. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . he Contoocook river destroyed the buildingand contents, leaving the Ames brothers penniless. Mrs. Ames owned a house on the Boscawen side of the river(now owned by Charles Clough) which had come to her fromher fathers estate; this property she mortgaged to secure a loanof one hundred dollars, which enabled Mr. Ames to make thejourney to the gold mines of California, where he remained sevenyears. He returned to New Hampshire just in season to catchthe spirit of 1861, and enlisted October 1, 1861, in Capt. Dur- 332 H
. The history of Penacook, , from its first settlement in 1734 up to 1900 . he Contoocook river destroyed the buildingand contents, leaving the Ames brothers penniless. Mrs. Ames owned a house on the Boscawen side of the river(now owned by Charles Clough) which had come to her fromher fathers estate; this property she mortgaged to secure a loanof one hundred dollars, which enabled Mr. Ames to make thejourney to the gold mines of California, where he remained sevenyears. He returned to New Hampshire just in season to catchthe spirit of 1861, and enlisted October 1, 1861, in Capt. Dur- 332 HISTORY OF PENACOOK. gins Company E, Seventh Regiment, N. H. Vols., serving with hisregiment on the South Carolina coast until his health failed, whenhe was honorably discharged for disability, and returned to Pena-cook, where he remained most of the time, except a few years in Col-orado, during the remainder of his life. Mr. Ames was one of theoldest men who went into the service from this village, being forty-seven years old at the date of enlistment. Mr. Ames early in life. Dea. Fisher Ames. joined the Congregational church, and led an upright Christianlife; at the date of his death he had been a deacon of the churchin Penacook for several years. He was one of the original mem-bers of Pioneer Fire Engine Co., serving with that company along term of years. He was a member of W. I. Brown Post, , G. A. R., but never sought or accepted public office. After his misfortune in the foundry business, he did not go into REV. MILLARD F. JOHNSON. 333 any other business, but preferred working at various occupations,in many of which he was quite proficient. Mr. Ames died Au-gust 14, 1893, leaving a widow who survived him less than twoyears; her decease occurred on April 13, 1895. There remainof his family two children,—Sarah Plummer, born at CanterburyJanuary 10, 1845, and Henry Gerrish, born at Penacook, Septem-ber 16, 1848, both of whom still reside in the village. REV. MILLARD F.
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