At the conclusion of the Milton School Board’s Deliberative Session of Saturday, February 6, 2021, Budget Committeeman (and ZBA member, and Local Government Efficiency Task Force member) Lawrence D. “Larry” Brown put forward a last-minute resolution from the floor.
Moderator: Does anyone else wish to speak? … Larry Brown.
Larry Brown: This is a … at the end of the Deliberative Session for the Town, I decided we’d had enough and rather than spend more time there, a different meeting. This is the text of a resolution regarding consideration, it requires a simple vote, up or down, no seconds, no amendments:
Resolved. The 2021 Town of Milton School Board Deliberative Session opposes the diversion of public education funding to private purposes and requests their State Representatives to support that position in the debate and with their vote on the House floor.
Moderator: Larry … is that a question, or …?
Larry Brown: That is a resolution to be voted for or against by the Deliberative Session …
The Moderator seemed a bit nonplussed. He referred the request to the School Board’s lawyer, who said it lay within the Moderator’s discretion. The Moderator chose not to take up the resolution.
There were but fourteen voters present in the audience, including the two State Representatives mentioned in Mr. Brown’s proposed resolution – who could hardly instruct themselves – and including also not a few Town officials (apart from the School Board members, Selectmen, Budget Committee members, etc., officiating at the dais).
The voters present made up only 0.4% – i.e., less than half of one percent – of Milton’s electorate.
Had such a resolution actually been voted upon and passed, it might have conveyed some sense of the majority (eight voters or more) of those few present at an underattended meeting (fourteen voters), but could hardly have conveyed any true sense of Milton’s electorate, and none at all of Middleton’s electorate. (The representatives being responsible to both Milton and Middleton).
One is left to assume that Mr. Brown was attempting a little humor or, perhaps, was engaged in a bit of trolling, which some consider to be a form of humor. If so, it fell just a bit flat.
It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously. –Oscar Wilde
James Joseph Buckley was born in Dover, NH, February 19, 1877, son of Daniel and Catherine (McCarthy) Buckley. (His parents were Irish immigrants).
He attended the public schools of his native city while taking his preparatory and pre-medical courses (Cutter, 1932).
James Joseph Buckley, of Milton, graduated from Dartmouth College’s Medical School with its Class of 1900 (Dartmouth College, 1906).
He finished his academic training at Dartmouth College, taking his medical studies at Dartmouth Medical School, from which he was graduated with his degree in the class of 1900, commencing practice in Milton, New Hampshire, the year he left medical school (Cutter, 1932).
Daniel Buckley, a cotton mill spinner, aged fifty-six years (b. Ireland), headed a Dover, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-six years), Katharine Buckley, aged fifty-four years (b. Ireland), and his children, Daniel J. Buckley, a druggist, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), James J. Buckley, a physician, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), and Annie G. Buckley, at school, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Daniel Buckley owned their house at 664 Central Ave., free-and-clear. Katherine Buckley was the mother of three children, of whom three were still living.
J.J. Buckley appeared in the Milton business directories of 1901, and 1904, as a Milton physician. He was a physician at 16 So. Main street in 1905-06, and 1909.
James Joseph Buckley married in Manchester, NH, August 12, 1903, Minnie Eula “Eula” Hussey, both of Milton. He was a physician, aged twenty-six years, and she was aged twenty-five years. Bishop Dennis M. Bradley performed the ceremony. She was born in Acton, ME, May 23, 1878, daughter of Benjamin and Charlotte E. (Huff) Hussey. (Her father was a musician).
MILTON. Mrs. J.J. Buckley and Mrs. R.K. Webber are attending the W.R.C. convention at Concord, as delegates (Farmington News, April 8, 1904).
The Women’s Relief Corp (or W.R.C) had its origin as the women’s auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), which was a Civil War veterans’ organization.
MILTON. Mrs. J.J. Buckley has been quite ill during the past week (Farmington News, April 22, 1904).
James J. Buckley, a general practice physician, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton 3-Ponds”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of five years), Minnie E. Buckley, aged thirty-one years (b. ME). James J. Buckley rented their house.
J.J. Buckley of Milton did not have an automobile in 1906-07, but had acquired a 40-horsepower Overland automobile by 1910. He had a 22½-horsepower Overland automobile in 1912.
At their organizational meeting in Dover, NH, April 1, 1911, the Strafford County Commissioners elected Dr. J.J. Buckley as County Physician for Milton (Farmington News, April 7, 1911).
J.J. Buckley appeared in the Milton business directories of 1912, as a physician at 16 So. Main street. He was a physician at 18 So. Main street in 1917.
SOUTH WEYMOUTH AUTO PARTY IN N.H. WRECK. MILTON, N.H., Oct. 20 – An automobile owned and driven by J.T. Price, also containing Mrs. Price and Mr. and Mrs. Barraud, all of South Weymouth, Mass., skidded and turned over late this afternoon at South Milton, pinning Mr. Price under the machine. He was badly injured and Mrs. Price’s right wrist was broken. Mr. and Mrs. Barraud escaped with a severe shaking. The machine was wrecked. The automobilists were then taken to the office of Dr. J.J. Buckley for treatment. They will return home tomorrow (Boston Globe, October 21, 1917).
“He was thus engaged there [in Milton] with the exception of one year which he spent at Roxbury, Massachusetts, during which time he was on the staff of the Emergency Hospital until he entered service for the World War” (Cutter, 1932).
ROCHESTER. Dr. J.J. Buckley of Milton has passed the required examination and received the appointment of lieutenant in the medical reserves (Portsmouth Herald, July 29, 1918).
He was most enthusiastic about his service to his country during the war, and for the greater part of the period he was stationed as a lieutenant in the medical corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. His work there was of a highly meritorious character and it won for him the commendation of his superior officers. Returning to Milton where he had practiced for thirty [twenty] years, Dr. Buckley, in 1919, closed his practice there and located in Dover, and with the exception of the period of his protracted illness he had since practiced in that city (Cutter, 1932).
John J. Buckley, a surgeon physician, aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed a Dover household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Eula H. Buckley, a music and elocution teacher, aged forty years (b. ME). John J. Buckley owned their house at 7 Hamilton Street.
James J. Buckley appeared in the Dover, NH, directory of 1921, as a physician, with his office on Third street, and his house at 7 Hamilton street.
[His] memories and associations of his term of enlistment were perpetuated through his membership in Dover Post No. 8, American Legion. He was a member of the American Medical Association and had the respect of his medical colleagues. In his fraternal life he was associated with Dover Lodge, No. 184, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (Cutter, 1932).
At their organizational meeting in Dover, NH, April 1, 1925, the Strafford County Commissioners elected Dr. James J. Buckley as County Physician for Dover (Farmington News, April 7, 1911).
Dover. Doctor Regains Health. Dr. James J. Buckley, a local physician, who recently underwent a surgical operation at a hospital in Jamaica Plain, Mass., has improved so steadily that it was reported yesterday that he is expected to return home in about a week (Portsmouth Herald, January 31, 1928).
James J. (Eula H.) Buckley appeared in the Dover, NH, directories of 1928, and 1929, as a physician, with his office in the Merchants Bank building, at 1 Third Street, (3-4), and his house at 7 Hamilton street.
His wife is a well-known and active participant in affairs for the advancement of women in New Hampshire (Cutter, 1932).
Dr. J.J. Buckley of Dover, NH, responded, as did several doctors, when a lineman for the Twin City Gas & Electric Company was killed while repairing an electric line in Berwick, ME, July 5, 1929 (Boston Globe, July 6, 1929).
James J Buckley, a general practice physician, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), headed a Dover household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-six years), Eula H. Buckley, a music and elocution teacher, aged fifty-one years (b. ME). James J. Buckley owned their house at 7 Middle [Hamilton] Street, which was valued at $8,000.
James J. Buckley, M.D., appeared in the 1930 Town Report of Dover, NH, as an obstetrician – since 1921 – on the staff at Wentworth Hospital. He was also the examiner of obstetrical nursing there.
DRAMATICS. On the evening of March 21 [1930], before a large and appreciative audience in the City Opera House, the senior class gave its annual play. The members of the cast did excellent work in their respective parts, “reflecting much credit on the young people, who worked hard and long, and Mrs. Eula Buckley, the capable coach, whose name connected with an amateur play assures a finished production.” The high school orchestra, under the direction of the instructor, gave an excellent musical program. The proceeds of the entertainment were used, in part, to defray the expenses of a trip to Washington, D.C. (City of Dover, 1931).
James J. Buckley died of bladder cancer at 7 Hamilton street in Dover, NH, November 4, 1930, aged fifty-three years, eight months, and sixteen days.
In Memoriam. On the fourth day of November, 1930, following a painful illness, Dr. James J. Buckley, a member of the hospital staff, was called to his eternal home. Dr. Buckley was a native of Dover, a graduate of Dartmouth Medical school, and a physician of wide repute; he was a deep student, devoted to his profession, and dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering. Dr. Buckley was elected obstetrician by the board of trustees of the Wentworth Hospital, July 11th, 1921, and held that position at the time of his death. Always kind, courteous and considerate, his presence in the sick chamber imparted a sense of security and hopefulness which helped dispel the dark mantle of incertitude within which the weak and suffering are so often enshrouded. The sympathy of the board of trustees is extended to the widow, and to all sorrowing relatives and friends. On December 8th, 1930, only a few short weeks following the demise of Dr. Buckley, his friend and colleague, Dr. John C. Lawlor, also passed to that unknown land whence no traveller returns. During the decade of his professional life in this city, Dr. Lawlor won a warm abiding place in the hearts of our people, and was rapidly coursing down the path of fame, both as a medical and surgical practitioner, when the summons came. Elected to the surgical staff on the same date that Dr. Buckley was chosen to the hospital force, he ministered to an ever growing clientele for intensive surgical treatment, his patients coming from afar to receive the benefit of his skill. In his death the Wentworth Hospital suffers the loss of a valued official, and the board of trustees, as well as the community at large, deeply mourns his passing. To the bereaved family the sympathy of our people goes forth in generous measure (City of Dover, 1931).
Mrs. Eula H. Buckley purchased graves 1 and 2, in lot 59, on Catalpa Ave., group 11, in Pine Hill Cemetery in Dover, NH, for $20.00, in 1930 (City of Dover, 1931).
Eula H. Buckley appeared in the Dover, NH, directories of 1931, 1933, and 1939, as the widow of James J., with her house at 7 Hamilton street.
Eula H. Buckley lost her November 1936 election to be the NH State Representative from Ward Four of Dover, NH, and then won in a recount, and then lost again in a second recount.
19 WOMEN IN N.H. HOUSE. DOVER, N.H., Nov. 23. (AP) A recount of votes today in ward four here gave Mrs. Eula H. Buckley (R) a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives and brought the number of women in the House to 19. Mrs. Buckley’s Democratic opponent was Harold Blaisdell (Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), November 24, 1936).
