1951 AND 1952 OBITUARIES

  

ADAMS, WALTER BLAIR, died of a heart attack at his home in Durham on August 9, 1951.  He was born in Plymouth on December 13, 1887, son of George Herbert and Sarah Katherine (Smith) Adams.  He married Marguerite Draper in 1912.  Had a son, Walter Blair Adams, Jr. and a daughter, Mrs. Robert Nordstrom.  He was buried in Trinity Churchyard.

 

BRAGG, CLARENCE W., died of a heart attack in March of 1952.  “Murphy” was born in Plymouth, the son of Oscar T. and Kate F. (Hutchins) Bragg.  He was buried in Massachusetts.

 

BRAINERD, ALVIN PAUL, died August 27, 1952 in Plymouth.  He was born in Plymouth on April 10, 1898, the son of Alvin C. and Mary (Gibbons) Brainerd.

 

BROWN, JOHN MELLON, died November 9, 1951 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery. “Mel” was foreman of the section crew of the B & M railroad for 35 years, retiring in 1845.  He was born in Gilmanton, son of John and Adelaide (Downs) Brown.  On November 27, 1902 he married Bessie Walker of Plymouth.  He is survived by a son, William Brown and a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Kelley.

 

CAMPBELL, MABEL A. (NICHOLS), died at her home on Winter Street on November 11, 1951.  She was born in Bridgewater on July 4, 1881, the daughter of Alvin and Alice (Mitchell) Nichols.  On October 31, 1910 she married George S. Campbell of Ashland.  She was buried in Riverside Cemetery.

 

CRAIG, CHARLES JOSEPH, age 86, died March 2, 1952.  He was born February 19, 1866, the son of Charles C. and Mary A. (Merrill) Craig.  He married Ella Martin of Cambridge, Massachusetts and he was the Quincy Postmaster for 34 years.  His son, Charles L. Craig succeeded him.  He is buried in Riverside Cemetery.

 

CURRIER, ALICE A. (BOWLEN), died March 14, 1952 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery.  She was born September 16, 1879 on Prince Edward Island, the daughter of Thomas and Mary (McDonnel) Bowlen.  She married Ernest E. Currier, who died in 1946.  They had three sons, Charles, Preston, and Ernest, Jr.

 

DAY, FLORENCE B. (MORSE), was born 7/11/1879 in Campton.  She was the daughter of John and June (Moulton) Morse.  She was married to Albert Day and they had two sons, Maurice and Howard.  She also had a stepson, Vernon.  Florence died 7/16/1951.

 

DONAGHY, JOHN J., died November 12, 1951.  He was born January 14, 1875 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the only son of John and Ma

rgaret Ann (Williamson) Donaghy.  On April 29, 1919 he married Julia Amadon of Maple Grove, P.Q., and they came to Plymouth the following June.  He was employed at the D & M.  There were two daughters born to John and Julia; Mrs. Marie Colon and Mrs. Louise Flynn.  His only son, John, lost his life in 1943 in North Africa with the U.S. Air Force in combat.  John Donaghy is buried in Riverside Cemetery.

 

DOWNING, ALICE A. (WELLS), died November 19, 1951.  She was born in Wentworth on June 22, 1878, the daughter of Henry and Mary Wells.  She married Eugene C. Downing of Plymouth on December 1, 1903.  He died on November 19, 1938.  Six children were born to Alice and Gene; Raymond E., Chester W., Roger H., Richard L., Mrs. Marion Cayes, and Mrs. Mildred De Cotis.  Alice was the sister of Amy Allen and Lettie Colburn and she is buried in the Foster Cemetery.

 

DUSTIN, VINNIE SUSAN (CHASE), age 74, died February 2, 1952.  She was the widow of James M. Dustin, whom she married on June 15, 1898.  He died in 1933.  She was born in Colebrook, the daughter of Otis and Florette (Gould) Chase.  She was born on September 22, 1877.  She had two sons, Maurice and Wesley.  She is buried in Riverside Cemetery.

 

EASTMAN, FRANCES H. (SPAULDING), age 59, died February 25, 1952 at her home in West Plymouth.  She was born in Plymouth on January 11, 1899, the daughter of James and Helena (Tondreau) Spaulding.  She married Clifton K. Eastman on March 16, 1918 and they had two children, Mrs. Emily Mackin and James W. Eastman.  Frances is buried in Riverside Cemetery.

 

HALL, LILLIAN (PEBBLES), died June 25, 1952.  She was born in Plymouth April 12, 1868, the daughter of George and Abbie (Coburn) Pebbles.  She married Frank H. Hall on March 28, 1900.

 

HUCKINS, HAROLD STEPHEN, died November 19, 1951 in Lower Intervale.  He is buried in Ashland.  He was born in New Hampton on November 11, 1903, the son f Rodney H. and Luna (Bartlett) Huckins.  His mother died when he was an infant, and he was adopted by Mr.and Mrs. Almon S. Huckins.  He was a patrolman for White Mountain Power Company in New Hampton.  He married Normal Lougee on July 29, 1925 and they had three sons and two daughters.  The boys were Stanley, Robert, and Stephen and the girls were Hilda and Jean.  He had one sister, Mrs. William Young.

 

MC CARTHY, FELIX, for forty years the Plymouth Police Chief, died in May of 1952

 

MOULTON, HERBERT A., died December 12, 1951.  He was the son of Arthur C. and Laura A. (Paige) Moulton.  He was born in Thornton on September 23, 1878.  Herbert Moulton is buried at te Pine Grove Cemetery.

 

PAGE, NELLIE (MC DONALD), died July 25, 1952.  She was born April 27, 1856, the daughter of Converse and Ann (Marston) McDonald, in a house on the Daniel Webster Highway.  In 1869 her family moved to Livermore Falls. She married Ira M. Page, a Civil War veteran on November 17, 1887.  He died in 1894.  Nellie was the oldest member of the Plymouth Church, she was 96 years old.  Her grandfather, Oliver Lyford Marston was one of the original founders in 1831 of the First Methodist Society of  Campton, Plymouth, and Holderness.

 

PRESCOTT, RICHARD O., the son of Norris Prescott, died in Japan on April 20, 1952, where he was stationed with the U.S. Army.  It was reported he had a liver ailment and died before reaching the hospital.  He went overseas six days after marrying Barbara Anderson Shores on August 15, 1951.

 

SIMPSON, LURA ANN (BROWN), age 68, died May 5, 1952.  She was born April 3, 1884 in Rumney, the daughter of George H. and Martha (Nason) Brown..  She married Henry C. Simpson on August 2, 1902 and they had 10 children.  Henry died in 1948 and a son, Delbert, died in 1942.  Lura Ann is buried in Wentworth.

 

TOWNE, CLYTIE (SIMPSON), died November 9, 1951.  She was born November 11, 1900 in Wentworth, the daughter of Herman W. and Martha (Heath) Wells.  She married William L. Towne of Plymouth on October 1, 1918 and they lived in the Towne homestead in West Plymouth.  The home was destroyed by fire a year before her death.  The Odd Fellows Lodge built them a new home, but Mr. Towne died before the home was completed.  The couple had a son, Ernest, and a daughter, Mrs. Emma Long.  Clytie is buried in Wentworth.