Category: death

• Frontier Quarrels

  

  Five reasons for the raid…

  Marek

  10 January, 2017

  1600-1699, 1690s, corn, cows, death, fish, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, SOURCE=roadside markers

  1697, abenaki, corn, cotton mather, cows, fish, Hannah Dustin, hannah duston

• Hannah Dustin (1697)

  

  “Famous example of frontier heroism.” (sic)

  Marek

  4 December, 2016

  1600-1699, 1690s, death, Massachusetts, Merrimack, NH history, Penacook, SOURCE=roadside markers

  1697, abenaki, Hannah Dustin, hannah duston, haverhill, Massachusetts, massacre, raid

• Willey Family Disaster

  

  A COMICS POEM; Extrapolated from Frank Leavitt’s original 3-verse poem (1885):

  Marek

  13 October, 2016

  1800-1899, 1820s, death, poetry, White Mountains

  avalanche, disaster, Frank Leavitt, poetry, rain, White Mountains, Willey

• An Interview with the Devil (Peterborough) (GUEST POST)

  

  Guest artist Malcolm (of Dublin, NH) dramatizes of an old supernatural fiddler legend from Peterborough…

  Marek

  28 August, 2015

  1700-1799, death, guest artist, music & dance, Peterborough, religion

  devil, Ella Gertrude Kinscella, fiddler, Hazel Gertrude Kinscella, Old Baker Moore, Peterborough

• Colby 95: Sunday

  

  A sabbath (of sorts) in camp:

  Marek

  18 December, 2014

  1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, death, NH history, religion, sabbath, SOURCE=HHS

  chaplain, civil war, Freeman Colby, sunday, washington

• A Scene Such as I Never Before Witnessed (New Hampton, NH) (GUEST POST)

  

  1835: GUEST ARTIST “E.J.P.” (of Sandwich, NH) details Larkin’s adventure in a House of Death …

  Marek

  6 August, 2013

  1830s, death, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  death, Larkin Weed, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, poverty, sandwich

• The Most Excruciating Torture (New Hampton, NH)

  

  1835: GUEST ARTIST draws the next episode in the education of Larkin Weed:

  Marek

  3 August, 2013

  1830s, death, guest artist, New Hampton, NH history, Sandwich, SOURCE=Sandwich Historical, Weed Family Letters

  hindu, india, Larkin Weed, missionary, New Hampton, Phebe Weed, sandwich, torture

• Hawks 13: From a Military Point of View

  

  1862: Dr. Hawks lays out some of the military realities of her surroundings …

  Marek

  1 August, 2013

  1860s, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Esther Hill Hawks, death, Esther Hill Hawks, Freedmen, Massachusetts, NH history, Reference Links

  beaufort, civil war, Esther Hill Hawks, ferry, forts, Port Royal, south carolina

• I Saw You on I-93

  

  Here’s my apocalyptic morning meditation on mortality & traffic in the “Live Free or Die” state…

  Marek

  3 April, 2013

  “Live Free or Die”, 2000-2099, death, Plymouth, White Mountains

  end of the world, highway, I-93, texting, travel

• Swett 1: Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains

  

  1865: Deaf-mute Henniker native William B. Swett begins his journey to the White Mountains…

  Marek

  28 December, 2012

  1860s, Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains, death, Henniker, Reference Links, SOURCE=HHS, White Mountains, William B. Swett

  Henniker, white mountains, William B. Swett

• Goody Cole, Witch of Hampton (Guest Post)

  

  Here’s one from the COMICS WORKSHOP archives — an old mini-comic by Emma (grade 4) starring the only NH woman ever to be convicted of witchcraft:

  Marek

  23 December, 2012

  1600-1699, colonial, cows, death, guest artist, Hampton, seacoast, witches

  Goody Cole, Hampton

• Milk of War (Keene)

  

  The fort’s surrounded, but the babies need milk… What’s to be done?!

