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S,ii/'/ii,\- Doilriiu ,>J llie Comiiii; of t/u Lonl, l/i,- JuJ/;mciil, an,! lite KcuniwUKii. etc., and
in 1874, The Bible Regained, ami the God of the Bible Ours.
Col. Joseph IVentworth resided in the homestead in Sandwich until 1S7C, when lie
removed to Concord, N. H. He was an Aid of Gov. John I'agc, with rank of Colonel;
the first Register of Deeds for Carroll County; Representative to the -State Legislature from
Sandwich, N. H., 1S44 and 1S45; i'heriff of the County ; I'ostmastci 'if Sandwich, and Presi-
dent of Carroll County Kank.
George IValliugford Wcniioorth studied medicine and entered the jiractice of his iiro-
fession in 1847, in Chicago, 111. He was chosen Alderman of that city, and won a large medi-
cal practice. He died of cholera in 1850.
Mary Frances IVentworth married Rev. William H. I'orter. lie was horn Sept. 19,1818,
in Rye, X. H., graduated from Yale College in 1S41, settled as jiastor of Congregational
Church in Litchfield, N. H., and died May 26, 1861, in Ro.xbury, Mass. Mrs. Porter, 1878,
resided in Rochester, Minn.
Margaret Jane Wentworth married David Lawrence Morrill, E>q., son ol Hon. David 1..
Morrill, Governor of New Hampshire, and United States Senator from that State. He was
born June 2, 1S27, in Goffstown, X. H., graduated from Dartmouth College in 1847, and
became a lawyer. They resided in Leavenworth, Kan., where Mrs. Morrill died, Feb. i, 1S77.
Samuel Hidden ll'eutioortii graduated from Har\-ard College in 1858, and also leceived
the degree of A. M. He studied law, received the degree of LL. B. from Harvard Law
School, and practised his profession in Boston, Mass. Mr. Wentworth was for several years
a member of the Boston School Committee, and wa.-- chosen Representative to the State Legis-
lature in 1S76 from the citv of Boston. Mass.
AMOS COGSWELL.
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Amos" Cogswell, {Mosci', Nnihaniel'^, Johii'^, William'-, John^), son
of Lieut. Moses'' [160 j and Hannah (Foster) Cogswell, was born July 28,
1782, in Canterbury, N. H. He married, Feb. 8, iSiO, Polly Forrest, a
daughter of Lieut. William Forrest. She was born May 25, 1789, in
Canterbury, N. H., where they resided. Hon. Amos Cogswell died
June 5, 1848. Mrs. Cogswell died Nov 15, 1869.
THEIK CHILDREN WERE:
Hannah Fosier, [785] b. Nov. 27, 1810: m. Sept. 13, 1838, Alex. S. Veaton ; A.
May 3, iS7v.
.\Larv, [786] b. Jan. 12, 1812. She died in infancy, June 20, 1S12.
Lucy Ame,s, [787] b. March 2, 1813; m. Sept. 16, 1835, Charles Graham.
John, [788] b. Dec. 6, 1814. He died in infancy, Jan. 16, 181 5.
Wn.LiAM Forrest, [789] b. Dec. 11, 1S15; m. .Aug. 26, I'i^,-},, .Anna Adeline Fran:en
d. June 23, 1869.
Marv. I790] h Jan. 8, 1821 ; m. Dee. I, 1857, 'Simeon Farmi/ii.
Moses I'kaksiis, [791] ]>. No\. 4, i.\22. He died, unmarried, Feb. 13, 1.S50.
Amos Moouv, [792] b. July 14, 1823; m. Dec. 1, 1S53, Hannah A. Ames.
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