By Muriel Bristol | July 21, 2024
John S. Hersey was born in Tuftonboro, NH, July 18, 1815, son of Samuel W. and Sarah “Sally” (Shorey) Hersey.
Samuel Hersey headed a Tuftonboro, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Sarah (Shorey) Hersey], one male aged 20-29 years [John S. Hersey], and one male aged 15-19 years. Three members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John Bassett and Thomas E. Lang.
John S. Hersey married in Milton, March 2, 1841, Caroline Banfield, he of Wolfeborough, NH, and she of Milton. Rev. Jacob Davis performed the ceremony. She was born in Milton, October 22, 1814, daughter of Tobias and Elizabeth (Whidden) Banfield.
(The children of John S. and Caroline (Banfield) Hersey were Almira B. “Myra” Hersey (1841-1928), Female Hersey (1847-), John Henry Hersey (1849–1919), Frank A. Hersey (1851–1929), Byron P. Hersey (1853-1864), Carrie Belle Hersey (1855–1918), Ruel W. Hersey (1856-), R. Minnie Hersey (1857-1864), Nettie E Hersey (1860–1944)).
Daughter Almira B. “Myra” Hersey was born in Tuftonboro, NH, in 1841.
Mother Sarah (Shorey) Hersey died in Tuftonboro, NH, November 19, 1841, aged fifty-nine years.
Daughter “Female” Hersey was born in Milton, August 11, 1847. She would seem to have died young, i.e., before 1850. Son John Henry Hersey was born in Milton, April 3, 1849.
John S. Hersey, a farmer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Caroline [(Banfield)] Hersey, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), Almira B. Hersey, aged eight years (b. NH), John H. Hersey, aged one year (b. NH), and John Dame, a farmer, aged sixty years (b. NH). John S. Hersey had real estate valued at $2,500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Freeman R. Nute, a currier, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), and John T.G. Colby, a Christian B. clergyman, aged fifty-four years (b. NH).
Son Frank A. Hersey was born in Milton, December 18, 1851.
The Milton Selectmen of 1853 were Eli Wentworth, J.S. Hersey, and J.N. Witham.
Son Byron P. Hersey was born in Milton, July 5, 1853.
The Milton Selectmen of 1854 were J.S. Hersey, J.N. Witham, and Lewis Plummer.
Daughter Carrie Belle Hersey was born in Milton, March 10, 1855. Daughter R. Minnie Hersey was born in Milton, December 6, 1856. Daughter Nettie E. Hersey was born in Milton, August 3, 1859.
Mother-in-law Elizabeth (Whidden) Banfield died of congestion of lungs in Farmington, NH, December 17, 1859, age eighty-one years. Father-in-law Tobias Banfield died of old age in Farmington, NH, February 27, 1860, aged eighty-five years.
John S. Hersey, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“West Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Caroline [(Banfield)] Hersey, aged forty-five years (b. NH), Almira B. Hersey, aged eighteen years (b. NH), John H. Hersey, aged eleven years (b. NH), Frank A. Hersey, aged eight years (b. NH), Byron P. Hersey, aged six years (b. NH), Cora [Carrie] Bell Hersey, aged five years (b. NH), Ruel W. Hersey, aged three years (b. NH), Infant [Nettie E.] Hersey, aged nine months (b. NH), M. Corson, a house laborer, aged forty years (b. NH), G. Giles, a farm laborer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), and S. Wentworth, a farm laborer, aged thirty years (b. NH). John S. Hersey had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $800. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Elihu Hayes, a farmer, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), and Jacob Nute, a farmer, aged sixty-nine years (b. NH).
Daughter R. Minnie Hersey died of diphtheria in Milton, April 2, 1864, aged seven years, four months. Son Byron P. Hersey died of diphtheria in Milton, April 20, 1864, aged ten years, nine months.
Daughter Almira B. “Myra” Hersey married, in 1867, Charles S. Orrell. He was born in Somersworth, NH, June 17, 1846, son of Samuel R. and Adeline S. (Curry) Orrell.
The NH General Court authorized incorporation of the Milton Classical Institute in July 1867. John S. Hersey was one of the original incorporators.
