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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER
31st
1963
SCHOOL DISTRICT
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�ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Receipts
and
Expenditures
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER
3 1st.
1963
& SCHOOL
DISTRICT
OF
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
�TABLE OF CONTENTS
Town
Officers
Statement by Selectmen
Budget for the Town
Warrant for Town Meeting
Town
Inventory
Statement of Appropriations and
Taxes Assessed
Financial Report
Treasurer's Report
Taxes Committed to Collector
Tax Sales Not Redeemed
Town Clerk's Report
Tax Collector's Report
Summary
of Receipts
Detail of Receipts
Licenses and Permits
Municipal Court
of Payments
Details of Payments
Police Department
Fire Department
Health Department
Highway Maintenance
Summary
Visiting Nurse
Public Library
Trustees of Trust Fimds
Auditors
School District Reports
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�TOWN OFFICERS
SELECTMEN
Term
Term
Term
Clifford L. Tattrie
Fred O. Tebbetts
Carroll H» Kimball
expires 1964
expires 1965
expires 1966
TOWN CLERK
Bertha Y. Pelletier
TREASURER
Rufus W. Rundlett
SUPERVISORS OF THE CHECK LIST
Arthur G. Webster
Mildred R. Parrock
Clara L, Greeley
TAX COLLECTOR
Alberta L. Ferland
HEALTH OFFICER
Carl B, Caimey
ROAD AGENT
Clifton H. Cilley
REPRESENTATIVES
Robert B. Drew
Ralph Canney
MUNICIPAL COURT
Eugene F, Nute, Justice
Eleanor M. Prescott, Clerk
POLICE OFFICERS
Carl W. Worster, Chief
Joseph M. Vachon, Assistant Chief
MODERATOR
Eugene F. Nute
ALT3IT0RS
Arthur G. Webster
TRUSTEES OF TRUST FLTMDS
Term expires
Term expires
Term expires
Hunt
J. Mooney
James E, Thayer
Francis
Robert B.
Barbara Ho Jenness
1964
1965
1966
�STATEMENT OF SELECTMEN
We,
the Selectmen of Farmington, herewith submit our
annual report for the year 1963, for your consideration.
We
would first
your attention to the financial
year is $7,998.18. This in part is
due to the operation of every department with the maximum of service combined with a minimum of expense.
The end result of these efforts enabled us to stay within
our overall budget and resulted in an increase in our surplus amount. The value of having a surplus was appreciated
this year when we were compelled by necessity to put a
new roof on the Town Hall. With approval of the Budget
Committee we drew from our surplus the sum of $5,300.00
to do this work and not effect our tax rate by having to
raise the money by taxation.
report.
like to call
Our surplus
this
With the money from the Parking Meter Reserve fund we
continued to build and repair sidewalks on Central Street
and other streets where we found it necessary, also the
gutters on Central Street from Main Street to the Postoffice w ere all rebuilt bringing a much needed improvement in that section. It is still our plan to use the monies
from this reserve fund for more improvements in other
sections of the town.
for summer maintenance will be used
as a continuation of re-surfacing the streets, installation
of culverts, improvement of our drainage system and all
other improvements as may be deemed necessary of the
roads in all sections of tow n.
The appropriation
The money appropriated
used
to
for ToRoA, or Town Road Aid was
complete approximately 1 mile of the Meader-
�boro Road. This money will be used in different sections
of the town each year to improve our roads.
Under the welfare departments we
find it necessary to ask
an increase of $3,000.00 as this is increasing each
for
year with more old age assistance and tow n poor.
We
wish to extend our sincere appreciation for the fairness and understanding given us by the townspeople and
so hope that our efforts resulted in benefits to both the
individual and the town.
CLIFFORD L„ TATTRIE
FRED O. TEBBETTS
CARROLL H. KIMBALL
AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE
AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the selectmen, tax collector, town clerk, town
treasurer, trustees of the trust funds and municipal
court, have compared their several accounts, vouchers
and bank statement of funds on deposit and find these
accounts in agreement and believe these reports to be
a true account of the town business for the year ending
December
31, 1963.
Arthur G. Webster
Barbara Jenness
Auditors,
Town
of
February 20, 1964
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�TOWN WARRANT
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To
the inhabitants of the
to vote in
Town
of
Farmington, qualified
town affairs:
You are hereby
meet
nine
o'clock
in
Town
Hall in said
next, at
the forenoon, to act on the following
notified to
at the
Farmington on Tuesday, the 10th day
of
March
subjects.
Article 1, To choose one selectman for three years, a
town clerk, a town treasurer, two auditors, a trustee
of the trust funds for three years, three budget
commit-
members
for three years, and all other necessary
officers and agents for the ensuing year.
tee
Article 2,
Convention.
Article 3.
To choose Delegates
To
vote on the question **Shall sweepstake
tickets be sold in this city or tow
You are also
at
to
the Consitutional
to
notified
to
n?"
meet
at
said
Town
Hall
seven o'clock in the afternoon on the same date,
act on the following subjects?
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate to defray the expenses of general
Article 4.
to raise
government as defined
in the budget.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to
raise and appropriate for the police department.
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate for fire protection.
Article 6.
to raise
Article 7. To see what sum of
raise and appropriate for
to
money
the
the town will vote
health department.
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To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate to vital statistics.
Article 8.
to raise
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 for the Farmington Public
Library Association. (By request)
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 to be applied to the payments for services of a district nurse of said town, said
funds to be disbursed through the Farmington Visiting
Nurse Association (By request).
Article 11. To see what sum of money the town will vote
raise and appropriate for summer and winter maintenance of highways and bridges and for the general ex=.
pense of the highway department.,
to
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $925.01 in order to assure State
aid in the amount of $6,166,75 for the improvement of
Class
V Highways.
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate for old age assistance, town poor
Article 13,
to raise
and soldiers' aid.
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate to Clarence L. Perkins Post, No.
60, American Legion, to be used for Memorial Day observanccc
Article 14.
to raise
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate for the care of parks and play-
Article 15,
to raise
grounds.
Article 16, To see if the town will vote to authorize the
Selectmen to hire such sums of money as may be necessary in anticipation of taxes.
Article
17,
To see what purpose
or purposes the town
will vote to appropriate the balance of the parking
meter
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fund not otherwise earmarked and the income over and
above the maintenance expenses, in accordance with the
provisions of Laws of 1947, Chapter 74, Section 2.
To see if the Town will vote to extend the
up Main Street from their present terminal
to terminate in the area of the town reservoir near the
houses of Harry W. Knox and Ira Brown and to raise
and appropriate the money necessary for this expansion
of the sewer. (By request)
Article
sewer
18.
line
if the Town will authorize the Selecta certain parcel of Town land to William
Vachon for an agreed price, said land being located
on the corner of Winter Street and Lone Star Avenue
Extension, abutting the Vachon homestead and being approximately 80 X 75 feet in size. (By request).
Article 19.
men
to
To see
sell
To
Tow
n will vote to establish a
Planning Board of five members, consisting of one Selectman and four other citizens appointed by the Selectmen
with duties and powers as set forth in RSA 36, said Board
to make a study of the present and future development
of the Town and to make appropriate recommendations for
the improvement and development of the area in the best
interests of the Town (By request).
Article 20.
see
if
the
Article 21. To see what sum of money the town will vote to
raise and appropriate for the care or rem oval of dead trees
located specifically on tow n property.
Article 22.
To
see
if
the
Tow
n will vote to authorize the
Selectmen to hire on seriel notes the sum of $10,000
and to transfer from the net surplus account the sum of
$5,087.00, to apply the trade in allowance on the 1947
Oshkosh toward the purchase price of a new truck, wing
& plow.
Article 23. If article 23 is not adopted, to see if theTown
ill vote to authorize the Selectmen to transfer from the
net surplus account the sum of $5,000,00, said sum to be
w
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used toward the purchase of a used truck,
or to repair the 1947 Oshkosh.
w
ing
& plow
Article 24. To see if the town w ill vote to authorize
the Selectmen to file in behalf of the Tow n an application
(in form and manner required by the United States and in
conformity with p. 1. 560, 83rd Congress) and do wahtever else may be required for an advance in the amount
of $60,000,00, to be made by the United States to the Tow n
of Farmington, New Hampshire, to aid in defraying the cost
of final plan preparation for sewerage and sewage treatment facilities for the Town of Farmington, New Hampshire, and, further, to see if the Town will make the necessary arrangements to provide such additional funds as
may be required to defray the cost of final plan preparation.
if the Town will vote to authorize
appoint a committee of five, to work
in conjunction with the Selectmen on all phases relative
to the sewerage and sewage deposal plant in accordance
with Order #842 of the New Hampshire Water Pollution
Article 25.
the
To see
moderator
to
Commission.
Given under our hands and seal
this 21st
day of February,
1964.
Clifford L. Tattrie
Fred O. Tebbetts
Carroll H. Kimball
Selectmen
A
of
Farmington
true copy of warrant, attest:
Clifford L. Tattrie
Fred O. Tebbetts
Carroll H. Kimball
Selectmen
of
Farmington
�INVENTORY
VALUATION OF THE TOWN, APRIL
Land and Buildings (Exclusive
listed in Item #2
and #3)
of
1,
1963
Property
$3,490,840.00
34,175.00
House Trailers used as dwellings
Buildings Including Land & Machinery 141,850.00
Factory
Electric
Plants
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Visiting Nurse Assoc.
River Maintenance
Civilian Defense
Health Department
Vital Statistics
Highways, summer maintenance
Highways, winter maintenance
Highways, general expense
Town Road Aid
Libraries
Old Age Assistance
Tow
n Poor
Veterans' Aid
Memorial Day
Parks & Playgrounds
Interest
County Tax
School Tax
Total town, school & county approp.
Less; Estimated revenues and credits
Interest and dividends tax
Railroad Tax
Savings Bank Tax
Recoveries: Old Age Assistance
Revenues from yield tax sources
Interest received on taxes
Business Licenses and permits
Dog Licenses
Motor Vehicle permit fees
Rent of Tow n Property
Fines and Forfeits, Municipal Court
Parking Meter Income
National Bank Stock taxes
Poll Taxes @ $2.00
Total revenues or credits
Pluss Overlay
Amount to be raised by taxation
Plus Precinct taxes
Net amount to be raised by taxation
Poll Taxes
National Bank Stock Taxes
Amount to be raised by property taxes
on which tax rate is to be figured
1,800.00
500.00
200.00
1,800.00
100.00
15,000.00
11,000.00
9,000.00
929.61
2,500.00
10,000.00
5,000.00
800.00
350.00
600.00
1,300.00
11,817.42
151,098.82
$222,432.99
6,076.45
100.00
1,297.71
200.00
150.00
1,500,00
250.00
900.00
17,000.00
300.00
1,500.00
3,687.57
528.70
2,430.00
35,920.43
3,645.29
226,078.28
15,676.68
241,754,96
2,430.00
528,70
244,713,66
�s
s
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Assets
Cash
Capital reserve fund, sewer tax reserve
Unredeemed Taxes
Levy of 1962
Levy of 1961
Levy of 1954
$73,335.88
11,513.96
4,662.14
1,688.15
127.26
Uncollected taxes
Levy of 1963
Levy of 1962
Levy of 1961
Levy of 1960
Levy of 1959
Levy of 1957
Levy of 1956
Levy of 1955
Uncollected State Head Taxes
Levy of 1963
Levy of 1962
Levy of 1961
Levy of 1960
Levy of 1959
Total Assets
66,184.00
469.08
279.65
98.26
12.00
17.92
34.05
10.40
3,450.00
195.00
220.00
80.00
40.00
$162,417.75
Liabilities
Parking Meter Reserve Fund
Due
Due
1963 Head Taxes uncollected
to school district, bal. of approp.
Capital Reserve Fund, sewer tax reserve
to
States
Defense
Cocheco River Project
River Maintenance
Bond & Retirement Taxes
Rent of Kitchen Equipment
Civil
Total Liabilities
Assets
Liabilities
Net
Surplus
$2,224.61
4,866.00
134,098.82
11,513.96
204.25
942.61
242.81
167,06
159.45
$154,419.57
$162,417.75
154,419.57
$7,998.18
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Cash on hand January 1, 1963
Taxes received, Alberta L, Ferland,
collector,
$ 49, 961o 46
property, polls,
sewer and yield:
65.03
120.92
141.70
70, 279, 27
180,776.87
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
Int.
Town
Dog
$
Reed, on taxes
Clerk: Bertha Pelletier:
licenses
Auto permits
2,
090. 20
980. 30
19, 481. 71
Collector: Alberta L. Ferland:
Head taxes and penalties
8, 516. 50
Taxes redeemed and
interest on same
4, 173.
Received from Selectmen's Office:
Rent of town hall and kitchen
equipment
79
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11.60
Reimb, fire watch
Reimb. wardens
24, 38
62. 88
training session
Reimb. head taxes
Treasurer of United States
240.00
00
Reimb, on funeral
Temporary loans
73, 000.
$381,152.44
Total
Total Receipts
Selectmen's orders paid
Cash reserved
for
$431,113.90
$347, 111, 08
payment
10, 000. 00
of outstanding checks
$357, 778. 02
Total Payment
Cash on Hand, January
Rufus
1,
1964
^ 73 335.88
W. Rundlett
Town
Treasurer
TAXES COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR
Property Taxes
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Levy of 1961
�zu
Clarence Staples,
Jr.
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Cro
Uncollected as per
list:
$
Polls
12.00
$
72. 26
Levy of 1960
Dr.
Uncollected taxes as of January
Yield
Polls
1,
1963
26.00
�idZ
Added Taxes:
�23
Sewer
�24
Levy of 1960
Dr.
Uncollected taxes as of January
1,
�25
Rent of tow n property
From parking Meters
From Parking Meter Fines
Interest Received
From Head Taxes and Penalties collected
Commission of head taxes
Rent of Kitchen Equipment
Refunds and recoveries
Sale of Tow n Property
From temporary loans
416.00
2,775.79
166.00
2,453.29
8,516.50
527.45
24.50
2,151.62
50.00
73,000.00
�26
Mildred & Curtis Chase
�27
Reimb. on TRA
Savings Bank Tax
4,629.54
1,297.71
(2 years)
$12,702.81
DETAIL
5
ALL LICENSES AND PERMITS
Bertha Y. Pelletier, auto permits
�s
28
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
$60.00
David Mattair
Joseph Judd
Charles Auclair
Joseph J. Fentross
Ralph F. Holder
Warren M. Glidden
$20,722.01
DETAIL
6
MUNICIPAL COURT, FINE AND FORFEITS
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand 1/1/63
Balance checking account 1/1/63
Received from fines and fees
Refund Justice Bond
Received from entry fees, writs
Received from Small Claims
Received Sheriff Fees, Small Claims
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
Paid
DISBLHSEMENTS
Game Department
Fish &
Town
Town
-0-06,467.50
21.88
12,40
327.67
3.00
$6,832.45
24.00
Farmington
2,439.58
of Farmington, writs and entry fees
12.40
Department of Safety
3,429.50
Department of Safety Sevices
18.00
Small Claims
327.67
135,00
Bail sent Superior Court
of
Supplies, postage, repairs court
Entry fees paid Superior Court
room
Paid Special Justice
Paid Witness Fees
Paid Liberty Insurance, Clerk's bond
Bail Refunded
Paid Sheriff Fees, Small Claims
Balance checking account 12/31/63
115.78
12.50
50.00
23.24
36.78
205.00
3.00
-0-
$6,832.45
NUMBER OF CRIMINAL CASES
Complaints filed as follows
Local police
State police
Sheriff
Department
60
288
3
�29
New Durham
16
Middleton
Milton
Fish & Game Dept.
Small Claims Cases
Juvenile Cases
7
1
2^
377
43
18
61
438
DETAIL
7
RENT OF TOWN PROPERTY
Clarence Lo Perkins Post, American Legion
Clyde Joy
Farmington Woman's Club
Country Club
Radio Church of God
Thelma Shaw
DETAIL
8
PARKING METERS
Collections
306.00
15.00
15.00
10„00
20.00
50.00
$416.00
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DETAIL 12
COMMISSION FOR COLLECTING HEAD TAXES
To Town of Farmingtons
Commission
of
1962 taxes
�31
SUMMARY
OF PAYMENTS
Tow
n Officers* Salaries
Auto Permits
Tow n Officers' Expenses
Social Security
Municipal Court
Municipal Court Expenses
Election & Registration
Town
Hall Expense
Police Department
Fire Department
Blister Rust Control
Civil Defense
Health Department
Vital Statistics
Sewer Maintenance
Summer Maintenance
Winter Maintenance
River Maintenance
Sidew alks
Parking Meter Heads
Cocheco River Project
Tow n Hall Roof
Highw ays, general expense
Tow n Road Aid
Tow n Road Aid
Old Age Assistance
Town Poor
Soldiers* Aid
Farmington Visiting Nurse Association
Farmington Public Library Association
Farmington Village Precinct
County Tax
Interest
Schools
Memorial Day Expense
Parks and Playgrounds
Parking Meters
Parking Meter Fines
Damages and Legal Expenses
$3,410.00
1,143.50
5,087.78
1,377.11
1,100.00
574.50
256.83
6,199.24
12,498.20
578.40
200.00
88.00
2,111.51
98.50
1,580,00
15,713.93
9,953.78
901.24
2,501.10
813.00
35.00
4,371.00
8,990.11
929.61
4,724.59
11,909.72
5,816.30
347.97
1,800.00
2,500.00
15,676.68
11,817.42
1,093.08
130,713.99
350.00
535.87
949.73
33.40
17.40
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Abatements
Head Tax Abatements
Taxes bought by town
1962 Head Taxes
1963 Head Taxes
Dog Damages & Expenses
Bond & Retirement Taxes
1961 Property & Interest
Refunds to Collector
Temporary Loans
Refunds
DETAIL
1
988.13
245.00
5,406.67
4,914.50
3,380,00
22,50
114,28
10.48
202.04
73,000.00
695.93
$357,778.02
TOWN OFFICERS 'SALARIES
Arthur G, Webster, auditor
50.00
Barbara Jenness, auditor
50.00
Clifford L. Tattrie, chairman. Board of Selectmen 900.00
Fred O. Tebbetts, selectman
600.00
Carroll H. Kimball, selectman
600,00
Rufus W. Rundelett, Treasurer
250.00
Alberta L. Ferland, Collector
Bertha Y. Pelletier, Tow n Clerk
Appropriation
Expenditures
DETAIL
la
Bertha Y. Pelletier,
DETAIL
810.00
150.00
$3,410.00
$3,410,00
$3,410.00
Town
Clerk, Auto Permits $1,143.50
2
TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES
Association of New Hampshire Assessors, dues
3.00
Carl Blanchard, Postmaster, postage
200.00
Farmington Insurance Agency, non ownership
policies, officers' bond, T. O. Burglary Ins.
388.93
Franklin P. Liberty Ins, employers liability
700.60
Farmington National Bank, safe deposit box
4.40
Marjorie E. Holmes, transfer cards
54.00
Osgoods Rexall Drug, supplies
2,31
Fred L. Tow ers Co., 1963 New Hampshire
register
20.60
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. phone e
168.27
Treasurer State of N. H., Boat & Mobile
home reports
25.13
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Farmington Independent, 2 dog license ads
Foster Press, Tow n reports, ballots, supplies
Alberta L. Ferland, Coll., Tax Deed
Chas. C. Rogers, Inc., second sheets
Edw ard H. Quimby, repair typewriter,
ribbon & supplies
Arthur Webster, Postage
2.00
631.40
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6.15
16.12
6.00
3.00
New Hampshire Tax Collectors Assoc, dues
73.92
Edson C. Eastman Co., Office supplies town clerk
20.80
Burroughs Copr., service adding machine
2,340.00
Alberta Mosher, Salary
Farmington News, Budget notice, warrant & adv. 96.72
Brown & Saltmarsh Inc. Taxbook & Po P.
10.33
Clifford L. Tattrie, Mileage for year
75.00
Fred O. Tebbetts, mileage for year
75.00
Carroll H. Kimball, mileage for year
Margaret W. Ogden, Reg. real estate reports
Paymaster Checkw riter Co., Inc.
ink pad for check w riter
Carroll He Kimball, tax meeting mileage
& mileage to Concord to Lego Tow n meeting
Geneva A. Laugher, TreaSo Tow n Clerk
AssoCo dues
75.00
.60
12.5C
19.00
�34
Employers' Contribution
�35
Osgood Pharmacy, supplies
Mildred Parrock, 2 sessions supervisors
Checklist
,59
5.00
Clara Greeley, 2 sessions supervisors
5.00
checklist
Arthur Webster, 2 sessions supervisors
Checklist
5.00
$256.83
$350.00
256,83
$93.17
Appropriation
Expenditures
Unexpended
DETAIL
bal,
7
TOWN HALL AND OTHER TOWN
How
Cost
ard A. Dickie, coal
BUILDING EXPENSE
of Heating
Lights and Water
Public Service of New Hampshire, lights
Farmington Village Precinct, water
$1,752,44
462,37
25,66
Insurance
Farmington Insurance Agency
849.54
Janitor, Repairs, etc,
Moses
J,
Worster, Salary
Odorite Co., lavador units and supplies
Gelinas Market, supplies
Currier's Garage, belt for stoker
Farmington Press, poster stock
Moses J, Worster, extra help
Wilkins Gas & Electric Shop Inc., supplies
Harry F. Nutter, brooms
C. H. Sullivan, repairing combination window s
E. S. Woodard, repairs on stoker
Palmer Hardware Co., Inc., supplies
Farmington Roofing Co., repairs to roof
C. L. Haskell, flame proofing curtains
Osgood Pharmacy, supplies
Pelletier Enterprises, supplies
Denzil F. Thayer, sharpening lawnmower
2,125,00
92.40
19.04
2.10
1.54
6.50
46.76
3,96
41,53
169.82
20.79
376.00
110.00
4.15
20,64
3.00
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Rochester Germicide Co., Floor sealer
66.00
$6,199.24
Appropriation
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
$6,300.00
6,199.24
$100.76
DETAIL
8
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Carl W. Worster
Joseph Vachon
4,425.00
4,165.00
Special Duty
Charles Davis
Walter Clifford
Alden Jenness
Kenneth Furbush
Walter Huckins
David Furber
John Pulsifer
Fred Chesley
563,76
257.63
396.88
224.50
33.75
477.63
2.50
48.75
Expenses
Carl W. Worster, mileage
Joseph Vachon, mileage
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. phone
Edw ard H. Quimby Co., typewriter ribbon
Wilkins Gas & Electric Co., Inc,, bullets
Farmington News, snow removal notice
Palmer Hardw are Co., Inc., supplies
Roy's Luncheonette, prisoners meals
Big Boy Restaurant, prisoners meals
Diamond Police Equip. Co., shirts, trousers,
raincoats, jackets & caps
Evans Radio, connector and radio tube
Jo Ho Butler Co., radio loud speaker
Merrymeeting Shoe Store, trooper hats
Farmington Insurance Agency, prem. on car
Franklin P. Liberty Ins, prem, on car
Appropriation
Expenditures
Unexpended
bal.
480,00
480,00
347.16
1.25
2,80
27.00
10.47
18,53
1,15
369,82
4.09
15,00
11.92
81,75
51,86
$12,498.20
$12,500,00
12,498.20
$1.80
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REPORT OF THE FOREST FIRE WARDEN AND YOUR
DISTRICT CHIEF
During the past year New Hampshire faced the greatest
forest fire threat to its woodlands in more than sixty
years. The continued drought brought home to our citizens,
as never before, the potential threat of destructive fires
to their beautiful and valuable forests, homes and livelihood. In true American tradition of meeting a common
threat by volunteer effort, this fire danger was minimized
by active prevention, patrol and a relinquishing of personel
rights for the commongood.lt was the greatest demonstration of public cooperation ever experienced by those responsible for local and state fire control. The ready forces
of volunteer fire services kept the losses low.
For their
effort and public response the general fire service ex-
presses
its
heartfelt thanks for a job well done.
Prevention however, is not just an activity for the bad
It must be practiced until it becomes a part of
our public conscience - a habit. Just plain carelessness
with fire causes too many of our fires.
fire years.
The
1,
following practices and suggestions will help:
Always have a permit for outdoor burning and burn
w ithin the terms of the permit and in a safe place.
Burn late in the afternoon when the w ind is dow n or
on rainy or damp days. Check your fire and if winds
develop extinguish
2,
it
Carry your rubbish
promptly.
to the public
dump
- its safer.
A
neglected backyard incinerator causes many fires.
3, Never discard lighted cigarette or match.Makethisa
year round habit regardless of the safety of your
surroundings.
4, Children caused fires are now a major concern. Keep
matches aw ay from them and teach them to respect
fire and not make it a subject of play.
Lets all join with "Smokey the Bear" and "Keep New
Hampshire Green" and growing in 1964.
�38
Number
of Fires and
Burned Area
Fires
873
State
91
District
Tow
in 1963
Area- Acres
2117
185 1/2
n
Ivan E. Scranton - District Chief
DETAIL
9
FIRE
DEPARTMENT
Farmington Insurance Agency, fleet policy
Treasurer State of New Hampshire,
6 Indian
pumps
151.61
90,00
Sudbury Laboratory, 6 gal. Dow se It
27,00
Eureka Fire Hose, 75 ft, 1 1/2 in. hose
75,00
Places Esso Service Center, gas fire patrol
8,79
Carl Worster, Wardens Training Session
9,25
Marshall Gibbs Jr., Wardens Training Session
9,25
9,25
John Silvia, Wardens Training Session
Winston Pinkham, Wardens Training Session
9,25
M, F, Gibbs Sr., Wardens Training Session
11,75
Leston Gray, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
3,00
Maurice Weymouth, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump 5.60
Arthua Rova, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
5.60
Richard Stuart, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
5.00
Robert Furber, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
2,50
Harold Vamey, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
2.50
Stanley Wentworth, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump2,50
Richard Chase, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
2,50
Don Cameron, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
2,50
Richard Blouin, Forest Fire, Wakefield EXnnp
2.50
Carl Worster Jr., Forest Fire, Wakefield EXimp2,50
George Gray, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
2.50
David Furber, Forest Fire, Wakefield EXimp
2.50
Ralph Gullison, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
2,50
Richard Foster, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
2,50
Raymond Chagnon, Forest Fire, Wakefield Dump
2,50
Winston Pinkham, Route 11 Fire
7,00
Robert Ricker, Route 11 Fire
8,40
Carlton Thomas, Route 11, Fire
8,40
�39
Lloyd Daudelin, Route
11
Fire
Maurice Weymouth, Route 11 Fire
John Silvia Jr., Route 11 Fire
11 Fire
Wayne Spear, Route 11 Fire
Leston Gray, Route 11 Fire
Melvin Eaton, Route 11 Fire
MacGregor Emslee, Route 11 Fire
John Puis ifer. Fire Patrol
Roger Gray, Fire Patrol
Maurice Willare, Route
Appropriation
Incomes
Sale of old Indian
Total Available
DETAIL
9.80
8.40
$578.40
$500.00
Reimb. Warden training session
Reimb. Wakefield Dump Fire
Reimb. fire watch
Unexpended
8.40
8.40
14.00
14.00
11.20
15,40
8.40
6.25
pumps
bal.
24.38
49.20
11.60
15.00
600.18
578.40
$21.78
10
BLISTER RUST CONTROL
William H. Messeck Jr.
Appropriation
Expenditures
DETAIL
$200.00
200.00
200.00
11
CIVIL DEFENSE
Evans Radio, rebuilt radio
Evans Radio, police base radio antenna
Treasurer State of N,H„ civil defense supp.
Parshley's
TV
Service, radio tube
$53.49
10.10
21,81
2.60
$88.00
Appropriation
Bal. on Hand Jan. 1, 1963
Total Available
Expenditures
Unexpended balance
$200.00
92.25
$292.25
88^00
$204.25
�HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT
December
w
903 hours
1963.
ere occupied
w
31, 1963
ith
Health Officer's work
i
FOREWORDS
The older order of Health Officers' work has undergone
a multitude of magnified duties within the experience of
the current administration. It entails constant study, going
to school and the application of experience to the many
facets embraced in the merger of the HEALTH, EDUCA-
TION & WELFARE DEPARTMENTSc
Nineteen Hundred and Sixty=three was normal in basic
some new experiences and problems posed.
In the foreseeable future, Farmington will face some unavoidable and mandatory projects, with incidental costs
running into high figures. The sewage disposal problem
is an example. All, or most of these, as officially scanned,
will be eligible for percentage assistance from State and
Federal governments. All of these now are existing and
remedies circumvented rather than avoided. No budgets
set up for them can be accurately anticipated, or the
cost of any year of Health Work, largely a matter of
emergency, and no less demanding than the major items
of government expense. THEY MUST BE MET.
Again it is the privilege of your HEALTH OFFICER to
express THANKS for the unstinted cooperation of all town
and precinct departments, local physicians, school personnel, school and visiting nurses, patriotic, fraternal
and charitable organizations and agencies, the press,
THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND KENNETH E. GUNN (the
always on-the-job DISTRICT CHIEF) and the home offices
factors, with
of the
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
* *
THE VITAL
STATISTICS:
Complaints
tions,
* *
investigated 319;
hearings, 0; prosecu-
Oj investigations, injuries to cattle
claimed from
drinking dairy chlorinated drainage, 2j contacts w ith health
immigration officers at Hoboken, N« J., clearance after
waiting period for tourists returning home after exposure
in small pox areas of Europe, 2; vaccination certificateclearance for tourists going out of the country, 6; inves-
�41
tigation of rabies suspected in cat scratch-bite case, 1;
Gobulin secured for out of town physicians
Gamma
patients, 3 family-cases; Polio, 0; hepscarlet fever, 0; strep throats, 21; mumps, 3;
veneral diseases, 2; occupational diseases 2; measles,
pneumonia, all types, 11; foster
9; tuberculosis,
2;
board, care, convalescent homes and restaurants inspected, 10; barber shops, 2; improper display of foods
and edibles, 2; dairy inspections, 5; quarantines for communicable diseases, 0; dog bites, 19; disposals of dead
domestic animals, 27; collection of dairy products, open
and packaged, 9; inspection of premises vacated (unsanitary), 2; Orders issued following investigation of complaints, 4; complaints outstanding, numberous in areas,
(general); assists in state-supervised patrols and surveys,
Conference with superiors, in town and out, 10.
4;
treating
local
atitis, 8j
Respectfully submitted
Carl B. Canney
Health Officer
Farmington, Nc Ho
DETAIL
12
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
George Fulton, care
of
dump
Carl B. Canney, health officers salary
Carl B. Canney, health officers' expenses
Ernest Cardinal, making fire line
Winston Pinkham, fire at dump
Carroll D. Cardinal, fire at dump
Carlton Thomas, fire at dump
Anthony Servatas, fire at dump
Arthur Rova, fire at dump
Maurice Willard, fire at dump
Robert Ricker, fire at dump
Kenneth W. Dickie, fire at dump
Maurice Weymouth, fire at dump
Lawrence Higgins, fire at dump
Lloyd Tilton, fire at dump
John Tarmey, fire at dump
Melvin Eaton, fire at dump
Marshall Gibbs, Jr., fire at dump
$1,330.00
150.00
138,56
12.00
23.80
12.60
12.60
12.60
12.60
12,60
12.60
5.60
28.00
12.60
5.60
5,60
22.40
12.60
�42
John Silvia Jr,, fire at dump
Leston Gray, fire at dump
Neal Irish, fire at dump
Ralph Dickie, fire at dump
Roger Gray, fire at dump
George Gray, fire at dump
Kenneth H« Dickie, fire at dump
Raymond Tetreault,
fire at
dump
Ronald Wells, fire at dump
Roger Randall, fire at dump
Gregory Morin, fire at dump
Ronald Chagnon, fire at dump
MacGregor Emslee,
fire at
dump
Cornelius Sullivan Jr., fire at dump
Alton Hayw ard, fire at dump
Robert Second, fire at dump
Lloyd Daudelin, fire at dump
Wayne Spear, fire at dump
Donald Davenport, fire at dump
Arvard Worster,
fire at
dump
Jerry Hart, fire at dump
Kenneth Smith, fire at dump
Peter Langevin, fire at dump
Franklin Woodman, fire at dump
Richard Furber, fire at dump
8,40
22.40
12,60
5,60
12,60
12,60
26,60
12.60
5,00
5,00
5.00
5,00
23,75
12.60
22.40
9.80
8.40
11.20
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
5.00
12.60
$2,111.51
Appropriation
Expenditures
Overdraft
DETAIL
$1,800.00
2,111.51
$311.51
13
VITAL STATISTICS
Bertha Y. Pellitier, town clerk
Appr opriati on
Expenditures
Unexpended balance
DETAIL
$98.50
$ 1 00 ,00
98.50
$1.50
14
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Rufus W» Rundlett, Treas., to open sewer account $5.00
656.19
Sanfax Corp., Sanfax Sewer Cleaner
�43
97.00
39.00
782.81
Trustees of Trust Funds, balance of sewer tax
$1,580.00
The Hock Co., 2 cases Toz-D-Zolvit
Andrew J. Foss, thawing sewer
balls
Sewer Tax, 1963
DETAIL
$1,580.00
14a
CAPITAL RESERVE FUND
Balance 1/1/63
Balance of Sewer Tax
Balance 1/1/64
to
Trustees
of
$10,731.15
782.81
Trust funds
�44
lafolla
Crushed Stone Co., dura patch
�45
Appropriation
�46
Expenditures
2,501.10
Unexpended balance, transferred
parking meter reserve
DETAIL
to
$207.05
19
PARKING METER HEADS
Dual Parking Meter Co., new heads
$813.00
Appropriation, parking meter reserve
Expenditures
Unexpended balance, transferred to
parking meter reserve
DETAIL
$1,000.00
813,00
"
$187.00
20
COCHECO RIVER PROJECT
Richard Hoage, settlement of claim
Balance Jan.
Expenditures
Balance Jan.
DETAIL
$35.00
1963
1,
1,
$977.61
35,00
$942.61
1964
21
TOWN HALL ROOF
Donald R. Hall
Inc.,
new roof on town
hall
Appropriation, Surplus & Debt a/c
Expenditures
Unexpended balance transferred to
surplus & debt a/c
DETAIL
$4,371.00
$5,300.00
4,371.00
'
$929.00
22
HIGHWAYS, GENERAL EXPENSE
GAS & OIL
Cardinal's Service Station
Terminal Sales
Gulf Oil Corp.
Atlantic
Gray's
Petroleum
Howard Dickie
$8.82
2,055.45
301.35
330.08
60.50
$2,756.20
INSURANCE
Farmington Insurance agency, equipment and shed $913.64
�47
MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT
R. C. Hazel ton, bucket teeth, tie rod, wheel ring
$266.97
& cutting edge
Charles DiPrizio & Son Inc., pipe & angle irons 124.56
27,2c
New Hampshire Fence Co., road drag
76.32
Palmer Hardware Co, Inc., supplies
140.98
Bob's Garage, parts & repairs
155.58
DiPrizio Garage, parts & repairs
3.90
Davis Motor Mart, dry gas
Sanel Industrial Inc., grader blades &
150,60
wing edge
2,85
Dearborn Motor Express, freight
Sanel Auto Parts, street brooms, padlock
28.97
starting fluid
6.45
Inc., supplies
Wilkins Gas & Elec. Shop
Chadwick BaRoss,
Inc., labor,
mileage &
two rebuilt injectors, switch
Rice's Inc., repair & recap 2 tires
J. Co Simms, bolts, nuts & w ashers
Sewells Sunoco Station, brake fluid
New Hampshire Explosive & Mach, Co.,
nuts, bolts, wheel axles, hose pieces
John A. Connare Inc., tire
The Trading Post, axe handles & shovels
Nick's Ajax Garage, tires, tubes, batteries,
welding and repairs
Public Service Co. of N«Ho blinker, vapor
and shed lights
Shaw s Ridge Farm, calcium in tire
John W, Knight, grinding & weld
Unescolo Inc., grader blades, unichrome plate
for bucket, snow shovels, cross chains
Foster Press, Road Closed Signs
Currier's Garage, parts
184.15
215.21
31,68
3.80
97.22
53.00
5.30
1,961.19
389,65
10.75
1.75
1,362.76
7«00
12^38
$5,320.27
$9,000.00
Appropriation
Income;
25.00
Avis-rent-a-car reimb. damage to truck
Farmington Insurance Agency, refund on Oskoch 13.80
Farmington Insurance Agency, glass loss on truck 56.50
27.9C
Row ell & Watson, refund on materials
�1
48
New Hampshire, road
State of
toll
refund
Total Available
Expenditures
Unexpended balance
DETAIL 23
556.85
$9,680.05
8.99041
$689,94
TOWN ROAD
Treasurer State
of
New
AID
Hampshire
Appropriation
DETAIL 24
TOWN ROAD
Clifton H.
AID
Cilley
Richard Furber
Oscar
Lambert
William
Smith
James Ralston
Rene Cardinal
Ronald Senter
Joseph Cleaves
Kenneth Smith
Paul Butler
Kenneth Elles
Frank Leighton
Ernest Cardinal, bulldozer & shovel
George T, Veator, truck
Clifford Butler, truck
Samuel Cardinal, truck
Maurice B. Hobbs, truck
DETAIL
929,6
929,61
825.30
557.39
386,40
531.20
464,00
12,80
12.80
112,80
55,20
14.40
25.60
25.60
582,00
403.20
265,50
296.50
153.90
$4,724.59
25
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
November, 1962
December, 1962
January, 1963
February, 1963
March, 1963
April, 1963
May, 1963
June, 1963
July, 1963
August, 1963
September, 1963
939.48
962.02
966,24
904.86
911,86
926.50
943,27
1,100.76
1,022.72
1,057.61
1,075.42
�49
October, 1963
�»
50
Leroy Noyes
Hospital
Ambulance & funeral
Doctor
Lights
Helen Dunlop
Groceries
Elsie Moulton
Doctors
Hospital
Prescriptions
Ambulance
Groceries
I^ent
324,90
250,00
7l[oO
3,26
649.16
10.00
85,00
389.65
14,44
10,00
193*00
109,50
25,15
15.22
841,96
Fuel
Lights
Frankie Gordon
Board & Room
Clothing
460,00
islss
Doctors
Prescriptions
Joyce Wentworth
Doctors
Prescriptions
23,00
40,15
538198
15^00
4^00
"I9l00
Luigi Porcino
Board & care
Zelma Tibbetcs
Doctor & Prescriptions
18.12
102,95
Ralph Hayes
Board &
Doctor
Albert
240.00
6.00
246.00
Twombly
Groceries
Oil
care
88,00
26.46
114.46
"
�51
Albert Wentworth
Oil
9.85
Gloria Murphy
Doctor
Prescriptions
15.00
5.45
20.45
Dolly Morris
Mileage to State Hospital
Ruth O'Neil aid to State Hospital
9.00
10.00
19.00
William Dyer
23.64
Oil
Alice Guyer
Groceries
6.00
Lucy Perkins
Groceries
Hospital
Doctor
Prescription
6.00
108.15
100.00
1.15
215.30
George
Fifield
Hospital
Ambulance
Appropriation
Refunds, Leroy Noyes
Refunds, Ralph Hayes
Total Available
Expenditures
Unejqpended Balance
244.69
75.00
319.69
$5,816.30
$5,000.00
240.00
1,000.00
6,240.00
5,816.30
$423.70
�52
DETAIL
27
�53
DETAIL
33
SCHOOLS
Farmington School District, balance
of 1962
appropriation
Farmington School District, part of 1963
appropriation
17,000.00
$130,713.99
$113,713.00
151,098.82
$264,812.81
Balance of 1962 Appropriation
Appropriation of 1963
Total
Expenditures
Balance Due School
DETAIL
$113,713.99
$l^Q»^^-^»^^
$134,098.92
34
MEMORIAL DAY EXPENSE
Clarence L. Perkins Post #60 American Legion $350.00
350.00
Appropriation
Memorial Day Expenses Itemized
George Maxfield Band
Bugler
Memorial Day Programs
Hags
Wreaths
Refreshments
$
175.00
5. 00
26. 50
94.00
11.20
38. 30
�54
Flag Pole
Wilkins Gas & Elec, Shop Inc., Sash cord
Clarence L. Perkins Post #60 American Legion
Sidew alk flag pole sets
Fernald Park
Richard Harriman, taking down trees
Clifton H. Cilley
Richard Furber
William Smith
James Ralston
6.20
40,50
100.00
16,65
14.00
12.80
12.80
$535.87
Appropriation
Expenditures
Unexpended Balance
DETAIL 36
$600,00
535.8?
$64.13
PARKING METERS
Farmington National
Bank, counting coins
Clifford, meter man
Walter
Charles Davis, meter man
David Furber, meter man
Kenneth Furbush, meter man
John Pulsifer, meter man
Carl Blanchard, Postmaster, stamps
Dual Parking Meter Co., meter parts
C«He Sullivan, paint & thinnex
Sargent-Sow ell Inc., Safe-T-Cones
Sanfax Corp., Cross w alk paint
Carl Worster, painting yellow lines
Joseph Vachon, painting yellow lines
Farmington Press, traffic tickets
Palmer Hardware, chalk, spray paint
Wm. J, Vickers & Son Inc., repair meter posts
Sanel Auto Parts, signs
Farmington Village Precinct, iron pipe for
meter posts
Sanel Industrial Inc., 6 sign posts
Andrew J. Foss, repair meter posts
Earle M, Tuttle, repair & install meters
$65.12
5.00
55.00
40.00
18.75
10.00
10,00
46.50
77.00
43.24
24.75
40.00
40.00
21,33
4,52
168.95
46.90
21.42
18.00
112,00
81.25
949.73
�55
Income from collections
�56
Patricia Gray, gone
Goldie Hutchins, gone
Timothy Hutchins, gone
Albanie LaPanne, gone
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
Mary LaPanne, gone
Linda Littlefield, gone
Catherine Long, gone
John Long, gone
Elroyce Makley, gone
Maude Marden, 70 years old
Bea Morris, gone
Grace O'Neil, gone
Ernest Patridge, gone
Sim one Patridge, gone
June Perkins, gone
Edythe Ricker, 70 years old
Nancy Jewett, gone
35 (g)$2.00
1959
Mortimer
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
$70.00
Tax
Sale
Sullivan, heirs (tax deed)
1960 Tax Sale
Mortimer Sullivan, heirs (tax deed)
Stanley Jr. & Ruth Taylor (tax deed)
1961 Tax Sale
Mortimer Sullivan, heirs (tax deed)
Stanley Jr. & Ruth Taylor (tax deed)
1961 Property
Etta Elles, assessed in error
1962 Tax Sale
Mortimer Sullivan, heirs (tax deed)
Mork Continental Corp. (tax deed)
Warren Glidden, Vet's exemption allowed
1962 Property
Leslie O. Barden, assessed in error
Prisco & Lois DiPrizio, assessed in error
Etta Elles, assessed in error
Edwin Legro Est., assessed in error
Elvington & Jacqueline Robbins, assessed
in error
65.03
100.50
20.42
100.86
20.85
9.99
106.70
21.18
78.93
150.20
71.06
10.66
52.20
15.31
�57
1963 Property
Sullivan, heirs (tax deed)
80,99
Continental Corp. (tax deed)
13.25
Mortimer
Mark
$918ol3
1962 Head Taxes
70 years old
Ashaland, George,
Brooks, John, 70 years old
5.00
Margaret Burbank, gone
5„00
Paul Burbank, gone
Pauline Chesley, gone
Robert Douglas, 70 years old
Ronald Goslin, gone
Merle Harding, 70 years old
Walter Hart Sr., 70 years old
Edna B, Hutchins, 70 years old
Helen McLaughlin, 70 years old
Charles Pulsifer, in service
John Pulsifer Jr., in service
John Ricker, 70 years old
Edna Smith, 70 years old
Edwin P. Stanley, 70 years old
Ralph Trask, 70 years old
Essie Tuttle, 70 years old
John White, 70 years old
Sam Clevenson, Paid in Dover
Pearl Clevenson, Paid in Dover
Dorothy Alden, gone
Harry Alden, gone
Bertha Bartlett, gone
Curtis Brassaw, gone
Curtis Brassaw Jr., gone
Doris Brassaw, gone
Patricia Gray, gone
Goldie N, Hutchins, gone
Ralph Hutchins, gone
Timothey Hutchins, gone
Albanie LaPanne, gone
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
Mary LaPanne, gone
5,00
5<,00
5,00
5.00
5,00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5,00
5,00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5,00
5,00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5,00
5.00
5.00
5,00
5.00
5,00
5.00
5.00
�58
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5,00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5,00
Linda Littlefield, gone
Catherine Long, gone
John Long, gone
Elroyce Makley, gone
Philip Makley, gone
Maude Marden, 70 years old
Bea Morris, gone
Grace O'Neil, gone
Ernest Patridge, gone
Sim one Patridge, gone
Juen Perkins, gone
Melvin Perins, gone
Edward Pouliot Jr., gone
Edythe Ricker, 70 years old
Freeman Sargent, gone
Nancy Jew ett, gone
49 @ $5.00
DETAIL
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
$245.00
41
TAX SALE OF SEPTEMBER
24, 1963
1962 Taxes Bought by Town
Alberta L, Ferland, Collector
Basil Bunker & E. Crowley
Curtis & Mildred Chase
Nelson E. Clough
Annie E, Cole, Est.
Harry & Thelma Cotton
Farmington Forest Industries
Pauline Ferland
Edward & Ethel Fow ler
Robert & Annie Garland
Frank & Rose Glidden
Warren & Varanna Glidden
Everett So Gray, heirs
Robert Greeley
Loren
Hill, Est.
Albanie & Mary LaPanne
James F. Leahy
Edwin Legro, Est.
Herman & Lucy Rhines
James & Cecelia Riley
$59.26
179.62
92.03
367.33
61.79
403.80
44.00
241.98
141.43
444.67
78.93
256.85
43.19
246.85
219.52
332.13
91.83
275.37
140.77
�59
Raymond & Edith Sargent
Irving Jr. & Linda Smith
56.09
51.66
265.12
119.07
126.38
106.70
24.55
Bernard Staples
Clarence Staples
Clarence Stamples Jr.
Mortimer Sullivan, heirs
Herbert Tanner
Grace Tarmey
Grace Tarmey, M. Parker,
Julia Thompson
Lloyd Thompson
E.
Fifield
Albert Thurston
Jennie White
Fred Jr. & Ellen Whitehouse
Gertrude York
Mark
Continental Corp.
Eugene & Marie Reed
DETAIL
32ol5
117.74
144.81
61.79
66^12
95.34
73.69
206.66
21.18
116.27
$5,406.67
42
1962
HEAD TAXES
State Treasurer, head taxes and penalties
less
$4,491.50
10%
Tow
n of Farmington, commission for
collecting head taxes
Alberta L. Ferland, collector, commission
for collecting head taxes
DETAIL
296.10
126.90
$4,914.50
43
1963
HEAD TAXES
State Treasurer, head taxes and penalties
less
10%
$3,049.50
Tow
n of Farmington, commission for
collecting head taxes
Alberta L. Ferland, Collector, commission
for collecting head taxes
231.35
99.15
$3,380.00
�60
DETAIL
44
DOG DAMAGES & EXPENSES
David Furber, collecting dog licenses
DETAIL
$22.50
45
BOND & RETIREMENT TAXES
State Treasurer,
DETAIL
2%
of yield taxes collected
46
1961 PROPERTY
Alberta L. Ferland, Collector
Etta Ellis property
DETAIL
$114,28
AND INTEREST
$10.48
47
REFUNDS TO COLLECTOR
Alberta L. Ferland, Collector
Refund on overpayment
DETAIL
$202,04
48
REFUNDS
Beatrice Morris
Alexander & Marie Rossop
Richard L, & Carla Howard
Wishbone Farms
Overassessed
Overassessed
Overassessed
Overassessed
$52,20
24„22
32,30
587.21
$695,93
�61
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS
Isabella Billings Trust Fund:
National Bank of Boston
147 shares
First
$ 4, 485. 36
Farmington National Bank Savings Department:
On
deposit, Jan. 1,
1963
$ 4,462.59
Income during year
485, 10
Income during year
181. 22
$ 5,128.91
Town
On
of Farmington, sewer fund:
deposit, Jan, 1,
1963
$13,627.00
Income dividends on
bank deposits
518. 76
Received from town, 1963
782. 81
$14, 928, 57
Annie Edgerly Thayer Fund:
High School
Prize
Speak-
ing Fund:
On
deposit, Jan, 1,
Expenditures
1963 $ 1,610.84
.
45. 00
'"^^-
Income dividends on bank
deposits
$ 1,565.84
$
63,99
$ 1,629.83
�62
OFFICE OF THE
TOWN CLERK
FARMINGTON;NEW HAMPSHIRE
Feb. 20, 1964
1963 Auto Permits:
2287 Permits and Transfers issued.
Paid to Treasurer
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64
ANNUAL REPORT OF CALLS
MADE BY THE VISITING NURSE, 1963
reported by Physician
reported by Family
Fee Basis s No Charge Calls (School)
Full Pay Calls
Free Calls
Non Communicable Disease Calls
Total Visits Made
Hours on Duty
Calls
Calls
Miles Traveled
New Cases
Cases Discharged
Clinic's held or attended
10
4
449
134
121
249
704
1868
4519
14
12
4
$232.75
Fee's Collected
Special Activities of Nurses
1
- Teacher's Convention
2 -
Two
— Manchester, N,H„
Special Workshops for School Nurse Teacher
Concord, N^Hc
Respectfully Submitted
Mrs. R. N. Feeny, R,N.
Visiting Nurse, Farmington, NJi„
FARMINGTON VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION, INC.
$2,539.61
Checking Account Balance December 31, 1962
Receipts:
School District
Salary
1/2 mileage
1/2 insurance
Tow
n
Services
Misc.
TOTAL RECEIPTS
2,098.00
166.46
11.81
1,800.00
232.75
.43
$4.309.45
$6,849.06
�65
Expenditures
Salaries
Drew
160.00
Feeny
School
2,098.00
VoN„A.
L.Z^2.00
$3,860.00'
Mileage
Insurance
Supplies
FJ„C.A„
Quarter
4th
-
1962 - IRS
Total Expenditures
Balance Checking Acct;
(Bal. Savings Acct.)
$4,020.00
315.98
23.63
94.58
69.97
203.28
JlitZ^Ziil
2,121.62
4,315.79
WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST CONTROL
Financial Statement
Town
of
Farmington
1963
�March 10, 1964
Thre
printer of this report wishes to extend
his apologies for the late delivery of the job.
At the time of accepting copy, it was plan-
ned to produce it letterpress method, but, due
to a chuin of circvimstances to lengthy to relate here, it was neccessary to produce them
ly
the offset process.
The printer wishes all concerned to realize
the late delivery was production problems, and
not the fault of Selectmen or Town officials.
Sincerely,
Donald C. Taylor
THE FARMINGTON PRESS
�ANNUAL REPORT
THE
O/'
SCHOOL DISTRICT
OF
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
S('ff()OL
BOARD, i^UPERINTEND/JNT
TREASURER
.SCHOOL XURHE
GUJ DANCE
BUDGET
I'KI^CIPA LS,
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING
JUNE
30, 1963
�SD2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OFFICERS FOR
1963 -64
�SD3
OFFICERS
OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
MODERATOR
Eugene F. Nute
DISTRICT CLERK
Grace Ho Kimball
TREASURER
Ernest E. Kimball
Roger Nutter
Alex C. Haskell
Beulah Thayer
SCHOOL BOARD
Term
Term
Term
expires 1964
expires 1965
expires 1966
AUDITORS
J.
C. Aubrey King
Walter Lougee
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Ramon Martineau, B,A„, M. Ed.
TRUANT OFFICER
How ard Goodwin
CENSUS TAKER
M, Agnes Leigh ton
SCHOOL PHYSICIANS
Robert E. Lord, M»D,
George E. Quinn, M,Do
SCHOOL NURSE
Rachel N. Feeny, R.N.
�SD4
WARRANT
FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Polls
open
at 9:00 A,
M.
To the Inhabitants of the School District in the Town of
Farmington qualified to vote in district affairs:
You are hereby notified to meet at the Town Hall in
said district on the 10th day of March 1964, at nine
o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following:
Article I. To choose a Moderator, a clerk, a Member
of the School Board for three years, a Treasurer, Auditors,
and all other necessary officers and agents for the ensuing
year.
Given under our hands at said Farmington this day of
February 1964,
Roger A. Nutter
Beulah L, Thayer
Alex C. Haskell
School Board
A
true copy of warrant
Roger A. Nutter, Beulah
School Board
L.
— Attest:
Thayer, Alex C, Haskell
�SD5
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
To
the Inhabitants of the School district in the tow n of
FARMINGTON
qualified to vote in district affairs j
You are hereby
meet at the Tow n Hall in said
March 1964, at 7:30 o'clock in
notified to
district on the 18th day of
the afternoon, to act upon the following subjects:
To determine and appoint the salaries of the school
1.
board and truant officer, and fix the compensation of any
other officers or agent of the district.
To hear the reports of agents, auditors, committees,
2.
or officers chosen, and pass any vote relating thereto.
3.
To choose
subject
agents and committees in relation to any
in this w arrant.
embraced
4. To see -what sum of money the district will raise and
appropriate for the support of schools, for the salaries of
school district officals and agents, and for the payment of
statutory obligations of the district, and to authorize the
application against said appropriation of such sums as are
estimated to be received from the State Foundation Aid
Fund together with other income; the school board to
certify to the selectmen the balance between the estimated
revenue and the appropriation, which balance is to be raised
by taxes by the town.
To transact any other business that
5.
before this meeting.
may
Given under our hands at said Farmington
of February 1964
Roger A. Nutter
Beulah L. Thayer
Alex C. Haskell
School Board
A
true copy of
legally
come
this 24th
Warrant -
^^^er A. Nutter
^' '^ayer
^f"^^^
Alex C. Haskell
School Board
day
Attest:
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
FOR SUPERVISORY UNION
No. 44, 1964-65
NO. OF DAYS
SCHOOL SESSIONS
Fall Term
1.
Starts
2.
Winter
3.
Spring
Starts
Starts
4.
September
9,
closes
December 23
72
Term
January
4,
closes
Feb.
19
35
Term
March
Term
Starts May 3,
TOTAL DAYS
1,
closes
April 23
40
Last
closes June 18
34
18
DAYS OUT
Columbus Day*
Teachers Convention
Veterans Day
October 12
October 23
November 11
November 26 & 27
May
Thanksgiving
Memorial Day
31
is subject to changes authorized by your
school board, State Department of Education, or when
school is called off because of dangerous storms and
emergencies. The Minimum Legal Requirement is 180
days.
This caldendar
NO SCHOOL NOTIFICATION WILL BE BROADCAST
FROM REGIONAL RADIO STATION
Optional.
If
used the
total
number
of days will be 180,
�SDll
FINANCIAL REPORT
For Fiscal Year July
1,
1962 to June 30, 1963
RECEIPTS
Revenue From Local Sources:
$1 79, 21 3. 99
Current Appropriation
$179,213.99
Other Revenue From
Local Sources:
Earnings from Permanent
Funds & Endowments
Other Revenue from
Local Sources
$22,000.00
1,00
$22,001.00
Revenue from State Sources:
Foundation Aid
$
School Building Aid
59, 534. 60
14, 462. 50
$ 73,997.10
Revenue from Federal Sources:
National Defense Education
III
$
Vocational Education
School Lunch and Special
Act Title
Milk Program
Public Law 874
121.25
397.02
1,
6,
736. 52
067. 00
$
8,321.79
Amounts Received from other
School Districts in State & -Amounts
Received from Capital Reserve Funds:
Tuition
$ 17,642.67
$ 17,642,67
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS FROM
ALL SOURCES
Cash on Hand at beginning of
year, July 1. 1962
$
$301, 176. 55
i^
651. 17
$
GRAND TOTAL NET RECEIPTS
1,651.17
$302. 827. 72
�SD12
1962-1963 EXPENDITURES
100 ADMINISTRATION
110,1 District Officers Salaries
$
Alex Haskell
�SD13
290 Other Expenses-Instruction
Magazines, Graduation,
expenses. High School
office & travel
758.43
300 ATTENDANCE SERVICES
310 Howard Goodwin
200. 00
400 HEALTH SERVICES
410 Rachel Feeney, Salary
Dr. Quinn
Dr. Lord
2,080.00
200.00
200.00
$
$
Supplies
500 PUPIL TRANSPORTATION
535 Farmington Motor Co.
600 OPERATION OF
610 Salaries
2,480.00
225.63
166. 46
59. 17
490 Travel & Insurance
$ 13,000,00
PLANT
Howard Goodwin
$
Raymond Tetreault
Hoyd Towle
3,
3,
500. 00
500. 00
3,100.00
$ 10,100.00
2,500.67
630 Supplies- except utilities
635 Contracted Services
127.00
R. Tetreault
640 Oil & Gas, Heat
5, 709.
for Buildings
645 Water
$
Lights
87
273.11
4,387.00
Telephone
473. 89
$
$
1,051.70
$
700
5,134.00
453,60
1,004,87
MAINTENANCE OF PLANT
David Towle, labor
C. Sullivan
710 Halloween watching
$
119.20
900.00
32.50
725 Replacement of Equipment
344. 00
Edward H. Quimby Co.
109. 60
Mainco Supply Co.
""
726 Repairs to Equip.
�SD14
735 Contracted Services
W.J. Vickers & Son
766
790
�SD15
EXPLANATION OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NET
(ACTUAL) EXPENDITURES AND GROSS INCOME
RECEIPTS
Total net income plus cash on hand,
July 1, 1962. (agrees with "Grand
Total Net Receipts" above)
Receipts Recorded Under Item 60
'
Total Gross Receipts
$302, 827. 72
6,045.48
$308,873.20
EXPENDITURES
TotalNet payments
plus cash on hand,
June 30, 1963. (agrees with "Grand
Total Net Expenditures")
$302, 827. 72
Expenditures Reduced by Receipts
in Item 60.
Total Gross Expenditures
6,
045. 48
$308, 873. 20
�SD16
BALANCE SHEET
June 30, 1963
ASSETS
Cash on Hand, June 30, 1963
Net debt, excess of liabilities over
$
assets
724. 83
357, 275. 17
$358, 000. 00
LIABILITIES
Notes and bonds outstanding
$358, 000, 00
STATUS OF SCHOOL NOTES AND BONDS
Outstanding at beginning of yean
Memorial Drive
$ 65, 000. 00
High School
337.000.00
Total
$402, 000. 00
Payments of Principal of Debt:
Memorial Drive
High School
$
7,
000. 00
37, 000.
00
Total
$ 44,000.00
Notes and bonds outstanding at
end of year:
Memorial Drive
High School
$ 58, 000. 00
300, 000. 00
$358,000.00
�SD17
TREASURER'S REPORT
Annual Report of District Treasurer for the
Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1963
Cash on Hand, July 1, 1962
Treasurer's bank balance
Received from Selectmeru
Current appropriation
1,651,17
$
$179, 213.99
Received from
State Sources
73, 997. 10
Received from
Federal Sources
9,
Received from tuitions
Received as income
from trust funds
Received from all
721. 79
17^ 642, 67
22, 000.
other sources
Total Receipts
4,
00
646. 48
$307,222.03
Total amoimt available for fiscal
year, balance and receipts
Less school board orders paid
$308, 873. 20
308,148.37
Balance on hand, June 30,
1963, treasurer's bank
724. 83
balance
Ernest E, Kimball
District Treasurer
July 15, 1963
AUDITOR'S CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that we have examined the books,
vouchers, bank statements and other financial records of
the treasurer of the school district of Farmington of which
the above is a true summary for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1963, and find them correct in all respects.
C, A. King,
Walter Lougee,
Auditors
J.
July 15, 1963
�SD18
TEACHERS' SALARIES
FARMINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Projected
Actual
Salaries
Salaries
Grade
1
Bernice King
1
Melva Clough
Dorothy Cook
2 Edna Parkinson
1
2 Edith Skidds
2 Carol Shaw
3
Dorothy Gardner
3 Gertrude
Clough
4 Bernice Parshley
4 Beulah Larow
4 Thelma Columbus
Collins
5
5
6
6
6
7
7
7
Florence Stevens
Dorothy Chellis
Max field
Izola Batchelder
Vera
Martha Filgate
JoAnn Gainor
Barbara Spear
David Roberts
8 Stanley Towle
8 Florence Hoi way
Ruby Pearson
Emerson
Lillian
Kathleen Jackson
Gertrude McClintock
Roger Owen
Walter Mclntire
Martha Bettencourt
Thomas Watman
Robert Dubois
Donald Snodgrass
1963-1964
000.00
$
800. 00
100. 00
800. 00
300.00
000.00
800. 00
800.00
300,00
600. 00
$
1964-1965
5, 200. 00
5, 000. 00
4, 300, 00
5, 000. 00
4, 500. 00
4, 200. 00
5,000.00
5, 000. 00
5, 500, 00
4, 800. 00
100.00
800.00
800.00
800. 00
800. 00
100.00
000.00
600. 00
800.00
4,300.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
5, 000. 00
4, 300. 00
4, 200. 00
4,800.00
6, 300, 00
800. 00
5,000,00
4,500.00
300.00
800. 00
100.00
400.00
600. 00
800. 00
200. 00
100.00
450.00
500. 00
600.00
5,000,00
5, 300, 00
4, 600, 00
4,800,00
5,000,00
4, 400, 00
4, 300, 00
4,650,00
4, 700. 00
4, 800. 00
�SD19
*Extra Teacher
4,100.00
Robert Hamblett
Charles Morgan, Prin.
Dorothy Bassett
700. 00
4,
6,500.00
1 700. 00
2,760.00
900. 00
7,000.00
1 800. 00
2,860.00
,
$158,610.00
$170,110.00
4,
,
Julian Leach
Substitutes
2,
Extra Curric.
1,
Remedial ReadingLeona Haskell
Librarian Mildred
000. 00
250. 00
3,
1,
500. 00
1,200.00
200. 00
1,800.00
2,
Mooney
5,
$165,560.00
$181,360.00
ACTUAL TEACHERS SALARIES
Grade
Bernice King
4
4
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs.
Mrs.
5
Miss Florence Stevens
4,
5
5
Mr. Frank Muggleston
Mrs, Dorothy Chellis
6
6
Mrs. Vera Maxfield
Mrs, Izola Batchelder
4,
00
4,
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
Melva Clough
Dorothv Cook
Marion Rand
Edith Skidds
Aphrodie Pappas
Dorothy Gardner
Gertrude Clough
Martha Filgate
BeulahLarow
$4, 800.
4,
600. 00
3,800.00
4,600.00
4, 100.00
4, 400. 00
4, 600.
4,
3,
00
600. 00
800, 00
4,400.00
Thelma
(Columbus) Collins
3,
800= 00
600. 00
60.00
300. 00
4, 600. 00
60.00
4,
000. 00
250. 00
600. 00
600. 00
�SD20
6
7
Mrs. Phyllis Zurheide *
Mrs, Barbara Spear
7
Mr, David Roberts,
8
8
Mrs. Bernice Parshley
Mr. Stanley Towle
2,
4,
6880 88
400. 00
60.00
500. 00
800. 00
4, 600. 00
500o 00
Mrs. Gertrude McClintocB, 862. 22
(contract 4, 400)
Mrs. Ruby A. Pearson
4, 600. 00
4,900,00
Mrs. Lillian Emerson
Miss Kathleen Jackson
4, 200. 00
Principal
Miss Charlene Fletcher*
Mr. Roger
Owen
Mr. Walter Mclntire
Mr. George Rogers*
Mr. Thomas Watman
Mr. Robert DuBois
Mrs. Joan
Bliven Horskin*
Mrs.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr,
Nancy Aiken
David Towle
Daniel Whitaker*
Rolfe Banister*
5,
4,
50.00
1,376.47
4, 600. 00
400.00
3, 950. 00
150.00
3, 088. 98
4, 250. 00
100.00
4,300.00
2,
047. 78
3,800.00
200.00
4,130.00
1,936.66
923. 02
Donald Drake,
Principal
Mrs. Dorothy Bassett
Mrs. Barbara Cook*
Mrs. Leona Haskell
000, 00
1,185.00
355. 52
1, 796.44
7,
Substitutes
Reimbursement Salaryl961-1962
Net Salaries Paid 1962-1963
Less
*Partial year teaching
$156,070.97
2.057.00
$158,127.97
1.400.00
$156, 727.97
�SD21
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
July
1,
1962 to June 30, 1963
Beginning balance July
1,
1962
$
179.87
RECEIPTS
1,
$
Miscellaneous cash
Total Receipts
847. 20
271, 89
736, 52
1,
Lunch sales, children
Lunch sales, adults
Reimbursement
661.84
6,
$10,517.45
$ 10,697.32
Total Available
EXPENDITURES
Food
Labor
$
Equipment
All other expenditures
Total Expenditures
5,957.09
3, 872. 92
320.77
340. 30
Balance June 30, 1963
$ 10,491.08
$
206. 24
$
$
74. 73
Other program resources:
USDA commodities
sale value
received, whole-
Donations:
Food
Labor
Other
$
10. 00
35. 00
5.
00
�SD22
BALANCE SHEET
Fiscal
Year Ended June
30,
1963
ASSETS
Cash in Bank
$
Reimbursement due program
Food inventory, June 30
206. 24
100, 73
200. 00
Supplies inventory, June 30
Total Assets
25.00
$
531,97
$
531,97
LIABILITIES
Total liabilities and working capital
Ardys P. Elliott
SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY
1962-63
(Footnote to School Board's Financial Report of 19621963, Chapter 243, Section, N, H. Laws of 1953)
SCHOOL DISTRICT
�SD23
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
REPORT
To
the School Board and Citizens of Farmingtons
This year I should like to deviate from the normally formal type of report to a question and answer type report.
This type of report is inspired by the many questions
which have arisen in the past about the State School Organization. School Boards, Teachers, School Districts and
School Money. The answers will be as interpreted by this
office.
Must we have
Yes, There
a State
Department
of Education?
shall be a department of education consisting
of a state board of education of seven members, a commissioner of education and such other officials and employees
as may be authorized, RSA 181:1
What are the pow ers of the state board of education?
The state board shall have the same powers of management, supervision, direction over all public schools in this
state as the directors of a business corporation have over
its business, except as toherwise limited by law .RSA 186:5
Can
make rules and regulations?
"Minimum Standards and Recommended PracNew Hampshire High Schools," Grades 9-12,
the state board
Yes. The
tices for
adopted June 18, 1962 and the "Regulations Governing the
Certification of Professional School Personnel" in the
Public Schools and Approved Private Schools, adopted
July 1, 1962, are examples. 186:5 RSA
Must
the local school board comply with these regulations?
Yes. They shall comply. RSA 186:5
What are the powers of the local board?
They shall determine the salary and term of employment of all professional and non-professional personnel,
authorize all purchases, provide suitable accomodations of
�SD24
the pupils in approved schoolhouses, seasonably prepare
a budget of school expenditures and they shall exercise
all powers and perform all duties vested in and inmposed
upon the school board by law or regulation of the state
board which are not committed to the superintendent or
by them expressly delegated to him. STATE BOARD REGU-
LATION
What are the powers and duties
He shall give his entire time to
of the Superintendent?
the performance of the
duties prescribed by law and by regulation of the State
Board, He shall enforce or cause to be enforced the rules
school board, the regulations of State Board and
laws relating to tiie administration of the public or
private schools or affecting the welfare of children.
of the
all
How
He
is the
superintendent selected?
nominated by the joint-board of Supervisory
Union #44 and elected by the State Board of Education,
RSA
is
189s43
Who determines
the supervisory union budget?
of the several districts fix the salary
The school board
or salaries, and apportion the same among the several
districts,
RSA
189:43
Must a high school or comprehensive high school be approved by the state board in order
to qualify for financial
aid?
Yes. In order to be approved, a high school or a comprehensive high school must meet statutory requirements and
state board regulations.
is the difference between an approved and a comprehensive high school?
Basically, an approved high school offers a minimum of
academic subjects, a comprehensive approved high school
offers an academic program and a vocational program of
at least 14 units plus additional special services. (194;23,
What
194:23a)
�SD25
Can a student attending an approved high school request
permission
to
attend
an approved comprehensive high
school?
Yes. A student can request permission to attend an approved comprehensive high school to take courses better
suited to the need and capabilities of said student. RSA
194s23d
Who
is
responsible for the tuition?
district. RSA 194;23d
The school
Must
either type of approved high school have a
brary and a certified school librarian or teacher
li-
li-
brarian?
Yes, a school the size of Farmington High must have
a minimum of one period daily for each 100 pupils. It
is recommended that library service be provided on the
basis of one period for each 75 pupils. In either case,
the library must be open during school hours. (State
Board Regulation)
Must an approved high school provide guidance services?
No, not for an approved high school.
Must an approved high school provide physical educaFine Arts, and school health service
and school lunch program?
No, these are not required to meet state board approval,
however, they are highly recommended.
tion, offering in the
Must a professional school personnel be approved by
the
state board of education?
Yes, regulations governing the certification of professional school personnel in the public schools were
adopted by the State Board of Education March 12, 1962.
Must a teacher become a member
of the N.H^
Teachers'
Retirement System,?
Yes, any person w ho becomes a teacher after date of
establishment of said system shall become a member as
a condition of employment.
�SD26
The above resume of some of the requirements which
govern the administration of the public schools in your
community by the school board, the administrators and
teachers should clarify in the mind of the public the necessity for an understanding of the facts and a willingness to
face the issue of local support without emotion.
In conclusion, I would like to express my appreciation
for the cooperation given me during the year by the citizens, school board, pupils and teachers of Farmington.
Respectfully submitted,
Ramon Martineau
Superintendent of Schools
REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL
FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
To the Superintendent of Schools:
The undersigned herew ith submits
his report for the
period from September 1st, 1963, to January 27th, 1964.
On the opening day of school the enrollment in grades
eight through twelve was 273 pupils. Since then, there
have been 6 pupil transfers to other schools; 8 pupils
have left school; and 9 new pupils who have enrolled
since school began. The present enrollment is268.^The
overall loss in enrollment has been 5 pupils. In addition
there is one post graduate student attending on a part
time basis.
In June of 1963, Farmington High School graduated 31
students. Of this total, 14 elected to continue their educations in colleges, universities, business schools, nurse's
training schools, and other institutions, Tw o entered the
Armed Forces, and 3 became housew ives; the remaining
12 graduates are gainfully employed.
At the beginning of the school year, the World Geography course was discontinued because of lack of interest
and three new courses - Psychology, Economics, and
Sociology - have been added to the program of instruction. These three courses are designed to increase the
�SD27
number
of electives available for upper classmen, and to
broaden the educational background of Farmington High
School graduates.
The students have had a very limited educational guidance program offered to them. It is recommended that
this program be expanded to the point where it would
meet the minimum requirements of all high school students. Those pupils w ho have had an opportunity to avail
themselves of this service report that it has been very
helpful to them. It is also wortihwhile to indicate that this
extension of educational guidance could be made without
adding to the total number comprising the high school
staff.
At this juncture, it would seem appropriate to point
out that an additional eighth grade teacher will be required
during the 1964-1965 school year. This is made necessary
by an anticipated increase in the eighth grade enrollment
to 90 pupils, and to the fact that the
high school enrollment is expected to increase. It would
seem realistic and consistent with current practices to
strive to maintain a pupil-teacher ratio of 30 to 1 in the
from the present 56
eighth grade.
In
endeavoring
to
develop an educational opportunity
comparable to that of neighboring communities, and harmonious with state recommendations, it is hoped that the
present strong College Preparatory and Business Training programs can be continued, and that the Home Economics and Industrial Arts curriculum s can be strengthened
by the addition of four subjects. This w ould enable vocationally minded boys to pursue a four year sequence of
industrial arts courses; and the girls who intend to enter
homemaking to follow a three year sequence in the field
of home economics. In addition, it w ould be desirable to
add a fourth course for those girls who have not had an opportunity in this area because of the election of a college
preparatory or business program. These program extensions could be incorporated in the program of instruction
with no additional increase in
number
in the high school
faculty.
The students have open to their use a fairly large number of co-curricula activities. Among these are eight ath-
�SD28
teams, (soccer, volleyball, varsity and juniorvarsity
basketball for boys and girls, baseball, and Softball);
three clubs, (the Science Club, the Dramatics Club, and
the Future Teachers of America Chapter); the Student
Council; and the five Class organizations. It might be well
to note at this time that the Student Council seems to have
the student driving problem well controlled, and is assuming
more responsibilities about the school. The other groups
mentioned above are carrying out very active programs,
letic
also.
The district is fortunate in having a faculty of experience and skill at its disposal. It is the part of wisdom to
encourage these teachers to remain in Farm ington, for the
return on the investment is far greater than the increase
in salaries. It is true that less experienced instructors
would be less expensive to engage, but the children would
suffer in receiving a poorer education, and from the onthe-job learning by the new instructor. The latter is often
a very expensive luxury.
The building has remained in good condition and requires no more than the usual precautions necessary to
preserve the district's investment. As time goes on, and
the district is able, consideration should be given to the
addition of new equipment and furnishings. It might be
wise to consider the necessity for additional classroom
space in the future, as the enrollment projection continues its upward trend.
In closing, the writer would like to express his appreciation of the fine cooperation he has received from
the Farmington School Board, the Superintendent of
Schools, fellow principals, faculty and staff, and from
the pupils and parents.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles H. Morgan
Principal
�SD29
MAIN STREET SCHOOL
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
To
the Superintendent of Schools s
ENROLLMENT
During the 1963 - 1964 school year the Main Street
School housed grades 5-7. The initial enrollment, by
grades, was as follows;
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
62 pupils
88 pupils
90 pupils
Sections)
(3 Sections)
(3 Sections)
(2
STAFF
and assignments have been as follow s:
Grade 5A - Miss Stevens
The teaching
Grade
Grade
Grade
Grade
Grade
Grade
Grade
5B
6A
6B
6C
7A
78
7C
-
-
staff
Mrs. Chellis
Mrs. Maxfield
Mrs. Batchelder
Miss Filgate
Mr. Roberts
Mrs, Spear
Miss Gainor
Each section of the fifth and sixth grade classes operates
on the basis of the regular elementary self-contained classroom.
The seventh grade operates on the basis of a modified
type of departmentalization. It is hoped that this w ill prepare these students to make the adjustment more easily
to the considerable differences they will find between
the elementary and secondary school systems when they
move on to high school.
CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS
The continuous developement of our school library as a
strong and highly effective element in our total school
learning environment was further enhanced this year by
�SD30
the purchase of a considerable number of new volumes of
various topics and age and interest levels.
Further improvements w ere made in our textbook
supply. Our program of replacing our language series
was completed this year with the purchase of seventh
grade texts. This, as with our similar programs in other
subject areas, w as a three year program. The first year
the fifth grade received the new books, then the sixth
grade, and then the seventh. In this way each child has the
benefit of following a program of instruction that has
maximum correlation as the result of using the planned
series of a particular publishing company.
In a similar manner the renewal of our social studies
tests was nearly completed.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
We have had the advantage of the services of four
special instructors this year.
Our vocal music program has been supervised by Mr.
Julian Leach.
Mrs. Bassett, again, has been providing our pupils with
instrumental instruction. Many get individual lessons at
this building, and some receive further group instruction
at the high school in their capacities as members of the
school band.
A conbe its result.
Our biggest boon in this area this year has been the
return of the greatly needed and fully utilized service of
remedial reading on a full year basis, even though it is
only for half a day. More time is needed for this service
if it is to realize its full potential in aiding those students
who need and can benefit by special help in this vital area
The Rindhart writing program
is still in effect.
tinuing high quality of hand writing
seems
to
of reading,
Ue S» SAVINGS STAMP AND BOND PROJECT
students are again provided with an opportunity to
buy UcSe savings stamps at school. The program is almost
The
�SD31
student operated, so it serves a dual function:
encourage habits of thrift and patriotism, and (2)
(1)
to develop the students' sense of responsibility and service.
entirely
to
Respectfully submitted,
David C. Roberts,
Principal
Main Street School
MEMORIAL DRIVE SCHOOL
Principal's Report
To
the Superintendent of Schools:
On the opening day of school, September, 1963, our enrollment was as follows:
Grade
1
�SD32
Grade 4
Mrs, Collins
30 pupils
Grade 4
Mrs, Larow
30 pupils
Grade 4
Mrs, Parshley
20 pupils
Total Grade 4
Total
80
337
is 337, Total enrollment so far
year has been 343.
During the year, our staff has been making a study of
various aids and advances in the teaching of primary reading and arithmetic. We are putting some findings to practical use and, with additional material, plan functional use
Our present enrollment
this
of others for the next school year.
We
are fortunate in having the follow ing special teachers;
Julian Leach vocal instruction, Mrs. Dorothy Bassett instrumental music and Mr, and Mrs. Metava, instructors of the Rinehart writing system.
We have taken advantage of some fine, educational T.V,
programs. We average one assembly a month devoted to
an appropriate subject.
The application of blacktop to more of the playground
and the strip surrounding the building has made a great
improvement. Our long hall has also been made much more
light and attractive by painting it a lighter color. There is
still a need for playground equipment on the third and fourth
grade play area.
Many of our pupils take advantage of the Hot Luch Program. In this connection, a report of our school w ould not
be complete w ithout expressing appreciation to the Future
Teachers' Club of Farmington High School, who has helped,
not only with this program, but in many other ways.
Although Farmington High School and Memorial Drive
function as separate units, there are occasions when we
must share certain common facilities. Schedules have been
set up whereby this is done harmoniously and to our mu-
Mr.
—
—
—
tual benefit.
Respectfully submitted,
Bernice A. Parshley
Principal
�j
SD33
READING CONSULTANT'S REPORT
To
the Superintendent of Schools:
In September 1963, all the children in Grades 5, 6,
and 7 were tested in w ord attack skills (ability to read
words at sight and out of context). This test usually reveals the child ability to use phonics in attacking new
words and gives his level in sight vocabulary.
A total of 244 children were tested. Of these, 142
were found to be either above grade level, on grade level,
or 1/2 year below grade level. The rest, 102, were from
one to five years below grade level. Breaking it down by
grades shows the following results
5-33 O.K. - 31 not O.K.
6-38 O.K. - 51 not O.K.
Grade 7-71 O.K. - 20 not 0„K.
Grade
Grade
Total 142 O.K.
In Grade
102 need help
7 - 20 of the 71
had remedial reading help in
Grades 5 and 6.
Remedial reading help has been given 5 one-half days
a week to 20 children. As a child reaches his leve, he
is excused from the group and another child replaces him.
As of January 1964, 20 children have achieved their level
and another 20 are now receiving help. Work has been
directed toward Grades 6 and 7 in order to help them before they move to the High School building. With the great
number of children needing help, those in Grade 5 will
have to wait until the upper grades are cleared.
Respectfully submitted
Leona Haskell
Reading Consultant
�SD34
REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To The Townspeople,
School Board and Superintendent of
Schools;
The following report is for the school year 1962 to 1963,
The communicable disease incidence w as low w iththirtyone cases of chicken-pox, five cases of german measles,
twenty-three cases of impetigo, one case of infectious
hepatitis and one case of infectious monoucleosis.
The annoying incidence of pediculosis (head lice) totaled
seventeen cases which was in the first half of the school
year and the parents were notified and the child was excluded from school while the treatment was carried out.
A Chest Clinic was held in Dover, NcHo, and tw enty-one
students were transported to it April, 1963.
The Orthopedic Clinics were held in Dover, N.H,, and
three students were transported to it in September, 1962,
six students in November, 1962, four students in March,
1963 and four students in May, 1963,
Two Sabin (Oral) Polio Clinics were held and two-hundred and nineteen children received their second (#3) and
third (#2) drink.
The usual health physical examinations
out by the school physicians Dr. Robert E.
were carried
Lord and Dr,
George E, Quinn, Four-hundred and ninety-seven students
were examined and whenever there was an abnormal condition existing in any pupil the parents were notified and
adivsed to consult their family physician. Minor defects
were promptly treated.
Patch Testing was done on grades 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12
in April, 1963, and three-hundred and eighty-five students
were
tested.
Vision testing was administered to check defective vision
on four-hundred and fifty-five students and hearing test
with the Maico Audiometer were done throughout the school
year to help the student. No child needs to go without
glasses because financial assistance is available in obtaining proper diagnosis and corrective treatment. This
can be arranged through me (school nurse) through various organizations.
�SD35
The Pre-School Round-Up was held May 6, 7, and 8,
and eighty-three children were registered at the
1963
round-up to start school in September, 1963, Each child
received a vision test, hearing test, was weighed, measured,
and teeth were checked and a history w as taken.
During the school year, four-hundred and sixty-three
calls were made by the school nurse in person or by
telephone.
One-hundred and sixty-seven ill children were transported home and eighty-eight children were transported to
the doctors during the school year 1962-1963.
In concluding this report it is a privilege to mention the
cooperation of the following service organizations and
groups who have helped in many ways: Kiwanis Club, Salvation Army, Red Cross, Farmington Women's Club, Ladies Church Services Organizations, American Legion and
also private parties.
These groups and organizations are continously serving
and providing suitable clothing, dental, and vision aid to
the children and by doing so, help to build a better and
healthy community.
Following is the statistical report of the school health
work for the school year 1962-1963;
Pupils examined by the physician
Pupils examined by the nurse
Defects found by the nurse
Defects under treatment
Inspection of heads
First Aid
Patch Testing by nurse
Sabin Polio Oral #3 and #2
Home Visits Made by Nurse
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. R,N« Feeny, RoNo
School Nurse
497
455
101
84
1066
630
385
219
463
�SD36
LIBRARY FUND
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY FUND ACCOUNT
To the Superintendent of Schools
A summary report of the library
s
fund account is as
follow s;
RECEIPTS
Individual
APT
APT
Main
donations
$108.00
127.59
50.00
165.00
20.00
175.00
98.05
250.00
$993.64
Benefit Game
Gift
St. School, Gift
Future Teachers Club
High School War Bonds
Class of 1963
Civics Class Award
TOTAL RECEIPTS
EXPENDITURES
Granite State
Foster Press (Game)
Harcourt Brace (Books)
McGraw Hill (Books)
$8.50
4.75
60.10
19.01
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$92.36
Receipts
Expenditures
$993.64
-92.36
$901.28
The school board, superintendent,
principals, teachers
and pupils wish to express their thanks and appreciation
to the people who have made individual donations; the AFT;
Main Street School pupils under the leadership of Mr.
Roberts; the Future Teachers of America under the
leadership of Mrs. Parshley; the High School under the
leadership of Mr. Drake; the Civics Class under the
leadership of Mr, Watman; to those who participated in
the basket-ball game and to the Class of 1963.
Respectfully submitted,
Ardys
Elliott
High School Secretary
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER
31st
1960
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Assessed Valuations
��ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Receipts, Expenditures
and Assessed Valuations
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER
31st.
1960
& SCHOOL
DISTRICT
OF
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
FARMINGTON,
N.
H..
NEWS. PRINTERS
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OF FARMiNGTONt
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Town
Officers
Statement by Selectmen
Page 3
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
FARMINGTON
of
3
TO\¥N OFFICERS
SELECTMEN
FRANK
TERM EXPIRES
TiilRM EXPIRES
KELLEY
TERM EXPIRES
H. KIMBALL
TOWN CLERK
BERTHA Y. PELLETIER
W. i.ORD
ERNErT
CARROLL
-1.
1901
1962
1963
TREASURER
RUXULETT
RIFTvS W.
SUPERVISORS OF CHECK LIST
AHTHL K
<T.
MILDRED
BY A. CHESLEY
TAX COLLECTOR
HELEN J. TATTRJE
WEBSTER
R.
PARROCK
Rl
HEALTH OFFICER
CARL
CANNEY
B.
:
ROAD AGENT
CLIFTON H. CILLEY
REPRESENTATIVES
GEORGE
T.
ROBERT
OILMAN
B.
DREW
MUNICIPAL COURT
EUGENE
F.
Nl'TE, Justice
POLICE OFFICERS
CARL W. WORSTER,
HARRY
W. KNOX,
Chief
Assistant Chief
MODERATOR
EUGENE
F.
NUTE
AUDITORS
ARTHril
<J.
^^'EBSTEK
BARBARA
H.
-lENNESS
TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS
LESLIE
JAMES
ROBERT
E. HA]^I
E.
B.
THAYER
HUNT
TERM EXPIRES
TERM EXTMRES
TERM EXPIRES
1961
1962
1963
�ANNUAL REPORT
4
of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
STATEMENT BY SELECTMEN
We, the Selectmen of the Town of Farmington, herewith submit our annual report for the year, I960, for your cansideration..
We
your attention to the Financial Rewe ended our fiscal
year with a Net Surplus of better than $18,000.00 We would
port.
would
first
call
Yo'U will note in this report that
explain whereby this surplus was made posyou will further note in the detail of payments you
will see that in each and every department with two exceptions we closed our year with an unexpended balance in
like
briefly to
sible. If
these departments. In our bookkeeping- procedure these balances are closed into the Surplus or Debt account, thereby
resulting in a substantial surplus for the year. We know that
this was all made possible by the close supervisio'n by this
Eoa.rd of the operation and expenditures of the several departments together with the combined efforts of the personnel of each department to give the maximum of service at a
minimum of expense.
In the case of estimated revenues and credits, it was our
purpose at the beginning of the year to make conservative
estimates yet substantial enough to appreciably decrease the
net aiiiiount to be raised by taxation. Despite our coinservatism
you will note that in each case our revenues and incomes were
in excess of our estimates. Here again the Surplus or Debt account was benefited by these net gains in income. It was these
factors as outlined above that made this substantial surplus
possible.
Bearing in mind that expenses and costs of operation of
our department is showing gradual increase as it is with the
individual taxpayer's personal expenses, we have submitted
this net surplus amount in our budget and are asking f(Myour authorization to use this amount to help defray the expenses of government for the year 19 61. We feel that by
utilizing this amount we can decrease the net amount to be
raised by taxation which will benefit the individual taxpayer
and will have a strong bearing on holding our present tax
rate and may possibly help toward a decrease of rate.
In the matter of special
projects
which we did during:
�ANNUAL REPO RT
of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
5
the past year, we would mention the work which had been
done on Orange St. With the money appropriated from the
Parking Meter Reserve we were able to do the proposed work
in this street, and with the balance that was left it is our
intention to finish the work with a coat of sealer this year.
$1,000.00 appropriation from the parking
resurfaced many of the sidewalks and we
particularly draw your attention to the work done on the
sidewalk on Grove St. to the corner of Church St. and continuing up Church St. as far as the home of Percy York. With the
With
the
meter income,
we
also able to resurface the Spring
sidewalk as far as Eli Clough's. With time and funds permitting we repaired many other ibad spots and areas on other
walks in the compact area of the town.
same appropriation we were
3t.
We have submitted a request for an appropriation of
$1,000.00 for the maintenance of the Cocheco River Flood
Control Project. It is the policy of the Federal Government to
require the local communities to maintain at their own expense
any flood control project that has been completed by the government. This maintenance consists primarily of seeding, mowing the banks together with the maintenance of the sand
l)ars and all other general maintenance. This work is necessary in order to meet the approval of the annual inspection which is made by the government each year. Because it
is an added cost, we ask for this special appropriation, for it
is the opinion of this Board that the appropriation for summer maintenance could not meet this added expense.
It is our intent to continue our summer maintenance
program the same as has been done in the past. This work
would consist primarily of replacing culvert and the installation of any new culvert that would be deemed necessary. We
would also continue the policy of tarring as many of the
streets in the town as funds will allow. The yearly continua-
tion of this type of
work
will result in better roads, sidewalks
and drainage and will eventually relieve the harden
of
heavy
expenditures in this department.
Under our TRA program, it is our hope to use the unexpended balance of the 19G0 appropriation together with
the appropriation of this year to start improvement of North
Main St. near the home oi Ira Brown and continue toward the
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ANNUAL REPORT
to
of the
T OWN OF FARMINGTONT
TOWN WARRANT
THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIEE
To fhr luhahitants
of the
vote in toirii
to
You
Town
of Furndngtoti,
qnali-fie<F
ajfair-'ft
ai^e hepe))y iiotitied to
meet at the town
hall in
maid Fai-raingtou on Tuesday^ the IJrth day of March, next,
at nine o'clock in the forenoon^ to act
on the following,
subjects
To choose one selectman
town treasurer^ two
for three years, a
auditors, a trustee
of the trust funds for three years, three budget
committee members for three years, and all other
necessary ofticers and agents for the emsuing year.
Article
1.
town
clerk^ a
You
are also notified to meet at the said town hall
at seven o'clock in
tlie
afternoon on the same date,
on the folhkwing subjects
to act
To see what sum of money the tOA\ai will vote
and appropriate to defray the expenses of
general government as defined in the budget.
Article
2,
to raise
Article
IL
to raise
Article
To see what isum of money the town will vote
and appropriate for the police department.
see what sum of money the town will vote
and api)ropriate for fire pi'otection.
To
4.
to raise
(By request) To see if the town will vote to
and appropriate the sum of -^1^800.00 to be
applied to the payments for services of a district
Article
5.
raise
nurse
of
said
town,
said
funds to
be
disbursed
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of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
11
through the Fariniiii^ton Visiting Xnrse Association,
Inc.
Article
G.
to raise
Article
7.
to raise
see what sum of money tlie town will vote
and apin-opriate for the healtli department.
To
To see what sum of money the town will vote
and appropriate to vital statistics.
(By request) To see if the town will vote to
8.
raise and appropriate the sum of .j?2()0.0i) to be used
in cooperation witli State and Federal funds for the
control of White Pine Blister Rust within the
confines of the town.
Article
Article
9,
To
see
if
the
town
will vote to authorize the
Selectmen to transfer from the Net Surplus the sum
of f 12,000.00 to be used for summer maintenance of
highways and bridges.
Article JO.
To
see
if
the
town
will vote to raise
and
appropriate the sum of |o,000.00 for winter maintenance of highways and bridges; and to authorize the
Selectmen to tranisfer from the Xet Surplus the sum
of .*i(),OO0.0() to also be applied for winter maintenance of liighways iind bridges.
Article 11.
To see what sum of money the town will vote
to raise and appropriate for tlie general expenses of
tlie higiiway department.
To see if the town will vote to raise and
appropriate the sum of |1,000.00 for the maintenance
of the Cocheco River Project.
Article 12.
Article 13.
To
see
if
the toAvn will vote to raise and
sum of f9'3(>.32 in order to assure
the amount of 16,242.15 for improve-
appropriate the
.J
state aid in
ment of Olaiss
Article 11.
y
highwavs.
(By request! To see
if
the
town
Avill
vote
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ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN OF FARMINGTONT
of the
to raise and appropriate the sum of S:i/)00.0(> for the
Farminoton Public TJbrars- Ajssociation.
Article 15. To st^e what sum of money the toAvn will
vote to raise and approjtriate for old age assistance,
town
iH»or
and
soldiei-s' aid.
Article 10. To see what Mini of money the town will
vote to raise and appropriate to Clarence L. Perkins;
Post, No. 60, American Legion^ to be used for Memorial Day observance.
Article IT. To see what isnm of mone}- the town will
vote to raise and appropriate for the care of parks,
and playgrounds.
To see if the town will vote to authorize the
Selectmen to transfer to tiie Net Surplus the unexpended appi-opriation of -$800.00 which was voted
under Article 16,. Town Warrant of March, 1959 for
the construction of a permanent bandstand at
Article 18.
P^'ernald Park;
])laiis
for
having been abandoned.
this
cons.truction
now
Article 19. To see what sum of money the town will
vote to raise and appro])riate for employeets' retirement and social security.
Article 20.
town
(By request) To see what sum of money the
vote to raise and appropriate for civil
will
defense.
Article 21
.
To
see
if
the
town
Avill
vote to authorize the
Selectmen to hire such sums of money as
may be
necessary in anticipation of taxes.
Article 22. To isee what purpose or purposes the town
will vote to appropriate the balance of the parking
meter fund not otller^^'ise earmarked and the income
over and above the maintenance ex])enses, in accordance with the provisions of Laws of 19-17, Chapter 7-1,
Section 2.
�ANNUAL REPORT
Article
'2'A.
(
of the
Ky
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
reqiie.st
)
To
sec
if
town
(lie
13
will vole
to (liscontiinie as an open hiiihway, suhjcrt to gates
and bars, that ])ortion of the old Trotting Track road,
so-called, that extends in a northerly direction from
the stone wall at the sontherly bonndary of land of
Kayniond Cardinal to its exit on S]>ring St., and
being more or less parallel to the newly constrncted
New Durham, said road not having been maintained l)y the town for live successive
years and not leading to any ]niblic waters.
bj'-pass leading to
Article 1*4.
(By request) To see if tlie town will votv
to accept as a town road that street which starts at
Main Street at a point opposite the Modern Heel
Company factory and runs westerly, ])arallcl witii
Union Street and which is commonly called Smith's
Court, said street to be designateil as Smith's Court
if accepted.
1*5.
(By request) To see if the town will vol<^
to construct a public road extending from the dead
end of Courtland Street Extension by land of Chu-ence Smith, in a westerly direction foi- aiqu'oxinmtely
400 feet to tlie east bonndary of land of the Farmington School District, the site of the p]-i»p(;iscd road
Article
being on land owned by the ToAvn of Farniington
tlie
])resent
(liven under our
1961.
ai
time.
hand and
seal this l'4th
dav of February,
FRANK ^^^ lord
ERNEST
KELLEY
CARROEL H. KIMBALL
.J.
Selectmen of Farniinulcn
A
true copy attest
FRANK \V. LORD
ERNEST
KELLEY
.1.
CARROLL
PL
KIMBALL
Selectmen of Farmington
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ANNUAL REPORT
t'4'
of the
TOWN OF FARMiNGTON
INVENTORY
Vahiatimi of the town, April
I^nd and buildings
growingMills
1,.
1960
(exclusive of
wood and timber)
f2^86,895.0(J!
and machinery
138^955.00*
Electric plants
201,376.00
House
trailers
KStock
in trade
used as dwellings,
169,985.00
Boats and launches
Horses and mules
Cows
l,.60O.0O
(12).
1,^400.00.
(21).
(266)
Oxen
16,700.00
(10.)
(9)
900.00
Other neat
Sheep and
Fowls
34,850.00
istock
(91ji
4^650.0(^
goats. (15).
150.00
(9,52a)
(jasoline
6,195.00
pumps and tank&
6,700.00
Road building machinery
Wood and
55,627,00
lumber
1 ..050.00
$3,627,033.00
Less
Veterans' exemptions.
Exemptions
1255,350.00
to blind
2,750.00
1258,100.00
TOTAL NET VALUATION
Valuation in Precinct
13,368,933.00
12,658,297.00
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of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
15
APPROPRIATIONS AND TAXES
APPROPRIATION AND TAXES
Town
Town
Officers'
Salaries
Officers'
Expense
I
Election and Registration Expenses
Municipal Oourt Expenises
Town Hall Maintenance
Police Dei)artment
Fire I)e])artnient (Forest Fires)
Health Department
Vital Statistics
Visiting-
Nnrse Association
3,?>60.00
4,700.00
700.00
1,100.00
6,900.00
9,950.00
500.00
1,600.00
100.00
1,500.00
Town Road Aid
940.7:i
Highways, Snmnier Maintenance
Highways, Winter Maintenance
Highways, Oeneral Expense
Civil Defense
Libraries
Old Age Assistance
Town Poor
Soldiers' Aid
Memorial Dav
Parlvs and Playgrounds
Social Security and Retirement
New Equipment
Payment on Principal
of
Debt
Interest
Coimtv Tax
School Tax
Parldnu Meter Reserve
14,000.00
8,000.00
7,000.00
lOO.OO
2,500.00
9,000.00
6,500.00
1,000.00
350.00
500.00
1,100.00
3,000.00
1,000.00
917.50
9,878.78
154,659.12
2,508.83
Total To\\n and School Appropriations
Less
:
P^stimated Revenues and Credits
Interest and Dividends
Tax
$5,916.53
190.00
73.43
Savingis Bank Tax
Reimbursement a/c state and federal
1 0.35
lands
300.00
Revenue from Yield Tax sources
900.00
Dog licenses
Railroad Tax
1253,304,96
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ANNUAL REPORT
16
of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTONE
Business licenses and permit
Fines and forfeits.
conrt
175.00
ninnif'i]^al
T, 200.00
town property
Recoveries Old Age Assistnnce
Rent
iS.l.OO
of
500.00
:
.Motor Vehicle Permit Fees:
14;^00.0(k
Interest on taxes
1,200.00
I'arkino Meter income (contra)
2,508.S.'v
Total Revenue and Credits.
|27.559.1 4
1225,805.82
Pins: Overlay
Xet amonnt to
fee
raised
2,957.89'
IVt
taxation
.'t<228,763.7l!
Less: Poll taxes at 12.00
.f2,5U.OO
National Rank Stock Taxes
5:U.20
$3,045,205
Amonnt
To
I»e
raised by i)roperty taxes.
is to be lignred
on which tax rate
«225J18.5ii
FINANCIAL REPORT
ASSETS
Cash
|79,T59.00
"
Capital Reserve Fnnd, Sewer
Reserve
Uncollected Head Taxes:
Levy of 1960
Levy of 1959
Levy of 1958
Levy of 1957
Levy of 195G
Levy of 1955
Levy of 1954
Levy of 1953
Levy of 1952
Le\'y of 1951
Tax
8,106.9(1
3,180.00
140.00
25.00
15.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
25.00
5.00
5.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
Uncollected Taxes
of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
17
�:
ANNUAL REPORT
IS;
of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTOND
TREASURER S REPORT
(\isli
on
liaucl,
Taxes received
:
.laniKiiy 1, HXiO
Helen -J. Tattrie,
-f0:1,088. ftfO
Collector,
Property, Polls, isewer and yield
^
^
19r,L>
^^y
'
123.72
4.00
8.00
10.00
11).-):;
1954
1955
1950
22.28
1957
1958
1959
1900
G.OO
41,570.81
Interest received on taxes
Town Clerk: Bertha Pelietier
1)0^ licenses
Auto permits
Filing fees
Collector: Helen -J. Tattrie
Head taxes and penalties
Taxes redeemed and interest
193,898.98
1,453.82
| 1,090.70
10,909.84
10.00
94^77.50
on same
Keceived trom Selectmen's Office:
Kent
of
town
hall
2,189.74
and
kitchen equipment
Pistol permits
All other licenses and peruiits
Parking meter receipts
Pines from parking meters
Municipal court, tines and
forfeits
Miscellaneous receipts-
Claims settled
Refund and recoveriets
Commission on head taxes
325.00
$
81.50
197.00
3,432.15
200.00
2,960.48
344.89
29.34
807.89
018.05
Treasurer of United States:
Sale of town property taken by
'
tax deed
1,443.82
Keceived from Treasurer, State of N, H.
O. A. A.
T. K. A.
Koad
Toll refund
3,
364.7T
3,805.61
382.55
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
Interest and dividend tax
!9
�2:^
ANNUAL RE PORT
of the
TOV/N OF FARMiNGTOIS^
TAX SALES NOT REDEEMED
19;>Jt
Reginald Wentwortli
Regiiinkl Went worth
^*^1
50.90
12.54
$
1(>3.4I
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Robert B., Virginia
Richard Proiilx
Robert Ridley
Clarence [Staples
S.
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
21
Naucy &
34D0.79
48.39
100.32
85.03
112.30
Mortimer Sullivan, heirs
Julia E. Thoniijson
Julia E. Thompson
8.09
Llovd Thompson
Albert Thurston
33.85
2.73
171.63
18.39
(lertrude York
Frank V. Young, heirs
15,735.80
TOTAL TAXES NOT REDEEMED
|(),615.07
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
I960
AUTO PERMITS
2,026 Permits and transfers issued
Paid to Treasurer
417 Dog Licenses (191 dogs)
IMus I'rnaliies collected
116,969.81
11,112.00
68.50
1,180.50
89.S0
Less Fees
111,090.70
Paid to Treasurer
I 1,090.70
FILING FEES
Suiiervisors of
Check List
Kepiescnta lives to General Court
.Moderator
Toial Paid to Treasurer
$10.00
VITAL STATISTICS
Births
;U
19
Marriages
Deaths
BERTHA
Y.
PELLETIER,
To^^ u Clerk
�22
ANNUAL REPORT
Helen
J.
of the
TOWN
of
Tat trie, Collector
Levy
FARIVUNGTONT
�ANNUAL REPORT
Added Taxes:
of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
23
�24
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Cr.
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
25
�26
ANNUAL REPORT
Levy
of the
of
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
1952
Dr.
Uncollected taxes as ot Jan. 1,
ll)(iO:
Polls
I
(5.00
Cr.
Eemittances to Treasnrer:
Polls
f
Uncollected as per
list
:
polls
2.00
4.00
6.00
8TATE HEAD TAXES
Levy
of
Dr.
Paxes committed to Collector
1960
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
STATE HEAD TAXK
27
�28
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
STATE HEAD TAXES
Levy of 1855
Dr.
Uncollected taxes as of Jan.
Penalties collected
1,
19G0
-f
5U.00
-.00
*
Cr.
52.00
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
Cr.
Kcmittaiu-es to Treasurer:
Head Taxes
Abatements
Peiialtieis
Uncollected as
])er list
of
FARMINGTON
29
�ANNUAL REPORT
30
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS
Casli on hand, .January
From
HXiO
if
.53,088.09
local taxas
From tax
From
1.
sales
redeemed
State of ^'ew Hampshire
All licenses, permits
and
tilinjjj
fees
18,349.04
Fines and forfeits
Kent of town property-
Kent
of kitchen
equipment
interest received
From parking meters
From
])arking meter tines
F'rom head taxes and penalties
9,277.50
collected
Commission for
collecting head taxes 618.65
Kefunds and recoveries
Sale of
1,182.12
town property taken
by tax deed
From temporary
1,443.82
loans
48,000.00
�ANNUAL REPORT
DETAIL
Cash on
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
31
1
liaiid,
DETAIL
.lainiai-y
1,
1900
| 53,088.09
FROM LOCAL TAXES
2
1960 taxes
1959 taxes
1958 taxes
1957 taxes
1956 taxes
1955 taxes
1954 taxes
1953 taxes
1952 taxes
-I?!
93,898.98
41,570.81
6.00
22.28
10.00
8.00
4.00
123.72
2.00
1235,645.79
dI':tail
;i
tax
salp:!8
redeemed
1953
Alire (Jervais
.f
96.18
1955
Alire Cei-vais
| 23.97
1956
Alire Ciervais
| 18.73
1957
Floreuee E. Bingham
Thelnia & Harry Cotton
(ieorge R. Fitield
Frank E. Glidden
Frank E. Glidden
Clifton Goodwin
Everett
S.
Cray, heirs
Xute, by tax deed
Theresa J.
Harold F. Woodman
Flank V. Young, heirs
|
1.38
42.99
92.50
202.09
7.30
7.46
14.69
48.22
19.60
7.99
I
444.22
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMlNGTONi
1958
Bingham
(rermaine Bush way
P^loreiice E.
Frank E. (Hidden
Everett S. (iiav, lieirs
Yvonne Hanson
Kal])h & Hattie Hnssey
•Tames F. i.eahy
Theresa J. Xnte, by tax deed
Robert Ridley
Raymond J. Sargent
•Tohn B. & Mand'e P. Shapleigh
Clarence Staples
Harold F. Woodman
| 4:7.41
o0.32
100.00
185.30
175.30
8.10
214.38
47.75
40.92
39.57
109.21
84.34
20.20
$
l,lt)2.8(J
1959
Amos Woodard &
Alice (Inyer
Pauline n. Ferland
Albert D. Fifield
<4iester E.
Moulton
^ 21.30
11.86
4.00
10i).32
Chester E. Moulton
Theresa J. Xnte, by tax deed
Raymond -I. Sargent
Albert Thurston"
8.43
52.07
36.94
50.70
$
Total Tax Sales Redeemed
DETAIL
4
STATE OF
TRA
Bounties
Reimbursement a/c
:
382.55
3,364.77
loss of tax
on state land
Session
^5,916.53
191.52
73.43
603.35
3,865.61
1:00
Road Toil Refund
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
Reimbursement
$2,0;U.52
NEW HAMPSHIRE
& Dividends Tax
Railroad Tax
Savings Bank Tax
Building k Loan Tax
Interest
Reimbursement for
285.62
12.58
V\"ardens' Training
5.00
114,416.31
�ANNUAL REPORT
DETAIJ.
Bertha Y.
.")
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
ALL LICENSES AND PEKMITS
AND inLIN(J EEES
Pelletier, auto permits
dog licenses
.fl('».!)(;9.84
IJertlia V. Pelletier,
(\
]*erkins Post No. 00,
Legion, beano license
L.
•Toett's
1,090.70
American
110.00
Restaurant, dine and
dance license
Thomas Brooks,
pool room license
.Te?ise ^^'oodman. taxi license
Lawrence D. Lover, taxi license
William Read, taxi license
2.00
33
�34
ANNUAL REPORT
Jon Nordqiiist
Walter Hiickins
of the
TOWN
FARMINGTON
of
Campbell
.50
Vrilfred
.50
Howard Goodwin
.50
Fred Soper
Maynard Freeman,
Arthnr J. Kova
Joseph A. Jndd
S. William Talvio
.50
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
Adolpli Raab, Jr.
Margaret Burbank
Sanmel Arnold
Ernest Glidden
Lero}^ V. Tripp
William J. Vickers
Panl Burbank
Jr.
.50
.50
.50
2.00
.1^81.50
FILING FEES
lOuiiene V. Xnte,
RnbT A.
moderator
|1.00
Giiesley, sni)ervi»^or
1
Mildred Parrock, sni)ervisor
Arthnr (r. Webster, supervisor
Ralph W. Canney, representative
George T. Gilman, representative
Robert IL DreAV. rei)resenta1ive
.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
2.00
2.1)0
•flO.OO
118,349-04
DETATT. a
.^irXK^Il'AL
OOFRT, FINES AND
FORFEITS
Jan.
1,
1900 to June 10. 19(;0
Receipts
Gash on hand
Balance in checking account
Received from lines and forfeits
Received from small claims
Received from entry fee»s
Recovery from theft
None
None
13,085.00
1!).93
5.85
G().67
.ii;;;,i
Disbursements
To Town of Farming-ton
To To^^'n on theft recovery
Small Claims
'
Clerical
Work
Jefferson Printing' Co.
Motor Vehicle Department
Fish and Game Department
77.45
|1,028.10
66.67
19.93
12.00
56,25
1,976.50
IS. 00
.53,177.45
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ANNUAL REPORT
)
of the
June
10,
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
to .Ian.
1 !)()()
35
llMil
1,
Keceii)ts
None
Tasli on hand, -J unc 10, IDIJO
in cliefkinj; account,
Balante
None
June, 10, 1900
Received from lines and fees
Keceived fiom entrv fees
r»,Si*i».71
l.-~»
.1?5,830.9()
DislMii-seiueUis
I'aid
J'aid
Town
Town
oT Farniinglon
1,S(JT.40
of Farniington
small claims fees
Motor
^^ellicle
J.i!.")
Department
ll,7:!7.()l
State I'neinployment Conipensation
Division
Witnesses ajul other fees
Hmall claims ]>aid
Special Justiceis
Printing, supi)lies
Bond Premium
Balance in checi<ing account
J:!
.05
590.7IJ-.GIi
50.00
255.81
10.00
1J2.00
.^5.8;*>0.9(i
NUMBER OF CRIMINAL CASES
(From June
Complaints as
10
to
Dec.
:^1
tiled
Local Police department
9o
New Durham
28
Middleton
Milton
State and County
8
1
179
;J09
Small Claims Cases
Juvenile Cases
17
(i
23
TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES
�ANNUAL REPORT
36
DETAIL
7
REIS'T
of the
TOWN
FARMINGTON
of
OF TOWN PROPERTY
Farmington Fish & Game Club
C. L. Perkins Post, American Legion
Farmington Country Club
Farmington Woman's Club
$ 10.00
270,00
10,00
15.00'
^
DETAIL
8
305.
RENT OF KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
Farmington Fish & game Club
War Barracks
^Vorld
| 15.00
5.00
I'o.ofi
DETAIL
9
INTEREST RECEIVED
From Helen
llJiJO
1959
1958
1957
1950
1955
1954
1953
1959
1958
1957
1950
1955
1953
-E Tattrie, Collector
27.34
Interest on taxes
f
1,380.25
Interest on taxes
.30
Interest on taxes
1.92
Interest on taxes
1.11
Interest on taxes.
Interest on taxes
1.28
Interest on taxes
.92
Interest on taxes
40.70
Interest on redeemed taxes;
.46
interest on redeemed taxes
52.19
Interest on redeemed taxes
02.28
1.04
Interest on redeemed taxes
5.20
Interest on redeemed taxes
30.39
Interest on redeemed taxes
1,012.04
I
DETAIL
10
PARKING METERS
Collections
DETAIL
11
Meter Fines
|3,432.15
PARKING METER FINES
I
200.00
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ANNUAL REPORT
DETAIL
\2
of the
IIP]
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
37^
AD TAXES AND PENALTIES
COLLECTED
From Helen J. Tattrie,
1051 Head taxes and
1952 Head taxeis and
195:» Head taxes and
1954 Head taxes and
1955 Head taxes and
1956 Head taxes and
1957 Head taxes and
Collector
penalties
penalties
penalties
penalties
penalties
penalties
penalties
195S Llead taxes and penalties
1969 Head taxes and penalties
1960 Head taxes and penalties
|
5.50
15.50
21.00
16.50
o2.00
42.50
72.50
37.00
3,679.50
5,355.50
I
DETAIL
13
CO:\IMISSION
9,277.50
FOR OOLLECTINO
HEAD TAXES
Town
of
Farniiugton
Commission on 1959 Head Taxes
Commission on 1960 Head Taxes
|266.20
352.45
618.65
DETAIL
14
REFUNDS AND RECOVERIES
| 35.04
Carl B. Canney, transite pipe
Timber Wolves, proceeds of
basketball games
?»Iyrou Whitney, isale of salt
Evard Patterson, sale of salt
Dover Sand & O ravel Co., sale
Theodore Perron, sale of salt
Robert B. Drew, sale of salt
47.06
of salt
Louis Foster, sale of salt
John Cantelo, reimbursement
for aid
Treasurer of U. S. Social Security,
'
J. Cantelo
Andrew Foss, pipe and fittings
American Fidelity
1.25
3.00
30.00
10.50
12.00
3.00
25.89
165.00
38.09
Co.,
settlement of claim
Veteran, reimbursen^ent for aid
Edna Thom])Kon, reimbursement
for aid
29.34
404.00
201.00
�ANNUAL REPORT
38
of the
TOWN
of
Lord Fuel Co rent of loader
Lord Fnel Co., sale of used tire
Fred Hunter, reimbursement
for
damage
Charles (lolledge, sewer connection
FARMINGTON
17.00
(50.80
12.00
87.15
11,182.12
DETAIL
1.-)
SALE OF
TO^A N PEOPEETY
TAKEN BY TAX DEED
Treasurer of l\ S., sale of Kenneth and
Xelziua Leary Property
•11,413.81:
SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS
SUMMAEY OF PAYMENTS
�ANNUAL REPORT
New
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
39
6,950.00
Kcniipiiieiit
50
DeparUiient
Health
1,652.67
50
90.00
Vital Statistics
51
Sewev iiainteiiance
1,615.28
51
698.75
Sidewallvis
Oraiiiiv
Street Project
Ili^hwa.vs.
1.273.67
Sininner ilaintenaiu-e
13,935.82
53
Hijihwavs, AViiiter Maintenance
8,071
Highways, (leneral Exi)ense
7,167.96
.."{l
55
56
Town
li(fa<l
Town
Ko;ul
Aid
910.73
Aid
3,981.16
Old Aye Assistance
7,889.69
Town
1,667.64
58
Tool-
58
Soldiers'
Aid
133.01
(;o
Memorial Day
350.00
60
Farniinoton Visiting Xnrse Assoc.
1,.500.
00
61
F'arniington Tnblic Libraries
Assoc. 2,500.00
62
Farinington
Village
Precinct
17,777.09
63
County Tax
9,878.78
63
Interest
575.33
Schools
121,729.83
63
61
Parks and Playgrounds
444.62
61
�ANNUAL REPORT
40
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON!
For
Parking" Meters
Parking Meter Fines
Civil
Defense
Kent of Kitchen Kciuipment
IJefnnds
Damages and Legal
l^^xpenses
Abatements
Taxes Kougiit by Town
Head Tax Abatements
1059
Head Taxes
1!K)1)
Head Taxes
Bond and Ketirement Taxes
Serial Notes
Temporar}' Loans
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
41
DETAILS OF PAYMENTS
DETAIL
TOWN
1
OFFICEKS' SALAKTES
Arthiir (L Webster, auditor
Barbara Jeniiess, auditor
Frank A^^ Eord, chairman,
Board
-1^
50.00
50.00
Selectmen
selectman
Carroll H. Kimball, selectman
OilO.OO
Hel'en J. Tattrie, collector
Bertha Y. Peiletier, toMu clerk
SI 0.00
Ernest
of
J. Kelley,
Rufus W. Rundlett, treasurer
600.00
000.01)
150.00
200.00
.tp:!,:Ui0.oo
Approj)riation
.t8,:i(50.00
l':xiienditures
ALTO PERMITS
DETAIL
la
Bertha Y.
Peiletier,
DETAIL
2
3,360.00
town
TOWN
clerk; auto permits
OFFICERS' EXPENSE
Broun
Inc. isupplies
64.52
iL Saltmarsh,
X. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., phone
182.50
.4^9
Reed's Store, supplies
2*iarjorie E. Holmes, transfer cards and
66.60
deeds
2,085.00
Helen J. Tattrie, salary
50.00
Fransk W. Lord, mileage
50.00
Ernest J. Kelley, mileage
50.00
Carroll H. Kimball, mileage
Bertha Y. Peiletier. Town clerk's
19.75
expenses
Edward H. Quimby Co., typewriter ribbons
4.00
and supplies
iLOO
Asisoc. of N. H. Assessors, dues
Farmington Insurance Agency, town
oiticers' bonds & non-owners policy
premiums
Arthur <L "Webster, postage
Rufus W. Rundlett, Treasurer's
supplies
Vv'heeler
&.
>fl,01."!.00
229.70
-1.64:
12.85
Clark, supplies
'.17.
'V2
�ANNUAL REPORT
42
Statistical Corp.,
town clerk
Auto
of the
i'e])ort
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
I'oi'
3.00
Frank W. Lord, tax meetingJ. Kelley, tax meeting
Carroll H. Kimball, tax meeting
'5.00
Ernest
8.00
&
mileage to same
Carl C. Blanchard, poistmaster, postage
on inventories
9.00
33.00
1.30
A^'aldron, real estate rei>orts
Knrronghs Corp., service & ribbons for
l{;thel (4.
adding machine
Collector's Assoc, dnes
Charles K. Hardy, dnes for Town
24.85
Tax
3.00
Clerk's Assoc.
3.00
ytate of New Hampshire, mobile market
report
2.00
Farmingtoii NevvS, advertising, vouchers,
town reports & supplies
890.25
Helen J. Tattrie, Coll., postage &
expenses
125.20
Osgood's Phainiacy, supplies
I. (JO
Foster Press, printing for town clerk
13.25
F. P.
Libert}' Insurance, Employers'
liability
620.45
Edson C. Eastuian, Nup])lies for
5.33
Collector
Fred L. T(.wei- Co., 19(i() N. II.
2O.(;0
Kegisrer
1-1
Appro] )riation
P]\l)euditures
Fuex])ended balance
|
,021
.m
|4,700.00
4,021.00
DETAIL
3
Ml NICIPAL
Eugene
78.-10
COCKT
F. Nute, justice's salary
Eleanor Prescott, clerk's salary
|
700.00
400.00
11,100.00
Appropriation
Expenditures
|1 ,100.00
1,100.00
�ANNUAL REPORT
DETAIL
4
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
43
MIXKMPAL COrRT EXPENSES
Eleanor Prescott, issning coniijlaint and wari-ant-!
Frances L. l\-nnell, issiiino complaints and
wan-anis
$:*>7r).00
.•}'02.00
$677.00
DETAIL
5
SOriAL SECURITY
1st quarter
2nd quarter
ord quarter
quarter
4tli
1502.29
474.61
456.61
543.69
11,974.20
Administrative costs
4.7;;
�ANNUAL REPORT
^4
of the
TOWN
Kiiby Chesley, supervisor
Artlnu' (}. Webster, siiyei'visor
Farmingtoii Xews, ballots
Alfred Jntras, extra hel])
Ladies Aid Hociety, election day
Koy's Store, election day meals
of
FARMINGTON
30.00
30.00
50.50
5.00
iiieaLs
ll'.OO
7.30
ii^228.80
JUNE,
19(50
ilildred Parrock, supervisor
diesley, supervisor
Arthur (I. Webster, sui)ervisor
Kuby
5.00
5.00
5.00
I 15.00
SEPTEMBEE,
Eugene
Eugene
liHK)
F. Xute, moderator
C. Cates, gatekee]>er
Ernest E. Kimball, gatekeei)er
Florence Hill, ballot inspector
Addie Hayes, ballot inspector
Florence Haj^es, ballot inspector
Adeline C^"] eaves, ballot inispector
Joan Howard,
Barbara Mone,
Keed's
Arthur
ballot inspector
ballot inspector
Store, pencils
(r. AVebster, supervisor
Mildred Parrock, supervisor
Ruby
Chesiey, supervisor
Key's Store, election day meals
Osgood Pharnuicy, pencils
8.00
7.00
7.0i0
7.0O
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
.54
30.00
30.00
30.00
20.70
.40
1175.
NOVEMBER,
Eugene
F. Xute,
19(i0
moderator
I'^ugene C. Gates, gatekeeper
S.OO
7.00
Ernest E. Kimball, gatekeeper
Jane Fall, ballot inispector
Addie Hayes, ballot inspector
Florence Hayes, ballot inspector
Leah Murphy, ballot inspector
Bertha Walbridge, ballot inspector
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.99
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Katliei'iiie Ilogjui, ballot
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
inspector
45
7.0(1
Webster, supervisor
oU.OO
i'unock, su]iervisor
Kiiby Chesley, supervisor
Clifton Cilley, extra help
Reed's iStore, pencils
Farmington News, tally sheets
;>0.00
Roy's Store, election day meals
17.75
Ai'tlnir
(5.
Mildred
30.00
:i.20
.o2
l.SO
$177.01
$5U6.60
Appropriation
Expenditures
$700.00
596.60
T^nexpended balance
DETAIL
|10.'>.40
TOWN HALL EXPENSES
7
COST OF HEATINd
Lord Fuel Co.
Howard
$1,245.00
779.00
Dickie
$2,o;5:}.00
LKJHTS AND WATER
Public Service Co., lights
Farmington
A'illage I'recinct,
$733.12
water
52.99
$786.11
INSURANCE
Farmington Insurance Agencj^
•JANITOR, REPAIRS, Etc.
$942.88
lUoses J. Worster, salary
$1,725.00
9.29
F. Nutter, brooms
97.28
Odorite Co., iavador units, supplies
Wilkins' Gas & Electric, supplies
168.98
I'almer Hardware Co., supplies
26.61
Alfred Jutras, extra help
22.00
Varney's Store, supplies
8.68
Harry
Farmington Cas and Appliance
Co.,
light bulbs
Celinais Market, supplies
C. L. Haskell, flame-proofing curtains
.97
10.00
132.30
�ANNUAL REPORT
4S
(ri-ay-s
of the
TOWN
Petroleum, lepairs on stoker
FARMINGTON
of
15.00
Harry Knox, repairs and
combination windows
Charles DiPrizio & Sons, table legs
Farmington Xews, snpplies
•T.
I. Holcomb Co., floor sealer
Osgood Pharmacy, supplies
Clarence Adams, re])airs on ])lnmbing
Heath
Son, repair)'^ on roof
Ernest J. Kelley, salary and labor
»S:
IHO, 00
55
GO
33, 25
75
38, 57
(JS. 00
6,
1.
471. 03
•1^2,965.86
16,727.85
A]tpropriation
.1|;6,900.00
Expenditures
6,727.85
I'nexpended balance
DETAIL
8
1<
172.15
POLICE DEPARTMENT
SALARIES
Fred O. Tebbetts
Roscoe Sawyer
Carl ^^^ Worster
715.00
660.00
2,345.00
2,490.00
305.00
Harry W. Knox
Joseph Vachon
I 6,515.00
SPECIAL DUTY
Clifford Salisbury
oseph Vachon
Paul Blouin
Fred Chesley
.1
•lolin Pulisifer
Charles Da\'is
Helen J. Tattrie
Alden Jenness
Raymond Tetreault
Robert (xreelej
Albert Densmore
530.95
543.80
32.35
53.90
26.25
102.50
10.00
165.00
421.25
90.15
5.00
1,981.15
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
EXPENSES
Hni-d Btoi-e, pauts
Roscoe Sawyei-, mileage to istate
Fred O. Teboetts, mileage
Carl W. Woi-ster, mileage
Harry W. Knox, mileage
Farmington Insurance Agency,
premium on cars
92.45
I
J. P.
liospital 10.00
109.45
^00.00
Reed's Store, office supplies
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., phone
Farmington News, printing, advertising
Osgood Pharmacy, supplies
State of X. H., law enforcement manual
Diamond Police Equipment,
whistle hooks
Edward
PI.
Quimby
(>.02
347.35
(i7.00
4.10
4.00
12.00
and handcuffs
Russell I'niform Co., overcoat and
billieis
supplies
Pat & Windy's Restaurant,
prisoners' meals
P, A. White, police reefer
Quality Cleaners, storage and
cleanirig unifornis
Leon A. Richardson, converting
two-way radio
Ralph Corson, repairs on cell block
Federal Laboratories,
tear gas ishells
Roy's Store, prisoner's meals
Farmington (ias & Appliance Co.,
batteries & supplies
A\'. ^Vorster, postage
Carl
27. oO
Co.,
repairs on typewriter
(luns, Inc.,
8i).0()
32.01
28.40
101.21
10.34
72.50
9.00
84.71
47
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ANNUAL REPORT
48
of the
TOWN
Appropr-iation
FARMINGTON
of
$9,950.00
Income
Fred Hunter
:
:
reimbursement
for damas^e
12.00
Total Available
$9,962.00
9,952.47
Expenditures
Unexpended balance
DETAIL
-f
9.53
FIRE DEPARTMENT
9
Farmiugton Insurance Agency,
premium on tanker
Kenneth Dickie, training session
Winjston Pinkliam, training session
Harodykes, canvas tanks
Kicker's Garage, repairs on tanker
(lelinas Market, food for firemen
(hunt for lost man)
State Treasurer, hose sections
Eureka Fire Hose Co., hose
American Fire Equipment, hose
Blanchard Associates, hose
|149.10
5.00
5.00
28.00
74.84
19.61
1.98
98.00
51.55
50.00
12.58
Appropriation
$500.00
Income
From State, reimb. for
training session
Total Available
Expenditures
Unexpended balance
FIRE
5,00
$505.00
482.58
$22.42
WARDEN'S REPORT
PREVENTION
IS YOUR BUSINESS
by Robert W. Smith
(District Chief)
CARELESSNESS, causes 9
Carelessness,
out of 10 forest fires. Each year 200,000 fires burn over 30
million acres in the United States. This represents 5
percent of our nation's woodlands being wasted each
HUMAN
�—
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OF FARMINGTON
49
year. Every tire takes its toll. Floods follow; stream How
atfected; timber, buildings, oraziiig and wildlife are
"is
are CAKELESS with tire
destroyed— all becanse
can
in and near woodland. This can be remedied.
MANY
YOU
pnt an end to this shameful waste! PREVENTION is
YOT'R business
YOU, whether YOU be a farmer, homemaker, business or professional man or woman, municii)al, state or
federal official, clerk or woodsman can play an important part in the continuing and vital prevention program.
First by setting a good example YOURSELF
being sensible and com]jlying with the necessary laws and
regulations governing the use of fire in and near woodI
—
—
lands.
Second
— by using YOUR individual influence in your
community and valued council with others in insiisting
and encouraging them to do likewise.
The following simple rules may be used as a guide
both for you and for them.
1.
Before burning, secure a permit from your local
forest tire A^arden
the law requires it.
2.
Be sure to j-roperly supervise your l)u ruing
don't leave it.
3.
Make certain your tire, camp or debris, is
—
DEAD
OUT
before leaving it.
4.
Don't throw d(<wu liglited nuitclies, cigars and
cigaretteis or from uioving vehicles
make sure they
are out use your ash tvAj.
Don't burn at home use your towu dump an<l
5.
save yourself much ]jossible difficulty, both personal
—
—
and
—
ilnancial.
Number
Number
Number
DETAIL
of local tires
of acres burned
of permits issued
58
BOUNTIES
10
hedgehog noses
William Paul,
3
DETAIL
DOG DAMAGE AND EXPENSE
11
Charles Palmer, dog damage to sheep
Farmington News, advertising
Joseph Vachon, collecting dog licenses
-1^1.50
ifS
80.00
19.70
10.00
$101). TO
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ANNUAL REPORT
50
of the
TOWNf
of
FARMINGTON
12
A^EW EQUIPMENT
DiPrizio's Garage, Int'l. truck
^5,700.00
N. II. Explosives & Machinery Co.,
DETAIL
Anderson plow
1,250.00
f6,950.0f>
Appropriation
13.000.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
DETAIL 13
(leorge Fulton, care of dump
$1,260.00
Farmington News, advertising, supplier? 11.50
2.33
Palmer Hardware Co., miisc. supplies
35.00
Floyd Harriman, burying horse
Carl B. Canney, health officer's salaiy 150.00
Carl B. Canney, health officer's expenses 193.84
|1,652.6T
Appropriation
Expenditures
|*l,6O0.OO
11,652.67
Overdraft
-?
52.67
HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT
Decembei' 31, 1960
should consider themselves a citizenmember of the Health Department. Observe the axiom of
Law and Good Citizenship ''So upe your own as not to
injure others.'' This applies in self-preservation and extends to family responsibility in sanitation and its relation to community health. The unrelenting urge for
citizen-cooperation which, in effect, goes beyond organized or official effort in accomplishing better health
status, m noted in Farmington. It is a compliment to
good citizenship and is shared by all.
The ramification of health work in meeting standards are many; too many to be detailed in tiiis report.
However, primarily, patients ill, or suspected of being ill
with a communicable disease, should be segregated
ilAVl*: A DOCTOR. Physical nuisances should be re]jorted to the health officer for his assistance at all times,
clean and enviable town, the cooperation of all citizens^
Everyone
:
physicians,
schools,
town
officials,
protective
agencies,
In pursuit of united effort for Farmington to be a
the press, the state department and District Chief
Kenneth Gunn are herebv gratefullv acknowledged.
FOLLOWING ARE THE STATISTICS:
Mseellaneoiis complalints investigated, 311; hear-
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
51
ings, 0; prcisecutioiis, 0; cuiiiplaiiits outstaudiiig (pliysical difficulty), 2; polio, 0; scarlet fever. 5; strep and
mumps, 4 venereal diseases, 2 ocse]itic throats, 29
;
;
;
cupational diseases, 8; measles, 11; chicken pox, IT;
(all
imenuionia
releases)
2;
(hospital
tuberculosis
types), 12; board, foster care and convalescent honu^s,
restaurant inispections, 9; barber shoi»s, 2; label viohi!)
dairy
tions, 1 impro])er display of foods and edibles, 1
quarantine for communicable diseases,
inspections, 5
2; dog bite cases, 29; disposal dead animals, 87; collection of dairy products, foods, (open and packaged), 7; assists in state-supervised sanitation ins])ections, 4; sewage
disposal violations. 7; food ]K)isoning ins])ection, 1;
trench mouth, 1. With the exception of the t^^o complaints
above noted, all cases were cleai-ed, as of the close of the
fiscal year.
Revaccination certiiicates, 8; conferences
with superiors, 19.
X. B. 8even of the cases of reportable diseases were
local i»atients treated by out of town ])hysicians.
Respectfully submitted,
;
;
;
;
CARL
b'
CANNEY
Health
DETAIL
U
Bertha Y. Pelletier, town clerk
890.00
Ap])ropriation
$100.00
90.00
Expenditures
I'nexpended balance
DETAIL
15
Oflicer
VITAL STATISTICS
-flO.OO
SEWER MAINTENANCE
Page Belting Co., transite pipe
and nttings
Horace I'ence, connecting (iolledge
|
to SeAver
217.52
45.00
Sanfax Corp., sewer cleaner
Trustees of Trust Euuds, balance
sewer tax plus income
.")00.9(;
of
1,051.80
.1?1,G15.28
Sewer Tax,
Income:
19(;i)
|1,455.00
Carl Canney, transite pipe
35.04
Charleis Colledge, for sewer connection 87.15
Andrew Fosis, pipe and ada])ters
;}8.09
.$1,615.28
�ANNUAL REPORT
52
DETAIL
15 a
Unexpended
Unexpended
Unexpended
Unexpended
Unexpended
Unexpended
Unexpended
of the
TOWNf
of
FARMINGTON
FUND
CAT»1TAL KE SERVE
balance of 1947 seAver tax
balance of 1948 sewer tax
balance of 1949 sewer tax
balance of 1950
balance of 1951
balance of 1952
balance of 1953
17nex|)ended balance of 1954
Unexpended balance
of 1955
l^nexpended balance of 1956
sewer
sewer
sewer
sewer
sewer
sewer
sewer
$ 1,460.00
1,470.00
1,466.50
tax
1,474.50
tax
1,645.00
tax
tax
1,650.40
tax
1,304.80
tax
1,637.15
tax
1,290.00
1,^11. oil
$14,775.87
11,684.00
Capital Withdrawals, 1956
Balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
Unexpended balance
l^nexpended
of 1957
$ 3,091.87
| 1,468.85
1,441.05
sewer tax
of 1958 server tax
of 1959 sewer tax
balance of 1960 sewer tax
1,053.39
1,051.80
Transferred to Trnstees of Trust Funds
DETAIL
16
|8,106.9(k
SIDEWALKS
Clifton H. Cilley, labor
bloyd Colbath, labor
| 20.80
50.00
91.80
25.35
44.00
23.75
40.50
402.55
Oscar Lambert, labor
Kenneth H. Dickie, labor
^Tilliam Smith, labor
Koscoe Sawj^er, labor
Alden Jenness, labor
AYilliam J. Vickers & Son, hot top
•1698.75
Appropriation
(Parking Meter Reserve)
Expenditures
|1,000.00
698.75
Unexpended balance (transferred
to
Parking Meter Reserve)
$
301.25
�ANNUAL REPORT
DETAIL
17
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
53
OKAXr.E STREET PROJECT
Clifton H. Cilley, labor
Oscar Lambert, hibor
Roscoe SaAvyer, labor
John Siiiith, labor
Erntist Cardinal, shovel
Raymond Cardinal, trnek
Carroll Cardinal, truck
Kenneth H. Dickie, labor
|
^'"^l*;?
87.75
46.25
41.50
2S8.0()
47.00
47.00
83.49
97.50
32.40
67.98
17.40
William Smith, lai)or
Alden -lenness, labor
Earmingtoii Vilhijie Precinct, pipe
Andre\v .1. Foss, labor
Charles Rovce, labor
William J.^lckers & Hon, hot top
Charles DiPrizio & Sons, brick & pipe
Band Brothens, welding catcli basins
5.00
32.60
178.16
50.50
•1:1,273.76
Appropriation
(Parking Meter Kewerve)
Expenditures
Unexpended bahsnce
DETAIL
18
Sl,508.8:*>
1,273.76
| 235.07
SCAOIER MAINTENANCE
LABOR
Clifton H. Cilley
Floyd Colbath
Oscar Lambert
John C. Adams
Kenneth H. Dickie
Alfred Jntras
Elmer Thompson
Roscoe Sawyer
Walter Woodman
Roy Stanhope
Ceorge Chand)erlain
I 2,554.40
656.28
1,395.28
72.23
1,494.41
1^-00
'^-^^^
915.07
16.00
32.00
2..)0
�54
ANNUAL REPORT
Perley Curtiis
of the
TOWN
of
FARMFNGTON
�:
ANNUAL REPORT
DETAIL
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
WINTER MAINTENANCE
LABOR
19
$1,159.-10
(Tifton H. Cilley
^^^-\
FloYd Colbath
^UAU
Adams
.iohn
1,006.9.*
Oscar Lambert
Kenneth H. Dickie
Stanley Farrar
Walter Woodman
984.81
59.38
95.00
26-1.00
Kenneth Dickie
Roy Stanhope
Ered Tnrcotte
Jack Cameron
-^-00
5.00
^-^0
5.00
Andrew Foss
148.78
192.50
37.75
274.00
11.00
25.00
99.50
Alden Jenness
William Smith
Richard Fnrher
Ernest Cardinal, dozer and tractor
Leland Noyes
Horace Pence, dozer
Alfred Jiitras
lOdwiii Partridge
8.00
4.00
23.13
20.00
2.00
2.00
Donald Fnrber
-Iohn Pnlsifer
Ralph Drew
Smith
John Smith,
55
•John
Jr.
.$6,387.47
MATERIAL
International Salt Co., salt
Chester A. Monlton, sand
AVilliam J. Vickers & Son, sand
$1,593.50
36.20
54.17
.$1,683.87
$8,071.31
Appropriation
|8,000.00
Income
Sale of salt
Total Available_
Expenditnres
Overdraft
.59.75
.$8,0.59.75
8,071
I
.:'.4
11.59
�56
ANNUAL RETPORT
DETAIL
20
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTOM
HIGHWAY, GENERAL EXPENSE
GAS AND OIL
Gulf Oil Corp.
12,283.12
99.14
183.53
Home
Appliance
Grav'S Petroleum
Harvej^'is
12,565.79
INSURANCE
Farminofon Insurauee Agency
f834.0.T
ilAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT
R. C. Hazelton Co., forks
for equipment
and parts
I
Scott Machinery Co., edges and blades
Currier's Garage, repairs on
279.95
247.79
100.94
equipment
Nick's Ajax Garage, tires, batteries &
1,037.58
repairs
13.75
J. C. Simms, repairs on e(iuipnient
341.30
Alloy Industries, chains and blades
Kidder Repair Service, repairs on
15.95
brush cutter
22. S3
BraCikett & Shaw, parts for equipment
83.05
Montgomery Ward Co., alcohol
100.22
l>aud Bros, welding on equipment
239.66
•John A. Counare Co., tires
N. H. Explotsives & Machinery Co., blades,
600.02
edges, etc.
DiPrizio's Garage, adjuistment on new
12.79
truck
33.60
N. H. Fence Co., road drag
6.90
Phil Mitchell, repairs on power saw
87.06
Rayem Enterprises, flags & torches
86.81
('hadwick-BaRoss, edges and parts
4,00
Place's Esso Station, plugs
'
Ray Road Equipment, brooms &
tar spreader
35.35
lj?3,409,55
�:
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
SMALL TOOLS,
57
ETC.
Public Service Co., blinker &
shed lights
I
Palmer Hardware Co., misc. supplies
AYilkins <!as & Electric Shop,
misc. supplies
Varney's Store, misc. supplies
Moseley's Express, express on parts
4:83.77
140.45
27.38
2.15
2.60
2.20
Osgood Pharmacy, oxalic acid
I
658.55
17,467.96
Appropriation
|7,000.00
Income
State of
XH
:
road
American Fidelity
toll
refund
382.55
Co., settlement
of claim
Lord Fnel
Lord Fuel
29.34:
Co., rent of loader
Co., sale of
used
17.00
Total Available
|7,489.69
Expenditures
7,467.96
Unexpended balance
DETAIL
21
Treaisurer, State of
22
21.73
|
TOWN ROAD AID
New Hampshire
i*940.
Ai)propriation
DETAIL
00.80
tire
2^940.73
TOWN ROAD AID
H. Cilley. labor
Floyd Colbath, labor
Oscar I-ambert, labor
Kenneth H. Dickie, labor
Roscoe Sawyer, labor
William Smith, labor
Alden Jenness, labor
Russell Hussey, labor
(^lifton
fJohn Smith, labor
Ernest Cardinal, shovel
Raymond Cardinal, truck
|
664.13
27.50
368.57
472.30
84.38
399.25
347.63
5.00
41.50
972.00
244.30
�ANNUAL REPORT
58
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTOINS
211.50
01.50
R4.60
Carroll Cardinal, truck
Maurice Hobbs, truck
William Jackson, trnck
13,984. H5
Treasurer, State of
New
Hampshire
Expenditures
13,865.61
8,9Si.l6
Due from Btate
$ 118.55
DETAIL
23
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
December, 1959
^662, 95.
Januai-y, 1960
642, 33
February, 1960
March, 1960
Ai)ril. 1960
May, 1960
•June, 1960
•inly, 1960
August, 1960
September, 19(50
October, 1960
November, 1960
775. 76
726, 31
599, 56
58L 06
00
-^
685,
523, 50
50
665 13
697, 38
661,
666, 15
17,889.69
Appropriation
Expenditures
19,000.00
7,889.69
Unexpended balance
DETAIL
24
Aid to Children:
Board
Doctors
Hospital
|1^10.31
TOWN POOR
11,002.43
49.00
27.80
11,079.23
570.00
Elsie Averill, board
Delia Savoie:
Prescriptions
Doctors
Board
16.55
14.00
826.00
856.55
�:
ANNUAL REPORT
Kalph Hayes
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
59
�ANNUAL REPORT
so
of the
TOWN
A[»piopi-ia1 ion
liu-oiue:
Keinib. for uid uiveix
of
FARM.INGTO^
|?6,50i).()(l
4:>S.!).>
Total Availal)le
(;,d38.95
Expenditures
4^667.64
Unexpended
biilance
|2,271.31
SOLDIERS' AID
DETAIJ. 25
(firoc-erieH
|190.G;>
Board
182.00
(Jlothing.
4J)0
55JS
Uiit'l
$43;i.ai
Appropriatioir
ln<'()nie
:
Reimb. for aid
Total Avciilable
Expenditures^
$1,404.00.
43;101
rnexi)ended balance
DETAIL
2(L
^1,000.00
40i>00
|
970.99
MEMORIAL DAY EXPENWK
("larenoe E. Perkiiis Post^ 2so. 00,
American Legion
.fH5O.O0
Appropriation
ME.AI()RE\L
^50.00
DAY EXPENSES
Alcide J Eilodeau, band
.
i?l
50.00
ILiskell-Reed's. G wreatliis
Stndley's, corsages
JS.OO
Roy's Store, ice cream
20..'U
Hags
Farmington News, programs, etc
Cocheco Bottling, tonic
Varnej^'s store, lunch
Robert Fnrber, bngler
TO.aO
21.U0
Meader"is,
J'ostage
11. S8
:j7.0'i
21.21
5.00
G.:50
fSGLSS
�)
ANNUAL REPORT
DETAIL
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
61
FAKM1X(5T()X VISlTIN(i XUKSE
27
ASSOCIATION
Fanningtou Msitiiig Nni-se Association
Appropriation
1
|1,500.0()
,500.00
AXXUAL KEPOKT OF CALLS MADE
BY VISITING NI^RSE,
1960
^
T
Calls reported by Physician
Calls reported by Family
Fee Basis: Xo charge calls (ischool)
Old Age Calls
Full Pay Calls
Free Calls
Non-connuunicable disease calls
Cancer
'A^l
S
6S
133
181
11
2
calls
Diabetes calls
T. B. calls
9
"Pre-school calls
School
(
Roundup
7(5
357
callis
Total visits
made
56(5
Hours on duty
1,796
3,728
11
jliles traveled
Xew
cases
Cases discharged
Clinics iield or attended
"
Xot included in total
Fees (\)ilected
1.
2.
11
6
!§;271.50
Special Activities of Nurse
Teachers' Convention, Mancheister, X\ LI.
Two Special ^\'orkshop,s tor School Xurse Teachers.
Kespectfully submitted,
MRS.
R. X.
FEEXY.,
Visiting-
FARMIXCTOX
VISITTIN(i NURSE ASSOC,
TREASCRER'S REPORT FOR 19(50
January
1
1960 Cash on hand
Receipts
School District
Town
Savings Acc't
R. N.
Xurse
INC.
11,717.78
2,022.57
1,500.00
500.00
�62
ANNUAL REPORT
Services
of the
TOWN
of
FARM1NGTON3
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
EXPENSES
FARMINGTON
63
�ANNUAL REPORT
64
DETAIL
of the
TOWN
of
FARIVHNGTON5
SCHOOLS
32
Ernest E. Kimball, Treas., balance
of 1959 appropriation
| 86,929.83
Ernest E. Kimball, Treas. part
of 19(i0 appropriation
37,800.00'
124J29.8P;
Balance of 195& appropriation
Appropriation of 1960
Total
f 86,929.83
154^659.12
1241,588-95
Expenditnres
Balance
DETAIL
33
124,729.83;
cine schools'
|116,859.12
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
Skating Rink
Pnblic Service Co., lights
Leston E. Gray, plowing rink
53.67
42.00
I95..6I
Gray Avenne Park
Floyd Colbath, labor
Oscar Lambert
Kenneth H. Dickie
Roscoe SaAvver
17.55
10.00
48.1^
|91.9;J.