  Marek

  5 December, 2012

  1750s, cows, death, dogs, French + Indian Wars, Keene, milk, SOURCE=Griffin

  John Colony, Keene, milk

• In Goshen, It WAS a War…

  

  Now here’s something interesting we couldn’t help but notice about the John W. Gunnison roadside historical marker in Goshen…

  Marek

  1 December, 2012

  1850s, death, Goshen, graves & memorials, SOURCE=roadside markers

  goshen, John Gunnison

• Young Chase at Keene

  

  Tragedies, travels, & teenage failures of one of New Hampshire’s most powerful exports…

  Marek

  28 November, 2012

  1800s, 1810s, 1820s, Connecticut, Cornish, death, education, glass, hiking, judicial branch, Keene, Roxbury, Salmon P. Chase, SOURCE=Griffin, SOURCE=roadside markers, sources, Vermont

  Keene, nh, Salmon P. Chase

• Capt. John W. Gunnison (Goshen)

  

  A roadside marker in Goshen hints at stories & mysteries from the Wild West…

  Marek

  26 November, 2012

  1810s, 1830s, 1850s, death, education, Goshen, graves & memorials, SOURCE=roadside markers

  CO, goshen, Hopkinton, John Gunnison, massacre, St. Louis, UT, West Point

• A Very Singular Circumstance (Henniker, 1775)

  

  Out of the firing line, into the forest. 19 April 1775 SOURCE: Cogswell’s History of Henniker (p.262)

  Marek

  3 November, 2012

  1770s, death, forestry, Henniker, Massachusetts, revolutionary era, SOURCE=Cogswell

• Drowning (Weare, 1824)

  

  Oh no, another disaster down by the Piscataquog… Or IS it?!?!

  Marek

  1 November, 2012

  1820s, death, Piscataquog, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  1824, drown, nh, piscataquog, rescue, revive, river, weare

• Ward’s Arrival (Henniker, 1763)

  

  Some of Henniker’s earliest settler families arrive in town…

  Marek

  1 November, 2012

  1760s, 1770s, Amherst, colonial, construction, death, food, forestry, graves & memorials, Henniker, milk, Nashua, SOURCE=Cogswell

  butter, cabin, construction, farm, settlers, stumo, table, tree

• Woman from Lyndeborough (Antrim, 1812)

  

  If you read the town histories, these sorts of things happened all the time back in the day:

  Marek

  29 October, 2012

  1810s, Antrim, death, graves & memorials, Lyndeborough

  antrim, burial, death, grave, lyndeborough, missing, stone, woman

• Violent Deaths (Antrim)

  

  Here’s a look at fatalities during the early days of Antrim, NH:

  Marek

  28 October, 2012

  1780s, 1810s, Antrim, death, mills

• More Deaths (Weare)

  

  More tragic ends for some of Weare’s early citizens:

  Marek

  26 October, 2012

  1800-1899, death, forestry, SOURCE=Little, Weare, weather

  barrel, death, lightning, log, murder, weare

• Deaths (Weare)

  

  How folks died in the early days of Weare…

  Marek

  25 October, 2012

  1810s, 1820s, 1830s, death, dogs, hunting, milk, SOURCE=Little, squirrel, Weare

  death, Enos Baker, Hasket Eaton, John Robie, Jonathan Atwood

• Kick of a Horse (Weare)

  

  Town histories often include detailed (and fascinating) lists of the various ways early settlers met their ends.  Let’s take a look at some interesting cases …

  Marek

  24 October, 2012

  1810s, death, horses, SOURCE=Little, Weare

  death, horse, kick, regret, swear, weare

• Unknown Soldier (Stoddard, 1864)

  

  Henry Stevens finally joins the 18th NH volunteers, but he never makes it into battle… SOURCE: HSCC Monadnock Moment No. 029: Stoddard’s Unknown Soldier Originally published in Monadnock History Comics (Keene Sentinel, 2005) Discussion questions:  This episode mentions the names of several historical figures. Which names do you recognize? Why are they famous? Abraham Lincoln William Tecumseh Sherman…

  Marek

  8 August, 2012

  1860s, Civil War, death, graves & memorials, NH history, SOURCE=HSCC, Stoddard

  casualties, civil war, doctors, grave, illness, medicine, soldiers, stoddard, unknown soldier