{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3395", "width": "2059", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3395", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "T H E\\nBarnstead Reunion\\nCKI.K.BKATED AT\\nBARNSTEAD, N. H\\nAugust 30, 1882,\\nlaHTKl) BY\\nHORACE N. COLBATH.\\nCONCORD, N. H.\\nPRINTED BY IRA C. EVANS.\\n1884.", "height": "3395", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a03^\\nr*/.\\nAt a meeting of tlie Barnstead Reunion Association, it\\nwas Voted,\\nThat the thanks of this Association be presented to the\\nPresident, Charles Smith George, Esq., for his admirable\\naddress of welcome to Alonzo Hall Quint, d. d., for his\\ninteresting and eloquent oration to Laura Garland Carr,\\nand Hanson Caverno Canney, m. d., for pertinent and beauti-\\nful poems to Mrs. Darius Frink, for an appropriate hymn\\nand to Hon. J. G. Sinclair, Hon. H. A. Tuttle, Col. E. S.\\nNutter, Hon. C. M. Murphy, Rev. Frank H. Lyford, Hon.\\nJ. P. Jewell, John D. Nutter, Esq., and Howard A. Dodge,\\nEsq., for addresses and respqnses to sentiments, and that\\nthey be requested to furnish a copy of the same for publi-\\ncation.\\nThat our thanks are due John B. Garland, Esq., Hon.\\nHenry H. Huse, Rev. S. D. Jewett, Col. James S. Hoitt,\\nCol. Thomas E. Barker, J. C. Scriggins, Esq., and William\\nG. Drew, for congratulatory letters.\\nVoted, Tiiat Horace Nutter Colbath be chosen to edit\\nand publish the history of the Barnstead Reunion, held\\nAugust 30, 1882, including addresses, oration, poems, sen-\\ntiments, and letters, and such other matter as he may deem\\nproper.\\nAttest\\nJOHN H. JENKINS,\\nRecording- Secretary.", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "6^37\\nCONTENTS\\nV^ote of Publication,\\n2\\ni^ditor Appointed,\\n2\\nintroduction,\\n5\\nv).Rcers of the Association,\\n7\\nLxccutive Committee,\\n8\\nTown Committee,\\n8\\nAuxiliary Committee,\\n8\\nOther Committees,\\n9\\nProgramme,\\n12\\nList of Sentiments,\\n13\\nAddress of Welcome, by C. S. George,\\n15\\nPoem, by Laura G. Carr,\\n22\\nThe Dinner,\\n26\\nPoem, by H. C. Canney,\\n26\\nLetter from S. D. Jewett,\\n28\\nJ. C. Scriggins,\\n30\\nWilliam G. Drew,\\n32\\nAddress by H. A. Tuttle,\\n32\\nE. S. IS utter,\\n34\\nM. B. Y. Edgerly,\\n36\\nC. M. Murphy,\\n37\\nJ. P. :^ew^\\\\\\\\,\\n38\\nF. H. Lyford,\\n1:1\\nJ. D. Nutter,\\n43\\nJ. H. Kent,\\n46\\nLetter from J. S. Hoitt,\\n49", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION\\nLetter from T. E. Barker,\\nH. H. Huse,\\nHymn, by Mrs. Darius Frink,\\nAddress by H. A. Dodge,\\nJ. G. Sinclair,\\nLetter of J. B. Garland,\\nBiographical Sketch of Enos George,\\nH. A. Tuttle,\\na\\nu\\nli\\na\\nu\\na\\na\\nit\\nu\\na\\nu\\na\\na\\na\\na\\nit.\\na\\na\\nu\\na\\na\\na\\na\\nu\\nii\\nE. S. :N^utter,\\nJ. G. Sinclaii-,\\nM. Y. B. Edgcrly\\nC. M. Murphy,\\nLewis Clark,\\nJ. P. Newell,\\nJ. H. Kent,\\nJ. R. Hayes,\\nH. C. Canney,\\nGeorge W. Emerson.\\nGeo. S. Pendergast,\\nHarriet P. Dame,\\nNancy Pendergast.\\nJ. D. Nuttei-,\\nContributions,\\nAppendix,\\n50\\n52\\n53\\n54\\n57\\n60\\n63\\n66\\n71\\n74\\n78\\n80\\n82\\n87\\n89\\n92\\n95\\n97\\nJ 01\\n104\\n106\\n107", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION\\nBarnstead, New Hampshire, situated in the\\nsouthwestern part of Belknap county, northeast\\nfrom Concord twenty miles, and bordering on the\\ncounties of Merrimack and Strafford, contains\\nthirty-six square miles of territory. Was char-\\ntered by Gov. Wentworth May 20, 1727. Con-\\ntaining-, in 1880, 1,317 inhabitants.\\nOn the east lie the Blue Hills, on the north are\\nthe Alton and Gilmanton mountains, and on the\\nsouth lies the Catamount, looking down on the\\nvalley of the Suncook river as it passes the west-\\nerly boundary of the town. It is a region of hill\\nand valley, of beautiful rivers and ponds, and\\nlaughing bi ooks.\\nA community born and educated amid such\\nscener}^ breathing the air of its hills and drink-\\ning the waters that flow in hundreds of rills down\\nits hillsides, till they form the Suncook, must\\nlove their childhood home. For the past fifty\\nyears Barnstead has been sending out her sons\\nand daughters to other parts of the land to find\\nnew homes. Its first emigrants found homes in\\nMassachusetts, Yermont, and I^ew York, and\\nafterwards they sought Ohio, Illinois, Michigan,\\nand Wisconsin. As new territory was opened,", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "6 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nthey helped swell the mighty stream of emigration\\nthat has peopled the great West.\\nTo-day they may be found in twenty-eight\\nstates and territories. Some of its sons and\\ndaughters are looking out on the Pacific, others\\nare in the valley of the Father of Waters or are\\nfanned by the soft winds of the Gulf.\\nScattered over the land, these emigrants have\\never yearned for the home of their fathers, while\\nthose who remained around the old hearthstones\\nwere eager to once more clasp the hands of loved\\nones, look once more into long remembered faces,\\nand hear once again the voices that were music to\\ntheir youthful ears.\\nThis was especially true of those who had\\npassed the meridian and were nearing the sunset\\nof life.\\n13y a sort of common consent, residents and\\nemigrants seemed ready for a Reunion of the\\nchildren of old Barnstead.\\nThe question has been asked, Where did the idea\\nof this reunion originate? This may be a fitting\\n13lace for answering that question. During the\\nwinter of 1877-78, a few of the sons and daugh-\\nters of Barnstead residing in Concord, N^. H.,\\nprominent among whom wei e Col. E. S. Nutter,\\nJ. L. Pickering, Esq., George W. Drew, Esq.,\\nMrs. James E.. Hill, and Laura Garland Carr, de-\\ntermined to hold a reunion of the sons and daugh-\\nters of Barnstead living in Concord, with invited\\nguests from the mother town and other places in\\nNew Hampshire where Barnstead sons had located.", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 7\\nSuch a I eunion was held on the evening of Feb-\\nruary 28, 1878, at the Phenix Hotel, in Concord.\\nThere were present from Barnstead, a delegation\\nof sixty citizens, led by the Barnstead Brass Band.\\nCol. E. S. JSTutter presided and made the recep-\\ntion address. Laura Garland Carr read an origi-\\nnal poem. Shoi t addresses were made by J. G.\\nSinclair, Lewis W. Clark, J. Horace Kent, J. P.\\nNewell, and Charles S. George. This, with a\\nsupper such as that famous hotel can provide,\\nmade the occasion a most enjoyable one.\\nThe resident sons of Barnstead returned home\\nfeeling that some day the wanderers from the old\\ntown should be invited home to the old domain,\\nand here, amid the scenes of childhood, hold a\\ngrand family reunion.\\nThe subject was talked of from time to time,\\nbut, from various causes, no decided action was\\ntaken until, at the annual town meeting in March,\\n1882, it was voted to hold a reunion the coming\\nautumji.\\nSubsequently the following officers were chosen\\nPRESIDENT.\\nCharles S. George.\\nVICE-PRESIDENTS.\\nJohn Walker,\\nJohn Pendergast,\\nJoseph Jenkins,\\nCaleb Willey,\\nJohn B. Garland,\\nJohn L. Nutter,\\nSeth Shackford.", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nRECORDING SECRETARY.\\nJohn H. Jenkins.\\nCORRESPONDING SECRETARY.\\nHorace N. Colbath.\\nTREASURER.\\nJohn Franklin Garland.\\nEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.\\nJohn Waldo,\\nThomas L. Hoitt,\\nIra L. Berry,\\nHoratio G. Willey,\\nHorace Walker.\\nTOWN COMMITTEE.\\nGeorge A. Hall,\\nAlbion P. Nutter,\\nThomas K. Proctor,\\nSmith W. Locke,\\nSeth Shackford,\\nE. Frank Jones.\\nLewis Clark,\\nAlbert F. Shackford,\\nCharles F. Emerson,\\nDaniel E. Tuttle,\\nHiram Rand,\\nFrank S. Jenkins,\\nJohn Pendergast,\\nJacob W. Evans.\\nAUXILIARY COMMITTEE.\\nE. S. Nutter, Concord, N. H.\\nJ. L. Pickering, Concord, N. H.\\nH. A. Tuttle, Pittsfield, N. H.\\nJ. P. Newell, Manchester, N. H.\\nC. M. Murphy, Dover, N. H.", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nJ. Horace Kent, Portsmouth, N. H.\\nGeorge S. Pendergast, Boston, Mass.\\nJos. R. Hayes, Lowell, Mass.\\nGeo. F. Knowles, Lynn, Mass.\\nCHAPLAIN.\\nRev. William 0. Carr.\\nMARSHAL.\\nTimothy Emerson.\\nASSISTANT MARSHALS.\\nFrank 0. George,\\nHenry 0. Huntress,\\nJohn Rand.\\nSUPERINTENDENT OF HALLS, TENTS, AND GROUNDS.\\nDr. George W. Emerson.\\nCOMMITTEE TO PREPARE SENTIMENTS.\\nHorace N. Colbath.\\nCharles S. George.\\nCOMMITTEE TO ARRANGE PROGRAMME.\\nDr. George W. Emerson,\\nHorace N. Colbath,\\nFrank S. Jenkins,\\nThomas L. Hoitt.\\nCOMMITTEE ON MUSIC.\\nCharles E. Walker,\\nThomas L. Hoitt.\\nCOMMISSARY.\\nFrank s. Jenkins.\\nQUARTERMASTER.\\nJohn Waldo.\\nTOAST-MASTER.\\nRev. John George.", "height": "3302", "width": "2002", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a210 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nThus organized, the work of preparation began.\\nMeetings of committees and sub-committees fol-\\nlowed in rapid succession, until a week before tlie\\nday of I eunion, when oflicei S, committees and cit-\\nizens, uniting, made it their special business.\\nThe arrangements as linally made were as fol-\\nlows\\nThe Reunion to be held on Wednesday, August\\n30, 1882, at 10 o clock a. m.\\nThe President to make the Welcoming- Address.\\nRev. A. H. Quint, d. d., to deliver an Oration.\\nLaura Cxarland Carr to read a Poem.\\nDinner, free to all, in the Tent.\\nSpeeches, Sentiments, and Responses at the\\nStand.\\nMusic through the day by the Barnstead Brass\\nBand. The oldest band in the United States; or-\\nganized Feb. 22, 1837.\\nA tent, 78x160 feet, was placed on the grounds\\nof Seth Shackfoi d, Esq., adjoining the Town Hall\\nand Congregational Church, and both these build-\\nings were opened to the public. The Speaker s\\nStand was placed between the Hall and Church;\\nfronting it was the Band Stand.\\nUnder the direction of the Superintendent, Di*.\\nEmerson, the tent was beautifully decorated with\\nflags, bunting, etc., and tables wei-e arranged in\\nthe tent to seat 1,050 persons at one sitting.\\nSuch were the measures adopted to welcome\\nhome those whose hearts had been throbbing at\\nthe thoughts of the reunion.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. ll\\nIn every part of the town little plans had been\\nlaid to bring families and friends together. It was\\nto be the gathering of a great family.\\nThe number in attendance was estimated to be\\nfive thousand, over half that numbei having par-\\ntaken of the dinner.\\nThe best order prevailed. It was a meeting of\\nwell-dressed, orderly, and respectable men and\\nwomen, whom any town might be proud to own\\nas* her children.\\nOwing to the prevailing heat and dust, some\\nthings were omitted in the reception, and others\\nmight have been changed for the better. Yet on\\nthe whole, we can say, what every visitor did sa^\\nwell done, old Barnstead.\\nWe will now conduct the reader through the\\nvarious services of the occasion. TJie Reitnion\\nitself cannot he loritten or described.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "PROGRAMME.\\nBARNSTEAD REUNION, AUGUST 30, 1882.\\nAt 10 o clock A. M. Meeting of emigrant sons\\nand daughtei s, former residents, and present resi-\\ndents, on the grounds.\\nMusic by the Barnstead Brass Band.\\nAt 11 o clock A. M. Exercises to commence at\\nthe Stand:\\n1st. The Chairman of the Executive Committee\\nto call the assemblage to order, state the order of\\nexercises, and introduce the President of the day.\\n2d. Prayer by the Chaplain.\\n3d. Music by the Band.\\n4th. Address of Welcome by the President.\\n5th. Oration.\\n6th. Poem.\\n7th. Dinner, at 2 o clock p. m., in the Tent.\\n8th. Sentiments, Responses, and Reading Let-\\nters at the Stand.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "List of Sentiments.\\n1. Old Barnstead A good town to go from\\na better one to return to.\\n2. A kind remembrance to the sons and daugh-\\nters of old Barnstead providentially detained from\\nour Reunion.\\n3. Old Barnstead Her fair fame a sure pass-\\nport foi her sons wherever they go, her prineii3les\\na guarantee of success.\\n4. The adopted sons of Barnstead They have\\nhonored her name, and she rejoices in their suc-\\ncess.\\n5. The emigrant sons and daughters of Barn-\\nstead Wherever may be their abiding place, or\\nwhatever their duties, let them never forget that\\nthey cannot be delinquent without being degen-\\nerate.\\n6. The town of Barnstead She loves her hills\\nand beautiful valleys, but feeling the sentiment\\nand borrowing the language of the Roman mother,\\nshe points to her children, and exclaims, These\\nare my jewels.\\n7. The annual crop produced in Barnstead\\njudges, clergymen, physicians, merchants, me-\\nchanics and farmers may the crop increase until", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a014 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nshe has enough for home consumption and a lai ge\\nsurplus for exportation.\\n8. The friends and scenes of our chiklhood.\\n9. The soldier sons of Barnstead The fathers\\nin the Revolution, the sons in 1812, the grandsons\\nin the Kebellion the love of liberty constrained\\nthem.\\n10. The birthplace of our lathers Portsmouth\\nand ^ewington names as familiar as household\\nwords to every child of Barnstead may peace and\\nprosperity be in their borders.\\n11. The host of men Avhose lives have been\\nmade better and happier by choosing for wives,\\ndaughters of old Barnstead.\\n12. The social history and reminiscences of old\\nBarnstead.\\n13. The resident sons and daughters of Barn-\\nstead May they preserve unsullied its ancient\\nreputation, keep sacred the memory of the fathers,\\nand be always ready to welcome its wandering-\\nchildren to the old domain.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "RECEPTION\\nMr. Waldo, Chairman of the Executive Com-\\nmittee, at 11 o clock, called the vast concourse of\\npeople to order, and announced the President of\\nthe day, Charles S. Greorge, Esq.\\nThe President introduced Kev. Wni. O. Can-,\\nthe Chaplain, who led in prayer invoking the\\nblessing of their fathers God to rest upon the\\nchildren gathered here in their childhood home,\\nand upon the wanderers whose hearts to-day were\\nyearning and Avhose faces like Hebrew captives\\nwere turning toward the home of their fathers.\\nThe following address, welcoming our sons\\nand daughters will win the hearty applause of\\nevery child of Barnstead. Mr. George is the son\\nof Rev. Enos George, the first settled minister of\\nBarnstead, who was in his day an eloquent orator,\\nand we believe the verdict of those who listened\\nto this address was the mantle of the father has\\nfallen on the son.\\nMr. George spoke without notes, substantially as\\nfollows\\nLadies and Gentlemen:\\nIt is customary on occasions like this for the President,\\non assuming the chair, to thank the Committee of Arrange-\\nments for the high honor conferred on him. This on my\\npart would seem to be rather premature.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": ".16 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nShould I succeed iu the pcrformauce of my duty, it will\\ntiien be time to return my thanks to the Committee.\\nBut failing, then shall I wish the mantle had fallen on\\nsome other man. I have not accepted- this position with-\\nout some misgivings a plain farmer as I am and more\\nespecially to-day, as I look upon this vast audience, and\\nreflect for a moment upon the intelligence and criticising\\nability of those who compose it.\\nAnd yet 1 am somewhat relieved of this embarrassment,\\nwhen I reflect for a moment that you know and I know\\nand everybody knows that there is one prominent charac-\\nteristic of the people of Barnstead, that whenever and\\nwherever called upon to perform a duty, whether man or\\nwoman, whether in war or peace, they make the effort\\nwhether successful or not.\\nAnd now, as I am a Barnstead man, from the crown of\\nmy head to the sole of my foot, I shall make the effort.\\nAnd right here, let me say, you are expecting a speech of\\nwelcome, all full of welcome.\\nThis would be the sheerest nonsense. You know Barn-\\nstead you know her people, hence you knoiu you are wel-\\ncome. Rather, let us talk of this good old town. Let us\\ngo back more than a hundred years let us stand on Blue\\nHills, there can we see a company of brave, strong pioneers,\\nresting on their v^^eary journey they are now in sight of\\nthe promised land. Thirty-six square miles of wilderness\\nlie before them, encircled on every side by mountains and\\nhills, with its giant pines and oaks towering far above all\\nthe rest of the forest.\\nMagnificent sight Truly it held out no allurement to\\nthe lazy, the indolent, the shiftless and yet how alluring\\nto the strong, the brave, the energetic. They have come\\nfrom the sea, from the vicinity of Portsmouth, with all\\nthat health and vigor that old ocean ever gives the\\ndwellers on her chores.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE BAENSTEAD REUNION. 17\\nHow well with the eye they measure the distance from\\ntheir prospective home and old Portsmouth the journey\\nof a day. They look back once more on Portsmouth, in\\ntheir minds the loveliest spot on earth, possessing the\\nbeauty of which she never could be robbed, as Nature held\\nit in her grasp.\\nThey move on they enter this wilderness, the foliage of\\nwhose trees was so deep and so dark that scarce one ray of\\nlight could penetrate, and here they wander from hill to\\nhill, from valley to valley, seeking a spot whereon to build\\nthem a home.\\nOthers come, of the same mould of character. The town is\\nsurveyed, laid off into lots, but no incorporation until the\\nrequirements of the British Crown are complied with a\\nchurch must be built and the gospel must be preached.\\nAnd, by the strength of sinewy arms, logs are reared and\\nlocked together, the walls are completed, while bark laid\\nfrom perline to perline the roof is finished the inside\\nprobably equally rude.\\nA committee wait upon the Rev. Dr. Adams, of Newing-\\nton, N. H., to preach the dedication sermon. On horse-\\nback he comes, dismounts, enters this church, then\\nand there this good old man lifts up his voice in the wil-\\nderness, and with his audience standing, dedicates this\\nrude church to the Triune God.\\nAnd where stood the church Go witli me, if you\\nplease, to Clarktown. Let us turn to the left, around\\nMr. Hanson s store. Now we travel by Levi Clark s\\ndown the hill cross the river a few rods farther and stop,\\nlook to the right, over the wall, and there amid those scat-\\ntered boulders stood the first church in Barnstead. Truly,\\nthat is hallowed ground and ere that spot is lost to all\\nrecognition, let a monument of lasting granite be erected\\nto tell future generations whereon stood Barnstead s first\\nsacred edifice, within whose walls, rude though they were,\\nthe gospel in its purity was preached, while our fathers", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "18 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nand our mothers chanted the Song s of David with all the\\ndevotion and sincerity of angels. It is said that our an-\\ncestors were a peculiar people, and why not Their lot\\nliad been cast in the only New England in the world in\\nthe only New Hampsliire, and in the only Barnstead then\\nand to-day in all this broad land.\\nThey were proverbial for their shrewdness. The words,\\nFools settled in Barnstead, never escaped the lips of\\nman. Sliould they ever, methinks his head would drop\\nupon liis breast never more to rise in the heaviness of his\\nguilt.\\nIf they did not all possess those literary attainments\\nso essential to tlie well-being and retinement of society\\nif they could not correctly classify all the wild flowers of\\nthe forest, they did possess a judgment and mathematical\\nability sufficient to tell how many feet in that old-growth\\npine or in that brave old oak.\\nAnd to ol^tain such choice lumber for building material,\\nmany no doubt were induced to settle here, and year after year\\nthis lumber was taken off and transported to Portsmouth,\\nand to-day constitutes the frame and finish of many an old\\nmansion peculiar to that beautiful city. I never walk the\\nstreets of Portsmouth, resting my eye on those ancient\\nmansions, without linking them with the early history of\\nBarnstead and with the hardy yeomanry of a generation\\nlong since gone.\\nI never look upon her shipping without realizing the fact\\nthat many a shi}) of Barnstead oak and pine has floated^\\ndown her harbor, and with sails all spread, out upon the\\nwide waste of waters, riding triumphant and buoyant\\nas the swan in its element.\\nI have intimated that the early settlers were not an edu-\\ncated class of people. This does not imply that no im-\\nprovement in mental culture followed.\\nBarnstead has probably sent out and is still sending out\\nmore teachers than anv other town of the same number of", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 19\\ninhabitants in the state. At one time no less than four\\nmale teachers were engaged in Portsmouth, from high\\nschool down, and to-day, while we furnish Dover a mayor,\\nwe furnish the state with one sixth of her associate\\njudges and one fifth of her high sheriffs while its lawyers\\nand doctors are scattered all over the country, from Maine\\nto Georgia and from New Hampshire to California.\\nAnd, to-day, Barnstead is represented in twenty-eight\\nstates and territories and two foreign countries and yet\\nas I look out upon this audience, I am reminded that Barn-\\nstead s sons and daughters are not all gone. I see before\\nme sons and daughters of old Barnstead who carry in their\\nveins the blood of old John Aiams, the foremost in the\\nforum in the days that tried men s souls.\\nI see before me sons and daughters who carry in their\\nveins the blood of old John Stark, tlie hero of Bennington.\\nOthers I see who carry in their veins the blood of one\\nwho with a little company under the guidance of old John\\nSullivan, one dark night, went silently down the Piscata-\\nqua river, broke into the fort held by British soldiers, stole\\nthe British magazine, returned with it to Durham, and\\nafterwards sent it to Massachusetts, where it was used\\nupon the heights of Bunker Hill. I venture to say no\\nmore daring deed was performed in the Revolutionary war,\\nfrom its incipient stages to the clearing up of the smoke\\nthat hung over the city of Yorktown.\\nOur ancestors were fond of fun, of anecdotes, and of\\nlong drawn stories of tracing their ancestors way back to\\nFrance, to Scotland, to Ireland, England and Wales.\\nHow interesting to-day would be those stories with\\nwhat eagerness we would listen to those genealogies, so\\ncorrectly, so truthfully told.\\nWhy my friends, I would give more to-day for a col-\\nlection of those old stories and those genealogies than I\\nwould for a collection of the choicest literature that ever\\nflowed from the pen of man 5 but they are well nigh lost", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20 THE BAENSTEAD REUNION.\\nand forgotten, and the lips that uttered them are scaled,\\nand sealed forever.\\nThe people of Barnstead were strongly attached to eacli\\nother strongly attached to their native soil and it is this\\nelement, transmitted down to the present generation, that\\nhas brought you here to-day, my stranger friends. And\\nnow let me make a short talk to you, and I am done.\\nTo say we are glad to see you, is but a faint expression\\nof our feelings. To shake you by the hand, to recall the\\nscenes of earlier days, gives us a pleasure that vibrates on\\nevery artery and permeates every pore of the body.\\nTo know you have left your homes hundreds, nay, thou-\\nsands of miles behind, to answer to the summons for this\\ngathering, (ills us with profoundest gratitude while it binds\\nus together with a tie of ten fold tenacity. You are here\\nfrom your New England homes, from the far West, from\\nthe orange groves of the South, from the British domin-\\nions, and from the Spanish realms.\\nAnd to you, sir,* and yours, who have left your northern\\nhome to be with us to-day, permit me to say, that as a\\nhome subject to a crown worn by one of the loveliest women\\nthe world has ever produced for more than forty-five\\nyears has she sat upon England s throne without a blem-\\nish to mar the purity of her character sir, for the peace\\nof England and England s dominions, long live Victoria.]\\nAnd to you, sir,f and yours, who have crossed the ocean\\nto visit once more the home of earlier days, I will say that\\nwe do not forget that it was by the generosity and enter-\\nprise of a Ferdinand and Isabella that this great and grow-\\ning continent was given to the world, well nigh four hun-\\ndred years ago. Sir, may your adojited country ere long\\nreturn to its former greatness and power, and her people\\nbe tempered with the virtues of Alphonzo and his queen.\\n*.Tohn D. Xutter, Montreal, Ca.\\nt Dr. Albert Warren, ISIadrid, Spain.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 21\\nTo you, sir, and jours, I extend a double welcome, while I\\nwish you, your wife, and little one, a pleasant and safe re-\\nturn to your adopted Spain.