John COCHRAN, born in Londonderry, Ireland, married Lilly KILGORE, emigrated to America, settled in Brunswick, Me., in 1718, and soon after located permanently in Londonderry, N. H. They had a family of thirteen children. Samuel, their youngest child, was born in 1729, married Agnes MCCRILLES February 12, 1767, in Nottingham, N. H., who was born April 18, 1739. They were parents of ten children. Their oldest son was born in Londonderry, June 12, 1771. He married, in Londonderry, N. H., Agnes WILSON, February 14, 1799, a sister of James WILSON, the globe maker. In the winter of 1802 they removed to Bradford, bringing their two oldest children with them. In 1814 they removed to a farm on the eastern slope of Wright's mountain, in this town. Mrs. COCHRAN died on this place March 22, 1847. Mr. COCHRAN died at the home of his son Harvey, in Craftsbury, March 1, 1857. They reared nine children, two of whom died in infancy. Isaac, born October 21, 1799, a farmer, died in Newport, Orleans county, November 18, 1884; James W., born February 26, 1801, died February 25, 1847, in Alexandria, N. Y.; Nancy, born June 12, 1804, married Mr. John WILSON, of Bradford, and died June 10, 1885; William K., born April 10, 1806, died in Amoskeog, N. H., in April, 1878; Eleanor H., born January 11, 1808, married, first, Simeon AVERY, February 24, 1846, who died February 19, 1858, and second, September 15, 1859, Josiah KNIGHT, of Charles City, Iowa, where she resided until the death of Mr. KNIGHT, in 1882, when she returned and resides in a home she purchased at Newbury village; Harvey McC., born October 8, 1812, died in Newport, Orleans county, August 18, 1885; Andrew J., born December 22, 1814, now resides in Xenia, Missouri.

      Seth FORD was born in Cornwall, Conn., March 7, 1757, was united in marriage with Mary ANDROSS, who was born in Northfield, Mass., July 17, 1.757, and settled as early as 1776 in Piermont, N. H. As early as 1778 he removed to Bradford, and eventually to Fairfax, Franklin county, where he died. He took a decided interest in the Masonic order and ranked with the highest in the fraternity. Their children were:

      Ebenezer FISK, son of Ebenezer, was born in Canterbury, N. H., January 6, 1786, removed to Groton, Vt., where he followed the occupation of farmer until his death, October 22, 1858. Curtis FISK, son of Ebenezer, Jr., was born in Topsham, January 6, 1807, came to Newbury in 1826, and in the fall of the same year married Sarah COWDREY, of this town. He also followed farming through life, and died here March 28, 1880. Sarah (COWDREY) FISK was born in Tunbridge, July 31, 1808, and died in this town July 16, 1875. The fruits of their union were ten children, all born in Newbury, viz.: Lucindy, born November 19, 1827, died in this town November 22, 1845. Nancy B., born September 24, 1830, never married, died in Lyndon, Caledonia county, July 4, 1880. Jane M., born July 30, 1832, married William BOWDITCH, of Randolph, April 1g, 1855, and now resides in Ryegate. Alvin F., born August 18, 1834, died March 28, 1838. Curtis B, born August 28, 1836, received a preliminary education, studied medicine, but never graduated. He is a carpenter and builder, and conducts a farm of one hundred acres. Sarah A., born April 7, 1838, married Charles COLLEY, of Lyndon, January 9, 1862, and still resides in that town. George R., born April 11, 1839, died October 11, 1840. Sophronia E., born April 7, 1841, never married, died May 11, 1870. Isaac E., born February 20, 1844, died June 15, 1844. Adda L., born January 6, 1847, died January 16, 1857.

      Curtis B. FISK, above mentioned, married Margaret BUCHANAN, of South Ryegate, Caledonia county, January 9, 1862, and they have three children, all born in this town, viz.: Alonzo Bole, born March 10, 1864, resides in Concord, N. H.; David Buchanan, born December 31, 1869, resides at home; Eunice Annett, born June 8, 1878, also resides at home. Margaret (BUCHANAN) FISK was born in South Ryegate, November 25, 1840. She is of Scotch descent; her grandfather, Walter BUCHANAN, came from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1768, settled in Ryegate, where he engaged in farming until his death in 1842. Her father, Walter BUCHANAN, Jr., was born in South Ryegate, December 31, 1810. He married Margaret. LUMSDEN, who was born in Abernethy, Scotland, June 15, 1815, came to America in 1830, and died in South Ryegate, January 28, 1886. He owned the first saw-mill built in Ryegate; was among the early gold seekers in California, where he remained four years, returning home in the fall of 1856 ; again went to California in October, 1863, dying there at Big Pines, in December, 1875.

      James WALLACE, Jr., familiarly known as “Capt. Jim," was married three times, first to Anna GIBSON, daughter of Samuel GIBSON, of Newbury, who was the mother of all his children. He succeeded his father on the homestead where he remained the most of his life. He later removed to Newbury Street, and eventually to Woodsville, N. H., where he died at the residence of his only son, William K., who is a jeweler in that village. His only daughter, Louise (Mrs. AVERY), is a widow and resides in Illinois.

      John WALLACE, youngest child of James, born in Scotland, married Lucia CARSON, of Topsham, and settled where his son James now lives, and where he continued to reside until his death in August, 1862, aged sixty-four years. His wife, remarkably well preserved both mentally and physically, is still living (1887), at the great age of ninety-two years. Of their children, Mary Ann married Seth Magoon and died in Brattleboro; Vt.; Erastus married Mira KAPP, of Passumpsic, and resides in Topsham; Jane married Richard DOE and resides on a farm at the Ox Bow; Anna married Frank PEEKER and is now deceased; Lucia married Samuel DANFORTH, is a widow, and resides at Wells River village with her son Frank; Kate, deceased, married Jackson WALLACE, of Topsham; Sarah K. is the widow of Joseph SAWYER and resides in Topsham; James, before mentioned, is a farmer and occupies the old homestead; Lizzie is the second wife of Seth MAGOON and resides in Keene, N. H.; and Charles, a farmer, died in Bradford.

