By Muriel Bristol | January 5, 2025
Charles H. Hayes was born in Milton, August 17, 1844, son of Ichabod Jr. and Hannah R. (Jenkins) Hayes. (He was also a grandson of Ichabod and Sally (Card) Hayes).
Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“West Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Hannah R. [(Jenkins)] Hayes, aged forty-four years (b. NH), George Hayes, a shoemaker, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), Hannah F. Hayes, aged twenty years (b. NH), Charles Hayes, aged fifteen years (b. NH), and Laura A. Hayes, aged seven years (b. NH). Ichabod Hayes had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH), and [his mother,] Sally Hayes, aged eighty-one years (b. NH).
The Milton Selectmen of 1868 were Geo. Lyman, E.W. Fox, and Chas. Hayes.
Charles Hayes married (1st) in Milton, June 6, 1868, Marion Hussey, he of Milton and she of Farmington, NH. He was a farmer, aged twenty-three years, and she was aged eighteen years. Rev. James Doldt performed the ceremony. She was born in Farmington, NH, October 14, 1849, daughter of Deacon Charles W. and Nancy B. (Davis) Hussey.
The Milton Selectmen of 1869 were E.W. Fox, Chas. Hayes, and H.B. Scates. The Milton Selectmen of 1870 were Chas. Hayes, D. Wallingford, Jr., and T.H. Roberts.
Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Hannah R. [(Jenkins)] Hayes, keeping house, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), Charles Hayes, a farm laborer, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Maria [(Hussey)] Hayes, a housekeeper, aged twenty years (b. NH), Laura A. Hayes, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Sally Hayes, aged ninety-one years (b. NH), and Charles M. Hurd, a farm laborer, aged twelve years (b. NH). Ichabod Hayes had real estate valued at $2,500 and personal estate valued at $1,102. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Calvin S. Horne, a farm laborer, aged seventy years (b. NH), and Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH).
Marion (Hussey) Hayes died May 2, 1874, aged twenty-four years. Father Ichabod Hayes, Jr., died of consumption in Milton, August 23, 1876, aged sixty-five years. He was a married farmer.
Charles H. Hayes married (2nd) in Farmington, NH, May 8, 1877, Nellie M. Parmenter, both of Farmington. He was a widowed [shoe] cutter, aged thirty-two years, and she was aged twenty years. Rev. D.H. Adams performed the ceremony. She was born in Farmington, NH, August 22, 1857, daughter of Warren H. and Emily M. (Thurston) Parmenter.
(The children of Charles H. and Nellie M. (Parmenter) Hayes were Elvah Mary Hayes (1878–1948), Fannie Isabelle Hayes (1881–1942), Florence Alice Hayes (1883–1931), George William Hayes (1886–1957), Charles Thurston Hayes (1890–1969), Nellie Wilhelmina Hayes (1892–1972)).
Daughter Elvah Mary Hayes was born in Milton, December 22, 1878.
Charles Hayes, a farmer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nellie [(Parmenter)] Hayes, keeping house, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), his daughter, Elva Hayes, aged one year (b. NH), and his mother, Hannah R. [(Jenkins)] Hayes, at home, aged sixty-two years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), and John P. Hayes, a farmer, aged thirty-three years (b. NH).
Daughter Fannie Isabelle Hayes was born in Milton, August 22, 1881.
Mother Hannah R. (Jenkins) Hayes died of paralysis in Milton, September 21, 1881, aged sixty-seven years. She was a widowed housekeeper. Herbert F. Pitcher, M.D., signed the death certificate.
DEATHS. In Milton, Sept. 21, Hannah R., widow of the late Ichabod Hayes, aged 66 years (Farmington News, September 23, 1881).
Daughter Florence Alice Hayes was born in Milton, February 2, 1883.
The Milton Selectmen of 1885-86 were C.A. Jones, C.T. Haines, and Chas. Hayes.
Son George William Hayes was born in Milton, November 26, 1886.
The Milton Selectmen of 1887 were J.H. Avery, C.T. Haines, and Chas. Hayes. The Milton Selectmen of 1888 were J.H. Avery, Chas. Hayes, and C.C. Hayes.
PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. John Locke of Portsmouth and Mr. and Mrs. Keep and child [Howard S. Keep] of Lowell, Mass, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayes, of Milton. Mrs. [Laura A. (Hayes)] Locke is a sister of Mr. Hayes and Mrs. [Isabel A. (Parmenter)] Keep is a sister of Mrs. Hayes, and was formerly well known here as Miss Isa Parmenter (Farmington News, July 20, 1888).
The Milton Selectmen of 1889 were C.C. Hayes, Chas. Hayes, and C.A. Jones.
PERSONAL. Mrs. Harry Keep, formerly Miss Parmenter, of Lowell, Mass., and her baby are visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Hayes of Milton (Farmington News, September 27, 1889).
Son Charles Thurston Hayes was born in Milton, September 20, 1890. Daughter Nellie Wilhelmina Hayes was born in Milton, December 4, 1892.
Charles H. Hayes died of pneumonia in Milton, April 22, 1892, aged forty-seven years. [His death certificate gave the year as 1893, incorrectly]. (See Milton’s Nute Chapel Ministers of 1890-21, regarding Hayes’ friendship with Nute pastor Rev. William A. Bacon).
HERE AND THERE. The past week has had its extreme sorrow; the very lovely youngest child, Theresa, of Mr. and Mrs. G.F. Russell was burled on Friday; the lamented death of Mr. Charles Hayes of the Hare Road, Milton, was followed by his funeral on Tuesday, and on the morning of the same day Mrs. T.F. Towle pasted away. The latter, as Annie Trafton, was one of the brightest of graduates of the high school and after several years, as were her two sisters who survive her, and much sorrow is expressed at the untimely closing of so promising a life, while sympathy is felt for those of her family who have lost so beloved a member. Mr. Hayes was a most estimable man in all relations of life, public and private. While a resident of this village he was married to the only daughter of our late townsman, Charles W. Hussey; this happy union was broken and after several years Mr. Hayes married Miss Nellie Parmenter, another of our lovely young girls, who, a deeply respected wife and mother, receives in her grievous bereavement the warmest sympathy of all friends. The deceased ken by the early death of the bride, gentleman was a member of the Congregational church of this town, having joined it with his wife over twenty years ago. The state of his health caused his removal to the homestead farm from where a previous generation of his family had been born, one of whom is Mr. Israel Hayes of our town, and the five lovely children now left fatherless also were born in the same spacious house from which the deceased was borne on Tuesday. Mr. Hayes found pleasure in the religious services made available by the building of the Nute chapel, and the close companionship of the young pastor, Mr. Bacon, has been very dear to him and his family. That it was sweet also to Mr. Bacon to be thus held as a brother in familiar intimacy none can doubt who heard the tender words spoken by him in accents broken by grief, succeeding Mr. Sweet’s sympathetic remarks upon the text “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Other exercises of the funeral were hymns sung by relatives and friends from the choir of the church to which Mr. Hayes belonged in all good works, and in association with friends and neighbors and brother brother Masons, the help and counsel of him whom they mourn will hardly be made good. For the beloved ones of his household there are fond memories, the knowledge that it is well with him, and the divine promises. Among classmates of Mrs. Hayes and friends and relatives of both herself and her husband, present at the funeral were Israel Hayes and his sister, Mr. and Mrs. Locke, Mr. and Mrs. Safford, Mr. Thurston, Mr. J.M. Berry and family, Mr. and Mrs. Keefe, Mr. C.E. Hussey, Mr. and Mrs. George Plumer and daughter, Mrs. Alice Fernald, Mr. and Mrs. S.S. Parker, Mr. E.P. Nute, Mr. Frank Pearl and Mrs. McDuffee, Messrs. George Lyman and Luther Hayes, H.C. Waldron, W.W. Card and D.W. Kimball of Fraternal Lodge 71 and many others in numbers so great as to fill the great house (Farmington News, April 29, 1892).
