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Brigadier General Enoch Poor
1 Newfields Rd, Exeter,
NH 03833-4540
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USA
Latitude & Longitude:
42° 59' 22.812",
-70° 56' 57.5448"
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New Hampshire State
Historical Marker
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BRIGADIER GENERAL ENOCH POOR Born in Andover, Mass. June 21 1736, Enoch Poor settled in Exeter, becoming a successful merchant and ship-builder. In 1775 he was appointed colonel in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment. Poor was at Stillwater, Saratoga and Monmouth and served under Washington, Sullivan and Lafayette. Congress commissioned him Brigadier General in 1777. Mortally wounded in a duel fought September 8, 1781, he was buried in the First Reformed churchyard in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Last updated: 9/21/2011 11:05 |
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Brigadier General Enoch Poor Historical Marker Location Map, Exeter, New Hampshire
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