      Robert FULTON, born in Scotland, emigrated to America in the old ship Commerce, in 1801, and settled in Newbury on the farm now occupied by DAVIS CHENEY, corner of roads 47 and 48. Later he removed to the place now owned by Mrs. W. N. DANIELS, and eventually to a small farm on road 60, where he died in 1852, aged seventy-six years. He was twice married, and his children were Jane, John, Eliza, George, Robert and Abigail. John married Sophia F. ORDWAY, of Corinth, in 1836, and located on the farm now owned by his sons D. S. and S. C., where he died July 19, 1862, aged sixty years. Mrs. FULTON died April 20, 1879, aged sixty-four years. Of their children, John F., born September 11, 1837, married Emma G. GRANT, resides in Newbury village, and holds the office of selectman; Asa C., born January 9, 1840, married Cynthia FARNHAM, of Hartland, Vt., is a farmer, and resides in Bradford; Dexter S. married Miss Eva C. GILMAN, of Corinth, in 1870, .and resides on the old homestead, where he was born; Robert, born October 23, 1844, married Lucy WILSON in 1876, and is a farmer in Bradford ; Stephen C., born February 3, 1847, resides on and owns with his brother Dexter S., the homestead farm; and Henry K., born July 20, 1854, is a commercial traveler of Claremont, N. H.

      Robert MCALLISTER, of Scotch-Irish descent, son of Archibald, of Londonderry, was born in New Boston, N. H., August, 26, 1772. He received a good common school education, and taught both district and singing schools twenty successive winters. He married Sarah STUART, who was born August & 1, 1773. In 1808 he settled in this town on the place where his grandson, Leonard W. MCALLISTER, now lives, where he died March 7, 1861, aged eighty-eight years. Mrs. MCALLISTER died October 17, 1843, aged seventy-one years. They were the parents of seven sons and three daughters, only three of whom are now living, viz.: Sarah (Mrs. M. L. CLARK), of Manchester, N. H.; Harriet, the widow of J. B. W. TEWKSBURY, of West Newbury; and Archibald, the youngest of the family, who resides in this town. The latter was born May 15, 1813, married Susan S. CLARK, of Greensborough, Vt., and located on the homestead, where he remained until 1875. Mrs. MCALLISTER died January 31, 1876, and in October, 1877, he married Anna TEWKSBURY. His first wife was the mother of his two children, a son and daughter, as follows Leonard W., born September 30, 1841, married Nancy JEWELL, and resides on the homestead ; and Sarah L. (Mrs. Albert C. FULLER), of Fairlee.

      John CORLISS, son of Samuel, was born in Rockingham, Vt., in 1787, and came to Newbury, as near as can be ascertained, about 1808. He married Mary EASTMAN and settled in the wilderness on the farm now occupied by his son Nathan E. Soon after his marriage he enlisted in the United States army and served his country about a year in the War of 1812. On account of illness he returned to his farm, where he remained until his death, March 9, 1875, aged nearly eighty-eight years. He accumulated a competency and died universally respected. He was twice married, the children of his first wife being Susan (Mrs. David EASTMAN) and Nathan E., and those of his second (who was Judith EASTMAN, a sister of his first wife), Mary H. (Mrs. Ezra KNAPP), of Buchanan, Cal., and Sarah (Mrs. E. J. L. CLARK), of this town. Nathan E. was born March 31, 1817, married Sarah Jane SARGENT, and has always resided in this town on the old homestead where he was born. Of their children, one died in infancy; Julia A. (Mrs. N. B. TEWKSBURY) resides at Newbury Center, where her husband is a merchant; Daniel S. graduated at Dartmouth college, entered the medical profession, located at Springfield, Vt., where he died February 13, 1879, at the early age of twenty-nine years; Everett F. is engaged as an attendant at the hospital in Taunton, Mass.

      Timothy CLARK came to this town when only ten years of age, at the time of the Revolutionary war, and lived with the family of Gen. BAILEY until he arrived at his majority. He married a Miss LADD, of Haverhill, N. H., and, reared a family of twelve children, only one of whom, Edward J. L., a farmer, resides in this town. Of the latter's children, William enlisted and served with the Union army, and died in Virginia; Isaac resides in Worcester, Mass.; Lucy L. (Mrs. Frederick SIEBERT) is in New Haven, Conn.; Harry A. married Miss Nellie EVANS, of Wells River, and is a farmer in this town; and Nellie R. resides with her father.

      John WADDELL, born in Scotland, came to America and settled first in Barnet and later on Jefferson hill, in Newbury, where he spent the residue of his long life. He married, and his children were Betsey, John, Jane, Rebecca, William, Robert, Jeannette and James. John, the eldest son, married Miss. Mary WHEELER, February 12, 1832, and settled in Boltonville, where he carried on the business of manufacturing carriages, sleighs and furniture. He died February 26, 18601, at the age of sixty-two years, and his wife November 22, 1880, at the age of eighty-two. Of their five children, only one, Harriet J. (Mrs. Henry G. ROLLINS), resides in this town. The children of Mrs. ROLLINS are Mary A., Julia E., Sabra A. (Mrs. Arthur SINCLAIR), of Barre, Vt., Robert W., of Hartford, Conn., and Edward H., Hattie J., and Lucy J., residing in this town with their parents.

      Richard PATTERSON was born in Markinch Parish, Scotland, January 3, 1809, where he married Janet DONALDSON. In 1832 he emigrated to America, making the passage in nine weeks, and landing at Montreal, thence proceeding to Newbury, where he located on the farm he now occupies, near the little hamlet of Newbury Center. By industry and prudence he has established for himself a comfortable home, surrounded by 330 acres of fertile land. Besides his farming interests. Mr. PATTERSON has acted as land surveyor, has held the offices of lister and selectman, and represented his town in the Constitutional Convention in 1870. Mrs. PATTERSON died in 1882. Of their children, Margaret (Mrs. GILMORE) resides in Illinois; Richard N. died in 1860; Ellen D. (Mrs. John BUCHANAN) resides in this town near her father; Washington married Elizabeth CORLISS and resides on the homestead with his father; Lucy Ann (Mrs. John M. WALDRON) resides in this town on a portion of the old homestead.