PROBATE COURT. Estate of Charles Hayes, Milton, Nellie M. Hayes, administratrix (Farmington News, May 6, 1892).
ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE. The subscriber hereby gives notice to all concerned that she was, on the 3rd day of May, A.D. 1892, duly appointed and allowed to be adninistratrix on the estate of Charles Hayes, late of Milton, in the county of Strafford, deceased, and has taken upon herself that trust and given bond as the law directs. Dated this 4th day of May, A.D. 1892 10-3t. NELLIE M. HAYES (Farmington News, May 13, 1892).
COST OF INSURANCE. In the Mutual Life Insurance C0. of New York. The Mutual Life Insurance of New York insured, on September 25, 1869, Charles Hayes of West Milton for $1000, upon the life plan, but to be paid for in ten years – known as the ten payment life plan. His annual premium for ten years was $42.56, making a total payment by him of $425.60. There was returned to him, during bis life, by the company, as dividends, $325.70 in cash, and in addition to this sum, Mr. S.B. Folsom of Dover, special agent, paid to his widow $1126, making total amount received on the policy $1451.70, which is $1026.10 more than he had paid out. He had been insured for nearly twenty three years and where could he have invested his money and obtained so good a return, as his widow gets more than $1000, and the dividends exceed the amount paid by him, his insurance costing nothing (Farmington News, May 27, 1892).
Father-in-law Warren H. Parmenter reappeared unexpectedly after an absence of twenty-six years. He had enlisted as a 2nd Lt. in Co. D of the 2nd NH Volunteer Infantry Regiment, June 4, 1861. He was promoted to 1st Lt., August 1, 1861. He resigned his commission, July 8, 1862. Mother-in-law Emily M. (Thurston) Parmenter had died of cancer in Farmington, NH, October 17, 1862, aged thirty-two years. Nellie M. Parmenter, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and Isabel A. Parmenter, aged ten years (b. NH), had both resided at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census in the Farmington, NH, household of shoe manufacturer, John M. Berry, aged thirty years (b. NH), his wife, Leah h. [(Roberts)] Berry, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), and their daughter, Agnes L. Berry, aged one year (b. NH).
LOCALS. Warren Parmenter, a long ago resident, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Charles Hayes, on Milton Ridge. Nothing has been heard from him before for twenty-six years and he was thought of as being dead (Farmington News, April 13, 1893).
HERE AND THERE. A good many people find the Milton ponds a pleasant vicinity for summer sojourns, among the number being Mr. and Mrs. Keep with their children of Lowell Mass. Mrs. Keep was known to our townspeople as Miss Miss Isabel Parmenter. A cheerful party drove over to see their old friend, early in the week, calling also at the Sloan store and house, and one of the number made some graphic pen and ink sketches in the course of the day, which, like others from the same dexterous hand are remarkably taking. The young lady has a decided gift for portraiture, as well as talents in other directions, all of which have often been given for the advancement of worthy objects in this town, when our very clever young people have entertained us in a gratifying fashion (Farmington News, August 18, 1893).
WEST MILTON. Miss Elvah Hayes, the popular young teacher, has a vacation this week. Reviews and Thanksgiving recitations were given last week, and parents and friends invited. An essay by May Harriman was well written (Farmington News, December 4, 1896).
HERE AND THERE. Miss Agnes L. Berry, Miss Isa Wood, and Miss Elvah Hayes are the bright young women from this neighborhood who are teachers In Wakefield, Mass., under the superintendency of Mr. Charles E. Hussey, formerly of Farmington and Rochester (Farmington News, April 15, 1898).
Sister-in-law Isabel A. (Parmenter) Keep died of pulmonary oedema in Lowell, MA, October 13, 1899, aged thirty-eight years.
IN SORROW. The many friends and relatives of Mrs. Harry A. Keep of Lowell, Mass., formerly Miss Isabel A. Parmenter, a native of this town, have been much shocked by intelligence of her death, which took place at half past eleven o’clock on Friday night, October the thirteenth. She is survived in her immediate family by her husband and one of their three children, and by her only sister, Mrs. Nellie Hayes of West Milton, the two sisters having been children of Warren H. and Emily (Thurston) Parmenter of Farmington. Her happy marriage to Mr. Keep was solemnized by the Rev. Clarence A. Bickford, D.D., formerly of Farmington and Dover, and for many years past the editor of The Morning Star, of Boston. “Isa Parmenter,” as she was called by friends in her girlhood, was one of the brightest and most popular of the daughters of Farmington, and it has been a pleasure to townspeople to meet her in the visits of the family to this vicinity, which she enjoyed, summer after summer. It is almost impossible to think of her as never again to be seen, cheery and kindly, greeting old friends in familiar places; no longer caring tenderly for them who were her nearest and dearest, and no more to live as one of two loving sisters, for in spite of a not strong constitution, she was one of them who impress people as being heartily alive in every fibre, sensitive, quick of comprehension and awake to all that tends to genuine living and the progress of the world. Warm sympathy is felt for all who are bereft in this sad affliction, many of whom, in the family connection, are Farmington people (Farmington News, October 20, 1899).
LOCALS. Mrs. Nellie Hayes, of the public library, has the pleasure of a visit from her elder daughters, in the present school vacation (Farmington News, December 29, 1899).
Nellie M. [(Parmenter)] Hayes, a widow, aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Fannie I. Hayes, a school teacher, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Florence A. Hayes, at school, aged seventeen years (b. NH), George W. Hayes, at school, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Charles T. Hayes, at school, aged nine years (b. NH), and Nellie W. Hayes, at school, aged seven years (b. NH). Nellie M. Hayes owned their farm, free-and-clear. She was the mother of six children, of whom six were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John A. Nute, aged fifty years (b. NH), and Ira W. Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH).
