  who  was  succeeded    by   Benjamin   Parker.      Parker  continued   mer- 
chandising until   1848.      Jeremiah   Merrill   then    began    trading    in    the    "old 
■  •/'  and  in    1849  with  his  brother  Samuel,  formed  the  firm  of  S.  Merrill   & 
They    soon    enlarged    the    store,    and    engaged    in    the    manufacture    of 
ing    in    connection    with    the    selling    of    goods.      They    conducted    an 
e  and  profitable  business,  and  sold  it  in  i860  to  Otis  G.  Hatch  and 
John   Glidden,  who.  after  eight   years,  were  succeeded  by  Otis  G.   Hatch  and 
.lames    Emery,  as    Hatch    &    Emery.     They  went   out    of   business   in    1883, 
and   were   followed  by  W.  H.  Lary.     In  1880  F.  L.  Moore  became  proprietor. 
Mr  Moore  is  an  enterprising  man  of  thrift  and  energy  and  possesses  many 
of    the   qualities  of   a  successful  merchant.     He   has  a  good  class    of   trade. 
Mark   F.   Robertson  owns   the  stage  route  to  West  Ossipee  railroad  station, 
lie   is  -"ii   of  Charles  and  grandson  of  Robert  of  Eaton,  which  see. 

orua   Public  Library  was  organized   here   in   1888  with  500   volumes, 
which  have  been  increased  to  583;  Clara  E.  Kenerson,  librarian. 

Cottages  have   been   built  by  city  residents  for  summer  occupation  on  the 

shores  of  Lake  Chocorua  and  the  number  will  increase.     Within  a  few  years 

the  one  owned   by  l)r  Horace  P.  Scudder,  on  the  Emery  place,  the   General 

,  on  the  Hatch  place,  those  of  Frank  Bowles,  on  the  Doe  place, 

II.  B.  Walley,  on  the   Hobbs  place,  Professor  Chaplin,  on  the  Bickford  place, 

l,;    James,  on   the    Savage  place,  and    Charles  Bowditch,  on  the  Cone  place, 

been  erected,  and  much  money  expended  in  the  purchase  of  lands,  the 

mint  and   building  of  houses,  and  the  development  of  artistic  homes 

Mrs  Gignoux  has  a   pleasant  cottage  on  the   Gannett  place  near 

i  Works;    A.    II.    15am lard    has   one  on   Tamworth  ridge.     Where   the 

liled  for  a  mere  livelihood,  the  culture  of  Cambridge  now  seeks  rest 

and  ion. 


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There  are  fifty-seven  names  on  the  inventory  of    L792,  and  through  the 

courtesy    of     Deacon   William     P.     Hidden     (now     ninety-one     year8    old),    who 

remembers  nearly  all,  we  are  enabled  to  Locate  the  homes  of  most  of  them. 
Widow  Allen  and  family  soon  left  town.  Waller  Bryant,  farmer,  lived  where 
Wyaii  Bryanl  resides.  Jeremiah  lived  near  .Mill  Brook  bridge,  was  a  carpenter. 
Both  were  active  in  town  affairs.  Paul  I  i  i:n  1 1  >  1 1 1  \  lived  on  the  south  side  of 
Bear  Camp  river,  and  was  a  farmer.  Day  Ballard  lived  on  Hacketl  hill.  His 
sons  were  Jerry,  Washington,  and  William.  Jonas  Carter,  brick  maker,  lived 
on  the  north  side  of  Ossipee  mountain,  where  he  had  a  brick  kiln.  Captain 
George  Dodge  lived  on  the  Evans  Remick  place,  and  built  the  house  now 
standing.  William  Eastman  lived  where  Levi  Whiting  now  lives.  Captain 
Eastman  was  his  son.  Jacob,  brother  of  William,  lived  on  the  Shubael  Marston 
place.  Israel  Folsom  lived  near  the  John  Folsom  place.  Benjamin,  half-brothei 
of  Israel,  lived  on  the  place  where  John  Remick  lives,  on  the  road  to  Stevenson 
hill.  Levi  Folsom,  no  relative  of  the  above,  lived  on  the  Ezra  Dodge  place. 
Warren  Folsom  lived  on  Iiackett  hill,  near  Levi,  who  was  a  brother  or  cousin. 
Lieutenant  John  was  ;i  neighbor  of  the  others.  The  family  was  numerous  and 
influential,  hut  none  have  descendants  here.  John  T.  I).  Folsom,  the  last  of  the 
family,  lived  opposite  the  .Mason  store  in  South  Tamworth,  and  was  postmaster 
for  years.  He  died  suddenly  a  year  or  so  since.  William  Cheever  and  David 
Keiiersoii  lived  on  Tamworth  ridge.  Samuel  Gilman  lived  at  Bennett's  Corner, 
and  in  middle  life  moved  to  New  York.  Jacob,  his  brother,  a  very  capable 
man,  was  kept  in  office  for  years.  He  had  great  skill  in  drafting  lega]  docu- 
ments, was  amiable  and  kind-hearted,  hut  the  social  habits  of  those  days  over- 
mastered him.  and  he  died  a  drunkard,  leaving  no  descendants.  Colonel 
David  Gilman,  of  another  stock,  was  a  farmer  at  Butler's  bridge.  He  had 
sons,  all  captains  —  David,  Israel,  and  Simon.  The  two  last  lived  near  the  line  of 
Ossipee  on  the  south  road.  Simon  was  selectman  and  collector  for  many  years. 
Israel  was  a  very  pleasant  and  kind  man,  but  so  sour  in  his  looks  that  he  was 
called  •"  Pickled  Israel."  Captain  David  Gilman,  of  Butler's  bridge,  is  the 
only  one  of  the  family  now  in  town. 

Hezekiah  and  Ebenezer  Iiackett  were  probably  brothers,  and  large,  vigor- 
ous, active  men.  They  settled  on  and  gave  name  to  Hackett  lull.  Captain 
Sylvan  us  Hall  lived  on  the  Stephen  Standley  place  on  the  south  road.  Two 
Joseph  Jacksons,  farmers,  lived  on  Warner's  ridge.  Lieutenant  Daniel  Low 
lived  in  the  west  part  of  the  town.     His  wife  was  very  eccentric. 

Colonel  Stephen  Mason  lived  where  Charles  Downs  now  lives  on  the  south 
road.  Larkin  D.  Mason  was  born  here.  Tufton  and  Jeremiah  were  sons  of 
Colonel  Stephen,  and  both  had  large  families.  James  Mason  lived  on  Iiackett 
hill.  Captain  Thomas  Leavitt  lived  at  West  Ossipee.  He  was  a  large,  portly 
man,  and  a  lover  of  liquor.  Timothy  Medar  was  a  carpenter  and  a  fanner. 
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said,  and  was  extremely  methodical  ;  very  accommodating  and  prompt 
.usiness.     He  was  much  in   public  Life,  forty  years  town  clerk,  and 
no  children,     [saac   Medar,  perhaps  brother  of  Timothy, 
William   Hutchins  lived.     His  last   descendant  in  town  was    Mrs 
Lighter  of  his  son  Samuel.     John   Pindar  was  the  village  miller. 
d  the  mill  built  by  Benjamin  Gilman.     He  was  a  cheery  man,  a  great 
.teller,  and  the   little   hoys    who  rode   to  mill   horseback  on  top    of   great 
g  of  corn  and  wheat  were  pleasantly  entertained  by  him  after  he  had  lifted 
them    down.     Captain    Thomas    Stevenson    and    sons,  John  and  James,  gave 
name  t.>  Stevenson   hill,  where   they  settled.     They  were  active,  pushing  men, 
I  and  valuable  citizens.     Noah  Rogers  was  a  farmer  on  Great  hill.     He 
had  a  large   family,  all  gone    from    town.     His    son   William,  a  wealthy  ship- 
builder  of  Bath,  Maine,  gave  the  hell  for  the  Congregational  church.     Thomas 
Watson's    farm    joined    Rogers's.     His    son,    Noah    S.    Watson,    lives    on    the 
ral    Quimby   place   in   Sandwich.     Samuel   Waymouth    lived  in    the  west 
part.     John    Y  it  turn's    farm    was    on    Sandwich    line.     Simon    Smith,   "Uncle 
Simon."  lived   halfway  from   the   village  to   West  Ossipee,  on  the  farm   where 
one    of    his    descendants,   Allen    Smith,   now  lives.     Jonathan    Philbrook  was 
a  large,  fleshy  man.  and  quite  prominent   in  affairs.     He  lived  on  Stevenson 
hill,  on  adjoining  farm   to  Mark   Jewell  on  the  north  side,  and  was  father  of 
lhe  centenarian   Stephen.     Enoch  and  John  Remick  were  early  and  valuable 
citizens,  and    have  numerous  descendants  of  the  same  good   character.     Two 
Mark  Jewells  lived  here;  one  was  a  preacher;  the  other  lived  on  Stevenson 
hill,  and   later  on   Birch   interval.     Joshua  and  Aaron   Nickerson  were    enter- 
prising settlers    in    the    north    part   of   the   town.     John   Hubbard   was   not  a 
residenl    here.     He    Lived   in   Sandwich   but  owned  the   Pike    Perkins   place, 
where    his    son    Nathaniel   afterward    lived.     Oliver    Fowler    was  one  of  the 
first    deacons.     He  lived  and   died    on    the    Bradbury  Hooper   place,  on    the 
south   road   between   Butler's   bridge  and  West  Ossipee.     Oliver  Fowler,  Jr, 
died    young.      Warner   was   another   son   of   Deacon   Oliver,  living  witli    him 
and  dying  on  the  same   place.     Lieutenant  John   Fowler,  a  brother  of  Deacon 
Oliver,  lived  on  the  farm  joining  his.     All  were  good  citizens. 

Water-poivers,  Mills,  and  Manufacturing.  —  Chocorua  river,  flowing  from  the 

ike    of   the    same  name  near  the  foot  of  Chocorua  mountain    into  the  Bear 

('amp  at  Wesl  Ossipee;  Swift  river,  also  rising  under  the  shadows  of  Chocorua 

and  emptying  into  the   Bear  Camp  near  Whittier,  and  the  Bear  Camp  furnish 

to  the  town  of  Tamworth  probably  the  best  and  most  numerous  mill  privileges 

of  any  town  in  the  county.     The  first  mill  was  built  by  Thomas  Danforth,  in 

3,  on  Swift  river  near  where   Thomas  Wiggin  lives,  and  close  by  the  site  of 

It  was  a  gristmill,  and  nothing  remains  to  mark  the  site  save  a 

upon  the  river-bank.     The  next  one  was  a  gristmill  about  halfway 

■  'ie I  South  Tamworth  on  the  Bear  Camp.     It  was  owned  by 

Kphraim  Hidden,  brother  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden. 


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Jeremiah  Mason  and  Stephen  Colburn  built  the  firsl  mill  at  Butler's  bridge 
(Whittier)  in  1*17.  It  was  a  saw  and  grisl  mill,  ami  remained  in  the  famil) 
iiniil  L885,  when  it  was  sold  to  George  Bryant.  Colonel  Levi  Folsom  built 
the  next,  a  large  lumber-mill,  at  South  Tamworth,  in  L826.  He  here  opei 
the  first  shingle  and  clapboard  machine  in  this  pari  of  the  country.  On  its 
site  now  stands  what   is  said  to  be  the  best   rake  factory  in   the  world,  owned 

and  operated  by  Henry  W.   Bartletl  and  (J ge  Bartletl   as  Bartletl    Brothers. 

Their  rakes  find  a  market  in  ever}  quarter  of  the  globe  where  agriculture 
flourishes.  They  have  in  this  mill  a  machine  that  is  a  curiosity.  It  drives 
L40,000  rake  teeth  in  nine  hours.  The  only  gristmill  now  on  the  Bear  Camp 
is  the  Stevenson  mill,  erected  in  L826.  Then  it  was  an  extensive  lumber-mill, 
imw  it  is  only  a  small  gristmill. 

A.sa  Fowler,  of  Sandwich,  who  buill  Fowler's  mills  in  L824,  brought  a 
cloth-dressing  machine  here  in  L830.  In  1834  or  1835  his  mills  were  burned, 
Mr  Fowler  failed,  and  Joseph  Gilman  bought  the  property,  rebuilt  the  lumber, 
shingle,  and  clapboard  mills,  and  conducted  them  until  1845.  Several  run  them 
after  this  under  Mr  Gilman's  ownership.  At  last  the  old  mills  became  decayed, 
and  Stephen  Berry  obtained  the  privilege  and  put  up  new  mills.  John  (hick 
succeeded  him.  He  sold  to  Alonzo  Wiggiu.  These  mills  were  burned,  and 
have  not  been  rebuilt. 

Benjamin  Gilman  had  a  saw,  grist,  and  fulling  mill  at  Tamworth  village 
very  early,  during,  or  shortly  after,  the  Revolution.  These  were  conducted  by 
several  until  1*12,  when  Samuel  S.  Beede  became  owner.  He  gave  up  the 
fulling  works,  but  continued  the  others  for  over  twenty  years.  John  (i. 
Robinson  succeeded  him.  who.  after  ten  or  twelve  years,  sold  to  -John   Elwell. 

David  Folsom  made  nails  here  by  hand  during  the  Revolution,  when  every 
village  had  its  nailmaker.  Here,  as  well  as  at  the  Iron  Works,  machines  were 
brought  from  Massachusetts  and  applied  to  nailniaking  at  a  very  early  period. 

<  )n  the  present  site  of  the  gristmill  at  the  village,  Joseph  Gilman 
manufactured  clapboard  and  shingle  machines  from  1830  to  1837.  These 
were  shipped  to  all  parts  of  the  country,  and  gave  great  satisfaction.  A 
pegmill  was  built  about  1854  by  Baker  &  Shaw,  of  Holderness.  They 
failed  in  1860,  and  one  Kendall  operated  it  until  it  burned.  He  rebuilt  it, 
and  sold  it  to  Haley  vY.  Robinson,  who  put  in  a  spoolmill.  This  is  the  most 
valuable  mill  property  on  the  Swift  river,  and  has  been  in  the  possession 
of  Arthur   E.  Wiggin  for  twenty  years.     In  1888  he  paid  110,000  for  poplar 

w 1,  and  had  thirty  teams  drawing  it  to  the  station.      He  manufactures  thread 

and  silk  spools,  and  produces  from  $18,000  to  $20,000  worth  annually,  and 
gives  steady  employment  to  a  number  of  men.  This  mill  runs  on  lull  time, 
and  is  the  leading  industry  of  the  place.  A  local  correspondent  writes,  in 
1>77:  -An  old  building  recently  torn  down  at  the  village  was  built  by  Thomas 
Jones  about  1807  for  a  fulling-mill  and   (doth   factory.      It  was   used   tor  a   nail 


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and  has  since  been  occupied  as  a  store,  dwelling,  and  peg,  shingle, 
aill.     A    new  structure   is  being  erected  to   contain 
lingle,  and   clapboard  mills  and  spool   machinery." 

[  t0  have  been  an  old  mill  on   Swift  river  nearly  opposite  the 
pool  in  ill  at  the  village.     Of  this  nothing  remains. 

same   time    Benjamin    Oilman    was  at    work   on    Swift  river,   Henry 

eparing   to   manufacture   iron    on    Chocorua  stream.      Since   his 

til,-   1,1.1   inhabitants  have   witnessed    the   rise   and   fall    of   several   large 

.:    Tarn  worth  Iron   Works.     The  stream  at  this  place  affords  good 

water-power,  but    the  iron  works  long  since  went  to  ruin.     A  large  tannery 

i    disappeared.       Yarn.  v.    Metcalf   &    Co.'s    spool    and    woodenware    mill, 

employing   maiiy   hands,   was  started   in   1872,   and   burned  some  years  later. 

ams  thai   checked   the  water  and  bound  it  in  servitude  have  long  since 

disappeared,  and    now   the   water,   rejoicing  in   its  freedom,   flows    "  unvexed 

toward   the  sea. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  make  an  authentic  record  of  all  the  mills  built 
iud  gone  to  ruin.  In  the  immediate  vicinity  of  South  Tamworth  there  are  six. 
We  should  mention  one.  however,  David  Morrill's  mill,  on  Cold  river,  that 
empties  into  the  Bear  (amp  at  South  Tamworth.  This  is  a  small,  brawling, 
mountain  stream  that  takes  its  rise  high  up  on  the  northern  slopes  of  the 
Ossipees.  Wentworth  Lord  is  said  to  have  built  the  first  mill  on  this  stream, 
about  one  mile  from  South  Tamworth,  and  used  it  also  for  a  sawmill.  He  had 
the  remarkable  power  of  a  fifty-five-footfall  to  drive  his  water-wheels.  In  1870 
Mr  Morrill  purchased  and  began  operating  this  mill.  Since  then  he  has  added 
a  large  shop  nearer  the  highway,  where  he  only  obtains  a  fall  of  thirty  feet  ; 
plenty  enough,  however,  for  all  desired  purposes. 

A.  <'.  keiniett  has  a  lumber-mill  at  Birch  intervale,  where  he  employs  ten 

men   in  summer  and  twenty  in  winter,  and  produces  800,000  feet  of  lumber. 

The    Blackburn   woolen-mills  were  built   in   1876,  and   are  now  in  operation. 

With  the  present  tendencies  of  manufacturers  to  centre  in  the  cities  and 

nearer  the  markets,  it  is  not  very  probable  that  towns  like  this  will  ever  regain 

the  industries  lost,  and  that  they  will  constantly  gravitate  to  the  level  of  agri- 

Itural  and  pastoral  pursuits.     Slowly  but  surely  will  they  lose  their  grasp,  and 

perhaps  the  generations  now  on  the  spot   may  witness  the  decay  of  the  last  of 

Idtime  mills.     However,  with  her  natural  beauties,  Tamworth  is  destined 

io  leap  her  share  of  the  golden  harvest   gathered  in  the  summer  months  from 

■  who  come  to  her  pleasant   places  by  mountain,  lake,  and  river,  to  obtain 

i  hat  restful  enjoyment  nowhere  else  to  be  found. 


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CHAPTEB    LXIII. 

Town  Annals  from  1777  —  Action  ol  Town  in  Civil  War  Soldiers  in  ( >rganizal  ions  outside 
the  State  —  Civil  List  and  Later  Annals. 

TOWN    A.NNALS.  —  From  the  extremely  full  records  of  the   town   a    most 
satisfactory    history  is   gleaned,  and    we   abstract    from   them   the    mosl 

important  of  the  actions  taken,  in  many  instances  preserving  the  Language 
of  the  recorder  and  the  quaint  wording  of  the  olden  times. 

Application  being  made  to  Daniel  Beede,  Esq.,  June  1<i,  1777,  he  notified 
the  freeholders  and  inhabitants  of  Tamworth  to  meet  at  the  dwelling-house  of 
Mr  Ephraim  Hackett  on  the  second  day  of  July,  1777.  for  the  purpose  of 
choosing  necessary  town  officers. 

First  Town  Meeting,  July  2,  1777.  Mr  Ephraim  Hackett  was  chosen 
moderator.  Timothy  Medar,  clerk  ;  John  Fowler,  Bradbury  Jewell,  William 
Eastman,  selectmen:  Victorious  Smith,  Timothy  Medar,  assessors ;  Ephraim 
Hackett,  Hezekiah  Hacket,  Thomas  Dan  forth,  surveyors  of  highways;  James 
Head.  Mark  Jewell.  Stephen  Webster,  field  drivers;  Samuel  Chase,  Ezekiel 
Moiilton,  hog-reeves:  Ephraim  Hacket,  sealer  of  weights  and  measures: 
Ezekiel  Moiilton,  Mark  Jewel,  tithingmen.  July  17  the  first  meeting  was 
held  for  the  transaction  of  business  other  than  election  of  officers;  a  committee 
was  chosen  to  affix  prices  of  articles  of  produce  at  which  they  should  be 
received  for  taxes,  payment  of  labor,  etc.,  as  was  sanctioned  by  an  act  of  legis- 
lature; arrangements  to  lay  out  highways  were  made;  the  selectmen 
authorized  to  get  the  powder  and  lead  for  the  town  stock;  and  voted  £20 
lawful  money  to  be  laid  out  on  the  highway  at  4s.  per  day.  Returns  of  promi- 
nent highways  were  made  this  year. 

1778.     January  24.     Pursuant  to  notification  a  meeting  was  held 

"  1st.  To  agree  on  a  proper  place  to  build  a  Bridge  over  Hear  (amp  river  at  the  Easterly 
pari  of  the  town,  or  to  choose  a  committee  for  that  purpose,  ami  to  take  such  measures  to 
build  said  Bridge  as  shall  then  and  there  thought  proper;  also  to  if  the  Town  will  build  a 
Bridge  over  said  River  at  the  West  end  of  the  town.  To  see  if  the  Town  will  settle  Mr 
.Joshua  Nickerson  as  Minister  of  said/Town,  or  to  agree  with  him  any  other  way  that  maj 
then  and  there  be  thought  most  proper.  To  sec  if  the  Town  will  petition  the  Proprietors  of 
Tamworth  to  see  what  they  will  give  towards  the  support  of  the  Gospel  in  said  Town.**  A 
committee  was  chosen  "to  affix  on  proper  places  to  build  Bridges  over  Bear  Camp  River  and 
compleat  the  building  said  Bridges,"  and  a  committee  was  chosen  "to  consult  Col0  Jon" 
Moulton  and  pitch  on  sum   sutable  place""   for  said   bridges,    and    "to    petition    him    for    his 

assistance  in  the  9a and  if  most  agreeable  to  bira  to  have    the    Bridge    built   under  the 

inspection  of  the  Town.  The  said  Committee  are  also  Empowered  to  receive  any  Donation  he 
may  make  and  lay  it  out  on  the  Bridge,  and  are  required  to  make  return  of  their  application 
to  t'ol°  Moulton  at  the  adjournment  of  this  meeting  the  second  Tuesday  in  March."     ••The 


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put  whether  they  would  settle  Mr  Joshua  KTickerson  as  Minister  of  the  Gospel 
g  put  to  Vote  passed  Unanimously  in  the  Negative.    The  question 
r  the  Town  would  agree  with  Mr  Joshua  Niekerson  which  being  put  to  Vote 
i  iu  the  N 

the    annual    meeting,    March    10,    "The    question    was    put    whether 

would  give   Mr  Joshua  Niekerson   his   Rates   which  being   put   to 

passed  in  the  Negative."     Voted    to    raise  ten    pounds   L.    M.    for   the 

:   the  town  for  the  ensuing  year. 

1779.     March  9,  at  the   house  of  .Mr  William  Eastman,  voted  to  lay  out 

:    highway    from    Bear  camp   riser  to    tin-   cast  part  of  the  town.     This   was 

:.,  nf  depreciation  in  continental  money;  so  we  read  that  it  was  voted  to 

£225  I-  make  and  repair  highways,  labor  at  thirty-six  shillings  per  day. 

This  year  an  arrangement   was  made  with  the  proprietors  whereby  the  town 

"pitched  on"'  the  oiie-humlred-aere  lot    numbered  three  in  the  second    range 

nf    hundred-acre    lots   in    part    for    the   "first    settled    Minister's''    right,    and 

committee   was  chosen    to    "pitch   on"'  one   hundred    acres    in    part    of  the 

io]   right,  and   make  return   thereof  to  the  proprietors'  clerk. 

17^".     The   fourth  article  was  "To  see  if  the  Town  will  pass  an  act  that 

all  ox  sleds  in  Town  shall  be  made  of  some  certain  fixed  width  for  the  benefit 

of  having  g I   wide  paths  in   winter,"  and  it  was  voted  that  "all   ox   sleds 

used   in   Town   by  the   Inhabitants  shall   be  made  four  feet  and  a  half  wide." 

Tin'    proprietors    have    evidently    favorably    considered    the    petition    for    aid 

in  obtaining  preaching,  for  it   was   voted  to  receive  the  money  given  by  the 

proprietors  for  hiring  preaching  the  ensuing  year,  and  a  committee,  or  rather 

■lit.*'  appointed  to  obtain  it.     May  27.     The  sum  for  highways  is  so  small 

this  year  that  at   a   special   meeting  held  this  date  it  was  voted  "that  a  single 

Head  shall  work  two  days  and  all  others  in  proportion  ;  Labor  at  thirty  dollars 

a  day."     .Inly  »',.     The  town  voted  to  hire  the  three  men  called  for  as  soldiers 

the   Continental   army,   and    David    Folsom,   Oliver    Fowler,   and    Captain 

Stephen    Mason    chosen    to    join   with    the    selectmen    in    arranging    this    and 

ssing  all  taxes  which  may  be  laid   for  hiring  soldiers,  and  to  receive  from 

the  inhabitants  an  account  of  all  the  service  they  have  done  in  the  war,  etc. 

1781.     February    11'.     Another  soldier  is    called    for,   and  Captain  Mason 

authorized   to  obtain    one    for    three    years'    service.     March    13.     William 

>  voted    25^    bushels    of   corn    for   his   service    as    constable.     Also 

lise   £1°°  for  the  use  of  the   town  and  .X 18  on  a  single  poll  for  highway 

j;  all  other  estates  in   proportion,  Labor  at  £9  a  day.     The  selectmen 

'',,',1    >"    petition    the    General    Court    to    commission    Colonel    David 

stice    of  the   peace.     .July  10.     Voted  to  raise  one  man  to  serve 

the   militia  now  called  for;   to   raise  two  men  to  serve  in  the 

1    Batalions  for  six    months   if  they  cannot  be  obtained  for  three 

i he  war."  and  that  Obadiah  Dudey  be  called  upon  to  answer 


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or  pay  for  one  of  said  men,  etc  December  25,  voted  thai  the  town  will  aol 
give  Richard  Jackman  any  more  for  his  son's  service  in  the  army  than  has 
been  agreed  upon. 

L782.     As  Ensign  Allen  Hackel   has  by  written  agreemenl   bound  himself 

to    serve    eighl    months    in    the    Continental    army    or   semi    a    g 1    serviceable 

man  in  his  stead,  the  town  relinquishes  its  claim  on  Charles  Eiackett  as 
a  soldier.  Bounties  to  soldiers  had  been  advanced  by  various  individuals, 
and  as  some  claimed  compensation  from  the  town  it  was  voted  " thai   in  case 

an\  moiie\  should  he  received  from  or  allowed  by  the  state  fur  tin-  bounties 
advanced,"  when  received  it  should  be  allowed  or  restored  to  those  who  had 
advanced  it.  Obadiah  Dudey  is  to  be  released  from  being  a  Continental 
soldier  on  paying  twenty  dollars  to  the  town.  One  more  soldier  is  called  for. 
Voted  unanimously  to  continue  the  present  form  of  state  government;  to 
build  two  schoolhouses  the  ensuing  year;  to  build  three  bridges  across  Bear 
Camp  riser,  and  to  lay  out  a  road  to  the  middle  bridge. 

1784.  Thirty-one  votes  for  Meshech  Weare  for  president  of  the  state. 

1785.  Road  from  Lieutenant  Israel  Oilman's  to  Sandwich  line  laid  out. 

1786.  Voted  to  build  a  pound  on  William  Eastman's  land ;  to  raise  £15 
to  hire  preaching ;  £20  "  for  the  use  of  schooling;"  that  David  Clough  shall 
not  have  any  help  from  the  town  till  he  gives  the  selectmen  orders  to  draw 
what  is  due  for  his  service  in  the  army.  November  25.  Voted  that  the 
money  voted  to  hire  preaching  be  taken  to  pay  for  finishing  the  bridges  lately 
built  and  to  finish  the  two  schoolhouses  and  any  other  necessary  use  that  may 
be  wanting. 

1788.  The  selectmen  are  directed  to  pay  Joshua  Nickerson  a  note  given 
by  the  town  to  William  Kimball  for  service  in  the  war.  Selectmen  authorized 
to  petition  the  General  Court  for  authority  to  tax  non-residents.  Marks  for 
cattle,  sheep,  and  swine  are  scattered  along  with  the  other  records.  William 
Cheever's  is  "a  top  cut  off  the  left  ear." 

1789.  Captain  Israel  Gilman  is  given  twenty  bushels  of  corn  for  his 
service  as  constable.  Voted  that  the  money  for  preaching  be  paid  in  produce, 
and  to  raise  £20  for  that  purpose.  David  Gilman,  Samuel  Gilman,  ami 
Stephen  Mason,  Esquires,  chosen  a  committee  to  have  the  public  rights 
set  off. 

1790.  At  the  annual  meeting  u  The  question  was  then  put  wheather  the 
Town  would  receive  Mr  William  Vittum  and  his  Family  as  Inhabitants  of 
Tamworth  and  to  enjoy  all  Town  priviledges  with  them  which  question  being 
put  to  vote  passed  in  the  affirmative."  This  year,  in  pursuance  of  a  wan-ant 
issued  by  the  judge  of  probate,  Ebenezer  Smith,  David  Copp,  and  Nathan 
Hoit,  committee  appointed  for  the  purpose,  set  off  lots  two,  seven,  and  eight 
in  the  third  range  of  100-acre  lots,  and  lots  five  and  six  in  the  fourth  range  for 
glebe  lots;  also,  lots  one  in  the  third  range,  one  in  the  fourth  range,  one,  three, 


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for  the  right   of  the  first  settled  minister;  also, 
lIKl   south   half  of  nine  in    the  first   range,   ninety-two,  ninety-three, 
inety-five,  ninety-six,  and   ninety-seven,  fifty-acre  lots  south  side 
tor    school    right.     Their    return  was   accepted   by    Joseph 
re  of  probate  of  Strafford  county.  February  17. 
Voted   that  any  person  should  have  the  liberty  of  paying  all  taxes, 
he  hard   money  tax.  in   com   at   3s.,  rye  at  4s.,  and  wheat  at  6s.     In 
the  school  lands,  payments  were  to  be  made  in  the  same  articles  and  at 
,1U.  prices,  the  land   being  sold  at  6s.  per  acre.     Voted  not  to  send  a 
to   the  convention    for  revising  the  constitution. 
Voted   that  "the  selectmen  shall  make  a  tax  in  money  for  to  pay 
any  ,l(.|,t  or  to  do  any  business  in   town  that  cannot  be  done  without."     After 
g  |mi-  the  settlement  of  Mr   Hidden   (May  7),  the  town  voted  to  give 
ili,.  righl  it  had  in  the  land  granted  to  the  first  settled  minister  "unto 
Hidden   to  he   his  own   property  as  soon  as  he  is  ordained  here." 
iiis  salary  should  be  continued  no  longer  than  he  is  the  minister  of 
wii.     Nine  votes  were  cast  lor  and  twenty-six  against  the  proposed  state 
constitution.     As  the  town  has  a  minister  secured,  the  next  thing  is  a  meeting- 
house.    October  8  the  town    voted    "to    set   one    on    the    north    side    of  the 
rhway  between  Captain  George  Dodge  and  the  proposed  site  of  Mr  Hidden's 
hon-  This  \ote  was  later  reconsidered,  and  one  passed  "to  set  it  on  the 

convenant   nole  West  of  the  hollar  on  the  Road  between  Capt  Dodge  & 
Mr  William  Eastman's,"  and  Saml  Gilman,  Esqr,  David  Gilman,  Esqr,  and  Capt 
Gilman  were  chosen  to  build  the  meeting-house. 
L793.     Voted   to  build  the    meeting-house   "two  story  high;"  "that    one 
Barrel  of  bum  shall  he  procured  for  the  fraimeing  and  Raiseing  the  Meeting 
House — also  two  kentals  of  Suit   fish."     Common  laborers  are  to  be  paid  3s. 
day  on  the   meeting-house,  and  carpenters  4s.,  they  "  finding  themselves." 
ih  18  the  [mws  were  sold  at  prices  ranging  from  £3  to  £10.     The  site  for 
the    meeting-house  is  an  absorbing  question.     Many  meetings  are  held  before 
the  matter  is  adjusted.     In   the  warning  of  a  special  town-meeting  to  meet  at 
tain  Dodge's  barn,  May  25,  the  principal  article  read:  — 

I-  -■■<■  il  the  town  will  agree  to  move  the  Meeting  House  from  where  the  timber  now 

•  and  agrees  upon  some  other  spol  to  set  it,  and  in  case  the  Town  after  agreeing  to  move 

ih-  House  cannot   agree  to  set  it,  then  to  chuse  a  Committee  of  indiferent  men  from  some  of 

ighboring  towns  to  pitch  on  a  place  to  set  said  House  or  to  act  upon  the  above  in  any 

oilin-  way  or  manner  may  lie  thought  l>est  when  met." 

Heeling.      Voted  Samuel  Gilmarj  moderator  after  some  votes  were  put   and 
rned  to  Mr  \\  m  Eastman's  pastue  and  other  places  where  it  was  proposed  to 
House.     Voted  That   they  will  not  set  the  Meeting  House  in  Mr  Wm  East- 
Voted  They  will  not   set  the  Meeting  House  on  Cap1  Dodges  Land  a  few  rods 
Hock  where  Mr  Hidden  was  Ordained     Voted  to  set  the  Meeting  House  on 
i)  where   the   timber  now  lays  towards   the  westerly  end  of  the  Town 


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Another  proposal  being  made  agreed  to  and  V'oted  in  the  following  manner  Viz  That  two 
places  be  proposed  to  sel  the  House  on  one  on  the  nole  nexl  to  Mr  fliddena  House  and  the 
other  over  the  hollar  near  Mr  Eastmans  Land  and  thai  all  who  has  a  mind  to  have  the  House 
bj  Mi'  Hidden  to  stand  Westward  and  1 1 1 . •  \  who  have  a  mind  for  the  other  place  to  -land  East- 
ward ami  the  House  to  be  sel  on  the  place  thai  the  majority  appears  to  be  in  faver  ol  provided 
thai  they  will  agree  to  hall  all  the  Timber  on  the  spol  and  purchas  the  Land  to  sel  the  House 
on  withoul  an>  cosl  to  the  other  party  The  voters  then  seperated  and  the  mosl  wenl  Wesl 
ward  and  agreed  to  hall  the  'limber  and  to  purchas  the  Land  to  sel  the  House  on  -Therefore 
it  is  Voted  thai  the  Meeting  House  shall  be  sel  on  the  first  nole  aboul  south  Easl  from  Mr 
Hidden-  Houseal  the  corner  of  the  Roads  leading  to  the  Ironworks  &  the  other  Uoad  leading 
to  the  lower  end  of  the  Town  in  lieu  <d'  any  other  place  before  proposed  or  voted 

This  appears  to  have  settled  the  site,  although  May  25  Israel  Gilman,  Jr, 
Daniel  Field,  and  Stephen  Philbrook  enter  their  "  desenl  "  in  vigorous  language 
and  apparently  strong  reasonings.  August  31.  Voted  "  Thai  there  shall  be  a 
Dinner  dress!  Eor  Raiseing  the  Meeting  House." 

1791.  Much  .d'  the  business  before  the  many  town-meetings  was  concern- 
ing the  meeting-house,  now  in  rapid  course  "I'  construction.  Voted  to  rebuild 
the  great  bridge  across  Bear  Camp  river  near  James  Mason's. 

L798.  Voted  that  the  persons  lately  annexed  to  this  town  and  taxed  to 
pay  the  minister  for  17*7  shall  have  the  same  abated  if  they  are  not  willing  to 
pay  it.  Voted  that  the  soldiers  now  called  out  of  this  town  shall  have  their 
wages  made  up  with  their  continental  pay  to  eight  dollars  a  month.  Voted 
that  the  persons  who  are  not  liable  to  pay  a  minister's  rate,  by  their  being  of 
another  persuasion,  shall  give  in  their  names  to  the  selectmen  or  clerk  in  the 
month  of  April.  Labor  on  roads  is  to  be  six  cents  an  hour  for  an  able-bodied 
man,  -  he  finding  himself  tools  and  diet."  Voted  forty  dollars  to  build  a  bridge 
over  the  mill  brook  near  Mr  Sanborn's  gristmill,  also  forty  dollars  to  build  a 
bridge  over  Corway  river  near  Henry  Weed's  mills.  Lines  between  Tamworth 
and  Sandwich  and   Tamworth  and  Ossipee  perambulated. 

1800.  The  selectmen  ate  authorized  to  convey  one  half  of  the  mill  privi- 
od  the  south  side  of  the  river  (where  Jacob  Oilman's  mill  now  stands)  to 
contain  half  an  acre,  to  Jacob  Gilman,  provided  Mr  Eastman  consents.  L804. 
John  T.  Gilman  has  116  votes  for  governor  to  John  Langdon  33.  Roads  are 
changed  as  the  needs  of  the  people  demand,  and  minister's  taxes  abated  with 
more  liberality  than  most  towns.  1806.  A  committee  appointed  for  the  pur- 
pose report  a  change  in  Parson  Hidden's  salary;  it  to  be  "$201  dollars  yearly 
in  lieu  of  his  former  contract."  Mr  Hidden  accepts  of  the  change.  Voted  to 
raise  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  school  money;  also,  to  secure  and 
plaster  the  roof  of  the  meeting-house;  also,  -that  the  return  for  Representa- 
tives to  Congress  be  sent  by  the  male  and  that  the  clerk  he  cleared  of  any  fine 
if  said  return  is  not  delivered."  1807.  -Nineteen  votes  cast  for  a  revision  of 
the  Constitution  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-two  voted  against  it."  Voted 
not  to  petition  the  General  Court  for  a  division  of  the  county.     The  selectmen 


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instructed  to  petition  the  General  Court  for  some  of  the  state  lands  for  the 

an  academy.     Voted  to  abate  certain  taxes  in  Israel  Oilman's  list  "  if 

and  if  he  does  he  then  is  to  pay  them  to  the  town."     The 

king  Saco  Falls  is  under  discussion,  and  Thomas  Whitman  is  to 

five  dollars  for  going  and   inspecting  them.     1808.     Voted    to    sell  the 

Elands.     L809.     Captain   Benjamin   Oilman,  Jacob  Gilman,  Esq.,  Colonel 

niel  Gilraan  were  chosen  agents  to  meet  the  committee  appointed  by  the 

ral  Court  to  determine  on  the  dispute  with  Eaton  and  Burton  respecting 

town  Lines  and   give  such    information    as   they   think   proper   under   existing 

circumstances. 

L813.     If  this  year  a  malignant  plague  swept  through  the  country,  causing 
many  deaths.     It  was  voted  "thai  if  the  spotted  fever  which  has  prevailed  in 
other  towns  should    prevail    in    this    town    the    selectmen   are    authorized    to 
provide  medical  aid  and  medicine  at  the  expense  of  the  town."     1814.     Voted 
to  purchase  fifteen  guns,  and  the  selectmen  chosen  to  buy  them.     1815.     If 
any  inhabitant   of  Tamworth  shall  kill  any  wolf  within  this  town  or  twenty 
miles  of  it.  the  town  agrees  to  pay  him  twenty  dollars  bounty.     1817.     Con- 
stable's   oilier  bid   off   by  Captain    Simon    Gilman  for  $2.01.     Major   Joseph 
Gilman,    fsaac   Proctor,  Stephen  Philbrick,  Levi  Folsom,   Jr,  Samuel  Savage, 
Samuel  Shaw,  Ford  Whitman,  James  Peters,  Henry  Remick,  David  Briers  are 
chosen    ••heads"'  of  school   districts.      1818.      This  year  it  is  voted  that  the 
money  on  hand  belonging   to  the  town   shall   be   put  out  at  interest.     Ivory 
Butler   &  Co..  Japheth  Gilman,  Francis  Proctor  are  licensed  as  "  taverners." 
1819.     That  faithful  and  long-serving  official,  Timothy  Medar,  appears  to  have 
itlv  died,  as  a  town-meeting  is  warned  January  5  to  choose  a  town  clerk 
erve  until  March  '.'.     Four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  raised  for  school  pur- 
Voted  that  any  person  that  shall  presume  to  sell  spirituous  liquor  on 
the  public   land   around  the  meeting-house  on  public  days  shall  be  fined  one 
dollar  for  each  offence.     1820.     The  altering  of  one-horse  sleighs  so  that  the 
horse  may  go  to  the  left  of  the  sleigh  is  recommended  by  the  town.     1821. 
Attention  is  paid  to  schools.     It  was  voted  this  year  that  the  pay  for  visiting 
schools  shall   not   come  out  of  the  school  money;  that  "no  school  instructor 
shall  be  allowed  to  teach  unless  their  certificate  is  signed  anew  or  have  new 
$,"  and  to  raise  $450  for  schools.     One  hundred  and  three  votes  for,  nine- 
teen  against   a  revision  of  the  state  constitution  were  cast.      Voted  that  all 
persons  living  in  the  vicinity  of  mills,  stores,  or  meeting-houses,  who  let  sheep, 
•  or  rattle  go  at    large,  shall  be  fined  one  dollar  for  each  offence. 
Joseph  Wiggin  approbated  as  a  k' taverner."    1822.    Rev.  Mr  Hidden,  John  M. 
nid  Tufton  Mason  chosen  committee  to  examine  school-teachers;  Rev. 
lidden  is  to  be  the  -only  visiting  committee  of  schools."     1823.     Shubael 
$1.04     for    taking    rare    of    the    meeting-house    this   year. 
William     Clark,    and     Thomas     Bradbury    approbated     as 


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"taverners."  Major  Levi  Folsom  to  retail  liquor  al  his  store.  L824.  Simeon 
Whitman,  town  clerk,  dies  in  August,  and  Ford  Whitman  is  chosen.  Daniel 
Roberts  and  Samuel  McGaffey  licensed  to  keep  tavern.  L825.  Ford  Whitman, 
Gilman  &  Shaw,  Uriah  B.  Russell,  Levi  Folsom,  Jr,  Zenas  Blaisdell,  David  & 
Awry  Dow  arc  licensed  as  merchants;  William  Hill  and  Thomas  Bradbury  as 
taverners.  1828.  Captain  Nathaniel  Hubbard,  treasurer.  For  the  firs!  time 
tin'  amount  raised  for  schools  is  limited  to  what  the  law  requires.  Voted  to 
raise  $200  for  the  use  of  town;  $200  to  repair  the  meeting-house  as  a  town- 
house:  to  leave  with  the  selectmen  the  hiring  or  buying  a   farm   for  the  | r; 

that  the  interest  on  the  fund  notes  or  the  whole  notes  be  collected.  1829. 
Voted  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden  have  leave  to  preach  four  Sabbaths  at  the  South 
meeting-house,  and  to  pay  him  five  dollars  for  taking  care  of  the  meeting-honse 
this  year.  Voted  that  the  bridge  near  Captain  Simon  Gilman's  become  a  town 
bridge;  that  all  scholars  examined  by  the  examining  committee  pay  all 
expenses  of  examination  :  that  the  literary  fund  ($244.75)  be  put  on  interest 
for  one  year,  when  one  half  of  the  principal  and  interest  is  to  be  divided  among 
the  several  districts  and  laid  out  for  schooling,  and  the  remainder  to  be  left  on 
interest.  Jeremiah  Mason  and  David  Dow  are  directed  to  find  how  many  deer 
have  been  killed  in  town  the  present  year,  and  by  whom  killed,  and  to 
prosecute  the  aggressors  to  the  extent  of  the  law. 

1830.  The  selectmen  are  authorized  to  purchase  a  town  farm  as  soon  as 
one  can  be  bought  at  advantage.  The  town-meetings  are  frequently  held  at 
public  houses,  and  this  year  mostly  at  the  inn  of  Enoch  Remick.  1831. 
Shubael  Marston  and  Nathaniel  Hubbard  are  chosen  overseers  of  the  poor. 
Voted  to  raise  #1,000  for  town  expenses.  Voted  to  raise  two  hundred  and  one 
dollars  for  minister's  tax,  to  be  assessed  upon  the  society  and  those  willing  to 
pay  this  tax  according  to  the  former  contract.  1832.  Voted  that  Japheth 
Gilman  have  the  privilege  of  pasturing  sheep  on  and  of  mowing  the  burying- 
ground  by  his  fencing  it.  1883.  The  constables  instructed  to  remove  all 
tents  where  they  are  selling  rum  away  from  the  vicinity  of  the  meeting-house. 
£1,200  raised  for  town  purposes,  1450  for  schools,  and  the  selectmen  are 
authorized  to  assess  $201  on  the  Congregationalists  for  the  support  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Hidden.  1834.  Seven  votes  cast  for,  one  hundred  thirty-two  against, 
a  revision  of  the  constitution.  1835.  Voted  "that  all  the  ardent  spirits  near 
the  meeting-house  be  removed  or  destroyed  by  the  constables,  and  the  town  to 
save  them  harmless."  183<i.  Voted  "to  receive  Wentworth  Lord  as  an  inhab- 
itant provided  he  can  get  set  off  from  Ossipee — said  Lord  is  to  bring  with  him 
his  land,  stock,  etc.  —  the  taxes  on  one  hundred  acres  of  his  land,  his  stock. 
and  poll  he  is  to  pay  to  the  collectors  of  this  town,  and  the  taxes  on  the 
remainder  of  the  land  he  brings  with  him  is  to  go  to  the  support  of  a  bridge." 
Lines  between  Tamworth  and  Sandwich  perambulated.  Voted  not  to  divide 
the  county  on   any  plan,  and  against  granting  an   appropriation   for  an  insane 


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[saac  Hill  had   122  votes  for  governor,  Neal  McGaffey  115 

ator,  John  Peavey  had  115  votes  for  county  treasurer.     Nathaniel 

.k.and  Samuel  Chapman  appointed  to  receive  the  town's 

h\   from  the  slate,  ami  Nathaniel    Hubbard  selected  to  get  it.     The 

,   0f  ;,    better  road  between   the    village  and   the   Iron  Works  is   under 

Several    routes    have    keen    proposed,  committees  of    examination 

,  aml  reports  made,  none  of  them  satisfactory,  and  at  the  March  meeting 

this  year   Daniel   Q.    Bean,    Nicholas  W.  Staples,  and  Mark  Jewell,  Jr,  were 

chosen  to  explore  all   the  mutes  and  to  lay  out  a  road.     1838.     Representative 

instructed  to  use  his  influence  to  procure  the  repeal  of  the  act  prohibiting  the 

.•mission  and   circulation  of  bills  of  a  small  denomination.     157  votes  cast  in 

favor,    and    12    against,    the    division    of  the    county    of  Strafford   into    three 

counties.      1  12  against,  and   two    in    favor  of    revising  the   constitution.     The 

itraen  -ire  authorized   to  use  $70  of  the  town's  money  and  paint  the  East 

and  South  meeting  houses.      Voted   to  loan   the  surplus  money  to  residents  of 

the    town.      1839.     .lames   Wilson   had  159  votes  for  governor  to  John  Page 

169    votes   for.    71    against,  dividing  the   county  of  Strafford  into  three 

ities.     Voted  to  raise  $1,000  for  use  of  the  town,  $300  for  schools,  $280 

for  state  and  county  tax. 

L841.  John  Page  has  141  votes  for  governor,  Enos  Stevens  114,  Daniel 
Hoit  •''>-.  Voted  "  that  all  females  who  in  the  opinion  of  the  selectmen  shall 
have  had  just  cause  for  divorce  on  the  first  day  of  April  shall  be  considered  as 
widows"  tor  the  purpose  of  distributing  the  surplus  revenue.  1843.  Voted 
that  there  be  no  license  granted  to  any  person  in  Tamworth  for  the  sale  of 
distilled  Liquors,  and  the  selectmen  authorized  to  prosecute  any  one  who  shall 
sell.  1844.  Voted  to  license  one  man  to  sell  ardent  spirits  and  wine,  and  by 
a  vote  id'  88  to  35  chose  an  agent  to  prosecute  all  violators  of  the  license  law. 
164  votes  casl  against,  and  47  for,  abolishing  capital  punishment.  189  votes 
against,  11  for,  alteration  of  the  constitution.  1845.  There  were  three  town- 
meetings  called  this  year  to  vote  for  congressman.  At  the  annual  meeting 
John  I'.  Hale  had  178  votes,  John  Woodbury  100,  Ichabod  Goodwin  96, 
Joseph  Cille\  56.     September  23,  John  P.  Hale  had  119  votes,  John  Woodbury 

;'"-   fchabod   ti Iwin  17.     November  29,  John  P.  Hale  had  164  votes,  John 

Lburj    59,    Ichabod    Goodwin  3.     1847.     Voted    to  pay  Otis  Hatch  five 

dollars  for  services  in   vaccinating;  to  raise  $400  to  build  the  new  highway  to 

the    Iron    Works.     1848.     Jared    W.    Williams  has  138    votes  for   governor, 

haniel   S.    Berry   198.     170  votes  cast  against,   and  none  in   favor  of,  the 

•  of  a   hill  by  the  legislature  granting  licenses  to  sell  liquor  otherwise 

dical  and   mechanical  purposes,  and  the   town   refuses  to  grant  any 

ickets  for  electors    of  President  headed  by  Arthur  Livermore 

by  dames  Bell  38,  Samuel  Tilton  98,  while  Arthur  Livermore 

ed  L24  votes.     1850.     Voted  to  raise  $300  school  money 

e  than  the  law  requires. 


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1851.  Voted  to  raise  11,200  for  schools,  poor,  bridges  and  roads,  town 
debts,  etc.  69  votes  cast  in  favor,  124  against,  the  passage  of  a  Law  to  exempt 
the  homesteads  of  families  from  execution  and  sale  to  the  amount  of  five 
hundred  dollars.  Voted  to  annex  2,200  acres  lying  in  the  southwest  corner  of 
Albany  to  Tamworth.  L852.  Votes  on  the  amendments  to  the  constitution: 
on  the  religious  test  for  holding  office  37  for,  13S  against  ;  1 T < »  for  amendment 
of  property  qualification,  none  against;  88  for  proposed  alteration  of  constitu- 
tion, 45  against.     Voted  to  build  a  town-house,  provided  a  suitable  lot  shall  be 

deeded  to  the  town   free  from  expense  to  set  the  house  iq Voted  on  the 

Maine  Liquor  law,  145  for,  43  against.  The  ticket  for  electors  of  President 
headed  by  Nathaniel  B.  Barker  received  84  votes,  that  by  W.  II.  Y.  Hackett 
60,  that  by  Nathaniel  T.  Berry  78.  1853.  The  article  to  purchase  a  pew  in 
the  new  meeting-house  was  dismissed.  $500  additional  school  money  voted. 
Larkin  D.  Mason  chosen  agent  to  build  the  town-house  the  town  votes  to  build 
at  the  village,  and  with  the  selectmen  examine  into  the  titles  to  the  old  meet- 
ing-house, and.  if  they  think  proper,  take  it  down  and  remove  it  to  the  village 
for  a  town-house.  1854.  The  vote  is  close  on  governor:  Nathaniel  B.  Barker 
has  117,  Jared  Perkins  115,  James  Bell  89.  Ebenezer  Wilkinson  and  Joseph 
Huntress  licensed  to  sell  liquor  for  medicinal  and  mechanical  purposes  only. 
185G.  The  ticket  for  presidential  electors  headed  by  W.  H.  H.  Bailey  has  225 
votes,  that  by  Daniel  Marcy  136,  that  by  William  Choate  1.  1858.  Asa  P. 
Cate  has  130  votes  for  governor,  William  Haile  228.  The  town  voted  to 
adopt   this  resolution  :  — 

Besolved,  That  the  selectmen  of  Tamworth  are  hereby  authorized  to  cede  to  a  committee  of 
arrangements  the  land  now  occupied  for  a  pound  near  the  ordination  rock,  for  the  purpose 
of  haying  it  ornamented  in  commemoration  of  the  event  of  the  ordination  of  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Hidden  on  said  rock  — and  that  if  there  shall  at  any  time  be  a  celebration  of  the  anniversary 
of  that  event  —  the  officers  of  the  town  are  requested  in  behalf  of  the  town  to  participate  in 
the  same,  and  that  the  selectmen  are  authorized  to  draw  from  the  treasury  of  the  town  a  sum 
not  exceeding  twenty  dollars  to  assist  in  the  necessary  preparations. 

1860.  Votes  cast  in  favor  of  removing  the  courts  from  Ossipee  269,  for 
holding  them  at  Tamworth  269 :  in  favor  of  purchasing  a  county  farm  and 
building  a  jail  2  votes,  against  the  purchase  264  votes.  The  selectmen  arc 
authorized  to  build  raised  seats  in  the  town-house  so  that  order  may  be  kept, 
and  business  done  with  greater  expedition.  1861.  Voted  that  when  a  guide- 
post  be  set  in  town  it  be  a  stone  one.  1864.  Joseph  A.  Gilmore  had  218  votes 
for  governor,  and  Edward  W.  Harrington  129.  The  Republican  electors  of 
President  receive  176  votes,  the  Democratic  135.  Voted  to  accept  the  history 
of  New  Boston,  presented  by  its  author,  Rev.  E.  C.  Cogswell.  1868.  Vote 
for  governor:  Walter  Harriman  212,  John  G.Sinclair  146.  The  Republicans 
cast  186  votes  for  electors  of  President,  the  Democrats  125.     Voted  to  grant 


History   of  Carroll  County. 


.  of  the  valuation  of  the  town   to   aid  the   building  of  the  New 

railroad  through  the  town  by  193  to  27.     Refused  to  aid 

at    Falls,  and    Conway   railroad  in   the  same   way.     1872. 

tors   for   President    had    196   votes,  the    Democratic   107. 

ars  are  with  the  civil  list.) 

n   was  patriotic  in  the  Civil  War.     October  12,  1861,  $1,000  was 

aid  soldiers'  families.     August  11,1862,  voted  #100  to  each  citizen 

ould  enlist    before  the    15th,  and   |12   monthly  to   the  family  of  each 

;,.,.   L8,   voted   to  pay   volunteers  for  nine  months  $200  bounty. 

January  3,  L863,  voted  to  discontinue  town  bounties.     August  6,  voted  to  pay 

ich  volunteer  enlisting  for  three  years  in  the  United  States  service. 

ier  20,  voted  to  pay  each  conscript  or  substitute  $300.     December  14,  the 

own  assumed  payment   of  the  state  and  government  bounties,  authorized  the 

tmen  to  procure  men  to  fill  the  quota,  and  voted  $10,000  for  that  purpose. 

i  23,  L864,  voted  $20,000  to   procure  volunteers,  and  chose  Colonel  J.  J. 

agent  to  secure  revision  of  enrollment.     November  8,  voted  $100  to 

each  man  who  furnished  substitutes  a  year  ago.     December  6,  reconsidered  this 

vote,  and   voted   to  pay  $100  bounty  to  one  year  men,  $200  to  two  years 

1 1 1«- ii.  $300   to   three   years    men,  and   chose   Nathaniel   Hubbard   agent   to   fill 

quotas.     January  16,  1865,  assumed  the  state  bounty  for  substitutes,  and  voted 

to  furnish  substitutes. 

These   soldiers   served    in    organizations    outside    of    the    state:    Charles 

Sanborn,    Third   Massachusetts:   Charles  R.   Jackson,   Second   Regiment,   Co. 

G,   I  .   S.   S.   S.;  .lames  M.   Gilman,   Second  Regiment,  Co.   G,   U.   S.   S.  S.  ; 

Olivei    P.    Mason,    Thirty-fifth    Massachusetts;    Leverett    C.    Felch,    Co.    B, 

ity-eighth     Massachusetts;    Benjamin    F.    Twombly,    Second    Regiment, 

G,    I   .  S.   S.  S..   killed  in  battle;   John   W.   Sanborn,  Second   Regiment, 

Co.   <..    IT.   S.   S.   S. ;    Noah   Sanborn,   Second  Regiment,   Co.   G,    U.   S.   S.  S. ; 

i   Perkins,  Second   Regiment,   IT.  S.  S.  S.,  Co.  G;   Edwin  J.  Woodman, 

Thirteenth   Massachusetts;  Merrill  Perkins,  Twenty-third  Massachusetts,  Co. 

».:  Calvin   Perkins,  Thirtieth  Massachusetts,  Co.  A;  John  Mills,  Fourteenth 

Maine,  died   in   service;   George   O.    Berry,   Thirteenth   Massachusetts,  killed 

the    battle   of   Antietam,   September   17,    1862;    Samuel   and    John   Berry, 

ith   Massachusetts;  James  B.  Wiggin,  Nineteenth  Massachusetts,  died 

h  20,  L865,  from  disease  contracted  in  the  army;  David  Bickford,  Second 

achusetts;  George  A.  Langley,  Second  Regiment,  Co.  G,  U.  S.  S.  S. 

778, Timothy  Medar.clerk;  William  Eastman, Timothy  Medar,  Bradbury  Jewell,  selectmen. 
Medar.clerk;  William  Eastman,  Timothy  Medar,  Bradbury  Jewell,  selectmen. 
Mcdnr,  clerk;  Bradbury  .Jewell,  Timothy  Medar,  William  Eastman,  selectmen. 
ar,  clerk;  David  Polsom,  David  Gilman,  Timothy  Medar,  selectmen. 
clerk;  David  Folsom,  Timothy  Medar,  Bradbury  Jewell,  selectmen. 
clerk;  David  Gilman,  Timothy  Medar,  Bradbury  Jewell,  selectmen. 
Gilman,  Bradbury  Jewell,  Timothy  Medar,  selectmen. 


Town  of   Tamworth.  753 


1785,  David  Gilman,  clerk;  David  Gllman,  William  Eastman,  Israel  Folsom,  selectmen;  David  Gilman, 
representative. 

1786,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk  ;  David  Gilman,  Stephen  Mason,  Timothy  Medar,  selectmen. 

1787,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk ;  David  Folsom,  Stephen  Mason,  Ti thj  Medar,  selectmen.    Voted  noi  to  send 

any  representative. 

1788,  Tlmothj  Medar,  clerk ;  William  Vittum,  David  Folsom,  Timothj  Medar,  selectmen. 

I7e9,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  David  Gilman,  Tl thy  Medar,  Jacob  Gilman,  selectmen;  Daniel  Beede,  I    q 

representath  e. 

1790,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Stephen  Mason,  Ti thy  Medar,  Jacob  Gilman,  selectmen. 

1791,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Stephen  Mason,  George  Dodge,  Timothy  Medar,  selectmen. 

1792,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;   [srael    Gilman,  Jacob   Oilman,  James    Mason,  selectmen;   Jacob    Blasdel, 

representative. 

L798,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Benjamin  Gilford,  Edward  Sayford,  George  Dodge,  selectmen. 

lT'.u,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk  ;  Jacob  Gilmau,  Israel  Gilman,  .lames  Mason,  selectmen. 

1796,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Jacob  Gilman,  Israel  (jilinan,  Jacob  Kastman,  selectmen  ;  Jacob  Blasdel, 
representative  for  Tamworth,  Eaton,  Bui'ton,  and  Locations. 

iT'.m;,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Israel  Gilman,  Jacob  Gilman,  Jacob  Eastman,  selectmen. 

I7:i7,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Jacob  Gilman,  Jacob  Eastman,  Timothy  Medar,  Thomas  Shareman,  Samuel 
Danforth,  selectmen. 

1798,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  David  Gilman,  Thomas  Whitman,  George  Dodge,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  Gilman, 
representative  lor  Tamworth,  Eaton,  Burton,  and  Locations.  Jeremiah  Gilman,  having  accepted  an  office  under 
the  General  Government,  was  disqualified  as  representative  and  David  Gilman  was  chosen. 

1799,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  David  Gilman,  Jacob  Gilman,  Thomas  Sherman,  selectmen. 

1800,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Jacob  Gilman,  David  Gilman,  Benjamin  Mead,  selectmen. 

1801,  Timothj  Medar,  clerk;  David  Gilman,  Jacob  Gilman,  David  Howard,  selectmen;  David  Gilman, 
representative  for  Tamworth,  etc. 

1802,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  David  Gilman,  George  Dodge,  David  Howard,  selectmen. 

1803,  Timothy  -Medar,  clerk;  David  Gilmau,  George  Dodge,  David  Howard,  selectmen;  David  Gilman, 
representative. 

1804,  Timothy  Medar.  clerk;  Jacob  Gilman,  Timothy  Medar,  Thomas  Sherman,  selectmen;  David  Gilman, 
representative. 

1805,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Thomas  Sherman,  Timothy  Medar,  Jacob  Gilman,  selectmen;  David  Gilman, 
representative. 

1806,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Timothy  Medar,  John  M.  Page,  Jacob  Gilman,  selectmen;  Benjamin  Gilman, 
representative. 

1807,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Jacob  Gilman,  Timothy  Medar,  John  M.Page,  selectmen;  Benjamin  Gilman, 
representative. 

1808,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk ;  Tufton  Mason,  John  M.Page,  Timothy  Medar,  selectmen;  Benjamin  Gilman, 
representative. 

1809,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  David  Howard,  Jacob  Gilman,  Timothy  Medar,  selectmen;  Benjamin  Gilman, 
representative. 

1810,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Jacob  Gilmau,  John  M.Page,  Timothy  Medar,  selectmen ;  Benjamin  Gilman, 
representative. 

1811,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Benjamin  Gilman,  Jeremiah  Mason,  John  M.  Page,  selectmen;  Benjamin 
Gilman,  representative. 

lsij.  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  John  M.  Page,  Jacob  Gilman,  Timothy  Medar,  selectmen;  Benjamin  Gilman, 
representative. 

1813,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Israel  Gilmau,  Ward  W.  Folsom,  Ford  Whitman,  selectmen;  Benjamin  Gilman, 
representative. 

1814,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Ford  Whitman,  Parker  Plumer,  Samuel  Gilman,  selectmen;  Benjamin  Gilman, 
representative. 

1815,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Ford  Whitman,  Ward  W.  Folsom,  Jeremiah  Mason,  selectmen;  Ford  Whitman, 
representative. 

1816,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Ford  Whitman,  Ward  W.  Folsom,  Jeremiah  Mason,  selectmen;  Ford  Whitman, 
representative. 

1817,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  Parker  Plumer,  Jeremiah  Mason,  Ford  Whitman,  selectmen;  Ford  Whitman, 
representative. 

Ibl8,  Timothy  Medar,  clerk;  John  M.  Page,  Jeremiah  Mason,  Ward  W.  Folsom,  selectmen;  Ford  Whitman, 
representative. 

1819,  Ford  Whitman,  clerk;  Ford  Whitman,  Ward  W.  Folsom,  Samuel  Shaw,  selectmen;  Ford  Whitman, 
representati\  e. 

1820,  Ford  Whitman,  clerk;  Ford  Whitman,  Ward  W.  Folsom,  Tufton  Mason,  selectmen;  Ford  Whitman, 
representatii  e. 

1821,  Ford  Whitman,  clerk;  Ford  Whitman,  Tufton  Mason,  Ward  W.  Folsom,  selectmen;  John  M.Page, 
representative. 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


a   M.  Page,  Tufton  Mason,  Simeon  Whitman,  selectmen;  Ford  Whitman, 

,;  John  M.  Page.Wm  Eastman,  Tufton  Mason,  selectmen;  Ford  Whitman,  repre- 

i  ord  Whitman,  Ward  W.  Folsom,  selectmen;  Ford  Whitman, 

rd  Whitman,  Samuel   Shaw,  Uriah    B.  Russell,  selectmen;   Ford  Whitman, 

-  ia\v,  U.  B.  Russell,  Ward  W.  Folsom,  selectmen;  Benj.  Gilman,  repre- 

Samuel  Shaw,  Uriah  B.  Russell,  A.s.  Howard,  selectmen;  Benj.  Gilman,  repre- 

S    thanlel  Huhhard,  Tufton  Mason,  Joseph  Gilman,  selectmen;  Benj.  Gilman,  jr, 

ian,  clerk;  Charles   M.    Page,  .lames   Remick,  Joseph  Wiggin,  selectmen;    Benjamin 

in  GH,i  i       ,,    Remick,    Moses  Titcomb,   Nicholas  W.  Staples,  selectmen;    Enoch 

live. 

in,  clerk;  Algernons.  Howard.  Daniel  Q.  Bean,  Obed  Hall,  selectmen;  Enoch  Remick, 

n,  clerk;  v  w  .  Maple-.  Daniel  Q.  Bean,  Enoch  Remick.  selectmen;  John  Woodman,  repre- 

i   Hall,  clerk:  Obed  Hall,  Algernon  S.  Howard.  Le\i  Folsom.  selectmen;  John  Woodman,  repre- 

II. ill,  clerk;  Daniel  Q.  Bean,  Timothy  Cook,  Jonathan  C.  Oilman,  selectmen. 
.   inick,  clerk;  Daniel  c>.  Bean,  Timothy  Cook,  Jonathan  C.  Gilman,  selectmen;  Moses  Titcomb, 

clerk;    Horatio  X.  Gate,  Newlon  S.  Hatch,  Joel  Sargent,  selectmen ;  Enoch  Perkins, 

.   erk;  Horatio  N.  (ate,  Newlon  S.  Hatch,  Joel  Sargent,  selectmen;  Enoch  Perkins, 

■      lid,  clerk;    Timothy  Cook,  Ebenezer  Marston,  Daniel  Q.  Bean,  selectmen;  Daniel  Q.  Bean, 

.  .man,  jr,  clerk;    Timothy  Cook,  Ebenezer  Marston,  Daniel  Q.  Beau,   selectmen;  Daniel  Q. 
tive. 
■  ph  Gilman,  jr,  clerk  ;  Timothy  Cook,  James  Remick,  Josiah  Bean,  selectmen;  Obed  Hall,  represen- 
ts:  Newlon  S.  Hatch,  Daniel  Q.  Bean,  John  Bryant,  selectman;  Obed  Hall,  repre- 
erk;  Daniel  0.  Bean,  Newlon  S.  Hatch,  John  Bryant,  selectmen;  Timothy  Cook,  rep- 
iVatson,  clerk;  Daniel  Q.  Bean,  John  Bryant,  Newlon  S.  Hatch,  selectmen;  Timothy  Cook,  repre- 
rk;  Timothy  Cook,  True  Perkins,  Thomas  Stevenson,  selectmen;  Horatio  N.  Cate, 
m, clerk;  Daniel  Q.   Bean,    True  Perkins,  Thomas  Stevenson,  selectmen;  Timothy  Cook, 

;  Timothj  <  ook,  Joshua  Nickerson,  Daniel  Q.  Bean,  selectmen. 
in,  clerk;  True  Perkins,  .lame-  J.  Chesley,  Joshua  Nickerson,  selectmen;  John  Bryant, 

tan,  jr,  clerk;  True   Perkins,  Josiah   P.  Cushing,  James   J.  Chesley,   selectmen;    John 

man,  jr,  clerk;  James  J.  Chesley,  Josiah  P.  Cushing,  Moses  James,  selectmen;  no  choice 

n.  jr,  clerk;  True  Perkins,  James  J.  Che-icy,  Jeremiah  D.  Ballard,  selectmen;  Jeremiah 

en  clerk,  but  declined,  and  Levi  E.  Remick  was  chosen;  True  Perkins,  Faxon  Gannett, 
ir  representative. 
l;    True  Perkins,  Faxon  Gannett,  Wyatt  B.  Marston,  selectmen;  Ebenezer  Wilkin- 
;'    ''  ives. 

■  :  Wyatl  B.  Mar-ton,  James  J.  Chesley,  stetson  Blaisdell,  selectmen;  Ebenezer 
U    Mu  on,  representath 

k;  James  J.  Chesley,  Stetson   Blaisdell,  Noah   s.  Watson,  selectmen;  Samuel 

Noah   S.   Watson,   A  mo-    Burbank,  Stephen  Stanley,  selectmen;  Nathaniel 


'Town    of   Tamworth.  755 


1858,  (  harles  P.  Cook,  clerk;  Tlmothj  Cook,  \ -  Burbank,  Stephen  Stanlej  .  selectmen;  James  J.  <  hi 

True  Perkins,  representatives. 

1857,  <  barles  P.  Cook,  clerk;  Stephen  Stanley,  Ji \i  ,•   to   ,  Ol      G     Hatch,  selectmen;  True   Perkins, 

James  J .  <  heslej ,  represents 

is"'v.  '  harles  P.  It,  clerk;  Jason  Mars ,  Otis  G.  Batch,  Ezra   Standley,  selectmen;  Stetson  Bkilsdell, 

Joseph  <  illman,  representati\  es. 

1859,  Charles  P.  Cook,  clerk ;  Jason  Mar  a  ton,  Ezra  Standley,  Jonathan  Xli 
dell,  Joseph  Gllman,  representatives. 

1860,  Charles   P.  Cook,  clerk;  Jason  Marston,  Ezra   Standley,  Jonathan    ! 
Mason,  James  Emery,  representatives. 

1861,  Charles    P.  Cook,  clerk;   Ezra   Standley,  James  J.  Chesley,  John   G.   Robin 
Emery,  Jeremiah  II.  Merrill,  representnth  es. 

1862,  Joseph  Gllman,  clerk:  Ezra   Standley,  James  J.  Chesle      •  lectmen;  Jeremiah   II 
Merrill.  Levi  E.  Remick,  representatives. 

1863,  Joseph  Gllman,  clerk;  Jason  Marston,  Charles  P.  Cook,  Stetson  Blalsdell,  selectmen ;  Li       i  .  Remick 
Stephen  Standley,  representatives. 

1864,  Joseph  Gllman,  clerk ;  Charles  P.  <  ook,  Stetson  Blalsdell,  John  Stan  I  ctmen;  Stephen  Stand- 
ley,  Nathaniel  Hubbard,  representatives. 

L865,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk:  John  G.  Robinson,  John  Standley,  Lowell  Ham,  selectmen;  Otie  G.  Hatch, 
representative. 

1866,  Joseph  Gllman,  clerk;  James  J.  Chesley,   Ezra  Standley,  William  G.  Gannett,  selectmen;  0 
Hatch,  representath  e. 

1867,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk;  -lames  J.  Chesley,  Jonathan  W.  Pollard,  William  G.  Gannett,  selectmen 
sldei  '  lannett,  representath  e. 

1868,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk;  .lames  J.  Ghesley,  Jonathan  W.  Pollard,  William  <;.  Gannett,  selectmen 
siiier  Gannett,  representative. 

1869,  Joseph   Gilman,  clerk;  .lames  .).  Chesley,  Lowell  Ham,  Albert  Drew,  selectmen;  James   M.    r 
representative. 

1870,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk;  Jonathan  W.  Pollard,  Lowell  Ham,  Nahum  Gilman,  .selectmen;  .lames  \i. 
Pease,  representath  e. 

1871,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk;  Jonathan  w.  Pollard,  Nahum  Gilman,  Consider  Gannett,  selectmen;  Ezra 
Standley,  representative. 

1872,  - 1 < > ~* -J il i  Gilman,  clerk;  Jonathan  W.  Pollard,  Consider  Gannett,  l >; « \i> I  J.  Sanborn,  selectmen;  Ezra 
Standley,  represented  e. 

March  11,  1873,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk;  Jonathan  W.  Pollard,  David  J.  Sanborn,  Lowell  Ham,  selectmen; 
Charles  P.  <  look,  representative. 

1874,  Joseph  Gilmau,  clerk;  .John  Sawyer,  Albert  Drew,  .Joseph  F.  Roberts,  .selectmen;  Charles  P.  Cook, 
representative. 

1875,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk;  Ezra  Standley,  Joseph  F.  Roberts,  Jonathan  Nickerson,  .selectmen;  John  M. 
Slevenson,  representative. 

1876,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk  :  Jonathan  Nickerson,  Joseph  F.  Roberts,  -lames  J.  <  Iheslej .  selectmen :  John  M . 
Stevenson,  representative.  Voted  to  sell  the  town  farm,  also  to  fund  the  town  debt.  Republican  electors  for 
President  have  17">  votes,  Democratic  146.    Nathaniel  Hubbard  elected  delegate  to  Constitutional  Convention. 

1-77.  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk;  Jonathan  Nickerson,  Joseph  P.  Roberts,  George  W.  Roberts,  selectmen ;  Joseph 
T.  i  arr,  representative.  Voted  to  accept  the  new  state  constitution.  To  raise  $2,000  tor  the  poor,  highways  and 
bridges,  ten  n  debts,  etc. 

1878,  Josepb  Gilman,  clerk;  ('harles  P.  Cook,  George  W.Roberts,  George  C.  Whiting,  selectmen;  Charles  n. 
Uemick,  representative.    Voted  $4,000  for  highways. 

1879,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk:  (harles  P.  Cook,  George  W.  Roberts,  John  D.  Boyden,  selectmen. 

1880,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk;  <  harles  p.  Cook,  Levi  K.  Remick,  John  II.  Nickerson.  selectmen;  Jam<  J. 
i  hesley,  representative.  Voted  to  exempt  the  rake  manufactory  to  be  built  by  Henry  M.  Bartlett  from  taxa- 
tion for  ten  years. 

1881,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk ;  Levi  E.  Remick,  John  H.  Nicker-on,  Newton  J.  Nickerson,  selectmen. 

1882,  Josepb  Gilman,  clerk;  John  H.  Nickerson,  Newton  J.  Nickerson.  George  C.  w  biting,  selectmen;  David 
M.  Gllman,  representative.  Voted  $4,000  for  roads  and  bridges;  $2,500  fortown  purposes;  to  add  30  per  cent, 
and  $7.'  to  (he  school  monej . 

1883,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk;  Charles  P.  Cook,  Joseph  P.  Roberts,  Lowell  Ham,  -elect men. 

1884,  Joseph  Gilman,  clerk  ;  Charles  I'.  Cook,  George  C.  Whiting, Lowell  Ham,  selectmen ;  Arthur  E.  Wiggin, 
representatn  e. 

1885, Joseph  Gilman,  clerk:  I  barles  P.  I  ook,  Joseph  P.  Roberts,  Edward  S.  Pollard.  Voted  that  the  town 
take  charge  of  "  Ordination  Hock  "  and  grounds  surrounding,  and  keep  it  in  g I  repair  a-  a  town  park. 

1886,  Henrj  Q.  Noj  es,  clerk;  Charles  Robertson,  Lowell  Ham,  David  Morrill ;  John  D.  Boyden,  representa- 
tive. '14  votes  for,  52  against  calling  a  constitutional  convention.  The  selectmen  are  authorized  to  build  a 
suitable  place  in  the  town  hall  for  the  preservation  of  the  records,  and  the  500  hook-  donated  by  Mr  John  Price, 
ot  Manchester,  a  native  of  this  town. 


History   of   Carroll   County. 


Robertson,  Lowell  Ham,  David  Morrill,  selectmen.    Voted  to  pay  the 
graves.    Also  "  that  the  representative  use  his  influence  to  have  the 

:  Lowell  Ham,  David  Morrill.  Francis  P.  Remick, selectmen ;  Thomas  B.  Mason, 
te  to  the  constitutional  convention.     Harrison  has  192  votes  for  Presi- 

11,  clerk;  Lowell  Bam,  Francis  P.  Remick,  Arthur  E.  Wiggin,  selectmen.    The  town  cast 

si  the  prohibitory  amendment;  voted  "that  the  selectmen  should  examine  the 

raimrorth  by  Itev.  E.  C  Cogswell,  and  assist  Mrs  Cogswell  in  publishing  the  same 

,  three  hundred  dollars."     Also,  to  raise  |20    for  decorating   soldiers'  graves,  one 

i;.  post,  and  one  half  tor  sandwich  it  they  do  their  work.     Also,  that  the  selectmen 

the   south,  north,  and  east   parts  of  the  town.     The  inventory  tins  year  shows  287 

.7-  oxen,  376  cow  8,  280  young  cattle,  466  sheep. 


CHAPTER   LXIV. 


(  liurch  History.     Arrangements  for  Settling  Mr  Samuel  Hidden  —  Parsonage  —  Letter  of 

Acceptance    -<  (rganization  and  <  Ordination  —Original  Members  —  Rev.  Mr  Hidden's  Pastorate 

rhe    Hidden    Monument  —  Other    Pastors  —  Deacons  —  Freewill    Baptists  —  Rev.   John 

Runnels    -Second,   Third,   and   South   Tamworth   Baptist  Churches  —  Rev.   David  Bean — 

Methodist   Episcopal  Church  —  "Reminiscences  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden"  —  Education. 

CHURCH    HISTORY.  — The  first  minister  that  preached  in  this  town  was 
Rev.  Joshua  Nickerson  from  Cape  Cod.     He  ministered  occasionally  until 
about  1778.     In  January,  1792,  a  special  town-meeting  was  called,  and  a 
committee  chosen  to  obtain  preaching.     They  procured  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden, 
rilmanton,  who  had  just   completed  his  collegiate  and  theological  studies. 
He  arrived  in  Tarn  worth,  January   14,  1792,  and  preached  the  next  Sabbath. 
Many  had  strong  prejudices  against  "college  learned  men, "  and  one  woman 
declared,  when   sin-  saw  him  coming,  that  "she  had  as  lief   see  the   devil." 
However,    these    feelings   and    prejudices  were    quickly    dispelled    when  they 
ted   to  his  earnest   and  well-adapted  sermons. 
At    tlic  annual  town-meeting,  March   13,  1702,  it  was    voted   to   pay  Mr 
Samuel    Hidden   lor  what   he  has  been  preaching  here  by  a  town  tax;  also, 

"That  ii  is  the  unanimous  desire  of  the  Inhabitants  of  Tamworth  '  to  settle  Mr  Samuel 

•ii  in  tin'  Ministry  in  this  town,  provided  it   can  be  done  upon  such  terms  as  they  think 

-  »ble  to  comply  with,"  and  a  committee  of  fifteen  persons  was  chosen  "to  inform 

ii  ol  the  minds  of  the  Town,  to  know  of  him  if  he  will  settle  with  us  if  reasonable 

-  w.re  mad,-,  and    in  case  he  should  give  encouragement)  to  invite  him  to  preach  a 

111,1  in  the  meantime  to  draw  up  some  proposals  to  make   to   said   Hidden." 

ittee  report,  concerning  the  parsonage  and  Mr  Hidden's  salary,  "we  propose 

Mr  Hidden  one  story  high  28  &  38  or  30  &  40  feet  as  said  Hidden  shall 

ere  forty  voters  at  that  time. 


'Town    of    Tamworth.  757 


think  best  ;iml  to  Clapboard  Glass  shingle  build  n  stach  of  Chimnies  with  four  Smoaks  dig 
a  Cellar  under  one  <'ml  of  said  House  -tone  the  same  and  underpin  the  remainder  <>i  said 
House  and  to  finish  oneJialf  of  said  House  in  the  inside  said  House  i"  be  finished  as  above 
mentioned  in  two  yens  from  December  L791.  Uso  thai  Thirty  Pounds,  L  My  be  the 
sum  offered  to  Mr  Hidden  for  his  yearly  supporl  pan  to  be  paid  in  cash  and  pan  in  produce, 
etc." 

The  reporl  was  unanimously  accepted,  and  a  committee  appointed  to 
present  the  proposals,  and  "if  he  accepts  make  arrangements  for  his  ordination 
and  earn  the  whole  matter  through." 

Letter   of    Acceptance.  — Kev.    Mr    Hidden's    letter   of   acceptance    of    the 

invitation  to  settle  at   Tamworth  bears  date   May  8,  17(.'l\ 

Sou  have  thought  it  expedient,  after  mature  consideration  and  earnest  prayer  to  God,  as 
I  trust,  to  give  me  an  invitation  to  settle  with  yon  in  the  Gospel  ministry,  and  have  voted 
certain  things  for  my  encouragement  and  support  in  that  important  office.  I  am  conscious  of 
inability  rightly  to  conduct  in  so  important  a  station.  But  that  God.  by  whose  remarkable 
Providence  1  am  what  I  am,  I  have  no  reason  to  distrust;  on  his  mercy  I  wish  to  rely  lor 
Btrength  to  discharge  what  he  in  his  Providence  may  call  me  to  perform.  Alter  serious 
consideration  and  earnest  prayer  to  Almighty  (iod  for  direction,  I  have  thought  fit  and  do 
hereby  accept  of  your  proposals,  if  there  is  a  church  peaceably  formed.  As  I  live  al 
considerable  distance  from  my  friends,  I  would  reserve  four  Sabbaths  in  a  year  to  visit  them, 
if  I  please.  Also  if  I  am  taken  sick  while  laboring  among  you,  you  must  grant  me  my  support 
until  I  am  again  able  to  discharge  the  duties  of  my  office.  You  are  sensible,  my  friends,  the 
duties  of  a  minister  are  great  and  important,  therefore  I  hope  you  will  be  ready  to  assist  me, 
by  punctuality  in  payment,  advice  in  difficult  cases,  and  by  your  constant  attendance  on 
God's  preached  word  and  ordinances,  and  your  constant,  fervent  prayer  that  I  may  be 
faithful  to  God,  to  myself,  to  your  souls,  and  those  of  your  children;  that  we  may  all  appear 
at  God's  right  hand,  in  the  day  when  he  maketh  up  his  jewels.  Samukl  Hidden. 

A  council  met  on  September  12,  1792,  to  organize  a  church  and  ordain 
a  pastor.  But  a  difficulty  arose,  as  those  to  be  organized  into  a  church  were 
Congregationalists,  Calvinistic  and  Freewill  Baptists;  and  the  only  basis  on 
which  they  could  harmonize  was  entire  freedom  in  regard  to  the  modes  and 
subjects  of  baptism.  The  council  earnestly  discussed  the  question  of  organiz- 
ing a  Congregational  church  on  this  basis,  but  at  last  yielded  to  the  importu- 
nity of  the  people,  and  proceeded  to  organize  a  church  and  ordain  Air  Hidden 
as  pastor.1  The  ordination  was  described  by  one  of  the  council  in  a  letter 
dated  Durham,  September  27,  1792  :  — 

1  The  members  of  the  church  were  Samuel  Hidden,  David  Oilman,  Thomas  Stevenson, «  Hiver  Fow  ler,  Stephen 
Mason,  William  Eastman,  John  Fowler,  Jonas  Carter,  John  Hoss,  George  Dodge,  Bezekiah  Backett,  Samuel 
Wayinouth,  Paul  Bradbury,  Elizabeth  Mason,  Sally  Carter,  Abagall  Oilman,  .Molly  Abbott,  Zeruiab  Cheever, 
M  rs  J.  Folsom. 

The  first  church  meeting  was  held  September  20,  1792,  at  the  bouse  of  William  Eastman.  Captain  George 
Dodge  was  unanimously  chosen  clerk,  and  William  Eastman  and  Oliver  Fo«  ler  deacons.  At  thi>  meeting  it  was 
voted  "  that  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper  should  be  administered  the  first  Sabbatb  In  November."  l "mil 
November  Mr  Hidden  preached  In  Captain  George  Dodge's  barn,  or  in  some  dwellingdiouse  a-  the  selectmen 
provided.    After  his  marriage  to  lictsey,  daughter  of  William  Price,  November  29,  1792,  his  bouse  was  open  t<> 

bis  parishioners;   be  preached  ami  held   services  then',  and  lectured  three  times  a  week  in  other   part-   Of   the 
town.    At  the  close  of  this  year  there  were  twenty -nine  members. 


History   of   Carroll  County. 

I    you   about    the   ordination.     After  much   wrangling   between  the 

.    \i,     Flidden    was   ordainefl    on    a    large   rook    (20  feet  by  30,   and 

h    50    men    ,njghi    stand).      His    foundation    must    be    secure    and 

rock  will   stand   till    Gabriel    si. all   divide   it   by  the  power  of  God.     Early 

sserabled   around   this    rock  — men,    women,   boys,   and    girls, 

and  other  domestic  animals.     It    is   an   entire  forest  about  this  place. 

On   the    north    is   a    high    hill,   and    north  of   this   a   mountain  called 

hes  heaven.     On  the  south,  and  in  all   directions   are   mountains   steep   and 

I   |md  expected  to  hear  the  bowling  of  the  wolf  and  the  screeching  of  the  owl; 

ld  ,,i  these  were  heard  the  melting  notes  of  the  robin,  the  chirping  of  the  sparrow 

irds  thai  made  the  foresl  seem  like  Paradise.     The  men  looked  happy,  rugged,  and 

;  ,|„.ir  trowsers  came  down  to  about  halfway  between  the  knee  and  ankle.     Their 

,    ,!„„.,  and  oi   nameless  shapes.     Many   wore  slouched   bats,  and   hundreds  were 

II,..  women  looked  ruddj  ami  a-  though  they  loved  their  husbands;  their  clothing 

;,ll  ,,i  domestic  manufacture;  every  woman  bad  a  checked  linen  apron  and  carried  a  clean 

,„,,  handkerchief.      Their   bonnets!   well.    I   cannot  describe   them;   I    leave  them   to  your 

Km  think  of  the  grandeur  of  the  scene!  a  great  rock  the  pulpit,  the  whole 

:  the  house,  and  the  canopy  of  heaven  the  roof,  and  the  tall,  sturdy  trees  the 

Who  could  help  feeling  devotional?     This  is  the  place  nature  has  formed  for  pure 

i       _  -ball  i hi-  stand,  like  the  rock  on  which  our  Fathers  landed.     Long  may  this 

make  the  wilderness  and  the  solitary  place  glad  and  the  desert  blossom  as  the  rose. 

In   ill,,  winter  of  1793-94    about    thirty   persons   were   converted.     At   the 

of  the  century  the  church   numbered  eighty-eight  members.     The  year 

1800  was  signalized  by  an  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  unparalleled  in  the 

nab  id'  church  history,  if  the  number  of  inhabitants  is  taken  into  account. 

The  revival  originated  in  a  prayer-meeting.     It  soon  spread  through  the  town. 

Prayer-meetings  were  held  ever)  evening  in  the  week.     The  principal  business 

for  months  was  religious  conversation  and  prayer.     Whole  nights  were  passed 

prayer  and  singing.     Mr  Hidden  had   no  assistance  from  abroad.     For  four 

nths    he    preached    nearly    every    day.       The    work    extended    to    Conway, 

tonborougb,  Eaton,  Ossipee,  and  Sandwich.     The  results  of  this  revival 

nearly  300  converts,  of  whom  about  200  united  with  this  church.     In 

L809  thirty  joined.     In   1811   twenty-eight  were  added.     In   1822  there   were 

•is.     In    Is^T  another  revival  brought  about  thirty  into  the   fold. 

In    1830   nearly  forty  were  converted,  most  of  them  uniting  with  the   church. 

In    1831    a    protracted    meeting    was    held    in   the   early   part   of    the    summer; 

1   ministers  were  present.     The  people   crowded   the  meetings,  and   not 

han  fifty  were  the  subjects  of  hope. 

Rev.  .Mi    Hidden  died   February   13,   1837,  aged  seventy-seven  years.     His 

3  a  long  and  faithful  one.     He  labored  hard  and  earnestly,  and  his 

ed.     The   whole  number  connected  with  his   church,  during 

As  a   Christian   he  was   meek  and  humble,  active,  faithful, 

ith  a  heart  and  hand  of  expansive  benevolence  and   hospitality. 

n  of  literature,  the  friend,  guide,  and  instructor  of  youth,  a  lover 

vays  leading  in  this  department  of  worship.     In  preaching 


Town   of  Tamworth.  759 

the  gospel,  his  promptness,  zeal,  plainness,  happy  illustrations,  and   meltinj 
his  hearl  for  immortal  souls  rendered   hira   beloved  and   respected  by  all.     His 
long  day  was  cheerfully  spent  in  the  service  of  his  Lord  and   Master;  and  the 
hope  of  being  soon  with  his  Saviour  God  inspired   his  triumphaut  exclamation 

in  death:    '-Just  draw  back  the  veil  and  I  am  there;"  and  in  his  Last   n mts 

he  sang:  — 

"  Angels,  roll  the  roch  :i\\  ay ; 
Death,  yield  up  the  mighty  prey."' 

Rev.  William  L.  Bui'lit  was  installed  pastor,  July  19,  1837.  In  L£ 
sixteen  publicly  professed  their  faith  in  Christ.  In  the  tall  of  1839,  fort} 
made  a  profession  of  religion.  Mr  Buffil  was  dismissed  March  22,  1842. 
Sixty-nine  were  added  to  the  church  under  his  labors.  Rev.  Jeremiah  Blake, 
m.i»..  was  installed  pastor  June  11.  1843.  This  year  an  interesting  revival 
took  place  and  thirty-one  embraced  the  faith.  Rev.  Mr  Blake  was  dismissed 
December  :'>.  1850.  During  his  pastorate  fifty-one  united  with  the  church. 
The  next  three  years  this  church  had  no  regular  religious  meetings,  but  they 
built  and  dedicated  to  God  a  house  of  worship  and  purchased  and  fitted  up  a 
parsonage.  Rev.  John  II.  Merrill  came  in  1853;  his  installation  taking  place 
August  17.  From  that  time  for  fifteen  months  there  was  an  addition  of  sixteen 
members.  At  this  date,  sixty-two  years  from  the  organization,  six  hundred 
and  thirty-eighl  persons  had  been  connected  with  this  church  as  members,  one 
hundred  and  seventy-four  remaining.  Mr  Merrill's  labors  closed  August  1"). 
L860.  lie  died  in  1861,  in  Hollis,  N.  H.,  aged  forty-four  years.  His  wife 
died  in  is.V.i.  A  son,  J.  Evarts  Merrill,  resides  in  Jacksonville,  Florida.  Mr 
Merrill  was  an  "  able  advocate  of  the  doctrines  of  Christ,  a  devoted  Christian, 
a  beloved  pastor,  and  honored  parent."  Rev.  Samuel  H.  Riddell  was  installed 
August  L").  1860,  dismissed  July  12,  1871,  and  supplied  until  August,  1872. 
Rev.  John  G.  Wilson  was  acting  pastor  from  June,  1873,  until  Septemher  17, 
\^~~>.  In  November,  1875,  Rev.  Franklin  Davis  came  and  was  acting  pastor 
until  his  death.  He  was  horn  in  Bangor,  Maine,  January  24,  1816,  graduated 
from  Bowdoin  College  in  1839,  and  from  Bangor  Theological  Seminary  in  1845. 
He  was  in  the  ministry  nearly  forty  years.  From  February  1,  1885,  Rev. 
Edward  II.  Haekett  supplied  the  pulpit  for  one  year.  From  Septemher  12. 
L886,  Rev.  E.  C.  Cogswell  officiated  as  pastor  until  his  death.  August  31,  L887. 
In   ( )ctober,  1887,  Rev.  C.  J.  IJichardson  was  employed  to  supply  lor  one  year 

1  In  lsfi-2  a  monument  \\  a-  erected  to  the  memory  of  Mr  Hidden  on  Ordination  Rock,  with  these  Inscriptions  : 
-•Mi  th  side, "  Memorial  of  the  Ordination  on  iliis  Bock,  Sept.  12,  1792,  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Hid  den  as  Pastor  >>i 
the  Congregational  Church  Instituted  on  thai  day;"  on  the  base,  "Town  chartered  1765;  "  easl  Bide,  "Born  in 
Rowley,  MaB8.,  Feb.  22, 1760.  Served  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  by  four  enlistments,  1777-1781.  Graduated 
at  Dartmouth,  1791 .  Minister  of  Tamworth  16  \  ear-.  Hied  Feh.  13,1837.  Aet.  77;"  on  the  base,  "  Settled  1 77 1 ;  " 
mirth  -ide,  ■•  He  came  Into  the  Wilderness  and  lefl  it  a  I'm  it  in  l  Field;  "  on  the  base,  "  10  Families,  1792;  "  n  cai 
aide,  "  To  perpetuate  the  memory  of  his  Virtues  and  Public  Services,  a  Grandson,  bearing  bis  honored  name. 
provided  for  the  erect  ion  of  this  Cenotaph  1862;  "  on  the  base,  "  Census  of  I860,  1717." 


IIisiciiv   of   Carroll  County. 


services  terminated  December  1,  1888.     Since  then, 
[ar   minister,  yet   there  has   been  preaching  nearly  all 
3  .1.  Chesley  is  church  clerk.     The  Sabbath-school  has  forty- 
Horace  A.  Page   is   superintendent.     The  deacons  since   the 
:  John    Stevenson,    David     Hatch,    chosen    in    1797;    Samuel 
:in     Dodge,    L806 ;    Matthew     Gannett,   1815;    Tufton    Mason, 
mi   P.  Hidden,    1832;  Ebenezer   Marston,   1837;    Faxon  Gannett, 

1854  :  James   J.  Chesley,   L876J 

>ill  Baptist   Churches.  — The  Sandwich  Quarterly  Meeting  was  organ- 
i    L 81 2,  with  ten  churches:  Sandwich,  Tam worth,  Wolfeborough,  Eaton, 
■  !,.    Adams.    Ellsworth    (Maine),   Meredith,  New   Hampton,    Bridgewater. 
The  earliest  of  these  was   Tamworth,   organized  in   1781,   by"Rev.  Benjamin 
Randall,  the   founder  of  the   denomination,  and  it  was  the  third  church  he 
blished.     Authorities  differ  as    to   whether  this   church  has   died   or  now 
ts  as  the  Tamworth  Iron  Works  church,  but  the  weight  of  evidence  inclines 
towards  the  life  of  the  present    ehurch  from  1781.     During  the  years  1810, 
181  1.  and  L812,  the  people  often  bad  the  opportunity  of  listening  to  Rev.  John 
Colby.     Although  several   revivals  occurred  in  1833,  there  were  but  55  mem- 
bers in  place  of  the  100  in  1812.     Services  were  held  in  private  houses,  barns, 
and    schoolhouses    in    the    Head    neighborhood    until    1831,  when    they   were 
changed  to  the  [ron  Works  schoolhouse.     In  1835  a  church  was  built,  21  mem- 
In  is  added;  in  L837,  10;  in  183S,  111;  yet  there  were  reported  this  year  but  110 
members.     In  L840  many  withdrew,  but  in  1842  the  largest  accession  was  made 
ever  known  in  its  history,  48,  making  ;i  membership  of  163.     In  1843,  eight 
were  added,  and  171  members  reported.    This  wonderful  prosperity  was  largely 
due  to  the  faithful  labors  of  the  venerated  pastor,  Rev.  James  Emery,  who  died 
tnber  --.  1844.     in  the  next  seven  years  the  number  of  communicants  fell 
•   loj.     Rev.  John   Runnells  became  pastor  in  1852.     In  January,  1880,  he 
reports:  ■•  I    have  been  pastor  twenty-eight  years,  have  not  missed  one  of  the 
munioii  seasons  of  each  year;  oidy  five  or  six  of  the  members  when  ,1 
me  pastor  survive:  in  the  last  seven  years  but  five  have  been  baptized,  and 
fourteen  added  b\  letter."     The  century  of  its  history  closes  with  96  members 
rolls.     In   January,  1885,  a  beautiful  new  church  was  completed  and 
dedicated. 

R<  \.  John  Runnells  was  born  in  Acton,  Maine  March  9,  1817.    His  early  life  was  one  of 

!   privation.     When   seventeen   years  of  age  he  was  converted,    and  thenceforward 

himself   zealously  in  preparation  for  the  Christian   ministry;   he  taught  school  and 

•    means   of  attendance   at   Parsonsfield  Seminary.     His    first  pastorate   was  at 

bom  in  New  Durham  in   1813,  came  to  Tamworth  in  1843,  and  has  made  his 
farmer  by  occupation;  lias  held  all  of  the  town  offices;  served  on  the  board  of 
Republican  represented  Tamworth  in  the  legislature  in  1856, 1857, 1881,  and 
ucation,  a  faithful  town  and  church  officer,  and  a  useful  citizen. 


Town   of  Tamworth.  761 


Effingham  Fulls,  from  which  place  he  soon  ved  to  Eaton,  where  he  remained  nearlj  four 

years;  here  his  health  became  so  impaired  thai  he  removed  to  Newport,  R.  I.,  where  he 
resided  and  preached  one  year;  again  compelled  by  enfeebled  health  to  make  a  change,  he 
returned  to  Lcton  Cor  three  years ;  at  the  expiration  of  this  time  he  received  a  call  from  the 
church  ii>  Tamworth ;  in  February,  1852,  he  removed  there  and  begun  a  pastorate  which  only 
ended  with  his  death,  September  •_'.  1887. 

His  record  is  :i  remarkable  one,  showing  965  funeral'  services  attended  by  him  in 
Tamworth,  Bartlett,  Jackson,  Conway,  Albany,  Eaton,  Madison,  Freedom,  Effingham, 
OsBipee,  VVolleborough,  Tuftonborough,  Bfoultonborough,  Sandwich,  and  other  towns.  He 
also  joined  in  wedlock  227  couples.  This  was  during  his  ministry  in  Tamworth.  I f < -  was 
chaplain  of  the  Btate  legislature  in  1859,  then  and  ever  alter  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
always  a  prominent  worker  in  his  denomination. 

He  was  a  good  man,  a  consistent  Christian  character,  a  i lei  pastor,  an  able  preacher,  a 

public-spirited  citizen,  a  devoted  husband  and  lather.  His  pastorate  was  the  longest  on  record 
in  the  denomination. 

Rev.  Edwin  Blake  succeeded  Mr  Runnells  in  December,  1887,  and  is  the 
present  pastor.  Many  sons  of  the  town,  now  residents  elsewhere,  look  back  to 
this  church  with  reverent  love,  and  some  remember  it  with  pleasant  gifts. 
Among  the  deacons  have  been  James  Head,  Stephen  Knowles,  Nathaniel  Berry, 
David  Brier,  Warren  Tasker,  Alfred  Hatch,  Robert  Nickerson,  Joseph  F.  Gran- 
ville (  Mr  Granville  was  deacon  for  twelve  years,  and  clerk  of  the  church  from 
September,    L878,   until    his   death   December   2,   1885),    Benjamin    Bickford, 

F.ngene  I  landman.     Among  the  pastors  have  been Webster,  James  Emery, 

Hugh    Beede,    John    Brooks,   John   Davis,  Charles  Ames,  Wood,    John 

Runnells.  The  Sabbath-school,  which  numbers  seventy,  is  in  a  prosperous 
condition.  Otis  G.  Hatch  has  been  an  efficient  superintendent  for  thirtv- 
eight  years. 

The  Second  Freewill  Baptist  Church  was  received  into  the  Quarterly  Meet- 
ing in  1822.  It  was  situated  in  the  Pease  neighborhood  in  the  west  part  of  the 
town,  had  a  membership  of  thirty,  under  the  pastoral  care  of  Rev.  David 
I  jean.1  There  was  soulful  activity  here,  additions  were  annually  made  to  its 
membership,  in  1835  twenty-five,  the  result  of  a  great  revival.  The  number 
now  is  more  than  at  any  other  time,  seventy-three  members  being  reported.  In 
1840  the  membership  was  but  fifty -seven,  notwithstanding  an  addition  of 
twelve.  Several  additions  were  made  later,  but  the  church  ceased  to  exist,  and 
was  dropped  from  the  church  rolls  in  1848,  after  an  existence  of  twenty-six 
years. 

1  Rev.  David  Bean  was  bom  in  Brentwood,  May  to,  17<;7,  and  died  iu  Tamworth  in  1843.  Be  was  son  oi 
Captain  Josiah  and  -lane  McGaffey  Bean.  He  married,  November  16,  1794,  Anne,  daughter  ol  <  aptain  Joshua 
Prescott,  of  Sandwich,  and  located  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  James  M.  Pease  in  Tamworth.  Be  was  ordained 
in  l-o-.  The  lirM  meeting-house  of  the  Quaker*  in  Sandwich,  Imilt  in  1790,  and  long  unused,  was  purchased  in 
1885,  moved  here,  rebuilt  and  remodeled,  and  called  the  "  Mean  meeting  house."  It  was  burned  in  1849.  <  >f  Mr 
Bean's  children  the  last  in  town  was  David  Q.,  born  In  1797.  lie  lived  fifty-six  years  here,  and  moved  to  Sand- 
wich. By  hi-  second  wife,  Anne  ST.,  daughter  of  James  Trickej ,  of  Jackson,  be  had  a  son,  David  Mark-  Bean, 
born  March  SO,  1882,  graduated  at  Xale  In  1858,  and  Andover  Theological  School  in  1862,  and  became  a  Congre- 
gational minister,  and  died  January  '-':;.  1884,  after  useful  service  in  church  and  educational  labo 
Massachusetts. 


,i;\    of   Carroll  County. 


/  Baptist   Church  was  organized  in  1843,  with  forty-nine 

mills.     After  1850  it   was  railed  the  "second"  church. 

1  was  its  paster,  and  in  1851  it   had  a  membership  of  sixty. 

to  thirty-eight  in   1853,  when  its  last  report  was  made.     In 

from  official  records. 

vorth     Freewill    Baptist     Church    was    received   into    the 

in   January,  1852,  with  sixteen  members,  W.  S.  Merrill, 

had  a   feeble  existence,  was  reorganized  as  the  "Sandwich  and 

I,  church,"  I >nt  had  a  corporate  life  of  but  sixteen  years  from  the  first 

ization. 
In    1863  another  "second"    church    was  organized,    which   existed   until 

i!  \ .   1871. 

1/    ./,.  disi    Episcopal  Church  at  South  Tamworth  was  organized  about 

1824,  and  in  1832  the  society  erected  its  first  house  of  worship.     In  1860  this 

g  was  rebuilt,  and  the  present  value  of  the  church  property  is  twenty- 

undred  dollars.     The  number  of  members  is  seventy-five;  the  pastor  is 

9)   Rev.   David  (alley.     The  Sabbath-school  has  an  average  attend- 

...ii.     Charles  J.  Ames,  Sr,  is  superintendent.     There  is  also  a 

nbbath-school  in  the  "  Hooper  district."     This  is  said  to  be  the  largest  one  in 

town,  and  was  organized  and  is  supported  by  Mr  Ames. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  Hon.   Larkin  D.  Mason,  we  are  enabled  to  give 
extracts    from    his  graphic  "Reminiscences  of    Rev.  Samuel  Hidden," 
delivered  as  an  address.  September,  1888:  — 

The  house  then    L816    had  a  very  high  roof.     It  was  lathed  inside,  but  no  lime  had  as  yet 

n  applied.     It  was  tilled  above  and  below  with  square  pews,  two  long  seats  in  each  pew. 

..in.  of  the  pews  had  three  seals.     There  were  no  arrangements  for  heating  except  the  foot- 

the  women.     At  half-past  ten  o'clock  a.m.,  the  minister  came  in,  conducting  a  small 

lady,  who  I  learned  was  his  mother,     lie  conducted  her  to  a  pew  immediately  near  the 

pulpit,  and  taking  leave  of  her  he  bowed  as  though  he  was  to  be  long  absent  from  her.     He 

i  the  pulpit   stairs  followed  by  Colonel  David  Gilman,  who  always  sat  in  the  pulpit 

•miii  of  deafness.      There  was  a  box  in  front  of  the  pulpit  to  which  was  attached  the 

munion  table,  and  in  the  box  sal    Deacon  Jacob  Eastman.     When  prayer  was  announced 

v  person  in  the  house,  not  excused  for  disability,  rose.    To  have  failed  to  do  so  would 

a    i  breach  of  the  rule  and  might  have  called  out  the  tithingman.     Every  seat  was 

ned  up  during  prayer,  to  give  a  better  standing  position.     When  the  prayer  was  concluded 

-  ivere  turned  down  there  was  a  startling  concussion  for  a  few  minutes.     In  due 

morning  service  closed,  the  benediction  was  pronounced,  and  everybody  remained 

;  in  their  pews  till  the  minister  came  down  and  walked  the  entire  length  of  the  broad 

ving  right  and  left  at  every  pew,  leaving  no  one  unnoticed. 

I  education  received  more  assistance  from  his  personal  efforts  than  from  any 

I  ever  knew  or  eVer  read  of.    Every  school  was  visited  by  him  frequently  (mostly 

e,v  scholar  encouraged  and  even  stimulated  by  his  visits.     I  have 

ho  could  educate  people  as  rapidly  as  he  could.    It  might  be  a  child,  or 

anced  in  years,  he  knew  exactly  what  to  say  to  them.     This  extraor- 

ioI  confined  to  literary  teaching;  as  a  teacher  of  sacred  music  he 


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could  mate  everything  so  plain  on  the  blackboard  thai  none  could  fail  to  understand,  bul  he 
displayed  his  great  gifl  as  a  teacher  besl  when  pursuing  his  sacred  calling.  He  could  explain 
to  the  whole  assembly,  young  and  old,  saint  or  sinner,  how  God  could  bejusl  and  thejustifler 
of  him  which  believeth  in  Jesus,  and  n<»  other  minister  I  ever  knew  could  make  this  poinl  bo 
plain.    In  his  Sabbath-school  his  custom  was  to  read  a  few  verses  and  have  the  school  ask 

questions  on  the  lesson  for  him  to  answer;  and  the  more  questions  he  i Id  raise,  the  better 

he  liked  it,  as  il  indicated  study.  .  .  .  There  never  was  a  man  among  us  so  beloved  b\  90  large 
a  portion  of  the  community.  If  he  met  a  child  he  always  had  a  smile  and  ;i  pleasanl  word 
well  calculated  to  open  hi>  little  soul  and  make  il  bigger.  It  he  mel  a  middle-aged  man  he 
would  say  something  to  him  to  strengthen  him  Eor  the  battle  of  life.  It  he  mel  the  aged  he 
gave  them  words  of  cheer  and  consolation,  and  all  classes  loved  him.  I  remember  some 
seventy  years  ago  Tristram  Mason  taught  the  school  in  the  old  districl  No.  _'  with  a'bout 
eight]  scholars.  Il<'  was  30mewhal  <»f  ;i  military  man,  and  used  to  occasionally  form  the 
school  into  lines.  One  day  a  scholar  came  in  and  told  the  teacher  Mr  Hidden  was  COmiuo-. 
We  were  ordered  out  and  tunned  into  two  lines  in  front  of  the  schoolhouse.  A  young  man 
acted  as  orderly,  and  held  Mr  Hidden's  horse  while  he  passed  between  the  line-,  bowing  right 
and  left.  The  school  closed  tip  around  him.  and  in  his  smiling,  loving  way  he  gave  us  good 
advice.  A  visit  from  George  Washington  would  not  have  cheered  us  more.  When  he  married 
a  couple  he  was  very  sure  to  give  them  a  lecture  to  set  up  housekeeping  with.  In  one  oi 
these  lectures  I  heard  him  say:  "  When  God  took  the  woman  from  the  man  he  did  not  take 
her  from  his  feet  to  he  trampled  on  by  him;  he  did  not  take  her  from  his  head  to  rule  over 
him;  bul  from  nearest  his  heart,  to  be  loved  by  him;  from  his  side,  to  stand  by  him.  his 
equal."  lie  showed  no  mercy  to  slavery,  nor  gave  flattery  to  slaveholders.  The  cause  of 
temperance  had  been  agitated  but  a  few  years  before  his  death.  The  moment  there  was  a 
dawn  of  light  on  that  subject,  he  became  a  zealous  advocate  of  real  prohibition. 

Education.  —  The  Tamworth  residents  were  especially  favored  in  having  for 
their  spiritual  teachers  men  of  liberal  education,  enlarged  ideas,  and  progressive 
movements.  They  taught  them  the  value  of  extensive  reading,  and  scarcely 
four  years  had  passed  after  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden  became  pastor  here,  when  the 
Tamworth  Social  Libraiy  was  established,  with  six  hundred  volumes.  Ten 
years  prior  to  Mr  Hidden's  residence  in  town,  the  voters  had  agreed  to  build 
two  schoolhouses,  "one  as  nigh  the  centre  as  the  land  will  admit  between 
Captain  Jewell's  and  Lieutenant  Fowler's,  the  other  between  Captain  Mason's 
and  Mr  Remick's,"  and  in  1792  there  were  four  schoolhouses.  The  firsi 
schoolmaster  was  Elijah  Hutchinson.  In  the  earliest  days,  schoolbooks  were 
rare,  and  the  catechism  and  Bible  were  used  to  teach  the  children  to  read,  and 
also  to  commit  portions  to  memory  for  lessons.  After  Mr  Hidden's  advent  a 
new  impetus  was  given  to  education.  Fresh  from  college,  young,  ardent,  and 
enthusiastic,  no  task  seemed  too  great  for  him  to  undertake,  and  he  early 
engaged  in  teaching,  qualifying  the  young  for  teachers,  and  the  schools  and 
scholars  increased  in  numbers.  "  He  induced  the  town  to  devise  more  liberal 
measures  for  the  support  of  the  common  schools;  accordingly  they  raised  more 
annually  than  the  law  required.  He  had  the  entire  care  of  the  Schools,  and 
when  the  common  schools  were  not  in  operation,  he  opened  his  own  house 
and  instructed  classes  in  the  higher  branches.  Latin  and  Greek  were  his 
favorites,  and  he   read   Greek   with  great   fluency.''      Not    only  did   the  young 


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have  the   benefit   of   his  teaching,  but  many  from    the 
bared  in  their  pursuit  for  knowledge,  and  some  came  from 
rty  miles.     He  prepared  many  for  the  study  of  law  and 
tted  several  for  college.     He  was  also  a  teacher  of  vocal  music, 
ith  was  alwavs  the  expounder  and  explainer  of  the  Scriptures. 
educator  of  the  people.     This  anecdote  is  told  of  him:  At  one 
,,„.,. ii  Qe  persons  objected  to  the  minister  casting  his  vote, 

sters  have  no  righl  to  vole."  Thereupon  Parson  Hidden,  raising 
s  utmosl  height,  exclaimed  in  righteous  indignation,  "I  — no 
I.  who  toiio lit  for  you,  prayed  for  you,  and  educated  you? 
imong  you  lias  a  better  right'.''"  He  voted. 
In  1801  the  school  money  was  divided  in  each  district  according  to  the 
number  of  children  from  three  to  sixteen  years  old.  In  1802  Rev.  Samuel 
Hidden,  Captain  George  Dodge,  and  Jacob  Gilman  were  school  committee. 
This  year  ten  school  districts  were  bounded  and  established.  In  1804  Rev. 
Samuel  Hidden.  Captain  George  Dodge,  Captain  David  Howard,  Jacob 
Gilman,  Esq.,  were  committeemen  to  inspect  schools.  In  1807  it  was  voted 
that  ••when  Rev.  Mr  Hidden  visits  any  school  and  finds  the  master  defi- 
cient, he  is  to  report  him  to  the  selectmen,  and  the  schools  kept  by  women 
shall  he  inspected  in  the  same  manner."  By  this  vote,  we  see  that  Mr  Hidden 
hail  imbued  .the  people  with  the  right  spirit  in  regard  to  the  education  of 
their  children,  that  they  should  be  well  and  thoroughly  taught.  In  1819 
four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ^were  raised  for  school  purposes.  In  1821  it 
was  voted  that  -no  school  instructor  shall  be  allowed  to  teach  unless  their 
certificate  is  signed  anew  or  have  new  ones."  In  1822  Rev.  Mr  Hidden,  John 
M.  Page,  and  Tufton  Mason  were  a,  committee  to  examine  teachers;  Rev.  Mr 
Hidden  to  be  the  only  visiting  committee;  and  it  was  voted  that  twenty 
dollars  of  the  school  money  should  be  expended  in  purchasing  books  for 
the  pool-. 

I'he   character  of    the  schools   has    been  well   preserved.      Many  eminent 
professional   men   have  acquired  or  laid  the   foundations    of    their   education 
in  Tamworth,  and  a   deep  reverence  for  scholarship  and  higher  culture  has 
been  manifested.3 

i  tin-  natives  of  Tamworth  who  have  made  teaching  their  lifework,  special  mention  should  be  made  of 

y  T.  Boilgklns,  who  was  horn  August  ."..  lsr.i,  ami  commenced  teaching  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  and  is 

-i\tv.|,, urtli  icon,    Of  the  first  fifty  terms,  he  lost  but  one  day,  on  account  of  sickness.    He 

-  Iieen  superintendent  ol  schools,  and  on  the  school  board  of  Tamworth  for  many  years.    He  is  at  present 

loved  in  Ossipee,  and  has  never  taughl  outside  of  Carroll  county.    He  is  a  natural  teacher,  enjoys  his  school 

:M  bae  many  warm  friends  among  Ins  pupils. 


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CHAPTER    I. XV. 
Some  Citizens,  Families,  and  Business  Interests. 

SOME  CITIZENS  AND  FAMILIES.  —  Colonel  David  Gilman,  i fficer 
in  the  Revolution,  was  from  this  town.  He  was  of  great  heighl  (over  six 
and  a  half  feet  >,  of  dignified  manners,  military  bearing,  and  of  superior 
mentality.  He  was  one  of  Washington's  most  efficient  and  reliable  officers, 
and.  while  on  a  dangerous  and  important  mission,  he  met  with  a  serious 
accident  which  disabled  him  for  the  service.  Washington  wrote  to  him, 
accepting  his  resignation  with  regret,  and  as  a  token  of  his  regard  and 
esteem  for  him  as  a  "soldier,  man,  and  gentleman,"  presented  him  with  his 
own  sword.  Colonel  Gilman  returned  to  Tamworth,  where  he  lived  to  an 
advanced  age.  He  was  the  first  justice  in  town,  and  a  man  of  greal 
ability. 

Captain  Israel  Gilman  was  born  at  Newmarket,  January  2~>.  1758; 
married  Abigail  Folsom,  March  22,  1778.  Of  their  children,  Israel  was  born 
at  Newmarket,  February  15,  1779,  and  Sally,  in  Tamworth,  December  22,  1787. 
The  captain  died  January  lb,  1790. 

Shaber,  Jonathan,  and  Nathaniel  Nickerson  came  from  Cape  Cod  to  Ossipee 
very  early,  Shaber  locating  at  and  building  mills  in  West  Ossipee  where  were 
later  Elliott's  mills.  Jonathan  settled  on  the  east  side  of  Chocorua  lake  in 
Tamworth,  later  removed  to  Albany,  and  combined  lumbering  and  tanning, 
and,  still  later,  was  a  resident  of  Tamworth  Iron  Works.  Nathaniel  lived  for 
some  years  in  Ossipee,  and  ultimately  located  on  Johnson  hill  in  Tamworth, 
where  he  lived  until  1837.  Among  his  children  were  Joshua;  Henry;  Polly 
(married  Stephen  Allard);  Thankful  (married  Nathaniel  Currier);  Henry, 
born  September  24.  1795,  in  Ossipee,  settled  on  the  east  side  of  Chocorua  lake 
and,  later,  moved  near  to  the  Albany  line.  He  married  Nancy,  daughter  of 
John  Doe,  of  Effingham.  She  was  born  May  22,  1794,  and  came  when  a  child 
with  her  parents  to  Tamworth,  where  they  made  a  home  on  the  west  side  of 
Chocorua  lake.  Henry  died  aged  eighty-four;  his  wife,  aged  eighty-eight. 
They  had  four  children:  Hannah,  who  married  John  Shackford  and  lived  in 
Albany:  next  married  Jeremiah  Marston  and  lived  in  Ossipee:  Melissa:  John 
II.:  Alonzo.  Alonzo  married  Melissa,  daughter  of  James  Ham.  of  Albany: 
lives  on  the  old  home.  lie  is  a  man  of  ability  and  a  clergyman  of  the  Advent 
church.  John  H.  Nickerson  was  for  years  a  lumberman  and  farmer:  has  been 
selectman,  justice  of  the  peace,  etc.  He  married  Clarinda,  daughter  of  Eleazer 
Snell,  of  Madison.  His  chief  business  for  the  last  twenty-five  years  has  been 
the  entertainment  of  summer  boarders  in  his  hotel,  the  Chocorua  House. 


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from  Bridgewater,  came  before  1800,  bringing  his  family  of 
■  son,  David,  — children  of  his  first  wife,  Molly  King- 
$6,000   in   gold,   wherewith    he    purchased    a    body    of    four 
ui.l  at   Tamworth   [ron  Works,  built  a  house  on  the  west 
river  (now  occupied  by  George   Roberts),  and  began  clear- 
i  secondjnarriage  lie  had  two  sons,  Algernon  S.  and  Amasa.     One 
physician,  one  a  clothier,  the  third  a  blacksmith.     Mr  Howard 
v  Blaisdell  built  a  mill  on  Chocorua  river,  locating  it  at  the  "upper 
It  was  an   up-and-down  sawmill  and  gristmill  combined.     David  soon 
on  the  lower  side  of  the  bridge,  in  which  he  placed  a  nail-machine, 
where  he  made  cut  nails.     He  sold  his  mill  business  to  his  partner  after  some 
11S.  but  carried  on  the  making  of  nails  for  some  time,  and  finally  changed  it 
to  an  -ashen-."  where  he  made  pot  and  pearl  ashes.     He  was  a  man  of  good 
education,  a  trial  justice,  and  kept  full  records  of  historical  events,  which,  alas  ! 
were  burned  as  useless.     He  was  born  August  19,  1753,  and  died  September 
20,  lsi_:  a  man  of  usefulness  and  a  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church.     His 
daughter   Polly  married    Henry  Remick;  Keziah  married  Consider  Gannett; 
Hannah,  born  ITS'.',   married  Newlon  S.  Hatch;  Azubah  married  Ford   Whit- 
man;  Huldah  married  Joseph  Chapman:  David,  his  son,  settled  in  Eaton  as  a 
physician;  Algernon   S.  lived  at  the    Iron  Works,  erected   a  clothing-mill  in 
1-17.  ami   conducted   it  lor  fifteen  or  twenty  years. 

i   Washburn  (born    1758,  died   1826),  a  Revolutionary  soldier   from 

Bridgewater,  Mass..  came  to  Moultonborough  in  1781,  married,  in  1782,  Sally 

Allen,  and  the  same  year  took   up  the  lot  where  Enoch  Bickford  lives.     The 

barn  he   built   is  now  standing.     Their  daughter  Abigail  was  the    first    child 

horn    in   this  part    of  the  town,   April  23,  1783.     Their  other  children   were: 

Oliver,    Eliezer,    Sally    (Mrs   Nicholas    Ham),    Alden,  John,    Ephraim,    Jane. 

Mr    and    Mrs    Washburn    were   sober,   quiet,   industrious    people,   members    of 

ii    Hidden's    church.      Their   son    Oliver    married    Nancy,    daughter    of 

in    John   Stevenson,   was   a   brushmaker   by   trade,   and  lived    for   years 

i  the  house  where  Enoch    Bickford   resides,  which   he    built.     Eliezer  lived 

his  life  of  eighty  years  in  town.     Sally,  born  July  28,  1796,  married  Nicholas 

Ham.  a  native  of  Albany.     Mr  Ham's  first  wife  was  Hannah    Chase.     They 

had    three    children  :   Belinda    (Mrs    Oliver  Chase),  John,  and    Lowell.     Mrs 

Sally    Ham    began    her   married   life   December  24,  1838,  and  has  since   made 

■   home   on    the   place   where    her   husband    then    lived    and    now  occupied 

i  son  Lowell.     Mr  Ham  was  born  November  17,  1787,  and  died  October 

.    1871.     Mrs   Ham   is  bright,  active,  and,   with   a    remarkable    memory  of 

1  events  of  the  early  days,  she  is  a  most  interesting  person: 

Sherman,  one  of  the  earliest  settlers,  lived  where  Benjamin  Bick- 

Thomas  Whitman  lived  where  Mrs  Eliza  Drew  lives.     Neither 

mis.     Nathaniel   Hayford,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  came 


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from  Bridgewater  earl}  and  lived  in  [ron  Works  village.  He  married  Philena 
Gannett.  Their  children  were:  Daniel.  Seth  (married  Susan  Gannett), 
Nathaniel,  Polly  (married  a  Flanders),  Warren.  Warren  occupied  the  home 
place  till  his  death,  at  eighty,  and  w;is  never  two  weeks  (»ni  of  town.  He 
married  Sophia  Gannett.  Of  their  six  children  Sarah  married  rsaiah  Forrest, 
and  William  Lives  on  the  home  place.  James  and  Stetson  Blaisdell  were  early 
settlers  on  Lake  Chocorua. 

Seth  Gannett,  another  Bridgewater  man,  aboul  17'.»o  came  with  wife  and 
large  family  and  located  where  his  grandson  Seth  now  lives.  He  developed 
a  fine  farm,  and  died  aged  fourscore  years.  He  was  a  large,  portly  man.  and 
an  excellent  person.     His  son  Matthew  lived  near  the  Enoch   Bickford  place, 

was  a   deacon   of  the   Congregational  church,  married  first  a    Latham,  sec I 

Priscilla  Hayford,  and  had  children:  Consider,  Seth,  Hitty,  Matthew,  Allen 
( who  became  a  Congregational  clergyman),  Faxon,  Consider,  and  Maria. 
Faxon  is  the  leading  representative  of  the  family  in  Tamworth,  and  is  now 
an  old  man.  Nathaniel  Brett  Gannett,  another  son  of  Seth  the  pioneer, 
settled  south  of  the  Iron  Works  on  the  place  since  occupied  by  his  son 
Consider,  now  dead.  He  married  Sally  Mason.  Their  daughter  Susan  mar- 
ried Seth  Hayford.  Nancy  and  Louisa  married  Wentworths  and  lived  in 
Jackson;  -lane  married  a  Johnson;  Miranda  married  a  Gray.  Lewis,  one 
of  his  sons,  lives  in  Madison.  Warren  was  another  son.  Seth  Gannett,  son 
of  Seth.  early  went  to  Scituate,  Mass.  His  brother  Thomas  married  Hannah 
Hart,  and  lived  in  Madison.  There  were  several  daughters  of  the  old  pioneer 
who  married  and  had  descendants:  Philena  (Mrs  Nathaniel  Hayford);  Phebe 
(  Mrs  Isaac  Glines)  ;  Hannah  (married  Oliver  Washburn,  who  was,  according 
to  Mrs  Ham,  the  first  person  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  the  Iron  Works,  in 
L785);   Hitty  (Mis  .Jacob  Hardin);  Susan  (Mrs  Jacob  Snow). 

Most  of  the  Tamworth  Marstons  are  descendants  of  John,  who  was  born 
in  Hampton,  came  to  New  Hampton  in  1776,  and  in  1796  to  Tamworth. 
where  Marston  Hill  will  forever  perpetuate  the  name.  His  son  Ebenezer  lived 
years  in  Tamworth.  His  son  Ira  has  two  sons  residing  in  Sandwich.  The  line 
from  William,  the  emigrant,  to  John  is  William1,  Thomas2,  Isaac3,  Caleb4, 
Caleb5,  John6. 

