GAZETTEER -OF- GRAFTON COUNTY, N. H. 1709=-1886. COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY HAMILTON CHILD, AUTHOR OF WAYNE, ONTARIO, SENECA, CAYUGA, TOMPKINS, ONONDAGA, MADI CHESHIRE COUNTY, N. H. PERMANENT OFFICE, ESTABLISHED 1866. SYRACUSE, N. Y. "He that hath much to do, will do something wrong, and of that wrong must suffer the con- Nov. 12, 1925 LIBRARY Lawrence S ace S, Mayo Almanac or Calendar for 20 Years. EXPLANATION. Find the Year and observe the Letter above it; then look for the Month, and i with it find the Letter of the Year; above the Letter find the Day and the figures on the left, in th line, are the days of the same name in the month. . Leap Years have two letters; the first is used till the end of February, the second during the ren of the year. INTRODUCTION. In presenting to the public the "Gazetteer and Business Directory" of Graf. ton County, we desire to return our sincere thanks to all who have kindly aided in obtaining the information it contains, and rendered it possible to present it in the brief space of time in which it is essential such works should be completed. Especially are our thanks due to the editors and managers. of the county papers for the uniform kindness they have evinced in calling public attention to our efforts, and for essential aid in furnishing material for the work. We have also found valuable aid in the following: "History of Coos Country," by Rev. Grant Powers; "History of Warren," by William Little; "History of Bethlehem," by Simon Bolles; "History of Charleston," by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson; "History of Northfield, Mass.," by J. H. Temple and George Sheldon; "Granite Monthly;" "Belknap's New Hampshire;" "Gazetteer of New Hampshire," by John Farmer and Jacob B. Moore; "Gazetteer of New Hampshire," by Alonzo J. Fogg; "New Hampshire Churches," by Robert F. Lawrence; "State Adjutant General's Reports; "State Superintendent of Instruction's Report"; "New Hampshire State Atlas," by Comstock & Cline; "New Hampshire As It Is," by Edwin A. Charleton; "History of New England," by Rev. Henry White; "Hall's Eastern Vermont," and in the various pamphlets and reports of a number of societies, institutions, corporations and towns. Our thanks are also due to the clergy throughout the county, and to Prof. Charles H. Hitchcock, of Dartmouth college; Hon. Frederick Chase, of Hanover; A. S. Batchelor, Esq., and James R. Jackson, of Littleton; W. F. Flint, B. S., of Winchester, N. H.; Hon. J. E. Sargent, of Concord; Samuel Emery, of Lisbon; Markinfield Addey, of Bethlehem and New York; William A. Wallace, of Canaan ; Rev. Charles A. Downs, of Lebanon; Rev. J. Q. Bittenger, George W. Chapman, W. F. Westgate, of Haverhill; Col. Thomas P. Cheney, of Ashland; Ira. F. Chase, of Bristol; Harry M. Morse, of Lisbon; Dr. C. F. Kingsbury, and Rev. E. P. Butler, of Lyme; and to many others in and out of the county, who have rendered valuable aid. That errors have occurred in so great a number of names, dates and statements, is probable, and that names have been omitted which should have been inserted, is quite certain. than ordinary diligence and care in this difficult and complicated feature of book-making. Of such as feel agrieved in consequence of errors or omissions, we beg pardon, and ask the indulger.ce of the reader in noting such as have been observed in the subsequent reading of the proofs, and which are found corrected in the Errata at the close of this volume. We can only say that we have exercised more It was designed to give a brief account of all the churches and other societies in the county, but owing in some cases to the negligence of those who were able to give the necessary information, and in others to the inability of any one to do so, we have been obliged to omit special notices of a few. We would suggest that our patrons observe and become familiar with the explanations at the commencement of the directory, on page 3, part 2d. The names it embraces, and the information connected therewith, were obtained by actual canvass, and are as correct and reliable as the judgment of those from whom they were solicited renders possible. Each agent is furnished with a map of the town he is expected to canvass, and he is required to pass over every road and call at every dwelling and place of business in the town in order to obtain the facts from the individuals concerned whenever possible. The margins have been left broad to enable any one to note changes opposite the names. The advertisers in "part second," we most cheerfully commend to the patronage of those under whose observation these pages may come. The map inside the back cover will be found, in connection with the directory, very valuable. We take this occasion to express the hope that the information found in the book will not prove devoid of interest and value, though we are fully conscious that the brief description of the county the scope of the work enables us to give, is by no means an exhaustive one, and can only hope that it may prove an aid to future historians, who will be better able to do full justice to the subject. While thanking our patrons and friends generally, for the cordiality with which our efforts have been seconded, we leave the work to secure that favor which earnest endeavor ever wins from a discriminating public, hoping they will bear in mind, should errors be noted, that "he who expects a perfect work to see, expects what ne'er was, is, nor yet shall be." HAMILTON CHILD. GAZETTEER OF GRAFTON COUNTY, N. H. F "Thou shalt look Upon the green and rolling forest tops, And streams, that with their bodering thickets strive Here on white villages and tilth and herds, And swarming roads, and there on solitudes, ROM the foot-hills and mountains of Northern New Hampshire, winding amid a panorama of surpassing loveliness and fertility, across. Massachusetts and Connecticut, to mingle its waters with the saline floods of Long Island Sound, rolls "America's Nile "-the grand old Connecticut. For nearly sixty miles along its eastern shore extends the territory of Grafton county, with Coös upon the north and Sullivan upon the south. It is a region of mountain and valley, of lake and stream, of sublime solitudes and Athenian culture, of woodland, farm and field. Its attractiveness is world renowned, and from the four winds gather thousands, season by season, to pay a just homage to its sublime beauty, its gentle loveliness, and its salubrious climate. Extending far into its northern linits lies the famous White Mountain region, while in its southern and central parts, and all along the Connecticut, are a thousand scenes of storied or of unsung loveliness. Such is the background of the picture our work would paint-the scene of the historic incidents it would relate. That the stranger may more readily grasp its history, let us glance briefly at the history of its parent-the Granite State. In 1623 the English colonists, Capt. John Mason and Sir Ferdinando |