Month: September 2023

By Muriel Bristol | September 24, 2023

Enoch W. Plumer was born in Milton, April 4, 1815, son of Joseph [Jr.] and Sarah “Sally” (Brown) Plumer.

Father Joseph Plummer [Jr.] died in Milton, January 3, 1826, aged thirty-nine years.

Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 40-49 years [herself], one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years, one female aged 15-19 years [Caroline Plumer], one male aged 15-19 years [Enoch W. Plumer], two males aged 10-14 years [Bard Plumer and Joseph Plumer], and one female aged 5-9 years [Sarah Plumer]. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Levi Jones and Jos. P. Burrows.

Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 50-59 years [herself], five males aged 20-29 years [Enoch W. Plumer, Bard Plumer, and Joseph Plumer, and others], one female aged 20-29 years [Caroline Plumer], and one female aged 15-19 years [Sarah Plumer]. Five members of her household were engaged in Agriculture. Her household appeared in the enumeration between those of Benjamin Roberts and Levi Jones.

Enoch W. Plumer married, June 16, 1840, Orinda Ayers. She was born in Wakefield, NH, in 1817, daughter of Joseph and Olive R. “Ruth” (Nudd) Ayers.

(The known children of Enoch W. and Orinda (Ayers) Plumer were: John Tyler Plumer (1841–1868), Joseph Emmons Plumer (1842–1899), Mary Baker Plumer (1844–1939), Bard Burge Plummer (1846–1919), Sarah Plumer (1848–1931), Fanny W. Plumer (1851–1933), and Susan Plumer (1854–1878).

Enoch W. Plummer, son of Joseph and Sally Brown (Plummer), was born on the old home place in 1815. He followed farming in a general way and erected the barn now standing on the Plummer farm. He lived to reach the age of eighty-one years, dying in 1896; his wife had died the previous year, and both were buried in the cemetery on Plummer Ridge. Her maiden name was Orinda Ayers and their marriage was blessed with seven children: John T., Joseph E., May B., Bard B., Sarah, Fannie W., and Susan. Mr. Plummer was a Republican in politics, and at one time served as representative of the town of Milton. In addition to farming, he also was of a half interest in a saw mill, his partner being Lewis Plummer. He was a devout christian, a member of the Congregational church, and for more than forty years was a deacon in the church, death terminating that tenure (Scales, 1914).

Son John Tyler Plumer was born in Milton, June 3, 1841. Son Joseph Emmons Plumer was born in Milton, October 5, 1842.

Col. James J. Chesley commanded the Thirty-Third NH Militia Regiment in 1843. His staff included Lt. Col. Enoch W. Plumer; Maj. Jonathan W. Sanborn; Adjutant Leonard S. Nute of Alton, NH; and Quartermaster Moses H. Chesley of East Alton, NH (NH Adjutant General, 1843).

Daughter Mary B. Plumer was born in Milton, September 8, 1844.

Col. Enoch W. Plumer commanded the Thirty-Third NH Militia Regiment in 1844. His staff included Lt. Col. Jonathan W. Sanborn; Maj. John Churchill; Adjutant Leonard S. Nute of Alton, NH; and Quartermaster Moses H. Chesley of East Alton, NH (McFarland & Jenks, 1845).

Col. Enoch W. Plumer commanded the Thirty-Third NH Militia Regiment in 1845. His staff included Lt. Col. Jonathan W. Sanborn; Maj. John Churchill; Adjutant Leonard S. Nute of Alton, NH; and Quartermaster Moses H. Chesley of East Alton, NH (Farmer & Lyon, 1844).

Col. Enoch W. Plumer of Milton commanded the Thirty-Third NH Militia Regiment in 1846. His staff included Lt. Col. Jonathan W. Sanborn; Maj. Cyrus K. Sanborn of Brookfield, NH; Adjutant Isaac N. Fellows of Wakefield, NH; and Quartermaster Moses H. Chesley of East Alton, NH (Claremont Manufacturing Co., 1846).

Son Bard Burge Plummer was born in Milton, in 1846.

Father-in-law Joseph Ayers died in Wakefield, NH, August 26, 1847.

Daughter Sarah Plumer was born in Milton, in 1848.

Enoch Plumer, a farmer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Orinda [(Ayers)] Plumer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), John T. Plumer, aged eight years (b. NH), Joseph E. Plumer, aged seven years (b. NH), Mary B. Plumer, aged five years (b. NH), Beard Plumer, and four years (b. NH), Sarah Plumer, aged two years (b. NH), Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer, aged sixty-six years (b. NH), and Sarah Plumer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH). Enoch Plumer had real estate valued at $6,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David Wallingford, a farmer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), and David D.A. Robinson, a shoemaker, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH).

Mother-in-law Olive Ruth (Nudd) Ayers died in Wakefield, NH, September 20, 1852.

Daughter Susan Plummer was born in Milton, April 27, 1854.

The Republican party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act of that year.

In his latter years he [Enoch W. Plummer] supported the Republican party in politics (Biographical Review, 1897).

The NH State Agricultural Society awarded Enoch W. Plumer of Milton a $15 second-place prize for his stallion of seven years, Young Messenger, in November 1858 (NH Agricultural Society, 1860).

E.W. Plumer, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Orinda [(Ayers)] Plumer, aged forty-two years (b. NH), John T. Plumer, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Joseph E. Plumer, aged seventeen years (b. NH), Mary B. Plumer, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Bard B. Plumer, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Sarah Plumer, aged twelve years (b. NH), Fanny W. Plumer, aged nine years (b. NH), Susan Plumer, aged six years (b. NH), Sarah [(Brown)] Plumer, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), Caroline Wentworth, aged forty-six years (b. NH), and Thomas Wentworth, aged twenty years (b. NH). Enoch Plumer had real estate valued at $6,000 and personal estate valued at $1,500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Plumer, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH), and Charles Jones, a farmer, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH).

Milton sent Enoch W. Plummer and Charles A. Varney to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representatives for the 1861-62 biennium. Rep. Plumer of Milton was assigned the Committee on Division of Towns. (Rep. Varney of Milton was assigned the Committee on Education).

On Wednesday, June 11, 1861, Rep. George F. Bartlett (1826-1897) of Milford, NH, moved that a ten-member committee be appointed to seek one or more House chaplains. As a result, Rep. Plumer of Milton was appointed as the Strafford County member.

Resolved, That a committee of ten, one from each county, be appointed by the chair; to select some suitable clergyman to officiate as chaplain of the Legislature during the present session; and that prayer be offered each morning of the session, in the Representatives Hall, immediately preceding the forenoon session; and that the Governor and Council, and the Senate, be invited to attend.
Ordered, That Messrs. Bartlett of Milford, Nason of Hampton Falls, Plumer of Milton, Taylor of Sanbornton, Milliken of Effingham, Coffin of Concord, Edwards of Keene, Gallup of Plainfield, Tenney of Hanover, and Abbott of Northumberland, be said committee.

(His Plumer surname appeared in both forms – Plumer and Plummer – in House journals. This variance originated probably in eighteenth and early nineteenth century orthography. Duplicate letters might be represented as a single letter with a stroke over it, indicating that the single letter written stood for two identical paired letters).

On Tuesday, June 25, 1861, Rep. Lyman D. Stevens (1821-1909) of Concord, NH, moved that a bill regarding the Concord & Portsmouth Railroad be postponed to the next legislative session. Reps. Plumer and Varney voted with the majority of 210 representatives [71.2%] that opposed postponement, rather than with the minority of 85 representatives [28.8%] that favored postponement.

On Tuesday, July 2, 1861, the House resumed its consideration of “An act for remodeling the militia” (the Civil War having broken out only three months before). Democrat Rep. Harry Bingham (1821-1900) of Littleton, NH, moved that the bill be amended to insert the word “white” just before the word “able-bodied.” Reps. Plumer and Varney voted with the majority of 154 representatives [57.0%] that opposed the amendment language, rather than with the minority of 116 representatives [43.0%] that favored it.

In the second year of his two-year biennium, Rep. Plumer was assigned to the Committee on Printers’ Accounts. (Rep. Varney was assigned to the Committee on Towns and Parishes).

On Tuesday, June 24, 1862, the House voted on an “Act providing for a system of public-school supervision.” Rep. Plumer voted with the minority of 112 representatives [39.0%] that voted in favor, rather than with the majority of 175 representatives [61.0%] that voted against it. (Rep. Varney may have been absent that day, as he did not vote).

