In the preparation of this Chapter we have endeavored to go back as far as possible, in some Cases to the time of incorporation, and in case of residences to their construction if possible.
We have divided the subject into school districts and inserted a sketch of each district, showing roads and location of residences and abandoned homesteads, each indicated by a figure. The bounds and description of each school district as established by the town in 1843 are found under Chapter XVI, and the same can be easily applied to the plan.
Quite a few of the sites numbered on the plan are cellar holes, and in some cases they are scarcely discernible; many of them were once the homes of well-to-do farmers and citizens who have long since passed to the great beyond, and also their descendants.
The family name of most of the early settlers in town is extinct, and the homesteads of those one hundred years ago are in most cases held by other names. In some of the older farms in town we have endeavored to give successive owners or occupants, thinking perhaps it might help toward identification, but many brief owners had to be omitted on account of the vast amount of labor involved.
VILLAGE SOUTH SIDE, No. 1
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No. 1. Part of lot No. 1 in 6th range, purchased by Luther Willoughby, in 1824, of Jonathan Flanders, and occupied by him until his decease in 1868; the principal subsequent owners have been George Warren and Eliphalet Richards, Mrs. Morrison, Byron F. Richards, Willard Watson and Thomas Peltier; house very near New Boston line.
No. 2. Home of Benjamin Richards and his son Samuel, who succeeded him. Samuel built the present residence; the old house was moved and became a part of No. 4. Samuel Richards died intestate; his heirs sold to Richards and Paige. Thaddeus W. Richards, Weston C. Davis, and George A. Ordway have been the principal owners.
No. 3. One hundred years ago this was the home of Thomas L. Poor, where he remained until 1826. January 4,1833, David L. Morril sold to John Butterfield, stating he was selling all the land he purchased of Thomas L. Poor and Bartholomew Stevens. At the decease of Mr. Butterfield his daughter sold to Dodge and Barnard. Herbert J. Richards and Henry Schricker have been the subsequent Owners; buildings burned.
No. 4. Owned by Bartholomew Stevens, who sold to Benjamin Poor in 1822, and the same was in his possession until 1851. The subsequent owners have been Matthew Worthen, Andrew Savage, Eliphalet Richards, 2nd, Horace Jones and Alfred Poor; Alfred Poor sold to John Butterfield in 1867, reserving the buildings to be taken away, and subsequently the premises passed to Walter L. Sargent; buildings gone fifty years.
No. 5. Owned by John Murphy in 1857; house mentioned in No. 2. This was the home of Mr. Murphy for over fifty years, and at his decease was sold to George Rivet.
No. 6. For a number of years was the home of John Small, Sr. About 1830 Capt. John Smith purchased the same; in 1854 sold to John Mahoney, whose daughter, Mrs. Ellen Richards, is the present owner.
No. 7. Jonathan Bell conveyed to Moody Hardy in 1828, and his widow sold to Thomas Richards in 1848; the heirs of Thomas Richards sold to Samuel E. Hills in 1857, and the same remained in his possession until his decease. Frank E. Paige is present owner. The house was built by Jacob Hadley on site No. 24, near the reservoir, and moved to its present location before 1830.
No. 8. Sawmill on land Ebenezer Hadley bought of John Wright in 1794; mill gone; site owned by George A. Bell.
No. 9. Early owned by Nathaniel Clark; home of Isaiah Richards from 1820 until his decease; his heirs sold to Caleb Stowell in 1865, where he resided until his decease in 1916.
No. 10. Sawmill built by John Haselton in 1850.
No. 11. House built by John Haselton; house and mill sold in 1855, Christie and Dunlap, Richards and Hopkins, E. Richards, 2nd, Ira G. Cree, Oliver B. Pierce, and others have since been owners.
No. 12. Homestead of James Kennedy; first building a log house before 1800, afterwards a framed house; he died in 1860. Son Robert, Samuel M. Christie, William D. Hopkins, S. J. Tenney and Samuel W. Patten are among the principal successive owners; buildings burned 1912.
No. 13. Drawn by George Jaffrey; early owned by one John Smith who died in 1776 and bequeathed to his sons Samuel and John, Jr., by will, who sold to John O'Neil. David Eaton purchased August 12, 1793; in 1838 he sold to his son James. At James' decease in 1857 the homestead passed to his son, George M., who sold in 1872 to Johnson and Greer. They were succeeded by Charlton K. Pierce, and Charles S. Parker, present owner; buildings burned.
No. 14. Settled by Jonathan Bell (lot No. 3 in 6th range) and the same has remained in the possession of the family, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jr., Frederick J., and George A. Bell.
No. 15. Settled by John Smith early; buildings gone; site now owned by Charles G. Barnard.
No. 16. Joseph Hadley, owned and occupied the premises until about 1820; in 1841 David Steele sold to Jefferson Jones, and his son Thomas Jefferson resided here until his decease; house now owned by a granddaughter of Jefferson, Mrs. Servilla Harriman.
No. 17. Built by Aura A. Tennant, in 1908, on part of the Jones farm.
No. 18. Residence of Benjamin Butterfield before 1810; he sold about 1830, and since that time there have been numerous owners, although perhaps not in exact order: William Barron, Robert Warren, Calvin Stowell, Joseph Comfort, John Burnham, Levi Anderson, George Kidder, Charlton K. Pierce, and the present owner, James E. Holden.
No. 19. Ice-house built by Charles G. Barnard in 1896, now owned by Edward M. Hart.
No. 20. Built by Harvey B. Wicomb, in 1855, where he ever afterwards resided; buildings gone.
No. 21. Buildings gone many years; formerly the residence of Maj. John Butterfield of Revolutionary fame.
