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Submitted by: Glenn Campbell grc1@charter.net Date: January 26, 2002 **************************************************************************** From a book called "Life and Times in Hopkinton, N. H. in three parts" by C. C. Lord published 1890 LIFE AND TIMES IN HOPKINTON, N.H. Section III Barnard to Brockway ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Barnard, the son of Nathaniel Barnard and Ruth French, was born in Amesbury, Mass., January 12, 1737. He was a ship carpenter and farmer. In earlier life, he came to Hopkinton and located where his grandson, Joseph Barnard, now lives. He was an enterprising citizen, and opened the portion of highway between Hopkinton and Webster that runs through the Barnard farm. He also owned a saw-mill on Dolloff's brook. He was noted for being one of only two slave owners in Hopkinton, purchasing Seeko, in 1777, from Ruth Currier, of Kingston, and bringing him to this town, about one year after Mr. Barnard himself had located here. The subject of this sketch was twice married. His first wife was Rhoda Currier, of Amesbury, and his second, Olive (Blake) Hale, widow of Capt. John Hale, of Revolutionary memory, whom he married April 7, 1794. Mrs. Hale was of Hopkinton. Mr. Barnard had three children,--Rhoda, born in Amesbury; Joseph, born in Hopkinton, May 6. 1795; Sarah, born April 12, 1798. Joseph Barnard died November, 1815. Olive (Blake) Hale Barnard died January, 1820. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Barnard, the son of Joseph Barnard and Olive (Blake) Hale, was born in Hopkinton, May 6, 1795, and always resided in this town, following the vocation of a farmer. He became noted for his enterprise in the cultivation of improved cattle and sheep, and was an extensive owner of real estate. He lived on the farm where his father settled. In local affairs he was officially prominent. He was an ensign of militia in his earlier manhood. In 1837 and 1838, he was a selectman of the town; in 1839 and 1840, a representative to the General Court. In the chapter on agriculture in Part I of this work can be found the evidences of Mr. Barnard's success as a raiser of wool. In 1816, in June, Joseph Barnard married Miriam Jackman Eastman, daughter of William Eastman and Phoebe Elliot, of Concord. They had five children, --Joseph, born November 11, 1817, Sallie Ann, born April 3, 1819; Mary Jane, born August 29, 1821; William Eastman, born May 27, 1825; Rhoda Currier, born February 19, 1827. Mr. Barnard died March 15, 1870; his wife, September 17, 1869. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Barnard, the son of Joseph Barnard and Miriam Jackman Eastman, was born in Hopkinton, November 11, 1817. With the exception of one year, 1843, in Lowell, Mass., he has always lived in Hopkinton, following the occupation of a lumberman and farmer. For many years he resided in Contoocook, where he was for a time associated in business with Abram Brown and John Burnham. Since the death of his father, he has resided on the old Barnard homestead, which he has much improved. As a farmer, he has developed much enterprise. He now keeps a strain of Guernsey cattle that has been bred on the same spot more than forty years. While in Lowell, he learned the trade of a stone-cutter. In 1838, Mr. Barnard was quartermaster-sergeant of the 40th Regiment N.H.; from 1839 to 1841, he was quartermaster; in 1840 and 1841, he was in a store in Contoocook; in 1843, in Lowell; from 1843 to 1876, engaged in Lumbering; in 1849, building agent of the Contoocook Valley Railroad, from Contoocook to Hillsborough; during the war of 1861, enrolling officer of the 20th district of New Hampshire; in 1870 and 1871, representative to the General Court; in 1882, appointed commissioner of forestry of Merrimack county; in 1889, member of the state constitutional convention. In 1849, October 26, Mr. Barnard married Maria Gerrish, daughter of Abiel Gerrish and Eliza Dodge, of Boscawen. Nine children have been the result of this marriage. Their names are,--Ellen M., Joseph H., Abiel G., Joseph, Mary E., Joseph H., George E., Rhoda F., Charles l. Five of these children are now living. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Barton, the son of Charles Barton and Margaret Marston, was born in Pittsburg, March 1, 1814. In the course of his life, he has resided in Jefferson, N.J. and Weare. He spent a year at sea. He is a farmer. In 1833, April 4, he married Phoebe Straw, daughter of Joseph Straw and Elizabeth Gardner, of Hopkinton. They have one son, Charles O. Charles Barton is conspicuous in being one of our older residents. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- George Clarke Blaisdell, was born in Goffstown, November 23, 1846, being a son of Stephen Blaisdell and Amanda Marshall. After attending the high school in his native town, he fitted for college under the tuition of J. W. Ray, principal of the Manchester high school. Determined to follow the profession of medicine, he entered the office of Dr. A. F. Carr, of Goffstown, in 1860; later, the same year, he entered the office of Drs. Buck & Howe, Manchester. In the spring of 1865, young Blaisdell attended his first course of lectures at Bowdoin Medical College, Brunswick, Me. The next November, he entered the Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass., graduating in March, 1867. In May, 1867, Dr. Blaisdell came to Contoocook, where he has since resided. On the 14th of May, 1868 he married Lenora Arvilla Curtice, daughter of Samuel Curtice and Lenora Sweat, of Contoocook. Dr. Blaisdell has long been prominently connected with the Contoocook Library Association, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is surgeon of the first regiment of Patriarchs Militant. In his chosen profession, he makes a specialty of surgery. In 1870 and 1871, he was a member of the super-intending school-committee of Hopkinton. The subject of this sketch is of Scotch descent, and traces his ancestral line back to Ralph Blaisdell, who, with his son Henry, came to this country in 1690. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Blanchard, the son of Aaron Blanchard and Tabitha Floyd, was born in Medford, Mass., July 1, 1763. He was a hatter, He came to Hopkinton about 1790, and remained till his death. He was grand lecturer in Masonry of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire from 1809 to 1823. He married Elizabeth Estabrooks, daughter of Nehemiah Estabrooks and Elizabeth Windship. They had children,--Elizabeth, born January 26, 1789; Cair, born April 15, 1790; Stephen, born December 16, 1792; David, born February 14, 1795; Lucy, born December 2, 1797; Ellen, born April 14, 1800; Hiram, born November, 14, 1802. Mr. Blanchard died March 16, 1829; his wife, April 5, 1819. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hiram Blanchard, the son of Stephen Blanchard and Elizabeth Estabrooks, was born in Hopkinton, November 14, 1802. Like his father, he was a hatter, who made hats in Hopkinton village. He always resided in Hopkinton. In 1838, April 11, he married Mary Currier, daughter of Dr. John Currier and Lucy Story, of Hopkinton. They had children,--Darwin C., George F., Henry H., Mary Elizabeth, Harriet E. Mr. Blanchard died July 14, 1871; his wife, March 30, 1861. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Darwin Currier Blanchard, the son of Hiram Blanchard and Mary Currier, was born in Hopkinton, February 12, 1839. He was educated in Hopkinton academy, and was for years a successful teacher of schools. He was at one time a clerk in the village store. He continued to reside in Hopkinton till1865, when he went to New York City, where he became a collector of internal revenue for the 2d district of New York. His health failing in the city, he spent some time in the West, and at length located in Brattleborough, Vt., where he became associated in the management of The Household. Mr. Blanchard was one of the originators of the Philomathic Club, organized in Hopkinton in 1850, and has always been an active member of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society. He is of the eigth descent from Thomas Blanchard, who came to this country form London in the ship Jonathan, in 1639, and who died in Charlestown (now Malden), Mass., in 1654. In 1869, January 12, Mr. Blanchard married Laura Maria Dexter, daughter of Silas Dexter and Maria Taylor, of Troy, N.Y. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- George F. Blanchard, the son of Hiram Blanchard and Mary Currier, was born in Hopkinton, April 2, 1841. He was educated at Hopkinton and New London academies. He served in the 14th Regiment N. H. Vols. during the late war, walking from New London to Concord to enlist. He was mustered in September 24, 1862, as a sergeant of Company H. he was commissioned second lieutenant of Company C, September 22, 1863; promoted to first Lieutenant, February 19, 1864; commissioned captain of company A, November 22, 1864; mustered out July 8, 1865. In the summer of 1864, he was acting adjutant of the regiment. From January, 1865, till discharged from the service, he was acting assistant adjutant-general of the 1st Brigade, 2d division, of the 19th Army Corps. He was detailed in charge of the guard of his regiment to have custody of 119 rebel officers captured at Gettysburg, and conducted to Johnson's Island. Since the war he has resided in Chicago, Ill., seven months; in Nebraska from 1866 to 1880; in Dakota from 1880 to 1885; in Nebraska again from 1885 to the present time. He was commissioner of Dodge County, Neb., from 1869 to 1872; state senator and president of the senate, from 1877 to 1879. He was an Indian trader from 1878 to 1885. He was for a time clerk of the city council of Fremont, Neb., and warden of the St. James church. In 1868, January 23, Captain Blanchard married Maria L. Holbrook, daughter of Theodore Holbrook and Rachel Smith, of Chicago, Ill. They have children, --Mary C., Julia E., Belle C., Mollie L. (twins), Charles P., Fay H. At the present time, Captain Blanchard has a flattering prospect of becoming Register of the United States Land office at Sidney, Neb., the entire delegation of his state in congress supporting him for that position. He will doubtless receive appointment at an early date. