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FIELD, ISAAC, retired; residence East street, Denmark; was born in Peterboro, Hillsboro Co., N. H., in 1804; at the age of 21, having received an academical education, taught school one winter, then went to Boston, where he entered the counting-room of a large lumber firm and remained until 1830. He married Miss Mary Green, born in Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 24, 1807; she lost her parents when a child, and was educated in Boston by Mr. Clapp; they were married March 20, 1830. Soon after, he entered the hide and leather business, under the firm name of Field, Converse & Field, a brother of Mr. F. the third party; this he continued until 1838, then removed to Iowa, purchased a farm near Denmark, which he improved and cultivated for a few years; then, with Fox & Epps, of Denmark, he engaged in pork-packing and shipping to his brother in Boston; just before the war, he sold his farm. Republican; Mr. and Mrs. F. have been members of the Congregational Church for many years; he joined when a boy; has held the office of Deacon in the Church here since its organization; Mrs. F. was a member of the Old South Church in Boston. They were prominent in the Antislavery and temperance movements. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace for several years.