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Upstream Newsletter of the

Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society

Fall 2013

Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society Annual Meeting

Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 p.m., at the Museum, 26 Church Street, Lincoln

A Short History of Lost River and the Kinsman Notch Region

Presented by

Mike Dickerman

This program will look back at the rich history of this less celebrated White Mountains Notch, and

will include archive images of Lost River Gorge, the loggers and lumbermen of Kinsman Notch, and the

two Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps that operated on either side of the notch more than 70

years ago. Mike Dickerman is an award-winning journalist and author with a deep interest in the history

of the White Mountains Region. He has authored, co-authored or edited a dozen hiking guides and his-

tory books related to the mountain country of northern New Hampshire, including the recently published

29th edition of the venerable AMC White Mountain Guide, and the celebrated 2011 anthology Beyond

the Notches: Stories of Place in New Hampshire's North Country, named the Outstanding Work of

Nonfiction for 2010-11 at a recent New Hampshire Literary Awards presentations. Two of his 2013

publications are White Mountains Hiking History: Trailblazers

of the Granite State and Stories from the White Mountains:

Celebrating the Region’s Historic Past. Dickerman is also au-

thor of the photo history book, Lincoln and Woodstock New

Hampshire, and the founder of Littleton-based Bondcliff Books,

a book publishing firm specializing in titles about the White

Mountains.

One of the waterfalls in Lost River Gorge A group of Lost River visitors / explorers in 1908

2 Upstream Fall 2013

UPHS Officers:

Carol Riley, President

Donna Thompson, Vice President

Janet Peltier, Treasurer

Judy Boyle, Secretary

Directors:

Brian Baker

Carol Govoni

David Thompson

Jim Fadden

Jack Patterson

Barbara Avery, Newsletter Editor

UPHS Cookbook

We are putting to-

gether another cook-

book! There is nothing

better than a tried and

true recipe handed down

through the generations,

and we would love it if you would share

yours with us. If your recipe comes with a

story or anecdote, even better!

Please send your recipes, and stories too

if you wish, to Carol Riley, PO Box 863,

Lincoln, NH 03251. If you have any ques-

tions, call Carol at 745-8159, or stop by the

Lincoln Library.

Thank You for Your

Generous Donations!

Frank Copenhaver—Pictures

Elliott—Postcard of Mill

Victoria Bunker—Magneto ID tag of Bomber Engine

Jayne and George Spanos—Assorted Items

Family of Betty Hyde—Black Cape worn by Mrs. Charles Henry; Card Games, Flinch and Rummy, 1942; Dominoes, Measuring Tape; Cigarette Lighter presented by President Eisenhower, 1958; Wooden Pencils, Franconia Paper Corp.; Pictures; World War II Ration Stamps.

Edith Boyd—School Graduation Program, 1956; Dedication of Lin-Wood School; Lincoln Opera House, 1964; Newsletters Lincoln School, 1955, 1956.

Charles and Pauline Harrington—War Ration Books for Ida Govoni and Norma Govoni.

Glenn Parker—Pictorial Negatives of 200th Bicen-tennial

Chiara Govoni Putnam—Mug and Plate used in boarding house run by her grandfather, E. G. Mosco.

William Conn—Stromberg Time Clock used for mill workers.

Gail Trembley—Bicentennial Book 200th

Gil Bossie—Assorted historical books and pictures

Bob Stahler—Two Life Magazines, 1959 and 1961.

Marti Talbot—Copy of Pycolog (August 1941) and two coins.

Bill Fadden—Assorted books in memory of his Nana, Marion Clark Fadden

Verne Sawyer Anderson—Model of the Fairview House, 1884.

John Hedenburg—Book, Karl Pomeroy Harrington.

UPHS Board of Directors

Interested in serving on our Board of Directors?

Contact Carol Riley before the Annual Meeting.


Our Facility

The building at 26 Church Street in Lincoln has

had a long and varied history and for many years has

been home to the UPHS. Over the past several years

many improvements have been made. It is now ap-

parent that the siding and roof needs to be replaced.

This project will probably cost about $75,000

We would welcome any do-

nations toward this capital pro-

ject. Thank you for your con-

sideration.

Woodstock War Memorial of

Our Early Wars

The names included in earlier issues of Up-

stream are:

Winter 2013: James McNorton, Benj Barron,

John V. Barron, Jacob Selingham, Henry Sel-

ingham, Daniel Selingham, Frank W. Seling-

ham, Jacob B. Demeritt, and Seneca Sargent.

Spring 2013: Peter Russell, Joseph Russell,

Joseph C. Russell, Henry C. Russell, Stephen

S. Sharon, Curtis L. Parker, John M. Rowe,

Henry W. Benton, David Dearborn, Henry C.

Dearborn, Levi G. Dearborn, James F. Kim-

ball, Royal A. Fifield, Albert A. Fifield, Frank

Lear, Matthew P. Hunt, Royal Jackman and

Lyman Jackman.

Summer 2013: George Henry Brown, William E. Brown, Hollis Hunt, Frank J. Thurston, Ben-

jamin W. Chandler, Charles Darling, Ivory H. Glover, and Moody Howland

This Fall 2013 issue includes information about the remaining names: Thomas Vincent, Wil-

liam Vincent, Samuel Smith, Thomas J. Smith, Lucien Smith, Isaac S. Jones, Sr., Isaac S. Jones

Jr., Israel Jones, William Jones and Simon Tuttle.