\\nMy friends, some of you went forth into the world in\\nchildhood some in maturer years but the most of you\\nwent foi th in that happy period of life when the world\\nlooked bright no clouds intervening between you and\\nprosperity and happiness. It was\\nIn life s morning inarcli,\\nere the bright, unclouded future had told you the story of\\nits storms and its cares And for your success many a\\nprayer was whispered by the parents and friends you left\\nbehind. That you have been successful wherever you have\\nwandered or in whatever part of the country or the world\\nyou have made your home, is the sincere and ardent hope\\nof those whom you meet here today.\\nAnd now, proud of my position, I stand here, and in be-\\nhalf of the people of our good old town, greet you all\\nwith a welcome in which there is no dissembling, and with\\na friendship as pure as ever warmed the human heart. We\\nhave letters from absent friends, which the Secretary will\\nread to you. And is this all of the reunion your pres-\\nence and these letters from absent friends Is there no\\nmysterious connection between the living and the dead\\nAre those who have gone on before unconscious of the\\ntransactions of this day Must we believe that they are\\nasleep to all tlie concerns and cares of the living Ah\\nthat sleep means oblivion Rather let us believe that back\\nfrom the moment of our creation, onward through the eternal\\nfuture, there is not one moment lost, not one single link\\ndisconnected or broken, in all that endless chain of the\\nsoul s immortality. They are here to-day reaching forth\\nthe hand in sympathy and friendship from the shadow that\\nveils them from our view\\n2", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nIt is this fact that makes this reunion complete. We\\nare all liere to-day, either mentally, in person, or in sym-\\npathy, from the North and from the Sonth, from the East\\nand from the West, and from beyond the river I\\nA POEM.\\nWritten for the Barnstead Rennion, August 30, 1882,\\nBY LAURA GARLAND CARR.\\nKead by Miss Sophia George.\\n[Laura Garland Carr, the daughter of William\\nand Mary Jane (Hall) Garland, was born in\\nliarnstead, June 27, 1835, Avhere her childhood\\nwas passed. Her father died in her infancy. Her\\ngrandf\\\\ither, Isaac Garland, was an early settler\\nin Barnstead, and reared a large family of sons\\nand daughters, who in early life were all teachers\\nof the schools in Barnstead and elswhere. He\\nwas fond of reading, especially poetry, and some-\\ntimes wrote verses. He died in 1867, aged ninety-\\ntwo years, A son, John B. Garland, Esq., owns\\nand occupies the old homestead, to which Mrs.\\nCarr so feelingly refers in some of her poems.\\nBecame the wife of K. G. Carr, Esq., of Concord,\\nN. H., Sept. 27, 18(34, where she now resides.\\nHer friends hope some day to see the many\\npoetic gems from her pen gathered together and\\npublished in a style befitting their worth.\\nEditor.]", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 23\\nOLD BARNSTEAD.\\nWe talk of buried cities found beueatli Italian skies,\\nWhere homes and streets, hidden for years, from out their ashes rise\\nThe i^leasant thrills that move us, as their relics gather fast,\\nTell of a strong, magnetic link binding us to the past.\\nWe need not cross the ocean, friends, nor wander up nor down\\nWe, who have come to middle life to find a buried town.\\nThe world is full of them, to-day not quite so famed, we know.\\nNor covei ed by Vesuvian fires, so many years ago.\\nTis but the dust that Fatlier Time lets fall in his swift flight\\nA golden dust yet holding close its visions from our sight\\nThe playgrounds of our childhood Oh, the homes of earliest days\\nWe never more may find them, once we leave their mystic ways.\\nWe visit scenes we call the same, and some old trails we find\\nBut there s a marked change over all, that cannot be defined.\\nIt gathers deeper, year by year*, till each return gives pain.\\nAnd memory alone can give the old haunts back again.\\nAnd so there s much of sadness in our gathering to-day;\\nFor us who went out gay and young, and come back staid and gvay\\nAnd, while this modern Barnstead has its own fair claims, in sooth,\\nForgive us if we cherish best the old town of our youth.\\nOld Barnstead Ah, how vast it was It almost filled the world\\nNot quite, for wasn t Tuttle s stage, in all its grandeur, whirled,\\nOnce every week, straight through town and off beyond the hills.\\nWhere Dover lay, a strip of land, with a few noisy mills\\nThat stage No palace car we ve seen was half so rich and gay\\nIt had red curtains, you could see more than a mile away.\\nAnd, when close by Lock s Corner school, at Nutter s store, it paused.\\nWhat a wild stir of wonderment in our young breasts it caused\\nWe turned, and stretched our necks, to peer through windows small\\nand high,\\nTo catch each crimson flutter in the dust clouds rolling by.\\nAnd then the school droned slowly on, while fat old bumble-bees\\nLooked in on us with husky boom, then whisked off toward the trees.\\nWe followed them mth longing eyes, and thought how cool and dense\\nThe shadows lay upon the grass, beyond the pasture fence\\nAnd wondered if the worm we saw at recess, on the ledge,\\nHad finished up his jerky job of inching off its edge.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nWe lieard a chipimmk scold and fret, and knew the very stump\\nAVhere he was sitting, tail erect, the frisky, saucy hump\\nAn August-bug, with long-drawn whir-r, went slowly sailing by,\\nAnd happy swallows skimmed and wheeled between us and the sky.\\nAnd then our eyes went slowly o er the objects in the room\\nThe pile of hemlock, by the door, already for a broom\\nThe oak-leaf festoons on the wall the long seats, row by row\\nThe water-pail, on the front bench, with dusty pools below\\nThe battered old tin dipper, with its rusty base and brim\\nAnd here we made a pilgrimage in sudden thirsty whim.\\nThen o er the teacher s desk we looked, with eager, searching face,\\nHoping, amid the knots and stains, a new scene we might trace.\\nThe rusty old box-stove was gay with fragrant tufts of fern,\\nAnd all the rambling funnel, in its every crook and turn,\\nWas misty with asparagus, where flies in busy glee\\nSwung up and down, so free and glad, it made us wild to see.\\nOh, how the time dragged Are these months so long as first school days?\\nThey are the darkest points I see, way back there in the haze.\\nAh, now, when every passing hour is full to overflow,\\nThe thinking on those taskless times is the best rest we know\\nNo freed, wild creature from the wood ere sped to its abode\\nMore gladly than we bounded home through that long, winding road,\\nWith dinner-pails that swung and flashed at every joyous turn,\\nAnd gleaning lessons all the way that were not hard to learn.\\nOur father s fifty aci e farm How full of nooks t was stored\\nOh it seemed larger than this town, with regions unexplored.\\nWe never saw such bees and birds as joined us at our play,\\nNor fields so full of sweet wild flowers. You call them weeds to-day.\\nNo modern mower er e was seen through those fair fields to pass.\\nScaring the merry bobolinks from homes deep in the grass\\nNor one of all the clanking things that these new farms infest\\nWent clattering across those vales, like demons of unrest.\\nA slender pathway, like a thread, now hidden, and now seen,\\nRan through the line of rustling corn and off across the green.\\nWith mazy curves and wayside charms our young feet to beguile,\\nTill, at the wall, another path met it beyond the stile.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 25\\nWhat pleasant people came and went through those remembered ways\\nThere was no dearth of uncles, aunts, or cousins, in those days.\\nAnd oh, the dear old grand-parents, with hearts so warm and true\\nSo mindful of each childish want in all our noisy crew\\nIn that old town all things were bright within its ample lines.\\nNo bugs were on the roses then, no blight upon the vines.\\nAnd didn t berries ripen sweet through nine months of the year?\\nThen, oh, the jolly harvest time, with all its added cheer\\nThere was no empty houses then, beside the roads to rise,\\nMocking us with the ghostliness of their dull, vacant eyes\\nNor were there strange new faces glancing from familiar nooks.\\nWithout a hint of love for us in their cold, curious looks.\\nThere were no grave-yards in that town of which we were aware,\\nOnly a few old, mossy graves that always had been there.\\nWith quaint, dark stones telling us when the sleepers went away.\\nNot one of these cold marble slabs that chill our hearts to-day.\\nBarnstead Her fields are rich and green, her meadows fair to see\\nHer pasture lands are dotted o er with cattle, roving free\\nHer forests spread their shadows broad in many a sylvan place\\nHer hills trail low against the sky in curving lines of grace.\\nOn her fair ponds the lilies lie in all their wealth of bloom.\\nWhile from their banks rings out the clear, wild laughter of the loon\\nHer streamlets glide down grassy slopes with merry song and flash\\nHer waterfalls leap from her heights with frantic plunge and dash.\\nAnd though her sons and daughters roam through all the big, round\\nearth,\\nA goodly company still fills the home that gave them birth.\\nAnd younger ones are coming up to join the thinning band.\\nWhile peace and plenty, side by side, make glad the pleasant land.\\nThen here s cheer for Barnstead town, just as she stands to-day\\nAnd here s one for her girls and boys, who ve never strayed away\\nAnother for the distant ones, who hold her memory dear\\nAnd one more for the wanderers, who ve once more gathered here.\\nBut when I speak of that old town that has so long been dead,\\nI feel like standing silently, with bowed, uncovered head.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26 THE RARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nNotp:. It is with sincere regret that tlie Editor reports his inabil-\\nity to procnre a cojn of the Oration of Dr. (^iiint for pultlicatiou.\\nSeveral letters were written him, requesting- a copy, hut they failed\\nto elicit any response, and reluctantly the book is sent to the printer\\nwithout it. ^D.]\\nTHE DINNER.\\nOil adjourning at 2 o clock p. m., from the Stand\\nat which the morning exorcises had been held, the\\ncompany moved to the Dining- Tent, where tables\\nwere loaded with substantial food and varied del-\\nicacies, j)repared by Barnstead s fair daughters for\\nthe guests to the family gathering.\\nAfter dinner a short time was spent in social\\ngreetings and renewing old acquaintances and\\nfriendships, when the thrilling notes of the Band\\nagain called them to the Stand.\\nThe President called them to order and intro-\\nduced Dr. H. C. Canney, of Manchester, who\\nread the following Poem:\\nBARN STEAD.\\n[Written for and read at the Reunion held at Barnstead, N. H.,\\nAugust 30, 188-2.]\\nBY DR. H. C. CANNEY.\\nOld Barnstead grand and noble town,\\nThe fairest gem in a nation s crown,\\nWith thy broad fields, thy hills and waters,\\nThy noble sons and peerless daughters.\\nThy daughters fair, wherever found.\\nWith memories sweet thy name surround\\nThy absent sons, where er they roam,\\nStill think of thee, old town, as home.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 27\\nXo skies so fair have they e er seen,\\nNo birds so gay, no fields so green,\\nXo other waters e er so bright,\\nAs sparkled to their youthful sight.\\nTlien life seemed bright as morning s dew.\\nAnd earth seemed good and pure and true.\\nO, that those dreams were dreams of truth,\\nThose of our free and buoyant youth\\nBut mid this day of festal gladness\\nWe will remember, not in sadness.\\nHow far from childhood s faith we turned.\\nAs we life s bitter lessons learned.\\nAgain we view each treasured nook,\\nliy rocky height or babbling brook,\\nAnd they bring back with magic power,\\nRemembrance of youth s fleeting hour.\\nIt only seems the other day.\\nWe frolicked there in childhood s play.\\nAnd we forget the flight of years,\\nLife s struggles, triumphs, joys and tears.\\nAs here we meet mid scenes of yore,\\nAnd friend greets friend with joy ouce more;\\nWe join the sport, and not in vain,\\nWe dream that we are young again.\\nThough passing time has left its traces\\nUpon the old, familiar faces\\nAnd many to-day we miss among\\nThose dear to us when life was young.\\nOld Barnstead, round our natal shrine.\\nThe strongest tendrils always twine,\\nRound early friends and playmates dear,\\nNow in reunion gathered here.\\n1 hen let joy s merry tones ring out,\\nRing far and wide in gladsome shout,\\nTill vale and hill shall give reply\\nIn echoes sounding to the sky", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "^S THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nLong may the old town guard with care\\nThat honored station now its share\\nAnd may its truant chihh en all\\nReturn at each reunion s call,\\nTo pass at least one happy day\\nWith tliose at home, who wisely stay.\\nTo ever keep thy growing fame,\\nWith them tis safe thy honored name.\\nFrom heaven to earth no bliss descends\\nMore pure than greeting childhood s friends;\\nAnd may we hope reunions here\\nWill mark with joy each passing year.\\nFor they will ever truly be\\nLike islands green in life s drear sea,\\nAnd grown more dear as years shall glide\\nAdown times ever ebbing tide.\\nYet mid our joys conies thought of pain,\\nWe may not all meet here again\\nFor one by one we journey lone\\nUnto the land of the unknown.\\nBut through the years of coming time,\\nAs pilgrims in an eastern clime\\nGather at Mecca, their shrine so dear\\nSo may our children gather here.\\nWhen earth and time no more shall be,\\nI hope and trust, old friends, that we\\nShall yet a grand reunion hold\\nYond gates of pearl, in streets of gold.\\nAfter the Poem, the Secretary read the follow-\\ning letters:\\nLETTER OF REV. S. D. JEWETT, OF MIDDLETOWX, CONN.\\nMiDDLETOWN, Ct., Aug. 23, 1882.\\nRev. Wm. 0. Carr,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nDear Sir: I have received the invitation of the Ex.\\nCommittee to attend the Reunion at Barnstead Aug. 30.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 29\\nYour letter of the 17th came with the request that I lead\\nin the opening prayer. Could I be present I would stand\\nin my lot, and do what I might to add to the interest of\\nthe occasion. But I must decline to accept your kind invi-\\ntation. I excuse myself on the score of distance, home\\nduties and age.\\nThe first settlers of Barn stead are well remembered by\\nme. Although I have not lately visited my native place\\nbodily, yet I am often there in spirit. Among the dead\\nand living are my kindred. I can now see distinctly the\\nform and face of Esquire Charles Hodgdon, Leftenant Ben-\\njamin Nutter, Uncle Lord, Uncle Joseph and Deborah\\nBunker, Deacon Ebenezer Nutter and his wife, riding six\\nmiles on horseback to meeting.\\nI have the History of Barnstead and read it with great\\npleasure, and if it has some irrelevant matter and a super-\\nabundance of poetry, it is what was wanted a correct his-\\ntory of Barnstead. It need not be said that the pioneers\\nof Barnstead were almost a unit in politics. At one time\\nthere were but two Federal votes found in the ballot-box\\none of these was thrown out by my father, the other by\\nUncle Locke of the north part of the town. Your venera-\\nble predecessor. Rev. Enos George, was earnest and effi-\\ncient to perpetuate the same ratio.\\nIf Barnstead has not increased in population as some\\ntowns have, it is because so many of her sons have emi-\\ngrated.\\nI am surprised to see the catalogue of professional and\\neducated men that Barnstead has sent out. What town of\\nequal population can compare with it in this respect I\\nhave many pleasant memories of Barnstead Parade. I am\\nnow over eighty years old, and have some of the peevish-\\nness of old age but when I remember the follies and mis-\\nchief of early days, my fault-finding is suppressed and I\\nam charitable.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": ".30 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nGod bless old Barnstead He brought a strong and\\nvigorous colony there, led by a pious servant of his own\\nchoice. He has sustained them since, and now permits\\nthem to sit in peace and plenty under their own vine and\\nfig tree. This Reunion should be full of gratitude to God,\\nand full of faith in him for the future.\\nLet it close with every voice in a grand chorus,\\nPraise God from whom all blessings flow.\\nFrom your aged townsman,\\nS. D. JEWETT.\\nLETTER OF J. C SCRIGGINS, ESQ.\\nStorm Lake, Iowa, Aug 11, 1882.\\nHorace N. Colbath, Esq.,\\nDear Sir I received your kind in\\\\atation to attend the\\nReunion of the Sons and Daughters of Barnstead, Aug. 30th.\\nI should be happy to come and see long remembered\\nfaces and take one more look over the hills and valleys of\\nmy native town, the home of my boyhood, before I go to\\nthat bourne from which no traveller returns.\\nBut it is impossible. I am all alone, and have cows,\\nhorses, and swine to care for and look after as well as\\nfarm crops to gather.\\nI cannot write you my feelings, as I am not used to\\nmuch writing, but I enclose some verses that I found in a\\npaper, that in many respects truly expresses my own ex-\\nperience\\nIn the home of my childhood, where tall poplars grew,\\nAVas a huge kitchen fire-place homely to view,\\nWith its old-fashioned crane and its trammels of wire,\\nThat swung the cook-pot o er the old kitchen fire.\\nBack-logs were, in winter, piled up to the flue.\\nWith fore-sticks of hick ry, or maple in lieu;\\nWhence bright cheerful flames would leap higher and higher,\\nTill all was aglow round the old kitchen fire.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION, 31\\nTn autumn the bacon and shoulders and hams\\nWere hung up to cure in those ample old jambs,\\nAnd all the home comforts that heart could desire,\\nWere plenty and free round that old kitchen fire.\\nWhen the chores were all done, and the back-log in place\\nWe drew round the table, and bowing for grace,\\nAll joined in thanksgiving, pronounced by the sire,\\nFor blessings surrounding our old kitchen fire.\\nOft-times was that kitchen the neighbors resort\\nFor social enjoyment or juvenile sport.\\nAnd children would cluster around our grandsire\\nTo hear his war-tales by the old kitchen fire.\\nThe purest enjoyments I ever have known\\nWere those when I mingled at home with my own\\nWith parents and children, and household entire,\\nAssembled around the dear old kitchen fire.\\nOne soul was as gentle and sweet as the dove\\nThe bond of our circle, its centre of love.\\nWhose hands though oft weary, seem never to tire\\nOf labors of love round the old kitchen fire.\\nAs the mother-bird guardeth the nest of her brood.\\nThus watchful was she for our safety and good\\nAnd often she toiled, after all would retire,\\nOur garments to mend by the old kitchen fire.\\nIn search of enjoyment I ve roved the world round,\\n^loiig the grave and the festive, and yet I ve not found\\nIn all life s allurements one charm to admire\\nLike the home scenes of yore round the old kitchen fire.\\nThanking you for your kind invitation, 1 am\\nYour ob t servant,\\nJOSHUA C. SCRIGGINS.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a232 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nLETTER OF WILLIAM G. DREW.\\nQuiNCY, Plumas Co., California,\\nAugust 13, 1882.\\nHorace N. Colbath,\\nDear Sir I hereby acknowledge the receipt of your\\nkind invitation to be present at the Barnstead Reunion,\\nwith sincere regrets that I cannot be there.\\nYet I would say to the sons and daughters of Barnstead,\\nDear Brothers and Sisters, Greeting from one who holds\\nin most affectionate remembrance the home of his child-\\nhood old Barnstead, in Yankee land.\\nYou may be sure, my friends, I am with you in spirit\\nalthough materially I am three thousand miles away.\\nWhen I first came to California, I was introduced to a\\ngentleman, a native of New Hampshire, who asked from\\nwhat part of the state I came. Witli pride I answered from\\nBarnstead. A good place to come from, said he, em-\\nphatically.\\nBut I, for one, think it is a good place to live in, and a\\ngood place to return to and truly I hope when you have\\nanother Reunion I may be there in person.\\nWishing you all much pleasure at your Reunion,\\nI am, with respect, yours, c.,\\nWM. GARLAND DREW.\\n1st Sentiment:\\nOld Barnstead A good town to go from a\\nbetter one to return to.\\nResponded to by Hon. H. A. Tuttle, as follows\\nMr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen\\nThirty years ago to-day I left the old shoe shop, opposite\\nShackford s Hotel, and went out into the world to seek my\\nfortune.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION, 66\\nI went with the kind wishes of the people ringing in my\\ncars, and with the thought that after all Barnstead was a\\npretty good place from which to go.\\nSomehow I never could make up my mind to settle in\\nthe rich regions of the West as have many emigrants from\\nBarnstead.\\nI still clung to the old Granite State, and finally adopted\\nthe neighboring town of Pittsfield as my home. I went\\ninto business there and soon found, by the liberal patronage\\nand cheering words of her people, how Barnstead would\\nstand by her sons.\\nYes, ladies and gentlemen, Barnstead is a good town to\\ngo from you are never forgotten. The people rejoice with\\nyou in your prosperity, and weep with you in your ad-\\nversity.\\nWhat a hearty welcome they give you when you return\\nand how proud you are that Barnstead is your native town.\\nBarnstead The birthplace of such men as the orator\\nof the day, the learned Quint of Dover, Judge Clark of\\nManchester, the Barnstead Boy, Hon. John G. Sinclair,\\nHon. J. P. Newell, Col. Murphy the present Mayor of Do-\\nver, Col. Edgerly of Manchester, and a host of others who\\nare present here to-day.\\nBut who have always wished us God-speed in every good\\npurpose Who have given us the heartiest welcome to-\\nday Who have entertained us pleasantly Who have\\nsupplied the wants of the inner man Without whom\\nwould this Reunion have been an utter failure The sons\\nof Barnstead No The daughters of Barnstead May\\nthey live long and prosper.\\nSir We have found out to-day that Barnstead is even\\na better place to return to, than to go from. Let us return\\noftener Let the old ties of kinship and of friendship be\\ncloser drawn about us, and may old Barnstead see our\\nfaces oftener in the future than she has in the past.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n2d Sentiment:\\nA kind remembrance to the Sons and Danghters\\nof Barn.stead providentially detained from our\\nReunion.\\nRe8i)onse by Col. E. S. Nutter, Concord, N. H.,\\nas follows:\\nMr. President:\\nIt would have j)Iea.sed me far better had it fallen to the\\nlot of some more eloquent son of our good old town to\\nrespond to this toast. Yet I am sure that no one among\\nthem all, at home or abroad, clierishes a warmer love for\\nold BarnstCad, or a stronger regard for all her sons and\\ndaughters, wherever they may be found. There is no\\nmore jjleasant occurrence in ordinary life than the family\\nreunion, where all the absent sons and daughters come\\nback to the home of their childhood and gather beneath\\nthe old roof-tree, as in the days of the past. Ours, to-day,\\nis a reunion upon a larger scale. Many families are gath-\\nered here, all with a common interest, all responding to\\nthe call of a common mother the town whose name we\\nhonor, and whose soil we love. While we live the memory\\nof this occasion will be one of the brightest things of life.\\nYet there is no pleasure without alloy no joy without\\nsome tinge of sadness. As we have met old friends and\\nrenewed old friendships, we are sensibly reminded of the\\nfact that there are tliose who were with us in other days,\\nwhose faces we have not seen and whose voices we have\\nnot heard to-day. Some of them many, indeed have\\npassed beyond the reach of any mortal mother s call. Others\\nmay have received the summons, but have been unable to\\nrespond. Some are disabled by the infirmities of age\\nworn and wearied by long and faithful services in life s\\ngreat fields of labor. Others are confined by business\\ncares which cannot be laid aside, even for a brief interval.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 36\\nOthers, still, are separated from us by long distance, beyond\\ntheir means to overcome, however strong their inclination\\nand desire. There is no section of the state, no part of\\nthe country, where the sons and daughters of Barnstead\\nare not to be found and Avherever they are, we may be\\nsure they have done and are doing their duty well and\\nfaithfully. In every walk of life in law and politics, in\\nthe ministry and in the school-room, in trade and manufac-\\nture, and in every line of industry, the representatives of\\nour good old town are found in the front ranks. Some of\\nthe most successful of the number are here to-day.\\nWe rejoice in their presence, and gladly listen to their\\nwords of kindly cheer.\\nBut to the absent ones, whether known or unknown to\\nworldly fame and honor, our thoughts turn at this time.