On Monday, June 30, 1862, the House considered whether or not Isaac Emerson (1825-1885) of Windham, NH, had a right to a House seat. (The remonstrance of R.B. Jackson and others asserted that he should not be seated). Rep. Emerson himself moved that the Committee on the Judiciary should investigate and report on the matter:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to report, for the satisfaction of the “contestants” having the merits of this case in view, first, What constitutes a legal ballot? second, What votes should be counted by the moderator in determining the majority and the result of an election?

The House Committee on the Judiciary returned their opinion that Mr. Emerson should not be seated, as the necessary threshold of 69 votes would have been slightly higher if the six votes for “Charles Butrick” had been counted with those received for “Charles E. Butrick.”

At the annual town-meeting in Windham, in March last, after ten or more ballotings for representative, Isaac Emerson was declared elected. The whole number of votes, as declared by the moderator on that ballot, was one hundred and thirty-six (136); necessary to a choice, sixty-nine (69); and Isaac Emerson, having sixty-nine votes, was declared elected. On that ballot there was put into the ballot-box as votes, one piece of paper containing the name of an animal, another containing the name of a woman, and some six others on which was the name of Charles Butrick; but that there was one by the name of Charles E. Butrick. It was also admitted that some of those persons who voted for Charles Butrick intended to vote for Charles E. Butrick. The moderator excluded all these names from the ballots, and then declared the result aforesaid. The remonstrants claim that at least those pieces of paper containing the name of Charles Butrick should be counted as ballots, while the sitting member claims that they should not be so received, and claims that they were rightfully excluded. … The committee are also of the opinion that tickets containing the name of an animal, or inanimate things, or a woman, ought to be rejected in such computation of the whole number of ballots, as not being within the spirit of the statute defining that term, and as trifling with the right of suffrage, and tending to bring it into ridicule and disgrace. …

Rep. Plumer voted with the 133 representatives [74.7%] that went against the committee report and voted to seat Mr. Emerson, rather than with the 45 [25.3%] that agreed with the committee report and voted not to seat him. So, Rep. Emerson was seated.

On Tuesday, July 8, 1862, Rep. Lewis P. Cushman (1824-1904) of Landaff, NH, introduced a resolution whereby House members and staff might forgo two days’ pay and spend that money instead on a soldiers’ hospital.

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court convened, That the Clerk, in making up the pay-roll of the members and officers of the House of Representatives, be instructed to deduct from the same Saturday and Sunday, July 5 and 6, and that the Governor is hereby authorized to expend the same in furnishing the hospital provided for by the present Legislature for the use of our sick and wounded soldiers.

Rep. Charles W. Woodman (1809-1888) of Dover, NH, moved that the resolution be indefinitely postponed. Reps. Plumer and Varney voted with the majority of 178 representatives [68.5%] that favored postponement, rather than with the 82 representatives [31.5%] that opposed postponement.

Rep. George Holbrook (1830-1927) of Manchester, NH, made an alternate motion:

Resolved, That a committee of one from each county be appointed to solicit a subscription from each member of this House and honorable Senate, the same to be applied to furnishing the hospital for the sick and wounded soldiers. 

(These hospital furnishings votes are somewhat reminiscent of a supposed discussion between one Horatio Bunce and then U.S. Congressman Davy Crockett, probably circa 1829, as collected by Bettina Bien Greaves (of which an audio version may be found in the References)).

E.W. Plumer of Milton paid a $1 tax for his horse carriage (valued at $70), in the U.S. Excise Tax of 1862.

Enoch W. Plummer paid a $10 tax on his stallion, and a $1 tax for his 1-horse carriage (valued at $75), in the U.S. Excise Tax of May 1864. Perhaps the stallion was the same one, Young Messenger, for which he had received a second-place prize in 1858.

Son John T. Plummer married in Boston, MA, January 31, 1867, Armena P. Gilman, he of Union, [Wakefield,] NH, and she of Milton. He was a merchant, aged twenty-five years, and she was aged twenty-three years. Rev. O.T. Walker performed the ceremony. She was born in Wakefield, NH, daughter of Theophilus and Parna [(Dearborn)] Gilman.

Mother Sarah “Sally” (Brown) Plummer died of dropsy in Milton, July 27, 1867, aged eighty-two years. She was a widowed farmer.

Son John Tyler Plumer died June 20, 1868.

Son Joseph Emmons Plummer married in Milton, October 18, 1869, Susan E. [Evyline] Pecker, he of Milton and she of Concord, NH. He was a farmer, aged twenty-seven years, and she was aged thirty years. Rev. James Doldt performed the ceremony. She was born in East Concord, NH, September 6, 1839, daughter of William and Susan D. (Chandler) Pecker.

Enoch W. Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Orinda [(Ayers)] Plummer, keeping house, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), Mary B. Plummer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Bard B. Plummer, a farm laborer, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), Sarah Plummer, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Fanny W. Plummer, aged nineteen years (b. NH), Susan Plummer, aged eleven years (b. NH), and George I. Whitehouse, a farm laborer, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Enoch Plumer had real estate valued at $6,000 and personal estate valued at $4,340. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), and Charles Jones, a farmer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH).

William Pecker, a farmer, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), headed a Concord, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Susan D. [(Chandler)] Pecker, keeping house (b. NH), aged fifty-nine years, Joseph E. Plummer, a farm laborer, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), and Susan E. Plummer, a domestic servant, aged thirty years (b. NH). William Pecker had real estate valued at $10,000 and personal estate valued at $1,500. Joseph E. and Susan E. [(Pecker)]] Plummer had been married in the prior September [October].

Daughter Mary B. Plumer married November 10, 1870, Samuel Willard Wallingford. Wallingford was born in Milton, November 27, 1837, son of David and Mary A. (Tasker) Wallingford.

Son Bard Burge Plummer married in Milton, October 15, 1875, Eliza Dixwell Wentworth, both of Milton. He was a farmer, aged twenty-nine years, and she was aged twenty-four years. Rev. James Doldt performed the ceremony. She was born in Jamaica Plain, MA, December 13, 1851, daughter of John J. and Elizabeth (Currant) Wentworth.

Daughter Susan Plummer married in Milton, November 30, 1876, John S. Roberts, both of Milton. He was a shoemaker, aged twenty-eight years, and she was aged twenty-two years. Rev. James Doldt (then of Canterbury, NH) performed the ceremony. Roberts was born in Milton, circa 1848, son of John C. and Lydia J. (Scates) Roberts.

MARRIAGES. ROBERTS-PLUMMER. In Milton, N.H., 29th ult., at the home of the bride’s parents, by Rev. James Doldt, Mr. John P. Roberts and Miss Susie Plummer, daughter of Enoch W. Plummer, both of Milton (Boston Globe, December 7, 1876).

Daughter Susan (Plummer) Roberts died of heart trouble in Farmington, NH, September 12, 1878, aged twenty-four years.

Daughter Sarah Plummer married in Seabrook, NH, May 1, 1878, Frank Enoch Haley, she of Milton and he of Seabrook, NH. He was a clergyman, aged forty-three years, and she was aged thirty years. This was his second marriage. Rev. James Doldt performed the ceremony. Frank E. Haley was born in Tuftonboro, NH, February 20, 1835, son of Enoch and Cynthia (Piper) Haley.

Daughter Frances W. ‘Fanny” Plummer married in Milton, July 11, 1878, John H. Twombly. He was aged twenty-nine years, and she was aged twenty-seven years. Twombly was born in Dover, NH, October 17, 1848, son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly.

Enoch W. Plumer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Orinda [(Ayers)] Plumer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH). They shared a two-family residence with the household of Bard B. Plumer, a farmer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH). Their residence appeared between those of Joseph Plumer, a farmer, aged sixty years (b. NH), and Enoch S. Mason, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).

Samuel W. Wallingford, a farmer, aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, keeping house, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), his mother, Mary A. [(Tasker)] Wallingford, at home, aged seventy-four years (b. NH), his nephew, George W. Wallingford, aged eight years (b. NH), and his niece, Millie M. Wallingford, aged five years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Frank G. Horn, works on shoes, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), and James A. Wentworth, a farmer, aged forty-two years (b. NH).