No. 22. Settled by Robert Gilchrist in 1761, who, on April 30, 1771, conveyed to Joseph Hadley of Hampstead for the sum of 150�, lot No. 4 in the 4th range of lots on the southerly side of Piscataquog River. Mr. Hadley soon moved from Hampstead and occupied it. The house stood upon the easterly side of the road and just south of the brook, although a rude camp had previously been constructed upon the easterly side of the highway about 200 feet north of the brook; one unfortunate part of the conveyance of Gilchrist to Hadley was that Mrs. Gilchrist did not sign the deed and later claimed maintenance, which was afforded her at a cabin constructed for that purpose (No. 25). Joseph Hadley died May 3, 1776, in Goffstown, and his estate passed to his son, Ebenezer, by inheritance and purchase, he having previously settled upon the Teel place, so-called, upon land now owned by Carl B. Pattee. He disposed of this farm and removed to the homestead of his late father, where he died October 21, 1823. Upon his decease the estate passed to his son, Capt. Peter E. Hadley, and in May, 1824, the house was burned and Captain Hadley built the residence upon the westerly side of the highway (No. 23). Peter E. Hadley sold to his nephew Peter E. Hadley, 2nd, who died in 1875, and Charles C. Hadley obtained the property, building the present residence in 1900.
No. 24. Built by Jacob Hadley, near reservoir; buildings gone. See No. 7.
No. 25. Small house built by Ebenezer Hadley for Jennie Gilchrist, widow of Robert Gilchrist, who claimed support, after the decease of her husband, the previous owner, out of Mr. Hadley's estate; house gone.
No. 26. Corn-mill of Dea. Robert Moore located on Whittle Brook at lower or northerly reservoir; gone many years.
No. 27. Schoolhouse in 1800 and a short time subsequent; buildings gone.
No. 28. Lot No. 5 in the 4th range, owned by Jonathan Cummings Butterfield and his father before him. James Stinson followed Mr. Butterfield in 1850, and his successors have been Samuel Orr, Story and Richards, Francis F. Flint, Charles Morgrage and present owner, Eliphalet Richards; buildings gone. No. 29.
Settled by Samuel Robie, Sr., in 1779, part of lot No. 6 in the 5th range; from Samuel descended to his son, Thomas Russell Robie; he died in 1811, and his daughter, Phebe Worthley, wife of Daniel M. Worthley, owned the same until about 1856. Oliver B. Pierce is the present owner of the site; buildings gone.
No. 30. Summer residence of Emil Berghland, land purchased of Oliver B. Pierce, part of farm No. 29.
No. 31. Moses Little, lieutenant in the Goffstown Company in 1775, lived at this site; from this home he went forth with his company to Cambridge and afterwards Bunker Hill; buildings long since gone. In 1857, Garret Murray, an Irishman, built a house upon the same site and remained a few years; this residence gone.
No. 32. Lot No. 5 in the 5th range, early owned by John Butterfield and descended to his son, Peter, and from Peter to Peter, Jr.; Peter, Jr., to Thomas R.; Richard H. Martin, Thaddeus C. Bowers, William H. Merrill and his descendants have been the successive owners; now known as the Mount Pleasant House. See hotels.
No. 33. Store building built by Charles A. Whipple in 1874; purchased by Otis F. Sumner, the present owner, in 1893.
No. 34. Store buildings, built by Richards and Junkins in 1873, now owned by heirs of Joseph G. Green.
No. 35. Blacksmith shop, built in 1873 by Thaddeus W. Richards, now owned by Elbridge Watkins.
No. 36 and 37. Present bobbin shop. See Industries of Piscataquog Valley.
No. 38. Built by John Smith, originally a small house for rental, for many years painted red and known as the "Red House"; had several owners; remodelled and built in present shape by Cyrus B. Bidwell in 1900; now owned by Mrs. Charles C. Avery.
No. 39. In 1805, Dr. Jonathan Gove moved to Goffstown, and purchased this site and built the buildings; the heirs of Dr. Jonathan Gove conveyed to John McIntire in 1822; Mr. McIntire remained in possession of the same until 1828, when Mark Burnham became a purchaser and retained the same until 1849, when he sold to Benjamin F. Blaisdell; Blaisdell heirs sold to Dr. Charles F. George.
No. 40. Built in 1852 by Horatio G. W. Conner; present owner, Albert Whittemore.
No. 41. Site of old academy moved to No. 93. See schools.
No. 42. William Whittle purchased of Jonathan Aiken in 1832; sold to Benjamin F. Blaisdell in 1850; afterwards owned by David Hawse, Joseph 0. Foss, Jonathan G. Leach, Parker and Nichols and Alvin and Mary A. Hadley; removed in 1888 to site No. 60; same year present residence built by Alvin and Mary A. Hadley; upon Alvin Hadley's decease, Mary A. became sole owner; in 1912, upon the death of Mary A. Hadley, the same passed to John W. Sargent.
No. 43. Built in 1868 by James G. McCluer; afterwards owned by Kendrick Kendall and Annie Kendall Morgan, now by Frank W. Kendall.
No. 44. The store building standing upon this site was early built by Capt. John Smith, and in 1870 the same was removed, and the present dwelling-house was built by Joseph Whittemore.
No. 45. Built by Mrs. Rhoda Richards in 1887; afterwards purchased by Curtis T. Richards, present owner.
No. 46. Site of original settlement of Job Dow; the Royal Masters had a camp here extending on to the land of Hamilton M. Campbell; present residence built by John Smith, about 1810; at the time of its construction it was one of the finest houses in town; subsequently became the property of his son-in-law, Dea. Joseph Hadley; in 1873 passed to Eliphalet Richards, present owner.
