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FAMILY REGISTER
33
was blessed with a large share of happiness.
In the blue days of
the later years in Boscawen and the earlier years in Maine, when
the chilling clouds of poverty hung heavily over us, the habitual
hopefulness of Aunt Sally, and her strong faith in the coming of
better days and her words of encouragement and cheer were a
perpetual benediction to the children of the household—and when
the better days came no one greeted them with keener satisfaction
than Aunt Sally,"
My grandfather greatly regretted his lack of
education.
He was a great reader, considering his opportunities,
and in Boscawen took an active part with the Webster family in
building up the schools. His hotel in Boscawen was on the Merri-
mac river, two miles above the later Fisherville, now Pennacook,
the
building,
in
1894 a private dwelling, having been
for many
years used as a boarding house for the Elmwood Academy.
The
nearest neighbors were Ezekiel Webster, brother of Daniel, and
family, a
little above and across the road.
One of the Websters
still
lives
there and remembers
the
times
of our
grandfather,
when, as he writes, "Capt. Oak, as he was known, was
a noted,
performer on the fife, and also a good player of the violin." When
he was married he sold his violin to buy a cow.
71,
Susanna.
Born Winchester, N. H., April
12, 1778; mar-
ried Chelsea, Vt., 1798; died
in Howard county, Indiana, March
5,
1870, aged 91.
Husband, Enoch Challis, son of Thomas* and
Molly (French); born Salisbury, N. H., January
22,
IJ74; died
Boscawen, N.
H., about 1816;
i
child, Josiah
Edson..
Susanna
as the oldest daughter, had much influence in molding the charac-
ters
of her brothers and
sisters.
In physique she was smaller
than her
sisters; she
inherited her mother's musical
taste, and
bequeathed
it to her son.
Susanna lived
in many places with her roving son, but spent
ten years or more with
the Oaks
of Exeter and
Garland,
Me.,
where she endeared herself to
all.
She was a woman of strong
character and attractive personality; but especially noted for her
self-sacrificing
efforts under unfavorable
circumstances
to
give
her only
son an
education.
Her husband
kept
the Boscawen
hotel in 1812, but then went into the army, returning with shat-
tered health.
72.
Nathaniel.
Exeter, Me.
; farmer and builder
; born Win-
chester, N. H., February 9, 1780; married Lee, N. H., November
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