Cornish New Hampshire

Moses Barrows Jr.

MOSES BARROWS, JR., with Elizabeth, his wife, lived several years near the foot of Furnald Hill. They were constituent members of the Baptist Church at its organization. Charity Barrows, a sister of Moses, was also another. These were the children of Moses and Abigail Barrows, who in advanced years came to town and spent the rest of their lives. Moses, Sr., d. Feb. 23, 1795, aged 70. Abigail, his wife, d. Sept. 11, 1803. It appears that Moses, Jr., and his family left the town soon after the opening of the 19th century, as no trace of his family remains … Read more

Andrew Bailey

2. ANDREW BAILEY, b. April 12, 1805, in Cornish (?), was the son of Andrew and Rebecca (French) Bailey. Lived several years in Northfield, Vt.; m. -, Hannah M. Lewis of Cabot, Vt., b. Aug. 11, 1819, and d. Jan. 18, 1893. She was dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Moody) Lewis. They came to Cornish in 1866 (?) and settled on the Holbrook farm near the center of the town. He d. July 27, 1882. Children: i. JOSEPHINE L., b. Nov. 24, 1842; m. Oct. 26, 1869, Charles T. Sturtevant of Cornish, a blacksmith. No children. She d. Nov. 22, … Read more

Peleg Weld

PELEG6 WELD (Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1,) b. July 7, 1780, in Sturbridge, Mass., youngest son of Moses and Deborah (Faulkner) Weld; m. April 27, 1808, Patty Foster, dau. of Israel and Susanna (Bruce) Foster, b. April 10, 1791; and d. Dec. 21, 1834. They came to Cornish about 1814, where they spent the rest of their lives. He d. Aug. 30, 1853. Their first three children were b. in Dummerston, Vt., the rest in Cornish: 1. i. SUSANNA, b. Jan. 26, 1809; d. April 16, 1814. 2. JOHN, b. Oct. 2, 1811. 3. LUCY, b. May 30, 1813; d. … Read more

Chester Weld

CHESTER6 WELD (Moses5, John4, Joseph3, John2, Joseph1,) was b. Aug. 27, 1769; m. first, Dec. 14, 1800, Peninnah Comings of Cornish, dau. of Benjamin6 and Mary (Cooper) Comings; b. June 20,1777; and d. May 11, 1810. He in. second, Dec. 5, 1811, Mehitable Pike, b. Aug. 30, 1774. He d. May 21, 1820. Children by Peninneh: 1. MOSES FAULKNER, b. Feb. 8, 1803; m. Sept. 16, 1830, Pamelia Hazeltine. One child. 2. NEWTON, b. Dec. 23, 1804; m. June 28, 1827, Anna Austin, b. Nov. 21, 1808. 3. CHESTER, b. April 21, 1807; m. July 10, 1837, Mary E. Briggs. … Read more

Alfred Chase Chadbourne

ALFRED CHASE3 CHADBOURNE (Benjamin,) was b. Feb. 21, 1832; m. Dec. 24, 1861, Elizabeth C. Deming of Cornish, dau. of Judah and Caroline (Jackson) Deming, b. Oct. 12, 1829, and d. Jan. 2, 1900. A farmer and lived in the north part of the town. He d. June 27, 1891. Children, all b. in town: 1. EDMUND B., b. Dec. 25, 1862; m. Dec. 25, 1887, Lizzie Sturtevant. Res. in West Windsor, Vt. One son, Harry E., b. July 28, 1894. 2. LIZZIE S., b. April 4, 1865; m. Dec. 25, 1888, Rev. Truman O. Har low. Two children, sons. … Read more

Nathaniel Bartlett

4. NATHANIEL3 BARTLETT (Nathaniel2. Samuel1) was b. April 16, 1791; m. March 5. 1816, Sarah Johnson of Cornish, dau. of Jesse and Sarah (Harrington) Johnson, b. Dec. 15, 1793. and d. Sept. 13. 1864. He d. March 14, 1853. Children, all b. in Cornish: i. NATHANIEL J., b. Nov. 24, 1816; d. Sept. 3, 1852, aged 36, an invalid. 9. ii. SYLVESTER N., b. June 3, 1819. iii. SARAH MARIA, b. Aug. 27, 1821: m. May 20, 1846, George D. Kenyon. Two children. (See Heaven.) She d. Oct. 8, 186.5. iv. JAMES FITCH, b. Dec. 15, 1823; m. April 5, … Read more

