Farmer, born in Danvers, Massachusetts, he moved first to New Hampshire in his early years, where he married Submit Chamberlain Tenney in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire on 30 December, 1817. Lived in Danbury, NH and Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire and then moved his family to his final residence in Salisbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire prior to 1840.
The headstone no longer exists; there was vandalism in the town in the past decade, so this is sadly destroyed, something which devastates the existing descendants.
However, a granddaughter of Samuel copied down the exact inscription on the original headstone circa 1920, which is provided below.
His obituary, composed by the editor of the newspaper, in the New Hampshire Patriot also stated 'He was a good citizen and neighbor; a kind and affectionate husband and father. He leaves a wife, two sons and two daughters to mourn his loss.' Family word-of-mouth history verifies this and more; he was a good, religious man with a love for learning, song, and history... with good heart who cared for family more than anything else in his world. His hymnal exists and is in the hands of family today.
A family bible existed at one time and was copied by the New Hampshire Historical Society, and remains with family members. His well-worn Methodist Hymnal also remains with other family members.
Samuel was wrongly accused in writing years after his and his wife's demise, by a rather inept compiler of town history, in 1890, of having plowed under the graves of Daniel Webster's mother and siblings. The compiler himself was criticized by others for not doing proper research in his work, but it is the only town history that exists today.
Without proof of same, he wrote that 'Guilford, having no respect for the dead, with sacrilegious hands removed the grave-stones and plowed up the land, and the burial place disappeared.' In fact, the deed to Samuel Guilford's land specifically excludes the area in which the Webster family was buried. He had a vast amount of farmland, and certainly did not need a small cemetery area to farm, nor would any churchgoing person who buried his own family in the town plow under a cemetery for planting!!
This is a stain on the family name which lives on in an inaccurate history compiled by a poorly-skilled individual who cited no source for his stinging accusation, and has long since been accepted by the very kind historian and others in the town as an injustice to Samuel and his family.
IN FACT - THE GRAVES OF DANIEL WEBSTER'S MOTHER AND SISTER ARE IN THE NEXT TOWN OF WEBSTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS nasty lie is perpetuated in this history. The grave is here for Daniel Webster's mother:
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The Guilford family resided in Salisbury for 35-40 years, during which time Samuel was elected by the town as a surveyor of highways, and participated and put his signature to many town meeting decisions.
After his death, his wife continued to live in the town until shortly before her own death.
The headstone no longer exists; there was vandalism in the town in the past decade, so this is sadly destroyed, something which devastates the existing descendants.
However, a granddaughter of Samuel copied down the exact inscription on the original headstone circa 1920, which is provided below.
His obituary, composed by the editor of the newspaper, in the New Hampshire Patriot also stated 'He was a good citizen and neighbor; a kind and affectionate husband and father. He leaves a wife, two sons and two daughters to mourn his loss.' Family word-of-mouth history verifies this and more; he was a good, religious man with a love for learning, song, and history... with good heart who cared for family more than anything else in his world. His hymnal exists and is in the hands of family today.
A family bible existed at one time and was copied by the New Hampshire Historical Society, and remains with family members. His well-worn Methodist Hymnal also remains with other family members.
Samuel was wrongly accused in writing years after his and his wife's demise, by a rather inept compiler of town history, in 1890, of having plowed under the graves of Daniel Webster's mother and siblings. The compiler himself was criticized by others for not doing proper research in his work, but it is the only town history that exists today.
Without proof of same, he wrote that 'Guilford, having no respect for the dead, with sacrilegious hands removed the grave-stones and plowed up the land, and the burial place disappeared.' In fact, the deed to Samuel Guilford's land specifically excludes the area in which the Webster family was buried. He had a vast amount of farmland, and certainly did not need a small cemetery area to farm, nor would any churchgoing person who buried his own family in the town plow under a cemetery for planting!!
This is a stain on the family name which lives on in an inaccurate history compiled by a poorly-skilled individual who cited no source for his stinging accusation, and has long since been accepted by the very kind historian and others in the town as an injustice to Samuel and his family.
IN FACT - THE GRAVES OF DANIEL WEBSTER'S MOTHER AND SISTER ARE IN THE NEXT TOWN OF WEBSTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS nasty lie is perpetuated in this history. The grave is here for Daniel Webster's mother:
FindAGrave # 76174925
The Guilford family resided in Salisbury for 35-40 years, during which time Samuel was elected by the town as a surveyor of highways, and participated and put his signature to many town meeting decisions.
After his death, his wife continued to live in the town until shortly before her own death.
