A New Hampshire Joiner’s Wife: Malinda (Maddox) Knox (1812-1890)

Posted on 21 March, 2015 by Janice Brown
"M. Knox with hands folded in lap"; daguerreotype c 1840-1860; part of the Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography; Harvard University, Houghton Library

“M. Knox with hands folded in lap”; daguerreotype c 1840-1860; part of the Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography; Harvard University, Houghton Library

The lovely face of gazes out at you from an ancient daguerreotype. “M. Knox, 12 Union St., Portsmouth, NH” is handwritten behind the plate. The photograph appears to have been taken between 1840-1855.  At that time, there was only one woman living in Portsmouth who could fit this profile.

Malinda Maddox was the daughter of Amos & Eunice (Day) Maddox; She born 10 July 1812 in Kennebunk, York Maine, and married Asa Knox.  They moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire by 1830 when they are found in that census.  Asa Knox was a joiner carpenter, and no doubt he had plenty of work in this thriving city. Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s First Day of Spring

Posted on 20 March, 2015 by Janice Brown

Victorian Spring postcardSpring in New Hampshire has for many generations been a time of hope, of rejuvenation, house cleaning and dubious poetry. This winter has been a particularly harsh one, and so many are looking forward to a lovely, albeit muddy, springtime.  On that note, I am posting one of the more interesting poems that I have found on this topic. Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Former First Lady: Constance Rivington (Russell) Winant Eppley Earle (1899-1981)

Posted on 18 March, 2015 by Janice Brown
Mrs. Constance (Russell) Winant, circa 1941

Mrs. Constance (Russell) Winant, circa 1941, at the time of her husband’s appointment to the Court of St. James.

Constance Rivington Russell was born on 18 September 1899 in New York, the daughter of Archibald Douglas & Albertina Taylor (Pyne) Russell. She was the granddaughter of Percy Rivington Pyne, and great-granddaughter of Moses Taylor. Her father was a financier and philanthropist, her grandfather a banker, financier and philanthropist, and her great-grandfather an early president of the National Bank of NYC and stockholder in the Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The family were benefactors of Princeton University. Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Favorite Irish Son: Somersworth’s General John Sullivan (1740-1795)

Posted on 17 March, 2015 by Janice Brown
Likeness, from Military Services and Public Life of General John Sullivan, by Thomas C. Amory, Boston, 1868

Likeness, from Military Services and Public Life of General John Sullivan, by Thomas C. Amory, Boston, 1868

Who else could I write about on Saint Patrick’s Day?   New Hampshire’s favorite Irish son, General John Sullivan, was a patriot of the American Revolution.  Though some researchers say he was born in Berwick, Maine, there is much evidence to support a New Hampshire origin.

General John Sullivan, son of John Owen & Margery (Brown) Sullivan was born 7 February 1740 in Somersworth, Strafford Co., NH , and died 23 January 1795 in Durham, New Hampshire. He married Lydia Remick Worchester, dau of John & Lydia (Remick) Worster. She was born 14 Oct 1738 and died 21 March 1820 in Durham NH. They are both buried in Sullivan Cemetery, on the family.

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“Cow Hampshire” Blog Turns Nine in 2015

Posted on 16 March, 2015 by Janice Brown

Cow Hampshire 9th Anniversary

Happy Birthday Cow Hampshire.  My first post on this blog was made on March 16, 2006, one month exactly after my twin sister, Kathi’s death.  She was a blogger, often posting her own poems and thoughts.  I posted a photograph that she had taken in Shaker Village in Canterbury, NH.  The same day I posted an article called “Cow Hampshire Explained, ”  where I state, “What do I plan to do with this blog–I’m not quite sure at this point.  I am really into genealogy and history, mostly in New Hampshire where many of my ancestors lived, and so I expect that I will focus on those topics, along with posting some photographs.”  That was nine years ago today. I have remained true to my original blog focus. Continue reading →

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