Gilman is mentioned in tomorrow’s post so a little background was in order.
GILMAN CLOUGH (#580- The Genealogy of the Descendants of John Clough of Salisbury, MA- Volume II, Page 261), the son of David Clough and Hannah Winslow, was born in Bow, NH, October 26, 1801. In 1818, he came to Hopkinton. He attended the school of Master John 0. Ballard, and at length became a teacher of comÂmon schools. He taught numerous terms in Contoocook and other parts of the town. He was also a cooper (traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes wooden, staved vessels, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. – Editor). He continued to reside in Hopkinton till his death, February 23, 1889.
In 1822, November 28, Mr. Clough married Melinda French Bickford, daughter of Samuel Bickford and Ruth Howe, of Hopkinton. They had children,—Heurietta Adelia, born June 24, 1824 ; Alfred Winslow, born April 10, 1829 ; Horatio Edson, born March 15, 1835 ; Fitz Edgar, born January 15, 1839.
Gilman Clough married a second wife September 7, 1857 ; she was Mrs. Elvira Wallingford (Hildreth) Silver.
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