Sarah Dunsmoor

   Cause of her death was "Grip"; old age.

  General Notes:

census 1860 Sullivan County, NH
Uriah M. Straw c1821
Sarah D. c1824
Sumner D. c1853
Ella E. c1857

Name: Sarah D. STRAW Age: 56 Estimated birth year: <1824> Birthplace: New Hampshire Occupation: Keeps House Relation: Wife Home in 1880: Unity, Sullivan, New Hampshire Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Head of household: Uriah M. STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH

1900 Sullivan County NH
Sarah 1824

Surname may have been spelled DENSMORE or DENSMOOR

Surname: DUNSMOOR
Source: History of Charlestown, NH - Fort No. 4, by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson pub. 1876
p.329
A descendant of John Dunsmoor, the first of that name to settle at Charlestown, NH gives the following information:
"Our ancestor came to this country in l7l9 and settled in Londonderry,NH. We descended from Lord John Dunsmoor of Achumeed, Scotland, who purchased a large tract of land in the north of Ireland, Londonderry Co. Londonderry, NH derived its name from Londonderry, Ireland the name given by the first settlers there. From the above are descended all the Dunsmoors, Dinsmores, Densmores etc in this country".
John Dunsmoor son of John Dunsmoor of Lunenburg, MA m. Polly Sartell dau of Nathaniel Sartell of Groton, MA. and settled in Charlestown, NH abt l793. They settled in the east part of the town, to which there was then no road except a bridle path. On arriving in town it was arranged that Mrs. Dunsmoor should remain the guest of Colonel William Heywood until such time as Mr. Dunsmoor should be able to complete a log house for her reception. He would leave Colonel Heywood's on Monday morning and not return till Saturday night. In the meantime he would cook his own good and shift for himself, in other respects, in the best manner he could.
At the end of two weeks he had nearly completed a barn, and when he was about to return to his work again on Monday morning, he remarked to his wife that as his barn was nearly completed, he thought he had better take the cow along with him, as her milk would be very convenient for him. She immediately declared that if the cow was going, she was going too, and accordingly began to make herself ready. At this, Mrs. Heywood and the children gathered around her and besought her to remain; but she adhered to her determination to go with John; so bidding the Heywoods a goodbye she cheerfully accompanied her husband to her new home, where for ten days, which she often referred to as being among the happiest of her life, she lived with her husband in the log barn, when the house was so far completed as to be suitable for their residence. Into it therefore, they moved, where they remained to see a large and happy family of children grow up around them. The country was so wild at that part of the town, at the time of their
settlement in it, that it was a common sight to see wolves passing between the barn and the house.
Children of John and Polly (Sartell) Dunsmoor:
1. John Dunsmoor, Jr. b. Apr 26, l795 m. Submit Bragg of Springfield, VT on November, l8l7.
Their children:
l. Helen J. Dunsmoor b. Jul 24, l8l8 m. Ebenezer H. Tidd
2. James Bragg Dunsmoor b. Dec 22, l825 m. Oct l6, l849, Louise
Maria Putnam dau of Benjamin and Sally (Willard) Putnam.
l. Louisa Maria Dunsmoor b. at Boston on Dec 30, l852.
2. Carrie Ellen Dunsmoor b. at Boston on Dec 5, l855 m. Oct l3 l875 at
Charlestown, NH Edward Ritta Bryan of New Haven, CT
Note: James Bragg Dunsmoor resided at Boston many years but since
l870 was the proprietor of The Eagle Hotel of Charlestown, NH.
3. Augusta Dunsmoor b. Jan 4, l830 m. Oct 2, l848 Charles Endicott Res:
Canton, MA.
Note: in addition to having held nearly all the local town offices at Canton, MA,
he was rep. to the General Court in l85l, l857, and l858. Also county
commissioner six years from l860. State Senator in l866-l867, member of
the Executive Council of MA in l868-l869, State Auditor six years from
l870 to l875 and in l876 held the office of State Treasurer and Receiver
General. He was a lawyer by profession having been admitted to the bar
as an attorney and counsellor at law in l857.
The children of Charles Endicott and wife, Augusta Dunsmoor:
l. Edward Dunsmoor Endicott b. July l0, l852
2. Cynthia Augusta Endicott b. May l9, l856
4. Harriet Dunsmoor b. May l9, l828 m. Dec l4, l846 Laban Bullock b. at
Rehoboth, MA Mar l5, l8l8. Their children:
l. Helen Augusta Bullock b. Mar l8, l849, d. Sep 9, l850
2. Frank Elmer Bullock b. Jul l9, l85l
3. Theodore Bullock b. Feb l, l853 d. Sep l9, l854.
4. Carrie Bullock b. Aug 2l, l858 d. Apr 23, l863
5. Harry E. Bullock b. Jun 2l, l862
Note: Mr. and Mrs. Bullock lived at Canton MA until l848 then removed to
Fitchburg, MA. All their children were born and three of them died
in Fitchburg, MA. Removed in l864 to Bellows Falls, VT where
Mr.Bullock was engaged in mercantile and mechanical business.
5. Elizabeth Dunsmoor b. May 25, l833 d. May 25, l836.
6. Ruth Crosby Dunsmoor b. June 6, l835 (it may be that she m. Crosby but isnt
specific.)

