His birth home was rural Brentwood, considerably north of the cemetery and village cluster of homes and P.O. in Brentwood, seen on a map showing his father's farm as J. Veasey, further north ("Map of Rockingham County", 1857, at loc.gov). Brentwood and its northward neighbor of Epping were spin-offs of mother Exeter, with the three places staying connected after achieving their own churches. The map might show the J. Veasey farmhouse in Brentwood, but if their rural mail went through Exeter or if the current doctor housing them overnight was in Epping, then addresses on census and death records could vary. The academy (high school & teacher training) for young men seemed to be the one at Exeter , started by the Phillips brothers, the "seminary" for young women done by the Robinsons.
FAMILY NAME, PLACE NAME. An old catalog of the Phillips' school showed the traditional Veasey spelling early, the sound-it-out of Veazey later, with Exeter at first, Brentwood later.
By full name, age, entering class, beginning address, career and final location
•Daniel A. Veasey, 14, (entered?), Exeter. Business, Indiana
•Wheelock Graves Veasey, 17, 1852, Exeter. Dart., 1859, LL.B., LL.D. Judge Supr. Ct., Vt. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. d. 1898.
•Daniel Barber Veasey, 22, 1864, Brentwood. Teacher, Hematite, Mo.
By surname and graduation year
Veasey 1831 Daniel A.
Veazey 1837 John M. C.
Veazey 1855 Wheelock G.
Veazey 1867 Daniel B.
SOURCE: "General catalogue of officers and students, of the Phillips Exeter Academy, 1783-1903"
The "memory book" was published in 1903, so fifty years later. Wheelock was a younger brother, while Daniel B was a nephew by an older brother who later left for Missouri. Wheelock's extra lines were written after receiving a special medal for the Civil War.
Wheelock was the famed one, so had the most details given, always. Seeing the VeaZy spelling used often for him, some clerks would have presumed it was THE spelling, wrote it down for Henry and others, without asking. However, their 1850 and 1860 Censuses earlier clearly showed their spelling was still Veasey, as did his father's death card. (Their parents had nine children by their 1840 Census, three of them girls. The 1840 address was written as Brentwood, later ones as Exeter.)
Marriages were at the bride's church, usually. Female Veaseys married at Brentwood, for example, including their elder sister Rebecca. Males did so only if marrying someone local. Henry's bride would be from Newmarket, catty-corner, northeast of Exeter, nearer Portsmouth. Wheelock's bride was instead from Nashua, interior NH, not on the Merrimack River, so he married in a different county.
1866 -VEASEY NAME AT DEATH, ON PAPER & STONE--Retrospective Death Card (large set of records re-constructed in 1906, based on cemetery walks, etc, combined with town records) . His card gave few details, said only that he died in 1866 in New Market NH, his wife's home town, her stone of the 1870s there, the only stone naming him that survives. His wife's stone called her "Mary D, wife of H. W. Veasey, daughter of Capt. Andrew and Mary A Doe". Her father had married twice, she was the only daughter by the second wife.
Death Card: Familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTY3-2Q8?i=2449
1855 VEAZEY MIS-SPELL, MARRIAGE CARD: Also reconstructed in 1906. These might come from church records when towns lacked them. A clerks not at his home town did a sound it out? His wife's stone and an old family history book for the Does both say his wife married a Veasey.
Marriage Card: Familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLD3-8CM
1850 AS VEASEY, US Census with parents, Brentwood at Exeter address
Handwritten Census (image)-- Familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GH7H-XL1
County and Exeter histories say he went to the civil War, but gave no regiment. A vague mention was made some as to "vet" work (veterinarian for Army horses? or...?)
Most were mustered out in 1865. Many died afterward, weakened, damaged. He died in 1866, his wife to die in 1873, according to her death card and an old family history book of the Does calling him Henry Veasey.
JBrown, 2021
Thanks to fellow Contributor: JBrown, IA, MN, Calif, AustinTX (48697180)
FAMILY NAME, PLACE NAME. An old catalog of the Phillips' school showed the traditional Veasey spelling early, the sound-it-out of Veazey later, with Exeter at first, Brentwood later.
By full name, age, entering class, beginning address, career and final location
•Daniel A. Veasey, 14, (entered?), Exeter. Business, Indiana
•Wheelock Graves Veasey, 17, 1852, Exeter. Dart., 1859, LL.B., LL.D. Judge Supr. Ct., Vt. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. d. 1898.
•Daniel Barber Veasey, 22, 1864, Brentwood. Teacher, Hematite, Mo.
By surname and graduation year
Veasey 1831 Daniel A.
Veazey 1837 John M. C.
Veazey 1855 Wheelock G.
Veazey 1867 Daniel B.