Edgerly Park
Henry B. Sabine, care of park
Fern aid Park
Henry B. Sabine, care of park
Pahner Hardware Co., supplies
Henry B. Sabine, tsharpening mower
$125.00
.f
125.00
5.02
2.00
1132.02
$444.62
Appropriation
Expenditures
L^nexpeuded l»alance
|50O.0O
444.62
$ 55.38
�ANNUAL REPORT
DETAIL
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
65^
PARKING .METERS
:U
Palmer Hardware (Jo., Supplieis
Dual Parking Meter Co., parts for
-1^15.30
121.05
.11*
Electric Shop, supplies
132.80
Earl M. Tuttle, Sr., repairing meters
22.00
Andrew Foss, repairs on meter posts
meters
AA'ilkins (las
&
Paul Blouin, meter man
Alden Jennes-ts, meter man
Charles Davis, meter man
Farmington National Bank,
counting collections
Burgess Forbes ("o., paint for yellow
1(5.50
5.00
12.50
9(1.28
58. Gl
lines
7.00
brush for marker
Appliance Co., brushes 8.02
Farmington (las
Farmington News, parking meter tickets 5(>.20
Crigsby
Co.,
^V:
Raymond Tetreault, meter man
Joseph A'achon, meter man
Harry Knox, meter man
Harry W. Knox, ]»ainting yellow linos
6.88
18.75
6.25
80.00
$064.23
Income from collections
Expenditures
Balance transferred to I'arkins
ileter Reserve
DETAIL
35
13,132. 15
664.23
12,767.02
PARKIN(i METER FIXES
Osgood Pharmacy, collecting meter
Incomes from fines
.^200. 00
Ex])enditures
20.65
Unexpended balance
DETAIL
CIVIL
36
State Treasurer, civilian defense
supplies
120.65
tines
$179.35
DEFENSE
.|23.65
canvas tanks
Eugene F. Nute, exj)resis on defense
28.00
Harocl;y''kes,
supplies
2.50
$54.15
Balance of 1959 appropriation
-I?
8.35
�ANNUAL REPORT
66
of the
TOWN
Appropriation, 1960
$108.35
Expenditures
54.15
ITnexpended balance
37
|
54:.20
RENT OF KITCHEN EQUIPMENT
Farming:ton Oras
tank of gas
DETAIL
FARMINGTOF
100.00
Total available
DETAIL
of
& Appliance
Co.^
.$13.25
REFUNDS
38
William J. Yickers
Son., assessed
in error on 1958 and 1959 property
cV:
$15.66
Jolui Cardinal. Jr., assessed in error
on 1960 property
16.75
132.41
DETAIL
39
DAMAGES AND LEGAL EXPENSES
Eugene F. Nine,
DETAIL
10
legal services
|155.76
ABATEMENTS
1957 Tax Sale
Theresa J. Nute (tax deed)
1958 Tax Sale
Theresa J. Nute (tax deed)
1959 Tax Sale
Theresa .L Nute (tax deed)
1959 Property
Floyd
Dorothy Fleming, over-assessed
1960 'Property
| 48.22
I 47.75
$ 52.07
| 41.55
tS:
Roger & Dorothy Hill, over-assessed
|25.79
William J. & Delia Vickers, over-assessed 67.00
William ,1. Vickers & Son, assessed in
error
16.75
$109.54
Howard
1959 Polls
G. Allen, sickness
Sherwood Baud,
Wanda Bowden,
ex-service
in Rochester
Ernest Boudreau, ex-service
$2.00
2.00
2.01)
2.00
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
Mrs. Ernest Boudreau, assessed in eiTor
Patricia Cutter, not 21 years old
Hazel Davis, gone
Helen Eldridge, gone
Edith Elliott,^ welfare
Dorotln^ Fisher, gone
.-._j ,.
Alarilyn Fnlton, gone
RnbyGravelle, 70 years old
I'atricia Gray, not 21 years old
Doris M. Harriman, in Rochester
;
;
,
Herbert Harriman, in Rochester
Angelina Haj^es, gone
::,': r-.:-i'\
Herbert O. Heie, gone
Mrs. Herbert O. Heie, gone, •..
Carl Higgins,^ gone
Dorothy Higgins, gone
Donald S. Hunter, non-resident
Mathilda Hussey, plaid in Rochester
Daphne Marshall, gone
Madeline Martin, gone
Mrs. Gilbert McCarthy, gone
Norma McDonough, gone
Frank Maxfield, gone
Madeline Martine, gone
Frederick E. Morris, gone
George Pamons, in New Dnrliani
Xancy Parson, in New Durham
Carlyle Roberts, gone
Lillian Roberts, gone
John Shapleigh, gone
Maude Shapleigh, gone
Ben R. Smith, welfare
p:iizabeth A. Tufts, gone
Jane Willey, not 21 yeans old
Maude Woodman, gone
Newell Frost, ex-service
Marie Steer, gone
Paul Steer, gone
Edna Chamberlain, non-resident
67^
I'.Ol)
'2M
--UU
2.00
2.00
2.00
-•****
-•<^"
2.00
2.l):>
.,"_;.
2.00
2.00
2.00
--0*^^
.
;......
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.01)
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.na
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.0!)
2.00
2.00
2.;,0
S^U.OO
�ANNUAL REPORT
68
of the
TOWN
of
FARMlNGTONi
1960: Polls
Mrs. Ernest Boiidreau, assessed in error
Bernice Carlsen, 70 yeans old
Entli V. Carlsen, non-resident
Harry Cliesley, 70 years old
Hazel Davis, gone
Delpliin Demerritt, ex-service
Melvin F. Earle, 70 years old
M. Esther Huckins, 70 years old
Lucy Mai*conx, 70 year& old
Mande Palmer, 70 years old
Ernest R. Perkins, gone
Fred Soper,. 70 years old
year-s old
Kodnev Tibbetts. 7
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.0©
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00-
2.0O
I 26.00
Total Abastements
DETAIL
41
I4S1.24
TAX SALE,
September
27, lUUO
Bought by the Town
Helen J
.
Tattrie, Collector
Amos Woodard &
Alice (luyer
Pauline H. Ferland
Albert D. Fitield
Bushway
\y, & Mildred
(Jerniaine
Curtis
L. Chase
Cordon Clements
Thelnia & Harry Cotton
C.
George K. Fitield
Kobert E. & Annie (iarland
Frank E. (ilidden
Frank E. Clidden
Frank E, (ilidden
Everett S. Gray, heir»
Kobert D. Hussey
Robert D. H-<issey
•James F. Leahy
Edwin Legro, Est.
Chester E. Moultou
Chester E. Moulton
Chester E. Moulton
21.30
11-H6
'»'.13-
33.41
123.61
1)4.29
48.39
100.66
109.43
313.27
8.09
16.79
205.87
13.47
17.34
239.13
169.03
10.96
11.80
100.32
�ANNUAL REPORT
Thereisa J.
Nute
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
69
�ANNUAL REPORT
70
Levy
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON:
of 1957
Albert Pulton, deceased
James Goodrow, welfare
Earle Hayes^ gone
Maude Marden, duplicate of M. Hobbs
Byron Sprague, in Rochester
Patricia S|)rague, in Rochester
Myrtle Tuttle, gone
Ida M. Sargent, in Rochester
5.0d
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.0O
5.00
5.00
5.00
40.00
J^evy of 1958'
Edith Elliott^ welfare
Albert Fulton, deceased
Earle Hayes, gone
5.00
5.00
5.0O
i5.oa
Ijevj of 195«>
(jeorge V. Anderson, 70 years old
•Joseph A. Arsenault, in service
Mildred Chesley, non-retsident
Thomas Chesley, non-resident
Guy B. Currier, 70 years old
Patricia Cutter, not '21 years old
Roberta Dexter, non-resident
Elsie (ilidden, in Derry
Grmand
(Hidden, in
Deny
Fred Flunt, 70 years old
Sandy Kingsbury, 70 years old
Mary Lou Morrison, non-resident
Clifton C. Pinkham, 70 years old
Carrie
I.
Rowe,
in Rollinsford
Lyman L. Rowe, in Rollinsford
Edna M. Thompson, 70 years old
Grace M. Tibbelts, 70 yeans old
Lulu W'entworth, 70 years old
Louise M. AMlley, 70 years old
Franklin Woodman, not 21 years old
Alice L. York, 70 years old
Mary LaPanne, non-resident
Albanie LaPanne, non-resident
John I. Mull, 70 years old
Howard G. Allen, sickness
5.00'
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.0U
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
�ANNUAL REPORT
o f the
TOWN
of
FARTvilNGTON
(leorge Ashland, wellare
Edward Cameron, non-resident
I>sorma Eason, not 21 years old
5.00
5.00
Helen Eldridge, gone
Lee Eldridge, gone
Dorothy Fisher, gone
5.00
5.00
500
Arthur Fulton, gone
Marilyn Fnlton, gone
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
Patricia Gray, not 21 years old
5. 00
Angelina Hayeis, gone
Herbert O. Heie, gone
Mrs. Herbert Heie, gone
Carl Higgins, gone
Dorothy Higgins, gone
Mathilda Hussey, non-resident
Kobert Hussey, non-resident
Madeline Martin, gone
(rilbert McCarthy, gone
Mrs. Gilbert McCarthy, gone
Fred .McDonough, gone
Norma ^IcDonough, gone
Robert I'ark, gone
Nancy I'arsous, not 21 years old
Lona I'erkins, in Rochester
Stanley l*erkins, in Rochester
Beatrice Randall, gone
Roger Randall, gone
Carlyle Ro])erts, gone
Lillian Roberts, gone
•iohn Shapleigh, gone
Maude Shapleigh, gone
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
Albert
Fiilton, deceased
Ren
R. Smith,^ weflare
Elizabeth Tuftis, gone
]^aurlston Tufts, gone
•lane Wiley, not 21 years old
Wanda BoAvden, in Rochester
Peter 1). Clen^ents, non-resident
Clifton Davis, gone
Hazel Davis, gone
Edith Elliott, welfare
Ruby
Gravelle, 70 yej\rs old
Doris M. Harriman, non-resident
j
r).00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
'5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
7_1
�ANNUAL REPORT
72
TOWN
of
Harriinaii, non-resident
T;Ter)KM-t
ilyrtle
of the
5.00
5.00
Howard, gone
Donald
S.
Hnnter, non-resident
5.00'
Dap]inc* Marshall, gone
Jolm S. 3Iarshall, gone
J. (t.
Hnrd, gone
Frederick B. Morris, gone
<leorge H. Smith, gone
•Tames Somerville, in service
Marie Hteer, in Kochester
Paul Steer,
in Koclietster
(Jhamlteilain, non-resident
Panl Bowden, in Rochester
Mrs. P^rnest Bondrean, assessed in error
Frank ^laxtield, gone
Charles E. Perkins, gone
Franklin Twitchell, gone
Edna
Maude Woodman, gone
Earle Hayes, gone
Louise Stewart, welfare
FARMINGTQM
5.00
5.0Q
5.00
5.00
5.0O
5.0O
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.O0
5.00
5.0<»
5.00
5,00
5.00
5.00
5.00
|440.0(6!
Total
Head Tax Abatements
540.005
HEAD
DETAIL
43
1959
TAXES
Treasnrer, State of X. H. head taxes and
penalties less 10%
|3,5G5..~)0
Treasurer, State of N. LI. added taxes
210.00
Helen J. Tattrie, commission for
collecting head taxes
99.30
Town of Farniington^ commission for
collecting head taxes
266.20
14.141.
DETAIL
U
Treasnrer, State of X.
1960
II.
HEAD TAXES
head taxes
and pei)alties less 10%
11,516.50
Treasurer, State of X. H., added taxes 120.00
Helen
J. Tattrie, commission for
collecting head taxes
Town
Farmington, commission for
collecting head taxes
151.05
of
352.45
15,140.0(1
�ANNUAL REPORT
DETAIL
TOWN
of the
of
FARMINGTON
73
BOND AND RETIREMENT TAX
45
Treasurer, State of
New Hampshire
balance due the State on the 1959 Yield taxes
|93.98
REPORT OF TRUSTEES
OF TRUST FUNDS
Fund:
Isabelle Billings Tru.st
First National
Bank
of Boston, 12S sliares
Capital stock purchased,
Nov.
7,
14,894.75
Hjni
Less sale of rights
L5.t)S
14,379.07
Shares purchased Feb. 23, 1900
34.14
14,413.21
Farmington National Bank Savings
Department
On
deposit, Jan.
1,
|3,01().G9
19(50
Leas: withdrawals: Feb. 23, 19(;0
34.14
12,982.55
Income dividends on bank deposits 93.72
Income dividends on capital stock 384.90
^3,461.17
Farmington School District Building Fund
On
deposit, Jan.
1,
1960
1 12,472.83
Income dividends on bank deposits 376.97
112,849.80
Capital Withdrawals
$12,849.80
�ANNUAL
74
RETPORT
of the
TOWN
Town of Farniington Sewer Fund
On deposit, Jan. 1, 19(>0
of
FARMINGTONS
|8.a8:Ji)ll
Income dividends on bank deposits 2Gri.5ll
1,0-51.80
Keceive<l fi-om Town, lOGO|;i0,299iil8
Annie Edgerly TliayeF Fnnd Fanningtoii
High Scliool Prize Siteakiiig
:
Ondeposit, .Jan. 1, 19(50
|1 ,5^1.52
Income dividends on banlc deposits 40.58
'
11,588.10
Annie Edgerly lliayer Fund: Farmingtoii
High Scliool Building Fond
On
deposit, Jan. 1^ 1900
15438.4^
Income dividend on bank deposit
77.07
15,215.50
-^5jH5.50
Capital AVitlidi-avvals
REPORT OF AUDITORS
AL DITOKS' CEHTIFIOATF
A\'e
lierelvy
certify
we have examined
*hat
counts of the selectmen, tax
trustees of ihe
treasurer,
court,
collector,,
town
trust funds
the ac-
clerk, toAvii
and municipal
have compared their several accounts, vouchers
and bank statement of
accounts
in
on deposit and find these
agreement and believe these reports to be a
true account
December
'"unds
:n,
(»f
the
tovt
n bnmness for the year ending
I960
ARTHUR G. WEBSTER,
BARBARA JENNESS,
Auditors of the town of Farniington
Febiiiary
18,
1961
�ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN
of
FARMINGTON
Continued from Page
New Durham town
We
75
5
line as far as the funds available will allow.
also contemplate putting a seal coat
on the Watson Cross
Rd. which will complete the work which was done on this
road under TRA funds voted at our last annual town meeting.
We
would
like
particularly,
to
elaborate on
the three
departments in which aid is given to those in need.
Under the old age assistance program, we were again fortunate to meet all needs for the aged and still be able to stay
within our budget. Despite the unexpended balance we continue to feel that no deduction should be made in this appropriation as the same needs continue and we can not guarantee that there will be a decrease nor can we be assured that
there will be no increase in applications for this assistance.
welfaire
town poor and
being able to meet
each and every individual need for assistance and yet not
over-expend our appropriation. Particularly in the cases
Under our
soldiers' aid,
direct
programs,
relief
we were again
fortu,nate
ie:
in
under town poor, many of the cases were for assistance on a
temporary basis and were not a continuial expense to the town.
Because of this situation, we feel that if the same pattern
holds true for this year, we are reasonably safe in asking for a
decrease in appropriation for this year yet financially in a
position to continue to meet every requirement of the needy as
it is brought to our attention.
We would like to extend to tjhe State Department of PubWelfare, the County Commissioners and the personnel of
these departments our appreciation for their cooperation and
assistance which was a large factor in determining the eflic
ficiency
many
these
of
departments
dollars for the
resulting-
the
in
town yet allowing the town
savings
of
meet
its
to
every legal and financial responsibility.
In concluding, we express our appreciation to the townspeople for their consideration and understanding of the prob-
lems and operation of our local government. This appreciation
of the problems has been of great assistance to us during the
past year as
interest of
we have
tried to operate our affairs for the best
all.
FRANK W. LORD
ERNEST
CARROLL
J.
KELLEY
H.
KIMBALL
�INVENTORY
OF THE
REAL ESTATE
OF
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
AS ASSESSED TO THE
RESIDENT
& NON-RESIDENT
OWNERS
APRIL
1,
1960
'"
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
N. H.
A
1
INVENTORY OF THE TAXPAYERS
OF THE TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
S.
H.
Valuation
Description
Adams, Charles F.&Margaret
N.
Land & Building, School &
Orange Sts.
$2,,500
1.,000
L & B, Provinces
Adams, Clarence W.
L & B, Central St.
Adams, John C. & Agnes P.
1,,750
Adams, Kenneth L.&Bertha M. 3 acres, L&B, Hometown 2,,000
150
Scruton-Thompson Lot
10 a, L & B, Waldron
Adams, Roger C.
Cross Rd.
Adams, Sarah
Aiken, Oscar
& Horace
L.
1,,250
iy2a, L&B, 23 Charles St.
20 a, Bennett Lot
S.
2,,500
60
30a, Bernard Averill lot
Thompson
90
lot
25
10a, Sprout land
30
Sa
300
Tibbetts
5a, school house property 2, 000
10a, land from S. Pickering
heirs
100
101a,
from
C.
Lot No. 11, Wilson
Aiken,
Allen,
Vaughn
Howard
G.
& Mary
O.
Allen, Jessie A.
Allen, Leroy, Co.,
60a,
L&
Chemung
Mt. Pleasant
L & Camp, Winter
Joseph
J.
L&B,
400
1, 200
4,
500
200
B,
L&B,
4, 000
pasture,
Elm St.
Camp, Elm St.
&
Elizabeth C.
Arnold, Samuel V.
&
Union St.
Memorial Drive
Meaderboro Rd.
Anderson, George V.
Arsenault, Dora
L&B,
L&B,
150
St.
L&B, Memorial Drive
Camp, Hometown Rd.
1, 2
St.
St.
Central Court
50
100
3, 000
500
1, 500
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
2 A
Owner
Arsenault, Joseph A. & Pearl
Atlantic Refining Co.
I.
L&
Auclair, Albany
L & B
I.
W. &
Ethel M.
L&
B,
2 a,
St.
Main St.
Mechanic &
L &
600
7,500
2,000
St.
So.
Crowley
Auclair, Charles
3,150
B, Spring- St.
Parking area w/s Green
l< & Gas station. So.
Main
Aubin, Jeannette
Valuation
Description
Sts.
B, Charles St.
Avery, Frank, Est.
%a land. Berry Court
%a, L & B Berry Court
Avery, Georgia I.
Bachman, Carl G.«6;Marjorie H- 18 a, L & B Chestnut
Hill Rd.
Bain, Raymond & Thera V.
66a,L&B,Meaderboro Rd.
Balomenos, Costas
Fernald Block, Main &
Central Sts.
Banister, Rolfe G. & Ellen C.
L & B, No. Main St.
Barber, Maurice A.&Carolyn L. L&B, Glen & Winter Sts.
Barcomb. Louis & Evelyn S.
L&2 apts. Mechanic St.
L & Garage, Mechanic St.
from J. Boyd,
3,800
1,900
50
2,500
2,000
1,900
9,000
5,000
2,250
1,700
1,000
L&B
Mechanic
1,000
2.500
St.
Barnable, Frances C.
L&B,
Bartlett, Bertha F.
Batchelder Land Corp.
L & B, 47 Elm St.
L & Gas station.
Batchelder, Ralph M.&Izola A.
L&B,
Glen
Main
Battersby, William H.
St.
2,200
So.
3,000
St.
Pleasant St.
3,600
No. Main St.
Central St.
8,000
Winter
2,500
&
Arline M.
Baud, Harrison A.
Baud, Leonard S. & Thera V.
Baxter, Alvina & Arline Place
L&B,
Baxter, James A. & Ethel L.
Bean, Ivory U., Est.
25a, land, Merrill's corner 100
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
300
a,
Central
L&
B,
St.
1,500
St.
Home farm
Alice F.
Knowles
2 8a,
&
Downing pasture
L & Hotel,
lot
'Cottages
3,500
200
40a,
Beaudry, James E.
2,50
8
&
12,000
garage. Central St.
Beaudry, Robert R.
2,000
L & B, 20 Orange St.
750
Benner, Phyllis M. & Wilson C. 30a, L& B, Ten Rod Rd.
Bennett. Jennie G. & Estelle
3,500
B. Holden
L & B, 11 Grove St.
Bennett, Parker D. &
5 0a, Carl lot. J. F.
15
Scruton Rd.
Mabelle E. Lee
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
Valuation
Description
Bennett, Parker D. & Ellen L.
Bergman, Saul & Helen L.
L.
&
50a,
B, 91 No.
L&
Main
3,7 50
St.
B, Chestnut
2,900
Hill Rd.
Berry, Bernard R.
&
L &
Georgianna M.
65
Beshaw, Fred
Bilodeau,
J.
&
Romeo
Marguerite
Black,
Mill
20
500
&
E.
L &
L &
L.
E.
Norman E. & Luvanie
Wendy L.
Blaisdell,
ftO
2,000
Charles Jordan
lot, Sheepboro Rd.
Geraldine M. Lots 21-28 & Bldg,
Perkins Ave.
Bingham, Florence
Blair,
B, Spring St.
3 0a,
J.
3,000
a land, Meaderboro Rd. 300
L &
Norman
B, Rochester Rd.
P,Oaland,Strafford Cross Rd.
Berry, Ellsworth H.
Berry, Gloria R. & Willis H.
Berry,
A
3
N. H.
A.
B,
L &
B, So.
Water
St.
B, 6 Mt. Pleasant St.
Main
2,500
7 50
2,000
St.
House (partial)
5,000
Meaderboro Rd.
10a land, Meaderboro Rd. 500
1,500
L & B, So. Main St.
Annie
& Effle M. I5a, L & B, Trotting park 2,50o
Blakeney, Wendell C. &
2 ,400
L & B, Rochester Rd.
Patricia M. A.
1 ,250
L & B Central Court
Blanchard, Eva C.
1 ,800
L & B, Water St.
Blouin, Paul E. & Simonne
Bockus, Bernard A. & Sarah F. L & B, Tibbet^s Hill Rd. 2 ,500
3 ,500
L & B. E. Grove St.
Bodge, Bertina C.
Garfield &
Bokley, James J. & Maxine L. L &
Blaisdell, Ernest F.
,
Mechanic
2 ,500
Sts.
Boothby, Lloyd B. & Bernice A.
Borden, Frank H. Est.
L&
Boston, John
Boston & Maine Railroad
Maple St. & Court
Sproutland, High St.
Boucher, Arthur & Janet
Boudreau, Ernest J.
Land near station
i-oa. L & B, High St.
SOa, L & B, off Chestnut
22
T.
L &
Rd.
B, Glen St.
New Garage
L & B from
Bowden, Winslow
Barbara
F.
&
L.
3 ,000
St.
2
St.
B,
Hill
Bowden, Seymour N. & Mary
Tappan
acres land, Silver
L &
J.
B, 8
1
,000
100
2
,250
1 ,300
1 ,500
500
Lloyd Gordon 200
4a woodlot near Waldron
50
pond
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
4 A
Owner
Description
L&B
Bowser, Iris E.
Boyd, John A.
L &
Bradley, James T.
Bready, Annie R. & Frank A.
Valuation
L&B,
L&B,
Brock, Albert
la,
J.
3,400
2,500
3,000
St.
School St.
Central St.
3 5a land. Provinces
120a, Watson place
100a, Winkley place
L&B,
Brooks, John P.
,Meaderboro Rd. 1,350
Tappan
B,
Spring
L&New
100
360
300
1,500
St.
Bldg., Spring St. 9,000
L&Apt. house, Spring
&
Brooks, Kenneth E.
Ethel A.
Brooks, Melvin D. & Rhea
Brooks, Vincent & Alice
L&B,
St.
Watson Corner
Land from Elsemore
100a, L&B, Aiken Rd.
L&B,
Elm
St.
6,000
2,500
100
2,300
2,000
Land from Catherine
Tibbetts
Brooks, Frank
W. &
Brough, Mary E.
&
Olive L.
Marshall K.
L&B,
L&B,
150
Central
Elm
2,400
St.
1,500
St.
L&B,
L &
Brown, Edward
&
C.
Nellie H.
Brown, Ellis G. & Addie M.
Browne, Jennie & Norma B.
Davis
L&B,
Pearl Lane
J.
Buck, Thomas H.
&
&
Mildred E.
Mildred A.
Burbank, Edward
J.
Burke, Gertrude I.
Burleigh, Luvera A.
2,350
Rd. 2,600
4,000
st.
2,000
%a, L & B 20 Bunker St. 2,500
L & B, No. Main St.
2,500
L & B 1 Glen St.
2,750
40a, L & Camp, Waldron
Cross
Bunker, Basil B. & Estella
Crowley
Bunker, Grace M. Est.
Buote, John S.
2,7 50
L&B, Pearl Lane
50a, L&B. Ten Rod
L&B, Grove St.
Hayes Shop, Spring
Browne, Henry S. & Ella J.
Chandler
Browne, Ira S. & Mildred K.
Bubier, Victor
Chestnut Hill Rd. 1,250
500
Garage, Elm St.
L&B,
L &
Rd.
Watson Cross Rd.
Grove St.
40a, L&B, Ridge Rd.
85a, Dana Hart farm
100a, part of George
Davis farm
B, 8
L&B,
New Highway
400
600
2,00
5,000
300
1,000
6,000
Land from Farm Gas&App. 200
L&B, Montgomery Drive 3,000
3,500
Vaa, L & B, 41 Elm St.
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
Burnham, Doris I. & Robert
Burnham, Leroy L., Est.
Burno, Clifford A.
Burrows, Ivadell M.
5 A
N. H.
Valuation
Description
P.
L &
L &
B, 69 Central St.
2 ,750
B, Blaine St.
1
,400
3
,000
L &B, Orange
L &
B,
B,
Elm
St.
Meaderboro Rd ,600
1 ,000
L & B Mechanic St.
5a,
L &
St.
2
Butler, Charles C.
Land, Waldron Cross Rd.
50a Barker Pasture,
Calkins, Alice M. Est.
Elm St.
L & B, Lone Star Ave.
Cameron, Albert
J.
SOa, pasture
&
,000
50
150
2 ,250
300
woodlot
B. F. Perkins Carriage
factory
Trotting Park property
Marsh lot. Spring St.
George Perkins place,
Spring St.
Old ToAvn Dump
6
0a,
Thompson
2
,500
400
100
500
200
Lot,
ISO
River Rd.
3 ,000
L & B, Central St.
New House, Trotting
1,500
Park Rd.
Land, Cloutman Gas &
Electric & land n/s ice
250
house. Spring St.
500
Seed House, Central St.
2 00
Garage, rear of house
Rough
fi.nish
bldg..
Central St.
Open garage. Central St.
Equipment house near
bridge
10a land, Spring
Lot,
Cameron, Albert
J., Jr.
Cameron, George
Cameron, Lawrence E.
100
150
Waldron Cross Rd.
Nute farm
200
000
80
St.
L & B, Spring gt.
Lot from A. J. Cameron
Land, Spring St. from R.
Nichols
L & B, Spring St.
L & B, Winter Court
4 0a,
1
3
00
100
7 5
2
1
000
500
200
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
6 A
Owner
Description
L&B, Maple St.
L&B, Garfield St.
Cameron, Robert B.
Campbell, Wilfred
Margaret M.
Canney, Alice L.
Canney, Carl B.
J.
&
Land,
L&
&
Alice
"Valuation
off E.
B,
L&B
L..
,
L&B,
L&B,
15a,
St.
Charles St.
Pleasant St.
Charles St.
Pleasant St.
1
L&B,
Canney, Herbert E.
Grove
2,500
2,600
50
3,500
3,300
2,250
3,750
4,000
Union St.
B, Meaderboro
L&
1,500
Rd.
250a, Canney place
1,250
100
600
20a, one-half Cater place
Canney, Ralph W.
Canney, Ralph W.
200a, Hayes-Osborne lots
&
Ethel M.
2a,
L&B,
Meaderboro
Rd.
W. & Carrie M.
Ralph H. & Catherine
Card, Alvin
Card,
Card, Ralph H.
6,000
&B, Summer St.
G. 8a, L & B, Ridge Rd.
Whitehouse Mt. lot
Card, W. Lloyd
Cardinal, Cari'oll C.
Cardinal, Carroll C. &
Geraldine A.
L
L&B,
L&B,
35a
Cardinal, Carroll D.
Cardinal, Ernest & Alice M.
L &
Central
Crescent
L&B,
3,200
1,250
St.
Ten Rod
Main St.
Crowley
2,800
60
St.
'Hall field,
B, No.
2,750
rd.
St.
250
2,500
1,000
3,040
Cardinal, Joan
L & B, Ten Rod Rd &
Thompson Place
Land from Blaisdell
Cardinal, John, Jr.
House, Rochester Rd.
1,000
3
camps
Restaurant
Land, Rochester Rd.
Cardinal, John C. & Bernice F.
Cardinal, Helen R.
L&B,
Cardinal, Leo H.
L&B,
Cardinal Leon
Cardinal, Leon
Hart, Jr.
J.
J.
Sa,
So.
Main
St.
100
7 50
4,350
1,500
1,725
5
Edgerly corner
1,000
Watson Corner
land,
& Stella M. L & B, 3 Water
& Walter H. L & Gas Station,
2,000
Rochester
St.
Rd.
Land, Rochester Rd.
Dairy Bar, Rochester Rd.
Cardinal, Leon J. & Yvette L.
L&B, Rochester Rd.
Cardinal, Raymond B. & Rita B. L & B, Trotting Park
Cardinal, Samuel
Land from Ralph White
3,250
100
2,000
3,000
1,750
150
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
7 A
N. H.
Valuation
Description
Carey, Marcus P. & Marion C.
Carlsen, Bernice M. &
Everett C.
Carlsen, Ruth B. & Everett C.
L &
Montgomery Drive 3,000
B,
Child Farm
New building
o7a, part of George
150a,
farm
&
4 acres
Tract of land, Peavey Hill
96a, J. Roberts lot
L & B, Chestnut Hill Rd.
Carlton,
Edward
Carpenter, Germaine
5a, land.
Carter, Lizzie, heirs
Casavant, Walter
&
Rita
Chagnon, Raymond N.
Chagnon, Roland C. &
Imogene N.
Chamberlain, Lewis B.
&
L &
&
St.
B,
L &
Champagne, Hervey
L.
&
Rita M.
Champagne, Marcel
L.
&
C.
Ramona
Champagne, Yvonne
Charles, Russell D.
Charles, Geraldine E.
Chase, Curtis W. & Mildred L.
Chase, Howard E
.
Cheney, Arnold J. H.
Chesley, Fred H. & Mary P.
Chesley, Harry M. & Grace
Norman &
Clara
L.
I.
J.
& Thomas
H.&Martha
A.
Choate. Charles
G.
S.
B, 10
250
200
290
400
50
50
2,000
2,500
Meaderboro
4,000
Rd.
Gladys M.
Ruby
Elm
L &
&
Nellie C.
Chesley,
B,
110a,
Champagne, Ernest A. &
Lucy L.
Champagne, Francis J. &
Chesley, Ralph
St.
11a land, Charles St.
Aldea L & B, Winter Court
Irene E.
Chamberlin, Roscoe G.
Chesley,
High
250
Hurd
on Ten
Rod Rd.
Carlsen, Jeannette E.
4,525
Bunker
�REAL ESTATE
8 A
Owner
INVETxTTORY
Description
H. & Margaret
John M. & Christine
Cilley, Clifton
U
V.
L &
L &
Valuation
Lone Star Ave.
B,
2,000
B, Central Court
2,000
Lot from Charles Palmer
100
Clark, Eirnest R. & Maude F. M. L & B, Spring St.
6,000
Clark, Fred F. & Bertha M.
8a, L & B, W. Milton Rd. 3,000
Clarkson, Luther A. &
Mildred C.
L & B, 6 Courtland st. 3,750
Cleaves, Joseph W. & Adeline
L & B, Church St.
3,750
Clair,
Cleaves,
Walter T. and
L &
L &
Maple St.
Orange St.
Land hen house,
Elaine D.
Clements, C. Gordon
Clemons, Dorothy P.
B,
Charles
Cleveland, Charlton B.
7 acres,
Gordon D.
&
1,500
St.
&
Florence
Cline,
2,000
1,400
B,
land. Spring St.
50
Felix
3a, L & B, Spring St.
L. Chasse
Clough, Eli & Melva
L & B, 25 Spring St.
Clough, Gertrude M.&Elmer F. L & B, Elm St.
22a,
Olough, Nelson E.
B, Meaderboro
Rd.
7
,000
2
,500
3
,500
L&
Cloutman, John
Cocheco Motors
F., Est.
L &
B, 5 Garfield St.
3 ,00
5
L&Garage, Rochester Rd.
,800
3
,000
Small Bldg. Rochester Rd. 400
L & B, 73 No. Main
Colbath, Floyd N.
20a, L & B, Charles
Colbath, Harry G.
L & B, Charles St.
Colbath, Lauren G., Est.
Collay, Peter N. & Winifred B. L & B, 4 Green St.
L & 3 Houses, Spring
Cole, Annie M.
Commander, John
T.
Oil Co.
Connell, James
,
heirs
Connor, Frederick
3 ,5
3 ,00
1
,500
2 ,500
St. 4
500
&
Gertrude M.
Community
St.
St.
L &
L &
B, Central St.
Mechanic St.
30a land, Sheepboro Rd.
B,
2,000
4,250
100
W. &
L & B, Spring St.
Zelma G.
1,250
Conrad, Andrew R. & Gladys T. lOa.L&B, Rochester Rd. 3,000
Cook, Ernest H. & Aurora M.
L & B, Charles St.
2,000
Cormier, Richard E. & Alma L. L & B, Garfield St. &
Gray Ave
2,250
%a, L & B, Spring St.
Corsou, Murle A.
2,5 00
L & B, Middleton Rd.
Cotton, Thelma & Harry
7 50
Coulombe, Agnes N.
750
L & B, Perkins Ave.
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
Valuation
Description
Tract of land, Hancock
Coulombe, Harvey A. &
Marion A.
Couture, Joseph A. & Edna C
Cram, Doris R.
Crocker, Margaret & Ernest
& Merle
150
5,000
2,250
1,000
Lots 29 & 30, Perkins Ave. 100
35
11a land, Meaderboro Rd.
7a land, Watson Cross Rd. 500
314a, L & B, Charles St. 3,000
L & New House, Charles
1,600
St.
B.
L & B
(partial),
Charles
Currier, Fred E., Sr., Est.
St.
L & Bldgs, Grove St.
L & B, Butler Court
L & B, E. Grove St.
Crosby, Frank H., heirs
Crowley, Jeanne B.
Currier, Charles F.
Currier, Charles F.
9 A
N. H.
L &
50a,
2,70
St.
B, Chestnut
1,860
Hill Rd.
250
0a Varney lot
7a land, rear of O. Glidden 50
2,250
L & B, Glen St.
100
Charles F. 12a land, W. Milton Rd.
100
2y2a land, Charles St.
100
12a land, Charles St.
2
Currier,
Guy
B.
Currier, Merle B.
&
2a,
Currier,
Ray
L &
L &
B.
9 6a,
W. Milton Rd.
Main St.
Bunker pasture
B,
B, No.
1,000
2,200
3
9a, Carl
Roberts
12a Eva
Home
25
lot
lot,
Chestnut Hill Rd.
N. E. Cotton Yarn
7 0a,
27a, C. Jewell
50
lot
2
00
lot.
Chestnut Hill Rd.
Hubbard
15a, M.
00
200
70a. E. G. Wallace lot
SO
lot.
Trotting Park
75
4a, J. A. Morrill lot,
Chestnut Hill Rd.
14a, Irving
Dow
20
lot.
Chestnut Hill Rd.
15a,
J.
W. Home
Bean
50a,
or
4
Agnes
50
lot
Lagos
lot
150
80a woodlot, Chestnut
Hill
Currier, Sherburne B.
Shirley A.
Rd.
2
50
&
6a,
L &
B, Charles St.
2,2 50
�10
REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
A
Owner
Curtis,
Description
Norman W.&Bernice
T.
Curtis, Perley C.
Cutter, Frank M. & Marion
Damon, Beatrice M., Est.
R.
Daudelin, Lloyd M. & Mildred
Daudelin, Muriay N.«&Eileen L>.
Daudelin, Murray N. &
Carl Gray
Davenhall, Thomas K. &
Frances Y.
Davenhall, Catherine B.
Thomas K.
&
Valuation
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
N. H.
A
1
1
Valuation
Description
L & 2 houses, 7 Glen St. 4,500
Dierauer, Velma
Dimmock, Grace M. & Elizabeth
%a, L & B, 43 Spring St. 2,000
D. Webster
DiPrizio,
Land, Spring
Charles
Newman
43a,
E.
Furber
12a, Nutter
DiPrlzio,
Mary
lot
lot,
Sheepboro Rd.
55a land, Tim Dame Rd.
67a Whitehouse Mt. lot
John H.
DiPrizio,
100
100
300
St.
pasture
E.
2 5a,
mountain
100
100
200
lot
7 5
SOa, P. Giles Mt. lot
DiPrizio, Prisco& Lois E.
Dixon, Annie L.
250
L & B, Meaderboro Rd.
L & B, No. Main St.
L & B, Charles St.
L & B, Garfield St. &
7,500
11,000
2,500
Gray Ave.
1,500
L & B, Canal St.
Dodge, Harry I. & Unola B.
1,750
100a, L & B, Chestnut
Dodge, Raymond E. &
Hill Rd.
Marjorie H.
1,700
Dolliver, Stanley M. &
L & B, Central St.
3,000
Kathleen H.
5 acres, Sproutland
25
Douglas, Robert R. & Rena M. L & B, 28 Elm St.
2,500
Doyle, Walter W. & Patricia A. L & B, No. Main & School
3,500
Sts.
Drapeau, Alfred G. & Anna M. L & B, 6 School St.
Drapeau, Edward J. &
Mildred D.
L & B, 16 Grove St.
Drew, Allan E. & Marjorie C. L & B, Elm St.
2a, L & B. So. Main St.
Drew, Grace M. & Robert B.
Meaderboro Rd.
70a land. Ten Rod Rd.
14 a
Drew, John J. Jr.
Drew, John J., Sr.
Dube, Raymond E.
L &
14 a,
&
Ethilla
5 a,
fia
Dunbar,
Emdon W.
Dunbar,
Emdon
B, Central St.
Dunnells, Otis C.
1
5
000
750
000
L &
L &
Elm St.
Watson
B, 40
B,
Cross Rd.
L & Barn, Silver
3 5a,
1
1,750
"0
St.
500
200
2,000
B, Silver St.
15a woodlot. Ten Rod
50
2,000
trailer. Silver St.
L &
10
2
2,500
2
Cross Rd.
pasture, Watson
85a,
2
land,
House
& Edith C.
& Winona M.
F.
3,500
Rd
�12
A
REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
Owner
Description
Valuation
Duquette, Leo, Adelpha Max- 50a Calef lot. Ten Rod Rd. 150
field&Antoinette Waterhouse 22a Calef place, Ten
1,500
Rod Rd.
Durant, Harry E.,Jr.&Carlyne Lot & garage. Central St. 350
2,500
House trailer
2,500
L & B, Spring St.
Durant, Harry E., Sr.
3,500
L & B, Pleasant St.
Dureault, Charles H.
75a, L&B, Rochester Rd. 1,500
Dureault, Lotta, Est.
5,000
L & B, Central St.
Durgin, James F. & Margaret L&B, Hancock St.
2,000
DuRoss, Morton K. & Inez M.
Central Court
2,500
Earle, Melvin F. & Anna S.
Tappan St.
2,250
Earle, Nellie J.
2,2 50
Church St.
Eason, Mary A. & Walter
750
50a,
L& B, Milton Rd.
Eason, Jolin H.
L & B,, (partial), Milton
1,500
Rd.
Eason, Robert E.
L&B, (partial), Chestnut
250
Hill Rd.
1.500
L&B, Milton Rd.
Eastman, Bernice E.
1,000
L&B, 123 Central St.
Eastman, Mary C. & Loren B.
High St.
1,7 50
Eaton, Eleanor W. & Melvin R. L & 2 houses. Charles St. 5,000
Eaton, Velma I. & George D.
2,250
L& B, 18 Winter St.
Edgerly, Earl R., Est.
800
Land, Hancock St.
1,750
Hancock St.
Edgerly, Frank H.
500
L & Camps, Spring St.
Elliott, Ardys P. & Robert A. L&B, River Rd.
2,500
Elliott, Jesse A. & Leona F.
1,800
Charles St.
Ellis. Etta V.
23a land, Meaderboro Rd. 150
Ellison, Beatrice J.
9,000
L&B, So. Main St.
Ellison, William H.
8,000
L&B, Pleasant St.
3 00
Ballfield
1,300
Elsemore, Charles A.&Mabel B. L&B, Watson Corner
Central St. 2,100
114a,
Emerson, Nellie M.
50
10a land, Ten Rod Rd.
Emerson, Edwin S., Est.
3,500
L & B, N. Main St.
Emerson, Lillian G.
750
3a, L & Camp, Charles St.
Emery, Alden C, Est.
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
Emery, Daniel K. &
40a land, Waldron
200
Cross Rd.
Land, Home place, Waldron
50
Cross Rd.
3,250
Thelma A. L&B, 30 Bunker St.
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
Description
Emery, Grace M.
Esso Standard Oil Co.
Evans, Alice M.
Evans, Robert C. & Mildred P.
Leba M.
Vernon L. & Gertrude W.
Farmer, Charles H.
Fall,
Fall,
Farmington Bolting Co.
Farmington Cemetery Assoc.
Farmington Country Club
Farmington Forest Industries,
Inc.
&
Farmington Gas
Appliance
Co.
Farmington Holding Corp.
Farmington Motor Car Co.
FarmJngton National Bank
Fennell, Earle F.
Fenton, Doris W.
Ferland, Emile R. & Louise M.
Ferland, Frances V.
Ferland, Pauline H.
Ferland, Thomas
Fernald Abbie
H
.feWinfield C,
Ferrigan, John F.
Fifield, Albert D.
Fifield,
George
&
Phyllis E.
R., Jr.
Fisher, Ira G.
Five Hundred Boys Club
Flanders, Eva A.
Fletcher, Mary L. & Roscoe
,
I.
Sawyer
Fleury, Adelard
Foley, Harold T.
& Ida V.
& Mildred
Fourgues, Wilfred
N. H.
J.
C.
13 A
Valuation
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
T4 A
Owner
Foss,
Foss,
Andrew
Harold
L&B, Orange
J.
3,000
St.
750
Shop & shed
1,500
Hook & Ladder house
Block, Mechanic St.
3,200
21a Gadbout lot, Watson
500
cross Rd.
80a, L&B,Meaderboro Rd. 2,500
25
5a land, Gray Hill Rd.
J.
L&B, Courtland
Foss, Evelyn
Foss,
Valuation
Description
Sumner H. & Evelyn
B.
2
St. Est. 1,850
5a C. Hart Lot, Sheepboro
Rd.
75
Kenneth R. & Gladys M. L&B, 6 Lone Star Ave.
Foster, Louis & Glendora
L&B, Crescent St.
Foster, Perley R. & Helen M13a land, Sheepboro Rd.
Foster,
Foster,
Camp & Bldgs.
Lot & cellar. Bunker
Ralph H.
St.
5,500
3,250
100
7 50
200
300
Camp, Bunker St.
100
Lot, Bunker St.
2,500
L&B, Bunker St.
Fourier, John D.
L&B, Ridge Rd.
750
Fowle, Herman L.
L&B, Charles St.
2,500
Frampton, Arthur & Lillian
24a, L&B Meaderboro Rd. 1,250
Francis, Clayton J.&Dorothy M. 90a, L&B, Ridge Rd.
3,000
Fraternal Lodge, F & AM
Block, N. Main St.
9,000
Freedman, Harry & Bertram
L. Bernstein & Leonard C.
35a Chesley lot, Ten Rod rd. 100
Prentice
30a Dunlap lot, Ten Rod rd. 100
Freeman, Maynard L., Jr. &
Eloris B.
L&B,
Freeman, Maynard L.Sr.&Mary
Freeman, Millard V.&Louise E.
French, Leslie F.
Frost, Newell
Fulton, George A.
Purber, Flora A.
Furber, Myron F.
&
Marguerite F.
Furber, Otto J. & Evelyn
Furnans, Iris St. H.
Gallagher, Francis "W. &
.Eileen
D.
Gardner, Uel A.
& Dorothy
H.
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
15 A
N. H.
Description
Valuation
i/ga, L&B, Central St.
4,000
80a, L&B, Ten Rod Rd. 1,250
Garland, Marion L.&Carl F.
150
Garland, Raymond I.&Emily M. 28a land. Ten Rod Rd.
25a, L&B, Ten Rod Rd
250
L&B. Tappan St.
2,500
Lots, Tappan St.
500
Camp, Ten Rod Rd.
250
80a, L&B, Ten Rod Rd.
Garland, Robert E.&Annie R.
1,800
25a land, Ten Rod Rd.
2 50
Garland, Winifred
L&B, Summer St.
Garrant, Benjamin J. :'
1,200
14 a land, Rochester Rd.
100
'^•
G. Corson place. Ten Rod
Garrett, Mildred.- -;
Rd.
2 50
Gaskell, Joseph & Irene
7 5a, L&B, Watson Cross
Rd.
1,750
Gates, Elaine G.
L&B, off Bunker St.
2,450
Gates, Eugene C.
L&B, Summer St.
4,500
Gelinas, Robert E.&Gloria A. %a, L&B, Glen St.
2,650
Gelinas, William E.&Plorence Floyd Block, N. Main St. 7,000
George, Joseph & Lena
L&B, Elm St.
2,500
Gibbs, Mai-shall F.
L&B, Bunker St.
2,300
'Garland, Albert R., Est.
.
20a Plummer Lot,
Gibbs, Marshall F., Jr.
Gibbs, Marshall F.. Jr.
Elaine A.
Gilbert,
Elizabeth B.
Lawrence
Gilbert,
C. Hill
Rd.
60
14a Minnie Hall lot
50
60a Hanson Lot, Rochester
Rd.
180
&
1,4a.
L&B, Bunker
St.
L&B, Dick Dame Lane
L&B, Bunker&Crescent
R.
Vera M.
Sts.
Robinson Lot
Gilman, Erraan F. & Martha E. L&B, Spring St.
Gilman, George T.&Pauline H. 5a, L&B, Rochester Rd.
Gilman, Norris V
L&B, Spring St.
Gilson, Lewis F., Est.
L&B, Maple St.
L&B, Spring St.
Glencross, Chester & Mary
10a, L&B, Bennett Hill
Glidden, Bernard S. &
Rosanna M.
Rd.
20a woodlot Bennett
Giles, Pearl N.
2,300
&
5
0a,
.
Hill Rd.
2
5a Leighton
1,900
2,000
150
1,700
5,000
1,500
3,500
5,000
1,600
100
Farm
1,100
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
16 A
Owner
Glidden, Chester E.
Description
&
Lois
I.
Glidden, Clyde, Jr.
Glidden, Evelyn 0.
Glidden, Frank E. & Rose M.
Glidden,
Ormand
Glidden, Stanley C.&Dorothy
Glidden,
J.
Valuation
102a, L&B, Milton Rd.
L&B,11 Winter St.
1/2 a,
L&B, Blaine St.
107a, L&B, Ten Rod Rd.
33a land. Ten Rod Rd.
8 5a land. Ten Rod Rd.
L&B, Chestnut Hill Rd.
L&B, Chestnut Hill Rd.
2,500
2,500
2,250
3,700
100
250
1,850
1,250
Warren M. &
L&B, Winter Court
L&B, 57 Bunker St.
Water Privileges, Ten
Rod Rd.
Varianna A.
Golding, Ivan
Gonic Mfg. Co.
Goodell,
George W.
Goodell,
James H. & Mary
Park Drive
Lot,
C.
L&B, Spring
3a, ball
Goodrow, James, Est.
Goodstone, Arline & John M.
Goodwin, Clifton
Goodwin, Eugene T.&Bernice L.
Goodwin, Frank E. & Clara C.
Goodwin, Howard W. &
Glenna M.
Goodwin, Muriel M. Est.
Gordon, Frank
Gordon, Norman F. & Doris L.
Gorton, Clifford A.
Goslin, Victor J.&Goldie I.
Goupil, Raymond J. & Alice
Gowin, Mary A.
Golledge, Charles
W.&Ida W.
Gray, Carl D. & Pearl F.
Gray, Ernest L. & Doris L.
Gray, Ervin & Sarah
Gray, Everett L.
Gray, Everett S., heirs
Gray, Francis E., heirs
park
St.
off
1,500
3,500
150
3,000
Spring St. 25
L&Camp, Watson Cross Rd. 50
L&B, 15 Maple St.
2,200
L&B, Chestnut Hill Rd.
500
7a, L&B, Charles St.
2,000
L&B, 117 Central St.
2,500
Lots&camp, Perkins Ave.
L&B, Hometown
L&B, Bunker St.
L&B, Mt. Vernon Ct.
L&B, Mt. Vernon Ct.
L&B, 46 Orange St.
L & B, Mechanic St.
180a Wentworth lot.
Ten Rod Rd.
L&B, 24 Orange St.
L&B, 84 N. Main St.
L&B, Paulson Rd.
32a,
l%a
land, School St.
L&B, Rochester Rd.
Vsa, L&B, Spring St.
L&B, 43 S. Main St.
L&B, Crowley St.
L&Photo Shop, Mechanic
1
oOa,
200
2,500
1,850
1,000
1,200
2,100
1,500
550
2,000
3,000
5,500
150
3.000
1,250
3,000
3,800
750
St.
Gray, Fred C.
1,800
L&B, Meaderboro
Rd.
5,000
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
17
N. H.
Valuation
Description
1,500
Gray, George C.&Elizabeth E. L&B, 17 Maple St.
L&B, off E. Grove St.
Gray, George R.
L&B, Central St.
Block,
A
Main&Grove
Sts.
600
3,000
10,000
Apt. House, 17-19 E.
Grove
5,000
St.
Service Station, Central
3,750
St.
Apt. House, Winter Ct.
Apt. House, Winter Ct.
Apt. House, Grove St.
L&B, Glen St.
L&B, N. Main St.
Gray, John C.
Gray, John I.
& Thelma
R.
9,000
3,000
7,000
4,000
8,000
9,500
Apt. House, Elm St.
Barn, rear Pelletier block 62 5
2,800
L&B, S. Main St.
50a, L&B, Meaderboro rd. 3,000
300
100a Mountain lot
50
iVoa Brown lot near pond
2,500
L&B, 17 Union St.
40a, Lot& cellar, Spring St. 270
Gray, Leston E. & Norma
Gray, Norman
L&B, 5 6 Central St.
Gray, Roger L. & Jewel G.
Gray, William E. & Dorothy L. l%a, L&B, Poor Farm
Rd.
Greeley, Arthur M.&Clara L.
Greeley, Robert
Greeley, Walter C. & Corinne F.
Greenwood, Ralph L. &
Marguerite S.
Grenier, Marcia
Grenier, Rene & Ethel H.
1,800
2,750
2,7 50
L&B, 5 Courtland St.
500
L & Camp, Ten Rod Rd.
2,200
L&B, 6 Grove St.
L&B, Summer
L&B, Chestnut
St.
Hill Rd.
80a Seavey-Horne lot
4 5a Seavey lot
45a pasture, Meaderboro
GrifRn, Roger C.
Rd.
L&B, Central Court
Grower, Richard K. F.
L&B, Spring St.
Guay, Arthur
L&B. 112 Central St.
A. & Anna T.
Guay, Francis
Gullison, Ralph W.&Rachel L. 4a land, W. Milton Rd.
L&B, W. Milton Rd.
L&B, 71 Central St.
Hagar, Carroll C. & Stella
L&B, E. Grove St.
Hall, Errol S.
Shop, Crowley St.
,750
750
240
13 5
160
,250
,500
,250
50
,750
,000
,000
100
�T8
REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
A
Owner
Hall, Errol S.
Hall,
Minnie
& Arthur
Valuation
Description
Joy
F.
L&Camp, Spring St.
L&B, E. Grove St.
11a Gray
Rd.
Land rear
L&B,
Ham,
Ham,
Ham,
Ham,
Ham,
Ham,
Ham,
Dorothy
Eric N.
Everett A. & Virginia
Gladys M.
John H., Sr.&Jennie S.
Leslie E.
Lucille M.
Hamel, Blanche G.
Hamilton, Henry W.&L. Rose
& Beatrice Greenwood
Hamilton, Robert E.
Hanchett, George & Gloria
Hanson, Willis C, Est.
Hanson, Yvonne
Harding, Merle B. & Joseph H.
Hardy, Russell & Hazel M.
Harriman, Cyrus L. & Doris E.
Harriman, Floyd A. &
Frances P.
Harrington, Louise M.
Hart, Donald B. Jr.
Hart, Donald B., Jr.&Louise A.
Hart, Walter H., Jr. & Elsie I.
Hart, Walter H. Sr.
Haskell, Alexander C.
Hassen, Philip & Ruby
Hayes, Annie
Hayes, Leon R.
Hayes, Lillian
Hayes, Maurice W. & Adeline
Hayes, Robert W.
lot,
of
Lois
500
3,250
Rand
50
Palmer block
50
�TOWN OF FARMiNGTON,
Owner
Description
Hayes, Robert W.&Florence
R
Haynes, John L. & Grace M.
Hayward, Alex C. & Edna T.
Heisler Machine Shop
Henderson, Herbert F.
Henry Wilson Grange,
Hens Nest Farms, Inc.
^205
Hersom, William F.&Harriet H.
Higgins, Lawrence R.
Higgins, Solomon
Higgins, Solomon
S.
S.
&
Lawrence R.
Hill,
Hill,
Loring S.
Roger P. & Dorothy M.
Hilton,
Martha
F.
Hoage, Annie E.
Hoage, James H.
Hoage. James H., Jr. &
Barbara R.
Hoage, Melissa M., heirs
Hoage, Richard E. & Louise V.
Hoage, William A. & Marie E.
Hoage, William A. & Marie E.
Hobbs, Robert E.& Jeanine J.
Hogan, Edward F.,
Hogan, P^'lorence
N. H.
Est.
Hoggn, Katherine E.
Holder, Blanche
Hooper, James W. & Ruby C.
Hooper, Theodore H. & Dora M.
Home, Clyde W. & Mary
A.
19 A
Valuation
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
20 A
Home, Earle
L&B, Central Court
E.
Horne, Lrorenzo A., Ruth
John
L.
Owner
Valuation
Description
& James
1,250
L.,
E.
15a,
L&B, Chestnut
Hill
Rd.
& Dorothy
Horne, George E.
Horne, Maude B.
Howard, Emery E. &
Howard, Everett A. &
Marion W.
Howard, Richard
H. L&B, 35 Union St.
L&B, 8 Lone Star Ave.
Jeannette L&B, Marston Court
L&2B, Mt. Vernon St.
L&B, Charles St.
L&B, Mt. Vernon St.
L&B, Chestnut Hill Rd.
L&B, Winter
Hoyt, Crissie
Huckins, Abbie
& Mary
S.
E.
115a Kiezel
& Mary
S.
E.
5,000
2,000
1,300
600
500
300
2,000
Gray
Rd
Hill
Huckins, Abbie
St.
lot.
1,800
2,500
345
lOOa Nutter pasture, Gray
300
600
200
100
200
Hill Rd.
2
00a Thompson place
65a Canney place
33a pasture, Sheepboro rd.
40a Furber pasture
2 00
4a near Meader Pond
Huckins, John H. & Virginia F. 85a land. Poor Farm Rd.
30
Huckins, John Leslie
3 00
35a Straw place
500
9 5a Sargent place
150
25a Sarah Card lot
5
10a on Poor Farm Rd.
L&B, Meaderboro Rd.
6,000
3,000
Hudson, Ijloyd B. & Alma F. 50a, L&B, Hometown
200
Lot, Merrill's Corner
Huestis, Vernon F.
L&B, Poor Farm Rd.
1,400
2,000
Hunt, Alice G.
L&B, Union St.
150
Lobby Lot (1/2)
300
7 6a, J&H Berkers lots
Huckins. Lester
Huppe, Maurice
Geraldine
Hurd, John
&
C.
L&B, Meaderboro
L&B. Grove
P.
Hussey, Charles D.
Hussey, Ralph B.
Hussey, Robert D.
125a,
Rd.
I.
&
Hattie
St.
3,500
4,650
60a woodlot, Sheepboro
Rd.
L&Camp, Spring St.
50a Juniper pasture
20a. land, Rochester Rd.
25a land. Chestnut Hill rd.
180
300
150
60
250
�TOWN OF
FAR!VIINGTO[-«J, N. H.
Owner
21
Valuation
Description
Factory,
Imperial Footwear, Inc.
Twin
S.
Main
factories.
St.
I.
L&B, Glen St.
L&B, Dick Dame Lane
L&B, S. Main St.
L&B, Church St.
Janes, Adelaide C.
Evan & Evelyn
Jenkins, Ralph C.
Jenness, Alden & Edith
Jenness, Clarence E.
Barbara H.
Johnson, Robert P.
Johnson, William G.
«fi:
L&B,
& Anna
D.
Norman & Wilheminia
Mary O.
J.
Johnston. Pearl B.
Jones, Florence M.
James G.
Jones,
Jones, L. Violet
Mary Culver
Jones,
Jones, Wilbur C.
Judd, Joseph A.
Julin,
Jutras,
& Marianna
Donald C.
Kelley, Fred & Gertrude C.
Kaltsas, Evangelos
Keller,
Kelley, Gertrude C.
Kelley,
Lucy H. & Ernest
Kiki's Diner
Kimball, Carroll H.
Kimball, Ernest E.
Kimball, Florence A.
Kimball, Gertrude R.
L&B, Glen St.
1/2 a. L&B, Glen St.
L&B, S. Main St.
4a, L&B, S. Main St.
5,000
2,50
2,250
2,100
3,000
22a land, Meaderboro Rd. 100
Jacobs, Albert
Jenkins,
32,000
Central
St.
Gladys E.
Irish, Neal A. & Virginia L..
Jackson, Carl R. & Marjorie
Irish,
A
J.
3,500
1,2 50
5,000
2,000
�22
REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
A
Owner
Description
Kimball, NormanL(.& Marion 6,
Kimball, Queenie H.
King, Bernice W.
King, C. Aubrey & Bernice
King, Harry A.
King, Ray S.
King, Stephen R.
Marguerite S.
&
Klein, Richard A.
& Barbara
W.
A.
Knox, Blanche R.
Knox, Fred L., heirs
Knox, Harry W.
Krapohl, Mildred
Krisiak, Esther B.
Kroll, Cyril
&
Priedolph
M.
LaChance, Venita E.
Lajoie, Wilbrod J. & Exilia
Landry. Joseph
Laney, Cecil N. & Virginia A.
Langevin. Oliver N. & Mary J.
Langiell, Alfred R .& Greta M.
Langis, Wilfred L.&Dorothy B.
LaPanne, Albanie P. & Mary J.
Laudenbach, Jack F. J. &
Marion C.
Lawrence, Abbott W. & Arline
Lawrence, Arthur F. & Ruth T.
Lawrence, Beatrice M. &
Olive H.
Lawrence, Flora M.
Lawrence, Henry S., Jr.
Lawrence, John W.&AItice M.
Valuation
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
Description
Leahy, James F.
Leary, Kenneth R.&Nelzina G.
Leary, Marcia E.
Lefavour, Ernest E.&Harriet T.
Lefavour,Robert E.&PaulineW.
Lefavour, Walter T. &
Virginia J.
Legassie, David J.&Doris E.
Legro, Edwin, Est.
Lemieux, Joseph W.&Marion
Lepene, Hattie & Ronald
Lepene, Johnny, heirs
L.
Lepene, Lawrence O.
Lepene, Murray N. & Gladys L.
Letourneau, Louis H.
Leveillee, Joseph W.«S;Marie A.
Lewis, Addie L.
Lewis, Benjamin F. & Addie L.
Lewis, John H., heirs
Libby, Mabel
Liberi,
Bernard H. & Bertha M.
Liberty, Normand P.
Lincoln, Albert T.&Barbara F.
Little, Carroll P.
& Ruth
A.
Littlefield,
Donald A.
Donald A.&Hilda M.
Littlefield,
Payson E. &
Littlefield,
Josephine H.
N. H.
23 A
Valuation
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
24 A
Owner
Littlefield,
Payson E.
&
70
20a Hanson-Governor lot
125a, L&B, Rochester Rd. 4,500
40a, L&B, Rochester Rd. 3,000
60a land, Sheepboro Rd. ISO
1,000
Louis Revitzer land
100
pond & Hall lot
1/2
Josephine H.
Littlefield,
Sidney
Locke, Kent D.
Long, Nina E.
Lord, Prank W.
Lord, Robert E.
Valuatioa
Description
L&B, 10 Crowley St.
L&B, Lone Star Ave.
L&B, 48 Central St.
L&B, 115 Central St.
L&B, Crowley St.
L&Bldgs near depot
I08a, Nat Dudley farm
& Mary J,
& Ann K.
Lord, William C.
James Hayes
120a,
Lougee, Harry C.
Lougee, J. Walter
L.
J.
Walter & Clarice
Lougee, Walter
S.
Lover, Lawrence D.
&
Low, Agnes N.
Gloria
C.
3,000
7 50
2,500
200
60a land. Spring St.
L&B, Chestnut Hill
3,500
Rd.
120
4 0a Hester Pinkham lot
1,500
2a, L&B, Spring St.
3,000
L&B, 13 Grove St.
3,500
L&B, Pleasant St.
50
11a, Lydia Hayes lot
5,000
L&B, Spring St.
45a, L&B, Meeting House
2,300
Hill Rd.
5 5a,
Lyons, Fred, Jr.
Maclver, Janet M.
MacMillan, Richard D. &
Alberta H.
Magee, Walter R. & Blanche K. L&B, 26 Elm St.
Mailman, Ada S.
L&B, Spring St.
Makley, Philip C.&Elroyce L. L&B, 3 Winter St.
Malone, John F. & Alice E.
Land from K. Foster
L&B,
(partial).
A., Inc.
Marcil, Alfred, Est.
3,500
1,800
2,500
100
Bunker
3,000
St.
Mapes, Harry
50
200
& Addie
Lewis
Lougee,
Hometown
L&B, 12 Elm St.
Henry Wilson Barn
30a, L&B, Ten Rod Rd.
Lougee, Carrie B.
4,500
6,500
2,500
1,500
1,850
2oO
lot
Tibbetts lot
30a land.
2,500
2,500
L&Station, Rochester Rd. 3,000
L&B, Elm
St.
18a, Barker
meadow
la land. Lone Star Ave.
13a Johnson pasture
Lot, Milton Rd.
1,000
400
75
100
100
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
Marcoux, Henry A.
25 A
N. H.
Valuation
Description
& Lucy M. L&B, Grove
3,250
4,250
3,500
St.
L,&B, Grove St.
Marison, Helen C
Marsh, Earl L. & Elsie W.
L&B, Rand
L&B, High
St.
St.
60a woodlot. Ridge Rd.
Marsh, Fred E.
Marsh, Fred E., Jr.&Wanita
Marshall, Frank A., heirs
Marshall, John
Daphne
S., Jr.
F.
L&B, Bunker St.
L&B, (partial). Ridge
L&B, Spring St.
8a land, N. Main St.
L&B,
L.
60a,
S. Main St.
L&B, Ten Rod Rd.
L&B. Spring
St.
St.
L&B.
W. &
Valniore
Thomas H. Morphy
7 Maple St.
Palmer Block, N. Main
4a,
L&B,
1,000
L&B, Maple
1,000
St.
Peavey Hill
300
70a, L&B, Ten Rod Rd.
L&B, Mt. Vernon St.
2,500
L&B, 44 Orange
L&B, Grove St.
L&B, Spring St.
2,000
11/2 a
L.
2,000
Strafford Cross
Rd.
land,
&
R.
McCullough, Jeannie M.
McGlone, Bernard V. &
Pauline N.
McLaughlin, Joseph L.
Menard, Albert W.
Olivine M.
Merrill, Arthur H.
Gertrude L.
3,500
3,000
7,000
St.
Clara E.
McCarthy, Pauline
Elizabeth
3,000
2,000
&
Leon a G.
McCausland, Frank
300
2,000
St.
L&B, 70 Central
Martineau, ValmoreW.
Adam &
2,000
&
L&Store, Central
Mazur,
2,000
rd. 1,000
&
Martineau, Edith
Martineau, Joseph O.
Martineau, Ramon R.
Muriel H.
MartJneau,
4,000
3 00
St.
2,000
5,000
4,500
&
L&B, Perkins, Ave.
3,000
L&B Webster
3,000
&
Merrill, Catherine F.
St.
&
Wilbur E.
Frank W.
Merrill,
Meyer, Katherine A.
Miles, Sarah
Miller, George R. & Rosie M.
Miller, Harley W.
L&B, Central St.
L&B, Meaderboro Rd.
%a, L&B. S. Main St.
L&B, School St.
L&B, Central St.
11a, L&B, Ridge Rd.
2,500
1,700
2,250
1,500
2,7 50
2,250
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
26 A
Owner
Valuation
Description
I20a, L&B, Hometown
John F. & Norma
Richard A. & Shirley E. 2a, L&B, 15 Union St.
Miller, Wilfred E. & Helen M. L&B, 2 Summer St.
Jones Factory, N. Main
Modern Heel Co.
Miller,
Miller,
5,000
St.
Mollett, Joseph
H.&Madeline
L..
105a,
L&B, Sheepboro
Rd.
Moisan, Alphonse
Molliver, Joseph
J.
la,
1,850
3,000
2,500
L&B, Rochester Rd.
2,500
2,500
Avery lot, Charles st.
100a Hussey lot. Ten Rod
8a, J.
1
Rd.
5a A. Bean
Hill Rd.
50
300
lot.
Chestnut
50
Mone, Edward R. & Barbara E. L&B, iCharles St.
2a, L&B, High St.
Montgomery, Ada M.
Mooney, Francis R.&Mildred P. 9a, L&B, S. Main St.
L & B, 51 S. Main
Mooney, Geneva M.
Mooney, George F. & Son, Inc. L&Factory, S. Main
3,500
2,250
5,000
5,000
St. 12,250
1,000
Bldg., S. Main St.
2,500
6a, L&B, S. Main St.
2,750
Mooney, Maxime R.&Shirley A. L&B, Mt. Pleasant St.
L&Grain house, High St. 1,50;>
Mooney, R. C, Inc.
Mooney, William
J.
&
30a,
Edith
L&B, Chestnut
St.
Hill
2,000
Rd.
Rod Rd.
L&B, 3 2 Bunker St.
L&B, N. Main St.
1,750
3,000
L&B, Gray Avenue
3,500
3a land. Ten
Morgan, Herbert F.&Mildred
Morgan, Lee & Hazel I.
Morphy, Thomas H., Jr. &
Margaret M.
77a, Otis-Edgerly land
Morrill, J. A.
Morris,
Beatrice M.
Morris,,
Leona
L.
L&B,
18 Charles St.
L&B, Dick Dame Lane
Morris, Leona L.
&
100
300
3,500
& Mary
Berthold
Morris, Nick A.
J.
Vasileke
Morris, Vasileke
Morrison, Mary L.
Mosher, Alberta W.
Moulton, Chester A.
Land, Elm St.
L&B, 17 Pleasant St.
L&Station, S. Main St.
750
100
4,000
3,000
3,500
3,550
3,000
L&B, Mechanic St.
L&B, 18 School St.
L&B, N. Main St.
45a, L&B, Watson Cross Rd 425
1.800
L&B, Mechanic St.
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
27 A
N. H.
Description
Moulton, Chester E.
2a,
Valuation
L&B, Green
Lot,
Green
1,500
St.
150
150
St.
L&B, Watson Cross Rd.
Moulton, Robert E.&Althena R. L&B, Green St.
Moulton, Shirley P. & Fred A. L&B, Orange St.
Moulton, Willis A. & Alice W. Wallace lot, S. Main St.
L&B. S. Main St.
Mros, Edward J. & Catherine
la, L&B, S. Main St.
Mros, Edward J., Jr., &
L&B, S. Main St.
Elizabeth G.
L&B, Spring St.
Mull, John I.
Murby, Guy W. & Bernice M. Lot, Hometown Rd.
L&B, Hometown Rd.
4 0a, L&B, Waldron Cross
Murray, Harold J.
2,000
2,250
100
3,000
3,750
4,000
2,750
50
2,500
Rd.
500
Nason, Bernard F. & Alice M. L&B, 17 Bunker St.
2,500
L&B, 13 Green St.
Nason, Leslie
2,500
Newbury, Leo L- & Edith M.
L&B, Memorial Drive
5,000
145a land. Chestnut Hill
N. E. Box Company.
Rd.
500
8a Tanner lot, Chestnut
Hill Rd.
50
Camp, Chestnut Hill Rd. 100
N. E. Tel.
&
Bldg., S. Main
L&B, Chestnut
Tel. Co.
Nichols, A. Joseph
Nichols, Rensford M.
&
St.
36a Richardson
lot.
Gertrude V.
Nute, Eugene F.
Nute, Eiugene, F.
5,000
Hill Rd.
110
St.
&
L&Bldgs., Spring
L&B, Charles St.
Patricia M. L&B, 32 Glen St.
L&B, N. Main
St.
St.
1,000
(Hegan
Nute, Molly
Nute,
Ray H.
Nute, Theresa J.
Nutter, Frederic
Nutter, Harry F.
Nutter, Lucy B.
2,000
L&B, N. Main
L&B, N. Main
(1/2
L&B,
2,500
St.
St.
3.750
Int.)
N.
1,600
1,550
house)
Nute, Harry A.
700
Spring
Main
St.
(1/2 Int.)
3,750
0a Mooney lot, W. Milton
Rd.
125
L&B, Mt. Pleasant St.
300
Land near Blue Job Mt.
200
L&B, 4 Lone Star Ave. 3,500
Block, N. Main St.
4,750
4
L&B, 37
E.
Grove
St.
2,750
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
28 A
Owner
Nyren, Philip
6
Oakley, John H.
O'Neil,
Thomas
& Ruth
Valuatioia
Description
D.
J.
0a Pearl Farm, Pearl
Lane
L&B, 23 Glen St.
6aa, L&B, Charles
1,,150
3,,50
1,,900
St.
24a land from E. Edgerly 7 5
3^,7 50
& Donna T. L&B&lot, Charles St.
L&B, Warren St.
1.,2 50
& Gerald
Leora F.
Land, Warren St.
50
Norman L. & Elfreda M. 30a land, Chestnut Hill rd. 100
Osgood, Wilfred B.
Osgood, Wilfred B.
Otis, E. Jeannette
Otis,
Otis,
Palmer, Charles E.
Central St.
5,,500
Church
St.
3,,250
Spring
St.
Store,
Page, Em^ma A.
Pageau, Everett L.&Frances E.
Pageau, Roland A. & Rita M.
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
Mechanic
750
Water St.
Winter Court
N. Main St.
Mechanic St.
2,,000
2,,250
6,,500
3,,800
750
St.
L&B, Mechanic St.
4, 000
3 0a meadow, Rochester Rd. 200
Land near R. Douglas
200
L&B, Bennett Hill
5,,100
100a Bennett Farm
Palmer Hardware Company
Palmer Lumber Company
Palmer, Roscoe H.
Paradis,
Alma M.
Paradis, Lucien
1,
Block, S .Main St.
40a Walker lot
120
L&B, Silver St.
500
Pool Room, Mechanic St.
650
4 0a Hayes lot, Meaderboro
Rd.
0a land, Sheepboro Rd.
12a, L&B, Rochester Rd.
4
Pare, Albani C. & Susan A.
Parent, Albert E.
Parker, Harry F.
Parker, Ned L.
500
12, 000
4
0a Place
Rd.
lot;
Lois
L&B, 27 Tappan
2
0a Tibbetts
Crossing
lot.
150
200
1, 400
Rand
St.
4,
150
000
Dame
6
Parkhurst, Hattie B.
L&B, Spring St.
1, 250
Parrock, Ronald D.&Mildred R. L&B, N. Main St.
3, 250
Parshley, Everett E.
2 5a, L&B, Merrill's corner 600
Parshley, Floyd A. & Esther
L&B, 11 Bunker St.
2, 000
Parshley, Frank C.
V2a. L&B, Tappan St.
3, OOO
Parshley, Richmond, Jr. &
Edna
A.
L&B,
E.
Grove
St.
3,000
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
Parsliley,
Description
Richmond,
Sr.
29 A
N. H.
Valuation
&
2.500
D&B, E. Grove St.
2,300
L&B, Summer St.
Patterson, Evard H. & Mildred 30a land, Watson Cross Rd. 100
Bernice A.
Patch, Albert R.
Lot
&
House
Shed, Lone Star Ave. 25
trailer. Lone Star
Ave.
Block,
Paul, Chris
1,000
Main & Central
15,500
400
4,500
L&4 apts.. Orange St.
7,500
5,000
L&B Memorial Drive
4,500
Block, N. Main St.
L&B, 28 Grove St.
4,000
L&B, Mt. Pleasant St.
1,300
L&B, Maple Court
1,200
L&B, Park Drive
3,000
L&B, 3 Glen St.
3,400
L&B, 33 Winter St.
2,000
200
60a woodlot. Hometown
50
3a Fernald pasture
L&B, 129 Central St.
2,500
L&B, Charles St.
7 50
L&B, Elm St.
1250
Lot, Lone Star Ave.
25
L&B, Gray Ave.
2,50
L&B, 40 Central St.
2,7 5
L&B, S. Main St.
2,000
L&B, Rochester Rd.
3,200
L&B, Spring St.
1,000
Sts.
L&B, Rochester Rd.
L&B, N. Main St.
Paul, Joseph
Peavey, Merton L.
Pelletier,
Pelletier,
Bertha Y.
Joseph R.
& Mary
A.
Pelletier, Caroline
Pence, Arthur
Pence, Bertha
Pence, Horace S. & Barbara R.
Pennell, Frances L.
Perkins, Adam G. & Dorothy M.
Perkins, Dorothy E.&James A.
Perkins, George H.
Perkins, James A.
&
&
Thirza B.
Nellie M.
&
Fuji O.
Perkins, Rose E.
Perkins, Walter V.
Perrie,
Perry,
Mary & Louise
James C. & Annabell
S.
Walter E. & Eleanor A.
Phillips, Nelson W. & Doris T.
L&B, Spring St.
Pike, Harry & Florence G.
Pike, Harry R. & Mildredth H. L&B, Warren St.
Pinkham, Winston H. &
L&B, Maple Court
Hazel M.
Peters,
Piper, Forrest E.
Pitman, Fred A.
Pitri, Joseph A.
& Doris
& Jean B.
& Germaine
10a,
Place, Paul R.
Place,
Place,
&
&
Clyde P.
Estelle G.
Roger
Roger & Arline M.
2,7 50
L&B, Rochester Rd. 4,250
L&B, Charles St.
3a, L&B, Watson Cross
Rd.
Place, June C.
3,500
3,500
L&B. 40 Orange St.
L&B, Charles St.
Belle Oilman lot
L&B, 5 Prospect St.
3,200
1,500
1,900
3,000
300
3,000
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
30 A
Owner
Place, Stanley L.
Ploude, Laurent
Description
& Dorothy A.
& Irene R.
J.
Pomeroy, Mae B.
Lui^ & Roberta REdward G- H.
Donald I. & Ruth V.
Porcino,
Pouliot,
Pratt,
Pratt, Ida F.
Prescott, Herbert A.
&
Eleanor M.
Prescott, Leonard GProulx,
Ephrem H.&Blanche
I.
Proulx, Robert B.&Virginia S.
Nancy
E.
& Richard
L.
Pulslfer, Bernlce
Pulsifer,
John
L.
& Joan
Pulsifer,
John
L.
& Rachel
A.
H.
Pyburn, Richard R.
Quinn, Georg-e E. & Marion M.
Raab, Adolph G. & Marion A.
Raab, Dwig-ht F. & Helen F.
Rand, Harold F. & Doris P.
Rand, Raymond
Randall, Roswell J.&Lillian D.
Reed,
Reed,
Reed,
Reed,
Anne B.
Eugene
Evelyn F.
Monroe
Remick, George P. & Pauline G.
Reynolds, Eleanor H. &
Carlton G.
Rhines, Lucy B.
& Herman
A.
Valuation
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
31
N. H.
Valuation
Description
Richardson, Blanche
5a
Richardson, Edison, E.
Richardson, Ernest A.
Richardson, Oliver A.
Ricker, John E.
J.
Downes
L&B, High St.
J. Downes
25a
L&Garage, Spring
Riley,
James
&
C.
3,000
1,000
L&B, Ten Rod Rd. 400
50
4a Needham field
L&B, Thompson Hill
7 50
L&B, 71 N. Main St.
5,000
300
2a J. G. Hurd lot
42a, L&B, S. Main St.
5,000
20a, L&B, Ten Rod Rd.
750
L&B, S. Main St.
2,800
10a, L&B, Meaderboro Rd. 750
30a,
Rita M.
&
300
100
3,000
Est.
S.
L&B, 14 Pleasant
lot
4,000
Ridley, Robert
Riley, Earl
1,800
&
St.
Ridley, Arthur D.
Ridley, Coleman A.
Riley, Dora,
E.
75
4,000
& Charles H. L&B, High St.
L&B, Central St.
& Mildred
25a, L&B, Hometown
P., Est.
Ricker, Robert E.
St.
St.
Grove St.
Winter Ct.
Oilman
1/2 a Belle
Ricker, Pauline H.
50
100
1,75
place
L&B, 77 Central
Ricker, Lillian
100
lot
15a Hanson lot
L&B, Rochester Rd.
Lot,
A
Cecelia D.
Ring, John E.
Rdbarge, Lewis E. & Hazel C.
30a land. Valley Rd.
Roberts, Ella P., heirs
Roberts, George C.&Florence I. L&B, Pleasant St.
Roberts, William H. &
150
3.600
Martha J., heirs
3 6a Hanson lot
110
Robinson, Donald E. & Clara L. L&Camp, Watson Cross Rd. 200
Rochester Water Works
David Tufts place
600
Jones Marsh
150
Reed lot
150
Rogers, George J., Jr.
L&B, Marston Court
2,000
Lot,
Rollins, Ernest E.
&
Julia M.
25a,
3
Rollins, E.
Leona
Rollins, Flora
0a land, Edgerly corner
300
L&B, W. Milton Rd. 1,800
L&B, Bunker St.&Glen st. 2,250
L&B, Berry Court
2,200
15a,
J.
Rollins, Gertrude
Bunker St.
2 50
L&B, New Highway 3,750
I.
Rollins, Lester W., Louise
F. & Ella C.
Rouillard. Francis E.& Sophia
Rouillard, Ralph E. &
Constance L.
L&B, 25 Bunker
L&B, 6 Water St.
L&B, School
St.
St.
3,000
3,000
2,500
�32
A
REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
Owner
Description
Rouillard, Walter E.
Rouillard, Wilfred A.
Rowe, Carrie I. & Lyman L.
Rowe, Elmer
Rowe, Lyman
Rowe, Muriel
L.
&
Carrie
L
Roy, Charles E. & Barbara
Roy, Frances M.
Roy, Leo R. & Eleanor G.
Royce, Mage H. & Bertha L.
RundIett,Riifus
W.&Blanche A.
Rural Gas Services, Inc.
Russell. Lee C.
Russell,
Sabine,
& Barbara
Ralph E.&Mary E.
Ena M. & Frederick H.
Sabine, lola L., Mildred
& Mary
Safford,
S.
J.
Liliane M. Y.&Gladj's
Glatfelter
Salisbury, Lyndal C.
Salisbury, Nina
Michael
Sanborn, Cora M.
Sargent, George
Salvetti,
W.
Sargent, Raymond J.
Sargent, Winfred H. &
Lorraine G.
Schreiter,
Lawrence
SchuUer, .Joachim A.&Lucie M.
Schulte. Harold H.
Scott,
Katherine
Scribner,
Edna K,
Scruton, Frank J.
&
Elinor
Valuation
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON.
Owner
Scruton, Frank
J.
Scruton, Esther
Scruton, Lloyd H.
Seale,
Arthur
Description
& Arthur
&
G.
Irene B.
G.
Seale, Frederick
K.&Frances
L.
Secord, Harold B.&Gertrude M.
Secord, Robert B. & Lillian C.
Senter, Clarence N.&Mildred .7.
Servetas, Anthony & Nancy L.
Servetas, Nicholas
Servetas, Nicholas
Sliapleigh,
Mildred L.
P.&Maude
.John
Shaw, Robert F.
Shaw, Vaughn D.
Sidney, Donald E.
Sidney, Earle E.
&
B.
& Ethel
& Joyce
M.
& Gertrude
Gladys&ThomasSullivan
Silvia,
Simms, Joseph C.
Smalley, Daverio & Lyons
Smart, David N.
Smart, Harry P.
Smart,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Smith,
Jerry E.
Clarence L.
Harold V.&Lillian M.
Irving, Jr.
& Linda
John
Leland
C.
Maxwell T.&Barbara H.
William F. & Ruth L.
Somerville, Arnold D. &
Hazel
C.
Soper, Fred
& Hazel
N. H.
33 A
Valuation
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
34 A
Owner
Valuatloa
Description
Spadea, Danoto
Spear, Fred R. & Viola M.
Spear, iHoward M.
Spear, Wayne L. & Barbara
L&B, Spring St.
L&Shop, Spring St.
L&B, 6 Grant St.
L&B, Summer St.
L&B, Elm St.
Lot, Memorial Drive
L&B, 13 School St.
750
500
2,000
50
3,500
1,7
E.&Mabel R.
Stanley, Donald
Stanley,
Edwin
J.
Frances Nichols
& Eva M.
Staples Clarence
Staples,
Howard
Starr, Herbert W.
Stephenson. Mary
800
20a land, Spring
&
P.
Stanley, Samuel S.
Staples, Bernard
St.
150
2,500
200
L&B, Lone Star Ave.
Sprague, Ralph C.&Phyllis
& Mary
W.
F.
L&B, Maple St.
L&B, Ridge Rd.
L&B, S. Main St.
40a, L&B, Elm St.;
woodland. Rand Rd.
Land, Elm St.
Sarah Varney lot
70a, C. S. Downes place
12'0a, J. H. Downes place
]00a, L&B, Chestnut
Hill Rd.
Stetson, Clyde F.
& Jean
C.
60a,
Frank H. Berry
Stevenson, Lawrence
5,000
&
Constance B.
Arline
Patrick
Tanner, Floyd
I.
J.
S.
Main
St.
Bldgs., Spring St.
6,000
1,250
1,500
6a, L&B, Valley Rd.
120a, Roberts, Rogers lots 300
35a, L^B, Rochester Rd. 2,450
54a pasture, Meeting
House Hill
Tarbell, Fannie B.
750
1,800
&
L&B,
Sullivan, Mortimer, heirs
2,500
Land, Charles St.
300
100
Lot, Paulson Rd.
House, (partial), Paulson
Rd.
3,000
Lot, Paulson Rd.
150
L&B, 6 Lincoln St.
2,750
Cornelius H.
Sullivan, Cornelius H., Jr.
Sullivan,
2,000
3a, L&B, Central St.
L&B, Riverside Drive
L&B, Charles St.
Stone, Eunice E.
Talent, Robert A.
150
100
225
400
&
Stevens, Louise
Sullivan,
1,500
L&B, Meaderboro
Rd.
Stevens, Eliza E.
1,800
2,750
5,000
L&B, Canal
IfiO
St.
2,300
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
35 A
N. H.
Valuation
Description
Tarmey, Grace
i/^a
Johnson
lot.
Ten Rod
250
Rd.
47a, Johnson place
Tarmey, Grace, E. Fifield &
Marjorie Parker
Tarmey, John A. & Carole L.
Tarmey, Lloyd W. & Natalie M.
Tarmey, Philip M. & Helen E.
Tattrie, Clifford L. & Helen J.
27,5
17a, L&B, Ten Rod Rd.
L&B, Mechanic St.
1,500
2,750
L&B
2,000
1,400
34a.
Blaine
St.
L&B, Ten Rod Rd.
L&Bldgs., Riverside Dr. 7,000
L&B, 32 Lone Star Ave.
2,300
Taylor, Katherine A.
160a land, Meaderboro Rd. 700
Taylor, Stanley M. Jr.&Ruth L. L&Camp, Watson Cross Rd. 20
Tebbetts, Fred 0.
L&B, Chestnut Hill Rd.
400
L&B, 4 Courtland St.
2,500
Tebbetts. Georgia D. & Florence
P.
Benuer
Tebbetts, Rodney A.
Fletcher
Tebbetts, Rodney A.
10a,
&
J.
L&B, N. Main
2,000
St.
H.
la land, N. Main St.
25
Vaa, L&B, N. Main St.
2,250
10a W. E. Tibbetts field
600
30a adjoining pasture
100
Helen C. 120a, L&B near Blue Job 1,700
&
Raymond J. &
Annette & Walter J. &
Terkelson, Albert B.
Tetreault,
L&B, 29 High St.
Marie Leveille
Thayer, Denzil F. & Frances E. L&B, Paulson Rd.
Thayer, James E.
L&B, 65 N. Main St.
New
Main
L&B, 72 N. Main St.
Bldg., N.
3,000
2,9 00
St.
25,000
900
9,0 00
150a, woodlot, Tibbetts
450
Hill
Therrien, Alfred B. & Joan R. L&B, Mt. Pleasant St.
Therrien, Alice E.
L&B, 15 E. Grove St.
Therrien, Paul A. &
Constance J.
L&B, 3 Charles S^.
Thiverge, Edna
L&B, 18 Mt. Pleasant
Thomas, Bernice & Carl S.
L&B, Glen St.
Thompson, Elmer E. &
Marian C.
Thompson, Herbert E. &
Angle M.
Thompson, Julia E.
I60a,
ton
3,000
2,500
St.
2,750
L&B, W. Farming2,4
L&B, Meeting House
Hill
3,500
Kd.
:8 5a,
4,000
2.500
L&B, Meaderboro
Rd.
10a Moonsv
1,850
field
100
�3S
A
REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
Owner
Description
Thompson, Lloyd
Thurston, Albert
Thurston, Hanis L. & Alta
Thurston, Richard M. &
Charlotte A..
Tibbetts. Christopher H.
Tibbetts, George C,
Tibbetts, Hazel B-
Tibbetts, Melvin LTibbetts, Robert A.
Tibbetts. Robert A.
&
George C.
Valuation
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
37 A
N. H.
Description
Valuation
Tucker, Frances L.&William
L&B, Mechanic St.
C. Lord
Tufts, Merton E.&Geraldine R. L&B, Spring&Union Sts.
L&B, 16 Pleasant St.
Tuttle, Earle M., Sr.
3a, L&B, S. Main St.
Tuttle, Mildred A.
& Margaret L&B
Twitchell, Wendell
N.
Main
1,750
3,500
4,000
2,000
3,500
St.
Twombly, Albert & Myrtle
L&B. Chestnut
Howard
Twombly,
Leslie
200
Hill Rd.
B &
L&B, Central St.
L&B, off E. Grove
Elizabeth H.
Vachon, Inez B.
Vachon, Joseph M.,
2,750
1,250
St.
&
Jr.
L&B, Grove St.
Beverly A.
Vachon, William D. & Betty J. L&B, 15 Winter St.
Van Alstine, Floyd C.&Doris M. L&B, 19 High St.
Varney. Benjamin H. &.
Jeannette F.
Varney, Harold H.
&
Arline
Fj.
3,000
2,000
3,000
L&B, 68 N. Main St.
5,000
Block, N. Main & Mechanic
Sts.
Varney, Jeannette F.
Varney, Lloyd I. & Laura A.
A^arney Lloyd I., Jr. & Joan M.
Varney, Owen, M., Heirs
Varney, Roland N. & Georgia
Varnum, Angelina
Vasel, William J. & Barbara E.
Vaughn, Donald, heirs
Vickers, Charles S. Jr. & Delia
,
Vickers,
Wallace
&
J.
Antoinette
Vickers, William
Delia F. G.
J.
8,000
L&Camp, Mt. Vernon
L&B, Memorial Drive
L&B, Orange St.
46a land
&
i/^
Lots 4&5, Perkins Ave.
L&B, Perkins Ave.
la land from N. Willson
L&B, N. Main St.
Rd.
L&B, Church
Vickers, William
J.
&
Son
3,500
3,250
150
pond
L&B, 22 Orange St.
L&B, 33 Maple St.
8a land, Ten Rod Rd.
50a, L&B, Ridge Rd.
L&B, Meeting House
&
150
St.
St.
2,000
2,500
25
3,500
250
2,200
25
7,000
Hill
2,000
6,000
Tract of land, Rochester
Rd.
2a, L&B, Chestnut Hill Rd.
Land. Rochester Rd.
12a Jones Mill Pond lot
174a Corson lot. Chestnut
Hill Rd.
70a sproutland from
McCann
L&B, Rochester Rd.
150
150
100
35
525
300
3,500
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
33 A
Owner
Description
Vickery, "William D. &
Natalie S.
Voidamatis, Anatassios P.
Walbridge, Alvin S.&Bertha M.
Waldron, Arolene V.
Waldron, Donald
H., Est.
Waldron, Jeremy R. &
Emma W. Crosby
Waldron, Margaret, Est.
Waldron, Harrison
Walley, Doris A.
Warburton, Edward R.
Ware, George L.
Webster, Arthur G.
Webster, Frank
Est.
E.,
Weeman, Howard
A., Jr.
&
Hazel E.
Wells, George
WentwoTth, Harry
Frances
E.
&
L.
Wentworth, Lawrence D.
Wentwortb, Philip A.
Wentworth, Richard R.
Wetherbee, Ivers
Weymouth, Carl H. & Theora
AVeymouth, Malcolm
Weymouth. Vera
L.
C.
Whalen, Newell J. & Pauline
Wheldon, Roy M. & Evelyn
L.
White, Angus M. & JoAnn
White, Jennie A.
White, Ralph C. & Harriet A.
White, Sidney V.
& Mary M.
Valuatioa
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
Owner
39 A
N. H.
Valuation
Description
Whitehouse, Annie A.
Whitehouse, Fred L. &
Hazel
Whitehouse, Fred L., Jr. &
L&B, Bunker St.
20a, L&B, Ten Rod Rd.
50a Sargent
Ellen T.
Whitney, Ida M.
Whitney, Vivian H.
Whitworth, Angle D.
Wiles, William R. & Mary E.
Wilkes, Bertha
Wilkins Gas & Electric Shop
Wilkins. Velda M. & Robert R.
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
L&B,
Ten Rod Rd.
Land, High St.
4 0a land back of depot
Land from A. Ricker
L&B, School St.
L&B, Union St.
4a, L&B, Spring
V.
500
600
3,000
2,900
St.
Land, Chestnut Hill Rd.
House
trailer
100
150
200
5,000
Gas Bldg.
Fernald pasture
& Jane
900
1,500
14 E. Grove St.
2,100
Mt. Pleasant St.
2,200
28 Lone Star Ave. 2,750
Orange St.
2,500
Block, Central St.
9,000
St.
L&Barn & House
Willard, Maurice S.
V/illey, Burns, C.
Willey, Charles D.
Willey, Kendall L.
1,500
150
lot
Central
2.500
2,500
150
2,500
Williams, Jefferson &
L&B, Elm St.
Gertrude A.
500
Williams, Maude L. & Alfred G. L&B, 30 Lone Star Ave. 3,700
10a, L&B, N. Main St.
Willson, Charles W. T.
2,150
3a Hall field, N. Main St.
Willson, Nellie J.
75
Winkley, E. L.
51a Otis-Scruton lot
Winkley, Ernest & Hervey E.
Winsor. Daniel H. & Helen D.
Wishbone Farms of N. H., Inc.
Wood, Albert & Grace A.
Woodard, Amos & Alice Guycr
Woodard, Lawrence, Jr. &
Gloria M.
Woodbine Lodge, lOOF
Woodman, Harold F.
Woodman, Sarah F., Es^
Woodman, Walter G.
Woods. Horace & Irene
�REAL ESTATE INVENTORY
40 A
Owner
Description
Woods, Kenneth R. & Jean
Wormstead, George & Barbara
Worster, Moses
Carl
J.,
W.
& Mae M.
Worster, Robert A.
& Mabel
A.
Worster, Wilfred H. & Laura
Wyatt, Ellen E. & Ralph F.
Yates, Frederick
L.
M.
Yates, Mildred
York, Gertrude
York, Percy W.
Young-, Elton
& Albina
J.
&
Alice L.
& Lyndal
Salisbury
Young, Fannie I.
Young, Frank V., heirs
Young, Fred & Maude M. &
Richard & Paula Hogan
Young, Edna M.
Young, Walter H.
Zabrick,
Anthony W. &
Margaret M.
Zajac, Fred L.,
Jr.
& Marilyn
Zins, Albert J.
&
Janice H.
R.
Valuation
�ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
OF
FARMINGTON
NEW HAMPSHIRE
SCHOOL BOARD, SUPERINTENDENT
PRINCIPALS, TREASURER
SCHOOL NURSE
GUIDANCE
BUDGET
FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE
30,
1960
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SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT
2 B
INDEX
Officers for
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for
IJiulget
Calendar,
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Financial Keports
IJeceipts
1
J'aynientG
12 b
Balance Sheet
14 b
Capital Ontlay
Ifib
Treasurer's Ke})ort
15 b
fc^uperintendeut's Salary
17 b
1
1)
Iiuorniatiou on Teachers
18 b
School Lunch
20'
Keports
Su])erintendent Martineau
21 b
Principal Drake
23 b
Elementary
26 b
:
Mr. Roberts
(luidance: Mns. Barnes
31b
Mrs. Feeny
33 b
Class of 1960 Roster
36 b
Nurse
:
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
3 B
N. H.
OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Moderator
EUGENE
F.
NUTE
District Clerk
GRACE
KIMBALL
H.
Treasurer
ERNEST
KIMBALL
E.
School Board
THOMAS K. DAVENHALL,
ALEX C. HASKELL
BEULAH THAYER
Term Expires
1963
Term Expires 1962
Term Expires 1963
Auditors
FRANCIS
J.
MOONEY
J.
WALTER LOUGEE
Superintendent of Schools
RAMON MARTINEAU,
Truant
MELVIN
B. A., M.
Officer
F.
EARLE
Census Taker
: J
RACE
H.
KIMBALL
School Physician.
ROBERT
E.
LORD, M.
D.
School Nurse
RACHEL
N.
FEENY^
R. N.
ED.
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SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT
4 B
for
To
SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING
tlie inliabitniits
Fanniiigtoii,
of the Scliool District in the
Xew
Haiiiiishire,
town of
qualified to vote in
district affairs
You
are hereby uotilied to meet at the
said
town on the 22nd day
o'clock in the
aftemoon
Town Hall
in
of March, 1960 at 7:30
to act
upon the following
subiects.
coming
Article
year.
1.
To choose
a moderator for the
Article
2.
To choose
a clerk for the ensuing year.
Article
year.
3.
To choose
a treasurer for the ensuing
Article 4. To choose a member of the
board for the ensuing three years.
school
To determine and appoint the salaries
and truant officers, and fix the compensation of any other officers, or agents of the district.
Article
5.
of the school board
Article 6. To hear the report of agents, auditors,
committees, or officers heretofore chosen and pass any
vote relating thereto.
Article 7. To choose agents, auditors and committees in relation to any subject embraced in this
warrant.
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
5 B
N. H.
To see Avliat sum of nioiiey the district
Article 8.
will raise and ai)i)ropriate for the support of schools,
for the salaries of school district officials and agents,
and for the i>aynientis of statutory obligations of the district, and to authorize the ai)plication against said a])propriation of such sums as are estimated to be received
from the state foundation aid fund together with other
income; the school board to certify to the selectmen the
balance between the estimated revenue and the appropriations, which balance is to be raised by taxeis l»y
the town.
Article 9.
To see if the District will vote to authorize the School Board to convey to Charles DiPrizio
for the sum of one dollar, or other acceptable consideration, a certain strip of land presently belonging to the
School District and extending from the end of Park
Drive in a northerly direction near land of James (loodall to the southerly boundary of land of Charles DiPrizio, being a diistance of approximately four hundred (400) feet, said land to be used for highway purposes and to be sufficiently wide to qualify under the
statutory requirements for a public highway, with the
exact location area to be determined by the School
Board. {Bj petition).
Article 10.
To
see
if
the District will vote to elect
by an official ballot, and to adopt a non
partisan ballot system ats i)rovided in the Revised
Statutes annotated. Chapter 59, Section 7'.], 79-8(5.
its officers
Article 11. To transact any other business as
come before said meeting.
may
legally
Given under our hands and seal this 27th day of
Februar}', 1901.
THOMAS K. DAVENHALL,
ALEX C. HASKELL,
BEULAH THAYER,
School Board
A
true copy of warrant aMest:
THOMAS K. DAVENHALL,
ALEX C. HASKELL,
BEULAH TPIAYER,
School Board
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SCHOOL CALENDAR
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TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
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FINANCIAL REPORT
For the Fiscal Year Ending June
oO, 1960
RECEIPTS
Federal Aid
Smitli-Hnghes & George-Barden
(Secondary & Adnlt)
National School Lunch
Veterans' Training
Other
322.57
|
2,459.79
4,306.00
164.97
Total
State Aid
Foundation Aid
Building Aid
7,253.33
I
62,275.10
2,100.00
^ 64,375.10
Total
Local Taxation
Other Sources:
Elementary School Tuitionis
Secondary School Tuitions
Other
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13,145.92
4,609.66
363,011.40
$380,766.98
Total
Total net receipts from all sources
Cash on hand at beginning of year,
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July 1, 1960
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561, 525.24
7,872.02
(irand Total Net Receipts
1569,397.26
STATI S OF SCHOOL NOTES ANI^
Outstanding at Beginnino- of Year:
Memorial Drive
Issued During Year:
BONDS
I 86,000.00
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High
360,000.00
Total
l^aymeiits of Principal of Debt
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7,000.00
Notes and B(mds Outstanding at end of year $43<»,000.00
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BALANCE SHEET
June
30,
1960
ASSETS
Va^h on hand Jnne 30, UHiO
Accounts Dne District
^156,833.0:?
From Federal AgencY
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Danville— Tuition
Brook lield— Tuition
^ i;?60.50
333.30
143.36
(rift
12,245.6f)
Capital Reserves: (held
b}-
tnustees) 12^659.91
Total Assets
Net Debt (Excess of
Over Assets)
Sci8;^,475.7e6
Liabilities.
431,704.31
Gi-and Total
i§;615,180.i:>
liabilities:
Accounts Owed by District
Contract
Notes and Bonds Oulistandino;
,^176,180.1:];
439,000.00
Total Liabilities
1615,180. i;i
RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S AND
SCHOOL BOARD'S TOTAL RlvCEIPTS
RECEIPTS
Net income plus beginning balance
Total Net Income Plus Cash on Hand
July 1, 1959
|569,397J26
Receipts from Refunds, etc.
50,577.17
Total
1619,974.43
PAYMENTS
Net Payments Plus Cash on Hand
June*30, 1960
Payments refunded,
Total
etc.
|569,397.26
50,577.17
^619,974.4:1
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TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
15 B
N. H.
TREASURER'S REPORT
Annual Report
of District Treasurer for
the Pascal Year
Ending Jnne
30,
196U
SUMMARY
Cash on Hand July 1, 1959
(Treasurer's bank balance)
Received from Selectmen
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Current Appropriation
from State Treasurer
7,872.02
|109,129.83
Rieceived
State Funds
Federal Funds
Received Directly
from Federal Agencies
Received from Tuitions
Received from Trust Funds
Received from all Other Sources
64,375.10
2,782.36
1,627.47
17,755.58
5,215.50
45,325.17
Total Receipts
Total Amount Available for
(Balance and Receipts)
1249,211.01
fiscal
year
257,083.03
Less school board orders paid
251,524.53
Balance on Hand June 30, 19(50
(Treasurers bank balance)
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ERNEST
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5,558.50
KIMBALL
District Treasurer
July
19,
1960
AUDITORS' CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that we have examined the books,
vouchers, bank statements and other firiancial records of
the treasurer of the seliooi district of Farmington of
which the above is a true summary for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1900 and find them correct in all respects.
J. MOONEY
WALTER LOL GEE
FRANCIS
J.
Auditors
July
19,
1960
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maech
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1961
ke(m:ipts
Bond
i53(>0,0(>0.00
Issue
Capital Reserve
2,891.40
12,S49.S0
Thayer (lift
Spec. Appropriation
Interest (B .^ R Fundi
ol.OOO.OO
1,534.50
Interest
L?iii-tnian-Rondeau
a^lo.oU
Fund
l'6,80S.21
IU2J99.41
Total
REVISED Hl'DrH:T
:i?a71,421
Construction
Architect
l^lectrical inxtuies
(s9!t2.58
879.40
1,443.21
l,270.0O
Shades
Hardware
Leoal
.Oil
22^79.00
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Fees
290.22
12,000.00
20,000.00
806.00
412.00
5,000.00
Water
Landscapino^
Equipment
drubbing
Uyni Finish
Contingency Fund
S442,799.41
Total
CAPITAL OF TLA Y SUMMARY
RECEIPTS
Notes or Bond«
Dividends and Interest
|360,000.00
2,891.40
Total Net Receipts
^^3(i2,891-40
PAYMENTS
General Contract
Development
Architect's Fees and Expenses
Site
|195,140.87
806.00
14,400.00
Legal Fees
1,270.00
Total net Payments during year
30, 1960
Cash on Hand June
Grand Total Net Payments
616.87
|151,274.53
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1362,891.40
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SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY
SALARY OF SUPERINTENDENT
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School District
Barrington
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SCHOOL LUNCH REPORT
Period Ending June 30, 1960
Jiiiy 1, 1959
Cash on Hand
|
658.88
RECEIPTS
Lunch Sales, children
Lunch Sales, adults
Reimbursement
Misc.
| 6,898.45
114.09
2,459.79
1,689.61
Cash Contributions
Total Receipts
|11,161.94
Total Available
111,820,82
EXPENDITURES
Food
Labor
Equipment
All Other
I 7,276.19
3,643.76
202.35
428.20
Total Expenditures
Balance
nis
of
June
.^11,550.50
30, 1960
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Fiscal Year
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ASSETS
Cash in Bank
Reimbursement due Program
Food Inventory, June 30
Supplies Inventory, June 30
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1960
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TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
OF
To
tlie
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N. H.
REPORT
SUPERINTENDENT of SCHOOLS
School Board and Citizens
oi'
Fnrniin^ton
:
Tlie New Faiinington High School, although far
from being completed, admitted 1*75 pupils fr(nn grades
8 to 12 inclusive, on September Ttli, 19G0, which was oiuregularly scheduled day of opening. This was made possible by the cooperation of the Titus Construction Co., the
Farmingtou School Custodians, H. Woods, Builder &
Decorator and the Farmingtou School Board, all of whom
worked around the clock on La1)or Day weekend.
Memorial Drive had an enrollment of 'MO pupils in
1 to 1 inclusive. Principal Donald Drake, newly
elected and replacing Richard Keith, was ind«K'trinate<i
in the Farmingtou Public School system under condi
tions which were considered insurmountable by many.
\A'ith the cooperation of the pupils and faculty, the "fait
accompli" has now become history.
grades
In the meantime, Principal David Roberts was facing a similar problem in moving into and organizing the
South Main Stieet School with a total ei:rollment of 21:'.
pupils of grades 5 to 7 inclusive. To become better informed with the excellent program oitered to the youth of the
community, please be siire to read the individual reporis
of Principals Drake and Roberts. Farmingtou should lie
justly proud of its educational facilities, stall and cuvri
culum.
Each year it is necefe;^;ary to reiterate the importance
of retaining well qualified teachers. Therefore, with the
adoption of a Teachers' Salary Schedule by the School
Board, subject to the apju'oval of the citizens at the next
school district meeting, it will now be possible to have a
planned program of salaiT increases, thereby, retaining
onr experienced teachers and enticing new teachers to
renmin and possibly settle in our community. Reducing
the teacher turnover to a minimum Avill insure a better
education for the youth of the community.
Changes
below
in personnel last
September are indicated
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Mr. Donald Drake replaced Eiehard Keith as High
School Principal and Mrs. Doris Barnes as Memorial
Drive Principal. Mrs. Barnes became Guidance Director.
Mrs. H,elen Ferry replaced Mrs. Clarice Longee in
grade 2.
Miss Lonise Xutter rejdaced Mrs. Lillian Spencer in
grade 2.
Miss CoiiiStance Crosby replaced Mrs. Ruby Towle in
grade 2.
Mrs. Helen Abbott replaced Mrs. Patricia Towle in
grad,e
5.
Miss Kathleen .Jackson replaced Miss Isabelle Hunt
in Piusiness Education.
Mrs. Frances Dunn replaced Mr. Walter Sundstroni
Mathematics.
Mr. Peter Paquette replaced Mr. Maurice Bernier in
Science. (Mr. Bernier was given a leave of absence to
continue advance istudy at the l^niversity of New Mexin
ico.)
Miss Charleue Fletcher replaced Mrs. Gertrude McClintock in Home Ec. on Jan. 16, 19(>1.
Additional personnel added to the
lows
statf
are as
fol-
:
Mr. Thomas Watman, Social Studies.
Mr. Arthur Podaras, English and Math.
Mrs. Ard3\s Elliott was .employed as part time secretary in the High School ohice to assist Principal Drake.
In isubmitting an annual report to the general public
it is extremelj' difficult to review, in such limited space,
all of the informative materials to which the citizens are
entitled. Therefore, you. are encouraged to visit your
schools often.
Msiy 1 take this time, to express my appreciation for
the cooperation given me during the year by the citizens,
school board, building committee, pupils and teachers of
Farming ton.
Respectfully so bmitv,ed,
RAMOX MARTINEAF,
Superintendent
of
Schools
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TOWN OF FARMIN GTON,
N. H.
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REPORT OF THE
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
To the SiiporinteiKlent
I
herewith submit
ol'
Schools
my animal
report for Farmington
High School and Memorial Drive School.
On
grade,
th,e
opening day of school onr enrollment, by
was as follows:
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rade
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was dropped and high school pupils were allowed to go
home for the noon meal. Mrs. Richardson is still feeding
an average of two hnndred forty pnpils daily.
It is indeed enconraging to have so many of our
pupils taking courses in the field of mathematics and
science as well as foreign language. Tliere are currently
isixty pupils taking elective niatliematics which includes
Algebra, (leometry and Trigonometry only. Forty upperclassnuMi are enrolled in various sciences as well as in
French. This year, all i)upils in the high school are enrolled in English or Public Speaking, thus strengthening
our curriculum.
Our more capable students must be encouraged to
study in these areas I have mentioned becau»se of the
greater demands being made on all of us today.
Two
boys in our present junior class studied in the
Advanced Studies Program at St. Paul's School during
the past summer. The same two boys have had an opportunity to apply again for the program this coming summer.
This year, for the finst tim,e, girls will be admitted to
Advanced Studies Program and again our junior
class has two who have the opportunity.
the
Our four pnpils will be given consideration by St.
Paul's because of their high .scores on the statewide testing ju'ogram. Needless to say. we are proud of them.
This year Farmington High School has a guidance
program for the tirst time. Doris Barnes works with the
eighth and ninth grades in classes, but works with all
pupils through individual conferences. The purpose of
this program is to help pnpils to become familiar with
and to choose occupations, as w,ell as to prepare themselves in the best manner for higher education.
I believe that ^^'e are already feeling the benetitis of
Mrs. Barnes' work, as indicated by the interest of so
many of our pnpils in our program.
During the Christmas vacation, ^^'e were sori-y to
learn of the resignation of Mrs. Gertrude McClintock,
Home Economics Teacher. Mists Charlene Fletcher replaced ilrs. McClintock on Januarv 10, 1961.
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
25 B
N. H.
Student organizations Inive been rather active this
year despite the lack of facilities in the early part of the
year. The following is a list of student organizations
which are currently formed:
Advisor
Doris Barnes
Charlene Fletcher
Dorothy Bassett
Kathleen Jackson
Organization
Art Club
Arts and Crafts
Band
Cheerleaders
Cheerleaders,
.1.
Chorus
Dranuitic Club
Future Teachers
Key Club
Library Council
Science Club
School Paper
Year Book
X.
Margaret Cooney
Arthur Mirabile
Cynthia Perkins
Doiis Barnes
Teler ra(juette
Emerson
IJllian
Kathleen Jackson
Thomas Watman
i'eter
Paqiu^tte
All pupils who entered Crade 1 in Septemlter were
given the Metropolitan Reading Readiness Test as a
means of assisting us in placing the pui>ils in groupis of
approximately their own ability. Because most of the
children took these tests before the opening day, it provided the oi)]»oi'hinity for both ])upil and parent to see
the school and to meet the tirst grade teachers.
Our elementary enrollment has
on opening day to 320 just prior to
This has made some bulges which I
has strained our furniture supply to
increased from ."»]0
Christmas vacation.
did not .expect and
the very limit.
I am pleased to re])ort that some of the elementary
teachers are making use of television broadcasts available from Channel 11. These programs, in the fields of
Science, Social Studiets and Music, supplement an already
fine curriculum in our early grades.
The teachers already are giving tests developed by
the Scott Foresman Company in connection Avith the
I'eading ]jrogram developed in recent years, and are laying plans for annual standardized achievement tests.
Respectfully
DONALD
submittted,
P.
DRAKE,
Principal
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SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
To the Superintendent
of Schools
MATX STREET SCHOOL
As all of the citizens of Farmington realize, the year
1960 was a memorable one for the school system. Not only
did that year mark the opening of Farmington's new high
school, one of the tinest and most modern of its kind in
this area, but it also isaw the closing of two long-outmoded and, in many ways, inadequate school buildings. Both
the Glen Street and the School Street schools had served
their purpose long and w^ell, but that fact notwithstanding, they both had, many years previously, ceased to be
wholly adequate becoming inadequate in space ais the
town gr.ew and inadequate in facilities as concepts of education grew.
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It was, therefore, with some pleasure and antici]>ation that the staffs of these two schools were combined
and provided with new quarters at the old high school
building on South Main Street. With this one move the
potential of our elementai^j^ educational program was
greatly enhanced, for we now had a building with not
only adequate space for our classroom needs, but also
for isome of the special services tluit should be a part of
modern elementary education. Therefore, the greatest
single event in the school year, for us, has been th,e transferral to our new location, now known as the Main St.
School.
STAFF
Our school has indeed been favorably blessed witJi
a very tine staff. Not only are we fortunate to have some
of Farmington's more experienced teachers, who have
long since proved their dedication and capabilities, but
so have the new.er members of our staff proved to be dedicated and exceptionally capable. The ffne spirit of harmony and cooperation that exists among the staff has
aided greatly in producing the excellent results that have
been achieved in both the regular classroom work and in
our various extra-curricula activities.
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TOWN OF FARMI NGTON,
opened September 7 with tUe following
Seliool
chers on
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N. H.
tlie
(Irade
tea-
staff
5
— Miss
Florence
Mrs.
Stevens,
Helen
Abbott
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Grade G Mrs.
Muggleston
Grade
7
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j\Irs.
Izola
Mr.
Batchelder,
V,era Maxlield, Mrs.
Frank
Barbara Spear
Mr. David Roberts
The seventh grade has operated under
a
department-
alized syistem, with the dual purpose of familiarizing the
students vrith soon-to-be-experienced secondary school
practices, and to provide a high quality of instruction
with each teacher concentrating his effort on the subject
fields in which he is most talented. Mrs. Maxfield has
handled English and Reading, Mrs. Sp,ear has been teaching Social Studies and Spelling, and Mr. Roberts hais
handled Science and Math.
ENROLLMENT
At
Grade
school's beginning tlie enrollment was as fo]lo^^'s:
5
59 pupils Grad,e 6 59 Grade 7 95. This con-
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;
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stituted a total of 213. Since that time we have had a net
gain of 13 pupils. The figures therefore stand as follows
Grrade 5
63 pupils; Grade 6 64; Grade 7—99. Our total
enrollment now stands at 226 pupils.
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CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS
As previously stated, the most important changes
or improvements in the educational program of grades
5-7 have come about primarily as a result of our moving
to our "new" building. Some very important impro^'C"
ments and additions have been made to our program as a
result of the extra facilities ofier;ed at our new location.
Preparatory to our moving in, several modilications
were made to the building itself in order to convert it
from a secondary to an elementary school. This involved
such tilings as transf,erring the t'lourescent lighting at
Glen St. School to several of the rooms at our ne\v
location which did not have this lighting, remodeling tlie
science and Home Economics labs into elementary classrooms, installing elementary furniture and equipment
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from the abandoned schools and remodeling the
eiass-
room-audltoi'lnm so that it could be used for whole-school
activities at appropriate times.
Among the more important improvements to our program which w,ere made possible due to the advantages of
our new location are the following
1. A new library, remodeled from the old high school
business room (a room too small for a regular elementary
classroom, but about right as a libraiy for a school our
size). In past years each classroom in the two schools
has had a rather limited library within its room. This
system Avas unfortunate and inefficient in that it made it
difficult and impractical to use the books that you wanted
at the time that you wanted them. Noav, by centralizing
all of our library books in one area, cataloguing them and
setting up a regular library system, the books we have
will be made more available and easier to use for all who
need them, and an added diAidend will be earned teaching the children about the operation and use of a modern
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library.
2. The school now has its own auditorium, capable
accommodating the entire student body for school-wide
programis. We've utilized this feature on several occasions
already, having witnessed programs presented by several
of the clubs which were formed in the Activities Program
of
which we inaugurated at (Hen
St. School last year. Thus,
besides providing us with a convenient room in which to
organize and develop a program in the auditorium arts,
the Activities Program is strengtliened by tliis added
feature of our new location.
A
health room, where the school nurse may adminconduct her health checks,
has been provided.
3.
ister to sick or injured pupiLs,
etc.,
4. A teacher's room, where teachers may relax momentarily during off-duty periods, is also an added feature. In past years the nurse's room, teachers' room and
office have been combined, often producing confusing and
inefficient situations. Therefore the improvement in this
area has been very desirable.
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
N. H.
29 B
Our program in lirtli grade science Iwis been strengthened this year dne to onr ns,e of the edncational TV services otTered In- WEXTT-TV, New Hampshire's educational
TV
station. Sonte very exceptional programs in the field
of natural science have aided greatly in providing color
and enrichment to tlie regular science fare of our fifth
grade classes. This area offers room for considerable
expansion in the future, since the caliber and number of
such
jn'ograniis is increasing in subject areas covering
all of the grades.
TV
The V. S. Savings Stamp and Bond Project has been
continued this year and has grown in its success, with a
larger per cent of stud,ents in^'esting a greater amount of
money each Aveek. The pupils have been saving an average
of $50 per weelv under this program.
Some improvements have been made in our Activities
Program Avhich merit some mention, since thiis program
provides the educationally desirable exploratory activities
which professional educators say are needed by youth
befoi'ie they begin to specialize in high school and college.
These fairly limited ])rograms give pupils an opportunity
to sample the offerings in various fields of liuman endeavor so that they may better know which fields it would
seem bast for then) to concentrate on. We sponsor clubs
which offer experiences in Sicience, music, dramat^ics,
literature, art, foreign language and journalism. Many
other advantages, too numerous to mention also accrue
from
this
program.
INST
RANGE
Our students were again provided with an
opportuii-
ity to participate in an Inexpensive group accident insurtotal of 137 pupils toc*k advantage of the
ance plan.
A
program.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
We
are fortunate again this year to be provided Avitli
the services of three special instructors. The Kinehart
writing program is in effect in our school for the second
year. This program is conducted jointly by the classroom
"teachers under the supervision of Mr. Matava, a most efti
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and capable Einehart representative, who provides
a monthly rating and an instrnctional lesson for onr various classes. Excellent progress has definitely been noticed
in this area nnder this proorani.
eient
Mr. Arthur Mirabile is again supervising our vocal
music program, spending one day per week at our build'
ing providing our ]uipils with very capable instruction
in this area.
Our instrumental music program
is
operating
effect-
year, again under the capable guidance of
Mrs. Dorothy Bassett. An added feature this year which
benefits these pupils concerns the Uise of the old woodworking shop as our instrumental classroom. In previous
years it has been necessar}^ for the children to leave school
and walk to and from the Town Hall Avhile participating
in this program. Now, with a practice area available at
the school, much classroom time that was previously
wasted in traveling to and fro is more advantageously
ively
this
utilized.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Our physical education program remains pretty
much the same as it has in the recent past. However, one
minor change is worthy of note. The junior high school
sports program Avhich was organized and developed over
two years ago has been developed a little further through
the organization of a junior high school league, patterned
after the high school's Southeastern League. A limited
schedule of soccer in the fall and basketball in the winter
have thus far been provided.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
All of our teacheriS are members of the New Hanu)Education Association and several are members of
the National Education Association. All of our teachers
are also members of the Union No. 44 Teachers Associashire
tion.
During the course of the year several of our teacliers
have made professional advancements through participation in education courses offered by inistitutions of higher
learning in this locale.
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TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
31 B
N. H.
At this point it seems approi)i-iate to express i)i.y
gratitiKle and api^reeiation to tlie Town of Farmington,
to the School Board, to Mr. Martinean and his staft", and
to my excellent and dedicated islalf for the great spirit of
cooperation and helpfnlness that has existed and must
exist between all of this edncational team in the snccesisfnl performance of our singular task of providing the
youth of the community with a sound and modern education. The existence of this spirit this year has made the
year a very enjoyable and successful one.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID
c.
EOP>Eirrs,
Priiicip:ii
DIRECTOR OF GUIDANCE
REPORT
The high school initiated this program new to your
school under the National Defense Education Act of 195S
Title V (Guidance) subsidizing 50% for personnel salary,
a state testing program, guidance library, materials and
other equipment.
The following program has been
and 1961
in progress this year
of 1960
A, Group Guidance in Grades 9 and 10
Each group meets once a w,eek for a one hour class
period, with these four purposes in mind:
not available
1, To impart information
group meetings.
in
other
2, To provide opportunities for the students to discuss problems and issues related to th,eir educational and
occupational plans and choices and to their personal and
social lives.
3, To students opp'ortunities to learn to accept responsibilities for their own learning in a group situation,
to learn to work together as a means to achieve common
goals and to practice democratic behavior.
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4, To give them a chance to develop effective and satisfying impers-onal relations that may aid them in adjusting to future experiences in a group living.
B, Tests
Our century has witnessed a nationwide effort to
discover, through the applications of scientific procedures,
the effect of education on the behavior of the learner.
Many tests have been devised in an effort to appraise the
various facets of a child's growth and development.
1, Achievement tests to help teachers diagnose individual strengths and weaknesses.
2, Mental ability tests to find the level at
child can perform successfully.
8,
Aptitude tests for pupils to discover their own
abilities
A most important part in planning
of work. Areas included in these tests are
—
power and
a life
which a
Abstract reasoning, verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, clerical ispeed and accuracy, mechanical reasoning, language usage, space relations. The afore mentioned
are the differential aptitude tests and are considered the
best battery available providing good predictors of success.
.
4, An interest inventory, the Kuder preference record, from which pupils can make individual profiles of
interests. This is valuable in that it helps the student decide in which areas he would be most successful because
of interest shown.
PS AT (Prelim5, ACT (American College Testing)
inary Scholastic Aptitude Tests) NMSP (National Merit Scholarship Program) and College Boards are tests
offered for students who plan to attend college. These are
an expense to the pupil, therefore they did not applj^ I
obtained the Air Force Aptitude Test that was given free
;
;
to all seniors.
C, Other aspects of the Guidance Program are the
educational and occupational materials made available.
We have two kits of career information consisting of
about 300 pamphlets. We have catalogs from all the col-
leges
and universities in
New
England.
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TOWN OF FARMI NGTON,
T),
33 B
N. H.
Television
Your school will otter a careers ]jrogram to the pupils
interested in area given at a scheduled time from Channel
11 at UNH.
E,
Armed Forces Program
All students can discover for themselves the extensive
educatioiuU programs ottered in all branches of the service. All five have visited our school.
F, Counseling
There are oiiportunities for counseling to all students Avho wish an interview concerning educational,
vocational or personal needs. Counseling is both supplemented and complemented through group guidance procedures which are employed at times when there is common knowledge to be considered.
To
assist persons in their growth
i)h3^sically, educationall}-
toward o[)timum
and psychologically is the goal of guidance work. This is done through
maximum utilization of the services of all agencies and
all aspects of the community's program for education,
work and social activity.
developmenl
—
Respectfully submitted,
DOKIS
C.
BAENi;^.
REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE
To the To\vnsi)eoi)le, School i>oard
of SchooLs
and Superintendeiit
Last school year 1950 to 19GU the incidence of communicable disetise was low. Cases reported to me were:
chicken pox, two; measles, four; whooping cough, one;
impetigo, seventeen skin ringworm, five scarlet fever,
;
;
six;
and bullus contagiosa,
three.
The annoying incidence of pediculosis (head lice)
totaled sixty-seven throughout the ischool year, not as
high as last year but still too high in number for this day
and age. In all cases this condition was reported to the
parents and the child was excluded from school and
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34 B
prompt treatment was carried out by the parents. Howsome cases the treatment was not carried out
correctly or elise there was a laclv of interest or means
and the child missed a lot of time from school and other
means had to be taken.
ev.er in
Ther,e Avere two students transported to Kochester
to the Orthopedic Clinic at one time or another through-
out the school year.
Patch Testing was done on three-hundred and eighty
students. Seven children were transported to Rochester
to the T. B. Clinic for X-Rays.
There were two
]\)lio Clinics held last year. First
had thirty people attending
The second clinic for third and fourth polio shots had
one-hundred and fifty people attending it.
clinic for third polio ishots
it.
The usual health or physical examinations were carried out by the school physician Dr. Robert Lord. Four
hundred and forty nine students were examined. Whenever it A\as noted that there was an abnormal condition
existing in any pupil tlie i)arents A\'ere notilied and advised to consult their family physician. Minor defects were
promptly treated.
Hearing tests A\'ith the Maico Audiometer were done
throughout the school year to help the students, also
vision tests were administered to check defective vision
in students. The parents were notified and advised to consult their family physician or optometrists if any defects
were found in the vision or hearing of a istudent.
Xo child needs to go without glasses because financial
assistance is available in obtaining proper diaguoisis and
corrective treatment. This usually can be arranged by me
(school nurse) through various organizations.
The Pre-School Roundup was held May
i),
10,
and
11,
1960. Seventy-isix children v^'^ere registered at the clinic to
start school in tSeptember 1900. Each child Avas weighed,
measured, had a hearing and vision test and had their
teeth checked. The history of the child was taken at the
roundup
also.
During the school year ninety-six ill children Avere
transported home. PLEASE, if parents Avork be sure the
school nurse or teacher knoAvs Avhere the child is to be
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON,
taken in case of illness in school and
in an emergency.
35 B
N, H.
who
is
to be notitied
Sixty-six children were transported to the doctors
during the school year. Home visits made by the school
nurse during the school year 1959 and 1960 were two hundred and seventy.
In concluding this report it is a privilege to mention
the cooperation of the following service organizations
and groups who have helped in many ways and many
times. Kiwanis, Salvation Army, Red Cross, Farmington
Woman's Club, Key Club, Ladies Church Service Organizations, Arts and Craft Club, American Legion and private parties. These groups and organizations are continuously serving in providing suitable clothing, dental,
medical and vision aid and are helping to build a better
foundation for a thriving healthy community in which we
live. Remember through the efforts and understanding of
these organizations it will insure a stronger America.
Following is th.e statistical report of the health
for the 1959-1960 school year.
Pupils examined
work
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SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT
ROSTER OF GRADUATES, 1960
FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
1.
2.
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4.
5.
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7.
S.
9.
10.
11.
12.
1').
14.
IT).
Sharon Rose Adams
Leonard Albany Auclair
Eleanor Lorraine Black
Del)orali
Ann
Bootlibj-
P>neBt Joseph Cardinal
Douglas Herbert Chesley
Barry Lenwood Clough
Charles Francis Cnrrier
Robert Gordon Downs
Sheila Elaine Drew
LaAvrence William Foster
Carol Frances Gaskell
(Sary Arthur Golledge
Erla Ann Grower
Margiiret
Anna Guay
27.
Margaret Carol Hanson
Shirley June King.
Anita Lorraine Langevin
Carole Adams Lawrence
Leslie Frank Leary
Marilyn Alice Malone
Donald Lee Martineau
Carol Lee Mosher
Terry John Place
Joan Marie Rilej^
Joanne Annette Sargent
Nancy Ann Scruton
28.
jSTicholas S,ervetas
29.
Leslie
1().
17.
15.
19.
20.
21.
22.
2:5.
21.
25.
26.
31.
Arthur Stevens
Claudia Louise Susi
Carol Jean Varney
32.
Dorothy Ellen Woods
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Farmington NH School District Annual Report year ending 1960.
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Celtics Robert Parish visits the Farmington National Bank on Hay Day in 1987. KJ Cardinal is the young boy standing next to Parish. Brand new Farmington Police Chief Barry Carr is also shown in the photo. Norma Tilton, longtime employee of the Farmington National Bank, is standing in the back, right. Patty Cosado is also in the photo.
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Farmington High School Class Of 1919 Graduation Program
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A 1919 Farmington Class Graduation Program with a ticket/invitation for a ball at the Farmington Opera House, as well as, calling cards collected from many classmates. The program is ink printed on heavy pressed paper. The binding for the program is a yellow cord tassel. The program contains the event list for the day, class roll, class officers, and other general class information. The calling cards are standard for the period, ink on heavy paper and the ticket/invitation is the same, with an admittance line filled in, written in pencil, as " Mr & Mrs. Lester Darning."
Program size: 4"x5", Ticket: 2.5"x 3.25", Calling card sizes: 2"x3" & 1.25"x 3"
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Farmington High School
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1919
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BRIGHT LEGACY
One half the Income from this Legacy, which was recelred in 1880 under the will of
JONATHAN BROWN BRIGHT
of Waltham, Massachusetts, it to be expended for book!
for the College Library. The other half of the income
ii devoted to icholarships in Harvard University for the
benefit of descendants of
HENRY BRIGHT, JR.,
who died at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1686. In the
absence of sach descendants, other persons are eligible
to the scholarships. The will requires that this announce
ment shall be made In every book added to the Library
under Its provisions.
�����ONE THOUSAND
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Brief Biographical Sketches of New
Hampshire Men and Women, Na
tive or Resident, Prominent in Public,
Professional, Business, Educational,
Fraternal or Benevolent Work.
ty
EDITED AND COMPILED BY
HENRY HARRISON METCALF
ASSISTED BY
FRANCES M. ABBOTT
PUBLISHED BY
THE RUMFORD PRINTING COMPANY
CONCORD, N. H.
1919
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�FOREWORD
It is not claimed for this,iittle volume thatdt'js a complete "Who's Who"
for the State of New Hanipshire. The purpose of the compiler has been
to bring together, in compact form, so as to.- bo readily accessible for refer
ence in newspaper offices, libra'ries""and elsewhere, brief biographical
sketches of one thousand representative New Hampshire men and women,
native or resident. Undoubtedly a thousand more, equally worthy of
mention, might have been included, had time and opportunity permitted,
and it is to be hoped that another volume, embracing the same, may be
hereafter brought out by some interested person.
As in "Who's Who" in America and New England, the design has been
to include only living subjects, and this purpose has been departed from
in only two or three exceptional cases. Nevertheless quite a number of
those whose sketches are presented have died since they were arranged for
and printed, the fact of death in each case so far as known being noted in
the "Addenda," along with material facts, developing in regard to other
subjects since their sketches were put in type, and the noting of certain
errors which have been detected in some cases, while doubtless others
have been overlooked. It is practically impossible to avoid mistakes,
typographical and otherwise, in a work of this kind; but it is hoped that
this volume is as free therefrom as is usually the case. The pages devoted
to "Addenda and Errata" are inserted before the body of the work, and
attention thereto should be duly given.
The abbreviations used are simple and readily understood, such as "b."
for born, "d." for died, "s." for son, "dau." for daughter, "m." for married,
and the customary abbreviations for names of states, orders, organizations,
societies, etc. It has not appeared necessary to insert a table of abbre
viations.
The printing of the volume having been commenced as soon as material
came to hand and was properly prepared, the sketches are necessarily not
arranged in alphabetical order. To have done that would have involved
delay until the last sketch was procured before printing was commenced,
and a consequent delay of many months more before the appearance of the
work. No inconvenience results however, since an alphabetical index of
subjects has been prepared, reference to which will enable one to find any
particular sketch as readily as would have been the case with an alpha
betical arrangement of sketches.
iii
�A distinguishing feature of this work, and one which adds immensely to
its interest and value, in these days when illustration is a leading feature
even of the daily newspapers of the country, is the presentation of portraits
of subjects. More than half of the sketches are accompanied by portraits
of the parties in question. This feature obtains in the latest edition of
the Canadian "Who's Who," and vastly enhances its interest. That it
will be appreciated by the general public is not to be doubted.
The compiler has had the preparation of this work in mind for many
years. His only regret is that he has not been able to make it more com
plete. New Hampshire has always been prolific of men and women who
have been active and prominent in the varied fields of human effort, at
home and throughout the country, and is no less so at the present than
in the past. The recorded achievements of her sons and daughters in former
years, constitute an important part of the nation's history. The work of
her children, native and resident, who are still on the stage of action, is
equally worthy of record. Scattered in various volumes are biographical
sketches of many of these. Tens of thousands of dollars have been ex
pended for the presentation of the same in state and county genealogical
and biographical publications of various descriptions the work upon
which, literary and mechanical, has been done abroad, and the money for
which has been taken outside the state. This volume is entirely a New
Hampshire product. All the work, editorial and mechanical, has been
done in the state, and the comparatively small amount of money expended
therefor has remained in the state instead of going abroad for the benefit
of outsiders.
If interest in the state of their birth or residence, and pride in the worthy
record of its sons and daughters, is in some degree stimulated by this vol
ume, and it proves what it is designed to be—a ready and convenient ref
erence book for every day use, the compiler will feel that his labor of the
last two years has not been entirely in vain, and will indulge the hope that
some one else may be sufficiently interested, in the not distant future, to
continue the enterprise, and prepare and publish another volume along
the same line, for which ample field will be found.
H. H. Metcalf.
Concord, N. H., May, 1919.
�ADDENDA AND ERRATA
Abbott, Fiances Hale, p. 139; should be printed
Abbot.
Anderson, George Weston, p. 311; appointed
U. S. District Judge. July, 1918; trustee maiorib- stock B. A M. R. R.. held by N. Y.,
N. H. & Hartford R. R., Dec. 27, 1918.
Ballard, William Preston, p. 169; grandson,
Frank Edward Silva, b. Nov. 8, 1918.
Bancroft, Charles Parker, p. 171; trustee N. H.
State Hospital.
Barnabee, Henry Clay, p. 134; d. Dec. 16, 1917.
Bartlett, Benjamin T., p. 544; erroneously
printed Benjamin G; trustee N. H. State In
dustrial School.
Barton, Jesse Morton, p. 105: member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; acting Gov
ernor of New Hampshire, Dec. 31, 1918 to
Jan. 2, 1919.
Benton, John Edwin, n. 57; solicitor U. S. In
terstate Commerce Commission, Washington,
since Feb., 1918.
Bingham, Harry, p. 18; chairman Grafton
County Legal Advisory Board, N. H. Dis
trict Selective Service.
Brackett, John Q. A., p. 71; d. April 6, 1918.
Brennan James F., p. 119; secretary Hillsbor
ough County Selective Service Board, Div.
No. 2.
Britton, William John, p. 95; elected solicitor
for Carroll County, for 1919-20, Nov., 1918.
Brown, Alice, p. 266: bom Dec. 5, 1857, in
stead of 1887 as printed.
Brown, George Henry, p. 441; president Cen
tral N. H. Congregational Club two years;
Mason, 32d degree.
Brown, John Henry, p. 413; trustee N. H. Hos
pital, 1919-.
* Bugbee, Marion Louise, p. 83; member Com
mittee on Aid to Dependents of Soldiers and
Sailors, Aug. 17, 1917; served with Childrens'
Bureau. American Red Cross, in France.
March 1, to Oct. 1, 1918.
Burroughs, Sherman Everett, p. 35; re-elected to
U. S. house of representatives, Nov., 1918.
Buxton, Willis George, p. 105; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918.
Carter, Solon Augustus, p. 115; d. Jan. 28, 1918.
Chandler, William Eaton, p. 3; d. Nov. 3, 1917.
Chase, Arthur Horace, p. 51; chief clerk, Dis
trict Board of Appeals, N. H. Selective Serv
ice, 1918; s. Robert M., lieutenant Coast Ar
tillery Corps, U. S. A., April, 1918, to date.
Chase, Olin Hosea, p. 27; m., Dec. 20, 1917,
Hattie A. Reed, Newport, N. H.; removed to
61 Rumford St., Concord, N. H.
Chase, William Martin, p. 19; d. Feb. 3, 1918.
Child, Edwin Leighton, p. 353; master Pem
broke Grange, 1916-17; member Canton
Wildey, No. 1, P. M.; s. Ford Leighton, b.
Feb. 22. 1895, instead of Feb. 2 as printed;
Roswell Towle, b. May 12, 1898.
Claggett, Fred Porter, p. 359; medical referee
for Sullivan County, 1919-.
Clark, Allan Chester, p. 331; d. Sept. 23, 1918;
s. Allan Chester Jr., b. Oct. 17, 1918.
Clow, Fred Ellsworth, p. 438; trustee N. H.
State Sanatorium.
Colby, Ira Gordon, p. 153; member N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1918: Judge Advocate
General staff of Gov. John H. Bartlett.
Colony, Horatio, p. 467; d. Nov. 11, 1917—
killed by automobile accident.
Cook, George, p. 5; chairman N. H. Selective
Service Board, 1917-19.
Corning, Charles Robert, p. 7; president N. H.
Historical Soc., 1919-, Concord Charity Or
ganisation, 1919-.
Couch, Benjamin Warren, p. 6; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1919-20; director
Mechanicks National Bank, N. H. Spinning
Mills, Beecher Falls Co.
Cummings, Allen Curtis, p. 186; resigned as
Master of Stevens high school, Claremont,
on account of ill health, in April, 1918, and
has been recuperating at his old home at
North The tford. Yt. ; resumes work in the fall.
Curtis, Warden Allan, p. 417; should be printed
Wardon.
Dixon, Frank Haigh, p. 421 ; Professor of Trans
portation, Princeton University, 1919.
Donovan, Michael Henry, p. 54; s. Daniel B.,
b. Nov. 3, 1878; civil engineer; six years resi
dent engineer in charge of barge canal section
between Utica and Oneida Lake, N. Y.; engi
neer in charge of road construction at Camp
Merritt, N. J., 1917-18; fatally injured at
Dumont, N. J., and d. at Englewood, June
13. 1918; John B. (Harvard 1906) studied law,
now in insurance in New York City; Joseph
C. (Boston Univ. Law School, 1917) lawyer
in practice in Concord.
Drake, James Frank, p. 94; Lieutenant-Colonel
Ordnance Department, U. S. A., Pittsburgh
Pa.; chairman Committee on Claims, Pitts
burgh Division.
Drew, Irving Webster, p. 149; appointed U. S.
senator by Gov. Keyes, Sept. 1, 1918, to fill
vacancy occasioned by death of Jacob H.
Gallinger.
Dudley, Harry Hubbard, p. 305; s. Charles H.,
second lieutenant, Sanitary Corps, U. S. A. ,
Regular Army, 1918-.
Duncan, Charles, p. 98; secretary State Board
of Health since Sept. 6, 1918.
Eastman, Samuel C.,p. 37; d. Aug. 31, 1917.
�VI
ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Edes, Samuel Harcourt, p. 30; Captain Co. G.
103d Infantry, 26th Division ; sailed for
France Sept., 1917; transferred, 1918, to
Headquarters 6th Army Corps; still on duty
in France; m. Aug. 30, 1917, Nellie E. Presby, dau. of Hon. Winthrop B. Presby, a
lawyer of Portland, Ore.. and native of Brad
ford, N. H.
Elwell, Rufus Newell, p. 7; appointed N. H.
Insurance Cora missioner. Nov. 16, 1917; d.
Feb. 9. 1919.
Emerson, Charles Sumner, p. 15; chairman
Hillsborough County, Dist. No. 2, Selective
Service Board: s. Dean A. (Dartmouth '14,
Thayer School '18), lieutenant in Aviation
branch, A. E. F.; Sumner B. (Dartmouth '17),
lieutenant balloon section, Aviation branch.
Emerson, Francis P., p. 202; Maj. Med. Res.
Corps, 1918.
Evans, Alfred, p. 207; member N. H. constitu
tional convention 1918; retired as judge of
Probate, from age limitation, March 31, 1919.
Fairbanks, George Arlington, p. 65; retired; s.
Harold G.. enlisted May 5. 1917; served in
Portsmouth C. A. C. at Fort Constitution, on
guard duty at Fort Devens and Springfield,
Mass.; transferred, with rank of sergeant,
April 22, 1918, to Intelligence Dept.. War
College, Washington; commissioned 2d lieu
tenant, Q. M. C, July 25, 1918, and went over
seas Aug. 7; connected with Chief Purchasing
Office, and located in Spain.
Farmer, William Parker, p. 159; president Man
chester Historical Ass'n.
Farrand, George Edward, p. 38; appointed
postmaster of Concord, Sept. 19, 1918.
Faulkner, Philip Handerson, p. 391; trustee
N. H. State Sanatorium.
Felch, Albert Dustin, p. 73; delivered historical
address at 150th anniversary of town of Sunapee, Sept. 2, 1918.
Fowler, George Winthrop, p. 58; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1919-20.
Fowler, William Plumer, p. 147; Acting Cor
poration Counsel, City of Boston, 1917-18;
d. July 3, 1918.
French, James Edward, p. 181; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; house of rep
resentatives. 1919-20.
Frisselle, Frank Monroe, p. 191; returned to
the Manchester Union, 1919.
Gallinger, Jacob Harold, p. 15; d. at Franklin,
N. H., Aug. 17, 1918.
; Goss, Winifred Lane, p. 226; mother's name
should be printed Lorena instead of Lovena.
Gould, Alfred Josiah, p. 102; member Sullivan
County Pomona Grange, instead of Merri
mack County as printed; d. Dec. 14, 1918.
Graves, Robert John, p. 89; Major U. S. Medi
cal Reserve Corps, U. S. General Hospital
No. 2, Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, Md.
Green, Henry Francis, p. 5; d. May 9, 1917.
Gunnison, William Towne,p. 47; m. Grace Horney, not Homey; sons, Arvin, Dartmouth
22, Golf Champion of N. H.: John VinaJ,
Student at Phillips Exeter Academy.
Hall, Daniel, p. 101; wife d. Dec. 1, 1918.
Hamlin, Frank Wilbert, p. 480; trustee N. H.
State Industrial School.
Hammond, Oris G.( p. 51; wife d. Feb. 10, 1918.
Harriman, Walter C, p. 193; d. June 29, 1918.
>Harris, Sarah Neal, p. 504; d. March 5, 1917.
Hatch, Albert Ruyter, p. 106; member legal ad
visory board, Rockingham County, N. H.
Selective Service.
Herring. Crawford Dawes, p. 77; wife died June
5, 1918.
Hirst, Edgar Clark son, p. 30; general manager
N. E. Sawmill Units. Bonar Bridge, Scot
land, June, 1917 to Sept., 1918; Industrial
Examiner, U. S. Forest Service, and Assistant
to State Fuel Administrator, Hovey E. Slayton, fall of 1918; sons, Heston, b. Nov. 8,
1915, John Minot, March 5, 1918.
Hodgman, Burns Plummet , p. 43 ; director First
National Bank, Concord; treasurer and di
rector Eagle and Phenix Hotel Co.; treasurer
and director Hill Associates; director Concord
Mutual Fire Ins. Co.; clerk Concord Water
Board; Chairman Concord Public Safety
Committee; and Chairman Fuel Committee
for Concord during the war.
Hollis, Allen, p. 49; N. H. director W. S. S.
Holiis, Henry French, p. 81; member U._ S.
Liquidation Commission, adjusting claims
growing out of the war in Europe. Appointed
Feb., 1919.
Hook, Andrew Jackson, p. 33; member N. H.
Senate, 1919-20: vice-president N. H. Old
Home Week Ass n.
Hopkins, Ernest Martin, p. 243; chief of In
dustrial Relations Branch of the Quarter
master's Corps, Feb. 20, 1918 to Dec. 15,
1918—Assistant to the Secretary of War.
Howard, Charles Danforth, p. 127; residence,
100 School St., Concord, N. H.
Howard, Charles Woodbury, p. 59; disbursing
officer and agent United States and State of
New Hampshire, Selective Service board,
district of New Hampshire.
Hoyt, Horace F., p. 163; member N. H. consti
tutional convention 1918; doorkeeper N. H.
house of representatives, 1919-20.
Hutchins, Harry Burns, p. 236; resigned as
president of Univ. of Mich., March, 1919, to
take effect with close of college year; will
engage in literary work.
Hutchins, JohnCorbin, p. 74; trustee N. H. Col
lege, 1918; mem. State Bd. of Education, 1919.
Ives, Henry Goodson, p. 59; enlisted, Aug. 21,
1917, at Montreal, in 5th Royal Highlanders,
re-enforcing the "Black Watch," or 1stQuebec
Reg.; served in the orderly room till March,
1918, when detailed for service with the
British Chemical Co., at Trenton, Ont. . under
control of the Imperial Munitions board ; dis
charged Feb. 2, 1919. Resigned as pastor at
Andover, N. H.. and accepted a call to Unity
Church, Amherst, Mass., m., Jan. 19, 1918,
Grace E. Mackintosh, Sharon, Mass.
Jackson, James Robert, p. 71; secretary N. H.
constitutional convention, 1889; d. Nov. 22,
1917.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
* Jackson, Lydia Drew, p. 81; teacher of French,
St. Mary's School, Concord, N. H., 1918-19.
Jackson, Robert, p. 58; vice-president L. H.
Shattuck. Inc.
Jameson, John Butler, p. 257; b. Aug. 2, 1873,
great great grandson Capt. Thomas Jameson,
who settled in Antrim in 1783; Democratic
candidate for U. S. senator to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the death of Jacob H. Gallinger, Nov., 1918, lacking less than 1,000 votes
of election.