Section 1. That Luther Hayes, Charles Jones, George W. Peavy, Joseph Sayward, William P. Tuttle, George W. Tasker, John S. Hersey, Hiram V. Wentworth, George Lyman, and John Lucus, all of Milton, and their successors, be, and they hereby are, created and made a body politic by the name of the Milton Classical Institute, and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution, and shall have and enjoy all the privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities incident to corporations of a similar nature.
John S. Hersey received an initial appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, May 13, 1869. (George W. Tasker received one that same day).
MILTON. Justices – Charles Jones, Luther Hayes, State; Elbridge W. Fox, Joseph Plumer, Ebenezer Wentworth, Charles A. Cloutman, Asa Jewett, Joseph Cook, Robert Mathes, Ira C. Varney, George Lyman, George W. Peavey, Martin V.B. Cook, John T. Hersey, George W. Tasker, Edward W. Fox, Ezra H. Twombly, Thomas H. Roberts, John U. Şimes, Larkin A. Craig [Lang] (McFarland & Jenks, 1869).
John S. Hersey, a farmer, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Caroline [(Banfield)] Hersey, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), John H. Hersey, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Frank A. Hersey, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Carrie B. Hersey, aged fifteen years (b. NH), and Nettie E. Hersey, aged ten years (b. NH). John S. Hersey had real estate valued at $2,500 and personal estate valued at $948. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George W. Jones, works for shoe factory, aged thirty-six years (b. ME), and Jacob Nute, a farmer, aged eighty years (b. NH).
Chas S. Orrill, works for shoe manufactory, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), headed a Farmington (“Gonic P.O.”), NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Myra B. [(Hersey)] Orrill, keeping house, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), John H. Orrill, at home, aged three years (b. NH), Jennie N. Orrill, at home, aged one year (b. NH), and Jessie M. Orrill, at home, aged one year (b. NH).
MILTON – Justices – Charles Jones, Luther Hayes, State; Elbridge W. Fox, Joseph Plumer, Ebenezer Wentworth, Ezra H. Twombly, Joseph Mathes, Charles A. Cloutman, Asa Jewett, Joseph Cook, Robert Mathes, Ira C. Varney, George Lyman, George W. Peavey, John S. Hersey, Geo. W. Tasker, E.W. Foss, M.V.B. Cook, Thos. H. Roberts, Henry H. Wentworth, John N. Simes, Larkin A. Lang (Claremont, 1871).
John S. Hersey received a five-year reappointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, February 10, 1874.
Son John H. Hersey married (1st) in Rochester, NH, March 7, 1875, Idella Tibbetts, both of Milton. He was a farmer, aged twenty-five years, and she was aged twenty-one years. Rev. Ezekiel True performed the ceremony. She was born in Farmington, NH, April 30, 1853, daughter of Eri and Elvira (Colbath) Tibbetts.
John S. Hersey of Milton ran for Strafford County Commissioner, as a Democrat.
MISCELLANEOUS POLITICS. CONGRESSIONAL AND OTHER NOMINATIONS – SENATOR HILL’S VIEWS OF HAYES – NEW YORK CITY POLITICS, ETC., ETC. Dover, N.H., Oct. 8. – The Democrats of Strafford county to-day nominated Joseph A. Jackson of Rochester for Register of Deeds; Virgil H. McDaniel of Dover for Register of Probate; William H. Dodge of Dover, Solicitor; A.H. Severance of Rollinsford, Treasurer; True W. Woodman of Somersworth, Sheriff; A.W. Foss of Strafford, J.S. Hersey of Milton and John Bartlett of Lee, Commissioners. Several attempts to nominate Greenbackers failed (Boston Post, October 9, 1878).
(A “Greenbacker” would be someone who opposed post-Civil War reductions in the quantity of paper money in circulation, i.e., one who favored a continuation of wartime inflation over a return to smaller quantities of “hard money”).
John S. Hersey received a five-year reappointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, February 13, 1879.
