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��to seek opportunities of doing good. So ready and efficient was he that all who had the privilege of his friend- ship turned to him in emergency with a reliance that was never disappointed. He lived not for himself alone. He had a heart for justice, for God, and the right. That heart is still, but it was one of those

"That rule our spirits from the Urns."

On November i, 1832, Col. Potter married Clara Adela, daughter of John Underwood, Esq., of Portsmouth. She died at Manchester, March 19, 1854, aged 5 1 years. Their children were :

1. Joseph, b. June 22, 1833.

2. Treat Wentvvorth, b. January 1, 1836.

3. Drown, b. Feb. 8, 1838; Quar. Mas. Serj. 1st Michigan regt. of vol- unteers ; killed by a band of guerillas at Garlick's Landing, Va., June 13, 1862. He was a young man of much promise, and was greatly esteemed by those who knew him.

The first two sons survive.

��His second marriage, November n, 1856, was with Miss Frances Maria, daughter of Gen. John McNeil,* of Hillsborough, distinguished as an of- ficer of the army, and especially for his daring and bravery in the bat- tles of Chippewa and Niagara, in 18 14. After his marriage with Miss McNeil, Col. Potter resided at Hillsborough, in the family mansion, the former resi- dence of Gov. Benjamin Pierce, and cultivated the farm.

��*Gen. McNeil, son of Lt. John Mc- Neil, of Hillsborough, married Elizabeth Andrews, the eldest daughter of the late Gov. Benjamin Pierce, and sister of President Franklin Pierce. Their chil- dren were :— (1) Lt. John W. S. McNeil, of the army, who fell mortally wounded in leading an attack upon an Indian camp in Florida, September 10, 1837 : (2) Elizabeth, who married Capt. II. VV. Benham, of the army : (3) Frances, who married Col. Potter : (4) Benj. Pierce, of the array, who d. at Boston June 12, 1853. Gen. John McNeil died at Wash- ington, D. G. Feb. 23, 1850, in the 66th vear of his age. Mrs. McNeil d. March. 1855.

��WILTON. N. H.—A CORRECTION.

��In the March, 1882, number of the Granite Monthly is an account of Wilton, N. H., by Mr. Conner, which appears to have been taken from the Centennial of the town. So much is left out, which in fact is the most important, and so many errors occur, that it is necessary to ask for a small space to make additions and corrections.

First, as to the fall of the meeting- house in 1773. The article states that but ten stanzas are in existence. The poem consists of forty-two stan- zas, was composed by Nathaniel Allen, and is quite common, and a copy of it may be published in the Granite Monthly.

��Next in order, in the Revolutionary period, the name of Major Isaac Frye does not appear. It is granted that his early death after his return from the war, and his poverty, such that his descendants know not where he was buried, and no stone marks the spot, accounts for this ; but history, which is more enduring, makes frequent men- tion of his exploits and bravery. When captain he was detailed on important duties. Going into the army as a private, he advanced through all grades, served through the war, and retired with a major's commission, which the writer had the pleasure of rescuing from a garret, where it was

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