Jewett, Stephen Shannon, p. 119; member" legal
advisory board for Belknap County, N. H.
District. Selective Service; trustee N. H.
State Prison, appointed April, 1919.
Johnson, Jesse p. 283; d. Oct., 1918.
Johnson, Perley Albert, p. 16; chairman New
port Chapter, American Red Cross; Federal
food administrator for eastern Sullivan dis
trict; member Liberty Loan and W. S. S.
Committees.
Keeler, Irad Eugene, p. 25; re-elected Register
of Probate, Nov., 1918.
Keyes, Frances Parkinson, p. 335; author "The
Old Gray Homestead," Houghton, Mifflin
Co., 1919.
Keyes, Henry Wilder p. 211; elected U. S. sen
ator for six years, to succeed Henry F. Hollis,
Nov., 1918.
Kimball, George Morrill, p. 277; president N. H.
Savings Bank, succeeding the late Samuel C.
Eastman.
Lake, Harry Foss, p. 51; Democratic candidate
for Congress, 2d N. H. District, 1918; chair
man N. H. War Speakers' Bureau.
Lauder, George Burns, p. 259; daughter, Mil
dred, graduated from St. Mary's School,
1913.
Leonard, Charles Hall, p. 330; d. Aug. 27,
1918.
Lyford, James Otis, p. 53; son Richard (Har
vard 1918) First Class private. Battery A.,
101st Regiment, Field Artillery, 26th Divi
sion; served in France from September, 1917
to April. 1919.
Mann, William Hazelton Gage, p. 290; in
structor Dartmouth College, S. A. T. C,
1918.
Martin, Nathaniel Everett, p. 89; Democratic
candidate for Governor of New Hampshire,
Nov.. 1918.
Mason, Nathaniel Robert, p. 198; chief of staff,
Base Hospital 51, Tout, France, 1918; recom
mended for promotion to major, and com
mission made out when the armistice was
signed.
McAllister, George Isaac, p. 446; A. O. U. M.
should be A. O. U. W.
McCollister, Lee Sullivan, p. 407; should be
printed McCollester.
McCrillis, John, p. 24; s. John, b. Jan. 1, 1897,
(Dartmouth 20); instructor in Thayer School
Training Detachment, June to Dec., 1918;
William Henry, b. April 24, 1898 (Worcester
Academy, 20), TJ. S. Marine Corps, Oct.,
1918 to March 12, 1919.
McHugh, Bartholomew Franklin, p. 333; trus
tee N. H. State Prison.
McLane, John Roy, p. 159; a. Charles Bancroft,
b. March, 1919.
McQuaid, Elias Alfred, p. 383; on staff of New
York World, 1919-.
Merrill, Robert Josiah, p. 54; resigned as in
surance commissioner, Nov., 1917, to become
secretary of the United Life & Accident Ins.
Co., Concord.
Miller, Ida Fair, p. 62 ; member Soc. for
Preservation of N. E. Antiquities, not Pre
tention as printed.
Morrill, Arthur Putnam, p. 170; member N. H.
state senate, 1919-20 (president).
Morrison, Henry Clinton, p. 77; assistant secre
tary Connecticut State Board of Education
since 1918; removed to Middletown, Conn.
Moses, George Higgins, p. 127; elected U. S.
Senator from New Hampshire to fill unex
pired term of the late Jacob H. Gallinger,
Nov. 5, 1918; assigned to committees on agri
culture, the library and printing; s. Gordon,
now midshipman, U. S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md.
Murchie, Alexander, p. 47; secretary Demo
cratic state committee, Feb. 1, 1918, to Sept.,
1918—chairman since; legal adviser for New
Hampshire, to the U. S. Custodian of Alien
Property; dau. Jean, b. Nov. 30, 1917. Resi
dence, 7 Pine St., Concord, N. H.
Murchie, Robert Charles, p. 9, major, National
Army, Adjutant General's Dept.; graduate
Army General Staff College, Dec. 31, 1918;
honorably discharged, Feb., 1919.
Murphy, David Edward, p. 261 ; President Con
cord Board of Trade, 1906-10.
Niles, Edward Cullen, p. 49; resigned as Public
Service Commissioner, July 27, 1918, to be
come assistant to the director of Public Serv
ice, U. 8. Railroad Administration, Washing
ton, D. C.
Niles, Harold Herbert, p. 451; trustee of N. H.
State Prison, 1919-.
Parker, Edward Melville, p. 91; chaplain N. H.
State Guard; s. Henry Melville, b. Jan. 9,
1919; named for his grandfather, a Massa
chusetts lawyer, native of Jaffrey, N. H.
Parker, Hosea Washington, p. 9; member and
temporary president N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918.
Pearson, Edward Nathan, p. 3; trustee Kimball
Union Academy; vice-president Northern
Bankers Ass'n, vice-president and director
N. H. Bible Soc.
Pillsbury, Rosecrans William, p. 55; proprietor
Manchester Mirror, 1918-.
Powers, Samuel Leland, p. 49; s. Leland, b.
July 1, 1890; Dartmouth, A.B. 1910 (Phi.
Beta Kappa), A.M. 1911; Harvard, LL.B.
1914; admitted to the bar and since a mem
ber of the firm of Powers & Hall, Boston;
member Mass. house of representatives
1918-19 (chairman committee on bills in the
third reading; m., 1913, Barsheba T. Threewit, Denver, Colo.; two children, Polly and
�Vlll
ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Samuel Leland. Residence, Newtonville,
Mass.
Powers, Wilbur Howard, p. 33; s. Walter (Dart
mouth 1906, Harvard Law School, 1909),
Major in Ordnance Department, A. E. F.,
serving in France.
Quimby. Frank Pierce, p. 103; member N. H.
constitutional convention. 1918.
Ramie, Herbert Williamson, p. 425; s. Donald
Garland, b. March 6. 1919.
Ranney, William Bradford, p. 313, member
N. H. house of representatives, 1919-20;
chairman Merrimack County delegation.
Richardson, Albert James, p. 62; president Lit
tleton Board of Trade.
c Richardson, Ellen Ruddick, p. 121; d. March 10,
1919.
Robie, Edward, p. 98; d. Sept. 20, 1917.
Rollins, Dillwyn Sidney, p. 28; trustee Kim
ball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H.
Rossiter, William S., p. 118; called to Washing
ton in July, 1918, as member of staff of Dean
E. F. Gay, director of the Central Bureau of
Planning and Statistics; prepared progress
reports of the Navy for the President; re
signed Feb., 1919; chairman joint committee
of the American Statistical and American
Economic Ass'ns to advise the director of the
Census on the 14th Census of the United
States; President of the Rumford Printing
Co., since the death of William E. Chandler.
Rowe, Stewart Everett p. 39; re-elected treas
urer Rockingham, County, Nov., 1918;
commander N. H. Division, S. of V., 1918.
Ch. Rock. Co. United War Works Campaign.
Sargent, Orison Clark, p. 219; d. Feb. 26, 1019
Sherman, Lillian Adelaide Tourtelotte, p. 146;
War historian for town of Warner; press
correspondent. Dept. of N. H., National
W. R. C.
. Shockley, Alice Porter, p. 45; president New
Bedford College Club, vice-president New
Bedford Woman's Club, vice-president
Y. W. C. A., supervisor New Bedford Junior
Red Cross.
Slayton, William Harvey, p. 239; superintendent
of schools, Portsmouth, N. H., since 1918.
Smith, Edward M., p. 50; d. March 13, 1919.
Spaulding, Rolland Harty, p. 21; N. H. Direc
tor TjTW. W., trustee N. H. Historical Soc;
m., Dec. 18, 1918, Vera A. Going, Rochester,
N. H.
Stone, George Weare, p. 158; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; secretary
Division 1, Merrimack County legal advisory
board, N. H. Selective Service.
Storrs, John Williams, p. 293; member N. H.
Public Service Commission since Dec. 23,
1918.
Streeter, Frank Sherwin, p. 45; President State
Bd. of Education, 1919-.
Sullivan, Dennis Edward, p. 103; CaptainU. S. Medical Reserve Corps, Base Hospital,.
Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y., July 5 to
Dec. 14, 1918; detailed to duty, Harvard
8. A. T. C, Dec. 2 to Dec. 12.
Taylor, Levi Colby, p. 91; m., Dec. 8, 1874, in
stead of 1879 aa printed.
Thayer, William Wentworth, p. 61 ; in charge of
War Trade Board, American Embassy,
London, England.
Theriault, Marcel, p. 269; general manager
Abbot-Downing Co., Concord, 1919-.
Towle,FredScates,p. 217; Captain Medical Re
serve Corps, U. S. A.; d. Oct. 10, 1918, in a.
fire at U. 3. Base Hospital, Colonial, N. J.
Tufts, James Arthur, p. 69; member N. H.
senate, 1919-20; chairman committee on
education.
Turner, Huffman George, p. 407; should heprinted George Huffman.
Tuttle, James Patterson, p. 97; resigned aa
Attorney General, April 16, 1918, to return to
private practice in Manchester.
Wallace, James Burns, p. 170; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918.
Walker, Charles Rumford, p. 6; member Mer
rimack County Selective Service Board,
District No. 1; s. Charles R., Jr., first lieu
tenant, U. S. Coast Artillery, in service since
Oct., 1917; served in England; last at Fort
Eustis, Va.
Wason, Edward Hills, p. 251 ; re-elected to Con
gress Nov., 1918; m. and has a son.
Wason, George Butler, p. 167; re-elected toMassachusetts executive council, Nov., 1918.
Watson, Irving Allison, p. 22; d. April 2, 1918.
Webster, Harold Adams, p. 134; m., June 1,
1918, Charlotte White, Concord. Residence,
Concord, N. Jf .; son, Harold Adams, Jr., b.
April 18, 1919.
Webster, Rev. Lorin, p. 363; Author "Chips
from a Busy Workshop" (volume of verse).
The Gorham Press, 1919.
Wendell, Caroline R., p. 167; temporary presi
dent N. H. W. C. T. U., March. 1919-.
Whipple, Sherman Leland, p. 131; counsel for
U. S. Shipping Board, 1918-; s. Sherman Le
land, Jr.; returned from service in France,
entered Harvard R. O. T. C, and later sta
tioned at Camp Lee, Va.; m., April 15, 1919r
Margaret Cassandra Jones, St. Louis, Mo.
Whitcher, William Frederick, p. 113; d. May
31, 1918.
Willis, Eben Marston, p. 106; d. Jan. 1, 1919.
Winslow, Sherburn J., p. 430; d. Feb. 19, 1919.
Wood, Mary Inez Stevens, p. 179; New Hamp
shire director, W. S. S.
Woodbury, Gordon, p. 66, in Y. M. C. A. service
in France. 1918.
Woolson, Augustus A., p. 202; d. Dec. 15, 1918.
��Hon. William E. Chandler
�ONE THOUSAND
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Chandler, William Eaton
Lawyer, statesman, publicist; b., Con
cord, N. H., Dec. 28, 1835; s. Nathan
S. and Mary Ann (Tucker) Chand
ler; ed. public and private schools,
Thetford, Vt., and Pembroke, N. H.,
academies, and Harvard Law School,
LL.B. 1854; admitted to the bar, 1855,
commencing practice in Concord; re
porter of N. H. Supreme Court, 1859;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1862-3-4 and 1881 (speaker in
1863-4) ; member, N. H. constitutional
conventions, 1876, 1902; solicitor and
judge-advocate-general, U. S. Navy
Dept., March 9 to June 17, 1865; first
assistant secretary of the treasury,
June 17, 1865 to Nov. 30, 1867; ap
pointed solicitor-general of United
States, March 31, 1881, but rejected
by the Senate; secretary of the navy,
1882-5; inaugurated the "new navy"
movement and built four cruisers;
organized Greeley relief expedition,
1884; U. 8. senator, 1887r1901; presi
dent, Spanish Treaty Claims Commis
sion, 1901-7; Unitarian; Republican;
secretary, Republican state committee
of New Hampshire, 1858-60; secretary,
Republican national committee, 1868
-76; delegate-at-large, Republican na
tional convention, 1876, 1902; leader
in movement for erection of a statue
of President Franklin Pierce, and mem
ber of the commission which carried
out the project in 1914; founder
and president of Daniel Webster
Birthplace Ass'n; received honorary
degree of A.M. from Dartmouth Col
lege in 1866, and LL.D. in 1901 ; con
tributing editor of Concord Monitor
and Statesman for more than forty
years, and author of many monographs
and pamphlets discussing public ques
tions; m., 1st, June 29, 1859, Ann
Caroline, dau. Gov. Joseph A. Gilmore,
who d. March 20, 1871; 2d, Dec. 23,
1874, Lucy Lambert, dau. Hon. John
P. Hale, who d. Oct. 15, 1915; children,
Joseph Gilmore, b. 1860; William
Dwight, b. 1863; Lloyd Horwitz, b.
1869; John P. Hale, b. 1885. Address,
Concord, N. H.; summer home,
Waterloo, N. H.
Pearson, Edward Nathan
Teacher, editor, bank official; b.
Boscawen, N. H., Sept. 7, 1859; s.
John Couch and Elizabeth (Colby)
Pearson; ed. Kimball Union Academy,
Penacook Academy, and Dartmouth
College, Phi Beta Kappa, A.B. 1881,
A.M. 1883; public school teacher,
Washington, D. C., 1881-2; city edi
tor, associate editor, managing editor,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Concord Evening Monitor, 1882-98;
business manager, Republican Press
Ass'n, 1892-8; business manager, Rumford Printing Co., 1898-9; public
printer, 1893-7; N. H. secretary of
state, March, 1899 to May, 1915; di
rector and cashier, First National Bank,
Concord; director, Peterboro & Hillsboro R. R., Concord Mutual Fire
Insurance Co., United Life & Accident
Insurance Co., Concord Investment
Co., Concord Shoe Factory; Republi
can; Congregationalist; member, Wonolancet Club, Capital Grange, P. of H. ;
m., Dec. 6, 1882, Lebanon, N. H..
Addie Maria Sargent; children, Edward
N. Pearson, Jr., Robert H. Pearson
(Dartmouth, 1907), d., John W. Pear
son (Dartmouth, 1911), Mildred (Mrs.
Howard A. Morrison.
Residence,
Concord, N. H.
McDuff ee, Willis
Editor and publisher; b., Rochester,
N. H., March 15, 1868; s. Franklin and
Mary Frances (Hayes) McDuffee; ed.
public schools and Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1890; six months' tour abroad
following graduation; editor of the
Rochester Courier and president Cour
ier Publishing Co. since Oct., 1891;
Republican; representative in N. H.
legislature, 1895-6; member, Rochester
school board, three years; trustee,
Rochester public library, 1899 to date;
trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, 1914-16; director,
Rochester National Bank; Congrega
tionalist; Mason, Knight Templar;
was one of the originators of the Pro
gressive movement in New Hampshire,
but refused to support Roosevelt in
1912, and presided at the meeting of
"Taft Progressives" which was largely
responsible for the Republican pri
maries going for Taft; personal cam
paign manager for Roll and H. Spaulding in his successful campaign for
governor in 1914; m., July 22, 1897,
Dora Haley; children, Franklin, b.
May 2, 1898; Maude Chase, b.
June 12, 1901. Residence, Rochester,
N. H.
Colby, Frederick Myron
Author and probate attorney; b.,
Warner, N. H., Dec. 9, 1848; s. Levi O.
and Mary (Durrell) Colby; ed. public
schools and Colby Academy; com
menced writing in early life, for various
publications, including the Youth's
Companion, St. Nicholas, and other
periodicals for the young; author of an
interesting series of articles on "His
toric Mansions of New Hampshire";
long time contributor to the Granite
Monthly, writing on topics of local,
state and general interest; author of
various published volumes, including
"Pharaoh's Daughter," "Bonnie Lads
and Bonnie Lasses," "Kings and Girl
Queens," etc.; Liberal; Democrat;
member, board of education, 187888; town treasurer, 1885-6, 1895;
postmaster of Warner, 1894-9; super
intendent, Simonds Free High School,
1910-15; Democratic candidate for
Congress, N. H. second district, 1908;
member, Manchester Press Club, Wonolancet Club, Concord; m., 1st, Dec.
25, 1882, H. Maria George of Warner,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
authoress, who d. March 29, 1910; 2d,
June 29, 1915, Ella S. Palmer. Resi
dence, Warner, N. H.
Cook, George
Physician; b., Dover, N. H., Nov. 16,
1848; s. Solomon and Susan Ann
(Hayes) Cook; ed. Franklin, N. H.,
Academy, Concord high school, Univer
sity of Vermont Medical College,
Dartmouth Medical College, M.D.,
1869; practiced at Henniker, N. H.,
1869-70; Hillsborough, 1870-5; Concord
since 1875; Episcopalian; Republican;
superintendent of schools, Hillsborough,
1874; city physician, Concord, 187884; member, N.H. house of represent
atives, 1883-4; inspector, state board
of health, 1885; assistant surgeon,
N. H. N. G., 1879; surgeon, 1882;
medical director, 1884; surgeon-general,
1893-4; U. S. pension examining
surgeon, 1889-93; member, staff,
Margaret Pillsbury Hospital, since
Oct. 20, 1884; president, N. H.
medical examining and registration
board since 1897; member, N. H.
Medical Soc., Center District Medi
cal Soc. (president, 1882), Ass'n.
Military Surgeons of U. S., American
Medical Ass'n.; major and chief sur
geon, 1st Div., 2d Army Corps, U. S. V.
Spanish American
War;
Mason,
Odd Fellow, S. of V., member, N. H.
Historical Soc.; grand president,
Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternity for
ten years; vestryman, St. Paul's Epis
copal church, Concord, for thirty
years past; member, N.H. Draft Re
gistration Board. * Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Green, Henry Francis
Merchant, banker, manufacturer;
b., Lyndon, Vt., Feb. 6, 1844; s. Harry
and Mariila (Smith) Green; ed. pub
lic schools; engaged for a time in rail
way service in Vermont and in manu
facturing in Indiana; settled in Little
ton, N. H., in March, 1877; engaged
for two years in the grocery trade with
Charles Eaton, then entered the service
of the Saranac Glove Co., with which
he has since continued, except for a
short period, pending reorganization,
when he was engaged in lumbering.
Since the reorganization he has been
vice-president and treasurer of the
Saranac Glove Co.; president, Little
ton National Bank, and trustee,
Littleton Savings Bank; Congregationalist; Republican; long active in
party affairs; selectman, 1892-9;
member board of education eleven
years; several years general manager,
Littleton Water & Light Co.; repre
sentative in the N. H. legislature, 1883
and 1901, serving as chairman com
mittee on appropriations the latter
year; six years member, board of
commissioners for Grafton County;
member, N. H. executive council,
1899-1901;
member, constitutional
convention,
1902; member, state
board of bank commissioners, 1905-11
chairman, board of selectmen, and
member, Carnegie Library building
committee, 1905; Mason, 32d degree,
and Knight Templar; m., June 18,
1872, Jennie Smith, Indianapolis, Ind.
Residence, Littleton, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Walker, Charles Rumford
Physician and surgeon; b., Concord,
N. H., Feb. 13, 1852; s. Joseph B. and
Elizabeth L. (Upham) Walker; de
scendant in the fourth generation from
Rev. Timothy Walker, first minister of
Concord; ed. Concord public schools,
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1870, Yale
University, 1874, Harvard Medical
School, 1878, supplemented by ex
tended study in Europe, at Dublin,
London, Vienna and Strassburg; com
menced practice in Concord in 1881,
where he has continued; member,
N.H. Medical Soc. (president in 1899),
American Medical Soc.; on staff and
consulting staff, Margaret Pillsbury
Hospital, Concord, since its foundation;
consulting staff N. H. Memorial Hospi
tal for women and children ; physician
at St. Paul's School, sixteen years;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber, Concord board of aldermen, 1892;
representative in N. H. legislature from
Ward5, 1894; trustee and member of
the investment committee, N. H. Sav
ings Bank; president, board of trustees,
Rolfe & Rumford Asylum; member,
board of trustees and treasurer of the
Timothy and Abigail B. Walker Lecture
Fund; member, Concord water board;
member, Wonolancet Club, Snowshoe
Club; m., Frances Sheafe, Jan. 18,
1888; children, Sheafe Walker, b. Nov.
16, 1888; Charles R. Walker, Jr., b.
July 31, 1893. Residence, Concord,
N.H.
Couch, Benjamin Warren
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Aug.
19, 1873; s. Benjamin Warren and
Susan Cornell (Woodward) Couch;
ed. Concord high school, Dartmouth
College, 1896, Harvard Law School,
1899; admitted to the bar, June,
1899; entered office of Leach &
Stevens; admitted to the firm, Jan.
1, 1901; now member of the firm
of Stevens, Couch & Stevens formed
Jan. 1, 1914; Unitarian; Republi
can; member and president, Con
cord city council, 1905-6; member,
Concord police commission, 19069; trustee, N. H. State Hospital,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
1907-13; member, N. H. house of
representatives and chairman ju
diciary committee, 1911-13-15-17;
member, N. H. Board of Control, 191315; chairman, State Board of Trustees,
1917-; trustee, Merrimack County Sav
ings Bank; treasurer, Concord Gas
Light Co.; Mason; member, Wonolancet, Passaconaway, Beaver Meadow
and Bow Brook clubs; m., Nov. 10,
1900, Gertrude A. Underhill of Con
cord. Residence, Concord, N. H.
ElweU, Rufus Newell
Lumberman,
general insurance
agent, manufacturer; b., Detroit, Me.,
Aug. 24, 1862; s. George H. and Han
nah E. (Prentiss) Elwell; ed. common
schools and Maine Central Institute;
removed with parents to Newton,
N. H., when 18 years of age; has re
sided in Exeter for the last thirty
years; extensively engaged in lumber
ing in New Hampshire and Maine;
manages a general insurance agency
(fire and .casualty) in Exeter, with
over seventy sub-agencies; director
of Exeter Co-operative Bank for the
last thirty years; director and man
ager, Abbot Downing Co., of Concord;
Baptist; Republican; member, staff of
Gov. Hiram A. Tuttle, 1891-3, with
rank of colonel; U. S. collector of
customs at Portsmouth, 1898-1905;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, eight years, taking a prominent
part in the work of legislation, both
on the floor and in the committee
room; speaker, 1905-6; associated with
the Odd Fellows, Red Men, Sons of
Veterans, Denyfield Club of Man
chester and the American Peace So
ciety; m., March 14, 1888, Mary E.
Boswell. They have two children,
George W. and Clinton W. Residence,
Exeter, N. H.
Corning, Charles Robert
. Lawyer, author; b., Concord, N. H.,
Dec. 20, 1855; s. Robert Nesmith and
Mary Lougee (Woodman) Corning;
ed. Concord schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy, private teachers; studied
law with Marshall & Chase and at
Harvard Law School; admitted to the
bar March, 1882; Republican, elected
to N. H. house of representatives,
1878 and 1883; member, state sen
ate, 1889; assistant attorney, U. S.
Department of Justice, 1892-5; mayor
of Concord, 1903-9; member, Concord
board of education, 1881-2, 1884-7,
chairman, 1899-1908; judge of probate
for Merrimack county since 1899
trustee, Concord city library, 1887-91
trustee, N. H. state library, 1887-92
trustee, N. H. normal school, 1906-13
member, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. &
A. M. of Concord, member, N. H.
Historical Soc. ; author of "Aalesund to
Tetuan," a volume based on travels in
Europe and of many historical ad
dresses, biographies and monographs;
delivered the historical address at the
50th anniversary of the city of Con
cord, Aug. 21, 1905, and the 150th an
niversary celebration of Concord,
June 7, 1915; received honorary
degree of A.M. from Dartmouth
College in 1887. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
�Hon. Hosea W. Parker
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Parker, Hosea Washington
Lawyer, statesman, publicist; b.,
Lempster, N. H., May 30, 1833; s.
Benjamin and Olive (Nichols) Parker;
ed. Tubbs Union Academy, Green
Mountain Liberal Institute and Tufts
College; studied law with Edmund
Burke of Newport; admitted to the
bar in 1859; commenced practice in
Claremont in 1860 and there con
tinued; has been counsel for the town
of Claremont for nearly fifty years,
and president of the Sullivan County
bar since 1905; was tendered a com
plimentary banquet by the bar on his
eightieth birthday anniversary; Demo
crat; served many years on town and
state committees; represented Lemp
ster in the N. H. house of representa
tives in 1859 and 1860, and presided
at the legislative reunion in Concord
in 1915; member, U. S. house of
representatives, 1871 to 1875, serving
on the education and patents commit
tees and largely responsible for the re
fusal of patent extensions resulting in
the overthrow of the sewing machine
monopoly; Universalist; superinten
dent, Claremont Universalist Sunday
school for the last fifty-seven years;
twice president of the Universalist gen
eral convention, and president of the
state convention for the last twelve
years; Mason, Knight Templar, elected
Eminent Commander Sullivan Commandery in 1869, serving twenty-one
years in all ; trustee of Tufts College, and
for some years president of the board;
received honorary degree of A.M., in
1883, and of LL.D. from Tufts in 1912;
m., May 30, 1861, Caroline Lovisa
Southgate, who d. Sept. 14, 1904;
their dau., Lizzie S., b. June 17, 1865
(Smith College, 1888), is the wife of
Rev. Lee S. McCollester, D.D., dean
of the Tufts College Divinity School.
Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Murchie, Robert Charles
Lawyer; b., Creetown, Kirkcud
brightshire, Scotland, Jan. 22, 1885;
s. William and Agnes Janet (Kellie)
Murchie; removed to America in
early childhood; ed. Concord high
9
school and University of Michigan,
Law Department, graduating LL.B.
in 1909; admitted to the New Hamp
shire bar, June 26, 1909; employed
for a time in the office of Henry F.
Mollis: subsequently became a mem
ber of the firm of Remick & Hollis;
upon dissolution of this firm became
a member of the firm of Hollis &
Murchie and so continues; Democrat;
elected solicitor of Merrimack County
in Nov., 1912; re-elected in 1914;
resigned, Jan. 1, 1917, to enter upon
his duties as representative from
Ward 3, in the N. H. house of rep
resentatives, to which he had been
elected in November previous; mem
ber of the house judiciary committee;
secretary, N. H. Democratic state
committee, since 1912; member, Dem
ocratic national committee for New
Hampshire, since June, 1916; spoke
extensively for the Democratic party
on the stump in the last three cam
paigns; affiliated with the Elks.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Parker, Hiram
Fanner and merchant; b., Lempster,
N. H., July 3, 1830; s. Benjamin and
Olive (Nichols) Parker; ed. Lempster
tion in 1899; vice-president, N. H.
Old Home Week Ass'n; member,
Silver Mountain Grange, P. of H.,
Lempster; m., Oct. 11, 1854, Helen G.
Moore, who d. Dec. 13, 1911; children,
Fred C. (N. H. College, 1879), Jennie
L. (Mrs. H. F. Olmstead), Carl A.
Residence, Lempster, N. H.
Allison, Henry Darracott
Merchant, real estate, postmaster;
b., Dublin. N. H., Feb. 2, 1869; s.
James and Sarah Jane (Darracott)
Allison; ed. public schools, Bryant
& Stratton Business College, Boston,
1888; after graduation was em
ployed for a time as bookkeeper and
taught penmanship, then entered mer
cantile business in his native town and
has since continued; Unitarian; Pro
gressive; representative in N. H. leg
islature in 1913-14, serving as chair
man, committee on public improve
town and high schools; resided on the
old homestead and engaged actively
in agriculture for many years; served
for twelve years or four terms, from
1875 to 1887, as a member of the
N. H. board of agriculture for the
County of Sullivan; for the last
thirty years or more has conducted a
general country store at Lempster
"Street," the principal village of the
town; Universalist; Democrat; has
served his town many years as select
man, clerk and moderator, and unani
mously re-elected to the latter office at
the last election, at 86 years of age;
postmaster at Lempster for twenty-four
years, from 1889; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1863-4; dele
gate in N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912; leading spirit in celebration
of "Old Home Day," which has been
observed in Lempster since its institu
ments, and member of the committee
of five on redistricting the state, y
also chairman of the Progressive legis
lative caucus; chosen candidate of Pro-
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gressive party for governor in 1914;
member and past master, Altemont
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Peterborough,
Peterborough Royal Arch Chapter,
St. John's Council and Hugh de
Payens Commandery, Keene; Paquoig Lodge, I. O. O. F., Marlboro;
m., Feb. 3, 1891, Florence Gowing
Mason; three children, Hildreth M.
(Dartmouth College), Elliott S. (Keene
high school), Christine. Residence,
Dublin, N. H.
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under name of Roby & Swart. Having
purchased the Underhill Edge Tool
Elant in Nashua, in 1894 the retail
usiness was consolidated with F. D.
Cook & Co., the manufacturing and
wholesale business being retained and
conducted by the Roby & Swart Mfg.
Co., Mr. Swart being a director in the
former company and director and
treasurer of the latter; director and
treasurer of the Nashua Building Co.,
Weed, Charles Frederick
Lawyer, banker; b., Claremont,
N. H., Oct. 22, 1874; s. Charles Harvey
and Hattie Maria (Redfield) Weed; ed.
Stevens High School, Claremont, Trin
ity College, Hartford, Ct., A.B., 1894,
A.M., 1897, AKE, PBK; Harvard
Law School, LL.B., cum laude, 1898;
practiced law in Boston eighteen years;
president, Boston Chamber of Com
merce, 1917; vice-president, First
National Bank; vice-chairman, Mass.
Committee of Public Safety; member,
school committee of Brookline; Re
publican; Episcopalian; m., Sept. 10,
1901, Mary Duncan Walker of Clare
mont; children, Frances Duncan, b.
April 13, 1904; Frederick Redfield,
b. June 3, 1906; Mary Duncan, b.
Sept. 23, 1916. Residence, 30 Griggs
Rd., Brookline, Mass.; office, 53 State
St., Boston.
Swart, William Dumond
Manufacturer; b., New Kingston,
N. Y., July 9, 1856; s. William R.
and
Eliza (Dumond) Swart; de
scendant on both sides of Dutch an
cestors among the first settlers of New
York; grandson of Samuel Swart, a
soldier of the War of 1812; ed. pub
lic schools and Wesleyan Academy,
Wilbraham, Mass.; for seven years,
from eighteen years of age, in employ
of wholesale dry goods houses in New
York City; engaged for an equal
time in decorative aft in Newark, N. J.;
traveled two years and, in 1890, lo
cated in Nashua, N. H., where he has
since remained; engaged first in retail
lumber business with Charles A. Roby,
of the Nashua Paper Box Co. and
the American Box and Lumber Co.;
president, Nashua Trust Co., Nashua
Development Co., Nashua Country
Club ; president, Nashua Board of Trade,
1893-5, 1897-8; Republican; member,
Nashua common council, 1893-5, and
president the last two years; repre
sentative in N. H. legislature, 1909-10;
senator from District 19, 1911-12, and
president of the senate; colonel on
staff of Gov. Geo. A. Ramsdell, 1877-8;
candidate for councilor, receiving a
plurality vote, in 1912; councilor,
1917-18; delegate at large to Republican
national convention at Chicago, 1916;
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Mason, 32d degree, Knight Templar
and Shriner; m., Oct. 7, 1890, Lizzie
A., dau. of Luther A. Roby; children,
Elizabeth and William Roby. Resi
dence, Nashua, N. H.
ship with the Masons (33d degree),
Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and
Elks; secretary of the Masonic grand
bodies of New Hampshire, since Dec,
1909; m., Dec. 19, 1893, Mary E.
Vose; children, Esther, b. April 3,
1896; Kathryn, b. April 25, 1897.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Cheney, Harry Morrison
Printer and publisher; b., Newport,
N. H., March 8, 1860; s. Elias
Hutchins and Susan W. (Youngman)
Cheney; ed. Colby Academy, New
London, N. H., and Bates College,
Lewiston, Me., graduating from former
Stevens, Henry Webster
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., March
5, 1853; s. Lyman Dewey and Achsah
Pollard (French) Stevens, his mother
in 1882 and latter in 1886; engaged in
journalism in Lebanon, after leaving
college, in the office of the Lebanon Free
Press, of which his father was long
proprietor, and was himself for a
number of years publisher of that
paper; Unitarian; Republican, and
long active in party affairs; auditor,
state printer's accounts, 1889-90; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives
from Lebanon, 1893, 1895, and speaker
in 1903; state senator in 1897-8; mem
ber of council of Gov. Frank W.
Rollins, 1899-1900; holds member-
also having been born in Concord in
the Countess of Rumford House at the
South end of Main St.; ed. Concord
schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy,
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1875, Boston
University Law School, LL.B., 1877;
admitted to N. H. bar in 1878 and since
in practice of law in Concord, first
with his father, Hon. Lyman D. Stev
ens, then with Edward G. Leach until
1900, when Benjamin W. Couch
joined the firm; in 1913 Mr. Leach re
tired and in 1914 William Lyman
Stevens was admitted, the firm name
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being Stevens, Couch and Stevens;
Episcopalian; Republican; city so
licitor, 1885-6; alderman, 1894; mem
ber, house of representatives, 1887;
state senator, 1901-2; trustee, city
library; president, Margaret Pillsbury
General Hospital: trustee, N. H.
Historical Soc; vice-president, Mechanicks National Bank; president,
Merrimack County Savings Bank;
clerk, Northern R. R.; director, Board
of Trade Building Co.; member,
N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n,
Alpha Delta Phi Soc, Wonolancet
Club, Concord, N. H., University
clubs, Boston and New York; recre
ation, reading and gardening; m.,
Exeter, N. H., Oct. 27, 1880, Ellen
Tuck Nelson, second dau. of William
R. Nelson, b. Peekskill, N. Y. Resi
dence, 73 Warren St., Concord, N. H.
Cook, Charles Fred
Educator; b., Sennett, N. Y., Jan. 24,
1866; s. Charles E. and Cyntha A.
(Bowen) Cook; ed., Munro Collegiate
Institute, 1886, St. Lawrence Uni
versity, Canton, N. Y., 1891; princi
pal, high school, Old Town, Me.,
1891-3; sub-principal and principal,
Coney high school, Augusta, Me.,
1893-6; headmaster, Concord, N. H.,
high school since 1906; while in Maine
served as president of Maine Teachers
Ass'n, Maine Schoolmasters' Club,
Maine Ass'n of Colleges and Secondary
Schools; in New Hampshire, president,
N. H. Teachers' Ass'n, N. H. School
masters' Club; N. H. Classical Ass'n;
Mason, lodge, chapter, council, commandery, Scottish Rite, 32d degree;
member, Wonolancet Club; Unitarian;
Republican; m., July 12, 1905, Char
lotte Partridge. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Spaulding, William Waldemar
Teacher, manufacturer, banker; b.,
Lempster, N. H., March 10, 1846; s.
William and Emma Eliza (Miner)
Spaulding; ed. Green Mountain Lib
eral Institute, South Woodstock,
Vt., 1861-2; A.B. Tufts College, 1867,
A.M. 1907; for fourteen years a
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teacher, in Adams, Boston and Haver
hill, Mass., in which latter city he has
continued to reside; for a number of
years a member of the school board
and served as its chairman; he is a
member of the Whittier Club, the
local historical society, and for more
than forty years has been a member of
the Monday Evening Club, a literary
association founded in 1860; is one of
the senior trustees of Tufts College,
serving on the finance committee;
from 1881 to 1910 he was engaged in
manufacturing shoes, senior member
of W. W. Spaulding & Co., Haverhill,
Mass.; for several years director in the
Hampton Co., a mercerizing and fin
ishing plant located in Easthampton,
Mass.; also interested in cotton manu
facturing from 1892 to 1916, being a
director, and for several years vicepresident of the West Boylston Mfg.
Co., located in the same town; he
was, for many years, trustee of the
Hale Hospital, of Haverhill, and for
several years its treasurer; he is a
director of the Citizen's Co-operative
�Hon. Jacob H. Gallingeb
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Bank, also of the Morris Plan -Insti
tution, recently organized; has been
a director of the First National Bank
for twenty years and more and is the
president of the Haverhill Savings
Bank and chairman of its investment
committee. By inheritance and other
wise, Mr. Spaulding is Republican in
politics and Universalist in religion;
he is a strong supporter of the local
Universalist church; m., Oakdale,
Mass., Nov. 25, 1868, Evelyn Alcie
Harris; they have a son and daughter,
both of whom, together with their
children, are residents of Haverhill.
Gallinger, Jacob Harold
Physician, statesman; b., Cornwall,
Ontario, Canada, March 28, 1837; s.
Jacob and Catherine (Cook) Gallinger;
ed. common schools and by private
tutors; M.D., Medical Institute, Cin
cinnati, 1858; New York Homeopathic
Medical College, 1868; A.M., Dart
mouth, 18S5; of German ancestry on
the paternal side, his great-grandfather,
Michael Gallinger, having emigrated to
this country and settled in New York in
1754, later removing to Canada, while
his mother was of American stock; one
of twelve children, he learned and
worked at the printer's trade, before
entering upon the study of medicine;
located in medical practice in Keene,
but removed to Concord in 1862, where
he has since resided; early allied himself
with the Republican party and entered
actively into politics; member, N. H.
house of representatives, in 1872 and
1873, and again in 1891; member,
constitutional
convention,
1876;
state senate, 1878-9-80, being presi
dent the last two years; surgeongeneral on staff of Gov. Natt Head,
with rank of brigadier-general, 187980; chairman of N. H. Republican
state committee for eighteen years;
at one time N. H. member Republican
National Committee; chairman of
the New Hampshire delegation in the
Republican national conventions of
1888, 1900, 1904 and 1908; member,
U. S. house of representatives,
1885-9; elected U. S. senator for six
15
years from March 4, 1891 and four
times re-elected, present term ending
March 4, 1921, being the oldest mem
ber of the Senate in point of service;
president pro tem of the Senate in the
sixty-second Congress, minority floor
leader since 1915, and long regarded
as a leading champion of the protective
tariff policy; chairman of the Senate
committee on District of Columbia
for many years and instrumental in
promoting many public improvements;
member of the important committees
on Appropriations, Finance, Library,
Printing and Rules; chairman of the
Merchant Marine Commission of 19045; member of the board of trustees of
the Columbia Hospital for Women, and
of the board of visitors to the Providence
Hospital; member of the National For
est Reservation Commission, the Na
tional Washington Monument Ass'n.,
and vice-chairman of the Water Ways
Commission; Baptist; Mason, Odd
Fellow, Patron of Husbandry, member
of University Club and Lock Tavern
Club of Washington, D. C.; m., Aug.
3, 1860, Mary Anna Bailey, dau. of
Maj. Isaac Bailey of Salisbury, who d.
in Washington, Feb. 2, 1907, having
been the mother of six children, of whom
one only, Mrs. H. A. Norton of Winches
ter, Mass., survives, the last to pass
away being Dr. Ralph E. Gallinger, a
successful practitioner in his native city
and physician at the New Hampshire
State Prison. Residence, Concord, N.H.
Emerson, Charles Sumner
Merchant—house furnishings; b.,
Milford, N. H., April 2, 1866; s.
Sumner B. and Martha A. (Bales)
Emerson; ed. Milford public schools,
Gushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass. ;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1907, 1909, chairman,
committee on public improvements at
both sessions and actively instrumen
tal in securing the enlargement and
remodeling of the state house and the
three trunk line highway bill; moder
ator, Milford, since 1910; president,
Milford Building & Loan Ais'n; vicepresident, Granite Savings Bank; pres
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ident, Milford Hospital Ass'n; Congregationalist; ex-superintendent, Sunday
school; moderator, N. H. Conference
Congregational churches, 1915-16;
member, I. O. O. F., lodge, encamp
National Bank, removed to Newport,
N. H., in 1885 to accept the position
of cashier of the newly organized
Citizens National Bank; Methodist;
Republican; member, Newport school
board, seven years; town treasurer
and treasurer town school district
many years; member, N. H. house of
representatives, and chairman com
mittee on banks, 1911; cashier,
Citizens National Bank of Newport,
since organization in 1885; treasurer,
Sugar River Savings Bank, since
organization in 1895; director, Citizens
National Bank, Newport, and People's
National Bank of Claremont; one of the
original incorporators of the Peerless
Mf'g Co., with factories at Newport,
N. H., and Barton, Vt., a director from
the start, treasurer for many years,
now president; member, Knights of
ment and Rebekah lodge; past grand
master, New Hampshire; grand rep
resentative to S. G. L. for ten years;
member, Milford board of trade
(president, 1901, secretary, 1908-11);
member, standing committee, N. H.
board of trade on Pilgrim Tercen
tenary; chairman, N. H. committee,
Pilgrim Tercentenary; m., June 13,
1889, Estelle F. Abbott; children,
Dean A., Sumner B., Ruth, Mark F.
Residence, Milford, N. H.
Johnson, Perley Albert
Banker, manufacturer; b., Unity,
N. H., Oct. 24, 1860; s. William B., and
Flora (Severns) Johnson; ed. public
schools and St. Johnsbury, Vt.,
Academy, 1878; was a teacher and
bookkeeper for a time; served three
years as a clerk in the Barton, Vt.,
Pythias, Newport Board of Trade,
president 1909-10; m., Jan. 19, 1886,
Katie G. Coe; children, Carroll D.,
Margaret L. Residence, Newport,
N. H.
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Huntress, Harriet Lane
Deputy Superintendent Public In
struction; b., Meredith (now Cen
ter Harbor), N. H.; daughter of
James Lewis and Harriet Perkins
(Page) Huntress; ed. in private schools
in Massachusetts, graduating from
Prospect Hill School, Greenfield, in
1879; chief clerk, N. H. Depart
ment of Public Instruction, from April,
1889, serving under Superintendents
Patterson, Gowing, Folsom and Mor-
Sibley, Mary Matilda Putnam
(Mrs. Frank A.) ; manufacturer, club
woman; b., Croydon, N. H., March 27,
1860; dau. Marshall and Matilda
(Carroll) Putnam; ed. public schools
and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
1883; m. Frank A. Sibley of Newport,
June 19, 1884. Upon Mr. Sibley's
death, Oct. 26, 1909, took charge of
the business of the Sibley Scythe Co.,
at North Newport, which had been in
the family for more than seventy years,
rison, till Sept., 1913, when appointed
deputy superintendent, which position
she now holds, being the first woman in
New England appointed to such po
sition; member of the Concord Wo
man's Club, Country Club, Friendly
Club, Woman's City Club of Boston,
N. H. Historical Society, Capital
Grange, P. of H., Rumford Chapter,
D. A. R., Mt. Vernon Ladies' Ass'n
(vice-regent for New Hampshire),
N. H. Equal Suffrage Ass'n (member,
advisory board); Unitarian. Address,
Concord, N. H.
and has successfully conducted the
same; long interested in club, philan
thropic, benevolent and patriotic
work; member, Newport Woman's
Club (president, 1908-9); chairman,
conservation committee, State Federa
tion, 1912-13; regent, Reprisal Chap
ter, D. A. R., 1911-13; conservation
chairman, N. H. D. A. R., 1916-17;
member, National Conservation board,
D. A. R., 1916-17; deeply interested
in conservation of New Hampshire
birds and forests; president, Newport
Equal Suffrage League; member, board
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of education, 1908-1910; trustee,
Newport Home for Aged Women;
raised money for soldiers' monument
at North Newport; has traveled ex
tensively in this country and Europe;
children, Homer Taft, b. 1887, Dart
mouth A.B., 1907, A.M., 1908, Univer
sity of Goettingen, Germany, 1909-14;
Helen, b. 1889, The Elms, Springfield,
Mass., 1905-8, Mt. Holyoke College,
1908-10,
Germany,
1910-11, m.
Charles E. Winter, 1912, children, Mary
and Frank; Dean Sheridan, b. 1894,
Mitchell Military School, Billerica,
Mass., 1908-10, Germany, 1910-11,
Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1911-13,
Dartmouth, 1913-14, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 1914-17.
Residence, North Newport, N. H.
Towne, Omar Alvah
Printer and publisher; b., Stoddard,
N. H., Feb. 2, 1851 ; s. Hollis and
Elzina M. (Corey) Towne; ed. public
schools, Penacook and Wolfeboro
academies; commenced business as a
printer and bookseller in Franklin in
1875; bought the Franklin Transcript
in 1884 and the Merrimack Journal m
1889, and consolidated the papers
under the name of the Journal-Tran
script, which he still publishes, and is
also engaged in real estate business;
Baptist; Republican; member, Frank
lin' board of education, twenty-two
years from 1888; member, N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1889; justice,
Franklin police court, 1905-13; justice,
Franklin municipal court, since 1915;
secretary and treasurer, Franklin
Building & Loan Ass'n; clerk, Webster
Birthplace Ass'n; clerk, Franklin
Hospital Ass'n; clerk and treasurer,
Gyro Pump Co.; president, N. H.
board of trade, 1915-16; member and
first president, N. H. Weekly Pub
lishers Ass'n; member, N. H. Press
Ass'n, president 1914-15; member,
Merrimack Lodge No. 28, I. O. O. F.,
Webster Encampment No. 13, Meri
dian Lodge No. 60, A. F. & A. M.,
St. Omar Chapter, R. A. M., No. 22,
Pythagorean Council No. 6, Laconia;
Knights Templar, Scottish Rite and
N. H. Consistory; m., June 6, 1884,
Elizabeth C. Morrill, who d. Feb. 17,
1916; one dau., Addie E. Residence,
Franklin, N. H.
Bingham, Harry
Lawyer; b., Columbus, O., March 14,
1864; s. Edward F. and Susan (Gun
ning) Bingham, his father, a brother
of the late Harry and George A.
Bingham, of Littleton, having been a
circuit court judge in Ohio, and later
chief justice of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia; ed. Columbus
public schools, Columbus high school,
1882; studied law in the office of
Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor at
Littleton, 1884 to 1887; admitted to the
New Hampshire bar at Concord, July,
1887; removed to Washington, D. C.;
Episcopalian; Democrat; captain, U. S.
Vol. Inf., Spanish War, June 20, 1898,
to March 1, 1899; assistant U. S.
district attorney, Washington, D. C.,
1900-5; returned to Littleton. April,
1912, at the time of the death of his
brother-in-law, William H. Mitchell,
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and took up practice of law in suc
cession to the firm with which he had
studied; Judge of Probate for the
County of Grafton since Dec. 2,
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1880, Fanny Hallock Rouse. Office,
111 Broadway, New York City; resi
dence, 85 Berkeley Ave., Yonkers, N. Y.
Chase, William Martin
Jurist; b., Canaan, N. H., Dec. 27,
1837; s. Horace and Abigail S. (Martin)
Chase; ed. public schools, Canaan
Union Academy, Kimball Union
Academy, Dartmouth College, B. S.
1858, hon. A.M. 1879, LL.D., 1898,
admitted to N. H. bar, 1862, and in
practice in Concord, as a member of
the firms of Marshall & Chase, Sargent
& Chase and Chase & Streeter, till
1891, when appointed associate justice
of the N. H. supreme court, serving
till 1907, when he resumed practice
alone; Congregationalist; Democrat;
clerk, N. H. senate, 1871; member,
Concord board of education, for twenty
years; trustee, N. H. state library, 1874,
N. H. state normal school, 1876-8;
member, Concord board of water
1913; m., Sept. 10, 1902, Frances
Thompson, dau. of the late Hon. John
G. Thompson of Ohio. Residence,
Littleton, N. H.
Carpenter, Philip
Lawyer; b. Bath, N. H., March 9,
1856; s. Alonzo P. and Julia R.
(Goodall) Carpenter; ed., St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, 1873, Dartmouth
College, 1877; studied law; admitted
to the N. H. bar, and practiced in
Bath and Lancaster, N. H., 1880-5;
since 1885 in New York City; Congregationalist; Republican ; judge advocate
general, N. H., staff of Gov. Moody
Currier, 1885-7; first associate district
attorney, New York county, 1897;
member, Union League, Republican
and Dartmouth Clubs, New York City,
New Hampshire Soc. and Dartmouth
Alumni Ass'n in New York, N. H.
Historical Soc.; Mason; m. Sept. 3,
commissioners, 1877-91; chairman,
commission to revise and codify the
laws of New Hampshire under act of
�Hon. Rolland H. Spaulding
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1889, upon whose report the Public
Statutes were enacted in 1891 ; member,
N. H. senate, 1909-10, serving on
judiciary revision of statutes and other
committees; director, First National
Bank of Concord, from 1870; clerk,
Concord & Montreal Railroad; trustee,
Dartmouth College, since 1890 and
clerk of the corporation; member, N. H.
Historical Soc, N. E. Historic-Geneal
ogical Soc, Wonolancet Club, Con
cord, honorary member Dartmouth
Phi Beta Kappa Soc; engaged as a
lawyer in much important litigation,
and extensively consulted as counsel;
m., March 18, 1863, Ellen S. Abbott;
one s., Arthur H. Chase. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Spaulding, Rolland Harry
Manufacturer,
ex-governor; b.,
Townsend Harbor, Mass., March 15,
1873; s. Jonas and Elvira (Chase)
Spaulding; ed., Phillips Andover Acad
emy, Andover, Mass., class of 1893;
entered business in 1895, and has since
continued, in the firm established by
his father, now Jonas Spaulding Sons
Co. (Inc.), manufacturers of leatherboard, counters, novelties, etc., at
Townsend Harbor, Mass., Rochester,
North Rochester and Milton, N. H.,
and Tonawanda, N. Y.; vice-presi
dent, Spaulding & Frost Co., Fremont,
N. H.; director, Spaulding & Sons
(Ltd.), London, England, Inter
national Leather Co., Atlas Leather
Co., First National Bank, Rochester,
N. H., United Life and Accident Ins.
Co., Concord, N. H.; Protestant; Re
publican; delegate, Republican national
convention, 1912; governor of New
Hampshire, 1915-16; vice-president,
New Hampshire Defence League, 1917;
vice-chairman, executive committee,
New Hampshire Committee of Safety.
Residence, North Rochester, N. H.
Bean, Edwin Curtis
Secretary of state; b., Gilmanton.
N. H., Feb. 20, 1854; s. John C. and
Climenia (Burleigh) Bean; ed. com
mon schools, Tuton Seminary and
private tutors; engaged for thirty years
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in mercantile business in Belmont,
N. H.; Baptist; Republican; town clerk,
1881-2; postmaster, 1878-84; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1887,
1913, 1915 (speaker in 1915); delegate
to Republican national convention,
1904; delegate, N. H. constitutional
convention, 1912; colonel on staff of
Gov. John McLane, 1905-6; secretary
of state since 1915; trustee, City
Savings Bank, Laconia, Iona Savings
Bank. Tilton; president, N. H. Retail
Merchants Ass'n three years; member,
Lawrence Grange, P. of H., Knights of
Pythias, Mason; m., Oct. 10, 1882,
Marietta Bowman, Eastport, Me.;
children, Helen M., John C. (d. March
23, 1910), Arthur E., Edna Ci Resi
dence, Belmont, N. H.
Felker, Andrew Llewellyn
Farmer; b., Barrington, N. H., July
6, 1869; s. Andrew J. and Lydia A.
(Seavey) Felker; ed. Pond Hill school,
Barrington, Austin Academy, Strafford,
New Hampton Literary Institution,
New Hampton, N. H. ; engaged in farm
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ing in the town of Meredith since
Jan., 1897; Free Baptist; Independent
Democrat; selectman, Meredith, 18989; member, school board, ten years;
appointed commissioner of agriculture
by Gov. Samuel D. Felker in 1913;
twice nominated for reappointment by
Gov. Rolland H. Spaulding in 1916,
council refusing confirmation on par
tisan grounds; renominated by Gov.
Henry W. Keyes in 1917, and unani
mously confirmed; member, Chocorua
Lodge", A. F. & A. M., Meredith,
Wicwas Lake Grange, P. of H.,
master, 1904; district deputy; lectu
rer, N. H. State Grange, 1910-14,
overseer since 1914; secretary, N. H.
Old Home Week Ass'n since 1914; has
spoken extensively on agricultural and
kindred topics at farmers' institutes,
Grange gatherings and various public
meetings throughout the state; m., Dec.
5, 1894, Eva J. Perkins of Meredith;
three sons, Louis K. and Harold P.,
students at New Hampshire College,
and Walter A. Residence, Laconia,
N. H.; address, Concord, N. H.
Watson, Irving Allison
Physician; b., Salisbury, N. H., Sept.
6, 1849; s. Porter B. and Luvia E.
(Ladd) Watson; ed. common schools,
Newbury (Vt.) Seminary and Colle
giate Institute; studied medicine; at
tended lectures, Dartmouth Medical
College and University of Vermont;
grad. from latter, M.D., 1871 (A.M.,
Dartmouth, 1885); practiced Groveton,
N. H., 1871-81; since then in Concord;
several years superintendent of schools
at Groveton, member N. H. legislature,
1879-81 ; secretary N. H. state board of
health since organization, Sept., 1881;
secretary N. H. commissioners of lun
acy; registrar vital statistics of New
Hampshire; president of state board
cattle commissioners from 1891 to
1913; secretary, American Public
Health Ass'n, 1883-97; president, Inter
national Conference State and Provin
cial Boards of Health, 1903; assistant
secretary-general, first Pan-American
medical congress; permanent member,
American Medical Ass'n; honorary
member, Academia Nacional de Medi
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cina de Mexico ; member, Societe Fran
chise d' Hygiene of Paris; president, N.
H. Medical Soc, 1903; National Ass'n
for the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis; compiled and edited: Physicians
and Surgeons of America; N. H. regis
tration reports since 1881; reports
state board of health since 1882; re
ports American Public Health Ass'n,
1883-97; Reports N. H. commissioners
of lunacy; author of many papers on
medical and sanitary subjects; m., 1872,
Lena A. Farr of Littleton, N. H., who
d. Jan. 30, 1901; one dau., Bertha M.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Gay, George Washington
Physician and surgeon; b., Swanzey, N. H., Jan. 14, 1842; s. Willard
and Fanny (Wright) Gay; ed. com
mon schools, Mt. Caesar Seminary,
Swanzey, Powers Institute, Bernardstown, Mass., Harvard Medical School,
M.D., 1868, A.M. Dartmouth, 1895;
has practiced continuously in Boston
since graduation,specializing in surgery ;
surgeon, Boston City Hospital, since
1872; instructor in clinical surgery,
1888-1900, Harvard Medical School,
and lecturer, 1900-07; member, Mass.
Medical Soc. (president, 1906-8), Amer
ican Medical Soc, American Surgical
Ass'n, British Medical Ass'n, St. Botolph Club, N. H. Historical Soc; presi
dent, Suffolk Storage Warehouse Co.;
trustee, Wrentham School for Feeble
minded; Unitarian; m., 1st, Nov., 1868,
Mary E. Hutchinson, who d. Feb., 1873;
2d, Nov., 1875, Grace Greenleaf Hathorne. Office, 665 Boylston St., Bos
ton, Mass.; residence, Chestnut Hill,
Mass.
Allen, Carl Addison
Physician; b., Lempster, N. H., Oct.
27, 1847; s. Stephen and Phoebe
(Lewis) Allen; ed. common schools,
private academies, Kimball Union
Academy, Meriden, 1871; Long Island
College Hospital, M.D., 1874; com
menced medical practice at Acworth,
N. H., Dec, 1874, continuing till 1890
when he removed to Holyoke, Mass.,
where he continues; Congregationalist;
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Independent; superintendent of schools,
Lempster, 1872, Acworth, 1876-86;
president, Connecticut River Medical
Soc, president, Hampden County
Medical Soc. ; president, Holyoke Medi
cal Soc; president, Holyoke AntiTuberculosis Soc; Secretary, Holyoke
chapter, American Red Cross; member,
I. O. O. F. ; m., 1st, Sophie E. Stearns,
May 19, 1875, who d. Dec 19, 1888; 2d,
March 25, 1891, Hattie M. Murdough;
children, Walter S. (Amherst, 1900),
Sto
.S.
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P
w\
superintendent of the laboratory of the
General Chemical Co., New York;
Fred H. (Amherst, 1902, Harvard
Medical School, 1907), in practice in
Holyoke, specializing in diseases of chil
dren; Sophie E. (Mt. Holyoke, 1909),
secretary to the dean of Columbia Col
lege, New York; Carl W. (Massachu
setts Agricultural College, 1914), chem
ist in employ of the General Chemical
Co., New York; Raymond P., pay
master, Farr Alpaca Co., Holyoke; Leland C. at home. Residence, Holyoke,
Mass.
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Bean, George Fremont
Lawyer; b., Bradford, N. H., March
24, 1857; s. Stephen Sibley and Nancy
E. (Colby) Bean; ed. Warner public
schools, Simonds free high school,
Warner, Colby Academy, New London,
N. H., 1877, Brown University,
A.B., 1881, A.M., 1884; studied law
with Hon. Samuel C. Eastman of
Concord, and graduated, LL.B., from
Boston University Law School, 1885;
admitted to the bar in Boston same
year and has been in general practice
there since, establishing his residence
in Woburn; Congregationalist; Re
publican; mayor of Woburn, 1901-2;
member, Woburn school board from
1896 to 1908, half the time as chairman,
and declining further election; member,
Mass. house of representatives, 1910;
trustee, Choate Memorial Hospital,
Woburn; trustee, Warren Academy;
chairman, trustees of the Brown
Alumni Loyalty Fund; member, advi
sory board of the Brown Alumni;
member, Towanda Club of Woburn;
m., Sept. 2, 1896, E. Maria Blodgett,
who d. April 16, 1917; Mrs. Bean was
a sister of the late Judge John T. Blod
gett of the supreme court of Rhode
Island, a graduate of Wellesley, a
teacher and earnest worker along edu
cational, church and charitable lines;
children, Esther (Mrs. Orel M. Bean),
Wellesley, 1909; Stephen Sibley,
Brown, 1914. Residence, Woburn,
Mass.; office, Rice Building, Boston.
Perley, Sir George Halsey
Lumber manufacturer; high com
missioner; b., Lebanon, N. H., Sept. 12,
1857; s. William G. and Mabel Ticknor (Stevens) Perley; ed. Ottawa
grammar school, St. Paul's School,
Concord, N. H., Harvard University,
A.B., 1878; vice-president, Hull Lum
ber Co.; president, Argenteuil Lumber
Co.; director, Bank of Ottawa; many
years vice-president, Canada Atlantic
Railway ; elected to House of Commons
for Argenteuil, 1904, 1908, 1911; on
defeat of the Laurier Administration,
in 1911, became a member of the
Privy Council, and accepted a seat in
the Borden Cabinet without portfolio;
in charge of office of High Commissioner
for Canada, in London, since June,
1914; m., 1st. June 4, 1884, Annie
Hespeler Bowlby, who d. Aug. 10, 1910;
2d, June 11, 1913, Emily Colby White;
one dau. Residence, 233 Metcalfe
St.; office, Citizen's Building, Ot
tawa, Ontario.
McCrillis, John
Lawyer, insurance, banker; b.,
Goshen, N. H., Aug. 5, 1858; s. Wil
liam H. and Abby (Huntoon) McCril
lis; ed. Newport high school, Kimball
Union Academy, Dartmouth College,
1883; principal, Morris,
Minn.,
high school, 1883-4, Springfield, Vt,
high school, 1884*6; read law with
Albert S. Wait of Newport; admitted
to the bar, 1889; clerk of Supreme
or Superior Court for Sullivan County
since 1886; extensively engaged in
insurance;
Unitarian;
Democrat;
many years member N. H. Democratic
state committee; member, Newport
board of education, 1887-90; auditor,
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Sullivan County, ten years; trustee,
N. H. State Hospital, ten years; mem
ber, Newport water and sewer com
mission, eight years, cemetery com
mission, seven years; president, First
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many of the leading pastorates and
rising to a presiding eldership in the
latter state. He has been a resident of
New Hampshire since 1877; educated
in the public schools, graduating from
Keene high school in 1886; after a
year of clerical work in New York
City, he came to Concord, in 1887,
where he has since resided; was for
twenty-five years a correspondent
consecutively of the Manchester Union,
Manchester Mirror, Boston Globe and
various metropolitan dailies; also con
ducted a general insurance business;
a tenor soloist and member of several
choirs of Capital city churches and of
various secular organizations during a
period of twenty-five years; Repub
lican; member of the legislature of
1911 from Ward 6, Concord, serving
on appropriations and insurance com
mittees; nominated in 1912 for regis
National Bank of Newport; trustee,
Newport Savings Bank; director, Dex
ter Richards & Sons Co.; treasurer, di
rector and clerk, Brampton Woolen Co.;
member and past master, Mount Vernon
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Newport; Sulli
van Commandery, K. T., Claremont:
m., Sept. 26, 1895, Mary E. Wilmarth
of Newport; two sons, John Wilmarth
and William Henry. Residence, New
port, N. H.
Keeler, Irad Eugene
Register of probate of Merrimack
County; b., Greenport, N. Y., March
7, 1868; s. Rev. Samuel Crofut and Lydia
(Williams) Keeler, both of whom were
natives of Connecticut; his father
divided about equally between the
states of New York and New Hamp
shire a service of nearly half a century
in the Methodist ministry, filling
ter of probate for Merrimack County,
carrying 31 out of 37 towns and wards,
in competition with two well-known
and active opponents; elected to this
office in 1912, and twice re-elected
�Lilian C. Streeter
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without opposition in the primaries
and having the highest majority over
his Democratic opponents of any
candidate on the Republican ticket;
member, Eureka Lodge No. 70, A. F.
A A. M., South Congregational Church,
Capital Grange, Wonolancet Club and
N. H. Historical Society; m., Dec. 17,
1901, Edith M. Burleigh of Concord;
one son, Richard Hall. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Streeter, Lilian Carpenter
(Mrs. Frank S.) J b., Bath, N. H., July
22, 1854; dau. Chief Justice Alonzo P.
and Julia R. (Goodall) Carpenter
(grand-daughter of Rev. David Goodall, first minister of Littleton, N. H.);
ed. by private teachers and at St.
Johnsbury, Vt., Academy; m., Bath, N.
H., Nov. 14, 1877, Frank Sherwin
Streeter of Concord; Episcopalian,
member St. Paul's church, Concord;
active in social, charitable and philan
thropic work; founder and first presi
dent of the Concord Woman's Club,
and of the N. H. Federation of Women's
Clubs, of which latter she is now honor
ary president; one of the organizers of
the Concord Charity Organization, and
vice-president from 1903 till 1910;
secretary, N. H. Board of Charities
and Correction, from 1899 to 1901, and
chairman 1901-11; chairman, Com
mittee on Dependent Children, State
Conference of Charities and Cor
rection, since 1901; chairman, N. H.
Children's Commission, 1913-15, her
report having been called for from all
over the country by social workers and
state and college libraries; secretary,
Concord District Nursing Association,
from its organization in 1899 till 1909
and president from 1909 to 1913—now
honorary president; member, Ameri
can Academy of Political and Social
Science-National Conference of Chari
ties and Corrections, National Organi
zation for PublicIHealth Nursing; mem
ber of the Social Service Commission
of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
New Hampshire; member of the Social
Service Commission of the Provin
cial Synod of New England—the only
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woman on the board; representative
from New Hampshire at the National
Conference on Dependent Children,
held at the White House in Jan., 1909,
on call of President Roosevelt; mem
ber, visiting committee, Orphans'
Home, St. Paul's School, Concord;
member, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R.;
treasurer, National Society Colonial
Dames of America, for New Hampshire;
member, executive committee, N. H.
Branch National Civic Federation;
member,
Woman's,
Shakespeare,
Friendly, Golf and Country clubs,
Concord, and Mayflower Club, Boston,
Mass.;
anti-suffragist. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Pillsbury, Albert Enoch
Lawyer; b., Milford, N. H., Aug.
19, 1849; s. Josiah Webster and Eliza
beth (Dinsmoor) Pillsbury; ed. Law
rence Academy, Groton, Mass., grad
uating 1867, Harvard University,
1867-9 (honorary A.M., 1891; LL.D
Harvard University, 1913); admitted
to the Massachusetts bar in 1870, and
since in practice in Boston; Repub
lican; member, Mass. house of rep
resentatives, 1876-7-8; Senate, 18845-6 (president, 1885-6); attorneygeneral of Massachusetts, 1891-4;
lecturer on constitutional law, Boston
University Lav? School, 1896; director
and trustee in various banking insti
tutions; trustee, Lawrence Academy;
member, World Peace Foundation,
International Law Ass'n, American
Academy of Political and Social
Science, N. H. Historical Society,
Algonquin, Art and University clubs,
and various other organizations. Res
idence, 175 Bay State Road; office,
6 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
Chase, Olin Hosea
Printer and publisher; b., Spring
field, N. H., Aug. 24, 1875; s. Hosea B.
and Eveline H. (Kidder) Chase; ed.
Newport High School; learned print
er's trade in Republican Champion
office, Newport, commencing in 1893
and continuing in that establishment
until May, 1917, becoming editor and
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publisher Jan., 1900 ; Republican ; served
as town clerk of Newport for twelve
years, from March, 1904; representa
tive in N. H. legislature in 1913-14
and 1915-16, being elected speaker of
the house upon the resignation of
Carrie F. Wright Hospital, 1913;
Mason; member, Sullivan Commandery, K. T., Claremont; Bektash
Temple, N. M. S., Concord; University
Club, Boston; University Club, New
York; m., Aug. 17, 1909, Louise F.,
dau. of the late Col. Seth M. Richards
of Newport; children, Bettina, b. 1910;
Linda, b. 1911; Louise, b. 1915. Resi
dence, Newport, N. H.
Chamberlin, Henry Eastman
City clerk; b., Newbury, Vt., May
28, 1854; s. Charles and Ruth (East
man) Chamberlin; ed. public schools;
went west in early youth and learned
railway telegraphy, at Union City,
Ind., returning in 1873; employed as
train dispatcher for the Northern
R. R., at Concord, under George E.
Todd, 1873 to 1875, when appointed
Edwin C. Bean to take the office of
secretary of state; commissioner of
motor vehicles since Sept., 1916;
second lieutenant in First N. H. Vols.
in the Spanish war, and captain for five
years in the N. H. National Guard;
Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner;
unmarried. Residence, Newport, N. H.
Rollins, Dillwyn Sidney
Woolen manufacturer; b., West
Newbury, Mass., Nov. 25, 1881; s.
Charles F. and Alice Greenleaf
(Purington) Rollins; ed. Newburyport,
Mass., high school, Dartmouth College,
1904; Congregationalist; Republican;
treasurer, Dexter Richards & Sons Co.,
Newport, N. H.; president, N. H.
Manufacturers Ass'n, 1915-16; trustee,
Richards Free Library, since 1910;
member, school board, 1913; trustee,
station agent at Penacook, continuing
eighteen years; superintendent, Concord
Street Ry., from April, 1893 till April,
1901; superintendent, Street Ry.,
Dallas, Tex., 1902; city clerk and
overseer of the poor, Concord, N. H.,
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since 1903; Republican; member,
Concord board of aldermen, from Ward
1, 1893-4; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1897-8; Mason, mem
ber lodge, chapter, council and commandery, S. of V., past commander,
N. H. Div.; m., Nov. 23. 1875, Mary
E. Livengood; three daus., Myla,
Iyla, and Ruth Elizabeth. Residence,
West Concord, N. H.
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mission, 1915, reappointed 1917; mem
ber, I. O. O. F., Wonolancet Club,
Concord; m., June 30, 1915, Marion L.
Burns. Address, Concord, N. H.
Cutter, Guy Henry
Lawyer; b., Jaffrey N. H., Aug. 1,
1882; s. Lucius A. and Corrisende
Mclntyre, Daniel
Clergyman; b., Jamestown, Scot
land, May 23, 1866; s. Finlay and
Ann (Donald) Mclntyre; came to
Dover, N. H., May 29, 1873; ed. pub
lic schools, Dover, graduating from
high school in 1886; Bowdoin Col
lege, Brunswick, Me., 1892; Andover,
Mass., Theological Seminary, 1894;
(Lawrence) Cutter; ed. Jaffrey and
Winchendon, Mass., high schools,
Clark College, 1905, Harvard Law
School, 1908; admitted to the bar in
Massachusetts, 1908, in New Hamp
shire in 1909; practiced three years,
with offices in Jaffrey and Winchen
don, Mass., residing in Jaffrey, where
he still retains his legal residence;
Congregationalist; Democrat; member,
N. H. house of representatives from
Jaffrey, 1909-11-13; state auditor,
1914; member, N. H. bank com-
ordained and installed pastor, Con
gregational church, Barrington, N. H.,
Sept. 5, 1894, continuing till 1900, East
Fairfield, Vt., 1900-03, Pawlet, Vt.,
1903-6, Townshend, Vt., 1906-11,
Westminster West, Vt., 1911-14,
Barnstead, N. H., 1914-16; became
pastor of Second Congregational
church at Ossipee, and chaplain of
Carroll County almshouse and jail,
July 1, 1916; Republican; super
intendent, of public schools, Town
shend, Vt., 1907-11; Mason, Odd
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Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Patron
of Husbandry; m., Mary Louise Hol
land Drew, Feb. 2, 1900; children,
Jonathan Drew, b. July 19, 1901;
Carrie Ellen, b. July 8, 1908; Mary
Elizabeth b. May 17, 1917. Residence,
Ossipee, N. H.
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Newport, and
N. H. Historical Soc; unmarried.
Residence, Newport, N. H.
Edes, Samuel Harcourt
Editor and publisher; b., Newport,
N. H., Nov. 9, 1881; s. George C. and
Elizabeth Mary (Lyons) Edes; ed.
Hirst, Edgar Clarkson
Forester; b., Yellow Springs, Ohio,
Aug. 31, 1882; s. John Janney and
Mary (Bowe) Hirst; ed. Yellow
Springs public schools, Antioch Pre
paratory School, Ohio State University
(B.A), Yale Forest School, (M.F.); en
gaged in lumbering previous to appoint-
Newport high school, University of
Georgia, University of Virginia; editor
and proprietor of the N. H. Argus and
Spectator, at Newport since 1907;
captain, company M, 1st N. H.
Infantry, serving seven months in
the expedition to the Mexican border,
1916-17; Congregationalist; Democrat;
member, N. H. senate from Dis
trict No. 7—a normally Republican
district—in legislature of 1913-14,
serving on committees on judiciary,
education, state hospital and soldiers'
home, and joint standing committee
on engrossed bills; member, Mt. Vernon
ment as state forester of New Hampshire
when the department was organized
on its present basis, in 1909. In addi
tion to regular duties has spoken
extensively on forestry topics, at
farmers' institutes, board of trade
gatherings, Grange meetings, etc.;
Unitarian; Mason; member, Delta
Epsilon fraternity, Cosmos Club,
Washington, D. C., Wonolancet Club,
Concord; m., Dec. 1, 1914, Mary
Walker Stillings, dau. Dr. F. A.
Stillings of Concord; one son. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
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Everett, Frederic Elwin
Civil engineer: b., New London, N.
H., April 16, 1876; s. Benjamin G.
and Sarah E. (Johnson) Everett; ed.
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from the Harvard Law School in 1897
and admitted to the Massachusetts
bar; associated in practice with Hon.
Geo. Fred Williams, ex-minister to
Greece, whose partner he was for
many years, prior to 1910 under firm
name of Williams & Halloran; member,
bar of U. S. Supreme court; counsel
for Town of Norwood, Mass., since
1907, and incumbent of various other
town offices; experienced in corpora
tion matters; associate justice, North
ern Norfolk District court; director,
Norwood National Bank, Norwood,
and Prudential Trust Co., Boston,
Mass.; (trustee, Norwood Civic Ass'n;
member, Norfolk County Bar Ass'n,
Massachusetts Bar Ass'n, American
Bar Ass'n, Massachusetts State Board
of Trade (vice-president eleven years),
Norwood board of trade (president,
1903-5), Boston Athletic Ass'n, Har
Colby Academy, New London, class
of 1896; three years in Massachu
setts Institute of Technology; en
gineer, park department, Cambridge,
Mass., 1900-6; division engineer, N.
H. highway department, 1906-14;
N. H. Commissioner of Highways
since 1915; Episcopalian; Republican;
Mason, Knight Templar, member,
Wonolancet Club, Patron of Hus
bandry; m., Sept. 12, 1900, Gertrude
E. Lamson; children, Douglas Newton,
Barbara, Miriam. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Halloran, James Ambrose
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 11,
1870; s. Dennis and Mary (O'Brien)
Halloran; ed. Concord public schools
and by private tutors; studied law in
the office of the late Judge John M.
Mitchell of Concord; graduated, LL.B.,
vard and Economic clubs; Catholic;
Independent Democrat; unmarried.
Residence, Norwood, Mass.; office,
15 State St., Boston.
�Hon. Wilbur H. Powers
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Powers, Wilbur Howard
Lawyer; b., Croydon, N. H., Jan.
22, 1849; s. Elias and Emeline (White)
Powers; ed. common schools, Kim
ball Union Academy, 1871, Dart
mouth College, 1875, Boston Univer
sity Law School, 1878; admitted to
the bar in New Hampshire, Aug.,
1878, and in Massachusetts in No
vember following, opening an office and
commencing practice in Boston Jan.
22, 1879, where he has since continued;
the late Henry H. Folsom was for
some years associated with him, and,
later, his son, Walter Powers, was ad
mitted to the firm, which was known as
Powers, Folsom & Powers; Unitarian;
Republican; member, Mass. house
of representatives, 1890-91-92; park
commissioner, Hyde Park, 1893-1902,
chairman three years; member, school
committee, Hyde Park, 1900-9, chair
man seven years; presidential elector,
1896; holds membership with the
Masons, Golden Cross, Royal Arca
num, Sons and Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution; president, National
Fraternal Congress of America, 191314; retains a deep interest in his
native town and state, and was orator
of the day at the 150th anniversary
celebration in Croydon, Aug. 24,
1916; m., 1st, May 1, 1888, Emily
Owen, who d. Dec. 13, 1912; 2d,
Lottie I. Koehler (nee Mills), May 17,
1914; children, Walter Powers, b.
Aug. 3, 1885, now in partnership with
his father; Myra, b. May 20, 1889,
d. March 4, 1916. Office, 209 Wash
ington St., Boston; residence, 114
Naples Rd., Brookline, Mass.
Ahern, William Joseph
Secretary, N. H. board of charities
and corrections; b., Concord, N. H.,
May 19, 1855; s. William and Bridget
(Leary) Ahern; ed. Concord public
schools; engaged many years in mer
cantile life; Catholic; Democrat; com
missioner, Merrimack county, 1887-91,
chairman last two years; deputy sheriff
and jailer, 1891-2; member, N. H.
house of representatives, eleven terms,
serving generally on appropriations
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committee (chairman in 1913), a longer
legislative service than that of any
man now living with a single excep
tion; secretary, state board of charities
and correction, since 1901; chairman,
trustees State School for Feeble Minded,
1901-14; chairman, Board of Control
of State Institutions, 1914-15; active in
party affairs and several times member
of Democratic state committee, treas
urer, 1001-2; delegate Democratic Na
tional Convention, 1900; member, A.
O. H., Knights of Columbus, Foresters
of America, Elks and Wonolancet Club;
m., Nov. 30, 1876, Catherine Cotter;
children, Frank G., Mary Grace (Mrs.
John F. Sullivan), William J. Jr.,
John M itchell , Robert Leo . Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Hook, Andrew Jackson
General business; b., Cornish, N. H.,
Dec. 7, 1864; s. Moody and Eliza B.
(Carroll) Hook; ed. common schools
and Bryant & Stratton's Business
College, Manchester; in employ of A.
C. Carroll & Son, general merchants, at
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Warner, for six years; landlord,
Kearsarge Hotel, one year, in retail
grain trade, seven years; postmaster of
Warner, 1898 to 1916; since then has
maintained a general business office
conducting a large lumber, real estate
and insurance business. He is a
trustee of the Sugar River Savings
Bank of Newport and agent for the
Citizens National Bank of that town.
Republican; has served as town clerk,
selectman, member of the high school
Brown, Edmund H.
Register of deeds Merrimack County ;
b., Fisherville (now Penacook), N. H.,
Oct. 29, 1857; s. Henry H. and Lucretia (Symonds) Brown; ed. Penacook
Academy (class of 1876), Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, special
course; superintendent, Concord Axle
Co., 1887-97; member, mercantile firm
of Foote, Brown & Co., Penacook,
1897-1911; register of deeds for Mer
rimack County since 1911; Repub-
committee, and has been town treasurer
for the last twenty years; member of
the N. H. house of representatives,
1917-18, serving on the committee on
insurance, and chairman of the com
mittee on liquor laws, taking an active
part in the enactment of the Lewis pro
hibitory bill, also as chairman of the
Merrimack County delegation. He is
a 32d degree Mason and Shriner, also a
Patron of Husbandry and present sec
retary of the N. H. Grange Life Insu
rance Assn.; m. Nov. 24, 1888, Florence
Bell Colby of Warner; no children.
Residence, Warner, N. H.
lioan; representative from Ward 1,
Concord, in N. H. legislature, 1893-4,
1905-6; state senator from District
No. 11 (old), 189.5-6; trustee, Colby
Academy; director, Concord Axle Co.,
trustee, Loan & Trust Savings Bank;
Baptist; member, Penacook Baptist
church, forty-six years (deacon twenty
years) ; member, Horace Chase Lodge,
A. F. & A. M. (past master), Trinity
Chapter, Horace Chase Council, Mt.
Horeb Commandery (commander); re
ceived all Scottish rite degrees to and
including the 32d; m., Oct. 11, 1881,
Mary Belle Proctor; children, Helen
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L., b. Oct. 3, 1882; Howard H., b.
June 15, 1884; William P. (died in
infancy). Residence, Penacook, N. H.
Fellows, William Bainbridge
Lawyer; b., Sandwich, N. H., July 5,
1858; s. Col. Enoch Q. and Mary E.
(Quimby) Fellows; ed. Tilton Seminary,
1876, Dartmouth College, 1880;
studied law with Hon. E. A. Hibbard
of Laconia; admitted to the bar, Sept.,
1883, in practice at Tilton since 1885;
Republican; sergeant-at-arms, N. H.
senate, 1881 ; clerk, U. S. senate com
mittee on claims, 1885-7; solicitor, Bel
knap county, 1889-91, 1893-7; judge
of probate, Belknap county, 1895-1909;
N. H. state auditor, 1909-1 1 ; secretary,
state board of equalization, 1901-8;
member, N. H. special tax commission,
1908; member and secretary, N. H.
tax commission, since 1911; member,
N. H. constitutional conventions,
1902, 1912; treasurer, town of Tilton,
1902, 1906; trustee, Tilton Seminary,
1896—; trustee, Tilton & Northfield
Library Ass'n, 1887- ; trustee, Hall
Memorial Library building, 1901-;
m., 1st, Nov. 1, 1881, Ida G. Scribner,
who d. Jan. 14, 1908; 2d, Aug. 24, 1909,
Clara D. Merriman; children, by first
wife, John H., Paul R. Residence,
Tilton, N. H.
Burroughs, Sherman Everett
Lawyer; b., Dunbarton, N. H.,
Feb. 6, 1870; s. John H. and Helen
M. (Baker) Burroughs; descendant,
on paternal side, of George Burroughs
who served under General Heath at
the siege of Boston, and on the ma
ternal side, of Captains Joseph Baker
and John Lovewell of Indian and
Colonial War fame; ed. public schools
of Dunbarton and Bow, Concord
high school, class of 1890, Dartmouth
College, A.B., class of 1894, Columbian
University Law School, LL.B., 1896,
LL.M. 1897; admitted to the District
of Columbia bar, 1896, New Hamp
shire bar, 1897; commenced practice
in Manchester in 1897; continued alone
two years, then becoming a member of
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the firm of Taggart, Tuttle, Burroughs
& Wyman, where he has continued,
the firm now being Taggart, Burroughs,
Wyman & McLane; Republican;
private secretary to Congressman
Henry M. Baker, 1894-7; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 19013; elected to the U. S. house of repre
sentatives, to fill the vacancy occa
sioned by the death of Cyrus A.
Sulloway, May 29, 1917; member,
state board of equalization, 1909-10;
member, state board of charities and
corrections, 1901-1917; chairman from
1911; president, N. H. Children's Aid
and Protective Soc.;- Episcopalian;
treasurer, Grace Episcopal church, and
trustee, Orphans' Home, Concord,
N. H.; member, Washington Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Manchester; Scottish
Rite Mason; member, Derryfield and
Country clubs; m., April 21, 1898,
Helen S. Phillips; four sons, Robert
Phillips, John Hamilton, Sherman
Everett, Jr., and Henry Baker. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
�Hon. Samuel C. Eastman
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Eastman, Samuel Coffin
Lawyer, banker, manufacturer; b.,
Concord, N. H., July 11, 1837; s.
Seth and Sarah (Coffin) Eastman, and
descendant of Capt. Ebenezer East
man, first settler of Concord; ed. public
schools, Rockingham Academy, Hamp
ton Falls, N.H., Brown University,A.M.,
1857,Harvard LawSchool,LL.B., 1859;
commenced practice of law in Concord
and has since continued, giving special
attention to insurance and corporation
law; Episcopalian; Republican; city
treasurer of Concord during Civil
War period; for twelve years member
of the Concord board of education;
member N. H. house of representa
tives in 1883, and elected speaker;
again member of house in 1893,
serving on judiciary committee and
chairman national affairs; president,
Concord Mutual Fire Ins. Co., which
he organized in 1895; president, N. H.
Savings Bank, for the last twenty
years; president, Concord & Ports
mouth R. R.; president, Eagle &
Phenix Hotel Co.; director and treas
urer, Profile & Flume Co.; pres
ident, N. H. Spinning Mills; presi
dent, Abbot & Downing Co.; several
years director and treasurer, Eastern
R. R. in New Hampshire; some time
president of the Margaret Pillsbury
General Hospital; member, Reorgan
ization Committee, St. Louis & San
Francisco R. R.; member, N. H.
Historical Society, which he has served
as corresponding secretary, librarian
and president, and was instrumental,
with B. A. Kimball, in establishing
location of its new building, as he was,
with W. E. Chandler, in fixing the
site of the U. S. Government build
ing; president, Associated Alumni of
Brown University, 1906-7; member,
Union Club of Boston and Alpha
Delta Phi and University Club, of
New York; member and past presi
dent, N. H. Bar Ass'n; member,
American Bar Ass'n., and delegateat-large to the Universal Congress
of Lawyers and Jurists at St. Louis
in 1904; for some years part owner
of the Concord Monitor and In
dependent Democrat, writing ex
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tensively for the same, also serving
as legislative reporter for the Monitor;
has traveled extensively in Europe
and written interestingly of his travels;
versed in various languages and has
translated books from the French,
Danish and Norwegian; edited East
man'a White Mountain Guide Book; has
delivered various public lectures based
on observations in foreign lands and
other subjects; president of the day at
Concord's 150th anniversary celebra
tion, June 7, 1915 ; received honorary de
gree of LL.D. from Brown University on
60th anniversary of his graduation,June,
1917; m., July 11, 1861, Mary Clifford,
daughter of Judge Albert G. Greene of
Providence, R. I., who d. Oct. 19, 1895;
two children, ason, dying in infancy, and
adaughter, Mary C., educated at Vassar
College, and first president of the
Friendly Club of Concord, who d. Dec.
25, 1913. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Brown, Henry Currier
Merchant; b., Hopkinton, N. H.f
Sept. 30, 1849; s. George and Rosetta
(Currier) Brown; ed. common School
and Hopkinton, Contoocook and Colby
academies; removed to Concord in 1870
and entered the employ of the Prescott
Organ Co., learning the business; was
subsequently engaged as clerk in mer
cantile establishments, till 1890, when
he engaged in the clothing trade, with
Charles C. Currier, under firm name of
Brown & Currier, continuing till 1898,
when Mr. Currier retired and Bennett
Batchelder came into the firm since
known as Brown & Batchelder; Repub
lican; member, Concord board of educa
tion, nine years, common council two
years; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1909-10; trustee, Loan &
Trust Savings Bank since Sept. 30, 1901 ;
member. investment committee, since
Jan., 1902, president since April 7, 1913;
Baptist; deacon, PleasantSt. church, for
more than thirty years; m., Nov. 25,
1872, Sarah B. Sweatt of Webster; chil
dren, Eleanor Abbott (Mrs. John C. Tilton), Vassar, 1903; Grace Currier,
Mt. Holyoke, 1911, N. E. Conservatory
of Music, 1915. Residence, Concord.,
N.H.
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Farrand, George Edward
Merchant; b., Penacook, N. H.
(Ward 1, Concord), May 1, 1872; s.
William and Elizabeth (Jones) Far
rand; ed. public schools of Pena
cook and Manchester; Democrat;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, from Ward 1, Concord, 1909-10,
1911-12; candidate in the primary
for senatorial nomination, 1912; dele
gate in constitutional convention,
1912; state treasurer, 1913-14; bank
commissioner, 1915; acting postmaster
of Concord, July, 1917; chairman,
Democratic State Committee, 1914
and since; Episcopalian; Knight of
Pythias, member, N. H. Historical
Soc., and Wonolancet Club; m., June
21, 1899, Ruth A. Minot of Con
cord; children, Elizabeth Howland,
Mary Minot. Residence, Penacook,
N.H.
Kempton, Elisha Moody
Teacher, farmer; b., Claremont, N.
H., May 22, 1831; s. Elisha and Har
riet (Vickery) Kempton; ed. public
and high schools in Sullivan County;
taught school many terms in early
life; engaged in farming in Acworth;
enlisted as private in Third N. H.
Regiment in the Civil War, Aug. 19,
1861; appointed corporal Sept. 13,
1862; wounded at Morris Island,
siege of Charleston, July 10, 1863;
discharged for disability, Nov. 10,
1863; Baptist; Republican; register
of deeds for Sullivan County, 1872-6;
register of probate for the past thirty
years; Mason and member G. A. R.,
past commander Fred Smyth Post of
Newport; m., 1st, March 30, 1370,
Louisa E. Alden, who d. June 7, 1883;
2d, May 11, 1885, Sarah Isabel Strong;
children, Mary Louisa, a teacher since
graduation at New London Academy;
Alvan Alden, graduate of Colby Acad
emy and Brown University, associate
principal of Vermont Academy at Saxtons River, where he d. in 1905, and
Will Elisha, employed in his father's
office. Residence, Newport, N. H.
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Chase, Levin Joynes
Manager, Concord Electric Co.;
b., Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 6, 1862;
s. Reginald Heber and Susan (Stanwood) Chase; ed. Philadelphia private
schools; engaged for many years in
employ of Wells-Fargo Express Co.,
at San Francisco, Cal.; became man
ager of the Concord Electric Co.,
Jan. 1, 1909; Episcopalian; Repub
lican; represented Ward 3, Concord,
in N. H. house of representatives in
Rowe, Stewart Everett
Lawyer, poet; b., Jan. 22, 1881; s.
Benjamin F. and Hattie A. (Truett)
Rowe; ed. Kensington north district
school, Exeter high school, 1899,
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1904, Bos
ton University Law School; studied
law three years with the late AttorneyGeneral Edwin G. Eastman; admitted
to New Hampshire bar July 1, 1911,
and since in practice in Exeter; Re
publican; moderator, clerk, auditor
1913 and 1915; member, Sons of the
American Revolution, Elks, Wonolancet Club, Beaver Meadow Golf
Club, Snowshoe Club, Concord Board
of Trade—president since Sept., 1915;
trustee, Concord public library; fre
quent speaker upon board of trade
topics and questions of public interest,
and earnest advocate of equal suffrage,
to which cause he gave hearty sup
port during his service in the legis
lature; m., Jan. 2, 1905, Bertha
Louise Adams. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
library trustee, member school board,
ballot and election inspector, tax col
lector and delegate to the constitu
tional convention of 1912, in which he
took an active part, while a resident
of Kensington ; moderator, school meet
ing in Exeter, where he now resides;
treasurer, Rockingham County, elected
Nov., 1916; Congregationalist, clerk of
Phillips church, Exeter; member, Odd
Fellows, Sons of Veterans, Senior Vice
Commander N. H. Division, Patron of
Husbandry, Gamma Eta Gamma Legal
Fraternity; Swamscott Club; cam-
�Gen. William F. Thayer
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paign and Memorial Day speaker;
active in politics and frequent con
tributor to the press in verse and
prose; m., March 26, 1913, Lillian
A.. Whitman of West Barnstable,
Mass. Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Thayer, William Fiske
Banker; b., Kingston, N. H., March
13, 1846; s. Calvin and Sarah Wheeler
(Fiske) Thayer; ed. public schools and
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
N. H.; commenced business life as
clerk in Concord, N. H., postoffice,
becoming chief clerk; entered First
NationalBank as clerk in 1871 ; became
cashier in 1874 and has been president
since 1885; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; quartermaster general on staff
of Gov. John McLane; city-treasurer,
Concord, for thirty-four years; treasu
rer, Republican state committee, since
1892; delegate in Republican national
conventions in 1908 and 1912; treasurer,
Union Trust Co.; director, Northern
R. R.,; Mason, K. T; m., Oct. 20,
1874, Sarah Clarke Wentworth, who
d. Jan. 24, 1916; children, Margaret
(Mrs. Frank J. Sulloway), William W.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Worthen, Thomas Wilson Dorr
Educator; public service commis
sioner; b., Thetford, Vt., Oct. 3, 1845;
s. Joseph Hewes and Elizabeth (Chase)
Worthen; ed. Thetford, Vt., academy,
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1872, A.M.,
1875; principal, Woodstock, Vt., high
school, 1872-4; tutor in mathematics,
Dartmouth College, 1874-6; tutor in
Greek and mathematics, 1876-8; in
structor in mathematics, 1879-83;
assistant professor, 1883-93; head of
departmentof mathematics, 1893-1911 ;
other positions held at the college at
different times, instructor in gymnas
tics, clerk of the faculty, inspector of
college buildings, director of gymnas
ium, director of summer school for
teachers; Congregationalist, eleven
years deacon of college church; Demo
crat, elected to N. H. house of repre
sentatives from Hanover, 1904, though
the town was normally Republican,
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three to one; defeated as a Democrat
for N. H. Senate, 1906, by less than 500
votes in a district Republican by 1,300;
justice of the peace; justice of the
Hanover police court fourteen years;
precinct commissioner; trustee, Mary
Hitchcock hospital, Howe library and
Thetford academy; member, Phi Beta
Kappa and Kappa Kappa Kappa
societies at Dartmouth, Dartmouth
Scientific Ass'n, American Mathemati
cal Soc., American Ass'n for the
Advancement of Science, etc.; mem
ber, N. H. public service commission,
since 1911; m., 1st, Louise M., dau.
Brias D. and Adeline (Dodge) Wilcox,
who d. 1878; one child, Louise W.
(Smith, 1901); 2d, Elizabeth A., dau.
Gov. Peter T. and Almira (Hopkins)
Washburne ; three children, Thacher W.
(A.B., Dartmouth, 1907, A.M. and
M.D., 1911), Joseph W. (A.B., Dart
mouth, 1909, B.C.L., Oxford, 1913),
Mary (Mrs. Gray Knapp, Smith, 1914).
Residence, Hanover, N. H.; address,
State House, Concord, N. H.
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McGregor, George Wilbur
Physician; b., Bethlehem, N. H..
June 15, 1853; s. Willard A. and
Almira G. (Blandin) McGregor; ed.
Tilton Seminary, New Hampton Insti
tution, 1875, Dartmouth Medical Col
lege, 1878; studied with Dr. L. B.
How of Manchester; practiced a short
time in Lunenburg, Vt., then removed
to Littleton where he has continued in
successful practice; Congregationalist ;
Democrat; has served on the boards of
health and education in Littleton,
represented the town in the legislature
in 1905 and has been four times elected
moderator ; was a member of the execu
tive council of the state, 1913-14, and
•of the state board of control, 1913-15;
member of the N. H. delegation
in the Democratic national conven
tion at Baltimore in 1912; Knight
Templar Mason, Knight of Pythias,
and an ex-president of the Grafton
County and N. H. Medical societies;
m., Feb. 24, 1880, Ella Augusta
Eaton of Franconia. Residence, Little
ton, N. H.
Shepard, Joseph Eastman
Farmer, fruit-grower and general
contractor; b., West Concord, N. H.,
Nov. 18, 1865; s. Omar L. and Martha
S. (Jackson) Shepard; ed. public
schools, Pembroke Academy and Prof.
J. H. Larry's School of Practice;
always interested in apple culture and
among the first to practice spraying,
commencing in 1886, and continuing
successfully; had charge for two years
of the farming interests of the late
Moses Humphrey, president of N. H.
board of agriculture; Congregationalist ;
Republican; active in political affairs
and for sixteen years president, Ward
3, Republican club; moderator for
several years and representative in
N. H. legislature, 1903-4; assessor for
Ward 3 under old city charter, con
tinuously except 1903-4, till adoption
of new charter, serving as clerk of the
board four years, and chairman, two
years; only member of old board
elected under the new charter, in 1911,
and chairman since that time; in 1912,
with his associates, Messrs. Morris
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and Donovan, inspected and revalued
all the real estate in Concord; member,
Rumford Lodge, I. O. O. F., Concord;
Patron of Husbandry, past master,
Capital Grange, and charter master,
Penacook Park Grange, West Concord,
which he helped organize twenty-six
years ago; past secretary, lecturer and
treasurer, Merrimack County Pomona
Grange; secretary, Merrimack County
Pomona Grange Fair Ass'n, and
president, N. H. Grange Fair Ass'n;
m., Sept. 19, 1891, Lilian Rose; chil
dren, Ernest Rose, Joseph Phillips,
Mary Grace and Ella Almira. Address,
West Concord, N. H.
Hunt, Edwin Sumner
Lawyer, banker; b., Charlestown,
N. H., Nov. 12, 1865; s. Thomas J.
and Clara M. (Swett) Hunt; ed.
Charlestown public schools, Vermont
Academy, Saxton's River, Vt., 1886,
Amherst College, A. B., 1890, Columbia
University, LL.B., 1895; practiced
law in New York City, 1895 to 1901 ;
in Waterbury, Conn., 1901 to 1906;
treasurer, Waterbury Savings Bank,
since 1906, also director and secretary;
director, Citizens National Bank,
Waterbury; tax collector, Waterbury,
1904-5; president, Savings Bank Ass'n
of Connecticut, 1912-14; Episcopalian;
Republican; member, Waterbury Club,
Country Club; m., June 11, 1900, Helen
Trowbridge Hunt; three children.
Residence, Waterbury, Conn.
Pingree, Samuel Everett
Lawyer; b., Salisbury, N. H., Aug.
2, 1832; s. Stephen and Judith (True)
Pingree; ed. Salisbury, Andover and
Mclndoes Falls academies and Dart
mouth College, 1857; studied law with
Hon. A. P. Huntoon of Bethel, Vt.,
admitted to the Vermont bar in 1859;
settled at Hartford, Vt., and has there
continued, with offices at Hartford and
White River Junction, practicing in
Grafton and Sullivan counties, N. H.,
as well as in Vermont; Baptist;
Democrat previous to the Civil War,
Republican since; town clerk of Hart
ford since 1859, except during the
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Civil War; lieutenant-governor of Ver
mont, 1882-4; governor, 1884-6; chair
man, Vt. railroad commission, 1886
to 1894; president and trustee, White
River Savings Bank, 1886 to 1912;
private, lieutenant, captain, major,
lieutenant colonel in Third Vermont
Regiment in the Civil War, and
twice wounded in battle; colonel,
Eighth Regiment,Vt. National Guard,
1864-5; member, U. S. Medal of
Honor Legion and Modern Wood
men of America (honorary); m., Sept.
15, 1869, Lydia M. Steele of Stanstead, P. Q.; one son, William S.
Pingree (Norwich Univ. and Boston
Univ. Law School), now state's attorney
for Windsor County, Vt. Residence,
Hartford, Vt.
Hodgman, Burns Plummer
Lawyer, clerk, U. S. District Court;
b., Littleton, N. H., Dec. 30, 1875; s.
Charles and Sarah E. (Taylor) Hodg
man; ed. Littleton high school, Boston
University Law School, 1898, cum
laude; admitted to N. H. bar, 1898,
�Gen. Frank S. Streeter
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and commenced practice of law with
Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor, at
Littleton, with whom he had been
associated since 1891; remained with
the firm until Nov. 24, 1899, when made
deputy clerk, U. S. courts; appointed
clerk U. S. District court for N. H.,
Aug. 1, 1900, also U. S. commissioner;
Episcopalian ; Republican ; never sought
public office but has served as master
in chancery in many important cases
in the federal and state courts; m.,
Jan. 16, 1901, Anne L. Hackett.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Streeter, Frank Sherwin
Lawyer; b., East Charleston, Vt.,
Aug. 5, 1853; s. Daniel and Julia
(Wheeler) Streeter; ed. public schools,
St. Johnsbury Academy, Bates Col
lege and Dartmouth College, grad
uating from the latter in 1874;
taught school at Ottumwa, Iowa; re
turned east and studied law with
Alonzo P. Carpenter of Bath, N. H.,
chief justice, N. H. supreme court;
admitted to the bar, March, 1877;
commenced practice in Orford, but
soon removed to Concord, where he
has continued, in various partnerships,
but for some years past as head
of the firm of Streeter, Demond,
Woodworth & Sulloway; has been
largely engaged in corporation prac
tice, and was for many years counsel
of the Boston & Maine R. R.; Uni
tarian; Republican; member, N. H.
legislature, in 1885, serving on ju
diciary committee; president, Repub
lican state convention, 1896; pres
ident, N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1902; judge advocate general,
staff of Gov. Charles A. Busiel, 1895-6;
member, International Joint Com
mission, March, 1911 to Aug., 1913;
delegate at large, Republican national
convention, 1896; member, Republican
national committee, 1907-8; member,
Republican state committee, since 1892 ;
trustee, Dartmouth College, since 1892
(life member since 1897); member,
N. H. Historical Soc. (president, 191416), American Historical Ass'n, N.
H. Bar Ass'n (president, 1903-4),
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American Bar Ass'n; delegate, Uni
versal Congress Lawyers and Jurists,
St. Louis, 1904; member, N. H. League
to Provide for National Defence and to
Enforce International Peace (president
since March, 1916); member, executive
committee, League to Enforce Peace,
since organization; member, National
Security League; member, Snowshoe
Club and Wonolancet Club (president
last fifteen years), Concord, N. H.,
Metropolitan, Cosmos, University and
Chevy Chase clubs, Washington, D. C,
Algonquin and Union clubs, Boston,
Mass., and Derryfield Club, Manches
ter; Odd Fellow; Mason, 32d degree;
LL.D., Dartmouth, 1913; m., Nov. 14,
1877, Lilian, dau. Alonzo P. and Julia
(Goodall) Carpenter of Bath; children,
Julia (Mrs. Henry Gardner), b. Sept.
8, 1878; Thomas W., b. July 20, 1883.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Burleigh, Alvin
Lawyer; b., Plymouth, N. H., Dec.
19, 1842, s. Samuel C. and Sally Heath
(Whipple) Burleigh; ed. Dartmouth
college, A.B. 1871; served in the 15th
N. H. Infantry in the Civil War;
studied law, admitted to the N. H.
bar in 1873, and has since practiced in
Plymouth, having been long associated
in partnership with the late George H.
Adams; Republican, member and
speaker, N. H. house of representatives,
1887-8; sometime trustee N. H. Nor
mal School; chairman, Plymouth
school board; director, Plymouth
Guaranty Savings Bank; Methodist;
trustee, Plymouth M. E. Church;
trustee, Tilton Seminary; president,
Emily Balch Hospital Ass'ns; m.,
Jan. 6, 1873, Elvira Pace of Haverhill.
Residence, Plymouth, N. H.
Shockley, Alice Porter
(Mrs. A. Lincoln Shockley), teacher,
musician, club woman; b., Concord,
N. H., Oct. 31, 1887; dau. Gen.
Howard L. and Alice R. (Hammond)
Porter; descended from Colonial and
Revolutionary stock on both paternal
and maternal sides; ed. Haverhill,
Mass., high school, 1906, Wellesley
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College, 1910; after graduation from
college taught history and English
in Leicester, Mass., academy; later
was head of the English department in
of the College News, one of the editors
of the class Alumnae Record, and is
permanent corresponding secretary
of her college class. Since her extended
trip through California and the
Hawaiian islands, she has given illus
trated lectures on her travel through
the so-called "Garden of the World."
Residence, 591 County St., New Bed
ford, Mass. Summer home, Padanaram.
Aspinwall, Ada Mae
Musician; b., Concord, N. H., Feb.
10, 1866, dau. Charles C. and Ednah
(Eastman) Aspinwall; ed. Concord
public schools, New England Con
servatory of Music and by private
teachers, including G. H. Howard,
Milo Benedict and Arthur Foote;
teacher of pianoforte in Concord since
1890, first teacher in the city to take
up the work of instruction in the
Arlington, Mass., high school, leaving
to accept a similar position in New
Bedford, where she met Doctor
Shockley. Since her marriage, Feb. 10,
1916, she has continued her interest
along educational lines, being a member
of the executive committee of the large
New Bedford Woman's Club, and
chairman of its education committee;
vice-president of the Young Women's
Christian Ass'n and chairman of that
education committee; a very active
member of the New Bedford College
Club, the Wellesley Club of South
eastern Massachusetts, the Boston
Wellesley Club and the old Dartmouth
Historical Soc. She has always been
especially interested in music, having
been president of the Glee club and the
mandolin club in her high school
course, president of the mandolin
club of Wellesley College and a member
of the college choir; she was an editor
"Progressive Series of Piano Lessons";
organist and choir director at the First
Universalist church in Concord for
the last twenty-five years; pianist and
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accompanist for the Concord Choral
Union, and its successor, the Concord
Oratorio Society, since organization,
appearing in festival and concert work
with the most noted artists, also as
accompanist in outside festival work
and chamber concerts; member, Con
cord Woman's Club, Music Club,
Rumford Chapter, D. A. R., Capital
Grange, P. of H., Fidelity Rebekah
Lodge, I. O. O. F. Residence, 68
Washington St., Concord, N. H.
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Ass'n, Wonolancet Club, Concord;
m., July 19, 1910, Gladys Nelson Ham
mond; daughter, Janet, died in infancy.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Murchie, Alexander
Lawyer; b., Creetown, Kirkcud
brightshire, Scotland, March 1, 1887;
s. William and Agnes Janet (Kellie)
Murchie; removed with parents to
Concord, N. H., in childhood; ed.
Gunnison, William Towne
Lawyer, b., Greenville, Miss., Sept.
22, 1869; s. Arvin Nye and Sarah
Helen (Putnam) Gunnison; ed. Milford, N. H., Phillips Exeter Academy,
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1892, Har
vard Law School, LL.B., 1895; ad
mitted to the bar the same year, and in
practice in Rochester since Sept.,
1895, as a partner with Ex.-Gov.
Samuel D. Felker; Congregationalist;
Republican; member, N. H. constitu
tional convention of 1902; judge,
Rochester district court, 1913-15;
Concord high school and law depart
ment of the University of Michigan;
studied with Henry F. Hollis; admitted
to the bar in 1909; member, law firm of
Mollis & Murchie; Democrat; city
solicitor of Concord since 1911; mem
ber, N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar
judge, Rochester municipal court,
1915; member, N. H. public service
commission since 1916; director, Roch
ester Loan & Banking Co.; Mason;
m., Oct. 11, 1898, Grace Homey; two
sons, Arvin and John Vinal. Resi
dence, Rochester, N. H.
�Hon. Samuel L. Powers
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Powers, Samuel Leland
Lawyer; b., Cornish, N. H., Oct. 26,
1848, s. Larned and Ruby (Barton)
Powers; ed. Kimball Union Academy,
Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth
College A.B., 1874; studied law with
Verry & Gaskill of Worcester, Mass.,
and at the University of New York;
admitted to the bar in 1875, and com
menced practice in company with his
college classmate, Samuel W. McCall,
in Boston. For some years past he has
been head of the firm of Powers & Hall,
with extensive practice, at 101 Milk
St., Boston; Unitarian; Republican.
Residing in the city of Newton since
1881, he has held various local offices;
elected to Congress from the twelfth
Massachusetts district, serving in the
fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth Con
gresses, with membership on the judici
ary and District of Columbia commit
tees; heard often in debate in Congress,
and a frequent campaign and afterdinner speaker; member, Mass. state
board of education; president, Boston
Art Club, Middlesex Club of Mass.;
member, Exchange Club of Boston,
Newton Club of Newton, Atlantic Con
ference; m., June 21, 1878, Eva Crowell;
one son, Leland. Residence, Newton,
Mass.; office, 101 Milk St., Boston.
Hollis, Allen
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Dec. 20,
1871; s. Major Abijah and Harriet Van
Mater (French) Hollis; ed. Concord
public schools, and Harvard Law
School; studied in the office of Chase &
Streeter, and admitted to the bar in
1893, and since in practice in Concord;
served as special counsel for the state
in the railroad rate investigation before
the Public Service Commission in
1911-12, also for the special rate com
mittee of the N. H. legislature of 1913,
and associated with the attorneygeneral in the Grand Trunk R. R. tax
appeal case in 1912; he is extensively
interested in public utilities; reorgan
ized, in 1901, the properties now owned
by the Concord Electric Co., of which
corporation he has been president since
1904; president, Exeter, Hampton &
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Amesbury St. Railway Co., Exeter &
Hampton Electric Co., White Mt.
Telephone & Telegraph Co.; vice-presi
dent, Laconia Gas & Electric Co., and
Exeter Railway & Lighting Co.; di
rector, Concord Shoe Factory, and
Charles H. Tenney & Co. (public utility
operating engineers) ; vice-president,
secretary and director, United Life &
Accident Insurance Co. ; trustee, North
Boston Lighting Properties; fifteen
years clerk of the Union Trust Co.,
Concord, resigning to become a director
(Class C) in the Federal Reserve Bank
of Boston; president, N. H. Forestry
Soc; secretary and treasurer, Squam
Lake Improvement Ass'n ; director,Connecticut Valley Waterways Ass'n . ; vicepresident, N. H. Fish and Game League
and Lake Sunapee Fishing Ass'n;
Royal Arch Mason; member, Wonolancet, Canoe, and Beaver Meadow
Golf clubs of Concord, Harvard and
Exchange of Boston ; Congregationalist ;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives in 1907 and 1909,
serving on judiciary committee; assist
ant secretary, Republican national
convention, 1908; moderator, Ward
4, Concord, 1910-16; m., Nov. 10,
1897, Amoret Nichoson of Dubuque,
la.; children, Allen, Jr., b. Feb. 1, 1900;
Franklin, b. March26, 1904. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Niles, Edward Cullen
Lawyer; b., Hartford, Conn., March
28, 1865; s. William Woodruff and
Bertha (Olmsted) Niles; ed. public
and private schools, Concord, N. H.,
St. Paul's School, Trinity College,
1887, Harvard Law School, 1892;
commenced practice of law in Berlin,
N. H., in 1892; removed to Concord in
1896 where he continued in practice,
in various partnerships, till 1915, hav
ing been associated at different times
with the late Harry G. Sargent, Henry
F. Hollis, Arthur P. Morrill, James W.
Remick and Robert W. Upton; Repub
lican; town clerk and member, board
of education, in Berlin, 1895-6; com
mon council and board of aldermen,
Concord, 1901-5; president, Concord
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board of education, since 19 10 ; member,
constitutional convention, 1902; chair
man, N. H. public service commission,
since its establishment in 1911; first
vice-president^ and member, valuation
and legislative committees, National
Association of Railway Commissioners;
member, commission to revise the
charter of the city of Concord; counsel
on constitutional questions to the Tax
Revision Commission of 1908; Episco
palian, chancellor, and member, stand
ing committee of the diocese of New
Hampshire; deputy to the general
convention of the Episcopal church,
1904-16; judge of the ecclesiastical
court of review, province of New
England; Mason; member, Wonolancet
club, Concord; m 1st, July 12, 1893,
Ethel Abbe, who d. 1910; 2d, July 31,
1916, Ellen Tower Abbe; three children
by first wife, Edward Abbe (Trinity,
1916, Harvard Law School, Rhodes
scholar), James Huntington, Rose
Terry. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Smith, Edward M.
Lawyer and insurance agent; b.,
Alstead, N. H., Feb. 6, 1838, s. Alden
and Lurinda (Partridge) Smith; ed.
select schools, Alstead Academy, and
law department of the University of
Albany, graduating LL.B., March,
1861; admitted to the N. Y. bar,
March 4, 1861; admitted to Cheshire
County, N. H., bar, Oct., 1864,
and since in practice at Alstead,
where he has done an extensive office
and general business, including the
settlement of nearly four hundred
estates; Congregationalist ; Republican ;
tax collector, 1881, and for fourteen
years; member of school board twelve
years; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1889; town counsel for the
last thirty years; member, National
Geographic Soc, Washington, D. C,
Alstead and Langdon Thief Detecting
Soc; m., Nov. 24, 1880, Fannie
Washburn, who d. Dec. 5, 1913. Resi
dence, Alstead, N. H.
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Chase, Arthur Horace
Lawyer, librarian; b., Concord, N.
H., Feb. 16, 1864; s. William M. and
Ellen S. (Abbott) Chase; ed. Concord
high school, 1882; Dartmouth College,
1886; studied law in office of Chase
& Streeter, Concord; attended Boston
University Law School one year;
admitted to the bar in 1890; member,
firm of Streeter, Walker & Chase till
Jan. 1, 1895, when appointed librarian
of the N. H. state library, which
position he still occupies; clerk, N. H.
supreme court since 1914; secretary,
N. H. Bar Ass'n; served ten years in
N. H. N. G. retiring with rank of
major; Congregationalist; Republican;
Mason, 32d degree; member, Alpha
Delta Phi and Sphinx societies of
Dartmouth, Wonolancet, Passaconway
and Outing clubs of Concord; m., Sept.
16, 1889, Alice M. Fisk; children,
Marjorie Fisk, Vassar, 1914 (Mrs.
Henry W. Merrill); Robert Martin,
Dartmouth, 1917. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Hammond, Otis Grant
Librarian; b., Manchester, N. H.,
May 4, 1869; s. Isaac Ware and
Martha Ann (Kimball) Hammond; ed.
Concord high school, Trinity College;
honorary A.M., Dartmouth, 1908,
Trinity, 1912; assistant state historian,
New Hampshire, 1890-1915; assistant
state librarian, 1896-1913; superintend
ent and secretary, N. H. Historical
Soc, since 1913; president, Concord
Foundry & Machine Co.; captain,
Company E, 1st N. H. Vols., SpanishAmerican war; captain and adjutant,
1st Inf., N. H. N. G.; major and aide-de
camp, staff of Gov. Spaulding; major,
1st Inf., N. H. State Guard; member,
N. H. Historical Soc, American Anti
quarian Soc, American Historical Ass'n ;
N. E. Historic-Genealogical Soc; Ma
sons, A K E, Wonolancet and Beaver
Meadow Golf clubs, Concord; Episco
palian; Republican; m., Jan. 19, 1898,
Jessie A. Prescott; one dau., Priscilla.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Lake, Harry Foss
Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., Nov.
28, 1876; s. Moses R. and Mary J.
(Batchelder) Lake; ed. Pembroke Acad
emy, 1894, Middlebury College, 1899,
having spent one year in teaching be
fore entering college; studied law in the
office of the late Hon. John M. Mitchell
of Concord, and one year at Boston
University Law School; admitted to
the bar in June, 1904, immediately
becoming a member of the firm of
Mitchell, Foster & Lake; upon Mr.
Mitchell's appointment to the superior
court bench in 1910, became member
of the firm of Foster & Lake and
so continues; Methodist; Democrat;
elected member of the board of educa
tion for Union School District, Con
cord, for three years, April, 1917; mem
ber, Pembroke Grange, P. of H.; m.,
Nov. 29, 1904, Fanny M. Sutton of
Burlington, Vt., a classmate at Mid
dlebury ; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
�Hon. James 0. Lyford
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Lyford, James Otis
Lawyer, editor, publicist; b., Boston,
Mass., June 28, 1853; s. James and
Mary I. (McLane) Lyford; ed. Boston
public schools, Tilton, N. H., Seminary,
graduating in 1872; educated for the
bar, and practiced law at Tilton,
N. H., from 1880 to 1882; editor,
People newspaper, Concord, N. H.,
1877 to 1879; personal clerk to Gen.
R. N. Batchelder, depot quarter
master, Washington, D. C., from 1882
to 1887; chairman of N. H. savings
bank commission from 1887 to 1895;
city auditor, Concord, N. H., 1896
to 1898; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1893, 1895, 1897, and
1915; and active in leadership on the
floor and in committee in all sessions;
member, N. H. constitutional con
ventions, 1876, 1902, and 1912; naval
officer of customs, District of Boston
and Charlestown, Mass., 1898 to 1913;
editor, Nashua Telegraph, 1914 and
1915; secretary, Concord board of
trade, 1914-15; secretary, N. H.
Republican state committee, 1896;
chairman, N. H. savings bank commis
sion since 1915; trustee, Tilton Semi
nary; editor, History of Concord,
N. H., 1903; author, Life of Edward
H. Rollins, 1907, and History of
Canterbury, N. H., 1911; Republican;
Unitarian; member, Wonolancet Club,
Concord; Derryfield, Manchester; and
City and Algonquin clubs, Boston;
m., May 2, 1882, Susan Ayer Hill, of
Concord, N. H., daughter of William
P. and Clara West Hill; and grandaughter of Gov. Isaac Hill; children,
Agnes McLane, b. April 6, 1884, d.
Jan. 21, 1901; Katharine Batchelder,
b. Nov. 11, 1888, d. Feb. 1, 1893;
Richard Taylor, b. Jan. 6, 1896.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Woodworth, Mary Parker
(Mrs. Albert B.); b., Sugar Hill,
Lisbon, N. H., May 3, 1849; dau.
Charles and Amelia (Bennett) Parker;
ed. St. Johnsbury Academy (being the
only girl in a graduating class of nine)
and Vassar College, entering in the
sophomore year and graduating in 1870
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—the first New Hampshire graduate;
taught at St. Johnsbury Academy and
St. Agnes Hall, Bellows Falls, Vt.; m.
the late Albert B. Woodworth, after
ward mayor of Concord, Sept. 30,
1873; interested in music, literature
and social and educational work; first
woman member of the Concord board
of education, serving nine years,
1890-9, and declining are-election; presdent, Concord Woman's Club, 1897-9;
chairman, Scholarship Fund, N. H.
Federation of Women's Clubs, de
igned to aid in the normal training
of girls for teaching in rural schools,
since its establishment in 1904; mem
ber of the Vassar and Collegiate
Alumnae Ass'ns, and twice president
of the Boston branch; Episcopalian,
communicant of St. Paul's Church,
Concord; president of N. H. Diocesan
Woman's Auxiliary to the General
Board of Missions since 1912; writer
and speaker in behalf of causes in
which she is interested; children, Ed
ward Knowlton, of the law firm of
Streeter, Demond, Woodworth and
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Sulloway; Grace, and Charles Parker,
assistant treasurer of the Woodstock
Lumber Co. at Boston, Mass. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Merrill, Robert Josiah
Insurance commissioner; b., Claremont, N. H., Oct. 18, 1878; s. Martin
V. and Helen E. (Barker) Merrill;
ed. public schools, Claremont and
Charlestown, Charlestown high school,
1895; taught school three years in
Charlestown; law clerk and court
stenographer in Claremont till 1905
when engaged in insurance business in
that town; Episcopalian; progressive
Republican; representative in N. H.
legislature from Claremont, 1907, 1909;
state senator, 1911, serving on judi
Donovan, Michael Henry
Machinist; b.,Concord, N.H.,Sept. 6,
1853; s. Daniel and Mary (Donovan)
Donovan; ed. Concord public schools;
in service of Concord, Northern and
Boston & Maine railroads, 46 years;
Catholic; Democrat; chairman, Demo
cratic city committee, 1907-11;
member, Concord board of assessors,
since 1911; member, Concord Lodge,
No. 1210, B. P. O. E., Foresters of
America, Capital Grange, P. of H.;
interested in music, church singer for
many years; m., June 11, 1876, Eliza
beth Jane Bland; they have eleven
living children, seven sons and four
daughters. Residence, Concord, N. H .
ciary committee; appointed insurance
commissioner for the state of New
Hampshire, Nov., 1911, since con
tinuing in that office; m., Sept. 14, 1904,
Abbie M. Robertson. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Musgrove, Mary Donker
Editor and publisher; b., Bristol,
N. H., Oct. 22, 1875; dau. RichardW.
and Henrietta M. (Guild) Musgrove;
ed. Bristol schools and New Hampton
(N. H.) Institution, 1896; engaged since
graduation in the office of the Bristol
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Enterprise; first associated with her
father, and since his death, in February,
1914, as editor of the Enterprise, and
proprietor of the "Musgrove Printing
House," with an extensive line of job
work, including considerable state
printing; Methodist; recording stew
ard, M. E. church in Bristol since
1914; member and secretary, Sawhegeuit Chapter, 0. E. S. ; member, Red
Cross and Bristol Suffrage Ass'n.
Residence, Bristol, N. H.
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Pillsbury, Rosecrans William
Lawyer, manufacturer, publisher,
farmer; b., Londonderry, N. H., Sept.
18, 1863; s. William S. and Sarah A.
(Crowell) Pillsbury; ed. Pinkerton
and Phillips (Andover) Academies and
Dartmouth College, class of 1885;
Plummer, John Wesley
State treasurer; b., Hebron, N. H.,
Sept. 1, 1871; s. Philip and Eliza J.
(Ferrin) Plummer; ed. Concord public
schools; employed as mercantile clerk
and bookkeeper in Concord till 1901;
member, Concord common council,
1899-1902, president, 1901-2; deputy
state treasurer from 1901 to 1915;
treasurer from 1915; Christian Scien
tist; Republican; Mason, Knight
Templar; m., Jan. 22, 1895, Etta F.
Sleeper; one dau., Laura. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
studied law with Robert J. Peaslee,
and at Boston University Law School;
admitted to the bar in 1890; long en
gaged with his father in shoe manufac
turing in Derry ; treasurer and manager,
Union Publishing Co., publishing Man
chester Daily and Weekly Union, 1896
to 1911; extensively engaged in
agriculture in Londonderry, making a
specialty of apple culture on an
unusual scale; Republican; represent
ative from Londonderry in N. H.
legislature in 1897, 1905 and 1909,
serving the last year as chairman of
special committee on railroad rates;
candidate for Republican gubernatorial
nomination and strongly supported
in 1906, 1914 and 1916; trustee, N. H.
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts for sixteen years; alternate in
�Josiah E. Fernald
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Republican national convention, 1892,
and delegate in 1904, serving on com
mittee to notify Theodore Roosevelt
of his nomination; Presbyterian;
Mason, 32d degree and K. T., Knight
of Pythias, Patron of Husbandry, first
master of Derry Grange; m., 1st, in
1885, Annie E. Watts of Manchester,
who d. Aug. 10, 191 1 ; 2d, at Yokohama,
Japan, Feb. 25, 1913, Mrs. Harriet F.
Valentine; children, Maria (Mrs.
Harold S. Taylor), Horace Watts
(D. S. Navy), Dorothy. Residence,
Londonderry, N. H.—Derry P. 0.
Feraald, Josiah Eastman
Banker; b., Loudon, N. H., June 16,
1856; s. Josiah and Mary Esthet
(Austin) Fernald; ed. public schools of
Loudon and Pittsfield, N. H., academy;
came to Concord in March, 1875, and
entered employ of the National State
Capital Bank, working his way up from
messenger boy to president, holding
latter position since 1905; vice-presi
dent, Loan & Trust Savings bank ; pres
ident, Concord Axle Co.; president,
New England Cable Co.; treasurer,
Capital Fire Insurance Co.; treasurer,
Abbot-Downing Co.; treasurer and
trustee of Mary Baker Eddy estate;
treasurer, N. H. Centennial Home for
the Aged; treasurer, Concord board of
trade since organization; member, First
Baptist church, Concord; holds the
medal of the Mass. Humane Soc. for
gallantry in saving life at Ogunquit,
Me., July 29, 1899; m., Dec. 8, 1880,
Anna White; children, Edith F. (Mrs.
James A. Giberson), Mary F. (Mrs. Ed
ward S. Willis), Ruth F. (Mrs. Engelhart
W. Hoist). Residence, Concord, N. H.
Musgrove, Frank Abbott
Editor and publisher; b., Bristol,
N. H., July 19, 1872; s. Capt. Richard
W. Musgrove, a veteran of the Civil
War, and Henrietta M. (Guild) Mus
grove; ed. Bristol graded schools, New
Hampton Institution, 1892, Dartmouth
College, 1899; in college member Var
sity track and baseball teams; member,
Phi Delta Theta fraternity, Casque
and Gauntlet senior society; editor-
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in-chief of Dartmouth, senior year;
trained in newspaper work from boy
hood; proprietor, Dartmouth Press,since
graduation in 1899; representative in
General Court, 1907, 1909, 1911;
speaker in 1911; state senator, 1915;
supervisor of census, 1910; state audi
tor, 1911-13; secretary, Republican
state committee, 1910; chairman, Pro
gressive state committee, 1912; now
president and manager of The Dart
mouth Press (Inc.), book and job
printers, Hanover, N. H., and editor
and publisher of The Hanover Gazette.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Benton, John Edwin
Lawyer; b., Maidstone, Vt., May 14,
1875; s. Josiah H. and Harriet B.
(Niles) Benton; ed. Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1896, Boston University
School of Law, 1898; began legal prac
tice in the office of Charles F. Choate,
Jr., Boston, in 1898, removed to Berlin,
N. H., in 1901, and to Keene in 1903,
where he has since resided ; Episcopalian ;
Republican; city solicitor of Berlin,
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1902; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, from Ward 4, Keene, 1907;
city solicitor of Keene, 1909; mayor,
1910; member, N. H. public service
-commission, 1911-15; Mason; mem
ber, Lodge of the Temple, Cheshire
Royal Arch Chapter, Hugh de Payens
Commandery, B. P. O. E., P. of H.,
University Club, Washington, D. C.;
m., Sept. 4, 1909, Kate Lanmou Nims.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Morris, James Henry
Lawyer; b., Aug. 15, 1862; s.
Thomas and Ann (Connelly) Morris;
ed. Concord public schools; studied
law with Albin & Martin; admitted to
the N. H. bar, July 20, 1888; Catholic;
Democrat; city auditor of Concord,
1899, 1900; secretary, Democratic city
committee, 1907-11; member and
clerk of Concord board of assessors
since the new charter went into effect,
in 1911; member, Concord Lodge,
No. 1210, B. P. O. E., Wonolancet
Club, Concord Gun Club; unmarried.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Fowler, George Winthrop
Editor, farmer, banker; b., Pem
broke, N. H., Nov. 1, 1864; s. Win
throp and Anne Lydia (Locke) Fowler;
ed. Pembroke Academy, 1882, Dart
mouth College, 1886; Congregationalist; Democrat; member, Pembroke
school board, nine terms; member, N.
H. constitutional convention, 1912;
member and clerk, N. H. board of
control, 1913-15; state purchasing
agent, 1913-15; director, Suncook
Valley R. R.; director, N. H. Fire
Insurance Co.; trustee, Pembroke
Academy and president of the board;
treasurer, Suncook Bank, since organ
ization, Oct., 1916; member, Pembroke
Grange, P. of H; reared to farm life
and always interested in agriculture,
in which he is incidentally engaged to a
considerable extent, but devoted him
self for some time to the Newspaper
business, as editor of the Nashua Ga
zette, 1890 to 1895; editor, Manchester
Union, 1895-1905, editor and business
manager, 1905-13; m., 1st, in 1888,
Etta Bartlett, who d., 1905; 2d, Grace
M. Smith; children, George Sherburne,
b. 1890; Harold Bartlett, b. 1898; Win
throp John, b. 1904; Mary Anne, b.
1910; Charles Smith, b.1914. Resi
dence, Pembroke, N. H.
Jackson, Robert
Lawyer; b., Dover, N. H., May 21,
1880, but reared in Littleton, his
parents' permanent home; s. James R.
and Lydia A. (Drew) Jackson; ed.
Littleton high school, Dartmouth
College, 1900, Harvard Law School;
pursued legal study in the office of
U. S. Judge Edgar Aldrich, and of
Remick & Niles, Concord; Admitted
to the bar in 1907, and practiced for
a time with Remick & Niles, and later
with Judge James W. Remick; member
of firm of Remick & Hollis, 1910 to
1912, Remick & Jackson, 1912 to 1916
and since in practice above; Episcopa
lian; Independent Democrat; chairman,
Democratic city committee, Concord,
1914-18; member, N. H. excise com
mission, 1915- ; secretary, N. H. com
mittee of public safety, 1917-; m.,
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Oct. 14, 1909, Dorothy Witter Branch
of Manchester; children, Sarah Branch,
July 26, 1910; Hope, b. Jan. 21, 1915.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Anti-Saloon League, Red Cross League,
National Municipal League, Harvard
Club, and Twentieth Century Club of
Boston, Pennsylvania Alumni Soc,
Harvard Alumni Soc, Merrimack
County Farmer's Ass'n. Deeply in
terested in agriculture and engaged in
breeding registered Hereford cattle at
bis farm in Andover, believing that the
cheap pasture lands of New Hampshire
are well adapted for beef. M., Feb. 2,
1909, Susan Whiting of Newton, Mass.,
who d. Dec. 6, 1913. Residence,
Andover, N. H.
Ives, Henry Goodson
Clergyman and farmer; b., London,
England, May 26, 1872; s. James
Thomas Bostock and Mary Collins
(Johns) Ives; ed. English private
schools, University of Pennsylvania, B.
Sc. 1897, Harvard University, S.T.B.
1904; Democrat; Unitarian; pastor
Unitarian Church, Andover, since 1904,
also pastor All Souls' Union Church,
Potter Place, built 1911; field agent,
Proctor Academy, Andover, 1904-16;
assistant curator, W. S. Vaux Collec
tion of Minerals, Academy of Natural
Howard, Charles Woodbury
Furniture manufacturer, adjutant
general; b., Nashua, N. H., Oct. 28,
1869; s. Joseph Woodbury and Nancy
Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa., 1891-3;
Good Templar, Mason; member,
Eastern Star, Patrons of Husbandry,
Mineralogical Club of Philadelphia,
National Economic League, American
Ass'n for Advancement of Science,
N. H. Peace Soc, N. H. Woman Suf
frage Ass'n, N. H. Single Tax Soc,
Jane (Hesselton) Howard; ed. Nashua
public schools,Phillips Exeter Academy,
class of 1890; Unitarian; Republican;
member, Nashua common council,
board of education, six years; N. H.
house of representatives, 1905, 1907;
senate, 1915; enlisted as private in
N. H. N. G., March 17, 1891; second
�John H. Fahey
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•and first lieutenant, Co. K, 2d N. H.
regiment; adjutant, 2d Infantry; ap
pointed asst. adjutant general, 1st
Brigade, March 7, 1899, continuing till
Dec. 1, 1907, when he became a major
in the adjutant general's department,
serving till May, 1915, when he be
came the adjutant general; trustee,
Hunt Home for the Aged; member,
Nashua Country Club; member, A. F.
& A. M., to and including the 33d de
gree; past commander in chief, N. H.
Consistory; Knight Templar; m., June
14, 1894, Blanche Louise, daughter of
Josephus Baldwin, first mayor of
Nashua; children, Woodbury Howard,
b. 1902, Lucy Baldwin, b. 1905. Resi
dence, Nashua, N. H.
Fahey, John H.
Newspaper publisher, investment
banker; b., Manchester, N. H., Feb.
19, 1873; s. Peter and Maria Fahey;
ed. public schools; graduate of Man
chester high school; began newspaper
work as reporter on Manchester papers;
manager, Associated Press, New Haven,
Conn.; New England Supt., Associated
Press, Boston; editor and publisher,
Boston Traveler, 1903-10; second vicepresident, Associated Press, 1909-10;
now president and publisher, Worces
ter Evening Post, and engaged in in
vestment banking business in Boston;
long active in business men's organiza
tions; one of the organizers of the
Boston chamber of commerce and
seven years director and member
executive committee; member, organ
ization committee, Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, later chair
man executive committee, president,
1914 and 1915, now honorary vicepresident; member, permanent com
mittee of International Congress of
Chambers of Commerce; appointed by
President Wilson member of interna
tional high commission organized in
1915 under auspices of U. S. govern
ment to promote uniform legislation
among the countries of the Western
Hemisphere; chairman, delegation of
American chambers of commerce visit
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ing European countries in 1911; mem
ber, U. S. commission visiting South
America in 1916; member, American
chamber of commerce in Paris, honorary
member, Bolsa de Comercio, Buenos
Ayres, Worcester chamber of commerce;
chairman of the American committee on
commercial arbitration between Argen
tina and the United States; awarded
decoration of the Order of the Golden
Sheaf by Chinese government in 1916
for service in promoting commercial
relations between China and the United
States; director and chairman, execu
tive committee, Commercial Research
Co.; director, American Core-Twine
Co.; president, Jiffy Brush Co.; mem
ber, Bankers' Club, New York, Boston
City Club, Economic Club, Tedasco
Country Club, Brae-Burn Country
Club, National Americanization Com
mittee, executive committee, League
to Enforce Peace; Catholic; m., Mar
garet Quinn, Boston, 1901; two dau.,
Margaret and Eleanor. Address, Bos
ton, Mass.
Thayer, William Wentworth
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H.t April
15, 1884; s. William Fiske and Sarah
C. (Wentworth) Thayer; ed. Concord
public schools, including Concord high
school, Harvard University, B.A., 1905,
LL.B., 1910, Oxford University, B.A.,
1908, M.A., 1913; admitted to the bar,
1910; practiced in office of Streeter,
Demond & Woodworth till 1913, and
alone since; Congregation a list; Repub
lican; elected solicitor for the County
of Merrimack in Nov., 1916, for the
term beginning April, 1917; appointed
by the court to fill vacancy occasioned
by resignation of Solicitor Murchie,
Jan., 1917; trustee. Union Trust Co.;
director, First National Bank of Con
cord; assistant treasurer, Northern
R. R. ; director, American Peace
Soc.; vice-president, Concord Char
ity Organization; president, Alumni
Ass'n of American Rhodes Scholars;
member, Kearsarge Lodge, K. of P.,
Capital Grange, P. of H. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
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Miller, Ida Fair
(Mrs. Edwin C.)i club woman and
lecturer; b., Littleton, N. H., April
26, 1863; dau. Maj. Evarts W. and
Ellen F. (Burpee) Farr; ed. public
schools, St. Mary's Academy, Man
chester, N. H., Museum of Fine Arts
School, Boston, and Wellesley Col
lege; past president, Melrose (Mass.)
Woman's Club and Kosmos Club,
Wakefield, Mass.; organizer and past
president, New Hampshire's Daugh
ters Society, Boston; chairman, For
estry Committee, Mass. State Federa
tion of Women's clubs; member, For
estry Committee, N. H. State Federa
tion of Women's clubs, 1908-11; mem
ber, Wakefield, Mass., school board
since 1906; member, N. E. HistoricGenealogical Soc; member, Society
for Prevention of N. E. Antiquities;
past matron, O. E. S.; organizer and
first regent, Faneuil Hall Chapter,
D. A. R., etc.; lecturer on forestry and
historical subjects; m., Jan. 30, 1884,
Edwin Child Miller; children, Barbara
(Miller) Wicker, Henry Franklin,
Edith Louise. Residence, Wakefield,
Mass.
Ray, Robert Allen
Lawyer, judge of probate; b., Palmer,
Mass., April 7, 1851; s. Alexander
Hamilton and Sarah Jane (Maynard)
Ray; ed. Burr & Burton Seminary,
Manchester, Vt., Kimball Union Acad
emy and Dartmouth College, A.B.
1877, A.M. 1885; studied law; admitted
to bar, 1879, and practiced from 1879 to
1889, in Concord, N. H., in partnership
with Reuben E. Walker, now associate
justice N. H. supreme court, and with
him edited and published "Ray &
Walker's N. H. Citations"; later for
some years principal of Hinsdale, N. H.,
high school, removing thence to Keene,
in 1893, to resume practice; Baptist;
Republican; member from Ward 6,
Concord, in N. H. house of represen
tatives, 1885; judge of probate for
Cheshire County since 1906; also acted
as judge in Sullivan County probate
court several months, during a va
cancy, in 1917; member, Sons of Vet
erans; m., 1st, March 18, 1881,
Harriet Annett Ballou, who d. 1900;
2d, May, 1907, Clara Adell Case;
one dau., Agnes Helen (Mrs. Fred H.
Robbins, Philadelphia, Pa.). Resi
dence, Keene, N. H.
Richardson, Albert James
Farmer, postmaster; b., Lyndon,
Vt., Oct. 29, 1866; s. Henry and Mary
J. (Clark) Richardson; removed to
Littleton, N. H., in infancy, and edu
cated in Littleton public schools; en
gaged extensively in agriculture and
dairying for a series of years; Demo
crat; member of school board; select
man, 1907-8; inspector for N. H.
license commission, several years pre
vious to Jan., 1914, when appointed
postmaster of Littleton; Patron of
Husbandry and long active in the or
der, serving as master of White Moun
tain Grange two years, Northern N. H.
Pomona Grange four years, and execu
tive committee, N. H. State Grange,
six years; member, Burns Lodge, A. F.
& A. M., Franklin Chapter, St. Gerard
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Commandery and Bektaah Temple;
m., Oct. 6, 1888, Lillian M. Curtis;
one daughter, Edith Mabelle. Resi
dence, Littleton, N. H.
Plummer, William Alberto
Jurist; b., Gihnanton, N. H., Dec.
2, 1865; s. Charles E. and Mary H.
(Moody) Plummer; ed. Gilmanton
Academy, Dartmouth College, Boston
University School of Law, 1889; lo
cated in practice in Laconia; Congregationalist; Democrat; member, La
conia school board, nineteen years
(president sixteen years); member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1893,
1907; justice, N. H. superior court,
Dec., 1907 to Dec., 1913, since then
justice, supreme court; member,
Knights of Pythias, Elks, Masons, 33d
degree (Grand Master, Grand Lodge
of N.'H., 1806-8); member, N. H. Bar
Ass'n., American Bar Ass'n., N. H. His
torical Soc.; director, Laconia Nat'l
Bank; trustee and vice-president, City
Savings Bank of Laconia; director, La
conia Building & Loan Ass'n.; m., Jan.
1, 1890; one son, Wayne M., b. March
21, 1891, Boston University School of
Law, 1917, admitted toN. H. bar, June
30, 1917. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Mitchell, Abram Whittemore
Physician and surgeon; b., Lempster, N. H., Feb. 8, 1862; s. Andrew J.
and Mary (Whittemore) Mitchell; ed.
common and high schools, Kimball
Union Academy, 1883, New York Uni
versity Medical School, 1887; located
in practice at Epping, N. H.; Metho
dist; Independent; member, school
board and board of health, Epping;
physician to Rockingham County In
stitute for thirty years; member and
past president of Rockingham County
Medical Soc. and N. H. Medical Soc.;
president, Epping Water Co.; Odd
Fellow and Mason to and including
32d degree, Knight Templar and
Shriner; m., Oct. 17, 1888, Hattie F.
Perkins; children, Avis W. (Mrs. C.
Cann), Karl P., Richard A., Philip W.
Residence, Epping, N. H.
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Smith, Ezra M.
Lawyer; b., Langdon, N. H., Jan.
25, 1838; s. Orrin and Marinda (Par
tridge) Smith; ed. Cold River Acad
emy, Tubbs Academy. Law Depart
ment, University of Albany, LL.B.
1861; admitted to N. H. bar, May,
1864; commenced practice in Peter
borough, N. H., June 1, 1865, and has
since continued; Congregationalist;
Republican; ten years a member of
the school board; selectman, twenty-
five years (many years chairman of the
board); member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, six terms, taking active
part in committee work and debate;
state senator, 1915-16; member, con
stitutional conventions, 1876, 1912;
member, Peterborough Grange, P. of
H., Peterborough Lodge, No. 15, I. O.
O. F., Union Encampment, No. 6; m.,
Oct. 4, 1886, Mary S. Fairbanks; chil
dren, Etta M. (Harlan B. deceased),
Orrin F. Residence, Peterborough,
N. H.
�George A. Fairbanks
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Fairbanks, George Arlington
Woolen manufacturer, farmer; b.,
Newport, N. H., March 24, 1863; s.
George H. and Helen M. (Nourse)
Fairbanks; ed. public schools, graduat
ing from Newport high school, June
24, 1881, followed by one year at Tilton
Seminary; a successful merchant in
Newport for fourteen years; with
George A. Dorr purchased Granite
State Mills, April 1, 1899, and from a
business practically dormant, it has
today over one hundred fifty employes
on its pay-roll, working in day and
night shifts; director of Citizens' Na
tional Bank for fifteen years, its presi
dent since 1913; trustee and treasurer,
Carrie F. Wright Hospital, since its
establishment; for many years a
trustee, M. E. church, and for a long
time a member and generous contrib
utor to its welfare. Continually identi
fied with the best interests of Sullivan
County Y. M. C. A., he has been a
liberal supporter in all its work; mem
ber school board for twelve years and
active worker for the welfare of pupils
and teachers; trustee, Tilton Seminary;
Mason, member and past high priest,
Chapter of Tabernacle, No. 19, R. A.
M.; Shrine; Republican; candidate for
presidential elector, 1916, member,
house of representatives, 1917-18 and
chairman railroad committee; occupies
a spacious home on a knoll overlooking,
the town, on the spot where stood the
house of his birth; m., Oct. 22, 1885,
Margaret A. Gilmore of Newport;
three children, Helen M., a successful
kindergartner, Marian S., graduate of
Boston University and vocal soloist in
local churches, Harold G., graduate of
Tilton Seminary and now learning the
woolen business in his father's mill.
Residence, Newport, N. H.
Boutwell, Harvey Lincoln
Lawyer; b., Meredosia, 11l., April 5,
1860; a. Eli Allen and Harriett W.
(Weeks) Boutwell; removed to Hopkinton, N. H., when two years of age
and reared in that town where his great
grandfather, Maj. William Weeks, of
Washington's staff, had settled in 1792,
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on land said to have been granted him
by the government and a portion of
which he, himself, now owns; ed. com
mon schools, Hopkinton and Contoocook academies, New Hampshire Col
lege, 1882, and Boston University Law
School, 1886; spent some time in
teaching, at Claremont, N. H., gram
mar school, Boston Asylum Farm
School, and Eliot Evening School, Bos
ton, meanwhile taking up the study of
law, first with the late John Y. Mugridge of Concord, N. H., and later with
Wilbur H. Powers of Boston; admitted
to Massachusetts bar in 1886 and com
menced practice in Boston in Aug. of
that year, continuing alone about
twenty years, since then in partnership
with William H. Hastings of Malden,
under firm name of Boutwell & Hast
ings, offices in Rogers Bldg., Washing
ton St.; Baptist; Republican; mem
ber, Malden, Mass., common council,
1893-4; Mass. house of representatives,
1895-6-7-8, taking a prominent part in
legislation each year; city solicitor,
Malden, since 1907; trustee, New
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Hampshire College, since 1910 and
president of the board since 1913; first
vice-president. Second National Bank
of Malden; director, F. W. Ransholb
Co., Samuel E.Jordan Brush Co.; Ma
son, Odd Fellow; member, Boston City
Club, University Club of Malden, Mai
den Deliberative Assembly, Middlesex
Club, Mass. Republican Club; a fre
quent public speaker on political, pa
triotic and other occasions; m. Nellie
C. Booth, Dec. 28, 1886; one son,
Louis E., b. Feb. 15, 1892, Boston Uni
versity School of Law, 1917. Resi
dence, Malden, Mass.
Gile, John Martin
Surgeon; b. Pembroke, N. H., March
8, 1864; s. Brainerd and Mary A.
(Kimball) Gile; ed. Pembroke Acad
emy, Dartmouth College, 1887, Dart-
^^r
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a
H. Republican state convention, 1910;
member, N. H. executive council,
Fourth District, 1911-12; member,
American Medical Ass'n, N. H. and
Mass. Medical Socs.; trustee, Dart
mouth College; trustee, Mary Hitch
cock Memorial Hospital; Mason;
member, Graduates Club, Kappa
Kappa Kappa, Hanover Country Club ;
director, Lake Tarleton Club; m.,June
8, 1892, Vesta Fowler; children, John
F., Archie B., Madelain, Dorothy.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Woodbury, Gordon
Lawyer, farmer, journalist; b., New
York City, Sept. 17, 1863; s. Freeman
Perkins and Harriet A. (McGaw)
Woodbury, his father being a descendantof John Woodbury (Beverly, Mass.,
1624) and his mother a granddaughter
<A W
i
mouth Medical School, 1891; com
menced practice at Tewksbury, Mass. ;
Professor of Practice of Medicine, 1896
-1910; Dean and Professor of Clinical
Surgery, 1910 -., Dartmouth Medi
cal School; Republican; president, N.
of Matthew Thornton, signer of the
Declaration of Independence; ed
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1882, Har
vard College, 1886, Columbia Univer
sity Law School, 1888; located in
Bedford, N. H., in 1889, upon the old
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McGaw homestead, his mother's birth
place, where he has continued his legal
residence, engaging extensively in agri
culture; Presbyterian; Democrat; rep
resentative from Bedford in N. H.
house of representatives, 1891, serving
on committee on revision of the stat
utes; candidate for senator in District
No. 19, 1892; member, N. H. delega
tion in Democratic national convention,
18%; delegate in N. H. constitutional
convention, 1902; member, advisory
council, N. H. Dept. of Agriculture;
1913-1 5 ; Democratic candidate for Con
gress, First N. H. District, 1916; editor
and publisher, Manchester Daily and
Weekly Union, 1896-1906; ed. History
of Bedford, 1903; Mason; member,
Derryfield Club, Manchester;
m.
