. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . th Hall,daughter of Capt. John Chandler, and lived at West Concord fora time, where he carried on the wool-carding and cloth-dressingbusiness. In 1818 he moved to Penacook and succeeded hisfather-in-law, Captain Chandler, as landlord of the hotel which isnow known as the Penacook House, owned and managed at thepresent time by Hannibal Bonney. In 1843 Mrs. Johnson died, and his health failing soon after-wards, he left the hotel and moved into what is now the secondhouse south of the hotel, living there for a time, a
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . th Hall,daughter of Capt. John Chandler, and lived at West Concord fora time, where he carried on the wool-carding and cloth-dressingbusiness. In 1818 he moved to Penacook and succeeded hisfather-in-law, Captain Chandler, as landlord of the hotel which isnow known as the Penacook House, owned and managed at thepresent time by Hannibal Bonney. In 1843 Mrs. Johnson died, and his health failing soon after-wards, he left the hotel and moved into what is now the secondhouse south of the hotel, living there for a time, and finally movinginto the house now occupied by his daughter, Mrs. Isaac K. Gage. REUBEN JOHNSON. 455 There he died March 16, 1852, aged about 63 years and 2 months,and was buried in River View cemetery at Boscawen Plain besidehis wife. Mr. Johnson was fond of music and purchased the firstpiano brought into the village; his youngest daughter, Mary, wasan excellent player on that instrument, and the same piano is stillat the Gage homestead. In 1836 Mr. Johnson built the store. Reuben Johnson. which stands nearly opposite the Penacook House, and is now oc-cupied by Sanborn Brothers. For a time his son, Luther , and his son-in-law, Isaac K. Gage, carried on businessthere under the firm name of Johnson & Gage ; and it was at thisstore where the Fisherville post-office was first located, Mr. LutherG. Johnson being the first postmaster. The land on which the 456 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. Congregational church now stands was given by Reuben Johnsonto the Christian denomination, and the church was built and occu-pied by that denomination for several years. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were born eleven children, four ofwhom died in infancy, the others being Lucy J., who married Wil-liam Moody Kimball, and died in Minnesota, April 19, 1899;Luther G., who married Cornelia E. Morrill of Canterbury, diedAugust 12, 1897; Clarissa, who married John C. Smith of Sal-isbury, died October 1, 1893;
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