Bard B. Plumer, a farmer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Eliza D. Plumer, keeping house, aged twenty-eight years (b. MA), and his children, Lucia C. Plumer, at house, aged three years (b. NH), Fannie W. Plumer, at house, aged one year (b. NH), and Bard B. Plumer, at house, aged seven months (b. NH (October [1879])). They shared a two-family residence with the household of [his father,] Enoch W. Plummer, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Plummer, aged sixty years (b. NH) and Enoch S. Mason, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).

Frank Haley, a clergyman, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed a Seabrook, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included Sarah P. [(Plummer)] Haley, keeping house, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), Mary L. Haley, a milliner, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Agnes C. Haley, at home, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and Susan P. Haley, aged eight months (b. NH (September)).

William Pecker, a farmer, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), headed a Concord (“Concord East P.O.”), NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Susan D. [(Chandler)] Pecker, keeping house, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), his daughter, Susan E. ((Pecker)] Plummer, at home, aged forty years (b. NH), his son-in-law, Joseph E. Plummer, a farmer, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), and his boarder, Hattie E. King, a teacher, aged twenty-three years (b. NH).

Widowed son-in-law John S. Roberts married (2nd) in Farmington, NH, December 26, 1883, Ella Belle Pearl, both of Farmington, NH. (He would die of heart valvular disease in Farmington, NH, January 22, 1907, aged fifty-eight years, three months, and fifteen days).

MILTON. Nearly fifty people from Farmington, including a full chorus of singers, wended their way “Miltonwards” Wednesday evening, by the light of the genial moon – somewhat clouded – to witness and take part in an entertainment and concert gotten up by the good ladies of the Congregational Society for the benefit of their church. The evening was all one could wish and the drive delightful. On reaching this one of the most beautiful villages in this section, the party was most hospitably entertained by their Milton friends, prominent among whom were the genial Mr. and Mrs. Amos Roberts, Rev. Mr. Haley the pastor, and his estimable lady, Mrs. Annie M. Varney, the two Mrs. Pinkhams, Mrs. Willard Wallingford, the venerable deacon Plummer of the Ridge, and a host of others whose names have slipped our memory. A glance at the interior of the spacious and handsomely decorated church gave evidence of a large assembly, there being some two hundred and fifty present. Want of space and time forbid of more than mere mention of the following program that was excellence in itself, and never have we seen the rendering excelled. … (Farmington News, June 11, 1886).

Orinda (Ayers) Plumer died of a liver abscess in Milton, April 18, 1895, aged seventy-seven years, six months, and twelve days. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

MILTON. The funeral of Mrs. Enoch Plumer occurred Saturday afternoon. She leaves a husband and five children (Farmington News, [Friday,] April 26, 1895).

Enoch W. Plumer died of cirrhosis of the liver in Milton, June 18, 1896, aged eighty-one years, two months, and fourteen days. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

RECENT DEATHS. … Mr. Enoch W. Plummer, one of the oldest citizens of Milton, N.H., died Thursday. He was born in the town April 4, 1813. He was identified with the Volunteer Militia, and held the commission of colonel for several years. He filled many town offices, representing the town in the New Hampshire Legislature. For over forty years he was a deacon of the Congregationalist Church, and at the date of his death the oldest Church member (Boston Evening Transcript, June 20, 1896).

HERE AND THERE. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Roberts attended on Sunday the funeral of deacon Enoch W. Plumer of Milton, who was a citizen truly well known (Farmington News, [Friday,] June 26, 1896).

ENOCH W. PLUMMER. Enoch W. Plummer died June 18. He was born in Milton April 4, 1815, and had maintained a continuous residence there. He was identified with the volunteer militia, and held the commission of colonel for several years. He filled many town offices, representing the town in the New Hampshire legislature. For over forty years he was a deacon of the Congregational church, and at the date of his death the oldest church member (Granite Monthly, July 1896).

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. LEBANON. – Jan. 6. Mary B. Wallingford, et al., of Milton, N.H., to Bard B. Plummer, of same place, real estate in Lebanon for $500. Jan 28. Frances W. Twombly, et al., of Milton, N.H., to Bard B. Plummer, of same place, real estate in Lebanon for $500 (Biddeford-Saco Journal (Biddeford, ME), February 10, 1897).

Son Joseph E. Plummer died of pulmonary phthisis in Concord, NH, January 5, 1899, aged fifty-six years, three months. He was a farmer. G.P. Connor, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Son-in-law Samuel W. Wallingford died of pyemia (following a pulmonary abscess) in Milton, May 25, 1899, aged sixty-one years, five months, and twenty-eight years. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Armine [(Gilman)] Plummer, a nurse, aged forty-seven years, was one of seven lodgers in the Rochester, NH, household of Charles Barker, a landlord, aged fifty years (b. MA), at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Charles Baker resided on South Main Street.

Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a physician (retired), aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and her sister (and his wife of twenty years), Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Susan F. Horn, a widow, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), and George F. Henderson, a farmer, aged fifty-six years (b. ME).

Bard B. Plummer, a farmer, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-four years), Eliza D. Plummer, aged fifty-one years (b. MA), his children, Lucia C. Plummer, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Fannie W. Plummer, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Bard B. Plummer, Jr., aged twenty years (b. NH), and Orinda Plummer, at school, aged twelve years (b. NH), and his boarder, Christie L. Jones, a farm laborer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH). Bard B. Plummer owned their farm, free-and-clear. Eliza D. Plummer was the mother of four children, of whom four were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Fred P. Jones, a farmer, aged forty years (b. NH), and Joseph Plummer, a farmer, aged eighty years (b. NH).

Frank Haley, a retired clergyman, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah [(Plummer)] Haley, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), his daughter, Susan P. Haley, an accountant, aged twenty years (b. NH), and his sister-in-law, Susan E. [(Pecker)] Plummer, aged sixty years (b. NH).

Daughter-in-law Armine P. (Gilman) Plummer died of uterine cancer at 6 Main Street in Rochester, NH, February 15, 1902, aged fifty-eight years, five months. She was a widowed nurse, who had been resident in Rochester, NH, for “about” fourteen years, i.e., since circa 1887, with her previous residence having been in Milton. John H. Neal, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Frank Haley died of Bright’s Disease in Milton, NH, March 28, 1904, aged sixty-nine years, one month, and nine days. He had resided in Milton for nineteen years, i.e., since circa 1885, with his previous residence having been in Boscawen, NH. He was a clergyman. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.

DEATHS. HALEY. In Milton, N.H., March 28, Rev. Frank Haley, aged 69. He graduated from Dartmouth Medical in 1857, and practiced medicine for some years, then entered Andover Seminary where he graduated and has preached since in Enfield and Milton, N.H., and Concord, Mass., and was in charge of a home missionary church and school in Macon, Ga. Although hampered by ill health all his life, he did important work wherever he was along educational lines and in the pulpit (Congregationalist and Christian World, May 21, 1904).

MILTON, N.H. Mrs. Mary Wallingford with a party of friends went Friday on a trip to the White mountains returning home Tuesday night. In spite of the very inclement weather they reported a most enjoyable time (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), September 29, 1905).

MILTON, N.H. Mrs. Mary B. Wallingford went to Wolfeboro recently, making the trip in a touring car. … Mrs. Wallingford entertained a party of nine ladies from Dover Tuesday of last week. … Miss Kate Gardner Jackson of Westwood, Mass., is spending a few weeks at Mrs. Mary B. Wallingford’s on the Ridge (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 9, 1907).

MILTON. Mrs. Mary B. Wallingford and Rev. and Mrs. Dickey attended the Washington birthday meeting of the Congregational club last Saturday at Dover (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 6, 1908).

Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a general farm farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a home farm keeper, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), her sister (and his wife of thirty-one years), Fannie W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), and her sister-in-law, Susan [(Pecker)] Plummer, aged seventy years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm, free-and-clear.

Bard B. Plummer, a general farm farmer, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Eliza D. Plummer, aged fifty-eight years (b. MA), his son, Bard B. Plummer, Jr., a home farm farmer, aged thirty years (b. NH), his daughter-in-law, Ruth L. Plummer, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), his daughter, Orinda Plummer, aged twenty-four years (b. NH), his granddaughter, Elizabeth Plummer, aged one year (b. NH), his sister-in-law, Fannie Littlefield, aged sixty-two years (b. MA), his nephew, Roscoe Littlefield, aged thirty-four years (b. CA), and his servant, John M. Smith, a general farm laborer, aged twenty-two years (b. VT).

