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JOHN STINSON, OF DUNBARTON, N. H. 95
ton, N. H., and his third cousin. He resided on the home
farm in Diinbartou ; was appointed a colonel in the militia
in 1820, and often filled offices of trust in his native town.
He was town clerk in 1824, 1833-44; selectman in 1846 and
1847; was appointed justice of the peace in 1830. He was
an intelligent and public spirited man.
CHILDREN BORN IN DUNBAETON,
N. H.
167. Mary Jane Stinson,^' b. Feb. 11, 1820; m., 1815, David Story, and d.
in Dunbarton, N. H., 1851. He is a farmer, and res. Dunbarton,
N. H. Children:
I. Mary Louise Story," d. younj^.
II. Warren Story," b. July, 1854; res. San Bernardino, county of San
Bernardino, Cal. ;
one child.
168. Nancy Chase Stinson,^ b. April 3, 1826; m., 1857, David Story, who
had previously married her sister, and d. 1865, leaving one son.
I. Lafayette Story,*^ b. July, 1865; res. Nashua, N. H., near Hollis line.
He m. Frances Helena Ryder; no children; farmer.
David Storv m., third, his cousin, Sarah Ann Stinson. Children:
II. David Story," b. 1871.
III. Charles Frederick Story," b. 1877.
169. John Chase Stinson,=> b. Sept. 4, 1834; m.. May 2, 1867, Alice Beaty
Coghill, at Gloucester City, N. J. ;
in 1855 removed to Chico-
pee, Mass., and lived two years; removed to Gloucester City,
N. J., April 15, 1857, and has been in coal, lumber, and hardware
business ever since that time; a Democrat in politics; an
Episcopalian; was five years a freeholder, for fourteen years
a member of the board of education, and has been superintendent
of city schools since 1885. Children:
I. Abbie E. Stinson," b. Nov. 7, 1869.
II. Charles Albert Stinson," b. Dec, 1871; d. July 4, 1872.
III. Mary Stinson," b. June, 1873; d. August, 1873.
IV. Ellen Augusta Stinson," b. April 22, 1875.
Y. Henry Chase Stinson," b. Aug., 1877; d. Sept., 1877.
170. Archibald Stinson *
[51] (Janet Allison,^ Capt.
Samuel," SamueP). He was born in Dunbarton, N. H.,
March 14, 1791. While in his young manhood, in 1817,
he went to Hammond, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., where
he was a school teacher. He married, in 1819, Sally Barker,
daughter of Jeduthan (of Connecticut) and Lucy A.
(Pond) Barker, of Vergennes, Vt., born at Ogdensburg,
N. Y., Feb. 28, 1802. He owned a small farm w^here he
lived till about 1840, when he sold it and removed to Rossie,
St. Lawrence county, N. Y., where he lived for twenty years,
when he removed to the beautiful village of Gouverneur, St.
Lawrence county, N. Y. He attained a competence, was an
attendant of the Episcopal church, and a Democrat in his
politics. He died of small-pox, Jan. 24, 1872. He was a
soldier of the 1812-'15 war. Mrs. Stinson was a member of
the Episcopal church, and after the death of her husband
lived with her daughters. She was a strong-minded, ener-