SOURCE: "General catalogue of officers and students, of the Phillips Exeter Academy, 1783-1903"
The "memory book" was published in 1903, so fifty years later. Wheelock was a younger brother, while Daniel B was a nephew by an older brother who later left for Missouri. Wheelock's extra lines were written after receiving a special medal for the Civil War.
Wheelock was the famed one, so had the most details given, always. Seeing the VeaZy spelling used often for him, some clerks would have presumed it was THE spelling, wrote it down for Henry and others, without asking. However, their 1850 and 1860 Censuses earlier clearly showed their spelling was still Veasey, as did his father's death card. (Their parents had nine children by their 1840 Census, three of them girls. The 1840 address was written as Brentwood, later ones as Exeter.)
Marriages were at the bride's church, usually. Female Veaseys married at Brentwood, for example, including their elder sister Rebecca. Males did so only if marrying someone local. Henry's bride would be from Newmarket, catty-corner, northeast of Exeter, nearer Portsmouth. Wheelock's bride was instead from Nashua, interior NH, not on the Merrimack River, so he married in a different county.
1866 -VEASEY NAME AT DEATH, ON PAPER & STONE--Retrospective Death Card (large set of records re-constructed in 1906, based on cemetery walks, etc, combined with town records) . His card gave few details, said only that he died in 1866 in New Market NH, his wife's home town, her stone of the 1870s there, the only stone naming him that survives. His wife's stone called her "Mary D, wife of H. W. Veasey, daughter of Capt. Andrew and Mary A Doe". Her father had married twice, she was the only daughter by the second wife.
Death Card: Familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTY3-2Q8?i=2449
1855 VEAZEY MIS-SPELL, MARRIAGE CARD: Also reconstructed in 1906. These might come from church records when towns lacked them. A clerks not at his home town did a sound it out? His wife's stone and an old family history book for the Does both say his wife married a Veasey.
Marriage Card: Familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLD3-8CM
1850 AS VEASEY, US Census with parents, Brentwood at Exeter address
Handwritten Census (image)-- Familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GH7H-XL1
County and Exeter histories say he went to the civil War, but gave no regiment. A vague mention was made some as to "vet" work (veterinarian for Army horses? or...?)
Most were mustered out in 1865. Many died afterward, weakened, damaged. He died in 1866, his wife to die in 1873, according to her death card and an old family history book of the Does calling him Henry Veasey.
JBrown, 2021
Thanks to fellow Contributor: JBrown, IA, MN, Calif, AustinTX (48697180)
His birth home was rural Brentwood, considerably north of the cemetery and village cluster of homes and P.O. in Brentwood, seen on a map showing his father's farm as J. Veasey, further north ("Map of Rockingham County", 1857, at loc.gov). Brentwood and its northward neighbor of Epping were spin-offs of mother Exeter, with the three places staying connected after achieving their own churches. The map might show the J. Veasey farmhouse in Brentwood, but if their rural mail went through Exeter or if the current doctor housing them overnight was in Epping, then addresses on census and death records could vary. The academy (high school & teacher training) for young men seemed to be the one at Exeter , started by the Phillips brothers, the "seminary" for young women done by the Robinsons.
FAMILY NAME, PLACE NAME. An old catalog of the Phillips' school showed the traditional Veasey spelling early, the sound-it-out of Veazey later, with Exeter at first, Brentwood later.
By full name, age, entering class, beginning address, career and final location
•Daniel A. Veasey, 14, (entered?), Exeter. Business, Indiana
•Wheelock Graves Veasey, 17, 1852, Exeter. Dart., 1859, LL.B., LL.D. Judge Supr. Ct., Vt. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. d. 1898.
•Daniel Barber Veasey, 22, 1864, Brentwood. Teacher, Hematite, Mo.
By surname and graduation year
Veasey 1831 Daniel A.
Veazey 1837 John M. C.
Veazey 1855 Wheelock G.
Veazey 1867 Daniel B.
SOURCE: "General catalogue of officers and students, of the Phillips Exeter Academy, 1783-1903"
The "memory book" was published in 1903, so fifty years later. Wheelock was a younger brother, while Daniel B was a nephew by an older brother who later left for Missouri. Wheelock's extra lines were written after receiving a special medal for the Civil War.
Wheelock was the famed one, so had the most details given, always. Seeing the VeaZy spelling used often for him, some clerks would have presumed it was THE spelling, wrote it down for Henry and others, without asking. However, their 1850 and 1860 Censuses earlier clearly showed their spelling was still Veasey, as did his father's death card. (Their parents had nine children by their 1840 Census, three of them girls. The 1840 address was written as Brentwood, later ones as Exeter.)
Marriages were at the bride's church, usually. Female Veaseys married at Brentwood, for example, including their elder sister Rebecca. Males did so only if marrying someone local. Henry's bride would be from Newmarket, catty-corner, northeast of Exeter, nearer Portsmouth. Wheelock's bride was instead from Nashua, interior NH, not on the Merrimack River, so he married in a different county.