Enoch  Remick  came  in  1780,  and  bought  the  farm  of  Chatman,  on  which  he 
ever  made  his  home  and  which  has  descended  to  his  grandchildren.  Thomas 
Stevenson  came  a  little  later  with  two  sons,  John  and  James,  and  made  his 
home  on  Stevenson  Hill,  where  he  bought  a  large  tract  of  land.  Major  David 
Folsom  represented  Tamworth  and  Sandwich  in  1780  and  1781.  He  was  a 
man  of  ability,  but  did  not  remain  long,  moving  to  the  West. 

Dr  .Joseph  Cogswell,  after  a  medical  practice  in  Warner  and  Durham, 
retired,  and  came  to  Tamworth,  and  resided  here  until  his  death,  March  17, 
1851.    In  1788  he  married  Judith  Colby  ;  among  their  children  were:  Ebenezer, 


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in,  lived  in  Tamworth,  but  died  in  Jackson  in  1866; 
i    Allen;  Mary  Sargeant,   born    September  20,  1805, 
n:  Joseph,  married   Amanda   F.  Page,  and  resides  on 
Their  children  were:  Susan;  Nathaniel  Winslow;  Emma  J.; 
Robertson  I ;   Elliotl  Colby. 
Elliott     Colby    Cogswell,    son    of    Dr    Joseph    and     Judith    (Colby) 
-  born  in  Tamworth,  June  11,  1814.     He  graduated  at  Dartmouth 
II,.  Was   principal   of  the  Gilmanton  Academy  for  two  years;  then, 
t  theology,  he   was  ordained    pastor  of   the  Congregational  church  at 
1.   November   3,  1842.     He   was   in  the   ministry  until  June,  1876, 
ministering   to  churches   (after  six  years  at  Northwood)  at  Newmarket,  New 
:,.   - 1 1 i €  1    again    at    Northwood.     He  was    principal    of    Coe's    Northwood 
\     demy  from    L866  to  1876.     He  was  an  earnest  Christian,  a  positive,  clear- 
cut,  logical  reasoner  and  sermonizer,  and  a  successful  and  esteemed  instructor. 
at   Love  for  historical  and  genealogical  lore,  and  did  much  pains- 
iking  and  valuable  work  in  this  direction.     He  published  a  history  of  New 
d   mi    L864,  and  a   history  of  Nottingham,  Deerfield,  and  Northwood  in 
1878.      He    had    just    completed    a    history  of   Tamworth  at    the    time  of   his 
death,  August    Ml.   1887,  which    is  still   in  manuscript.     Perhaps  the  earliest 
production  of  his  pen  in  book  form  is  the  "  Memoir  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden," 
published    in    L842,  a   rare  and    valuable  volume.     He    married    Sophia    Ann, 
daughter  of  Deacon   Thomas  Adams,  of  Gilmanton,  who  survives  him. 

•  I  icob  C.  Wiggin,  born  in   Wakefield,  February  7,  1803,  was  son  of  Henry 

Wiggin,  who  came  to  Wakefield  before  1800,  married  Elizabeth  Clark,  settled 

on  the  old  stage  road  in  the  Clark  and  Cook  neighborhood,  and  raised  a  large 

family.     Jacob  came  to  Tamworth  when  twenty  years  old,  married  Mary  S., 

daughter  of  Dr  Joseph  Cogswell,  and  has  been  a  farmer,  carpenter,  and  mason, 

and.  with  but  brief  periods  of  absence,  has  been  a  resident  of  the  town  ever 

since.     Mr-  Wiggin  died  February  12,1877.    Their  children  attaining  maturity 

were:  Joseph  C.  (born  October  24,  1826,  a  merchant  of  Sandwich.      He  was 

aptain  of  a  company   in   the   northern  army  of  the  Civil  War,  and    died    of 

wounds  received  at  Port  Royal,  S.  C,  August  26,  1863.);  Colby  S. ;  Emily  C. 

Alvin    W.    Stevens):    Ahnira  J.  ;    Mary  J. ;    Cordelia  A.  ;    Mayhew  C. 

September  8,  1839,  died  in  Libby  prison,  November  8,1864);    Arthur 

:   Hannah  S.  :   Amanda  F.     Arthur  Elliott  Wiggin  was  born  in  Tamworth, 

-•  1842.     II*    married  Mary  F.  Drown  of  Newington,  March  21,1863. 

ir  only  surviving  child   is   Mary  L.,  born  March   20,  1871.     Mr  Wiggin  has 

in  town  with  the  except i<»n  of  ten  years  in   Lawrence,  Mass.     He  is  a 

ii  polities,  and  has  represented  his  town  in  the  legislature,  served 

rand  selectman,  and  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  conven- 

Hc  has  been  a  merchant,  is  a  leading  business  man  and  manu- 

mdlord,  and  one  of  Tamworth's  wideawake,  energetic,  and 

•  ready  to  aid  any  movement  for  the  public  good. 


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John  Hubbard  came  from  Hampton  to  Easl  Sandwich  very  early,  owned 
much  real  estate,  was  a  man  of  consequence,  and  died  aged  ninety-four.  He 
had  one  son, Nathaniel,  and  daughters:  Sarah,  married  a  White;  Mary,  married 
a  Plummer;  Susan,  married  a  Badger;  Catharine,  married  Dr  Sanborn;  Lucy, 
married  a  Moulton ;  Martha,  married  Rev.  Joshua  Dodge.  Nathaniel  Hubbard 
(born  in  1777,  died  in  L841),  alter  passing  some  years  of  his  manhood  in 
Sandwich,  came  to  Tamworth,  and  occupied  the  lands  (several  hundred  acres) 
owned  03  his  father  where  Tike  Perkins  resides,  and  was  a  wealthy  farmer  and 
stock-raiser.  He  married,  first,  an  Ambrose,  by  whom  he  had  one  son 
Oliver  A..;  second,  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Caleb  Morse,  of  Moulton  borough. 
Their  children  reaching  mature  years  were:  Betsey  (Mrs  Joshua  Smith): 
Martha  (Mrs  Zenas  Blaisdell)  ;  Mary:  Susan:  Nathaniel:  Judith  (Mrs  Henry 
Brown);  Lucy:  Sarah  (Mrs  Charles  Sanborn).  Colonel  Nathaniel  Hubbard, 
the  present  representative  of  the  name  in  town,  was  hum  October  17,  1820, 
settled  the  estate  id'  his  lather,  who  died  shortly  before  he  came  of  age,  and 
resided  on  the  homestead  iinlil  1865,  when  he  purchased  his  present  residence, 
and.  in  1868,  married  Sarah,  daugher  of  Captain  Enoch  Remick.  Inheriting 
wealth,  and  possessing  a  cautions  and  conservative  temperament,  he  has  added 
to  it.  and  i>  said  to  be  the  wealthiest  man  in  town.  He  is  proud  of  being  a 
good  farmer.  Imt  his  chief  business  is  operating  in  financial  circles.  lie  has 
represented  Tamworth  three  times  in  the  legislature,  and  in  the  constitutional 
convention  of  1876.  He  has  been  a  prominent  Republican,  and  has  an 
extended  acquaintance  in  the  state,  and  was  colonel  on  Governor  Gilmore's 
staff. 

Henry  J.  Banks  was  a  son  of  Tamworth  who  had  great  business  push  and 
ability.  He  was  active  in  securing  the  railroad  through  West  Ossipce  :  was  a 
merchant  here  some  years,  in  and  about  1850,  and  proprietor  of  the  Earned 
Bear  Camp  River  House  at  West  Ossipee.  His  widow,  a  most  estimable  lady, 
resides  in  Tamworth  village. 

Joseph  Gilman,  son  of  Andrew  and  Hannah  (Huckins)  Gilman,  and 
grandson  of  Dudley  Gilman,  was  horn  in  Effingham  in  1807,  and  came 
to  Tamworth  in  1831.-  He  married,  December  12,  1831,  Jane  R.,  daughter 
of  Elijah  and  Anna  (Felch)  Becde.  She  died  April  17,  1851.  Their  children 
were:  Mary  J.:  Lydia  B.  (Mrs  Charles  R.  Jackson)  ;  Andrew  (died  February, 
1**:})  :  Albert  (was  in  United  States  service  three  years  and  three  months,  and 
died  at  Wilmington,  N.  C,  May  31,  1865);  George  E.  Mr  Gilman  married, 
October  -,  1851,  Maria  B.,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Page)  Cushing. 
Their  children  were  Anna  M.  (died  December  14,1884)  and  Sarah  1".  (Mrs 
Samuel  O.  Kimball).  Mr  Gilman  has  been  a  prominent  factor  in  the  town 
for  a  period  of  half  a  century.  He  was  in  trade  for  twenty  years,  and  for 
thirty-live  years  the  traveling  public  found  good  cheer  and  bountiful  fare 
at    his   hospitable    table.      He    has    been    town    clerk    for    more    than    a    quarter 


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iml  the  record  books   bear   witness  to  the  faithfulness  of  his 

uted  Tam worth  in    L858  and  1859,  was  insurance  cominis- 

r8,    svas    appointed    United    States    marshal    in    1861,    was 

sterin  1861,  and   held  the  office  until  March  22,  1869,  when 

d  by   his  daughter    Man    J.,  the   present  postmistress.     Miss 

efficient   and    pleasant    official.     Mr  Gilman  has  taken  interest 

thing  pertaining  to   the    history   of   the    town,  and   has   clone   much 

haii    Webster   Pollard  was   born  at   Gilford   December  4,  1808.     He 

good    business    education    at    the    academy   in   his   native    town. 

0f    seventeen    he    went    to    Boston,   where    he  was   a    clerk    for 

About    1827    he    came    to    Tamworth,    and    was    a    clerk    in 

of  Mr   Titcomb,   and   later  purchased   a   farm    about   one-half    mile 

from   Tamworth   village.     He    married,   first,  Sarah    PL,    daughter   of   Deacon 

Marston,  of  Tamworth.     They  had  one  son,  Albert.     After  some  years 

both   mother  and   sou    died.     He   then    married  a   daughter  of  Captain  John 

l  ,  of  Sandwich,   who  lived   but   five  years.     Mr  Pollard  married,  third, 

Mary    R.    Brown,  of  Moultonborough.      Their   children   were    Albert   S.  and 

Edward  S.     Mr  Pollard  died  June  5,  1879,  and  his  wife  in  November,  1879. 

He  was  an  energetic  business  man,  a  good  citizen,  and   served  as  selectman 

and  as  treasurer.     In  politics  he  was  a-  strong  Republican.     He  was  connected 

with   the   Congregational   church.      His  two  sons,   Albert  S.   and   Edward  S., 

married  daughters  of  Joseph  S.  and  Julia  A.  Remick,  of  Tamworth.     Albert 

a   farm  in  the  west   part   of  the  town.     Edward  S.,  until  within  two 

.  remained  on  the  old  homestead,  but  is  now  in  trade  in  the   store  located 

by  the  bridge.     This  store  was  first  owned  by  Captain  Enoch  Remick,  then  by 

two  of  his  sons:  afterwards  Nathaniel   Hubbard  became  owner,  and  Wiggin 

&    Robinson  were  in  trade  there.     The  next  owners  were  Thorn  D.  Whitten 

and  John  A.  Elwell,  who  moved  it  to  its  present  site,  and  after  making  exten- 

tirs,   rented   it   for  live  years  to  Charles  Robertson,  who  sublet  it  to 

E.   C.    Mansfield,    and    then    to    Henry   B.    Robinson,    who    five   months    after 

Edward  S.   Pollard  into  partnership,' with  the   firm-name   of  Pollard  & 

Robinson.     At    the   end   of  the  year  Robinson  sold  his    interest   to    Pollard, 

now  in  trade,  and  runs  the  grainmill  in  connection  with  his  store.     The 

Pollard  brothers  inherited  their  father's  political  sentiments,  are  members  of 

the  Congregational  church,  and  good  and   useful  citizens. 

i  McClary  Page,  born  in  1780,  came  in  1801  from  Deerfield,  and  located 

hill  where  George  Garland  lives.     He  was  a  teacher  for  many  years, 

mportant   man  in  affairs  for  so  young  a  man,  and  was  known  as 

service  as  judge  of  the  court  of  sessions  or  probate  court. 

ram,  and   with   live  of  his  children  died  within  six  weeks' 

i  1826.     lie  had  three  children  that  survived  the  fever: 


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Charles  M.,  William  I'.,  ;iii<1  Clara  (Mrs  Enoch  Perkins).  Charles  M.  Loc 
near  his  father's  place,  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  -lames  Blaisdell,  and  had 
five  children,  of  whom  Marie,  Mrs  Lowell  Ham,  is  the  only  one  residenl  here. 
George  McCothran,  known  as  "  Mack,"  died  in  L866,  al  Tamworth  [ron  Works, 
at  over  one  hundred  years  of  age.  He  was  a  deserter  from  the  English  amn 
in  the  War  of  L812,  entered  the  United  States  service  and  foughl  well  during 
the  war,  settled  in  Tamworth  at  its  close  and  ever  after  was  a  resident. 

Jonathan  Philbrick  moved  to  Tamworth  in  177:!.  He  located  first  on  the 
interval,  and  then  on  Stevenson  hill,  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  army  and 
served  nine  months,  ami  died  when  about  seventy  years  old,  much  respected. 
Stephen  C.  Philbrick,  son  of  Jonathan  Philbrick,  the  pioneer,  born  in  Brent- 
wood, April  13,  1771.  came  to  Tamworth  the  next  year,  when  there  were  but 
four  families  in  the  town,  and  the  primeval  forests  resounded  with  the  howling 
of  wolves,  screams  of  catamounts,  and  hears,  moose,  and  deer  filled  the  wilder- 
ness. He  married  Ruth  Rowe,  of  Kensington.  At  the  age  of  ninety-seven  his 
physical  and  mental  faculties  were  wonderfully  preserved.  He  voted  for 
General  Washington,  and  at  every  presidential  election  during  his  after  life. 
He  was  present  at  the  ordination  of  Mr  Hidden.  He  died  in  .June,  1873,  aged 
one  hundred  and  two  years,  one  month,  and  twenty-eight  days. 

John  Remick  is  oldest  son  of  Captain  James  and  Sarah  (Edgell)  Remick. 
His  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Edgell  who  lived  on  the  Captain 
( ieoige  Dodge  place:  he  came  from  Worcester,  Mass.  John  Remick  married 
Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  John  Pease,  of  the  prominent  families  of  Meredith. 
Their  daughter  Harriet  married  Uriah  Copp,  Esq.,  of  Lodi,  111.;  their  son 
Francis  P.  is  now  serving  as  selectman,  and  is  a  capable  and  efficient  town 
officer.  Mr  Remick  lives  on  the  Aaron  Smith  place,  on  the  road  to  Stevenson 
hill,  and  is  the  possessor  of  one  of  the  most  productive  farms  in  the  town. 

Deacon  William  Price  Hidden  is  the  oldest  child  of  Rev.  Samuel  and 
Betsey  (Price)  Hidden.  His  paternal  grandparents  were  Price  and  Eunice 
(Hodgskin)  Hidden.  He  had  three  sisters:  Elizabeth  (Mrs  Dr  Ebenezer 
Moore):  Sophia  (Mrs  Jonathan  C.  Gilman)  ;  Sarah,  and  one  brother,  George. 
Deacon  Hidden  was  born  in  Tamworth.  May  7,  179U.  He  has  always  been  a 
farmer  and  cleared  the  place  where  he  now  resides  with  his  son  John  D.  and 
grandson  Samuel  A.  He  married,  December  31,  1822,  Eunice,  daughter  of 
James  and  Hannah  (Wilson)  Purington,  of  Sandwich.  Their  children  were: 
Sarah  (Mrs  Edward  Moulton  )  :  Eliza  A.  (Mrs  Samuel  Woodman);  Sophia: 
John  Deering ;  Samuel;  William  B.  (a  physician  in  Baltimore);  Julia  P.; 
Harriet  A. 

Deacon  Hidden  was  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church  from  his  appoint- 
ment until  he  resigned  in  1870.  His  long  life  has  been  one  of  obedience  to  the 
laws  of  God  and  man,  and  in  him  was  exemplified  the  Christian  virtues;  and 
now,  in  the  ninety-first  year  of  his  age,  "his  mind  is  as  clear  as  crystal,"'  and 


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llia  m  H.     John   I).  Hidden  was  born  in  Tamworth, 

married.  Ma}    30,    L861,  Angelina   P.   Robinson,    who   died 

r  son  is  Samuel  A.     The  Biddens  are  farmers  by  occupa- 

ican  :  and  are  always  on  the  -right"  side  of  moral  and 

is  qu  sti<  »ns. 

[ason  came   from  Hampton  to  Moultonborough   in   1768  as  sur- 

i      one]    Moulton,  and   while   surveying   lots   in   Tamworth  was  so 

ie,l  thai  lie  bought  and  settled  here  in  or  near  ITT".,  ultimately  becoming  a 

landholder.      His    children    were:    Tufton,    Tristram,    Jeremiah,    John, 

nel,  Mary,  and   Abigail.     Tufton   was  born  at    Hampton,  March  10,  1767, 

oung  lad  lived  in  Tamworth  until  his  death.  January  28,  1850.    He 

,,  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church,  and  his  long  life  was  devoted  to 

![,■  married,  in  171':'..  Sarah,  daughter  of  Colonel  Jeremiah  Gilman, 

Burton.      Of  their  fourteen  children,  ^ewen  attained  maturity:    Peter  G. ; 

beth    1).:    John    (purchased    Woodlawn,    a    part  of   the    Mount    Vernon 

e   in   Virginia,  and  died    there    recently    aged   ninety);   Sarah    (a   teacher 

over  fort}  years);    Larkiu    I).:   Harriet   (Mrs  Ebenezer  Dow)  ;  Samuel  W. 

<  the  present  owner  of  Woodlawn  ). 

Captain  Peter  G.  Mason  lived  in  South  Tamworth,  and  died  in  1886  aged 
ninety-one.  He  was  one  of  the  first  three  anti-slavery  men  in  town,  and  the 
president  of  the  first  anti-slavery  society  organized  here.  (The  other  officers 
were  Mr  Hyde  and  Moses  and  David  James.)  Captain  Mason  married  Mary 
bury.  Of  their  children.  Francis  J.  was  killed  when  a  lad,  and  Thomas 
B.,  born  in  1844,  acquired  a  good  education,  "taught  school,"  "tended  store," 
and  has  been  a  farmer.  He  represented  Tamworth  in  the  legislature  of  1888 
and  1889  as  a  Republican,  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  since 
1885,  holds  a  commission  as    justice  of  the  peace,  and  is  a  Methodist. 

Hon.  Larkin    D.  Mason,1  born   May  16,  1810,  is  one  of  the  best  known  sons 

of  Tamworth.      For  years  a  leading  business  man,  he  has  been  in  the  van  of  all 

in   movements,  a   pillar  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  a  candidate  of  the 

Prohibition  party  for  governor.     His  ability,  eloquence,  and  wit  cause  him   to 

stand  among  the  representative  men  of  the  state.     He  married  first  Joanna  VV., 

daughter   of    Colonel     Levi    Folsom.      Martha    Gay    Haskell,   a    great-grand- 

diter,  is  their  only  descendant.     His  second  wife  was  Catharine,  daughter 

Nicholas  W.  Staples.     Their  children  are:  Clinton  S.,  Joanna  F.,  Charles 

I     I'..  Nicholas  \\\.  John  L.,  Justin  E.,  Henry  M.,  Sadie  O.,  Mamie  E. 

s  P.  Cook  was  born  in  1820,  in  Tamworth;  received  a  common-school 

tid  began  trade  in    1847,  and  retired  from  the  store  in  1877.     He 

isan    lb.  .laughter  of  Nicholas  W.  Staples,  a  merchant  of  Tamworth, 

Vfr.  Cook.     He  has  one  son,  Clinton  S.     Mr.  Cook  is  a  Repub- 


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Lican,  and  was  selectman  eighl  years,  and  representative  in  L873  and  L874. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist.  Mr  Cook  is  a  leading  man,  and  his 
judgment,  advice,  and  services  are  often  called  for  in  private,  as  well  as  in 
public,  affairs.  His  father,  Timothy  Cook,  born  in  Albany,  came  to  Tamworth 
carlv,  and  worked  for  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden.  He  married  Mar}  Price,  in  L815. 
Their  children  numbered  eight;  five  sons  :  Stephen  S.,  Charles  P.,  William  P., 
George  D.,  and  Jonathan ;  and  three  daughters:  Harriet,  Mary,  and  Susan  F. 
Stephen  S.  married  Orpheia  Yates,  of  Ohio,  where  he  settled ;  he  was  a  physi- 
cian, and  died  in  L889;  William  1*.  married  Rebecca  Guptill,  of  Parsonsfield, 
ami  settled  in  town:  George  D.  settled  in  Boston;  Jonathan  was  a  soldier  in 
the  Rebellion,  and  died  at  Norfolk,  Ya.  Harriet  married,  first,  a  Durgin ; 
second,  Fletcher  Merriam;  Man  married  Stephen  Ellis;  after  her  death  Mr 
Ellis  married  her  sister  Susan.  The  store^that  Mr  Cook  occupied  so  many 
years  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  town.  It  stands  in  the  square  in  Tamworth 
Village,  and  was  built  by  one  Titcomb,  who  sold  to  Staples.  It  is  now  occu- 
pied by  Orrin  S.  Kimball,  town  clerk,  as  a  general  store. 

Levi  E.  Remick,  merchant,  was  born  in  1823,  and  belongs  to  one  of  tin- 
oldest  families  who  settled  in  town,  his  great-grandfather  Remick  moving 
here  in  the  carlv  days  (1780),  and  locating  in  the  south  part  of  the  town. 
He  had  two  sons,  John  and  Henry  :  they  were  farmers  and  married  and  settled 
here  John  married  .Miss  Evans;  his  family  consisted  of  four  sons,  Francis, 
True,  James,  and  Enoch,  and  one  daughter,  Sarah.  Francis  and  True,  at  the 
age  of  twenty,  moved  to  Industry,  Maine;  James  and  Enoch  married  and 
settled  in  Tamworth.  James  had  four  sons  and  one  daughter;  of  these  Samuel 
Evans  and  Mary  are  dead,  John  and  Joseph  reside  in  town.  Captain  Enoch 
was  a  very  prominent  man  :  he  had  three  sons  and  one  daughter:  Levi,  Charles, 
Edwin,  and  Sarah.  Sarah  married  Nathaniel  Hubbard  and  lives  in  town  ; 
Charles  and  Edwin  also  live  here;  Levi  E.  married  Harriet  Beetle,  of  Tam- 
worth :  they  have  three  children,  Charles  Hayward,  Edwin,  and  Alice  B. 
Before  the  war  Levi  E.  built  the  store  in  Tamworth  Village,  and  began  the 
business  of  merchandising,  in  which  he  is  now  successfully  engaged.  A 
Republican  in  politics,  he  has  represented  the  town  in  various  capacities. 
He  attends  the  Congregational  church.  Charles  I  lay  ward  Remick  is  now  in 
company  with  his  father.  He  has  obtained  a  good  common  and  high  school 
education,  is  unmarried:  he  also  is  a  Republican,  and  a  Congregationalist  in 
his  religious  affiliations.  Edwin  Remick  has  also  a  common  and  high  school 
education  ;  Alice  !>.,  only  daughter,  is  a  graduate  of  Fryeburg  Academy.  Mr 
Remick's  children  are  all  members  of  his  household. 

lion.  <)tis(i.  Hatch  was  horn  in  1827,  and  married  Ann  M.  Marston,  of 
Parsonsfield,  Maine,  and  was  in  trade  over  thirty  years.  A  Republican  in 
politics,  he  has  been  often  elected  to  town  offices  and  represented  his  district 
as  state  senator.     He  has  always  been    identified   with   the   Freewill   Baptist 


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b  village,  and   was  the  first   president  of  Carroll  County  Sabbath- 
ltiou.     He   has    two  daughters,   Lettie    A.   (who  married  W.  H. 
in  Wareham,   Mass.)  and   Mabel  E.     Gamaliel  Hatch,  grand- 
ramworth  in  the  last   century,  a  lad  of  seventeen,  with 
rid,  from    Halifax.  Mass..  and   a  younger   brother,  Jabez.     David 
im worth  ridge.     Gamaliel  was  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church  of 
iy,  riding  the  fourteen  miles  distance  and  returning  nearly  every  Sunday. 
the  best  of  men.  a   farmer   and    wrought-nail  maker,  and  lived 
,    father    located.       He    married    Priscilla    Sampson,    and    had   four 
Newland  S.,    Melden,    Alfred,   and   Phoebe.      Newland    S.    married 
ah    Howard,  and  had  six  children;  two  are  dead,   two   reside  in  Maine, 
two,  Otis  G.  and  Hannah  Remick,  reside  in  Tamworth.    Susie  C,  daughter 
Alfred    and    Charlotte   (Cheslej  )  Hatch,    married    Joseph   F.   Granville,   of 
ham.   whose  ancestors  came    from    England.     The  old   Granville  home- 
stead  is  on    Pine  river  in    Effingham. 

Charles  J.  Ames  was  horn  in   Tamworth  May  15,  1838;    he    received    an 

academic  and  commercial   college  education,  taught  school  eight  years,  and  is 

now  principally  a  lumber  dealer.     He  married  Mary  H.  Flood,  and  they  have 

children:  Charles  J.,  horn  in  1864,  received  a  common-school  education, 

married  Kitty   Hauft,   and  lives  at  home;  W.  H.  Ames,  born   in    1868,  is    a 

graduate  of  Bryant  &   Stratton's  business  college.     Charles    J.  Ames,  senior, 

prohibitionist,  and  in  religion  a  Methodist  and  a  member  of  the  church 

at  South  Tamworth  and  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath-school.     He  organized 

and    supports    the    largest    Sabbath-school    in    town,    in    the    Hooper    district, 

tiled.     His  father,  .lames  Ames,  was  born  in  1810,  settled  in  Tamworth, 

and   was  a   farmer:  married   Joanna   Hayford,  of  Tamworth;    they  had    three 

and  one  daughter:  Charles  J.  ;  James,  a  machinist  by  trade,  who  married 

and  settled  in  Saxonville,  Mass.:  Asa,  also  a  machinist  by  trade,  who  married 

Rowena  Hatch  and  lives  in  Lancaster;  Elizabeth,  who  married  David  Hayford, 

and   lives  in   Tamworth. 

niah  C.  Goodwin  was  horn  in  Tamworth  in  1851,  and  married  Emana 

.  of    Penacook;  they  have  two  children,  Flossie  and  Aggie.     Mr  Good- 

I'      ■will  Baptist  in  religion  and  a  Republican  in  politics.     He  and  his 

brother  Charles  \Y.  live  on  the  old  home  place,  which  contains  three  hundred 

u-nty-live  acres,  and   are   farmers.     The  first  one  of  the  family  to  move 

ito    town   was    Betsy  (Chadbourne)  Goodwin,  widow  of  William    Goodwin, 

Milton.     With  her  eight  childreu  —  five  boys  and  three  girls  —  she  settled 

i  in   the  early  days.     Nathan  married  Sally  Williams,  of  Ossipee, 

living  in  town  a  few  years  moved  away  :   William   married  a  Folsom, 

th.  and  settled  elsewhere:  Jeremiah  married  and  settled  in   Maine; 

ied  a   Frost,  of  Newfield,  and  moved  from  town;  George  married 

and  remained  on  the  home  place,  where  Ms  two  sons,  Jeremiah 


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C.  and  Charles  W.,  qow  live.  He  had  one  daughter,  Luella,  born  in  L855, 
who  married  William  Corson  and  lives  in  Somerville,  Mass.  Charles  W.  was 
horn  in  L849,  married  A.bbie  M.  Walker,  of  New  Fane,  \  i.  The)  have  two 
children,  George  and   Percy.     Il«'  is  a   Republican  and   Freewill   Baptist. 

Joseph  A.  Wiggin,  farmer,  was  born  in  Wakefield,  February  4,  L833,  and 
the  oldest  one  of  fourteen  children,  and  came  to  town  with  his  father,  Henry 
Wiggin,  while  yel  a  young  man.  He  married  Frances  Hutchins,  a  native 
<>l'  Maine,  and  has  two  sons:  .lames  II.,  horn  in  L865,  married  and  resides 
near  his  father,  and   Arthur  E.,  horn  in    1875,  who   lives   at    home.      Mr  Wi 

attends  the  Congregational  church  and  votes  the  Republican  ticket.  Of 
Henry  Wiggin's  children  who  settled  in  Tamworth  are  Joseph  15.,  married 
Mary  McDaniels,  and  died  in  the  arm\  ;  Isaiah  H.,  unmarried,  also  died  in 
the  army:  Henry  II.,  married  and  resides  in  town;  Thomas  S.,  married 
Hannah  Currier,  and  resides  in  town:  Hardress  L.,  horn  in  Isiiil,  married 
Emma  R.  Floyd;  they  have  one  child,  Nellie  S.  Hardress  L.  is  a  Congrega- 
tionalist  in  religious  sentiment  and  is  Republican  in  politics. 

David  Morrill  was  born  in  Sandwich  in  1829,  and  moved  to  Tamworth  in 
1^70.  married  Eliza  P.  Smart  wdio  died  some  years  ago,  and  his  family  now 
consists  of  himself  and  an  adopted  son.  He  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
lumber,  and  owns  the  old  Wentworth  Lord  mills  on  Cold  river,  about  one  mile 
from  South  Tamworth.     [See  Mills.] 

Ira  S.  Blake,  a  member  of  Company  G,  Berdan's  Second  Regiment  Sharp- 
shooters, was  severely  wounded  at  Petersburg,  and  died  in  the  hospital  at 
Alexandria  four  months  later.  He  married  Lucy  D.  Jackson,  who'belongs  to 
one  of  the  oldest  families  in  town.  Her  grandfather,  Joseph  Jackson,  farmer, 
moved  into  town  from  Madbury  in  1790;  his  wife  was  Elizabeth  Adams,  of 
York,  Maine.  Charles  A.  Jackson,  son  of  Joseph,  married  Elizabeth  S.  Dean, 
of  Gilmanton.  Of  his  children  now  living  here  are  Samuel  Jackson,  Charles 
R.  Jackson,  and  Mrs  Elizabeth  Tilton.  One  of  the  brothers  now  lives  on  the 
old  home  place  just  across  the  street  from  Mrs  Blake's.  Mrs  Blake  keeps  a 
snmmer  hoarding-house.  She  has  one  son,  Harry  B.,  who  lives  with  her.  Mi' 
Blake's  father,  Simon  Blake,  moved  here  in  1845;  he  was  a-  farmer,  and  four  of 
his  sisters  now  live  in  Tamworth:  Lucinda  Whittier,  Lonisa  Huntress, Caroline 
Tilt  on.  and  Abbie  Berry. 

B.Frank  Maddocks,  born  in  Farmington,  Maine,  came  to  Tamworth  in  1872, 
and  has  been  foreman  in  A.  E.  Wiggin's  spool-mill  since  he  came  to  town.  He 
married  Lizzie,  daughter  of  David  Hidden,  of  South  Tamworth,  where  they 
reside.     His  polities  are   Jefferson ian,  and    he   attends   the   Methodist    church. 

Frank  Remick  is  a  direct  descendant  of  another  of  the  early  settler-. 
John  Remick.  He  lives  on  the  old  place  with  his  mother ;  he  is  a  Republican 
politically,  and  attends  the  Congregational  church.  His  father,  Samuel  E. 
Remick,  was  deputy   sheriff   fifteen   years,  and   the  first    marshal   appointed   l>\ 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


.  in  this  district.      He   was  a  carpenter  by  trade.     Samuel  E. 
Hannah  Hatch,  a  daughter  of  Gamaliel  Hatch. 

born  September  3,1849;  married  Bertha  C.  Howard, 

5  a  farmer,  and  has  been  supervisor  and  town  treasurer; 

n  in  polities,  and  attends  the  Congregational  church.     His  father 

from   Gilmanton.      He    was  a   cabinet-maker  by    trade,  but    after 

ramworth   he    followed    farming   mostly.     He    married    Lucy   W. 

I  arroll  moved  to  'ramworth  in  1877.     He  was  born  in  Albany,  New 
[846,     He  married  Lizzie  Cook.     He  is  a  Republican.     His  father  was 
e  of   Pittsfield.     Mr  Carroll   was  the  first  person  in  Tamworth  to  use 
as  fuel.     This  he  did  in  L882. 

p.  Si  henck,  daughter  of   John   Chick,  married  Martin  L.  Schenck, 

hi,    Mass.,   who    is    engaged    in    mercantile    persuits.     They  reside   in 

worth    in    the   summer    season.     Her  mother's    maiden    name  was    Sarah 

[en   Clark,  a  nice,' of  Rev.  Samuel  Hidden.      Her  father,  John   Chick,  was 

a  native  of   Limington,  Maine,  a  farmer  and  blacksmith. 

Henry  B.  Robinson  is  the  oldest  of  three  children  of  Addison  R.  Robinson. 

John  (i.  Robinson,  father  of  Addison,  moved  from   Meredith  to  Tamworth  in 

1856;  his  wife  was   Lucinda  A.   Roberts,  of  Meredith;  of  their  children  only 

Addison  R.  and  Angeline,  who  married  John  D.  Hidden,  settled  in  Tamworth. 

Addis.m  R.  Robinson,  a  skilled  workman   by  trade,  married  Nellie  M.  Swazey, 

of  Tamworth.     Henry  B.,  their  son.  received  his  education  in  the  Boston  city 

ols,  and  graduated  from  the  high  school  there  in  1884;  he  then  served  for 

a  time  as  clerk  in  a  general  stoic,  and  afterward  went  into  trade  for  himself  in 

Tamworth  village  in  the  store   formerly  occupied  by  Charles  Robertson.     He 

-    d  out   to  Edward  S.  Pollard.     In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat;  in 

jion  a  Congregationalist. 

specimen   of  the   ability,   industry,  and  strong  physique   of    the  old 
stock   of  the   town,  we  give  this  item    from   a   newspaper  of  1883:  — 

In  1  ^J.  Mrs   Lucy  Page,  of  Tamworth.  aged  seventy-three  years,  spun  200 

skeins  of  wool  yarn.    15  skeins  of  tow  and  linen  yarn,  wove  90  yards  of  rag 

carpeting,  t'>'.i  yards  of  flannel,  ~\  yards  toweling,  besides  doing  all  the  work  for 

i   the   family,    and    taking    care    of  the    milk    of  two    cows.     She    is    a 

ss,  and  has  spun  and  wove,  cut  and  made  her  husband's  and  son's  clothes 

many  years,  ami  now  appears  as  brisk  and  lively  as  many  that  are  much 

\  o  1 1 1 1 

Mrs  Judith   Beede  died   March  15,1879,  aged  one  hundred  and  two  years 

days,  as  she  was  born   in    Dover  March   2,  1777.     She   came  to 

year  of  her  birth,   for  twenty-seven  years  resided  here,  then   (in 

Sandwich,  where  she  lived  until  1857.     From  that  time  till 

'    resided    in    Tamworth.     She    was    a    Friend.     She    was    twice 


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married,  had  ten  children,  and  when  she  died  had  twenty-one  grandchildren, 
and  descendants  of  the  third,  fourth,  and  fifth  generations.  Her  mind  was 
active  and  memorj  clear  lip  to  a  few  days  previous  to  her  death.  She  was  a 
most  estimable  woman,  and  could  repeal  whole  chapters  of  the  Bible.  Hei 
centennial  birthday  was  celebrated  l>\  a  very  happj  company.  She  often 
related  an  encounter  she  had  when  a  little  girl  with  an  eagle  wind:  she 
attacked  while  carryingoffa  large  lamb.  Although  severely  wounded  bj  the 
beak  and  idaws  of  the  greal  bird,  she  held  it  until  help  came  and  killed  it. 

Physicians.  The  first  physician  was  Dr  Joseph  Boyden,  who  came  from 
Worcester,  Mass.,  in  the  last  century.  His  sons  were  for  a  time  associated 
with  him  in  practice.  They  were  Wyatt  B.  and  Ebenezer.  Dr  John 
Mc(  lillis.  a  mercurial  genius  who  was  never  content  to  stay  long  in  one  place, 
was  then  here  for  a  few  years.  Dr  Ebenezer  Wilkinson  is  well  remembered  by 
the  older  people,  as  for  many  years  his  was  a  familiar  form.  Dr  Sargeant  was 
here  at  the  same  time,  and  Dr  Huntress  (see  Effingham)  and  Dr  Downs  and 
Dr  Russell  were  practising  here  for  shorter  periods.  Dr  Bassett  is  the  present 
practitioner.  Dr  Runnels,  a  brother  of  Elder  John  Runnels,  was  in  practice  at 
Tamworth  Iron  Works  for  some  time.  He  is  remembered  as  "a  good 
ph\  sician." 


BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHES. 


JOHN   M.    STEVENSON. 

For  more  than  a  century  the  Stevenson  family  has  been  resident  in 
Tamworth;  industrious,  careful  agriculturists;  not  mere  consumers,  but 
bread-producers,  adding  to  the  material  wealth,  progress,  and  prosperity  of 
the  town.  Its  members  have  been  characterized  by  good  judgment,  active 
temperament,  broad  and  liberal  views:  have  performed  their  share  of  the 
public  matters  of  the  town,  and  generously  contributed  to  the  needs  of  its 
social,  political,  and  religious  life. 

Thomas  Stevenson,  aged  forty-five,  removed  from  Durham  prior  to  178o. 
and  purchased  three  hundred  acres  of  land,  on  an  elevated  ridge  six  hundred 
leet  above  the  level  of  Bear  Camp  river,  near  the  Sandwich  line,  now  called 
Stevenson  Hill.  Here  he  made  his  home  and  a  fine  farm,  which  at  his 
death,  in  1807,  became  the  property  of  his  two  sons,  John  and  .lames;  the 
latter  having  the  homestead.  They  married  sisters,  daughters  of  William 
Remick;  John  married  Abigail.  He  was  a  man  of  shrewd,  keen  practicality, 
and   a   deacon   of  the   Congregational   church.      In    March.    IT'.'o.    Rev.   Samuel 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


Stevenson  and  Polly  Remick.     They  had  four  children: 

tied  Dr  James  Norris,  of  Sandwich;  John  M. ;  Dolly  (Mrs 

nson  was  an   intelligent  lady,  and   her  children  were 

aught    school."     David    was   a    tanner;   had   he   devoted 

...  he  would  have  attained  prominence,  as  he  had  a  ready  flow 

igiv    logical    reasoning    powers,    and    a    sharp    scintillating    wit    and 

ibject    he  advocated    in   town-meeting  was    generally  carried. 

,.,1  ( ),  22,  L865.     .lames  Stevenson  was  a  great  worker  and  active 

in.    traded    in    land    and    stock    all    over    the    state;    he    held    the 

on    of    justice   of  the    peace   for    many   years   and   was   an   influential 

:,.     He  died  in   1842,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 

S    venson    was  horn    March   If,  1801,  at    Stevenson    Hill,  in 

the  r n  where  he  died   December  3,  1880,  aged  seventy-nine  years.     He  was 

nted    a'    the    town    schools,    but    this    education    was     supplemented     by 

ruction    from   "Parson    Hidden."'   who  was  well  versed   in   scholastic   lore. 

rried  in  dune.  L824,  Mail  ha.  daughter  of  Dr  Joseph  Boyden,  a  cultured 

Lad}    of    superior    <pialities.      Their    children   were:    Elizabeth    W. 

David    V.    Miller,    of    Manchester);    Julia    M.    H.    (Mrs    Benjamin 

I'   (  lee. )  :  and  Augusta  A.,  who  inherits  traits  largely  from  her  father 

grandfather;  she  is  a   thorough  practical  worker,  and  carries  on  the  farm 

conceded  ability,  and  is  the  capable,  intelligent  hostess  to  many  people 

who  make  in  Tamworth  their  summer  sojourn. 

Mi    Stevenson    succeeded    his    father   in    the    homestead    farm,    which    he 

conducted  and  occupied  during  his  life;  he  was  also  largely  engaged  in  raising 

ind    dealing    in    live-stock:    his   business    required    much    traveling,   and    his 

jovial,  companionable  ways,  combined  with  his  unusual  intelligence  and  literary 

ste,  made  many  friends  and  he  formed  an  extensive  acquaintance  with  promi- 

icn  throughout  the  state.     He  was  a  Whig  and  Republican  in  politics, 

I  in   the  counsels  of  his  party,  hut  never  sought  office;   he  represented 

worth    in    the    legislature    of    1875    and    1876.     His    religious    faith    was 

itioiial.   and   both   he   and    his   wife    became   members   of    the    church 

fifty  years  ago.      He  was  a   fine   tenor   singer  and   rendered  good 

n  the  choir:   he  was  a   constant  attendant  upon   church  worship.      His 

of  heart,  unbounded  hospitality  and  liberality  were  proverbial.     The 

-.   homeless,  and    unfortunate   received   aid   and   encouragement   from 

lime   to   time,   as  many   as    thirty  young   persons   found  a   home 

roof,  where  they  received   instruction,  and  were  taught  to  know  the 

labor,  and  how  to  become  useful  citizens. 

usou   was   a    man   of   line   presence,  vigorous  in   mind  and  body; 

lore  and   poetry  of  his   native  stale,  public-spirited,  generous,  and 

ed  and  secured  the  present  as  well  as  the  prospective  interests 

His  death   was  a   great  loss   to   the   community,  and,   in    the 


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language  of  a  townsman, " No  man  in  the  town  since  the  death  of  Rev.  Samuel 

Hidden  left  so  large  a  circle  to  say,  'I,  too,  have  lost  a  friend."  " 


TRUE    PERKINS. 

A  BRAHAM  and  Isaac  Perkins,  younger  brothers  of  John  Perkins,  settled 
in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  where,  in  1688  or  1635,  they  married  sisters,  Mary  and 
Susannah  Wise,  daughters  of  Humphrey  Wise.  They  moved  from  [pswich 
to  Hampton,  N.  IT.;  Abraham  in  1638,  and  Isaae  in  168(.>.  Isaac  and  Susannah 
Perkins,  from  whom  are  descended  the  several  families  of  that  name  who 
have  lived  in  Tamworth,  had  twelve  children,  two  of  whom  were  born  in 
[pswich  and  ten  in  Hampton.  The  direct  line  of  descent  from  Isaac1  to  'Pine 
Perkins1''  of  Tamworth  is  Caleb2,  sixth  child  of  Isaac,  born  in  1648;  Benja- 
min8, second  child  of  Caleb,  born  May  11,  1680;  Jonathan4,  fifth  child  of 
Benjamin,  born  October  80,  1723,  married  Miriam  True  December  11,  L752; 
Tine5,  eldest  child  of  Jonathan,  born  October  26,  1753;  True1',  second  child 
of  True,  born  February  8,  1779. 

Tine  Perkins  came  to  Tamworth  from  Gilford  about  the  commencement 
of  the  century,  and  settled  near  Ghocorua  lake  on  the  place  now  owned  and 
occupied  as  a  summer  residence  by  Dr  Horace  P.  Scudder.  He  was  a  sober, 
godly  man,  of  strict  honesty  and  steady  industry,  ami  one  of  the  early  mem- 
bers of  the  Freewill  Baptist  church.  He  married  Sally  Hunt,  who,  like  her 
husband,  was  an  earnest  member  of  the  church  and  a  woman  of  deep  piety. 
Their  children  were  Nathaniel,  Enoch  and  True  (twins),  and  Daniel.  Mr 
Perkins  died  January  15,  1842,  aged  sixty-three.  Mrs  Perkins  died  July  5, 
1839,  aged  fifty-four. 

True  Perkins,  son  of  True  and  Sally  (Hunt)  Perkins,  was  born  in  Tam- 
worth May  17,  1806,  and  died  July  3,  1878.  He  early  gave  evidence  of  a 
strong  religious  nature,  becoming  a  member  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  church 
when  but  thirteen  years  of  age.  Remaining  with  his  father  until  he  was 
twenty  years  old,  he  soon  after  engaged  in  merchandising  at  the  Iron  Works. 
conducted  this  for  about  eleven  years,  and  later  was  a  farmer.  He  first 
appears  as  selectman  in  1844,  and  from  that  time  lie  was  one  of  the  town's 
most  influential  men.  He  was  forty  years  a  justice  of  the  peace,  many  years 
selectman,  nine  years  moderator,  member  of  the  constitutional  convention 
of  1850.  and  several  years  representative  in  the  legislature.  He  was  very 
active  in  all  civil  affairs,  and  an  acknowledged  leader  in  the  church.  Posse-s- 
ing a  clear,  dispassionate  judgment,  with  capacity  for  and  knowledge  of 
business,  lie  was  accustomed  for  many  years  to  be  an  arbitrator  to  adjust 
differences,  a  counselor  to  advise  in  trouble,  and  a  guardian  for  the  orphan 
and    widow.     This    caused   him    to    do    much    probate    business,  and    he  was 


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Ltor  as  well  as  guardian,  for  which  his  great  love 

sympathetic  nature  well   qualified   him.     He  was  a   diligent 

.in-   events,  and    kept    pace   with    the    progress 

s   questions  agitating  the  country   .luring  the   whole  period 

rtivity.     His   judgment  was  considered   superior  by  his  associates   in 

,us  positions   with   which   he   was  cut  rusted,  and  his  honesty  was 

II,.    is    remembered    as   a    large,  genial,   kind-hearted    man 

with    a    pleasant   courtesy   of   manner   (one   whom    children 

nd    called    "Uncle    True"),    and    as    a    public    official    of    methodical 

iii,1    strict    and    conscientious   performance    of    every    duty.      Hon. 

|)    Mason   says:  -lie  was  the  best   selectman  the  town  ever  had." 

M     Perkins  married,  September  13,  1831,  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Andrew 

M  (  .  Chapman,  of    Parsonsfield,   Maine.     She    was  horn    February  1(3,  1810, 

;il,(l    ,ij,., |    October    22,    L867,    and    was   a    descendant   of   Edward    Chapman, 

I    swich,  Mass.,  in  1638.     Mrs  Perkins  was  endowed  with  unusual 

powers,  which  were  fostered    and   cultivated  by  superior  educational 

some  years   in  early   life  she  was  a  successful  teacher,  and 

wife    and   mother  made   her  home  a   model  one.     Her    Christianity  was 

an  activi  i   the  advancement  of  the  moral  and  material  welfare  of  the 

community,  and  she  had  the  love  and  esteem  of  all,  and  the  influence  of  her 

and  example  will  not  soon  pass  away. 

The  children  of  Mr  and  Mrs  Perkins  are:  Edwin  R.,  Mary  A.,  Winslow  T., 
W.,  Andrew  C.  (dec). 


EDWIN    R.    PERKINS.1 

//    II.  Perkins,  son  of  True  and  Mary  (Chapman)  Perkins,  was  born 
imworth,  February  20,  1833.     His  early  youth  was  passed  with  his  parents 
who  sought  to  give  him  as  good  educational  advantages  as  a  New  England  boy 
dd  enjoy.     He   was    for  a   time  sent  to   Parsonsfield  Seminary,  and,  later, 
i"  Philli]  i    Academy,  then   under  the  care  of  Dr  Soule,  where  he  was 

tted  for  college,  entering  the  Sophmore  class  of  Dartmouth  in  the  autumn  of 
1854,  and  graduating  in   1857.      Immediately  after  his  graduation  he  removed 
o  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  for  a  few  years  he  was  principal  of  one  of  the  city 
r,  studied  law.      He  graduated  at  the  Ohio  State  Law  College, 
■died  to  the  bar  in   1863.      His  tastes,  however,  being  in  the  line  of 
-  ;""l  finance,  he  became  assistant   cashier  of  the  Commercial  National 
1865,  which  position  he  Idled  with  great  credit  to  himself  till  Deceni- 
Hien    he   resigned,  and    organized    the    private    banking   house    of 
in.    Gorham    &    Perkins,    which    immediately    became    one    of    the 
successful   financial   institutions    of  the    state.      He   con- 
it.  C.  Parsons  in  "  Biographical  Cyclopaedia  of  Ohio." 


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tinued  in  the  management  of  this  business  till  the  autumn  of  1878,  when 
the  firm  bought  a  Large  amount  of  the  stock  of  the  Merchants'  National 
Bank,  an  institution  which  had  suffered  much  from  bad  management,  and 
.Mr  Perkins  was  elected  a  director,  appointed  cashier,  and  entrusted  with 
its  management.  In  a  very  short  time,  under  his  management,  it  took 
foremost  rank  among  the  banks  of  the  city,  doubling  its  business  and 
earning  very  Large  profits.  At  the  expiration  of  its  charter  in  l>vl 
the    Mercantile    National     Bant    was    organized    as    its    successor,   and    Mr 

Perkins    made    its    vice-presidenl    and   general    manager.       It    is f    the 

Largest  banks  in  the  state,  conservatively  managed,  and  remarkably  prosper- 
ous. Such  has  been  the  skill,  prudence,  and  sagacity  with  which  these 
several  banking  institutions  have  been  managed,  that  in  recent  years  Mr 
Perkins  has  been  much  sought  for  in  the  management  of  trust  estates. 
lie  has  for  several  years  been  largely  identified  with  railroad  and  other 
corporations.  He  is  at  the  present  time  a  director  of  the  Cleveland  Iron 
Mining  Company,  the  Cleveland  and  Pittsburgh  Railroad  Company,  the 
Cleveland.  Lorain,  and  Wheeling  Railroad  Company,  the  New  York,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  Ohio  Railroad  Company,  and  the  Cleveland  ami  Mahoning 
Valley  Railway  Company;  and  of  these  last  two  named  companies  he  is 
also   treasurer. 

But  amid  all  these  varied  business  cares,  so  constantly  engrossing  his 
attention,  he  has  never  forgotten  or  neglected  his  obligations  as  a  citizen. 
He  has  always  had  a  great  interest  in  all  educational  subjects,  from  1867 
to  1874  he  was  president  of  the  hoard  of  education  in  Cleveland,  and 
rendered  most  valuable  service  in  reorganizing  its  common-school  system. 
He  is  at  the  present  time  a  trustee  of  Adelbert  College  and  Western  Reserve 
University . 

He  has  never  forgotten  the  religious  training  of  his  childhood.  For  more 
than  thirty  years  he  has  been  an  honored  member  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  for  many  years  an  elder.  He  has  several  times  represented  his 
Presbytery  in  the  General  Assembly  and  other  church  courts. 

Mr  Perkins  was  married  to  Harriet  Pelton,  daughter  of  Asahel  Pelton,  of 
La  Grange,  X.  V.,  and  a  graduate  of  Genesee  Wesleyan  Seminary.  August 
24,  1858.  There  have  been  horn  to  them  Mary  Witt.  October  29,  1866; 
Harriet  Pelton.  August  12.  1868;  True,  September  4,  1873,  and  Edwin 
Ruthven,  April  28,  1879.  He  is  thoroughly  domestic  in  his  tastes.  His 
home  is  a  model  of  refinement  and  comfort.  He  is  now  in  life's  prime, 
in  the  enjoyment  of  excellent  health,  having  a  competency  and  a  host  of 
friends.  lie  has  been  a  large  reader,  and  upon  several  occasions  has  shown 
himself  an  easy  and  forcible  speaker,  who  would  have  won  distinction  at 
the  bar  or  on  the  hustings.  He  has  always  been  found  on  the  side  of  law 
and  order,  religion  and  morality,  and  justly  ranks  among  the  most  successful 
men  of  his  city  and  state. 


ALBANY. 


CHAPTER    LXVI. 

Boundaries  Grantees  — Description  — Settlement  — Petition  — Orlando  Weed  — 
1  Jeremiali  Gilman  —  Allard  Family  —  Population  —  Albany  in  1868  — Timber  Lands 
a  ill  Baptist  Church— Union  Chapel  of  Chocorua  —  Civil  List. 

|',i  uton,  now  Albany,  was  granted  November  6,  1766,  by  Benning  Went- 
worth  for  George  III.  with  these  limitations : ; — ■ 

Boundaries.  Beginning  at  the  middle  of  the  west  side  line  of  Conway  and  from  thence 
to  run  west  until  the  line  so  run  west  shall  intersect  a  line  run  north  from  the  northeasterly 
r  of  an  additional  -rant  to  the  township  of  Sandwich,  thence  by  sd  last  mentioned  line 
to  tlif  addition  of  Sandwich  afores'd  and  thence  on  to  Tamworth,  thence  easterly  by 
1'auiworth  to  the  northeast  corner  thereof,  thence  a  strait  line  by  the  township  of  Eaton 
to  the  Dorthwesterly  corner  of  a  tract  of  land  granted  to  officers  late  in  His  Majesty's  service, 
thence  by  said  officers'  lands  to  the  southwesterly  corner  of  Conway  to  the  bounds  first 
mentioned.     Walter  Bryant  was  to  call  the  first  town  meeting. 

Albany  is  bounded  north  by  Bartlett,  east  by  Conway,  south  by  Tamworth 
and  Madison,  west  by  Waterville.     It  has  an  area  of  86,700  acres. 

Burton  was  at  first  in  Grafton  county  ;  in  1800  it  was  annexed  to  Strafford 
county.     In  1833  the  name  was  changed  to  Albany. 

I  Lenient  March,  Esq.,  Joseph  Senter,  Sam1  Gilman,  Sam1  Senter,  Moses  Senter. 

Reuben  Senter,  Benj"  Senter,  Axon  Senter,  Win  Butterfield,  Medad  Combs,  Winker  Wright, 

Bob    Flatcher,  David   Senter,  Philip  Fowler,  Jun.,  Jacob  Fowler,  Hubartis  Mattoon,  Jacob 

an,  Sam    Peas,  Cap1  Israel  Gilman,  Rob  Barber,  Rob'  Pike,  Walter  Bryent,  Esq1".,  Capt. 

!  Gilman.  Jr.,  Nat  hi  Tilton,  Bradstreet  Gilman.  Jeremh  Gilman,  Peter  Folsom,  Simon 

Jeremy   Bryent.  .John    Bryent,   John   Judkins,  John  Pike.  Nath1  Roberson,  David 

.  Stephen  Mason,  Geo.  Place,  John  McDuffie,  John  Burleigh,  Walter  Bryent,  Jr,  Esq., 

lith,  Ed.  Hall  Bergin,  John  Folsom,  Capt.  Jeremh  Folsom,  Jr,  Jona.  Moulton,  Esq., 

1    Moulton,   Charles    Rogers,  Jas.  Rogers,  Ephraim   Berry,  Will™  Rogers,  S.  Tibbetts, 

I'll   York,  Zachh  Foss,  Joshua  Furber,  John  Mason,  John  Smart,  Jr,  Giles 

.  Warner,    Esq.,   Paul    March,  Esq.,  Daniel  Pierce,  Esq.,  Theodore  Atkinson, 

dred  acres   for   his  Excellency  Benning  Wentworth,  one  share  for  the  first 

d  <me  -hare  for  a  school. 


Town   of   Albany.  7*3 


We  find  from  the  proprietors'  records  of  Burton,  which  commence  in  1780, 
that  the  first  "pitches"  were  made  by  Henry  Weed,  of  twelve  hundred  acres 
for  Elisha  Weed,  rsaac  George,  Orlando  Weed,  William   Page,  Aaron   Beede, 

Ezekiel  Gilman.     Aaron  Beede  pitched  u\ one  hundred  acres  which   he  sold 

to  Samuel  Tappan;  Orlando  Weed  pitched  upon  one  hundred  acres  for  his 
own  nsc;  Colonel  Jonathan  Moulton  pitched  upon  six  hundred  acres.  The 
proprietors'  meetings  were  held  at  first  at  Aaron  Beede's  house  in  Burton. 
David  Folsom  was  proprietors'  clerk.  The  town  was  "lotted"  in  1786. 
Jacob  Weed,  Benjamin  Weeks,  Henry  Allard,  John  Jewell,  David  Allen, 
William  Gordon,  were  among  the  early  settlers.  Jonathan  Choate,  Samuel 
Thompson,  Cottoil  Dockom,  James  Head,  Jr,  came  in  1791.  Caleb  Brown, 
Nathaniel  Head.  Benjamin  Wallace,  Roberl  Walker,  Henry  Jackman,  Nathan 
Brown  came  about  the  same  time. 

Captain  John  Chase  was  here  in  1793;  Joseph  Little  lived  in  the  northeast 
emiiei'  of  the  town  in  1794  ;  Enoch  Hayes  had  one  hundred  acres  on  the  south- 
east side  of  the  ridge  of  "Corway";  John  Knowles  was  a  settler  in  1794; 
Lieutenant  Ambrose  Hinds  and  Nathaniel  Knowles  were  residents  in  1798; 
July  4,  1802,  Colonel  Jeremiah  Gilman  was  moderator. 

Albany  is  a  cold,  mountainous  town  with  only  one  tenth  its  acreage  lying 
in  situation  to  be  tilled.  It  has  been  covered  with  a  magnificent  growth  of 
valuable  timber,  and  the  supply  seems  now  almost  inexhaustible.  The  Swift 
river,  fifteen  miles  long,  flows  east  through  the  town,  and  its  valley  is  hemmed 
on  both  sides  by  high  mountains.  This  used  to  be  a  paradise  for  hunters,  and 
bears  and  deer  still  frequent  its  wild  recesses,  and  the  mountain  streams  abound 
in  trout.  In  October,  18G6,  sixteen  bears  were  shot  or  trapped.  During  the 
great  land  speculations  that  raged  in  the  thirties  the  whole  township  was  laid 
into  lots,  the  roughest  mountains  as  well  as  the  valleys,  and  sold  to  New  York 
and  Boston  parties  by  land  speculators  at  fanciful  prices.  A  railroad  route 
from  Portland  to  Vermont  was  surveyed  through  the  town  in  1839,  and  the 
Swift  River  railroad  is  now  chartered.  The  Bartlett  Land  and  Lumber  Com- 
pany has  a  railroad  running  into  the  town  from  their  mills  in  Bartlett  for  the 
conveyance  of  the  timber  they  are  cutting  here.  The  sceneiy  of  the  Swift 
river  valley  is  grand  and  impressive,  and  Mount  Choeorua  and  its  surround- 
ings are  world  famed.  A  strange  disease  afflicted  the  cattle  of  the  earh 
settlers.  It  was  called  the  "Burton  ail,"  and  attributed  to  the  curse  of 
Choeorua.  Science  discovered  a  remedy  in  soapsuds,  and  also  in  a  kind  of 
earth  common  to  the  town.  In  the  Swift  River  valley,  in  the  southeast  part, 
and  in  Birch  Intervale,  are  some  valuable  farming  lands.  In  1820  there  were 
203  inhabitants,  3  schoolhouses,  2  sawmills,  and  4  gristmills.  In  1850  the 
population  was  455;  in  1860,  430;  in  1870,  339;  in  1880,  361.  The  principal 
settlement  is  in  the  southeast  part,  called  South  Albany.  The  southwest  corner 
is  in  the  lovely  and   productive   Birch   Intervale.     The  town  was  settled  about 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


,,1,    Crosby,    Benjamin    Crosby,    Orlando   Weed,    Elisha 

ordi    Ezekiel    Gilman,    Henry  Allard,   Benjamin  Mead, 

h.iuiel    Head   petitioned  the  Legislature  for  authority  to 

I  town  officers,  and   state   thai    there  is  no  justice  of  the 

y  within  huty  miles.     These  names  were  attached  to  a  peti- 

•  Burton,  April,  1789,  recommending  Benjamin  Weeks  for  justice 

the  town.      Orlando  Weed,  Benjamin  Meed,  Levi  Rundlet, 

v       ,    j,.    i),iniel    Head,   Anihros    Hinds,  Nathaniel  Head,  Nathaniel 

her   Weed,   Ezekiel    Gilman,  Theophelus    Brown,  Caleb    Brown, 

I  Jere.  Gilman,  Joseph  Crosbe." 

\\\,.,l   wa8  one  of  Albany's  earliest  settlers.     He  discovered  iron 

ted  a  rude  smithy,  and  in  time  made  a  coarse  steel  which 

!    ,,,    make    springs    for    traps.     He  also  forged   an    anvil,  and    then 

lis  own.  tools.      It  is   said    that   he    also    forged    anchors    which 

mouth  on  a  car  made  of  two  poles.      He  was  an   enterprising, 

•   man.  was  of  great   use  to    the   little  community,  took  a   prominent 

town  matters,  and  represented  Eaton,  Tamworth,  and  Burton  in  1796. 

Henry  was  the  agent   for  the  town  in  1796,  when  the  line  was   run 

Burton   and   Tamworth. 

iel    Jeremiah    Gilman,   who  commanded  the    second   regiment   raised 
in  tl  for   the   Revolution,  came  to  Burton  in  1780,  and  was  another 

settler  whose  perseverance  ami  industry  were  instrumental  in  adding  to  the 
progress  of  the  section.  He  built  the  first  "power"  spinning-mill  in  the 
United  States.  At  that  time  the  Saco  valley  produced  great  amounts  of  flax, 
nearly  all  of  which  was  spun  and  woven  in  the  family.  The  cloth  made  here 
■  ariied  on  the  hacks  of  horses  to  Dover,  Portsmouth,  and  Portland,  and 
there  bartered   for  flour,  rum.  and  other  necessities. 

The  Allard  family  was  early  here.     In  1785  Henry  Allard  signed  a  petition 

to   have  a   meeting   called    to    choose    town    officers.     Stephen   Allard  was   a 

pioneer  here,  ami  resided   in   Albany  until  his  death,  September  4,  1869,  aged 

ninety-nine    years.      He   was    a    kind,   peaceful    citizen,   and    only    waged    war 

list   wild  animals  that  infested  the  neighborhood,  and,  being    an    athletic 

man,  he   usually  came  out    victor.     Mr  Allard  would  entertain  one  for  hours 

with  of  his  adventures  with   the   wild   animals    in   which    the    country 

abounded  when  he  was  young.     He  was  a  man  of  iron  constitution,  and  when 

about  ninety-five  years  old   he  slipped  away  from  his  family  and  walked  six 

.'■r  poorly   kept   roads  and   with  snow  three  feet  deep,  to  see  an  old 

an   early  settler  of  Conway. 

A  v.  3  of  Albany  in  1868  :  — 

•  mill's  from  <  unw.iy.  by  the  course  of  the  river,  mi  the  Swift  river  interval 
everal  productive  and  valuable  farms,  producing  lumber,  cattle,  hay, 
i    ao  corn,  as  the  seasons  are  not  Ion--  enough  for  it  to  ripen.     From 


Town   of   Albany.  785 


this  settlement,  by  the  road,  ii  is  ftftj  miles  to  the  Willey  House  in  the  White  Mountain 
Notch,  while  a  pleasanl  march  of  less  than  ten  miles,  by  a  line  of  blazed  trees,  through  Hart's 
and  Sawyer's  locations  will  bring  one  to  the  same  point;  while,  in  the  other  direction,  a  walk 
of  seven  miles  aero-.-  the  Sandwich  range,  nol  a  difficull  undertaking,  and  Tamworth  is 
reached,  the  distance  by  the  road  being  iii't\   miles. 

The  valuable  timber  lands  arc  very  Largely  owned  by  non-residents,  and  the 
Lumber  produced  is  the  chief  wealth  of  the  town.  Besides  the  Bartlett  Land 
and  Lumber  Company,  Johu  L.  Peavey  is  operating  heavily  here.     George  A. 

Sanders,  of   Nashua,  has   a  sawmill,  box  factory,  etc.,  near  Swift    river.      H.   A. 

Quint  has  had  a  sawmill  here  for  four  years.     Several  others  have  small   mills. 

A    Freewill   Baptist   Church  was  organized  early,    not   far    from    L785,  but 

records  are  meagre.  It  is  remarkable  that  a  church  should  have  existed  30 
early  ami  so  long  in  so  small  a  town.  Colby  preached  here  frequently  in  1811, 
and  its  membership  the  next  year  was  forty.  Nineteen  were  added  in  1824. 
Intestine  commotions  prevented  progress  for  a  long  time.  In  1833  union  and 
reformation  work  increased  the  membership,  and  four  years  later  the  member- 
ship w;is  sixty-two.  In  1842-43  thirty-one  united  with  the  church,  and  the 
number  of  members  was  ninety-four.  From  this  there  was  a  rapid  declension  ; 
in  185")  ten  united  with  the  church,  but  then  there  were  but  forty-six  members. 
In  L875  it  was  dropped  from  the  minutes.  Another  church  was  organized  in 
connection  with  Conway,  in  1832.  with  nineteen  members.  It  never  had  but 
twenty-five  members,  and  ceased  to  exist  in  1838. 

Although  Albany  has  been  settled  for  a  century  and  more,  and  a  church 
organization  existed  in  the  early  days  of  its  history,  yet  during  all  these  years 
there  was  neither  church  nor  chapel  in  which  religious  services  could  be  held. 
The  population  is  small  and  scattered  and  means  limited,  but  through  the 
persistent  energy  of  a  few  individuals  Union  Chapel  of  Chocorua  has  been 
erected,  the  first  church  edifice  in  the  town,  and  the  corner-stone  was  laid  at 
Smith  Albany,  July  9,  1889.  The  exercises  were  conducted  by  the  president 
of  the  society,  Miss  Sarah  M.  Ginn,  assisted  by  Rev.  Theophilus  Brown.1 
Rev.  John  Buckham,  of  Conway,  and  lie  v.  Alonzo  Nickerson.  The  president 
gave  a  brief  history  of  the  society.  In  the  summer  of  1887  a  Sabbath-school 
was  started,  and  its  rapid  growth  stimulated  the  people  to  form  a  church 
society  irrespective  of  denomination.  In  the  fall  of  1887,  a  meeting  was 
called,  officers  elected,  and  committee  appointed,  which  resulted  in  the  erection 
of  a  substantial  and  commodious  building,  now  nearly  completed.  Rich  in  the 
spirit,  although  not  in  purse,  they  have  faith  in  the  good  work.  The  officers 
of  the  society  are  Miss  Sarah  M.  Ginn,  president  ;  Horatio  Littlefield,  Samuel 
Littlefield,  vice-presidents;  Albert  Knox,  treasurer:  Mrs  Samuel  Littlefield, 
secretary:  Stephen  Freely,  assistant  secretary;  George  W.  Purington,  Mark 
Knox,  Mrs  G.  W.  Purington,  Mrs  S.  Littlefield,  Mrs  A.   Knox,  trustees. 

1  lit-  vraa  for  many  years  a  preacher  of  the  gospel,  until  age  compelled  him  to  resign  his  labors  here  among 
his  people. 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


isno    i.Tvtuiili  Gilman.    1810,  Jeremiah  Gilman.    1811,  Nicholas  Blasdell. 

S^rSS.    Blasdell.     1815,  John    March.     ,816,  John  March. 

™cl,  M:l,,,,    L820,  David  Allen.    1821,  Luther  Richardson.    1822, 

325,  Luther  Richardson.    1826,  Enoch  Men-ill.   1827,  Luther  Richardson. 


own  records  are  burned  and  the  list  we  give  is  from  the  New  Hamp- 
h  is  very  incomplete,  many  years  being  absent,  but  is  the  best 
information  attainable.] 

rtton,  Thomas  R.  Hill,  Chester  Parrish,  selectmen. 

Thomas  R.  Hill,  Daniel  Moulton,  Chester  Parrish,  selectmen. 
,,  representative;  J.  Nickerson,  jr,  clerk;  -lames  Dearing,  Daniel  Moulton,  T.  Russell, 

.„  ,■,,.„-;,  ntatlve;  Samuel  W.  Merrill,  clerk;  Chester  Parrish,  James  11am,  Gilbert  M. 

tmen. 

( 'hatham. 
atotive.    S.  W.  Merrill,  clerk;  .lames  Ham,  Gilbert  M.  Chase,  Oliver  Chase,  selectmen. 

Mill,  representative;  Samuel  W.  Merrill,  clerk;  Jonathan  Nickerson,  Daniel  Moulton, 
i  tmen. 

■her,    representative;    S.    Merrill,    clerk;    J.    Nickerson,    E.    Burbank,    D.   Moulton, 

epresentative;    S.   W.   Merrill,  clerk;    M.  P.  Moulton,  S.  W.  Merrill,  O.    Chase, 

her,   representative;   S.  W.  Merrill,  clerk;   Oliver  Chase,  jr,  R.  Nickerson,  J.  Emery, 

m         rep  i    entative;  B.  P.  Roberts,  clerk;  O.  Chase,  R.  Nickerson,  J.  Emery,  selectmen. 
Ham,  representative;   1'..   P.   Roberts,  clerk;  James  Emery,  Job  Kenniston,  E.  M.  Stratton, 

r  Parrish,  representative;  Henry  E.  Eastman,  clerk. 
Parrish,  representative;  Bard.  P.  Roberts,  clerk;  Oliver  Chase,  William  Ross,  O.  W.  Allard, 
men. 
l-.M.    b.    P.    Roberts,    representative;    P.    P.    Roberts,    clerk;    D.  Allard,  William  Parsons,  N.  Currier, 

,    Moses    1'.    Moulton,  representative;   Chester   Parrish,  clerk;  David  Allard,  Oliver  Chase,  S.  Palmer, 

n. 

Moulton,  representative;    Henry  E.  Eastman,  clerk;  David  Allard,  James  Ham,  E.  Burbank, 

urn. 

representative;    E.  M.  Shallon,  clerk;    Nathaniel  Currier,   I).  Allard,  H.  C.  Burbank, 

Kener3on,  representative;    E.  F.  stratton,  clerk;  James  Ham,  H.  C.  Burbank,  G.  T.  Lawrence, 

i-  .1.  Allard,  representative;    Enoch    M.  Stratton,  clerk;  Samuel  Robertson,  Stephen  Palmer, 
;  men. 
nas.).  Allard.  representative;  John   R.   Parrish,  clerk;   Samuel  Robertson,  Ebenezer  Burbank, 
i '   I    Smith,  selectmen. 

\\  .   Bennett,   representative;   .lames    Ham,  jr,  clerk;  Samuel  Robertson,  Ebenezer  Burbank, 
•   ilth,  selectmen. 

ative;    John    K.   Parrish,  clerk;   William   Ross,   Ebenezer  Burbank,  Thomas  J.  Allard, 

e  \V.  Be u,  representative;  John  R.  Parrish,  clerk;  William  Ross,  Thomas  J.  Allard, Ebenezer 

men. 

'  .  Ayers,  representative;  dames  Hani,  jr,  clerk;  William  Ross,  Thomas  J.  Allard,  Ebenezer 

mil. 

representative;    .lames   Ham,  jr,  clerk;    Thomas  J.  Allard,    Lora  Allard,    Ebenezer 

.  representative;  .lames  Ham,  clerk;  Thomas  .).  Allard,  George  T.  Lawrence,  Cyrus  O. 

trier,   representative;   .lames   Ham,  clerk;  Thomas  J.  Allard,  W.  M.  Ross,  George  T. 

mi     found. 


Town   of   Albany.  7^7 


1868,  Hiram  8.  Currier,  representative;  James  Ham,  rink  ;  Thomas  J.  Allard,  George  T.  Lawrence,  William 
Rof  ,  selectmen. 

1S69,  Thomas  J.  Allard,  representative;  J.  R.  Parrish,  clerk;  T.J.  Allard,  J.  Ham,  Lora  Allard,  selectmen. 

1870,  Thomas  J.  lllard,  representative;  ■).  R.  Parrish,  clerk;  T.  J.  Allard,  Lora  Allard,  E.  i>.  Ross, 
selectmen. 

1871,  Henrj  E.  Eastman,  representative;  John  R.  Parrish,  clerk;  Tl a    J.    Ulard,  James  M.  Shackford, 

Burgess  S.  Kent,  selectmen. 

1872,  Henry  !•:.  Eastman,  representative;  John  R.  Parrish,  clerk ;  T.  J.  Allard,  James  M .  Shackford,  Bui 
E.  Kent,  selectmen. 

1873,  Hubbard  <  .  Bnrbank,  representative;  J.  R.  Parrish,  clerk;  J.  M.  Shackford,  S.  T.  Drake,  B.  8.  Kent, 
selectmen. 

1874,  ll.  C.  Burbank,  representative;  J.  R.  Parrish,  clerk;  J.  M.  Shackford,  Benjamin  Bickford,  Hiram 
Mason,  selectmen. 

i>7.->,  Josepb  Annls,  representative;  II.  T.  Bragdon,  clerk;  II.  C.  Burbank,  n.  T.  Bragdon,  W.  T.  Knox, 
selectmen. 

[876,  James  DC.  Shackford,  representative;  Thurston  Smith,  clerk;  .1.  of .  Shackford,  Hiram  Mason,  Benjamin 
Bickford,  selectmen. 

1-77,  Josepb  Annls,  representative;  J.  R.  Parrish,  clerk ;  G.  W.  Purrington,  David  Hurley,  John  i;.  Parrish, 
selectmen. 

1878,  James  M.  Shackford,  representative;  Thurston  smith,  clerk;  J.  M.  Shackford,  A.  Blackey,  J.  L 
llarrimaii ,  selectmen. 

1879,  James  M.  Shackford,  representative;  David  Hurley,  clerk;  J.  M.  Shackford,  A.  Blackey,  John  C. 
Head,  selectmen. 

1880,  Joshua  N.  Piper,  representative;  David  Hurley,  clerk;  J.  M.  Shackford,  A.  Blackey,  John  C.  Hea 
selectmen. 

1881,  did  nol  eleel  representative;  John  K.  Parrish,  clerk;  J.  S.  Lewis,  J.  x.  Piper,  H.  C.  Burbank, 
selectmen. 

ls^-J,  Thurston  Smith,  clerk;  James  s.  Shackford,  Burgess  S.  Kent,  Echabod  Hammond,  selectmen.  Vote  for 
governor:  Martin  V.  B.  Edgerly,  -27;  Samuel  W.  Hale,  H. 

1883,  (  mslow  S.  Smith,  clerk ;  James  S.  Shackford,  Burgess  S.  Kent,  Ichabod  Hammond,  selectmen. 

1884,  John  R.  Parrish,  clerk;  James  S.  Shackford,  Burgess  S.  Kent,  Ichabod  Hammond,  selectmen;  James 
i  >.  Gerry,  representative.  Vote  for  governor:  James  M.  Hill,  51;  Moody  Currier.  33.  The  electors  for  President 
have:  Democratic  votes,  51 ;  the  Republican,  32. 

1885,  Samuel  K.  Merrill,  clerk;  Burgess  S.  Kent.  Ichaliod  Hammond,  George  W.  PuringtQn,  selectmen. 
Raised  ^415  for  schools. 

1886,  •samuel  K.  Merrill,  clerk;  Burgess  S.  Kent.  Josepb  Annis,  Alvah  Blackey,  selectmen;  William  Kennett, 
representative.    Vote  for  governor:  Thomas  Cogswell,  45;  Charles  H.  Sawyer,  22. 

L887,  Samuel  K.  Merrill,  clerk:  Thomas  J.  Hurley,  Samuel  K.  Merrill,  George  A.  Moody,  selectmen. 

1888,  David  Hurley,  clerk;  Ichaliod  Hammond,  Alvah  Blackey,  Anson  1*.  Irish,  selectmen;  Langdon  B. 
Atkinson,  representative.  Vote  for  governor;  Charles  II.  Amsden,  40;  David  H.  Goodell,  37.  The  electors 
for  President  bave:  Democratic  votes,  40;  the  Republican,  37. 

1889,  Echabod  Hammond,  clerk;  James  S.  Shackford,  Onslow  S.  Smith,  Anson  1*.  Irish,  selectmen.  The  Tax 
List  of  1888  exhibits  89  polls;  total  valuation,  $6,462;  resident  tax,  $3,070.71;  non-resident,  $2,932.97;  rate  of  tax 
per  hundred,  $n.90. 


EATON. 


CHAPTER   LXVII. 

,i  Granl       Description— Number  of   Polls  in  1783  —  First  Town  Meeting  —  Addi- 
i,.\vn  Population— Eaton  Centre      Snowville  —  Mills  —  William  Robertson  —  Other 
-  eti  h*  -      Churches. 

E\'I«>N  was  granted  November  7,  1766,  to  Clement  March  and  sixty-five 
associates,  and  included  the  territory  of  Madison.  The  town  now  con- 
tains 25,600  acres,  and  is  in  the  eastern  part  of  Carroll.  There  are  six 
ponds:  Walker's,  Robertson's,  Russell,  Long,  Thurston,  and  Trout.  Along  the 
north  side  of  the  town  are  extensive  meadows  marking  the  situation  of 
immense  beaver  dams  here  prior  to  the  settlement.  It  is  surrounded  on  the 
easl  by  Maine,  south  by  Freedom,  west  by  Madison,  north  by  Conway.  The 
town  is  hilly;  some  having  quite  high  elevations.  Foss  and  Kent  mountains 
are  the  highest  peaks,  the  first  being  a  station  of  the  United  States  Coast 
Survey.     Glines,  Clark,  and   Lyman  mountains  are  on  its  western  side. 

mber  1  2,  17s".,  Richard  Eastman,  Ezekiel  Walker,  and  James  Osgood, 

ctmen  of  Conway,  report  "the   township  of  Eaton  and   Burton  consists  of 

forty  one   Tolls  upward  of  twenty  one  years  of  age  as  near  as  we  can  colect." 

Tin-   First   Town   Meeting  was  called  by  David  Page,  legislative  committee,  to 

be  held   at    the  house  of    Samuel    Bantills,  July   1,  1784,  when  town   officers 

chosen. 

In   June,    1793,   the    inhabitants  of  Eaton  and  the   inhabitants    living   on 

ts  adjoining,  petitioned    for  the  annexation  of  these  grants  to  the  town; 

i  the  persons  living  on  the  grants  settled   there  supposing  the  land  to  be  in 

Eaton,  and  in  all  town   matters  acted   accordingly,  and  as  the  grants  were  not 

capable  of  being   made   into  a  town  or  parish,  they  petitioned   that   the  grant 

ii. id.'   to    Mr    Caldwell,  the  one    to    Joshua    Martin,  and    those  to    Nathaniel 

tin,    Alexander    Blair,    and    Daniel    McNeal,  five   grants,  containing   two 

1  acres  each,  be  incorporated  with  the  town,  be  under  its  jurisdiction, 

nown  by  the  name  of   Eaton,  "said   Incorporation  not  to  affect  any  right 

the  right   of   jurisdiction."     Signed   by  Samuel    Tappin,  Daniel 

b  Blasdel,  John  Banfill,  Joseph  Calls,  Daniel  Jackson,  James  Heard 


.     Town   or   Eaton.  789 


Juner,  Eli  Glines,  Enoch  Danford,  Thomas  Danford,  Thomas  Burk,  Matthew 
Gannett,   Anthony   Sherman,   Seth    Gannett,  Nathaniel   li.    Gannett,    Henry 

Woods,   Colman    Colby,    Rob    Boyd    Orr,    Abner    Blasdel,   .lames    .lacks 

Hercules  Mooney,  Isaac  Glines,  Samuel  Danford,  Joseph   Banfill,  Jona  Mooney, 

Eben  Jackson,  Nathaniel  Beals,  Isaiah   Keith,  Philip  .lacks Hubbard  Colby, 

Jabez  Hatch,  Jona  Frost,  Samuel  Jackson,  .lames  Heard,  John  Glines,  John 
Berry,  James  Allyn,  Samuel  Banfill,  Alden  Washburn,  Thomas  Garland, 
Thomas  Sherman,  Thomas  Whitman,  James  Danford.  By  an  acl  approved 
December  24,  1795,  these  grants  were  annexed.  By  an  acl  approved  Decem- 
ber 17, 1852,  the  west  part  of  the  town  was  set  off,  and  incorporated  as  .Madison. 

In  1820  Eaton  had  1,071  population;  1,432  in  1830;  1,743  in  L850;  780 
in  isiii);  657  in  1870;  629  in  1880.  In  1858  it  had  two  Freewill  Baptist 
churches,  twelve  school  districts,  five  sawmills,  one  gristmill,  one  sash,  blind. 
and  door  factory,  and  one  bedstead  factory. 

Eaton  Centre.  —  The  merchants  at  the  Centre  have  been  Enoch  Danforth, 
Samuel    Robertson,    Leonard    Harriman,    Isaac    Demeritt,    Glines    &    Smart, 

Jacob   Manson,   Erastus  Baker,  and    later  N.   G.   Palmer,   Charles    Roberts 

Robertson  &  Snow,  Clement  Drew,  John  S.  Loud.  Since  1880  the  manufac- 
ture of  sale  clothing  has  been  carried  on  by  John  S.  Loud,  Clement  Drew, 
and  N.  G.  Palmer.  There  is  a  hotel,  a  postoffice,  and  a  neat  church  here. 
Nathaniel  G.  Palmer  conducts  the  hotel,  a  most  lovely  one  in  which  to  pass 
long  summer  days,  as  it  is  encompassed  with  most  pleasant  scenery. 

Snowville,  —  W.  F.  Brooks,  Silas,  Alvan,  and  Edwin  Snow,  under  linn-name 
Brooks  &  Snow,  began  trade  as  merchants  in  Snowville  in  185G.  in  1860 
Edwin  Snow  became  sole  proprietor,  and  was  so  until  1873.  From  that  time 
to  1878  it  was  Snow  &  Brooks  (Charles  A.  Brooks).  Leslie  P.  Snow 
succeeded  Brooks  in  1878,  the  present  firm  of  E.  Snow  &  Son  being  then 
formed.  Mr  Snow  manufactured  sale  clothing  from  1858  to  1880.  S.  &  A. 
Snow  conducted  the  manufacture  of  furniture  of  all  kinds  from  1843,  building 
their  shop  in  1842.  They  employed  several  hands  until  1860,  when  they 
closed  manufacturing,  using  their  building  as  a  repair  shop.  They  however 
made  coffins  till  1878.  The  plant  was  then  used  by  Frank  P.  Snow  as  a 
machine  shop,  and  to  manufacture  clippers  and  bobbin  machinery.  In  1881 
his  brother,  Willie  N.,  joined  him  in  the  manufacture  of  carriages  and  sleighs 
as  Snow  Bros.  Frank  sold  his  interest  in  1888  to  his  brother,  who  continues 
the  business.  Snowville  postoffice  was  established  in  1883,  with  the  present 
official,  Everett  Stanley,  as  postmaster. 

Mills.  —  Oidy  two  mills  have  been  built  outside  the  Snowville  mills. 
Robertson  &  Glines  built  a  sawmill  at  the  head  of  Walker  pond,  ran  it  some 
years,  sold  out,  and  the  site  is  now  owned  by  Edwin  Snow.  Silas  Ward,  of 
Madison,  built  a  mill  in  the  woods  in  the  east  part  of  the  town  in  L843. 
This    was    operated    ten    years  and    sold    to    Edwin    Snow.      In    1858    Silas. 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


i   a  sawmill  at   Snowville  on  the  site  of  an  old 
red  upon  the  manufacture  of  lumber,  lath,  shingles,  staves,  etc. 
u-power  was  introduced. 

.   William   Robertson,  born  in  Scotland,  1759,  died  1813,  was 

i    Robertson,  a  Scotchman,  who  settled  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y.,  in 

William    was   seventeen    he    enlisted,    as    he  supposed,  in    the 

n, ,v  of  the  Revolution,  but  really  into  the    English  •  army,  and 

iken  to  Canada.     He  was  one  of  a  scouting  party  sent  to  the  Chateau- 

,nd   when   nearest    the    American   lines  deserted  with  two    others, 

joining  the   Americans   wished   to  enlist,  but  the  commander,  Colonel 

Ivisetl  them  to  get  hack  into  the  wilderness.     Mr  Robertson  came 

I    worked   two    years    tor   Colonel    Andrew  McMillan,  and  was 

a  ,l.ii  in---  hunter.     On  one  >d'  his  hunts  he    discovered    Robertson   pond,  and 

v;is  declared,  in   1784,  made  his  "  pitch  "  at  Eaton  Centre  on 

in   the   family.      He   was  a   sturdy,  thick-set  man,  of  great  activity, 

endurance,  and  hardihood.      He   married,  first,  Elizabeth  Conway,  and  was  by 

us  the  earliest  settler  of  the  Eaton  of  to-day.     He  hunted,  trapped, 

loped  a   fine   farm.     By   his  first  wife   he  had    three    sons,  Richard, 

William,  and    Enoch.      William   was  drowned  in  the  Bear   Camp    river  when 

nl.      Enoch  married   Hepzibah   Bryant,  settled  in  Conway  on   Dolloff  ridge, 

uid  died  there,  aged  eighty-four,  in  1875.     William  Robertson  married,  second, 

Lydia,  daughter  of  David  Allard;  they  had  four  sons:  George,  James,  Samuel, 

ml    Robert.     George   went    to    Maine    late    in    life;  James    lived   in    Eaton: 

Samuel  was  in   trade  at  the  Centre  and    town   clerk   (he  removed  to  Albany, 

where  he  was  clerk  and  selectman.     His  boys  went  to  the  last  war,  and  after 

their  return   he   removed   to  Conway,  where  he  now  lives.);    Robert,  born  in 

181  '1.  has  ever  lived  on  the  homestead  of  his  father,  kept  a    country  tavern 

iver  thirty  years,  and  is  now  rounding  out  the  last   years    of   an    active 

nd   useful   Life,     lie   married    Lydia,  daughter   of  Joshua   Nickerson.     Their 

Charles:  Orra  (married  John  Snow);   Mark  (killed  at  Second 

Run.  August   29,    L862);   Henry   H.     Mr  Robertson  has  been  a  Whig, 

p,  and   Republican  in  politics;  he  was  lieutenant  of  militia  in  1833, 

from  L834  to  L837  ;  since  1841  he  has  been  a  member  and  deacon 

Freewill    Baptist   church.     Henry   H.   has    been    postmaster   at    Eaton 

qci     L864    (succeeding   Charles,    who   went   to    war),  clerk    of    the 

uid  with  his  lather  occupies  the  lovely  place  where  the  bold  pioneer 

Settlers.  —  Very  lew  were  located  in  the  present  limits  of  Eaton 

Paul  Gray  was  the  first   settler  in  the  east  part;  he  came  from 

Maine.     Like    many  of  the  pioneers  he  was  gigantic    in    size,  well 

the   clearing  of  wild  land.     He  was   industrious  and   religious, 

hundred   years.     He  had    three    sons,   John,  James, 


Tows   of    Eaton.  791 


Paul,  and  many  daughters.  The  Hills  were  firsl  settled  on  Kenl  mountain. 
A  Large  family  of  rough,  uncouth,  drinking  people,  the}  made  bul  Little 
impress  on  subsequent  days  Ebenezer  Wilkinson  and  brother  fchabod  Lived 
on  the  south  part  of  Foss  mountain.  Ebenezer  was  a  strong  man  and  Locally 
prominent.  In  Late  Life  I u ■  removed  to  Maine.  His  son.  Lorenzo  1)..  was 
an  early  and  ;i   distinguished    criminal    lawyer   of  Chicago    for    many    years. 

Three  of   the    name   are   now  on   the  check-lisl   of   Eaton.     Captain    Tl i as 

Gannett,  from  Tamworth,  was  one  of  the  very  early  citizens.  He  had  cleared 
and  developed  a  fine  farm  on  Foss  mountain  before  the  early  settlers  came, 
probably  locating  here  before  1800.  He  was  a  man  who,  by  well-directed 
industry,  acquired  wealth.  He  is  remembered  as  "one  of  the  besl  of  men," 
and  as  he  always  had  corn  to  sell  to  a  moneyless  settler  who  would  pay  in 
Labor,  his  farm  acquired  the  name  of  "Egypt."  He  died  childless.  John 
Snow  was  here  prior  to  L810,  made  hut  a  short  stay,  and  moved  to  New  York. 
In  L815  his  brother  Joseph,  Epliraim  Nason,  John  Flood,  and  perhaps  others 
from  Gorham,  Maine,  and  several  from  Wells,  Maine,  and  other  localities  at 
nearly  the  same  time  came  to  Eaton  and  became  permanent  settlers.  Stephen 
Perkins,  from  Wells,  was  here  in  1813,  with  wife  Philomela  and  one  child. 
He  was  tall,  spare,  straight  as  an  Indian,  with  dark  hair  and  eyes:  an  ••old- 
line""  Whig  in  politics  and  a  Freewill  Baptist  in  religion.  He  was  .selectman 
sixteen  years,  representative  several  years,  and  justice  forty  years.  His 
daughter  Lucinda  married  John  Grajr ;  Harriet  married  Charles  T.  Hatch. 
His  son  John  W.  lived  here  until  1876.  John  Flood  settled  at  the  foot  of 
Kent  mountain,  was  a  quiet,  industrious  citizen.  He  had  three  sons:  Joseph, 
James.  Solomon.  Ephraim  Nason  located  on  Kenniston  hill  in  1815,  and  lived 
there  until  his  death  in  1875.  He  was  tall,  well-proportioned,  of  great  activ- 
ity, and  a  champion  wrestler  at  "arms'  length.*'  He  married  Sally  Wolcott 
and  hail  sons.  Newell,  Justus.  Alanson,  Melvin  P.,  and  daughters,  Emily 
(married  Henry  Day):  Caroline  (married  John  W.Perkins):  Melvina  (married 
Alvin  Snow):  Arvilla  (married  Asahel  Barrows);  Laura;  Maria  (married 
Joseph  Valley).  He  was  a  thrifty  man,  and  while  making  a  home  from  the 
"woods,"  brought  up  his  children  to  make  reputable  citizens.  John  Hart 
settled  on  Maine  line  at  the  close  of  the  War  of  1812.  He  cleared  the  farm 
now  occupied  by  his  son  George.  His  other  sons,  James  and  Henry,  were 
lifelong  residents  in  town.  He  was  over  six:  feet  tall,  muscular  and  wiry, 
a  great  wrestler,  and  an  adept  in  physical  sports.  Captain  Nathaniel  Currier 
settled  later  on  Foss  mountain.  He  possessed  native  ability,  was  uneducated, 
rough,  and  uncouth.     He  has  one  son,  Roderick  E.,  living  in  town. 

Nathaniel  Danforth  settled  at  the  foot  of  the  north  side  of  Kenl  mountain, 
and  died  there  at  an  advanced  age.  He  had  three  children:  one.  Lucian.  was 
quite  active  in  town  affairs.  His  daughter  Lorinda  married  Jonathan  Keiini- 
son,  and  Eliza  became  Mrs  William  Lary.     Jeremiah  Kenniston  gave  his  name 


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which  he  located  east  of  Kent  mountain.     His  farm  was  on 

He   bad    six   sons:   .Jonathan,    Qzziel,  Nicholas,  Thomas, 

He   was   of    more  than   ordinary  size,  and  could  easily  do  the 

mmoii   men.      His  brother,  James  R.,  lived  near  him  for  many 

Uv  moved  hack  to  Maine.     Dimon  and  George  Kennard  lived 

.    Kennistous.     <  iolonel  John  Drew,  an  uneducated  man,  but  a  keen  and 

political  worker,   Robert  Drew,  his  brother,  and  a  cousin,  Clement 

Newfield,  Maine,  settled  near  Snowville.     Robert  removed  later 

Mlll.     John  Thompson   came  with  them,  locating  in  the  valley  between 

and    Foss  mountains.     He  raised    a  large  family.     Jacob,  George,  and 

ow,  brothers,  lived  on  Glines  mountain.     George,  son  of  George, 

held  prominent    town  offices.     Sylvanus   S.  Clark    was  quite  useful  as  a 

ind  justice  and  was  much  in  office.     Many  of  the  old  landmarks  on 

bear  his  surveyor's  mark.     Stephen  W.  Perkins  came  from  Wells 

.  1828  when  of  age,  and  settled  on  what  has  long  borne  the  name  of  "  Perkins 

He    iiv.d   to  eighty  years,   was  of  influence  in  town,  selectman    eight 

mt}  commissioner,  county  treasurer,  and  representative  three  years. 

II  ■  ew  ill  Baptist.     His  younger  brother,  Joseph  E.,  came  to  Eaton  in 

.  and  located  near  his  brother,  on  the  place  he  now  occupies.     He  bought 

it   as  wild   land   with  one  acre   felled.     Mr  Perkins    has    been    a   most    useful 

citizen;  has  taught   school  many  years,  been  a  member  of  school  board  over 

rty  years,  justice  of  the  peace  since  1844,  selectman  ten  years,  representa- 

e    to    constitutional  convention  of  1850,   held  a   recruiting  com- 

iion  in   the  Civil   War.  and   has  been  county  commissioner.     John   Mason 

ed  above  Snowville  early.     He  married  a  daughter  of  David  Allard,  and 

ifterwards  moved  to  the  east  part  of  the  town  and  cleared  a  field,  but  the  bears 

so  thick  that  they  could  not  keep  or  raise  anything  and  moved  to  Porter, 

.Maine.     Silas  Harmon  came  from  Scarborough,  Maine,  in  1813,  and  located  on 

centre  Lot  in  town.     Of  his  eleven  children  Jotham  was  a  merchant  at  the 

1  i    (Madison).      Roswell    lived    on    the    home  farm   now    on    Eaton    and 

line.     Ahner    Harmon     came    in    1816.     He    bought    out    Libbeus 

worn,  near  his  brother  Silas,  and  passed  his  life  there.     Barnabas  Blossom, 

i  Massachusetts,  lived   in  Stark's  location.     He  was  a  fine-looking,  aristo- 

itic,  wealthy    gentleman,  and   very  popular.     He   married  a  sister  of  John 

He    had    two  brothers  here:  Sylvanus  and  Libbeus.     Opposite  him 

ed   Major  Samuel  Stark,  son  of  the  grantee.     His  home  was  on  the  north- 

of  Stark's  Location    on  Conway  line.     William  Snell,  from  Cape 

■  early  as    proprietors'  agent  and    clerk,  was  much    in    public,  and 

Conway  road  near  the  line.     Colonel  Eli  and  John  Glines  were  from 

them  Glines  mountain  takes  its  name.     Here  the  colonel 

erter   Robertson,  whom  he  had  advised  to  "  take  to    the 

lime  since   the  advice  was  given   and  acted   upon.     They 


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became  warm   friends.     David   Allard,  the  progenitor  of  the  numerous  family 

of  that  name,  came  from  New  Durham.  His  son,  Captain  Job  Allard,  settled 
in  the  south  part  early,  and  has  many  descendants.  Stephen,  .lames,  Samuel, 
and  David  were  early  settled  in  Albany  altera  short  sojourn  in  Conway,  and 
were  prominent.  They  became  owners  of  the  mills  buill  by  Dolloff  at  the 
outlet  of  Walker's  pond  and  at  Conway.  Henry  Allard  purchased  the  Colonel 
G-lines  place.  He  always  lived  in  the  neighborhood,  had  a  Large  family,  and 
died  at  an  advanced  age.  Orren  D.  and  Mayhew  C.  Allard,  of  Freedom,  are 
descendants  of  Captain  Job.  Dr  Joel  Russell,  the  first  physician,  was  here 
early.  John  Thompson,  Daniel  Sawyer,  and  others  were  early  domiciled  in 
Eaton.  John  Alanson  came  from  Effingham  in  1820  to  the  Manson  Hill  farm. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Freewill  church.  He  had  sons,  Benjamin,  Mark, 
Jacob.  Benjamin  and  Mark  became  clergymen.  John  Thompson  came  from 
Newlield,  Maine,  settled  in  the  "  Flood  valley  "  at  the  north  base  of  Kent 
mountain.  He  had  seven  sons,  James,  Samuel,  Noah,  John,  Isaac,  David,  and 
Eli,  all  of  whom  became  residents  but  Samuel,  who  died  young.  James  and 
John  had  large  families,  and  they  are  mostly  living  in  the  town.  Almon  V. 
Thompson,  M.D.,  one  of  the  representative  physicians  of  Portland,  Maine,  is 
the  oldest  son  of  John  Thompson. 

John  Atkinson,  born  in  Buxton,  Maine,  of  English  descent,  came  in  the 
winter  of  1813,  and  became  owner  of  four  hundred  acres  of  wild  land,  includ- 
ing the  site  of  Snowville.  He  came  to  avoid  reenlistment  of  his  son  Samuel, 
who.  while  a  privateer  in  the  1812  war,  had  been  taken  prisoner  and  exchanged. 
He  gave  the  land  now  the  site  of  Snowville  to  this  son,  who  marked  the  place 
by  the  first  clearing  and  buildings.  Samuel  married  the  daughter  of  John 
March,  and  removed  to  Eaton  Corner  (Madison),  where  he  was  a  hotel-keeper. 
He  held  responsible  offices,  and  his  descendants  have  been  prominent  citizens. 
Of  the  other  children  of  John  Atkinson,  Sally  became  the  wife  of  Joseph 
Snow;  Isaac  and  Joseph  were  lifelong  citizens  and  successful  farmers;  Kinds- 
man,  by  his  unaided  efforts,  educated  himself  for  the  ministry  at  Bowdoin  and 
Harvard  colleges ;  King  became  a  minister  and  was  for  years  leader  of  the 
religious  progress  in  Eaton.  Among  the  older  citizens  his  name  is  a  synonym 
for  patience  and  devotion.  His  son,  William  P.,  educated  at  Dartmouth,  after 
practising  medicine  some  years  succeeded  his  father  in  the  ministry.  Stephen 
Perkins,  born  in  1789  in  Wells,  Maine,  came  to  Eaton  in  1813.  He  was  a 
fanner  and  carpenter,  in  religion  a  Freewill  Baptist,  in  politics  a  Whig  and  a 
Republican.  He  was  selectman  eleven  consecutive  years  from  1823,  and  from 
ls.ji;  to  1*31*  inclusive,  and  was  representative  two  sessions,  1844  and  1845. 
He  died  in  1862.  His  son,  John  W.,  born  in  1813,  was  of  the  same  religious 
and  political  faiths,  and  for  over  fifty  years  a  resident  and  successful  farmer. 

The  Second  Eaton  Church  was  organized  in  1820.  It  is  known  as  the 
Allard  church.     We  can  give  but  little  of  its  early  history,  but  in  1834  the 


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sixty-three.     Eleven   were  added   in  1837,  and  there  were 
members.     In    L853,  by  the  setting  off  of  Madison,  this  church 
arch  of  Eaton.     Its  members  live  in  Eaton,  Madison,  and 
In   1868,  under  the  labors  of  Rev.  Thomas  Kenniston,  twenty-two 
In  1873   Rev.  W.  S.  Merrill  was  pastor  and  trouble  arose  between 
and  pastor.     From  this  date  to  1884  there  was  an  uneventful  existence, 
did  holding  the  organization  and  keeping  up  meetings.     In  1887  the 
nbership  was  fifty,  of  whom  only  thirteen  were  residents.     Rev.  Mr  Gar- 
land closed  his  pastorate  in  August,   1889.     An  interesting  Sabbath-school  is 
connected  with  tins  church,  and  it  has  an  excellent  choir  of  young  singers. 

now  the  Second,  or  Eaton  Centre,  Freewill  Baptist  church,  was 

d  in  ls_'i.  by  Rev.  Benjamin  Manson  as  the  Conway  church ;  later  it 

-  .ailed  ••  Eaton  and  Conway  church."     This  was  divided  in  1834,  one  part 

ming  the  Conway  church,  the  other  the  Third  Eaton.     This  latter  had, 

r  the  division,  forty-eight  members.     In  1S43  fifty-three  were  added,  and 

membership   was    raised    to    one    hundred  and  nineteen.     In  1854,  when 

the  town  was  divided,  it  became  the  "Second  Eaton."     A  committee  of  the 

terly   Meeting,   which    had   been   asked   for   by  the   church,  declared  it 

"virtual!)  dissolved,"  as  church  ordinances  had  been  neglected  for*years,  and 

meetings  of   business  had  not  been  attended    to  for  two  years.     Thirteen  of 

the  members  then  voted  to  be  organized  into  a  new  church,  and  this,  though 

small  in  numbers,  was  rich  in  faith  and  power,  and  in  1858  a  glorious  revival 

added  twenty-six  members,  followed  by  an  addition  in  1859  of  twenty  more, 

forming   a   whole    number   then   of   fifty-one.     Twenty-one  years   of  inaction 

followed  this  prosperity,  and  in  1879  the  membership  was  reduced  to  fifteen. 

Thirteen  were  added  to  the  church  in  1880,  after  which  union  meetings  were 

held  for  several  years  with  the  Baptists.     In  1887  there  were  twenty-four  mem- 

fifteen  of  whom  were  residents.     The  present  church  clerk  is  Henry  H. 

Robertson,  who  succeeded  Charles  Robertson  June  24,1882.     Membership  in 

1889:  fifteen  resident  and  twelve  non-resident.     The  membership  of  the 

Snowville  church  meets  with  this  one  in  its  pleasant  house  of  worship,  whose 

white  spire  points  invitingly  heavenward. 

77/.     Eaton    and    Conway  Freewill  Baptist    Church.  —  March   8,  1847,  the 

brethren  and  sisters  win,  withdrew  from  the   Third  Freewill  Baptist  church 

account  of  the  movements  and  measures  of  the  denomination,  which  they 

s  innovations,  or  a  departure  from  the  established  usages  of  the 

Qination,  mel   according  to  previous  notice  at  Joseph  Snow's  house  for 

anization.      The  fellowship  of  the  brethren  and  sisters  being  inquired 

by    Elder  .lames   Buzzell,  lie  addressed  the   brethren  in    regard   to    the 

'•  objeel  of  church  organization,  and  the  responsibilities  and  duties 

;  and  then,  the  brethren  and  sisters  joining  hands,  Elder 

right  hand  of  fellowship,  and  the  Scriptures  were  adopted  as 


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the  rule  of  faith  and  practice.  Thru  all  kneeling,  Elder  Buzzell  and  the 
brethren  prayed,  after  which  the  "  anion  "  hymn  was  sung.  One  of  the  mem- 
bers, Sister  Merrow,  gave  a  powerful  exhortation,  admonishing  the  brethren  to 
he  humble,  and  to  follow  Christ  through  evil  reporl  as  well  as  good.  The 
exercises  "I-  organization  being  closed,  John  \V.  Perkins  was  unanimously 
approved  clerk  of  the  church.  The  original  members  were:  King  Atkinson, 
Isaac  Atkinson.  Joseph  Snow,  Dennis  Patch,  Alvin  Snow,  John  Thompson, 
Joseph  Snow,  Jr,  Joshua  -lanes.  Joseph  Atkinson,  Tobias  Littlefield,  Curtis  El. 
■Creasey,  John  Dennett,  Stephen  Littlefield,  Stephen  Perkins,  Charles  'I'. 
Hatch,  Rufus  Drew,  John  \V.  Perkins,  James  Flood,  Noah  Thompson,  Benjamin 
Hutchins,  David  Giles,  A.  Littlefield,  Silas  Snow,  Rufus  Gaskill,  Joseph  Whit- 
ney, James  Merrow,  Joseph  Banneld,  Sally  Snow.  Hannah  Littlefield,  Susan  15. 
Creasey,  Lydia  N.  Littlefield,  Harriet  N.  Hatch,  Abigail  Drew,  Abigail  L. 
Brooks,  Phebe  R.  Snow,  Caroline  Perkins,  Hannah  Flood,  Mehitable  Ward, 
Sarah  Allard,  Casandra  Chamberlain,  Sally  Atkinson,  Priscilla  Hutchins,  Anna 
.lanes.  Lucy  Merrow.  Elder  Rufus  Gaskill  was  tin;  first  to  minister  to  the 
spiritual  wants  of  the  church,  and  in  the  tall  of  i.847  land  was  bought  and 
soon  afterwards  a  home  established  for  him.  Isaae  Atkinson  was  a  deacon, 
and  King  Atkinson  was  "set  apart  to  the  work  of  the  Gospel  ministry  by 
prayer  and  the  laying  on  of  hands,"  September  12,  1847.  January  13,  1849, 
made  choice  of  brother  Silas  Snow  as  clerk.  From  this  time  the  records  give 
little  to  mark  changes  or  conditions  necessary  to  the  recording  of  history. 
October  _:>>.  1875,  Thaddeus  B.  Thompson  was  chosen  deacon.  He  was 
ordained  the  next  day  by  Elders  Walker  Parker  and  Orison  Gammon.  Rev. 
Rufus  Gaskill  and  King  Atkinson  have  been  settled  ministers.  In  1875 
twenty-five  became  memhers,  mostly  by  baptism;  in  1870  fourteen  joined, 
three  in  1880,  two  in  188:!,  and  five  by  baptism  in  1887.  There  is  no  resident 
pastor,  and  death  has  taken  many  of  its  oldest  and  ablest  members. 


CHAPTER    LXVIII. 


War  of  1812  — Action  in  Civil  War  —  Civil   List   and   Extracts  from   Town  Records  — 
Inventory.  Valuation,  etc..  18S9. 

WAR    OK    1812.  — George  Martin,  Nathaniel,  Stephen.  John,  and  Moses 
Harriman,  Joseph  and  William  Lyman,  Josiah,  Thomas,  Nathaniel  and 
Robert  Drew,  Isaiah  Forrest,  and  James  Mooney  were  soldiers  in  the 
Lasl    war    with    England.     Robert   Drew   was   the    last    pensioner  of  this  war. 


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■  vn   was  ;,  gunner   in    Perry's    engagement  on   Lake    Erie.     John 

captai„  of  a   company  which   marched  to  the   defence   of    Ports- 

tfason,  Joseph  Snow,  and   Stephen  Danforth  were  also  in  the 

Civil   War.  —  In   1862,  voted  1500  for  indigent  families 
[n  L863,  «500  for  same   purpose,  and  $3,000  is  to  be  hired  to  pay 
I  S6  I.     Voted  $500  for  soldiers'  families  ;  to  pay  $300  bounty  to  each 
olunteer  or  drafted  man  to  fill  present   call  for  troops,  etc.;  to  refund  commu- 
tation money  of  drafted  men  ;  to  hire  $10,000  to  pay  bounties;  to  cash  state  and 
rnment  bounties;  to  pay  $800  to  each  citizen  of  Eaton  who  enlists;  to  pay 
bounties  authorized  by  the  government  to  soldiers   enlisting  for 
ii  outside  of  its  limits  :  to  authorize  the  selectmen  to  act,  as  agents  in  filling 
the  quota  and  hiring  money.      L865.     Voted  to  pay  citizens  who  enlist  for  one 
|8  10  town  bounty,  and  cash  the  state  bounty;  to  pay  $300  bounty  to  sub- 
stitutes enlisting  for  three  years,  and  to  pay  drafted  men  and  their  substitutes 
the  highest  authorized   bounty. 

,,„,/  Extracts  /nun  Records.  — 1784,  .lames   Jackson,  jr,  clerk;  James  Jackson,  Samuel    Banflll, 

Is,  selectmen.    1785,  Seth  Gannett,  clerk;  Setli  Gannett,  Joshua  Nickerson,  Samuel  Banflll,  select- 

\  .  ,   |  to  allow  tin'  select  mens  accounts  for  the  Service  Dun  last  year;  Voted  not  to  allow  Ebenezer  halls 

i  Constable  by  the  Loest  bider;  Voted  Henry  Weed  Constable  which  was  three  Dollars, 

Seth  Gannett  Bonsman  for  mr  Weed ;  Voted  mr  Thomas  Garling  Survair  of  Rode;  Voted  James  Head  Survaii 

of  hlwa;  -.  Voted  mr  Tho'Garllng  Survair  of   Lumbr;  Voted  James   Jackson,  Jr  &  henry  woods  assessors; 

ii.    !     w Is  Hog  wreof;  Voted  Joseph  Colby  fence  Vewer;  Voted  to  work  4  Days  upon  a  single  Pole; 

Voted  that  all  Delinquents  work  up  former  rereges;  Voted  that  Those  that  over  run  their  Last  year  Tax  Shall  be 
allowd  it  out  tin'  presanl  Tax  or  any   Inter  Tax  untill  a  Ballance  is  made."    Vote  for  president  of  the  state, 
Atkinson  9,  John  Sullivan  I.    1786,  James  Jackson,  clerk;   Dr  James  Jackson,  Henry  Woods,  Joseph 
selectmen.    "Voted    Ebenezer  Hall  six  shillings  for  carrying  a  woman  out  of  town."    General  Sullivan 
16  \..tr-  for  President.    1787,  Jacob  Blasdel,  clerk;  Jacob  Blasdel,  Joshua  Nickerson,  Henry  Woods,  selectmen; 
Voted  to  build  a  pound  on  land  of  Ebenezer  Hall.    1788,  James  Jackson,  clerk;  Henry  Woods,  Jacob  Bloilget, 
.     Danforth,  selectmen.     1789,  Jacob  Blodget,   clerk;  Jacob  Blodget,  Isaiah  Forrest,  Joshua  Nickerson, 
men.     1790,  James  Jackson,jr,  clerk;  Jacob  Blasdel,  Henry  Woods,  Samuel  Banflll,  selectmen.    "Voted 
II  the  sleads  i>n  the  main  Rhod  shall  be  five  feet  wide  from  out  Side  to  out  Side  upon  pennalty  of  his  Slead 
to  the  <'<  mi  plainer;  Voted  thai  Corn  shall  Be  Received  of  the  Select  men  for  the  Tax  in  Sewing;  —  indon  Corn 
at  two  Bhilllngs  .v  Sis  pence,  and  w  ry  at  three  Shillings  and  Six  pence  from  December  to  the  fifteenth  of  January. 
to  Build  a  School  house  twenty  four  feet  in  Length  and  twenty  feet  wide.    Voted  to  Set  it  on  the  Nole  the 
:  Ave  mile  Brook  west  Side  of  the  main  Rhoad.    Voted  to  Let  it  out  By  the  Joob  to  Build."    1791, 
kson,  jr,  clerk;  Samuel    Banflll,  Jacob   Blasdel,  Enoch  Danford,  selectmen.     1792,  Henry  Woods, 
Matlnw   Gannett,  Colman  Colby,  John  Banflll,  selectmen.    Voted  by  eighteen  votes  "to   except"  the 
ended  constitution  ol  the   State  of  New  Hampshire.    1793,  Henry  Woods,  clerk;  Enoch  Danford,  Joshua 
Jacob  Blasdel,  selectmen.    Voted  to  raise  two  days'  highway  work  on  each  pole  and  estates  equiva- 
lent ,  t«>  build  a  pound  thirty  six   feel   square  to  be  built  of  hewed  or  sawed  timber;  to  purchase  a  scale  beam, 
i  measures  as  a  standard  for  this  town. 

m,  clerk;  Colman  Colby,  Samuel  Banflll,  Gamaliel  Hatch,  selectmen.    Thomas  Whitman 

iplritus"  liquor.     179">,  Henry   Woods,  clerk;  Colman   Colby,  Samuel   Banflll,  Gamaliel 

tmen.    Voted  to  raise  eighteen  pounds  for  the  use  of  schools.    1796,  Henry  Woods,  clerk;  Henry 

.  John  Banflll,  Robert   B.  Orr,  selectmen.    Voted  to  build  a  bridge  over  Little  Pequawket  river.    1797, 

u Is,  clerk;  Henry  Woods,  Eli   (.lines,  Joshua  Nickerson,  selectmen.    Samuel   Kenison  licensed  to 

i 1798,  Henrj    Woods,  clerk;   William   Snell,  Joshua   Nickerson,  William  Robinson, 

■•'.  Henry    Woods,  clerk;  William   Snell,  Colman    Colby,  John  Davis,  selectmen.    1800,  William 

a  Nickerson,  John  Davis,  William  Snell,  selectmen.     Voted  that  the  selectmen  take  the  steps 

m  that  has  or  shall  make  any  infringement  on  the  roads  of  this  town.     1801,  William 

,  John  Kennett,  Hubbard  Colby,  selectmen.    Colonel  David  Oilman  chosen  representa- 

■  15  votes  for  governor.     1802,  William  Snell,  clerk;  Joshua  Nickerson,  Job  A  Hard, 

Colman   Colby,   representative.    Voted  one  hundred  in  addition  to  what  the  law 


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provides  for  schooling.    Licensed  Somon  Seavej   and  William  Snell  to  aell  r In  a"tarvarn"  >>i  Bald  town; 

Lieutenant  John  Davis  to  keep  a  tavern,  also*  aptain  Edward  Gove  to  retail  "  arduous  "  llquoi  ,  1808,  William 
Snell,  clerk;  - 1 < > i •  A  I  laid,  William  Snell,  Joshua  Nlckerson,  selectmen. 

L804,  Doctor  James  Jackson,  clerk;  Benjamin  Perkins,  Eli  Glines,  Nicholas  Bla  del,  selectmen;  Colman 
Colby,  representative.  Voted  to  build  a  Bchoolhouse  In  each  ol  the  three  dl  trie!  .  and  ral  e  two  hundred 
dollars  to  build  them.    1805,  William   Snell,  olerk;  William  Snell,  Nicholas   Blaisdel,   Ell  Glines,   selectmen. 

Voted  one  hundred  and  flftj  dollars  tor  Bchools;  to  divide  the  town  i four  scl 1  districts.    1806,  William 

Snell,  olerk;  William  Snell,  Nicholas  Blaisdel,  Samuel  Flanders,  selectmen.  Voted  i"  raise  three  hundred 
dollars  tor  schools.  1-07,  William  Snell,  jr,  clerk;  William  Snell,  Nichola  Blal  del,  1  II  Gllne  ,  electmen. 
1808,  James  Jackson,  clerk;  Richard  Lary,  Job  Allanl,  -^i <■! >lif  1 1  Danford,  selectmen.  Voted  Ave  dollar*  fine 
tor  an >  person  to  bring  in  rum  ami  Bell  iii  annual  meeting.  1809,  .la  1  nc-  .lark -.mi,  clerk  ;  Richard  Lary,  Nicholas 
Blasdel,  Stephen  Danford,  selectmen.  Voted  $100  tor  schooling  in  addition  to  what  the  law  requires,  and  $100 
in   build  achoolhouse.    1810,   Dr  James  Jackson,  clerk;    Richard    Lary,  Nicholas   Blasdel,  Stephen   Danford, 

selectmen;  Nicholas  Blasdel, representative,    isil,  .lames  .lacks clerk;  Oilman  Colby,  Ebenezer  Wilkeson, 

Samuel  Flanders,  selectmen.  \  ote  for  governor,  John  Langdon  101,  Jeremiab  Smith  1.  1812,  Dr  .fame-  Jack- 
son, clerk;  Colman  Colby,  Ebenezer  Wilkeson,  Samuel  Flanders,  selectmen.  Voted  Ave  dollars  bountj  for 
graj  wildcats,  twentj  cents  for  old  crows,  and  ten  cents  for  young  crows  killed  in  town.  In  election  ><t  Presi- 
dent the  ticket  headed  by  Timothy  Walker  received  130  rotes,  that  by  John  Goddard  1.  1818,  Jamee  Jackson, 
clerk;  James  Jackson,  Barnabas  Blossom,  Ebenezer  Wilkeson,  selectmen. 

1814,  William  Snell,  clerk  ;  John  March,  Ebenezer  Wilkeson,  Silvan  us  Smith  (lark,  select  men.  Voted  that 
the  widows  in  Baton  he  exempted  from  taxes  the  coming  year.  1815,  James  Jackson,  clerk,  John  March, 
Ebenezer  Wilkeson,  Sllvanus  Smith  (lark,  selectmen.  Voted  $100  for  schools  ami  $150  tor  repairing  Bchool- 
aouses,  -'_m  reward  tor  each  wolf  killed  by  any  inhabitant  of  this  town.  1816,  Joseph  R.  Hunt,  clerk;  Daniel 
Lary,  Nicholas  Blasdel,  sii\anu<  s.  (lark,  selectmen;  Nicholas  Blast  lei,  representative.  [817,  Joseph  I!.  Hunt, 
clerk;  Daniel  Lary, Nicholas  Blasdel,  Sllvanus  S.  Clark,  selectmen.  Vote  for  governor,  William  Plumer  143, 
Jeremiah  Mason  5.  1818,  Joseph  R.  Hunt,  clerk;  Daniel  Lary,  Nicholas  Blasdel,  Eli  (dines,  selectmen;  John 
March,  representative.  1819,  Joseph  R.  Hunt,  clerk;  Daniel  Lary,  Nicholas  Blasdel,  Eli  Glines,  selectmen; 
John  March,  representative.  1830,  John  Cenison,  clerk;  Daniel  Lary,  Job  Allanl,  Sllvanus  S.  (lark,  select- 
men. 1831,  John  Keneson,  clerk;  Joseph  R.  Hunt,  David  Allanl,  Sllvanus  S.  (dark,  selectmen.  1822,  John 
Keneson,  clerk;  -Joseph  It.  Hunt,  Silvanus  S.  (lark,  David  Allanl,  selectmen;  Daniel  Lary,  representative. 
1823,  John  Keneson,  clerk;  Daniel  Lary,  Ebenezer  Wilkinson,  Stephen  Perkins,  selectmen;  Daniel  Lary,  rep- 
resentative. 

1824,  John  Keneson,  clerk;  Daniel  Lary,  Ebenezer  Wilkinson,  Stephen  Perkins,  selectmen;  John  March, 
representative.  l8-.2">,  -Joseph  It.  Hunt,  clerk;  Stephen  Danforth,  Ebenezer  Wilkinson,  Stephen  Perkins,  select 
men;  John  March,  representative.  David  L.  Morrill  has  126  votes  for  governor.  1826,  Joseph  R.  Hunt,  clerk; 
Samuel  Flanders,  Robinson  Blasdel,  Stephen  I'erkins,  selectmen;  Samuel  Atkinson,  representative.  Benjamin 
Pierce  ha-  II7  votes  tor  governor,  ami  David  L.  Morrill  62.  Voted  to  raise  four  days  on  a  "pool"  for  winter 
tax.  1827,  Joseph  R.  Hunt,  clerk;  Samuel  Flanders,  Robinson  Blasdel,  Stephen  Perkins,  selectmen;  Samuel 
Atkins, in,  representative.  ISiS,  Joseph  R.  Hunt,  clerk;  Stephen  Danforth,  Ebenezer  Wilkinson,  Stephen 
Perkins,  selectmen;  John  March,  representative.  IS'.".),  John  Keneson,  clerk;  Stephen  Danforth,  Stephen 
Perkins,  Ebenezer  Wilkinson,  selectmen;  Stephen  Danforth,  representative.  1830,  Joseph  R.  Hunt,  clerk; 
Stephen  Danforth,  Robinson  Blasdel,  Stephen  Perkins,  selectmen;  Stephen  Danforth,  representative.  1831, 
John  Keneson,  clerk;  Stephen  Danforth,  Robinson  Blasdel,  Stephen  Perkins,  selectmen;  Joseph  R.  Hunt, 
representative.  Vote  for  governor,  Samuel  Diusmore  117,  Ichabod  Bartlett  74.  1832,  John  Eeneson,  clerk; 
Ebenezer  Jackson,  Robinson  Blaisdell,  Stephen  Perkins,  selectmen;  Joseph  R.  Hunt,  representative.  Fifteen 
school  districts  defined  ami  established.  1833,  William  Snell,  clerk;  Ebenezer  -Jack-on,  Robinson  Blaisdell, 
Stephen  Perkins,  selectmen;  Abraham  Colby,  representative. 

1834,  William  Snell,  clerk;  Robinson  Blaisdell,  Jacob  Allanl,  Enoch  Danforth,  selectmen;  Abraham  Colby, 
representative.  Voted  to  raise  $100  beyond  legal  requirement  for  schools.  1835,  William  Snell,  clerk;  Ebenezer 
Jackson,  James  Ferrin,  Enoch  Danforth,  selectmen;  Abraham  Colby,  representative.  1836,  William  Snell, 
Clerk;   Artemas  Harmon,  Jacob  Allanl,  Stephen  Perkins,  selectmen  ;  John  ( 'rocker,  representative.     190  VOte8  in 

favor  ol  dividing  the  county  of  Strafford.  1837,  William  Snell,  clerk;  Artemas  Harmon,  Jacob  Allanl,  Stephen 
Perkins,  selectmen ;  Samuel  Flanders,  representative.  152  votes  given  for  Isaac  Hill  for  governor.  Voted  to 
raise  $200  for  schools,  In  addition  to  what  the  law  requires,  and  divide  the  money  according  to  number  of 
scholars.  1838,  William  Snell,  clerk;  Ebenezer  Jackson,  Robinson  Blaisdell,  Stephen  Perkins,  selectmen ;  Daniel 
S.  Hobbs, representative.  1839,  William  Snell,  clerk;  Ebenezer  Jackson,  Robinson  Blaisdell,  Stephen  Perkins, 
selectmen;  Daniel  S.  Hobbs,  representative.  1840,  William  Snell,  clerk;  George  Merrow  .  jr,  Jacob  a  Hard,  Noah 
Thompson,  -electmen;  Artema-  Harmon,  representative.  Vote  tor  governor,  Enos  Stevens  150,  John  Page 
122.  1841,  William  Snell,  clerk;  George  MeiTOW,  jr,  Jacob  Allanl,  Noah  Thompson,  selectmen;  Artemas 
Harmon,    representative.      1842,     William    Snell,   Clerk;     Asa    Jackson,   Jacob     Allanl,     Stephen    W.     Perkins, 

-electmen;  Robinson  Blaisdell,  representative.  Voted  that  the  school  committee  be  instructed  by  the  selectmen 
not  to  visit  the  schools.  1843,  William  Snell,  clerk :  Asa  -Jackson,  Jacob  A  Hard,  Stephen  W.  Perkins,  selectmen; 
Robinson  Blaisdell,  representative. 

1844,  William  Snell,  clerk;  Artema-  Harmon,  Robinson  Blaisdell,  Joseph  E.  Perkins,  selectmen;  Stephen 
Perkins,  representative.    56 votes  for  abolishing  capital  punishment;  133  against.    1845,  William  Sued,  clerk; 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


Blalsdell,  Joseph  B.  Perkins,  selectmen;  Stephen  Perkms,  representative.    The 

[846,  William  Snell,  clerk;  Artemas  Harmon,  Robmson  Blaisdell, 

x       ,ia8  C.    Blaisdell,  representative.    Voted  to  bnild   a    town-house.    1847, 

,     Merrow,   Jacob    Allard,   Joseph    E.    Perkins,    selectmen;    Nicholas   C. 