John S. Hersey, a farmer, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Caroline [(Banfield)] Hersey, keeping house, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), and his children, Frank A. Hersey, works on farm, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Nettie E. Hersey, at home, aged twenty years (b. NH). They shared a two-family house with the household of [their son,] John H. Hersey, works on farm, aged thirty-one years (b. NH). His household included his wife Idella [(Tibbetts)] Hersey, keeping house, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and daughter, Edith Hersey, aged four years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ira A. Cook, a farmer, aged thirty-six years (b. NH), and Thomas Nutter, works on farm, aged fifty-five years (b. NH).
Charles F. Orrill, a farmer and works on shoes, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), headed a Lebanon, ME, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Myra B. [(Hersey)] Orrill, keeping house, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), his children, John H. Orrill, at home, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Jessie M. Orrill, at home, aged ten years (b. NH), Jennie M. Orrill, at home, aged ten years (b. NH), Charles F. Orrill, at home, aged eight years (b. ME), Carrie P. Orrill, at home, aged two years (b. ME), and his boarder, John M. Hersam, a laborer, aged thirty-nine years (b. ME).
Sylvester P. Morse, a grocer, aged fifty years (b. MA), headed a Bradford, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mary E. Morse, keeping house, aged forty-six years (b. MA), his son, Scott H. Morse, a bookkeeper, aged nineteen years (b. MA), and his boarder, Carrie B. Hersay, a paper box maker, aged twenty-five years (b. NH). They resided at 21 Salem Street.
Caroline (Banfield) Hersey died in Milton, March 1, 1881, aged sixty-six years. She was a married housekeeper.
TUFTONBORO. J.S. Hersey of Milton has taken up his dead that were buried on his farm and carried them to Wolfeborough and reburied them in the Hersey cemetery, located on a high swell of land, from which a delightful view of mountains and valleys is spread out on all sides. In the spring Mr. Hersey intends placing a monument above those loved ones. Many farmers bury members of the family on their farm and in a few years the farm changes hands and the burying lot goes to decay (Farmington New, January 20, 1882).
John S. Hersey received a five-year reappointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, February 19, 1884.
John S. Hersey of Milton made his last will, November 23, 1884. He devised $10 to each of his three daughters, Myra B. Orrill, Carrie B. Hersey, and Nettie E. Hersey. He devised also to his daughter, Carrie B. Hersey, his featherbed, pillows, bedstead, and bedding. He devised to his son, Frank A. Hersey, his pasture and woodlot land, known as the “Hayes Pasture,” containing forty acres and purchased from Simon T. Hayes. He devised to his son, John H. Hersey, a life-estate in the homestead farm, which should go thereafter to his son, if any, and otherwise be divided equally by such of his other children as might be then living. He devised any remaining rest and residue to his son, John H. Hersey, whom he named as executor. Ira A. Cook, George D. Canney, and Charles E. Pinkham signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 102:103).
Daughter Nettie E. Hersey married in Farmington, NH, November 26, 1884, Frank W. Varney, both of Milton. She was aged twenty-five years, and he was a carpenter, aged twenty-five years. Rev. W.E. Darling performed the ceremony. He was born in Milton, August 26, 1860, son of John W. and Lydia Varney.
LOCALS. Letters Advertised, Nov. 30, 1885. Rosilla Dodge, Maud Furber, J.G. Hubbard, Frances M. Hayes, Mrs. A.J. Lougee, Marantha Leighton, Teresa McDonald, Alsenn Nute, Samuel B. Roberts, Mrs. Amos Rollins, Mrs. Frank W. Varney, Marilla J. Whitehouse, Mrs. H.K. Watson, Ruth R. Willand (Farmington News, December 4, 1885).
John S. Hersey died of acute prostate inflammation in Milton, NH, November 28, 1884, aged sixty-nine years, four months, and twelve days. He was a widower. His last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Farmington, NH, December 16, 1884 (Strafford County Probate, 102:105).