250th Anniversary

of

Lincoln’s

Original Charter

Help us celebrate in 2014. If you have

ideas for events, projects, or if you want

to join the committee organizing the

celebration, contact:

Carol Riley, 745-8159.


The Mount Cilley Connection

With the exception of Simon Tuttle, the families on the following pages have strong ties to the Mount Cilley settlement. Symnes Sawyer was one of the first to settle in this area in the early 1820’s. He was soon followed by the Vincents, descendants of Edward Smith, descendants of Henry Smith, the Joneses, the Hunts and the Jackmans.

The area had its own church, school and mills, but suffered from some isolation because the roads were difficult to maintain. The Vincents, Smiths, and Joneses created a cohesive community as they quickly intermarried, strengthening the bonds.

Thomas Vincent was one of the earliest to arrive in Woodstock. His son Thomas lived on Mount Cilley as well as daughters Mary and Rosamond after they married, respectively, Joseph Smith and Morrill Smith.

Edward Smith of Gilmanton owned land there and his two sons, Robert and Samuel, moved onto Mount Cilley with their families in the 1830’s. Robert Smith’s eldest son, Edward, married Huldah Smith, sister of Joseph Smith. Robert’s second son, Morrill, married Rosamond Vincent, daughter of Thomas Vincent. Robert’s third son Royal G. married Mary E. Jones, daughter of Isaac S. Jones, Sr.

Three children of Henry Smith of Sanbornton, Joseph, Hezekiah and Huldah, moved to Mount Cilley. As mentioned above, Huldah married Edward Smith. Joseph married Mary Vincent, daughter of Thomas, and their son, Thomas Vincent Smith, married Betsey Jones, daughter of Isaac S. Jones Sr.

Road into Mount Cilley as shown on the 1860 Map

The following pages include a lot of data, and it is easy to include erroneous information. I wel-come feedback! Please contact me with corrections and omissions. Thank you.

Barbara Avery, PO Box 35, Woodstock, NH 03293 / 603-745-8845 / [email protected]


(Continued on page 6)

Thomas Vincent—Revolutionary War, William Vincent—War of 1812

Thomas Vincent, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Furber) Vincent, was born in Newington, New

Hampshire, 14 April 1761. Thomas went off to fight in the Revolutionary War and returned to marry

Mary Ayers 16 November 1780 in Greenland, New Hampshire. The Vincents settled in Woodstock

around 1805.

Justus Conrad wrote the following in a 1895 :

Thomas Vincent enlisted in the service of his country when only seventeen years of age and

his career as a soldier was an eventful one. Barefooted, hungry and almost clotheless at times,

he passed through the different stages of the revolution and bore himself only as a noble sol-

dier should. He was in many engagements and the most eventful one was at Bennington, Vt.,

when Gen. Stark won his great victory. He heard the world renowned exclamation of Stark to

his army previous to the battle, “Yonder are the British, to-night they will be ours or Molly

Stark sleeps a widow.” After the close of the war Mr. Vincent came from the lower part of the

state and settled in Peeling about one mile south of what is now Woodstock village. He had

two sons, Thomas and Stephen Vincent. Thomas, the elder son, was for many years town

clerk and postmaster, and for seventeen times in succession was elected a member of the Gen-

eral Court. The younger son Stephen remained on the old homestead and died within the

memory of the writer. He left one son, John Vincent who now lives on the same old farm that

has borne the name of Vincent for more than one hundred years.

Ida Sawyer wrote the following about homesteads on Mount Cilley:

Symnes Sawyer settled on what came to be known as the Royal Smith place. This was known as “Top of the Hill” because one climbed from the River Road, now Daniel Webster Highway, to that place and then went down grade to the next places. After leaving the Royal Smith place one crossed Gate Brook, first called Pipe Brook, but later called Gate because a gate was put across to separate the John Smith place from the Royal Smith place. At the crossing a stone dam was built to make a pool where sheep were washed before shearing.

The road continued on through the woods to a small stream known soon as School House Brook, where it again forked and went down hill to the Jackman farm and mill.... Back to the fork of the road one proceeded to the place occupied first by Robert Smith and then by John Smith. Here was built the school house, …

The next farms belonged to Matthew P. Hunt, Thomas Vincent and Edward Smith. These farms formed one big field with no woods between. These were the only places on Mt. Cilley where one could see one’s neighbors. … Next in order was the Samuel Smith place. Samuel Smith was a veteran of the War of 1812. His place faced into the south had gentle slopes not too stony. He abandoned the place for some years and went to live in Vermont but came back. …

Going back to the Symnes Sawyer homestead one could follow a fork of the road to the west a bit upgrade to land cleared and occupied by Joseph Smith. Three other places were on this road, one cleared and buildings partly put up but never finished belonged to Alvin Smith, brother to Joseph. Another place was cleared and occupied by Josiah George.