Sarah P. [(Plummer)] Haley, a widow, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Susan P. Haley, aged thirty years (b. NH). Sarah P. Haley owned their house, free-and-clear.

KENNEBUNK. Miss Mary Goodwin, assistant in the Kennebunk Savings Bank, is passing her annual vacation at the Mary Wallingford Farm, Milton, N.H. (Portland Sunday Telegram, September 21, 1919).

Son Bard B. Plummer died of lobar pneumonia on Plummer’s Ridge in Milton, October 22, 1919, aged seventy-three years, four months, and four days. James J. Buckley, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a widow, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a farmer, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), her sister, Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), and her sister-in-law, Susan E. [(Pecker)] Plummer, a widow, aged eighty years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm on the Plummer’s Ridge Road, free-and-clear.

Sarah P. [(Plummer)] Haley, a widow, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Susan P. Haley, a retail dry goods bookkeeper, aged forty years (b. NH). Sarah P. Haley owned their farm on the Farmington Road, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of William S. Lougee, a leatherboard superintendent, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and Edwin S. Huse, a high school teacher, aged forty years (b. MA).

Daughter-in-law Susan E. (Pecker) Plummer died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Plummer’s Ridge in Milton, February 29, 1920, aged eighty years, six months. She had resided in Milton for twenty years, i.e., since the death of her husband in 1899, with her previous residence having been in East Concord, NH. John H. Twombly, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Son-in-law John H. Twombly died of arterio-sclerosis in the Masonic Home at 813 Beech Street in Manchester, NH, March 2, 1927, aged seventy-eight years, four months, and thirteen days. He was a retired physician. F.P. Scribner, M.D., signed the death certificate.

DR. JOHN H. TWOMBLY DIES AT DOVER, N.H. DOVER, N.H., March 3 – Dr. John H. Twombly, who died at the Masonic Home in Manchester last evening, was a native of Dover, born Oct. 17, 1848, the son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly. He was a descendant of Ralph Twombly, who came from England and settled at Dover Neck about 1650. On the maternal side he was descendent from Lieut. John Drew of Dover, an officer of the Indian Wars. Dr. Twombly graduated from Dartmouth in 1868 and from the Harvard Medical School in 1872. He first practiced in Brooklyn and later was on the staff of the insane asylum at Kalamazoo, Mich., after which he followed his profession in New Market. He owned a drug store there. He was affiliated with Dover and New Market Masonic bodies, and was the oldest living eminent commander of St. Paul Commandery, K.T., of this city. The body will be brought here tomorrow and will later be interred in Pine Hill Cemetery with Knight Templar Rites (Boston Globe, March 4, 1927).

Orinda P. [(Plummer)] Little, an electrical bookkeeper, aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Sharon, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Her household included her twin sons, William G. Little, aged eight years (b. MA), and Robert A. Little, aged eight years (b. MA), her mother, Eliza D. [(Wentworth)] Plummer, retired, aged seventy-eight years (b. MA), and her sister, Fanny W. [(Plummer)] Littlefield, a private family housekeeper, aged fifty-one years (b. NH). Orinda P. Little owned their house at 11 Crest Road, which was valued at $8,500. They did not have a radio set. All three women were widows, Orinda P. Little having married at thirty-four years of age, Eliza D. Plummer at twenty-three years of age, and Fanny W. Littlefield at forty years of age.

Sarah P. [(Plummer)] Haley, aged eighty-two years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. She owned her house on the Farmington Road, which was valued at $3,500. She did not have a radio set.

Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a widow, aged eighty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Mary B. Wallingford owned her house on Plummer’s Ridge, which was valued at $4,000.

Daughter-in-law Eliza D. (Wentworth) Plummer died in Sharon, MA, March 12, 1931, aged seventy-nine years.

Daughter Sarah (Plummer) Haley died in Milton, NH, April 10, 1931.

LOCAL. Mrs. Sarah Plummer Haley, a life-long resident of Milton, passed away last week. She is survived by a daughter, Miss Susan Haley, who has many friends in Farmington (Farmington News, April 17, 1931).

Daughter Frances W. (Plummer) Twombly died in Dover, NH, March 22, 1933.

Daughter Mary B. (Plumer) Wallingford died of hypertensive heart disease in the Masonic Home in Manchester, NH, September 22, 1939, aged ninety-five years, and fifteen days. She was a widow. She had resided in Manchester for seven years, eight months, i.e., since circa February 1932, with her previous residence having been in Milton.

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By Muriel Bristol | September 17, 2023

Continued from Milton Mills Sketch of 1911 – 3

In researching something else, several lengthy articles on Milton Mills were encountered in the Sanford Tribune of October 6, 1911. This fourth and last article dealt with several local merchants and their businesses: John E. Horne (1878-1953), William F. Mills (1838-1913), Joseph A. Maddox (1847-1916), Elijah T. Libby (1846-1918), Daniel Murray (1858-1917), Nicholas L. Mucci (1869-1966), and Mott L. Archibald (1874-1953).

(This new information may require some minor revisions or additions to some earlier Observer articles).

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J.E. HORNE. Clothing and Men’s Furnishings. The store conducted by John E. Horne is in keeping with the high-class character of the community in which he is located. Mr. Horne is also a man of the character that is typical of the section – fair and square in his dealings with the public and social qualities that add to his business popularity. He first went to Milton Mills in the spring of 1900 as manager for F. Merrifield who then established a store there in connection with his Springvale business. In less than a year Mr. Horne bought out the business and has conducted it since and has been very successful. When the business was first started the Berry block was divided into two stores. Six years ago the demands for room to accommodate the increasing trade became so insistent that Mr. Horne was obliged to hire the whole space.
The two stores were made one and now the room is hardly sufficient.
Two years ago, a stock of boots and shoes was added and a very good trade in that line has resulted.
Three years ago Mr. Horne, in company with Forrest L. Marsh, established a grain and feed store. That is located in the Rines block.

WILLIAM F. MILLS. Livery and Sale Stable. Mr. William F. Mills is a native of Milton and has always been interested in horses but did not go into the livery business until 1905. He then bought the Platt place on Main Street which he repaired and put into proper shape for a home and the business he then decided to establish. He formerly lived on a farm not far from the mills. He cultivated it successfully for twenty-two years.
Mr. Mills has a clean well-kept stable and the horses are of a superior class averaging above the average for livery stock. He has six or more horses for letting. Mr. Mills had reared some colts that have sold for high prices. Sybil, by Francisco, was sold for a large sum five years ago. Mr. Mills is the right kind of a man to own and handle horses for he recognizes the fact that they are sentient and intelligent creatures responding to like qualities in man when given the chance.
As Mr. Mills is a good horseman, so is he a good citizen and an upright man. He is held in high regard by his fellow citizens. He has served the town two terms as a selectman.

J.A. MADDOX & SON. Grocers. Central square in Milton Mills has been greatly improved in looks by the establishment of the new grocery store by J.A. Maddox & Son, and the village benefitted by the advent of a new and enterprising store. J.A. Maddox & Son conduct a wholesale and retail grocery business at South Berwick where Mr. Maddox, senior, established the business 30 years ago. Albert S., the junior member, was admitted to the firm twelve years ago. The business done there is one of the largest of the kind in York county, and the members of the firm are among the strongest and best citizens of the place. Mr. J.A. Maddox has served the town as selectman and in other capacities and is successful in the conduct of what ever business he is charged with – whether private or public.
The business was established in Milton Mills about a year and a half ago and because of the character of the firm and the splendid stock of goods carried the store has become popular. The store formerly occupied by Freeman Loud, who was burned out, and owned by Ira Miller was rebuilt and newly fitted for the use of this firm and it is only saying what is echoed throughout the village to say that no more attractive store has ever been conducted there. It is large, being about 75 feet long and thirty feet wide, high posted and well lighted by large plate glass windows. Mr. Maddox and his son are both well known in Milton Mills, the f0rmer having been born in Newfield and a resident of Shapleigh at a later period. Alfred was born in the latter town. Before going to South Berwick they were well known throughout this section.
In addition to a line of groceries the firm deals in crockery and kitchen utensils and also carry a fine line of confectionery. A special feature is made of high grade chocolates and bonbons. The store and local business is in charge of Mr. Charles A. Langley, who has been in the firm’s employ at South Berwick for four years. Mr. Langley is assisted by his wife and their genial and obliging ways add much to the popularity of the store. Mr. Langley is a native of Shapleigh and was known to the people in Milton Mills before becoming a resident.
Recently the firm has established another store at Union. This business is in charge of Geo. W. Grant.