April 18, 1894, Charlotte E., dau. Geo.
E. Woodbury, Methuen, Mass.; chil
dren, Eliza Gordon (Bryn Mawr),
Peter, George. Residence, Bedford,
N. H., Manchester P. O.
Baynes, Ernest Harold
Naturalist, lecturer; b., Calcutta,
India, May 1, 1868; s. John and
Helen Augusta (Nowill) Baynes; ed.
College of the City of New York; re
porter for N. Y. Times, 1891-2;
assistant to his father in photographic
modeling. 1893-1900; has written and
lectured extensively on natural history
since 1900; contributed series of ar
ticles on "Wild Life in the Blue Moun
tain Forest" to Boston Transcript in
1904; member, American Bison Soc,
Harvard Travelers Club, Tavern Club,
Boston, Meriden, N. H., Bird Club,
general manager; chairman, Sullivan
Co. Boy Scout Commission. Resi
dence, Plainfield, N. H.
Haynes, Martin Alonzo
Printer and editor; b., Springfield,
N. H., July 30, 1842 ; s. Elbridge Gerry
and Caroline R. (Knowlton) Haynes;
ed. public schools, Manchester, N. H.;
learned the printer's trade, also served
on reportorial staff of both the Union
and Mirror in Manchester; served
three years as a volunteer private in
the Second N. H. regiment in the
Civil War; established the Lake Vil
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lage Times, at Lake Village (Gilford),
N. H., now Lakeport (Ward 6, Laconia), in 1868 and conducted thp same
for twenty years; Universalist; Repub
lican; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, from Gilford, 1872-3;
clerk, N. H. supreme court for Belknap
County, 1876-83; member, U. S. house
of representatives (First N. H. Dis
trict) in 48th and 49th Congresses,
1883 to 1887; U. S. Internal Revenue
agent many years, serving in different
sections of the country, and for a time
transferred from the Treasury to the
War Department, and, under commis
sion of Elihu Root, Secretary of War,
established the Internal Revenue in
the Philippines; holds membership
with the Odd Fellows and G. A. R.,
department Commander for the latter,
1881-2; as president of the N. H.
Veterans Ass'n' in 1882, made the an
nual reunions at Weirs a fixture; m.,
March 9, 1863, Cornelia T. Lane;
children, Mary Addie (Mrs. Eugene S.
Daniell), Cornelia A., adopted. Resi
dence, Lakeport, N. H.
�Hon. John B. Nash
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Nash, John Barzillia
Lawyer; b., Windham, Me., May 17,
1848; s. Barzillia and Lovina (Hick)
Nash; ed. common and private schools
and Gorham, Me., Academy; studied
law and located in practice in Conway,
N. H.; admitted to the N. H. bar in
1878;Universalist; Democrat; delegate
in N. H. constitutional convention,
1889; representative in N. H. house
of representatives, 1891, 1893; solicitor
for Carroll county, four years; Demo
cratic nominee for Congress 1894, 1896;
president, N. H. Democratic state
convention, 1896; delegate in Demo
cratic national convention at Kansas
City in 1900, and elected to the Denver
convention in 1908, but unable to
attend; appointed U. S. naval officer
of customs, port of Boston and Charlestown, by President Wilson in 1913, and
still in that office; has spoken exten
sively on the stump for the Democratic
party in many campaigns; m., Nov.,
1871, Susan J. Libby; children, Nathan
G., Jessie (Mrs. Clifford H. Craig).
Residence, Conway, N. H., P. O. ad
dress, Intervale.
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emy, since 1878; Unitarian; Pro
gressive Republican; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1905, 1907
and chairman committee on education
each year; trustee, N. H. College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Robin
son Seminary, Exeter, Exeter Public
library, Kensington Social Library;
member, Modern Language Ass'n of
Porter, Eleanor Hodgman
Musician and author; b., Littleton,
N. H., Dec. 19, 1868; dau. Francis F.
and Llewella (Woolson) Hodgman; ed.
public schools, N. E. Conservatory of
Music, and by private teachers; m.,
May 3, 1892, John Lyman Porter of
Corinth, Vt.; Congregationalist; en
gaged for several years as choir and
concert singer, and music teacher;
since 1901 devoted to authorship; has
written several published volumes that
have attracted wide attention, "Pollyanna" being the most notable, as well
as a great number of short stories for
magazines and newspapers. Resi
dence, Cambridge, Mass.
America, American Dialect Soc., Amer
ican Philological Ass'n, N. E. Ass'n
Colleges and Preparatory Schools;
honorary member, Cliosophic Soc.,
Princeton Univ., associate member,
N. H. Soc. Cincinnati; m., Dec. 21,
1878, Effie Locke; children, Effie Mir
iam (d.), Irving Elting, Theodora, Delmont Locke, James Arthur, Jr., Helen.
Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Tufts, James Arthur
Educator; b., Alstead, N. H., April
26, 1855; s. Timothy and Sophia P.
(Kingsbury) Tufts; ed. Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1874, Harvard College, A.B.,
1878, A.M. Dartmouth, 1914; Pro
fessor of English, Phillips Exeter Acad
Minot, Fanny Elizabeth Pickering
(Mrs. James); b., Barnstead, N. H.;
dau. Hazen and Martha Ann (Drew)
Pickering; ed. Concord high school,
1865, Wheaton Seminary, Norton,
Mass., 1867 (valedictorian of each
class) ; m., Capt. James Minot, cashier
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Mechanicks National Bank, May 13,
1874 (d. Nov. 15, 1911); member,
South Congregational church; national
president, Woman's Relief Corps, 1904
F. and Sarah J. (Dodge) Perley; ed.
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
1873, Dartmouth College, 1878;
teacher, 1878 to 1883—principal
Charlestown, N. H., high school;
studied law with Hon. Ira Colby of
Claremont, N. H.; admitted to the
N. H. bar in 1883, Mass. bar, 1883,
Minn. bar in 1884, having removed to
the latter state and located at Moorhead, Clay co., opposite Fargo, N. D.,
where he has continued in legal practice
and also engaged extensively in the
handling of loans and real estate, con
ducting the "George E. Perley Farm
.Loan and Land Agency;" Christian
Scientist; Progressive Republican;
alderman, city of Moorhead, four years;
member, Minn. house of representa
tives, 1903, 1905, chairman, committee
on education, the latter year; member,
Moorhead board of education, fifteen
years; trustee, Fargo College, Fargo,
-5; member, Concord board of educa
tion, since 1908 (secretary); Woman's
Club of Concord (president, 1904-5);
president, N. H. Female Cent Inst.,
1901-8; president, Concord Female
Charitable Soc, 1911-15; member,
educational committee, General Fed
eration Women's Clubs, 1912-14;
regent, Rumford Chapter, D. A R.,
1905-8; president, Federation of
Women's Missionary Societies, Con
cord; member, Woman's Board of
Missions (life), Avon (Shakespeare)
Club, Friendly Club, Charity Organ
ization Soc, District Nursing Ass'n,
Red Cross, Nat. League for Woman's
Service, Wheaton Seminary Alumnae
Ass'n, N. H. Historical Soc. Resi
dence, 23 S. State St., Concord, N. H.
Perley, George Edmund
Lawyer, loans, real estate ; b., Lempster, N. H., Aug. 19, 1853; s. Asbury
N. D., twenty-five years; Royal Arca
num; m., May 9, 1884, M. Etta Jones;
one daughter, Grace Perley Hess, Min
neapolis. Residence, Moorhead, Minn.
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Jackson, James Robert
Lawyer, writer; b., Barnet, Vt., Oct.
5, 1838; s. William and Prucia (Mor
rill) Jackson; removed with his par
ents to Littleton, N. H., in childhood;
ed. Littleton public schools and in the
law office of Hon. Harry Bingham;
Episcopalian; Democrat; clerk, N. H.
house of representatives, 1871; U. S.
Consul to Sherbrooke, 1893-7; author,
History of Littleton; m. July 16, 1879,
Lydia Drew, Dover, N. H.; children,
Robert (Dartmouth, 1900), Andrew
(Dartmouth, 1903), Harry B., William
M., Elizabeth, Katharine (d.), Rachel.
Residence, Littleton, N. H.
Brackett, John Q. A.
Lawyer; b., Bradford, N. H., June
8, 1842; s. Ambrose S. and Nancy
(Brown) Brackett; ed. public schools,
Colby Academy, New London, 1861,
Harvard College, 1865 (class orator),
Harvard Law School, 1868; located in
practice in Boston and there continued;
Unitarian; Republican; member, Bos
ton common council, 1873-6 inclusive
(president, 1886); member, Mass.
house of representatives, 1877-81 and
1884-6 inclusive, chairman judiciary
committee, 1884, speaker, 1885, 1886;
lieutenant governor, 1887-9 inclusive;
governor of Massachusetts, 1890; delegate-at-large,
Republican
national
convention, 1892 (member committee
on resolutions); presidential electorat-large, 1896, and chairman, Massa
chusetts electors; again, in 1900, elector-at-large;
president,
Middlesex
(Republican) Club, 1893-1901; de
clined a public dinner tendered by
Governor Walsh and the living exgovernors of the state on the occasion
of his seventy-second birthday anni
versary in June, 1914, but was made a
special guest of the Middlesex Club at
its annual meeting, June 6, in honor of
his birthday and the twenty-first anni
versary of his election as president of
the club, as well as the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the movement resulting
in his nomination for governor. In
May, 1917, elected delegate from the
Eighth Congressional district to the
Massachusetts constitutional conven
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tion, and on the evening of June 5, the
night before the meeting of the con
vention, in recognition of his seventyfifth birthday, his election as a delegate,
and as the senior living ex-governor of
the state, he was given a public dinner
at Hotel Somerset in Boston, by the
Boston Club, largely attended by
prominent men of both parties through
out the state; long prominent as a
public speaker, delivering many nota
ble addresses on important occasions,
aside from political speeches in many
campaigns, among them being those at
the Bradford centennial in 1887, the
dedication of the Pilgrims monument
at Plymouth, Mass., and the centen
nial anniversary of the birth of Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks in Waltham,
Mass., Jan. 30, 1916; member, Joseph
Warren Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Middle
sex Club, Boston Club, Arlington Boat
Club; director, Exchange Trust Co.,
Boston; vice-president, Mass. Real
Estate Exchange; m., June 20, 1878,
Angeline M. Peck; children, John Gaylord (Harvard, 1901, Law School, 1904)
and Beatrice. Residence, Arlington,
Mass.
�Marilla M. Ricker
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Ricker, Mariila Marks Young
Lawyer, author, humanitarian; b.,
New Durham, N. H., March 18, 1840;
dau. Jonathan B. and Hannah D.
(Stevens) Young; ed. public schools,
Colby Academy, New London, N. H.,
1861 ; m., 1863, John Ricker of Madbury, N. H., who died Oct. 6, 1868;
went abroad in 1872, spending some
years in study in Germany, thoroughly
mastering the language of that coun
try; returning home took up the study
of law in Washington, D. C., with Al
bert G. Riddle and Arthur B. Williams;
admitted to the District of Columbia
bar in 1882, taking the examination
with eighteen men, all of whom she
outranked; practiced in Washington
for many years, where she became
known as "the prisoners' friend," from
her custom of aiding poor and friend
less prisoners; associated with Col.
Robert G. Ingersoll in the famous
"Star Route" trials; appointed exami
ner in chancery by the supreme court
of the District of Columbia, 1884, also
U. S. commissioner, in which capacity
she heard many cases; admitted to the
N. H. bar in 1890, being the first woman
admitted; admitted to the bar of the
supreme court of the United States,
1891. Woman suffragist and pioneer
worker and speaker for the cause; first
woman in New Hampshire to demand
the right to vote, and paying taxes
under protest since refusal. Republi
can; offered herself as a candidate for
the gubernatorial nomination of the
party in 1910; Free Thinker, writing
much and strongly in championship of
Free Thought doctrines; author of
"The Four Gospels," 1911, "I Don't
Know, Do You?" 1915, and "I Am
Not Afraid, Are You?" 1917. An
early abolitionist, pioneer suffragist,
and ardent disciple of Paine and Inger
soll, she has traveled widely and spoken
much and forcefully, as well as written,
in advocacy of her principles. Resi
dence, Dover, N. H.
Felch, Albert Dustin
General business; b., Sunapee, N.H.,
March 23, 1863; s. John and Sarah
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J. (Bartlett) Felch; ed. Sunapee publie schools; Progressive; Republican;,
justice of the peace, notary public,
health officer, trial justice, member,
school board, six years, tax collector,.
1892, member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1911, chosen by the largest
majority ever given a candidate in the
town with a single exception, and serv
ing as chairman of committee on roads,
bridges and canals, and as a member
of the rate committee investigating
B. & M. R. R. fares and freights; Pro
gressive candidate for state senator in
Seventh district in 1912; secretary,
Sunapee Mutual Fire Ins. Co.; secre
tary and treasurer, Lake Sunapee Pro
tective Corporation; treasurer, town
trust fund; local examiner, state au
tomobile department; treasurer, Trow
Lumber Co., several years previous to
1916; Methodist; superintendent of
Sunday school five years; treasurer,
board of trustees, Sunapee M. E.
church; m., May 2, 1888, Lilla Ingalls;
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-children, Ruth A., serving in state auto
mobile department, as stenographer
and notary public, Rose C, trained
nurse. Residence, "Pleasant Place,"
Sunapee, N. H.
Hutchins, John Corbin
Druggist and jeweller, lumberman;
b., Wolcott, Vt., Feb. 3, 1864; s. Lewis
8. and Marcia M. (Aiken) Hutchins,
and grandson of Parley Hutchins of
Edinburgh, Scotland, who settled in
this country immediately after the
Revolution; ed. public schools and
Hardwick, Vt., academy, graduating in
1883; taught school and pursued post
graduate course; removed to North
Stratford, N. H., in 1884, where he
entered a drug and jewelry establish
ment, learned the business, and two
years later purchased, and has since
conducted the same, while for the last
few years engaging extensively in lum
bering operations; attends Baptist
church; Democrat; has held all town
offices; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1899, state senate, 1913,
serving on education (chairman),
banks, manufactures and revision of
the laws committees, and recognized
minority leader; delegate in National
Democratic Conventions of 1908 and
1916; candidate for Democratic guber
natorial nomination in 1914 and de
feated by only two votes, and nomi
nated by a large majority in 1916;
president, Farmers Guaranty Savings
bank of Colebrook; director, Farmers
and Traders National bank; trustee,
Guaranty Trust Co., Berlin; director
and vice-president, Coos Telephone
Co.; affiliated with the Odd Fellows,
Elks, Knights of Pythias (Grand
Chancellor, New Hampshire, 1900),
Masons, 32d degree and Knight Tem
plar; m., Oct. 24, 1889, SaideeH. Mayo;
children, Ralph M., Paul A. Residence,
North Stratford, N. H.
Dearborn, Josiah Greene
Teacher, lawyer; b., Weare, N. H.,
March 20, 1829; s. Josiah and Sarah
(Greene) Dearborn; descendant in
seventh generation from Godfrey
Dearborn, one of the company from
Exeter, England, who, under the leader
ship of Rev. John Wheelock, founded
Exeter, N. H., in 1639; ed. public
schools, Francestown Academy, New
Britain, Conn., Normal School; taught
several years in Manchester schools;
submaster in Lyman Grammar School,
Boston, 1865 to 1870, meanwhile enter
ing senior class at Dartmouth College
and graduating in 1867; master in
Boston Latin School, 1870 to 1874;
Liberal; Democrat; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1854, 1855,
and oldest surviving member present
at the "Legislative Reunion" in Con
cord in 1915; register of probate for
Hillsborough County, 1860-5; N. H.
state treasurer, 1874-5; postmaster of
Manchester, 1889-93; member, N. H.
BarAss'n; member, Manchester board
of education, 1885; auditor for Hills
borough County many years; trustee,
Merrimack River Savings bank, twen
ty-five years; m., Oct. 16, 1851, Sabrina
L. Hayden, who d. Aug. 14, 1880;
children, Julia A. (Mrs. Luther C.
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Baldwin), Cora M., Josephine G. (Mrs.
G. F. Russell). Residence, South
Weare, N. H.
Sanborn, Jeremiah Wilson
Farmer, educator, publicist; b., Gilmanton, N. H., Feb. 4, 1847; s. George
W. and Mary A. (Brown) Sanborn;
-ed., Pittsfield and Gilmanton acade
mies and private library; Congregationalist; Republican; superintendent
of schools, Gilmanton, 1868, 1869;
member, N. H. board of agriculture,
1873-82; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1875 and 1876, serving as
chairman of committee on Agricul
tural college; appointed superintend
ent of the State college farm at Han
over, 1876, and in that year began
publication of monthly bulletins of re
search work which were continued dur
ing the six years of his connection there;
these covered various fields, including
plant and animal nutrition, and were
the first regular publications of the
kind in the country; in Sept., 1882,
made dean of the agricultural depart
ment of the University of Missouri, and
while there continued elaborate investi
gations of various problems, and car
ried on many important experiments;
served as secretary of the Missouri
board of agriculture, 1882-6, and gath
ered the material for the state's agri
cultural exhibit at the World's Fair in
New Orleans; secretary of the Kansas
City Fat Stock Show, and state statis
tician for Missouri for U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, 1884-7; in 1889
became president of and organized the
Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Utah, and was director of the expe
riment station; during five years here
organized the faculty, its courses of
study, its extensive research work, and
Utah's agricultural exhibit at the Co
lumbian Exposition at Chicago; re
turned to New Hampshire in 1894 to
become agricultural editor of the Mir
ror and Farmer, and to resume tem
porarily suspended work of organizing
on a large scale extensive and intensive
farming on his estate in Gilmanton,
where he has redeemed and added to
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the machine tillage area 170 acres, so
that about 500 acres are included in
one body out of the hill estate of 2,000
acres; served three years as trustee of
the State College, and again in the
legislature in 1909, being chairman of
committee on national affairs; trustee
of Gilmanton Academy; chairman,
town school board; an officer of the
N. E. Milk Producers' Union, and,
since 1911, member of the advisory
council of the State Department of
Agriculture; Patron of Husbandry and
past master, Catamount Grange, Pittsfield; has lectured extensively before
farmers' institutes and other organiza
tions, in New England, New York and
the West, and written much for the
press; author of the section on agricul
ture in Gateley's great work on the
World's Progress. The New Hampshire
and Utah state colleges have conferred
on him the degree of B.S., M.S. and
LL.D. ; he is now elaborating his youth's
dream of a fine hill estate around the
site first deeded to his ancestor for
colonial services; m., June 4, 1872,
�Hon. Clarence E. Carr
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Belle Grayham Osborne; children,
Harry Wilson, b. July 14, 1875; Alice,
b. Dec. 13, 1878; Carl J., b. Aug. 9,
1887. Residence, Gilmanton, N. H.,
Pittsfield P. O.
Carr, Clarence Edgar
Lawyer, manufacturer, publicist; b.,
Enfield, N. H., Jan. 31, 1853; s. John
P. and Emily A. (Cochran) Carr; re
moved with his parents to Andover,
when ten years of age, where he has
since resided; ed. public schools, Ando
ver, New London and Kimball Union
academies and Dartmouth College,
1875; studied law with the late Hon.
John M. Shirley of Andover; ad
mitted to the bar in 1878 and prac
ticed several years in partnership with
Mr. Shirley, but abandoned practice
on account of health and in 1883, en
gaged in hame manufacturing business
with father and elder brother, retiring
therefrom in 1912; Democrat; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
187&, 1879, serving on normal school
and judiciary committees and chair
man of special railroad committee; sev
eral years member Democratic state
committee;
president, Democratic
state convention, 1902; Democratic
candidate for governor, 1908, 1910,
making a vigorous campaign each year;
Unitarian; president, N. H. Unitarian
Conference, twelve years; director,
American Unitarian Ass'n, 1906-12, a
vice-president since 1912; trustee and
treasurer, Proctor Academy, formerly
N. H. Unitarian Educational Society;
president, N. H. Defense League, 1916;
chairman, executive committee, N. H.
League to Provide for National De
fense and to Enforce International
Peace, 1916-; member, executive com
mittee, N. H. Committee on Public
Safety, also of executive committee,
N. H. Red Cross Ass'n; first president,
United Life and Accident Insurance
Co., Concord, now chairman board of
directors and executive committee; a
trustee of John H. Pearson fund, also
of Franklin Savings Bank; member,
Kearsarge Lodge, A. F. & A M., and
Blackwater Grange, P. of H., Andover;
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m., 1st., Ella, daughter of Rev. Thomp
son Barron, who d. in 1876 leaving one
daughter, Ella, educated at Wellesley
and Radcliffe colleges and in Germany,
now living in Andover; 2d, Carrie E.,'
daughter of Amos H. and Emeline M.
Proctor—two sons, Proctor (Harvard,
1904), general sales agent, U. S. Hame
Co., Buffalo, N. Y. (married, one
daughter), and John P. (Harvard, 1911,
Law, 1914), now a lawyer in Boston,
Mass. Residence, Andover, N. H.
Hening, Crawford Dawes
Lawyer, supreme court reporter; b.,
Philadelphia, Pa., June 19, 1866; s.
Edmund W. and Mary (Dawes) Hen
ing; ed. Episcopal Academy, Philadel
phia, Pa.; studied law in the office of
Charles Biddle, Philadelphia; ad
mitted to the bar in 1894, and com
menced practice in Lancaster the same
year; subsequently practiced for a
time in Berlin, N. H. ; later returned to
Philadelphia, where he served as as
sistant city solicitor, 1911-14; again
took up his residence in Lancaster, and
engaged in the work of preparing a
digest. of the N. H. law reports; ap
pointed reporter for the N. H. supreme
court, 1916; Episcopalian; m., in 1896,
Mabel Thompson; children, Sally F.,
Edmund W., Alice C. Residence, Lan
caster, N. H.
Morrison, Henry Clinton
Educator; b., Oldtown, Me., Oct. 7,
1871; s. John H. and Mary Louise
(Ham) Morrison; great-grandson of
John Morrison of Sutherlandshire,
Scotland, who settled at St. James,
N. B., in 1803; ed. public schools and
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1895, being
valedictorian of his class; principal,
high school, Milford, N. H., 1895-9;
superintendent schools, Portsmouth,
N. H., 1899-1905; state superintend
ent of public instruction since Oct. 25,
1905; a consistent and presistent ad
vocate of all measures calculated to
promote the efficiency of the state's
educational system, especially state su
pervision of the public schools, which
has been extended under his adminis
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
tration till it covers nearly the entire
state; member, N. H. Teachers' Ass'n
(president, 1903) ; many years director,
National Educational Ass'n; member,
Manchester; in November of that
year became a clerk in office of Sixth
Auditor of the Treasury, Washington,
D. C., serving till Aug., 1873, and
twice promoted; transferred to N. E.
division, U. S. Railway Mail Service,
and served as first local agent at Con
cord, N. H., for two years; again trans
ferred to train service, running between
Boston and St. Albans, Vt. , till 1884,
when he resigned, and became travel
ing salesman for Blanchard & Co , flour
and grain dealers, of Concord; two
years later joined the firm of Moseley
& Co., in the same business, traveling
for them over New Hampshire and
Vermont, till, in 1898, he bought out
the business, which he has since suc
cessfully conducted under the name of
Cressy & Co., his son Harry R. later
becoming a member of the firm; Uni
tarian, Republican; member, Concord
board of aldermen, 1901-2; member,
American Institute of Instruction (pres
ident, 1908-9); Mason, Patron of
Husbandry, member, N. H. Historical
Soc, Concord Board of Trade, Wonolancet Club, Phi Beta Kappa and Psi
Upsilon fraternities and Casque and
Gauntlet Soc. at Dartmouth; received
degree of M. Sc. from the New Hamp
shire College in 1906; Episcopalian;
Independent in politics; m., July 29,
1902, Marion Locke, Andover, Mass.;
children, John A., Hugh 8., Robert D.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Cressy, Frank
Manager, Cressy & Co. ; b., Bradford,
N. H., Oct. 21, 1840; s. William P. and
Mary G. (Gould) Cressy; ed. public
schools and Colby Academy, New Lon
don, N. H.; taught school several
years; established a graded school in
Bradford; appointed U. S. mail clerk
in 1865, running between Bradford and
N. H. house of representatives, 1892;
member, Boston chamber of commerce,
and two years president N. E. Grain
Dealers' Ass'n; member Concord board
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of trade (president, 1913-15), Wonolancet Club, White Mountain Travel
ers' Ass'n (twice president and treas
urer the last twenty years); ardent
equal suffragist, ready after-dinner
speaker; m., March 31, 1862, Annette
M. Ring, who d. Dec., 1916; children,
Will Martin, Mary F. (d. Feb., 1917),
Harry R. Residence, Concord, N. H.
79-
Woman's Club, N. H. Historical Soc.,
N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women
and Children (life member and on
board of monthly visitors), Friendly
Club and Red Cross, also of several
local charity associations; m. Benja
min Stodder Rolfe, June 6, 1877; child,
Benjamin Henry Rolfe, b. Nov. 27,
1886, who m. Josephine James, Oct. 12,
1909. Residence, 48 South St., Con
cord, N. H.
Rolfe, Jennie Clapp
(Mrs. Benjamin S.); b., May 13,
1855, Nashua, N. H.; dau. Henry W.
and Sabina A. (Taylor) Clapp; de-
Blake, Amos Jewett
Lawyer; b., Rindge, N. H., Oct. 20,.
scended from Thomas Clapp, who set
tled in Dorchester, Mass., July, 1633;
ten ancestors who fought in the Revo
lution; graduated from Concord high
school, 1874; charter member, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R. (registrar four
years, regent 1914-17); number in
National D. A. R., 25, 774; chairman,
committee to secure N. H. state flag
for Continental Hall, Washington;
member, committee to secure final pay
ment on Continental Hall; member,
South Congregational church, Concord
1836; s. Ebenezer and Hephsibeth
(Jewett) Blake; ed. public schools,.
Marlow Academy, Mt. Caesar Semi
nary, Swanzey, Green Mt. Liberal
Inst., Woodstock, Vt., Appleton Acad
emy, New Ipswich, 1859;' studied law
with F. F. Lane of Keene; admitted
to N. H. bar, 1862; U. S. district
court, 1867;Congregationalist; Repub
lican; superintending school committee
Rindge, two years, Fitzwilliam, eleven
years; selectman, Fitzwilliam, threeyears; moderator, ten years; member,
�Hon. Henry F. Hollis
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N. H. house of representatives, 1872-3,
1901 ; state bank commissioner, 18769; assistant assessor, U. S. internal
revenue, 1862-70; member, N. H.
constitutional convention, 1889, 1902,
1912; census enumerator, 1880, 1890;
trustee and president, Fitzwilliam Sav
ings Bank, for several years; super
visor, Fitzwilliam town library, for
thirty-five years; historical student
and writer; author, "Life and Charac
ter of Gen. James Reid," published in
Vol. 1, Proceedings of the N. H. His
torical Soc; sketch of Fitzwilliam.
Granite Monthly, June, 1898, ana
"Life and Character of Col. Amos
A. Parker," Granite Monthly, Oct.Dec, 1904; Free Mason since 1862;
member, N. H. Historical Soc, Sons
of the American Revolution; m., 1st,
Dec. 26, 1865, Ann E. Howe; who
d. June 22, 1867; 2d, Jan. 2, 1883,
Flora E. Stone; one son, Leroy S.
Blake, of Fitzwilliam, b. Nov. 5, 1883.
Residence, Fitzwilliam, N. H.
Hollis, Henry French
Lawyer, U. S. Senator; b., Concord,
N. H., Aug. 30, 1869; s. Maj. Abijah
and Harriette Van Mater (French)
Hollis; ed. Concord high school, class
of 1886, private tutors, Harvard Col
lege, 1892, A.B., Magna cum laude, hav
ing engaged in civil engineering work
for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
R. R., between high school and college
courses; studied law at the Harvard
Law School and in Concord offices and
admitted to the bar in March, 1893;
commenced practice in Concord imme
diately upon admission, having been
associated for six years with the late
Hon. Harry G. Sargent and Edward
C. Niles, for six years later with the
late Attorney General, Edwin G. East
man, later with Hon. James W. Remick, Alexander Murchie, Robert Jack
son and Robert C. Murchie, under the
firm name of Remick & Hollis, and
finally with the Murchie brothers in
the firm of Hollis & Murchie, enjoying
an extensive practice in all connections;
Democrat; member, Concord board of
education, 1896-9; Democratic candi
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date for Congress, second N. H. dis
trict, 1900; candidate for governor,
1902, 1904; chairman, Democratic
state committee, 1902; member, Dem
ocratic congressional committee, 190001; elected U. S. Senator from New
Hampshire by the legislature on the
42d ballot, to succeed Henry E. Burnham, March 13, 1913, being the first
Democrat elected to the Senate from
the state since 1852; assigned to serv
ice on the Senate committees on en
rolled bills (chairman), banking and
currency, civil service and retrench
ment, District of Columbia, expendi
tures in the Interior Department,
transportation and sale of meat prod
ucts, University of the United States
and woman suffrage; author and mana
ger in Senate of National Farm Loan
Act; Unitarian; member. Phi Beta
Kappa, Harvard; Harvard Club, Bos
ton; Metropolitan and Chevy Chase
clubs, Washington; Regent, Smithson
ian Institution, 1914— ; m., June 14,
1893, Grace Bruerton Fisher, Norwood,
Mass.; children, Henry French, Jr.
(Cornell, 1917); Anne Richardson, 2d.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Jackson, Lydia Drew
(Mrs. James R.) teacher, lecturer;
b., Newmarket, N. H., Dec. 3, 1854;
dau. George K. and Lucy (French)
Drew; ed. public schools, Dover, N.
H. (high school, 1874); taught five
years in Dover grammar schools before
marriage to James R. Jackson of Lit
tleton, July 16, 1879; has since taught
in Littleton and Lancaster high schools
and given instruction to hundreds of
private pupils; Episcopalian; member
and past president, Friday club of Lit
tleton; honorary member, Unity
Club, Lancaster—the only woman thus
recognized; trustee, Littleton public
library; secretary, Littleton branch,
N. H. Chapter, American Red Cross;
has given numerous lectures on educa
tional and historical subjects before
women's clubs and other organizations
throughout northern New Hampshire
(see sketch of James R. Jackson).
Residence, Littleton, N. H.
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Thompson, Edwin Payson
Lawyer; b., Gilmanton, N. H., July
28, 1852, on farm purchased by his
grandfather in 1836, which he now
one of twenty members serving in both
conventions; member, Laconia city
council, seven years, from March, 1905,
and sometime acting mayor; trustee,
City Savings Bank, Laconia, since
1907; director, Laconia Building and
Loan Ass'n, since 1904; director, La
conia National Bank, since 1909; di
rector and treasurer, Casino Building
Co.; member, Belknap County Bar
Ass'n, and N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., Dec.
9, lb96, Minnie E. James, dau. of
Orrin F. and Bedora (Durgin) James,
b. Thornton, N. H., Sept. 17, 1867; no
children. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Roberts, Ernest Porter
Banker; b., Brunswick, Me., Feb.
18, 1869; s. John and Lydia Sylvester
(Porter) Roberts; ed. Concord public
schools; employed as clerk in general
freight office, Concord R. R.; money
order clerk in Concord postoffice under
owns; s. William B. and Luezer J.
(Asher) Thompson; ed. public and
private schools and Gilmanton Acad
emy; studied law with Col. Thomas
Cogswell of Gilmanton and Hon. Erastus P. Jewell of Laconia; admitted to
the bar, April 1, 1876; practiced in
company with Colonel Cosgwell at
Gilmanton one year, and alone until
Oct., 1879, when he removed to Bel
mont and was in practice there until
appointed clerk of the supreme court,
for Belknap County, Jan. 1, 1885, con
tinuing till April 1, 1901, when the
court was abolished and he was ap
pointed clerk of the superior court,
since continuing; held residence in
Belmont till 1900, when he removed to
Laconia; Republican; town treasurer
in Belmont and moderator for sixteen
years; delegate in N. H. constitutional
convention of 1889, and in convention
of 1902 from Ward 4, Laconia, being
Postmaster Henry Robinson; clerk in
superintendent's office, Concord Div.,
B. & M. R. R., under Supt. Horace E.
Chamberlin; entered N. H. Savings
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Bank as clerk, Feb. 1, 1899; appointed
treasurer, N. H. Savings Bank, Aug. 3,
1914, being fifth in succession since the
founding of the bank in 1830; Congregationalist; Republican; clerk of Ward
4, Concord; treasurer, First Congrega
tional Church, Concord; director,
Concord Y. M. C. A.; treasurer, Red
Cross war fund; Mason; member,
Wonolancet Club; m., Sept. 14, 1899,
Esther Burpee Jackman; children,
Porter, b. June 26, 1903; John Harlan,
b. Jan. 16, 1909, Mary Elizabeth, b.
June 28, 1913. Residence, Concord,
N. H.; Sunapee Lake (summer).
Hazelton, Gerry Whiting
Lawyer; b., Chester, N. H., Feb. 24,
1829; s. William and Mercy J. (Coch
ran) Hazelton; ed. Pinkerton Acad
emy, Derry, and by private tutor;
studied law in New York and removed
to Wisconsin in 1856, locating at Co
lumbus; Republican; member, Wis
consin state senate, 1861 and 1862, and
president pro tern; district attorney for
Columbia County, 1864-6; U. S. col
lector internal revenue, 1867-8; mem
ber, U. S. house of representatives,
1871-5; U. S. district attorney for
Wisconsin, 1875-85; U. S. commis
sioner since 1898; removed to Mil
waukee in 1875, when he accepted the
office of district attorney at the re
quest of President Grant, at the time
of the "Whiskey Frauds" excitement,
the former incumbent having been sus
pended; Elder in Presbyterian church,
for twenty years; member and former
president, Milwaukee Bar Ass'n; hon
orary member, Wisconsin State Bar
Ass'n; member and former president,
'Old Settlers' Club and Phantom Club
—a social and literary organization;
former trustee, Fox Lake Seminary and
Carroll College; author of many pub
lished articles upon legal, historical and
biographical subjects, including one on
the "Construction of the Federal Con
stitution," published in the American
Magazine of National History, "John
Jay and the Treaty of 1794," New
York Legal Times, "The Author of the
Book of Job," Bibliotheca Magazine,
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and sketches of Webster, Hamilton,
Franklin, Greeley, Blaine and Thurlow
Weed, published in volumes issued by
the Phantom Club; m. in 1854, Martha
L. Squire, Great Barrington; one
daughter, Anna. Residence, Milwau
kee, Wis.
Bugbee, Marion Louise
Physician and surgeon; b., Hartford,
Vt., Sept. 2, 1871; dau. Jonathan and
Ellen A. (Lewis) Bugbee; ed. Tilden
Seminary, West Lebanon, N. H., 1889,
Woman's Medical College, N. Y. In
firmary, M.D., 1897; postgraduate
course, Polyclinic and Postgraduate
hospital, New York Citv; in general
practice, Hartford, Vt.", 1898-1909;
physician in charge, N. H. Memorial
Hospital for Women and Children,
since 1909; member, American Medi
cal Ass'n, N. H. Medical Soc, Center
District and Merrimack County Medi
cal Soc, Concord Woman's Club,
Concord Woman's College Club, Rumford Chapter, D. A. R., Concord Dis
trict Nursing Ass'n, Concord Charity
�Orlando B. Douglas, M. D.
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Organization Soc. (member tuberculosis
committee), N. H. Charities and Cor
rections, N. H. Children's Aid and
Protective Ass'n; president, Associates
N. H. Memorial Hospital; member,
National Security League, Council of
National Defense, Concord Equal Suf
frage League. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Douglas, Orlando Benajah
Physician and surgeon; b., Corn
wall, Vt., Sept. 12, 1836; s. Amos and
Almira (Balcom) Douglas; academic
education, Brandon, Vt.; M.D., Uni
versity Medical College, New York
University, 1877; private, lieutenant
and adjutant, 18th Mo. Vols, and act
ing assistant adjutant-general in Civil
War; twice wounded; assistant surgeon,
1877-83, surgeon and director, 18831902, consulting surgeon, 1902—, Man
hattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital;
professor, diseases of nose and throat,
New York Post-Graduate Medical
School and Hospital, 1889-1901; presi
dent, 1891, and treasurer, 1879-87,
Med. Soc. of County of New York;
treasurer, N. Y. Acad. Medicine 188898; member, N. Y. State Med. Soc.,
N. H. Med. Soc., N. H. Surg. Soc.,
N. H. Ass'n Military Surgeons; hon
orary member, Vt. Med. Soc.; com
mander, Dept. of N. H., G. A. R.,
1914-15; companion, first class, Loyal
Legion, U. S. A.; medical director of
Survivors of Battle of Shiloh; Mason
(32d degree, Shriner) ; medical director,
Dept. N. H., G. A. R.; president,
N. H. Orphans' Home 1904— ; vicepresident, Soc. for Protection N. H.
Forests; member, State Ex. Com.,
Y. M. C. A. of N. H., 1902— ; past
treasurer, N. H. Woman Suffrage Ass'n;
lifelong advocate of prohibition; mem
ber, Baptist church, 1855— ; SundaySchool teacher, 1857- ; Republican; m.
1st, Mary A. Rust of Orwell, Vt., Dec.
27, 1864 (d. Aug. 31, 1873); 2d, May
L., dau. Rev. A. C. Manson, Sept. 16,
1875 (d. Jan. IS, 1913). Son, Edwin
Rust Douglas, mechanical engineer,
M.E., Stevens Institute, Hoboken;
Sc.M., Harvard University; b., 1872;
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m. Caroline Sleeper; res. Philadelphia.
Grandchildren: Dorothy, Henry and
Mary. Doctor Douglas is the author
of "Is the Cure of Chronic Nasal
Catarrah as Difficult as Has Been Sup
posed?" "The Upper Air-Passages and
Their Diseases"; "Modern Methods of
Treating Diseases of the Nose and
Throat." Residence, Auburn St., Con
cord, N. H.
Kellom, Franklin Pierce
Journalism, banking; b., Concord,
N. H., Aug. 16, 1852; s. Stephen W.
and Sarah E. (Ferrin) Kellom; ed.
Concord public schools; employed four
years in youth as mercantile clerk;
connected with the New Hampshire
Patriot and People and Patriot, Con
cord, as bookkeeper, cashier and busi
ness manager from 1873 to 1892;
Democrat; member, N. H. house of
representatives from Ward 3, Concord,
1881; treasurer, Merrimack County,
1893-4; U. S. national bank examiner,
1893-7; removed to Winchester, N.
H., and became cashier of the Win
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cheater National Bank, 1897, since
continuing; member, N. H. house of
representatives from Winchester, 1903,
serving on committees on banks and
apportionment; engaged extensively in
lumbering for the last five years; Meth
odist; m., April 8, 1884, Mary M.
Patton; children, James S. (Wesleyan
University, 1914); Franklin Patton
(Wesleyan University, 1916); George
C. (Wesleyan University, 1919). Resi
dence, Winchester, N. H.
Little, Cyrus Harvey
Lawyer; b., Sutton, N. H., Aug. 14,
1859; s. Lieut. Hiram K. (of Co. F,
11th N. H. Vol. Regt., who was mor
tally wounded in front of Petersburg,
Va., and died in Government Hospital,
David's Island, New York Harbor,
July 4, 1864) and Susan H. (Wood
ward) Little; descendant in ninth gen
eration of George and Alice (Poor)
Little, who settled at Newbury, Mass.,
in 1640 ; great grandson of Bond Little,
who served with distinction in French
and Indian and Revolutionary wars;
connected on his mother's side with the
Harvey family, of which Congressman
Jonathan Harvey and Governor Mat
thew Harvey were members; left an
orphan at age of five; ed. New Hamp
ton Literary Institution, Bates College,
A.B., 1884; engaged in mercantile
business for a time; member, school
board, Sutton, 1885-9; studied law
with Hon. James F. Briggs and Hon.
Oliver E. Branch, Manchester; Bos
ton University Law School, LL.B.,
1896; has practiced in Manchester
since 1896; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1897-1902 (speaker,
1901-2); member, state constitutional
convention, 1902; chairman, state
board of license commissioners, 190313; trustee and president, board of
corporators, New Hampton Literary
Institution; has delivered many ad
dresses on historical, political and other
subjects; Republican; Congregationalist; Mason, Knight Templar; mem
ber, Sons of American Revolution,
Massachusetts Commandery, Military
Order of the Loyal Legion, N. H. Bar
Ass'n, and N. H. Historical Soc. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Whipple, Henry Chandler
Woolen manufacturer; b., Hanover,
N. H., June 25, 1846; s. David C. and
Clementine (Chandler) Whipple; ed.
Hanover public schools; employed in
country store in Hanover for ten years;
removed to Enfield, becoming a mem
ber of the firm of Dodge, Davis & Co.,
in 1873, continuing till 1884, when the
business was removed from the Shaker
Mills to the Holden Mill in Bristol,
purchased by the firm; resident man
ager till 1887 when the firm was incor
porated; treasurer since, and president
since 1897; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; member, N. H. constitutional
convention, 1912; president, Bristol
National Bank; trustee, Bristol Sav
ings Bank; Mason, Knight Templar;
m., June 2, 1875, Lilla J. Plummer,
Enfield;
children, Fay, Margaret,
Ashley P. Residence, Bristol, N. H.
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De Meritt, Jennie Mabelle
Librarian, historian; b., Madbury,
N. H., June 2, 1863; dau. Ezra E. and
Louisa (De Meritt) De Meritt; ed.
public school, private tutors and Rob
inson Female Seminary, 1882; Uni
tarian; Progressive; assistant in Bos
ton Athenaeum Library, Boston, Mass.,
Feb., 1892 to Feb., 1901; at present
engaged in historical work in same
library; member, board of education,
Madbury, 1914-17; for eleven suc
cessive years active member, N. H.
Federation of Women's Clubs, serv
ing as chairman of literature and li
brary extension committees, 1906-08;
chairman, reciprocity and club exten
sion committee, 1908-9: second vicepresident, 1909-11; first vice-presi
dent, 1911-13; president, 1913-15;
General Federation State Secretary,
1915-17; during her incumbency as
president occurred two important
events—the institution of the system
of district conferences, upon various
subjects, held throughout the state,
and the joint publication of the wo
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man's edition of the Manchester Union,
whereby $1,800 was realized for
advancing the work of the Federation;
member, Dover Woman's Club, since
1904, president, 1907-8, Margery Sul
livan Chapter, D. A. R., Dover, viceregent, 1905-06, historian, 1915-17, and
chairman various committees for historic
work; N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Equal
Suffrage Ass'n, Dover Equal Suffrage
League; active member, New Hamp
shire's Daughters, in Boston, Mass., and
of the Boston Browning Soc. since 1894.
Residence, Madbury, N. H.
Woodward, Sarah Jones
Educator; b., Concord, N. H., June
1, 1883; dau. Charles Webster and
Susan Jones (Wentworth) Woodward;
ed. Concord high school, 1901, Wellesley College, B.A., 1905, M.A., 1911,
Teachers College, Columbia Univer
sity certificate to teach Greek and
Latin, 1907; teacher in Lancaster, Pa.,
1907-8, Kansas City, Mo., 1908-9;
Wellesley College, 1909-12, psychol
ogy, 1911 alumnae editor, 1912 official
college reporter; Packer Collegiate In
stitute, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1912— psy
chology and philosophy; pursued grad
uate work at Columbia University,
1905-Feb., 1907, in education and
Greek and Latin; Cornell University
Summer School, 1915, psychology,
philosophy and mathematics. In col
lege at Wellesley, member, freshman
crew, class and college basket-ball
teams for four years; class indoor meet
team, four years; president, Athletic
Association, senior year; Tree Day
solo dancer; village senior; Shakes
peare Society; took clown's part in
three public outdoor plays. In teach
ers College, member, basket-ball team;
president, Self Government Ass'n of
Whittier Hall—dormitory for 350
women. Member, Wellesley College
Alumnae Ass'n, New York Wellesley
Club, Wellesley Teachers Ass'n, Wel
lesley Shakespeare Soc, Ass'n of Math
ematics, Teachers of Middle States and
Maryland, Private School Teachers
Ass'n of New York, AE Sorority
of Columbia University; Episcopalian;
suffragist. Residence, Concord, N. H.
�Hon. Nathaniel E. Martin
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Martin, Nathaniel Everett
Lawyer; b., Loudon, N. H., Aug. 9,
1855; s. Theophilus B. and Sarah L.
(Rowell) Martin; great-grandson of
James Martin of Pembroke, a soldier
of the Revolution; ed. common schools
and Concord high school, class of 1876;
studied law with Sargent & Chase; ad
mitted to the bar Aug. 14, 1879; lo
cated in practice in Concord and has
since continued; has had several part
ners; now head of the firm of Martin
& Howe; Democrat; solicitor of Mer
rimack County, 1887-8, and first solici
tor in the state to rigidly enforce the
prohibitory liquor law ; mayor of Con
cord, 1899-1900; member, constitu
tional convention, 1912; state senator,
1915-16, 1917-18; delegate in Demo
cratic national convention at St. Louis,
1904; treasurer, Concord Building and
Loan Ass'n, since organization Sept.,
1887; member, Rumford Lodge, I. O.
0. F., Canton Wildey, P. M., Concord
Lodge, B. P. 0. E., Wonolancet Club,
Concord Gun Club (president); in
terested in agriculture owning the an
cestral farm in Loudon; also, in lum
bering and real estate; m. 1st, March
27, 1902, Jennie P. Lawrence, who d.
Oct. 20, 1911; 2d, June 14, 1915, Marfaret W. Clough. Residence, Concord,
I. H.
Blanchard, Grace
Authoress, librarian; b., Dunleith,
lll.; dau. George A. and Frances (Sar
gent) Blanchard; removed to Concord,
N. H., in early childhood; ed. Concord
public schools, Smith College, North
ampton, Mass., 1882; frequent con
tributor to magazines and newspapers
for many years; author, "Phil's Happy
Girlhood," 1910, "Phillida's Glad
Year," 1913; librarian, Concord Public
Library, since 1895; has frequently
spoken before library associations on
pertinent topics, and at woman's club
meetings; Unitarian; member, Con
cord Woman's Club, Stratford (Shakes
peare) Club, Concord Woman's Col
lege Club and the N. H. Smith College
Cuib. Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Graves, Robert John
Surgeon; b. June 22, 1878, Boscawen, N. H.; s. Dr. Eli Edwin and
Martha A. (Williams) Graves; ed.
Concord high school, 1896, Harvard
University, 1900, Harvard Medical
School, 1903; interne, Massachusetts
General Hospital two years, Boston
Lying-in Hospital, six months; studied
in the hospitals of Germany, France
and Switzerland, 1914; practised, Con
cord, N. H., 1905— ; Fellow, Ameri
can College of Surgeons; surgeon to
Boston & Maine R. R. and Margaret
Pillsbury General Hospital; Congregationalist;
Republican;
member,
iEsculapian Club, Boston, Harvard
Club, Boston, Mass. Medical Soc,
N. H. Medical Soc, American Medical
Ass'n, Center District Medical Soc,
N. H. Historical Soc, Wonolancet,
Bow Brook and Passaconaway clubs,
Concord, and the Masons, Odd Fel
lows, Elks, and Capital Grange, P. of
H.; m. Oct. 10, 1905, Helen McGregor
Ayers, dau. of Augustine R. and Clara
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(Kimball) Ayers; children, Katharine,
b. Aug. 3, 1906; Jane Phillips, b. Jan.
-28, 1909; John Kimball, b. April 29,
1912. Residence, Concord, N. H.
ing plant in Northern New England;
Democrat; Mason; Odd Fellow; mem
ber, Wonolancet Club; m., Sept. 28,
1888, Angie B. Watson of Littleton;
one son, Harold W. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Bridge, John Davis
Printer and publisher; b., Warwick,
Mass., Aug. 23, 1859; s. Henry M.
and Elizabeth T. (Cady) Bridge; re
moved with parents to Colebrook, N.
H., in infancy; ed. in public schools;
learned the printer's trade in office of
Colebrook News; bought the paper,
Dolloff, Charles Hall
Physician; Superintendent N. H.
State Hospital; b., Cambridge, Mass.,
Dec. 29, 1877; s. Benjamin W. and
Henrietta (Hull) Dolloff; ed. Everett,
Mass., high school, 1896, Dartmouth
and, later, bought the Colebrook Senlinel and united the two; after a time
sold out, and worked as a compositor
-on Boston and New York papers: in
1887 purchased the Journal at Little
ton, N. H., and published the same for
three years; removed to Lancaster and
published the Coos Democrat about a
dozen years, meanwhile publishing
papers in Haverhill, Whitefield, Groveton and Berlin; removed to Concord
in 1902, to become manager of the
Rumford Press, which, since that time,
has become the most extensive print-
College, 1900, Dartmouth Medical
School, M.D., 1903; interne, U. S.
Marine Hospital, Chelsea, Mass.; ap
pointed assistant physician, N. H. State
Hospital, Oct., 1903; assistant super
intendent, 1907; superintendent, July,
1917; consulting physician, Margaret
Pillsbury General Hospital; Mason;
member, Merrimack County Medical
Soc, N. H. Medical Soc, American
Medical Psychological Ass'n, N. E.
Soc. of Psychiatry, Wonolancet Club,
Beaver Meadow Golf Club; Baptist;
Republican; m. Sept. 1, 1909, Gladys
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Marie Booth; one daughter, Elizabeth,
b. March 3, 1916. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Parker, Edward Melville
Clergyman, Protestant Episcopal
Bishop of New Hampshire; b., Cam
bridge, Mass., July 11, 1855; s. Henry
Melville and Fanny Cushing (Stone)
Parker; descendant on both paternal
and maternal sides from English Puri
tan stock, his first American paternal
ancestor being Abraham Parker of
Chelmsford, Mass. (1649), while his
great-greatrgrandfather, Abel Parker, a
soldier of the Revolution, fought at
Bunker Hill, and was buried at Jaffrey,
N. H.; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H., and Oxford University, Eng
land, B.A., 1878, M.A., 1881; was at
St. Paul's, as a student, from 1868 to
1874; studied five years at Kelle Col
lege, Oxford, one year being devoted
to graduate work; master at St. Paul's
School, 1879-1906; in charge of St.
John's Church, Dunbarton, 1880-1906,
and of church work in East Weare,
1893-1906; bishop coadjutor of New
Hampshire, 1906-14; bishop since
1914; deeply interested in sociological
work, especially as it relates to the
condition of our immigrant population ;
member, Stark Grange, P. of H., Dunbarton; president, N. H. Conference
of Charities and Corrections; m., 1st,
in 1885, Grace Elmendorf, Racine, Wis.,
who d. 1888; 2d, 1914, Isabella Good
rich, Concord, N. H.; children, Ed
ward L., b. Jan. 21, 1888; Caroline
Williams, b. Nov. 9, 1915. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Taylor, Levi Colby
Dentist; b., Lempster, N. H., Dec.
12, 1841; s. Erastus Day and Mary
(Colby) Taylor; ed. public schools
and Henniker, N. H., Academy;
studied dentistry in the office of Dr.
George Bowers, an eminent dentist of
Springfield, Vt.; began practice in
Holyoke, Mass., in 1868, continuing
till 1875, when he removed to Hart
ford, Conn., upon solicitation of the
famous Dr. John M. Riggs, with whom
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he was for a time associated, and where
he has since remained in practice; lec
turer on Oral Prophylaxis and Ortho
dontia, N. Y. College of Dental and
Oral Surgery, 1892-1904; president,
Connecticut Valley Dental Soc, 18778; first president, Hartford Dental Soc;
member, Connecticut Dental Ass'n,
Massachusetts Dental Ass'n, North
eastern Dental Ass'n, National Dental
Ass'n; honorary member, N. H.
Dental Ass'n, Institute of Stomatology
of N. Y. ; Congregationalist; Progressive
Republican; m., Dec. 8, 1879, Nellie
Thayer, Peterboro, N. H.; children,
Charles Brackett (d.), Maude Winifred
(Tufts, M.D., 1905), Leon Everett.
Residence, Hartford, Conn.
Keyes, Anson L.
Lawyer; b., Lempster, N. H., Feb.
6, 1843; s. Orison and Lucina Ann
(McClure) Keyes; ed. Kimball Union
Academy, Dartmouth College, 1872,
Albany Law School, 1873; studied law
and settled in practice in Faribault,
Minn., since continuing; Congrega-
�Frank P. Carpenter
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tionalist; Republican; member, Fari
bault board of education, 1894-5;
county attorney, Rice County, Minn.,
1889, 1890, 1897, 1898; city attorney,
Faribault, 1893-6; local attorney for
Rock Island and Pacific R. R. ; Mason;
m., June 30, 1873, Harriet A. Lufkin;
one daughter, Mrs. Luella K. Strong.
Residence, Faribault, Minn.
Carpenter, Frank Pierce
Merchant, manufacturer, banker; b.,
Chichester, N. H., Oct. 28, 1845; s.
David M. and Mary (Perkins) Car
penter; ed. public schools of Concord,
N. H. (high school 1863); went to
Manchester in 1864, where he entered
the flour and grain business; in 1885
bought the Amoskeag Paper Mills of
which he is still president; treasurer,
Mechanics' Savings Bank; director,
Amoskeag National Bank; director,
N. H. Fire Insurance Co. and member
of Finance committee; director, Amos
keag Mfg. Co.; vice-president and di
rector, Burgess Sulphite Fibre Co. of
Berlin, N. H.; director of the Boston
and Maine Railroad, and Federal
Trustee of the Boston and Maine stock
owned by N. Y., N. H., & H. R. R.
Co.; president of the Morris Plan Co.;
regular attendant at the Franklin St:
Congregational Church, Manchester,
and president of its Society; Demo
crat; chairman of commission which
erected statue of President Franklin
Pierce in 1914; received honorary de
gree of A.M. from Dartmouth College
m 1915; the donor of the Carpenter
Memorial Library to the city of Man
chester, in memory of his wife. [This
building, by far the largest and best
equipped of any city library in the
state, compares in dignity and beauty
with the buildings of the N. H. His
torical Library and the N. H. State
Library at Concord.—Editor.] m.,
Sept. 12, 1872, Elenora Blood,
daughter of Aretas Blood, who d. Jan.
30, 1910; children, Aretas Blood, b.
Feb. 14, 1875, who m. Alice Burnham;
Mary Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1882, m.
Charles B. Manning; four grandchil
dren. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
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Scales, John
Teacher, editor, historian; b., Not
tingham, N. H., Oct. 6, 1835; s. Samuel
and Betsey (True) Scales; ed. Colby
Academy and Dartmouth College,
Phi Beta Kappa, A.B., 1863, A.M.,
1866; from 1863 to 1883 principal of
these academies in succession,—Straf
ford Academy, Wolfeborough Acad
emy, Gilmanton Academy, and Frank
lin Academy, Dover, N. H., the latter
from 1869 to 1883; editor and publisher,
Dover Enquirer and Dover Daily
Republican, 1883 to 1898; editorial
writer for Foster's Democrat, 1906 to
1912; editor of history of class of 1863,
Dartmouth College, also a volume of
Historical Memoranda of Old Dover,
History of Strafford County, N. H.;
also copy for a history of Dover, ready
for the printer (1917); member of the
advisory board of editors, who super
vised the proofs of Stackpole's History
of New Hampshire, published in 1916;
he has delivered numerous historical
addresses, many of which have been
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published; member of the N. H. His
torical Soc; N. H. Soc. of Colonial
Wars; N. H. Soc, Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution; Northam Colonist
Historical Soc; Piscataqua Pioneers;
Masons; St. Paul Commandery,
Knights Templar; First Parish Church
(1633); member of school committee;
trustee of Normal School at Plymouth;
m., Oct. 20, 1865, Ellen A. Tasker;
their son, Burton True Scales (Dart
mouth, 1895, is a professor in Girard
College, Philadelphia. Resident of
Dover since 1869.
May 10, 1876, and has since continued;
admitted to membership in the N. H.
Medical Soc. in 1878, being the first
woman accorded membership in that
organization, and undoubtedly the
first member of any state medical so
ciety in the country; delegate in 1882,
from Center District Medical Society,
to American Medical Ass'n. meeting in
Washington, D. C.; Baptist; member,
Woman s Advance Club, Manchester,
N. H. Medical Soc, American Medical
Ass'n; unmarried. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Danforth, Mary Shepherd
Physician; b., Derry, N. H., May 18,
1850; d. Charles and Rebecca F.
(Batchelder) Danforth; ed. public
schools, Manchester, N. H., Pinkerton
Drake, James Frank
Publisher; b., Pittsfield, N. H.,
Sept. 1, 1881; s. Nathaniel Seavey
and Mary Agnes Rogers (Green)
Drake; descendant of Robert Drake,
who settled in America about 1640; ed.
Pittsfield, N. H., high school, Kimball
Union Academy, Meriden, Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1902, Master of Com
mercial Science, Tuck School of Ad
ministration and Finance (Dartmouth),
1903;
Episcopalian;
Independent:
secretary, Springfield, Mass., board of
trade, 1903-8; secretary, Phelps Pub
lishing Co., 1908-Nov., 1914, and since
director and treasurer; also treasurer,
Patriot Publishing Co., Worthington
Realty Trust, Myrick Building Trust,
Home Correspondence School, all of
Springfield; vice-president, Mass. state
board of trade, 1903-8 ; director, Spring
field board of trade, 1908-15, vicepresident, 1914-15; trustee, Spring
field city library, 1910-12; member,
Springfield common council, 190812 (president. 1910-12), Springfield
River Front Advisory Commission,
1910-12, Springfield Municipal Bldg.
Commission, 1909-13, Springfield City
Planning Commission since 19 13 ; mem
ber, American Philatelic Soc, S. A. R.,
Chamber of Commerce of the U. S. A.,
Dartmouth Alumni Council, Spring
field Fish and Game Ass'n, Theta Delta
Chi Fraternity, Country Club of Spring
field (secretary, 1906-11), University
Club, Washington, D. C.; part author,
"Springfield Present and Prospective,"
1905; recreations, tennis, fishing, hunt
Academy, Derry, 1869, Woman's Med
ical College, Philadelphia, M.D., 1875;
secured her education by her own ef
forts, teaching in different places, being
for some time principal of the grammar
school at Danielson, Conn.; com
menced practice in Manchester ,N. H.,
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ing; m., July 25, 1907, Mildred Augusta
Chase of Plymouth, N. H.; children,
Ruth Elliott, Virginia, James Frank,
Jr., and Constance Chase. Residence,
91 Mulberry St.; address, care of
Phelps Publishing Co., Springfield,
Mass.
Britton, William John
Lawyer; b., Wolfeboro, N. H., June
18, 1872; s. John and Margaret
(Macauley) Britton; ed. public school,
Brewster Free Academy, Boston Uni
versity Law School; law student with
W. D. H. Hill; admitted to the bar,
June 22, 1905, and has since practiced
in Wolfeboro; Progressive Republican;
moderator and town clerk of Wolfeboro,
holding the latter office fourteen
years; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1903, serving on com
mittee on revision of the statutes;
solicitor of Carroll County, 1913-14;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, again in 1913, nominated as
Progressive candidate for speaker, and
elected to that office upon the sixth
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ballot, the Democratic nominee having
withdrawn; received the votes of the
Progressives and of some Republicans,
at one stage of the contest for the
United States senatorship in that legis
lature; member, N. H. board of
license commissioners, 1913-15; mem
ber and past master, Morning Star
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Wolfeboro,
Eastern Star, and Carroll Chapter,
R. A. M. and Pilgrim Commandery,
K. T., of Laconia; also of the Odd
Fellow and Rebekah lodges and
Lake Shore Grange, P. of H., of
Wolfeboro.
Residence,
Wolfeboro,
N. H.
Chase, Ira Arthur
Lawyer; b., Bristol, N. H., March
25, 1854; s. Ira Stephen and Cordelia
Page Simonds Chase; ed. Bristol pub
lic schools, New Hampton Literary
Institution (1872), Dartmouth Col
lege, 1877; studied law and located in
practice in Bristol, where he has con
tinued; Congregationalist; Republican;
assistant clerk, N. H. senate, 1881-3r
�Hon. James P. Tuttle
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
clerk, 1885-7; member, N. H. house
of representatives, 1897; senate, 1901;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
moderator, Bristol, the last twenty-five
years; member, Bristol board of educa
tion, 1883-8 and since 1907; trustee,
Minot-Sleeper library, Bristol, since
1884; clerk, Mason-Perkins Paper Co.
since 1886 and of Bristol Water Power
Co. since 1884; director, Bristol Aque
duct Co., and Bristol Cemetery Ass'n;
was for many years a member of the
N. H. Antiquarian Soc. ; past master,
Union Lodge, No. 79, A. F. & A. M.,
Bristol, and past grand master M. W.
G. L. of Masons in New Hampshire;
m., July 6, 1881, Abby Maria Taylor.
Residence, Bristol, N. H.
Tuttle, James Patterson
Lawyer, attorney-general; b.-, New
Boston, N. H., July 17, 1856; s. James
Moore and Rachel Patterson (McNeil)
Tuttle; ed. New Boston public schools,
Francestown Academy, Cushing Acad
emy (1880), Boston University Law
School (1885) ; admitted to the bar in
1885 and commenced practice Sept. 1,
of that year in Manchester; continued
alone till July 1, 1901, when he became a
member of the firm of Taggart, Tuttle
& Burroughs—Taggart, Tuttle, Bur
roughs & Wygman after Jan. 1, 1904—
withdrawing in 1912 upon appointment
as attorney-general; Congregationalist;
Republican; superintendent of schools,
New Boston, 1881, 1882; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1887;
solicitor, Hillsborough County, 18931903; attorney-general of New Hamp
shire since Jan. 22, 1912; member, Joe
English Grange, P. of H., Ridgeley
Lodge and Wonolancet Encampment,
I. O. O. F., Bible Lodge, A. F. &
A. M.; m., Jan 1, 1887, Elizabeth J.
Bunton (Colby Academy and N. H.
State Normal school) ; children, Doro
thy Moore, (Simmons, 1913) wife of
Dr. David B. Hagerman, Grand Rapids,
Mich; Rachel Winifred, (Mt. Holyoke,
1914) Florence Elizabeth, (Mt. Hol
yoke, 1916) Margaret Esther, (Wellesley, 1917). Residence, Manchester,
N. H.
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Woodward, Nellie Fostina Tupper
(Mrs. Josiah Nichols Woodward);
b., Nashua, N. H.; dau. of Freeman
Eastman and Susan Elvira (Howe)
Tupper; ed. in public and private
schools of Nashua; m., Jan. 6, 1881,
Dr. Josiah Nichols Woodward (d.
Nov. 28, 1910); member of the Nashaway Woman's Club, president, 1909^
11, treasurer, 1902-4, member of
civics committee; president of N. H.
Federation of Women's Clubs, 1911-13,
inaugurated the State Endowment
Fund known as the Prosperity Fund of
the N. H. Federation, served on staff
of editors for the Woman's Edition of
the Manchester Union published in the
interest of the Fund; chairman, polit
ical science committee of Federation,
1915-17; General Federation State
Secretary, 1913-15; member of the
Fortnightly Club, Matthew Thornton
Chapter, D. A. R., Woman's Auxiliary
of Y. M. C. A., King's Daughters'
Benevolent Ass'n, Nashua Equal Fran
chise League (president); honorary
vice-president of the Audubon Soc.
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of New Hampshire; director, N. H.
Children's Aid and Protective Soc.;
member, N. H. Daughters of Boston;
Congregationalist. Residence, Nashua,
N. H.
Robie, Edward
Clergyman; b. Gorham, Me., April
5, 1821 ; s. Dea. Thomas S. and Clarissa
(Adams) Robie; ed. Gorham Academy,
1836, Bowdoin College, 1840, Andover
Theological Seminary, 1843, Univer
sity of Halle, Germany (two years);
teacher of languages, Gorham Acad
emy, 1846-8; assistant professor of
Hebrew, Andover Theological Sem
inary, 1848-51; pastor, Congregational
church, Greenland, N. H., 1851-1917.
He was ordained and installed, Feb.
25, 1852, but had supplied the pulpit
from September previous. His pas
torate surpasses in length that of any
other pastor of his time, and is ex
ceeded by only two in the history of
the State— those of Rev. Laban Ainsworth of Jaffrey which continued
seventy-five years and five months,
and Rev. Joseph Adams of Newington,
sixty-seven years and seven months.
He received the degree of D.D. from
Dartmouth College in 1876, and from
Bowdoin in 1893. In 1893, when over
seventy years of age, he took a special
course at Harvard in order to master
certain subjects with which he pro
posed to deal in his sermons. During
his remarkable pastorate in this little
country town he has officiated at about
two hundred marriages and six hun
dred funerals; m., Dec. 28. 1852,
Susan P., dau. of Thomas and Eliza
beth (Lord) Jameson, of Effingham,
N. H., d. June 12, 1878. Residence,
Greenland, N. H.
Duncan, Charles
Physician, bacteriologist; b., Chelsea,
Mass., March 18, 1872; s. James and
Margaret (Patterson) Duncan; ed.
Chelsea high school, Dartmouth Col
lege, 1898, Harvard Medical School,
1903; appointed bacteriologist, N. H.
State Board of Health in 1903 and has
since continued; bacteriologist and
pathologist, N. H. State Hospital,
Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital
and N. H. Memorial Hospital for
Women and Children; Congrega
tionalist; Republican; member, Con
cord board of education, 1915-; ward
supervisor, 1917-; member, Center
District and Merrimack County Med
ical Soc. (secretary, 19 13-); N. H.
Medical Soc., American Medical Ass'n;
Theta Delta Chi and Casque and
Gauntlet college societies; Wonolancet
Club; m., June 28, 1905, Charlotte
Usley, Chelsea (A.B. Radcliffe, 1900);
children, Lawrence 11sley, b. Oct. 5,
1906; Eleanor, b. Nov. 8, 1908; Mar
garet, b. Feb. 27, 1913; Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Baker, Dana Wingate
Insurance and real estate; b., Ports
mouth, N. H., Aug. 1, 1861; s. Samuel
and Caroline (Wingate) Baker, greatgrandson of Paine Wingate, of the Con
tinental Congress and colleague of John
Langdon in the first U. S. Senate; ed.
Exeter public schools and Phillips Exe
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ter Academy, having removed to Exe
ter with his family in 1872; employed
eight years as a drug clerk, in youth,
and, later engaged for eleven years in
the retail boot and shoe trade; en
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Sept. 7, 1886, Fannie E. French;
two daughters, Florence (Robinson
Sem., 1909, Bradford Acad., 1912);
Beatrice (Robinson Sem., 1911, Brad
ford Acad., 1913). Residence, Exeter,
N. H.
Junkins, William Oliver
Physician and surgeon; b., Berwick,
Me., May 13, 1845; s. Alexander and
Elizabeth Leighton (Staples) Junkins;
ed. common schools, Eliot and South
Berwick, Me., academies, Bowdoin
College Medical Department, 1870;
located in practice at Kittery Point,
Me., in 1870, soon removing to Green
land, N. H., where he continued twenty
years; removed to Portsmouth in 1891
remaining in practice there till 1917;
Methodist; Democrat; mayor of Ports
mouth, 1895, 1896; U. S. pension ex
aminer under Presidents Cleveland
gaged in insurance and real estate
business the last twenty years; general
agent for Connecticut General Life
Insurance Co., as well as conducting a
large miscellaneous business; Congregationalist, member of Phillips
Church, Exeter, clerk of the church and
treasurer of the parish for several years
past; Republican; moderator, 1914,
1916; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1911-12, 1913-14; presi
dent, Rockingham County Republican
Club, 1913-15; first treasurer, Exeter
school board under the new law; past
president, Pacataqua Congregational
Club; several years secretary, Exeter
board of trade; member, I. O. O. F.
(past grand of Sagamore Lodge); P.
of H. (past master Gilman Grange);
I. O. R. M. (past Sachem Wehanownowit Tribe); member, Renaissance
Club, Music Club, etc., Exeter; m.,
and Wilson; president, Candelaria
Fruit Co., Porto Rico; Mason, 32d
degree, Knight Templar and Shriner;
charter member, Portsmouth Lodge,
B. P. O. E.; member, Portsmouth
�Mrs. Sarah F. S. Dearborn.
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Yacht Club; m., Sept. 5, 1872, Julia
E. Hill, d. March 7, 1916. Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Dearborn, Sarah Frances Stevens
(Mrs' * Joseph Henry Dearborn),
club-woman, ' owner and manager of
extensive real estate; b., Concord,
N. H., dau. of Major Josiah and Ann
H. (Head) Stevens. Major Stevens
served in the Second N. H. Vols.
during the Civil War. Mrs. Stevens
was the sister of Gov. Natt Head of
Hooksett. Their daughter,
Mrs.
Dearborn, was born on the estate lying
on the road to St. Paul's School, which,
later, was sold to Rev. Mary Baker G.
Eddy, the founder of Christian Science.
Mrs. Eddy made her home here during
the last fourteen years of her life in
Concord. Sarah F. (Stevens) Dear
born was educated in the public schools
of Concord and Manchester, N. H.,
graduating from the Manchester high
school, 1872. State Regent, N. H.
D. A. R., 1910-11; president, N. H.
Daughters in Boston, 1912-14; pres
ident, Historic Art Club, Manchester;
member, Grace Episcopal church,
Manchester, Buntin Chapter D. A. R.,
Suncook (regent, 1896-8), N. H. Soc.
Colonial Dames of America, Woman's
City Club, Boston, Brookline Woman's
Club, Massachusetts, Presidents' Club,
Boston, Order of Eastern Star, Order
of Rebekahs, Past Master of Pem
broke Grange, P. of H., noted for
having the first set of woman officers
in the country; N. H. Historical Soc.;
m., Nov. 9, 1880, Joseph Henry Dear
born, wholesale manufacturer, Har
vard University, A.B. 1871, who d.
March 24, 1911; children, Jenness
Stevens Dearborn, b. Aug. 17,
1881, N. H. College, class of 1904,
who m. Edith Dalton of Suncook, June
19, 1907; Joseph Jewell, b. Dec. 6,
1882, A.B. Harvard, 1907, postgraduate in forestry, superintendent,
Diamond Match Co., Athol, Mass.,
who m. Inez Jones Emery, Sept. 24,
1910; Sarah Elizabeth, b. March 17,
1885, who m. Arthur Dryden Camp
bell of Boston, Nov. 6, 1915; grand
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children, Lucy, Joseph Henry, Frances,
Joanne, Lewis Emery Dearborn.
Residence, Pembroke Street (Suncook),
N. H.; York Beach, Me.; Boston,
Mass.
Hadlock, Albert Emerson
Lawyer; b., Amherst, N. H., Feb.
9, 1863; s. John and Sarah E. (Carlton)
Hadlock; ed. publie schools of Milford,
N. H., Phillips Exeter Academy,
Dartmouth College, 1887, Harvard
Law School, 1893; entered the office
of Evarts, Choate and Beaman as a
clerk in 1893, immediately after grad
uation from law school, and has en
gaged in general practice of the law
since that time, when the duties of
public office have not required all his
time; Republican; secretary to the
president of the borough of Richmond,
city of New York, 1898-1902; assistant
corporation council, 1902-4; chief of
law and adjustment division, depart
ment of finance, city of New York,
1910-16; deputy comptroller of the
city of New York since 1916; member,
*T fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet Soc.
(one of the founders), Bar Ass'n of the
City of New York, and City Club;
m., 1902, Marion Canfield; children,
Albert Emerson, Jr., Canfield and
Marion. Address, Municipal Building,
New York.
Hall, Daniel
Lawyer, publicist; b., Barrington,
N. H., Feb. 28, 1832; s. Gilman and
Eliza (Tuttle) Hall; ed. public schools,
Strafford Academy, N. H. Conference
Seminary, Tilton, Dartmouth College,
1854, teaching school in winter to aid
in payment of college expenses; studied
law in the office of Daniel M. Christie;
admitted to the bar, May, 1860; school
commissioner for Strafford County,
1859-60; clerk, special committee of
the U. S. Senate investigating the
surrender of the Norfolk Navy Yard,
1861, and later clerk, U. S. Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs, of which
John P. Hale was chairman; commis
sioned as aide-de-camp on the staff of
Gen. A. W. Whipple, with the rank of
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captain, in March, 1862, and partici
pated in the battles of Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, being
slightly wounded in the latter; Provost
Marshal, 1st N. H. District, 1864-5;
graceful writer and speaker and has
delivered numerous occasional ad
dresses, notably that at the dedication
of the statue of John P. Hale in Con
cord, in August, 1892; m. Jan. 25, 1877,
Sophia, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah
(Hanson) Dodge of Rochester; one
son, Arthur Wellesley, b. Aug. 30, 1878
(Harvard, 1902), now practicing law
in Dover. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Gould, Alfred Josiah
Farmer, fruitgrower; b., Newport,
N. H., Jan. 18, 1840; s. Gideon and
Sally (Ward) Gould; ed. public school
and Newport Academy; owns and
occupies the old homestead established
by his grandfather, Nathan Gould, a
century and a quarter ago; extensively
and successfully engaged in fruit culture,
along with general farming; Liberal;
Republican; member, Newport board
clerk, S. J. court for Strafford County,
1866-74; judge, Dover police court,
1868-74; reporter, N. H. supreme
court, 1876-7; U. S. naval officer of
customs,
Boston,
1877-85; Free
Thinker; Republican; president, N. H.
Republican state convention, 1876;
chairman, Republican state committee,
1874-7; delegate to Republican na
tional convention, 1876, and chairman,
N. H. delegation; colonel on the staff
of Gov. Walter Harriman and judge
advocate under Gov. Frederick Smyth;
member, board of managers, N. H.
Soldiers' Home, Tilton, 1889— ; mem
ber, Loyal Legion of the United States
and Post 17, G. A. R.; commander,
N. H. Department, G. A. R., 1892-3
trustee, Strafford savings bank, 1883—
director, Strafford Nat'l Bank, 1897—
trustee, Dover public library, Wentworth Home for the Aged; he is a
of selectmen, four years; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1889;
member, Sugar River Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
Sullivan Grange, P. of H., Merrimack
County Pomona Grange; director,
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First Nat'l Bank, Newport; trustee,
Newport savings bank (president for
ten years); m. 1st, Sarah Jane Ayers,
Cornish, Dec. 15, 1861, d. Oct. 6, 1864;
2d, Orpha A. Honey, Lempster, Feb.
3, 1866, d. April 18, 1902; 3d, Ida M.
Parker, Newport, May 4, 1905; one
daughter, Mary Alice, b. June 1, 1886
(Newport high school, 1905). Resi
dence, Newport, N. H.
Sullivan, Dennis Edward
Physician; b., Augusta, Me., Aug.
23, 1863; s. Daniel W. and Catherine
(Mann) Sullivan; ed. public schools of
Augusta, Bowdoin College Medical
School, Brunswick, Me. (two years),
Bellevue Hospital, New York, M.D.,
1885; Catholic; Democrat; member,
Concord board of education since 1908;
N. H. state board of health, since 1913;
secretary, N. H. Medical Soc; mem
ber, American Medical Soc; U. S.
pension examining board; staff of
Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital
since 1885; member, Wonolancet Club,
Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order
of Hibernians; m. Mary E. Scanlan,
July 9, 1889; children, Edward Scan
lan, b. Jan. 25, 1892 (A.B. Harvard,
1914, M.D. Harvard Medical School,
1918); Paul Mann, b. May 1, 1887,
entered Harvard, 1915. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Quimby, Frank Pierce
Secretary, Concord Building and
Loan Ass'n; b., Concord, N.. H.,
Sept. 22, 1856; s. John and Lydia
(Colby) Quimby; ed. Concord public
schools and Bryant & Stratum Busi
ness College, Manchester; entered em
ploy of Concord R. R. as section hand
in 1871, passing through the various
positions as switchman, yard brakeman, fireman and clerk in the treasur
er's office; appointed chief clerk and
paymaster upon the organization of the
Concord & Montreal R. R. corpora
tion, serving in such capacity until the
lease of the road to the Boston &
Maine, when he was made assistant
paymaster of the entire system, with
headquarters at Concord; Jan. 1,
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1912, after more than forty years of
faithful service, he resigned this
position to assume the duties of secre
tary of the Concord Building Ass'n,
which office he still holds; Republi
can; alderman from Ward 7, Concord,
four years; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1893; in this year he
introduced a bill in the house which
was passed in that body, but defeated
in the senate, providing that "All
money loaned upon real estate, in the
state of New Hampshire, where the
rate of interest does not exceed five
per cent, shall be exempt from taxa
tion." (This measure, of which Mr.
Quimby was the author, has recently
become the law of the state.) Chair
man, Republican city committee, ten
years; Past Master, Eureka Lodge,
A. F. & A. M.; Past High Priest,
Trinity Royal Arch Chapter; member
Horace Chase Council, Mt. Horeb
Commandery, K. T.; Past Potentate,
Bektash Temple, Mystic Shrine; mem
ber and Worthy Patron, Epiphany
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star;
�Hon. Willis G. Buxton.
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charter member of the Wonolancet
Club, Concord; m., May 6, 1880,
Millie B. Smith, d. July 29, 1899; one
dau., Marie B., b. March 13, 1893.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Buxton, Willis George
Lawyer and insurance agent; b.,
Henniker, N. H., Aug. 22, 1856; s.
Daniel M. and Abbie A. (Whittaker)
Buxton; ed. Clinton Grove and New
London academies, Boston University
Law School, 1879; admitted to the bar
in 1879 and commenced practice in
Hillsborough, remaining till 1882, when
he removed to Penacook (Boscawen
side); partner one year with the late
Judge Nehemiah Butler; since in
practice alone; Congregationalist; Re
publican till 1912, since then Pro
gressive; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1895, serving as chair
man of committee on elections, and
member committee on revision of
statutes; member, N. H. Senate, 1897,
serving as chairman judiciary com
mittee; delegate in N. H. constitu
tional conventions, 1889, 1902, 1912;
delegate to Progressive national con
ventions of 1912 and 1916; served
twenty-two years as member of Re
publican state committee and five
years as member of Progressive state
committee; associate justice of the
Concord district court two years, and
since justice of the Boscawen munici
pal court; many years town treasurer,
library trustee, member of local board of
health and board of education ; treasurer
and superintendent, Penacook and Bos
cawen water precinct; Knight Templar
Mason and Odd Fellow; member, N. H.
Historical Soc, Union Club; trustee,
Merrimack Co. Savings Bank; trustee
and secretary, N. H. Orphans' Home,
Franklin, since 1895; m., June 4, 1884,
Martha J. Flanders; a daughter, Grace
H., died in childhood. Residence, Bos
cawen (Penacook P. O.), N. H.
Barton, Jesse Morton
Lawyer; b., Newport, N. H., Jan.
21, 1870; s. Levi W. and Elizabeth F.
(Jewett) Barton; ed. public schools,
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Kimball Union Academy, 1888, Dart
mouth College, 1892; principal, Pena
cook grammar school, 1892-3; principal,
Simonds free high school, Warner,
1903-6; studied law with his father,
with the late Albert S. Wait of Newport,
and at the Boston University Law
School; was admitted to the bar, March,
1899, and has since practiced in New
port; Methodist; Republican; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1901-2;
member, N. H. constitutional conven
tions, 1902, 1912; judge of probate for
Sullivan County, 1906-17; trustee,
N. H. Industrial School, appointed by
Gov. Henry B. Quinby; member and
president, N. H. state senate, 1917-18;
chairman, Republican state committee,
May, 1912 to Oct., 1914; Mason, Odd
Fellow; trustee, Newport Savings
Bank, Richards Free Library, Method
ist church; president, Newport board
of trade; m., Sept. 29, 1911, Emma
Byars; one dau., Jean Elizabeth, b.
March 4, 1914. Residence, Newport,
N. H.
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Hatch, Albert Ruyter
Lawyer; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
Aug. 10, 1882; s. John and Alice
Spencer (Benton) Hatch; ed. Ports
mouth High School, 1900, Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1904; Harvard Law
School, LL.B., 1907; admitted to the
bar June 27, 1907; commenced practice
with John W. Kelley, and remained
with him, under firm names of Kelley,
Harding & Hatch and Kelley & Hatch
until his death in 1912, since when he
has practiced himself under the firm
name of Kelley & Hatch; Episcopalian,
member and vestryman, St. John's
Episcopal church, Portsmouth; Re
publican; solicitor for Rockingham
County, 1915-17; chairman, Greenland
Republican town committee, 1912-;
member, St. John's Lodge, A. F. & A.
M., B. P. O. E., K. of P., Warwick
Club, Portsmouth Athletic Club,
Portsmouth Country Club, treasurer
and director, Emery Rubber Heel Co.;
director, Southern N. H. Agricultural
Ass'n; m. Rosalie F. Littlefield, Jan.
10, 1905; children, Harris and Francis
March Hatch, 2d. Office, 45 Pleasant
St., Portsmouth; home, Greenland,
N. H.
Willis, Eben Marston
Manufacturer; b., Claremont, N. H.,
May 11, 1871; s. Algernon and Susan
L. (Marston) Willis; ed. Concord
public schools, high school class of 1889;
entered employ of Page Belting Co.,
of Concord immediately after grad
uation and has been connected there
with ever since in one capacity or
another, having been treasurer and
general manager since 1914; Universa
lis (grandson of Rev. Lemuel Willis,
a prominent Universalist clergyman
seventy-five years ago); Republican;
member, Concord common council,
1897-8, board of aldermen, 1899-1900,
1901-2; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1903-4, 1905-6; director,
Page Belting Co., Mechanicks Na
tional Bank, Capital Fire Insurance
Co.; trustee, Merrimack Co. Savings
Bank; vice-president and director,
Northern Securities Co.; Mason, 32d
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degree ; member, Wonolancet and Snowshoe clubs; m., Oct. 2, 1895, Lena Vira
George; one dau., Mary "Elizabeth, b.
July 25, 1899 (Wellesley, 1920).
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Sutton, Samuel Train
Educator; b., Hillsborough, N. H.,
Oct. 16, 1849; s. Jeremiah and Rebecca
(Train) Dutton; ed. Yale College, A.B.,
1873; A.M., 1890; LL.D., Baylor Uni
versity, 1912; Superintendent schools,
South Norwalk, Conn., 1872-8; princi
pal, Eaton School, New Haven, 187882; Superintendent schools, New
Haven, 1882-90, Brookline, Mass.,
1890-1900; professor of school admin
istration, Teachers College (Columbia
University),
1900-1915; professor
emeritus since 1915; lecturer on Peda
gogy, Harvard, 1896-7, University of
Chicago, 1897-8, Boston University,
1898; secretary, N. Y. Peace Soc;
chairman, Nat'l Arbitration and Peace
Congress, 1907; trustee, Constanti
nople College for Women, Canton,
China. Christian College, World Peace
Foundation, American Scandinavian
Foundation ; honorary secretary, Japan
Soc; member, International Commis
sion on the Balkan War, 1913; member,
Yale and Authors clubs, New York;
author, "Social Phases of Education,"
"School Management," etc.; associate
editor, Christian Work; m., Oct. 8, 1874,
Cornelia North, New Haven, Conn.
Residence, Hartsdale, N. Y.; address,
70 Fifth Ave., New York.
Emerson, Charles Franklin
Educator; b., Chelmsford, Mass.,
Sept. 28, 1843; s. Owen and Louisa
(Butterfield) Emerson; ed. Westford,
Mass., Academy, Appleton Academy,
New Ipswich, N. H. and Dartmouth
College, 1868, having taught school in
Massachusetts a part of three years
before entering college; upon gradua
tion appointed instructor in gymnastics
in Dartmouth College, and instructor
in mathematics in the N. H. College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts,
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then connected with Dartmouth; also
tutor in mathematics in Dartmouth,
1868-72; associate professor of natural
philosophy and mathematics, 1872-78;
Appleton professor of natural philoso
phy, 1878-99; dean of the college, 18931913, retiring in the latter year, after
forty-five years of continuous service
—the longest record held at that time
by any person connected with the in
stitution; Congregationalist; member,
Church of Christ, at Dartmouth;
Republican; served fifteen years as
chairman of supervisors of check lists
for Hanover; member, N. H. house
of representatives, 1915-16, 1917-18;
member, Alpha Delta Chi, and Phi
Beta Kappa societies; life member,
American Ass'n for Advancement of
Science; m., Jan. 20, 1875, Caroline
Flagg; two daus., Martha Flagg,
librarian of the State College at Dur
ham, and Emily Sophia, wife of Prof.
Edmund E. Day of Harvard Univer
sity. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
�Hon. Edgar J. Knowlton.
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Knowlton, Edgar Jay
Journalist; b., Sutton, N. H., Aug.
8, 1856; s. James and Mary F. (Mar
shall) Knowlton; ed. common schools;
entered office of the Manchester Union,
under Campbell & Hanscom, as an
apprentice to learn the printer's trade,
when sixteen years of age; later be
came a reporter and soon promoted to
city editor, which position he held
when Stilson Hutchins purchased the
Union in 1879 and made it a morning
paper, and in which he continued till
June, 1880, when he became editor of
the Daily Union at Lockport, N. Y.,
but returned to Manchester the follow
ing year to become city editor of the
Mirror and American, continuing till
1884, when he became city editor of
the Union, serving till Feb., 1890,
when he resigned to accept the posi
tion of secretary of the Manchester
board of trade; elected mayor of
Manchester in Nov., 1890, and re
elected, two years later by the largest
majority that had ever been given a
candidate for the office; resigned in
May, 1894, to accept the office of post
master of Manchester, to which he had
been appointed by President Cleve
land, and which he held till July 1898;
previously, in 1886, elected to the N. H.
house of representatives from Ward 6,
Manchester. When not in office he has
been connected with one or the other
of the Manchester daily newspapers;
is now and has been for several years
past, on the staff of the Mirror; also
many years correspondent of the Boston
Globe; Universalist; Democrat; ap
pointed by Governor Keyes, in 1917, a
member of the State Board of Trus
tees of State Institutions; member for
twenty years of the Manchester board
of water commissioners and many years
clerk of the board; author, city garden
plan of 1917, utilized by 1500 people;
member, P. of H., K. P., I. O. R. M.;
m., Nov. 2, 1880, Genevieve I. Blanchard, Nicholville, N. Y., d. April 28,
1912; two daughters, Bessie Genevieve
(Mrs. Arthur O. Friel, Brooklyn, N. Y.)
and Belle Frances. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
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Mitchell, John Louis
Lawyer; b., Hooksett, N. H., Feb.
1, 1873; s. Abram and Angeline D.
(Eastman) Mitchell; ed. Pembroke
Academy, 1890, Dartmouth, 1895;
studied law in the office of Page &
Bartlett of Portsmouth while serving
as principal of the Whipple grammar
school, 1896 to 1901; admitted to the
bar and commenced practice in 1901;
member, firm of Page, Bartlett &
Mitchell; Unitarian; Democrat; city
solicitor, Portsmouth, 1905-6; mem
ber, board of instruction, 1905-8, 1916-;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1912;
legal representative of the government
in appeal cases from exemption board
in 1st Rockingham district, 1917;
member, Warwick Club; m., Dec. 19,
1907, Alma Natalie Kirsch; one son,
John S., b. April 15, 1911. Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Blaisdell, Carlyle W.
Violinist, musical instructor and
conductor; b., Concord, N. H., Nov.
11, 1878; s. Henri G. and Lilla D.
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(Leonard) Blaisdell; ed. public and
private schools, Concord and Laconia.
He is of the third generation of one of
New England's best known musical
families, personally ranking among its
leading violinists; leader of the famous
Blaisdell Orchestra for twenty years;
conductor of the New England Sym
phony Orchestra, and violin instructor
of long experience; prominent in musi
cal festival, concert and general orches
tral work, playing and conducting in
different parts of the country; asso
ciated in concerts with the most noted
singers, and offered a position with the
famous Boston Symphony Orchestra;
his experience in orchestral work com
pares favorably with that of any man
of his age; member, St. Paul's Episco
pal church, Concord, B. P. O. E.,
Wonolancet Club, American Federa
tion of Musicians, and Lake Winnipesaukee Club; motor boating is his
diversion; won the New England
championship for speed boat racing
in 1916 after ten years of winning;
m. Florence M. Toof, Sept. 1, 1899;
one son, Paul Henry, b. May 9, 1908.
Residence, Concord, N. H.; summer,
Weirs, N. H.
Sanborn, Alden F.
Farmer and lumberman; b., Fre
mont, N. H., Aug. 20, 1855; s. Aloah
and Nancy (Page) Sanborn; ed.
public schools and New Hampton
Literary Institution, 1877; Congregationalist; Republican; chairman,
board of selectmen, fourteen years;
member, board of education, twelve
years; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1895-6; member, state
board of agriculture, 1902-13; member
and treasurer, Rockingham County
Farmers' Ass'n since its organization;
Mason; Patron of Husbandry, past
master Fremont Grange; owns and
occupies the old homestead which has
been held in the family for over 150
years, and has also been extensively
engaged in lumbering; m., Jan. 26,
1882, Luna A. Gove, of Raymond;
two sons, Moses Hermon (N. H. Col
lege, 1908) and Edson Dana (N. H.
College, 1910), president, N. H. C.
Alumni Association, 1917. Residence,
Fremont, N. H.
Burnham, William Henry
Educator; b., Dunbarton, N. H.,
Dec. 3, 1855; s. Samuel and Hannah
(Dane) Burnham; ed. Harvard College,
A.B., 1882, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins,
1888; instructor, Wittenberg College,
1882-3, State Normal School, Pots
dam, N. Y., 1882-5, Johns Hopkins,
1892-1900; assistant professor peda
gogy, 1900-06; pedagogy and school
hygiene, Clark University, Worcester,
Mass., since 1906; member, American
Psychological Ass'n, Soc. College
Teachers of Edn.; member, permanent
com., International Congress, Schools
of Hygiene; member Council, American
School of Hygiene Ass'n; assistant
editor, Pedagogical Seminary; author,
articles on Hygiene in Universal Cyclo
pedia; departmental editor (Hygiene),
Cyclopedia of Education. Home, Dunbarton, N. H.; address, Worcester,
Mass.
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Day, Arthur Kehew
Physician; b., Dover, N. H., Sept.
12, 1862; s. Warren Kelsey and Martha
Shackford (Brooks) Day; ed. Concord
high school, 1881, Harvard University,
A.B., 1886, Harvard Medical School,
M.D., 1889; attending physician,
Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital,
Concord, twenty-five years; state bac
teriologist, April, 1901 to Oct., 1903;
pathologist, N. H. Memorial Hospital
for Women and Children, Concord,
1895-; examining surgeon, U. S. Pen
sion Bureau, 1897-; member, N. H.
Medical Soc, Merrimack County Med
ical Soc. (president, 1911); first lieuten
ant and assistant surgeon, 1st N. H.
Vols., during the Spanish War (1898),
following three years' service as assist
ant surgeon, N. H. N. G.; Unitarian;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1907-8; author, "Pul
monary Tuberculosis—Its Early Diag
nosis and Treatment," "Modified Milk
as a Food for Infants"; m., March 23,
1892, Annie Butler Stevens, Boston,
Mass.; children, Helen Downing, b.
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July 19, 1893; Philip Stevens, b. Sept.
8, 1894 (West Point Military Academy,
1917); Robert Brooks, b. March 9,
1896, sergeant, 101st U. S. Engineers.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Pender, John
Insurance; b., Sturbridge, Mass.,
June 7, 1843; s. Hugh and Margaret
Lenox (Paton) Pender; ed. public
schools and private tutors; Congregationalist;
Republican;
alderman,
Portsmouth, N. H., 1869-70; mayor,
1902; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1871, 1872, 1897, 1915-17;
N. H. senate, 1911; sheriff, Rocking
ham County, 1898-99-1900; member,
staff of Gov. Samuel W. Hale; chair
man, N. H. Ocean Boulevard Comm.;
secretary and treasurer, Portsmouth
Building and Loan Ass'n; member,
N. H. Historical Soc, St. Andrew's
Lodge, A. F. & A. M. (Grand Master,
Grand Lodge of New Hampshire,
1892-3), Damon Lodge, K. of P.,
N. H. Lodge, I. O. O. F., Portsmouth
Lodge, B. P. O. E., Warwick Club; has
�Hon. Wm. F. Whitcher.
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conducted a large and successful in
surance business in Portsmouth since
1885; has contributed extensively to
the Metropolitan press, and for several
years successfully conducted the Ports
mouth Evening Post; m., Nov. 20, 1863,
Ellen S. Ryan, Newton, Mass., who d.
Jan. 26, 1907; children, George E.
(Dartmouth, 1893, N. Y. University
Med. Col., 1896), medical referee for
Rockingham Co.; Horace G. (Dart
mouth, 1897, Harvard Law School,
1900), graduate manager of athletics
at Dartmouth College; John L. of the
Boston Globe staff, and Helen P., wife
of Harry E. Boynton, treasurer of the
Portsmouth Savings Bank. Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Whitcher, William Frederick
Clergyman and journalist; b., Ben
ton, N. H., Aug. 10, 1845; s. Ira and
Lucy (Royce) Whitcher; ed. public
schools, N. H. Conference Seminary,
Tilton and Wesleyan University,
Middletown, Conn., graduating from
the latter, with honors, in 1871;
from the Theological Department of
Boston University in 1873, and was for
nine years a member of the Southern
N. E. Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence, holding pastorates in Provi
dence and Newport, R. I., and New
Bedford, Mass. Abandoning the min
istry he was for eighteen years en
gaged in journalistic work in Boston,
as reporter and editor, first with the
Traveler, and later with the Adver
tiser, with residence in Malden, where
he served several years as member and
chairman of the school board; re
moved to Woodsville, N. H., in 1898,
where he purchased the Woodsville
News and conducted the same till
1916; Republican; moderator for the
town of Haverhill sixteen years; mem
ber of N. H. house of representatives,
1901, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1911; member
of the judiciary committee each year;
trustee, N. H. state library, nine years;
earnest advocate of the measure
providing for the erection by the state
of a statue of Gen. Franklin Pierce,
and one of the speakers at the dedica
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tion of the same, Nov., 1914; mem
ber, N. H. constitutional convention,
1912; has served as director and clerk
of trustees of Woodsville Savings
Bank and clerk and treasurer of Opera
Block Ass'n; member and president,
N. H. Soc. S. A. R.; Phi Beta Kappa,
Alpha Delta Chi, A. F. & A. M., R. A.,
A. O. U.; deeply interested in his
torical matters; has written "Some
Things about Coventry, Benton" and
Descendants of Chase Whitcher, and
numerous genealogical works, and is
engaged in the preparation of a "His
tory of Haverhill"; m., 1st, Dec. 4,
1872, Jeannette Marie Burr, Middletown, Conn., d. Sept. 22, 1894; 2d,
Nov. 4, 1896, Marietta H. Hadley,
Stoneham, Mass.; one son, Burr
Royce Whitcher (Dartmouth, 1902),'
a practicing physician in West Somervifle, Mass. Residence, Woodsville,
N. H.
Parks, Isabel Merial
Educator; b., Davenport, Iowa,
Nov. 13, 1857; dau. Milo Kent and
Althera M. (Hosmer) Parks; ed.,
Davenport high school, 1876, Salem,
Mass., Normal School, 1880 (four
years' course), special student, Radcliffe College, 1894-5; teacher, St.
Agnes' Hall, Bellows Falls, Vt., 1880-1,
1882-3; first assistant, Littleton, N. H.,
high school, 1883-93; head instructor,
Miss Comegys and Miss Bell's School,
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1895-8;
instructor, St. Mary's School for Girls,
Concord, N. H., 1893-4; assistant prin
cipal, 1898-1900; head mistress, 1900-;
Episcopalian; Republican; member,
Concord Woman's Club, Friendly
Club, Woman's College Club, N. H.
Conference of Charities and Corrections,
N. H. Children's Aid and Protective
Soc, Concord Charity Organization
Soc, Concord S. P. C. A., District
Nursing Ass'n, American Red Cross,
N. E. Ass'n of Teachers of English,
Nat. Home Economics Ass'n, N. H.
State Teachers' Ass'n, Woman's Aux.
to Board of Missions of the P. E.
Church of America. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Rand, John Prentice
Physician; b., Francestown, N. H.,
Nov. 8, 1857; s. Thomas Prentice and
Lydia (Wheeler) Rand; descendant of
Robert Rand, immigrant ancestor, who
settled at Charlestown, Mass., in 1635;
engaged on his father's farm in youth,
ana taught school to obtain money for
preparatory education; graduated from
Francestown Academy in 1880 and
N. Y. Homeopathic Medical College
and Flower Hospital, M.D., 1883;
associated in practice in Monson, Mass.,
with his elder brother, Dr. N. W. Rand,
till 1888, when he took a post-graduate
course at the New York Polyclinic and
removed to Worcester, Mass., practic
ing there ten years, then returning to
Monson, on account of his brother's
death, and continuing practice till
1905, then again locating in Worces
ter, where he now resides; member,
savings bank and public library cor
porations while in Monson, also mem
ber school committee; now consulting
physician, Westborough state hospital,
attending physician, Worcester Hahne
mann hospital; member, American Inst.
of Homeopathy, National Ass'n for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis, Alumni Ass'n, N. Y. Homeo
pathic Medical College and Flower
Hospital (president, 1908), Mass.
Homeopathic Medical Soc. (president,
1907), Mass. Surgical and Gynecolog
ical Soc. (president, 1899), Sons of the
American Revolution, Worcester Cor
poration, Sons and Daughters of New
Hampshire (president, 1891-2); asso
ciate editor, North American Journal
of Homeopathy, 1910-12; trustee,
Mass. State Sanatorium, 1903-10;
lecturer for ten years, from 1906, upon
the "History of Medicine" and "Hom
eopathic Therapeutics" in Boston Uni
versity School of Medicine; author,
with N. W. Rand, of "Random Rimes,"
volume of original verse (1897), three
editions; has also published occasional
poems and medical papers; member,
A. F. & A. M., and Economic Club;
Congregationalist; Independent; m.,
1st, Jan. 17, 1889, Harriet M. Ander
son, of Monson, Mass. (Mt. Holyoke),
d. May 6, 1892; one child, Frank
Prentice Rand, teacher of English,
Mass. Agricultural College; 2d, Sept.
3, 1904, Lena M. Adams (Wesleyan,
A.M.), of Weathersfield, Conn. Ad
dress, 5 Benefit St., Worcester, Mass.
Wood, Leonard
Major general, U. S. A.; b., Winches
ter, N. H., Oct. 9, 1860; s. Charles J.
and Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood; ed.
Pierce Academy, Middleboro, Mass.,
Harvard Medical College, M.D., 1884;
LL.D, Harvard, 1899, Williams, 1902,
University of Pennsylvania, 1903; ap
pointed assistant surgeon, U. S. A.,
Jan. 5, 1886; captain and assistant
surgeon, Jan. 5, 1891; colonel, 1st
U. S. Vols. (Rough Riders), May 8,
1898; brigadier general, July 8, 1898,
for services at Las Guasimas and San
Juan Hill; major general, Dec. 7, 1898;
honorably discharged from volunteer
service April 12, 1899; military gov
ernor of Cuba, Dec. 12, 1899 to April
20, 1902; brigadier general, U. S. A.
Feb. 4, 1901; major general, Aug. 8,
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1902; governor Moro province, Philip
pine Islands, July, 1903 to April,
1906; commander, Philippine Division,
U. S. A., 1906-8; commander, Depart
ment of the East, 1908-9 ; special ambas
sador to Argentine Republic, 1910;
chief of staff, U. S. A., 1910-14; com
mander, Department of the East,
1914-17, Southeastern Department,
1917—; awarded Congressional medal
of honor, March 29, 1898, "for distin
guished conduct in campaign against
the Apache Indians, while serving as
med'cal and line officer"; m. Louisa A.
Condit Smith, Washington, D. C.,
Nov. 18, 1890.
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colored troops till close of war; brevetted lieutenant colonel; Unitarian;
many years moderator of the Concord
Unitarian Soc. and past president,
N. H. Unitarian Ass'n; Republican;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1869-70; state treasurer of New
Hampshire, 1872-1913—the longest
term ever filled by any incumbent;
past commander, Keene Post, G. A. R.;
past president, N. H. Veterans' Ass'n;
member (senior vice commander),
Perley, Mary Elizabeth
Educator; b., Lempster, N. H., July
2, 1863; dau. Asbury F. and Sarah J.
(Dodge) Perley; ed. N. H. Conference
Seminary, Tilton, Boston schools
(high), Washington State University,
A.B. ; University of Wisconsin (master's
degree in German; special advanced
study in Hanover, Berlin and Paris);
teacher of modern languages in Tilton
Seminary six years; professor of mod
ern languages at Tabor College, Tabor,
Iowa; professor of German at Fargo
College, Fargo, N. D., since 1906; as
an avocation writes occasional Sunday
newspaper articles and short stories.
She has also written German playlets,
adapted to high school or college dra
matics, several of which have been pre
sented in the schools of North Dakota
and Wisconsin. Residence. Fargo,
N.D.
Carter, Solon Augustus
Ex-state treasurer; b., Leominster,
Mass., June 22, 1837; s. Solon and Lucretia (Joslin) Carter; ed. public schools
of Leominster; taught district schools
in youth; removed to Keene, N. H.,
where he became superintendent of the
gas works in 1859; Aug., 1862, enlisted
in 14th Regiment, N. H. Vols., in the
Union service, continuing till July,
1863; commissioned by President Lin
coln assistant adjutant general of vol
unteers, with rank of captain, July 25,
1864, and served with a division of
Loyal Legion; chief of staff of Gov.
Benjamin F. Prescott; Mason, 33d
degree; M. W. Grand Master, 1878-9;
R. E. Grand Commander, K. T., 1875;
director, First Nat'l Bank, Concord;
president, Union Trust Co.; member,
Concord water board,twenty-four years,
(president, fifteen years); president
State Dwelling House Fire Insurance
Co.; member, Wonolancet Club, N. H.
Historical Soc; m., Dec. 13, 1860,
Emily A. Conant, d. June 2, 1916; chil
dren, Edith Hinks, b. Jan. 1, 1864
(Concord high school, 1881), employed
since graduation as assistant in state
�Hon. John S. Runnells.
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treasurer's office, having charge of two
or more important departments;
Florence Gertrude, b. Feb. 24, 1866,
m. Edward P. Comins and d. June 8,
1905—their dau., Sara Comins, b. Sept.
7, 1892, grad. Smith College, 1915.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Runnells, John Sumner
Lawyer; president of The Pullman
Co.; b., Effingham, N. H., July 30,
1844; s. John and Huldah (Staples)
Runnells; great-grandson of Ralph
Farnham, last survivor of the battle of
Bunker Hill, who died in 1860, aged
105 years; ed. New Hampton In
stitution, Amherst College, 1865; com
menced the study of law with Wheeler
& Hall of Dover, N. H., but removed
to Des Moines, la., where he com
pleted his studies and was admitted
to the bar in 1873, having meanwhile
served as U. S. Consul at Tunstall,
England, in 1869 and 1870; Epis
copalian; Republican; reporter, su
preme court of Iowa, 1875-81; U. S.
district attorney for Iowa, 1881-5;
chairman, Republican state central
committee, 1879, 1880; member, Re
publican national committee, 1880-4;
delegate in Republican national con
vention of 1880, voting for James G.
Blaine until the last ballot, when he
voted for General Garfield; continued
legal practice in Des Moines, largely
along corporation lines, till 1888,
when he removed to Chicago, where he
soon became general counsel of The
Pullman Co., holding this position until
1895, when he was made vice-presi
dent and in 1911 became president,
since continuing. He takes a par
donable pride in the reform in methods
and practices effected by the manage
ment of this great company, employ
ing from 20,000 to 30,000 men, in
creasing efficiency and production,
and reducing expenses and waste,
while insuring a more liberal reward
for labor. Connected with many
corporations, being a director of The
Pullman Co., the National Biscuit
Co., the Guaranty Trust Co. of New
York, the Merchants' Loan and Trust
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Co., Chicago, the Pullman Trust
and Savings Bank, Chicago, and the
Roseland State Savings Bank, Chi
cago; member of the Society of
Colonial Wars; active in club life in
Chicago, having been president of the
Chicago Club ten years, and president
at various times of the Union Club,
the Saddle and Cycle Club and others;
m., March 31, 1869, Helen Rutherfurd, dau. of Hon. Nathaniel B. Baker,
Governor of New Hampshire, 1854;
children, Mabel (Mrs. Robert I.
Jenks, New York), Lucy (Mrs. Albert
A. Jackson, Philadelphia), Clive( vicepresident of the Pullman Co., Chicago;
educated at Pomfret and Harvard) and
Alice (Mrs. William James, Cambridge,
Mass.). Residence, 1525 No. State
Parkway, Chicago, 1ll.
Scales, Burton True
Musician and educator; b., Dover,
N. H., Aug. 10, 1873; s. John and Ellen
(Tasker) Scales; ed. Dover high school
and Dartmouth College, A.B., 1895;
made special study of music in Boston
and New York; graduate of New
School Methods in Public School Music ;
managing editor of The Dartmouth?
in college; member of the editorial staff
of the Doner Daily Republican, 1895-7:
supervisor of music in Dover and
Newmarket public schools, 1897-9; sec
retary of N. H. Music Teachers' Ass'n,
1896-9; instructor in music at the
Plymouth, N. H., Normal School's sum
mer session, 1898-1908; director of
music and aid to the Headmaster of the
William Penn Charter School for Boys,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1899-1914; director
of music, Girard College, Philadelphia,
19 14-; director of the University of
Pennsylvania Glee Club, and Mask
and Wig Glee Chorus, 19 10-; lecturer
at the Institute of Musical Art, New
York City; instructor in the Music
Department of the New York Univer
sity Summer School, 1908-13; in
structor in music at Cornell University
Summer School, 1914-. In college he
was member of the Delta Kappa
Epsilon Fraternity; Casque and Gaunt
let Soc; Republican; Presbyterian;
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
member of Moses Paul Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., Dover, N. H.; N. H. Soc.
S. A. R.; Musical Art Club, Philadel
phia; m., Sept. 10, 1900, Kate Hub
bard Reynolds of Dover; children,
Catherine Bradstreet, b. Jan. 11, 1903;
Benjamin Reynolds, b. March 24,
1907. Residence, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rossiter, William S.
Publisher; b., Westfield, Mass.,
Sept. 9, 1861; ed. Columbia (now
George Washington) University, Am
York; author, "An Accidental Romance
and Other Stories," 1895; report on
Printing and Publishing, Census of
1900 and 1905; "A Century of Popu
lation Growth in the U. S."; "The
Population Problem in Vermont," 1911;
magazine contributor and writer on eco
nomic and statistical subjects; Repub
lican; Congregationalist; deacon, South
Congregational church, Concord; m.
Nellie C. Budd, New York, Oct. 21,
1891; one dau., Marjorie (Smith, 1917).
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Ayers, Helen McGregor
Teacher, club woman; b., Loudon,
N. H., Dec. 26, 1843 (reared in Can
terbury); dau. Jonathan and Mary
(Rogers) Ayers; ed. Tilton Seminary,
Boscawen Academy and by private
herst College, A.B., 1884; assistant
business manager and special writer,
N. Y. Tribune, 1884-8; circulation
manager, N. Y. Press, 1S88-9; coorganizer, 1889, and member till 1900,
N. Y. Printing Co.; expert special agent
printing and publishing twelfth U. S.
Census, 1900; chief clerk of the Census
and chief of publication division, 1904
to July 1, 1909; resigned to engage in
private business; vice-president, Rumford Press, Concord, N. H., 1909-;
member, American Economic Ass'n,
National Municipal League, American
Political
Science Ass'n, American
Statistical Ass'n, Cosmos Club, Wash
ington, D. C, Republican Club, New
instruction; preliminary teaching in
country schools; teacher, 1865-83,
Concord, N. H., Fort Wayne, Ind.,
Denver, Col., as assistant and principal
of grammar schools, also high school
work; member, South Congregational
church
and president, Woman's
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Board of Foreign Missions, 1890-6, also
president, Home Missionary Soc., sev
eral years; Republican; national secre
tary, W. R. C., 1904-5, and department
secretary, 1907-8; regent, Rumford
Chapter, D. A. R., 1912-14; on com
mittee for Preservation of Historic
Spots, Nat. Soc. of D. A. R.; one of the
founders and for many years president,
Avon (Shakespeare) Club; director,
Concord Female Charitable Soc.;
charter member, Concord Woman's
Club; member, Concord District
Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization
Soc, Concord S. P. C. A., American
Red Cross. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Jewett, Stephen Shannon
Lawyer; b., Gilford, N. H., Sept.
18, 185S; s. John Glines and Carrie
E. (Shannon) Jewett; ed. public
schools, Laconia, Gilford Academy;
studied law with the late Hon. Charles
F. Stone, admitted to the bar, March,
1880, and has since practiced law in
Laconia; member, bar of U. S. dis
trict, circuit and supreme courts;
Congregationalist; Republican; en
grossing clerk, N. H. legislature, 1883;
clerk, supreme court for Belknap Co.,
1884; assistant clerk, N. H. house of
representatives, 1887-9; clerk of same,
1891-3; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1895-7, speaker the former
year; member, N. H. senate, 1899;
member, N. H. executive council,
1907-8; secretary, Republican state
committee, 1890-1 ; chairman of same,
1892-4; delegate at large and chair
man, N. H. delegation to Republi
can national convention at St. Louis,
1896; city solicitor, Laconia, eighteen
years; member, staff of Gov. David
H. Goodale, with rank of colonel,
1888-9; many years member Bel
knap Rifles, Co. K, N. H. N. G; Ma
son, 33d degree, past grand master,
grand lodge of N. H.; past grand
commander of grand commandery of
Knights Templar; past grand master,
grand council; member, Bektash Tem
ple, Mystic Shrine, Concord; society of
Veteran Free Masons, N. H.; Knights
of Pythias and Elks ; member, American
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Bar Ass'n, N. H. Bar Ass'n, Belknap
and Carroll Co. Bar Ass'ns, Home
Market Club, Boston, Derryfield Club,
Manchester, N. H. Historical Soc, N.H.
Soc. S. A. R., N. H. Horticultural Soc,
American Fisheries Soc; director,
Laconia Nat'l Bank, Laconia Building
and Loan Ass'n; trustee, City Sav
ings Bank, Laconia; director, Ma
sonic Temple Ass'n of Laconia; clerk,
Winnipesaukee Telephone Co.; m.,
June 30, 1880, Annie L. Bray; one
son, Theo Stephen Jewett, b. Dec. 24,
1891 (Dartmouth, 1913), now in part
nership with his father. Received hon
orary degree of A. M., Dartmouth,
1913. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Brennan, James F.
Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H.,
March 31, 1853; s. Hubert and
Mary (Mahoney) Brennan; ed., public
schools, Peterborough Academy, Mary
land University, 1884; admitted to the
bar in 1884 and commenced practice
in Peterborough, where he has con
tinued, with success; Catholic; Demo-
�Maj. James F. Brennan.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
crat; member. N. H. house of represent
atives, 1913-4, 1915-6, 1917-8, being
the first Democratic representative
from this overwhelmingly Republican
town in sixty years; candidate of his
party for speaker in 1915 and 1917,
and minority floor leader; introduced
twenty-six measures in the house dur
ing those sessions, of which twentythree were enacted into law, including
that establishing the new department
of weights and measures; member
state board of library trustees, 1903-9,
state board of charities and correction,
1899 to the present time; member
staff of Gov. Felker, with rank of
major, 1913-5; appointed on the new
state library commission by Gov.
Keyes, 1917 and elected its chairman;
member of the Peterborough, the
American-Irish and the N. H. Histori
cal Societies and is historiographer of
the first two; many years a member of
the Democratic state committee and
of the executive committee of that body
and a frequent speaker for his party
on the stump; delegate to Democratic
national convention, 1916; chairman
executive committee, Peterborough
board of trade; deeply interested in his
torical matters, particularly the history
of hisown town, of which he has the most
complete record extant; has travelled
extensively in America and Europe.
Residence, Peterborough, N. H.
Brown, Calvin Luther
Jurist; b., Goshen, N. H., April 26,
1854; s. John H. and Orrisa (Maxfield)
Brown; removed with his parents to
Minnesota in 1855, residing at Shakopee till 1871, when they removed to
Willmar, which has since been the
family home; received a high school
education and studied law in his
father's office; admitted to the bar in
Feb., 1876, and in 1878 located in
practice at Morris, Minn.; served as
county attorney, 1882 to 1887, and
as district court judge from 1887 to
1899, when he was appointed associate
justice of the supreme court of Min
nesota, and in 1912 was made chief
justice, which position he now holds,
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having removed to Minneapolis in
1904; descendant of William Brown,
of Bradford (son of John Brown of the
same place); private in Col. Henry
Dearborn's regiment, N. H. Conti
nentals, in the war of the Revolution;
Congregationalist; member, Sons of the
American Revolution, Loyal Legion,
Masons, American Bar Ass'n, and other
civil associations and clubs; m., Sept. 1,
1879, Annette Marlow; children, Alice A.
(Mrs. B. J. Branton, Willmar), Montre-
ville J. (Univ. of Minn., 1907), Edna M.
(Univ. of Minn., 1910) and Margaret
E, now a student in the University.
Residence, Minneapolis; official ad
dress, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn.
Richardson, Ellen Ruddick
(Mrs. George W. Richardson); b.,
St. John, N. B., Dec. 27, 1848; dau. Dr.
James and Ellen (Skinner) Ruddick;
ed. private schools, St. John, and public
schools, South Boston, Mass.; deeply
interested in temperance and charitable
work; president, Grafton Co. W. C.
T. U. eleven years; president, N. H.
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W. C. T. U. since 1899; widely known
speaker on temperance topics; charter
member, N. H. Peace Soc; member,
ConcordEqual Suffrage League,Friendly Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Wo-
Kimball Union Academy and Dartmouth College, A.B., 1898, A.M., 1904;
served in Co. E., 1st N. H. Vols.,
Spanish American War, in expedition
to Porto Rico, May to Dec., 1898;
Teacher, Kenyon Military Academy,
Gambier, O., 1899-1902; instructor,
Dartmouth College, 1902-4; Kenyon
Military Academy, 1904-6; University
School, Cleveland, O., 1906-9; Berk
shire Hills School, Great Harrington,
Mass., 1909-10; Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., 1910-11; Nichols School,
Buffalo, N. Y., 1911 to the present
time; deeply interested in his work of
preparing boys for college and for life,
and successful in winning their confi
dence and respect; Congregationalist;
Independent; member, N. H. Histori
cal Soc, American Historical Ass'n,
American Political Science Ass'n;
retains his interest in New Hampshire
man's Council of National Defense,
Woman's Liberty Loan Com., N. H.
Woman's Memorial Hospital Ass'n
(monthly visitor), W. R. C., N. H.
Settlement Ass'n; trustee, W. C. T. U.
Mercy Home, Manchester; member,
Baker Memorial M. E. church, Con
cord; m. George W. Richardson, Dec.
24, 1870; resided at East Haverhill,
N. H., 1870 to 1908, where her husband
was a merchant and postmaster, remov
ing to Concord in the latter year; one
son, Guy Richardson, b. Dec. 9, 1873,
editor Our Dumb Animals, Boston; Sec
retary, Nat'l Humane Educational Soc.
and Mass. S. P. C. A. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Mitchell, William Hugh
Educator and farmer; b., Acworth,
N. H., April 10, 1872; s. Jonathan T.
and Amelia T. (Dodge) Mitchell; ed.
and his native town, where, in company
with his brother, Martin L. Mitchell,
he is the owner of several farms; his
specialties in teaching are mathematics
and history, but he takes due pride in
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Lis connection with agriculture, which
lie hopes, ultimately, to make more in
timate. Residence. 44 Elmwood Ave.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Nason, William Francis
Lawyer, b., Sanford, Me., Nov. 22,
1857; s. Joseph T. and Susan E.
(Frost) Nason; ed. public schools,
South Berwick, Me., Kennebunk high
school; studied law with Bud C.
Carter at Wolfeboro; admitted to the
bar, Jan., 1879, and commenced prac
tice in Dover that year; Congregationalist; Republican; city solicitor of
Dover seven terms, county solicitor
three terms; mayor of Dover, 1896-7;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1887-1901-3, 1907-9; member
judiciary committee each term, chair
man ways and means, 1909; associate
justice, Dover police court, 1892;
judge, municipal court, 1915-; member,
A. F. & A. M.; m., July 3, 1902, Dr.
Inez H. Ford. Residence, 9 Hamilton
St., Dover, N. H.
Upham, Warren
Geologist, librarian, archaeologist;
b., Amherst, N. H., March 8, 1850; s.
Jacob and Sarah (Hayward) Upham;
ed., common schools, Amherst, N. H.,
Appleton Academy (now McCollum
Institute), Mont Vernon, and Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1871, A.M., 1894,
D.Sc, 1906; assistant on state geologi
cal surveys, New Hampshire, 1875-8;
Minnesota, 1879-85, and 1893-4:
United States, 1885-95; librarian and
secretary, Minnesota Historical Soc,
1895-1914, and its archaeologist since
1914; Congregationalist; Republican;
corresponding member, N. H. Histori
cal Soc, member, Boston Soc. of Natu
ral History, Geological Soc. of America,
American Ass'n for Advancement of
Science, Minnesota Historical Soc,
Mississippi Valley Historical Ass'n,
Archaeological Soc, of America, Vic
toria Institute, London, etc.; author,
chapters in Vols. I and III, Geology of
New Hampshire 1874-8; "Upham and
Amherst, N. H., Memories" (with
sister, Mrs. Mary U. Kelley), 1897, 66
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pp. ; two papers in "Colonial Amherst,',
1916; many chapters in Reports of
Geology of Minnesota, 1884, 1888,
1899; The Glacial Lake Agassiz, mono
graph XXV, 1896, U. S. Geological
Survey; "Greenland Icefields and Life
in the North Atlantic, with Causes of
the Ice Age" (with Prof. G. F. Wright),
1895; editor, and author of papers for
Vols. VIII-XV, 1898-1915, Minn.
Hist. Soc. Collections; "Minnesota in
Three Centuries," Vol. I, 1908; also
many geological reports and papers in
scientific magazines, chiefly relating to
glacial subjects; "Groseilliers and Radisson, the First White Men in Minne
sota, and the Progress of Discovery of
the Mississippi River," in Vol. X,
Minn. Hist. Soc Collections; m., Oct.
22, 1885, Addie M. Bixby, Aurora,
Minn.; one dau., Pearl, b. and d., Sept.
26, 1887. Residence, St. Paul, Minn.
Amsden, Charles Hubbard
Manufacturer, U. S. customs official;
b., Boscawen, N. H., July 8, 1848; s.
Henry Hubbard and Mary (Muzzey)
�Hon. Charles H. Amsden.
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Amsden; ed. public schools and Appleton Academy, New Ipswich; entered
his father's office and in 1867 became a
partner with his father and brother in
the furniture manufacturing business.
In 1869 his father died and his brother
two years later, when he took up and
carried on the business alone, greatly
increasing the volume so that in the
course of twenty years more than
$1,000,000 had been paid in wages to
employes. In partnership with John
Whittaker in lumber business several
years, cutting 3,000,000 feet annually;
one of the organizers of the Concord
Axle Co., and a director and president
for more than ten years; director in
Mechanicks National Bank, Concord,
Granite State Fire Ins. Co., Ports
mouth and Portland and Ogdensburgh
R. R.; president of Penacook & Boscawen water board, having been one of
the originators and active promoters of
the water works system ; instrumental
in establishment of the Concord Mfg.
Co.'s business (now Brampton Mills)
at Penacook, and secured the establish
ment there of the Whitney Electrical
Instrument Co., formerly of Manches
ter, and erected a building for its use.
Upon withdrawal of the foreign insur
ance companies from the state, upon
the enactment of the " Valued Policy "
law of 1887, Mr. Amsden was instru
mental, with other prominent manufac
turers, in organizing the N. H. Manu
facturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,
of which he was chosen president, the
purpose being to protect the interests
of manufacturers in the existing emer
gency. Before removing from Pena
cook to Boston he presented W. I.
Brown Post, G. A. R. of Penacook, an
elegant memorial volume, at a cost of
$100, containing the record of each
Penacook soldier in the Civil War. He
secured the extension of Concord Street
Ry. to Contoocook River Park, and
sold the land for same at a nominal
price; retired from business in 1893.
Democrat; alderman from Concord,
Ward One, 1873-5, being a citizens'
candidate and unanimously elected the
latter year, an honor never accorded
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any other candidate in the ward; state
senator, 1883-4; Democratic candidate
for governor, 1888 and 1890, receiving
the largest vote ever cast for a candi
date of that party in the state, there
being, however, no choice by the peo
ple, a majority of all the votes being
then required, the election went to
the legislature, and, through the seat
ing, contrary to precedent, of certain
members, elected "if entitled," under
the new census not then officially pro
claimed, the choice was given to the
Republican candidate. Represented
New Hampshire at the centennial cele
bration of the inauguration of Wash
ington as president, in New York, in
1889; president, N. H. Democratic
state convention, 1892; president,
N. H. Board of Commissioners for the
World's Columbian Exposition, Chi
cago, 1893; Baptist denomination, and
one of its most liberal supporters;
Mason; member, Horace Chase Lodge,
Penacook, Mt. Horeb Commandery,
Concord, Aleppo Temple, Boston ; mem
ber, New Hampshire Club, Boston, Bos
ton City Club; president, Boston Mer
cantile Library Ass'n; appointed dep
uty naval officer of customs at Boston,
July 12, 1894, serving until a change
of administration; continued in custom
house service, thereafter, and now
(1917) acting deputy naval officer; m.,
1st, Oct. 29, 1870, Helen Ardelle
Brown, who d. Aug. 6, 1891 ; children,
Henry Hubbard, b. July 15, 1872;
Mary Ardelle, b. Jan. 31, 1878, d. Oct.
20, 1883; Ardelle Brown, b. Dec. 3,
1885, d. June 9, 1887; 2d, Nov. 26,
1908, Alma E. Deane, Middlebury, Vt.
Residence, 20 Oakley Rd., Belmont,
Mass.
Wood, George Albert
Insurance, real estate; b., South
Acworth, N. H., Aug. 24, 1862; s.
James A. and Mary E. (Bowers) Wood;
ed. public and select schools, South
Acworth, and Vermont Academy,
Saxtons River, Vt.; entered the U. S.
railway mail service in 1883, continuing
with promotions, till 1898; chief deputy
collector, U. S. Internal Revenue,
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District of New Hampshire (including
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont),
1898-1913; elected president, First
Division, National Association of Rail
way Postal Clerks, 1896, and secretary,
National Association, the following
year, when he commenced and carried
out the organization of a mutual acci
dent insurance department, also for
ten years edited the official magazine
of the Association; relinquishing his
connection with the Association, and
retiring from the internal revenue office,
upon the advent of the Democratic ad
ministration in 1913, opened a real
estate and insurance office in Ports
mouth, and now conducts the same;
Unitarian; Republican; resided in Medford, Mass., from 1889 to 1898, then
removing to Portsmouth; member,
Portsmouth board of aldermen, 1901-2;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1915-16, 1917-18; has served as
as president and secretary of the Saga
more Club of Medford, and Unitarian,
Warwick, and Paul Jones clubs, Ports
mouth Improvement Co., and Associ
ates Land Co., of Portsmouth; m., Oct.
14, 1884, Mary I. Stevens of Saxtons.
River, Vt.; children, Helen Margaret,
Wellesley, 1907 (Mrs. Gordon M.
Campbell, WellsviUe, N. Y.); Albert
J., connected with the Western Elec
tric Co., Chicago; Mary Elizabeth,
Wellesley, 1909 (Mrs. Robert L.
Lamont, Manchester, Conn.); Keith
A., Dartmouth, 1913.
Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Quimby, Fred Elihu
Publisher and printer; b., South
Berwick (Junction), Me., Dec. 15,
1857; s. Elihu Hayes and Sarah Eliza
beth (Tibbetts) Quimby; ed. high
school and supplementary studies:
engaged many years in printing and
publishing business in Dover, mainly
in connection with the Dover Enquirer?
Methodist; Republican; supervisor of
check lists several years; member,
school committee, 1886 to 1891 in
clusive; member, Dover common
council, 1892, 1893 (president in 1893);
city clerk from March 24, 1894 to date;
member, Olive Branch Lodge, No. 6,
K. of P.; Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No. 16,
I. O. O. F.; Prescott Encampment, No.
23, 1. O. O. F.; Dover Lodge, No. 184, B.
P. O. E.; Strafford Lodge, No. 29,
A. F. & A. M.; Belknap Chapter, No. 8,
R. A.M.; St. Paul Commandery, K.T.;
Grand Lodge, K. of P.; Grand Lodge,
B. P. O. E- Grand Lodge, A. F. & A.
M.; Grand Chapter, R. A. M.; member,
N. H. Genealogical Soc. and secretary
from date of incorporation; member,
Northam Colonists Historical Soc.;
m., Nov. 10, 1878, Marietta Scales;
children, Edward Harold, b. Oct. 2,
1880; William Leroy, b. June 29, 1883.
Residence, Dover, N. H.
Doe, Haven
Railroad agent; b., Rollinsford, N.
H., April 23, 1870; s. Chief Justice
Charles and Edith Haven Doe; ed.
Berwick, Me., and Philips Exeter acad
emies and Mass. Inst. of Technology;
has been engaged for many years as
station agent of the B. & M., railroad
at Somersworth; Agnostic; Democrat;
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held about every town office in Rollinsford and Somersworth; member, N.
H. house of representatives, 1893-4;
member, state senate, 1907-9; member,
Masons and Eagles; director, Salmon
Falls Mfg. Co., thirteen years; director
and treasurer, Somersworth & Berwick
Community Farm Ass'n.; m., Mora
Hubbard, Rollinsford, Dec. 28, 1895;
children, Edith, b. Dec.25, 1896; Joseph
Roberts, b. Aug. 27, 1903; Mary, b.
Oct. 18, 1906. Residence, Somers
worth, N. H.
Cheney, Elias Hutchins
Printer, publisher, dean of New
Hampshire journalists; b., Holderness
(now Ashland), N. H., Jan. 28, 1832;
s. Moses and Abigail (Morrison)
Cheney; ed. public schools and Phillips
Exeter Academy; entered office of the
Peterboro Transcript as an apprentice,
and, in 1853, became editor and pro
prietor of the paper; in 1855 removed
to Concord where he published the N.
H. Phenix; subsequently he was em
ployed in the office of the N. H. Sen
tinel at Keene, and the Sullivan Repub
lican at Newport, and in 1861, pur
chased the Free Press at Lebanon, to
whose readers he is still known as the
"senior editor"; Baptist; Republican;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1867, state senate, 1885; U. S.
Consul, Matanzas, Cuba, 1892-5;
Curacao, Dutch West Indies, for
fifteen years from 1899; m., 1st, Jan.
22, 1852, Susan Youngman, Peterboro.
d. Dec. 29, 1904; four children, Fred
Willard, Harry Morrison, Susan Youngman (d. in infancy), Helen Grey; 2d,
Oct. 11, 1907, Mrs. Clara M. (Hardin)
Smith, Brewer, Me. Residence, Leba
non, N. H.
Howard, Charles Danforth
Chemist; b., Westford, Mass., July
31, 1873; s. Calvin L. and Jennie
(Hale) Howard; ed. Westford Acad
emy, Worcester Polytechnic Insti
tute, 1893; postgraduate assistant
with Dr. Wolcott Gibbs (professor of
chemistry emeritus, Harvard Univ.),
Newport, R. I., 1893-4; assistant chem
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ist, N. H. College Experiment Station,
Durham; associate chemist, West
Virginia University Experiment Sta
tion, Morgantown, West Va.; chemist,
N. H. board of health since 1905;
collaborating chemist, U. S. Bureau of
Chemistry, Washington, D. C.; Congregationalist; Republican; member,
American Chemical Soc., American
Public Health Ass'n, N. E. Water
Works Ass'n, Ass'n of Official Agri
cultural Chemists, Wonolancet Club;
honorary member, N. H. Medical
Soc.; Fellow, American Ass'n for the
Advancement of Science; chairman,
N. H. Committee on Dust and Fumes
in Factories; member, Council of
National Defense; m., Aug. 5, 1901,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Ada Yates; children,
John Adams, b. Jan. 29, 1909; Char
lotte Danforth, b. July 16, 1916.
Moses, George Higgins
Journalist, diplomat; b., Lubec, Me.,
Feb. 9, 1869; s. Rev. Thomas Gannett
and Ruth (Smith) Moses; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy and Dartmouth Col-
�Hon. Geo. H. Moses.
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lege, A.B., 1890, A.M., 1893; entered
office of Monitor and Statesman, Con
cord, immediately after graduation and
has continued since, serving as re
porter, news editor, editorial writer and
editor; president, Monitor and States
man Co., since 1898; Congregationalist
member standing committee, South
Congregational Church Soc., Concord,
three years; Republican; private sec
retary to governor of New Hampshire,
1889-91, 1905. secretary to chairman,
Republican state committee, 1890;
secretary, N. H. Forestry Commission,
1893-6; member, Concord board of
education, 1902-3, 1906-9, 1913-16;
U. S. Envoy Extraordinary and Min
ister Plenipotentiary to Greece and
Montenegro, April, 1909 to Nov., 1912;
delegate at large to Republican na
tional convention, Chicago, 1908, 1916;
president, N. H. Republican state con
vention, 1914; chairman advisory com
mittee, Republican state committee,
1914, 1916; president, Greek Products
Co., New York (office, 32 Nassau St.)
since 1913; member staff, Republican
Publicity Ass'n, (Real Estate Trust
Bldg.), Washington, D. C.; member,
Athenian Club, Athens, Greece; Uni
versity, Army and Navy and National
Press clubs, Washington, D. C., Re
publican club, New York, Wonolancet
and Passaconoway clubs and Capital
Grange, P. of H. Concord; author,
"John Stark," 1890; editor, "New
Hampshire Men," 1893; magazine
contributor, lecturer and campaign
speaker; m., Oct. 3, 1893, Florence
Gordon, Franklin, N. H.; one son,
Gordon, b. Oct. 5, 1900 (Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1918). Home, 5
Auburn St., Concord, N. H.
Preston, Frank Buchanan
Insurance and real estate; b., Straf
ford, N. H., Feb. 11, 1856; s. Wingate
T. and Mary (Jewell) Preston; ed.
public schools, Franklin Academy,
Dover, and New Hampton Literary
Institution; Free Baptist, president,
True Memorial Soc., F. B. Church,
Rochester; Democrat;
moderator,
Rochester, 1887-8; member, N. H.
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constitutional convention, 1889, 1912;
Democratic candidate for presidential
elector, 1900; mayor, Rochester, 191314; member, Democratic state com
mittee, six years; member, Rochester
school board, six years (president, two
years) ; trustee, Gafney Home for the
Aged; president, People's Building and
Loan Ass'n, since incorporation in
1909; member, I. O. O. F., Rebekah
Lodge, Rochester Grange, P. of H.,
and Eastern N. H. Pomona Grange;
m., May 28, 1881, Fannie C. Foss, d.
May 10, 1907; three children, Vinton
W., b. Rochester, May, 1882 (New
Hampton Inst., 1902); Mary Florence,
b. June 25, 1891 (New Hampton Inst.,
1909); Verne F., b. Dec. 15, 1893 (New
Hampton Inst., 1915, Boston Univ.,
1919). Residence, Rochester, N. H
Welch, John Tapley
Journalist, public official; b., Dover,
N. H., Dec. 15, 1856; s. Joseph Wil
liams and Mary Elizabeth (Tapley)
Welch; ed. public schools and Dart
mouth College; Congregationalist; Re
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publican; reporter on Whiteside Senti
nel, and correspondent, Chicago Times,
Morrison, 1ll., 1877; city editor, Dover
Daily Republican, 1880; several years
Dover correspondent, Boston Globe;
city editor, Dover Daily Times, 1889;
clerk, Dover police court, 1881-2; reg
ister of probate, Strafford County,
1882-7; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1889-90; chief time clerk,
government printing office, Washing
ton, 1890-4; member, N. H. state sen
Hannah S. (Davis) Hazlett; ed. Ports
mouth schools, high school, 1863; con
fidential clerk to Gov. Ichabod Good
win, 1863-72; connected with First
National Bank of Portsmouth (founded
1824) since 1872; cashier for more than
thirty years, beginning 1884; now vicepresident; trustee, Piscataqua savings
bank; agent, N. H. Fire Insurance Co.,
Manchester, more than forty years;
trustee, Portsmouth public library,
since 1884; park commissioner; presi
dent, Portsmouth Improvement Ass'n,
1903; life trustee, Weeks Memorial Li
brary, Greenland, N. H.; for many
years warden of records of North Con
gregational parish (founded 1640) ; sec
retary, T. B. Aldrich Memorial; trustee
of Soc. for Care of South Cemetery;
president, Piscataqua Pioneers; chair
man, John Langdon Club; director,
N. fl. Pioneers; member, N. H. His
torical Soc, N. H. Genealogical Soc,
St. Andrews Lodge, A. F. and A. M.,
Osgood Lodge, I. 0. O. F., Warwick
Country and Portsmouth Auto clubs;
for several years member of city coun
cil, also assessor; Republican; Congregationalist; in., Josephine Richardson,
Manchester, N. H., Dec 10, 1884;
author of "Portsmouth Historical and
Picturesque," "Portsmouth in 1824";
editor, "Historical Calendar of Ports
mouth" (pub. 1907), "History of Rock
ingham County" (pub. 1915); advisory
editor of "History of New Hampshire"
(four vols., 1916). Residence, Ports
mouth, N. H.
ate, 1897-8; postmaster, Dover, 18981915; city treasurer, Dover, 1915 to
date; member, school committee, 18828; trustee, Dover public library, 18838; member, I. O. O. R, K. of P., S. A.
R., N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Gen
ealogical Soc, Bellamy Club, Dover;
m., Dec. 1, 1884, Elizabeth A. McDaniel; one son, George Gregg, b.
Sept. 18, 1885, d. March 24, 1915.
Residence, Dover, N. H.
Hollis Abijah
Granite business; b., Milton, Mass.,
Nov. 13, 1837; s. Thomas and Deborah
Clark (Allen) Hollis; ed. public schools,
Milton, Milton Academy, Chauncey
Hall School, Boston, Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1858, Harvard Law School,
LL.B., 1860; enlisted in the Civil War,
Aug. 26, 1862, becoming second lieutenant, 45th Mass. Vols.; later captain,
56th Mass. Vols.; brevetted major,
April 2, 1865; Agnostic; Democrat;
moved to West Concord, N. H., Nov.
1, 1865, and engaged in the granite
business, retiring in 1895; selectman for
Hazlett, Charles Albert
Banker, historian; b., Portsmouth,
N. H., July 21, 1847; s. William and
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several years; representative, N. H.
legislature, 1876; member, constitu
tional convention, 1889, 1902, 1912.
Major Hollis is a great lover of nature
and the outdoor life, is much interested
in forestry and for many years was an
enthusiastic fox-hunter, m., July 9,
1864, Harriette Van Mater French,
Cambridge, Mass., dau. Judge Henry
Flagg French, gr. dau. Chief Justice
William M. Richardson of N. H.; d.
May 29, 1911; children, (1) Thomas,
b. May 5, 1865, m., 1st, Mary Letchworth Coonley of Chicago, 2d, Mary
Dwight Brooks, Pearl Creek, N. Y.,
children, Thomas, John Coonley, How
ard Coonley; (2) Anne Richardson, b.
July 9, 1867, m. Dr. Arthur Hutchins
Cilfey of New York City, children,
Grace (d.), John Kelly; (3) Henry
French (see p. 81); (4) Allen (see p.
49); (5) Harriette Van Mater, b. Sept.
21, 1874, d. April 10, 1877; (6) Mary
French, b. April 27, 1880, m. Ralph
E. Dakin of Concord, Mass., children,
Morrill, Harriette Van Mater, Mary
and Hollis. Residence, West Concord,
N.H.
Fletcher, Robert
Educator, civil engineer; b., New
York City, Aug. 23, 1847; s. Edward
H. and Mary A. (Hill) Fletcher (both
from Cavendish, Vt); ed. public
schools, College of City of New York
(three years); U. S. Military Academy,
West Point, 1868; second lieutenant,
U. S. Artillery, serving at Brownsville,
Tex. and Fort Trumbull, New London,
Conn.; instructor in mathematics, U.
S. Military Academy, 1869-70; re
signed to become senior professor and
director, Thayer School of Civil Engi
neering, at Dartmouth, 1871, serving
to the present time; consulting engineer
on water works and sanitation; engi
neer in charge of construction of Han
over water works, Enfield, N. H.,
water works, reservoir for Hartford,
Vt., water works, steel bridges—four
spans each—across Connecticut River
at West Lebanon and White River at
Hartford, Vt.; conducted part of the
New Hampshire-Vermont Boundary
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survey, 1917; contributor to technical
papers and N. H. Bulletins on sanita
tion and engineering construction;
Baptist; Republican; school trustee,
seventeen years; member, N. H. state
board of health since 1895 (president
since 1913); president and engineer,
Hanover Water Works Co.; member,
American Soc. C. E., forty-four yeare,
member and past president, Soc. for
Promotion of Engineering Education;
fellow, A. A. A. S., *BK (hon.),
Graduate Club, Hanover; received hon
orary A.M., Dartmouth, 1871, Ph.D.,
1881; m., July 2, 1872, Ellen M. Hunt
ington; children, Mary A., Robert H.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Whipple, Sherman Leland
Lawyer; b., New London, N. H.,
March 4, 1862; s. Dr. Solomon Mason
and Henrietta Kimball (Hersey) Whip
ple; descendant of Matthew Whipple,
a freeman of Ipswich Hamlet, now
Hamilton, Mass., in 1638, and greatgrandson of Moses Whipple, one of the
first settlers of Croydon, N. H., and
�Hon. Sherman L. Whipple
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long a leading citizen of the town, who
commanded the town company at
Bennington, where he served under his
kinsman, General William Whipple,
signer of the Declaration of Independ
ence, in command of the Second N. H.
Brigade; ed. public schools, Colby
Academy, 1877, Yale College, A.B.,
1881 (a Commencement orator), and
Yale Law School, LL.B., 1884 (Townsend orator). Admitted to the bar,
Connecticut and New Hampshire in
1884, Massachusetts, 1885; practiced
a few months in Manchester, N. H.,
and in 1885 removed to Boston, where
he has established a practice in his
profession said to be the largest in New
England. He has conducted heavy
litigation in many notable causes in
volving large sums of money and
attracting considerable popular interest ;
in 1917 he acted as counsel for the
Committee on Rules of the House in
conducting the famous "Leak Investi
gation" as to advance information to
the Stock Exchange relating to the
President's Peace Note to belligerents;
Democratic nominee for United States
Senator in Massachusetts legislature
in 1911 and 1913; delegate-at-large to
the constitutional convention of 1917;
member of Committees on Rules and
Procedure and Initiative and Refer
endum; member of American, Massa
chusetts State, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bos
ton bar associations; University, Algon
quin, Country, Yale (Boston), Yale
(New York), and Twentieth Century
clubs; lives at Brookline; summer
residence at Plymouth, where he owns
an estate of some 1500 acres devoted
to farming—Guernsey cattle and Chev
iot sheep, especially; owner of the
historic grove at Brook Farm and
Pulpit Rock, where John Eliot, "the
Apostle," preached to the Indians;
m., Dec. 27, 1893, Louise (d. July 20,
1914), daughter of the late Hon. Lucien
B. Clough; children, Dorothy (Mrs.
Russel Thurston Fry), Katharyn Carleton (Mrs. Lothrop Withington), Sher
man Leland, Jr., volunteer in American
Field Service work in France.
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Waterman, Thomas Palmer
Lumberman, banker; b., West Leb
anon, N. H., Dec. 10, 1844; s. Silas and
Sarah (Wood) Waterman; grandson of
Thomas Waterman, first male child
born in Lebanon; ed. public schools
and Kimball Union Academy, Meriden; engaged in lumber business from
early life, owning and operating a mill
on the Mascoma River, on the first
privilege utilized by the early settlers
of the town; Congregationalist; Re
publican; long prominent in public af
fairs of the town, serving sixteen years
as a member of the board of selectmen,
as a member of the N. H. legislature in
1878 and 1879 and again in 1913-14,
and delegate in the N. H. constitutional
convention of 1912; he is president of
the People's Trust Co. of Lebanon, a
member of the Langdon Club, and
served several years as a member of
the board of trustees of the Rockland
Military Institute; Patron of Hus
bandry and member of Lebanon and
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Mascoma Valley Pomona Grange; m.,
Dec. 11, 1886, Rosamond Wood; one
dau., died in infancy. Residence, West
Lebanon, N. H.
Warren, Joseph
Farmer, lumberman, brick manu
facturer; b., Pembroke, N. H., July 12,
1857; s. Hugh T. and Lydia A. (Moore)
Warren; ed. common schools and Pem
broke Academy; engaged for several
years in the manufacture of brick in
Pembroke, then removing to Rochester
where he continued extensively in the
business, making as many as 17,000,000
brick in a season; Democrat; member,
Rochester board of aldermen, 18923-4; member, N. H. house of represent
atives, 1903, 1913; mayor of Roches
ter, 1910, 1911-, chosen for second
term without opposition; inspector of
state highways, 1914; appointed com
missioner of insurance in Dec., 1914, by
Gov. Samuel D. Felker and removed by
legislative address for partisan reasons,
in January, 1915; appointed postmaster
of Rochester by President Wilson, Feb.
3, 1916, since continuing; m., Aug. 4,
1878, Addie G. Elliott of Pembroke;
one daughter, Sarah W. (Mrs. Albert
D. Jones of Rochester). Residence,
Rochester, N. H.