Thomas died in Woodstock 25 October 1840, and Mary died 28 September 1834. They had at least

eight children as follows:

1. Margaret Vincent, born 4 September 1783, married Thomas Jefferson Pinkham in Durham 16 Au-

gust 1804. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah (Ballard) Pinkham. Soon after their marriage they

moved to Woodstock where later Margaret died 3 March 1856 and Thomas died 7 May 1851. Some

of their children were:

a. Pamelia Pinkham, born 7 January 1805, married Peter Russell (son of Joseph Russell, War

of 1812, and grandson of Peter Russell, Revolutionary War). She died 20 April 1877 and he

died 22 July 1880. Pamelia and Peter Russell had two children:

i. Henry C. Russell, born in 1842. He died 29 October 1862 of disease at Washington,

DC while a soldier in the Civil War

ii. Amelia Russell, born in 1845, married James Burney 25 April in 1870. Amelia and

James Burney were the grandparents of Priscilla Cox.

b. Margery Pinkham, born in 1806, died 19 November 1825 at the age of 19 in Woodstock.

c. Susan Vincent Pinkham, born in 1807, married Horatio Worcester and they lived in New

York State.

d. Delilah Pinkham, born 28 November 1809, married James Atwood 31 November 1831. She

died in Bethlehem 27 May 1880. They had five children:

i. Malora A. Atwood, born in 1832, died in 1864 in Woodstock.

ii. Thomas Pinkham Atwood, born in 1834.

iii. Levi Francis Atwood, born in 1836, married Nancy Dwyer 23 September 1868. They

had six children and moved further north.

iv. Luella D. Atwood born in 1837, married Newton Gray 10 November 1857. They had

six children.

v. Betsey Atwood was born in 1840.

e. Sarah Pinkham, born 20 April 1811, died in Woodstock in 1877.

f. Thomas Vincent Pinkham, born 24 March in 1814, moved on to Illinois where he married

Ann Maria Camlin in 1843. He died in Illinois in 1891.

g. Mary Pinkham, born 17 February 1817, married Daniel S. Smith. She died his widow in

Woodstock in 1887.

h. John B. Pinkham, born 13 March 1819, died 18 May 1826, at age seven.

i. Erasmus Henry Pinkham, born 20 April 1822, died 31 Jul 1825, at age 3

2. Thomas Vincent III, born 17 Dec 1787, married Susan M. Jones in 1816 in Barnstead. He died 18

January 1873 and she died 30 November 1877. Some of their children were:

a. Alexander Emerson Vincent, born 12 September 1816, and died 6 February 1846.

b. Sally J. Vincent, born 24 November 1819, married Alfred W. Sanders and lived in the Gil-

ford area where they raised two daughters, Ella and Isabella

c. Mary Esther Vincent, born 17 December 1822, died 19 July 1825 at age 3.

d. Clarissa J. Vincent, born 29 April 1825, married Benjamin M. Barron, Jr. (grandson of

Benja Barron, Revolutionary War, and nephew of John V. Barron, War of 1812). They

(Continued from page 5)


Samuel Smith—War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson Smith—Civil War

Edward and Abigail (Kelley) Smith had two sons Robert and Samuel who moved from the Gilman-

ton and Sanbornton area and eventually settled in Woodstock on Mount Cilley:

1. Robert Smith, born in 1783, he first married Elsie Gibson. She died around 1822. Robert then mar-

ried Huldah Bachelder. Robert and Huldah moved to Woodstock around 1830. Robert died in

Woodstock in 1868 and Huldah died here in 1881. Robert and Elsie’s three children and Robert and

Huldah’s five children are:

a. Edward Smith, born in Gilmanton in 1811, married Huldah Smith 10 April 1831. Huldah

was the daughter of Henry and Lydia (Critchett) Smith. Edward died in Woodstock on 9

August 1860 and Huldah died here on 17 March 1878. They had seven children:

i. Benjamin F. Smith born 1 July 1831, married Abbie C. Bagley, daughter of Elijah and

Syrena (Foss) Bagley from Campton. He died in Woodstock on 15 November 1889 and

she died in Woodstock on 17 June 1915. In addition to her first born, Lewis H. Bagley,

Benjamin and Abbie had three children:

(1) Lewis H. Bagley, born in 1858, first married Rosa S. Smith 10 August 1882. She

was the daughter of John B and Susan (Sharon) Smith. After she died, he married

Mary Burpee 7 Oct 1895.

(2) Edna I. Smith, born 24 July 1862, died 12 November 1862.

(3) James E. Smith born in 1865, married Eliza Gigary from Canada. They had a

daughter Charlotte born 2 September 1887, who married Henry E. Wilson in 1906,

and a son Frank R. born in 1891.

(4) Susan M Smith born in 1868, married Charles Burpee, 31 March 1896.


lived in the Gilford area where they raised five children: Alice Viola, Ada (died at age one),

Frank C., Susan Lillian, and Adrian V.

e. Arthur B. Vincent born 29 May 1828, and died 26 January 1856.

f. Lucy Hannah Vincent born 17 October 1833, married Jeremiah Goodwin in 1852. They

moved to Lakeport and raised four children: Carrie F., Cora F.., Arthur E. and Ernest L.

3. John Vincent, born 4 September 1789, married Rebecca Wallace 25 December 1815. They moved

on to Vermont where he died 25 November 1852.

4. Sarah Vincent, born in 1790, married John Shannon, and lived in Portsmouth.

5. William Vincent, born in 1793, fought in the war of 1812, but little is known about him after that.

6. Stephen Vincent, born in 1795, married Olive E. Selingham (granddaughter of Jacob Selingham Jr.,

Revolutionary War). He died 15 May 1871 and she died 8 August 1888. They had two sons:

a. John, born in 1843, died 6 April 1910 in Woodstock.

b. Alfred B., born in 1848., died 19 July 1867 in Woodstock at the age of 19.