Daughter Fannie I. Hayes taught at the High Street Primary School in Farmington, NH, in 1902. (She taught also at the Nute Ridge School in Milton).
PERSONAL. Miss Fannie I. Hayes went to Portsmouth this Thursday, on occasion of the decease of her cousin, Henry H. Locke. In her absence during the remainder of the week, her duties as teacher at the High street school will be attended to by Miss Effie M. Garland (Farmington News, March 14, 1902).
ROLL OF HONOR. … High street primary school. Fannie I. Hayes, teacher: John Andrews, Frank Berry, Lloyd Card, Perley Hanson, Ralph Nadeau, Gladys Jones; absent one half day, Ray Evans; tardy but not absent, Bernice Wiggin, Millie Pearl, Ralph Card (Farmington News, June 13, 1902).
Daughter Elvah M. Hayes appeared in the Wakefield, MA, directory of 1902, as a teacher at the Woodville school, boarding at A.F. Oliver’s, on Farm street. She appeared in the Wakefield, MA, directories of 1905, as a teacher at the Woodville school, boarding at 25 West Water street; and in 1907 and 1909, as a teacher at the Woodville school, as boarding at 12 Richardson avenue.
WEST MILTON. Misses Elvah and Florence Hayes were guests of their mother, Mrs. Nellie Hayes, last week. Miss Elvah returned to her school in Wakefield, Mass., Sunday afternoon (Farmington News, March 9, 1906).
Son George W. Hayes married in Portland, ME, January 12, 1909, Mae R. King, both of Portland, ME. He was a R.R. employee, aged twenty-two years, and she was aged twenty-two years. Rev. Jesse Heel performed the ceremony. She was born in Faial, Azores, Portugal, February 14, 1883, daughter of Joseph M. and Francesca A. (Serpa) King.
MARRIED. CUMBERLAND. Portland, Jan. 6, Dr. Charles Latham True and Miss Edna Webb: Jan. 16, Charles R. Haskell and Miss. Rose E. Smith; Jan. 12, George W. Hayes and Mae R. King; Jan. 30, Mrs. Mary T. Dow and Frank C. Barrett (Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), January 27, 1909).
Daughter Fannie I. Hayes married (1st) in Milton, June 26, 1909, Harry W. Pinkham.
PINKHAM-HAYES. On Tuesday morning, June 29, at 10 o’clock Harry W. Pinkham and Miss Fanny I. Hayes, both of West Milton, were united in marriage by Rev. R.M. Peacock at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Nellie Hayes. The guests were limited to immediate friends of both families. Those from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. John Locke of Rye, uncle and aunt of the bride, and Mrs. Bennett of Gloucester, Mass., a sister of the groom. The couple stood under an arch of evergreen and flowers, the bride carrying a beautiful bouquet of roses, the gift of the groom. On the left wero arranged the three sisters of the bride, together with a large picture of the deceased father and ono of the absent brother, George, and his wife. On the groom’s right stood Mrs. Hayes and the other guests. Someone asked the minister afterwards what the bride wore; he replied that he could best answer by saying that she looked like a fresh June morning. Mr. Pinkham is one of the best known and most highly respected young men in town and to say that his wife is in every way worthy of him is not saying too much. R.M.P. (Farmington News, July 2, 1909).
Nellie M. [(Parmenter)] Hayes, a farmer (general farming), aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Charles Hayes, a laborer (home farm), aged nineteen years (b. NH), and Nellie Hayes, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Nellie M. Hayes owned their farm, free-and-clear. She was the mother of six children, of whom six were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Annie B. Gale, aged thirty-nine years (b. ME), and Ira W. Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH).
Delia A. [(Bryant)] Day, a housekeeper (private family), aged sixty years (b. MA), headed a Wakefield, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her son-in-law, Elmore C. Temple, a salesman (tanks & pumps), aged thirty-six years (b. MA), her daughter, Edith E. [(Day)] Temple, aged thirty-four years (b. MA), and her boarder, Elvah M. Hayes, a teacher (public school), aged thirty-one years (b. NH). Delia A. Day owned their house at 12 Richardson Avenue, with a mortgage. She was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.
W.H.H. Pinkham, a farmer (general farm), aged sixty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of forty-six years), Sarah [(Pinkham)] Pinkham, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), his son, Harry W. Pinkham, a laborer (home farm), aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), and his daughter-in-law, Fannie [(Hayes)] Pinkham, aged twenty-eight years. W.H.H. Pinkham owned their house, free-and-clear. Sarah Pinkham was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George H. Plummer, a farmer (general farm), aged seventy-five years (b. NH), and Herman Thurston, a watchman (shoe factory), aged seventy-four years (b. NH).
George W. Hayes, a fireman (locomotive), aged twenty-three years (b. NH), headed a Portland, ME, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of one year), May K. [(King)] Hayes, aged twenty-four years (b. Portugal), his sister-in-law, Carrie A. King, an operator (telephone), aged seventeen years (b. MA), and his brother-in-law, Lester W. Frates, aged thirteen years (b. MA). George W. Hayes rented their apartment at 143 St. Johns Street. May K. Hayes had immigrated into the U.S. in 1891.
West Milton. Last Monday friends in town were pleased to receive photo post cards from George W. Hayes of Portland, Me. On each card was a photograph of one of the largest locomotives owned by the B & M railroad, and often referred to as the “new battleships.” Ranged beside this ponderous machine were the engine and train crews, and among which was a fine likeness of Mr. Hayes, who is fireman of the big engine. Mr. Hayes was a former resident of this town where he was very popular and where his mechanical ingenuity first manifested itself in a small workshop in his home in which were various mechanical devices of his own manufacture (Farmington News, October 18, 1912).
West Milton. George W. Hayes of Portland was in town this week visiting relatives and friends (December 6, 1912).
West Milton. George Hayes of Portland, Me., visited his mother, Mrs. Nellie Hayes, and family one day recently (Farmington News, September 5, 1913).
West Milton. George W. Hayes of Somerville, Mass., was in town the first of the week visiting his mother, Mrs. Nellie Hayes, and family and incidentally doing a little farming (Farmington News, May 11, 1917).
West Milton. George W. Hayes, who is an engineman on the B & M railroad, and who recently has visited bis mother, Mrs. Nellie Hayes, and family, reports that two full companies of the employes are being recruited for military duty in France. The larger per cent of men needed just now are construction men but all ranks of trainmen are enlisting (Farmington News, May 18, 1917).