\\nThey are our brothers and sisters children of the dear\\nold mother town and wherever they are, scattered up and\\ndown the state, or all over the Union, or even beyond its\\nl)orders as many are, we may be sure that their hearts are\\nwith us now, even as our hearts go out to them. Though\\nabsent in body they are present in spirit. They have not\\nforgotten their native hills and valleys and the friends and\\nassociations of childhood and youth. They will cherish\\nthe memory of these as long and faithfully as the lessons\\nof honesty, frugality, and patriotism, which they learned\\nin their midst and have followed through life. Though\\nwith us on this glad occasion in thought and wish alone,\\nwe cannot doubt that our absent friends await with deepest\\ninterest the report of our reunion, and all its exercises and\\ndetails.\\nThey will hear of it hi their homes, they will read the\\nstory of its grand success with true and loyal pride but\\nthe half even can never be told or written.\\nOnly those who participated in person can have an real-\\nizing sense of the pleasure and success of this day and\\noccasion. So it is that we regret, as deeply as they can do,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nthat SO many of our friends have been unable to gather\\nwith us to da}^ that we do not enjoy their presence, and\\nthat tlic full measure of what we do enjoy cannot be shared\\nwith them. We can only send them fraternal greeting,\\nand the assurance of affectionate regard.\\n3d Sentiment:\\nOld Barn stead Her fair fame a sure passport\\nfor her sons wherever they go her principles a\\nguarantee of success.\\nCol. M. B. Y. Edgerly, of Manchester, N H.,\\nresponded, briefly, as follows:\\nMr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen\\nTo-day the sons and daughters of Barnstead meet to\\ncelebrate their first reunion.\\nLet us consider for a moment some of the characteris-\\ntics of the old town and its children.\\nThere is a natural variety of men and women. Some\\nare brave and intelligent, some timid and despondent and\\nto understand why all are not equal, why one should be\\nmore especially fitted to their work than another, we should\\ngo back to their birthplace, to their first surroundings, and\\nfind out the peculiar characteristics of their birthplace\\nfor in every country man is deeply rooted into the soil of\\nnature.\\nGenerally the sons and daughters of Barnstead are push-\\ning, energetic, and trustworthy, and are striving to reach\\nan honorable position in life and when they have reached\\nthe pinnacle of their ambition, they bring not only honor to\\nthemselves but to their native town, the birthplace where\\ntheir principles were nurtured and sustained.\\nThe better and higher the principles, the more capable\\nthe people, and more richly endowed with honesty and in-\\ntegrity.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 37\\nBoth the mental and physical structure of mankind de-\\npend more or less upon surroundings.\\nThe lovelier the landscape the more poetic the race\\nand in such a town as old Barnstead, undulating with hill\\nand vale, mankind contracts a temperament and a charac-\\nter corresponding to it.\\nI am inclined to believe that whatever of fame and\\nhonor has been achieved by the sons and daughters of\\nBarnstead they owe much to the inspiration born of the\\nrugged hills of their native town. And I am glad to know\\nthat she has sent into the various walks of life her sons\\nand daughters who have shed a brilliancy upon her name\\nand exerted a healthful influence upon the affairs of the\\nstate, of which we may all be proud.\\nWith many thanks, Mr. President, for your flattering\\nintroduction and kind wishes, and with bright hopes for\\nthe future prosperity of old Barnstead, allow me to give\\nplace to others.\\n4th Sentiment:\\nThe adopted sons of Barnstead They have\\nhonored her name and she rejoices in their success.\\nHon. C. M. Murphy of Dover, H., respond-\\ned, as follows:\\nMr President\\nI have no difficulty in admitting that a well-situated,\\nthrifty, and attractive New England town, must owe a good\\ndeal to its adopted sons. One is not consulted about his\\nbirthplace, but his head and heart have to do with the\\nchoice of associates and surroundings. My recollections\\nof Barnstead are exceedingly pleasant. Many changes\\nhave taken place in Yankee land since I was a long-legged\\nboy in this town. Many of the old seaports are now well-\\nnigh deserted regions that were then wholly agricultural,\\nare now wholly manufacturing turnpikes then much\\n3", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nfrequented, are now largely abandoned capital has\\nchanged quarters, and the future promises other and still\\nmore important departures. But to me, Barnstead still\\npreserves its old-time certainty and invariability. The\\nvicissitudes which have disturbed other places, seem not\\nto have affected this. If my opinion is a correct one, and\\nI entertain no doubt and fear no contradiction, there must\\nbe a good reason for such steadiness, integrity, and single-\\nness of purpose. Shall the reason bo sought for in its\\nearly history My friend, Dr. Quint, who lives a part of\\nhis time in the 17th century, and knows more about the\\nearly settlers of New Hampshire towns than most of us\\ndo of our childhood, can answer the question. Pictur-\\nesque or ugly, we are bound to speak well of our birth-\\nplace, but it is a good test of one s liking for a locality, if\\ncoming to it as a stranger, and leaving it before maturity, he\\nloves to revisit it, and continues thi-ough busy, engrossing\\nyears, to hold pleasing and hearty interest in its welfare.\\nThis test, Mr. President, I meet fully, and confidently be-\\nlieve, that time, in this respect, can work no change in me.\\n5th Sentimext:\\nThe emigrant sons and daughters of Barnstead\\nWherever may be their a))iding place or what-\\never their duties, let them never forget that they\\ncannot be delinquent without being degenerate.\\nHon John P. ^N^ewell, of Manchester, ^N H.,\\neloquently responded as follows:\\nMr. President., Ladies and Gentlemen.^\\nFellow- Citizens of Barnstead\\nI am glad to be with you to-day, and to be pei mitted to\\nlook once more into your honest faces and to feel once\\nmore the pressure of your friendly hands. I am glad that\\nthose of you who still abide in or near your ancestral homes", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 39\\nhave found it in your hearts to inaugurate and carry into suc-\\ncessful execution this reunion of the sons and daughters\\nof old Barnstead. The occasion revives old associations and\\nbrings back fondly to my memory the happy days of my\\nboyhood, and all the cherished friendships of my early life.\\nThough it is now many years since my father moved\\ninto an adjoining town, and made a home for himself and\\nhis family. Yet even to this day, whenever in my dreams\\nI am in my father s house, it is always the dear old home\\non the Province road, in South Barnstead, where I was\\nborn.\\nEvery rod of my father s farm, and every spot in all the\\nneighborhood, is to me hallowed ground and I adopt, as\\nexpressing my own feelings, the words of the poet\\nHow dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood,\\nAs fond recollection presents them to view\\nThe orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wild-wood,\\nAnd every loved spot my infancy knew.\\nA distinguished son of New Hampshire, who, in his\\nyoung manhood, joined the tide of emigration towards the\\nsetting sun and made himself famous in a western state, is\\nsaid once to have made the remark that New Hampshire\\nwas a good state to emigrate from, and many have sup-\\nposed that Gen. Cass meant this in disparagement of his\\nnative state. But, no he intended to say, that the train-\\ning a young man gets in New Hampshire in matters of\\nindustry, enterprise, economy, and unwavering honesty,\\nwill ensure his success wherever he may go and whoever\\nmay be his competitors. And if the sons of Barnstead\\nwho have gone forth from your midst have achieved any-\\nthing of success and you have no occasion to blush for\\nthem to-day it is because of the training they received in\\nthe dear old homes in Barnstead, and of the healthful\\ninfluences that were about them during all the years of\\ntheir childhood and youth and among those influences,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "40 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nwliose tendency was to form high and manly character,\\nwere the well kept public and select schools in town, and\\nthe honest life and worthy example of the fathers and\\nmothers. But not the least among these influences that\\nhelped to form the character of the young, was the elevat-\\ning influence of that good man who was often a teacher\\nin our public schools and who for more than fifty years\\nwas a minister of the gospel in this town. I refer, of\\ncourse, Mr. President, to your honored father, the Rev.\\nEnos George, of blessed memory.\\nI see by the census reports that the po])ulation of Barn-\\nstead is less than it was some years ago. In seeking for\\nthe causes of this diminished population, I desire to ask,\\nWhere now are those homes, that used to exist here, full\\nof healthy and happy children Why, I remember four\\nfamilies that once lived over on the Province road in which\\nthere were fifty-four children, and the number in the sev-\\neral families increased in regular progression twelve,\\nthirteen, fourteen, and fifteen fifty-four in all.\\nI believe in the policy and the justice of giving pensions\\nto those brave but disabled soldiers, who, during the late\\nrebellion, endured hardships and imperiled life in defence\\nof the American Union. But I think, Mr. President, it\\nwould be a no less wise and just thing to pension those\\nmothers of a numerous offspring.\\nAnother reason for the depopulation of these country\\ntowns may be found in the fact that the boys who have\\nbeen born and reared here, as soon as they grow to man-\\nhood, and even before that time, leave their homes and\\ntheir fathers farms, and flock to the cities in quest of em-\\nployment.\\nIn this way, families are broken up, and the children are\\nscattered far and wide, leaving father and mother in their\\nenfeebled age to plod on, as best they may, until life s jour-\\nney is finished.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 41\\nIn many cases I believe this to be a grave mistake, if,\\nindeed, it be not a crime. Let the homes, as far as this\\ncan be done, be made beautiful and attractive, well sup-\\nsupplied with choice books and daily or weekly papers and\\nwhatever else is calculated to embellish life and form\\nmanly character, and then let the boys remain at home, or\\nin near neighborhood of home, a lielp to each other and be a\\ncomfort and solace to their fathers and mothers, to whom\\nthey are bound by every tie of nature and by every consid-\\neration of gratitude and love.\\nAnd now, Mr. President, I will close with a heartfelt\\nwish for continued prosperity and happiness to all the good\\npeople of old Barnstead.\\n6th Sen^timent:\\nThe town of Barnstead She loves her hills and\\nbeautiful valleys, but feeling the sentiment and\\nborrowing the language of the Konian mother,\\nshe points to her children, and exclaims, These\\nare mj jewels.\\nRev. Frank H. Lyford was called upon to re-\\nspond to this sentiment. Having taken the stand,\\nhe said\\nMr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen\\nWorthy sons and daughters of noble sires Jewels of\\nold Barnstead Happy am I to greet you on this occasion\\nAn occasion alike honorable to yourselves and those who\\nhave gone before you.\\nWhy bless your dear souls, it does me good to behold\\nyour upturned faces, with blooming cheeks and sparkling\\neyes.\\nThe very air we breathe is fraught with beauty and fra-\\ngrance. And, although not to the manor born, yet my\\nassociations with this people, and my former residence in", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "42 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nthis good old town, have been of such a nature as to make\\nevery inch of her soil, from Beauty Hill to Blue Job, and\\nall the way along the beautiful Suncook, dear to my heart\\nand memory. And every man, woman, and child among\\nyou seems, as it were, my own kitii and kin.\\nOne can scarcely enjoy an occasion like this, with the\\ncordial greetings and hearty handshakings of so many\\ndear old friends, without being made a better and happier\\nman.\\nMay we go from this Reunion to our several homes, bet-\\nter prepared to take up the weapons of our warfare in\\nlife s great struggle, and, the good Lord helping us, may\\nwe each be enabled to accomplish more for His glory and\\nthe good of man than hitherto we have done.\\n1 am proud of my connection with this people, proud\\nof this occasion, glad of the high })rivilege of being pres-\\nent with you to-day, and of being counted worthy of hold-\\ning a position amon^^ the former residents of your town,\\na town whose people have honored me with their confi-\\ndence and support on more than one occasion.\\nAlthough not in the political world at present, there is\\nsomething in our surroundings, or in the air we breathe to-\\nday, that seems to spur me up to do something entirely out\\nof my line. I see upon this stand some noble specimens\\nof Young America sons of old Barnstead, representa-\\ntive men of different political organizations, any one of\\nthem worthy and well-qualified to fill the chair of state,\\nand had we come home to-day to vote, instead of shaking\\nhands and eating your Big Dinner, were Col. Edgerly\\nor Col. Tuttle the candidate for Governor, I think I would\\nhardly be restrained from letting out the old war-whoop of\\nAll for Edgerly, or All for Tuttle.\\nYou, sir, remember the story of the old maid s prayer\\nfor a husband, and its final conclusion, Any body will do.\\nAnd so with me to-day, any body will do, so he be a son\\nof the good old town of Barnstead.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 43\\nWishing you all abundant success and prosperity in this\\nlife, and a happy home in the Sweet Bye and Bye, I\\nleave you with the hope that your young men may be true\\nto the teachings of the fathers, and your young women\\nmay imitate the virtues of the mothers, to whom Barn-\\nstead may point, and proudly exclaim, These are my\\njewels\\n7th Sentiment:\\nThe annual eroj) produced m old Barnstead\\nJudges, Clergymen, Physicians, Merchants, Me-\\nchanics, and Farmers May the crop increase\\nuntil she has enough foi* home consumption and a\\nlarge surplus for exjDortation.\\nResponse by John D. Kutter, Esq., of Mont-\\nreal, Canada, substantially as follows:\\nMr. President\\nIt would be an injustice to you as well as myself, did I\\nnot acknowledge the kind words you have spoken and the\\ncordial welcome you have extended to those who have\\ncome from a distance to join you in the greetings, pleas-\\nures, and festivities of this Reunion.\\nIt is exceedingly pleasant to be remembered by the com-\\npanions of our boyhood and school days. It adds an-\\nother link to the chain that binds us to the place of our\\nbirth home that sweetest word and dearest place in this\\nworld.\\nThe multitude of the sons and daughters of Barnstead\\nwho are here to-day, from far and near, proves this asser-\\ntion beyond a doubt.\\nHere we delight to come, and around the old fireside\\ngreet each other, and for a brief time hear and recount to\\neach other the vicissitudes through which we have passed\\nsince we left the paternal roof.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "44 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nI have just visited the place where I was born. How\\nwell I remember its surroundings the woodland, where I\\nhunted the wild partridge the brook beyond, meandering\\nthrough the Munsoy Meadow, winding its way to the Pa-\\nrade, and then lost in the Suncook by its side, with hook\\nand line, you and I, Mr. Prosideut, have spent many happy\\nhours, patiently waiting for the bite of the tiny trout.\\nThe orcliard, where every good tree was known and\\nnamed, is but a shadow of what it then was, only here and\\nthere, like sentinels, are a few trees standing.\\nThe old cottage, with its blazing hearth, the room where\\nwe lived, my mother, the centre of the family group (my\\nfather having died before I could remember), seated at the\\ntable with her knitting, and the children, by the light of a\\ntallow candle, studying the lessons for to-morrow s school.\\nI saw to-day the jilace where stood the old school-house,\\nbut how changed then a small square building, painted\\nred, with a pointed roof, the wooden desks covered with\\njack-knife engravings and the names of its occupants the\\nhigh desk by the door the speaking form, and the old fire\\nplace, have long since passed away.\\nThe teacher, Mr. President, was none other than your\\nfather, the Rev. Enos George, and my heart prompts me to\\npay my tribute to his memory and worth. No words of\\nmine can do justice to him as a teacher, pastor or man.\\nHis name and memory is engraved on all our hearts.\\nBarnstead can never forget him. He labored here fifty\\nyears with untiring zeal, as a teacher in education and\\nreligion, and I believe his influence for good is felt here\\nto-day.\\nAs a minister, clad in that sombre garb, I almost feared\\nhim, but at his school I lost that fear.\\nHe was a good teacher, strict in discipline but just,\\nwhat he promised he performed. I well remember the\\nstory of the unruly pupil, whom Parson George had prom-\\nised to punish the next day, coming to him asking to be", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 45\\npunished at once, as he did not want to dread it so\\nlong.\\nMore than a generation has passed since I went ont\\nfrom home, an indigent boy, with a limited education, and\\nno knowledge of the world, to try and gather around me\\nthe comforts of a home. Time lias changed us all those\\nsmiling girls are now staid matrons, those happy, careless\\nboys are now earnest men upon whose brows the snow of\\nwinter is fast falling. It has been my lot to have seen\\nsomething of the world, and I have yet to find a place that\\nI would exchange, as a home, for New England. God\\nbless her. I love her people, her religion, her morality,\\nher system of schools, her equal laws, and strict admin-\\nistration of the same.\\nI hail the Old Flag that is floating above us. I have\\nseen it in distant lands, and felt proud that I could claim\\nit as my birthright. More than a quarter of a century has\\npassed since I have lived under the jurisdiction of the\\nUnited States. Circumstances that led me away when a\\nboy have kept me away ever since. Still I claim old Barn-\\nstead as my home.\\nThe pleasure of meeting liere has its sting. The thought\\nthat we are soon to part presses upon me. Sadly I turn\\naway from the scenes I have always lov^ed, leaving buried\\nin your soil my ancestors. They lie here in your sacred\\nkeeping. Let them sleep on quietly until that other and\\nlast great Reunion. Then, sir, and not till then, shall we\\nall meet again.\\n8th Sentiment:\\nThe friends and scenes of our childhood.\\nCol. J. Horace Kent had been invited to respond\\nto this sentiment, and had written his acceptance;\\nbut at the last moment was detained by imperative\\nbusiness, and was unable to be present at the Re-", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "46 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nunion, much to his regret, as well as to the regret\\nof his many early friends. Col. Kent, however, sent\\nthe following address, delivered at the Barnstead\\nReunion in Concord, H., February 28, 1879, in\\nresponse to a similar sentiment.\\nMr. President and Friends\\nThis pleasant occasion aifords me a double pleasure to-\\nnight. First, because it brings me into agreeable associa-\\ntions with my native townsmen and women, many of whom\\nI am personally attached to fg)m lengthy and friendly\\nacquaintance, while others are familiarly known through\\ntheir honorable reputations for correct principles, as firm\\nand unyielding as the granite hills of our good old state.\\nSecondly, I am pleased and I think benefited by being,\\nif even for only a short time at least, released from the\\ntoils and cares of everyday life, and allowed to go back in\\nrecollection to our old birthplace and review the dear old\\nscenes of our youth, where peace and plenty, fun and frolic,\\nwere the order of the day, and the sweet sleep of inno-\\ncence the order of the night. There is nothing better, if\\nit be only in fancy, to soften the heart and clear the head,\\nMr. President, than an occasional visit to the homes of our\\nchildhood, to hear once more the old church bell, to see\\nthe venerable school-house, and romp and gallop on the\\nold playground. It, sir, is a sort of elixir of life whicli\\nprolongs our existence or adds to it at least, by permit-\\ning us to again enjoy the sweet delights of our youth.\\nNotwithstanding our native town was and is a small one,\\nits children have been spread over a wide surface of the\\ncountry, and have been somewhat noted as being pretty\\nenterprising fellows if not over and above smart, and, as I\\ncast my eyes around me, I don t think the present company\\nought to be excepted. It has produced a representative in\\ncongress and a U. S. senator, and another Barnstead\\nBoy is very prominently mentioned for senatorial honors", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "THE BABNSTEAD REUNION. 47\\nshould the tide turn in favor of the party of which he is\\nso distinguished and able a representative, and I am glad\\nto see him here to-night. Numerous other citizens have\\nheld prominent governmental positions, and among our\\nstate officials we find that heretofore she has been honora-\\nbly and creditably represented, and is, at the present time,\\nfurnishing one of its most dignified and trusted judicial\\nofficers. I am gratified to see him, my companion of the\\nold brick school-house, here also.\\nAs to our prominent public teachers sent abroad, the\\ngentlemen who have preceded me have justly alluded to\\nthem, and, my friends, I think, according to our popula-\\ntion, Barnstead can carry off the palm in this respect.\\nBesides those in other places I can call to mind four or five\\nwho were at Portsmouth at one time. There were Pick-\\nering, Chesley, George, and Tasker, and 1 don t think I\\nshall ever forget the latter. He was an excellent teacher\\n(and I was one of his pupils at Portsmouth), always\\nopened the morning exercises with prayer, and the prayer\\ninvariably ended as follows Amen, come down here,\\nKent, and as invariably I was punished. In after life\\nTasker told me that I was the best boy to learn my les-\\nsons, and deviltry as well, that he had in the school. An\\nallusion has been made by one of the speakers that he be-\\nlieved it would be as well if not better if so many young\\nmen did not leave their native homes. I caught his inspir-\\nation, and asked myself the question, How many of us\\nhave found a better fortune than we left behind us\\nFor my own part, although I have seen much of the\\nworld, have dwelt in large cities, and mixed with all\\nclasses of people, enjoyed all the pleasures and delights\\nwhich are to be found in rich and populous places, and been\\nhonored with positions beyond my desert, I sometimes feel\\nthat when I left old Barnstead I parted with a buoyancy of\\nfeeling, a hopefulness of heart, a homely simplicity of\\nspirit that I have never since regained and I look back", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "48 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nwith almost envy to the old associations and pleasures of\\nyouth, in and around the old homestead, and faintly realize\\nhow old father Adam must have felt when he took a fare-\\nwell look at Paradise as he left it to labor and struggle in\\nthe world beyond.\\nMr. President, I could mention reminiscences, anecdotes,\\nnoble acts, jjatriotic purposes, and Christian virtues of\\nmany of our townsmen and women, several of whom hav-\\ning fulfilled their mission on earth, their spirits have been\\nwafted to heaven. Some of them have already been ap-\\npropriately alluded to by others and I know that if left\\nto the ready and eloquent Sinclair to review he will cover\\nall the ground that has been left out or neglected. I\\ncannot further take up your time, and will say in conclu-\\nsion that I heartily enjoy and appreciate this pleasant reun-\\nion of old friends and fellow townsmen, and hope, as has\\nbeen previously suggested, we may have many more such\\ngatherings to remind us of the times behind us, and nerve\\nus for fresh duties in the days to come.\\nI have brought with me, to share my enjoyment, my\\ndear old Barnstead mother, my Massachusetts wife, and\\nmy California son, and though they never speak in meet-\\ning, I am sure that they feel all that I feel, and I feel more\\nthan I know how to express. Let me close with the fol-\\nlowing sentiment\\nThe natives of Barnstead and their descendants May\\nProvidence multiply their number, substract from their\\nsorrows, divide their cares, add to their comforts, and close\\nup life s accounts with an honest balance on the right side\\nof the ledger.\\n9th Sentiment:\\nThe soldier sons of old Barnstead The fathers\\nin the Revolution, the sons in 1812, the grandsons\\nin the Kebelhon the love of liberty constrained\\nthem.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "THE BAENSTEAD REUNION. 