Nesmith Library - Windham, NH
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N 42° 48.143 W 071° 17.902
19T E 312060 N 4741432
The Nesmith Library was founded by native son Col. Thomas Nesmith and was originally housed on the second floor of the town hall, then was relocated to the Armstrong Memorial building in 1899 where it remained until moved here in 2004.
Waymark Code: WM3D22
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 03/17/2008
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Colonel Thomas Nesmith was born in Windham, New Hampshire on September 7, 1788. Being named for his grandfather, he was especially dear to the heart of his long-widowed grandmother, with whom much of his early life was spent. His education was such as could be obtained from the district schools, and the high school, now Pinkerton Academy, in Derry, taught at that time by Mr. Samuel Burnham.
His father dying at the age of forty-four, leaving a family of nine children, his mother decided to continue the store which her husband had opened in one of the rooms of their own house. In this additional labor, she had the assistance of her older boys, and here Thomas remained until about 1810, when he went into business for himself.
In the war of 1812-15, he was a soldier drafted from Windham. He was enlisted September 15, 1814, for three months, was a third lieutenant in Captain Nathaniel B. Bradley's Company, and was stationed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. During his youth he was a lover of the military service, and in May 1820, was Colonel of the 8th Regiment of New Hampshire Militia.
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