„,  i  Robertson,  clerk;  George  Merrow,  Jacob  Allard,  Joseph  E.  Perkins, 

„,.im,.     voted  to  pay  seventy-flve  cents  per  day  on  the  highway.    184'.),  Joseph 

Oren  D.  Allard,  Noah  Thompson,  selectmen;   Jacob  Allard,  representative. 

■,    emas   Harmon,  Oren    D.  Allard,  Stephen   W.   Perkins,  selectmen;   Jacob 

I raor    Samuel  Dinsmore,  144;  Levi  Chamberlain,  121;  Nathaniel  S.  Berry, 

town  this  year,  including  $618  for  schools,  is  $2,373.    1851,  Samuel  Robertson,  clerk; 

lien  Allan!,  EH  C.  Glines,  selectmen;    Noah  Thompson,  representative.    1852,  Samuel 

Gllnes,  Jacob  Allard,  Stephen  W.  Perkins,  selectmen;  King  Atkinson,  representative. 

ies,  William  R.  Thurston,  Lucian  Danforth,  selectmen;  King  Atkinson, 

iw,  clerk;  Oren  l>.  Allard,  Jacob  Manson,  King  Atkinson,  selectmen;  Lucian  Danforth,  repre- 

,,,  agent  to  prosecute  all  persons  who  may  sell  intoxicating  liquors.    1855,  Silas  Snow,  clerk; 

trd,  Jacob  Mauson,  King  Atkinson,  selectmen;  George  W.  Kittredge,  representative;  1856,  Erastus 

s     ,w,  Thomas   R.  Giles,  Carle   Drew,   selectmen;  Oren  D.  Allard,  representative.    1857, 

r,  clerk:  Silas  Snow,  Thomas  It.  Giles,  (arle  Drew,  selectmen;  Oren  1).  Allard,  representative. 

,  and  Carle  Drew   licensed  liquor  agents.     1858,  Erastus  Baker,  clerk;  Thomas  R.Giles,  James  E. 

ectmen;  Jacob  Manson,  representative.    Town  expenses  $1,200.    1859,  Erastus  Baker, 

i  i. Iiiaim  Bryant,  Daniel  c.  Sawyer,  selectmen;  Jacob  Manson,  representative.    Forty- 

yhway  districts  defined      Whole  number  of  tree  able-bodied  white  male  citizens  between  the  ages  of  IS 

-  I.     I860,  Erastus  Baker,  clerk;  Ephraim  Bryant,  Adrial  H.  Stewart,  Joseph  M.  Towle, 

Isaac  Atkinson,  representative.     Democratic  candidate  tor  governor  has  101  votes  and  Republican 

The  Dei iratlc electors  of   President  have  91  votes,  Republican,  56.    1861,  Silas  Snow,  clerk;  Joseph  E. 

Perkins    \    B    Stuart,  Joseph  M.  Towle,  selectmen;  Isaac  Atkinson,  representative.    1862,  Silas  Snow,  clerk; 
Th. mi;.-    R.  Giles,  Carle    Drew.  Stephen  W.    Perkins,  selectmen;  James  E.  Perkins,  representative.    1863,  Silas 
clerk;  Thomas  R.  Giles,  Carle  Drew,  Stephen  W.  Perkins,  selectmen;  James  E.  Perkins,  representative. 
\  oted  t.'  discontinue  agenl  t.>  -ell  spirituous  liquor  after  May  10. 

1894, Thaddeus    B.  Thompson,  clerk;  Thomas   R.  Giles,  Edwin  Snow,  Elias  R.  Sargent,  selectmen;  Carle 
BQtative.     Democratic  elector-;  get    161  votes,  the  Republican,  93.    1865,  Thaddeus   B.  Thompson, 
-     ,.\,   Elias   B.   Sargent,  Joseph    E.  Perkins,  selectmen;  Carle   Drew,  representative.     1S66, 
B    Thompson,  clerk;   Edwin   Snow,  Oren    D.   Allard,  Charles  A.  Brooks,  selectmen;  Stephen  W. 
itative.    Liquor  agency  dispensed  with  for  ensuing  year.    Militia  enrollment  increased  to 
live  men  April  1.    1867,  Thaddeus  B.  Thompson,  clerk;  Oren  D.  Allard,  Benjamin  M.  Glines,  Charles  P. 
selectmen;  Edwin  Snow,  representative.    Vote  for  governor:  John  G.  Sinclair,  106;  Walter  Ii.  Harriman, 
i-     1868,  Thaddeus   B.  Thompson,  clerk;  Oren   D.  Allard,  Charles  P.Giles,  Charles  A.  Brooks,  selectmen; 
Snow,  representative.    1869,  William  Robertson,  clerk;  Clement  Drew,  Charles  Robertson,  Benjamin  F. 
i.  Id,  selectmen.    1870,  William  Robertson,  clerk;  Clement  Drew,  Charles  Robertson,  Benjamin  F.  Wake- 
field, selectmen ;  William  P.  Atkinson,  representative.    Vote  for  governor :  John  Bedel,  112;  Onslow  Stearns,  46. 
to  dispense  with   liquor  agency.    1871,  William  Robertson,  clerk;  Clement  Drew,  Charles  Robertson, 
min  K.  Wakefield,  selectmen;  William   P.  Atkinson,  representative.    1872,  William  Robertson,  clerk; 
Thaddeus  B.Thompson,  A  Ivan  F.  Perkins,  Adrial  L.  Stuart,  selectmen;  Thaddeus  B.  Thompson,  representa- 
Edwin   Snow,  clerk;  Thaddeus  B.  Thompson,  Dauiel  C.  Sawyer,  Charles  A.  Brooks,  selectmen; 
B  Thompson,  representative.    Town  expenses  $3,3S5. 
"i     I  dwin  Snow.clerk;  Daniel  C.Sawyer,  Alvan  F.  Perkins,  Adrial  L.  Stuart,  selectmen;  Alvan  Snow, 
tentative.    1875,  Stephen   W.  Pei'kins,  clerk;  Benjamin  F.  Wakefield,  Clement  Drew,  Joseph  E.  Perkins, 
Snow,  representative.    1876,  Lucien  Danforth,  clerk;  Charles  Robertson,  Clement  Drew,  Adriel  H.  Stuart, 
lectmen;  Stephen  W.  Perkins,  representative.    1877,  Lucien  Danforth,  clerk;  Charles  A.  Brooks,  Carle  Drew, 
D.  Allan!,  selectmen;  Stephen  W.  Perkins,  representative.    1878,  Lucien  Danforth,  clerk;  Edwin  Snow, 
iseph  E.  Perkins,  Isaac  Allard,  selectmen;  Charles  A.Brooks,  representative.    1879,  Lucien  Danforth,  clerk; 
Adriel   L.Stuart,   Benjamin  F.Wakefield,  selectmen;  Charles  A.  Brooks,  representative.    1880, 
forth,  clerk;  Edwin  Snow,  Adriel  L.  Stuart,  Smith  C.  Allard,  selectmen;  Edwin  Snow,  representa- 
or  governor,  Frank  Jones,  123;  Charles  II.  Bell,  37;  Warren  G.  Brown,  14.    The  Democratic  electors 
it  have  121  votes,  the  Republican,  39,  the  Greenback,  14.    1881,  Lucien  Danforth,  clerk;  Edwin  Snow, 
d,  Stephen  D.  Paul,  selectmen.    Assessment  for  this  year,  $6,192.    1SS2,  James  O.  Dearing,  clerk; 
M.   Hatch,  Stephen   D.   Paul,  selectmen;  Edwin  Snow,  representative.    1883,  James  O. 
rk;   frank   M .  Hatch,  David  M.  Thurston,  .Jesse  S.  Allard,  selectmen. 

0    D  arlng,  clerk;  Frank  M.  Match,  David  M.  Thurston,  Jesse  S.  Allard,  selectmen;  Frank  P. 

atlve.     1885,  James  O.  Dealing,  clerk;  Adriel  L.Stuart,  David  M.Thurston,  Lewis  C.  Allard, 

O.  Hearing,  clerk;  Adriel  L.  Stuart.  David  M.  Thurston,  Lewis  C.  Allard,  selectmen; 

•       1887,  <  lemenl    Drew,  clerk;  Edwin  Snow,  Jesse  W.  Robertson,  Eugene  W. 

\.  Stanley,  clerk,  Edwin  Snow,  Jesse  W.  Robertson,  Oren  D.  Allard,  select- 

art,  representative.    Vote  for  governor,  Charles  H.  Amsden,  94;  David  H.  Goodell,  46; 


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History   of   Carroll  County. 


i  SnoM   married  Sally,  daughter  of  John   Atkinson,  and  had  eleven 

11   nnah  (married,  first,  Noah  Thompson;  second,  Jonathan 

Apphia  (married  Henry  Mason);  Joseph;  Susan  (married, 

Patch  :  second,  Rev.  Edmund  Dudley)  ;  Sally  (died  at  the  age  of 

John;  Mary  A.  (married  William   F.  Brooks);  Edwin;  Jane  (married 

All  save  two  are  still  living.     The  girls  were  well  and 

ily  married. 

>ph  Snow,  Jr,  was  for  some  years  a  successful  farmer  in  Eaton,  went 
in    1855,  and    now  resides  in  Union  county,  Iowa,  having  accumulated 
;l,lr  fortune.     Four  of  the  boys  still  reside  about  the  old  homestead, 
ituting  the  nucleus  of  Snowville,  and  have  taken  a  prominent  part  in  the 
industrial,  social,  and  political  affairs  of  the  town  and    county.     Silas    Snow 
was  boru  in  1816.     He  served  the  town  as   selectman   in   1856-57   and   the 
count v  as   commissioner    in    1871-74.     He    has    been    prominent   in    religious 
matters  and   for  many  years  has  held  the  position  of  clerk  in   the    Christian 
('lunch.     He  has  three  sons  engaged  in  screen  manufacture  in  Boston.     Alvan 
Snow  was  born  in  1820.     He  was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  in  1873-74. 
-  and  Alvan  Snow  for  over  twenty-five  years  were  engaged  as  house  car- 
penters  and    manufacturers   of    furniture.      Alvan    has   two   sons:    Frank,   a 
carpenter  and  machinist,  and  Will,  a  carriage  and  sleigh  manufacturer.     Frank 
representative  in   1885-86.     He  is  now  in  Oregon.     John  Snow,  born  in 
1831,   for  many  years  followed  the  occupations  of  house  carpenter  and   ship- 
builder     Prom    1879  to    1888   he  was   in    the    mercantile   business   at    Eaton 
Centre  in  the  firm  of  Snow  &  Robertson.     He  has  one  son,  Mark. 

Edwin  Snow,  horn  in  1836,  has  taken  by  far  the  most  active  part  in  public 
affairs  and  business.  He  received  his  education  in  the  town  schools  and  at 
North  Parsonsfield  Academy.  In  1857  he  married  Maria  H.,  daughter  of  John 
W.  iid  Caroline  Nason  Perkins,  and  granddaughter  of  Stephen  Perkins,  Esq., 
who.  (luring  the  earlier  times,  figured  so  prominently  in  the  political  affairs  of 
the  town.  Their  children  are  :  Nellie  H.  (who  married  A.  J.  White,  a  contractor 
ind  builder  in  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  They  have  three  boys:  Walter  J., 
W  ace  E.,  and  Leonard.);  Isabel  S.  (Mrs  Dr  L.  W.  Atkinson,  of  Cherry 
illey,  Mass.);  Leslie  I',  (who  married  Susie  Elsie  Currier,  of  Haverhill. 
They  have  one  son,  Conrad  Edwin,  born  at  Haverhill,  August  6,  1889.);  and 
Bertha. 

Mi    Snow    opened   a  general   store  in  1856  in  company  with   his    brothers, 

whom   he  bought   out   in  1859,  since  which  time  he  has  without  interruption 

'led  a  successful  business  on  the  same  old  site.     He  began  with  a  modest 

md  developed  his  business  as  his  circumstances    improved.     He    has 

market   for  the  timber,  bark,  and  farm  produce  of  the  people. 

859  he  has  engaged  extensively  in  the  manufacture  of  lumber,  annually 

the  market  shook,  barrels,  shingles,  boards,  and  dimension-timber 


Town   of   Eaton.  801 


o!'  all  kinds.  From  l^~:'»  to  1878  he  was  quite  extensively  engaged  in  the 
live-stock  business. 

A^  justice  of  the  peace  and  legal  adviser  of  his  fellow-citizens,  Mr  Snow- 
lias  held  the  firsl  position  in  town  and  for  Bome  years  has  done  a  successful 
business  as  pension  attorney.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  a  Democrat. 
He  is  a  leader  in  the  councils  of  his  party,  and  has  been  for  many  years 
a    member   of   the    Democratic   state    committee.      In    public    affairs    he    has 

been    almost     constantly    before    the    people.       lie    has    held    the    office    of    town 

clerk  and  presided  as  moderator  at  many  annual  meetings.  He  was  selectman 
during  the  turbulent  years  of  1864  and  L865,  and  has  been  chairman  of  the 
board  of  selectmen  for  ten  years  since.  Ho  has  represented  Eaton  in  the 
legislature  four  sessions  and  was  a  member  of  the  railroad  committee  during 
the  exciting  contest  over  the  general  railroad  law  of  1883-84.  He  was 
auditor  of  the  county  accounts  from  1881  to  1886,  and  is  serving  his  second 
term  as  county  commissioner.  Mr  Snow  is  a  Mason,  and  was  one  of  the 
charter  members  of  Trinity  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.  He  has  been  a  moving  spirit 
in  public  improvements,  and  is  highly  respected  for  his  business  integrity. 
He  is  a  broad,  liberal  man,  of  great  kindness  of  heart.  He  possesses  great 
executive  ability,  persistency  in  accomplishing  results,  and  has  success  because 
he  wins  it. 

His  son,  Leslie  P.,  born  in  18*32,  was  educated  at  the  town  schools  and  at 
Fryeburg  and  Bridgton  academies.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College, 
class  of  1886,  and  is  studying  law.  He  was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature 
in  1887-88,  and  appointed  United  States  pension  examiner  in  November,  1887. 
He  has  the  family  traits  of  courteousness  and  affability,  and  the  same  desire 
to  do  thoroughly  whatever  he  has  to  do,  and  is  one  of  the  rapidly  advancing 
sons  of  Carroll  county. 


MADISON. 


CHAPTER    LXIX. 

Description  — Boundaries  — Some  Early  Settlers  — Mills  — Silver  Mine  — 
Physicians      Early  Taverns  —  Traders  —  Silver  Lake  — Silver  Lake  Village  —  Bickford's  Cave 
Madison  Village. 

The  sweep  of  the  past  takes  the  tint  of  to-day 

Through  the  crystallized  atom  of  time; 
V.nd  ii  touches  the  years  bo  receding  and  gray 

With  the  glint  of  a  garmenl  sublime; 
Past,  present,  and  future,  one  infinite  whole, 

Plashes  in  on  the  sight  of  the  halo-held  soul. 

—  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Hobbs. 

TYT\I»M>N   was  created  by  an  act  approved  December  17,  1852,  and  was 
formed  of  "thai   part  of  the  town  of  Eaton,  in    the  county  of  Carroll, 
r  lying  westerly  and  southerly  of  a  line   commencing  at  the  northwest 

corner  of  Samuel  Stark's  Location,  so  called,  in  the  town  of  Conway  in  said 
county,  being  also  the  northeast  corner  of  McNiel's  Location,  so  called,  in  said 
town  of  Eaton,  and  thence  running  southerly  by  the  westerly  line  of  said 
Samuel  Stark's  Location  to  the  southerly  line  of  said  Samuel  Stark's  Loca- 
tion one  hundred  and  sixty  rods  to  a  stake  and  stones,  thence  running  south- 
erly over  the  summits  of  the  Clines  and  Lyman  mountains,  so  called,  to  the 
e  line  between  lots  Nos.  52  and  55  in  the  south  division  of  lots  in  said 
town  of  Eaton,  thence  southerly  on  said  range  line  to  the  southwest  corner  of 
lol  No.  50  in  the  south  division  of  lots  in  said  town  of  Eaton,  thence  easterly 
by  the  south  line  of  said  lot  No.  50,  thence  southerly  by  the  westerly  lines  of 
lots  No.  21,  22,  23,  and  24,  in  the  south  division  line  between  said  town  of 
Eaton  and  the  town  line  of  Freedom  in  said  county." 

Madison  contains  sixty  square  miles.     The  north  part  of  the  town  consists 

of  the  -rants,  of  2,000   acres  each,  made  to  Daniel   McNeal,  Joshua   Martin, 

imler    Blair,   John   Caldwell,  and  Nathaniel    Martin    for  services   in  the 

ind   Indian  War.     The  governor's  lot  of  500  acres,  exempted  from  the 

to  Eaton,lies  in  the  northwest  corner.     The  south  and  western 

t  of  the  -rant  of  Eaton.     It  is  bounded   north  by  Albany 

by   Conway  and    Eaton,  south  by  Freedom,  west  by  Tarn- 


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worth  and  Albany.  The  population  in  I860  was  1,826;  in  1.870,646;  in  L880, 
586.  There  are  several  bodies  of  water  into  which  streams  flow  thai  are  con- 
stantly fed  by  springs.     Silver  Lake  (formerly   Six-mile  pond),  Pea   Porridge, 

Little  Pea   Porridge,  and  Whitten    ponds  are  the  principal   i s.     There  are 

numerous  springs  thai  have  the  reputation  of  greal  medicinal  efficacy,  and 
well-authenticated  instances  of  recovery  from  chronic  diseases  are  traced  to 
the  use  of  these  waters.  It  is  still  an  agricultural  town.  5,000  pounds  of 
butter  were  made  in  L888 ;  1,000  gallons  of  milk  Bold;  560  pounds  of  wool 
grown,  and  $1,000  were  received  Prom  summer  boarders. 

About  1785,  Samuel  or  John  Banfield  built  the  firsl  frame-house  in  town 
on  the  place  now  owned  by  Henry  Harriman,  his  great-grandson,  whose  resi- 
dence stands  near  the  site  of  the  old  house.  Among  the  eleven  families  here 
in  1787,  were  those  of  John  Banfield,  Timothy  Danforth,  who  lived  on  the 
place  now  owned  by  George  A.  Nickerson.  Joshua  Nickerson,  William  Snell, 
Timothy  Gilman,  John  Atkinson,  Job  Allard,  Robert  and  John  Kennett,  Jacob 
Blaisdell  were  early  on  this  soil.     (See  Eaton.) 

Onisephorus  Flanders  came  from  Hampton  with  his  wife  and  four  children 
in  L787.  He  settled  ultimately  on  a  place  now  owned  by  T.  C.  Pearson,  lying 
about  a  mile  east  from  Madison  village.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  was  sister  of 
Timothy  Danforth.  His  children,  Stephen,  Samuel,  Shepherd,  and  Anna  (who 
married  Richard  Lary),  all  became  residents.  The  old  gentleman  was  very 
obstinate.  The  first  road  near  his  residence  led  over  a  steep  hill ;  in  course  of 
time  a  new  road  was  laid  out  avoiding  the  hill,  but  Mr  Flanders  always  used 
the  old  one.  saying  it  was  far  the  easier.  A  little  later  came  Gilman  Colby, 
settling  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Deacon  Charles  Allard  place. 

John  March  came  from  Portsmouth  or  Hampton  in  or  before  1800.  He 
was  a  man  of  note,  possessed  great  physical  size  and  strength.  He  was  a  mer- 
chant, but  raised  and  commanded  a  company  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  marched 
to  the  defence  of  Portsmouth.  He  died  in  1833,  and  is  immortalized  by 
J  nomas  Randall,  the  "  Eaton  poet,"  in  an  extended  poem.  His  home  was  at 
the  Corner.  Dr  James  Jackson  located  on  the  Asa  Jackson  place,  now  owned 
by  Henry  Colby. 

The  Harrimans,  Silas,  Aimer,  and  Richard,  came  from  Scarborough.  Maine, 
early  in  the  century,  and  located  in  East  Madison.  Artemas,  son  of  Abner, 
built  the  house  now  occupied  by  Augustus  Lary,  and  was  prominent  in  town 
and  political  matters.  He  was  a  Whig,  served  as  selectman,  representative, 
and  in  1846  was  elected  by  a  coalition  of  Whigs  and  Freesoilers  to  represent 
the  twelfth  senatorial  district  in  the  state  senate.  He  afterward  moved  to 
Massachusetts  and  held  prominent  political  positions  there. 

Isaiah.  Spencer,  and  Lattie  Forrest,  or  Forist,  moved  from  B  ridge  water, 
Mass.,  to  Baton  after  the  Revolution,  and  settled  on  Five-mile  brook  near 
where    Alon/.o    Alley  lives.     By  his  first  wife    Isaiah    had    children:    Eunice, 


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This  Isaiah  was  a  recruiting  officer  in  the  War  of  1812,  and 
;.,,,,„  and  marched  with  them  to  Burlington,  Vt,  via  Concord. 
,  carried  $20,000  for  the  government  to  Portland.     Soon 
settled  where  he  passed  his  life,  and  from  a  wilderness  cleared 
home,  and,  it  is  said,  built  2,800  rods  of  stone  wall.     He  died  in 
[ghty.     He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  fifty  years,  and  a  safe 
•  l?,r  in  all  matters,  and  very  methodical.     There  have  been  five  genera- 
ions  of   Isaiah  Forrests.      Andrew  -I.  Forrest,  son  of  Isaiah,  built  the  hotel  at 
II,.  married  Arvilla  R.,  daughter  of  John   Kenerson.     Their  three 
[rving  M.,  Newall  K..  Isaiali  A.,  are  occupying  responsible  positions;  their 
Ihitiie  E.,  Fraimie  E.,  and  Emma  M. 
The    Kenesons  were   here  early.     John  Keneson,  born  May  18,  1784,  and 
died   March  24,    ls:'s-  was  a    man   of  much  mechanical  ability,  and  with  his 
trade  of  watch  and  clock   making  carried   on   boot  and  shoe   manufacturing. 
He   married,   in   1804,   Polly,   daughter   of  Philip  Jackson.     Mr   Keneson  was 
town    clerk    for   several    years,    and   served    in    various    minor    offices.       He 
a   Whig  and  a    Freewill   Baptist.      He  had  two   sons.      Randall  inherited 
his  lather's  mechanical  skill,  and,  fitting  up  a  small  shop,  established  himself 
as  a  jeweler,  and  continued   until   1852. 

The  Seaveys  were  early  settlers,  and  it  is  said  that  the  oldest  house  in 
town,  standing  on  the  old  Moses  Davis  place  between  the  village  and  Conway, 
was  built  by  them. 

Thomas  Burke  located  as  early  as  1785  on  Kennett  Hill.  His  descendants 
have  ever  been  among  the  town's  best  citizens.  James  J.  Burke  is  the  leading 
representative  of  the  family. 

Robert  Kennett,  a  Scotchman,  gave  the  name  to  the  hill  where  he  settled. 
His  -"ii  John  moved  to  Effingham  after  he  had  raised  quite  a  family  near  the 
paternal  homestead. 

Daniel   Lary  came  to  town  about  1790  from   Wolfeborough.     Among  his 

children  were  Tilly,  Richard,  Daniel,  and  James.     This  Daniel  was  prominent 

for  a  long  time  in  town  affairs,  was  selectman,  representative,  justice,  etc.     He 

was  noted  for  his  keen  wit  and   jokes.     He  lived  many  years  on  the  John  M. 

Ward  place,  hut   died  where   Augustus  Lary  now  lives.     Richard  located  first 

t  the  (ornei,  and  about    L824   moved  to  the  place  now  occupied  by  George 

T.    Frost,   where    he    lived    until    his    death.      His    son    Daniel    inherited   the 

It   is  now  owned   by    Augustus   Lary. 

The   ancestors   of    the   present    register    of   deeds,   James    O.    Gerry,   have 

been  prominently  identified  with  the  military  operations  of  the  state.     General 

ules   M ley,  of  the   Revolution,  was  of  Lee.     He  served  through  that 

redit.    Hercules  Mooney,  his  son,  probably,  was  in  Eaton  (Madison) 

had  a  son,  .James,  horn  in  1798,  who  moved  to  the  Coos  country  in 

at,  locating  in  Stewartstown  as  a  pioneer.     Here  his  active, 


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resolute  disposition  broughl  him  into  public  and  military  life,  and  he  was  in 
tin-  War  of  lslj,  and  later  became  a  captain  of  a  company  of  militia,  which 
afterward  entered  the  United  States  Bervice  and  bore  a  conspicuous  part  in  the 

••Indian  Stream  War."'     Captain  M ley's  daughter,  Mar\  s..  married  George 

W.  Gerry,  who  died  a  short  time  after  the  birth  of  their  sun,  .lames  ().  Gerry, 
June  9,  L845.  The  boy  became  a  member  of  his  grandfather  Mooney's  family, 
and  came  with  him  to  Madison  in  1847.  A  paternal  uncle  of  Mr  Gerry  served 
as  a  captain  in  the  Twelfth  Massachusetts,  under  Colonel  Fletcher  Webster. 
Mr  Gerry  began  political  life  in  1876  by  being  elected  (as  a  Democrat) 
selectman  of  Madison.  He  served  five  years  in  a  town  where  the  Republicans 
outnumbered  their  opponents  four  to  one.  He  was  deputy  sheriff  from  L879 
in  L887,  when  he  resigned  to  accepl  the  appointment  of  register  of  deeds.  lie 
was  elected  to  the  same  office  in  lsss,  for  two  years  from  .Inly,  1889.  He  was 
county  commissioner  from  1881  to  1884,  representative  from  Albany  and 
Madison  in  1884,  a  year  when  the  Republican  majority  in  those  towns  was 
sixty-two.  He  has  held  a  commission  as  justice  for  over  fifteen  years,  and 
other  ot'lices.  He  is  a  Madison  man,  although  now  a  resident  of  Ossipee. 
He  is  a  courteous  and  obliging  official  and  citizen. 

Farming  was  the  universal  avocation  in  early  days,  and  down  to  the 
construction  of  the  railroad  in  1*70.  Forty  years  ago  it  was  ;i  prosperous 
rural  community,  with  pleasant  homes  on  every  hillside.  From  1820  to 
L850  there  were  live  farms  amply  supporting  five  large  families  on  Go\* 
hill.1  They  were  owned  by  Henry  Harmon,  James  Burke,  Ephraim  Tibbetts, 
Ebenezer  Stillings,  and  .Jeremiah  Marston.  Now  all  are  abandoned.  An  old 
resident  informs  us  that  he  has  counted  forty-two  farms  that  in  1840  were 
productive  and  supporting  families,  that  are  now  abandoned  or  consolidated 
with  other  farms.  The  railroad,  by  affording  facilities  of  transportation,  gave 
an  impetus  to  lumbering,  which  has  been  the  chief  avocation  from  1870. 
William   Kennett  has  been  the  largest  operator. 

Milh.  —  From  the  earliest  a  saw  and  grist  mill  has  been  in  existence 
at  the  outlet  of  Long  pond,  most  of  the  time  in  possession  of  the  Blaisdell 
family,  and  known  as  Blaisdell's  mills.  East  Madison  postoffice  was  estab- 
lished here  about  thirty  years  ago.  Mrs  Nicholas  Blaisdell  is  now  postmistress. 
Several  other  pioneer  mills  were  built  on  different  streams,  have  served  their 
day.  ami  are  no  longer  in  operation.  During  the  Civil  War  Charles  II.  Hunt 
built  a  saw  and  grist  mill  at  the  village.  He  sold  it  after  some  years  to  John 
and  George  Chick,  who  disposed  of  it  to  Eli  Banfield.  It  is  now  unused.  In 
1870  George  (hick  built  a  mill  on  the  stream  below  the  village.  Here  he 
manufactured  lumber,  staves,  and  boxboards,  the  motive-power  being  a  thirty 
horse-power  steam-engine.      This   was  burned   in  1881.      In   1883    Mr   (hick 

1  Tlio  Gow  who  gave  the  name  was  the  lirst  settler  on  the  bill,  but  soon  left  town. 


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.rth   end   of  Silver  lake    of   much   greater    capacity, 

with    a    sixty-live    horse-power    engine    and    machinery _ for 

nlH.„  bobbins,  boxboards,  etc.,  and  a  planing  and  matching 

This   [ms   been   in   operation    ever  since,  and  employs  twelve  men. 

3  run    in   connection    with   the   mill.      A  gristmill  adjoining 

eives    its    power    from    the    same    engine.      This   is    the    only 

•turing    establishment     in     Madison,    and    is    of    more    value    to    the 

ity  than   half  a  dozen  silver-mines  or  half  a  hundred  wornout  farms. 

The  Chocorua  silver-lead  mine,  discovered  by  Mr  Tibbetts  and  first  worked 

1826,  gave  glittering   promises.     It    is  on  the  eastern  side  of  Silver  lake. 

is   quartzite    near   an    immense   sandy   plain    where   rock    exposures 

unknown.       In    ls,;s    Henry   J.   Banks    and    two    others    secured 

I  a   mill   run   by  a  fifteen  horse-power  steam-engine,  employed 

,    men,   and   mined    1,500   tons   of   ore   in   that  and  the  next  year.      They 

llt.,l  to  gel   over  twenty  per  cent,  of  zinc  and  twenty  per  cent,  of  galena 

The   galena  gave   seventy  per  cent,   of  lead  and  six  pounds 

to  the   ton.      In  1870  machinery  worth  $50,000  was  on  the  ground, 

an   additional   steam-engine   of   eighty   horse-power.      The   vein   was   six    feet 

wi,!,..      After  a   long  season   of   quiet,  operations  were    commenced  in   1888 

by   New    York   parties.      Work   is  carried  on   at  the  bottom  of  a  shaft  eighty 

feet   deep. 

Physicians.  —  Dr  .lames  Jackson  came  in  1783  with  four  of  his  sons,  and 

was   in    practice  for   many  years.     Dr  David  Howard  settled  in   1823  where 

h   li.   Hobbs,  Esq.,  lives,  until  his  death  in  1829.     Dr  Daniel  S.  Hobbs, 

who   was  horn   in    Effingham   October   6,  1799,  was  a  medical   student  with 

ors    Dearborn,  of    Effingham,  and   Dow,  of  Dover,  attended   lectures   at 

tmouth  College  and    Bowdoin    Medical    School  (Brunswick,  Maine),  and 

was  graduated  from  the  latter  in  September,  1826.     He  had  been  in  practice 

for  eighteen   months  in  Ossipee,  came  to  Madison,  commenced  practice,  and 

r  married  the  widow  of  Dr  Howard  and  succeeded  to  his  practice.     A  man 

: I    abilities,  he  was    a   popular  and  successful  physician  until  near    his 

death,  November   8,  1883.     His    wife    died  January    8,  1887,    at    the    age    of 

ighty-seven.      A  Dr  Swan  was  here  a  few  years,  shortly  after  the  Civil  War. 

I>.    Edwin  T.   Hubbard,  just  graduated  from  Bowdoin  Medical  School,  came 

here  in  1875.     He  was  a  bright  physician  and  had  good  success;  he  was  fitted 

v  ]•  field,  and  went  to   Rochester  about  1886.     Then  another  graduate 

I    Bowdoin,  Dr  George  M.  At  wood,  began  his  professional  life  here.     He  went 

December,  L888.     A  lew  others  have  had  brief  residences. 

Samuel    Atkinson    kept    an    old-fashioned  "road-tavern" 

ige  from  aboul    1<S2<>  until  his  death.     His  wife  continued  the  busi- 

13  or  1864.     She  was  a  woman  of  great  capability,  a  celebrated 

I    for    the   excellence   and   quick   preparation   of    her   dinners. 


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The  house  passed  into  the  possession  of  Nathaniel  Churchill,  who  still  owns 
the  property.  He  closed  the  tavern  after  the  railroad  had  superseded  stages 
and    the    hauling   of   produce    by   teams.     John   docker.   "Judge"   Crocker, 

as  he  was  called  fr.nu  having  been  a  '-side'*  judge,  was  for  a  Long  time  mad 
contractor  on  the  then  existing  route  from  Madison  to  Sac,  and  bad  a  tavern 
at    the  village   from  aboul    L820  until  his  death,  about  the    time   of  Zachary 

Taylor's  election  as   President.     He  was  an  early   postmaster. 

Traders.  Captain  John  March,  an  able  citizen  who  weighed  three  hundred 
and  fifty  pounds,  was  in  trade  from  1800  to  1820  in  what  is  now  the  dwelling 
of  N.  F.  Nason,  at  the  village.  His  successor  was  Artemas  Harmon,  who 
naded  until  some  time  in  the  "forties"  in  the  L.  M.  Atkinson  store.  A  Mr 
Seavey  traded  at  the  Harmon  stand  for  a  year  or  so  alter  Harmon  left. 
Daniel  Lary  kept  quite  a  stock  of  goods  for  sale  on  the  Frost  place,  one  mile 
below  the  village,  continuing  there  until  1850.  About  1847  John  M.  Atkin- 
son, a  very  capable  and  popular  business  man,  began  merchandising  at  the 
Harmon  store,  and  sold  oul  to  Jotham  Harmon  in  1852,  who  was  in  trade 
eight  or  ten  years.  He  was  the  first  representative  of  Madison,  holding  the 
position  three  consecutive  years.  His  brother,  William  Harmon,  succeeded 
him  in  trade,  and  after  some  years  moved  his  stock  to  East  Madison.  After 
selling  out  in  1852,  John  M.  Atkinson  placed  a  stock  of  merchandise  in  the 
old  March  store  and  was  in  trade  there  until  his  death  in  1868.  Ira  Atkinson, 
his  cousin,  succeeded  to  his  business,  conducted  it  some  years,  and  retired. 

In  1873  James  ().  Gerry  was  in  trade  at  the  village.  He  sold  to  Roscoe 
Flanders,  who  sold  to  Mis  Ann  B.Atkinson,  widow  of  John  M.,  who  purchased 
for  her  minor  sons.  They  carried  on  trade  as  Atkinson  Brothers  until  1881, 
when  the  present  postmaster,  Langdon  M.  Atkinson,  became  sole  owner.  For 
forty  years  or  more  the  postofnce  of  Madison  has  been  kept  by  the  Atkinson 
family,  John  M.  holding  it  for  years  and  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Mrs 
Atkinson  was  then  appointed  and  held  it  until  1887.  Luke  Nickerson  "kept 
store  "  at  East  Madison  for  some  years  prior  to  the  Civil  War,  when  he  enlisted 
in  the  Thirteenth  Maine  Regiment,  was  made  orderly  sergeant,  and  died  of 
disease  while  in  service.  Merrowr  &  Scruton  traded  in  a  small  way  in  1873 
in  the  store  opposite  the  watering-trough  by  James  J.  Burke's.  In  1876  J.  J. 
Merrow  was  in  trade  alone.  James  O.  Gerry  traded  here  a  time  later.  In 
1875  Nathaniel  M.  Nason  began  the  manufacture  of  pantaloons  for  Boston 
merchants.  He  employs  over  one  hundred  sewers,  who  make  one  bundled 
pairs  a  day.     His  work  for  one  firm  amounted  to  -$4,800  in  1888. 

SILVER  LAKE  is  one  of  those  graceful  bodies  of  water  that  suggest  a 
Highland  loch,  a  Swiss  lake,  the  Gulf  of  Venice,  or  any  of  those  dreamy 
places  of  rest  where  one  may  lie  in  a  boat  and  gaze  into  cerulean  skies  fringed 
with  awful  majesty  of  mountains,  and  for  a  time  be  beguiled  into  thinking  lit- 
is in  fairyland.     No  other  lake  in   this   vicinity  seems  so  quiet,  so  tranquil,  so 


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Lake.     From  the  village  it  opens  up  a  long  vista  of 

,  inle  from  the  lake  and  southern  shore  delightful 

o  on  you  over  a  sheet  of  liquid  silver.     This  should 

summer  resort,  and  its  nearness  to  North  Conway  is  such 

.  there  can  easily  give  themselves  the  pleasure  of  boat  rides  on  it. 

In, ul. 1  not  be  far  distant  when  its  shores  are  dotted  with  cottages. 

/  .       Village  was  a  wild   tract  when  the  building  of  the  railroad  and 

ablishment   of  Madison   station   made   it  a   centre  for  business.     Andrew  J. 

red   the  land   where  the  Silver  Lake   House  stands,  and  built  the 

house    in    L874.      This  he  opened    as  a   hotel    in    September,    1876.     He    died 

January  9,    \^~~.  ami    Mrs   A.   R.   Forrest    and    son  have  since  conducted  it. 

summer  patronage  lias  increased  from  1877,  when  they  entertained  quite  a 

number.     The  hotel  has  accommodations  for  from  twenty  to  thirty  guests,  and 

fascinating  views  of  the  charming   lake  are  presented  from  its  piazzas. 

In   1876   David    Knowles  built    Lake  View  Cottage,  and  opened  it  to  summer 

boarders  in  1878.      Its  situation  on  a  pine-covered  knoll  is  delightful,  command- 

g  the  lovebj  scenery  of  tin'  lake.     Mr  Knowles,  a  practical  florist,  makes  the 

grounds   around    his    cottage    a    gorgeous  array  of  floral  coloring  during  the 

summer  months.      From   fifteen   to  thirty  guests  can  be  entertained  here. 

The  store  now  occupied  by  Frank  R.  Kennett  was  built  in  1880  by  Charles 
I'.  Hatch,  the  firs!  agent  of  Madison  station.  Here  the  firm  of  Hatch  & 
Charles  E.  Bickford  was  in  trade  for  two  years,  when  Mr  Bickford  became 
proprietor.  He  sold  to  Mr  Kennett  in  November,  1888,  and  is  the  present 
station  agent. 

F.  ( '.   Pearson  commenced  trade  in  what  is  now  the  parlor  of  the  Silver 
House  in  1878.     The  next  year  he  built  a  store,  where,  after  some  years, 
he  was  succeeded  for  two  years  by  Allard  &  Gerry  (Albert  Allard,  James  O. 
Gerry). 

Silver  Lake  post-office  was  established  in  1878  with  F.  C.  Pearson  as  post- 
master.  It  was  moved  by  him  with  his  store  and  kept  there  under  his  admin- 
istration and  that  of  Mr  Allard,  his  successor.  In  1877  Mr  Allard  resigned 
tli'-  office  in  favor  of  Mis  A.  R.  Forrest,  who  removed  the  office  to  the  hotel. 
Mrs  Forresl  was  succeeded  in  1889  by  H.  Seammon. 

S  Lake  Circle  was  organized  in  1885  for  literary  advancement  and  the 

formation  of  a  library.     It   now  has  a  library  of  250  volumes.     It  is  kept  at 
the  hotel.      I.  A.  Forresl  is  librarian. 

'(ford's    Oavi    is   about   one  mile  from  Eaton  Centre,  four   miles    from 

illage,  and  four  from  Conway.     It  is  a  gothic  arch,  gray,  mossy,  and 

looking  out  upon  a  dark,  deep,  woody  gorge,  and  is  thirty  feet  high  and 

The    hack    has    such  an  inclination  that  seats    for   eighty 

aid  easily  he  arranged  as  in  an  amphitheatre.     From  the  top  a  ridge 

up  in  former  days,  that  extends  to  Pea  Porridge  pond — 

a  mile  and  a  half.     The  cave  also  indicates  artificial  origin. 


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Soon  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  the  town  found  thai  ii  was  owing 
over  $20,000.  In  L883  this  had  been  nearly  all  paid,  Less  than  |2,500 
remaining. 

Malison  Mil, it/,'  is  the  old  business  centre,  and  still  preserves  its  dignity, 
and  much  business  is  done.  The  church,  Atkinson's  store,  Nason's  manufac- 
tory, and  the  pleasanl  homes  surrounding  them  unite  in  making  a  rural  village 
of  attraction. 


CHAPTER   LXX. 


Town    Annals  —  Freewill    Baptist    Churches  —  Rev.   Charles    E.   Blake  —  Civil    List  — 
Statistics. 

TOWN  ANNALS.  —  George  Merrow,  James  Mooney,  and  Mark  P.  Blais- 
dell  were  authorized  to  call  the  first  town-meeting,  which  was  holden 
February  8,  1853,  and  the  selectmen  were  constituted  a  committee  to 
settle  with  the  town  of  Eaton,  according  to  the  act  of  incorporation,  which 
specified  as  commissioners  to  make  a  suitable  division  Jonathan  T.  Chase  and 
Eliphalet  Cloutman,  of  Conway,  and  Elias  Rice,  of  Freedom.  At  the  March 
meeting  there  were  150  votes  cast  for  governor,  of  which  Noah  Martin 
received  53,  James  P>ell  G8,  and  John  H.  White,  29.  The  town  voted 
tn  raise  -$500  for  the  repair  of  highways,  $500  for  winter  tax  on  high- 
ways, $100  in  addition  to  what  the  law  requires  for  schools,  $500  for 
the  necessary  charges  and  expenses  of  the  town ;  to  build  a  new  town-house. 
1854.  At  the  annual  town-meeting  voted  to  raise  $700  for  highways,  $700 
for  winter  tax  on  highways,  $100  above  the  requirements  of  law  for  schools, 
$500  tor  town's  expenses,  $800  for  building  the  "county  road,"  and  John 
Moulton  and  Henry  Harmon  chosen  commissioners  to  expend  the  money. 
The  town  was  divided  into  nine  school  districts:  Village,  Harmon,  B.  B. 
Colby's,  Blaisdell,  Lord's,  Mason's,  Churchill's,  Quint's,  Kimball's.  The  resi- 
dent valuation  was  $770.35,  non-resident,  $14.65.  Henry  Harmon  was  excused 
as  load  commissioner  and  Eleazer  Kennison  chosen  in  his  place.  The  town 
afterwards  voted  to  reconsider  the  vote  appointing  agents,  and  authorized 
i  In-  selectmen  to  lay  the  road  out  into  sections  of  twenty  rods  each,  and  sell 
the  jobs  of  building  them  to  the  lowest  bidder.  1855.  Robinson  Blaisdell, 
Isaiah  Forrest,  Nathaniel  Quint,  were  chosen  to  settle  the  controversy  between 
Madison  and  Eaton.  The  proportion  of  state  tax  to  be  raised  this  year  is 
*'.»:'>. si) ;    county    tax,  $131.34;    town    charges,    $400;    school    money    required 


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14.50;  school  money  in  addition  to  this,  #200;  repair  of  highways 
•inter  tax   for  highways,  #700.     John  L.  Frost  appointed 
L856.     The    ticket   for   five   presidential    electors   headed   by 
ceived  -11   vol,...  thai  by  W.  H.  H.  Bailey  122.     1857.     The 
re    authorized    to  hire  money  to  pay  the  town  debt    and  voted 
to  applv  on  it.     One  dollar  a  day  allowed  for  work  on    roads 
e  the  first  of  <  October;  after  that,  seventy-five  cents.     $150  above  the  sum 
:  by  law  ($256)  to  be  raised  for  schools.     1858.     Conway  line  peram- 
On  the  question,  "Is  it  expedient  to  alter  the  state  constitution?" 
town   east  seventy-six   votes  in  the  negative   to    none   in  the    affirmative. 
Daniel  Lary  appointed  liquor  agent,     1860.     Votes  in  favor  of  removing  the 
courts  from  Ossipee  (all  cast).  139;  in  favor  of  holding  the  courts  at  Madison, 
ii  favor  of  purchasing  a  county  farm,  129;  against,  10;  against  building- 
jail.  139.     James  J.  Merrow  appointed  liquor  agent.     Lines  between  Madi- 
son and   Freedom  perambulated. 

L861.  December  18,  voted  to  raise  1300  for  families  of  volunteers.  1862. 
No  votes  for  and  L29  against  buying  a  county  farm  and  building  a  jail.  Seven 
school  districts  made.  1862,  -July  12,  the  selectmen  are  authorized  to  hire 
$400  for  families  of  volunteers.  August  14,  voted  $2,500  to  encourage 
enlistments  and  to  pay  each  man  who  enlists  $100;  also,  that  the  enlistments 
in  the  town  be  restricted  to  our  quota.  August  23,  voted  "to  authorize  the 
committee  having  in  charge:  the  act  providing  for  aid  to  volunteers  to  pay 
to  families  the  sums  equal  to  the  full  amount  specified  in  the  act  referred 
tccording  to  the  number  of  the  family  dependent;  the  town  making 
up  to  the  volunteers'  families  whatever  the  state  does  not  allow  (if  anything) 
to  encourage  enlistments."  September  29,  voted  $1,200  for  soldiers'  families. 
L863.  At  the  March  meeting  voted  to  raise  $1,000  for  soldiers'  families. 
.March  30,  a  committee  appointed  to  report  a  plan  for  a  town-house  immedi- 
.  October  3,  voted  $800  of  the  money  now  on  hand  to  liquidate  the 
town  debt  :  also,  $500  for  the  aid  of  dependents  of  volunteers.  December  3, 
voted  $1,500  to  cash  United  States  bounties  for  volunteers ;  also,  $1,000  to 
•urage  enlistments;  chose  Josiah  Hobbs  and  one  of  the  selectmen  agents 
to  till  the  quota.  1864.  At  the  March  meeting  this  resolution,  offered  by 
B.  B.  <  lolby,  was   adopted  :  — 

lli.it   the   southern  rebels  now  in  arms   to   destroy  this  government  are  foul 

conspirators,  ealse  to  themselves,  Ealse  to  mankind  and  to  God;  we  therefore  hold  it  to  be 

i  of  all  loyal  persons  to  do  all  they  can  by  word  or  deed,  by  their  influence,  by  their 

ation,  by  their  sympathy  as  well  as  by  their  purse,  to  aid  the  government  cheerfully 

Lily  in  putting  down  this  cruel,  unjustifiable,  uncalled-for,  and  wicked  rebellion. 

0  for  families  of  volunteers;  also,  $2,000  for  repair  of  highways 
May  2,  voted  $100  for  each  man  that  will  or  has  volunteered 


Town    of   Madison.  811 


and  is  assigned  to  our  quota,  also  to  raise  $75  in  addition  to  the  sum  already 
raised  ;  thai  William  Harmon  be  an  agent  to  deed  lands  belonging  to  the 
town.  June  13,  voted  $1,800  to  pay  drafted  men  or  their  substitutes;  120,000 
for  the  encouragemenl  of  enlistments;  to  authorize  the  selectmen  to  fill  the 
quota.  November  8,  voted  to  pay  an  equal  amount  of  town  bounty  [to  all] 
who  volunteered  to  fill  the  quota.  L865.  March  meeting.  Voted  to  raise 
$3,000  to  pay  on  the  town  debt;  $2,000  for  volunteers'  families.  L867. 
March  meeting,  voted  to  raise  $2,625  to  pay  on  town  debt;  also,  to  issue 
town  bonds  to  the  amount  of  $20,000,  payable  $1,000  a  year,  in  such  denomi- 
nations as  the  selectmen  shall  think  proper,  and  sell  the  same.  bu1  not  to  sell 
under  the  lace  of  I  hem.  On  the  question,  "  Js  it  expedient  to  abolish  pauper 
settlements  in  town  and  throw  the  entire  support  of  the  paupers  upon  the 
counties'.'1"  the  town  voted  10  in  favor  and  76  against.  1868.  Raised  $1,800 
for  highways  and  bridges,  $250  in  addition  to  the  requirement  for  schools, 
$600  for  town  expenses,  $1,200  to  pay  on  town  debt.  1809.  Voted  to  raise 
$5,000  on  town  debt;  $2,400  for  highways  and  bridges;  $250  in  addition 
to  the  provision  of  law  for  schools.  Line  between  Eaton  and  Madison 
perambulated. 

1873.  In  the  warrant  calling  a  town-meeting  to  meet  April  twenty-sixth, 
the  fourth  article  read:  "  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  build  a  town  house  and 
raise  money  for  the  same,  or  unite  with  the  first  school  district  and  build  a 
town  hall  in  connection  with  the  school  house  in  said  district."  The  town 
voted  to  pass  this  article.  In  the  March  meeting,  1874,  one  article  in  the 
warrant  was  passed  over  which  was  "  to  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  build  a 
town  house  and  raise  money  for  the  same."  At  the  same  meeting  it  was  voted 
that  the  price  of  labor  on  the  highway  for  ten  hours  previous  to  September  1 
shall  he  two  dollars  per  day.  after  that  time  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  ;  also, 
that  the  selectmen  be  instructed  to  divide  the  dog  tax  so  that  each  district 
shall  have  the  proceeds  of  its  own  dogs.  The  subject  of  town-house  was  again 
"passed"  in  a  meeting  held  April  14.  1877.  On  the  questions  involving  the 
amendments  of  the  state  constitution,  the  town  voted  affirmatively  on  all  but 
the  first  question,  which  was  negatived.  1878.  At  March  meeting  voted  to 
raise  $3,000  for  highways  and  bridges,  $1,000  for  payment  on  town  debt. 
Horace  W.  Harmon  chosen  agent  to  furnish  schoolbooks  at  cost;  James 
Hodsdon  receives  the  appointment  of  fish-warden.  1879.  Voted  to  adopt 
and  enforce  sections  15  and  10  of  charter  109  of  the  General  Laws  of  New 
Hampshire  concerning  the  sale  of  cider,  lager  beer,  etc.  1883.  The  town- 
house  question  again  comes  up,  and  is  again  "passed  over."  1884.  Voted  to 
build  a  town-house ;  also,  to  raise  $800  to  build  it,  and  chose  George  Chick, 
David  Knowles,  Langdon  M.  Atkinson,  William  Mason,  and  Nathaniel  M. 
Nason  a  committee  to  locate  the  site  and  build  the  house.  Nason  resigned, 
having  taken    the  contract  to  build  the  house,  and    Nathaniel   Churchill   was 


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rerj  neat  building  was  erected  at  the  village  as  a  result  of 

At     the    fall    election    the    Republican    electors    of    President 

2  votes,  the  Democratic  48,  the  Prohibition  7  ;  177  votes  cast;  also, 

,1  by  43  to  1  that  ii  was  inexpedient  to  call  a  convention  to  revise  the  state 

L885.     Voted    1200    in     addition    to    requirement    for    schools, 

,r  roads  ami  bridges,  1600  for  town  expenses;  to  allow  fifteen  cents  an 

labor  on   the  highways;  voted  to  accept  the  new  town-house.     1886. 

i  for  highway  purposes:  voted  77  to  5  that   it  was  inexpedient  to 

mstitutional    convention;  to    discontinue  the  highway   leading    from 

the  north  line  of  Freedom   northerly  over  Gow  hill,  as  far  north  of  said  line 

as  the  main   road  from  said  highway  to  the  dwelling  of  Thomas  Harmon;  that 

the  young  people  have  the  use  of  the  town-house  free  for  dramatic  and  social 

entertainments   h.r  the  ensuing  year,  in    consideration   of  the  chandelier  and 

-*    they  have    presented   to  the  town   for  use  in  the  town-house.     1888.. 

More  highways  are  discontinued.     The  old  early  roads  are  not  in  all  cases  the 

ones  used  to-day.  and  are  going  back  to  their  original  wildness.     At  the  fall 

tion    George    W.    Nesmith,  heading   the    Republican    electoral    ticket   for 

President,    received    12<>  votes;    Thomas   Cogswell,    heading  the    Democratic 

toral    ticket,    received     14    votes.     1889.     The   votes    on    the    questions 

presented  in  the  proposed  amendments  to  the  state  constitution   were:   No.  1, 

55,  no  29;   No.  2,  yes  58,  no  29;  No.  3,  yes  60,  no  30;  No.  4,  yes  62,  no 

26  :  No.  5,  yes  52,  no  37  ;   No.  6,  yes  23,  no  73 ;  No.  7,  yes  74,  no  21. 

"t»ri/,  1889.  —  Polls,  153;  140  horses,  valued  $7,766;  96  oxen,  valued 
8;    L85    cows,   valued  $3,346;  129  other  neat  stock,  valued  $2,100;  184 
sheep,   valued  8370.     The  total  valuation  of  the  town  is  $137,366. 

The    Freewill    /><//>/ 1*/    Church   of    Madison  was    organized   as  the    "Eaton 
Church,"  Stewart  says,  in  1799,  in  one  place;  in  1802  in  another.     The  early 
records  being  lost,  it  is  impossible  to  tell  accurately.     John  Colby  labored  here 
in  181 1,  and  baptized  46.     in  1812  the  membership  was  exceedingly  large,  200, 
a-  appears  on  the  reports  to  the  Quarterly  Meeting.     In  1822  this  had  dropped 
to  50,  and  a  series  of  declensions  and  revivals  followed  for  many  years.    In  1838 
the  membership  was  reported  as  82.    Sixty-seven  were  added  in  1844,  when  Rev. 
Charles  I'..  Blake  was  pastor  for  about  five  months.     The  next  year  the  church 
preferred  charges  against  the  pastor,  Rev.  Thomas  Sanborn,  which  were  sus- 
tained, but  various  things  had  tended  to  bring  difficulties  into  the  organization 
besides  this.     Second  Adventism  had  come,  and  the  church  had  not  recovered 
from   it.     in   1853    the  church    becomes  the  '-First   Madison  Church''  by  the 
mation  of  the  town  of  Madison.     A  large  revival  blessed  faithful  efforts  in 
L858,    14    becoming  members.     There    were  then  but   68.      In   1878-79    the 
i'""l   numbered   over  one    hundred    attendants.      Rev.  C.   E.   Blake 
in  L886.     The  present  church  building  was  erected  in  1855,  and 
!    L888was  thoroughly  renovated  and  refitted,  and  a  tine  bell 


Town    of    Malison.  813 


hung  in  the  tower.  The  church  membership  Is  t8;  deacon,  George  W.  Gray. 
Deacon  Charles  Allard,  an  excellent  man,  served  some  time,  and  until  his 
death.  The  Sabbath-school  has  about  50  members;  David  KJnowles,  super- 
intendent. 

Rev.  Charles  /•'.  Blake  was  born  at  Exeter,  June  21,  L818.  At  the  age  of 
fourteen  he  left  school.  When  eighteen  be  was  apprenticed  to  the  morocco 
business  in  Lynn:  the  uexl  year  be  made  shoes  in  various  places.  In  1840 
lie  joined  the  Methodist  church  lit  Newmarket.  On  account  of  his  radical 
anti-slaverj  views  he  was  given  a  letter  of  dismissal,  and  in  L84t  joined  the 
Freewill  Baptisl  denomination,  and  very  soon  began  to  preach.  lie  came  to 
Madison  in  August,  1844,  found  the  church  almost  extinct,  and  drew  up  a  new 
church  covenant  which  was  signed  by  72  persons.  Mis  stay  here  was  until 
February,  184~>.  His  successor  proved  himself  unworthy,  and  the  church 
suffered.  Mr.  Blake  was  in  active  labor  at  North  Sandwich,  where  he  was 
ordained  in  September,  1845.  In  December,  1847,  he  went  to  Franconia  and 
Bethlehem  churches.  After  three  years  he  removed  to  Bethlehem  and  was 
pastor  three  years;  he  was  then  at  Dalton  two  years,  Gardner  City  (Maine), 
three  years.  Dover,  one  year,  and  Farmington  (Maine),  two  years.  November 
1,  1861,  Mr  Blake  enlisted  in  the  Thirteenth  Maine  Volunteers  under  Colonel 
Neal  Dow.  In  March,  L862,  he  was  promoted  to  the  chaplaincy  of  the  regi- 
ment, and  was  in  active  service  for  two  years,  accompanying  General  Butler 
to  New  Orleans.  His  services  in  the  army  were  numerous  and  patriotic.  In 
1863  he  returned  to  Farmington,  and  was  pastor  for  four  years,  then  at  Auburn 
(  Maine ).  where  he  in  one  day  baptized  65.  In  September,  1867,  he  was 
called  to  a  church  in  New  York  city  that  was  just  disbanding,  and  remained 
three  years.  He  then  went  to  South  Boston,  and  was  soon  called  to  canvass 
New  York  state  for  the  missionary  cause. 

After  pastorates  at  Dover,  Springvale,  New  Hampton,  and  North  Anson, 
he  was  employed  as  a  home  missionary  by  the  state  board  of  missions  in  Maine. 
But  the  old  field  where  he  had  labored  so  usefully  needed  him,  and  January 
1,  1886,  he  commenced  his  present  pastorate  in  Madison,  forty-one  years  after 
his  first  labors  here.  He  has  ever  been  a  pioneer,  especially  noted  for  his  skill 
in  building  and  uniting  disorganized  congregations,  and  much  of  this  work  has 
fallen  to  his  lot.  At  the  age  of  seventy-one,  his  countenance  is  cheerful, 
sunny,  and  cheery,  and  he  walks  with  the  lightness  of  a  boy.  He  looks  upon  the 
bright  side  of  life,  labors  with  the  earnestness  of  an  extremely  earnest  nature 
lor  the  right,  as  God  has  given  him  to  see  the  right,  and  is  a  widely  known 
and  loved  veteran  of  his  church,  few  have  accomplished  more  good.  His 
daughter  Sadie  is  connected  with  the  management  of  the  "Free  Baptists" 
at  Minneapolis;  another  daughter,  Lizzie,  married  Rev.  E.  S.  Stackpole,  now 
building  up  a  theological  seminary  at  Florence,  Jtaly,  for  his  (Methodist) 
church.     His  son  Edwin  is  pastor  of  the  church  at  J  am  worth  Iron  Works. 


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Blaisdell,   [saiah  Forrest,  Nathaniel  Quint,  selectmen;  James   J.  Merrow, 
To*,  Albert  Allan,,  selectmen;  Jan.es  ,.  Merrow,  clerk;  Jotham  Harmon, 


Fames  Lord,  John  Chick,  selectmen;  -Tames  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  Jotham  Harmon, 


k  l'.  Blaisdell,  Jerome  Snell,  Isaiah  Forrest,  jr,  selectmen;  James  J.  Morrow,  clerk;   William 

itive.  „..„.       TT 

U,  Luke  Nickerson,  Isaiah  Forrest,  jr,  selectmen ;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  William  Harmon, 

Sickerson,  Nathaniel  Churchill,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  Benjamin  B. 

.  ii,  Nnthaniel  Churchill,  Mark  Nickerson,  selectmen;  Charles  H.  Hunt,  clerk;  Benjamin 

resentative. 

Mo    „       V1, ,„.,.(  .Wakeileld,  John  A.  Forrest,  selectmen;  Alden  Snell,  clerk. 
,|  ,,'.,„,  ,  John  Chick,  John    R.  Flanders,  selectmen;    Alden  Snell,  clerk;   Josiah    H.  Hobbs, 

i  landers,  John  Chick,  Albert  Allard,  selectmen;  Charles  H.  Hunt,  clerk;  Josiah  H.  Hobbs, 

I  Uberl   Allard,  William   Harmon,  selectmen;   Charles  H.  Hunt,  clerk;   Mark  P. 

■    ■  itive. 

I   John  R.  Flanders,  Albert  Allan!,  William  Harmon,  selectmen  ;  Charles  H.  Hunt,  clerk. 

,.   piandei  kerson,  Daniel  I.  Quint,  selectmen;  Charles  H.  Hunt,  clerk;  George  Merrow, 

n,  Daniel  I.  Quint,  Jerome  Snell,  selectmen;  James  J.  Morrow,  clerk;  George  Merrow, 

itlve. 
Mark  Nickerson,  Jerome  snell,  Nathaniel  Nickerson,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  John  R. 

Flanders,  representative. 

irk  Nickerson,  Jonathan  Nickerson,  William  R.  Thurston,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  John 
representative. 
Mark  P.  Blaisdell,  Ichabod  D.Churchill,  Andrew  J.Forrest,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  Mark 
in,  representative. 

1870,  Mark  P.  Blaisdell,  Jerome  Snell,  Robert  K.  Chick,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  Mark  Nicker- 
son, representative. 

1871,  Mark  P.  Blaisdell,  Robert  K.  Chick,  Samuel  Frost,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  Albert  Allard, 
tentative. 

1872  Mark  P.  Blaisdell,  Mark  !•'.  Tasker,  Samuel  Frost,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  Albert  Allard, 
representative. 

1878,  Mark  1*.  Blaisdell,  Mark  F. Tasker,  Samuel  Frost,  selectmen ;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk ;  Samuel  Ambrose, 

sentative. 
1-74.  Mark  1'.  Blaisdell,  Samuel  Frost,  Mark  Nickerson,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk. 

Mm!,  P.  Blaisdell,  Mark  Nickerson,  Roswell  Harmon,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk;  William  R. 
Thurston,  representative. 

1876,  John  i;    Flanders,  Roswell  Harmon,  James  O.  Gerry,  selectmen;  James  J.  Merrow,  clerk. 

1877,  John  R.  Flanders,  James  O.  Gerry,  George  Chick,  selectmen;   Albert  Allard,  clerk;   Samuel  Frost, 
representative, 

1878,  John  R.  Flanders,  James  0.  Gerry,  George  Chick,  selectmen;  Albert  Allard,  clerk. 

John  II.  Flanders,  James  <>.  Gerry,  George  Chick,  selectmen;  Albert  Allard,  clerk;  James  J.  Merrow, 
itive. 

a   B.  Flanders, James  O.Gerry,  George  Chick,  selectmen;  Albert  Allard,  clerk;  James  J.  Burke, 
tive. 
1881,  Albert  Allard,  John  <;.  Ferren,  Knoch  L.  Drew,  selectmen;  John  R.  Flanders,  clerk. 

:.  Albert  Allard,  John  <;.  Ferren,  Knoch  L.  Drew,  selectmen;  John  R.  Flanders,  clerk;  Josiah  H.  Hobbs, 
entative. 

1883,  Albeit  Allard,  John  G.  Ferren,  Knoch  L.  Drew,  selectmen;  John  R.  Flanders,  clerk. 

1884,  Jos  ah  n.  Hobbs,  Robert  K.  Chick,  Henry  Ilarriman,  selectmen;  James  O.  Gerry,  clerk. 

iab  II.  Hobbs,  Robert  K.  Chick,  Henry  Ilarriman,  selectmen;  Augustus  Lary,  clerk. 
iib    II.  Hobbs,  Robert   K.  Chick,  Henry  Ilarriman,  selectmen;   Augustus   Lary,  clerk;   William 
■    ei  tative. 
1887,  Josiah  II.  Hobbs,  Robert  K.  (hick,  Henry  Ilarriman,  selectmen;  Augustus  Lary,  clerk, 
in  ll.  Hobbs,  Frank  R.  Kennett,  Henry  Ilarriman,  selectmen;  Augustus  Lary,  clerk, 
lb  II.  Hobbs,  Frank  It.  Kennett,  Frank  W.  Barrett,  selectmen;  Augustus  Lary,  clerk. 


CONWAY. 


CHAPTER   LXXI. 

Introduction  —  Conditions  of    Charter  and   Boundaries  —  Grantees  —  Pequawket  —  The 
Original  Proprietors  and  List  of  Settlers  —  Andrew  McMillan's  Petition  —  Roads  —  Prominent 
Settlers  — Signers  of  Association  Test — Early  Mills — Early  Prices  —  Early  Innkeepers 
Early  Taxes  — Early  Music  —  Early  Survey  —  Freshet  of  October,  1785  —  Inventory  ot   1794. 

From  the  heart  of  Waumbck  Methna,  from  the  lake  that  never  fails, 
Kails  the  Saco  in  the  green  lap  of  Conway's  intervales; 
There  in  wild  and  virgin  freshness,  its  waters  foam  and  flow, 
As  when  Darby  Field  lirst  saw  them,  two  hundred  years  ago. 

But,  vexed  in  all  its  seaward  course  with  bridges,  dams,  and  mills, 
How  changed  is  Saco's  stream,  how  lost  its  freedom  of  the  hills, 
Since  traveled  Jocelyn,  factor  Vines,  and  stately  Champernoon 
Heard  on  its  hanks  the  gray  wolf's  howl,  the  trumpet  of  the  loon! 

With  smoking  axle  hot  with  speed,  with  steeds  of  lire  and  steam, 
Wide-waked  To-day  leaves  Yesterday  behind  him  like  a  dream. 
still,  from  the  hurrying  train  of  Life,  fly  backward  far  and  last 
The  milestones  of  the  fathers,  the  landmarks  of  the  past. 

THE  history  of  Conway  stretches  through  a  long  succession  of  years. 
Before  the  white  man  knew  of  this  section,  before  the  "  White  Hills " 
were  seen  by  the  earty  navigators,  the  Pequawket  Indians  had  a  happy 
home  in  the  lovely  valley  of  the  Saco,  and  waxed  fat  and  strong  among 
the  profusion  of  moose,  bear,  and  other  game  that  roamed  through  the 
great  forest  wildernesses,  while  every  stream  was  filled  with  magnificent 
trmit.  Here  the  squaws  cultivated  cornfields  in  the  open  interval.  Their 
territory  reached  from  the  Notch  to  the  sea.  The  central  location  was 
in  "  Pigwacket,"  now  Fryeburg  and  Conway.  These  Indians  bore  a 
widespread  reputation  for  valor  and  daring,  were  bloodthirsty  and  able 
warriors,  and  possessed  a  higher  degree  of  intelligence  than  many  of  the 
Algonquin  natives.  This  was  a  perfect  home  for  an  Indian,  with  its  wealth 
of  game  and  fish,  and  the  waters  of  the  Saco  affording  access  to  the  seashore. 
I'p  this  winding  stream  passed  Darby  Field  on  his  way  to  the  White  Hills  in 
1t'..°)2,  the  pioneer  of  the  millions  who  have  visited  the  wonders  of  this  mystical 
region,  and  a  century  and  a  generation  later  the  few  Indians  that  did  not  flee 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


Lovewell  fight  saw  the  advance  of  the  white   men  who 
their  homes  and  trample  the  ashes  of  their  council-fires  under 

it  feet. 

and  Boundaries.  —  In  the  reign  of  his  majesty  George  the  Third, 

■    Wentworth,  governor  of   the   province   of  New   Hampshire,  a 

was  obtained,  dated   October  1,   1765,  of  23,040  acres  of  land,  with 

Idition    of    l.Olo   acres    for    roads,  ponds,   mountains,  rocks,    etc.     This 

square    was    the   good    town    of    Conway.      According    to    M.    F. 

••  The     town     takes     its     name     from    that     gallant     old     English 

in,    Henry    Seymour    Conway,    Walpole's    friend,    commander-in-chief 

British  army,  and.  at   the  time  when  this  mountain  glen  was  baptized, 

i  prominenl   champion  of  the  liberties  of  America."     This  land  was  divided 

into  sixty-nine  equal   shares,  and  every  grantee,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  were 

required   to   planl    and   cultivate   five   acres  of  land   within  the   term   of  five 

years,    for    every    fifty    acres    contained   in   his   share.      White-pine    trees   fit 

for  masts  were  of  course  reserved  for  his  majesty,  and  "before  any  division 

of  the  land  be  made  one-acre  lots  near  the  centre  of  the  township  be  reserved 

for  each  grantee,  and  each  grantee  should  pay  annually,  if  demanded,  one  ear 

of  Indian  corn  in  the  month  of  December  for  ten  years;"  after  the  ten  years 

shilling  proclamation   money  for  every  one   hundred  acres.     Two   shares 

containing  five  hundred  acres  to  be  reserved  for  Governor  Wentworth,  one  for 
the  support  of  the  gospel  in  heathen  lands,  one  for  the  church  of  England,  one 
for  first  settled  minister,  and  one  for  the  benefit  of  schools. 

/;  mndaries.  —  The  boundaries  given  in  the  charter  are  these  :  — 

Beginning  al  a  Beech  Tree  Standing  in  the  Dividing  Line  Between  the  Province  of  New 
Bampshire  and  the  Province  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  at  a  Bought  Twenty  six  miles  Distance 
From  the  head  of  Salmon  Falls  Elver  And  about  two  miles  and  one  Quarter  of  a  mile 
southerly  of  the  Place  whare  the  Aforesaid  dividing  Line  first  Crosseth  Sawco  Eiver  Said 
Beech  Tree  is  marked  with  the  Letters  B-g-t-n  as  also  S.  E.  C  For  South  East  Corner  and 
I  rum  Baid  Tree  run-  on  the  Aforesaid  Dividing  Line  North  8  degrees  East  Six  miles  to  a  Beech 
uarked  with  the  Aforesaid   Letters    B-g-t-n   &   also  N.  E.  C  For  North   East   Corner 

The Turning   Square   off   al    Right    angles   and   Running   North    82    degrees    West    Six 

miles  i"  a  Beech  Tire  marked  as  aforesaid  three  Quarters  of  one  mile  Westerly  of  Saeo 
River    Thence  Turning  al    Light   Angles   and  runs   South   Eight   Degrees   west   Six  miles 

maple  tree  marked  with  the  Aforesaid  Letters  and  with  S.  W.  C  For  southwest  Corner 
&  From  Thence  Turning  of  at  Right  Angles  and  Runing  South  Eighty  Two  degrees  East 
to  lie'  Bounds  First  above  mentioned  Standing  in  the  Aforesaid  Dividing  Line  of  the  Aforesaid 
Provinces.     •(  Richard  Eastman's  Copy  in  Proprietors'1  Becords.] 

Conway  is  now  bounded   north  by  Chatham  and  Bartlett,  east  by  Maine, 

1  by  Eaton   and    Madison,  west   by  Madison  and  Albany.     It  has  an  area 

acres.     The  principal  streams  are  the  Saco,  Swift,  and  Pequawket 

irgest    bodies  of  water  Walker's  and  Pequawket  ponds.     Saco 

rom   ten   to  twelve  rods   wide,  with   rapid  current  broken  by  falls,  so 


Town   of  Conway.  817 


situated  as  to  be  improved  ai  small  expense.  The  intervale  along  the  Saco  is 
fi-Min  fifty  bo  three  hundred  rods  in  width,  and  is  mosl  productive  farming  land. 
The  Green  Hills,  Rattlesnake,  Middle,  and  Peaked  mountains  are  in  the  north 
pari  of  the  town.  Pine  Hill  is  in  the  great  bend  of  the  Saco,  while  White 
Horse  and  Cathedral  ledges  and  bewitching  Echo  lake  resl  upon  its  northwest 
corner.  The  population  reached  1,001  in  L830,  which  by  L850  had  increased 
to  1,765,  to  fall  to  L,624  in  I860,  and  1,007  in  1870. _  A  gratifying  increase  was 
shown  in  L880,  when  the  census  showed  2,124.  The  growth  has  been  steady 
sinee  that,  and  of  a  perraanenl  character.  According  to  report  made  to  the 
State  Department  of  Agriculture,  Conway  produced  in  1888,  78,800  pounds  of 
butter,  2,3">0  pounds  of  cheese,  sold  L3,520  gallons  of  milk,  and  received 
$130,140  from  summer  boarders. 

Grantees.  —  Daniel  Foster,  Joseph  Eastman,  Asa  Kimball,  Andrew 
McMillan,  and  William  Stark  (for  building  mills),  George  Abbott,  Joseph 
Eastman,  Jr,  Thomas  Merrill,  Moses  Eastman,  Henry  Lovejoy,  Obediah 
Eastman,  Nathaniel  Eastman,  Andrew  Buntin,  Ephraim  Carter,  Reuben 
Kimball,  Richard  Aver,  Jacob  Ayers,  Perley  Ayers,  Nathaniel  Perly,  Ebenezer 
Burbank,  Peter  Ayers,  Samuel  Merrill,  William  Ladd,  Samuel  Ayers,  Jr, 
Joshua  Heath,  James  Osgood,  Asa  Foster,  Moses  Foster,  Jr,  Francis  Carr, 
John  Carr,  Ephraim  Foster,  David  Carr,  Elias  Heath,  Caleb  Foster,  Daniel 
Ingalls,  Benjamin  Ingalls,  John  Maston,  John  Maston,  Jr,  William  Ingalls,  John 
Ingalls,  Moses  Foster,  Samuel  Ingalls,  John  Johnson,  David  Hicks,  Arthur 
Bennett,  James  Burley,  Jonathan  Stevens,  David  Davis,  Josiah  Johnson,  Thomas 
Bragg,  Peter  Parker,  John  Beverly  Watts,  the  Hon.  John  Temple,  Esq.,  the 
Hon.  Theodore  Atkinson,  Daniel  Warner,  Mark  Hunking  Wentworth,  Theodore 
Atkinson,  Jr,  Nathaniel  Barrell,  Peter  Livius,  Jonathan  Warner,  Clement 
March,  Esq.,  John  Lang,  John  Tufton  Mason,  Esq.,  Henry  Sherburne,  Esq., 
Speaker  of  the  Assembly. 

Pequmvket. — As  Conway  and  Fryeburg  embrace  the  territory  called 
Pe-que-auk-ct  (Pequawket),  "  the  clear,  plain  valley  lands  near  or  on  each  side 
of  the  crooked  Skog-kooe  "  (meaning,  "  The  snake-shaped  stream  running  midst 
pine-trees"),  now  Saco  river,  and  as  the  objective  point  for  settlement  was  the 
homestead  of  the  Pequaivkets,  the  settlement  of  these  towns  has  an  insepa- 
rable connection.  Colonel,  afterward  General,  Joseph  Frye  had  been  an  officer 
in  the  king's  army,  and  in  consideration  of  gallant  deeds  a  grant  of  Pigwackett 
was  made  to  him  March  3,  1702,  with  conditions  similar  to  those  of  Conway. 
Pigwackett  was  supposed  to  be  entirely  in  Maine,  then  belonging  to  Massa- 
chusetts, but  it  was  found  that  over  four  thousand  acres  of  the  land  granted 
Frye  was  in  New  Hampshire.  Colonel  Frye  relinquished  1.1  17  acres  in  New 
Hampshire,  and  selected  that  number  of  acres  in  Maine,  north  of  his  grant  on 
the  Son-ki-jjo,  "  Cold  Stream,"  which  was  called  "  Fryeburg  Addition "  until 
incorporated  as  Stow. 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


Frye  located  his  grant  the  Maine  line  was  supposed  to  lie 

the  Province  line  as  it  now  is,  and  the  northwest  corner 

ed    on    Green    Hill.     By   the   same   misapprehension, 

Irown,  grantee    of  Brownfield,  had   a   large   share  of 

,i.  '  in  November,  1763,  Samuel  Osgood,  Moses  Ames,  John 

and  Jedediah  Spring   came    as   settlers    under    Colonel   Frye.     David 

nd   Nathaniel  Merrill  accompanied  them.     In  1765  the  last  two  had 

svith  David  Page  (who  had  been  a  companion  scout  of  Nathaniel 

[11  in    Rogers's  rangers)    and  Captain    Timothy  Walker,  constituted  the 

men!    of  Seven   Lots,  so   long  the  name  of  Fryeburg  village.     In  1765 

;  Burbank,  Joshua  Heath,  and  -John  Dolloff  settled  near  the  centre  of 

nship,    and    in    1766    Daniel    Foster,    Thomas    Merrill,    and    Thomas 

dbourn    commenced    the   settlement    of    North    Conway,   building    their 

dwellings  on  the  intervale.     At  this  time  Captain  Walker  had  a  grist  and  saw 

mill  at  the  outlet  of  Walker's  pond.     By  1768  a  dozen  families  were  living  in 

Conway  under  the  Maine  grants,  among  them  Benjamin  and  James  Osgood 

from  Concord,  brothers  of  Major  Samuel  of  Seven  Lots,  the  two  Dolloffs,  and 

two    or    three    Walkers.     Fryeburg    was    not   incorporated   as    a   town    until 

January  11.  1777,  and  as  Conway  was  incorporated  by  its  charter,  elected  its 

ers,  and  ever  kept  up  its  organization,  it  was  the  first  White  Mountain 

town. 

The  varying  claims  of  the  conflicting  proprietors  caused  more  than  ordinary 
attention  to  be  given  to  those  who  made  settlements  early,  and  we  give  a 
quaint  old  document  on  file  in  Concord  that  shows  a  glimpse  of  the  earliest 
civilized  occupation  of  this  territory,  who  of  them  belonged  to  Conway,  and 
who  to  the  colony  of  Fryeburg. 

Original  Proprietors,  number  of  lots  claimed,  lots  settled,  under  whom  first  improved,  lots  improved 
and  unimproved  in  1771. 

1.  Theodore  Atkinson,  Esq.,  No.  67,  claimed  by  David  Page,  "  settled  2  familys  under  Col.  Frye."    2.  Asa 

64,  claimed   by  John  Osgood,  "  Do  First  Improved  under  Brown."    3.  Reuben  Kimble,  63,  Joshua 

"  1 1"   1-  ii-- 1    Improved  under  Brown."    4.  Josiah  Johnson,  53,  Thomas  Merril,  Esqr.,  "Settled  under 

.'  Familys  on  this  lot."    5.  Daniel  Foster,  4G,  Timothy  Walker,  "Do  Brown  began  the  Improvement  on 

Mint,    15,   Enoch   Webster,  "Settled  under  Conway."    7.    Perley  Ayre,  42,  Ebeuezer 

Burbank,  "  Settled  under  Conway.*'    S.  Joshua  Heath,  50,  Joshua  Heath,  "  Settled  under  Brown."    9.  Ebeuezer 

Burbank,  49,   Richard   Ayre,  "Settled   under  Brown."    10.  Peter  Parker,  48,  Richard  Ayre,  "Settled  under 

Brown."    11.  Late  Governor  Farm,  51  &  .V.',  .lames  &  Ben"*  Osgood,  "  Two  Familys  settled  under  Brown."    12. 

John  Ma-tin,  32,  Thomas  Russell,  "  Settled  under  Conway."    13.  James  Burley,  27,  Thomas  Merril,  Esq.,  "Do 

about  30 acres  Improved."    14.  Joseph  Eastman,  jr,  14,  Richard  Eastman,  "  Settled  under  Conway."    15.  Moses 

Foster,  jr,   13,  Col.  Atkinson,  Settler,  "one  Family  on  his  original  Right  for  this  Right."    16.  Daniel  Warner, 

to  be  given  to  the  —  ,"  69,  II.  Young  Brown,  "Improved  for  Pasture  some  Trees  Fell."    17.  1st  Minister 

Lot, 68,  Proprietors  of  Uonway,  "  Improved  largely  by  Brown."    18.  Peter  Livis  [Livius],  Esq.,  66,  R.  Hazen 

i,   A,  "Improved  b\    Hazen  Osgood  1st  improvement  under  Brown."    19.  Andrew  McMillin  &  William 

\ndiew  McMillin,  "Considerable  Improvement,  the  Greatest  part  was  made  under  Brown."    20. 

Osg 1,  "Improvement  made  under  Brown."    21.  John  Mastin,  jr,  59,   Richard 

i  Fell."    22.  Benj.  [ngales,  58,  Benj.  Ingales,  "2  acres  of  Trees  Fell."    23.  Wm  Ingalls, 

ox,  A,  ■■  improved  1st  begun  under  Brown."    24.  Joseph  Eastman,  55,  John  Webster,  "House  Frame 

Improvement  by  Herreman."    25.  Obediah  Eastman,  47,  Jeremiah  Ferington,   A,  "Improve- 

Brown."    26.  Moses  Foster,44,  Abiel  Lovejoy,  A,  "Improvement  under  Conway."    27.  David 

■  i,  "  Improvement  under  Conway."    28.  John  Johnson,  39,  James  Cochran,  A,  "  Improve- 


Tows   of  Conway.  819 


incut   under  Conway."    29.  John'a  Warner,  Esq.,  88,  Jon'a  Warner,  Esq.,  A,  "  Improved  under  Conway."    30. 

The  ■  Ltklnson,  |r,  i    q.,   18,  Col  Atkinson,  "  Improved  under  Conway  by  cutting  - e  wild  Bay."    81.  Arthur 

Bennett,  Daniel  [ngalea,  John  [ngales,  8]  80-29,  Thomas  Merrill,  Esq.,  "  [mproved  and  three  iom  a     settlers." 

82.  Ephralm  Carter,  28,   Abiathar  Eastman,   A,  "Improvement   made."    83.   Jonathan  Stephens,  24,  Ti as 

Merrill,  Esq.,  " Improvement  made."  34.  David  Lyre,  18,  Andrew  .McMillan,  Esq.,  "One  bouse  one  ham  to 
acres  of  Plow  land  Cuts  about  5  Load  Ha  j  oneTennent."  85.  Ephralm  Foster,  19,  Andrew  McMillan,  i. 
John  Beverlj  Wan-,  it,  Andrew  McMillan.  37.  Thomas  Merrill,  ic,  Andrew  McMillan.  88.  Clement  March, 
Esq.,  64,  Clement  March,  Esq.,  "Some  Improvement  by  Leonord  Eerreman."  89.  Thomas  Bragg,  L2,  Richard 
Ayre,  "2  acres  ol  'free-  Fell."  10.  Francis  carr,  i,  Joseph  Odle,  "Exchanged  A  for  Common  land  flrst 
[mproved  under  Brown."  41.  John  Tufton  Mason,  Esq.,  62,  John  Tufton  Mason,  Esq.,  "  No  Improvement."  42. 
lion.  John  Temple,  Esq.,  61,  Hon,  John  Temple,  Esq.,  "  No  Improvement."  48.  John  Lang,  ."><;,  .j , ,), , ,  i,:,,,-  t  \,, 
Improvement."    44.  Moses  Eastman,  10,  Moses  Eastman,  "Captain  Eastman  Informs  me  thej  cut  some  hay." 

15.  Peter  A\  re,  37,  John  Knight,  "  No  improvement. "    46.  William  Ladd,  36, Tinney,  "  No  Improvement." 

■17.  Samuel  Merrill,  35,  Jesse  Page,  "  No  Improi  ement."  48-49-50.  Jacob  Ayre,  34,  Nathaniel  Perley,  jo,  Samuel 
Ayre,  20,  all  claimed  by  Jacob  Ayre.    51.  Richard  Ayre,  22,  Richard  Ayre,  "he  informs  me  thi  cut  on 

it."  52.  Henry  Sherburne, Esq.,  r>,  "No  Improvements."  53.  M.  II.  Wentworth,  Esq.,  26,  M.  n.  Wentworth, 
"No  improvements."  54.  Nath'l  Barrel,  Esq.,  25,  "Said  to  be  Capt.  Moffetts.  No  improvements."  55.  .tames 
Osgood,  11,  Samuel  wiiiie  &  .Joseph  Eastman,  "No  improvements."  56.  Propigating  the  Gospel,  10,  "No 
improvements."  57.  School,  9,  "No  improvements."  58.  Samuel  Ingales,  8,  Oliver  Peabody,  "No  improve- 
ments." ■">'.».  Andrew  Bunting,",'-  I. ale  <io\ermn\  No  Improvements."  oo.  Asa  Kimble,  6,  "(Late  Governor,  no 
Improvements."  61.  John  Carr,  5,  Han  Poster  or  Oliver  Peabody,  "  No  Improvements."  <;2-<;:!.  Ellas  Heath  and 
Caleb  Poster,  4-3,  Peter  Livis,  Esq., "  there  was  an  addition  laid  out  to  this  lot,  and  a  Family  settled  on  it."  64. 
Nathaniel  Eastman,  2, "  No  improvements."  65.  David  Carr,  21,  Andrew  McMillin,  Esq.,  "No  Improvements." 
65,  ■•  < Heeb  Lot,  No  impro^ ement  -." 

"John  Webster,  one  of  Col.  I'r\  s  Proprietors  set  his  house  within  the  line  of  Conway  Col.  Fryc's  Propri- 
etors gave  ( iaptains  Walker,  Starks,  X  McMillin  510  Dollars  to  build  a  Griss  mill  and  saw  mill,  ami  they  to  have 
the  mills.  Bald  mills  Fell  within  Conway  the  late  Governor  Gave  Starks  and  McMillin  right  for  the  use  of  said 
mills,  ami  they  proprietor-  ot  Conway  gave  Walker  100  acres  round  said  mills  —  There  was  a  Family  settled 
before  Conwaj  was  Granted—  Brow  n  had  two  Pamilys  settled  before  Conway  was  Granted  that  mov'd  away." 

A  Lisl  >>(  the  Settlers  that  have  Pamilys  in  Conway, and  by  whome  Introduced. 
3  Settlers  by  Col.  Frye;  John  Webster,  David  Page,  Samuel  Smith 
2  at  the  mills,  Timothy  Walker,  K/.ekiel  Walker 
9  Settlers   by   Conway    Proprietors,   Joshua    Kellcy,    Khenezer    Burbank,  Thos  Russell,  Thos  Merrill,  Esqr. 

Richard   Eastman,   Enoch  Webster,  .John  Willson,  all  own  rights,  Joseph   Kilgore,  Tennent  to  Captain 

Walker,  Anthony  Emery,  Tennent  to  Andrew  McMillin  Esqr 
7  Famil\  -  by  Brown,  John  Osgood,  Leonard  Harreman,  Joshua  Heath,  John  Dolloff  Jun.  John  Dolloll',  James 

<  >-:_• I,  Ilenju  Osgood. 

1  Family  Nath'  llarriman,  settled  on  a  lot  with  his  Father  not  agreed  with  Brown  or  Conway 

22   total 

8  improvements  mark'd  with  the  letter  A  worked  on  their  laud  last  year  went  away  iu  the  Fall  to  Return  in 
the  Spring. 

March  21 1771    A  True  State  of  Conway  according  to  my  best  Knowledge 

Pr  Henry  Young  Brown 

In  1771,  as  thirteen  of  the  grantees  showed  no  disposition  to  aid  in  the 
development  of  the  colony,  and  were  really  clogs  npon  those  who  were  laboring 
hard  t<>  make  a  civilization  here  by  keeping  valuable  tracts  without  improve- 
ments, this  petition  was  sent  to  Governor  John  Wentworth :  — 

Province  of  New  Hampshire.  To  his  Excellency  John  Wentworth  Esqr  Captain  General 
Govt  rnor  and  Command*  r  in  chief  in  and  over  his  Majesty's  Province  of  New  Hampshire  aforesaid 
&C.     In   COI  NCiL. 

The  Petition  of  Andrew  McMillan  Esq  :  In  behalf  of  himself  and  associates  most  humbly 
shews — That  the  Township  of  Conway  in  sd  Province  was  granted  by  his  Majesty's  Charter 
bearing  date  the  First  day  of  October,  1705,  in  Sixty-nine  shares  on  certain  Conditions  of 
Settlement  to  be  performed  and  fulfilled  by  the  Grantees  thereof  in  Five  years  from  the  date 
of  said   Charter.     Also   That  certain  of  said  Grantees,  namely  Moses   Eastman,  Nathaniel 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


1   \v.i-.  Jacob  Ayers,  Nathaniel  Pearly,  Peter  Ayers,  William  Ladd,  Samuel 
Moses    Foster,   Junr,   John   Carr,  Samuel   Ingalls,  John  Lang,  Asa 

in,  have  performed  the  Conditions  of  settlement  agreeable  to 

Vour  petitioners  have  been  a<  great  Expence  in  settling  said  Town  building  Mills 

,e  Country  at  a  Time  when  provision  was  very  dear  and  to  be  trans- 

hrough  an  uninhabited  Country.      Your  Petitioners  therefore  Pray  the 

the  aforesaid  delinqueni  Grantees,  may  be  granted  to  your  Petition- 

s  to  your  Excellency  shall   seem   meet;    and  they  as  in  duty 

I  shall  ever  Praj  &c. 

,,,   29th  January  1771     And'  McMillan. 

i   in  the  rapid   development   of   the    Province    as  was 
Wentworth,  this  would  be  a  successful  appeal,  and  we  find  that  the 
rights  of   the  delinquents  were    regranted   on   April   6,  1772,  after   sufficient 
notice  had  been  given  to  non-complying  proprietors,  as  follows:  — 

William  Welch  the  righl  of  Jacob  Ayers;  the  first  Division  or  allotment  whereof 

included  (No.  34);  unto  Thomas  Martin  the  Right  of  Nathaniel  Pearly  (No.  23)  as 

:  unto  Nathaniel  Folsom  Junr,  the  Right  of  Peter  Ayers  (No.  37)   as  aforesaid; 

the  lir-t  settled  Minister  of  the  Gospel  in  sd  Town  the  Right  of  William  Ladd  (No.  36) 

iresaid;    unto   Samuel  Colby  the  Right  of  Samuel  Ayers  (No.  20)  as  aforesd;    unto 

Roger  Bayes  the  Righl  of  John  Carr  (No.  5)  as  aforesd;  unto  Thomas  Hodgson  the  Right 

ol  Samuel  [ngalls     No.  8)  as  aforesd;   unto  George  Wentworth  the  Right  of  Asa  Kimball 

No.  ,;     as   aforesd;    unto  Joshua  Wentworth  the  Right  of  Andrew  Bunting   (No.   7)   as 

aforesd;  and  unto  Henry  Y"oung  Brown  the  Right,  of  the  first  settled  minister  (No.  68)  as 

aforesd,  etc.  —  [Bichard  Eastman's  copy  in  Town  and  Proprietors'  Records.'] 

.Many  of  the  original  proprietors  never  visited  the  township,  but  disposed 
of  their  interesi  to  others.  The  owners  of  the  unimproved  lots  not  regranted 
had  an  opportunity  to  reclaim  their  rights  by  prompt  occupation  and  improve- 
ments, so  that  by  the  action  of  Colonel  Andrew  McMillan  in  instigating  and 
ring  the  petition  for  regranting  the  unimproved  grants  new  activity  and 
life  was  given  to  the  Little  colony.  Colonel  McMillan's  personal  interest  in  this 
valley  caused  him  to  spare  no  effort  to  draw  settlers  hither,  and  his  efforts  were 
aided  by  Colonel  Frye  and  the  people  of  "Frye's  town"  and  the  settlers  at  the 
Centre.  Soon  settlers  came;  not  only  from  Concord,  Pembroke,  etc.,  but  from 
Portsmouth,  Exeter.  Greenland,  Lee,  and  all  along  Oyster  river. 

By  177;'.  there  was  quite  a  nucleus  of  prosperity  established.     In  May  the 
tmen  report  43  polls.  120  acres  of  arable  land,  57  acres  mowing  land,  6 
horses,  34  oxen.  43  cows,  6  young  cattle.     Two  or  three  of  the  additions  to  the 
poll  list  were  sons  of  settlers  who  had  come  of  age. 

The  proprietors  early  gave  attention  to  laying  out  roads.     The  best  men 

the  co] ittees  for  locating  and  making  highways.     The  Indian  trails 

3aco  and  to  the  Ossipee  country  were  broad,  and,  after  the  mocca- 

the  savages   no  longer  fell  upon  them,  the  adventurous  hunters 

they  were  quite  of  use  to  the  pioneers.     They  "spotted" 


Town  of  Conway.  s-ji 


lines  and  '* bushed  out "  paths,  which,  as  East  as  thej  could,  thej  replaced  with 
wider  paths  and  roads.  The  first  of  these  to  North  Conway  from  the  Centre  was 
made  in  L765  and  L766.  B.  D.  Eastman  graphically  describes  the  course  of 
this  from  the  Province  line  as  follows  :  "  Our  course  is  up  the  \ .- 1 1 1 « - \  from  the 
Pe-que-auk-et  settlement,  called  the  'Seven  Lots'  till  incorporated  into  Frye- 
burg,  to  -lames  Osgood's,  in  East  Conway,  then  by  a  path  through  pitch-pine 
plain  land  to  the  outlet  of  a  pond  where  subsequently  were  hnilt  what  was  for 
many  years  called  Walker's  mills.  Thence  along  the  plain  in  a  northwesterly 
direction  to  the  cabin  occupied  by  Ebenezer  Burbank,  located  on  the  south 
cam  of  the  hill,  northwest  of  the  present  town-house ;  thence  by  the  house  of 
Joshua  Heath,  on  the  north  emit  of  said  hill,  the  house  in  which  the  town- 
meetings  were  held  for  years.  Thence  to  the  cabin  occupied  by  John  Dolloff 
on  land  now  embraced  in  the  beautiful  farm  owned  and  occupied  so  long  by 
Hon.  -loci  Eastman.  (Some  half-century  ago  this  place  was  called  the  "  Odell 
place.'')  From  thence  we  ford  the  river,  soon  leaving  the  intervale  for  the 
level  pitch-pine  plain  at  the  point  where  subsequently  was  cleared  five  acres 
of  ground  for  a  meeting-house  and  graveyard.  From  this  point  we  pass 
up  through  the  thick  pines  in  a  path  across  level  land  between  the  acre  lots, 
probably  the  first  permanent  road  in  town.  We  sweep  to  the  left  from  the 
head  of  these  lots  to  the  first  intervale  lot  in  North  Conway,  then  called 
Foster's  'pocket.'"  In  177-  a  road  was  granted  from  Conway  to  Shelburne, 
Northumberland,  and   Lancaster. 

Conway  was  fortunate  in  having  several  men  of  more  than  ordinary 
ability  and  power  among  its  permanent  settlers,  and  the  steady  progress  and 
high  position  the  town  acquired  and  maintained  was  brought  about  by  their 
wise  and  considerate  harmony  of  action  in  all  things  affecting  the  common 
good,  and  the  impress  they  left  upon  the  town  lingers  yet  in  many  valuable 
institutions.  Aside  from  Dr  Porter,  the  man  of  highest  culture  was  Colonel 
Andrew  McMillan,  who  possessed  a  rare  practicality  as  well.  Thomas  Merrill, 
Esq.,  town  and  proprietors'  clerk  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century,  justice  of 
the  peace,  a  man  of  good  education  and  better  judgment,  was  another  settler 
of  great  value.  Colonel  David  Page,  a  man  who  combined  with  a  love  of  wild 
sports  and  pioneer  life  qualities  particularly  calculated  to  meet  all  contingen- 
cies of  civil  life,  a  ready  speaker,  a  man  of  push  and  positiveness,  never 
acknowledging  or  knowing  defeat,  ready  at  all  times  to  do  battle  with  hostile 
Indians,  or  exchange  thrusts  with  the  ablest  intellects  of  Portsmouth  or  Fxeter 
in  legislative  combat,  he  too  was  a  [power  in  the  young  community.  Richard 
Eastman,  Jr,  a  young  man  of  strong  mind  and  body,  so  threw  his  earnest 
nature  into  tin?  public  matters  of  the  town  as  to  form  a  part  of  its  very 
existence. 


History   of   Cabbolii  County. 


in  Conway  and  locations:  John  Osgood,  Enoch  Webster, 

,-ill,  Leonerd  Harriman,  James  Huntriss,  Enoch  Merrill,  Jere- 

.    Andrew    McMillan,  Jacob    Walden,   Hugh   Sterling,   Richard 

Iker,  James  Harrold,  William  Knox.  Abiather  Eastman,  Thomas  Merrill, 

ph  odell,   Benjamin  Farnum,  Ebenezer  Burbanke,  Thomas  Russell, 

,:.  „„„■,  corv,  Thomas  King.  Jeremiah   Page,  Ebeneser  Farnum,   Robert 

„  Willson,  Jedediah   Spring,    Abiel    Lovejoy,    David   Page,   Benjamin   Osgood, 

Dhomas   Merrill,  Joshua    Heaths,   William   White,   Thomas   Chadbourne, 

Abraham  Colby,  Joseph   Colby,  John   Pendexter,  Humphery  Emery,  Jr, 

.  Nathaniel  Hariman,  Enoch  Emery,  Antony  Emery,  Vere  Eoyse,  Benjamin 

ephen   Coffin,    Richard  Jackman,  Josiah    Dollof,  Christopher  Huntress,   Nathaniel 

Smith. 

To  the  General    Assembly  or  Committee  of  Safety  for  the  Colony  of  New  Hampshire. 

We  have  Agreeable  to  Request  Desired  Every  man  that  is  twenty-one  years  of  age  within  this 

the  locations  adjoining  to  set  their  names  to  the  within  Itromcnt,  and  every  man  has 

■1. 

David  Tage 

Conway,  June  9,  1776.  Joshua  Heath 


>  Selectmen. 


[fills.  —  May  26,  177:!,  the  proprietors,  in  confirming  previous  action, 
;  report  from  a  committee,  to  find  what  has  been  done  by  the  proprie- 
Lllegally,  which  read:— 

On  consideration  of  a  vote  passed  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Proprietors  of  Conway  for 

Capt.  Timothy  Walker  to  have  one  hundred  acres  of  land  his  two  mills  to  be  in  the  centre 

with  the  mill  priviledges  and  as  said  vote  was  passed  without  sufficient  notification,  but  as  sd 

Walker  is  now  ready  to  give  bond  to  serve  the  Proprietors  with  said  mills  therefore  Voted  to 

confirm  said  hundred  acres  of  land  as  laid  out  to  sd  Walker  his  heirs  or  assigns  the  condition 

,,i  his  bond  to  run  as  followeth:  Thai   until  their  shall  be  another  grist  mill  and  saw  mill 

built  in  <  !onway  the  sd  Walker  his  heirs  or  assigns  shall  keep  a  good  Grist  Mill  and  Saw  Mill 

od  repair  and  give  good  attendance  at  the  same  to  serve  the  Proprietors  or  Inhabitants  of 

•  ,vii  in  the  following  manner:  To  saw  all  timber  that  shall  be  brought  into  the  millyard 

which  -'1  Walker  is  to  always  provide  convenient  foj-  the  mills  for  one  half  of  the  lumber  the 

aid  timber  -ball  make  which  i-  to  be  sawed  into  proper  stuff  according  to  the  owner's  direc- 

ind  -rind  well  tor  customary  tole  and  if  after  other  mills  are  built  in  said  Town  sd 

ker  his  heirs  or  assigns  shall  think  it  for  his  interest  to  keep  up  said  mills  or  one  of  them 

then  he  or  they  shall  serve  the  said  Proprietors  and  Inhabitants  in  the  above  said  manner  so 

-  he  or  they  shall  think  proper  to  keep  the  mill  or  mills  up.     At  another  meeting  held 

riber  29,  177.'!.  voted  to  Thomas  Chadbourn  .about  fifteen  acres  in  land  in  Conway  with 

a  mill  priviledg i  Pudding  brook  near  Mr  Eastman's  bounded  on  every  side  by  lot  No.  12 

i  tb<-  condition  thai  he  build  a  good  saw-mill  on  said  mill  priviledge  to  be  completed  by  the 

firs)  ol   November  nexl  and  keep  the  same  in  good  repair  forever  and  to  saw  logs  into  boards 

•lumber  for  the   Proprietors  or  the  Inhabitants  for  one  half  of  the  lumber  or  at  the 

oards  at  nine  shillings  per  thousand.     Likewise  build  a  good  grist-mill  on  the  same 

s   from  the  first  of  November  next  and  to  grind  for  the  Proprietors  or 

•per  manner  and  to  keep  tin;  same  in  good  repair  forever  and  be  ready  at 

e   them  in  a   proper  manner  and  that  there  shall  at  all  times  be  a  proper 

-  and  lumber  at  said  mills.      Also  voted  to  Thomas  Chadbourn  as  an 

adding  a  grist  and  saw  mills  on  Pudding  brook  so  called  in  said  town 

i  to  be  laid  out  by  the  committee. 


Town   of   Conway.  s2:> 


In  177")  the  town  had  273  while  inhabitants  and  "two  negro  slaves,"  and 
a  messenger  to  bring  "ye  posl  monthly"  was  arranged  Eoi  the  same  year.  In 
1781  the  stale  employed  "a  mounted  post-rider"  to  bring  mail  fortnightly 
I'lnin  Portsmouth. 

Early  Prices.  -In  L778  in  settling  Mr  Porter  as  minister  he  was  to  be 
paid"j665in  labor  and  materials  to  build  a  dwelling  al  specified  prices,  viz. 
common  Labour  with  ax,  &c.  four  shillings;  carpenter  and  joiner  work,  find- 
ing themselves,  six  shillings;  oxen  two  shillings  per  day;  good  merchantable 
white  pine  hoards  eighteen  shillings  per  thousand  :  good  and  merchantable 
clapboards  thirty-six  shillings  per  thousand,  delivered;  good  merchant- 
able shingles  eighl  shillings  per  thousand,  delivered.  £55  as  his  lirst  year's 
salary,  paid  one-halt'  in  money  and  one-half  in  produce  at  fixed  prices:  Indian 
corn  three  shillings  per  bushel,  rye  four  shillings,  peas  and  wheat  six  shillings, 
flax  eighl  pence.  The  salary  was  to  be  increased  £5  annually  until  it  reached 
£10  and  to  he  paid  in  the  same  manner  as  before  for  six  years  after  reaching 
£70.  After  this  the  salary  was  to  be  continuously  £70  in  money  equal  to 
silver  and  gold  as  it  was  in  1775,  so  long  as  he  continued  as  minister." 

Early  Innkeepers.  —  Captain  Joshua  Heath  was  one  of  the  earliest  inn- 
keepers. The  first  and  many  subsequent  meetings  were  held  at  his  house. 
October  8,  1792,  the  selectmen  approbate  James  Smith  to  retail  spirituous 
liquors.  December  31,  1792.  "  This  Certifies  that  Austin  Geprge  has  our 
Premision  to  keep  a  Publick  House  of  intertainment  his  governing  him  Self  as 
the  Law  Directs.  Richard  Kimball,  Stephen  Webster,  Selectmen."  January  15, 
1793.  William  Boswell  was  licensed  for  retailing  spirituous  liquors.  William 
Lovejoy  received  license  the  same  day.  June  27,  1793.  Lieutenant  Stephen 
Webster  was  "approbated  "  to  keep  a  tavern.  March  16, 1795.  Captain  Elijah 
Densmore  received  license  to  keep  a  public  house  for  one  year,  provided  he 
observes  the  rules  and  regulations  of  licensed  houses.  March  16,  1795. 
Captain  John  Chase  was  approbated  "to  keep  a  house  of  entertainment  and 
sell  spirituous  liquors.  March  20,  1795.  Andrew  McMillan,  Esq..  was 
approbated  to  keep  a  house  of  publick  entertainment  and  sell  spirituous 
liquors,  etc.  December  2,  1800.  Henry  Sherburn  Junr  had  the  approbation 
of  the  selectmen  to  keep  a  Publick  House  and  sell  all  foreign  distilled  spirit- 
uous liquors,  he  observing  the  Laws. 

Earl'/  Tuxes  and  Merchandisin;/. —  In  consequence  of  the  scarcity  of 
money  and  the  difficulty  of  transportation,  a  large  proportion  of  the  taxes 
were  paid  in  articles  of  produce  and  home  production,  the  value  of  each 
article  being  fixed  by  action  of  the  town  at  the  annual  meeting.  The  month  of 
December  was  usually  the  tax-paying  season,  and  for  convenience  several  places 
in  town  were  assigned  for  deposit  and  several  trusty  persons  were  appointed  to 
receive,  and  afterwards  appropriate,  sell,  or  exchange,  as  the  circumstances 
might   demand.     For  this  purpose  a  storehouse  was  built   on  the  east   side 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


-    opposite    the    McMillan    House,'  and    Colonel    McMillan 

ivingand  disposing  of  the  various  commod- 

ment  of  taxes.     In  this  house  were  the  scales  and  measures 

the  amount  of  -rain,  llax,  salts,  pot  and  pearl  ashes,  sugar, 

but  after  awhile  they  were  thrown  into  very  great  embar- 

,unt  of  the  depreciation  in  value  of  the  continental  money, 

t  all   the  kind  they  had.     This  caused  great  trouble  and   no 

noma    of   litigation,  ruinous   to   the   peace   and  quietude  of  the  new 

int. 

These  documents  in  a  quaint  way  tell  the  history  to  which  they  allude  in 

a  more  forcible  manner  than  the  polished  sentences  of  our  English  of  to-day. 

ords  of  Conway  Musical  Society.  —  Conway,  April  30,  1808.     At  a  legal 

g  of  the  "Conway  Musical  Society,"  then  held  at  the  new  Centre  school- 

house    t"r  the   purpose   of  choosing  officers  and  for  the  transaction  of   other 

business  relative  to  said  society,  made  choice  of  Jonathan  Eastman,  president; 

Thomas  Chadbourn,  secretary ;  William  Knox,  treasurer ;  Josiah  Merrill,  first 

toi  :  Abiather  Eastman,  second  director;  James  Wille,  third  director. 

Voted,  among  other  things,  llmt  an  invitation  be  given  to  Easter  Eastman,  Patty  Davis, 
Nancy  Eastman,  Polly  Barns,  Zuba  Ilutehins,  Patty  Chadbourn,  Patty  Pendexter,  Betsy 
Lovjoy,  Polly  Shurburne,  Dolly  Shurburne,  Jane  Plaisted,  Betsey  Eastman,  Sally  Merrill, 
Sally  Knox,  Betsey  Merrill,  and  Betsey  Russell  to  be  initiated  into  said  society. 

i  that  tin'  meeting  be  adjourned  to  the  last  Saturday  in  May  following,     adjourned 
dingly.     Attest  Thos  Chadbourn,  Sec1-. 

Conway,  May  27,  1808.  Mel  according  to  adjournment.  On  account  of  the  absence  of 
a  large  number  of  the  members,  Voted  that  the  meeting  be  adjourned  to  the  first  Saturday 
in  June  following,  at  two  o'clock  p.m.    Thos  Chadbourn,  See,-. 

Conway,  June  4,  1808.  Met  according  to  adjournment.  Voted  that  the  office  of  Secre- 
tary and  Treasurer  be  vested  in  one  person.  At  this  junction  we  all  got  by  the  ears  and 
therefore  Voted  unanimously,  that  the  meeting  be  adjourned  to  all  eternity.  Attest  Tho9 
( ihadbourn,  Sec'y. 

Early  Survey  of  Conway.  —  The  Deposition  of  Nathi  Merrill  of  Lawful  age  testified  and 

litli  he  surveyed  all  the  hand  that  is  Laid  out  in  the  Town  of  Conway  and  is  well  acquainted 

with  whal  is  lelt  .is  Common  or  undivided,  and  that  according  to  the  best  Estemation  your 

i  int  can  make  their  is  more  than  the  one  half  of  the  Town  of  Conway,  that  is  Moun- 

ins  Pine  Plains  or  Wast  Bogg,  and  that  a  Bout  three  Thousand  Eight  Hundred  acres  of  that 

hall  is  in  one  Mountain  and  further  saith  Not 

<  lommonwealth  of  Massachusetts  York  ss.  Brownfield,  October  8,  1784.  Nath1  Merrill 

r.    1 785.  —  To  the   IIonbie  the  Senate  and   House  of   Representatives 

New  Hampshire  convened  at  Portsmouth  the  second  Wednesday  of  December 

Humid v  sheweth    Andrew  McMillan  Esq''  in  behalf  of  the   Inhabitants   of  the 

y  in  said  State:  Thai   said    Town  is   situated  on   Saco   River  about  twenty 

from  the  White  Hills;  That  if  is  often  flowed  by  sudden  and  heavy  Rains, 

it  damage;  That  in  tin-  month  of  October  17S5  an  unusual  Rain  fell,  which 

uuch  greater  height  than  was  ever  known  before;  The   Water  over- 

1  the  surrounding  Country,  greatly  injured  many  Farms,  totally 


Town  of  Conway.  s2."> 


ruined  others,  drowned  many  of  the  Cattle,  carried  off  almost  all  the  Fences,  damaged  some 
buildings,  destroyed  others,  and  swept  away  or  ruined  great  part,  of  the  produce  of  the 
Town,  —  the  inhabitants  sole  dependance  Cor  support  <>r  for  the  payment  <>r  Taxes  — The 
said  Andrew  therefore  prays  the  BonWl  Court  that  they  would  take  the  distresed  situation 
of  the  Town  <>r  Conway  under  their  wise  consideration  and  abate  the  Taxes  of  the  Lands 
ihat  were  destroyed  Cor  the  present  year  and  untillanew  valuation  is  taken:  and  <>n  account 
of  the  extraordinary  losses  sustained,  abate  for  this  year  so  much  of  the  Taxes  of  the  Town 

as  to  their  wisdom  shall  seem  n i.    And  as  in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray 

Andrew  McMillan. 

Report  of  Losses  Sustained  in  tin's  Freshet.  -  About  three  hundred  and  twenty  seven  Acres 
of  Arable  and  Blowing  Land  totaly  spoild  two  Barns  carried  away  With  all  the  Hay  and 
Grain  in  them  Seven  Dwelling  Houses  and  Four  Barns  30  much  Damaged  as  Obliged  the 
Owners  to  Rebuild  them  again  —  and  as  the  most  of  the  Barns  stood  on  the  Interval  a  grate 
part  of  the  hay  was  lost  ten  Oxen  twelve  ('owes  Ki^hty  sheep  two  Horses  and  twenty-live 
swine  Drowned;  a  large  Quantity  of  Flax  which  was  spread  in  the  interval,  a  greater  part 
of  the  Corn  then  in  the  Fields;  allmost  Every  rod  of  Fence  in  the  Town  and  Every  Bridge 
great  ami  small  two  of  which  Cost  the  Town  About  one  hundred  pounds  also  one  Tun  and 
a  half  of  Potash  Consumed  Besides  many  other  losses  — 

the  above  is  agreeahle  to  an  account  taken  by  the  Selectmen  of  Conway  August  17S6 
and  Sworne  to  before  Andrew  McMillan  Justis  peace 

X  B  ( >ne  Saw  Mill  and  one  Grist  Mill  together  with  Dams  Carried  off 

The  Indians  appear  to  have  been  better  students  of  nature  than  the  whites. 
They  built  their  dwellings  on  land  some  twenty  or  thirty  feet  above  the  level 
of  t he  intervale,  while  the  whites  built  on  the  intervales  until  this  great 
freshet  drove  them  to  the  uplands.  For  convenience  they  had  several  out- 
posts,  or  clusters  of  wigwams,  up  and  down  the  valley.  One  of  these  was 
beautifully  located  in  North  Conway,  near  the  crossing  of  the  Saco  by  the 
Eastern  Railroad.  "Foster's  Pocket,"  as  it  was  later  called,  lay  immediately 
south  of  Indian  hill,  and  was  an  encampment  of  not  less  than  twenty  families 
of  Indians.  Hunters  by  the  name  of  Emery,  and  others,  previous  to  any 
settlement,  built  camps  at  different  points  up  the  Saco  and  its  tributaries, 
from  which  they  made  excursions  in  pursuit  of  different  kinds  of  game.  One 
of  these  camps  was  on  the  intervale  but  a  short  distance  from  where  the 
Kearsarge  House  now  stands. 

The  First  Inventory  we  find  on  the  town  clerk's  records  was  taken  in  April, 
1794.  It  shows  a  prosperous  growth.'  We  give  the  names.  Lieut.  Jeremiah 
Abbott,  Ephraim  Abbott,  Ebenezer  Bean,  Douglas  Bean,  John  Bos  well, 
William  Boswell,  John  Boswell,  Jr.  Josiah  Bachelor,  Amos  Barnes,  Ebenezer 
Bnrbank,  Esq.,  Joseph  Burbank,  Captain  John  Bradbury,  Mark  Broughton, 
William  Broughton,  Captain  John  Chase,  Abner  Colby,  Dr  Josiah  Chase, 
Joseph  F.  Chase,  Roland  Crocker,  Peter  Coffin,  Nicholas  Coffin,  William 
Canna.  Benjamin  Canna,  Benjamin  Coffin,  William  Chadbourn,  Daniel  E. 
Cross,  Captain  Elijah  Densmore,  E.  Densmore,  Jr,  Stephen  Densmore, 
Solomon  Densmore,  Ensign  Josiah  Dolloff,  John  Dolloff,  Abner  Dolloff,  Isaac 
Edds,  Colonel  Abiathar  Eastman,  Captain  Richard  Eastman,  Noah  Eastman, 


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in,    James     Emery,    Samuel    Emerson,    Benjamin    Farnum, 
i    Joseph     Five,    David     George,    Austin     George, 
th,  James   Herrold,  Charles  Hill,  Esq.,  Leavitt  Hill,  Henry 
in.  Leonard  Harriman,  John  Hart,  James  Howard,  Lieut. 
Kimball,  Joshua   Kelly,  Edmund    Kelly,  John  Kelly,  William  Knox, 
King,    Stephen    Low,    Deacon    Abiel    Lovejoy,    Abiel    Lovejoy,    Jr, 
.  Jeremiah  Lovejoy,  Daniel  Lary,  Joseph  Lewis,  Joseph  Lowd, 
\1       q,  An. hew   McMillan,  Esq.,  James  McMillan,  Robert  McClintock, 
s  Merrill,  Amos  Merrill,  Lieut,  Enoch  Merrill,  Jonathan  Merrill,  James 
.  Thomas  Newman.  Lieut.  Benjamin  Osgood,  Benjamin  Osgood,  Jr,  Cap- 
tain Jam.    I  »      iod, Moses  Osgood,  Jeremiah  Osgood,  Dean  Osgood,  John  Osgood, 
h  <  >dell,  Richard  Odell,  Joseph  Odell,  Joseph  Odell,  Jr,  David  Page,  Esq., 
Sam  .  Jeremiah  Page,  Jeremiah  Page,  Jr,  Thomas  Russell  (for  Thomas 

Merrill's  heirs),  Thomas  Russell,  Jr,  Samuel  Rogers,  Hezekiah  Rendall,  Jona- 
than Runnells,  Moses  Kendall,  William  Steele,  Caleb  Smith,  James  Smith, 
Samuel  Springer,  Henry  Sherburne,  John  Spears,  Joseph  Thompson,  Solomon 
Thompson,  John  Thompson,  John  White,  William  White,  Nicholas  Went- 
worth,  Stephen  VVentworth,  Paul  Wentworth,  Samuel  Willey,  Major  Stephen 
Webster,  Colonel  John  Webster,  John  Webster,  Lieut.  Ezekiel  Walker,  James 
Walker,  Barnet  Walker,  Jeremiah  Farrington,  Moses  Wilson,  Joseph  Wilson, 
Andrew  Peterson,  -lames  Perkins,  Asa  Colby.  One  hundred  forty-one  polls, 
two  hundred  eighteen  acres  arable  land,  four  hundred  eighteen  mowing  land, 
five  hundred  forty-five  pasture,  sixty-five  horses,  one  hundred  twenty-five 
oxen,  one  hundred  forty-nine  cows,  and  seven  mills  in  town. 


CHAPTER   LXXII. 


Extracts  from  Proprietors'  Records  — Annals  from  Town  Records —Action  in  the  Civil 
War  — Civil  List. 

At  proprietors*  meetings  held  December  12,  13,  14,  1765,  it  was 

t  Francis  Carr's  original  right  shall  draw  No.  1;  Nathaniel  Eastman's  No.  2; 

No.   .'!:  Elias    Heath's   No.    1;  John  Carr's  No.   5  of  the  Intervail  Lotts  & 

ime  Dumber;  Asa  Kimball,  Andrew  Buntin  draw  Interval  &  House  Lotts 

Stephen    Knight   draw   to  the  original  right  of  Pearly  Ayers  the 

s  upon  No  42  upon  the  condition  that  the  sd  Stephen  Knight  erect  or 

Dwelling  House  &  Clear  &  Emprove  part  of  sd  Lotts  within  the  Term 


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of  two  years  from  the  date  hereof.  Voted  Samuel  Johnson  Draw  to  David  Hick's  original 
Right  the  interval  &  House  Lotta  No.  13  upon  the  following  Conditions  viz  thai  the  ad 
Johnson  erect  or  cause  to  be  erected  a  Blacksmith's  shop  furnished  with  utensils  proper  to 
carry  on  the  Blacksmith's  Trade  and  Bhall  cause  a  Blacksmith  to  continue  to  work  at  sd  3hop 
at  the  Blacksmith  [ing]  tor  the  term  of  Two  Years  from  the  date  of  this  vote.  Voted,  that 
those  Proprietors  who  may  Draw  their  [nterval  Lotts  where  any  person  or  persons  has  made 
Emprovement  or  Lays  claim  by  virtue  of  any  Pretended  title  under  the  Province  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  thai  such  Proprietor  or  Proprietors  Shall  be  Defended  by  and  a1  the  Cost 
ni'  the  whole  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Township  of  runway  aforesaid.  Also  voted  to  Capt. 
Timothy  Walker  of  Pigwackel  one  hundred  aero  of  land  in  said  Conway  beginning  at  th<- 
(irisi  Mills  and  immediately  surrounding  the  mills,  which  was  afterwards  known  as  the  ••  Mill 
Farm."  Voted  to  lay  out  one  hundred  acres  of  upland  to  Peter  Parker  where  .Joim  Dolof  jr 
hadmadehis  improvement,  etc.,  near  where  Entervail  Lott  No  48  is  to  belaid  out.  Also  to 
lay  out  to  Ebenezer  Burbank  one  hundred  acres  of  upland  where  .John  Dolof  jrhas  made  his 
improvements  joyning  to  the  intervail  on  which  the  rntervail  I>ott  \o49  is  to  be  laid  out. 

March  L2,  1766.  "  Voted  that  every  person  who  shall  bring  the  first  Rattle 
of  a  Rattlesnake  to  the  Constable  of  Conway  Said  Snake  being  killed  in  the 
Tow  aship  of  Conway  this  Present  year  before  the  ten  Day  of  June  next  which 
Rattle  so  Delivered  to  the  Constable  shall  be  Consumed  Emeadeatly  by  sd 
('unstable  and  the  Money  so  paid  b}'  the  sd  Constable  shall  be  Repaid  or 
advanced  by  the  proprietors  of  said  Township  of  Conway."  (The  clerk  was 
evidently  -rattled'"  when  he  made  this  record.)  March  11,  1767,  it  is 
recorded :  "  Voted  That  their  Shall  be  Paid  unto  any  Person  or  Persons  that 
shall  Kill  a  Rattle  Snake  or  Snakes  in  the  Township  of  Conway  and  shall 
bring  the  first  joynt  of  the  sd  Snake  or  Snakes  to  the  man  that  shall  be 
Appointed  for  the  same  And  he  to  Consume  the  same  Immediately  shall  be 
Intitled  to  three  pence  Lawful  money  and  the  Person  that  shall  be  appointed 
is  hereby  Authorized  to  give  an  order  to  the  Treasurer  &  the  Treasurer  to  pay 
sd  order  out  of  the  Proprietors'  money  which  Snakes  are  to  killed  this 
Present  year  And  to  be  consumed  on  or  before  the  Twentyeth  Day  of  June 
Next.  Voted  Joshua  Kelley  to  Receive  the  Rattle  Snakes  tails  and  to  Execute 
the  same  as  is  Spacified  in  the  Abovesd  Vote." 

Up  to  this  date  the  meetings  were  at  the  house  of  John  Webster,  Esq., 
innholder,  at  Chester.  The  meeting  of  Tuesday,  February  23,  1768,  was  at 
the  house  of  widow  Hannah  Osgood,  innholder,  Concord,  when  Andrew 
McMillan,  Asa  Foster,  and  Joseph  Eastman  were  chosen  assessors;  Samuel 
Moor,  collector  :  Daniel  Foster,  treasurer;  and  Daniel  Foster,  James  Cochran, 
and  Thomas  Merrill,  a  committee  to  settle  with  Walter  Bryant,  Esq.,  agent 
for  said  Conway,  and  a  committee  to  lay  out  house  lots  and  to  qualify  the 
interval  lots.  They  voted  that  there  shall  be  a  highway  laid  out  on  each  side 
of  the  river  as  soon  as  may  be.  Also,  voted  June  15  of  the  same  year  that 
Samuel  Livermore,  Esq.,  have  an  equal  share  of  land  throughout  the  town- 
ship of  Conway  with  the  proprietors  or  original  grantees.  August  31,  1769. 
At  a  meeting  held  at  Portsmouth,  Thomas  Merrill,  James  Osgood,  and  James 


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,,  out  the  forty-acre  lots  and  empowered  to  reserve 
rhways,    and  to  lay    out  and  appropriate  the 
t  Jonathan   Warner,  Samuel    Livermore,  and  Andrew 
-.    be    a    committee    to    settle    all    accounts    against    the 
impower    them    to    make    application    to    the    Proprietors    of 
,i  for  a  grant  of  such  lands  within   the  hounds  of  the  Township 
v  a  late  survey  been    taken   into  said    Patent.     Also,   voted    Walter 
tgenl   to  carry  on  and  defend  any  action  at  law  wherein  the 
,  rty  of  sd  Township  is  disputed  by  any  persons  claiming  by  virtue  of  any 
other    title   besides  the  charter  of  Conway.     Also,  that  the  committee  above 
chosen  treat  with  Captain  Henry  Young  Brown  relative  to  an  accommodation, 
in  Respect  to  his  Improvements,  on  the   Lands  in  sd  Conway,  etc.     September 
7.  177".  a  meeting  was  called  "to  consider  the  request  of  his  Excellenc}',  John 
tworth,  esq,  t"  have  a  good  waggon  road  cleared  through  sd'Township  of 
Conway  as   marked  by  Nash  and   Sawyer  which  road  is  to  continue  to  Ports- 
mouth.    October  11.     At    a   meeting  held  at   the  house  of   Joshua   Heath  in 
Conway,  "  Voted  to  raise  eighteen  shillings  on  each  Proprietors'  right  or  share 
to  make  roads  in  sd  Township  of   Conway,  referring  especially  to  the  above 
road,  which  is  part  of  the  road  from    Upper  Coos  to  Portsmouth/'     At  this 
meeting  a  committee  was  chosen  to  collect  the  money  voted  and  see  the  roads 
cleared  ami  made.     Also  voted    David  Page,  James  Osgood,  and  Joshua  Heath 
lay  out   all    necessary  roads  on  each    side  of  the  river.     November  13.     Voted 
that  Mr  John  Dolof  and  John  Dolof,  jr,  shall  have  fort}r  acres  each  for  services 
done  tn  the  Proprietors  by  early  settlement  in  sd  Township. 

March  30,  177;,>.     Voted  Henry  Young  Brown,  esq.,  Thomas  Merrill,  esq., 

David    Page,   .lames   Osgood,    Richard   Eastman,   be  a   committee    to    lay   out 

a  division  of  one  hundred  acres  of  land  to   each    Right   in   sd   Town.     Also, 

"  voted  eighty  acres  of  land  to   the   Town   of  Conway  for   a  parsonage,   and 

five   acres  uf   land    to  sel    a    Meeting  House   on   and   for   other   public    uses. 

