Slader Ancestor
A cenotaph exists for him in the Old Acworth Cemetery.
The Granite State Monthly
Volume 46 January-February 1914
by Frank B. Kingsbury
Deacon Zenas Slader, son of Thomas and Hannah (Holden) Slader, was born about 1800 near Acworth Town. When a young man he built the stone wall around the new (so-called) village cemetery. In later years he became a leading and influential citizen of the town; a selectman several years, moderator of the town meeting, Justice of the Peace, Representative to the State Legislature in 1861-1862 and on November 17, 1842 he was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church, which office he held till his removal to Nebraska in 1869. He died in Fremont, that state, about 1880.
Immediately after his marriage to Melintha Wilson he settled on the farm just west of the ne owned by his father-in-law (where Elmer H. Rugg resided ten years ago). Here he remained till January 1, 1829, when he was persuaded to buy on easy payments, the large farm owned by Joseph Wilson, his father-in-law and where he resided for nearly forty years. At that time the buildings were getting old; there were almost no fences upon the place and things were generally going down. However, by zeal and hard work, this farm which in his ownership became one of the best in the town.
In 1798 the Wilsons built on this farm the large barn destroyed by lightning July 25, 1881 and in 1833 Deacon Slader built the present one, next the road, In the summer of 1838 he also built the present substantial stone house, the only one, I think in town. The stones for this house were all picked up about the farm except the split ones which came from the Osgood ledge. This house replaced a large, old-fashioned one-story wooden dwelling that stood on the exact spot. There was at that time a cider mill (a horse and a sweep were used for grinding the apples), a few feet west of the old house, that was used as a dwelling while the stone house was being built. This was long before either the Crane brook or Langdon roads were built.
A cenotaph exists for him in the Old Acworth Cemetery.
The Granite State Monthly
Volume 46 January-February 1914
by Frank B. Kingsbury
Deacon Zenas Slader, son of Thomas and Hannah (Holden) Slader, was born about 1800 near Acworth Town. When a young man he built the stone wall around the new (so-called) village cemetery. In later years he became a leading and influential citizen of the town; a selectman several years, moderator of the town meeting, Justice of the Peace, Representative to the State Legislature in 1861-1862 and on November 17, 1842 he was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church, which office he held till his removal to Nebraska in 1869. He died in Fremont, that state, about 1880.
Immediately after his marriage to Melintha Wilson he settled on the farm just west of the ne owned by his father-in-law (where Elmer H. Rugg resided ten years ago). Here he remained till January 1, 1829, when he was persuaded to buy on easy payments, the large farm owned by Joseph Wilson, his father-in-law and where he resided for nearly forty years. At that time the buildings were getting old; there were almost no fences upon the place and things were generally going down. However, by zeal and hard work, this farm which in his ownership became one of the best in the town.
In 1798 the Wilsons built on this farm the large barn destroyed by lightning July 25, 1881 and in 1833 Deacon Slader built the present one, next the road, In the summer of 1838 he also built the present substantial stone house, the only one, I think in town. The stones for this house were all picked up about the farm except the split ones which came from the Osgood ledge. This house replaced a large, old-fashioned one-story wooden dwelling that stood on the exact spot. There was at that time a cider mill (a horse and a sweep were used for grinding the apples), a few feet west of the old house, that was used as a dwelling while the stone house was being built. This was long before either the Crane brook or Langdon roads were built.
Slader Ancestor
A cenotaph exists for him in the Old Acworth Cemetery.
The Granite State Monthly
Volume 46 January-February 1914
by Frank B. Kingsbury
Deacon Zenas Slader, son of Thomas and Hannah (Holden) Slader, was born about 1800 near Acworth Town. When a young man he built the stone wall around the new (so-called) village cemetery. In later years he became a leading and influential citizen of the town; a selectman several years, moderator of the town meeting, Justice of the Peace, Representative to the State Legislature in 1861-1862 and on November 17, 1842 he was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church, which office he held till his removal to Nebraska in 1869. He died in Fremont, that state, about 1880.
Immediately after his marriage to Melintha Wilson he settled on the farm just west of the ne owned by his father-in-law (where Elmer H. Rugg resided ten years ago). Here he remained till January 1, 1829, when he was persuaded to buy on easy payments, the large farm owned by Joseph Wilson, his father-in-law and where he resided for nearly forty years. At that time the buildings were getting old; there were almost no fences upon the place and things were generally going down. However, by zeal and hard work, this farm which in his ownership became one of the best in the town.
In 1798 the Wilsons built on this farm the large barn destroyed by lightning July 25, 1881 and in 1833 Deacon Slader built the present one, next the road, In the summer of 1838 he also built the present substantial stone house, the only one, I think in town. The stones for this house were all picked up about the farm except the split ones which came from the Osgood ledge. This house replaced a large, old-fashioned one-story wooden dwelling that stood on the exact spot. There was at that time a cider mill (a horse and a sweep were used for grinding the apples), a few feet west of the old house, that was used as a dwelling while the stone house was being built. This was long before either the Crane brook or Langdon roads were built.
A cenotaph exists for him in the Old Acworth Cemetery.
The Granite State Monthly
Volume 46 January-February 1914
by Frank B. Kingsbury
Deacon Zenas Slader, son of Thomas and Hannah (Holden) Slader, was born about 1800 near Acworth Town. When a young man he built the stone wall around the new (so-called) village cemetery. In later years he became a leading and influential citizen of the town; a selectman several years, moderator of the town meeting, Justice of the Peace, Representative to the State Legislature in 1861-1862 and on November 17, 1842 he was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church, which office he held till his removal to Nebraska in 1869. He died in Fremont, that state, about 1880.
Immediately after his marriage to Melintha Wilson he settled on the farm just west of the ne owned by his father-in-law (where Elmer H. Rugg resided ten years ago). Here he remained till January 1, 1829, when he was persuaded to buy on easy payments, the large farm owned by Joseph Wilson, his father-in-law and where he resided for nearly forty years. At that time the buildings were getting old; there were almost no fences upon the place and things were generally going down. However, by zeal and hard work, this farm which in his ownership became one of the best in the town.
In 1798 the Wilsons built on this farm the large barn destroyed by lightning July 25, 1881 and in 1833 Deacon Slader built the present one, next the road, In the summer of 1838 he also built the present substantial stone house, the only one, I think in town. The stones for this house were all picked up about the farm except the split ones which came from the Osgood ledge. This house replaced a large, old-fashioned one-story wooden dwelling that stood on the exact spot. There was at that time a cider mill (a horse and a sweep were used for grinding the apples), a few feet west of the old house, that was used as a dwelling while the stone house was being built. This was long before either the Crane brook or Langdon roads were built.
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