History of Salisbury part 4 :Merrimack County, New Hampshire

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The following history is from "The History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties,
New Hampshire". Edited by D. Hamilton Hurd and Published in 1885.


BY JOHN J. DEARBORN, M.D., TOWN HISTORIAN.

The following list contains the names and short notices of gentlemen who
have practiced their profession in the town.

LAWYERS.
Hon. Thomas W. Thompson commenced practice in Salisbury in 1790, continuing
till 1810.

Parker Noyes, Esq., admitted to the bar in 1801, and, with the exception of
two years, continued in practice until his death, in 1852.

Hon. Moses Eastman, A.M. (see biography).

Thomas H. Pettengill, Esq., practiced at the Centre village from 1822 until
his death.

Hon. Richard Fletcher, A.M., LL.D., continued in practice from the time he
was admitted to the bar till 1819.

Samuel I. Wells, Esq., admitted to the bar in 1819, began practice in
Salisbury, continuing until 1836.

Hon. Geo. W. Nesmith, LL.D., read law with Parker Noyes, Esq.; admitted to
the bar in August, 1825, continuing in town till Franklin was formed, when
he became a resident there.

PHYSICIANS.---
Dr. Joseph Bartlett, the first physician in Salisbury, was born at Amesbury,
Mass., January 14,1751; read medicine with his uncle, Governor Josiah
Bartlett; removed to Salisbury about 1772, continuing until his death,
September 20,1800.

Dr. Joseph Bartlett, born in Salisbury, 1775, read medicine with and
succeeded his father in practice. He died 1814.

Dr. Peter Bartlett, brother to Dr. Joseph, Jr., attended lectures at
Dartmouth Medical School; received his degree in 1829; began practice in
Salisbury as early as 1818; continued until 1836; removed to Peoria, Ill.;
died 1868.

Dr. Jonathan Kittredge, of Canterbury, began practice in Salisbury about
1810, continuing until his death, 1819.

Dr. Job Wilson, of Gilmanton, located at Salisbury previous to 1814,
remaining till 1834, when he removed to Franklin.

Dr. Thomas W.Wilson, born in Salisbury, 1806; attended lectures at
Dartmouth, continuing in practice at Salisbury until his death, in 1861.

Dr. Moses Hill, of Warner, began practice in Salisbury in 1836, remaining 
one year.

Dr. Benjamin E. Woodman, of Salem, N. H., removed to Salisbury in 1836,
remaining one year.

Dr. Jesse Merrill, F.M., M.S., of Peacham, Vt., began practice in that part
of Salisbury now Franklin about 1819, remaining quite a period.

Dr. John Proctor was in town and practicing his profession in 1820.

Dr. John Baker, born in Salisbury, 1792; began practice previous to 1841,
continuing until 1851.

Dr. Calvin Bachelder was here a short time about 1842.

Dr. Abraham H. Robinson, born in Concord, graduated at Yale College;
removed to Salisbury early in 1839; removed to Concord in 1859.

Dr. Charles B. Willis, 1859-63.

Dr. Charles H. Towle came to Salisbury in 1865, remaining until December,
1868; removed to Deerfield, and there continues.

Dr. Warren W. Sleeper, of New Hampton, 1853 till 1875; continues at Franklin
Falls.

Dr. Edward B. Buxton, born in Dunbarton,---1875-'78.

Dr. George P. Titcomb, of Boscawen, removed to Salisbury in 1868, where he
still continues.

Dr. John J. Dearborn, of Concord, removed to Salisbury in the spring of
1878, continuing till December, 1884, when he removed to Tilton.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.---
The following sketches are of natives of the town, unless the place of birth
is given different. (See also Physicians.)

Joseph Bean, son of the grantee Joseph, born at Kingston; commissioned
justice by the crown previous to his removal here. He was the wealthiest
and most important man in the early settlement, the first town treasurer,
and held all the town offices at different periods. He died June 1, 1804;
married Betsey Fifield. She died June 25,1812.

Nathaniel Bean, grandson of Joseph, born in Salisbury, March 5, 1796; always
remained in town, taking a prominent interest in its affairs. He was the
oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1876, and was a man of
wealth and sociability. He died January 18,1877, leaving a widow.

Sinclair Bean, a native of Brentwood, removed to the west part of Salisbury
in 1766, and, with the exception of the Maloons, was the first settler at
that part of the town. He was the town's first clerk, holding the office
four years, and was an elder in the church. He died February 21,1798;
married, July 18, 1739, Shuah Fifield.

Rev. James Morey Bean, born in Salisbury, November 18,1833; great-grandson
of Sinclair; attended the New Hampshire Conference Seminary and the
Theological Seminary now located at Boston; began preaching in 1862, and
since continued; married Mary Trussell.

Rev. John Wesley Bean, born in Salisbury, June 17,1836; brother to the
former; attended the Methodist Biblical Institute; was made elder in 1875,
continuing in the ministry. Both are meeting with good success in their
calling; married (second) Sarah B Saunders, of Grafton.

Rev. Julius Caesar Blodgett, born in Salisbury March 6,1806; completed his
education at the Salisbury Academy; ordained a minister of the Christian
denomination at Sanbornton, in January, 1830. In 1845 he became editor of
the Christian Herald, then published at Exeter. He spoke with great force
and energy, and was a very efficient revivalist. His native labors covered
a period of forty-three years. He died at Kensington, March 26,1878.
Married, September 3,1837, Abigail C. Shaw, youngest daughter of Rev.
Elijah Shaw.