49\\nResponded to by letters from Col. Jas. S. Hoitt,\\nof Laconia, :N H., a native of Barnstead and a\\nveteran of 1812; from Col. Thos. E. Barker, of\\nBoston, Mass., a native of Barnstead and Colonel\\nof the 12th Regiment in the Rebellion; from Hon.\\nHenry H. Huse, of Manchester, a former resident\\nof Barnstead, who served in the 8th Regiment as\\nCaptain and Major.\\nLETTER OF COL. JAMES S. HOITT.\\nLaconia, Aug. 15, 1882.\\nH. N. CoLBATH, Esq.,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nDear Sir Your favor of the 12th inst. is at hand.\\nIt would give me great pleasure to be present at the Re-\\nunion Aug 30th, and respond to the best of my ability to\\nthe sentiment, The soldier sons of Barnstead.\\nIt was my privilege to meet some of its sons in 1812\\nwho went forth with me to defend our country s honor.\\nI was personally acquainted with many of the Revolu-\\ntionary fathers of old Barnstead, and knew their sturdy\\npatriotism.\\nIn the late Rebellion, we know Barnstead was not found\\nwanting her sons nobly responded to the call for volun-\\nteers, and many of them sealed their devotion with their\\nlives.\\nI am now over four score years old, but if my health\\ncontinues as good as at present, I will try and be present.\\nAlways entertaining great respect for Old Barnstead\\nand its inhabitants, I remain\\nYours truly,\\nJAMES S. HOITT.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "60 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nLETTER OF THOMAS E. BARKER.\\nBoston, Aug. 15, 1882.\\nHorace N. Colbath, Esq.,\\nDear Sir On my return this aftornooii after an ab-\\nsence of several days, I received yours of the 12th, asking\\nme to respond to the sentiment The soldier sons of old\\nBarnstead, at the Reunion Aug. 30. It would afford me\\ngreat pleasure to be present at the Reunion, and if there\\nto say a word thougli I could do the subject feeble justice.\\nA sentiment so grand, because it calls the roll of a\\nlong line of heroes who, animated by a love of liberty and\\ncountry, offered their lives in its defence sealing their\\ndevotion with their blood, than which nobler never flowed\\nin the veins of men. But as it is hardly probable that I\\nshall be able to be present on that occasion, I beg to be ex-\\ncused from being counted on to speak.\\nThanking you for your kind remembrance of me, and\\nwishing a most complete and grand success, and all a\\npleasant Reunion, I am.\\nYours very truly,\\nTHOMAS E. BARKER.\\nLETTER FROM HON. HENRY H. HUSE.\\nManchester, N. H., Aug. 28, 1882.\\nHorace N. Colbath, Esq.,\\nMy Dear Sir I am in receipt of your request to\\nrespond to the patriotic sentiment, The soldier sons of old\\nBarnstead, enclosed therein, at the Barnstead Reunion on\\nthe 30th inst.\\nI regret exceedingly my inability to comply therewith,\\nfor reasons entirely out of my power to control.\\nIf any man in the world knows the metal of Barnstead\\nboys in the face of the enemy, I am that one if any one\\nhas a lasting and fervent veneration for their heroism and\\nbravery, I am that one.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 51\\nI have tramped, camped, and fought with them, and\\nhave mingled my tears with theirs over the grave of many\\na poor comrade who was not permitted to return to partic-\\nipate in your Reunion.\\n1 have shared in their pleasures around the far-off camp-\\nfire, and in the deprivations, sufferings, and miseries such\\nas only a veteran can appreciate.\\nThe sentiment which you ask me to answer, recalls a\\nflood of tender memories and personal recollections, and I\\nwould gladly embrace the opportunity you offer me to pay\\na worthy tribute to the living and to tlie dead, who did\\nhonor to the goodly reputation of old Barnstead in the\\nwar of the rebellion.\\nI would bring to this Reunion the dying message of a\\ntypical soldier son of our grand old town, delivered to\\nme in the hospital at New Orleans, after months of suffer-\\ning following the battle in which he was fatally wounded.\\nIn the face of certain death, he said It s all right, Cap-\\ntain. Tell my friends at home I fell rig-hi under the old\\nJlag-, and that is glory enough for me.\\nSuch were the grandsons in the Rebellion. If the\\nsons of 1812, and the fathers in the Revolution,\\nwere fit sires of such as these, then truly the love of lib-\\nerty constrained them, and we do well to perpetuate their\\nvalorous deeds for the emulation of future generations.\\nI am very sincerely yours,\\nHENRY H. HUSE.\\n10th Sentiment:\\nThe birthplaces of our fathers Portsmouth and\\nJS^ewmgton uames as familiar as household\\nwords to every child of Barnstead may peace\\nand prosperity be in their borders.\\nThe Secretary read the following:", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "62 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nHYMN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Tune America.\\nBY MRS. DARIUS FRINK, NKWINGTON, N. H.\\n[Written for the Barnstead Reunion.]\\nWe welcome one and all,\\nAt this reunion call,\\nThis festive day\\nWe ll lift our hearts with praise.\\nTo Thee, O Strength of Days,\\nAnd sing our songs and lays.\\nWith melody.\\nWe ve come from many a clime.\\nTo have a merry time,\\nTo greet you here\\nEvery familiar spot\\nHill, valley, and the cot,\\nNo scenes have been forgot.\\nTo us so dear.\\nThe dearest place on earth,\\nIs that which gave us birth.\\nThe Old Homestead\\nWhere we were loved so well\\nBy Father, Mother, Friend\\nNo tongue cati ever tell\\nHow much they loved.\\nMany have passed away.\\nSince our last gala day\\nTo that blest home.\\nThey ve gone where all is bright.\\nWhere there is no more night,\\nFor God is the gTeat light,\\nHeav n to illume.\\nOur pastor, where is he\\nWho taught us piety,\\nWith God abides.\\nHe kept our village school,\\nLearnt us the Golden Rule,\\nSpared not the rod or rule\\nWhen us he chide.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 53\\nHow good, O God, to spare,\\nWith Thy omniscient care,\\nOur lives so frail;\\nWe ll worship, while we live,\\nThou whom didst being give,\\nO may we with Thee live,\\nWithin the vail.\\nOur parents, they have gone\\nTo swell that endless throng\\nAbove the skies.\\nWe soon shall join them there,\\nSeraphic pleasures share\\nForever in God s care,\\nIn Paradise.\\nAnd as we take our leave.\\nOur kind regards receive.\\nFor courtesy.\\nWhen pass d the last milestone,\\nOur eyes we ll fondly turn\\nOn Barnstead, the hearthstone\\nOf infancy.\\n11th Sentiment:\\nThe host of men whose lives have been made\\nbetter and happier by choosing for wives, daugh-\\nters of old Barnstead.\\nResponded to by Howard A. Dodge, Esq., of\\nConcord, ]N^. H.\\n12th Sentiment:\\nThe social history and reminiscences of Barn-\\nstead.\\nHon. John G. Sinclair eloquently and wittily\\nresponded to this sentiment, the following being\\nbut a small part of his address, which elicited the\\nheartiest enthusiasm and laughter. Mr. Sinclair,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "54 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nupon being introduced as the Barnstead Boy\\nand the wit of the family, said:\\nMr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen\\nStanding here in the midst of the scenes, and surrounded\\nby the friends, of my childhood, I feel indeed, that\\nMy foot is on my native heath.\\nTime rolls back, and boy again I gaze upon that peace-\\nful river, hunt the turtle s nest upon its banks, and pluck\\nfrom its bosom the beautiful lily.\\nFrom the time I passed the boundary of the old town,\\ntill my arrival here, memories long sleeping came leaping\\nforth to greet me.\\nFrom the bridge which crossed its first brook, how often\\nhad I watched the trout, the dace, the roach, and the bar-\\nbel, and with my pin hook almost caught them. That\\nbrook, upon whose green banks I once verily believed\\nfairies, clothed in crimson and green, violet and gold,\\ncame forth at midnight to dance in the light of the moon\\nfor did not Polly Nutter tell me so And often did I steal\\nfrom my bed in the wee sma hours of the night, and\\nfrom my window overlooking that brook, look and listen.\\nBut it was always a bad night for fairies, and Polly ex-\\nplained that, doubtless, on these particular nights, they had\\nbeen detailed by their queen to watch over good little boys,\\nwho, having said their prayers on retiring, had gone imme-\\ndiately to sleep.\\nTo-day, when knowledge with relentless hand has\\ndespoiled its shores of its fairies, when no more\\nMerry elves their morrice pacing\\nTo aerial minstrelsy\\nyet, in the music of its rippling waters, I still hear the\\nwild refrain,\\nMen may come and men may go,\\nBut I go on forever,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION, 55\\nThe Parade ground, with its green sward bespangled\\nand bedecked with dandelion, butter-cup, and thistle-blow,\\nis the same as when upon it I drove my hoop, chased the\\nbutterfly, and made my first acquaintance with the business\\nend of the bumble-bee.\\nTliere, too, to my shame be it said, my cousin John El-\\nbridge Bunker received at the hands of our sainted but\\nnear-sighted grandmother a whipping to which doubtless I\\nhad best title nearly of an age and size, tlirough a fancy\\nof our mothers we were dressed alike I boarded with the\\ngood old lady while attending the village school after\\ntroubling her much, she exacted a promise that I would\\nnot stop after school was dismissed to play ball for two\\nlong days I kept that promise, but on the third the en-\\nticement of the great national game was too much for my\\nmoral stamina.\\nFor half an hour I engaged in it, was at the bat, when\\nI saw the dear old lady coming, with one hand suspiciously\\nconcealed under her apron.\\nA very short process of reasoning led me to the logical\\nconclusion, that in that hand, must I confess it was an\\nold and not too pleasant acquaintance of mine, a well-sea-\\nsoned birch stick as she came around one side of the old\\nchurch, with a brief excuse I handed the bat to my cousin\\nand disappeared by the other, when the old lady cautiously\\nadvancing seized him by the collar and administered to\\nmy profoundly astonished cousin a castigation, which in\\nthe base ball parlance of to-day might be called a red\\nhot one, and when she returned to the house and found\\nme unwhipped, I shall never forget the attitude she struck,\\nnor her exclamation of Mercy on me, who have I\\nwhipped\\nThere, too, was enacted one of the most ludicrous\\nscenes in the life of old Jonathan Scriggins, always witty,\\ndrunk or sober. Parson George had a cow which he was\\nwont to let run in the road. She plundered indiscrimi-", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "66 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nnately all the carts and wagons of the farmers who came\\nto the Parade to trade. But so long as it was Parson\\nGeorge s cow, it was all right. At that time, brass balls\\nfor cattle s horns first came in style. The worthy Parson,\\nseeing some at Concord, bought a pair, brought them home,\\nand next morning placed them on the horns of his cow, and\\nturned her again into the road. At about eleven o clock\\nthat morning, when several of the principal men of the town,\\nincluding Parson George, were standing in front of the\\npost-office, awaiting the arrival of the mail, the cow was\\nobserved coming down street, and Mr. Scriggins with a\\nload on which it had evidently been better for him to have\\ngone twice after, came staggering up street. Neither\\nseemed disposed to give way to the other, and the cow ad-\\nvancing to within about four feet of him stopped short. The\\nold gentleman, discovering that something obstructed his\\nway, brought himself to a balance, opened wide his eyes,\\ntook in the situation, and politely removing his liat, ex-\\nclaimed Good mornin hie good mornin madam\\nI should advise you hie to sell your jewels and buy you\\na pasture\\nWhat fable of Esop s ever had better moral than this\\nSir, I have stood upon the soil of most of the states of\\nthe union. Nowhere else has the air seemed so pure, the\\nwater so limpid, the grass so green, the flowers so bright,\\nand the hearts of men and women so loyal and true, as\\nhere in the home of our childhood.\\nAnd sir, the Hodgdons, the Nutters, the Clarks, the\\nBunkers, the Bickfords, the Walkers, the Jewetts, the\\nPeaveys, the Wilsons, Garlands, Colbaths, Dows, Drews,\\nWebsters, Berrys, and Munseys, and a host of other good\\nmen and true of that day, may it please God that other\\ngenerations of the sons and daughters of old Barnstead,\\nwho may meet as we now meet, may say of us as truth-\\nfully as we of them, they acted well their part, and\\nAftei- life s fitful fever they sleep well.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 57\\nBut time admonishes me I must close. God bless the old\\nhomestead I With pride to-day we point to lier record. She\\nhas furnished the pulpit with sincere and eloquent divines,\\nto the bench a most able jurist, to the bar most accom-\\nplished advocates, to the medical profession skilled physi-\\ncians, and in times of national difficulty and danger the\\nsteps of her sons have always been quick and to tlie\\nfront. On the hardest fought fields of the war of the\\nRevolution, the war of 1812, the Mexican war, and the\\nlate war of the Rebellion, they have spilled their best\\nblood, and offered up their lives.\\n13th SE]srTiMENT:\\nThe resident sons and danghters of Barnstead\\nMay they preserve unsullied its ancient reputation,\\nkeep sacred the memory of the fiithers, and be\\nalways ready to welcome its wandering children\\nto the old domain.\\nJohn B. Garland, Esq., of Barnstead, was in-\\nvited to respond to this sentiment, but on account\\nof ill-health and the infirmities of age was obliged\\nto forego that pleasure, but answered by the fol-\\nlowing characteristic letter:\\nLETTER OF JOHN B. GARLAND.\\nNorth Barnstead, N. H., Aug. 16, 1882.\\nHorace N. Golbath, Esq,\\nDear Sir When I first learned there was to be a Re-\\nunion of the sons and daughters of Barnstead, it seemed\\nthat I could not deny myself the pleasure of being present\\non that occasion.\\nBut a second thought convinced me that I was unable to\\nattend. Nevertheless, I am with you in spirit.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "68 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nI seem to sec our guests coming from every quarter, like\\npilgrims to tlie Mecca of their early, hallowed associations\\nand local attachments, to look once more upon the graves\\nof their fathers, to strew them with flowers and water\\nthem with tears of love and gratitude, to revisit the ances-\\ntral hearthstone and rekindle the ancient family altar, and\\nthere make an offering of a humble and thankful lieart.\\nIt is fitting, it is appropriate there is a moral beauty in\\nthis meeting, after so long an absence. And, now they are\\nto be here, we will kill the fatted calf and give them a\\nhearty welcome. Doubtless many of these pilgrims have\\nreturned, like Jacob, with their pockets full of shekels.\\nJacob, you know, was a little tricky in his youth, but he\\ngot beat when he sei-ved fourteen years for too much wife.\\nBut in after years, when he desired to return to his Barn-\\nstead and have a reunion, and was told his brother Esau\\nwas coming to meet him, he remembered his youthful follies\\nso he sent before a present for a peace offering. Now, Mr.\\nSecretary, if any of our guests should offer you a present,\\nfor love s sake take it. We can invest it in this Reunion,\\nin Sunday-school books, in a town library, or in Paris green,\\nfor we know it is a mighty hard row to pick potato bugs\\nfor a living.\\nBut Mr. Secretary, Barnstead has another scourge infi-\\nnitely worse than bugs or army worms. It is an army of\\nBachelors,* who are not only destructive to potatoes, but\\nto all hope of posterity. In my quarter of the town they\\nare thick as toad-stools. Why, sir, a majority of our se-\\nlectmen are bachelors, who ought to be fathers of the\\ntown. I do hope there will be among our guests a goodly\\nnumber of marriageable ladies each of whom will be as\\nwilling to go a courting as was Ruth, wlien slie accepted\\nthe advice to Naomi, in the words, All that thou sayest\\nunto me will I do.\\nMr. Garland is a bachelor.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 59\\nRuth, you know, went a courting, had a pleasant inter-\\nview, got a promise, and carried home nearly three pecks\\nof barley.\\nMay each of these marriageable ladies carry home, not\\na sack of barley but a live bachelor, with this promise,\\nAll that thou sayest unto me will I do. But, whatever\\nmay be our individual circumstances, may each member of\\nthis assembly be as happy as was Joseph when he made\\nhimself known to liis brethren, after he had filled their\\nsacks with corn and money.\\nI close with a cordial greeting to all.\\nYours truly,\\nJOHN B. GARLAND.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "Biographical Sketches.\\nKEY. EIS^OS GEORGE.\\nEnos George, the son of Enos and Dorothy\\nGeorge, was born June 2, 1781, at South Hamp-\\nton, N. H.\\nHe received his education at the town schools\\nand at Atkinson Academy, and studied for the\\nministry.\\nAt a town meeting held at Barnstead Nov. 10,\\n1803, it was unanimously voted to settle Mr.\\nGeorge as pastor. The town voted $1000 settle-\\nment and a salary. He was ordained and installed\\nas pastor of the Congregational Church Septem-\\nber 26, 1804, and remained pastor until his death,\\nover fifty-five years after.\\nIn July previous to his installation, he married\\nMiss Sophia Chesley, daughter of Jonathan Ches-\\nley, Esq., of Barnstead. Her life was full of quiet\\nbenevolence and kindness, and adorned by Chris-\\ntian graces. She died February 13, 1858, aged\\n76 years, and was soon followed by her husband,\\nwho died October 29, 1859, aged 78 years.\\nFor twenty years after his settlement, Parson\\nGeorge was teacher of the winter term of school\\nat the Parade, and also taught several terms in\\nthe north part of the town.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "THE BAENSTEAD REUNION. 61\\nFrom 1816 to his death in 1859, he was annually\\nelected town-clerk of the town. That there was\\nno opposition to his election during these forty-\\ntwo years, attests the faithfulness of the officer\\nand the popularity of the man.\\nIn 1829, he was chaplain of the I^ew Hamp-\\nshire legislature.\\nIn 1843 and 1844, he represented Barnstead in\\nthe general court.\\nWhile speaking of his virtues and character-\\nistics, one is at loss where to begin and where\\nto end.\\nHe was well proportioned in person, erect in\\ncarriage, and of commanding pi-esence. His\\ncountenance was grave, and gave the impression\\nof severity; but he was quite the reverse, being\\ncheerful and social in conversation and intercourse.\\nThere was a vein of wit and humor in his char-\\nacter, which would occasionally reveal itself, but\\nnot so as to compromise his dignity and serious-\\nness.\\nWherever he was placed, or whatever his sur-\\nroundings, he was always a gentleman.\\nAs a preacher be was plain, earnest, and scrip-\\ntural, seeking to present the great truths of the\\nBible in their simplicity. This he valued above\\nornament in Style and oratory. Yet his rank as a\\npulpit orator was high. His voice was clear and\\nsonorous, his manner and appearance dignified, his\\naction deliberate, and his sermons models of sys-\\ntem, scripture illustration, and good language.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "62 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nHis ambition was not to be a great man or\\npreacher, but to be useful among his people, to\\ninstruct them and their children, to point out the\\nshining way, and with them walk therein.\\nHis ministry was long and successful. He\\npreached 6,9(55 sermons, solemnized 693 marriages,\\nand attended 1,000 funerals.\\nUnlike the custom of to-day, he, with his church\\nand parish, considered his settlement final, and\\nhere his life work.\\nFrom the day he came with his young bride\\namong them, to the day of his death, he\\nNe er had changed, or wished to change his place.\\nAlthough his ear was open to every call of duty\\nfrom abroad, and his sympathies quick to respond\\nto all good works wherever begun or carried out,\\nyet inside the border lines of Barnstead he saw\\nhis Master s work, and all through his long minis-\\ntry his loving faith in her never knew any turning,\\nand right generously his people repaid his love, his\\nfaith, and his labor. Probably no preacher in his\\nday could excel Parson George in a funeral ad-\\ndress. His services on such occasions were sought\\nfor not only by his own townsmen, but by others\\nfrom abroad, members of other churches or per-\\nhaps not members of any chvu ch.\\nThe faculty of saying the right words at the\\nproper time, the choosing of appropriate texts of\\nscripture, his hopeful and charitable views of the\\ndeparted, and his faithful and touching admonition\\nof the living, were peculiar gifts.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "^5W==#^^I\\n/6^//^^^^^", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 63\\nIf, at such times, his strict theology yielded\\nsomething to the demands of the occasion, it\\nspoke volumes for his goodness of heart, and was\\ngratefully remembei ed by the living.\\nThe good he did, as a preacher and teacher in\\nBarnstead, was great, and his influence for good\\nwill be felt in coming generations. He was a good\\nman and ministei*, and came to his grave in a good\\nold age, like a shock of corn fully ripe.\\nThe memory of the just is blessed!\\nHO]N^. HIRAM A. TUTTLE.\\nBY JOHN WHEELER, M. D.\\nHiram A. Tuttle was born in Barnstead, Octo-\\nber 16, 1837, being the elder of a family of two\\nsons.\\nHis father George Tuttle, and his grandfather\\nCol. John Tuttle, were also natives of the same\\ntown. His great grandfather John Tuttle, settled\\nin Barnstead in 1776, coming there from that\\nlocality in Dover known as Back River, where\\na part of the Tuttle family had resided since the\\nsettlement there of their emigrant ancestor, John\\nTuttle, who came from England before 1641.\\nHis mother, Judith Mason Davis, is a descend-\\nant from Samuel Davis, a soldier of the Revolu-\\ntion, and one of the primeval settlers of Barn-\\nstead. Brave soldiers of the Davis family from\\nfour generations have represented that town in the\\nfour great wars in which our country has been\\nengaged.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0073.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "64 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nWhen Mr. Tuttle was nine years of age, he\\nmoved with his fathei s family to the adjoining\\ntown of Pittsfield, where he attended the pubUc\\nschools and Pittsfield Academy, while the latter\\nwas under the charge successively of I. F. Fol-\\nsom, Lewis W. Clark, and Prof. Dyer H. Sanborn.\\nAfter having been engaged in several vocations,\\nin all of which he showed industry and faithful-\\nness, at the age of seventeen years, he became\\nconnected with the clothing establishment of Lin-\\ncoln Shaw, of Concord, where he remained sev-\\neral years.\\nThe abilit} and zeal which he exhibited while\\nthere, won for him the confidence and respect of\\nhis employers, who established him in the manage-\\nment of a branch store in Pittsfield, of which he\\nsoon became proprietor.\\nHis business increased, gradually at first and\\nthen i-apidly, till his establishment had gained an\\nextensive patronage, and ranked among the larg-\\nest in the state. It is so favorably remembered\\nby former residents and patrons, that orders are\\nreceived from distant states and territories.\\nMr. Tuttle has also been interested in real\\nestate. He has built many dwelling-houses, in-\\ncluding a fine residence for himself, and the best\\nbusiness buildings in the village. In many ways\\nhe has promoted the growth, social and business\\ninterests, and general prosperity of his adopted\\ntown. He is a trustee in the savings bank, a\\ndirector in the national bank, and a trustee of the\\nacademy in Pittsfield.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0074.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 65\\nWhen he attained his majority, in 1859, he ex-\\npressed his determination of casting his first vote\\nwith the RepubUcan party, and has ever been true\\nto that party. Although Pittsfield has a Demo-\\ncratic majority under normal circumstances, Mr.\\nTuttle has received the support of a large majority\\nof its voters at times when his name has been pre-\\nsented for position.\\nIn 1873 and 1874, he was representative to the\\nlegislature. In 1876, he received the appointment,\\nwith the rank of colonel, on the staff of Gov.\\nCheney, and with the governor and staff visited\\nthe Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia.\\nHe was elected a member of the executive coun-\\ncil from the second district in 1878, and re-elected\\nin 1879, under the new constitution, for the term\\nof two years.\\nMr. Tuttle has been very successful in all he\\nhas undertaken, but his thrift has never made\\nhim arrogant or indifferent. He has cheerfully\\nshared with others the results of the good for-\\ntune that Providence has granted him. He is an\\nhonorable, agreeable, and companionable gentleman\\nin all the relations of life.