.    voted    an    assessment   of    two    dollars    on    each    right    or    Proprietors' 

share   in   sd    Town    to    assist    them    in    building    a    Meeting    House    provided 

the  Town  shall  sit  sd   House  in  such  place  as  shall  be  agreed  on  on  the  last 

Tuesday  of  May  next,  ami  also  agree  that  the  money  shall  be  laid  out  for  the 

purpose   as   they   shall   direct.**      Also,   "voted  upon   condition   the  Town   of 

Cmway   shall    settle   a    minister   in    the   Town   within   nineteen   months   from 

the  Thirtyeth   Day  of  March  1773  that  shall    be  well  approved  of  as  a  man 

of  Learning  and    Piety.""      Voted    two  dollars   on  each  right  or  Proprietors' 

are  in   sil   Cmway  to  he  paid  unto  the   Selectmen  of  sd   Town  within   six 

the  time  they  shall  settle  sd  Minister  to  be  by  them  paid  towards 

•port   of  sd    Minister.      May   25.      Voted   to  locate  the  five  acres  for 

■  etc.,  on  the  north  side  of  Saco  river,  and  bound  the  same 

the   mail   at    the   head   of  the   dugway  that  leads   from    the   river 


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to  Esq.  Merrill's  and  southerly  and  southwesterly  by  the  upland  bank  and 
extend  north  so  far  as  to  compleal  the  sd  five  acres;  also,  thai  the  Meeting 
House  shall  be  set  on  (his  land  n<>t  to  exceed  twenty-five  rods  from  the 
head  of  the  dugway  to  the  north.  February,  1785.  Voted  to  sell  some 
undivided  land   in   the  Township   to    the    inhabitants   of   the  Town,  and    to 

have    a    plan    made    of    all    and    any    division    of    land     that     has    been    made 

in  this  Town.  Also  chose  a  Committee  to  examine  the  Proprietors'  Records 
and  see  it'  each  Proprietor  has  his  proportion  according  to  former  votes.  July. 
Voted  that  the  Committee  shall  layout  to  John  Boswell  lands  according  to 
his  petition,  including  his  buildings  and  improvements.  May,  third  Tuesday, 
a  meeting  was  held  in  the  "Meeting  House."  December  «>.  1796.  Voted  to 
accepl  of  the  return  made  by  the  committee  of  the  third  division  of  land  and 
confirm  the  same  according  to  their  assignment.  Also,  to  make  a  draft  of  the 
acre  lots  called  the  "Centre  Square"  as  they  are  numbered.  Also,  to  allow 
Thomas  Merrill,  esq.,  one  hundred  acres  of  laud  belonging  to  the  Proprietors 
on  the  "Green  Hill  "so  called  for  his  service  as  Proprietors'  Clerk  which 
is  to  he  in  full  for  his  service.  September,  1798.  A  meeting  was  held  at 
the   "Lower   Meeting  House." 

ANNALS  FROM  Town  Records.  —  The  first  annual  town-meeting  was  called 
February  20,  1770,  to  be  held  on  the  second  Tuesday  of  March  in  accordance 
with  the  charter,  by  Thomas  Merrill  and  Joshua  Heath,  who  had  been  elected 
select  men  by  the  proprietors  at  a  meeting  held  at  Portsmouth,  August  31, 
1769.  (Thomas  Merrill  had  been  elected  town  clerk  at  the  same  time  and 
place.) 

Province  of  New  Hampshire  March  ye  13,  1770. 

The  Freeholders  A:  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Conway  having  met  according  to  the 
above  Nbtication     at  the  house  "I  Joshua  Heath)  unanimously  Voted 

1  ('apt  Tim  Walker  moderator 

2  ThoH  Merrill  esqr  Town  Clerk 

:;    Thomas  Merrills  _  ,  .        .  _ 

(  Selectmen  for  sd  Conway 


(Dolloff  <&  Page  sworn 


David  Page 
John  Dolloff 

I  John  I  >olloil'  ('unstable  &  sworn 

.".    Joseph  Kilgore  Survayer  of  Lumber  &  sworn 

6  John  Dolloff,  Junr  Fence  viewer 

7  I  >avid  Page  Leather  Sealer 

8  Ezekiel  [Walker]  Survayer  of  Highways 

9  Thomas  Men-ill,  Jnr, ^ 

Josiah  Dolloff  >  Hog  Reaffs 

John  Osg 1  ) 

10  Jeremiah   Ferrington  "I  _.  .,  _,  . 

,,,,.,  °        > Field  Drivers 

John  W  ebster  ) 

II  Joshua  Heath  } 

Richard  Eastman   ,  Tvthingmen 
James  Osgood         ) 
Attest  Thomas  Merrill  Town  Clerk 


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for  the  annual  meeting  in   1771,  the  following  articles 
.hat  money  the    Town  will  Raise  for  Preaching,  and 
rho   they  will    Pitch   upon   tor  a  Preacher,  also  to  appoint  a 
I  .  t  !hoose  a  Committee  to  agree  with  any  minister  that  the 
Pitch  upon  and  empower  them  to  raise  such  money  as  is  voted  for 
se,  and  to  art    upon  anything  That  shall  he  thought  Proper  at  the 
March    L2,    1771.    voted    Twelve    Pounds   Lawful    Money   to 
Preaching  of   the  Gosple  the  Present  Year.     Also,  David  Page, 
;.,,,,,!  Joshua    Heath   to  be  a  committee  to  hire  a  minister  and 
,oint  a  place  ior  public  worship.     Religious  instruction  was  the  only  subject 
i  upon  aside  from  the  election  of  Town  officers.     At  the  March  meeting, 
177-J.  voted  to  build  a   Pound  in  the  most  convenient  place  between  Joshua 
h's  and    Ebenezer   Burbank's  houses;  Ebenezer   Burbank   to   be   pound- 
In   the  warrant  in   1773  is  an  article  to  see  if  the  Town  will  raise 
money  to  pay  Mr   Kelly  for  preaching  in  Conway  in  the  year  1771.     At  this 
meeting,  held  March  10,  it  was  voted  to  raise  a  sum  of  fifteen  pounds  to  pay 
tor  preaching  and  other  "  youses."      Also,  that  "  indgen  corn  or  grain  or  flax  or 
is  shall  he  Excepted  in  the  Lue  of  cash  for  the  People's  taxes  if  Brought 
to  the  town  treasuery  by  the  first  day  of  Jenny  next."     April  11,  1773,  it  was 
i  to  raise  twelve  pounds  to  pay  Mr  Kelly  for  preaching  in  1771 ;  "to  build 
a  meeting  house  in  length  forty-five  feet,  and  thirty-five  feet  wide,  and  twenty 
fool  post,  and  one  hundred  dollars  toards  building  said  house,  and  to  clear  up 
the  tic  acres  for  the  meeting  house  site"  and  to  settle  a  minister;  chose  a 
building  committee,   a  committee  to  employ    a  minister  on   probation.     This 
meeting  had  four  adjourned  sessions,  mainly  with  regard  to  the  building  of  the 
meeting  house.     A  special  meeting  was  called  to  meet  on  the  first  Tuesday  of 
ber,  ■•  to  choose  a  good  and  lawful  man  to  serve  on  the  grand  jury  at  the 
next  court  of  General  Sessions,  at  Haverhill."     Abiather  Eastman  was  chosen 
and  it  was  "voted  to  pay  him  four  shillings  per  day  for  time  going  and  coming, 
and  for  service."     In  November,  voted  "  to  purches  the  original  Rite  of  Land 
of  Joseph   Hiks  for  the  use  of  the  Town  forever  (for  a  parsonage),  and  that 
selectmen  shall  take  a  dead  of  said  Land  and  shall  hire  Seventy-five  Pound 
I.   Money  to  Pinches  the  above  said  Land  with  &  defray  any  other  charges 
that  shall  arise  on  that  account." 

On  the  second  Tuesday  of  March,  1774,  voted  "to  hire  sum  Preaching  for 

\  car ;  to  hire  a  Schoole  for  the  Preasent  year  ;  to  Raise  fifteen  Pounds 

•  Pay  for  Schooleing;  twelve  pounds  for  making  and  mending  the  highway." 

tmen's  accounts  rendered  for  1773,  the  town  is  charged  with  cash 

haplen    lor  preaching  one  Sabbath,  one  pound  four  shillings,  and 

Mr  Joshua   Heath    for  boarding   Mr  Chaplen  ten  shillings;   also 

upportiug  a  school  sixteen  weeks,  nine  pounds,  twelve  shillings. 

177  1   appertain  to  the  meeting-house,  settling  a  minister  and 


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exchange  of  minister's  Lot.  Mr  Moses  Adams  preached  on  probation  in  the 
summer  of  1771:  at  a  meeting  July  20,  ii  was  voted  "nol  to  hire  him  any 
farther  on  probation  and  to  give  him  a  call  bo  settle  here  in  the  ministry,"  and 
"to  raise  fifteen  pounds  in  order  to  pay  Mr  Adams  for  preaching  and  other 
charges."  Colonel  McMillan,  Captain  David  Page,  Captain  Timothy  Walker, 
Lieutenant  James  Osgood,  Abial  Lovejoy,  Esq.,  were  chosen  a  committee  to 
arrange  terms  of  sen  lenient  to  be  offered  by  the  town  to  Mr  Adams.  Mr 
Adams  wished  the  meeting-house  moved  across  the  river;  as  this  could 
not  he  done,  he  declined  the  call.  March  II.  177.~>,  voted  to  raise  thirty 
pounds  for  highways  and  thirl}'  pounds  to  support  a  school,  and  adjourned 
to  April  17,  when  it  was  voted  to  raise  fifteen  pounds  toward  building  a 
meeting-house  and  to  allow  the  accounts  of  a  number  of  men  working  on  it. 
May  25,  Thomas  Merrill  and  David  Page,  selectmen,  warn  a  town-meeting  for 
the  tilth  of  June.  "First,  to  choose  a  moderator.  Second,  to  see  what 
method  the  town  will  take  for  our  Safety  to  Preserve  our  Lives  and  Libertyes 
at  this  day  of  Difficulty,  etc.  Third,  to  see  if  the  Town  will  agree  to  hire  Mr 
Fessenden  to  preach  in  this  town  part  of  the  ensuing  summer  and  how  much 
if  it  is  agreeable  to  Fryeburgh  inhabitants  and  Mr  Fessenden."  At  the 
meeting  held  June  5,  Andrew  McMillan,  esq.,  Thomas  Merrill,  esq.,  Captain 
Timothy  Walker,  Lieutenant  James  Osgood,  Captain  David  Page,  Ensign 
Joshua  Heath,  and  Ebenezer  Burbank  were  chosen  a  committee  of  Safety,  and 
empowered  "to  call  before  them  (and  on  proper  evidence  to  pass  on)  any 
Inhabitants  of  this  town  who  shall  in  any  manner  disturb  the  peace,  and  to 
examine  touching  any  obnoxious  persons  who  may  flee  to  this  town,  and  that 
they  shall  judge  whether  it  is  expedient  for  any  such  refugee  to  reside  here  or 
depart,  and  any  inhabitants  of  the  town  who  shall  be  obnoxious  shall  be  only 
accountable  to  the  committee  for  their  conduct  and  no  other  person  shall 
confer  with  any  such  person  but  if  any  shall  know  of  any  obnoxious  person 
coming  to  town  they  shall  give  the  earliest  notice  to  the  committee  ;  "  to  make 
application  to  the  Provincial  Congress  for  arms  and  ammunition  and  men  for  a 
scouting  guard  for  our  safety;  to  hire  Mr  William  Fessenden  for  a  third  part 
of  the  summer.  June,  1775,  David  Page  was  chosen  delegate  for  Conway  to 
the  Provincial  Congress  at  Exeter. 

March  12,  1776,  it  was  voted  to  raise  four  pounds  fourteen  shillings  lawful 
money  to  pay  Rev.  William  Fessenden  for  preaching  in  the  town  in  1775  ;  to 
raise  fifteen  pounds  for  highway  purposes.  May  29.  Voted  Captain  David 
Page  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  town  of  Conway;  also  voted  David  Page, 
esq.,  Thomas  Merrill,  esq.,  Ensign  Joshua  Heath,  Andrew  McMillan,  Ebenezer 
Burbank  committee  of  safet}r ;  also  chose  military  officers:  Joshua  Heath, 
captain  ;  Abiathar  Eastman,  first  lieutenant ;  Benjamin  Osgood,  second  lieu- 
tenant:  Thomas  Russell,  ensign ;  Voted,  that  the  town  desires  to  remain  an 
independent  company  for  the  reason  that  we  are  so  remote  from  other  towns ; 


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McMillan,  esq.,  shall  present  the  proceedings  of  this  meeting 
Exeter,  and  lake   out    the    commissions  if  granted. 
the  arms  and  ammunition   that  the   Committee  of  Safety 
„arv  24,   1777.     Voted  that  what  has  been  reported 
uulbourn,  esq.,  [is]  sufficienl    to  bring  him  to  an  examination 
I  also,  voted  thai   the  old   committee  stand  good  with  an 
,,,1,11,   Abiather   Eastman,   Abial   Lovejoy,  and   Ebenezer 
\;    the  annual  meeting,  March   11,  1777,  voted  twenty  pounds  to 
■t  the  Gospel,  thirty  pounds  to  support  a  school,  thirty  pounds  for  high- 
bounty  of  one   pound  ten  shillings  to  any  man  that  will  kill  a 
[  in  said  town".     1781.     January  30,  voted  to  raise  five  men  for  the  con- 
,tal   army.     Annual   meeting:  to   raise   forty  bushels   of  wheat   to   defray 
I  to  raise   639  to   pay  soldiers ;  to  give  eight  bushels  of   wheat 
svolf's    head,  and    four   for    whelps ;  chose  a  committee  to   examine 
en  John   Wilson's  and  Black-cat  brook   for  a  public  fordway, 
stablish   certain   roads;  100  bushels  of  wheat  for  schools;  at  a  later 
ed  to  allow  9  sh   per  bushel  for  wheat  to  pay  the  beef  and  silver 
L782,  February  20.     Voted  to  give  Samuel  Wilson  £20  as  a  bounty  if 
.i  continental  soldier  from  this  town   through  the  war ;  also,  to 
e  with  Nathaniel   Merrill  for  going  to  Plymouth  for  intelligence  respecting 
the    Indians:  to  raise    £25  to   pay  Charles   Hill,  esq.,  and   Stephen  Coffin  for 
their  Sons'  Service  in  the  Continental  Army.     1783.     March  11,  voted  to  raise 
idiers.   1785.  Voted  to  fell  and  clear  ten  acres  of  land  for  Florence 
M(  Callej  (a  soldier)  or  pay  him  eight  dollars  an  acre  in  lieu  thereof.     1786. 
d  to  make  application  to  the  General  Court  to  consider  the  town  on  account 
of  the  great  freshet.    (The  legislature  allowed  the  town  a  certain  sum  which  was 
divided  among  the  inhabitants  according  to  their  inventory.)     To  receive  town 
and  soldiers'  taxes  in  produce  :  corn  4  sh  per  bushel,  wheat  6  sh,  rye  5  sh,  peas 
6  sh,  llax  8d  per  pound,  pork  4d,  butter  8d,  good  beef  20  sh  per  hundred,  good 
64-4,  oxen  girting  six  feet  £12.     1787.     March  13,  voted  a  bounty  of 
a  head  on  blackbirds,  to  be  paid  in  flax  at  8d  per  pound. 
L788.     David    Page,  delegate  to  Exeter  Convention,  was  instructed,  "As 
se    lull   confidence  in   you  and  as  we  find  a  great  many  good    things 
in  the  proposed  constitution  blended  with  what  we  can't  approve  of  and  as 
there  is  not  any  alterations  to  be  made  in  said  constitution  we  desire  you  to  act 
1  in  your  power  to  hinder  the  establishment  thereof."     The  town  first  divided 
for   schools.      Bounty   on    blackbirds    raised    to    two    pence. 
nade  to  secure  iron  works.    1789.    Blackbird  bounty  made  three  pence. 
schoolhouses  to  he    built   in    addition  to  the  two   now  standing. 
I  tor  clearing  and   fencing  the  burying-yard.     1790.     Among 
to  Goshen  laid  out  and  established.     1793.    Jonathan  Runnels, 
Lt    Ezekiel    Walker  licensed  and    permitted  to  sell  liquor 


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at  retail.     Voted  to  build  two  meeting-houses.     Roads  to  the  back  settlements 
(100-acre  lots)  laid  out.     Bridge  built  on  Swift  river.    1794.    Benjamin  Coffin 

or  some  other  person  to  be  agreed  with  to  keep  a  ferry  across  Saco  river.  1796. 
Voted  to  incorporate  Stark's  and  McMillan's  location  with  the  town  of  Con- 
way. 1797.  Several  roads  established,  one  surveyed  in  1792.  1798.  Bridge 
across  the  Saco,  near  Dolloi'f  fordway,  accepted.  Town-meetings  are  now- 
called  at  schoolhouses,  or  the  North  or  South  meeting-house.  1799.  Road 
from  Edmund  Kelly's  to  Chatham  laid  out.  Bounty  offered  of  23  cents  "  for 
crows'  heads;"  also,  six  cents  on  grown  blackbirds,  and  two  cents  for  a  young 
one.  1800.  A  committee  is  chosen  to  settle  the  difference  between  the  Bap- 
tists and  the  other  society  in  Conway,  and  voted  to  exempt  the  Baptists  from 
all  the  minister's  tax  that  now  stands  against  them,  provided  they  petition  for 
incorporation  as  a  separate  society.  (June  15.  Sterling's  and  Stark's  locations 
were  annexed  to  the  town.)  A  committee  was  chosen  to  secure  a  burying- 
ground  near  the  south  meeting-house.  1801.  Voted  to  lend  the  proprietors 
of  Conway  sufficient  money  to  call  a  proprietors'  meeting.  1802.  Voted  four 
hundred  dollars  for  the  support  of  schools.  1803.  Voted  that  Conway  unite 
with  other  towns  in  Grafton  and  Strafford  in  a  petition  to  be  erected  into  a 
new  county.  To  raise  $100  additional  to  previous  tax ;  voted  to  clear  roads  to 
Chatham  line,  and  from  Chatham  line  to  state  line.  1804.  Bounty  on  crows, 
25  cents  each.  Voted  that  the  two  upper  classes  (districts)  on  the  east  side  of 
the  Saco  be  joined  in  one,  and  the  schoolhouse  shall  be  a  town  schoolhouse. 
The  ticket  for  electors  of  President  of  the  United  States  headed  b}^  John 
Goddard  received  51  votes,  that  headed  by  Hon.  Timothy  Farrar,  9  votes. 
1805.  Town  first  elects  a  school  committee,  choosing  Rev.  Nathaniel  Porter, 
Nathan  Whitaker,  and  Richard  Odell.  1806.  John  Langdon  has  118  votes  for 
governor,  John  T.  Gilman,  3.  Raise  $800  for  highways.  1807.  John  Lang- 
don receives  103  votes  for  governor,  to  John  T.  Gilman's  6  ;  a  rousing  Repub- 
lican majority.  24  votes  for,  67  against,  revision  of  state  constitution.  Voted 
to  tax  all  the  inhabitants  for  minister  except  those  in  the  Baptist  society. 

1811.  Voted  not  to  have  part  of  Burton  annexed  to  Conway.  The  bridges 
across  Saco  and  Swift  trouble  much;  both  to  be  repaired.  1812.  Voted  to 
allow  each  soldier  drafted  in  the  United  States  service  three  dollars  a  month  in 
addition  to  government  pay.  Instructed  the  selectmen  to  purchase  fifty  pounds 
of  gunpowder  and  one  hundred  pounds  of  lead  or  balls  to  be  kept  as  a  town  stock. 
The  town  is  now  building  a  stone  bridge  near  Cutts  mills.  1814.  95  votes 
for,  62  against,  a  revision  of  the  constitution.  $400  voted  for  schools,  $500  town 
expenses,  $1,000  to  support  roads.  Voted  that  the  town  procure  ten  guns; 
Richard  Odell,  Esq.,  chosen  to  bring  said  guns  to  the  town.  1815.  Line 
between  Conway  and  Eaton  perambulated.  April  12.  At  a  meeting  called  to 
sec  what  method  the  town  will  take  to  pay  Rev.  Mr  Porter  his  salary,  Richard 
Eastman,  Esq.,  Deacon  Jonathan  Eastman,  and    Benjamin    Osgood,  Jr,  were 


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ttle  with  Mr  Porter,  and  dissolve  the  contract  between 

le  in  L778.     1816.     Chose  the  selectmen  a  committee  to 

ublic  lands  and  make  report.     Voted  $20  premium  on  wolves' 

uns.     1819.     At  a  special  meeting  at  the  south  meet- 

L9,  the  "noes"  had  it. 

t0  repair  the  bridge  at  Dolloffs  fordway.    Voted  not  to  build  a  bridge  over 

msider  the  former  rote.    Voted  not  to  build  a  bridge  at  Heaths 

oted  nol  t<>  build  a  bridge  at  Blackcat.     Voted  not  to  repair  the  South  meeting  house. 

;  oot  to  repair  Blackcal  ami  Swift  river  bridges.     Voted  to  give  the  plank  ou  the  new 

i  lolloffa  fordway  in  Blackcal  bridge.    Voted  this  meeting  be  dissolved. 

[820.     Appointed  a  committee  to  appraise  the  value  of  a  bridge  across  Saco 

Numerous  suits  and  indictments  against  the  town  for  the 

dition  of  the  highways.     1821.     Voted  to  purchase  a  set   of  weights 

Zara  Cutler,  Esq.,  chosen  to  defend  the  suits  against  the  town. 

ivor  of  revision  of  the  constitution,  77  votes,  against,  16.    1822.    Road  from 

h  meeting-house  to  Fryeburg  laid  out.     1828.     Voted  to    raise  $500 

i.ls  building  a  bridge  across  Saco  river,  and  apply  one  third  of  the  highway 

money  raised  tins  year  ($500)  to  this  purpose.     At  a  later   meeting   it  was 

dieni  to  build  this  bridge,  and  to  leave  the  money  raised  for  the 

purpose  in  the  hands  of  the  selectmen.     Later,  at  a  meeting  held  to  see  if  the 

town  would  reconsider  this  last  vote  concerning  a  bridge  across  the  Saco  at  a 

place  called  Chantangni,  the  article  was  "passed  over.1'     A  still  later  meeting 

voted  to  build  a  bridge  across  Saco  river  at  Shataugua. 

L830.     Zara    Cutler,    Esq.,    Nathan    Whitaker,    William    Knox,    Thomas 

man,  William   Knapp  chosen  a  committee  to  consider  altering  the  South 

meeting-house  into  a  town-house  and  meeting-house,  estimate  the  expense,  and 

nit   with  its   proprietors  concerning  it.     1832.     The  town  voted  to  raise 

•  to  purchase  iift\  shares  in  a  toll-bridge  to  be  built  across  the  Saco  near 

I'    rid    I.    Harrimau's,  and  Gilbert  McMillan  chosen  agent  to  purchase  them. 

A   town-house  to  be  built,  and  the  situation  of  the  site  left  with  the 

stmen.     The    Democratic   ticket   for  members   of    Congress    receives    90 

.   the   Whig  ticket  23  votes.     1834.     Nineteen  votes  cast  for  a  revision 

of    the    constitution,    one    hundred   eleven    against.     1835.     William    Badger 

hundred    eighteen    votes    for    governor;    Joseph    Healy    ninety-six. 

River   bridge    receives   attention  all   through  the    records.     This   year 

to  not   rebuild   Swift    River   Bridge.     Voted    to  reconsider  the  Vote 

lild   Swift    River  Bridge.      Voted   to  raise   $300  to  buy  Timber  for 

r  Bridge.*'     A  committee   is   chosen   to    locate    the  bridge.      Joel 

en  agent  to  contest  the  indictment  of  the  bridge  and  to  defend 

the  town.     The  above    committee  report  bridge  should  be  built 

tin;  old  bridge  was.     1836.     The  town  voted  against 


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dividing-  Strafford  county,  ninety-six  votes,  for  said  division,  twelve.  Building 
of  Swift  River  bridge  left  to  the  selectmen.  In  November  the  town  gave  108 
votes  in  opposition  and  5  votes  in  favor  of  division  of  the  county.  1837. 
Hon.  Isaac  Hill  receives  119  votes  for  governor.  A  committee  chosen  to  see 
if  it  be  expedient  for  the  town  to  establish  a  poor-farm.  Chose  Nathaniel 
Abbott  agent  of  the  town  in  the  Pequawkel  Bridge  Corporation  (chartered 
1S2S-31).  1S3S.  Votes  lor  governor  this  year  stood:  Isaac  Hill  159, 
James  Wilson  179.  Again  the  division  of  the  county  is  voted  upon:  123 
votes  against  dividing  it  into  three  parts;  102  votes  against  any  division. 
92  votes  against  revision  of  the  constitution;  none  in  its  favor.  L839.  Vote 
close;  senator,  councillor,  and  county  officers  vote  stands  180  on  one  side, 
179  on  the  other.  $800  raised  for  town  expenses,  $1,500  for  highways.  Again 
voted  against  a  division  of  the  county  in  three  parts.  Voted  to  pass  the 
article  authorizing  the  town  to  purchase  the  Pequawket  bridge.  A  committee 
of  nine  chosen  to  give  their  views  on  the  probable  expense  of  building  a  town- 
house,  and  where  it  should  be  built.  Later  the  town  votes  to  build  one  "near 
James  Howard's."  Vilruvius  Hurd,  Thomas  and  Joel  Eastman  appointed 
Building  Committee. 

1840.  Annual  meeting  met  at  the  town-house.  Voted  that  the  town-house 
be  open  for  religious  purposes.  James  Willey,  Mark  Broughton,  Jacob  Lewis 
chosen  a  committee  to  locate  a  site  for  a  bridge  across  the  Saco  between 
Odell's  and  Heath's  falls.  The  Whig  ticket  for  electors  of  President  receives 
171  votes,  the  Democratic  ticket,  170.  1841.  Joel  Eastman,  agent  of  surplus 
fund,  reports  due,  March  10,  on  outstanding  notes,  etc.,  $2,139.76;  cash  on 
hand,  $12.36,  from  which  sums  have  been  paid  upon  town-house  $1,239.34; 
this  leaves  after  other  legal  deductions  $156.34  to  be  divided  among  schools 
if  the  town  see  fit.  Benjamin  Bean  and  Vilruvius  Hurd  chosen  grand  jurors 
for  the  first  session  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  held  in  Carroll  county  ; 
William  E.  Chase  and  Jacob  Lewis  petit  jurors  for  the  same  court.  1842. 
Henry  Hubbard,  Democrat,  receives  177  votes  for  governor;  Enos  Stephens, 
Whig,  151 ;  Daniel  Hoit,  Abolition,  1.  (One  person  voted  this  last  ticket  for 
state  and  county  officers,  and  tins  is  the  first  that  a  vote  is  cast  in  Conway 
for  abolition  candidates.  It  would  be  a  pleasure  to  be  able  to  record  the  name 
of  this  brave  man.)  $1,500  raised  for  highways ;  $1,500  for  towTn  expenses. 
109  votes  (all  east)  against  a  revision  of  the  constitution.  Voted  to  divide 
the  surplus  money  of  the  town  among  the  ratable  polls.  This  amounted  to 
$2,228.11.  There  are  413  tax-payers,  of  whom  67  paid  taxes  amounting  to  ten 
dollars  each.  The  selectmen  submit  a  report  of  their  action  in  locating  Swift 
river  road  and  bridge  and  expense  of  building  them,  which  amounted  to 
$998.11.  1843.  Four  tickets  for  state  officers:  Henry  Hubbard,  Democratic 
Republican,  has  146  votes  for  governor  ;  Anthony  Colby,  Whig,  120  ;  John 
H.  White,  Democratic  Republican,  "  2d,"  20;  Daniel  Hoit,  Liberty,  17  votes. 
This  resolution  was  passed  at  the  annual  meeting :  — 


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nted  by  the  Town  of  <  lonway,  to  those  persons  who  may  feel  an 
into  the  Town  House,  upon  their  own  expense,  -  provided 
oner  directed  by  the  selectmen  of  the  Town. 

,1<(,   report  thai   they   have  received  for  the  year  1842, 

ive  disbursed  12,489.83;  this  shows  a  good  financial  condi- 

L844.     The   Liberty  vote  has  increased  to  twenty-seven  at 

October  15.     At  the  fall  election  the  tickets  for  electors 

led  by  William   Badger,  Democrat,  had  157  votes;  that  by 

Whig,   154;  thai   by  Jesse   Woodbury,  Liberty,  6.     Voted  that 

shraent  should  uol  be  abolished,  and  not  to  alter  the  constitution. 

The  town  at  annual  meeting  instructed  the  selectmen  to  lease  the  clay- 

nilly  reserved  as  the  property  of  the  town)  for  five  years  for  the 

manufacture  of  brick.     L846.     Adopted  a  by-law  fining  fast  driving  over  the 

new  bridge  across  the  Saco,  and  selectmen  to  put  up  a  sign  to  that  effect  on 

the  bridge.     Voted  thai  the  selectmen  require  every  tax-payer  to  give  in  his 

inventory  under  oath.     Conway  and  Eaton  line  established.     1817.     Voted  to 

.    |1,000  tor  town  expenses;  $1,000  toward  paying  for  bridges;  $1,500  for 

highways;  also  to  borrow  $2,355  towards  paying  the  damages  assessed  by  the 

;  commissioners  in  laying  out  highways  over  the  Pequawket  bridge  and  the 

new  bridge  near  the  old  fordway.     1818.     Voted  to  license  three  persons  to 

3pirituous  liquors,  and  the  selectmen  are  instructed  to  prosecute  all  others 

who  sell.     The  Democratic  presidential  ticket  has  152  votes,  the  Whig  94,  the 

ii]  L9.     1849.     Voted  to  grant  no  license  to  sell  liquor,  and  to  prosecute 

all  who  sell  it   for  any  purpose.     Twenty  school   districts  laid  out  in  town. 

September  1.     Voted  to  raise  $1,901  to  pay  for  rebuilding  a  bridge  across  Saco 

river  at  the  old  toll-bridge. 

L850.     Lines   between    Conway  and  Albany,  and  Conway  and  Chatham, 

lated.     1851.     liaised  $1,000  for  town  expenses;  $1,300  to  apply  on 

Bl,500    for   highways.      Richard    K.    Odell,    Daniel    Chase,    Mark 

i  made  a  committee  to  "prosecute  every  person,  male  or  female,  who 

Liquor  in  the  town  without  license."     A  committee  chosen  to  locate 

nd  character  of  bridge  over  Swift  river.     1852.     Voted  to  raise  $1,000 

n   expenses;  $2,000   to   pay  on  liabilities;  to  borrow  $2,000  for  building 

ss  Swift   liver.     The  selectmen  are  instructed  to  sell  all  the   land 

ed  by  the  town  except  the  site  of  the  town-house.     Democratic  ticket  for 

3  L26  votes,  Whig  ticket  69.     1851.     Voted  to  purchase  a  town- 

nol  to  exceed  $2,000.     1856.     Ralph  Metcalf  has  172  votes  for 

.  Wells  160,  Ichabod  Goodwin  10.     The  ticket  for  electors  of 

'eaded   by  W.  II.  II.  Bailey  had  218  votes;  that  by  Daniel  Marcy, 

L,200  tor  town  expenses;  $2,500  to  apply  on  town 

3.     The  literary   fund,  as  is  the  custom,  divided 

I  icts. 


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1860.  Voted  to  raise  fur  schools  $500  more  than  required  ;  fco  divide  school 
money  and  literary  funds  one  half  equally  among  the  districts,  and  one  half 
according  to  the  Bcholars.  The  Republican  ticket  for  President  has  206  votes, 
the  Democratic  159.     1861.     Raised    $500    for    town    debts;   $500    for   town 

expenses:   $500    over    1 1  io    obligatory    sum    Eor    schools:    *2, lino    |'(,r    highwavs. 

Voted  61  to  3  in  favor  of  revising  the  constitution.  L862.  On  purchasing 
a  county-farm  and  building  a  jail,  the  vote  stood:  yes,  L3;  no,  81.  L863.  For 
member  of  Congress  Joel  Eastman  receives  190  votes,  Daniel  Marcy  221. 
1st;  |.     The  selectmen  were  instructed  "to  abandon    entirely  the    practice  of 

disposing  of  the  poor  to  the  lowest  bidder  for  their  support,  ami  to  procure 
such  places  for  their  support  as  in  their  judgment  are  suitable,  and  where  they 
can  be  assured  of  good,  wholesome,  and  comfortable  support  and  kind  treat- 
ment." Republican  ticket  for  President  receives  152  votes,  the  Democratic 
one  217.  I860.  Voted  to  raise  $5,000  to  pay  town  expenses,  interest  on  town 
notes,  etc.;  also  $1,500  for  highways  in  summer  and  $500  in  wilder,  if  needed. 
1866.  Voted  to  raise  $2,600  to  discharge  town  debts;  $5,000  to  defray  town 
expenses  and  pay  interest  on  town  notes;  to  authorize  the  selectmen  to  fund 
$10,000  of  the  town  debt  and  issue  town  bonds;  empowered  the  selectmen  to 
sell  and  convey  the  "parsonage  and  meeting-house  lots."  1867.  Authorized 
the  selectmen  to  fund  $5,000  of  the  town  debt  and  to  hire  $10,000  to  pay 
notes.  One  hundred  and  thirty-seven  votes  for,  five  against,  subscribing  five 
per  cent,  of  the  town's  valuation  ($21,600)  to  the  stock  of  the  Portland  & 
Ogdensburgh  railroad.  The  Republican  national  ticket  receives  180  votes  ;  the 
Democratic,  190.  1869.  Voted  to  raise  $5,000  for  town  expenses ;  $2,000  to 
pay  first  instalment  of  New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank  note;  $4,000  for  roads 
and  bridges.  Selectmen  authorized  to  fund  $5,000  by  issuing  town  bonds;  also 
to  renew  the  loan  of  $6,000  due  the  New  Hampshire  Savings  Bank.  Rebuild- 
ing of  the  covered  bridges  across  the  Saco  and  Swift  rivers,  swept  away  by 
freshets,  referred  to  the  selectmen. 

1870,  November  7.  Directed  the  selectmen  to  subscribe  for  capital  stock  of 
the  Portland  &  Ogdensburgh  railroad  by  a  vote  of  155  for,  28  against.  1871. 
Voted  to  raise  $5,000  town  expenses;  $2,000  to  pay  town  debts;  $4,000  for 
highways;  selectmen  to  issue  town  bonds  for  $5,000.  Road  to  Portland  & 
Ogdensburgh  station  laid  out.  1872.  Selectmen  instructed  to  issue  $5,000 
towu  bonds  to  meet  town  debts.  Voted  $5,000  town  expenses  ;  $2,000  to  pay 
town  debts;  $3,000  for  highways.  Republican  national  ticket  receives  188 
votes  ;  the  Democratic  ticket  146.  1873.  Voted  to  exempt  from  taxation  any 
new  manufacturing  establishment  valued  at  $10,000  for  five  years,  and  any  of 
$20,000  and  upward  for  ten  years  from  the  time  of  commencement  of  opera- 
tions. 1876.  The  Republican  national  ticket  receives  227  votes,  the  Demo- 
cratic one  272.  1879.  Voted  to  prohibit  the  sale  of  cider,  lager  beer,  and 
other  malt  liquors.     1880.     Voted  to  raise  $3,000  for  town  expenses ;  $2,000  to 


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•  for  highways;  11,700  over  what  the  law  requires 

,   Republican  national  ticket  has  283  votes;  the  Democratic 

ishing  in  Walker's  pond  for  three  years.     1882. 

Banfill  school   fund."     1883.     Voted  to  build  a 

town  papers:  authorized   the  selectmen  to  procure  an  iron 

Jon  brook.     L884.     J.  A.  Farrington,  Stephen  Mudgett,  H.  B. 

ipointed  committee  to  procure  specifications,  estimates,  etc.,  for  vault 

tblicau  national  ticket  had  298  votes;  Democratic  ticket,  278; 

lv   Currier  had   296    votes   for  governor;    John  M.    Hill, 

I  i.    Mason,  5.     Voted  against   revision  of  the  state  constitution. 

.1  i..  raise  $550  to  buy  schoolbooks  for  needy  scholars.     Conway 

facturing  Company  formed.     1886.     Voted  to  raise  81,200  more 

dres  for  schools.     Seventy  votes  for,  30  against,  revising  the 

Fifty  dollars  raised  to  decorate  the  graves  of   soldiers.     1887. 

i  purchase  a  road-machine:    also  |50  for  decorating  soldiers'  graves. 

The  Republican  national  ticket  receives  204  votes ;  the  Democratic  one, 

dbition,   14.     Conway  Aqueduct  Company  organized.     1889.     Fifty 

d   for  decorating  soldiers'  graves.     The  fifth  amendment  proposed 

institution,  providing  for  the  suppression  of  the  manufacture  and  sale 

i  and  spirituous  liquors,  excepting  cider,  had  a  vote  of  184  in  its  favor 

_' I  against.     (The  face  of  the  record  makes  the  vote  less  favorable,  but  the 

announcement  of    the   vote   was  erroneous,   as   counting  afterwards  gave  the 

above  figures.  I     The  inventory  this  year  shows  772  polls,  538  horses,  194  oxen, 

.  291  young  stock.  262  sheep,  a-nd  a  valuation  of  $714,288. 

I    ion  in  the   Civil    War.  — 1862,  March  12.     Voted  to  raise  $500  for  the 

supporl  of  families  of  volunteers  if  it  be  needed.     September  15.     Voted  to 

pay  $100  additional  bounty  to  soldiers  who  shall  enlist  from  Conway  after  this 

<  fctober  14.     Voted  to  pay  $100  additional  bounty  provided  a  sufficient 

nlier  volunteer  to  till  the  quota  of  nine  months'  men.     1863,  December  5. 

4  Op  pay  a  bounty  of  $300  to  volunteers  to  fill  town's  quota;  if  sufficient 

volu  e  qoI  obtained,  the  selectmen  are    instructed   to    pay  that   sum 

drafted   man   or    his    substitute.     Authorized    the    selectmen    to    hire 

200   to  pay   these    bounties.     1864,  June    22.     Voted   to    pay   a   sufficient 

to  procure  volunteers,  if  possible,  to  fill  our  quota  under  the  present 

and  any  future  call  of  the  President,  and,  if  a  draft  should  be  made,  to  pay  a 

5  :i1"  to  the  drafted  person  or  his  substitute.     To  raise  $1,000  to  pay 

I  to  families.     To  refund  $300  to  each  man  drafted  from  this  town 

lid  commutation  or  furnished  a  substitute.     The  selectmen  are  instructed 

1  to  pay  bounties,  and  to   meet  the  selectmen  of  other  towns  in 

convention    to    secure    uniformity   of    action.     September    19. 

are  instructed  to  pay   to  citizens  of  this  town  who  volunteer 

ider  the  last  call  of  the  President  for  one  year,  the  sum  of 


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as  town  bounty  —  meaning  *o00  in  addition  to  the  $300  already  raised, 
provided  enough  enlisl  to  till  our  quota  and  avoid  a  draft.  Voted  to  authorize 
the  selectmen  to  hire  *lf>,000  to  pay  the  above  bounties.  lSI)f>,  March  meet- 
ing.    Voted  to  hire  $3,000  to  pay  state  aid  to  the  families  of  volunteers;  also 

to  instruct  the  selectmen  to  pay  -S'.OU  boiinh  each  to  volunteers  or  substitutes 
to  till  the  quota  "\'  the  town  and  to  pay  to  drafted  men  or  substitutes  the 
largesl  bounty  allowed  by  Law;  also  to  hire  $10,000  to  pay  the  bounties  voted 
by  the  town.  L865,  March  meeting.  Authorized  the  selectmen  to  pay  a  town 
bounty  to  Allen  Harriman  and  other  veteran  soldiers  who  recnlisted  in  the 
field  and  were  credited  on   the  quota  of  the  town. 

March  14,  1865.  L.  S.  Morton,  C.  W.  Wilder,  and  L.  F.  Davis,  selectmen, 
report  that 

Since  March  8,  ISdt,  the  town  has  been  required  to  furnish  fifty  men  for  the  army  — 
five  under  the  call  of  March  14,  thirty-one  under  the  call  of  July  lit,  and  fourteen  under  the 
call  of  December  19.  We  were  not  notified  of  our  deficiency  under  the  first  call  until  too  late 
to  fill  it  by  volunteers,  and  five  men  were  that  ted  and  held.  Under  that  call  drafted  men 
could  pay  commutation,  which  would  exempt  them  from  service  only  under  that  call.  Upon 
consulting  the  selectmen  of  other  towns  in  this  county,  we  found  they  had  decided  to  pay 
each  dratted  man  $300  to  put  in  a  substitute,  or  it  the  drafted  man  preferred,  to  loan  him 
$300  to  pay  commutation,  and  take  his  note  payable  to  the  town,  with  the  understanding 
that  the  town  would  not,  probably,  enforce  the  payment  of  the  note,  as  the  town  received  the 
same  benefit  from  the  money  in  one  case  as  in  the  other,  each  commutation  paid  counting  to 
the  town  as  one  man  on  its  quota.  We  decided  to  take  the  same  course  in  this  town,  and 
accordingly  paid  two  of  the  five  men  drafted  $300  each  for  a  substitute,  and  paid  commutation 
for  the  other  three,  and  took  notes  payable  to  the  town  from  A.  J.  Garmon,  D.  E.  Morton, 
and  Mark  Merrill,  for  O.  W.  Merrill,  and  thus  filled  our  quota  under  that  call.  Prior  to  the 
call  of  July  19,  the  commutation  clause  of  the  conscription  act  was  repealed,  and  we  paid 
$300  each  for  four  substitutes,  and  $800  each  for  twenty-seven  volunteers,  agreeably  to  the 
call  of  the  town.  Under  the  call  of  December  19,  we  have  paid  $.'500  each  for  fourteen 
substitutes.  At  the  present  time.  February  25,  since  the  reduction  of  the  quota  of  the  state, 
we  have  not  been  notified  whether  any  other  men  will  be  required  of  us  under  this  call  or 
not.  Agreeable  to  what  seemed  to  us  to  be  the  desire  of  the  town,  as  expressed  by  their 
votes,  we  have  thus  responded  to  all  calls  made  upon  us  for  men  and  have  incurred  as  war 
expenses  for  the  year  1804  the  sum  of  $28,883.90. 

The  twenty-seven  volunteers  were :  Edward  P.  Eastman,  Joseph  A.  Clout- 
man,  John  E.  Mason,  Lucius  H.  Lovejoy,  Joseph  P.  Pitman,  Lorenzo  T.  Hale, 
George  W.  Bean,  Edwin  A.  Keith,  John  (arson,  Orrin  Seavy,  David  B.  Hill, 
Reuben  Eastman,  William  F.  Dennett,  John  F.  Mason,  Benjamin  F.  Merrow, 
Charles  A.  L.  Hill,  Mark  W.  Dennett,  Hugh  McNorton,  George  A.  Heath, 
James  Carter,  Charles  A.  Brotton,  Charles  W.  Heath,  Ormond  W.  Merrill, 
George  H.  Thorn,  Ezekiel  W.  Burbank,  Henry  Cook,  Jeremiah  Kimball. 

Civir.  LIST.  — 1765, Captain  Joseph  Eastman,  Captain  Obediah  Eastman,  Richard  Ayer,  selectmen;  Thomas 
Merrill,  clerk;  James  I  ochran  and  Walter  Cry  ant,  jr,  collectors;  Daniel  Poster,  i  reasurer. 

1769,  James  Osgood,  Joshua  Heath,  Thomas  Merrill,  selectmen;  Thomas  Merrill,  clerk. 

1770,  John  Dolloff,  David  Page,  Thomas  .Merrill,  selectmen;  Thomas  Merrill,  clerk. 


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0       ,.i    selectmen;  Thomas  Merrill,  clerk. 
Foshua  Heath,  selectmen;  Thomas  Merrill,  clerk. 
ank,  .John  Webster,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk. 
\i,i,-«l  Lovejoy,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk. 
11,  David  Page,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  Captain  Abijah 

kburne). 

omas    Merrill,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  Colonel  Joseph 

n   Odell,  Ebenezer  Burbank,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  Colonel 

itlve. 
omas  Merrill,  Abial  Lovejoy,  selectmen;  Thomas  Merrill,  clerk;  Thomas  Chadbourn, 

i,  Thomas  <  hadbourn,   Richard    Eastman,  Hugh   Sterling,  Thomas   Russell,  selectmen; 

i     .  -.  ulative  and  clerk. 

I  hadbourn,   Richard   Eastman,  Hugh   Sterling,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  David 
.illative. 

man,  Thomas  Chadbourn,  Enoch   Webster,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  David 

ed  with  Eaton,  Burton,  and  Locations.) 
I,  Richard  Eastman,  Ezekiel  Walker,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  David  Page, 
I  with  Eaton,  etc.] 

od,  Ezekiel  Walker,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  David  Page, 

Ive. 

n,  James  Osgood,  Ezekiel  Walker,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  David  Page, 

d  Eastman,  James  Osgood,  Ezekiel  Walker,  Elijah  Dinsmore,  Josiah  Dolloff,  selectmen;  Rich- 
•  man,  clerk. 

i    Millan,  David  Page,  Joshua  Heath,  Jeremiah  Abbott,  Josiah  Dolloff,  selectmen;  Richard 
hi.  clerk. 

d  Eastman,  David  Page,  Richard  Kimball,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  David  Page, 
i  with  Eaton,  Burton,  and  Locations.) 
17",  Richard  Eastman,  Richard  Kimball,  David  La  ye,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk. 
aid  Eastman,  David  Page,  James  Osgood,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk. 

man,  .lame-  Osgood,  Stephen   Webster,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  Andrew 
McMillan,  representative. 

IT'.M.  Richard  Kimball,  Stephen  Webster,  Jeremiah  Abbott,  selectmen:  Richard  Eastman,  clerk. 

hard  Kimball,  Stephen  Webster,  Abiathar  Eastman,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  Andrew 
McMillan,  representative. 

Hard  Kin. b all,  .lames  Osgood,  .John  Hart,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk. 
1794,  Richard  Kimball,  John  Hart,  John  Thompson,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  Obed  Hall,  repre- 
'  0    wa;  .  Bartlett,  and  Locations). 

ird  Kimball,  Samuel  Willey,  Noah  Eastman,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk. 
•  I   Kimball,  Noah  Eastman,  James  Osgood,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  David  Page, 
■  itlve. 
17,  Richard  Kimball,  Ebenezer  Lean,  Richard  Odell,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk. 

d   Kimball,  Noah   Eastman,  Ebenezer   Lean,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  Obed  Hall, 
tlve. 

l.cavitt  Bill,  Jeremiah  Page,  jr,  selectmen;  Richard  Eastman,  clerk;  Andrew  McMil- 
i    tative. 

tman,  l.cavitt  Hill,  Jeremiah  Page,  jr,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  Lovejoy,  clerk, 
tan    R  chard  Odell,  Austin  George,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  Lovejoy,  clerk. 
Jeremiah  Lovejoy,  Austin  George,  selectmen;  Richard  Oilell,  clerk ;  Richard  Eastman, 

in  Lovejoy,  Austin  George,  Moses  Willson,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  David  Pare,  rep  - 

Lovejoy,  Austin  George,  Moses  Willson,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  Richard  Odell, 

Lovejoy,  Samuel  Willey,  Edward  Kelly,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  Richard  Odell, 

1  Willey,  Samuel  Stark,  Douglas  Lean,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  David  Page,  represen- 

muel  Mark,  Douglas  Lean,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  Richard  Odell,  repre- 

muel  Mark,  Jeremiah  Page,  selectmen;   Richard  Odell,  clerk ;  Richard  Odell,  repre. 

1     Odell,  Daniel   Davis,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  Richard  Odell, 


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1810,  Richard  Eastman,  Thomas   P.  « ».  1«  - 1 1 ,  Daniel   Davis,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk]  Richard  Odell, 
representatlTe. 

1811,  Thomas  F.  Odell,  Daniel  Davis,  Jeremiah  Lovejoy,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  Richard  Odell, 
representative.    (.leremiah  Lovejoj  dies,  and  Richard  Eastman  chosen  selectman  in  October.) 

1812,  Samuel  Wllley,  Tl las  P.  odell,  Daniel   Davis,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  Richard  odell, 

representath  e. 

1818,  Samuel  Willey,  Thomas  F.  odell,  Daniel  Davis,  selectmen;  Richard  odell,  clerk;  Richard  Odell, 
representative. 

1814,  Samuel  Wllley,  Thomas  F.  odell,  Amos   Merrill,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  Samuel  Willey, 
representative. 

1815,  Richard  Eastman,  Thomas  P.  Odell,  Daniel  Davis,  selectmen;  Richard  Odell,  clerk;  Richard  Odell 
representative. 

1816,  Samuel    Willey,    Caleb   Page,    Henry    Merrill,    selectmen;    .lames    Willey,    clerk;    Samuel    Willey, 
representative. 

1817,  Samuel   Wllley,   Thomas   p.   odell,  Moses  Davis,  selectmen;  James  Willey,  clerk;  Samuel  Wllley, 
representative. 

1818,  Samuel    Willey,    Thomas  F.  Odell,  Moses  Davis,  selectmen ;  James  Willey,  clerk;  James  Willey, 
representative. 

1819,  John    Knox,    Thomas    P.    Odell,    Moses   Davis,    selectmen;    James    Willey,    clerk;    James  Willey, 
representative. 

1820,  John  Knox,  Benjamin  Osgood,  Thomas  Merrill,  jr,  selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;  Thomas  S.  Abbott, 
representative. 

1821,  John    Knox,    Benjamin    Osgood,   Moses   Davis,   selectmen;    John  Hill,  clerk;    Thomas    S.  Abbott, 
representative. 

1822,  John    Knox,    Thomas    F.    Odell,   James    Willey,    selectmen;    John    Hill,    clerk;    David    Webster, 
representative. 

1823,  lame-  Willey,  Ebenezer  Hathaway,  Samuel  Stark,  jr,  selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;  David  Webster, 
representative. 

1824,  James  Willey,    Moses  Davis,  Samuel  Stark,  jr,  selectmen;  John    Hill,  clerk;  Thomas  S.  Abbott, 
representative. 

1825,'James    Willey,  Samuel   stark,  jr,    Elijah'  Partington,    selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;  James  Willey, 
representative. 

1826,  John   Knox,  Elijah  Farrington,  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;  Thomas  S.  Abbott, 
representative. 

1827,  John  Knox,  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  Elijah  Farrington,  selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;  Thomas  S.  Abbott, 
representative. 

1828,  John   Knox,  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  Jacob  C.  Emerson,   selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;    Samuel  Stark, 
representative. 

1829,  John    Knox,  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  Jacob  C.  Emerson,  selectmen;  John    Hill,  clerk;  Samuel    Stark, 
representative. 

1830,  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  Elijah  Farrington,  Jeremiah  Chandler,  selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;  Nathaniel 
Abbott,  representative. 

1831,  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  Samuel  Emerson,  James  Willey,  selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;  Nathaniel  Abbott, 
representative. 

1832,  Gilbert  McMillan,  Samuel  Emerson,  Eliphalet  Cloutman,  selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;  Jonathan  T. 
Chase,  representative. 

1833,  Eliphalet  Cloutman,  Gilbert  McMillan,  Samuel  Dinsmore,  selectmen;  John  Hill,  clerk;  Jonathan  T. 
Chase,  representative. 

1834,  Gilbert    McMillan,   Eliphalet  Cloutman,  Jesse  Page,  selectmen;   Samuel  Thorn,  clerk;  Jonathan  T. 
Chase,  representative. 

1835,  James  Willey,  Eliphalet  Cloutman,  Elijah  Farrington,  selectmen;  Samuel  Thorn,  clerk;  Jonathan  R. 
Thompson,  representative. 

1836,  Eliphalet  Cloutman,  Elijah  Farrington,  Joshua  Towle,  selectmen;  Samuel  Thorn,  clerk;  Joel  Eastman, 
representative. 

1837,  Eliphalet  Cloutman,  James  Thorn,  Thomas  Eastman,  selectmen,  Samuel  Thom,  clerk;  Joel  Eastman, 
representative. 

1838,  Eliphalet  Cloutman,  James  Thom,  Thomas  Eastman,  selectmen;  Samuel  Thom,  clerk;  Joel  Eastman, 
representative. 

1839,  Eliphalet  Cloutman,  James  Thom,  Tobias  A.  Hanson,  selectmen;  Samuel  Thom,  clerk;  Samuel  Thom, 
representative. 

1840,  Tobias  A.  nanson,  Nathaniel  Abbott,  Vilruvius  Hurd,  selectmen;  Samuel  Thom,  clerk;  Samuel  Thom, 
representative. 

1841,  Tobias   A.    Hanson,    Eliphalet    Cloutman,    Vilruvius    Hurd,   selectmen;    Samuel    Thom,  clerk;   Joel 
Eastman,  representative. 

1842,  Tobias  A.  Hanson,  Elijah  Farrington,  Benaiah  C.  Goodwin,  selectmen;  Jonathan  R.  Thompson,  clerk; 
William  K.  Eastman,  representative. 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


.;„.  Stephen  Wllley,  selectmen;  Jonathan  R.  Thompson,  clerk; 

Goodwin,  Ephraim  Davis,  selectmen;  Jonathan  R.  Thompson,  clerk, 

Daniel  Sparhawk,  John  Dinsmore, 3d,  selectmen;  Jonathan  R.  Thompson,  clerk; 

bawk,John  Dinsmore,  James  Willey,  selectmen;  Jonathan  R.  Thompson,  clerk;  no  choice 

iwk,  John   Dinsmore,  James  Willey,  selectmen:  J.  R.  Thompson,  clerk;  no  choice  of 

l«  In,  Isaac  S.  Davis,  Jethro  Furber,  selectmen;  J.  R.  Thompson,  clerk;  Samuel  Knox, 

el  Sparhawk,  George  P.  Stilphen,  Ehenezer  Hazelton,  selectmen;  J.  R.  Thompson,  clerk ;  Samuel 

l,  Daniel  Sparhawk,  George  P.  Stilphen,  Ehenezer  Hazelton,  selectmen;  J.  R.  Thompson,  clerk;  Benaiah 
tive. 
I     phalel  (  loutman,  Samuel  Deering,  Andrew  Buzzell,  selectmen;  J.  R.  Thompson,  clerk;  Francis  R. 

9parhawk,  Samuel  Deering,  Andrew  Buzzell,  selectmen;  Leander  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Francis  R. 

Sparhawk,  George  l'.  Stilphen,  Samuel  B.  Shackford,  selectmen;  Leander  S.  Morton,  clerk; 
Eastman,  representative 
1-  4.  Daniel  sparhawk.  George  P.  Stilphen,  Samuel  r;.  Shackford,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Francis 
man,  representatives, 
imuel  I'..  Shackford,  Jacob  Lewis,  Jethro  Furber,  selectmen;  William  S.  Abbott,  clerk;  Joel  East- 
i  in  \v.  (ram,  representatives. 

I  ewis,  Jethro  Furber,  Samuel  Greenlaw,  selectmen;  William  S.  Abbott,  clerk;  John  W.  Cram, 
Samuel  B  1,  representatives. 

1857,  Nathaniel  Abbott,  .John  McMillan,  Samuel  Hazelton,  selectmen;  Charles  Sparhawk,  clerk;  Samuel  B. 

Nathaniel  Abbott,  Thomas  Taylor,  Isaac  E.  Merrill,  selectmen;  Leander  S.  Morton,  clerk;  John 
McMillan,  representative. 

B.   Shackford,   Samuel  Hazelton,  Charles  A.  Merrill,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  John 
in,  Tobias  A.  Hanson,  representatives. 
-  imuel  B.  Shackford,  Samuel  Hazelton,  Charles  A.  Merrill,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Tobias  A. 
ob  Lew  Is,  representatives. 
1861,  Samuel   B.  Shackford,  Samuel  Hazelton,  Charles  A.  Merrill,  selectmen;  Leander  S.  Morton,  clerk; 
Samuel  Hazelton,  representatives. 
mathan   R.  Thompson,  Albert  Barnes,  Daniel  B.  Merrill,  selectmen;   Leander  S.  Morton,  clerk; 
Stilphen,  Leander  S.  Morton,  representatives. 
Jona  R.  Thompson,  Albert   Barnes,  Daniel  B.  Merrill,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  George  P.  Stil- 
phen, Li  andi  i  S.  Morton,  representatives. 

lerS   Morton, (  hristopherW.  Wilder,  Isaac  F.Davis,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Samuel  W 
on,  Basket!  l>.  Eastman, representatives. 
15,  Leander  S.  Morton.  Christopher  W.  Wilder,  Isaac  F.  Davis,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Samuel  W 
Thompson,  Basket!  I>.  Eastman,  representatives. 

Istopher  W.  Wilder,  [saac  P.  Davis,  Joseph  P.Eaton,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Bennett  P 
t,  Nathaniel  R.  Mason,  representatives. 

r.  W.  Wilder,  I.  P.  Davis,  J.  i>.  Eaton,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Bennett  P.  Strout,  Nathaniel  R 
representatives. 
1868,  Lean  ler  S.  Morton,  James  M.  Allard,  Bradley  B.  Woodward,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Christo 
phCT  W.  Wilder,  Charles  H.  Osgood,  representatives. 

I        der  8.  Morton,  Jam,-  M.  Allard,  Bradley  B.  Woodward,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Christo 
i     Hi.  -  II.  Osgood,  representatives, 
v  Morion,  George  P.  stilphen,  Joseph  F.  Dinsmore,  selectmen;  L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  James 
'     Irew    i  mi  -more,  representatives. 

-.  Mori,,,,.  David  Wakefield,  Joseph  F.  Dinsmore,  selectmen;  L.S.Morton,  clerk;  James  C. 
.'.  Dinsmore,  representatives. 

Shackford,  David   Wakefield,  John  Whitaker,  selectmen;   L.  S.  Morton,  clerk;  Timothy 
-    Eaton,  representatives.    (J.  I'.  Pitman  clerk  from  October  19.) 

ise,  Jethro   Furber,  Charles   H.  Leavitt,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  A.   Farrington,  clerk; 

McNorton,  representatives. 
'ford,  Samuel  Haselton,  Hiram  II.  Dow,  selectmen :  Jeremiah  A.  Farrington,  clerk; 
Jonathan  C.  Eastman,  representatives. 

imuel  Haselton,  David  E.  Thompson,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  A.  Farrington,  clerk; 
*Ul1  i-  Davis,  representatives. 


Town  of  Conway.  843 


1876,  Andrew  DinMih.iv,  David  E.  Thompson,  William  P.  ti ipson,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  a.  Farrlngton, 

clerk;  William  B.  Chase,  Isaac  F.  Davis,  representatives. 

1877,  William  F.  Thompson,  Christopher  W.  Wilder,  Henry  B.  Cotton,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  A.  Farrlngton, 
clerk;  David  E.  Thompson,  Samuel  D.  Thompson,  representatives. 

1878, Christopher  W.  Wilder,  Henry  15.  Cotton,  John  a.  Barnes,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  A.  Farrlngton,  clerk; 
David  E.  Thompson,  Samuel  D.  Thompson,  representatives. 

1879, Samuel  Hazelton,  Andrew  Din-more,  John  A.  Barnes,  selectmen ;  Jeremiah  A.  Farrlngton, clerk. 

1880,  Samuel  Hazel  ton,  Henry  I?.  Cotton,  .loiin  a.  Barnes,  selectmen;  Frederick  W.  Morton,  clerk;  Freeman 
11.  Mason,  representative. 

1881,  William  F.  Thompson,  Frederick  W.  Morton,  John  A.  Barnes,  selectmen;  Frederick  W.  Morton,  clerk. 

1882,  Frederick  W.  Morton,  Richard  C.  Davis,  John  C.  I..  Wood,  selectmen;  Frederick  W.  Morton,  clerk; 
John  A.  Barnes,  Nathaniel  Faxon,  representatives. 

1883,  Frederick  W.  Morton,  Richard  ('.  Davis,  Frank  w.  Russell,  selectmen;  Frederick  W.  Morton,  clerk. 
is>l,  Frank    W.   Kussell,   Lorenzo   T.    Male,    David    Wakefield,   selectmen;   F.    W.    Morton,   clerk;  John    A. 

Barnes,  Nathaniel  Faxon,  representatives. 

1885,  Hiram  II.  Dow,  Lorenzo  T.  Hale,  David  Wakefield,  selectmen;  James  L.  Gibson,  clerk. 

Ism;,  Hiram  II.  Dow,  Lorenzo  T.  Hale,  Samuel  Hazelton,  selectmen;  James  L.  Gibson,  clerk;  Frank  W. 
Davis,  Henry  I!.  Cotton,  representatives. 

1-sT,  Samuel  C.  Hatch,  Hiram  H.  Dow,  James  W.  Whitaker,  selectmen;  James  L.  Gibson,  clerk. 

1888,  Francis   II.   Parsons,  James   W.  Whitaker,  William  S.  Abbott,  selectmen;  James  L.  Gibson,  clerk; 
Richard  C.  Davis,  Bradbury  B.  Woodward, representatives. 

1889,  Lorenzo  T.  Hale,  William  S.  Abbott,  George  V.  Eastman,  selectmen;  James  L.  Gibson,  clerk. 


CHAPTER     LXXIII. 


Brief  Sketches  of  Some  of  the  Early  Settlers,  their  Families  and  Descendants  —  Physi- 
cians—  Schools. 

THOMAS  CHADBOURN,  who  had  the  mill  privilege  on  Kesaugh  brook 
where  the  bridge  crosses  the  stream  in  North  Conway,  built  the  first 
framed  house  here.  He  had  his  grant  in  1773,  and  proceeded  at  once  to 
make  improvements.  Richard  Eastman  soon  purchased  his  rights.  Rev.  B.  D. 
Eastman  found  a  bit  of  doggerel  written  on  the  inside  of  the  cover  of  an  old 
book,  probably  in  1774,  which  is  valuable  by  its  showing  the  early  names  of 
localities.  It  is  unimpeachable  evidence  of  the  early  use  of  Ke-saugh  and 
consequently  of  Kearsarge. 

Thre  men  went  up  from  dolluf  town, 

And  stop  ol  Nite  at  Forsters  Pockit 
To  mak  ye  Road  Bi  ingun  Hil, 

To  git  clere  up  to  nort  pigogit. 

To  Emris  Kamp  up  Kesuck  Brok, 
Wha  Chadbun  is  Beginnen  — 

Colonel  Andrew  McMillan,  born    in    Ireland,  was   a   grantee.     He  was   a 
lieutenant  in  the  French  war,  and,  in  accordance  with  the  king's  proclamation 


Histoky  of  Cabboll  County. 


7.  L763,  he  received,  October  25,  1765,  a  tract  of  land 
irvale  on  the  east  side  of   the  Saco,  in  Lower 
tier  of  lots  from  the  river,  back,  with  upland  in  each 
es,  he  commenced  their  sale  as  occasion  required;  he 
in   Conway,  and,  coming  here  in  1764,  estab- 
in    North   Conway,  on   a    Large   tract   of  intervale    and 
and   now  well   known   far  and    near  as  the  McMillan  farm,  his 
tne  germ  0f  the  old  hostelry,  the  McMillan  House.     He  was 
i  nerous  man,  of  quick,  impetuous  temper  qualified  with  regard 
for  the  sensibilities  of  others.     His  was  an  aristocratic  establishment,  with  its 
iiv.  its  African  servants,  and  generous  living.     The  colonel  was 
,ent  in  proprietors'  meetings,  often  moderator  of  town  and  other  meet- 
n\  for  the  town  (  frequently  in  delicate  and  highly  important  matters), 
•i  of  taxes  (when  they  were  paid  in  produce),  representative  to  General 
.  etc.,  and  during  his  life  paid  the  highest  taxes  in  town.     His  house 
rendezvous  of  people  who  came  prospecting  with  reference  to  settle- 
on  t,  and    became,  of    necessity,  a    house    of    entertainment;    and  with    the 
iption  of  a   few  short  intervals,  it   has   so   continued  to   the   present   day. 
Colonel  McMillan  died  November  6,  1800,  aged  seventy.     Among  his  children 
:   Lewi-:  lames  (lived  iii  Bartlett) ;  John;  Gilbert  (inherited  the  home- 
i:    Martha    (Mrs    Dr   Chadbourne) ;     Betsey    (married    a    Webster,    of 
Bartletl  >. 

progenitor   of    the    Eastmans   of    Conway   and    Chatham  was    Roger 
man,  who  emigrated  from   Wales   and  settled  in   Salisbury,  Mass.,  about 
lt'>4'i.     Richard,  third    in   descent    from    Roger,  married   Molly    Lovejoy,    and 
resided  in   Pembroke.     Early  in  the  settlement  of  Conway,  Richard  Eastman, 
apanied   by  his  sons,  Richard,   Jr,  Noah,  Abiathar,  and   Jonathan,   came 
thither  with  a   view  of    making   a   home;    but  subsequently,  with    Jonathan, 
I  in  Fryeburg,  while  Richard,  Jr,  Noah,  and  Abiathar  located  in  Conway. 
Richard  Eastman  purchased  of  Thomas  Chadbourn,  Esq.,  all  of  his  interest  in 
e  mill  lot  and  improvements  thereon,  but  soon  transferred  the  property  to  his 
sons  Richard,  Jr,  and   Noah.     Among  the  improvements  bought  was  the  first 
Mm, -house  huilt   in    North  Conway.     It  was  built  on  the  intervale  north   of 
laugh  brook,  in  1766-67.     In  October,  1769,  Richard  Eastman,  Jr,  his  wife, 
i    H"lt,  with  their  babe  Sally,  sixteen  months  old,  accompanied   by  his 
brother  Noah  and   her  sister   Hannah,  occupied  this   house.     Here  was   born 
il  male  child  of  North  Conway.  Jonathan  Eastman,  July  18,  1770.     He 
11.  1868.     His  was  a  long  and  useful  life.     For  seventy  years  he 
member  of   the  Congregational  church,  and  deacon  for  fifty- 
He  voted  For  General  Washington  for  his  second  term  as  Presi- 
nan   delighted  in  public  worship,  and  his  mind  was  well 
His  strict  temperance  and  industrious  habits  undoubt- 


Town  of  Conway.  845 


edly  were  the  causes  of  his  longevity.  l,His  memory  is  blessed.''  Richard 
Eastman  and  his  wife  were  soon  at  home  in  their  new  place,  and  contributed 
much  to  the  little  community.  In  1778,  when  Christian  worship  was  estab- 
lished, their  names  were  among  the  eight  who  signed  the  covenant  to  "walk 
with  the  Lord."  Richard  Eastman,  or,  as  he  was  universally  called,  'Squire 
Eastman,  and  family  continued  to  occupy  his  house  on  the  intervale  until  the 
greal  freshet  of  1785,  which  caused  him  and  all  others,  some  twelve  or  fifteen 
families  in  number,  whose  dwellings  were  on  the  intervale,  to  remove  to  the 
high  lands.  Esquire  Eastman  moved'his  house  to  where  it  now  stands.  Winn 
first  thisjiouse  was  built  it  was  one  story  with  gambrel  roof,  and  thus  remained 
for  more  than  thirty  years,  until  his  son  Amos,  in  the  summer  of  1822,  removed 
the  half-hip  root'  ami  put  on  a  second  story,  with  roof  of  more  modern  style. 
Mr.  Eastman's  house,  after  its  removal  from  the  intervale  to  the  upland, 
occupied  a  very  central  business  position,  as  in  the  vicinity  were  the  mills,  the 
tavern,  the  blacksmith  shop,  etc.  One  of  the  rooms  was  used  as  an  office  and 
for  the  public  library,  of  which  he  was  librarian.  Seventeen  of  Mr.  Eastman's 
eighteen  children  were  born  in  this  house,  and  every  one  of  this  family  were 
members  of  the  Christian  church.  All  but  one  attained  maturity  and  married. 
Sally  married  Abiel  Lovejoy ;  Jonathan  married  Phebe  Lovejoy ;  Polly  married 
Amos  Barnes;  Phebe  married  Humphrey  Cram;  Hannah  married  Isaac 
Merrill:  Richard  married,  first,  Elmira  Morrill,  second,  Louisa  Morrill;  Abia 
married  William  C.  Ford  ;  William  married,  first,  Nancy  Lovejoy,  second,  Ruth 
Trickey;  Dorcas  married  Samuel  Merrill;  Patty  married  Jonathan  Stickney ; 
Kezia  married  Henry  Tucker ;  Betsey  married  John  Hill ;  Amos  married 
Betsey  E.  Merrill;  Clarissa  married  Rev.  Stephen  Merrill;  Harriot  married 
General  George  P.  Meserve  ;  John  L.  married  Margaret  Douglass;  Irena  mar- 
ried Jonathan  E.  Chase.  Mr.  Eastman  appeared  to  be  the  "right  man  in  the 
right  place  "  to  transact  business  for  town,  church,  military,  schools,  or  roads, 
and  as  a  justice  of  the  peace  he  stood  at  the  head  for  several  years.  His 
counsel  was  sought  and  universally  appreciated.  If  any  papers  like  deeds, 
bills  of  sale,  indentures,  petitions,  plans,  etc.,  were  to  be  drawn  he  was 
employed.  He  was  of  medium  size  and  grave  appearance,  but  would  very 
readily  unbend  to  a  social  and  even  a  jolly  mood.  His  capacity  for  business 
continued  very  nearly  to  the  time  of  his  death,  December,  1826,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-nine  years.  Few  men  sustained  a  more  uniformly  upright  character, 
and  few  leave  more  tender  and  affectionate  recollections. 

Deacon  Abiathar  Eastman  married  Phebe,  daughter  of  Thomas  Merrill, 
December  3,  177o,  and  was  a  useful  and  public-spirited  man,  and  often  called 
to  fill  responsible  positions.  He  was  colonel  of  the  militia,  and  October  27, 
180o,  he  was  unanimously  chosen  deacon  of  the  Congregational  church.  His 
death  occurred  January  10,  1815.  His  farm  was  the  next  south  of  Colonel 
McMillan's.      His    children    were :    Samuel ;     Lydia,    married     Frye     Holt  ; 


,!;v   of  Carroll  County. 


Tied    Susan    Durgin;    Henry,    married    Esther    Eastman; 

unice    Hill;  Caleb,   died  young:  Caleb,   married  Adeline 

tman,  Jr,  was  bora  August  1,  1781,  and  died  in  military 

1813.     Rev.   Benjamin  Durgin  Eastman,  son  of  Abiathar, 

I  Durgin)   Eastman,  was  born  December  21,1802.     In  1831  he 

Maine  Conference  of    the     Methodist  Episcopal    Church,  and  for 

rter  of  a  century  Labored  successfully  in  various  ministerial  fields  in 

part  of  Maine,  and  served  two  terms  in  the  house  of  representa- 

1  one  in   the  state  senate,      lie  then    returned  to  North  Conway  and 

liere  until  his  death.     He  was  a  local  preacher,  postmaster,  and  trader. 

aid  much  attention  to  the  Algonquin  language  and  historical  researches, 

aml  wrote  a  series  of  valuable  articles  on  North  Conway,  etc.,  for   The  Idler. 

Tied,  first,  Lois   1'.  Averill  ;  second,  Nancy  Fisher  Whitney,  of  Corinth, 

two  sons.  Charles  W.  and  George  Vernon,  son  of  his  second 

w  itc.  boru  at  Limestone,  Maine. 

Noah   Eastman,  brother  of  Richard  and  Abiathar,  born   March  20,  1753, 
larried  Hannah    Holt,  September  10,1775.     Their  children  were  :  Benjamin, 
.   Noah   2d,   Esther,   Daniel,  Hannah  H.,  Polly  C,  Richard,  Job,  Susan, 
II..  John.  Phebe  B.     He  was  the  miller  of  North  Conway  for  fifty  years, 
and  when  spoken  of  was  called  "honest  Noah;  "  when  spoken  to,  especially  in 
I  years,  he  was  called  "Uncle  Noah."     He  was  a  good  and  indus- 
trious man  all  his  days,  and  died  August  26,  1823.     Major  Daniel  Eastman, 
■  i'  Noah,  was  born   September  6,  1792,  and  died  August  22,  1885.     He 
was  .me  of  a  family  of  thirteen  children,  all  noted  for  longevity.     At  the  time 
of  his  death  Mr  Eastman  was  the  oldest  Freemason  in  the  state.     He  was  a 
erator  in  real  estate,  once  bought  the  entire  top  of  Mt  Washington  for 
cents  an  acre  and  sold  it  for  twenty-five.     He  also  owned  at  one  time  most 
of  the   Conway   intervales.     He  conducted  extensive  trade  for   a   long    time, 
the   Washington    House,  and    "kept   tavern"    there    many   years.     He 
larried  Mail  ha,  daughter  of  Dr  William  Chadbourne,  who  died  in  1880,  aged 
-two.     Major  Eastman   was    held    in    high    estimation.     William    C.   is 

d\  living  of  his  live  children.     Alfred  Eastman,  the  genial  host  of 

i    House,  is  third   in   descent  from  Noah;   the    line   being    Noah1, 
Job3,  John  <>..  Alfred'. 

brothers,  whose  posterity  is  probably  more  numerous  than  any 

settlers  in  the  Saco  valley,  were  exceptionally  blessed  with  good 

.  who  adapted  themselves  to  their  varied  and  humble  condition.     They 

the  times  that   "tried  men's  souls,"  and  women's  also.     The  Revolu- 

in   progress;  wild  savages  were  skulking  about;  spies  were 

uncertain  ;  but  they  seconded  their  husband's  efforts,  and 

I  t"  the  duties  incumbent  on  them  as  brave  wives  and  brave 

their  memory  be  long  cherished  ! 


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Thomas  Merrill,  Esq.,  a f  Deacon  John  Merrill,  of  Concord,  one  <>f  the 

original  proprietors,  and  one  of  the  first  to  settle  here,  built  his  dwelling  on  the 

intervale  <>n  the  south  side  of  the  Saco,  on  what  is  now  the  Quint  farm,  about 
1766;  three  of  his  sons  made  permanenl  settlements  in  1771:  Thomas,  Amos 
William,  and  Enoch.  Thomas  Merrill  was  one  of  the  most  active  and  capable 
of  the  proprietors,  a  hard-working  and  useful  pioneer,  and  received  and 
deserved  the  confidence  of  his  townsmen.  In  L769,  when  the  inhabitants  of 
Conway  and  adjacent  towns  were  in  need  of  a  justice  of  peace,  they  petitioned 
John  Went  worth  in  this  manner,  after  showing  their  want:  "We  would 
humbly  beg  liberty  to  let  your  Excellency  know  that  we  should  be  glad  and 
rejoice  if  your  Excellency  Should  appoint  to  that  office  Lieut.  Thomas 
Merrill,  of  said  Conway."  The  governor's  council  also  recommended  him  as 
a  "Suteable  person  to  be  in  the  Commition  for  ye  Peace,  &c."  He  was  clerk 
of  the  proprietor  and  town  meetings  for  many  years,  and  continued  in  public 
service  during  his  life.  The  old  record  says:  "Thomas  Merrill,  esq1',  departed 
this  life,  July  "2d,  1788."  He  lies  in  the  ancient  graveyard  near  the  centre  of 
the  town.  He  was  a  man  of  unusual  education  for  those  days,  and  the  propri- 
etors' records,  by  their  grammatical  and  orthographical  accuracy,  testify  to  this. 
Such  a  pioneer  is  of  inestimable  value,  and  his  descendants  are  justly  proud  of 
such  an  ancestor.  He  had  large  tracts  of  land  on  both  sides  of  the  Saco,  on 
which  he  settled  those  of  his  children  who  were  inclined  to  "till  the  soil"; 
while  he  generously  aided  those  who  chose  a  professional  life  and  sought  their 
fortune  in  other  sections.  His  children  attaining  maturity  were:  Thomas 
(married  Hannah  Ambrose)  ;  William  ;  Enoch ;  Amos  (married  Lois  Willey)  ; 
Phebe  (married  Abiathar  Eastman)  ;  Stephen  (married  Elizabeth  Bayley)  ; 
Mehetable  (married  Roland  Crocker)  ;  Jonathan  A.  (married  Lydia  Merrill)  ; 
John  (married  a  Miss  Boyd,  of  Portland)  ;  Benjamin.  Many  of  the  town's 
best  citizens  claim  him  as  their  ancestor. 

Colonel  David  Page  moved  from  Dunbarton  (where  his  ancestors  were 
among  the  grantees  and  efficient  men  in  its  affairs)  to  Concord  about  1761,  was 
interested  by  Colonel  Frye  in  his  settlement  at  Pigwacket,  and  became  an  early 
and  valuable  settler.  His  fourth  child,  Robert,  was  born  in  Fryeburg,  February 
28,  1765;  Edmond  was  born  in  Fryeburg,  March  28,  1768;  Jeremiah,  born 
August  12,  1770,  "  was  Born  at  Conway  "  ;  and  from  that  time,  for  many  years, 
scarcely  a  public  petition  or  document  was  sent  to  the  General  Court  but 
shows  Colonel  Page's  prominence  in  Conway.  He  was  selectman,  justice  of 
the  peace,  and  representative.  He  was  colonel  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  and 
one  of  the  first  trustees  of  Fryeburg  Academy,  associated  with  Henry  Young 
Brown,  and  James  Osgood,  "  of  Conway."  Jeremiah  Page  married  Phebe 
Russell.  Their  children  were:  Benjamin  R.,  Harriet,  Maria,  and  Amanda. 
Mrs  Page  subsequently  became  the  wife  of  Rev.  Dr  Porter.  They  lived  on  the 
Jeremiah  Page  home  farm,  which  was  situated  on  Conway  street  at  the  head  of 


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ght  angles   from  the  street  to  Fiyeburg  Village.     The 
I,  and  a  large  elm-tree  now  marks  the  site.    Benjamin 
I,  Pollard;   Harriet  married  Isaac  Osgood,  of  Conway; 
STathaniel  Potter,  of  Bridgton,  Maine. 

am    Broughton  were  here  early  and  assessed  on  inventory 

led  on   the   place  now  occupied  by  Charles  A.  Broughton, 

He    married    a    Knox,    and   had   several   children.      Hannah 

Jedediah   Stone  and   lived    on    the  west   side.     John   married    Sally, 

ter  of    Amos   Merrill,  and  succeeded  to  the  home  farm.     He  had  four 

.  of   whom   Charles    A.   is   the   only  one  living  in   town.     Julia    (Mrs 

John   Twombly)   lived  at  Conway    Centre;    Octavus,   a  millwright,  lives  in 

Minneapolis;    Harriet    married    Mark    Merrill    (Ormond   W.   Merrill   is    their 

Mary    married    Elijah    Stuart,   and    lived    on    the    west   side    of    Saco. 

Charles   A.   Broughton   was  for  ten  years  agent  for  the  Swift  River  Lumber 

Company,  with  office  at   the   mills   in   Albany  for  six  years,  then  at   Allen's 

He  married  Hannah  Quint  and  has  four  children,  of  whom  his  oldest, 

Clara  M..  married  Ora  S.  Hiscock.     Mr  Broughton  is  a  good  representative  of 

the  active  pioneers  from  whom  he  is  descended,  and  keeps  up  the  reputation 

of  tin-  family  as  being  skilful  bear-hunters.     His  latest  exploit  was  killing  a 

monstrous  one   not    far  from   his  residence,  in  June,  1888. 

Samuel   Dinsmore,  of  Lee,  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  War. 

I!  -  smi   Elijah  raised  a  company  and  marched  to  Cambridge  in   1775,  served 

through  the  Revolution,  and  later  moved  to  Conway,  performing  with  his  wife 

a   most   perilous   journey   in   the   dead   of    winter   on  snowshoes,   the  captain 

carrying  a  huge  pack  containing  their  store    of    goods   the    eighty  miles    of 

distance.     He  built  a  camp  near  the  cabin  of  John  Pendexter,  and  afterwards 

built  and  occupied  a  frame-house  on  or  near  the  site  of  the  Intervale  House. 

II     .'.  is  a  worthy  citizen,  one  of  the  first  Baptists,  and  deacon  for  many  years. 

II       ept  a  road-tavern,  and  by  industry  and  economy  accumulated  a  handsome 

property.    He  has  numerous  descendants.     His  children  were:  Elijah,  Stephen, 

iion.  John,  Thomas,  and   Lydia,  who  married  Ebenezer  Hall,  of  Bartlett. 

Elijah,  Jr,  succeeded  to  the  homestead,  was  a  captain  of  a  troop  of  cavalry, 

and.  like   all   of   the   family,  a   Democrat  and  a    Baptist.     He   had  four  sons, 

Samuel,  Elijah,  Daniel,  and   Foxwell,   and  lived  to   be  eighty.     Stephen  was 

farmer,   and    lived    on    the    Solomon    Pendexter    place,    married    Mehitable 

Fry;  had  Joseph,  John,  William,  Stephen,  Sarah  (married  a  Gilman),  Polly, 

m.M  iicd   Jacob    Webster).     Solomon   lived   on    the    west  side    of    the 

s  did  John,  who  had  three  sons,  Dean,  John,  and   Solomon,  and   two 

Harriet    (married    Jefferson    Tufts)    and    Almira    (married    Rev. 

•    of    Bartlett).     Thomas    went   to    Maine.      Joseph,    son    of 

tli'-    Hart    plaee,   married    Lydia    Hart,  and    had    these 

i    'Mrs  Charles  Whitaker) ;  Andrew;  Eveline;   Aurilla    (Mrs 


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Joseph  Nute);  Honoria  (Mrs  Lemuel  Potter);  he  died  at  the  age  of  fifty-four. 

John  Dinsmore,  son  of  John  and  grands E  John,  was  bora  on  the  west   side 

of  the  Saco  in  1803;  here  In-  is  at  the  presenl  residing,  aged  eighty-six.  He 
married,  first,  a  McMillan;  second,  a  Knox.  He  has  Henry  K.,  Abby  (Mrs 
Muses  Davis),  Alniira  (Mrs  Joseph  A.  Cloutman). 

Captain  John  Hart  came  from  Portsmouth  shortly  after  the  Revolution, 
and  settled  on  the  west  side  of  the  Saco  near  Cathedral  ledge,  which  for  years 
was  called  Hart's  ledge  from  him.  He  was  an  early  innkeeper.  The  main 
and  stage  road  from  Conway  through  the  Notch  passed  his  door.  Besides 
his  productive  farm  in  this  town,  he  had  an  interest  in  Hart's  Location, 
and  died  an  old  man.  His  wife,  Polly  Willey,  survived  him,  and  attained 
niiieiv-two  years.  Captain  Hart  was  a  man  of  much  consideration  in  the 
generation  of  his  activity.  His  daughter  Lydia  married  Joseph  Dinsmore, 
and  another  daughter,  Honor,  married  James,  son  of  Samuel  Willey,  Esq. 

Lieutenant  Amos  Barnes  was  born  in  Groton,  Mass.,  January  9,  1757.  His 
father  was  killed  in  the  French  war.  At  the  age  of  eighteen,  Amos  enlisted  in 
the  Revolutionary  army.  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  ;  in  the  retreat 
from  Canada;  with  Washington  at  the  battle  at  Trenton.  In  January,  1778, 
he  enlisted  for  the  third  time ;  joined  General  Washington's  army  at  Valley 
Forge  and  was  appointed  orderly  sergeant,  and  served  for  two  years.  In  1779 
he  was  with  General  Sullivan  in  the  Indian  country,  and  for  two  months  was 
on  half-allowance  of  rations.  In  1780  he  returned  to  Concord,  and  subse- 
quently came  to  Conway,  and  June  18,  1789,  married  Polly,  second  daughter 
of  Richard  Eastman.  Lieutenant  Barnes  was  also  an  officer  in  the  militia,  and 
lieutenant  of  a  volunteer  company  at  the  commencement  of  the  War  of  1812. 
He  was  a  patriotic,  earnest,  honest,  and  industrious  man,  and  served  his  day 
and  generation  well.  He  died  in  Conway,  December  6,  1840.  His  children 
were :  John ;  Polly  (married  Jonathan  Seavey) ;  Richard  E. ;  Sally  (Mrs 
Nathan  Chandler)  ;  Abiah;  Alonzo  W.,  and  Albert. 

Deacon  Abiel  Lovejoy  came  from  Concord  between  March  10,  1771,  and 
1774.  His  father,  Henry,  was  one  of  the  grantees,  and  it  is  probable  that 
Abiel  was  here  in  the  interest  of  his  father.  He  married  Anna  Stickney,  and 
settled  on  the  west  side  of  the  Saco,  near  Hart's  ledges,  on  the  place  now 
occupied  by  Mrs  Ann  Brewster.  Deacon  Abiel  and  wife  were  of  the  six  who 
organized  the  first  church  in  1778,  and  he  was  the  first,  and  for  forty  years  the 
"  good  deacon."  He  died  May  27, 1817.  They  had  six  children,  who  all  attained 
great  ages.  Abiel  settled  in  Lancaster.  William  settled  in  Lancaster  about 
1795,  was  judge  of  circuit  court  in  1816,  and  appointed  register  of  probate  in 
1829,  dying  soon  after.  Jeremiah  succeeded  to  the  home  place,  and  had  Henry ; 
Jedediah  ;  Abiel  C;  Polly  (married  Samuel  Willey  and  was  lost  with  her 
family  in  the  disaster  at  the  Willey  House  in  182G)  ;  Phoebe  (married  a  Fair- 
field, of  Saco,  Maine)  ;    Betsey  (married  Thomas  Abbott) ;   Nancy  (married 


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married  Deacon  Jonathan  Eastman  and  lived 

;•  Falls  House.     Betsey  married  William  Randall  and 

mouse  mow  forming  part  of  the  Sunset  Pavilion.     Two  of  her 

ure  .wars :   Mary  '  and  Eliza  (twins)  ;  Eliza  is  the  wife  of 

W.    Thompson.     Nancy    married    William    Eastman    and   moved    to 

lin  Samuel  Willey  came  from  Lee  about  1777,  commenced  a  settlement 
,w   Bartlett,   and  later  moved  to  North  Conway,  and 
uned   on  what   is  now  the  Bigelow  farm  until  his  death,  June  14,  1844, 
vd  over  ninety  years.     His  wife,  Betsey  Glazier  (of  Scotch  descent),  died 
dty-three.     Their  children  were:  Polly  (Mrs  Jonathan  Thompson); 
.  Lieutenant  in  L812 ;  he  built  the  house  now  occupied  by  Dr  Pitman. 
James  C,  is  the  only  one   hearing  the  name  in  Conway.);  Samuel; 
i  (Mrs  John  M.  Barnes);  Betsey  (Mrs  Jacob  Bray);  Rev.  Benjamin 
(,.  :  Stephen  (succeeded  to  the  home  farm,  and  late  in  life  went  West);  Sally. 
family  was  much  respected.     The  members  were  good  Christian  people 
,  ul  in  all  departments  of  society.     Samuel  Willey,  Jr,  born  March  31, 
17--.  married   Polly   Lovejoy,  September  17,  1812,  and   resided   in    Bartlett. 
They  had  children  :  Eliza  Ann,  born  July,  1813;  Jeremiah,  July,  1815;  Martha 
September,  1817:  Elbridge  (i.,  September,  1819,  and  Sally  in  1822.     Mr 
Willey    moved    from    Humphrey's    Ledge    farm    (the    oldest    farm   in    Bart- 
lett)   to   the    house    built    by    Leavitt   Hill    in   the    Notch,    October,    1825. 
Mr   Willey   was  one  of   those  inestimable  men  whom  we    often    find   among 
our    farmers ;    kind    and    gentle    in    his    feelings,    of    cautious    and    sound 
judgment,   sincere  in    his  professions,  and   industrious    in    his    habits.     "Mrs 
Willey  possessed  a  good  form  and  an  amiable  disposition,  vivacious  in  youth 
and  s] .rightly  in  mature  life.     Both  husband  and  wife  were  deeply  impressed 
with  religious  sentiments.     Cheerful,  pious,  serious,  and  laborious,  with  enough 
ipply  their  wants  and  those  of  their  children,  they  formed  a  household  on 
which  the  blessing  of  God  seemed  greatly  to  rest."     But  this  household  was 
tirely  destroyed  by  the  slide  from  Mt  Willey,  August  28,  1826.     (See  Hart's 
tion.)     In  a  little  enclosure  on  the  Bigelow  place  lie  the  remains  of  the 
taller,   mother,  and  two  children;  (Jeremiah,  Martha,  and  Elbridge  still  lie 
buried  under  the  dSbris  from  the  slide).     On  the  base  of  the  headstone  erected 
t<>  their  memory  are  these  lines: — 

We  gaze  around,  we  read  their  monument; 
We  sigb  ami  when  we  sigh  we  sink. 

Randall  came  from  Sanbornton,  one  of  the  very  early  settlers,  and 
the  intervale  below  Sunset  Hill  on  the  place  where  his  grandson, 

W .  Thompson,  and  for  years  the  housekeeper  of  the  Kearsarge  House.    She 
fly,  and  known  to  every  one  as  '■  Aunt  Mary."    She  died  September  8, 1889. 


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William  Randall,  is  residing.  He  was  accompanied  by  his  sons  William  and 
John  and  daughters  Hannah  and  Polly.  The  journey  was  made  with  oxen 
along  spotted  roads.  The  next  year  his  son  Nathaniel  came  the  same  route 
on  foot.  Mr  Randall  was  an  active  worker,  developed  a  line  farm,  and 
passed  his  life  on  the  same  place  where  he  first  Located.  His  son  William 
located  where  the  Sunset  Pavilion  stands.  John  succeeded  to  the  home  farm. 
Nathaniel  lived  north  of  the  Sunset  Pavilion,  on  the  other  side  of  the  river 
road.  Nathaniel's  children  were  :  George  K. ;  Agnes  (Mrs  Samuel  Forrest),  now 
living  at  Northfield,  aged  ninety  years  ;  Susan  (Mrs  Charles  S.  Whitaker); 
Hannah  (Mrs  Ahiel  C.  Lovejoy)  ;  Betsey  (Mrs  Luther  Whitaker). 

Hezekiah  Randall  came  from  Greenland  in  company  with  John  Pendexter, 
and  located  on  the  land  where  stands  the  Boston  and  Maine  railroad  station. 
He  had  no  sons. 

Joseph  Thompson,  a  clothier,  came  from  Lee  very  early,  and  became  the 
owner  of  a  large  tract  of  land,  some  of  it  still  occupied  by  his  descendants. 
He  built  his  house  on  the  intervale  like  the  other  settlers.  After  the  "great 
flood"  of  1785  he  took  down  his  dwelling  and  reerected  it  on  the  upland,  and 
it  has  since  been  known  as  the  Three  Elms.  By  his  first  wife,  a  Randall,  he 
had  two  sons,  Joseph  and  Miles,  who  settled  in  Bartlett ;  and  a  daughter,  who 
married  Solomon  Densmore.  By  his  second  wife,  Sally  Chesley,  he  had  John, 
Jonathan,  Jeremiah,  Ebenezer,  Hannah  (Mrs  Theophilus  Hall),  Sally  (Mrs 
Daniel  Cheney).  Mr  Thompson  divided  his  home  farm  of  500  acres  into 
three  parts  for  his  three  sons,  Jonathan,  Jeremiah,  and  Ebenezer.  John  pur- 
chased a  place  about  a  mile  below ;  afterwards  sold  it,  and  enlisted  as  a  soldier 
in  the  War  of  1812,  after  which  he  returned  to  North  Conway,  where  he  lived 
until  his  death.  Jonathan  was  a  farmer  and  blacksmith.  His  house  and  black- 
smith shop  occupied  the  site  of  the  Kearsarge  House.  He  married  Polly, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Willey,  and  had  children  :  James  W. ;  Samuel  W. ;  Zebulon 
M.  P. ;  Elizabeth  G.  (Mrs.  Jonathan  Dow).  He  died  at  eighty  years.  Jeremiah 
settled  on  the  middle  division  of  the  homestead,  and  lived  to  be  an  octogena- 
rian. Ebenezer,  a  physically  large  and  strong  man,  occupied  the  southern 
division,  was  a  farmer  and  died  comparatively  young.  James  W.  Thompson, 
son  of  Jonathan,  settled  at  Bangor,  Maine ;  went  to  Mexico  as  captain  of  a 
company  in  the  war  of  1846,  and  died  of  disease  after  entering  the  City  of 
Mexico.  Samuel  W.  Thompson,  son  of  Jonathan,  married,  April  12,  1830, 
Eliza  Randall.  Their  children  are  :  William  F. ;  Samuel  D.,  now  at  Woburn ; 
James  W.,  manager  of  the  Continental  Hotel,  New  York  city;  Frederick,  an 
Episcopal  clergyman  at  South  Bend,  Indiana ;  Anna  (Mrs  L.  J.  Ricker)  ; 
Carrie  C.  (Mrs  Frank  Grover).  Mr  Thompson  has  been  one  of  the  best 
known  men  of  the  state  and  an  influential  man.     (See  Kearsarge  House.) 

Leavitt  Hill  located  early  on  the  west  side  of  the  Saco  on  the  place  where 
his  son  Sumner  C.  now  resides.     (His  brother,  Dr  Thomas  P,  Hill,  who  owned 


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sided  here  for  a  time.     He  was  a  man  of  great  medical 
,.  attainments.)      Leavitt   developed    a  good   farm,    married 
a  tavern  many  years.     The  massive  elm,  measuring 
iircumference  one  foot  from  the  ground,  was  brought  from 
L780  and  sel   out  at  the  corner  of  his  house.     It  was  then 
,  diameter.     He  had  several  children:  John;  Sally  (married 
A. lams,  of  Sandwich);  Eunice  (Mrs  Thomas  Eastman)  ;  Thomas 
iesotaia  L850);  Abigail  (married  Ambrose  Merrill)  ;  Charles; 
,.,,.,.;,.,!    |),.  Jonathan  R.  Thompson  and  lived  where  L.  C.  Quint  now 
:  Leavitt,  and  Amos.     Colonel  John  Hill  was  early  in  business  of  various 
||,    was  a   tall,  slender  man  of  great  activity  and  unbounded  energy. 
I  and  saw  mills  on   Pequawket  outlet  in  Conway  village  and  in 
iv.  owned  much  land  in   Albany  and  other  places,  bought  the  Pequawket 
II    l8    .       \,,  Adams,  and  manufactured  shoes  in  the  upper  part  of  the  build- 
in,,  ;,,  the  rear  of  the  hotel,  keeping  store  in  one  end  of  the  lower  part.     He 
was  the  first  m  engage  in  the  manufacture  of  sale  clothing,  built  many  houses, 
employed  many  people,  and  was  in  numerous  ways  a  leading  man.     He  was 
extremely    popular,    held   some  offices,  and  was  postmaster  forty  years  "less 
one."     II*'  was  very  wealthy,  but  business  reverses  swept  away  all  his  prop- 
erty.     It   is  said  of   him:    -Colonel    John    Hill  was    emphatically    an    honest 
man.'"     He  died  April  24,  1870,  aged  seventy-nine.     By  his  first  wife,  Sally 
Freeman,  he  had  three  children:  Otis  F.  (a  physician  of  Knoxville,  Tenn.)  ; 
Amos    A.    (long  in    business    with   his  father);  John.     By  his   second   wife, 
Elizabeth    Eastman,  he    had:  Mary    F.    (Mrs  David  Richardson);    Elizabeth 
(married,  first,   Rev.  Lyman  Cutler,  of  Pepperell,  Mass.;  second,  Rev.  A.  C. 
Thompson,  of  Roxbury)  ;  George  F. ;  Thomas;  Summer  C.  (a  farmer  on  the 
home    place);  Susan  A.    (married   Dr  S.  A.  Evans).     Mrs  Hill  is   living   at 
Conwaj    aged  ninety-four. 

i       :ii    Odell   was    an    original  proprietor,   whose  family  and  descendants 

I  for  years  a  potent  influence  in  affairs  of  the  town.     He  was  born  in 

:    married    Sarah,    daughter    of    Daniel    Ingalls,    and    settled    in 

Andover,  from    whence    he    removed    to  Conway  in  1772,  with   his    children 

ih,   Pamela    (married  a    Dresser),  Richard,  and  Sarah  F.  (Mrs    Richard 

Buswell).     He  had  several  children  born  in  Conway:   Thomas  F.,  Daniel  I. 

9  F.  was  a  farmer  in  Conway,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jeremiah 

t.  and  had  ten  children,  of  whom  John,  Elizabeth  (Mrs  Arnold  Floyd), 

i    f.   (.Mrs  Charles  Sparhawk),    were  residents  of  Conway.     Joseph 

ad   preacher;   had    Richard  K.,  Sarah  (Mrs  Ithamar  Seavey), 

Stephen  Shackford),  Polly  (now  eighty-three  years  old),  Nancy, 

Richard  Odell  was  for  years  a  merchant  at  Centre  Conway.     He 

Fletcher.    Arthur,    Ruth    (Mrs  Joel    Eastman),    Almira 

mah  (married  Rev.  Daniel  B.  Randall).     He  acquired 


Town   of   Conway.  853 


wealth,  was  prominent  in  affairs,  and  candidate  for  Lmportanl  positions  mi  the 

Whig  (minority)  ticket.  He  sold  his  store  to  John  Smith  in  1K36  and  moved 
to  Portland. 

Jeremiah  Farrington,  the  third  son  of  Stephen  and  Apphia  (Bradley) 
Farrington,  was  horn  at  Concord.  He  removed  to  Conway  at  an  early  day, 
and  was  a  farmer  on  the  Saoo  river.  He  married  Molly  Swan,  and  had 
children  :  Hannah,  Polly,  Stephen,  Elijah,  James  (m.p.),  Nancy,  and  Jeremiah. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  and  died  at  a  ripe  old  age, 
some  eighty-four  }rears.  Elijah  Farrington  was  born  at  Conway  in  1784,  and 
died  June  3,1863.  He  married  March  5,1814.  His  children  were:  Albert  I'].; 
Mary  H.  (deceased),  married  Samuel  Hazelton;  and  James,  a  physician  in 
Rochester.  Elijah  Farrington  was  an  industrious,  thrifty  farmer,  prudent 
and  economical,  and  respected  by  all.     He  held  some  minor  offices  with  credit. 

Joseph  W.  Hale,  from  Barrington,  a  relative  of  the  Hale  to  whom  Hale's 
location  was  granted,  came  early,  and  lived  for  years  on  a  farm  in  that  tract. 
He  later  purchased  and  removed  to  the  Hale  farm  in  Cotiway,  near  Allen's 
siding  on  the  Boston  &  Maine  railroad.  His  son,  Lorenzo  T.,  is  the  represen- 
tative of  the  family  in  town. 

Eliphalet  Cloutman,  from  Wakefield,  descended  from  a  Scotchman  who 
settled  in  that  town  at  Horn's  Mills  at  an  early  day,  came  to  Conway  in  1811, 
when  but  nineteen,  to  learn  the  blacksmith  trade  of  Captain  Pratt.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  Bean,  lived  in  a  house  which  was  just  back  of  the  Conway 
House,  and  succeeded  Captain  Pratt  in  the  business.  He  was  a  tall,  muscular 
man,  of  great  strength  and  mental  ability.  He  was  a  Whig  and  Republican, 
and  served  as  selectman  many  years.  He  was  a  colonel  of  the  militia,  a  strict 
disciplinarian,  but  a  very  popular  officer.  He  died  in  1862,  aged  seventy. 
His  son,  Joseph  A.,  now  the  "  village  blacksmith  "  of  Conway,  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Eighteenth  Regiment  in  the  Civil  War. 

Colonel  John  Webster  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  this  section,  with 
his  family.  Although  quite  young,  he  was  lieutenant  of  Captain  James 
Osgood's  company,  which  marched  early  in  the  spring  of  1776  to  the  aid 
of  General  Montgomery's  shattered  army,  then  retreating  from  Canada.  He 
was  captured  at  the  Cedars,  and  suffered  terribly  before  his  return.  He  was 
one  of  the  early  selectmen.  Colonel  David  Webster,  son  of  John,  lived  at 
the  "  fag  end  "  of  Conway  street,  where  is  now  the  corn-packing  establishment 
of  T.  L.  Eastman.  His  sons  were :  David,  James,  and  Samuel.  Colonel 
David  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  the  great  eastern  land  speculation,  and 
a  man  of  much  ability.  William  E.  Webster,  son  of  James,  resides  on  Con- 
way street  and  is  a  representative  of  this  old  family. 

William  Thorn,  originally  from  Deny,  settled  in  the  lower  part  of  the 
town  adjoining  Fryeburg  line.  He  was  a  blacksmith.  Of  his  children,  James 
and  Samuel  became  residents  of  Conway.     James  succeeded  to  the    parental 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


,fa]  lumLcnnan  and  farmer,  and  died  within  a  few  days  of 

Hid  son,  John  W.,  lives  on  the  ancestral  acres,  and  is  a  much 

ank  and    Frederick,  sons  of   John    W.,   are   extensively 

Samuel  Thorn  early  became  a  leading  man  in  business 

v  Ann.  daughter  of   Richard  and  Anne  Buswell,  located  at 

mer,  building  and  occupying  the  house  now  occupied  by  his  son 

H,.  was  a  merchant  for  many  years,  and  was  the  senior  member  of 

lthv  ,:,.„,_   |  i,,,,,,.   Abbott   &  Co.     This  company  owned  large  lines  of 

cted    the   Conway    House,  of    which   Mr.    Thorn   had   one-half 

■  oni  was  successful  in  business,  and  died  in  1858,  aged  fifty- 

II,    was  a  tall,  spare  man.  of  great  activity  and  social  manners,  and  very 

methodical  and  accurate  in  all  matters.     He  was  a  Whig  and  Republican  in 

..  ami  town  clerk  for  many  years,  and  his  records  are  noticeable  for  good 

hi,,  and  fulness  of  detail.     Richard,  Alpha,  George,  and  Winfield  are 

Samuel  Sparhawk,  formerly  of  Portsmouth,  and  Secretary  of  State  at  one 
moved  to  Conway  and  passed  the  rest  of  his  life  on  the  farm  where 
.Matthew  Hale  now  lives.  Dr  Thomas  Sparhawk,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth, 
was  resident  here  a  few  years  about  1833,  but*  did  not  practise.  George 
Sparhawk  Located  here  about  1810,  residing  where  Mr.  Hayes  now  lives. 
Among  his  children   were  George,  Andrew,  David,  and  Charles. 

r  Samuel  13.  Shackford  was  an  important  man  of  the  last  generation. 

II     was  bora  in   Canaan,  and  when  he  came  to  Conway  located  on  the  place 

where  Frederick  Hayes  lives,  on  the  west  side  of  the  Saco.     In  1870  he  moved 

t,,    Conway    village    to   become    vice-president  of    Conway  .  Savings    Bank,  of 

which  he  was  an  incorporator.     He  was  treasurer  and  president  of  the  bank 

later.     By  his  first  wife,  a  Hale,  he  had  three  children:   Onslow,  Charles  B., 

Martha   S.  (Mrs.    Richard   Thorn).     His  second   wife   was    Lydia    Pendexter. 

their  children,  Lucy  (Mrs.  F.  W.  Davis)  is  the  only  one  living.     His  title 

of  major  was  won  in  the  state  militia.     He  was  a  man  of  fine  presence  and 

address,   large  and  symmetrical.     He  died  in   1881   at  midnight  in   Chelsea, 

.  ami  his  son  Charles  at  six  o'clock  the  next  morning  in  Dover. 

Physicians.  —  The  first  resident  physician  was  Dr  William  Chadbourne.     He 

•ne  enamored  of  the  bright  eyes  of  Patty  McMillan,  married  her  Novern- 

ber  --.  1788,  and  was  in  practice  before  1790.     He  was  a  man  of  fine  presence, 

al,  and  much  respected.     His  black  horse  and  saddle-bags  were  objects  of 

wonder  to  the  children  of  many  miles  distance  for  long  years. 

Alexander    Ramsey,  an    eccentric    professor    of    McGill    College    in 

ive   of    Edinburgh,    Scotland,    came     here    about    1800.     A 

nade    his   home  at   various  times  with    different   families,   for 

upying  a  room  in  Richard  Eastman's  house.     He  had  a  medical 

lumbering  from  ten  to  twenty.     He  had  the  largest 


Town   of   Conway.  855 


and  best  collection  of  charts  and  anatomical  preparations  in  the  United  States, 
it  is  said,  excepting  only  that  of  the  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia.  His 
school  was  where  the  "Sunset  Pavilion  "  now  stands.  In  the  winter  the  doctor 
would  visit  Canada  for  the  purpose  of  delivering  anatomical  lectures.  Mr 
Seth  Chase,  of  East  Conway,  usually  accompanied  him  with  a  team  of  two 
good  horses,  sleigh,  and  an  abundance  of  equipage — blankets,  buffalo-robes, 
cases  of  specimens  for  illustrations,  etc. 

His  lectures  were  highly  appreciated  in  Quebec  and  Montreal,  as  may 
appear  by  their  paying  him  three  hundred  dollars  for  each  evening  lecture,  and 
extending  him  invitations  again  and  again  to  return  from  winter  to  winter. 
Mr  Chase  acted  for  him  not  only  as  groom,  but  waiter  and  doorkeeper,  and 
by  conforming  in  all  things  to  the  caprice  of  his  master  for  the  time  being,  he 
won  not  only  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  master,  but  a  very  liberal 
compensation.  The  doctor's  lectures  in  Conway  were  mostly  private,  but 
occasionally  he  would  deliver  a  public  evening  lecture  on  anatomy,  physiology, 
or  to  propagate  his  peculiar  methods  of  living.  On  all  of  these  subjects  he  was 
able  and  instructive.  He  was  very  clear  and  distinct  in  utterance,  with  a  most 
eloquent  brogue,  which  with  his  appropriate  gestures  constituted  him  a  most 
eloquent  and  magnetic  speaker.  He  left  the  country  during  the  War  of  1812, 
but  soon  after  the  proclamation  of  peace  returned  and  rode  through  the 
neighborhood  upbraiding  many  most  severely  for  their  departure  from  the  mode 
of  living  which  he  had  been  so  successful  in  establishing  on  his  previous  stay, 
which  was  the  substitution  for  food  of  chickens,  milk,  and  eggs  instead  of 
what  he  called  "  hog  meat,"  which  he  contended  was  the  emphatic  deposit  of 
scrofula.  He  had  on  his  previous  residence,  mainly  at  his  own  expense, 
established  hen-houses  and  the  raising  of  poultry  and  eggs.  On  his  return  he 
found  most  of  these  institutions  abandoned,  and  the  people  gone  back  to  their 
old  habit  of  eating  swine's  flesh.  His  wrath  was  great,  his  anathemas  severe  if 
not  profane.  He  accomplished  much  good,  dying  at  Fryeburg  at  an  advanced 
age. 

Dr  Jeremiah  Chandler  came,  a  young  man,  from  Fryeburg  to  begin  his 
practice,  and  located  at  North  Conway.  This  was  in  1818  or  1820.  He  lived 
where  N.  W.  Pease  now  resides.  He  was  a  medium-sized  man,  of  sandy  com- 
plexion, was  social  and  generous,  and  always  went  to  the  relief  of  the  very 
poor  with  the  same  alacrity  as  to  the  call  of  the  wealthy.  He  has  descendants 
living  in  town. 

Dr  Isaac  Chandler  was  in  practice  here  in  1845.  He  lived  at  North 
Conway,  but  only  for  a  short  time,  when  he  moved  to  Lovell,  Maine. 

Dr  Jonathan  Thompson  was  a  native  of  Conway,  and  taught  school  in 
North  Conway  about  1834.  He  was  at  that  time  pursuing  his  medical  studies, 
and  soon  after  began  to  practise,  locating  at  Conway.  He  was  in  successful 
practice  many  years.    He  was  a  stout  man,  with  a  Germanic  appearance,  rather 


v   of   Carroll   County. 


id   to   have  been   a  good   man    and   a   good 

born  Jul;    -      L837,  at  Shapleigh,  Maine.     He 

eacher  in  early  life  ;  be   was   graduated  from  the  medical 

L869,     rid  in  1870  came  to  North  Conway 

;  5  a  iiblic-spirited,  and  ready  to  aid  every- 

rment  of  the  community.     He  became  very  popular, 

:  in  his  profession,  in  educational  and  society 

the  state  board  of  health  in  1887  and  1888.     His  steady 

mderniined  his  health:  nervous  prostration  followed  in  a  serious 

,  18£ 

..  M.i'..  was  born  July  30.  1857,  in  Bartlett.     He  fitted  for 

way  and  Fryeburg  academies,  but  on  account  of  failing 

ater  college.     He  became  a  successful  teacher,  studied  medi- 

1  medical  lectures  at  Bowdoin  and  Dartmouth,  and  was  graduated 

ition  as  m.d.  in  November,  1883.     The  succeeding  winter 

.v  York  city,  taking  a       st-gi  wiuate  course.    He  began  practice 

in  the  spring  of  1884.     He  is  a  member  of  Carroll  County 

New  Hampshire  Medical  Society,  and  has  been  presi- 

rd  of  health  since  lx^4.     Dr  Pitman  was  president  of  his 

Dartmouth,  and  seems  to  be  popular  as  a  presiding  officer,  as  he  was 

:'  Mt  Washington  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  before 

venty-four,  and  served  several  terms.     He  has  been  presiding  officer 

^aco  Valley  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  district  deputy  of  that 

oning  in  his  mam.     -.  -      og  in  his  friendships,  and  devoted  to 

-ion. 

yer,  m.d..  was  born  in  Cumberland.  Maine.  November  1,  1856. 

He   was  graduated  from  Bowdoin  College  in   1881,   and  received  his  medical 

degree  at    Burlingt/ :  Dniversity  in  lvx3.     He  commenced  practice  in 

.  Maine,  then  went  to  Alfred,  and  in  February,  1888,  he  came 

he  is  now  established. 

1  Greenlaw,  m.d.,  was  born  in  Brownfielcl.  Maine.  February 

I  medicine  with  Dr  J.  L.  Allen,  of  Saco,  attended  medical 

rard  and  Dartmouth,  and  was  graduated  from  Dartmouth  in 

ommeneed  practice  at  once  in  Waterboro',  Maine,  and  was  there 

listant  surgeon  in  the  army  hospital  at  Augusta,  Maine, 

.  1868  ..-moved  to  this  state,  and  located  at  Conway,  where 

i  practice.     He  is  a  physician  from  love  of  its  duties,   and  the 

e  of  over  a  quarter  of  a  century  shows  that  he  did  not 

]  Limerick.  Maine.  November  6,  1836.     He 
E.   K.  Peaslee,  of  Bowdoin  College;  in  the 


Town    of    ( 'on  way.  <>~ 


spring  of  1859  was  professor  of  surgery  ai  that  institution:  in  the  fall  was 
demonstrator  of  anatomy  at  Dartmouth  College,  and  was  graduated  in  1860 
t'nnn  University  Medical  College,  New  York  city.  He  begau  medical  practice 
at  Bast  Parsonsfield,  Maine.  In  the  spring  of  1860  Dr  Moulton  removed  from 
Sanford,  Maine,  to  Wolfeborough,  and  Dr  Watson  succeeded  him,  and  was  in 
practice  until  1861.  His  patriotism  induced  him  to  enter  the  service  of  his 
country,  and  he  became  an  assistant  surgeon  in  the  United  States  navy.  He 
tendered  his  resignation,  after  a  busy  service  of  four  years.  June  29,  1865,  and 
it  was  accepted  July  3,  1805.  lie  came  to  Conway  in  September,  1865.  and 
was  in  practice  for  three  years,  then  went  to  New  York  city  and  practised  four 
years.  On  account  of  poor  health,  removed  to  Bryant's  Pond  and  practised 
two  years.  In  1  87  1  he  returned  to  Conway  and  has  been  in  active  professional 
duties  since. 

Simeon  Adams  Evans,  MUD. ,  oldest  son  of  Deacon  John  and  Mary  (Adams) 
Evans,  was  born  in  Fryeburg,  April  14,  1837.  lie  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Fryeburg  Academy;  he  studied  medicine  one  year  (1855)  with  Dr  Reuel 
Barrows;  entered  Bowdoin  College  in  1856,  and  was  graduated  A.B.  in 
L860.  lie  then  went  on  the  Williams  College  scientific  expedition  to 
Labrador  and  Greenland.  On  his  return  he  continued  his  medical  studies 
at  the  Portland  School  for  Medical  Instruction,  and  attended  medical  lectures 
at  the  Maine  Medical  School  at  Brunswick.  Subsequently  he  entered  the 
United  States  Army  (Thirteenth  Regiment  Maine  Volunteers)  as  hospital 
steward,  was  promoted  to  assistant  surgeon  (Fourteenth  Regiment  Maine  Vol- 
unteers), and  served  until  near  the  close  of  the  war.  He  soon  after  received 
his  medical  diploma  at  Brunswick,  Maine,  ami  commenced  practice  at  Hop- 
kinton.  Three  years  afterwards  he  settled  in  Conway.  Dr  Evans  married, 
first.  January  1,  1866,  Louisa  H.  Illsley.  of  Fryeburg.  They  had  two  children. 
He  married,  second,  June,  1871,  Susan  A.  Hill,  of  Conway.  They  have  three 
children.  He  has  been  diligent  in  practice,  has  gained  success  by  industry 
and  a  knowledge  of  his  professional  duties,  and  has  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  the  community. 

SCHOOLS.  —  The  first  schoolhouses  in  Conway  were  built  of  logs.  One 
was  in  what  was  called  the  Page  neighborhood,  in  the  east  part  of  the  town, 
the  other  in  North  Conway,  near  the  spot  now  occupied  by  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church.  Small  sums  were  raised  by  the  town  to  support  the  schools. 
while  individuals  built  and  furnished  places,  and  additional  funds  for  their 
support.  The  last-named  log  schoolhouse  was  used  but  a  short  time,  but 
while  used  it  was  for  all  of  North  Conway  on  both  sides  of  the  Saco,  and  also 
for  some  families  on  the  McMillan  grant,  now  lower  Bartlett.  The  first  framed 
schoolhouses  built  in  North  Conway  were  located,  one  near  where  Thomas  C. 
Eastman  now  lives,  and  the  other  on  the  left  of  the  road  between  the  pine 
woods   and  the    Bigelow    farm,   and    afterwards  used    for    many  years   as   the 


History   of  Carroll  County. 


hous         •      eph  Foster,  who  had  a  pottery  establishment  on  the  oppo- 

e  road.     The  next  move  with  regard  to  district  schools  was  to 

1   in  the  north   part   into  one  district  for  winter  schools,  and  a  house 

accommodate  one  hundred  scholars,  near  where  William  F.  Thomp- 

That  house  has  passed  away,  and  the  territory  then  embraced 

i  that   district  now  constitutes  lour  — three  on  the  east  and  one  on  the  west 

side  of  the  Saco  river.     All  of  the  schools  have  comfortable  schoolrooms,  and 

chools   arc   in   successful  operation   some   four  to  six   months   every  year. 

ie  graded  .school  is  well  patronized  at   Conway  village,  and  under  the  town 

a  ■    .       boolsare  prospering  in  all  parts  of  the  town. 

/      I    idi  mic  School.  —  This  institution,  located  at  North  Conway,  was 
inized   and    incorporated  in  1828  ;  the  building  was  built  by  subscription. 
some  pears  the  school  was  kept  by  female  teachers.     In  1836  or  1837  a 
movement  was  made  and  carried  to  success  to  bring  the  academy  up  to  a  high 
grade  of  merit.     Professor  Goodman,  a  college  graduate,  was  secured  as  prin- 
I,    two  departments   established,  and  for  many  years  it  ranked  as  a  most 
valuable  factor  in  the  educational  life  of  the  state.     Students  were  thoroughly 
fitted  for  college,  and  the  faculty  and  character  of  the  school  were  considered 
nd  to  none  of  like  grade.     The  legislature  applied  the  proceeds  of  some  of 
the  state  lands  to  its  benefit,  and  everything  moved  prosperously.     The  attend- 
ance ranged  from    forty  to  eighty  scholars.     In  1874  it  had  ceased  its  career  as 
an  academy,  and  the  old  building  stood  on  ground  desired  by  the  proprietors  of 
the  Kearsargc  House  as  a  lawn.     The  Eastern  Railroad  Corporation,  in  consid- 
eration of  the  laying  out  of  the  park  in  front  of  their  station  at  North  Conway, 
agreed    to  move  the  academy  building  to  any  lot   provided   for  the   purpose; 
hut,  as  the  stockholders  of  the  academy  never  agreed  to  have  it  removed,  it 
was  never  moved,  and  it  was  torn  down  in  the  night,  without  the  knowledge 
of  Mr  Thompson,  the  principal  owner  of  the  Kearsarge  House. 


Tow nt   of   Conway.  859 


CHAPTER    LXXIV. 

ECCLESIASTICAL. 

First  Preaching  —  What  Rev.  Timothy  Walker  Wrote  —  Mr.  Moses  Adams  —  Rev. 
Mr  Porter's  Letter  —  Church  Organization  —  Covenant —  Signers  —  First  Minister — Other 
Pastors  —  Second  Church  —  Meeting-houses  —  Baptist  Church  —  Protests  —  Organization 
—  Petition  for  Incorporation  —  Pastors  —  Reorganization  —  Other  Pastors  —  Conway  Freewill 
Baptist  Church  —  Methodism  in  Conway  —  Episcopal  Church. 

FIRST  PREACHING.  —  A  century  and  more  ago  the  country  clerical  life 
of  New  Hampshire  was  very  different  from  the  present.  The  ministerial 
work  was  the  great  work  of  the  clergyman.  His  religious  duties  were 
not  confined  to  his  own  parish.  In  some  of  the  new  settlements  religious 
privileges  were  few,  and  often  some  worthy  minister  would  journey  one  hun- 
dred miles  or  more  through  the  wilderness  to  preach  and  baptize.  A  few 
extracts  from  the  diary  of  Rev.  Timothy  Walker,  "a  learned  orthodox  min- 
ister of  the  Plantation  of  Pennycook,  now  Concord,"  some  of  whose  parish- 
ioners had  emigrated  to  "  Pigwacket,  upon  the  Saco,"  where  he  often  visited 
them,  making  the  long  journey  on  horseback,  will  be  of  interest. 

1764.  September.  Wed.  l'J.  Set  out  for  Pigwacket,  comitante  Capt  McMillen.  Went 
through  Epsom.  Lodged  at  Capt.  Cates\  Thurs.  20.  Breakfasted  at  Major  Titcomb's. 
Dined  at  Mr.  Stanyan's  ;  lodged  at  Kenuebunk.  Frid.  21.  Travelled  and  lodged  at  a  meadow 
above  the  great  Falls  on  Saco  River.  Sat.  22.  Arrived  at  Pigwacket ;  about  forty-five  persons 
present.  Mod.  24.  Viewed  the  interval  and  the  great  meadows.  Tues.  25.  Viewed  Lovell's 
Pond.     Wed.  26.     Din^d  at   Mr.    Spring's.     Thurs.   27.     Visited   up   at   ye   mills.     Dined  at 

Nathaniel    Merrill's.      Sun.   30.      Preached.     Baptized    Elizabeth  of    Jedediah   Spring. 

Mon.  (Oct.)  1.  Set  out  homeward  with  a  large  company.  1766.  Sun.  Sept.  28.  Preached 
at  Mr.  Swan's  in  Pigwacket.  Arr'd  25th.  Lodged  at  Capt.  W's.  Mon.  29.  Visited  and 
Lodged  at  Mr.  Day's.     Bap.  Judith,  his  daughter.     Oct.  5.     Preached  at   Pigwacket.     Bap. 

Susanna,  daughter  of Holt;  Barnard,  son  of  Timothy  Walker,  Jr. ;  Susannah,  daughter  of 

Sand.  Osgood;  Ann,  daughter  of  Leonard  Harriman;  Robert,  son  of  David  Page;  William, 
son  of  Jno.  Evans;  Sarah,  daughter  of  David  Evans;  Wm.,  son  of  William  Eaton;  Moses, 
son  of  James  Osgood;  Wm.,  sou  of  Ben.  Osgood.     11  Bap.  at  Pigwacket. 

From  this  time  there  were  religious  services  whenever  they  could  be 
obtained.  In  1771  a  Mr  Kelly  preached  part  of  the  year,  and  received  twelve 
pounds  for  his  services,  and  there  was  occasional  preaching  in  1773.  During 
the  two  years  from  1771  to  1774  the  number  of  settlers  had  increased,  and  the 
major  part  of  them  were  persons  of  good  family  and  education,  and  it  was  not 
long  before  earnest  measures  were  taken  to  have  regular  religious  worship  in 
their  new  home  in  the   shadow  of  the  solemn,  reverence-inspiring  mountains. 


History   of  Carroll  County. 


,  July,  1774.   Mr  Moses   Adams  had  preached  on  probation;    and 

special  town-meeting  held  at  the  house  of  Enoch 

-voted   "not    to    have    Mr    Adams   any  farther   on   probation; 

Mr  M   si  3  A. lams  a  call  to  Settle  in  the  ministry  in  Sd  town." 

salary,  arrangement  for  building  a  parsonage,  etc., 

:   bul   Mr  Adams's  answer  to  the  call  is  not  on  record.     This 

mder  dale  of  September  20,  1774,  throws  some  light  upon  its  contents. 

