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The Early History of
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The following is from The Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire,
Printed by C. Norris & Co. , Exeter, NH, ©1817
LEMPSTER - a township in Cheshire county, incorporated in 1761, and containing in
1810, a population of 845 inhabitants. It is bounded N. by Unity, E. by Goshen and
Washington, S. by Marlow, and W. by Acworth, comprising an area of 21, 410 acres.
Near the border of Washington is a pond about 320 rods long and 80 wide, and another
lying partly in Marlow 420 long and 70 wide, besides several others of a smaller size
Lempster is also watered by sugar river and two branches of Cold river. The easterly part
of the town is mountainous over which part passes the 2d NH turnpike from Amherst to
Claremont. In this town also the Charleston turnpike branches off. There are here 7
school houses, and 1 congregational meeting house. Rev. E. Fisher was the first and only
minister ever settled in this town. He was ordained in 1787, and is still in office.
In 1812, eighteen persons died in this town, and twelve of them of the spotted
fever. In 1813, five other died of that disease. This fever first appeared in Lempster on
the 20th of March, 1812, and continued spreading its malignant contagion till the 3d of
April in 1813, it again appeared about the middle of April, and in June it assumed the form
of the mild typhus. In 1803, twenty-four children died here in two months of the
scarlatina anginosa. J.S.T.A. Submitted by T.C. Parziale 5/30/00 |
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Lempster
Local Information |
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Miner Memorial Library
P.O. Box 131 - Route 10 - East Lempster 03605-0131
Phone: (603) 863-0051 - Suzanne
Orlando, Librarian
Hours: 3 - 8 PM Monday & Wednesdays
On File is a book
listing old town residents, by Jessica Stevens
Available: Good Men & True Women, The Settling of Lempster
A Thesis by Dorothy Hathaway, Dartmouth College |
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Town of
Lempster and Town Clerk offices
856 US Route #10 P.O. Box 33 - Lempster, NH 03605
Phone: (603) 863-2698
Town Clerk - Gayle
Newton Hrs: Tue 9-Noon Wed. 5-7PM
Tues & Thurs 5-8pm, Sat 8-12 pm
(click line above)
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Lempster
Historical Society
 Bob Cilley,
President
For
Early Settler Information email Richard
Fairweather |
THE LEMPSTER OWL
This annual publication deals with town events
from both the past and present, giving a Lempster overview that is most
interesting. The 2002 issue carries an interview with Mrs.
Frances Wirkala, a Lempster teacher beginning in 1932 and she is
currently 91 years old. Her rich storehouse of memories presents a
perspective not often found today. |
Glimpses of Old Lempster, a
book
Published by the Croft Press of Lempster, this booklet, one of a series, provides a story of
the family who built and lived in one of the older houses in the
Lempster area, the Asbury F. Perley house and its family. The volume is for sale directly from the Croft Press,$8.95
including shipping. (click here) |
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Lempster
Lookup Volunteers
Richard Fairweather has offered limited
genealogical assistance referencing Lempster ancestors. Send him an email:
Richard
Fairweather |
If you have any reference material on Lempster and would
also like to volunteer,
please let me know.
Richard
Fairweather Updated
11/05/05
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