Joseph Bartlett, M.D. (see Physicians), born at Amesbury, Mass., January 14,
1751; married, December 16,1773, Hannah Colcord, of Kingston. He was the
first of the family that settled here and his descendants have been among
the most prominent men of the State. He died September 20, 1800; she died
August 29,1839.

Joseph Bartlett, M.D. (2d), read medicine with his father, whom he succeeded
in practice, and died November 6,1806, aged thirty-one years.

Hon. Ichabod Bartlett, A.M., son of Dr. Joseph (1st), born in Salisbury
January 24,1786.

Peter Bartlett, M.D., son of Dr. Joseph (1st), born October 18,1788 (see
Physicians). A writer says : " He was a physician of large practice, a man
of bright and genial spirit and one of the most active members of the
community and of the religious society in Salisbury. His removal to the West
was with the greatest regret of his townsmen, by whom he was held in the
highest esteem." He died at Peoria, Ill., 1838; married, August 1,1816, Ann
Pettingill; she died October 1,1837.

Hon. James Bartlett, A.M., son of Dr. Joseph (1st), born August 14,1792;
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1812; began to study law with Moses
Eastman at Salisbury and completed with his brother Ichabod at Portsmouth;
began practice at Durham; removed to Dover, where he died in 1837. He
represented Dover in the General Court a number of years and was State
Senator. From 1819 to 1836 he was register of Probate for Strafford County.
He was regarded as a sound and able lawyer, characterized more by strength
and clearness than brilliancy. Twice married.

Daniel Bartlett, born Aug. 25,1795, established himself in trade at Grafton, 
representing the town in the Legislature at the time when these four
brothers were members, viz.: Samuel C., from Salisbury, James from Durham,
Ichabod from Portsmouth and Daniel from Grafton. He removed to Boston, where
he died, unmarried, August, 1877.

Samuel C. Bartlett, son of Dr. Joseph (1st), born in Salisbury January 16
1780. In 1805 he opened a store at Centre Road (Salisbury), which he kept
for a long period, and by frugality, industry and enterprise acquired a 
large property. Esquire Bartlett was liberal-minded, public-spirited and 
generous, and in his business and social relations universally respected. He
frequently represented the town in her business affairs, and did a large
justice business. He retained his bright mental faculties to the time of his
death, March 31,1867, aged eighty-seven years ; married, July 31, 1810,
Eleanor Pettengill, who died March 7, 1861.

Rev. Joseph Bartlett, A.M., son of Samuel C., born January 5, 1816;
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1835; taught at Phillips Academy, Andover,
Mass., 1837-38; tutor at Dartmouth College, 1838-41; and graduated at
Andover Theological Seminary in 1843, and ordained at Buxton, Me., October
7, 1847 ; died ---.

Samuel C. Bartlett, A.M., D.D. LL.D.

James R. Cushing, born in Salisbury November 24, 1800, completed his
ministerial studies at the Bangor {Me.) Theological Seminary in 1825;
immediately licensed to preach and labored as city missionary at Boston;
pastor at Boxboro', Taunton, East Haverhill, Mass., and after fifty years
spent in the ministry died at Haverhill, April, 1880; married, first, Hannah
Lawrence, by whom he had four children; married, second, Charity M. Daniels;
she died 1879.

Elder John Couch, born August 4, 1814, received his schooling at the old
Noyes School, under Benjamin Tyler. In 1842, Mr. Couch felt himself called
to preach the gospel as an Adventist and has since labored with great
success. In 1870 he was chosen senior editor of the Bible Banner, published
in New York. In 1873 he was elected editor of the World's Crisis, an
eight-page weekly paper published at Boston; married, first, 1855, Almeda
Greeley; she died May 17,1870; married, second, Maria G. Pickering.

Hiram Morrill Couch, M.D., born February 16, 1818 ; educated at the
Salisbury Academy and Warwick (Vt.) University; read medicine with Dr. A. H.
Robinson, at Salisbury, and Dr. Timothy Haynes, at Concord; graduated at
Dartmouth Medical School in 1847; began practice at Georgetown, Mass., where
he died December 22,1862; married Mahala Tilton.

Hon. Joel Eastman, born February 22, 1798, and was the son of Joel and
Betsey (Pettengill) Eastman; fitted for college at Salisbury Academy and
graduated at Dartmouth, 1824; read law with Samuel I. Wells, at Salisbury,
and Hon. William C. Thompson, at Plymouth. After being admitted to the bar,
in 1827, he located at Conway. The same ability and studious habits which
caused him to rank second in his class at Dartmouth soon gave him success as
an eminent lawyer throughout the State. In politics he was a Whig, and was a
clear, eloquent and persuasive stump-speaker. He was elected to the
Legislature in 1836, '37, '38, '53, '54, and '55. In 1839 he was delegate to
the Harrisburg National Convention, and on his return he took the stump for
the ticket; appointed United States district attorney in 1841, and was
succeeded by Hon. Franklin Pierce, judge of Probate for Carroll County, in
1856, continuing until disqualified by age, in 1868. In 1861 he was a
candidate for the Republican nomination to Congress, but on account of a
severe storm and the non-arrival of his friends, Hon. Gilman Marston
received the nomination and was elected. In 1863 he was nominated for
Congress, but was defeated by Hon. Daniel Marcy, the Democratic candidate.

