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Submitted by: Glenn Campbell grc1@charter.net Date: January 30, 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 V Call to Chandler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Royal Call, a former physician of Hopkinton, is said to have been a native of Boscawen (now Webster). He came to this town about 1822, and remained till about 1834, when he went to Lowell, Mass. He married Mary Putney, daughter of Samuel Putney, of Hopkinton. They had one daughter. Dr. Call lost a leg in early life, but learned, with the aid of a crutch, to mount a horse in an instant, as it were. He resided on the road from Contoocook to West Hopkinton. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonah Campbell, a noted martial musician, was born in Henniker, March 20, 1796, being a son of Phineas Campbell. His mother’s maiden name was Bowman. The subject of this sketch live in Henniker till 1840, in New London till 1848, and ever afterwards in Hopkinton, at a place called Campbell’s Corner, near West Hopkinton. Mr. Campbell was a farmer, but in the days of the old militia system, became a famous drummer. He was drum-major of his regiment. His pleasure and pride in his drum induced frequent practice till old age. In company with George Choat, a famous fifer, he performed at public festivals almost to the end of his life. He died May 6, 1880. Mr. Campbell was twice married. His first wife was Candace, daughter of Alexander Campbell, of Henniker. She died August 1828. His second was Elizabeth (Jones) Philbrick, daughter of Ezra Jones, of New London. By his first wife, Mr. Campbell had a son, Harvey, who lived to maturity; by his second, another, Francis J. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harvey Campbell, the son of Jonah and Candice Campbell, was born in Henniker, January 24, 1826. He attended the Henniker high school, and became a woollen manufacturer. He lived in Henniker till 1840, in New London till 1844, in Hopkinton till 1874, living since in Concord, being now a resident of Penacook. From 1858 to1873, he managed a woollen carding-mill in Contoocook, being burned out in the latter year. Mr. Campbell was the town-clerk of Hopkinton in 1865 and 1866, register of deeds of Merrimack county from 1871 to 1873, and deputy secretary of state in 1874. Mr. Campbell married Adeline Dow, adopted daughter of Ebenezer Wyman, of Hopkinton, and daughter of Moses Dow, on the 26th of May, 1851. They have had three children,--Edwin Harvey, Charles Channing, Alma Edla Candace. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Carlton, a former Baptist clergyman of Hopkinton, was a native of Blue Hill, Me., and was educated at Waterville, Me. He was ordained pastor of the church in Hopkinton, June 27, 1822; resigned September 14, 1832. During his pastorate, the Calvinistic element of the church rallied around him, and a schism resulted in the organization of the Freewill Baptist church at Contoocook, the Calvinists locating at Hopkinton village, the original church having been at the foot of the southern slope of Putney’s hill. Leaving Hopkinton, the Rev. Mr. Carlton settled in Salem, Mass., where he died in1865, in advanced age. While in Hopkinton he took a prominent interest in the temperance cause, and was active in promoting education. In 1827, he was one of the first trustees of Hopkinton academy. The same year he was a member of the town superintending school-committee. He also enjuoyed military distinction, being chaplin of the 40th regiment, receiving his appointment in 1825. While in Salem, Mass., he was a seaman’s minister and a city missionary. Rev. Michael Carlton was twice married. His first wife was Deborah Hunt, of Salem, Mass., by whom he had three children,--Deborah, Charles, Mary. His second wife was Hannah Perkins, also of Salem, and by whom he had four children,--Francis, Priscilla, Lizzie, Francis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank H. Carr, the son of Thomas W. Carr and Caroline C. Connor, was born in Hopkinton, February 8, 1841. From 1859 to 1871, he lived in Henniker; the rest of his life he has resided in Hopkinton. He is a mechanic and the proprietor of the lumber mills at West Hopkinton. He served in the 2d Regiment of U.S. Sharpshooters during the late war. He was mustered in December 12, 1861; reenlisted December 21, 1863; promoted to sergeant November 1, 1864; transferred to 5th N.H. Vols., January 30, 1865; commissioned second lieutenant of Company A, May 1, 1865; mustered out, June 28, 1865. In 1868, October 31, Frank H. Carr married Mary A. Chandler, daughter of William Chandler and Anna H. Straw, of Henniker. They have children, --Anna C., William T., Lucy Clara, John Frank. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Caverno, a once distinguished clergyman of Contoocook, was born in that part of Barrington now called Strafford, April 6, 1801, being a son of Jeremiah Caverno and Margaret Brewster. Until 18 years of age, Arthur attended only the common school, and then he was sent six months to Gilmanton academy, under the tuition of Prof. A. Mack. Subsequently, he taught school a number of years. In 1821, he studied practical surveying with David Clarke, of Northwood. In the summer of 1822, he attended school at South Newmarket, Prof. M. White being preceptor. In 1818, having made public profession of religion, the subject of this sketch was baptized by the Rev. Enoch Place, of Rochester, on the 11th of November, his mother being baptized at the same time. He began preaching in 1820; was licensed by the New Durham Quarterly Meeting, convened at Deerfield, August 23, 1822; was ordained in an oak grove at his old homestead, June 17, 1823, the ordaining council being Revs. Samuel B. Dyer, Moses Bean, David Harriman, Enoch Place, and William Buzzell. In 1824, he organized a church in Epsom, where he remained three years. In 1828, he came to Contoocook as stated pastor of the Union or Freewill Baptist church, remaining till 1833, during which residence he not only identified himself successfully with the cause of religion, but also was specially active in the great temperance reform that occurred during this period. An address on the subject of temperance, which he delivered to the church, was published and had an extensive circulation. Leaving Contoocook, he settled in Great Falls, where he remained till 1836. preaching, lecturing on temperance, and writing editorially for the Morning Star. During this period, he was chosen a member of the examining board of Parsonfield (Me.) Seminary, assisted in the organization of the Freewill Baptist Home and Foreign Mission societies, and published a sermon on capital punishment, taking positive grounds against it. His health failing, he resigned his ministerial charge and accepted an agency for the Strafford academy, in which he served two years, lecturing on education at the same time. Later, he filled pastorates in Providence, R.I., Charlestown, Mass., and one or two other places. The last years of his life were spent in Dover, where he died July 15, 1876. In 1823, December 23, Rev. Arthur Caverno married Olive H. Foss, who died January 12, 1832. In 1855, February 7, Rev. Mr. Caverno married Mrs. Isabel J. Soule, of Bath, Me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaac Chandler, one of the Masonian grantees of Hopkinton, is said to have come to this town from Ipswich, Mass. In the record of rights held under the Masonian grant, Isaac Chandler and Isaac Chandler, Jr., held one right each. Isaac Chandler was one of the first selectmen chosen after the incorporation of the town in 1765. The name of Isaac Chandler appears in the annual list of Hopkinton’s selectmen eight times from 1765 to 1783, not to mention Sergeant Chandler, Lieutenant Chandler, and Major Chandler, who all appear in the selectmen’s list within the time mentioned, and may have all been the same individual. The abundance of shady elms now adorning Hopkinton village, are said to be largely the result of the early forethought of Isaac Chandler and Isaac Chandler, Jr. The name of Isaac appears in the colonial records of New Hampshire during the French war. Isaac Chandler, Sr., is said to have died before the Revolution. Isaac Chandler, Jr., died December 3, 1809, aged 82; Meril, his wife, June 3, 1805. Isaac Chandler, Jr., is identified as a major by his gravestone in the old cemetery in Hopkinton village. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- William S. Chandler, the son of Moses Chandler and Nellie Stinson, was born in Hopkinton, August 29, 1810. With the exception of one year in Boston, Mass., he resided in Hopkinton till 1838. While in Hopkinton, he was for a time in mercantile pursuits, and was for two years a first lieutenant in the light infantry. On leaving Hopkinton, he was about two years clerk for A. T. Stewart of New York city. Subsequently, he was nearly three years teller and assistant cashier of a bank in Montreal, Canada. Two years afterwards, he was in mercantile business at Lowell, Mass. In 1844, he went to New Orleans, La., where he began the study of dental surgery with Dr. F. H. Knapp. From 1845 to 1853, he was in Natchez and Port Gibson, Miss., and then he returned to New Orleans, where he resided till his death, July 18, 1884. In 1849, he graduated from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery. Dr. Chandler was one of the incorporators of the New Orleans Dental Association in 1865, and for eight years its president. He was one of the signers of the charter of the New Orleans Dental College in 1867, and was a professor and clinical instructor in the same institution for five years. He was then emeritus professor of operative dental surgery. He was one of the incorporators of the Louisiana State Dental Society in 1880; one of the signers of the constitution of the New Orleans Odontological Society in 1881, and eventually president of the same; one of the incorporators of the Southern Art Union in 1881, and eventually one of its executive committee. In 1865, November 16, Dr. Chandler married Alice Amelia Ruloff, daughter of George Ruloff and Maria Tibbets, of New Orleans. She died April 28, 1866. In 1870, April 2, Dr. Chandler married Julia Gertrude Knapp, daughter of Prof. Moses L. Knapp and Mary Jane Long, of New Orleans, by whom he had one son, Robert A. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaac H. Chandler, the son of Isaac Chandler and Lucy Withington, was born in Boston, Mass., October 13, 1820. He attended school in Boston and Andover, Mass. He resided in Boston till 1828, in Hopkinton till 1876, and in Concord since. Mr. Chandler was many years a passenger conductor on the Concord Railroad, and mail agent in 1861 and 1862. Mr. Chandler married Caroline E. Shaw, of Boston, Mass., and daughter of Earl Shaw and Mary Thomas. They have had six children,--Caroline Maria, Henry E., George Russel, who died in infancy and was succeeded by another son of the same name, Frank W., and Isaac S.