List, The following was some interesting reading provided to me by Marilyn Labbe. Maybe some conections if not intersting footnotes for all lists. Thanks Marilyn Labbe! Jay Whipple - Mankato MN -----Original Message----- From: mlabbe3@juno.com [mailto:mlabbe3@juno.com] Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 8:02 PM To: CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: WHIPPLE/HALL/BROWN - [CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L] DEATHS - Croydon, Nh Croydon, NH Centennial 1866, Edmund Wheeler, Claremont, NH 1867 The following is a list of Town Clerks, from 1768 to 1866, inclusive: 1768, Moses Whipple 1801, Reuben Carroll 1834, Jacob Haven 1769, " 1802, " 1835, " 1770 " 1803, " 1836, " 1771 " 1804 " 1837, Benjamin Skinner 1772 John Cooper 1805 Benjamin Barton 1838 " 1773 " 1806 Reuben Carroll 1839 " 1774 " 1807 Jacob Haven 1840 " 1775 Moses Whipple 1808 " 1841 Daniel R. Hall 1776 " 1809 " 1842 " 1777 " 1810 " 1843 " 1778 " 1811 " 1844 " 1779 " 1812 " 1845 " 1780 " 1813 " 1846 " 1781 no town records 1814 " 1847 " 1782 no town records 1815 Stephen Eastman 1848 " 1783 Stephen Powers 1816 Jacob Haven 1849 " 1784 " 1817 " 1850 Nathan Hall 1785 " 1818 " 1851 " 1786 " 1819 " 1852 " 1787 " 1820 " 1853 " 1788 " 1821 " 1854 " 1789 Jesse Green 1822 " 1855 " 1790 " 1823 " 1856 " 1791 " 1824 " 1857 " 1792 " 1825 " 1858 " 1793 " 1826 " 1859 " 1794 " 1827 " 1860 " 1795 Jacob Haven 1828 " 1861 Daniel R. Hall 1796 " 1829 " 1862 Dellavan D. Marsh 1797 " 1830 " 1863 " 1798 Reuben Carroll 1831 " 1864 Nathan Hall 1799 " 1832 " 1865 Dellavan D. Marsh 1800 " 1833 " 1866 Alonzo Allen Justices of Quorum Benjamin Barton, Jr. John Cooper Paul Jacobs Lemuel P. Cooper Daniel R. Hall Abijah Powers Justices of the Peace Benjamin Barton Stephen Eastman John W. Putnam John Barton Joseph Eastman Sherburne B. Rowell Martin A. Barton Lyman Hall Benjamin Skinner Solomon Clement Nathan Hall Hiram Smart Isaac Cooper Worthen Hall Allen Town Otis Cooper Henry Hurd Moses Whipple John Cragin Samuel Morse Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr. Ruel Durkee Dellavan D. Marsh Paul J Wheeler Paine Durkee Stephen Powers Wm. M. Whipple William Dodge Elias Powers Military Croydon has furnished to the militia the following Officers: Major General Nathan Emery. Colonels--Jarvis Adams, Otis Cooper, Freeman Dunbar, Daniel R. Hall, Calvin Kempton, Samuel Powers, Nathaniel Wheeler, Jr., and Moses Whipple. Majors--Abijah Powers, Peter Stow, Lemuel P. Cooper. Remarks: The first birth in Croydon occurred May 13, 1767. It was of Catherine, daughter of Moses Whipple, Esq. The second was of Joshua, son of Seth Chase, born Oct. 29, 1767. The probable number of births, from 1790 to 1851, inclusive, is nearly twenty-five hundred, of which more than half were males. Longevity--An incomplete list of the names of those who have attained to ninety years and over: Widow Marsh 90 Widow Giles 94 Thomas Blanchard 98 Mrs. Benjamin Cutting 90 Samuel Marsh 94 Widow Rumble 100 Widow Clement 93 Widow A. Stockwell 95 Samuel Goldthwait 93 Mrs. Jotham Ryder 94 Capt. Nathan Clark 90 Lydia Leland Powers 92 Samuel Metcalf 93 Education--Early, the wife of Moses Whipple, an intelligent and worthy lady, called the children of the first settlers to her house, and for years taught them without charge. The first school-house, a small structure twenty feet square, was built in 1772, and eight pounds was raised for purposes of education. The second district was formed in 1780, and one hundred and fifty dollars assessed for school purposes. >From the beginning, Croydon has paid due attention to mental culture. Library--The "Croydon Social Library" was established in 1806. It contained many standard works of great merit. They were mainly selected by the Rev. Jacob Haven, who was, for a long time, librarian. This library has had a decided influence in moulding the character of the young men of the town. The inhabitants of Croydon have been a reading people. Casualties--In 1770, Caleb, son of Seth Chase, the first settler in town, wandered into the forest and was lost. The mother, rendered frantic by the loss of her son, had she