BLAISDELL ELECTED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Mrs. Eula Buckley Loses by Only Two Votes. CONCORD, N.H., Dec. 31 (AP) Republicans lost one member of the 1937 House of Representatives and Democrats gained one today when the State Ballot Law Commission, on an appeal from a recount, declared Harold F. Blaisdell, Democrat of Dover, elected. Blaisdell was shown elected on original returns. A recount by Secretary of State Enoch D. Fuller gave Mrs. Eula Buckley, Republican, the seat. Now the commission has given Blaisdell the seat by two votes. The change decreased to 18 the number of women in the next House and changed party distribution of members to 229 Republican, 188 Democrats and one Independent (Boston Globe, January 1, 1937).
DOVER WOMAN IS FIGHTING FOR SEAT OF BLAISDELL. The legislative committee on elections asked for more time yesterday in the case of Mrs. Eula H. Buckley, Republican, of Dover who has asked for a seat in the House now held by Harry F. Blaisdell, Democrat. The fight seems to be on party lines. Chairman Hoyt of the committee explained to the House that one of the members of his group had asked to have photostatic copies made of some of the ballots and he moved that the bill be recommitted (Portsmouth Herald, January 27, 1937).
Myrtle F. Grant, a widow, aged fifty-four years (b. NH), headed a Durham, NH, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. Her household included her sister, Eva Brown, aged sixty years, and her lodger, Eula Buckley, aged fifty-six [sixty-one] years. Myrtle F. Grant owned their house, which was valued at $6,000.
Mrs. Eula Buckley appeared in the Dover, NH, directory of 1953, as having her house at 60 Central av. She appeared in the Dover, NH, directories of 1956, 1958, and 1960, as having her house at 177 Central av.
M. Eula (Hussey) Buckley died in Dover, NH, March 31, 1961.
References:
Cutter, William R. (1932). American Biography: A New Cyclopedia, Volume 50. New York: American Historical Society Press
Nicholas L. Mucci was born in Florence, Italy, August 22, 1869. (If, as would seem to have been the case, Angelo P. Mucci of Sanford, ME, was his brother, then both were sons of Iacopo Mucci).
Nicholas L. Mucci married in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, October 16, 1892, Teresa Laurezi (also given as Lorenzi). She was born in Florence, Italy, August 2, 1871, daughter of Joseph Lorenzo.
Nicholas Mucci, a country man, aged twenty-eight years, and his wife, Teresa Mucci, aged twenty-six years, both of Firenze, i.e., Florence, Italy, sailed from Genoa, Italy, April 14, 1898, on the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1889), arriving in New York, NY, April 28, 1898. They would be joining his brother (her brother-in-law), presumably at their stated “final” destination of Boston, MA.
Nicholas Mucci appeared in the Milton directory of 1900, as running a fruit and confectionary store at 48 Main street in Milton Mills, with his house at Sanford, ME.
Mucci’s fellow countryman, Raffaele A. “Ralph” Ferretti (1864-1931), had opened a very similar establishment in neighboring Farmington, NH, in 1894. Descriptions of his business activities may give us some sense of the “flavor” of Mucci’s Milton Mills store.
LOCALS. Ralph Ferretti has a new cart of attractive appearance which he will keep on the road with fruit and ice cream this summer. He also has recently purchased a gas engine to operate his ice cream freezer (Farmington News, May 17, 1895).
LOCALS. That Ferretti makes caramels of the finest flavor to be found, is the decision of all good judges (Farmington News, November 13, 1896).
In 1899, Ferretti advertised Ice Cream, “Made from the Very Best Cream, with the Highest Quality of Flavoring Extracts. Special Prices by the Gallon;” Ice Cold Soda (i.e., “tonics”), “Flavored with the Best Fruit Syrups;” and Fruit, “of all kinds at the lowest living prices” (Farmington News, May 12, 1899). Five pounds of chocolate might be obtained for $1.
Nicolas Mucci, a storekeeper, aged thirty years (b. Italy), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills Village”) household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of six years), Teresa Mucci, aged twenty-eight years (b. Italy), his daughter, Eliza Mucci, aged three months (b. NH), and his boarder, Angelo Lenzi, a storekeeper, aged twenty-one years (b. Italy). Nicholas Mucci rented their house. Teresa Mucci was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living. They had immigrated into the U.S. in 1897. (Their boarder had immigrated into the U.S. in 1895). Their household was enumerated between those of Elisha S. Gerrish, a farm laborer, aged fifty-one years (b. ME), and Elphonzo Pinkham, a barber, aged forty-four years (b. ME).
Nicholas Mucci appeared in the Milton directory of 1902, as running a fruit and confectionary store at 44 Main street (corner of Church street) in Milton Mills, with his house at the same address. F.S. Weeks, M.D., a physician and surgeon, was at 42 Main street (corner of Church street), and W.S. Miller, a furniture dealer, was at 46 Main street.
MILTON MILLS, N.H. N. Mucci, who has been on the sick list, is so improved he is seen at the store again. … Mr. Lindsey, clerk in N. Mucci’s store, was a visitor in Sanford one day last week (Biddeford-Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), March 20, 1903).
N. Mucci appeared in the Milton business directories of 1904, and 1905-06, as proprietor of a Milton Mills fruit, confectionary, and fancy grocery store at 44 Main street, with his house at the same address. Winfield S. Miller, a furniture dealer, was at 46 Main street.
MILTON MILLS, N.H. N. Mucci was severely bitten on the finger by a tarantula, while handling bananas in his store room on Sunday morning (Biddeford-Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), August 3, 1906).
N. Mucci’s Central Square shop frontage was brightly lit (with carbide lamps) in 1907.
Acetylene Rays. At Milton Mills, N.H., several stores on Central square, including the new one of Winfield Miller and that of N. Mucci, are now lighted by acetylene. There are other installations in this town also (Acetylene Journal, 1907).
Acetylene lighting was a type of gas lighting. The storefronts of Winfield Miller and Eugene W. Emerson were also so lit.
N. Mucci appeared in the Milton business directory of 1909, as proprietor of a Milton Mills fruit, confectionary, and fancy grocery store at 46 Main street, with his house at the same address.
Nichla Muci, a general store proprietor, aged forty years (b. Italy), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills”) household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eighteen years), Teresa Muci, aged thirty-eight years (b. Italy), and his children, Allice Muci, aged twelve years (b. NH), Susan Muci, aged nine years (b. NH), Charles Muci, aged five years, Elenah Muci, aged three years (b. NH), and Fred Muci, aged two months (b. NH). Nichla Mucci rented their house. Teresa Mucci was the mother of eight children, of whom six were still living. They had immigrated into the U.S. in 1898; Teresa Mucci spoke Italian, i.e., she spoke mostly Italian. Their household was enumerated between those of John Howland, Jr., a hotel clerk, aged fifty years (b. Canada), and William Pinfold, a woolen mills napper, aged forty-six years (b. England). (See Milton in the News – 1902 regarding Pinfold’s wife, Annie E. (Lewis) Pinfold, who was a writer of short stories and song lyrics).
N. Mucci appeared in the Milton business directories of 1912, and 1917, as proprietor of a Milton Mills fruit, confectionary, and fancy grocery store at 46 Main street (corner of Church street).
SOUTH ACTON. George Tappan bought a Reo automobile of N. Mucci recently (Biddeford-Sanford Tribune (Biddeford, ME), May 22, 1914).
Nicholas Mucci, a woolen mill washer, aged fifty years (b. Italy), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Th[e]resa Mucci, aged forty-eight years (b. Italy), and his children, Alicia M. Mucci, drawing warp in a plush mill, aged twenty years (b. NH), Susie S. Mucci, drawing warp in a plush mill, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Charles A. Mucci, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Eleanor Mucci, aged twelve years (b. NH), Orlando N. Mucci, aged nine years (b. NH), and Arline L. Mucci, aged six years (b. NH). Nicholas Mucci owned their farm on Church Street, with a mortgage. Nicholas and Theresa Mucci had immigrated into the U.S. in 1898, and had become naturalized citizens in 1908. Their household was enumerated between those of James C. Hawksworth, a woolen mill washer, aged sixty years (b. Nova Scotia), and Elisha S. Gerrish, a teamster laborer, aged sixty-eight years (b. ME).
Nickolas Mucci, a woolen mills finisher, aged sixty years (b. Italy), headed a Sanford, ME, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-seven years), Theresa Mucci, aged fifty-eight years (b. Italy), and his children, Alice Mucci, a variety store saleslady, aged thirty years (b. NH), Susie Mucci, a plush mill twister, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), Charles Mucci, aged twenty-five years (b. NH), Eleanor Mucci, a plush mill twister, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Orlando Mucci, aged nineteen years (b. NH), and Arline Mucci, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Nickolas Mucci owned their house at 17 Sherburne Street, which was valued at $2,600. They had a radio set. Nickolas and Theresa Mucci had immigrated into the U.S. in 1898, and were naturalized citizens.
Nicholas Mucci, a worsted mills dryer, aged seventy years (b. Italy), headed a Sanford, ME, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Theresa Mucci, aged sixty-eight years (b. Italy), his children, Alice Mucci, a retail furniture saleswoman, aged forty-one years (b. NH), Orlando Mucci, a mohair mills bookkeeper, aged thirty years (b. NH), Aileen Mucci, a retail furniture saleswoman, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), and Eleanor Downing, a mohair mills mender, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), and his grandson, Roger Downing, aged four years (b. ME). Nicholas Mucci owned their house at 17 Sherburne Street, which was valued at $1,200. They had all resided in the same place in 1935
Nicholas and Theresa (Lorenzi) Mucci celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Sanford, ME, in October 1942.
Sanford Couple Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary. Mr. And Mrs. Nicholas Mucci, Wed In Italy, Have Resided Here 22 Years.Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mucci of 17 Sherbourne street, for 22 years residents of Sanford, observed their golden wedding anniversary Friday evening at their home where a buffet luncheon was served. A cake decorated with gold, made by Joseph Laflamme, formed the table center-piece and was cut by Mrs. Mucci. The couple received numerous gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Mucci were married Oct. 16, 1892, in Florence, Italy, and came to this country 44 years ago. They located In Milton Mills, N.H., where Mr. Mucci conducted a general store for 22 years. After coming to Sanford, Mr. Mucci was employed the Goodall Worsted Mill retiring about three years ago. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mucci are in excellent health and active. They have four daughters, Mrs. Albert Burke, Mrs. Ford Emery, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, Miss Alice Mucci, all of Sanford, and two sons, Orlando of this town and James of Scarboro. There are five grandchildren and one great grandson. Present at foe observance Friday were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Soule, Miss Betty Kellett, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broggi, Mrs. Elizabeth Broggi Miss Joyce Broggi, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sugden, Miss Barbara Ann Sugden, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Daley, Miss Patricia Daley, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Ford Emery, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Libby, Mr. and Mrs. John Burke, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Tordoff, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Letourneau, Leon Couturier, Mrs. Alice Stackpole, Mrs. Alice Gowen, Miss Ada Jellerson, Miss Lida Cloutier, Miss Jessie Hogg, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, Roger Downing, Miss Alice Mucci, James Mucci, Miss Gwendolyn Mucci, Thomas Mucci and Orlando Mucci (October 22, 1942).
Nicholas and Theresa (Lorenzi) Mucci celebrated their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary in Sanford, ME, in October 1949.
