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Oscar was a farmer in Middleburgh, New York.

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Note N19924 Index

In 1880, Julia was living with her grandmother, Jemima Eckerson, in Middleburgh, New York, and working as a dressmaker (Census: Microcopy T9, Roll 931, E.D. 189, Page 210D).

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Note N19927 Index

James was a faremer in Middlesex, Vermont.

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Note N19936 Index

Samuel was a blacksmith in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, and Windsor County, Vermont.

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Note N19938 Index

Francis, along with his brother, Abraham, enlsted in Co. F, 11th New Hampshire Infantry on 20 August 1862. He deserted on 13 November 1862 at Sulphur Springs, Virginia, but returned to duty on 30 March 1863 under President's Proclamation. He went on to distinguish himself as a soldier, being promoted to Full Corporal on 1 May 1864. Less than two weeks later, on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Courthouse in Virginia, he was wounded in tne right arm and left thigh. As a result of his wounds, he received a disability discharge on 29 April 1865 at Manchester, New Hampshire (AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS. Ancestry.com; HISTORY OF SUTTON, p. 924).
After his discharge, he worked as a commercial traveler, selling boots and shoes. He was also active in community affairs, serving the Town of Sutton as Tax Collector 1866-69, Selectman 1871-72, and Town Clek in 1876. He moved to Warner in 1884. He was elected Warner Town Supervisor in 1888.

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Note N19940 Index

With his brother, Francis, Abraham enlisted 29 August 1862 in Co. F, 11th New Hampshire Infantry. He served until being mustered out on 4 June 1865 at Alexandria, Virginia. During his enlistment, he was wounded three times, all within a space of 2 months: 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House; 2 June 1864 at Bethesda Church; and 17 June 1864 at Petersburg. He was promoted to the rank of Full Corporal on 18 April 1865 (AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS. Ancestry.com).
In 1880, there were two men with the same name, either one of whom could be our Abraham, living in Vermont:
One, Abram Richards, was living with the Erastus Daniels family in Vergennes, Addison County. He was working for Mr. Daniels as a carpenter and joiner (Census: T9, Roll 1341, E.D. 20, Page 263A).
The other, A.P. Richards, was married to Elma and living with the G.W. Porter family in Ferrisburg, Addison County. He was a farm laborer working for Mr. Porter. Elma was a housekeeper (Census: T9, Roll 1340, E.D. 5, Page 68D).

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Jesse was a merchant in Litchfield, Maine.

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In 1870, single and living with his parents in Sutton, Ai described himself as an "apprentice blacksmith." In 1880, married and living in Sunapee, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, he said that he was a butcher. Living with them was his wife's brother, Frank Weeks, also a butcher.
After moving to Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-1890's, he held a clerk's job with the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (conveyor of the world's finest potatoes, grown in Aroostook County, Maine). In 1910, widowed and living with daughter, Edna, and her husband, Fred Kemp, Ai was a clerk at Fred's grocery store in the Dorchester district of Boston. Before 1920, he returned to New Hampshire, and lived in Newbury, Merrimack County, for his remaining years.

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Lina was adopted by Samuel and Sarah Bagley.

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In 1900, Dura was a grocer in Newport, New Hampshire. He then moved to California where, in 1910 in Los Angeles with a new wife, he worked as a salesman (Census: T624, Roll 84, E.D. 91, Page 6A).
In 1920, he lived in Blythe, Riverside County, California (near the California-Arizona border), managing a grocery store (Census: T625, Roll 125, E.D. 110, Page 149B).