Farmer, born in Danvers, Massachusetts, he moved first to New Hampshire in his early years, where he married Submit Chamberlain Tenney in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire on 30 December, 1817. Lived in Danbury, NH and Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire and then moved his family to his final residence in Salisbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire prior to 1840.
The headstone no longer exists; there was vandalism in the town in the past decade, so this is sadly destroyed, something which devastates the existing descendants.
However, a granddaughter of Samuel copied down the exact inscription on the original headstone circa 1920, which is provided below.
His obituary, composed by the editor of the newspaper, in the New Hampshire Patriot also stated 'He was a good citizen and neighbor; a kind and affectionate husband and father. He leaves a wife, two sons and two daughters to mourn his loss.' Family word-of-mouth history verifies this and more; he was a good, religious man with a love for learning, song, and history... with good heart who cared for family more than anything else in his world. His hymnal exists and is in the hands of family today.
A family bible existed at one time and was copied by the New Hampshire Historical Society, and remains with family members. His well-worn Methodist Hymnal also remains with other family members.
Samuel was wrongly accused in writing years after his and his wife's demise, by a rather inept compiler of town history, in 1890, of having plowed under the graves of Daniel Webster's mother and siblings. The compiler himself was criticized by others for not doing proper research in his work, but it is the only town history that exists today.
Without proof of same, he wrote that 'Guilford, having no respect for the dead, with sacrilegious hands removed the grave-stones and plowed up the land, and the burial place disappeared.' In fact, the deed to Samuel Guilford's land specifically excludes the area in which the Webster family was buried. He had a vast amount of farmland, and certainly did not need a small cemetery area to farm, nor would any churchgoing person who buried his own family in the town plow under a cemetery for planting!!
This is a stain on the family name which lives on in an inaccurate history compiled by a poorly-skilled individual who cited no source for his stinging accusation, and has long since been accepted by the very kind historian and others in the town as an injustice to Samuel and his family.
IN FACT - THE GRAVES OF DANIEL WEBSTER'S MOTHER AND SISTER ARE IN THE NEXT TOWN OF WEBSTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS nasty lie is perpetuated in this history. The grave is here for Daniel Webster's mother:
FindAGrave # 76174925
The Guilford family resided in Salisbury for 35-40 years, during which time Samuel was elected by the town as a surveyor of highways, and participated and put his signature to many town meeting decisions.
After his death, his wife continued to live in the town until shortly before her own death.
The headstone no longer exists; there was vandalism in the town in the past decade, so this is sadly destroyed, something which devastates the existing descendants.
However, a granddaughter of Samuel copied down the exact inscription on the original headstone circa 1920, which is provided below.
His obituary, composed by the editor of the newspaper, in the New Hampshire Patriot also stated 'He was a good citizen and neighbor; a kind and affectionate husband and father. He leaves a wife, two sons and two daughters to mourn his loss.' Family word-of-mouth history verifies this and more; he was a good, religious man with a love for learning, song, and history... with good heart who cared for family more than anything else in his world. His hymnal exists and is in the hands of family today.
A family bible existed at one time and was copied by the New Hampshire Historical Society, and remains with family members. His well-worn Methodist Hymnal also remains with other family members.
Samuel was wrongly accused in writing years after his and his wife's demise, by a rather inept compiler of town history, in 1890, of having plowed under the graves of Daniel Webster's mother and siblings. The compiler himself was criticized by others for not doing proper research in his work, but it is the only town history that exists today.
Without proof of same, he wrote that 'Guilford, having no respect for the dead, with sacrilegious hands removed the grave-stones and plowed up the land, and the burial place disappeared.' In fact, the deed to Samuel Guilford's land specifically excludes the area in which the Webster family was buried. He had a vast amount of farmland, and certainly did not need a small cemetery area to farm, nor would any churchgoing person who buried his own family in the town plow under a cemetery for planting!!
This is a stain on the family name which lives on in an inaccurate history compiled by a poorly-skilled individual who cited no source for his stinging accusation, and has long since been accepted by the very kind historian and others in the town as an injustice to Samuel and his family.
IN FACT - THE GRAVES OF DANIEL WEBSTER'S MOTHER AND SISTER ARE IN THE NEXT TOWN OF WEBSTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS nasty lie is perpetuated in this history. The grave is here for Daniel Webster's mother:
FindAGrave # 76174925
The Guilford family resided in Salisbury for 35-40 years, during which time Samuel was elected by the town as a surveyor of highways, and participated and put his signature to many town meeting decisions.
After his death, his wife continued to live in the town until shortly before her own death.
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Samuel Guilford Died Oct. 20, 1873 ae 80 yrs, 3 ms, 5 ds. 'Our kind husband and father, we miss thee. But thou art only gone before.'
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