Life and times in Hopkinton, . ly in Holderness,Randolph and Thetford, Vt., Lebanon, Me., Hampton,Laconia, Haverhill, Mass., Meredith, Littleton, and Con-toocook, where he came in April, 1886. He was represent-ative to the General Court from Pittsfield in 1846 and1847; city clerk of Manchester in 1855 and 1856; railroadcommissioner from 1855 to 1857. In the palmy days ofthe old New Hampshire militia system, he was commanderof the Jackson Guards, adjutant of the 18th Regiment, anda brigade and division inspector. In the literary field, heis the compiler of Reminiscences of Pittsfield andThi
Life and times in Hopkinton, . ly in Holderness,Randolph and Thetford, Vt., Lebanon, Me., Hampton,Laconia, Haverhill, Mass., Meredith, Littleton, and Con-toocook, where he came in April, 1886. He was represent-ative to the General Court from Pittsfield in 1846 and1847; city clerk of Manchester in 1855 and 1856; railroadcommissioner from 1855 to 1857. In the palmy days ofthe old New Hampshire militia system, he was commanderof the Jackson Guards, adjutant of the 18th Regiment, anda brigade and division inspector. In the literary field, heis the compiler of Reminiscences of Pittsfield andThirty Years Experience in the Freewill Baptist Min-istry. He also served on the historical committee ofLittleton. The Proceedings of Littletons Centennial con-tain his address on Agriculture. In 1859, Mr. Lyfordentered the work of the Freewill Baptist ministry, beinglicensed by the Sandwich Quarterly Meeting. In 1860, hewas ordained at Randolph, Vt., by the Strafford QuarterlyMeeting, and he has since preached in the places named in. Rev. Francis H. Lyford. PERSONAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 433 the foregoing list as residences succeeding Randolph inorder. The experience of the Rev. Mr. Lyford suggests themarked changes in popular conveniences in later , a youth, he left Clinton Grove in Weare to join hisoldest brother in Keytesville, Mo., he took a journey offorty-two days by stage, canal, and steamboat. When, inFebruary, 1849, he began the journey to California, heshipped from Boston, Mass., on the schooner Edwin fromNewburyport, Mass., bound for Chagres; he crossed theisthmus to Panama; subsequently he returned to NewOrleans, La., proceeded up the Mississippi river, and atlength crossed the plains westward with ox teams, arrivingin California late in September, gaining an experience intravel known to but few persons of the present day. Helived in the California mines two years, and subsequentlyreturned to New England, satisfied with his native boun-daries. Rev. Mr. Lyford is
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