The history of Warner, New Hampshire, for one hundred and forty-four years, from 1735 to 1879 . of John George,and was born at Hopkinton Lower Village. He wasactively engaged in mercantile business in Warner agreat many years. He also built and kept a hotel,near his store and dwelling-house. He was a lieuten-ant in Capt. Joseph Smiths company, in the war of1812, and was afterwards a major in the state was considerably in public life, and was a veryprompt, energetic man. He was twice married, hisfirst wife being the sister, and his second wife thedaughter, of John Bean. He had a larg
The history of Warner, New Hampshire, for one hundred and forty-four years, from 1735 to 1879 . of John George,and was born at Hopkinton Lower Village. He wasactively engaged in mercantile business in Warner agreat many years. He also built and kept a hotel,near his store and dwelling-house. He was a lieuten-ant in Capt. Joseph Smiths company, in the war of1812, and was afterwards a major in the state was considerably in public life, and was a veryprompt, energetic man. He was twice married, hisfirst wife being the sister, and his second wife thedaughter, of John Bean. He had a large family ofchildren, but only two of them remain,—Daniel , of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Henry C. Barnabee, ofBoston. His second wife, now the widow of Willis, still survives. James B. Straw, who was appointed collector oftaxes, at this time, lived on Tory Hill, at the JohnHardy place, though he was a Salisbury man by wife, Mehitable, was a daughter of Ebenezer Fisk,of Wilmot, and a sister to John Fisk, who was acci-dentally killed at the saw-mill on Stevens EZEKIEL A. STRAW. 331 EzEKiEL A. Straw, a son of the above named couple,was born at the Hardy (now Jacob Chase) place, , 1819. A few years after his birth the familyremoved to Lowell, and Mr. James B. Straw enteredinto the service of the Appleton Manufacturing Com-pany. He died at Lowell in 1830. Ezekiel A., indue time, entered the English department of Phillipsacademj^, at Andover, Mass., where he applied him-self successfully to the study of practical leaving this institution, he was, in the spring of1838, employed as assistant civil engineer on theNashua & Lowell Railroad, then in process of con-struction. In July of that year he entered the ser-vice of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company ascivil engineer. He continued in this position till1851, when he was appointed agent of this company,and placed in charge of their land and duties and responsibilit
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