7. Mary Vincent was born 25 February 1805, and perhaps the first of the Vincent children to be born in

Woodstock. She married Joseph Smith, son of Henry and Lydia (Critchet) Smith. More informa-

tion is under Joseph Smith’s descendants on page 11-13.

8. Rosamond Vincent was born about 1810. She married Morrill Smith, son of Robert and Elsie

(Gibson) Smith. More information is under Robert Smith’s descendants on page 8.


ii. Andrew J Smith, born in 1834, died 19 September 1863 at the age of 29.

iii. Clara C. Smith, born in 1836, died 26 July 1868 at the age of 32

iv. Alvah P. Smith, born in 1841, died 28 September 1842.

v. Henry Smith born 1 March 1843, died 3 November 1912.

vi. Charlotte, born in 1846, died 10 October 1863 at age 17.

vii. Emma J. born about 1850, died 16 September 1852 at age 2.

b. Morrill Smith, born probably in Gilmanton in 1814, married Rosamond Vincent, the young-

est daughter of Thomas and Mary (Ayers) Vincent. According to census records they took

in Hiram Shipley, born in 1835, son of Benjamin and Sarah Shipley, George R. Silver, born

in 1849, son of David and Sarah Jane (Smith) Silver, Sarah died at the age of 22 after

George’s birth, and Albert Merrill, born in 1867, son of Gardner and Louise (Thompson)

Merrill. They also took in Thomas and Lydia Boise in their later years. (This is the Tom

Boise of Boise Rock fame.)

c. Royal G. Smith, born on 13 September 1821 in Sanbornton, married Mary E. Jones, daugh-

ter of Isaac S. and Olive (Blake) Jones. He died in 1888, and she on 10 May 1895. They

lived in Woodstock and had seven children:

i. Isaac H. Smith born 1848, but died 5 February 1849 at 3 months of age.

ii. Leroy Naaman Smith born in 1850, and married Emma Willey in 1876, and after she

died in 1886, Emma A. Tobine, daughter of Augustus and Sarah H. Tobine. They had

two children: (1) Martha M. Smith born in 1891 married Henry Leonides around 1907 and had a

daughter Jacynthe. Martha died in 21 November 1918. (2) Royal A. Smith born in 1894 married Edna A Willey, daughter of James W. and

Roxanna (Jones) Willey.

iii. Ella Jane Smith born 28 February 1855 died 2 November 1863 at age 8. iv. Elsie A. Smith, twin of Ella born in 1855, married John Schofield , son of James and

Ann Schofield, 2 September 1876. They had five children: (1) Truman D. Schofield born 2 November 1876, died in 1946. (2) Charles H. Schofield, born 16 October 1878, married Sarah P. Burney 18 January

1898. She was the daughter of James and Amelia Burney. They lived in Plymouth. (3) Edith E. Schofield, born in 1882, married Luman C. Tobine in 1909. (4) Mabel Schofield, born 27 April 1889, married Roger Allison. (5) Chester L. Schofield was born in 1904.

v. Martha E. Smith, born in 1865, died 9 September 1888 at the age of 23. vi. Fred G. Smith, born 3 October 1872, married Lura E. Nutting, daughter of Ansel T. and

Emeline (Hall ) Nutting in 1899. They had four children: (1) Roland Glen Smith, born in 1905. (2) Inza L Smith, born in 1908, married Allison Merrill, and later George Mann. (3) Marion Irene Smith, born in 1909, married Dewey Gray , and later James Yeaton. (4) Verna Smith, born in 1911, married Jesse Smith in 1927.

vii. Carrie M. Smith, born in 1873, married Samuel R. Campbell, son of Andrew Campbell, in 1894. They had five children: (1) Romilla E Campbell, born about 1894, married Leslie B. Sargent in 1918. (2) Annie M. Campbell, born in 1895, married Charles Georgia. (3) Eva M. Campbell, born in 1897, married Joseph P Davock in 1934.



(4) Elsie Carrie Campbell was born in 1899. (5) Fred R. Campbell, born in 1901, married Jennie Downing in 1934.

d. John B. Smith, born 3 June 1823 in Sanbornton, married Susan E. Sharon, daughter of Stephen S. and Eliza (Morgan) Sharon. She was also the sister of Stephen S. Sharon, owner of the Mountain View House and a Civil War veteran. John died in Woodstock 26 February 1893 and Susan died here on 16 March 1889. They had eight children:

i. Susan Elsie Smith, born in 1854, married a Sawyer. She died 15 August 1879 at age 25. ii. Mary E. J. Smith, born in 1855, married Hollis Gordon 13 December 1876. Hollis died

in 1879 and Mary died in 1881 leaving their one son, Hollis Gordon. He was born 14 January 1879, married Clara Smith 12 November 1902. She was the daughter of Lucien and Minnie (Kendrick) Smith. Hollis and Clara had four children: Lawrence, Ruth M., Rachel F. and Hollis.

iii. Harriett A. Smith, born in 1859, died 10 August 1865 at the age 5. iv. Hannah E. Smith, born 7 Aug 1861, married Hubert Berry. She lived in Concord. v. Rose Sarah Smith, born in 1863, married Lewis H. Bagley 10 August 1882. They had

one child, Eliza M. Bagley, born in 1884. Eliza married Ira E. Hanson 27 August 1905 and they had a son Lewis S. Hanson.