Barnabee, Henry Clay
Musical comedian; b., Portsmouth,
N. H., Nov. 14, 1833; s. Willis Barna
bee; ed. public schools; mercantile
clerk in youth in Portsmouth and Bos
ton; appeared in entertainments of
Boston Mercantile Library Ass'n, com
mencing in April, 1854, and soon de
veloped much talent as a singer and
comedian; sang many years in church
choirs in and around Boston, including
nineteen years as a member of the quar
tette of the Church of the Unity; in
1865 gave up mercantile life and or
ganized the Barnabee Operetta Co.,
which was succeeded in 1870 by the
Barnabee Concert Co.; subsequently
appearing in monologue work in Ly
ceum courses; joined the Boston Ideal
Opera Co., in 1879, appearing as Sir
Joseph Porter in "Pinafore" and in
other leading roles; in 1887, with Tom
Karl and others, organized The Bostonians, in which he created leading
opera roles, notably the "Sheriff of Not
tingham" in Robin Hood; first ap
peared in vaudeville in Brooklyn, Sept.
12, 1904; member, Ancient and Hon
orable Artillery Co., Boston; author,
"My Wanderings," 1913; m., 1859,
Clara, dau. Maj. Daniel George of
Warner, N. H. Residence, Jamaica
Plain, Mass.
Webster, Harold Adams
Commissioner of weights and meas
ures; b., Ashland, N. H., Aug. 12, 1885;
s. Rev. Lorin and Jennie Josephine
(Adams) Webster; ed. public schools
of Ashland and Plymouth, and Holderness School for Boys, 1904; Episco
palian; Republican; member, school
board and library trustee, Ashland;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1913-14, 1917-18, serving each
session on appropriations committee;
appointed commissioner of weights and
measures, by Governor Keyes, upon the
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establishment of the office, in 1917;
for several years curator of the Holderness School, of which his father has
long been rector; also for some time
135
American Chemical Soc., N. H. His
torical Soc., Psi Upsilon, Alpha Kappa
Kappa, Delta Omicron Gamma College
organizations, Graduate Club, Hano
ver, Ouroboros Club; m., July 9, 1879,
Caroline Elizabeth Rice, Milwaukee,
Wis. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Colony, John Joslin
Woolen manufacturer; b., Keene,
N. H., Nov. 14, 1864; s. Horatio and
Emeline E. (Joslin) Colony; ed. Keene
schools and Harvard University, A.B. ,
1885; Unitarian; Democrat; member,
Keene city council, school committee>
N. H. house of representatives from
Ward 5, Keene, 1893; delegate from
N. H., Democratic national convention,
1908; treasurer, Cheshire Mills, Harrisville, N. H.; director, Ashuelot Nationa
Bank, Keene, Winchester Nationa
Bank, Winchester, N. H; Mason
Knight Templar, Patron of Husbandry ;
a director of Camp Wachusett, a sum
mer camp for boys at Squam Lake;
member, Derryfield Club, Manchester,
Wonolancet, Concord. Residence, Holderness, N. H., Plymouth, P. O.
Bartlett, Edwin Julius
Educator; b., Hudson, O., Feb. 16,
1851; s. Samuel Colcord and Mary
Bacon (Learned) Bartlett; ed. Chicago
public schools, Lake Forest Academy,
1868, Dartmouth College, 1872,
Rush Medical College, 1879; associate
professor of Chemistry, Dartmouth
College, 1879-83, professor since 1883;
Congregationalist; Republican; mod
erator, town of Hanover, 1906-12;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1913; president trustees, Mary
Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Han
over; Fellow, American Ass'n for Ad
vancement of Science; honorary mem
ber, N. H. Medical Soc.; member,
m.,Oct. 16, 1907, Charlotte Whitcomb
children, Emeline J., b. Nov. 25, 1£08
John J., Jr., June 11, 1915. Residence
Keene, N. H.
�Mrs. Emma Blood French
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French, Emma Blood
Philanthropist; b., Manchester, N.
H., Oct. 15, 1863; dau. Aretas and
Lavinia (Kendall) Blood; ed. in the
Manchester schools and at Dr. Gannett's boarding-school, Chester Square,
Boston, Mass.; m. Dr. L. Melville
French of Manchester, June 1, 1887
(d. Dec. 21,1914); daughter, Margaret
Lavinia, b. April 20, 1888, m. Carl
Spencer Fuller of Manchester, June 9,
1910; grandchildren, Mary Spencer,
1911, and Henry Melville, 1914. In
1916 Mrs. French erected and en
dowed a building for the Manchester
Institute of Arts and Sciences, an in
stitution in which she had long been
interested. This building is adjacent
to the Carpenter Library, erected in
memory of her sister, Elenora Blood
Carpenter, by the latter's husband,
Frank P. Carpenter. With Mrs. Car
penter, Mrs. French gave the maternity
and children's ward to the Eliot Hos
pital and endowed it; and in 1918 Mrs.
French built and endowed the L. Mel
ville French children's ward for the
same hospital. Mrs. French started
the first Shakespeare Club in Man
chester, 1872; president of the Woman's
Aid and Relief Home, founded by her
Earents, 1899-; vice-president, Pemroke Sanitarium; director, District
Nursing Ass'n; member, Franklin
Street Congregational church, N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Dames, D. A. R.,
Board of Council of the Manchester
Institute, Y. M. C. A., Children's
Home, Red Cross, Navy League,
Y. W. C. A. War Relief (patron),
N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women
and Children at Concord. Residence,
North River Road, Manchester, and
Little Boar's Head, N. H.
Brennan, Vincent John
Woolen manufacturer; b., Manches
ter, N. H., Sept. 25, 1847; s. William
J. and Mary (Murphy) Brennan; ed.
public schools; removed to Rockford,
Conn., in childhood and reared there;
entered the New England Mill in Rockford in early life continuing five years
and becoming an overseer at the age of
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21; superintendent of carding in Salis
bury Mills, Amesbury, Mass., six years;
Asabet Mfg. Co.'s Mills, Maynard,
Mass., superintendent of carding five
years; superintendent, Ottequechee
Woolen Co., North Hartland, Vt., six
years; superintendent, A. G. Dewey &
Co., Quechee, Vt., twelve years; re
moved to Newport, N. H., in 1906 as
general agent of the Brampton Mills,
since continuing; served also as general
agent, Dexter Richards & Sons Mills,
1912-16; Catholic; Democrat; member,
Newport board of trade; m., 1st, April,
1871, Cora F. Keyes, Orland, Me., d.
Feb., 1891; 2d, Nov., 1891, Edith L.
Reed; children, Vincent John, Jr., su
perintendent, Brampton Mills; Ralph
A. (Philadelphia Textile School) ; Maud
E. (Wheaton College, 1914, Mary
land College, 1916). Residence, New
port, N. H.
Chandler, Fred Gray
Teacher, farmer; b., Penacook,
N. H. (Concord, Ward One), Dec. 31,
1845; s. Nathan and Louisa (Ferrin)
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Chandler; descendant in the tenth gen
eration from William Chandler, the
immigrant ancestor, who settled in
Roxbury, Mass., 1637, and in the fifth
generation from Rev. Timothy Walker,
first minister of Concord (1730-82);
ed. Penacook schools, Elmwood Acad
emy, Boscawen; teacher of schools in
Boscawen and Webster, and principal
of Penacook grammar school several
years, since when he has followed agri
culture on the ancestral homestead,
specializing in dairy farming; member,
Congregational Church since early
youth; Republican, suffragist, prohibi
tionist; member, board of selectmen,
several years; member, Concord com
mon council, 1876-8; m., June 21,
1877, Mary S. Abbott; one dau.. Annie
Mary, b. July 12, 1880, studied piano
with Milo Benedict, organ with John
Herman Loud, Boston, musical theory
with Claude P. Landi (now of Rome,
Italy), school methods with Charles S.
Conant; teacher of the piano, and or
ganist, Baptist church, Penacook, since
1903; for several years supervisor of
music in the Penacook schools.
dence, Penacook, N. H.
Resi
Colby, James Fairbanks
Lawyer, educator; b., St. Johnsbury,
Vt., Nov. 18, 1850; s. James K. and
Sarah A. (Pierce) Colby; ed. St. Johnsbury Academy, 1868; Dartmouth Col
lege, 1872, Columbian (now George
Washington) University, LL.B., 1875;
practiced law in New Haven, Conn.,
1878-85; instructor in economics
and history, Sheffield School, Yale Uni
versity, 1879-81; lecturer on inter
national law, Yale Law School, 1883-5;
Parker professor of law and political
science, Dartmouth College, since 1885;
honorary A.M., Yale, 1877; LL.D.,
Dartmouth, 1901; Congregationalist;
Republican; member, N. H. forestry
commission, 1893-8; N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1902; member, N. H.
Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, Amer
ican Political Science Ass'n, American
Soc. International Law; editor, Manual
of N. H. Constitution, 1st ed., 1902,
2d ed., 1912; Maitland and Montagu's
Sketch of English Legal History, and
legal and political essays; unmarried.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Day, Harry Brooks
Organist, musician and composer; b.,
Newmarket, N. H., Sept. 5, 1858; s.
Warren K. and Martha (Brooks) Day;
moved in childhood to Concord, N. H.;
ed. Concord high school, 1878, studied
music in United States, England and
Munich, grad. Akademie der Tonkunst Miinchen, 1899; ten years, or
ganist and choirmaster, St. Ann's
church, Lowell, Mass.; then at New
ton, Mass.; musical director and or
ganist at the Cambridge Theological
School; visiting choirmaster of St.
Mary's, Newton, Church of the Mes
siah, Auburndale, St. Paul's, Brookline
and St. John's, Cambridge, also director
of the Neighborhood Choristers, 150
voices; director of music in the Newton
Club and organist for the festival serv
ices of the Mass. Choir Guild; at Mu
nich, 1897-9, special pupil of Joseph
Rheinburger, chosen from sixty appli
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139
cants; then in London, studying boychoir training and organ accompani
ment at St. Paul's Cathedral; since
1900 has lived at Brooklyn, N. Y.,
organist at Epiphany, St. Michael's ana
St. Luke's, officiating twelve years at
the latter church; Episcopalian; mem
ber, Altair Lodge, Brooklyn, American
Guild of Organists, St. Wilfred Club,
Clef Club (president), N. Y. Musicians'
Club and many other musical organ
izations; composer of Kobold Song,
schools, Wilton, N. H., Pembroke
Academy, Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1887, Smith College,
B.L., 1891, Woman's Medical College
of the New York Infirmary, M.D.,
1896; assistant physician in various
state and private hospitals for the care
of the insane, in Massachusetts, since
1898; now assistant physician in the
Boston State Hospital; Congregationalist; member, American MedicoPsychological Ass'n, American Medi
The Sirens, Lochinvar, Easter Cantata
and Christmas Postlude, orchestral ac
companiment; for the organ, Nocturne
in D Flat, Allegro Symphonique, Suite
in C Major, Prelude, Romanza Finale,
Legende in A Flat Major, also of much
church music and hymns, carols and
songs; m. Roselle M. Barker, Oct. 18,
1900. Residence, Brooklyn, N. Y. and
Peterboro, N. H.
cal Ass'n, Mass. Medical Soc, N. E.
Soc. of Psychiatry, Ass'n of Collegiate
Alumnae, Smith College Alumnae Ass'n,
College Club, Boston, Nat'l Geographic
Soc; unmarried; anti-suffragist; taught
in Pembroke Academy, 1891-2, and in
Bermuda (private family), 1892-3.
Address, Boston State Hospital, Mattapan, Mass.
Abbott, Florence Hale
Physician; b., Wilton, N. H., Oct.
20, 1867; dau. Harris and Caroline
Ann (Greeley) Abbot; ed. public
Greenleaf, Charles Henry
Hotel proprietor; b., Danville, Vt.,
July 23, 1841; s. Seth and Lydia Hal
(Burnham) Greenleaf; ed. public and
private schools, Concord, N. H.; con-
�Col. Charles H. Greenleaf
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menced hotel life in the summer of
1857 at the Profile House, White Mts.,
remaining there four seasons, then two
seasons at the Crawford House, then
two years in New York and Washing
ton, returning to the Profile House in
1865 as a member of the firm of Taft,
Tyler & Greenleaf, succeeded in 1868
by Taft & Greenleaf, which continued
until 1897, although Mr. Taft died in
1881. In 1897 a stock company was
formed, with Mr. Greenleaf as presi
dent and general manager, which has
continued to the present time. Since
1886 Mr. Greenleaf has also been a
member of C. H. Greenleaf & Co., op
erating Hotel Vendome, Boston. No
hotel man in the country has had a
longer experience or a wider acquaint
ance among the highest class of tour
ists. Baptist; Republican; member,
staff of Gov. Benjamin F. Prescott,
with rank of Colonel, 1877-8; delegate,
Republican national convention, 1888;
member, N. H. house of representatives,
1895-6, 1901-2; N. H. senate, 1897-8;
executive council, 1905-6; presidential
elector, 1908; eleven years treasurer
and manager, Profile & Franconia
Notch R. R; m., 1st, May 2, 1867,
Abbie Frances Burnham, Plymouth,
N. H., who d. April 17, 1914; 2d, June
25, 1915, Miss Mabelle Furst, Lock
Haven, Pa. Address, Profile House,
N. H., or Hotel Vendome, Boston.
Wellington, Leonard
Lawyer; b., Walpole, N. H., Sept. 12,
1841; s. William and Achsah (Kidder)
Wellington; ed. Walpole schools, Mt.
Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, Bernardston, Mass., Academy, Kimball Union
Academy, Meriden, Albany, N. Y.,
Law School, 1865; studied m office of
the late Don H. Woodward of Keene;
admitted to the bar in 1865 and has
practiced there since; in partnership
with Mr. Woodward ten years from
July, 1866, since then alone; Congregationalist; Republican; member,
Keene board of health, fifteen years;
solicitor for Cheshire County, 1869-71 ;
member, Lodge of the Temple, A. F. &
A. M., Keene; m., Jan. 19, 1870, Har
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riet Lyon Chandler; two sons, Clarence
E., b. April 11, 1872, and Lyon
Chandler, b. Jan. 24, 1879. Residence,
Keene, N. H.
Kimball, Henry Ames
Iron founder; b., Concord, N. H.,
Oct. 19, 1864; s. Benjamin Ames and
Myra Tilton (Elliott) Kimball; ed.
Phillips Andover Academy and by
private tutors in Europe; Congregationalist; Republican; member, South
Congregational Church, Concord; di
rector of and liberal contributor to
Concord Y. M. C. A.; in 1887, ad
mitted (on examination) a Fellow of the
Society of Science, Letters and Art,
London, England; life member, N. H.
Historical Soc, and recording secre
tary, 1905-13; member, Sons of the
American Revolution and the Society
of Colonial Wars; partner and asso
ciate manager, Ford & Kimball and the
Cushman Electric Co.; trustee, Merri
mack County Savings Bank; director,
Mount Washington R. R.; author
genealogy, "The Elliotts of Boscawen,
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N. H.," Rumford Press, 1918; m., Nov.
17, 1904, Charlotte Atkinson, dau.
John Harrison and Josephine B. (At
kinson) Goodale, Nashua, N. H. (Wellesley, 1898). Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Baker, Walter Smith
Merchant tailor; b., Wellfleet, Mass.,
Jan. 15, 1850; s. Capt. David and
Betsey M. (Higgins) Baker; grandson
Eleazer Higgins of Wellfleet who served
under Washington and during the Rev
olution was captured by the British and
imprisoned in England; also, descended
in the eighth generation from Stephen
Hopkins of the Mayflower; ed. schools
of Wellfleet, including high school;
moved to Concord, N. H., 1874; mer
chant tailor in Concord, 1875-1914;
director of Concord Y. M . C. A. twentyfive years and of N. H. Anti-Saloon
League since organization, 1899; trus
tee of Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H.;
charter member, Baker Memorial
(Methodist Episcopal) church and sec
retary and treasurer of board of trus
*N
tees of church; delegate to Ecumenical
Convention, Indianapolis, 1914; mem
ber, N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Sons
of American Revolution and Concord
Equal Suffrage League; RepublicanProhibitionist; m. Martha Sparrow of
Wellfleet, Feb. 11, 1875; children,
Helen M., ed. Goucher College, teacher
in private schools; Bessie J., Teachers'
College, Columbia University and Miss
Wheelock's Kindergarten, Boston,
kindergarten teacher, public schools,
Somerville, Mass.; Walter Stanley,
B.S., Wesleyan University, 1901, has
succeeded his father in business, m.
Alice Holbrook of Philadelphia, Feb.
22, 1908 (ch.: Robert Holbrook, Alice,
Helen Elizabeth, Louise); James Her
bert, B.S., Wesleyan University, 1903,
bond salesman for E. H. Rollins' Sons,
d. Sept. 9, 1910; Leland Vincent, Con
cord high school, 1908, International
Y. M. C. A. College, 1916, enlisted
U. S. Signal Corps, 1917, studying
U. S. School of Military Aeronautics,
Princeton, N. J. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Hackett, Wallace
Lawyer; b., Portsmouth, N. H., May
1, 1856; s. William H. and Mary W.
(Healey) Hackett; ed. public and priv
ate schools, and Harvard Law School,
1879; studied in the office of his grand
father, the late Hon. W. H. Y. Hackett,
and has practiced law in Portsmouth
since admission to the bar in 1879, but
has devoted his attention largely to
business affairs; Unitarian; Republi
can; city solicitor, three years; mayor
of Portsmouth, 1907-8; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1909-10;
president, Republican state convention,
1908; member, N. H. Historical Soc,
Aldrich Memorial Ass'n (president),
A. F. & A. M., B. P. O. E.; m., 1883,
Abby M. Winchester; one dau.,
Marion. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Hanson, Benjamin Frank
Liveryman; b., Somersworth, N. H.,
Dec. 12, 1848; s. Benjamin F. and
Mary E. (Libbey) Hanson; ed. public
schools, Sanford, Me., and Lebanon
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143
Me., Academy; engaged in the livery
business in Somersworth since early
life; Baptist; Democrat; city treasurer,
Somersworth, three years; commis
sioner, Strafford County, six years;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1913; mayor of Somersworth,
five terms; judge, Somersworth dis
trict court, 1913-15; director, Somers
worth National Bank; chairman, board
of cemetery trustees; president, Han
son Family Ass'n; member, A. F. &
(Lawrence) Gerrish; ed. public schools
and Phillips Andover, Mass., Academy,
1874. For a time, after graduating at
Andover, he was employed in the N. H.
Savings Bank, Concord, but, prefer
ring an outdoor life, he purchased a
farm at Boscawen Plain, where he has
since lived. Congregationalist; Repub
lican; selectman, Boscawen, 1880-4,
1891-6, 1901-17; commissioner, Merri
mack County, 1886-8; treasurer, 18926; trustee, N. H. Savings Bank, since
A. M., lodge, chapter and commandery; Patron of Husbandry, past master,
Somersworth Grange, Eastern N. H.
Pomona Grange; district and Pomona
deputy, N. H. State Grange; m., Oct. 25,
1866, Fannie T. Thompson, Shapleigh,
Me.; one son, Bert, b. July 26, 1867
(Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale College,
1890, Cornell University Law School,
1893). Residence, Somersworth, N.H.
1911; life member, N. H. Historical
Soc; with John and Benjamin A. Kim
ball, donor of the Boscawen public
library building, dedicated Aug. 20,
1913; m., March 22, 1888, Isabel Seavey. Residence, Boscawen, N. H.
Gerrish, Frank Lawrence
Farmer; b., Boscawen, N. H., May
19, 1855; s. Enoch and Miranda O.
Emery, Fred Parker
Educator; b., Pembroke, N. H.,
April 11, 1865; s. Natt M. and Abbie H.
(Sargent) Emery; ed. Pembroke Acad
emy, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1887,
A.M., 1890, Universities of Paris and
Berlin; instructor in English, Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, 1887-
�Hon. Reuben E. Walker
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91; professor of English, Dartmouth
College, since 1894; Republican; mem
ber, EKE, *BK, St. Botolph
Club, Boston, Mass.; editor of text
books for college work in English; m.,
1889, Mary Elizabeth Chesley. Resi
dence, Hanover, N. H.
Walker, Reuben Eugene
Jurist; b., Lowell, Mass., Feb. 15,
1851; s. Abial and Mary (Powers)
Walker; ed. Warner public schools,
Colby Academy, New London, 1871,
Brown University, A.B., 1875; LL.D.,
Dartmouth, June 1916; studied law
with Sargent & Chase, Concord; ad
mitted to the bar in 1878, and com
menced practice in Concord; in part
nership five years with Robert A. Ray
under name of Ray & Walker, subse
quently some years alone; member,
firm of Streeter, Walker & Hollis, 1891
to 1901; Unitarian; Republican; super
intending school committee, Warner;
solicitor, Merrimack County, 1889-91;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1895, N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1902; appointed associate
justice, N. H. supreme court, March
28, 1901; trustee, Concord public
library since 1901 (president since
1903); member, N. H. Historical Soc,
N. H. Bar Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n,
(vice-president for New Hampshire),
Brown Alumni Ass'n, American Uni
tarian Ass'n, Council of National De
fense, WonolancetClub; co-author, Ray
& Walker's N. H. Citations; m., June
18, 1875, Mary E. Brown, d. June 21,
1903; one dau. Bertha May. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Rolofson, Mary Currier
(Mrs. Warren T. Rolofson); writer;
b., Wentworth, N. H., May 24, 1869;
dau. Lorenzo and Josephine (Pillsbury)
Currier; ed. public schools, St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, 1889, Smith Col
lege, and special course in English lit
erature at Wellesley, 1895; a lover of
literature from childhood, she began
writing early, contributing many stories
and poems to well-known periodicals.
Published works: "Among the Granite
145
Hills," 1894; "A Summer in New
Hampshire," 1904; "A Few Songs,"
1905; "Songs to One Silent," 1905.
Congregationalist; m., July 30, 1907,
Warren T. Rolofson; removed in 1914
to Powell, Wyoming, with her husband.
where they located a claim on the
Shoshone Project of U. S. Reclamation
Service and now reside.
Laycock, Craven
Dean of Dartmouth College; b.,
Bradford, England, Sept. 30, 1866; s.
John and Martha (Berry) Laycock;
came to New Hampshire in 1S82; ed.
common school in England, N. H. Con
ference Seminary, Tilton, 1892; Dart
mouth College, 1896; instructor, Art
of Public Speaking, Dartmouth Col
lege, 1897-1900; assistant professor of
Oratory, 1900-10; professor of Oratory,
1910-13; assistant dean, 1911-13, dean,
1913-; Congregationalist; Republican;
member of the N. H. bar, having
practiced law for some years in Han
over: member, A. F. & A. M., Delta
Kappa Epsilon and Casque and Gaunt
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let societies; author, "Argumentation
and Debate," 1904, Manual of Argu
mentation, 1906; m., April 19, 1900,
Florence Annette Hill, of Tilton, N.H.;
two daughters. Residence, Hanover,
N. H.
Sherman, Lillian Adelaide Tourtelotte
Writer; b., Maxfield, Me., April 28,
1875; dau. Franklin and Mary E.
(Bryant) Tourtelotte; ed. public
schools and Foxcroft, Me., Academy,
1890; direct descendant, on paternal
side, of Gabriel Bernon, Duke of Bur
gundy, who renounced his title and
estates and led to this country the first
Huguenot Colony in New England; on
maternal side a near kinswoman of the
late William Cullen Bryant, whose
literary talent she reflects in large
measure; has written extensively for the
press since early youth, and many of
her poems have been widely copied;
Baptist; member, P. of H. (6th de
gree), D. A. R., W. R. C S. of V. Aux
iliary, Suffrage Club; ardent advocate
of woman's enfranchisement, and fre
quent reader and speaker at publie
gatherings; m., Aug. 12, 1906, Joshua A.
Sherman. Residence, Warner, N. H.,
Contoocook, R. F. D.
Hanson, Bert
Lawyer; b., Sanford, Me., July 26,
1867; s. Benjamin F. and Fannie
(Thompson) Hanson; ed. public schools
of Somersworth, N. H. (in which town
he was reared), Phillips Exeter Acad
emy, 1886, Yale College, A.B., 1890,
Cornell University Law School, LL.B.,
1893; admitted to the New York bar
in 1894, and in practice in New York
City since 1895; Democrat; third
deputy commissioner of police in New
York City, under Gen. Theodore A.
Bingham from Jan., 1907 to June, 1909;
appointed assistant attorney-general
in charge of customs cases, by Presi
dent Wilson in May, 1914, which posi
tion he still holds; member, A. F. &
A. M., Zeta Psi Fraternity; National
Democratic Club, Cornell University
Club, Yale Club and Reform Club
(trustee), of New York City; Metro
politan Club and University Club,
Washington, D. C, and Municipal
Art Soc. (director), New York City;
unmarried. Residence, 50 Vanderbilt ave.; business address, 48 Broad
way, New York City.
Owen, Ellery Scott
Bond salesman; b., July 17, 1860,
Belchertown, Mass.; s. Rev. Eleazar
and Mary Abigail (Walker) Owen;
ed. public schools of Springfield and
Westfield, Mass., and Portsmouth,
N. H., Portsmouth high school, 1877;
in 1882 began travelling for the
Boston publishing house of D. Lothrop
& Co.; 1886-92, associated with the
Kansas City Investment Co., first at
Kansas City, last three years in Hart
ford, Conn., managing their branch
office; 1892-1909, represented Conn.
General Life Insurance Co. of Hartford,
during greater part of the time man
ager for New Hampshire, moving from
Portsmouth to Concord in 1902; since
1909 N. H. representative of Baker,
Ayling & Young, investment bankers
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of Boston; independent Republican;
member, South Congregational church,
Concord (deacon since 1904), moder
ator of the N. H. State Congregational
Conference, 1906; director, Portsmouth
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Holyoke College, 1919; Harold Holmes,
b. Portsmouth, Nov. 2, 1899, Amherst
College, 1921; Eleanor, b. Concord,
Aug. 25, 1910 (d. Dec. 2, 1913). Resi
dence, 79 Warren St., Concord, N. H.
Fowler, William Plumer
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Oct. 3,
1850; s. Judge Asa and Mary Cilley
(Knox) Fowler; ed. Concord high
school, 1867, Dartmouth College, A.B.,
1872; studied law in the office of
Sumner Albee, Boston, and at Boston
University Law School; admitted to
the bar in Boston in 1875, and since
then in practice in that city; Uni
tarian; Republican; appointed member
of the Board of Overseers of the Poor
of Boston in April, 1889, elected chair
man of the board in 1891, and since
annually re-elected; chairman, Licens
Y. M. C. A. and instrumental in organ
izing the same, 1888; director, Concord
Y. M. C. A., 1903-14 (president two
years); member, state executive com
mittee of Y. M. C. A. for N. H., 18921912 (chairman, 1901-3, an incorpora
tor, 1904, treasurer, 1904-7); member,
Belknap Lodge, No. 14, I. O. O. F.,
Meredith, N. H., Wonolancet Club,
Concord, Concord board of trade; m.,
1st, June 14, 1888, Elizabeth Moody
Flagg, dau. John H. and Emma D.
(Moody) Flagg, Portsmouth, N. H.
(d. June 22, 1894); 2d, Oct. 14, 1896,
Alice Goldsmith Holmes, dau. Rev.
Theodore J. and Ellen L. (Goldsmith)
Holmes, Hopkinton, Mass.; children,
Forest Flagg, b. Hartford, Conn., May
23, 1890, A.B., Dartmouth, 1913; Mar
gery Heard, b. Portsmouth, July 1,
1893 (d. Feb. 7, 1895); Margaret, b.
Portsmouth, July 28, 1897, Mount
ing Board, City of Boston; Institution
Registrar, City of Boston; director,
Manchester & Lawrence R. R.; presi
dent, Manchester Mills; director, War
ren Brothers Co.; in conjunction with
�Hox. Trvinc: W. Drew
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his aster, Clara M. Fowler, gave the
city of Concord the Fowler Library
building in 1888; m., Oct 14, 1899,
Susan Farnham Smith; children, Wil
liam Plumer, Jr., b. Aug. 5, 1900,
(Dartmouth, 1921); Katharine Stev
ens, b. June 12, 1902; Philip, b. June 6,
1906. Office, 18 Tremont St.; resi
dence, 1 Plymouth St., Boston, Mass.,
and Little Boar's Head, N. H.
Drew, Irving Webster
Lawyer; b., Colebrook, N. H., Jan.
8, 1845; s. Amos Webster and Julia
Esther (Lovering) Drew; ed. public
and private schools, Colebrook acad
emy, Kimball Union Academy, 1866,
Dartmouth College, 1870; studied law
in the office of Ray & Ladd at Lan
caster; admitted to the bar in Novem
ber, 1871, and succeeded Hon. Wil
liam S. Ladd, upon his appointment as
a justice of the Supreme Court, in
partnership with Hon. Ossian Ray,
under the firm name of Ray & Drew;
subsequently the firm became suc
cessively, Ray, Drew & Heywood, Ray,
Drew & Jordan, Drew & Jordan,
Drew, Jordan & Buckley, Drew, Jor
dan, Buckley & Shurtleff, Drew, Shurtleff & Morris, and Drew, Shurtleff,
Morris & Oakes, Mr. Drew's connec
tion continuing to the present time;
admitted to practice in U. S. Courts in
1877; Episcopalian; Democrat till
1896, Republican since; moderator
town of Lancaster; member, N. H.
state senate, 1883-4, N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1902, 1912; delegate
in Democratic national conventions of
1880, 1892 and 1896 (withdrew);
major 3d Reg. N. H. N. G., 1876-9;
director, Lancaster National Bank;
trustee and president, Siwooganock
Guaranty Savings Bank; president,
Upper Coos R. R.; trustee and presi
dent, Lancaster Library; member,
N. H. Bar Ass'n. (president, 1899),
N. H. Historical Soc., A. F. & A. M.
(Knight Templar), I. O. O. F.; presi
dent of the day at Lancaster's one
Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary
Celebration, Aug. 12, 1914; m., Nov.
4, 1869, Caroline Hatch Merrill,
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Colebrook; children, Paul b. Feb. 20,
1872 d. Oct. 1, 1872; Neil Bancroft,
b. Sept. 9, 1873, d. May 7, 1905; Pitt
Fessenden, b. Aug. 27, 1875, m. Mabel
Swain; Sara Maynard, b. Dec. 19,
1876, m. Edward Kimball Hall. Resi
dence, Lancaster, N. H.
Odlin, Arthur Fuller
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., April
25, 1860; s. Woodbridge and Abby
Pratt (Comstock) Odlin; ed. Concord
high school, 1876, Dartmouth College,
Boston University Law School, 1885;
Unitarian; Republican since 1896 (for
merly Cleveland Democrat) ; attorneygeneral, Porto Rico, 1899-1901; judge,
Court of First Instance, Philippine
Islands, 1901-4; vice-president, Florida
State Bar Ass'n, 1916-17; m., Oct. 5,
1886, Mary Emma Allen, Lancaster,
N. H., children, Lawrence Allen, b.
1889, now assistant paymaster, U. S.
Navy; Evelyn, b. 1893, m. Oct. 11,
1917, James Kennedy Atwood, Jackson
ville, Fla. Judge Odlin has appeared,
occasionally, on the public lecture plat
form, and has written occasional arti
cles for legal magazines, generally in
English, sometimes in Spanish. Resi
dence, Arcadia, Fla.
Abbot, Charles Greeley
Astronomer; b., Wilton, N. H., May
31, 1872; s., Harris and Caroline Ann
(Greeley) Abbot; ed. Wilton high
school, 1888, Phillips Andover Acad
emy, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, S.B., 1894, S.M., 1895; Congregationalist, Republican; director,
Astrophysical Observatory, Smith
sonian Institution, Washington, D. C.,
1906 to the present time; member,
National Academy of Sciences, Royal
Astronomical Soc. of Great Britain,
Soc. Astron. de France, Meteorologische
Gesellschaft of Germany, Academy of
Modena, Italy, etc.; discovered vari
ability of the sun; invented numerous
scientific instruments, some widely in
use in the world; author of "The Sun,"
and numerous scientific articles; m.,
Oct. 13, 1897, Lillian E. Moore. Resi
dence, Washington, D. C.
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Jones, Fred Andros
Lawyer; b., Stoneham, Mass., April
9, 1884; s. Andros B. and Lizzie J.
(Young) Jones; ed. Nashua high school,
Dartmouth College, 1906, and Harv
ard Law School; admitted to N. H.
bar, 1909; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives from Lebanon, 1913-14;
member, executive committee, Repub
lican state committee since 1914; mod
erator, Lebanon, since 1914; judge,
Infirmary, 1887; Congregationalist;
member, Manchester Medical Soc,
Hillsboro County Medical Soc., N. H.
Medical Soc, American Medical Ass'n,
W. C. T U., Florence Nightingale Club,
Manchester
Federation Woman's
Clubs, staff of Beacon Hill Hospital,
president trustees, N. H. Memorial
Hospital for Women and Children,
Concord. Residence,
Manchester,
N.H.
Roote, Clarence Burgess
Educator; b., Francestown, N. H..
Oct. 3, 1853; s. Martin Nelson, and
Abigail Kimball (McEwen) Roote; ed.
Francestown Academy, 1872, Williams
College, 1876, Boston University Law
School; admitted to Massachusetts
bar, 1884; headmaster, Northampton,
Mass., high school since 1888; member,
Phi Beta Kappa and Chi Psi societies,
Massachusetts High School Masters'
Club, Headmasters' Club of Western
Mass., Mass. State Teachers' Ass'n,
Classical Ass'n, of New England,
Monday Evening Club, Northampton,
Lay Readers' League; Episcopalian;
Democrat; senior warden and lay
reader, St. John's Church, Northamp
ton; member, Board of Religious Edu
cation, Diocese of Western Mass.;
three times delegate to Provincial
Synod, Province of New England; m.,
Oct. 3, 1882, Idelle M. Bothwell. Resi
dence, Northampton, Mass.
Lebanon municipal court, since 1915;
member, A. F. & A. M. (32d degree),
Knight Templar and Shriner, B. P.
O. E..K. of P., P. of H., S. of V., Langdon Club and Sunset Club; m. Mary
Elizabeth Bennett, Sept. 23, 1907;
children, Eleanor, Lucille, Robert.
Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Wallace, Ellen Alfreda
Physician; b., Hill, N. H., April 24,
1853; dau. Edmund Rundlett and
Mary Johnson (Flanders) Wallace; ed.
New Hampton Literary Institution,
1873, Medical College, New York
Foster, George J.
Newspaper publisher; b., Concord,
N. H., Feb. 13, 1854; s. Joshua L. and
Lucretia A. (Gale) Foster; ed. public
schools, Portsmouth high school, 1869;
learned the newspaper business in his
father's office and has been connected
with Foster's Democrat in Dover for the
last forty-five years, or more, most of
the time as publisher; Methodist;
Republican; member, Dover school
board, twenty-nine years (chairman,
1903-8); member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1893-4; mayor of
Dover, 1906, 1909-10; trustee, Straf
ford Savings Bank, Wentworth Home
for the Aged; Mason, 32d degree,
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K. of P., I. O. R. M., B. P. O. E.,
Bellamy Club, Dover; m., July 22,
1880, Annah C. Clark; children, Bertha
F. (Mrs. Harry C. Glidden), b. Aug. 3,
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mont; one dau., Ruth Porter, b. Con
cord, N. H., Sept. 19, 1878 (Smith,
1900), wife of Dr. Harmon Newell
of Claremont. Residence, Claremont,
N. H.
Bridgman, Don Seavey
Agriculture and business (retired);
b., Hanover, N. H., April 4, 1856; s.
John Ladd and Hortensia Arnold
(Wood) Bridgman; ed. Norwich, Vt.,
(Norwich Fitting School, 1876) and
Hanover, N. H.; engaged for many
years extensively in farming, dairying
being his specialty, producing butter
for the Boston market, keeping over
seventy cows and operating an up-todate creamery; poultry and swine were
also prominent lines; in recent years
has devoted his attention to the care
of large real estate interests in Han
over village; Baptist; Republican;
member, Hanover school board, nine
1883; Arthur, b. March 29, 1885;
Frederick, b. Dec. 9, 1887. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Brown, Frank Herbert
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Feb.
2, 1854; s. Oscar J. and Lavinia (Por
ter) Brown; ed. Claremont high school,
Dartmouth College, Boston University
Law School, 1876; admitted to the bar
in Boston and in New Hampshire, 1876,
and, after a time in Boston and Con
cord, commenced practice in Clare
mont in 1879, where he has since con
tinued, serving as counsel for various
corporations; organizer and counsel for
Claremont Railway and Lighting Co.;
Republican;
moderator;
member,
Stevens high school committee; solici
tor for Sullivan County, 1899-1907,
1909-13; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1901-3-5; m., Oct. 9,
1887, Susan Farwell Patten of Clare
and a half years from 1896; member,
board of selectmen, eighteen years
from 1899; superintendent, Hanover
Water Works Co., from 1916; Mason,
�Edna Dean Proctor
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32d degree, I. O. O. F., P. of H.; promi
nent many years in Grange work, Gen
eral Deputy, N. H. State Grange, two
terms, 1906-10; m., Oct., 30, 1882,
Jennie May Burton. Residence,
Hanover, N. H.
Proctor, Edna Dean
Poet; b. Sept. 18, 1829, Henniker, N.
H.; dau. John and Lucinda (Gould)
Proctor; ed. in early years at home by
her mother, later at Mt. Holyoke Semi
nary and at Concord, N. H., but in a
larger way by life and the society of
thinking men and women. Miss Proc
tor, New Hampshire's poet, born on
Proctor Hill overlooking the fair Contoocook river ("Monadnock's child of
snowdrifts born"), has made the hills
and vales of her native state known
round the world. A traveller in many
lands, intimately associated since young
womanhood with gifted and famous
people, she is still a genuine daughter
of New England. Her devotion to the
scenes of childhood does not preclude
her love for alien lands. In fact, her
wide-reaching sympathies have made
her peculiarly successful in interpreting
the spirit of foreign scenes and peoples.
Longfellow showed his appreciation of
this by including so many of her pro
ductions in his "Poems of Places."
Born with "eyes from out the East"
she has a marvellous understanding of
the Orient. Allah, Arabia, Islam live
in her verse with its lyric impetuosity
and impassioned fervor. Love of na
ture, of humanity and all that is high
est and best in art are her distinguish
ing characteristics. Her song, "Blazon
Columbia's Emblem, the Bounteous
Golden Corn," should ere this have
made the maize our national flower
for never has fitting symbol been so
gloriously celebrated. Her "Song of
the Ancient People," relating to the
Pueblo Indians, was so highly consid
ered that the late Mrs. Mary Hemenway of Boston (Hemenway Southwestern Archeol. Expedition) was at much
expense for its illustrations and it is
now read and studied in the schools.
Her "Russian Journey" was the fruit
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of two years of travel in Europe. In
cidental references in her poems show
her familiarity with most of the fa
mous scenes and objects of the world.
Her recent poem, "The Glory of Toil,"
has evoked much interest. In the last
decade she has crossed the Andes,
spending a season in South America;
but she rarely fails to visit her native
town each summer. Her inspiring per
sonality as well as her genius have
made her an uplifting influence whereever she has dwelt. For many years
her home was in Brooklyn, N. Y., but
she has spent much time in Washing
ton and Atlantic City. Her books are:
"Poems" (1866), "A Russian Journey"
(1871), "Poems" (1890), "A Russian
Journey" (revised 1890), "The Song
of the Ancient People" (1892), "The
Mountain Maid" (1901), "Songs of
America" (1905), "The Glory of Toil,"
(1916). Res., Framingham, Mass.
Winchell, F. Mabel
Librarian; b., Boston, Mass.; dau.
Rensselaer
and Harriet Newell
(Brooks) Winchell; ed. public schools,
Lowell School, Boston, and Amherst
College Library School; Congregationalist; Republican; librarian, Manches
ter public library, since 1902; member,
N. H. Public Library Commission,
1917-, American Library Ass'n, N. H.
Library Ass'n, Mass. Library Club.
Manchester Institute of Arts and
Sciences; Library Art Club (vice-presi
dent), Manchester Boys Club (trustee),
Manchester Historic Ass'n, Manches
ter Federation Woman's Clubs, N. H.
Federation Women's Clubs, N. H.
Children's Aid and Protective Soc,
National Security League, Red Cross,
Woman's Auxiliary to Y. M. C. A.,
Manchester District Nursing Ass'n,
N. H. Ass'n for Prevention of Tuber
culosis, etc. Residence, Manchester,
N. H.
Colby, Ira Gordon
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Jan.
11, 1872; s. Ira and Louisa M. (Way)
Colby; ed. Stevens high school, Clare
mont, 1890; Dartmouth College, 1894,
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Boston University Law School, 1897;
admitted to the bar in 1897, and prac
ticed in Claremont since then; in
partnership with his father until the
Academy and Dr. Hixon's School,
Lowell, Mass.; studied law, admitted
to the bar in 1874, and commenced
practice in Canaan, 1875; Republican;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1879; 1899-1900 (speaker) ; clerk,
N. H. senate, 1883-4; president, 18878; secretary, Republican state com
mittee, 1882-90; naval officer, port of
Boston, 1890-4; member, U. S. house
of representatives, 1901-13; defeated
for re-election by Raymond B. Stevens;
since in retirement. Residence, Ca
naan, N. H.
Chamberlin, Alonzo Laban
Lawyer; b., Pomfret, Vt., Sept. 14,
1858; s. Alonzo L. and Mary S. (Car
roll) Chamberlin; ed. common schools;
studied law and admitted to the New
Hampshire bar in Concord, July, 1895;
in practice since in Lebanon; Uni
death of the latter, June 27, 1908, and
afterwards alone; Methodist; Repub
lican; supervisor of checklist since
1899; member, N. H. constitutional
convention, 1902, N. H. house of
representatives, 1905; trustee, Fiske
Free Library, since 1905; member,
Stevens high school committee, fifteen
years; trustee, trust funds, town of
Claremont; director, People's Na
tional Bank, Monadnock Mills; mem
ber, Alpha Delta Phi, Dartmouth, Phi
Delta Phi, B. U. Law School; m.,
June 7, 1899, Mary Agnes Coburn;
children, Harriet Louise, Caroline
Leland, Ira Gordon, Jr., Margaret
Coburn, Grace Mary. Residence,
Claremont, N. H.
Currier, Frank Dunklee
Lawyer; b., Canaan, N. H., Oct. 30,
1853; s. Horace S. and Emma C. (Plastridge) Currier; ed. Kimball Union
tarian; Democrat, active in party
affairs and member of the Democratic
state committee, eight years; ap
pointed postmaster of Lebanon by
President Wilson in 1914, and now in
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office; member, Rising Sun Lodge,
A. F. & A. M. Residence, Lebanon,
N. H.
Carlton, Charles Elijah
Banker; b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 1,
1872; s. Elijah Winship and Sarah
Alner (Gawler) Carlton; ed. Concord
public schools, high school, 1889; Epis
copalian; Republican; entered employ
of the banking house of E. H. Rollins
& Sons, in Concord, in 1891; removed
to Boston with the corporation in 1892,
and has continued with the same since;
elected treasurer in 1916, which posi
tion he now holds; treasurer, Colorado
Securities & Realty Co. ; member, Mizpah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Cambridge
Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Commandery K. T., Aleppo Temple, Mys
tic Shrine, Engineers Club, Economic
Club. Residence, 19 Trowbridge St.,
Cambridge, Mass.
Bugbee, Perley Rufus
Banker; b., Corinth, Vt., Nov. 6,
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1865; s. Justin and Abbie M. (Dana)
Bugbee; ed. public school, North
Pomfret, Vt., Dartmouth College,
1890; Congregationalist; Republican;
treasurer, Hanover village precinct,
eleven years; commissioner, Hanover
village precinct, 1901-9; chairman,
Hanover board of education, 1909-18;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1913-14, 1915-16; cashier and
director, Dartmouth Nat'l Bank;
treasurer and trustee, Dartmouth
Savings Bank; clerk and treasurer,
Hanover Water Works Co., since
organization, May, 1893, director since
1904; incorporator and treasurer, Stockbridge Ass'n (boys' club), since organ
ization in 1897; treasurer, Dartmouth
College Alumni Ass'n, since 1897;
secretary, treasurer and trustee, Howe
Library, since organization in 1900;
member, Sigma Chi Fraternity, Grad
uates' Club; m., Oct. 16, 1901, Eliza
beth C. Campbell; one dau., Elizabeth
Mary. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
�Hon. Samuel D. Felker
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Felker, Samuel Demeritt
Lawyer; b., Rochester, N. H., April
16, 1859; s. William H. and Deborah
A. (Demeritt) Felker; ed. Rochester
schools, New Hampton Literary In
stitution, 1878, Dartmouth College,
A.B., 1882, Boston University Law
School, LL.B., 1887; admitted to the
bar in 1887 and since in practice in
Rochester; for some time past senior
member of the firm of Felker & Gunni
son; Congregationalist; Democrat;
member, N. H. constitutional conven
tion 1889; N. H. state senate, 1891-2;
mayor of Rochester, 1896-7; city
solicitor, 1899-1913; governor of New
Hampshire, 1913-14, elected by the
legislature in joint convention though
receiving 34,203 votes, at the polls, to
32,504 for Franklin Worcester and
14,401 for Winston Churchill in the
November election at which the con
stitutional amendment providing for
plurality election was ratified by the
people; chairman, Rochester school
board, four years; judge, Rochester
municipal court, since 1915; director,
Rochester Trust Co., member, City
Club; received hon. A.M., Dartmouth,
and LL.D., N. H. State College, 1913;
m., June 26, 1900, Mary J. Dudley,
Buffalo, N. Y. (Wellesley, 1883).
Residence, Rochester, N. H.
Clay, Charles Leonidas
Educator, manufacturer; b., Andover, N. H., Oct. 9, 1844; s. Horace
S. and Mary A. (Sawyer) Clay; ed.
public schools, Andover and New
London academies, Colby College,
1868; taught for thirteen years in St.
Johnsbury, Vt., and Grafton, Watertown, Whitinsville, Holbrook and Bel
mont, Mass.; removed, in 1881, to
Littleton, N. H., where he remained
till 1895, and where he was mainly
instrumental in the organization of
the Granite State Glove Co. at the
"Scythe Factory" village, now Apthorp, with whose management he was
connected, and which was the precursor
of further extensive industrial develop
ment promotive of the growth and
prosperity of the town; served from
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1886 to 1895, as a member of the
Littleton board of education; trustee
of library, 1894-5; removed to Massa
chusetts in the latter year, where he
was engaged for fourteen years as
superintendent of schools in the Harv
ard district and six years in the Dana
district, returning, then, to Littleton;
Congregationalist; Independent Demo
crat; member, A. F. & A. M. (32d
degree), P. of H., Delta Kappa Epsilon
Fraternity; m., 1st, Nov. 28, 1873,
Stella Louise Redington, Littleton, d.
May 24, 1888; children, Paul Reding
ton, b. Feb. 16, 1875 (Dartmouth 1897),
lawyer, Lawrence, Mass.; Ruth Stowell, b. Aug. 8, 1877 (Cushing Academy),
m., June 5, 1901, William G. McCrillis,
druggist, Bristol, N. H. ; Grace Ely, b.
Feb. 25, 1880 (Andover Seminary),
m. Daniel H. Dickinson, civil engineer,
West Somerville, Mass. ; Starr Sawyer,
b. Oct. 18, 1884, d. May 19, 1886;
2d, Oct. 19, 1892, Emma Fellows Lan
caster, Tilton, d. Dec. 12, 1914; one
son, Charles Lancaster, b. Dec. 6, 1896
(Springfield, Mass., Central high school,
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1915, Dartmouth College, 1919); 3d,
Oct. 3, 1916, Delia Bingham Mitchell,
Littleton. Residence, Littleton, N. H.
Eastman, Clarence Willis
Educator; b., Concord, N. H., Jan.
3, 1873; s. Charles L. and Sarah
(French) Eastman; ed. public schools
of Concord, N. H., and Worcester,
Mass., Worcester Polytechnic Insti
tute, 6.S., 1894; instructor of Modern
Languages, W. P. I., 1894-5; graduate
spring of 1917; Episcopalian; Inde
pendent; member, Amherst Golf Club,
Holyoke Canoe Club, Faculty Club
(Amherst), Modern Language Ass'n of
America, Modern Language Ass'n of
New England, Sons of the American
Revolution, Federal Training Camps
Ass'n; m., Aug. 29, 1906, Ann Hull
Dey; children, Anthony Dey, b. July
8, 1908, Philip Dey, b. Nov. 25, 1909;
Karl Dey, b. June 17, 1912. Residence,
Amherst, Mass.
Chase, Charles Parker
Educator, banker; b., West New
bury, Mass., May 6, 1845; s. Samuel S.
and Eunice (Colby) Chase; ed. Phillips
Andover Academy and Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B., 1869, A.M., 1872; tutor in
Greek, Dartmouth College, 1870-2;
professor of Latin, Olivet College,
Mich., 1872-8; instructor in political
economy, Dartmouth, 1884-92; treas
urer, Dartmouth College, from 1890—
now treasurer emeritus; Congregationalist; Republican; cashier, Dartmouth
National Bank, 1878-92, president
since; vice-president, Dartmouth Sav
ings Bank; president, Grafton County
Electric Light & Power Co.; member,
University Club, Boston, and Delta
Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa
College societies; m., July 7, 1874,
Fanny Huntington, Hanover. Resi
dence, Hanover, N. H.
study, University of Gottingen, 1895-6;
University of Leipzig, 1896-8; Ph.D.,
Leipzig, 1898; instructor in German,
1898-1901, assistant professor of Ger
man, 1901-7, State University of Iowa;
in charge of German work, University
of Missouri Summer School, summers
of 1903 and 1905; instructor, Univer
sity of Chicago, summer quarter, 1902;
associate professor of German language
and literature, Amherst College, since
1909; traveled abroad, summers of
1909 and 1912; member of Plattsburg
Training Camp, Aug., 1916; in charge
of military training, Amherst College,
Stone, George Weare
Lawyer; b., Plymouth, N. H., Nov.
11, 1857; s. Charles J. F. and Abbie
Anna (Weare) Stone; ed. New London
Literary and Scientific Institute (now
Colby Academy), 1874, Dartmouth
College, 1878, Boston University Law
School, 1882; studied law with Hon.
John M. Shirley at Andover; admitted
to the bar in 1882; in partnership with
Mr. Shirley in practice from Jan.,
1883 till the death of the latter in 1887,
since then alone; Unitarian; Democrat;
superintendent of schools, 1879-80;
member, board of education, nine
years; N. H. house of representatives,
1885, 1887 (Democratic candidate for
speaker, 1887); N. H. constitutional
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convention, 1902, 1912; clerk, Concord
& Claremont R. R.; trustee, Proctor
Academy; trustee, N. H. State Library
since Dec, 1913; member and clerk,
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Episcopalian; Progressive Republican;
Mason; treasurer, N. H. Children's
Aid and Protective Soc; trustee, St.
Paul's School, 1917-; trustee, Elliot
Hospital; member, Dartmouth Alumni
Council; director, Y. M. C. A.; m.,
June 12, 1915, Elisabeth Bancroft
(Smith, 1914), dau. Dr. Charles P.
and Susan C. (Wood) Bancroft of
Concord, N. H. (see Bancroft); son,
John Roy McLane, Jr., b. Feb. 19,
1916. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Fanner, William Parker
City assessor of Manchester; b.,
Manchester, N. H., July 19, 1856; s.
Peter and Mary (Gault) Farmer; ed.
Manchester public schools, high school,
1876; Methodist; Democrat; alderman,
Ward 6, Manchester, 1889-90; city
assessor since 1905; present clerk,
Ass'n of N. H. Assessors; delegate to
Democratic national convention, Den
Merrimack Co. Draft Board, No. 2,
1917-; member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H.;
m., April 28, 1887, Stella M. Prince, d.
Dec. 28, 1914; children, Florence G.,
b. March 20, 1889, d. Feb. 2, 1906;
Charles S., b. Aug. 3, 1892 (Dart
mouth, 1913); left Harvard Law
School, 1917, to enter Plattsburg
Training Camp; now lieutenant, Na
tional army; Fred W., b. Jan. 19, 1899
(Proctor Academy, 1917). Residence,
Andover, N. H.
McLane, John Roy
Lawyer; b., Milford. N. H., Jan. 7,
1886; s. John and Ellen L. (Tuck)
McLane; (John McLane was governor
of New Hampshire, 1905-6); ed. St.
Paul's School, Concord, N. H., Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1907, Oxford
University, B.A., 1909 (Rhodes
Scholar), Harvard Law School, LL.B.,
1912; member of firm, Taggart, Wyman, McLane and Starr, Manchester;
ver, Colo., nominating William J.
Bryan for President, 1900; member,
I. O. O. F., K. of P., I. O. R. M. (past
Sachem, Manesquo Lodge), P. of H.,
�Hon. Joseph S. Matthews
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seventh degree (past master, Amoskeag Grange); m., 1st, Jan. 12, 1882,
Lucy A. Foss, b. July 11, 1860, d. July
15, 1893; 2d, June 23, 1896, Imogene
F. Joy; one son, Martin Parker, b.
April 25, 1884, paying teller, Amoskeag Savings Bank. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Matthews, Joseph Swett
Lawyer, Assistant attorney general;
b., Franklin, N. H., Dec. 21, 1861;
s. George B. and Emily (Howard)
Matthews; ed. Franklin high school,
1879, Dartmouth College, 1884; studied
law with Reuben E. Walker, of Concord,
now associate justice N. H. supreme
court; admitted to the bar in 1891 and
since in practice in Concord; member
firm of Matthews & Sawyer, 1898-1905,
afterwards alone; Episcopalian; Repub
lican; member, Concord board of al
dermen, two terms; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1907-8, chair
man, committee on ways and means;
legacy tax attorney, 1906-13; assist
ant attorney general of New Hamp
shire, 1915—devoting attention to mat
ters of civil procedure; conducted the
research work and wrote New Hamp
shire's answer in the boundary contro
versy between New Hampshire and
Vermont; trustee, Merrimack County
Savings Bank; treasurer trustees, Pro
testant Episcopal Church in N. H.;
member, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., Concord, Wonolancet Club;
m., Dec. 10, 1890, Clara Helen Web
ster; children, Emily Webster, b. Aug.
27, 1892 (St. Mary's School, 1911,
Hollins College, Hollins, Va., two years,
New England Conservatory), Jane
Webster, b. May 23, 1896 (St. Mary's
School, 1914, Wellesley, 1919). Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Whippen, Frank Warren
Clergyman; b., Lynn, Mass., June
20, 1856; s. Henry Cass and Lydia
(Richards) Whippen; ed. Lynn schools
and Tufts College, A.B., 1878, B.D.,
1881; ordained to the Universalist
ministry at Shelbourne Falls, Mass
Oct. 12, 1882; has been pastor of the
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Universalist Church at Kingston for
nearly twenty years past, the church
at Kensington for a considerable part
of that time having also been in his
charge; for ten years last past, he has
been secretary of the Universalist
State Convention, and for the last
six years state superintendent of
churches; Republican; member, Kings
ton school board many years; trustee,
Nichols Memorial Library; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1913-
14; 1915-16; member, I. O. O. F.
(Past Grand, Columbian Lodge, No
85); m., Aug. 26, 1885, Miranda S.
Swan, Shelburne Falls, Mass.; six
children, Henry Cass (Tufts, 1907), d.
Feb, 11, 1912; Elsie S. (Sanborn
Seminary, 1906, now of Concord)Leonard S. (Tufts, 1913), civil engi
neer, now in U. S. Army service;
Annie (Mrs. John Bragdon, Kingston) Norman (N. H. College, 1918), in
Medical Corps, U. S. Army; Elbert W.
(Tufts, 1917), licensed preacher, pursu
ing Theological studies. Residence.
Kingston, N. H.
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Adams, Wesley
Farmer, b., Nelson, N. H., July 2,
1872; s. Israel and Ruby Ann (Elliott)
Adams; ed. Londonderry public schools,
Pinkerton Academy, Deriy, and Bryant
& Stratton's Business College; Presby
terian; Republican; selectman, London
derry, 1905-6; moderator, London
derry town and school meetings;
deputy sheriff, Rockingham County
since 1905; member, advisory board,
N. H. Department of Agriculture,
1914; member, St. Mark's Lodge, A. F.
& A. M., Derry; prominent in the order
Patrons of Husbandry, having been a
district deputy of the State Grange
four years, gatekeeper two years,
steward six years, overseer four years,
and master four years—1913 to 1917,
inclusive—and now serving a three
years' term as member of the executive
committee, elected Dec., 1917; m., June
21, 1908, Mabel M. Nevins. Resi
dence, Londonderry, N. H. (Derry
P. O.).
Tucker, William Jewett
Clergyman, educator; b., Griswold.
Conn., July 13, 1839; s. Henry and
Sarah (Lester) Tucker; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1861; Andover Theolog
ical Seminary, 1866; D.D., Dart
mouth, 1875, U. of Vt.„ 1904; LL.D.,
Williams, 1893, Yale 1895, Wesleyan,
1903, Columbia, 1906; ordained in the
Congregational ministry, 1867; pastor,
Franklin St. Church, Manchester,
1867-75, Madison Square Presbyterian
Church, New York City, 1875-9;
professor of sacred rhetoric and lec
turer on pastoral theology, Andover
Theological Seminary, 1879-93; presi
dent, Dartmouth College, 1893-1909;
president emeritus since 1909; asso
ciate editor, Andover Review, 1884-93;
lecturer, Lowell Institute, 1894; Ly
man Beecher lecturer, Yale Divinity
School, 1897; University preacher,
Harvard, 1900-01; member, Phi Beta
Kappa, American Academy Arts and
Sciences, N. H. Historical Soc., Uni
versity Club, Boston; author, "From
Liberty to Unity," 1902; "The Making
and the Unmaking of the Preacher,"
1909; "Public Mindedness," 1910;
"Personal Power," 1910; "The Func
tion of the Church in Modern Society,"
191 1 ; contributor to various periodicals;
m., 1st, June 22, 1870, Charlotte H.
Rogers, Plymouth, N. H., d. Sept. 15,
1882; 2d, June 23, 1887, Charlotte B.
Cheever, Worcester, Mass. Resi
dence, Hanover, N. H.
Sanborn, John Page
Publisher; b. Fremont, N. H., Sept.
9, 1844; s. Alvah and Nancy (Page)
Sanborn; ed. New Hampton Institute
and Dartmouth College, 1869; taught
school two years in Ohio and Maine;
editor, Newport, R. I., Daily News,
1871; in Nov., 1872, became editor
and proprietor of the Newport Mercury,
which he has since conducted, and
which claims the distinction of being
the oldest paper in the country—a large
printing and publishing plant is con
nected with the paper; Republican;
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member, Newport School Committee,
1874-81; R. I. house of representatives,
1879-82 (speaker in 1881-2); state
senate, 1885-6, and again in 1889 and
several successive years (president,
three years); again member of the
house in 1898-9, and of the senate
since 1906; member, Northern Pacific
Railway Commission, 1882; delegate
in Republican national convention,
1880, 1884; member, R. I. commission,
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893;
ex-com. Centennial Celebration, Perry's
Lake Erie Victory, 1913; conspicuous
in Masonry, past Grand High Priest,
Royal Arch Masons of R. I., Past
Grand Commander, Grand Commandery K. T. of Mass. and R. I.; Supreme
treasurer, N. E. O. P., twenty-five
years; treasurer, R. I. Soc, S. A. R. ;
m. April 7, 1870, Isabelle M. Higbee,
Newport, N. H.; children, S. Florence
(Mrs. A. S. Howard), Alvah H., John
Royal. Residence, Newport, R. I.
Hoyt, Horace F.
Farmer and business interests; b.,
Enfield, N. H., Oct. 26, 1842; s. Horace
F. and Caroline E. (Hardy) Hoyt; ed.
public schools of Hanover, in which
town he has had his home since early
childhood; Baptist, Republican; cast
his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for
president, and has missed voting at no
election since, except the primary of
1916, when he was ill in a hospital;
selectman, Hanover, 1868-73; com
missioner for Grafton County, 18941912, nominated by acclamation eight
times; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1893, chairman, committee
on retrenchment and reform; 1915,
chairman, committee on county affairs
(vice-president Farmers' Council),
1917, chairman, committee on county
affairs, member, committee on equali
zation of taxes; superintendent, Han
over Town Farm, 1887-90; served as
tax collector for Hanover twenty-eight
years in succession; trustee of public
funds; director and treasurer, Hanover
public library; president, Etna Cream
ery Ass'n; director and trustee, Baptist
church, Etna; director, Dartmouth
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Savings Bank; Mason for more than
fifty years, member, Franklin Lodge,
and St. Andrew's Chapter, R. A. M.,
Lebanon, and has taken the Templar
degrees; Patron of Husbandry fortytwo years, chaplain, Mascoma Valley
Pomona Grange twenty-seven years,
and N. H. State Grange eleven years,
and still in office; gave much time and
effort to the establishment of a public
library at the village of Etna, whichTias
now over 2,600 volumes and many
pamphlets, and is housed in a fine
brick building, with slated roof and
hardwood floors; m., Nov. 5, 1868,
Minnie R. Coates, d. Jan. 23, 1913;
two children, Willis P., b. Nov. 7,
1869, d. Jan., 1907; Caro E. (Mrs.
John D. Ayer) b. July 6, 1874, d. June
22, 1897. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
(Etna P.O.).
Brackett, Charles Albert
Dentist; b., Lempster, N. H., Jan.
2, 1850; s. Joseph and Lydia Lucretia
(Hunt) Brackett; ed. public schools and
under tutelage of parents; commenced
�Charles A. Bracrett, D.M.D.
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study of dentistry in 1870 with Dr.
Levi C. Taylor, then of Holyoke, Mass.,
now of Hartford, Conn, (see page 91),
meanwhile pursuing the course of
study in the dental department of
Harvard University, from which he
graduated, D.M.D., in 1873, immedi
ately locating in practice in Newport,
R. I., where he has since continued.
Instructor in dental therapeutics,
Harvard Dental School, 1874-80;
assistant professor, 1880-3; professor
of dental pathology and therapeutics,
1883-90; professor of dental pathology
since 1890—making forty-four years
teaching service at Harvard; president,
R. I. State Board of Registration in
Dentistry, 1888-97; delegate, Inter
national Medical Congress, London,
1881; ninth International Medical
Congress, Washington, 1887; World's
Columbian Dental Congress, Chicago,
1893; member corporation, Newport
Hospital; chairman, committee for
drafting new city charter, Newport,
1906; trustee, People's Free Public
Library, Newport; director and vicepresident, Aquidneck National Bank
and Newport & Fall River St. Railway
Co.; director, Newport Trust Co.;
member, R. I. (ex-president), Mass.
and N. H. Dental Socs., Northeastern
Dental Ass'n (ex-president), First Dis
trict Dental Soc., New York, Ameri
can Academy of Dental Science (expresident), National Dental Ass'n;
trustee and consulting dental surgeon,
Newport Hospital; member, Repre
sentative City Council, Newport, since
1906; member, Harvard Club of Khode
Island, Harvard Club of Boston and
many other organizations; Unitarian;
Republican; m., Feb. 3, 1886, Mary
Irish Spencer, Newport. Residence,
102 Touro St., Newport, R. I.
DeMerritt, John
Railway and army service; b.,
Madbury, N. H., Aug. 8, 1856; s. Ezra
Edric and Louisa (DeMerritt) DeMer
ritt; ed. public schools, Coe's Academy,
Northwood, N. H., Phillips Academy,
Andover, Mass. (1875-7), Colby Acad
emy, New London, N. H., 1878;
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entered service of B. & M. Railroad,
as station agent at Madbury, 1879;
worked up through various depart
ments, to the position of city pas
senger and ticket agent at Boston,
Mass., which he held till 1897, when he
resigned; Unitarian; Republican; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
1887, serving on finance committee;
sergeant-at-arms, N. H. state senate,
1897, 1901; appointed paymaster,
U. S. V., Spanish War, by President
McKinley, May, 1898, with the rank
of major, being the third of his name
in direct descent to hold this title, the
first being one of the heroes serving
at the capture of Fort William and
Mary, at Newcastle, in December,
1774, and the second receiving his
commission from Gov. John Langdon;
assigned to the staff of Maj. Gen.
Wesley Merritt, Dept. of the Pacific;
on duty at San Francisco during the
organization of the department, and,
later—from Aug., 1898 to Feb., 1899,
at Manila, Philippine Islands, when
he was transferred to the staff of Maj.
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Gen. Elwell S. Otis; on account of pro
longed illness from fever, he was
obliged to return to the States in May,
1899, since when he has made his home
on the ancestral estate in Madbury.
Maj. DeMerritt has a large and
interesting collection of fire arms, and
other military weapons, which he has
gathered as souvenirs. Residence,
Madbury, N. H., (Dover P. O.).
Black, Archibald
Minister; b., Rothesay, Bute, Scot
land, May 24, 1877, s. Hugh and Isa
bella (McDougall) Black; ed. Rothesay
Academy, 1892, Glasgow University,
B.A., 1906, United Free Church Hall,
Glasgow, and Union Theological Semi
nary, New York, B.D., 1909; while in
Glasgow University, editor of The
Lord Rector, sub. editor Glasgow
University Magazine; prize man in
English literature and vice-president
of Liberal Club; ordained by New York
Presbytery, 1909; minister, Bedford
Park Presbyterian church, New York
City, 1909-14, South Congregational
church, Concord, . N. H., 1914-;
trustee, N. H. Home Missionary Soc.,
secretary (unpaid), Congregational
American Missionary Ass'n; member,
Central Congregational Club of N. H.,
Merrimack
Ass'n
Congregational
Churches, Concord Ministers' Confer
ence, Anti-Saloon League (Mem. Head
quarters Com.), Nat. Security League,
N. H. Children's Aid and Protective
Soc., N. H. Historical Soc, Wonolancet
and Beaver Meadow Golf clubs; m.,
May 6, 1913, Ruth Hunter, New
Rochelle, N. Y.; one son, Robert
Hunter, b. April 8, 1915. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Herbert, John
Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H., Nov.
2, 1849; s. Samuel and Lydia Maria
(Darling) Herbert; ed. public schools,
Rumney, N. H., and Boston, Mass.;
Dartmouth College (1871); principal
of New Ipswich Appleton Academy
for three years; studied law with his
father; was admitted to the bar in
1875; began practice in Boston in 1880,
with ex-Senator Bambridge Wadleigh
and Frederick P. Fish, and has since
practiced there; member of the Boston
Bar Ass'n, Massachusetts Bar Ass'n
and American Bar Ass'n; is or has been
president of the Appalachian Mountain
Club, Congregational Club of Boston
and vicinity, Municipal League of
Somerville, Independent Club of
Somerville, Appleton Academy Ass'n,
Scientific Temperance Ass'n, Progress
ive League of Somerville, Mystic
Valley Club, Somerville Citizen Co.,
Federation of Churches of Somerville,
E. T. Cowdrey Co., Bear Creek Oil Co.,
and Eastern Forge Co. of Massachu
setts; director of the Somerville Journal
Co., Merchants Co-operative Bank of
Boston, The Congregational SundaySchool and Publishing Soc., Somer
ville Board of Trade, and Somerville
Young Men's Christian Ass'n; a visitor
of Tufts College; member of the
Twentieth Century Club, executive
committee of the Republican Club of
Massachusetts, Economic Club, Mass
achusetts Press Ass'n, and New
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Hampshire Club; is a member of the
Winter Hill Congregational Church,
of John Abbott Lodge of Masons, and
of De Molay Commandery; prior to
1912 he was a Republican, but he
then joined the Progressive party and
was the Progressive candidate for
Congress in the ninth congressional
district of Massachusetts; in 1913 was
the Citizens' candidate for mayor of
Somerville; in 1914 was chairman of a
committee to prepare a new charter
for the city of Somerville; m., 1st,
Aug. 1, 1872, Alice C. Guy of Peacham,
Vt., d. Feb., 1914; children, Carl G.,
and Lena F.; m. 2d, June 24, 1915,
Blanche E. Roscoe, of Flint, Mich.,
child, John Herbert, Jr. Residence,
Somerville, Mass.
Wason, George Butler
Banker; b., New Boston, N. H.,
April 20, 1869; s. George A. and Clara
L. (Hills) Wason; ed. public schools of
New Boston and Nashua (high school,
1889); removed with his parents to
Nashua at the age of fifteen; entered
employ of Wason, Pierce & Co.,
wholesale grocers, in July, 1889,
working through all departments till
1896, and representing the firm in
southern New Hampshire; upon
death of Mr. Pierce, in 1896, became
a member of the firm, assuming direc
tion of the financial end of the business;
and upon the death of his uncle,
Robert B. Wason, in 1906, became the
head of the firm; in 1906-7 Mr.
Wason was president of the Boston
Wholesale Grocers Ass'n, and in 1911
of the National Wholesaler's Ass'n of
America, traveling 50,000 miles in
the interests of the organization, and
securing the enactment by Congress
of the federal law compelling the state
ment of net weight on packages, thus
protecting the public from short
weight; upon the organization of the
Liberty Trust Co. of Boston, in 1907,
he was chosen its president, which
position he still holds; Republican;
member of Ward Ten Committee,
Cambridge, where he has resided since
1889; delegate from Eighth Mass.
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Congressional district in Republican
national convention, 1916; elected to
the Governor's Council from fourth
councillor district, Nov., 1917; member,
A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), B. P. O. E.,
P. of H., Boston City Club, Cambridge
Club (director), Belmont Spring Coun
try Club, Nashua Country Club, Cam
bridge Board of Trade; (he owns the
Wason and Hills homestead in New
Boston, N. H., where he has a fine
herd of registered Hereford cattle and
where he spends his summers) ; m., 1st,
April 20, 1896, Lillian Maud Fletcher,
South Orange, N. J., d. May 7, 1907;
2d, June 9, 1909, Estella L. Kierstead;
children, George F. (Harvard, 1920),
Richard A. (Chauncy Hall School).
Residence, Cambridge, Mass.; business
address, 197 Washington St., Boston.
Wendell, Caroline R.
Social and philanthropic worker; b.,
Dover, N. H. ; dau. Daniel H. and
Huldah (Jenness) Wendell, her father
being sixth in descent from Evert
�Miss Caroline R. Wendell
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Jansen Wendell, the first of the name
to come to America from Holland, in
1640, and a third cousin to Wendell
Phillips and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(The coat of arms of the Wendell
family in Holland, a copy of which is
owned by Miss Wendell, represents a
merchant ship, under full sail, and two
anchors crossed. This was stained in
nine panes of glass in the east window
of the old Dutch church at Albany,
N. Y., demolished in 1805.) Miss
Wendell was educated in the Dover
high school and by private instruction ;
member, St. John's M. E. Church of
Dover; many years vice-president for
New Hampshire National Ass'n for the
Advancement of Women, of which Julia
Ward Howe was president; member,
National Conference of Charities and
Corrections (corresponding secretary
for New Hampshire several years);
since 1892 president, N. H. W. C. T. U.,
Mercy Home for Girls in Manchester;
member, Committee on Dependent
Children, State Conference of Charities
and Corrections; director, N. H. AntiTuberculosis Ass'n; corresponding sec
retary, N. H. W. C. T. U., 1879-92,
president, 1892-9 and since then viceEresident-at-large; since 1899 member
oard of managers, Wentworth Home
for the Aged, Dover; member, Visiting
Committee, N. H. Memorial Hospital
for Women and Children, Concord;
seven years member, N. H. Daughters,
Boston; member, local and state Equal
Suffrage organizations, Northam Colo
nists, Dover Woman's Club and W. C.
T. U. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Ballard, William Preston
Fariner; b., Concord, N. H., Sept.
18, 1849; s. Dea. John and Hannah
Gerrish (Abbott) Ballard; ed. public
schools of Concord, including high
school; graduating in first class of
N. H. State College (then connected
with Dartmouth), 1871; member,
board of town school district, six
years, Capital Grange of Concord,
having held most of the offices, in
cluding those of steward, chaplain
and master and having taken the
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seventh degree; master, Merrimack Co.
Pomona Grange, and present chaplain;
deputy in State Grange; deacon of the
First Congregational church several
years; lives on the ancestral farm near
Little Pond, which has descended in
direct line from the great-grandfather,
Nathan Ballard, who first settled there
in 1792 (Deacon Ballard specializes in
dairy farming); Republican; m., 1st,
Dec. 2, 1874, Mary E. Bartlett of
Bath, N. H., d. Jan. 14, 1899; 2d,
March 9, 1905, Mrs. Mary G. (Martin)
Philbrick; children, Eugene Preston,
b. March 31, 1878, d. April 6, 1884;
Lucy Mabel, b. April 20, 1880, m.
George L. Spofford, June 6, 1900;
George Edwin, b. Aug. 10, 1883, m.
Mary O. Hannaford, April 13, 1906, d.
March 11, 1916, leaving four children,.
John Roger, b. Aug. 24, 1907, Grace,
b. Sept. 1, 1909, Eunice Mae, b. June
8, 1911, George William, b. Feb. 27,
1913; Lena Frances, b. June 4, 1889,
m. George A. Silva, April 28, 1910;
children. George Preston, b. Dec. 20,
1911; Gertrude, b. and d. Nov. 20,
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1912, Evelyn Mae, b. April 5, 1916.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Wallace, James Burns
Lawyer; b., Canaan, N. H., Aug. 14,
1866; s. William Allen and Mary Dun
can (Currier) Wallace; ed. public
schools, N. H. College of Agriculture,
St. Johnsbury Academy, Dartmouth
-College, 1887, Columbia University
Law School; admitted to the bar in
New York and practiced in that state
till 1906, when he returned to Canaan,
where he has since been located in
practice; Congregationalist; Republi
can; member, Canaan school board,
1901-8; trustee, town library since
1907; trustee, town funds since 1916;
moderator since 1914; member, N. H.
house of representatives 1909-10; state
senator, 1913-14; member, N. H. exec
utive council 1915-16; member, A. F.
A A. M., lodge, consistory, commandery and shrine; P. of H., B. P. O. E.,
K. of P., Knights of Khorossan; m.,
Dec. 22, 1889, Alice Hutchinson. Re
sidence, Canaan, N. H.
Morrill, Arthur Putnam
Lawyer, insurance; b., Concord,
N. H., March 15, 1876; s. Obadiah and
Lilla (Walker) Morrill; ed. Concord
schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy,
Yale University, Ph.B., 1896; Harvard
Law School (two years); admitted to
N. H. bar, 1900; member, firm of
Sargent, Niles & Morrill till 1904, when
he joined the insurance firm of Morrill
& Danforth with which he continues;
Episcopalian; Republican; member,
N. H. constitutional convention, 1912;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1915-16, 1917-18 (speaker);
president, Ward 5 Republican Club;
chairman, Merrimack Co., Republican
Club; member executive committee,
Republican state committee, 1915;
trustee, Loan & Trust Savings Bank,
Concord; treasurer and director, State
Dwelling House Ins. Co.; vice-chair
man, N. H. branch American Red
Cross; member, Concord Committee
of Public Safety; executive committee,
N. H. Speakers' Bureau for War Pur
poses; member, Wonolancet, Beaver
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Meadow Golf, Snowahoe and Concord
-Canoe clubs, A. F. & A. M.; m. Nov.
5, 1901. Florence E. Prescott; children,
.Catherine, b. Oct. 29, 1902, d. Feb.
22, 1908; Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 1903;
Virginia, b. April 30, 1905. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Moore, Herbert Fisher
Educator; b., Penacook, N. H., July
10, 1875; s. John Howard and Isabel
Nancy (Brown) Moore; ed. Concord
high school, N. H. State College, 1898,
Cornell University, M.E., 1899, Master
of Mechanical Engineering, 1903; in
structor in Machine Design, Cornell,
1900-03; instructor of Mechanics one
year, and assistant professor two years,
1904-7, University of Wisconsin; assist
ant professor of engineering materials,
University of 11linois, 1907-14; research
professor since 1914; Congregationalist; member, Kappa Sigma, Sigma
Chi (honorary scientific), Tau Beta Pi
(honorary engineering), University
Club, Urbana, Ill., Players' Club,
University of 11linois, American Soc.
for Testing Materials, American Soc.
of Mechanical Engineers, Soc. for
Promotion of Engineering Education;
author, "Text Book of Engineering
Materials," and numerous articles and
bulletins of the 11linois Engineering
Experiment Station; has devised sev
eral machines and appliances for testing
the strength of materials; m., Sept. 11,
1902, Grace Agnes Mark, Gilsum,
N. H.; children, Margaret, b. Aug. 23,
1907; Mark Brown, b. Sept. 15, 1910.
Residence, Urbana, Ill.
Bancroft, Charles Parker
Physician; b., Jan. 11, 1852, St.
Johnsbury, Vt., s. Dr. Jesse P. and
Elizabeth (Speare) Bancroft; ed. Con
cord schools, Phillips Andover Acad
emy, 1870, Harvard University, A.B.,
1874, Harvard Medical School, M.D.,
1878; house officer, Boston City Hospi
tal, eighteen months; assistant, N. H.
State Hospital, nine months; general
practice, Boston, 1879-82; superin
tendent, N. H. State Hospital, 18821917, succeeding his father, Dr. J. P.
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Bancroft, who was superintendent for
twenty-five years. This record of
sixty years' service by father and son is
Erobably unequalled in the country.
a 1890 Dr. Bancroft canjed out the
movement, initiated by his father, for
state care of the insane, which trans
ferred patients from the county poorfarms and placed them under the care
of the state where better treatment is
possible. This necessitated the erec
tion of eight new buildings at the
State Hospital, 1900-11. In 1888
he established a training-school for
nurses, one of the pioneer schools in
hospitals for the insane; and many
years ago he established shops for
vocational and industrial training at
the State Hospital. At his suggestion
the state bought about 300 acres of
farm land for the colony care of the
insane. Contributor to Wood's "Ref
erence Handbook of the Medical
Sciences;" author of 14 monographs:
"Inquiry into the Causes of Insanity
with Especial Reference to Prevention
and Treatment," 1884; "Automatic
Muscular Movements Among Insane,"
1891; "Physical Basis of Sin," 1894;
"Two Cases of Homicidal, Amnesic,
Transitory Frenzy," 1897; "Sub-Con
scious Homicide and Suicide," 1898;
"Legal and Medical Insanity," 1900;
"Paresis," 1904; "Reconciliation of
the Disparity between Hospital and
Asylum Trained Nurses," 1904;
"Women Nurses on Male Wards in
Hospitals for the Insane," 1906;
"Reception Hospitals and Psycho
pathic Wards in State Hospitals for
the Insane," 1907; presidential ad
dress, "Hopeful and Discouraging
Aspects of the Psychiatric Outlook,"
1908; "Is there an Increase Among
the Dementing Psychoses?" 1914;
"Some Perils Confronting the State
Care of the Insane," 1914; "Ought
Limited Responsibility to be Recog
nized by the Courts?" 1916; often
summoned before the courts as a
medico-legal expert in the capacity of
an alienist. Vice-president, N. H.
Medical Soc; member, Boston Soc.
for Psychiatry and Neurology, Am.
�Dr. Charles P. Bancroft
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Psychological Ass'n, N. E. Soc. of
Psychiatry, Boston City Hospital
Alumni Ass'n, having been president
of the last four; director, Mechanicks'
National Bank; trustee and member,
investment committee, N. H. Savings
Bank; president N. H. State Board of
Charities and Corrections; member,
Concord Park Commission, Constitu
tional Convention (1912), N. H. His
torical Soc, Wonolancet Club, N. H.
Harvard Club, N. H. Soc. for Preser
vation of Forests, N. H. Conference
of Charities and Corrections, National
Conference of Charities and Correc
tions, N. H. S. A. R., South Congre
gational church (trustee), University
and Harvard clubs and Appalachian
Mountain Club (Boston); Republican;
m., Aug. 6, 1884, Susan Cushing Wood;
children, Charles Parker (dec),
Jennette, Elisabeth, Miriam. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H., and Pasquaney
Lodge, Newfound Lake, N. H.
Bancroft, Susan Cushing Wood
(Mrs. Charles P. Bancroft); club
woman and social worker; b., Milford,
Mass., March 15, 1861; dau. Barthol
omew and Jennette (Burke) Wood; ed.
schools of Newton, Mass., High school,
1878; taught in private school, Phila
delphia, and public schools of Massa
chusetts five years; m., Newton Center,
Mass., Aug. 6, 1884, Dr. Charles P.
Bancroft of Concord, N. H.; member,
South Congregational church, Concord
Woman's Club (president, 1895-7),
N. H. Federation of Woman's Clubs
(serving on several standing committees,president, 1899-1901) ; treasurer,
N. H. State Conference of Charities
and Corrections, 1901- ; trustee of
the N. H. School for the FeebleMinded, 1900-13; member, Concord
Board of Education, 1899-1908;
director, N. H. Children's Aid and
Protective Soc, 1913-; trustee, N. H.
Memorial Hospital for Women and
Children (secretary, 1912-); member,
Concord Female Charitable Soc. (presi
dent, 1899-1902), Woman's Com
mittee, Council of National Defense,
N. H. Division; member, executive
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committee, N. H. Branch National
Civic Federation, Soc. for Preservation
of N. H. Forests, Stratford (Shake
speare) Club (president, 1917 -),
Country Club, Friendly Club, District
Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization
Soc, Mayflower Club and Woman's
E. and I. Union (Boston); executive
committee, N. H. Equal Suffrage
Ass'n, Concord Equal Suffrage League
(president, 1916 -); has frequently
spoken before clubs on charitable,
educational and suffrage work; chil
dren, Charles Parker, b. May 28, 1886,
d. Sept. 28, 1887; Jennette, b. Sept. 22,
1888, A. B., Vassar College, 1911, m.
Asa Shiverick of Cleveland, Ohio, Feb.
22, 1913, children, Jane and Asa, Jr.;
Elisabeth, b. May 17, 1891, A.B Smith
College, 1914, m. John R. McLane of
Manchester, N. H., June 12, 1915, son,
John R., Jr.; Miriam, b. April 24, 1894,
Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass., 1914,
nurse in training, Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital, 1917-. Residence, Concord,
N. H., and Pasquaney Lodge, Newfound
Lake, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Beckwith, Hira Ransom
Architect and builder; b., Lempster,
N. H., Sept. 28, 1852; s. Ransom P.
and Emily L. (Parker) Beckwith; ed.
public schools, Marlow Academy and
important buildings at Windsor, White
River Junction and Bellows Falls, Vt.,
and in Massachusetts are of his design ;
Universalist; Democrat; assessor, 1908;
Mason, member Hiram Lodge, and
Sullivan Commandery of Claremont,
Bektash Temple, Concord; m., 1st.,
1878, Libbie A. Martin, Springfield,
Vt., d. 1902; 2d, 1910, Mrs. Etta M.
Wolcott Benjamin. Residence, Clare
mont, N. H.
Smith, Jonathan
Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H.,
Oct. 27, 1842; s. John and Susan
(Stearns) Smith; ed. New Hampton
Institution, New Hampton, N. H.,
1867, Dartmouth College, 1871; stud
ied law with Cross & Burnham,
Manchester, N. H.; admitted to Hills
borough County bar in 1875; practiced
in Manchester till 1878 when he re
moved to Clinton, Mass., where he has
Stevens High School; removed to
Claremont with his mother after his
father's death, when eleven years of
age; learned the carpenter's trade with
the. late B. P. Gilman of Claremont;
studied architecture in Boston, and
at the age of 21 formed a partnership,
with the late Levi Chase, carrying on
business together as contractors and
builders for a number of years, since
when he has continued alone, doing an
extensive business at home and abroad;
many of the finest residences in Clare
mont have been designed and built by
him, and some of the most substantial
public buildings and business blocks
are of his design, and their construction
superintended by him, including Hotel
Claremont, Union Block, and the town
Hall and Opera House; the Richards
Free Library and Sullivan County
Court house at Newport and other
since resided; Unitarian; Republican
city solicitor of Manchester, 1876-8
town solicitor, Clinton, 1889, 1891
chairman Clinton board of health,
1885, 1890; member, Mass. house of
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representatives, 1886; special justice,
second district court of Eastern Wor
cester, 1882 to 1907; standing justice
of same court from 1907 to date;
president, Clinton Home for Aged
People, 1910-; president, Clinton
Historical Soc, 1902-; member, N. H.
Historical Soc, Mass. Historical Soc,
N. E. Historic-Genealogical Soc; hon
orary member, Peterborough His
torical Soc; Master Trinity Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., 1887, 1888; High
Priest, Clinton Chapter, R. A. M.,
1885-6; district deputy Grand High
Priest, 1893-4-5; Grand King, Grand
Chapter Massachusetts, 1896; deeply
interested in the history and genealogy
of his native town, and has published
several books pertaining thereto in
cluding: "The Home of the Smith
Family," "The Reunion of the Smith
Family," "A New Hampshire Farm
and its Owner," "Peterborough, New
Hampshire in the American Revolu
tion," and "Old Trinity Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., 1778, 1892, of Lancaster, Mass";
has also prepared many articles for
the Mass. Historical Soc, appearing
in the records of its proceedings, and
written much for periodicals and newsCapers upon the history of Peterorough; m., 1st, Dec. 13, 1876, Tirzah
A. R. Dow, d. Aug. 28, 1881; 2d Feb.
23, 1886, Elizabeth C. Stearns; one
dau., Susan Dow (Smith, 1902), teacher
of English in Clinton high school. Resi
dence, Clinton, Mass.
Carroll, Annie Wilkins
(Mrs. Charles Herbert Carroll); b.,
Bedford Center, N. H., Aug. 23, 1866;
dau., Dr. William Wesley and Persis
Lucinda (Morse) Wilkins. Dr. Wilkins
enlisted in 2d N. H. Vols., May 9,
1861; was acting assistant surgeon in
the Navy, Oct. 21, 1861-Dec. 22,
1862, serving on board the Shepard
Knapp; second assistant surgeon, Aug.
19, 1863-July 21, 1864. Mrs. Carroll
was educated in the Manchester schools
and by private instruction; student of
the piano with Frederick W. Batchelder
of Manchester and Walter H. Lewis,
Boston, 1875-85; studied art in Bos
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ton with Samuel L. Gerry, Edward L.
Champney, George W. Seavey and
Melbourne L. Hardwick, 1885-91;
portrait painter; studied in Paris,
France, with F. Lasar, 1903; Epis
copalian (St. Paul's church); mem
ber, Concord Woman's Club (presi
dent, 1917-), Music Club, Rumford
Chapter, D. A. R. (treasurer, 1904-),
Friendly Club, District Nursing
Ass'n, Concord Female Charitable
Soc, N. H. Children's Aid and Pro
tective Soc, Red Cross, Woman'sCouncil of National Defense, Soc. for
the Preservation of N. H. Forests;
m. Charles Herbert Carroll of Concord,
Sept. 17, 1891; son, Charles Wilkins,
b. 1892; d. 1895. Residence, Concord,
N.H.
Pike, Edwin Bertram
Manufacturer; b., Salem, Mass.,
July 24, 1866; s. Edwin B. and Ade
laide (Miner) Pike; ed. Haverhill,
N. H., and St. Johnsbury, Vt., Acade
mies and New Hampton Institution!
and Commercial College, New Hamp-
�Col. E. Bertram Pike
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ton, N. H. (St. Johnsbury, 1884, New
Hampton, 1885); descendant of John
Pike who emigrated from Yorkshire,
England, to Salisbury, Mass., in 1635;
both his paternal and maternal ances
tors for six generations have been New
Hampshire citizens; traveling sales
man, A. P. Pike Manufacturing Co.,
1886-7; member firm of Danforth &
Pike, manufacturers' agents, Boston,
1888-9; general superintendent, Pike
Mfg. Co., Pike, N. H., 1890-6; treas
urer, Pike Mfg. Co., 1893-8; president,
Pike Mfg. Co., since 1908; president,
Cortland Grinding Wheel Corporation,
Cortland, N. Y.; president, Manufac
turers' Corundum Co., Toronto, Ont.;
president, Lake Tarleton Club, Pike,
N. H.; vice-president, D. A. Brebner,
Ltd., Hamilton, Ont.; vice-president
and director, National Bank of New
bury, Newbury, Vt.; vice-president
for New Hampshire, National Ass'n
of Manufacturers, 1908-12; president,
White Mountain Board of Trade, 1911;
president, Cottage Hospital, Woodsville, N. H., 1905-13; director, Eastern
States Agriculture & Industrial Expo
sition, Springfield, Mass.; Congregationalist; member, Congregational
Church, Haverhill, and Bethany Con
gregational Church, Pike, N. H.;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1903-4; major on
staff of Gov. Robert P. Bass, 1911-12;
Mason, 32d degree; past master Graf
ton Lodge, No. 46, Haverhill; member,
Franklin Chapter, Lisbon, Omega
Council, Plymouth, Edward A. Ray
mond Consistory, Nashua, St. Gerard
Commandery,
Littleton,
Bektash
Temple, Concord; member, N. H. His
torical Soc., Soc. for Protection N. H.
Forests, American Forestry Ass'n, Na
tional Conservation Soc., Appalachian
Mountain Club; m., Feb. 18, 1911,
Mamie Pearson; children, Constance
Harrison, b. Feb. 13, 1913; E. Bertram,
Jr., b. Aug. 19, 1915; Deborah, b. April
1, 1917. Residence, Pike, N. H.
Wadleigh, Fred Tilton
Clothing merchant; b., Sanbornton.
N. H., Nov. 2, 1870; s. John B. and
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Aruthesa (Tilton) Wadleigh; ed. pub
lic schools, New Hampton Institute,
1891 (valedictorian) ; Baptist; progress
ive Republican; member and chair
man, Milford water board; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1907-8,
serving on committee on revision of
statutes, and introducing a bill pro
viding for the direct primary, which
became the law at a subsequent session;
member, N. H. constitutional conven
tion of 1912, serving on the special
committee on woman suffrage, and
signing the minority report in favor
of the amendment; member, A. F. &
A. M., and I. O. O. F.; taught school
in youth, but has been engaged in the
clothing trade in Milford for the last
twenty-five years; great-grandson of
James Wadleigh, a soldier of the Revo
lution and one of the early settlers of
Sanbornton; m., April 19, 1899, Alice
Bancroft Conant at Boston; children,
Theodore Conant, b. Dec. 16, 1900,
Winthrop, b. Jan. 23, 1902, Ruth, b.
Oct. 18, 1903; Eleanor, b. Jan. 8, 1908.
Residence, Milford, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Hering, Hermann Siegfried
Christian Science lecturer; b., Phila
delphia, Pa., Aug. 24, 1864; s. Dr.
Constantine and Therese (Buchheim)
Hering (Dr. C. Hering was the eminent
physician whom Hahnemann called
the "Father of Homeopathy in Amer
ica"); ed. in private schools, Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, 1886 (B.S. and
M.E. degrees), also City and Guilds of
London Inst., London, Eng.; special
course with Prof. W. E. Ayrton, Lon-
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don, 1889; professor of mechanics and
electrical engineering in Manual
Training School, Philadelphia, 188791; associate in electrical engineering,
Johns Hopkins University, 1891-9,
engaged in lecturing and research
work, making several original investi
gations and publishing results in
pamphlet form; since 1899 Christian
Science practitioner; before giving up
professional work, member Inst. of
Elec. Engineers, London, Eng., Am.
Inst. of Elec. Engineers, New York,
Engineers' Club of Philadelphia and
Franklin Inst. of Philadelphia; became
interested in Christian Science in 1893,
devoted three years to a careful invest
igation of the doctrine before uniting
with the denomination; reader, Chris
tian Science church, Baltimore, 18971902; made a teacher of Christian
Science by the Mass. Metaphysical
College, 1901; first reader of The
Mother Church, Boston, 1902-5,
later president of church and member
of board of lectureship; first reader,
Christian Science church, Concord,
N. H., 1906-9; since 1905 lecturer on
Christian Science in many parts of the
world, including the North American
continent from Mexico to Alaska,
Europe, Australia and New Zealand;
m., Marian White of Philadelphia, Pa.,
June 9, 1887; son, John Constantine,
b. May 27, 1888, d. Sept. 17, 1888.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Bachelder, Nahum Josiah
Farmer, ex-governor; b., Andover,
N. H., Sept. 3, 1854; s. William A. and
Adeline E. (Shaw) Bachelder; ed. pub
lic schools, New Hampton Institution,
Franklin Academy; hon. A.M., Dart
mouth, 1891; Congregationalist; Re
publican; superintending school com
mittee, Andover, three years; secretary
N. H. Board of Agriculture, 1887-1913;
Commissioner of Immigration during
the continuance of the office; member
and president, N. H. board of Cattle
Commissioners for several years;
trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, 1903-14; Mason
(32d degree); Patron of Husbandry;
master, Highland Lake Grange, East
Andover, four years; first lecturer,
Merrimack Co. Pomona Grange, 1886;
secretary, N. H. State Grange, 188391; master, 1891-1903; lecturer,
National Grange, 1899-1905; member
and chairman legislative committee,
National Grange, several years, and
instrumental in securing the establish
ment by Congress of the parcel post
and postal savings banks; several
years secretary, N. H. Grange Fair
Ass'n and subsequently secretary,
Concord State Fair Ass'n; some time
treasurer, Granite State Dairymen's
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Ass'n; many years agricultural editor,
Manchester Mirror and Farmer and
for some time editor of National Grange
Weekly, organ of the Patrons of Hus
bandry; president, N. H. Board of
Traded five years; secretary, N. H.
Old Home Week Ass'n, 1899-1914;
upon conclusion of his service as secre
tary of the Board of Agriculture,
Governor Bachelder devoted himself
entirely to the management and culti
vation of Highland Farm, his ancestral
home in Andover, where his great
grandfather, Josiah Bachelder, settled
in 1782, and which has since remained
in the family, the farm and outlands
now including nearly one thousand
acres; m., June 30, 1887, Mary A.
Putney of Dunbarton; children, Ruth,
b. May 22, 1891; Henry Putney, b.
March 17, 1895, ed. Concord high
school and N. H. College, now engaged
with his father on the home farm.
Residence, East Andover, N. H.
Reed, George Harlow
Clergyman; b., Worcester, Mass..
March 24, 1858; s. Samuel G. and
Cleora E. (Harlow) Reed; descended
on mother's side from Governor
Bradford and John Alden; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1883 (class or
ator), Bangor Theological Seminary,
1886, Boston University (special
course); pastor, Winslow Congrega
tional church, Taunton, Mass., 188791; North Congregational church,
Haverhill, Mass., 1891-8; First Congre
gational church, Concord, N. H., 1898-;
(this church, founded in 1730, is
famous for its long pastorates. Dr.
Reed being only sixth in succession to
hold the office); D.D., Dartmouth
College, 1910; trustee, Bangor Theolog
ical Seminary, 1915 -; trustee, N. H.
Congregational Ministers' and Widows'
Fund, 1899- ; director and secre
tary, N. H. Bible Soc., 1913-;
trustee and vice-president, N. H. Home
Missionary Soc.; pres., N. H. Prisoners'
Aid Ass'n; chairman, committee on
Penal Institutions, N. H. Conference
of Charities and Corrections; director,
N. H. Anti-Saloon League; corporate
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member, A. B. C. F. M., 1913-16;
Republican ; member, Congregational
Club,.Y. M. C. A., Phillips Exeter
Alumni Ass'n, Bangor Theological
Alumni Ass'n, Beaver Meadow Golf
Club and S. P. C. A.; m., 1st, July 16,
1889, Ellen Virginia Deane, dau. Dr.
Asahel S. and Virginia (Hughes)
Deane of Taunton, Mass., d. June 16,
1906; 2d, May 3, 1910, Helena B.
Quinby, dau. Edwin S. and Helen M.
(Gilman) Quinby, Bangor, Me.; one
dau., Margaret, Concord High School,
1911, one year Wheaton Seminary,
Plymouth, N. H., Normal School,
1915; teacher at Plymouth Normal,
1915-. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Wood, Mary Inez Stevens
(Mrs. George A. Wood) ; club woman,
publicist; b., Jan. 18, 1866, Woodstock,
Vt.; dau. John L. and Jean Ainsworth (Brand) Stevens; ed. Black River
Academy, Ludlow ; Vermont Academy,
Saxtons River, Vt., 1883, and private
tutors; taught school one term, and m.,
Oct. 18, 1884, George A. Wood of
�Mary I. Wood
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South Acworth ; resided at West Leba
non, N. H., till 1889, removing, then,
to West Medford, Mass., and in 1898
to Portsmouth, N. H., which has since
been her home; Unitarian; suffragist;
in Medford served on the board of ed
ucation; auditor and chairman educa
tion committee, Medford Woman's
Club; president, local Consumers'
League; director, Massachusetts Con
sumers League; in Portsmouth, mem
ber and president, Graffort (Woman's)
Club; president, Civic Ass'n; presi
dent, Portsmouth District Nursing
Ass'n; president, Woman's Realty
Co.; vice-president, Portsmouth Char
ity Organization; president, Woman's
Alliance of the Unitarian Church; super
intendent, Sunday School; member,
Portsmouth Board of Instruction ; mem
ber and vice-president, N. H. Woman
Suffrage Ass'n; president, N. H. Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, 1903-5;
manager, Bureau of Information, Gen
eral Federation of Women's Clubs;
member, N. H. state board of Chaiities
and Corrections; chairman, N. H. Divi
sion, Woman's Committee, National
Council of Defense; Home Economics
Director for N. H., under Federal
Food Administration; has written and
spoken extensively in behalf of the
various causes in which she is engaged,
particularly for woman suffrage, of
which she has long been an ardent ad
vocate, and food conservation in con
nection with war work to which she
has given much time since the United
States entered into the war with Ger
many. (See George Albert Wood, p.
126.)
French, James Edward
Retired merchant; b., Melvin Village,
Tuftonboro, N. H., Feb. 27, 1845; s.
James and Evaline A. (Moulton)
French; ed. public schools and N. H.
Conference Seminary, Tilton; removed
with his parents to Moultonboro, in
1851, and has resided there since,
except for two years —1867-9— in
Somersworth; engaged in mercantile
business till 1884, when he retired;
Methodist; Republican; moderator,
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Moultonboro, 1879-1918; town treas
urer many years; railroad commis
sioner, 1879-83; U. S. Collector of
Internal revenue, 1889-93; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 187879; member, N. H. senate, 1887;
member, house of representatives,
1897-1917, having had longer legisla
tive experience than any man in the
state now living; from his long service
as chairman of the house committee
on appropriations has come to be known
as the "watch dog of the treasury";
member, board of trustees of State
institutions, 1915-17; director, Pemigewassett R. R.; member, A. F. &
A. M., P. of H.; m., 1st, July 2, 1867,
Martha E. Hill, Somersworth, a. May
7, 1907; 2d, March 15, 1914, Martha
A. Hersom, Somersworth. Residence,
Moultonboro, N. H.
Huse, Raymond Howard
Clergyman; b., Woburn, Mass.
July 24, 1880; s. John S. and Abbie
(Plumer) Huse; ed. Nute High School,
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Milton, N. H., Drew Theological Semi
nary, 1903; Methodist; Prohibitionist;
pastor at Sanbornville and Brookfield,
1903-4-5; ordained deacon at Claremont, 1905; pastor at Exeter, 1906-78-9; ordained elder at Laconia, 1907;
superintendent, Dover district, N. H.
M. E. Conference, 1910 to Sept., 1915;
pastor, Baker Memorial M. E. Church,
Concord, since latter date; member,
M. E. General Conference, 1916;
trustee, N. H. M. E. Conference; presi
dent, Interdenominational Commission
of N. H., 1916-17; member, Board of
Examiners, Conference Relations Com
mittee, Conference Claimants Com
mission, Sustentation Commission,
N. H. Conference M. E. Church; secre
tary, N. H. Anti-Saloon League;
author, "Songs of an Itinerant," 1906;
"The Soul of a Child," 1914; "Letters
on the Atonement," 1917; "Conversa
tions on the Christian Faith," 1918;
"Songs of the Sunset," in preparation;
m., Sept. 1, 1906, Mabel Hale Ridgway, Newburyport, Mass. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Morse, Harris A.
Printer; b., Hopkinton, N. H., Jan.
3, 1865; s. Ezekiel W. and Mary A.
(Stanley) Morse; ed. public schools
and Contoocook Academy; successively
employed by Concord Axle Co., at
Penacook, and Davis Bros., paper
makers, Warner, and then engaged in
the printing business, first with the
Hopkinton Times, at Contoocook, then
with the Valley Times at Pittsfield,
and subsequently, four years with the
People and Patriot, Concord, where he
was foreman of the composing room;
June 1, 1889, he removed to Tilton
where he conducted a job printing
house, selling blank book, stationery
and school supplies in connection,
meanwhile taking an active interest in
public affairs; Congregationalist; Dem
ocrat; town clerk of Tilton, 1901-3,
town treasurer, 1902, selectman, 190514; member, N. H. house of represent
atives, 1905-6; auditor for Belknap
County, 1907-14; appointed postmas
ter of Tilton by President Wilson,
April 1, 1914, and continues in that
office, to the satisfaction of the public;
member of the Congregational church
at Tilton, which he has served in va
rious positions; member and past
master of Doric Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
of Tilton, and of the Kearsarge Club;
m., Oct. 19, 1887, Nettie F. Hill, Pittsfield; one son, Errol S., b. March 3,
1889, student in N. H. College, Dur
ham. Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Kingsbury, William Josiah
Insurance agent, florist; b., Queechee,
Vt., Nov. 10, 1866; s. Josiah Ware
Babcock and Mary Hill (Jackson)
Kingsbury; ed. public schools and
Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H.;
Baptist; Republican; teller, Newmarket
National Bank, 1892-6; teller, Derry
National Bank, 1896-1902, then re
tiring to devote himself to insurance
work; Patron of Husbandry, past mas
ter, Nutfield Grange, No. 47, Derry,
past master, West Rockingham Po
mona Grange; treasurer, Echo Lodge,
No. 61, I. O. O. F.; member, Rocking
ham Lodge, K. of P.; financial secre
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tary, Honesty Lodge, No. 79, N. E.
O. P.; financier, Derryfield Lodge,
No. 13, A. O. U. W, for twelve years;
member, J. O. U. A. M.; auditor,
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their removal to California in 1908;
studied law with the late John L.
Spring of Lebanon, and admitted to
the bar in June, 1898; opened an office
in Sanborn's Block in Concord in the
spring of 1899 and there practiced, a
part of the time in company with
Judge Geo. M. Fletcher, until his re
moval to California early in 1908,
where he was admitted to the bar in
Los Angeles in April, and continued
practice; Republican; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1903-4, serv
ing on the judiciary committee and as
chairman of the Merrimack County
delegation; moderator, Ward 6, 1907;
president, Los Angeles Harbor Com
mission, 1912-16; mayor of Los An
geles since Sept. 5, 1916; member,
A. F. & A. M. (32d degree), I. O. O. F.,
Sons of the Revolution, Society of
Colonial War, Sons of Veterans, Union
League Club; vice-president and di
Deny town school district; since 1908
has built up a greenhouse industry in
Deny, with five houses and 8,500 feet
of glass; attended the World's fair in
California in 1915, and has travelled
extensively in the United States,
Mexico and Canada; m., June 20,
1900, Alice Chapman. Residence,
Deny, N. H.
Woodman, Frederic Thomas
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., June
28, 1872; s. Alfred and Maria T.
(Gallup) Woodman; ed. public schools,
White River Junction, Vt., high school,
and private teachers; his paternal an
cestor came from England to this coun
try in 1631, and the maternal in 1628;
removed in infancy onto a farm in
Plainfield, N. H., which had been
granted to the Gallups, his mother's
family, by King George the Third in
1765, and remained in the family until
rector, First National Bank of Wil
mington, Cal. ; m. Etta M. Sanborn,
Feb. 6, 1908, d. April 16, 1916. Resi
dence, Los Angeles, Cal.
�Frank P. Hill
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Hill, Frank Pierce
Librarian; b., Concord, N. H., Aug.
22, 1855; s. Cyrus and Nancv (Walker)
Hill; ed. public schools, Dartmouth
College, B.S., 1876, Litt.D., 1906;
librarian, Lowell, Mass., 1881-5;
started first public library in New Jer
sey (under act of 1884) at Paterson,
1885; inaugurated Salem, Mass., public
library, 1888-9; in latter year inaug
urated Newark, N. J., public library,
of which he was librarian till 1901,
since which date he has been librarian
of the Brooklyn, N. Y., public library;
member, American Library Ass'n,
(secretary, 1891-5, president, 1906);
member, American Bibliographical
Soc.; as chairman of the American
Library Ass'n War Finance Committee,
was instrumental in securing $1,500,000,
through subscriptions, for the purpose
of creating library buildings in the
thirty-two camps and cantonments
established by the War Department
and furnishing reading matter to sol
diers and sailors engaged in the world
war, both here and abroad; m., Mav
17, 1880, Annie M. Wood, Lowell,
Mass. Residence, 373 Washington
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; address, Pub
lic Library, Brooklyn.
Rogers, Fred Ashley
Farmer; b., Hartland, Vt., Sept. 20,
1866; s. Daniel Peabody and Purah
Eliza (Lovejoy) Rogers; ed. public
schools, Perkins Academy, Woodstock,
Vt., Troy, N. Y., Business College,
1885; taught school winters and did
farm work in summer while securing
his education, and has since been en
gaged in agriculture; located in Plainfield, N. H., Jan., 1901, buying a farm
of 350 acres near Meriden Village, to
which he has added 200 acres; pursues
mixed farming, keeping over 100 head
of cattle, with horses, sheep and swine
to match; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; chairman, board of selectmen,
Plainfield, five years; member, N. H.
house of representatives and chairman
committee on agriculture, 1917; Patron
of Husbandry and active worker in the
order; member executive committee,
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N. H. State Grange, 1913-17; master,
N. H. State Grange, 1917-; member
advisory council, N. H. Board of Agri
culture, Sept., 1915-; m., Feb. 26,
1890, Addie May Round, Reading, Vt. ;
children, Carrie E. Westgate, b. March
1, 1891 (Kimball Union Academy,
1910); Lena A. Read, b. Oct. 13, 1892
(K. U. A.. 1910); Harriet A., b. Nov.
7, 1894 (K. U. A., 1913), teacher; Fred
A., Jr., b. March 4, 1898 (K. U. A.,
1917), enlisted in U. S. A., Sept. 15,
1917, promoted to corporal Dec. 1,
in service in Medical Officers' Training
Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; Flora
Belle, b. Nov. 22, 1902, now in K. U.
A.; Wendell R., b. March 14, 1906;
Herman D., b. April 30, 1908. Upon
assuming office as Master of the N. H.
State Grange Mr. Rogers at once
took steps to interest the farmers in
a state-wide movement for wood
cutting in order to increase the fuel
supply, and for increasing maple sugar
production, to relieve the sugar short
age. Residence, Plainfield, N. H.,
Meriden P. O.
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Cummings, Allen Curtis.
Educator; b., Nov. 30, 1868, North
Thetford, Vt. ; s. Harlan P. and Alpa M.
(Baxter) Cummings; ed. Thetford, Vt.,
Academy and Dartmouth College, A.
B., 1892 (commencement oration and
honorable mention in political science) ;
A.M., Dartmouth, 1895; has attended
several sessionsHarvard Summer school.
Principal high school, Littleton, Mass.,
1892-5; Ayer, Mass., 1895-8; instructor,
St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, 1898-
1901; principal, Orange, Mass., high
school, 1904-12; head-master, Stevens
High School, Claremont, N. H., since
1912; Conrgegationalist; Republican;
secretary-treasurer, N. H. School-mas
ters Club; member, New England His
tory Teachers Ass'n; Phi Beta Kappa
and K. K. K. societies, Dartmouth; A.
F. & A. M., and Eastern Star; unmar
ried. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Hill, Howard Fremont
Journalist; clergyman; b., Concord,
N. H., July 21, 1846; s. John M. and
Elisabeth Lord (Chase) Hill; grandson
of Gov. Isaac Hill; descendant of Han
nah Eames, killed by the Indians in the
Framingham, Mass., Massacre, 1676;
ed. Concord High School, 1863, Nor
wich (Vt.) Univ., 1863-5; Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1867, A.M., 1870;
Episcopal Theological Seminary, Cam
bridge, Mass., B.D., 1879; A.M., Tri
nity, 1885, Bishops' College, 1888,
University of Vermont, 1911; Ph.D.,
Dartmouth, 1887 (on examination for
work); D.D., Norwich University, 1891;
Episcopalian; Democrat; member, Con
cord common council, 1907-8; board
of aldermen, 1909-10; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1895-7; N. H.
constitutional convention, 1912; chap
lain, Vermont legislature, 1882; chap
lain, Vermont National Guard, thirteen
years; trustee, University of Vermont,
1886-9; trustee, Norwich University,
1895-1915; member, editorial board,
Concord History Committee; editor,
N. H. Patriot, 1868-73; ordained dea
con, P. E. church, 1875, priest, 1877;
rector, P. E. church, Ashland and Holderness, 1875-9; Montpelier, Vt., 187989; Amesbury, Mass., 1889-91; Pittsfield, N. H., 1895-1905; chief examin
ing chaplain, P. E. Diocese of New
Hampshire; held same office in Ver
mont; editor, Church Fly-Leaf since
1897; member, A. F. & A. M., 33d
degree, Grand Cross of Constantine,
Royal Order of Scotland; ex-president
and present secretary-treasurer, N. H.
Soc. S. A. R.; member, Soc. Colonial
Wars; m., Oct. 17, 1870, Laura L.
Tibbetts, Concord; children, John M.,
b. Oct. 30, 1871, d. Dec. 4, 1872; Maria
D. (Mrs. Archibald Campbell), b. Dec.
11, 1873, d. June 2, 1908; Grace W.
(Mrs. Zoheth S. Freeman, New York),
b. June 21, 1876. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Farnsworth, Kate Maria Sheldon
(Mrs. James Farnsworth); club
woman; b., Ashley, Mass., June 4,
1861; dau. Joel and Abby S. (Under
wood) Sheldon; ed. private teacher;
for twenty years, 1896-1912, cashier
and bookkeeper for the HolbrookMarshall Co., Nashua, N. H.; 1896
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
1912, rec. sec, council member and
treasurer, N. H. Branch Order of King's
Daughters, president, 1912-17; inter
national treasurer, Order King's Daugh
ters, 1914-; treasurer, Nashaway
Woman's Club, 1914-15, vice-presi
dent, 1916, president, 1917-; presi
dent, Cross Bearers' Circle, Universalist Church, Nashua, 1908-; treasurer,
King's Daughters Benevolent Ass'n
caring for a children's home, 1912-;
member, Thornton Chapter, D. A. R.,
and Nashua Grange, P. of H.; active in
the Red Cross, Liberty Loan drive,
and other forms of war relief work;
Universalist; m., Nov. 8, 1910, James
Farnsworth. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Spaulding, Oliver Lyman
Lawyer; b., Jaffrey, N. H., Aug. 2,
1833; s. Lyman and Susan (Marshall)
Spaulding; ed. public schools, Mel
ville Academy, Jaffrey, and Oberlin
College, 1855; studied law, admitted
to the bar in 1858, and located in prac
tice at St. Johns, Mich.; Episcopalian,
senior warden of church at St. Johns,
twenty-five years; Republican; regent,
University of Michigan, 1858-65; Sec
retary of State of Michigan, 1867-71;
special agent, U. S. Treasury Dept.,
1875-81; member, 47th Congress,
Sixth Michigan district, serving on
committees on Indian Affairs and Mili
tary Affairs, 1881-3; chairman, com
mission to Hawaii to investigate reci
procity treaty between United States
and Hawaii, 1883; delegate, Republi
can national convention, 1896; asst.
sec'y, U. S. Treasury, 1890-3, 18971903; president, Pan-American Cus
toms Congress, 1902; declined ap
pointment as judge of Utah Terri
tory, 1870, also appointment as judge
tendered by the governor of Michigan,
1889; captain, major, lieutenant-colo
nel and colonel, 23d Michigan Volun
teers in Civil War, and brevet brigadier
general; member, A. F. & A. M., hold
ing chief office in the several Masonic
grand bodies in Michigan; member,
Loyal Legion, G. A. R., and Army and
Navy Club; m., 1st, May 29, 1856,
Jennie Mead, d. Nov. 11, 1857; 2d,
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1859, Minerva Mead, d. 1861; 3d,
Aug. 12, 1862, M. Cecelia Swegles,
dau. Hon. John Swegles, former Audi
tor General of Michigan; children,
Frank Mead, b. Nov. 4, 1861, mer
chant at St. Johns, Mich.; Edna Cece
lia, b. Nov. 17, 1870 (Wellesley, 1892);
Oliver Lyman, Jr., b. July 17. 1875
(Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1895, LL.B.,
1896), appointed second lieutenant of
Artillery by President McKinley in
1898, now colonel in the regular army;
John Cecil, b. Jan. 7, 1879 (Univ. of
Mich., 1897, Law Dept., George Wash
ington Univ., 1901), Lawyer, Detroit,
Mich.; Thomas Marshall, b. May 18,
1882 (Univ. of Mich., B.A., West
Point, 1905), now major in the U. S.
Coast Artillery. Home. 2224 N St.,
Washington, D. C.; legal residence, St.
Johns, Mich.
Sawyer, William Henry
Lawyer; Associate Justice, N. H.
Superior Court; b., Littleton, N. H.,
Aug. 18, 1867; s. Eli D., and Sarah O.
(Pierce) Sawyer; lineal descendant,
�Hon. William H. Sawyer
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on maternal side, of Robert Cushman,
who promoted the Mayflower expedi
tion, chartered the vessel, was the
financial agent of the Pilgrim Company,
and, in Dec, 1621, preached at Ply
mouth the first sermon in New Eng
land ever printed, and whose son,
Thomas, married Mary Allerton,
also a Mayflower passenger and the
last survivor of the party, from whom
Judge Sawyer is descended; ed. Little
ton high school and Boston University
School of Law, 1890, taking the three
years' course in the latter in two years;
studied a year in the office of the late
Hon. Harry Bingham; admitted to
the bar in Concord, July 25, 1890,
and practiced in the office of Bingham
& Mitchell in Concord till Jan., 1904;
was alone three years and then formed
a partnership with Joseph S. Matthews,
now assistant attorney general, which
continued about six years, then prac
ticed alone for a time; and was sub
sequently in partnership with the late
Cen. John H. Albin until the latter's
retirement; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; candidate of his party for various
offices; member, N. H. Executive
council, elected in a strong Republican
district, 1913; member, Concord board
of education, 1909-15; appointed
Associate Justice, N. H. Superior
Court, Dec. 12, 1913; m., Nov. 18,
1891, Carrie B. Lane, Whitefield, N. H;
children, Howard Pierce, b. Aug. 13,
1892 (Dartmouth, 1915, Yale Medical
College, 1918), now serving in the
Yale Mobile Field Hospital, American
Expeditionary Force, in France; Helen
Lane, b. March 13, 1895 (Mt. Holyoke,
1917), teacher of Ancient history, Con
cord high school; Marion Farr, b. July
22, 1896 (Mt. Holyoke, 1919); Robert
Cushman, b. March 13, 1899; Charles
Murray. b. Feb. 2, 1906. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Holt, Hermon
Lawyer; b., Woodstock, Vt., Sept.
7, 1845; s. Nathan L. and Rebecca
Maria (Mack) Holt; ed. Randolph,
Vt., Academy, Kimball Union Acad
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emy, 1866, Dartmouth College, 1870;
studied law, admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Claremont in
1873, and has there continued; Episco
palian; Republican; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1889-90,
N. H. senate, 1894-5; served several
years as a member of the Stevens High
School committee and also of the town
school committee ; trustee and president,
Claremont Savings Bank; retired from
active practice, he spends the summer
season on a farm, a mile out of town, and
the winters in the old Farwell home,
built by his wife's grandfather 100 years
ago; m., Oct. 6, 1875, Clara Elizabeth,
dau. Charles R. and Clarissa E. (Per
kins) Farwell; children, Hermon, Jr., b.
Nov. 14, 1876 (Dartmouth, 1897, Har
vard Law School, 1901), lawyer in Bos
ton; Clara Farwell (Mrs. Edward K.
Woodworth), b. May 22, 1879, d. July
20, 1917; Frances Glidden (Mrs. Henry
C. Hawkings, Jr.), b. June 7, 1881;
Marion Elizabeth, b. Sept. 19, 1886.
Residence, Claremont, N. H.
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Charron, Henry Emery
Clothing merchant; b., Vercheres,
P. Q., March 5, 1861; s. Jean Baptiste
and Hermine (Cormier) Charron; ed.
public schools of Canada and United
States; engaged in the clothing trade
for thirty-five years, conducting an
extensive business for himself in Claremont the last ten years; Catholic;
Democrat; member, N. H. house of
representatives from Claremont; 191314, 1915-16; Democratic candidate for
state senator, 1916, running largely
ahead of his ticket; member N H. Con
stitutional Convention, 1918; treasurer,
board of cemetery commissioners, for
the town of Claremont; member, St.
Jean Baptiste Soc, Knights of Colum
bus (Columbian Council No. 1820), B.
P. O. Elks, Franco Canado American
Soc; m., March 8, 1886, Almaide
Geoffrion, d. June 15, 1897; children,
Emeria, b. Feb. 14, 1887; Victor F.,
b. Dec. 31, 1891; Theresa and Aloysia,
b. Oct. 4, 1893. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
True, Reuben Cutler
Farmer; b., Lebanon, N. H., Dec.
14, 1847; s. Bradley and Sarah A.
(Smith) True; ed. public schools and
Kimball Union Academy, 1869; Con-
gregationalist; Republican; member,
board of selectmen, Lebanon, 1887,
1888; N. H. house of representatives,
1889, 1913, 1915; constitutional con
vention, 1912; member, A. F. & A. M.,
Knight Templar and Shriner, P. of
H., N. H. Historical Soc; m., Nov. 14,
1883, H. Lillian Child, Cornish; chil
dren, Mary Cutler, b. Nov. 30, 1886,
d. Nov. 27, 1898; William Bradley,
b. June 3, 1890 (Kimball Union Acad
emy, 1909) ; Olive Lillian, b. Sept. 18,
1898 (Kimball Union Academy, 1916,
N. H. State College, 1921) . Residence,
West Lebanon, N. H.
Barnard, Harry Everett
Chemist; b., Dunbarton, N. H.,
Nov. 14, 1874; s. Nelson H. and
Celestia A. (Ryder) Barnard; ed.
public schools and N. H. College of
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Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, B.S.,
1899; Ph.D., Hanover College, 1913;
assistant chemist, N. H. Experiment
Station, 1899; U. S. Smokeless powder
factory, Indian Head, Md., 1900-1;
trustee, N. H. College, 1903-6; chemist,
N. H. State Board of Health, 1901-5;
Indiana State Board of Health since
1905; state food and drug commis
sioner, Indiana, since 1907; state com
missioner of weights and measures
since 1911, food and drug inspection
chemist, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture,
since 1907; president, Indiana Sanitary
and Water Supply Ass'n; member,
American Chemists Soc. (founder and
first president, Indiana Section) ; mem
ber, Soc. Official Agrl. Chemists, Nat'l
Ass'n State Food Commissioners, Fed
eral Food Standards Com., Indianap
olis Tech. Soc, Indiana member, Lake
Michigan Water Commission; hon
orary member, N. H. Medical Soc;
member executive committee, Nat'l
Conservation Congress, 1912; Irvington Athenaeum, Indianapolis Literary
Soc; m., June 20, 1901, Marion
Harvie, Providence, R. I. Residence,
5543 University Ave., Indianapolis,
Ind.
Ayers, Philip Wheelock
Forester; b., Winterset, la., May 26,
1861; s. Elias J. Ayers; ed. Cornell
University. Ph.B., 1884, Johns Hop
kins, Ph.D., 1888; tutor and fellow,
Johns Hopkins, 1886-8; general secre
tary, Associated Charities, Cincinnati,
O., 1889-95; studied penal and chari
table institutions in Europe, 1895;
general secretary, Bureau of Asso
ciated Charities, Chicago, 1895-7;
assistant secretary, Charity Organiza
tion Soc, New York, 1897-1900;
Forester of the N. H. Soc. for the
Protection of Forests since 1900;
superintendent, Summer School of
Philanthropic Work, New York Charity
Organization, 1898-1905; m. Alice
Stanley Taylor, Newton, Mass., Aug.
8, 1899. Residence, Franconia, N. H.,
business address, 4 Joy St., Boston,
Mass.
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Frisselle, Frank Monroe
Journalist; b., Boston, Mass., Dec
22, 1862; s. Isaac Monroe and Annie
(Steele) Frisselle; ed., Boston public
schools, Harvard preparatory course,
Boston Latin School; Episcopalian;
Republican; city editor, Manchester
Daily Union, 1890-2, night editor,
1905-13; city editor, Manchester Mir
ror and American, 1913-; deputy chief,
Manchester fire department, 18971900; first secretary, N. H. State Fire
men's Ass'n; president, Animal Rescue
League, 1911-17; member, Lake Winnipesaukee Improvement Ass'n, Man
chester Historic Ass'n, Sarsfield Boat
Club, Manchester; author, "Kismet
Poems," "Lady Franklin Boy Greeley
Relief Expedition" (delivered in lec
ture form) and many fugitive poems
and local historical pamphlets; orig
inator of "Observant Citizen" column,
Manchester Union; editor "O. C."
column, Manchester Mirror; for ten
years Associated Press correspondent
�Hon. Edwin F. Jones
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
for Manchester; dramatic editor, Man
chester, for twenty years; m., Feb.
4, 1899, Carrie Stearns Corliss. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.; summer
home, Beaver Island, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H.
Jones, Edwin Frank
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
April 19, 1859; s. Edwin R. and Mary
A. (Farnham) Jones; ed. Manchester
schools, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1880;
studied law with the late Judge David
Cross of Manchester; admitted to the
bar Aug. 23, 1883, and commenced
practice as a partner of the late Wil
liam J. Copeland; after Mr. Copeland's
death, in 1886, continued alone for
sixteen years, then becoming a mem- .
ber of the firm of Burnham, Brown,
Jones & Warren, which, with some
changes in membership, is now the
firm of Jones, Warren, Wilson &
Manning, with an extensive general
practice, Mr. Jones devoting himself
mainly, however, to the interests of
various large corporations; Unitarian;
Republican; assistant clerk, N. H.
house of representatives, 1881, clerk,
1883, 1885; city solicitor of Manches
ter, twelve years, from 1887; treas
urer, Hillsborough County, 1887-95;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1902, and member, standing
committee on future mode of amend
ing the constitution; delegate, again, in
the convention of 1912, and president
of the convention; a frequent speaker
on the stump in the interests of his
party, and orator of the day at many
civic celebrations and historical anni
versaries; president of the Republican
state convention in 1900; delegate-atlarge from New Hampshire in the
Republican national convention at
Chicago, in 1908; trustee of Manches
ter city library since 1906; many years
trustee of Pine Grove Cemetery;
member, N. H. Bar Ass'n (president,
1906-8); American Bar Ass'n; Mason,
member, Washington Lodge (Master
in 1891), Mt. Horeb Chapter, Adoniram
Council and Trinity Commandery of
Manchester; N. H. Consistory (32d de13
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gree), and Shriner; district deputy
grand master, Grand Lodge of N. H.
in 1896, and grand master in 1910;
I. O. O. F.; member, Manchester Com
mittee of Public Safety, and chairman
Speakers' Bureau, N. H. Committee of
Public Safety; member, Phi Beta
Kappa, Derryfield and Intervale
Country clubs, Manchester Boston Art
Club, Boston; m., Dec. 21, 1887, Nora
F. Kennard of Manchester; one dau.,
Rebecca, b. July 17, 1889, d. Oct. 26,
1902. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Churchill, Winston
Author; b., St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 10,
1871; s. Edward Spaulding and Emma
Bell (Blaine) Churchill; ed. U. S.
Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1894
(hon. A.M., 1903, Litt.D., 1914, LL.D.,
1915); Episcopalian; Progressive Re
publican; member, N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1903-4, 1905-6; aide on
staff of Gov. Nahum J. Bachelder,
1903; Progressive candidate for gov
ernor of New Hampshire, 1912; mem
ber, Century Club, New York; Tennis
and Racquet, Union and Tavern clubs,
Boston; author, "The Celebrity," 1898;
"Richard Carvel," 189JL"The Crisis,
1901; "The Crossing," 304f "Coniston,"" 1906; "Mr. Crewe's Career,"
1908;- '"A Modern Chronicle," 1010.;
"Tne Inside of the Cup," 1913; "A Far
Country," 19J& "The Dwellmk Place
of Light," 1917; traveled in Europe,
1917-18, writing impressions of the
war for the American press; m., Oct.
22, 1895, Mabel H. Hall. Residence,
Cornish, N. H. (Windsor, Vt., P. O.).
Harriman, Walter C.
Lawyer; b., Warner, N. H., Sept. 8,
1849; s. Gen. Walter and Almira R.
(Andrews) Harriman; ed. public
schools and Colby Academy, New Lon
don, N. H.; commenced the study of
law in 1873, and pursued the same in
the office of Lyman D. Stevens and
that of Tappan & Albin in Concord;
admitted to the bar in 1876, and the
following year commenced practice
in Portsmouth; Universalist; born aDemocrat, and raised his first flag for
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Douglas and Johnson, in the campaign
of 1860; he has affiliated with the
Republican party generally since at
taining his majority, but stands for
country first in all emergencies; ap
pointed solicitor for Rockingham
County, by Gov. B. F. Prescott, to
succeed the late William B. Small, and
twice subsequently elected by the
people to the same office; removed to
Nashua, where he continued practice
for several years, serving also six years
as a member of the Nashua board of
education—the last year as president;
member, N. H. constitutional con
vention from Nashua in 1902. (As a
boy of fifteen Mr. Harriman was with
his father, General Harriman, in the
war, on the march to Appomattox, saw
the last battle fought and was at the
surrender of Lee); m., Sept. 3, 1878,
Mabel A. Perkins of Portsmouth;
children, Walter Hartwell, b. Sept. 19,
1881 ass't supt. Universal Winding Co.,
Providence, R. I.; Almira Andrews
(Mrs. Omar Swenson, Concord), b. Nov.
25, 1882. Residence, Warner, N. H.
Myers, Walter Crane
Clergyman; b., Kingston, N. Y.,
Dec. 24, 1858; s. Abram and Martha
(Osterhoudt) Myers; ed. Kingston
High School, Rochester University,
1883, Rochester Theological Seminary,
1887; Y. M. C. A. secretary, Waterbury, Conn., Norristown, Pa... Williamsport, Pa.; general work, Mass. State
Y. M. C. A. committee, 1901-4; pas
tor, First Baptist church, Reading,
Mass., 1904-12; First Baptist church,
Concord, N. H., 1912-; member, Ma
sonic fraternity, I. O. O. F., Baptist
Ministers' Conference (Boston), Salis
bury Baptist Ass'n, and many other
religious and philanthropic organiza
tions; independent in politics; m.,
1st, June, 1884, Ella Valkenburgh,
Kingston, N. Y., d. May, 1901; 2d,
Oct. 28, 1908, Jennie Florence Meins,
Brookline, Mass.; one son, Clifford
Ernest, b. April, 1886; ed. Kingston
High School, Normal School, West
chester, Pa.; travelling salesman; en
listed June, 1917, Company B, First
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Reserve Engineer Corps, now in
France. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Conn, Charles Fuller
Manufacturer; b., Concord, N. H..
Nov. 11, 1865; s. Dr. Granville P. and
Helen M. (Sprague) Conn.; ed. Con
cord schools, high school, 1883, Dart
mouth College, B.S., 1887; Episco
palian; Republican; served as brakeman on Concord & Montreal R. R.
summer of 1883, before entering col
lege; ticket agent, Passumpsic R. R.,
Hanover, 1884-7; brakeman and par
lor car conductor, White Mountain
trains, summer seasons, 1885-6-7;
traveling agent, Providence & Worces
ter R. R., Oct., 1887 to May, 1888;
Eurser, Fall River Line, Providence &
tonington Steamship Co.; traveling
agent (traffic and claims), Providence,
R. I.; special agent (traffic) and gen
eral agent, Boston, of same and New
York, Providence and Boston R. R.,
May, 1888 to June, 1893, when steam
ship and railroad companies were
leased; purser, Fall River Line, Old
Colony Steamboat Co., June, 1893 to
Feb., 1894; auditor, Old Colony
Steamboat Co., New Haven, Conn.,
Feb., 1894 to July, 1896; treasurer,
Boston Terminal Co., July 1, 1896,
during construction of South Station,
and treasurer, purchasing agent and
paymaster, Boston Terminal Co., to
March 31, 1901 (resigned); with Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., chiefly
engaged in making examinations and
reports on railroad projects and
properties, April 1, 1891 to Oct. 1,
1891; manager for same company
from Oct. 1, 1891 to Feb. 1, 1904.
as chief engineer of construction and
contractors for power plant and equip
ment in the construction of the Lack
awanna and Wyoming Valley proper
ties; vice-president and general man
ager, Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley
Railroad Co., at Scranton, Pa., from
beginning of operation, Feb. 1, 1904,
to Jan., 1913; also president, Lacka
wanna & Wyoming Valley Power Co.,
and Meadow Brook Stone Co.; presi
dent and general manager, Giant Port
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land Cement Co., Philadelphia, Pa.,
Feb., 1913 to date; m., Nov. 7, 1889,
Mabel S. Dwight, Concord, N. H.; one
son, Dwight, b. Oct. 7, 1890 (Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1910, Dartmouth
College, 1914). Residence, Wayne,
Pa.; business address, Fifteenth and
Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Mason, Ellen McRoberts
(Mrs. Mahlon L. Mason); writer,
club-woman ; b. North Baldwin (Quaker
Brook), Me.; dau. John and Charity
(Davis) McRoberts (her father, born in
Belfast, Ireland, son of a Scotch
mother and Irish father, who was an
army officer, came to this country in
youth and was at first engaged in rail
road building); ed. public schools and
academies, and Farmington, Me.,
Normal School; taught school for a
time and was married April 21, 1873,
to Mahlon Lee Mason, proprietor of
the Sunset Pavilion, a widely known
summer hotel at North Conway, where
her home has since been. Endowed
with literary taste and a talent for writ
ing, she cultivated these and made fre
quent contributions, both in prose and
verse, to the Portland Transcript, the
Press and other Maine papers; also let
ters and stories published in the Boston
Courier; served for a dozen years as
the "East Side" correspondent of the
Boston Herald; was a constant con
tributor to the While Mountain Echo
during the period of its publication,
and more recently wrote for Among
the Clouds. She is also a forceful and
convincing public speaker. She has
traveled in Germany, having been there
when the old Emperor William died;
saw the troops swear allegiance to his
son, Frederick, and realized the ap
proaching prominence of the Hohenzollern regime. Her letters to the
Boston Sunday Herald at that time
attracted wide attention. She has
translated many stories and poems
from the German, some of which have
been published in the Granite Monthly,
as have various historical articles from
her pen; she is also represented in the
"Poets of Maine" and the "Poets of
�Ellen McRoberts Mason
�Capt. Nathaniel R. Mason, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.R.C., U.S.A.
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New Hampshire"; served six years on
the Conway school board and was
mainly instrumental in securing ex
pert supervision for the schools, her
personally obtained opinions upon the
subject having also been used by State
Superintendent Morrison, in his work
of extending the system through the
state; she was also instrumental in
establishing a school library at North
Conway, effected the centralization of
the schools in the villages of the town,
and took the initiative in bringing to
North Conway the first meeting of the
American Institute of Instruction, in
1898; vice-president, N. H. Federation
of Women's Clubs, 1896-7, and inaug
urated the custom of holding yearly
field-meetings, the first one being held
at North Conway, July 8-9, 1896, while
she was president of the North Con
way Woman's Club; first chairman,
Forestry Committee, N. H. Federation,
1897-1905, and during this service in
duced many of the Women's Clubs of
the state to become life members of
the Society for the Protection of N. H.
Forests, of which she was a charter
member and had the honor of naming,
having also written much upon the
subject of forest preservation; clerk of
North Conway Public Library Ass'n
for the last thirty years; member,
book committee, of the same and of
the building committee erecting the
handsome stone structure for housing
the library; member, New England
Woman's Press Ass'n; president of the
local S. P. C. A., Suffragist; Episco
palian, and clerk of the corporation of
Christ Church, North Conway for
nearly thirty years past. One son,
Dr. Nathaniel R. Mason (see next
sketch). Residence, North Conway.
Mason, Nathaniel Robert
Physician and surgeon; b., North
Conway, N. H., April 26, 1876; s.
Mahlon Lee and Ellen (McRoberts)
Mason (great-great-grandson of Capt.
Nathaniel Hutchins of French and
Indian and Revolutionary war fame);
ed. under his mother's tutelage till
nearly ten years of age, Pierce grammar
school, Brookline, Mass., private study
in Germany, Bridgton, Me., high
school, Phillips Andover Academy,
1893, Yale University, A.B. 1897 (with
honors), Harvard Medical School, M.D.
1901; was a summer reporter for the
Boston Herald and other papers in
boyhood, and a clerk in the Sunset
House, his father's hotel, in vacation,
while at Yale and Harvard; Episco
palian (vestryman, Christ church,
North Conway); Republican; com
menced professional practice in Boston,
at "The Marlboro," on Marlboro St.,
in the fall after graduation; pursued
general practice four years, after that
specializing in obstetrics and gyne
cology; assistant in Obstetrics and
Gynecology, Harvard University Medi
cal School; First Ass't Visiting Sur
geon for Diseases of Women, Boston
City Hospital; Ass't Visiting Physi
cian Boston Lying-in Hospital; has
carried out important original inves
tigations in the Laboratory for Surgi
cal Research of Harvard Medical
School; frequent contributor to the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal;
member Beta Theta Pi fraternity,
Yale, Mass. Medical Soc, Mass. Medi
cal Benevolent Soc, Boston Medical
Library, Obstetrical Soc. of Boston,
American Medical Ass'n, American
College of Surgeons, Ass'n of Military
Surgeons of U. S., Union Boat Club;
member of the first military instruc
tion camp, at Plattsburg, N. Y., in the
summer of 1915; received commission
as first lieutenant in the Medical Re
serve Corps of the U.S. Army, Oct. 12,
1916; commissioned as captain in the
Medical Section of the Officers' Re
serve Corps, Dec. 7, 1917; assigned to
active duty at Camp Greenleaf, Ft.
Oglethorpe, Ga., Jan. 10, 1918, serving
as instructor in surgery; ordered by the
War Department to Rockefeller In
stitute, New York, for a further course
in Medical Research; assigned to the
Division of Surgery, for foreign service,
at Base Hospital Fifty-one; m., Aug.
31, 1911, Eunice Ireland, dau. Rev.
Warren Rasselas Ireland, Winchester,
Mass.; two children, Charity Adeline,
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b. May 21, 1913; and Mahlon Rasselas,
b. April 6, 1915. Office and residence,
483 Beacon St., Boston; summer home,
North Conway.
Silver, Ernest Leroy
Educator; b., Salem, N. H., Sept.
29, 1876; s. Clinton Leroy and Paulina
Clymelia (Ayer) Silver; ed. Pinkerton
Academy, Derry,N. H., 1894, Dart
mouth College, B.Litt., 1899; super
intendent of schools, Rochester, N. H.,
1900-04, Portsmouth, 1905-9; princi
pal, Pinkerton Academy, 1909-11; di
rector, N. H. State Normal School,
Plymouth, since 1911; Methodist
(trustee, M. E. Church, Plymouth);
Progressive Republican; served as
president of Strafford and Rockingham
County Teachers' Ass'ns, and N. H.
State Teachers'Ass'n; many years mem
ber, N. H. Educational Council; presi
dent, Schoolmasters' Club; director,
American Institute of Instruction;
member, National Educational Ass'n
and National Ass'n of Normal School
Presidents: A. F. & A. M., St. Johns'
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Lodge, Portsmouth; m., 1889, Hattie
May Plummer. Residence, Plymouth,
N. H.
Nolin, William Peter
Merchant; postmaster ofClaremont;
b., Claremont, N. H., April 6, 1875;
s. Pierre and Mary (Gillette) Nolin;
ed. public schools of Claremont; en
gaged in the grocery business estab
lished by his father in 1895, and since
incorporated as P. Nolin & Sons, doing
an extensive business; now president
of the corporation, and also president
of the Nolin Shoe Co.; Roman Cath
olic; Democrat; appointed postmaster
of Claremont by President Wilson;
active member of Claremont board of
trade and interested in all public im
provements; member, committee on
public playground; director, People's
National Bank ; member and past vicepresident, N. H. Retail Grocers Ass'n;
member, Knights of Columbus, Elks,
Moose, Foresters of America, L' Union
Canadienne Francaise, St. Jean Baptiste Soc, Naturalization Club; m.
�Hon. James W. Remick
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Laura N. Courchene, Sept. 16, 1902;
children, Francis Harry, b. May 15,
1906; William Esdrase, b. Aug. 25,
1908. Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Remick, James Waldron
Lawyer; b., Hardwick, Vt., Oct. 30,
1860; s. Samuel Kelley and Sophia
(Cushman) Remick; ed. public schools,
Colebrook, N. H. Academy, Michigan
University, LL.B., 1882; admitted to
the N. H. bar, 1882; commenced prac
tice at Colebrook, remaining for two
years, when he formed a partnership
with the late Hon. Ossian Ray, with
office in Littleton, to which town he
removed; later was associated with
his brother, the late Gen. Daniel C.
Remich, under the firm name of Remich & Remick; appointed U. S. district
attorney for New Hampshire by Presi
dent Benjamin Harrison at the age of
twenty-eight years, holding the office
four years; appointed an associate
justice of the N. H. supreme court in
1901, when he removed to Concord;
resigned from the bench in 1904, to
resume private practice, becoming a
member of the firm of Sargent, Remick
& Niles, and subsequently being asso
ciated with Henry F. Hollis, present
U. S. senator from New Hampshire,
under the name of Remick & Hollis,
which latter firm was dissolved in 1911,
and the firm of Remick & Jackson
(Robert Jackson) formed, continuing
five years, since when Judge Remick
has practiced alone; Unitarian; Inde
pendent Republican; member, Little
ton board of health, 1887-9; board of
education, 1889-1901, the last six
years as chairman; member, N. H.
and American Bar Ass'ns, Derryfield
Club, Manchester, Wonolancet, Beaver
Meadow Golf and Snowshoe clubs,
Concord; trustee, John H. Pearson
fund; m., Dec. 5, 1888, Mary S. Pendle
ton, Hartford, Conn. Residence, Con
cord, N. H.
Remick, Mary Pendleton
(Mrs. James W. Remick); club
woman; b., Bangor, Me., July 81, 1864,
dau. Nathan P. and Helen M. (Smith)
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Pendleton; ed. private schools, Marl
boro and Southboro, Mass., and Hart
ford, Conn.; secretary, N. H. Confer
ence of Charities and Corrections,
1907— ; trustee and secretary, Pem
broke Sanatorium for Advanced Cases
of Tuberculosis; trustee, N. H. Mem
orial Hospital for Women and Children ;
eight years president, Hospital Asso
ciates, when $6,000 was raised for the
Maternity Fund; president, Concord
Woman's Club, 1911-13; first vice-
president, Friendly Club; served as
chairman of committee on Industrial
and Social Conditions and Prison
Reform for the General Federation of
Woman's Clubs, 1912-16; first vicepresident, N. H. Federation of Woman's
Clubs, 1916— ; chairman, Civil Service
Reform, N. H. Federation; chairman,
legislative committee of N. H. Federa
tion; chairman of garments and surgi
cal dressings under the N. H. Chapter
of American Red Cross; member, N. H.
Historical Soc., N. H. Prison Ass'n.
Stratford (Shakespeare) Club, Concord
Equal Suffrage League; Unitarian; m.,
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Dec. 5, 1888, Hartford, Conn., Judge
James Waldron Remick ; lived at Little
ton, N. H., 1888-1902; since then, Con
cord, N. H.; dau., Gladys, b. Littleton,
Oct. 31, 1891; ed. Mount Ida School,
West Newton, Mass.; m. Jesse Scott
Wilson, Sept. 30, 1915.
Emerson, Francis Patten
Physician (specialty, ear, nose and
throat since 1898); b., Candia, N. H.,
June 10, 1862; s. Moses Fitts and Abbie
(Patten) Emerson; desc. Michael Em
erson, Haverhill, Mass., 1634; ed. public
schools, Pembroke (N. H.) Acad
emy, private tutor, M.D., Coll. Physi
cians and Surgeons (Columbia Univ.),
N. Y. City, 1886; F. A. C. S., assoc. in
Laryngology, Harvard Graduate Medi
cal School; instructor in Otology, Har
vard University Medical School; asst.
Aural Surgeon, Mass. Charitable
Eye and Ear Infirmary since 1910;
member, American Medical Ass'n
(chm., section Laryngology and Otol
ogy, 1917), Mass. Med. Soc, Vt. State
Medical Soc. (hon.), American Laryn-
gol., Rhinol. and Otolog. Soc., Ameri
can Otolog. Soc, N. E. Otolog. and
Laryngol. Soc.; Boston Chamber of
Commerce, Harvard Club, Woodland
Golf Club, Washington Lodge, A. F.
& A. M.; Independent Republican;
non-sectarian; m., Nov. 16, 1886, Rena
P. Colby of Boston; children, Guy C.,
b. Aug. 22, 1887, Chester, Vt., m.,
Louise Boyd Brown, Sept. 12, 1916;
Margaret, b. May 29, 1894, Boston, m.
Donald Ballon Chapman, Dec. 21,
1915. Residence, 124 Longwood Ave.,
Brookline, Mass. Office, 520 Common
wealth Ave., Boston, Mass.
Kingsbury, Edward Newell
Physician; b., Francestown, N. H.