Sanford Couple Feted On 57th Anniversary. Sanford, Oct. 19 – Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mucci, of 17 Sherburne Street, observed their 57th wedding anniversary with a family dinner party Sunday at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Mucci, who were married in Florence, Italy, came to this country 51 years ago. They resided for a short time in Sanford and then moved to New Hampshire, returning to Sanford 30 years ago. Mr. Mucci is a retired employee of Goodall-Sanford, Inc. Their entire family, with exception of one grandchild, who is a student at the University of New Hampshire, were with them on this occasion, together with their husbands and wives. The children are James Mucci, Scarborough, Orlando Mucci, Mrs. Susie Burke, Mrs. Arline Emery, Mrs. Eleanor Downing and Miss Alice Mucci. There are five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), October 20, 1949).
Nicholas Mucci appeared in the Sanford, ME, directory of 1951, as being retired, with his house at 17 Sherburne street. (Angelo P. Mucci (1873-1962), and his wife, Julia, resided at 31 Sherburne street. He was born in Marliana, Tuscany, Italy, May 23, 1873, son of Iacopo Mucci, immigrated to the U.S. in 1891, and was perhaps the U.S.-resident brother mentioned by Nicholas Mucci at the time of his own 1898 arrival).
Teresa (Laurezi) Mucci died in Sanford, ME, December 2, 1955, aged eight-three years.
MRS. NICHOLAS MUCCI. SANFORD – Dec. 3. Mrs. Theresa Mucci, 84, of 17 Sherburne St., wife of Nicholas Mucci, died last evening at her home following a short illness. She was born at Florence, Italy, Aug 2, 1871, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lorenzo. She came to this country 57 years ago and resided here the last 35 years. Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters, Miss Alice Mucci, Mrs. Albert Burke, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, and Mrs. Ford Emery; a son, Orlando; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren, all of Sanford. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday at her residence, followed by a solemn High Requiem Mass at Holy Family Church. Interment will be in St. Ignatius Cemetery (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), December 4, 1955).
Nicolas L. Mucci died in Sanford, ME, August 1, 1966, aged ninety-six years.
NICHOLAS MUCCI. SANFORD – Nicholas Mucci, 96, of 17 Sherburne St., died Monday morning at a Portland hospital. He was born in Florence, Italy, Aug. 22, 1869, son of Jiacopino and Asunta Lorenzi Mucci. Mr. Mucci came to this country as a young man and operated a grocery store at Milton Mills, N.H., before moving here 40 years ago. He was employed in the finishing department at the Goodall Worsted Co. until he retired several years ago. His wife Theresa died in 1955. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Albert Burke, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, Mrs. Ford Emery and Miss Alice Mucci, and a son, Orlando, all of Sanford; five grand-children and 10 great-grand-children. Funeral services will be at 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, at Winter St., with a Requiem Mass at Holy Family Church at 8:30 a.m. Interment will in St. Ignatius Cemetery (Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME), August 2, 1966).
February 2 is the pivot point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, Groundhog Day. The largest celebration in the U.S. is held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania where the folklore has it that their groundhog(woodchuck), named Punxsutawney Phil, emerges from hibernation on either a sunny day when he may be able to see his shadow or a cloudy day during which time, poor Phil won’t be able to see his shadow. Accordingly, if Phil sees his shadow, we can expect six more weeks of winter, otherwise spring is on it’s way.
2021 brings us to the 135th year of their celebration which usually draws about 40,000 people. This year during our Covid pandemic, Punxsutawney Phil will be wearing a mask like the others in attendance. No fans will be allowed to attend and the others will be socially distant while the celebration will be held inside behind closed doors.
There are several cultures that celebrate this time of year. Our traditions stem from the Pennsylvania Dutch who immigrated from German speaking countries of Europe. For Christians, February 2, also begins the celebration of Candlemas which is most widely known as a Catholic as well as Lutheran festival who accepted the same folklore as Groundhog Day. For the Celts, it meant looking forward to the birth of farm animals along with crop planting- time of Imbolc. There was a belief that bears and badgers came out of hibernation on this day during the Middle Ages. Many celebrations around the world occur on this date.
Victor Hugo, in “Les Misérables,” (1864) discussed the day as follows:
“…it was the second of February, that ancient Candlemas-day whose treacherous sun, the precursor of six weeks of cold, inspired Matthew Laensberg with the two lines, which have deservedly become classic: ‘Qu’il luise ou qu’il luiserne, L’ours rentre en sa caverne.’
[Let it gleam or let it glimmer, The bear goes back into his cave]” (Hugo, 1864).
At this point, you are probably wondering how Groundhog Day became so popular here, especially in Pennsylvania. Well, the city editor of a publication named Punxsutawney Spirit, Clymer H. Freas, became deeply intrigued by a group of groundhog hunters during the 1880’s. He repeated the folklore every year and embellished it to promote Punxsutawney Phil as the great long range weather forecaster. These stories were told in other newspapers and publications to such an extent that Punxsutawney Phil and his predictions became known throughout the world.
This February is not only the shortest month of this year, but astronomical events as well are few and far between this year. Be on the lookout tomorrow, for a Celestial Seasonings special post about the story of Groundhog Day. There’s more to it than that which was written for us in the poem below. It is celebrated every February 2, the midpoint between the end of winter and the beginning of spring.
Groundhog Day By Nancy Hughes
Out of his hole, he poked his snout and wondered what all the fuss was about. They snatched him up and named him Phil Then took him to a Pennsylvania hill.
He lives up there in luxury to predict spring’s arrival for you and me. Just once a year he’s on display. They’ve even named it Groundhog Day!
He’s quite amazed, he must confess, that his shadow has brought him so much success. He’ll never retire … not ever, no way. He has the best job in the whole USA!
February 2 – Groundhog Day
February 4 – Today, we will have the last quarter of the Moon.
February 18 – The Moon and Mars will rise together as well as close to each other, in the evening sky. The Moon will be 7 days old.
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Everard Goethe Reynolds was born in Milton Mills, in 1852, son of Dr. William B. and Clara E. (Swasey) Reynolds. (His mother was a sister of Henry S. Swasey (1820-1874), Dr. Charles E. Swasey (1829-1907), George A. Swasey (1835-1895), and others).
Henry S. Swasey, a baker, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Somersworth (“Great Falls”), NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Mary R. Swasey, keeping house, aged forty-three years (b. NH), Belle Swasey, at home, aged twenty-one years (b. NH), Mary F. Swasey, a school teacher, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Eunice M. Swasey, attending school, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Henry H. Swasey, aged five years (b. NH), and Everhard G. Reynolds, apprentice to a dentist, aged seventeen years (b. NH). Henry S. Swasey had real estate valued at $3,000 and personal estate valued at $300.
(Orin J. Shapleigh, aged twenty-nine years (b. ME), and Julius Guttman, aged forty-two years (b. Prussia), were Somersworth dentists of 1870, with whom Reynolds may have been working as apprentice).
Everard G. Reynolds received his D.D.S. degree from the Philadelphia Dental College, at its commencement at the Academy of Music, in Philadelphia, PA, February 27, 1875. His thesis concerned Digestion (White, et al., 1875).
THE PHILADELPHIA DENTAL COLLEGE. The twelfth annual commencement of the Philadelphia Dental College was held on Saturday evening, February 27th, 1875, at the Academy of Music. The Valedictory was read by G.N. Snow, D.D.S., of Connecticut; after which an address was delivered by Prof. J.H. McQuillen, Dean of the Faculty. Number of graduates, 41; number of matriculants, 100. The exercises opened with a musical prelude, enjoyably performed by a large orchestra under the direction of Carl Sentz. At its conclusion Rev. W.Q. Scott made an opening prayer. Rev. Dr. Richard Newton, who presided, then presented the diplomas to the following graduates: Charles S. Jones, William J. Potter, Joseph G. Marple, James Martin, A.B., Jonas D. Peters, and Henry C. Snyder, of Pennsylvania; Edward C. Welch, Allan B. Robinson, and J. Henry Follet, of New York; Simon Eschelmann and W. Theodore Georgen, M.R.C.P., of Canada; Howard Greeley, of Maine; William H. Williamson, M.B.C.M., of Scotland; Arthur Baxter Visick, J. Henry Redman, and Thomas R. Pixten, of England; L.P.V.J. Kjaer and Frederick Arendt, of Denmark; John Quincy Adams, of Illinois; Aloys Bermann, of Prussia; Joshua U. Burnett, M.D., of New Brunswick; William Fletcher Burns, of Nova Scotia; J. Henry Durham, M.D., and Willis W. Barnes, of North Carolina; Henry Chavannes, of Switzerland; J. Walter Drake, Hamilton F. Cunningham, D. Edward Kelly, Homer A. Sampsell, and Eusebius C. Chandler, of Ohio; Frederic H. Lent and Charles D. Carter, of Massachusetts; Matthew C. Snyder, of Michigan; Gustavus N. Snow, of Connecticut; Everard G. Reynolds, of New Hampshire; J. Ralph Owens, of Iowa; William B. Knapp and J.S. Clark, of Indiana; Thomas Gardiner, of California; and John H. Drury, of Washington, D.C. After the degrees had been conferred S.B. Howell, M.D., professor of Chemistry and Materia Medica, delivered an address to the graduating class, congratulating them on the successful termination of their labors. He reminded them of the fact that twelve successive classes of graduates, numbering in the aggregate 340 young men, had passed from this college to all parts of the world. America, England, Scotland, Prussia, France, Russia, Austria, Bavaria, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Cuba, Mexico, South America, and even China and Japan, discharging their duties in the alleviation of suffering, are starting new institutions for professional education (Welchens, 1875).
Everard G. Reynolds married in Wakefield, NH, September 27, 1877, Narcissa T. Davis, he of Wakefield, NH, and she of Newfield, ME. He was a dentist, aged twenty-five years, and she was aged twenty-three years. Rev. Nathaniel Barker performed the ceremony. She was born in Newfield, ME, in 1854, daughter of Joseph B. and Harriet N. (Dam) Davis.
A Rochester, NH, dentist of this period advertised his painless extraction of teeth through use of anesthetics in 1879.
DR. J.M. FOLSOM, DENTIST. Office: Rochester Grange Building, Rochester, New Hampshire. Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gas administered for the painless extraction of Teeth. Also a chilling or freezing of the gums, and local Anesthetics, which obland sensibility so that Teeth and Roots may be extracted without pain. Work warranted. Prices moderate (Farmington News, April 25, 1879).
A Farmington, NH, dentist, Dr. D.W. Edgerly, advertised his use of nitrous oxide, “when desired.” (Nitrous Oxide was first used experimentally as an anesthetic in 1844, but did not begin to be regularly used until 1863 and after).
Joseph B. Davis, a farmer, aged sixty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Newfield, ME, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Harriet N. Davis, keeping house, aged sixty-one years (b. ME), his son-in-law, Everard G. Reynolds, a dentist, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and his daughter, Narcissa T. Reynolds, keeping house, aged twenty-five years (b. ME).
It seems likely that Dr. Reynolds maintained always his principal residence in Newfield, ME, while making regular visits to or maintaining a satellite office in Milton Mills.