No. 47. Built by Hamilton M. Campbell, the present owner, in 1876.
No. 48. Original house built about 1800 by John Langdon; afterwards owned by John Clogston; house burned about 1846, fire incendiary, Clogston tried and acquitted; occupied at this time by Rev. Isaac Willey; rebuilt; had various owners; David Grant bought in 1867; owned by his heirs.
No. 49. Congregational Meeting-House, stood a little north and between the house of the late David Grant and Arthur R. Nichols. See church buildings.
No. 50. Built by Ira B. Bell in 1897; in 1902 purchased by Arthur R. Nichols.
No. 51. Built by Samuel M. Christie in 1872; subsequently owned by Eliphalet Richards and H. Romeyn Nichols; now owned by Dr. C. I. Cole.
No. 52. Built by Charles E. Stowell in 1893; William H. Beals and Letitia Adams have been among the subsequent owners.
No. 53. Owned by Samuel Worthley 1851-57; successive owners have been David Hawse, heirs of Amos H. Merrill, Jonathan Allen, Jesse E. Junkins; now by his daughter, Mrs. Nellie J. Seaver.
No. 54. Built by George E. Parker in 1871; now owned by heirs of Benjamin F. Harriman.
No. 55. Built by Elbra and Naomi Dow in 1851; afterwards owned by S. S. J. Tenney, Charles F. White, Sylvester Hadley and George E. Fellows.
No. 56. Built by Daniel B. Austin in 1854; purchased by Daniel T. Butler in 1858, owned by him until his decease; present owner, Wilbur P. Beard.
No. 57. Built by George Austin in 1854; Horace Richards, his heirs, and Marshall Martin have been the successive owners.
No. 58. Built by Rodney Johnson in 1850; Frederick L. Walker in 1852; Robert Warren 1853; his widow; Joseph 0. Foss; Henry Damon and George Corliss have been the owners of this property.
No. 59. Built by Hiram L. Livingstone in 1863; subsequently owned by Alfred Story, Mrs. Adams and Clinton D. Grant.
No. 60. Tenement house owned by Robert M. Gordon; moved from site 42 in 1888.
No. 61. Built by Dea. Ephraim Warren in 1805, and by him owned until his decease in 1849, when his son, George, came into possession of the property and was the owner of the same until his decease in 1871; afterwards owned by T. W. Richards, Hosea Dustin, Clark E. Morse and Lorenzo Philbrick.
No. 62. Originally constructed in another form by T. W. Richards; afterwards owned by Hosea Dustin, Clark B. Morse, etc.; converted into a dwelling and owned by Charles Bean and Ranson Manning.
No. 63. Blacksmith shop built in 1805; stood in the angle of the railroad and mill road, so-called; occupied by Dea. Ephraim Warren and his son, William P., for a period of seventy years; buildings gone.
No. 64. This was originally a single story house until 1854, when a second story was added; residence of William P. Warren; may have been built by his father, Ephraim Warren; since owned by Abram Colburn, Charles Morgrage and Jason P. Dearborn.
No. 65. Built in 1893 by Francis Bean; now owned by his daughter, Nellie Bean Deaurah.
No. 66. Probably first used as a hotel in 1812; may have been built by Thomas Wallace; afterwards owned by Jonathan Butterfield, Hugh J. Taggart, his son, David M., and several successors; destroyed by fire about 1880; the site was again occupied in 1898, when Mary Ladd constructed the present residence; now owned by Ralph H. Marden.
No. 67. Built by Mrs. Ida Tibbetts in 1911, west side of fair-ground.
No. 68. Original building stood on fair-ground; built in 1886; later reconstructed as a dwelling-house; present residence built in 1915; owned by J. Ellis Tibbetts.
No. 69. Shirley Station on Boston and Maine Railroad.
No. 70. Summer house of Arthur A. Whitton built in 1917.
No. 71. Small cottage owned by J. Ellis Tibbetts on east side of fair-ground.
No. 72. The original residence upon this site was owned by Col. William Moore, and the house was burned before 1850; present residence built by Thomas R. Taggart in 1865; owned by Charles Morgrage since 1868.
No. 73. In 1822 Ebenezer Ryder sold Rev. Benjamin W. Pitman fifty acres of land, part of lot No. 6 in 6th range, and about six years thereafter Mr. Pitman reconveyed the same; in 1837 Ryder sold to Benajmin Leach, and in 1865 Leach conveyed to Ebenezer W. Cram; Albert Hill and Mrs. Ida J. Carpenter have since owned the premises.
No. 74. Electric light plant. See Industries on Piscataquog River.
No. 75. Electric light plant house, owned by Electric Light Company, built in 1898.
No. 76. Tenement house built and owned by Daniel Little, in the late seventies.
No. 77. Lot No. 8 in the 5th range, first settled by Joseph Little; he was succeeded by his son, John, grandson, Caleb, and great-grandson, Daniel; place now known as Villa Augustina. There was another house on the premises as early as 1774 owned by Thomas Stevens.
No. 78. Alexander Gilchrist in 1829 sold part of lot No. 9 in 5th range, known as the Ferson place, to David Hawse, and in 1833 Hawse sold to Amos H. Merrill; Merrill's heirs sold to Alonzo F. Carr, and he to Charles A. Upham about 1860, who owned the same until his decease. Mr. Upham built the barn on the premises; now owned by Catholic Sisters.
No. 79. Catholic School built in 1918.
No. 80. Built by Ebenezer W. Cram in 1872; in 1883 sold to William W. Merrill; Alphonzo B. Rayner succeeded Merrill, and his widow conveyed to J. Benton Moore, Albert E. Colburn purchased of heirs of J. Benton Moore.
No. 81. Built by Minnie E. Ellingwood in 1907; purchased by G. Henry Martin in 1914.