Sept. 7, 1853; s. John Langdon and
Abigail (Hyde) Kingsbury; of the
eighth generation from Joseph Kings
bury, Watertown, Mass., 1632, one of
nineteen men granted land by the
General Court, 1636, to organize the
town of Dedham. Mass.; ed. Francestown and Colby (New London) acade
mies, Amherst College, 1878, Hahne
mann Medical College, M.D. 1880;
practiced in Spencer, Mass., 1880-3,
Newton Center, Mass., 1883-5, Woonsocket, R. I., since 1885. Member
staff of Woonsocket hospital, 1910-16,
member medical board since 1912,
chief of staff since 1916; president,
Woonsocket District Medical Soc.,
1917-; member, R. I. Homeopathic
Medical Soc, Mass. State Homeo
pathic Soc, Mass. Surgical and Gyne
cological Soc, American Institute of
Homeopathy, Delta Upsilon, Winnesuket Country Club; m., May 5, 1881,
Clara A. Coffin, Newton Center, Mass.,
dau. D. N. B. and Sarah (Hayward)
Coffin; children, Newell Coffin, b. 1882;
Mabel Hyde, b. 1884 (Mrs. Thomas G.
Wright) and Mary Richards Kings
bury, b. 1886. Residence, Woon
socket, R. I.
Woolson, Augustus A.
Banker; real estate and insurance;
b., Lisbon, N. H., June 15, 1835; s.
Amos and Hannah D. (Temple) Woolson; ed. public schools, Kimball Union
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Academy, Meriden and Newbury (Vt.)
Seminary; went West at twenty-one
years of age, but returned, in a year or
two, to Lisbon where he has since been
in business; engaged for many years in
general mercantile business, as a mem
ber of the firm of Wells & Woolson;
later formed a partnership in real estate
and insurance, with his nephew, Augus
tus M. Clough, continuing to the
present time; Stand pat" Republican
("having no use for the initiative and
referendum, or the primary, not be
lieving in self appointed candidates,
or two elections in one"); town clerk
of Lisbon, 1861-2; moderator, 1866 to
1908, except during the years of Demo
cratic ascendency in town, from 1878
to 1886; town treasurer, fourteen years;
chairman supervisors of check list,
twenty years; member, N. H. house
of representatives, 1875 to 1878
(speaker in 1877 and 1878); deputy
sheriff, five years; assistant assessor,
U. S. Internal Revenue, 1865 to 1873
when the office expired by limitation;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1889, 1902; director, Lisbon
Savings Bank and Trust Co. (which
he was largely instrumental in organ
izing), twenty-eight years and presi
dent of the same, sixteen years; presi
dent of the Lisbon Village Library
Ass'n, whose organization he also
promoted, for more than thirty years;
village commissioner, seven years;
principal pension attorney for Lisbon
and vicinity since the close of the Civil
War. Residence, Lisbon, N. H.
Clough, Clarence Edward
Coal and lumber merchant; b., Danbury, N. H., Feb. 25, 1872; s. George
B. and Phoebe R. (Wiggin) Clough;
ed. Colby Academy, New London,
N. H., 1891, Yale University, 1895,
University of Chicago Divinity School,
1898; Baptist; entered the ministry
and served five years as pastor of the
church at Bloomington, Ind., during
which time a new stone church edifice
was built and the membership doubled ;
subsequently retired, and for the last
fifteen years has been engaged in the
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coal and lumber business in Lebanon,
taking an active interest in church and
public affairs, serving as deacon of the
Baptist church and member of the
Lebanon board of education; ex-presi
dent, N. H. Baptist State Convention;
treasurer and chairman executive com
mittee, trustees of Colby Academy;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1909-10, and a leader
of the progressive Republicans in that
body; member, A. F. & A. M., and
Langdon Club (chairman executive
committee); trustee, Mascoma Sav
ings Bank of Lebanon; m., Sept. 25,
1897, Mary E. Shepard of New Lon
don (Colby Academy, 1891, Smith
College, 1897); children, Dorothy, b.
Sept. 2, 1898; Shepard Bancroft, b.
Dec. 6, 1901; Nathaniel Paul, b.
Sept. 30, 1906; Barbara May, b. March
11, 1910; Reginald Theodore, b. Oct.
28, 1914. Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Jackman, Charles Lyman.
Insurance; b., Concord, N. H., Aug.
4, 1871; s. Capt. Lyman and Sarah
�Charles L. Jackman
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Freese (Tilton) Jackman; direct de
scendant of James Jackman, an original
settler of Newbury, Mass.; his great
grandfather served in the Revolution,
his grandfather, Maj. Royal Jackman,
with two brothers, served in the war
of 1812, and his father, Capt. Lyman
Jackman, who wrote the history of the
Sixth N. H. Volunteers, served during
the Civil War, was wounded in the
second battle of Bull Run, and was
confined for a time in Libby prison;
ed. Concord public schools, high school,
1890; Congregationalist; Republican;
engaged in fire insurance, with his
father, after leaving school, and has
continued, developing an extensive
business, and is connected with various
corporations in other lines; president,
Capital Fire Insurance Co., Concord,
N. H., First Investment Co., Contoocook Valley Paper Co., Henniker,
N. H., Underwriters Fire Insurance
Co., Concord, Eastern Fire Insurance
Co., Phenix Mutual Fire Insurance
Co., Page Belting Co., Northern
Securities Co.; vice-president, Manu
facturers & Merchants' Mutual Insur
ance Co., Concord, Concord Real
Estate Co.; manager, New England
Underwriters Agency (Inc.), Concord;
treasurer, Concord Building Co., Con
cord, Concord Y. M. C. A., Jackman
& Lang (Inc.); assistant treasurer,
United Life and Accident Insurance
Co., Concord; director, State Capital
Co., Concord, Concord & Claremont R.
R., Concord Shoe Factory, National
State Capital Bank, Home Realty Co.,
F. G. Guilds Co., Pittsfield, Mass.;
member South Congregational Church,
Cemetery Commission, Wonolancet,
Kancamagus, Passaconaway, Beaver
Meadow Golf and Bow Brook Squash
clubs, Concord; A. F. & A. M., Knight
Templar and Shriner; member, N. H.
Historical Soc. and American Geo
graphical Soc., New York; m., 1st,
Oct. 11, 1893, Minnie M. Day, Con
cord, d. Sept. 13, 1898; 2d, May 17,
1900, Mary E. Rolfe; children, Mar
garet Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1904; Roma A.,
b. Aug. 2, 1909, d. Jan. 11, 1912;
Ruth I. Lemmon (adopted). Resi
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dence, Concord, N. H. and Jacksland
Farm, Riverhill, Concord, N. H.
Gordon, George Henry
Railroad employee; b., Canaan, N.
H., Sept. 27, 1859; s. William and
Augusta (Sleeper) Gordon; ed. public
schools, Canaan, N. H., and Washing
ton, D. C., Proctor Academy, Andover,
N. H.; served as station agent for the
Northern R. R., at Danbury, N. H.,
several years after leaving school, and
five years as postmaster; removed to
Canaan in 1886, and has been railroad
station agent there since that time;
Baptist; Republican; town clerk of
Canaan since 1888; member, high
school board, seven years; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 18934, 1905-6; N. H. senate, 1899-1900;
A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and
Shriner; K. of P.; New England Rail
road Agents Ass'n; B. & M. Railroad
Veterans Ass'n; m., Sept. 25, 1880,
Emma F. Noyes; children, Ralph W.,
b. Feb. 25, 1882; Earle C., Dec. 12,
1887 (clerk, N. H. senate); Harold G.,
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b. Dec. 31, 1889; Vaughn L., b. May
7, 1892; Mamie G., b. Oct. 7, 1893;
Ethelyn A., b. July 1, 1899; Ruth C.,
b. Jan. 10, 1902. Residence, Canaan,
N. H.
Wells, Christopher Henry
Lawyer, journalist, Judge of Pro
bate; b., Somersworth, N.H., July 6,
1853; s. Nathaniel and Eliza (Thom)
Wells; ed. Somersworth high school,
1871, Bowdoin College, 1875; studied
law and admitted to the N. H. bar,
Aug. 16, 1878; practiced some years in
company with his father's old partner,
William R. Burleigh, and in 1883, pur
chased the Free Press newspaper and
printing establishment, devoting his
attention largely, thereafter, to journal
ism; Congregationalist; Republican;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1881-3; N. H. constitutional
convention, 1889; aide-de-camp, with
rank of colonel, staff of Gov. Charles
H. Sawyer, 1887-8; mayor of Somers
worth, 1894-8; justice, Somersworth
police court, Jan., 1900 to July, 1914;
Judge of Probate for Strafford County
since March 15, 1898; chairman com
mittee appointed by Gov. Chester B.
Jordon to prepare rules of procedure,
and uniform blanks for use in probate
courts of the state, 1901-3; president,
First National Bank of Somersworth;
vice-president and trustee, Somers
worth Savings Bank; owner and treas
urer, since 1883, Somersworth Free
Press; member, Strafford County and
New Hampshire Bar Ass'ns, N. H.
Historical Soc., N. H. Soc. Laws of the
American Revolution; N. H. Weekly
Publishers Ass'n, Scottish Rite Mason
(32d degree), Knight of Pythia, Patron
of Husbandry, etc. ; m., June 15, 1887,
Oriana Hartford, Dover; no children.
Residence, Somersworth, N. H.
Brooks, John Graham
Author, lecturer; b., Acworth, N.H.,
Julv 19, 1846; s. Chapin Kidder and
Parmelia (Graham) Brooks; S.T.B.
Harvard Divinity School, 1875; stud
ied three years at the Universities of
Berlin, Jena and Freidburg, and be
came a lecturer on economical subjects;
instructor two years, in Harvard
University; several years lecturer,
extension dept., University of Chicago;
two years expert, U. S. Dept. of Labor,
at Washington, making report of 1893,
upon Workingmen's Insurance in Ger
many; lecturer, University of Cali
fornia; president, National Consumers'
League; author, "The Social Unrest,"
1903; "As Others See Us," 1908; "An
American Citizen," 1910; "American
Syndicalism," 1913. Address, 8 Fran
cis Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
Morrill, Osma Cornelia Baker
(Mrs. Shadrach C. Morrill); b.,
Concord, N. H., March 7, 1855, dau.
Bishop Osman C. and Mehi table
(Perley) Baker. (In 1847 Bishop
Baker was a prime mover in organiz
ing the Biblical Institute at Concord.
N. H., the first Methodist Theological
school in this country, which in 1868
became the nucleus of Boston Univer
sity.) Ed. Concord High School, 1872
(valedictorian); member, Baker Me
morial M. E. Church; first president for
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N. H. of Nat. Fed. of Musical Clubs,
1909-15; chairman of first Music
Committee in N. H. Federation of
Woman's Clubs; Conference president
of the Woman's Home Missionary Soc.
of the M. E. Church; member, Concord
board of education, 1915- ; trustee of
Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital,
1906-; member, Stratford (Shakesspeare) Club (president, 1892-5), Con
cord Woman's Club (charter member,
chairman of Household Economics,
also of Music Committee), Concord
Music Club (president, 1908-10) ; Dis
trict Nursing Ass'n, Concord Female
Charitable Soc. and Red Cross; m.,
May 22, 1883, Dr. Shadrach Cate
Morrill, who d. Oct. 9, 1904; children,
Ashley Baker, b. Sept. 6, 1884, B.S.
Harvard University, 1908, M.D. Har
vard Medical School, 1911, studied
Vienna, Paris and London, 1912, physi
cian, Chicago, 11l., 1912-17, captain,
Medical Officers' Reserve Corps, U.
S. A., 1917-; Margaret, b. Jan. 28,
1886, Concord High School, 1906,
Garland Training School, Boston,
1908, kindergartner in the Concord
schools, d. Sept. 2, 1917; Gladys, b.
June 28, 1887; Mary Stearns, b. June
22, 1892, d. Dec. 4, 1903. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Evans, Alfred Randall
Lawyer; b., Shelburne, N. H., March
2 1 , 1849 ; s. Otis and Martha (Pinkham)
Evans; grandson of Daniel Evans, an
early settler of Shelburne; ed. public
schools, Lancaster Academy, Lewiston,
Me., Latin School, Dartmouth Col
lege, 1872; studied law and admitted to
the Cods County bar in 1875, also to
the bar of U. S. Circuit Court in 1880;
Congregationalist; Republican; repre
sented Shelburne in N. H. house of
representatives in 1874-5, and 1878;
Removed to Gorham in 1880; served
as chairman of the board of selectmen
and of the superintending school com
mittee; appointed Judge of Probate
for Coos County in 1895 and has held
the office since that time; delegate in
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902
and 1912; quartermaster-general on
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staff of Gov. Charles M. Floyd, 19078, and on staffs of Governors Quinby
and Bass, as quartermaster-general of
N. H. N. G.; president, Berlin and
Gorham Bar Ass'n, since organization;
organizer, trustee and for many years
main supporter of Gorham Public
Library; president, Gorham Savings
Bank, and of the Berlin National
Bank for ten years after organization;
member, A. F. & A. M. (32d degree);
secretary, Gorham Lodge, No. 73, more
than thirty years; honorary member,
N. H. Veterans Ass'n; m., 1st, June
1, 1880, Dora J. Briggs, d. May 10,
1908; 2d, Dec. 14, 1911, at Lisbon,
N. H., Mrs. Marion J. (Bowles) Aldrich, of Colebrook. Residence, Gor
ham, N. H.
Morris, George Franklin
Lawyer; b., Vershire, Vt., April 13,
1866; s. Josiah S. and Lucina C. (Mer
rill) Morris, and grandson of William
M. and Esther P. (Southworth) Morris;
ed. common schools of Corinth, Vt.,
Corinth Academy and State Normal
�George F. Morris
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School, Randolph, Vt., 1885; taught
for some years in the schools of Vershire,
Newbury and Concord, Vt., and in the
high schools of Wells River, Vt., and
Woodsville, N. H., for two seasons in a
summer school for instruction of
teachers, at Wells River, and was for
four years examiner of teachers for
Orange County, Vt.; read law during
vacations with Smith & Sloane, at
Wells River, was admitted to the
Vermont bar at Montpelier, Oct., 1891,
subsequently to the New Hampshire
bar, and at once commenced the prac
tice of law at Lisbon, N. H., where he
remained till March 19, 1906 when he
became a member of the firm of Drew,
Jordan, Shurtleff & Morris at Lan
caster (now Drew, Shurtleff, Morris &
Oakes) where he has since resided.
As a member of the leading law firm in
northern New Hampshire, for the last
dozen years he has had a wide pro
fessional experience. Since 1914 he has
been a member of the board of State
bar examiners, succeeding Judge Wil
liam M. Chase. In 1917 he was chosen
president of the N. H. Bar Ass'n.
Republican; delegate from Lisbon in
the N. H. constitutional convention of
1902, and member of the N. H. house
of representatives from that town in
1905; solicitor for Grafton County,
1899-1903; several years member of
Lisbon board of education and has
served the last ten years in Lancaster
in the same capacity. Mr. Morris is
much interested in botany, and has a
large collection of the flora of northern
New Hampshire; also extensively
engaged in agriculture, being the owner
of one of the finest farms in Coos
County, and is president of the Coos
County Farm Bureau; m., May 16,
1894, Lula J. Aldrich of Lisbon (see
sketch of Mrs. Morris) ; one son, Robert
Hall, b. Aug. 21, 1907. Residence,
Lancaster, N. H.
Morris, Lula J. Aldrich
(Mrs. George F. Morris); club
woman; b., Libson, N. H., Aug. 4,
1872; dau. Charles and Persia (Hall)
Aldrich; ed. public schools, Lisbon
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high school, 1891; resided in Lisbon,
except for a year's absence, in Creston,
la., until removal with her husband to
Lancaster in 1906; assistant post-mis
tress in Lisbon for six years after
graduation from high school. Mrs.
Morris has always been interested in
the social life and events of the towns
where she has resided, and is widely
known among the club-women of the
state; served as president of Friends in
Council in Lisbon, 1905-6, and of Unity
Club, Lancaster, 1911-12; treasurer,
N. H. State Federation of Women's
Clubs, 1913-14; auditor of the same,
1915-16; prominent in the Order of the
Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Ma
tron, Lafayette Chapter, Lisbon, in
1901, and as Grand Matron of the
order in New Hampshire in 1909; at
present, a director of N. H. Division,
Women's Committee, Council of Na
tional Defense, and chairman, Lan
caster Branch of the Red Cross, and
active in both positions. From 1899 to
1906 Mrs. Morris worked in her hus
band's office, making a study of law in
�Hon. Henry W. Keyes
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the meantime, and while never applying
for admission to the bar, the knowledge
of law and familiarity with court pro
cedure acquired made her a valuable
assistant in his work.
Keyes, Henry Wilder
Farmer, Governor of New Hamp
shire; b., Newbury, Vt., May 23, 1863;
s. Henry and Emma F. (Pierce) Keyes;
great-grandson' of Col. Danforth Keyes,
a soldier of the Revolution and personal
friend of General Washington; ed. Bos
ton public schools, Adams Academy,
Harvard College, A.B., 1887; promi
nent in athletics in college, and captain
of a crew which defeatea Yale; marshal
of his class, for commencement week,
at graduation; traveled in Europe after
leaving college, visiting Friesland, the
home of Holstein cattle where he made
personal selection of superior stock for
the celebrated "Pine Grove Farm," at
North Haverhill, of which his father
had been the owner, and which he has
since conducted, with great success,
breeding fine cattle, horses, sheep and
swine, and taking deep interest in all
lines of agricultural progress; Episco
palian; Republican; member, N. H.
house of representatives, 1891-2, 1893
-4, 1915-16; N. H. senate, 1903-4;
trustee, N. H. College of Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts, 1893-6; mem
ber, N. H. board of license commission
ers, 1903-13; excise commission (chair
man), 1915-16; Governor of New
Hampshire, 1917-18; member, board
of selectmen of Haverhill, eighteen
years, most of the time chairman of
the board; director and president of
the Passumpsic and Connecticut Rivers
R. R.; director, N. E. Telephone &
Telegraph Co.; president, Woodsville
National Bank; vice-president, Nashua
River Paper Co., PeppereU, Mass.;
member, A. F. & A. M. and P. of H.;
m., June 8, 1904, Frances Parkinson,
dau. John H. and Louise (Johnson)
Wheeler, Newbury, Vt.; children,
Henry Wilder, Jr., b. March 22, 1905
John Parkinson, b. March 26, 1907
Francis, b. Dec. 4, 1912. Residence
North Haverhill, N. H.
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Stickney, Edward Huntington
Clergyman; b., Campton, N. H., Oct10, 1853; s. Benjamin and Phebe (Pulsifer) Stickney; ed. Kimball Union
Academy, Dartmouth College, 1878,
Andover Theological Seminary, 1881;
went West in 1881, and was settled as
a home missionary, at Detroit, Mich.,
remaining till 1885, when he removed
to Harwood, N. D., then a part of the
territory of Dakota, where he was mis
sionary pastor till April, 1889, when he
entered the general work as a mission
ary for the Congregational S. S. and
Pub. Soc; in 1891 was made superin
tendent for the entire state, and has
continued since, having also, for a
number of years, worked in northern
Minnesota, and for three years had
the whole of Montana in his care. In
Aug., 1909, he was made joint mis
sionary and S. S. superintendent for
North Dakota, and has since continued
in that position; one of the founders of
Fargo College, Fargo, N. D., and for
many years secretary of its board of
trustees; received the honorary degree
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of D.D. from Fargo in 1910 and from
Dartmouth in 1915; m., Sept. 6, 1881,
Laura Hewitt Washburn; children,
Bertha Campbell; Park Washburn
(Dartmouth, 1908, Thayer School,
1909), civil engineer, N. P. R. R.;
George Edwin (Fargo, 1914, Chicago
Theological Seminary, 1917), pastor,
Congregational church, Burlington,
Wis., now in Army Y. M. C. A. work.
Residence, Fargo, N. D.
Farnum, Charles Henry
Farmer; b., West Concord, N. H.,
Dec. 30, 1837; s. Dea. Benjamin and
Emily (Farnum) Farnum; ed. Con
cord schools and Colby Academy, New
London, N. H.; in Jan., 1860, went to
California by way of the Isthmus,
remaining there till June, 1868, since
when he has been engaged in agricul
ture at West Concord, on ancestral
land, belonging to his great-great
grandfather, Ephraim Farnum, one of
the first settlers of Concord. He
represents one of three families in
Concord, living on land directly de
scended from the original proprietors
of "Pennycook," settled in 1725, the
others being Mr. Andrew J. Abbott, of
West Concord, his neighbor, and Miss
Eliza L. Walker, of 276 No. Main St.,
who lives in the very house of her greatgreat-grandfather,
Rev.
Timothy
Walker, the first minister; Republican;
Congregationalist,
member,
West
Concord Congregational Church; life
member, N. E. Agricultural Soc; mem
ber, N. H. Dairymen's Ass'n; Merri
mack County Grange Fair Ass'n; m.,
Nov. 29, 1870, Annie E. Farnum, d.
March 31, 1917; a daughter died in
infancy. Residence, West Concord,
N. H.
Farnum, Lewis Calvin
Railway official; b., West Concord,
N. H., Sept. 28, 1846; s. Dea. Benja
min and Emily (Farnum) Farnum; ed.
West Concord schools and New Lon
don Academy; went West in 1868;
conductor on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul R. R. forty-three years;
Republican; Christian Scientist; mem
ber, A. F. and A. M., Blue Lodge
Chapter and Commandery, McGregor,
Iowa, Wisconsin Consistory, Milwau
kee, Wis.; m., Aug. 9, 1874, Jennie
Amelia Tiffany, Mason City, Iowa;
one child, Emma Fay, b. Oct. 28, 1875,
grad. McGregor high school, also
N. E. Conservatory of Music, Bos
ton, Mass.; m., 1894, Fred G. Bell
of McGregor, manager and owner of
the oldest grain house in Iowa, known
as Gilchrist & Co., founded by his
father, Dea. Colin Bell, who started
the business at McGregor in 1854,
coming from West Charlton, N. Y.
Residence, McGregor, Iowa.
Jones, William Safford
Clergyman; b., Exeter, N. H.,
March 10, 1879; s. Daniel Smith and
Harriet Maria (Smith) Jones; ed.
Boston public schools, private tutor,
Meadville (Pa.) Theological School,
1896, Divinity School, Harvard Uni
versity, resident graduate, 1896-7,
1899-1900; Unitarian; Minister, Channing Memorial Church, Newport,
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R. I., since November, 1905; member,
A. F. & A. M., Chaplain, St. Paul's
Lodge, No. 14, Newport; Board of
Reference, Charity Organization Soc.,
Newport; trustee, Natural History
Soc.; visiting committee, Woman's
College, Brown University; historian,
R. I. Soc. Sons of the Revolution; life
member, American Unitarian Ass'n
and Boston Young Men's Christian
Union; American Soc. for Psychical
Research; Meadville Alumni Ass'n;
Harvard Divinity Alumni Ass'n; Har
vard Club of R. I.; author of many
printed sermons and articles; collab
orator, "Getting Together: Essays by
Friends in Council, on the Regulative
Ideas of Religious Thought"; speaker
for the U. S. government under the
authority of the Committee on Public
Information as a "Four Minute Man";
m., June 30, 1902, Edith Adams
Nichols; one son, Edward Nichols
Jones, b. July 16, 1904. Residence,
"The Parsonage," 29 Kay St., New
port, R. I.
Shepard, Annie Bartlett
(Mrs. Frederick Johnson Shepard);
home-maker and club-woman; b., Not
tingham, N. H., Feb. 18, 1861; dau.
Thomas Bradbury and Victoria (Cilley)
Bartlett, granddaughter Judge Brad
bury Bartlett and Col. Joseph Cilley of
Nottingham, both serving in the War
of 1812 and the latter wounded at
Lundy's Lane, also great-granddaugh
ter Gen. Thomas Bartlett and Gen.
Joseph Cilley, officers in the American
Revolution; ed. public schools, Haver
hill, Mass., and Lasell Seminary, Auburndale, Mass.; state regent, N. H.
D. A. R., 1907-9; president, N. H.
Federation of Woman's Clubs, 191517; director in General Federation of
Woman's Clubs, 1916-18; member,
Deriy Woman's Club, Molly Reid
Chapter, D. A. R., N. H. Soc. Colonial
Dames, N. H. Historical Soc., N. E.
Historic Genealogical Soc., N. H.
Woman's Dept. Nat. Civic Fed., State
Advisory Com. on Food Conservation
(Chairman Derry District), Derry
Parent-Teacher Ass'n, Derry Red
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Cross (Chairman East Derry Auxiliary)
Congregationalist, anti-suffragist; m.,
Sept. 27, 1887, Frederick Johnson
Shepard, banker, Derry, N. H.; chil
dren, (1) Frederick Johnson, Jr., b.
Dec. 10, 1889, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1912;
m. Jan. 27, 1915, Caroline Rothwell
Clark of Boston; one child, Helen
Rothwell; commissioned First Lieu
tenant Ordnance Dept., U. S. A., Oct.,
1917; (2) Alan Bartlett, b. Sept. 5,
1891, Dartmouth College, 1913, Tuck
School, 1914; commissioned First
Lieutenant, Infantry Reserve at Plattsburg, Nov., 1917; (3) Henry Bradbury,
b. Nov. 23, 1893, Phillips Andover,
1912, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1916; com
missioned, Ensign, Naval Reserve
Ordnance Dept., Oct., 1917. Resi
dence, East Derry, N. H.
Brown, Frank Parker
Merchant and lumberman; b., Bow,
N. H., March 24, 1847; s. Parker and
Clara A. (Gault) Brown; ed. public
schools, Colby Academy, New Lon
don, N. H., Concord Business College;
�Hon. Frank P. Brown
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removed to Whitefield in 1870, where
he was long engaged in lumbering and
mercantile tusiness, but for some time
past has been a grain dealer; Baptist;
Republican, and for many years active
in party affairs; member, N. H. house
of representatives from Whitefield,
1876-7; Commissary General on the
staff of Gov. Moody Currier; delegate,
Republic National Convention, Phila
delphia; member, N. H. senate, 1899;
executive council, 1907, fish and game
commissioner 1908-13; Mason (32d
degree); I. O. O. F.; m., Aug. 20, 1874,
Kate Howard Crockett, Boston, Mass.
(Mrs. Brown has been active and
prominent in charitable and benevo
lent work, and has long served as a
member of the State Board of Chari
ties and Correction); one son, Forest
Gault, b. Aug. 7, 1885, a graduate of
the Whitefield high school, has a wife
and two children, Gault and Ruth, and
is associated with his father in the
grain business. Residence, WhiteHeld, N. H.
Hartford, Fernando Wood
Publisher; b., Chateaugay, N. Y.,
Nov. 14, 1876; s. Mark and Eliza J.
(Silver) Hartford; ed. public schools
and Morse Business College, Manches
ter, N. H. ; his first newspaper work was
done at the age of ten years, as a
carrier for the Manchester Morning
Union; at thirteen engaged with the
Union as an office boy, subsequently
serving as a bookkeeper and general
utility man until at sixteen, he was
sent to Portsmouth, at $9.00 per week,
to establish a circulation in that part
of the State; subsequently he served
for fifteen years in various clerical
capacities, at the Portsmouth Navy
Yard, attaining the position of chief
clerk to the purchasing paymaster—
this early connection accounting for
the deep interest he has ever since
taken in the Navy Yard and its work;
publisher, Portsmouth Herald, since
1891, acquiring the Daily Chronicle
and N. H. Gazette (weekly) in 1893,
all of which he has since published;
Congregationalism Republican; mem
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ber, Portsmouth city council, 1892,
school board six years; member, N. H.
house of representatives 1895; dele
gate to Republican national conven
tion, Chicago, 1912; N. E. Railroad
Conference, 1914; president and treas
urer, Chronicle and Gazette Publishing
Co.; president, Portsmouth Theatre
Co.; director, Citizens Material Ry.
Co.; member and organizer of the
Portsmouth Board of Trade; member,
N. H. Press Ass'n (ex-president), Pil
grim Publicity Ass'n; Knights of the
Golden Eagle, Knights of Pythias,
Elks and Grange; Warwick, Ports
mouth Athletic, Country and City
clubs, and Boston Press club; ac
tively instrumental in the inauguration
and establishment of the new ship
building plant at Newington, and
secretary of the corporation; m., June
7, 1890, Lizzie Hill Downing of Eliot,
Me.; children, Beatrice Elizabeth (Mrs.
A. W. Scarborough), b. Aug. 21, 1891
(Bradford Academy, 1912); Emma
Helen (Mrs. William A. Nelson), b.
Sept. 18, 1893 (Smith College, 1916);
�Mary E. Neal Hannaford
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Justin Downing, b. July 21, 1900, now
in U. S. Naval Academy. Resi
dence, Miller Ave.; office, 23 Pleasant
St., Portsmouth, N. H.
Hannaford, Mary Elisabeth Neal
Historian, club woman; b., Mere
dith, N. H., Oct. 2, 1853; dau. and
only child of Smith and Sarah Elisa
beth (Smith) Neal; ed. public schools,
Sanbornton, N. H., and Tilton Semi
nary; resided in Sanbornton, N. H.,
till 1898 when she removed to 11linois;
m., Jan. 1, 1890, John P. Hannaford,
native of New Hampton; joined sec
ond Baptist Church, Sanbornton Bay,
N. H., with her mother, in 1870, and
retains membership there; member,
board of directors, Farmers State
Bank, of Chadwick, Ill., where she re
sided a few years before removal to
Rockford, Ill., their present home; has
devoted much time to historical and
genealogical work; published in 1915,
"Family Records of Branches of Sev
eral New Hampshire Families," and is
still collecting data along this line;
active in club work and has served on
the Illinois Federation Board of
Women's Clubs; member, Chicago
chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, Colony of New England
Women, Chicago Chapter; N. H.
Historical Soc. and N. E. HistoricGenealogical Soc, Boston, Mass. Resi
dence, 514 N. Winnebago St., Rockford,
Ill.
Towle, Fred Scates
Physician; b., Boston, Mass., Dec.
28, 1863; s. Charles A. and Maria
(Scates) Towle; ed. Boston high school
and Columbian Medical College, 1893;
pursued post-graduate studies in New
York hospitals; practiced a short time
in Boston, and located in Portsmouth
in 1894, where he has since continued,
establishing an extensive practice;
Baptist; Republican; has served as
city physician, chairman, Portsmouth
Board of Health, surgeon for B. &. M.
R. R.; member of staff of the Cottage
Hospital, surgeon-general on staff of
Gov. George A. Ramsdell; member,
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N. H. Executive Council for District
No. 1, 1905-6; chairman, Medical Ad
visory Draft Board; member, N. H.
Medical Soc. (president, 1917-18),
N. H. Surgical Club, Portsmouth,
Strafford County, and Rockingham
County medical societies, and American
Medical Ass'n; Mason (32d degree),
I. O. O. F., R. A. (State MedicalExaminer); S. A. R.; m., March, 1885,
Martha Horne Perry, Boston; one son,
Charles Augustus, educated at Ports
mouth High School, and New York
Military Academy, Cornwall-on-theHudson; married Marion G. Roby,
daughter C. A. Roby, Nashua, N. H.,
died Oct. 2, 1916, aged 30 years. Resi
dence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Folsom, Channing
Educator, farmer; b., Newmarket,
N. H., June 1, 1848; s. Dr. William and
Irena (Lamprey) Folsom; ed. public
schools, Phillips Exeter Academy,
1866, Dartmouth College, 1870 (A.M.
1885); taught school in Durham and
Newmarket while in college; later
�Hon. Channing Folsom
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
taught two years in Amesbury, Mass.,
and four years in Portsmouth; became
principal of the Belknap Grammar
school in Dover in 1874 continuing till
1877, when he went to the Eliot School
in Boston, remaining till April, 1882,
when he was made superintendent of
schools in Dover, continuing until
appointed Superintendent of Public
Instruction for the State of New Hamp
shire, in Oct., 1898, which latter office
he held till 1904; Methodist; Republi
can; member, A. F. & A. M., Rising
Star Lodge, Newmarket (past master,
Moses Paul Lodge, Dover), Belknap
Chapter and St. Paul Commandery,
Dover, N. H. Consistory, 32d degree;
prominent for a time in Patrons of
Husbandry, and first master of Dover
Grange; m., Nov. 12, 1870, Ruth F.
Sawyer of Newmarket; children,
Henry H., b. 1871, &. 1914 (Dartmouth,
1892) ; Alice Irene, b. 1873, m. George
G. Towle, Dover; Arthur Channing,
b. 1875, in business in San Francisco,
Cal.; Emily S., b. 1876, m. Perley A.
Young, Newmarket; Mary H., b. 1881,
m. Edward J. Ackroyd, Somerville,
Mass. Residence, Newmarket, N. H.;
address, Newfields, R. F. D.
Sargent, Orison Clark
Clergyman; b., Pittsford, Vt., Oct.
1, 1849; s. Leonard and Sophia (Allen)
Sargent, grandson of Junia Sargent, a
"Green Mountain" boy who fought at
Ticonderoga under Ethan Allen; ed.
Fairfax Literary and Scientific Insti
tute, Vt., Colgate Academy, Colgate
University, A.B., 1875, A.M. and B.D.,
1878; Phi Beta Kappa; filled Baptist
pulpit at Delhi, Delaware Co., N. Y.,
one year while theological student; or
dained. Jewett City, Conn., July, 1878,
Sreached there till 1884; Randolph,
lass., 1884-8 ; asst. pastor, Second Ave.
Baptist Church, New York City, 18S8
-9; Claremont, N. H., 1889-1901; gen
eral secretary and superintendent of N.
H. Baptist Convention, 1901-14; Re
publican; member, Am. Baptist Foreign
Miss. Soc. (life), Am. Baptist Home
Miss. Soc. (life), N. H. Bible Soc.
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(director), Ministers' Conference of
Boston, Concord Ministers' Confer
ence, N. H. Historical Soc, Concord
Equal Suffrage League, Anti-Saloon
League, N. H. Y. M. C. A. (hon.),
W. C. T. U. (hon.), Nat. Geographic
Soc; president, N. H. Y. P. S. C. E.
three years during Claremont pastor
ate; owner and editor of the N. H.
Evangel, a Baptist State paper, 190714; contributor to the Watchman and
Examiner (Boston), including letters
from Europe, California and Jamaica;
also to Zion's Advocate of Maine; m.,
Anne Phidelia Sears of Delhi, N. Y.,
June 25, 1878; children, Clark Sears,
b. Dec. 2, 1879, d. Aug. U, 1880;
Elizabeth Sears, b. Oct. 1, 1881, A.B.,
Mount Holyoke College, 1903, teacher
in high schools, Woodstock, Vt., 19046, Franklin, N. H., 1906-7, Concord,
N. H., 1907-; president, Concord
Woman's College Club, 1917-. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
�Hon. Frank P. Hobbs
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Hobbs, Frank Pierce
Railroading, hotel and livery busi
ness, lumbering, real estate and fire
insurance; b., Winona, Minn., Sept. 6,
1855; s. Ezra T. and Hannah M.
(Cogswell) Hobbs; ed. public schools
of Ossipee and Tamworth, N. H.; em
ployed by the Eastern R. R. in youth,
serving successively as brakeman, bag
gage master, telegraph operator and
station agent at Wolfeboro, until 1888,
when he resigned, and engaged in hotel
and livery business, conducting first the
"Lake Shore" and later the Wolfeboro
Hotel, which he remodelled and named
"Hobbs-is-Inn," continuing till June,
1907, when he retired to go into real
estate, lumbering and insurance; Uni
tarian; Democrat; he served forty
years as a member of the N. H. Demo
cratic state committee; sheriff of Car
roll County, 1899, 1900; deputy sheriff,
Carroll, Belknap and Strafford Coun
ties, many years; postmaster Wolfe
boro, 1894-8, 1913 and since; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 191112, 1913-14; member, N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1912; justice, Wolfe
boro District Court, 1913-15; chair
man, Carroll County War Savings
Committee, 1918; member, Morning
Star Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Fidelity
Lodge, No. 71, I. O. O. F., and Carroll
Lodge, No. 7, A. O. U. W, of Wolfe
boro; m., Dec. 6, 1882, Emily S., dau.
Otis and Shua (Libbey) Evans, of
Wolfeboro; two daughters, Shua and
Mary. Residence, Wolfeboro, N. H.
Robbins, Joseph Henry
Clergyman; b., Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia, Aug. 21, 1846; s. Chandler and
Hannah (Holmes) Robbins, greatgrandson of Joseph Robbins who
fought under Washington at battle of
Princeton and in the capture of the
Hessians at Trenton; also descended
from Isaac Allerton and John Howland,
both Mayflower Pilgrims; Acadia Uni
versity, Nova Scotia, B.A. 1873, M.A.
1883; ordained Baptist minister, Rawdon, Nova Scotia, 1873; pastorates,
1873-1902, Rawdon, Cambridge, Bear
River and Middleton, N. S., Spring
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field, Saxton's River and Chester, Vt.,
Claremont and Concord, N. H.;
Superintendent, N. H. Anti-Saloon
League and editor, N. H. Issue, 1902-;
Independent; member, N. E. Evange
listic Ass'n, Lord's Day League of
N. E., Salisbury Baptist Ass'n, N. H.
Baptist United Convention, Good Will
Farm Home Ass'n, Franklin, N. H.
(trustee), Concord Ministers' Confer
ence, Concord Equal Suffrage League,
Capital Grange, P. of H.; author of
N. H. Prohibitory law passed in 1917;
m., Dec. 24 1872, Yarmouth, N. S.,
Mary Gould Scott; children: (1)
Joseph Chandler, b. March 20, 1874,
Brown University, A.B. 1897, Newton
Theological Seminary, 1901; served
in Spanish-American War, Co. E, 1st
N. H. Vols. 1898; seven years mission
ary in the Philippines, foreign secretary
Am. Bapt. For. Miss. Soc, 1916-, m.
Erne Starkey of Troy, N. H.; children:
Mary, d. in the Philippines, Ruth
Margaret, Joseph Chandler, Louise
Mary; (2) Louise May, b. April 14,
1875, ed. Leland Stanford University,
California, d. Jan. 17, 1917. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
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Henderson, James William
Printer, lawyer, real estate operator;
b., Rochester, N. H., Feb. 18, 1840; s.
William Millet and Maria (Diman)
Henderson; ed. public schools, Roches
ter Academy and Franklin Academy,
Dover; taught school in Rochester
and Farmington in youth; learned the
printer's trade in the office of the
Dover Enquirer, and was subsequently
employed in the Mass. State printing
office, on the Boston Journal and
Dover newspapers; member, Dover
board of education, 1870-5; read law
in the office of George W. Stevens of
Dover; went to St. Augustine, Fla., in
1877, where he continued the study of
law, was admitted to the Florida bar,
and subsequently to the U. S. District
and Supreme Courts; appointed acting
state's attorney for St. John's Co., by
Judge J. M. Baker of the Fourth Judi
cial District; meanwhile he was also
engaged in extensive real estate opera
tions in St. Augustine, including the
proprietorship of a big hotel, upon
the site of which, after its destruction
by fire, he erected a large brick block,
now the home of the Masons, Odd Fel
lows and other fraternal orders. He
also purchased at a special Master's
sale, the St. Augustine & South Beach
Railway & Bridge Co.'s property, con
sisting of half a dozen miles of railroad
and a drawbridge, spanning the Malansas River, which some two years later
was disposed of to a Boston syndicate.
Methodist; Democrat; served several
years as a member of the N. H. Demo
cratic state committee, and was active
in local and state politics; in the state
convention of 1875, presented the name
of Capt. Daniel Marcy of Portsmouth,
for the gubernatorial nomination, in a
forceful and convincing speech; m.,
May 18, 1878, Ellen Compton, dau.
Jacob Compton of Chicago, an accom
plished woman of fine artistic tastes,
who d. April 26, 1909. (Just previous to
marriage he had purchased in Dover, the
fine old residence of the late Judge Durrell of Louisiana fame, which he occu
pied as a summer home.) Two sons:
William H., b. New York City, May 27,
1879, d. St. Augustine, Fla., March
14, 1880; J. Compton, b. Clifton House,
Niagara Falls, July 8, 1880; ed. Dover,
St. Augustine and Chicago public
schools, South Division high school,
Chicago, Phillips Exeter Academy, and
South Western Univ., Jackson, Tenn.,
LL.B.; admitted to the bar of Tennes
see and Florida. and became a partner
with his father m the firm of Hender
son & Henderson, St. Augustine and
Chicago. Mr. Henderson has impor
tant real estate interests in Dover, St.
Augustine and Chicago, and divides his
time between the three cities.
Hall, Newton Marshall
Clergyman; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Jan. 10, 1865; s. Marshall Parker and
Susan Marice (James) Hall; ed. Man
chester high school, Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1888, A.M. 1891, D.D. 1908,
Andover Theological Seminary, 1891;
professor, English Language and Liter
ature, Iowa College, 1891-3; pastor,
First Presbyterian Church, Owonta,
N. Y., 1894-9; pastor, North Congre
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
gational Church, Springfield, Mass.,
1899- ; Congregationalist; Republican;
member-at-large, Springfield board of
education, 19 12-; chairman, board,
1916; Vice-president, Mass. Soc.
S. A. R., 1913-15; president, George
Washington Chapter, S. A. R., 191012, Chaplain, 1900-10; president,
Springfield Congregational Union,
1914-17; president, Connecticut Val
ley Congregational Club, 1913-14;
director, Mass. Home Miss. Soc., 191218; member, Nat'l Municipal League,
Springfield Country Club, Reality Club,
Conn. Valley Congregational Club,
GAX; author, "Civic Righteousness
and Civic Pride," "The Golden Book,"
"The Bible Story," "Biblical Dramas,"
"Early Days of Israel," "Days of the
Kings of Israel," "Adult Bible Classes,"
"The Critical Study of the Bible"; m.,
Aug. 20, 1891, Louise Buffum Varney,
d. 1914; one daughter, Louise Marshall
Hall. Residence, Springfield, Mass.
Erskine, James Buddington
Physician and surgeon; b. South
Scituate, R. L, May 15, 1855; s. James
and Ellen (Cromwell) Erskine; ed.
common schools, Jencks Mowry Mt.
Pleasant high school, at Mt. Pleasant,
R. I., M.D., University of New York,
1885; spent the following year in study
in hospitals of Great Britain and Paris;
on return located in practice at Bristol,
R. I., but, two years later, removed to
Colebrook, N. H., where he continued
ten years, meanwhile attending the
New York Post Graduate School and
visiting the hospitals of that city;
studied in the Metropolitan schools of
London in 1898, and upon his return to
America, located in Tilton, N. H.,
where he has since remained, having
established a much-needed private
hospital and conducted it with much
success; has specialized in surgery, suc
cessfully performing nearly every
known operation in that line. Resi
dence, Tilton, N. H.
Metcalf, Harry Bingham
Journalist; b., Concord, N. H., Jan.
25, 1871; s. Henry Harrison and Mary
223"
Jane (Jackson) Metcalf; ed. public
schools of Manchester and Concord
(Concord high school, 1889); Dart
mouth College, B.S. 1893, M.S. 1896;
in high school, founder and first editor
of The Volunteer; in senior college year,
editor of The Dartmouth; on editorial
staff of the Boston American since its
foundation ; previously on Boston Her
ald and various New Hampshire papers;
Unitarian; Independent Democrat; au
thor, "Stray Notes of Song" (volume
of verse), 1906; m., Dec. 18, 1899,
Katherine A. Sheehan of Lebanon,
N. H. Residence, 87 Brantwood Rd.,
Arlington, Mass.
Hoyt, Charles Burleigh
Farmer; b., Sandwich, N. H., Dec.
12, 1859; s. Benjamin Burleigh and
Caroline Elizabeth (Quimby) Hoyt; ed.
public schools and New Hampton
Literary
Institution;
Methodist;
Republican; moderator and chairman,
selectmen of Sandwich many years
(now serving on the latter board);
member, school board, several terms;
�Rev. Roland D. Sawyer
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member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1903, 1915; member, N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1918; colonel
on staff of Gov. N. J. Bachelder;
member, A. F. & A. M., Eastern Star,
Patrons of Husbandry, past master.
Mt. Israel Grange, Sandwich, and
Carroll County Pomona Grange; past
general deputy, N. H. State Grange;
past master, South Dakota State
Grange; m., Oct. 23, 1903, Miss
Florence Webster of Sandwich. Resi
dence, Center Sandwich, N. H.
Sawyer, Roland Douglas
Clergyman, publicist, writer; b.,
Kensington, N. H., Jan. 8, 1874; s.
Stephen and Phoebe (Blake) Sawyer;
Congregationalist; Fundamental Dem
ocrat; educated for the ministry at
Revere Lay College and Boston Uni
versity; has held pastorates at Brock
ton, Hanson, Haverhill and Ware (all
in Massachusetts); instructor, Revere
Lay College, 1900-04; organized AntiProfanity League, 1902, conducting
work until 1907, when the League had
30,000 members; helped organize Popu
list party in New Hampshire, 1894;
delegate to various political conven
tions in Massachusetts, 1904 (o 1907;
delegate to national convention, Inde
pendence League, 1908; became Social
ist in 1908; national lecturer and con
tributor to the Socialist press till 1913;
candidate for Governor of Massachu
setts, 1912; Democratic-Labor mem
ber of Mass. house of representatives,
1914-18; delegate Mass. constitutional
convention, 1917-18; author, "Making
of a Socialist," "Walt Whitman, the
Prophet-Poet," "Summer Days at
Kensington," and various pamphlets
on political and economic subjects;
contributor, Arena Magazine, New
York Call and Hearst newspapers;
affiliated with Patrons of Husbandry,
Odd Fellows and Moose; m., June 29,
1898, Mary L. Palmer of Kensington;
children, Ruth, b. June 22, 1899;
Rachel, b. May 12, 1901 ; Roland, b.
Dec. 26, 1902; Robert b. Aug. 24, 1904;
Rosalind, b. June 17, 1906; Ramona,
15
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b. Sept. 16, 1911. Residence, Ware,
Mass.; summer home, Mother-Earth
Camp, Kensington, N. H.
Morrison, Obe Gray
Manufacturer; b., Northfield, N. H.,
Oct. 15, 1851; s. Thomas L. and
Susan (Cappen) Morrison; ed. Tilton
public schools; in youth entered employ
of the Elm Mills Co. on Northfield side
of the Winnipesaukee River, where he
continued twenty years, mastering the
details of woolen manufacturing; later
engaged in business for himself, in a
new plant, with modern equipment,
but under the old name, and is today,
president and treasurer of the Elm
Mills Woolen Co., Tilton; Congrega
tionalist; Republican; member, school
board, fifteen years (chairman, six
years) ; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1885-6 and 1915-16; state
senator, 1917-18; member, Doric
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Tilton; Knight
Templar; m., Jan. 1, 1874, Mary F.
Munsey; one dau., Edith (Mrs. Walter
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Booth), b. May 8, 1877. Residence,
Northfield; P. 0. Address, Tilton,
N. H.
Goss, Winifred Lane
(Mrs. Charles Carpenter Goss);
bank cashier and club-woman; b.,
Pittsfield, N. H., April 30, 1875; dau.
Charles Henry and Almira Lovena
(Perkins) Lane; ed. Pittsfield schools,
K. U. A., Meriden, N. H., 1894; asst.
cashier, Merchants' National Bank
(Dover, N. H.), founded by her hus
band; director, Merchants National
Bank, trustee, Farmers' Savings Bank,
Pittsfield, N. H.; member of Congre
gational Church, Pittsfield, the church
of her forbears, whose first clerk was
her maternal great-grandfather, Deacon
Jonathan Perkins, who also served as
deacon from the organization of the
church, 1789, till his death, forty years
later; her esteemed father was warden
and treasurer of this church many
years and bequeathed a trust fund
whose income is to be used for the
repair of the church buildings. Mrs.
Goss is superintendent of Junior Sun
day-school and member of Religious
Education committee, First Parish
Church, Dover; member Margery
Sullivan Chapter, D. A. R. (regent,
1905-7 and member, board of mana?ers, 1907-); state regent, N. H.
). A. It., and member, National
Board, 1913-15; regent, D. A. R.
Chapter, S. S. Rotterdam, Mediter
ranean cruise, 1914; member, state
executive board, D. A. R., 1917-18,
state executive board, Am. Red Cross;
treasurer, Dover Chapter, Am. Red
Cross, Dover Branch Woman's Civic
Fed., Dover Musical Soc, also of
N. H. Y. W. C. A. War Fund; several
years director and corresponding-sec
retary, Dover Children's Home; di
rector, N. H. Children's Aid and Pro
tective Ass'n; member, N. H. Soc. of
Colonial Dames of America, Tuesday
Study Club and Middlebrook Golf
Club (Dover), Dist. Nursing Ass'n
and other local missionary, philan
thropic and social clubs; in., June 26,
1895, Pittsfield, N. H., Charles Car
penter Goss; one child, Charles Lane
Goss, d. Feb. 24, 1903, member of
Dover High School, 1921. Residence,
74 Silver St.., Dover, N.H.
Clarke, Olive Rand
(Mrs. John B. Clarke); newspaper
and club-woman; b. Warner, N. H.,
May 26, 1841 ; dau. Joseph Noyes and
Olive (Whittier) Rand; ed. Warner
and Contoocook schools, Hopkinton
Academy, Contocook Academy, 1858;
taught school for several years; con
nected with the Manchester Mirror,
1864-86; has written extensively for
the press; letters from California
and the Northwest, 1884, afterwards
published in book form under the title
of "A Vacation Excursion"; letters
from Mexico, 1886; letters from Spain,
France, Italy, Central Europe and the
Near East, 1894; trustee of the N. H.
State Industrial School, 1888-1911,
originally appointed by Governor
Sawyer; secretary of the Manchester
Woman's Aid and Relief Soc. since its
organization, 1873-; first correspond
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ing secretary of N. H. Federation of
Woman's Clubs (declined presidency
of the Federation in 1899 and 1901);
chairman of Forestry committee,
N. H. Federation, 1905-7; chairman,
Press committee, N. H. Federation,
1907-17; founded New Century Club
of Manchester (men and women),
1898— ; president of Manchester City
Federation, 1896-8; president, Man
chester Equal Suffrage Ass'n, 1907- ;
vice-president, Warner Equal Suffrage
League; on advisory board of N. H.
Equal Suffrage Ass'n, 1917-; member,
Manchester Shakespeare Club, several
years; member, Molly Stark chapter,
D. A. R. (charter), Children's Aid and
Protective Ass'n, Soc. for Protection of
N. H. Forests, N. H. Peace Soc.; m.,
July 1, 1886, Col. John Badger Clarke,
editor and proprietor of the Manchester
Mirror (d. Oct. 29, 1891). Residence,
Manchester and Warner, N. H.
Tufts, Edith Souther
Registrar of Wellesley College; b.,
Dover, N. H., Jan. 29, 1862, dau.
Charles Augustus and Anne Blanchard
(Souther) Tufts; ed. public schools of
Dover, N. H., Wellesley College, B.A.
1885, M.A. 1895, studied at Yale
University, 1894-5; teacher at Dana
Hall School, Wellesley, 1885-94, 18958, Norwich Free Academy, Norwich,
Conn., 1898-1900, Commonwealth
Avenue School, Boston, 1900-02; in
structor in Greek at Wellesley College,
1902-3; registrar, Wellesley College,
1903-; Episcopalian; member, Boston
College Club, Boston Wellesley College
Club. Residence, Dover, N. H.
Stearns, Edward Roland
Clergyman; b., Biddeford, Me., Nov.
10, 1867; s. John Frye and Mary
(Emmons) Steams; ed. Thornton Aca
demy, Saco, Me., 1885, A.B., Bowdoin
College, 1889, Andover Theological
Seminary, 1892; minister, Congrega
tional church, New Vineyard, Me.,
1892-6, Warren, Me., 1896-1902,
Lancaster, N. H., 1902-12; field secre
tary of the N. H. Congregational Min
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isters and Widows' Fund, 1912-15;
secretary of the General Conference of
Congregational Churches of N. H. and
N. H. Home Missionary Soc., 1915-;
editor, N. H. Congregational Record,
1914- ; Independent; member, South
Congregational Church, Concord,
N. H., ,py fraternity, Mason, 32a
degree, N. H. Consistory, North Star
Lodge, Lancaster, Nat. Council Con
gregational Churches, Concord Min
isters' Union, Merrimack Ministers'
Ass'n, Central Congregational Club,
N. H. Historical Soc.. N. H. Bible Soc.
(director), Y. M. C. A., Council of
Nat. Defense; trustee, Euphrates Col
lege, Harpoot, Turkey; m., Frances
Alice Voter, Sept. 15, 1896, New Vine
yard, Me., children, Mary Everett, b.
March 10, 1898, Mt. Holyoke College,
1921; John Frye, b. Jan. 14, 1900,
Phillips Andover Academy, 1918;
Elisabeth, b. July 29, 1901 . Residence,
Concord, N. H.
�Hon. Benjamin A. Kimball
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Kimball, Benjamin Ames
Railway official, banker; b., Boscawen, N. H, Aug. 22, 1833; s. Ben
jamin and Ruth (Ames) Kimball; his
father dying soon after his birth, re
moved with his mother to Concord
when sixteen years of age; ed. Concord
high school, Hildreths Preparatory
School, Derry, Dartmouth College
Scientific Dept., graduating B.S., with
highest honors in 1854; immediately
after graduation entered the service
of the Concord R. R., as a draftsman;
two years later became superintendent
of the locomotive department; after
eleven years' service resigned as master
mechanic to attend to private business;
has been a partner in the firm of Ford
& Kimball, manufacturers of brass and
iron castings, car wheels, etc., since
1865; founder, director and president
of the Cushman Electric Co., Concord;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
1872; delegate in N. H. constitutional
conventions of 1876, 1889 and 1902;
member, N. H. executive council, 1884;
alternate delegate, Republican national
convention, 1880; delgate at large,
1892; commissioner from New Hamp
shire in a convention of commissioners
from the several states arranging for
the celebration of the 100th anniver
sary of the promulgation of the Con
stitution of the United States, Sept. 15,
16 and 17, 1887, in Philadelphia, Pa.;
member of the Commission to erect the
N. H. State Library building, 1889—;
trustee and president of the old Con
cord Savings Bank; trustee Merrimack
Co. Savings Bank; director, Mechanicks National Bank, Concord, since
organization, and president since 1884 ;
chosen director of the Manchester &
North Weare R. R., in 1873; succeeded
Gov. Onslow Stearns as a director of
the Concord R. R., Jan., 1879, and
since annually elected in the corpora
tion and its successor, the Concord &
Montreal R. R., and president of the
same, and many leased roads, since
1895; incorporator and director, Man
ufacturers & Merchants Mutual Fire
Ins. Co.; member and trustee, N. H.
229
Historical Soc., and chairman of the
committee having in charge the erec
tion of its elegant new building, the
gift of Edward Tuck of Paris, to which
work he gave much time and care;
member, Alpha Omega Chapter, Dart
mouth; member, board of visitors,
Chandler Scientific School, 1890-5;
trustee, Dartmouth College, since 1895
and chairman finance committee;
member, American Social Science
Ass'n, since 1890; member, I. O. O. F.,
and South Congregational Soc. of
Concord; m., Jan. 9, 1861, Myra
Tilton Elliott of Canterbury; one son
Henry Ames (see page 141). Resi
dence, 44 So. Main St., Concord, N. H.;
summer home, "The Broads," Lake
Winnepesaukee .
Keyes, Arthur Louis
Banker, insurance; b., Wilton, N. H.,
Dec. 2, 1862; s. George H. and Abby
A. (Gutterson) Keyes; ed. public
schools, Francestown Academy (grad
uate), Tufts College; Unitarian; Re
publican; member, Milford school
board, six years, and has held various
other minor town offices; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1897-9
and 1899-1900; N. H. constitutional
convention, 1912 and 1918; trustee
and treasurer, Granite Savings Bank of
Milford, since organization in 1899;
director and clerk, Milford Home for
Aged Women; member, I. O. R. M.;
has been engaged in fire insurance busi
ness in Milford since 1894, when he
bought out the long established agency
of the late Judge Robert M. Wallace;
m., Dec. 12, 1894, Marion H. Robbe
of Peterborough. Residence, Milford,
N. H.
Jones, Elgin Alonzo
Surveyor, real estate, probate prac
tice; b., Marlow, N. H., July 30, 1852;
s. John Q. and Cynthia (Gould) Jones;
seventh in line from Hugh Jones,
Salem, Mass., 1635-1690 (his father,
John Q. Jones, was a leading citizen of
his town and county for many years);
ed. Marlow and Mont Vernon acad
emies and Dartmouth College, 1874;
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resided in Marlow until 1911, following
the business of a civil engineer, and
taking an active part in public affairs
and in all matters pertaining to the
welfare of the community; with his
father gave Jones Hall to the town,
and after the disastrous fire of 1916,
gave the ladies of the M. E. Church a
new chapel building; Christian; Demo
crat; deeply interested in education,
having served for a time as principal of
Marlow Academy, and as superintend
ent of schools for the town, and was
instrumental in organizing the first
county school board in the state;
served for more than thirty years in
different town offices in Marlow, and
represented the town in the legislature
of 1911, in which year he removed to
Keene, though still holding extensive
real estate interests in his old home
town. In Keene he has conducted an
extensive probate business in addition
to real estate, of which he has the care
and managemen' of large amounts.
He is a trustee and auditor of Cheshire
County Savings Bank, director of
Ashuelot National Bank, and an
auditor of Cheshire County; m.,
Nov. 24, 1880, Sarah C. Boynton,
Grafton, Vt. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Cavanaugh, John Bernard
Lawyer; b. June 19, 1871; s. Thomas
J. and Mary A. (Gallagher) Cava
naugh; ed. Park St. grammar school,
Manchester high school, 1889, Boston
University Law School; studied law
in the offices of Drury & Peaslee and
George W. Prescott of Manchester
and admitted to the bar and com
menced practice in 1897; Catholic;
Republican; member, N. H. house of
representatives, 1899, 1901, 1903;
N. H. senate, 1905; constitutional
convention, 1912, 1918; executive
council, 1915-16; Manchester board
of health, 1911-14; member, Knights
of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hiber
nians, Catholic Order of Foresters,
Sons of Veterans, Manchester His
torical Soc.; m., Margaret E. McDermott, Aug. 15, 1906. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
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Chapman, Charles E.
Educator; b., Franklin, N. H., June
3, 1880; s. Frank H. and Ella Frances
(James) Chapman; ed. Franklin high
school, Peekskill, N. Y., Military
Academy, Andover Academy, 1898,
Princeton Univ., Tufts College, A.B.,
1902, Harvard, LL.B., 1905, Univ. of
California, A.M., 1909, Ph.D., 1915,
Univ. of Seville, Spain (in residence)
1913; teacher of History in the Univ.
of California; representative of the state
and Univ. of California at the second
Serra Centenary in Petra, Majorca,
1913; representative of the Univ. of
California at the Congress of Bibli
ography and History, Buenos Aires
Argentina, 1916, and member of
permanent committee of said Congress.
Author of "The Founding of Spanish
California," "A History of Spain,"
"Catalogue of Materials in the Archivo General de Indias on the History
of the Pacific Coast and the American
Southwest," "A Californian in South
America," and numerous historical
articles; editor of the Spanish Ameri
can Historical Review; member Cali
fornia Historical Survey Commission,
American Historical Ass'n; m., June
22, 1907, Elizabeth A. Russell, Win
chester, Mass.; one son, Seville Dudley
Chapman. Residence, Berkeley, Cat.
Stacy, Thomas Hobbs
Clergyman; b., North Berwick, Me.,
July 26, 1850; s. Daniel Lowe and
Elizabeth Ann (Hobbs) Stacy; ed.
West Lebanon (Me.) Academy, pri
vate tutor, Bates College, A.B., 1876;
B.D. (Cobb Divinity School) 1879;
D.D., 1906. Taught in Bates College
three years, in Cobb Divinity School
one year; ordained to the Free Baptist
ministry, Sept. 17, 1879; pastor, Fairport, N. Y., 1879-82; Lawrence,
Mass., 1882-6; Auburn, Me., 1886-93;
Saco, Me., 1893-1902; Concord, N. H.,
since Feb., 1902. Member, F. B.
General Conference ten times; cor
responding secretary, F. B. Foreign
Miss. Soc., 1882-94; made tour of the
world as Mission Secretary, 1890-1;
member, General Conference Board,
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since 1904-, executive committee, since
1905 (recording secretary both bodies) ;
member, committee of twelve on con
ference with other Christian people.
1905-10 (now committee of five and
secretary of same); president, Minis
ters' Conference, Maine F. B. Ass'n,
1894-1902; trustee, Bates College;
trustee, New Hampton Lit. Inst.;
president, N. H. Sunday School Ass'n,
1903-4 (since member executive com
mittee); member, board of managers,
American Bap. Foreign Miss. Soc.,
191 1-; member, Federal Council,
Churches of Christ in America; secre
tary, N. H. Interdenominational Com
mission, 1906-. *BK. Author, "In
the Path of Light Around the World,"
1895; "Conditions of Spiritual Life,"
1901; "Life of O. R. Bacheler, M.D.,
D.D., Fifty-three Years Missionary
to India," 1904; "Wayside Garniture,"
1912; "Historical Sketch, Bengal Mis
sion," 1912, and many articles, prose
and poetry; m., 1st, Aug. 27, 1879,
Clara I. Farnham, Kennebunk, Me.,
d. March 20, 1884; 2d, Dec. 26, 1891,
�Mrs. Harriet G. Burlingame
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Leonora M. Harlow, Auburn, Me.;
children, Anne Clarabel, b. Jan. 5,
1881 (Mrs. Frank I. Spooner, Salt
Lake City); Elizabeth May, b. March
14, 1894. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Burlingame, Harriet Grace Boyd
(Mrs. William Burlingame); club
woman; b., Providence, R. I., Sept. 4,
1852; dau. Colville Dana and Harriet
M. (Campbell) Boyd; descendant of
Chad Brown, Gregory Dexter, Thomas
Angell and Obadiah Holmes, founders
of Rhode Island; ed. Swansea, Mass..
and Providence, R. I., schools; Congregationalist, member First Church
in Exeter; member and past president,
Exeter Woman's Club; president, N.H.
Federation Women's Clubs, 1910-11;
member Colonial Dames; Eastern Star
(Grand Matron, 1907); president,
N. H. Cent Institution and Home
Missionary Union—the oldest woman's
organization in the United States;
member, Exeter Current Events Club;
treasurer, Exeter Relief Soc; director,
Children's Aid Ass'n; Red Cross;
chairman, local committee, Woman's
Section, Council of National Defense;
m. William Burlingame, Aug. 22, 1877;
children (1) Harold Dana, b. June 23,
1879 (ed. Phillips Exeter and Worces
ter, Mass., academies), m. Mary
Henderson, Lynn, Mass.; with Stand
ard Steel Car Co., Butler, Pa.; (2)
Amy, b. April 15, 1884 (Vassar, 1906) ;
m. 1914 William J. E. Sander, lawyer of
Boston; (3) Robert Anson, b. Feb. 24,
1886 (Phillips Exeter, 1904, Lehigh
Univ., 1908), m., 1911, Estelle Walbert, So. Bethlehem, Pa. ; (4) Ella Winslow, b. Nov. 22, 1887 (Simmons Col
lege), m., 1910, Henry Lewis, banker
of Portland, Me. Residence, Exeter,
N.H.
Hough, Arthur Hugh
Banker; b., Woodstock, Vt., Aug.
28, 1882; s. Rev. Alfred James and
Celia Elizabeth (Harrington) Hough;
ed. public schools; Congregationalist;
Independent; treasurer, People's Trust
Co., Lebanon, N. H. (previously
for twelve years teller, First National
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Bank, White River Jet., Vt.); treas
urer, town of Lebanon; president,
Lebanon chamber of commerce; vicepresident, Trust Co. Section, Amer
ican Bankers' Ass'n; director, Grafton
County Electric Light and Power Co.;
member, A. F. & A. M., P. B. O. E.,
Sunset Club; located in Lebanon in
1913 and organized the People's Trust
Co.—the first Trust Co. charter granted
in sixteen years; m., Oct. 20, 1899,
Elizabeth Irene Edson; children,
Katherine Celia, b. Jan. 22, 1911;
Alfred George, b. Jan. 22, 1913. Resi
dence, Lebanon, N. H.
Weeks, John W.
Banker, U. S. senator; b., Lancaster,
N. H., April 11, 1860; s. William D.
and Mary Helen (Fowler) Weeks; ed.
Lancaster schools and U. S. Naval
Academy, Annapolis, Md., graduating
in 1881; midshipman in U. S. Navy
two years, resigning in 1883, to take up
the profession of civil engineer; in 1885
became a member of the firm of Hornblower & Weeks, bankers and brokers,
�Hon. John W. Weeks
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Boston, Mass., continuing till 1913;
served ten years as a member of the
Mass. Naval Brigade, the last six
years as commander; served in the
volunteer navy during the Spanish
American War, as commander of the
Second Division, U. S. Auxiliary Naval
Force on the Atlantic coast; Uni
tarian; Republican; member, Newton,
Mass., board of aldermen, 1900-02;
mayor of Newton, 1903-4; member,
U. S. house of representatives, 1905-13;
U. S. senator from Massachusetts,
1913-; member, Senate Committee on
Banking and Currency and active in
the perfecting of the Banking and
Currency Act of 1914, to which he
gave his support; has been specially
active in forest preservation legislation
and the establishment of the White
Mountain Reserve: other Senate Com
mittees, of which he is a member, are
Coast Defenses, Irrigation and Rec
lamation, Library, Military Affairs,
Post Offices and Post Roads, and Pub
lic Health and National Quarantine;
member, Board of Visitors, U. S. Naval
Academy, 1896; chairman, Mass.
Republican state convention, 1895;
has served as president of the Newtonville, Mass., Trust Co., and vice-presi
dent, First National Bank of Boston;
member, Boston Chamber of Com
merce, University Club, Army and
Navy Club, Chevy Chase Club, Metro
politan Club, Exchange Club, Country
Club of Brookline, and Societies of the
Sons of the Revolution, War of 1812,
Spanish American War, Cincinnati
and Military Order of Foreign Wars;
m., Oct. 17, 1885, Martha A. Sinclair
(dau. Hon. John G. Sinclair, Bethle
hem, N. H.); children, Katharine
Sinclair, b. Aug. 19, 1889, (Mrs. John
W. Davidge) ; Charles Sinclair, b. June
16, 1892 (Harvard, 1914), 1st Lieut.
U. S. Field Artillery, in service in
France. Residence, West Newton,
Mass.; summer home, Lancaster, N. H.
Woodworth, Edward Knowlton
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Aug.
25, 1875; s. Albert Bingham and Mary
(Parker) Woodworth (see page 53) ; ed.
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Concord High School, 1893, Dartmouth College, B.L., 1897, Harvard
Law School, LL.B. cum laude, 1900;
member of firm, Streeter, Demond,
Woodworth and Sulloway; counsel,
vice-president and secretary of The
Parker-Young Co.; Episcopalian; Re
publican; member, Concord Common
Council, 1907-10 (president, 1909-10);
vice-president, Dartmouth Alumni
Ass'n; trustee, St. Mary's School;
director and member, investment com
mittee, N. H. Savings Bank; member,
standing committee, N. H. Diocese of
the P. E. church, vestryman of St.
Paul's church; president, Concord
Oratorio Society; trustee, Margaret
Pillsbury General Hospital; member,
N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. S. A. R
Wonolancet, Golf, Passaconaway and
Bow Brook Tennis clubs; Knight Tem
plar; m., Clara Farwell Holt of Claremont, N. H., June 25, 1903, d. July
20, 1917; children, Constance, b. May
10, 1906; Elizabeth, b. April 9, 1909;
Margaret, b. Aug. 5, 1912; Mary, b. July
19, 1917; Residence, Concord, N. H.
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Hutchins, Harry Burns
Educator, president of the University
of Michigan; b., Lisbon, N. H., April
8, 1847; s. Carlton B. and Nancy
Walker (Merrill) Hutchins; ed. Ver
mont Conference Sem., Newbury, Vt.,
Wesleyan Univ., Middle-town, Conn.
(leaving on account of ill health);
special study in anatomy, physiology
and surgery at Vermont Univ. and
Dartmouth College; Univ. of Michigan,
Ph.B., 1871 (classorator and commence
ment speaker); supervisor of schools,
Owosso, Mich., 1871-2; instructor in
history and rhetoric, Univ of Mich.,
1872-3; asst. professor, 1873-5; in prac
tice of law, with Thomas M. Crocker,
at Mt. Clemens and Detroit, Mich.,
1875-83; Jay professor of Law, Univ.
of Mich. 1884-7; called to Cornell
Univ., Ithaca, N. Y., to organize a law
department, and continued at its head
until 1895, when it had become one
of the leading law schools of the coun
try; recalled to Ann Arbor as dean of
the law department of Michigan
Univ. in 1895, then the largest insti
tution of its class in the Union;
acting president of the University
during absence of President Angell in
Turkey, 1897-8, and again in'1909-10;
president since June, 1910; under
appointment of the supreme court of
Michigan, he revised and annotated
several volumes of the supreme court
reports; he also published in 1894 an
American edition of "Williams on
Real Property" revised, annotated, and
adapted to American Jurisdictions,
and "Hutchins's Equity Cases" in
1900. In addition to his professional
work he has given numerous addresses
before educational and other learned
bodies, including the Charter Day
Address at the Fiftieth Anniversary
of the Univ. of California, and con
tributed a biography of the late Judge
Thomas M. Cooley to the "Great
American Lawyers." Member, New
York Bar Ass'n, American Historical
Ass'n, and the Mich. Political Science
Ass'n. He received the degree of
LL.D. from the Univ. of Wisconsin in
1897 and the same degree has been
conferred upon him by Wesleyan Univ.,
Notre Dame Univ., and the Univ. of
California: m., Dec. 26, 1872, Mary
Louise, daughter of Thomas M.
Crocker, Mt. Clemens, Mich.; one son,
Harry Crocker, b. Aug. 14, 1880 (Uni
versity of Mich. B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering, 1903), civil engineer in
New York City till Jan., 1918, when
called into public service as civil engi
neer in Quartermaster General's De
partment, Washington, D. C. Resi
dence, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Folsom, William Odlin
Insurance and surveying; b., Henniker, N. H, Sept. 28, 1838 (in same
house in which Edna Dean Proctor
was born); s. John O. and Mary
(Fletcher) Folsom; ed. public schools
and Henniker Academy; reared to
farm life, and in 1861 had charge of
Horace Greeley's farm at Chappaqua,
N. Y.; taught school thirteen winters;
learned the trade of a stonecutter and
followed the same ten years; was in
trade in Henniker, 1869-71; traveled
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in the West in 1872 ; in trade at Templeton, Mass., from Nov., 1872 till fall
of 1875, when he opened a general
store in Henniker, continuing in busi
ness twenty years; Universalist; Demo
crat; selectman in Henniker, 1863; reg
ister of deeds for Merrimack County,
1867-8; postmaster of Henniker, 18937; member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1907-8; justice of the peace for
fifty years; has been engaged in fire
insurance since 1876, and has also done
most of the surveying and civil engi
neering in town in that time; promi
nent in Odd Fellowship, being a char
ter member of Crescent Lodge of
Henniker, instituted in 1876 and
previously initiated in Rumford Lodge
of Concord; was grand master of the
N. H. Grand Lodge in 1887, and grand
representative to the Sovereign Grand
Lodge in 1888 and 1889; member,
A. F. & A. M., having passed the
chairs in Aurora Lodge and Woods
Chapter'of Henniker; m. 1st, in 1861,
Carrie F. Foster of Henniker, d. 1866;
2d, in 1869, Julia F. Whitney, also of
Henniker; one daughter, Carrie E.,
b. Feb., 1873 (Mrs. Edward K. Cogs
well). Residence, Henniker, N. H.
Abbot, Stanley Harris
Farmer, land surveyor; b., Wilton,
N. H., Oct. 20, 1863; s. Harris and
Caroline Ann (Greeley) Abbot; ed.
public schools and Cushing Academy,
Ashburnham, Mass., 1882; resides on
farm where his grandfather and great
uncle. a hundred years ago, originated
and developed the potato starch pro
cess; specially interested in forestry and
music; member or director of local
church choir for more than thirty
years; Congregationalist; Republican;
member, school board, 1906-15;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1917-18, serving on agricultural
committee; member, N. H. Vocational
Education Commission, 1917-; mem
ber and director, N. E. Milk Producers
Union (president, 1905-14) ; Patrons of
Husbandry; m., Nov. 15, 1894, Mary
Kimball, Lowell, Mass.; children,
Leonard Harris, b. Sept. 19, 1895
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(Clark College and Worcester Poly
technic Inst., leaving in junior year
to accept position in Smithsonian
Institute, Washington, D. C.); Marion
Kimball, b. March 5, 1898 (grad.
Wilton high school, now in Keene
Normal school); Howard Stanley, b.
Jan. 7, 1900 (Wilton high school, now
in N. H. College, Durham); Edith
Hale, b. Nov. 7, 1901 ; Sidney Greeley,
I
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Mfe
b. Aug. 19, 1903; Charles Mack, b.
March 15, 1905; Helen, b. July 10,
1906 (the last four are now students in
the Wilton high school). Residence,
Wilton, N. H.
Chase, Russell MacMurphy
(Mrs. Charles B. Chase); musician,
b., Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept. 29, 1871;
dau. Rev. Jesse Gibson and Lucy
Stuart (James) MacMurphy; ed.,
Home School, Racine, Wis., New Eng
land Conservatory of Music (piano),
1892, Berlin, Germany, 1895-6; head
of Piano Department, St. Mary's
College, Dallas, Tex., 1892-5, 1896-7;
West Virginia University, 1897-1903;
�LOREN D. TOWLE
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
piano instructor, University of Wis
consin, 1903-4, 1907; Wheaton Col
lege, Wheaton, 11l., 1906-11; president,
N. H. Federation of Music Clubs, 191518; chairman, music committee, N. H.
Federation of Women's Clubs. 191618 (member since 1912); director,
MacDowell Club School of Music,
1912-18; director, MacDowell clubs,
Wheaton College and Derry, N. H.,
and Derry, N. H., Woman's Club,
1914-17; has given piano and lecture
recitals in various states from coast to
coast during the last twenty-five years;
Episcopalian; m. Charles Burnside
Chase, Derry, Sept. 2, 1911. Resi
dence, Derry, N. H.
Towle, Loren Delbert
Real estate operator; b., Newport,
N. H., March 25, 1874; s. George H.
and Mary A. (Goward) Towle; ed.
public schools, Newport high school,
1892; Eastman Business College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1893; engaged in
real estate business in Boston in April,
1894, and has since continued; Congregationalist; Republican; member, New
ton, Mass., board of aldermen, 191011; director, International Trust Co.;
trustee, Newton Savings Bank, Newton
Hospital; member, Boston Chamber
of Commerce, Boston Real Estate
Exchange, Mass. Horticultural Soc.,
Bostonian Soc., Boston City Club,
Twentieth Century Club, Braeburn
Country Club, Newton, Common
wealth Country Club, Newton Golf
Club (president), Hunnewell Club,
Newton Improvement Ass'n (presi
dent, 1911); member and deacon Eliot
Congregational
Church,
Newton ;
trustee and director, Newton Y. M.
C. A.; director, American Congrega
tional House Ass'n; member, A. F. &
A. M., Dalhousie Lodge, Newton (life
member), Newton Chapter, R. A.,
Gethsemane Commandery, K. T. Mr.
Towle has always taken a deep interest
in the welfare of his native town, and,
on June 24, 1916, made a gift of $75,000
for the erection therein of a modern
high school building, m., June 28,
1899, Helen M. Leland; children,
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Evelene M., b. March 18, 1902, Char
lotte F., b. May 18, 1906. Residence,
215 Franklin St., Newton, Mass.
Slayton, William Harvey
Superintendent of schools; b., Leb
anon, N. H., March 17, 1878; s. George
W. and Caroline (Thomas) Slayton;
ed. Lebanon high school, 1897, Dart
mouth College, 1904 (on editorial
staff of The Dartmouth in college);
superintendent of schools in Rochester,
1905-07 ; Franklin, 1907-13 ; Claremont,
1913-18; Portsmouth, 1918-; Congregationalist; Republican; member, Chi
Phi fraternity; N. H. State Teachers'
Ass'n (president, 1914); N. H. School
masters' Club (president, 1915); N. H.
Educational Council; instructor in
English, Keene summer school, 1915;
Institute lecturer for state department
of Public Instruction; m. July 19,
1905, Marion B. Dewey, Montpelier,
Vt., children, Rachel Dewey, b. Feb.
16, 1909; Norman Thomas, b. July 16,
1910; Marion, b. Oct. 11, 1912. Resi
dence, Portsmouth, N. H.
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Flint, William Willard
Lawyer, registrar; b., Colebrook,
N. H., Aug. 16, 1850; s. Lyman
Thomas and Hannah Wilmarth (Wil
lard) Flint; ed. public schools of Con
cord—high school, 1865, Dartmouth
College, 1871, Columbian University
Law School, Washington, D. C., 1874;
Episcopalian (lay reader); Republi
can; clerk in U. S. Treasury Dept.,
Washington, 1871-5; in law practice
at Clinton, Mass., for a short time, but
returned to Concord on account of his
father's death in 1876; became con
nected with St. Paul's School in 1878,
and has been its registrar for many
years, still continuing; member, Con
cord board of education, 1876-86;
trustee, Concord public library, since
1885; member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1893-4, N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1912; trustee and
treasurer, Orphans' Home, Concord;
member, N. H. Soc. Sons of the Amer
ican Revolution, N. H. Historical
Soc; corresponding member, Nuttall
Ornithogical Club, Cambridge, Mass.;
formerly a voluntary observer of the
Weather Bureau, and furnished for the
History of Concord a chapter com
piled from weather records of nearly
fifty years; m., 1st, Jan. 4, 1888,
Caroline Chapman, Sackville, N. B.,
d. Dec. 30, 1893; 2d, July 23, 1901,
Susan Eliza Cogswell, also of Sackville;
one son, William Willard Flint, Jr. (see
next sketch). Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Flint, William Willard, Jr.
Student, war-worker; b., Concord,
N. H., July 7, 1892; s. William Willard
and Caroline (Chapman) Flint; ed.
St. Paul's School, Concord, 1908,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1912, Prince
ton University, A.M.; at St. Paul's he
won the Ferguson Scholarship; in his
sophomore year, at Dartmouth he took
the leading part in "Oedipus Tyrannus," the Greek play given by the
classical students of the college; he
also won several scholarship prizes,
was. editor of the Dartmouth Literary
Magazine and at graduation was poet
and valedictorian of his class. He
continued classical study in the grad
uate school at Princeton, receiving his
A.M., and in December, 1913, was
awarded the Rhodes scholarship from
New Hampshire in Oxford University,
England, where, in Balliol College, for
three years from the autumn of 1914,
he was student of the classics and
philosophy, receiving the degree of
A.B. Granted leave of absence in the
winter of 1914-15, he assisted in the
work of the Belgian Relief Commission,
within the German lines. With other
Rhodes men he had the advantage of
training in the Officers' Training Corps,
and early in 1918 was given a responsi
ble position in the Quartermaster s De
partment, London, at Headquarters
of American troops in England.
Drury, Samuel Smith
Clergyman; b., Bristol, R. I., 1878;
s. Samuel Smith (M.D.) and Hannah
Wheeler (Goodwin) Drury, both de
ceased; ed. Harvard, A.B., 1901, Berke
ley Divinity School, S.T.B., 1910,
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Trinity, L.H.D., 1910, Dartmouth,
D.D., 1917; Episcopalian, deacon,
1905; priest, 1908; chaplain to Bishop
Brent, Philippine Islands, 1905-7;
rector, Calvary Church, Providence,
R. I., 1908; St. Stephen's Church, Bos
ton, 1908-10; vice-rector, 1910-fl, rec
tor, 1911- St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H.; author, "Christian Increase,"
1910; m., Apr. 18, 1911, Cornelia Frothingham Wolcott, daughter of Gov.
Roger and Edith (Prescott) Wolcott
(great granddaughter, William H. Pres
cott, the historian) of Massachusetts;
children, Samuel Smith Drury, Jr.,
Roger Wolcott and Edith Prescott.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Hale, William Gardner
University professor; b., Savannah,
Ga., Feb. 9, 1849; s. William Bradford
Hale of Savannah and Upton, Mass.,
and Elizabeth (Jewett) Hale of Peter
borough, N. H. His boyhood was
mostly spent in Peterborough, and
it is to this town that he has always
felt himself to belong. Graduated at
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1866, Har
vard College, 1870; appointed Tutor in
Latin at Harvard, 1874, and served
there, with a year of absence at the
Universities of Leipzig and Goettingen,
until 1880; professor of Latin at
Cornell University, 1880; head of the
Latin department at the University
of Chicago since 1892; first chairman,
1895-9, and first director, 1895-6, of
the American School of Classical
Studies in Rome; received the degree
of LL.D. from Union and Princeton
universities in this country, and from
St. Andrews and Aberdeen in Scotland ;
member of various philological asso
ciations in America and England, and
of the Archaeological Institute of
Berlin, Rome, and Athens; associate
editor of several philological journals
in America and England; member of
the advisory board of the Loeb Classi
cal Library. While Mr. Hale holds
that the preeminent value of classical
studies lies in their power to develop
the literary sense, his own published
work has been mainly on the linguistic
is
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side, and, in particular, in the field of
syntax. Nor has it been confined to
Greek and Latin. He has worked and
published in the syntax of the Romance
languages, especially French, Spanish
and Italian, and the syntax of English
and German. He is chairman of the
Joint Committee on Grammatical
Nomenclature commissioned by the
National Education Ass'n, the Modern
Language Ass'n, and the American
Philological Ass'n, to prepare a re
formed terminology for use in the
schools of the United States. The
results are being rapidly incorporated
into our school grammars, especially
of English. Mr. Hale, though brought
up a Republican, is independent in
politics. He worked for the first
election of Grover Cleveland, opposed
the Philippine War, and made the
first campaign of publication (begin
ning in the N. Y. Times, Sept. 5,
1914) in favor of the participation of
America in the war to save civiliza
tion, democracy, and herself, and to
establish a world-court with power
�Ernest M. Hopkins, LL. D.
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to enforce peace; m., June 13, 1883,
Harriet K. Swinburne of Newport,
R. I.; children, Swinburne, b. April 5,
1884; Virginia Swinburne, b. May 10,
1887; Margaret, b. Jan. 27, 1891;
Gardner, b. Feb., 1, 1894. Residence,
Chicago, Ill.
Hopkins, Ernest Martin
Educator; president of Dartmouth
College; b., Dunbarton, N. H., Nov.
6, 1877; s. Andoniram Judson and
Mary (Martin) Hopkins; ed. Wor
cester Academy, Worcester, Mass.,
1896, and Dartmouth College, A.B.
1901; secretary to President Tucker,
1901-05; secretary of Dartmouth
College, 1905-10; engaged from 1910
to 1916 in different positions having to
do with the adjustment of industrial
relations; connected with the Western
Electric Co., New York; William
Filene's Sons Co., Boston, the Curtis
Publishing Co., Philadelphia, and the
New England Telephone and Tele
graph Co., Boston; elected president
of Dartmouth College by the board of
trustees in June, 1916, and inaugurated
in October of the same year; appointed
fersonal aide to General Goethals on
ndustrial Relations, February, 1918,
and entered immediately upon work
in that capacity; Congregationalist;
Independent Republican; member,
Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon; received honorary A.M. from
Dartmouth College in 1908. Litt.D.,
Amherst, 1916; LL.D., Colby, 1916,
Rutgers, 1916; m., Feb. 2, 1911, Celia
Stone; one daughter, Dorothy Ann,
b. May 1, 1917. Residence, Hanover,
N. H.
French, Horace
Merchant and postmaster; b., Bed
ford, N. H., Feb. 16, 1837; s. Phineas
and Betsey (Foster) French; ed. public
schools and Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1861; walked to White
River Junction, Vt., at outbreak of
the Civil War, and enlisted in the
Third Vermont Regiment, May 5,
1861; served four years and three
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months, engaged in twenty-two battles;
was one year in a Confederate prison,
and was mustered out as a captain;
located in West Lebanon in 1870,
where he has since resided; Con
gregationalist; Republican; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1881,
and 1917 when eighty years of age;
postmaster at West Lebanon, sixteen
years; deacon, Congregational Church,
over forty years, and still in office;
member, A. F. & A. M., P. of H., and
local clubs; m., April 4, 1865, Mary E.
Gillette of Hartford, Vt. (golden
wedding observed in 1915 with over
four hundred people attending); chil
dren, Bessie Foster (artist), b. Jan.
1, 1866, d. May 7, 1903; Nathan and
Martin (twins), b. Sept. 18, 1867, d.
in childhood; Samuel Pingree, b. May
6, 1871 (Dartmouth, A.B., 1893, Har
vard, A.M., 1904); Frederick Reginald,
b. Sept. 25, 1872 (Dartmouth, 1896);
Robert Horace, b. June 11, 1876, d.
in infancy; Ernest Eugene, lawyer, b.
May 3, 1878 (Dartmouth, A.B., 1898,
Univ. of Cal., L.B., 1904); John Mc
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Questen, civil engineer, b. April 21, 1897
(Dartmouth, B.S., 1899), d. Aug. 26,
1906. Residence, West Lebanon, N. H.
Stevens, Jabez Howes
Fariner, traveling salesman; b.,
Newmarket, N. H., July 29, 1857; s.
Nathaniel and Elizabeth T. (York)
A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E.,
and P. of H., being a past master of
Scam mell Grange of Durham; m., 1st,
Feb. 10, 1879, Ada J. Drew, Strafford,
N. H., d. Oct. 24, 1903; 2d, Nov. 2,
1904, Marguriete M. G. Thompson, of
Portland, Me.; one daughter, Florence
L., b. Oct. 26, 1882, m. March 17, 1902,
Walter J. Dunlap, Augusta, Me. Resi
dence, Durham, N. H.
Hayes, Charles Carroll
Real estate and loans; b., New Lon
don, N. H., May 31, 1855; s. John M.
and Susan E. (Carr) Hayes; ed. public
schools of Manchester, N. H.; Baptist;
Democrat; mayor of Manchester, 1913
-14; president, Democratic state con
vention, 1912; trustee, Mechanics Sav
Stevens; ed. Durham public schools,
Franklin Academy, Dover, Bryant &
Stratton Commercial College, Manches
ter; Congregationalist; Republican; en
gaged in the hay trade for some years
at Durham and has been a traveling
salesman for the International Har
vester Co. of America for the last fif
teen years or more; active in public
affairs, serving as tax collector, over
seer of the poor, selectman five years
(twice chairman of the board), member,
N. H. house of representatives in 1895;
deputy sheriff for Strafford County,
1895-8, resigning to take the office of
Commissioner for Strafford County, to
which he had been elected, and to
which he was re-elected two years later,
serving as clerk of the board ; member,
ings Bank, Manchester; member, A. F.
& A. M. (33d degree), Elks, Moose,
Grange, Derryfield, Calumet and Coun
try clubs, Manchester; member, Man
chester chamber of commerce (expresident and treasurer); president,
Rimmon Mfg. Co.; clerk, Manchester
Shoe Mfg. Co.; m., 1st, Jan. 1, 1885,
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Belle J. Kennard, d. July 31, 1890; 2d,
June 20, 1900, Carrie M. Anderson;
children, John Carroll, b. Aug. 7, 1886,
now in his country's service in France;
Louise Kennard, b. Jan. 16, 1888
(Wellesley 1909), Annie Belle, b. July
31, 1890; Marion, b. June 28, 1902.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Chapin, Bela
Printer, farmer, poet; b., Newport,
N. H., Feb. 19, 1829; s. Phineas and
Lydia (Osgood) Chapin ; learned print
er's trade in youth, in office of National
Eagle, Claremont, and worked for a
time in different offices, then pursued a
three years' course of study at Kim
ball Union Academy, Meriden; subse
quently pursued his trade for a number
of years in Concord and other places;
proprietor of the Dartmouth Press at
Hanover from 1866 to 1870; returned
to Claremont and bought a farm at the
base of Green Mountain, where he
continued its cultivation, but spending
much time in his library in writing and
study, having a fine collection of books
and many rare volumes. He has
written much meritorious verse which
has appeared in different publications;
compiled the volume known as the
"New Hampshire Poets," published
in 1883, embracing selections from
300 poetical writers of which 3,000
copies were sold; m., March 3,
1858, Sarah Clark Melendy. Resi
dence, Claremont, N. H.
Bass, Robert Perkins
Industrial counsellor; ex-Governor
of New Hampshire; b., Chicago, 11l.,
Sept. 1, 1873; s. Perkins and Clara
(Foster) Bass; ed. Boston, Mass.,
schools, Harvard Univ., A.B., 1896,
Harvard Graduate School, Harvard
Law School; in business in Chicago for
some time, but has had his residence in
Peterborough, N. H., his mother's old
home for many years past, where he
has been much interested in agriculture
and forestry, as well as general public
affairs; Progressive Republican ; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
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1905-6, 1907-8, serving as chairman of
the committee on retrenchment and
reform in the latter session, and con
ducting a thorough investigation of the
various departments of the state gov
ernment; senate, 1909-10; drafted and
largely instrumental in the enactment
of the present primary law; member,
N. H. Forestry Commission, 1906-10
(chairman the last two years); di
rector, American Forestry Ass'n (presi
dent, 1911-12); member of various
clubs; appointed in Oct., 1917, assist
ant and counsellor to Raymond B.
Stevens, vice-chairman of the U. S.
Shipping Board at Washington, in
dealing with labor problems; upon the
departure of Mr. Stevens for England
in Jan., 1918, as American delegate to
the Interallied Shipping Council, was
placed in charge of labor matters in
volved in the operation of vessels, serv
ing as chairman of the National Ad
justment Commission. His services to
the government are gratuitous, he be
ing one of the so-called "dollar-a-year"
men. m., Jan. 20, 1912, Edith Harlan
�Rev. Edwin J. Aiken
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Bird, dau. Charles S. Bird, East Walpole, Mass.; three children, Edith,
Perkins, Joanne. Residence, Peterbor
ough, N. H.
Aiken, Edwin Joseph
Clergyman; b.. Hyde Park, Vt.,
May 3, 1849; s. Orrin Livingston and
Laura (Edmunds) Aiken; ed. schools
of New York; merchant from 1870 to
1884; ordained to the Congregational
ministry, Oct. 1, 1885; pastor, East
Congregational church, Concord, N. H.,
1885-92; since then has preached in
more than six hundred churches in
nine different states; Congregationalist; Republican; member, A. F. 4
A. M., I. O. O. F., Central Congrega
tional Club, N. H. Historical Soc,
American Bible Soc, National Council
of Congregational Churches; elected
superintendent of the N. H. Bible Soc,
1892; secretary, 1898 to 1912; treas
urer, 1913, and still superintendent
and treasurer; treasurer, N. H. Con
gregational Ministers' and Widows'
Fund since 1896; president of the Asso
ciation of New England and N. Y. City
Bible Societies, the last ten years; au
thor, "First Hundred Years of the New
Hampshire Bible Society"; m. Annah
E.Greene, May 20, 1869; one daughter,
Julia Mildred, b. Nov. 3, 1871, d. Dec.
13, 1878. After traveling throughout
our homeland and the Canadas, in
1899, Mr. and Mrs. Aiken visited Great
Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium,
Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
and France. During 1900 they again
visited England, Belgium, France and
Germany, also Denmark, Norway,
Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary,
and several of the smaller provinces
of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
During 1903 they visited Portugal,
Spain, Algeria, Italy, Greece, Turkey
in Europe and Asia, the historic
places of Palestine, Egj>yt and France.
During 1905 they visited the West
Indies and South America. In 1907
they again visited Spain, Italy and
Egypt, also Arabia, Ceylon, Siam, the
Malay Peninsula, China, Japan, Ha
waiian Islands and Mexico. Mr.
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Aiken attended the centennial con
ference of missions at Shanghai, was
present at the bombardment of the
city of Wu-Chang in the valley of the
Yangtze Kiang, China, and attended
the Students' Christian Federation of
the World Conference at Tokyo, Japan.
During 1909 Mr. and Mrs. Aiken
again visited England, Ireland and
Wales. In 1910 Mr. Aiken, being a del
egate to represent the American Bible
Society at the World Missionary Con
ference held at Edinburgh, spent
several weeks in Scotland, England
and Wales. During 1913 Mr. and
Mrs. Aiken again sailed for the South
Continent, visiting the Republics of
Brazil, Uraguay, Argentine and Venezula and made a second cruise of the
West Indies and Bahama Islands. He
has lectured extensively upon the dif
ferent tours, in connection with Bible
Society work. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Gallagher, Edward John
Journalist; b., Concord, N. H., Oct.
23, 1890; s. James and Julia Martin
Gallagher (natives of Ireland); ed.
Sacred Heart School, Concord; left
school in ninth grade owing to illness
which continued three years; engaged
in newspaper work since seventeen
years of age, mainly on the Patriot, of
which he has been the owner since
1910; Catholic; Democrat; trustee
Concord public library; member,
N. H. constitutional convention, 1912;
Major on staff of Gov. Samuel D.
Felker; member, Ancient Order of
Hibernians (state secretary, 1912-14,
state president, 1914-16), also Knights,
of Columbus, Elks and other organiza
tions; executive committee, Concord
Chapter, American Red Cross; treas
urer, N. H. Patriot Co.; director,
Champion Press Ass'n, Newport; m.,
Jan. 27, 1914, Etta Gates, Loogootee,
Ind.( daughter of Hon. George W. and
Maria (Spalding) Gates, descendants
of Maryland, Kentucky and Indiana
pioneers and Revolutionary patriots.
Mr. Gates is cashier and manager of
the First National Bank of Loogootee,
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has been twice mayor of Loogootee,
chairman, Democratic state committee
of Indiana for several campaigns, and
held various important offices in Martin
County. Mrs. Gallagher is a grad
uate of Shoals, Ind., high school, and
wasfor a time a teacher; one daughter,
Alma, b. Nov. 29, 1917. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Hall, Dwight
Lawyer; b., Dover, N. H., April 13,
1871 ; s. Hon. Joshua G. and Susan Eliz
abeth (Bigelow) Hall; ed. Phillips
(Andover) Academy, 1890, Dartmouth
College, 1894, Boston University
School of Law, 1897; admitted to the
bar and immediately commenced prac
tice in Dover, since continuing; Congregationalist; Republican; U. S. ref
eree in bankruptcy, 1898-1901; solici
tor, city of Dover, 1899-1901; solici
tor, Strafford County, 1904-10; mayor
of Dover, 1910-12; chairman, Repub
lican state committee, 1914-16; chair
man, N. H. Excise Commission, 191618; member, N. H. Soc. Sons of the
American Revolution, Soc. Colonial
Wars, Knights of Pythias; director,
Strafford National Bank; trustee, Straf
ford Savings Bank; m., Aug. 16, 1899,
Frances C. Smith, Boston, Mass. Res
idence, Dover, N. H.
Pearson, Harlan Colby
Editor; b., Webster, N. H., Nov. 24,
1872; s. John Couch and Elizabeth
(Colby) Pearson; graduate of Dart
mouth (Phi Beta Kappa) 1893; con
nected with the Concord Evening
Monitor in an editorial capacity since
leaving college; also at various times
editor of the Granite Monthly, the
National Grange Weekly, the Brown
Book and New Hampshire Farms for
Summer Homes; secretary to Senator
William E. Chandler, 1893-4, and
during their respective terms to Gov
ernors Bachelder, McLane, Floyd,
Quinby, Spaulding and Keyes; m.,
Nov. 30, 1896, Laura Prucia Metcalf
of Concord; children, Caroline (Radcliffe, 1919), Richard M. (Dartmouth,
1920), and John M.; attends the
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Universalist church; votes the Re
publican ticket; member of the Psi
Upsilon fraternity. Residence, 37
South Spring St., Concord, N. H.
Allen, Edwin Morris
Pharmacist;. b., East Middlebury,
Vt., April 2, 1866; s. Lieut. T. Wilfred
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director, People's Trust Co., Lebanon;
president, Canaan-Enfield Electric Co.;
charter member, Mt. Cardigan Lodge,
No. 31, K. of P.; member, Indian
River Grange, P. of H., Canaan
Social Club; m. Roxie L. Davis, Nov.
29, 1888; one daughter, Lena, b. Aug.
9, 1890, wife of Benjamin F. Harrigan
of the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Resi
dence, Canaan, N. H.
Metcalf, Frank Arthur
Publisher, educator; b., Acworth,
N. H., Dec. 14, 1873; s. Frank M. and
Jennie E. (Mitchell) Metcalf; ed.
Kimball Union Academy, 1896, Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1900; member,
Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho;
m., Aug. 7, 1901, Jennie Louise Bryant,
and Emma A. (Farr) Allen; ed. public
schools of Keene, N. H., East Middlebury and Vergennes, Vt., and Colum
bus, O., high school; learned the drug
business with John B. Coburn of
Canaan and became a registered
pharmacist in 1886, while in employ of
Dr. George E. Leet who succeeded
Mr. Coburn at Canaan; purchased
the business of Doctor Leet in 1888,
and has continued the same, enlarging
and improving it till he now has one of
the largest and best equipped establish
ments in this line in the state; Demo
crat; active in party affairs until his
appointment as postmaster of Canaan,
March 1, 1916, in which office he
continues; member, N. H. Pharma
ceutical Ass'n (president, 1908-9);
of Enfield, N. H.; Democrat; registrar,
The Home Correspondence School
Springfield, Mass., 1900-1904; presi
dent and managing director, The Home
Correspondence School, since 1904;
has organized many courses of study and
planned and projected many success
ful publications, including The Writ-
�Hon. Edward H. Wason
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er's Library ; founder and managing
editor, The Writer's Monthly. Resi
dence, Springfield, Mass.
Wason, Edward Hills
Lawyer, farmer; b., New Boston,
N. H., Sept. 2, 1865; s. George Austin
and Clara Louisa (Hills) Wason; ed.
public schools, Francestown Academy,
N. H. College of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts, B.S. 1886; studied
law with George B. French of Nashua
and at the Boston University Law
School, graduating LL.B., in 1890,
and in practice in Nashua since that
date; Congregationalist; Republican;
member, Nashua board of education,
1891-5 (president the latter year);
city solicitor, 1894-5; solicitor, Hills
borough County, 1902-6; sergeant-atarms, N. H. senate, 1887-9; asst.
clerk, 1891-3; clerk, 1895; president,
Nashua common council, 1897-8;
member, N. H. house of representa
tives, 1899, 1909, 1913; member,
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902,
1912; elected representative from 2d
N. H. district in the Congress of the
United States for two years from
March, 1915 to 1917, Nov., 1914; re
elected Nov., 1916; member, Com
mittee on Agriculture—an appro
priate appointment, as he is greatly
interested in agriculture, owning a
large farm in the town of Merrimack,
where registered Guernseys and other
choice lines of stock are raised; has
served as president of the New Oak
Park Fair Ass'n, and treasurer of the
N. H. Fair Ass'n of Nashua, and many
years as a trustee of the N. H. College
of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.
He is a 32d degree Mason, Knight of
Pythias, Patron of Husbandry and an
Elk; president of the Nashua Inst. for
Savings and the Nashua Coal & Coke
Co., and a member of the Nashua
Country Club. Residence, Nashua,
N. H.
Paul, George Washington
Printer, accountant and probate
business; b., Claremont, N. H., Aug.
17, 1850; s. Jeremiah and Betsey (Full-
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erton) Paul; ed. Claremont public
schools; printer and accountant from
1869 to 1887, since then extensively
engaged in probate business, having
administered nearly two hundred
estates; attends Methodist Church;
Democrat; postmaster of Claremont
eight years, serving two terms by
appointment of President Cleveland;
collector of taxes, 1892-3; trustee,
Fiske Free Library, 1903-4; water
commissioner, 1903; selectman, 1905 to
1911 and 1914 to 1917 (chairman each
year), then declining re-election; mem
ber, N. H. house of representatives,
1905-6; delegate to N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918; member, board of
trustees for the George H. Stowell Trust
Estate for erection and maintenance of
the Stowell Memorial Hospital at Clare
mont; member, board of trustees of
town trust funds; director, People's
National Bank; m., April 20, 1876,
Mary Ann Robinson, d. July 26, 1917.
One daughter, Bessie Irene. Resi
dence, Claremont, N. H.
�Ruel W. Poor
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Poor, Ruel Whitcomb
Banker; president, Garfield National
Bank, New York; b., New London,
N. H., Sept. 29, 1860; s. William Gay
and Delina A. (Freeto) Poor; ed. pub
lic schools and Wilton (Me.) Academy;
in employ of Page Belting Co., Con
cord, N. H., 1877-81; Littleton Sav
ings and National banks, Littleton,
N. H., 1881-8; cashier of the latter,
January to November, 1888, when he
resigned to go to Garfield National
Bank, New York City, in which he be
came assistant cashier in 1891, cashier
in 1892 and president in 1902, since
continuing. He is also director and
president of the Garfield Safe Deposit
Co., trustee of West Side Savings Bank,
director of the Butterick Co., the
Butterick Publishing Co., all of New
York City, and of the Ansco Co.,
Binghampton, N. Y. He is a member
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
State of New York ; of Burns Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Littleton, N. H., St.
Gerard Commandery, Littleton, and
Jerusalem Chapter, R. A. M., of New
York, (D. D. G. M. 5th Masonic Dis
trict N. H. 1888), of the Sons of the
American Revolution, the N. H. Soc.
of New York, the Maine Soc., Ameri
can Geographical Soc., Metropolitan
Museum of Art, American Museum of
Natural History, Union League Club,
Bankers' Club, Manhattan Club, New
York Athletic Club and the Masonic
Club; Episcopalian Republican; m.,
Oct. 18, 1884, Ida M. Sawyer of Wil
ton, Me. ; children, Helen Hilda, b. June
25, 1899; Ruella, b., July 17, 1905.
Residence, 320 West 101st St., N. Y.
City; business address, 200 Fifth Ave.
Melendy, Jesse George
Chemist, chemical plant executive;
b., Milford, N. H., Sept. 30, 1877; s.
George Lorenzo and Adelaide Esther
(Burpee) Melendy; ed. public schools,
New London, N. H., Colby Academy,
New London, 1897, Brown Univ., B.Ph.,
1901; active in undergraduate foot
ball and track athletics; taught in St.
George's School, Newport, R. I., 1901-
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2; since 1902 with General Chemical
Co., 25 Broad St., New York, starting
as analyst, becoming investigator; then
assistant superintendent, Camden, N.J.
works, 1904-8; assistant superintendent
Bayonne, N. J., works, 1908-10;
superintendent, Cleveland, O., works,
1910-13 ; superintendent, Buffalo,
N. Y., works, 1913-17; superintendent
Delaware works, near Wilmington,
1917-; Republican; Unitarian; mem
ber, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta
Kappa, Sigma Xi, University Club,
Buffalo, N. Y.; vice-president, Buffalo,
Eng. Soc., 1915-17; vice-president,
Western New York Section, Am.
Chem. Soc., 1914-16, president, 191617; member executive committee,
Cleveland Section, Am. Chem. Soc.,
1912-13; executive committee, Buffalo
Section, A. S. M. E., 1916-17; parish
council, First Unitarian church,
Buffalo, 1916-17; vice-president, Dela
ware Section, Am. Chem. Soc., 1918member, Visiting (advisory) Com
mittee in Chemistry, Brown Univ.;
�Dr. Benjamin F. Bailey
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m., April 20, 1904, Jessie May Cofran,
Boston, Mass.; child, Adelaide Burpee,
b. June 28, 1906. Residence, Wilming
ton, Del.
Bailey, Benjamin Franklin
Physician; president of the Dr.
Benj. F. Bailey Sanitorium, Lincoln,
Neb.; b., Littleton, N H., June 22,
1860; s. William and Marriete Andress
(Barnes) Bailey; ed. schools of Little
ton and Claremont, N. H., Boston,
Mass., and Hahnemann Medical Col
lege, Philadelphia, Pa., 1881; prac
ticed medicine in Wareham, Mass.,
from March, 1881 to March, 1882,
and in Manchester, N. H., from March,
1882 to June, 1886, when he went west
on account of ill health; in September
following he located at Lincoln, Neb.,
where he was in practice until he
opened his sanitorium in July, 1901,
which he has since conducted; Con
gregationalism Republican; member,
Nebraska State Board of Health, and
president of the same for ten years;
president, American Institute of Home
opathy; president, Missouri Valley
Homeopathic Ass'n; president, Ne
braska State Homeopathic Soc; presi
dent, American Institute of Drug
Proving; member, American Medical
Ass'n, American Endocrinology Soc,
American Ass'n for Advancement of
Science, American Soc. for Prevention
of Tuberculosis, and many others;
member, Song of the American Revo
lution, and Rotary, Commercial and
Country clubs (director of former);
m., Feb. 8, 1882, Minnie F. Bryant,
Wareham, Mass. Residence, Green
Gables, Lincoln, Neb.
Russell, Frank Webster
Soldier, merchant (retired); b.,
Plymouth, N. H., June 22, 1847; s.
William Wallace and Clara Jane
(Smith) Russell; ed. Miss Gilmore's
private school, Concord, N. H., Phil
lips (Andover) Academy, Boston Latin
School, Detroit, Mich., high school,
New Haven Commercial Institute,
255-
New Haven, Conn., U. S. Military
Academy, West Point, 1868; commis
sioned 2d lieutenant, 6th U. S. Cavalry,
serving in the South and West till
1872, when he resigned, returned to
Plymouth and engaged in general
mercantile business in the firm estab
lished by his grandfather, Moor Rus
sell, in 1798, continuing till retire
ment in 1911; served in the N. H.
National Guard as captain and aide
on staff of Brig. Gen. D. M. White,
1884; ass't, inspector general, 1885-9;
captain, Co. G, 3d N. H. Infantry,
May 3, 1898; mustered into TJ. S.
service, May 11, and promoted major,.
1st N. H. Infantry, July 2, 1898; mus
tered out, Oct. 3, 1898; continued in
state service as major, 3d Infantry;
on reorganization made major, 2d
Infantry, March 7, 1899, continuing
till expiration of commission in 1905,
then declining further service; Congregationalist; Republican; member,.
Plymouth town history committee;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
N. H. Soc. S. A. R., Military Order
Foreign Wars, American Legion, Ass'n
Graduates U. S. Mil. Acad., A. F. &
A. M., 32d degree and K. T.; m., Oct.
1, 1873, Louisa Webster Hale, d. May
6, 1905; children, Clara Louise, died
in infancy; William Wallace, b. May
22, 1876 (Plymouth high school, 1891,
Holderness School, 1893), treasurer
National Life Ins. Co., Montpelier,
Vt.; George Moor, b. April 28, 1878
(U. S. Military Acad., 1901), major,
field artillery, in National Army in
service in France; Susan Carleton, b.
Oct. 31, 1879 (N. H. Normal School,
1898, Vassar College, 1904); teacher,
now living with her father; Walter
Hall, b. May 21, 1882 (Dartmouth,
1904, Mich. Univ. Law School, 1906), of
the Russell Lumber Co., Port Arthur,
Ont.; Louis Webster, b. March 22, 1885(Dartmouth, 1906), with Alexander
Hamilton Inst., of New York, located
at Akron, O.; Frank Henry, b. June
18, 1887, d. May 2, 1904; Mary Louise,
died in infancy. Residence, Plymouth,
N. H.
�John B. Jameson
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Jameson, John Butler
Mining, insurance, manufacturing
and general business; s. Nathan
Cleaves and Idabel (Butler) Jameson;
ed. public schools and college of the
City of New York; Presbyterian;
Democrat; chairman, N. H. Demo
cratic state committee, 1906-12, and
active in the management of party
affairs; delegate to Democratic na
tional convention, Kansas City, 1900;
chairman, N. H. Committee on Public
Safety, 1917-18, taking an active part
in organizing the state for work in sup
port of the national government in the
prosecution of the war against German
aggression; treasurer, United Life
and Accident Ins. Co., Concord;
director, First National Bank, Con
cord; officer and director in various
other corporations; interested in vari-ous business enterprises in New Hamp
shire, Missouri and Oklahoma; received
honorary degree of Doctor of Science
from N. H. State College, May 1, 1918;
m., Nov. 19, 1913, Marion Dudley
Eidlitz, New York City; children, John
Butler, Jr., b. Jan. 21, 1915; Robert
Dudley, b. Jan. 30, 1916; Jane, b. Nov.
20,1917. Residence, Antrim, N. H.;
business address, Concord, N. H.
Wilder, Ella Caroline Abbot
(Mrs. Arthur S. Wilder); b., Wilton,
N. H., April 22, 1862; dan. Harris and
Caroline A. (Greeley) Abbot; greatgranddaughter of Major Abiel Abbot
of Wilton, commissioned officer in
Colonial Army, great-grand-niece of
Nathan Hale, also of Rev. Abiel Abbot
of Peterboro, N. H. (see pp. 139) ; ed.
public schools; Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1882; Smith College,
B.A. 1889; teacher for ten years pre
vious to marriage; principal high school,
Brewer, Me. 1889-91; principal high
school, Peterboro, N. H., 1891-5; assist
ant, Sanborn Seminary, Kingston,
N. H., 1895-6; principal high school,
Sterling, Mass., 1896-8; member,
Congregational church, Smith College
Alumnae Ass'n; active in church and
war relief work; m., Aug. 9, 1898,
Arthur Silas Wilder; children, Florence
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C., b. Aug. 3, 1899; Katharine A., b.
Aug. 12, 1901; Frank H., b. April 26,
1903; Edwin A., b. March 13, 1906;
Anna Hale, b. Jan. 14, 1909. Resi
dence, Sterling Junction, Mass. [See
Dr. Florence Hale Abbot, p. 139;
Charles Greely Abbot, p. 149; Stanley
Harris Abbot, p. 237.]
Emery (William) Stanley
Clergyman; b., Portsmouth, R. I.,
May 6, 1858; s. Charles and Susan
Lavinia (Kelly) Emery; ed. St. Paul's
School, Concord, N. H., 1876; Trinity
College, B.A., 1881; General Theologi
cal Sem., New York, B.D., 1884;
ordained deacon, 1884; priest, 1887;
master, St. Paul's School, 1884-:6; in
charge, Church of St. John the Baptist,
Sanbornville, N. H., 1887-92; vicar,
Calvary Chapel, New York, 1892-7;
rector, Christ Church, Norwich, Conn.,
1897-1900; rector, Trinity Church,
Tilton, N. H., and m charge, St. Jude's
Mission, Franklin, 1900-1908; vice-rec
tor St. Paul's Church, Concord, N. H.,
1908-. Republican; member, N. H.
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house of representatives from Tilton,
1907-8; member executive committee,
N. H. State Conf. Charities and Cor
rections; standing committee, Diocese
of New Hampshire, Protestant Epis
copal Church; m., Jan. 18, 1887, Ethel
Naunton Julian, St. Andrews, N. B.;
four daughters and two sons. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Otis, Edward Osgood
Physician; b., Rye, N. H., Oct. 29,
1848; s. Israel Taintor and Olive
Morgan (Osgood) Otis; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy, Harvard College, A.B.,
1871, M.D., 1877; commenced practice
1879, in Boston in 1880, specializing in
pulmonary diseases, particularly tuber
culosis, and writing and speaking on
its prevention; sometime visting phy
sician for Free Home for Consumptives
in Boston and connected with various
medical institutions; physician to tuber
culosis department, Boston Dispensary;
professor of Pulmonary Diseases and
Climatology, Tufts College Medical
School since 1901 ; late visiting and con
sulting physician, Mass. State Sanato
rium ;delegate,Congress of Tuberculosis,
London, 1901; International Congress
on Tuberculosis, Rome, 1912; member,
advisory board, Dennison (settlement)
House, Boston; trustee, Exeter, N. H.,
Cottage Hospital, Montgomery, Ala.,
Colored School; member, American
Climatological Ass'n (president, 1898),
American Public Health Ass'n, Na
tional Ass'n for Study and Prevention
of Tuberculosis, American Ass'n for the
Advancement of Science, and many
medical societies; ex-president, Boston
Ass'n Relief and Control of Tuberculo
sis; cor. member, International AntiTuberculosis Ass'n; member, S. A. R.,
Soc. Colonial Wars, Harvard Club of
Boston; author, 1909; "Tuberculosis—
Its Cause, Cure and Prevention," 1914,
"Pulmonary Tuberculosis," 1917; and
various contributions to medical publi
cations; m., June 4, 1894, Marion Faxon;
children, Olive, John F., EdwardO., Jr.,
William F., Brooks. Residence, 381
Beacon St., Boston.
Dunlap, Roger Allen
Clergyman; b., Charlestown, N. H.,
June 10, 1878; s. George Harlan and
Mary Catharine (Folger) Dunlap; ed.
public schools, Nelson, N. H., and Rock
Island and Stanstead, P. Q., Concord
high school, 1896; Dartmouth College,
1900, Hartford (Conn.) Theological
Seminary, 1903; Congregationalist; Re
publican; pastor, Paterson, N. J., 19039; Windsor Locks, Conn., 1909—1917;
Second Parish Church, Portland, Me.,
1918; Chaplain Connecticut house of
representatives, 1915; member Phi
Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Psi fra
ternities; m., Nov. 18, 1903, Alice Gates;
children, Esther, b. Sept. 11, 1906,
Catharine Alice, b. May 15, 1911.
Residence, Portland, Me.
Patten, Helen Philbrook
. Author; social worker; b., New Bed
ford, Mass., April 21, 1865; dau. of Rev.
Nathan Page and Hannah Hill (San
born) Philbrook; ed. Tilton Seminary,
1884, Framingham, (Mass.) Normal
School', 1888, Social Service Dept.,
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Simmons College, 1914, Social Service
crouse, Boston Univ., 1914; taught in
the Misses Patten's School, Middletown, Conn., 1889, 1891-2; Affordby
School, Baltimore, Md., 1890-1 ; active
in social service, Middletown, Conn.,
Girls Club, 1915; District Worker for
South End Settlement House, 1916-7;
author "The Year's Festivals" (Dana
Estes Co.), 1903; compiler "The Music
Lover's Treasury," 1905; compiler "In
timations of Immortality" (Small &
Maynard), 1907; contributor of many
articles and poems to various news
papers and magazines; m., Sept. 1,
1892, D. Warren Patten, Tilton, N. H.
Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Husband, Richard Wellington
Professor classical languages, Dartmouth College; b., Nov. 27, 1869, Mil
ton, Ontario, Canada; s. Richard and
Eleanor (Teeple) Husband; ed. Leland
Stanford Univ., A.B., 1895, A.M., 1896;
Univ. of Toronto, A.B., 1896; Dart
mouth College, A.M., 1915; instructor,
Mills College, 1898-9, Stanford Univ.,
1899-1900; instructor and professor,
Dartmouth College, 1900-; Episcopal
ian; Republican; office manager N. H.
District Board 1917-; secretary N. H.
Committee on Public Safety, 1917; N.
H. War Historian, 1917-; member
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa,
American Philological Ass'n (execu
tive committee), Simplified Spelling
Board (executive committee), Amer
ican Ass'n of University Professors;
contributor of many articles on lin
guistic subjects, Roman history, and
Roman criminal law in Transactions
of the American Philological Ass'n, and
in various classical periodicals; author,
"The Prosecution of Jesus" (Princeton
Univ. Press), 1916; m., June 20, 1901,
Helene Borgman; one son, Richard B.,
b. Aug. 8, 1904. Residence, Hanover,
N.H.
Lauder, George Burns
Electrical Engineer; b., Concord, N.
H., Jan. 28, 1866; s. James Nelson and
Eliza Martha (Clark) Lauder; ed.
Concord schools, private instruction,
259
Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1889; with the
Westinghouse Electric Co., Pittsburg,
Pa., 1890; Electric Lighting Co., Den
ver, Col., 1891-3; first electrical in
spector, N. H. Board of Underwriters,
1893-8 ; manager, Concord Electric Co.,
1898-1909; consulting engineer, 1909-.
Republican; Episcopalian; life mem
ber, Humanitarian Soc, London,
Eng.; member Vivisection Investiga
tion League, New York City; Concord
S. P. C. A. (president, 1913-7); Am.
Soc. of Mechan. Engineers, N. H. Soc.
Protection of Forests, Am. Soc. for
Protection of Forests, Mass. Inst.
Tech. Club, N. H. Historical Soc,
Concord Charity Organ. Soc, Y. M.
C. A., Wonolancet, Beaver Meadow
Golf and Snowshoe Clubs; actively
connected with Red Cross work, city
and state; office manager, N. H. War
Savings Com.; with his family has
adopted French Orphan, No. 900, in
Life's French Orphan Fund; m. Eva
Belle Sanborn of Concord, June 17,
1896; children, Mildred, b. April 4,
�David E. Murphy
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1897, St. Mary's School, 1893, B.A.,
Wellesley College, 1918, at the Vassar
Training Camp for Nurses, "The
Woman s Plattsburg"; Dorothy, b.
Nov. 10, 1901, St. Mary's School,
Abbot Academy, 1920. Residence, 26
Franklin Street, Concord, N. H.
Murphy, David Edward
Merchant; b., Concord, N. H., Oct.
15, 1859; s. Bartholomew and Mary
(McCue) Murphy; ed. Concord public
schools; employed as a clerk in the
dry goods trade in Concord, at the
age of sixteen, continuing for twelve
years, when he engaged in business for
himself in which he has continued to
the present time, developing one of the
largest and most popular dry goods de
partment stores in northern New Eng
land, including Nos. 76 to 82 No. Main
St.; Catholic; Democrat; many years
member, Democratic state committee;
Democratic candidate for councilor in
District No. 5, in 1916, running largely
ahead of his ticket; trustee, N. H. In
dustrial School, 1905-13; member,
N. H. Committee of Public Safety;
State Merchant Representative, United
States Food Administration; director,
First National Bank, Concord; trustee,
Union Trust Co.; member, Knights of
Columbus, Elks, Wonolancet Club;
member, commission having in charge
the erection of a statue of President
Franklin Pierce, and marshal of the
day at dedication of the same; member,
Pierce birthplace preservation com
mission; m., April 26, 1905, Katharine
Louise Prentis, New York. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Wason, Eugene
Physician; b., New Boston, N. H.,
April 25, 1844 ; s. Abraham and Sarah T.
(Lamson) Wason; ed. public schools of
New Boston and Cambridgeport, Mass . ;
Dartmouth Medical College, M.D.,
1872; A.M.(hon.) Norwich University,
1909; practiced medicine in Nashua, N.
H., 1869 to 1874; subsequently in Lon
donderry and Hancook; since 1894 in
Milford; Episcopalian; Republican;
member Knights of Pythias, G. A. R.
(N. H. Department Commander, 1918-
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19); city physician and member board
of health, Nashua, 1872-4; member
Milford board of health several years;
member N. H. Medical Soc; N. H.
Surgical Club; m., Aug. 13, 1866,
Hattie Wilkins, d.; one son, Arthur, b.
March 20, 1888. Residence, Milford,
N. H.
Metcalf, Henry Clifton
Merchant; b., Lempster, N. H<,
July 10, 1881; s. Clifton A. and Ma
tilda J. (Scales) Metcalf; ed. public
schools of Alstead; in trade in that
town since twenty-one years of age;
Universalist; Democrat; town clerk
since 1912; trial justice since 1915
(appointed by Gov. Rolland H. Spaulding); member, N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1917-18, serving on rail
road committee and joining in minority
report against the reorganization bill;
member, A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.;
m., July 10, 1906; Mabel M. Hatch,
Alstead; children, Alma E., b. May 17,
1907; Clarence W., b. April 13, 1910;
Carroll H., b. November 29, 1912.
Residence, Alstead, N. H.
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Saltus (Amasa) Wright
Clergyman; b., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Oct. 3, 1859; s. Nicholas and Maria
Seymour (Sanford) Saltus; ed. St.
Paul's School, Concord, N. H., 1878,
Columbia Law School, law office of
Anderson and Man, New York; ad
mitted to the New York bar, 1883,
studied divinity with Dr. Henry A.
Coit, rector of St. Paul's School; or
dained deacon, 1891, priest, 1893; in
charge of St. Mary's church, Penacook,
1893-4; curate of St. Mark's, Orange,
N. J., and House of Prayer, Newark,
N. J., 1894-8; curate at St. Paul's
Chapel, St. Paul's School, and chap
lain of Orphans' Home, 1898-1900; in
charge of St. Mary's, Penacook, 1900-;
Republican ; Episcopalian ; member,
Rumford Grange, P. of H., East Con
cord, Fish and Game Club (president,
1914-); chaplain of First Infantry,
N. H. National Guard, under Colonel
Roby, three years; m., June 6, 1886,
Bayonne, N. J., Louisa Smith Pickslay.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Brown, Harry James
Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H.,
March 2, 1873; s. James B. and Eva M.
(Merrill) Brown; ed. Concord (N. H.)
high school, 1891, Dartmouth College,
1895, Columbian University Law School
(Washington, D. C.), LL.B., 1897,
LL.M., 1899; admitted to the bar in
1899, and began practice the same year
with Eastman & Hollis in Concord, N.
H., continuing with the same till 1903,
since when he has been alone; Republi
can; connected with the Department
of Agriculture in Washington from
1895 to 1899; member Concord common
council, 1905-6; secretary Republican
state committee, 1908; in general law
practice; served for several sessions
past as a legislative attorney for B. & M .
Railroad; member A. F. &. A. M. (lodge,
chapter, temple, consistory 32d degree
and shrine); Wonolancet, Snowshoe
and Bow Brook Clubs, Concord; m.,
Nov. 21, 1907, Mary K. Bride. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Tutherly, Herbert Everett
Soldier; b., Claremont, N. H., April
5, 1848; s. William E. and Lorette C.
(Rossiter) Tutherly; ed. Claremont
schools, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, U. S. Military Academy, West
Point, 1871; commissioned 2d lieut.,
U.S. Cavalry, June, 1872; 1st lieut., 1st.
Cavalry, April, 1879; captain, Dec,
1890; major, 11th Cavalry, Feb., 1901;
lieut.-colonel, 9th Cavalry, July, 1905;
retired upon his own application after
thirty-eight years service, Oct. 1, 1906;
on duty with N. H. Militia by order of
the President, 1906-10; brigadier gen
eral and adjutant general of N. H. N.
G., 1910-15; aavv much active service in
Indian Campaigns while in U. S. Army;
prof. military science, Univ. of Vt. 1881
-5; Cornell Univ., 1889-92; Univ. of Vt.
again, 1893-97; commanded squadron
U. S. Cavalry in Cuba during Spanish
American war, and recommended for
brevet as major for gallantry at battle
of San Juan Hill, July 1 and 2, 1898;
Episcopalian; Republican; engaged in
agriculture at Claremont since retire
ment; m., May 29, 1878, Mary Maroa
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Cotton of Claremont; one son, George
Cotton, d., Chelsea, Vt. Residence,
Claremont, N. H.
Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney
Composer and pianist; b., Henniker,
N. H., Sept. 5, 1867; dau. Charles Ab
bott and Clara Imogen (Marcy)
Cheney; studied first with her mother,
from whom she inherited her musical
ability; played difficult music, includ
ing Beethoven and Bach, at seven
years of age; at eight years of age
was taken to Boston, where she
studied with W. L. Whittemore,
Ernest Paraho, Junius W. Hill and
Carl Baermann; made d£but as pian
ist; played with the Boston Symphony
and Thomas Orchestras; later appeared
in many large cities, giving entire pro
grams of her own work. Among her
compositions are her "Gaelic Sym
phony," first given in Boston in 1896;
a Mass in E-flat, sung at the Handel
and Hadyn Soc, Boston, 1892; "Fes
tival Jubilate," for women's voices'
sung at the dedication of the women's
building, at the World's Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, 1893; also num
erous cantatas and piano works, and
many songs sung by leading singers
throughout the country; m., Dec. 2,
1885, Dr. Henry Harris Aubrey Beach,
a distinguished physician of Boston,
who died June 28, 1910. Residence,
28 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.
Simonds, Katherine Call
Musician, dramatic soprano, author
and composer; b., Franklin, N. H.,
Dec. 12, 1865; dau. Joseph L. and Mar
tha Ann (Severance) Call; ed. public
schools of Franklin; taught school four
years; studied voice culture with Mrs.
Gertrude Franklin Salisbury and Miss
Clara Munger of Boston; taught vocal
music to large classes; has sung in, and
directed, many church choirs; sang as
soprano in the First Baptist Church,
Concord, Franklin St. Congregational
Church, Manchester, Pilgrim Church,
Nashua, Unitarian Church, Franklin
and others; now director and soprano
of the Christian Church Choir, Franklin;
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has conducted many choruses and done
much general musical work; author and
composer of many songs several of
which have been published by C. W.
Thompson & Co., Boston; two Prohibi
tion songs, "The Nation's Going Dry"
and "The Land Where Old Glory
Waves," words and music by Mrs.
Simonds, were recently published by
the National W, C. T. U. Publishing
House, Evanston, I1l.; her latest and
most popular song, "There's a Soldier
Lad in Khaki Over There," written,
set to music copyrighted and published
this year, has been sung by her to great
audiences in many places, including
Tremont Temple, Boston, where twice
three cheers were given for the song and
singer by the vast crowd in attendance;
gives entire concert program of her
own songs; member of the Christian
church; Prohibitionist; Equal Suffra
gist; state secretary Prohibition party;
president Franklin Equal Suffrage
Club; president Franklin W. C. T. U.
president Merrimack Co. W. C. T. U.
state musical director, W. C. T. U.
�Hon. Raymond" Bartlett Stevens
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vice-president Golden Rule Farm
Homes Ass'n; Red Cross singer and
worker, responding to constant calls
for service; delegate to National Prohi
bition Convention'st. Paul, Minn. ,1916,
where she sang "The Land Where Old
Glory Waves"; also to National W. C.
T. U. Convention, Washington, 1917,
where she sang "New Hampshire
Voted Dry," written to celebrate the
prohibition victory in this state, to a
capacity audience in Poli's theatre; m.,
Nov. 25, 1885, Arthur B. Simonds, s.
of the late John W. Simonds, N. H.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Stevens, Raymond Bartlett
Lawyer, Ex-Congressman; b., Binghampton, N. Y., June 18, 1874; s.
Pliny Bartlett and Lillian (Thompson)
Stevens; ed. Harvard Univ. 2 years,
class of 1897; Harvard Law School, 3
years, class of 1899; admitted to New
Hampshire bar in 1899; in practice of
law at Lisbon, N. H., five years then, on
account of ill health, engaged in agri
culture in Landaff ; Democrat; member
N. H. house of representatives from
Landaff, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1913; chair
man Democratic legislative caucus in
1911, and member of the Judiciarv and
Ways and Means Committees, also of
the Special Committee on Railroad
Rates to whose work he devoted much
attention; elected to the U. S. house of
representatives from the Second N. H.
District in Nov., 1912, over Frank D.
Currier, Republican, but did not take
his seat in the house until his work in the
state legislature was completed, and
declined salary up to that time; mem
ber Committee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce, 63d Congress, and ac
tively instrumental in preparation and
enactment of the measure creating and
establishing the Federal Trade Com
mission; nominated in the N. H. Demo
cratic primary, in 1914, as the party
candidate for U. S. Senator, and ran
largely ahead of his ticket but failed of
election; special counsel for the Federal
Trade Commission, 1915-16; member
and vice-chairman U. S. Shipping
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Board, 1916-; appointed American
delegate to the Interallied Shipping
Council in London, 1918, and now
serving in that capacity; m., August 3,
1915, at Landaff, Mrs. Everest a Spink
Cunniff ; one son. Residence, Landaff,
N. H.
Edgerly, Joseph Gardner
Educator; b., Barnstead, N. H., Oct.
12, 1838; s. Samuel Johnson and Eliza
(Bickford) Edgerly; ed. Manchester
public schools, Dartmouth College,
A.B., 1867 (Phi Beta Kappa) ; Congre
gationalism Republican; taught school
five years before entering college;
elected superintendent of schools, Man
chester, N. H., the day after gradua
tion from college, serving eight years,
1867-75; superintendent of schools,
Fitchburg, Mass., 1875, to 1914; since
retired; member American Institute of
Instruction, N. E. Ass'n School Super
intendents (ex-pres.) ; president, N. H.
Teachers Ass'n 1874; Hillsborough Co.
Teachers Ass'n; Worcester Co. (Mass.)
Teachers Ass'n; A. F. & A. M. (K. T.);
I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E., K. of P.; m.,
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April 10, 1877, Mary J. Graves, Groton,
Mass.; one child, Louise Graves, b.
1879, d. 1901. Residence, Fitchburg,
Mass.
Abbott, Warren
Teacher, farmer, bank messenger; b.,
Webster, N. H., March 20, 1838; a.
Jabez and Eunice (Boody) Abbott; ed.
public schools and Elmwood Academy,
Boscawen, N. H. ; taught school winters
from eighteen years of age, and engaged
in farming in summer till twenty-six,
when he went to California and was
there engaged in teaching for eighteen
years, with much success, having re
ceived a life certificate as a teacher after
ten years service, and was the nominee
of his party for superintendent of
schools in Contra Costa county; re
turned to the old homestead in Web
ster and engaged in agriculture in 1882,
continuing until about twenty years
ago, when he removed to Penacook;
Congregationalist; Republican; several
years superintendent of schools in
Webster, selectman three years, and
member N. H. house of representatives
in 1891-2; treasurer of Merrimack
county, 1893-1, 1895-6, 1915-16. Pa
tron of Husbandry, and past master and
lecturer of Daniel Webster Grange,
Webster; also of Merrimack Co.
Pomona Grange, of which he was a
charter member and the first overseer;
for the last ten years he has served as
bank messenger between Concord and
Penacook; m., Oct. 12, 1891, Mrs.
Jennie A. Abbott, of Anoka, Minn.
Residence Penacook, N. H.
Smith, Jeremiah
Jurist; b., Exeter, N. H., July 14,
1837; s. Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Hale)
Smith; A.B., Harvard, 1856; A.M.,
1859; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1883; studied
law with Daniel M. Christie and at Har
vard Law School; admitted to the bar in
1861; practiced in Dover, 1861-7; ap
pointed associate justice of the N. H.
supreme court in 1867, serving till
resignation, on account of ill health, in
1874; partially resumed practice in
1882; appointed Story Professor of Law
in the Harvard Law School in 1890, and
removed to Cambridge; resigned pro
fessorship in 1910; trustee, Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1868-74, 1898-1902.
Visitor, Chandler Scientific School,
Dartmouth, 1885-92; m., April 5, 1865,
Hannah Webster, Dover, N. H., d. Dec.
19, 1904; one son, Jeremiah Smith, Jr.,
lawyer of Boston, b. Dover, N. H., Jan.
14, 1870; A.B., Harvard, 1892; trustee
of Phillips Exeter Academy; now (1918)
serving in France as captain in Quarter
masters' Department, U. S. Expedi
tionary Force. Residence, 4 Berkeley
Street, Cambridge, Mass.
Brown, Alice
Author; b., Hampton Falls, N. H.,
Dec. 5, 1887; spent her girlhood on a
farm; ed. Robinson Seminary, Exeter,
N. H.; taught school for a few terms,
but soon took up writing as a profes
sion, having removed to Boston; en
gaged for several years on staff of
Youth's Companion; author, "Fools of
Nature" (novel); "Meadow Grass,"
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collection of New England stories; "By
Oak and Thorn"—a record of English
Days; "Robert Louis Stevenson —a
study in collaboration with Imogen
Guiney; "Three Heroines of New Eng
land Romance" (with Harriet Prescott Spofford and Imogen Guiney);
"Life of Mercy Otis Warren"; "The
Road to Castalay" (poems); "Tiverton
Tales" (collection of stories); "The
Day of His Youth"; "The King's
End"; "Margaret Warrener"; "Para
dise"; "High Noon"; "The Mannerings"; "The Country Road"; "The
Court of Love"; "Rose McLeod";
"The Story of Thyrza"; "Country
Neighbors"; "John Winterbourne's
Family"; "The One Footed Fairy and
Other Stories"; "Secret of the Clan,"
"The Flying Teuton," etc. Residence,
11 Pinckney St., Boston, Mass.
Humphrey, Alice Caroline
Educator; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 8,
1874; dau. Stillman and Mary Eliza
beth (Hoag) Humphrey; ed. Concord
high school, 1892, Smith College, 18924, Radcliffe College, 1914-5, Bureau
of University Travel, 1911, Summer
School, Middlebury College, Vt., 1913;
teacher of Greek, Latin and Ancient
History, St. Mary's School, Concord,
N. H., 1895-; Episcopalian; member
N. E. Classical Ass'n, N. H. Smith
College Club, N. H. Historical Soc,
Concord Woman's College Club (direc
tor), Concord Woman's Club (rec. sec,
1918-), Concord Music Club, Outing
Club (Camp Weetamoo), Friendly Club,
Suffrage League, Daughters of the
King, Beaver Meadow Golf Club;
author of BUT Sketches, 1912; contrib
utor of poems to Art and Archaeology
and American Story Magazine. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Nute, Eugene Pearl
Shoe manufacturer; secretary, N. H.
Board of Underwriters; b., Farmington,
N. H., June 14, 1852; s. Alonzo and
Mary (Pearl) Nute; descendant of
James Nute, who came to Portsmouth,
N. H., from England in 1631, and sub
sequently settled in Dover; great-
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grandson of Jotham Nute, an early pet
tier of Milton and a soldier of the Revo
lution, serving throughout the war,
whose discharge signed by General
Washington is now in his possession;
ed. public schools, New London, N. H.,
and Phillips (Andover) Academies; en
gaged for twenty years in the manu
facture of shoes at Farmington; Congregationalist; Republican; member N.
H. house of representatives, 1883;
appointed U. S. Marshal for the Dis
trict of New Hampshire, March 4,
1898, resigned, June 30, 1914, to accept
the position of secretary of the N. H.
Board of Underwriters, which he now
holds; member A. F. & A. M., K. of P.,
Loyal Legion; m., June 4, 1881, Nellie
S. Parker of Farmington; children,
Stanley Pearl, b. Dec. 9, 1885 (Dart
mouth, 1908), in insurance business in
Detroit, Mich.; Harry A., b. March 6,
1891; Molly, b. April 7, 1893, teacher.
Residence, Farmington, N. H.
�Hon. Alvah Woodbury Sulloway
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Sulloway, Alvah Woodbury
Manufacturer; railway official; b.,
Somerville, Mass., Dec. 25, 1838; s.
Israel W. and Adaline (Richardson)
Sulloway; ed. public schools, Barre
(Vt.) Academy, Green Mountain Lib
eral Inst., So. Woodstock, Vt., Canaan
Academy; learned hosiery manufac
turing business in his father's mill at
Enfield, N. H., operating some of the
first machines made by the late Walter
Aiken; commenced business in hosiery
manufacturing in Franklin with Walter
Aiken in 1860, continuing four years;
then in company with Frank H. Daniell till 1869, after which he operated
the Sulloway Mills alone, the same
being incorporated Jan., 1888, exten
sive additions and improvements hav
ing been made from time to time till
now this is the largest woolen hosiery
manufacturing plant in the country,
employing 650 operatives and produc
ing 2,000 dozen pairs per day, nearly
allat the present time on war orders for
the U. S. government; Unitarian;
Democrat till 1896, since Independent;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1871, 1872, 1874 and 1875 (chairman
committee on manufactures, 1874);
N. H. railroad commissioner, 1874;
Democratic candidate for Congress in
Second N. H. district in 1877, and
twice renominated; member first city
council of Franklin, continuing several
years; member N. H. constitutional
convention, 1889, N. H. Senate, 1891;
delegate to Democratic national con
vention in 1876, and all subsequent
conventions, to and including 1896,
and New Hampshire member Demo
cratic Nat'l Com. for same period;
director Northern Railroad since 1880,
and president since 1885; director B. &
M. Railroad for twenty-five years
previous to 1916; president Concord &
Claremont and Peterboro & Hillsboro
Railroads since 1889; director Lake
Champlain & St. Johnsbury R. R.;
several years director Me. Central R.
R.; president and treasurer Sulloway
Mills; president Franklin Nat'l Bank
since organization in 1879; president
Franklin Savings Bank, Franklin Light
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& Power Co., Acme Machine & Needle
Co.; trustee Amoskeag M'f'g Co.;
director Monadnock Mills, Andros
coggin Pulp Co., Concord Axle Co.;
trustee Franklin Hospital, N. H. Or
phans Home; member A. F. &. A. M.
(lodge and chapter), P. of H.; m., June
5, 1866, Susan R. Daniel); children,
Alice M., b. Aug. 5, 1871 (Mrs. Fred L.
Thompson, Bellows Falls, Vt.); Rich
ard W., b. Feb., 1876; Frank J., b. Dec.
11, 1883. Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Theriault, Marcel
Lawyer; b., St. Jacques, N. B., Nov.
22, 1885; s. Adolph and Hermine
(Plourde) Theriault; ed. Nashua, N. H.,
public schools, Boston Univ. Law
School, 1914; Catholic; Republican;
member N. H. senate, 1917-8 (chair
man committee on Judiciary); State
Board Trustees of State Institutions,
1917-; member Republican state com
mittee; Secretary Hillsborough Co.,
Republican Club; Gamma Eta Gamma
law fraternity; president Montcalm
Associates; partner in Nashua Steam
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Press and Boiler Works; m., May 6,
1906, Anita Jodoin, d. Jan. 16, 1913;
children, George French, b. April 19,
1911; Albert Marcel, b. Dec. 17, 1912.
Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Foss, George Ernest
Educator; commercial secretary; s.
Horace Malvin and Abbie Hannah
(Green) Foss; b. Pittsfield, N. H., March
10, 1873; ed. Pittsfield high school,
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1897. Born
on a farm ; traveled three miles each way
to attend high school; on graduation
from college became principal of Pitts
field grammar school for one year;
principal, Meredith (N. H.) high school,
one year; principal, Dover N. H.,
grammar schools, two years; principal,
grammar school, Springfield, Mass.,
thirteen years; in latter position made
special contribution to method of
school organization by introducing the
flexible system of grading, whereby a
program is made to suit the needs of
each student who is allowed to take
work in each subject at the point where
he is ready to work, without regard to
so-called grades, and to move in each
subject as rapidly as progress is earned,
regardless of progress in other subjects;
which is merely the application of the
old district school system to a large
graded city school, and is apparently,
the first such application made in the
United States; it shortens the time
that many a pupil would otherwise
spend in public schools, and brings him
earlier through high school, college and
into his life work; Congregationalist;
Independent Republican; became sec
retary Springfield, Mass., chamber of
commerce in May, 1914, and continues;
work in this field received recognition
by appointment as director of the
National Ass'n of Commercial Organ
ization Secretaries, Sept., 1917. Mem
ber A. F. &. A. M., Educational Club,
Nayasset Club, Reality Club; m., June
28, 1899, Martha Longfellow Brown;
one son, b. May 21, 1903. Residence,
Springfield, Mass.
Brown, Alice Van Vechten
Teacher of Art; b., Hanover, N. H.;
dau. Rev. Samuel G. and Sarah (Van
Vechten) Brown; ed., private schools
and tutors; Art Students League of
New York (four years) and with vari
ous studios and artists; traveled and
studied abroad. Assistant director
and director Norwich Art School,
Norwich, Conn., 1891-97; professor
of Art, Wellesley College since 1897;
member Archeological Institute of
America and other art associations.
Residence, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.
Edgerly, John Albert
Farmer, lumber dealer and summer
boarding; b., Tuftonborough, N. H.,
Sept. 11, 1856; s. Charles G. and Mary
E. (Doe) Edgerly; ed. common schools
and Tuftonborough and Wolfeboro
Academy; member 2d Christian Church
of Tuftonborough; fifteen years super
intendent of Sunday School; president,
Rockingham Christian Conference two
years; Carroll Co. S. S. Ass'n, two
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years; Republican; member school
board five years; selectman five years;
moderator twelve years; present town
treasurer; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1903, voting against
the repeal of the Prohibitory law, hav
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(Merrill) Shurtleff; ed. public schools,
flolderness school, 1887-8, Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1892; read law in office
of Drew, Jordan & Buckley, Lan
caster; admitted to the bar m 1896,
and continued with the firm, in prac
tice (now Drew, Shurtleff, Morris &
Oakes); Episcopalian; Republican; N.
H. Fish and Game Commissioner,
1902-8; ex-judge Lancaster Police
Court; U. S. Commissioner for New
Hampshire; member A. F. & A. M.r
Lancaster Club; m., June 14, 1897,
Emilie Porter, Lancaster; children,
William Porter, b. April 29, 1898;
Merrill, Jr., June 11, 1902. Residence,
Lancaster, N. H.
Demond, Fred Clarence
Lawyer; b., Freeport, Me., Nov. 13,
1875; s. George Nelson and Mary Eme-
ing always been a strong temperance
advocate (chairman State College
committee) ; member N. H. senate,
1909-10, voting for the Preston amend
ment; Patron of Husbandry, having
been lecturer, overseer and master of
Tuftonborough Grange, also of Carroll
Co. Pomona Grange, and district and
Pomona deputy of the State Grange;
m., Dec. 25, 1880, May C. Blake, d. Jan.
8, 1917; one son, Edwin B. Edgerly,
b. March 24, 1884; m. Oct. 14, 1914,
Caroline L. Crossman; their son, John
Irving, b. July 27, 1915. Residence,
Tuftonborough, N. H., Mirror Lake
P. O.
Shurtleff, Merrill
Lawyer, b., Colebrook, N. H., March
10, 1876; s. William H. and Mary J.
line (Field) Demond; ed. common and
high schools, Freeport, Me.; studied law
with Streeter, Walker & Hollis Con
cord, N. H.; admitted to the bar March,
1899, and has since been in practice in
Concord, associated with the firm with
�Elisha Rhodes Brown
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which he studied, and its successors,
the firm name now being Streeter, Demond, Woodworth & Sulloway; Uni
tarian; Republican; member, Concord
common council, 1903-4; board of alder
men, 1905-6; Concord City charter
revision committee, 1908; member state
board of bar examiners since 1913; N.