NEWFIELD. Sixteen miles N.W. of Alfred. On stage lines from East Wakefield, N.H., and South Waterborough. Depots. Surveyed and settled, 1778; Rev. John Adams settled, 1781, when there were but five families. Josiah Towle first representative, 1806. Incor. Feb. 26, 1794. Previously plantation of Washington. Area, 14,543 acres. Population, 1840 – 1354; 1850 – 1418; 1860 – 1349; 1870 – 1193; 1880 – 995. Valuation, 1860 – Polls, 287, Estates, 252,839; 1870 – Polls, 275, Estates, 298,895; 1880 – Polls, 283, Estates, 264,577.
E.G. Reynolds appeared in the Milton directories of 1880, 1881, 1882, 1884, 1887, and 1889, as a Milton Mills dentist.
E.G. Reynolds appeared in the Maine Register of 1882, as both Town Clerk of Newfield, ME, and a dentist at West Newfield, ME. Daughter Clara Kathryn Reynolds was born in Newfield, ME, in 1882.
E.G. Reynolds was superintendent of the Congregational Church Sunday school at West Newfield, ME, in 1887 (Congregational Conference, 1887).
E.G. Reynolds appeared in the Milton directories of 1892, 1894, and 1898, as a Milton Mills dentist.
Everard G. Reynolds, of West Newfield, ME, donated $5 for a Russian Relief Fund, and $25 to the Baptist Missionary Magazine, in August 1892 (Boston Globe, March 26, 1892; American Baptist Missionary Union, 1892). Everard G. Reynolds appeared in Polk’s Dental Registry of 1893, as a dentist at both Milton, NH, and West Newfield, ME (Polk, 1893).
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company made a $500 payment to Everard G. Reynolds of Newfield, ME, in 1896. (Uncle George A. Swasey died December 27, 1895).
Everard G. Reynolds, a dentist, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Newfield, ME, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-two years), Narcissa Reynolds, aged forty-five years (b. ME). Everard G. Reynolds owned their house. Narcissa Reynolds was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.
E.G. Reynolds appeared in the Milton directories of 1901, 1904, and 1905-06, as a Milton Mills dentist. E.G. Reynolds appeared in the Maine Register of 1902, as a dentist at West Newfield, ME. (F.W. Smith appeared as a dentist at Newfield, ME).
Everard Goethe Reynolds died of “suicidal suffocation by hanging,” in Newfield, ME, May 10, 1905, aged fifty-two years, seven months, and seventeen days.
Dentist Hangs Himself. Cornish, Me., May 11 – The body of Dr. E.G. Reynolds, the West Newfield dentist, who disappeared yesterday was f0und to-day, hanging from a halter attached to a tree a mile from his home. Dr. Reynolds had been seriously ill for three months with a nervous attack. He was born at Milton, N.H., 51 years ago (Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, MA, May 11, 1905).
Daughter Clara Kathryn Reynolds died of tuberculosis at 33 Yale Avenue in Wakefield, MA, March 14, 1908, aged twenty-five years, three months, and nine days. (Her maternal uncle, S.K. Hamilton of Wakefield, Mass., provided the information on the death certificate).
Narcissa D. Reynolds appeared in the Wakefield, MA, directory of 1911, as the widow of Edward [Everard] G., boarding at 33 Yale avenue. (Samuel K. Hamilton, a lawyer (at Hamilton & Eaton, 31 Milk street, Boston, MA), had his house there).
Samuel K. Hamilton, a lawyer (law office), aged eighty-two years (b. ME), headed a Wakefield, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Annie E. Hamilton, aged seventy-five years (b. ME), and his sister-in-law, Narcissa D. Reynolds, aged sixty-five years. Samuel K. Hamilton owned their house at 33 Yale Avenue, free-and-clear (b. ME).
Narcissa D. Reynolds, a widow, aged seventy-five years (b. ME), headed a Newfield, ME, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Narcissa D. Reynolds owned her house, which was valued at $1,000.
Narcissa D. Reynolds, appeared in the Lakeland, FL, directory of 1934, as the widow of Everard, resided at 200 ([Apt.] 201) E. Charles street.
HELP WANTED – FEMALE. REFINED woman wanted as housekeeper-companion for widow in Lakeland for winter. Mrs. Narcissa Reynolds, West Newfield, Maine (Tampa Tribune, September 21, 1944).
White, J. D., McQuillen, John H., Ziegler, George J., White, James W., Kirk, Edward C., and Anthony, Lovick P. (1875). The Dental Cosmos. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=uRcxAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA208
William Herbert Nute was born in Farmington, NH, May 8, 1858, son of Charles W. and Mary L. (Richardson) Nute. His mother died of typhoid fever in the Union army camp at Alexandria, VA, August 10, 1863.
Mrs. Nute, a most estimable lady, came to camp in winter of 1863, bringing the little Captain Herbert. How pleasantly we remember both. We recall with sorrow the death of Mrs. Nute by typhoid fever at camp. Her gracious, kindly presence lives with us (Shaw, 1903).
His father, Major Charles W. Nute, placed his son, “little Captain [William] Herbert,” in the care of a brother-in-law, George W. Colomy (1825-1881), of Farmington. Major Nute died of disease in the Union army camp in Alexandria, VA, March 9, 1865.
LOCAL AND OTHER ITEMS. A letter received last evening from the First Me. Heavy Artillery, dated March 10th, says that Major Nute, of Lincoln, died very suddenly on the 9th inst., in camp, of congestion of the lungs. He was out a dress parade on the 6th inst. The writer, an officer of the regiment, says, “We have lost a good officer and a pleasant man one that was a favorite with all” (Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor, ME), March 16, 1865).
George Colomey, a farmer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Harriett Colomey, keeping house, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), Arthur W. Colomey, at home, aged sixteen years (b. NH), George A. Colomey, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Hattie Colomey, aged twelve years (b. NH), William H. Colomey [i.e., Nute], aged twelve years (b. NH), Daniel Colomey, aged seventy-seven years (b. NH), and Rebecca Colomey, aged seventy-seven years (b. NH). George Colomey had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $1,200.
He was graduated from the high school of his native [Farmington, NH] town and pursued his studies at the New Hampton institution, going for his professional training to Bellevue, New York city, and the Bowdoin Medical school, Brunswick, Me., where he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1881. He immediately entered upon the practice of his profession in his native town (Willey, 1903).
Willis Herbertus Nute, i.e., William Herbert Nute in Latin, appeared in a list of Bowdoin College’s Medical School Class of 1881.
The Mitchell-Cony Directory of 1908 portrayed Dr. Nute as having filled a gap in the roster of Milton physicians occasioned by the departure of Dr. G.W. Peavey, circa 1877-78.
Dr. Nute succeeded Dr. Peavey, but stayed only a short time. For several years there was no resident physician at the village until Dr. H.F. Pitcher came in 1879 (Mitchell-Cony, 1908).
In fact, this Dr. Nute practiced in his native Farmington, NH, and possibly neighboring Milton too, but some years later, from the time of his 1881 graduation until his relocation to Exeter, NH, in 1890-91.
William H. Nute married (1st) in Farmington, NH, November 27, 1885, Christina Ferre “Cressie” Cotton, he of Farmington, and she of Providence, RI. He was a physician, aged twenty-seven years, and she was a housekeeper, aged nineteen years. Rev. W.E. Darling performed the ceremony. She was born in Brownfield, ME, circa 1866, daughter of Daniel M. and Levina (Meader) Cotton.
LOCALS. Saturday, while strapping a razor, James McGibbon, the tonsorial artist at the Wilson House, cut an ugly gash in the ball of the thumb of his left hand. Dr. Nute dressed the wound, taking two stitches to bring the severed parts together (Farmington News, January 22, 1886).
LOCALS. While John Dustin was at work on the foundation of a cellar near J.T. Pride’s stone yard, Wednesday, a large rock fell upon him, breaking both bones of the right leg below the knee. He was conveyed to his residence on the Jessie Elliot place and Dr. Nute called, who set the broken bones. It was a most unfortunate occurrence coming as it does just at the beginning of summer’s work (Farmington News, April 16, 1886).
LOCALS. The firm of Nute & Blake has dissolved partnership, Dr. Blake buying out Dr. Nute and continuing the business. See elsewhere adv. of dissolution. Dr. Nute’s office will still continue to be in the store as formerly (Farmington News, August 6, 1886).
CHIP’S CONTRIBUTION. John Pike, who works in Cloutman’s factory, cut a bad gash in his hand Tuesday. Dr. Nute dressed the wound (Farmington News, June 21, 1889).
SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Charles Hayes, son of Elihu Hayes, of New Durham, met with a serious and painful accident Monday while tending a planing machine at Downing’s Mills. While in the act of stooping for something he lost his balance and in trying to regain himself thrust his right hand directly under the knives of the planer. The hand was chopped in such a manner as to necessitate the amputation of all of the fingers back of the third joint or into the palm of the hand, the thumb only being saved and even this was injured somewhat. What rendered the circumstances more difficult and painful was the fact that while the accident occurred at 10 a.m., the necessary surgical treatment was not obtained until afternoon, from the reason that all the doctors here were away or so engaged that they could not attend. Dr. Hanson was first in attendance, but having no instruments could do little beyond checking the flow of blood. At about 5 p.m. Dr. Wallace of Rochester was found, who assisted by Dr. Nute of this place, performed the necessary amputation. Mr. Hayes is now comfortable and it is hoped will soon recover (Farmington News, August 23, 1889).
MEDICAL GRADUATES. CLASS OF 1881. William Herbert Nute. b. 8 May, 1858, Farmington, N.H. Physician, Farmington, N.H. (Bowdoin College, 1889).
Christina F. Nute divorced her husband in Strafford County, in February 1889. She alleged adultery. (She married (2nd) in Boston, MA, December 24, 1902, Raymond E. Valiquet, she of Providence, RI, and he of Boston. She died in Boston, MA, in December 1922).
[Dr. Nute] remained there [Farmington, NH,] until 1891, when despite the marked success which had followed him in Farmington he determined to make the hazard of new fortunes and removed to Exeter. In his new location Dr. Nute was equally prosperous and successful, and he almost immediately entered upon a practice which has now grown to be one of the largest in central Rockingham county (Willey, 1903).
William H. Nute married (2nd) in Exeter, NH, December 22, 1892, Lucy Ellen Reed, both of Exeter. He was a physician, aged thirty-four years, and she was aged twenty-four years. Rev. A.C. Nickerson performed the ceremony. She was born in Dorchester, MA, August 19, 1868, daughter of Henry E. and Lavinia Reed.
The Exeter Cottage Hospital was incorporated in November 1891, and opened June 9, 1897.
Dr. Nute was one of the first to recognize Exeter’s need of hospital accommodations, and largely through his efforts the Exeter cottage hospital was established to which he gives a large measure of his time (Willey, 1903).
William H. Nute, a physician, aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed an Exeter, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of six years), Lucy E. Nute, aged thirty-one years (b. NH [SIC]), his child, Norwood Nute, aged six [three] years (b. NH), and his servant, Hannah Fitzgerald, a servant, aged thirty-five years (b. Ireland). William H. Nute rented their house at 27 Front Street. Lucy E. Nute was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.