He was a man of vigorous mental and physical constitution, and at the age of
eighty-five had not retired from practice. He died at Conway, March 16,1885;
married, December, 1832, Ruth G. Odell, of Conway; she died April 8, 1880.

Hon. Moses Eastman, born August 1,1770; graduated at Dartmouth College in
1794, receiving the degree of A.M.; read law and admitted to the bar in
1797, opening an office in his native town; was postmaster some thirty
years; was clerk of the Circuit Court, filling the same position in the
Superior Court after the formation of Merrimack County; in 1847 removed to
Waltham, Mass.; died April 19, 1848; married, first, Sukey Bartlett; second,
Eliza Sweetser.

Joseph Bartlett Eastman, A.M., son of Hon. Moses and Sukey (Bartlett)
Eastman, born February 4, 1804; graduated at Dartmouth, 1821; read law with
his father; then studied medicine with his uncle, Dr. Peter Bartlett, and
practiced medicine until 1831 at Waterford,Me.; taught the Salisbury
Academy ; studied divinity at the Andover Theological Seminary in the class
of 1837; licensed to preach by the Addison Association of Vermont. He
continued preaching and died at Windsor, N. Y., December 31, 1861; married
Mary, daughter of John Huse, of Hill. His sons became celebrated in their
chosen professions, but none of them were born in Salisbury.

Elbridge G. Eastman, son of Hon. Moses, graduated at West Point Military
School. He was a highly-respected officer in the army, and died at Fort
Gibson, Ark., in 1834, unmarried.

Adjutant Edward Evans, a native ol Ireland, settled at Chester, N. H., about
1760 and removed to Salisbury previous to 1775. He was known as " Master
Evans," and was a most successful school-teacher. It is said he and Carrigan
were the best penmen in the province. For a time he served as secretary for
Generals Washington and Sullivan. He was commissioned adjutant of the Second
Regiment of militia. He was at Bunker Hill, Bennington, and served in the
New Jersey and New York campaigns. He died 1818; married Sarah Flagg. She
died 1831, aged seventy-nine.

James L. Foote, Esq., son of Thomas and Lydia (Taber), born April 15,1856;
read law with Hon. J. M. Shirley, at Andover, and Hon. E. B. S. Sanborn, of
Franklin Falls; admitted to the bar in 1877, and opened an office at
Manchester.

Jonathan French, M.D., son of Lieutenant Joseph, born in Salisbury, October
5, 1777; married ---Shaw; practiced his profession at Hampton; removed to
Amesbury, Mass.; died.

John Q. A. French, M.D., son of Captain Nathaniel and Phebia (Wells) French,
born in Salisbury; practices his profession at Washington, N. H.

Rev. Winthrop Fifield read medicine with Dr. Jesse Merrill, of Salisbury;
attended medical lectures at Dartmouth, and for three years practiced at
Pittsfield, at which place he began theology under Rev. Jonathan Curtis, and
completed at Andover Theological Seminary; ordained at Epsom, May 10, 1837;
died at South Newmarket, May 9, 1862, aged fifty-six; married, first, Sophia
Garland; second, Sarah A. O. Piper.

Ebenezer O. Fifield, son of Jonathan and Dorcas (Pearson) Fifield, born in
Salisbury; entered Dartmouth College with Ezekiel Webster; graduated in
1804; read medicine with Dr. Nathan Smith, of Hanover. When Daniel Webster
went to Boston, to open his law-office, Mr. Fifield went with him, and
completed his studies under Dr. Asa Ballard. Began practice in ---, Me. In
the 1812 War he entered the army as surgeon ; captured by the French and was
a prisoner in France for eight months. Shattered in health, he became a
principal of the Alexandria (Va.) Academy; then in the old State Bank at
Boston; eyesight failing, he removed to Lowell, where he died October 22,
1859; married Anna G. Gough, of Boston. She died 1875.

John L. Fifield, M.D., read medicine with Dr. Elkins at Andover, and is a
successful practitioner at Victoria, Ill.; married Laura Cushman.

James Fifield, M.D., practiced medicine at Claremont; died April 30,1827,
aged thirty-three years; married Lucinda Talmer, of Claremont. She died
August 22,1881, aged seventy-eight years.

Jesse Fifield, M.D., settled at Waterloo, N. Y.; married Sarah Burnham.

Rev. Amos Foster, A.M., born March 30, 1797; graduated at Dartmouth, 1822;
studied theology and was licensed to preach by the Windsor Association in
February, 1824; ordained pastor of the Congregational Church at Canaan,
which he served eight years; installed at Putney, Vt., and with a few
changes settled there as his home, and died September 21, 1884, aged
eighty-seven years, five months, twenty-two days ; married, June 29, 1825,
Harriet A. White. His publications were quite numerous and eagerly sought
after.

Rev. Benjamin F. Foster (see church record), born June 16,1803 ; graduated
at Amherst College in 1829; studied divinity, was ordained in March, 1832;
died November 2, 1868; married, first, April 19, 1832, Ruth H. Kimball;
second, Mary C. Perry.

John M. Fitz, M.D., born October 19, 1820; read medicine with Dr. C. P.
Gage, of Concord; attended medical lectures at Harvard, and graduated from
Dartmouth Medical College; eventually settled at Bradford ; died February 8,
1883; an active member of the New Hampshire Medical Society; a man of great
perseverance, possessing a quick perception, he arrived at a diagnosis
seemingly by intuition ; married Nancy Chase, of Warner.

Andrew L. Greeley, born September 10,1835; admitted to the bar in 1859, and
is now district attorney of Esmeralda County, Nev. He was a member of the
first Legislature which met in that State. Married Mrs. Mary A. Osborne.