To the Hon. Judge of Probate for the County of Strafford. RESPECTFULLY shows and represents John H. Hersey, administrator of the estate of John S. Hersey, late of Milton in said county, deceased, that the personal estate of said deceased is not sufficient to pay the demands against the same by the sum of 1198.34 dollars. That said deceased, at the time of his death was seized of certain real estate, situated in said Milton, containing about 130 acres, bounded and described as follows, to wit, A certain tract of land in said Milton containing about 90 acres and bounded northerly by land of Daniel B. and Shepherd K. Goodwin and heirs of Samuel Plumer, easterly by land of heirs of Samuel Plumer, southerly by land of Charles H. Pulsifer and land of James Corson, and westerly by the road leading from Rochester village to Middleton comer. Also another tract of land, in said Milton, containing about 40 acres, and bounded as follows, Northerly by land of Jacob D. Garland, easterly by land of Daniel C. Emery and Ira A. Cook, southerly by land of heirs of Ichabod Hayes, and westerly by land of heirs of Emery Nute, and the hare road, so called. The above described land being the entire real estate of said deceased except the Simon Hayes pasture (so called) which was specifically bequeathed. That the same is more than sufficient for the payment of said demands, but is so situated that a part thereof cannot be sold without injury to the person interested therein. Wherefore he prays that he may be licensed to sell at public auction the whole of said real estate of said deceased, agreeably to the statute in such case provided. Dated the 19th day of January, A.D. 1880. JOHN H. HERSEY (Farmington News, February 5, 1886).
LOCALS. We think John H. Hersey of Milton, will take the cake on the egg question. He shew us two recently that weighed 7½ ozs.; also two more, laid by the same fowl, weighing but one ounce, and still the hen lives (Farmington News, June 18, 1886).
SUPREME COURT. Court opened Monday morning at the usual hour. The first case for trial by jury was that of Mrs. Myra B. Orrill vs. J.H. Hersey, Admr. of estate of John S. Hersey of Milton. It was a suit to recover the amount of a promissory note of $100 of the estate. The plaintiff is the daughter of the said John S. Hersey. The defense was really that there was no consideration for the note but there was evidence on the question of the genuineness of the signature of Mr. Hersey to it. Before the case was through the court ordered plaintiff nonsuited, and that ended the trial (Farmington News, September 17, 1886).
AUCTION. Executor’s Sale of REAL ESTATE. BY virtue of a license from the Judge of Probate, for the County of Strafford, the subscriber will sell at public auction, on the premises in Milton, in said county, on Thursday the 30th day of September, A.D. 1886, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, the homestead farm of John S. Hersey, late of said Milton, deceased. Said farm is located 3 miles from Farmington village, consisting of tillage, pasture, wood and timber land. Bounded, northerly by land of Daniel B. and Shepard K. Goodwin, and heirs of Samuel Plumer, easterly by land of heirs of Samuel Plumer, southerly by land of C.H. Pulsifer and land of James Corson, westerly by the road leading from Rochester village to Middleton corner and containing about 90 acres. Conditions made known at time and place of sale. Dated at said Milton this 16th day of September, A.D. 1886. A.G. ORNE, Auctioneer. JOHN H. HERSEY, Executor (Farmington News, September 24, 1886).
Son Frank A. Hersey married in Farmington, NH, April 27, 1887, Mary A. Laidlaw, both of Haverhill, MA. He was a carpenter, aged thirty-six years, and she was aged twenty-nine years. Rev. W.E. Darling performed the ceremony. She was born in Scotland, circa 1858, daughter of John Y. and Jemima Laidlaw.
MARRIAGES. In Farmington, at the residence of Mr. Frank W. Varney, April 27, by Rev. W.E. Darling, Mr. Frank A. Hersey and Miss Mary A. Laidlaw, both of Haverhill (Farmington News, April 29, 1887).
LOCALS. Dr. Blake’s surgical skill was called into requisition, Tuesday, in the case of Mrs. S. Breed, who lives on the John Hersey place in Milton, [and] who sustained a fracture of the left arm near the wrist by slipping on a wet board (Farmington News, May 18, 1888).
Daughter Carrie B. Hersey married in Bradford, MA, December 24, 1891, Wellington F. Potter, both of Bradford, MA. She was a forelady, aged thirty-six years, and he was a carpenter, aged forty years. Rev. J.D. Kingsbury performed the ceremony. Potter was born in Gardiner, ME, June 14, 1851, son of James and Jerusha Jane (Douglas) Potter.