      James HENDERSON, son of James, who was a native of Scotland, was born in Ryegate, in 1785. He married Elizabeth Scott Todd, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, May 29, 1789. They settled, about 1807, on the farm now owned by their son David T. near the little hamlet of Boltonville, in this town. Having sold a portion of his farm, including the residence, he built, in 1843, the fine residence where his son now lives, and where he died June 12, 1859. Mrs. HENDERSON died October 21, 1846. They were parents of fourteen children, all but two of whom grew to mature age. Their son David T., before mentioned, married Miss Mary P. BAILEY, great-granddaughter of Gen. Jacob BAILEY, and resides on the homestead. Their living children are Luella, residing with her parents; Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. William N. GILFILLAN), of Ryegate; Edwin, engaged in the freight depot in Boston; and Thomas E., an employee of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co. in St. Johnsbury.

      Hon. Edward HALE passed most of the active years of his life in Newbury, where he died, in October, 1886, in the eighty-first year of his age. He was born November 8, 1805, in "Old” Newbury, Mass., and his parents were Thomas and Alice (LITTLE) HALE, descendants of the early settlers of the town. He was educated in the public schools of his birthplace, and in the academy taught by Prof. EMERSON, a noted educator of the day. In 1823 he entered the wholesale store of Meshack B. TRUNDY, in Portsmouth, N. H. In 1826, he was with his brother, Rev. B. HALE, D. D., in the Lyceum, at Gardner, Me., a noted institution for instruction in the mechanic arts, etc. In the fall of the same year he opened a store in Saco, Me., where he remained several years. But not finding the business particularly remunerative he removed to the farm on the Upper Meadow, in this town, where he lived for so many years. January 30, 1837, he married Mrs. Elizabeth L. BROWN, of Salisbury, Mass., and here he and his amiable and capable wife lived and dispensed a generous hospitality for nearly fifty years. He was a farmer on a large scale, successfully managing between 600 and 700 acres near and adjoining the homestead of the late Col. A. B. W. TENNEY. He devoted himself intelligently and industriously to his work, and met with more than ordinary success. Satisfied with a good living and moderate returns, by carefully investing his surplus he accumulated a handsome property. The inordinate desire for gain has shipwrecked many of our farmers in these later days. To be satisfied with moderate and reasonable gains is a lesson hard to learn; and to be willing to prosper in a slow but sure way is too great a strain on the more actively inclined minds of-young America. Mr. HALE was an intelligent and well-informed man, a steady, quiet, and thorough reader of the newspapers, of which he always took a goodly number of well-selected journals-religious, agricultural, and secular. A careful study of well-selected newspapers is equal to an academic education, it is said; at any rate it makes the well-informed man. All who knew Mr. HALE recognized in him an honest and independent man, not afraid to make up his own mind, and to hold and express his opinions firmly and boldly, till he saw good cause to change them. He was a valuable citizen, of a class which forms the back-bone of any community. He was a religious man, never ashamed of his religion, and contributing to its support both morally and financially. A strong friend of temperance principles, and a man to be missed by many, for his genial and social qualities, and by many more for the open and friendly hand he so often extended for the relief of poverty and want. In 1862 he purchased the handsome residence of the late Timothy MORSE, about half a mile north of Newbury village, where he passed the remaining years of his life. Mr. HALE was large all his life, from some trouble experienced in his childhood; and but for the tender care of his parents he was threatened with more serious disability.

      John HALE was born in Lower Waterford, Caledonia county, August 25, 1817. His father, Joseph HALE, settled in this town in 18o8, and carried on blacksmithing many years, when he moved to Whitefield, N. H., where he died in 1865, aged seventy-eight years. John, at the age of fourteen years, went to St. Johnsbury, and was employed in the store of CLARK & BISHOP, of which firm Dea. Thomas BISHOP was the junior member. The FAIRBANKSes at this time (1831) were engaged in manufacturing plows and purchasing hemp, of which the farmers were then raising large quantities. To weigh this latter commodity Thaddeus FAIRBANKS invented the famous scales, which are now known over the entire world. In 1831 Dea. Thomas BISHOP opened a store in North Danville, Caledonia county, and Mr. HALE was employed as clerk, in a building erected by Charles and Samuel VARNEY. The Deacon was a very close business man, but had little success in making money. In 1833 Mr. HALE accepted a clerkship in the store of E. C. Parks, of Waterford, Caledonia county, where he remained five years. In 1838 he was clerk for, and in partnership with, John L. RIX, of Haverhill, N, H., where he remained until 1842, when he accepted a position as commercial traveler, which he occupied until 1847. He sold his business to HASELTON & HUTCHINS and entered their employ as salesman in their extensive lumber business. In 1849 the firm failed, and in 1852 he opened a store in the Passumpsic House block, St. Johnsbury, which he soon after sold, and the same year engaged with the Dunn Lumber Company of Whitefield, N. H., as salesman and book-keeper. In October, 1854, he married Mrs. Laura W. HUTCHINS, and moved to Wells River, where he was employed as salesman for J. & W. G. BUCHANAN until June, 1857, when he removed to Littleton, N. H., and acted as cashier for C. & F. J. EASTMAN & Co. In March, 1861, he accepted a position with Bassett & Pierce, of Boston, and sold goods on commission for several firms up to March, 1887. During the whole twenty-six years he has met with no accident. He has been a guest in over fifty hotels that have burned down, but never was present at any of the fires. He has a daughter in Lansing, Mich., one in Barnet, Caledonia county, and a son, James B., in trade in Newbury, where he has made his home since February, 1867. He also has a step-son in this town. It has been said that Uncle John HALE could call more merchants by name than any other salesman in New England. He never was robbed, and always paid his collections to his employers.

