Fanny H. Runnels Poole
Fanny Huntington “Fannie” Runnells was born in Orford, New Hampshire in 1863, the daughter of a minister-historian, and died in 1940. Her parents supported her education, and she attended the Tilton (NH) Seminary from 1880-1882. She showed a musical talent, and she studied classical piano in Boston, followed by teaching music in New York, Frankfort KY and Parkesburg (PA) Classical Institute between 1883 to 1890.
Come join the grand Chorus with hearts full of glee,
And drain each a bumper in toasting the free
Let care and light sorrows be banish’d away,
Nor Cherish one feeling discordant this day,
Derry down, &c.
Our fathers, brave fellows, quite strangers to fear,
Surrounded by foemen, with nothing but beer
To fire their bold spirits, for freedom declar’d,
And met “Jonny Bull” for all battle prepar’d,
Derry down, &c.
Orford New Hampshire Poet, Musician, and Teacher: Fannie H. (Runnells) Poole (1863-1940) SEE ARTICLE
Photograph from: New Hampshire women:A collection of portraits and biographical sketches of daughters and residents of the Granite state The New Hampshire publishing co., 1895
For a brief span of time several New Hampshire towns along the Connecticut River were considered to be located in Washington County, in the state of VERMONT.
Over several years in the early settlement of the western part of New Hampshire near the Connecticut River, there were many claims to the same land by the Dutch at Albany, by the French, and by the colonies of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York. In 1760 Governor Benning Wentworth granted some of these identical lands on both sides of the Connecticut River, which became known as the New Hampshire Grants.