\\nAs a citizen, neighbor, and friend, he is held in\\nthe highest estimation. He has furnished employ-\\nment for many; and has been kind to the poor,\\nvery respectful to the aged, charitable to the erring,\\nand a sympathizing helper to the embarrassed and\\nunfortunate.\\nFew men have more or firmer personal friends,\\nwhose friendship is founded on kindness and sub-", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0075.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nstaiitial favors received. He gives with remarka-\\nble generosity to all charitable objects presented\\nto him, and is very hospitable in his pleasant home.\\nMr. Tuttle accepts the Christian religion, and\\nw^orships with the Congregational church. While\\nhe contributes liberally for the supjDort of the\\ndenomination of his choice, he does not withhold\\na helping hand from the other religious sects in\\nhis town.\\nIn his domestic relations he has been very for-\\ntunate. He married, in 1859, Miss Mary C. French,\\nthe only child of John L. French, Esq., formerly\\ncashier of the Pittsfield Bank. Their only child,\\nHattie French Tuttle, was born Jan. 17, 1861.\\nCOL. E. s. :n^utter.\\nEliphalet Simes iSTutter, the second son of Eli-\\nphalet and Lovey (Locke) N^utter, was born in\\nBarnstead, November 26, 1819.\\nHe was a grandson of Major John ISTutter, who\\nsettled in Barnstead in 1767, and afterwards\\nserved in the Revolution, as Major of Col. George\\nReid s Regiment. His father as well as his grand-\\nfather were prominent in the affairs of the town,\\nand held the various offices in the gift of their\\ntownsmen.\\nHis boyhood was s])ent on hie father s farm,\\nand his active mind and feet kept busy, as boys\\nwere wont to be in those days, helping in the\\ncares and labor incident to a large farm.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0076.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0079.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0080.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD EEUNION. 67\\nHe received the usual school advantages, and\\ntaught school several winters. Among his pupils\\nwere Hon* J. Horace Kent, Hon. C. M. Murphy,\\nand Horace Colbath, Esq., who will each tes-\\ntify to his tact and faithfulness as a teacher.\\nLike his ancestors, he early evinced a taste for\\nmilitary affairs, and was commissioned by Gov.\\nIsaac Hill, in 1837, a lieutenant, and by Gov.\\nJohn Page, in 1839, a captain in the IS^ew Hamp-\\nshire militia.\\nIn 1844, he opened a country store at Barn-\\nstead Parade, and for eleven years did a large and\\nincreasing business. Was postmaster there eight\\nyears, and is remembered by his patrons and busi-\\nness associates as an honorable, keen, sagacious\\nbusiness man.\\nIn 1855, he removed to Concord, IST. H., where\\nhe has since resided.\\nWas for five years in business in New Yoi k\\ncity. Was President of the I^. H. Central K. E.;\\nowned for seven ^^ears one of the best grocery\\nstores in Lawrence, Mass was in the drug busi-\\nness in Concord five years; at present has a store\\non Washington St., Boston, Mass.\\nSince 1844 he has been in active business, and\\nnow is in the enjoyment of the accumulations of\\nforty years successful business the just reward\\nof industry, enterprise, and perseverance.\\nCol. Nutter has always been noted for his love\\nof his native town; anything that concerned her\\ngood name, that tended to her material prosper-\\nity or her moi-al and social welfare, has enlisted his", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0081.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "68 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nsympathy and commanded his active, substantial\\nsupport.\\nTo him, more than any other, are due the thanks\\nof the sons and daughters of Barnstead for the\\nBarnstead Reunion.\\nUpon his call, was held the meeting of the sons\\nand daughters of Barnstead living in Concord,\\nwhich resulted in the Keunion held at Phenix Ho-\\ntel, Feb. 28, 1878, at which he presided; and that\\nHeunion paved the way for the Barnstead Keun-\\nion held Aug. 30, 1882, to which he generously\\ncontributed.\\nHe married, in 1845, Miss Sylvania M. Blanch-\\nard, of Lowell, Mass. a true helpmeet and a\\nworthy wife, who gracefully dispenses the hospi-\\ntalities of their beautiful home.\\nJOHN G. SINCLAIR.\\nRichard Sinclair was one of the earliest settlers\\nof the town of Gilmanton, NT. H., and it is claimed\\nthat he built the first framed house there. He was\\na soldier in both the French and Indian war and\\nthe war of the Revolution. In the last he ranked\\ncaptain, although he was generally known in the\\nlocality in which he lived as Col. Sinclair. He\\nmarried Polly Cilley, a sister of Col. Joseph Cil-\\nley. Richard Sinclair, Jr., their eldest son, and\\none of the earliest settlers in Barnstead, was\\nalso a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and an\\nensign in his father s company. He married Bet-\\nsey Hodgdon. Charles G. Sinclair was their only", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0082.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "tc.^\\niyC^t^Cl^c^^t^", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0085.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0086.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION, 69\\nson, who, at the age of seventeen, enhsted as a\\nsoldier in the war of 1812, and for a time was\\nclerk for Gen. Ripley. He received a severe gun-\\nshot wound near the right lung, at the sortie at\\nFort Erie, which disabled him for life. He married\\nMartha G. ISTorris, a daughter of Joseph Morris, of\\nBarnstead.\\nJohn G. Sinclair, their only child, and the\\nsubject of this sketch, was born at Barnstead Pa-\\nrade, March 25, 1826. His father died July, 1834,\\nleaving him and his mother in destitute circum-\\nstances. His mother, with her needle, supported\\nthem and kept him at school at Pittsfield Academy\\nuntil he was thirteen years of age, when he en-\\ntered the service of Webster Peavey, merchants\\nat Landaff, !N^. H. The firm consisted of Hon.\\nSamuel Webster, of N^orth Barnstead, and Samuel\\nP. Peavey, a former resident of Barnstead, who\\nmarried a sister of Mrs. Sinclair s.\\nHe remained at Landaff six years, attending\\nfive terms of the N^ewbury Seminary, in Vermont,\\nwhere he fitted for college under the tuition of\\nBishop Baker and Rev. Clark T. Hinman. A fear\\nof leaving his mother destitute in case of his own\\ndeath, prevented his entering college, and he com-\\nmenced business for himself in a restaurant, at the\\ncorner of Hanover and Elm streets, Manchester,\\nIS H. ISTot satisfied with the business, he left\\nManchester, and established an auction and com-\\nmission business at Lawrence, Mass. Having ac-\\nquired limited means, he returned to JSTew-Hamp-\\nshire, established a country store, and engaged in", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0087.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "70 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nthe manufacture of starch in Bethlehem, in\\n1847.\\nIn 1852, 53, 54, and 55, in 1862 and 63, and\\nin 1875, 76, and 77, he represented Bethlehem in\\nthe state legislature, and served as its member in\\nthe last constitutional convention.\\nIn 1873, he represented Littleton in the legisla-\\nture being then a resident of that town.\\nHe was appointed bank commissioner by Gov.\\nBaker, and served until the American party came\\ninto power.\\nIn 1858 and 59, he was Senator from the 12th\\nsenatorial district, composed of Grafton and Coos\\ncounties.\\nHe was Democratic candidate for speaker of the\\nhouse, and Democratic candidate for governor in\\n1866, 67, and 68. Under the instruction of the\\nconvention which nominated him in 1867, he in-\\nvited Gen. Walter Harriman, the Republican can-\\ndidate for governor, to a j)ublic discussion of the\\nissues involved in the campaign, the result of\\nwhich was thii teen joint discussions at the pi-inci-\\npal points in the state, the first of the kind ever\\nheld in Nqw England. In 1868, he was chairman\\nof the ]S^. H. delegation to the national convention.\\nIn 1876, he was Democratic candidate for United\\nStates senator, against Edward H. Rollins, Repub-\\nlican.\\nIn 1879, he removed to Orlando, Orange county,\\nin the state of Florida, where he has established\\na large real estate business, and is also engaged in", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0088.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0089.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0090.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 71\\nthe cultivation of oranges and other semi-tropical\\nfruits.\\nMr. Sinclair has been twice married: first, in\\n1847, to Tamar M., daughter of Col. David Clark,\\nof Landaff, by whom he had three children\\nCharles A., Emma S., and Martha A. Sinclair.\\nHis first wife dying, he married, in 1872, Mary E.\\nBlandin, daughter of John Pierce, Esq., of Lit-\\ntleton.\\nCOL. M. y. B. EDGERLY.\\nMartin Van Buren Edgerly was born in Barn-\\nstead, September, 26, 1833, the son of the late\\nSamuel J. and Eliza (Bickford) Edgerly.\\nHis father, a man of intelligence and mental\\nactivity, was honored by the town with several\\nimportant offices, and would have been one of the\\nforemost men in the town and prominent in the\\nstate, had not disease laid its hand on him in\\nhis early manhood.\\nHis mother was the daughter of Moses Bick-\\nford, an early settler in Barnstead, and a very\\nintelligent and capable woman.\\nWhen twelve years of age, his parents removed\\nto Manchester, N. H., and he attended the public\\nschools for several years, after which he entered\\nthe employ of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com-\\npany. At the age of twenty- three, he opened a\\ndrug store in Manchester. A year among the\\ndrugs and chemicals satisfied him of his inapti-\\ntude for trade, and he removed to Pittsfield, H.,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0093.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "72 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nand soon engaged in the fire and life insurance\\nbusiness.\\nHere he made his first real beginning in life.\\nHis ready intelligencej earnestness of purpose, and\\npersonal magnetism, were requisites for success,\\nand he built up a large business.\\nHaving received the offer of a large salary for\\nthose times, to devote his attention exclusively to\\nthe interests of the Massachusetts Mutual Life\\nInsurance Company, he relinquished his fire agency\\nand went into the profession of life insurance with\\nsuch enei gy and success as to place his company\\nin the front rank of those doing business in New\\nHampshire.\\nOne year after, in 1860, he became general\\nagent for New Hampshire, with head-quarters at\\nManchester, and soon after established his resi-\\ndence there, which residence he still retains.\\nIn 1863, the whole business of the company in\\nNew Hampshire, Vermont, and northern New\\nYork was committed to his care.\\nFrom 1868 to 1870, he served as superintendent\\nof agencies throughout the United States, besides\\nretaining the direction of his own special depart-\\nment.\\nIn 1874, he was prevailed upon to give a por-\\ntion of his time to the Boston office, the oldest\\nand most important of its agencies.\\nHe became, in 1882, one of the directors of the\\ncompany, and, in 1883, was made vice-president\\nand general manager of agencies, which position", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0094.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "THE BAENSTEAD EEUNION. 73\\nhe now holds, still retammg the personal manage-\\nment of the l^ew Hampshire agency.\\nAlthough the activities of his career have de-\\nnied him opportunity for seeking distinction, he\\nhas ever taken a strong interest in political mat-\\nters, and has been valiant in the Democratic faith.\\nIn 1871, he was appointed by Gov. Weston\\nchief of his military staff, with rank of colonel.\\nIn 1872, he was delegate at large to the national\\nDemocratic convention.\\nWas a member of the national Democratic com-\\nmittee from 1872 to 1876.\\nIn 1874, was elected one of the board of alder-\\nmen in a strong Republican ward. He frequently\\nserved as a member of the Democratic state com-\\nmittee, and was treasurer of the same in 1873 and\\n1874.\\nIn 1882, was the Democratic candidate for gov-\\nernor. For once the people sought the candidate,\\nnot the candidate the nomination. He made a\\nsplendid run. Such was his popularity where he\\nwas best known that he carried Manchester, over-\\ncoming 700 Repubhcan majority at the preceding\\nelection, carrying Hillsborough county and wiping\\nout its 1(300 adverse majority.\\nBesides his professional and political engage-\\nments, which would seem sufficiently numerous and\\ncomplicated to engage the time of one individual,\\nhe has given the benefit of his sagacity and judg-\\nment to several commercial and financial institu-\\ntions and corporations.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0095.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "74 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nIn lB73 and 1874, he was commander of the\\nAmoskeag Veterans.\\nDuring the Centennial Exhibition at Philadel-\\nphia he was, by appointment of President Grant,\\none of the commissioners representing New Hamp-\\nshire.\\nHe was married, in 1854, to Alvina Barney, of\\nDanbury, !N^. H., and has two children Clinton\\nJohnson (a practicing lawyer in Boston) and Ma-\\nbel Clayton Edgerly.\\nThough in the prime of life, Col. Edgerly has\\ndone a long life-work. Yet he seems to be but on\\nthe threshold of his career. Col. Edgerly is of\\nstrong, well-built frame, with a tendency to portli-\\nness. His face is frank and pleasant, and his\\nmanners suave and engaging.\\nIn his family and in society he elicits most cordial\\naflection and regard, and, in business, his straight-\\nforward and inflexible conduct have made hie\\nname a synonym for probity and honor.\\nHON. CHAELES M. MURPHY.\\nWe live in days when the success of men ap-\\nparently born to lives of grinding toil is a frequent\\nsign of the times.\\nSuch opportunities are now open to him who\\nhas a good order of ability, with high health and\\nspirits, who has all his wits about him and feels\\nthe circulation of his blood and the motion of his", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0096.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "m", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0099.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0100.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 75\\nheart, that the lack of early advantages forms no\\nbarrier to success.\\nA striking illustration of the truth of these\\nstatements is exhibited in the following sketch:\\nCharles M. Murphy, son of John and Mary\\n(Meader) Murphy, was born in Alton, N li., No-\\nvember 3, 1835. In 1842, his parents removed to\\nBarnstead, and settled upon the Tasker farm at\\nSouth Barnstead. Here the child grew in stature\\nand filled out and braced his frame by hard man-\\nual labor.\\nScanty record is left of these years of severe\\nwork and continuous struggle, but there is little\\ndoubt that the discipline developed an indomitable\\nwill and sturdy self-reliance, which alone enable\\npoor men s children to grapple with the world that\\nunder more favorable circumstances might never\\nhave shown their full capacity of force and ten-\\nacity.\\nAgain, it is widely believed, and nowhere more\\nstrongly .than in opulant cities and busy marts,\\nthat a boy is better bred on a farm in close contact\\nwith the ground than elsewhere. He is quite\\nas likely to be generous, brave, humane, honest\\nand straightforward, as his city-bred contemporary,\\nwhile as to self-dependence, strength and stamina,\\nhe has a great advantage over his rival.\\nHe attended the district school during the win-\\nter terms until of an age suitable to leave the\\nparental care, when for two terms he enjoyed the\\nadvantages of ISTorwich Academy, Yt. At school", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0101.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "76 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nhe was diligent and ambitious, cheerful and active\\nin athletic sports.\\nBeing the oldest of four boys, he assisted for\\nsome years his father in educating and advancing\\nthe interests of his brothers. One brother, John\\nE., became a dentist, and practiced at Pittsfield,\\nI*^. H., and Marblehead, Mass., dying at the age of\\nthirty-five years. Anothei* brother, Frank Mur-\\nphy, M. D., a graduate of Dartmouth College,\\npracticed in ]N^orthwood and Stratford, N. H., but\\ndied at the veiy flush and promise of life, aged\\ntv^^enty-nine. Another, Albert Wan-en Mnrphy,\\nD. D. s., a graduate of the Philadelphia Dental\\nCollege. After one year s practice in Boston, re-\\nmoved, in 1872, to Paris, France, w^here his pro-\\nfessional labors brought him both credit and profit.\\nAt the expiration of two years, an active interest\\nin Spanish affairs and a desire to test the business\\nadvantages of the country led him to Spain. He\\nsoon settled in Madrid, where he now resides, and\\nin 1879 was appointed dentist to the royal family.\\nAt the age of twentj^-two he married Miss Sa-\\nbrina T. Clark, daughter of Isaac Clark, Esq.,\\nof Barnstead and after a few months spent in\\nfarming on his own account, he moved to Dover,\\nI*^. H., where with less than one hundred and fifty\\ndollars he began the study of dentistry with Dr.\\nJefterson Smith. To this business he brought the\\nsame energy and power to prolong the hours of\\nlabor, and in two years was pronounced competent\\nto practice. Soon after Dr. Smith died, and Dr.\\nMurphy succeeded to his practice, and for eigh-", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0102.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 77\\nteen years devoted his entire time and strength to\\na large and profitable business.\\nIn 1878, he withdrew from his profession and\\nbecame a broker. His coolness, sagacity and de-\\nvotion to business has met well deserved success.\\nDr. Murphy early gave much attention to polit-\\nical matters. A strong and devoted Republican,\\nhis influence in his adopted city has long been\\nfelt.\\nIn 1871 and 1873, he was a representative from\\nDover, and a member of Gov. Straw s staff.\\nHe was appointed and confirmed consul to Mos-\\ncow but declined.\\nIn 1880, was a delegate to the Republican na-\\ntional convention at Chicago, where he strongly\\nsupported Blaine.\\nIn 1880, was elected mayor of the city of Do-\\nver, and re-elected in 1881.\\nIn 1881, received the honorary degree of A. B.,\\nfrom Lewis College.\\nDr. Murphy was elected president of the Dover\\nFive Cent Savings Bank and under his guidance\\nit became strong and successful.\\nHe has been twice married. His first wife dy-\\ning being preceded to the better land by their\\nthree children, he married Mrs. Eliza T. Hanson,\\nwidow of the late John T. Hanson of Dover, who\\ndispenses a gracious hospitality in their spacious\\nhome.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0103.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "78 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nJUDGE LEWIS W. CLARK.\\nLewis Whitehouse Clark was born August 19,\\n1828, at Barnstead, N. H.\\nHe is the son of Jeremiah and Hannah (White-\\nhouse) Chirk, and has one sister, Sarah M., wife\\nof Samuel E. Batchelder, Esq., of Illine, 111.\\nThe Clark family were early and influential set-\\ntlers in Barnstead and pi ominent in its aff airs.\\nHis father, Jeremiah Clark, Esq., held mau}^\\noffices of trust in Barnstead, and after his removal\\nto Pittsfield, N. H., was for many years one of\\nits selectmen and represented it in the general\\ncourt.\\nHe acquired his preliminary education in the\\npublic schools of Barnstead and in the academies\\nat Pittsfield and Atkinson, and then entered Dart-\\nmouth College, where he graduated in 1850.\\nFrom August, 1850, to December, 1852, he was\\nprincipal of the Academy at Pittsfield.\\nMeanwhile he studied law; at first with Hon.\\nMoses JSTorris, and afterward with A. F. L. Norris\\nat Pittsfield, and was admitted to the Belkna])\\ncounty bar, from the ofiice of the latter, Sept. 3,\\n1852.\\nHe then began the practice of his profession at\\nPittsfield, and continued there until Aj^ril 2, 18G0,\\nwhen he removed to Manchester, and formed a\\npartnership with Hon. G. W. Morrison and the\\nlion. Clinton W. Stanley.\\nIn IS^ovember, 1866, he dissolved his connection\\nwith them, and practiced alone for a year or two, and", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0104.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 79\\nthen associated himself with Henry H. Hnse, con-\\ntinuing this partnership till May 24, 1872, when\\nhe was appointed attorney general of ISTew Hamp-\\nshire, to fill the vacancy caused l^y the death of\\nHon. William C. Clarke\\nHe was appointed judge of the supreme court\\nof I^^ew Hampshire August 13, 1877, which posi-\\ntion he now holds.\\ntie represented Pittsfield in the state legisla-\\nture in 1856 and 1857, and was the nominee of\\nthe Democratic party for member of congress in\\nthe second district in 1865.\\nMr. Clark married, December 29, 1852, Miss\\nHelen M., daughter of the late Capt. William\\nKnowlton, of Pittsfield, by whom he has one\\ndaughter, Mary Helen, and a son, John L.\\nFew men in New Hampshire have so many\\nwarm personal friends as the subject of this\\nsketch. A very liberal man, of patriotic and\\nhigh-toned impulses, he is widely known and\\nesteemed. He has no superior in the state as a\\nready, off-hand speaker. Felicitous in language,\\neloquent in thought, and generous in every im-\\npulse, he is an admirable advocate before a jury,\\nand wherever he appears as a public speaker ac-\\nquits himself with signal ability.\\nAs a judge he has won the confidence of his\\nassociates on the bench, of the bar of the state,\\nand of the people, who recognize in him an honest\\nand just judge.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0105.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "80 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nHOIST. JOniSi p. NEWELL.\\n[taken from the history of MANCHESTER.]\\nJohn Plumer ]^ewell was born in Barnstead,\\nJuly 29, 1823.\\nHe is the son of WiUiam H. and OUve (Den-\\nnett) iS ewell, and is one of thirteen children, all\\nbut two now hving. Mr. ISTewell spent his early\\nlife upon his father s farm, acquiring an education\\nin the district and select schools taught in town,\\nand fitting for college at the academies at Roches-\\nter, Pittsfield, and Gilmanton.\\nHe entered Dartmouth college in 1845, and\\ngraduated in 1849, at the head of his class. After\\ngraduating he taught the academy at Pittsfield,\\nstudying law meanwhile with A. F. L. Il^orris till\\nMarch, 1851, when he went to Manchester to take\\ncharge of the high school there, which he taught\\ntill the summer term of 1853. He then resumed\\nthe study of law in the office of S. H. B. F.\\nAyer, of that city, and was admitted, in August,\\n1853, to the Hillsborough bar.\\nEarly in the winter of 1853 he opened an office\\nin Manchester, and continued in the practice of\\nhis profession till the spring of 1855, when he\\nresumed charge of the high school, continuing its\\nprincipal till the fall of 1862.\\nIn May, 1863, he became principal of Pinkerton\\nacademy, at Derry, N. H., and held the position\\ntill the summer of 1865, when he returned to Man-\\nchester, where he has since made his home, being\\nengaged in general business.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0106.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "(^f:\u00c2\u00a3t.u^it", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0109.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0110.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "THE BARN STEAD REUNION. 81\\nWhile at Deny, Mi\\\\ ISTewell had application to\\ntake charge of Appleton academy at IS^ew Ips-\\nwich, K. H., the boys high school, the girls high\\nschool, and the Putnam free school at Newbnry-\\nport, Mass., but, having decided to quit teaching,\\nhe declined them all.\\nMr. JS^ewell was elected by the city councils, in\\nFebruary, 1873, mayor of Manchester, and was\\none of its representatives in 1872, 1874:, and 1875.\\nHe was elected, in 1856, president of the first\\nYoung Men s Christian Association in the city of\\nManchester, and served one year; and soon after\\nthe Association was re-organized, in 1868, he was\\nagain elected its president, and held the office six\\nconsecutive years.\\nHe has been, since 1872, deacon of the First\\nCongregational church in Manchester; for ten\\nyears was president of the society connected with\\nthe church, and for the same number of years\\nsuperintendent of its Sunday school.\\nIn 1880, Mr. JSTewell was chosen cashier of the\\nDerry National Bank, and soon after was appoint-\\ned assignee of the Derry Savings Bank.\\nHe is at the present time one of the trustees of\\nPinkerton academy at Derry, N^. H., which has a\\nfund of nearly $250,000, and is a member of the\\nboard of trustees of the Elliott hospital in Man-\\nchester.\\nMl ^N^ewell married, August, 1855, Mary W.,\\nonly daughter of the late Chief Justice Samuel D.