      Sylvanus HEATH removed from Sandwich, Mass., to Haverhill, N. H., where he resided a short time, when he married Azubah SAWYER and settled in this town on the Upper Meadow. His farm was composed entirely of wild land, which he cleared, and upon which he erected the necessary buildings and made for himself a comfortable home, where he died, aged about forty years. Mrs. HEATH survived her husband many years, dying at the age of over ninety. Their children were Joseph, Simon, Nathan, James, Isaac, Polly, Prudence, Azubah, Anna and Abigail. Joseph married Mary Kimball and settled in Bath, N. H., where he died in. the prime of manhood, leaving two sons, Amos .K. and Everett K. Mrs. HEATH survived her husband but two years. Amos K., after the death of his parents, resided with his uncle, Everett KIMBALL, in Bath, until he was fourteen years old, when he went to reside on the old homestead in Newbury with his uncle Isaac HEATH, where he and his brother had a home until they were twenty-one years old. The next five years he spent in Canada, and then returned to the old home. He married Lucretia -CHILDS, of Bath, and has spent most of his active life on the old homestead. He is now, at the advanced age of eighty-six years, living with his son Dudley C., on the Ox Bow. His wife is also living at the age of eighty years. Of their children, Joseph went to New York, and later to Australia, where he died at the age of forty-seven years; Dudley C. and Abner T. are farmers in this town ; Mary C. resides with Dudley C.; Sophia T. (Mrs. Henry O. SARGENT) resides in West Walton, N. H.; Everett K. in Barnett, Caledonia, county; William W. served in the war for the Union, and was killed in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864; Henry K. resides on the Ox Bow; and William-C. and Edward in Barnet.

      Bailey AVERY, son of Simeon and Hannah (BAILEY) AVERY, was born in Newbury, September 6, 1825. His mother died when he was but six weeks old, and just before her death she gave him to a maiden sister, Sally BAILEY, by whom he was reared. August 17, 1856, he was united in marriage with Persis A. WILSON, of Bradford, and continued to reside with his aunt upon the old homestead settled by his grandfather, Col. Joshua BAILEY, until his death, October 9, 1883, caused by falling from a building upon which he was engaged at his trade as carpenter. He was a man of strong traits of character, which were always directed to the support of everything good and true in the community, and was especially known for his sterling integrity, excellent judgment and general intelligence, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. Mrs. AVERY still survives her husband. Of their children, Etheline E. (Mrs. F. W. POWERS) resides in Newbury village; Elmer E., a stone cutter, also resides in this town; Byron F., in Moline, Ill.; and Bertha F., Bailey W. and J. Hibbard reside with their mother on the old homestead.

      Isaac H. OLMSTED, son of John, was born in Haverhill, N. H., in 1808. His father served in the War of 1812, and died in the United States regular service in 1816. His grandfather was also a U. S. regular in the war for Independence. He was four times married, first to Eliza PRESCOTT, second to Mary ATWOOD, third to Sarah Ann ALLYN, who was the mother of his sons Perley A. and A. Allyn, and fourth to Mrs. Susan. C. THOMPSON, daughter of Edwin FULLER. He removed to this town in 1827, and engaged in chair making, which he continued about three years, when he located in the Prescott neighborhood, where he conducted a farm and continued his trade. In 1840 he removed to South Newbury and erected mills for the manufacture of chairs. In 1871 he formed a partnership with his son A. Allyn, under the firm name of Isaac H. OLMSTED & Son, which he continued until his death, by paralysis, August 30, 1878, aged seventy years. Since his death his son has conducted the business alone. In 1880 A. Allyn OLMSTED. united in marriage with Jennie M. THOMPSON, of South Newbury.

      George W. LESLIE was born in Claremont, N. H., April 29, 1804, was married December 18, 1828, and removed to this town in the spring of 1829. He became a member of the Congregational church about 1842. Squire LESLIE, as he was familiarly called, was identified with the organization of Newbury seminary, and gave liberally to the institution during its infancy, and probably no other resident of the town has been so pleasantly remembered by the thousands of students of this grand old seminary. During his long residence in the town he was an active, honorable and highly respected citizen. He died September 21, 1885, aged eighty-one years. His wife still survives him, aged about eighty years. They were the parents of eight children, -three of whom died in infancy, and four are still living, viz.: Jane (Mrs. J. L. COBLEIGH), a widow, at Wells River, whose only son, H. Eugene, married Miss Rhenamah B. JAMES and resides on the homestead of his grandfather LESLIE, where he cares for his aged grandmother; Emma, widow of Stephen FREEMAN, resides in Montpelier; Helen M. (Mrs. Silas WORTHEN) resides in Plainfield, Vt.; and George W., employed in the First National bank of Montpelier.

      William CHALMERS, a flax-dresser by trade, was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1801, where he married Isabella BARKER, emigrated to this town in 1834 and settled on the Benjamin LEE place, where his sons William, Robert and Henry now reside. They were parents of eleven children, of whom George and Alexander, architects, reside in Watsonville, Cal.; Grace (Mrs. George D. ROBERTS) died in 1860; Christian (Mrs. William RAND) resides in Lowell, Mass.; John, Belle, James and Albert are deceased; and William, Robert and Henry reside at the home of their father William CHALMERS, Sr., died at his home in Newbury in 1865, aged sixty-four years, and his wife in February, 1883, aged seventy-nine years. In religion he was a Presbyterian, but attended the Congregational church and contributed to its financial interests. He was deservedly respected for his sterling integrity and courteous and social qualities. He was the founder of a factory for the manufacture of thread and cordage, at Corinth, in connection with Dr. HINCKLEY, of that place, the same now being owned and conducted by BARNES Brothers. The machinery for the factory was imported from Scotland by Mr. CHALMERS, and was detained ten years in transit on account of difficulties in relation to tariff.