Luther J. Greeley, a brother of the previous, born February 5, 1840; read
law with Hon. John M. Shirley at Andover; admitted to the bar in October,
1863, and practices his profession at Bodie, Col.

Carlos S. Greeley, one of the self-made men of our times, born July 11, 1811
(see Daniel B. GGale). Messrs. Greeley and Gale built up a large business,
which has continued to increase until at the present time Mr. Greeley is at
the head of the firm which has built the largest grocery-store and do the
largest business in their line of any store in the United States. He has
ever been connected with public enterprise; his keen business qualities
place his name as a financier in such a high rank that it stands as
president of numerous institutions of philanthropy, learning, charity and
financial enterprise. He possesses a benevolent heart, a sympathetic nature,
and with his wealth renders his acts of kindness truly noble. Married, 1841,
Emily R. Robbins, of Hartford, Conn.; died 1878; one child.

Henry Greenleaf, A.M., born May 15, 1797, graduated at Dartmouth 1823. He
read law, was admitted to the bar and practiced for a period. Died November
27,1832, unmarried.

Charles F. Greenough, son of Eldridge F. and Elizabeth R. (Eastman)
Greenough, born July 29,1849; read law with his father (D. C. 1828);
admitted to the bar, and practices at Wauseon, Ohio.

Hon. Jacob Gale, born February 22, 1814; graduated at Dartmouth, 1833,
removing to Peoria, Ill., the year following, where he still resides;
admitted to the bar; in 1844 elected clerk of Circuit Court, holding the
position twelve years; judge of Judicial Court in 1856, and through his
personal efforts has made the present school system of that city what it
is; has been mayor two terms and filled many offices of trust, with great
ability; married Charlotte, daughter of Dr. Peter Bartlett; she died 1871.

Daniel B. Gale, a brother of the preceding, born March 30, 1816. Although
not a professional man, yet he should receive notice; fitted for college,
but at the last moment decided to become a merchant; A great student and
one who always did what he could in the cause of education. Purchasing a
stock of goods in Boston, he shipped them by the way of New Orleans, and,
in company with Carlos Greeley began business in 1838 at St. Louis, which
partnership, continued thirty-six years. During that period no partnership
papers were ever made out and they never had a word of disagreement. Mr.
Greeley says Mr. Gale was a good, honest, working man, always ready to do
his share of hard work-and there was plenty of it for many long years. For
many years Mr. Gale was a director in several banks and a large stockholder
of the Kansas and Pacific Railroad. In charitable organizations and in the
cause of education he gave liberally. He died September 23, 1874. Married
Charlotte E. Pettengill, of Salisbury.

Rev. Benjamin Huntoon, born November 28,1792; married, first, Susannah
Pettengill; second, Lydia Bowman; third, Mrs. Ann Payson. He died April 19,
1864 ; graduated at Dartmouth, 1817; began the »tudy of divinity at Andover
Theological Seminary in 1819; ordained over the Congregationalist Church at
Canton, Mass., in 1822. Later in life he became one of the most noted of the
Unitarian ministers and acquired a prominent position in the Masonic
fraternity ; an active and zealous laborer in the cause of human brotherhood
and an uncompromising opponent of every form of oppression.

Palmetus  Hunton, Esq.,  son of Dr. Arial and Polly (Pingry) Hunton born
November 30, 1809; studied law and admitted to the bar at Hyde Park, Vt,
1837; married Louisa Parsons. He died at Charleston, S. C., August 4, 1839.

Charles B. Haddock, A. M., D. D., born June 20, 1796, entering Dartmouth
College in 1812, possessing marked mental qualities. His natural endowments
and diligence of application at once made him the best scholar of his class.
After graduating, in 1816, he entered the Theological Seminary at Andover,
Mass.; impaired health prevented him from completing his studies and he made
the tour of the Southern States. On his return, in 1819, he was appointed to
the chair of rhetoric at Dartmouth, continuing till 1838. As an instructor
he was thorough; as a critic, discriminating ; as a writer, fertile; and as
a speaker, graceful and attractive. He was popular with the students,
endearing them to him by his dignity and that thoughtful, manly kindness
which improves and gives charm to every form of intercourse. After resigning
his position he was made professor of intellectual philosophy and civil
policy. While holding this position he was charge d'affaires of the United
States at Portugal, from 1850 to 1854. On his return to his Alma Mater he
resigned the chair. Professor Haddock never sought the fame of authorship,
but in 1846 he published " Addresses and Miscellaneous Writings." They were
productions of rare merit, showing the same finish of style, purity of
diction and richness and practicability of suggestion which characterized
all his intellectual efforts. He subsequently published a number of valuable
works. The last of his life was spent at West Lebanon, where he died January
15,1861. Married, first, Susan Saunders, daughter of Richard Lang, of
Hanover; second, Mrs. Caroline (Kimball) Young.

William T., A.M., although a brother of Charles B. Haddock, spelled and
pronounced his name Heydock; born April 4, 1798; graduated at Dartmouth,
1819; read law with his uncle, Daniel Webster, at Boston; admitted to the
bar in 1822; began practice at Hanover. Two years later removed to Concord,
where he published the Probate Directory; removed to Boston in 1829 and
took the editorial chair of the Jurisprudence, a law journal published
weekly. In 1831 removed to Lowell, and died November 6,1835, unmarried.