\\nBell, by whom he had one child who died in infan-\\ncy. His first wife died August, 1859, and he", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0111.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "82 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nmarried, June, 1863, Elizabeth M., daughter of\\nHon. T. T. Abbott, formerly mayor of Manches-\\nter, by whom he has one child, Mary Bell, now\\nliving.\\nMr. iS^ewell is a fine scholar, a Christian gen-\\ntleman, and a pleasant, agreeable man. He has\\nalways, whether mayor of the city, teacher of the\\nhigh school, or president of the Young Men s\\nChi istian Association, exerted an elevating influ-\\nence upon those with whom he has come in contact.\\nJOHN HOKACE KE:N^T.\\nJohn Horace Kent, whose life-like portrait pre-\\ncedes this sketch, was the only son of John Kent,\\na native of Rochester, Kew Hampshire, who,\\nafter a few years residence in early life in Ports-\\nmouth, N. H., married Ruhamah Dearborn, daugh-\\nter of Asa Dearborn, of that town and removed\\nto Barnstead, in 1823, where the subject of this\\narticle was born, October, 10, 1828.\\nJohn Horace attended the Pittsfield and Straf-\\nford academies, the Portsmouth high school (at\\nthe time John True Tasker, of Barnstead, was the\\nprinci]: al), and in 1843, the year in which his\\nfather died, he with his mother removed to New\\nBedford, Mass., and became a member of the high\\nschool in that city.\\nIn 1845, he went to New York to enter a\\nwholesale establishment, remaining therein two\\nyears, performing most efficient service for his", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0112.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "x\u00c2\u00ab\\nC^ I ^Lc c^ c^\\n-7", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0115.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0116.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 83\\nemployers. He afterward was engaged in the\\nsteam tannery business in western Pennsylvania\\nwith his uncle.\\nIn 1849, at the breaking out of the California\\ngold fever, Mr. Kent withdrew from the tannery\\nbusiness in order to go to the land of promise,\\nand while en route, being detained in Panama for\\na few weeks, he commenced the publication of a\\nnewspaper called the Panama Star, which proved\\na successful venture, and up to the present time\\nhas held a leading position among the newspapers\\nof the day. Disposing, finally, of his interest\\ntherein, Mr. Kent went to San Francisco, where\\nhis abilities were quickly recognized, soon giving\\nhim many positions of prominence, among them\\na director of the Society of California Pioneers,\\na member of the first Committee of Vigilance,\\nwhich was organized in June, 1851, and whose\\nrecord has become an interesting part of the\\nhistory of California; he was also made secretary\\nof the Broderick wing of the Democratic com-\\nmittee of San Francisco, held an important\\ngovernment position under President Pierce in\\nthe Customs Department, and lastly was elected\\ncoroner, a prominent and lucrative office, which\\nlatter position he held for a long time and with\\nmarked ability. During the memorable Frazer\\nHver mining excitement, he went to British Colum-\\nbia as special correspondent, and also accompa-\\nnied the builders of the Southern overland tele-\\ngrajih line, in the same cajjacity, in the interest\\nof the San Francisco press. In gleaning the", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0117.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "84 THE BAENSTEAD REUNION,\\nnews of those pioneer days, he exhibited great\\ntact, and, as the records show, always came in\\nahead of his competitors, not only in gathering\\nup but in the early transmission of the intelligence\\nof the day.\\nDuring his residence in California, Mr. Kent\\nvisited New England several times, and on one of\\nthese trips, December, 1852, mari ied Miss Adeline\\nPenniman, the youngest child of Bethuel and\\nSophia Penniman, of N^ew Bedford, Mass., and\\nthen returned to the Western coast, with his esti-\\nmable bride, where he remained until 1860. While\\nsojourning on the Pacific slope, Mr. Kent, by his\\nkeen executive abilities, combined with indomita-\\nble pluck, much needed in those days, won con-\\nsiderable prominence; his services were in con-\\nstant demand, his views were frequently sought,\\nfor in matters of polity having no sympathy with\\nthat as-it-was-in-the-beginning-is-now-and-ever-\\nshall-be idea, he believed in and hailed changes\\nwhich tended to improvements, and hence was\\nrightly considered a progressive man, who knew no\\nsuch word as fail, characteristics which have fol-\\nlowed him all through his active life. Mr. Kent\\nreturned permanently to ]N ew England in 1860,\\nmaking the trip overland, a good portion of the\\nway by stage lines, his devoted helpmeet, and son\\nborn to them in San Francisco, preceding him by\\nsteamer via Panama to New York. When the\\nwar of the Rebellion broke out, Mr. Kent becom-\\ning convinced of the righteousness of the North-\\nern side of the dispute, volunteered his services as", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0118.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 85\\na private, and joined a Massachusetts regiment,\\ngoing to the Department of ^orth Carolina, thence\\nto the Army of the Potomac. Late in 1863, he\\nwas mustered out of the service, and appointed a\\nspecial agent of the provost marshal s department\\nfor the district of ^N ew Hampshire, with head-\\nquarters at Portsmouth, holding that office until it\\nwas abolished.\\nMr. Kent has since that time to the present been a\\nresident of Portsmouth, and during this period has\\nheld several offices of public trust, being twice elect-\\ned city marshal and twice appointed to respon-\\nsible positions in the secret service of the U. S.\\ntreasury department; also has been special officer\\nand claim agent for the Eastern railroad, and\\nspecial inspector of customs for the district of\\nIj^ew Hampshire. In 1873 and 1874, he was elect-\\ned as representative to the :N H. legislature, and ap-\\npointed a member of Gov. Cheney s staff, with the\\nrank of colonel in 1876, was appointed sheriff of\\nKockingham county by the governor and council,\\nand three times elected to the same by the people\\nsince the office has been made elective, at present\\nholding the position, and has since the commence-\\nment of the publication of this book again been\\ncomplimented with a renomination for another term\\nof official life; also that of United States deputy\\nmarshal, with an enviable reputation in the work\\nof investigating crime and ferretting out crimi-\\nnals. Col. Kent is connected with several secret\\nbodies, including DeWitt Clinton Commandery of\\nKnights Templar, St. Andrews Lodge, Washing-", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0119.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "86 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nton Chapter, and Davenport Council of Masons,\\nOsgood Lodge of Odd Fellows, Storer Post, No.\\n1, Grand Army of the Republic, and Sagamore\\nLodge Knights of Honor, all of Portsmouth, H.\\nThoroughly social and free in his nature, Mr.\\nKent became for some years addicted to drink.\\nHis downward career seemed rapid; but at last,\\nfully realizing that nature was giving way under\\nthese excesses, he resolved to quit the habit, and\\nafter a season of treatment at the Washingtonian\\nHome in Boston, he came forth a thoroughly\\nreformed man, and afterward held the presidency\\nof the Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society\\nof Portsmouth, the same office in the J^ew Eng-\\nland Reformed Men s Association, and of the New\\nHampshire State Temperance Association.\\nHe inaugurated a series of temperance meet-\\nings in various parts of the state, and was the\\nprincipal speaker therein, the happy results of\\nthese meetings being marked by the reclaiming of\\nmany hard drinkers, who are to-day blessing\\nHorace Kent for his noble and unremitting\\nwork in their behalf, a work more blessed be-\\ncause his own bitter experience had been his\\nteacher. Li years of his greatest tribulation,\\nbrought on solely by drink. Col. Kent had the\\nunswerving love and trust of a noble, devoted\\nwife and mother whose efforts to reclaim him were\\nas unceasing as hope, and at last, after the most\\nbitter agonies of spirit, the fruition came, came\\nlike a benediction, for the salvation was complete\\nand life to each became a new song, a te deum.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0120.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0121.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0122.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 87\\nCol. Kent has an only son, Horace Penniman\\nKent, who occupies a government position in Bos-\\nton, and who possesses in a marked degree the\\nexcellent qualities of his devoted parents.\\nHosts of friends, scattered from Maine s rock-\\nbound coast to California s golden shores, attest\\nto virtues which ennoble and distinguish character,\\nto generosity and benevolence which abound al-\\nmost to a fault, and bear willing testimony to the\\nfidelity, zeal, and earnestness which has followed\\nthe performance of every trust, to the liberality,\\nfaithfulness, and read}^ support given every meas-\\nure conducive to the welfare of the community, and\\nlastly, to the unswerving friendship of John Hor-\\nace Kent.\\nDR. JOSEPH R. HAYES.\\nBY ROBERT B. OAVERLY.\\nJoseph R. Hayes was born in Barnstead,\\nMarch 7, 1818. His father was Lemuel, son of\\nPaul Hayes, late of Alton, IS H., who was of\\nScotch origin, and whose father was one of the\\nearly settlers of New England.\\nHis mother was Abigail, daughter of John Ben-\\nnet, of ISTew Durham, N H. His parents were\\nmarried in 1800, and had nine children, seven sons\\nand two daughters.\\nThe father failing in the farming business, and\\nthe mother dying, the children were early left\\nwithout care and the means of support.\\nFrom this cause the subject of this sketch was\\nconsigned to the care of his revered grandpa-", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0123.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "88 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nrents. lie was limited in his school advantages,\\nand at the age of seventeen became a student at\\nthe Free Baptist Institution at Strafford, JST. H.,\\nnow known as Austin academy. Here he was\\nfellow-student with Henry Wilson, afterwards\\nVice-President of the United States, and also with\\nZachariah B. Caverly, afterwards an able lawyer\\nand secretary of legation to the re])ublic of Peru.\\nBoth remained his cordial friends all their days.\\nFrom the academy he became a teacher, first in\\n1838 and 1839 at Farmington and Dover, I*^. II., and\\nthen in 1840, at Wilmington, Delaware, where he\\nremained until 1847, and while teaching he pur-\\nsued the study of medicine.\\nLeaving Wilmington, he returned to New\\nEngland, and, uniting in marriage with the amia-\\nble Leah D., daughter of Paul Hayes, Esq., of\\nAlton, he established himself in the business of\\na druggist and apothecary in the city of Lowell,\\nMass., where ever since he has diligently and suc-\\ncessfully prosecuted his profession up to a good\\nname and fame, and to an independent fortune.\\nDr. Hayes had three children, but lost them in their\\ninfancy. The dear wife and mother died in 1874.\\nIn course of time, Feb. 1883, the Doctor inter-\\nmarried with Mrs. Mary White Lcighton, a lady\\nof much amiability, and now in the full promise\\nof a continued useful and successful life, he occu-\\npies his stately granite mansion, on the lofty banks\\nof the Merrimack, overlooking its limpid water-\\nfalls and its progressive spindle city. Dr. Hayes\\nwas the leading man, who by a generous contribu-", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0124.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0125.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "Vl-Lye^ Wt", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0126.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 89\\ntion and otherwise induced the writer of this to un-\\ndertake the compilation of the History of Barn-\\nstead out of the material which had previously\\nbeen collected by the late Dr. J. P. Jewett a his-\\ntory illustrated and poetized so it is now valued and\\nadvertised in Boston at the price of $5 per copy.\\nThe Doctor, although always absorbed in his\\nprofessional duties, has often been called by his\\nfellow-citizens to impoi tant places of trust, and\\nsometimes he has found time for such duties. He\\nhas been a director of the city library, is one of the\\ntrustees of the Lowell cemetery, and a trustee in\\nthe Central Savings Bank in Lowell. He was one\\nof the founders and is a director in a large literary\\nsociety in Middlesex county, Mass., for the ad-\\nvancement of science and art, under the corporate\\nname of The Literati.\\nEndowed with that equal disposition which\\nalways creates its own hapj^iness, and with that\\nopen and flowing benevolence which always pro-\\nmotes the happiness of others, may the Doctor,\\nwith his lovely lady, long live and faithfully in his\\nsphere continue to adorn his profession, and to the\\nend of life nobly fulfil the mission of his man-\\nhood.\\nhanso:n^ cayer:n^o canj^ey, m. d.\\nDr. Canney is the son of Paul J. and Eliza\\n(Hanson) Canney, both natives of Barnstead.\\nThe Canney and Hanson families were among\\nthe early settlers of Dover, N^. H., and zealous", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0127.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "90 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nand respectable members of the Society of\\nFriends, who patiently bore their part in the\\nreligions persecntions of Governor Wentworth,\\nand each suffered in the long- and bloody In-\\ndian wars, during which one-twelfth of the in-\\nhabitants of the province were either killed or car-\\nried captives to Canada. Through these trying\\nperiods they proved by their acts the steadfastness\\nof their faith, although Jeremy Belknap, in the\\nsecond volume of his Early History of I^ew\\nHampshire, remarks of one of them that having\\nseveral lusty sons, and always keejDing their guns\\nloaded for game, the Indians kept away from him.\\nDr. Canney was born in the immediate neigh-\\nborhood of Mount Job, N orth Straffoixl, Kew\\nHampshire, J^ovember 17, 1839, and lived there\\nuntil his parents removed to Barnstead, to the\\nhomestead of his grandfather, Caverno Hanson,\\nEsq., when he was seven years of age.\\nHe assisted his parents upon the farm and was\\na pupil in the common schools until old enough to\\nattend a preparatory school, when he fitted for\\ncollege at Pittsfield, I^ew Hampton, and Gilman-\\nton academies.\\nAfter teaching in various places, he studied\\nmedicine with John Wheeler, m. d., of Pittsfield,\\nand Prof. A. B. Crosby, of Hanover, H.,\\ngraduating from Dartmouth Medical College in\\nthe class of 1864.\\nHe married, Nov. 13, 1864, Ellen M. IN utter,\\nthe daughter of Wm. P. and Hannah (Chesley)\\nKutter. The Nutter family was among the first", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0128.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 91\\nsettlers of that part of Dover known as Bloody\\nPoint Parish, afterward incorporated under the\\nname of ^N^ewington, and came early to Barnstead.\\nHe has been blessed with two children, Bertie\\nCaverno, who lived but a few months, and Gret-\\ntie Eliza, now aged 7 years.\\nOn Jan. 1, 1865, Dr. Canney commenced the\\npractice of medicine at Auburn, N^. H., as succes-\\nsor of the venerable Nathan Plumer, m. d. There\\nupon the shore of the beautiful Lake Massabesic\\nthe first ten years of his married life were passed\\nin the successful practice of his profession.\\nHe devoted a portion of his time to writing for\\nseveral papers and magazines, but under various\\nnom de plumes, for the Doctor thought and still\\nthinks that the public consider the man who writes\\npoetry a wild dreamer, hardly capable of the care-\\nful and exact reasoning needful for the practice\\nof medicine.\\nDuring the larger part of his residence in Au-\\nburn he was superintendent of schools; in 1873\\nand 1874, represented Auburn in the legislature;\\nwas two years a censor of the ]S^. H. Medical So-\\nciety and first vice-president of the N^orth Rock-\\ningham Medical Association.\\nIn I^ovember, 1874, he removed to Manchester,\\nand purchased, in connection with J. A.Wiley, Esq.,\\nthe City Hall drug store, also opening an ofiice at\\nNo. 7, Hanover St., for the practice of his pro-\\nfession, where he still remains.\\nIn 1875 and 1876 he was city physician, and in\\n1876 represented his ward in the legislature. In", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0129.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "92 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n1878, finding some objectionable features in the\\ndrug lousiness, he sold his interest and gave his\\nentire time to his profession.\\nIn 1881, he pnrchased an interest in and became\\neditor of the literary paper known as The Girls\\nand Boys of Neiu Hamipsliire^^ but finding, after\\none year, that his literary and professional duties\\nwere more laborious than he anticipated, he dis-\\nposed of the paper, devoting his undivided atten-\\ntion since to his increasing practice.\\nDR. GEORGE W. EMERS0:N^.\\nGeorge Washington Emei-son, son of Solomon\\nand Deborah Emerson, was born in Barnstcad\\n.Octol)er 25, 1823. The family were among the\\nfirst and foremost of those who reclaimed Barn-\\nstead from the primeval forest.\\nHe attended the public schools of Barnstead,\\nwhere he was a close student.\\nIn 1837, with his two older brothers, Thomas\\nand Solomon, and his twin brother Jefferson and oth-\\ners, he helped organize the Barnstead Brass Band,\\nwhich has had a continued active existence ever\\nsinc^ and is now the oldest band in the United States.\\nHe was elected its leader in 1839, and served as\\nsuch till 1843, when he left Barnstead for Boston,\\nMass., where he engaged as musician in Barnum s\\ntraveling show, continuing with it for one season.\\nIn 1814, he went to New York city and engaged\\nin the business of publishing maps.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0130.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 93\\nHe went South in 1846, to Xewmarket in the\\nvalley of Virginia, commenced the stndy of med-\\nicine, in 1847, with Dr. J. D. Hitt.\\nIn 1819, went to Washington, D. C, and stud-\\nied dentistry with Dr. Kobert Arthur, meanwhile\\nattending lectures in the medical department of\\nUniversity of Georgetown, D. C.\\nIn 1852, he went to Philadelphia, and attended\\nlectures in the Philadelphia College of Dental\\nSurgery. Here his courage was severely tested.\\nHis means had become so exhausted that in order\\nto attend lectures at this term he was obliged to\\ntake a room in an attic, and to subsist u])on two\\ncents worth of corn meal daily, made into a mush\\nwith his own hands. But he was successful grad-\\nuating with the first honors, receiving the title of\\nD. D. S. in February, 1853.\\nDr. Emerson at once located in Glassboro\\nN. J., and commenced the practice of den-\\ntistry.\\nSeeking a warmer climate, he went South, and\\nlocated in Grifiin, Georgia, Jan., 1855. Here he\\nwas very successful. In 1859, Dr. Emerson re-\\nmoved to the city of Macon, Georgia, and erected\\na fine brown stone front building. The upper\\nstories he arranged with special reference to the\\npractice of his profession, and when his dental\\nrooms were completed, a writer in the JST. Y. Debi-\\nted Journal said: ^Dr. Emerson s dental rooms in\\nMacon, Georgia, are decidedly the best appointed,\\nmost unique, and most convenient of any in the\\nUnited States.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0131.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a294 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.,\\nDr. Emerson liecame one of the leading den-\\ntists of the Sonth, his fine operations attracting\\npatients from adjoining states.\\nAfter fonrteen years successful practice in this\\ncity, his health becoming impaired he determined\\nto rest. Renting his fine rooms to Drs. J. P.\\nW. R. Holmes he returned to Barnstead, ^Rov.,\\n1873.\\nOn his retiring from joractice the Macon Tele-\\ngraph and Messenger said\\nThe public will have observed with regret that\\nthis distinguished dentist has retired from practice,\\nat least for a time. Dr. Emerson is a most esti-\\nmable gentleman, and has proved himself an ex-\\ncellent citizen of Macon. His skill in his profes-\\nsion has placed many of our people under per-\\nsonal obligations to him. He will be followed by\\nthe best wishes of the Macon public wherever he\\ngoes.\\nOn his return to Barnstead, Dr. Emerson pur-\\nchased of his brother the old homestead farm,\\nw^here he was born and where his boyhood was\\nspent, and has enlarged and refitted the buildings\\nthereon, making a beautiful residence.\\nDr. Emerson has devoted his attention in part\\nto interests of agriculture. He was president of\\nthe Barnstead Agricultural and Mechanical Society\\nfor several years, and to his untiring efforts is\\nlargely due the success of the town fairs. He\\nwas also one of the directors of the Belknap\\nCounty Agricultural Society.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0132.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "THE BAENSTEAD REUNION. 95\\nIn 1877 and 1878, he represented Barnstead in\\nthe legislature, and afterwards was elected to\\noffices of trust in the town until he positively re-\\nfused to serve.\\nDr. Emerson, by his liberality and public spirit,\\nhas endeared himself to the citizens of Barnstead\\nto an enviable degree. His labors and donations\\nfor everything touching the welfare or good name\\nof Barnstead will long be remembered.\\nHON. GEOEGE S. PENDERGAST.\\nGeorge S. Peiidergast, son of Deacon Solomon\\nand Rebecca Pendergast; born Nov- 19, 1815;\\neducated at the common schools, and at Strafford,\\nand Gilmanton academies; went to Boston, Mass.,\\n1837; found employment in a grocery store; was\\noccupied as a clerk and for himself in that busi-\\nness, successfully, till 1844; then went to Charles-\\ntown, Mass., where he engaged in the fancy\\ncake and pastry baking business, with success, till\\n1862, when he retired from active business.\\nServed as one of the assessors of the city of\\nCharlestown for the years 18(32 and 1863, and was\\nelected an assessor in 1864, but declined to serve.\\nWas a member of the Massachusetts house of\\nrepresentatives from the above city for the years\\n1864 and 1865. Was elected without his knowl-\\nedge that he was to be voted for city treasurer and\\ncollector of taxes, in 1864; but owing to other\\nduties he declined to accept the office. Was an\\nactive member of the recruiting committee during", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0133.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "90 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nthe war of the Kebellion, and, the latter part\\nthereof, had full and exclusive charge of the en-\\nrollment lists for said city. Near the close of the\\nwar he received from the enrolled men of his ward\\na handsome silver service, of eleven pieces, as a\\ntestimonial of their appreciation of his services in\\naid of recruiting. Was elected, 1868, chairman\\nof the board of assessors of said city, and con-\\ntinued to be re-elected to that office and serve\\ntherein, till the annexation of the city of Charles-\\ntown to the city of Boston, January, 1874. Has\\nbeen one of the first assistant assessors of the\\ncity of Boston every year since said annexation,\\nto and including 1883 and 1884, and is elected for\\n1884 and 1885. Has written several able articles\\non taxation, notably one on Taxation of Incomes,\\npublished by the tax commissioners of Massachu-\\nsetts in tlie appendix of their report on taxation\\nand exemption therefrom, in 1875. He is one of\\nthe trustees and vice-presidents and a member of\\nthe investment committee of the Charlestown Five\\nCent Savings Bank. On the organization of the\\nMutual Protection Fire Insurance Company,\\nCharlestown, in 1864, he was elected one of the\\ndirectors thereof, and continues to serve in that*\\ncapacity to the present time.\\nThe subject of this sketch desires to have here-\\nwith recorded his grateful acknowledgement of the\\nvery kind consideration received from the citizens\\nof Charlestown and Boston, and also his abiding\\nlove toward Barnstead the home of his childhood.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0134.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 97\\nHARRIET P. DAME.\\nMiss Harriet Patience Dame, daughter of James\\nChadbourne and Pliebe Ayers Dame, was born at\\nBarnstead, January 5, 1815.\\nHer parents moved to Barnstead about the year\\n1797. They then had one son. Five children\\nwere born in Barnstead, of whom Hai-riet was\\nthe youngest.\\nIn 1843, she removed to Concord, N. H., with\\nher parents, where she resided until the war of the\\nRebelhon.\\nThat event at once aroused her patriotism, and\\nshe anxiously desired to aid the Union cause.