      Edward A. ROLLINS was born in Wolfsboro, N. H., and came to Newbury when about twenty years of age. He married Nancy P. MESERVE and first -settled on a farm in the Wallace district, where his son Samuel M. now lives In the fall of 1831 he removed to the farm now owned and occupied by his son Henry G., where he died, October 16, 1865, aged seventy-seven years. Mrs. ROLLINS survived him until August 14, 1869, aged seventy-eight years. They were parents of eleven children, ten of whom attained maturity. Only four of this large family are now living, viz.: Samuel M., Jonas M., a farmer in Danvers, Mass., Henry G., and Justin L., a carpenter in Union City, Ind.; Samuel M. was born October 22, 1819. He married first, Miss Fidelia GEORGE, November 3, 1844, who bore him one son, George Francis, deceased, and died March 20, 1850. In August, 1852, he married Martha SMITH, who bore him two sons, Charles B. and William M., both living in this town, and died April 7, 1856. October 28, 1857, Mr. ROLLINS married Samantha L. SULHAM, by whom he has had five children, as follows: Fidelia M., deceased, Lilla M., Edwin L., Elvira L., and Robert J., all residing in this town with their parents. Henry G. ROLLINS married Harriet Jane WADDELL, December 2, 1857, and settled, on the homestead where he was born. In. 1884 he built the fine residence a few rods from the old home where he now resides. Mr. ROLLINS is a highly respected and prosperous farmer, is a staunch. Republican, and has done his party good and loyal service. September 25, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H, 12th Vt. Regt., and was discharged July 11, 1863.

      Ebenezer Carleton STOCKER, son of Ebenezer and Sarah (CARLETON) STOCKER, was born in Bath, N. H., April 19, 1821, where he resided until he was twelve years of age. He then spent about two years in a pioneer settlement in the town of Troy, Vt. In 1838 he settled permanently in Newbury and became an apprentice to the trade of harnessmaking, with Dea. John BUXTON, with whom he served four years, when he was employed by him as journeyman during the ensuing eight years. In 1851 he entered into a co-partnership with Dea. BUXTON under the firm name of E. C. STOCKER & Co., which continued until 1859, when Mr. STOCKER bought the interest of his partner .and has continued the business alone to the present time (1887). In 1851, Mr. Stocker was united in marriage with Laura M. SCOTT, daughter of Rev. Orange SCOTT, of anti-slavery fame, and editor of the Free Wesleyan. Mrs. STOCKER died in April, 1856, and in December of that year he married Mary, daughter of Amos PARKER, of Lisbon, N. H., and a graduate of Newbury seminary, by whom he had two daughters, Laura R. and Hattie M., who reside in Newbury with their father. Mrs. STOCKER died in April, 1881, aged forty-nine years. Mr. STOCKER attended the common schools, with one term at Newbury seminary, and by continued reading and observation has acquired a. good practical education, During the civil war he was an earnest supporter of the Union, and held the office of town treasurer during the four years of' that sanguinary struggle. In 1876 he represented his town in the state legislature, and was appointed justice of the peace, which office he declined to accept. He is a member of the M. E. church, to which he is a liberal contributor, has been class-leader for the last twenty years, superintendent of the Sunday-school about the same length of time, and steward for twenty-five consecutive years. He is a thorough temperance worker, and is engaged in all benevolent and reform movements.

      Wells GOODWIN, son of Moses, was born in Ryegate, Caledonia county, November 9, 1794. October 3, 1819, he married Lydia HEATH, who was born in New Salem, N. H., November 8, 1794, being one day older than Mr. GOODWIN. Immediately after their marriage they settled in Ryegate, where they lived for twenty-six years ensuing, Mr. GOODWIN following the double occupation of farmer and shoemaker. In 1846 he removed to a farm in Newbury, where he has since resided, with the exception of about ten years spent in Corinth, and two years in Haverhill. At the present time Mr. and Mrs. GOODWIN are residing in Newbury village, with their son John M., at the great age of ninety-two years. Mr. GOODWIN is of sound body and mind, and has always been an observing reader, which practice he still continues. February 11, 1813, he enlisted in the United States army and served till the close of the war, in 1814. He participated in the battles of Chippewa and Bridgewater, and received a gunshot wound at the latter place, a musket ball passing through his left leg above the knee, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered. They were the parents of twelve children, six of whom are living, viz.: John Merrill, Helen (widow of George RHODES), William, Annette (Mrs. Israel FARNHAM), Jane (Mrs. Carlos LEAVITT), and Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. O. C. TEMPLE), all of whom reside in this town except Mrs. FARNHAM, who is a resident of Manchester, N. H.

      Benjamin KNIGHT, who was born in Landaff, N. H., in April, 1796, married Alvira P. MORTON, of West Concord, Vt., and settled in his native town. He was a farmer, and built a saw and grist-mill, of which he was proprietor. In 1839 or 1840 he removed to Bath, N. H., and received the appointment of deputy sheriff, which office lie held the ensuing three years. He then purchased the Flume House, which he successfully conducted about five years, when the buildings were destroyed by fire. He sold the premises, and in 1849 located in South Newbury, where his son Andrew J. now lives. He purchased a wool-carding and cloth-dressing mill, which he operated about two years, when he converted it into a saw-mill and mackerel-kit factory, which he conducted until his death, November in, 1858, aged sixty two years. Mrs. KNIGHT is still living. Their children were Almedia and Vienna, deceased, and Andrew J., before mentioned. Mr. KNIGHT was an energetic business man, and generally accomplished that which he undertook. Although not a rich man, he was always able to meet his obligations. He was highly respected for his integrity, a good neighbor and valued citizen. Andrew J. KNIGHT married Sarah E. JENNE, of South Newbury, and succeeded to his father's business in manufacturing lumber, etc., is also largely engaged in mill-wright work, and is agent for the "Eureka" turbine water-wheel. He has children as follows: Selah C., M. Clarence, Arthur B., Leon E., Carrie L., Olive and Edith M., all of whom reside with their parents.

