. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ydia (Smith)Gordon, was born in the town of Henniker, Febrnary 3,1830. He is a descendant in the sixth generation fromAlexander Gordon, who came from Scotland in 1650,and settled in the town of Exeter. His father was afarmer and he was reared to farm labor, but attendedschool in youth at Henniker, Andover and Clinton Grove academies, and taughtdistrict schools in win-ter in Henniker, Hop-kinton, and Warner,for about fifteen years,continuing his resi-dence at the old home-stead. October 28, 1862,he was united inmarriage with MarthaDicki
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ydia (Smith)Gordon, was born in the town of Henniker, Febrnary 3,1830. He is a descendant in the sixth generation fromAlexander Gordon, who came from Scotland in 1650,and settled in the town of Exeter. His father was afarmer and he was reared to farm labor, but attendedschool in youth at Henniker, Andover and Clinton Grove academies, and taughtdistrict schools in win-ter in Henniker, Hop-kinton, and Warner,for about fifteen years,continuing his resi-dence at the old home-stead. October 28, 1862,he was united inmarriage with MarthaDicki n s o n M c G a w,daughter of Isaac andEliza (Armour) Mc-Gaw, of Windham,and, the year follow-ing, removed to thewell-known M c G a wfarm at Reeds Ferry in the town of Merrimack, wherehe has since resided. This farm, which extends up from the west bank ofthe Merrimack river, was originally settled by JacobMcGaw, who was of Scotch-Irish parentage and emi-grated Irom Liney-Gloss, near Londonderrv, Ireland,settling in Bedford, from which town Merrimack was. Hon. Francis A. Cordon.
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