\\nKot being permitted to carry a musket, she de-\\ncided to become an army nurse, and joined the\\nSecond Regiment N. H. Vols., as hospital matron,\\nin June, 1861, and remained connected with the\\nregiment until it was finally mustered out in De-\\ncember, 1865 four years and eight months. The\\npay of a hospital matron was then six dollars per\\nmonth. In 1863, it was increased to ten dollars\\nper month, and so remained during the war.\\nShe was in camp near Washington, D. C, till\\n]S ovember, 1861 then at Budd s Ferry, Md., till\\nApril, 1862, went with the regiment to Yorktown\\nand up the Peninsula. She was inside the\\ntrenches at Fair Oaks while the rebels were bom-\\nbarding them, and a shell passed through the tent\\noccupied by her.\\nAfter that battle, the Union troops retreating,\\nshe walked a long distance and assisted the sick\\nand wounded on the march.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0135.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a298 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nOne very dark night she passed in the thick\\nwood, not knowing whether she was nearer to\\nfriends or foes, and for that reason not attempting\\nto proceed.\\nAt this time, she was the only woman in\\nthe biigade, and frequently nursed the sick\\nand wounded of other regiments. She was\\nwell knoAvn to all the soldiers of the brigade,\\nand those of other i-egiments seemed to rival the\\nSecond in the respect shown her.\\nShe was with her regiment at Harrison s Land-\\ning and remained there until August, 1862, when\\nshe left that place on a hospital boat and on arrival\\nat Fortress Monroe, was ordered to accompany a\\nship-load of sick and wounded to ]N^ew York.\\nShe rejoined her regiment at Alexandria, Aug.\\n23, 18G2, and participated in the second Bull Run\\nBattle, and at the retreat of the army was placed\\non duty as a nurse at a hospital near the old stone\\nchurch at Centreville, Ya..\\nWhile en route from that point to Washington,\\nwith sick and wounded, she was taken prisoner,\\nbut was soon released.\\nAt the battle of Fredericksburg, in December,\\n1862, she suffered much from exposure, but re-\\nmained with the sick and wounded until they were\\nremoved to Washington, where she accompanied\\nthem.\\nThere, by universal consent, she assumed charge\\nof the supplies sent from ]^ew Hampshire for\\nthe sick and wounded soldiers from that state,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0136.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "THE BAENSTEAD REUNION. 99\\nand distributed them to the most needy at the dif-\\nferent hospitals.\\nDm-ing the winter of 1862-3 the Second Reg-\\niment was recruiting. Upon its return to active\\nduty, Miss Dame rejoined them, and was at the\\nbattle of Gettysburg. She remained in the corps\\nhospital until the sick and wounded were removed\\nto the general hospital. She then rejoined the\\nregiment at Point Lookout, where it was guard-\\ning prisoners of war.\\nBeing worn out by exposure and incessant duty.\\nMiss Dame was ordered South to investigate the\\nsanitary condition of the N^ew Hampshire troops\\nstationed near Charleston, S. C. She sailed\\nfrom ISTew York on the steamer Argo, visited\\nMorris and Folly Islands, en route to Fort Gregg,\\nand being fired on from Fort Moultrie, returned\\nto Hilton Head, and from there went to St. Au-\\ngustine, Fla., and ascertaining the impracticability\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2of establishing a general hospital at that point,\\nreturned North, and, at the request of Gen.\\nSprague, of ISTew York, reported the condition of\\nthe sick on the boats, while in transitu, as ob-\\nserved by her, to Surgeon General Barnes, which\\nresulted in much good to disabled soldiers who\\nwere compelled to make long journeys to reach\\nsuitable hospitals.\\nMiss Dame rejoined her regiment, and was at\\nthe battle of Cold Harbor. Soon after that, the\\noriginal three-years men of the regiment, who\\nhad not re-enlisted, were mustered out. She re-\\nmained with the re-enlisted men, and was for a", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0137.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "100 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\ntime ill front of Petersburg, and then at Chapin s\\nFarm near Richmond.\\nAbout this time, the army was so continucmsly\\non the march that corps hospitals were established,\\nand the sick and wounded sent to them until they\\ncould be safely moved to hospitals farther north.\\nMiss Dame was appointed matron of the 18th\\nCorps hospital Sept., 18G4, and had supervision of\\nthe nurses on duty, and also of the cooking for\\nthe sick and wounded in the hospital, which at\\ntimes amounted to three thousand.\\nShe i-emained there until the close of the active\\noperations of the war, and then rejoined the 2d\\nKegiment at Manchester, Va., opposite Kichmond,\\nand then to Fredericksburg, after which they were\\nordered to Richmond county, between the Poto-\\nmac and the Rappahannock rivers. The regiment\\nwhile there suffered more by sickness and death\\nthan during any ecpial time of its service.\\nOn the the 25th of December, 1865, the regi-\\nment was mustered out of the service, and Miss\\nDame s army record ended with theirs. Of her\\nservices Gen. Oilman Marston, for years colonel\\nof the regiment, has said:\\nMiss Harriet P. Dame went out with the Sec-\\nond New Hampshire Volunteers in June, 1861,\\nand remained with that regiment and in the army\\nhospitals till after the close of the war. She\\nsought no soft place, but wherever her regiment\\nwent she went, often marching on foot and camp-\\ning without tent on the field. She was always\\npresent where most needed, and to the suffering.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0138.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 101\\nwhether Yank or Grayback, it made no differ-\\nence. She was truly an angel of mercy. Miss\\nDame was the bravest woman I ever knew. I\\nhave seen her face a battery without flinching,\\nwhile a man took refuge behind her to avoid the\\nflying fragments of bursting shells. Of all the\\nmen and women who volunteered to serve their\\ncountry during the late war, not one is more de-\\nserving of reward than Harriet P. Dame.\\nAfter the close of the war, Miss Dame remained\\nwith friends in Washington, D. C. (her home in\\nConcord having been broken up), until the sum-\\nmer of 1866, when she visited her brothers in\\nWisconsin and Michigan.\\nIn August, 1867, she was appointed a clerk in\\nthe Treasury Department, at a salary of nine hun-\\ndred dollars per annum, where she still remains,\\nenjoying many proofs of the love of the soldiers,\\nand the respect of all who know her.\\nMISS NAKCY PEOT3ERGAST.\\nIN^ancy Pendergast, daughter of Dea. Solomon\\nand Rebecca Pendergast, was born at Barnstead,\\nH., June 1, 1819.\\nShe received her education at the town schools\\nand at Pittsfield academy, and led a quiet une-\\nventful life at home and in her brother s family at\\nCharlestown, Mass., until the dark days of the\\nRebellion, when she obeyed the voice of duty and\\ngave efficient service as a nurse in the hospitals at\\nPoint Lookout, and at Annapolis, Md,\\n7", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0139.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "102 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nIll November, 1862, having decided to labor as a\\nnurse, she applied to a friend in Charlestown, who\\nwas in communication with Miss Dorothy L. Dix,\\nwho had been appointed by the government su-\\nperintendent of nurses, and learning that her\\nservices were wanted, she went to Dr. Hayward,\\nof Boston, for approval and acceptance as hospi-\\ntal nurse, and also for transportation papers, and\\nin one week after deciding to go, was on her\\nway to Washington.\\nShe met Miss Dix on the train between Balti-\\nmore and Washington, and accompanied her home,\\nremaining with her that night. In the morning\\nshe was ordered to Columbia hospital, till there\\nshould be an opportunity for her to go to Point\\nLookout.\\nIn about ten days Miss Dix ordered her to re-\\nport to her next morning at seven o clock.\\nA cattle boat was going down the Potomac to\\nPoint Lookout, on which she and another nurse\\nwho like her was waiting for transportation could go.\\nThey were the only women on the boat, and had\\nto accept very meagre accommodations. They\\nwere served with supper on the boat, but during\\nthe night the cattle burst through into the kitchen\\nand no breakfast could be given. It was not until\\n3 o clock p. M. that they arrived at Point Lookout,\\nDec. 10, 1862.\\nThere they found plenty of woi-k to be done.\\nOn the 15th of December, a boat load of wounded\\nsoldiers arrived from the battle of Fredericksburg,\\nwhich took place the 13th,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0140.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 103\\nThe nurses were called on to do what they\\ncould for the poor suffering boys. As there were\\nnot surgeons enough to attend to them, immedi-\\nately Miss Pendergast, with a basin of water,\\nsponges, and bandages, dressed wound after wound,\\nand if the gratitude of these sufferers was any\\nproof that the work was well done, then surely it\\nwas a success.\\nFrom the battle of Gettysburg, six wounded\\nsoldiers were brought on stretchers to her ward;\\nbut in time they all recovered, ascribing their re-\\ncovery in a large measure to her assiduous care.\\nThe soldiers aid society of Charlestown, Mass.,\\nand also private individuals sent her many gener-\\nous contributions of delicacies for the sick and\\nwounded soldiers, which were thoroughly appre-\\nciated and were very beneficial. She remained at\\nPoint Lookout till September, 1863, when she\\nwas so ill with fever and ague, that she was obliged\\nto return to her home in Charlestown, and re-\\nmained there until the next spring, when Miss\\nDix wrote her asking for her service again.\\nIn April, 1864, Miss Pendergast reported to\\nher at Washington, and was sent to Annapolis,\\nMd., where she remained till the close of the war.\\nHere she saw more of suffering than ever be-\\nfore. The Union soldiers from the rebel prisons\\nwere landed here. JBoatloads after boatloads of\\nthese poor, suffering, emaciated soldiers arrived in\\nthe most forlorn condition, many of them without\\nhats or shoes, their clothing in rags, and so weak\\nthey could hardly walk.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0141.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "104 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nIt was heart-rending to listen to theii stories of\\nthe terrible suffering endured in those prisons.\\nMany of them would sink awaj and die, and very\\nfew probably who reached home ever fully recov-\\nered.\\nSince the war, Miss Pendergast has worthily\\nfilled several positions of responsibility and trust,\\nthe most note-worthy being that of housekeeper\\nand valued friend of the late Kev. James Walker,\\nD. D., LL. D., of Cambridge, Mass., Ex-President\\nof Harvard College. Since his death, she has\\ncontinued a life of activity and usefulness, but\\noften visits her native town, for which she cher-\\nishes an ardent affection.\\nJOHlsr D. KUTTEK.\\nJohn Dennett Nutter, the son of John IS^utter,\\n4:th, and Hannah (Dennett) ISTutter, was born in\\nBarnstead, June 4, 1812, a few months after his\\nfather s death.\\nHis grandfather, Benjamin Nutter, Esq., was\\none of the first settlers in Barnstead, and at\\nhis house was held the first town meeting in\\nBarnstead, of which he was modei-ator, and was\\nchosen one of its ^vst selectmen, and continued as\\nsuch for many years.\\nHis father dying in early manhood, upon his\\nmother devolved the care of the family.\\nThe subject of this sketch remained with his\\nmother until his fifteenth year, when he became\\nan apprentice of his uncle, Hon. Charles Dennett,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0142.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "llnlishAni. ri. .uiliaukXol.- ro.M..uliv.-a", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0145.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0146.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION. 105\\nof Rochester, H., where he learned the cabinet\\nmaker s trade.\\nOn attainmg his majority, he worked for a time\\nat Mont Vernon, N. H., and afterwards at Stan-\\nstead, Canada.\\nFor one year, Mr. Nutter was engaged in the\\nbanking business in Indiana, but sold out his busi-\\nness and returned to Nashua, N. H., and engaged\\nin business as a merchant. Afterwards he removed\\nto Montreal, Canada, and became a broker, and\\nsubsequently was also largely engaged in the lum-\\nber business.\\nMr. Nutter has been successful in all his busi-\\nness enterprises and has accumulated a large for-\\ntune.\\nHis residence upon McGill Avenue, Montreal,\\namong the wealthy aristocracy, is spacious and\\nbeautiful yet therein reigns the open-hearted hos-\\npitality characteristic of a true son of old Barn-\\nstead.\\nMr. Nutter married Miss Harriet Stevens, of\\nMont Vernon, by whom he, has three sons, all\\nliving.\\nAccompanied by his family, Mr. Nutter visited\\nEurope, and spent a year among the objects of\\ninterest found in the cities of the old world.\\nAlthough for many years Mi*. Nutter has lived\\nunder the flag of a foreign nation, and rarely re-\\nvisits his native town, yet his interest in its good\\nname and welfare is strong and abiding, and its\\ncitizens rejoice in his prosperity, and proudly\\nclaim him as an emigrant son of old Barnstead.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0147.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "CONTRIBUTIONS.\\nThe following contributions were received from emi-\\ngrant sons and daughters, and former residents of Barn-\\nstead, in aid of the Reunion\\nH. A. Tuttle, Pittsfield, N. H., $25.00\\nE. S. Nutter, Concord, N. H., 25.00\\nM. V. B. Bdgerly, Manchester, N. H., 25.00\\nC. M. Murphy, Dover, N. H., 25.00\\nJ. G. Sinclair, Orlanao, Fla., 25.00\\nMrs. James R. Hill, Concord, N. H., 25.00\\nGeo. S. Pendergast, Boston, Mass., 10.00\\nB. G. Adams, Milton, N. H., 5.00\\nA. G. Thompson, New York City, 5.00\\nS. E. Goodwin, New York City, 5.00\\nJ. P. Newell, Manchester, N. H., 5.00\\nJ. D. Nutter, Montreal, Canada, 5.00\\nGeo. F. Knowles, Lynn, Mass., 5.00\\nH. C. Canney, Manchester, N. H., 6.00\\nL. G. Young, M. D., Candia, N. H. 3.00\\nN. G. Carr, Concord, N. H., 3.00\\nAaron Whittemore, Jr., Pittsfield, N. H., 2.00\\nH. A. Dodge, Concord, N. H., 2.00\\nReuben Edgerly, Gilmanton, N. H., 1.00\\nAndrew Bunker, Concord, N. H., 1.00\\nN. H. Leavitt, Newmarket, N. H., 1.00\\nJ. B. Merrill, Concord, N. H., 1.00", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0148.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "NAMES\\nOF\\nEmigrant Sons and Daughters of Barnstead,\\nAS RETURNED BY\\nTHE TOWN CANVASSING COMMITTEE.\\n[In copying we have omitted the name of the wife, where\\nboth husband and wife were natives of Barnstead. Such\\ncases are designated by a star prefixed to the name of the\\nhusband. We are aware the list does not include all who\\nwere or should have been invited, as some names were\\ngiven the Secretary in the hurry and bustle of Committee\\nmeetings, when an invitation would be forwarded but no\\nrecord made of the name, address, c., while the post-\\noffice address of others could not be obtained. We shall\\nbe agreeably surprised if there are not mistakes in the\\nnames and residences. Ed.]\\nAbbott, Mrs. Roger Worcester, Mass.\\nAdams, P. H. Pittsfield, N. H.\\nAdams, Mrs. G. A. Boston, Mass.\\nAdams, Wilson N. Pittsfield, N. H.\\nAdams, Alvah 0.\\nAdams, Mrs. N.\\nAdams, Wm. C.\\nAdams, Hannah Lowell, Mass.\\nAdams, Albert Tilton N. H.\\nAdams, Frank J. Concord, N. H.\\nAdams, Samuel H. Minneapolis, Minn.\\nAdams, Austin W. Boston, Mass.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0149.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "108\\nTHE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nAdams, Mrs. Mary\\nAdams, Benjamin G.\\nAdams, Eben W.\\nAdams, Nellie\\nAdams, James\\n*Aikins, Dr. F. J.\\nAikins, C. H.\\nAikins, Mi s. Annie I.\\nAllen, C. H.\\nAtkinson, Mrs. E.\\nAvery, S. D. H.\\nAvery, Samuel E.\\nAvery, James\\nAvery, W, M.\\nAyers, Mrs. D. B.\\nPortsmouth, N. H.\\nMilton,\\nHillsborouo;li,\\nPittsfield,\\nGilmanton,\\nLaconia,\\nTilton,\\nRochester,\\nBarrington,\\nRochester,\\nFarmington,\\nManchester,\\n*Babb, Ira\\nBabb, Mrs. Mahala\\nBabb, Samuel\\nBabb, Darius\\nBabb, Albert S.\\nBaker, Mrs. A. A.\\nBaker, Mrs. S. R.\\nBerry, Miss Fannie\\nBerry, Charles\\nBerry, Abbie\\nBerry, Laura\\nBerry, Mrs. Freeman\\nBerry, Thomas\\nBerry, Fred E.\\nBerry, Mrs. H. 0.\\nBerry, Plumer O.\\nBerry, John M.\\nBerry, Charles H.\\nBerry, Miss Ardena\\nBerry, Mrs. E.\\nStrafford,\\nAshland,\\nPittsfield,\\nGeorgetown, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nEpsom,\\nWalnut, Iowa.\\nNew York City.\\nDover, N. H.\\nConcord,\\nLive Oaks, Fla.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nii. n\\nMiddletown, Ct.\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nDover,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0150.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "THE BAENSTEAD REUNION.\\n109\\nBerry, Alonzo\\nBerry, Mrs. Francis\\nBean, J. P.\\nBarton, J. W.\\nBarton, George\\nBarker, Col. T. E.\\nBachelder, Hamuel\\nBachelder, Mrs. S. M.\\nBunker, Andrew\\n*Bunker, Hollis\\nBunker, J. Elbridge\\nBunker, Cyrus\\nBunker, Abram\\nBunker, William\\nBunker, Charles\\nBunker, Harry\\n*Bunker, Prof. C. M.\\nBunker, Asa P.\\nBunker, Lyman\\nBunker, Emily\\nBunker, Sadie\\nBurns, 0. E.\\nBurleigh, Mrs, B.\\nBurnham, Daniel\\nBuntin, Mrs. Wm. E\\nBuzzell, Alfred\\nBickford, A. H.\\nBickford, A. L.\\nBickford, Moses\\nBlaisdell, Mrs. Bertie\\nBlaisdell, Mrs. Harriet\\nBlanchard, John E.\\nBlanchard, Mrs. S. M.\\nBlanchard, Mrs. R. M.\\n*Blake, Dr. Jeremiah\\n*Blake, H. D.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nRoslindale, Mass.\\nAlfred, Me.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nDover,\\nMaiden, Mass.\\nSalem,\\nHarristown, 111.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nMetz, 111.\\nKasson, Minn.\\nBethlehem, N. H.\\nManchester,\\nBethlehem,\\nConcord,\\nPittsfield,\\nPeacham, Vt.\\nSalem, Mass.\\nPeabody,\\nSalem,\\nConcord,\\nYonntrille, Cal.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nNew Durham, N. H.\\nWoodstock, Conn.\\nBarrington, N. H.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nUnion Ridge Iowa.\\nNorthwood, N. H.\\nSomersworth,\\nElmwood, R. I.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nHudson,\\nAugusta, Ga.\\nGilmanton, N. H.\\nPittsfield,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0151.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "110\\nTHE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nBlake, Mrs. Ella\\nBodge, James\\nBodge, Ezra\\nBodge, Mrs. Fanny H.\\nBowen, Mrs. Paulina\\nBrooks, Mrs. E. A.\\nBrewster, Mrs. E. V.\\nBrown, Geo. W.\\nBrown, G. S.\\nBlunt, D. D.\\nCanfield, Rev. H.\\n*Canney, Dr. H. C.\\nCanney, Rev, A. J.\\nCanney, John N.\\nCarpenter, Mrs. E.\\nCarr, Mrs. Laura Garland\\nCarroll, Henry\\nCate, John\\nGate, Mrs. Abigail\\n*Cate, N. E.\\nCaswell, M. G.\\nCaswell, L. 0.\\nCaswell, A. B.\\nCaswell, G. B.\\nCaswell, Edith\\nCaswell, Mary H.\\nCaswell, Nancy 0.\\nCaswell, George\\nCaswell, Charles\\nCaswell, Bartlett\\nChapman, Mrs S.\\nChamberlin, Mrs. H.\\nChamberlin, Mrs. F. J.\\nChamberlin, Mrs. D. C. N.\\nChamberlin, S. C.\\nSpringfield, Mass.\\nFall River,\\na a\\nMadbury, N. H.\\nConcord,\\nManchester, N. H.\\nDover,\\nClarksville,\\nQuincy, Cal.\\nProvidence, R. I.\\nManchester, N. H.\\nDakota.\\nDover, N. H.\\nEllenburg, N. Y.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nTamworth,\\nCandia,\\nEast Flatbush, N. Y.\\nNorth wood, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nPalatka, Fla.\\nRumney, N. H.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nCanterbury, N. H.\\nStrafford\\nPhiladelphia, Pa.\\nEast Dennis, Mass.\\nNew Durham, N. H.\\nFarmington,\\nLawrence, Mass.\\nAlbany, Vt.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0152.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nIll\\n*Chesley, Orrin F.\\nChesley, H. L.\\nChesley, Mrs. Jane\\nChesley, Dr. C. C.\\nChesley, Lyman\\nChates, Mrs. H. J.\\nCilley, Wm. P.\\n*Cilley, Sewell J.\\nCilley, Mrs. S.\\n*Ci]ley, George H.\\nCilley, Mrs. J. M.\\nClough, John\\nClough, C. W.\\nClough, Horace\\nClough, Frank W.\\nClough, Geo. H.\\nClough, Mrs. M.\\nClough, Wm. A.\\n*Collins, T. T.\\nCollins, John\\n*Collins, C. F.\\nColbath, John\\nCouch, Mrs. John\\nClark, Judge L. W.\\nClark, Mrs. Cora\\nClark, Bradbury\\nClark, Everett\\nClark, Alonzo\\nClark, Emma\\nClark, George D.\\n*Clark, Solomon\\nClark, Calvin D.\\n*Clark, S. H.\\nClark, Jos. W.\\nClark, Henry\\nClark, Frank\\nDover, N. H.\\nConcord,\\nDover,\\nFrankfort, Kan.\\nUnderhill, Vt.\\nBelmont, N. H.\\nRochester,\\nWestfield, Iowa.\\nBarrington, N. H.\\nRochester,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nNewmarket, N. H.\\nRochester,\\nWarrensburg, 111.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nAlton,\\nPittsfield,\\nFarming-ton, N. H.\\nLawrence, Mass.\\nManchester, N. H.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nHarristown, 111.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nRochester,\\nPittsfield,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nu u\\na a\\nu ti", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0153.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "112\\nTHE BAENSTEAD REUNION.\\nClark\\nClark\\nClark\\nClark\\nClark\\n*Clark, David\\nClark\\nClark\\nClark\\nClark\\nClark\\nJohn\\nJewett\\nJ. P.\\nAlviii\\nAlbert\\nBvalyn F.\\nFrank H.\\nAbram S.\\nWm. B.\\nFrank\\n*Clark, R. S.\\nClark, B. K.\\nClark, Mrs. M. A.\\nClark, Jacob\\nClark, Almira\\nClark, Sydney\\nClark, Mrs. S. A.\\nClark, J. P.\\nClark, Mrs. Alice G.\\nCopp, Frank\\nCopp, Mrs. Geo.\\nCole, Selathiel,\\nCole, Frank S.\\nCook, Mrs. Eva\\nCook, Ira A.\\nCox, Mrs. Nancy N.\\nCooms, Mrs. M. J.\\nCourser, Mrs. Abby H.\\nCrockett, William\\n*Crosby, John Q.\\nCrosby, Bben\\nCrosby, Sarah J.\\nCurrier, C. C.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nWorcester, Mass.\\nAlbion, Neb.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nu u\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nSioux City, Iowa.\\nWestfield,\\nLaconia, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nRochester,\\nSomersworth, N. H,\\nLos Angelos, Cal.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nNewmarket,\\na a\\nPittsfield,\\nPorter, Me.\\nMilton N. H.\\nManchester, N. H.\\nEllensburg, N. Y.\\nHenniker N. H.\\nBoston, Mass,\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nii u\\nTilton,\\nDame, Miss Harriet P.\\nWashington, D. C.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0154.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n113\\nDaniels, Harry P.\\nDaniels, Ira\\nDaniels, Mrs. Enoch\\n*Davis, D. F.\\nDavis, Seth W.\\nDavis, E. G.\\nDavis, George\\nDavis, John\\nDavis, Ira\\nDavis, Hiram\\nDavis, S. P.\\nDavis, Mrs. Martha\\nDavis, Smith, Jr.\\n*Davis, Horace\\nDavis, Ebenezer\\nDavis, Nancy,\\nDavis, Frank\\n*Davis, David B.\\n*Davis, Smith\\nDavis, J. R. C.\\nDavis, Mrs Betsey\\nDavis, Charles B.\\nDay, Merven\\nDaggett, Mrs. N. P\\nDaggett, Alpheus\\n*Dennett, Geo. S.\\n*Dennett, Charles\\n*Dennett, Mark A.\\nDennett, Dr. John P.\\nDennett, Dr. H. E.\\nDemeritt, Mrs. Thomas\\nDemeritt, Mrs. Maria\\nDean, Mrs. Nancy\\nDearborn, Mrs. H.\\nDimond, Mrs. H.\\nDurgin, Frank G.\\nNottingham, N. H.\\nSomersworth,\\nBethlehem,\\nRochester,\\nLee,\\nFarmington,\\nMilton,\\nLaconia,\\nAlton,\\nDavenport, Iowa.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nSt. Johnsbury Vt.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nHaverhill, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nLaconia,\\nPittsfield,\\nNorth wood,\\nWhitefield,\\nLudlow, Vt.\\nRochester, N. H.\\nProvidence, R. I.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nGilmanton,\\nGloucester, Mass.\\nBoston,\\nNorthwood, N. H.\\nFarmington, Maine.\\nNew York City.\\nDanville N. H.\\nPittsfield,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0155.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "114\\nTHE BAKNSTEAD REUNION,\\nDurgin, Helen\\nDurgin, Mrs. Geo.\\nDurgin, Mrs. J. M.\\nDockham, Warren\\nDockham, Cxowen\\nDockham, Joseph\\nDockham, George\\nDorr, Prof. H. I.\\nDorr, Etta W.\\nDore, Mrs. Herbert\\nDowns, George\\nDodge, Mrs. H. A.\\nDrake, Mrs. George\\nDow, Chas. J.\\n*Do\\\\v, John C.\\nDow, Fred.\\nDow, William H.\\nDow, Samuel\\n*Drew, Aaron W.\\nDrew, Wm. Garland\\nDrew, Orrin G.\\nDrew, Alvin\\nDrew, Obed\\nDrew, Geo. W.\\nDrew, Cortes\\nDrew, Horace\\nDrew, Mrs. Sally\\n*Dudley, John H.,\\n*Dudley, Charles\\nDudley, Charles V.\\n*Dudley George W.\\nDudley, Mrs-. Thomas\\nPittsfield N. H.\\na a\\nHaverhill, Mass.\\nNewburyport, Mass.\\nPhiladelphia, Pa.\\nNew York City.\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nBeverly, Mass.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nWest Lebanon, N. H.\\nCambridgeport, Mass.\\nCampton, N. H.\\nQuincy, Cal.\\na a\\nNewton, Iowa.\\nFremont, Ohio.\\nNewton, Iowa.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nLawrence, Mass.\\nGilmanton, N. H.\\nLaconia,\\nFarmington,\\nE. Concord,\\nBrooklyn, N. Y.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nGilmanton,\\nEaton, Mrs. D. F.