2. Henry Dunsmoor b. May 5, l797 m. Rebecca Gleason of Chester, VT.
Their children:
l. Jane Dunsmoor
2. Henry Dunsmoor
3. James Dunsmoor
4. Luther Dunsmoor
5. Martin Dunsmoor
Note: Henry Dunsmoor Sr. settles at Lunenburg, MA but was killed in a saw
mill accident. After his death, his family removed to Green Lake,
Green Lake County, WI.
3. Mary Dunsmoor b. June 24, l799 resided in Charlestown greatly respected and beloved, d. unm.
4. Lucy Dunsmoor b. July 8, l80l m. Feb. l4, l829, Thomas Dunsmoor of Lunenburg, MA
One child:
l. Judge Thomas Dunsmoor b. Dec ll, l832 at Lunenburg, MA settled at
Charlestown, NH l864 m. Oct 9, l866 Laura Ann Deming dau of Stephen
and Nancy (Fisher) Deming of Cornish, NH. She was born Nov 7, l843.
Their children:
l. Lucy Edith Dunsmoor b. Sep 7. l867
2. Myrtle Laura Dunsmoor b. Sep 8, l869
3. Mary Josephine Dunsmoor b. Jun l872.
5. Joseph Dunsmoor b. July 4, l802 at Lunenburg, MA Res: with the family of
his nephew, Judge Thomas Dunsmoor. He died unm.
6. Nathaniel Sartell Dunsmoor m. and settled at Wait, ME where he died.
7. Catherine Dunsmoor b. Jan l4, l806 m. Oliver Putnam.
8. Ebenezer Dunsmoor b. Mar 27, l808 m. Jan l3, l830 Fanny Willard dau of Abel
and Fanny (Grout) Willard. She b. Apr 7, l8l3.
Their children:
l. Frances Dunsmoor b. Apr l6, l83l m. (l) Sep. l2, l855 Benjamin M.
Warner son of William & Betsy (Finley) Warner of Acworth, NH. He d.
Oct 24, l858 - one son, Benjamin E. Warner b. Jan 26, l859 Frances
(Dunsmoor) Warner m. (2) Apr l2, l86l Granville Harris.
Child,
Lizzie Burke Harris b. Aug 28, l862. Also,
2. Sophia Dunsmoor b. Apr l83l d. l836
3. Elizabeth Dunsmoor b. Mar 3l, l84l d. l860
4. Ella Louisa Dunsmoor b. May l7, l85l
9. William Dunsmoor b. Apr l5, l8l0 d. l8l2.
10. Elizabeth Dunsmoor b. Mar 3l, l8l2 m. Col. Joshua Bowker.
11. Sarah Jane Dunsmoor b. Sep l4, l8l6 m. Albert Hall Fisher.p.33l

William Dunsmoor m. Sally Reckard on June l3, l8l2. Their children:
l. William J. Dunsmoor b. Apr 2l, l8l3
2. John R. Dunsmoor b. Nov 3, l8l4 m. June l6, l845 Sophia A. Nichols dau of Ezra and Polly
(Cushman) Nichols b. Nov 29, l8l7 Their children:
l. Elizabeth Dunsmoor b. Nov 9, l846 d. l868.
2. Uriah Dunsmoor b. Jan 26, l85l m. Lottie Freeman. Res: Brookfield, VT.
3. Asenath Dunsmoor b. Aug 28, l852 d. l869
4. Henry Dunsmoor b. Dec 2, l854.
5. Charlie S. Dunsmoor b. May 24, l858.
Note: John R. Dunsmoor lost an arm July 4, l835 in Charlestown Village by the accidental
discharge of a cannon which he was loading. His youth was spent in Charlestown and he
returned to it in l87l.
3. Charles Dunsmoor b. Apr 25, l8l6.
4. Frederick W. Dunsmoor b. Jun l3, l8l7.
5. Rebecca Dunsmoor b. Jun 8, l8l9.
6. Henry Dunsmoor b. Mar 25, l82l.7. Sarah Dunsmoor b. Oct 9, l823 (see Straw)
8. Lucy Dunsmoor b. Aug 3, l825 m. Orren Moody.
9. Orel Dunsmoor b. Aug 24, l827.
l0 James Dunsmoor b. Nov l0, l829.
11 Isaker Dunsmoor b. Nov l9, l83l
12 Maretto Dunsmoor b. Mar l9, l834
.l3 Samuel Dunsmoor b. Jan ll, l838

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Sarah married Uriah Marion Straw, son of Benjamin Straw and Hannah Marshall, on 30 Jan 1845 in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. (Uriah Marion Straw was born on 2 Feb 1821 in Unity, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, died in 1903 and was buried in Quaker City Cemetery in Sullivan County, New Hampshire.)

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Alternate date: 19 Jan 1845