Luther and Elizabeth Hazelton Fitz

Luther Fitz was born on 13 Jan 1819 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, the son of Captain Benjamin Fitts (or Fitz) and Susannah Dearborn. He taught school for a

time in Chester. He married Elizabeth French Hazelton, daughter of Josiah Hazelton

and Sarah Emerson, on 22 May 1845 at Chester, Rockingham, New

Hampshire.

He and his wife, Elizabeth, appeared on the census of 1850 at Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, where he was teaching school, as well as his daughters Elizabeth and Helen (who died young).

He and Elizabeth appeared on the census of 1860 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire,

with his daughters, Elizabeth, Ella, Mary and Josephine (another daughter, Henrietta, also died young).

He was a successful farmer. He was taxed for a carriage in 1866 at Chester. He and Elizabeth

appeared on the census of 1870 at Chester, with their daughters Ella, Mary, Josie, and the youngest, Isabelle.

Luther's barn was hit by lightning on 18 Aug 1875 at Chester. He

died on 13 Mar 1877 at Chester at age 58. His wife, Elizabeth, died in Faribault, Minnesota, where she was visiting

her daughter, Ella.

They are both buried at Chester Village Cemetery, Chester,

Rockingham, New Hampshire.

They are my mother-in-law Connie's great grandparents.

Luther Fitz and Elizabeth French Hazelton

Luther Fitz lived at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United
States of America. He was born on 13 Jan
1819 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of America, son of Captain
Benjamin Fitts and Susannah Dearborn. He
married Elizabeth French Hazelton, daughter of Josiah Hazelton
and Sarah Emerson, on 22 May 1845 at Chester, Rockingham, New
Hampshire, United States of America. He and Elizabeth French Fitz
appeared on the census of 1850 at Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts,
United States of America. He and Elizabeth French Fitz appeared on
the census of 1860 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of
America. He was taxed for a carriage in 1866 at Chester, Rockingham, New
Hampshire, United States of America. He and Elizabeth French Fitz
appeared on the census of 1870 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire,
United States of America. His barn was hit by lightning on 18 Aug
1875 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of America. He
died on 13 Mar 1877 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of
America, at age 58. He was buried at Chester Village Cemetery, Chester,
Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of America.

Elizabeth French Hazelton was also known as Elizabeth French
Haselton. She was born on 10
Dec 1817 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of America.
She married Luther Fitz on 22 May 1845 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
of America. She appeared on the census of 1880 at Chester,
Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of America. She appeared on the
census of 1900 at Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of
America. She died on 10 Oct 1901 at Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United
States of America, at age 83. Obituary says Mrs. Luther Fitz, of Chester, N.H., who
came here last week to visit her daughter, Mrs. A.J.Grant, died this
morning at ther daughter's residence. The remains will be shipped to New
Hampshire this evening. Deceased was 84 years of age on 11 Oct 1901 at
Faribault, Rice, Minnesota, United States of America. She was buried at
Chester Village Cemetery, Chester,
Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States of America.

Charles Herbert Howe

Charles Herbert Howe was born on 20 Sep
1859 at Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States of America. He
appeared on the census of 1860 in the household of Charles Henry Howe
and Susan Maxwell Howe (his parents) at Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United
States of America. He appeared on the census of 1870 in the household of
Daniel Howe and Hannah Lincoln Cook Howe(his grandparents, his father having remarried) at Ipswich, Essex,
Massachusetts, United States of America. He appeared on the census of 1880
at Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States of America where he was attending Dartmouth College. He was
graduated in 1881 at Dartmouth College, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire,
United States of America. He was principal of the High School
between 1881 and 1883 at West Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
of America. He was in charge of the high school between 1883 and
1888 at Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He
married Mary Adelaide Fitz, daughter of Luther Fitz and
Elizabeth French Hazelton, on 26 Dec 1883 at Chester, Rockingham,
New Hampshire, United States of America. He was one of the trustees of
the Public Library, and President for three years of the Berkshire County
Teachers Association between 1889 and 1897 at Adams, Berkshire,
Massachusetts, United States of America. He resided between
1889 and 1897 at Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States of America.
He was principal of Wakefield High School until his death between
1898 and 1918 at Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of
America. In Wakefield he was actively engaged in all that pertained to
education, he was several years Chairman of the Sweetser lecture course
committee, president of the Wakefield Teachers Association, president of
the Middlesex County Teachers Association, a member of the Massachusetts
Teachers Association, representing the Wakefield High School, the New
England Association of College and Preparatory Schools; a member of the
Golden Rule Lodge, F.A.M. of Wakefield, the Congregational Church, and was
a director of the Wakefield Cooperative Bank between 1898 and 1918 at
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He and Mary
Adelaide Howe appeared on the census of 1900 at West Chestnut,
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He and Mary
Adelaide Fitz appeared on the census of 1910 at Wakefield,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America. He died on 20 Dec 1918
at Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America, at age
59. He was buried at Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield,
Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Charles Herbert Howe and Mary Adelaide Fitz had two children: Luther Maxwell Howe
(Allan's grandfather) and Alice Gardner Howe.