Alpheus was a "home boy", and undertook the care and maintenance of his parents during life. By great energy and perseverance, combined with good trade, he managed to payoff quite an encumbrance on the farm, support two families, rear six children, and emerge from it all free from debt. In 1836 he sold the farm (then in a high state of cultivation)
to the town, and removed to Nashua, N.H., where his oldest son then resided. After remaining there about ten years, he returned to Franklin, and built him a house near the corner of Pleasant and Main Streets. At the age of sixty-six, he passed to the unseen life, of quick consumption, lamented by a large circle of friends. He was noted for industry, frugality, strict integrity, and loyalty to his convictions of truth. In religion he was ^' Orthodox," having been trained, from' early life, under the teachings of Dr. Emmons.
The following extracts from an obituary notice of Mrs. A. P. Adams, written by her favorite pastor (Rev. Mr. Pel ton), and^ printed in '^ The Congregationalist," are inserted as a faithful] record of her history : —
to the town, and removed to Nashua, N.H., where his oldest son then resided. After remaining there about ten years, he returned to Franklin, and built him a house near the corner of Pleasant and Main Streets. At the age of sixty-six, he passed to the unseen life, of quick consumption, lamented by a large circle of friends. He was noted for industry, frugality, strict integrity, and loyalty to his convictions of truth. In religion he was ^' Orthodox," having been trained, from' early life, under the teachings of Dr. Emmons.
The following extracts from an obituary notice of Mrs. A. P. Adams, written by her favorite pastor (Rev. Mr. Pel ton), and^ printed in '^ The Congregationalist," are inserted as a faithful] record of her history : —
Alpheus was a "home boy", and undertook the care and maintenance of his parents during life. By great energy and perseverance, combined with good trade, he managed to payoff quite an encumbrance on the farm, support two families, rear six children, and emerge from it all free from debt. In 1836 he sold the farm (then in a high state of cultivation)
to the town, and removed to Nashua, N.H., where his oldest son then resided. After remaining there about ten years, he returned to Franklin, and built him a house near the corner of Pleasant and Main Streets. At the age of sixty-six, he passed to the unseen life, of quick consumption, lamented by a large circle of friends. He was noted for industry, frugality, strict integrity, and loyalty to his convictions of truth. In religion he was ^' Orthodox," having been trained, from' early life, under the teachings of Dr. Emmons.
The following extracts from an obituary notice of Mrs. A. P. Adams, written by her favorite pastor (Rev. Mr. Pel ton), and^ printed in '^ The Congregationalist," are inserted as a faithful] record of her history : —
to the town, and removed to Nashua, N.H., where his oldest son then resided. After remaining there about ten years, he returned to Franklin, and built him a house near the corner of Pleasant and Main Streets. At the age of sixty-six, he passed to the unseen life, of quick consumption, lamented by a large circle of friends. He was noted for industry, frugality, strict integrity, and loyalty to his convictions of truth. In religion he was ^' Orthodox," having been trained, from' early life, under the teachings of Dr. Emmons.
The following extracts from an obituary notice of Mrs. A. P. Adams, written by her favorite pastor (Rev. Mr. Pel ton), and^ printed in '^ The Congregationalist," are inserted as a faithful] record of her history : —
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