Town of Marlow USGenWeb

New Hampshire

The town was first granted in 1753 by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth as "Addison", after Joseph Addison, writer and for a time under-secretary of state
for England. Addison had signed the appointment papers making the governor's father, John Wentworth, lieutenant-governor of New Hampshire in 1717.
As a result of the French and Indian War, few original grantees settled here, so it was regranted on October 7, 1761, to William Noyes and 69 others,
the majority from Lyme, Connecticut. The town was named after Marlow, England, located on the River Thames in Buckinghamshire.

Marlow bears many marks of glacial action, and minerals are still found here. A woodworking industry once used the water power of the Ashuelot River
to produce tools, furniture and wooden buckets from lumber cut nearby. By 1859, when the population was 708, there were seven sawmills, a gristmill,
a carriage shop, a tin shop, and two tanneries. Although the town's undulating surface is somewhat rocky, farmers produced hay, grain and vegetables.

Town of Marlow - Town of Marlow Home Page

Cemeteries in Marlow - Search the four cemeteries in Marlow, NH

World War II US Army - PFC Henry P. Champney - 29 years old 636th Tank Destroyer Battalion - "Died of Wounds " 4 Nov. 1944 - in France
he died from wounds received in action during the war
US Air Force - Second Lieutenant Bryon Edward Dillant - 22 years old - "Line of Duty " 14 Aug. 1944 in Florida
when his P-51 crashed while training during the war. His brother is below
US Air Force - Second Lieutenant Thomas David Dillant - 25 years old - "Line of Duty " 17 March 1942 in South Carolina
of a non-battle related incident during the war. His brother is above
US Navy - WT3C Howard S. Forsaith - 24 years old - - U.S.S. Colhoun (DD-801) "Missing in Action 5 April 1945 - Pacific Ocean
when the Colhoun was hit by two Japanese kamikaze's off the coast of Okinawa and sank during the war.
US Army - Tech/Sergeant Everett Oliver Gardner - 104th Infantry Division, 413 Infantry Regiment "Killed in Action 23 Nov. 1944
he was KIA 3 weeks prior to the Battle of the Bulge, at Ardennes, Belgium

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