\\nEaton, Rosie I.\\nEaton, Mrs Abbie\\nPittsfield,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0156.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n116\\nEaton, Mrs. John\\nEaton, Dr. Lysander\\nEaton, Samuel P.\\nEaton, William\\nEastman, Mrs. Frank\\nEdgerly, Hon. M. Y. B.\\nEdgerly, Prof. J. G.\\nEdgerly, A. J.\\n*Edgerly, D. G.\\nEdgerly, Isaiah\\nEdgerly, Mrs. E. G.\\nEdgerly, Amy L.\\nEdgerly, Geo. E.\\nEdgerly, Cynthia A.\\nEdgerly, Reuben\\nEdgerly, Laura\\nEdgerly, Horace\\nEdgerly, Mrs. David\\nEdgerly, Mrs. E.\\nElkins, Dr. J. P.\\nElkins, Dr. J. S.\\nElkins, Mrs. S. F.\\nEmery, Mrs. Mary A.\\n*Emerson, Dr. James\\n*Eiiierson, Jere E.\\nEmerson, Frank\\nEmerson, Mrs. Julia A.\\nEmerson, Luther\\nEmevBon, Charles\\nEmerson, J. A.\\n*Emerson, A. J.\\nEmerson, John 0.\\n*Emerson, R. J.\\nEmerson, Bela\\nEmerson, Eliphalet\\nEmerson, Mrs. Julia\\nManchester, N. H.\\nSt. Louis, Mo.\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nLoudon,\\nOdgen, Kan.\\nManchester, N. H.\\nFitchburg, Mass.\\nManchester, N. H.\\nGilmanton,\\nWadley s Falls, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nHaverhill, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nGilmanton,\\nNewburyport, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nNew London, N. H.\\nFarmington,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nGardiner, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nWestfield,\\nOdgen, Kan.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nAlton,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nEffingham, N. H.\\nFarmington,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0157.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "116\\nEmerson, Mrs. Clara S.\\n*Evaiis, William\\nFlanders, Mrs. Sally\\nFlanders, Mrs. Charles\\n*Flanders, Enoch\\nFlanders, J. D.\\nFogg, C. W.\\nFogg, Mrs. Lucy\\nForbes, Mrs. Hubbai-d\\n*Frost, Mrs. William\\nFoss, Mrs. Flora\\nFuller, Mrs. George\\nFurber, Mrs. Samuel\\nFurber, Mrs. Mary A.\\n*French, Charles S.\\nFrench, Mrs. Abram\\nFrench, Mrs. Augusta\\nFrench, Mrs. Mercy\\nFrench, Rev. 0. S.\\nFrencli, Lucian\\nFrench, A. F.\\nFrench, C. W.\\nFrench, J. C.\\nFrench, Mrs. R. L.\\n*French, Levi F.\\nFrench, John P. IL\\nGarland, Dr. A. H.\\nGarland, H. H.\\nGarland, Frank\\nGarland, Frink\\nGarland, Mrs. Mary D.\\nGarland, Mrs. Betsey\\nGarland, Miss Josephine\\nGarland, Charles H.\\nTHE BARNSTBAD REUNION.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nAmesbury, Mass.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nLi ii\\nSutton, Vt.\\nNo. Andover Mass.\\nRochester, N.. H.\\nMedford, Mass.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nu a\\nLoudon,\\nIpswich, Mass.\\nBangor, Me.\\nSo. Sangerfield, Me.\\nGalveston, Texas.\\nNew York City.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nPittsfield N. H.\\nGreeley, Col.\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nColeville, Kansas.\\nChicago, 111.\\nu a\\nKingston N. H.\\nAlton,\\nu u\\nSheffield, Vt.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0158.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "THE BABNSTEAD EEUNION.\\n117\\nGear, Albert\\nGrandy, Mrs. H. A.\\nGrover, Mrs. Wm.\\nGeorge, Dr. Franklin\\nGeorge, John A.\\n*George, Henry W.\\nGeorge, Frank 0.\\nGrace, Chas. S.\\nGrace, Frank\\nGray, Woodbury\\nGray, B. G. P.\\nGray, Orris D.\\nGray, Amos F.\\nGray Mrs. Mary H.\\n*Goodwin, Samuel E.,\\nGoodwin, Gilmau\\nGodfrey, James\\nGriffin, Betsey\\nGriffin, Charles\\nGreene, Wm. R.\\nGreenwood, Sidney F.\\nRochester, N. H.\\nConcord,\\nExeter,\\nMacon, Georgia.\\nPortsmouth, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nu u\\nHaverhill, Mass.\\na a\\nBeverly, Mass.\\na u\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nWheelock, Vt.\\nNew York City.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nLowell, Mass.\\na a\\nConcord, Mass.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nHall, J. Frank\\n*Hall, Stacy\\nHall, Oram R.\\nHall, Joseph D.\\n*Hall, Burley\\nHall, Mrs F. H.\\nHall, Joseph\\nHall, J. 0.\\nHall, John S.\\nHall, Mrs. Daniel\\nHall, Mrs. W. 0.\\nHayes, Dr. Jos. R.\\nHayes, Geo. W.\\nHayes, Stephen\\n8\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nDover, N. H.\\nStoneham, Mass.\\nRochester, N. H.\\nStrafford,\\nu u\\nNottingham, N. H.\\nConcord,\\nStrafford,\\nLinden, Mass.\\nLowell,\\nDover, N. H.\\nWorcester, Mass.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0159.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "118\\nTHE BAENSTEAD REUNION.\\nHayes, Jesse\\nHayes, Alvin\\nHayes, Orriii P.\\nHayes, W. W.\\nHayes, Mrs. Lizzie\\nHayes, Mrs. Sally T.\\nHayes, W. P.\\nHayes, John\\nHayes, J. F. C.\\nHayes, Ebeii\\nHayes, Smith\\nHatch, Mrs. E.\\nHanscame, John\\nHanscame, Mrs Mary P.\\nHanscame, Jnlia\\n*Hanscame, Lemuel\\nHanscame, Jeremiah\\n*Hanscame, A. P.\\nHanscame, Ada\\nHanson, John,\\nHanson, Luther N.\\nHanson, George\\nHanson, Dr. C. W.\\nHanson, Lewis\\nHanson, Jos. B.\\nHarvey, Rev. Jos.\\nHawkins, Ella S.\\nHadley Mrs Eva E.\\nHiggins, Mrs. P. S.\\nHerring, Mrs. James\\n*Hoitt, Col. James S.\\n*Hoitt, John S.\\nHoitt, John G.\\n*Howard, J. W.\\n*Howard, Hanson\\nHoward, William\\nHolstein, Mass.\\nCambridgeport, Mass.\\nLynn,\\nParmington, N. H.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nDover, N. H.\\nBlack Hills, Dakota.\\nCleveland, Ohio.\\nGilmanton N. H.\\nIpswich, Mass.\\nBeverly, Mass.\\nNorth wood, N. H.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nEpsom, N. H.\\nRochester, N. H.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nSalem, Ohio.\\nCyhoga Falls, Ohio.\\nPerrysburg,\\nNorth wood, N. H.\\nWashington, D. C.\\nTaunton, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nEUenburg, N. Y.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nManchester, N H.\\nParmington,\\nLaconia,\\nConcord,\\nAlton,\\nStrafford,\\nBoston, Mass.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0160.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n119\\nHooper, Mrs. William\\nHooper, Mrs. Delia\\nHome, James\\nHome, Mrs. Mary A.\\nHussey, Mrs. B.\\nHurd, Albert\\n*Ham, Dr. 0. F.\\nHam, Mrs. John\\nHam, Wm. F.\\n*Ham, J. C.\\nHam, Mrs. S. A.\\nHam, Ellen A.\\nHam, Mrs. D.\\nHam, Mrs. Samuel\\nHeath, Mrs. Lizzie\\nHarmon, Mrs. M. E.\\nHolmes, Rev. D. G.\\nHolmes, Woodbury\\nHolmes, Mrs. Mary A.\\nHolmes Mrs. Lydia\\nHolmes, Charles A.\\nHolmes, Clara E.\\nHolmes, Mary E.\\nHolmes, Cora J.\\nHomes, Mrs. Ellen\\nHuse, Hon. H. H,\\nHuntress, Frank\\nHuntress, Nellie\\nHackett, Mrs. Jere.\\nHill, Ruel,\\nHill, Mrs. Mary\\nHill Wm. M.\\nHill, Mrs. James R.\\nHill, Samuel\\n*Hill, Warren B.\\nHill, Lewis A.\\nDover, N. H.\\nBerwick, Maine.\\nActon,\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nGilmanton,\\nPittsfield,\\nBethlehem,\\nMishewakie, Indiana.\\nNew York City.\\nGilmanton, N. H.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nRochester,\\nGilmanton,\\nNew Durham, N. H.\\nChicago, 111.\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nStrafford,\\nu u\\nMiddleton, Conn.\\na u\\nDover, N. H.\\nStrafford,\\nMancliester, N. H.\\nWolfeborough,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nNew Britain, Conn.\\nEast Kingston, N. H.\\nNorth wood,\\nE. Bowdoinham, Me.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nNorth wood,\\nPittsfield,\\nAlton,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0161.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "120\\nTHE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n*Hill, Alexis A.\\nLynn, Mass\\nHill, Herbert M.\\nu a\\nHill, Mrs. Jolm\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nHill, John D.\\na a\\nHill, Martha B.\\nNewmarket,\\nHill, Mrs. Samuel\\nStrafford,\\nHill, Jeremiah\\nDunbar, Mich.\\nHill, Benjamin\\nLaconia, N. H.\\nHill, John S.\\nSaco, Me.\\nHill, John H.\\nAmador, Cal.\\nHill, Mrs. Jennie H.\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nHill, John\\nRochester,\\nHill, George\\nManchester,\\n*Hodgdon, S. A.\\nChester, Iowa.\\nHodgdon, Albert\\nGrinnell,\\nHodgdon, Charles\\na a\\nHodgdon, A. E.\\nii i(\\nHodgdon, Frank L.\\nDavenport, Iowa.\\nHodgdon, G. W.\\nGilmanton, N. H.\\nHodgdon, Lyman\\nDover,\\nHodgdon, Wm. A.\\nSt. Louis, Mo.\\n*Hobbs, George\\nPittsfield N. H.\\nHobbs, Frank\\nLynn, Mass.\\nHobbs, Mrs. M.\\nDavenport, Iowa.\\nJewett, Rev. S. D.\\nMiddletown, Conn.\\nJacobs, T. S.\\nManchester, N. H.\\nJacoby, Mrs. S. F.\\nWilton, Iowa.\\nJenkins, C. E.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nJenkins, Miss Sadie\\nPorter, Me.\\n*Jenkins, William\\nWest Plattsburg, N. Y\\nJenkins, Louisa\\nBoston, Mass.\\nJenkins, Mary H.\\na a\\nJenkins, Orrin J.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\n*Jenkins, Lewis\\nGilmanton,\\nJenkins, Melvin J.\\nManchester,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0162.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n121\\nJenkins, Jos. J.\\nJenkins, James\\nJenkins, Jetliro\\nJohnson, Mrs. John\\nJohnson, Augustus\\nJoy, Albert H,\\nJoj, Charles\\nJoy, Annie\\n*Jones, George H.\\nJones, Jenny L.\\nJones, Mrs. William\\nJenness, Mrs. J. J.\\nJenness, Mrs. Sarah\\nJenness, Susan\\nEffingham, N. H.\\nConcord,\\nNo. Berwick, Me.\\nLive Oaks, Florida.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nDurham,\\nWorcester, Mass.\\nSanborn, Iowa.\\nDover, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nRochester,\\nKent, Hon. J. Horace\\n*Kaime, James\\nKaime, Joanna\\nKaime, G. W.\\nKaime, Kingsbury G.\\nKaime, Samuel J.\\nKaime, Mrs. Belle\\nKaime, George\\nKeniston, George\\n*Keniston, Bben\\nKeniston, G. W.\\nKillem, Mrs. M. A.\\nKimball, Mrs. J. W. M.\\nKnowlton, Mrs. L. A.\\nKnox, Nettie,\\n*Knowles, G. F.\\nKnowles, S. P.\\nPortsmouth, N. H.\\nCanterbury,\\nWarrensburg, 111.\\nNo, Woburn, Mass.\\nStoneham,\\nSt. Louis, Mo.\\nOshkosh, Wis.\\nWolfeborough, N. H.\\nSomersworth,\\nu u\\nLawrence, Kan.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nPembroke,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nLang, Mrs. J. J.\\nLang, Mrs. M. V. B.\\nLabaron, J. D.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nFarmington,\\nCambridge, Mass.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0163.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "122\\nTHE BAENSTEAD REUNION.\\n*Langley, Joseph T.\\nLangley, Wm N.\\nLee, Augustus\\nLee, Mrs. Daniel\\nLodge, Mrs. L.\\nLougee, Simeon\\nLougee, Mrs. Dr.\\nLeighton, Susie P.\\nLord, John\\n*Lord, Horace\\nLocke, Mrs. James\\nLongfellow, Mrs. M. S.\\nLoud, Mrs. A.\\nLittlefield, Lavina\\nLittlefield, W. P.\\nLittlefield, David\\nLittlefield, Mrs. Susan\\nLyford, F. H. Rev.\\nMarston, Nettie\\nMason, Mrs. Hannah\\nMarden, Mrs. D. H.\\nMayo, Mrs. J. F.\\n*McNeal, John,\\nMcNeal, D. W.\\nMcFarland, Mrs. Wm.\\nMcNeil, William\\nMcDuffee, Mrs Jane\\n*Meader, J. G-.\\nMeader, Mrs. D. P.\\nMarble, George\\nMarsh, D. K.\\nMarsh, Hiram\\nMurphy, Hon. 0. M.\\nMunsey, Dr. Geo. Frank\\n*Munsey, Curtis C.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nExeter,\\nRochester,\\nBarrington,\\nNeola, Iowa.\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nRochester,\\nFarmington,\\nManchester,\\nSalem, Mass.\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nGroveland, Mass.\\nPortsmouth N. H.\\nKennebunk, Me.\\nRollinsford, N. H.\\nDover,\\nNew Durham,\\nLittleton,\\nChichester,\\nCanterbury,\\nChichester,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nChicago, 111.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nHaverhill, Mass,\\nTewksbury,\\nBoscawen, N. H.\\nNewmarket,\\nSomersworth,\\nConcord,\\na ii\\nDover,\\nGreenville,\\nDanvers, Mass.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0164.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "THE BAENSTEAD EEUNION.\\n123\\n*Mimsey, Woodbury\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nMunsey, Robert\\nChichester,\\nMunsey, G. W.\\nGilmanton,\\nMunsey, D. C.\\nLampasas, Texas.\\nMunsey, Mrs. Mahala\\nDover, N. H.\\nMunsey, Georgia\\na a\\nMunsey, A. T.\\nColorado.\\nMunsey, H. W.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nMunsey, Frank L.\\nGoffs Falls, N. H.\\nMunsey, Levi D.\\nClarksville,\\n*Murray, James\\nMiddletown, 111.\\nMurray, Mrs. Nancy\\nSt. Paul, Minn.\\nMarshall, Andrew\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\n*Merrill, J. B.\\nConcord,\\nMerrill, S. F.\\nEuclair, Wis.\\nMerrill, Frank\\nNew York City.\\nMerrill, Lyman\\nConcord, N. H.\\nMerrill, Mrs. Sarah\\nGilmanton,\\nMerrill, Mrs. Maria\\nPittsfield\\nMerrill, C. E.\\nGilmanton,\\nMerrill, Dr. S. A.\\nBelmont,\\nMiles, Sarah A.\\nSheffield, Vt.\\nMiller, Mrs. Bliphalet\\nLowell, Mass.\\nMiller, Mrs. Harry\\nConcord, N. H.\\n*Morrison, Abram\\nMadbury,\\nMorrison, John\\nSo. Berwick, Me.\\nMorrison, Mrs. D. H.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nMorrison, Mrs. J. I. N.\\na u\\nMorrison, G. W.\\nu a\\nMorrison, Mrs. Sarah\\nBoston, Mass.\\n*Mooney, H. P.\\nPittsfield,\\nMorrill, Rev. James\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nMorrill, Mrs. H.\\nii. a\\nMorrill, Jos. G.\\nU il\\nMorrill, Josephine\\na a\\nMorrill, Mrs. C.\\nt(", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0165.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "124 THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nMoore, Mrs. L. F. Manchester, N. H.\\nNewell, Hon. J. P.\\nNewell, Wm. H.\\nNewell, Albert H.\\n*Newell, Moses D,\\nNewell, Chas. D.\\n*Newell, Wm, J.\\nNewell, Samuel A.\\nNewell, L. V.\\nNewell, Dr. A. C.\\nNelson, Edward\\nNoyes, Mrs. G. F. A.\\nNutter, Col. E. S.\\nNutter, James,\\nNutter, Hon. John D.\\nNutter, Benjamin\\nNutter, Geo. L.\\n*Nutter, James, 2d,\\nNutter, Van D.\\nNutter, John\\n*Nutter, Jas. A.\\nNutter, Joseph S.\\nNutter, William E.\\nNutter, John P.\\nNutter, Wm.\\n*Nutter, A. L.\\nNutter, Orrin S.\\nNutter, C. W.\\nNutter, Mercy\\nNutter, Asa N.\\nNutter, Geo. E.\\nNutter, John M.\\nNutter, Charles C.\\nNutter, Dr. G. W.\\nNutter, Franklin C.\\nGilmanton,\\nElo, Wis.\\nAlbion, Neb.\\nSt. Joe, Hamilton Co.,\\nYork Co., Neb. [Neb.\\nPortsmouth, N. H.\\nAlbion, Neb.\\nGilmanton N. H.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nWorcester, Mass.\\nMontreal, Canada.\\nToronto, Canada.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nBear Grove, Minn.\\nNorthwood, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nSwampscott, Mass.\\nSalem,\\nBoston,\\nConcord, N. H.\\nGilmanton,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nu u\\nRochester, N. H.\\nGilmanton,\\nAlton,\\nDover,\\na u\\nConcord,\\nManchester,\\nPittsfield,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0166.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n125\\nNutter, David R.\\nNutter, Ebenezer\\nNutter, Nathan\\nNutter, Clias. E.\\nNutter, George F.\\nNutter, J. H.\\nNutter, John C.\\nNutter, Mrs. G. L.\\n*Otis, Joseph\\nOtis, Mrs. Ai\\nOtis, Mrs. Sarah\\nOrdway, Louisa\\nOsgood, Mrs. Perley\\nOsgood, Dyer\\nParshley, Albert J.\\nParshley, J. J.\\n*Parshley, Ira\\nParshley, John\\nPalmer, Mrs. Hannah\\nParker, Lavina\\nParmenter, Nellie\\n*Page, Winthrop\\nPage, Hiram\\nPage, Nathaniel\\nPatterson, Mrs. Helen\\nParsons, Rufns\\nPettigrew, Frank\\nPettigrew, Mary J.\\nPerry, Mrs. H. J.\\nPerry, James\\nPendergast, Hon. Geo. S.\\n*Pendergast, Isaac IS.\\nPendergast, Nancy\\n*Pendergast, Charles F.\\n9\\nHopkinton, N. H.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nRochester, N. H.\\nFarmington,\\nCedar Keys, Florida.\\nSomers worth, N. H.\\nRochester,\\nConcord,\\nNewmarket,\\nFarmington,\\nStrafford,\\nLoudon,\\nRochester,\\nVer shire, Yt.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nDeerfield,\\nEpsom,\\nFarmington,\\nPittsfield,\\nu u\\nGilmanton,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nGilmanton, N. H.\\nNewmarket,\\na a\\nManchester,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nNewmarket, N. H.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nNewmarket, N, H.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0167.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "126\\nTHE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nPendergast, John H.\\nPeiidergast, Jas. A.\\nPendergast, Solomon\\n*Pendergast, George B.\\nPendergast, Jolin B.\\nPendergast, Mrs A. M.\\nPendergast, Jane\\nPendergast, Frank C.\\nPerkins, True\\nPerkins, Mrs. John\\nPerkins, Mrs. Charles\\nPerkins, Mrs. Samuel\\nPrescott, Mrs. Perley\\nPrescott, Mrs. Miranda\\nPray, Mattie A.\\nProctor, William\\nProctor, Samuel N.\\n*Proctor, Thomas D.\\n*Pickering, Hon. J. L.\\nPickering, Mark\\nPickering, Joseph\\n*Pickering, C. C.\\nPickering, Nathan\\nPickering, Calvin\\nPickering, Fred.\\nPickering, Mrs. John\\nPierce, Henry H.\\n*Pierce, Albert\\nPitman, Dr. Eben\\nPitman, A. J.\\nPitman, Samuel\\nPitman, Joseph\\nPitman, Mrs. Jona.\\nPitman, Alvin\\n*Pitman, C. H.\\nPitman, Frank D.\\nSalisbury, Mass.\\nSaux Centre, Minn.\\nCleveland, Ohio.\\nChicago, 111.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nConcord,\\nPittsfield,\\nLoudon,\\nConcord,\\nPittsfield,\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nHampton Falls, N. H.\\nDover,\\nHaverhill, Mass.\\nLowell,\\nBeverly,\\nConcord, N. H.\\nCambridgeport, Mass.\\nSalem, Mass.\\nNewport, Me.\\nDurham, N. H.\\na u\\nConcord,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nBoston,\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nManchester,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nFarmington, N. H.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0168.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n127\\nPitman, John T.\\nPitman N. T.\\nPitman, Mrs. Emma\\nPitman, John\\nPitman, George\\nPitman, Lougee\\nPitman, Eben, Jr.\\nPitman, Susan\\nPitman, R. M.\\nPiper, Rev. C. E.\\nPiper, Mrs. Mary E.\\nQuint, Alonzo Hall, D. D.\\nQuimby, Rev. M. A.\\nRand, Dr. Jos. B.\\nRand, Elizabeth\\nRand, Chas. F.\\nRandall, Mrs. Belle\\nRandall, Mrs. A. S.\\n*Randall, Jeremiah\\nRandlett, Mrs. J. F.\\nRicker, Joseph\\nRiddler, Mrs. Nancy E.\\nRines, Mrs. Emily\\nRuss, Mrs. Hattie A.\\nRussell, Jos. C.\\nRollins, Samuel G.\\nRollins, John M.\\nRollins, T. E.\\nRollins, Mrs. J. W.\\nRollins, Mrs. A. L.\\n*Roberts, Geo. S.\\nRoberts, Jona. E.\\nRoberts, Frank\\nRobinson, Mrs. Phebe\\nPelham, N. H.\\nConcord,\\nFarmington,\\nAlexandria\\nDanvers, Mass.\\nManistee, Mich.\\nBath, Me.\\nLowell, Mass.\\nWakefield, Mass.\\nGilraanton, N. H.\\nDover,\\nGilmanton,\\nHartford, Vt.\\nLowell, Mass.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nSo. Brooks, Me.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nGilmanton, N. H.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nPortland, Me.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nOssipee,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nE. Boston,\\nOshkosh, Wis.\\nCorning, N. Y.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nAlton, N. H.\\nWarrensburg, 111.\\nDover, N. H.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0169.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "128 THE BAENSTEAD REUNION.\\nRoss, John Salem, Mass.\\nSinclair, Hon. John G.\\nSavage, Mrs. Moses H.\\n*Sackett, Hiram M.\\nSackett, Frank B.\\nSargent, John\\nSargent, Mrs. Harriet\\nSanborn, Mrs. Mary\\nSanborn, Dr. G. H.\\nSanders, Mrs. W. C.\\nSelden, Mrs. John\\nScruton, Thomas\\nScruton, Walter G.\\nScribner, Mrs. S.\\nScriggins, Joshna C.\\nScriggins, Charles\\nScriggins, William\\nSeward, G. H.\\nSeward, Frank\\nSmith, Mrs. Josephine\\nSmith, Geo. F.\\nSmith, George\\nSmith, Mrs. C.\\nSmall, Alden\\n*Smart, N. T.\\n*Smart, Ansil C.\\nSmart, F. A. J.\\nSmart, Mrs. Mary\\nSimpson, Mrs. S. A.\\nSnell, George,\\nSnell, Clement\\nSnell, Darius\\nSleeper, J. 0.\\nSleeper, C. W.\\nSleeper, Mrs. B. F.\\nFlorida.\\nBoston, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nBoston,\\nHopkinton, N. H.\\nSo. Newmarket, N. H.\\nHenniker,\\nGreeley, Colorado.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nStrafford,\\nPittsfield,\\nLewiston, Me.\\nStorm Lake, Iowa.\\nSandwich, N. H.\\na a\\nAlton,\\nConcord,\\nii u\\nCampton,\\nCentre Harbor, N. H.\\nStrafford,\\nEffingham,\\nConcord,\\nEffingham.,\\nWashington, D. C.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nPembroke,\\nRochester,\\na u\\nFarmington,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0170.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n129\\nSouza, Mrs. A. J.\\nSpencer, Alvin\\nShepard, Luther E.\\n*Shackford, William\\nShackford, James\\n*Shackford, H. H.\\n*Shackford, A. W.\\nShackford, Alphonso\\nShackford, Elbridge G.\\nShackford, Charles J.\\nShannon, Nathaniel H.\\nShaw, Mrs. Emily\\nShort, Mrs. Abbie E.\\nStandish, Mrs. L. Miles\\nStanton, Mark\\n*Straw, Samuel\\nStraw, John W.\\nStraw, Edwin D.\\nStraw, Alonzo\\nStraw, Simon\\n*Tasker, J. M.\\nTasker, Frank\\nTasker, Mrs. Seth\\nTasker, Mrs, Gilbert\\nTasker, Mrs. Joseph\\nTasker, Mary\\nTebbetts, Orran W., Esq.\\n*Tebbetts, Israel C.\\nTebbetts, Daniel P.\\nTebbetts, Ephraim\\nTebbetts, Mrs. Ella\\nTebbetts, Mrs. Addie,\\nTuttle, Hon. H. A.\\nTuttle, Judge John\\n*Tuttle, Henry F.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nSomersworth,\\nLowell, Mass.\\nConcord, N. H.\\nSaugus, Mass.\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nProvidence, R. I.\\nDubuque, Iowa.\\nLynn, Mass.\\nRochester, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nBarrington, N. H.\\nConcord,\\nFarmington,\\nAlton,\\nMyrtle St., Lynn, Mass.\\na a u\\nBoston,\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nBoston, Mass.\\nLaconia, N. H.\\nManchester, N. H.\\nSalem, Mass..\\nLynn,\\nFranklin, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nFarmington,\\nPittsfield,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0171.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": ".130\\nTHE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nTuttle, Chas. S.\\nTuttle, Frank P.\\nTuttle, Mrs. George\\nTutttle, Mrs. C. H.\\nTuttle, Mrs. Albert G.\\nThompson, Mrs. A. H.\\n*Thompson, Edward\\nThompson, Edward, Jr.\\nThompson, William\\nTowle, Hon. Geo. H.\\nTowle, Roby M.\\nTowle, Frank\\nTowle, Samuel\\nTowle, Daniel\\nTowle, James\\nTowle, Mrs. Betsey\\nTowle, Mrs. Susan\\nTwombly, Mrs. Elvira\\nTwombly, Mrs. Emily\\nWalker, Dr. A. C.\\nWalker, George F.\\nWalker, Mrs. R. D. K.\\nWalker, Ansel G.\\nWalker, Samuel\\nWalker, Mrs. Hannah\\nWalker, Miss Sarah E.\\nWallace, Mrs. James\\nWallace, Mrs. Wm.\\n*Waldron, Oliver\\nWarren, Dr. Albert\\nWatkins, Mrs. Geo.\\nWatson, Mrs. J.\\nWebster, Hon. R. S.\\nWelch, Eben\\nWelch, Samuel\\nNashua, N. H.\\nPittsfield,\\nAugusta, Georgia.\\nNew York City.\\nSt. Stephens, N. B.\\nSo. Berwick, Me.\\nDeerfield, N. H.\\nNorthwood,\\nHaverhill, Mass.\\nPittfield, N. H.\\nKingston,\\nStrafford,\\nPittsfield,\\nGreenfield, Mass.\\nNewmarket, N. H.\\nPortsmouth,\\nDetroit, Mich.\\nNewmarket, N. H.\\nGilmanton,\\nDover,\\nCharlestown, Mass.\\nNorthwood, N. H.\\nMadbury, N. H.\\nMadrid, Spain.\\nPortsmouth, N. H.\\nGilmanton\\nMelrose, Mass.\\nLowell,\\nBoston,", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0172.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "THE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\n131\\nWelch, Clark\\nWelch, Edwin\\nWelch, Mrs. Mary-\\nWelch, Timothy\\nWelch, Frank\\n*Wheeler, Dr. John\\nWheeler, Dr. P. H.\\n*Wheeler, Luke\\nWhitcomb, D. H.\\nWhittier, Mrs. H.\\nWhite, Rev. F. J.\\n*Wentworth, Henry R.\\n*Wentworth, A. J.\\nWent worth, C. W.\\nWinkley, Alonzo\\nWinkley, J. M.\\nWinkley, Mrs. J. 0.\\nWinkley, Benjamin\\nWinkley, David\\nWinkley, W. P.\\n*Winkley, John S.\\nWinkley, Mrs. D. B.\\nWinkley, Paul H.\\nWingate, William\\nWingate, Mrs. Lyman\\nWilley, Everett\\nWillard, Richard\\nWillard, Mrs. John\\nWillard, Oliver\\nWoodward, William\\nWoodward, Edwin\\n*Woodhouse, J. L.\\nWoodhouse, John L.\\nWoodhouse, Mrs. G. W.\\nWoodhouse, Dr. N. W.\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nRochester,\\nBattle Creek, Mich.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nStraflford,\\nPittsfield,\\nAlton,\\nWestfield, Iowa.\\nFitzwilliam,N. H.\\nPortsmouth,\\nChester,\\nDover,\\nNew Durham,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nLawrence,\\nStoneham,\\nChelsea,\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nBerwick, Me.\\nChicopee, Mass.\\nStrafford, N. H.\\nFarmington,\\nRochester,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nSutton, Yt.\\nBarton,\\nExeter, N. H.\\nWalnut, Iowa.\\nWilton,\\nLaconia, N. H.\\nWilton, Iowa.", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0173.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "132\\nTHE BARNSTEAD REUNION.\\nYoung, Dr. S. W.\\nYoung, Dr. Lysander\\nYoung, Mrs. Sal ma L.\\n*Young, Stephen\\nYoung, A. J.\\nYoung, G. W.\\nYonng, A. W.\\nYoung, H. A.\\nYoung, Alva A.\\nYoung, George\\nYork, Mrs. R. G.\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nCandia,\\nLynn, Mass.\\nu u\\nPittsfield, N. H.\\nLaconia, N. IT.\\nLyun, Mass.\\nConcord, N. II.\\nIpswich, Mass.\\nFarmington, N. H.\\nviy J\\no- un;", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0174.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0175.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0176.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0177.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0178.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3312", "width": "1945", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0179.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3426", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "barnsteadreunion00lccolb_0180.jp2"}}