Sr  the  town  have  taken   your  answer  into  then-  Consideration  and  are  much  obligd  to 

ir  your  faverable  oppinion  of  us  and  our  offer  to  you  Regarding  your  Settelment  with 

Esure  you  wee  are  Very  Sory  there  is  Such  a  Difficulty  in  your  mind  as  to  bid  us 

;  scep|  the  meeting  house  Can  be  moved  [at  this  time  the  meeting-house  was  only 

..  r  the  River  wee  have  to  inform  you  that  the  Place  for  the  house  was  Provided 

;     ipriators  and  agreed  to  by  the  town  upon  meture  Deliberation  and  they  Judge  it 

e  moved  without  hurting  it  therefore  are  not  Disposd  to  move  it  as  you   may  See 

and  by  another  Vote  you  may  be  aquanted  with  they  Desire  that  you 

.A\%l.  the  matter  of  there  call   into  your  further  Consideration  and  Except   it   and  be 

i  that  thay  ar  disposed  to  do  every  thing  in  there  Power  to  make  you  Comfertable  so 

-  tha_\  Can  <  onveinnent  with  the  good  of  the  town  there  is  no  doubt  but  there  will  be 

[  Ca     _■   l.'"  le  <X  Prober  boots  and  Sheds  and  a  proper  house  by  the  meeting  house  if  So 

;.-  ii   would  move  your  Dificulty  if  not  you  may  be   acomodated  with  Land  on  the 

le  with  the  meeting  house  and  have  Several  nabours  very  near  if  you  Should  be 

Disposd  to  Settle  among  us  yon  may  Depend  on  the  Exeenge  you  mention  if  another  Dont 

Sute  you  Better  if  you  abide  your  former  Resolution  we  Joyn  you  in  Saying  farewell  and 

wish  vmi  may  In    hapy  in  whatever  Situation  Providence  lias  Desird  for  you  if  you  Should 

ur  way  clear  to  Except  our  call  wee  Desire  you  would  ( 'oine  up  as  Soon  as  you  can  and 

Preach  three  or  tour  Sabbaths  at  Preasent  wee  are  inclind  to  think  your  ordination  will  be  Put 

off  until)  the  spring  we  are  Sr  in  be  hall'  of  (he  town  your  trends  and  humble  Servents 

Timothy  Walker  }  r,  ... 

. ,  .  ,  ,J      .  }  Committee 

Abial  Lovejoy       j 

This  fervent  letter  had  no  effect  upon  Mr  Adams.     He  did  not  reconsider, 

and  June  5,  L775,the  town  voted  to  hire  Rev.  William  Fessenden,  the  minister 

at  Fryeburg,  to  preach  the  third  part  of  the  summer.     Mr  Fessenden  received 

four  pounds,  fourteen  shillings  for  his  services.     March,  1777,  it  was  k' voted  to 

twenty  pounds  for  preaching  the  present  year."     January  12,  1778,  at  a 

ueeting  held  at  the  house  of  Captain  Joshua  Heath,  it  was  "voted  to  give  the 

uiiel    Porter  a  call  to  Settle  in  the  gosple  ministry  in  Said  Conway. 

Andrew  McMillan,  Esq*,  Capt.  Timothy  Walker  and  Abial  Lovejoy,  Esq.  to 

oittee  to  present   the  call  to  Rev.  Nathaniel  Porter  and  receive  his 

nd  lay  it  before  the  town  as  soon  as  may  be." 

- ' " '"•'  '•  To  the  Inhabitants  of  Conway. 

.  Baving  received  by  your  Committee  a  Copy  of  your  Proceedings  at  a  legal 

2th  of  .January  last,  &  taken  the  same  into  deliberate  Consideration  do 

ttee  return  yon   the   following  Answer.    That  the  Call  appears  to  be 

tlemenl  &  annual  Salary,  sufficient  to  afford  a  comfortable  maintenance  with 

Town  lor  the  first  settled  minister,  I  therefore  hereby  testify  my 


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acceptance  of  said  Call  on  this  farther  Condition  thai  you  convey  to  me  my  Heirs  &  Assigns 
the  Original  Right  of  David  Bix  in  sd  Conway  in  Lieu  of  the  sd  reserved  [nterest.  Desiring 
your  Prayers  for  me  that  I  may  ever  discharge  the  Duties  of  my  station  with  Fidelity  to  my 
Lord  &  Master  &  to  the  Souls  of  men  by  rightly  dividing  to  all  a  seasonable  Portion  of  the 
Word  of  Truth,  &  wishing  you  Grace  &  Peace  from  God  &  the  Lord  Jesus  with  every 
temporal  Good. 

I  subscribe  your  friend  and  Servant 
Conway  May  21"  1778.  Nathaniel  Porter. 

August  18,  1778,  voted  The  Lasi  Wednesday  in  Oct1  next  to  be  the  Day  to 
Install  Mr  Porter.      His  salary  was  to  be  .£55  the  first  year. 

First  Church  of  Conway.  —  The  words  of  the  covenanl  subscribed  by  those 
who  were  gathered  into  a  church  in  Conway  by  the  Rev.  Mr  FessendeD  on  the 
eighteenth  of  August,  1778:  — 

We  who  have  set  our  names  to  the  following  &  look  upon  ourselves  to  be  called  of  God 
into  the  church  state  of  the  Gospel,  would  acknowledge  our  utter  unworthiness  of  such  a 
blessing  &  adore  the  Grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  which  hath  so  abounded  to  sinners.  We 
would  with  all  humbleness  of  mind  depend  on  the  Grace  of  God  for  assistance  in  all  things  & 
do  humbly  rely  on  that  Grace  which  is  promised  in  the  Gospel  to  all,  who,  from  a  sense  of 
their  own  inability  to  perform  any  good  action,  are  led  to  wait  on  God  for  all  things.  We  do 
now.  with  heart  felt  gratitude  lay  hold  on  the  everlasting  convenant,  &  chuse  God  as  our  chief 
good  &  portion  forever. 

We  profess  a  firm  A:  cordial  belief  of  the  christian  Religion  as  revealed  in  the  holy 
scriptures,  and  we  receive  it  in  such  view  as  is  exhibited  in  the  Confession  of  Faith  received  & 
approved  in  the  congregational  churches  among  us,  purposing  by  the  Grace  of  God,  to 
regulate  our  whole  lives  by  the  Precepts  of  the  Gospel. 

We  this  day  make  a  solemn  dedication  of  ourselves  to  the  Lord  Jehovah,  who  is  Father, 
Smi  and  Holy  Spirit,  avouching  him  to  be  our  God  &  Father,  our  Redeemer  &  Sanctified.  We 
give  ourselves  to  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  to  cleave  to  him  as  the  head  of  his  people  in  the 
Covenant  of  Grace.  We  receive  him  in  all  his  offices  as  Prophet,  Priest  &  King,  relyeing  on 
his  Grace  to  prepare  us  for  his  Kingdom  of  Glory.  We  acknowledge  our  obligation  to  glorify 
God  in  all  our  actions  to  live  soberly  righteously  &  godly,  adorning  the  doctrine  of  God 
our  Savior  in  all  things,  and  particularly  do  we  look  on  ourselves  bound  to  honor  God  in 
all  the  duties  of  ;l  church  state,  to  conscientiously  observe  all  the  ordinances  &  institutions 
of  the  Gospel  &  'we  humbly  rely  on  God  in  Christ  for  all  needed  assistance  that  we  may 
keep  the  covenant  of  our  God. 

We  solemnly  engage  to  walk  together  as  brethren  in  the  faith  in  a  holy  obedience  to  the 
command  of  Christ  as  his  Church.  We  enggage  to  attend  the  publick  worship  of  God,  to 
observe  the  sacrament  of  the  new  testament  —  to  adhere  to  the  Government  of  Christ's  visible 
Kingdom  as  established  in  his  Gospel,  &  to  religiously  observe  all  his  institutions  in 
communion  with  one  another.  We  mutually  promise  to  avoid  all  occasion  of  offence  iv. 
whatever  tends  to  disturb  the  peace  A  order  of  the  Church.  All  this  we  promise  as  in  the 
presence  of  God,  in  a  humble  dependance  on  the  blood  of  Christ  to  cleanse  us  from  all  sin; 
praying  that  the  head  of  the  Church  would  furnish  all  needful  supplies  of  Grace,  that  we 
may  acceptably  perform  whatsoever  he  has  commanded  while  here;  that  hereafter  we  may  be 
admitted  to  join  the  Church  of  the  first  born  in  Heaven.     Amen. 

This  was  signed  by  Timothy  Walker,  Martha  Walker,  Abiel  Lovejoy,  Anna 
Lovejoy,  Thomas  Russell,  Sarah  Russell,  Richard  Eastman,  Abiah  Eastman. 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


Rev.  Dr  Porter  was  installed  pastor  of  "The  Church  of 
ber  28,  177S.1  and  continued  in  this   position    until 
mber  10,  1836.     His  latest  record  on   the    church   books  was 
L821  :  the   last   vears   of  his   life   he  was   assisted  by   colleagues. 
Ivas  born    in    Topsfield,  Mass.,  January  14,  1745,  graduated   from 
m    L768,  and  was  ordained  at  New  Durham  and  did  minis- 
there    for  some  years.     During    the  Revolution  he  was  chaplain 
i    the    continental    army   when    it    was    encamped    around    Boston.      During 
here  his  days  were  occupied  with  hard  labor  on  his  farm,  and 
;lt    ,  Wrote    his   sermons,  often  by  the    light    of   pitch-wood,  and    he 

udured  great  privations.  Dr  Porter  was  a  man  with  such  a  well-balanced 
mind  that  religious  controversies  or  discussions  never  disturbed  the  even 
:•  of  his  way  or  belief.  One  hundred  and  six  were  gathered  into  the 
church  during  his  ministry,  and  three  hundred  and  forty-five  were  baptized. 
"His  knowledge  of  the  Scriptures  and  his  power  of  illustrating  a  subject 
from  facts  therein  recorded  was  seldom  equaled.  He  did  not  aim  to  excite 
ons,  l)nt  reach  the  heart  and  consciences  of  men  by  convincing  the 
understanding." 

Ma\  28,  L812.  The  church  voted  to  have  ordinance  of  the  Lord's  Supper 
administered  six  times  a  year,  alternately  at  each  of  the  meeting-houses.  July 
1.",.  1-1.',.  Voted  to  choose  a,  committee  to  inquire  into  the  instruction  and 
education  of  baptized  children  of  the  church  and  see  that  they  are  taught 
the  principles  of  religion  and  what  progress  they  make,  and  to  that  purpose 
visit  the  several  districts  and  homes  where  such  children  are,  once  in  every 
quarter  <»!'  the  year.  Deacon  Barnet  Walker,  Deacon  Jonathan  Eastman, 
John   Bradbury,  and  Thomas   Russell  were  chosen. 

March   L8,  1824.     Voted  unanimously  to  give  a  call  to  Benjamin  Glazier 

Willev.     This  call  was  accepted,  and  Rev.  Mr  Willey  was  ordained  associate 

pastor  May  26,  1824,  and  continued  his  labors  until  1832.     During  his  ministry 

there  were  forty-seven  additions  and  forty-two  baptisms.     He  died  in  Sumner, 

Maine,   April    17,   lsr,7.   aged   seventy-one  years.     He  was  a  member   of  the 

National   Council    in    Boston,  June,  1865,  from   the    Oxford   Conference.     Mr 

Willey    was    born    in    Conway,    February    11,    1706,    and    was    the    author  of 

"  Incidents    in    White    Mountain    History,"    one    of    the    most    authentic    and 

ladable    histories   of   this  section.     He  was   early  and   deeply  interested    in 

lucation.     It    is    said   of  him   "that  he   was  good  as  a    preacher,  better   as 

or,  ami  lust  as  a  Christian  and  a  man,  and  he  left  the  world  made  better 

and  purer  by  his  influence,  prayers,  and  blameless  life." 

next   pastor.  Rev.  Allen  Gannett,  was  born  at  Tamworth,  January  5, 
ted  at    Dartmouth    College    in  1826;    studied    two   years  at 

ttlement  of  Kev.  Dr  Porter  was  held  October  28,  1878. 


Town   of   (On way.  si;:} 


Andover  Theological  Seminary,  was  ordained  at  Conway,  January  20,  1836, 
having  previously  acted  as  a  supply  for  about  three  years,  and  here  continued 
till  June  22,  L838.  From  Mr  Will ey's  retirement  to  Mr  Gannett's  there  were 
forty-eighl  additions.  Mr  Gannett  died  at  Edgartown,  Mass.,  May  17,  18K1. 
Rev.  .Mr  Gannett  was  the  son  of  Deacon  Matthew  and  I'riscilla  (Hayford) 
Gannett,  of  Tamworth.  He  had  a  decided  taste  for  Literature,  and  wrote 
and  read  before  Literary  circles  essays  on  English  writers  which  evinced  fine 
powers  of  discriminating  analysis.  There  are  those  who  remember  some 
exceedingly  line  essays  which  he  wrote  upon  scriptural  topics  and  read  before 
his  association.  k' A  royal  Christian  gentleman,  without  guile,  full  of  wit  and 
good  humor,  with  a  pleasant  word  for  all,  the  transparent  purity  and  goodness 
of  his  character  attracted  the  confidence  and  affection  of  the  best  men  and 
women.*' 

From  June  22,  1838,  to  June,  1839,  the  church  was  without  a  settled 
minister.  The  fourth  pastor  was  Rev.  John  Wilde,  born  in  Dorchester,  Mass., 
June,  1803;  educated  at  Phillips  Academy  (Andover),  Middlebury  College 
in  1827,  and  Andover  Theological  Seminary  in  1831;  ordained  at  Groton, 
Mass.,  June  10,  183:?,  installed  at  Conway  June  12,  1839,  and  dismissed 
April  15,  1845.  During  his  ministry  many  weekday  meetings  for  devotion 
and  business  were  held,  chiefly  at  private  houses,  and  Mr  Wilde  was  present 
to  expound  the  Scriptures,  preach,  sing,  and  pray.  The  confession  of  faith 
now  in  use  by  the  church  was  drawn  up  by  a  committee  of  which  he  was 
a  member,  and  adopted.  The  church  was  quickened  by  a  faithful  attention 
to  gospel  discipline  and  by  the  addition  of  twenty-three  new  members.  The 
present  church  rules  came  into  force  while  Mr  Wilde  was  pastor.  Mr  Wilde's 
sermons  were  clear  and  logical,  pungent,  and  often  contained  passages  of 
great  poetical  beauty.  He  was  a  fine  classical  scholar,  and  endowed  with 
commanding  talents.     His   death    occurred   at  Alexandria,   Va,  February  10, 

1868.  The  next  pastor  was  Rev.  Samuel  S.  Tappan,  installed  July  11,  1849, 
dismissed  July  6,  1852.     No  additions  made  to  the  church. 

The  Rev.  Reuben  Kimball  came  next  as  acting  pastor.  Mr  Kimball  was 
horn  in  Warner,  N.  H.,  April  29,  1803,  graduated  from  Gilmanton  Theological 
Seminary  in  1840,  was  ordained  at  Kittery  Point,  Maine,  where  he  served  nine 
years,  January  27,  1841,  then,  after  five  years  at  Andover  and  Wilmot,  N.  H., 
began   his  labors  in   Conway  February  1,  1856,  and  continued  until  March, 

1869,  when  he  resigned,  his  strength  being  insufficient  for  him  to  go  on  with 
the  Master's  work  he  loved  so  well.  Mr  Kimball  was  a  man  of  simple  faith 
and  devoted  piety,  an  earnest  and  faithful  worker  in  the  Lord's  vineyard. 
The  distribution  of  Bibles  occupied  his  last  days.  His  ministry  was  peculiarly 
adapted  to  promote  the  spiritual  edification  of  believers,  and  "his  parish, 
under  the  shadow  of  the  great  mountains,  was  one  of  the  high  places  of  our 
American   Zion."     He  kept   a  minute  record  of  meetings,  etc.,  and  expended 


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,   collecting  and  recording  sketches  of  his  predecessors,   which 
s  ably  foil.- win-'.     There  were  seventy-one  gathered 
I,  while  under  his  pastoral  can-.     His  last  entry  is  in  relation  to 
( 'onway :  — 

.,  have  been  kind  and  lenient,  bearing  with  my  infirmities,  supplying  my  wants, 

in  making  these  the  most  happy  years  of  my  life.    That   God  would  ever 

hurch  with  ministers,  and  bring  into  his  blessed  Kingdom  all  the  present  and 

of  Conway,  is  and  will  continue  to  be  the  sincere  prayer  of  their  late 

Reuben  Kimball."     His  death  occurred  in  North  Conway,  November  8,  1871. 

The  church  next  called  Edward  Payson  Eastman,  who  was  born  in  Conway, 

July   L5,  L838,  and  is  son  of  Deacon  John  L.  Eastman.     He  had  studied  for. 

terms  at    Bangor  Theological  Seminary.     Mr  Eastman  served,  without 

irdination,  one  year  from   March  1,  1869,  and  then  returned  to  Bangor  and 

npleted  his  studies  with  the  class  of  1871.     He  was  ordained  pastor  April 

i,  1-71.  and  served  till  December  31,  1872,  when  he  resigned  to  go  to  Wilton, 

There  were  thirteen  additions.     He  is  now  pastor  at  South  Bridgton, 

.Maine. 

Rev.    S.    Girard    Norcross,    horn    at    Dixfield,    Maine,    January    21,    1834, 
educated  at  Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  1859,  ordained  at  South  Bridgton, 
Maine.  October  11,  ls-".'.».  came  next.     Mr  Norcross  began  his  acting  pastorate 
June    15,   L872,  and    continued  in   office  till  his  death,   September  16,   1888, 
though  he  was  unable  to  do  all  the  work  the  last  few  years  of  his  life.     The 
additions  to  the  first  church  were  forty-eight  and  to  the  second,  which  contin- 
ued under  Mr  Norcross's  care  till  the  spring  of  1888,  about  thirty.     Mrs  Clara 
ross  died  June  16,  1889.     She  was  a  laborer  in  the  church  of  which  her 
husband  was   pastor,  and   always   took   a   deep  interest  in  schools,  and  hardly 
i  passed  that  she  did  not  teach  either  in  classes  or  private  school,  and  at 
the  time  of  her  death  she  was  a  member  of  the  school  board  of  Conwa}'.     She 
n  estimable  lady,  much  loved  and  respected  by  all. 
The  present   pastor.  Rev.  R,.  Henry  Davis,  born  in  Frederica,  Del.,  August 
28,  Is  I  I.  graduated  at    Amherst  College  in  1868,  and  at  Bangor  Theological 
inary  in   1871,  ordained  at   Hiram,  Maine,  November  12,  1872,  served  as 
astor  at  Granby,   Mass..  from  January  1,  1875,  to  June   30,  1878,  then    for 
i  was  a   missionary  in    Japan  under  the  American  Board  of   Com- 
:   Foreign   Missions,  and  began  his  labors  in  Conway,  January  1, 
an  earnest,  logical  preacher  of  more  than  ordinary  power.     He 
scholastic,    hut   keenly  practical,    and  a  worker   whose   labors 
itial  results.     There  have  been  twelve    additions,  and  in  January, 
':-"■    was   d^i^lvd    to   the    church.     The    Sabbath-school   has 
'me    of   one   hundred  and  twenty-five   different  members   the 
•  -I-  Waldo  Nash,  superintendent. 


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Deacons.  —  Abiel  Lovejoy,  chosen  November  24,  1778,  died  in  office,  May 
27,  1817.  Abiathar  Eastman,  chosen  October  27,  L803,  died  January  10,  1815. 
Barn  el  Walker  and  Jonathan  Eastman,  chosen  May  28, 1812.  DeaconWalker 
died  August  20,  L837.  Joseph  Wilder,  chosen  January  3,  L840,  died  also  in 
office,  September,  L849.  Deacon  Jonathan  Eastman  continued  in  office  till 
his  death,  May  11,  1868.  John  Langdon  Eastman,  chosen  February  12,  1863, 
died  March  28,1885.  Charles  II.  Eastman  and  Alpheus  Furber  were  chosen 
in  May,  1886,  tor  two  years,  and  by  reelection  are  the  present  deacons. 

C<>nicn;i  Church  building,  erected  in  1S26-27,  has  since  that  time  been  occu- 
pied regularly  every  Sabbath,  sharing  with  the  people  of  North  Conway  the 
ministrations  of  the  Lord's  servants;  and  here  for  many  years,  from  June, 
L873,  until  1887,  they  were  blessed  with  the  teachings  of  Rev.  S.  Girard  Nor- 
cross,  whose  faithful  labors  and  worthy  example  will  ever  be  remembered. 
February  2,  1881,  the  members  of  the  church  residing  at  Conway  Village 
became  an  independent  branch  of  the  "First  Church  in  Christ,"  subject  only 
to  making  stated  reports  to  the  whole  church,  and  to  receive  and  dismiss  mem- 
bers. August  24,  1886,  at  an  ecclesiastical  council  held  in  Conway,  this 
branch  of  the  church  was  recognized  as  an  independent  church,  under  the 
name  of  the  ""Second  Church  in  Christ  in  Conway."  Previous  to  this,  the 
church  building  having  been  repaired  and  refurnished,  on  the  nineteenth  day 
of  August,  1886,  it  was  rededicated  to  the  service  of  God.  In  the  spring 
of  1887,  John  Wright  Buckham,  a  graduate  of  Andover,  was  called  to  the 
pastorate  of  this  church,  and  August  9  ordained  pastor.  There  are  forty-one 
members.  The  officers  are  :  president,  Rev.  J.  W.  Buckham ;  clerk  and  treas- 
urer, H.  Boardman  Fifield ;  standing  committee,  S.  C.  Hill,  D.  D.  Jackson, 
S.  A.  Evans.  There  is  also  a  flourishing  Sabbath-school  in  connection  with  the 
church,  with  over  a  hundred  members.  Daniel  D.  Jackson  is  superintendent ; 
H.  B.  Fifield,  assistant  superintendent,  secretary,  and  treasurer  ;  S.  C.  Hill, 
librarian.  This  Sabbath-school  is  especially  active  in  good  work,  and  has 
sustained  two  branch  schools,  one  on  the  "West  Side,"  with  a  membership 
of  about  forty  under  the  leadership  of  H.  B.  Fifield;  the  other  in  Albany, 
where  the  pastor  and  others  have  gathered  together  a  school  of  some  thirty 
members.     Rev.  Mr  Buckham  is  doing  a  good  work  outside  of  his  own  parish. 

The  First  Meeting-house  was  built  in  1773  by  the  town.  It  was  located  "  as 
near  the  geographical  centre  of  the  town  as  it  was  supposed  possible  to  place 
it,  and  in  a  portion  of  the  town  deemed  eligible  for  a  city,  on  the  plains  below 
Pine  Hill  and  the  Rattlesnake  projection  of  the  Green  Hill  range."  But  this 
location,  after  other  settlements  were  made,  did  not  seem  to  be  the  right  one, 
and  in  a  few  years  this  first  meeting-house  (which  had  never  been  completed) 
was  taken  down  and  moved  near  the  cemetery  at  Conway  Centre,  and  here  the 
Rev.  Dr  Porter  commenced  his  long  labors.  The  next  house  was  erected 
1793-95,  on  the  hill  between  the  cemetery  and  the  McMillan  House  in  North 


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mother  house  was  dedicated  at  Conway  Village,  to  aecora- 
t  part.     This  latter  house,  after  repairs  effected  on 
rill  used  by  the  Second  Congregational  church.     A 
take  the  place  of  the  second,  and  to  be  used  alternately 
the  second  had  been  used,  was  erected  in  1855-56  just  north 
Mr  Benjamin  Champney's  studio.     These  three  latter  houses  were  all  built 
ned  by  proprietors  or  pew-holders.     In  the  summer  of  1880  Mr  Reed,  of 
Maine,  gave  one  hundred   dollars  to   the  Congregationalists  toward  a 
worship  in   North  Conway.     This  gift  served  as  a  nucleus  and  a  stim- 
aiid   from  time  to  time   other  contributions  were  made,  among  them  a 
munificent  one  by  Rev.  and   Mrs  Daniel  Merriman,  d.d.,  of  Worcester,  Mass., 
;in,l   \|   .   Bigelow.     August  23, 1884,  one  of  the  prettiest  churches  this  side  of 
ompleted  and  dedicated.     Uev.  S.  G.  Norcross  and  family  were 
great   laborers  in    this   worthy  enterprise,  and   it    was   largely   through    their 
s  result  was  accomplished.    The  building  cost  about  ten  thou- 
nd  dollars,  and  was  built  by  voluntary  contributions.     It  is  the  fifth  house  of 
[.nomination  erected  in  Conway.    The  church  is  of  mediaeval  Gothic  archi- 
tecture, and  is  an  ornament  to  the  village.     The  colors  of  the  outside  and  tints 
of  the  inside  walls  are  all  varieties  of  terra  cottas  from  the  russet  of  the  vestry 
to  the  dark  brick-red  of  the  roof.     The  main  audience-room  has  seats  for  four 
hundred  people,  and  fifty  can  be  seated  in  the  gallery.     The  communion  table 
occupies  a  recess  in  the  centre  of  the  platform,  and  the  pulpit  is  at  one  end. 
The  vestry,  used  for  prayer-meetings,  Sabbath-school,  and  sociables,  can  be  con- 
ed  with  the  main  room.     The  ladies'  parlor  has   an    open    fireplace,   and 
there  are  kitchens,  pantry,  etc. 

,'.</    Church.  —  In    the  early  days  the  town  built  the   meeting-house, 

hired  the  minister,  and  every  freeholder  was  taxed  for  his  part  of  the  minister's 

salary,  which  they  were  obliged  to  pay  unless  they  could  prove  that  they  paid 

ird  the  support  of  a  minister  of  another  denomination.     The  town  church 

y  called  a  clergyman  of  the  Congregational  faith.    This  protest  will  show 

that  independence  in  religious  thought  early  existed  in  Conway  :  — 

Gentlemen  Selectmeu  of  Conway  Know  ye  that  I  Thomas  Densmore  of  Conway  aforesaid 
ig  on  the  twentieth  day  of  Jenuary  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  ninety  five  Arrived 

to  the  age  ol   twenty  < years  do  hereby  esteem  it  as  a  Priviledge  as  well  as  a  duty  inde- 

ndenl   oi    any  human  coersion  prerogative  whatever,   to  make  choise  of   that  Religious 

suasion  which  is  most  agreeably  to  my  own  Conscience,  and  acording  to  my  aprehention 

<  lonsistanl  \\  ith  Divine  Revelation,  for  the  worship  of  the  Supreme  Being  Do  hereby 

dge  and  <  lonscienciously  belive  the  Denomination  called  Baptist,  to  be  the  right  and 

gelical  method  of  worshiping  the  Father,   in  Spirit   and  in  truth.    And  hereby 

M  Persuasions  and  Denominations  in  Religion  of  what  kind  or  Establishment 

y  pretend  to  be  of;  Except  thai  of  the  order  and  Establishment  of  the  Bap- 

equence  thereof  acknowledge  my  Self  as  one  of  that  Society  in  full  belief 

that    Persuasion   and   the  purity  of  its  practise.     And  do  also  from  a 

1    utterly  refuse    to    Contribute    by  way   of    Compulsive 


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taxation  to  the  Suppourt  and  maintainance  of  any  other  order  persuasion  or  establishment 
whatever  in  witness  thereof  [  have  hereunto  Sel  my  hand  this  Eighteenth  day  of  April  L795. 

Thomas  Densmore. 

John  Thompson  gave  in  a  similar  protest  April  23,  L795.  Isaac  Chase  and 
Enoch  Merrill  also  rendered  a  protest  soon  after.  July  I,  the  same  year, 
Austin  George  makes  his  religious  opinions  known  to  the  public  in  like 
manner.  Amos  Merrill  and  Captain  John  Chase  also  certify  that  "  they  have 
given  themselves  as  members  of  the  society  of  that  Branch  of  the  Baptist 
Church  of  Christ  in  Sandwich  belonging  to  Eaton,  and  do  Support  the 
Preaching  of  the  Gospel  hear  to  our  Sattisf action." 

The  organization  of  the  Baptist  Church  was  at  the  house  of  Samuel 
Willey,  August  26,  1796.  At  this  meeting  it  was  "  voted  the  brethren  to  be  a 
dist i net.  Church  of  Christ."  At  a  church  meeting  holden  at  the  dwelling- 
house  of  brother  Samuel  Willey  in  Conway,  28th  day  of  August,  1796, 
voted,  "  Brother  Elijah  Densmore  sen1'  Moderator ;  Samuel  Willey,  clerk ; 
brothel'  Amos  Merrill,  Deacon."  October  19,  1790,  Richard  R.  Smith  was 
ordained  minister  by  a  council  held  at  the  house  of  brother  Elijah  Densmore, 
Senior.  A  farm  was  purchased  for  Elder  Smith,  the  place  now  occupied  by 
Frank  Allard.  Elder  Smith  remained  only  about  two  years,  and  the  farm  was 
redeemed  by  the  church. 

Conway,  May  6,  1800.  "The  Inhabitants  of  Conway  voted  to  exempt  the 
Baptists  from  all  the  Minister  tax  that  now  stands  against  them  provided  the 
sd  Baptists  Petition  the  General  Court  the  next  Session  to  be  Incorporated  into 
a  Separate  Society  and  that  the  town  will  give  their  Approbation." 

Petition  of  the  Baptists  for  Incorporation.  To  the  Honourable  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  in  General  Court  Convened  at  Concord  in  June  A. D.  1800  Humbly  sheweth 
your  Petitioners;  that  we  formed  ourselves  into  a  society  in  the  year  1794  by  the  name  of  the 
Baptist  society  in  Conway,  and  have  ever  since  been  in  regular  standing  in  the  Baptist 
Meredith  Association:  and  laboring  under  many  difficulties  for  want  of  an  Incorporation  — 
We  therefore  Humbly  pray  your  Honors  to  take  our  case  into  your  wise  consideration,  and 
grant  us  an  Incorporation  by  the  name  of  the  Baptist  Society  in  Conway,  and  we  your 
Petitioners  as  in  duty  bound  shall  ever  pray.  Elijah  Densmore,  Elijah  Densmore  Juu, 
Stepben  Densmore,  Thomas  Densmore,  John  Densmore,  James  Daniels,  Hezekiab  Randel,  Amos 
Merrill,  Hubbard  C.  Harriman,  Phillip  ITariman,  John  Hariman,  Isaac  Chase,  Thomas  King, 
Thos  Merrill,  William  Knox,  Moses  Harriman,  Solomon  Thompson,  John  Hart.  Jonathan 
Runels,  Thorn  F.  Odell,  Samuel  Bickford,  Samuel  Knox,  Daniel  Burrows,  William  Brotton, 
Enoch  Merrill  Jr.  John  Hariman.     <  'onway  May  23,  1800. 

November  10,  1800,  Noah  Eastman  and  Leavit  Hill,  selectmen,  certify  to 
the  General  Court  "  That  the  Majority  of  the  town  is  in  favor  of  the  incorpora- 
tion Prayd  for  in  said  Petition."  November  25,  the  petition  was  granted,  and 
the  Baptist  Society  incorporated  by  an  act  approved  December  10,  1800. 

September  5,  1799,  Elder  Poswell  Mears  became  pastor,  and  resided  on  the 


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02.     Voted    to    grant    the    request   of  Eaton 

to  preach  with  them  half  of  the  time  for  six  months; 

;    on   the   Lord's    Days    at   Brother    J.    Densmore's 

limner.     From    a    bill    rendered    for    services    on    the 

take    the    names    of     Deacon    E.   Densmore,    Elijah 

Solomon  Densmore,  Thomas  Densmore,  Deacon  Amos  Merrill, 

.    E.    1..   Hall,    Elder    Mears,  Miles    Thompson,  Phillip    Harri- 

ias   Merrill.     June    2,1803.     Voted    to  hold  the  meetings  one  half 

t  Captain  John    Hart's  through  the   summer.     August,  1804,   made 

,ues\  0f    the  proprietors  of  the   upper  meeting-house  for  the  use  of  the 

on.      Elder  Mears  was  succeeded  in  the  fall  of  1807  by  Elder  Samuel 

Simmons,  <>!'  Shapleigh,  Maine.     He  was  dismissed  February  4, 1811.     Ebenezer 

is  here  in  1813  and  was  received  as  pastor,  September  2,  1815.     March 

-I'.'.  James  \Ville\  was  chosen  clerk.     Elder  Bray's  pastorate  ended  in  1822 

church  records  are  discontinued. 

••  In  compliance  with  the  request  of  the  Baptists  of  Con- 
esiastical  council  convened  at  the  academy  in  Conway,  June  14, 
L836,  to  organize  the  Baptist  brethren  and  sisters  into  a  church  with  these 
members:  Deacon  Amos  Merrill,  Lois  Merrill,  Samuel  Willey,  Elizabeth 
Willev.  .lames  Willey,  Elijah  Densmore,  Lyclia  Densmore,  Solomon  Densmore, 
Gideon  Randel,  Thomas  Quint,  Nathaniel  Gile,  Sister  N.  Gile,  Polly  Thomp- 
son. Hannah  Barnes,  Betsey  Eastman,  Lydia  Kenniston."  At  this  council, 
this  resolution  was  passed  unanimously:  — 

lli.it  we  will  not  make  use  of  anient  spirits  only  as  a  medicine,  neither  will  we 
admil    t"  our   fellowship   any  who  use  anient  spirits  as  a.  drink.     June  15,  the  church  was 
aized  according  to  the  usages  of  the  Baptist  denomination. 

1837,    Augusl    8.     Stephen    Willey   was    chosen    deacon.     This   year  Mrs 

Whitaker,  now    the    oldest    living    member,   joined    the  church.     Her 

husband,  Luther  Whitaker,  was  made  a  member  soon  after.     Luther  Whitaker, 

s  Willev.    Deacon    Stephen  Willey,    and    Jonathan    Thompson    built  the 

i  1  338.     At  the  vendue  of  the  pews,  held  November  14,  1838,  enough 

ived   to    pay   the   cos!    of    erecting  the    building.      Previous    to   this, 

tings  had  been  held  in  dwellings,  barns,  and  schoolhouses. 

Elder  Barzilla  Pierce  became  pastor  in  1842  and  died  November  27,  1845. 

i  W.  <  resse)  succeeded  him   in   May,  1846,  and  was  dismissed  in  1849. 

n  <i.  Young  was  chosen  deacon  in  1843,  and  August  25,  1855,  Ithamar 

s  chosen  deacon   to   lill   the  vacancy  occasioned    by  the  resignation 

'hen  Willey.     'Idas  year  there  were  eleven  dismissed  from  the 

deaths,    none   added,   leaving   a   membership  of  fifty-three.     Rev. 

mber  4, 1852,  and  was  dismissed  in  1854.    The  church, 

1  L85  1.  enjoyed  a  good  degree  of  prosperity.     In  1861 


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Thomas  Quint  was  chosen  deacon.  Elijah  F.  Dinsmore  was  chosen  deacon  in 
1st;:',.  Iii  lscs,  Fox  Dinsmore  and  William  Parsons  appear  as  deacons.  From 
November,  L865,  until  his  death,  .May,  1866,  Rev.  William  linker  did  pastoral 
wort  here.  Rev.  J.  Parker  Chapin  was  sent  here  by  the  New  Hampshire 
Baptisl  Convention,  and  commenced  his  services  in  January,  18G7,  and 
resigned  January,  L872,  on  accounl  of  failing  health.  During  his  pastorate, 
November  10, 1869,  the  church  was  rededicated  after  extensive  repairs.  He 
was  an  energetic  worker,  a  zealous  and  earnest  minister.  "If  goodness  be 
greatness,  Bro.  Chapin  was  a  great  man."  Rev.  W.  II.  Bigley  preached  for  a 
few  months.  July  5,  1872,  a  call  was  accepted  by  Rev.  William  A.  Depew, 
who  was  installed  October  !»,  Is7±  He  resigned  June  24,  1873.  Rev.  Mr 
Chapin  ami  others  preached  until  October,  when  Mr  Chapin  was  unanimously 
invited  to  again  become  pastor,  accepted  the  invitation,  but  was  obliged  to 
resign  again  in  November,  1874,  on  account  of  failing  health.  Rev.  D.  Gage 
then  supplied  for  a  time.  November  3,  1875,  the  Rev.  Theodore  C.  Gleason 
was  ordained.  Levi  Seavey,  October  20,  1875,  was  chosen  deacon.  November 
23,  1879,  Mr  Gleason  closed  his  labors.  January  25,  1880,  Rev.  George  F.  Pay 
received  a  call,  and  commenced  his  ministerial  work  in  March,  and  continued 
until  February  24, 1884.  Rev.  Hannibal  M.  Saw  telle  began  to  preach  in  North 
Conway  April  10,  1884,  became  pastor,  and  served  until  his  death,  September 
11,  1887.  He  was  born  in  Sidney,  Maine,  February  11,  1824;  educated  at 
Effingham  Academy  and  Newton  (Mass.)  Theological  Institution,  was  acting 
pastor  at  Freedom  and  Parsonsfield  in  1859,  and  February  11,  1859,  was 
ordained  at  Waterborough,  Maine,  where  he  remained  eighteen  years.  His 
next  pastorate  was  for  six  years  at  East  Lebanon,  Maine.  "In  all  these 
churches  his  labors  were  crowned  with  success.  He  was  a  good  preacher  and 
a  most  faithful  minister  of  Jesus  Christ.  As  a  man,  he  was  above  reproach  or 
suspicion,  and  those  who  knew  him  best  respected  him  most."  He  was  a 
cousin  of  Rev.  II.  A.  Sawtelle,  d.d.,  Baptist  missionary  to  China,  who  died  in 
1885.  In  August,  1889,  Rev.  William  O.  Ayer,  of  Everett,  Mass.,  commenced 
his  pastoral  labors  in  this  church. 

Conway  Freewill  Baptist  Church,  organized  in  1826,  by  Benjamin  Manson, 
with  a  membership  of  twenty-nine,  was  called  the  Eaton  and  Conway  church 
in  1832,  when  fourteen  united  with  it.  In  1834  the  membership  was  eighty- 
four.  A  division  was  made  this  year,  and  the  Conway  fejfurch  had  thirty-six 
members.  In  1838  twelve  united,  and  twenty-two' became  members  in  L842, 
making  the  number  sixty-five.  From  this  time,  with  brief  intervals  of  improve- 
ment (fourteen  were  added  in  1851),  the  church  dwindled,  and  three  years 
later,  when  Deacon  Hazelton  asked  the  Quarterly  Meeting  "  to  do  something 
for  Conway,"  it  was  declared  no  longer  a  church,  and  a  new  one  organized, 
with  seven  members  pledged  to  be  faithful.  This  was  received  into  the  Sand- 
wich Quarterly  Meeting  in  1855.     In  1858  and  1859  thirty-two  were  received 


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..(•,„„   by  baptism.     But  this  was  the  last  period  of  bloom; 
in    1868,   forty-two  years  from  the    first 

-  A  few  meagre  tacts  arc  all  that  we  can  gather  of 

.     |„  L802  Rev.  Asa  Heath,in  charge  of  Falmouth  (Port- 

iited  Conway,  which  appears  to  have  been  part  of  the  territory 

I     L806  Rev.  Lewis  Bates  preached  here,  and  Ebenezer  Newell 

I,  Field  mad icasional  visits.     This  section  then  was  part  of  the 

iftonborough   circuit.     A    class  was  formed  here  about  this  time. 
June,    L807,   Conway    circuit    was    formed,    with    Rev.    William    Huntress 
ner    in    charge.      It    belonged    to    "  Portland    District,"    and    embraced 
Bartlett,  Chatham,  Brownfield,  Denmark,  Lovell,  Hiram,  and  Bald- 
Mi    Huutress  regulated  the  society,  received  several  persons  into   full 
tion,    and    formed    classes    in   Bartlett  and  other  places.     A  quarterly 
was  held  in  Conway,  .Inly  29,  1807.     In  1829  Conway  was  included  in 
a  circuit,  1).   Copeland  preacher  in   charge.      In  1856  Fryeburg   was 
ted  with   Bartlett   and  Conway.     Later  Bartlett  circuit  embraced 
Conway  territory.     (See  Bartlett  Methodist  Church.) 

Dnii  g  the  Civil  War  a  dissension  on  account  of  the  high  political  feelings 
of  the  times  anise  in  the  Congregational  church,  and  many  fell  off  from 
support  and  attendance.  At  the  close  of  the  war  some  who  had  formerly 
attended  Congregational  services  at  Conway  Village  decided  to  form  another 
jrious  body.  Their  feelings  will  be  best  shown  by  extracts  from  the  a  His- 
torical Record  "  of  the  society. 

In  1865  :i  deep  religious  feeling  existed  in  every  section  of  the  town,  as  yet  unspoken,  and 

.in   anxious  waiting  one  for  another  to  give  utterance  to  the  hitherto  stifled   voice  of  the 

people.     At  lasl  a  movement  was  made  in  Conway  Village,  the  outgrowth  of  which  was  the 

—  iit    Methodist    society.     For   nearly  a    century   the   Congregationalists  held  this   point. 

in  had  made  several  unsuccessful  attempts  to  gain  a  foothold  in  years  past.     Now 

tin-  people  seemed  to  desire  a  change  for  something  that  had  more  spiritual  life  and  energy. 

At    length    January  1.  1866)  a  subscription  was  circulated  covering  these  points:   that  the 

rib'T-  !'-lt  ii   their  duty  to   support  religious  meetings  and  to  have  a  settled  minister 

•  in    whose  moral  influence  anil   interest   in   our   behalf  will   be  promotive  «of  good 

U  payment   of  a  sum  by   each  to  pay  for  a   minister,  who   should  preach  every 

i    year   from  the  first  of    March,  and  "settle  with  us"  for  one   year.     These 

re:  Daniel  E.  Pendexter,  Levi  ('.  Quint,  Joseph  G.  Cobb,  Edwin  Pease,  Nathaniel 

•1  Faxon,  Benjamin  Mean,  William  K.  Bean,  John  Thompson,  Samuel  Deering, 

u-   Heath,  Mark  Annis,  George  A.  Heath,  Leroy  S.   Merrill,   Ilasket  D.   Eastman, 

Jonathan   V.  ('base.   Amos  C.  Towle,  Hiram  C.  Abbott,  David  Watson, 

tinan.  John  K.  Abbott.  James  Willey,  Leander  S.  Morton,  Dean  Carby,  Charles 

•  Taylor,  Dr  J.  R.  Thompson,  .John  Head,  Jr,  Daniel  B.  Merrill,  Amos 

trotton,  C.  W.  Wilder,  Samuel  S.  Burbank,  George  W.  Bean,  Jacob 

irge  II.  Eastman,  Otis  Buckman,  Simon  Parker,  Conway  Sewing 

•  forty-one  subscribers,  whose  subscriptions  amounted  to  $455.   This 

support  sufficient  to  warrant  the  calling;  of  a  meeting;  to  choose  a 


Town    ok    Con  way.  871 


committee  empowered  to  engage  :i  minister,  one  was  culled,  and  Daniel  E.  Pendexter, 
X.it hanifi  Faxon,  Nathaniel  Quint,  Bennet  P.  Strout,  and  Benjamin  Bean  were  chosen.  The 
meeting   voted  "that   the   committee    be    not    instructed    in  relation  to  the  denomination  or 

religious   persuasion  of  the   minister   whose   services  they   may  engage."    The  c dttee 

corresponded  with  Rev.  Isaac  S.  Cushman,  principal  of  Mechanic  Palls  (MaineJ  Academy. 
Be  had  been  a  member  of  the  New  England  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, and  had  but  recently 
returned  from  the  Beat  of  war.  where  he  had  been  commissioned  both  as  chaplain  and  Burgeon. 

lie  preached  one  Sabbath  in  February,  and  the  c ittee  was  authorized  to  offer  him  "a 

salary  of  $400,  his  house  rent,  and  expense  of  moving  his  goods."    At  the  meetings  the 

question  Of  denomination  had  heen  one  of  open   conversation,  and  as   it   was   undei'Sl 1   that 

as  the  existing  ( !ongregat ional  society  would  hold  their  meetings,  as  usual,  on  Sabbath  after- 
noons, it  could  not  he  expected  that  another  Congregational  church  eould  thrive,  and  the 
minds  of  the  promoters  of  the  new  organization,  as  expressed,  seemed  to  favor  placing  it 
under  Methodist  auspices.  Accordingly,  after  Mr  Cushman  had  entered  upon  his  duties,  he 
attended  the  Maine  Annual  Conference,  was  transferred  from  his  former  conference  to  this, 
and  assigned  to  the  Conway  charge  —  the  conference  adding  to  and  paying  seventy-five 
dollars  of  his  salary.  At  a  quarterly  meeting  in  the  summer  an  attempt  was  made  to 
organize  a  society  according  to  Methodist  usages,  but  not  enough  male  "  professors ?'  were 
present  to  perfect  one.  The  next  winter  a  church  was  formed,  regular  weekly  prayer- 
meetings  were  held,  class-meetings  met  regularly,  and  a  continual  "dropping  in"  to  the 
fold  was  the  result.  The  church  was  organized  upon  such  general  principles  as  all  evangelical 
denominations  endorse,  hut  with  the  understanding  that  all  additions  were  to  he  received  in 
the  Methodist  manner  as  Methodists.  During  a  part  of  the  first  year  meetings  were  held 
twice  on  Sunday,  and  the  other  part,  three  times.  Mr  Cushman  held  meetings  at  Conway 
Centre  and  other  points  adjacent  to  the  village. 

Rev.  George  W.  Barber  succeeded  Mr  Cushman  as  pastor  of  the  Bartlett 
and  Conway  charge  in  18(38.  In  1870  the  circuit  consisted  of  Conway,  Conway 
Centre,  North  Conway,  and  Bartlett,  under  Rev.  Mr  Strout.  The  next  year  he 
was  in  charge  of  North  Conway  and  Bartlett,  and  Rev.  Joseph  Hawkes  was 
preacher  in  charge  of  Conway  and  Centre  Conway  in  1871  and  1872.  Rev.  Mr 
Turkington  was  in  charge  of  the  latter  circuit  in  1873,  Charles  W.  Bradlee, 
1874 ;  H.  B.  Mitchell,  1875  and  1876 ;  Frank  W.  Smith,  1877  ;  John  Collins 
(a  firebrand  of  distraction),  1878  and  1879:  Daniel  Waterhouse,  1880,  1881, 
1882,  1883;  J.  M.  Woodbury,  1885,  1886,  1887;  J.  H.  Roberts,  1888  and 
1889. 

There  are  now  three  classes :  No.  1,  Conway,  Daniel  E.  Pendexter,  leader ; 
No.  2,  Centre  Conway,  Phrendius  Potter,  leader  ;  No.  3,  South  Conway,  Ben- 
jamin Perkins,  leader.  Centre  Conway  has  a  new  and  convenient  "  Union  " 
chapel  where  meetings  are  held,  and  South  Conway  has  had  a  convenient 
church  for  some  years. 

North  Conway  appears  still  connected  with  Bartlett  in  1874,  Rev.  II.  A. 
Patterson  being  pastor  in  that  year  and  1875.  O.  M.  Cousins  was  here  in 
1876  and  1877,  when  Frank  W.  Smith  (1878)  came  for  three  years.  Hitherto 
the  meetings  of  the  Methodists  had  been  held  in  the  academy,  Masonic  Hall,  and 
in  the  Baptist  meeting-house.  Things  now  demanded  different  accommoda- 
tions, but  finances  did  not  seem  to  encourage  any  building  operations.     In  1882 


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■  man.  never  weary  in  well-doing,  was  made  pastor. 
,ml  hewed  the  timber  for  the  church,  and  the  present 
worship  was  commenced.     Tins  was  completed  and   dedicated 
•' free  from  debt."     It   is  finely  located,  and  very  satisfac- 
|)  edifice.     Mr   Pratl   was  succeeded    by  Ezra  Tinker;   he    by 
ind  he  b)  the  present   pastor.  Rev.  M.  E.  King.     North  Conway 
lv  made  a  separate  circuit  in  1889.     There  are  now  ninety-six 
classes:     North    Conway,    Rev.  Augustus    Bowie,  leader; 
...   Reuben    Eastman,  leader;    Intervale,  Rev.  Jonathan  Gale,  leader. 
a;,v    Sunday-school    has    L05    members,    Rev.   M.   E.  King,   super- 
intendent.    Kearsarge  Sunday-school  has  40  members,  Rev.  Mr  King,  super- 

dent. 

-The  colonial  governor  of   New  Hampshire,  Benning 

itworth,  tried  to  provide  for  the  support  of  the  church  in  North  Conway, 

ther  towns  laid  oul  under  his  rule,  by  allotments  of  land  for  glebe, 

and  for  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel.    Christ  Church  probably 

ands  on  a  portion  of  one  of   these  lots.     The   first  services  in   North 

\,iv  were  held  by  clergymen  who   came   as   tourists  when  the  place   had 

me  a  summer  resort.     Among  the  earliest  were  those  held  by  two  laymen, 

M  Locke  and    Billiard,  in  the  Baptist  meeting-house.     They  are  now  both 

•gymen,   and   Mr    Milliard    became   afterwards  rector    of    the    parish.     The 

ish  was  organized,  and  a  vestry  elected  August  9,  1867.     Christ  Church 

building,  when  fully  completed,  was  consecrated  by  the  Right  Reverend  William 

W    idruff  Mies,  bishop  of  the  diocese,  on  the  sixth  of  July,  1876,  during  the 

rectorship   of    Rev.    Henry   A.    Parker.     During   the   rectorship   of   the    Rev. 

I    II.   I  Iilliard,  and  by  his  efforts,  Grace  Chapel  (Kearsarge  village)  was 

ii.  and  was  consecrated  on  the  same  day  as  Christ  Church.     Services  are 

held  dining  the  summer.       Rev.  Mr  Greer  is  the  clergyman  in  charge.     The 

church    is   almost    entirely  supported   by   the   offerings    of   the    congregations. 

b  hours  of  service  are:  Christ  Church:  Sundays,  10.30  A.M.,  with  celebra- 

i  of  the  holy  communion.     Wednesdays  and  Fridays,  morning  prayer,  9.80. 

<  rrace  ( ihapel  :  Sundays,  3.30  P.M. 


buted. 


Town  of  Conway.  873 


CHAPTEB     LXXV. 

industrial  Development-     Mill-.  Tanneries,  and  Stores  in   1832      Largest  Tax-payers  In 
\$[}>  ~   Chaises  in  1832      Conway  in   L858  and   1872  —  Farms,  etc. — Conway  Village  in  1879 — 

Conway  Savings  Bank  —  Sturtevant'a   Peg-wood   M ill  —  Kennett's  S] I    Factory  —  Conway 

Bouse  -Pequawket  Souse  Other  Business  [nterests  -North  Conway — Scenery  —  Libraries 
North  <  'mi  way  Water-works,  etc.  —  Railroad  Stations  —  Hotels  -  Kearsarge  Souse  North 
Conway  House  —  Sunset  Pavilion — Bellevue  Bous< — Eastman  House  —  Artists'  Falls  Souse 
—  McMillan  House  —  Randall  House  —  Moat,  Mountain  House  —  Past  and  Present  Business 
Men  and  Interests  —  The  intervale  —  Intervale  House,  etc.  —  Kearsarge  Village  —  Merrill 
House  —  The  Orient  —  The  Ridge  —  Uedstone  —  Centre  Conway  —  Cotton's  Manufactory  — 
Centre  House,  etc.  —  South  Conway  —  Green  Hills  —  Conway  Street  —  East  Conway. 

Till]  industrial  development  was  of  slow  growth.  Apart  from  the  small 
saw  and  grist  mills,  and  the  attempt  at  iron  manufacture  mentioned  else- 
where, and  a  few  small  carding  and  fulling  mills  to  satisfy  the  needs  of 
the  community,  the  early  settlers,  and  the  inhabitants  of  a  later  date,  did 
nothing  in  this  direction.  In  1832  Tobias  Hanson  had  a  grist  and  saw  mill ; 
Colonel  .John  Hill,  a  saw  and  gristmill;  Jeremiah  L.  Eastman,  one  gristmill; 
Thomas  Merrill,  two  mills;  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  a  carding  and  fulling  mill; 
Jacob  E.  Chase,  a  clothing-mill;  William  K.  Eastman,  a  tannery  and  store; 
David  Webster,  Luther  Whitaker,  and  Calvin  Whitaker,  each  a  tannery; 
Richard  Odell,  Daniel  Eastman,  and  Charles  S.  Whitaker,  each  "kept  store," 
while  Joseph  Burbank,  Stephen  Eastman,  John  Kelly,  William  Mason,  Seth 
Willey,  and  Eliphalet  Cloutman  had  "shops,1'  that  is,  were  mechanics. 

Largest  Tax-payers,  1832.  —  Gilbert  McMillan,  has  2  houses,  4  barns,  etc., 
$1,300  ;  90  acres  improved  interval,  $1,800 ;  60  acres  second  quality,  $400 ; 
4  acres  improved  plains,  $28 ;  300  acres  wood  and  timber  land,  $1,500;  40 
woodland,  $60 ;  on  which  he  is  taxed,  $26.56.  He  is  also  taxed  on  personal 
property,  $3.63.  Richard  Odell  inventoried  with  4  houses,  3  barns,  1  store, 
etc.,  $2,500 ;  other  real  estate,  $2,753  ;  personal  property,  including  $1,000 
bank  stock  and  $8,000  money  at  interest,  $9,322;  paid  $65.36  taxes.  General 
Samuel  Stark,  on  real  estate  amounting  to  $3,448  and  personal  property,  taxed 
$23.48.  Samuel  Sparhawk,  on  real  estate,  $2,620 ;  money  at  interest,  $3,300, 
etc. ;  taxed  $30.97.  T.  S.  &  N.  Abbott,  3  houses,  one  store,  and  other  real 
estate  inventoried  at  $5,294;  $600  stock  in  trade,  etc.;  taxed  $33.50.  Colonel 
John  Hill,  taxed  $21.02  on  mills  valued  $1,600;  other  realty,  $2,050;  personal 
property,  $294.  David  Webster  paid  taxes  on  real  estate,  $200,  tanner's  stock, 
etc.,  $24.60.  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  taxed  $20.87  on  real  estate,  valued  $2,540; 
$500  money  at  interest  :  $400  stock  in  trade,  etc.  Solomon  Densmore's  taxes 
amounted  to  $18.25. 


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-The  inventory  shows  twelve  chaises  owned  by  Colonel 
in.   Richard   Odell,   General  Samuel  Stark,  T.  S.  &  N.  Abbott, 
olonelJohn   Hill,  Solomon  Densmore,  Elijah  Farrington, 
Tington,  Jonah  Hamilton,  .lames  Osgood,  Jesse  Page. 

ago  (  L858)  the   town  contained  four  church  edifices,  two 

ktional,  oni     Baptist,  one    Union;  twenty  school  districts,  an  academy 

.  three  postoffices   -Conway,  North  Conway,  Conway  Centre  ; 

,  Btores,  two   carriage  factories,  two  flouring-mills,  three  gristmills,  one 

er-mill,  one  Large  tannery,  and  several  mills  for  the  manufacture  of  lumber, 

clapboards,  and  shingles.     The  valuation  was  $126,468. 

In  1872,  the  committee  of  the  Portland  and  Ogdensburgh  railroad  reported 
concerning  Conway :  — 

tl  thousand  acre-  are  outspread   in  beautiful  intervales,  which   extend  the  whole 

h  ,,i  the  town  along  the  course  of  the  Saco  river  and  the  line  of  the  railroad.    Pota- 

dried  apples,  beans,  etc.,  are  shipped.    There  are  four  water-powers,  part  improved. 

U'a  Falls  '*  on  the  Saco,  at  Conway  <  !entre,  have  twelve  feet  fall,  rocky  bottom  and  banks, 

imple  power  for  large  improvements.    The  power  on  the  outlet  of  Walker's  pond  is  one 

..f  the  best  in  all  the  region,  reservoir  nine  by  one-third  miles,  good  site  half  a  mile  from 

rail,  with  thousands  of  cords  of  poplar  for  pulp,  excelsior,  etc.,  in  the  vicinity.     20,000,000 

feel  "i  pine  are  standing  in  the  town,  hard  and  soft  woods,  with  spruce  and  hemlock.    Annual 

-ales  of  manufacture,  $60,000;   merchandise,  #150,000. 

Conway  lias  some  of  the  finest  farms  of  the  state,  the  rich  Conway 
intervales  being  not  only  beautiful,  but  extremely  productive.  Among  the 
representative  farmers  on  the  west  side  of  the  Saco  are  George  P.  Stilphen, 
George  W.  Bean,  Nathaniel  Faxon,  Haven  A.  Quint,  Amos  Merrill,  Sumner 
C.  Hill.  Joel  E.  Morrill  on  the  Eastman  farm  has  perhaps  the  best  farm  in 
town,  while  Joseph  P.  Pitman  at  the  Centre  has  a  very  fine  one.  Near 
iburg  we  find  John  W.  Thorn  on  the  west  side  of  the  Saco,  then  Charles 
.  Edmund  Kelly.  Joshua  Shirley,  Bradley  B.  Woodward.  The  Willey, 
or  Bigelow,  farm  at  North  Conway  is  a  well-known  and  exceedingly  valuable 
place.  Under  the  management  of  J.  L.  Binford  it  is  a  model  farm.  James  C. 
\Yille\.  Thomas  C.  Eastman,  Henry  Emerson,  and  William  M.  Wyman 
(on  Mis  S.  I).  Pendexter's  farm)  are  among  the  best  farmers  in  the  vicinity 
of  North  Conway  village. 

Among   other    valuable    possessions    of   Conway    we    would    mention    the 
jranite  quarries  on  both  sides  of  the  Saco,  and  the  various  mineral  springs, 
I'  which   the    White  Mountain    Mineral  Spring,  at  the  foot  of   Pine   hill,  is 
most    noted. 

\-  villages:   ( 'on way,  North   Conway,  Conway  Centre,  Kearsarge 
village,  Intervale,  and  Redstone. 

•uthwest  corner  of  the  town,  is  the  oldest  village,  and 
ift,  and  staid  respectability.     It  has  a  lovely  situa- 


Town  op   Conway.  875 


tion  in  a  greal  bend  »»f  the  Saco  near  its  confluence  with  the  Swift,  and  is 
a  most  charming  place.  Pequawkel  stream  furnishes  a  valuable  water-power, 
on  which  are  grist,  saw,  and  other  mills,  carriage  works,  etc.,  and  is  capable 
of  great  improvement.  Besides  this  stream,  Odell's  Falls  on  the  Saco  has 
magnificent  water-power.  No  place  in  New  England  has  finer  scenery.  Away 
over  the  broad  intervales  of  the  winding  Saco  rise  the  massive  mountains, 
Mt  Washington's  towering  form  surpassing  all.  No  picture  painted  by  the 
hand  of  man  is  one  tithe  as  lovely.  Chocorua  and  Mote  mountains  look  like 
twin-brothers  in  their  impending  sternness.  There  are  two  religious  societies, 
two  hotels,  Conway  House  and  Pequawket  House, — the  largest  mercantile 
house  in  the  county,  several  stores,  the  only  factory  in  tin;  world  making 
the  ribbon  shoe-peg,  the  largest  thread-spool  factory  in  the  United  States, 
a  savings  bank,  two  lawyers,  three  phj-sicians,  and  minor  industries.  A  large 
iron  bridge  crosses  Pequawket  stream  where  it  flows  through  the  village. 

"Until  about  1812  this  village  consisted  of  a  saw  and  grist  mill,  Abbott's 
one-story  tavern,  and  one  or.  two  houses  more."  Then  it  began  to  grow,  and 
the  name  (  nateaugay  was  applied  to  it  in  sport.  It  clung  to  it  for  many 
years.      It  was  afterward   known  as  Conway  Corner  and  Conway  west  village. 

A  Captain  Pratt  was  here  in  extensive  business  as  an  iron  manufacturer 
in  the  first  and  second  decade  of  this  century.  He  had  a  trip-hammer,  and 
employed  several  men  in  making  nails,  axes,  scythes,  and  other  kindred  arti- 
cles. The  trip-hammer  was  run  by  water,  and  the  power  was  furnished  by 
Pequawket  brook.  Colonel  Eliphalet  Cloutman  succeeded  to  the  establish- 
ment, but  the  changed  conditions  of  commerce  brought  the  manufacturing 
to  an  end  and  changed   the  business  to  ordinary  blacksmithing. 

Conway   Village  in  1S79.  —  A  local  writer  says  :  — 

The  leading  industry  is  B.  F.  Sturtevant's  peg-mill,  which  pays  out  .$3,r>00  a  month,  and 
supports  many  families.  The  savings  bank  is  a  solid  and  well-conducted  monetary  institu- 
tion, worthy  of  the  confidence  bestowed  upon  it.  If  all  such  corporations  had  such  careful, 
attentive,  and  sagacious  officers  as  this  bank  possesses  in  its  treasurer,  ('.  W.  Wilder,  Esq., 
it  would  be  better  for  the  world  at  large.  L.  S.  Merrill  manufactures  straw-board,  spool- 
wood,  and  carriages.  J.  II.  Berry  manufactures  staves,  box  and  stave  shook.  The  box-shook 
are  for  the  use  of  the  peg  factory  and  are  made  of  poplar.  William  II.  Allen  manufactures 
spruce  lumber,  boxes,  finish,  etc.  The  Pequawket  river  furnishes  the  power  for  these.  The 
village  has  a  saddle-and-harness  maker,  a  marble  worker,  three  blacksmiths,  two  shoe- 
makers, and  a  carriage  manufactory.  About  two  miles  northeast  of  the  village  is  a  steam- 
mill,  owned  by  Mr  Sanborn,  of  Wakefield,  which  produces  spool-timber  and  oak  shook. 
Haines  &  Drown  manufacture  staves  and  spool-stock  at  Allen's  Crossing,  about  a  mile  away. 
These  various  manufactories  not  only  afford  employment  to  many  hands,  but  also  a  ready 
market  for  much  lumber  that  would  otherwise  be  of  little  value  to  the  owners.  There  are 
three  hotels  at  Conway  Corner.  The  Conway  House  is  owned  and  occupied  by  L.  H. 
Eastman,  Esq.,  formerly  sheriff  of  the  county.  North  of  the  Conway  House  is  the  Grove 
Bouse,  owned  and  occupied  by  Edwin  Pease,  Esq.,  and  near  the  depot  is  the  Pequawket 
House,  kept  by  I).  E.  Pendexter,  Esq.  There  are  five  well-filled  stores  at  this  place,  all  of 
which  are  doing  a  prosperous  business,  if  one  may  judge  from  the  large  and  varied  display  of 


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rkable  degree  of  quiet  neatness  about  most  of  the  village  residences, 

cially  in  villages  where  the  people  are  *o  largely  devoted  to  manu- 

ide  ,,,   the  hotels  but   Little  attention  is  given  to  the  entertainment 

,)„.,,.  are  at   this   place  two  prosperous  religious   societies,  Methodist 

1st,  both  worshiping   In  the  same  church,  an  example  of  toleration  and 


js  Interests  and  Men.     Conway  Savings  Bank.  —  This  corpora- 

hartered  by  the  legislature  in   1869,  with  these  members:  Conway, 

n,  S.  B.  Shackford,  Hiram  C.Abbott,  L.  H.  Eastman,  William 

H     \  Bi  n     I    P.  Strout,  Albeit   Merrill,  H.  D.  Eastman,  C.  W.  Wilder, 

Faxon,    Samuel    Dealing,    Samuel    Hayes,    Charles    B.    Shackford, 

\  -  ilphen.     North  Conway,  Andrew  Dinsmoor,  William  C.Eastman, 

\.   Hanson,  John   McMillan.  Timothy  Wolcott,  Nathaniel    R.   Mason, 

S.  W.   Hiompson,  .lames  ('.  Willey,  .lames  T.  Randall,  Isaac  E.  Merrill,  Albert 

Levi  Wheeler,  Isaac  M.  Chase.     Conway  Centre,  Joel  Eastman,  James 

Boothy,  Ansel    Page,   Robert  Wiley,  Samuel  Hazelton,  Stephen 

M.    |  i      s.     Bartlett,  G.   W.   M.    Pitman,    S.    P.   Meserve,    Cyrus   A.    Tasker. 

.lames   J.    Burk.    Josiah    II.    Hobbs,    William    Mason.      Eaton,    Ira 

ison,    Edwin    Snow.    Roberl    Robertson.      Jackson,   George    P.  Meserve, 

\.  T.  Stillings,  J.  B.  Trickey,  John  Plodge. 

charter  was  made  a  perpetual  one,  and  the  bank  was  organized  in  the 
L870,  with  Leander  S.  Morton,  president;  Samuel  B.  Shackford,  vice- 
president  :  Hiram  C.  Abbott,  treasurer;  Leavitt  H.  Eastman,  assistant  treas- 
urer.    The  trustees  were  :   L.  S.  Morton,  S.  B.  Shackford,  Hiram  C.  Abbott, 
L.  II.  Eastman,  Isaac   E.  Merrill,  Nathaniel  R.  Mason,  John  McMillan,  Albert 
Mi  :   ill,  C.  W.  Wilder,  William  H.  Allen,  James  J.  Burk,  Samuel  Hayes.     The 
first  deposit  was  made   May  2,  1870,  by  Herbert  L.  Cobb.     The  bank  was  first 
located  in  the  Conway  House,  but  in  1872  was  removed  to  its  present  location 
i   the   corner,   diagonally   across    the    street   from    the   Conway  House.     Mr 
m  was  succeeded  as  president  in  turn  by  Samuel  B.  Shackford,  Leavitt 
II.  Eastman,  Hiram  C.  Abbott,  John  C.  L.  Wood,  and  Benjamin  F.  Clark,  who 
s  held  the  office  since  January,  1886.     The  treasurers  from  the  first  have 
been:   Hiram  C.  Abbott,  Leavitt  II.  Eastman,  S.  B.  Shackford,  Sumner  0.  Hill, 
•istopher  W.  Wilder,  who  was  elected  January  1,  1885.     Mr  Wilder  has 
connected  with  the  bank  from  its  inception;  as  member  of  the  legislature 
ed  the  charter,  he  drew  up  the  by-laws,  was  the  bank's  first  auditor, 
n  charge  of  its  treasury  the  most  of  the  time  since  1874.1     The 

on  of   Elisha   and  Emily  (Pollard)  Wilder,  was  bom  in  Lancaster,  Mass., 

i  the  age  of  tour,  he  was  a  member  of  the  family  of  his  mother's  sister,  Mrs  Benjamin  R. 

1  the  educational  advantages  of  Fryeburg  Academy,  and  when  a  young  man  learned 

laking  al  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  in  1850  established  a  shop  at  Conway  (west 

875.    Mr  Wilder  has  been  much  in  public  life.    A  Democrat  in  politics,  he 

•r  In  I860,  ana  served  th.vc  3  ears;  he  has  been  selectman  of  Conway  four  years 

I"  1871  he  became  register  of  probate  and  held  the  office  five  years.    From 


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treasurer's  statement  of  March,  L889,is:  Assets  :  real  estate,  ^lV.KS'.i.To  :  loans 
on  real  estate,  $38,003.82;  on  personal  names,  $19,040.42;  on  collateral, 
$10,562.08;  on  western  farms,  $9,460.00;  bonds  and  debentures,  $4,750.00; 
bank  fixtures,  $225.00 ;  deposits  in  National  Exchange  Bank,  $4,977.75 ;  cash 
on  hand,  $740.37;  $90,749.20.  Liabilities:  due  depositors,  $81,756.28;  on 
accounts,  $4,122.77  ;  guaranty  fund,  $2,21  L39;  surplus,  $2,655.76;  $90,749.20. 

SturtevanVs  Peg-wood  Mill.  B.  V.  Sturtevant,  of  Boston,  built  a  mill  for 
the  manufacture  of  machine  peg-wood  and  veneers,  which  was  completed  in 
.hint',  1873.  This  was  burned  January  6,  1874,  and  the  present  one  at  once 
commenced,  and  finished  in  April  of  the  same  year.  From  that  time  (April, 
1874)  it  has  been  in  constant  operation,  employing  about  fifty  operatives.  Its 
power  is  furnished  by  an  80-horse-power  steam-engine,  and  it  uses  annually 
about  eight  hundred  cords  of  lurch  wood.  This  year,  however,  it  will  dispose 
of  fifteen  hundred  cords.  This  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  enterprises  of  the 
town,  as  it  furnishes  steady  employment  for  so  many  people,  and  brings  much 
money  here.  The  monthly  pay-roll  for  labor  for  its  more  than  fifty  employe's 
through  the  winter  averages  $1,800;  for  labor  and  material,  from  $5,000  to 
$8,000.  Benjamin  F.  Clark,  a  native  of  Townsend,  Mass.,  came  here  in  July, 
L874,  and  succeeded  John  A.  llowell  as  superintendent  and  general  manager. 
The  mill  is  equipped  with  all  modern  improvements,  fire-pump  and  hose,  and 
electric  lights  were  introduced  in  February,  1888.  Tin;  wood  used,  birch  and 
poplar,  comes  from  a  wide  section,  as  far  north  and  west  as  Jefferson  and 
Whitefield,  and  as  far  east  as  Wilton,  Maine.  The  price  paid  for  birch,  deliv- 
ered, is  twelve  dollars  a  cord  in  winter,  and  fourteen  in  summer.  This  is  the 
first  manufactory  ever  built  to  produce  the  ribbon  peg,  and  all  the  varied 
machines  used  in  its  preparation  are  the  invention  of  Mr  Sturtevant.  During 
the  past  year,  twelve  hundred  cords  of  selected  white  birch  have  been  used. 
This  mill  also  produces  veneers  of  different  kinds;  notably  poplar  for  brush 
backs,  and  rock-maple  for  pianos.  The  manufactured  product  is  distributed 
to  the  various  shoe  towns  of  this  country,  and  a  large  amount  is  sent  to 
Montreal  and  to  Germany. 

Kenneths  Spool  Factory.  —  Henry  Metcalf  came  to  Conway  in  1881  and 
built  the  spool  factory  near  the  railroad.  He  died  after  conducting  it  for  some 
years,  and  in  June,  1888,  the  present  owner,  Alpheus  C.  Kennett,  bought  it. 
He  employs  fifty  hands.  Peter  Mitchell  is  superintendent.  Mr  Kennett  uses 
in  his  factory  a  million  feet  of  white  birch  annually.     The  power  is  produced 

1874  he  was  assistant  treasurer  of  Conway  Savings  Bank  for  eleven  years,  when  he  was  chosen  treasurer.  He 
was  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  hank,  lie  has  done  much  probate  business,  and  has  had  many  complicated 
cases  to  unravel.  He  baa  been  man;  times  administrator,  executor,  and  guardian,  has  held  the  commission  of 
justice  since  1861,  and  has  been  notary  public  about  the  same  length  of  time,  and  was  postmaster  of  Conway 
under  President  I  lleveland.  He  is  accurate  and  painstaking,  an  I  discharges  all  trusts  with  ability  and  Integrity. 
He  married  Sophia  Greenwood,  of  Farmlngton,  Maine,  and  has  two  children  now  living,  George  S.  and  Henri  P. 
A  strong  and  true  friend,  a  sagacious  counselor,  a  lover  of  learning  and  advanced  thought,  Mr  Wilder  is  one  of 
Conway's  leading  men. 


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ine    of  125-horse-power.     He   lias   a  sawmill  here,  where  last 

;  abou1  2,000,000  Eeet.     Daily  product  of  finished  spools,  one 

These  are  shipped  mostly  to  the  Middle  and  Western  states 

the  Mile  End  Spool  Cotton  Company,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  uses 

r  part. 

//  use,  built  in  1850  by  Samuel  Thorn,  Nathaniel  Abbott,  and 

.  was  the  finest   house  in  the  north  part  of  the  state.     It  was 

all  the  section,  the  centre  of  the  numerous  stage  lines,  and  has 

,,  patronized  by  many  men  of  world-wide  celebrity.     Under  Horace  Fabyan 

and  other  landlords  of  t-epute,  it   was   much  frequented   by  summer  visitors. 

itl    II.   Eastman,  the  popular  sheriff  and  insurance  agent,  was  its  genial 

host  for  years.     Recently  A.C   Fowler  made  extensive  improvements  on  the 

otel  property,  which  have  been   continued  by  the  present  proprietors,  L.  L. 

1  &  Son.     It  accommodates  seventy-five  guests.     The  house  was  patron- 

ed  by  a  throng  of  people  this  summer,  and  the  poet  Whittier  was  among  the 

/'.  quawket   House,  near  the  station,  is  the  oldtime  inn.     It  commands 
lovely   view.     Daniel   E.  Pendexter  is   the   proprietor,  and  is  ever  ready  to 
tain  a  guest  with  valuable  information  concerning  the  mountain  region  or 
with  pleasant  stories  to  while  away  the  time. 

Jonathan  T.  Chase  (horn  1704,  died  1870),  a  clothier,  came  from  Sanborn- 
ti.n  and  carried  on  cloth-dressing  and  wool-carding  at  the  mill  privilege  by  the 
iron  bridge  in  Conway  village  for  many  years.  He  was  a  rigid  Democrat  and 
the  first  judge  of  probate  of  Carroll  County,  holding  the  office  fifteen  years. 
He  built  and  occupied  the  house  now  the  residence  of  C.  W.  Wilder.  By  his 
first  wife,  Fanny  M.,  lie  had  Francis  R.  (see  article  on  Courts  and  Lawyers) 
ind  Laura  A.  (Mis  Hiram  C.  Abbott).  By  his  second  wife,  Adeline  F.,  he 
hail  William  ('.,  now  a  resident  of  Laconia.  He  was  succeeded  in  business  by 
Chase  &  Thomas  Taylor,  who  conducted  it  for  a  long  time. 

William    K.   Eastman,  a  native  of  Loudon,  came  to   Conway  village  from 

■mkI  about  1825,  built  the  house  now  occupied  by  George  H.  Heatli  for  his 

residence,  and  engaged  in  tanning.      His  tanyard  stood  where  B.  F.  Clark  has 

irden.     He  began  the  manufacture  of  straw  (binder's)  board  about  1845, 

ng  large  buildings  on  the  lower  privilege  on  Pequawket  stream,  and  with 

jsons,  William  W.  and   Ilasket    I),  as  Win.   K.  Eastman   &  Sons,  conducted 

i  there  until  1853,  when  they  bought  the  clothing  mills  that  Jonathan 

had  built  on  the  east  side  of  Pequawket  stream  (near  the  iron  bridge), 

them,  and    extensively    operated    them    until    1860,   when    Eastman 

(II.  D.  Eastman,   Daniel  E.  Pendexter)  became  proprietors  for 

Then    Mr   Eastman   was  succeeded  by  Albert  Merrill. 

ater  A.  Merrill  &  Son  (Leroy  S.)  succeeded  to  the  business 

Mr  Merrill's  death.     The  business  was  then  dropped. 


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The  property  is  owned  by  L.  S.  Merrill  and  leased  by  Otis  B.  Merrill,  who 
manufactures  and  finishes  lumber.     William  K.  Eastman  was  a  prominent  and 

successful  man;  acquired  wealth,  and  benefited  the  community  where  he  lived. 
He  died  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  in  1887,  aged  ninety-three  years,  eighl  months, 
thirteen  days,  and  was  buried  in  Conway.  His  sons,  Ilasket  I).,  John  W., 
William  W.,  George  II.,  are  all  prominent  and  wealthy  citizens  of  Minneapolis, 
where  the  family  has  resided  some  years.  W.  W.  Eastman  is  building  the 
colossal   Hotel  Eastman  at   Hot  Springs,  Arkansas. 

Davis  &  Filield  (Frank  VV.  Davis  and  II.  Boardman  Fifield)  are  dealers 
in  dry  and  fancy  goods,  clothing,  hoots  and  shoes,  carpetings,  jewelry,  musical 
merchandise,  etc.,  at  Conway.  Mr  Davis  erected  the  building  now  occupied 
by  this  firm,  and  carried  on  a  general  country  store  for  a  few  years.  He 
subsequently  sold  out  the  grocery  and  hardware  departments  and  gave  special 
attention  to  the  line  of  goods  carried  by  the  present  firm.  January  1,  1885, 
II.  B.  Fifield  became  associated  with  him  as  partner,  with  the  (irm-name  of 
Davis  &  Fifield.  Since  that  time  the  business  has  been  conducted  on  a  strictly 
cash  system,  and  by  this  method  they  have  been  enabled  to  give  their  custom- 
ers better  goods  at  lower  prices.  Their  trade  has  steadily  increased,  until 
at  present  there  is  not  a  store  in  the  county,  and  but  few  in  the  state,  that 
carries  a  more  complete  line  of  goods  or  does  a  larger  business.  The  store 
is  large,  commodious,  and  comfortably  heated.  Mr  Davis  and  Mr  Fifield 
are  pleasant,  courteous  gentlemen,  worthy  of  their  success  and  the  patronage 
of  the  community. 

J.  M.  Fifield  &  Co.  (F.  VV.  Davis  and  H.  B.  Fifield),  dealers  in  flour, 
groceries,  hardware,  crockery,  paints,  shingles,  etc.,  occupy  a  store  in  the 
same  building  with  Davis  &  Fifield,  and  do  an  extensive  business.  J.  M. 
Fitield  is  the  manager.  Mrs  E.  J.  Shackford  has  a  fine  stock  of  millinery 
and   fancy  goods  in   this  building. 

G.  F.  Ridlon  also  keeps  fancy  goods  and  carries  on  the  millinery  business. 

Sawyer  Brothers  (Sylvanus  A.  and  Irving  A.)  were  in  trade  opposite  the 
Conway  House  from  187G  to  1882.  From  that  date  S.  A.  continued  the 
business.  The  linn  is  now  Sawyer  &  Hale,  Frank  W.  Hale  purchasing  an 
interest  in  June,  1888.  Irving  A.  Sawyer  has  been  in  trade  alone  on  the 
North  Conway  road  since  1882. 

Elijah  B.  Carlton,  a  native  of  Eaton,  succeeded  to  the  Conway  business 
of  his  brother,  J.  A.  Carlton,  in  1881.  He  is  a  live  merchant,  doing  a  busi- 
ness of  $20,000  a  year. 

Levi  C.  Quint  was  born  in  Conway,  his  parents  coming  from  North 
Berwick,  Maine.  He  learned  the  tanner's  trade  of  Joseph  Hodsdon  at 
Ossipee,  and  established  himself  in  this  in  a  small  way  during  the  Civil  War, 
about  two  and  one  half  miles  above  Conway  on  the  west  side  of  the  Saco. 
In  L866  he  removed  to  Conway  village,  and  with  Otis   Buckman,  of  Bingham- 


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ormed  the  shoe-manufacturing  firm  of  L.  C.  Quint  &  Co.     This 

the  next  year  and  dosed  up    business.     He  was   then 

il.  Allen  &  Wanen.  and  later  clerk  in  their  store.     June  11, 

:gan   trading  on   his  own   account  and  has. been  in  business  ever 

abering,  farming,  and  other  enterprises  with  merchandis- 

,i   merchandise  is  Large,  embracing  dry-goods,  groceries,  grain, 

,  ami  shoes,  hides,  skins,  bark,  wood,  lumber,  tools,  hardware,  and 

ing  farm  machinery. 

&    Warren   for  many  years  did  an  enormous  business  in  tanning, 

a, i.l    merchandising.     They    did    much    to    develop    the    resources 

of  the    town,  and    brought    much  money  here,  and    were  in  active  operation 

until    about    1ST.">.     Their  store   was  where  Sawyer  &  Hale  now  trade,  and 

their  tannery  and  Lumber-mill  at  the  lower  privilege  on  the  outlet  of  Pequaw- 

t    ponds.     The   privilege   was   later   leased  by  John    B.  Smith    and    Henry 

p.  who  began  making  long  and  step  ladders  and  clothes-horses  in  1882. 

-M  Smith  became  sole  owner,  and  in  1887  put  in  two  portable  mills  to 

grind  com.     He  manufactures  one  hundred  thousand  feet  of  ladders  annually, 

sells  live  carloads  of  cracked  corn  and  meal  monthly. 

otis  B.  Merrill,  son  of  Albert  Merrill,  manufactures  lumber,  shingles,  etc., 
at  the  upper  mills. 

Leroj  S.  Merrill,  a  native  of  Conway,  is  an  undertaker,  and  manufactures 
Light  wagons,  carriages,  burial  caskets,  etc.  He  has  been  in  the  business 
thirty-five  years  and  proprietor  for  ten  years.  He  has  also  a  spool-mill,  which 
at  times  employs  several  hands.  His  son,  Archer  H.,  has  a  carriage  blacksmith 
shop  in  connection  with  his  father's  works. 

.1.  11.  Berry  has  a  gristmill  and  lumber  manufactory  on  the  upper  privilege 
on  Pequawket  stream.     This  is  one  of  the  oldest  occupied  mill  sites  in  town. 

1  Eaton  manufactures  carriages  and  sleighs  and  conducts  undertaking. 
II.  1).  Davis,  near  the  railroad  station,  deals  in  flour,  corn,  oats,  etc. 

.  Lovejoy,  near  the  station,  combines  the  sale  of  fruits,  confectionery, 
vith  tonsorial  work. 
iral  minor  tradesmen  are  located  here. 
North  Conway,  has  a  world-wide  fame  as  the  centre  of  White  Mountain 
travel.     It   is   >>\w  of   the  leading    of   White   Mountain  resorts,  and  has  the 
advai  of  two  railroads,  which   run  numerous  trains  in  the  summer,  and 

i   metropolitan  activity.     The  village  is  on  a  terrace  overlooking  the 
E  the  Saco,  ami  the  drainage  is  perfect.     An  irregular  street,  wind- 
burning  in   artistic  abandonment,  is  bordered  by  elegant  houses,  old- 
tructures,  unimposing  business  houses,  and  large  hotels  with 
A  beautiful  park  fronts  the  Boston  &  Maine  station.     Side 
from  the  long  main  street,  and  cozy  homes,  summer  boarding- 
niches,  pine  groves,  artists'  studios,  and  magnificent  moun- 


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tain  prospects  mix  and  mingle  in  the  spectator's  vision.  It  is  a  city  of  summer 
hotels.  In  tlic  winter  a  quiet,  uneventful  place,  ii  gives  no  promise  of  its 
summer  brilliancy,  and  tew  things  remind  one  of  it  excepl  the  closed  hotels, 
the  matchless  view  of  Mount  Washington  in  the  clear,  frosty  air,  the  changing 
and  witching  play  of  light  on  the  ridge  of  Mote,  and  the  startling  nearness 
of  snow-crowned  Kearsarge.  Hut  in  the  summer  it  is  a  city  among  the 
hills.  The  strange  eiiehantineiit  of  its  witching  beauty  is  felt  by  thousands 
who  hurry  and  jostle  along  its  crowded  streets,  or  till  the  long  lines  of  coaches, 

carriages,  buggies,  and  " buckboards,"  in  haste  to  visit  the  myriad  places  of 
enhancement  in  the  vicinity.  The  unchained  Saco  now  winds  along  in  a  vale 
of  emerald,  (lashing  its  waters  in  many  a  fairy  nook  of  beauty.  The  pine 
groves  are  resinous  with  perfume,  and  invite  to  long  walks,  no  one  knows 
whither.  The  mountain  brooks  chatter  down  the  steep  sides  of  the  neighbor- 
ing steeps,  and  all  is  activity,  bustle,  and  enjoyment.  The  large  hotels  and 
summer  houses  arc  thronged  with  people.  The  stations  are  crowded  at 
all  hours,  and  the  whistles  of  arriving  and  departing  trains  seem  almost 
continuous.     Such  is  North  Conway  in   the  summer. 

The  term  North  Conway  is  applied  to  the  three  villages  North  Conway, 
Intervale,  and  Kearsarge  Village  —  all  within  the  four-mile  ride  "around  the 
square."  Together  they  have  nearly  thirty  hotels  and  boarding-houses,  with 
places  of  worship  for  Protestant  Episcopal,  Baptist,  Congregational,  Method- 
ist, and  Swedenborgian  denominations.  The  institutions  and  business  interests 
of  North  Conway  village  are :  — 

Libraries.  —  "Conway  and  Bartlett  Library"  was  incorporated  in  1802. 
In  1820  it  contained  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  volumes.  Some  of  them 
are  now  in  the  public  library. 

Seavey  Circulating  Library. — -About  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  Miss 
H.  W.  Seavey,  then  residing  at  Seavey  Cottage,  commenced,  with  about  sixty 
books,  a  circulating  library.  This  number  was  gradually  increased  to  three 
hundred.  After  a  few  years,  Miss  Seavey,  with  her  sister,  Miss  M.  A.  Seavey, 
removed  to  their  present  home,  where  the  library  has  been  kept,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  two  years,  when  the  books  were  at  the  Old  Academy  building.  The 
Qumber  of  volumes  is  now  from  five  to  six  hundred;  the  books  are  well 
selected.  Many  of  the  standard  authors  and  a  variety  of  miscellaneous  works 
can  be  found  here. 

Public  Library.  —  This  library  was  organized  in  1887.  There  were  then 
more  than  forty  members.  A  gratifying  interest  in  this  undertaking  was 
shown  by  the  summer  sojourners  here.  Mr  James  Schouler  donated  over  a 
hundred  volumes.  Mrs  Rebecca  A.  Silsbee,  of  Salem,  also  gave  substantial 
proof  of  her  approval  in  its  establishment.  The  first  officers  were:  N.  W. 
Pease,  president;  Mrs  M.  L.  Mason,  secretary;  James  L.  Gibson,  treasurer ; 
Miss  Jennie  McMillan,  librarian;  .lames  Schouler,  Dr  J.  H.  Pitman,  and  Dr 
W.  H.  Bragdon,  directors.     The  number  of  volumes  is  about  one  thousand. 


History   of  Carroll  County. 


rks  was  organized  under  the  laws  of  New  Hamp- 
.    with    a    capital    of    18,000,   which    was    afterwards 

The    original    stockholders    were:   Lycurgus    Pitman, 

anas    I'.  Murphy,  W.   M.   Pitman,  William  H.  Bragdon, 
V.   Eastman,  diaries  J.  Poole,  James  L.  Gibson,  W.  H. 
Mason.     Work  was  begun  at  once,  and  the  company  commenced 
h  water   August  23,  1883,  supplying  forty-one  hotels  and  families  the 
hundred  places  are  supplied,  and  the  supply  from  the  present 
is  adequate  to  nil  double  the  present  demand.     The  water  is  of  extreme 
od  is  drawn  from  the  sources  of  Artists'  brook.     The  reservoir  stands 
bove   Main  street.     W.  M.  Pitman  has  been  president,  and  Lycurgus 
p  jec  etary  and  treasurer,  from  the  first.     Alfred  Eastman  was  superm- 

ini until  1886;  he  was  succeeded  by  Lycurgus  Pitman. 

nway  fire  district  was  established  in  1888,  and  Alfred  Eastman, 
Nathan  W.  Pease,  and  Isaac  \V.  Kalloch  were  the  first  fire-wardens. 

h  Conway  Band  lias  been  in  existence  about  twenty-five  years,  and 
of  twenty  pieces;   \V.   B.  Barnes,   leader.      In   1885  the  members  of 
the  band  built  the  rink    from  the   massive  timbers  of  the  old  Congregational 
church. 

//        ■    I   Lodge,  No.  _L  Knights  of  Pythias,  was   organized  in   May,  1884, 

with  thirty-three  members,  and  these  officers:  Lycurgus  Pitman,  Past  Chan- 

:  :   Fred   15.  <  >sgood,  Chancellor  ;  Dr  J.  H.  Pitman,  V.  C. ;  A.  B.  Franklin, 

:   I  .      ge    1".   Boston,   M.  of  A. ;  J.  L.  Gibson,  K.  of  R.  and  S.;  N.  W. 

Pease,  M.  of  E. ;  II.  II.  Dow,  M.  of  F.     The  chancellors  since  Mr  Osgood  are: 

.1.    II.    Pitman,   A.    B.   Franklin,  H.  W.  Harmon,  H.   B.  Colbath,  George  F. 

on.     This  order  has  drawn  its  members,  of  whom  it  now  numbers  forty, 

from  the  best  class  of   business  men.      Meetings  are  on  the   first  and    third 

Fridays  of  each  month  at  Masonic  Hall. 

For  Masonic  and  Odd    Fellows  lodges  see  Chapter  XVIII. 

■  Conway  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals  was  organ- 

n  August,  L885.    The  present  officers  (1889)  are  :  Rev.  Dr  John  Worcester, 

president;  Mrs  Helen    Merriman,  vice-president ;  Dr  Joseph  H.  Pitman,  secre- 

:   Mrs    John    Bryce  Carroll,   Mrs    M.   L.  Mason,  James  H.  Gamble,  John 

Babb,  I..  W.  Brock,  James  L.  Gibson,  directors. 

h   Conway  ,y  Mount  Kearsarge  railroad    was  organized   in  April, 

85,   with    a    capita]  stock  of  $400,000.     The    first   board    of   directors  was: 

•v   w-   Pease  and   Lycurgus    Pitman,  of    North    Conway;    J.  E.  Manning,  of 

M.  C.  Wentworth,  of  Jackson;  William  Wheeler,  of  Concord,  Mass. 

>were:   X.   \\ .  Pease,  president ;   William  Wheeler,  vice-president; 

treasurer;    Lycurgus   Pitman,    clerk;    George  E.  Mansfield, 

tion  of  the  railroad  to  the  summit  of  Mt  Washington  proved 


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such  a  profitable  Investmenl  that  several  mountain  railroads  have  been  built 
in  Europe  and  South  America  with  gratifying  financial  results.  It  will  not 
be  many  years  before  a  number  of  the  mountain  peaks  of  New  England  will 
be  ascended  by  these  mads.  The  North  Conway  &  Mount  Kearsarge  railroad 
will  lie  of  immense  advantage  to  the  people  of  Chatham  and  country  farther 
north  as  ;i  means  of  communication  and  an  outlet  for  the  immense  lumber 
and  granite  product  of  thai  section,  while  the  mountain  division  will  afford 
to  thousands  one  of  the  fines!   panoramas  of  scenery  in   the  state. 

Railroad  Stations.  -The  Portland  &  Ogdensburgh  railroad,  under 
its  management  by  the  Maine  Centralis  receiving  much  attention.  A  Large 
addition  hits  been  made  to  the  North  Conway  station,  which  is  now  an  elegant 
building  with  stained-glass  windows,  the  interior  of  native  woods  finished 
with  oil,  and  a  marble-topped  fountain  in  the  ladies'  waiting-room,  .lames  L. 
Gibson  has  been  station  agent  since  1876,  and  is  a  courteous  and  capable 
official.  The  Boston  &  .Maine  station  is  roomy  and  pleasant,  and  of  an  odd 
Persian,  or  Muscovite,  architecture.  The  large  clock  facing  the  village  is  an 
ornament  as  well  as  a  thing  of  use.  The  station  agent,  Charles  J.  Poole, 
is  pleasantly  remembered  by  the  summer  travelers  for  his  many  acts  of  court- 
esy. He  has  been  in  office  since  the  opening  of  the  road.  He  is  also  agent 
of  the  American  Express  Company. 

There  are  two  physicians,  one  lawyer,  a  taxidermist,  a  public  library,  a 
circulating  library,  and  various  business  houses.  It  is,  however,  and  will  ever 
be,  chiefly  a  summer  resort,  and  its  hotels  by  far  the  largest  business  factor. 

HOTELS. —  In  TS25,  when  a  few  summer  visitors  began  to  come  hitherward, 
the  taverns  along  the  upper  Saco  from  Thomas  Crawford's  Noteh  House  were 
the  little  Willey  House,  Abel  Crawford's  Mt  Crawford  House,  Samuel  Still- 
ings's  and  Obed  Hall's  taverns  at  Upper  Bartlett,  the  Meserves'  East  Branch 
House  on  the  site  of  Pitman  Brothers'  elegant  hotel  bearing  the  same  name, 
S.  W.  Thompson's  small  tavern  where  now  stands  the  Kearsarge,  Daniel 
Eastman's  Washington  House,  now  the  Cliff,  the  McMillan  House,  Thomas 
Abbott's  Pequawket  House  at  Conway  village,  and  Benjamin  Osgood's  at 
Black  Cat.  From  1825  occasional  travelers  came  to  see  the  mountains,  but 
not  till  late  into  the  thirties  did  people  come  to  pass  the  season.  At  that 
time  the  three  hamlets  of  Conway  were  but  little  dots  along  the  pleasant 
winding  roads,  with  Conway  Corner  as  the  starting-point  of  stages  for  various 
places,  and  the  development  of  accommodations  for  pleasure-seekers  is  best 
given   in  the  history  of  the  various  hotels. 

Kfurxarge  House.  —  The  creation  of  North  Conway  as  a  central  point  of 
summer  travel  is  due  largely  to  Samuel  W.  Thompson,  son  of  Jonathan.  He 
succeeded  to  the  lands  of  his  father,  and  in  1825  carried  the  mail  from  Conway 
to  Littleton  on  horseback  once  a  week.  The  route  was  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Saco,  and  was  continued  in  this  manner  for  four  years,  when  a  two-horse  team 


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[n  1837  Conway  Corner  was  the  great  centre  of  all  stage  lines, 
house  as  a  tavern,  and  established  an  opposition 
and  to  Fabyan's.     In  three  years'  time  he  had  made  North 
shed  terminus  of  the  route,  and  started  a  line  from  North 
..,,  1 1,, use.1     This  line  he  conducted  until  the  opening  of  the 
,,,1  lV  Ogdensburgh  railroad.     The  same  year  he  met  the  artists  Champ- 
nd    Kensett   on    Sebago   lake.     They   were   contemplating  a  trip  to  the 
mtaiD  region,  and  he  persuaded   them  to  come  to  North  Conway,  and  the 
,,,  artists  and  painters  made  his  house  their  home.     He  made 
ent  with  them  to  board  them  for  a  low  price,  carry  their  dinners  to 
them,  and  they  were  to  put  -North  Conway"  on  their  sketches,  and  through 
a  this  place  acquired  celebrity  and  attracted  tourists.     Mr  Thompson,  in 
i,  enlarged  his  house  to  accommodate   from  thirty  to  forty  guests,  cut  a 
bridle-path   to   the   top  of  Mount    Kearsarge,   and  named  his  house  from  the 
mountain.     On  his  sign  and  carriages  he  first  spelled  the  name  "  Kiarsarge," 
hut   a  meeting  of  the  oldest   inhabitants  decided  that  the  name  was  properly 
..  k,  ibatis,  the  old  Pequawket  Indian,  gave  the  Indian  name  as 

/^  .  ,  ,  ,:  A, .  irsock.  Mrs  Fox,  who  gave  the  name  to  the  historic  war-vessel 
that  sunk  the  Alabama,  came  to  Mr  Thompson's  house  in  delicate  health.  She 
.i  Mr  Thompson's  personal  services  to  aid  her  in  an  ascent  of  the  moun- 
tain, and  received  ma  iked  benefit  from  the  trip  ;  and  it  was  repeated.  She  said 
she  had  these  ascents  in  mind  when  she  named  the  vessel. 

Mr  Thompson  enlarged  the  Kearsarge  four  times  to  meet  the  increasing 
influx  of  visitors.     The  Last  was  in  1871,  when  a  stock  company  was  formed, 
and    th-'    Kearsarge    as    it    is    to-day    was    erected,   costing    (with    furniture) 
,000.     It   was  opened  June  11',   1<S7-J,  and  has  accommodations  for   from 
two  hundred   and    fifty   to  three  hundred  guests.     With  each  •  addition,  new 
improvements  were  introduced,  new-  features  became  part  of  the  great  establish- 
ment, until  now,  in  the  heighl  of  summer  season,  it  is  the  leading  hotel,  and  a 
:  emporium  of  business,  with  its  large  parlors,  retinue  of  servants,  electric 
ind  stands  of  various  articles  of  merchandise.      Until  1878  the  Kear- 
was  (.p.-n  all  the  year:  since  then  it  has  been  a  summer  hotel.     S.  W. 
Thompson  conducted  it  until  1873,  when  Thompson,  Son  &  Andrews  succeeded 
him.     S.   W.  X   S.   I).   Thompson  were  the  next  proprietors,  keeping  it  until 
L881.     S.  \V.  Thompson  then  ran  it  two  years,  when  the  firm  became  Thomp- 
Schoff.     Mr  Alfred  Schoff,  who  is  also  proprietor  of  the  Mansion  House, 
field,  Mass..  has  been  manager  since  1887. 
\   Conway  House.  —  Nathaniel   R.    Mason  was  the  pioneer  of  summer 
\  small,  one-story  house  of  ten  rooms  was  remodeled  and  enlarged 

.id  off  the  mall  routes  'which  he  was  instrumental  in  establishing)  from  Meredith  to 
."  to  No, -ih  Conway,  and  Portland  to  North  Conway.     From  this  time  North  Conway  has 
region. 


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ami  opened  as  the  North  Conway  House  about  1850.  It  was  then  of  its 
present  proportions.  Mr  Mason  continued  as  landlord  of  this  house  until 
L 881,  when  Mahlon  L.  Mason,  his  son,  used  it  as  a  lodging-house  in  connection 
with  the  Sunset  Pavilion  for  a  year.  In  L882  Freeman  II.  Mason,  son  of 
Nathaniel,  became  proprietor  of  the  hotel,  hut  died  in  :i  few  months.  His  suc- 
cessor was  Levi  -I.  Ricker,  who  Leased  the  property  of  Mis  P.  II.  Mason,  and 
still  conducts  it.  This  is  the  only  hotel  in  North  Conwaj  open  the  whole  year. 
It  is  centrally  Located,  accommodates  one  hundred  guests,  and  has  a  generous 
patronage  in  winter  as  well  as  in  summer.  Mr  Kicker  was  horn  in  Maine,  of 
Carroll  county  parentage,  commenced  hotel  life  as  steward  of  the  Kearsarge 

House,  and  is  extensively  known  as  a  pleasant  and  courteous  landlord.  In 
L889  Mr  Ricker  transformed  the  old  Washington  House  into  the  Cliff, 
furnished  it  with  new  furniture,  and  uses  it  as  an  adjunct  to  the  North 
Conway  House.  No  liner  views  can  be  shown  than  are  presented  from  the 
Cliff. 

The  Sunset  Pavilion  was  built  in  18G9  by  Frank  L.  and  Mahlon  L.  Mason 
with  sixteen  rooms  for  guests.  Two  years  later  they  erected  Mason's  Hotel 
on  Main  street,  north  of  the  park.  They  soon  divided  their  property,  Frank 
taking  Mason's  Hotel  (which  was  burned  in  1882),  and  Mahlon  the  Pavilion, 
of  which  he  has  remained  proprietor.  The  Sunset  Pavilion  has  been  enlarged 
and  improved,  accommodates  one  hundred  and  fifty  guests,  and  is  one  of  the 
successful  hotels  of  the  mountain  region.  No  hotel  in  the  White  Mountains 
has  a  more  beautiful  situation.  It  is  built  on  the  famous  "Sunset  Bank," 
which  forms  the  western  wall  of  the  plateau  overlooking  the  intervales  of 
thi'  Saeo,  on  which,  sheltered  by  the  mountains,  rests  North  Conway  village. 
Its  ample  lawn  of  about  five  acres,  shaded  with  elm,  maple,  and  halm  of 
( J  dead  trees,  is  one  of  its  charms.  A  piazza  twelve  feet  wide  and  three 
hundred  feet  long  surrounds  the  hotel.  There  is  pure  running  water  on  each 
story,  electric  bells,  bathroom,  and  large,  light,  and  pleasant  chambers.  The 
music  hall,  built  in  1887,  is  unique.  It  is  a  separate  building  sixty  by  thirty 
feet  in  size,  open  to  the  roof,  and  makes  a  delightful  concert  and  dancing 
room,  and  keeps  the  hilarity  of  young  people  from  disturbing  quiet-loving 
guests. 

Bellevue  Mouse.  —  Some  years  ago  John  A.  Barnes  was  keeping  a  few 
guests  in  a  cottage  not  far  from  the  present  Bellevue  House.  Selling  this, 
he  found  a  site  from  which  a  most  charming  landscaj)e  was  seen,  and  con- 
structed the  Bellevue.  In  a  very  short  time  it  had  attained  a  high  degree 
of  popularity,  and  this  it  has  retained  under  the  administration  of  Mr  Barnes, 
one  of  Conway's  most  energetic  and  capable  men,  and  his  sons  Fred,  George, 
and  Dennis.  Mr  Barnes  died  in  August,  1889.  The  character  of  the  house 
will  be  continued  after  the  model  of  the  past.  "There  are  sufficient  reasons 
for  the  Bellevue's  great  popularity.     It  is  charmingly  situated,  —  a 'beautiful 


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is.  from  the  top  of  the  little  slope  on  which  the 
cozy  and  homelike  and  pretty,  for  the  Barnes  Brothers 
D  the  art  of  house  decoration,  and  the  society  there  is  always 
;  |,v  year  the  rooms  are  in  more  demand.*' 

-Some  years  since  one  of  North  Conway's   enterprising 

Eastmau,  the  present  proprietor,  conceived  the  idea  that  a  hotel 

little  way  off  from    the  village  street"  would  please  a  desirable  class  of 

ns,  and  the  realization  of  that   idea  is  this  pretty  hotel  which  carries  the 

its  builder.     "This  cozy  Little  hotel   has  always  been  a  favorite  with 

h  Conway's  visitors.     It   is  admirably  kept,  and  enjoys  the  reputation  of 

fiue  people  as  its  guests.     Its  location  has  had  much  to  do  with   its 

On   Kearsarge  street   it  is  much  quieter  than  on  Main  street,"  and 

3   ;   llse  of  undisturbed  rest   is  secured  to  its  guests,  with  all  the 

Bomfoj  well-ordered  home.     It   is  arranged  for  one  hundred  guests. 

Falls    House.  —  Long  years   ago  the    capacious    farmhouse   where 

the  Artists'   Falls  House  was  much  enjoyed  as   a   stopping-place 

sts  whose  deft   pencils  found   many  subjects    of  bewitching   beauty  in 

Tien  down  which  poms  the  cascade  christened  Artists'  Falls.     "Far  from 

the  madding  crowd,"  the  place  in  its  restful  beauty  attracted  more  and  more, 

and    the    farmhouse  was    transformed   to    a  summer   hotel.     It   rests   in   soft 

repose   on   a  little    plaza   in    the    midst    of   towering   elms.     Under   the    kind 

attentions  of    Mr   and   Mrs   Augustus   Eastman,  it  has  often  been  filled  with 

pleased  guests,  and  its  wide  doors  swing  open  every  summer  for  the  reception 

of  those   who  appreciate  its  manifest  advantages.     Mr    Eastman    is    grandson 

of  Deacon  Jonathan   Eastman. 

'/    Millan    House.    -The  lovely  and  attractive  location  of  the  site  for  his 

residence  made  by  the  gallant  Colonel  Andrew  McMillan  has  been  from  the 

first  a  public  resort,  and  enjoys  the  prestige  of  being  the  site  of  the  first  hotel 

North  Conway,  for  the  doors  of  the  Colonel's  mansion  were  early  thrown 

>pen  to  guests.     "This  oldtime  inn  stands  beneath  stately  elms  in  the  lower 

part  of  North  Conway,  and,  with  its  broad,  green    lawns,  magnificent  views, 

and    other   attractions."    keeps    its    ancient    reputation    well.     After    Colonel 

M    Millan's  son  Gilbert  had  kept  it  for  years,  his  son  John  became  proprietor, 

and    with    his    keen    wit,    racy   stories,  and    hearty  cordiality,   was    a    general 

rite.     In    ls^''>    Frank    S.   Hummer   became    the  owner.     His  father  was 

itor  of  the   Bear  Camp   River  House  at  West  Ossipee,  and  Frank  has 

ich    experience    in    hotel-keeping.     With   the    fine    English    character 

[rounds  and  the  lovely  prospects   stretching   away  on    eveiy  side,  the 

to  tarry  here  are  many  and   potent.      It  has  large  piazzas  overlook- 

md  its  scenery.     Seventy-five  guests  are  accommodated. 

-This  was  built  by  Melvin   Seavey  for  a   boarding-house. 
urchased  it  in   1864,   named  it  Randall  House,   and   has 


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conducted  it  as  a  summer  hotel.  It  is  centrally  located  and  can  accommodate 
fifty  guests.  Mr.  Randall's  father,  George  K.,  formerly  lived  in  Jackson.  His 
sons,  .lames  T.  and  N.  Randal],  were  merchants  of  Fryeburg,  and  in  1870 
occupied  the  McMillan  stoic,  while  erecting  the  one  occupied  by  L.  W.  Brock. 
They  removed  their  stock  thither  in  1872,  and  were  in  trade  ten  years. 

Moat  Mountain  House,  opened  quite  a  number  of  years  since  by  Thomas 
('.  Eastman,  son  of   Thomas  and  grandson  of    Deacon    Abiathar   Eastman,  is 

the  farthest  east  of  North  ('oiiway's  hotels.  It  LS  the  observation  point  of 
many  lovely  hits  of  scenery,  while  over  the  long  reaches  of  ('on way's  inter- 
vales towers  tln>  mighty  range  of  Mote  mountain,  looking  like  Syrian  hills 
of  the  far  East,  sad.  solemn,  bewitching,  and  tenderly  beautiful.  No  wonder 
that  this  cozy  retreat  should  have  become  a  favorite  resting-place  of  artists 
and  lovers  of  art. 

Past  \\i>  Present  Business  Men  and  Interests.  —  The  first  mer- 
chant of  the  town  was  Colonel  Andrew  McMillan.  He  was,  as  early  as  1776, 
the  town  weigher  and  receiver  of  goods  presented  in  payment  of  taxes,  and 
in  the  storehouse  he  built  for  these  articles  he  soon  had  a  stock  of  the  essential 
articles  of  use  in  these  days  for  sale.  These  were  principally  broadcloth,  salt, 
nails,  glass,  axes,  molasses,  and  rum,  and  for  payment  he  received  peltry  of  all 
kinds,  pot  and  pearl  ashes,  labor,  and  not  much  money.  This  store  was  across 
the  road  from  the  McMillan  House,  and  was  kept  by  Andrew,  and  later,  by 
his  son  Gilbert,  who  closed  it  prior  to  1825.  In  1849  John  McMillan,  son  of 
Gilbert,  erected  the  house  where  he  now  lives,  and  traded  there  until  1859, 
when  he  sold  his  stock  to  Simon  L.  Strout.  The  building  was  later  occupied 
for  brief  periods  by  various  parties. 

Near  the  McMillan  House,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  are  the 
beautiful  cottage  and  studio  of  one  of  America's  prominent  artists,  Benjamin 
Champney,  whose  talent,  with  that  of  his  companion  artists,  has  given  North 
Conway  imperishable  fame.  He  has  been  a  resident  here  for  over  thirty -five 
years,  and  his  studio  is  visited  by  thousands.  It  is  one  of  the  centres  of 
attraction  of  the  town. 

The  Whites'  photographic  studio  near  the  Episcopal  church  is  also  much 
visited  in  summer.  Their  specialties  are  photographic  views  of  scenery  and 
transparencies.  They  have  the  true  artistic  spirit,  and  their  work  is  radiant 
with  beauty. 

Tobias  Hanson  was  in  trade  for  many  years  opposite  the  Washington 
House.  He  was  followed  by  his  son,  Tobias  A.  Hanson.  John  C.  Davis  was 
in  trade  opposite  the  North  Conway  House  for  many  years.  His  son,  N.  S. 
Davis,  succeeded  him,  and  moved  his  stock  to  the  store  so  long  occupied  by 
him,  near  the  Portland  &  Ogdenslmrgh  railroad  station.  He  was  in  trade  until 
his  death  in  1877. 

Frank  H.  Mason,  after  the  burning  of  his  hotel,  conducted  a  livery  and 


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in  a  store  opposite  the  North  Conway  House.     He 

1887,  when  he  leased  the   store  to   Wener  Brothers.     In 

[rned,  but  lias  been  rebuilt,     He  still  keeps  a  livery. 

,    Dative  of  Cornish,   Maine,  established  himserf  as  a 

specialties  were  making  views  and   portrait 

block   for  photograph  rooms  and  offices  in  1866,  and 

stock  of  souvenir  goods  and  other  novelties  for  sale,  and  a  large 

photographs  of  scenery.     He  has  built  up  a  fine  business. 

stman  from  the  first  quarter  of  the  century  to  1837,  and  William 
,:,,,  from  L844   for  a  succession  of  years,  traded  in  the  store  now  the 
ment-house  north  of  the  Washington  House. 

P      i  Chandler  built  a  small  store  on  the  site  of  the  one  where  George  V. 

traan  trai  >rl\  as  1815  or  1820,  and  conducted  business  alone  and  in 

ompany  with  J.  Chandler  for  years.     Moses  and  Isaac  Chandler  were  also  in 

trade  here  biter,  and  were  followed  by  Simon  Seavey,  William  and  Francis  S. 

ndler.     In  1859  Charles  II.  Whitaker  began  merchandising  and  was  here 

,    ra<     ||,     was   succeeded  by    Rev.    B.  D.    Eastman,   "  Durgin,"  he  was 

ed,  and  here  the  postoffice  was  kept.     After  the  death  of  Mr  Eastman,  his 

V.  Eastman,  the  present  proprietor,  continued  the  business.     He 

is  pleasant,  courteous,  and  obliging,  is  aufait  not  only  in  supplying  your  needs 

in  tl  ,.  stationery,  and  variety  lines,  but  in  that  of  flies,  fishing-tackle, 

while  his  knowledge  of  the  kind  and  quality  of  the  finny  tribe  of  various 

localities  is  almost  a  science. 

Miss  G.  Wilson  and  Miss  M.  E.  Goodwin  have  carried  on  the  millinery  and 

fancy  g Is  business  I'm- nearly  twenty  years  in  North  Conway.     In  the  spring 

388  they  moved  into  the  store  on  Main  street  which  they  now  occupy  in 

n  block. 
J.    W.    Nash,   taxidermist,   has  a  fine   collection   of  stuffed   and    mounted 
animals,  birds,  etc.,  on  exhibition  and  for  sale  in  Boston  block. 

W.   Barker,  a   native  of  Boston,  came  to  North  Conway  in   1859, 

scl  the  place  of  Henry  Emerson  on  Main  street,   and  engaged  in  the 

and   confectionery  business.     After  conducting  this  with  success  until 

1877,  he  ■rcctcd  the  building  now  occupied  by  him,  and  filled  it  with  a  stock  of 

tl  merchandise,  including  paints,  oils,  etc.     This  year  he  has  transformed 

ad  Btory  into  a  hall  for  public  purposes.     This  is  thirty-six  feet  square, 

lighted.     Mi  Barker  has  been  in  trade  longer  than  any  other  merchant 

in  town. 

'■•  W.   Brock,  a  native  of  Vermont,  a  soldier  in  the  Fifteenth  Vermont 

Civil   War  (participating  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  as 

as  after  the  war  in  mercantile  life  in  Boston  until  1871,  when 

Conway  and  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  G.  F.  Walker 

raders.     In  1879  he  bought  the  entire  business,  removed 


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it  to  the  Randall  store,  nearly  opposite  the  North  Conway  House,  and  is  now 
in  trade  there. 

Elbridge  Gr.  Merrill  began  trade  at  Kearsarge  Village,  and  removed  in  18(50 
to  North  Conway,  where  he  now  is  a  dealer  in  crockery  and  glassware. 

The  Pitman  drug-store  was  opened  by  Lycurgus  Pitman  at  North  Conway 
in  the  winter  of  1870  in  the  building  now  the  Merrill  store.  In  1872  he  bjiilt 
the  house  now  occupied  by  him  as  residence  and  store  on  Main  street  opposite 
the  park,  and  has  since  conducted  business  here.  A  portion  of  the  time  the 
firm  has  been  L.  &  J.  IP  Pitman.  This  establishment  shows  much  taste  in 
both  its  exterior  and  interior,  [t  is  the  only  drug-store  of  easy  access  to  the 
White  Mountain  and  Saeo  Valley  houses,  and  has  telephonic  connection  with 
most  of  them. 

George  D.  Burbank  came  from  Boston  in  1884  and  has  been  in  business 
since  as  a  watchmaker  and  jeweler  in  the  Barker  store,  where  he  also  deals  in 
watches,  clocks,  jewelry,  etc. 

The  Masonic  building  was  built  in  1874  at  a  cost  of  86,000.  In  1888  it  was 
thoroughly  repaired  and  refitted  at  an  expense  of  $3,500.  The  first  floor  is 
occupied  by  Rieker  &  Keves  (traders  and  dealers  in  boots  and  shoes),  the 
public  library,  and  the  law  office  of  F.  B.  Osgood.  "Citizens'  Hall"  embraces 
the  second  story,  and  the  third  contains  lodge-room,  banqueting-room,  kitchen, 
etc.     The  lodge-room  is  as  finely  arranged  and  furnished  as  any  in  the  state. 

"The  Intervale,  two  miles  north  of  North  Conway,  is  a  small  summer 
village  on  the  shelf  above  the  great  intervale  of  the  Saco,  from  which  it 
derives  its  name.  In  the  vicinity  are  the  pleasant  villas  of  James  Schouler, 
the  historian;  Melancthon  M.  Hurd,  the  publisher;  the  Rev.  Dr  Curry;  Mr 
W.  Eliot  Fette,  of  Boston ;  Dr  John  Worcester,  the  well-known  New-Church 
divine :  the  palatial  Bigelow  place,  and  others.  This  secluded  vernal  colony 
is  one  of  the  most  charming  localities  in  the  mountain  region,  with  its  days 
of  perpetual  repose,  its  dry  and  bracing  air,  and  its  unrivaled  views  over 
the  intervale  and  the  mountains." 

Intervale  House.  —  Stephen  Mudgett,  born  December  29,  1818,  came  from 
Jackson  in  1857  and  bought  the  Samuel  Willey  farm,  and  opened  the  Pine 
Grove  House  in  1860.  This  was  burned  and  rebuilt  during  the  war.  In 
L872  he  sold  the  farm  to  E.  B.  Bigelow,  and  the  same  day  purchased  the 
Intervale  House  of  W.  H.  H.  Trickey,  who  had  erected  it  about  1860.  This 
was  the  homestead  of  Colonel  Elijah  Dinsmore,  and  a  one-story  road-tavern 
had  been  kept  here  in  the  teaming  days.  In  1873  Mr  Mudgett  enlarged  and 
improved  the  Intervale  House  and  put  in  a  complete  system  of  drainage. 
In  1883  a  large  wing,  forty  by  eighty-five  feet  in  size,  three  stories  high,  and 
a  one-story  wing  of  forty  feet  square  were  blown  down  when  nearly  completed, 
and  rebuilt  the  same  season.  Since  1872  Frank  A.  and  Herbert  S.,  sons  of 
Mr   Mudgett,  have   been   associated   with   him,  the  firm   being   S.  Mudgett   & 


Histor?   <>F   Carroll  County. 


I,,    ■  msive   improvements  were   made  in  the  hotel;  the  office 

md  now  occupies  the  entire   front;  office,  parlors,  billiard  and 

iave    large,   open    fireplaces   to    temper   the   atmosphere   of 

are   Lofty,  well   lighted,  and  airy,   and   a  broad   piazza 

five  hundred   feet  around  the  house.     Two  hundred  and  fifty 

ccommodated  at   the  hotel  and  adjacent  cottages.     The  view 

the  [ntervale  is  one  of  the  loveliest  in  New  England. 

The  Boston  vV.   Maine  makes  summer  connections  with  the  Maine  Central 

,1  the  lovely  station  now  building  will  be  an  ornament.     Mr  Mudgett 

:.     He  is  also  postmaster,  the  office  being  kept  at  the  Intervale 

Hou  wild  Cottage,  Dinsmore  Brothers,  proprietors,  and  Mrs  S.  D.  Pen- 

dexter'8  summer   boarding-house,  and    the   store    of  R.  W.  Weeks,  who  was 

tmaster  under  President   Cleveland,  are  the  other  business  houses  in  this 

t"\S  M. 

rsarge   Village  is  the  name  given   to  the  little  settlement  in   the 

what   elevated    valley  of    Kesaugh   brook,1   in  front   of  which   rises    Mt 

•  •  in  lull  prospect.     lis  altitude  is  from  seventy-five  to  two  hundred 

above   the  village  of  North   Conway.     The  drainage  is  perfect,  and  all 

the  conditions  of  healthful  living  would  seem  to  be  present.     The  early  name 

•  Hardscrabble,"  from  the  fact  that  the  settlers  were  poor,  and  that  many 

of   the    dwellings    were    occupied    by   laborers   and   were    log   houses    of   the 

in"  variety.     Joseph  Loud   and  Samuel  Rogers  were  here   before    1790. 

it  by  year,  honest  toil  brought  more  and  more  the    enjoyments 

of   life;    other   settlers  came   in,  more  plentifully  provided  with   means,   and 

furnished    labor    for   the   spare   time   of   the   earlier  settlers,  so   that  by  1820 

a  happy,  if  humble,  community  dwelt  in  the  little  vale  at  the  foot  of  the  giant 

sarge. 

Amos  Barnes  built  a  sawmill  in  1820  on  Mill  brook,  on  the  present  site 

of   [saac    Chase's  wagon  and   carriage  factory.     In   a   few  years   he   sold  this 

to  Jonathan  Seavey.     A  short  time  after  this  it  was  carried  off  by  a  freshet. 

In  1884  Isaac  T.  Merrill  and  Alonzo  W.  Barnes  built  a  sawmill  on  Mill  brook 

i   directly  in  front  of  "The  Ridge."     After  a  partnership  of  nine  years 

Mr    Merrill   became  sole  proprietor.     He   sold   it,  and,  after   having  various 

owners,  it   was  torn  down  in  April,  1889.     Jacob  Chase  came  from  Concord 

aboul   L825,and  conducted  a  clothmill  on  Artists' Falls  brook,  less  than  half 

lile   from   the   county  road.     Later,  about  1834,  he  erected  a  wagon-shop 

1    Kearsarge    \  illage.     This  he  conducted   many  years,  and  the   business  is 

*  carried  on  as  a  wagon  and  carriage  factory  by  his  son  Isaac.     There  are 

ral  workmen  employed  here. 

-  derived  from  the  same  Algonquin  words  as  is  the  name  of  the  mountain  on  which 
tream, '«  born  of  the  hill  that  first  shakes  hands  with  the  morning  light,"  in  silver 
the  truthfulness  of  the  appellation  of  Kearsarge  as  well  as  Kesaugh.    This  lovely 
i   '  bear  i ther  name  than  Kesaugh. 


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Kearsarge  postoffice  was  established  in  1889  with  Lester  Barnes  post- 
master.    Grace  Chapel  (Episcopal),  about  twenty-five   by  forty  feet  in   size, 

was   built  some    \  e;irs   since. 

But  it  is  not  manufacturing  that  lias  given  life  to  the  little  village.  The 
exquisite  clearness  of  the  atmosphere,  the  delightful  coolness  of  its  summer 
days,  the  proximity  of  the  towering  Kearsarge  and  Green  Hills,  a  gentle 
landscape,  soft  and  enjoyable,  stretching  down  the  little  valley  like  a  dream 
of  the  future,  a  feeling  of  exclusiveness,  as  if  the  world  were  far  away,  —  all 
these  and  the  joyous  sense  of  restfulness  early  called  a  few  visitors  to  the 
rural  farmhouses  where  cream  and  eggs  abounded.  It  was  first  invaded  by 
the  advance  of  the  throng  of  summer  boarders  in  1840;  perhaps  a  tew  were 
earlier  here. 

Merrill  II<>usr.  Nearly  fifty  years  ago,  Isaac  E.  Merrill,  a  farmer,  was 
requested  by  a  few  artists  to  take  them  to  board,  and  he  consented  if  they 
would  accommodate  themselves  to  his  farmhouse  fare.  They  agreed  to  this, 
and  were  given  good  milk,  cream,  eggs,  etc.,  at  the  extravagant  [nice  of  two 
dollars  per  week  each.  The  artists  were  pleased,  reported  the  condition  of 
affairs  to  their  appreciative  friends,  and  the  Merrill  House  was  ever  after  a 
house  of  entertainment.  Year  by  year  additions  were  made  to  provide  for 
an  increasing  number  of  guests,  and  after  his  death  the  neat  establishment  was 
conducted  by  Sumner  C.  Hill  until  1888,  when  II.  W.  &  F.  W.  Russell  pur- 
chased it,  and  conduct  it  in  connection  with  the  popular  Russell  cottages. 
It   accommodates  fifty  persons. 

The  Orient  II<>nse  was  built  by  Amos  Barnes  as  a  one-story  house  in  1815, 
and  occupied  by  him  as  a  dwelling  until  his  death  in  1840.  His  son  Alonzo 
inherited  it,  and  a  few  years  later  began  to  take  boarders,  enlarging  the  house 
by  raising  it  a  story  and  adding  an  L.  He  sold  it  to  Levi  Wheeler  in  1861. 
Mr  Wheeler  christened  it  the  Orient.  It  is  now  conducted  by  Mr  Wheeler  and 
his  son,  and  has  accommodations  for  forty  guests.  This  has  a  most  beautiful 
location  at  a  high  elevation,  and  cannot  fail  to  please  those  who  desire  pure  air 
and  healthful  surroundings.  Every  room  in  the  house  commands  extensive 
views  of  the  Intervale  woods  and  the  mountain  ranges. 

