Excerpt from Sketch of Dunbarton, New Hampshire Many clergymen of the town served on the school committee. Districts increased in number till there were eleven. In 1867 the town system was adopted, and the number of schools reduced to four oi five. Notwithstanding the short terms, the long dis tances, and lack of text-books (now provided by the town), Dun barton has produced many fine scholars, and has provided a large number of teachers for her own and other schools. I think no family has furnished as many educated members as the Burnhams. A short time prior to 1775 Deacon Samuel Burnham came from Essex, Mass to the south part of Dunbar ton. Of his thirteen Children, four sons graduated at Dartmouth College. In 1865 fourteen of his grand and great grand child ren were college graduates. Not all of them lived in Dunbar ton, but Samuel's son, Bradford, and most of his children lived here. Henry Larcom, son of Bradford, was a successful teach er and land surveyor he represented the town in the Legisla ture and was also State Senator. The last years of his life were passed in Manchester where he died in His son, Henry Eben, is a lawyer in Manchester, and was for a time Judge of Probate. He was born November 8, 1844, in the Dr. Harris house, and is an honored son of Dunbarton. He was elected United States Senator by the Legislature of 1901, for the term of six years and succeeded Senator William E. Chandler. Hannah, eldest daughter of Bradford Burnham, married Samuel Burnham from Essex, Mass; she died in November, 1901. Her two daughters were teachers for many years the younger, Annie M., taught in Illinois and Oregon until recently. Two sons were college graduates, Josiah, at Amherst in 1867 William H., at Harvard in 1882. The latter is instructor in Clark University, Worcester, and a writer and lecturer of great ability. A daughter of his brother, Samuel G. Burnham of St. Louis, graduated from Washington University with high honors, ranking second in a Class of eighty-two. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.