Son-in-law Henry W. Pinkham died of pneumonia on the Hare Road in Milton, June 8, 1917, aged forty-four years, ten months, and five days. He was a married farmer. M.A.H. Hart, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Mr. Pinkham. The anxiety of the entire community, which had been in suspense during the short but critical illness of Harry Wilbur Pinkham, was turned to deep and sincere mourning when it became known that he had passed from this life at an early hour last Friday morning. Pneumonia, which developed the Saturday previous, brought about the untimely end at the age of 44 years, ten months and five days. Mr. Pinkham was a lifelong resident of this town and was born on the homestead farm where his death occurred. He was the only son of William H.H. and Sarah A. (Pinkham) Pinkham and grew to manhood, identifying himself with the various interests of his town in a way which won the lasting friendship of all who knew him. He was a farmer by occupation and one of the comparatively few in this section to ply the profession practically and successfully. He possessed a wide experience in the lore of nature and its adaptation to his calling. Unflagging zeal, coupled with and ambition that set about and gained the goal of his desire, characterized his life, while an industry of which he was not the matter earned him the reputation of a tireless toiler. The family circle includes the wife, one son, Winston H., aged seven years; two daughters, Shirley and Winona, aged six and three, respectively; his aged mother; three sisters, Mrs. George Ellsworth Hurd of Alton, Mrs. Fred Bennett of Gloucester, Mass., and Mrs. Frank W. Thurber of Dover, all of whom receive the sincere sympathy of a wide circle of friends. Funeral was held from the home on Monday afternoon at 1.30 o’clock, Rev. P. Moulton of the Baptist church of Farmington officiating. Burial was in the family lot at Pine Grove cemetery at Farmington. Bearers were from the family: Ellsworth Hurd, John Hurd, Fred Tibbetts, William Curtis. Following is the list of flowers: Pillow, inscribed “Husband and Father,” from wife and children; calla lilies, Mrs. Sarah A. Pinkham; spray white pinks, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Hurd; pillow, Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Bennett and family; spray pinks, Mr. and Mrs. F.W. Thurber and family; pinks, Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Hurd and daughter; pinks, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Burnham, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rollins; pinks, Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Burnham; mixed flowers, Mrs. Julia Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. George McGregor; mixed flowers, Mr. and Mrs. Linnie Burnham; white pinks, Mr. and Mrs. James Kelley; mixed flowers, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mugridge; pinks, Fred N. Tibbetts; snapdragons, Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Harmon, Dr. and Mrs. O.F.L. Sargent; snapdragons, Mrs. Edward H. Kelley and Miss Florence Alice Hayes; mixed flowers, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Locke and Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Locke; Easter lilies, I.A.M. society; anchor with marine base, neighbors and friends; pinks, Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Tebbetts; roses, W. Hayes, Mrs. Susan Nute; tulips; Mr. and Mrs. Herman R. Flye; snapdragons, Mr. and Mrs. F.E. Mooney; bouquet lilies of the valley, Walter Tebbetts and family; flowers, William Curtis and family (Farmington News, June 15, 1917).
CARD OF THANKS. We wish to express to all friends and neighbors our heartfelt appreciation for the many kind and thoughtful offices and consoling words of sympathy tendered us during the illness and death of our loved one. We also wish to convey our deepest gratitude for the profusion of floral tributes. Mrs. Fannie I. Pinkham, Winston Pinkham, Shirley Pinkham, Winona Pinkham, Mrs. Sarah A. Pinkham, Mrs. George E. Hurd, Mrs. Fred S. Bennett, Mrs. Frank W. Thurber (Farmington News, June 15, 1917).
GUARDIAN’S NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the subscriber has been duly appointed by the Judge of Probate for the County of Strafford, guardian of the person and estate of Charles T. Hayes of Milton, in said County, decreed to be an insane person. All persons having claims against said Charles T. Hayes are requested to exhibit them for adjustment and all indebted to make payment. Elvah H. Kelley, Guardian. Nov 14, A.D. 1919 (Farmington News, November 21, 1919).
Fannie D. [(Hayes)] Pinkham, a farmer (owner), aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Winston H. Pinkham, aged nine years (b. NH), Shirley Pinkham, aged eight years (b. NH), and Winona Pinkham, aged six years (b. NH). Fannie D. Hayes owned their farm on the Hare Road, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [her brother,] Charles T. Hayes, a farmer (owner), aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and Bertrand E. Twombly, a farmer (owner), aged forty-two years (b. NH).
George W. Hayes, a fireman (railroad), aged thirty-three years (b. NH), headed a Somerville, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Winnifred B. [(King)] Hayes, aged thirty-five years (b. Portugal). George W. Hayes rented their apartment at 76 Cross Street. Winnifred B. Hayes had immigrated into the U.S. in 1890, and become a naturalized citizen in 1909.
Charles T. Hayes, a farmer (owner), aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his mother, Nellie M. [(Parmenter)] Hayes, a widow, aged sixty-three years (b. NH). Charles T. Hayes owned their farm in Downingville, in West Milton, free-and-clear. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Charles M. Buck, buys & sells houses, aged seventy-four years (b. MA), and Fannie D. Pinkham, a farmer (owner), aged thirty-eight years (b. NH).
Edward H. Kelley, a foreman (brass foundry), aged sixty-one years (b. CT), headed a Lynn, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Elvah [(Hayes)] Kelley, aged forty years (b. NH). Edward H. Kelley owned their house at 115 Euclid Avenue, free-and-clear.
Clyde Hannant, second hand (Columbian Mills), aged twenty-five years, headed a Greenville, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nellie [(Hayes)] Hannant, a teacher (public school), aged twenty-seven years (b. NH). Clyde Hannant rented their house on Pleasant Street.
WEST MILTON. On Monday Mrs. Nellie Hayes was notified of the sad accident that caused the death of her brother, Clarence A. Parmenter, at Portsmouth last Sunday night. The unfortunate man was knocked down by an automobile in Haymarket square and survived only long enough to reach the Portsmouth hospital. He was 51 years of age and is survived by his wife (Farmington News, May 7, 1920).
WEST MILTON. Announcement has been received of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde P. Hannant of Greenville. Their mother formerly was Miss Nellie Hayes (Farmington News, November 19, 1920).
Daughter Florence A. Hayes married in Rochester, NH, September 20, 1921, Faunt Leroy Tripp, she of Portland, ME, and he of Milton. She was a nurse, aged thirty-eight years, and he was a widowed farmer, aged twenty-nine years. Rev. E.W. Churchill performed the ceremony. Tripp was born in Milton, September 9, 1892, son of Edwin P. and Lucy A. (Howe) Tripp.
LOCAL. F. Leroy Tripp, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Tripp, and Miss Florence Hayes, daughter of Mrs. Nellie Hayes, were united in marriage on Tuesday evening, September 20, at the home of the groom’s parents in Rochester in the presence of immediate relatives. The single ring service was performed by Rev. E.W. Churchill, pastor of the Baptist church of that city. After a short wedding journey the couple returned Sunday to the groom’s home at West Milton where they are to reside. Mr. Tripp is a well known and popular young farmer and assistant mail carrier on route one while the bride is a trained nurse and a graduate from the Maine General hospital at Portland. Both have a wide circle of friends who unite in extending best wishes (Farmington News, September 30, 1921).