The  Ridge. —  Away  bail;  "before  the  war"  Alonzo  Barnes  built  a  one- 
story  house  as  a  private  residence  on  the  ground  now  forming  the  lawn  in  front 
of  the  Ridge.  In  1860  he  sold  this  to  his  brother  Albert,  who  enlarged  it 
and  opened  it  as  a  boarding-house.  As  they  were  demanded,  other  enlarge- 
ments were  made  until  from  forty  to  fifty  guests  could  be  cared  for.  Hiram 
H.  Dow,  son-in-law  of  Mr  Barnes,  became  associated  with  him  in  its  manage- 
ment, and  in  188  ">  they  removed  the  house  quite  a  distance  to  the  top  of  the 
rocky  hill,  transformed  it  into  a  first-class  hotel  with  all  modern  conveniences, 
and  called  it  the  Ridge.  It  has  rooms  for  one  hundred  guests,  has  lovely 
views  from  its  extended  piazzas,  perfect  natural  drainage,  and  a  wide  extent 


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the  most  commanding  object  in  Kearsarge  Village,,  and  this  year 

3  I  -en  added  of  much  larger  capacity. 

Maine  and  New  Hampshire  Granite  Company,  incorpo- 

in    .Maine   in    1886,   look    the    preliminary   steps   toward 

the  magnificent  granite  of  Conway  by  purchasing  fifty-eight  divis- 

proprietors'  "common  lots,"  supposed  to  contain  one  hundred 

v  partially  on  the   famous  "Green   Hills,"  long  known  to 

,r  quality  ..f  granite.     Mr  George  W.  Wagg,  president  of  the 

from  its  organization  in  1885,  lias  given  his  personal  attention  to  the 

ind  conducting  of  these  quarries.     In  the  fall  of  1886  the  first  stone 

M    out,   and    consisted    of    paving-stones   and    building-stone    for  the 

!,   railroad  station  at    Portland.     From  that  time  there  has  been  a  steady 

ind  tor  this  granite,  and  a  valuable  addition  is  shown  to  have  been  added 

t<.  the  enterprises  of  the  town.     A  cutting-yard  has  been  located  at  the  quar- 

from  which  a  side  track  of  a   mile   in   length  runs  to   the  Maine  Central 

railroad,  which  created  a  new  station,  "  Redstone,"  for  their  benefit  in  1888. 

iffice  of  the  same   name  was  established  in   March,  1889.     They  also 

have  telegraph  and  express  offices,  and  a  nucleus  of  a  thriving  village  is  now 

in  existence.     F.  W.  Hersey  is  station  and  express  agent.     There  are  two  varie- 

of    the  granite,  both    apparently   inexhaustible,    particularly    adapted  to 

building  purposes,  and  of  the  best  quality.     One  is  a  pink  or  red  stone,  the 

other  a  green  variety.    Since  opening  the  quarries  they  have  furnished  build- 

jtoue  for  some  of  the  finest  business  blocks  in  the  country,  including  the 

Union    station    before    alluded     to;    Houghton  &    Dutton's    block,   Boston; 

the  Northwestern    Loan  and  Guaranty  Company's  magnificent  new  building, 

.Minneapolis,  Minn.  :  and  the  building  in  Portland  for  the  general  offices  of  the 

Maine    Central    railroad.     Besides    this   they    are    making    from    1,500,000  to 

L,700,000  paving-blocks  annually,  the  greater  part  of  them  going  to  New  York 

city.     During-    the  winter   of    1888-89    the    company  shipped    daily  from    six 

to  nine  cars  of  fifteen  tons  each,  employed  nearly  300  men,  and  paid  out  for 

labor  112,000  a  month.     The  red  stone  is  remarkable  for  its  rich  color  and   for 

s  proportion  of  opalescent   crystals  of    feldspar.      In    appearance    it  closely 

nobles  the  lamed   Egyptian  sienite,  is  easily  quarried,  dressed,  and  sawn, 

high   polish,  is  very  durable,  and  equally  well  adapted  to  every  form 

of  use,  rough  or  ornamental. 

i  i    CONWAV  is  a  little  village  which,  by  reason  of  its  proximity  to 

II-  11-  <  otton's  manufacturing-  establishment  and  the  quarries  of  Redstone,  is 

i  solid  and  prosperous  appearance.     Here  are  located  the  town-house, 

tapel,  a  schoolhouse,  two  mercantile  houses,  a  lawyer's  office,   the 

House,  and  several  tradesmen.     The  station  of  the  Maine  Central  has 

moved  from  its  former  location  one  mile  west,  and  rebuilt  in  a 

W.  R.  Burnell  is  station  and  express  agent.     The  site  of  the 


Town    of    Conwav.  893 


village  is  a  level,  sandy  plain,  well  calculated  lor  building  purposes,  with  a 
quick  soil  for  gardening. 

The  outlet  of  Walker's  pond,  where  the  large  manufactory  of  II.  B.  Cotton 
now  stands,  is  one  of  the  finest  water  privileges  to  be  found,  and  has  been  used 
since  I77:>,  when  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  embracing  the  privilege,  and  fifty 
acres  on  each  side  of  the  stream  and  pond  were  granted  to  Timothy  Walker, 
who  at  once  erected  both  grisl  and  saw  mills.  Aboul  L795  the  property  passed 
into  the  ownership  <>t'  Colonel  Thomas  Cutts,  of  Saco,  who  put  up  a  clothing- 
mill  and  iron  works  to  manufacture  the  hog  ore  found  on  the  Benjamin  Collin 
farm  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Saco.  The  iron  works  did  not  prove  remuner- 
ative, and  were  abandoned,  the  property  lying  idle  until  1838,  when  Benjamin 
Gould  constructed  saw  and  grist  mills.  He  sold  to  Jonathan  T.  Chase,  who 
built  a  separate  gristmill  of  greater  capacity.  Judge  Chase  gave  the  property 
to  his  son  and  son-in-law,  Hiram  C.  Abbott,  and  Abhott  soon  became  sole 
owner.  The  dam  went  out  and  Abbott  sold  the  plant  to  Hastings,  Tibbetts  & 
Allen,  of  Fryeburg,  who  rebuilt  the  dam.  Cotton  &  Cummings  purchased  the 
property  about  ten  years  ago  and  built  a  box  and  heading  factory.  Mr  Cotton 
soon  became  sole  owner,  and  has  manifested  great  enterprise  and  ability,  and 
built  up  a  valuable  and  remunerative  business,  to  which  he  is  constantly 
adding.  He  soon  built  a  shovel-handle  factory  for  George  W.  Russell,  of 
Norway,  Maine,  who  carried  this  on  for  some  years.  Mr  Cotton  owns  much 
land,  and  extensively  manufactures  boxes,  piano  boxes,  piano  boards,  and  piano 
frames.  He  employs  from  twenty-five  to  thirty  men,  and  deals  largely  in  flour, 
meal,  and  grain.  lie  has  a  railroad  running  from  his  mills  to  the  Maine 
Central.     He  has  been  selectman  and  representative. 

William  E.  Chase  is  the  only  survivor  of  the  eleven  children  of  Dr  Josiah 
Chase,  who  came  from  Newbury,  Mass.,  and  with  his  son  Joseph  F.  was  living 
in  Conway  in  1794  ;  later  settled  in  Fryeburg.  Mr  Chase  came  to  the  Centre 
in  1835,  purchased  the  store  on  the  Captain  Burbank  place,  and  moved  it  to 
the  one  built  by  the  Burbank  Brothers,  where  Arthur  Burbank  had  traded,  and, 
connecting  the  two,  retitted  it,  and  began  merchandising  in  a  large  way,  having 
branch  stores  at  Eaton  (Madison)  and  South  Conway.  He  conducted  this 
business  until  1870,  when  he  sold  his  goods,  store,  and  real  estate  to  James  A. 
Carlton,  a  native  of  Eaton,  who  had  just  returned  from  Madison,  Wisconsin, 
and  now  is  in  trade.  (Mr  Carlton  has  been  a  successful  merchant  and  has 
done  a  large  business.) 

The  Centre  House  is  on  the  lot  first  owned  by  Lieutenant  Barnet  Walker, 
and  a  part  of  the  first  framed  house  occupied  by  the  lieutenant  is  now  a  part  of 
the  Centre  House.  There  has  been  a  tavern  here  for  nearly  one  hundred  years, 
Stephen  C.  Eastman,  his  son-in-law,  succeeding  Lieutenant  Walker.  Mr  East- 
man kept  it  sixty  years,  commencing  his  proprietorship  during  the  War  of 
1812.     In  1872  William  E.  Chase  bought  the  property,  enlarged  and  improved 


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>.     He  was  succeeded  by  Chase  &  Twombly, 

.rietors.     Mr  Clui.se  is  seventy-eight  years  old,  and  has  been  an 

.{fairs,  has  Keen  selectman  and  representative,  and  is  the 

Mount  Washington  Lodge  of  Freemasons. 

Burbank   came   from   Concord  and  was  living  in  town  with  his 

1 771.      lie   lived  at   the   Centre,   where   Josiah   Mudgett   now   lives, 

'.,1    on    inning,  ;|   most    important  business  in   those   days,  and  amassed 

II,.  also  "kept  tavern.*"  of  which  Captain  William,  a  pensioner  of  the 

L812,  and  son  of  Joseph,  was  the  last  proprietor.     It  was  closed  prior 

married    Fanny   Stark,  a   near  relative  of   General  John 

,1    of    Samuel   Stark,    the    grantee    of    Stark's    location.     Mrs    Joseph 

\rll    is   a    daughter  of   Captain    William    Burbank.      Charles   Whitaker, 

•   Charles  II.  Whitaker,  the  postmaster  of  North  Conway,  was  in  trade 

at  the  Captain  Burbank  place  in  the  fust  quarter  of  the  century.     He  was  suc- 

1  by  John  Pettee,  Peter  Charles,  and  Charles  Chandler,  who  closed  busi- 

;-     .     Ira   Garland,  for  the  last  ten  years  a  successful  merchant, 

viously  had  been  a  tinsmith.     He  is  an   energetic,   public-spirited   man,   of 

value  i"  society,     lb;  was  commissioned  postmaster  of  Centre  Conway  under 

Ireland's  administration. 

>,,i  in   CONWAY,  or  Goshen,  is  a  lovely  and  prosperous  agricultural  section. 

The  country  is  broken  but  fertile,  and  affords  beautiful  and  varied  scenery. 

There  are  summer  hoarding-houses  here  that  afford  delightful  and  quiet  resting- 

ilaces.     The    Davis   family  has  been   prominent  in  various  ways.     Davis  hill 

was  settled  and  named  by  them.     Daniel,  Moses,  and  Ephraim  Davis  were  long 

lent.      Daniel  and  Moses  were  selectmen  for  years  from   1809,  and  capable 

Descendants  of  the  early  settlers  have  attained  wealth  and  honors  in 

other  localities,  and  the  civil  list  of  the  town  shows  some  one  of  the  name  as 

'man  or  representative   very  frequently. 

<  >ne  of  the  hailing  farmers  of  the  south  part  of  the  town  is  Colonel  Samuel 

M     ■  lion.     He   is  historic   in   being  the   last  colonel  of  the   old   Thirty-sixth 

ment  of  the  long  since  defunct  militia.     He  is  son  of  Ebenezer  Hazelton, 

ml  was  bom  December  26,  1820.     He  held  all  the  offices  in  regular  order  from 

nant  to  colonel,  has  represented  Conway  in  the  legislature  as  a  Iiepub- 

liean.  been  selectman  many  years,  justice  for  more  than  thirty  years,  and  is  a 

nominent  ami   wealthy  man.     By  his  first  wife,  Mary  H.  Farrihgton,  he  has 

lildren  :   Frank  L.  and  Mrs  Mary  L.  Carlton.     By  his  second  wife,  Sarah 

A.  Chadbourne,  he  has  two  children:  Etta  A.  (Mrs  F.  G.  Cole)  and  Jennie  L. 

William    Parsons,  a  most  estimable  citizen,  came  from  Massachusetts.     He 

ligious,  and  devoted  to  Sunday-school  work.     His  son,  Francis  H., 

stral  home  and  has  many  of  his  father's  characteristics.     He 

•  etman. 

3  have    from    early  days   been    the   residence   of   good 


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fanners.  The  Heath  family  was  one  of  the  earliest  families.  John  Heath, 
a  great  hunter  in  his  day.  died  in  Conway  a  short  time  ago  almost  a  centena- 
rian. James  G.  Hill,  son  of  Wentwortb  Hill,  lias  a  very  line  place.  He  has 
remodeled  the  homestead  of  his  father  and  made  it  very  attractive. 

('mnway  STREET  is  a  section  of  fine  farms.  Much  sued  corn  is  raised 
that  finds  its  way  to  the  canning  factory  built  at  "  fag  end  "  by  William  Perry, 
and  n<»w  owned  by  Mr  Eastman.  Two  hundred  operatives  are  employed  here 
for  a  few  weeks  in  the  fall.  Joshua,  an  original  proprietor,  John,  and  Edmund 
Kelly  were  here  early  (Joshua  in  1770),  and  descendants  still  occupy  their 
lands.  -John  Osgood  was  living  on  Ballard  brook,  where  Locke's  mill  stands, 
in  1T(J4.  He  was  a  farmer.  Eliphalet,  Samuel,  John,  Silas.  Nathaniel,  Hazen, 
Isaac,  Benjamin,  Susan  (Mrs  Seth  Wiley),  and  Eliza  (Mrs  Thomas  Abbott) 
were  his  children.  Samuel  lived  where  his  son  John  lives  at  "fag  end"  of 
Conway  street.  Lewis,  another  son  of  Samuel,  lives  in  Bartlett  with  his 
daughter,  Mrs  Frank  Wiley.  Another  son,  Samuel,  married  Olive  Snow,  of 
Denmark,  Maine,  and  settled  in  Fryeburg.  (Her  daughter,  Abb)-  D.,  married 
Charles  H.  Whitaker,  Esq.,  of  North  Conway.)  Caleb  died  on  the  Deering 
place  in  1889.  Lieutenant  Benjamin  Osgood,  Captain  James  Osgood,  Moses 
Osgood,  Jeremiah  Osgood,  were  the  first  settlers  in  "Osgood  Row,"  in  the  east 
part  of  the  town.  Charles  was  a  later  settler.  His  son  Hazen  lives  in  North 
Conway.  Benjamin  Osgood,  Jr,  kept  a  tavern  near  Black  Cat  bridge  until  it 
was  burned  in  1829. 

Joshua  Shirley,  son  of  Deacon  William,  the  one  who  settled  on  Shirley  hill, 
lives  on  Conway  street. 

East  Conway  had  a  postoffice  for  some  time.  Its  last  postmaster  was  Nelly 
Mansfield,  daughter  of  C.  F.  Mansfield,  a  soldier  of  the  Civil  War,  and  was 
kept  at  his  residence  on  the  Greenleaf  place. 


BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHES. 


NATHANIEL   R.    MASON. 


Prominkxt  in  the  history  of  Massachusetts,  Connecticut,  and  New 
Hampshire  from  the  earliest  times  has  been  the  Mason  name.  John  Mason, 
of  Dorchester,  Mass.,  1630,  was  a  captain  in  Cromwell's  army.  Captain  John 
Mason,  a    London    merchant,  governor    of  Portsmouth  in  Hampshire  county, 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


L-nor  of  Newfoundland,  has  made  the  name  and  New 

Ly  synonymous.     He  was  one  of  the  grantees  of  Laconia, 

Hampshire)  to  the  colony,  and  changed  "Strawberry 

ith.     The  part  he  bore  in  the  settlement  and  the  protracted 

v  him  and  his  heirs  is  treated  at  length  in  the  county 

all  of  those  bearing  the  name  in  New  England  are  branches 

ancestral    tree,  and   it   is  most  probable  that  Nathaniel   Randall 

7  ancestral   traits  in  his  labors  to  build  and  develop    the 

-  nit   mountain   village  of  North  Conway. 

/;.    \fason,  son  of  Joseph  and  Polly  (Randall)  Mason,  was  born 
•j    [g]  |       His   father,  whose  home  was  near  that    of  his  wife's  people  in 
:    undeveloped   Kearsar-e  Village,  died  when  Nathaniel,  his  youngest 
1.  was  hut  a  lad  of  ten  years,  and  the  labor  of  bringing  up  the  family  of 
lildren  devolved   upon  the  mother,  a  small-sized,  quiet,  hard-working 
,n   of   rare  executive  ability,  who   utilized  to  the  utmost  the  means  of 
produced  on  the  new  farm  in  the  clearings,  and  brought  up  her 
Iren  in    a  manner  highly  creditable  to  her  care,  diligence,  and    Christian 
She  lived  to  an  advanced  age,  and  witnessed  the  satisfactory  devel- 
opment and  growth  of  the  seed  she  had  planted  in  their  minds. 

Nathaniel  learned  the  cabinet  trade  of  his  brother  William,  and  occupied 
a    shop  north  of  the  location  of  the  North  Conway  House.     He  married  in 
1^:'.'.'    Ruth,  daughter  of  Dearborn  Hutchins,  of  Fryeburg,  Maine,  and  began 
eping  in  the  small  one-story  house  of  ten  rooms,  which,  changed  and 
much  enlarged,  is  now  the  North  Conway  House.     His  keen  foresight  early  saw 
the  possibilities  of  future  summer  travel  and  the  importance  and  desirability 
of  drawing  it  to  North  Conway,  and  building  up  here  a  centre  for  the  moun- 
tain region.     Prior  to  1850  he  remodeled  his  dwelling  and  opened  it  as  the 
h  Conway  House.     Here  for  over  thirty  years,  until  1881,  he  entertained 
•s  with  hospitality  and  courteousness,  and  became  known  to  many  as  the 
pioneer  landlord  of  the  little  village.     This  was  but  one  of   the  spheres  in 
which  his  active  influence  worked  for  the  weal  of   the  village.     He    bought 
ind  sold  real  estate  of  all  kinds,  laid  out  building  lots  and  erected  buildings 
ii  the  village,  and  caused  more  houses  to  be  built  than  any  other  person.     He 
dished  a  store  with  many  departments  that  became  a  great  distributing 
of   supplies,   and    by   honest    fair-dealing    acquired   wealth.     He    made 
mployment   to  many,  and  assisted  the  poor    in  building  homes  of 
ii  own.     As  the  village  grew  his  interest  in  it  increased,  and  every  move- 
•    public   improvement    met    with    quiet    but    substantial    aid.     Never 
i    conspicuous,   he  substituted  deeds  for  words,   and   actions   for 
the  poor  had  preeminently  a  friend.     They   would  come 
uselor  and   certain  help  in   time  of  trouble.     One  of  his 
•  Mr  Pratt,  "If  I   had  not  a  dollar  in  the  world  and  my 


Town   of   Conway.  s'.i? 


family  was  in  need,  I  could  go  to  Mr  Mason  and  state  my  case,  knowing  that 
he  would  help  me  whether  I  could  ever  pay  him  or  not.""  This  was  the  feeliug 
of  those  who  knew  him  best,  and  yci  In-  would  have  honestly  disclaimed  the 
idea  that  he  was  specially  benevolent.  To  him  every  townsman  was  a  neigh- 
bor, and  his  gentle  kindliness  made  no  enemies.  A  man  of  few  words,  of 
courtly  dignity  and  reserve,  lie  commanded  the  confidence  of  others.  He 
was  of  sterling  integrity,  energetic,  diligent,  and  systematic  in  business;  a 
reader  of  the  Bible  and  a  profound  believer  in  its  promises;  a  man  of  prayer, 
and    one   who    never    spoke    evil    of    any    one.      After    his    death    his   well-worn 

prayer-book  was  found  with  a  leaf  turned  down  to  mark  a  prayer  In'  highly 
prized,  that  for  the  second  Sunday  in  Lent.  In  every  position  of  his  life  his 
duty  was  done  with  cheerfulness  and  alacrity.  He  was  averse  to  holding 
public  offices,  but  in  the  few  he  did  accept  he  showed  the  same  practical 
judgment   and  ability  that  characterized   his  private  life. 

Mr  Mason  was  especially  fortunate  in  the  marriage  relation.  His  wife, 
IJnth  (Hutchins)  Mason,  was  descended  from  two  prominent  New  England 
families.  She  was  a  sister  of  Hon.  Henry  Hutchins,  of  Fryeburg,  Maine,  and 
a  granddaughter  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Hutchins,  who  won  high  fame  in  the 
French  and  Revolutionary  wars.  Her  mother  was  an  Eaton.  This  is  a  family 
of  high  repute  in  central  New  Hampshire  and  elsewhere.  There  was  a 
remarkable  intermarriage  between  the  Eaton  and  Hutchins  families,  three 
children  of  an  Eaton  family  marrying  three  children  of  a  Hutchins  family. 
In  consequence  of  this,  Mrs  Mason  was  a  double  cousin  of  General  John 
Eaton,  the  head  of  the  national  educational  bureau  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  of  Hon.  Stilson  Hutchins,  of  the  Washington  Post.  Mrs  Mason  was 
an  active  woman,  of  great  practicality,  energy,  and  endurance.  She  possessed 
sterling  qualities  of  character,  firm  principles,  undeviating  honesty,  and  was 
bold  and  fearless  in  upholding  beliefs  and  causes  which  she  deemed  right. 
She  was  a  capable  helpmeet  to  her  husband,  and  her  kindness  and  motherly 
solicitude  for  others'  welfare  endeared  her  to  all.  She  loved  her  sons  with 
a  deep  affection,  and  this  frequent  remark  of  hers  is  the  key  to  her  tuition 
of  them:  "I  want  my  boys  to  do  right."  She  died  July  3,  1881.  Mr  and 
Mrs  Mason  had  children :  Freeman  H.  (dec),  Frank  L.,  Mahlon  L.,  Mangum 
E.  (a  young  man  of  much  promise,  who  died  at  the  age  of  nineteen). 

Mr  Mason's  relations  with  his  daughters-in-law  were  of  a  paternal  and  filial 
character,  as  much  as  if  they  had  been  his  own  children.  After  the  death  of 
his  wife,  he  lived  in  the  family  of  his  son  Frank,  whose  wife,  Mrs  Katharine 
(Dame)  Mason,  a  most  estimable  lady,  kindly  and  lovingly  ministered  to 
him  in  his  declining  years.  She  has  many  friends  in  Conway.  Mrs  Mail  ha 
(  Nutter)  Mason,  the  widow  of  Freeman  Mason,  a  very  pleasant  and  worthy 
woman,  lives  in  Jackson.  Some  time  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  she  went 
abroad,  traveled  in  France  and  Germany,  but  returned,  loving  more  than 
ever  the  mountains  of  her  "native  north." 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


,  Ml.!;  Mason  is  the  wife  of  Mahlon  L.     A  friend  of  hers 

thai  type  of  New  England  women   sonic  of  whom  have  lived  in  every 

■in.  days,  and  whose  influence  for  good,  as  a  class,  becomes  sooner 

u.    Such  women,  from  their  opinions,  from  facts,  from  intuitive 

|  sometimes  from  severe  logic  and  their  expressions  of  opinion,  are  not  merely 

may  be  the  currenl  fashion  of  the  hour,  but  are  based  on  positive  convictions, 

ich  convictions,  like  Mrs  John  Adams,  they  have  always  the  courage  to  assert 

d' maintain  them,  whether  they  relate  to  the  beautiful  colorings  of  a  landscape,  to  a  grand 

:  oriental  poetry,  or  t>>  the  policy  of  empires. 

a    .  ;-  born  in  Baldwin,  ."Maine,  in  1850;  she  is  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  was 

ted  at  the  Normal  School  and  at   the  academies  of  Maine,  and  after  a  short  time 

bing  was  married    in  ls7:5  to  Mahlon  L.,  the  youngest  son  of  Nathaniel  Randall 

ind   Kutu   Uutchins   Mason.     As  the  wife  of  the  proprietor  of  the  Sunset  Pavilion  at  North 

the  delightful  summer  hotels  of  the  mountains,  she  has  been  brought  promi- 

ward  in  the  social  world  and  has  made  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances.     She  is  also 

-  i  writer.     Some  of  her  poems  have  found  a  place  in  the  compiled  books  of 

h  mi    \,  w  Hampshire  ami    .Maine,  and  her  prose  contributions  to  the  Boston  Sunday 

laud  Pi'ess  and   Transcript,  the  Granite  Monthly,  the  White  Mountain  Echo,  and 

publications  have  attracted  considerable  attention.     In  the  autumn  of  1S87,  with  her 

Ml--  McRoberts,  and  her  sister-in-law,  Mrs  Freeman  Mason,  she  spent  eight  months  in 

pe,  mostly  in  Germany.     Ber  son1  accompanied  her  in  order  to  study  German.     While 

.broad,  Mi-  Mason  was  engaged  in  such  inquiries  into  German  life  and  character  as  would 

naturally  !><■  interesting  to  a  bright  New  England  woman,  and  in  superintending  the  education 

The  fruit  of  her  observations  of  German  homes  and  habits  found  expression  in 

-   tn  the   Boston  Sunday  ll<  raid.     She  visited    the    Hartz  Mountains,  and   was   deeply 

Impressed  with  their    savage    sublimity.      She    gives  a  stern  and    graphic  picture  of  cold, 

late  nature  a-  seen  in  those  grim  rivers  and  ghostly  mountains. 

II'  i  sketches  and  letters  have  been  hastily  written  in  moments  of  leisure  snatched  from  a 

busy  lite,  and  are  specimens  of  easy,  racy,  and  elegant  writing,  rather  than  an  actual  test  of 

her  powers  as  a  writer.     Bui   as  summer  correspondent  at  North  Conway,  Mrs  Mason  has 

made  known  to  the  outside  world  the  enchanting  beauties  of  the  region  which  to  visionary 

people  seems    '-hilt  classic  and  half  fairyland;"  but  to  Mrs  Mason  it  seemed  a  delightful 

Hampshire  village,  imparadised  among  the  great  watching  hills  of  the  north,  where 

t..uri-t>  from  all  tin'  weary   world  might  come,  like  pilgrims  to  Mecca,  to  rest  awhile  in 

pleasant   homes,  among  the  enchanted  woods  and  broad  intervals,  by  swiftly  gliding  rivers,  in 

land  Burrounded  by  thegieal  guardian  mountains,  and  there  breathe  the  fragrant  odors  of 

the  green  trees,  and    passively  quietly  enjoy  the  tender  caresses  of   nature  in  her  loveliest 

Such,  io  Mrs  Mason,  i-  North  Conway;  and  as  such  she  has  called  it  to  the  attention 

Ol  the  beauty-loving  world.     And  the  effect  has  corresponded  with  her  design.     Her  sympa- 

always  with  the  right  ;  and  none  can   more  readily  detect  the  delicate  pencilings  of 

ature  in  mountain,  cloud,  or  sky,  or  more  warmly  appreciate  true  nobility  in  man  or  woman. 


HIRAM    CALVIN    ABBOTT. 


1  family  is  an  old  and  prominent  one  in  New  England,  showing 
traits  id'  character  in  every  generation.     George  Abbott, 

representative  of  Nathaniel  R.  Mason  in  the  third  generation.    lie  is 
nt  and  courteous  manners  and  eager  desire  for  knowledge,  added  to  his 
ives  promise  of  a  successful  future. 


Town   of  Conway.  si»!» 


the  first  American  ancestor,  emigrated  from  Yorkshire,  England,  about  L640, 
and  was  a  proprietor  and  first  settler  of  Andover,  Mass.,  in  L643.  II.'  married 
Hannah  Chandler  and  died  in  L681.  The  place  where  be  settled  is  known  to 
this  day  as  "  Abbott's  Village."  His  sum  Nathaniel  married  Dorcas  Hibbert, 
ami  their  son  Nathaniel,  born  in  Andover  in  L696,  was  an  original  proprietor 
of  Concord,  of  him  it  is  written :  -He  was  honest,  respected,  and  beloved, 
resolute  in  protecting  the  town  and  defending  the  rights  of  his  country.  In 
17  h'>  he  commanded  a  company  in  defence  of  the  town  against  the  Indians. 
He  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  provincial  service  in  the  expedition  against  Crown 
Point.  In  17  11  be  joined  the  Rogers'  Rangers,  and  was  at  the  capture  of  Cape 
Breton  in  171~>;  was  subsequently  in  many  of  the  sanguinary  conflicts  on  the 
northern  frontiers.  He  held  a  captain's  commission  and  was  a  brave  and  useful 
officer."  His  wife  was  Penelope  Ballard.  Of  their  sons,  .Joshua  was  captain 
of  a  company  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill;  Jeremiah  also  participated  in  the 
same  memorable  battle,  was  a  sergeant  in  his  brother's  company,  Lieutenant  in 
the  service  at  Ticonderoga,  and  in  the  expedition  against  Canada. 

He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Colonel  Thomas  Stickney,  of  Concord, 
and  moved  to  Conway  in  1782.  -By  industry,  hard  labor,  and  perseverance, 
they  built  a  comfortable  dwelling  and  opened  it  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
few  travelers  who  ventured  into  this  wilderness.  A  large  and  commodious 
tavern  was  afterwards  creeled  near  the  old  house.  They  were  hospitable  and 
kind,  early  supporters  of  religious  worship,  and  respected  by  all  who  knew 
them."  Jeremiah,  the  oldest  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth  (Stickney) 
Abbott,  married  Mary  Smith,  of  Biddeford,  Maine,  and  resided  in  Saco  for 
some  time,  where.  May  15,  1812,  Hiram  Calvin  Abbott  was  horn.  His  brothers 
were:  John,  William  S.,  Horace,  and  Osgood;  his  sisters  were:  Ellen,  Eliza- 
beth,  and  Mary. 

Hiram  C.  Al>l><>ti  came  with  his  parents  to  Conway  in  his  early  childhood, 
and  here  they  made  a  permanent  home.  They  were  in  very  limited  circum- 
stances with  a  large  family;  and  as  his  father  died  when  Hiram  was  but  eleven 
years  of  age,  he,  as  the  eldest,  was  obliged  to  learn  the  lessons  of  hard  labor  at 
a  time  when  hoys  are  finding  pleasure  in  school  and  play.  His  school  advan- 
tages were  but  few,  hut  his  practical  education  was  commenced  as  clerk  in  the 
store  of  his  uncles,  T.  S.  &  N.  Abbott.  He  was  a  natural  financier,  and  saved 
the  money  he  received  for  various  services.  He  was  kind  to  his  brothers  and 
sisters,  aiding  them  to  the  full  extent  of  his  small  means.  After  some  years  of 
clerkship,  and  acquiring  a  reputation  for  integrity  and  business  ability,  he 
engaged  in  trade  in  company  with  Samuel  Thorn  in  a  store  which  occupied 
very  nearly  the  site  of  the  band-stand  in  Conway.  He  was  successful  in  busi- 
ness, and  subsequently  erected  the  store  now  occupied  by  L.  C.  Quint,  and 
traded  there  for  many  years.     As  a  merchant,  his  acquaintance  was  extensive. 

But  it  was  not  in  the  mercantile  field  that  he  was   most  known  or  accom- 


,i;V    of   Cabboll   County. 


Lopment  of  this  section.     Conway  was  the  great  centre 

White  Mountains.     Early  in  the  forties  Mr  Abbott  was 

■  route  running  from  Concord  to  Fryeburg.     As  the 

,    Montreal  railroad  progressed,  the  terminus  of   the  stage 

i-  to  Franklin,  later  to  Meredith  and  Centre  Harbor.     In 

mi  Meredith  to  Conway  was  owned  by  John  Little.     Prior  to 

-     ward,  Stephen  Durgin,  and  L.    II.   Eastman  became  owners. 

led  by  Sayward,  Durgin  &  Company,  the  company  being 

§,    \!,i„,it  and  Samuel  Allard.     In   1857  Abbott  and  Allard  sold  to 

:  C.    Abbott  and  John    Ford,  the  firm-name  remaining  as  before.     They 

,1  the  line  until   1873,  when   IC  A.  K.  Benson  became  proprietor.     Before 

Mr   Abbotl    was   a    member   of   the   firm,    Thorn,  Abbott,   &  Company 

Thorn,   Hiram  C.Abbott,  Nathaniel  Abbott),  owning  the  stage  route 

Littleton  through  the  White  Mountains.    This  they  continued 

until  the  railroad  superseded  staging. 

my  and  various  ways  Mr  Abbott  contributed  to  the  weal  and  advance- 
•  of  Conway.  He  was  interested  in  the  building  of  the  Conway  House  in 
1850.  rhis  was  the  first  attempt  to  construct  a  hotel  commensurate  to  the 
mmodation  of  summer  guests.  The  builders  were  Thorn,  Abbott  & 
Company,  Samuel  Thom  having  one-half  interest,  Nathaniel  Abbott  three 
eighths,  and  H.  C.  Abbott  one  eighth.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and 
a  trustee  of  the  Conway  Savings  Bank,  its  first  treasurer  and  third  president. 
His  business  abilities  were  appreciated  by  the  most  prominent  people.  He  was 
appointed  special  administrator  of  the  immense  Bemis  estate,  and  assignee  in 
bankruptcy  of  the  Tolman  estate. 

Mr  Abbott  married,  December  28,  18IG,  Laura  A.,  daughter  of  Judge 
Jonathan  T.  Chase.  Their  children  were:  Fanny  C,  Ann  M.,  William  Myron, 
and  Marion:  William  Myron  is  the  only  one  now  living.  Mrs  Abbott  died 
November  29,  1875,  and  October  7,  1876,  Mr  Abbott  married  Margaret  T., 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Lydia  (Carlton)  Hall,  who  survives  him.  Mrs 
Abbotl  is  a  granddaughter  of  Ebenezer  L.  I).  Hall,  of  Bartlett,  who  was  judge 
of  probate  of  Coos  county  for  so  many  years,  well  known  for  his  probity 
and  wis6  administration.  He  was  a  highly  educated  gentleman,  a  teacher  for 
many  years,  and  served  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 

Hiram    C.    Abbotl     inspired    all    with    whom    he    came   in    contact   with 

nbounded  confidence  in    his    common-sense    and   uncompromising   integrity. 

in  friendship  with  all  men,  and  never  was  known  to  speak  deroga- 

iny  one.     He  was  a  thoroughly  practical  man,  possessing  a  strong 

Mi  rare  foresight  and  caution,  and  when  once  his  plans  were 

3  diligent  and  resolute  in  their  speedy  and  complete  execution.     He 

ted  a  lively  interest  in  all  matters  tending  to  advance  the  welfare 

ind  wholesome  deeds  testified  to  this.     Mr  Abbott  died  January 


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14,  1886.  His  name  is  respected  and  his  memory  cherished  by  a  wide  circle  of 
friends  and  acquaintances,  and  it  will  be  many  years  before  his  place  in  Conway 
is  rilled.  Democratic  in  politics,  he  cared  nothing  for  official  place,  and 
willingly  left  to  others  the  honors  of  its  holding,  giving  his  service  to  the 
partv  from  love  of  its  principles.  His  greatest  enjoyment  was  in  his  home-life, 
where  he  was  the  loving  companion  and  affectionate  father. 


LEANDER    S.    MORTON. 

The  Morton  family  of  England  took  an  early  and  important  part  in  the 
Plymouth  colony,  and  were  among  the  originators  and  instigators  of  the 
enterprise  which  resulted  in  the  emigration  of  the  Mayflower  band  to  the 
shores  of  America.  George  Morton,  the  progenitor  of  the  Mortons  of  New 
England,  was  a  merchant  of  York,  England.  About  1612  he  joined  the 
Pilgrims  in  Leyden,  Holland.  In  1623  he  embarked  for  America  with  his 
family  in  the  ship  "Ann,"  to  join  his  friends  at  Plymouth.  While  in  Leyden 
he  had  corresponded  with  Governor  Winslow  concerning  matters  relating 
to  the  emigrants  and  the  colonists.  He  was  a  man  of  tine  education.  His 
son  Nathaniel,  born  in  Leyden  in  1613,  was  secretary  of  the  Plymouth  colony 
from  1645  until  his  death  in  1685.  Nathaniel  Morton  was  the  author  of  the 
"New  England's  Memorial,"  published  in  166!).  He  was  also  clerk  of  the 
town  of  Plymouth  for  many  years,  and  his  records  bear  witness  to  his  intelli- 
gence, fidelity,  and  usefulness.  His  descendants  have  ever  been  conversant 
with  town  and  municipal  affairs,  holding  important  positions  and  high 
stations  in  society.  Hon.  Marcus  Morton,  LL.D.,  served  as  governor  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts  three  terms,  and  occupied  a  seat  on  the 
bench  of  the  supreme  court  for  fifteen  years. 

Leander  S.  Morton,  son  of  William  and  Mary  (Rich)  Morton,  was  born 
in  Standish,  Maine,  December  5,  1819.  He  had  common-school  and  academic 
advantages  of  education,  and  qualified  himself  at  an  early  age  as  a  teacher. 
His  father  gave  him  his  time  when  he  was  fourteen,  and  he  engaged  in  teach- 
ing for  ten  terms.  The  agricultural  capabilities  of  Aroostook  county  attracted 
him,  and  he  became  a  farmer  there,  and  was  elected  and  reelected  to  the  state 
legislature  before  he  was  twenty-five.  About  1817  he  came  to  Conway  and 
engaged  in  merchandising  at  the  Centre.  This  became  the  chief  store  of  the 
Upper  Saco  valley  and  transacted  an  enormous  amount  of  business,  and,  until 
the  building  of  the  Portland  &  Ogdensburgh  railroad,  was  the  centre  of  trade 
of  a  wide  community.  The  country  stores  of  those  days  were  the  exchange 
bureaus  of  the  farmers.  There  the  productions  of  the  field  or  forest  were- 
exchanged  for  necessary  articles   of  tools,  clothing,  and  farm  and  household 


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nterprise   of  the  merchant   was  the  element  tending  most 

,  and  prosperity  of  the  people  even  while  having  personal 

a]   object.     The   principles  of  the  men   of  that  day  were 

$j  the    result    of  deliberate  judgment  and  pure  and  unselfish 

In    these    they    were    persistent   and   conscientious.     Their   love 

independence,   their    courage,  were    the   products   of   close 

,,;,',„   and   discriminating  habits  of  thought.     To  deal  with  such  men, 

ep   their   patronage  year   after  year  while  working   for    profit,  demands 

union    in   the  merchant  of  ability  to  know  and  understand  character   and 

power    of    adaptation    to    individuals,    sterling    integrity,   practical 

rewdness   and    common-sense,  and,    back    of   all,  a  sympathy    and   faith    in 

hu,nan  Qature  that  will  receive  response  from  the  widely  varying  personalities 

ith  whom  the  merchant  is  brought  so   closely  in   contact.     These  Mr  Morton 

i    high  degree  :  his  store  was   well   patronized,  enjoyed   the    reputation 

he    utmost    fair  dealing,  and    he    acquired   wealth.     He    conducted   trade 

until   his  death.  October  15,  1872,  and  was  one  of  the  incorporators  and  first 

president  of  Conway  Savings    Bank.     He  married,  August  10,  1844,  Martha 

I..,   daughter   of    Benjamin    and    Lucy    (Fogg)    Hawkes,   of    Buxton,    Maine. 

Their    children   were:    (1)    Mary  Ellen    (married    Jeremiah    Farrington,    and 

had  children:   Martha,  Mabel    E.,  Leander  Morton,  Ethel   (dee.),  J.  Arthur); 

Frederick    W.,  married    Fannie    M.   Wiley;    children:    Annie    L.   (dec), 

Frederick    L.,    Margaret.    Ruth    (dec.);    (3)    Charles    F.  (married    Emma    O. 

l*i  at  t  :   has  one   child,   Martha    E.  ). 

Mi    Morton  was  a   Methodist   in   religion  and  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 

much  in  public  life.     He  was  town  clerk  of  Conway  for  eighteen  years,  and 

the  records  attest  to  his  faithfulness  and  care.     They  are  extremely  full  and 

perspicuous,  and  of  elegant  penmanship.     He  was    selectman,  representative, 

ami  justice  of  the  peace.     He  was  frequently  chosen  delegate  to  conventions 

of  his  [»aity.  and   his  opinions  were  highly  prized  by  his  associates.     He  was 

often  solicited  tor  advice  by  residents  of  his  town,  who  placed  a  high  estimate 

upon   his  sagacity  and  wisdom.     A  man  of  calm,  collected,  thoughtful  nature, 

he   weighed   well   all   matters   coming   before    him,  and   rarely  made  mistakes. 

He  was  mild,  sympathetic,  and  generous,  broad  and  liberal  in   his  treatment 

of  men  and   measures,  and  popular  as  a  leader  in  everything  tending  to  the 

public  good.      In  home  life  he  was  ever  kind  and  affectionate,  and  his  memory 

a  ith  precious  reminiscences. 

lerick    IT.  Morton,  born  November  20,  1852,  attended  the  town  schools 

uid  Fryeburg  Academy,  and  became  conversant  with  business  in  his  father's 

ere  he  showed   the  qualities  of  a*natural  merchant.     He  was  quick, 

rteoiis.  and  gentlemanly,  a  most  rapid  and  accurate  accountant, 

ind  pleasing  companion.     After  his  father's  death  he  succeeded 

company    with    an    uncle    and    brother-in-law,    Jeremiah 


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Farrington,  they  forming  the  firm  of  Morton,  Farrington  &  Co.  They  were 
in  trade  some  years  before  they  closed  up  the  business;  then  a  new  firm, 
Morton  Bros.  (F.  W.  and  Charles  F. ),  was  iii  trade  for  a  tew  years.  Frederick 
was  an  expert  penman,  and  was  town  clerk  for  some  years.  He  was  also 
selectman  of  Conway  and  chairman  of  the  board.  In  1887  he  went  to  Massa- 
chusetts and  purchased  an  express  route  in  Boston,  mrt  in  a  week's  time  was 
sei/.ed  with  typhoid  fever,  from  which  lie  died  September  2,  lss7.  The  Saco 
Valley  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows  of  North  Conway,  of  which  he  was  a  member, 
passed  this  resolution  alter  his  death  :  — 

Resolved,  That  in  t lie  death  of  Brother  Morten  this  lodge  mourns  the  loss  of  a  brother 
who  was  in  every  respect  a  true  odd  Fellow,  upright,  generous,  and  ever  ready  to  assist  in 
the  good  work  of  our  order.  Be  was  a  friend  and  companion  dear  to  us  all.  a  citizen  honored, 
trusted,  tried,  and  found  not  wanting. 


JOEL    KASTMAX    MORRILL. 

Joel  Eastman  Morrill,  son  of  Dr  Robert  S.  and  Betsey  (Eastman)  Morrill, 
was  horn  at  Canterbury,  March  12,  1836.  When  he  was  eleven  years  old,  his 
uncle,  Hon.  Joel  Eastman,  wished  him  to  make  his  home  in   his  household,  and 

he  came  to  Conway  and  lived  on  the  beautiful  farm  which  he  now  possesses  as 
an  inheritance  from  Mr  Eastman.  Mr  Morrill  attended  the  neighboring  acad- 
emy at  Fryeburg.  During  the  Rtebellibn,  in  1864,  he  was  appointed  assistant 
paymaster  under  Major  John  S.  Walker  (General  Crook's  Division),  and 
stationed  at   Wheeling  and   Pittsburgh,  and  remained  one  year. 

He  married,  December  25,  1863,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Isaiah  and  Ann 
(Walker)  Warren,  of  Fryebnrg.  They  have  four  children:  Ruth  E.,  Lucia, 
Mary,  and  Milton.  The  two  oldest  are  in  their  third  year  at  Wellesley.  Mr 
Morrill  is  a  Republican  in  his  political  affiliations,  and  a  Congregationalist  in 
his  religious  relations.  A  modest,  unobtrusive  gentleman,  he  has  ever  shrunk 
from  public  life,  but  in  all  ways  has  been  more  than  ordinarily  active  in  aiding 
educational  and  progressive  matters  in  the  community.  All  movements  to 
advance  the  moral,  intellectual,  and  physical  well-being  of  the  town  and  state 
are  sure  of  his  earnest  advocacy  and  assistance. 


nON.    LYCURGUS    PITMAN. 


Hon.  Lyeurgus  Pitman,  son  of  Hon.  G.  W.  M.  and  Emeline  (Chubbuck) 
Pitman,  was  born  in  Bartlett,  April  9,  1848.  His  early  years  were  passed  at 
home, and  he  received  the  school  advantages  his  native  town  afforded.  Possess- 
ing  a    fine    musical    taste    and    nature,   his    inclination    was   to  qualify    himself 


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vocal   music  and  he  went  to  Boston  and  acquired  his 

nstruction  of  the  distinguished  Prof.  S.  B.  Ball, 

several  terms  with  success,  but  was  compelled  to 

pursuit   on  accounl   of  throat   trouble.     In  1870  he  engaged  in 

North  Conway  as  a  pharmacist,' and  has  since  resided  here.     Mr 

ried,  December  25,  1870,  Lizzie  I.,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Emeline 

Merrill,   of  Conway.      They  have   three  daughters:  Minnie  E., 

I         F...  Millie  I. 

Mr  Pitman  is  an  active  and  leading  Democrat.     He  has  been  a  delegate  to 
ite  convention  sine.'  1869;  numerous  times  to  district  conventions,  and 
to  the  national  convention  at  Cincinnati  in  1880.     He  was  nominated  Septem- 
ber.   1886,  as  the   Democratic    candidate  for  state  senator  in  District  No.  2, 
embracing  a   part  of  Carroll    and    Grafton    counties,   in    opposition   to   J.  M. 
man,  and  was  elected,  receiving  2,703  votes  to  Jackman's  2,035;  scatter- 
153;  making  his  plurality  673.     He  served  on  the  committees  on  military 
affairs,  claims,  asylums  for  the  insane,  and  judiciary.     To  this  last  committee 
gned  the  duty  of    investigating  the   charges   of  bribery  made  in  the 
famous  railroad  controversy.     In  his  political  and  official  life,  honor,  equity, 
and  devotion  to  principle  have  been  his  characteristics,  and  it  is  most  probable 
that   vet  higher  duties  and  positions  will  be  worthily  filled  by  him. 

He  has  been  prominent  in  Freemasonry  since  becoming  a  Mason  in  1870. 
He  has  occupied  nearly  every  office  in  Mount  Washington  lodge,  has  been 
three  terms  its  master,  and  is  in  his  second  term  of  office  of  grand  district 
lecturer  for  the  sixth  Masonic  district.  He  belongs  to  these  other  masonic 
bodies:  Oriental  chapter.  No.  13,  Fryeburg,  Maine;  Orphan  council,  Dover; 
Portland  commandery,  Knights  Templar,  No.  2,  Portland,  Maine;  Aleppo 
temple  of  the  Ancient  Arabic  Order  of  the  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
on,  Mass.  On  the  termination  of  his  third  year's  service  as  master  of 
M;  Washington  lodge,  the  brethren  presented  him  with  an  elegant  testimonial 
of  their  esteem — a  magnificent  masonic  jewel.  Mr  Pitman  has  been  a  mem- 
ber  of  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  since  the  reestablishment  of  Saco 
\'alle\  lodge,  and  is  a  live  factor  in  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  serving  as  district 
deputy  two  terms. 

Mr  Fit  man  is  a  public-spirited  citizen,  and  many  of  the  improvements  and 

conveniences  of  Ninth  Conway  are  mainly  due  to  his  energy  and  enterprise. 

He  organized    the    North    Conway  Water-works    Company,  and   through    his 

i  their  plan  was  brought  to  a  successful  completion.     He  was  the  origina- 

orth  Conway  and  Mt  Kearsarge   railroad,  and  is  one  of  the  direc- 

k  of  the  corporation.     He  has  given  much  of  his  time  and  attention 

the  attractions  of   North  Conway,  and   Pitman's  Arch  takes  its 

from  him. 

nial,  whole-souled  citizen,  and  possesses  the  happy  faculty 


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of  making  friends;  that  these  are  many  is  evidenced  by  the  numerous  testi- 
monials thai  have  been  presented  him  — one,  a  valuable  gold  watch  and  chain 
on  his  thirty-fourth  birthday. 

"  He  is  a  young  man  of  great  business  ability,  always  ready  to  forward  any 
enterprise  that  may  be  beneficial  to  the  town  or  to  the  state.  As  a  neighbor 
and  townsman  he  is  open-handed  and  generous;  no  one,  irrespective  of  party, 
ever  railed  oil  him  for  assistance  iii  vain.  Ilis  circle  of  acquaintances,  both  in 
and  out  of  the  state,  is  large,  and  oo  one  stands  higher  as  a  man.  a  citizen,  and 
a  gentleman,  among  his  friends  and   intimates.** 


L.\m    i'.l.wi  in:   mitrimiy.i 

Of  the  thousands  thai  come  in  North  Conway  during-  the  summer  months, 
there  are  few  indeed  who  go  away  without  having  seen  the  beautiful  arid  grand 
sights  •■  across  the  river."  The  lovely  little  Echo  lake  down  at  the  foot  of  the 
purple  granite  cliff,  like  a  sparkling  gem  set  in  emerald  woods,  the  tremendous, 
sheer  precipices  of  the  Cathedral  rocks,  the  symmetrical,  harmonious,  natural 
Cathedral,  nobly  proportioned  and  satisfying  to  the  sense  of  beauty,  carved  by 
the  Master-hand  out  of  the  solid  rock  of  the  mountain,  the  exquisite  cascades 
of  Diana's  Baths, — all  these  are  sure  to  he  gazed  upon  and  delighted  in.  But 
further  along  the  same  highway  from  which  the  roads  branch  off  to  the  west  of 
these  famous  places,  it  is  still  beautiful  and  attractive.  Another  tremendous, 
hold,  wooded  cliff,  "  Humphrey's  Ledge,"  rises  further  to  the  north.  The  pine- 
wooded  road  that  skirts  its  base  is  delightful.  Vast  beds  of  great  brakes  form 
a  low  though  luxuriant  undergrowth,  and  their  spicy  odor  is  mingled  with  the 
smell  of  the  pines.  It  is  truly  the  breath  of  the  forest  that  you  inhale.  But 
there  is  no  noticeable  variety  until  one  comes  to  a  part  of  the  road  where, 
looking  easterly  down  the  high  bank,  a  peaceful,  level  field  can  be  seen  through 
the  leaf}  screen  of  the  hard-wood  growth  that  holders  the  road  and  bank  there. 
A  few  steps  further  on  it  looks  as  though  the  road  must  bring  up  against  the 
purplish,  towering  rock-form  of  the  cliff.  Here,  all  at  once,  and  just  in  time, 
it  seems,  to  save  you  from  disaster,  it  dips  down  deep  into  a  sweet  little  hollow- 
where  a  huge,  dying  oak  stands  in  the  little  gulf  close  on  your  right,  along 
with  the  thick  undergrowth,  and  on  the  other  side  of  the  hollow,  and  at  its 
further  boundary,  there  is  a  great  living  oak  that  grows  in  a  way  wholly  its 
own.  Back  a  little  farther  to  the  left  is  the  cliff  that  you  have  but  barely 
escaped.  On  up  the  rise  beyond  the  hollow^  there  is  a  little  house  on  the  right, 
the  sight  of  which  awakens  many  emotions.  It  is  a  quaint  little  house,  brown 
and  soft-colored,  as  rains  and  weather  change  houses  to  soft-tinted  brown.  It 
is  of  one  story,  and  long  and  rambling,  and  there  is  a  deep   bay-window  in  it. 

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gateway  arc  odd  and  pretty,  made  of  the 
with  the  bark  left  on.     There  is  a  willow  hedge  that 
ind  young  willows  are  growing  in  chimps  in  the  yard 
usk-roses  grow  there  too,  and  pinks  and  sweet- 
shade    of    the    hedge.     The    grand    and    beautiful 
more  than  four  hundred  feet,  I  suppose,  just 
ttle  low  house,  shutting  out  the  western  sky.     It  is  dark  there 
;i  winter  afternoon.     At  the  rear  of  the  house  and  north- 
field.     Here  was  once  the  home  of  Lady  Blanche  Murphy, 
js,  and  the  eldest  daughter  of  the  Karl  of  Gainsborough,  and  here 

romantic   story.      The  earldom    of   Gainsborough    belongs    to  the 

kingdom  of   Great  Britain.     The  family  name  is 

founder  of  the  family  Noel,  with  Celestria  his  wife,  was  among  the 

kvho  entered   England  with   William  the  Norman.     That  king  granted 

for  his  services.     Many  of  his  descendants  were  men  of  dis- 

L682  the  Noel  family  have  possessed  the  title,  but  it  is  within 

that    it   has   passed   to  the  present  branch.      The  father  of    Lady 

was  the  second  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  and  her  mother,  who  died  before 

she  was  twentx    years  of  age,  was  Lady  Augusta,  the  eldest  daughter  of  the 

rl  of  Errol.     The  Noel  family  estate  is  in  Rutlandshire,  England. 

late   Earl  of  Gainsborough  was  a  Roman  Catholic  and  had  a  private 

i   Exton    Hall,  his   place   in    Rutlandshire,  in  which  divine  worship  was 

cluated  daily.     One  day  there  came  to  the  manor,  as  organist,  a  winsome 

nd    fascinating   young    Irishman — plain,    untitled    Mr    Thomas    P.  Murphy. 

of  title,  the  young  musician  possessed  what  is  much  better,  and 

in  this  instance  proved  ten   times  more  powerful — -great  talent.     Lady 

he.  from  her  interest    in  the  chapel  music,  was  brought  daily  in  contact 

gaiiist.     In   the  most   natural  and  simple  way  it  came  about  that 

was  over  and  the  rest  of  the  family  had  left  the  chapel,  she  would 

to  practise  the  music  with  him.     It  is  nothing  strange  that  in  the  hours" 

iter  matins  or  vespers,  the  glad,  young  voices  pouring 

the  chapel  windows,  making  the  old  woods  ring,  —  it  was  not  strange 

the  young,  enthusiastic   Lady  Blanche  and  the  impulsive  young  organist 

fell  in  love  with  each  other. 

followed— a  true  love-match  in  an  environment  of  old-world 

nd  all  the  tixed  and  cruel  prejudices  of  rank  and  high  birth.     The 

I  of  Gainsborough  adopted  on  his  daughter's  marrying  is  shown 

11  i""   t'1"111  ;l  letter  written  to  him  by  Cardinal  Manning,  and  pub- 

World  of  October,  1881,  six  months  after  Lady  Blanche's 

her  marriage,  the  circumstances  of  which  I  then  partly 

It  seems  to  me  to  have  been  the  working  out  of 


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the  same  turn  of  character.  Your  conduct  at  thai  time  must  be  to  you  a  greal 
consolation  now.  for  you  showed  signally  a  father's  prudence  till  you  were 
assured  of  what  her  happiness  required,  and  a  father's  Love  in  sanctioning  ber 
marriage,  with  your  consent,  from  your  residence.  The  Loving  and  close  cor- 
respondence which  still  united  her  to  you,  and  you  to  her,  when  she  left  pou, 
was  worthy  of  both." 

After  their  marriage  the  young  couple  came  in  New  \Tork.  Lady  Blanche 
entered  the  field  of  literature,  and  Mr  Murphy  toot  the  position  of  organisl  at 
New  Rochelle.  In  lco.~>  they  came  in  North  Conway.  At  that  time  the  hVy. 
Frederick  Thompson  had  a  hoys*  school  at  the  Three  Elms,  and  Mr  Murphy 
taught  music  there.  It  was  one  rainy  day  in  the  autumn  of  that  year  that  the 
writer  first  saw  Lady  Blanche  on  the  sidewalk.  The  recollection  brings  back  a 
picture  of  a  graceful  little  figure,  wrapped  in  a,  gray  waterproof,  walking  with 
quick,  elastic  step,  and  a  fresh.  ros;j  face,  fair  as  a.  flower,  framed  in  a  mass  of 
thick,  golden-brown  hair  •  Lady  Blanche  in  her  brave  youth,  with  her  sunny 
faith  and  never-failing  courage. 

She  was  an  ardent  lover  of  nature,  and  delighted  in  the  grand  scenen  of 
North  Conway  and  its  vicinity  :  and  so  it  cume  about  that  after  the  time  of  Mr 
Murphy's  leaching  in  the  school  had  expired,  though  they  went  away  for  a 
Little  while,  they  soon  returned  to  stay. 

Her  life  here  was  simple  and  sweet  and  brave  and  industrious.  While 
doing  a  great  deal  of  writing  for  the  Atlantic,  Scribner'g  Monthly,  Tin-  Crdlaxy, 
The  Catholic  Review,  The  Catholic  World,  and  also  for  English  magazines, 
she  yet  did  the  most  of  her  housework,  and,  with  it  all,  she  remembered 
the  poor,  the  little  children,  all  to  whom  she  could  give  comfort  or  pleasure. 
Her  interest  in  the  dwellers  of  the  mountain  valley  was  just  as  real  as 
her  love  of  the  scenery,  aird  that  was  intense:  so  making  petticoats  for 
babies  who  needed  them,  giving  Christmas  gifts  to  her  poorest  neighbors, 
or  cooking  dinners  for  children  was  just  as  much  an  outcome,  a  manifesta- 
tion, an  expression  of  her  genuine  self,  as  were  the  long  walks  she  made, 
the  botanizing  expeditions,  the  hours  she  passed  in  the  open  air  and  in  the 
woods.  Her  life  here  showed  forth  that  same  spirit  that  Cardinal  Manning 
bore  witness  to  when  he  wrote :  u  The  love  of  the  people  at  Exton  toward 
her  expresses  what  I  mean  in  sa}Ting  that  her  heart  and  sympathies  were 
always  with  the  poor,   with   their  homes   and  with   their  state." 

She  was  always  modest,  almost  shy,  in  the  good  she  did.  She  made 
many  plans  for  future  good  works  in  which  some  other  person  should  seem 
to  be  taking  the  lead,  while  she,  really  the  originator  and  chief  worker. 
-would  help  all  she  could."  Her  conscientiousness  in  little  acts  in  the 
little  things  which  tell  whal  a  person's  real  character  is  was  perhaps  her 
strongest  quality;  and  she  seemed  always  sturdily  content  and  practical, 
and   always  merry   in   making  the  best  of  things. 


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ad   lived,  the    benefit    of  her   presence    would   have    been   felt   in 

.    come.     But    it    was   not   to    be.     In    the    March    of 

a    cold    that    rapidly    developed   into    an   acute    and 

ill  only    four  days,   and   then,  full  of  life  and  hope, 

leath,  her   words    and    thoughts    the    very   last   night   of 

words    and    thoughts    of  kindness    and    loving    care    for    others,    she 

was   onlv   thirty-five  years   old,    in   the    full  prime    of  remarkable 

■tnal   vigor,  and  her  success  as  a   writer  was  steadily  increasing. 

had  ma   lived  all  the   live  years  in  her  pretty  house  under  the  shelter 

Humphrey's    hedge:  but  she  had  looked  forward  to  owning  her  own 

home  in   the  midst   of  the   lovely    scenery   she   so   delighted  in,   and    the    last 

summer  of  I  she    purchased    the    farm    at   the    foot   of  the   ledge   and 

the  house  she  meant   to  be  her  ideal  home. 

ps    now    beside    her    mother    at    Exton  in   far-off    England,    but 
her  memoi'3    blooms  in   the    peaceful   glen,  as  the  few  lonely   flowers   bloom 
the  house  from  which  her  bright  presence  is  gone. 


BARTLETT. 


CHAPTER    LXXVI. 

Description  Scenery  —  Mountains  —  Rivers — The  Saco  —  incorporation  Grants  — 
Lieutenant  Vere  Royse  Pioneers  —  Relative  to  a  Bridge  over  Bast  Branch  —  Roads  and 
Bridges  —  Signers  to  a  Petition  —  Andrew  McMillan's  Petition  —  Mills  —  Something  Concern- 
ing Early  Settlers    ■  Names  on  the  Tax-list  of  1811. 

Forth  from  Wu   Hampshire's  granite  steep 

Fair  Saco  rolls  in  chainless  pride, 
Re  oiclng  as  it  laughs  and  Leaps 

Down  the  gray  mountain's  rugged  side; 
The  Stern,  renl  crags  and  tall,  dark  pi 

Watch  that  young  pilgrim  passing  by, 
While  calm  above  them  frowns  or  -hiues 

The  black,  torn  cloud,  or  deep  blue  sky. 

•  Soon  gathering  strength,  it  swiftly  take> 

Through  Bartlett's  vales  its  tuneful  way, 
Or  hides  in  Conway'.-  fragrant   brakes, 

Retreating  from  the  glare  of  day; 
Now,  full  of  vigorous  life,  it  springs 

From  the  strong  mountain's  circling  arm.-, 
And  roams  in  wide  and  lucid  rings 

Among  green  Fryeburg's  woods  and  farms. 

Here,  with  low  voice,  it  comes  and  calls 

For  tribute  from  some  hermit  lake; 
And  here  it  wildly  foams  and  falls, 

Bidding  the  forest  echoes  wake; 
Now  sweeping  on,  it  runs  its  race 

By  mound  and  mill  in  playful  glee; 
Now  welcomes  with  its  pure  embrace 

The  vestal  waves  of  Ossipee. 

—  .hums  Gilbourne  Lyons. 

BARTLETT  is  ;i  town  of  ruggedness  and  grace,  of  sterile,  rocky  mountains 
and  rich,  productive  valley  lands.  It  includes  two  mountain  ranges,  and 
is  rich  in  picturesque  beauty.  Sweetser  says:  "One  of  the  most  fas- 
cinating prospects  of  the  Saco  intervales  is  obtained  from  the  little  church 
near  Lower  Bartlett.  This  view  is  Inst  enjoyed  inwards  evening,  when  the 
valley  is  flooded  with  sunset  light,  and  then  k  one  might  believe  that  he  was 
looking  through  an  air  thai  had  never  enwrapped  any  sin.  upon  a  floor  of  some 
nook  of  the  primitive   Eden.'"     The  East  Branch,  a  rapid  mountain  current 


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Wild  River  forest  and  forming  the  deep  valley  separat- 
a  Carter  range,  unites  with  the  Saco  at  Lower  Bartlett. 
mouth    of    Ellis    river,  hurrying   down    from 
and    Mr    Washington,   and    tumbling   ninety   feet   over 
Branch,  coming  down  a   swift   descent  from  the  east 
ilban  Ridge,  through  Jericho,  enters  the   Saco  above  about  three 
i    Mote  mountain,  Ml   Attitash,  and  the  interest- 
[ge,  with  its   peculiar  opening,  "Pitman's  Arch,"  graces 
thern  side  while  everywhere   hills,  mountains,  and  valleys  give  WOnder- 
ely  . 

is   bounded    north    bv   Jackson,  east    by   Chatham    and    Conway, 

outj,  i     mvay   and    Albany,   west    by   Grafton    county,   Hart's   Location, 

u ty.     It  has  an  area  of  thirty-eight  thousand  acres.     The  princi- 

u  is  the  Saco.  and  here  it  first  assumes  the  attributes  of  a  river.     The 

m  "  in  this  state  drains  eight  hundred  and  fifty  square  miles 

-one    eleventh    of    the   state.     The   distance    in    an    air-line    southeast    from 

.1   of   the   river  beyond  the  Notch   to  the  point  of   entry  into   Maine 

enty-five  miles.     By  the  windings  of  the  river  the  distance  is  thirty-five 

miles.      For  eleven   miles  it   runs  nearly  south,  with  high  mountains  bending 

and  gracefully   curved    slopes    to    form    its    valley.     The    next    nine 

miles    extend    nearly    east,    through    the    level   intervals   of    Bartlett    to    the 

moul  Ellis  river  and   Last    Branch.     The  river  then   turns   nearly  south 

and   runs  eight    miles   to   the   mouth   of  Swift   river   in   Conway,  from   which 

point  it   flows  east   six  miles   to    Maine   line.     It  receives  the  waters  of  Swift 

ming  from  Waterville  through  Albany  to  Conway,  and  Ossipee  river, 

flowing   from  Ossipee   lake   into   Maine.     As   it   passes   out  of  the  state  it  is 

from   ten    to   twelve   rods  wide,  with   a   rapid   current.     Owing  to   the   rapid 

rush  of  waters  down  the  mountain   steeps  in  time  of  heavy  rainstorms,  it  has 

been  known  to  rise  thirty  feet  in  twenty-four  hours. 

The   town  of    Bartlett  was  incorporated  June   16,  1790,    and  named    in  honor  of  Josiah 

Harriett,  who  was  then  President  of  the  state.     It  comprised  the  following  grants:  The  grant 

\udrcu    McMillan  of  2,000  acres,  made  October  25,   1765;  to  Captain  William 

.  same  day,  oi  3,000  acres:  to  Lieutenant  Vere  Royse,  September  6,1769,  2,000  acres; 

Adjutant  Philip  Bayley,  August  9.  L770,  2,000  acres;  and  to  Major  James  Gray,  June  12,  1772. 

3.     By  an  act  passed  .tune  19,  1806,  the  town  received  a  grant  of  600  acres  of  laud 

the   state,  situated   in  the   town  of   Adams  (Jackson),  300  of   which  was  for 

support  "i  schools,  and  300  for  the  support  of  the  gospel;  and  by  an  act   passed  June   22, 

,vas  severed  from  Adams  and  annexed  to  this  town.     July  3,  1822,  a  tract  of 

iihanid  Carlton  was  severed   from  Bartlett  and  annexed  to  Adams;  and 

d  July   1.  1823,  a  large  tract  of   land  belonging   to  Jonathan   Mclntire  was 

town.     July  ::.  1839,  the  farm  of  Nathaniel  Tufts  and  Stephen  Carlton.  2d, 

from  Bartlett  and  annexe!  to  Jackson.     January  5,  1853,  the  town  was  severed 

and  annexed  to  ('arroll.     June  30,  1869,  a  tract  of  land  was  severed  from 

0   Bartlett;  and  July  2,  L878,  a  small  tract  was  severed  from   Hart's 

d  to  this  town.  — 11  Town  Papers. 


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Lieutenant  Vere  Royse.  -In  L 769  two  thousand  acres  of  land,  now  a  pari 
of  Bcirtlett,  was  granted  to  Lieutenanl  Vere  Royse,  for  his  military  services. 
Lieutenant  Royse  was  an  educated  scion  of  the  Irish  nobility,  and  a  brave 
soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  War.  He  was  in  command  of  a  company  ;it 
Braddock's  defeat,  and  held  his  men  until  accosted  by  Washington  with  ••  \Vh\ 
don't  you  retreat,  Captain  ? "  -- I  have  had  no  orders.  Steady,  men.  Make 
ready.  'Take  aim.  Fire!"  "This  will  never  do,  Captain.  I  order  jrou  to 
retreat."  "Attention,  company.  About  face.  March!'"  He  was  a  great 
mathematician,  was  eminenl  as  a  surveyor,  and  Left  many  valuable  dissertations 
mi  mathematics.  He  was  a  signer  of  the  Association  Tesl  in  Conway,  and  his 
name  appears  on  many  petitions  from  this  town.  Later  he  was  a  residenl  of 
Fryeburg. 

The  history  of  Bartlett  is  devoid  of  wide  significance;  its  annals  are 
marked  by  few  conspicuous  happenings;  but  its  beautiful  and  comfortable 
homes    of    to-daj     tell    the    story    of   the   patience   and    perseverance    of  the 

few    settlers  who    f.wur    to    stay   in    the  century   and    -e    ago.     The    very 

hard  and  unenviable  lot  of  the  worthy  pioneers  in  this  section  can  scarcely 
be  imagined  l>\  their  descendants.  Theyfought  bravely  with  adverse  elements, 
lack  of  sufficient  food,  inadequate  protection  from  the  weather  and  the 
ravages  of  wild  beasts.  Previous  to  the  Revolution  two  brothers.  Enoch 
and  Humphrey  Emery,  and  Nathaniel  Harriman  settled  in  Lower  Bartlett 
on  land  given  them  by  Captain  William  Stark.  In  1777,  a  few  years  after, 
Daniel  Fox,  Esq.,  Captain  Samuel  Willey,  and  Paul  Jilly,  from  Lee.  located 
north  of  the  others;  their  horses  would  not  stay,  but  struck  over  the  hills 
due  south,  in  the  direction  of  their  old  home,  and  it  is  said  they  perished 
before  the  spring.  Hon.  John  Pendexter,  with  his  wife  and  child,  came 
from  Portsmouth  here  very  curly  and  made  his  home  in  the  south  pari  of 
the  town  near  the  line  of   Conway. 

By  1781  several  settlers  were  struggling  for  existence,  and  it  appears 
thai  the  proprietors  did  not  aid  them  as  would  seem  fitting,  if  this  petition 
to  the  General  Court  indicates  the  true  state  of  affairs. 


Relative  to  a  Bridgi  over  East  Branch.  The  Eumble  Petition  of  The  Inhabitants  of  a 
place  called  Starks  Location  &  the  Neighboring  Locations  Sheweth  —  That  they  have  been  at 
considerable  expence  in  Makeing  Roads  trough  Said  Location  that  there  i<  a  Rapid  River  on 
Sa  Location  called  the  Eastering  Branch,  Great  part  of  the  year  unpassable  thai  your 
Petitioners  are  unable  to  build  a  Bridge  over  the  Same  and  have  a  long  time  Suffered  and 
Endangered  their  Lives  and  properties  tor  waul  of  Sd  Bridge  That  about  two  years  ago' 
this  Honourable  Courl  did  apoint  Coll.  McMillan  and  others  as  a  Committee  to  Make  or 
Repaire  a  Road  through  Sd  hand  in  Conjunction  With  other  Land,  and  Sell  So  much  of 
S'1  hand  a-  Would  pay  for  the  Same  that  the  Sa  McMillan  did  take  one  Hundred  acre's 
ofthebesl  Land  of  Sd  Location  to  Himself  for  that  purpose  but  hath  not  built  S'1  Bridge  or 
laid  out  one  farthing  on  the  Road  Wherefore  your  Petitioner-  Pray  that  this  Eonorable  <  lourl 
Will   Take  the  Premisses   in   their  Wise   ..v.  Deliberate  Consideration  and  Direct  the  S     M 


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-  they  Shall  judge  Proper -and  your  Petitioners 

,,.av  Signed  1W  Eickard  in  behalf  of 

i-o,  Himselt  and  the  Petitioners, 

. 
.,,•1,    Emery,  Josiah  Copps,  Samuel    Wooddes,  Nathaniel  Smith,  Joseph 
„i„  Copps,  Richardson  Emery,  George  Wooddes,  John  Pendexter,  Humphrey 
■  _    peter  Coffin. 
I,e  Honourable  the  General  Court  of  New  Hampshire 

h,  December,  1783,  Richard  Garland,  as  he  told  Lucy  Crawford,  "  was  one 

inhabitant   among  five  who  came  into  that  location,  and  there  were  but  few 

iuhabitai  distance  of   thirty-six    miles,  mostly  woods,  and   they  were 

nty-five  miles  from  Dover,  where  they  had  to  go  for  their  provisions,  and 

had  them  to  draw  in  a  hand-sleigh  in  the  winter  over  a  little  bushed  path, 

without  a  bridge."    After  several  years  Mr  Garland  had  a  small  piece  of  land 

under  cult  i  vat  inn.     Tradition  has  it  that  at  one  time  he  walked  seven  miles  to 

plow,  as  two  of  his  neighbors  would  each  lend  him  a  horse.     He 

he  plow  home  on  his  hack,  then  walked  a  mile  and  a  half  to  buy  hay 

s.     Alter  a  good  day's  work  he  returned  the  plow,  then  went  home 

to  his  -upper,  having  walked  thirty  miles. 

|i  will  1).   seen  that  the  work  of  planting  civilization  here  was  not  a  holiday 

play,  and  tin'  story  of  .Mr  Garland  could  he  almost  duplicated  in  the  experience 

,,i\    settler.     Out  of   dangers,  hardships,  sufferings,    and    exposure,  was 

loped  a  kindliness  to  others,  and  on  tins  broad  and  liberal  principle  was 

civilization  founded.     The  same  spirit  is  a  ruling  passion  with  the  descendants 

of  the  pioneers  who  live  in  town  to-day. 

Roads  and  1  nidges  were  here,  as  everywhere  in  newr  mountainous  countries, 

soiirc.s  of  anxiety  and  trouble.     In  1793  a  petition  was  sent  to  the  General 

Court,  statin;.;'  that  the   most    of  the   land  was   owned   by   non-residents   and 

exempted  from  taxes,  and.  -as  there  is  a  road  lately  laid  out  from   Conway  to 

Shelburne,  by  order  of  court,  which  must  go  nearly  five  miles  in  Bartlett,  and 

this,  too,  at  the  expense  of  the  Inhabitants,  which  they  must  make  through  an 

uncultivated  wilderness,  together  with  other  necessary  roads  in  town,  and  the 

■ding  to   Lancaster,  North  of  the  White  Hills,"  they  pray  for  a  tax  of 

one  penny  an  acre  on  all  lands  in   Bartlett  to  be  applied  to  the  making  and 

repairing  of  roads.     This  was  signed  by  the  following,  and  was  granted  over 

irs   later:  —  Ralph     Hall,    Anthony    Emery,    Miles    Thompson,     John 

Joseph   Hall,   Levi  Sevey,  Simon  Seavey,  Jonathan  Seavey,  Jonathan 

ie,  James   Basset,  Jonathan  Tasker,  Jonathan  Hutchins,  John  Pendexter, 

Chubbuck,    Thomas    Spring,    Enoch    Emery,    Thomas    Rodgers,    Joseph 

Samuel  Stratton,  Richard    Garland,  Obed    Hall,  Samuel    Seavey, 

James     Rogers,    isiek    Stanton.    Samuel    Fall,    John    weekes, 

seph   Pitman,  george  woodes,  Timothy  Walker. 

McMillan  i  for  the  inhabitants)  petitions  at  the  same  session  of  the 


Town   of   Paktlett.  913 


General  Courl  for  an  incorporatioi]  of  various  grants  and  locations  with  the 
town,  and  includes  "  a  uumber  of  hundred-acre  lots  Laid  oul  by  the  committee 
for  making  and  repairing  the  road  to  Coos,"  etc.  At  the  same  time  another 
petition  was  presented,  which  we  give,  asking  to  be  severed  from  Grafton 
county  and  annexed   to  Strafford,  or  a  new  count}    to  be  formed. 

To  the  Honourable  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State  of  New  hampshire 
in  General  Courl  conven'd,  al  Concord  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  June  1793. 

The  petitions  of  the  freeholders  and  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Bartletl  and  locations 
humbly  sheweth ;  the  man}  difficulties  they  now  labour  under;  in  consequence  of  their  Being 

a  remote  pari   of  the  Extensive  Count]  "i  Grafton;  and  particular^  your  petiti rs  being 

nearly  Nmetj  miles  distanl  Erom  any  place  where  <  iourts  are  held  :  Excepting  Justices  Courts, 
Eor  the  tryal  of  anj  Cause  \\  hatever :  and  nearly  one  Hundred  miles  Erom  the  register's  « Office, 
Eor  recording  of  deeds;  all  which  is  a  verrj  greal  grievance,  which  ran  be  plainly  made 
appear,  therefore  your  petitioners  pray,  that  the  town  of  Bartletand  Locations  Northerly  of 
Bartlel  may  he  sol  of  Erom  the  County  of  Grafton  and  anexed  to  the  County  of  Strafford,  or 
make  a  new  Countj  in  the  Northerly  part  of  the  State,  or  otherwise  relieved  as  you  in  your 
\\  isdom  may  think  proper  and  your  Petitioners  as  in  duty  Bound  will  Ever  pray. 

Richard  Garland,  Enoch  Emery,  Joseph  Hall,  Obed  Hall,  Levi  Seavey,  Samuel  Seavey, 
Simon  Seavej ,  John  Scribner,  Jonathan  Seavey,  James  Rogers,  Jonathan  Place,  isick  Stanton. 
James  Baset,  Samuel  Fall,  Jonathan  Tasker,  John  weeks,  Jonathan  Hutchins,  John  wooster, 
Humphrey  Emery,  John  Pendexter,  Joseph  Pitman,  Levi  Chubbuck,  george  woodes,  Thomas 
Spring,  Timothy  Walker.  Joseph  Pinkham,  Joseph  D.  pinkham. 

Mills.  -The  first  gristmill  Hazen  Pitman  remembers  was  Joseph  Thomp- 
son's at  Centre  Bartlett  on  Ellis  river.  This  was  carried  off  by  a  freshet  years 
ago.  Soon  after  the  road  from  Jackson  to  Glen  station  was  opened,  Mr 
Goodrich  built  a  saw  and  grist  mill  on  the  Kails  that  bear  his  name,  and  the 
site  has  been  ever  since  occupied  by  a  mill  of  some  sort,  a  very  line  one  being 
now  there.  Allium  Allen  had  a  mill  close  by  the  present  village  of  Bartlett. 
This  was  long  in  use.  Frank  George  and  Levi  Rogers  bought  the  property, 
and  the  mill  was  given  up  in  decay.  A  small  mill  was  in  operation  on  Stillings 
hrook  in  Upper  Bartlett  under  the  ownership  of  Samuel  Parker.  John  Pitman 
linilt  a  sawmill  about  islO,  near  his  home  on  East  branch,  a  mile  above  the 
valley  road,  and  Stephen  Burbank  had  a  saw  and  gristmill  in  Jericho  on  Rocky 
Branch. 

Something  Concerning  Early  Settlers.-  .Many  of  those  whose  names  are 
signed  to  the  early  petitions  exist  in  the  minds  of  the  oldest  inhabitants 
only  as  a  shadowy  remembrance,  and  not  many  stand  out  so  sharply 
defined  as  to  be  caught  for  the  view  of  posterity.  Enoch  Emery  finally 
settled  in  Jericho,  and  Humphrey  owned  the  brickyard  and  lived  there 
for  years. 

Richard  Garland  was  the  first  constable  and  collector  of  taxes  of  the  town 
of  Bartlett.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  a  native  of  Dover,  and  lived 
to  an  advanced  age,  dying  March  5,  1853.  IBs  wife  was  Sarah  Watson,  of 
Rochester.     Their  eldesl   son,  Eben,  remained  in  Bartlett,  and   married   Lydia 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


had  three   sons,  Alexis,  Richard,  and   Otis  (the 
,4    four  danghters.     Alexis  made  his  home  in  town 
sons  were:   Benjamin   C,  Eben   O.,  Richard  A.,  and 
resident  of  Bartlett,  and  carries  on  merchandising. 

.    of  Captain    Clay's    company,    Colonel    Reed's 

Lutionary  army,  one  of  the  first  selectmen,  was  a  descend- 

who  emigrated   from  England  and  settled  in  Madbnry. 

30ns:   Ebenezer,  Samuel,  John,  and  William.     Ebenezer  was  the 

r  and  Jonathan,  who  settled  about  two  miles  below  Bartlett 

Jonathan  had  two  sons.  Jonathan  and  Ebenezer,  and  four  daughters; 

married  Elder  Hasletine ;   Lucretia  and  Lurana  (twins)  married  brothers, 

md  Joshua  Rogers ;  Comfort    married   Benjamin  F.George.     Cyrus  A. 

i  'airview  cottage,  is  son  of  Ebenezer. 

The  Meserves  were  related  to  George  Meserve,  early  collector  of  the  ports 

n   and   Portsmouth,  and   to   Colonel  Meserve,  who  was  at  the  siege 

in   174o.     Clement   and   Jonathan  Meserve,  brothers,  came  from 

burg,    near    Hover,   and   settled    in   Jackson   in   1790.     After  some    years 

■ni    moved   into    Bartlett.     lie  had  several  children,   but   his   son    Silas 

remained  on    the  home  place.     Silas  was  a  man  of  considerable  ability  and 

held    many  offices,  one   of  which  being  that  of  associate  judge  of  the    court 

ommon  picas,     lie  had  eight  children,  and  the   names  of  the  sons  were: 

hen,  Ezra,  John   Langdon,  and  Isaac.     Stephen  and  Isaac  lived  and  died 

in  Bartlett.     The  former  did  not  marry,  but  the  latter  had  six  daughters,  all 

of    whom    are    dead    except    Emily    A.,    now    living    with    her    brother,    both 

unmarried.     Stephen   was  a   man  of  ability  and  of  much   prominence    in    his 

day.     He    represented    the  classed  towns  of  Jackson  and  Bartlett  for  many 

3,  and  then  Bartlett  alone.     Although  not  a  lawyer,  he  attended  to  much 

legal  business  in   this  part  of  the  county.     Hon.  Arthur  L.  Meserve  is  now 

the  only  male  of  that    name  living  in   town.     He  was  born    April   18,  1838. 

He  has  written  much  for  the  press,  and  is  quite  well  known  in  literary  circles; 

has  hern   a    farmer  and   merchant,  and   connected  somewhat   with   railroads; 

repeatedly  held  town  offices,  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature,  and  held 

'    office    of    county    commissioner   three    years,    was    colonel    on    Governor 

Weston's  staff,  chairman  of   Democratic  state  committee  for  two  years,  and 

two  years  member  of  Governor  Charles  H.  Bell's  executive  council. 

The  Hall  family  has  been  distinguished  and  prominent.     Hon.  Obed  Hall, 

lom   Madbury,  early  had  a  line  farm   in  Upper  Bartlett,  and  his  house  was 

house  of  entertainment.     He  was  a  man  of  medium  size   and   tine 

md  of  great  ability.     He  was   member   of   Congress    in    1811,  and 

i  influence  was  potent  in  affairs.     Ezra  Keniston  now  resides 

rhere  was  his  home.     An  old  resident  says  :  "Obed  Hall  had  the 

lily  ever  raised  in   Bartlett,  and  the  best-looking  girls.     His   son 


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Obed  went  into  business  in  Portland;  Elijah  studied  Law  and  Left  town  early. 
Abigail,  ;i  daughter,  never  married,  bu1  engaged  in  business  in  Portland  and 
was  ;i  keen  businesswoman.  Hannah  married  Benjamin  Gould,  of  Conway 
Centre.  He  kepi  tavern  tor  a  long  time.  The  other  children  were:  Maria, 
Mary  and  Martha  (twins),  and  Caroline.  His  first  wife  was  twenty  years 
older  than  he,  and  his  second  wile  was  twenty  years  younger  than  he.  She- 
was  mother  of  the  children.  After  Mr  Hall's  death  she  married  Richard 
Odell,  and  took   the  children   with  her  to   Portland." 

Ebenezer   L.   I).   Hall,  a   Revolutionary  soldier,   was  a  brother  of   Judge 

Obed  Hall,  and  was  a  man  of  nnnsnal  education  and  business  qualities.  He 
taught  school,  and  was  popularly  known  as  ••Master"  Hall.  He  filled  various 
(own  offices  with  ability,  and  on  the  death  of  Dr  Willson  in  1811  was 
appointed  judge  of  probate  of  Coos  county,  and  held  the  office  until  1829. 
Judge  -lames  W.  Weeks  writes  of  him:  "Mr  Hall  was  very  popular  as  judge 
of  probate.  He  was  a  tanner,  and  a  man  of  influence.  His  manners  were 
most  courtly,  and  he  possessed  extremely  kind  feelings.  Widows  and  orphans 
could  trust  their  interests  in  his  hands  with  perfect  safety."  Obed  Hall,  Esq., 
of  Tamworth,  was  his  son.  Another  son,  Jonathan,  was  a  lifelong  resident 
of  Bartlett.  (Sis  son,  Lloyd  L.,  lives  on  the  ancestral  acres.)  Sarah  A., 
daughter  of   E.  L.  D.  Hall,  married  -lames  H.  Hall,  of  Bartlett. 

Elias  Hall  lived  in  various  places;  kept  toll  bridge  and  the  toll  gate.  One 
of  his  suns  became  wealthy  in  New  York.  Another,  J.  S.,  was  one  of  the 
company  that  built  the  Summit  House  on  Mt  Washington  in  1852.  He 
removed  to  Jefferson,  where  he  died. 

Levi  Chubbuck  settled  on  the  place  where  Ed  Sinclair  now  lives.  He 
died  comparatively  young,  but  left  a  large  family.  His  sons  Levi  and  Barnet 
settled  in  town,  Levi  occupying  his  father's  homestead.  Hannah  married 
John  Thompson,  of  Conway;  Sally  married  John  Carlton;  Betsey  married 
a  Walker:  Jane  married  David  Carlton.  Levi  the  younger  married  Ann 
Davis,  and  had  children:  Edwin:  George;  Mary  A. ;  Emeline  (married  Hon. 
(i.  W.  M.  Pitman)  ;  Rhoda  (married  Tobias  Dinsmore). 

Joseph  Pitman  l  was  an  important  man  in  the  early  settlement,  holding 
many  useful  offices.  No  other  of  the  pioneers  has  so  many  descendants 
bearing  his  name  or  in  positions  of  honor.  John  Pitman,  son  of  Joseph,  lived 
off  from  the  valley  road  on  the  East  branch.  He  married  Abby,  daughter 
of  Woodman  Carlton.  His  oldest  son,  Hazen,  is  the  oldest  representative 
of  the  family  name.  He  was  born  January  30,  1806,  married,  first,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Pendexter;  second,  Eliza  H.,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Polly  (Huson)  Tasker.  He  has  been  much  in  town  office,  and  fifty  years 
a  Methodist  church  member.  He  laid  the  foundations  of  the  Pequawkel 
House  by  opening  a  boarding-house  in  1854. 

1  See  Biographical  Sketches. 


ORY    OF    CABBOLL    COUNTY. 


•   Benjamin  Pitman  was  Left  a  lad  on  the  kindness  of  his  uncle 
dm  up  as  his  own  son.     Marrying  Sally  Pendexter,  he 
n,  but  in  a  short   bime  came  to    Bartlett.     A  stalwart  man, 
„d  methodical,  he  was  powerful  and  harmonious  in  body  and  mind, 
titled.       \  It  of  the  industry  of  himself  and  wife,  he  left  one 

jtrcultivated  farms  in  Bartlett.     His  son,  John  P.  Pitman, 
i  i  for  many  v. mis.  prominent  in  town,  and  county  treasurer  of  Cobs 
i   terms.     He  had  a  dignified  presence  and  unquestioned  integ- 
Democrat,  he  did   much  good  work  in   tilling  the   quota  of 
i  ivil  War.     He  died  unmarried  a  few  years  since, 
i  old  residents  we  are  enabled  to  give  something  of  some  early  resi- 
dents, and  in  their  Language.     Samuel,  Simon,  and  Jonathan  Seavey  lived  in 
the    east    part    near    Kearsarge.      Their  descendants  are   in    Conway.     Frank 
married   Mary,  daughter  of  Ithamar  Seavey,  of  Conway,  belonging  to 
this  family.     The  McMillan  place  was  where  Cyrus  A.  Tasker  lives.     He  pur- 
of  Rev.  James  McMillan,  who  lived  where  William  D.  Tasker  does, 
an.l  kept   the  postoffice    for  a   long  time.     David   Woods  lived  above  James 
M   Millan.  and  moved  early  to  Jackson.     He  worked  on  the  turnpike  for  many 
years.     Noah  and  Thomas  Sinclair  were  later  residents,  but  deserve  notice,  as 
attained  "a  great  age,'*  and  they  have  been  good  citizens.     Samuel  Carl- 
ton lived  opposite  the  lower  meeting-house;  Woodman  lived  near  him.     The 
family  has  been  a  numerous  one  in  town,  and  the  oldest  one  is  also  named 
\V  iodman.     He  is  eighty-six  years  old.     Robert  Place's  farm  is  now  occupied 
by  Charles  Allen,  grandson  of    Abram  the  miller.     Place's   son    became  con- 
d  with  a  gang  of  counterfeiters,  the  farm  was  sold  to  keep  him  out  of 
prison,  and    the    family   went    from   town.     James  Rogers  and  sons,   Daniel, 
Joshua,  and  Jonathan,  lived  across  the  Saco  from  Judge  Hall.     Samuel  Fall 
lived  near  neighbor  to  Obed   Hall.     One  of  his  daughters,  Rebecca,  married 
Samuel  Parker,  the  miller:  another,  Judith,  married  an  Allard  and  had  two 
.  Samuel  and  Joseph.     Isaac.  George,  and  Robert  Stanton  lived  in  the  Hall 
neighborhood,   just    below    Ebenezer    Tasker's.      Richard    Garland  lived  just 
above   Ebenezer  Tasker  on  the  main  road.     There  is  no  house  on  tlie  farm. 
Lives  just  above.     Joseph  Seavey  moved  to    New  York.     Elijah 
ettled  below  Judge  Hall.     He  had  three  daughters.     Lavina  married 
Eliza  married  John  Wentworth  ;  Lucy  married  John  George. 
■tin  G  ame  early  from   Conway  and  settled  the  farm  where  his  son, 

niM.'i    !•'..  Lived  so  many  years,  and  now  occupied  by  Frank  George.     He 
"  ;""1  useful   man.     Peter  Stillings  lived  below  the  village  on  the 
o  Judge  Hall's.     Samuel  Stillings  was  the  farthest  resident  in  the  upper 
own.     William  White  paid  Judge  Hall  seventeen  hundred  dollars 
rm,  about  a  mile  below  Hall's  tavern,  and  it  was  the  finest 
tie  town.     His  soll  William  went  to  Canada,  took  part  in 
the  Rebellion  of  1837,  returned,  and  died  in  Conway. 


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These  names  are  on  the  fcax-lisl  of  lsll  :   Lower   District.     Levi  Chubbuck, 
Thos.  Chubbuck,  Samuel  Carlton,  James  Carlton,  Woodman  Carlton,  David 

Curl  ton.  S;iml.  ( "a  ill  on.  2d,  John  Carlton,  Edward  Carlton,  Edward  Carlton,  Jr, 
Nathaniel  Carlton,  Stephen  Carlton,  David  Cramore,  Thos.  Cole,  Nathan  Dear- 
born, Job  Eastman,  Enoch  Emery,  Stephen  Emery,  Humphrey  Emery,  2d,  Syl- 
varius  Emery,  Sally  Emery,  James  Glass,  Betse}  Harris,  Edmond  E.Harriman, 
Joseph  Iloit,  Jona.  Hoit,  Daniel  Hodgdon,  Silas  Meserve,  Clemenl  Meserve, 
•lames  McMillan,  George  Nicholson,  John  Pendexter,  John  Pendexter,  Jr, 
Joseph  Pendexter,  Joseph  Pitman,  William  Pitman,  John  Pitman,  Samuel 
Pitman,  Joseph  Pitman,  Jr,  Benja.  Pitman,  Josiah  Weeks,  Stephen  Webster, 
George  Woodess,  David  Woods,  George  Woodes,  2d.  Middh  District.  Andrew 
(ate,  Humphrey  Emery,  Jacob  Emery,  Nathaniel  Emery,  Richard  Humphrey, 
Samuel  Hazeltine,  Philip  Harriman,  John  Harriman,  Herberl  C.  Harriman, 
Richard  Bussel,  Paul  Stanton,  Joseph  Thompson,  .Miles  Thompson,  .John 
Weeks,  Josiah  C.  Woodes,  William  White,  Wm.  White,  Jr,  Jonathan  T. 
Wills.  Upper  District.  Abram  Allen,  Samuel  Fall.  Richard  Garland,  Eben- 
ezer  ( !  aria  ml.  Otis  W.  Garland,  Linus  Hall,  <  >bed  Hall,  Elias  Hall,  Josiah  Hall, 
Eben.  L.  1>.  Hall,  Wm.  Miles.  Jonathan  Place.  Roberl  PI, ice,  .lames  Rogers, 
Daniel  Rogers,  Jonathan  Rogers,  Joshua  Rogers,  Thomas  Russell,  Isaac 
Stanton.  Robert  Stanton.  George  Stanton,  Elijah  Seavey,  Samuel  Seavey, 
Stephen  Seavey,  Joseph  Seavey.  Peter  Stillings,  Peter  Stillings,  Jr,  Samuel 
Stillings,  Ebenezer  Tasker,  David  Warren.  Non-residents.  Rufus  G.  Amory, 
Elijah  Densmore,  Jr,  William  Dolloff,  Noah  Eastman,  George  Fall,  Samuel 
Hall,  Thomas  Lee,  Lewis  .McMillan.  Jonathan  Seavey,  3d,  Nathan  Tilton, 
Joseph  Whipple. 


CHAPTER   LXXVII. 

Town  Annals  and  Civil  List  —  Action  of  Town  in  the  Rebellion. 

1790.  July  9.  Voted  Joseph  Pitman,  moderator:  Jonathan  Tasker, 
clerk:  John  Pendexter,  Jonathan  Tasker,  Enoch  Emery,  selectmen ;  Richard 
Garland,  constable  and  collector:  Enoch  Emery  and  Obed  Hall,  surveyors 
of  highways;  Thomas  Spring,  tythingman;  Jonathan  Hutchings  &  Simon 
Seavey,  fence-viewers;  Timothy  Walker  &  Samuel  Fall,  field-drivers,  pound- 
keepers,  and  hog-constables;  six  shillings  on  the  poll  for  summer  highway  tax, 
the  same  for  winter,  and  four  pounds  for  town  charges,  and  fifteen  pounds 
lor  schools:  also,  that    the   selectmen   open   and    Lay   out    roads.      1791.     John 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


Thos    Spring,  selectmen;    Jonathan    Tasker,    clerk; 

=hools,  £30   for  schoolhouses,  £2  for  town   charges.     Enoch 

Ta  nuel     Cotton     chosen     committee    to   look    out 

...     Enoch  Emery,    Simon    Seavey,    Levi    Clmbbuck, 

3ker,    clerk;    John    Pendexter,    Obed  Hall,    treasurers; 

[or  town  charges.     1794.     Enoch  Emery,  Joseph 

•iehard    Garland,  selectmen:  Jonathan  Tasker,  clerk;  voted  that 

between  0.   Hall's  and   II.    Emery's  have  their  school  money 

790        i   ...  and  appropriate  it   to  a  school  among  themselves :   voted  the 

an  allowance  of  two  per  cent,  for  wastage  of  grain,  and  the  treasurer 

three  per  cent.  :   also,  to  remit  all  cash  taxes. 

1795,      Enoch     Emery,    Ralph    Hall,    Joseph    Thompson,  Jr,   selectmen; 

Richard  Garland,  clerk  (protein.).     Jonathan  Tasker  is  supposed  to  be  clerk 

along  and   is  elected    at    a    later   meeting.     Voted    £50   for    support    of 

B.    Woodward,    county     treasurer    candidate,    receives     39    votes. 

March  %  to  "prefer  a   petition    to   the  General  Court  praying  a   tax 

on  all  lands  in   Bartlett."     1796.     Levi  Clmbbuck,  James  McMillan,  Thomas 

ell,    selectmen;    Jona.    Tasker.    clerk.     Voted    =£30    for    schools.     1797. 

i;.    L.    I  >.    Hall,    Joseph    Pitman.   Samuel    Carlton,    selectmen;  Jona    Tasker, 

clerk.     Voted     £50  for  schools,   ,£60    for   town  charges.     1798.     Obed  Hall, 

ii    Pitman,    Samuel    Carlton,    selectmen;    E.    L.    D.    Hall,   clerk.     John 

Goddard,    Esq.,  gets    \-    votes    tor    governor;  Moses    Baker,    Escp,  40    votes 

•  n.i t ' >r ;   Moses  Dow,   Esq.,  39    votes  for   councillor.     William   Emery  is 

immended"  by  the  selectmen  as   "a  suitable    person   to  have   a  license 

for   retailing    liquor   on  account  of  his   situation  and  imployment  of  a  public 

nature,  &c."     So  are  Peter   Hall  and  William  White,  the    latter   to  keep   a 

taveni   in    the  house  lately  occupied   by  Obed    Hall.     Dr    Daniel  B.   Potter 

pprobated"  to  sell  liquor  "on    account,"    etc.,  as    above.     1800.     Obed 

Hall.    Joseph   Pitman.  Samuel  Woodhouse,  selectmen;  E.  L.  D.  Hall,  clerk; 

Timothy   Walker.   Esq.,  has  47  votes  for   governor;  Thomas  Crawford,  Esq., 

13  votes  tor  senator:  38  votes  for,  3  against,  a  revision  of  the  constitution. 

ed   that  the  roads  be  three  rods  wide,  also   that    Obed   Hall  and    Joseph 

Pitman  be  bonds  for  the  collector. 

1801.      Obed     Hall,    representative     of    Conway,     Bartlett,    Adams,    and 
lions.     .John   Pendexter,  Joseph    Pitman,  Samuel  Woodhouse,  selectmen ; 
E.    L.   I).   Hall,  clerk.     1802.     Obed    Hall,  Joseph    Pitman,    Levi    Chubbuek, 
■tineii  ;   E.   L.  I).  Hall,  clerk.     John  Langdon  has  38  votes  for  governor; 
Timothy   Walker,  one.     Obed   Hall  chosen  representative   for  Bartlett,  Chat- 
as.     Voted  to  lay  out  road  over  Spring  Hill  four  rods  wide. 
•  one  from  Conway  line  to  Adams  same  width;  the  road  from  Dundee 
i  road  from   Bartlett   to  Adams  to  be  two  rods  wide.     April 
H all  chosen  delegate  to  a  convention  at  Lancaster  to  consult  about 


Town  of   Bartlett.  919 


a  new  county.  1803.  Obed  Hall,  Bartlett,  Miles  Thompson,  John  Weeks, 
selectmen  ;  E.  L.  D.  Hall,  clerk.  John  Pendexter,  Obed  Hall,  Richard  Garland 
chosen  delegates  to  a  convention  to  be  held  in  Conway  relative  to  a  new 
county.  1801.  Obed  Hall,  William  Emery,  Benjamin  Pitman,  selectmen; 
E.  L.  I>.  Hall,  clerk.  John  Langdon  has  54  votes  for  governor.  1805.  64 
votes  cast  at  election  of  member  of  Congress.  Silas  Meserve  chosen  repre- 
sentative for  Bartlett,  Adams,  and  Chatham.  75  voters  present  at  March 
meeting.  Obed  Hall,  John  Pendexter,  Jonathan  Tasker,  selectmen;  E.  L. 
I).  Hall,  clerk.  1806.  .March  meeting,  Obed  Hall,  Benjamin  Pitman, 
Lieut.  Jona.  Tasker,  selectmen;  E.  L.  I).  Hall,  clerk.  This  year,  as  for 
a  number  of  years  past,  the  town  voted  no  money  for  schools.  1807.  Obed 
Hall,  John  Pendexter,  Benjamin  Pitman,  selectmen;  Levi  Chubbuck,  clerk. 
Raised  $40  town  charges.  Voted  in  favor  of  a  revision  of  the  state  consti- 
tution, and  chose  Joseph  Pitman  delegate  to  convention  at  Ossipee.  L808. 
Obed  Hall,  John  Weeks,  William  Pitman,  selectmen ;  Levi  Chubbuck,  clerk ; 
David  Woodbury  collector  of  schoolhouse  tax  in  Lower  Bartlett.  Voted 
to  appropriate  a  house  in  Bartlett  for  the  use  of  those  who  see  fit  to  take 
the  smallpox  by  inoculation,  to  be  no  expense  to  the  town.  Road  on  line 
between  Conway  and  Bartlett  from  southwest  corner  of  Chatham  established. 
The  electors  of  President  of  the  United  States  get  07  votes  ;  only  ticket 
voted  for,  that  beaded  by  John  Langdon.  1809.  This  year  marks  the  entry 
of  politics  among  voters.  "  His  excellency,  .John  Langdon,  Esq.,""  has  62 
votes  for  governor:  "Hon.  Jeremiah  Smith,  Esq.,"  bad  six.  Obed  Hall, 
John  Weeks,  Benjamin  Pitman,  selectmen;  Levi  Chubbuck,  clerk.  1810. 
Obed  Hall,  Elijah  Seavey,  Samuel  Carlton,  selectmen;  E.  L.  D.  Hall,  clerk. 
.John  Pendexter  gets  24  votes  for  county  treasurer.  August  27,  Obed 
Hall  receives  62  votes  for  member  of  Congress  ;  Richard  Odell,  1.  Silas 
Meserve,  William  Stilphen,  Joseph  Pitman,  Jr,  receive  licenses  as  taverners. 
The  non-resident  tax-payers  are  Lewis  McMillan,  1,200  acres;  Joseph 
Whipple,  100  acres;  Rufus  G.  Amery,  2,000  acres;  Thomas  Lee,  400  acres; 
Nathan  Tilton,  100  acres;  William  Dolloff,  140  acres;  Joel  Page,  50  acres; 
George  Fall. 

1811.  Benjamin  Pitman,  E.  L.D.Hall,  Silas  Meserve,  selectmen;  John 
Pendexter,  Jr.  clerk.  July  24,  school  districts  defined.  No.  1  to  include  all 
inhabitants  east  of  Saco  and  Ellis  rivers.  No.  2,  all  inhabitants  residing-  west 
of  Saco  and  Ellis  rivers  till  you  meet  the  east  line  of  William  White's  farm. 
No.  -\  includes  all  inhabitants  west  of  the  aforesaid  William's  east  line.  1812. 
Elias  Hall,  Jonathan  Tasker,  Nathaniel  Carlton,  selectmen;  John  Pendexter, 
Jr,  clerk.  Voted  $300  town  expenses;  also,  to  raise  $5  per  month  for  each 
soldier  detached  from  the  militia  (for  United  States  service),  to  be  paid  to  their 
families  if  needed,  or  to  them  when  discharged  from  service.  The  ticket  for 
presidential  electors   beaded   b}'  John    Langdon  has  87   votes:  that    by  Oliver 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


1813.      Elias    Hall,  Nathaniel    Carlton,  Ebenezer  Tasker, 
,'i;J  ,;,.     L814.    Obed    Hall,  Benjamin  Pitman,  Jona- 

,:  .lames   Carlton,  clerk.     Voted  67  against,  2  for,  the 
nation.     1815.    Obed  Hall,  Joseph  Thompson,  Jr,  Linns 
I    trlton,  clerk.     The   selectmen  are   directed  to  open 
h  side  of  Union   bridge.     William  Plumer  has  75  votes 
.!,,;,,,     r.  Gilman  5.      L816.     State    election   nearly  all   one  way.- 
;m  pi,,,  $4  votes  for  governor,  James  Sheafe  2.     John  Pendexter, 

W  .  Elijah  Seavey,  selectmen ;  John  Pendexter,  Jr,  clerk.    Voted 

petition   the   General  Conrl   tor  leave  to  erect  a  toll-bridge  over  Saco  river. 
. ,„!„.,.  23,  voted  $200  to  repair  Union  bridge.     1817.     John  Pendexter.  Jr, 
Elijah    Seavey,  selectmen;  John   Pendexter,  Jr,  clerk.     Voted 
$100  more  than  obliged   to  do  for  schools:  to  accept  the  bill  authoriz- 
the  town  -to  erect  and   keep  tip  a  bridge  over  Saco   river;"  that  the  map 
of  the  state  be  posted  in  each  end  of  the  town  alternately.     March  22,  voted 
si    $25,000,  etc.,  lor  building  the  bridge  across  Saco  river  ;  John  Pendexter, 
Samuel  Stillings,    Daniel    Meserve,   Richard  Garland,  and  Joseph    Thompson 
.ii  directors.      L818.     William  Plumer  has  70  votes  for  governor.     John 
Pendexter,  Jr,  Obed   Hall,  Jonathan   Tasker,  selectmen;  John  Pendexter,  Jr, 
clerk.     Voted  to  lease  all  state   lands  owned  by  the  town  in  Adams.     1819. 
Silas   Meserve,   Benjamin    Pitman,   Obed   Hall,  selectmen;  Jonathan    Tasker,.. 
clerk.    <  >bed  Hall  lias  38  votes  for  senator;  Samuel  Bell,  41  votes  for  governor. 
1820.      John    Pendexter.    Jr.    Jonathan    Tasker,    Samuel    Willey,    selectmen; 
Stephen    Meserve,    clerk.     State  tax;    this   year,    $71.35;    county  tax,   #73.98; 
school  tax,  .$159.80  ;  town   tax,  $104.71 ;  non-resident,  $50.17.     Total,  $461.01. 
1821.     John    Pendexter,  Jr,  Jonathan  Tasker,  Samuel  Willey,  selectmen; 
■ii     Meserve,  clerk.      For    revision   of    constitution,  4   votes;    against, 
.">■''.      L822.     Stephen    Meserve,  Jonathan   Tasker,  John   Pendexter,  Jr,  select- 
men:   Ezra    II.    Meserve,    clerk.      The  inhabitants  of    Hardscrabble  to    form 
a   new  school    district.     1823.     Stephen  Meserve,  John  Pendexter,   Jr,  Obed 
Hah.  men;   Ezra     II.    Meserve,    clerk.      Voted   to  raise    $200    to    repair 

n  bridge,  erect  toll  house  and  gate.     Is24.     John  Pendexter,  Jr,  Stephen 
Mi  serve,  Elias    Hall,  selectmen  ;  Ezra  H.  Meserve,  clerk.     Elias  Hall  chosen 
toll-taker  on    Union  bridge.     The  Democratic   ticket  for  members  of  congress 
had  36  votes;  the  opposition,  6.     1825.    John  Pendexter,  Jr,  Stephen  Meserve, 
Jonathan  Tasker,  selectmen ;  Ezra    H.  Meserve,  clerk.     David  L.  Morrill  had 
governor.     L826.    Stephen  Meserve,  John  Pendexter,  Jr,  Jonathan 
tmen  ;   E.  H.  Meserve.  clerk.     David  L.  Morrill  had  41  votes   for 
rnor,  to    Benjamin    Pierce,    15.      The    toll-bridge    is  carried  away  by  the 
shcl    that  caused  the  Willey  disaster,  ami  Charles  Hall  contracts  to 
L827.     Stephen   Meserve,  Jonas  Tasker,  Isaac   Stanton,  selectmen ; 
clerk.     1828.      Stephen    Meserve,   James    Kilgore,   Benjamin 


Tows    OF    Uautlett.  021 


Pitman,  selectmen;  Ezra  II.  Meserve,  clerk.  Elias  Hall  chosen  prudential 
committee  For  school  districl  No.  2;  Jonathan  Tasker,  No.  3;  Joseph  F. 
Densmore,  No.  I:  Job  Eastman,  No.  5;  John  Pendexter,  Jr,  for  No.  t.  Ai 
the  November  election,  the  ticket  for  electors  of  Presidenl  beaded  by  John 
Harvey  had  85  votes,  thai  by  George  Sullivan,  L0.  L829.  Roberl  P. 
Hodgson,  representative  for  Bartlett,  Adams,  and  Hart's  Location.  John  Pen- 
dexter, Jr,  Timothj  W.  <  reorge,  William  Stilphen,  selectmen  ;  Ezra  II.  Mesen  e, 
clerk.  L830.  William  Stilphen,  Timothj  W.  George,  John  Pendexter,  Jr, 
selectmen;  Ezra  II.  Meserve,  clerk.  Matthew  Harvey  lias  87  votes  for  gov- 
ernor, i"  Timothy  (Jpham,  6.  Voted  to  raise  $500  for  a  road  commencing 
near  William  Stilphen's  ami  passing  near  Goodrich  mills  to  Jackson  Line. 
George  P.  Meserve  representative  for  Bartlett,  Jackson,  and  Hart's  Location. 
L831.  William  Stilphen,  Stephen  Meserve,  Timothy  W.  George,  select- 
men: John  P.  Pitman,  clerk.  Samuel  Dinsmore  has  87  votes  for  governor; 
Ichabod  Bartlett,  7  votes.  Samuel  C.  Webster,  17  votes  for  councillor;  John 
Pendexter,  Jr,  51.  The  Democratic  tickel  for  members  of  congress  receives 
84  votes,  the  Whig  ticket  4.  March  meeting.  The  selectmen,  town  clerk,  and 
Jonathan  Meserve,  2d,  chosen  directors  of  Union  bridge.  John  Pendexter,  Jr, 
chosen  agent  to  look  after  the  town's  lands  in  Jackson,  one  half  the  income  to 
go  for  the  support  of  schools,  one  half  to  that  of  the  gospel.  May  25.  Voted 
that  the  inhabitants  on  the  north  side  ^\'  the  Saco  west  from  Daniel  Rogers 
form  a  school  district.  1832.  Stephen  Meserve,  Timothy  W.George,  Eben- 
ezer  Tasker,  selectmen;  John  P.  Pitman,  clerk.  Samuel  Dinsmore  has  (.>7  out 
of  99  votes  cast  for  governor.  Match  13.  Voted  to  raise  $200  to  build  Alice 
River  bridge ;  that  practising  physicians  and  surgeons  have  liberty  to  pass  the 
toll-bridge  free.  November  5.  Ticket  for  electors  of  President  headed  by 
Benjamin  Pierce  has  101  votes:  that  headed  by  Langley  Boardman,  10.  1833. 
John  Pendexter,  Jr,  Elias  M.  Hall,  Samuel  Pendexter,  selectmen;  John  P. 
Pitman,  clerk.  Samuel  C.  Dinsmoor  has  105  votes  —  all  cast  for  governor. 
Ninety-nine  votes  against  revision  of  the  constitution.  Selectmen  authorized 
to  survey  the  west  line  of  the  town.  1834.  John  P.  Pitman,  Samuel  Pendex- 
ter. Elias  M.  Hall,  selectmen;  Samuel  P.  Meserve,  clerk;  George  Pendexter, 
representative.  March  12.  Voted  $200  for  town  expenses.  The  literary  fund 
to  be  equally  divided  between  the  support  of  schools  and  the  gospel.  1835. 
Joseph  Pitman.  Timothy  W.  George,  James  Kilgore,  selectmen:  Samuel  P. 
Meserve,  clerk;  Ezra  W.  Meserve,  representative.  Match  10.  Ministers  of 
the  gospel  to  pass  the  toll-bridge  free.  1836.  Joseph  Pitman.  James  Kilgore, 
Jr,  Elias  M.  Hall,  selectmen ;  George  Pitman,  clerk ;  Ezra  H.  Meserve,  repre- 
sentative. November  7.  Voted  not  to  grant  au  appropriation  for  an  insane 
hospital  by  65  votes  to  5.  1837.  George  Pitman.  Levi  Chubbuck,  Elisha 
Stokes,  selectmen ;  George  Pitman,  clerk ;  Samuel  P.  Meserve,  representative. 
•'The  Democratic  candidates  for  congressmen  receive  100  votes  each,  and  are 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


Ephraim  Cobb  petition  the  legislature  to 
house,  and  to  prevent  people  fording  the  river  near 
;   Chubbuck,   Ebenezer  Tasker,  Alpheus  Bean,  select- 
Samuel    P.    Meserve,    representative.      School 
md  bounded.     L839.     .John  1'.  Pitman,  Elisha  Stokes, 
Pitman,  clerk;  Samuel  P.  Meserve,  repre- 
■  has  l-:>>  votes  for  governor.     At  the  March  meeting  the 
uthorized  to  hire  $300  to  build  the  bridge  and  road  advised  by 
dso  to  petition  the  legislature  to  extend  the  charter  of  the  toll- 
[840.     Levi  <  'hubbuck,  Ebenezer  Tasker,  Joseph  Thompson,  Jr,  select- 
Pitman,    clerk  ;    Joseph    Pitman,  representative.      The   March 
i  ive  the  interest  of  the  surplus,  and  to  divide  it  equally 
he  polls  and  taxable  widows. 

i  Chubbuck,  Hazen  Pitman,  Jonathan  Hall,  selectmen  ;  George 

Joseph  Pitman,  representative.     1842.     James  Kilgore,  Hazen 

nathaii    Hall,    selectmen;    George    Pitman,    clerk;    Elisha   Stokes, 

Voted  $350  town  expenses.'    Eighty-six  votes  for,  5  against, 

the  .(institution.     1843.     Hazen    Pitman,    Charles    French,    Isaac 

:tmen ;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk ;  Elisha  Stokes,  representative. 

ien  M  serve  chosen  agent  to  establish  line  between  Bartlett  and  Chatham. 

1-11.     George  Pitman,  Ebenezer  Tasker,  Cornelius  Stilphen,  selectmen  ;  John 

I ).   I'll pson,  clerk;  John  P.  Pitman,  representative.     At  the  March  meeting 

ed  to  memorialize  the  legislature  against  the  petition  of  the  Iron  Mountain 

Manufacturing  Company,  asking  to  be  annexed  to  the  town  of  Jackson,  also 

making  the  toll-bridge  a  free  one.     November  4.     Voted  in  favor  of 

e  abolishment  of  capital    punishment,  38;    against  it,  85;  also  in  favor  of 

institution  by  80  to  40.     1845.     George  Pitman,  George  K.  Ran- 

rles  French,  selectmen ;  John  D.Thompson,  clerk;  John  P.  Pitman, 

itative.     September  23.     Voted  to  suspend  taking  toll  on  Bartlett  toll- 

intil  otherwise  ordered.     1846.     George    Pitman,  George  K.  Randall, 

i  P.   Pitman,  selectmen:  .John   1).  Thompson,  clerk;  John  D.  Thompson, 

tive.      Raised    $600   for   town  expenses.      September   5.     Voted  to 

cepl  the  road  laid  out  on  the  west  side  of  the  Saco,  and  chose  Joseph  Pitman 

to  let  out  the  building  of  it  in  small  jobs;  also  voted  to  ask  an  appropria- 

fr the    county    (Coos)    to  build  it.     1847.     George   W.  M.   Pitman, 

Wvman.    Ebenezer   Tasker,  selectmen;    John    D.  Thompson,    clerk; 

Thompson,    representative.      1848.      G.    W.    M.    Pitman,    Reuben 

Nicholas   Stillings,  selectmen;    John  1).  Thompson,  clerk;  John  D. 

Voted  $800  town's  expenses:  also,  to  petition  the 

n  and  define  the  boundaries  of  the  town.     The   Democrat 

ent  has  L21  votes,  the  Whig  3,  Freesoil  2.     1849.     G.   W.  M. 

•  -lames  Weiitworth,  selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson, 


Town   of   Bartlbtt.  923 


clerk;  Ebenezer  Tasker,  representative.  A.pril  12.  Voted  to  build  a  bridge 
near  where  the  Goodrich  bridge  stood,  to  raise  $400  l'<>r  this  purpose,  and  chose 
.lames  Kilgore,  Reuben  Wyman,  and  Samuel  Pendexter  building  committee. 
May  7.  Changed  its  location  to  one  near  Sinclair's  mills.  October  8.  Chose 
(i.  \V.  M.  Pitman  delegate  to  constitutional  convention.  1850.  ('<.  W.  M. 
Pitman,  Moses  K.  Stokes,  James  Wentworth,  selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson, 
clerk:  Ebenezer  Tasker,  representative.  One  hundred  and  fifty  votes  for,  to 
fifteen  against,  a  revision  of  the  constitution. 

1851.  Samuel  P.  Meserve,  Nicholas  T.  Stillings,  Joseph  Thompson,  Jr, 
selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk:  Cornelius  Stilphen,  representative. 
L852.  Samuel  P.  Meserve,  Joseph  B.  Trickey,  Joseph  Pitman,  Jr,  selectmen  ; 
John  D.  Thompson,  clerk ;  Cornelius  Stilphen,  representative.     Raised  $1,200 

for    town's   purposes.     The    town    redistricted    for    scl ling.      November    _'. 

Voted  L03  to  L3  in  favor  of  annexation  to  Carroll  county.  1853.  Samuel  1'. 
Meserve.  .Joseph  B.  Trickey,  Joseph  Pitman,  Jr,  selectmen;  .John  I).  Thomp- 
son, clerk  :  G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  representative.  Noah  Martin  140  votes  for 
governor  to  James  Bell  1".  1854.  Samuel  P.  Meserve,  Joseph  Pitman,  Jr, 
Reuben  Emery,  selectmen ;  Cornelius  Stilphen,  clerk ;  <i.  \V.  M.  Pitman,  repre- 
sentative. $1,199  raised  for  expenses.  1855.  Joseph  Pitman,  Jr,  Samuel  W. 
Merrill,  Nicholas  T.  Stillings,  selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk;  G.  \V. 
M.  Pitman,  representative.  1856.  Samuel  P.  Meserve,  Edwin  K.  Chubbuck, 
Daniel  D.  Carlton,  selectmen:  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk  :  Gr.  W.  M.  Pitman, 
representative.  1857.  Joseph  Pitman,  Jr,  Edwin  K.  Chubbuck,  Nicholas  T. 
Stillings,  selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk;  G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  representa- 
tive. Voted  to  build  a  covered  bridge  across  Ellis  river  at  an  expense  of  $700. 
1858.  Samuel  P.  Meserve,  Ebenezer  Tasker,  Jr,  Daniel  U.  Carlton,  selectmen  ; 
Benjamin  W.  Wyman,  clerk ;  John  P.  Pitman,  representative.  Voted  $1,200 
town  expenses;  also,  76  votes  to  none  against  altering  the  constitution.  1859. 
Samuel  P.  Meserve,  Daniel  D.  Carlton,  Ebenezer  Tasker,  selectmen  ;  Benjamin 
W.  Wyman,  clerk;  G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  representative.  Voted  to  have  town 
reports  printed.  I860.  Jonathan  M.  Pitman,  Daniel  D.  Carlton.  Frank- 
George,  selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk;  Elias  M.  Hall,  representative. 
The  selectmen  were  made  a  committee  to  investigate  the  affairs  of  the  town 
from  L850  to  1860.  Democratic  presidential  ticket  has  120  votes,  Repub- 
lican 43. 

1861.  Jonathan  M.  Pitman,  Franklin  George,  John  E.  Pitman,  selectmen  ; 
John  1).  Thompson,  clerk ;  Elias  M.  Hall,  representative.  1862.  John  E. 
Pitman,  Mark  W.  Pierce,  Eben  T.  Rogers,  selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson, 
clerk;  Nicholas  T.  Stillings,  representative.  Voted  that  the  selectmen  render 
aid  to  the  families  of  volunteers:  also,  in  favor  of  purchasing  a  county  farm 
and  building  a  jail  thereupon.  Loammi  B.  Dame  and  Frank  George  appointed 
recruiting  officers.     September  15.     Voted  to  pay  $100  bounty  to  volunteers 


:-ory  of  Carroll  County. 


md  previous   calls    for  troops,  and   chose    Samuel   Pendexter 
and    pay  the  men.     October  6.     Voted  to  confirm 
!..  Pitman,   Mark  W.Pierce,  Eben  T.  Rogers, 
i    |).  Thompson,  clerk;   G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  representative.     At 
,votecj  $1,000  for  town  debts;  76  votes  for,  none  against, 

nstitution;    to  raise    $500    to    aid    families  of   volunteers. 
n       Voted    to   raise  $4,000   to   procure   men  to  fill    the    quota   of 
,     diers,   and    chose    X.   T.   Stillings    assistant   agent  with    the 
I    enlisting  officer.     L864.     John    P.  Pitman,  Ebenezer   Tasker, 
M     Pendes  ectmen ;    John    D.   Thompson,   clerk;  G.   W.   M. 

representative.     Voted  to  raise  $3,500  to  pay  town  debts  and  obliga- 
tor  aid    to    families  of   volunteers.      October    6.     Voted    to   raise 
(ill   the  quota  of  Bartlett  in  the   last    call  for  soldiers,  and  to  pay 
1    man    who    may   enlist    or    put    in  a  substitute  for  three    years 
I   advance  the  state  bounty.     G.  W.  M.  Pitman  chosen  agent  to  act 
ami    in    this    matter.      November   8.     Voted   104   to  7   against 
-million.     The    Democratic   electors  for  President   received   122 
Republican  28.     Voted  66  against,  to  1  in  favor  of,  buying  a  county 
farm.      L865.     G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  Silas  M.  Pendexter,  Levi  S.  Rogers,  select- 
in,,  ii  ;  John    I).  Thompson,  clerk  ;  (!.  W.  M.  Pitman,  representative.     Voted 

:.' to  pay  town  debts,  $500  for  state  aid,  and  to  pay  $300  bounty 

to  any  enrolled  man  of  the  town  who  may  enlist  or  send  a  substitute.     The 

tmen   were  authorized    to    look    after   the   surplus   of   soldiers    furnished 

by  the  town.     February  25.     Voted  "to  pay  $100  bounty  for  one  year  men, 

I    for    two    years*    men.   $300    for   three   years'    men    who    enlist."     1866. 

<i.   \V.  M.   Pitman,   Levi  S.   Rogers,  Henry  T.  Eastman,  selectmen;  John  D. 

Thompson,  clerk  ;  Jonathan  M.  Pitman,  representative.     Voted  to  raise  $3,500 

»wn  charges  and  debts.     1867.     G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  Henry  T.  Eastman, 

Meserve,  selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk;  Jonathan  M.   Pitman, 

repri  re.     .John  (I.  Sinclair  has  1*29  votes  for  governor,  Walter  Harriman 

John    1'.   Eastman  1.     $3,500   raised   for  town  expenses  and  town  debts; 

d  against  making  all  paupers  county  paupers.     1868.     G.  W.  M.  Pitman, 

ilas  T.  Stillings,   Albert   Pitman,  selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk; 

G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  representative.     Voted  at  March  meeting  75  to  6  in  favor 

etitioning  Congress   to   tax  all  bonds  of   the  United  States.     Instructed 

tmen  to  set  up  guide-boards.     November  3.     Democratic  electors  for 

idem  117   votes,  Republican  ones  20  votes.     Voted  not  to    raise 

Lieve  men   who  paid  commutation  money  in  the  war.     1869. 

•  W.  M.  Pitman.   Nicholas  T.  Stillings,   Albert  Pitman,  selectmen;  John  D. 

:  G.   W.   ML   Pitman,  representative.     John  Bedel  115  votes 

1  mslow  Stearns  24.     This  year,  as  many  times  before,  voted 

"lie],,  to  build  a  town-house.     October  9.     Voted  against 


Town   of   Raktlett.  925 


tlit*  establishment  of  a  state  police;  also,  thai  the  inhabitants  turn  out  and 
build  the  bridges.  L870.  G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  Franklin  George,  John  I). 
Thompson,  selectmen;  John  I).  Thompson,  clerk;  Daniel  I).  Carlton,  repre- 
sentative. $1,200  to  pay  town  charges,  two  dollars  on  the  poll  and  other 
property  for  highways  and  bridges.  Voted  unanimously  against  a  revision 
of  the  constitution. 