LOCALS. We received a very pleasant call Wednesday afternoon from Charles S. Orrell, the West Lebanon florist. Mr. Orrell being in town this week supplying his friends and customers with a fertilizer for pot plants. This plant fertilizer is of his own manufacture and is spoken of highly by all who have used it. Mr. Orrell had a fine display of plants from his greenhouses at West Lebanon, Me., on exhibition at the Rochester fair and carried off first premium on the same (Farmington News, October 20, 1893).
HERE AND THERE. The many who have purchased flowers from Mr. Orrell of Lebanon, Me., will sympathize with him in the death of his father, Dr. Samuel Orrell, in the 83rd year of his age (Farmington News, August 14, 1896).
TROUT FOR KENOZA LAKE. 7000 Little Fellows Put In – Fishing Prohibited for Three Years. HAVERHILL, April 13. Deputy fish warden John H. Hersey today stated that the state fish commission will at once place 7000 small trout in Kenoza lake. Recently local anglers have been in conference with the state commission. It is expected that the trout will be placed in the lake Thursday. They will be used for hatching purposes. Fishing in the lake will be prohibited for three years. Formerly the lake was an excellent fishing resort, but at present there are n0 lake trout at all. The only fish known to be in the lake now are pickerel and small bass. With the lake stocked with trout and fishing prohibited for the next three years it is anticipated that after that time the lake will be an excellent fishing ground (Boston Globe, April 18, 1898).
Daughter Carrie B. (Hersey) Potter of Bradford, MA, and her sister-in-law, Mary M. (Courtney) Potter (1851-1932), of Somerville, MA, visited with another sister-in-law, Emily D. (Potter) Marr (1833-1914), of Gardiner, ME, in May 1898.
GARDINER. Mrs. Wellington Potter of Bradford, Mass., and Mrs. M.M. Potter, Somerville, Mass., are the guests of Mrs. Baxter Marr on Highland avenue (Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), May 27, 1898).
BRADFORD, Nov. 14, 1898.
Commissioners on Inland Fisheries and Game.
GENTLEMEN, I have attended to the enforcement of the fish and game laws the present season in the sections of the State from which complaints have been sent, with effective results, as in nearly instances the parties have been apprehended and fined. Ill health for a period of two months rendered it impossible for me to attend the duties alone, and thus I was forced to put several complaints in the hands of those whose lack of experience occasioned in instances what may properly be called a default. With the assistance of Mr. John H Hersey of Haverhill, 42 offenders of the and game laws have been arrested, several of whom received the limit of the law in fines, while others, having a wife and children dependent on them for support, were let off with a small fine or their cases placed on file, on condition that a proper observance the laws would be expected of them in future. The amount of imposed in the lower courts was 1,576. Two cases are now pending in the superior court. The additional expense in assistance has been paid from such fees, as the several courts ordered, thus no charge has been made to the commission for assistance, which otherwise would have been a matter of some inconvenience to an inadequate appropriation. … B.P. CHADWICK, Deputy (MA Commissioners of Fish & Game, 1899).
WEST MILTON. Charles Orrill has been here with seeds from his green house in Lebanon (Farmington News, May 5, 1899).
Charles Orrell, a florist & seedsman, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), headed a Lebanon, ME, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-three years), Myra B. [(Hersey)] Orrell, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), and his children, John H. Orrell, a jeweler, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), Jennie M. Orrell, a teacher, aged thirty-one years (b. NH), Jesse M. Orrell, a teacher, aged thirty-one years (b. NH), Carrie Orrell, aged twenty-two years (b. ME), and Ira Orrell, aged seventeen years (b. ME). Charles Orrell owned their farm, with a mortgage. Myra B. Orrell was the mother of six children, of whom six were still living.
John H. Hersey, a game-warden, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-six years), Idiallia [(Tibbetts)] Hersey, aged forty-five years (b. NH), his daughter, Elva C. Hersey, a shoe stitcher, aged eighteen years (b. NH), and his nephew, Fred Tebbetts, at school, aged nine years (b. NH). John H. Hersey rented their house at 14 Hale Street. Idiallia Hersey was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living.