No. 82. Built in 1914 by Minnie E. Ellingwood; now owned by Fred Kimball.
No. 83. Built by Zachariah B. Stuart in 1906; now owned by his widow.
No. 84. Built by Harry Curtis in 1896; now owned by James Symonds.
No. 85. Built in 1900 by J. Ellis Tibbetts; now owned by Frank N. Simons.
No. 86. The original house was built before 1820. Hugh J. Taggart moved from the easterly part of the town and occupied this during his lifetime, and afterwards it was occupied by his sister. About 1869 it was extensively remodelled by David M. Taggart, the owner. In 1873 the buildings were destroyed by fire, together with a number of valuable Abdallah horses; H. J. Tirrell was arrested and tried for setting the fire, but was acquitted. For a number of years following, the site was unoccupied. In 1895 George S. Clough purchased the same and erected the house thereon. Owned by E. Byron Bartlett.
No. 87. Built by George S. Clough in 1895.
No. 88. Built by Mrs. Eliza Clough in 1909; purchased by George L. Eaton in 1919.
No. 89. Buildings erected by Samuel O. Aiken in 1879; Byron H. Cram, George Ordway and Henry Burns have been the principal owners.
No. 90. Bungalow, built by Ardella J. Quimby in 1913, between the Wallace and Worthley Hill Roads.
No. 91. Owned by David M. Taggart preceding 1860; Daniel B. Austin, Alexander Taggart, Ebenezer W. Cram have been the owners; now owned by Charles A. Cram. This is the second house upon this site; the first was burned.
No. 92. Built by Mary Ladd in 1907; now owned by Louis Prince.
No. 93. Moved from site No. 41 in 1842, with an ox team, and converted into a dwelling house by Horace Richards; since been owned by David Patterson, Thaddeus C. Bowers, John Oliver, Charles Bean, Louis Prince and the present owner, Francis Saucier, who extensively remodelled the same in 1917.
No. 94 and 95. Built by owner, Francis Saucier, in 1917.
No. 96. Built by Charles A. Little in 1912.
No. 97. Built by owner, Charles G. Barnard, in 1913.
No. 98. Built by owner, Charles G. Barnard, in 1914.
No. 99. Built by S. Frances Hall in 1891; now owned by Charles G. Barnard.
No. 100. Built by owner, Charles G. Barnard in 1917.
No. 101. In 1856, Phebe Worthley purchased, and at her decease Andrew J. Hall became the owner, followed by his son, George who sold the same to Charles G. Barnard; he moved it a short distance and remodelled it.
No. 102. Built by Lorenzo H. Philbrick in 1912; present owner, George Ordway.
No. 103. Built by Capt. C. E. Morse in 1884; owned by William W. Merrill.
No. 104. Shop built by Lorenzo H. Philbrick, present owner.
No. 105. Built by Capt. C. E. Morse in 1886; now owned by Lillian Osborne.
No. 106. Built by George A. McQuesten in 1892; now owned by Amasa Lewis.
No. 107. Built by Samuel M. Christie in 1893; present owner, Dennis Peaslee.
No. 108. Built by John F. Vance; purchased by Edward C. Morse in 1896.
No. 109. Built by Cora Ducette in 1915.
No. 110. Built by John Barnard in 1875; present owner, Dr. Herbert D. Gould.
No. 111. Built by James R. Bell; purchased by Edward C. Morse in 1896.
No. 112. Built by James R. Bell in 1883; Clark E. Morse, John W. Sargent and Samuel W. Patten have been the subsequent owners.
No. 113. Built by Moody B. Jones in 1885; purchased by James C. Jones; his daughter, Mrs. Mary Ella Bartlett; now by her heirs.
No. 114. Built by John Small in 1874; now owned by Charles F. White.
No. 115. Built before 1850; first used as a barn; finished by John Small into an undertaker's room; about 1912 converted into a tenement.
No. 116. Built in 1872 by George G. Upham; purchased by Oliver B. Pierce in 1874, where he has since resided.
No. 117. Built by Henry Damon in 1876; in 1880 or 1881 purchased by Almon Lufkin, and by him owned until his decease; now by Charles F. White.
No. 118. Owned by John McGaw, and may have been built by him; was the residence of Rev. Henry Wood during his ministry in Goffstown, 1826-31; afterwards owned by William S. Rowell; purchased by Dr. Alonzo F. Carr in 1841; since been owned by him and his descendants.
No. 119. Schoolhouse, converted into a dwelling in 1873.
No. 120. William H. H. Hart purchased of John G. Dodge, and in 1856 took down the house and built the one now standing on No. 121, and in 1912 his son, Edward M. Hart, built the present residence.
No. 121. House moved from site No. 120 in 1912, by Edward M. Hart; now standing near the brook.
No. 122. Built by Thomas R. Butterfield in the late fifties; afterwards owned by Dr. A. F. Carr and John Burnham, Moses Balch and the present owner, Edward P. Carr.
No. 123. This is one of the oldest houses in town, built by Asa Pattee before the Revolution; has been owned by Gov. David L. Morril, William Whittle, Thomas R. Butterfield, William H. Merrill and others; present owners are the heirs of Walter Goodhue. The ground plan of the front part is the same as originally constructed.
No. 124. Built by Gov. David L. Morril, and afterwards occupied by him during his residence in Goffstown; successively owned by William Whittle, Thomas R. Butterfield, Dr. Alonzo F. Carr and John Burnham, Aaron Carr, T. P. Webber, John G. Dodge, David M. Taggart. During the ownership of Mr. Taggart the buildings were remodelled as at present; after Mr. Taggart's decease, his son, Hon. David A. Taggart, Col. William H. Stinson and Henry P. Kelley, were the owners.