vi. Stephen S. Smith born in 1866, married Edith E. Woodbury 3 November 1888. Edith was the daughter of Gilman R. and Katherine (Jackman) Woodbury. They had two daughters, Gladys and Beulah, before Edith died 7 October 1896. He later married Alma Blanche (Smith) Tardy.

vii. Nellie F. Smith born 22 April 1868, married railroad man Samuel Doyle 24 October 1887. They lived in southern New Hampshire with their sons Richard and Roscoe until 1896 when Samuel was killed in a railroad accident. In 1905 she married George S. Brown from Maine and lived in the Lakes Region.

viii. Grace E. Smith, born in 1873, married William N. Findley and they lived in the Con-cord area.

e. Elsie G Smith, born in 1825, died 10 April 1847 in Woodstock at age 22.

f. Charles A. Smith, born on 20 June 1826, married Caroline Sawyer in 1852. She was the daughter of Ezra and Mary (Smith) Sawyer. Charles died 10 February 1910 and Caroline died 13 June 1902 in Woodstock. They had six children:

i. Ella Francena, born in 1850, died 11 September 1853 at age 2. ii. Warren B. Smith, born in 1855, married Florence A. Smith 11 May 1884. They had one

son, Guy W. and lived in Warren. iii. Carrie A. Smith, born 3 May 1862, died 21 September 1863 at age 1. iv. Charles A. Smith, born 3 May 1862, was a practicing physician in Marlboro, Massachu-

setts when he died 26 March 1896 at age 33. v. Ransom F. Smith, born 16 October 1864, married Carrie A. Stone 25 Mar 1891. They

had nine children: Allie F., Callie A. (married Davis Clark), Winifred, Alfred Herbert, Hattie A. (died at age 12), Bertha, Charles W., Lawrence S. and Carrie M.

g. Thomas Jefferson Smith, born in Gilmanton on 1 June 1828, married Lucy Barrett in 1854

from Lisbon. At age 35, he enlisted to fight in the Civil War September 20, 1864, mustered in September 21, 1864 Company E, 18th NH Regiment, mustered out June 10, 1865. Tho-mas died 6 December 1914 in Woodstock, and Lucy died in 1906. They had four children:

i. William A. Smith, born 5 April 1856, married Hattie Sawyer, 12 December 1876. She was the daughter of Moses and Susan (Russell) Sawyer. They had two sons:



(1) Fred V. Smith, born in 1878. (2) Harry W. Smith, born in 1883.

ii. Morrill Smith, born 12 July 1858, married Nettie Willey 14 June 1883. They had three children: (1) Ira Welman Smith, born in 1884, married Myrtle Stevens in 1910. (2) Elsie May Smith, born in 1888, married Charles A. Carr in 1913. (3) Stella M. Smith, born in 1891.

iii. Emma Smith, born 1 June 1863, married Samuel Tappan, 29 March 1886. They had two sons, Albert Daniel and Ervin A. both married and moved out of the area.

iv. Charlotte, born in 1867, married Milton Kendall 28 July 1888.

h. Robert Smith Jr., born in Woodstock in 1831 died 31 March 1858 at age 28.

2. Samuel Smith, born in 1796 in Gilmanton, fought in the War of 1812. After the war he married Sally Clark of Gilford. They both died in Woodstock, Samuel on 13 January 1870 and Sally on 28 May 1873. They had four daughters:

a. Abigail Smith, born about 2 January 1820, married Stephen B. Kelley 14 April 1844 in

Woodstock. They lived in Campton and had one child who died young. Stephen died 15

July 1863. Abigail then married Moses Wood 5 December 1864. Abigail died 21 Decem-

ber 1902.

b. Harriett Smith, born about 1825, married Timothy Boies (Boyce) 9 May 1847. She died 21

October 1882 in Lincoln. They had at least nine children born in Woodstock or Lincoln:

i. Joseph Perley Boyce, born around 1848

ii. Lydia Jane Boyce, born 24 Mar 1849, married Alonzo Eudy and lived in Bethleham.

They had a daughter Lena M in 1878.

iii. Elmira (Alma) Boyce, born around 1852.

iv. Charles W. Boyce, born around 1854, married Ida M. Whitcomb 30 June 1877. They

had five children, but only three survived early childhood:

(1) Elizabeth M. Boyce, born around 1878, married Bunyon Dory 10 June 1893 in

Woodstock.

(2) George L. Boyce, born March 1881, died 28 December 1901 at age 17.

(3) Carl Willard Boyce, born 16 October 1894, married Jennie H. Thompson 4 April

1917.

v. George L. Boyce, born 16 July 1857, married Alberta C. Russell 4 October 1884. They

lived in Thornton and had three children:

(1) Sydney G. Boyce, born in 1885, married Annie Knowles 20 Jul, 1913, in Wood-

stock.

(2) Lyman S. Boyce, born 17 April 1889, married Martha G. Kimball 16 Aug 1911.

(3) Ethel E. Boyce, born 2 Jul 1893, died 23 July 1905.

vi. Eliza M. Boyce, born 3 November 1859, married a Millen and moved to Haverhill.

vii. Bessie D. Boyce was born around 1864.

viii. John Wilbur Boyce was born around 1867.

ix. Abbie J. Boyce, born in 1870, married William Martin 7 May 1901.

c. Mary Smith, born around 1826, nothing more is known.



