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