page_title: Hopkinton, New Hampshire
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hopkinton, New Hampshire / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: lifetimesinhopki00lord (find matches) Title: Life and times in Hopkinton, N.H Year: 1890 (1890s) Authors: Lord, Charles Chase, 1841-1911 Subjects: Hopkinton (N.H.) -- History Hopkinton (N.H.) -- Biography Publisher: Concord, N.H. Republican press association Contributing Library: University of New Hampshire Library Digitizing Sponsor: University of New Hampshire Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: , a restaurant-keeper, etc. In 1862, Au-gust 9, he was mustered into Company B, 2d RegimentN. H. V., continuing in the service till May 17, 1865. Onthe 3d of June, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va., he was woundedtwice, in the right shoulder and in the left lung. A bulletstill remains embedded in the lung. After being wounded,private Daniels was for a time in a hospital at Washington,D. C, and afterwards in Rhode Island, and again in Man-chester. He was given a pension at the time of his dis-charge from the army. In August, 1867, Mr. Danielsmarried Mary A. Layman, daughter of Hiram Layman andAbigail Joice, of Minnesota. Mrs. Daniels died in July,1870, and in May, 1875, Mr. Daniels married Mary A.Zabin, daughter of Thomas Zabin and Agnes Brown, ofManchester. Mr. Daniels has two children by his firstwife. Their initials are G. S. and C. H. Abeam Davis, the son of Abraham and Abiah Davis,was born in Hopkinton, January 23, 1776. Excepting sixyears in Lempster, he always lived in Hopkinton. He was Text Appearing After Image: 00 &gt; &lt;: Q oo ■■—- £ o o s o o oo Cx-, \- o z o w o o s w Q k—«&#160;00 w c£ PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 355 a commissioned officer of cavalry in militia days. Ill 1837and 1838, he was a selectman of Hopkinton. In the town-clerks record, his Christian name is called Abraham.Though a farmer, he was a maker of farm implements,such as yokes, plows, and other utensils. In 1804,March 15, he married Priscilla Currier, daughter of Johnand Sarah Currier, of Hopkinton. They had children,—John Currier, born January 2, 1807; Betsey, born March8, 1808; Sarah Clark, born October 23, 1809; Lucy Story,born July 23, 1811; Sabrina, born March 28, 1813&#160;; AmosHaynes, born March 29, 1815: Charles Chase, born June15, 1817; Seth, born October 29, 1819; George, born July29, 1821. Abram Davis died October 31, 1844; his wife,December 7, 1854. Amos Haynes Davis, the son of Abram Davis and Pris-cilla Currier, was born in Hopkinton, March 29, 1815. Inyouth, he attended Hopkinton academy. From 1836 to Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Hopkinton is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,589 at the 2010 census. The town has three distinct communities: Hopkinton village, mainly a residential area in the center of the town; Contoocook, the town's business hub, located in the north; and West Hopkinton, within the more agricultural portion of the town. The town is home to the Hopkinton State Fair, adjacent to Contoocook village, and to the historic Contoocook Railroad Depot and the Contoocook Railroad Bridge, the oldest covered railroad bridge in the United States.
context_section_description: The town was granted by Colonial Governor Jonathan Belcher in 1735 as "Number 5" to settlers from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, who renamed it "New Hopkinton." First settled in 1736, colonists were required to build homes, fence in their land, plant it with English grass, and provide a home for a minister, all within seven years. The community would be incorporated in 1765 by Governor Benning Wentworth. Built in 1789, the Congregational Church has a Revere bell. The legislature met in Hopkinton occasionally between 1798 and 1807. In 1808, the town competed for the coveted position of state capitol, but was defeated by nearby Concord.
   A substantial portion of the town in the north was named "Contoocook Village" for a tribe of the Pennacook Indians who once lived there. Due to its position along the Contoocook River, it became a center for water-powered industry, particularly lumber and textiles. The Contoocook covered railroad bridge in the village is a remnant of the Boston & Maine Railroad and is the oldest covered bridge of its kind still standing in the United States. Next to the bridge is the Contoocook Railroad Depot, one of the original railroad depots for the Concord and Claremont Railroad.
  Since 1915, Hopkinton has been home to the Hopkinton State Fair, an event which attracts thousands of visitors each year during the Labor Day weekend.
caption: W. S. Davis Building 1889
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