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Gazetteer of Grafton county, N. H. 1709-1886, 1886
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1Webster Hall, in 1781. Mr. Hall took an active part in the War of 1812, and was a man of literary ability, possessing a clear memory, and a deep appreciation of original thought. He married Mrs. Charlotte (Chase) Hall, of Concord, N. H., in 1823, who bore him one child, William, born July 13, 1825. The latter has always been a resident or this town, married Almeda E. Waterhouse, of Orford, December 30, 1848, and has had born to him two children.
3Jacob Perley, born in Newbury, Mass., April 5, 1775, came to this town about the year 1797. His son J. Samuel was born in Hanover, June 7, 1818, and is a farmer. He married Harriet E. Fellows, June 19, 1850, and has one daughter.
5Lemuel Dowe, son of Ephraim Dowe who was born in Ipswich, Mass., in 1701, and grandson of Thomas and Susanna Dowe, of Ipswich, was the first settler of that name in Hanover, and came to this town, from Coventry, Conn., about 1777. He occupied for a time a log house which is supposed to have stood on the present pasture of Asa Spaulding, but soon after, located upon land near the crossing of roads 16 and 4, where he died in 1818, aged eighty-two years. He married Annie Millington, and his children were Susanna, Abigail, Anna, Lydia, Solomon and Lemuel, Jr. Solomon lived where Elijah Hurlbut now resides, and reared two children, Solomon, Jr., and Agrippa. The latter was at one time town clerk. Lemuel, Jr., married Tryphena Dodge, and his children were Francis, Minerva, Tryphena, Ulysses and two others who died young. He was selectman for five years, about 1812, and was captain of militia. He taught district and singing school and was frequently called upon as a surveyor. He bought fifty acres of wild land which he cleared, and built the house where C. B. Dowe now lives. He died September 26, 1852, aged eighty-four years. His son Francis was born April 11, 1791, married Mary L. Church, and reared nine children. He moved to Vermont, and finally located in Bethel. Ulysses was born March 5, 1808, married Esther Owen, and reared two children, Charles Byron, and Ellen E. He proved an apt scholar, and was very fond of music, especially the violin and bass viol. When a youth, he made a violin for himself, and afterwards made several, most of which proved to be very superior instruments. He served as selectman in 1853, '58, '59, '70 and '71, was town representative in 1864, served as justice of the peace five years, and was a captain of militia. He taught school, and was often employed as surveyor. He died July 16, 1874. His son Charles Byron, was born December 4, 1828, went to Ohio in 1857, where he was engaged in trade. He enlisted in Co. E, 155th Ohio Vols., in 1864, and served in Virginia. After the close of the war he returned to Hanover where he has since lived. He served as town clerk in 1872, '73 and '74, as selectman in 1875 and '76, as supervisor in 1878, '79, '80 and '81, and as town representative in 1880-81. He married twice, first, Vina H., daughter of Isaac Ross, October 20, 1833, who bore him one son, Lemuel A., a resident of New York city. Mr. Dowe married for his second wife
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