Samuel Dresser

From "The History of Sutton, New Hampshire Vol. 2":

The above family came to Sutton to live about 1812 From the fact of his being licensed to preach by the Baptist and FW Baptist denominations the father became known in Sutton as Elder Samuel Dresser This title also distinguished him from his son Samuel His Sutton home was on what has since been known as Dresser's hill near the South village In the same neighborhood and near each other lived his sons Samuel John C and Martin Luther In view of the fact that all the members of this large family of children as they grew up gave proof of possessing superior judgment and excellent practical ability that they attained a high rank in scholarship and most of them made a fine record as teachers the following related by Samuel Dresser Jr in his sketch of the Dresser family seems hardly credible He says The mother of these children was for many years partially deprived of reason This of course threw a heavy burden of care labor and responsibility upon her young daughters Strong minds indeed and much self reliance the children must have had to be able to resist the depressing influence of this afflicting cloud upon their home That not one of them ever manifested any tendency to insanity indicates that in the mother the causes must have been accidental not constitutional.