Benjamin Kimball Chase

10. BENJAMIN KIMBALL6 CHASE (Daniel5, Moses4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. April 5. 1795. A farmer and ever res. upon his father’s estate. He d. June 16. 1842. He had m. Oct. 21, 1835, Sarah Ann Taft. b. June 9, 1815. After his death, his wid. m. March 7, 1843, Enoch F. Chellis of Plainfield, b. Aug. 9, 1815, who, after this, lived in town the remainder of his life, dying Aug. 1, 1355. Shed. Feb. 4, 1888. Children: i. DANIEL, b. July 9, 1836. Was in trade at the Flat several years and afterwards in Boston; associated with his … Read more

Harvey Chase

9. HARVEY5 CHASE (Moses4, Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Nov. 13, 1778; m. -, Eunice, dau. of J. M. Dana, Esq., b. May 20, 1783, and d. Jan. 8; 1823, aged 40. He was a lawyer and practiced his profession chiefly in Cornish and Windsor, Vt. He d. Feb. 18, 1857. Children: i. ALFRED, b. Oct. 16. 1811. Commenced a course of study at Kimball Union Academy, and d. Sept. 28, 826. ii. ISRAEL PUTNAM, b. May 28,1815; d. June 17, 1816. iii. POLLY DANA, b. Feb. 18, 88; d. June -, 837, aged 19. iv. CATHARINE, b. -, 1819, … Read more

Fred Loren Fifield

FRED LOREN FIFIELD, a brother of Frank A., was b. in Plainfield Nov. 14, 1861; m. May 1, 1895, Ella, dau. of Henry and Mary (Sullivan) Thayer, b. July 4, 1868. They came to Cornish May 7, 1888, and settled on the Benj. F. Plastridge place. Children, b. in Cornish: 1. MARY ROSARAH, b. Feb. 3, 1896. 2. HELEN INEZ, b. March 16, 1897. 3. EVELYN ARABELLE, b. Nov. 18, 1903.

Benjamin Boman Bemis

1. BENJAMIN BOMAN BEMIS, son of Benj. and Sarah Bemis,* b. Feb. 14, 1763, in Spencer, Vt.; m. first, , Abigail Hall, dau. of Thomas and Huldah (Park) Hall, b. Dec. 9, 1763, and d. March 26, 1814. After living a few years in Spencer, Vt., they settled in Cornish where he lived many years. He m. second, , Sarah . He d. July 17, 1830, in Northfield, Vt. Children, all by first wife: i. SARAH, b. Sept. 3, 1783, in Spencer, Vt.; m. Aug. 23, 1806, Enos Child of Cornish; rem. to Bethel, Vt., in 1812, where they spent … Read more

Daniel Farnsworth Jr.

DANIEL FARNSWORTH, JR., was b. Jan. 23, 1813, in Washington; m. first, Oct. 25, 1835, Mary Mead, who d. May 6, 1849; m. second, Aug. 9, 1849, Mary Ayer, b. April 26,1814; d. Feb. 2, 1894. He was a farmer. Came to town exchanging farms with Walter Foss and res. north of the Flat several years. He then, in 1890, sold out and rem. first to Putney, Vt., and afterwards to Claremont, where he d. Aug. 5, 1907. He lived a very regular and temperate life. Children by first wife: 1. WILLIAM P., b. Jan. 9, 1838; d. Feb. 20, … Read more

George R. Kenyon

GEORGE R.5 KENYON (Charles N.4 John Nelson3, Mumford2, Joseph1) was b. Nov. 21, 1863; m. June 3, 1891, Hattie E. Mansur, dau. of C. D. and Elmira C. (Beckworth) Mansur, b. July 23, 1867. Children: 1. CARROLL E., b. Oct. 26, 1894, in Plainfield. 2. SYLVIA A., b. Aug. 31, 1896, in Cornish. 3. GEORGE M., b. Jan. 30, 1899, in Cornish. 4. CHARLES D., b. Aug. 5, 1901, in Cornish; d. Sept. 3, 1902. 5. MINNIE A., b. March 5, 1904, in Cornish.

Caleb Chase

1. CALEB4 CHASE, a brother of Samuel4 and Moses2 (Daniel3, Moses2, Aquilla1) was b. Nov. 29, 1722, in Newbury, \Mass. He In. April 1745, Sarah, dau. of David and Phebe Prince, b. April 28, 1727, d. Feb. 15, 1803. Mr. Chase d. Oct. 2. 808. The records of his descendants are more obscure than those of his brothers, Samuel and Moses. Some of its branches have been well preserved, but the greater part appear to be covered in the shades of the past. It has been supposed that he and his family came to town soon after his brothers came, … Read more