Lucien Smith—Civil War

Henry and Lydia (Critchett) Smith were born and died in Sanbornton, New Hampshire. Of their four-

teen children, three moved north to Woodstock and settled on Mount Cilley, Joseph, Hezekiah and

Huldah:

1) Joseph Smith, born 12 July 1797, married Mary Vincent in March 1825. Joseph died in Woodstock

on 1 April 1870, and Mary died on 7 June 1887. They had eight children:

a) Thomas Vincent Smith, born in Sanbornton, married Betsey Jones, daughter of Isaac S and

Olive (Blake) Jones 4 July 1850. Thomas Vincent Smith served the town of Woodstock for

many years as Town Clerk, Selectman, Auditor and Tax Collector. He died 28 May 1888, and

Betsey died in April 1901. They had twelve children:

i) Joseph Henry Smith was born 28 Mar 1851. On 14 December 1877 he married Mandana B.

Dearborn, daughter of Daniel and Mary Ann (Hussey) Dearborn. They had six children:

(1) Abbie Luvetta Smith, born 22 March 1879, married James Fox 20 September 1896.

(2) Ethel Mandana Smith, born 3 February 1881, married Miland Fox 8 April 1896.

(3) Mary Olive Smith, born 18 July 1883, married Leigh Avery, son of Frank W. and Mary

Jane (Rowe) Avery 29 March 1903.

(4) Elgena Smith, born 13 February 1885, married Bert Avery, son of Frank W. and Mary

Jane (Rowe) Avery 14 April 1907.

(5) Margaret Smith, born 7 September 1889, married Herman Howland, son of Wilfred B.

and Valora (Benton) Howland.

(6) Joseph Newton Smith, born in 1898, died in France in 1918 in WWI.

ii) Clara Jane Smith was born 11 Sept 1853. In 1878 she married Ola Henry Henderson. They

lived in St. Johnsbury, Vermont where they raised six children: Ada Isabelle, Edith

Gertrude, Flora Addie, Lillian Elvira, Marion Viola and Pearl Victor.

iii) Alice Luvetta Smith was born 9 Mar 1854. She died of typhoid 31 October 1870.

iv) Martha Ada Smith was born 25 October 1855. She married Charles H. Brackett and after his

death in 1910, George Ward.

v) Martin Luther Smith was born 5 December 1857, and died 25 February 1873.

vi) Norman Willie Smith was born 7 November 1859, and died 11 January 1864 at the age of 4.

vii) Lucien Smith was born 9 Jul 1862. On April 1885 he married Minnie Kendrick, daughter of

Lewis Kendrick and Cordelia Pettingill. They had four children:

(1) Clara L. Smith, born January 1886, married Hollis S. Gordon, son of Hollis and Mary

(Smith) Gordon on 5 November 1902, in Woodstock.

(2) Ola G. Smith, born in 25 April 1888, married Rosa Heath and they lived in the Holder-

ness area.

(3) Bessie Hazel Smith, born in 1891, married William J. Gallagher in 1909, and later mar-

ried a Harrington. She lived in the Belmont area.

(4) Thomas Vincent Smith, born 9 June 1894, married Ella May Mossey in 1917. They

lived in Vermont.

(5) Betton L. Smith, born December 1889, died 12 June 1894 at age 4.


d. Sally Smith, born in 1827, married John Emerson 11 December 1844. They lived in Ver-

mont where they had eight children.


viii)Hattie Ellen Smith born 25 December 1864, died three weeks later in 1865.

ix) Laura Isabelle Smith, born 22 June 1866, died in 1940.

x) Alma Blanche Smith, born 11 June 1869, married Charles Tardy in 1894. In 1903, she mar-

ried Stephen S. Smith, son of John B. and Susan (Sharon). Smith. Alma and Charles Tardy

had two children:

(1) Jesse A. Smith, born in 1894, married Verna S. M. Smith, daughter of Fred G. and Lura

(Nutting) E. Smith.

(2) Cecil H. Smith, born in 1896, who travelled west.

xi) Elisabeth Hull Smith, born 12 June 1874, died in 1968.

xii) Lela Maude Smith, born 20 December 1876, married Ansel T. Marshall in 1896. They had

three children and moved to Maine: Roscoe E., Luther B., and Edna Louise.

b) Sarah Jane Smith, born 9 June 1828, married David Dustin Silver 6 March 1847. They had one

son George R. Silver in 1849, before Sarah Jane died 14 March 1850. The child George was

raised by Morrill and Rosamond (Vincent) Smith.

c) Delilah Pinkham Smith, born 28 December 1830, died 17 November 1834 at almost age 4.

d) Mary Esther Smith, born 23 June 1833, married Warren H. Corning in 1857. They lived in Con-

cord where they raised one son, Charles W. Corning, born 20 July 1860.

e) Napoleon Bonaparte Smith, born 20 February 1836, died in the winter of 1853. It is said that at

the age of 17 he secretly packed up his belongings and set off on his own, but his body was

found in the spring not far from the homestead on Mount Cilley.

f) Lucien Smith was born 11 July 1839. At age 22 he enlisted to fight in the Civil War, August 21,

1861. Mustered in September 18, 1861, Company D, 4th NH Regiment. He re-enlisted Febru-

ary 18, 1864, mustered in February 28, 1864. Killed July 30, 1864 at the Battle of the Crater

(also called the Mine Explosion) near Petersburg, Virginia.