H. constitutional convention, 1918
(member committee on Judiciary de
partment); clerk Page Belting Co.;
member N. H. Bar Ass'n; American
Bar Ass'n; N. H. Historical Soc;
Wonolancet, Snow Shoe and Passaconoway Clubs, Concord; m., Jan. 16,
1906, Mary Peabody Adams, Gorham,
N. H. Residence, Concord, N- H.
Brown, Elisha Rhodes
Banker; b., Providence, R. I., March
28, 1847; s. Colville Dana and Mary
Eliza (Rhodes) Brown; descendant on
the paternal side of Rev. Chad Brown,
first pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Providence, and the first Baptist
Church in America ; and, on the maternal
side, of Roger Williams, founder of
Rhode Island; removed with his par
ents to Dover, N. H., in 1850; educated
in the Dover public schools and by
careful reading continued through life,
he having secured a large and well se
lected library; served four years as a
mercantile clerk, and on Dec. 10, 1867,
entered the Strafford National Bank
of Dover as a teller, continuing with
that institution to the present time,
having been made cashier, Jan. 1,
1876, a director, Jan. 12, 1886, vicepresident, June 30, 1890 and president,
April 26, 1897, which position he still
holds, as, also, that of president of the
Strafford Savings Bank, of which he
was one of the incorporators, March
25, 1876; a trustee March 31, 1883, vicepresident, March 24, 1890, and became
president, Oct. 21, 1891. His fiftieth
anniversary, or the golden jubilee of
his service as a banker was duly ob
served last December. Congregationalist, member First Church in Dover,
and deacon since 1885; Republican;
appointed by Gov. Charles H. Sawyer,
Commissioner for New Hampshire to
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attend the celebration of the Centennial
of the inauguration of George Wash
ington as President of the United
States, Feb. 5, 1889; delegate from
Ward Four, Dover, in N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1912; trustee, Dover
Public Library; for some years trustee
of Franklin Academy, and president of
the board; trustee Wentworth Home
for the Aged and president since 1908;
member, official board, Dover Chil
dren's Home; trustee Pine Hill Ceme
tery; member N. H. Soc. Sons of the
American Revolution, Soc. Colonial
Wars (Governor 1900-1901), Knight
Templar and 32d degree Mason,
I. O. O. F., N. H. Historical Soc,
Dover Historical Soc, National Con
servation Ass'n, National Audubon
Soc, National Geographic Soc, Amer
ican Forestry Soc, N. E. HistoricGenealogical Soc, American Civic Alli
ance, N. H. Peace Soc, N. H. Soc. for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (vicepresident), and the Bellamy Club of
Dover; m., Oct. 18, 1870, Frances
Bickford of Dover; children, (1) Alphonso Bickford, b. Jan. 23, 1872,
Sfale, 1894, Harvard Med., 1897), d.
ct. 17, 1906; (2) Harold Winthrop, b.
Nov. 8, 1875 (Harvard, 1897), treas
urer Strafford Savings Bank; (3, 4)
Raymond Gould, Philip Carter, b.
Aug. 27, 1885—Philip graduated from
Harvard in 1906 and Mass. Inst. of
Tech., 1908; Raymond, Harvard, 1907
and from the Law School in 1910, and
is in practice in New York, while
Philip is in business in Dover. Resi
dence, Dover, N. H.
Adams, Blanche Spalding Griffin
(Mrs. William A. Adams); b.,
Thornton's Ferry, N. H., Nov. 24,
1874; dau., George Byron and Sarah
Frances (Spalding) Griffin; ed. McGaw Normal Institute, Reed's Ferry,
N. H., Wellesley College, B.A., 1898;
Congregationalist; Woman suffragist;
teacher for two years after graduation,
English department, St. Margaret's
School, Buffalo, N. Y.; m., Dec 26,
1904, William A. Adams (Harvard,
'98); children, William Byron, Mary
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Griffin, d.; treasurer Ladies Aid Soc,
Congregational church, Brookfield, 1ll.;
member and officer of Brookfield
Woman's Club; chairman Library
Com.; member Woman's Club. Resi
dence, Brookfield, Ill.
Niles, William Porter
Clergyman; b., Warehouse Point,
Conn., Nov. 29, 1869; s. William
1913 and 1916; member board of man
agers of Diocesan Missions; trustee St.
Mary's school, Concord; secretary
Convocation; Knight Templar and 32d
degree Mason; member Psi Upsilon
Fraternity, Nashua Country Club; m.,
April 30, 1903, Serena Gertrude San
ders, Laconia, N. H.; children, Serena
Olmsted, b. Jan. 16, 1904; William
Woodruff, b. Oct. 7, 1905; George
Sanders, b. Nov. 18, 1908. Residence,
Nashua, N. H.
Langdell, Samuel Frank
Manufacturer and dealer in lumber;
b., New Boston, N. H., Jan. 8, 1876; s.
George and Lydia Shaw (McNeil)
Langdell; ed. public schools, New Bos
ton, and Bryant & Stratton's Business
Woodruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles,
his father having been for more than
forty years bishop of the P. E. Dio
cese of N. H. ; ed. Holderness school, Ply
mouth, N. H., St. Paul's school, Con
cord, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.,
B.A., 1893, M.A., 1896, General Theo
logical Seminary, New York, Oxford
University, England; Episcopalian;
Republican; taught at Holderness
School, Plymouth, 1893-6; ordained
deacon, 1899, priest, 1900; priest in
charge of St. James church, Laconia,
N. H., 1899-1902; rector, Church of the
Good Shepherd, Nashua, since 1902;
deputy to General Convention of Prot
estant Episcopal church, 1907, 1910,
College, Manchester; Baptist; Repub
lican; resided on the old homestead in
New Boston, which he had purchased;
having gone into the lumber business,
and the same increasing, he left the
farm and removed to Goffstown village
in 1906; and in 1913 removed to Man
chester, where in 1918 he organized the
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Langdell Lumber Co., with a capital of
$250,000, which is doing a business not
surpassed in extent in Southern New
Hampshire, the offices occupying the
entire front of the 8th floor of the
Amoskeag Bank building. In New
Boston served as selectman, and as
superintendent of the Baptist Sunday
school; has also served as superintend
ent of the First Baptist S. S. in Man
chester; member and past master of
Joe English Grange, New Boston;
president and treasurer of Langdell
Lumber Co.; m., June 6, 1900, Annie
L. Anderson; children, Merritt R., b.
Aug. 24, 1904; Ralph E., b. June 17,
1907. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Averill, Elisabeth
Educator, b., Boston, Mass., March
31, 1861; dau. John Prescott and Abby
(Foss) Averill. (Mr. J. P. Averill
graduated from Dartmouth in 1842
and for many years was a teacher in
Boston.) Miss Averill graduated from
the Melrose (Mass.) high school, 1880,
and studied four years in France and
Germany till Dec, 1885; taught in
private schools, Atlanta, Ga., and
Nashville, Tenn., 1885-91; head of
department of modern languages,
Concord (N. H.) high school, 1891-;
member South Congregational church,
State Educational Council for many
years, N. E. Modern Language Ass'n
(Boston group), N. H. State Teachers's
Ass'n, Merrimack Valley Teachers'
Ass'n, Concord Teachers'
Ass'n,
Concord Woman's Club (serving on
various committees), N. H. Female
Cent Union, Concord Female Chari
table Soc. (founded 1812), Red Cross;
has often spoken before clubs in the
South and in New Hampshire and
Massachusetts. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Hardy, Willis Chenery
Commercial traveler and farmer; b.,
West Cambridge (now Arlington),
Mass., Nov. 11, 1851; s. Solon and
Martha (Chenery) Hardy; removed
to Hollis, N. H., in 1867; educated in
public and high schools, West Cam
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bridge and Hollis; Congregationalist;
Republican; trustee town funds; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1909-10, serving on committee on Agri
culture; N. H. senate, 1917-18, serving
on committees on Judiciary, Agricul
ture, Elections, and as chairman of
Committee on Education; member of
the Grange, Sons of the American
Revolution, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and the White Mountain,
Cape Cod, National and United Com-
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mercial Travelers Associations; m.,
Nov. 2, 1898, Lymena Thompson,
Boston, Mass.; one son, Donald T.,
now in school. Residence, Hollis,
N. H., Nashua, R. F. D.
Stevens, Roland Eugene
Lawyer; b., Peterborough, N. H.,
Nov. 24, 1868; s. Frederick L. and
Mary E. (Kimball) Stevens; ed. St.
Johnsbury. Vt., Academy, Dartmouth
College, AB., 1895; assistant instruc
tor in psychology, Dartmouth, 1895-6;
principal Hanover (N. H.) high school,
�George Morrill Kimball, M.D.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
1896-7; studied law with Ex-Gov. S.
E. Pingree, Hartford, Vt., and at New
York Law School, completing course in
1900; admitted to Vermont bar and
commenced practice that year at White
River Junction, Vt.; Congregationalist;
Republican; president Hartford Me
morial Ass'n; incorporator Mary Hitch
cock Hospital, Hanover, N. H.; con
nected with various corporations, I. O.
O. F., Dartmouth Club, Boston, Mass.,
Graduates Club, Hanover, N. H.; m.,
Nov. 7, 1900, Annie L. Morris, Hart
ford, Vt.; four sons, Robert M., Philip
R., Roland E., Jr., and Paul. Resi
dence, Hartford, Vt.; office, White
River Jet., Vt.
Kimball, George Morrill
Physician till 1898, later in business;
b., Dardanelle, Ark., June 27, 1855; s.
Samuel Sparhawk and Hannah L. (Ma
son) Kimball; ed. public and private
schools, Phillips (Andover) Academy
1875, Yale College, A.B., 1879, Harvard
Medical School, M.D., 1884, house
pupil Mass. Gen. Hospital, July, 1883
to Feb., 1885, Boston Lying-in Hospital,
April, 1885 to Aug., 1885 inclusive;
practiced medicine in Concord thirteen
years; Congregationalist; Republican;
member Concord Board of Education,
1901-10; member Concord board of
aldermen, 1909-10; trustee N. H. Sav
ings Bank, president since 1917; presi
dent Bqscawen Mills; president and
treasurer, Concord Mutual Fire Ins.
Co., Vice-president N. H. Spinning
Mills (Penacook); director Concord &
Montreal R. R., Eagle & Phenix Hotel
Co., Abbot & Downing Co., Page Belt
ing Co., Mechanicks Nat'l Bank; mem
ber Shareholders Committee of the N.
E. Co.; life member N. H. Historical
Soc; trustee N. H. State Hospital sev
eral years, also assistant Burgeon Mar
garet Pillsbury Gen. Hospital; surgeon
general on staff of Gov. Charles M.
Floyd two years, also subsequently on
staff of Gov. Henry B. Quimby; mem
ber N. H. Medical Soc, Merrimack Co.
Med. Soc, Union Club (Boston), Army
and Navy Club (New York), Wonolancet Club, Concord; m. Oct. 14, 1886,
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Annie Louise Gage, Boston, Mass.; chil
dren, Robert Gage, b. April 15, 1888,
m. June, 1916, Natalie Allen, Pawtucket, R. I.; Louise Mason, b. June 2,
1896 (Abbot Academy, 1916). Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Cobleigh, Marshall Day
Lawyer; b., Littleton, N. H., Dec.
17, 1864; s. Ashbel W. and Hannah
(Montgomery) Cobleigh; ed. public
schools of Littleton; studied law with
Harry L. Heald and Hon. James W.
Remick at Littleton; admitted to the
bar at Concord, March 17, 1899; prac
ticed in Littleton till April 30, 1900,
when he removed to Lebanon, continu
ing till Dec. 1, 1911; then removing to
Nashua, where he continues, being
senior member of the firm of Cobleigh
& Theriault. Congregationalist; Re
publican; supervisor, Littleton, 189599; special justice, Littleton police
court, 1899-1900; solicitor Grafton
county, 1903-9; member N. H. con
stitutional convention from Ward 1,
�Miss Martha Smith Kimball
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Nashua, 1918; member P. of H., K.
of P., and the Langdon Club of Leb
anon; m., April 29, 1890, Alice J. Aldrich; children, Gerald F., b. Dec. 19,
1883 (Dartmouth, 1915, admitted to
the bar June, 1917) ; Neal W., b. June
9, 1901. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Kimball, Martha Smith
Club-woman and social service
worker; b., Portsmouth, N. H.; dau.
Edward Payson and Martha Jane
(Thompson) Kimball; ed. Portsmouth
public schools, Smith College, 1892;
Congregationalist; Equal Suffragist;
president, N. H. Equal Suffrage Ass'n,
since 1913; incorporator, Portsmouth
Historical Soc.; trustee, Portsmouth
Public Library, 1915— ; member,
Graffort (Woman's) Club, Equal Suf
frage League, Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary,
Country Club, Civic Ass'n, Ports
mouth; vice-president, Woman's Re
alty Co.; director, Army and Navy
Ass'n; Guardian of Sagamore Camp
Fire and Leader of Portsmouth Guard
ians; member of County Guardians;
director, League of Women Workers;
N. H. member, Legislative Committee,
National League for Women Workers;
member, N. H. Smith College Club,
Portsmouth College Club, Smith
Alumnae Ass'n, College Club of Boston,
Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith
Students' Aid Soc., N. H. Conference
of Charities and Corrections, Auto
mobile Ass'n of America; chairman,
Portsmouth district, Woman's Com
mittee, Council of National Defense.
Residence, Portsmouth and Wilmot,
N. H.
Drake, Nathaniel Seavey
Shoe manufacturer, real estate and
agriculture; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Sept.
16, 1851; s. Col. James and Betsey
(Seavey) Drake; grandson of Major
James Drake, one of the earliest set
tlers of Pittsfield, and a member of its
first board of selectmen, in 1782; ed.
Pittsfield public schools and Academy;
engaged in shoe manufacturing, 18801902; since then in real estate and farm
ing; Episcopalian; Democrat; member
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N. H. house of representatives 1911;
senate, 1915; delegate in N. H. consti
tutional convention, 1912; many years
town treasurer, moderator, auditor, tree
warden and member of school board;
director and clerk, Pittsfield Aqueduct
Co.; director and clerk, Pittsfield Gas
Co. ; member Ex. Com. N. H. Old Home
Week Ass'n; vice-president Merrimack
Co. Farmers Ass'n; delegate to Na
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress,
1911; with sister, Mrs. Georgia B.
Carpenter, joint donor of Drake Ath
letic Field to town of Pittsfield, 1917
member Catamount Grange, P. of H.
m., March 17, 1873, Mary A. R. Green
children, James Frank, b. Sept. 1, 1880
Dartmouth, 1902; Major Ordnance Re
serve Corps, U. S. A. (see page 94);
Agnes, b. April 2, 1883, Lasell Sem.,
1903. Residence, Pittsfield, N. H.
Nims, Harry Dwight
Lawyer; b., Keene, N. H., Jan. 9,
1875; s. Marshall W. and Ella M.
(Goodnow) Nims; ed. Concord public
�Maj. William H. Tkickey
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schools, high school, 1894; Williams
College, 1898; honorary, A.M., 1915;
studied law, and in practice of same in
New York city since 1900; Dutch Re
form Congregationalist; Republican;
counsel for U. S. Fuel Achninistration,
Aug., 1917 to May, 1918; member
A. F. & A. M., Bar Ass'n, of New York
City, University Club, St. Andrews
Golf Club; author legal treatise on
"Law of Unfair Competition," and
various magazine articles; m., Jan. 8,
1907, Emma Collier Grant; children,
Marshall Grant Nims, William Grant
Nims. Residence, Bronxville, N. Y.
Trickey, William Henry
Clergyman; b., Exeter, Me., Jan.
22, 1841 ; s. William and Abigail (Nudd)
Trickey; ed. public schools of Wolfeboro, N. H., to which town he removed
in 1856; enlisted as a private in 3d
N. H. Vols., July 29, 1861; promoted
through each rank to that of major in
same regiment; commanded his com£any in assault on Ft. Wagner, and
is regiment in the notable assault on
Ft. Fisher; four times wounded during
the war and mustered out Aug. 2,
1865; Universalist; Republican; re
moved to Dover, N. H., in 1867, and
was employed in the manufacture of
shoes; member Dover City Council,
1870-1, and served same years in N. H.
house of representatives; entered U. S.
Railway Mail Service in 1874, contin
uing several years; entered Tufts Col
lege Divinity school in 1887, graduat
ing in 1889; held pastorates in the
Universalist parishes in Newfields,
Claremont and Hinsdale, N. H., and
Danvers, Mass. June 1, 1907, he was
appointed commandant of the N. H.
Soldier Home at Tilton, which position
he still enjoys, having been in close
affiliation with his comrades since 1861;
religious services are held at the Home
every Sunday afternoon, in conducting
which he alternates with the three
other clergymen of the town. Dele
gate from Tilton in the N. H. consti
tutional convention of 1818, and in re
sponse to the request of his associates
of the G. A. R., was accorded the honor
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of calling the convention to order.
Mason, 32d degree, and member G.
A. R.; department commander for New
Hampshire, 1872; commander Mass.
Commandery, Loyal Legion of the
U. S., 1912; m., Aug. 7, 1864, Celestia
C., dau. William Deland, of Wolfeboro,
N. H., d. May 10, 1915; children, Wil
liam D., b. Nov. 17, 1866; John H., b.
Oct. 23, 1868, d. July 18, 1869. Resi
dence, Tilton, N. H.
Johnson, Martha Evelina
Tax collector; b., Laconia, N. H.,
March 5, 1876, dau. Nathan, Jr. and
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Abbie Dewey (Wiley) Johnson; ed. La
conia high school, 1895; employed in
various city offices, 1901-05; ap
pointed collector of taxes, 1905, and
reappointed thirteen successive times,
holding the office at present; member
of First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Laconia Woman's Club, Rebekah
Lodge, Laconia Suffrage League. Miss
Johnson is a greaWreat-granddaughter of Capt. Daniel Henchman of Bos
ton who served in the Continental
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Army. His daughter, Dorothy Hench
man, married Thomas Hancock,
brother of John Hancock. Capt. Dan
iel Henchman commanded the troops
who ended King Philip's War. His
son, Daniel Henchman, Miss Johnson's
great-grandfather, was the first printer
and the first school-master in Boston.
The first Bible printed in this country
was issued from his office. Residence,
Laconia, N. H.
Stearns, George Landon
Sheriff of Hillsborough County; b.
Manchester, N. H., June 4, 1864; s.
John Edward and Sarah (Woodbridge)
Stearns; ed. public schools; Manchester
high school, 1882. Baptist; Republican;
employed by P. C. Cheney Paper Co.
eighteen years, gaining business educa
tion; twelve years clerk of Manchester
Common Council; thirteen years dep
uty collector U. S. Internal Revenue;
sheriff of Hillsborough County since
1914; member I. O. O. F., and all Ma
sonic bodies including Washington
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Mt. Horeb
Chapter, R. A., Adoniram Council,
Trinity Commandery, K. T.; N. H.
Consistory, 32d deg. and Bektash Tem
ple, M. S. Organist at Free Baptist
Church eleven years, and First Baptist
Church the last twelve years. M., Dec.
25, 1893, Alice Thompson; children,
Edith Landon, b. April 29, 1895, Man
chester high school and Simmons Col
lege, 1916, and now teacher of Domestic
Science in Manchester high school;
Elinor Eastman, b. August 9, 1900,
student in Manchester high school.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Foster, William Albert
Lawyer; b., Concord, N. H., Feb.
3, 1872; s. George A. and Georgia M.
(Ladd) Foster; ed. Concord public
schools, high school, 1891; Dartmouth
College, 1895; Harvard Law School,
1898; admitted to the bar in 1898,
and commenced practice in the office
of Hon. John M. Mitchell, with whom
he was associated until his elevation to
the bench, when he continued, with
Harry F. Lake, who had also been ad
mitted to the firm; Unitarian; Re
publican; member N. H. Constitu
tional convention of 1902; member
Wonolancet, Bow Brook and Beaver
Meadow Golf Clubs; trustee and
member investment committee, Loan
and Trust Savings Bank; director
State Dwelling House Ins. Co.; di
rector Stratton & Co.; director and
clerk Boston Fruit Co.; director and
clerk Contoocook Valley Paper Co.;
m., June 28, 1904, Ethel Rollins Rob
inson, Concord; children, Helen, b.
Oct. 27, 1905; Katherine, b. Nov. 4,
1910; Robert E., b., July 30, 1912.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Clough, Joseph Messer
Machinist; soldier; mail agent; b.,
Sunapee, N. H., June 15, 1828; s.
Hugh B. and Hannah (Messer) Clough;
ed. public schools and Norwich (Vt.)
Univ.; taught school; engaged as a
machinist and mill operative in Man
chester, Suncook and Lowell, Mass.;
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commander of City Guards in Man
chester and member of Lowell City
Guards, commanded by Gen. B. F.
Butter; enlisted in 1st N. H. Vols.
April 26, 1861, and made first lieut.,
Co. H.; reinlisted in 4th N. H. regi
ment, Sept. 10, 1861, and appointed
captain of Co. H.; wounded in mine
explosion at Petersburg, July 30, 1864,
and discharged Sept. 17; appointed
lieutenant colonel, 18th N. H. Vols.,
Sept., 1864; wounded in night attack
on Ft. Stedman, March 29, 1865;
brevetted brigadier general, and mus
tered out July 29, 1865. Returned to
New London, and engaged for thirteen
years as route agent in U. S. railway
mail service; commanded First Bri
gade, N. H. N. G., for seven years
prior to 1884; Republican; member,
N. H. house of representatives, 1866,
1897; senate, 1881-2; m., 1st, Abiah
Bucklin, d. Dec. 17, 1873; 2d, 1874,
Cornelia Smith (Chase). Residence,
New London, N. H.
Johnson, Jesse
Lawyer; b., Bradford, Vt., Feb. 2,
1842; s. Elliot and Sarah (Taylor)
Johnson; ed. Dartmouth College,
1863; read law and engaged in prac
tice in Brooklyn, N. Y.; U. S. District
Attorney, Eastern District of New
York, 1889-93; member New York
constitutional convention, 1894 (chair
man committee on Cities); justice su
preme court of New York, 1897-8.
Author "Testimony of the Sonnets as
to the Authorship of the Shakespearean
Plays and Poems," 1898; "Glimpses of
Europe," 1906; m., 1st, Sarah E. Rus
sell, Brooklyn, d. 1897; 2d, 1902, Adaline Pritchard, Worcester, Mass.; re
tired some years since. Residence,
"Brookside," Orford, N. H.
Churchill, Mabel Harlakenden Hall
(Mrs. Winston Churchill); b., New
Haven, Conn.; dau. George B. and
Lucretia (Allen) Hall; ed. Mary In
stitute, St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Comegys'
School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Episcopa
lian; Woman Suffragist; member
N. H. Woman Suffrage Ass'n (Vice-
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president), National Woman Suffrage
Ass'n, Chilton Club, Boston, Mass. ;
m., Oct. 22, 1895, Winston Churchill;
children, Mabel Harlakenden, John
Dwight, James Creighton. Residences
Cornish, N. H., Windsor, Vt., P. O.
Woodbury, Elmer Ellsworth
Farmer; builder; b., Woodstock,
N. H., Feb. 27, 1865; s. David and Mahitable (Russell) Woodbury; ed. public
schools of Woodstock and Franconia;
Republican; selectman, six years, town
clerk and member of school board
several years; member N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1902 (member
committee on Legislative Department) ;
house of representatives, 1909 (chair
man committee on Elections); state
senate, 1915-6 (chairman Forestry
Committee and member Finance com
mittee) ; constitutional convention,
1918; member K. of P., P. of H., master
home Grange three years; master Po
mona Grange, one year; deputy State
Grange three years; writer of some
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note, under pen name of "Justus Con
rad" for various periodicals; a leader in
the movement for the development of
the Lost River region and securing the
construction of the Kinsman Notch
State road; m., Sept. 4, 1885, Florence
E. Chase of Concord; children, David
Eugene, b. June 21, 1886; Amos Scott,
Nov. 17, 1888; Florence Evelyn, July
17, 1905. Residence, Woodstock,
N. H.
Keenan, George William
Musician, violinist and conductor;
b., Penacook, N. H., July 11, 1890; only
s. Peter A. and Mary (Nolan) Keenan;
ed., Penacook high school, 1908.
Began study of the violin at the age of
twelve years, and two years later or
ganized Keenan's Orchestra, which did
much successful public work for the
next six years; studied for two years
1908-10 in Boston, with Joseph Emile
Daudelin of the Paris Conservatoire,
at the same time acting as teacher of
violin at Colby Academy, New Lon
don, N. H.; in 1910 went to Paris,
France, and studied for two years
under Professors Charles Huguenin and
Joseph White, and with M. Bertheliet
at the Conservatoire Nationale de
Musique; from Paris went to Brussels,
Belgium and successfully passed the
entrance examinations to the Royal
Conservatory, studying there for two
years, 1913-4, under Cesar Thomson;
returned to America at the beginning
of the war, in 1914, and accepted the
position of leader of the orchestra at
the Odeon Theatre, Marshalltown,
Iowa; since 1915 has been at the head
of the Violin Department at the Kansas
State Teachers' College, Emporia, Kan
sas, and during the time has conducted
the two orchestras of the college; has
received favorable press notices in
Paris and Brussels papers, also in
American papers and magazines, in
cluding Musical America, New York,
and has nattering recommendations
and testimonials from prominent people
of Paris and Brussels, including the
nobility of the latter city. Catholic.
Residence, Emporia, Kan.
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Doyen, Charles Augustus
Brigadier General, U. S. Marine
Corps; b., Concord, N. H., Sept. 3,
1859; s. Edward Nevins and Mary
Elizabeth (Tucker) Doyen; ed. Concord
public schools, U. S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md., 1881; midshipman V.
S. Marine Corps, two years; 2d lieuten
ant, July, 4883, serving several years in
that rank and then promoted 1st lieu
tenant; successively promoted to cap
tain, major, lieutenant colonel and
colonel, attaining the latter rank in
1898; has seen service in all parts of the
world; stationed off Cuba and Porto
Rico during the Spanish War; at the
Philippine Islands 1904-6 and again in
1913-14; in command of U. S. Marine
Barracks at Washington at the outbreak
of war with Germany; promoted Briga
dier General March 22, 1917; left
Washington for France, in command of
the 5th regiment, U. S. Marines, June
7, 1917, and saw active service in the
front line trenches in the Verdun sector;
invalided home in May, 1918, and later
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assigned to command at the Marine
training camp, Quantico, Va.; in., 1st,
Lura Bell Dennison, d.; 2d, Nov. 16,
1892, Claude Fay, Annapolis, Md.; two
daughters, Alice Ruth, b. May 16,
1894; Fay Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1901.
Residence, Annapolis, Md.
Buss, George Washington
Farmer and lumber manufacturer; b.,
Acworth, N. H., Feb. 22, 1856; s. Rod
ney and Almena (Huntley) Buss; ed.
Acworth town and high schools; resides
on the old homestead and is engaged in
agriculture and the manufacture of
lumber; Republican; prominent in
town and county affairs, having served
as health officer, member of the board
of education, tax-collector, selectman,
moderator, and member of the N. H.
house of representatives in 1905-6
when he was chairman of the committee
on mileage; also member of the board
of commissioners for Sullivan county
from April 1, 1905 to April 1, 1911 ; post
master at East Acworth from 1887 to
1896; active in "Old Home Day" ob
servances, and member of the committee
of arrangements for the celebration of
the 150th anniversary of the settlement
of the town, Aug. 21, 1918; m., Oct. 28,
1878, Flora E. Bailey of Claremont;
two sons, Roy H., b. Feb. 25, 1882 (m.,
Jessie B. Webster of Acworth, Nov. 6,
1906 and has two sons, Ezra George and
Herman Webster); associated with his
father in the lumber business ; Raymond,
b. Nov. 22, 1884 (Brown Univ. 1909,
m. Leah H. Holt of Providence, R. I.) ;
cashier of the Narragansett Electric
Light and Power Co. Residence, East
Acworth, N. H.
Goodell, Richard Carter
Manufacturer; president Goodell
Co.; b., Antrim, N. H., Aug. 10, 1868;
s. David H. and Hannah Jane
(Plumer) Goodell; ed. public schools,
and Colby Academy, New London,
N. H.; Baptist (treasurer and deacon
Baptist church, Antrim); Republican;
member staff of Gov. Henry B. Quimby ;
N. H. delegate Alaska-Yukon Exposi
tion, Seattle, 1909; trustee Colby
Academy, two years; chairman, trus
tees James A. Tuttie Library, Antrim;
treasurer Cemetery Ass'n; president
Goodell Co., Antrim; director Hillsboro Electric Light Co., Hillsboro;
member N. H. Manufacturers Ass'n,
and American Hardware Manufactur
ers Ass'n; vice-president N. H. AntiSaloon League; manager, for twentyfive years, Maple Grove Stock Farm,
Antrim, N. H; official judge for Holstein-Friesian Ass'n; m., 1st, Aug. 10,
1892, Una White of Concord, N. H.,
at Los Angeles, Cal., d. April 5, 1895;
2d, Feb. 22, 1899, Amy Clark Martin,
formerly of Concord. Residence, An
trim, N. H.
Wiggin, Joseph
Lawyer; b., Exeter, N. H., March 7,
1871; s. Joseph Furnald and Ruth
Hurd (Hollis) Wiggin; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1893; Harvard Law School,
LL.B. 1896; admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Boston im
mediately after graduation and has
there continued; Congregationalist;
Republican; City Solicitor, Malden,
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Mass., 1899-1907; member school
board, 1909-13; vice-president First
National Bank, Malden, Mass. ; trustee
and member board of investments,
Malden Savings Bank; trustee and
treasurer Sanborn Seminary, Kingston,
N. H.; trustee Malden Public library;
member, American, Massachusetts and
Middlesex Bar Associations; Boston
Social Law Library; A. F. & A. M.; m.,
Jan. 2, 1901, Grace Parker Corbett,
Malden. Residence, 55 Clarendon St.,
Malden, Mass.; Office, 27 State St.,
Boston.
McColIester, Sullivan Holman
Clergyman, educator, author; b.,
Marlboro, N. H., Dec. 18, 1826; s.
Silas and Achsah (Holman) McColIes
ter; ed. Norwich (Vt.) Univ., A.B.,
1850, A.M., 1853; student Harvard
Divinity School, 1863; D.D., St. Law
rence Univ., Canton, N. Y., 1873;
Litt.D., Buchtel College, Ohio, 1908;
Universalist; Republican; principal
Walpole (N. H.) Academy, 1850-3;
Mt. Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, N. H.,
1850-8; Valley Seminary, Westmore
land, N. H., 1858-62; ordained to the
Universalist Ministry, 1853; pastor at
Westmoreland and West Chesterfield,
1857-61; principal Westbrook (Me.)
Seminary, 1862-9; pastor Universalist
Church, Nashua, N. H., 1869-73;
president Buchtel College, Akron, O.,
1873-8; pastor Bellows Falls, Vt., and
Dover, N. H., until 1885, since when
his attention has been given largely
to travel, authorship, missionary labor
and school supervision. He has visited
many foreign countries, and written
much for the press and published
several books; member N. H. house of
representatives from Marlboro, 188990; several years president N. H. Uni
versalist State Convention and life
member board of trustees of same; m.,
1st, Nov. 23, 1852, Sophia Fanny
Knight, Dummerston, Vt., d.; 2d,
Nov. 17, 1903, Emma Parker, Natick,
Mass., d.; 3d, Dec. 15, 1905, Elizabeth
E. Randall, Waltham, Mass. ; one son,
Lee Sullivan, b. Westmoreland, N. H.,
June 5, 1859. Residence, Marlboro,
N.H.
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Edgerly, James Bartlett
Banker; b. Farmington, N. H., Jan.
29, 1834; s. Josiah Bartlett and Cor
delia (Waldron) Edgerly; ed. public
schools of Farmington, Gilmanton
Academy; Congregationalist; Republi
can; served in Union Army in Civil
War, 1861-2; engaged in shoe manu
facturing in Farmington, 1863-79;
cashier Farmington National Bank
since latter date; trustee Farmington
Savings Bank, director National Bank;
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member N . H . Soc, Sons of the American
Revolution, A. F. & A. M., G. A. R.;
m., 1st, April, 1863, Maria T. Fernald,
d.; 2d, Dec. 1884, Martha E. Dodge;
two children, Agnes A. and Annie M.
(Mrs. Elmer F. Thayer). Residence,
Farmington, N. H.
Lord, John King
Educator; b., Cincinnati, O., Oct.
21, 1848; s. John King and Laura
Esther (Smith) Lord; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B., 1868; A.M., 1871; Ph.D.,
1893; LL.D., Dartmouth and Univ. of
Maine, 1908; teacher, Appleton Acad-
�Hon. Alfred Franklin Howard
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emy, New Ipswich, N. H., 1868-9;
tutor Latin, 1869-72, associate pro
fessor Latin and rhetoric, 1872-80,
Evans professor oratory and belles
lettres, 1880-2; associate professor
Latin language and literature, 188292; Daniel Webster professor since
1892; acting president, 1892-3, acting
president. of the faculty, 1893-1909,
Dartmouth college; m., Jan. 20, 1873,
Emma Fuller Pomeroy. Residence,
Hanover, N. H.
Howard, Alfred Franklin
Lawyer, secretary Granite State
Fire Ins. Co.; b., Marlow, N. H., Feb.
16, 1842; s. Ervin and Philinda (Simonds) Howard; ed. Marlow Academy,
N. H. Conference Seminary, Tilton, N.
H.; studied law with Hon. W. H. H.
Allen and Hon. Shepard L. Bowers of
Newport; admitted to the bar, Sept.,
1868, located in practice at Portsmouth
where he has since resided; Congregationalist; Republican; city solicitor,
Portsmouth, 1869-71, deputy collector
U. S. Customs 1870-1 ; collector twelve
years; police commissioner twelve
years; delegate to N. H. constitutional
convention, 1876, 1902, 1918; secretary
and director Granite State Fire Ins.
Co., since organization in 1885; director
N. H. National Bank; trustee Ports
mouth Trust and Guarantee Co., Piscataqua Savings Bank; director Ports
mouth Fire Ass'n, Piscataqua Fire
Ins. Co.; trustee N. H. Historical Soc;
Member A. F. &. A. M. (St. Andrews
Lodge, Washington Chaper, De Witt
Clinton Commandery, Portsmouth);
Warwick Club; m., 1st, Oct., 1869, Eliza
Fiske, Marlow, N. H.. d. Aug., 1877;
2d, April, 1880, Mabel Young Smith;
one son, Arthur Fiske Howard, b. June,
1874. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Stevens, Edwin Dearborn
Physician; b., Montgomery, Mass.,
s. Rev. N. Franklin and Mary E.
(Dearborn) Stevens (lineal descendant,
in 8th generation, of Sir Godfrey Dear
born who came from England in 1637,
and of Revolutionary ancestry on both
paternal and maternal sides) ; His great
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grandfather Isaac Stevens, a Revolu
tionary soldier, built and kept the old
tavern for years in Hartland, Vt.,and
was also sheriff in Windsor County; ed.
Powers Institute, Bernardstown, Mass.,
Montpelier, Vt. Seminary, Boston
Univ., M.D., 1895; after hospital clin
ical work commenced practice of med
icine in Francestown in Dec. 1895, where
he has contined, with success; Republi
can; chairman board of health, fifteen
years, member board of education six
years, justice of the peace and notary
public; member N. H. house of Repre
sentatives, 1917-18 (member committee
on public health); Sons of America
Revolution, A. F. &. A. M. .Eastern
Star, I. O. O. F., P. of H.; Am
erican Institute, Contoocook Valley
Medical Soc, N. H. Medical Soc,
Mass. Surgical and Gynecological Soc,
Mass. Medical Soc; m., Dec. 16, 1903,
Anne Elizabeth Hulme, daughter of
the late John T. Hulme, journalist,, long
prominently connected with various
New Hampshire newspapers. Resi
dence, Francestown, N. H.
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Townsend, Manley Bacon
Minister, secretary N. H. Audubon
Soc, lecturer and writer on nature
topics; b., New Britain, Conn., Oct. 8,
1868, s. Charles Henry and Laverna
(Bacon) Townsend; ed. New Britain
schools, high school, 1889, Canton, N.
Y. Theological School; ordained to
Universalist ministry, 1892; did mis
sionary work in Maine, organizing and
building churches at Machias, Dover,
Deering and Dixfield ; superintendent of
schools at Dixfield; entered the Unitar
ian fellowship in 1904, becoming pastor
at Randolph, Mass.; chairman special
committee on enforcement of liquor
laws at Randolph; pastor, Unity church,
Sioux City, Iowa, 1908-12; First Uni
tarian Congregational church, Nashua,
N. H., 1912- ; trustee, Proctor Academy,
Andover, N. H., 1913-; secretary of N.
H. Audubon Soc. since its organization,
1914; member A. F. & A. M., Royal
Arch Chapter, North Middlesex Min
isters' Ass'n, Nashua Ministers' Ass'n,
N. H. Unitarian Ministers' Ass'n, Am.
Unitarian Ass'n (life) N. H. Humane
Soc, Wilson Ornithological Club, Soc.
for the Protection of N. H. Forests, N.
H. Anti-Saloon League, Nat. Defense
League, Hillsborough Co. Game and
Protective Ass'n, Nashua Good Cheer
Soc., Patrons of Husbandry; has lec
tured extensively on topics like "Get
ting Back to Nature" and "Friendly
Visiting with the Birds"; has contrib
uted articles on bird life to the maga
zines and has a book in preparation; m.,
June 24, 1896, Dora Pennell, Machias,
Me.; children, Laverna Bacon and
Alice. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Fellows, Nellie E. Newton
(Mrs. Frank Beldin Fellows) ; teacher:
b., East Fairfield, Vt., dau. Lyman and
Phoebe (Foster) Newton; ed. Bing
ham Academy, Bakersfield, Vt., 1884.
Taught school ten years in Vermont,
and Nashua, N. H.; chairman, school
board, Newbury, N. H., 1914-; presi
dent W. R. C. Bradford, N. H., 1912;
president N. H. Branch, Order of
King's Daughters, 1917-; member
Sunapee Lake Grange, P. of H., Red
Cross, Woman's Council of National
Defense; Methodist, member Main
St. M. E. Church, Nashua, N. H.; m.,
March 13, 1895, Frank Beldin Felows. Resided in Nashua, 1895 to
1907—since then in Newbury.
Mann, William Hazeltine Gage
Civil engineer; b., Boscawen (Penacook), N. H.j Dec. 22, 1871; s. Sam
uel R. and Mary R. (Gage) Mann; ed.
public schools, Boscawen, Concord
high school, 1889, Dartmouth College
(C. S. D.), B.S., 1893, M.S., 1896; en
gaged in engineering since 1893; with
Mississippi River Commission, 1893;
Berlin Iron Bridge Works, 1895; New
York, New Haven & Hartford R. R.,
1896 Boston & Albany R. R., 1897-8;
Rutland Canadian, 1899, 1900; O'Brien
& Sheehan, 1901; Rutland R. R.,
1902; junior member firm of Lloyd &
Mann, civil engineer, Concord, N. H.,
since 1903; Conjp-egationalist; Demo
crat; member Sigma Chi fraternity;
Boston Soc. Civil Engineers; Thayer
Soc Civil Engineers; m., April 30, 1901,
Marion L. Marvin, New York. Resi
dence, Boscawen, N. H., Penacook,
P.O.
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Allen, Fred Hovey
Clergyman; b., Lyme, N. H., Oct.
1, 1845; s. Philander and Rhoda
(Lord) Allen; ed. Boston University,
Hartford Theological Seminary, 1875;
Berlin, Vienna and Paris. Engaged in
journalism before studying for the
ministry; ordained, Congregational
ministry, 1874; acting pastor, North
Brookfield, Mass., 1875-6; pastor E.
Street and Olivet churches, Boston,
1877-80; Abington, Mass., 1894-5;
Rockland, Mass., 1895-1902; lecturer
on art topics; member Society of
American Authors, National Geo
graphic and other societies; correspond
ing member Brooklyn Inst. Arts and
Sciences.
Author, "Glimpses of
Parisian Art," 1882; "Masterpieces of
Modern German Art," 1884; "Mod
ern German Masters," 1885; "Great
Cathedrals of the World," 1886;
"Famous Paintings," 1887, and vari
ous other works, and editor of many
pulications. M. April 26, 1881, M.
Cora Bumpus, Auburn, Me. Address,
Hotel Majestic, New York.
Whittemore, Arthur Gilman
Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., July
26, 1856; s. Aaron and Ariannah
(Barstow) Whittemore; descendant on
paternal side of Thomas Whittemore,
who settled in Cambridge, Mass., in
1642, and on the maternal side from
Elder William Brewster; ed. Pem
broke Academy, Harvard Law school,
1879; admitted to the bar and com
menced practice in Dover, continuing
to the piesent time; Episcopalian
(member St. Thomas' church, Dover);
Republican; water commissioner for
Dover, 13 years; mayor, 1901-2-3,
when he helped establish the Public
Library in a new building secured by
gift of Andrew Carnegie, also secured
the building of the new high school
house, on the newly acquired grounds
forming Hale Park, where the library is
also located; presided on the occasion
of the visit of President Roosevelt, in
1903; member N. H. board of railroad
commissioners, 1903-11, chairman the
last three years; many years attorney
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and vice-president, Strafford Savings
Bank; several years president of the
Dover Board of Trade; one of the
founders of the Bellamy Club of Dover;
m., June 27, 1887, Caroline B. Rundlett (Mrs. Whittemore is a past presi
dent of the Dover Woman's Club);
children, Manuel (Dartmouth College,
1911, Harvard Law School, 1914),
practicing law in New York; Caroline
(Radcliffe College, 1919). Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Wellman, James Albert
Insurance; N. H. Agent Nat'l Life;
h., Cornish, N. H., May 4, 1867; s.
Albert Erasmus and Emily Dodge
(Hall) Wellman; descendant in tenth
generation from Gov. William Brad
ford and Elder Brewster of the Ply
mouth Colony; ed. public schools,
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
and Dartmouth College, 1889; en
gaged as special agent of the Connec
ticut Mutual Life Ins. Co., at Burling
ton, Vt., till 1895, when he accepted
position as general agent for New
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Hampshire of the National Life Ins.
Co., of Vermont, locating in Manches
ter where he has continued; Congregationalist; Republican; director Man
chester Nat'l Bank, Manchester Safe
Deposit and Trust Co., Morris Plan
Ass'n, Suncook Valley R. R., Manches'ter Y. M. C. A.; president Agents'
Ass'n, National Life Ins. Co.; member
Manchester Public Safety Com.;
County agent, Northern Hillsborough,
for sale of War Savings Certificates;
Mason, 32d degree and K. T., I. O. O.F.,
Sons of the American Revolution.,
Soc. of Colonial Wars, Order of De
scendants of Colonial Governors; m.,
June 23, 1898, Florence Vincent, Bur
lington, Vt.; two daughters, Harriet
Vincent, b. Feb. 22, 1900; Dorothy
Hall, b. Oct. 30, 1901. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
Storrs, John Williams
Civil engineer and bridge builder; b.
Montpelier, Vt., Nov. 24, 1858; s.
William W. and Elizabeth A. (Roberts)
Storrs; moved to Concord, N. H., in
childhood; ed. in Concord schools;
studied engineering with the late
Charles C. Lund; with the B. & M.
R. R., 1890-1911; since 1906 has con
ducted a private bridge engineering
business; chief engineer of Public
Service Com., 1911- ; Republican;
first state highway engineer for New
Hampshire, appointed by Gov. Bachelder, 1903-5; member, I. O. O. F.,
Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers, Boston
Soc. of Civil Engineers; author of
"Storrs: A Handbook for the Use of
Those Interested in the Construction
of Short Span Bridges," 74 p., ill.,
1918; m., Carrie Etta Dow of Con
cord, Apr. 29, 1885; child, Edward
Dow Storrs, b. Feb. 20, 1886, Concord;
m. Ethel May Foster of Concord, May
4, 1909; in partnership with his father.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Smalley, Fred Charles
Granite and marble manufacturer ; b.,
Shrewsbury, Vt., November 18, 1866;
s. Christopher and Virginia (Guard)
Smalley; ed. Ludlow, Vt., Albany,
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N. Y. ; traveling salesman, Boston firm,
for central states, headquarters at St.
Louis, 1895-6; president S. J. Nason
Co., m'f'rs. of granite and marble, So.
Berwick, Me., 1896-1902; engaged in
same line in Dover, N. H., 1898-1903,
with partner, under firm name of
Smalley & White; sold interest in the
So. Berwick Co., in 1903 and bought
entire interest in the Dover plant,
which he has retained to the present
time; purchased granite and marble
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works in Portsmouth in 1906 and also
retains the same; his business extends
over a large territory and he is noted
for fine work; liberal supporter of all
public interests in Dover; Unitarian;
Republican; member Dover city coun
cil 1911-12, alderman 1913-14; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives
1915-16; mayor of Dover 1918-;
member A. F. & A. M., St. Paul Commandery, K. T., Olive Branch Lodge
K. of P.; Bellamy Club, Dover; m.,
1st, Aug. 9, 1899, Grace M. Hanson,
So. Berwick, Me., d. March 26, 1916;
2d, Feb. 21, 1918, Mabelle Porter
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Weeks, Greenland, N. H.; children,
Virginia G., b. May 29, 1899 (Dover
high school, 1918); Elizabeth M., b.
Sept. 18, 1904; Frederick C., b. Aug. 22,
1905; Henry R., b. Oct. 27, 1913.
Residence, Dover, N. H.
Sanders, Charles Henry
Merchant; b., Penacook (Ward One
Concord), N. H., Sept. 12, 1851; s.
Jacob P. and Sarah Ann (Dutton)
Sanders; ed. public schools, Penacook
Academy, N. H. College of Agricul
ture and Mechanic Arts, 1871, Thayer
School of Engineering, one year, Mass.
Inst. of Technology, one year; en
gaged as an architect till 1876, when
entered mercantile life with his father,
in Penacook, and has since continued
the business, dealing in boots, shoes,
and clothing; Congregationalist; Re
publican; superintendent Congrega
tional Sunday School, Penacook, many
years; for some time member Pena
cook school committee ; alderman, Ward
1, 1897; trustee Concord public library
for thirty years; trustee Loan and
Trust Savings Bank and member invest
ment committee many years; one of the
organizers of the Penacook Electric
Light Co., serving as director, treas
urer and manager; president Woodlawn Cemetery Ass'n; trustee N. H.
Orphans Home, Franklin; member
N. H. Historical Soc., Appalachian
Mountain Club, Boston (life member) ;
Mason, 32d degree and Knight Tem
plar; m., May 24, 1876, Sarah Emmeline Abbott. Residence, Penacook,
N. H.
Niles, Mary
Registrar, b., Hartford, Conn., Sept.
12, 1867, dau. Rt. Rev. William Wood
ruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles;
moved to Concord, N. H., in infancy;
ed. Concord high school, 1885; studied
five years at St. Mary's School, Con
cord, two years with S. B. Whitney,
organist and composer, Boston; taught
at St. Mary's School; Episcopalian;
supervisor primary dept., St. Paul's
Sunday school; corresponding secretary
and treasurer, St. Mary's Alumnae
Ass'n, 1909- (having edited two Reg
isters of the Alumna?); treasurer and
business manager of the Church FlyLeaf, 1903- ; registrar of the Diocese
of New Hampshire, 1913-; member
Concord Fem. Char. Ass'n (corres
ponding secretary, 1914-), N. H. His
torical Soc, Stratford (Shakespeare)
Club, Outing Club (Camp Weetamoo),
Wild Flower Club, Olmsted Family
Ass'n, District Nursing Ass'n, Friendly
Club, Red Cross; contributor to the
press. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Niles, Bertha
Teacher of art; b., Concord, N. H.,
Apr. 29, 1874, dau. Rt. Rev. William
Woodruff and Bertha (Olmsted) Niles;
ed. St. Mary's School, Concord, N. H.,
1891, took post-graduate course there
two years, five years at the Art Stu
dents' League, New York, supplemented
by two years of study in Paris and
Munich; elected member Art Stu
dents' League (equivalent to a de
gree), 1900; taught in St. Catherine's
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Hall, Augusta, Me., 1898-9; teacher
of art, St. Mary's School, Concord,
1900-; Episcopalian; warden, St. Anna
Guild, St. Paul's parish, 1915-16;
teacher, St. Paul's Sunday school;
member, St. Mary's Alum. Ass'n (pres
ident, 1907-9), Friendly Club (director,
1914-16, 2d vice-president, 1916-18),
Hathaway Outing Club (president two
years), Hathaway Shakespeare Club,
Concord Oratorio Soc. (on executive
committee), Wild Flower Club, Equal
Suffrage League, S. P. C. A., Con
cord Fem. Char. Soc, Red Cross;
contributor to the press; has pub
lished drawings and verse for Camp
Wyonegonic, Denmark, Mej designer
of St. Mary's School seal. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
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Sons of the American Revolution,
Conn. Historical Soc; m., Aug. 4,
1879, Abbie M. Cutler, Shrewsbury,
Mass.; two sons, Harrie C. and Aaron
C. Residence, So. Norwalk, Conn.
Sawyer, Enos Kittredge
Merchant, b., Franklin, N. H., Aug.
4, 1879; s. George W. and Louise C.
(Barnes) Sawyer; ed. public schools,
Phillips (Andover) Academy, 1878,
Dartmouth College; engaged with his
Leach, Edward Giles
Lawyer, b., Meredith, N. H., Jan.
28, 1849; s. Levi and Susan C. (Sanborn)
Leach; ed. Dartmouth College, A.B.,
1871 ; studied law and admitted to the
bar in 1874; in practice in Franklin
and Concord; member firm of Leach
& Stevens, later Leach, Stevens &
Couch; Unitarian; Republican; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1893^; senate, 1901-2; executive
council, 1905-6; city solicitor, Frank
lin, 1894-1906; solicitor Merrimack
county many years; president Man
ufacturers and Merchants Ins. Co.,
since organization in 1884; member
N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., Dec. 24, 1874,
Agnes A. Robinson; two sons. Resi
dence, Franklin, N. H.
Coburn, Jesse Milton
Physician; b., Pittsfield, N. H.,
March 27, 1853; s. Rev. Jesse Milton
and Almira (Morse) Coburn; ed. pub
lic schools, Hahnemann Medical Col
lege, Philadelphia, Pa.; M.D., Boston
Univ. School of Medicine, 1874. Has
practiced in South Norwalk, Conn.,
since 1893; Congregationalist; Re
publican; mayor South Norwalk,
1889-1900; chairman board of educa
tion; secretary and treasurer Mayor's
Ass'n of Conn.; member Conn. State
Medical Ass'n, Norwalk Med. Ass'n,
father in the meat, grocery and pro
vision trade in Franklin and has con
tinued therein; Democrat; many
years chairman Democratic City Com
mittee of Franklin; elected mayor of
Franklin in 1909 and unanimously re
elected the following year; member
N. H. state senate from Dist. No. 6 in
1913 and president of the senate; can
didate for congressional nomination in
the primary in 1914 with a substantial
support; appointed Federal Director
�Will M. Cressy
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
for New Hampshire and Vermont of
United States Employment Service.
1918; member A. F. & A. M. (lodge,
chapter and council), Elks, and For
esters; m., Feb. 28, 1911, Mabel E.
White, graduate of Mass. Normal Art
School, and teacher of art in Franklin
high school.
Residence, Franklin,
N. H.
Cressy, Will Martin
Actor and Playwright; b., Bradford,
N. H., Oct. 29, 1863; s. Frank and
Annette M. (Ring) Cressy; ed. public
schools, Concord, N. H., high school;
commenced active life as a traveling
salesman, but soon relinquished this
vocation for the stage, having been
known as a versatile amateur actor in
youth. His first professional engage
ment was with Frost & Fanshawe in
1889; subsequently for six years with
Denman Thompson in his "Old Home
stead" company, appearing in the
well-remembered part of "Cy Prime,"
wherein he laid the foundation for the
remarkable popularity he has since enJ'oyed. Not only is he a master in his
ine as an actor and entertainer, but
he undoubtedly leads the world as an
author of vaudeville sketches, or one
act plays, having produced about one
hundred and fifty, and is credited with
having written about half of all the
playlets now being presented in vaude
ville^ January 19, 1900, Mr. Cressy
married Blanche Dayne of Troy, N. Y.,
who was also a member of the "Old
Homestead" company, and together,
under the widely familiar name of
Cressy & Dayne, they have since been
entertaining the amusement loving
public of this and other lands, hav
ing visited England, Ireland, Scot
land, Wales, Holland, Belgium, France,
Japan, China, the Philippines, Hawaii,
and other countries, and presented their
Clays in most of them. Much time has
een devoted by Mr. Cressy in the last
three years to giving illustrated free
lectures to orphans and poor children
in the theatres on Saturday mornings,
free transportation being given them
by the Rotary Club. Since the war
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broke out he has been deeply inter
ested in all the "drives." He is the
author of about twenty popular war
poems which have been put into book
form and sold, the proceeds being sent
to some war fund. He has turned over
$5,000 to the Tobacco fund alone; has
earned thousands for the Y. M. C. A.,
Red Cross, and War Savings Stamp
drives, and, during the various Liberty
Loan drives was instrumental in selling
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth
of bonds. He is one of eight "Four
Minute Men" at large, appointed by
the President to speak on patriotic
subjects, and made twenty-nine
speeches during a two weeks stay in
San Francisco. With his wife he en
listed in the summer of 1918, to go to
France for five months for free service
in the Theatrical Over Seas League
for the entertainment of the American
troops. Mr. Cressy has written three
books that have had wide circulation,
and is a constant correspondent of
various newspapers and magazines;
he is a Christian Scientist, a Republi
can and a member of the B. P. O. E.
Permanent residence, Concord, N. H.;
summer home, "Cressy Point," Sunapee Lake, Newbury, N. H.
Emerson, Henry A.
Paper manufacturer; b., Concord,
N. H., May 1, 1837; s. Fenner H. and
Clarinda Baker Emerson; ed. public
schools and Franklin and Penacook
Academies; entered a paper mill at
Pepperell, Mass., at seventeen years of
age and learned the business; became
a member of the Contoocook Valley
Co., at West Henniker, N. H., and was
president and manager from 1880 till
retirement a few years since; Congregationalist; Democrat for many years,
latterly acting with the Republicans;
member N. H. house of representatives
as a Democrat in 1876 and 1877, and
in 1905, as a Republican; member sen
ate in 1915; member I. O. O. F., and
Wonolancet Club of Concord; m., Jan.
1, 1864, Louise M. Lydston of Litch
field, d., Feb. 7, 1910. Residence,
Henniker, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Thorne, John Calvin
Shoe merchant, local historian, b.,
Concord, N. H., Nov. 6, 1842, a. Calvin
and Cynthia (Morgan) Thorne; ed.
Concord schools, K. U. A., Meriden,
N. H., 1864; entered into partnership
with his father, 1864, the business being
established 1835, now the oldest in
Concord under one family name; upon
his father's death, 1884, became sole
owner; when the business was incor
porated as the Thorne Shoe Store Co.,
1911, became president, retiring in
1914; Republican; president of Con
cord common Council, 1877-8; alder
man, 1883-4; member First Congre
gational church, serving r.s deacon
1891-1913, treasurer, 1879-1913, clerk
of the society at the time of the dedi
cation of the present building, 1876;
member Merrimack Valley Congrega
tional Club (president two years), Con
cord Congregational Union, N. H.
Congregational Ministers' and Widows'
Fund (treasurer 17 years during which
the fund was increased from $10,000 to
$45,000), Prisoners' Aid Ass'n (treas
urer 20 years), N. H. Bible Soc. (di
rector 1881-1918, also vice-president,
president 1918-), N. H. Historical Soc.
(corresponding secretary 1913-, also
member of standing committee), N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Wars (governor 19036) ; deputy governor-general Nat. Soc.
of Colonial Wars, 1912-18; trustee
N. H. Savings Bank since 1880; mem
ber Concord Board of Education (18828), Soc. for Protection of N. H. Forests,
Children's Aid and Protec. Soc, Char
ity Org. Soc, N. H. Audubon Soc, Red
Cross, Nat. Security League, Nat.
Geographic Soc. Contributor to
Granite Monthly, also letters from
Europe, Mexico, the West and South
to the iV. H. Statesman and Concord
Monitnr; occasional addresses before
societies and clubs.
Publications:
Rev. Israel Evans (1902), Rev. Enoch
Coffin (1902), History and Manual of
the First Congl. Church, 1730-1907
(published and presented 600 copies),
John Calvin (1909), Thorne Genealogy,
1200-1900. (1913), Chronicle of N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Wars, 1894-1914, with
Sketches of Deceased Members (1914);
m., Mary Gordon Nichols, July 8,
1873. (See following sketch.) Resi
dence, 216 North Main St., Concord,
and Thornecroft Lodge, Pembroke,
N. H.
Thorne, Mary Gordon (Nichols)
(Mrs. John C. Thorne), club-woman;
b., Tremont, Ill., dau. Nathaniel Gor
don and Lucia Jane (Lovejoy) Nich
ols; ed. Normal University, Bloomington, Ill.; has lived at Concord, N. H.,
since her marriage in 1873; member
First Congregational church; presi
dent Woman's Board of Foreign Mis
sions several years; organized Young
People's Missionary Soc. of fifty mem
bers, 1898; president Ladies' Social
Circle many years; has taught in
Sunday school forty-four years and still
continues with a class of 35 women;
organized Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary dur
ing administration of Walter B. Ab
bott (1887-90), president many years,
carrying through several large enter
tainments to raise money for a build
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
ing; president Concord Female Chari
table Soc., 1902-5; life member and
trustee of N. H. Memorial Hospital for
Women and Children and a liberal con
tributor to the furnishings and repairs;
vice-president of the Hospital Asso
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Soc, W. C. T. U., Friendly Club (one
of the organizers) ; m., John C. Thorne
(see preceding), July 8, 1873. Adopted
daughter, Elsie Chandler Thorne, b.
Concord, N. H.; (St. Mary's School,
1908); student at Gordon Bible Col
lege, Boston. Residence, Concord, and
Pembroke, N. H.
Crosby, Eva May (Emery)
Hospital superintendent, b., Ossining, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1877, dau. Asa and
Hattie L. (Currier) Emery; desc. from
John Emery, who settled in Newburyport, Mass., m 1635; great great grand
daughter Noah Emery, who fought in
Revolution; Asa Emery served in both
the Army and Navy during Civil War;
ed. Taunton, Mass., and Concord, N. H. ;
Concord high school 1896; Training
ciates; president of Concord Woman's
Club, 1915—17, having previously been
vice-president and chairman of various
committees. (During Mrs. Thorne's
presidency the club co-operated with
the city authorities in "Clean-upWeek," helped establish the free
dental clinic in the public schools and
organized the Concord Red Cross, the
largest chapter in the state. (Mrs.
Thorne represented the club at the
Thirteenth Biennial Convention of the
Nat'l Federation in New York.) Mem
ber Forestry committee of N. H.
Federation; member Am. Federation
of Arts, N. H. Historical Soc, N. H.
Soc. of Charities and Corrections, Soc.
for Protection of N. H. Forests, Chil
dren's Aid and Protective Soc, Con
cord Equal Suffrage League, Dist.
Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization
School of N. H. Mem. Hospital for
Women and Children, Oct. 23, 1900;
Episcopalian; member Concord Nurses'
Club (president, 1914-16), Graduuate Nurses' Ass'n of N. H. (pres
ident 1915-16), Red Cross Nursing
�Hon. Henry B. Quinby
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Service, Newport Woman's Club; m.,
Edgar E. Crosby, Oct. 18, 1905;superintendent of N. H. Mem. Hospital, Con
cord, Mar. 1, 1903-Oct. 1, 1905; nurse at
the lnfirmary, St. Paul's School, Con
cord, N. H., Jan. 8, 1914-Oct. 12, 1917;
superintendent of Carrie F. Wright Hos
pital, Newport, N. H., Oct. 13, 1917-.
Residence, Newport, N. H.
Quinby, Henry Brewer
Manufacturer; Ex-governor; b.,
Biddeford, Me., June 10, 1846; s.
Thomas and Jane E. (Brewer) Quinby
(grandson of Moses Quinby, a member
of the first graduating class of Bowdoin
College); ed. New Hampton Literary
Institution, Nichols Latin School,
Lewiston, Me., Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Me., A.B. 1869, A.M.
1872, LL.D., 1909; M.D. National
Medical College, Washington, D. C.,
1880; A.M., LL.D., Dartmouth 1909;
served for some time as a special agent
of the Quartermaster's department,
U. S. A., in Washington and the West,
and took the course in medicine while
stationed in Washington; connected
with the Cole Manufacturing Co. at
Lakeport, of which he has long been
president, and treasurer for more than
forty years, and engaged in various
other industrial enterprises; Unitarian ;
Republican; member staff of Gov.
Ezekiel A. Straw, with rank of colonel,
1872-3; member N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1887-8, taking an active
part in debate and committee work;
member N. H. senate 1889-90; execu
tive council, 1891-2 tch. state prison
com.); Governor of New Hampshire,
1909-10, the important work of the
state house enlargement being carried
out durimr his administration, also the
trunk line roads located and partly
built; active in party affairs, serving
many years as a member of the Repub
lican state committee; delegate-at-Iarge
in the Republican national convention
in 1892; president Republican state
convention 1896, delivering a notable
address; chairman committee on reso
lutions, 1902 and 1908. Trustee N. H.
State hospital, 1897-9; president La-
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conia National Bank, City Savings
Bank, Laconia Hospital; Masonic
Temple Ass'n., Laconia; trustee New
Hampton Institution, member board
of overseers, Bowdoin College, N. H.
Historical Soc, (trustee), Pepperell
Ass'n, Sons of the American Revolu
tion; Mason of the 33d degree, and
past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge
of New Hampshire; trustee Masonic
Home, Manchester; m., June 22, 1870,
Octavia M. Cole of Lake Village (now
Lakeport), N. H., dau. Hon. Benjamin
J. Cole; children, Henry Cole, b. July 9,
1872, lawyer in New York City; Candace Ellen (Mrs. Hugh N. Camp), New
York. Residence, Lakeport, N. H.
White, Eliza Orne
Author; b., Keene, N. H., August 2
1856; dau. William Orne and Marga
ret Eliot Harding White (her father
was a Unitarian clergyman, for twentyseven years, pastor of the Unitarian
church in Keene, and her mother a
daughter of Chester Harding the por
trait painter); ed. public schools of
Keene and Miss Hall's school, Roxbury, Mass.; traveled abroad in 18767 and again in 1914, having been in
England when the war broke out; has
lived in Brookline, Mass., since 1881,
where her family located after the
close of her father's Keene pastorate;
author of many novels and stories,
most of which have been published by
Houghton & Mifflin, Boston; among
the novels are: "Miss Brooks," "Winterborough," "The Coming of Theo
dora," "A Browning Courtship" and
"John Forsythe's Aunts," while her
children's stories include "When Molly
was Six, ""Little Girls of Long Ago,"
"An Only Child" and "A Borrowed
Sister." Some of her books have been
published in London and many have
had a wide sale. "William Orne White
—A Record of Ninety Years" (a trib
ute to her father's memory) was issued
last year. "The Blue Aunt," a patri
otic story for small children, is now in
press; Unitarian; member Boston Au
thor's Club; Woman's Alliance. Resi
dence, Brookline, Mass.
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ONE THOUSAN*D NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Fanner, James Clifton
Fanner; deputy commissioner of
agriculture; b., Newbury, N. H., April
15, 1887; s. Charles M. and Elizabeth
'Cat low; Fanner; ed. Providence, R.
L grammar school Colby Academy,
New London, N. H.; learned machin
ist's trade in youth, serving three years
as an apprentice with the Brown &
Sharpe MTg Co., Providence, R. I.,
from 1903 to 1906; since engaged in
agriculture at Newbury, N. H., mAlring
a specialty of poultry and market gar
dening, with special reference to the
summer business at Sunapee Lake;
Episcopalian; Republican; member
school board, town of Newbury, 191314, library trustee, 1915-17; member
advisory board, N. H. Department of
agriculture, 1915-17; appointed deputy
commissioner of agriculture, July 18,
1917, and now in office; Patron of Hus
bandry, including state and national de
grees; master Sunapee Lake Grange,
No. 112, Newbury, 1910, 1911, 1913;
deputy N. H. State Grange, 1912-13,
assistant steward 1914-17, steward
1917-; superintendent poultry depart
ment, Rockingham Fair, Salem Depot,
N. H., 1912-15, inclusive; frequent in
stitute speaker on poultry and market
gardening topics. Residence, Newbury
Eagerly, Winfield Scott
Soldier; brigadier-general, U. S. A.;
b., Farmington, N. H., May 29, 1846;
s. Joaiah Bartlett and Cordelia Waldron
Edgerly; ed. public schools, Effingham
Institute, Phillips Exeter Academy,
U. S. Military Academy, West Point,
N. Y., 1870; appointed 2d lieutenant,
7th Cavalry, June 15, 1870; 1st lieu
tenant, June 25, 1876; captain, Sept.
22, 1883; major 6th Cavalry, July 9,
1898; transferred to 7th Cavalry, Jan.
5, 1899; lieutenant colonel 10th Cav
alry, Feb. 19, 1901; transferred to 7th
Cavalry, March 20, 1901; colonel 2d
Cavalry, Feb. 17, 1903; brigadier-gen
eral, June 23, 1905; retired, Dec. 29,
1909; served in Indian Wars, Spanish
American War and the Philippines;
commanding Dept. of the Gulf, 1907;
Republican; member of S. A. R., Army
and Navy Clubs, Washington; New
York, Manila; Capital City, Atlanta,
Ga.; m., Oct. 27, 1875, Grace Colby
Blum, St Paul, Minn. Residence,
Farmington, N. H.
McCollester, Lee Sullivan
Clergyman; b., Westmoreland, N.
H., June 5, 1859; s. Sullivan Holman
and Sophia Fanny (Knight) McColles
ter; ed. Tufts College, A.B., 1881, B.D.
1884, D.D., 1899; ordained to the
Universalist ministry, 1884; pastor
Universalist Church, Claremont, N. H.,
1884-9, Church of Our Father, Detroit,
Mich., 1889-1912; Dean of Crane
Divinity School, Tufts College, Mass.,
1912-; president Universalist General
Convention, 1915-; trustee Buchtel
College, Akron, O.; member Sons of
the American Revolution, Soc. of
Colonial Wars, Phi Beta Kappa, Mas
ons (32d degree and K. T.), New Eng
land, University, Boston City and Min
isters Clubs; author, "Passing of theOld
Homestead," "A New Emphasis on
Four American Affirmations"; m., 1st.,
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Aug. 21, 1884, L. A. Wright, Troy, N.
H., d. Aug. 1, 1885; 2d, May 1, 1889,
Iizie S. Parker, Claremont, N. H. ; one
son, Parker McCollester. Residence.
Tufts College, Mass.
Corey, Francis A.
Magazine and newspaper writer; b.,
Fitzwffliam, N. H., Feb. 9, 1843; s.
Abram and Hannah (Perkins) Corey;
went West while a lad; graduated from
Adrian College, Adrian, Mich., 1867;
began writing for Ballou's Monthly and
True Flag while a boy in school; taught
for a short time, but soon after graduat
ing devoted his entire time to writing
for the press; wrote for most of the
leading story papers in their day, gen
erally using a pseudonym, more fre
quently that of "Rett Winwood"; a
contributor to Chimney Corner and
Frank Leslie's 11lustrated Newspaper;
wrote serials for Boston Globe, most of
which were syndicated; has written for
the McClure Newspaper Syndicate;
published a few books; Congregationalist; Republican; in., March 1, 1871,
Rebecca Elena Douds of Canton, Ohio,
who died Jan. 1873; one son, Leslie D.,
supply sergeant in Mississippi regiment;
2nd, Mrs. Ellen Medill Dilley of Can
ton, Ohio, sister of Hon. Joseph Medill
of the Chicago Tribune, who d. Feb.
1881; 3rd, Mary J. Beckley of Keene,
N. H., Feb. 1885. Residence, Keene,
N.H.
Frost, Robert
Educator; author; b., San Francisco,
Cal., March 26, 1875; s. William Prescott and Belle (Moody) Frost; ed.
Dartmouth College, Harvard Univer
sity; engaged in Agriculture at Derry,
N. H., 1900-1905; teacher of English,
Pinkerton Academy, Derry, 1905-11;
teacher of psychology, N. H. State
Normal School, Plymouth, 1911-12;
studied in England, 1912-15; now pro
fessor of English, Amherst College;
author, "A Boy's Will" (poems), 1913;
"North of Boston," 1914; "Mountain
Interval," 1916; m., Dec. 28, 1895,
Elinor M. White, Lawrence, Mass.
Residence, Franconia, N. H.
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Jones, Seth Warner
Physician and surgeon; b., Canter
bury, N. H., June 23, 1864; s. Charles
and Sarah (Pickard) Jones; ed. Lowell,.
Mass., high school, University of
Maryland Med. School 1894. In
practice at Franklin, N. H., many
years; Unitarian; Democrat; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1903,
1913 (chairman Democratic caucus
latter year); N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912; mayor of Franklin,
1911-12; U. S. Collector Internal
Revenue since Jan. 1, 1914; Mason—
lodge, commandery and shrine; m.,
July 19, 1892, Susan Ann French,
Chichester, N. H.; children, Compton
Wilson, b. Sept. 23, 1895 (ed. Tilton
Seminary), income tax inspector, U. S.
Internal Revenue service; Warner
Edrick, b. June 17, 1897 (studied at
Phillips Exeter and Harvard), entered'
U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis,.
June, 1916. Residence, Franklin,.
N. H. Address, Portsmouth, N. H.
�Gen. Harry H. Dudley
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Dudley, Harry Hubbard
Bfcnker; b., Concord, N. H., June 11,
1859; s. Hubbard T. and Antoinette
(Gordon) Dudley; ed. Concord public
schools, high school, 1878; private
study with Amos Hadley one year; in
employ of Concord R. R. one year as
clerk in freight department; clerk in
First National Bank several years;
subsequently for some time with E. H.
Rollins & Sons, bankers, becoming
treasurer of the corporation; chosen
cashier of Mechanicks National Bank,
Concord, in February 1894, since con
tinuing; Episcopalian; treasurer and
junior Warden, St. Paul's Episcopal
church, Concord; senior Warden, St.
Andrew's church, Hopkinton; trustee
of the Protestant Episcopal church in
N. H.; treasurer board of managers for
missions, diocese of N. H.; Republican;
member Concord board of aldermen
two years; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1901-2: N. H. senate,
1903-4; Commissary General on Staff
of Gov. Frank W. Rollins, 1899-1900;
now, and for many years, member
Concord board of education, also
board of water commissioners; presi
dent, trustees N. H. Centennial Home
for the Aged; trustee, Merrimack Co.
Savings Bank; director, Concord Gas
Light Co. and Concord Light & Power
Co.; treasurer, N: H. Public Safety
Com.; treasurer, N. H. War Relief
Com.; treasurer, Beecher's Falls Co.,
of Vermont, N. H. Spinning Mills,
Penacook, Home Realty Co., Concord;
trustee, trust funds, City of Concord;
president Board of Trade Building Co.,
Concord; treasurer Minot Cemetery
Ass'n, Concord; member N. H. His
torical Soc; Capital Grange, P. of H.;
Wonolancet Club (president when
club house was built, now treasurer);
Snow Shoe Club; Beaver Meadow Golf
Club; Beech Hill Golf Club, Derryfield Club, Manchester; m., Oct. 30,
1883, Anne Bartlett Minot, Concord;
children, Dorothea M., b. March 7,
1889, d. Dec. 13, 1902; Charles H., b.
June 26, 1892 (Dartmouth, A.B. 1916;
sergeant Medical Corps, U. S. A.);
Thomas M., b. Nov. 29, 1899; Concord
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High School 1916, now in Dartmouth
Med. School. Residence, Concord, N.
H.; summer home, Hopkinton.
Jewell, John Woodman
Merchant; insurance agent; b.,
Strafford, N. H., July 26. 1831; s. John
Milton and Nancy (Colley) Jewell;
eighth in descent from Thomas Jewell
who settled in Braintree, Mass., in
1639; ed. public schools, Strafford and
Gilmanton Academies; clerk in general
wX.-
H^r*s
Jm
store, Bow Lake, Strafford, 1854-64;
bought the store, and continued trade,
1864-91 ; engaged in insurance at Dover
since 1891, as general agent of the
Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co.,
and continues actively in the business;
Democrat, and prominent in party
affairs in county and state for fifty
years; postmaster at Strafford, 1857-67;
member N. H. house of representatives
'from Strafford, 1862, and representa
tive tfrom Dover in 1902,—forty years
later, also in 1905; sheriff of Strafford
County, 1874-76; member N. H. exec
utive council, 1885-7; State senator,
1911-12 (elected in a Republican dis
trict by 339 majority); justice of the
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peace and quorum for 60 years; m.,
Oct. 9, 1853, Sarah Folsom Gale, dau.
of Bartholomew and Abigail (Morrison)
Gale of Gil man ton; children, Abby S.
(m. Rev. W. W. Brown, Evansville,
Wis.); John Herbert, b. Sept. 10, 1859
(m. Elona G. Manning, Nottingham);
Mertie Folsom, b. Sept. 10, 1863 (m.
Herbert Waldron, Strafford), who re
sides with her father, being the only
surviving child. Residence, Dover,
N. H.
Sherry, George Henry
Pharmacist; postmaster of Dover; b.,
Dover, N. H., June 29, 1871; s. John
and Julia (Scully) Sherry; ed. Dover
public schools; parochial schools of
Dover, Jersey City, N. J., and New
York City; became a registered phar
macist in Dover and pursued that busi
ness until 1916; Catholic; Democrat,
member board of aldermen of the city
of Dover, 1907, 1908, 1909; Democratic
candidate for State Senator, 1908;
Democratic candidate for Mayor, 1910;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1911-12, taking an active part in the
proceedings, oh the Democratic side;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912; member house of repre
sentatives again in 1913, during which
session, after protracted ballotting,
Henry F. Hollis, the Democratic nomi
nee, was chosen United States Senator.
Mr. Sherry was secretary of the Demo
cratic legislative caucus, and manager
of pairs and quorum on the Democratic
side, and by his alertness and sagacity
contributed largely to the election of
Mr. Hollis; received a recess appoint
ment as postmaster of Dover in 1915
and his regular commission in March,
1916; member Holy Name Soc., and
the A. O. H., of Dover; m., Jennie
Cecelia Early; children, Malona, Marie
G, George H., Jr., and Mildred V.,
the latter died in 1913. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Cochran, John Milton
Lawyer; b., Pembroke, N. H., April
11, 1849; s. Martin H. and Miriam
(Rowell) Cochran; ed. public schools
and Pembroke Academy; studied law
with Hon. Ira A. Eastman of Concord,
N. H.; admitted to Massachusetts bar
in 1871 and has practiced in Southbridge, Mass., since 1872; Congregationalist; Republican; town solicitor;
special justice first District Court, South
ern Worcester District since 1899;
vice-president and attorney, Southbridge Savings Bank, and attorney for
various other corporations; member
Mass. house of representatives, 1880;
Capt. Co. K, Mass. Volunteer Militia;
president, Quinabaug Historical Soc;
prominent in Masonry and past master
Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; mem
ber and ex-president Southbridge
Club; m., May 12, 1875, Lizaie Whitehouse, Pembroke, N. H.; one son,
Charles M. Residence, Southbridge,
Mass.
Dearborn, George Vann Ness
Psychologist, educator, author; b.,
Nashua, N. H., Aug. 15, 1869; s.
Cornelius Vann Ness and Louie Fran
ces (Eaton) Dearborn (9th generation
from Godfrey Dearborn; 8th genera
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
tion from Thomas Eaton of Haverhill,
Mass.) ; ed. Dartmouth College, Litt.B.
1890; Columbia, M.D. 1893; Harvard,
A.M. 1896; Columbia, Ph.D. 1899;
assistant in philosophy, Harvard,
1896; assistant in physiology, Harvard
Med. School, 1899; assistant professor
and director of laboratory of physiol
ogy, 1900; professor, physiology, 190116, Tufts College; professor, philos
ophy of physical education, Sargent
Normal School, Cambridge, 1906- ;
instructor psychology, School of Eugen
ics, Boston, 1912-15, consulting phys
iologist, Forsyth Dental Infirmary,
Boston, 1913-; member Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. A., 1918; Staff
of the Forsyth Infirmary for Children,
Boston, Theta Delta Chi, Founders
and Patriots of America, Boston
Authors Club, American Philosophical
Ass'n, American Psychological Ass'n,
Mass. Medical Soc, etc.; correspond
ing member, N. H. Historical Soc,
Institut Solvay, Brussels. Author,
"A Text Book of Human Physiology,"
"The Influence of Joy," "MotorSensory Development," "How to
Learn Easily," "The Psychology of
Clothing," "The Physiology of Exer
cise" (with F. H. G. Miner), "The
Sense of Feeling," and of about 150
scientific articles; editor of "The Life of
the Child Library," and "Our Senses
Series;" associate editor of "Medi
cine and Surgery" and "The Journal
of Abnormal Psychology," m., June
18, 1893, Blanche Velina Brown,
Bloomington, 1ll.; one daughter, Lucia
Eaton, now a junior at Wellesley
College. Residence, Mason St., Cam
bridge, Mass.
Preston, George Cutler
General merchant, lumberman and
probate business; b., Manchester, N. H.,
August 17, 1848; s. Luke Woodbury
and Mary Frances (Fairbanks) Preston,
ed., public schools, Francestown Acad
emy, 1868; has been engaged in general
mercantile business in Henniker for
the last fifty years; also quite exten
sively in the lumber business, and has
given much attention to the settlement
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of estates; one of five owners of the
Henniker Inn and president of the
company; Congregationalist; Republi
can; postmaster of Henniker 1872-84;
town clerk several years; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1891-2,
State Senate, 1893-4; trustee Loan &
Trust Savings Bank, Concord; trustee
Henniker town funds; trustee and treas
urer, Tucker Free Library, Henniker;
president Preston Bros. Co., Henniker;
member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.,
Good Templars, Bear Hill Grange,
P. of H., N. H. Historical Soc, Red
Cross; m., Nov. 6, 1871, Emma Jane
Boynton, Francestown, N. H.; one
son, Harry Boynton, b. Dec 3, 1882
(Dartmouth 1905, Phi Beta Kappa),
sub master Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden. Residence, Henniker, N. H.
Burgum, Edwin Berry
Educator; b., Concord, N. H.,
March 11, 1894; s. Edwin Gannell
and Addie M. (Berry) Burgum; ed.
Concord high school, 1911; Dart
mouth College, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa)
�Mrs. Larz Anderson
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
1915; Harvard A.M., 1916; Instructor
in English and Lecturer in American
Literature, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Unitarian; Demo
crat; member Modern Language Ass'n,
Dartmouth Club of Western Pennsyl
vania, Harvard Club of Pittsburgh,
American Historical Ass'n. Home,
Concord, N. H.
Anderson, Isabel Weld (Perkins)
(Mrs. Larz Anderson), writer; b.,
Boston, Mass., March 29, 1876, only
child of Commodore George Hamilton
(U. S. N.) and Anna Minot (Weld)
Perkins; ed. Miss Winsor's School,
Boston; m., June 10, 1897, Larz Ander
son, who was minister to Belgium, 1911
-12; ambassador to Japan, 1912-13;
Unitarian; member of N. H. Soc,
Colonial Dames of America and many
clubs and philanthropic organizations;
deeply interested in her father's native
state, in which she has two summer
homes, and to which she presented,
April 25, 1902, the bronze statue of
Commodore Perkins, by Daniel Chester
French, adjacent to the western front of
the State House in Concord ;has traveled
extensively and resided abroad with her
husband; first Commandant, D. C. Red
Cross Refreshment Corps; inspector of
Canteens, American Red Cross in
France; received Japanese Red Cross
Medal, Japanese Red Cross Order of
Merit; Order of Merit of Japan with 3d
Class Order of the Crown. Author of
"The Great Sea Horse," 1909; "Captain
Ginger's Fairy," 1910; "Captain Gin
ger's Playmates," 1911; "Captain Gin
ger Aboard the Gee Whiz," 1911;
"Captain Ginger Goes Traveling,"
1911; "Captain Ginger's Eater of
Dreams," 1911; "Captain Ginger's
Sun Boy," 1911 ; "every Boy and Other
Children's Plays," 1914; "The Spell
of Japan," 1914; "The Spell of Bel
gium," 1915; "The Spell of the Hawai
ian Islands and the Philippines," 1916;
"Odd Corners," 1917. George Wash
ington University, Washington, D. C.,
in recognition of her literary work, con
ferred upon her in 1918, the honorary
degree of Litt.D. Residence, "Weld,"
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Brookline, Mass.; 2118 Massachusetts
Ave., Washington, D. C.; "The Box,"
Webster, N. H., and the Perkins Home
stead, Contoocook, N. H.
Weaver, George Albert
Physician; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Aug. 5, 1868; s. George and Mary
Elizabeth (Spencer) Weaver; ed. pub
lic schools, Manchester, Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1892; Medical Dept., Yale
Univ., M.D. 1897; commenced prac
tice in Warren, N. H., in 1898, contin
uing to 1915; removed to Bradford, Vt.,
in 1916, where he continues in practice;
Episcopalian; no political affiliation—
one of the original members of the Pro
gressive party in New Hampshire and
a member to the last, unchanged and
unrepentant, each succeeding year
strengthening his belief that the course
taken by the Progressives will have the
approval of impartial history; member
Federal Board of Examining Surgeons
for Grafton Co., 1912 to 1916; candi
date of the Progressive party for Con
gress in 2d N. H. District, 1914; secre
tary and treasurer Grafton Co. Medical
Socv thirteen years, 1904 to 1916 in
clusive; m., May 4, 1904, Etta Emily
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Harrington; children, Constance, b.
Aug. 20, 1905, Sherman, b. July, 16,
1907; Residence, Bradford, Vt.
O'Leary, Thomas Mary
Vicar General of the Catholic dio
cese; b., Dover, N. H., Aug. 16, 1875,
s. Michael and Margaret (Holden)
O'Leary; ed. public and parochial
schools, Dover; B.A. 1892, Mungret
College, Limerick, Ireland; Grand
Seminary, Montreal, Canada, 1897;
ordained priest of the Roman Catholic
church, 1897; assistant priest, St.
Anne's church, Manchester, 1897-8;
assistant priest, St. John's church,
Concord, N. H., 1898-1904; chancellor
of the diocese and secretary to Bishop
Delany, 1904-15; rector of the cathe
dral, Manchester, 1910-15;' vicar gen
eral of the diocese, Dec. 1914- ; per
manent rector of St. John's church,
Concord, Jan., 19 15-; editor of The
Guidon, 1904-s contributor to the
Catholic Encyclopedia; state chaplain
of Knights of Columbus; on executive
committee War Savings Stamps; mem
ber of Bishop's Council, 1914-; dio
cesan examiner of the clergy, 1914-.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Demers, George Arthur
Priest, b., Quebec City, Canada,
Feb. 10, 1876, s. Edward and Alma
(Couture) Demers; ed. Levis College,
Quebec, University of St. Joseph, N. B.,
Grand Seminary of the Sulpician Fa
thers, Montreal, 1901; ordained priest
by Bishop Bradley, 1901, Somersworth,
N. H.; assistant, Berlin, N. H., three
months; assistant, church of St.
Francis Xavier, Nashua, N. H., 19014; assistant, St. Martin's Church, Som
ersworth, N. H., 1904-6; adminis
trator, St. Mary's Church, Newmarket,
N. H., 1906; pastor of St. Anthony's
church, Sanbornville, N. H., building
the first church and rectory, 1907-1914;
pastor, Sacred Heart church, Concord,
N. H., 1914- ; state chaplain for
N. H., Order of Catholic Foresters of
America. Residence, Pleasant Street,
Concord, N. H.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Nealley, John Haven
Dry goods merchant; b., So. Ber
wick, Me., August 4, 1853; s. Benjamin
Mason and Mary (Pray) Nealley
(descended from William Nealley, one
of the first settlers of Nottingham,
about 1719); ed. public schools of
Biddeford, Me., and Bryant & Stratton
Commercial. College, Boston; clerk for
some years in the dry goods store of bis
brother, the late Hon. B. Frank Neal
ley; when the latter became Mayor of
Dover he bought the establishment and
continued the extensive business until
1913, when sixty years of age, having
been successful throughout, then re
tired from active management, though
retaining an interest; Congregationalist; Republican; member Dover board
of aldermen, 1902, 1903; mayor 1904,
1905; member N. H. house of repre
sentatives 1889-90; delegate in N. H.
constitutional convention, 1902; state
senator, 1907-8; Mason, prominent in
all branches of the order, and for
twenty-seven years recorder of St. Paul
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Commandery, K. T.; m., Sept. 12 1877,
Emma C., dau. Thomas Hanson and
Caroline (Torr) Cushing. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Anderson, George Weston
Lawyer; Interstate Commerce Com
missioner; b., Acworth, N. H., Sept. 1,
1861; s. David Campbell and Martha
Lucinda (Brigham) Anderson; de
scendant in the seventh generation
from James Anderson, one of the first
sixteen settlers of the town of London
derry, N. H.; ed. public schools, Kim
ball Union Academy, Cushing Aca
demy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1882 (vale
dictorian) ; Williams College, A.B. 1886
Boston University Law School, LL.B.
(Summa cum lavde) 1900; taught school
at intervals while obtaining his educa
tion, including two years as principal
of the Mt. Pleasant Grammar School,
Nashua; commenced law practice in
Boston, where he was for six years
partner with George Fred Williams;
counsel for the City of Boston in the
�Frederick Rot Martin
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
celebrated Bay State gas investigation
in 1893; Unitarian; Democrat; member
of the School Committee, City of Bos
ton, 1895-1900; Democratic candi
date, Attorney-General, Mass., 1911—
12; Mass. Public Service Commission
for term of four years, July 1, 1913
(resigned); appointed U. S. District
Attorney, Mass., Nov. 1, 1914Oct. 1917; member U. S. Interstate
Commerce Commission, Oct., 1917-;
Mason, Phi Beta Kappa; member
Boston Chamber of Commerce, Amer
ican Bar Ass'n, Mass., Bar Ass'n,
Boston Bar Ass'n, American Statis
tical Ass'n, American Economic Ass'n;
American Association for Labor
Legislation, American Academy of
PoStical and Social Science; trustee of
World Peace Foundation, Charlesbank Homes, Cushing Academy; mem
ber Boston City, Algonquin, Twen
tieth Century, Brae Burn Country
Clubs, Boston, Cosmos Club, Washing
ton, D. C.; m., 1st, 1897, Minnie E.
Mitchell, Mason, N. H., d. 1906; 2d,
Jan. 25, 1908, Addie Earle Kennerson,
Boston; children, Clare Mitchell, b.
June 24, 1898; Robert Duncan, b.
April 18, 1900; Richard Brigham, Nov.
23, 1901. Residence, 219 Fisher Ave.,
Brookline, Mass.; business address,
Interstate Commerce Commission,
Washington, D. C.
Martin, Frederick Roy
Journalist; assistant general mana
ger of The Associated Press; b., North
Stratford, N. H. Nov. 17, 1871; s.
John Douglas and Caroline (Thompson)
Martin; ed. in public schools, Lowell,
Mass., and Harvard College, A.B.
1893; A.M., honorary, Brown Univer
sity, 1902; on staff of the Boston Jour
nal, 1893-1898; editor and publisher of
the Providence Journal, 1898-1912;
director of The Associated Press, of
which he became assistant general
manager in 1912; member of Sons of
American Revolution and Soc. of
Colonial Wars. m., Anna Frances
Wayne, Sept. 9, 1909; one dau. Nancy,
b. Jan. 31, 1911. Residence, New York
City.
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Ranney, William Bradford
Printer and publisher; b., Lynn,
Mass., June 23, 1875; s. Charles Free
man and Caroline D. (Pratt) Ranney;
ed. Newport, Vt., public schools and St.
Johnsbury Academy; engaged for a
time with his father in the printing
business at Newport, Vt.; bought the
Penacook News plant, at Penacook,
in November, 1904, and has greatly
enlarged and improved the same, carry
ing on, in connection with the paper
an extensive job printing business;
Congregationalist; clerk of the society
and deacon of the Congregational
church at Penacook; Republican;
treasurer of the town of Boscawen
since March, 1907. Mason, member
lodge, chapter, council and commandery, Past Patron Eastern Star; Patron
of Husbandry, past master Halloween
Grange, Penacook and of Merrimack
County Pomona Grange; president
N. H. Weekly Publishers' Association,
1918; m., Oct. 28, 1898, Alice M. Burbank of Webster; children, Dorothy,
b. Sept. 3, 1901; Katharine, b. Sept.
30, 1906. Residence, Boscawen, N. H.,
Penacook P. O.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Sulloway, Frank Jones
Lawyer; b., Franklin, N. H., Dec.
11, 1883; s. Hon. Alvah W. and Susan
K. (Daniell) Sulloway; ed. Franklin
high school, St. Paul's School, Concord,
1901; Harvard University, 1905; Har
vard Law School, 1907; admitted to
Massachusetts bar, 1906, New Hamp
shire, 1907; practiced law in Boston
with Hill, Barlow & Homans from
1907 till 1911; member firm Streeter,
Demond, Woodworth & Sulloway, Con
cord, N. H. since 1911; Unitarian;
Republican; N. H. ballot law commis
sioner, 1915-; director Concord &
Claremont R. R.; chairman Concord
Chapter, American Red Cross; mem
ber B. P. O. E.; Wonolancet, Passaconway, Bow Brook clubs, Concord;
Harvard Club, Boston Athletic Ass'n,
Intervale Country Club, Boston;
Spee, D. K. E. and Hasty Pudding
clubs (Harvard), Phi Delta Phi (Har
vard Law); m., Sept. 24, 1913, Mar
garet Thayer, Concord, N. H.; children,
Gretchen, b., Oct. 10, 1914; d. Feb.
6, 1916; Alvah W. Sulloway, 2d, b. Nov.
25, 1916. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Harris, Almon Greene
Woolen manufacturer; b., Boscawen,
N. H., Jan. 24, 1870; s. Ezra Sheldon
and Sarah (Greene) Harris; ed. public
schools, Boscawen; Concord high school,
1888; Comer's Commercial College,
Boston, Mass.; Congregationalist; Re
publican; selectman, Boscawen, seven
years (chairman three years); member
board of education fifteen years, present
chairman; many years member board of
water commissioners; treasurer HarrisEmery Company, woolen manufac
turers, Boscawen, N. H.; director
Agawan Co., Agawan, Mass.; Mason,
32d degree and Knight Templar; has
served as District Deputy Grand Lec
turer, and District Deputy Grand
Master, 4th Masonic District of N. H.;
m., Oct. 3, 1912, Margaret Carroll,
Boscawen; children, Carol, b. Dec. 6,
1913; Almon Greene, Jr., b. April 1,
1917. Residence, Boscawen, N. H.,
Penacook P. O.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Tripp, Walter Henry
Farmer; General Merchant, Insur
ance Agent; b., Epsom, N. H., April
24, 1875; s. James H. and Sarah L.
(Moses) Tripp; ed. public schools and
Pembroke Academy; Congregational-
315
Grand Lodge of N. H., 1914-1915.
Representative to Sovereign Grand
Lodge 1916; m., Oct. 12, 1898, Alice
Maud Fowler, Epsom; children, Harold
James, b. March 5, 1900; Russell
Fowler, Oct. 20, 1904; Robert Moses,
March 9, 1912. Residence, Epsom,
N. H.; Short Falls P.O.
Lamprey, Maitland Charles
Educator; b., Groton, N. H., Sept.
30, 1838; s. Ephraim and Bridget
(Phelps) Lamprey; ed. New Hampton
Institution, Dartmouth College, 1863,
A.B. 1865, A.M., later. Enlisted
while in college, Oct. 1862 in the 16th
N. H. Regiment for service in the
civil war; discharged, August 20, 1863;
teacher, Marshalltown, la., 1867-70;
professor of languages, Kansas State
ist; Democrat; selectman, Epsom, 189S
to 1903 (chairman the last year) ; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1903-4, being the first Democrat
elected in the town for twenty-five
years, serving as clerk of committee
on Labor and as clerk of the Merrimack
County delegation; member Epsom
board of education, 1904 to 1910,
1914 to present time; postmaster at
Short Falls since 1905; express agent,
B. & M. R. R., since 1905; trustee Loan
& Trust Savings Bank, Concord;
trustee Pembroke Academy; treasurer,
Grange Mutual Fire Ins. Co. of N. H.;
member Patrons of Husbandry, Past
Master Suncook Valley Pomona
Grange, and for ten years an elective
officer in the N. H. State Grange;
member I. O. O. F; Grand Master
Normal School, 1870-71; principal
Berwick Academy, Me., 1873—4; prin
cipal high school, Ellsworth, Me.,
1874-5; Rochester, N. H., high school,
1876-7; Easton, Mass., high school,
1877-1901; Unitarian; Republican;
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"''if
William Rockwell Clough
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
delegate from Ward 7, Concord, N. H.
constitutional convention, 1902; mem
ber Psi Upsilon college fraternity,
S. A. R., Eastondale Post, G. A. R.,
Mass.; delegate in National Encamp
ment, 1898; member Council of Ad
ministration, Dept. of Mass.; m.,
July 12, 1869, Abbie Colburn Davis,
Yarmouth, Me.; children, Mary
Lavinia, b. April 29, 1870 (Boston
University, 1891), librarian Ames Free
Library, Easton, Mass.; Charles Maitland, b. Feb. 15, 1872 (Dartmouth,
1892), principal General Martin
school, Boston, Mass. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Clough, William Rockwell
Mechanical engineer, inventor and
manufacturer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Nov. 8, 1844; s. John Chesley and
Lydia Jones (Treddick) Clough: (Mr.
Clough naturally regards Alton, his
father's home and birthplace, as his
own native town, however, as his par
ents were only stopping temporarily in
Manchester at the time of his birth);
ed. Alton public and high schools,
Franklin Academy, Dover, Eastman
Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
1864; went to the front as a member of
the Fiftieth Massachusetts regiment in
the Civil War, serving in the Mississippi
Valley from New Orleans to Vicksburg
and at the siege of Port Hudson; return
ing home engaged as an expert account
ant in Boston, and subsequently in the
U. S. Internal Revenue Service under
William Plumer, collector of Internal
Revenue, meanwhile working on va
rious mechanical inventions, one of
which, the Gem paper clip, now in
universal use, he patented and sold;
and another the miniature or wire cork
screw he retained and developed, in
venting later, also, the automatic
machinery for its production. Remov
ing to New York he engaged in the
manufacture of these corkscrews,
under the firm name of Clough &
Williamson, with factory at Newark,
N. J. Called home by his father's
death, he there established a branch
manufactory at South Alton, the entire
317
business being subsequently removed
there, and later to Alton village where
has been developed the present exten
sive business, supplying the world in
large part with its product, through
this and branch plants in various for
eign countries, in which he has traveled
extensively; Non-Sectarian; Republi
can; for some time member of Alton
board of education and justice of the
police court; member N. H. house of
representatives in 1897-8 and 18991900, and again in 1917-18, serving at
each session as chairman of the com
mittee on National Affairs, and being
instrumental, at the last session, in
securing Ambassador Naon of Argen
tina to address the House on the Ex
pansion of Trade Relations with South
America; President Rockwell Clough
Co. (inc.), Alton; former president
Clough & Williamson Co., Newark,
N. J.; Mason, 32d degree; past master,
K.T. and Shriner; past patron, O.E. S.,
member G. A. R., Ancient & Honorable
Artillery Co., and Algonquin Club,
Boston; past commander Co. H, 9th
Reg't. N G. S. N. Y.; m., April 28,
1904, Nellie Sophia Place, Alton;
children: Rockwell, Jr., b., Apr. 5, 1908;
Gertrude, daughter by a former mar
riage. Residence, Alton, N. H.
Bailey, Solon Irving
Astronomer; b., Lisbon, N. H.,
Dec. 29, 1854; s. Israel C. and Jane
(Sutherland) Bailey; ed. Tilton Semi
nary; Boston University, A.B. 1881,
A.M. 1884; A.M., Harvard, 1888;
sent to Peru, South America, m 1889,
to determine location for Harvard Col
lege observatory, Arequipa being de
cided upon, where a Southern observa
tory was established, and where he had
charge of the work for eleven years;
established, in 1893, a meteorological
station on the summit of El Misti,
19,000 feet above the sea, where obser
vations were carried on for ten years;
assistant professor of astronomy, Har
vard University, 1893-8; associate pro
fessor, 1898-1913; Phillips professor,
1913-; member American Academy
Arts and Sciences, Geographical Soc.
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of Lima, Peru; m., 1883, Ruth Poulter,
Concord, N. H. Residence, Cam
bridge, Mass.; Address, Harvard Ob
servatory,
Wright, Robert Morrill
Lawyer; b., Sanbornton, N. H., Oct.
31, 1877; s. Rev. Elisha H. and Ambro
sia R. (Morrill) Wright; born on the
farm owned in the Morrill family for
more than one hundred and twentyfive years, and which is still his
home; lineal descendant on his
father's side of Henry Wright, who
came to Dorchester, Mass., about 1634,
removing thence to Providence, R. I.,
and related on his mother's side to
Abraham Morrill, who lived in Cam
bridge and Salisbury, Mass., and died
in the latter place in 1662, and Henry
Morrill, early settler of Hawke, now
Danville, N. H.; ed. public schools;
Franklin high school, 1896, N. H. Col
lege, 1900, Boston University School of
Law; taught school for some time after
leaving college, in Hill and Belmont,
and was afterward an instructor in the
Stearns School for Boys, Hartford,
Conn. ; was in business four years in the
town of Hill and then took up the study
of law in the office of Streeter & Mollis
in Concord; attended the Boston Uni
versity Law School in 1910, and, after
the withdrawal of Mr. I lollis from the
firm continued his studies with him and
was admitted to the bar in 1912, and
engaged in practice in Concord, remov
ing to Franklin in 1916, where he con
tinues, but always held his legal resi
dence in Sanbornton ; Protestant ; Repu
blican; selectman in Sanbornton five
years (two years chairman); chairman
Republican club since 1910; member N.
H. constitutional convention, 1912,
1918; N. H. house of representatives,
1915-16 (chairman committee on in
corporations and member committee
on revision of the statutes), 1917-18,
member judiciary committee; member
A. F. &A. M.; P. ofH.;m., 1st, Aug. 30,
1911, Nettie G. Straw, d. Sept. 14, 1916
2d, Oct., 1917, Mildred H. Stearns; one
son, Robert Morrill, Jr., b. Dec. 2,
1913. Residence, Sanbornton, N. H.;
P. O. address, Franklin, N. H.
Plimpton, George Lincoln
Educator; b., Sturbridge, Mass.,
July 8, 1865; s. James Hervey and
Elizabeth (Fairbank) Plimpton; ed.
Hitchcock Free Academy, Brimfield,
Mass., 1887; Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., A.B. 1891; instructor,
1891-6, Tilton Seminary, Tilton,
N. H.; principal since 1906; member
N. H. Ass'n Classical Teachers, Head
Masters' Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa,
Delta Kappa Epsilon, A. F. & A. M.;
Methodist; m., Aug. 10, 1892, Etta
lone Ferry, Palmer, Mass. Residence,
Tilton, N. H.
Dillingham, Thomas Manley
Physician and surgeon; farmer; b.,
Dover, Me., 1850; s. William Addison
Pitt and Caroline Price (Townsend)
Dillingham;
ed. Waterville,
Me.,
Classical Inst., Dartmouth College,
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Boston Univ. School of Medicine, 1874,
and European study; commenced
practice in Augusta, Me., removed to
New York City in 1889, and there
continued till, after 35 years of medical
practice, he bought a farm in Roxbury,
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Union Academy, 1893, Dartmouth
College, B.L., 1897; principal high
school, Middletown Springs, Vt.,
1897-9; Hillsborough, N. H., 18991901; superintendent of schools, Claremont, N. H., 1901-5; head-master
Kimball Union Academy, 1905-;
Congregationalist; Republican; dele
gate N. H. constitutional convention,
1912; treasurer board of trustees,
Kimball Union Academy; president
Meriden Electric Light and Power Co. ;
clerk Meriden Water Co.; member
P. of H., A. F. & A. M., N. H. Histori
cal Soc; m., January, 1902, Grace
It
L A
'/ jB .
'J MB
N. H., upon which he now resides; Swedenborgian; past president Swedenborgian Soc. of N. Y. ^Independent Republi
can; member N. H. house of represen
tatives from Roxbury, 1915-16; mem
ber of N. H. constitutional convention,
1918; N. Y., Mass. and Me. Medical
Societies; American Inst. of Home
opathy; ex-president International
Hahnemannian Association; Dart
mouth Chapter Theta Beta Phi; New
York City and Republican Clubs;
m., Harriet Asby Carleton. Residence,
Roxbury, N. H., Marlborough P. O.
Tracy, Charles Alden
Educator; head-master Kimball
Union Academy; b., Cornish, N. H.,
Nov. 16, 1872; s. Stephen Alden and
Agnes (Bailey) Tracy; ed. Kimball
Powell; children, Elizabeth Alden,
Stephen Powell, Charles Alden, Jr.
Residence, Meriden, N. H.
Bassett, Whitman Sears
Clergyman, Chaplain N. H. State
Prison; b., South Chatham, Mass.,
Nov. 1, 1872; s. Charles and Martha
(Sears) Bassett; ed. Nichols Latin
School, Lewiston, Me., 1895; Bates
College, 1899; Newton Theological
�Hon. Moise Verrette
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Seminary, Newton Center, Mass.,
1904; Baptist; Republican; pastor
Baptist Church, Penacook, N. H., 19041912; Chaplain N. H. State Prison,
1912-; member Bates College Club;
Bates Chapter Delta Sigma Rho; m.,
Jan. 4, 1906, Mabel T. Jordan, Lewiston, Me., d. June 28,1910; children:
Martha T., b. Nov. 9, 1906; Calvin J.,
b. June 27, 1908. Residence, Pena
cook, N. H.
Verrette, Moise
Merchant; mayor of Manchester;
b., Stanfold, Canada, March 1, 1857;
s. Moise and Elizabeth (Bourgoin)
Verrette; ed. public schools; removed
with his parents to Manchester, N. H.,
in childhood, where he has since lived;
engaged in grocery and provision busi
ness in 1885, in which he has contin
ued, building up an extensive trade,
wholesale and retail; Catholic; Demo
crat; delegate-at-large to National
Democratic Convention at St. Louis,
1916; member N. H. executive council,
1917-18 (first man of French Canadian
birth to hold the office); mayor of
Manchester, 1918-19; member CanadoAmerican Ass'n, St. John Baptist Soc,
Club Joliet, Manchester; m., July 12,
1886, Virginie Pigeon; children: Virgile
M.. b. Aug. 1, 1889 (Mount St. Louis
College, Montreal, 1908), now mayor's
secretary; Lionel G., b. Sept. 15, 1890,
manager of store; Avite J., b. July 30,
1892, now in U. S. Army serv
ice; Adrien, b. July 18, 1897, now in
St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, study
ing for the priesthood; Armand L., b.
Aug. 20, 1898 (Class of 1919, Assump
tion College, Worcester, Mass.). Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Paul, Amasa Copp
Lawyer; b., Wakefield, N. H., Sept.
12, 1857, s. Hiram and Mary Porter
(Copp) Paul, desc. from Daniel Paul
who settled at Kittery, Me., before
1640 and from William Copp, who
came over in 1635, from whom Copp's
Hill, Boston, is named; great great
grandson of Capt. David Copp, a Rev
olutionary soldier, one of the original
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settlers of Wakefield; ed. in New
Hampshire public schools and was for
two years a member of class of '78,
Dartmouth College; taught in public
schools of Washington four years;
LL.B., National Univ. Law School,
1880; LL.M., Columbian Univ. (now
George Washington Univ.), 1882; as
sistant examiner U. S. Patent Office,
1881-4; in June, 1884, removed to
Minneapolis where he has specialized in
the law of patents and trade-marks
and is recognized as a leading authority
in these branches of the law; author
of "Paul on Trade-Marks" (1903),
which has had a wide circulation; Congregationalist; Republican; life mem
ber Minneapolis Soc. of Fine Arts and
Minn. Hist. Soc; member, Minneap
olis Athletic (president, 1901-2),
Minikahda and Automobile Clubs,
Masons (32d degree), Shriners, B. P.
O. E.; actively interested in civic af
fairs; m., May 11, 1881, Ella Morti
mer, dau. Dr. Mortimer Williams of
Moorefield, W. Va., d., Dec. 20, 1908.
Residence, Minneapolis, Minn.; office,
854 Security Building.
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Bickford, John Calvin
Lawyer; b., Brown's Ridge, Wolfeboro, N. H., Dec. 18, 1842; s. John
Wilmot and Abra Wentworth (Lord)
Bickford; ed. public schools and Wolfeboro and Tuftonboro Academy;
worked on father's farm in youth;
entered brother's store in Ossipee as a
clerk at twenty years of age, becoming
proprietor on brother's death, July
1863, and continued business four
years, then engaged three years in
insurance business, meanwhile remov
ing to Dover, N. H.; removed to Man
chester, Sept. 28, 1871, where he has
since resided; entered law offices of
Sulloway & Topliff in 1871, and ad
mitted to the bar, May 1874, since
when he has been in practice; Congregationalist; Republican; postmaster at
Ossipee two years; U. S. revenue
gauger, two years, while studying law,
moderator of his ward several years;
appointed clerk of the Manchester
Police Court in 1877, and served over
thirty-six years; member N. H. house
of representatives in 1881, 1901 and
1915; N. H. senate, 1903; Mason since
1864 and treasurer of Washington
Lodge, Manchester, with which he is
now affiliated, over thirty years; mem
ber K. of P., Golden Cross and A. O.
U. W. ; was Supreme Master Workman
of the latter organization from June,
1899 to June, 1900, during which time
over 35,000 new members were ad
mitted to the order; director and ad
visory counsel of the Home Benefit
Ass'n, of Boston; in., 1st, Jan. 1864,
Pamela S Thurston, Ossipee, d. Nov.
1878; 2d, March, 1880, Emma S.
Fitts, Manchester; one son, Charles
Wilmot Bickford, b. Dec. 20, 1865,
superintendent of schools, Lewiston,
Me. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Batchelder, Ernest Allen
Art instructor and designer; b.,
Nashua, N. H., Jan. 22, 1876; s.
Charles and Mary (Sleeper) Batchelder;
ed. Mass. Normal Art School, Boston,
Mass.; School of Arts and Crafts,
Birmingham, Eng.; director of art,
Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasa
dena, Cal., 1901- ; director Handi
craft Guild, Minneapolis, Minn.,
1903-8; manufacturer interior fur
nishing in tile, metal and enamel,
Pasadena, Cal., 1910- ; member
International Jury of Awards, St.
Louis exposition, 1904; American
Commission, International Congress
of Art, Dresden, Germany, 1911;
author "Principles of Design," 1901;
"Design in Theory and Practice,"
1910. Residence, 626 Arroyo Drive,
Pasadena, Cal.
Barton, Ralph Martin
Educator; b., Newport, N. H., July
21, 1875; s. Charles W. and Ida
E. (Walker) Barton; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1904; student in math
ematics, Harvard, 1907.-8; Univer
sity of Chicago, 1912; superintendent
of schools, Sunapee and Goffstown,
N. H., 1898-1902; instructor in math
ematics, Dartmouth, 1903-8, assistant
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
professor, 1908-12; professor and
head of department of mathematics,
University of New Mexico, 1912-3; pro
fessor ana head of department of math
ematics and physics, Lombard College,
1914-5, dean and acting president,
1915-6; instructor in mathematics,
University of Minnesota, 1916- ;
member American Mathematical Soc,
Dartmouth Alumni Ass'n (secretary,
1908-11); Congregationalist; Repub
lican; m., 1st, Sept. 12, 1899, Verna
C. Cate, Haverhill, Mass., d. 1906;
2d, Dec. 31, 1913, Clara Belle Porter,
Duluth, Minn. Residence, 1092 15th
Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, Minn.
Beede, Joshua William
Geologist; b., Raymond, N. H.,
Sept. 14, 1871; s. Hiram Pratt and
Lydia M. (Brown) Beede; ed. Washburn
College, Kan., B.S. 1896, A.M. 1897,
University of Kansas, Ph.D. 1899;
leacher of science, Atchison County
high school, Effingham, Kan., 18991901; instructor in geology, Indiana
University, 1901-6, assistant profes
sor, 1906-9, associate professor, 190917; geologist, department of economic
geology and technology, University of
Texas, 1917- ; servea as a member of
the geological surveys of Kansas and
Oklahoma, and as an aid in the U. S.
Geological Survey in 1901-2; author of
various scientific treatises; member
Geological Soc. of America, Paleontological Soc. of America, and
various other scientific organizations;
m., Dec. 25, 1899, Frances McKee,
Narka, Kan. Residence, 404 W. 38th
St., Austin, Tex.
Madigan, Thomas Henry, Jr.
Lawyer; b., Westfield, Mass., June
29, 1872; s. Thomas Henry and
Johanna
(Bahen) Madigan; ed.
Mechanicsville
(N. Y.)
academy,
Troy (N. Y.) Business College and by
private tutors; studied law with Sar
gent, Hollis & Niles, Concord, and was
admitted to the New Hampshire bar
in 1899; practiced in Concord till
1907, when he removed to Manchester
and has there continued; Catholic;
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Democrat; secretary N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1902; secretary
Democratic state committee, 1900-4,
chairman, 1904-8; judge advocate,
N. H. National Guard, with rank of
major, 1899-1907; chairman Demo
cratic city committee of Manchester,
1914-17; city solicitor of Manchester,
1918-; chairman local draft board,
Division No. 2, city of Manchester,
1918; member N. H. Bar Ass'n, Ameri
can Bar Ass'n, Knights of Columbus.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Lougee, Arthur Jewett
Physician and oculist; b., Rochester,
N. H., Nov. 1, 1870; s. Isaac W.
Lougee, M.D., and Ellen (Wheeler)
Lougee; ed. public schools of Roches
ter, Dartmouth College, A.B 1893,
and at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, New York City, M.D.
1896; engaged in medical practice in
New York City and state for several
years and for the past fifteen years at
Fryeburg, Me., with several periods
of post-graduate study and hospital
�Lawbence Grattan
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
work in the lines of his specialty, the
eye and ear; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; member Me. Medical Ass'n,
American Medical Ass'n, Masonic
order, Psi Upsilon national college
fraternity, member of selective service
local board; m., Jan. 8, 1906, Lucia
Morrill, Conway, N. H. (Wellesley
College, A.B. 1890, Columbia Univer
sity, A.M. 1898). Residence, Fryeburg, Me.
Grattan, Lawrence
Actor; playwright; b., Penacook,
N. H., August 17, 1870; s. Peter and
Ann (Keenan) Gahagan; ed. Pena
cook public schools. Began stage
career in 1890; starred in repertoire;
managed several Btock enterprises;
created Parsifal in dramatic version;
played "Justice Prentiss" in Augustus
Thomas's "The Witching Hour," a
season's run in Chicago; author of
many successful one act farces; now
co-starring with his wife in vaudeville;
Christian Scientist; member National
Vaudeville Artists Ass'n; m., April 30,
1907, Eva Taylor, one step-daughter.
Address, care Joseph Hart, N. Y.
Theatre Bldg., New York City.
Peaslee, Robert James
Juris' ; b. Weare, N. H., Sept. 23,
1864; s. Robert and Persis B. (Dodge)
Peaslee, ed., public schools, Cushing
Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., Bos
ton University Law School, 1886; ad
mitted to the bar in 1886, and com
menced practice in Manchester; mem
ber firm of Drury (William H.) &
Peaslee, 1888-98; Episcopalian; Demo
crat; associate justice N. H. supreme
court, 1898-1901, N. H. superior court,
1901-8, N. H. supreme court, 1908- ;
member Washington Lodge, A. F. &.
A. M., Intervale Country club, Man
chester; director Amoskeag National
Bank, Manchester; lecturer on Munic
ipal and Constitutional Law, Dart
mouth College, 1887-9; on Domestic
Relations, Boston University Law
School, 1911- ; hon. A.M., Dartmouth,
1898; revised Manchester City laws
and ordinances, 1892; m., 1st Sept. 12,
1893, Nellie D. Kimball, d. July 16,
1915; 2d, Sarah Congdon Hazard,
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Feb. 15, 1917. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
Blunt, Harry Harmon
Manufacturer; b., Nashua, N. H.,
Aug. 28, 1875; s. Edward 0. and
Lucette (Harmon) Blunt; ed. Nashua
high school, 1893, and Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1897; Alpha Delta Phi,
Sphinx; member of the board of edu
cation of the City of Nashua from 1907
to 1913 (president, 1909 to 1913);
Republican; Christian Scientist; mem
ber Nashua Country Club, Vesper
Country Club, Lowell, Mass., Ex
change Club, Boston, Mass.; treas
urer, Wonalancet Co., Nashua, Boston
office, 10 High St.; director, Vacuum
Co., Boston; member executive com
mittee, American Cotton Waste Ex
change; Nat'l Ass'n of Cotton Manu
facturers; m., July 21, 1910, Irene
Marion Bradbury; children; Renee
Lucette, b. Feb. 20, 1913, and Nancy,
b. Aug. 11, 1917. Residence, 110
Concord St., Nashua, N. H. (summer) ;
and 469 Walnut St., Brookline, Mass.
(winter).
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Willis, John Richard
Postmaster of Manchester; b., Man
chester, N. H7 Feb. 18, 1862; s.
Thomas and Bridget (O'Shaughnessy)
Willis; ed., parochial schools of Man
chester; Catholic; Democrat; clerk for
eleven years in wholesale grocery busi
ness; employed about three years as
clerk in the Commonwealth and Second
National Banks, Manchester; engaged
in the coal trade from 1897 to 1914;
assistant postmaster of Manchester,
under Ex-Mayor E. J. Knowlton,
1894-1897; postmaster by appoint
ment of President Wilson, since 1914;
m., Nov. 6, 1889, Lizzie M. Sullivan,
Manchester; children: John S., b. Jan.
5, 1894; Russell L., b. April 18, 1895
(draftsman Atlantic Ship Corporation) ;
Florence L., b. Aug. 16, 1897; Richard
T., b. Dec. 3, 1901; Sylvester E., b.
Feb. 27, 1905; Alice Elizabeth, b. Aug.
1, 1907. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Drake, George Robert
Farmer, secretary N. H. State
Grange; b., Pittsfield, N. H., May 9,
1848; s. Noah W. and Mary Eliza
beth (Batchelder) Drake; descendant
of Robert Drake who settled in Exeter
previous to 1640 and subsequently re
moved to Hampton ; ed. public schools
and Pittsfield Academy; engaged in
agriculture in Pittsfield, but taught
school winters for some years in early
life; removed to Manchester in 1891,
where he has since resided; Baptist;
Democrat; member board of education
in Pittsfield; member Patrons of Hus
bandry and first master of Cata
mount Grange, Pittsfield and of Eastern
N. H. Pomona Grange, deputy N. H.
State Grange, treasurer Amoskeag
Grange, Manchester, for some years
past and secretary N. H. State Grange
since 1903; member executive com
mittee, Hillsborough County Farm
Bureau, Manchester Food Committee,
supervisor Manchester war gardens
and manager Manchester public mar
ket; m., April 14, 1875, Jane Graham
Clark, Auburn, N. H., d. Dec. 2,
1895; children, Ralph Allen, b. May
15, 1882 (now in Springfield, Mass.);
Ruth Wheeler, b. July 10, 1884
(Mrs. Charles G. Goodrich, Trenton,
N. J.). Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Shedd, John Graves
Merchant; b., Alstead, N. H.,
July 20, 1850; s. William and Abi
gail (Wallace) Shedd; ed. public
schools of Alstead and Langdon;
employed as clerk in stores in Alstead,
N. H., and Bellows Falls and Rut
land, Vt., 1867-72; entered employ
of Field, Leiter & Co., Chicago, 1ll.,
Aug. 7, 1872, since continuing with
that firm and its successor, Marshall
Field & Co., of which he is now presi
dent; director Merchants Loan &
Trust Co., Commonwealth Edison
Co., 11linois Trust & Savings Bank,
Chicago; Baltimore & Ohio, Illinois
Central, Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railroads; National Bank of
Commerce, New York, Baldwin Loco
motive Works, Philadelphia, and vari
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
ous other corporations and societies;
Republican; member Union League,
University, Commercial and many
other clubs; m., May 15, 1878, Mary
R. Porter, Walpole, N. H. Residence,
4515 Drexel Boulevard; office, 219
West Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
Shepard, Ida Frances
Trained nurse; b., Concord, N. H.,
Dec. 10, 1864; dau. Emery Nathaniel
and Caroline (Simonds) Shepard; ed.
Concord public schools; Boston City
Hospital Training School, 1900; Episco
palian; superintendent Mary Hitch
cock Memorial Hospital, Hanover,
N. H., since June, 1901 ; member N. H.
State Board of Nurses Registration
for seven years. Residence, Hanover,
N. H.
Woodbury, Charles Edward
Physician, alienist, retired; b., Acworth, N. H., Nov. 1, 1845; s. Charles
Milon and Louise (Graham) Wood
bury; ed. Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1866, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1870; Medical Dept., Univ. of
New York, M.D., 1873; assistant
physician N. H. Asylum for Insane,
Concord, 1873; McLean Hospital,
Waverley, Mass., 1873-8; Bloomington
Asylum, New York, 1881-3; super
intendent R. I. state hospital, 1882fl; inspector of institutions, Mass.
State Board of Lunacy and Charity,
1891-9; superintendent Foxborough,
Mass., state hospital, 1899-1908; Epis
copalian; Democrat; member Boston
Soc. of Psychiatry and Neurology,
American Medico-Psychological Ass'n,
R. I. Med. Soc, Mason, Knight
Templar; m., Oct. 13, 1880, Ella
Diana Ordway, Chelsea, Vt. Resi
dence, Acworth, N. H.
Adams, Charles Darwin
Educator; b., Keene, N. H., Oct.
21, 1856; s. Daniel Emerson and Ellen
Frances (Kingsbury) Adams; ed.
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1877, A.M.
1880; Andover Theological Seminary,
1879-81; University of Kiel, Ph.D.,
1891; instructor in Greek, Cushing
Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1881-8;
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professor of Greek, Drury College
(Mo.), 1884-93; professor Greek lan
guage and literature, Dartmouth Col
lege, since 1893; editor The Classical
Journal, 1908-13; president Classical
Ass'n of New England, 1906-7; editor
Lysias' Selected Speeches, 1906; m.,
Aug. 24, 188 1, Julia A. Stevens, Wil
ton, N. H. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Whitford, George Langdon
Lawyer and farmer; b., Concord,
N. H., July, 24, 1881; s. Edward L.
and Mabel (Ordway) Whitford; ed.
public schools, Waterloo, N. H., and
Washington, D. C., University of
Minnesota, Columbian University,
Columbian University Law School,
1905; Unitarian; Republican; dele
gate from Warner in Republican state
conventions, candidate in Republican
Second District primary for Congres
sional nomination in 1914; vice-presi
dent National River and Harbor
Commission; vice-president National
Republican Club, Washington, D C.;
member A. F. & A.M., Delta Tau Delta
�Hon. Frank Nesmith Parsons
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Greek letter Fraternity, Chevy Chase
Club, Washington, D. C.; m., Oct.
25, 1905, Florence Evans; children:
Harriet Stearns, b. Sept. 13, 1906;
Ordway, b. Oct. 4, 1914. Mr.' Whitford is a grandson of the late Hon.
Nehemiah G. Ordway, once sergeantat-arms of the National House of Rep
resentatives, and later Governor of
Dakota, and a nephew of the late
Governor Onslow Stearns. He re
sides at the old Ordway home, Water
loo (Warner), N. H.
Parsons, Frank Nesmith
Jurist; chief justice, N. H. Supreme
Court; b., Dover, N. H., Sept. 3, 1853;
s. Benjamin F. and Mary A. (Nesmith)
Parsons; ed. Pinkerton Academy,
Deny, N. H., 1870; Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1874; LL.D. 1904; read
law with Greenleaf C. Bartlett of Deny,
Daniel Barnard and Austin F. Pike
of Franklin; admitted to the bar
in 1879 and commenced practice in
Franklin, where he continued, being in
partnership with the late Hon. Austin
F. Pike till 1886; Republican; for sev
eral years member Franklin school
board; delegate from Franklin in
N. H. constitutional convention, 1889;
State law reporter, 1891-5; member
N. H. executive council, 1893-4; first
mayor of Franklin, 1895; associate
justice, N. H. supreme court, 18951902; chief justice, 1902 and since;
director Franklin National Bank;
trustee Franklin Savings Bank, for
merly director and president Citizens
National Bank, Tilton; trustee Pinkerton Academy (president of the board) ;
trustee and president Franklin Hospi
tal; member Franklin board of Water
Commissioners since 1901; vice-presi
dent N. H. Historical Soc, 1911-17;
president 1917- ; member N. H. Bar
Ass'n; (president 1912-14); American
Bar Ass'n; m., Oct. 26, 1880, Helen F.,
dau. Hon. Austin F. Pike, d. March 6,
1914. Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Duffy, George Ernest
Manufacturer; b., Franklin, N. H.,
Sept. 5, 1870; s. Michael and Mary
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(Fawdrey) Duffy; ed. Franklin high
school, class of 1888, Tilton Seminary,
and Dartmouth College, B.L. 1894;
editor college paper and winner ora
torical prizes; after leaving college
entered the employ of the M. T.
Stevens Sons Co., becoming superin
tendent of their North Andover, Mass.,
mill; in 1900 became general manager
of the Charles River Woolen Co., with
mills at Franklin, Mass., and North
Bellingham, Mass.; in 1909 became
manager of the E. D. Thayer woolen
mill at Worcester, Mass., and in 1910
took over the controlling interest in
the property and formed the George
E. Duffy M'f'g Co., of which he is the
president and treasurer; Congregationalist; Republican; Mason, blue lodge,
chapter, Knight Templar, Shriner;
member Worcester Country Club,
Commonwealth Club, Worcester Cham
ber of Commerce, Alpha Delta Phi
national college fraternity and Phi Beta
Kappa scholarship soc; vice-president
Park Trust Co., Worcester, Mass.; m.,
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Oct. 16, 1896, Grace Mary Whipple;
children: Eunice M., Ralph E., Gladys
I. Residence, Worcester, Mass.
Woodbury, Frank Taylor
Physician (specialty, obstetrics); b.,
North Weare, N. H., Dec. 4, 1871; s.
Daniel Peterson and Mary Abbie
(Taylor) Woodbury, his ancestry on
both sides going back to the arrivals
on the Mayflower, and including nu
merous soldiers of the French and In
dian and Colonial Wars, as well a sthe
Revolution and later wars; ed. district
schools of Weare, Manchester high
school, class of 1889, Dartmouth Col
lege, and Harvard Medical School,
M.D. 1896; has practiced his profession
in Wakefield, Mass., since 1897;
selectman of that town in 1905 and
1906, trustee of its public library
since 1900 and tree warden since 1906;
fellow of the Mass. Medical Soc,
member of the Golden Rule Masonic
lodge, American Medical Soc. and
Kappa Kappa Kappa college frater
nity; m., Oct. 20, 1897, Mary Hodgdon
Whittle, Weare, N. H.; children:
Ruth Amelia, b. June 17, 1902, and
Dorcas Lydia, b. Sept. 19, 1907.
Residence, 21 Chestnut St., Wakefield,
Mass. Moulton, Warren Joseph
Educator; clergyman; b., Sand
wich, N. H., Aug. 30, 1865; s. Gilman
and Lydja Ann (Dearborn) Moulton;
ed. Boston Univ., Amherst College,
B.A., 1888, M.A. 1893; B.D., Yale,
1893; University of Got tinge n, Ger
many, 1895-8; Ph.D., 1898; teacher
Semitic and Biblical department, Yale,
1898-1902; ordained to the Congre
gational ministry, 1899; traveled
abroad, 1902-3; pastor Athol, Mass.
1903-5; professor in Bangor Theo
logical Seminary, since 1905; director
American School of Research in Jeru
salem, 1912-3; member Phi Beta
Kappa, Theta Delta Chi, Religious
Educational Ass'n, etc.; contributor
to various religious works; m., June
21, 1900, Helen Winifred Shute of
Boston. Residence, 331 Hammond
St., Bangor, Me.
Leonard, Charles Hall
Clergyman and theologian; b.,
Northwood, N. H., Sept. 16, 1822; s.
Lemuel and Cynthia (Claggett) Leon
ard; ed. Haverhill, Mass., Academy,
Atkinson, N. H., Academy and Brad
ford, Mass., Seminary; Theological
Seminary, Clinton, N. Y., 1848;
(D.D., St. Lawrence Univ., 1871;
LL.D., Tufts, 1905); ordained to the
Universalist ministry and became
pastor of the Universalist church at
Chelsea, Mass., 1848, continuing till
1871; established Children's Sunday
while in this pastorate, which became
a recognized institution for the second
Sunday in June throughout the coun
try; became Goddard professor of'
Homiletics and Pastoral Theology in
Crane Divinity School, Tufts College,
in 1869 and devoted his attention ex
clusively to the work after 1871;
made dean of the school in 1884,
continuing 30 years. Honorary mem
ber Phi Beta Kappa, and member
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Whittier Club, Haverhill, Mass.;
m., 1846, Phoebe Ann Bassett, New
York, d. 1872; Author, "Book of
Prayer for Church and Home," 1865;
"Steps in the Religious Life," 1868.
Address, Tufts College, Mass.
Dewey, Henry Sweetser
Lawyer; b., Hanover, N. H., Nov.
9, 1856; s. Israel Otis and Susan
Augusta (Sweetser) Dewey; ed. vari
ous schools and academies; Dart
mouth College, A.B. 1878, A.M. 1881;
Boston University, LL.B. 1882; ad
mitted to the bar and entered practice
in Boston; Congregationalist; Re
publican; member Republican Ward
and City Committees, Boston, 1884-8;
Boston Common Council, 1885-7;
Mass. home of representatives, 1889-91
(Chairman committee on judiciary,
and floor leader of the house, 1890-1);
private, corporal and sergeant, Mass.
First Corps Cadets 1880-9; judge ad
vocate of First Brigade, Mass. Militia,
with rank of captain, 1889-1900; judgeadvocate-general with rank of Colonel
in 1900; brigadier-general, 1900-05;
brigadier-general on the retired list
since 1911; master in chancery, 190312; member county board of bar exami
ners, 1891-7 (chairman, 1895-7); first
chairman Mass. state board of bar
examiners, 1897-1903; special justice
municipal court of Boston, 1896-9;
associate-justice, 1899-1902; member
Boston Bar Ass'n American Bar Ass'n,
International Law Ass'n, Alpha Delta
Phi, Sons of the Revolution, Soc. of
Colonial Wars, Athletic and Univer
sity clubs, Boston, Alpha Delta Phi
Club, New York City, Wissenschaftlichen Club, Vienna, Austria.
Morrill, Harley Winslow
Manufacturer; b., Penacook, N. H.,
March 25, 1872; s. George S., many
years chief engineer of the Old Colony
Railroad, and Clara (Moody) Morrill;
ed. schools of Penacook and Mass.
Inst. of Tech.; employed as an engi
neer by the Pennsylvania R. R., 18923, by the city of Concord, N. H., 18934, by the New York, New Haven &
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Hartford R. R., 1894-1901; since 1901
employed by the Ludlow (Mass.)
M'f'g Associates as superintendent,
general superintendent and agent
(since January, 1916) of their extensive
plant; Congregationalist; Republican;
chairman local exemption board for
Division Number Seven, State of
Massachusetts; member of Horace
Chase lodge of Masons, Penacook,
N. H., and of Springfield Commandery,
K. T., Springfield, Mass.; member
American Soc. of Mechanical Engi
neers; trustee Ludlow Savings Bank
and Springfield Co-operative Bank;
in., June 5, 1895, Lillian L. Sargent, of
Penacook; daughter, Mildred S., b.
Dec. 9, 1896. At the time of writing
this sketch (August, 1918) Mr. Morrill
was on his way to India on an impor
tant business mission for his company.
Residence, Ludlow, Mass.
Clark, Allan Chester
Journalist, lawyer; b., Center Har
bor, N. H., July 4, 1877; s. Malpheno
�Hon. A. Chester Clark
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
C. and Sarah Libby (Bartlett) Clark
(kinsman, on maternal side, of Josiah
Bartlett, signer of the Declaration of
Independence); ed. public schools of
Center Harbor, Meredith high school;
New Hampton Literary Institution,
1901, Dartmouth College one year;
engaged on staff of Kennebec Journal,
Lewiston, Augusta, Me., 1901; en
gaged in real estate business and the
study of law in Meredith, 1903-5;
removed to Concord and engaged in
newspaper work, as correspondent of
the Boston American and other papers,
and pursued his legal studies as time
permitted, till admission to the bar,
June 27, 1913, after which he was in
practice in Concord; Unitarian; Dem
ocrat; delegate from his native town
in the N. H. constitutional convention
of 1902; clerk of the constitutional
convention of 1912; appointed Judge
of the Concord District Court by
Gov. Samuel D. Felker, Aug. 8, 1913;
Judge of the Concord Municipal
Court by appointment of Gov. Rolland H. Spaulding, March 10, 1915:
made a notable record in criminal
administration, especially in the en
forcement of the law regulating the
operation of automobiles, establish
ing precedents recognized throughout
the country; elected clerk of the con
stitutional convention of 1918; mem
ber and secretary of the N. H. Bar
Ass'n, American Institute of Crim
inal Law and Criminology, N. H.' His
torical Soc, A. F. & A. M. (lodge,
chapter, council and commandery),
K. of P. (past chancellor of Concord
Lodge and past deputy grand chan
cellor, N. H. Grand Lodge), Capital
Grange, P. of H., Wonokncet, Uni
tarian and Beaver Meadow Golf
clubs, Concord. Aside from news
paper work Judge Clark has written
many magazine articles, and is also
known as an occasional orator of more
than ordinary ability; m., June 12,
1917, Jennie A. Ross of New Bruns
wick. Residence, Concord, N. H.
McHugh, Bartholomew Franklin
Traveling salesman; b., Gorham,
N. H., June 6, 1860; s. John and Janet
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(O'Malley) McHugh; ed. public
schools; studied law for a time in
youth with M. A. Hastings, now clerk
of Court for Coos County; changing
his plans he learned the machinist's
trade, and was for a time in charge of
a machine shop at Troy, N. Y., and
later at Fitchburg, Mass., but re
linquished the business and engaged
in general insurance in the latter city
for five years, after which he again
changed and entered upon the life of
a commercial traveler, which he has
since followed with great success;
sold tea and coffee for C. A. Cross &
Co. for several years, putting the
"Red Cross," to which he gave the
name, upon the market; for the last
six years or more has been with Martin
L. Hall & Co. of Boston, the oldest cof
fee house in the country, winning wide
popularity for himself and his firm;
Catholic; Democrat; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1917, and
carried through the bill providing for
the re-survey of the boundary line
between New Hampshire and Maine;
reelected to the legislature, Nov. 1918;
member N. E. Fat Men's Club; noted
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
among his associates as a conversa
tionalist and story-teller. Residence,
Gorham, N. H.
Abbott, Frederick Wallace
Physician, teacher, medico-legal ex
pert, orator; b., Dover, N. H., March
5, 1861; s. Sylvester and Elizabeth
Graves (Wortman) Abbott; ed. pub
lic schools of Dover, and Berwick and
So. Berwick, Me., Berwick Academy
and private schools of Olive Raynes,
So. Berwick; taught public schools,
Berwick, Eliot, and Kennebunk, Me.,
four years, while preparing for voca
tion; A.B., University of America,
1883; at medical department Bowdoin College, 1884-5; M.D., Eclectic
Medical College of Me., 1886; H.F. B.S.
(New York City), 1895; A.M., Taylor
University and Ph.D., National Nor
mal University, 1901;F.S.Sc. (London),
1908; F.S.P. (England), 1914; F.B.P.
(England), 1915; F.P.C. (London),
1916; D.P.H., Eclectic Medical Uni
versity, 1917; D.C.L., Potomac Uni
versity, 1918; academician of Toulouse,
France; life-member, Institut du Midi,
Toulouse; life-member, and medalist of
1st class (gold), Italian Academy of
Physics and Chemistry, Palermo, Sicily ;
censor Eclectic Medical College
of City of New York, 1892- ; pro
fessor eugenics in Eclectic Med
ical University, 1913- ; professor
medical ethics in Middlesex College
of Medicine and Surgery, and forensic
medicine in Middlesex College of
Chiropody, University of Massachu
setts, 1916- ; consulting physician to
Middlesex Hospital, 1916- ; associ
ate editor, Massachusetts Medical
Journal, 1894-1904; secretary-treas
urer alumnae soc. of Potomac Uni
versity, 1900- ; president Mass. Ec
lectic Medical Soc, 1894, New Eng
land Eclectic Medical Ass'n, 1900,
Am. Eclectic Materia Medica Ass'n,
1905-7, Boston District Eclectic Med
ical Soc, 1910; honorary member
fifteen State Eclectic bodies and five
others; active member twelve medical
societies; member Authors' Club,
London; member and examiner many
secret fraternities; Free Thinker;
Democrat; m., Sept. 2, 1886, Sylvina
Apphia Emery, Kennebunk, Me.;
children: Susan Elizabeth (Abbott)
Tubman, b. March 18, 1890, John
Frederick, b. Aug. 4, 1893; nationally
known as an orator, especially in fra
ternal, academic, and patriotic circles,
and as a medico-legal adviser and wit
ness; practiced at Taunton, Mass.,
since May 5, 1886.
Taylor, Maria Sanborn
(Mrs. John A. Taylor) teacher;
home-maker, club-woman; b., Frank
lin, N. H., Nov. 20, 1860; dau. George
Low and Martha Jane (Lane) San
born; father noted in musical circles
and cornetist in band of 1st N. H.
Reg't, 1861; mother daughter of Dr.
John S. Lan,e ajid from a prominent
Sanbornton, N. H., family; direct
descendant on paternal side of John
Sandborn (or Sanborn), first of the
grantees of the town of Sanbornton,
for whom the town was named; direct
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descendant on maternal side of Thomas
Dudley, second Governor of Massa
chusetts Bay Colony; also descended
from Henry Herrick who settled in
Salem, Mass., in 1629, and who traced
his ancestry to Ericke, a Danish chief
tain, who invaded Britain in the reign
of Alfred; ed. Franklin High school,
1879, Franklin Academy, McGaw
Normal Institute, N. H. Normal
School, Plymouth; taught school three
and a half years in Hooksett, Salis
bury, and Franklin, N. H.; Congregationalist, member O. E. S. (past
officer), U. O. G. C. (past officer),
Georgetown Literary Club, Melrose
Woman's Club, American Red Cross;
trustee, vice-president, and chairman
house com. Carleton Home, George
town, Mass., July, 1913 to Oct., 1916;
vice-president Maplewood New Cen
tury Club, Malden, Mass., 1900-3,
president 1903-5, honorary member
since 1910; secretary Woman's Club,
Georgetown, Mass., 1912-13, vicepresident, 1913-14, president, 1914-16;
m., Nov. 26, 1885, John Alvah Taylor;
one daughter, Agnes Dudley, b. Jan.
8, 1888, ed. Malden schools, Miss
Kimball's school for Girls, Worcester,
Mass., Tilton Seminary, 1908. Resi
dence, 32 Poplar St., Melrose, Mass.
Keyes, Frances Parkinson Wheeler
(Mrs. Henry W. Keyes), b., Char
lottesville, Va., July 21, 1885; dau.
John Henry and Louise Fuller (John
son) Wheeler; ed. Miss Winsor's
school, Boston, Mass., and in Europe;
passed examination for Bryn Mawr
College, but did not enter, having be
come engaged to Henry W. Keyes,
whom she married, June 4, 1904
(See sketch, p. 211.) Primarily a
home-maker and the worthy mistress of
"Pine Grove Farm" on the banks of the
Connecticut at No. Haverhill, known
as the seat of a generous hospitality
in all the north country, Mrs. Keyes
is a fine linguist, a great reader, an
entertaining conversationalist, and has
travelled extensively, both in this
country and Europe; Episcopalian;
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member and past president St. Cath
erine's Guild, No. Haverhill, N. H.,
member N. H. Soc, D. A. R., and
Colonial Dames (admitted to the
former on records of four officers, and
latter on seven), N. H. Civic Federa
tion, Woman's Committee, N. H.
Council of National Defense (vicepresident), American Red Cross (holds
instructor's certificate in Surgical
Dressing Work); worked extensively
in pushing the several Liberty Loans;
member executive committee and book
committee of No. Haverhill public
library since marriage. Of late Mrs.
Keyes has developed decided talent as
a writer, her contributions finding
place in the Atlantic Monthly and
other prominent publications, and
receiving warm commendation. Her
poem—"To the Haverhill", given at
the launching of the ship named in
honor of her home town, at Newington, Aug. 24, for which she was sponsor,
was given wide publication and was
much admired. Residence, No. Haver
hill, N. H.
�Leslie Perkins Snow
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Sanborn, Mary Farley
Author; b., Manchester, N. H.,
May 8, 1853; dau., Alden W. and
Elizabeth Hazeltinc, (Abbott) San
born; ed. Doctor Gannett's school.
Boston; afterwards studied vocal
music, for the concert stage, with.
Madame Enninie Rudersdorff; has
done much literary work in short ar
ticles, reviewing, etc.; author "Sweet
and Twenty," 1890; "It Came to
Pass," 1891; "Paula Ferris," 1892;
"The Revelation of Herself," 1904;
"Lafayette and the Congressman,"
1905; "The Canvas Door," 1909;
m., Oct. IS, 1876, Fred C. Sanborn,
Manchester, N. H. Residence, 30
Williston Rd., Brookline, Mass.
Snow, Leslie Perkins
Lawyer; b., Eaton, N. H., Oct. 19,
1862; s. Edwin and Helen M. Perkins
Snow (descendant of Nicholas Snow,
who came from England to Plymouth,
Mass., in 1623); his father, Edwin
Snow was a prominent business man
and leading Democrat of Carroll
county for many years; ed. Bridgton
Academy, No. Bridgton, Me., 1881;
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1886; Co
lumbian Law School (now George
Washington Univ.), LL.B. 1890; Congregationalist; Republican; served as
moderator in Eaton and as a member
of N. H. house of representatives from
that town in 1887-88; special pension
examiner for U. S. government, 1887W, serving in Kansas, Nebraska, Col
orado and Washington, D. C.; ad
mitted to the Maryland bar in 1890,
and the New Hampshire bar in 1891,
since when he has been in practice in
Rochester, at first as a member of the
firm of Worcester, Gafney & Snow,
subsequently alone; now senior mem
ber of Snow, Snow & Cooper; member
Rochester school board, 1899-1904;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918;
Odd Fellow, 32d degree Mason,
Knight Templar and Shriner, Theta
Delta Chi College fraternity (Pres.
N. E. Ass'n 1886); president Roches
ter Nat'l Bank since 1902; vice-presi23
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dent Rochester Trust Co.; president
Gafney Home for the Aged president
Rochester Public Safety Com.; Chair
man Liberty Loan Com. ; County chair
man War Savings Com., and various
State and New England committees in
war activities; m., 1st, Nov. 28, 1888,
Susan E. Currier, Haverhill, N. H., d.
June 6, 1892; 2d. June 27, 1894, Norma
C. Currier; children, Conrad Edwin, b.
August 6, 1889 (A.B. Dartmouth, 1912;
Magdalen College, Oxford, Eng., 1914;
LL.B. Harvard Law School, 1917);
Lieutenant and Aide-de-Camp to Gen.
Babbitt in American Expeditionary
forces in France; Leslie Whitmore,
b. Dec. 9, 1890 (A.B. Dartmouth,
1912, B.S. Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1914),
Captain in American Expeditionary
forces in France. Residence, Roches
ter, N. H.
Snow, Norma Cutter Currier
(Mrs. Leslie P. Snow), b., July 3.
1863; dau. Franklin Pettingill and
Missouri Eliza (Whitmore) Currier;
ed., Haverhill Academy, _ Haverhill,
N. II., and Montebello Institute, New
bury, Vt.; after leaving school served
from 1883 to 1892 as cashier and book
keeper for the wholesale and retail
house of Carter & Churchill, Lebanon,
N. H.; m. June 27, 1894, Leslie P.
Snow, Rochester, N. H; organized and
conducted a kindergarten at Rochester,
from 1896 to 1900; Congregation alist
and active in religious and social work;
member (by several lines) Daughters
of the American Revolution, regent
Mary Tarr Chapter, Rochester,
1912-14, State secretary, N. H. Chap
ter, 1915-17; president Rochester
Woman's Club, 1903-5, 1912-14, secre
tary N. H. Federation Women's Clubs,
1913-15, Chairman Reciprocity Com
mittee; member Rochester School
Board, 1914 to the present time; chair
man board of managers, Gafney Home
for the Aged, Rochester, from organiza
tion in 1904 to the present time; organ
izer and vice-president Rochester Dis
trict Nurse Ass'n; director N. H. Ass'n
for Prevention of Tuberculosis; and
N. H. Parent and Teachers' Ass'n;
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Mrs. Leslie Perkins Snow
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
chairman Rochester Surgical Dressings
Committee; chairman Garment and
Surgical Dressings Committee, Roches
ter Chapter Red Cross; member
National Committee for Preservation
of the Flag, and National Committee
of Children of the American Revolu
tion ; member Rochester Country Club,
president of Monday Club (two years).