1871.  G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  John  D.  Thompson,  Arthur  L.  Meserve, 
selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk ;  Mark  W.  Pierce,  representative.  The 
town  refuses  to  aid  the  Portland  &  Ogdensburgh  railroad.  L872.  (..  W.  M. 
Pitman,  John  D.  Thompson,  Arthur  L.  Mesen  e.  select  men  :  .John  D.  Thomp- 
son, clerk;  Mark  \V.  Pierce,  representative.  Again  voted  not  to  build  a 
town-house.  Democratic  electors  for  President  have  81  votes  to  the  Republi- 
can ones  26.  L873.  G.  \Y.  M.  Pitman,  Lloyd  L.  Hall,  .lames  R.  Wentworth, 
selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk:  Arthur  L.  Meserve,  representative. 
Voted  to  raise  st>im  to  build  a  bridge  across  East  Branch.  L874.  G.  W.  M. 
Pitman,  Frank  George,  Benjamin  W.  Wyman,  selectmen ;  John  I).  Thompson, 
clerk:  Arthur  L.  Meserve,  representative.  Town  refused  to  abolish  the 
district  system  of  schools.  L875.  <;.  W.  M.  Pitman,  Frank  George,  Benja- 
min \V.  Wyman,  selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk:  Joseph  Pitman,  Jr, 
representative.  Voted  to  build  a  town-house  and  to  take  as  much  of  the 
state  bonds  as  it  will  require  to  build  it  and  purchase  a  Location.  The  select- 
men instructed  to  Locate  and  build  the  house.  1876.  G.  \V.  M.  Pitman. 
Benjamin  W.  Wyman.  John  1).  Thompson,  selectmen:  John  I).  Thompson, 
clerk:  Joseph  Pitman,  Benjamin  F.  Stillings,  representatives.  Daniel  Marcy 
has  L63  votes  for  governor  to  Person  ('.  Cheney  60.  Voted  that  Lower 
Bartlett  have  railroad  facilities  and  that  the  selectmen  notify  the  company. 
Republican  electors  for  President  have  57  votes  to  the  Democratic  ones  178. 
G.  \V.  M.  Pitman  and  Frank  George  chosen  delegates  to  the  constitutional 
convention.  1877.  G.  W.  M.  Pitman,  Arthur  L.  Meserve,  Eben  T.  Rogers, 
selectmen;  John  D.  Thompson,  clerk;  Benjamin  F.  Stillings,  Cyrus  A. 
Tasker,  representatives.  September  8.  Voted  to  build  a  bridge  across  Ellis 
river  near  the  town-house,  and  to  raise  82,000  for  that  purpose.  October  6. 
Confirmed  above  votes  and  adopted  ordinances  regulating  travel.  1878. 
Arthur  L.  Meserve.  John  B.  Southard,  Charles  C.  Pendexter,  selectmen  ; 
John  D.  Thompson,  clerk:  Cyrus  A.  Tasker,  Frank  George,  representatives. 
Raised  $2,600  to  complete  Ellis  river  bridge.  November  5.  Frank  George 
elected  representative.  December  28.  The  selectmen  are  authorized  to  kn- 
out a  new  highway  beginning  where  the  covered  bridge  crosses  the  Saco 
river  and  running  around  by  the  Luey  bridge  and  across  and  down  Rock} 
branch  to  the  White  Mountain  road,  etc.,  and  five  thousand  dollars  appro- 
priated to  build  it.  187!».  Arthur  I,.  Meserve,  John  B.  Southard.  Charles 
C.  Pendexter,  selectmen;  Joel   F.   Robinson,  clerk:   Joseph    Pitman,  superin- 


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|2,000  to  pay  town  expenses  and  to  exempt 

from   taxation.     1880.      Arthur  L.  Meserve,  Benja- 

\V.  Nine,  selectmen  ;  -Joel  F.  Robinson,  clerk;  John 

Voted  to  raise  13,000  for  town  expenses  and  apply 

Liblicun   electors    for   President   have   84   votes,  the   Democratic 

I  . •>. 

iniii   \Y.  W'vnian.  Charles  W .  Nute,  Charles  F.  Bufr'um,  select- 
lerk.     1882.     Cliarles  W.   Nute,   Charles  F.  Buffnm, 
I).    Tasker,    selectmen;    John    R.    Gillis,    clerk :  Eben    P.    Garland. 
Voted  to  raise  |2,000   to    pay  town  expenses;  the  selectmen 
i    t0  build  a   bridge   across  the    East    branch  near   the  East  Branch 
,.,;,!  bridge  to  be  covered  or  of  iron.     1883.     George  W.  M.  Pitman, 
\.   Pitman,  Austin    L.  Stillings,  selectmen;  Alvah  W.  Burnell,  clerk: 
ph    Pitman,   fish    and    game    warden.      Voted    that    the    people    of  Lower 
have  a  railroad  station.     1884.     Joseph  Pitman,  Austin  L.  Stillings. 
M.    Rideout,    selectmen;  Alvah    W.  Burnell,  clerk.     Joseph    Pitman, 
native     Republican    electors    for  President  had   83   votes,  the  Denio- 
r  mics   143.     1885.     Frank  George,  Albert  Pitman,  Stephen  B.Eastman, 
Alvah    \V.    Burnell,    clerk.     Voted    $1,000    each    for    town    uses 
and    town    debts.     1886.     G.    W.    M.    Pitman,    Perley    N.    Watson,    William 
[).     rasl  men:     Alvah    W.    Burnell,    clerk;    Walter   Pitman,   repre- 

sentative.    The   treasurer  was    directed  to   settle  with    delinquent    collectors. 

1    $1, i    each   tor    town    uses   and     debts.     Thomas  Cogswell  had   141 

governor   to    Cliarles    H.    Sawyer    59.     1887.     Perley    N.    Watson, 

ill    Pitman,    John    W.    Chandler,    selectmen;  Alvah    W.    Burnell,    clerk. 

July   9.     Voted    to    hire    $5,000    to    build    the    bridge    at    the    Rogers    place. 

1888      (..     W.    M.    Pitman.    John     O.   Cobb,    Mark    W.    Pierce,    selectmen; 

i  W.  Burnell,  clerk:  Walter  Pitman,  representative.     G.  W.  M.  Pitman, 

constitutional    convention.     Charles  H.  Amsden    has    159    votes 

governor;  David    H.  Goodell,  <xo   votes:  Edgar   L.  Carr,  3  votes.     1889. 

Pitman,    Benjamin     D.    Eastman,    Clarence     II.    George,    selectmen; 

Alvah    W.  Burnell,  clerk. 

War.       Under    the    calls    for   soldiers   in    1861    and   1862,    Bartlett 

Charles  A.   Burbank,   Nelson    Shephard,  Stephen  Emery,  Daniel  Emery, 

Mead,    Willis  W.    Mead,    Henry  Kenison,    Phineas    Parker,    Andrew 

.   John  C    Parker.   Jonathan    Mead,    Levi    P.    G.    Moulton,  Cyrus    F. 

.   Eldon    Eastman,    Adams    II.    Eastman,    Chauncey   Eastman,    Albert 

'shorn   Drown,    Nathaniel  E.    Nicholson,    George    Hayes,    Leander 

P.    Dinsmore,     Lewis    Abbott,    John    D.     Babb,    George    W. 

uben    Emery,    Alpha    M.    Hall,   Albion    C.    Goodrich,    William 

lilbrick,  John  W.  Hill.  George  Weeks,  Albert  Emery,  James 

ribner,    John    M.    Dearborn,    George    Abbott,    John    W. 


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Sherburne,  Elias  M.  Hall,  Alpheus  Littlefield,  Charles  C.  Hall,  John  Keni- 
son,  Benjamin  C.  Garland,  George  W.  Chandler  16.  Of  these  John  W. 
Sherburne  and  George  Weeks  were  do!  credited  to  the  town,  and  although 
$100  bounty  was  paid  to  both  Leander  Nute  and  Elias  M.  Hal]  the  town 
did  not  receive  credit  for  them.  Under  the  calls  of  L863  and  L8<54,  commu- 
tations were  paid  by  these  drafted  citizens  of  the  town:  John  Pendexter, 
Stephen  L.  Carlton,  Charles  J.  Thompson,  Timothy  .M.  Eastman,  Albert 
Pitman,  Merrill  Wyinan,  Loammi  B.  Dame,  Benjamin  I).  Eastman,  Alfred 
Eastman,  Amos  Stanton,  Cornelius  Stilphen,  Charles  Allen,  and  these  were 
received  in  lieu  of  service  1-.  Volunteer  substitutes  purchased  in  L863 
and  L864  were  George  Love;  James  Bly,  William  I).  Wyman,  John  C. 
Wentworth,  Ira  \l.  Gould,  Edward  Boucher,  George  A.  Lewis.  Daniel 
McKenzie,  George  Williams  —  9.  In  1864  substitutes  were  furnished  lor 
Franklin  George,  Samuel  Chase,  Charles  C.  Pendexter,  David  W.  Meserve, 
Nathan  II.  French,  Benjamin  W.  Wyman,  Israel  I).  Head.  Alfred  Stillings, 
Benjamin  F.  Stillings,  Alonzo  stillings.  Levi  S.  Rogers  — 11.  (diaries  Nute 
was  drafted  and  held  to  service.  This  made  seventy-nine  men  furnished  and 
serving  prior  to  April  1.  1865.  Twelve  citizens  had  been  drafted  and  inn 
away,  so  that  the  original  roll  of  men  liable  to  do  military  duty  was  exhausted 
within  four  men.  Under  the  call  id'  December  I'd,  1864,  Uriah  Burbank 
and  George  K.  Nute  were  drafted,  and  a  substitute  was  furnished  for 
Burbank,  making  the  total  number  furnished  by  Bartlett  and  serving  in 
the  war  to  be  eight}  soldiers.  In  1862  the  town  paid  in  bounties  f>3,700 
under  the  calls  of  July  3,  1863:  October  3,  1863,  and  February  1,  L864, 
$5,100;  under  call  of  March  -1,  1864,  $2,100;  under  call  of  July  L2,  L864, 
S4j')7~>  ;  under  call  of  December  19,  1864,  1425;  which,  with  contingent 
expenses,  gives  Sid. 200  as  the  town's  war  expenses. 


CHAPTER   LXXVIII. 


Early  Hotels  and  Staging  —  Physicians  —  Bartlett  Village  —  Bartlett  Land  and  Lumber 
Company  —  Kearsarge  Peg  Company  —Description  —  Business  Interests  —  Glen  station  — 
Later  Hotels  —  Resources  —  Freewill  Bapl  isi  ('lunch  —  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  —Chapel 
of  the  Hills. 

EARLY    HOTELS  AND   STAGING. —J.  B.  Brown  kept  a  one-story  road- 
tavern  in  the  upper  part  of  the  town  for  many  years.     This  was  built    by 
his  father.  Titus  O.  Brown,  a   merchant  of   Lancaster,  and   in   1820,  after 
the    Browns  removed   to   Portland,  it    was  torn   down.     In    1854   Nicholas  T. 


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story  house  near  the  site  of  the  old  hotel,  and  kept  a  stage- 
He  became  an  extensive  operator  in  staging  in  the  moun- 
.  ;lll,|  |    to  Jacks.-n.     The  first  stage  route  from  Conway  to 

owned  03  Thorn,  Abbott   &   Company,  of  Conway.     Mr  Thorn 
(      &    j0hD    Abbott   and,   later,   John    Abbott   and    Charles    H. 
This  firm  was  strengthened  by  the  admission  of  N.  T. 
Le  owner  soon  and  continued  as  such  until  the  advent 
,1,1  tavern  of   Hon.  Obed  Hall  was  continued  by  William 
by  Benjamin  Gould  and  others,  and  was  closed  about  1850.     The 
Branch  House  was   for  years  occupied  by  a  tavern  conducted 
.   th«  Stephen  and  Ezra  being  perhaps  longest  in  ownership. 

Dr  Simon   Mudgett  was  in  practice  from  1847  to  1849.     Dr 

mini  Dame  came  from  Portsmouth  about  1865,  was  a  public-spirited  citizen, 

Iful  physician,  and  very  popular.     He  died  in  1871.     Dr  Lewis  J.  Frink,  a 

Dartmouth  in  1888,  and  a  native  of  Little  Falls,  Maine,  located  at 

-    ition   in  April,  1889.     Dr   E.  M.  Ground   is   in    practice  at    Bartlett 

villa. 

', //   Village  is  situated  among  beautiful  mountain  scenery  at  the  west 

en(]   of  the   town,  and  is  a    favorite  resort  for  summer  vacation.     All  trains 

through  the  Notch  pass  through  the  village.     The  business  is  manufacturing 

lumber,  shoe-pegs   (of   which  thousands    of    bushels  are  manufactured  every 

I,  and  kindred  articles,  and  railroading,  this  being  headquarters  for  extra 

.  etc.,   for  trains  going  through  the   Notch.     The  village  is  a  special 

ict  for  school  purposes,  has  a  tine  graded  school,  employing  the  best  of 

hers  in  their  grades,  with  one  hundred  and  seventy  scholars. 

Sime  the  completion  of  the  railroad,  the  village  has  become  an  important 

business  centre,  and  from  a  country  district  with  a  few  houses  has  grown  to  a 

in   hundred  or  more  population.     It  has  long  been  an  important 

outlet    and    milling    point  for  lumbering  operations  in  the  thickly   timbered 

us  of  the  upper  Pemigewasset  valley,  and  the  Bartlett  Land  and  Lumber 

C pany  has  built  a  railroad  to  the  Albany  Intervales  to  bring  logs  to  their 

II  in  this  village.    This  company  has  been  the  means  of  building  up  the  place, 

-  it  employs  a  large  number  of  people  who  have  made  their  home  here.     The 

•  •  mill  burned  last  May  lias  been  rebuilt.     The  new  mill  is  called  the  best 

one  (1f  its  size  in  New  England,  and  is  a  model  one  in  every  respect.     It  is  one 

hundred  and  six  feet   long,  three  stories  high,  and  furnished  with  the  finest 

hieiy  I'm- the  manufacture  of  lumber,  will  cut  fifty  thousand  feet  a  day, 

•010  ;  with  planers,  edging  and  lath  machines. 

Another  most  important  enterprise   for  the  village  is  the  Kearsarge  Peg 

nducted  1>\    Messrs.  Gerry  and  Augustus  E.  Morgan,  who  estab- 

1    L878.     They  employ  forty  hands,  nearly  half  of  whom  are  girls. 

tends    throughout    the    United    States,    England,    Germany, 


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Belgium,  South  America,  China,  Japan,  Mexico,  and  Australia.  In  1888  their 
sales  amounted  to  over  ninety-two  thousand  bushels,  which  represents  seventy- 
five  differenl  sizes,  from  a  wry  tiny  peg  to  thus.'  two  inches  in  length.  Their 
annual  sales  amounl  to  forty  thousaud  dollars.  They  also  manufactured  last 
year  seventeen  thousand  barrels  of  two  sizes,  mi,,  of  six  bushels  capacity,  and 
one  of  four,  of  nel  cost  thirty  cents  per  bushel.  They  are  receiving  large 
orders  from  Christiana,  Norway,  and  Hamburg,  Germany,  one  reaching  the 
enormous  amounl  of  ten  thousand  bushels  of  \»'^.  The  business  is  rapidly 
increasing,  and  will  add  much  to  the  growth  of  this  beautiful  village,  l'iiai 
keen  observer  and  veteran  mountain  explorer,  II.  W.  Ripley,  writes  thus : 

Bartlett  may  verj  truthfully  be  called  the  very  gateway  of  the  greal  Crawford  Notch  of 
the  White  Mountains.  As  you  lose  sight  of  the  charming  valley  of  the  Saco  river  ai  Frye- 
burg,  and  the  beautiful  and  diversified  scenery  of  mountains  and  valley  of  North  Conway,  to 
approach  this  place,  one  is  more  fully  impressed  with  the  solid  grandeur  of  the  everlasting 
hills.  <>n  the  righl  the  pyramidal  Kearsarge  and  Double  Head  are  passed  when  the  train 
stop-  in  the  (•'•litre  of  the  greal  ampitheatre  of  the  chain  of  mountains  thai  encircle  this  most 
attractive  village,  nestled  among  the  While  Mountains.  Now.  reader,  it'  you  will  in  imagina- 
tion join  me  in  a  short  walk  from  the  depol  of  aboul  five  or  ten  minutes,  through  the  lovely 
maple  grove  and  across  the  bridge  to  the  little  knoll  on  the  opposite  bank  of  the  Saco,  you 
win  seen  picture  on  Nature's  greal  enfolding  canvas  that  surpasses  anything  in  lovelin< 
be  taken  in  al  one  glance  with  the  leasl  effort  to  be  found  in  any  village  of  New  England. 
Knun  this  point  you  look  into  the  greal  gorge  of  the  <  !arrigain  Notch  and  Hart's  Ledges  while 
the  eye,  ever  busy,  stretches  far  up  and  down  the  valley  of  the  Saco.  It  is  the  centre  of  a 
picturesque  ampitheatre  of  mountains,  having  Carrigain,  the  Nancy  range,  'Fremont,  and 
Lowell  on  the  west;  Hart's  and  Willoughby  ledges,  Mounts  Parker,  Crawford,  Resolution, 
Langdon,  and  Pickering  on  the  north ;  Kearsarge  and  Mote  on  the  east,  and  Table  and  Bear 
mountains  on  the  south.    Numerous  excursions  may  he  made  from  this  point  oyer  the  adjacent 

peak-.    Champney  made  his  celebrated  painting  of  Mount  Carrigain  years  ago  fr near  the 

old  mill,  a  shorl  distance  from  the  station.  While  we  look  about  and  see  so  many  signs  of 
prosperity  among  the  enterprising  business  men  who  have  located  here  since  the  Portland  & 
Ogdensburgh  railroad  run  iis  first  train  into  Bartlett  in  1872  or  1873,  with  a  continued  increase 
of  summer  travel  to  and  from  the  While  Mountain-,  the  thought  naturally  suggests  itself  to 
me  that  greater  facilities  for  accommodation  between  this  point  and  the  Crawford  House  must, 
in  the  near  future  he  made.  1  would  especially  at  this  time  call  the  atte  ition  of  first-class 
hotel  men  and  capitalists  to  this  most  magnificent  and  eligible  location  here  at  Bartlett  for  a 
large  first-class  modern-built  hotel,  which  location  for  either  summer  or  winter  travel  i< 
second  to  none  in  any  pari  id'  New  Hampshire,  and  for  the  natural  scenery  of  its  surroundings 
i-  unsurpassed  in  all  New  England.  Broad  acre-  of  natural  growth  rock-maples,  and  some 
one  hundred  and  tift\  carefully  plained  in  rows  from  ten  to  twenty  year-  ago.  Indeed,  there 
i-  no  village  between  Portland  and  Fabyans  that  can  boast  more  charming  shade-trees  or 
beautiful  grounds  than  are  seen  here.  As  I  look  out  of  the  hotel  window  \\\]<  summer  after- 
noon, with  a  temperature  of  seventy-two  degrees  at  three  p.m.,  upon  the  broad  plat  of  rich 
greensward,  dotted  with  maples  in  full  leaf,  with  numerous  thrifty  apple  and  pear  trees  in 
full  blossom,  and  the  circle  of  mountains  lifting  themselves  above  me.  one  is  almost  forgetful 
of  everything  else  save  of  that  divine  power  whose  mighty  arm-  -pan  the  heavens  and  the 
earth  and  stretch  from  sea  to  sea.  The  rides  and  walks  from  this  point  arc  most  charming, 
either  long  or  short.  It  i-  twelve  mile-  o\cr  a  line  road  to  North  <  on  way,  six  mile-  to  Bemis 
(Old  <raw  ford  place  ,  and  fourteen  miles  through  the  Notch  to  the  <  raw  ford  House.  A  short 
and  very  charming  ride  is  to  cross  the  Saco  at  this  point  and  drive  up  river  some  three  mile- 


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and  return.     There  is  also  a  good  bridle-path  to  the 
s.  from  which  you  obtain  a  charming  view  of  the  Saco 
the  grandest  scenery  through  the  Crawford 

S 

;ilt  his  house  for  a  farmhouse  in  1856,  and  soon  began  to 

L872   he  enlarged    his   house  to  its  present  size  and 

sts.     Mr  G  the  old  stock  of  Saco  Valley 

aiii   Austin  George,  coming  to  Conway  in  early 

the  west  side  o^  the  Saco,  kept  tavern,  and  was  the  first 

way.     Frank  George,  son  of  Benjamin  F.  George,  is  a  native 

for  many  years  one  of  the  town's  representative  men. 

a  bridle-path  to  the  summit  of  Mount  Langdon. 

,:    |,.    \[   ?  md   John   R.  Gillis.  the   present   station  and   express 

I  trade  as  grocers   about   the  time  work  was   begun  on  the 

».  Garland  succeeded  to  the  business   about   four  years  since. 

.  F.  Buffum  lias  conducted  a  general  store  here  for  six 

3.      The  railroad   furnishes  employment  to  about  thirty  employes. 

was  built  in  the  shop  in  1888.     A  railroad  restaurant  and 

il  minor  business  interests  exist  here. 

.  —  Centre  Bartlett  has  attained  business  prominence  since  the 

if  the  railroad.     In  the  summer  a  hundred  horses  attached  to  various 

3,  from  the  gaudy  six-horse   coach  to  the  dog-cart,  await  the  passenger 

train.     The  passenger  business  averages  $3,000  in  the  summer,  and  from  $200 

winter.      Freight  received  amounts  to  from  $400  to  $800  per  month  : 

rwarded,  from  $500  to  8800.     One  hundred  carloads  of  lumber  have 

monthly  before  the   burning  of  the  Heywood  and  Abbott  mills 

q.     M.  E.  Jones  &  Co.  and   J.  H.  Hall   A-   Co.,   lumbermen,  are  the 

ignificent  station  has  been  built  this  season.     Alvah  W. 

2  itlemanly  station  agent,   combines  the  duties  of  station  and 

Lpher,  postmaster,   and   town   clerk.     There   is   no   hotel, 
summer  boarding-house,  and  one  or  two  stores  afford  a 
.     A  small  gristmill  has  recently  been  put  in  operation. 

and  charming    hotels  and  summer  boarding-houses    are 

through  Lower  Bartlett.     The  artistic  Pendexter  House,  under  the 

ent  of    Mrs  (  .  C.   Pendexter.  is   a    favorite    stopping-place. 

Langdon    House    has    John    Pendexter  for    its  host. 

3  the    rightly  named    Fairview    Cottage  of  Cyrus    A.    Tasker,  a 
the  old  Revolutionary  soldier,   Sergeant   Jonathan  Tasker,  who 

the    earliest    days.      Next    comes    Mrs  Vickery's    Pequawket 

l    hither    Hazen    Pitman    thirty-five  years    ago,  on    the 

Kilgore.     It  has  been  enlarged  several  times,  and 

The  new  and  very  convenient  Pitman  House,  built 


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this  se;ts.»n  by  Walter  Pitman,  is  on  the  south  side  of  East  Branch,  and  under  the 
ran' of  Mrs  Pitman  promises  entertainmenl  of  a  superior  order.  Last,  but  by 
no  means  least,  is  the  popular  East  Branch  House  of  Pitman  Brothers  on  the 
north  side  of  the  melodious  stream  that  gives  it  name.  Here  are  united 
many  of  the  conditions  for  a  family  hotel,  where  children  can  roam  in  secure 
freedom.  "A  little  way  beyond  the  Intervale  is  the  singular  colony  of  Inter- 
vale Park,  founded  three  or  four  years  ago  by  Dr  Charles  Cullis,  of  Boston, 
as  a  summer  residence  for  religious  people  who  prefer  t<>  spend  the  summer  in 
devotional  exercises  and  in  the  glorification  of  God.  It  occupies  the 
and  slopes  of  a  foothill  of  Bartlett  Mountain,  commanding  very  beautiful 
views  over  the  valley  of  the  Saco  and  its  imposing  walls.  There  are  several 
avenues,  with  a  score  or  two  of  cottages,  a  large  dining-hall,  a  tabernacle,  and 
other  buildings.  Prayer-meetings  are  held  everyday  in  the  week;  and  one 
dd\  in  seven  is  set  a^ide  for  prayers  for  the  sick."  The  elegant  private 
residence  occupied  by  Dr  Cullis  was  destroyed  by  an  incendiary  fire  October 
23,  1889,  and  the  dining-hall  set  on  fire. 

Bartlett  has  advanced  much  since  the  advent  of  the  railroad  which  gives 
the  advantage  of  three  railroad  stations — Intervale,  Glen,  and  Bartlett  — 
and  affords  access  to  the  commercial  centres,  and  brings  the  summer  visitor 
to  enjoy  the  beauty  of  the  glorious  scenery  of  this  incomparable  region. 
Material  wealth  is  present  here  as  well  as  aesthetic  riches.  One  of  the 
richest  bodies  of  iron  ore  in  the  country  is  here  only  waiting  for  favorable 
conditions  to  be  an  invaluable  source  of  wealth.  In  1^72  the  committee 
of  the  Portland  and  Ogdensburgh  railroad  reports:  "Bartlett  has  an  area 
^(  38,000  acres,  of  which  28,000  are  wooded.  150,000,000  feet  of  spruce  and 
hemlock  are  ready  for  the  lumberman.  Bark  for  tanning  is  available  in 
unlimited  quantities.  Maple,  birch,  beech,  and  poplar  are  abundant.  There 
are  six  water-powers ;  one,  Goodrich  Falls,  on  Ellis  river  has  one  hundred 
feet  descent."  Fruit  has  ever  been  a  sure  crop,  and  sixty  years  ago  the 
people  of  Upper  Coos  bought  apples  by  the  wagon-load,  coming  down 
through  the  Notch  for  that  purpose.  The  town  is  prosperous,  and  bids 
fair  to  improve  still  more  rapidly.  The  population  in  1850  was  TGI ;  in 
1860,  735;  in  1870,  029;  in  1880,  1,043.  In  1888  there  were  5,000  pounds 
of  butter  made;  10,000  gallons  of  milk  sold;  500  pounds  of  wool  grown, 
and  the  annual  revenue  of  the  town  is  increasing  annually  in  the  increased 
amount  of  money  paid  by  summer  boarders.  There  are  no  large  mercantile 
establishments  and  none  are  needed.  Josiali  Eastman  and  Joseph  Mead 
have  traded  at  Glen  station.  Austin  L.  Stillings  at  the  -Maples"  on  the 
Jackson  road  below  the  farm  of  Mark  W.  Pierce,  deputy  sheriff.  M.  E. 
Jones  ^  Co.  have  a  store  in  connection  with  their  mill.  George  P.  Dinsmore 
is  in  trade  near  Intervale  Park.  Rufus  Weeks,  a  native  of  Bartlett,  is  in 
trade  at  Intervale,  where  he  was  postmaster  from  January,  1885,  to  July, 
1889. 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


-This  was  organized  in  1818  with  a  membership 
united  with  it  in    L825,  but     in  1884    it  was  so  dead 
oted   to  drop  it  from  its  number:  but  a  committee 
Lrch    of   this   vote    found    some    living    members,    and 
ircli    with    eighteen    members,  which    was    received    into 
;,,    |  L834.      A    revival    season    ensued,    and 

ulded.     In    L843  thirty-four  became  members,  increas- 
•two.     Three  years    later    a    committee  was   sent   by 
.   to  visit   the  church  and  found  it  "in  a  low,  scattered, 
nd    divided    stal   ."     Committei  committee    were    afterwards    sent    as 

and  advisers.     One,   in   1855,  advised  the  church    "to   get   a    new 
.,,   ,;-,U  to  adopt   tlic  covenant   of  the  'Treatise,'  to  walk  in  gospel 
■  1  cultivate  a    spirit    of  mutual    forbearance  and  concession  towards 
to  be  more   prompt    in   religious  duties,  and  to  report  themselves 
uarterly    meeting."      In    L856    a    committee    was    sent    to    see    if  this 
uplied    with.     Several    years  passed  ;  the  membership  in  1859 
in    L862  thirty   members   were  added  to   the  fifteen  then 
the  church.      It   is  dropped  from  the  quarterly  meeting-  in   1883. 
ett  church  was  organized  in  1830;  received  into  the  quarterly 
January,  L837,  and    in  L838  had  a  membership  of  thirty.     In  January, 
L841,  ill'-  quartet  ing  historian  says.  kW  Considered  no    church,   though 

worthy   Christians  in   it.     Died  at  the  age  of  four.*' 
t  Episcopal   Church.  —  A  Methodist  Episcopal  society  was  organ- 
rated  by  an  act  of  the  legislature  in  1827.     In  an  old  record- 
of  this  church,  dating  back   to   1832,  is   this   heading:  "History  of  the 
Church  on  this  circuit."     Under  it  in  pencil,  "  Should  be  collected  from  the 
win  [Bartlett?]   church  book  &  from  the  oldest  members  on  the  circuit. 
I  have  no  time  to  do  it.     G.  G.  Moore."     Below  this  the  page  and  succeeding 
lank.     "We    learn,    however,    that    at   this    time    (1832)    Conway 
braced    in    tin:    Fryeburg    circuit    of    the  Maine    conference,    and    a 
branch    of  the    church    of  Bartlett.     The   official   members   were   Rev.   G.  G. 
readier  in    charge:  Rev.  James  Kilgore  and  Rev.  James  McMillan, 
Muse.-  Davis.  James  Kilgore,  John  Seavey,  William  Meserve, 
Merrill,    Thomas     Farrington,    Samuel  Emerson,    stewards ;  Stephen 
.    Jonathan    Hall.    James    McMillan,    James    Kilgore,    Isaac    Hanson, 
li   Men-ill,  John  Stanley.  Uriah    Dresser,  class  leaders.     There  were  then 
e    Bartlett    charge,  according    to   a    list    which    has   been 
1  Bartlett    charge    included    Bartlett,  Jackson,  and    Conway. 

had  no  services.     There  is  nothing  in  the  list  of  names  here 
tidicate  the  towns  where  they  were  residing. 

Rev.  James   McMillan,  Jr,  Mehitable  Kilgore,  Timothy    Stearns, 
i   Pendexter,  Sukey  Pendexter,  Edward  Carlton,  Sarah  Carlton,  Rosanna 


Town   of   Bartlett.  933 


Carlton,  Sarah  McMillan,  John  Pitman,  Abigail  Pitman,  Betsej  Meserve,  Judith  Reserve, 
Elizabeth  Meserve,  William  < '.  Meserve,  Joanna  Rogers,  Mary  Dinsrrn  re,  Polly  Weeks,  Eliza- 
beth Dolloff,  Betsey  Lovejoy,  Susan  VVentworth,  Samuel  Pendexter,  Lydia  T.  Pendexter. 
Man  D.  Pitman,  John  Lucy.  Eliza  Pitman,  Mary  Pitman,  Uice  M.  Pendexter,*  larissa  S 
Carlton,  Samuel  Smith,  Simon  Seavey,  Joshua  Weeks,  Polly  Weeks,  2d,  Mary  Carlton,  Sail) 
Phil  brick,  Hannah  Woddess,  Martha  Stilphen,  Hannah  Densmore,  Susan  Pitman,  Submit 
Chubbuck,  Marj  Chubbuck,  Susan  Pendexter,  David  Carlton,  .lane  Carlton,  Hannah  E. 
Pendexter,  William  W.  Stackpole,  Judith  <L  Stackpole,  Richard  II.  Ford,  Betsej  Gardiner, 
George  Pendexter,  Amelia  A.  Pendexter,  Eazen  Pitman,  Jonathan  Hall,  Lydia  E.  Hall,  Sarah 
A..  D.  Hall,  John  Seavey,  Joshua  Rogers,  Abigail  D.  Hall,  Hannah  F.Hall,  Abigail  Allen, 
Thomas  Hart,  Zoah  Hart,  Betsey  M.  Harriman,  Rebecca  Stokes,  Joseph  Hall,  Ebenezer  L. 
Hall,  Manila  Hall,  Belinda  B.  Seavey,  Phineas  Parker,  Rebecca  Parker,  Mary  A.  Hall,  Sallj 
W.  Rogers,  Joseph  Mead,  Simon  Fifield,  Mary  Fifield,  Phebe  Fifleld,  Martha  Irish,  Mehitable 
Irish.  Ruth  Sterling,  William  Haley,  Susan  Haley.  Elizabeth  Osgood,  Sophia  Osgood,  Hanna 
Abbott,  Roxana  Yonge,  John  Stanley,  Mary  Stanley.  Thomas  Pitman,  Elizabeth  Wilson. 
Hannah  Hucking,  Ann  Chase,  Betsey  <  hase,  Dorothy  Whitaker,  Mary  Roberts,  Sophila  Ann 
Roberts,  Hannah  Sargeant,  Eliza  Sargeant,  Lydia  Lang,  Ann  Colby.  Betsey  Colby,  Abigail 
Colby,  Mehitable  Shirley,  Dorothj  Shirley,  Betsey  Piper,  Lydia  Weeks,  Sarah  Hutchings. 
Matilda  Plant,  Stephen  Burbank,  Sophia  Burbank,  Moses  Davis,  Lucy  Palmer,  Sally  Tuttle, 
Molly  Ordway,  Arthur  Burbank,  Nancy  Carlton,  Isaac  Hanson,  Abiah  Carlton,  Ezekiel  Went- 
worth, Betsey  Wentworth,  Susan  Boston,  Betsey  Hanson,  Abiah  Carlton,  2d,  Abigail  Hanson, 
Mariha  Bean,  Sophia  V.  Knox,  Flo  rill  a  Eastman,  Sarah  Bean,  I. "is  Knox,  Dolly  U.  Merrill, 
Samuel  Knox,  Jr,  Abigail  Chase,  I'homas  Merrill.  Enoch  Men-ill,  Sarah  Garland,  Sarah  Merrill. 
Daniel  Thompson,  Merriam  Thompson,  Charles  Thompson,  Hannah  Thompson,  John  Thomp- 
son, Cyrus  Eastman,  Eliza  Eastman,  Isaac  Whitney,  Olive  Whitney,  Lucy  McAlester,  Lydia 
McAlester,  .lame-  McKeen,  Mary  McKeen,  Samuel  McKeen,  Joseph  Hastings,  Thomas 
Farrington,  Putnam  Farrington,  .lames  Eastman,  Samuel  Knox,  Olive  Kn<>x,  Christiana  Knox, 
Thomas  Haley,  Susan  Haley.  Josiah  Pride,  Hanna  Pride,  Abigail  Whitaker,  Mehitable  Chand- 
ler, Abigail  Folsom,  Sally  Farrington,  Hannah  Recy,  Hannah  Abbott,  James  H.  Hall,  Uriah 
Dresser,  Edward  Webb,  Betsey  Abbott,  Eliza  Farrington,  Sally  Dresser,  Ephraim  Davis, 
Sally  Davis,  Samuel  Emerson,  Hannah  Emerson. 

In  1837  Bartlett  had  become  a  circuit,  with  three  classes  in  Bartlett.  one  in 
Jackson,  and  three  in  Conway.  In  1838  there  were  twenty-seven  members  of 
this  society  residing  in  this  town,  belonging  to  the  best  families.  A  Lot  was 
purchased  this  year  on  which  to  build  a  meeting-house,  and  a  church  erected 
in  1839  still  occupies  the  site.  It  is  a  plain,  unpretentious,  wooden  structure, 
and  has  been  several  times  repaired  and  refurnished.  From  1839  to  1858 
there  is  nothing  on  record  of  value.  This  latter  year  we  find  Rev.  A.  B. 
Lovewell  preacher  in  charge  of  w-  Bartlett  circuit,"  which  has  live  classes. 

Xn.  1.  Lower  Bartlett,  Daniel  E.  Pendexter,  leader ;  members:  Samuel  Pendexter,  Lydia 
Pendexter,  Joseph  Pendexter,  Lydia  Pendexter,  James  Kilgore,  Diantha  A.  L.  Kilgore,  Betsey 
M  Pendexter,  .Martha  .1.  Pendexter,  Mary  Pitman,  Eliza  Hitman,  Harriet  Carlton,  Benjamin 
Pendexter,  .lames  c.  Willey,  Abigail  Willey,  Ruth  Seavey,  Mary  Chandler,  Caroline  Merrill. 
Lydia  Merrill,  Abigail  Hitman.  Martha  Stilphin,  Eliza  Tasker,  David  C.  Hitman.  Edward 
Carlton,  Rebecca  Gardner,  Emily  X.  Lovewell,  Lovina  stilphin.  No.  2.  Middh  Distinct 
(Centre  Bartlett),  Lev.  Jonathan  Gale,  leader:  members:  John  Deering,  Hannah  Deering, 
lla/.eu  Pitman,  Polly  Pitman,  Stephen  Carlton,  Rosanna  Carlton,  Nathaniel  Carlton,  Abiah 
Carlton,  Jane  Carlton,  Harriet  Meserve,  Zoa  Hart.  Betsey  Wentworth,  Elizabeth  Dolloff,  Eliza 
Gray.     No.  3.     I'l'i"/'  Bartlett,  John  Seavey,  leader;  members:  Joshua  Rogers,  Eliza  Seavey, 


History   of   Carroll  County. 


va,  Eliza    Hanson.     No.  4.      Kearsarge,  John   O.  Eastman,  leader; 

.,,,,,,.  Stephen  Wheeler,   Adaline  Wheeler,  Simon   Seavey,  Betsey 

- .  1 1 1 : . 1 1 .  Mary  Eastman,  Bannah   Eastman,  Martha  Rendall,  Mary 

,.„_  .   Dean    F.  Dinsmore,   leader;  John  Lucy,   Polly 

?e  Stilphin,  Nancy   Stilphin,  Sophia  Dinsmore,  Sarah 

hase,   Haskel    Eastman,  Amelia  Eastman.  Phebe   Berry.  Sarah 

eburg  was  connected  with    Bartlett   and  Conway,  and,  later, 

.    Bartlett    and    North    Conway,  comprised    the    circuit. 

prominent   members  of  "Bartlett  circuit  "  in  the  past  were  James 

re,  an  ordained    local    deacon,    father-in-law  of   Bishop   H.  W.  Warren  ; 

P  ndexter;  Samuel   Pendexter,  father  of  Rev.  M.  C.  Pendexter,  of 

re  nee  ;   Rev.  James  McMillan,  from  1843  till  his  death  in  1874 

,,,,  the    Main.-    Conference;  Simon  Seavey ;   Daniel  E.  Pendexter  ; 

I',.  1).  Eastman:   Rev.  Thomas  Stilphen ;   Mary  Stilphen,  who  became  the 

:    Rev.  .1.  B.  Foote,  of  Central  New  York  Conference. 

,■/,,    ffiUs.  —  The  erection  of  this  building  is  one  of  interest.     A 
Bostonians  stopping  al  the    Mount   Crawford   House  were  desirous  of 
advancing  the  cause  of  religion  in  this  section.     One  of  their  number  wrote  an 
The  Christian   Witness,  which   attracted  the  attention  of  Mrs  Snow, 
who   was   much    interested    in    the    American    Sabbath-school  Union,   and    she 
ed  two  hundred  dollars  toward  the  building  of  a  "Sabbath-school  chapel" 
lie  children  "among  the   hills."     Rev.  Mr  Souther  made  known  this  offer 
ie   people  of  Upper    Bartlett,  and  secured  their  cooperation  in  this  good 
work.      As  the  result  a  comfortable   place  of  worship  was  soon    built   near  the 
.1*1  Obed    Hall  tavern  stand,  and  dedicated  January  21,  1854.     Mrs  Snow  died 
before  the  chapel  was  completed,  but  her  work  lives.     This  is  the  only  church 
f  [Tpper  Bartlett,  and  although  a  regular  minister  is  not  established,  a  Sabbath- 
school  is  kept  in  active  operation. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES. 


THE    PENDEXTER    FAMILY. 


iketh  the  wilderness  to  bud  and  blossom  like  the  rose."     The 

rho  made  their  home  on  the  Intervale  a  century  and   more  ago 
than  they  knew.      Little  did  they  think  when  in  the  bitter  cold 


Town   of    Bartlett.  935 


of  winter  they  traveled  the  Long,  wearj  miles  from  Portsmouth  and  Lee  to 
this  then  almosl  uninhabited  section,  where  the  primeval  Eorests  were  standing 
in  all  their  Loftiness,  where  the  solemn,  grand,  mysterious  mountains  seemed 
like  sentinels  to  guard  the  way,  where  the  wild  beasts  were  Lurking  in  their 
fastnesses,  thai  they  were  Laying  the  foundation  of  whal  to-daj  is  a  veritable 
garden  of  Eden. 

The  Pendexters  are  of  Norman-French  origin,  and  were  originally  from  the 
Isle  o{  Jersey  and  of  noble  birth,  the  name  being  spelled  Poingdestre.  Arms: 
"  Per  less  azure  and  or,  in  chief  a  dexter  hand  clenched  ppr.  with  a  cuff  of 
gold,  in  base  a  mullet  of  azure.  Crest,  an  esquires  helmet  ppr.  Motto:  Nemo 
me  impune  lacessit." 

Won.  John  Pendexter  and  his  wile  Martha  (Jackson)  Pendexter  were  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Lower  Bartlett.  They  came  from  Portsmouth  probably  in 
the  winter  of  1775  and  1776.  .Mr  Pendexter  resided  in  the  town  until  his 
death,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three,  honored  and  respected.  Mrs  Pendexter  was 
his  fitting  companion  and  helpmeet,  and  worked  in  all  ways  to  make  their 
home  comfortable  and  pleasant.  She  died  aged  ninety-two.  Here  in  this 
beautiful  spol  they  experienced  many  joys  and  sorrows:  here  the}  dispensed  a 
generous  hospitality;  and  here,  after  active  and  useful  Lives,  the  evening 
shadows    fell,   and    night    came    upon    them. 

The  following  sketch  of  John  Pendexter  and  genealogical  record  is 
contributed  by  Hon.  Edward  F.  Johnson,  mayor  of  Woburn,  Mass.:  ••John 
Pendexter  first  built  a  house  and  barn  on  the  Intervale,  and  it  was  there  his 
first  child.  Alice,  was  horn.  The  location  of  these  buildings  was  some  five 
hundred  feet  south  of  the  present  highway  to  Jackson,  and  to  the  right  of  the 
driveway  leading  from  Mrs  C.  C.  Pendexter's  ham  across  the  railroad,  down  to 
the  Intervale.  A  sweet-brier  bush  is  growing  near  the  site.  The  uprisings  of 
the  Saco  and  some  of  its  tributary  streams  soon  warned  Mr  Pendexter  of  the 
dangerous  situation  of  his  homestead;  and  [trior  to  May  17,  177s,  he  removed 
his  family  to  higher  ground  and  built  the  nucleus  of  the  large  family  residence 
now  known  as  the  Pendexter  mansion.  Here  all  his  children  but  Alice  were 
born,  and  in  it  .John  Pendexter  the  father,  Samuel  Pendexter  the  son.  and 
Charles  ('.  Pendexter  the  grandson,  its  successive  owners,  have  all  lived  and 
died. 

"At  the  first  town-meeting  of  Bartlett,  John  Pendexter  was  chosen  first 
selectman,  and  rechosen  the  next  year.  fie  was  also  elected  surveyor  of  high- 
ways, an  office  which  he  held  for  many  years.  In  17(.'^  he  was  chosen  treasurer 
and  also  chairman  of  a  special  committee  appointed  to  lay  out  loads  in  the 
new  town.  In  1801  and  in  1805  he  was  elected  moderator  and  first  selectman. 
In  L803  he  was  chosen  chairman  of  a  committee  -to  sit  in  a  convention  to  be 
holden  in  Conway  relative  to  a  new  county.'  In  L806  and  for  several  years 
thereafter  he  held  important  county  offices;  in  1820  he  was  chief  justice  of  the 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


The  official  responsibilities  and  honors  thus  conferred  upon 

stimonials  of  his  worth  and  abilities. 

appearance  Mr  Pendexter  was  about  live  feet  ten  inches  in 

L   mid    muscular.     Mr    Willey   speaks    of  him   as   ka 

man.  who  for  years  was  especially  useful   in    the  region  where 

irpenter.'     He  was  a  very  hard-working  man  all  his  life,  and 

he  would  be  at   his  work   a1    sunrise,  although  it 

miles  away  from  home.     Self-reliant  and  thoroughly  independent, 

i  man  of  great  executive  ability,  and  one  who  could  brook  no  opposi- 

liis  proper  behests  and  commands.     Among  his  family  and  with   his 

mploye's  his  word  was  absolute   law.      He  enforced  a  strict  observance  of  the 

Sabbath-day  in  his  household,  and  was  a  very  earnest,  conscientious  Christian. 

scendants  of  John  Pendexter  have  been  so  prominently  identified 

with   the   growth    and    interests  of   Bartlett   and    neighboring   towns    that    this 

cord  i'f  his  children  and  grandchildren  is  of  interest. 

"John  Pendexter,  1>.  August  21,  L752,  d.  November  17.  1835,  married  Martha  Jackson,  b. 

try  10,  1753,  d.  Augusl  II.  1846.    They  had  issue:  1.  Alice,b.  May  28,  1776,  married  March 

31,  I7'.'7.  (  olonel  Jonathan   Meserve,  ami  died  April  lit,  1872.     Their  children  were:  General 

.  b.  April  11.  17'.>s.  married  Harriot,  daughter  of  Richard  Eastman,  and  died  Septem- 

i,  1884;  Captain  Daniel,  b.  December  5,   1801,  d.  June  17,  1880;  Martha  P.,  b.  July  31, 

plain  Joshua  Trickey,  original  proprietor  of  Thorn  Mountain  House,  Jackson, 

nrorth  Hall,  died  March  28,  1881  :  John  P.,  b.  November  19,  1812;  Major  Andrew  J., 

b.  March  19,  1815,  d.  January  17.  1882;  Alice,  died  in  childhood.     2.  Nancy,  b.  May  IS,  1778, 

stud  d.  unmarried  March  30,  1798.     3.  Sally,  b.  June  18,  17S0,  married  Benjamin  Pitman.     4. 

b.  August  16,  1782,  married  Stephen  Rogers,  and  d.  September  27,  1828.    5.  John,  b. 

July  29,  1784,  married  Susan  Eastman  October  8,  1S0(5,  and  d.  May  21,  1840.     His  wife  was 

b.  M;i\  17.  1786,  and  d.  May  29,  1844.     Their  children  were:  George,  b.  June  14,  1808,  married 

-liiniin.  of  New  Gloucester,  Maine,  September  2, 1839,  and  d.  April  14,  1882;  Alice 

M.,  b.  May  11,  1812,  married  Rev.  Henry  Butler,  of  Cornish,  Maine,  December,  1S34;  Hannah 

an,  b.   March  25,   1814,  married  Rev.  Thomas  Hillman,  both  dead;  Susan,  b.  May  24. 

1816,  married  Dr  .1.  S.  Farnuin  ami  resides  in  Brockton,  Mass.;  Amelia  Ann  L.,  b.  March  31, 

married    Haskel    D.    Eastman,   February  8,    1844,   both   living  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.; 

Danii  ier  9,  1822,  married  Harriet  O.  Cushman.     He  resides  in  Conway,  and  is 

proprietor  of  the  Pequawket  House;  Benjamin,  b.  -Inly  2,  1824,  married  Esther  P.  Dinsmore, 

living  in  Mechanic  Falls.  Maine:  Lydia  P.,  b.  January  27,  1827,  married  Samuel  Shack- 

i       i,  I-I-.     G.  Joseph,  b.  September  23,   1786,  married  Lydia  Dinsmore,  and  d.   March 

Hi-  wile   d.  November  22.   1856.     Their  children  were:  Solomon  D.,  b.  April  21, 

arried  his  cousin,  Mary  D.  Meserve,  September  I,  L838,  and  d.  December  21,1808;  Eliza 

April   13,  1M7.  married  Cyrus  A.  Tasker  June  13,  1850;    Mr  Tasker  is  proprietor  of 

House,   Intervale;    Martha  J.,  b.   1819  and  d.   unmarried   March   7,  1886;    Nancy, 

I'.  Stilphen,  October  2:i.  1837;  John,  b.  dune  24,  1822,  married  Melinda  Chase, 

ine,  Juue  5,  Is  in.     n<>  is  proprietor  of  Langdon  House,  Intervale;  Mary  D. 

.  married  Hazen  Pitman;  Abigail,  married  dames  (  .  Willey;  II.  Augusta,  b.  1834,  and 

Hay  21.  I860.    7.   Betsey,  b.  January  I  1,  178'.),  married  Daniel  Meserve,  November 

nary  7.  1880.     Daniel  Meserve  was  horn  September  3.  1778,  and  d.  September 

Their  children    were:    Eliza    Pendexter.  h.  January  12.  ISO...  married  Joseph  O. 

■  Hi. m,  b.  September  6,  1808,  and  d.  June  17,1831;  Samuel  Pendexter, 

married  Lucia  . I.  Howell  March.  1815,  and  d.  February  22,  1872;  Mary 


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D..  h.  August  20,  1814,  married  Solomon  D.  Pendexter  September  I.  L838;  George  Wash- 
ington, b.  August  23,  L818,  d.  October  27,  1844;  Martha  P.,  b.  March  L3,  L821,  married 
Merrill  W  yiii.in  December  L2,  L844;  haul  Webster,  b.  June  '-'7.  L824,  married  Sarah  Frances 
Eobbs.  of  Fryeburg,  Maine,  Februarj  11,  1873,  and  d.  November  2,  L888;  John  Langdon,  b. 
I-.'-,  and  (1.  July  11.  1832.  8.  George,  b.  \|>iil  18,  L790,  and  d.  Maj  27,  1797.  9.  Martha, 
b.  October  28,  1792,  married  William  Stilphcn.  Their  children  uric:  George  P.,  married 
Nancy  Pendexter  October  23,  1837;  Charles;  Cornelius;  Betsej  \..  married  «  harles  Morse; 
Martha  P.;  Mary,  married  John  B.  Foote ;  Lavinia  S.  L0.  Samuel,  b.  Jul 3  18,  L794,  married 
Lydia  T.  Meserve,  daughter  o1  Silas  Meserve,  and  <l.  March  6,  1883.  His  wife  was  born 
February  27,  1800,  and  d.  July  13,  18G8.  Their  children  were:  Silas  M.,  b.  November  16,  1819, 
married  Lydia  l».  Hale  October,  L850,  and  d.  Jannarj  7.  1883;  Betsey  M..  b.  July  5,  L822,  and 
(1.  unmarried  March  1.  1864;  Charles  Cairoll,  i>.  June  21,  1828,  married  Caroline  I'.  Gale, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Jonathan  ami  Caroline  Persia  Staples  Gale,  November  11,  I860,  and  d. 
September  ~'-K  1881.  His  wife  was  born  in  Guildhall,  N't,  .Inly  21,  isi;,  ami  is  proprietor 
of  Pendexter  Man-inn.'* 


SAMUEL    im:.\|)i:\ti:k. 

Samuel  Pendexter,  son  of  John  and  Martha  (Jackson)  Pendexter,  was  the 
youngest  of  their  children,  and  was  born  in  Bartlett,  July  18,  17(.*4.  I  In 
became  an  agriculturist,  and  remained  mi  the  homestead  until  his  death, 
March  •  '>.  L883,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eighl  years,  seven  months,  and  eighteen 
davs.  lie  married  Lydia  TV,  daughter  of  Silas  Reserve,  She  was  horn 
February  -1~.  L800,  aud  died  July  18;  t$68.  Their  children  were:  Silas  M.. 
who  died  January?",  1883;  Betsej  M.,  unmarried,  who  died  in  1864;  and 
( 'harles  ('..  who  died  September  29,  18M.  Samuel  Pendexter  lived  to  follow 
to  their  last  resting-] daces,  father,  mother,  brothers  and  sisters,  wife  and 
children,  but  his  declining  years  were  cheered  and  comforted  by  the  widow  of 
his  son  ('harles.  whom  he  loved  as  if  she  was  his  own  child,  and  who  rever- 
enced, honored,  and  cherished  him  with  the  tender,  watchful  care  of  a 
daughter. 

Mr  Pendexter  inherited  many  of  his  parents'  excellences.  Like  his  father, 
he  was  an  honest  and  industrious  man.  Fie  also  had  his  mother's  loving'  and 
cheerful  nature.  He  was  social  and  kindly,  but  quiet  and  rather  reserved 
with  strangers:  a  Democrat  in  polities  and  firm  in  adherence  to  principle. 
By  his  industry  and  prudence  he  accumulated  a  handsome  property:  by  his 
uniform  kindness  he  gained  friends;  by  faithfulness  in  the  performance  of 
everj  duty  intrusted  to  him  he  won  honor  and  respeel  from  all.  lie  lilled 
many  positions  of  trust;  was  a  steward  and  trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  In  respect  to  his  manliness,  all  that  was  said  1>\  the  great  poet  of  an 
honest  man  maybe  said  of  him,  -  the  noblest  work  of  God."  To  this  there 
could  be  no  dissent.  "His  religious  life  was  a  life  of  devotion  to  the  cause  of 
God  lor  more  than  sixty  years,  always  abounding  in  the  work  of  the  Lord." 
He  retained  his  youthful  appearance  and  physical  strength  very  remarkably, 
being  able  to  attend  church  frequently  in  his  eighty-eighth  year,  and  but  a  few- 
weeks  before  his  death. 


History   of  Carroll  County. 


,  HARLBS  I  ARROLL  PENDEXTER. 

.  youngesl  child  of  Samuel  and  Lydia  (Meserve) 

,    born    January    21,    1828.     His    common -school    education 

:d     by  attendance    at   an   academy  at   Paris,  Maine,  and    at 

Hampshire)   Conference   Seminary,   where  he  was  fitted  for   a 

But    his    constitution    was    not    equal    to   the    close    confinement  of 

hoolroom,  and  lie  studied    civil  engineering  and   mastered   the    details 

t   profession   to  such  proficiency  that  he  was    employed  on   the  survey 

European  and    North    American  railway.     While  engaged   in  this  he 

ed  the  news  that  his  sister  was  not  expected  to  live,  and,  as  his  heart 

;  always    loyal    to    the    dear   ones    at    home,    he    returned   to    her   side    at 

His   sister  continued    an   invalid    for  several  years,   and    he   remained 

i-e   for    her.     After  her  death,  his   aspirations   and    ambition   urged   him 

3  former    field  of  labor,  but   he  yielded  to  the    earnest    entreaties 

his    parents    and  made    his    home    ever    after   with    them,    and  November 

1866,    married    Caroline    P.,    daughter   of   Rev.    Jonathan    and    Caroline 

P.    (Staples)    Gale,    a     lady   of    culture,  practicality,  and    efficiency,    and    it 

i    her    love    and    reverence    for    her    husband    and    his    father   that    their 

memories  are  preserved   by  picture  and  record  in  this  work. 

For  many  yeats'  the  tide  qi  summer  travel  had  turned  so  strongly  in 
this  direction  that  commodious  hotels  pleasantly  situated  were  in  great 
demand,  and  in  1*74  Mr  Pendexter  thoroughly  repaired,  enlarged,  and 
odeled  the  comfortable  old  homestead,  and  opened  it  for  the  accom- 
modation of  summer  boarders  as  the  "Pendexter  Mansion.1'  In  the  care 
and  entertainment  of  the  numerous  guests  he  was  ably  assisted  by  his 
wife.  In  this  delightful  home,  in  the  companionship  of  bis  wife  and 
ather,  he  lived  till,  September  29*  1881,  "he  fell  on  sleep." 

Mr  Pendexter  followed    his    father's  preferences    in    religion  and  politics. 
He  was  of  a    very  active  temperament,   took    hold    of  everything   he    under- 
ok   with  a  will    that   was   almost   a   success    in   itself.     Fie    was    ardent   in 
forwarding   all    efforts    to    advocate    truth,   justice,   temperance,   and    Chris- 
tianity, and   made   it    a   life  principle  to  do  unto   others  as   he    wished   others 
Evould  do  to   him   in    like   circumstances.     The  world  is  always  better  for  the 
life  of  such  a  man  as  Charles  Carroll  Pendexter.     His  duties,  civil  and  reli- 
were  promptly  and   gladly  performed,  and  his  action  in  all  cases  was 
s<  d    upon    their    relation    to    the    life    to    come.     Loyal    to    all    friendships, 
and  devoted   to  the  loved  ones,  not  a  shadow   rests   on  the    memory 
of  him  so  cherished   by  his  numerous  friends. 


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SOLOMON     D.    PENDEXTER. 

The  Pendexters  have  always  intermarried  with  the  prominent  families  of 
the  town.  Joseph  Pendexter,  the  sixth  child  and  second  son  of  Hon.  John 
and  Martha  (Jackson)  Pendexter,  was  born  in  Bartlett,  September  25,  IT-*'/. 
and  died  March  29,  L855.  His  wife  was  Lydia  Dinsmore,  who  died  November 
•2-,  1856.  Their  children  were:  Solomon  D.,  Eliza  D.,  .Martha  J.,  Nancy,  John, 
Mary  D.,  Abigail,  II.  Augusta.  (See  Pendexter  genealogy.)  Joseph  lived  on 
the  pleasant  place  where  the  Langdon  House  is  now,  and  was  a  farmer  by 
occupation.  He  was  of  medium  size,  of  a  social  and  pleasant  disposition,  and 
welcomed  Ids  friends  with  genial  hospitality.  lie  inherited  the  prevailing 
characteristics  of  his  father's  family,  and  wag  industrious,  prudent,  and  a 
faithful   worker.      He   was  a    Methodist   in    his  religious   views. 

Solomon  Dinsmore  Pendexter,  son  of  Joseph  and  Lydia  (Dinsmore)  Pendex- 
ter, was  horn  in  Bartlett,  April  21,  1813.  Environed  by  the  narrowing 
circumstances  of  that  period  when  that  section  had  been  settled  hut  a  com- 
paratively short  time,  his  education  was  neeessarily  Limited  to  the  common 
schools.  His  childhood  and  early  manhood,  until  he  was  twenty-five,  were 
passed  at  home,  and  his  energy  and  industry  was  devoted  to  agriculture,  assist- 
ing his  father  in  the  "  tilling  of  the  soil."  He  married  his  cousin.  Mary  Davis 
Meserve,  in  the  fall  of  t8§§,  and  settled  on  the  place  where  he  passed  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  thirty  years.  Two  sons  were  horn  to  Solomon  and  Mary 
Pendexter:  John  Langdon,  who  died  in  1866,  aged  nineteen,  and  Joseph,  who 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty-four. 

Mr  Pendexter  was  for  many  long  years  a  worker,  a  producer,  and  not  a 
mere  consumer.  About  1860  he  commenced  the  business  of  providing  accom- 
modations for  some  of  the  numerous  visitors  to  this  picturesque  resort,  and  was 
actively  engaged  in  this  and  the  care  of  his  land  until  December  21,  1868, 
when  he  was  killed  by  the  falling  of  a  limb  while  at  work  in  his  wood-lot.  He 
was  a  man  of  fine  appearance,  plain  and  unpretending  in  his  manners,  but, 
although  deprived  of  a  liberal  education,  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability, 
who  possessed  excellent  judgment  and  good  practical  common-sense,  which 
made  him  a  valuable  adviser.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a  Methodist 
in  his  religious  views.  Mrs  Pendexter,  who  survives  her  husband,  is  a  (]uiet, 
pleasant,  intelligent  lady,  and  presides  over  her  summer  home  with  dignity. 


EON.    .IOSEPII    PITMAN. 


Among  the  families  of  Bartlett  that  have  shown  energy,  force  of  character, 
business  acumen,  and  persistent  industry,  and  one  that  has  impressed  itself 
upon  the  community  in  various  ways,  is  the  Pitman  family.      By  their  pleasant 


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manners,  their  kindheartedness  and  neighborliness,  its  members 

s  universally  popular.     Joseph  Pitman,  the  first  American 

i    Englishman   by   birth,   of  good  parentage,  born  in   London 

..  ated  to  this  country  just  prior  to  the  Revolution.    In  that 

ough  quite  young,  he  warmly  espoused  the  cause  of  his  adopted 

nd  served  as  a  privateersman  during   the  war,  doing   good   service. 

the   close  of  the    bloody  contest,  Mr  Pitman  and  his   wife,  Alice 

i    Pitman    (a   sister  of   John    Pendexter),  moved  to   what  is  now 

(the    town    had  not    then    been  organized),   and  settled  on    Stark's 

ation.     He  was  one  of  the  first   settlers  of  the  town,  and  prominent  in  the 

ization  and  its  management   during  his  life.     He  was  moderator  of  the 

town-meeting  and   one   of  the  early  selectmen,  and   from  that  time  until 

mi    there   has  scarcely  been  a  list  of  the  town's  officers  not  bearing 

the  name  of  Pitman. 

ih  and   Aliee  P.  Pitman  were  blessed  with  eleven  children  :  William; 

iuel;     John;     Joseph;     Walter    A.;    Sally     (married    Joseph    Philbrick); 

(married    A.    1).    Gardner) ;     Alice    (married    Woodman    Carlton); 

\.   (died    quite    young);    Susan   (married    J.  T.  Wentworth) ;    Polly 

(died  young).     None  of  this,  family  is  living. 

//  .  Joseph  Pit nt'tit  was  born  in  Bartlett,  July  25,  1788,  and  died 
ber  23,  ls7o.  His  wife,  Joanna  (Meserve)  Pitman,  was  bom  August  15, 
L786,  and  died  May  1  2;  1862.  Their  children  were:  Ezra  M.,  born  December 
L2,  1812;  Jonathan  M.1,  born  August  19,  1814;  Dorcas  A.,  born  September 
in.  L816  :  George  W.  M.2,  born  May  8,  1819;  Joseph3,  born  October  24,  1823; 
Frances  1...  born  February  6,  1826.  Dorcas  A.  married  Joseph  K.  Garland; 
Frances  E.  married   Edward  C.  Sinclair.     All  are  living. 

Mr  Pitman  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  resided  on  the  homestead  of 
his  father  for  many  years.  He  then  purchased  a  farm  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  town,  and  made  his  residence  there  until  his  death.  This  farm  is  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  his  sons,  Ezra  M.  and  Jonathan  M.  Mr  Pitman's 
lucation  was  limited  to  the  common  schools,  but  it  was  fairly  competent  for 
the  business  affairs  of  life  to  a  man  who  was  keen,  bright,  and  observant, 
iml  possessed  of  an  inquiring  mind.  He  was  a  great  reader,  investigated 
matters  for  himself  and  formed  his  own  opinions,  but,  nevertheless,  had  due 
h  for  the  opinions  of  others.     In  his  business  affairs  he  was  not  hasty  in 

l  in  town  offices,  and  as  representative  two  terms.    He  married  Mary  Hodge,  and 
Idren:  Georgians  [Mrs  Charles  Chandler),  Mary  A.  (Mrs  S.  D.  Meserve),  Lucretia  (Mrs  W.  Chandler), 
\   lllam  II. 

270. 

i  lias  alwaj  -  resided  here.    Ee  \\  as  educated  at  Conway  Academy,  and  commenced  teaching 

'.ana  taughl  fifty-four  terms,  the  last  two  at  North  Conway  Academy  in  the  winter 

■    "'  ,1''-  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  nearly  forty  years;  held  all  town  offices  and  was 

I  L868  to  1871.    Politically  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  has  represented  Bartlett 

11  terms.    He  i    a  civil  engineer,  laud  surveyor,  and  farmer.    He  married  Sarah  Charles, 

igene,  Prances    Mrs  \\.  c.  McGiH),and  Walter. 


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coming  bo  conclusions,  but  when  reached  they  Beemed  to  bear  the  impress  of 
right,  which  gave  him  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all.  Politically  Mr  Pitman 
was  a  Democrat,  earnest,  faithful,  and  unswerving  to  the  Jeffersonian  princi- 
ples.    He  Berved   in  all  the  various  town  offices,  represented   Bartletl   in  the 

legislature,  and  in  L851  was  state  senator;  this  h r  has  also  been  conferred 

iip<»n  his  son,  George  W.  M.,  and  his  grandson,  Lycurgus.  In  bis  home  life 
he  was  social  and  genial ;  he  was  a  lover  of  music  and  somewhal  of  a  musician. 
Religiously,  he  was  a  CJniversalist,  and  in  the  closing  scenes  of  a  long  and 
useful  life,  in  his  eighty-eighth  year,  in  full  possession  of  his  reasoning  powers, 
lie  passed  over  the  river  in  full  accord  with  the  belief  he  entertained  throuerh 
Life. 

The  English  family  of  Pitmans  is  of  noble  ancestry,  and  has  been 
domiciled  for  many  generations  in  the  counties  of  Devon,  Suffolk,  and  Nor- 
folk. According  to  "Burke's  General  Armory "  the  arms  and  crest  of  the 
Pitmansof  Dunchideock,  Devon,  and  those  of  Oulton  Hall,  Norfolk,  are  the 
same.  "Arms:  Quarterly  argenl  and  or,  an  eagle  displayed  gules.  Crest:  A 
martlel  upon  a  shell.*'  The  arms  of  those  of  Suffolk  are:  "Gules,  two  poleaxes 
in  saltire  or,  headed  argent,  between  four  mullets  of  the  last.  (',-<*/  .•  A  Moor's 
arms  ppr  escarroned  (cheguy)  gules  and  or,  advancing  a  pole  axe,  handle  or, 
headed    argent." 


HART'S  LOCATION. 


CHAPTER    LXXIX. 


H\  RTS   l.<  M  ATM  )N.  including  the  long  valley  of  Saco  river  from  Bartlett 
the    While    Mountain    Notch,  was  granted  before  the  Revolutionary 
war  by  Governor  Wen tworth   to  Thomas  Chadbourne  for  military  ser- 
-    in    the    French   and    Indian   wars.     Richard   Hart  became  the  owner  on 
paymenl  of  $1,500,  and   from  him  it  takes  its  name.     Civilization  has  followed 
the  Indians  in   making  a   highway  of  travel  through  it,  but  few  families  have 
ded  here.     In  17'.>_!  the  Willey  House,  three  miles  from  the  gate  of 
Notch,  was  built  as  a  road-tavern,  and  Abel  Crawford  made   his  home  on 
the  fertile  intervales  below  Bemis  station.     Later  Dr  Samuel  Bemis  came  here 
early  in  the    forties   in  pursuit  of  health,  and   was  so  enamored  of  the   wild 
sublimity  and   gorgeous  scenery  of  the   valley  that  he  purchased  the  location, 
built  a  mansion  of  granite,  and  made  it  his  home  until  his  death  in    1881,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-seven.     George  H.  Morey  inherited  the  property,  and  is  the 
nt  occupant.     Bemis   station    perpetuates    the    name  of   the  doctor,  and 
Frankenstein    gulf   and    trestle  that  of   a  young    German  artist  who  was  his 
companion  for  some  time.     From  the  opening  of  the  Tenth  New  Hampshire 
Turnpike,  in    '.sii-i.   for  many  years   the    produce   of   Northern  Vermont  and 
j  country  passed  through  the  Notch  and  Hart's  Location.      Now  it  is 
the  route  tor  summer  travel  by  rail  to  the  White  Mountains. 
A  writer  thus  describes  the  trip  by  rail:  — 

In  all  eastern  America  then'  is  no  other  episode  of  railroad    traveling  comparable  for 

grandeur  with  the  ride  through  the  Notch.    The  conception  of  this  road  was  a  most  daring 

one.     As  the  train  rushes  along  past  Glen  Station,  on  the  one  side  we  have  a  glimpse  of  the 

steps  "i  Giant's  Stair-  and  of  Iron  Mountain  on  the  right,  while  on  the  left  are  ponderous 

n  range-,  traversed  only  by  lumbermen  and   bears.     Bartlett  is  the  next  station. 

nil  Bartlett  the  train  climbs  Duck  Pond  mountain.     After  Sawyer's  river  is  crossed,  the 

nonour  hit   i-  Nancy's  brook,  with  pretty  cascades  and   flume.    The  train  next 

wford  Glen,  by  the  mansion  of  Or  Bemis,  then  passes  the  old  Mount  Crawford 

From    Remis  the  train  climbs  upward  on  a  grade  of  one  foot  in  forty-six,  rushing 

on  the  sides  of  these  great  cliffs.     The  Frankenstein  gulf  is 

ouderful  trestle  500  feet   long  and  so  feet,  high.     Just  before  we  reach  it,  by 

>rward  on  the  right,  one  gets  the  grandest  view  of  Mount  Washington.     While  on 


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the  trestle  look  up  a!  the  high  cliffs  and  down  into  the  Saco  valley.  Now  we  go  higher  above 
the  tops  of  the  trees.  Many  m  picturesque  mountain  beighl  can  be  Been.  We  cross  Brook 
Kedron,  and  soon,  far  below,  we  perceive  the  Willej  House,  and  the  true  Notch  is  entered, 
with  Mount  \\  Illard's  purple  cliffs  in  Eronl  and  Mount  Webster  on  the  right .  Below .  the  dark 
waters  of  Dismal  pool  are  seen.  The  vallej  grows  narrower  and  narrower  until  al  la-t  the 
Qateof  the  Notch  is  reached  and  the ''Great  Cut,'' where  the  railroad  splits  the  mountains, 
and  we  arc  at  the  <  raw  Cord  House. 

Ah,l  Crawford,  "the  Patriarch  of  the  Hills."  was  born  aboul  L765.  When 
a  young  man  he  made  his  home  among  the  mountains.  He  was  six  feet,  four 
or  five  inches  in  height,  thin,  straight,  of  'lark  complexion,  pleasanl  and  genial 
in  disposition.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Eleazer  Rosebrook.  She 
died  October  28,  L 848,  aged  76  years.  He  was  rightly  name. I  the  "veteran 
pilot"  of  the  mountains,  for  he  was  the  firsl  guide  to  the  -rand  scenery  now 
so  easily  reached.  When  he  was  aboul  twenty-live  years  old,  he  wandered 
through  the  region  alone,  dressed  in  tanned  mooseskin.  He  assisted  in 
cutting  the  first  footpath  to  the  ridge  in  181'.'.  and  in  1840,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-five,  rode  the  first  horse  that  climbed  the  cone  of  Mount  Washington. 
The  last  ten  veal--,  of  his  life  he  was  an  object  of  interest  to  the  thousands 
of  visitors  to  the  mountains.  His  greatest  pleasure  during  this  time  was  to 
sit  and  watch  the  crowds  of  people  come  and  go.  He  died  .lulv  1").  1851, 
aged  85  years,  and.  with  his  wife,  is  buried  near  Bemis  station.  For  many 
years  Al>el  Crawford  kept  the  Mount  Crawford  House,  and  was  known  to 
every  one  visiting  the  mountains.  Between  1841  and  1850  the  old  Crawford 
House  was  under  the  charge  of  N.  T.  P.  Davis,  a  son-in-law  of  Abel  Crawford. 
Mr  Crawford  still,  by  his  stories  and  cheerful  presence,  making  himself  one  of 
the  especial  attractions  of  the  place.  He  was  a  fine  specimen  of  physical  and 
mental  vigor.  Under  date  of  September  13,  1842,  George  W.  Putnam,  " for 
Mount  Washington  from  Boston,'"  writes  in  the  register  of  the  Mount  Crawford 
House,  that  he  "tarried  but  a  few  moments,  hut  found  the  old  gentleman's 
heart  in  the  right  place  —  Heart's  Location."  For  several  years  he  was  repre- 
sentative in  the  legislature  of  Hart's  Location,  Nash  and  Sawyer's  Location, 
and   Carroll. 

Ripley  Falls  are  on  Avalanche  brook  on  Mount  Willey,  and  are  reached 
by  a  most  romantic  footpath  from  the  station.  They  were  discovered  in 
September,  1858,  by  II.  W.  Ripley ]  and  a  companion.  The  principal  falls 
are  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  high,  fifty  feet  wide  at  the  summit  and  seventy 
feei  at  the  bottom.  The  celebrated  artist  Champney  ascribed  to  them  a  higher 
beauty   than    any   other   then    known    among   the    mountains.      Below   this,  on 

'Mr  Ripley,  born  in  Fryeburg,  Maine,  June  30,  1828,  is  the  veteran  explorer  of  ili>'  White  Mountains.  The 
Bummer  of  1889  was  1 1 1 « -  fifty-third  consecutive  season  he  bas  visited  the  mountains,  and  lie  has  ascended 
Mounl  Washington,  in  winter  and  summer,  eighty-five  times,  lie  i-  beyond  doubt  the  best  informed  person  in 
relation  to  everything  of  interest  in  the  mountain  region,  is  a  Quenl  conversationalist,  a  graphic  writer,  and  the 
publisher  of  the  enlarged  "Crawford's  History  "i  the  White  Mountains,"  ami,  a'  the  suggestion  or  Starr  King, 
hi-  oamelE  perpetuated  tn  these  tails. 


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Arethusa  Falls,  whose  beautiful  descent  of  one  hundred  and 

not  often  seen  by  tourists  by  reason  of  the  arduous  climb 

h  theui. 

historic   "Willey  slide"  occurred  August  28,  1826.     In  the  terrible 

•  tempest   that  then  raged  an  avalanche  commenced  a  thousand  feet  up 

i    Willey,    in  the   rear  of  the  Willey  House,  and  thundered  down  upon 

e  family,  who  flew  from  the  house  and  safety  to  destruction.     The  family  of 

;.  with  David  Allen  and  David  Nickerson,  were  buried  under  the  whirling 

n   of  mud,  rocks,  lives,  and  logs.     The   bodies  of  three  of  the   children, 

iiah,    Martha,  and   Elbridge,   were   never  found.      An   immense  bowlder 

of  the  house  preserved  the  building  from  harm.     This  house  was  built 

Leavitt    Hill,   of   Conway,   in   1792,  and  occupied  for  some    years  by  his 

brother   Henry,     h  had  been  vacant  for  some  time  when  Mr  Willey  became 

proprietor. 

Although  the  population  in  1870  was  but  twenty-six,  and  in  1880  but  fifty- 
.  a  low  ii  organization  has  been  kept  up  for  years,  but  the  records  were 
iitly  burned.  A  gore  of  land  between  Bartlett  and  Hart's  Location  was 
annexed  to  Hart's  Location  June  27,  1861.  This  wild  section  has  a  heavy 
growth  of  valuable  timber,  pine,  spruce,  and  hard  wood  of  various  species.  At 
Avalanche  station  is  the  mill  of  J.  F.  Smith  &  Co.1  A  newspaper  correspond- 
ent writes  of  this  in  February,  1880  :  "  The  mill  of  J.  F.  Smith  &  Co.  is  running 
day  and  night.  Logs  are  being  brought  in  at  the  rate  of  fifty  thousand  per 
day,  by  fifty  horses  and  twelve  oxen.  They  are  now  having  electric  light  put 
into  the  mill.  (J.  0.  Sanders  is  doing  quite  a  business  in  box  shooks.  The 
upper  part  of  the  mill  is  devoted  to  the  manufacture  of  spruce,  hemlock,  and 
j»ine  dimension-lumber,  etc.  They  sawed  one  day  last  week  47,500  feet  of 
timber.  Mr  Sanders  has  recently  built  a  large  mill  below  Mr  Smith's  and  has 
moved  his  extensive  business  from  Albany."  An  elegant  flesh-colored  granite, 
very  valuable  as  a  building-stone,  is  found  here.  It  is  easily  quarried.  Its 
cleavage  is  perfect,  and  it  comes  out  in  large  blocks  of  perfect  regularity,  and 
will  be  a  source  of  wealth  in  coming  time.  Sawyer  River  railroad  makes  a 
junction  with  the  Maine  Central  in  the  lower  part  of  the  location. 

Burned  in  \<>\ ember,  L889. 


JACKSON. 


CHAPTEB    LXXX. 

lin reduction  —  Scenery  Situal ion  —  Mountains  —  Incorporation  —Grants  —  Firsl  Set- 
tlers—Petitions— First  Town-meeting  — First  Road  —  Inventory  of  1801  -Some  Early 
Settlers  and  their   Descendants  —  Personal  sketches. 

Full  many  a  Bpol 
01  bidden  beauty  have  l  chanced  to  espy 
Among  the  mountains;  never  one  like  thh 
So  tones  'lin'.  a nd  bo  perfectrj   Becure ; 
Not  melancholy  —  no,  for  it  is  green, 
Ami  bright,  and  Fertile,  furnished  in  Itself 
With  the  few  needful  things  that  life  requires. 
In  rugged  anus.  hou    softl]   docs  it  lie! 
How  tenderly  protected ' 

—  Wordsworth. 

JACKSON*  is  the  Mecca  of  the  tourist.  To  the  cultured  traveler  who  has 
ranged  through  the  historic  and  romantic  countries  of  the  Old  World, 
and  visited  the  lonely  isolation  of  the  stupendous  mountain  scenery  of 
the  far  West,  the  White  Mountain  section,  with  its  combination  of  wondrous 
sublimity  and  reverence-inspiring  grandeur,  and  scenes  of  restful  quiet  and 
gentle  repose,  appeals  in  a  most  effective  manner  and  has  a  powerful  attraction. 
One  of  the  loveliest  of  these  scenes  of  sylvan  beauty  and  dreamy  repose-  -one 
that  tarries  ever  in  the  memory  with  tender  and  fascinating  recollections  and 
bewitching  unobtrusiveness  —  is  the  ideal  mountain  town  of  .Jackson.  The 
noble  Frenchmen  of  the  empire  believed  that  the  culmination  of  earthly  happi- 
ness lay  in  Parisian  life,  hence  the  expression,  "See  Paris  and  die."  In  the 
minds  of  the  highest  order  of  cultured  American  people  a  fundamental  law 
seems  to  he  dow.  Written,  " See  Jackson  and  live."'  T'p  in  this  high  altitude 
the  air  has  a  fragrance  and  a  tunic-power  like  wine.  It  is  delightful  to  come 
into  a  region  from  which  there  is  no  need  of  "looking  backward,"  where 
there  is  no  poverty  visible,  and  the  harsh  sounds  of  conflict  between  capital 
and  Labor  are  never  heard.     The  little  valley  is  like  a  beautiful  child   protected 

1  The  publishers  would  acknow  inl^e  valuable  assistance  in  this  history  of  Jackson  from  <  lara  E3.  Meserve, 

daughter  of  General  George  P.  Meserve,  a  ladj  who  has  done  much  good  iu  preserving  many  things  < cernlng 

i  ly  families  ami  in  awakening  Interest  in  the  attractions  of  the  town. 


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im  titanic  beings.     They  bring  to  it  vain  and  dews  and 
r  over  stony  beds,  and  by  the  unknown  laws  of  the 
tract  the  deepest  emerald  to  dye  its  verdure.     The  Wild- 
amable  spirit  whose  white  garments  and  musical  laughter  are 
run  day  and  night  toward  the  sea,  and  clatter  around  the 
the  agony  of  haste.     It  spreads  over  the  dark  rocks  in  Jack- 
snowy   fleece   of    misty   water,    and    laughs  at   the   expressions   of 
the  spectators.     The   narrow  valleys  of  the  Ellis  and  Wildcat  lead 
up  to  the  majestic  mountain   regions,  and   open  bits  of  exquisite  scenery 
ivhich  artists  have  reveled   for  more  than  a  generation  of  years.     In  the 
ind  later  afternoons  of  clear  days  the  mighty  Presidential  range,  tow- 
in  the  north,  exhibits  the  gorgeous  brilliancy  of  coloring  so  characteristic 
oountains  of  the   Rocky  and   Sierra  ranges.     "The  glory  of  the  sunset 
flames    upon    their   angles    with    strong   color,    hiding   all    the    gashes    in  the 
avy  shadow."     The  little  village  is  an  exquisite  gem,  cut  by  the 
tistic  touch  that  has  given  the  softness  to  the  loveliest  of  English  land- 
with    many   oilier    beauties    unknown   elsewhere,   combine   to 
make  this  little  rural  town  one  of  unparalleled  loveliness,  and  a  summer  resort 
which  those  -to  the  manner  born"  and  the  traveler  alike  pronounce  one  of  the 
most  enjoyable  and  attractive  in  long  leagues  of  journeying,  and  a  realization 
of  the  tahhd  "  Valley  of  Rasselas."     The  winding  Ellis,  its  banks  strewn  with 
tiificent  maples  and  elms  towering  in  columns  of  strength  and  beauty;   the 
ever-inspiring  mountain  prospects;  the  level  bits  of  intervale  lying  softly  like 
soothing  memories  in  the  mind  of  man;  the  quietude  and  delicious  peace  so 
■lul  to   the   tired  and  weary  wanderer;   the   perfect  healthfulness  of  the 
climate;  the  invigorating  air ;  the  pleasant  homes  scattered  along  the  valleys 
and  hillsides;  the  courteousness  of  the  citizens,  —  all  join  in  painting  on  the 
mental  canvas  a  picture  of  content  and  happiness  that  will  not  soon  be  oblit- 
d.     li  is  decidedly  to  he  hoped  that  the  jar  and  strife  and  confused  noises 
the  outside  world  may  never  penetrate  to  this  idyllic  spot,  but  that  it  may 
be  kept   for  a  reminder  of  that  early  period  when  the  whole  earth  was 

an  Eden. 

Jackson  is  situated  on  the  cast  side  of  the  White  Mountains,  and  contains 
31,90  The  surface  is  uneven  but  the  soil  rich  and  productive.     It  is 

i  ].<\  the  two  branches  of  Ellis  river  passing  from  the  north  and  uniting 
the  south  border.      The   principal  elevations  are    Double    Head,  Wildcat, 
:  tble,  Eagle,  Tin,  Iron,  Black,  and  Thorn  mountains.     The  set- 
originally  called   New   Aladbury,  but  the  town  was  incorporated 
imber    \.   1800,  as   Adams.      It    included  Fowle's  location;   the   grants    to 
imuel  Gilman,  of    Newmarket,  of    2,000   acres,    made  March    1, 
sto  Captain    Richard  Gridley,  February  5,1773;  of  3,000 
laptain    Robert   Rogers,  of  Portsmouth,  July  4,17(34;  of  8,740  acres 


Town   of  Jackson.  947 


to  Mark  H  unking  Went  worth,  Daniel  Rogers,  and  Jacob  Treadwell,  of  Ports- 
mouth, March  I,  1771;  and  L3,893|  acres  belonging  to  the  state.  The  grants 
to  Gilman,  Gridley,  and  Rogers  were  for  services  in  tin'  French  war.  Captain 
Rogers  was  the  daring  commauder  <>i'  that  company  "l'  scouts  immortalized  as 
"Rogers'  Rangers."  Captain  Gridlej  was  in  command  <>f  ;i  regimenl  under 
General  Ajnhersl  ai  Crown  Poinl  in  L756 ;  ;ii  Louisburg  in  L758,  and  "went 
from  thence  with  the  fleet,  and  acted  at  Siege  of  and  Reduction  of  Quebec  in 
1759,  with  the  forces  under  General  Wolfe." 

Benjamin  Copp  made  the  first  settlement  in  177*.  Although  his  only 
shelter  was  a  Little,  rough  log  cabin,  a  specimen  of  his  own  skill  and  handi- 
work, there  was  something  awfully  grand  in  his  surroundings.  His  cabin  was 
Located  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Wildcat,  a  Little  below  where  it  comes  Leaping 
and  tumbling  over  the  falls,  and  very  near  where  ii  Loses  itself  in  the  more 
quietly  lowing  waters  of  Glen  Ellis,  giving  him  a  view  along  both  valleys. 
For  full  twelve  long  years  he  and  his  family  dwelt  here  alone.  Mr  Copp  was 
strong,  vigorous,  and  had  wonderful  powers  of  endurance,  lie  would  take  a 
bushel  "I  corn  on  his  shoulders  and  walk  ten  miles  t<»  mill,  never  putting  it 
down  until  he  reached  his  destination. 

The  next  settlers  were  a  party  of  live  families:  Joseph  Pinkham,  Joseph 
I).  Pinkham,  Clement  and  Jonathan  Meserve,  -John  Young.  (For  Meserve 
family  see  biographical  sketches.)  In  1796  Jonathan  and  Clement  Meserve 
present  this  petition  to  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  convened 
at  Exeter  :  — 

Y"ur  petitioners  having  moved  with  themselves  &  Families  on  Gridley's  Location  in  the 
count;  ot  Grafton  and  the  mosl  northerly  pari  of  the  State  of  New  Hampshire  ami  the  most 
Mountainous  part  of  the  State,  and  perhaps  the  mosl  mountanious  part  of  North  America, 
hut  by  tin'  Industry  £  exertions  ot  your  petitioners  &  Families  has  been  a  means  of  bringing 
a  number  of  good  Settlers  on  the  other  Locations  adjoining  viz  Wentworth's  Roger's  Gilmans 
ami  .Martin-  Locations,  and  Land  sold  by  the  Committee  for  making  &  reparing  roads  from 
Conway  to  Cohas  —  bu<  still  your  petitioners  A.  other  Settlers  is  put  to  many  difficulties  in 
thai  Mountanious  Country  for  want  of  haveing  good  Roads  &  in  no  regular  order  to  do  any- 
thing in  respecte  to  Roads  Schools  &c  hut  what  every  Man  thinks  proper  to  do  by  his  own 
hie  will.  All  which  is  a  very  great  Greviance  and  Discouragement  to  the  Settlement  of  the 
Northerly  part  of  the  State  therefore  your  petitioners  pray  a  Town-hip  may  be  laid  out  join- 
ing Southerly  on  Bartletl  Easterly  on  Chatham,  Northerly  on  Shelburne  Addition  and  West- 
erly on  the  White  Hills,  [ncluding  the  Locations  before  mentioned.  According  to  a  plan 
herewith  exhibited  &  incorporated  with  all  the  privileges  that  other  Towns  in  the  state  have 
tV  enjoy  and  your  petitioners  pray  that  all  the  unlocated  Land  contained  in  said  plan  may  he 
granted  to  your  petitioners  and  associates  on  such  terms  &  Conditions  as  you  in  your  wisdom 
shall  think  proper. 

This  plan  was  well  executed  and  is  still  preserved  in  the  secretary  ot  state's 
office.  The  next  year  (1797)  they  petition  for  incorporation,  ••  In  behalf  of 
themselves   and    those    of    your    Citersons   living    upon    the    Tracts   of    land 


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and  for  those  who  may  hereafter  reside  thereon.*'     This 

,  inhabitants  of  Fowls  Gilinan's  Gridley's  Rogers'  Wentworth's  and 

,  Untj  of  Grafton  and  State  of  Newhampshire  Humbly  shews  - 

tly  incommoded  by  reason  of  their  [un] incorporated  situation 

lg0  ,„,.  uiar  advantages  which  Towns  corporate  enjoy,  and  labour 

which,  in  a   corporate  capacity,  they  would  be  exempt— That 

ss,   ire  unable  to  make  and  repair  necessary  roads  and  highways  and  to 

oi  schools  and  the  ministry  in  the  aforesaid  Locations  —  That  the 

entioned  ran  only  be  redressed  by  an  act  of   Incorporation  —  That   the 

pableof  forming  a  convenient  Town  —  Wherefore  your  Petitioners 

said  Locations  may  be  formed  and  incorporated  into  a   Township  to  be 

ailed  bj    the  name  of  -        -  and   as   in    duty  hound   shall   ever   pray   ('lenient 

im  Parkins,  Isaac  Reserve,  Samuel  Jenkins.  Jonathan  Meserve  Juu., 

thanniel  Davis,  Isaac  Darburn,  dames  Canney,  Silas    Meserve,  Ephraim 

.  Samuel  Cray  Junier,  Timothy  Perkins.  Samuel  Gray.  Daniel  Xute, 

ive,  John  N"ute,  Ralph  hall,  Daniel  Meserve.  Benjamin  Pitman, 

-  ph  D.  Piukham,  Nathaniel  Chesley,  Joseph  Pinkham,  George  Pinkham, 

I  njainin  Copp  Junyer,  William   Copp,  James   Trickey,  Ephraim   Trickey, 

!  Pinkham.  Rufus  Pinkham.  Samuel  Rogars. 

3  petition  was  successful,  and  the  town  was  incorporated,  and  with  a 

I   alterations  remains  of  the  same  area.      By   vote    of   the    town    the 

name  was  changed  to  Jackson,  July   I.  L829,  every    vote   but  one,   it    is   said. 

si  in  favor  of  the  change.     The  population  in  1800  was  180;  in  1810, 

244;    L82  1830,515;    L840,  584 ;    L850,  589;    1860,631;    1870.417: 

l^j>.  166.     In  L830  a  weekly  mail  route  was  established  from  Bartlett  to  Ran- 

b   through   Jackson.      Daniel    Pinkham   carried  the   mail  for  800  a   year. 

-  probably  the  first  regular  mail  to  Jackson.     How  changed  are  things 

"\\  !     It    is  estimated    that    $100,000    is    received  here  annually  for  summer 

larders,  and  the  amount  of  mail  may  be  easily  imagined.     The   soil  is  deep, 

ch,  and  fertile,  and  agriculture  has  ever  been  rewarded  richly.     The  streams 

led   with  trout   which    furnish  great   attraction    for    devotees    of    I/.aak 

:..     Real  estate  is  becoming  quite  valuable,  as  nearly  every  knoll  and 

hillside  furnishes  an  admirable  site  for  cottages,  and  it  will  not  be  many  years 

summer  residences  evincing  taste  and  culture   will  add  to 

harms. 

the    act     of    incorporation     of    Adams     "Silas     Meserve     and     .lames 

of  them  is  to  call  the  first  town  meeting."     This  meeting, 

i.   1801,  at  the  house  of  Jonathan  Meserve.  chose  Jona.  Meserve 

twn  clerk,  and  first    selectman  ;  reconsidering   the    vote   for  mod- 

Meserve  was  chosen:  Jona.  Meserve,  Jr.  and  Andrew  Chesley 

■■linen.     Jonathan    Meserve,    Jr,    John    Meserve,    James 

3;   Thomas    Rogers    and    Daniel    Gray,  fence-viewers: 

and    hog  -rcaf:   Captain    Joseph    Pinkham    and 


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Clement    Me*  of    Lumber;  voted   to  raise    twenty  dollars    for 

town  expenses;  to  raise  no  school  raon 

A  description  of  the  road  as  proposed  to  be  established   in  town  of  Ad 
in  1801. 

I  Stly  Begin ing  al  Meserves  and  <  hesleys  Mill-  bo  .ailed  ihen  through    M  land 

wavering  a  little  to  the  North  till  it    strikes  the  Devision  line  between  Meserves  and  '  hesley 
i"    Chesley   fleld    then   through   Chesley   field  on   the    Divison   line    between    Meserve  and 
Chesley  to   Ralph  Balls  land   then  through   Sd   Balls  land   to  land  ol   .Fame-  and   Ephraim 
Trickeys,  through  Trickey  land  t<>  the  great  brook  from  said  great  brook  wavering  to  th< 
till  it  Strikes  the  range  line  that  splits  Giluians  I. neat  inn  to  landol  Benjamin  Pitman  and  Joseph 
I).  Pinkham,  then  following  the   rang  line  through  Captain  Pinkhams  land  to  Co    En 
land  rill  it  strikes  Pinkhams  path  that  lead-  to  the  Bridge  al  the  lower  -i'j  ol   Me 
trees  top  ol  the  hill  on  the  North  -i1  of  the  River,  then  begining  at   Bartlett  line  up  to  Pink- 
hams bridge,  then  down  the  River  to  Benjamin  Copps  land.  Men  runing  on  «  opps  -i-  by  the 
Division  line  up  to  the  Churchyard  then  through  the  meadow  a-  the  path  i-  now  cleared  & 
through  Cap1  Pinkhams  land  to  land  ol   Jonathan  Meserve  Jur- then  up  the  road  ■■■■- 
n "\\  cleared  on  the  south  side  oi  Meserves  house  to  his  pasture  bars,  then  through  Sd  p 
to  the  cornfield  fence  then  on  the  north  side  on  the  side  of  the  corn  to  Ephraim  M<  • 

then  following  a  rig  of  land  leaning  westerly  till  it  Strikes  the  road  between  Ephraim 
Meserves  and  Isaac  Meserves,  then  up  the  toad  to  Isaac  Meserves  house,  then  through  Sd 
Meserves  land  to  Ellis  river  up  the  river  a  little  above  the  old  ford  way  crossing  the  River  to 
the  wesl  side,  then  up  the  roar!  where  the  people  now  passes  to  Thomas  Rogers  land 
near  his  house  to  lands  of  Daniel  Nutes,  then  up  the  road  as  it  i-  now  cleared  to  where 
l-aae  Dearborns  path  turns  out  to  cross  the  River  then  begining  at  Pinkhams  Bridge  on  the 
mad  between  Pinkhams  house  and  mil!-,  then  baring  to  the  west  till  we  get  about  half  way 

ii  the  two  path-  that  comes  up  the  Hill,  then  turning  a  little  to  the  East  by  the  .]■ 
tlie  hill  till  it  strikes  the  path  where  it  n<       _  ben  crossing  a  little  to  the  west,  then  taking 

the  main  Road  top  ol  the  hill  then  following  th  -  Road  near  where  it  no 
side  of  Joseph  D.  Pinkham-  house,  then  up  .-':  Road  to  Meserves  pasture,  then  following  under 
the  hill  to  the  east,  and  crossing  the  spring,  run  Easl  ol  the  spring,  then  south  ol  Silas  Mes 
new  house  and  John  Meserves  new  farm  nearly  a  strait  line  to  the-  bars  below  Meserves  .Mill-. 
Excepted  the  Road  from  Meserves  a:  Chesley  Mill  down  to  the  top  of  the  hill  where  John  6z 
Daniel  Meserve  have  fallen  trees  of  land  they  bought  of  Co   'J'.  Emerson.     Also  Excepted 

id  as  it  was  viewed  and  Returned  by  the  Selectmen  from  Bartlett  line  up  I  -  Dearborns 
path  &  al-'.  Excepted  the  middle  Road  from  Pinkham-  Bridge  up  to  Timothy  Perkins  and 
Samuel  Gray  Jur  as  the  Selectmen  viewed  and  Returned  it. 

me  poll,  one  horse,  two  oxen,  two  cow-,  three  othe 
one  mowing  -i.oi.    Jonathan  V  .,  one  poll,  two 

ne  mowing,  one  pasturing;  tax.  '■■      ents.    Jonathan  Meserve,  Jr,  one  poll,  two  oxen,  two 
rows,  one  young  stock;  tax.  80  i  ents.     Benjamin  Copp,  one  poll,  two  oxen,  thre-  k,  two 

.  ilage,  two   mowing,  one  pasturing:  tax  Benjamin  Copp,  Jr.  one    poll:  I  -.     Win 

Copp,  one  poll,  one  le  young  stock;  tax,  50  cent*  *         oil;  tax, 

Pinkham,  one  poll,  one  cow;  tax,  52  cent;.    Daniel  Pinkham.  one  poll,  <>; 
:  tillage,  two  acres  mowing,  two  pasturing 
poll,  twi  72       .  -  .ne  poll,  one  hor.-e,  two  oxen,  f  -      J.  I). 

Pinkham,  one  poll,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  t  -  :e  acre  tillage,  two  mowing,  one  pastui 

cent-.    Danii  poll,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  two  yo     -  oil,  one 

John  Young,  one  poll,  one  cow ;  b  John  Perk 

Samuel  Gray,  Jr,  one  poll,  two  oxen ;  t 
poll,  two  oxen,  tv  .       ick;  tax.  71  cents.    Andrew  I  e   poll,  two  cows,  one  young 

Sogers  %  stock ; 

Hall,  one  poll,  two  oxen,  two  cows,  one  young  fames  Trickey,  one  poll,  one  horse,  two 


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mowing,  two  pasturing,  one  mill;  tax,  0!)  cents.    Ephr  Trickey, 

,.  four  young  stock,  one  Mere  mowing,  one  pasturing;  tax,  $1.    Clemenl 

jamiu  Pitman,  one  poll,  two  rows,  one  young  stock;  tax,  73  cents. 

took;  tax,  72  cents.    Nathaniel  Chesley,  one  lior.se,  two  cows. 

ph  Pinkham,  his  wife  and  four  children  arrived  from  Madbury, 
Daniel  Pinkham  related  many  tilings  concerning  early  Jackson 
,.  Daniel   C  Pinkham,  late  of   Lancaster.     Through  his  courtesy, 
o  our  leaders  :  — 

fivc  feet  deep  on  a  level.     There  was  n<>  road  to  Bartlett,  and  we  traveled 

Oui   provisions,  furniture,  and  clothing  were  drawn  on  a  handsled,  to  which 

tlie  hog,  their  ouly  animal,  and  he  did  efficient  service.    On  arriving 

found  the  log  house  erected  the  previous  autumn  half-buried  in  snow,  and 

i  way  through  to  find  the  door.     The  house  had  no  chimney,  no  stove,  no 

,,.  wju,i  the  open  door,  or  the  smoke-hole  in  the  roof.     We  built  a  fireplace  at 

and  replaced  them  as  often  as  they  burned  out,  until  the  snow  left  us  so 

:  rocks  to  supply  their  place.     We  bad  but  two  chairs  and  one  bedstead. 

lived  ntnil  summer,  when   we  moved  the  balance  of  our  furniture  from  Conway. 

much  poverty  here  at  this  early  period,  and  the  means  of  living  scarce.     A  few 

iili<  -  had  cows,  and  could  afford  the  luxury  of  milk  porridge,  hut  many  were  obliged  to 

■  their  porridge  of  meal  and  water  only.     The  rivers  afforded  trout,  and  these  constituted 

rtiou  of  their  food.    They  were  dried  in  the  sun  and  roasted  by  the  fire,  and  eaten 

usually  without  salt,  as  that  was  a  scarce  article  in  the  new  settlement. 

tin    Joseph    Pinkham    passed   the   remainder  of  his  life   on   the   place 
where  lie  first  located.     His  children  were:  Joseph  D.,  George,  Daniel,  Rufus, 
.Joseph   I),  married  Mary  Tuttle ;  George  married   Mary  Gray; 
married  Mar;   Trickey ;  Daniel  married  Esther  Chesley  ;  Betsey  married 
Mes  She  was  a   doctress,  having  had  instruction  from  the  famous 

third.""     ••  Aunt  Betsey  "  was  a  very  important  person  i»  the  town. 
-  hi  id'  Joseph  I).,  lived  many  years  in  town,  was  a  farmer  and  surveyor, 
e  of  the   prominent    men.     He   died   in  Vermont   at   an    advanced  age. 
I1  Pinkham  came  to  Jackson  when  ten  years  old,  and  passed  through  all 

in  the  wilderness.      He  settled  on  the  home  place,  where  he  built 
blacksmith's  shop  in   town,  and  although  he  never  learned  any  trade, 
blacksmith,  mason,  carpenter,  wheelwright,  and    dentist.     Prior  to 
i  public  thoroughfare  had   been   made,  and  this  year  Daniel  Pinkham 
a  carriage-road  through  the  town  to  Randolph,  for  which  he  was  to 
•t  of  laud  one-half  mile  wide  on  each  side  of  the  road  from  Jack- 
i.  ami  all  state  lands   in   Jackson.     This  road  was  to  be  made 
through  an  unbroken  and  heavy  forest  over  mountains  and  across 
n  two  wars  Mr   Pinkham  had  nearly  completed  it,  when  the 
11  "I'  rain  of   August,  1826,  put  a  severe  check  upon  his  enter- 
nearly  all  swept  away  :   the  bed  of  the  road  in  many 


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places  was  buried  many  feel  deep  beneath  rocks,  upturned  trees  and  dSbris 
from  the  mountain  sides:  while  in  other  parts  the  streams  washed  away 
all  traces  of  Labor.  After  the  freshel  subsided,  some  of  the  bridge  timbers 
were  found  fifteen  miles  awa\  in  Conway.  Not  disheartened  by  this.  Mr  Pink- 
ham  constructed  a  toll-road,  hut  the  deep  snows  discouraged  travel,  and  his 
time  and  money  were  expended  in  vain.  In  L829,  ai  the  age  of  fifty,  he 
removed  his  family  to  Pinkham's  grant,  and  was  again  a  pioneer.  Here  he 
resided   six   years.      After    ten    years   of   toil,    disappointment,    and    poverty, 

he    secured    the    -rant    from    the    state,   and     in     the    speculations   of    1835    and 

L836  he  sold  Land  enough  to  pay  his  debts  and  purchase  a  farm  in   Lancaster, 

whole  he  died  in  June,  L855.  His  son,  Daniel  (  .  I'inkham,  was  clerk  of  the 
court  of  common  pleas  and  supreme  judicial  court  of  Coos  countj  from  L857 
to  1869.     lie  died  October  31,  1889. 

Cyrus  V.  I'inkham.  son  of  Rufus,  was  a  very  intelligent  and  well-educated 
man.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  surveyor,  and  an  excellent  teacher,  and  one  of 
the  host  of  penmen.  He  was  much  in  public  affairs  and  a  most  useful 
official.  His  representative  in  town  is  a  granddaughter,  Maud  Dearborn, 
a  teacher.  Rev.  George  H.  I'inkham,  another  son  of  Rufus,  was  a  prominent 
Free  Baptist  clergyman  for  years ;  a  man  of  deep  Christian  principle  and 
broad  humanity.  He  died  some  years  since  in  Lewistou.  Maine.  He  had 
three  children:  Grace,  Fred,  and  Carrie.  Rufus  U.  I'inkham.  another  son 
of  Rufus,  was  farmer,  surveyor,  and  merchant,  and  was  in  trade  at  the 
village  lor  some  years,  in  partnership  first  with  Captain  Joshua  Trickey 
and  then  with  J.  B.  Trickey.  He  removed  to  Cumberland  Mills.  Maine, 
where  he  died.  He  was  one  of  the  brightest  members  of  the  unusually 
bright  Pinkham   family. 

James  and  Ephraim  Trickey,  half-brothers,  came  from  Durham  before 
the  organization.  James,  born  June,  1770,  settled  where  the  Wilson  cottage 
is.  He  married,  March,  1791,  Polly  Burnham,  daughter  of  Pike  Gr.  Burnham, 
horn  June,  1771.  and  had  quite  a  family:  Sally  (Mrs  Nathaniel  Meserve)  ; 
.James  C,  born  February  19,  1794;  Joshua1  (married  Martha  P.  Meserve); 
Ann  X.  (.Mrs  Daniel  Bean),  born  1805;  Samuel,  born  1811,  married  Sarah 
A.,  daughter  of  George  Johnson.  James  O.  settled  on  Tin  mountain 
and  lived  there  until  his  death  in  1826.  His  children  were:  Joseph  B.. 
Martha  D..  Emily  S.  (Airs.  George  Pinkham).  Joshua  (see  biography). 
Samuel  lived  on  the  homestead  some  years  after  marriage,  then  moved 
to  the  Hanson  farm,  now  occupied  by  George  Meserve.  He  afterwards 
moved  to   Rochester. 

Ephraim  Trickey  lived  on  the  Dundee  road  where  Orrin  Hackett  lives. 
He  had  two  children,  Joseph  and  Ephraim.  Joseph  succeeded  to  the  home- 
stead.    His  son  Nathaniel  C.  married    Elizabeth  Johnson,  lived  a  portion  of  the 

1  See  Biography. 


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nn.  was  a  prominent  and  valuable  citizen,  and  although  a 

|   3(  Lectman.      He  had  six  children,  of  whom  two 

30m  D.,  in   Florida,  and  Cheston,  in    Kansas  City.     Cecil 

,M     I.    Trickey,  and    Bertha,    daughter   of  Nathaniel  C. 

endant  of   Nathaniel  C.  in  Jackson.     Another  son  of 

\yt  H.  ||.  Trickey,  who  built  the  intervale  House.     He  was  a  very 

hi. 

B.  Trickey,  horn   June    19,  1820,   married   Alice    P.,  daughter   of 

P.    Meserve,    and    after    live    years'    residence    in    Bartlett 

,.,1  l(l  ,,.    L854,    huilt    the    Jackson    Falls    House    and    opened 

||,.    was    succeeded    in    proprietorship    by  his    sons    George    P. 

\\       .    w.      Mi-    Trickey   had    seven   children  attaining    maturity:   James 

per  for    Brown's   Lumber    Co..   Whitefield),    George    P.,    Nelson 

I  \y\ ■■:,.   \\\.  c.   Lilian,  S.    Alice.  Josie  Gr.     Mr  Trickey  was  representative 

[885,    1886;  has  been   county  commissioner,  and   town    clerk 

I  p.  is  a  courteous  gentleman,  and  in  many  ways  "has  served 

leration   well.'" 

I  >i  arborn,  son  of  Edward  Dearborn,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution,  came 

.  it  is  thought,  in  1791,  and  settled  near  the  Cook  place  on  the  Glen  road. 

Ih    afterwards   moved   to   the    farm   now   owned  by   his   grandson,   George  H. 

Davis,  who  is  one  of  the  best   and  most  prosperous  farmers  of  the  town.     Mr 

born  was  a  frugal,  industrious   farmer   and  accumulated   a  good  property. 

II  named  Olive  Davis.     Their  children  were:  William,  Mary,  John  L.,  Salty, 

y,  Eliza,  Olive,  and  George. 

ii  Hall  came  with  Dearborn  and  became  a  permanent  settler.     Among 

liildren  were:   Ralph,  Lydia  (Mrs  Thomas  Rogers),  Betsey  (Mrs  William 

Johnson),  Hannah  (Mis  John    Perkins).     A  daughter  married  Joseph  Thomp- 

,  of  Bartlett.     The    Halls  were  an  energetic,  stuixby,  and  intelligent  family. 

endants  of  Ralph  attained  distinction   and  wealth  in  Western  New  York. 

^1      A   -  -ii  Thompson,  of  North  Conway,  is  his  granddaughter. 

T      I      thy*.  -  -  As  early  as   L633  some  of  the  family  paid  taxes  in  Dover, 

""I   ten   years   later  there  were  many  of  the  name  residents  of  Madbury,  from 

h  place,  probably,  Andrew  Chesley  emigrated  to  Jackson  previous  to  1799. 

hildivn    were:    Nathaniel,    Esther   (Mrs   Daniel   Pinkham),   and    Susan. 

ley    had    children:    Ann  (Mrs    Solomon     Bumham) ;  Joanna 

i  ph   Trickey,  and  mother  of  Nathaniel  C.  (deceased)  and  W.  H.  H., 

M"''  °f  the  Intervale   House,  and   Asenath) ;  John  (married  Olive  Gray); 

(married    Abigail    Meserve);    Charlotte    (married    Alfred    Hatch); 

uiel  I  married  Catharine  Young). 

y  came  to  Jackson    in  1800  from  Nottingham,  his  native  town. 

merof  six  sheep,  bul    as  they  could  not  be  driven  through  the 

new  home,  he  sold  them    for  eight  dollars,  and  the  money 


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was  given  to  Mrs  Gray  to  replace  them.  When  the  news  of  the  in  corporation 
was  received,  and  it  was  known  thai  the  charter  would  be  senl  on  receipl  of 
four  dollars  to  pay  for  recording,  Mrs  Graj  loaned  the  town  the  sum  oul  of 
her  sheep  money.  There  were  then  twenty-six  families  here.  Hardly  had 
they  gol  their  Log  cabins  "  rolled  up"and  a  shelter  for  their  cattle,  when  in 
December  nearly  half  of  their  buildings  were  destroyed  l>\  a  tornado,  which 
did  much  damage  and  caused  much  Buffering.  Mr  Gray's  barn  was  Mown 
down,  and  the  roof  of  his  log  house  was  onl}  saved  by  chaining  ii  to  the 
bottom  Logs.  (Ii  is  related  thai  Ephraira  Trickey  saved  his  children  from 
being  blown  awaj  by  putting  their  heads  between  the  Eence  rails.)  Daniel 
Gray  had  a  Large  family:  -lames.  Stephen.  Daniel,  Samuel  II..  John,  Lewis, 
and  several  daughters.  James  moved  to  Lancaster,  Stephen  to  Jefferson, 
Lewis  to  Bartlett,  Samuel  II.  married,  first,  Sally  Perkins.  Their  children 
were:  Albert,  Mary  (Mrs. I.  L.  Wilson),  Lorinda  (Mrs  George  Meserve), 
Adelaide  (Mrs  Joseph  Mead),  Sarah  (Mrs  George  Everett),  Emily  J.  (Mrs 
Horace  Whiting).  He  married,  second,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Colonel  John 
Nute.  and  had  children:  Ahbie  (Mrs  Cyrus  F.  Perkins),  Alvah  II.,  Charles 
W..  of  Gray's  Inn.  Almira  and  Almeda  (twins).  John  Gray  married  Miranda 
Gannett.  Warren  G.,  of  Gray's  Cottage,  is  their  son.  This  has  ever  been 
one  of  the  solid  and  reliable  families  of  Jackson. 

There  were  two  families  of  Perkins  came  early,  John  and  Timothy. 
Captain  John  Perkins  lived  where  the  Carter  Notch  House  is.  He  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Ralph  Hall  (a  soldier  of  Bunker  Hill  service),  and  had 
eight  children,  of  whom  the  most  noted  was  Colonel  Joseph,  whose  sons, 
James  M.  and  Clinton,  are  proprietors  of  the  Carter  Notch.  He  was  a  farmer 
with  natural  ability  and  some  education  which  was  entirely  self-acquired.  In 
social  life  he  was  very  pleasant  and  had  great  personal  influence.  He  had 
much  brain  power  and  was  as  independent  in  his  opinions  as  the  wild  winds 
sweeping  down  the  mountain  sides.  He  read  extensively  and  formed  his  own 
conclusions;  he  disliked  opposition,  and  would  carry  his  points  arbitrarily, 
regardless  of  the  rights  or  feelings  of  others.  He  was  fond  of  law,  many  years 
a  trial  justice,  and,  if  he  had  had  proper  advantages,  would  have  been  an  emi- 
nent and  successful  lawyer.      He  died  in  1884. 

Timothy  Perkins  settled  on  the  middle  road  in  the  north  side  of  the  town. 
It  is  said  that  he  cleared  more  land  than  any  other  resident  of  Jackson.  He 
would  get  a  farm  well  started,  sell  out  and  begin  anew.  He  married  Mary 
Gentleman.  Two  of  his  sons,  Lemuel  and  John  Y.,  were  soldiers  in  the 
War  of  1812. 

Stephen  and  Thomas  Rogers  were  perhaps  sons  of  Samuel,  the  pioneer. 
Stephen  married  Susannah  Pendexter  and  lived  in  Dundee.  Thomas  mar- 
ried Lydia.  daughter  of  Ralph  Hall,  and  as  an  industrious  farmer  acquired  a 
comfortable    home.     He    was    noted    for    his    simplicity  and    timidity.      While 


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in  a  bank  beside  the  road  he  would  always  run, 

•   fall  on  him. 

.  lived  on  the  Glen  mad  on  the  Wentworth  place.     His  children 

Ham   (changed  his  name  to  Gates;    was  a  soldier  of  1812), 

soldier  of    1812),   John,    Isaac,   and   Daniel.     John   and    Isaac 

.      The   Nutes  were  a  jovial,  kindhearted  family,  quick  to 

mcied  insult,  whose  knowledge  came  from  observation  rather 

;  books. 

mg  lived  on  a  part  of  the  Silas  Perkins  farm  in  the  north  part  of 

town,  but  was  not  long  a  resident.     He  fell  from  a  sled,  was  run  over  and 

about    L803,  leaving  two  children  motherless.      Captain   John    Perkins 

ind  homes  for  them,  but  they  were  ill  treated.     Captain  Perkins  declared 

hat  while  passing  the  place  where   Young  was  killed  about   this    time   that 

appeared  to  him   twice    and  walked    by  his   side.     The    captain    then 

]  ,in,  ihildren  to  kinder  places  and  saw  Young  np  more. 

r  Daniel  Elkins  lived  on  the  place  now  occupied  by  Ira  R.  Harriman. 

s  first  wife  he  had  Polly  (Mrs.  David  Gould)  ;  by  the  second,  a  sister  of 

Daniel    Gray,   Daniel.  Joseph.  Granville,  Rebecca   (Mrs   Asa  Davis),   Joanna 

.  M  -  John  T.  Lucy).  Eunice  (Mrs  James  C.  Trickey),  Ruth  (second  wife  of 

James  C.  Trickey).     Granville  Elkins  died  June  21,  1889,  aged   eighty-four 

He   was  a  prominent  citizen,  always  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the 

town.      ••  At    the   last    annual    town-meeting  his    trembling    voice    was    heard 

a    move    for   the    promotion   of    temperance.     He   leaves   two    sons 

and   one  daughter,  W.  E.  Elkins  and  Mrs   G.  PI.  Davis,   of   this  town,  and 

Albert    Elkins,  of  Stowe,  and  one  sister,  Mrs  Susan  Gray,  now  in   Lisbon,  the 

only  one  remaining  of  the  large  family  of  Rev.  Daniel  Elkins." 

Spencer  Wentworth  came  from  Meredith  in  or  near  1816,  and  located  on 
the  Carter  Notch  road  where  Warren  C,  his  son,  resides.  He  was  a  tall, 
lifted  person,  of  solid  New  England  attributes  and  virtues,  firm  as  the  hills 
is  convictions  and  thoroughly  independent  in  his  actions.  A  stalwart  Whig, 
said  in  have  been  the  one  vote  cast  against  the  change  of  the  name  of 
town  from  Adams  to  Jackson.  Austere  and  apparently  severe  in  demeanor, 
el    had  a  cordiality  and   fund  of  wit  and  story  for  those  who  were  his  close 

friends.     Ai ig   his  children  were   these   residents   of  Jackson:    Charles    P>. 

April  27,  1801);  Samuel   H.  (born  April  27,  1805);    Lydia  H.  (born 

8,  L809,  married  Daniel  Smith;  in  1851  moved  to  Lancaster);  Warren  C. 

Octi  bei    8,    L833).     Lowell  M.,  of  Bartlett,  and  Ira  H.  E.,  of  Jackson, 

s  of   Samuel    II.  and    Hannah   (Gray)   Wentworth.     Besides   General 

biography),  the  children  of  William  H.  H.  and  Mary 

Wentworth  are:    Fiances    E.  (married    Robert    Fowle,  and   lives  in 

Iowa);    Sewell    F.,    of    Parker,   Dakota    (has    one    son,    Paul); 

J.  Colman  Trickey,  and  lives  in  Whitefield). 


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Rev.  Jonathan  Gale  was  born  in  Jamaica,  Windham  County,  Vermont, 
April  20,  1820.  He  possessed  a  strong  religious  temperament  and  became  a 
preacher  at  such  an  early  age  thai  he  was  called  the  "boy  preacher."  In 
April,  1839,  he  preached  his  Qrsl  sermon,  and  half  a  century  Later,  April,  L889, 
he  preached  on  the  fiftieth  anniversary  in  Jackson.  He  married  Caroline 
Persis  Staples,  of  Londonderry.    Their  surviving  children  are:   Francis  A.sbury 

and    Caroline    P.  (Mrs    ('.('.   Pendexter).       Mrs    Gale    died    August,    1847,    and 

Mr  Gale  married,  in  L848,  Mrs  Catharine  C.  (Johnson)  Pinkham.  Their 
children  arc:  Cyrus  E.,  Kate  .1.  (Mrs  David  Wakefield),  Fred  II..  George  E., 
J.  Hubert.  In  L850  Mr  Gale  Located  and  became  a  resident  of  Jackson, 
settling  on  a  farm.  He  preaches  frequently,  and  is  often  called  upon  to  per- 
form marriage  and  funeral  services.  He  is  a  Methodist  Episcopal  in  religion,  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  and  has  been  a  most  useful  member  of  society.  About 
six  years  ago  he  moved  to  Bait  let  t,  where  he  resides  at   Maple  Villa. 

One  of  the  leading  families  of  Dundee,  so  called  from  its  resemblance  in 
the  scenery  around  the  Scotch  Dundee,  is  that  of  Hodge.  James  Hodge,  a 
native  of  Newmarket,  who  died  not  long  ago  in  his  ninety-first  year,  came  to 
Jackson  over  fifty  years  ago.  He  had  one  son,  John,  and  two  daughters,  Mis 
Jonathan  Pitman,  of  Bartlett,  and  Mrs  Frank  Guptill,  of  Chatham.  John 
Hodge  has  been  a  valuable  citizen,  and  filled  official  positions  with  conceded 
ability.  He  has  been  selectman,  representative,  county  commissioner,  and  is 
highly   esteemed  by  his  townsmen. 

Dr  Daniel  Dinsmore,  born  about  1800,  was  a  student  of  Dr  Alexander 
Ramsay,  and  commenced  practice  about  1830  in  Conway.  He  married  a 
daughter  of  Elisha  Mudgett,  and,  later,  settled  in  ••Dundee,**  where  he 
devoted  himself  mostly  to  farming.  His  abilities  are  said  to  have  been 
good,  and  his  skill  more  than  ordinary.  His  son,  Elisha  M.,  is  a  farmer  on 
the   farm  in  Dundee. 


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CHAPTEE    LXXXI. 

Early  Teachers    -School  Surroundings,  etc. —Freewill  Baptist 

kins  and  Other  Pastors-  -The  Protestant  Chapel  Association  —  Tera- 

danufacturing    and    Merchants  —  Hotels  —  Centennial    Celebration  — 

vm  in  the  Rebellion  —  Character  of  the  People  — Glen  Ellis  Falls. 

Till-    piRSI     S<  HOOLHOUSE,  according  to  D.  C.  Pinkham,  was  located 
iuse  of  Williain  Copp,  son  of  Benjamin.     It  was  built  in  1806, 
.iii.l  was  a  one-story  building.     The  desks  and  benches  were  arranged  on 
an  inclined  plane,  and  were  so  high  thai  the  children's  heads  could  just  be  seen 
the  desks,  and  their  feel  did  not  reach  the  floor  by  six  or  eight  inches.     A 
c   fireplace   ai    one  side  of   the    room    served  for  heating  purposes.     The 
desk  was  mi  an  elevated  platform  surrounded  by  a,  strong  railing. 
:ring  and   leaving  the   room   every  scholar  was  required  to  face   the 
id  make  a  polite  bow,  and   to  give  the  same  salutation   to  all  persons 
ng  them  at  recess  or  on  their  way  to  and  from  school.     Prior  to  the  build- 
er of    this   first  educational    structure,    a    barn    furnished    a    cool    and    well- 
ventilated   room  for  the  summer  school,  and  a-  room  in  some  dwelling-house 
the  place  tor  the  winter  term.     The  schoolhouse  was  used  for  church  purposes, 
•  -n  Quarterly  Meeting  occasions,  when  the  barn  was  again  brought  into 
requisition.     A    platform    was   erected  across   one    end    of    the    floor   for  the 
preacher's  stand,  while  the  bay,    "tie-ups,"    and    scaffolds   furnished  scarcely 
sufficient  room  to  scat  the  people  who  came  from  all  directions,  and  sometimes 
from  a  great  distance,  to  attend  those  meetings.     Abel  Crawford  and  wife  were 
usually  of  the  number.     The  last  barn  used  for  such  a  purpose  was  owned  by 
el    Pinkham.     The    inhabitants    fully   realized   the    importance    of    good 
Bchools,  and  endeavored  to  secure  good  teachers,  and  among  them,  Miss  C.  E. 
Meg  -.  were   Rev.    Benjamin    Willey,   Dr  Caleb   Eastman,   of  Conway, 

ithan    Gilman,    of   Sandwich,    Betsey   and    Keziah    Eastman,  of    Conway. 
These,  with  others  equally  as  meritorious,  laid  a  good  foundation,  for  after  a 
Jackson   was  not  only  able  to  supply  her  own  schools  with 
.  bul    those  of  the  adjoining  towns.     Cyrus  F.  Pinkham,  grandson  of 
Captain  Joseph  Pinkham.  was  prominent  among  these,  both  in  the  public  and 
bbath  schools.     Then  there  were  from  sixty  to  one  hundred  scholars  in  the 
•Is,  now  there  is  1„, t  a  small  fraction  of  that  number.     Miss  C.  E.  Meserve 
f  i  he  ablest  and  most  successful  of  the  teachers  of  recent  years. 

says  of  the  school   surroundings  and  life  of  the  days  of  his 
e  :  — 

i'  William  <  lopp's  house  we  drew  the  water  we  drank  at  school.    Beneath 
suspended  long  rows  of  swallows' nests,  skilfully  constructed  of 


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in  ml  and  3traw  with  an  opening  al  one  3ide  Eor  the  ingress  and  egress  ol  their  occupants,     m 

these  nests  we  threv  chilis  and  stones  Eor  i isement.     Near  the  bam  was  a  small  frog-pond, 

where  we  delighted  to  stand  and  watch  the  appearance  of  a  frog's  head,  that  we  might  pelt 
him  with  clubs  and  stones.  Just  back  ol  mj  father's  bouse  was  an  orchard,  and  near  ii  <>n 
the  opposite  side  of  the  road  was  the  mill-yard  where  we  went  for  spruce  gum.  Hurricane 
hill  had  its  charms,  affording  us.  in  wel  weather,  n  water-power  to  turn  our  miniature  wheels. 
Crossing  an  old-fashioned  string-bridge,  we  came  to  David  Bassett's,  where  was  the  cider-mill 
for  tlic  neighborhood.  In  this  mill,  from  the  apples  gathered  from  his  orchard,  m\  father 
usually  made  yearly  from  tlfteen  to  twenty  barrels  of  cider,  which  found  a  ready  market 
during  the  winter,  at  retail  without  pay.  around  the  comfortable  kitchen  Are  in  his  house. 
None  of  the  cider  was  ever  sold.  That  kitchen  \\a<  the  only  place  of  resort  for  the  men 
coming  from  different  parts  of  the  town  for  a  grist  at  the  mill,  for  a  little  blacksmithing,  or  to 
learn  the  news,  and  the  family  could  seldom  get  access  to  the  fire  during  the  day.  Cider- 
drinking  and  story-telling  was  the  only  si  nek  in  trade  for  these  assemblies ;  though  cider  was 
>c  freelj  used,  it  was  not  considered  intoxicating.  My  father  never  would  have  intoxicating 
drink  used  about  his  house-. 

