Felch Hiram Moody b. 31 JUL 1836 Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA d.

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Birth 31 Jul 1836 Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA [1]

Gender Male

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Person ID I4573 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Father Felch Leonard, b. 21 May 1801, Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA , d. 17 Feb 1878, Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA

Mother Blodgett Katherine, d. 1851

Family ID F1847 Group Sheet

Family 1 Simonds Maria E., d. 1895

Married 1860 [1]

Family ID F1852 Group Sheet

Family 2 Matthews Achsa N.

Children

	1. Felch Emma Katie, b. 16 Aug 1862, d. 03 Feb 1864
	2. Felch Asa E., b. 02 Dec 1865
	3. Felch Willis S., b. 07 May 1871, d. 09 Feb 1883
	4. Felch Jennie M., b. 28 Aug 1879, d. 28 Jan 1905

Family ID F1854 Group Sheet

Notes	(VII) Hiram Moody, second son and third and youngest child of Leonard and Katherine (Blodgett) Felch, was born in Weare. July .11, 1836. His educational opportunities were limited, but he made excellent use of the small amount of time allotted him for his school attendance, and supplemented this by earnest home effort. Upon attaining his majority he purchased the homestead farm, paying for it as circumstances would permit, and has since made large additions to his real estate holdings. He now owns one thousand acres of land and four houses in the village of East Weare, acquiring the means forthe purchase by his industry and frugality. He established himself in the meat business at Weare in 1866 and built up a profitable trade, later admitting his son, Asa E., into partnership. He collected and drove fortnightly to Lowell, Massachusetts, from 1868 to 1876, large numbers of cattle and sheep for sale in that city. On his farm in East Weare he keeps from thirty to forty head of cattle, from one hundred to one hundred and fifty sheep, and has had on hand at one time as many as five hundred new milch cows. His average crop of hay amounts to about one hundred and fifty tons. His farm buildings were destroyed by fire May 20, 1895, and he removed to the village, purchasing of A. B. Johnson the residence in which Judge Cross, of Manchester, was born. (See Cross Family). A portion of his land is devoted to the growing of valuable timber. During the early days of the Civil war he was drafted, but not feeling strong enough to withstand the hardships and exposure of army life, he furnished a substitute, the expense of which proved a serious drawback to him, as at that time he was struggling to pay for his farm. Up to the present time the purchase of this substitute has cost him over five thousand dollars. His ability and perseverance, however, enabled him to clear his property from debt prior to the close of the war, and his remarkable energy is one of the most prominent features of his character. Politically Mr. Felch was a Democrat up to the time of the assassination of President Lincoln, since which time he has been a stanch supporter of Republican principle. He has served with credit as a selectman. He is a member of Aurora Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons, of Henniker; Woods Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Mount William Lodge No. 37, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and is a charter member and formerly steward of the local Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, which was organized in 1873. He married (first), in 1860, Maria E. Simonds. of Hancock, daughter of Asa Simonds. She died in 1895. He married (second), Achsa N. Buswell, widow of Hiram Buswell, who died September 23, 1893. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but came to Weare as a child and has always lived in that city. Her father, William Matthews, was born in Germany, went to California and was engaged in gold mining, and later lived in Lowell. Massachusetts, where he died at the age of fifty-two years. Her mother, Olive (Philbrick) Matthews, born in Weare. was the daughter of Ephraim and Achsa (Nicholas) Philbrick. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews had four children, of whom the only ones living are : Achsa and Olive; Olive married Mr. Canfield, and resides in California. Hiram M. and Achsa (Buswell) Felch had children: I. Emma Katie, born August 16, 1862; died February 3, 1864. 2. Asa E., born December 2, 1865. He was educated in the common schools and Hancock Academy. He assisted his father on the homestead farm and on the meat business, and later purchased a steam mill, and extensively engaged in farming and the lumber industry and employs some fifteen men. He married Jennie Black, and has children : Hazel M., married Charles Stafford, of Weare, and has one daughter, Genevra : and Harold W.. now twelve years of age. 3. Willis S., born May 7, 1871 ; died February 9. 1883. 4. Jennie M., born August 28, 1879; died January 28, 1905.

Sources

[S232] Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Lewis publishing company, Chicago, (Name: The Lewis publishing company, 1908;), 1186 (Reliability: 3).