Vinnie Toland, Jr. Wrote the following of Lucien Smith:

Being a veteran of the operations and siege warfare in the Charleston, SC, Theater of

war, Lucien Smith reenlisted in February, 1864. That spring, the 4th New Hampshire

Regiment was transferred to the Army of the James and transported to the Petersburg

seat of war. Inflicted with so many casualties, that by July 30th only 200 of the original

1,003 members remained for duty. Early that morning, a spectacular and most arduous

battle ensued, when, deep inside a 586 foot long tunnel, excavated by a regiment of

Pennsylvania coal miners underneath the rebel lines near Petersburg, Virginia – 8,000

lbs. of gunpowder was detonated. An explosion of mammoth proportions instantly

obliterated 300 Confederate soldiers and heaved out a crater in the earth 170 ft. 80 ft.

wide and 30 ft. deep. So colossal, that the battle would be called the Battle of the Cra-

ter, and by some The Mine Explosion. The Union Army’s 9th Corps hurled forward to-

ward and even into the crater in hopes of exploiting the void in the rebel’s line and the

shock effect of the blast. However, the Confederates rallied and stymied the Federal

advance with fierce and bloody face to face, hand to hand combat. On the far right of

the advance, the 4th New Hampshire was ordered to hold the line, but enfilade fire from

the enemy artillery battery inflicted much damage upon the 4th. In the rush of infantry

hand to hand struggle, many prisoners were taken by the rebels and about a fourth of the


Isaac S. Jones Sr., Isaac S. Jones Jr., Israel Jones, William Jones—Civil War

Samuel and Hannah (Adams) Jones raised a large family in Medway, Massachusetts during the lat-

ter half of the 1700’s. By 1800, Samuel had died and daughters Azubah, Mehitable, Hannah, Bliss and

Comfort were married and settled in Massachusetts, as was son John. Hannah, with sons Aaron, Sam-

uel and Jesse moved to Lincoln, New Hampshire.

The marriage of Samuel Jones to Mary Spencer was recorded in Woodstock (Peeling) on 25 No-

vember 1803. In 1810 all the Joneses are found on the Federal census for the town of Lincoln. They

comprised four of the seven families listed: Hannah and her grown daughter, probably Clarissa; Aaron

with wife and four children; Samuel with wife and three children; Jesse with wife and two children.

In 1816 Aaron Jones sold his property in Lincoln and in the 1820 census the families of Aaron, Jesse

and Samuel Jones appear in western New York State. Mother Hannah probably had died by this time.

Samuel was the only one of the brothers to return to the area as the 1830 census includes him and his

wife and four children, as well as an entry for his grown son Isaac Jones, his wife and two small chil-

dren. In 1834 Samuel sold his property to Isaac and I can find no record of Samuel after that. Perhaps

he moved elsewhere with his family. (Continued on page 14)

g) Betton Foss Smith, born 23 April 1843, married Eliza Heath 20 June 1876. They lived in Bow,

New Hampshire

h) Alma Elizabeth Smith, born 18 May 1847, married Sylvester G. Sawyer, son of Symnes and

Martha (Fifield) Sawyer, 22 September 1869. Alma died 8 Auguat 1913, and Sylvester died 5

June 1926. They had seven children:

i) Alice Emma Sawyer was born 26 September 1870.

ii) Cora May Sawyer, born 12 March 1873, married Henry Seldon Brown 12 November 1896.

iii) Danford Lucien Sawyer, born 27 May 1875, married Cora Lantry. He died 4 October 1908

in an accident while on the job as a railroad brakeman.

iv) Vincent L Sawyer, born 31 October 1881, married Pauline A. Brown 21 November 1906.

v) Harry Dean Sawyer, born 18 May 1884, married Ida Tilton.

vi) Charlie Sawyer, born 10 Mar 1887, died 15 May 1911.

vii) Howard S. Sawyer, born 21 August 1890, married Rose V. Eagan.

2. Hezekiah B. Smith, born 9 July 1803 in Sanbornton, changed his name to Alvin Smith. He married

Elizabeth T. Philbrook on 15 November 1832. They had no children, however the 1850 census

shows five year old Mary George living with them.

3. Huldah Smith, born 19 July 1807, married Edward Smith, son of Robert and Elsie (Gibson) Smith.

She died 17 March 1878 and he died 9 August 1860. They had seven children. More information

can be read them under the Robert Smith’s descendants on pages 7-9.

regiment were wounded or killed. Killed in that fighting was Woodstock’s Lucien

Smith, who became Woodstock’s only soldier to be killed outright upon the battlefield.

All other fatalities to Woodstock’s volunteers resulted from the grips of disease. Of the

15, 000 northern soldiers that lurched forward into the Battle of the Crater, nearly 4,000

fell to the casualty list, one of them, a soldier of far away Woodstock, New Hampshire.


Samuel and Mary Jones’ son Isaac S. Jones, born in 1808 in Lincoln, married Olive Blake of Thorn-

ton before 1827. In the 1850 census for Woodstock Isaac and Olive Jones had nine surviving children.

Though Olive and some of the children can be found on following census records for Woodstock, Isaac

Sr. is not listed after 1850. I had assumed he died before 1860. I was then surprised to see that his name,

along with the names of three of his sons, appears on the Woodstock War Memorial as a veteran of the

Civil War. Looking further in New Hampshire Civil War Records, the records of Isaac Jr., Israel and

William Jones are found, but not that of Isaac Sr.