Joseph Kenyon

JOSEPH2-1 KENYON was b. March 15, 1761; m. Hepsediah Parker. Remained on the homestead and good authority says they had sixteen children, but several of their names, together with the dates of birth, marriage and death of many of the family cannot be found, therefore the order of the eleven children as given may not be correct. He d. April 11, 1842. children, as far as ascertained: 1. MARY, b. —— ; m. first, Jan. 10, 1805, Jesse Lombard in Windsor, Vt.; m. second, —— Cleveland. 2. JOSEPH, JR., b. ; m. Sarah Palmer. Six children. He was drum major … Read more

Barker Brewster Churchill

2. BARKER BREWSTER7 CHURCHILL (Lewis6, Nathaniel5-4, Williams3-2, John1) was b. Feb. 4, 1815, in Cornish. A farmer and carpenter; rem from the farm to the Flat in 1861. He enlisted in the Civil War. (See Military.) After the war he continued at his trade through life. He m. first, in 1842, Mary A. Angier, b. in 1824, and d. May 26, 1861; m. second, Jan. 21, 1867, Mrs. Mary J. (Westgate) Britton, b. May 2, 1831, and d. Aug. 5, 1907. He d. Oct. 15, 1879, aged 64. Children, all b. in Cornish: i. A child, b. March-, 1843, and … Read more

Martin Henry Bean

MARTIN HENRY BEAN, the son of Levi M. and Angie H. (Mace) Bean, was b. in Plainfield, Dec. 15, 1862. He m. Aug. 22, 1853, Mary Lydia Streeter, b. Oct. 22. 1860, dau. of Adam and Mary E. (Morris) Streeter. Came to Cornish from Bath in 1889. Children: i. ANGIE M., b. Jan. 15, 1885, in White River Junction, Vt.; m. April 19, 1906, Perley Cole of Plainfield. A dau. was b. to them June 26, 1906. ii. HENRY M.. b. July 26. 1886, in Lisbon. iii. ALFRED E., b. Jan. 22. 1888, in Bath. iv. Infant Son, b. April … Read more

Edwin Leighton Child

4. EDWIN LEIGHTON8 CHILD (Wm. Henry7, Stephen6-5, Daniel4, Ephraim3, Benjamin2-1) was b. May 15, 1867; educated in the schools of Cornish and at the N. H. Agricultural College associated with Dartmouth College, then at Hanover. Soon after he became interested in dairy work especially in butter making and graduated from the Vermont Dairy School at Burlington, and afterwards became an instructor in the same institution; was employed by the Cornish Creamery Company from 1897 until 1909 as its superintendent-a period of twelve years. He devoted his time and energies towards rendering this plant a popular one abroad and a profitable … Read more

David Atwood

DAVID4 ATWOOD (Joshua3-2, John1) b. Aug. 18, 1809; m. first, March 9, 1836, Hannah S. Ward of Weathersfield, Vt., b. -, 1811, and d. June 8, 1838; m. second, Sept. 18, 1838, Nancy M. Warren, b. in Weathersfield, July 4, 1812. They res. in Cornish many years, then, returning to Weathersfield, spent the remainder of their lives there. He d. Nov. 10, 1864, aged 55. She d. April 6, 1895. A farmer. Children, both b. in Cornish. 1. HULDAH MARIA, b. July 25, 1839; m. May 16, 1859, Frederic E. Putnam, a farmer, who d. July 9, 1903. Had three … Read more

John Nelson Kenyon

JOHN NELSON3 KENYON (Mumford2, Joseph1) was b. in 1807; m. Mary Fortune, b. in 1808, and d. in Cornish July 18, 1865. He d. Nov. 1, 1864. The order and dates of birth of their children are uncertain: 1. GEORGE A., b. in 1828. He d. unm. April 27, 1858. 2. CHARLES N., b. Jan. 16, 1831. 3. MARY, d. in Lowell, Mass. 4. JOHN S., Soon after he became of age, he left home and town for parts unknown, and his relatives have never heard from him. 5. MYRA A., b. -; m. Henry Hall of Lebanon. Three children: … Read more

Daniel Cole

5. DANIEL4 COLE (Daniel3, Ebenezer2, Ephraim1) was b. Dec. 16, 1792, in Plainfield. A prosperous farmer; m. first, Jan. 16, 1815, Martha Johnson of Cornish, dau. of Abel and Sarah E. (Chase) Johnson, b. in 1797, and d. March 2, 1832; m. second, Aug. 27, 1833, Mrs. Lucinda L. (Bryant) Avery, formerly of Cornish, dau. of Israel and Mehitable (Wyman) Bryant, b. in 1805, and d. Oct. 21, 1878. Mr. Cole d. Oct. 17, 1865. Children by Martha Johnson:     i. SARAH C., b. Nov. 24, 1815; m. Feb. 13, 1839, Earl Westgate of Plainfield. Six children. (See Westgate.) She … Read more