George Prentice Hooker (1820 - 1912)

Born 31 May 1820 in Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States of America

Ancestors

Husband of Lucretia Jane (Ashcraft) Hooker — married about 25 Oct 1843 in Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States of America

Died 24 Aug 1912 at age 92 in Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States of America

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Biography

Farmer.

George P. Hooker, son of the venerable Henry Hooker, born May 3 1820, married Lucretia J. Ashcroft, October 25, 1843, and settled upon the farm he now occupies in 1849. He began life without any means, but with habits of industry and sterling integrity combined with sound judgment. the time he settled here this farm contained only fourteen acres of tillable land, and his barn, a structure 24×34 feet, was sufficiently large to store crops. Without adding anything to the size of his farm, however, he added to the capacity of his barn till the structure is 40×100 feet, eighteen, feet posts, and is scarcely large enough to accommodate his crops. Forty acres of his farm when he came here was a bog swamp, producing nothing; but by judicious underdraining, for which purpose he has used several carloads of drain tile, it is fully reclaimed. This enterprise he has carried out in all his farm details, resulting in a fine place and making him a rich farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Hooker are the parents of four children, viz.: Della L., who married S. W. Puffer, and resides in Chester, Vt.; Cassius M., who married, and owns a cattle ranch in Arizona; Augusta, who married W. N. Pike, and resides in Wendell, Mass. ^{[1] [2]}

Timeline

31 May 1820: born in Hinsdale, New Hampshire. ^[3]

25 Oct 1843: married Lucretia Ashcraft.

24 Aug 1912: died of pneumonia. Hinsdale, New Hampshire. widowed. Interment, 27 Aug in Pine Grove Cemetery. Hinsdale. ^{[4] [5]}

Research Notes

middle name may be spelled Prentiss.

Sources

1. ↑ "Gazetteer of Cheshire County, N.H., 1736-1885. compiled and published by Hamilton Child. Syracuse, N.Y., 1885." Page 200. (online) https://archive.org/details/gazetteerofchesh00chil.
2. ↑ "History of Cheshire and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire. edited by D Hamilton Hurd. 1886. published by J W Lewis and Co. Philadelphia." (online) https://archive.org/details/historyofcheshir00hurd.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-67XW-8DN?cc=1542861&wc=MJ7K-DP8%3A1042634802 : 21 May 2014), 004243837 > image 926 of 5089; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSNR-2GX : 12 December 2014), Henry Hooker in entry for George Prentiss Hooker, 24 Aug 1912; citing Hinsdale, Cheshire, New Hampshire, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,107,922.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169311166 : accessed 12 May 2018), memorial page for George Prentiss Hooker (31 May 1820–24 Aug 1912), Find A Grave Memorial no. 169311166, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Hinsdale, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by Cheshire (contributor 47921031).