Lorenzo Haddock, M.D., a younger brother, was a physician at Buffalo,
N. Y., where he died.

George H. Hutchings, M.D., born at Charlestown, Mass., February 3, 1840, and
was very small when his parents removed to Salisbury. He received his
education in Salisbury, and until after marriage his home was among us. He
entered Harvard Medical College in 1857, and graduated at the Eclectic
Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1861, eventually settling at Woburn,
Mass., where he continues engaged in a large and lucrative practice. He is
connected with several medical societies and has published a number of works
on special diseases. Married Emily M. Lathrope; two children.

Albert L. Kelly, son of Hon. Israel W. and Rebecca (Fletcher) Kelly, born
August 17, 1802; graduated at Dartmouth in 1822; read law and began practice
at Frankfort; resides at Wintersport, Me.; married Caroline Pierce.

Israel W. Kelly, a brother of the former, born January 1,1804; graduated at
Dartmouth in 1825; he was known as Webster Kelly; read law with Hon. Joseph
Bell at Haverhill, Mass.; practiced for a time at Boston; married Lucella S.
Pierce, of Frankfort, Me., in which State he continued to practice; died
July 5,1855.

Benjamin Loverin, M.D., born June 1,1786 ; married Abigail Greeley;
practiced his profession, and died at Sutton July 25, 1825.

John Webster Little, M.D., D.D.S., born April 7, 1818; read medicine and
graduated at Dartmouth Medical College in 1845. Impaired health prevented
him from riding, and he turned his attention to dentistry, which he
practiced at Concord, winning an enviable reputation. Died December 21,
1877; married, first, Sarah P. White; married, second, Elizabeth J.
Goodwin.

Rev. Valentine Little, A.B., a brother of the former, born February 21,
1790; graduated at Dartmouth in 1811; studied divinity with Rev. Joseph
Dodge, of Haverhill, Mass.; served on a mission and supplied vacancies until
he was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church at Lowell, Me., in 1826;
returned to his place of nativity (Salisbury), in 1836, where he died June
4,1852; married, first, Mary Clark, of Maine; married, second, Miranda C.
Church.

Rev. Ebenezer L. Little, A.B.,born April 30,1837 ; took a course of study at
the University of Michigan in 1861, and completed at the Theological
Seminary at Rochester, N. Y., in 1866 ; was ordained pastor of the Baptist
Church at Clifton, N. Y., in 1866. In July, 1871, he accepted a call from
the Baptist Church at Lapeer, Mich., remaining six years. In 1878 became
pastor at Alpena, Mich., and continues; married, Susan C. Lamson.

Rev. Frank R. Morse, A.M., D.D., graduated at Dartmouth, 1861; immediately
entered the Newton (Mass.) Theological Institute, from which he graduated in
1865. Dr. Morse is a brilliant and easy speaker and a laborious worker in
Christ's vineyard. At present pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church at
Brooklyn, N. Y.; one of the professors in the Brooklyn Lay College and Bible
Institute; one of the owners and editors of the Watch Tower. Married Emma
B. Giles, of New York.

Thomas J. Noyes, M.D., son of Joseph, born November 20,1805.

Hon. Moses Pettengill, born April 16,1802; one of Salisbury's self-made men;
began mercantile business at Rochester, N.Y., iu 1827 ; thence to Brockport,
N. Y. In 1834 removed to Peoria, Ill., and in company with Jacob Gale opened
the first hardware-store at that place, where he continued in a number of
enterprises. He held a large number of city offices, and was a member of the
State Senate. He was one of the origiuators of the Presbyterian Church at
Peoria, and gave largely of his time and funds for the support of
Christianity, being a trustee and deacon of the church since 1834-35. He
gave princely sums in aid of the negro and the soldiers, and was one of the
supporters of Wheaton College. He built a day and boarding-school, costing
some thirty thousand dollars, which is meeting with good success. He died
November 9,1883 ; married, first, Lucy, daughter of Amos Pettengill; died
February 29,1864; married, second, Mrs. Hannah W. (Bent) Tyner.

Hon. James O. Pettengill, born April 17, 1810; early removed to Rochester,
N. Y., and there continues. Married, first, Emaline Woodbury; married,
second, Mrs. Harriet B. Howard. She died October 13,1882. A man of great
business capacity, highly respected, and has held many offices of public
trust and of private corporations with fidelity; one of the founders of the
Rochester Theological Seminary, and established the chair of church history.

Thomas Hale Pettengill, Esq., born November 20, 1780; married Aphia Morse;
she died at Portland, Me., November 10, 1861. He died at Salisbury;
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1804; read law and admitted to the bar in
1808, opening an office at Canaan, where he remained until 1822, when he
returned to Salisbury and continued in the practice of his profession, in
which he sustained an enviabl reputation.

Benjamin Pettengill, A.M., born September 17, 1789; graduated at Middlebury
College in 1812 ; was a merchant and hotel proprietor, remaining in his
native town. He could only be induced to hold the office of representative
for three years; married Betsey, daughter of Lieutenant Benjamin Pettengill.

Hon. John W. Pettengill, son of the above, born November 12, 1835; entered
Dartmouth College in 1852; began the study of law under Hon. Asa Fowler at
Concord; health failing, he returned home, and in the spring of 1858
removed to Charlestown, Mass., completed his law studies under Hon.
J. Q. A. Griffin and at the April term in 1859 was admitted to the bar,
opening an office at Charlestown immediately after, and for three years was
city solicitor, during which time he lost but three cases. In 1874 he removed
to Boston. Under the administration of Governor Talbot he was made judge of
the District Court, having jurisdiction over nine towns, and is assistant
judge of the Charlestown Police Court. Married, first, Margaret W. Dennitt;
married, second, Emma M. Tilton; married, third, Mary Dennitt.