WEST MILTON. Leroy Tripp is acting as assistant on the R.F.D. route. Harry Nute is having a vacation (Farmington News, July 6, 1923).
PERSONAL. A former resident of West Milton, George W. Hayes, and wife of Somerville, Mass., were in town Tuesday calling on friends (Farmington News, November 2, 1923).
PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hayes, of Somerville, Mass., were in this vicinity Monday visiting relatives (Farmington News, October 24, 1924).
WEST MILTON. Mrs. Nellie Hayes, Mrs. Kelley and Elvah Hayes were shopping in Farmington one day last week. Charles Hayes is quite lame and hardly able to be about his work, owing to working on the road shoveling snow, and getting his logs to the mill (Farmington News, February 13, 1925).
WEST MILTON. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hornett [Hannant] are visiting at the home of the latter’s mother, Mrs. Nellie Hayes, for two weeks. On Monday they took a trip around the mountains (Farmington News, September 4, 1925).
Daughter Fannie I. (Hayes) Pinkham married (2nd) in Milton, March 8, 1926, George Albert Downing, both of Milton. She was at home, aged forty-four years, and he was a [railroad] section foreman, aged fifty-three years. Both had been widowed. Rev. Arthur Jeffries performed the ceremony. Downing was born in Farmington, NH, May 31, 1872, son of George T. and Anna R. (Aikens) Downing.
LOCAL. George A. Downing, a former resident of this town and Mrs. Fannie I. Pinkham of West Milton which was performed by Rev. Arthur Jeffries, pastor of the Community church of Milton at the home of the bride last Thursday evening March 18. Only members of the immediate families were present. The bride formerly was a successful teacher and is known as a capable woman of affairs. The groom has been one of the most esteemed residents of Milton for over 25 years. Both are prominent workers in the church and other organizations of their community where they have the best wishes of many friends (Farmington News, April 2, 1926).
Nellie M. [(Parmenter)] Hayes, a widow, aged seventy-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census, Her household included her son, Charles T. Hayes, a farmer (general farming), aged thirty-nine years (b. NH), and her boarder, Lewis Mills, a farmer (general farming), aged seventeen years (b. NH). Nellie M. Hayes owned their house on the Hare Road. They had a radio set. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Alfred C. Varney, aged seventy-five years (b. ME), and David C. Miller, aged fifty-nine years (b. MA).
Edward H. Kelley, a farmer (general farming), aged seventy-two years (b. CT), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census, His household included his wife (of fourteen years), Elvah [(Hayes)] Kelley, aged fifty-one years (b. NH). Edward H. Kelley owned their house on the Hare Road. They had a radio set. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of David C. Miller, aged fifty-nine years (b. MA), and Christopher H. Tibbetts, a farmer (general farming), aged forty-two years (b. NH).
George A. Downing, a section foreman (B.&M. R.R.), aged fifty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Fannie I. [((Hayes) Pinkham)] Downing, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), his daughter, Alice J. Downing, a sorter (shoe factory), aged thirty-two years (b. RI), and his stepchildren, Winston H. Pinkham, a cutter (shoe factory), aged nineteen years (b. NH), Shirley Pinkham, a batch girl (shoe factory), aged eighteen years (b. NH), and Winona Pinkham, aged sixteen years (b. NH). George A. Downing owned their house at Rear 9 High Street, which was valued at $2,000. They did not have a radio set.
F. Leroy Tripp, a farmer (general farming), aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of seven years), Florence [(Hayes)] Tripp, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), and his servant, Ruth Lane, a housewife (private family), aged twenty-two years (b. NH). They resided on the Middleton Road. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Edwin Tripp, a laborer (odd jobs), aged sixty-six years (b. ME), and Charles E. Perry, a farmer (general farming), aged forty years (b. MA).
Geo. W. Hayes, a locomotive engineer (steam railroad), aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Somerville, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-one years), May K. [(King)] Hayes, aged forty-seven years (b. Portugal). Geo. W. Hayes rented their house at 16 Mountain Avenue, for $22 per month. They had a radio set. May K. Hayes had immigrated into the U.S. in 1888.
Clyde Hannant, a dyer (cotton mill), aged thirty-four years (b. NH), headed a Greenville, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of ten years), Nelly [(Hayes)] Hannant, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), and his daughter, Elizabeth Hannant, aged six years (b. NH). Clyde Hannant rented their house on Main Street, for $11 per month.
PERSONAL. George W. Hayes, an engineer on the Portland division of the Boston and Maine railroad with headquarters in Somerville, Mass., was in town a few days recently visiting his mother and other relatives at West Milton and calling on friends (Farmington News, July 4, 1930).
WEST MILTON. Charles Hayes, Leroy Tripp, and Charles Thurston are busily occupied in hauling wood (Farmington News, January 30, 1931).
NUTE RIDGE. Nute Ridge Grange held its regular meeting at Nute chapel last Friday evening. After the literary program Master Leroy Tripp spoke words of appreciation to Miss Ferne McGregor for her services to the Grange and in behalf of the Orange presented her with a fine birthday cake. The Grange applauded heartily and Miss McGregor expressed her appreciation for the gift. Bountiful refreshments were served, including sandwiches, pickles, cake, ice cream, candy and apples. Games were enjoyed and all spent a very happy evening (Farmington News, January 30, 1931).
Daughter Florence A. (Hayes) Tripp died of pernicious anemia in West Milton December 1, 1931, aged forty-eight years, nine months, and twenty-nine days. She was a married housewife. J.L. McLaughlin, M.D., signed the death certificate.
IN MEMORIAM. Mrs. F. Leroy Tripp. Mrs. Florence Hayes Tripp, wife of F. Leroy Tripp, passed on to the reward of an upright and exemplary life at her home In West Milton, Tuesday evening. The end came after an illness of three years, during which a great courage and patience sustained her until she was restricted to her bed the last four weeks of her life. She was 48 years old, a native of Milton and the third daughter in a family of seven children born to Mrs. Nellie Parmenter Hayes and the late Charles Hayes. Educated in the public schools of her native town and in Farmington where she lived several winters, she completed her training as a graduate nurse from the Maine General hospital in Portland in 1912. Until she married Mr. Tripp, she followed this profession successfully. She was a quiet, unassuming woman, who gained love and respect throughout the community. Devoted to duty and righteous principle, she gave unsparingly of herself and resources as long as health provided them. The deceased was a member of Henry Wilson Grange of Farmington and a lifelong attendant of Nute chapel, where in earlier life especially, she contributed wholeheartedly to the social activities of this institution. She is survived by her husband, her mother, three sisters, Mrs. E.H. Kelley of West Milton, Mrs. George Downing of Farmington and Mrs. Clyde Hammett [Hannant] of Greenville, and two brothers, Charles T. Hayes of West Milton and George W. Hayes of Old Orchard, Me. Funeral services will be held from the home Friday afternoon at 1.30, with Rev. B. Lincoln Bigelow, pastor of Nute chapel officiating. Interment will be in Farmington cemetery (Farmington News, December 4, 1931).