Frank A. Hersey, a carpenter, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirteen years), Mary A. [(Laidlaw)] Hersey, aged forty-nine years (b. Scotland), and his son, Forrest D. Hersey, at school, aged twelve years (b. MA). Frank A. Hersey owned their house at 61 Central Street, with a mortgage. Mary A. Hersey was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living. She had immigrated to the U.S. in 1880.
Wellington Potter, a carpenter, aged forty-eight years (b. ME), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eight years), Carrie B. [(Hersey)] Potter, aged forty-five years (b. NH). Wellington Potter owned their house at 2 Peabody Street, free-and-clear.
Frank W. Varney, a carpenter, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of fifteen years), Nettie E. [(Hersey)] Varney, aged forty years (b. NH). Frank W. Varney owned their house on Peabody Street, with a mortgage. Nettie E. Varney was the mother of one child, of whom none were still living.
WEST MILTON. Charles Orrell of Lebanon was here of late (Farmington News, February 22, 1901).
PERSONAL. John H. Hersey, of this city, is in Farmington, N.H., this week, calling on friends (Daily Item, September 29, 1905).
Daughter-in-law Idella (Tibbetts) Hersey died of a cerebral hemorrhage at 575 Walnut Street in Lynn, MA, March 13, 1906, aged fifty-two years, ten months, and seventeen days. W.D. Harris, M.D., signed the death certificate.
STRICKEN BY APOPLEXY AT HER SUPPER TABLE. Mrs. Idella I. Hersey, wife of John H. Hersey, passed away suddenly this morning at 6 o’clock, at her home, 575 Walnut street, at the age of 52 years. She had been in her usual health up to Monday evening at clock, and was stricken with apoplexy while at supper. She lingered to 6 o’clock this morning. She was the daughter of Eli Tibbetts and was born in Farmington, N.H., and has resided in Lynn several years. She was a member of the Advent Church. She leaves a husband, two daughters, Mrs. Averell Fay of Derry, N.H., and Mrs. William Packard of Lynn. Her mother also survives her and resides in Windham, Me. (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), [Tuesday,] March 13, 1906).
Funeral Services. The funeral of Mrs. Idella I. Hersey, wife of John H. Hersey, took place at her late residence, 575 Walnut street, this morning at 10 o’clock. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Lyons of Haverhill, pastor of the church where Mrs. Hersey was a member. There were many beautiful floral tributes. The remains were taken to Farmington, N.H., and services held there this afternoon, and the burial was in the family lot in the Farmington Cemetery (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), [Tuesday,] March 15, 1906).
PERSONAL. John H. Hersey, of this city, was in Farmington, N.H., Memorial Day (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), June 2, 1906).
Son John H. Hersey of Haverhill, MA, received appointment as a MA State Fish and Game Commissioner, in June 1907.
Massachusetts Fish and Game. Boston, June 29. … The members of our State fish and game commission have recently held an examination of about 100 candidates for the position of commissioner and have selected nine to whom appointments have been given as follows, viz.: James E. Bemis, of Framingham; Joseph Jason, Jr., Cohasset; Allen A. David, Taunton; J. Lowe, New Bedford; Lyman E. Ruberg, Hoosac Tunnel; DeWitt Smith, Great Barrington; Edward J. Cogan, Boston; James Hain, East Boston; Irving Q. Converse, Fitchburg; John H. Hersey, Haverhill (Forest and Stream (New York, NY), July 6, 1907).
PERSONAL. John H. Hersey, of West Lynn, is in Farmington, N.H. (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), August 29, 1908).
Son John H. Hersey married (2nd) in Lynn, MA, December 21, 1909, Carrie C. Mountain, he of 20 Sigourney Street, Lynn, MA, and she of 217 Summer Street, Lynn, MA. He was a Department of Fish & Game Commissioner, and she was a housekeeper. Rev. Charles O. Farnham performed the ceremony. She was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 7, 1889, daughter of George and Emily (Costain) Mountain.