Solomon M. Pingrey, born November 12, 1820; graduated at Dartmouth College
in 1840 and died the following October.

Hon. William M. Pingrey, A.M., born May 28, 1806; read law with Samuel I.
Wells (see Lawyers) and with Shaw & Chandler at Danville; was admitted to
the bar in June, 1832, and the following month opened an office at
Weathersfield, remaining nine years ; removed to Springfield, thence to
Perkinsville. While at Weathersfiald he held the office of town clerk,
treasurer, selectman and county surveyor; a member of the Constitutional
Convention in 1850; county commissioner and State auditor from 1853 to 1860;
a member of the Legislature in 1860, '61, '68; a member of the Senate in
1869, '70, '71, and later assistant judge of Windsor County Court, and for
forty-five years deacon of the Baptist Church. He died May 1,1885. Married,
first, Lucy G. Brown; second, Mrs. Lucy C. Richardson.

Colonel Samuel E. Pingrey, A.M., born August 2, 1832; graduated at Dartmouth
College in 1857; read law and admitted to the bar in Windsor County, Vt., in
1859; began practice at Hartford, Vt.; enlisted in the United States service
in 1861 and, at the expiration of three years, returned as colonel; resides
at Hartford, where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice; has been county
solicitor two terms; elected Lieutenant-Governor in 1883 and chosen Governor
the following year.

Colonel Stephen M. Pingrey, a brother to the former, was born March 21,
1835; read law with Hon. A. P. Hunton at Bethel, Vt., where he was admitted
to the bar in 1860; enlisted as a private in1861 and came home in command of
his regiment at the end of three years; resides and practices his profession
at Hartford; married Mary Foster, of  Bethel, Vt.

William W. Proctor, M.D., born May 9, 1807; read medicine with Dr. Bartlett;
graduated at Dartmouth Medical College in 1833; began practice at Hill;
removed to Pittsfield, where he died April 23, 1861; married Mary Hale.

Hon. Nathaniel Parker, born January 31,1807; removed to Williston, Vt., and
represented that town in the Legislature in 1839-42; removed to Burlington,
Vt., where he was appointed deputy collector, serving six years ; a director
of the Merchants' and Commercial Banks; he held the same position in the
Vermont Life Insurance Company since its organization ; president of the
Burlington Glass Company. He was appointed assistant judge of the County
Court in 1870, holding the office six years. Married, first, Cynthia L.
Haines; second, Julia B. Hoswell.

Rev. Moses Sawyer, A.M., born March 11,1776; graduated at Dartmouth College
in 1799, taking first honors; studied theology with Rev. Asa Burton at
Thedford, Vt., until 1801; ordained pastor of the Congregational Church at
Henniker May 21,1802; dismissed in 1826; installed at Scarborough, Me.,
Gloucester, Mass.; preached at Saugus and Ipswich, Mass., where he died
August 26, 1847. Married Fanny, daughter of Captain Peter Kimball, of
Boscawen.

Nathaniel Sawyer, A.M., brother of the former, born April 10, 1784;
graduated at Dartmouth College in 1805; read law at Concord and at Salem,
Mass.; began practice at Newburyport, Mass.; thence went to Boston, where he
enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. Removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where
he died, October 3, 1853. Married at Frankfort, Ky., Palemia Bacon.

Colonel George W. Stevens, A.M., born November 16,1814; read law with Hon.
G. W. Nesmith and practiced at Lebanon. Married Sarah A. Davenport. He died
October 2,1877.

Elder Hiram Stevens, born December 12,1803; a preacher of the Free-Will
Baptist Church in Salisbury, Meredith, Ohio, and several other places. He
was an eloquent, powerful speaker. Died June 6, 1880. He married three
times.

Lieutenant Robert Smith removed to Salisbury previous to 1768, and was one
of the town's most prominent men, serving throughout the Revolutionary War
and was one of her prominent churchmen. Married, 1768, Sarah Eaton. He died
November 11,1801.

Robert Smith, M.D., grandson of the former, studied medicine at Dartmouth
Medical College, receiving his degree in 1847. Married, first, Susan,
daughter of Joshua Fifield; second, Hannah Marston; third, Abigail
Pettengill. He practiced his Profession at Amesbury, Mass., and Hampton,
N. H. Died in Salisbury, April 13,1873.

Hon. Peter Swett, born March 27, 1801; removed to Brockport, N. Y., in 1830,
and for six years was engaged in mercantile pursuits; removed to Peoria,
Ill., and became extensively engaged in vintage business, where he died in
1868. He served in the State Senate, was postmaster, and reappointed by
President Buchanan, and served as city treasurer; married, Frances Trumbull.
She died in 1872.

John P. Townsend, living in New York City since 1850; vice-president of the
Bowery Savings-Bank, the largest institution of the kind in the country
having assets of over forty millions ; president of the Municipal Gas-Light
Company, of Rochester; vice-president of the Maritime Exchange; director of
the Long Island Railroad Company; secretary and manager of the Hospital for
the Ruptured And Crippled, and a trustee and manager in a number of other
benevolent and charitable institutions. Married Elizabeth A. Baldwin.