Dr. Nute keeps thoroughly abreast with all the progress of his profession, and annually spends a large amount of time in the hospitals of Boston, perfecting himself in all the latest discoveries of modern medical science. In addition to the exacting cares of a large general practice, Dr. Nute is a medical examiner for the Ancient Order of United Workmen, as well as for all the leading insurance companies which do business in his section. He is president of the Strafford district medical society, Fellow of the American Medical association, member of the New Hampshire Surgical club, and of the New Hampshire Medical society. He has been prominent also in various secret fraternities and is a 33d degree Mason, having served as master of his lodge and past district deputy grand master. He has also passed the chairs in the Odd Fellow and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is Past Sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men, being the highest office in the gift of the order in state. He is also a member of the Foresters of America. … He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Board of Health of Exeter, and attends the Unitarian church (Willey, 1903).
William H. Nute, a physician, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), headed an Exeter, NH, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eighteen years), Lucy E. Nute, aged “X” [forty-one] years (b. MA), his child, Norwood Nute, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and his servant, Hannah Fitzgerald, a housekeeper, aged forty-five years (b. Ireland). William H. Nute owned their house at 27 Front Street. Lucy E. Nute was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.
William H. Nute, a physician, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), headed an Exeter, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eighteen years), Lucy E. Nute, aged forty-seven [fifty-one] years (b. NH [SIC]), and his servant, Hannah Fitzgerald, a cook, aged forty-five years [fifty-five] years (b. Ireland). William H. Nute owned their house at 27 Front Street, free-and-clear.
William H. Nute, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), headed an Exeter, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Lucy Nute, aged sixty years (b. NH [SIC]), his son, Norwood Nute, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), his daughter-in-law, Marjorie W. Nute, aged twenty-eight years (b. Scotland), and his servant, Hannah E. Fitzgerald, aged sixty-four years (b. Ireland). William H. Nute owned their house at 25 Front Street, which was valued at $10,000. They had a radio set. Marjorie W. Nute had immigrated into the U.S. in 1907, and Hannah E. Fitzgerald had done so in 1870. Both were naturalized citizens.
William H. Nute died in Exeter, NH, August 18, 1938, aged eighty years.
DR. WM. NUTE OF EXETER DIES AT 80. Dr. William H. Nute, for 48 years an Exeter physician and prominent citizen, died at the Exeter Hospital yesterday afternoon after a long illness, aged 80 years. Owing to failing health he gave up practicing a few years ago and his condition had gradually declined. Born in Farmington, May 8, 1858, a son of Charles W. and Mary L. (Richardson) Nute, he lived in his early years with an uncle and guardian, George W. Colomy, after his parents died when he was seven years of age. He was educated in the Farmington public schools and the New Hampton Literary Institute, now New Hampton School, and attended Bowdoin College, being graduated from the Bowdoin Medical School in 1881. He afterwards studied at Bellevue Hospital in New York. Dr. Nute practiced his profession for a year in Farmington and came to Exeter in 1890. He had an extensive practice both in Exeter and the surrounding towns. Before the acquisition of a school physician at Phillips Exeter Academy Dr. Nute attended the students and thus became well known among many from various parts of the country. Dr. Nute was also prominent fraternally, being a 32nd degree Mason, Blue Lodge, and was a past district deputy grand warden in the I.O.O.F., besides being a past sachem of the Wehannonowit Tribe of Red Men. In military circles, Dr. Nute was also prominent, being captain of Company L, N.H.N.G., which was the Exeter unit in the organization, and during World War after it was called into service he was major of the Sanitary Corps for home duty. He was a member of the New Hampshire Medical Society and the Rockingham County Medical Association. Dr. Nute married Lucy Reed, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reed of Exeter, who survives him, and also a son, Norwood Nute of Exeter (Portsmouth Herald, August 19, 1938).
Lucy E. (Reed) Nute died in Exeter, NH, June 15, 1941.
Willey, George F. (1903). State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=7MpYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA350
John Herbert Twombly was born in Dover, NH, October 17, 1848, son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly.
JOHN HERBERT TWOMBLY. The son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly, was born in Dover, N.H., October 17, 1848. He prepared for college at Gilmanton Academy. After graduation he studied medicine at Dover, N.H., and attended lectures at Harvard Medical School until February, 1872, at which time he received his degree. The next seven months he was assistant to Dr. Jasper H. York of Dover, N.H.; was in private practice in Brooklyn, N.Y., from October, 1872, to January, 1874, when he received an appointment at King’s County Lunatic Asylum, Flatbush, N.Y., for six months. In October, 1874, he was appointed assistant physician at Michigan Asylum for the Insane, Kalamazoo, Mich. (Dartmouth College, 1913).
No changes have occurred in the staff of resident officers. So much of the time and attention of the medical officers was occupied in conducting the largely increased correspondence of the Institution, in receiving the friends of patients, and in transcribing the clinical notes and daily records, that it became necessary to secure the services of a special assistant. Dr. John H. Twombly, previously connected with an eastern hospital, was accordingly appointed in the spring of 1875, and has rendered very acceptable service in the Male Department In April, 1876, Dr. Edward A. Adams was selected to act as assistant physician in the Female Department during the temporary absence of Dr. Emerson, and discharged his duties with great credit to himself and to our entire satisfaction. The corps of employés is complete, and many have acquired a valuable experience by a long term of service. We feel assured the attendants and assistants as a body are efficient, and are entitled to our commendation (Michigan Asylum, 1877).
Dr. John H. Twombly, who had served acceptably as assistant physician [at the Michigan Asylum] for three years, was compelled to leave the institution in July [1878] on account of ill health (Michigan State Legislature, 1879).
John H. Twombly married in Milton, July 11, 1878, Frances W. ‘Fanny” Plummer. He was aged twenty-nine years, and she was aged twenty-seven years. She was born in Milton, February 28, 1851, daughter of Enoch W. and Orinda (Ayer) Plummer.
He entered the drug business in Newmarket, N.H., in October, 1879, and continued until October, 1887 (Dartmouth College, 1913).
John H. Twombly, a druggist, aged thirty-two years (b. NH), headed a Newmarket, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Francis W. Twombly, keeping house, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH).
Alvah H. Place of Strafford, NH, “came to Newmarket in 1882 to learn the drug business with Dr. J.H. Twombly” (Portsmouth Herald, June 18, 1931). (Place would become later a local Judge).
Pulmonary weakness kept him on a farm [from October, 1887,] until the fall of 1890, when he purchased an interest in the same store (sold in 1887) and continued until April, 1895, when he returned to Milton, N.H., and remained on a farm for health reasons until December of that year (Dartmouth College, 1913).
HERE AND THERE. … Dr. Twombly, the Grand Marshal, is well known to people in this vicinity, having married Miss Fannie Plumer of Milton, and spent much time hereabout. He is an accomplished gentlemen whom one cannot see too often, and is high in Masonic, as in social and professional circles (Farmington News, April 15, 1892).
MILTON. Dr. Twombly, a druggist at Newmarket, spent Sunday with his wife at Plumer’s ridge (Farmington News, August 3, 1894).
At that time [December 1895] he went to East Concord, N.H., to care for a brother-in-law [Joseph E. Plummer] who was ill with pulmonary tuberculosis and who died in 1899. The same year the death of another brother-in-law [Samuel W. Wallingford] brought him to Milton, where he has assisted his sister [sister-in-law] in managing her farm (Dartmouth College, 1913).
New Hampshire passed a medical licensing law, March 1, 1897, which required medical practitioners to be tested, licensed and registered as of September 1, 1897. (Charles William Gross, William Emerson Pillsbury, and Frank Sherman Weeks, of Milton Mills, and Malcolm A.H. Hart, Charles Dana Jones, and John Herbert Twombly, of Milton, were all rated “A”- they were already in practice prior to the passage of the law – i.e., they were “grandfathered in” and did not have to pass the new examination) (NH State Board of Education, 1906).
Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a physician (retired), aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and her sister (his wife of twenty years), Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm, free-and-clear.
John H. Twombly, of Milton, published a medical case study, in January 1909, concerning the tuberculous enlargement of the cervical glands of his patient, who he identified as “F.W.T.,” i.e., the patient was his wife, Frances W. Twombly. He described the patient as being 5′ 6″ tall, and weighing 117 pounds. She had been married thirty years (Materia Medica, 1909).
Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a home farm helper, aged sixty-one years (b. NH), her sister (his wife of twenty years), Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), and her sister-in-law, Susan [(Pecker)] Plummer, a widow, aged seventy years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm, free-and-clear.
Dr. John H. Twombly appeared in the Milton directory of 1912, as retired, with his house on Plummer’s Ridge, near the schoolhouse. (Mary B. Wallingford, widow of Samuel W., kept a summer boarding house on Plummer’s Ridge, near the schoolhouse).
His physical health is better now than for years. He has held no public positions, although several times offered. In fraternal societies, he is a Mason. He is now living an economical, quiet life, believing he still has a bright future, and still believes in Dartmouth and the class of ’68 (Dartmouth College, 1913).
Mary B. [(Plummer)] Wallingford, a widow, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her brother-in-law, John H. Twombly, a farmer, aged seventy-one years (b. NH), her sister, Frances W. [(Plummer)] Twombly, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), and her sister-in-law, Susan E. [(Pecker)] Plummer, a widow, aged eighty years (b. NH). Mary B. Wallingford owned their farm on the Plummer’s Ridge Road, free-and-clear.
Susan E. (Pecker) Plummer died on Plummer’s Ridge in Milton, February 29, 1920, aged eight years, six months. She had lived there for twenty years, i.e., since the death of her husband, Joseph E. Plummer.
John H. Twombly, M.D., died in the Masonic Home, at 813 Beach Street, in Manchester, NH, March 2, 1927, aged seventy-eight years, four months, and thirteen days. (He had resided there for one year (The headline of the obituary that follows, although not its content, was in error regarding the place of his death)).
DR. JOHN H. TWOMBLY DIES AT DOVER, N.H. DOVER, N.H., March 3 – Dr. John H. Twombly, who died at the Masonic Home in Manchester last evening, was a native of Dover, born Oct 17, 1848, the son of John and Charlotte (Drew) Twombly. He was a descendant of Ralph Twombly, who came from England and settled at Dover Neck about 1650. On the maternal side he was descendent from Lieut. John Drew of Dover, an officer of the Indian Wars. Dr. Twombly graduated from Dartmouth in 1868 and from the Harvard Medical School in 1872. He first practiced in Brooklyn and later was on the staff of the insane asylum at Kalamazoo, Mich., after which he followed his profession in New Market. He owned a drug store there. He was affiliated with New Market and Dover Masonic bodies, and was the oldest living eminent commander of St. Paul Commandery, K.T., of this city. The body will be brought here tomorrow and will later be interred in Pine Hill Cemetery with Knight Templar Rites (Boston Globe, March 4, 1927).
Mrs. Frances Twombly appeared in the Manchester, NH, directories of 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, and 1933, as resident at 813 Beech street. (The Masonic Home appeared on Beech street, between Sagamore and Salmon streets. Her sister, Mary B. Wallingford, joined her there in or around 1932).
Frances Twombly, a widow, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH), boarded in the Masonic Home in Manchester, NH, at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. She was one of twenty-five boarders there, fourteen of whom were males and eleven were females. (Their average age was 79.5 years). The home had a resident head, Mary M. Ormiston, superintendent, aged sixty years (b. Scotland), and five servants, including a cook, assistant cook, waitress, maid, and laundress.