No. 125. Owned by Jonathan Aiken and then by Daniel B. Warren; the northerly part owned by his daughter, Mrs. Martha B. Weeks, and the southerly part by the Kendall sisters.
No. 126. John McIntire resided here in 1820; may have built the house; after his decease in 1840 the property passed to other hands; among the owners were Charles Houston, Mrs. Sarah Whiting, Mrs. Sally French, Henry W. Hadley, Charles E. Watt and Ervin Moore. After the decease of Mr. McIntire his widow removed from town, and when her second husband, John French, died she returned and purchased her original home and here remained until her decease.
No. 127. Homestead of William McQuesten; owned by Moors Robie from 1837 to his decease; subsequently by Enoch Foster Gage, who converted it into a tenement house, Samuel Boyce and Jonas Paige succeeding.
No. 128. Built by Thomas Stevens in 1869; owned by Mrs. Edward W. Goodwin; first house on southerly side of highway east of bridge.
No. 129. Built by Mrs. Cordelia M. Christie in 1889; now owned by Mrs. Jenny Avery.
No. 130. Built by Daniel B. and Maurice C. Austin in 1891; now owned by Oscar Johnson.
No. 131. Built by Samuel 0. Aiken in 1891; now owned by heirs of James H. Bartlett.
No. 132. Built by Arthur H. Parker in 1891 for an undertaker's rooms.
No. 133. Built by Peter Jones in 1892; now owned by his heirs.
No. 134. Built by Charles H. Whipple in 1895; now owned by Letitia A. Adams.
No. 135. Built by H. Romeyn Nichols in 1905; now owned by A. B. Davidson.
No. 136. Mill of Oliver B. Pierce; formerly sawmill; at present cider mill.
No. 137. Built by Miss Nellie M. Moore in 1887; present owner, Mrs. Lillian B. Brown.
No. 138. Built by Daniel B. Austin in 1887; now owned by Arthur E. Pattee; this site was originally the cold storage building of John Carlton, built in 1882, and burned in 1886.
No. 139. Built in 1873 by Moses Ordway; afterwards owned by Frank M. Connor, Cyrus Whittemore, and Alfred M. Campbell; present owner, Mrs. Annie R. Jones.
No. 140. Built by John F. Marden in 1872, the present owner.
No. 141. Built in 1871 by Henry E. Blaisdell.
No. 142. Built by Mrs. C. J. K. Blaisdell in 1887; No. 141 and 142 owned by Edward P. Morgan.
No. 143. Built in 1888 by Herbert Richards; owned by his heirs.
No. 144. In 1852 Orrin Moore purchased of David Steele and Abner Hoit, Sr., all the land between the railroad and the river, and land of George Warren on the east, and B. F. Blaisdell on the west, and built on this site the house now standing at No. 148; this was his residence during the remainder of his lifetime. In 1900 Elbridge Watkins built the present residence.
No. 145. Built by Orrin Moore in 1856, for the manufacture of scythe rifles, boys' sleds, and painting room; originally built on the street; moved back to it present site in 1900.
No. 146. Built by James A. Stiles in 1859.
No. 147. Built by George Warren in 1859; subsequently owned by James Wilkins; buildings burned in 1876; present buildings moved from near the old Taggart Hotel.
No. 148. Moved from site No. 144; Nos. 144, 145, 146, 147 and 148 are owned by Elbridge Watkins.
No. 149. Sash and blind shop. See saw and gristmills, Industries of Piscataquog Valley.
No. 150. Built by Cyrus Campbell and sold to Caleb Little and Robert M. Shirley on October 1, 1855, for a Congregational parsonage for Rev. Elias H. Richardson; afterwards owned by Daniel Little, Rev. Abel Manning and George E. Jenks.
No. 151. Moved from Wilson's Hill, New Boston, in 1854, by Benjamin F. Blaisdell, and raised upon its present site in same form as it originally stood; now owned by Willard Watson.
No. 152. Built in 1867 by Franklin Hadley; occupied by the owner until his decease in 1917; now owned by his widow.
No. 153. Built by Harry T. Hart in 1886; now owned by his widow, Mrs. Etta S. Hart.
No. 154. Built by Josiah Warren in 1872; owned by Mrs. Jenny Avery.
No. 155. Built by Alfred M. Campbell in 1895; afterwards purchased by Peter Jones; now owned by his widow, Mrs. Annie R. Jones.
No. 156. Built by Orrin P. Frachuer in 1883; now owned by George Woods.
No. 157. Built by Ira B. Bell in 1894; present owner, Mrs. Weston C. Davis.
No. 158. Built by Joseph Gage in 1875; afterwards owned by Joseph Holbrook, David Barnard and Horatio K. Libbey.
No. 159. Built by Samuel Richards in 1898; afterwards owned by Harriet N. Richards, John Raymond, John Foster, Arthur H. Parker and the present owner, Louis R. Gregg. This house was partially consumed, during the ownership of Mrs. Richards, entailing an expensive lawsuit, the owner claimed the fire originated from the steam mill of Oliver B. Pierce opposite, but the jury did not so decide.
No. 160. Built by Esther Fannie Butterfield in 1893.
No. 161. Built by Nelson Richards about 1868; house burned July 13, 1907, and the owner perished in the flames.
No. 162. Built by Clarence Richardson in 1886; O. B. Pierce sold to Robert Richards in 1889; now owned by Thomas Largy.
No. 163. Built by Frank W. Kendall in 1891, present owner.
No. 164. Built by Mrs. Mary A. Gage in 1887; now owned by heirs of John G. Dodge.
No. 165. Built by George G. Philbrick in 1868; the successive owners have been James C. Jones, his heirs, and Walter S. Clement.