Freewill  Baptist  Church.  -  As  earlj  as  January  2 1.  L800,  ten  poisons  were 
baptized  by  Elder  Daniel  Elkins,  of  Gilmanton  (who  soon  after  moved  here), 
and  two  by  Elder  Jackson,  also  of  Gilmanton.  Rev.  Benjamin  (i.  Willey  says 
"there  was  a  church  formed  in  1803."  Monthly  meetings  were  regularly  held 
from  1800,  on  the  firsl  Saturday  of  each  month,  alternately  al  the  North  and 
South  schoolhouses,  where  they  worshiped  on  the  Sabbath  in  the  same  order, 
holding  forenoon  and  afternoon  meetings.3  In  1825,  according  to  those  records, 
an  organization  took  place  with  sixty-six  members,  under  Elder  Daniel  Elkins, 
Elder  Daniel  Pinkham,  Deacon  James  Trickey,  and  Deacon  Benjamin  Copp  as 
leaders.  Elder  Daniel  Elkins  was  regarded  as  pastor  for  nearly  forty  years. 
Rev.  B.  G.  Willey  thus  describes  him:  "He  was  an  honest,  good  man,  and 
labored  much  and  successfully  for  the  good  of  the  church  and  town.  Nor  were 
his  labors  confined  to  these  alone ;  for  years  he  was  a  sort  of  bishop  in  all  the 
region;  although  his  pretensions  to  learning  were  small,  yet  he  seldom  failed 
to  interest  those  truly  learned  by  his  honest  simplicity  and  meekness."  Elder 
Samuel  Hazelton,  who  became  a  resident  of  Jackson  about  1829,  aided  in 
pastoral  work  for  ten  years,  preaching  pari  of  the  day  on  the  Sabbath.  Elder 
Hazelton  was  a  very  devoted  Christian:  his  prayers  are  remembered  as  being 
very  fervent.  From  his  lips  and  his  kind,  sympathizing  heart  came  the  impres- 
sive words  which  were  said  over  the  bodies  of  those  that  perished  in  the  Willey 
slide. 

Rev.  Mr  Scribner,  in  his  history  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  churches,  writes 
thai  "in  1840  a  revival  spirit  commenced  which  added  thirty-six  members  to 
this  church  thai  year,  six  in  L841,  and  the  wonderful  record  of  seventy-live  in 
L843."  In  1s41  Elder  Dudley  Pettengill  became  pastor  and  served  for  about 
three  years.  (See  page  680.)  In  1845  Elder  Silas  Gaskill  served  the  church 
as  pastor,  and  his  pastorate  continued  during  1846  and   ls47.     Rev.  George  II. 

in  1837,  Dr  Ramsey,  of  North  Conway,  organized  the  iir-t  Sabbath-school. 


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I,  here  in  1840.  and  continued  his  ministry  about 

me   he  was   ordained.     Elder  Ansel  J.  Wood  was 

7.    is:,;,,  and  continued  for  three  years.     About  twenty 

!.     I,,   I860   Elder  John   Pettengill,  Jr,  commenced  a 

February  2,  L867,  Elder  Jonathan  M.  Smith  succeeded 

lu,('j  ,v  Kev.  Charles  Hurlin  came  in  1871  from  Madison 

s   past.uatc.  and   continued   live  years.     He  removed  to 

i  Lawrence  county.  X.  Y..  where  he  was  in  charge  of  the  Fort 

Lawrence    Freewill    Baptist    churches   until  his  death  in 

1-77.   aged   sixty-nine.     "He   was   a   good    man    and   held   in    much 

ler  Jonathan  Woodman  came  in  the  hitter  part  of  1879,  and  was 

lb-  was  a  veteran   in   the   Master's  service,  and  although  he 

fourscore  years  and   more,  he  was  very  active  and  did  much 

successor  was  Kev.  ( '.  T.  D.  Crockett,  who  commenced  his 

g  of   L881  and  was  here  until  March  17.  1888.     Eleven  mem- 

lited  by  baptism  to  the  church  during  his  stay,  and  by  the  aid  of 

the  house   of    worship    and   the   parsonage   were   thoroughly 

Rev.  Lemuel  A.  Jones,  the  present   pastor,  to  whose  kindly  courtesy 

ndebted    for   extracts    1'rom    the    church   records,   took   charge   of  this 

■   June    17.    lv^>.      lie    was   born   in   China,  Maine;  resided  in  Chelsea, 

Mass.,   for    eleven    years:    was    ordained    at    Effingham    Falls,    June    9,    1883, 

remained   there   two   years,  and  during   this  time   his  faithful   labors  brought 

od   fruit,  seven    members   being  added   to   the  church;    he  was  later 

L  ighton's  Corners  for  some  years.     The  present  number  of  resident 

sty-six,  nine  having  been  added  in  Mr  Jones's  pastorate  :  there 

e  twenty-eight   non-resident  members.     The  Sabbath-school  is  in  a  flourishing 

iitioii.  and  holds  its  sessions  through  the  winter. 

nt   Chapel  Association  was    organized    to    build  and   maintain 

of  worship    at    the   village,    and    was    composed    of  these    members: 

3  1-'.    I'inkham.  George   P.  Meserve,  John  F.  Gerrish,  Daniel   G.  Smith, 

•■  Etufus   b.   I'inkham,  Granville  Elkins,  William  Eastman,  John 

'I'll   Hoit.  -John    P.  Meserve,  Andrew  J.    Meserve,    N.  P.  Meserve, 

I'..  Trickey,  John   L.  Dearborn,  Ozem  Davis,  Levi  D.  Rogers,  Joseph 

John    K.   Hall.    Samuel    Gray.     The    first   officers  were:   George    P. 

''ve,   president;   Rufus   U.    I'inkham,  clerk;    John   F.    Gerrish,  Granville 

•   -I.   B.   Tiiekev.  directors.     The  little  church,  with  a  seating  capacity 

iiindred    and    twenty-five,    was  built  by   this    association    at   a    cost 

thousand  dollars,  and    is  free  for  the    religious    services    of  all 

nit  churches  in  good  standing.     The    Free    Baptists  hold 

the    old    church    of    their    denomination,    which    was 

•me    distance  above   the    village,    having    long   siuce 

officers    now    are:    .1.    B.    Trickey,    president;    Ira    R. 

Warren  (i.  Gray.  Chase  B.  Perkins,  J."b.  Trickey,  directors. 


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Temperance.      The  inhabitants  have  always  bee ted   for  their  sobriety, 

industry,  and  intelligence.  Although  far  removed  from  those  advantages 
thai  outwardly  refine  and  polish  civilized  life,  many  arc  resting  here  in 
their  lasl  Long  sleep  who  possessed  trulj  noble  and  refined  natures;  and 
Jackson  ran  claim  many  as  her  sons  and  daughters  who  have  done  and 
are  still  doing  much  true  and  useful  labor  in  various  avocations  and  whose 
names  will  even  reflect  high  honor  upon  the  place  of  their  nativity.  Few 
towns  in  this  region  were  so  earlyin  temperance  movements.  January  1, 
L833,  a  temperance  society  was  formed,  and  John  Chesley,  Joshua  Trickey, 
Joseph  Trickey,  Augustus  F.  Hodgdon,  and  Cyrus  I".  Pinkham  were  chosen 
a  committee  to  draft  a  constitution  and  rules  of  discipline.  To  this 
constitution  two  hundred  and  ten  persons  subscribed,  and  regular  meetings 
were  held  until  L837.  In  1842  this  society  was  reorganized  as  the  Jackson 
Total  Abstinence  Society,  one  hundred  and  thirty  becoming  members.  This 
society  held  meetings  until  L845.  March  6,  1850,  a  temperance  society  was 
organized  which  attained  a  membership  of  one  hundred.  The  moving 
spirits  of  these  different  organizations  were  Cyrus  F.  Pinkham,  X.  <  . 
Trickey,  and    Rev.  G.  II.   Pinkham. 

Jackson  has  ever  been  a  reading  community.  The  Jackson  Social  Libra?3?/ 
was  incorporated  in  1S27  and  existed  for  some  years.  The  Jackson  Public 
Library  was  organized  in  thiswise.  The  friends  of  General  Wentworth  were 
accustomed  to  remember  his  birthday  by  a  present,  generally  of  books.  In 
18T9  the  general  suggested  that  it  form  a  nucleus  for  a  town  library.  The 
suggestion  was  adopted,  and  Mr  John  K.  Porter,  a  gentleman  of  Boston  who 
had  passed  much  time  here,  at  once  took  great  interest  in  forming  a  Library; 
himself  did  much,  and  interested  others.  As  tin'  result  of  his  earnest  labors, 
the  library  contains  1,660  bound  volumes,  and  many  pamphlets,  etc.  A  room 
was  placed  at  its  disposal  in  the  town  hall,  where  it  is  kept.  Summer  visitors 
have  been  very  generous  in  their  contributions.  The  trustees  are  General 
M.  C.  Wentworth.  Charles  H.  Hurlin,  Cyrus  E.  Gale;  librarian,  Josephine  <•■ 
Trickey. 

Manufacturing  and  Merchants.  —  Little  attention  has  been  given  to  manu- 
facturing, and  that  little  has  been  followed  by  small  remuneration.  The  old 
urist  and  small  saw  mills  were  more  matters  of  neighborhood  convenience  than 
investments,  and  long  ago  were  abandoned.  N.  T.  Stillings  built  a  standi 
factory  al  the  village  about  twenty  years  ago,  but  it  was  operated  but  a  short 
time.  About  fifteen  years  ago  Tolman  &  Kinsman  asked  assistance  to  estab- 
lish a  clothes-pin  manufactory,  and  the  town  aided  it  to  the  extent  of  #20,000. 
A  large  business  was  done  for  some  time,  but  the  enterprise  proved  ;i  bad 
investment  :  Aleserve.  Gale  &  Ames  ran  it  lor  awhile,  and  it  was  discontinued 
and  the  plant  put  to  other  uses.  George  Abbott  has  used  it  as  a  manufactory 
of  dowels,  broomsticks,  etc.,  and  it  was  burned  recently. 


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e  on    Iron    Mountain  is  seventy-five  per  cent,  pure  iron,  and 
nm,„,  stone.     Thirty  years  ago  a  road  was  made  to  the  top 
facilitate  the  transportation  of  the  ore,  and  after  the 
tlett    another   was    built    on   that   side,   and  mining 
,].     The  great  ironmasters  of  England,  Sanderson  &  Co., 
iir  works  and  from  it   made  the   best  qualities  of  iron  and 
$60,000   for  the  property,  but  $100,000  was  asked,  no  sale 
ud  „  .eased.1     There  is  probably  no  place  where  charcoal 

1„.  m;l(|,,  more  cheaply  or  more  plentifully,  and  in  some  future  day 
doulj  utilized.      The   first    tin  discovered  in   this    country  was 

founj  |„.  D  ,,   in  1840.     In  1843.  eleven  and  one-half  ounces  of 

Mniu   the  ore.     The  American  Tin  Company  was  incorpo- 
:  in  1864,  and   expended  thousands  of  dollars  in  unremunerative  mining. 
first   merchant    was   Andrew  Chesley;  following  him  were  the    Pink- 
keys,  X.  T.  Stillings  &  Co.,  C.  H.  Hurlin  &  Co.     Those  now  in 
Charles    H.  Hurlin2  and   H.W.Harmon.     Mr   Hurlin,  son   of  Rev. 
Hurlin,  came  to  Jackson  in  1878  from  England,  and  engaged  in  trade 
in  the  small  store  adjoining  the  large  one  he  built  in  1886,  where  he  is  now  in 
business.     H.  W*.  Harmon    was  a  partner  from  1883  to  1886.     He  is  now  in 
e  in   tli,.  si  ere  opposite  the  Glen  Ellis  House.     He  is  a  native  of  Madison. 
Hotels.-  -From  the  time  that  eminent  artists  made  known  the  loveliness 
Lckson    it  has  been    a  favorite    resort   of  summer  tourists.     In  1847    Mr 
Boardraan    came    from    New    York    city   and    engaged   in    making   sketches. 
He    boarded    at    the    farmhouse    of    Captain    Joshua     Trickey.     Then     came 
Clark.  Geary,    Hoit,    Brackett,    with   their    friends    and    families,    and    Maple 
Cottage,    a-     the   farmhouse    had    been    christened,    was    enlarged.     The    tide 
of    mountain    travel    began    to    move    in    the    direction    of^  Pinkham    Notch. 
t<>   and   from    Glen    House    stopped   at  the    village    for   dinner,  first 
Captain  Trickey's   and    then    at    J.    B.    Trickey's.     Maple    Cottage    being 
wholly    inadequate    to    accommodate    those     who    wished    to    stop    here,    the 
Thorn    Mountain    House   was  built  in   1869.3 

Wentworth    Hull. —  In   this   lovely   little    valley    walled    in    by    mountains 

with  green   foot-hills  at   their  base,    distant    peaks,  more  intensely   blue    than 

above  them,  is  situated  this  most  charming  of  hostelries.     Washington, 

nowhere    less    obtrusive    than    here,    like  Carter   Notch,    is    only    to   be    seen 

from    certain    view    points,   but    the    Giants'    Stair    and    Mote    Mountain    are 

separable   from    the    landscape.     Two  rivers    meet    in  the   valley,    one  calm 

ful,   having  spent    its  passion  ten    miles    back  in    a    fall    of  seventy 

urgh  I,'.  l.\ 
ol   Henry  Wiggin. 
ilt  null,,,  site  of  tlif  Thorn  Mountain  House  just  before  the  war  by  Mr  Shaw,  who 
E  the  old  pioneer  Jeremiah,  of  Goodrich  Falls   fame.    This  was  burned 


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feet,  the  other  coming  down  the  slope  in  a  scries  of  Leaps  — a  veritable 
Wildcat.  On  the  Left  shore  of  this  river,  jusl  where  the  valley  is  mosl 
green  and  sightly,  twenty  years  ago  the  Thorn  Mountain  House  was 
opened  by  a  happy  young  couple  who  looked  oul  over  a  future  Life  radianl 
with  success.  They  were  no1  dreamers,  bui  wideawake,  practical  people. 
They  were  "to  the  manner  born"  as  hosts,  knew  how  to  treal  -nests 
with  thai  pleasant  courtesy  due  from  Landlord  to  -nest,  and  had  odd. 
poetic  ideas  aboul  aesthetic  effects  and  harmony  and  beautj  of  adornmenl 
and  decoration.  These  were  unknown  qualities  to  the  oldtime  mountain 
Landlords,  and  they  shook  their  heads  and  predicted  failure  to  the  "new 
departure."  Bu1  -nests  came  to  the  Thorn  Mountain  Mouse,  were  made 
happy,  and  came  again  with  others.  The  "new  departure"  was  popular  in 
its  infancy,  fears  passed.  In  1N81  the  lirsl  llower  of  the  growing  plant 
developed.  Arden  Cottage  it  was  called.  Very  tasteful  was  its  architec- 
ture and  adornments,  and  the  proprietor's  heart  seemed  no1  less  full  of 
goodwill  to  his  -nests  than  were  the  fireplaces  in  the  new  cottage  in  good 
cheer  and  hospitality.  Simultaneous  with  the  new  building,  the  host  provided 
means  for  bringing  water  for  the  use  of  his  guests  and  to  beautify  his 
lawns  from  the  Falls  above.  The  public  gave  solid  testimony  to  their 
appreciation  of  these  additions  and  improvements.  The  -'new  departure'' 
was  a  brilliant  success.  In  1883  General  Wentworth  once  more  gave  form 
to  his  conceptions  of  an  ideal  hotel  in  building  Wentworth  Hall,  which 
reproduces  the  solid  comfort,  artistic  effects,  and  picturesque  beauty  of  an 
English  manorial  hall  of  Queen  Anne's  days.  Again  conservatives  were 
confounded.  By  this  time  that  true  proof  of  successful  originality  had 
been  awarded  to  the  proprietors.  Imitators  had  come  into  the  field,  and 
struggles  were  made  to  climb  to  where  these  bold  "innovators"  had  stood 
long  ago.  Wentworth  Hall  was  also  a  "new  departure"  in  name,  con- 
struction, and  elaboration  of  detail.  It  was  a  home  where  wealth  and 
culture  and  art  found  all  their  pleasant  accessories  of  enjoyment.  Osgood 
says:  "This  hotel  has  running  water,  good  drainage,  telephone,  telegraph, 
electric  bells,  steam  heat,  livery  stable,  tennis-court,  croquet  lawn,  dance- 
room,  open  fireplaces  in  all  public  rooms,  650  feet  of  piazzas,  magnificent 
dining-hall,  tables  supplied  from  hotel-farm."  In  1885  the  demand  for 
accommodation  was  so  great  that  even  the  facilities  of  the  two  large  build- 
ings ami  cottage  were  insufficient,  and  two  more  dreams  of  beauty  were 
created  in  L885  and  named  Thornycroft  and  Glen-Thorne.  In  L886  Elm- 
wood  cottage  was  built,  and  in  1887  the  new  stables.  These,  for  beauty 
and  symmetry  of  architecture,  completeness  of  arrangement,  and  comfort 
for  horses  and  attendants,  are  unsurpassed.  There  are  accommodations  for 
eighty  horses.  General  Wentworth  has  a  great  love  for  horses,  lakes  pride 
in    his  livery,    and,    like    a    true    gentleman,   cares    tenderly    for   its    comfort. 


History  of   Carroll  County. 


of  noticeably  symmetrical  outlines  and  harmonious  tints. 

„,.    We    firsl   descry    the  pyramidal  roof  of  the 

Lghted    by    stained    windows    and    surmounted 

ith   initials  and   date   of  erection.     Then   we 

.  the  red-and-gold  and  pale-green  of  the  exterior 

As  we  draw  nearer  we  observe  the    fancy-cut  belts 

rge   windows  and   broad  piazzas.     Particularly  beauti- 

,;-    in    the   grounds.     Especial    care    is   taken    with 

seem   to  know  it   and    to   smile  the  brighter  in   return. 

rticularize   and    mention    the    establishment    in    detail   is   beyond 

h  is  unsurpassed  for  elegance  and  convenience  in  the  White 

i    from    June    1    to    October    15,    and    entertains   two 

ests.] 

-This  was  opened  by  Joseph  B.  Trickey  in  1858,  and 

ained  seventy  guests.     It  has  been  kept  in  the  steady  line  of 

irst,  and  with  its  pleasant  surroundings,  open  fireplaces,  its 

ating  and  rendering  comfortable  its  rooms  in  chilly  days,  the 

.  and  attentive  service  will  ever  be  popular.      It  has  always 

well-kept  house,  justly  celebrated  for  the  kindly  hospitality 

;  to  all  and  its  healthful  surroundings.     George  and  Will  Trickey,  the 

s,  keep  the  standard  of  achievement  in  harmony  with  that  set  at  first 

r  lather,  whose  pleasant   conversation  and  courtesy  adds  much  to  the 

ling  of    the   place.      There  always   seems  to   be  room   for  other 

s  no  matter  how  Large  the  number  entertained. 

itain  Hbust .  —  The  first  house  of  tins  name  was  opened  in  1861  by 

-  M.  Meserve,  and  gained  an  enviable  reputation.     In  the  spring  of  1877 

I  by  lire  originating  in  a  burning  chimney.     The  new,  commo- 

I  picturesque  Iron  Mountain  House,  built  in  1884,  was  opened  in  1885 

;■  -I.  M.  Meserve  and  sons.     There   is  a  sweet  sense  of  seclusion    and  quiet 

■  untrodden  solitudes  stretched  everywhere  about  unbroken  by 

rusion,  and  it  is  an   admirable  place  in  which  to  rest  and  recuperate. 

the  management  of  W.  A.   Meserve  both  patrons  and  proprietors  are 

abundantly  satisfied. 

Inn  was  built  by  Charles  \V.  Gray,  the  present  owner,  with  the  view 
•  i  comfortable,  healthy,  and  pleasant  summer  resort.      It  was  opened 
ew,  in  July,  L885.     The  rooms  arc  large,  well  lighted,  and  well  ven- 
ts supplied  with  the  best  spring  water  through  iron  pipes. 
first-class.     It  stands   on   a  high   elevation,   overlooking  the 
commanding  a   magnificent  view  of  the  famous  Jackson  Falls.     It 
the  town    from  whose   broad  piazzas  on  three  sides  can  be 

i  nil  superintendent  of  Wentworth  Hall  farm,  stables,  etc.,  for 


Town   of  Jackson.  963 

seen  the  range  of  the  White  Mountains,  with  Mount  Washington  in  the  north- 
west,  Carter's  Not<  h  in  the  north,  Double  Head,  Tin,  and  Thorn  mountains  in 
the  east,  the  famous  Mote  in  the  south,  and  the  Iron  Range  in  the  west.  With 
its  ••annex  *'  cottages  from  eightj  to  ninety  guests  can  be  comfortably  accom- 
modated.    The  house  was  ;i  success  from  the  first. 

On  the  side  of  Thorn  Hill  the  pleasant  Thorn  Kill  Cottage  of  W.  G.  Gray 
stands  in  ;i  location  from  which  a  mosl  magnificent  mountain  prospecl  stretches 
away  in  glorious  distance.  Here  twenty  guests  find  homelike  comforts  in  the 
summer. 

Hawthor?ie  Cottage,  built  by  -I.  E.  Meserve,  one  of  the  suns  of  James  M.,  of 
the  I  ion  Mountain  House,  and  a  former  member  of  the  firm  connected  with 
that  hostelry,  is  a  lovely  building  exquisitely  Located  and  constructed.  Towle 
cottage  once  occupied  its  site. 

Grlen  /-'His  Houst  was  built  by  Nicholas  T.  Stillings  in  a  very  durable 
manner.  It  was  several  years  in  process  of  erection  and  expensively  fur- 
nished. It  is  in  an  admirable  Location  near  Ellis  river  and  on  the  direct  road 
to  Pinkham  Notch,  and  was  opened  in  1876.  Since  the  death  of  Mr  Stillings, 
his  daughter,  Mrs  S.  S.  Thompson,  has  been  owner  and  manager.  There 
are  accommodations  for  seventy-five  or  eighty  guests,  and  it  should  receive  a. 
large  share  of  public  patronage. 

Eagle  Mountain  House,  about  a  mile  above  Jackson  City  (as  it  has  been  the 
custom  to  designate  the  little  village),  is  in  the  borderland  of  outstretching 
wilderness.  It  accommodates  sixty-five  guests,  and  offers  great  attractions  to 
those  who  love  the  wildness  of  primitive  nature,  pure  air,  and  undisturbed 
quiet.  Cyrus  E.  dale  is  the  proprietor.  A  commodious  cottage  was  added 
this  year.     Winter  parties  are  pleasantly  entertained. 

Several  cottages,  more  or  less  pretentious  and  partaking  of  the  nature  of 
hotels  or  comfortable  farmhouses,  afford  entertainment  to  travelers,  tourists. 
fishermen,  and  others.  Among  these  are  the  Carter  Notch  House,  Ira  R.  Harri- 
man's  Spruce  Cottage,  and  the  Willson  Cottage.  Another  class  of  cottages 
has  been  recently  added  to  the  treasures  of  the  town  —  those  built  by  gentle- 
men of  wealth  for  summer  residences.  Two  costly  ones  ornament  the  Thorn 
Hill  road — those  of  Dr.  Edward  Wigglesworth  and  W.  Scott  Fitz,  of  Boston. 
Augustus  F.  Jenkins  was  the  pioneer  in  this  direction,  building  the  first  one  in 
L885.     The  Dundee  road  has  also  one  or  two  cottages. 

Centennial  Celebration. — July  4,  1878,  a  most  successful  celebration  of  the 
centennial  anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  the  town  was  carried  out  in 
accordance  with  an  elaborate  program,  by  a  huge  and  enthusiastic  assem- 
blage. General  M.  C.  Wentworth  was  chief  marshal  and,  with  his  staff, 
appeared  in  brilliant  uniforms.  Governor  l'>.  V.  Prescott  and  other  distin- 
guished guests  graced  the  occasion  and  made  short  speeches.  The  welcoming 
and  farewell  addresses  were  made  by  General  Wentworth,  to  whose  energy  and 
enthusiasm  the  success  of  the  celebration  was  due.     The  program  reads  :  — 


Histoby   of   Carroll   County. 


MTWUI     CELEBRATION,    1778-1878.     Program.  -  Salute  at  Sunrise. 

-  Eormed  in  the  following  order:  1st,  Chief  Marshal 

land.    3d,  Invited  guests.    4th,  Relatives  of  First  Settlers. 

6th,SC 1  children.     7th.  Citizens  of  the  town.     8th  V  sitors.     A, 

will  v,  to  the  spol  where  the  first  settlement  was  made,  then  appro- 

,„.  raade  by  Rev.  J.  Gale,  after  which  it  will  proceed  to  the  Grove     Salute. 

»    .1.  Gale      Introductory  i m,  Mrs  II.  Furber.     Must:  Overture,     La  Pen- 

B     .George  II.  Pinkham.     Music:  Quickstep,  "  Jackson  Centen- 

Intermissi f  two  hours.     AFTERNOON.     Salute.     Music:  National  airs. 

[undred    years  ago  and  One   Hundred   years  to  come,"  Miss  Hattie  Quimby. 
.     ;,,    Pinkham,   Esq.      Music:    Polka.   "La  Fllle  de   Madame  Angot,"   Leoooq. 

Clement    II rve,    Esq.     Music:    Selection,   -Don  Giovanni,      Rossini     Remarks 

distinguished    gentlemen    present.     Music:    Polka.    Fireman  s,   Corbett.     Salute 
.,  concer|   by  the  Bridgton  Brass  Band,  A.  O.  B.  Corbett,  conductor.     A 
i  fireworks  during  the  concert. 


erk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  jr,  James  Trickey,  Silas  Meserve,  selectmen. 


en. 
selectmen. 


onathan  Meserve,  jr,  Timothy  Dame,  George  Pinkham,  selectmen, 
k;  Jonathan  Meserve,  jr,  Joseph  Burnham,  John  Perkins,  selectmen, 
seph  Burnham,  Nathaniel  Chesley,  Daniel  Pinkham,  selectmen. 
.clerk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  James  Trickey,  Timothy  Dame,  selectmen. 

.  lerk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  jr,  Timothy  Dame,  Ephraim  Meserve,  selectmen. 
.clerk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  jr,  Daniel  Pinkham,  Daniel  Meserve,  selectmen. 

rk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  Nathaniel  P.  Meserve,  Joseph  T.  Pinkham,  selectmen. 
a,  clerk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  Nathaniel  P.  Meserve,  Joseph  T.  Pinkham,  selectmen, 
p]  ;  Joseph  T.  Pinkham,  Alexander  Lucy,  John  Perkins,  selectmen, 
cent,  clerk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  Silas  Meserve,  John  M.  Deuison,  selectmen. 
I  .  Pinkham,  clerk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  Joseph  T.  Pinkham,  Ephraim  Meserve,  selectmen. 
M.    -  .  Jonathan  Meserve,  Alexander  Lucy,  Nathaniel  Chesley,  selectmen, 

erk;  Roberl  P.  Hodgdon,  George  Pinkham,  James  C.  Trickey,  selectmen. 
Vincent,  clerk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  George  Pinkham,  Alexander  Lucy,  selectmen. 
ik;  Jonathan  Meserve,  George  Pinkham,  Alexander  Lucy,  selectmen. 
Vincent,  clerk;  Jonathan  Meserve,  George  Pinkham,  Alexander  Lucy,  selectmen. 
P.  Meserve,  clerk ;  Joseph  Trickey,  James  C.  Trickey,  James  Gray,  selectmen. 
P.  Meserve,  clerk;  Alexander  Lucy,  Robert  1'.  Hodgdon,  Jonathan  Meserve,  selectmen. 
ony  Vincent,  clerk;  George  P.  Meserve,  Joseph  Trickey,  James  C.  Trickey,  selectmen. 
Roberl  P.  Hodgdon,  Rufus  Pinkham,  Alexander  Lucy,  selectmen, 
e,  clerk;  Joseph  Trickey,  Robert  P.  Hodgdon,  Daniel  Elkins.jr,  selectmen. 
i     eph  Trickey,  Robert  P.  Hodgdon,  John  Chesley,  selectmen, 
lerk  ;  Joseph  Trickey,  George  P.  Meserve,  James  Perry,  selectmen. 
i .  clerk  ;  Joseph  Trickey,  William  Eastman,  James  Perry,  selectmen. 
ii.  clerk;  George  P.  Meserve,  William  Eastman,  John  Rogers,  selectmen. 
irge  P.  Meserve,  John  Rogers,  Joshua  Trickey,  selectmen. 

Joseph  Perkins,  Joseph  P.  Emery,  selectmen. 

I  hesley,  clerk ;  George  P.  Meserve,  Joseph  Perkins,  Joseph  P.  Emery,  selectmen. 

'•■<,  John  '  George  P.  Meserve,  Joseph  Perkins,  Joseph  P.  Emery,  selectmen. 

Ro  ertMcCarter,  John  F.  Gerrish,  Samuel  H.  Wentworth,  selectmen. 
.  clerk  :  <  lyrus  V.  Pinkham,  Joseph  Perkins.  John  Gray,  selectmen, 
r.  Pinkham,  Joseph  Perkins,  John  Gray,  selectmen. 
pus  F,  Pinkham,  Joseph  Perkins,  John  Gray,  selectmen. 

■i  '.Mi    erve,  Joshua  Trickey,  Joseph  P.  Emery,  selectmen. 
•     mi    i  .  Pinkham,  Samuel  H.  Gray,  Andrew  Chesley,  selectmen. 
'lnkham,  clerk;  Cyrus  E.  Pinkham,  Samuel  II.  Gray,  Andrew  Chesley,  selectmen. 
am,  clei  Market!,  Joseph  Perkins,  Andrew  I.  Meserve,  selectmen. 

1  •".  Pinkham,  Joseph  B.  Trickey,  Granville  Elkins,  selectmen. 
kham,  clerk;  Daniel  i;.  Smith,  Noah  s.  Lucy,  Samuel  Ii.  Wentworth,  selectmen. 
lain, clerk;  Cyras  E.  Pinkham,  Abiel  L.  Eastman,  Samuel  II.  Gray,  selectmen. 


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1847,  Joseph  B.  Trlckey,  clerk ;  Nathaniel*  .Trlckey,  Andrew  Chesloy,  Joshua  Trickey,  selectmen. 
[848,  Joseph  B.  Trlckey,  clerk  ;  Nathaniel  C.  Trlcke     •  •     i    e  Wolfe,  Andrew  Chesley,  selectmen. 
1849,  Rufus  U.  Pinkham,  clerk;  George  Wolfe,  Joseph  Perkins,  John  K.  Hall,  selectmen. 
IS50,  [tufa    i  .  Pinkham,  clerk;  Joseph  Perkins,  John  P.  Gerrlsh,  Samuel  Dearborn,  selectmen. 

1851,  1 1 1 1  in-  U.  Pinkham,  clerk  ;  Rufus  U.  Pinkham,  Oliver  P.  Reserve,  ^blal  L.  Eastman,  select n. 

1852,  Rufn    i  .  Pinkham,  clerk;  Rufus  I     Pinkham,  A  Mm  I  I..  Eastman,  Oliver  P.  Meserve,  selectmen. 
,  Samuel  Dearborn,  clerk;  Rufus  l  .  Pinkham,  Oliver  P.  Me  i  rve,  Iblal  I..  Eastman,  selectmen. 

i  -  .i.  Jonathan  Gale,  clerk;  <  li  01       1 1  ickett,  Granville  Elklns,  ffm  I.  Harrlman,  selectmen. 

1855,  Jonathan  Gale,  clerk ;  George  Hackett,  Granville  Elkln  ,  George  Pinkham,  selectmen. 

1856,  Jonathan  Gale,  clerk  :  « ieorge  Hackett,  James  M.  Meserve,  Vblal  I     i  a  tman,  selectmen 
18  >7,  Jonathan  Gale,  clerk;  Jonathan  Gale,  John  Gray,  John  Wlllej .  selectmen. 

1 358,  Jonathan  Gale,  clerk ;  Jonathan  Gale,  John  Graj .  John  Willey,  selectmen. 

1859,  Jonathan  <  lale,  clerk;  Jonathan  Gale,  Granville  Elklns,  John  Hodge,  selectmen. 

1860,  Joseph  B.  Trickey,  clerk  ;  George  P.  Meserve,  John  Hodge,  Joseph  L.  Wilson,  selectmen. 

1861,  Joseph  B.  Trickey,  clerk  ;  Jonathan  Gale,  Granville  Elklns,  Joseph  K.  Dearborn,  selectmen. 

1862,  Joseph  B.  Trlckey,  clerk;  Joseph  Perkins,  Joseph  K.  Dearborn,  John  Willey,  selectmen. 
Joseph  B.  Trlckey,  clerk  ;  Joseph  Perkins,  George  Pinkham,  Wm.  H.  H.  Wentw  i  n. 

1864,  Joseph  B.  Trickey,  clerk;  Joseph  Perkins,  t  if"  rue  Pinkham,  Am  hew  L.  Hall,  selectmen, 
roseph  B.  Trickey,  clerk ;  Joseph  B.  Trickey,  George  Pinkham,  Noah  Davis,  selectmen. 
,  Jonathan  Gale,  clerk;  Jonathan  Gale,  Gran\  Llle  Elkins,Ii'a  R.  Uarriman,  selectmen. 
:  -'.7.  Jonathan  Gale,  clerk ;  Jonathan  Gale,  Granville  Elkins,  I  ra  1!.  Harriman,  selectmen. 
1868,  Jonathan  Gale,  clerk ;  Granville  Elkins,  Ira  F.  Harriman,  Cyrus  P.  Pinkham,  selectmen. 
19,  Jonathan  Gale,  clerk;  Granville  Elklns,  [ra  P.  Harriman,  Cyrus  P.  Pinkham,  selectmen. 
1870,  George  W.  Meserve,  clerk  ;  Jonathan  Gale,  John  Hodge,  Jacob  Perkins,  selectmen. 
1st  I.  George  W.  Meserve,  clerk  ;  John  Hodge,  Jacob  C.  Perkins,  Warren  C.  Wentworth,  selectmen. 

1872,  Ge  >rge  w  .  Meserve,  clerk ;  Warren  C.  Wentworth,  John  Hodge,  Chase  B.  Perkins,  selectmen. 

1873,  (.or-  i  W.  M  iserve,  clerk  ;  Jonathan  Gale,  William  10.  Elkins,  Chase  B.  Perkins,  selectmen. 

1874,  George  P.  Trickey,  clerk;  John  Hodge,  Ira  R.  Harriman,  Clinton  E.  Eastman,  selectmen. 
is;;,.  George  P.  Trickey,  clerk ;  John  Hodge,  Clinton  E.  Eastman,  George  M.  Pernald,  selectmen. 

•  eorge  W.  Meserve,  clerk  ;  <  Ieorge  W.  Mesen  e,  <  Jeorge  M.  Pernald,  Joseph  M.  Tovi  le,  selectmen. 

1877,  dec. rue  W.  Meserve,  clerk ;  George  W.  Meserve,  Joseph  M.  Towle,  Charles  W.  Bartlett,  selectmen. 

1878,  Ira  B.  Harriman,  clerk;  John  Hodge,  Charles  W.  <  larleton,  Osg I  Ham,  selectmen. 

1879,1  Joseph  B.  Trickej .  clerk  ;  Joseph  II.  Dearborn,  Osgood  Ham,  Jacob  C.  Perkins,  selectmen. 
1880,  Joseph  B.  Trickey,  clerk ;  John  Hodge,  George  Pinkham,  Nathaniel  <  I.  Trickey,  selectmen. 
[881,  Joseph  B.  Trickey,  clerk;  George  Pinkham,  Nathaniel  C.  Trickey,  Charles  W.  Gray,  selectmen. 
1882,  Joseph  I'..  Trickey,  clerk;  Osgood  Ham.  Henry  I..  Meserve,  William  W.  Trickey,  selectmen. 
Joseph  1'..  Trickey,  clerk;  William  W.  Trickey,  Cyrus  E.  Gale,  James  II.  Hodge,  selectmen. 

1884,  Joseph  I'..  Trickey.  clerk;  William  W.  Trickey,  Cyrus  E.  Gale,  James  II.  Hodge,  selectmen. 

1885,  Joseph  B.  Trickey.  clerk;  Cyrus  E.  Gale,  James  II.  Hodge,  Chase B.  Perkins,  selectmen. 

1886,  Joseph  B.  Trickey,  clerk;  John  Hodge,  Chase  B.  Perkins,  Nelson  [.  Trickey,  selectmen. 

1 387,  Joseph  1"..  Trickej .  clerk  ;  <  hase  B.  Perkins,  Nelson  I.  Trickey,  .lames  ll.  Hodge,  selectmen. 
1888,  Joseph  P..  Trickey,  clerk;  Cyrus  E.  Gale,  James  H.  Hodge,  Warren  C.  Wentworth,  selectmen. 

I,  Joseph  P.  Trickey,  clerk;  Cyrus  E.  Gale,  Charles  W.  Gray,  Prank  II.  Wilson,  selectmen. 

Representatives.-  (For  early  ones  see  page  234.)     1830,  Robert  P.Hodgdon;  l844,Abiel  L.Eastman;  1845-46, 

J.  P.  Gerrish;   1847-49,  Nathaniel  P.  Meserve;    1850-51,  G.  IP  Pinkham;  1852-53,  .Samuel  Hazelton;  1854,  N.  P. 

Meserve;  1855,  Wm  J.  Harriman;    1856-57,  Granville   Elkins;    1858-59,   Joseph    B.  Trickey;    1860-61,  Joshua 

Trickey;   1S62-63,  Oliver  P.  Meserve;   1864-65,  John  Hodge;  1866-67,  George  Pinkham;   1868-69,  Jonathan  Gale; 

Joseph  IP  Dearborn;  1872-7:!,  Ira  R.  Harriman;  1874  7.'..  George  W.  Meserve;  1876-77,  Abie!  L.  Eastman; 

orge  II.  I>a\  is.     (For  later  ones  see  page  235. 

Jackson  in  the  Civil  War. —  With  a  population  of  031  the  town  senl 
thirty-three  soldiers  to  the  Union  army,  and  paid  $12,774.  The  town  voted 
-Hows  at  various  times:  September  '■),  1862,  that  the  town  pay  each 
man.  resident  in  town,  who  has  or  may  enlist  under  the  last  call  of  the 
President,  $100,  until  the  quota  is  filled;  and  $50  to  each  resident  who 
may  enlist  under  the  call  for  soldiers  by  draft,  to  be  paid  when  mustered 
into  service;  and  selectmen  are  authorized  to  borrow  the  money  required 
at   six  per    cent.,    and    pay    to    each    soldier    when    drafted    $75.     March    10, 

1  The  town-house  was  huilt  this  year. 


ory  of  Carroll  County. 


selectmen   to  hire  money  to  pay  the  state  aid.     Decern- 
ing nu-t    the    selectmen    or   town    agent   to   loan    to 
reported    and    paid    their    commutation    $200   with- 
be  refunded  when   called   for;  to  pay  volunteers 
en,    when    the    whole    quota    is    made    up,  $200 
neii  and    .1.   B.    Trickey    to  procure    men    to    fill    the    quota, 
tmen   to  hire   money   to   pay  volunteers  and  drafted  men. 
L863.     Authorized    the    selectmen    to    lure    #4,000.     February 
itmen    authorized    to    hire    sufficient    to     procure     volunteers 
,t;l.     July  9th.     Voted  to   loan    to    drafted    men    $200    without 
.    and    chose    George    Pinkham    and    J.    B.   Trickey,    agents    to 
money    and    pay    it    out    for    this    purpose.     June    8,    1864.     Instructed 
:,;1\     to    each    drafted    man    reporting   and    being   accepted    at 
moutl  September   5th.     Voted   to  hire    $5,000    to  pay  bounties 

jon    mustered    into    service    whether  enlisted    volunteers    or    vol- 
itutes    in    ease    there    shall     he     enough    volunteers   to    fill    the 
junta,    and    substitutes    for    all    drafted    men;    agents    are    to    ascertain    if   a 
,    number  can  be    obtained    to    till    the    quota   with    the   town,    state, 
,  rniiieiit     bounties,    or    by    individual   subscription    added   to    these, 
f  so   to  procure    them.     January   16,   1865.     Voted  that  J.  B.   Trickey 
and    I  Pinkham,  agents,  are  authorized    to    hire  $3,000    to    pajr    volun- 

-   and   drafted  men   mustered   into  service — $300   for   each  enrolled  man 
substitute.     March    11.    1865.     The    selectmen    are    authorized    to  pay    to 
ierson  drafted,  or  enrolled  and  liable  to    draft,  the    highest    authorized 
bounty   for  the  purpose  of  procuring  a  substitute,  etc. 

The    solid    worth    of    the    people   of    Jackson    is    very    happily    expressed 
by  Julius   II.   Ward   in  an   article   in    The  New   York  Times,    from  which    we 
act. 

longer  one  stays  in  this  enchanted  region  the  more  contented  he  feels.     It  is  not  easy 

i"  i"  H  to  snfficienl  interest  in  the  outside  world  to  read  a  daily  newspaper.     Up 

here  you  would  nol  give  fifty  cents  for  all  the  clothes  a]man  has  on,  but  the  moment  you  go 

th  the  "inward  appearance  yon  are  likely  to  find  a  person  who  is  your  equal  in  natural 

L'ity,  and  in  whose  reserve  strength   you   may  take  an   unexpected   interest.     I   found  a 

er  win.  in  a  conversation  with  his  neighbor  about  pigs  and  cows  developed  a  keenness  of 

ii  in  which  could  not  he  surpassed  on  Wall  street.     1  found  a  man  who  kept  one  of  the 

of  which  there  are  but  two  in  the  place,  able  to  tell  me   more  about  the  right 

n  of  snowshoes  than  I  had  -apposed  that  any  man  could  carry  in  his  noddle.     A 

soon  developed  the  fact  that  the  disciple  of  St  Crispin  was  a  writer 

i  reader  of  the  besl  books,  and  in  his  way  a  man  of  sense,  with  the  natural  endow- 

i  person  of  mark,  and  on  being  shown  into  his  best  room,  what  should  I  find  on  his 

H  Emerson's  writings,  Dr  T.  W.  Parsons's  poems,  and  choice  collections  of  many 

I    ol   England  and  America,  and,  best  of  all  i  with  the  growing  confidence) 

tine  of  original  verses,    which   this  unknown  lover   of  the  mountains    had 

i-  poems,  a  beautiful  tribute  to  one  of  the  finest  waterfalls  in  the  White 


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Mountains.  I  begged  him  to  allow  me  to  take  awaj  with  me.  Mr  F.  O.  Hodge,  the  writer,  is 
a  man  nearly  threescore  and  ten  In  years,  but  retaining  much  of  the  freshness  and  fine  feeling 
of  his  youth,  and  as  unwordly  in  hi-  \  iew  of  life  as  ever  \  K •  < ■  1 1  was  in  his  bighesl  dreams  ol 
philosophy .     I  [ere  is  iii-  poem. 

With  dashing  and  splashing  and  rumble  and  roar, 
We  read  how  the  waters  come  down  From  Lodi 

Nol    o    eeke  II     li  \  el  I  lien  Ellis  thy  fall, 

Nor  whirling  nor  turning  nor  waiting  al  all, 

Bui  sheer  al  on$  bounfl  from  the  top  to  the  i i 

\\  hose  granite  rimmed  depths  are  pellucid  arid  cool. 

O'ershadowed  with  evergreens  towering  nigh, 
\^  upward  we  look  al  the  blue  of  the 
The  moss  and  the  (em  In  the  crannj  and  flaw 
01  thy  rock  And  a  place  bj   the  Infinite  law, 

Which  gives  i<>  the  least  and  most  Fragile  a  home 

in  a  tower  ol  strength,  'neath  a  sheltering  dome. 
a-  poured  from  the  height  <>i  the  mountain  In  view 
Thee  descending,  and  feel  thj   baptism  or  deNv, 

To  our  vision-  the  forms  ol  Immortals  are  clear. 

in  thy  cadence  the  voices  ol  angels  we  hear< 
And  lifting  our  hands  to  the  Father,  we  raise 
To  his  wisdom  of  glory  a  pean  of  praise. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SKETCHES. 


CAPTAIN    JOSHUA    TRICKEY. 


The  Trickey  family  of  the  early  days  were  truly  of  the  embattled  farmers 
of  the  Revolution,  loyal  and  patriotic  men,  serving  their  day  and  generation 
well.  Among  the  signers  of  the  Association  Test  in  Nottingham  under  date 
of  Augusl  16,  1776,  we  find  the  names  of  Joshua  and  Francis  Trickey.  In 
L786,  Moses  Leavitt,  of  North  Hampton,  writes  to  the  General  Court  convened 
at  Portsmouth,  thai  ••  Samuel  Trickey.  of  Nottingham,  and  others,  had  served 
faithfully  during  the  war."  and  it  is  probable  that  the  ancestors  of  the  Trickey 
family  of  Jackson  were  residents  of  that  town. 

In  the  office  of  Wentworth  Hall,  and  in  prominent  view,  is  a  line  oil  paint- 
ing portraying  a  countenance  of  such  strong  character  and  kindly  benevolence 
that  the  incoming  guest,  if  a  stranger,  at  once  seeks  its  identity,  [t  is  a  like- 
ness, and  an  excellent  one,  of  Captain  -Joshua  Trickey,  the  pioneer  of  summer- 
boarding  in  this  vicinity,  whose  memory  is  inseparably  connected  with  this 
hostelry.1  He  was  the  first  to  entertain  summer  guests  from  abroad,  and  this 
hotel  is  the  outgrowth  of  his  generous  hospitality.  ( Japtain  Trickey  was  born  in 
Jackson,  <  >ctober  25,  1 802,  and  was  son  of  .lames  and  Mary  |  Burnhara  )  Trickey. 

■The  accompany  Lng  engraving  was  made  from  this  painting. 


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.  of  whom  he  and  his   brother  Samuel  were  the 

as  passed  on  the   farm   near   Black   Mountain, 

side  after  he  married   Martha  P.,  daughter  of  Colonel 

udexter)  Meserve,  in  January,  182(3.     Mrs  Trickey  was 

;il;m.  who    in   her   nearly  fourscore  of  years  accomplished 

|    March  L,  aged   seventy-six  years,   seven   months,  and 

The  children  of  Captain  Joshua  and   Martha  (Meserve) 

I   Man  '  (twins),  Martha  A.  (deceased),  and  Georgia  A., 

i ,  meral   Marshall  C.  Wentworth. 

stead  was  in   the   midst  of  many  beautiful  points  of  interesl 
re,  and   Captain  Trickey  and  his  wife  lived  there  until  the 
children  were  born,  when   he   sold  Iron   Mountain  to  the  Iron  Mountain 
Company,   and    purchased  the    farm  of  John    Chesley   near    Jackson 
i   there  in  the  latter  part  of  the  "forties."     Having  previously 
d  artists  who  in  their  rural  jaunting  had  stumbled  on  the  old 
homestead,  here  he  had  to  open  his  doors  to  them  and  an  increased  number  of 
ts  and  to  enlarge  his  house  for  their  accommodation.     From  this  time  he 
I  in  the  character  of  host  until  relieved  of  its  cares  by  his  daughter 
and  son-in-law,  with  whom  he  afterwards  made  his  home  until  his  death  (which 
irred  at   Washington,  I).  C,  April  8,  1887),  and  his  presence  and  conver- 
sation   were    among   the   great  charms  of   the  place.     He  was  prominent  in 
bhe   resources  of  Jackson,  and  in   many  ways  connected  with  its 
prosperity.     He   was  the    village    merchant,  proprietor  of  a  stage-route  from 
North   Conway  to  Jackson,  owned  and  operated  grist  and  saw  mills,  opened 
the  tin  mine,  and    no  person  ever  did   more  to  promote   its  interests.     His  title 
aptain    was    attained    through   service    in    the    state    militia.      He  was  a 
Spiritualist  in  religion,  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  strong  for  the  Union  during 
Civil  War.     Naturally  social  and  genial  and  of  large  business  qualifi- 
ns,  (aptain    Trickey   soon  made    his    house  at  Jackson    Falls  a  favorite 
rt    tor  summer   outing.      In   1869  he  built   the   Thorn    Mountain    House 
iter,  now   Mrs  Wentworth,  and  on   her  marriage  resigned  active 
busin 

One  who  knew  him  well  says  of  him:   "  He    could  have   made  a  success  of 

i\    any  occupation.      I    think   he   could  have   filled   almost  any  position  in 

with  credit,  but   he  would   not   sacrifice  personal  honor  for  political 

Doluments.      His  temperament   was  exceedingly  fine  and  his  impulses  kind 

firm   friend  and    wise  counselor,  as  General  Wentworth  and 

Socially  very  agreeable  and   entertaining,  his  natural  refine- 

him  the  power  of  meeting  any  one  in  a  pleasing  manner.     He  and 

ided    by  their  family,  laid  a  firm  foundation  for  what  Went- 

lay.     To  Mrs  Trickey  life  was  a  reality,  which   she  met  with 


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a  will  and  force  strong-  to  overcome  ordinary  obstacles  til]  the  death  of  a  gifted 
daughter  swept  away  much  of  its  brightnes  i  tain  Trickey  dwelt  more 
with  the  ideal,  always  appearing  to  \  iew  matters  on  the  sunny  side.  It  seemed 
to  be  his  especial   care  to  comprehend  and   harmonize  the  events  of  life  that 

there  might  be  the  Leasl   possible  friction.     It  is  seldom  ■  p  heer- 

I'nl  and  happy  a  nature.  His  declining  years  and  departure  from  this  Life  was 
like  one  of  our  glorious  mountain  sunsets  when  no1  a  cloud  flecks  the  horizon." 


GENERAL    MARSHALL    C.    WENTWORTH. 

General  Marshall  Clark  Wentworth,  son  of  William  II.  II.  and  Mary  (Clark) 
Wentworth,  was  born  in  Jackson,  X.  II..  August  Hi.  L844.  He  descends  from 
the  English  nobility  through  Elder  William  Wentworth,  the  emigrant,  who 
was  baptized  at  A  l  ford.  England,  in  1615,  and  when  a  young  man  accompanied 
Rev.  John  Wheelwright  in  America  in  1636,  arid  settled  at  Exeter,  where  he 
eventually  became  the  beloved  pastor  of  the  ©ongregational  church,  and 
continued  many  years.  The  line  is  Elder  William1.  Ephraim2,  EJphraim8, 
Ephraim4,  Speneer^  Charles  B.';.  William  II.  II.7.  Marshall  C.8  Charles  B. 
Wentworth,  son  of  Spencer  and  Eunice  (Smith)  Wentworth.  a  native  oi 
Meredith,  came  t<>  Jackson  with  his  father  in  £816,  ami  passed  his  early  life  on 
the  picturesque  farm  where  his  lather  located,  two  miles  above  Jackson  Falls 
on  the  road  to  ( 'utter  Notch.  He  was  a  comfortable  farmer,  a  useful  citizen, 
ami  deputy  sheriff  of  Cob's  county  for  many  years  He  died  in  1845.  William 
II.  II.  Wentworth,  horn  1818,  died  18<>4.  succeeded  to  the  homestead  of  his 
father.  The  environments  of  his  youth  did  not  give  the  advantages  Of  educa- 
tion and  culture,  and  the  hard  work  of  rough  farm  life  debarred  him  from 
extended  communication  with  the  world,  yet  he  wras  a  kindly,  courteous 
gentleman,  with  ;i  good  word  and  a  good  deed  for  every  one  in  need  of  them, 
and  having  many  friends.  Unlike  his  progenitors, ; he. was  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics; like  them;  a  Freewill  Baptist  in  religion.  His  wife.  Mary  (dark,  was  of 
sturdy  Welsh  stock,  strong  and  vigorous  mentally  and  physically.  She  was  a 
native  of  .Maine,  and  a  capable  teacher.  She  is  now  living  at  the  age  of  sixtv- 
seven,  active  and  vigorous,  and  an  enjoyable  companion. 

Marshall  (\  Wentworth  passed  his  childhood  years  at  home  developing  a 
healthy  physical  organization  by  his  labor  on  the  farm,  and  receiving  from  the 
instruction  of  his  mother  a  stimulation  to  his  natural  desire  for  knowledge, 
and  a  taste  for  learning  and  reading.  To  attend  the  district  school  he  walked 
eight  mile-,  daily,  and  also  assisted  in  the  farmwork.  Such  zealous  efforts 
could  have  hut  one  result.  He  was  intelligent,  alert,  keenly  attentive  to  and 
anxious  concerning  everything'  transpiring  in  the  country,  and  devoured  with 
avidity  all  information  he  could  secure   regarding  the  great  subject  which  at 


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t,l  an  else  — the  preservation  of  the  Union.     He  saw 
ig,  and    when   the   storm   broke   upon   the   country  and  the 
Ids  patriotism  led  him  to  become  a  soldier.     His  parents 
•   d,  and   he   enlisted   as   soon   as  possible,  going  to  Bethel, 
purpose.     He  was  one  of  the  earliest  soldiers,  enlisting  April 
venteen  years  old,  as  a  private  in  Company  I,  Fifth 
Infantry.      This  was  a  fighting  regiment,  did  much  active 
nd  won  hio-h  honors.     Marshall  was  never  absent  from  the  regiment 
service,  participating  in   its  many  memorable   engage- 
When  his  term  of  enlistment  expired  he  returned  to  Jackson  to  visit 
arents;  while  there  his  father  was  ill,  and  he  remained  to  care  for  him  until 
th.     After  the   burial   rites  were  over,  our  soldier  reenlisted,  January, 
.  in  the  First  New  Jersey  Cavalry,  and  served  until  June,  1865,  the  close 
||,.   wa-  ,1    in    twenty-seven   actions   in   both    enlistments, 

them  the  first  and  second  battles  of  Bull  Run,  the  seven  days'  fight  on 
South    Mountain   (his    brigade  making   the  famous   charge    at 
pton  Pass),  first  and  second  battles  at  Fredericksburg,  Salem  Churchyard, 
of    the    Wilderness.   Spottsylvania,    Mine    Run,  Five    Forks,   and 
ysburg.     May    LO,  L864,  his  regiment  (Fifth  Maine)  was  one  of  ten  regi- 
ments selected  to  break   the  rebel   lines  at  Spottsylvania.     This  they  did,  and 
took  many  prisoners.     In  the  first  winter  of  his  service,  while  on  picket  duty 
with   three  companions,  they  were  attacked  by  twenty  rebels,  one  of  the  four 
was  killed,  two  were  captured,  but  Marshall,  although  wounded,  escaped.     At 
Five  forks  he  received  a  wound  in  the  foot  from  which  he  still  suffers.     He 
had  offers  of  promotion  and  promise  of  a  commission,  but  preferred  to  remain 
i    the    ranks  with    his   companions,  who   said    "a    braver    soldier    never    fired 
a  gun." 

i    the   war  was  over,  and   a    visit  made  to  Jackson,  Boston,  and  other 
as,  tor   a    few    months,  conductor  of   a   passenger   train    running 
New  York  and  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey.     Later  he  returned  to  Jackson, 
where  he  married.  May  30,  1869,  Georgia  A.,  daughter  of  Captain  Joshua  and 
la  P.  (  Meserve)  Trickey.     Captain  Trickey  was  at  this  time  building  the 
Thorn   Mountain    House    for   his   daughter,  and   here   the   young   couple    com- 
menced their  long  and  pleasant  career  as  host  and  hostess.     They  did  not  sit 
down  with  folded  hands  to  await  the  coming  of  prosperity,  or  delegate  the  con- 
duct   of    their    hotel    to   servants.     They   worked    personally,  early  and   late, 
g  pleasure  in  the  thought  that  success  must  come  to  honest,  well-directed 
off  in  the  distance  the\  saw  their  ideal  of  a  hotel,  and  their  desire 
was  to   realize   this;  to  introduce   every  pleasant  and   aesthetic 
life  into  their  establishment  in  such  a  manner  that  people  of 
ure  would  experience  delight  at  finding  every  want  anticipated, 
irmony  prevailing  in  their  surroundings.     The  general's  plans 


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have  been  bold  and  original,  Mrs  Wentworth  has  cordial!}  cooperated  with 
him,  and  every  step  taken  and  every  building  constructed  has  been  endorsed 
by  both.  The;j  have  made  the  entertainmenl  of  their  guests  their  lifework 
and  study,  and  have  been  phenomenally  successful.  II  k\  were  the  originators 
of  the  new  system  of  artistic  houses,  decorations,  and  effects  in  mountain 
hotels,  and  tin*  lovely  village  of  Wentwortb  Hall  and  cottages  realized  their 
high  ideal.  In  addition  to  Thorn  Mountain  House,  the}  have  built  A.rden 
Cottage  in  1881  ;  Wentworth  Hall,  at  an  expense  of  $25,000,  in  L883 ;  Thorny- 
croft  in  1885;  Glen-Thorne  in  1885;  Elinwood  in  L886.  In  the  winters 
lss-1.  1  ss.">,  and  1886,  General  Wentworth  was  manager  of  the  Laurel  House, 
Lakewood,  N.  J.,  where  he  made  manj  and  permanent  friends. 

General  Wentworth  has  not  sought  for  office.  It  is  due  to  him  to  say, 
however,  that  when  his  name  was  once  presented  to  his  townsmen,  he  ran  forty- 
two  votes  ahead  of  his  ticket,  evincing  his  personal  popularity.  He  was 
quartermaster-general  on  the  stall'  of  Governor  Charles  II.  Bell  from  1881  to 
L883,  and  a  member  of  the  Republican  Electoral  College  in  1884.  He  is  a 
member  of  Mount  Washington  lodge,  F.  &  A.  M.,  North  Conway;  Greenleaf 
chapter,  \l.  A.  M.,  Portland,  Maine,  and  Saco  Valley  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows, 

North    (  i»nwa\  . 

General  Wentworth  has  the  superb  physique,  the  courtliness  and  grace  of 
manner  and  kindness  of  heart  which  were  characteristics  of  his  English  ances- 
tors, possesses  a  winning  magnetism,  and  is  kind  and  courteous  to  all,  the 
patron  and  the  servant,  the  acquaintance  and  the  stranger.  He  is  ever  fore- 
most in  public  improvement,  and  has  an  enthusiasm  which  carries  others  with 
him.  lie  was  the  chief  promoter  of  the  centennial  celebrati >f  the  settle- 
ment of  the  town,  and  the  founder  of  the  public  library.  The  development  of 
his  hotel  interests  has  been  a  wonderful  boon  to  Jackson.  With  far-seeing 
sagacity  he  discerned  the  opportunity  and  way,  and  convinced  the  most  con- 
servative that  he  was  right,  and  placed  the  care  of  guests  upon  the  highesl 
plane.  By  the  enlarged  facilities  he  has  given  his  townsmen,  by  the  employ- 
ment he  affords  to  hundreds,  by  his  liberal  and  extensive  generosity,  he  has 
accomplished  much  good  and  is  a  public  benefactor  ;  by  his  unvarying  courtesy 
to  his  guests  he  has  won  the  title  of  "prince  of  landlords."  The  sunny  spirit 
and  practical  intelligence  of  his  excellent  wife  have  borne  their  part  in  his 
success,  and  been  most  important  factors  in  the  household  economy.  Their 
natural  culture  has  been  broadened  by  extensive  travel  in  both  continents. 
Their  hostelries  have  been  visited  by  many  distinguished  and  cultivated  people, 
and  who  comes  once  will  come  again  and  again. 

Artists,  poets,  dead  and  gone, 
What  Elysium  have  ye  known, 
Happy  fields  or  magic  cavern 
Choicer  than  the  Wentworth  Tavern- 


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CAPTAIN  NI«  SOLAS  TUTTLE  STILLINGS. 

Stillings,    who  was    for    many  years    well  known 
lc,    successful    business    man    and    a    man    of 
.:,   in    Bartlett,    April    1:'.,    1818,    and    died    in    Jackson,    June 
[•andfather,   Samuel    Stillings,    an    early   resident    of  Bartlett. 
I.,.,.,    and    located     in    the    "  Upper    District."     Samuel,    Jr. 
in    L790,  and  learned    the   trade  of   ship    carpenter,  but   on    attain- 
purchased    a     piece    of    wild    land    on     the    north    side    of 
Bartlett,    where    Waller    Stanton    now    lives,    and    after    devel- 
oping   it   bought    the  J.   B.   Brown    farm,  and    kept    a  wayside    inn   for  many 
i.      ||,.    married     Martha,    daughter     oj;    Benjamin    and    Jane    (Folsom) 
Tuttle.     (Mr    and     .Mrs    Xuttle    were   from    Lee,    moved    to     Eaton    in    the 
pan    of    the    century,  in    1816    to    Hart's    Location,  and  subsequently 
to    Jefferson,    where    they   \>;\±<cd   their  last  days.)     The   children  of  Samuel 
and  .Martha  (Tuttle)  Stillings  attaining  maturity  were:  Nicholas   T.,    Alfred, 
Miiin    F.,  and  Clarinda  J.,  who   married  E lias  M.- Hall,  of  Bartlett.     Mr 
Stillings    was    an    honest,    industrious,    hard-working  farmer.     He    was    never 
known    to    deviate    fnun    the    strictest    truth,    and    lost    several     lawsuits    by 
telling   the    facts,  without    any    attempt    to    omit,    pervert,    or    mystify  them. 
Politically    he    was    a    Democrat  :    religiously    a     Universalist,   and     he    lived 
iod    and    useful    life.     He    died    in    lStlS.    his    wife    surviving   him    many 

Nicholas  T.  Stillings  attained    a   strong  and    robust    physique   in   his  home 
among  the   mountains  and   was   noted    for  his  great  muscular  strength.     He 
worked   for  his  father  until    his    majority,   then    started    in    life    on   his    own 
int.    purchasing   a    farm    for    seven    hundred  dollars  on  credit,  his   only 
capital    being   a    pair    of   colts.     However   he    soon    took   to    himself  a   help- 
bright,  vigorous   woman,   who  with    her    willing   hands   helped    turn 
wheels    of    honest     labor    with     good     results.     Mr     Stillings    paid     for 
his  farm   in  seven  years.      He  was  obliged  to  work  hard  to  do  this,  as  money 
was  and    labor  and    stock    brought   small    prices.1     He   would   go    to 

Portland,   buy  a    load    of    salt,  and    draw    it    to   Vermont   and    Upper  Coos, 
where  he  would  dispose  of  it  for   part  money  and  part  produce,  with  which 
eturned    to   Portland.     In  1846   he  bought   the  farm  of    his  father,  and 
kept  a  stage  tavern  until  he    moved    to   Jackson.     (This   house   was   burned 
,v'u-'      He    then    commenced    lumbering,    and    not    long    after  purchased 
the    stage-route    from    the    Glen     to    the    Crawford    House,    and    dined    the 
rs    at     his    "hotel."     He    ran    this    line    summers    for   eleven   years, 
turning  it  only  with   the   advent  of  the  railroad.     The  horses  he  used 
m    the  winter,  thus    combining    two  enterprises  very  success- 

I  pair  of  "  seven  foot"  oxen  for  forty  dollars. 


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fully,  and  during  his  life  continued  to  purchase  and  operate  large  bracts 
of  timber.  1 1 1 ^  energetic,  active  temperament  was  always  read)  for  bard 
work  and  the  promotion  of  new  enterprises.  In  L866  he  built  a  Btarch 
mill  in  Jackson,  and  in  L869  removed  thither,  and.  with  his  daughtei 
Sophronia,  established  a  store  as  N.  T.  Stillings  <&  Co.  His  next  work 
was  the  building  of  the  Glen  Ellis  House,  which  was  opened  for  guests 
in  1876.  This  is  a  solid  structure  located  near  the  Ellis  river.  When 
Mr  Stillings  was  asked  why  he  pul  so  much  work  into  it,  and  did  ii 
so  thoroughly,  he  answered  that  he  was  going  to  build  it  to  stand  as 
,i   monument   to  show  thai   he  was  once  on  earth. 

In  August,  L839,  Mr  Stillings  married  Patience  Stanton,  daughter  of 
William  and  Patience  Jenkins.  She  was  born  in  New  Durham.  August 
IT.  1817.  Their  children  were:  Sophronia,  (married  Silas  M.  Thompson, 
and  lias  one  child,  Harry  AlonzO,  horn  in  1884),  who  inherits  maii\  of 
her  father's  characteristics;  Alon/.o  (dee.);  Emeline  (Mrs  .lames  N'ute.  of 
Bartlett). 

Democratic  in  politics,  and  often  serving  as  selectman  in  Bartletl  and 
Jackson,  Mr  Stillings  was  recognized  as  a  keen  business  man  possessing 
rare  good  judgment.  He  had  great  perseverance,  and  when  he  started 
an  enterprise  he  invariably  carried  it  through.  He  was  public-spirited 
and  generous  toward  anything  that  appeared  to  him  just  and  right,  but 
was  never  a  time-server,  and  could  not  nor  would  not  fall  in  with  ever} 
scheme  presented  to  him.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  militia  and  a  good 
disciplinarian.  A  strong,  rugged  character,  he  was  one  whose  personality 
was  in  keeping  with  his  surroundings,  and  impressed  himself  upon  all  who 
knew  him.  He  will  not  soon  he  forgot  ten.  and  few  have  done  more  tor  the 
benefit   of  the  town. 


rni-:  mkskkvi:  family.* 

Jonathan   Mesbrve  moved  his  family  from   Madbury   to  Jackson   in   or 

near  1790.  His  first  settlement  was  made  on  the  Elkins  farm  on  the  east  side 
of  Eagle  mountain.  He  afterwards  moved  to  the  west  side  on  the  Glen  road. 
In  colonial  times  he  held  a  captain's  commission.  When  expressing  indigna- 
tion at  the  Stamp  Act  to  one  of  the  commission  to  bring  it  over,  he  was  told 
that  if  the  colonies  did  not  swallow  it,  a  standing  army  would  be  sent,  which 
they  would  he  obliged  to  swallow.  He  made  the  characteristic  reply,  "Cousin 
George,  we  will  choke  at  it."  He  revolted,  and  expended  all  his  energies  and 
wealth  in  throwing  off  the  oppressive  yoke.  The  close  of  the  war  finding 
him    without    means,  and    his   inherent    pride   still   remaining,    he  joined    his   lot 

1  By  C.  E.  Meservu. 


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,   home    in    the  wilderness.1      Of   his   ability  we  have 

pt    his   handwriting-    upon    the   town    records. 

the  pen   indicates  that  he    was   no   stranger  to   it, 

,.,it   letters  speak  of  a  frank   but  decided   character.     He 

[310-12,  when  his  name  disappears  from  the  records. 

i    Man   Davis.     Their  children  were:  Jonathan, 
Betsey,  Mary,  and  Joanna.     Of  these  Betsey  was  the 
is  Meserve;   Mary,  wife,  first,  of  Hubbard  Harriman ;  second, 
-    ivey;  and  Joanna,  wife  of  Joseph  Pitman.     Daniel  married  Betsey, 
|      ;:  Pendexter,  and   lived  in  Jackson  until  1815,  when  he  moved 
They  had  several  children.     Of  them  Colonel   Samuel  P.  Meserve 
,  prominent  and   influential   man  of  great  business   capacity,  tenacious  of 
open    to  conviction,  and  politically  a  Republican.     Nathaniel 
ighter  of  James    Trickey.     He   went   to    Maine    and  lived 
is.  but  returned  and  passed  his  last  days  with  his  only  surviving  child, 
\r.  proprietor  of  Iron    Mountain   House.     James  M.  Meserve 
ssful    school-teacher   for  a    number  of  years,  then  a  model  farmer. 
II,     married   Martha,  eldest  daughter  of    General  George  P.  Meserve.     They 
Irildren  :  Mrs    Frank    Black;  J.    E.  Meserve,   proprieter  of  Haw- 
thorne   Cottage ;  W.   A.    Meserve,  manager    of    Iron   Mountain    House.      John 
married   Dorcas  Hardy,  of  Fryeburg,  Maine.     Their  children   were:   Nathaniel 
p..  .1  :  as.  John,  (handler.  Joanna  (Mrs   Daniel   Meserve),   Abbie  (Mrs 

Starbird),    and    Phebe.     Nathaniel    P.    married    Adeline,    daughter   of 
John    Chesley.     He   was   a  substantial    citizen  who    represented   the  town  in 
the   legislature  several  terms.      A   lew  years    before    his    death    he    moved    to 
ham  with  his  son.  but  returned  and  died  at  the  home  of  his  only  daughter, 
Mrs  Ephraim  Garland,  in  November.  1888.     James  was  a  veteran  stage-driver 
way.  Portland,  and  Crawford's.     He  joined  the  Union  army  and 
nth.      He  Left  a  family.     Silas  lives  in  Lewiston,  Maine ;  John   in 
lappa.  Maine.      Both  of  these   were  in   the  Union   army,  and  are  men  of 
utation.     They  have  families.     Chandler  was  a  painter  and  carpenter. 
If    dis  ippe  ired   many  \  ears  ago. 

Jonathan  Meserve,  2d,  born   March  2,  1772,  married  Alice,  oldest  daughter 

1   John  Pendexter.      He  was  a  farmer  and  general  business  man.     His  farming 

i  scale,  that  would  be  considered  extensive  even  now.     He 

of  the  militia,  represented  i  he  town,  and  filled  other  official  posi- 

He  was  a  man  of  tine  physique.     His  face  was  round  and  full,  with  florid 

iile  a  keen  blue  eye  looked   from   under  a  broad  and  well-devel- 

How  we  children  loved  the  old  man!     And  the  grandmother,  too, 

-in-  tired   feet  so  frequently  sought  for  a  word  of  encourage- 

i oil r  of  Uridley'a  Location,  for  which  they  paid  an  old  sloop,  their 
rty. 


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nient,  but  most  of  all  for  the  generous  slices  of  bread  and  butter  she  so 
lavishly  bestowed.  Colonel  Jonathan  would  be  particularly  characterized  for 
his  geniality  and  hospitality.  He  died  September  2,  L849;  his  wife,  April  19, 
1872.  The  children  of  Colonel  Jonathan  Meserve  were:  George  P.,  Daniel, 
Martha  P.  (Mrs  Joshua  Trickej  >,  John  P.,  Andrew  J.,  and  Alice  P.  (died 
young).  (See  Pendexter  family.)  Captain  I). mud  lefl  four  Bons.  John  P. 
has  two  sons.  These  were  and  are  good  citizens.  Major  Andrew  J.  was 
the  mosl  promising  and  the  best  educated  of  the  family,  bul  mistaken  medical 
treatment  of  a  brain  fever  left  him  insane  for  Life. 

George  /'.  M>  serve,  oldest  son  of  Colonel  Jonathan  and  Alice  (Pendexter) 
Meserve,  was  born  April  11,  L798,  and  died  September  L9,  L884.  Inured  to 
toil  in  his  boyhood,  he  had  little  opportunity  to  obtain  books,  and  from  them 
the  longed-for  knowledge.  After  the  tasks  of  the  da\  were  over,  and  the 
household  quietly  at  rest,  he  was  in  the  habit  of  pursuing  his  studies  h\  the 
dim  light  of  a  candle,  or,  more  frequently,  by  pitch-knots  burning  in  the  rude 
fireplace,  often  till  the  coming  of  a  new  day.  As  his  years  increased,  he 
became  especially  interested  in  works  of  a  military  character,  and  so  thor- 
oughly mastered  the  intricate  tactics  of  warfare  that  he  successfully  filled  all 
the  official  military  grades,  and  at  the  age  of  tweuty-six  was  commissioned 
major-general  of  the  state  militia,  which  position  he  filled  very  efficiently.  He 
was  a  man  of  sterling  worth,  full  of  energy,  perseverance,  and  com 
lie  took  an  active  part  in  public  affairs,  and  was  a  zealous  advocate  of  all 
measures  calculated  to  advance  the  best  interests  of  the  community.  His  name 
frequently  occurs  upon  the  official  records  of  the  town  and  Coos  county.  He 
was  the  first  representative  sent  from  Jackson  alone  to  the  legislature,  where  he 
bore  a  prominent  part,  serving  on  the  more  important  committees.  By  occu- 
pation he  was  a  farmer,  but  he  did  a  great  deal  of  business  for  people  in  land 
matters.  Being  a  land  surveyor,  and  having  a  good  understanding  of  the 
location  and  land  interests,  he  was  frequently  consulted  for  information  and 
plans,  and  was  one  of  the   original   owners   of   the   summit    of   Mt    Washington. 

Politically  he  was  an  uncompromising  Democrat.  By  this  we  do  not  mean 
that  he  was  a  narrow  partisan,  for  there  was  nothing  contracted  in  his  nature. 
He  was  broad  enough  to  read  both  sides  of  the  question,  and  liberal  enough  to 
give  each  side  its  due.  In  the  Rebellion  of  1861,  his  age  prohibited  his  going 
to  the  battlefield  as  a  common  soldier,  but  he  wrote  to  Governor  Harriman, 
offering  to  raise  a  company  of  men.  provided  he  could  go  with  it  as  captain. 
His  religious  belief  was  in  deeds  not  words,  or  that  he  who  accomplished  the 
most  good  for  humanity's  sake  was  the  better  man.  He  was  one  of  the  princi- 
pal men  to  whom  the  building  of  the  neat  little  chapel  at  the  village  is  due, 
which  was  dedicated  to  the  use  of  any  evangelical  denomination  of  good 
standing.  A  good  conversationalist,  he  was  always  a  genial  and  entertaining 
companion;  hospitable,  all  received  a  heart)-  welcome  to  his  board.     He  v. 


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I  student  of  history.     It  was  impossible  for  him  to  enter 

ut   taking  away  with  him  some  of  its  treasures.     The  love 

3  was  a  very  strong  clement  of  his  nature. 

Harriot,  daughter  of   Richard    Eastman.1     By  this  marriage, 

daughters    and   one   son.     These  he   endeavored  to   give  a, 

as  his  limited   means   would    permit,  believing  there 

ir  Investment  made  for  them.     The  daughters  were  all  school- 

them  teaching  very  successfully  for  several  years  in  promi- 

in    the  state.     The  only  son,  George  W.  Meserve,  filled  official 

ptably.      He  was  chosen  representative  in  1874,  and  reelected  in 

i,  when  there  was  not  a   vote  east   against  him.     He  was  town  clerk  and 

tman  for  a  period  of  years,  and  chairman  of  the  board  of  education  at  his 

.  Deci  mbi  r  I  L,  L886. 

ient  Meserve,  son  of  Clement  Meserve,  of  Dover,  moved  to  this  place  in 

1790.     His  wife  was  Lydia  Tuttle.     His  children  were  :  Judge  Silas,  Isaac,  and 

Meserve  lived  in  this  town  quite  a  number  of  years,  as  his 

name  frequently  occurs  on  the  town  records  as  one  of  its  principal  men.     He 

married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Captain  Jonathan  Meserve.     Their  children  were: 

.  John  1...  Isaac.  Lydia,  Mary,  Alice,  and  Harriet.     He  moved  to 

ett,  where  he  died.     Isaac  Meserve  married   Betsey  Pinkham.     Ephraim 

Meserve,  born    February  20,  1773,  married   Sally  Gray.     They  had   fourteen 

children  :     Israel,  Sophia.  Abigail,    Charlotte,    Sally,  Florinda,    Ira   D.,    Silas, 

Stephen  I).,  Oliver  P.,  Clement,  Winfield  S.,  and  Horace  B.     These 

were  all   good   citizens.     Sophia  was  wife  of   Robert  McCarter ;    Abigail,    of 

•w  Cheslej  ;   Florinda,  of  William  Emery  ;  Silas,  who  resides  on  the  home 

farm,   married   Hannah  Cogswell,  and  has   two   children  living,  Silas  D.  and 

Mrs   Sarah   Charles.     Stephen    I),  left  town  when  young,  and  is  a  prosperous 

physician    in    Robinson.   Illinois.     Oliver   P.   married    Nancy   L.,   daughter    of 

iam  Eastman.     They  had  one  child,  Mrs  Charles  Stilphen.     He  was  com- 

ioned  postmaster  of  Jackson  in  1852,  and  held  the  office  until  his  death  in 

mber,  1888.     His  widow,  a  very  capable  woman,  still  retains  the  office. 

ent,  a  man  of  marked  ability,  is  a  lawyer  in  Hopkinton,  Mass.     Winfield 

i  prominent  man  of   Danville.     Horace  B.  was  also  a  man  of  good  ability, 

followed  the  sea  several  years,  returned  home  and  died.     Israel  died  at  the  fort 

in   Portsmouth.   • 


i  family. 


CHATHAM. 


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CHAPTKi:    LXXXIL 


Description  —  Population  —  Families  —  Action  of  the  Proprietors  —  Early  Settlers 
—Extracts  from  Town  Records —  < 'hatha in  in  the  Rebellion  -Reminiscences  of  Samuel 
Phipps,  Jr  — Church  History  — Education    -Civil  List  —  Biographical  Sketches 

CHATHAM  was  granted  by  Governor  Benning  Wentworth,  February  7, 
1767.  bo  seventy-three  grantees,  none  of  whom  became  a  resident.  It  was 
laid  out  ten  miles  long  and  four  wide,  and  named  for  Lord  Chatham. 
The  survey  overran  one-half  mile  in  width,  and  its  area  is  now  over  28,000 
acres.  It  is  bounded  north  by  Bean's  Purchase,  east  by  Maine,  south  by 
Conway,  west  by  Bartlett,  Jackson,  and  Bean's  Purchase.  '1  here  are  three 
postoffices,  South  Chatham,  Chatham,  and  North  Chatham.  The  soil  on  the 
eastern  side  and  along  the  valleys  and  upland  of  the  streams  is  either  strong 
and  productive  or  light  and  warm,  capable  by  fertilization  of  good  crops. 
Corn  and  fruit  are  successfully  raised,  and  all  the  elements  of  prosperous 
farming  exist.  West  of  this  fertile  area  is  the  wild  mountain  land  which 
occupies  the  greatesl  part  of  the  town.  Baldface  towers  3,600  feet  high  in 
the  northwest  part,  with  long  upper  ridges  of  strange  whiteness.  This  is 
a  mighty  mass  of  granite  of  excellent  quality  for  building  purposes.  There 
are  veins  of  peculiar  decomposition  running  through  this,  in  which  have 
been  found  rare  gems:  white  topazes  almost  rivaling  the  diamond  in 
hardness  and  splendor,1  lapis  lazuli,  beryls,  garnets,  etc.  From  Baldface 
stretches  southward  a  great  mountain  wall,  composed  of  Gemini,  Eastman, 
Sloop,  and  kearsarge  mountains.  Kearsarge  is  noted  and  historic  and  the 
attempt  to  substitute  Pequawket  for  its  oldtime  name  caused  such 
uprising  of  patriotic  zeal  in  all  the  region  roundabout  as  will  render  subse- 
quent  attempts  to  do  this  utterly   futile.     Kearsarge    it   was  to  the  residents 

Some  oi  great  value  have  been  Found,    [thiel  E.  Clay,  who  owns  the  mountain,  has  two  splendid  specimens 
set  in  a  pin  and  a  ring . 


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t  will  be  to  the  end  of   time.1     All  these  moun- 

i  dense  growth  of  pine,  spruce,  hemlock,  and  hardwood 

rion  will    be   for   years  much  sought   by   lumbermen  and 

tin  pond,  at  a  high  altitude  in  a  glen-like  basin,  surrounded 

of  the  loveliest  and  clearest  1m .dies  of  water  in  the  state. 

mdred  acres,  and  contains  speckled  trout  of  great  size.     The 

in  New  England  (it  is  claimed)  was  caught  in  this  pond.     In  a 

solitude,  and  with  a  pure  and  invigorating  atmosphere,  it  is  destined  to 

hlv  valued  Mimmer  resort.     Province  pond  is  also  famed  for  trout, 

mountain  streams  abound  with  them.     Many  beautiful  glens,  cascades, 

i.  prospects,  and  other  scenic  attractions  well  reward  the  visitor. 

When  Coos  county   was  formed  (1805)  Chatham  was  one  of  its  towns,  and 

mained  until    1823,  when  it  was  given  to  Strafford.     It  was  one  of  the 

nil  towns  of  Carroll  county.      A  grant  made  to  Lieutenant  Samuel  Gilman 

f70,  and  containing  li.OOO  acres,  was  annexed  to  Chatham  June  23,  1817. 

II  tia.t  of  Conway  was  annexed  June  26,  1823.     500  acres  were  annexed 

.   L838.     June  30,   L869,  a   tract  of  Chatham  was  annexed  to  Bartlett. 

population  in  L790  was  5S  :  in  1800,  183;  in  1810,  201;  1820,  293.     By 

maximum,  516,  was  reached.     This  fell  to  489  in  1860,  445  in  1870, 

121  in  L880. 

Among    the    representative    families    of    Chatham   are:    Eastman,    Clay, 

.     Chandler.     Weeks.    Charles,    Fife,    Hill,    Binford,    and    others.     Abiel 

Chandler  is  known  as  the  founder  of  Chandler    Scientific  School,   an    annex 

lartmouth    College.     Eliphalet  Weeks,  of    South    Chatham,    a    Methodist 

preacher,    kept   up   an    organization    of    that    church   for    many  years. 

If'   was  a  man    of    ability,   a   good   speaker,    and  as    representative  acquired 

it\    by  his  (piaint   and   pertinent  speeches.     Russell   and    Bliss  Charles 

tilled    many    offices    of    trust.     Moses   Fife    was    another    citizen    worthy    of 

ion. 

September  28,  17'.'-!.     The  proprietors  voted  "that  Messrs  Samuel  Walker, 

taniel   Walker,    Amos  Harriman,  John  Ames,  Richard    Walker,    William 

lb. ward.    Paul     Chandler,    Jonas    Wyman    and    Benjn    Walker,    who    have 

eady  entered  on    hinds    in    said    Township,    shall  be    esteemed    as    settlers 

"  finds  the  name  a  symbolical  one,  and  from  his  great  familiarity  with  the  Algonquin 

aification,  ami  with  just  indignation  repels  all  attempts  to  fasten  any  other 

i  upon  the  mountain.    II. •  -ays;  "  Kearsarge,  the  mountain,  with  her  name  of  appropriate  meaning, 

the  in, .-i  prominent  ami  precious  of  all  our  surroundings.    This  mountain  is  situated  on 

'      itham  ami  Bartlett.    The  summit  is  in  Chatham,  the  mountain  is  3,250  feet  high,  ami 

lutiful  i(.  ii-  of  all  Ha'  splendid  mountains  of  New  Hampshire.    Ke-a-he-sa-he-gee,  'The 

and  passing  events.'    'The  ;,  index  of  morning  and  evening  of  the  coming  and 

I  I      Indian's  clock  and  thermometer.'    O  Ke-a-he-sa-he-gee  in  the  door  of  the 

>i   light;  firsl  the  sunbeams  to  invite;    first  to  feed  her  guests  with  dew  from  oil'  a 

always  called  thee  Kearsarge.    Thy  name  shall  remain  Kearsarge  forever.    We 

bj  lip-  of  parents  spoken,  and  by  grandparents  oft.    The  words  they  spoke  shall 

radeoff  names.-.,  rich  in  meaning,  in  memory,  and  forever  thy  name 


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and  quieted  b\    the   Proprietors  in  possession  of  one  hundred    acres  of  land, 
including    their    respective    improvements,"   etc.     The    same    year    Thomas 

McD ugh,   Esq.,    was    fully    quieted    in    the    Location     laid    oui    to    him    in 

Chatham,  provided  he  settles  two  families  upon  ii  within  three  years.  The 
mill  privileges  "now  improved  by  Nathan  A.mes "  were  voted  to  Captain 
John  Glover;  to  include  the  stream  with  the  pond,  and  all  the  land  ii 
flows  or  may  flow,  also  fifty  acres  of  land  on  each  side  of  said  mill,  together 
with  £45  i"  enable  him  to  complete  the  nulls  upon  the  condition  thai 
he  shall  cause  in  three  years  a  good  gristmill  and  sawmill  to  be  erected, 
and  kept  in  good  repair,  and  occupy  the  same  in  sawing  and  grinding  for 
the  inhabitants  of  Chatham.  (A  mill  has  been  in  continuous  service  here 
ever  since.)  A  committee  was  chosen  to  look  and  spot  out  a  road  through 
the  town  from  Conway  line  to  the  north  line  of  the  township.  In  October 
Nathaniel  Hutchins,  William  A.bbott,  and  David  (handler  were  "quieted" 
in  the  possession  of  one  hundred  acres  as  settlers.  The  mill  privilege  and 
fifty  acres  of  land  on  each  side  of  the  mill  stream  is  ceded  to  Nathan 
Ames,  who  is  in  possession.1  John  Costelloe,  of  Effingham,  had  secured 
the  Glover  interest,  relinquished  his  right  for  lots  still  known  as  Costelloe's 
-rant.  In  17'.,(.'  a  committee  was  in  action  to  cut  and  clear  roads  and 
make  them  passable  for  teams.-  September  20,  1804,  the  proprietors 
voted  to  request  the  selectmen  to  examine  the  ground  between  the  end 
of  Conway  road  at  the  Green  Hills,  and  the  end  of  a  road  laid  out  or 
"bushed"  by  the  inhabitants  <>f  Bartlett  so  ;is  to  determine  the  most 
eligible  place  for  a  road  and  the  probable  expense  of  making  the  same. 
(This  road  was  made  and  used  until  L821 ;  then  discontinued,  and  since 
abandoned.  Its  opening  is  again  under  discussion.)  Rev.  Dr  Samuel 
Langdon,  president  id'  Harvard  College,  had  a  giant  of  3,500  acres  from 
Governor  Wentworth,  which  was  confirmed  to  him  by  the  proprietors. 
He  advertised  for  settlers  and  secured  Phipps  and  Robinson  from  Cam- 
bridge. Later  came  ('ox.  To  avoid  military  service,  he  sold  his  property 
and  brought  the  proceeds,  -$2,000  Spanish  milled  dollars,  for  investment 
here.     Phipps  has  but   one  descendant   here,  Mrs  Amanda  Twombly. 

A  petition  to  the  General  Court  in  lT'.'T  was  signed  by  Richard  Walker, 
Stilson  Hutchins,  donas  Wynian,  Jonathan  Ilardey.  Jeremiah  Hutchins, 
Samuel  Hazletine,  Isaac  Robbins,  Samuel  Bradley,  Jr,  Jonathan  Hazletine, 
William  Abbott,  Nathaniel  Hutchins,  Joshua  Hazeltine,  John  Robbins, 
John  Robbin,  Asa  Eastman.  John  Hazletine,  Abiel  Chandler,  Jonathan 
Shirley.    Abraham  Hazeltine,  Isaac  Cox,  Paul   (handler. 

In  1 7 1 » 9  ten  of  the  principal  inhabitants  made  request  of  Asa  Eastman, 
Esq.,  to  call  a  town-meeting,  stating  that  "a  town  meeting  had  not  been   held 

1  The  same  voted  to  Captain  John  Glover,  as  previously  noted. 

-In  this  year  a  petition  states  that  there  were  but  3}$  mile    "'  roads  in  town. 


History  of  Carroll  County. 


town  Lted."     The  meeting  was  called  for  March  4.  and  from 

g  complete.     In  L801  it  was  voted  that  every  man  shall 

ill  gate  to  swing  across  wherever  he  fences  across  the  road. 

:    wind"   did   much  damage   in    December,  1801.     The  house  of  the 

'  Abie!  Chandler  (who  established   the  ('handler  Scientific  School  at 

ts  blown  down,  and  Mrs  Chandler  and  her  little  boy  Abiel  passed 

;  in  the  cellar.     One  hundred  and   ten   dollars  were  raised  in  1810  to 

schoolhouse   in   the   "South   district.  No.  1."     Moses  Fife  was 

to  sell   liquors    and   to    keep    a    tavern  in  1813.     In    1S-J0   the   town 

ng-house,  three  school  districts,  one  sawmill,  three  grainmills,  one 

imill,  and  one  carding-machine. 

In    1802  the  town  voted  $100  to  aid  the   families  of  volunteers,  and  $200 
bounty  to  any  who  should  volunteer.     April  4,  1863,  voted  to  raise  1650   for 
paying  bounty  orders,  and  selectmen  authorized,  "if  absolutely  necessary,"  to 
hire  money  to  pay  soldiers'  bounties.     December  8,  1803,  voted  to  pay  8300 
Ldiers.     June  25,  L864,  voted  $300  to  all  volunteers,  and  dratted 
or  their  substitutes,  and  to  pay  $150  to  men  who  have  paid  $300  as  soon 
can  be  done  Legally.     August  8,  voted  8100  to  one-year  men.  $200  to  two- 
men,  and  $300  to   three-year  men  ;  and  authorized  the  selectmen  to  hire 
furnish  the  quota  of  soldiers.     September  3,  voted  to  pay  $300  to 
t<  e  .  whether  one,  two,  or  three  year  men.     This  was  later  increased 
ach   volunteer.     Chatham    sent   sixty-three   men  to  the   northern 
army  of  the  Civil  War,  almost  one  third  of  its  male  population. 

The  history  of  the  early  days  was  taken  down  by  Itbiel  E.  Clay,  Esq.,  in 
L861,    from    Samuel    Phipps,    Jr,   who   came   with   his   parents  to   the   town  in 
':  — 

The  first  settlement  was  at  South  Chatham,  Nathan  Ames  living  in  a  log  house  with  his 

inily  and  building  saw  and  grist  mills  for  the  benefit  of    Fryeburg.     There   was  then  no 

learer  than   David   Webster's   in   Conway.     The  next  clearing  was  that  of  Thomas 

MeDonough,  Esq i  his  location  jusl   north  of  McDonough's  brook,  on  the  east  and  west 

le  -'t  the  highway,  where  Moses  Leavitt's  now  stands.     Be  cleared  twelve  acres  in  177.;. 

ii  of  1,829  acres  was  made  duly  2,  1772.  by  Governor  John  Wentworth,  to  whom  he 

i-  private  secretary.     MeDonough  was  loyal  to  the  British  government  and  left  his  land  and 

i  ida.     During  the  war  several  settlements  had  been  made  on  his  grant  (among  them 

tine  and  Harriman)  and  his  land  was  confiscated.1    Alter  the  war  MeDonough  was  sent 

consul  for  the   New  England  states,  and  gained   favor  with   the  I'nited  States 

ind  it   was  finally  arranged  that  he  might  again  have  his  grant  by  satisfying  the 

sidenl  thereon.    This  he  did  by  giving  them  the  lots  on  which  they  had  settled.     Be 

a  manager,  a  young  nephew   named    Bagan.     Be   built   one   house  just  north  of 

brook  and  one  northwest  of  where  Samuel  Leavitt  now  lives,     lie  was  smart 

McDonough's  crew  of   Irishmen   with   much  judgment.     He  finally   left  and 

When   MeDonough  last   came  to  Chatham,  he  was  in  a  two-wheeled 

rishman  at  each  wheel  to  steady  it  over  the  logs  and  rocks.     Burgin,  a 

■   bj   New  Hampshire. 


Town   of   Chatham.  981 


British  drummer,  deserted  from  the  British  armj  in  the  Revolution,  married  a  wife  in  the 
north  pari  oi  tlii-  state,  came  to  Chatham  and  commenced  a  farm  <'ii  the  Boutheasl   Bide  "I 

"  old  Sloop,"  where  his  wife  died.    She  was  huried  on  the  Meader  farm.     He  lived  al for 

several  years,  and  was  found  dead  al  his  door.     Mis  body  had  lain  »<>  long  thai   it  was  buried 

in  :i  grave  dug he  spot,  without  coffin  or  shroud.     He  was  a  man  ol  education,  with  hands 

as  delicate  a--  a  girl's.    The  two  flrsl   families  who  became  permanent  Bettlers  were  Increase 

Robinson  '  and  fsaac  <  <>\. '    They  ca in  1776  and  moved  Into  a  log  house  near  Mel  »onough'a 

brook  on  the  road  to  Samuel  Knox.  The  families  did  nol  agree,  and  Robinson  moved  into  a 
log  house,  the  roof  covered  with  birch-bark.  Isaac  Cox  buili  the  flrsl  frame-house  in  1781 
and  also  buill  the  flrsl  mill  excepting  the  A s  mill  al  South  Chatham  .  11  stood  on  Lang- 
don's  brook  "u  the  Robinson  farm,  bul  was  carried  away  in  a  few  years  bj  a  freshet.    Dunlap 

began  to  build  a  mill  on  Langdon  brook  near  the  bridgi the  road  al  South  Chatham  and 

hauled  the  irons  from  South  Berwick,  .Maine  with  an  ox-team,  bul  never  finished  the  mill. 
He  went  ti>  Boston,  was  a  distiller,  and  became  rich.  He  was  also  Irish,  but,  unlike 
BicDonough,  \vli<>  was  a  gentleman,  was  ignoranl  and  vulgar.  My  father  came  from  Woburn, 
bringing  his  family  in  I7s'{.;i  Polly  Robinson  was  the  flrsl  white  child  born  in  Chatham.  She 
married  a  Bell,  and  lived  <>n  the  Ezra  Hanscom  farm.  Elijah  Phipps  was  the  flrsl  "male  child 
of  the  town.  Isaac  Cox  and  Susannah  Walker  were  the  flrsl  couple  married.  They  were 
married  by  Rev.  Mr  Fessenden  on  the  farm  of  l'>.  W.  McKeen.4  Jacob  Danforth  was  the  flrsl 
white  person  i<>  die.  Il<'  <lieil  on  the  easl  side  of  Badger's  orchard,  where  the  foundations  and 
cellar  oi  the  house  can  be  seen.  Ii  is  now  owned  by  Wiley.  The  barn  stood  on  land  now 
owned  l>y  .lames  Clay.  The  highway  then  passed  by  the  Danforth  house  and  intersected 
with  the  other  road  near  the  house  ol  James  Irish  in  Stow.  Tolly  Phipps  was  ih<'  ti t~i  white 
on  buried  here.  Isaac  Cox  was  the  second.  They  were  buried  on  the  hill  on  the  Robinson 
farm. 

Congregational  Church?  —  A  preliminary  meeting  for  the  organization  of  a 
Congregational  church  was  held  September  26,  L861,  at  the  house  of  Jonathan 
F.  Fifield,  in  Stow.  Maine,  which  resulted  in  the  organization  of  the  Chatham 
and  Stow  church,  October  22,  L861,  with  these  eight  members:  Jonathan  F. 
Firield,  Lydia  F.  Fifield,  Cyrus  Binford,  Peter  Hardy,  Samuel  A.  B.  Farring- 
ton,  Sarah  B.  Farrington,  Lucy  Irish,  Sarah  I.  Abbott.  Jonathan  F.  Fifield 
and  Cyrus  Binford  were  the  first  deacons.  Fourteen  additions  were  made  in 
1863  by  profession,  and  one  by  letter.  A  neat  church  with  a  seating  capacity 
of  two  hundred  was  begun  in  1870  and  dedicated  in  May,  L871.  This  was  pro- 
vided with  a  hell,  the  whole  costing  $3,600.  Jonah  Hill,  Jr.  Micah  Abbott, 
James  .Morrison,  were  the  first  trustees.  In  1883  three  elm-trees  were  set  on 
the  east  side  of  the  church  lot;  the  south  one  by  Mrs  Lucinda  Leavitt,  the 
middle  one  by  Ithiel  E.  ('lav,  Esq.,  the  one  in  the  northeast  corner  by  Mrs 
Caroline  E.  Clay.  Rev.  E.  B.  Pike  was  pastor  from  organization  to  1873 
The  pulpit  was  supplied  by  several  for  short  periods  (J.  Henry  Leavitt,  as 
Lay  preacher  Tor  two  years  among  them)  until  March  26,  1878,  when  Rev. 
Isaac  II.  Libbey  was  installed  pastor  and  remained  two  years.  Rev.  Henry 
Farrar,  the  present    pastor,  began    his  labors  July    I.   1882.     A   Sunday-school 

1  On  lots  6  and  7.  2  On  lots  1  and  8.  He  lived  on  lot  10  in  Langdon'8  location. 

Sirs  Cox  was  a  woman  of  energy,  endurance,  and  education.    She  understood  surveying  and  ran  many  of 

tin-  lilies. 

A  Methodist  society  has  existed  Cor  many  years  at  South  Chatham. 


History   of   Carroll   County. 


.ll()1;;  tinected  with    the  church.     David   A.  Leavitt  is 

3  manifested  and  the  school  is  interesting 

-  While  no  higher  school  than  the  district  schools  has  ever  been 

s  of  thirty  and  more  years  ago   these  were  of  a  high  character 

men  well  equipped   for  the  battle  of  life  who  gave 

;  of  themselves.     Not  only  did  the  three  R's  have  a  place  in  the 

study,   but  natural   philosophy   and  algebra  were  taught.     To-day 

are  not   nearly  so  many  scholars,  and  the  curriculum  not  so  advanced, 

work   is  being  done. 

.a  Eastman,  clerk ;  Increase  Robinson,  Nathaniel  Walker,  Amos  Hutchins,  selectmen. 
Icrk;  Nathan  Ames,  Asa  Eastman,  Paul  Chandler,  selectmen. 

[ncrea  e  Robinson,  Asa  Eastman,  Benjamin  Walker,  selectmen, 
tman,  rncn  on,  Nathaniel  Walker,  selectmen. 

astmau,  Increase  Robiuson,  Nathaniel  Walker,  selectmen. 
i      v     e  Robinson,  Asa  Ea  tman,  Ichabod  Canny,  selectmen, 
clerk  :  Benjamin  Walker,  Jeremiah  B.  Walker,  Asa  Eastman,  selectmen. 
ujamin  Walker.  Jeremiah  Walker,  Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  selectmen. 
n  in.  David  Badger,  Jeremiah  B.  Walker,  selectmen. 
,,     ir,clerk;    \  a  Eastman,  Jeremiah  B.  Walker,  Benjamin  Walker,  selectmen. 
I  phipps,  jr.  i  lerfe  .    \  ■     Eastman,  Jeremiah  B.  Walker,  Benjamin  Walker,  selectmen. 
Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  clerk;  David  Page,  Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  Nathaniel  Whitaker,  selectmen.     ■ 
unuel  Phipps,  jr,  clerk;  Benjamin  Walker,  Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  Nathaniel  Whitaker,  selectmen. 

B   u  alker,  clerk;  Benjamin  Walker,  Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  Asa  Eastman,  selectmen. 
\|uil  10,  IS12,  Samuel  Phipps, jr,  clerk;  Benjamin  Walker.  Elijah  Phipps,  Asa  Eastman,  selectmen. 

Phipp  ,  jr,  clerk;  Asa  Eastman,  Benjamin  Walker,  Elijah  Phipps,  selectmen.    David   Badger 
Harden.  Adams,  anil  Chatham, 
uel  Phipps,  jr,  clerk;  Benjamin  Walker,  Elijah  Phipps,  Asa  Eastman,  selectmen. 
?  Ivanus  Davis,  clerk;  -Tame-  Hobbs,  Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  Nathaniel  Whit  tier,  selectmen. 
I8H  >  ivis,  clerk;  .lame-  Hobbs,  Silvanus  Davis,  Nathaniel  Whittier,  selectmen. 

-  imucl  Phipps,  jr,  clerk;  Samuel  Philips,  jr,  -Tames  Eobbs,  Moses  Fife,  selectmen. 

-  unuel  Phipps,  jr,  clerk;  Peter  Walker,  David  Badger,  Asa  Eastman,  selectmen. 

uel  Phipps,  jr,  clerk;  .lames  Hobbs,  Samuel  Philips,  jr,  Luther  Richardson,  selectmen, 
itiel  Phipps,  jr,  clerk ;  Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  James  Hobbs,  Charles  Harriraan,  selectmen. 
1821,  Silvanus  Davis,  clerk;  Jonathan  K.  Eastman,  Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  Peter  Walker,  selectmen. 
Davis,  clerk;  Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  Jonathan  K.  Eastman,  Peter  Walker,  selectmen. 
9amuel  Phipps,  jr,  Luther  Richardson,  James  Hobbs,  selectmen. 
us  Davi  tiarles  Harriman,  Silvanus  Davis.  Peter  Walker,  selectmen.    Luther  Richard 

'  ati\  c. 

Davis,  clerk;  Luther  Richardson,  silvanus  Davis,  dames  Hobb,  selectmen. 
el  Phipps,  jr,  clerk;  Samuel  Phipps,  jr,  Reuben  Wyman,  David  Chandler,  selectmen. 

-  uiiiel  Phipps, jr,  clerk;  Jonathan  K.  Eastman,  Reu  ten  Wyman,  David  Chandler,  selectmen. 

Richardson,  James  Hobbs,  jr,  Joseph  Gordon,  selectmen. 
erk;  Lutber  Richardson,  Silvanus  Davis,  Abraham  Webb,  selectmen, 
anus  Davi-.  [saac  Chandler,  Abraham  Webb,  selectmen. 
el  Phipps,  jr,  clerk;  Luther  Richardson,  Thomas  Haley,  Russell  Charles,  selectmen. 
'hipps,  jr,  clerk:   Luther  Richardson,  Thomas  Haley,  Russell  Charles,  selectmen. 
'hipps,  jr,  clerk:  Thomas  Halej .  Russell  Charles,  Joseph  Gordon,  selectmen. 
iiiel  Phipps,  clerk;  Isaac  chandler,  Samuel  Phipps,  George  Gordon,  selectmen. 

lac  Chandler,  Samuel  Phipps,  George  Gordon,  selectmen.    Chandler  moved 
1  •  1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 .- o i  K.  Eastman  was  chosen. 

1       .  ,  Jonathan  K.  Eastman,  William  W.  Walker,  selectmen. 
.  McDonald,  clerk:  Thomas  Haley,  dona-  Wyman,  Reuben  Wyman,  selectmen;    Reuben 

>.  8.  McDonald,  clerk;  I  .  S.  McDonald,  Russell  Charles,  Jeremiah  Eaton,  selectmen. 
*•  McD  |.  .  g,  McDonald,  Russell  Charles,  .Jeremiah  Eaton,  selectmen. 

M''1'  Samuel  Phipps,  George  Gordon,  Asa  l\  Eastman,  selectmen. 

Id,  clerk;  Asa  P.  Eastman,  Thomas  Haley,  George  Gordon,  selectmen. 


Town  of   Chatham.  983 


1842,  i  .  8.  McDonald,  olerk;  Thomas  Haley,  Jonah  Hill.jr,  Bliss  «  harlos,  selectmen. 

1843,  Samuel  Phipps,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  Bliss (  liarles,  Samuel  Knox,  |r,  selectmen. 

1844,  i'.  8.  McDonald,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  Jeremiah  Baton,  Bll  i  en;  Asa  F  Eastman, 
representative. 

1845,  !•'.  S.  McDonald,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  Jeremiah  Baton,  Bliss  Charles,  selectmen  tman, 
representatii  e. 

1846,  i  .  S.  McDonald,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  |r,  Rice  w  ,  Guptlll,  Bll  I  liarles,  selectmen;  \  a  P.  i  astman, 
representative. 

1-17.  Bice  W.  Guptlll,  clerk;  Jeremiah   Baton,  Jonah   Hill,  jr,   Asa  Chandler,  selectmen;   Bl 
representative. 

1848,  Rice  W.  Guptlll,  clerk;  Humphrey  McKenney,  Plilllp  Hunt,  Asa  Chandlt  B        I  liarles, 

representath  e. 

IS49,  Rice  W.  Guptlll,  clerk;  Russell  Charles,  Jeremiah  Baton,  Ellphalet  W  tmen;  Rice  Am    Guptlll, 

representath  e. 

I860,  R.W.  Guptlll,  clerk;  H phre;    McKenne      tfo        Fife,  Ellphalel  VVeel        electmen;  R.  W.  Guptlll, 

representatli  e. 

1851,  i:.  w  .  Guptlll,  clerk  ;  Jonah  Hill,  Mose  lah  Eaton,   electmen. 

1852,  K.  w  .  Guptlll,  clerk  ;  Jeremiah  Eaton,  Nathaniel  W.  Shirley,  Seth  W\  man,  selectmen. 

1853,  B.   W.  Guptlll,  clerk;  Seth  Wyman,  William   Fife,  Albert    Harrlman,  selectmen;  Jeremiah  i 
representatli  e. 

1854,  R.  W.  Guptlll,  clerk;  William  Fife,  Daniel  Chandler,  2d,  Daniel  B.  Baker,  selectmen;  William  <  . 
Phipps,  representative. 

1855,  R.  W.  Guptlll,  clerk;  Daniel  Chandler, Daniel  r>.  Baker,  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  selectmen ;  William  <  .  Phipps, 
representative. 

1856,  R.W.  Guptlll,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr.  William  C.  Phipps,  Albert  Harrlman,  selectmen;  William  Fife, 
representatli  e. 

1857,  R.  W.  Guptlll,  clerk;  Albert  Harrlman,  Jeremiah  Baton,  Isaac  Charles,  selectmen;  William  Fife, 
representatli  e. 

1858,  R.  w.  Guptlll,  clerk;  Albeit  Harrlman,  Isaac  Charles,  Bdward  Anderson,  selectmen;  Nathaniel 
whitaker,  jr,  representative. 

1859,  William  ('.  Phipps,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  lthiel  B.  Clay,  Jonas  Wyman,  -electmen;  [thlel  E.  <  la-.. 
representative. 

1860,  William  C.  Phipps,  clerk;  Jonah  Mill.  jr.  Jonas  Wyman,  Orison  Watson,  selectmen;  [thlel  B.  Clay, 
representative. 

1861,  William  C.  Phipps,  clerk;1  lthiel  E.  ('lay,  Seth  Wyman,  Charles  Walker,  selectmen;  Moses  Fife, 
repre  sentative. 

1862,  lthiel   E.  (lay,  clerk;    Seth  Wyman,   William   File,   Augustus    v.  Stevens,  -electmen;    Mosi 
representative. 

1863,  lthiel  B.  Clay,  clerk:  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  Augustus  \  .  Stevens,  Bliphalet  McKeen,  selectmen;  Jonah  Hill,  jr, 
representative. 

1864,  lthiel  B.  Clay,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  Eliphalet  McKeen,  James  ii-  Weeks,  -electmen;  Jonah  Hill,  jr, 
representative. 

1865, lthiel  B.  Clay, clerk;  lthiel  E.Clay,  James  H.  Weeks,  Moses  File,  -electmen:  Seth  Wyman,  representa- 
tive. 

lthiel    F.  Clay,  clerk;    lthiel    F.  Clay,   Moses    Fife,    John    IF    Gordon,    selectmen;    Seth   Wyman, 
representative. 

1867,  lthiel  E.  (lay,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  John  H.  Gordon,  Simeon  F.  Knox,  selectmen;  Augustus  V.Stevens, 
representative. 

1868,  Rice  W.  (Jti)  it  ill,  clerk;  William  Fife,  John  S.  Bryant,  jr,  Asa  Chandler,  selectmen. 

i->;'.'.  Rice  W.  Guptill,  clerk;  William  Fife,  John  S.  Bryant,  jr.  Asa  Chandler,  selectmen:  Daniel  Chandler, 
representative. 

l-To,  lthiel  B.  Clay,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr.  Josiah  w.  Walker,  Lorenzo  D.  Harriman,  selectmen:  Cyrus 
Binford,  representatii  e. 

1871,  lthiel E.  Clay,  clerk ;  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  Stephen  P.Mdntire,  Micajah  N.  Fife,  selectmen ;  Cyrus  Binford, 
representative. 

1-7.',  lthiel  E.  Clay,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  Stephen  F.  Mclntire,  selectmen;  Charles  Walker,  representative. 

i-7;i,  lthiel  E.  Clay,  clerk;  SethWyman,  Paul  Chandler,  Samuel  Knox,  -electmen;  Charles  Walker,  repre- 
sentative. 

1-71,  lthiel  F.  (lay,  clerk;  Paul  Chandler,  Ephraim  Bryant,  Dexter  Charles,  selectmen;  Merritt  E.  (lay, 
representative. 

1-7"',    lthiel    E.    Clay,   clerk;    Jonah    Hill,  jr.    ((shorn    Anderson,    Lorenzo    D.    Harriman,    selectmen;     Paul 

Chandler,  representative. 

1876, lthiel  B.  Clay,  clerk;  Jonah  Hill,  jr,  -lame-  M.  Weeks,  Micajah  V  Fife,  -electmen:  Fanl  Chandler, 
representative. 

1  Moved  away,    lthiel  E.Claj  appointed. 


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idler,  Osborn  Anderson,  James  E.  Hutchins,  selectmen;  Josiah  W. 

,,.,„,.,,  landler,  Stephen  Twombly,  Calvin  S.  Osgood,  selectmen;  Josiab  W. 

Paul  Chandler,  Stephen  Twombly,  Calvin  S.  Oag I,  selectmen. 

3    o  good,  Russell  Charles,  William  D.  Jewell,  selectmen;  Ithiel  E. 

rames  M .  Weeks,  Micajah  X.  Fife,  Charles  H.  Binford,  selectmen. 
William  Fife,  Osborn  Anderson,  David  II.  Chandler,  selectmen;  Ithiel  E.  Clay, 

,.     ford,  clerk;  William  Fife,  Edwin  S.  Lang,  Richard  F.  Chandler,  selectmen. 
Edwin  S.  Lang,  Micajah  X.  Fife,  Jacob  C.  Eastman,  selectmen. 
ncer,  clerk;  Dana  Hill,  Charles  II.  Binford,  Charles  S.  Chandler,  selectmen. 

r,  cUrk;   Dana  Hill,  Charles  S.  Chandler,  Seth  Webb,  selectmen;  Horace  Chandler, 

.  clerk;  Dana  Hill,  Charles  S.  Chandler,  Seth  Webb,  selectmen. 
Spencer,  clerk;   Dana   Hill,   >eth    Webb,    Daniel    Chandler,  selectmen;    James    M.  Weeks, 

ive. 
u  llllam  Spencer,  clerk;  Dana  Hill,  William  Spencer,  Daniel  Chandler,  selectmen. 


BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCHES. 


ASA   EASTMAN. 

No    man    has   been    more    identified   with   the    early  history   of  Chatham 

than   A.sa    Eastman.     He    was   its   first   justice   of  the    peace.     He    called    its 

first     town-meeting.     He    did     more    in  the    development    of    its    resources 

than    any  other  man  of  1 1 is  generation,    and    a    mighty    mountain    3,000    feet 

in    height    perpetuates   his    name,    and   stands    an   everlasting   monument  to 

his    memory.     He    was    unquestionably   the    ablest   and   best   educated    man 

whn   in  that  day    made    a    permanent   home    in    the    town,    and    the    impress 

made    by  him    will    not    soon    be    effaced.     He    brought   up  and    educated   a 

family  of  children  that  did  credit  to    their   ancestry  and   the    town    of  their 

birth.     He    was   a    descendant    in    tin-    sixth   generation    of  Roger    Eastman, 

the  emigrant    (Salisbury,  Mass.,  1640),  great-grandson    of  Captain    Ebenezer 

grantee  and    prominent  man    of  Pennacook,    now    Concord,   and 

'    of    Jonathan    ami    Molly    (Chandler)    Eastman,   of    Concord,    where    he 

December   5,    1770.     (He    died   August   16,    1818.)     As    a   young 

he  hunted  and  trapped  around  the    White   Hills,   and  became  charmed 

the    beauty    of  the    valley    of    Cold    river,    and    after   his    marriage    to 

uball,  ,,">    came    here,  in    1796,   to   make    a   home   for   life    where 

the    mountains   cast    an    evening   shadow.     The    journey    from    Concord   was 


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made  on  horseback,  along  rough  and  miry  roads,  and  their  Lodgings  were 
in  the  camps  hastily  prepared  by  the  side  of  streams.  The  little  Log  house 
they  made  their  home  iii  the  foresl  silences  was  n  great  contrast  to  the 
civilization  she  had  Left,  but  in  after  years  she  often  said  that  here  she 
passed  some  of  lh«'  happiest  days  of  her  Life.  Eight  children  came  to 
gladden  the  home:  Jonathan  K.,  Philip,1  Susan,  Man  < '.,  Eliza,  Robert  K., 
Asa   P.,  Esther  J. 

Jonathan  Kimball  Eastman,  oldesl  son  of  Asa  and  Molly  (Kimball) 
Eastman,  was  horn  September  28,  L796.  He  married  Phoebe  \\\,  daughter 
of  Jacob  and  Phoebe  (Collin)  elements,  of  Gorham,  Maine.  She  was  born 
January  24,  1803,  and  died  December  29,  L887.  They  had  six  children: 
Asa,  born  January  7,  L825,  died  September  25,  L855 ;  Jacob  C,  born 
November  13,  1827;  Jonathan,  born  May  12,  L830 ;  Caroline  C.  (Mrs  Iihiel 
E.  Clay),  horn  June  14,  L833  j  Mary  A.  C,  born  December  17.  L835,  died 
June  16,  I860:  Kimball,  horn  March  21,  1839.  Mr  Eastman  possessed 
great  energy  and  the  needed  (qualifications  for  success,  and  accomplished 
much  in  the  short  period  of  his  active  life.  He  died  March  10,  L840.  With 
motherly  devotion,  Mrs  Eastman  cared  for  her  children,  managed  the  farm 
successfully,  gave  them  good  educational  advantages,  lived  to  see  them 
useful  and  valuable  citizens,  and  attained  the  age  of  eighty-five  years. 
The  last  fifteen  years  were  passed  with  her  daughter,  Mrs   Clay. 


ITIIIEL    E.    CLAY. 

Iihiel  Elwell  Clay,  son  of  James  and  Olive  (El well)  Clay,  was  horn  in 
Chatham,  August  26,  1819.  His  grandfather.  Jonathan  Clay,  was  one  of  the 
first  proprietors  of  Buxton,  Maine,  and  a  Freewill  Baptist  minister.  .lames 
Clay  was  born  in  Buxton,  August  6,  1789,  and  came  in  the  cold  season  of 
1816  to  Chatham  to  make  the  first  clearing  for  his  future  home.  He  located 
on  lot  21  in  Langdon's  Location,  a  mile  from  any  clearing,  cutting  the  first 
tree  felled  on  the  lot.  He  soon  rolled  up  a  log  house  and  barn,  and  was  taxed 
that  year  "  on  two  oxen,  one  cow,  one  hundred  and  seventy-seven  acres  of 
wild  land,  and  buildings  valued  at  twelve  dollars  —  $4.11."  He  built  a  frame- 
house  the  next  year,  married  in  Buxton,  January  11,  1818,  Olive  Elwell,2  and 
July  1,  1818,  received  a  deed  of  his  Chatham  home  from  his  hither,  and  hence- 
forth  was   an   element  of  prosperity  to  his   adopted  town.     He   was  a   farmer 

1  Hon.  Philip  Eastman  was  born  in  1799,  and  died  in  1869  at  Saco,  Maim'.    He  was  a  graduate  ol  Bowdoin, 
became  a  prominent  Democrat,  and  a  leader  of  his  partj .    He  possessed  great  dignitj  of  character,  bad  a  fine 
persona]  appearance,  was  a  member  ol  the  State  Historical  Society  of  Maine,  ami  compiled  a  valuable 
ol  the  Brat  twenty-six  volumes  of  the  "Maine  Reports."    He  was  a  trustee  <>r  Bowdoin  College  for  many 

years. 

'Benjamin  Elwell, her  grandfather,  lived  on  Richmond  island  in   Portland  barbor  when  the  Revolution 

began,  and  was  a  soldier  iu  that  war.    Her  eldest  brother,  Ithiel,  was  in  the  War  of  L812- 


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and  lumberman,  labored  haul,  and  developed  wealth.  In  1833  he  moved  to 
the  present  home  of  his  son  [thiel,  built  the  house  and  dwelt  there  until  his 
death,  December  29,1865.  Mrs  Clay  died  September  27,1862.  A  beautiful 
louument  erected  in  1883  marks  their  burial-place.  Their  children  are: 
(thiel  I'..:  John  C,  born  September  4,  1821,  married  Mary  Bonzie,  and  lives 
in   n  ,.v  :   Mehitable   E.  (Mrs  Alfred  Eaton),  born   September  7,1823, 

les  in  Stow;  Mason  II.,  born  March  14,  1826,  married  Maria  Carlton,  lives 
in  Chatham;  Abby  A.  (Mrs  Francis  Smith),  born  October  16,  1828,  resides 
in  Mollis.  Maine  :  Merritt  E.,  born  July  20, 1831,  married  Maria  Abbott,  resides 
in  Stow. 

No  one  in  the  White  Mountain  region  is  better  known  than  Ithiel  E.  Clay. 
In  pushing  local  and  agricultural  improvements,  in  large  lumbering  opera- 
tions, as  a  surveyor  of  merit,  and  as  an  active  worker  in  political  circles,  he 
has  won  extended  acquaintance.  He  has  always  been  a  resident  of  Chatham, 
and  his  ('duration  was  acquired  at  the  district  school,  supplemented  by  attend- 
ant-.•  at  North  Bridgton  Academy  for  trtvo  terms.  From  boyhood  he  was  a 
worker.  He  worked  on  the  farm,  in  the  "woods,"  and  at  school.  His  ablest 
teachers  have  been  observation  and  experience.  He  taught  school  when 
twenty,  and  later  several  winter  terms  in  Chatham,  Bridgton,  Limington,  and 

where.  Three  of  these  winters  he  had  a  crew  of  men  and  teams  engaged 
in  logging  operations  in  Chatham,  and  in  the  spring  scaled  his  logs  and 
personally  settled  the  winter's  business.  He  was  clerk  two  years  in  a  store 
at  Lovell.  and  worked  one  season  in  a  granite  quarry  at  Cape  Ann.  He  was 
always  busy.     As  a  teacher  he  was  popular  and  successful. 

In  L851  he  relinquished  teaching  and  devoted  his  time  to  his  lumbering 
operations,  which  soon  became  extensive,  and  alone  and  with  partners  for 
thirty  years  lie  was  one  of  the  most  important  lumbermen  in  a  wide  area,  and 
amassed  wealth.  He  is  now  owner  of  many  farms  and  large  tracts  of  timber- 
land  in  New  Hampshire  and  Maine.  In  his  business  he  has  often  employed 
over  a  hundred  workmen,  and  has  carried  a  stock  of  merchandise  to  meet  their 
wants  and  those  of  the  community.  He  planned  and  personally  conducted 
all  his  varied  operations,  and  from  a  frail  constitution  in  youth,  by  careful 
training,  strict  temperance  habits,  abstinence  from  tobacco,  and  exercise  in  all 
kindo  of  weather,  he  has  developed  the  strength  and  vigor  of  health.  He  has 
done  much  surveying,  and  none  know  the  lines  or  timber  lands  of  Chatham 
Letter.  He  has  had  heavy  losses.  The  hurricane  of  1883  prostrated  $30,000 
worth  of  his  timber  in  Chatham,  and  by  three  failures  he  lost  130,000  more. 
885  lie  has  partially  relinquished  lumbering,  paying  more  attention  to 
ultivation  of  his  large  and  fertile  "  Winnecunnett 1  Farm."  Originally  a 
made  strongly  anti-slavery  by  his  mother's  teachings,  his  first  vote 
ident  was  for  William   Henry  Harrison,  and  his  last  as  a  Republican 

i  An  Indian  name,  said  to  mean,  "  Beautiful  place  of  pines." 


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for  Benjamin  Harrison.  He  has  been  postmaster  of  Chatham  sixteen  years, 
justice  of  the  peace  over  thirt}  years,  selectman  and  town  clerk  many  pears. 
lie  was  representative  in  1859-60, 1881  84,  and  served  on  important  commit 
tees;  introduced  the  passage  of  several  important  hills,  ami  the  charter  of  the 
North  Conway  and  Kearsarge  railroad.  He  was  pronounced  in  opposition  to 
monopoly,  consolidation  of  corporations,  or  an\  measure  tending  to  infringe 
upon   or  abridge  the   rights  of  the  people.     He  became   known  as  a   man  of 

independent  thought  and  action,  force  of  character,  and  ability  to  maintain  his 
positions,  coupled  with  that  humor  which  interests  and  clinches    facts.      (  When 

the  Colby  bill  was   in  consideration,  Mr  Clay  said,  "Give  me  money  enough 

and  I  will  secure  the  passage  of  a  hill  to  compel  every  man,  woman,  and  child 
in  the  state  to  have  typhoid  fever.")  The  people  believed  in  him.  His  earnest- 
ness and  positive  dealing  with  matters  requiring  rough  treatment  pleased  them, 
and  he  was  mentioned  as  a  candidate  for  governor.  At  this  time  the  People 
(t/></   r<ttri"t<  an  opposition  journal,  contained  this  paragraph:  — 

A  writer  in  TL<  Concord  Tribune  suggests  Ithiel  E.  Clay  for  the  Republican  gubernatorial 
nomination.  It  will  be  a  long  time  before  the  Republican  part}-  will  nominate  any  such  man 
as  Mi'  I  Hay  for  governor.     He  is  too  good  a  man  in  the  first  place  —  too  thoroughly  a  man  of 

the  people.  In  the  next  place,  be  does  not  want  the  nomination  enough  to  pay  down  "spot 
cash  "'  $25,000  or  more. 

Mr  Clay  was  general  recruiting  officer  in  the  Civil  War,  and  strenuously 
sustained  the  government  with  his  influence,  time,  and  money.  In  1881  he  was 
appointed  a  member  of  the  "Forestry  Commission"  of  the  state.  He  takes 
an  active  interest  in  the  progress  of  events,  and  is  conversant  with  the 
industrial,  reform,  and  political  matters  of  the  da}-.  In  public  life  he  is 
marked  for  his  fearless  advocacy  of  principles,  tenacious  adherence  to  what  he 
deems  right,  and  unvarying  honesty  and  integrity.  In  husiness  he  is  keen, 
sagacious,  and  farsceing,  generally  accomplishing  his  object;  hut  his  kindness  in 
aiding  others  has  frequently  been  used  to  his  disadvantage,  as  he  has  been  too 
ready  to  accept  a  stranger's  estimate  of  himself.  He  has  taken  great  interest 
in  the  history  of  Chatham,  and  preserved  much  of  value  that  otherwise  would 
have  been  lost.  In  social  life  he  is  a  strong  friend,  an  obliging  neighbor,  a 
genial  and  hospitable  host,  and  an  active,  public-spirited,  and  generous  citizen. 
Mi  (lay  married,  October  26,  1862,  Caroline  C,  daughter  of  Jonathan  K.  and 
Phoebe  (Clements)  Eastman,  a  lady  of  intelligence,  energy,  and  executive 
ability,  who  is  at  home  in  all  departments  of  her  husband's  business.  She  is 
much  interested  in  the  Congregational  church,  of  which  she  is  a  member,  and 
the  erection  of  its  house  of  worship  is  due  in  a  great  measure  to  herself  and 
husband. 


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