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About Captain Henry William Moulton
Henry W. Moulton was born in Ossipee, New Hampshire on May 3rd, 1833. He came to Newburyport when he was twenty, his first business was a drug and paint business on State Street. He married Miss Susan F. Whittemore in 1855, they had six children, 5 daughters and their only son died at nine months. Moulton went into the real estate business and did very well. He also became a soldier in the Civil War, rose to the rank of captain and was discharged because of malaria. Between 1866-1868 he built Moulton Castle (please see Moulton Castle on the Interactive Map and this website). He bought up land in the North End of Newburyport between Mosley Avenue and Merrimac Street. He constructed a carriage manufacturing factory on Moulton Street and Cushing Avenue, the Moultonville Academy on a corner of Moulton Street and Cushing Avenue, John McQuillan had built a two story factory at the corner of Cushing and Hardy (once named Kelly) Streets.
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Captain Henry William Moulton's Timeline
| 1833 |
May 3, 1833
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Ossipee, Carroll County, NH, United States
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| 1856 |
1856
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United States
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| 1858 |
1858
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United States
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| 1863 |
1863
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United States
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| 1896 |
May 1896
Age 62
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Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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