No. 166. Built by owner, Frank C. Moore, in 1913.
No. 167. Built by Mark C. Wheeler, the owner, in 1913.
No. 168. Built by William L. Otis in 1871, and purchased by John G. Dodge in 1876; now owned by his widow, Mrs. Lucy A. Dodge.
No. 169. Congregational parsonage built in 1870.
MOUNTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 2
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No. 1. Occupied by Moors Robie until his removal to the village in 1834; afterwards by farm tenants of Samuel and Albert Robie. This house may have been erected as the original homestead of James Walker; buildings gone.
No. 2. Lot No. 1 in the 1st range was originally owned by Capt. James Walker, who died in 1786, and January 25, 1808, his son, Silas Walker, sells to Eliphalet Richards a part of lots Nos. 1 and 2 in the 1st range of lots on the south side of the river, making mention "that it is the farm I now live on." Three years later Eliphalet Richards sold the same to Samuel Robie; Samuel Robie to his son, Albert; about 1866, Albert to J. M. and D. A. Parker; Sewal Stratton, August Staher and Edward Gatz, the present occupant, are among those who have owned the farm.
No. 3. House built and owned by Capt. James Walker; in 1808, William Walker and Lydia, his wife, sold to Cato Walker three acres of land with buildings thereon, reserving "the rite of the widow, Esther Walker, in the premises for and during her natural life"; Esther was the widow of Capt. James Walker and daughter of Col. John Goffe.
Cato Walker was a colored man and increased his holdings by other purchases, and at the decease of his wife, Catherine, the property went to Joseph Kennedy; Kennedy sold to William A. Phelps; Phelps to Franklin Pierce, and his son, Walter A., inherited; at the decease of Walter A., sold to George L. Eaton.
No. 4. Lot No. 3 in the 1st range was sold in 1812 by John Langdon to Oliver Mears of Rockingham, Vt., excepting twenty-four acres off the south end; January 13, 1849, David Steele, sold the same to Charlton K. Pierce, having previously been owned by Franklin Perry, and in 1894 Pierce sold to J. M. and D. A. Parker, and they to William Plante, the present occupant.
No. 5. Schoolhouse.
No. 6. Lot No. 2 in the 2nd range settled by John Clogston in 1764, who conveyed a portion of his estate to his son, Matthew L.; in 1834, Matthew L. conveyed his farm to his son, John, for $100, and an obligation "to support himself and wife during their lifetime," John conveyed the same to Joseph McDole, who married a daughter of Matthew; McDole conveyed the same to Samuel S. Clogston, another son of Matthew, and in 1838 Samuel conveyed the same to Philip Hart, a son-in-law of Matthew L. Clogston; Hart sold to Rodney Johnson and John Greer about 1870, and in 1872 they sold to James Ferson, and subsequently to Edward C. Shirley; house remains, barn gone.
No. 7. John Clogston, Sr., conveyed to his son John fifty acres, and he constructed buildings thereon, and in 1818 sold the same to Henry Tewksbury; Tewksbury's heirs inherited and sold to Capt. Robert H. Allen; Moody B. Jones, Dr. A. F. Carr and Alice B. Carter, the occupant, have been the successive owners.
Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. In 1760, David and Martha Dodge of Haverhill, Mass., conveyed to their son, Antipas, lot No. 3 in 2nd range on south side of Pisactaquog River, containing 100 acres, for 140� and that year he occupied the same. The original camp was No. 9, located southeasterly of the intersection of the old and new road; subsequently he constructed a house near the Indian spring on the westerly side of the old road No. 12. His son, James, built the large house now standing upon the premises, No. 10, and John G. Dodge, son of James, erected a house upon the opposite side of the highway, No. 8, where he lived until the decease of his father in 1856, when he acquired the homestead.
No. 11. Was a blacksmith shop. The estate remained in the Dodge name until 1901, when the original homestead, including all the sites mentioned, was purchased by Mrs. Sarah J. Jones, a granddaughter of John G.
No. 13. Early settled by Robert Spear, house half a mile northeast of present Dodge buildings; buildings gone; land a part of the Dodge estate and has been for early a hundred years; Mr. Spear was a resident of the town before the Revolution.
No. 14. William Kittridge's house stood on the southerly side of road leading from James Eaton's over the Leach Hill, first house south of James Kennedy's; he sold in 1860 and moved to Westford, Mass.; in his conveyance, after description, he adds the pathetic clause: "It is my homestead, long owned by me"; buildings gone, land now owned by heirs of T. W. Richards.
No. 15. Sold to James Eaton by Josiah Forsaith in 1828, known as the Paige Richardson place, part of lot No. 1 in 3rd range; owned by George L. Eaton; buildings gone.
No. 16. Dea. Samuel Leach purchased of John Davis in 1810, part of lot No. 1 in 2nd range, and Samuel Gilchrist leased to him the other part for 999 years; the lot was one of the original school lots. In 1844, Samuel conveyed a part to his son Joseph, and after his decease his widow, Margaret, conveyed to John G. Dodge who afterwards sold to Thomas R. Butterfield and Alonzo F. Carr, and in 1853 they sold to Moses Balch. Eliphalet Richards, 2nd, Harvey S. Scribner, Daniel Shirley and Robert L. Shirley are among the subsequent owners; buildings gone.
No. 17. Samuel Leach conveyed a portion of his estate to his son, Charles, who died in 1847, and his heirs sold to J. M. and D. A. Parker and E. C. Shirley in 1864; now owned by Robert L. Shirley; buildings gone. Nos. 16 and 17 were on summit of Leach Hill; houses opposite on each side of road.