After much searching, Isaac Sr. was finally found, in Wisconsin. He enlisted in Company D, Wis-

consin Infantry Regiment on 21 August 1862, and mustered out on 10 August 1863. To confirm his

identity, a Wisconsin marriage record was also found, dated 15 July 1863 listing the groom as Isaac S.

Jones, born in Lincoln, New Hampshire, son of Samuel and Mary S. Jones. Isaac’s new bride was a

young widow, and by the 1870 Wisconsin census they had a whole new family. Nevertheless, he must

have remained in contact with his New Hampshire family, and some of the younger ones may have gone

with him, or later followed him. Isaac S. Jones Sr. died in Wisconsin in 1878, and his New Hampshire

wife, Olive died in Thornton in 1881. The known children of Isaac and Olive are:

1) Mary E. Jones, born 1 October 1827, married Royal G. Smith, son of Robert and Elsie (Gibson)

Smith. Royal Smith died in 1888, and Mary died in 1895. More can be read them under the Robert

Smith’s descendants on pages 8 - 9.

2) Almyra Jones was born 10 August 1829 and died 21 Jan 1847 at the age of 17.

3) William Jones was born 11 February 1831 in Lincoln. He married Elizabeth Schofield, daughter of

James and Ann Schofield, 28 February 1863 in Woodstock. At the age of 33, William went off to

fight in the Civil War. He enlisted in Company E, 18 NH Regiment. He was mustered in Septem-

ber 27, 1864 and mustered out June 10, 1865. William died in Thornton in 1904 and Elizabeth died

there in 1902. They had one daughter:

a) Roxanna Jones born in 1864. She married James William Willey, son of William C. and Jane

Willey, in 1886. They had two daughters:

i) Annie Elizabeth Willey born in 1891, married Joseph R. Sawyer.

ii) Edna A. Willey born in 1892, married Royal A. Smith.

4) Betsey Jones was born 25, February 1833 in Peeling. She married Thomas Vincent Smith, son of

Joseph Smith and Mary Vincent on 4 July 1850 in Plymouth. In Woodstock, Thomas Vincent

Smith died in 1888 and Betsey died in 1901. They had twelve children. More information can be

read about them under Joseph Smith’s descendants on page 11-12.

5) Isaac S. Jones was born 25 April 1835, in Lincoln. At age 27 he enlisted in Company B, 15th NH

Regiment on September 17, 1862. He was mustered in October 8, 1962. He died of disease June

17, 1863 at New Orleans, LA.

6) Israel Jones was born 12 April 1838. In 1861 he married Mary George, daughter of Josiah George.

At age 26 Israel enlisted in Company F, 18th NH Regiment. He was mustered in September 28,

1864 and mustered out June 10, 1865. Israel and Mary had three Children before she died. He then

married Eleanor Northy and they lived in Easton. Israel and Mary had three children:

a) Carrie M. Jones born in 1863, married Nathaniel Knowles, They had two daughters before Car-

rie died in 1892

b) Nellie W. Jones born in 1866.



Simon Tuttle—War of 1812

Simon Tuttle was born in Massachusetts around 1787 and served in the War of 1812. He married Sarah (Sally) D. Sargent, daughter of Jacob and Mary Betsey (Pattee) Sargent of Thornton. He died 11 August 1864 in Lincoln and she died 19 September 1881 in Lincoln. Both are buried at Parker Ceme-tery in Woodstock. They had two sons, John W. E. born in 1816 and Charles N. born in 1818.

John W. E. Tuttle married Hannah H. Elkins on 21 April 1839 in Lincoln. They lived with Simon and Sally until after Sally died in 1881. After that they relocated to Hopkinton where his brother Charles was living. Hannah died there in 1890 and John died there in 1896.

Charles N. Tuttle married Mary Jane Barnard on 20 October 1841 in Hopkinton. They had one son, Jacob in 1843 and relocated to Hopkinton. Charles died there in 1914 and Mary Jane died there in 1898.

It may seem curious that Simon Tuttle’s name is on Woodstock’s War Memorial stone when he and his family clearly lived in Lincoln, actually just north on Route 3 of North Woodstock village. How-ever, during the early to mid 1800’s when they were there, the ties were probably very strong between the two towns. According to Ida Sawyer’s writings, Simon Tuttle had the mail distributed from his house for the North Woodstock area, a job later taken over by George Russell in North Woodstock Vil-lage. Also, the Tuttles are buried in the Parker Cemetery along with the Pollards, Stricklands, Machells and Savoys, other names familiar in Lincoln.

c) Herbert Franklin Jones, born in 1878, married Flora Belford. They lived in the Easton area and

had eight children.

7) Edwin Jones was born 13 August 1840. Nothing is known of him after this.

8) Mitchel Luther Jones was born 20 October 1843. Nothing is known of him after this.

9) Danforth Jones was born in 1846. There is some evidence that he, as his father, went to Wisconsin.

10) Marilla C. Jones was born in 1850, but died 2 July 1851.

Many Thanks

Compiling this information is only possible through the writings and research of others:

Ida Tilton Sawyer—research on the history of Woodstock

Justus Conrad, a.k.a. Elmer E. Woodbury—writing as Woodstock Correspondent for the Plymouth

Record

Vinnie Toland, Jr.—research on those New Hampshire men who served in the Civil War

New Hampshire Archives and Genealogical Research Room

Barbara Avery, PO Box 35, Woodstock, NH 03293 / 745-8845 / [email protected]

Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society

PO Box 863

Lincoln, NH 03251

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