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- from "The Stebbins Genealogy" by Ralph Stebbins Greenlee, 1904 (archive.org)
ARAD STEBBINS BAKER, son of Matilda Stebbins and Isaac Baker, was born June 23, 1805, at Dummerston, Windham County, Vt. ; died Mar. 15, 1895, at Winchester, Cheshire County, N. H.; married Oct. 2, 1832, at Hinsdale, Cheshire County, N.H. to LUSENA M. BRACKETT, born Feb. 21. 1812, at Blanford, Mass., who was a daughter of Francis Brackett and Lina Jacobs. Occupation, farmer. Politics, republican. Religion, Protestant...ARAD STEBBINS BAKER attended the first school established in the town of Winchester, N.H.; and also was in school at Hinsdale, N.H. When quite a young man he commenced peddling brooms from Hadley, Mass., where a great quantity of broom corn was raised. For some time he worked in a hotel for Augustus Smith, where he first met the lady who afterwards became his wife. They lived on a farm in Northfield until the spring of 1874, when they moved on to a small farm which they had purchased in S.W. Winchester, N.H., and within a few years bought additional land, making quite a good sized farm. He was known far and near as a good farmer, very particular about his work and raising excellent crops, but he was still fond of peddling brooms, and whenever he could yet away from his farm work, he would take a trip up north, driving sometimes as far as Canada. He was known in North Hampton as the "Broom Merchant," and followed the trade more or less until he was more than seventy-seven years of age. His last years were passed quietly at the old homestead, working on the farm some and taking frequent walks to the neighbors' - sometimes a mile or two over the hills - where he was always a welcome visitor.
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