. History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, comprised within the original limits of Nottingham, Rockingham County, , with records of the centennial proceedings at Northwood, and genealogical sketches .. . n, father of Deacon Levi Knowles, was called toStratham in a winter season during the early period of hismarried life, when a storm came upon him, which ragedmany days in succession, rendering it impracticable forhim to return to his family. The drifts rose higher dayby day, and everywhere the snow lay thick on the ground,concealing all traces of a pathway. Becoming impatientunder
. History of Nottingham, Deerfield, and Northwood, comprised within the original limits of Nottingham, Rockingham County, , with records of the centennial proceedings at Northwood, and genealogical sketches .. . n, father of Deacon Levi Knowles, was called toStratham in a winter season during the early period of hismarried life, when a storm came upon him, which ragedmany days in succession, rendering it impracticable forhim to return to his family. The drifts rose higher dayby day, and everywhere the snow lay thick on the ground,concealing all traces of a pathway. Becoming impatientunder his detention, he constructed snow-shoes, adaptingthem to his feet, left Stratham, and, after a toilsomemarch, reached home late on the evening of the ninth all those stormy days his wife, who had remained athome, saw but one human being besides her little keep them warm, she had consumed not only the woodwhich her husband had prepared for her use, but also alarge pile of oak staves, which he had placed against thehousfi, and which she could reach through a window ; butfor these she and her little ones must have perished fromthe cold. This Simeon Knowles was an upright man, and greatly.
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