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calvin Boutwell, distinguished for being a nonagenarian, was born in Amherst, August 10, 1797, being a son of Joseph Boutwell and Abigail Farmer. He is a blacksmith by trade. He came to Hopkinton when 17 years old, and excepting ten years, has lived in Contoocook ever since. He is a pensioner of the war of 1861, in consequence of the death of his youngest son, E. Weston Boutwell. Mr. Boutwell married Charlotte Fisk, daughter of Ephraim Fisk and Abigail Sawyer, of Concord, by whom he had the following children; John, Horace L., William, Charlotte, mary, E. Weston. Mrs. Boutwell died in December, 1866. In 1874, Mr. Boutwell married Mrs. Sarah (Butterfield) Davis, of Boston, Mass., who died several years ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Horace L. Boutwell, the son of Calvin Boutwell and Charlotte Fisk, was born in Amherst, January 24, 1822. In the course of his life has resided in Hopkinton, Lowell, Mass., Hillsborough, Mont Vernon, and Stoneham, Mass. He was one of the first locomotive engineers on the Contoocook Valley Railroad, built in 1849, and extending form Contoocook to Hillsborough Bridge. Mr. Boutwell resided at Hillsborough from 1849 to 1856, being nearly or all of the time a railroad engineer. In 1848, June 6, he married Martha A. Trow, daughter of Jesse Trow and Nancy Cochran, of Mont Vernon. They have had children,--M. Ella, Frank T., George P., Fred, Harry. Mr. Boutwell now resides at Amherst. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eli Allen Boutwell, the son of Samuel P. Boutwell and Lydia Allen, was born in Barre, Vt., February 25, 1833. He resided in Vermont till 1852, when he came to Hooksett. In 1853 he came to Hopkinton; in 1856, went to Illinois; in 1862, went into the Union army; in 1865, returned to Hopkinton, where he has resided since, following the occupation of a farmer and lumberman. During the war of 1861, Mr. Boutwell served three years in the 106th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, entering the service as a private and leaving it as a sergeant. For a while during the war, he attended a military school at Philadelphia, Pa. He was collector of taxes in Hopkinton in 1874 and 1875, appraiser of real estate in 1875, selectman from 1876 to 1878, and representative in 1879. He was chosen a supervisor of the check- list in 1882, 1884, 1886 and 1888. In 1855, march 7, Mr. Boutwell married Harriet Walker Weeks, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Weeks and Hannah Cogswell Smith, of Hopkinton. Five children have resulted from this union. Their names are Rosella, Harvey Lincoln, Henry Beecher Allen, Arthur Jefferson Ella. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel G. Bradbury, the son of Winthrop Bradbury and Hannah Goodwin, was born in Hopkinton, June 17, 1818. In the course of his life he has resided 14 years in Concord. The rest of his life has been in Hopkinton. During the late war he served in Company H, 14th Regiment N.H. Vols., being mustered in September 24, 1862, and discharged for disability at Portsmouth Grove, R.I., October 12, 1863. In 1845, April 1, Samuel G. Bradbury married Martha Mallard, of Alton. She was the daughter of William Mallard and Miriam Briar. They have children,--Clara, Charles H., Abbie, Emma. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John G. Brockway, son of John Brockway and Mary Eaton, was born in Wilmot, June 9, 1834. He resided in Wilmot till 1836, when his family removed to Sutton, remaining till 1860, when they moved to Hopkinton, locating on the spot now occupied by John G. in the Jewett Road district. Mr. Brockway is a farmer. In 1881 and 1882, he was a selectman; in 1887, a representative to the General Court. In 1856, January 25, Mr. Brockway married Amanda M. Carroll, daughter of John P. Carroll and Rachel Powers, of Cornish. They have two children, --Fred J. and Etta B. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred J. Brockway, son of John G. Brockway and Amanda M. Carroll, was born in Sutton, February 24, 1860. When an infant he came with his father to Hopkinton, where he showed in early years a precocious tendency to scholarship. Giving special attention to study, he graduated at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary at Tilton, in 1877; at Yale college in 1882; taught two years at Stamford, Ct; graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city in 1887; practiced in the surgical department of Roosevelt hospital two years; is now assistant surgeon at John Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, Md. During his preparatory professional career, he was under the private instruction of the late Dr. Sands, of New York city, for the period of four years.