History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . ^ Lowell Clapp about 1815. Thiswas built and used for dressing cloth. Clapp re-mained until 1818, and was succeeded by AlpheusCapron, who died there in 1823. Capron was suc-ceeded by Willard Randall, and he in turn by OliverPuffer and Martin Sawyer. These latter put in awool-carding machine. This, however, may nothave been the first operated in town. Puffer con-tinued the business until he removed from carding machine was afterwards used by NelsonThayer. Cloth-dressing was carried on
History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, from its first settlement, to 1882 . ^ Lowell Clapp about 1815. Thiswas built and used for dressing cloth. Clapp re-mained until 1818, and was succeeded by AlpheusCapron, who died there in 1823. Capron was suc-ceeded by Willard Randall, and he in turn by OliverPuffer and Martin Sawyer. These latter put in awool-carding machine. This, however, may nothave been the first operated in town. Puffer con-tinued the business until he removed from carding machine was afterwards used by NelsonThayer. Cloth-dressing was carried on to some ex-tent at an early date by Grindall Thayer. His millwas near the Wyman Thayer place. Robert Swanhad a wool-carding machine in the mill west of theold Crane house. This may have been operatedpreviously by Crane. Reuben Parker. From the first settlement the town was well pro-vided with blacksmiths, much better in fact than inthese latter days, when it is difficult to get a horse TOWN OF RICHMOND. l8l shod in town. The first shop was evidently on theThomas Wooley farm, the place now occupied byAndrew Amadon. Reuben Parker, who married adaughter of Mr. Wooley, carried on the businessthere about seven years, and afterwards continued thebusiness on the hill where he settled, and the samewas continued by his sons, Jacob and Samuel. Azariah Citmstock. On the place where Mr. Cumstock first settled,near the junction of the old road with the Spragueroad, was a blacksmith shop. After his removal tothe Obediah Sprague place he probably continuedthe business. George Harkness occupied the oldshop about 1810. Francis JVorwood. For the accommodation of the west part, FrancisNorwood had a shop, where he continued the busi-ness for twenty years or more. This was near thebig rock, on the road to Winchester. Dan
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