. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ughthim into familiar relations with a large number of peo-ple. Mr. Courser is a son of the late William B. andNancy (Morey). Courser, born in the town of Wilmot,July 20, 1837. I ^^^s infancy, his father, who was afarmer, removed to the town of Warner, locating in thedistrict known as Schoodac. His parents being inlimited circumstances, he began at an earlv age tomake his own way in the world, earning his own livingafter nine vears of age. He attended the commonschool as far as practicable, and subsequently securedthe benefit of instruc
. New Hampshire agriculture : personal and farm sketches. ughthim into familiar relations with a large number of peo-ple. Mr. Courser is a son of the late William B. andNancy (Morey). Courser, born in the town of Wilmot,July 20, 1837. I ^^^s infancy, his father, who was afarmer, removed to the town of Warner, locating in thedistrict known as Schoodac. His parents being inlimited circumstances, he began at an earlv age tomake his own way in the world, earning his own livingafter nine vears of age. He attended the commonschool as far as practicable, and subsequently securedthe benefit of instruction for a few terms, at the Con-toocook academy. He had become thoroughly familiarwith the labor and methods incident to general farmmanagement, and at the age of twenty-one entered theemploy of Dr. Robert Lane of Sutton, where he wasengaged for eight years. May I, 1866, he was united in marriage with MissSarah E. Todd of New London, and located on thefarm in Webster which he has since occupied, in thewesterly portion of the town, about five miles from. Thomas J. Courser. PERSONAL AND FARM SKETCHES. 39I Warner village, where is his post-office and businessaddress. This farm embraces about 200 acres of landaltogether, and produces some fifty tons of hay, with agood amount of corn and other crops. Mr. Courser hasalso some 400 acres of land elsewhere, in Warner andSutton, largely pasture and woodland. He raises cattle,sheep and hogs, quite extensively, and usually keepshalf a dozen horses. He sells cattle to a considerableextent in the local market, and has purchased quiteextensively for Brighton and Watertown for the lasttwenty-five years, thus coming into business contactwith the farmers through a large section of this state andVermont. His first wife dying, Mr. Courser subsequently (Octo-ber 26, 1876) married Addie E. Marden of New Boston,his present wife. Three children by the first marriageare living—a son, Fred W., who has always remainedat home, and now has practical cha
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