ELIJAH T. LIBBY. Postmaster. Elijah T. Libby, one of the men well worth knowing in Milton Mills, is the postmaster. He is a native of Limerick but has lived in Milton for thirty-eight years and has been postmaster for twenty years, in all. He is now serving his fifth term. He was first appointed by President Harrison. During the four years that President Cleveland was in, Mr. Libby did not have the office but upon the return of the Republicans to power he was again appointed and has held the position ever since.
In the anniversary year of Milton Mr. Libby was town treasurer. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Grange. He has been at times engaged in the jewelry and printing business but his health is not equal to the demands of such trades. In connection with the office a few articles of merchandise are sold and in the summer time he conducts an ice cream business. Mr. C.L. Stevens is assistant postmaster.

DANIEL MURRAY. Hardware and Plumbing. Mr. Daniel Murray has been in the hardware business for thirty-six years. He occupies one of the largest stores in Milton Mills, it being seventy-five feet long and twenty-five wide. The store is filled with a variety of goods, hardware and paints being a feature of the stock. Tinware and kitchen utensils perhaps are given as much space as any particular line of goods. The Glenwood stoves are always kept in stock. In addition to the retail business which is largely looked after by Miss Florence Murray, Mr. Murray carries on a large plumbing and jobbing business. He has a shop in the rear of the store, where small jobs are attended to. His outside work consists of all kinds of work that comes under the head of plumbing and steam fitting and furnace work. He has become expert in his line and is called upon from surrounding places.
During the second Cleveland administration the post office was in Mr. Murray’s store. J.W. Murray was postmaster and Mr. Daniel Murray was assistant. Among the men of character and high social and business standing, Mr. Murray ranks as a leader and is held in the highest esteem to Milton Mills and began business for himself and has been successful.

N. MUCCI. Fancy Groceries, Fruit. One of the first signs of modern village, so far as business is concerned, that greets the eye of the stranger approaching from the east, is the fine display of fruit and fancy groceries in the store of N. Mucci. As may be inferred from the name Mr. Mucci is a native of the sunny clime where fruit forms a large part of the food of the people and has inherited the natural aptitude of the Italians for the appetizing display of such products. But the fruit business is only an incident in the trade of this store. A full line of staple groceries is kept as well as the best of confectionery. The ice cream business is an important feature, particularly in the summer. He not only has a cosy little room where the delicacy is served by the plate, but he is prepared at all times to serve the public with large quantities. He supplies families and parties and among the summer visitors in the surrounding sections trade is large. A soda fountain operates throughout the year.
Mr. Mucci came to America thirteen years ago and for a few months worked with his brother-in-law, F. Broggi, at Sanford. He then went to Milton Mills and began business for himself and had been successful. Mr. Mucci prides himself on always keeping his stock complete and in prime condition. A full stock of tobacco and cigars is kept, too. Mr. Mucci and his wife are pleasant persons to meet and have become as interested in the affairs of the town as though natives are not classified as “foreigners.”

M.L. ARCHIBALD. Real Estate; Lumber. Mr. M.L. Archibald is one of the best known men in Strafford and York Counties. For the last seven years his headquarters have been at Milton Mills. He lives at the Central house but has a legal residence on the Acton side. He is a dealer in native and western horses and sells valuable animals in this section. He has special shipments of western horses and is prepared to furnish animals of what ever kind may be required. Having been familiar with equine stock from youth, his knowledge enables him to select horses suitable to the purpose for which they are to be used and to the person who is to use them.
He is extensively interested in real estate and timber. He is buying and selling timber lands all the time and sells farm property and builds houses for sale. HIs varied interests oblige him to be away from Milton Mills part of the time. Anyone wishing to have an interview with him or desiring any property that he has for sale will find it advisable to write to him at Milton Mills. Mr. Archibald is a man whose business record for many years has established him in the confidence of his patrons, and while a man not much given to talking, it is felt that what he says concerning any business deal needs no discount.
He is a native of Acton and has always been connected with affairs in this section, but for several years was in the eastern part of the state. He has been permanently located at Milton Mills since 1903.

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This concludes the Sanford Tribune’s Milton Mills articles of October 6, 1911.

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Find a Grave. (2013, July 31). Mott L. Archibald. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/114726309/mott-l-archibald

Find a Grave. (2012, November 27). Frank Broggi. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/101348468/frank-broggi

Find a Grave. (2013, August 3). John Everard Horne. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/114788057/john-everard-horne

Find a Grave. (2021, April 4). Charles Agustus Langley. Retrieved fromwww.findagrave.com/memorial/225305049/charles-agustus-langley

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Find a Grave. (2013, December 20). Albert S. Maddox. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/121964473/albert-s-maddox

Find a Grave. (2012, May 17). Joseph A. Maddox. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/90285175/joseph-a.-maddox

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Find a Grave. (2013, July 13). William F. Mills. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/114681781/william-f-mills

Find a Grave. (2o13, July 31). Daniel Murray. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/114681970/daniel-murray

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By Muriel Bristol | September 10, 2023

James Berry was born in Wakefield, NH, in 1805, son of James F. and Betsy (Pollard) Berry.

James Berry married in Milton, in 1835, Eliza G. Jewett. She was born in Milton, in 1811, daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy J. (Rogers) Jewett.

(The known children of James and Eliza G. (Jewett) Berry were: Mary Augusta Berry (1835–1922), Charles Jewett Berry (1837–1933), Nathaniel J. Berry (1842–1880), Eliza E. Berry (1843–1843), Nellie Clara Berry (1844–1938), and Eliza G. Berry (1848–1850)).

Daughter Mary Augusta Berry was born in Milton, in 1835. Son Charles Jewett Berry was born in Milton, in 1837.

Stephen Watson of Acton, ME, sold 14 of 24 days [58.3%] use of the “Watson privilege” at a sawmill on the Salmon Fall River to James Berry, for $1,000, May 7, 1839 (Strafford County Deeds, 182:143).

Milton sent James Berry to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative, for the 1839-40 biennium. (There was also a Rep. Berry of Greenland, NH).

On Friday, July 5, 1839, Rep. Berry of Milton voted with the 101 representatives [51.3%] that voted in favor of “An act empowering the town of Concord to purchase and hold stock in the Concord Rail Road Corporation.” Another 96 representatives [48.7%] voted against the act.

Rep Berry of Milton voted with the 113 representatives [56.2%] that opposed “an act to abolish imprisonment for debt.” Another 88 representatives [43.8%] voted in favor of abolishing imprisonment for debt.

Rep. Albert Baker of Hillsborough, NH, proposed a set of five Resolutions regarding Slavery and the Slave Trade.

Resolved, That the relation of master and slave, as established by law within the jurisdiction of any of the States, is an institution for which the State, within which it is established, is alone responsible, and with which neither Congress, nor the Legislature of any other State, can rightfully interfere.
Resolved, That the adoption and prosecution of measures by individuals residing within one State, with the avowed design of overthrowing the institutions of another State, by sending emissaries scattering documents, pamphlets or papers, within that State against the declared will of the same, is a disregard of that comity, and mutual respect, which should ever be cultivated among the States.
Resolved, That Congress ought not to interdict the slave-trade between the States, or to abolish slavery within the District of Columbia, or the Territories of the United States.

The first three resolutions passed the NH House on a division (i.e., hand count) vote. The fourth resolution passed also but required a roll call vote. Rep. Berry of Milton voted with the 69 representatives [33.5%] that opposed the fourth resolution, rather than with the 137 representatives [66.5%] that voted in favor of it. (The fourth resolution referred to the then current U.S. Congressional “gag” rule that sought to prevent any petitions regarding slavery ever being heard (see Milton and Abolitionism)).

Resolved, That the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, by which all memorials relating to the abolition of slavery, upon the presentation of the same, were ordered to lie on the table, without any further action thereon, was not an infringement of the right of petition.

The fifth resolution passed on a division vote, as had the first three of them.