      Elias S. TUTTLE was born in Tunbridge, this state, and was educated in the common schools. He married Lois KING, of his native town, where he settled and engaged in farming. Eleven years later he removed to Stafford, Vt., where he bought and ran a saw-mill and did carpenter work. In 1851 he removed to this town and settled in South Newbury village, where for twenty years he engaged in carpentering. About 1870 he purchased the Atwood homestead, where he now resides. He also owns the Atwood saw-mill, which he has rebuilt, and is conducting in company with his son Elias J. Mrs. TUTTLE died in January, 1877. Their children are Elias J., who served three and a half years in Co. D, 8th Vt. Regt., in the late war, and is now engaged in farming, and with his father in the manufacture of lumber; Mary Ann, who resides in this town, and is the widow of Owen F. OMALLEY, who served three and one-half years in Co. D, 8th Vt. Regt.; and GEORGE L., a farmer, in company with his father, who also served three and one-half years in Co. D, 8th Vt. Regt.

      Stillman JENNE was born in Derby, Vt., February 21, 1820, and was educated in the common schools. He was twice married, first to Miranda Jane KING, of Whitefield, N. H., who bore him five children,-Sarah E., Roswell C., William S., Viola and Cora S., -- and died July 20, 1870, and second, in September, 1871, to Miss Abbie A. DOE, who is the mother of one daughter, Mary Louise, born June 20, 1876. After his first marriage he resided a few years in Derby, when he purchased a farm in Whitefield, N. H., where he resided until about 1853. He then removed to South Newbury and conducted a grist-mill and farm and worked at his trade of stone mason. In 1873 he bought the farm in school district No. 6, where he now resides. In the fall of 1861 Mr. JENNE enlisted in Co. B, 6th Vt. Regt., and January 3, 1863, he was discharged for disability, having never entered the ranks of his company. In 1862 he was detailed to take charge of the supply train, a duty which he performed until his discharge. His sons both enlisted in the army, and in the same regiment, William S., at that time, being a little less than fifteen years old. In 1863 the latter was struck a little above the collar bone by a minnie ball, which entered his right lung, where it remained nine days. Before the wound was fully healed he escaped from his surgeon and re-enlisted. He next lost a finger in the battle of the Wilderness, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. After his return he obtained an education and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church, where he has labored successfully the past nine years, at present being stationed at Albany, Vt.

      Alexander JOHNSON, son of Thomas and Elizabeth JOHNSON, was born in Bath, N. H., in 1805. He was twice married, first to a Miss WALKER, of Peacham, Caledonia county, and second to Margaret SHULL, of Mclndoe's Falls, where he engaged in the manufacture of lumber, in the firm of KIMBALL, GILCHRIST & Co., until 1856. In 1857 he removed to Barnet and engaged in farming for three or four years. He next located on a farm in Fairlee, where he remained six years. About 1866 he removed to this town, where he remained until his death, in 1884, aged seventy-nine years. Mrs. JOHNSON died in 1885, aged sixty-nine years. Their children are Jeannette S., Daniel S., a farmer, Elizabeth C., James A., also a farmer, and Frank R., a CARPENTER, all residing in Newbury. Daniel, S. married Abbie L. KIMBALL, of Bradford, and their children are Walter E. and Florence L., both of whom reside with their father. Mrs. JOHNSON died in July, 1884.

      James LANG, son of Sherburne and Mehitable (RICKER) LANG, was born in Bath, N. H., October 5, 1835, and there resided until March, 1867, when he removed to this town, where he has since resided. September 28, 1859, he married Ellen PARKER, of Littleton, and has had born to him children as follows: Frederick B., a lawyer in Minneapolis, Minn.; Ellen W., who resides in this town with her parents; James Sherburne, a student at St. Johnsbury academy; and Caroline H., who is pursuing academic studies in Newbury village. Mr. LANG chose the calling of a farmer, which he still continues with fair success. He was educated in the common schools, with a few terms at the academies, and has since added to his knowledge by constant reading in his leisure hours. He is an original thinker, and takes great interest in investigating the topics of the age. He is a public spirited man, and gives his aid to the benevolent enterprises of the town.

      Marvin KASSON, son of Joseph KASSON, was born in Pomfret, Conn., in 1784, came with his parents to Topsham where they settled, received a common school education, and in March, 183o, he united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth DICK, daughter of Capt. John DICK, a native of Scotland. He settled first in Newbury, then removed to Dalton, where he lived about five years, but eventually returned to Newbury, where he spent the residue of his long life, dying June 18, 1881, aged ninety-six years and six months. Their children were William Wallace, born June 4, 1831, served in the army of the Union as lieutenant, and is now engaged in dealing in provisions in Sumrnerville, Mass.; Jeannette Dick (deceased), born May 11, 1834, married Azro CHAMBERLIN; Sophronia BAILEY, born March 28, 1837, married James L. GEORGE, and resides in Newbury village; Harry BAILEY, born June 11, 1839, entered the Union army, and was a prisoner of war, incarcerated in Andersonville prison where he died after suffering its horrors eighteen months; Lucia W., born June 28, 1841, married Lyman BUCK, of Haverhill, where she resides ; Mary Lucinda, born September 11', 1844, married Samuel COLBY, and resides in Dorchester, Mass.; Macia Carbee, born August 20, 1846, resides with her aged mother in Newbury village; Gilbert, born July 10, 1848, and Alden CHAMBERLIN, born in March, 1850, both perished at the burning of their house in March, 1855.

      George B. HATCH, M. D., son of CLARK and Lovina (EMERY) HATCH, and grandson of Rev. John and Mary (CLARK) HATCH, of Newbury, was born in Groton, Vt., in 1852. Dr. HATCH was educated at Dartmouth and Bowdoin colleges, graduated in the medical profession in 1882, commenced practice in Newburyport, Mass., where he married Miss Mary E. BROWN, only daughter of Jenness BROWN, one of the respectable old families of that place. He settled in Newbury in 1883, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession and looking after his large lumber interest in the town of Peacham. Dr. and Mrs. HATCH have a son and daughter.