PERSONAL. George W. Hayes of Old Orchard, Me., fireman on the Portland division of the B & M railroad, was in this vicinity Monday and Tuesday visiting his mother, Mrs. Nellie Hayes of West Milton, and called on local friends and relatives (Farmington News, May 20, 1932).
Son-in-law Edward H. Kelley died of chronic pulmonary tuberculosis on the Hare Road in Milton, October 27, 1934, aged seventy-six years, nine months, and seventeen days. He was a married retiree. He had resided in Milton, for fourteen years, i.e, since circa 1920, with his previous residence having been in Lynn, MA. J.L. McLaughlin, M.D. signed the death certificate.
PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. George Hayes of Old Orchard, Me., were called here Sunday, by the death of the former’s brother-in-law, Edward H. Kelley, which occurred at West Milton last Friday night (Farmington News, November 2, 1934).
PERSONAL. Mrs. Nellie Hayes of West Milton is ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elvah Kelley (Farmington News, January 3, 1936).
PERSONAL. George W. Hayes of West Milton was a visitor in Old Orchard and Portland, Me., Tuesday (Farmington News, July 3, 1936).
PERSONAL. Mrs. Nellie Hayes is ill at her home in West Milton (Farmington News, August 13, 1937).
Nellie M. (Parmenter) Hayes died of cerebral apoplexy on the Nute Ridge in Milton, August 12, 1937, aged eighty years, six months, and seventeen days. She was a widow, who had lived in Milton for fifty-seven years, i.e., since circa 1880, with her previous residence in Farmington, NH. J.L. McLaughlin, M.D., signed the death certificate.
IN MEMORIAM. Mrs. Nellie M. Hayes. In the death of Mrs. Nellie M. Hayes, which occurred al her home at West Milton last Thursday morning, this community and a devoted family circle is deeply afflicted. Mrs. Hayes, who was a native of Farmington and one of four daughters born to Warren and Emma M. (Thurston) Parmenter attained her 80th birthday last January. In spite of her advanced age and infirmities from which she suffered the past few years, she was a most remarkable woman. The habits of a useful and unselfish life persisted until she became acutely ill about three weeks ago. As a wife and mother she had no peers and in her service to neighbors and friends, none with similar resources could have done more. Widowed more than 45 years ago by the death of her husband, the late Charles Hayes, whom she married on May 8, 1877, she assumed the responsibility of carrying on a large farm and caring for a growing family of children. She was educated in Farmington where she graduated from the high school in 1874 and was one of the three oldest graduates of this Institution. Later she taught at Nute Ridge and at the High street school in Farmington. For more than 40 years she was a member of the Farmington Congregational church, formerly a member of the old Friday Afternoon club, a charter member and always active in the affairs of Nute Ridge Grange and she was secretary of the Hayes Cemetery association at West Milton. Surviving relatives include three daughters, Mrs. Elvah Kelley of West Milton, Mrs. George A. Downing of Farmington and Mrs. Clyde Hannant of Greenville, two sons, Charles T. Hayes of the home and George W. Hayes of Biddeford, Me., four grandchildren and eight cousins. Funeral services were held from the home Saturday afternoon, with Rev. James Newton of the Farmington Congregational church officiating, and burial was in Farmington cemetery. Members of Nute Ridge Grange attended the services in a body (Farmington News, August 20, 1937).
LOCAL. Former West Milton resident George W. Hayes, for many years an engineer on the Boston and Maine railroad and located at Old Orchard, Me., has removed to the home of his brother, Charles T. Hayes, on the Hare road, West Milton (Farmington News, April 22, 1938).
PERSONAL. George W. Hayes of Barnstead visited his brother, Charles Hayes, and his sister, Mrs. Elvah Kelley of West Milton, and called on local friends on Sunday (Farmington News, May 5, 1939).
PERSONAL. George W. Hayes of West Milton is employed in Barnstead for a few weeks (Farmington News, May 10, 1940).
Elvah H. {(Hayes)] Kelley, a widow, aged sixty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. Her household included her housekeeper, Harriet E. Tebbetts, a housekeeper (private home), aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), and her hired man, Melvin E. Tebbetts, a hired man (private home), aged thirty-three years (b. MA). Elvah H. Kelley owned their house on the Nute Ridge, which was valued at $2,000. They did not have a radio set. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Clara T. Miller, a widow, aged sixty-seven years (b. ME), and John G. Gilman, a farmer (farm), aged twenty-nine years (b. NH).
Geo. A. Downing, a retired railroader, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Fanny I. [((Hayes) Pinkham)] Downing, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), and his daughter, Winona Pinkham, aged twenty-six years (b. NH). Geo. A. Downing owned their house on Maple Court, which was valued at $2,000. They had all resided in the “same place,” i.e., Farmington, NH, in 1935.
Charles Hayes, a farmer (farm), aged fifty-six years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. He owned his farm on Nute Ridge, which was valued at $2,000. He had resided in the same house in 1935.
Clyde F. Hannant, finishing department foreman (cotton mill), aged forty-four years (b. NH), headed a Winchendon, MA, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nellie W. [(Hayes)] Hannant, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), and his daughter, Elizabeth Hannant, aged sixteen years (b. NH). Clyde F. Hannant rented their house at 12 Mill Circle, for $15 per month. They had resided in Greenville, NH, in 1935.
Son-in-law George A. Downing died in Portland, ME, October 17, 1940, aged sixty-nine years.
Deaths and Funerals. George A. Downing. FARMINGTON, N.H., Oct. 17 – George A. Downing, 69, active in the fraternal life of the town, died today in a Portland hospital (Boston Globe, October 18, 1940).