SHIRLEY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 3
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No. 1. Built by Peter Hanley about 1890; originally an out-barn of Capt. Gilman Robertson was located here; owned by Hanley heirs; there was formerly a settlement by a Spear family south of this residence.
No. 2. Lot No. 6 in 1st range, south side, settled by John Dinsmore a short time after the incorporation in 1761. The Dinsmore family were succeeded by William Shirley, and the farm remains in the Shirley name today; the house stands as originally constructed by Mr. Dinsmore.
No. 3. First settled by James McFerson, who moved here from No. 36; after his decease in 1835, occupied by his family; subsequently by John Ferson; buildings gone.
No. 4. Home of David Gilchrist, who married Hannah Kennedy in 1805; probably built the house; afterwards owned by his son, Robert, Charles Spencer, Robert M. Shirley, Sylvanus D. Johnson and Henry Bartlett.
No. 5. For a number of years home of Job Abbott, shoemaker; buildings gone.
No. 6. Lot No. 8 in 1st range settled by Alexander Gilchrist in 1761; in 1826 Gera Farnum conveyed to Gilman Robertson, who was succeeded by his son, Leonard; present owner, William R. Eaton.
No. 7. Tenant house built by Robert L. Shirley; owned by Leonard Langley.
No. 8. Settled by William McDole in 1754, and remained in the family name until about 1860, after which David Witherspoon and James H. Bartlett became owners; now a summer hotel. The house located on the site of present residence was built by William Jr. The original settlement of William McDole, Sr., was some distance southerly of the present residence.
No. 9. Built by James H. Bartlett in 1911.
No. 10. Tenant house owned by Edward C. Shirley; buildings gone.
No. 11. In 1752, Robert Miller made a settlement on lot No. 7 in 2nd range; he was succeeded by John and Mary Holmes, of whom Dea. Thomas Shirley purchased for 2600� old tenor; Deacon Thomas was succeeded by his line of descendants, James, Robert M., Edward C. and Robert L. Shirley. The original settlement was upon the easterly side of the road, and southerly side of the lot in the field near the Bartlett cottage. The house built by James Shirley stood a little west of the present brick house; burned; the brick house was built by Robert M. Shirley; barn burned about 1860.
No. 12. Tenant house owned by Robert L. Shirley.
No. 13. Summer cottage owned by E. W. Perkins.
No. 14. Schoolhouse.
No. 15. Built in 1892; owned by Mrs. Charles S. Fuller.
No. 16. Summer residence owned by Mrs. Mary Durgin.
No. 17. Residence of Shirley M. Johnson.
No. 18. Summer residence owned by Maria P. Goddard.
No. 19. Summer residence, estate of S. W. Richardson, built by Thomas L. Livermore.
No. 20. Originally settled by Samuel McFarland, who was probably succeeded by Robert Moore, sometimes known as Robert, Jr., who had the misfortune to lose his buildings in 1804 by fire, and he conveyed to Alexander Gilchrist; purchased by James Gilchrist in 1829; afterwards owned by J. M. and D. A. Parker, S. D. Johnson; present owner, Shirley M. Johnson; extensive summer hotel; barn burned about 1860, rebuilt.
Nos. 21 and 22. Built and owned by Shirley M. Johnson.
No. 23. Built by Ervin P. Sargent; owned and occupied by Nelson Regnor, and subsequently by his heirs; buildings gone; burned.
No. 24. Site of former residence of Maj. John Dunlap; buildings moved to Bedford. See Dunlap Genealogy; also Antrim History, p. 478.
No. 25. In 1816, James Shirley conveyed parts of lot 6 and 7 in 2nd range to Daniel M. Shirley, who deceased 1855; succeeded by his son, Daniel, S. D. Johnson and Shirley M. Johnson.
No. 26. Site of former schoolhouse; gone.
No. 27. Site of original settlement of Philip Ferrin, 1757.
No. 28. Residence of Ebenezer Ferrin, son of Philip Ferrin, and he in turn succeeded by his descendants; place afterwards owned by John Ferson, who was succeeded by his son, John R., who built a residence upon the westerly side of the road marked No. 29.
No. 30. Summer residence of Harry S. Foster.
No. 31. Summer residence of Holten and Weeks.
No. 32. Summer residence built and owned by James E. Currier.
No. 33. First settled by Elias Sargent in 1752; he was succeeded by Nathan McCoy, Ephraim Roberts, William Orr and Samuel Orr; now owned by the Uncanoonuc Incline Railway and Development Company; house stood a short distance south of the base station.
No. 34. Base station of Uncanoonuc Incline Railway and Development Company.
No. 35. Summit hotel, built about 1907.
No. 36. First settlement made by Daniel McFarland after 1760, and soon sold to John Craig; John was succeeded by his son, Robert, Leonard Cram, Joseph Cram, his daughter, Harriet; present owner, Letitia A. Adams. The original Craig house stood on northerly side of road No. 37; gone; new house built by Joseph Cram.
No. 38. Known as the Kelley place, part of lot No. 5, in 4th range, sold by Robert Gilchrist to James Ferson in 1778, and he was succeeded by his son, William; afterwards owned by Samuel Kelley, James Gilchrist, G. Byron Moore, Charles A. Upham and others.
No. 39. Part of lot No. 5 in 4th range, sold by Ebenezer Castor to Deacon Robert Moor in 1778. Deacon Robert was succeeded by his son, Hugh, and James Dodge; afterwards occupied by Daniel Dodge; at the decease of James Dodge, his heirs, Johnson and Greer, Daniel Shirley, Shirley M. Johnson and Robert L. Shirley; buildings gone.
