Town of Marlborough

Cheshire County
New Hampshire

Town of Marlborough, New Hampshire


History of Marlborough

First granted as "Monadnock No. 5" in 1752 by Governor Benning Wentworth, this was one of the fort towns originally known only by a number.
Lots were drawn in 1762 and first settled two years later. The town was at one time called "Oxford", then "New Marlborough",
but was incorporated in 1776 as Marlborough. Many of the settlers were from Marlborough, Massachusetts, which had been
named for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, in the late 17th century. Land was set off in 1815 to create the town of Troy.

There was once an important granite industry here. Stone from Marlborough quarries was used in buildings in Boston,
at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and locally in the Frost Free Library. Blankets and wooden-ware,
including toys, have been manufactured in Marlborough as well.

Town of Marlborough - Town of Marlborough Home Page

Cemeteries in Marlborough - Search the seven cemeteries in the Town of Marlborough, NH

New Hampshire Vital Records


World War II
Air Force - Staff Sergeant Lawrence A. Robinson - 26 years old - "Line of Duty"
in 1942, died in a non combat related incident.
U.S. Army - PFC Clement J. Cioffi - 28 years old - 103rd Infantry Division, 411th Infantry Regiment "Killed in Action"
25 Nov. 1944 - France
US Air Force - Captain Charles P. Oliver - 25 years old - 1st Base Unit "Line of Duty" 20 March 1945
in a weather-related crash landing of his B-25 Mitchell five miles west of Dadeville, Alabama

Vietnam War
Helicopter Pilot - 1ST Cav. Div. US Army- Warrant Officer Marshall H. Ford - born 10 Apr. 1945; "Killed in Action" 7 Jan. 1968
- at Quang Nam, Vietnam -

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