SUMMER LINGERS IN LAP OF WINTER. Miss Carrie Cook [Mountain], 20 years of age and native of Prince Edward island, who has been residing at the Colonial house on Summer street, was married to John Hersey, a widower, 62 years of age, Tuesday afternoon. The groom la an assistant game warden and has been on duty for. several years on the cape. He is also employed by private parties in caring for private hunting grounds. For the past few months, however, he has taken up his old line of work in Connecticut. The couple left immediately after the wedding for a honeymoon trip of two weeks, which will take them through Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York city. Their first stopping place will be at Providence, R.I. (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), December 22, 1909).
PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hersey, of Lynnhurst, have just returned from a two weeks honeymoon through Connecticut, New York and New Jersey (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), January 5, 1910).
Charles S. Orrell, a farmer (general farm), aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Lebanon, ME, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of forty-five years), Myra B. [(Hersey)] Orrell, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), his children, John H. Orrell, aged forty-two years (b. NH), a jeweler (watches & clocks), and Jessie M. Orrell, a servant (private family), aged forty years (b. NH), and his grandson, Ralph C. Orrell, aged eleven years (b. ME). Charles S. Orrell owned their farm, with a mortgage. Myra B. Orrell was the mother of six children, of whom six were still living.
John H. Hersey, a game warden (MA State), aged sixty-one years (b. NH), headed a Lynn, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of four months), Carrie M. [(Mountain)] Hersey, aged twenty years (b. Canada). John H. Hersey rented their apartment at 92 Chestnut Street.
Frank A. Hersey, a carpenter (house), aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-two years), Mary A. [(Laidlaw)] Hersey, aged fifty-seven years (b. Scotland), and his son, Forrest D. Hersey, an agent (gas company), aged twenty-one years (b. MA). Frank A. Hersey owned their house at 63 Central Street, with a mortgage. Mary A. Hersey was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living. She had immigrated to the U.S. in 1880.
Frank W. Varney, a carpenter (house), aged forty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-four years), Nettie E. [(Hersey)] Varney, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). Frank W. Varney owned their house at 7 Peabody Street, with a mortgage. Nettie E. Varney was the mother of one child, of whom none were still living.
Son-in-law Frank W. Varney was elected as President of the Haverhill Central Labor Union, in Haverhill, MA, in January 1911. He had formerly been Recording Secretary of the Carpenters’ Union. (Likely, his brothers-in-law, Frank A. Hersey and Wellington F. Potter, who were also Haverhill carpenters, voted for him).
PROTEST TO GOMPERS. Some Members of Haverhill Central Labor Union Question Election of F.W. Varney as President. HAVERHILL, Jan 24. – Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, will be called upon to rule on a protest prepared today over the election last night of officers of the Haverhill central labor union. Pres. Patrick J. Burke was a candidate for a third term and was opposed by Frank W. Varney, who was declared elected by a small majority. The state branch of the A.F. of L. meets in this city next September and as the Central labor union will entertain the 200 delegates there was a determined contest between the friends of both candidates for the presidency. Three new unions, the painters, horseshoers and stage hands, were recently organized, but the stage hands were not allowed representation in the central body at the election. When the delegates were recently elected by the locals, Louis M. Scates and Jacob Heckman. who had been delegates from locals of the B. & S.W.U., were defeated for reelection. They appeared at the annual election as agents of the painters’ and horseshoers’ unions, and were seated. The horseshoers, it is now claimed, were not entitled to representation, as their union Is only a. temporary organization, and in the case of Scates it is claimed that he was illegally seated as agent of the painters by the central body. There were 96 of the 110 delegates present at the election, and while Mr. Varney was declared elected president, Mr. Burke’s supporters maintain that the election was illegal, and today they forwarded a protest to Pres. Gompers, asking him to throw the election out and order a new one and to specify the unions whose delegates were legally entitled to take part in the election (Boston Globe, January 25, 1911).
Son-in-law Wellington Potter appeared in the Haverhill, MA, directories of 1911, and 1913, as a carpenter, rooming at 14 Summer street.
Son-in-law Wellington (Carrie B.) Potter appeared in the Haverhill, MA, directories of 1914, and 1915, as a carpenter, with his house at 14 Summer street.
Daughter Carrie B. (Hersey) Potter died in Haverhill, MA, in 1918.