1866 -VEASEY NAME AT DEATH, ON PAPER & STONE--Retrospective Death Card (large set of records re-constructed in 1906, based on cemetery walks, etc, combined with town records) . His card gave few details, said only that he died in 1866 in New Market NH, his wife's home town, her stone of the 1870s there, the only stone naming him that survives. His wife's stone called her "Mary D, wife of H. W. Veasey, daughter of Capt. Andrew and Mary A Doe". Her father had married twice, she was the only daughter by the second wife.
Death Card: Familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTY3-2Q8?i=2449
1855 VEAZEY MIS-SPELL, MARRIAGE CARD: Also reconstructed in 1906. These might come from church records when towns lacked them. A clerks not at his home town did a sound it out? His wife's stone and an old family history book for the Does both say his wife married a Veasey.
Marriage Card: Familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLD3-8CM
1850 AS VEASEY, US Census with parents, Brentwood at Exeter address
Handwritten Census (image)-- Familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GH7H-XL1
County and Exeter histories say he went to the civil War, but gave no regiment. A vague mention was made some as to "vet" work (veterinarian for Army horses? or...?)
Most were mustered out in 1865. Many died afterward, weakened, damaged. He died in 1866, his wife to die in 1873, according to her death card and an old family history book of the Does calling him Henry Veasey.
JBrown, 2021
Thanks to fellow Contributor: JBrown, IA, MN, Calif, AustinTX (48697180)
FAMILY NAME, PLACE NAME. An old catalog of the Phillips' school showed the traditional Veasey spelling early, the sound-it-out of Veazey later, with Exeter at first, Brentwood later.
By full name, age, entering class, beginning address, career and final location
•Daniel A. Veasey, 14, (entered?), Exeter. Business, Indiana
•Wheelock Graves Veasey, 17, 1852, Exeter. Dart., 1859, LL.B., LL.D. Judge Supr. Ct., Vt. Lawyer, Washington, D. C. d. 1898.
•Daniel Barber Veasey, 22, 1864, Brentwood. Teacher, Hematite, Mo.
By surname and graduation year
Veasey 1831 Daniel A.
Veazey 1837 John M. C.
Veazey 1855 Wheelock G.
Veazey 1867 Daniel B.
SOURCE: "General catalogue of officers and students, of the Phillips Exeter Academy, 1783-1903"
The "memory book" was published in 1903, so fifty years later. Wheelock was a younger brother, while Daniel B was a nephew by an older brother who later left for Missouri. Wheelock's extra lines were written after receiving a special medal for the Civil War.
Wheelock was the famed one, so had the most details given, always. Seeing the VeaZy spelling used often for him, some clerks would have presumed it was THE spelling, wrote it down for Henry and others, without asking. However, their 1850 and 1860 Censuses earlier clearly showed their spelling was still Veasey, as did his father's death card. (Their parents had nine children by their 1840 Census, three of them girls. The 1840 address was written as Brentwood, later ones as Exeter.)
Marriages were at the bride's church, usually. Female Veaseys married at Brentwood, for example, including their elder sister Rebecca. Males did so only if marrying someone local. Henry's bride would be from Newmarket, catty-corner, northeast of Exeter, nearer Portsmouth. Wheelock's bride was instead from Nashua, interior NH, not on the Merrimack River, so he married in a different county.
1866 -VEASEY NAME AT DEATH, ON PAPER & STONE--Retrospective Death Card (large set of records re-constructed in 1906, based on cemetery walks, etc, combined with town records) . His card gave few details, said only that he died in 1866 in New Market NH, his wife's home town, her stone of the 1870s there, the only stone naming him that survives. His wife's stone called her "Mary D, wife of H. W. Veasey, daughter of Capt. Andrew and Mary A Doe". Her father had married twice, she was the only daughter by the second wife.
Death Card: Familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTY3-2Q8?i=2449
1855 VEAZEY MIS-SPELL, MARRIAGE CARD: Also reconstructed in 1906. These might come from church records when towns lacked them. A clerks not at his home town did a sound it out? His wife's stone and an old family history book for the Does both say his wife married a Veasey.
Marriage Card: Familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLD3-8CM
1850 AS VEASEY, US Census with parents, Brentwood at Exeter address
Handwritten Census (image)-- Familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GH7H-XL1
County and Exeter histories say he went to the civil War, but gave no regiment. A vague mention was made some as to "vet" work (veterinarian for Army horses? or...?)
Most were mustered out in 1865. Many died afterward, weakened, damaged. He died in 1866, his wife to die in 1873, according to her death card and an old family history book of the Does calling him Henry Veasey.
JBrown, 2021
Thanks to fellow Contributor: JBrown, IA, MN, Calif, AustinTX (48697180)
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