Frances W. (Plummer) Twombly died of heart disease in the Masonic Home, at 813 Beach Street, in Manchester, NH, March 22, 1933, aged eighty-two years, one month, and thirteen days. (She had resided there for six years). (Mary B. (Plummer) Wallingford died also in the Masonic Home in Manchester, NH, September 22, 1939).
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Dartmouth College. (1913). Biographical Sketches of the Class of 1868, Dartmouth College: With Historical Notes of the College, 1864-1913. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=aBQTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA107
Herbert Frank Pitcher was born in Stoddard, NH, September 10, 1853, son of Frederick and Clarissa “Clara” (Towne) Pitcher.
Dr. Pitcher was born in Stoddard, N.H., September 10, 1853, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Pitcher. He was educated in the public schools of Marlow and at Marlow Academy, from which he graduated (American Journal, 1924).
Herbert F. Pitcher of Marlow, NH, was a student at the Marlow Academy in its 1872-73 academic year.
After leaving the Academy, he entered the University of Vermont at Burlington, from which institution he graduated with the degree M.D. in 1879 (American Journal, 1924).
Herbert Frank Pitcher received a medical degree from the University of Vermont, with its Class of 1879 (University of Vermont, 1901). Its commencement took place at the Howard Opera House in Burlington, VT, June 26, 1879 (Burlington Free Press, June 27, 1879).
Henry F. Pitcher would appear to have “hung out his shingle” in Milton shortly after graduation and to have been active there for several years (as late as 1883 or 1884). H.F. Pitcher appeared in the Milton business directories of 1880, 1881, and 1882, as a Milton physician.
Hazen Duntley, a blacksmith, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his son, Ira W. Duntley, a blacksmith, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), his daughter-in-law, Sarah A. Duntley, keeping house, aged thirty-six years (b. MA), his grandchildren, Addie C. Duntley, at school, aged twelve years (b. NH), Nettie M. Duntley, at home, aged ten years (b. NH), and the “boarder at Mr. Duntley’s,” Herbert F. Pitcher, a physician, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH).
Herbert F. Pitcher married in Stoddard, NH, November 25, 1880, Nettie M. Sheldon, he of Milton, and she of Stoddard. He was a physician, aged twenty-seven years, and she was a teacher, aged twenty-one years. She was born in Londonderry, VT, in October 1858, daughter of David P. and Mary Sheldon.
Dr. Pitcher married on November 25, 1880, Miss Nettie M. Sheldon, daughter of David P. and Mary Sheldon, and a native of Londonderry, Vt., who survived him (American Journal, 1924).
LOCALS. Dr. Pitcher of Milton has moved into the Chas. Dame tenement, lately vacated by Walter Carleton (Farmington News, April 6, 1883).
Westport. Dr. Herbert F. Pitcher of Milton, N.H., paid a short visit to his friends in this vicinity. Mr. Pitcher was formerly employed in Westport, after which be studied medicine with Dr. Smith of Russell’s Mills, and subsequently settled in New Hampshire, where he is having good success (Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, MA), April 11, 1883).
LOCALS. Stephen Nutter has sold that stylish-looking gray horse of his to Dr. Pitcher of Haverhill, Mass., late of Milton, N.H. (Farmington News, December 21, 1883).
The Massachusetts Medical Society admitted Herbert F. Pitcher of Haverhill, MA, to its ranks, in 1885 (MA Medical Society, 1899). Herbert F. Pitcher appeared in the Haverhill, MA, directory of 1885, as a physician, with his house on Beacon street, corner of Central street.
Dr. and Mrs. Pitcher of Haverhill, MA, took a transcontinental railroad trip on the Raymond & Whitcomb “vestibule train” in 1888. This was said to be a sort of innovative Pullman train whose cars were connected, at both their roofs and floors, such that a child could proceed between cars from one end of the train to the other without danger. A correspondent of the Farmington News described the trip, the train, and his encounter with Dr. Pitcher, by then of Haverhill, MA:
… Starting as we did without a single intimate acquaintance on board, the atmosphere looked at first a trifle blue, but hardly had the wheels begun to revolve before, down upon us came Dr. Pitcher and Mr. Chick of Haverhill, Mass., with an urgent invitation to come up unto them and their party. Dr. Pitcher is well known to many of our readers as he was for some time located in Milton, but latterly has been in Haverhill where, so extensive has been his practice, he became completely worn out and, accompanied by his amiable wife, was on a trip to the land of eternal sunshine (Farmington News, January 20, 1888).
Dr. Pitcher was registered (No. 3118) as a physician in California, in June 1891.
He was a charter member of the Haverhill Medical Club, a charter member of the Essex North Medical Society, New Hampshire Medical Society, and California Medical Society. He was prominent in Masonic circles and was a member of Saggahew Lodge, Pentucket Chapter, and Royal Arch Masons (American Journal, 1924).
Herbert F. Pitcher, a physician, aged forty-six years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of nineteen years), Nettie M. Pitcher, aged forty-one years (b. VT), his son, Karl H. Pitcher, at school, aged fourteen years (b. MA), and his servant, Belle McLeod, a servant, aged thirty-five years (b. Prince Edward Island). Herbert F. Pitcher owned their house at 97 Arlington Street. Nettie M. Pitcher was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.
He took a post-graduate course in 1902 in the New York School of Therapeutics (American Journal, 1924)).
Herbert Frank Pitcher appeared in a Massachusetts list of registered physicians, as of December 31, 1902. He was classified as an “A,”, i.e., “graduates of legally chartered medical colleges or universities having power to confer degrees in medicine, who applied for registration before the law went into full effect on Jan. 1, 1895, graduation and residence in the Commonwealth at the time of the passage of the law being the only requirements for registration” (MA Board of Registration, 1904).
Dr. Pitcher became an active student investigator in the field of Electrotherapeutics in the early part of the present century and co-worker on the Editorial Staff of the JOURNAL in 1908. His contributions and comments on current medical literature, to which he was constant and self-sacrificing contributor, enlightened the sphere of investigation by his earnest endeavors to set the profession right in a field which called for constant effort against the doubts and skepticism of professional conservatism. As a member of the editorial staff, he was a ready and constant contributor whose comments have done much to clarify developments of the science to which he devoted his best years of labor. In the issue of the JOURNAL, September 1906, was published his contribution on Phototherapy in General Practice, in which he made public his discovery of the efficiency of reflected incandescent light in the treatment of otitis media and mastoiditis – a discovery, which despite its frequent mention, has been ignored by the otologists. When it is finally recognized, there will be rare occasion for intervention, and the service his discovery rendered should perpetuate his name and service to the profession (American Journal, 1924).
Dr. Herbert F. Pitcher (per L. Williams)
Herbert F. Pitcher, a general practice physician, aged fifty-six years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-nine years), Nettie M. Pitcher, aged fifty-one years (b. VT), his son, Karl H. Pitcher, aged twenty-four years (b. MA), and his servant, Catherine Jordan, private family housework, aged forty-three years (b. Canada (Eng.)). Herbert F. Pitcher owned their house at 97 Arlington Street, free-and-clear. Nettie M. Pitcher was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.
COLLEGE GIRL ELOPES WITH MEDICAL STUDENT. Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 5 – Karl H. Pitcher, a medical student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and Marjorie W. Fox, a Simmons College girl, eloped yesterday to Nashua, NH., where they were married. They were accompanied by Miss Pauline Winkler of Springfield, a classmate of the bride, and Paul Albert of Chicago, assistant treasurer of Dartmouth University, classmate of the groom. Young Pitcher is the son of Dr. Herbert F. Pitcher, a wealthy physician, while his bride is the only daughter of the millionaire shoe manufacturer, Charles K. Fox (Post Standard (Syracuse, NY), January 6, 1911).
Karl H. Pitcher dropped his medical studies and went to work for his shoe manufacturer father-in-law. He enlisted in the U.S. Army, April 9, 1917, after war was declared. He took ill – likely the Spanish Flu – and died at Mesvres, France, September 29, 1918.
New England Boys on Casualty List. DIED OF DISEASE. Sgt. Karl H. Pitcher, 125 Arlington st., HAVERHILL, A Batt., 102d F.A. (Boston Post, October 27, 1918).
Herbert F. Pitcher, a general practice physician, aged sixty-six years (b. NH), headed a Haverhill, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nettie M. Pitcher, aged sixty-one years (b. VT). Herbert F. Pitcher owned their house at 97 Arlington Street, free-and-clear.
Herbert F. Pitcher died in Haverhill, MA, October 28, 1924. (American Journal, 1924).
His impaired physical strength in recent years has been unequal to the strain of professional demands upon his heart and vitality. They set a task which could not be performed without the recuperation which his very zeal denied it. But the beauty of his life, its completeness, its rounded richness and character of the man are things known by all in contact with him. In his life he received many honors. In his death he will be remembered as a citizen of high character and great ability his people well (American Journal, 1924).
Nettie M. (Sheldon) Pitcher died in Haverhill, MA, in 1942.
University of Vermont. (1901). General Catalogue of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, Vermont, 1791-1900. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=FCLOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA208
Charles Dana Jones was born in Milton, September 22, 1863, son of Charles and Elizabeth “Betsy” (Varney) Jones.
His father, Charles Jones, died in Milton, May 8, 1873, aged thirty-nine years, and his mother, Betsy (Varney) Jones, died in Milton, in February 1878, aged forty-one years.
Charles Dana Jones of Milton went to Phillips Exeter Academy, in Exeter, NH, from the age of fifteen years. He graduated with its Class of 1878, and went on to study at Harvard University.
Fred P. Jones, a farmer, aged twenty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his siblings, Nellie V. Jones, keeping house, aged eighteen years (b. NH), and Charles D. Jones, at school, aged sixteen years (b. NH). They shared their residence with the household of James W. Nutter, a farmer, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), and his wife, Ruth V. Nutter, a housekeeper, aged forty-nine years (b. NH). (The Jones Farm is now a part of the NH Farm Museum).
Elder brother Fred P. Jones married in Lebanon, ME, November 20, 1881, Emma Jane Cowell, he of Milton and she of Lebanon. He was a farmer, aged twenty-two years, and she was a teacher, aged twenty-two years. Rev. Benjamin Dodge performed the ceremony. She was born in Lebanon, ME, August 27, 1859, daughter of Edmund E. and Elizabeth J. (Chamberlain) (Hussey)) Cowell. (Emma’s mother and brother were affiliated with Milton’s Classical Institute; and Milton’s famous theatrical designer, Robert E. Jones (1887-1954), would be among her children).
Charles Dana Jones received his M.D. degree from the Medical School at Harvard University, in Cambridge, MA, in 1885.
C. Dana Jones married in Milton, April 5, 1886, Pauline Eunice “Lena” Hart, both of Milton. He was a physician, aged twenty-two years, and she was aged twenty years. Rev. [Dr.] Frank Haley performed the ceremony. She was born in Milton, February 9, 1866, daughter of John F. and Mary A. (Twombly) Hart.