No. 40. Settled by James Ferson, son of James, who resides at No. 34; sold to Elias Sargent; Elias was succeeded by his son, Daniel, who resided here until his decease in 1883; afterwards owned by Samuel Orr; buildings gone; known since 1860 as the John Towns place.
No. 41. Settled by John Todd, who was killed in the Revolution (his widow became the second wife of Deacon Robert Moor); afterwards owned by William Moor, James Dodge, his heirs, Leonard Cram, Joseph Cram, his daughter, Harriet; present owner, Charles E. Phelps; buildings gone.
No. 42. Built and owned by Mrs. John Lillis.
No. 43. Lot No. 8 in 4th range settled by John Orr in 1754; afterwards owned by his son, John, and grandsons, William and Samuel; house burned; present house erected by Samuel Orr, now owned by Charles F. Gage, located a short distance northerly of the old house, which was burned; site indicated by No. 44.
No. 45. Lot No. 9 in 4th range settled by Matthew Kennedy, Revolutionary soldier, who died in the service; succeeded by James Aiken, his grandson, B. F. Aiken, Stephen Tibbetts, Leonard K. Belcher, Charles E. Phelps and others; buildings twice burned; first time B. F. Aiken perished in the flames.
No. 46. Lot No. 9 in 3rd range was purchased by William McDougall, May 18, 1772, of John Todd, who five years before bought the same of Peter Harriman of Plaistow. The McDougall residence was on the westerly side of the highway; buildings gone; afterwards built down the hill farther north, No. 47, where his son, James resided, now owned by sons of Andrew McDougall.
No. 48. Built by C. C. Cummings about 1905; present owner, Arthur Rioux.
No. 49. Summer cottage built and owned by William H. Stiles.
No. 50. Summer cottage built in 1911 by J. A. Williams.
KENNEDY HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT, No. 4
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No. 1. Lots Nos. 13 and 14; No. 13 originally drawn by Thomas Wallingford; aettled by James Barr before 1760, and in 1813 conveyed to his son, David, who built the house; resided here until his decease in 1835; David was succeded by his son, Ira, who sold to Samuel Barnard, who resided here until his removal to Manchester; present owner, Regina Moison and Arthur Valley.
No. 2. Site of corn-mill erected by Joseph Kennedy; gone; original millstones still in existence.
No. 3. Site of house of Joseph Kennedy, where the first child was born in town; buildings gone.
No. 4. Sawmill formerly owned by Capt. Gilman Robertson; gone.
No. 5. Early settled by Matthew Richardson, followed by his son, Nathaniel D., grandson, William C., Samuel Barnard, Edward Kendrick; present owner, A. Anderson.
No. 6. Home of Samuel Kennedy; buildings gone.
No. 7. Sawmill of Col. David Worthiey; gone.
No. 8. This estate was once owned by Henry Kimball; in 1853 Samuel Major conveyed to Alfred Stevens; present owner, Mrs. William McDougall.
No. 9. Site of first settlement of Jesse Tirrell, Sr.; buildings gone.
No. 10. Second residence of Jesse Tirrell, Sr.; afterwards owned by his son, Capt. Hiram Tirrell.
No. 11. Home of James Dunlap; afterwards of his son, Samuel; buildings burned; rebuilt; present owner, Henry Morrell.
No. 12. Site of ancient home of Alexander McCoy, who died here about 1840, and was buried in pasture nearby; buildings gone.
No. 13. House said to have been built by Thomas Poor; afterwards the home of John Dunlap; succeeded by his son, John, and John by Margaret Hazen; buildings gone; site owned by F. W. Russell.
No. 14. Lot No. 11 in 3rd range, home of Thomas Kennedy, who built the present residence; probably a house here before; he was succeeded by his son Joseph, Andrew J. Hazen and J. Roscoe Hazen.
No. 15. Schoolhouse.
No. 16. Owned and occupied for some years by John Buzzell, David W. Bowman, David A. McMlister, David Rumwell, Hattie F. Webber, A. C. Sampson, Hermsdorf & Co.
No. 17. Lot No. 11 in 2nd range, originally owned by Benjamin Richards; occupied by Elijah Hogg from 1822 to 1842, when Andrew McDougall purchased of Maria Moor, daughter of Joseph T. Moor; resided here until his decease; now owned by his heirs.
No. 18. Lot No. 10 in 3rd range drawn by Robert Kennedy; settlement made by his son, John; subsequently owned by John Addison; afterwards by his si, Asenath and Sarah J. Addison; present owner, Gove McDonald.
No. 19. Part of lot No. 10 in 3rd range, settled by Robert Kennedy, father of John, before mentioned; Robert was succeeded by his grandson, Robert; present owner, William L. Roberts.
No. 20. Original settlement of James Eaton, who afterwards moved to the Kimball place; the buildings gone.
No. 21. Lot No. 10 in 4th range, originally owned by Enoch Page; afterwards by Abram Buzzell, his daughters, Mrs. Mken and Mrs. Scribner, then by Sylvester P. Scribner, followed by Harvey S. Scribner; buildings burned in 1890; present owner, William L. Roberts.
No. 22. Home of Sarah McCoy, small house standing on the northerly side of the road; buildings gone.
No. 23. Lot No. 10 in 2nd range, original settlement of George Addison; buildings gone
No. 24. Subsequent settlement of George Addison, near the frog pond; buildings gone.
No. 25. Settlement of James Addison, succeeded by his son, George, who resided here until his decease; buildings gone
No. 26. Early home of Jesse Stevens; afterwards his son-in-law, Dea. William Moore, his grandsons, C. B. and J. B. Moore; now owned by Benjamin F. Greer
No. 27. Probably built by John Boutman, used as a tavern stand; Moses K. Little, Elijah Hogg Dana, Abram Richards, and Robert L. Shirley have been the owners.
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