Patrick Henry Townsend, born October 20,1823; entered Phillips Exeter
Acadamy. In the fall of 1848 he entered the junior class at Bowdoin College
and graduated with honor in 1850; read law with Hon. Amos Tuck, Hon. E. B.
Washburn and was admitted to the bar. His was a very eventful and noted
life. He died very suddenly at Washington in May, 1864.

Dr. John True, A.B., son of Deacon Jacob True, born April 9,1789; graduated
at Dartmouth College in 1806; read medicine at Concord and at Dartmouth
Medical School; began practice at Haverhill, Mass.; thence removed to
Tennessee, where he died in 1815.

Walter Wells, son of Samuel I. Wells, Esq., born in 1830 ; graduated at
Bowdoin College in 1852 with high honors; died at Portland, Me., April 21,
1881; married Mary Sturdivant. 'He was a teacher and lecturer on educational
topics, particularly of a scientific nature. In 1867 he took charge of the
hydro-graphic survey of Maine. He wrote a work entitled, "Water-Power of
Maine: an Elementary Physical Geography," an elaborate and exhaustive report
on the relation of the tariff to the growth and manufacture of cotton in the
United States.

William Coombs Thompson, son of Hon. Thomas W. Thompson, born March 17,
1802; graduated at Dartmouth in 1820; read law and admitted to the bar in
1824, beginning practice at Concord; removing to Plymouth in 1826. In 1852
he removed to Worcester, Mass., where he died April 27,1877. Married, first,
Martha H. Leavett; second, Susan B. Nelson.

Charles E. Thompson, a brother of the former, born June 19,1807; graduated
at Dartmouth College in 1828 ; read law one year ; traveled in South
America and the South Seas for three years; returned to Mobile, Ala., where
he was in trade; completed his law studies with his brother at 
Plymouth and admitted to the bar in 1838; began practice at Haverhill,
continuing till 1854 ; resides at Cresskill, N. Y.; married Mary, daughter
of Hon. Miles Olcott.

Henry Lyman Watson, M.D., read medicine with Hon. Leonard Eaton, M.D., at
Warner; graduated from the Vermont Medical School in 1848; has practiced at
Stewartstown, Guildhall, Vt., and for the last fourteen yeara at Littleton;
has been a member of the Legislature and postmaster; also filled numerous
positions of honor and trust, both public and private; married, first,
Roxana Hughes; married, second, Mary J. Hardy.

Irving A. Watson, M.D., born September 6, 1849; read medicine and graduated
from the Vermont Medical University in 1871; practiced at Northumberland
ten years, representing that town in the Legislature. In 1881 he removed to
Concord, where he was made permanent secretary of the State Board of Health,
filling the position with great satisfaction; married Lena A. Farr, of
Littleton.

Hon. Ebenezer Webster, also known as Captain, Colonel and Judge; son of
Ebenezer Webster; born at East Kingston, April 22,1739 (O. S.); married,
first, Mehitable Smith; married, second, Abigail Eastman, a woman of clear
and vigorous understanding, of more than ordinary common sense, and took
great delight in debating any subject; a woman of high spirit, proud of her
children and ambitious of their future distinction. Young Webster, like
many young men, was bound out to learn a trade, but his master proving a
tyrant in every sense of the word, young Webster ran away and went to live
in the family of Colonel Ebenezer Stevens, for whom the town was named
(Stevenstown). Mr. Stevens dying soon after, Webster continued in the son's
(Major Ebenezer Stevens') family. When Webster became of age (1760) he
located in the town and built him a log house ; marrying in 1761, he
brought his wife to the new settlement, where they continued to reside, and
eventually became the owner of some two hundred and twenty-five acres of
land. About 1785-86 he removed to the Lower village and built a two-story
tavern, with a two-story ell; here he remained till 1799, when he exchanged
his tavern with William Haddock for the latter's dwelling on the opposite
side of the street, where he died in 1806, and now known as part of the
Orphans' Home at Lower Franklin. The first saw and grist-mill was located
on Mr. Webster's land, just east of his log house. On the expiration of the
proprietors' lease, Mr. Webster became the owner, and conducted them a number
of years. He held his first public office in 1764. At the first meeting after
the town's incorporation he was chosen moderator, holding the office
forty-three times. In 1769 he was chosen selectman, and held the office nine
years. In 1778-80 he was elected representative of the classified towns of
Salisbury and Boscawen, and from Salisbury in 1790-91, and Senator for the
years 1785, '86, '87, '88, '89, '90, '91; judge of the Court of Common Pleas
from 1791 until the time of his death, in 1806. He was one of the delegates
to Exeter to the convention which met to form a permanent plan of government,
and at the second convention voted for its adoption, prefacing his vote by a
speech charateristic of the man.   He was the town's first justice of the
peace. In church matters he exercised great influence, and was a member in
good standing. No citizen of the town did more valiant fighting or was in
the service longer than Colonel Webster. As an officer, he was beloved by
his soldiers, and set the good example of being found in the front of his
men, and in the thickest of the fight. He was born to command, of cool,
steady nerve, and possessing good judgment. Many pages might  be written of
the doings of this noble man.