not been prevented, would have rushed into the trackless forest and been lost. On the morrow all the inhabitants turned out and searched the woods through and through, but no trace of the darling boy could ever be found. Isaac Sanger and one of the other early settlers of the town, perished while attempting to cross Croydon Mountain. Alexander Metcalf, son of Alexander Metcalf, senior, was killed by the falling of a tree. He was to have been married the next day to a lady in Franklin. Abijah Hall was drowned at the "Glidden Bridge" in 1812. A son of Thomas Whipple and a son of Giles Stockwell, senior, were drowned in Spectacle Pond. On the 19th of April, 1828, the dwelling of Mr. Charles Carroll was consumed by fire and two children perished in the flames. Dr. Reuben Carroll was thrown from a gig, in 1840, while going down the hill between Four Corners and the East Village, and was killed. Son of Nathaniel W. Brown was killed near the Bridge at the East Village in 1863, by the horse stumbling and falling upon him. In 1846, the wife of Paul J. Wheeler, met a terrible death by burning--her clothes taking fire as she stood warming herself before the stove. Mr. Cummings, an old gentleman, went out from the Flat towards Coit Mountain, and the next day was found dead. A son of Simeon Ames fell from a load of hay upon the handle of a pitchfork which penetrated his body, from which accident he soon after died a most painful death. Son of Ira Bragg fell from the cart-tongue while riding, and the wheel running over him killed him instantly. Another son was supposed to be murdered. He went West with money to buy a farm, a man went out with him to show him his land, and neither of them ever returned. Ziba, son of John Cooper, was killed by the kick of a horse which he was driving to tread out clover seed. A daughter of Foster Hall fell into the river, at the East Village, and was drowned. A child of Rev. Jacob Haven was scalded to death by falling backwards into a pail of hot water. Asa Kelsey, residing on the south-east corner of the town, fell from a building and was killed. A son of Leonard N. Kempton was drowned in the mill-pond at the Flat. Son of John Melendy was killed by the falling of the stone chimney of his father's dwelling. A daughter of Robert Osburn, in the north-east corner of the town, fell into a brook, was carried under the causeway and drowned. A son of James Perkins was drowned by falling into the brook near his father's dwelling at the Flat. A son of Ezekiel Powers was caught between two logs, while peeling bark and crushed to death. Willard, son of Urias Powers, fell from the "Glidden Bridge" while on his way from school and was drowned. A son of Jotham Ryder was killed by a cart-body blowing over and falling upon him. Wife of David Rowell killed by lightening. Her infant sleeping on her arm escaped uninjured and lived to manhood. Joseph Smart went out to catch his horse one Sabbath morning, was soon after found dead. Griswould, son of Aaron Whipple, killed by running under an axe which was thrown from the frame of the house, at the raising. In 1861, Edwin, son of Moses Whipple, while returning from the Post-0ffice, at the Flat, one dark, rainy night, the string-piece being jarred in toward the middle of the bridge, walked off and met a sad death amid the rocks and angry waves below. Epidemics--In 1795, the "Canker Rash" prevailed to an alarming extent among the children. Of twenty-four deaths that year, twenty were under fourteen years of age. In 1813, the "Spotted Fever" made its appearance in a most malignant form, defying all remedies and cutting down the strong men almost without warning. Of thirty deaths in town that year, eighteen were from that disease. Four Corners--Being in the center of the town and on the Croydon Turnpike the great thoroughfare, and having a church, tavern, store, and offices and shops, the Four Corners was once the center of trade; but railroads diverting the long travel, and the want of water power, has caused its decline. Marilyn Labbe ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! 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