      The First Congregational church in Newbury was the second church organized in the state. It went into existence in September, 1764, about a year and a half after the town was chartered. Almost the first care of the early settlers of the town, however, was to make provision for the preaching of the gospel. At the first meeting of the freemen of the town, held June 13, 1763, at Plaistow, N. H., it was voted to unite with the people of Haverhill, N. H., in paying a preacher for two or three months the coming fall and winter. Accordingly in the year 1764 Rev. Peter POWERS, of Hollis, N. H., came to Newbury to labor with the people in holy things; and through his instrumentality a church, composed -of members from both sides of the Connecticut river, was gathered and organized.

      On the 24th of January, 1765, Mr. POWERS received a call to become pastor of the church. The following extracts from the early records of the town show the manner in which this call was given:

      According to the best information, the first meeting-house was erected within a year or two after the settlement of Mr. POWERS. It was built of logs, and was located at the "Ox Bow." Its dimensions were 28 X 25 feet After some years the congregation became too large to be accommodated in this house, and public worship was held in a building opposite the cemetery, which was erected for a court-house. In 1790 a church edifice was built on what was formerly called the "Little Plain." This was the first church edifice in the state that was built with a steeple. It was occupied as a house of worship about fifty years. In 1840 a new edifice was erected on the site occupied by the present church, and was dedicated November 13th, of that year. On Sunday morning, January 13, 1856, this building was totally destroyed by fire. The society immediately set about the erection of another, and early in the ensuing fall they were enabled to complete the present house of worship, which was dedicated September 23, 1856.

      Two colonies have gone out from this church. In August, 1840, twenty-four persons from its membership were formed into a branch church at Wells River, which became an independent organization June 13, 1842. In February, 1867, twenty-one members of the church were dismissed, and organized with others (February 13, 1867,) into the Congregational church at West Newbury.

      The Methodist Episcopal church of Newbury.-The early history of Methodism, in Newbury, has come down to the present generation only in a very fragmentary form. The old circuit system, by which several towns were grouped together, to be served by a number of itinerant preachers, who in rotation held religious services, was unfavorable to the preservation of church documents. The class-leaders in the several towns had simply a record of the class membership. The recording steward of the circuit held the most important records; and while many of these were capable of affording very imperfect data out of which to write church history, their transfer from one officer to another, and often, likewise, from one town to another, resulted, as the years passed on, in their entire loss frequently, so that much information valuable to the local churches has disappeared and cannot, be recovered.

      Authoritative traces of the organization of the Methodist Episcopal church in Newbury had well nigh perished in this way, but fortunately the record has been rescued from oblivion through the correspondence of E. C. STOCKER (one of the present trustees and class-leaders) with Mrs. J. S. TAPLIN, of Oskosh, Wis. Mrs. TAPLIN is the daughter of Mr. Joseph PRESCOTT, who was one of the citizens of Newbury years ago, and also one of the members of the first Methodist class formed in town.

      The history of the organization of this class cannot better be told than to quote a portion of Mrs. TAPLIN's letter. She writes as follows: 

      A few items of interest relating to early Methodism in Newbury are found in "The Autobiography of Dan. Young," a book published in 1860. Rev. Dan. YOUNG was an itinerant preacher, somewhat eccentric, of much more than common talent, and for a time a member of the New England conference, which conference, at the date of his entrance, in 1804, embraced all of the New England states. Rev. Mr. YOUNG located in 1809, and lived on the old homestead in Landaff, Grafton county,-N. H., for many years. He continued to preach as he found opportunity, and at one time supplied the pulpit of the Congregational church in Newbury for a short period, when this church had no pastor. Record is also found of his preaching for the Methodists on an extra occasion, in the vicinity of South Newbury, to a congregation of nearly a thousand people in the open air, at which time he baptized twenty persons by immersion in the stream that flows down through this place from the hills on the west. Our respected townsman and Methodist, Dan. Young FORD, was named after this preacher by his parents, who held Rev. Mr. YOUNG in very high esteem.

      In 1828 seven members of the Methodist class were children of Mr. Joseph PRESCOTT. Mrs. TAPLIN recalls the additional names of Jeremiah TUXBURY, Martha TUXBURY, Rivera TUXBURY, Albert BUELL, Hutchins BAILEY, Electa POWERS, Prentice KNIGHT and wife, Mr. JOHNSON and wife, Haynes JOHNSON, and several other persons by the name of STEVENS.

      At this time the only church building in Newbury was owned by the town, and occupied three Sabbaths in each month by the Congregationalists. The Methodists believing, as the church was town property, they had a just right to its use on the Sabbath when it was not used, applied to the proper authorities for permission to hold meetings there on such days. The opposition to Methodism at that time was so strong that the authorities refused to grant this request. This refusal stirred up a good deal of feeling among all classes of citizens, and resulted in the building of a house of worship in 1830, which the Methodists at Newbury Street continue to occupy.

      The location in Newbury of the school, popularly known as Newbury seminary, in 1834, contributed not a little to the local strength of Methodism. Through the agency of the quarterly conference of the M. E. church in Newbury, many young men, connected with the seminary as teachers and students, received authority to use their gifts as exhorters and local preachers. By this conference many have been recommended as suitable persons to join the annual conferences as traveling or itinerant preachers. A long list of names of such young men appears upon the quarterly conference records, who have done noble work in the church, both in the state of Vermont and in other states. A few names only, of the more prominent men of this class, will here be inserted, viz.: Osman C. BAKER, R. S. RUST, C. N. SMITH, J. W. GUERNSEY, J. A. SHERBURNE, H. P. CUSHING, J. W. BEMIS, C. C. DICKINSON, W. D. MALCOM, J. E. KING, C. W. CUSHING, J. E. LATIMER, J. O. PECK, S. E. QUIMBY, Hugh MONTGOMERY, J. C. W. COXE.

