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Tag Archives: Spaulding
Musician and Music Teacher, Orson Lafayette Mason (1849-1923): Descendant of Capt. Hugh Mason in Cheshire County NH
Orson Lafayette Mason‘s very interesting face looks out from a scratched tintype photograph that I purchased on a popular auction site. He wears a stylish hat, and his mutton chop sideburns add to the impressive look. He would have appeared … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History
Tagged Bahan, Benjamin, Capt., Captain, Cheshire, Collister, county, Dublin, Edward, Floyd, Gertrude, Hampshire, Harrisville, Hugh, Joseph, Keene, Kingsbury, Lucy, MA, Marlborough, Martha, Mason, Massachusetts, McCollester, music, new, New Hampshire, NH, piano, Samuel, sing, singing, Spaulding, Starkey, Stephen, store, teacher, voice, Watertown
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Alfred Spalding of Merrimack and Nashua New Hampshire: Sailor, Farmer and Boarding House Keeper (1806-1887)
Yes, you guessed it. Another photograph came into my possession–actually I bought it on Ebay–this time of Alfred Spalding. The Spalding family of southern New Hampshire area was particularly prolific, and so it is not always an easy task to … Continue reading
Posted in History, New Hampshire Men
Tagged Alfred, Amy, boarding house, cemetery, Ditson, E.W., EW, farmer, Johnson, Maine, Merrimack, Nashua, New Hampshire, NH, photographer, sailor, Spalding, Spaulding, Thetford, Vermont, VT, Woodlawn
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New Hampshire Epitaph: Killed With An Axe By An Insane Brother
An epitaph on a stone located in Central Cemetery in New Ipswich, New Hampshire is succinctly understated: “Mr. Gilman Spaulding was kill’d with an ax by an insane Brother, Sept. 19, 1842 AEt. 38.” I was recently contacted about this … Continue reading
Posted in History, R.I.P, Really Old News
Tagged asylum, ax, axe, Brattleboro, brother, Charles, death, Gilman, insane, insanity, killed, murder, New Hampshire, New Ipswich, NH, Spaulding, Vermont, VT, Windham
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