Milton Cornet Band, in front of E.C. Hodges’ Variety Store. Charles D. Jones is indicated by the arrow beneath him (Per Bradley Stone)
Charles D. Jones of Milton was admitted to membership in the Strafford County Medical Society in 1887 (Scales, 1914). The Mitchell-Cony directory of 1908 identified 1887 as the year in which …
Dr. C.D. Jones, a native of Milton, and a graduate of Harvard, began practice here. Dr. Jones gave up his practice about the year 1891 (Mitchell-Cony, 1908).
Correspondence. PREMATURE DISCHARGE OF AMNIOTIC FLUID. MILTON, N.H., July 16, 1887. MR. EDITOR – Perhaps the following case of Clinical Obstetrics may be of interest to some of your more inexperienced readers like myself. Mrs. P. menstruated last about October 15th 1886. I was called to see her at 10 o’clock, May 15th, 1887. I found the nurse there and the patient in bed. I learned the following facts: At about 4 o’clock she got up and passed water, went to bed and slept. She was soon awakened by a large gush of water which she thought came from “the breaking of the waters.” After this she had a few slight pains which ceased before my arrival. Digital examination showed the head presenting, low down in the pelvis, the os dilated to the size of a half-dollar, the vagina covered with a fluid containing floculi like the vernix caseosa. She was up next day, and in a few days felt better than before. On July 13th, she had an unnaturally short labor, waters breaking just before the birth of the head. Between May 15th and July 13th, she had no abnormal symptoms. Yours truly, C.D. Jones, M.D. (Harvard, 1885) (MA Medical Society, 1887).
C. Dana Jones, M.D., B.B. Plummer, and William E. Pillsbury, M.D., were Milton’s School Board in 1888 (NH State Board of Education, 1889). John U. Simes, Charles D. Jones, and B.B. Plummer were Milton’s School Board in 1889.
Chas. D. Jones appeared in the Milton directory of 1889, as a Milton physician. He reported encountering no cases of either typhoid fever or diphtheria in that year (NH State Board of Health, 1889).
Dr. C.D. Jones built a new block to house his drug store in May and June 1890. He opened the store on Thursday, June 28, 1890, with a round of sodas.
MILTON. Mr. C.D. Jones is breaking ground for a new block, just above Kennet’s meat market (Farmington News, May 23, 1890).
MILTON. Dr. Jones opened his store last week Thursday. The unlocking of the door was initiated by Dr. Jones setting up the soda (Farmington News, July 4, 1890).
Dr. Jones hired Town Clerk Henry L. “Harry” Avery to be doctor’s assistant in the new store.
MILTON. Fourth of July will be observed in this village in due and ancient form. At a meeting held recently, Dr. C.D. Jones was elected general manager and necessary committees appointed to carry forward the work (Farmington News, July 3, 1891).
Charles D. Jones appeared in the Milton directory of 1892, as a Milton physician, but appeared also as a Milton apothecary. He appeared in the Milton directories of 1894, and 1898, as a a merchant of drugs, as well as gents’ furnishing and sporting goods, cigars and tobacco. He was Town Clerk in 1892. His store had one of Milton’s first ten telephones, which was the very first public one, in 1898.
Jones’ maternal uncle, shoe manufacturer John H. Varney, died in Haverhill, MA, January 28, 1893. (His widow, Elizabeth W. (Cloutman) Varney, died in Milton, January 2, 1895). C. Dana Jones, et al., executors of the will of John H. Varney, paid $1,092 in inheritance tax to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1898.
MILTON. Mr. James G. O’Loughlin and Miss Addie C. Knight of this village were united in Marriage in Union last Saturday evening. The congratulations of many friends are extended to them. The boys appreciated the excellent box of cigars opened for their inspection at C.D. Jones’ drug store (Farmington News, April 14, 1893).
Dr. C.D. Jones in Pinehurst, NC, in 1895, with his daughter and his black and white English Setter “Dash” (Per Bradley Stone)
MILTON. Dr. C.D. Jones has finished the foundation for his new house (Farmington News, April 13, 1894).
LOCALS. A letter has been received from Dr. C.D. Jones of Milton, who is at Pinehurst, N.C., for the winter with his family, stating that the snow storms of last week were very severe there, eighteen inches of snow falling during the storm. Such a thing as a sleigh had never been seen in that locality and one was constructed and used while the show lasted. The letter also stated that the colored people were unprepared for such weather and there was much suffering among them (Farmington News, December 18, 1896).
New Hampshire passed a medical licensing law, March 1, 1897, which required medical practitioners to be tested, licensed and registered as of September 1, 1897. (Charles William Gross, William Emerson Pillsbury, and Frank Sherman Weeks, of Milton Mills, and Malcolm A.H. Hart, Charles Dana Jones, and John Herbert Twombly, of Milton, were all rated “A”- they were already in practice prior to the passage of the law – i.e., they were “grandfathered in” and did not have to pass the new examination) (NH State Board of Education, 1906).
MILTON. Carl P. Wilbur of Brockton, Mass., and Dr. C.D. Jones of this place enjoyed the pleasures of trout fishing at Lake Winnipesaukee, last week (Farmington News, May 28, 1897).
MILTON NEWS-LETTER.Harry L. Avery has resumed his place in C.D. Jones’ drug store, having been absent a few weeks while at work on his new house (Farmington News, August 13, 1897).
NEWS IN BRIEF. Dr. C.D. Jones and family of Milton, N.H., arrived Wednesday evening and will spend the winter here. The doctor was well, and favorably known in the village last winter and his return is heartily welcomed (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), November 27, 1897).
SOUTHERN PINES. Dr. C.D. Jones of Milton, N.H., has bought a large lot of land in town and is now erecting a large house thereon, which he will occupy with his family (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), February 4, 1898).
Meanwhile, Dr. Jones’ Milton storefront, was totally destroyed by fire early Friday morning, February 4, 1898, while he was away for the winter in Pinehurst, NC. (It had been newly built in 1890).
MILTON. The drug and fancy goods store owned by Dr. C.D. Jones was destroyed by fire February 4. The upper story was occupied by the Milton Literary club, whose loss was estimated at about $200. No insurance. Dr. Jones is now in Pinehurst, N.C. His loss is about $3,000, partially insured. The nearest buildings were slightly damaged. The firemen and citizens worked faithfully. The fire broke out at 5.30 o’clock in the morning and the mercury was several degrees below zero (Farmington News, February 11, 1898).
NEWS IN BRIEF. Dr. C.D. Jones on Magnolia road has recently met with a heavy loss at his home in Milton, N.H., by the total destruction by fire of his building and stock in trade. The doctor and his family have made their winter home here during the past and present seasons and have the sympathy of our people (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), February 11, 1898).
Charles D. Jones, a dry & fancy goods store [-keeper], aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), headed a Milton (“Milton Village”) household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of fifteen years), Pauline Jones, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), his children, Katharine Jones, at school, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Levi Jones, at school, aged nine years (b. NH), Russell Jones, at school, aged six years (b. NH), and Varney Jones, aged nine months (b. NH), and his servant, Annabel Harvey, a housemaid, aged sixteen years (b. NH). Charles D. Jones owned their house, free-and-clear. Pauline Jones was the mother of four children, of whom four were still living.
Dr. C.D. Jones of Milton, NH, had a purebred black and white English Setter dog, whose details appeared in an American Kennel Club Register of 1900.
DASH GLADSTONE (54,148) – Dr. C.D. Jones, Milton, N.H. Breeder, W.C. Kennerly, White Post, Va. Whelped December 20, 1894; black and white. By Count Roderigo (8,182, Vol. V), out of Miss Twilight Furness (31,722, Vol. X) (American Kennel Club, 1900).
C.D. Jones appeared in the Milton directories of 1901, 1904, and 1905-06, as a Milton merchant. Among other things, he sold gents’ furnishing and sporting goods, cigars, and tobacco, in 1901 and 1904. He had also a public telephone. He sold dry & fancy goods in 1905-06.
THE PINEHURST PRESERVES, Dr. C.D. Jones, Manager. Embracing 30,000 acres, nearly fifty square miles, of the FINEST HUNTING TERRITORY In Moore County, North Carolina, are The Largest in the South, under the control of, one individual. QUAIL IN ABUNDANCE AND WILD TURKEYS NUMEROUS. Foxes and Rabbits abound everywhere and some deer are to be found. THE PINEHURST KENNELS Maintained in connection with the Preserve, contain twenty-two blooded dogs, pointers and setters, and are under the management of Alliston Gray, formerly of the High Point, N.C., Kennels. Climate unsurpassed, covers excellent and easy accessible from the village, where accommodations offering every comfort may be found at a varying range of prices. TERMS Shooting privileges, $1.00 a day, $3.00 a week, $15.00 a season, Guides $3.00 a day. Dogs will be furnished without extra charge to hunters without dogs. Send for Hunting Booklet to PINEHURST GENERAL OFFICE (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), January 2, 1903).
BANNER WEEK OF SEASON. Sportsmen Have found Quail In Plentiful Numbers. “The past week has been the banner week of the season,” says Dr. C.D. Jones, manager of the Pinehurst Preserves. “The bags have been excellent and the birds plentiful.” Mr. W.A. Wood and Mr. C.A. Lockwood of New York City, have gone after a short trip. They made bags of eleven and nine birds in short hunts from the Village and on a two days trip to the Aberdeen section, secured twenty-four birds. On another trip eight covies were started and seventeen quail secured. Mr. Frederick K. Gaston of New York City, who is here with three fine dogs, has made records that stand well with the best of the season. He secured in two days hunting thirty-five birds, and in a days outing, twenty-three birds. Mr. J.E. Newell of Cleveland, Ohio, has also been holding his own with the best of them. His best bag is twenty birds picked out of eight covies. Mr. Newell uses a 20 gun. Mr. W.C. Spaulding of New York City, is a recent arrival and he brings a favorite dog with him. Many live birds are being secured which are used for stocking (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), February 20, 1903).
SHOOTING SEASON ENDS! Birds In Plenty and Excellent Bags Features of Closing Weeks. Abundance of Birds Left to Breed for Another Season and Prospects for the Future are Very Bright. The quail shooting season of 1902-03 was brought to an end last Saturday, the quail profiting by a day’s additional protection, owing to the fact that the fifteenth fell on Sunday. Philip Randolph, Master Randolph and Edward Conner, of Philadelphia, and C.H. Stanley, of Cleveland, O., spent the day in the field, starting five coveys and bringing in eighteen quail and a woodcock as the result of the trip, and pleasant memories of the work of Mr. Randolph’s pointer, “Queen” and “Pinehurst Dick” which demonstrated very forcibly that birds will lie in March if the dogs work them carefully. During the last four weeks Mr. Randolph and his friends have been much in the field, and some very satisfactory bags have been made. A.C. Tower of Boston, took part in the last day’s shooting, starting three coveys and securing eight birds. C.A. Lockwood, of New York city, and J.D. Wescott, of Union City, Pa., secured twelve quail and four woodcocks on a recent trip, and fourteen quail and two woodcock on another. F.E. Perkins, of Boston, and W.L. Bryant, of Schuylkill Haven, Pa., are credited with thirteen quail as a result of a day’s outing. C.S. Houghton and Benj. E. Bates, of Boston, tried quail shooting for the first time last week and had a rattling day’s sport, starting eight coveys and securing seven quail and a woodcock. Manager H.B. Stillings of the Department Store, and Dr. C.D. Jones, in an afternoon’s hunt secured fourteen quail, killing ten birds out of a covey of sixteen. G.W. Balch of Detroit, Mich., secured nine quail on a short trip, and O.A. Bassett, of Lynn, Mass., eight. “Contrary to the usual rule,” says Dr. C.D. Jones, manager of the Pinehurst Preserves, “the last two weeks of the season found the birds more plentiful and the covies better massed than early in the fall. I attribute this to the fact that the very warm weather during November and December and the birds remained in the shady branches, which offered excellent protection from their natural enemies, the fox and the hawk. “I believe it is the general opinion of those who have been in the field recently that plenty of birds have been left to breed for another year, and that next fall will find the sport better than ever. “We propose to stock abundantly and the plan of planting patches of cow peas for food, will be maintained throughout the preserves. “The year’s work has also developed many of the dogs and the equipment of the kennels is now the very best (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), March 20, 1903).