      In the autumn of 1835 a society was formed by the ladies of the Methodist church, called "The Dorcas Society." The constitution adopted at that. time says, "The object of this society shall be threefold: First, to provide articles of clothing suitable for destitute children connected with our Indian Missions, particularly the Flat-Head Mission. Second, to provide what ever else may be needful for those missions, in our power. Third, to make and mend clothing for indigent young men connected with Newbury seminary, especially for such as design to preach the gospel." The records show that this society was actively employed in this benevolent work for several years. They secured, at different times, the leading preachers of this vicinity to address the people on the subject of missionary work, and took collections, at such times, to further the objects of the society. Correspondence was opened with Rev. Jason LEE, missionary to the Flat-Head Indians in Oregon. Interesting letters were received from him and his wife at different times and read before the society, and on one occasion, at least, this intrepid missionary, accompanied by a Flat-Head Indian, was present in person to address the society. Several boxes of clothing were sent out to this mission, each box valued at forty or fifty dollars. In 1844 the constitution of this society was changed, allowing its funds to be distributed according to the discretion of its members, thereafter. As the years passed on the Dorcas society was superseded by the Women's Foreign Missionary society, and the Women's Home Missionary society. Under the auspices of these two societies the ladies of the church continue to prepare clothing to be sent to distant home mission fields, and in connection with the Women's Foreign Missionary society, of West Burke, are now supporting a school for girls in India, which is called the Newbury school.

      During the pastorate of Rev. P. N. GRANGER, in 1876, the church edifice was thoroughly repaired, and the audience room put into modern style at a cost of about $500. Funds for the entire completion of this work coming a little short, the Methodist society was greatly gratified to find that Ross FORD and his brother D. Y. FORD had very generously offered to complete the work by making a present of the beautiful pulpit furniture now used in the church.

      Several of the older members of the church, as well as other friends, have shown their love for, and appreciation of, Methodism in Newbury, by bequests. John ATWOOD, long an esteemed member, left by will $t00. His daughter, Mrs. Amanda MOORE, of St. Louis, added to this gift $300, making it $500. James S. JOHNSON left, also, by bequest, $200. His wife very generously increased this gift with an equal sum, making it $400.

      Although the membership of the Methodist church in Newbury has never been large, neither has its wealth been great, yet this church has been an important factor in the Methodism of New England. The removal of the Conference school from Newbury to Montpelier, in 1868, has occasioned a loss deeply felt by the church; nevertheless the good work of evangelization is still carried on with a commendable degree of vigor. The membership at the present time is 127. In the early history of the church, as previously stated, Newbury was a part of a circuit. In the minutes of the Vermont and New Hampshire conference, Newbury first appears in 1826. The following is a list of the names of itinerant preachers who have served the church since that time, viz.: 1826, Paul C. RICHMOND; 1827, A. H. HOUGHTON, John LOVEJOY; 1828, A. H. HOUGHTON, John NAYSON; 1829, C. W. LEVINGS, William REYNOLDS, John SMITH; 1830, Schuyler CHAMBERLIN, R. H. SPALDING; 1831, William D. CASS, Frederick T. DAILEY; 1832, C. COWING, W. NELSON; 1833, R. NEWHALL, Charles COWING; 1834, S. KELLEY, N. O. Way; 1835, S. KELLEY; 1836, E. J. SCOTT; 1837-38, J. D. DOW; 1839, W. M. MANN; 1840, J. TEMPLETON; 1841-42, L. D. BARROWS; 1843, A. WEBSTER assisted by O. C. BAKER and C. T. HINMAN, teachers in the seminary; 1844, one to be supplied, and C. T. HINMAN from the seminary; 1845, Moses CHASE; 1846, E. PETTINGILL; 1847, Haynes JOHNSON; 1848-49, S. P. WILLIAMS; 1850-51, H. P. CUSHING; 1852-53, E. COPELAND; 1854, J. D. DOW; 1855, Haynes JOHNSON; 1856-57, P. P. RAY; 1858-59, S. QUIMBY; 1860, A. G. BUTTON; 1861-62, W. D. MALCOM; 1863 64, E. C. BASS; 1865, D. PACKER ; 1866-67, H. A. SPENCER; 1868-69, L. S. HAYNES; 1870, J. W. CLINE; 1871-72, S. B. CURRIER; 1873-74, G. M. TUTTLE; 1875-77, P. N. GRANGER; 1878-79, J. MCDONALD ; 1880-82, Leonard DODD; 1883-85, J. H. WINSLOW.; 1886-87, N. W. WILDER.

      The Congregational church at West Newbury was organized February 13, 1867, by a council called by the First Congregational church of Newbury, and at its organization consisted of twenty-one members, with David CONNELL as first pastor. It now has a membership of forty-two under the pastoral ,charge of Rev. A. B. LYON. Their house of worship, a wooden structure, was erected in 1833, will comfortably seat 200 persons, and is valued, including grounds and other church property, at $4,000. The Sunday-school ;has about seventy members, with an average attendance of thirty-five.

      The Congregational church located at Wells River village was organized January 13, 1842, a branch of the Newbury Congregational church, and at its organization consisted of thirty-eight members, with Rev. Samuel R. THRALL as first pastor. It now has a membership of 200, under the pastoral charge of Rev. Eugene J. RANSLOW. Their first house of worship, the present wooden structure, was built in 1840 at a cost of $2,800, will comfortably seat 400 persons, and is now valued, including grounds and other church property, at $8,000. The Sunday-school has a membership of 225.

      St. Ignatius' Catholic church, at Wells River village, was organized in April, 1874, by Rev. J. S. MICHAUD, the first pastor, and at its organization consisted of about thirty-five residents. Their house of worship, a small one-storied wooden building, 30x35 feet, was erected in 1874, will comfortably seat 140 persons, cost about $400, and is now valued, including grounds and other church property, at about $800. The parish now contains about fifty residents, under the pastoral charge of Rev. R. F. Higgins. Residents of Bath, Haverhill, and Woodsville, N. H., Groton, Newbury, and South Ryegate villages also attend this church, which makes the average attendance over 100. About fifteen scholars also attend the Sunday-school.
 
 

Gazetteer Of Orange County, Vt. 1762-1888.
Compiled And Published by Hamilton Child,
The Syracuse Journal Company, Printers and Binders. 
SYRACUSE, N. Y., 1888.
Page 269-327.

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