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"Obadiah Comes Fourteen"
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| In 1977, Mrs. Novak moved into her house that was built in 1735 by Deacon Joseph Fletcher. In many ways, my house is just like WHERE you live yet, it is different. The walls are old and huge beams hold the house together. The floors sag and have marks on them from the countless people have walked them. It can be rather overwhelming thinking about ALL the people that have lived here for more than 260 years . | |
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One of the first things that my children asked me was when we moved in "Is this HOUSE haunted?" After living here over 25 years, I can say for sure that this house is NOT haunted. BUT the house does tell a tale. IF you look hard, pieces of history are all around me. All the people that have lived here before me share this house with me. |
| I decided to learn more about the people that built my house. I knew that they were very brave. When they moved here, it was a very wild area with Indians raids still going on. Through research at various libraries, I have found some fascinating stories of these people. Come and visit my old house and learn more about its' history. Click here to do a Virtual Tour of Fletcher Hill Farm. | |
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| Click here to do a Virtual Tour of Colonial Cemeteries and Tombstones. | |
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| WHAT is your
assignment to complete "A Telling Tombstone
Tale" ? You pick one person from either "Obadiah Comes Fourteen" Family Tree or a person from
the Virtual Tour of Fletcher Hill Farm, and create a tombstone for
them. Make sure that you have spent time looking at other
tombstones from local graveyards. To help you with the dates
on the tombstones, use the Timeline
below. Remember YOU are creating a
tombstone that a grieving person in Dunstable would be honored to place
on their beloved's grave. |
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| Timeline of New Hampshire History, the Fletcher Family and that of "Obadiah Comes Fourteen" | |