Tag Archives: Francestown

New Hampshire Feast of December 1852

Posted on 21 December, 2023 by Janice Brown

What meals did our ancestors savor during the holidays? With winter celebrations approaching, a trip back to the 1850s could be fun and interesting.

Posted in History, Holidays, Recipes, Structures | Tagged bill, Concord, December, Eagle, fare, food, Francestown, Gibson, Hampshire, holiday, hotel, menu, mock turtle, new, New Hampshire, ruse | 1 Comment

New Hampshire WWI Military: Heroes of Francestown

Posted on 30 August, 2018 by Janice Brown

Francestown was, and still is, a rural community southwest of Manchester, New Hampshire. In 1910 before the World War the town’s population was 602. Just a few years after the war in 1920 the census had drastically dropped to 363, … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Military of New Hampshire, NH WW1 Military | Tagged 1, action, buried, cemetery, died, disease, Francestown, Hampshire, Historical, I, killed, Kitson, memorial, miitary, monument, new, New Hampshire, NH, One, photograph, service, society, Theo, war, world, Wounds, WW1, WWI | 1 Comment

New Hampshire Glossary: Soapstone

Posted on 5 August, 2008 by Janice Brown

Soapstone is a metamorphic rock, usually called Steatite by mineralogists, that formed from 300 to 400 million years ago under … Continue reading →

Posted in N.H. Historical Markers, New Hampshire Glossary | Tagged bed, bedwarmer, Francestown, Hampshire, marker, new, New Hampshire, NH, quarry, rock, soap, soapstone, stone, stove, warmer | 2 Comments

Francestown New Hampshire Attorney, Governor, Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and Navy, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice: Levi Woodbury (1798-1851)

Posted on 8 May, 2008 by Janice Brown

Levi Woodbury was born on 22 December 1789 in Francestown NH,

named after his uncle Levi, who had been captured during … Continue reading →

Posted in N.H. Historical Markers, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Politics | Tagged attorney, Francestown, Governor, Justice, navy, NH, Supreme Court | 2 Comments

Francestown New Hampshire Motorcycle Inventor: Sylvester H. Roper (1823-1896)

Posted on 8 May, 2006 by Janice Brown

The Smithsonian Museum defines a motorcycle as, “a self-propelled, engine-powered, two-wheeled vehicle.”

That time-honored institution gives Sylvester H. Roper credit for creating the earliest known example … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, New Hampshire Inventors, New Hampshire Men | Tagged 1867, first, Francestown, inventor, motorcycle, New Hampshire, steam, Sylvester Roper, velocipede | 7 Comments

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