Hon. Ezekiel Webster, son of Colonel Ehenezrr, born March 11, 1780. The
first nineteen years of his life were spent upon the farm. When it was
decided that he should enter Dartmouth, two terms were spent at the
Salisbury Academy; thence to Dr. Wood's, where in nine months he fitted
for college, entering Dartmouth in 1801 and graduating in 1804. Read law
with General Sullivan and Parker Noyes, entering the profession in
September, 1807, at Boscawen, where he continued. He was finely
proportioned, six feet tall, and of light complexion. As a lawyer he
possessed few equals. A wise counselor and an able advocate. In debate
he was dignified and courteous. His weapons were strong arguments
clothed in simple yet elegant language. While arguing a case in court at
Concord, he suddenly fell back and immediately expired, April 10,1829;
married, first, Alice Bridge; married, second, Achsah Pollard, who still
resides at Concord.

Hon. Daniel Webster, born in Salisbury January 8, 1782, brother of the
former. So many volumes have been printed, orations and memoirs delivered on
this great man, that we do not feel competent to say anything farther. As a
child Daniel was weak, and it was thought by his parents that he never would
be able to perform manual labor; consequently, from the first his education
was begun; his first public instructor was Master Robert Hoag; his second,
James Tappan. When fourteen years of age he spent six months at Phillips
Academy, Exeter; after his return he went to Dr. Wood's, at Boscawen; here
he fitted for Dartmouth College, entering in 1788 and graduating in 1801,
with high honors. After teaching at Fryeburg, Me., he returned to Salisbury
in September, 1802, and began the study of law with Hon. Thomas W. Thompson,
continuing till July 1804, when he went to Boston, completing his studies
under Hon. Christopher Gore, and in the following March (1805) was admitted
to the bar; he immediately returned to Boscawen, opened an office,
continuing till September, 1807; turning his business over to his brother
Ezekiel, he removed to Portsmouth, and was admitted to the Superior Court
of New Hampshire. Continuing at Portsmouth until 1816-17, he removed to
Boston, Mass., where he continued. In 1822 he was elected to Congress from
the Boston District, and re-elected in 1824. In 1827 sent to Congress,
remaining till 1840, resigning the office to accept that of Secretary of
State under General Harrison; this office he filled with marked ability
until 1843, when he resigned. In 1845 he was again chosen Senator. In 1850,
on the death of President Taylor he resigned the Senatorship and became
Secretary of State under President Fillmore, continuing until his death,
in 1852. His public life may thus be summarized,---Representative in
Congress eight years, a Senator in Congress nineteen years, a member of the
Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, and five years in the President's
Cabinet as Secretary of State. During most of this time his party was in the
minority. In the spring of 1839 he visited England, Scotland and France.
Dartmouth College conferred the degree of LL. D. He united with the
Congregational Church at Salisbury September 13, 1806; married, first, May
26, 1808, Grace Fletcher, died January 21, 1828; married, second, 1832,
Caroline Bayard Le Roy.

Captain John Webster, a cousin of Hon. Ebenezer Webster, born 1710 ; a very
prominent man of the town, to which he removed very early; he kept the fort
at Boscawen, the principal owner of the first mill erected in Salisbury and
procured the town's charter; he was very closely connected with the town's
affairs, a man universally respected and honored. He died April 29,1788;
married Susannah Snow (?), died 1801, aged ninety-one years.

Humphrey Webster, born December 12,1789; graduated at Middlebury College
(?); served in the War of 1812; removed to Virginia, where he practiced law
and died in 1820 (?)

Humphrey Webster, born February 19,1821; graduated at Dartmouth College,
1844; became a teacher at Springfield, Mass., then at Worcester, then in
North Carolina. Previous to the war he took a plantation in that State and
died there in 1866; married Eliza Hamilton, daughter of Lucius A. Emery.

Rev. David R. Whittemore, born July 31,1819; attended school at Dracut
Academy. In 1842 he removed to Rhode Island, where he was ordained and
became pastor of the Free Baptist Church at North Providence. In 1846 he
filled the same position for the South Free Baptist Church, at Newport.
Resides at Providence. He is extensively known as a great Christian worker
and has formed a number of churches. Brightness of intellect, correctness of
judgment and positiveness of opinion are traits which make him a wise
counselor and a bold leader; married Eliza J. Gilbert.

Rev. Joseph Whittemore, M.D., born in 1813, was ordained pastor of a Baptist
Church in Rhode Island, but for twenty years he has practiced medicine at
Osage, Iowa.

Jeremiah W. Wilson, M.D., son of Dr. Job Wilson, born January 11,1816 ; read
medicine and graduated at Castleton (Vt.) Medical School; locating in the
village of Contoocook, at Hopkinton, where he continues in a large and
successful practice.

Ephraim F. Wilson, M.D., born October 30,1817; read medicine and graduated
at Castleton (Vt.) Medical School in 1845 ; opened an office at Sanbornton;
removed to East Concord in 1849; in 1854 removed to Rockville, Conn., where
he enjoyed a large and lucrative practice; married Rhoda Barnard.

Thomas W. Wilson, M.D., born February 16,1806; married Amanda M. Sawyer; he
died in 1861; he completed his medical education at the Dartmouth Medical
School; returned to Salisbury and had a large and extensive practice. He
first joined the Baptist Church, later the Congregational Church, and was
highly respected.

Moses S. Wilson, M.D., read medicine with his father, Dr. Thomas W.;
attended medical lectures at Dartmouth, Castleton, Vt., and Harvard Medical
Schools, where he graduated in 1849. Opening an office at Warner, he
continued until the death of his father, in 1861, when he returned to
Salisbury, remaining until his appointment as assistant surgeon of the
Seventh New Hampshire Regiment; resigning in the summer of 1864, he removed
to Galesburg, Ill., where he died in 1873. Married Mary S. Harvey.