

She "married my property but not my self"
Elijah Chandler (1790-1860) left an unhappy marriage in New Hampshire and settled in Pope County, Arkansas.


"We make you kindly welcome."
Miriam and Moses Hastings were parents to ten children, three of whom lived out their adult lives in Shaker communities.


Caring for Persons with Mental Illness
Timothy Chandler was a skilled clockmaker and jeweler. He was also civic-minded and active in the development of the New Hampshire Asylum. T


Railroad Men
John Stearns, the father of the family, was killed by one of the first locomotives in service of the Boston & Lowell Railroad. That did


Financial Struggles and Family Disruptions
Orpha Boynton and John Hopkins struggled financially in raising their nine children. Their children experienced a number of disruptions in t


Frugal Farmers
Elizabeth Abbott came from poor circumstances. She and her husband Ephraim Lane were frugal, hardworking farmers who reared their nine child


A Tragic End to a Hard Life
Samuel French served in the Revolutionary War and was held captive for four years. Afterwards, he married Tamison Eastman and they had three


Abbott English Opera Company
Emma Abbott was a classically trained opera singer who founded the Abbott English Opera Company along with her husband Eugene Wetherell. It

Northfield, New Hampshire
Mary Butler and Abraham Brown reared their family of nine children in the newly incorporated Northfield, New Hampshire that was formed from


Furniture Craftsmen
Two of the sons of Timothy and Susannah Nichols and two of their sons-in-law were furniture craftsmen. Their grandchildren were prominent me