VI) Nathaniel (3), third child and eldest son of Captain Nathaniel (2) and Abigail (Allen) Flint, was born March 12, 1810. About the year 1835 he purchased a farm in West Bedford, upon which he resided for the remainder of his life, and he attained prosperity as a farmer. He was also engaged, to some extent, in the construction of highways which were then being built in the towns of Bedford and Amherst. In politics he acted with the Democratic party. His religious affiliations were with the Presbyterians. He died September 3, 1887. His first wife, whom he married November 29. 1838, was Sarah A. Parkhurst, who was born in Bedford, May 11, 1816, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Proctor) Parkhurst. She died April 28, 1849, and on October 3, of that year, he married for his second wife Mary R. Woods, who was born in Bedford, December 12, 1822. Her death occurred January 6, 1893. His children, all of his first union were: Anstress Plummer, born December 15, 1840, became the wife of Solomon Manning, a member of a prominent Bedford family. She resides in that town; Albert Lawrence, born December 7, 1842. married first Cornelia B. Abbott, daughter of Ezekiel and Phebe (Morse) Abbott of Bedford; second, February 11, 1903. to Mrs. Sarah Stowell (nee Tinker), daughter of Joseph and Mary (Anderson) Tinker, also of Bedford; Julia Ann, born April 19, 1845, is now the widow of Clinton P. Hodgman and will be again referred to; Milton Newell, the date of whose birth will be given presently; and Sarah A. P., born April 2, 1849, died August 31, of the same year.
[Note: the additional coverage of Julia and Milton is cited on Milton's page.]