Resolved, That the immediate abolition of Slavery, by whatever means effected, without the expatriation of the slaves would be productive of calamities, moral and political, such as should be deprecated by every friend of humanity. 

James Berry headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Eliza G. (Jewett) Berry], one male aged 20-29 years, one female aged 10-14 years, one female aged 5-9 years [Mary A. Berry], and one male aged under-5 years [Charles J. Berry]. One member of his household was engaged in Commerce and one member was engaged in Agriculture.

Son Nathaniel J. Berry was born in Milton, in 1842. Daughter Eliza E. Berry was born in Milton, in 1843. She died in 1843. Daughter Nellie Clara Berry was born in Milton, in 1844.

Father-in-law Nathaniel Jewett died in Milton, June 2, 1847.

Daughter Eliza G. Berry was born in Milton, in 1848. She died in Milton, in 1850.

James Berry, a trader, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Eliza G. [(Jewett)] Berry, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), Mary A. Berry, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Charles J. Berry, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Nathaniel J. Berry, aged eight years (b. NH), and Clara E. Berry, aged six years (b. NH). James Berry had real estate valued at $8,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Marsh, a shoemaker, aged thirty-nine years (b. ME), and James Parker, a weaver, aged twenty-five years (b. ME).

James Berry, a farmer, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton (Milton Mills P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Eliza G. [(Jewett)] Berry, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), Mary A. Berry, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Charles Berry, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Nathl. J. Berry, aged seventeen years (b. NH), and Clara A. Berry, aged fifteen years (b. NH). James Berry had real estate valued at $5,500, and personal estate valued at $100. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Coleman, a farmer, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), and Elbridge W. Fox, a farmer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH).

Daughter M. Augusta Berry endorsed the Granite State Health Institute in Hill, NH, in June 1864 (See Milton in the News – 1864)).

James Berry, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Eliza A. [(Jewett)] Berry, keeping house, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), Mary A. Berry, a milliner, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), Nathaniel J. Berry, a farm laborer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Nellie C. Berry, a teacher, aged twenty-six years (b. NH). James Berry had real estate valued at $6,000, and personal estate valued at $815. Mary A. Berry had personal estate valued at $500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Cyrus F. Hart, a farm laborer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), and William S. Monaghan, a carder in woolen mill, aged twenty-seven years (b. MA).

Miss Augusta Berry appeared in the Milton directory of 1871, as a Milton milliner.

Daughter Nellie C. Berry married in Acton, ME, November 19, 1871, Luther B. Roberts, she of Milton and he of Limerick, ME. She was a teacher, aged twenty-seven years, and he was a merchant, aged twenty-seven years. Rev. Dexter Waterman performed the ceremony. Roberts was born in Waterboro, ME, September 13, 1845, son of Jeremiah and Olive Roberts.

Son Nathaniel J. Berry died March 19, 1880, aged thirty-eight years, one month. (The Lord doeth all things well).

James Berry, a farmer, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills Village”) household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Eliza G. [(Jewett)] Berry, keeping house, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), his daughter, Mary A. Berry, a milliner, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and his mother-in-law, Nancy [(Rogers)] Jewett, at house, aged ninety-two years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Charles J. Berry, a clerk in store, aged forty-three years (b. NH), and Mary A. Nutter, keeping house, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH).

Luther B. Roberts, a storekeeper, aged thirty-four years (b. ME), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills Village”) household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included Nellie C. [(Berry)] Roberts, aged thirty-six years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Winfield S. Miller, a farmer, aged thirty years (b. ME), and John Lewis, a bookkeeper, aged thirty-seven years (b. England).

Augusta Berry appeared in the Milton directory of 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1887, and 1889, as a Milton Mills milliner. (She appeared also as Miss M.A. Berry, a Milton Mills fancy goods merchant).

Mother-in-law Nancy J. (Rogers) Jewett died in Milton, January 9, 1881, aged ninety-three and ½ years.

Eliza G. (Jewett) Berry died of a heart complaint in Milton December 13, 1882, aged seventy years.

James Berry died of enteritis in Milton, December 5, 1886, aged eighty-one years, six months, and five days.

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Capt. Berry, an officer of the old State militia, died recently at Milton Mills (Farmington News, December 17, 1886).

Luther B. Roberts, an insurance agent, aged fifty-four years (b. ME), headed a Portland, ME. household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-nine years), Nellie C. [(Berry)] Roberts, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), his daughter, E. [Eva J.] Roberts, aged eighteen years (b. ME), and his boarder, Clifford Legrow, a cabinet engineer, aged twenty-three years (b. ME). Luther B Roberts rented their house. Nellie C. Roberts was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.

MILTON MILLS. Mrs. L.B. Roberts of Portland is visiting her sister, Miss M. Augusta Berry (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 9, 1907).

MILTON MILLS. The woman’s missionary society met Friday afternoon at the home of Miss M. Augusta Berry (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), June 5, 1908).

MILTON MILLS. Miss M. Augusta Berry, who has been quite ill for several weeks, is now much better (Sanford Journal-Tribune (Biddeford, ME), November 13, 1908).

Luther B. Roberts, a real estate agent, aged sixty-five years (b. ME), headed a Portland, ME, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-eight years), Nellie C. [(Berry)] Roberts, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), his daughter, Eva J. Roberts, aged twenty-seven years (b. ME), and his lodgers, George Huntress, a paper hanger, aged sixty-nine years (b. ME), and Lura C. Partington, aged seventy-eight years (b. ME). Luther B. Roberts owned their house at 311 Amb. Avenue. Nellie C. Roberts was the mother of two children, of whom one was still living. Lura C. Partington was also the mother of two children, of whom one was still living.

Agusta M. Berry, aged eighty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the tie of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, Luther B. Roberts, aged seventy-four years (b. ME), and her sister, Nellie C. [(Berry)] Roberts, aged seventy-five years (b. NH). Agusta M. Berry owned their house on Main Street, free-and-clear. Their household appeared between those of Frank H. Whipple, a blacksmith, aged thirty years (b. MA), and Loring W. Pillsbury, a woolen mill carpenter, aged twenty-seven years (b. ME).

Daughter Mary A. Berry died of chronic interstitial nephritis on Main Street in Milton Mills, January 10, 1922 [1923], aged eighty-six years, eight months, and eighteen days. (Gathering Home).

Luther B. Roberts, retired, aged eighty-four years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Clara E. [(Berry)] Roberts, aged eighty-seven years (b. NH). Luther B. Roberts owned their house on Main Street, which was valued at $2,000. They did not have a radio set. Their household appeared between those of Fred H. Simes, a woolen mill superintendent, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), and Mary E. Clark, a private family housewife, aged fifty-nine years (b. NY).

Son Charles J. Berry died in Portland, ME, March 17, 1933.

Son-in-law Luther B. Roberts died in Milton Mills, August 5, 1933, aged eighty-seven years.

Daughter Clara Ellen “Nellie” (Berry) Roberts died of broncho-pneumonia in Milton Mills, August 23, 1938, aged ninety-four years, four months, and twenty-one years. She was a lifelong resident, except for forty years. P.A. Kimball, M.D. signed the death certificate.

References:

Find a Grave. (2018, April 26). Charles Jewett Berry. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/189182567/charles-jewett-berry

Find a Grave. (2021, March 3). Eliza E. Berry. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/223823002/eliza-e-berry

Find a Grave. (2021, March 3). Eliza G. Berry. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/223823054/eliza-g-berry

Find a Grave. (2013, August 12). James Berry. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/115349770/james-berry

Find a Grave. (2013, August 12). Mary A. Berry. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/115349918/mary-a-berry

Find a Grave. (2013, August 12). Nathaniel J. Berry. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/115349977/nathaniel-j-berry

Find a Grave. (2013, August 16). Nellie Clara Berry Roberts. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/115578580/nellie-clara-roberts

NH General Court. (1839). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=cyswAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA146

By Muriel Bristol | September 3, 2023

William Foxwell Cutts was born in North Berwick, ME, December 22, 1830, son of Thomas J. and Huldah (Chadbourne) Cutts.

Father Thomas J. Cutts [Sr.] died in Berwick, ME, September 9, 1844.