IN MEMORIAM. George A. Downing. A devoted family and a wide circle of friends and acquaintance were grieved by the sudden death of George A. Downing which occurred on the evening of Wednesday, October 16, at the Farrington hospital In Portland, Maine, where he had been a patient for six weeks. He had been ill a comparatively short lime when it became necessary for him to receive surgery and he appeared to respond until shortly before his death. Mr. Downing was born sixty-nine years ago in the Ten Rod section of Farmington, the son of George T. and Anna (Aikens) Downing. He later became a resident of Milton for a long time and for many years was employed by the Boston and Maine railroad, from which occupation he had retired. For about thirteen years he had lived in Farmington, where he made many friendly and fraternal associations. He was a past worshipful master of Fraternal Lodge, A.F. and A.M., present high priest of Columbian Chapter R.A.M., a past master of Henry Wilson Grange, a member of Fraternal Chapter, O.E.S., present steward of Eastern New Hampshire Pomona Grange and was a deacon in the Adventist church. He was very active in all of these bodies and and his influential interest will be greatly missed. Those most deeply saddened by his passing are his wife, Mrs. Fannie I. Downing, two daughters, Mrs. Marion Roberts of Portland, Me., and Miss Josephine Downing of Providence, R.I., one grandson, Albert Roberts, two sisters, Mrs. Frank McIntire of Milton and Mrs. Anna Wright of East Rochester, a brother, Frank A. Downing of Farmington, a step-son, Winston Pinkham of Milton, and two step-daughters, Mrs. Clyde Horne and Miss Winona Pinkham of Farmington. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Adventist ohurch, with the pastor, Rev. E.E. Pender, and officers of Masonic and Pomona Grange bodies in charge. Delegations from fraternities, a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and friends and a profusion of flowers signified the respect which was felt for the deceased in this vicinity. The remains were taken to Milton for burial (Farmington News, October 25, 1940).
Daughter Fannie I. ((Hayes) Pinkham) Downing died of cerebral apoplexy in Farmington, April 24, 1942, aged sixty years, eight months, and two days. She was a widowed housewife. J.L. McLaughlin, M.D., signed the death certificate.
IN MEMORIAM. Mrs. Fannie Isabel Downing. Many people in Farmington and vicinity regret to learn of the death of Mrs. Fannie I. Downing, aged 60, who died at her home on Maple court, last Friday evening following a long illness. Mrs. Downing, who was a native of Milton, was the daughter of Charles T. and Nellie (Parmenter) Hayes. For over twelve years she taught school in Milton and was a member of the Advent Christian church. She also was a member of Fraternal Chapter, O.E.S., Henry Wilson Grange, Eastern New Hampshire Pomona Grange, and the New Hampshire Grange. She had been a resident of Farmington for many years and had acquired many friends and acquaintances Mrs. Downing is survived by one son, Winston Pinkham of this town, two daughters, Mrs. Clyde Horne and Mrs. Ralph Parent, also of Farmington, two step daughters, Mrs. Marlon L. Roberts of Cumberland Center, Me., and Miss A. Josephine Downing of Providence, R.I., two sisters, Mrs. Elvah Kelley of West Milton and Mrs. Clyde Hannant of Winchendon, Mass., and two brothers, Charles T. Hayes of West Milton and George W. Hayes of Farmington. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Advent Christian church with Rev. E.E. Pender officiating and burial was in Farmington cemetery (Farmington News, May 1, 1942).
CARD OF THANKS. We are deeply grateful to our friends and neighbors for their many kindnesses and expressions of comfort in our recent bereavement, for the beautiful bowers and the loan of automobiles. Winston H. Pinkham, Mrs. Clyde Horne, Mrs. Ralph Parent, Miss Josephine Downing, Mrs. Marion Roberts (Farmington News, May 1, 1942).
WEST MILTON. George Peters of Malden, Mass., and George Little of Dorchester, Mass., students of animal husbandry, were rent callers at the farm of Charles T. Hayes, a horse and hay wagon, furnished by George Lloyd, gave the trip a rural background and furnished amusement for the onlookers (Farmington News, July 21, 1944).
Daughter Elvah M. (Hayes) Kelley died of cerebral thrombosis in Farmington, NH, February 5, 1948, aged sixty-nine years, one month, and fourteen days. She was a widowed housewife. Charles J. Shagourney, M.D. signed the death certificate.
IN MEMORIAM. Elvah H. Kelley. Many people In this vicinity were deeply saddened by the death of Mrs. Elvah H. Kelley, aged 69, which occurred last Thursday morning, February 6, at a Farmington convalescent home, following a long period of tailing health. She was born in Farmington in 1878, the daughter of Charles and Nellie (Parmenter) Hayes, and was the eldest of six children. She attended the Farmington schools and was graduated from Farmington high school with the class of 1896, following which she attended Simmonds college in Boston. After receiving her schooling, she taught school for a number of years in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York state. In 1916 she was united in marriage to the late Edward H. Kelley, and for some time they resided in Lynn, Mass., before returning to this section about 25 years ago, where they made their home on Nute Ridge in West Milton. Her husband passed away a number of years ago and during her later years the deceased lived with her brother, Charles T. Hayes. Mrs. Kelley was a member of the Farmington Congregational church and a regular attendant as long as her health permitted. She was wholeheartedly interested in church work and was leader and organizer in the Ladles’ Aid society. She was also a member of Nute Ridge Grange. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Nellie Hannent of Winchendon Springs, Mass., two brothers, George W. Hayes of Barnstead and Charles T. Hayes of West Milton, also three nieces and one nephew. Funeral services were held in the Congregational church, Sunday, February 8, with Rev. Myles D. Blanchard officiating. Remains were taken to Pine Grove cemetery in Lynn, Mass., for interment (Farmington News, February 13, 1948).
CARD OF THANKS. We extend our sincere thanks and gratitude to the many neighbors and friends for their genuine helpfulness, expressions of sympathy, and condolence during our recent bereavement, and to all those who gave flowers and helped in any way during the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hannent, Charles T. Hayes, George W. Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. Winston Pinkham, Mrs. Shirley Horne, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Parent, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parsons (Farmington News, February 13, 1948).
Myrtie E. Weeks, aged sixty years (b. NH), headed a Barnstead, NH, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. Her household included her boarder, George W. Hayes, grading potatoes (farm), aged sixty-five years (b. NH). They resided on the road between South Barnstead and Center Barnstead.
Charles T. Hayes, a farmer (farm), aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his housekeeper, Edna Q. Joachim, a housekeeper (private family), aged fifty-three years (b. NH), and his lodger, Victor Ham, a farm hand (farm), aged forty-four years (b. MA). They resided in the “5th house on right,” a farm house, on the Hare Road.
Clyde E. Hannant, an overseer (cotton textile mill). aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Winchendon, MA, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nellie W. [(Hayes)] Hannant, aged fifty-five years (b. NH). They resided at 19 Mill Circle.
Daughter-in-law May R. (King) Hayes died in September 1955.
Son George W. Hayes died of coronary thrombosis in Barnstead, NH, October 26, 1957, aged seventy years. He was a divorced R.R. fireman. H.J. Jeets, M.D. signed the death certificate.
DEATHS. GEORGE HAYES. Funeral of George Hayes, 70, of Barnstead was held in So. Barnstead with Rev. H. Franklin Parker officiating. Otis Funeral home had charge of arrangements. Mr. Hayes left a brother, Charles, in Milton, and a sister, Mrs. Nellie Hannant of Winchendon, Mass. (Farmington News, October 31, 1957).