PERSONAL. Mrs. Amos M. Roberts and Mrs. Elzina Downs of Milton were in town Monday. The latter expects to leave Boston Monday, Nov. 20, for North Carolina, with Dr. C.D. Jones and family, going by sea to Norfolk, and reaching Southern Pines by rail from that point (Farmington News, November 1, 1904).
PERSONAL. As Mrs. Cisco Hart and two sons, of East Weymouth, Mass., were spending a fortnight with Mr. and Mrs. Dana B. Hart at Brookside Farm, a family gathering was given in their honor, Sunday, August 21. Among those present were Dr. C.D. Jones and family, of Milton, and Delta C. Hart and family, of Farmington. Miss Bernice Hart expects to accompany Mrs. Hart in her return to East Weymouth, for a short visit (Farmington News, April 14, 1904).
MILTON. Miss Annabel Harvey has returned to town and is filling her former position as clerk in C.D. Jones’ store (April 22, 1904).
Mary Annabel “Annabel” Harvey was born in North Hampton, NH, November 1, 1883, daughter of Frank J. and Mary J. (Marston) Harvey. She presumably returned from Amesbury, MA, where her parents then resided.
MILTON. C.D. Jones and family left last Friday for their winter home in Pinehurst, N.C. (Farmington News, November 4, 1904).
Dr. C.D. Jones gave over his management of the Pinehurst Preserves for the 1906-07 season (and thereafter) to G. Dan Morgan.
THE MANAGEMENT. G. Dan Morgan, who is so favorably known to sportsmen here and elsewhere as a trainer and handler, assumes the management of the Preserves this season, succeeding Dr. C.D. Jones, and among his assistants is Percival Estes, also well known here through two season’s connection. Estes is a good handler, a tireless hunter and a favorite with all. M. English, well known around High Point, will also be located here in the capacity of a guide, and is sure to be popular. Fred Coburn assumes charge of the Kennels under Manager Morgan’s direction, assuring the same care of dogs which has always been so satisfactory to visiting sportsmen (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), December 1, 1906).
Charles D. Jones died of typhoid fever in Milton, July 2, 1908, aged forty-four years, nine months, and ten days. (The following obituary attributed the cause of his death to malarial fever).
MILTON. Death of C.D. Jones – Rev. M.P. Dickey’s Farewell Sermon. This community suffers a real loss in the death of Dr. C.D. Jones, one of its leading businessmen and prominent citizens. Dr. Jones has spent his winters in Southern Pines and Pinehurst, N.C., for several years, on account of his wife’s ill health, and he himself has not been a well man for a long time. This year he contracted a case of malarial fever before he started north, but insisted on coming home, and he arrived here about a month ago. Several years ago he dispensed with his drug business. For many years he was town clerk, until his going south made it impossible to attend to the official duties. He leaves a family of wife and five children, the youngest an infant of three months, also a brother, Fred P. Jones, who resides on the old homestead, and a sister, Nellie Varney Jones, a teacher in Oakland, Cal. He was 45 years old. Funeral services were conducted at the home Saturday afternoon, which were very largely attended. For a time after his return he was about, and thought to be improving, but about a week before his death his condition became serious and he failed rapidly until his death, Thursday morning, the 2nd. Dr. Jones was the son of Charles Jones and was born on the homestead at Plummer’s Ridge. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and studied medicine and practiced for a while, and also established a store, combination drug store and dry fancy goods … (Unattributed Newspaper Clipping [Rochester Courier?], July 1908).
PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. Delta C. Hart and Miss Bessie Hart attended the funeral of Mr. Hart’s brother-in-law, Dr. C.D. Jones, at Milton last Saturday afternoon (Farmington News, July 10, 1908).
Pauline E. (Hart) Jones died of pneumonia (with pulmonary tuberculosis as a secondary cause) in Milton Mills, February 12, 1910, aged forty-four years, and three days.
LOCAL. Mrs. Lena Hart Jones, widow of Dr. Jones of Milton, passed away at her home in that town Sunday evening, of pneumonia, aged forty-four years. Mrs. Jones is survived by four children, the youngest two years old, and by two brothers, Delta and Dana Hart, and one sister, Mrs. Walter Brown, all of this town. The funeral was held at Milton Tuesday (Farmington News, [Friday,] February 18, 1910).
At their organizational meeting in Dover, NH, April 1, 1911, the Strafford County Commissioners elected Dr. J.J. Buckley as County Physician for Milton (Farmington News, April 7, 1911).
Nicholas Mucci appeared in the Milton directory of 1902, as running a fruit and confectionary store at 44 Main street (corner of Church street) in Milton Mills, with his house at the same address. 
Nicholas Mucci, a woolen mill washer, aged fifty years (b. Italy), headed a Milton household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Th[e]resa Mucci, aged forty-eight years (b. Italy), and his children, Alicia M. Mucci, drawing warp in a plush mill, aged twenty years (b. NH), Susie S. Mucci, drawing warp in a plush mill, aged eighteen years (b. NH), Charles A. Mucci, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Eleanor Mucci, aged twelve years (b. NH), Orlando N. Mucci, aged nine years (b. NH), and Arline L. Mucci, aged six years (b. NH). Nicholas Mucci owned their farm on Church Street, with a mortgage. Nicholas and Theresa Mucci had immigrated into the U.S. in 1898, and had become naturalized citizens in 1908. Their household was enumerated between those of James C. Hawksworth, a woolen mill washer, aged sixty years (b. Nova Scotia), and Elisha S. Gerrish, a teamster laborer, aged sixty-eight years (b. ME).
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mucci of 17 Sherbourne street, for 22 years residents of Sanford, observed their golden wedding anniversary Friday evening at their home where a buffet luncheon was served. A cake decorated with gold, made by Joseph Laflamme, formed the table center-piece and was cut by Mrs. Mucci. The couple received numerous gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Mucci were married Oct. 16, 1892, in Florence, Italy, and came to this country 44 years ago. They located In Milton Mills, N.H., where Mr. Mucci conducted a general store for 22 years. After coming to Sanford, Mr. Mucci was employed the Goodall Worsted Mill retiring about three years ago. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mucci are in excellent health and active. They have four daughters, Mrs. Albert Burke, Mrs. Ford Emery, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, Miss Alice Mucci, all of Sanford, and two sons, Orlando of this town and James of Scarboro. There are five grandchildren and one great grandson. Present at foe observance Friday were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Soule, Miss Betty Kellett, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Broggi, Mrs. Elizabeth Broggi Miss Joyce Broggi, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sugden, Miss Barbara Ann Sugden, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Daley, Miss Patricia Daley, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Ford Emery, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Libby, Mr. and Mrs. John Burke, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Tordoff, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Letourneau, Leon Couturier, Mrs. Alice Stackpole, Mrs. Alice Gowen, Miss Ada Jellerson, Miss Lida Cloutier, Miss Jessie Hogg, Mrs. Eleanor Downing, Roger Downing, Miss Alice Mucci, James Mucci, Miss Gwendolyn Mucci, Thomas Mucci and Orlando Mucci (October 22, 1942).
GROUNDHOG DAY HISTORY
Dr. Nute keeps thoroughly abreast with all the progress of his profession, and annually spends a large amount of time in the hospitals of Boston, perfecting himself in all the latest discoveries of modern medical science. In addition to the exacting cares of a large general practice, Dr. Nute is a medical examiner for the Ancient Order of United Workmen, as well as for all the leading insurance companies which do business in his section. He is president of the Strafford district medical society, Fellow of the American Medical association, member of the New Hampshire Surgical club, and of the New Hampshire Medical society. He has been prominent also in various secret fraternities and is a 33d degree Mason, having served as master of his lodge and past district deputy grand master. He has also passed the chairs in the Odd Fellow and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He is Past Sachem of the Improved Order of Red Men, being the highest office in the gift of the order in state. He is also a member of the Foresters of America. … He is a Republican in politics, a member of the Board of Health of Exeter, and attends the Unitarian church (Willey, 1903).
SHOOTING SEASON ENDS! Birds In Plenty and Excellent Bags Features of Closing Weeks. Abundance of Birds Left to Breed for Another Season and Prospects for the Future are Very Bright. The quail shooting season of 1902-03 was brought to an end last Saturday, the quail profiting by a day’s additional protection, owing to the fact that the fifteenth fell on Sunday. Philip Randolph, Master Randolph and Edward Conner, of Philadelphia, and C.H. Stanley, of Cleveland, O., spent the day in the field, starting five coveys and bringing in eighteen quail and a woodcock as the result of the trip, and pleasant memories of the work of Mr. Randolph’s pointer, “Queen” and “Pinehurst Dick” which demonstrated very forcibly that birds will lie in March if the dogs work them carefully. During the last four weeks Mr. Randolph and his friends have been much in the field, and some very satisfactory bags have been made. A.C. Tower of Boston, took part in the last day’s shooting, starting three coveys and securing eight birds. C.A. Lockwood, of New York city, and J.D. Wescott, of Union City, Pa., secured twelve quail and four woodcocks on a recent trip, and fourteen quail and two woodcock on another. F.E. Perkins, of Boston, and W.L. Bryant, of Schuylkill Haven, Pa., are credited with thirteen quail as a result of a day’s outing. C.S. Houghton and Benj. E. Bates, of Boston, tried quail shooting for the first time last week and had a rattling day’s sport, starting eight coveys and securing seven quail and a woodcock. Manager H.B. Stillings of the Department Store, and Dr. C.D. Jones, in an afternoon’s hunt secured fourteen quail, killing ten birds out of a covey of sixteen. G.W. Balch of Detroit, Mich., secured nine quail on a short trip, and O.A. Bassett, of Lynn, Mass., eight. “Contrary to the usual rule,” says Dr. C.D. Jones, manager of the Pinehurst Preserves, “the last two weeks of the season found the birds more plentiful and the covies better massed than early in the fall. I attribute this to the fact that the very warm weather during November and December and the birds remained in the shady branches, which offered excellent protection from their natural enemies, the fox and the hawk. “I believe it is the general opinion of those who have been in the field recently that plenty of birds have been left to breed for another year, and that next fall will find the sport better than ever. “We propose to stock abundantly and the plan of planting patches of cow peas for food, will be maintained throughout the preserves. “The year’s work has also developed many of the dogs and the equipment of the kennels is now the very best (Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC), March 20, 1903).
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