Huldah [(Chadbourne)] Cutts, aged forty-seven years (b. ME), headed a North Berwick, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Her household included Henry O. Cutts, a farmer, aged twenty-three years (b. ME), Julia A. Cutts, aged twenty-two years (b. ME), William F. Cutts, a farmer, aged nineteen years (b. ME), Levi C. Cutts, aged fourteen years (b. ME), Humphrey C. Cutts, aged thirteen years (b. ME), George W. Cutts, aged eleven years (b. ME), Thomas J. Cutts, aged eleven years (b. ME), Charles A. Cutts, aged six years (b. ME), and Betsey Linscott, aged twenty-five years (b. ME). Huldah Cutts had real estate valued at $1,500.

William F. Cutts married, circa 1854, Mary A. Sanborn. She was born in Acton, ME, September 28, 1835, daughter of Luther and Abigail (Berry) Sanborn.

(The known children of William F. and Mary A. (Sanborn) Cutts were May Cutts (1856-1856), Ora E. Cutts (1858-1944), Charles W. Cutts (1862-1958), and Fred H. Cutts (1864-1902).

Daughter May Cutts was born July 12, 1856. She died September 11, 1856.

Mother Huldah (Chadbourne) Cutts died in North Berwick, ME, September 1, 1857.

Daughter Ora Eva Cutts was born in Milton, in December 1858.

William F. Cutts, a farmer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Mary A. [(Sanborn)] Cutts, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), O.E. Cutts, aged one year (b. NH), Charles A. Cutts, a farmer, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and James Burrows, a shoemaker, aged thirty-five years (b. NH). William F. Cutts had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $600. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Rines, aged seventy-six years (b. NH), and Saml Remick, a farmer, aged thirty years (b. NH).

Son Charles William Cutts was born in Milton Mills, October 30, 1862. Son Fred H. Cutts was born in Milton Mills, November 14, 1864.

A boarding teenager, who was son of a missionary minister, committed suicide in the Cutts barn in March 1866. (See also Milton in the News – 1866).

SUICIDE. – Our correspondent at Acton informs us that Frank Bacheler committed suicide Monday morning, by hanging himself by a rope attached to a ladder in the barn. He was living with Mr. William F. Cutts, at Milton Mills, N.H., and was a son of Rev. O.R. Bacheler, a Freewill Baptist Foreign Missionary in India. Young Bacheler was a fine lad, in his sixteenth year, and was well contented in the family of Mr. Cutts, as appears by letters which he wrote to his friends but the day before his death. There is no apparent cause for his committing such a deed (Portland Daily Press (Portland, ME), March 14, 1866).

William F. Cutts, a farmer, aged thirty-nine years, headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Mary A. [(Sanborn)] Cutts, keeping house, aged thirty-five years, Ora E. Cutts, at school, aged ten years, Charles W. Cutts, at school, aged ten years, aged seven years, Fred H. Cutts, at school, aged ten years, aged five years, and Julia A. Cutts, aged forty years. William F. Cutts had real estate valued at $3,500 and personal estate valued at $435. Julia A. Cutts had personal estate valued at $3,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ann M. Rowe, keeping house, aged sixty-one years (b. ME), and George Grundy, works in woolen mill, aged thirty-five years (b. England).

Milton sent William F. Cutts to Concord, NH, as one of its two NH State Representatives for the 1877-78 biennium. (He served with Luther Hayes (1820-1895) in his first year and Luther B. Roberts (1845-1933) in his second year).

Daughter Ora E. Cutts married in Wakefield, NH, November 1, 1877, John Frank Farnham, both of Milton. He was a bookkeeper, aged seventeen years, and she was aged eighteen years. Rev. Nathaniel Barker performed the ceremony. Farnham was born in Milton, April 20, 1860, son of Ezra and Harriet A. (Hubbard) Farnham.

W.F. Cutts appeared in the Milton directories of 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, and 1887, as a Milton Mills manufacturer of plows.

William F. Cutts, a farmer, aged forty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mary A. [(Sanborn)] Cutts, keeping house, aged forty-four years (b. ME), his children, Charles W. Cutts, at house, aged seventeen years (b. NH), and Fred H. Cutts, at house, aged fifteen years (b. NH), and his sister, Julia A. Cutts, keeping house, aged fifty-two years (b. ME). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John E. Hayes, a butcher & farmer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), and William Sanborn, a farmer, aged seventy-six years (b. ME).

John F. Farnham, an expressman, aged twenty years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ora E. [(Cutts)] Farnham, keeping house, aged twenty-one years (b. ME), and his son, Fred H. Farnham, at house, aged two years (b. ME). They shared a two-family residence with the household of [his father,] Ezra Farnham, an expressman, aged forty-eight years (b. ME).

Son Charles W. Cutts married (1st) in New Castle, NH, April 10, 1889, Grace Garvin, he of Milton Mills and she of New Castle, NH. He was a teacher, aged twenty-six years, and she was a housekeeper, aged twenty-four years. Rev. George B. Frost performed the ceremony. She was born in Acton, ME, August 27, 1862, daughter of John A. and Ann B. (White) Garvin.

Daughter-in-law Grace (Garvin) Cutts died of apoplexy in New Hampton, NH, January 27, 1890, aged twenty-five years, five months. Wm. Child signed the death certificate.

Mary A. (Sanborn) Cutts died of surgical shock in Portland, ME, October 13, 1893, aged fifty-eight years, and fifteen days. S.C. Gordon signed the death certificate.

Son Charles W. Cutts married (2nd) in Bristol, NH, November 17, 1894, Isadore M. Musgrave, he of Kerika College, NY, and she of Bristol, NH. He was a professor, aged thirty-four years, and she was a houseworker, aged twenty-five years. Rev. John D. LeGro performed the ceremony. She was born in Bristol, NH, December 24, 1870, daughter of Richard W. Musgrave.

Son Fred H. Cutts married in Milton, November 4, 1896, Edna M. Swayne, he of Somersworth, NH, and she of Ashland, NH. He was a merchant, aged thirty-two years, and she was a school teacher, aged twenty-two years. Rev. E.N. Fernald performed the ceremony. She was born in Newton, MA, April 12, 1875, daughter of George R. [or P.] and Annie E. (Ellis) Swayne.

F.H. Cutts appeared in the Milton directory of 1898, as a Milton justice-of-the-peace.

William F. Cutts, a farmer, aged sixty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his sister-in-law, Sarah E. Cook, a housekeeper, aged sixty-nine years (b. ME). William F. Cutts owned their farm, free-and-clear. Their household appeared just after that of Lincoln Goodwin, a day laborer, aged thirty-nine years (b. ME).

J. Frank Farnham, excelsior manufacturing, aged forty years (b. ME), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-two years), Ora E. [(Cutts)] Farnham, aged forty-one years (b. ME), his children, Fred H. Farnham, a bookkeeper, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Hazel A. Farnham, aged two years (b. NH), and his aunt, Julia A. Cutts, aged seventy-two years (b. ME). J. Frank Farnham owned their house, free-and-clear. Ora E. Farnham was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John W. Prescott, postmaster, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and Charles Rowell, a groceries salesman, aged fifty-one years (b. ME).

Charles W. Cutts, principal of academy, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Blue Hill, ME, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of three years), Isadore M. [(Musgrave)] Cutts, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and his daughters, Ethel B. Cutts, at school, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and Mary E. Cutts, aged two years (b. NH). Charles W. Cutts rented their house. Isadore M. Cutts was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.

Fred H. Cutts, a grocer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed a Somersworth, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of four years), Edna S. [(Swayne)] Cutts, aged twenty-five years (b. MA). Fred H. Cutts rented their house on Pleasant Street.

Son Fred H. Cutts died of septicemia in Milton, March 30, 1902, aged thirty-seven years, four months, and twenty-six years. W.E. Pillsbury, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Acton. Fred Cutts of Milton Mills, who cut his foot a few weeks ago, died Sunday, the 30th, of blood poisoning (Sanford Tribune (Sanford, ME), April 4, 1902).

Daughter-in-law Isadore M. (Musgrave) Cutts died of appendicitis in Merrimac, MA, September 22, 1902, aged thirty-one years, eight months, and twenty-eight days.

W.F. Cutts appeared in the Milton directory of 1904, as a Milton Mills manufacturer of plows.

Daughter-in-law Edna S. (Swayne) Cutts married (2nd) in Ashland, NH, October 4, 1905, Lauriston M. Goddard, both of Ashland, NH. She was a teacher, aged thirty years, and he was a clerk, aged twenty-seven years. Rev. George A. Thompson performed the ceremony.