Son Charles T. Hayes died of cerebral pulmonary failure in Frisbee Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH, January 31, 1969, aged seventy-eight years. He was a single farmer. Robert E. Lord, M.D., signed the death certificate.
CHARLES T. HAYES. MILTON – Charles T. Hayes, 78, died at Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester, Friday, Jan 31, after a short Illness. A native of Milton, be had resided here all his life. He had operated a farm in West Milton until be retired several years ago. He was a member of Nute Ridge Grange of Milton. Mr. Hayes is survived by a sister, Mrs. Nellie Hannant, Winchendon, Mass., nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Davenport Funeral Home, 60 Charles Street, Farmington. Rev. Milton Johnson, pastor of the Nute Chapel officiated. Burial will be in the Hayes Cemetery, West Milton, in the spring (Farmington News, February 6, 1969).
Daughter Nellie W. (Hayes) Hannant died in Winchendon, MA, February 21, 1972.
Obituaries. MRS. NELLIE W. HANNANT. WINCHENDO – Mrs. Nellie W. (Hayes) Hannant, 78, of 27 Chestnut St., died Monday at her home. She was the widow of Clyde F. Hannant, who died in 1956. She was born in Milton, daughter of Charles and Nellie M. (Parmenta) Hayes. She had resided in this town for 35 years. Mrs. Hannant was a member or the North Congregational Church, a member and past president of the Ladies Benevolent Society of the church, a member of John Everett Chapter Order of Eastern Star of New Ipswich, N.H., an honorary member of Faith Chapter, Order of Eastern Star of Winchendon, a member of the past matrons and past patrons association of Winchendon, and a member of the town’s Historical Society. She leaves two grandsons, David and Richard Parsons of Chicago, Ill.; three nieces and a nephew. Funeral services will he held at 2 p.m., Friday, at the Fletcher Funeral Home with the Rev. Clinton A. Condict, pastor of the United Parish, and the Rev. Cameron Borton of Lynnfield, pastor of the North Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Street Cemetery, Greenville, N.H. There are no calling hours (Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, MA), [Wednesday,] February 23, 1972).
Son-in-law Faunt L. Tripp died in Farmington, NH, in December 1978.
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Find a Grave. (2017, June 20). Charles Hayes. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/180567060/charles-hayes
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Walter H. Durell, door, sash & blinds, aged forty-one years (b. ME), headed a Charlestown, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Henrietta [(Emery)] Durell, keeping house, aged thirty-eight years (b. ME), his daughter, Lucy F. Durell, aged nine years (b. MA), his boarder, Ezra Robinson, a bookkeeper, aged thirty years (b. NY), and his servant, Delia Worthylake, a servant, aged nineteen years (b. Nova Scotia). They resided at 74 Mt. Vernon Street.
Son Walter H. Durrell died of phthisis pulmonalis at 5 Burnside Avenue in Somerville, MA, December 4, 1894, aged fifty-seven years, two months. He was a married retiree.
Edward Russell Stone of Maynard, MA, teamster, applied for a U.S. passport in Boston, MA, June 12, 1917. He was born in Cambridge, MA, December 16, 1892, son of Walter E. Stone (b. Portland, ME). He wanted to travel to the British Isles in order to do some lumber mill work, and planned to depart from New York, NY, on June 14, 1917. Stone was described as being twenty-four years of age, standing 5′ 11″ tall, with gray eyes, dark brown hair, and a ruddy complexion. He had a round face, high forehead, long nose, straight mouth, and a square chin. His employer, C.D. Fletcher of Stow, MA, acting on behalf of the MA Committee of Safety’s Committee on Ten Mill Units for England, verified that he had known his employee, E. Russell Stone of Maynard, MA, for five years, and that Stone was competent to do the necessary teamster and yard work for the committee.
MISS CHRISTINA STONE. ROCHESTER, N.H., Dec 11 – Mr. And Mrs. Edward R. Stone, Wakefield St., are announcing the engagement of their daughter, Miss Christina Stone, to C. Scott Hoar, Sanford, Maine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh E. Hoar, Portland, Maine. A late summer wedding is planned. Miss Stone was graduated from Nute High School, Milton. She is employed by the Rochester Courier here and will be graduated next June from Nasson College of Springvale, Maine. Mr. Hoar was graduated from Deering High School and Portland Junior College, Portland, and Boston University School of Public Relations. He is Sanford correspondent for the Guy Gannett papers of Portland and is instructor of journalism at Nasson College (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), December 12, 1954).
Glass Bottle Garden. Pink oak ivy and a tiny holly fern are included in this glass bottle garden created by Porter J. Durkee, right, greenhouse foreman at the University of New Hampshire. He’s showing it to Prof. Radcliffe B. Pike, UNH landscape specialist, who is a native of Lubec. Bottling plants is easier than putting a model ship in a bottle, the horticulturists say. Stems of plants are pliable. Rooting is easy, because of high humidity. Large-mouthed gallon jars are good terrarium containers (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), November 21, 1965).
Son-in-law Levi H. Straw appeared in the Lowell, MA, directory of 1853, as a partner in Merrill & Straw, with his house on E. Merrimac street, at its corner with High street. Merrill (Joshua) & Straw (L.H.) appeared as booksellers and publishers, at 23 Central street. He was a Ward 6 City Councilor in Lowell, MA, in 1854.
BATCH OF SMILES. The late Henry B. Scates, an esteemed South Milton resident, one time sheriff and keeper of the Dover jail, used to tell the following incident about his friend, the late Leander Clements, a quaint character who lived on Milton Ridge. Leander was noted for his ready wit, his bluff and hearty good nature, and was beloved by all who knew him. As the story goes, two of Leander’s neighbors, known as “Rashe” Applebee and Frank Orange, got into a wrangle over the ownership of a pair of steers and decided to go to the court for a settlement, to which Leander was called as a witness. It was his first appearance before a tribunal and he was deeply interested in all of the proceedings. Applebee’s lawyer was the first to make his plea before the jury, during which Leander sat spellbound, drinking in every word uttered, and at the close was so convinced that he remarked: Applebee’s got the case! Then came the argument of the opposing lawyer, and so eloquent and impressive was he in his presentation of his client’s case that, at his conclusion, Leander exclaimed: By heavens, they’ve both got the case! – Rochester Courier (Boston Globe, December 7, 1933).
MILTON. A large and elegant Harrison & Reid flag was raised here last night by the republican club of Milton. The decorations and colored lights were well arranged and well timed, and three hearty cheers were given for the candidates. Hon. Henry W. Blair gave an earnest and intensely interesting address in 
Arthur M. Flye appeared in the Milton directory of 1909, as proprietor of a general store at 41 Main street, in Milton Mills, with his residence above the store.
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