GARDINER LOCAL ITEMS. Wellington Potter, who has been a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Stevens, has returned to his home in Haverhill, Mass. (Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), September 10, 1918).
Son John H. Hersey died in Lynn, MA, January 17, 1919.
Charles S. Orrell, aged seventy-three years (b. NH), headed a Lebanon, ME, household t the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Myra B. [(Hersey)] Orrell, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH), his children, John H. Orrell, a laborer (ice company), aged fifty-two years (b. NH), Jessie M. Orrell, a servant (private family), aged fifty years (b. NH), Jennie M. Orrell, a stitcher (shoe factory), aged fifty years (b. NH), and his grandson, Ralph C. Orrell, a laborer (ice company), aged twenty years (b. ME). They resided on the Milton Road.
Frank A. Hersey, a carpenter (house), aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-two years), Mary A. [(Laidlaw)] Hersey, aged sixty-eight years (b. Scotland), and his son, Forrest D. Hersey, a carpenter (house), aged thirty-two years (b. MA). Frank A. Hersey owned their house at 63 Central Street, free-and-clear. Mary A. Hersey had immigrated to the U.S. in 1882.
Frank W. Varney, a carpenter (general), aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nettie E. [(Hersey)] Varney, aged sixty years (b. NH). Frank W. Varney owned their house at 7 Peabody Street, with a mortgage.
Son-in-law Charles S. Orrell died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Tuftonboro, NH, October 16, 1920, aged seventy-four years, four months, and twenty-nine days. He was a married farmer. L.B. Cotton, M.D., of Wolfeboro, NH, signed the death certificate.
Son-in-law Wellington F. Potter died in 1925.
Daughter Almira B. “Myra” (Hersey) Orrell died in 1928.
HELPLESS ON FLOOR 10 HOURS AFTER FALL. Special Dispatch to the Globe. HAVERHILL, Aug 20 – With several ribs broken and his head and body injured, Frank A. Hersey, 71, 82 Lincoln av., who fell down a flight of stairs, lay helpless on the floor in his home for more than 10 hours. He was found at 2 o’clock this morning by his son, Forest D. Hersey. Hersey lives with his son. His health is poor and he was seized with a fainting spell as he started down a flight of stairs about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon. He fell the entire length of the steps, landing on the floor. He was unable to move because of his injuries and remained in the same position until early this morning when his son came home. The son put his father to bed, but did not realize the seriousness of his fathers injuries and did not call a doctor. A neighbor who called on Hersey after his son had gone to work this morning learned of the fall and of the elderly man’s condition and summoned Dr. F.W. Anthony (Boston Globe, August 21, 1928).
Son Frank A. Hersey died in Haverhill, MA, in 1929. Daughter-in-law Mary A. (Laidlaw) Hersey died in Danvers, MA, in 1929.
Frank W. Varney, a carpenter (house), aged seventy years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of forty-six years), Nettie E. [(Hersey)] Varney, aged seventy years (b. NH). Frank W. Varney owned their house at 7 Peabody Street, which was valued at $5,000. They had a radio set.
Frank W. Varney, aged eighty-one years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nettie E. [(Hersey)] Varney, aged eighty-one years (b. NH). Frank W. Varney owned their house at 7 Peabody Street, which was valued at $2,500. They had resided in the same house in 1935.
Daughter Nettie E. (Hersey) Varney died in Haverhill, MA, in 1944. Son-in-law Frank W. Varney died in Haverhill, MA, in 1947.
Daughter-in-law Carolyn C. “Carrie” ((Mountain) Hersey) Neal died in Peabody, MA, June 6, 1971, aged eighty-one years.
Deaths. Mrs. Caroline Neal. Mrs. Caroline (Hearsy) Neal, 81, 51 Newbury St., West Peabody, died suddenly Sunday at home. Formerly of Lynn, she was a member of St. Stephen’s Memorial Episcopal Church. She leaves her husband, Llewelyn Neal and a daughter, Mrs. Mary Paloukas of Haverhill. Services will be Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at The Parker Memorial, 35 Franklin St. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery (Daily Item (Lynn, MA), June 7, 1971).
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