UNION. Hazel Farnham spent a few days last week with her grandfather, Foxwell Cutts (Farmington News, July 16, 1906).

Son Charles William Cutts married (3rd) in Franklin, NH, July 9, 1908, Nellie Woodworth Curtis, both of Merrimac, MA. He was a teacher, aged forty-five years, and she was a nurse, aged forty-three years. Rev. Lewis W. Phillips performed the ceremony. She was born in Bowdoin, ME, in 1866, daughter of David H. and Rachel A. (Merryman) Curtis.

William F. Cutts of Milton Mills died of heart syncope in Acton, ME, February 23, 1910, aged seventy-nine years, two months, and two days. H.D. Grant, M.D., signed the death certificate.

DEATHS. CUTTS – In Milton Mills, N.H., Feb. 23, William Foxwell Cutts, 78 yrs. Burial Sunday, Feb. 27 (Boston Globe, February 26, 1910).

UNION. Charles Cutts and family of Merrimac, Mass., have been spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farnham (Farmington News, April 1, 1910).

J. Frank Farnham, an excelsior manager, aged fifty years (b. ME), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty years), Ora E. [(Cutts)] Farnham, aged fifty-one years (b. ME), his daughter, Hazel A. Farnham, aged sixteen years (b. NH), and his boarder, Sarah L. Farnham, aged seventy years (b. ME). J. Frank Farnham owned their house, free-and-clear. Ora E. Farnham was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living.

Charles W. Cutts, a school teacher, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Merrimac, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal census. His household included his wife (of one year), Nellie W. [(Curtis)] Cutts, aged forty-four years (b. ME), and his daughters, Ethel B. Cutts, aged twenty years (b. NH), and Elizabeth M. Cutts, aged twelve years (b. NH). Charles W. Cutts rented their house at 194 Main Street.

UNION. Mrs. Charles Cutts of Derry returned with Mr. and Mrs. Farnham for a few days’ visit (Farmington News, May 26, 1916).

UNION. Charles Cutts and family of Derry and Fred Farnham and family of Winchester, Mass., are guests at the Farnham cottage at East lake (Farmington News, July 14, 1916).

UNION. Mrs. Charles Cutts of Derry is visiting at the home of Frank Farnham (Farmington News, September 15, 1916).

UNION. Miss Ethel Cutts of Derry is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. Frank Farnham (Farmington News, July 6, 1917).

UNION. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cutts and daughters are visiting at Camp Hazelhurst, East lake (Farmington News, July 13, 1917).

Frank Farnham, an excelsior manager, aged fifty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Ora E. [(Cutts)] Farnham, aged sixty-one years (b. ME), his daughter, Hazel Farnham, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), and his mother, Harriet Farnham, aged eighty-two years (b. ME). Frank Farnham owned their house, free-and-clear.

Charles W. Cutts, superintendent of schools, aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Derry, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nellie C. [(Curtis)] Cutts, aged fifty-four years (b. ME), his daughter, M. Elizabeth Cutts, a music teacher, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), and his boarder, Beatrice E. Gove, aged fifteen years (b. ME). Charles W. Cutts owned their house on Marlborough Road, free-and-clear.

Charles W. Cutts, a Normal School teacher, aged sixty-six years (b. ME), headed a Keene, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-one years), Nellie W. [(Curtis)] Cutts, aged sixty-five years (b. ME). Charles W. Cutts rented their house at 34 Bruder Street, for $55 per month. They had a radio set.

Son Charles W. (Nellie W.) Cutts appeared in the Keene, NH, directory of 1931, as a teacher at the State Normal school, with his house at 48 Appian Way.

Son-in-law John F. Farnham died of coronary thrombosis in Union village, Wakefield, NH, February 17, 1933, aged seventy-two years, nine months, and twenty-seven days. He was a retired excelsior manufacturer. He had lived in Wakefield, NH, for 45 years, i.e., since circa 1888, with his previous residence having been in Acton, ME. Fred L. Clow signed the death certificate.

Brother Thomas J. Cutts [Jr.] died in Milton, March 15, 1933, aged ninety-four years. (See Milton in the News – 1933).

John E. Kennett, a retail general store proprietor, aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed an Old Orchard Beach, ME, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Hazel F. [(Farnham)] Kennett, aged forty-two years (b. NH), his mother-in-law, Ora E. [(Cutts)] Farnum, aged eighty-one years (b. ME), and his servant, Rose Gonneville, a private family housekeeper, aged forty-four years (b. Canada). John E. Kennett owned their house on Union Avenue, which was valued at $3,000. John E. and Jazel F. Kennett had resided in the “same house” in 1935, while Ora E. Farnham had resided in Union, NH, and Rose Gonneville had resided in Biddeford, ME.

C.W. Cutts, a Keene Teachers College teacher, aged seventy-seven years (b. NH), headed a Keene, NH, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nellie W. [(Curtis)] Cutts, aged seventy-three years (b. ME). C.W. Cutts owned their house at 48 Appian Way, which was valued $8,000. They had resided in the “same house” in 1935.

Daughter Ora E. (Cutts) Farnham died in Old Orchard Beach, ME, March 12, 1944, aged eighty-five years, three months.

DEATHS. Mrs. J.F. Farnham Dies At Home Of Her Daughter. Mrs. Ora E. Farnham, widow of J. Frank Farnham of Union N.H., who for the past 11 years had resided with her: daughter, Mrs. John E. Kennett, of Old Orchard Beach, died at the Kennett home, 143 Union avenue, Sunday, following a lengthy illness. Her age was 85 years and 3 months. Mrs. Farnham was born in No. Berwick, the daughter of William and Mary (Sanborn) Cutts. She attended the schools of her native community and resided there during a lengthy period of her younger life previous to going to Keene and Union, N.H., to make her home. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star chapter of Union and of the Baptist church of Milton Mills. Since coming to Old Orchard Beach she had made many new friends through her pleasing personality and friendly disposition. Her passing away will cause much sorrow for her intimate friends and surviving relatives. Besides her daughter, Mrs. J.E. Kennett, she leaves a son, Fred H. Farnham, of New York, two grandchildren, and a brother, Charles W. Cutter [Cutts] of Keene, N.H. Prayers will be conducted at the Kennett home, 143 Union avenue, Old Orchard Beach, Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. The body will then be taken to Union, N.H., where funeral services will be held at the Congregational church in Union on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock (Biddeford-Saco Journal (Biddeford, ME), [Monday,] March 13, 1944).

Hanover News and Personals. … A reception was given Professor and Mrs. Charles W. Cutts in Keene last week at the parish house of the First Congregational church. Mr. and Mrs. Cutts are leaving Keene where he has been teaching for the past few years, for Haverhill, Mass., where they will now make their home. Mr. Cutts was for eight years superintendent of schools for this district previous to 1928 when he resigned to go to the Teachers college in Keene (The Landmark (White River Junction, VT), April 19, 1945).

Daughter-in-law Edna M. ((Swayne) Cutts) Goddard died of acute myocarditis in Ashland, NH, May 16, 1945, aged seventy years, one month, and four days. She was a teacher and librarian. Leon M. Orton, M.D., signed the death certificate.

Charles W. Cutts, unable to work, aged eighty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal census. His household included his wife, Nellie W. [(Curtis)] Cutts, aged eighty-four years (b. ME). They resided at 22 Webster Street.

Daughter-in-law Nellie W. (Curtis) Cutts died, probably in Haverhill, MA, in 1955.

Son Charles W. Cutts died in the Hale Hospital Haverhill, MA, March 9, 1958, aged ninety-five years.

Charles W. Cutts. HANOVER. – Word has been received of the death of Charles Cutts, 95, of Haverhill, Mass., school superintendent here from about 1922-1928. Mr. Cutts died Sunday in Hale Hospital, Haverhill. Mr. Cutts was a retired Keene, N.H., Teachers College professor and was also a superintendent of schools at Derry, N.H., and a school principal at Merrimac High School. He was a member of the Rotary Clubs in Hanover and Keene. He was married to the late Mrs. Nellie (Curtis) Cutts. Services will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Dole and Child’s Funeral home, 148 Main St., Haverhill. Burial will be in Milton Mills, N.H. (Valley News (West Lebanon, N.H.), March 11, 1958).

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