Primarily a housekeeper and homemaker, Mrs. Snow has manifested a
high order of ability in the initiation
and direction of organized activities.
Sanborn, Alice Evelyn
Educator; librarian; b., Franklin,
N. H., Jan. 9, 1864; dau. George
Low and Martha Jane (Lane) San
born (for further ancestral facts see
sketch of Maria Sanborn Taylor);
ed. Franklin public schools, high
school, 1881; N. H. State Normal
School, 1885; Pratt Institute School
of Library Science, 1898; Chau
tauqua Literary and Scientific Circle,
1914; teacher in Franklin, N. H.,
1882, 1885-6; West Quincy, Mass.,
1886-8; State Normal School, Mil
waukee, Wis., 1888-96; Newton Cen
ter, Mass., 1896-7; cataloguer in a
N. Y. branch library (8 mos.) 1898-9;
in Princeton Univ. library (2 yrs.,
5 mos.) 1899-1901; librarian Wells
College library, Aurora, N. Y., 1901
to date; teacher Chautauqua Sum
mer Library School (five summers),
1908-12; member Presbyterian Church,
Aurora, N. Y.; American Library
Ass'n; N. Y. State Library Ass'n,
Graduate Ass'n, Pratt Institute School
of Library Science, American Red
Cross, Thursday Club, Aurora. Resi
dence, Aurora, N. Y.
Vamey, Charles Wesley
Insurance; b., Lebanon, Me., June
4, 1884; s. David W. and Abbie (Tibbetts) Varney; ed., public schools,
West Lebanon, Me., Academy, Bryant
6 Stratton's Business College, Boston,
Mass. ; engaged for a time in insurance
in Boston, but soon removed to Roch
ester, N. H., where he has established
a large business, representing over 60
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companies; Methodist; Republican;
actively interested in political life;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1913-14; State senate, 1915-16 (young
est man ever elected) ; executive coun
cil, 1917-18 (youngest man, also,
ever chosen councilor) ; Mason, Knight
Templar, 32d degree, and Eastern
Star; Odd Fellow; Patron of Husban
dry, Lecturer N. H. State Grange,
1913 to 1917; President N. H. Grange
Fire Ins. Co.; member N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1918, introducing
and carrying through resolution for
adjournment until after close of the
war; member Rochester City Club,
Waquoit Club; m. Oct. 13, 1906,
Matilda Webster Shepherd; children:
Charles W., Jr., b. Nov. 17, 1912;
Barbara Shepherd, b. May 1, 1915.
Residence, Rochester, N. H.
Pettee, Charles Holmes
Educator; dean N. H. College; b.,
Manchester, N. H., Feb. 2, 1853; ed.
Manchester public
schools — high
school, 1870; Dartmouth College,
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
A.B. 1874; Thayer School, C.E. 1876;
instructor in Thayer School and N. H.
College (then a department of Dart
mouth), 1876-7; professor of Mathe
matics, N. H. College, 1877-1917; ap
pointed dean in 1888 and still con
tinues; received honorary degree
LL.D. from N. H. College in 1913;
member American Ass'n for Advance
ment of Science, Soc. for Promotion
of Engineering Education, Nat'l Geo
graphic Soc., Patrons of Husbandry
(Master Grafton Star Grange, Han
over, N. H., six years, ex-committee
N. H. State Grange, two years), Phi
Beta Kappa Soc, Kappa Kappa
Kappa fraternity; Congregationalist
(senior deacon Durham Congrega
tional church); Republican; town
auditor in Durham several years;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention 1918. While living in Han
over Professor Pettee initiated the
movement resulting in the establish
ment of the town water works; he
was an early advocate of highway im
provement, and of state aid to towns
for such purpose; since removal to
Durham, with the college in 1893,
has been there interested in public
as well as college affairs. He served
as acting president of the college for
several months each, between the
administrations of Presidents Murkland
and Gibbs, Gibbs and Fairchild and
Fairchild and Hetzel; m., 1877, Luella Elizabeth Swett, at Hanover
(a native of Canaan); children; Alvena, b. 1881, (m. 1905, Edward E.
Nelson, mechanical engineer, Garfield,
Utah); Horace James, b. 1883, me
chanical engineer with the Decatur
Bridge Co., Decatur, Ill.; Sarah Eliz
abeth, b. 1886, dietetian, Roosevelt
Hospital War Unit, Base Hospital 15,
A. E. F., France; Charles Swett, b.
1895, first lieutenant, U. S. regular
army, 3d division headquarters, A
E. F., France. All his children are
graduates of N. H. College. Resi
dence, Durham, N. H .
Shontell, Frederick William
Investment banker; b., Montpelier,
Vt., June 11, 1862; s. Frederick and
Emilie (Amiel) Shontell; removed to
Penacook, N. H., in boyhood (his
father having been killed in the Civil
War), and commenced work at eleven
years of age in the old John Brown
woolen mill; ed. public schools of
Montpelier and Penacook; entered
employ of Amoskeag Mf'g Co., Man
chester, N. H., April 1, 1876, continu
ing two years; afterwards employed
by Plummer & Holton, merchant
tailors, Manchester; was with A. D.
Smith, druggist, of Nashua, two years,
returning to Manchester in 1895 in
service of the Manchester Traction
Light & Power Co., continuing till 1910
when he engaged in investment bank
ing (head of the firm of Shontell &
Varick); Unitarian; Independent Re
publican; Moderator Ward 4; mem
ber N. H. state senate, 1901, A. F. &
A. M., 32d degree and Knight Templar,
Derryfield and Joliet clubs, Sons of
Veterans; m., Oct. 20, 1903, Edith
Davis, Manchester. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
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Odell, Willis Patterson
Clergyman; b., Lake Village (now a
part of Laconia), N. H., Dec. 14, 1855;
s. Joseph L. and Abbie (Swain) Odell;
ed., public schools, Tilton Seminary,
Boston University, A.B. 1880, A.M.
1890, Ph.D. 1896; D.D., Allegheny
College, 1895; entered ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, 1880; pas
tor, Cliftondale, Mass., 1880-2; Wesley
Church, Salem, 1883-5; Center Church,
Malden, 1886-9; Delaware Ave., Buf
falo, N. Y., 1890-4; Richmond Ave.,
Buffalo, 1895-7; Calvary, New York
City, 1898-1903; Germantown First,
Philadelphia, Pa., 1904-6; supplied at
Congregational Church, Meredith, N.
H., 1909-10; Pastor St. Marks Church,
Brookline, Mass., 1911-16; appointed
Superintendent, Boston District, M.E.
Churches, 1917, still holding such
position. The churches named are
among the best in the denomination,
and Dr. Odell has had special success
in financing church enterprises, build
ing edifices for several and paying
debts for others; member Theta Delta
Chi Soc. in College and admitted to
Phi Beta Kappa after graduation; A. F.
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& A. M.; Incorporator of Meredith,
N. H., Savings Bank; director and vicepresident Lakeport Nat'l Bank; direc
tor Citizens Telephone Co., Laconia;
trustee Tilton Seminary, Boston Uni
versity, Boston School of Expression,
New England Methodist. Conference,
Wesley Foundation, Harvard Univer
sity. Author "Ministries of Hope."
1904, and various pamphlets on reli
gious topics; m., 1st, June 30, 1881,
Mary F. French, d. March 26, 1904;
2d, Nov. 21, 1906, Eva J. Beede,
Meredith, N. H. Dr. Odell has trav
eled widely in his own and foreign
countries and lectured much on what
he has seen. Residence, 84 Prescott
St., Cambridge, Mass.; summer home,
Sandown, N. H.
Odell, Eva Beede
(Mrs. Willis P. Odell) ; teacher and writ
er; b., Meredith, N. H., Nov. 28. 1852;
dau. John Way and Caroline Frances
(Fogg) Beede; ed. public schools, Mere
dith, Tilton Seminary, Wellesley Col
lege; engaged in teaching several years
in Methodist institutions, including
the seminaries at Tilton, N. H., Mont-
�Samuel De Wolf Lewis
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pelier and Poultney, Vt., Kent's Hill,
Me., and . the Centenary Collegiate
Institute at Hackettstown, N. J.,
where she was preceptress for six years.
She has traveled extensively in the
United States and Europe and lectured
much on the places visited; actively
engaged in Woman's Club work while
a resident of New Hampshire; now a
member of the Soc. of New Hamp
shire's Daughters in Boston; Author of
two volumes of folk lore stories, en
titled "Roxy's Good Angel and Other
New England Tales," and "Miss Prissy's Diamond Rings," also a volume of
poems entitled '^innipesaukee and
Other Poems"; frequent writer of
short articles for newspapers and
magazines, including the Granite
Monthly; frequently furnishes enter
tainment for societies and private
parties by reading her own stories and
sketches; m., Nov. 21, 1906, Rev.
Willis P. Odell, D.D. (See preceding
sketch.)
Lewis, Samuel De Wolf
Banker; b., Newport, N. H., Jan.
3, 1867; s. Frederick W. and Mary
J. (Travis) Lewis; ed. Newport high
school, Phillips Exeter Academy; Epis
copalian; Republican; selectman, town
of Newport, four years; aid-de
camp, staff of Gov. Frank W. Rol
lins, 1899-1901; cashier First Nat'l
Bank of Newport, since 1890, and
present vice-president; trustee New
port Savings Bank since 1893; pres
ident Brampton Woolen Co., Newport
and Sunapee, N. H.; member A. F. &
A. M., Newport Board of Trade,
Boston Athletic Ass'n; m., June 4,
1890, Maude I. Bibby, Providence,
R. I. (member Colonial Dames and
Order of the Crown); one daughter,
Goldina De Wolf, b. April 30, 1894;
educated at St. Mary's School, Con
cord, N. H., and Paris, France; now a
pupil of Mme. Marcella Sembrich.
Residence, Newport, N. H.
Ball, Sumner Nehemiah
Farmer and hotel-keeper; b., Wash
ington, N. H., June 3, 1854; s. Dexter
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and Hannah (Jefts) Ball; ed. public
schools and Tubbs Union Academy,
Washington; resided some years in
Antrim where he founded and published
the Antrim Reporter; returning to his
native town he has been extensively
engaged in agriculture, is an exten
sive real estate owner and proprietor of
the famous Lovewell Hotel; Baptist;
Republican; moderator, member of the
town board of selectmen nineteen
years; member school board twelve
years; commissioner for Sullivan Coun
ty six years; prominent in public affairs
in town and county; Patron of Husban
dry and for eight years Master of Lovell Grange, Washington; m., Nov. 26,
1884, Carrie B. Brooks; children:
John S., b. Aug. 30, 1886; Nina M., b.
Feb. 27, 1889; Phillips B., b. Oct. 11,
1900. Residence, Washington, N. H.
Tripp, Warren
Farmer and lumberman; b., Short
Falls (Epsom), N. H., Oct. 16, 1839;
s. Jeremiah and Chloe P. (Prescott)
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Tripp; great grandson of Richard and
Ann McClary Tripp, early settlers of
Epsom, and born and since residing
upon the old family homestead; en
gaged in agriculture from boyhood.
but for many years bought and sold
cattle extensively, and has since been
largely engaged in the manufacture
and sale of lumber, for some years in
company with the late James B. Tennant; Democrat and active in political
affairs for many years, serving as se
lectman, collector and town treasurer;
party candidate for state senator in
1894; Patron of Husbandry, first
Master of McClary Grange of Epsom;
member Suncook Valley Pomona
Grange; president N. H. Grange,
State Fair Ass'n, 1892-3, and later
general superintendent; member Jewell
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Hiram Chapter,
Mt. Horeb Commandery, and the
Mystic Shrine; Evergreen Lodge,
I. O. O. F., Wonolancet Club; director
Suncook Bank and Mt. Washington
R. R.; m., June 8, 1862, Katie M.
Bickford, d. Sept. 4, 1910; children:
Floras W., b. Oct. 12, 1864, d. March
29, 1894; Annie M., b. March 11, 1868,
m. Blanchard Fowler. Residence,
Short Falls (Epsom), N. H.
Cottle, Marion Weston
Lawyer; b., Buffalo N. Y.; dau.
Octavius 0. and Fannie (Petrie) Cottle;
ed. St. Margaret's School, Buffalo;
Wellesley College (special student);
New York University, LL.B. 1904;
Boston University, LL.M. 1913; Re
publican; in practice of law since 1905;
member of the bars of New York,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts and
Maine, and of the Supreme Court of
the United States; lecturer on law for
the Redpath Chautauqua System,
Washington College of Law, Washing
ton, D. C., and the Brooklyn Institute
of Arts and Sciences; member N. H.
Bar Ass'n; N. Y. County Lawyers'
Ass'n; Women Lawyers' Ass'n;
Mass. Ass'n of Women Lawyers;
Tau Zeta Epsilon Soc., Wellesley Col
lege; director Carter-Crane Co. (Inc);
Associate editor Women Lawyers'
Journal; public lecturer on law and
suffrage; law offices, No. Conway, N.
H., New York City and Tremont
Building, Boston, Mass. Residence,
New York City; country home, Sylvaof-the-Pines, Intervale, N. H.
Hoyt-Stevens, Jane Elizabeth
Physician; b., Concord, N. H.,
Sept. 23, 1860; dau., Sewel and Han
nah Elizabeth (Nichols) Hoit; ed.
Concord public schools, Wellesley
College, Woman's Med. Col., N. Y.
Infirmary, 1890; University of Leipzig,
Germany; assistant N. Y. Infant
Asylum (10th Ave. and 61st St.), 188990; resident physician, Lasell Sem
inary, Auburndale, Mass., 1890-1;
interne N. E. Hospital, Roxbury,
Mass., 1891-2; commenced medical
practice in Concord, N. H., June, 1893,
continuing since except for absence in
foreign travel and study, having made
four trips abroad, one of which covered
two and a half years, in which she
traveled extensively in Europe and
Northern Africa, studying a year and
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
a half at the University of Leipzig,
and visiting hospitals in many of the
great cities; Episcopalian; suffragist;
candidate for city physician of Con
cord against several male doctors in
1897, and coming within three votes
of election; consulting physician on
staff of Margaret Pillsbury Hospital,
Concord, 1896-7-8; member Amer.
Med. Ass'n; N. H. Med. Soc; Mer
rimack Co. and Center Dist. Med.
Socs., Woman's Med. Ass'n, N. Y.
City (life); delegate from N. H. Med.
Soc. to International Med. Congress,
Lisbon, Portugal, 1906; member N.
H. Historical Soc. (Necrologist); Con
cord Seaman's Friend Soc. (life, expresident) ; N. H. Bible Soc. (life); Con
cord Female Charitable Soc. (life);
Equal Suffrage Ass'n;- m., June 26,
1907, George Washington Stevens,
Claremont, d. April 28, 1916. Resi
dence, 83 No. State St., Concord, N. H.
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Hartford, Conn.; Congregationalist;
Republican ("born and bred"); mem
ber Conn. State Park Commission,
Public Market Commission, Hart
ford, Israel Putnam Memorial Camp
commission, Conn. Soc, Civil Engin
eers, National Municipal League,
American Civic Ass'n, American Soc.
Municipal Improvement, S. A. R.,
A. F. & A. M., Phi Sigma Kappa;
University Club, Hartford, Harvard
Club of Conn.; m., Dec. 6, 1876,
Bailey, Marshall Henry.
Physician; b., Lisbon, N. H., Jan.
24, 1859; s. Israel C. and Jane S. Hunt
Bailey; M.D., College of Physicians
and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., 1893;
commenced practice in Boston, 1896;
Medical Adviser Harvard Univ.; phy
sician in charge Stillman Infirmary;
Republican; Congregationalist; mem
ber Mass. Medical Soc, Cambridge
Medical Improvement Soc, Boston
Medical. Library, A. F. & A. M.; m.,
June 13, 1894, Emma A. Jones, Con
cord, N. H. Residence, 1569 Massachu
setts Ave., Cambridge, Mass.
Parker, George Amos
Superintendent of Parks; b., Fitzwilliam, N. H., April 28, 1853; s.
George W. and Julia A. (Deeth)
Parker; ed. public schools, Mass. Ag
ricultural College, 1876, Boston Uni
versity, Harvard Univ.; headgardener, Vassar College, 1876-9; super
intendent, Cliffdale (Judge Boardman's estate), Ophir Farm (John
Roach's estate), supervisor station
grounds and approaches N. Y., N. H.
A H. R. R.; now director Keney Park
and superintendent public parks,
Jennie Waterman Richmond, Halifax,
Mass., d. 1894; children: Arthur V.,
A. Richmond, Robert L., Priscilla.
Residence, 100 Blue Hill Ave.; office,
Municipal Building, Hartford, Conn.
Sanborn, Walter Henry
Jurist; b., Epsom, N. H., Oct. 19,
1845, s. Henry F. and Eunice (Davis)
Sanborn. (Henry F. Sanborn was a
state senator and long prominent in
public life; Eunice Davis was a
granddaughter of Thomas Davis who
fought under Prescott at Bunker Hill,
served through the Revolution and was
�Hon. Walter H. Sanborn
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
one of the veterans present addressed
by Webster as "Venerable Men" at
the laying of the corner-stone of the
Bunker Hill Monument in 1825);
ed. Pittsfield Academy, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1867 (valedictorian),
A.M. 1870, LL.D. 1893; principal
Milford, N. H., high school and student
at law in the office of Hon. Bainbridge Wadleigh, Feb. 1867 to Feb.
1870; removed to St. Paul, Minn. and
was admitted to the bar by the Su
preme Court, Feb. 1871; formed a
gartnership with his uncle, Gen. John
!. Sanborn and practiced with him
until commissioned U. S. Circuit
Judge for the 8th Judicial Circuit,
March 17, 1892, in which position he
has continued, having been made pre
siding judge of the U. S. Circuit Court
of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, June 4,
1903. In his long period of judicial
service Judge Sanborn has delivered
more than one thousand opinions,
many of them involving important
and intricate questions of law, which
have commanded wide attention, and
are cited as authority in all parts of
the country; Congregationalist; Re
publican; member St. Paul City
Council, 1878-80, 1885-92; receiver
Union Pacific R. R., 1893-8; Chicago
& Great Western, 1908-9; St. Louis
& San Francisco, 1913-15; member
A. F. & A. M.; E. C. Damascus Commandery No. 1, K. T., St. Paul,
1886-8; E. G. C. Grand Commandery,
Minnesota, 1889-90; president Union
League, 1890, St. Paul Bar Ass'n
1890-1; treasurer Minn. Bar Ass'n.,
1885-92; member S. A. R., Minnesota
Historical Soc, Minnesota Club; m.,
Nov. 10, 1874, Emily F. Bruce, Milford; children: Grace (Mrs. Charles
G. Hartin), b. Oct. 1, 1875; Marian
(Mrs. Grant Van Sant), b. July 6, 1879
(Vassar College) ; Bruce W., b. July 11,
1882 (Dartmouth, 1904), (lawyer in St.
Paul) ; Henry F., b. Nov. 11, 1888 (R. R.
official, St. Louis, Mo.). Residence,
143 Virginia Ave., St. Paul, Minn.;
office, P. O. Building, St. Paul; sum
mer home, Epsom, N. H., at the old
homestead, held in the family since
1752.
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Scammon, John
Lawyer; b., Stratham, N. H., Sept.
3, 1865; s. John James and Rachel
(Jewell) Scammon; ed. Exeter high
school, Phillips Exeter Academy, Bos
ton University Law School; engaged
for a time in mercantile business, and
subsequently in railway service, but
later resumed the study of law, and
was admitted to the bar in 1898, en
tering the office of Eastman & Young
in Exeter; on appointment of John
E. Young to the Supreme Court bench
became a member of the firm of East
man, Scammon & Gardiner, and has
since continued, the firm, since the
death of Gen. Eastman, beiug Scam
mon & Gardiner; Congregationalist;
Republican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1903 and 1905, serving
on judiciary committee each session;
member and president N. H. senate,
1907; director and president Hampton
Water Works Co.; director Union
Pub. Co., Manchester; Mason, 32d
degree; m., Nov. 27, 1890, Mary G.
Dixie, Lynn, Mass.; children: Oscar
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Jewell, b. March 27, 1892; John
James, June 22, 1893; Mariana, March
17, 1895 (grad. Wheelock School);
Henry Glover, May 16, 1897; George
Albert, Aug. 20, 1899, sons all in U. S.
government service. Residence, Ex
eter, N. H.
Ryder, Herbert Daniel
Teacher, lawyer, manufacturer; b.,
Acworth, N. H., Nov. 12, 1850; s.
Daniel A. and Elizabeth A (Brigham)
Ryder; ed. public schools, Oberlin,
O., Colby Academy, New London,
N. H.; Dartmouth College, A.B. 1876,
A.M. 1879; principal Springfield, Vt.,
high school, three years; studied law
with Hon. David Cross and Henry E.
Burnham of Manchester, N. H., and
J. W. Pierce of Springfield, Vt.; ad
mitted to the bar in 1880 and com
menced practice in Springfield, re
moving to Bellows Falls a year later
where he became principal of the high
school, continuing until 1887 when he
became connected with the manufact
uring firm of Derby and Ball for three
years; resumed the practice of law in
1890 and since 1907 has been the senior
member of the law firm of Ryder and
Graham; in 1907 became manager of
the business conducted under the name
of Derby and Ball and has continued
the connection ever since; Congregationalist; Republican; chairman Bel
lows Falls board of bailiffs, 1893-5;
president of Bellows Falls Village
corporation, 1918; deputy collector
internal revenue, 1897-1904; state's
attorney, Windham County, 1904-6;
Eresidential elector, 1908; member Vt.
ouse of representatives and chairman
judiciary committee, 1913; superin
tendent of schools, Bellows Falls,
1890-7; chairman school board, town
of Rockingham, 1889-1914; examiner
of schools for Windham county about
twenty years; member Vt. State Board
of Education (secretary and treasurer),
1913-4; member A. F. & A. M. (lodge,
chapter and council), I. O. O. F., P. of
H., and Westminster Club; m., Nov.
30, 1881, Margaret E. Ball, Spring
field, Vt.; children: Jessie E., b. Feb.
18, 1884; Margaret S., b. April 26,
1885, m. Edward H. Kenerson, 1905,
d. 1909; Helen W., b. June 27, 1887,
m. Ralph D. Gilbert, 1912; Charlotte
D., b. Sept. 4, 1889, m. Edward H.
Kenerson, 1914; Katharine F., b.
July 26, 1895; Daniel F., b. Jan. 9,
1900; Mary Scott, b. June 18, 1904.
Residence, Bellows Falls, Vt.
Gibson, Harvey Dow
Banker; b., No. Conway, N. H.,
March 12, 1882; s. James L. and Addie (Dow) Gibson; ed. Bowdoin Col
lege, A.B. 1902; entered employ of
American Express Co., and became
assistant manager of the financial
department of the company in New
York; vice-president Raymond &
Whitcomb Co, for a time; in 1912
became assistant to the president of
Liberty Nat'l Bank, New York;
elected vice-president April, 1913,
?resident since Jan. 1, 1917; director
nterborough Rapid Transit Co., Pa
cific Fire Ins. Co., Mercantile Trust
& Deposit Co., and many other corpor
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ations; appointed General Manager
American Nat'l Red Cross, July, 1917;
member War Council and War Fi
nance Com. of same; Overseer Bowdoin College; member Ass'n, for Im
proving Condition of the Poor; Theta
Delta Chi, Bankers' Club of America,
Union League, New York; Metro
politan Club, Washington, D. C.;
Presbyterian; Republican; m., June
10, 1903, Carrie Hastings Curtis,
Newtonville, Mass. Residence, 52 E,
69th St.; business address, 120 Broad
way, N. Y.
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Beal, Frank Johnson
Merchant; b., Orford, N. H., Nov.
11, 1862; s. Royal and Josephine
(Johnson) Beal; ed. public schools and
Orford Academy; engaged in furniture
business in Orford for many years;
removed to Plymouth in 1903 and en
gaged in the dry goods trade, doing
business as "The Beal Co."; Congregationalist; Democrat; member N. H.
senate from fourth senatorial district,
1913-4 (Chairman committee on rail
Albee, Ernest
Educator; b., Langdon, N. H.,
Aug. 8, 1865; s. Solon and Ellen Lucilla (Eames) Albee; ed. University of
Vermont, A. B. 1887, Clark Uni
versity, Cornell University, Ph.D.,
1894; instructor in philosophy, Cornell
University, Ithaca, N. Y., 1892-1902,
assistant professor, 1902-7; professor
of philosophy, 1907- ; member Phi
Beta. Kappa, American Philosophical
Ass'n, American Psychological Ass'n.
City Club, N. Y. City, Town and
Gown, Ithaca, Author s, London,
Eng.; editor Philosophical Review,
1903-8; Author "A History of English
Utilitarianism," 1902. M., Dec. 23,
1911, Emily Humphreys Manly.
Residence, Ithaca, N. Y.
Abbott, Leon Martin
Lawyer; b., Richmond, N. H., Aug.
28, 1867; s. Joseph B. and Lydia C.
(Martin) Abbott; ed. Keene, N. H.,
high school, 1885, Mass. Institute of
Technology, Harvard College, Harvard
Law School, 1887-90; in practice of
law in Boston since 1891, member
firm of Bates, Nay, Abbott & Dane;
Republican; member Boston and Mass.
Bar Associations, Boston City Club;
prominent in Masonry, Grand Mas
ter Grand Lodge of Massachusetts,
and active 33d degree Mason; trustee
of many Masonic and other organiza
tions; m., April 19, 1894, Florence M.
Tallman, Boston. Residence, 797
Washington St., Brookline, Mass.;
office, Tremont Building, Boston.
roads), only Democrat ever elected in
the district; N. H. Commissioner of
Fisheries and Game, 1914-7; member
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918;
examiner in charge U. S. Department
of Labor Service; member A. F. &
A. M.; m., July 8, 1891, Elizabeth
Avery, Orford; children, Ruth Carver,
b. March 15, 1893 (Plymouth high
school, 1910, Radcliffe College, 1914),
m., June, 1916, Clinton D. Wilson,
Danielson, Conn.; Gertrude, b. March
2, 1894, d. Aue. 3, 1895. Residence,
Plymouth, N. H.
�William H. Manahan
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Manahan, William Henry
Auctioneer; general business; b. ,
New London, N. H., March 31, 1840;
s. John and Lucintha (Felch) Manahan ;
kinsman of John Manahan, who was
born in England in 1744, educated for
the army, stationed in Canada, and
left with others for New England,
joined the patriot forces, fought at
Bunker- Hill, marched with Arnold
through the wilderness to Quebec, was
with Stark at Bennington, and ulti
mately located in Francestown; frdm
his younger brother, Adam, born in
Ireland about 1760, who came to
America in search of John, after the
Revolution, William Henry Manahan
is descended, his father being Adam's
eldest son. He was educated in the
public schools. at Colby Academy, New
London, and Eaton's Commercial
College, Worcester, Mass.; he learned
the machinist's trade in youth, later
became a practical draughtsman and
pursued the calling for several years.
In 1862 he located in Hillsborough,
N. H., where he was engaged in lum
bering and milling for several years,
adding furniture manufacture to his
interests; later commenced operating
in real estate, for himself and as agent
for others, and from conducting sales
necessary to the business, ultimately
took up the work of a general auction
eer, and followed the same with re
markable success, establishing a rep
utation second to that of no man in the
business in New England; Congregationalist; Republican; moderator of
Hillsborough twelve years; justice of
the peace and quorum many years,
doing a large business; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1885-6, being
the first Republican ever elected from
Hillsborough; introduced and secured
the passage of the act to prevent the
double taxation of mortgages; mem
ber N. H. constitutional convention,
1889; m., March 31, 1862, Fannie
Harriet Chaffin, Holden, Mass.; chil
dren: Josephine Emily, b. Aug. 14,
1863, ed. Worcester Conservatory of
Music; Gertrude, b., Sept. 25, 1871
(Mrs. Charles S. Adams M.D., Wol-
351
laston, Mass.) , graduate Plymouth
N. H. Normal School, member Old
South Chapter, D. A. R., Boston;
William Henry, Jr., b. Dec. 28, 1877,
ed. public schools, Colby Academy
and 11linois College of Photography,
now in business in Hillsborough.
Residence, Hillsborough, N. H.
Beaton, Alexander Angus
Physician and surgeon; b., Flat
River, P. E. I., April 7, 1872; s.
Angus and Christina Ross Beaton; ed.
public schools, Dartmouth Medical
College, 1897; commenced practice in
Webster, N. H., continuing two years;
removed to Franklin in 1899, where he
has since been in active practice;
Presbyterian; Republican; member
Franklin City council three years,
1910-2; mayor of Franklin two years,
1916-7 (elected the last year without
opposition, no candidate being nom
inated against him); Past Exalted
Ruler, Franklin Lodge, B. P. O. E.;
Past Noble Grand, Merrimack Lodge,
I. O. O. F.; member Webster Encamp
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
tective Order of Elks, Worcester
Country Club, Shrewsbury Club;
Roman Catholic; Republican, Roose
velt candidate for delegate to the Re
publican national convention of 1916;
a business man of executive ability
and a broad-minded, public-spirited
Linehan, John J.
citizen, who believes m helping to
upbuild his community" ; m. Aug. 29,
Manufacturer; b., Penacook, N. H.,
Oct. 9, 1866; s. Col. John C. Linehan, . 1893, Elizabeth J. Barrett. Resi
dence, Worcester, Mass.
many years state insurance commis
sioner and junior vice commander-inAyers, Joseph Gerrish
Surgeon; rear-admiral, U. S. N.,
retired; b., Canterbury, N. H., Nov.
3, 1839; s. Charles H. and Almira S.
(Gerrish) Ayers; ed. University of
Vermont and Columbia University,
New York; served in 15th N. H. Vols.,
as second and first lieutenant, 1862-3;
appointed acting assistant surgeon,
U. S. N., Dec. 17, 1864; honorably
discharged, Sept. 24, 1866; appointed
assistant surgeon, Oct. 8, 1866; passed
assistant surgeon, Oct. 12, 1869;
surgeon, Jan. 7, 1878; medical in
spector, Feb. 25, 1879; medical director,
Dec. 12, 1898; retired with rank of
rear-admiral, Nov. 3, 1901; fleet
surgeon, Asiatic station, 1895-7; m.,
July 11, 1864, Olinda H. Austin,
Sitka, Alaska. Residence, Port Jervis, N. Y.
ment, Patriarchs Militant, Colfax
Rebekah Lodge; member N. H. Medical
Soc, Merrimack Co. Med. Soc. (expresident) ; president Dartmouth Medi
cal Alumni Ass'n; unmarried. Resi
dence; Franklin, N. H.
chief of the G. A. R., and Mary E.
(Prendergast) Linehan ;ed. in the schools
of Penacook and Concord; president
and treasurer of the Linehan-Conover
Co. of Worcester, corset manufacturers;
director of the Park Trust Co., Worces
ter; director of the Corset Manufac
turers' Ass'n of the United States; cor
poration member, St. Vincent Hospital,
Worcester; member of the Worcester
Chamber of Commerce, Young Men's
Republican Club of Massachusetts,
Worcester County Republican Club,
Shrewsbury Camp, Sons of Veterans,
Worcester Lodge, Benevolent and Pro
Andrews, Herbert Marston
Clergyman; b., Enfield, N. H.,
Sept. 9, 1851; s. Randall and Rhoda
(Choate) Marston; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1876, A.M. 1881; Grand
Union Theological Seminary, 1879;
ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal
church, 1879, priest, 1880; in pastoral
work in New York, 1879-81; rector,
Littleton, N. H., 1881-3; stated supply
Congregational Church, Bethlehem,
N. H., 1883-4; pastor, Franklin, N. H.,
1884-5; Enfield, N. H., 1885-6;
Peacham, Vt., 1887-8;
Romeyn
Chapel (Presbyterian), New York,
1889-90;
Missionary Presbyterian
Church, U. S., in India, 1890-9; presi
dent Woodstock College, India, 18991915; retired. Residence, 2625 Frank
lin St., Bellingham, Washington.
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Woodward, Susan Jones (Wentworth)
(Mrs. Susan Jones Woodward), b.
Sandwich, N. H., Aug. 4, 1856, dau.
Col. Joseph and Sarah Payson (Jones)
Wentworth; descended from Elder
William Wentworth of Dover, the
first immigrant; great granddaughter
John Wentworth of Dover, member of
the Continental Congress; also great
granddaughter Col. Amos Cogswell
of Dover, who served eight years dur
ing the Revolution. was an original
member of the Order of the Cincin
nati and afterwards president of the
N. H. Branch; ed. Concord high school,
1875. Mrs. Woodward was the sec
ond woman to serve on the Concord
Board of Education, being appointed
Nov. 18, 1895 to fill out the unex
pired term of Parsons B. Cogswell,
elected by popular vote, 1896-1902,
and served as secretary, 1899-1902;
member South Congregational Church,
Concord Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Strat
ford (Shakespeare) Club (president,
1895-8), Concord Woman's Club,
serving as chairman of various com
mittees, Concord Female Charitable
Soc. (life), Hospital Associates, District
Nursing Ass'n, Charity Organization
Soc., Woman's Ass'n South church,
Red Cross; m., Charles Webster
Woodward of Concord, June 26, 1879
(he d. Sept. 24, 1900); child: Sarah
Jones Woodward, b. June 1, 1883 (see
p. 87). Residence, Concord, N. H.
Chase, Stuart
Writer, accountant; b. Somersworth, N. H., March 8, 1888; s.
Harvey Stuart and Aaronette (Rowe)
Chase; ed. Mass. Institute of Tech
nology, 1907-8; Harvard University,
B.S., cum laude 1910; member firm of
Harvey S. Chase & Co., Boston; direc
tor N. E. Stamp Co., member American
Institute of Accountants, Certified
Public Accountants of Massachusetts;
Phi Gamma Delta; Author "A Honey
moon Experiment," 1916; contributor
to the JVeto Republic, Survey, Good
Housekeeping, etc.; m., July 5, 1914,
Margaret Hatfield, Newton, Mass.
Residence, 1697 Commonwealth Ave.,
Boston, Mass.
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Child, Edwin Leighton
Farmer and butter maker; b.,
Cornish, N. H., May 15, 1867; s.
William H. and Ellen Frances (Leighton) Child; ed. public schools, N. H.
State College, University of Vermont
Dairy School, 1897; instructor in
dairy school for a time after gradua
tion; superintendent Cornish, N. H.,
Creamery,
1897-1909; Sanborn's
Creamery, Leavitt's Hill, Deerfield,
1909-12; Pembroke Creamery (pro
prietor) since 1912; Congregation alist
(deacon Pembroke church); Repub
lican; director and first president,
SuncookBank; member A. F. & A. M.,
Jewell Lodge and Hiram Chapter,
Suncook; I. O. O. F., Howard Lodge
(past Noble Grand), Hildreth En
campment; P. of H., Master Park
Grange, Cornish Flat, six years, dis
trict deputy, N. H. State Grange,
two years; president Suncook Board
of Trade, 1915; superintendent of ex
hibits, Granite State Dairymen's
Ass'n, 1908-17; received gold medal
for butter exhibited at Paris exposi
tion, 1900, and Pan-American, Buffalo,
1901 — ; only one coming to New
�Edward Tuck
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Hampshire in each case; m., Feb. 15,
1894, Ida L. Ford, Danbury, N. H.;
children: Ford Leighton, b. Feb. 2,
1895, d. Jan. 7, 1904; Roswell Towle, b.
Oct. 19, 1903 (N. H. College 1921);
Edna Lizzie, b. Oct. 19, 1903 (student
Pembroke Academy). Residence, Pem
broke, N. H.
Tuck, Edward
Retired banker, philanthropist, b.,
Exeter, N. H., Aug. 24, 1842; s. Amos
and Sarah Ann (Nudd) Tuck; ed.
Phillips Exeter Academy, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1862, LL.D. 1903; U. S.
vice-consul, Paris, France, 1864-6;
engaged in foreign banking many
years, New York and Paris. Gave
the Amos Tuck Endowment Fund to
Dartmouth College in memory of his
father, Dartmouth, 1835, who was
also a trustee, 1857-66; erected the
building for the Tuck School of Ad
ministration and Finance, Dartmouth,
1899, also endowed Foundation for
instruction in French Language and
Literature, Dartmouth, making a total
of more than a million dollars given to
this institution; in 1903 founded and
endowed H6pital Stell, Reuil, near
Paris, greatly enlarged since the be
ginning of the war; 1911, gave to the
N. H. Historical Soc. the sumptuous
granite building at Concord, costing
nearly half a million; this will be
supplemented in the near future by a
magnificent museum on the same lot
for the housing of the valuable Tuck
collections. Has made liberal gifts
to his native town, including a com
pletely equipped cottage hospital;
also to Phillips Exeter Academy.
Officier Legion d'Honneur, laureate
Academie Francaise; member ad
visory council American Red Cross in
Europe; N. Y. clubs, Metropolitan
and Union League; m., 1872, London,
Eng., Julia Stell, dau. William Shorter
Stell of Philadelphia. She was made
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur,
1917, and ably co-operates in all her
husband's benevolence. Since 1914
Mr. and Mrs. Tuck have devoted their
entire time to war relief. "Since the
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days of Lafayette no American has
done more to cement the bonds of
friendship existing between France
and the United States than has Ed
ward Tuck." Residence, 82 Champa
Elysfes, Paris, Vert Mont, Reuil
France.
Baker, Benjamin Ward
Physician, superintendent N. H.
School for Feeble-Minded Children; b.,
New Boston, N. H., Aug. 6, 1874;
s. Benjamin F. and Annie (Ward)
Baker; ed. McCollum Institute, Mont
Vernon, N. H., 1895, Dartmouth
Medical College, 1898, post-graduate
work at Harvard Medical College,
and psychiatrical studies in the hos
pitals of England and Scotland; as
sistant physician and assistant super
intendent, Taunton State Hospital,
Taunton, Mass., for eleven years;
appointed superintendent of the N. H.
School for Feeble-Minded Children,
July 1, 1910; Mason; member of Bel
knap County Medical Soc, American
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Medico-Psychological Soc, American
Soc. for the Study of the FeebleMinded, N. H. Soc. Charities and Cor
rections, New England Soc. of Psychi
atry; Episcopalian; Republican; m.,
May 22, 1912, Mary Andrews of Laconner, Washington; dau., Barbara
Ward, b. Jan. 27, 1918. Residence,
Laconia, N. H.
Graves, Eli Edwin
Physician; b., Jericho, Vt., Sept.
9, 1847; s. Daniel H. and Lusetta R.
(Nash) Graves; ed. public schools,
Essex Classical Institute, University
of Vermont, Medical Department,
M.D. 1868; Post graduate work at
Post Graduate School of Medicine,
Harvard College and Massachusetts
General Hospital; located in practice in
Boscawen, N. H., immediately after
graduation, Sept. 17, 1868, and con
tinued till removal to Penacook, Oct.
20, 1897; Congregationalist; Republi
can; superintendent of schools, Bos
cawen, 1870-1; health officer from the
establishment of the office; library
trustee from the establishment of the
town library; probation officer; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1888-9; chairman Boscawen water
board; moderator Boscawen school
meetings since 1870, having been ab
sent but once; member American
Medical Ass'n, American Public
Health Ass'n, N. H. Medical Soc.,
Center District and Merrimack County
Medical Soc, N. H. Surgical Club,
N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Horti
cultural Soc, etc.; A. F. & A. M.;
I. O. O. F.; now acting medical di
rector of United Life & Accident Ins.
Co.; surgeon for B. & M. R. R. for
Concord and vicinity; m., Dec. 18,
1872, Martha A. Williams, Essex, Vt.;
d. Jan. 29, 1893; children: Robert J.,
b. June 22, 1878 (see sketch, p. 89) ;
Katharine L. (Mrs. Henry C. Rolfe),
b. March 17, 1880. Residence, Pena
cook, N. H.
Wyman, Louis Eliot
Lawyer; b., Lynn, Mass., Aug. 2,
1878; s. Louis A. and Edith E. (Merriam) Wyman; ed. Lynn public
schools, Harvard College, 1900; Har
vard Law School, 1902; removed to
Manchester, N. H., in December, 1902,
to enter the law firm of Taggart, Tuttle
& Burroughs, with which, with some
changes in membership he has since
been connected; Universalist; Re
publican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1909-10, serving on
Judiciary Committee and taking an
active part in legislation; member
Rotary, Calumet, Derryfield and Inter
vale Country clubs; m., June 1, 1904,
Alice S. Crosby, Manchester; children:
Eliot N., b. March 26, 1905; Esther
M., b. Dec. 19, 1907; Louis C. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Lane, Edward Austin
Lawyer; b., Carroll, N. H., Nov.
27, 1852; s. Richard and Hannah
(King) Lane, reared in the town of
Whitefield; ed. public schools, Little
ton, N. H., high school; studied law
and admitted to the N. H. bar, March,
1879, and in Jan., 1905, to the Su
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
preme Court of the United States;
commenced practice in Pittsfield in
1881; was counsel for respondent in
the well-known Munsey extradition
case which was twice before the N. H.
supreme court and finally went to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
and in which many mooted extradition
points were settled; Unitarian; Re
publican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1809-10; trustee and
president Farmers Savings Bank of
Pittsfield; trustee Pittsfield Academy;
has served as trustee of the public
library, chairman of the board of edu
cation and president of the Pittsfield
board of trade; member A. F. &
A. M., Eastern Star, K. of P. and
N. H. Bar Ass'n; chairman committee
to raise Pittsfield's quota for Y. M. C.
A. war work: member Pittsfield branch
Amer. Red Cross, and chairman home
service section; member local Liberty
Loan Committee; m., May 24, 1882,
Annie A. Barter, Concord. Resi
dence, Pittsfield, N. H.
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Cain, John Leavitt
Physician; b., Goshen, N. H.,
Sept. 26, 1856; s. George W. and
Cynthia J. (Leavitt) Cain; (reared in
Croydon where he removed with his
parents in childhood); ed. public
schools, Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1880; Dartmouth College
and Dartmouth Medical School, 1884;
post-graduate course in Bellevue Med
ical College, N. Y.; commenced prac
tice in Grantham in 1883, continuing
four years, when he removed to New
port where he has since remained, es
tablishing a wide practice; Liberal;
Democrat; member of board of health
for twenty years; member A. F. &
A. M., Knight Templar and Shriner;
I. O. O. F., and other orders; Sullivan
Co. Medical Soc, N. H. Medical Soc,
American Medical Ass'n.; m., Dec. 19,
1900, Lillian G. Mathews, Sunapee;
children, John Leavitt, Jr., b. Feb. 20,
1904, d. Feb. 25, 1904; William Leav
itt, b. May 29, 1905; John Haeckel, b.
July 19, 1906; Cynthia Jane, b. March
8, 1910. Residence, Newport, N. H.
�Charles W. Robie
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Robie, Charles Warren
Express manager; b., New Hamp
ton (Winona), N. H., July 28, 1866;
s. William R. and Harriet M. (Chase)
Robie; ed. public schools, Meredith,
N. H., high school; entered the
service of the American Express Co.
at Plymouth, N. H., at eighteen years
of age and continued with the company
up to July 1, 1918, when the express
companies of the country were unified
in one concern, now known as the
American Railway Express Co.; went
from Plymouth to Lowell, Mass., as
a clerk; was soon transferred to Bos
ton, as clerk in the superintendent's
office; afterward sent to Springfield,
Mass., as route agent; after five years
was appointed superintendent, with
headquarters at Boston, holding the
position ten years; in 1906 was ap
pointed assistant general manager in
charge of the New England Depart
ment, which title was afterwards
changed to manager, and on July 1,
1918, was appointed general manager,
New England Department, American
Railway Express Co., with head
quarters in Boston; Baptist; Repub
lican; member Boston Chamber of
Commerce; City, Exchange, Algon
quin, Economic clubs, Boston; Traffic
Club of New England (president,
1917); Wonolancet Club, Concord,
N. H., and others; accompanied the
Boston Chamber of Commerce party
on a tour of Europe in 1911; also
visited South America with a similar
party in 1913; m., Sept. 4, 1890,
Lizzie M. Woodward, Lowell, Mass.;
one son, Harold William, b. Somerville, Mass., July 17, 1892; ed. Mitch
ell's Military School for Boys,
Billerica, Mass., Newton Technical
high school, N. H. College, and Cor
nell University; enlisted with 14th
(Ry.) Engineers, Co. D, June 17,
1917, was with the first regiment of
American soldiers to parade the
streets of London under arms, went
into actual service Aug. 17, was with
the British a year and has since been
with the American forces. Resi
dence and summer home, Rock Ridge
359
Farm, Winona, N. H.; Boston home,
City Club; office, 43 Franklin St.,
Boston, Mass.
Claggett, Fred Porter
Physician; b., Newport, N. H.,
Jan. 18, 1869; s. Rufus P. and Frances
F. (Carr) Claggett; ed. Newport high
school, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, 1890, Dartmouth College, 1897
Dartmouth Medical College, 1897;
Boston City hospital, 1897; in practice
4lfc
in Newport since graduation; pur
sued a post graduate course at Har
vard in 1910; Congregationalist; ReEublican; member Newport school
oard; trustee Carrie F. Wright Hos
pital, member corporation Citizens
National Bank; Mason, Knight Tem
plar; member American Med. Ass'n,
N. H. Med. Ass'n, N. H. Surgical Club,
Sullivan Co. Med. Ass'n.; m., Aug. 2,
1898, Gertrude M. Tubbs, Newport;
children: Rogers H., b. Aug. 15, 1899
(Worcester, Mass., Academy); Louise
b. Sept. 12, 1903; Barbara, b. Jan. 27,
1912. Residence, Newport, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Barnard, Charles Daniel
Lawyer; b., Bedford, N. H., Feb. 15,
1873; s. Henry T. and H. Louisa
(Hunter) Barnard; ed. public schools
of Bedford and Merrimack, N. H.,
McGaw Institute, Reed's Ferry, and
George Washington University, Wash
ington, D. C.; studied law and was ad
mitted to the bar in 1905, commencing
practice as an associate of Hon. Cyrus
A. Sulloway and Moodybell S. Ben
nett; Congregationalist; Republican;
Bailey, Irving Widmer
Educator; b., Tilton, N. H., Aug.
15, 1884; s. Solon I. and Ruth Elaine
(Poulter) Bailey; ed. Harvard Uni
versity, A.B. 1907, M.F. 1909; as
sistant in botany, Harvard, 1909-10;
instructor in forestry, 1910-12; as
sistant professor since 1912; secretary
Bussey Institution for Research in
Applied Biology; member forestry
committee, National Research Coun
cil; Fellow American Academy, Arts
and Sciences; member Soc. of American
Foresters, Soc. Naturalists of America;
Harvard Club, Boston; m., June 15,
1911, Helen Diinan Harwood, Little
ton, Mass. Residence, 42 Shepard
St., Cambridge, Mass.
Brown, Emma Elizabeth
Author; illustrator; b., Concord,
N. H., Oct. 18, 1847; dau. John F. and
Elizabeth (Evans) Brown; ed. public
schools and private instruction; author
of Lives of Washington, Grant, Gar
field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James
Russell Lowell and others, constitut
ing a series of fifteen volumes; "Spare
Moment Series" (6 vols.) ; "From Night
to Light"; "The Child Toilers of the
Boston Streets"; "Huldah" (verse) and
many Sunday School books; frequent
contributor to magazines. Residence,
1925 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge,
Mass.
member N. H. house of representatives
from Ward 4, Manchester, 1909-10;
secretary to Senator Henry E. Burnham, 1910-13; city solicitor of Man
chester, 1913 to Jan. 1918; member
A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and
Shriner, I. O. O. F., Amoskeag Veterans,
Derryfield and Calumet Clubs, Man
chester; nominated as Republican can
didate for councilor from the 3d N. H.
district in the September, 1918, pri
mary; m., Dec 31, 1904, Mabelle W.
Wright; one son, Charles Henry, b.
Sept., 28, 1907 Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
Remick, Helen Lorraine Benedict
(Mrs. Charles G. Remick), b. Corn
wall, Vt.; dau. Abel Jerome and Helen
Adaline (Peck) Benedict; ed. Middlebury, Vt., high school, Petersilea
academy, Boston. Mass.; president,
Concord Music Club, 1902-5, 1914- ;
president Concord Equal Suffrage
League, 1913-6 (secretary four pre
ceding years); vice-president Concord
Oratorio Soc, 1911- ; on committee for
biennial of National Federation of
Music Clubs, held at Peterboro, N. H.,
1918; trustee of Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary;
for several years chairman of music
committee, Concord Woman's Club;
for three years on executive board of
Friendly Club; member N. H. Histori
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
cal Soc., Concord Female Charitable
Soc, District Nursing Ass'n, Charity
Organization Soc, Capital Grange,
Woman's Hospital Associates, Friendly
Club, Woman's Club, Music Club,
N. H. Audubon Soc., Woman's Board
of Foreign Missions, Woman's Council
of National Defence, Red Cross,
Concord S. P. C. A., Wild Flower Club,
Equal Suffrage League, Golf Club,
Woman's Ass'n South Church, Congregationalist; Republican; m., Con
cord, N. H., Feb. 4, 1891, Charles
Granville Remick, banker; children,
Helen Lorraine, St. Mary's School,
1914, student New School of Design,
Boston, 1914- ; Pauline, St. Mary's
School, 1914, student of violin with
Jacques Hoffmann, Boston. Resi
dence, Park Ridge, Concord, N. H.
Burnham, Sylvester
Clergyman; educator; b., Exeter,
N. H., Feb. 1, 1842; s. Edwin and
Alice (Dennett) Burnham; ed. Bowdoin College, A.B. 1862, A.M. 1865;
Newton Theological Institution, 1873;
student at different times in German
Universities; ordained Baptist minis
try, 1873; pastor, Amherst, Mass.,
1873-4; teacher Greek and German,
Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1874-5;
professor Semitic languages and Old
Testament interpretation, since 1875,
and dean, 1893-1910, Theological
Seminary of Colgate University; mem
ber Soc. of Biblical Literature and
Exegesis, American Philological Ass'n,
Council of 70 of American lnstitute of
Sacred Literature; author "Manual
of Old Testament Interpretation,"
1882, "Elements of Syriac Grammar,"
1884, "Element of Biblical Hermenentics," 1916; m., June 28, 1876, Miriam
M. Tucker, Amherst, Mass. Resi
dence, Hamilton, N. Y.
Woodbury, Frank Ernest
Lawyer; b., Dunbarton, N. H.,
July 26, 1881; s. Frank C. and Re
becca A. (Merrill) Woodbury; ed.
Concord, N. H., high school, 1899,
Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Mich.,
LL.B. 1907; admitted to the New
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Hampshire bar June 1910; commenced
practice in Suncook, but removed to
Franklin in 1911, where he has con
tinued; Congregationalist; Democrat;
member, N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912; judge Franklin Municipal
court, 1913-14; member Franklin
Lodge, B. P. O. E., Daniel Webster
Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, Nesmith Camp, Modern Woodmen of
America; Patrons of Husbandry, Theta
Lambda Phi law fraternity ; no . , Aug. 28,
1912, Maybelle C. Daniels; children,
Frank E., Jr., b. June 12, 1914; Fern,
b. Jan. 12, 1916; Mary, b. Sept. 6,
1917. Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Blackburne, Mary Frances Blaisdell
Author; b., Manchester, N. H., April
20, 1874; dau. Clark and Clara M.
Blaisdell; ed. public schools, Cam
bridge, Mass., training school, 1895;
taught in Brockton, Mass., 1896-1901,
Medford, Mass., 1901-1912; author
"Child Life in Tale and Fable," 1899;
"Child Life in Many Lands," 1900;
"Child Life in Literature," 1900; "The
�Rev. Lorin Webster
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
ChUd Life Primer," 1901; "The Blaisdell Spellers," 1901; "The Child Life
Fifth Reader," 1902; "Boy Blue and
His Friends," 1907; "Polly and Dolly,"
1909; "Tommy Tucker's Book," 1911;
"Cherry Tree Children," 1912; "Twi
light Town," 1912; "Pretty Polly
Flinders," 1914; "Bunny Rabbit's
Diary," 1915; "Mother Goose Chil
dren," 1916; m., March 17, 1917,
Edward Best Blackburne. Residence,
West Medford, Mass.
Webster, Lorin
Clergyman and educator; b., Claremont, N. H., July 29, 1857; s. Lorin
Atkinson and Sophronia (Pierce) Web
ster; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord;
Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.),
A.B. 1880, A.M. 1883; Berkeley Divin
ity School, 1883; L.H.D., Trinity, 1908;
ordained deacon and priest, P. E.
Church, 1883; master Holderness School
for Boys, 1883-4; rector St. Mark's
parish, Ashland, N. H., 1884-92; rector
and head master Holderness School
for Boys; since 1892; proprietor and
director Camp Wachusett (for boys),
Asquam Lake, N. H., since 1903;
president N. H. Educational Council,
1908-10; N. H. Schoolmasters, 19089; president Grafton Co. Agricultural
Soc., 1893-6; president Plymouth Fair
Ass'n, 1896-9; president N. H. Music
Teachers' Ass'n, 1899-1902; member
Psi Upsilon Fraternity, Phi Beta
Kappa, A. F. & A. M. ; author of several
musical compositions, one of which has
been published in England; m., July 10,
1884, Jennie Josephine Adams, Spring
field, N. H.; children: Harold Adams,
b. Aug. 12, 1885 (See page 134); Bertha
Loraine, b. June 24, 1887; Jerome Pierce,
b. Aug. 2, 1888. Residence, Holderness
School, Holderness, N. H. (Plymouth,
P. O.).
Webster, Jennie Josephine Adams
(Mrs. Lorin Webster), club-woman;
b., Springfield, N. H., dau. Daniel
Noyes and Calista A. (Richardson)
Adams; ed. in high school and by
tutors; m. July 10, 1884, Rev. Lorin
Webster, L.H.D.; children: Harold
Adams, Bertha Loraine, Jerome Pierce;
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president Pemigewasset Woman's Club,
Plymouth, 1900-2, 1903-4; president
N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs,
1907-9; member N. H. Executive
Com., Nat. Civic Federation; N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Dames of America;
Soc. for Protection of N. H. Forests;
N. H. Board of Am. Red Cross, 1909,
1918; Am. Home Economics Ass'n,
N. H. Historical Soc, Friendly Club
(Concord), Neighbors' Friendly Club
(Holderness); Episcopalian; Suffragist;
organized Asquamchumauke Chapter,
D. A. R., Plymouth, 1911 (regent from
1911); state chairman of Com. for the
Preservation of Historic Spots,
D. A. R.
(Rev. Lorin Webster,
Harold A. and Jerome P. Webster
are recorded in this work.) Bertha
Loraine Webster was graduated from
St. Mary's School (Concord), 1905,
Vassar College, 1909; studied at the
Boston Art Museum; Art Students'
League, New York City; taught art in
the Misses Tewksbury's School, Scarsdale, N. Y.; m., William Starr, Oct. 10,
1917, and lives at Hope House, Easton,
Maryland. Mrs. Webster lives at
Holderness School, Holderness, (Ply
mouth P. 0.),N. H.
Webster, Jerome Pierce
Physician and surgeon; b., Ashland,
N. H., Aug. 2, 1888; s. Lorin and Jennie
Josephine (Adams) Webster; ed. Hol
derness School, 1906; Trinity College,
1910; Johns Hopkins Med. School,
1914; surgical interne, Johns Hopkins
Hospital, 1914; assistant resident sur
geon, 1915; appointed by Secretary Lan
sing special assistant to Ambassador
Gerard, inspecting prison camps in
Germany, March 3, 1916; returning
home with Ambassador Gerard, was
commissioned 1st lieutenant in Medical
Officers' Reserves in August, 1917,
stationed at Camp Benjamin Harrison,
Indiana, and in November transferred
to the 30th Engineers, at Camp
American University, Washington,
D. C.; in service in France since De
cember 1917; promoted 1st lieutenant
in Medical Corps. U. S. Regular
Army, and decorated with the Croix de
�Frances M. Abbott
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Guerre; Protestant Episcopal; mem
ber Psi Upsilon Fraternity (Trin
ity College), Pithotomy Club (Johns
Hopkins Med. School). Residence,
Holderness School, Holderness, N. H.
{Plymouth P. O.).
Abbott, Frances Matilda
Literary and genealogical work;
b., Concord, N. H., Aug. 18, 1857,
dau. John and Matilda (Brooks) Ab
bott; desc. from Massachusetts pioneers
(George Abbot, Andover, 1640; An
thony Morse, Newbury, 1635; Capt.
Thomas Brooks, Watertown, 1636;
Thomas Boylston, Watertown, 1635;
John Cogswell, Ipswich, 1635) ; greatgreat-granddaughter of Samuel Brooks
of Medford who was first cousin to
President John Adams, also nephew
to Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, F. R. S., who
introduced inoculation for smallpox
into America (1721); great-grand
daughter of Thomas Brooks of Charlestown, who was first cousin to Gen.
John Brooks, governor of Massachu
setts, 1816-23 ; ed. Concord schools,
high school, 1875; private instruction
with Moses Woolson; A.B., Vassar
College, 1881 (first Concord girl to
take a degree); contributor to news
papers and magazines, including, The
Forum, North American Review, The
Century, N.E'.Magazine, Popular Science
Monthly, Wide Awake, Youth's Com
panion, Frank Leslie's; wrote section
on "Domestic Customs and Social
Life" in new History of Concord, 1903;
one of the writers of The Genealogical
and Family History of New Hamp
shire, 1908; author, "Birds and Flow
ers about Concord, N. H.," 1906,
"The Simple Single," 1909; profes
sional genealogist since 1906; edited
many local memoirs and biographies;
editor of the Woman's Edition of
Concord Monitor, May 30, 1896 (first
Woman's Edition in state); life mem
ber, Appalachian Mountain Club
(Boston), N. H. Memorial Hospital
for Women and Children, Concord
Female Charitable Soc, Woman's
Auxiliary to the Y. M. C. A.; mem
ber Stratford (Shakespeare) Club
365
(president, 1898-1901), N. H. Histor
ical Soc., Concord Equal Suffrage
League, Concord Woman's College
Club, Boston Branch of Vassar
Alumnae, Ass'n of College Alumnae,
Friendly Club, Red Cross, Woman's
Ass'n of the South church; founder of
the Wild Flower Club (1896) and its
president since 1909; Congregationalist; active suffragist since 1897;
press agent N. H. Equal Suffrage
Ass'n, 1913-5; in charge of Suffrage
Headquarters, Concord, 1914-5; oc
casional speaker on suffrage and nature
topics; originator of the movement
(1910) to close the Concord retail
stores on Monday evenings, thereby
shortening the hours of saleswomen.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Morrill, Grace
Director of Religious Education; b.,
Concord, N. H., Apr. 15. 1876, dau.
Samuel Franklin and Sarah Virgin
(Parker) Morrill, descended from
Abraham Morrill, Cambridge, Mass.,
1632, great granddaughter of Gen.
Acquilla Davis, Warner, N. H., who
served in Revolution and War of 1812,
granddaughter Deacon Caleb Parker,
Concord; ed., Concord high school,
1895, Vassar College, A.B., 1899; stu
dent Dartmouth School of Religious
Education, Hanover, N. H., summer of
1916-7; student of Religious Educa
tion, Boston University, 1917-8; sub
stitute teacher for several years, one
year ii Concord high school, 19012, and later in Pembroke Academy;
director of Religious Education, South
Congregational Church, 1915- ; mem
ber International Religious Education
Ass'n; secretary N. E. League Church
Assistants, 1916-7; chairman com
mittee of publicity, National League
Church Assistants, 19 18-; secretary
N. H. Anti-Suffrage Ass'n; member
Boston Branch Vassar Alumnae Ass'n;
N. H. Historical Soc, Concord Wo
man's College Club (president, 19157), Concord Woman's Club (member
executive board six years), Friendly
Club (executive board one year), Con
cord Female Charitable Soc, Charity
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Organization Soc, Woman's Auxiliary
of Y. M. C. A., Hathaway Outing
Club, Red Cross, South Congregational
Church, Woman's Ass'n, South Church,
N. H. Female Cent Institution (presi
dent of South Church Auxiliary two
years). Residence, Concord, N. H.
Miller, Edward Sherman
Dentist; b., Ryegate, Vt., Feb. 13,
1866; s. Edward and Eliza (Gates)
Miller; ed. Peacham, Vt., Academy,
St. Johnsbury, Vt., Academy, class of
1889, Monmouth College, Harvard Uni
versity, Dartmouth College, A.M. 1893,
University of Maryland D.D.S. 1900;
member of the United Presbyterian
church; Progressive Republican in poli
tics, but not held closely by party ties;
member of the N. H. Dental Soc, Sons
of the American Revolution, National
Geographic Soc, first president Blue
Mountain Outing Club; always much
interested in out-door life, in moun
tain climbing, and in travel, spending
several years in the West, and in 1916,
with his family, taking a 10,000 mile
tour through Canada to the PacificCoast and into Mexico; the study of
the past history of the earth and the
life upon it his favorite study; m.,
June 29, 1901, Edith B. Gibson; chil
dren: Annie B. and Carmen E., died
in infancy; Edward G., b. Oct. 10,
1904, and Elmon S. G.. b. Nov. 13,
1911. Residence, Woodsville, N. H.
Blaisdell, Albert Franklin
Physician; author; b., South Hamp
ton, N. H., Aug. 31, 1847; s. John
Harper and Lydia (Tuxbury) Blaisdell;
ed. Dartmouth College, A.B. 1869,
A.M. 1872, M.D. Harvard, 1879;
practiced medicine and surgery, Provi
dence, R. I., 1879 to 1893, when he
retired; author, "First Steps with
American and British Authors," 1879;
"Our Bodies and How We Live," 1884;
"How to Keep Well," 1885; "Child's
Book of Health," 1886; "Stories of the
Civil War," 1890; "Stories from English
History," 1897; "Practical Physiol
ogy," 1897; "The Story of American
History," 1900; "Life and Health,"
1902; "English History Story Book,"
1910; "Child's Book of American His
tory," 1913; "Heroic Deeds of American
Sailors," 1915; "American History for
Little Folks," 1917; m., Mary Atwood
Emery, Chatham, Mass., Dec. 17,
1879. Residence, Manchester, Mass.
Carr, Henry James
Librarian; b., Pembroke, N. H.,
Aug. 16, 1849; s. James W. and Jane
D. (Goodhue) Carr; ed. public schools,
Manchester, N. H., and Grand Rapids,
Mich.; served as clerk and cashier in
business and railroad offices, 1867 to
1886; studied law and was admitted to
the Michigan bar in 1870, but did not
practice; librarian Grand Rapids pub
lic library, 1886-90; organized Free
Public library, St. Joseph, Mo., 18901; Librarian public library, Scranton,
Pa., since 1891; member American
Librarian Ass'n, (treasurer, 1886-93,
recorder, 1894-5, vice-president, 1896,
secretary, 1898-1900,president, 1900-1) ;
m., May 13, 1886, D. Edith Walbridge,
Springfield, 1ll. Residence, Scranton, Pa.
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Clifford, Thomas Fellows
Lawyer; b., Wentworth, N. H., Dec.
1, 1871; s. Thomas Jefferson and Sara
Jackson (Fellows) Clifford; ed. public
schools, Concord, N. H., and Boston
University Law School; studied in the
law offices of Lyman D. Stevens and
Leach & Stevens, and admitted to the
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division, I. A. C.; m., Nov. 10, 1908,
Marguerite E. Tucker, dau. Dr. and
Mrs. Henry Tucker, Brattleboro, Vt.;
children: Thomas Henry, b. Jan. 25,
1911, and Paul Tucker, b. May 2, 1914.
Residence, Franklin, N. H.
Child, William Henry
Farmer; b., Cornish, N. H., Dec. 22,
1832; s. Stephen and Eliza (Atwood)
Child; ed. public schools and Kimball
Union Academy, Meriden, 1856; Bap
tist, many years deacon of the church,
Sunday School superintendent twenty
years; Republican; member Cornish
school board, 1886-96; member A. F.
& A. M., master Cheshire Lodge, 186970, District Deputy Grand Master
^^^
N. H. Bar in March, 1898; located in
practice in Franklin, September,' 1899;
Unitarian; Republican; assistant clerk
N. H. senate, 1897, 1899; clerk N. H.
senate, 1901, 1903; justice Franklin
Police Court, 1900-5; city solicitor
Franklin, 1907-11, 1913-19; solicitor
Merrimack County, 1905-13; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1913-15; N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912; secretary Republican
state committee, 1900-4; assistant
secretary Republican national commit
tee, 1916; member A. F. & A. M.,
Wonolancet Club, Concord, Derryfield Club, Manchester; Captain 1st
N. H. Volunteer Inf. 1898; on staff of
Gen. John N. Andrews, 3d brigade, 3d
Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, 18712; member Sons of Temperance many
years, Patron of Husbandry since 1873;
frequent speaker at Farmers' Institutes
and other meetings, on the advantages
of tile draining, to which he has re
sorted with great success in the im
provement of swamp lands on his own
�Col. Francis L. Town, M.D., U.S.A.
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farm; devoted much time between
1897 and 1912 to the preparation for
the press of the "History of Cornish,"
published in the latter year, and which
may be regarded as the crowning work
of his life, it having commanded great
commendation as one of the best town
histories yet published; m., Jan. 1,
1857, Ellen F. Leighton; five children
born to them, one dying in infancy and
three sons and one daughter surviving.
(See sketch of Edwin L. Child else
where in the volume.) Residence, Cor
nish, N. H.
Town, Francis Laban
Colonel, U. S. Army, retired; b.,
Jefferson, N. H., Jan. 11, 1836; s.
Barton G. and Harriet Frances (Tifft)
Towne; ed. in the schools of Lancaster,
at Dartmouth College, B.S., Class of
1856, and M.D., class of 1860; in 1859
appointed school commissioner for
Coos county and member of the state
board of education; entered the Med
ical Corps, U.S. Army, May 28, 1861,
as assistant surgeon, with the rank of
first lieutenant; served in the Army of
the Cumberland; in 1863 established
the Harvey General Hospital at Mad
ison, Wis., for the disabled soldiers of
that state, and subsequently was
assigned to other important duties;
received the brevets of major and lieu
tenant colonel, March 12, 1865, for
"faithful and meritorious services
during the war"; after the Civil War
served on the Indian frontier and with
troops at various army posts; pro
moted captain and assistant surgeon,
May 28, 1866, major and surgeon,
Oct. 20, 1866; lieutenant colonel and
deputy surgeon general, July 10, 1889;
colonel and assistant surgeon general,
June 28, 1894; retired as colonel, U. S.
Army, Oct. 10, 1896, then serving as
chief surgeon of the Military Depart
ment of Texas; Episcopalian; unmar
ried; member of the Army and Navy
Clubs of Washington and New York,
of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion, Order of the Indian Wars, etc.
Residence, Lancaster, N. H., summers;
San Antonio, Texas, winters.
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Vaughan, Charles Woodward
Journalist; b., Laconia, N. H., June
30, 1862; s. Orsino A. J. and Mary
Elizabeth (Parker) Vaughan; ed. pub
lic schools; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; member first city council of La
conia, police commissioner of Laconia
two terms; trustee N. H. State Nor
mal School; director Laconia National
Bank; trustee City Savings Bank of
Laconia; vice-president and director
Laconia Building and Loan Ass'n,
director Winnepesaukee Telephone Co. ;
president and general manager La
conia Press Ass'n, publishing the La
conia Democrat, of which he is the
editor; member A. F. & A. M., Knight
Templar and 32d degree; Patron of
Husbandry; m., Oct. 16, 1882, Florence
Elliott. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Shute, Henry Augustus
Lawyer; writer; b., Exeter, N. H.,
Nov. 17, 1856; s. George S. and Joanna
(Simpkins) Shute; ed. Harvard Col
lege, A.B., 1879; studied law and ad
mitted to the bar, 1882; Republican;
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police judge, Exeter, since 1882, ex
cept two years; treasurer Farmers'
Ins. Co.; author, "Real Diary of a Real
Boy," "Love Letters of Plupy Shute,"
"Real Boys," "A Few Neighbors, '
"The Country Band " "Farming It,"
"A Country Lawyer, etc.; contributor
to various magazines and newspapers;
m., 1st, Oct. 18, 1885, Amelia F. Weeks,
d. Jan. 26, 1895; 2d, Aug. 12, 1897,
Ella Kent. Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Sargeant, Frank Wadleigh
Insurance, president, N. H. Fire Ins.
Co.; b., Candia, N. H., March 7, 1860;
member Manchester Police Commis
sion; party nominee for executive
councilor in _ 1911, running largely
ahead of his ticket; president Sun cook
Valley R. R.; director Merchants Na
tional Bank, N. H. Fire Ins. Co. ; Mason,
Shriner; member Derryfield and Calu
met clubs, Manchester; m., Oct. 14,
1885, Lizzie A. French, Manchester;
children: French Philbrick, b. Feb. 16,
1888 (Mass. Inst. Tech., 1910), now
in Marine department, Worthington
Pump & Machine Co., Chicago; Paul
Emerson, b. March 2, 1892, first lieu
tenant of infantry, National Army.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Hadley, Charles John
Law and Real Estate; b., Weare, N.
H., Aug. 25, 1845; s. John L. and Eliza
beth L. (Cilley) Hadley; ed. public
schools; Baptist, Democrat; removed
to Iowa in 1865 where he studied law
and was admitted to the bar in 1871;
in 1877 returned to New Hampshire
and engaged in agriculture in his
native town; held various town offices
in Weare and represented the town
in the legislature of 1889; removed to
Manchester twenty-five years ago, and
was for twelve years engaged with A. J.
Lane & Co. in the real estate business,
since when he has been in the same
business individually; member Patrons
of Husbandry and Past Master Amoskeag Grange, Manchester; m., July 10,
1879, Ella M. Peaslee, Weare; children:
John L., b. April 3, 1881; Ralph, b.
March 16, 1886 (Brown University,
1907, Harvard Law School, 1910).
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
s. Jesse W. and Lydia Anne (Emerson)
Sargeant; ed. public schools, Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1881; entered the
employ of the N. H. Fire Ins. Co. in
Manchester in 1882 and has continued
his connection therewith to the present
time, having been promoted from one
position to another, including that of
assistant secretary and secretary, until
in 1905, he was made president of the
Company, in which office he con
tinues; Congregationalist; Democrat;
Jump, Herbert Atchinson
Clergyman; b., Albany, N. Y.,
July 21, 1875; s. Joseph Burnett and
Cynthia (Atchinson) Jump; ed. public
schools of Albany, Amherst College,
1896; Yale School of Religion, 1899
ordained to the ministry, Feb. 8, 1900.
held pastorates successively at Ham
ilton, N. Y., Brunswick, Me., New
Britain, Conn., Oakland and Redlands,
Cal. ; came to Manchester as pastor of
the First Congregational (Hanover
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Street) Church, Jan. 1, 1917, since con
tinuing; Congregationalist; Independ
ent; member A.F.&A.M., I.O.O.F.,
Theta Delta Chi fraternity, Appala
chian Mountain Club; m., April 20,
1908, May Brock, Somerville, Mass.;
children: Ellis Burnett, b. Dec. 6, 1909;
Laurence Atckinson, b. Oct. 17, 1913;
Cynthia, b. Jan. 6, 1915. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
Conant, John Willis
Musician; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec.
20, 1866; s. Lucian W. and Sarah L.
(Baldwin) Conant; ed. public schools,
Medford, Mass., high school, 1883;
student with Calixa Lavallee and
Thomas Tapper, Boston, 1884-90;
teacher Meadville, Pa., Conservatory,
1890-2; studied abroad, 1892-3; orfanist St. Luke's Church, Scranton,
'a., 1894-1911; Park Street Church,
Boston, 1911-3; director of music,
National Cathedral School, Washing
ton, D. C., since 1913; teacher, concert
organist and pianist; Fellow American
College of Musicians, American Guild
of Organists; Episcopalian; m., May,
1895, Emily Agnes Hobbs, Medford,
Mass., d. 1906. Address, National
Cathedral School, Washington, D. C.
Conant, Ernest Bancroft
Lawyer; b., Enfield, N. H., May 21,
1870; s. Washington Irving and Fanny
Ann (Skinner) Conant; ed. Harvard
University, A.B. 1395; LL.B. 1898;
admitted to bar in Boston in 1898 and
practiced there till 1903; law lecturer
in Boston Y. M. C. A. evening schools,
1900-3; professor of law and dean,
Washburn College School of Law,
Topeka, Kan., 1900-7; professor of
law, University of Nebraska, 1907-13;
University of the Philippines, Manila,
1913-17; University of Michigan, sum
mer session, 1912; Washington Uni
versity, St. Louis, Mo., since 1917;
member American Bar Ass'n, Far.
Eastern Bar Ass'n, Phi Delta Phi,
Mason 32d degree; Episcopalian; m.,
June 26, 1906, Alice Widney, Alpha,
Ill. Address, Washington University,
St. Louis, Mo.
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Thorp, Louis Ashton
Lawyer; b.,Manchester, N. H., Dec .
7, 1876; s. Frank D. and Julia E.
(Boutelle) Thorp; ed. public schools of
Manchester, Boston University Law
School; admitted to the bar in June,
1902, and began practice in Manches
ter, Jan. 1, 1903; member of the wellknown firm of Thorp & Abbott (Lee C.
Abbott engaged in Y. M. C. A. work in
France); Republican; assistant clerk
of the N. H. senate, 1901-3; clerk,
ill
1905-7; assistant clerk, N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1902; member of
the Derryfield Club of Manchester;
m., April 26, 1905, Justyne Elizabeth
Burgess, New Haven, Conn.; children:
Floyd, b. Nov. 6, 1906; Frank J., b.
March 27, 1908. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Cole, Samuel Winkley
Musician; b., Meriden, N. H., Dec.
24, 1848; s. Converse and Mary A.
(Winkley) Cole; ed. Kimball Union
Academy and N. E. Conservatory
of Music; began musical career at
�Hon. Alvin B. Cross
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Portsmouth, N. H., 1877; organist
Clarendon Street Baptist Church,
Boston, 1882-94; teacher in and super
intendent of sight-seeing department
in N. E. Conservatory of Music since
1883; supervisor of music, Brookline,
Mass., since 1884, Dedham, Mass..
1886-1906; teacher public school
music methods, Boston University,
1906-13; produced Haydn's Creation
with Dedham high school, 1890 and
Handel's Messiah, 1891—the first suc
cessful attempt to present an orato
rio by high school pupils; conductor
People's Choral Union, Boston, 18971911; author and compiler of various
musical publications. Residence, Brookline, Mass.; office, N. E. Conservatory
of Music, Boston.
Cross, Alvin Benton
Investment banker; b., Wilmot
N. H., July 4, 1858; s. Benjamin G.
and Sarah P. (Loverin) Cross (ances
tors settled in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635);
ed. public schools, Kearsarge School of
Practice, and private tutors; taught
school several terms in youth; unani
mously elected superintendent of schools
in the town of Wilmot at 21 years of
age; entered employ of Natl State
Capital Bank, Concord, in 1882 and
soon appointed assistant cashier, con
tinuing till 1894, when he resigned
to become the representative of the
well-known banking firm of A. B.
Leach & Co., New York, in New
Hampshire and Vermont, since con
tinuing in that position; Congregationalist; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives from Ward 5,
Concord, 1907-8 and 1909-10; chair
man committee on banks each
session; member N H. senate, 1911-12,
then also chairman committee on
banks; treasurer, N. H. Home Miss.
Soc., since 1901; City treasurer, Con
cord 1902-3; served for some time as
clerk of the Margaret Pillsbury General
Hospital, also as director and president
of the Concord Building & Loan
Ass'n, and as treasurer of the South
Congregational Church; trustee John
H. Pearson trust estate, also of the John
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E. Kimball, Martha E. and Wm. B.
Durgin and Franklin Evans estates;
director Mt. Washington R. R. ; director
and vice-president Concord Light &
Power Co. ; member A. F. & A. M., lodge,
chapter, council, commandery and
shrine; m., Nov. 28, 1882, Elizabeth M.
Gage, dau. John Chandler and Hannah
C. (Stevens) Gage of Boscawen, a grad
uate, of Penacook Academy of which
her father was an incorporator and trus
tee; descended from noted Revolution
ary ancestry, actively interested in all
that makes for progress, serving on
boards of church and civic organ
izations, as treasurer of the Concord
Woman's Club, and now chairman of
the genealogical department, D. A. R.
and member executive board Concord
Dist. Nursing Ass'n. Residence, 19
Merrimack St., Concord, N. H.
Cross, Allen Eastman
Clergyman; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Dec. 30, 1864; s. Hon. David and
Anna Q. (Eastman) Cross; ed. Man
chester high school, Phillips (Andover)
Academy; Amherst College, 1886;
Andover Theological Seminary, 1891;
ordained to the Congregational minis
try, 1891; pastor, Cliftondale, Mass.,
1891-6; Park Church, Springfield,
Mass., 1896-1901; associate minister
Old South Church, Boston, 1901-11;
travelled and studied mission work all
over the world at various mission
stations, 1912-13; pastor MUford,Mass.,
1914-; contributor to various maga
zines and newspapers, of sermons, ad
dresses, essays, poems and hymns, the
most celebrated and widely read of
which is the American Army Hymn
(1917), which has already appeared in
numerous hymnals and patriotic col
lections; received honorary D.D.,
Dartmouth College, 1906; Congregationalist; Republican; member A. F.
& A. M., Monday Club of Congrega
tional Ministers, Boston, Mass.; m.,
June 11, 1896, Ethelyn L. Marshall, Laconia, N. II.; children: Louise Mar
shall, b., Nov. 9, 1902, d. March 30,
1915: Anna Emily, b. March 1,1907.
Residence, Milford, Mass.
�Herbert A. McElwain
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McElwain, Herbert Andrew
Investment banker; b., Enfield,
N. H., April 24, 1877; s. James and
Ella R. (Gage) McElwain; ed. public
schools, Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1899, Dartmouth College,
entering the latter with the class of
1903 and leaving at the close of the
second year to engage in business;
went to Springfield, Mass., in 1901,
where he became manager of salesmen
for the Home Correspondence School
of that city. In 1907 he formed a con
nection with Alonzo Elliott, investment
banker, of Manchester, N. H.; on the
death of Mr. Elliott, in 1909, pur
chased the business, which was in
corporated under the name of Alonzo
Elliott & Co., of which corporation he
is president, and has continued the
same with much success, headquarters
being established in Beacon Block,
Nos. 308-314, Elm St., Manchester;
Republican; member Derryfield, Calu
met and Intervale Country clubs,
Manchester City and Dartmouth
clubs, Boston; Nashua Country Club,
Nashua, N. H.; m., April 18, 1909,
R. Dorothy Favreau. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
Cole, John Adams
Civil engineer; b., Westmoreland,
N. H., Dec. 16, 1838; s. John and
Elizabeth (Shaw) Cole; ed. Kimball
Union Academy, Meriden, and special
studies; in office of Thomas Doane,
civil engineer, Boston, Mass., 1856-9;
general field agent Christian Commis
sion, 1862 to close of the Civil War, in
charge of work in the armies of the
Potomac and the James, directing ex
penditure of more than $3,000,000; civil
engineer, Washington, D. C, 1867-9;
Chicago, 1873-1904; engineer Lake
View and Hyde Park, 1ll., and consult
ing engineer for many cities; designed
and constructed many water-works
and sewerage systems; secretay and
treasurer, trustee Howard University,
Washington, D. C., 1867-71; president
Chicago Tract Soc, 1911-13; member
American Soc. Civil Engineers; Pres
byterian; Republican; m., Dec. 15,
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1870, Julia Mead Alvord, Boston, Mass.
Residence, 1346 E. 53d St., Chicago,
1l1.
Fischer, Herbert Brainerd
Banker; b., Charlestown, Mass.,
July 26, 1872; s. Anson B. and Caro
line Frances (Cutler) Fischer; ed.
Eublic schools, Charlestown and Marlorough Mass.; employed several years
in early life in the service of the Boston
& Maine R. R. at Boston; removed to
Pittsfield, N. H., in 1901, where he has
since been oonnected with the Pittsfield National Bank and the Farmers'
Savings Bank of that town, of which he
is cashier and treasurer, respectively;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1907-8 (secretary committee on Re
trenchment and Reform) ; state senate,
1919; Pittsfield town treasurer, treas
urer Pittsfield Aqueduct Co., Pittsfield
Gas Co., Red Cross; chairman Pitts
field Liberty Bond Committee; and
war speaker; member Corinthian Lodge
A. F. & A. M., Pittsfield; president
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Pittsfield Board of Trade; trained
musician, for several years organist
and choir-master, Pittsfield Congre
gational Church; m., Oct. 3, 1900,
Clara H. M. Goss of Pittsfield, d.
Sept. 22, 1906; children: Herbert Car
penter, b. Jan. 25, 1902, d. Jan. 31,
1902; Robert H., b. March 2, 1905.
Residence, Pittsfield, N. H.
Robertson, John Evans
Banking, mercantile and express
business; b., Warner, N. H., May 9,
1843; s. Harrison Darling and Sarah
(Evans) Robertson; ed. Pembroke
and Henniker Academies and private
tutors; engaged in produce trade in
Montreal, P. Q., in 1864 in firm of
Buck, Robertson & Co.; two years
later returned to Warner where he was
engaged in a general store till 1874,
when he removed to Concord ana
engaged in banking, as assistant cashier
of the National Savings Bank. In
1882 engaged in the coal, wood and
ice business till 1SS8, when he sold out;
later establishing the Concord Ice Co.;
also organized the Manchester &
Concord Express Co.; Episcopalian;
Democrat; served as town clerk and
selectman in Warner and as member
N. H. house of representatives from
that town in 1871-2; treasurer of
Merrimack County two years; County
Commissioner two years; Mayor of
Concord, 1887-8; treasurer Woodsum
Steamboat Co., Sunapee Lake, many
years; A. F. & A. M., Royal Arch
Chapter, Mt. Horeb Commandery,
K. T., Mystic Shrine; White Mountain
Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Concord Lodge,
B. P. O. E.; N. H. Historical Soc;
m., Aug. 15, 1864, Martha A. F. Paige
of Montreal, at Bradford, N. H., d.
Sept. 1, 1906; three children, all born
in Warner, (1) Sarah Darling, d., Con
cord, Jan. 19, 1887; (2) Shirley Louisa,
m., Concord, Oct. 27, 1892, William A.
Whitney of Claremont (one son, John
Robertson, b. Claremont, June 23,
1895, ed. Stevens high school, Clare
mont, Lehigh University, sergeant
Q. M.'s Dept., Richmond, Va.); (3)
Carlton Evans, m. Caroline E. Crockett
of Concord, Jan. 24, 1900. Residence,
Concord, and Sunapee, N. H.
Sanborn, Eugene Dana
Farmer; fire insurance; b., Fremont,
N. H., Sept. 16, 1868; s. Alvah and
Nancy (Page) Sanborn; ed. public
schools. New Hampton Institution,
Cu&hing Academy,Ashburnham, Mass. ;
Universalist; Republican; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1901,
serving on Agricultural College com
mittee; legislative messenger three
sessions; town clerk eight years; mem
ber Fremont board of selectmen twelve
years (present chairman); A. F. &
A. M. (past master Gideon Lodge of
Kingston), U. O. A. M., P. of H. (past
master Rockingham County Pomona
Grange) ; member Bockingham County
Farm Bureau; extensively engaged in
r'culture, with dairying as a specialty;
does an insurance business as
agent of the Granite State and Rocking
ham County companies; m., Dec. 12,
1893, May L. Currier; one son, Cur
tice Sherburne, b. March 16, 1901.
Residence, Fremont, N. H.
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Ladd, Fred Newton
Banker, treasurer Loan and Trust
Savings Bank; b., Concord, N. H.,
Jan. 21, 1859; s. William Dudley and
Mary Ann (Emerson) Ladd; ed. Con
cord high school, private instruction;
started in the National State Capital
Bank, 1879, soon after accepting a
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two children: Dorris, Concord high
school, Dana Hall (Wellesley), art
student, Boston and New York, m.
Emerson Davis of Concord (children,
Barbara Annalee, Rosemary); Phyllis
Baker, student St. Mary's School, Con
cord. Residence, 113 Center St.,
Concord, N. H.; Meredith Bay, N. H.
Huntington, William Spooner
Banker, treasurer Merrimack County
Savings Bank; b., Washington, D. C,
Jan. 15, 1871, only son of William
Spooner, cashier First National Bank
(Jay Cooke & Co.), Washington, D. C,
and Fanny A. (Dearborn) Huntington;
seventh in descent from Christopher
Huntington, the first male child b. in
position with the Loan and Trust,
which connection has continued ever
since; Congregationalist; Republican;
trustee Loan and Trust Savings Bank,
director Capital Fire Ins. Co., treasurer
Concord Masonic Ass'n, treasurer
twenty-four years Blazing Star Lodge,
chairman Christian Science Church
Building Fund, member executive
committee Liberty Loan Com.; Con
cord; member Mt. Horeb Commandery, K. T., Concord, N. H., Wonolancet Club, Beaver Meadow Golf
Club (secretary-treasurer), N. H. His
torical Soc, Council of National De
fense, Red Cross, Concord Board of
Trade, Boys' City Club; m., Dec. 2,
1885, Carrie I del la Sleeper of Concord ;
Norwich, Conn. (1660), who was a
grandson of Simon Huntington, the
Puritan immigrant; moved to Con
cord, N. H., 1883; ed. Concord high
school, 1889; Episcopalian; Republi
can; treasurer N. H. Historical Soc.,
treasurer and trustee N. H. Orphans'
Home, also Holderness School for
�Hon. Clarence B. Little
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Boys, treasurer Snowshoe Club, Con
cord; trustee Merrimack County Sav
ings Bank, director Phenix Mutual
Fire Ins. Co., director State Dwelling
House Ins. Co.; secretary executive
committee Concord Liberty Loan Com. ;
member Wonolancet and Snowshoe
clubs, Eureka Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Trinity Royal Arch Chapter, Horace
Chase Council, Mount Horeb Commandery, K. T., N. H. Consistory,
32d degree, Bektash Temple, A. A.
O. N. M. S.; m., April 17, 1900, Brad
ford, Vt., Katherine L. Parker, dau.
Harry Elwood Parker (see sketch
elsewhere); child: Parker, b. Jan. 26,
1901, Exeter Academy, Dartmouth
College, 1922. Residence, Concord,
N. H.
Little, Clarence Belden
Lawyer; banker; b., Pembroke,
N. H., Nov. 18, 1857; s. George Peabody and Elizabeth Ann (Knox)
Little; ed. Pembroke Academy, Dart
mouth College. A.B. 1881; studied
law with Chase & Streeter, Concord.
and Harvard Law School; admitted
to the bar, Sept., 1883, and com
menced practice, Bismarck, N. D.;
Presbyterian; Republican; Judge of
Probate for Burleigh County, 1884-8;
president Bismarck Board of Educa
tion, 1887-91; elected to North Da
kota State Senate, 1889, serving con
tinuously for twenty years; chairman
Judiciary Committee entire period;
president pro tem, 1897. President
First Nat'l Bank of Bismarck; pres
ident McKenzie State Bank, Sterling
State Bank, Farmers' State Bank,
Wing and Moffet State Bank, Beulah
Coal Mining Co.; vice-president No.
Dakota Historical Soc; president
Dartmouth College Alumni Council;
A. F. & A. M.; Past commander,
Tancred Commandery, K. T.; mem
ber, Minnesota, University, and
Town and Country Clubs, St. Paul,
Minn., Minneapolis Club, Rocky Moun
tain Club, New York; m. Nov. 24,
1885, Caroline Gore Little of Jamaica
Plain,
Mass.; children:
Viroque
Mabel, b. Dec. 2, 1886 (Mt. Ida
School, Newton, Mass., 1900); George
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Peabody, b. July 13, 1888. Residence,
Bismarck, N. D.
Shea, Michael Francis
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Nov. 15, 1875; s. Michael and Cath
erine (Galway) Shea; ed. Old Park
Street Grammar school, St. Joseph's
high school, Manchester, Manhattan
College, New York, 1898, and Boston
University Law School; studied law in
the office of Hon. J. W. Fellows, Man
chester, admitted to the bar in Decem
ber, 1901 and has since been in practice
in Manchester; Catholic; Democrat;
member N. H. house of representatives
1905-6, 1907-8; N. H. state senate,
1917-18 (member Committee on Re
vision of the Laws, chairman of Com
mittee on Soldiers' Home); member
Ancient Order of Hibernians; m.
Sept. 20, 1904, Margaret M. Muldoon
children, Francis M., b. June 16, 1905
Kathleen A., b. July 20, 1906; George
C., b. Feb. 22, 1908; Helen M., b. Nov.
16, 1909; Justin R., b. July 31, 1913;
Neil J., b. Sept. 27, 1915. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
�Hollis F. Townb
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Towne, Hollis Frank
Farmer; b., Stoddard, N. H., Deo.
3, 1857; s. Frank A. and Melissa Ann
(Thompson) Towne; ed. in public
schools of Stoddard, in which town he
spent his early life, and later resided
several years in Vermont; in 1890
engaged m general mercantile business
in the town of Marlow, where he con
tinued until 1899, when he disposed of
his business and removed to Newport,
N. H., remaining four years. In
1904, he purchased the fine farm on the
Merrimack River in Hooksett for
merly owned by the late William F.
Head, long known as one of the best
in Merrimack County, where he has
since been actively engaged in agri
culture, his specialty being the breed
ing of registered Ayrshire cattle, of
which he has a large herd accounted the
finest of the breed in the State; Re
publican; served three years as town
treasurer in Marlow; member A. F.
& A. M.; past Noble Grand of Forest
Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Marlow, and
member Grand Lodge; in., 1st.,
June 7, 1880, Luetta J. Lowell, Mar
low; 2d, Jan. 5, 1900, Belle C. Perry,
Rutland, Vt., d. Jan. 23, 1912; 3d,
June 7, 1913, Grace R. Young, Deerfield, N. H., d. Nov. 1916. One
daughter, Winnifred E., b. Aug. 14,
1883, d. Nov. 28, 1914. Residence,
Hooksett, N. H.
Upton, Robert W.
Lawyer; b., Feb. 3, 1884; ed. pub
lic schools of Bow, N. H., Boston
University School of Law, LL.B
(Magna cum laudc) 1907; admitted to
the N. H. bar, 1907; commenced
practice in Concord as a member of
the firm of Sargent, Niles & Upton;
subsequently of Niles & Upton, and
since the withdrawal of Mr. Niles from
practice to devote his attention to the
work of the Public Service Commission,
alone in practice in the State and Fed
eral Court; Republican; member N.
H. house of representatives from Bow,
1911-2, serving on Judiciary and Ways
and Means Committees; prepared the
original draft of the bill establishing
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the N. H. Tax Commission; also pre
pared the original draft of the Factory
Inspection Act of the last legislature
and was instrumental in its passage;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1918; member N. H. His
torical Soc, I. O. O. F. and P. of H.,
past secretary and lecturer Merri
mack Co. Pomona Grange; member
executive committee N. H7 Old Home
Week Ass'n; m., Sept. 18, 1912
Martha S. Burroughs, Bow, children:
Helen, b. Aug. 15, 1913, d. Dec. 30,
1914; Richard E., b. Sept. 13, 1914;
Elise, b. May 4, 1916. Residence,
Bow, N. H., Concord, P. O.
Eames, George Herbert, Jr.
Wholesale and retail grain dealer;
b., Keene, N. H., Aug. 25, 1884; s.
George H. and Margaret A. (Ander
son) Eames; ed. Keene high school,
Colby Academy, New London, Tif
fin's Business College,- Keene; Uni
tarian; Republican; member Keene
City Council, 1915; Board of Aldermen,
1916; elected acting mayor by the
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Board of Aldermen, June 19, 1916, on
the departure of Mayor Cain to the
Mexican border with the First N. H.
Regiment, and since continuously re
elected by the people to that office;
member A. F. & A. M., B. P. O. E.,
and Monadnock Club, Keene; m.,
Nov. 1, 1905, Amy M. Ballou, one son,
Herbert Howell, b. Aug. 5, 1909.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Hendrick, Nellie Towne
General Secretary, N. H. Sunday
School Ass'n; b., Keene, N. H., Jan.
being one of only three women in
North America holding this office out
of the total number of sixty-five
general secretaries. Founder and dean
of the Northern New England School of
Religious Education (inc.) at Dart
mouth College, whose fourth session
opened at Hanover in August last;
delegate from New Hampshire in all
International and World S. S. Con
ventions for the last ten years, and
speaker in all; m., Oct. 2, 1887, George
W. Hendrick, Nashua; one daughter,
Marion. (Mrs. George E. Ray, Marblehead, Mass.) b. April 22, 1889 (Tilton
Seminary, 1906; R. I. School of De
sign). Residence, 18 Wellington St.,
Nashua, N. H.
Wagner, George Augustus
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.F
May 28, 1873; s. Augustus and Mary
(Bastian) Wagner; ed. public schools,
Manchester high school, 1889, Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1892, Boston Uni
versity Law School, 1895; admitted to
the bar in 1895 and since in practice in
Manchester; Unitarian; Republican;
city solicitor, Manchester, 1899-1909;
judge of probate, County of Hills
borough, 1912-; chairman Republican
city committee, 1911-13; secretary
Republican state committee, 1915;
member A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter
and council, I. O. R. M., S. of V., In
tervale Country Club, Manchester;
director and attorney Manchester
Building & Loan Ass'n; m., Anna M.
Barndollar, Manchester, May 25,
1910; one son, Philip Augustus, b.
April 24, 1917. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
5, 1866; dau. John S. and Lucy (Web
ster) Hendrick ; ed. Keene public schools,
high school, 1883; taught in same for
several years; Congregationalist; Re
publican; member Nashaway Woman's
Club—corresponding secretary for severalyears; member Civics Committee,
N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs;
Elementary Superintendent, N. H.
Sunday School Ass'n for the last ten
years; General Secretary N. H. Sun
day School Ass'n for the last six years,
Bingham, George Hutchins
Jurist; b., Littleton, N. H., Aug. 19,
1864; s. George A. and Eliza I.
(Woods) Bingham; ed. public schools,
Holderness School for Boys, St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy, Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1887; Harvard Law School,
LL.B. 1881; admitted to the bar, July,
1891; entered partnership with his
father, the late Hon. George A. Bing
ham, in Littleton, in practice of law,
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continuing until the death of the" latter
in 1895; removed to Manchester in
1898 and formed a partnership with
Hon. David A. Taggart, continuing
till 1902, after which practiced alone
till July, 1902, when appointed Asso
ciate Justice of the N. H. supreme
court, serving till June 5, 1913, when
he received an appointment as Judge
of the U.S. circuit court for the Eastern
District of the United States, which
position he still holds; Episcopalian
(vestryman Grace Episcopal Church,
Manchester); Democrat; director Mer
chants National Bank, Manchester;
m., Oct. 29, 1891, Cornelia P. Hinckley,
Chelsea, Mass.; children, Elizabeth
H., b. July 22, 1892 (Mrs, Warren
McPherson,
Cambridge,
Mass.);
George H., b. Jan. 6, 1895 (ensign
U. S. Navy); Cordelia P., b. July 26,
1896 (Smith, 1919); Sylvester H.,
b. May 22, 1901 (Dartmouth, 1922);
Robert P. and Helen W., b. April 21,
1903. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Chase, Harvey Stuart
Public accountant; b., Portsmouth,
N. H., June 18, 1861; s. R. Stuart and
Ada L. (Harvey) Chase; ed. Mass.
Institute of Technology, B.S. 1883;
superintendent and treasurer Gas and
Water Works, Great Falls (Somersworth), N. H., 1886-91; officer in
various engineering and mining cor
porations in New York and Tennessee,
1891-7; auditor and expert accountant
in Boston, Mass., since 1897, firm of
Harvey S. Chase & Co.; devised
systems of uniform reporting and ac
counting for cities, states and public
service corporations; member Presi
dent Taft's Commission on Economy
and Efficiency, 1911-12; consulting
expert accountant, U. S. Treasury,
1913; controller Liberty Loan, 1st
district, 1917; member American
Economic Ass'n, American Statistical
Ass'n, National Municipal League and
various other organizations; author of
many published works; Unitarian; m.,
Dec. 22, 1886, Nettie F. Rowe, Haver
hill, Mass. Residence, Brookline,
Mass.; Office, 84 State St., Boston.
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McQuaid, Elias Alfred
Newspaper reporter; b., Lowell,
Mass., May 10, 1873; s. Hugh and
Catherine (Connor) McQuaid. At
tended the public schools and St. Jo
seph's high school, Manchester;
learned telegraphy and at 17 joined the
reportorial staff of the Manchester
Mirror; represented the Union at
Chickamauga Park in 1898 and the
Mirror at several sessions of the legis
lature; in 1905 joined the staff of the
Boston Traveler, then under the editor
ship of John H. Fahey; secretary
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce,
1913; assistant secretary to Governor
Walsh of Massachusetts, 1915; now
with the Boston Advertiser; m., at
Epping, N. H., Sept. 11, 1907, Arethusa, younger daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Turtle Bean; four children:
Bernard J., b. July 15, 1908; Eileen,
b. Oct. 24, 1910; David Forrest, b.
Oct. 4, 1912 and Elias, Jr., b. April 21,
1917. Address, No. 80 Summer St.,
Boston; residence, Patten Hill Rd.,
R. F. D. No. 1, Candia, N. H.
�Rev. Rufus P. Gardner
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Gardner, Rufus Parker
Clergyman; superintendent N. H.
Orphan's Home; b., Orland Me., Sept.
14, 1858; s. Jesse and Abigail (Hatch)
Gardner; ed. Castine, Me., high
school; Bryant & Stratton's Business
College, Boston, 1876; Eastern Me.
State Normal School, 1878; taught two
years in Bucksport, Me., Seminary,
and engaged some time in evangelistic
work; entered Bangor Theological
Seminary in 1883, graduating in 1886;
pastor Congregational church, Waldoboro, Me., 1886-8, Marion, Mass.,
1888-92, Hampstead, N. H., 1896-1900;
superintendent, N. H. Orphans Home,
Franklin, N. H., since 1901; Congre
gationalism Republican; president
corporation of Sanborn Seminary,
Kingston, N. H., since 1898; secre
tary Tabor Academy corporation,
Marion, Mass.; chairman Executive
Committee, Franklin City Hospital;
member and past president Franklin
Board of Trade ; member A. F. & A. M.
and I. O. O. F.; m., 1st, Ada Myrick,
Hampden, Me., d.; 2d, June 8, 1886,
Belle Brown Clement, Freedom, Me.;
children, Bessie (Mrs. James S. Shaw),
b. Edmunds, Me., April 23, 1881;
(Hampstead High School, 1896, Ply
mouth Normal School, 1901, Emerson
Hospital Training School for Nurses,
1910); Harold Parker, b. Marion,
Mass., Dec. 23, 1891 (Phillips Ex
eter Academy, 1909, Dartmouth Col
lege, 1913, post-graduate work, New
York College, 1916), statistician New
York Central R. R. lines. Residence,
Franklin, N. H.
Sullivan, Patrick Henry
Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec.
29, 1866; s. John D. and Julia (Sulli
van) Sullivan; ed. public schools,
Nashua high school, 1883; Boston
University Law School, LL.B. 1890;
admitted to the bar, 1890; commenced
practice in Manchester, N. H., 1891,
and has since continued; Roman
Catholic; Democrat; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1893 (mem
ber Committee on Revision of the
Statutes); solicitor for Hillsborough
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County, 1911-5, declining farther elec
tion which he might have had notwith
standing the strong adverse political
majority in the county; Democratic
candidate for Congress, 5th N. H.
District, special election, 1917; mem
ber N. H. Bar Ass'n American Bar
Ass'n, Knights of Columbus, A. O. H.,
A. O. U. W., Derryfield Club, Inter
vale Country Club, Manchester; m.,
June 15, 1898, Nellie J. Harrington,
Manchester; children, John, b. June
16, 1899 (Dartmouth, 1921- now in
Naval Unit at Yale); Robert C., b.
March 19, 1902, d. April 5, 1905.
Residence, 357 Walnut St.; office,
Amoskeag Bank Building, Manchester.
Lockhart , Burton Wellesley
Clergyman; b., Lockhartville, Kings
Co., N. S., Jan. 24, 1855; s. Nathan
Albert and Elizabeth Ann (Beganson)
Lockhart; ed. Acadia College, N. S.,
1878, Newton Theological Seminary,
Newton, Mass., 1882; A.M., Acadia
College, 1882; D.D., Dartmouth,
1894; pastor Second Baptist Church,
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Suffield, Conn., 1882-8; Third Con
gregational Church, Chicopee, Mass.,
1888-93; Franklin Street Congre
gational Church, Manchester, 1893- ;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber Winthrop Club, Boston, Mass.;
m., Dec. 24, 1883, Fanny Mary Upson,
Westfield, Mass. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Hadley, George Plummer
Insurance; b., Goffstown, N. H.,
Sept. 30, 1846; s. Peter Eastman and
Mary (Cochran) Hadley; lineal de
scendant of George Hadley who emi
grated to Ipswich, Mass., from Eng
land, previous to 1639, and of Roger
Eastman who settled in Salisbury in
1638; ed. schools of Goffstown, Kim
ball Union Academy, 1869, non-grad
uate Dartmouth College, class of 1873;
taught successfully in New Hampshire
and Massachusetts, afterwards became
civil engineer, which profession he
practiced a number of years. In ad
dition to his insurance business he de
votes his time to probate business and
the settlement of estates involving
matters of trust and responsibility;
takes a commendable interest in all
progressive measures, and is a rec
ognized authority on matters per
taining to the history of his native
town, having devoted much attention
for several years to the collection and
arrangement of material for a town his
tory; Congregationalist; Republican;
held office of selectman, collector,
member of school board, N. H. house
of representatives, 1885, constitutional
convention, 1912; justice of the peace
and notary public; member I. O. 0. F.,
P. of H., N. H. Historical Soc, New
England Historic-Genealogical Soc. ;
m. June 10, 1875, Edna V. Carr
of Goffstown. Residence, Goffstown,
N. H.
Taylor, Amos Leavitt
Lawyer and Lecturer; b., Danbury, N. H., Feb. 22, 1877; s. Frank
Leavitt and Nellie J. (Martin) Taylor
(descendant of Anthony Taylor, first
of the family in America, at Ports
mouth, N. H., 1636, of Anthony
Taylor, founder and first settler of the
town of Danbury (1770), fifth genera
tion in America, of Amos Taylor,
trial justice at Danbury and many
times representative in the legislature,
of Moses L. Taylor, trial justice at
Danbury, seventh generation, who
was his grandfather); ed. public
schools of Danbury and Franklin,
N. H., Phillips Andover Academy,
Brown University, A.B. 1901; Bos
ton University Law School, LL.B.
(cum laude and special mention for
graduation thesis) 1903; Unitarian;
Republican; member law firm of
Adams & Minn. Boston; lecturer Pace
Institute of Accountancy, Boston;
Author of "Corporation Law in Mas
sachusetts; member Republican town
committee, Belmont, Mass., six years;
town counsel for Belmont nine years;
delegate, Mass. Republican state con
vention, 1914, 1916; clerk American
Water Supply Co. of New England;
member corporation and counsel, Bel
mont (Mass.) Savings Bank; clerk
and director London Sponging Works
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(inc.); director Pace Agency for Place
ments; director Waverley (Mass.) Co
operative Bank; member Boston Bar
Ass'n, Middlesex Bar Ass'n, Mass. Bar
Ass'n, American Bar Ass'n, Bostonian
Soc, Economic Club of Boston, Acad
emy of Political Science, N. Y., Oakley
Country Club, A. Z. & A. U. Belmont,
Phi Gamma Delta (Biown Univ.)
Gamma Eta Gamma (Boston Univ.);
m., June 16, 1906, Myra Fairbank;
children: Amos L. Taylor, Jr., born
June 20, 1912; Elizabeth Fairbank
Taylor, b. Aug. 2, 1915. Residence,
117 School St., Belmont, Mass.; busi
ness address, 40 Court St., Boston.
Bell, Charles Upham
Jurist; b., Exeter, N. H., Feb. 26,
1843; s. James and Judith A. (Upham)
Bell; ed. Kimball Union Academy,
Phillips Exeter Academy, Bowdoin
College, A. B. 1863; studied law with
Charles H. Bell and admitted to the
bar in Exeter, February, 1866; prac
ticed in Exeter five years, removing to
Lawrence, Mass., in 1871; Congregationalist (member South Congrega
tional church, Andover, Mass.); jus
tice superior court of Massachusetts
since Sept. 16, 1898; member Mass.,
Soc. Cincinnati, Mass. Soc. Colon ian
Wars, G. A. R. (having served as a
private in the 42 Mass. Vols. in the
Civil War); m., 1st, Nov. 21, 1872,
Helen M. Pitman, Laconia, N. H., d.
March 28, 1888; 2d, Elizabeth W.
Pitman, April 10, 1894, d. June 17,
1916; children, by first wife, Alice L.,
Mary A., Joseph P., Helen P., wife of
Rev. George H. Duver. Removed from
Lawrence to Andover, Mass., Decem
ber, 1900.
Allen, John Eliot
Jurist; b., Claremont, N. H., June
26, 1873; s. Judge William H. H. and
Ellen E. (Joslin) Allen; ed. Clare
mont public schools, Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B., 1894; Harvard Law School,
LL.B., 189S; admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Keeoe, N. H.,
in 1897; Republican; instructor, Dart
mouth College, 1900-3; Judge of Pro
bate for Cheshire County, 1900-6:
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City Solicitor of Keene, 1900-9; mem
ber of board of education, 1909- ; as
sociate justice N. H. superior court,
1917; director Keene Nat'l Bank;
member A. F. & A. M., Lodge of the
Temple, Cheshire Royal Arch Chapter,
Hugh de Payen's Commandery, K. T.;
m., June 10, 1901, Amy L. Abbott.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Parker, Harry Elwood
Editor and publisher; b., Lyman,
N. H., June 11, 1853; s. Charles and
Amelia E. (Bennett) Parker; ed. pub
lic schools, Lisbon Academy; studied
music in youth and was leader of a
military band at Marion, Va., at 16
years of age; later learned the print
er's trade and established the Lisbon
(AT. H.) Globe; removed to Bradford,
Vt., in 1881, where he consolidated the
two local papers and has since suc
cessfully conducted the United Opiririon, being now the dean of Vermont
journalism; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; engrossing clerk, N. H. legis
lature, 1878-9; postmaster, Bradford,
Vt., 1890-4; member Vt.
Re-
�Hon. David Arthur Taggart
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publican state committee, 1894-8;
colonel on staff of Governor Fuller,
1892-4; member Vt. house of rep
resentatives, 1916; president Capital
City Press, Montpelier, Vt.; treasurer
and manager Opinion Press, Brad
ford, Vt.; vice-president Woodstock
(N. H.) Lumber Co.; director The
Parker-Young Co., Lisbon, N. H.;
member A. F. & A. M.—Lodge, Chap
ter, Council, Commandery, Shrine,
and 32nd degree—I. O. O. F., all
branches, 20 years secretary Grand
Lodge of Vermont; B. P. O. E.;
P. of H.; A. O. A. M.; m., Sept. 24,
1873, Anne M. Weston, Nashua, N. H.;
children; Leslie Weston, b. Apr. 26,
1877, d. Feb. 28, 1878; Katherine
Louise (Mrs. W. S. Huntington), b.
July 9, 1879; Sara Knowles, b. Dec. 3,
1881; Charles, b. July 1, 1884; Levi
Houghton, b. Jan. 5, 1891, d. Oct. 7,
1918 in service. Residence, Bradford,
Vt.
Taggart, David Arthur
Lawyer; b., Goffstown, N. H., Jan.
30, 1858; s. David M. and Esther
(Wilson) Taggart; ed. Manchester
high school, 1874, Harvard Univer
sity, A.B. 1878; studied law with the
late Hon. David Cross of Manchester;
admitted to the N. H. Bar, Sept. 1,
1881, and has since been engaged in
practice in that city; at first for several
years in partnership with Judge Cross,
many years past head of the firm of Tag
gart, Tuttle, Burroughs & Wyman (now
Taggart, Tuttle, Wyman & Starr) ; Congregationalist; Republican; member N.
H. house of representatives from
Goffstown, 1883; N. H. senate (pres
ident), 1889; Republican candidate
for Congress, first N. H. District,
1890; member A. F. & A. M., 32d deg-ee and Knight Templar, N. H.
ar Ass'n and American Bar Ass'n;
m., Nov. 11, 1884, Mary Elbra, dau.
Dr. A. B. Story, Manchester; children,
Esther M., (Mrs. Ernest R. Cooper),
b. March 31, 1886; Ruth Story,
(Mrs. Stanley C. Whipple), b. July
23, 1891. Residence, Manchester,
N.H.
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Norwood, Charles Miles
Box manufacturer; b., West Brookfield, Mass., Oct. 23, 1844; s. George
and Eliza (Baker) Norwood; ed. public
and private schools in Massachusetts
and Winchester, N. H.; Unitarian;
Republican; engaged in manufacture
of boxes in Keene for twenty-five
years; six years superintendent of
Beaver Mills, also doing business in
his own name, and later as C. M. Nor
wood & Son; sold out in June, 1918 to
New England Box Co. ; member Keene
city government as councilman and
alderman fifteen years; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1893-4, 1907
-8, 1911-12; N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912: member board of com
missioners for Cheshire County since
1914; membeT A. F. & A. M., lodge,
chapter, council, 32 degree, command
ery and shrine; Unitarian Club, S. of
V.; m., Sept. 12, 1866, Louisa M.
Taft, Swanzey, N. H.; one son, Leon
C., b. March 16, 1871, partner with
his father in business. Residence,
Keene, N. H.
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Africa, Walter Greenland
Gas engineer; b. Huntingdon, Pa.,
April 11, 1863; s. John Simpson and
Dorothea (Greenland) Africa; ed. public
schools and Huntingdon Academy
(now Juniata College); clerk First
National Bank, Huntingdon, a year
and a half, then for a time with Elk ins
& Widener, gas operators; subse
quently leased and operated the Hunt
ingdon Gas Works, 1885 to 1887; re
moved to Manchester, N. H., in the
spring of 1887, and became superin
tendent of the People's Gas Light Co.
of which he is now treasurer and man
ager; director Amoskeag Nat'l Bank,
Elliott Mf'g Co., American Guild of
Gas Managers of New England (presi
dent), American Gas Institute (direc
tor), N. E. Association of Gas Engi
neers (president), and actively identified
with various other corporations; A. F.
& A. M., Past Commander Trinity
Commandery, K. T., Commander in
Chief, N. H. Consistory, Past Poten
tate, Bektash Temple, N. M. S.; mem
ber Supreme Council, 33d degree,
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.;
m., Nov. 17, 1887, Maude E. Cun
ningham, Huntingdon, Pa.; children.
Dorothea C., b. Nov. 18, 1888 (Lasell
Seminary); Esther Elizabeth, b. Jan.
22, 1890; Walter Murray, b. April 22,
1892; Maude Isabel, b. April 8, 1907.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Chamberlin, Edson Joseph
Railway president; b., Lancaster,
N. H., August, 1852; s. Joseph Mark
and Roeann C. Chamberlin; ed. public
schools and Montpelier (Vt.) Semi
nary; served as timekeeper and clerk
in railway office at St. Albans, Vt.,
1871-5; secretary to general superin
tendent, Central Vt. Ry., 1875-6;
private secretary to general manager,
1877-84; superintendent Ogdensburg
& Lake Champlain, 1886-1905; vicepresident and general manager Grand
Trunk Pacific Ry., at Winnipeg, Man.,
1909-12; president Grand Trunk Ry.
System, and Grand Trunk Pacific,
1912-7, resigned as president Grand
Trunk Pacific, 1917, but continued as
president Grand Trunk System and
director Grand Trunk Pacific; presi
dent Central Vt. Ry., 1912-17, now
director; m., 1876, Sara G. Place, St.
Albans, Vt. Residence, Montreal,
Canada.
Bell, Louis
Electrical engineer; b., Chester,
N. H., Dec. 5, 1864; s. Gen. Louis and
Mary A. P. (Bouton) Bell; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1884; graduate
student Johns Hopkins Univ., 1884;
fellow in physics, 1&85-8; Ph.D. 1888;
professor applied electricity, Purdue
Univ., 1888-9; editor Electrical World,
New York, 1890-2; chief engineer elec
tric power transmission department,
Gen. Electric Co.; consulting engineer
in relation to electric power transmis
sion since 1895; lecturer on power
transmission, Mass. Inst. Tech., 18951905; lecturer on public lighting,
Harvard Univ. and on illumination,
Harvard Med. School, since 1914; Uni
tarian; Republican; Fellow American
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Academy Arts and Sciences, American
Institute of Electrical Engineers, Na
tional Electric Light Ass'n., and nu
merous other organizations and clubs;
m., Dec. 3, 1893, Sarah G. Hemenway,
Somerville, Mass. Residence, West
Newton, Mass. Office, 120 Boylston
St., Boston.
Beckley, Chester Charles
Physician; b., Plainfield, N. H.,
Jan. 25, 1876; s. Charles C. and Kate
E. (Daniels) Beckley; ed. public
schools, Univ. of Vermont, College of
Medicine, M.D. 1898; post graduate
work in New York Post Graduate
Med. School, Dartmouth Med. School,
Clark Univ. and Harvard School of
Medicine; located in practice in Lan
caster, Mass., in 1899 and there con
tinues; visiting physician to Clinton,
Mass., Hospital, and Lancaster State
Industrial School for Girls; member
board of health and school physician,
Lancaster; director Clinton Anti-tuber
culosis Ass'n, Lancaster Social Serv
ice Ass'n, member Mass. Med. Soc,
American Med. Ass'n, Boston Soc.
Psychiatry and Neurology, National
Ass'n for Study and Prevention of
Tuberculosis; Unitarian; Republican;
member A. F. & A. M., 32d degree,
and Shriner, and Boston Athletic Ass'n.
Residence, Lancaster, Mass..
Barber, Daniel Fletcher
Hardware merchant; b., Antrim,
N. H., Aug. 9, 1855; s. Rev. Darnel W.
and Adeline (Haven) Barber; ed.
public schools; clerk with A. M. Gard
ner & Co., and Gardner & Chandler,
hardware, Boston, Mass., 1869-88;
partner Chandler & Barber, whole
sale hardware, 18&8-1914, since Chand
ler & Barber Co. (Inc.) ; made his resi
dence in Newton, Mass., in 1871;
alderman, Newton, 1902-4; member
Boston Chamber of Commerce; vicepresident Nat'l Retail Hardware Ass'n;
director N. E. Hardware Dealers
Ass'n (president 1896-7, 1910), presi
dent Newton Y. M. C. A., 1888-90;
member A. F. & A. M., Boston City
Club, Newton Civic Club; m., Oct. 10,
391
1888, Artena Olivia Mansfield, East
Saugus, Mass.; three children. Resi
dence, 131 Newtonville Ave., Newton,
Mass.
Faulkner, Philip Handerson
Lawyer; b., Keene, N. H., May 30,
1883; s. Francis C. and Martha B.
(Ripley) Faulkner; ed. Keene schools,
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1901, Har
vard College, A.B. 1905; Harvard
Law School, LL.B. 1907; admitted to
the bar and commenced practice in
Keene in 1907, with Hon. John E.
Allen now associate justice N. H. Su
perior Court; Republican; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1911-12;
city solicitor, Keene, 1911-15; solicitor
Cheshire County, 1915-19 (resigned
April, 1917), member Keene city. gov
ernment, 1918; member staff of Gov.
Holland H. Spaulding, 1915-17; secre
tary Republican state committee,
1912-14; chairman, 1916-18; director
Citizens Nat'l Bank; trustee Cheshire
County Savings Bank, Keene; trustee
and vice-president Standard Securities
�Rt. Rev. George Albert Guertin, D. D.
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Co., Boston, Mass., director Conn.
River R. R. Co., president trustees of
Keene Public Library, director Keene
Gas & Electric Co., Laconia Gas &
Electric Co.; treasurer and director
Greenfield, Mass. Gas Light Co.; gov
ernment Appeal agent Cheshire County
Draft Board; chairman Community
Labor Board, Keene; president Keene
Chapter, American Red Cross; m.,
June 22, 1916, Katherine H. Kingsbury
Keene. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Guertin, George Albert
Roman Catholic Bishop of the Di
ocese of Manchester; b., Nashua,
N. H., Feb. 27, 1869, s. George and
Louise (LeFebvre) Guertin; ed. St.
Aloysius' School, Nashua; St. Charles'
College, Sherbrooke, Canada; St.
Hyacinthe College, Canada; St.
John's Boston Ecclesiastical Seminary,
Brighton, Mass., 1892; ordained priest
of the Roman Catholic Church by
Bishop Bradley in St. Aloysius'
Church, Nashua, Dec. 17, 1892;
assistant priest at St. Augustine's
Church, Manchester, 1893-7; as
sistant priest, Sacred Heart Church,
Lebanon, 1897-1900; pastor St. An
thony's Church, Manchester, 1900-7;
consecrated bishop of the Diocese of
Manchester, in St. Joseph's Cathedral,
Manchester, by His Excellency, the
Most Rev. Diomede Falconio, apos
tolic delegate to the United States,
later Cardinal Falconio, March 19,
1907; doctor of divinity, Laval Uni
versity, Quebec, 1908; spokesman for
Catholic schools at Semi-Centenary of
Manchester, 1896; member of French
Historical Soc. of the United States,
1914; etc., etc. Residence, Manchester,
N. H.
Bartley, William Tenney
Clergyman; b., Concord, N. H.,
Nov. 7, 1868; s. Joseph D. and Mary
A. (Tenney) Bartley ; ed. public schools,
Yale, A. B. 1891. Ph.D. 1895; Andover
Theological Sem., 1897, S.T.B. 1899;
ordained Congregational Ministry,
1897; pastor, Salem, N. H.. 1896-1902,
Bennington, 1902-7, Bethlehem, 1907
393
-11, First Church, Hadley, Mass.,
1911-13, Middlefield, Mass., since 1913;
member North Berkshire Ass'n, Con
gregational Churches, North Berkshire
Ministerial Union; m., Feb. 6, 1900,
Carrie Belle Webster, Salem, N. H.;
one son, Irving Dana. Residence,
Middlefield, Mass.
Babbidge, Paul Freese
Superintendent Water, Sewer and
Drain Department, Keene, N. H.; b.F
Milford, Me., Jan. 17, 1858; s. John
and Angeline (Jellison) Babbidge; ed.
public schools and Oldtown (Me.)
Academy, 1876; Episcopalian; Re
publican; engaged for some time in
civil engineering in Minnesota, and
subsequently for seven years with
George E. Waring, the eminent sani
tary engineer, Newport, R. I.; located
in Keene, N. H., June 18, 1888, as
superintendent of the city's water,
sewer and drain department which
position he has since held continu
ously; has always been interested in
military affairs, served four years in
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early life as a member of the First
Reg't, Me. Volunteer Militia, and
member of N. H. National Guard
from 1888, holding all ranks up to
brigadier general with which rank he
retired, Dec. 1, 1913; captain, 1st,
N. H. Vols, in Spanish War, 1898;
Colonel N. H. State Guard, May 3,
1917-; member A. F. & A. M., lodge,
chapter, council and commandery;
Knights of Pythias and Red Men; m.,
Aug. 7, 1883, Kate M. Barrett, Keene.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Parker, Samuel Sewall
Lawyer; b., Wolfeboro, N. H., May
9, 1855; s. Harry Stanley and Hester
A. (Stevens) Parker; descendant of
William Parker (Portsmouth, 1699)
and Judge William Parker of anteRevolution days; ed. public schools,
Wolfeboro Academy and New Hamp
ton Institute; studied law with George
N. Eastman of Farmington, Joshua G.
Hall and Robert G. Pike of Dover; ad
mitted to the bar and began practice
in Farmington in 1890, and there con
tinuing; Congregationalist; Republi
can; member N. H. state senate from
District No. 5, 1904-5; trustee Farm
ington Savings Bank; member N. H.
Historical Soc, N. H. Forestry Ass'n.,
Henry Wilson Grange, P. of H. (treas
urer), Woodbine Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., May 10, 1879,
Mary E. Horne. Residence, Farmington, N. H.
Johnson, Thomas Franklin
Lawyer; b., Pittsburg, N. H., July 3,
1848; s. David and Mary (Washman)
Johnson; ed. public schools and Colebrook Academy; went to Iowa in
search of health ; studied law with Hon.
L. L. Ainsworth, admitted to the bar
and practiced one year at Postville,
la.; returned to New Hampshire and
located at Colebrook, where he has
continued in practice; Republican;
member N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1902, 1912, N. H. bank commis
sion, 1911-13; m., March 1, 1877, Abi
gail Lovering. Residence, Colebrook,
N. H.
Bachelder, Thomas Cogswell
Lawyer; b., Gilmanton, N. H., Nov.
6, 1860; s. Samuel F. and Mary B.
(Cogswell) Bachelder; ed. Gilmanton
Academy, Harvard College, A.B. 1883,
A.M. 1886; Harvard Law School, LL.B.
1886; in practice of law in Boston since
1886; Congregationalist; Republican;
member Boston City Council, 1894-5;
Mass. house of representatives, 1896-7;
director American Stave and Cooper
age Co., Harvard Improvement Ass'n;
member Mass. Militia three years,
Colonial Club, Dorchester; m., Nov.
18, 1893, Claudia Wilma Crosby,
Boston; two children. Residence, 39
Gleason St., Dorchester, Mass.
Bailey, Charles Hardy
Phvsician; b., West Svvanzey, N. H.,
Sept."21, 1856; s. Clark and Carolyn C.
(Davis) Bailev; ed. Winchester, N. H.,
high school, N. H. College, B.S. 1879,
Dartmouth Med. College, M.D. 1S81;
located in medical practice in Gardner,
Mass., 1881, and has there continued;
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Republican; member staff Henry Hayward Memorial Hospital; school com
mittee, Gardner, since 1903; Mass.
Med. Soc, Worcester North District
Med. Soc, Gardner Boat Club; m.,
Aug. 14, 1884, Clara E. Morse, Win
chester, N. H.; three children. Resi
dence, Gardner, Mass.
Young, John Edwin
Jurist; b., Stratham, N. H., Jan. 26,
1855; s. Mark Fernald and Olive
Light (Piper) Young;
ed. public
schools, Coes Academy, Northwood
N. H., Dartmouth College, A.B., 1878;
engaged for a time in farm labor
studied law with Marston & Eastman
some time; was variously engaged in
the West and South until 1889 when he
returned East, resumed his legal study,
was admitted to the bar in 1890, and
commenced practice with Marston &
Eastman, continuing till after the
death of Gen. Marston, and later in
the firm Eastman, Young & O'Neill, and
Eastman & Young till August, 1898,
when he was appointed an associate
justice of the supreme court of New
Hampshire; April, 1901, associate
justice superior court; January, 1904,
again associate justice of the su
preme court, since continuing; Con
gregationalist; Republican; m., Jan
16, 1895, Bertha J. Hobbs, Newfields,
N. H., d. 1906; one adopted daughter
Priscilla Bertha Young. Residence
Exeter, N. H.
Barney, Charles Oscar
Editor and publisher; b., Orange,
N. H., July 21, 1846; s. Aaron and
Sarah Ann (Chase) Barney; ed. public
schools, Grafton select school, and
Canaan Union Academy; established
the Canaan Reporter, a weekly news
paper, in 1867 and has continued its
publication from that time, being the
oldest newspaper publisher in contin
uous service in the state; Methodist;
Republican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1901 ; constitutional
convention, 1912; many years special
justice Canaan police court; clerk and
director Crystal Lake Water Co.,
395
Canaan; member N. H. Press Ass'n
(president), K. of P. (Grand Chancel
lor, N. H., 1901), P. of H.; m., July,
1874, Mary E. Wilmarth. Residence,
Canaan, N. H.
English, Fred Hubbard
Merchant (retired); b., Hartland,
Vt., Jan. 8, 1857; s. John W. and
Melissa (Hubbard) English; ed. public
schools, Littleton high school; en
gaged for forty years in grocery trade
in Littleton, recently retiring; CongregationaUst; Democrat; member Lit
tleton board of health, 1892-4; board
of education, 1891-6; member N. H.,
house of representatives, 1919-20
(Chairman Committee on banks) ; vicepresident and director Littleton Nat'l
Bank; secretary Littleton Musical
Ass'n., 1893-5; director Littleton Shoe
Co.; member A. F. & A. M. to and
including 32d degree, and past E.
Commander St. Gerard Commandery,
K. T.; m., July 31, 1882, Claribel
Richardson, Littleton. Residence, Lit
tleton, N. H.
�Hon. Edmund Sullivan
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Sullivan, Edmund
Lawyer; b., Lancaster, N. H., April
19, 1865; s. Florence and Margaret
(Shea) Sullivan: ed. public schools,
Lancaster Academy, Law Depart
ment Univ. of Mich., LL.B. 1890;
admitted to the Michigan bar, but
returned to Lancaster and located in
practice there in 1892, where he was
for several years in partnership with
the late William H. Shurtleff, but in
1901 removed to Berlin and formed a
partnership with Daniel J. Daley,
which has continued, the firm doing an
extensive business; Catholic; Demo
crat; auditor, Coos County, 1900-14;
member N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912; chairman N. H. License
Commission from August 7, 1913,
until legislated out of office on partisan
grounds, August, 1915; clerk BerlinShelburne Power Co.; appointed mem
ber District Draft Board, July 21,
1917; chairman Berlin District Fuel
Committee, Oct. 17, 1917; member
Community Labor Board, August,
1918; member Speakers' Bureau for
War Work from organization in 1917
and frequently speaking during the
war; member Catholic Order of Fores
ters, Knights of Columbus and Elks;
m., Nov. 29, 1894, Mary Kenyon;
children, Harold C., b. Aug. 25, 1895,
in U. S. Navy from the commencement
of the war with Germany; Miriam, b.
Jan. 25, 1897, at home. Residence,
Berlin, N. H.
Madden, Charles Augustus
Lawyer; b., Feb. 4, 1881: s.
Thomas and Honora (Cain) Madden;
ed. public schools of Keene; studied
law with his brother, Joseph Madden
and was admitted to the bar July 13,
1909, since practicing in Keene; Re
publican; member Keene City Coun
cil, 1908; special justice Keene Mu
nicipal Court. appointed March 10,
1915; succeeded L. W. Holmes as
justice, April 25, 1918; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; mem
ber Lodge of the Temple, A. F. &
A. M.; m., March 14, 1908, Winnifred
Comer. Residence, Keene, N. H.
397
Sawyer, Herbert Noyes
Dairy farmer; b., Atkinson, N. H..
July 6, 1860; s. Jesse Augustus and
Elizabeth Bradley (Noyes) Sawyer;
ed. public schools and Atkinson Acad
emy; Universalist; Republican; mem
ber Atkinson school board since es
tablishment of the present system and
chairman for ten years, also chairman
joint boards of Atkinson, Hudson,
Salem and Danville since the forma
tion of the supervisory district; four
years member of board of selectmen
of Atkinson (chairman two years);
member N. H. House of Representa-
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tives, 1917-18, having received all but
five votes cast; vice-president N. H.
Dairymen's Ass'n; member N. E.
Milk Producer's Ass'n, serving as chair
man of county and state organiza
tions; member I. O. O. F., J. O. U.
A. M. and P. of H.; five years master
of Atkinson Grange; four years dis
trict deputy N. H. State Grange, four
years general deputy; Overseer N. H.
State Grange 1917-; m., Oct. 17, 1886
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Nettie Grace Pettengill; children,
Arthur Herbert, b. March 8, 1889 (N.
H. College, 1912); Clifford Augustus,
Aug. 30, 1894 (N. H. College, 1915)!
On Nov. 1, 1915, the two sons took
charge of the farm, and have since
managed it under the name of H. N.
Sawyer & Sons. Residence, Atkinson,
College, A.B., 1910; Episcopalian;
member Boston Woman's College
Club, St. Mary's Alumnae Ass'n,
Radcliffe Alumnae Ass'n; began train
ing as a secretary in the Associated
Chanties of Boston; graduated from
the Mass. General Hospital, Feb.,
1916; became night supervisor in that
hospital till the U. S. Army Base Hos
pital, No. 6, to which she belonged,
Fletcher, Lucy Nettie
left for France, June, 1917; became
Red Cross nurse; b., Grouville, Isle of head nurse in one of the medical wards;
Jersey, England, Feb. 18, 1886; dau. contracted cerebro-spinal meningitis
and died May 6, 1918; buried with
full military honors in the first grave in
the officers' cemetery. She was the
first Red Cross nurse in General
Pershing's army to meet death in the
performance of duty. Born in Eng
land, reared in America, died in France,
she gave her life for humanity. The
Spiker of June, 1918, a monthly
magazine for the American Army,
says: "Miss Fletcher was highly
esteemed by all soldiers, especially the
Eighteenth Engineers. It was her
tireless work and devotion to duty that
resulted in her death." Miss Parsons,
the chief nurse of the Base Hospital,
writes: "She was wonderfully brave
and patient and uncomplaining. If
all of us could be like her, heaven would
come on earth. It was a privilege to
have known her. ' '
Adams, James Meade
Journalist; b., Nashua, N. H.,
June 26, 1862; s. James P. and Anna
G. (Page) Adams; ed. public schools,
Weare, N. H.; engaged in newspaper
Charles George Ellis and Nettie Mur- work from early life; associate editor
dock (Binet) Fletcher; granddaughter American Young Folks, Manchester,
Rev. William and Lucy Antoinette N. H., 1884; editorial writer, Daily
(Murdock) Binet. Miss Fletcher's Telegraph, Nashua., N. H., 1889-99;
father and grandfather were English, member pioneer American colony in
but on her mother's side she is de
Cuba, 1900; associate editor, N. E.
scended from old Massachusetts fam
Farmer, 1910-11; contributor in prose
ilies, Mason, Dedham, and Robert and verse to many papers and maga
Murdock, Roxbury, Mass., 1692. In zines; Unitarian; Republican; mes
1902 she came to Concord, N. H., to senger, N. H. Senate 1887-90; ser
make her home with her aunts, the geant at arms, 1895-7; statistical
Misses Eliza M., Alice L. and Maude agent for U. S. Dep't of Agriculture
B. Binet; ed. St. Mary's School one for New Hampshire, 1890-3; member
year, high school, 1902, Radcliffe N. H. Press Ass'n, Unitarian Men's
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399
Club,
Brattleboro',
Vt.; author,
"Pioneering in Cuba," 1901; m.,
Sept. 22, 1890, Maria Dame, Lynn,
Mass.; children, James Greenleaf,
b. March 4, 1892; Constance May,
March 10, 1894; Leon Mitchell and
Lincoln Dame, May 16, 1898. Resi
dence, Brattleboro, Vt.
ciated Charities, Haverhill, Mass.,
1910-15; president board of trustees,
Haverhill, Y. M. C. A.; Congregationalist; Republican; m., Nov. 12,
1879, Alice Goodhue Safford, Cam
bridge, Mass.; two children. Resi
dence, 50 Merrimack St., Haverhill,
Mass.
Aldrich, George Isaac
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Dec. 1, 1853; s. Charles and Ann
(Bowen) Aldrich; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1875 (Phi
Beta Kappa); Unitarian; Repub
lican; principal Adams Grammar
School, Quincy, Mass., 1875-8, super
intendent of schools, Canton, Mass.,
1878-80; Canton and Milton, 1880-3,
Milton and Quincy, 1883-92, Newton,
1893-9; acting superintendent, Spring
field, 1900; superintendent schools,
Brookline, Mass., 1900- ; mem
ber Mass. State Board of Educa
tion, 1890-1908; member N. E. A.
Council of Education, Mass. State
Teachers Ass'n, Mass. Schoolmasters
Club; m., 1st, Oct. 27, 1880, Evelyn
L. Holbrook, Hopkinton, Mass., d.
1885; 2d, March 31, 1887, Elsie M.
Holbrook; one daughter, Evelyn
Hope. Residence, 122 Kent St.,
Brookline, Mass.
Wentworth, Joseph
Lawyer; b., Sandwich, N. H.,
Jan. 29, 1877, on the place occupied by
his ancestors for three generations; s.
of Paul and Ellen Tilton (Dunklee)
Wentworth, grandson of Col. Joseph
and Sarah Payson (Jones) Wentworth,
descended from Elder William Went
Anthony, Francis Wayland
Physician; neurologist; b., Great
Falls (Somersworth), N. H., Aug. 25,
1858; s. Rev. George Nelson and Abbie
Clark (Stuart) Anthony; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1879; teacher Patten (Me.)
Academy, 1879-80; Weston, Mass.,
high school, 1882-5; M.D., Harvard
Med. School, 1888; house officer, Hav
erhill, Mass., City hospital, 1888-9;
physician for same, 1895-1900;
physician Hale Hospital; associate
medical examiner 4th Essex Mass.
District; consulting physician, Danvers, Mass., Insane Hospital; member
corporation Waverly School for Feeble
minded; Mass. Med. Soc, Mass. Soc.
Examining Physicians (president,
1915); Essex North District Med. Soc,
Haverhill Med. Club; president Asso
worth of Dover, N. H., the first immi
grant; ed. Holderness School for Boys,
N. H., Phillips Andover Academy,
Mass., Dartmouth College, 1900
Harvard Law School, 1903; member
of firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart,
Boston; Episcopalian; Republican;
member of Alpha Delta Phi and Sphinx
at Dartmouth; member Dartmouth
Club of Boston, Boston Chamber of
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Alfred W. Abbott, M. D.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Commerce, Boston Bar Ass'n. Busi
ness address, 30 State St., Boston,
Mass. Residence, Boston and Sand
wich, N. H.
Abbott, Alfred Wells
Physician; b., Concord, N. H., May
7, 1842; s. Alfred Chandler and Judith
(Farnum) Abbott; ed. Boscawen Acad
emy, 1863, Dartmouth Med. College,
1867; commenced the practice of
medicine in Kansas, but returned to
New Hampshire, locating in Sanbornton, whence, after ten years, he re
moved to Laconia and has there con
tinued in practice; he has written
many articles along medical lines,
some of which have appeared in lead
ing medical periodicals. As an expert
witness he has been called to testify in
court cases in all parts of the state.
He is the owner of the Alfred Abbott
farm in West Concord, on the shore of
the Merrimack, near Sewall's Falls,
which contained one of the finest tim
ber lots in the state, and has been
owned by Abbotts in direct lineal de
scent since the first settlement; it is
now used by the family as a summer
residence; Republican; president Citi
zens' Telephone Co.; trustee Laconia
Savings Bank; m., Dec. 30, 1869,
Julia A. Clay; children, Clifton S.,
physician; Blanche Newell, teacher of
Latin, Laconia high school. Resi
dence, Laconia, N. H.
Aldrich, Walter J.
Physician; b., Lyman, N. H., Nov.
3, 1866; s. Albert H. and Rula R.
(Tucker) Aldrich; ed. public schools
and St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Academy,
1888; taught in Kansas in 1889;
graduated M.D., from Bellevue Hos
pital Med. School, New York, 1893,
and immediately commenced practice
in St. Johnsbury, Vt., since continu
ing; member Vermont house of repre
sentatives, 1912-3; Progressive party
candidate for governor of Vermont,
1914; member Caledonia County and
Vermont Med. Soc. and American Med.
Ass'n; m., Nov. 1, 1893, Flora Folsom,
St. Johnsbury: one son, James F.
Residence, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
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Mason, Wallace Edward
Educator; b., North Conway, N. H.,
June 24, 1861; s. John E. and Lizzie
W. (Randall) Mason; ed. Fryeburg,
Me., Academy, Bowdoin College, 1882;
Harvard and Clark University and
Hyannis Summer schools; principal
Thomaston, Me., high school, 1883-8,
admitted to the bar in Colorado in
1889; practiced law in Tennessee, 188991; principal high schools, Orange,
Mass., 1892-7; Leominster, Mass.,
1879-1902; district superintendent of
schools, Leicester and Charlton,
Mass., 1902-6; superintendent of
schools and principal high school,
North Andover, Mass., 1906-11; di
rector Keene, N. H., Normal School
since 1911; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; member N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918; A. F. & A. M.; past
Patron, O. E. S., S. A. R., P. of H.,
Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Delta Phi;
member National Educational Ass'n,
American Inst. of Instruction (presi
dent); director Keene Commercial
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Club; m., June 30, 1887, Nettie Rob
inson; children, Harold Elliot, b. Sept.
13, 1888, architect in Keene; Donald
Robinson, b. March 28, 1891, U. S.
Navy; Wallace E., Jr., b. Feb. 9,
1894, farmer in Connecticut. Resi
dence, Keene, N. H.
McFarland, Annie Avery
Born, Concord, N. H.; dau. Deacon
Asa and Clarissa Jane (Chase) Mc
Farland, granddaughter Rev. Asa and
Elizabeth (Kneeland) McFarland.
Rev. Dr. McFarland was the third
minister of the First Congregationalist church of Concord, 1798-1825.
Mrs. E. K. McFarland founded the
N. H. Female Cent Institution, 1804,
and the Concord Female Charitable
Soc, 1812, probably the oldest philan
thropic societies in the country founded
by a woman. Miss McFarland was
educated in private and public schools,
graduated from Concord high school;
treasurer of N. H. Female Cent In
stitution since 1875; president Con
cord Female Charity Soc, 1904-10;
secretary Nat. Woman's Home Mis
sionary Federation, 1905-8, 191013; president Avon (Shakespeare)
Club, 1902-7; on executive committee
N. H. Anti-Suffrage Ass'n; monthly
visitor, N. H. Orphans' Home; mem
ber South Congregational church of
which her parents were among the
founders (1837) in whose memory she
has given a window of Tiffany stained
glass; member Woman's Board of
Foreign Missions, American Defence
Soc, Am. Forestry Ass'n, N. H. Histor
ical Soc, N. H. Audubon Soc, Soc.
for Protection of N. H. Forests, Nat.
Geographic Soc, N. H. Ministers'
and Widows' Fund (memorial), N. H.
Home Miss. Soc. (life), Concord
Woman's Club, Concord Friendly
Club, District Nursing Ass'n, Charity
Organization Soc, S. P. C. A., Red
Cross, Woman's Ass'n, South church,
South Church Relief Soc. (president
several years).
Abbott, Harlan Page
Surgeon; b., Antrim, N. H., July 10,
1860; s. John Rand and Hannah Os
good (True) Abbott; ed. Phillips Exe
ter Academy, 1881, Brown Univ., A.B.
1885, A.M. 1S89, Harvard Med. School
M.D. 1889; in practice in Providence,
R. I., since 1889; engaged in hospital
service; now surgeon for ear, nose and
throat, Rhode Island Hospital; Bap
tist; Republican; member Providence
Med. Ass'n, Rhode Island Med. Soc,
American Med. Ass'n and various other
medical societies and organizations;
Delta Upsilon (Brown Chapter), Medi
cal Improvement, Providence Art and
University Clubs of Providence; m.,
June 25, 1898, Cornelia Seabury Cook,
New Bedford, Mass.; two daughters.
Residence, 152 Angell St., Providence,
R.I.
Allen, Glover Morrill
Naturalist; b., Walpole, N. H.. Feb.
8, 1879; s. Rev. Nathaniel G. and Har
riet Ann (Schouler) Allen; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1901, A.M. 1903, Ph.D.
1904; graduate student, 1906-7; secre
tary and librarian Boston Soc. Nat
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ural History, 1901- ; connected with
department of Mammals, Harvard
Museum of Comparative Zoology,
since 1907; member expedition to
Bahama Islands, 1904, British East
Africa, 1909, Grenada, British West
Indies, 1910, Sudan, 1912; Republican;
Episcopalian; member Boston Soc.
Natural History, American Ornitholog
ical Union, Biological Soc, Washing
ton, D. C., Phi Beta Kappa, Travelers' ,
Naturalists' and Harvard Clubs; m.,
June 26, 1911, Sarah Moody Cushing,
Salem, Mass.; one daughter. Resi
dence, 126 Pleasant St., Arlington,
Mass.
Jackman, Samuel Hason
Teacher; farmer; b., Enfield, N. H.,
July 20, 1831, s. William and Lucy
(Eaton) Jackman; ed. public schools,
Andover (now Proctor) Academy,
Kimball Union Academy, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1860; taught school and
engaged in farm labor in early life;
went to Bureau Co., 11linois, in 1861
and taught there till 1863, when he
joined an emigrant train for California
where he has since resided, teaching in
public schools for twenty years, except
for three years—1872-3-4:—when he
was superintendent of schools for the
city of Sacramento; in 1884 abandoned
teaching and purchased and operated a
ranch till 1909, when he retired; poli
tically a Democrat, then Republican,
next a Progressive, now a Prohibition
ist; member A. F. & A. M., joining in
1860, Social Lodge, No. 50 of Enfield,
and demitted to Tehoma Lodge of
Sacramento in 1865; Patron of Hus
bandry, since 1883, holding the princi
pal offices in subordinate and Pomona
Granges; m., Aug. 13, 1870 Ann
McDaniel. Residence, 2819 E St.,
Sacramento, Cal.
Parker, Charles Sullivan
N. H. Manager Aetna Life Ins. Co.,
b., North Andover, Mass., Oct. 21,
1845; s. Deacon Stephen Hall and
Anne Matilda (Abbot) Parker; eighth
in descent from Dea. Thomas Parker,
Reading, Mass., 1635; great great
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grandson of John Parker and great
grandson of Lieut. John Parker, Jr.,
both of whom were in the battle of
Lexington (the latter served through
out the Revolution); grandson of
Rev. Joshua Abbot of Concord, N. H.,
and great grandson of Capt. Joshua
Abbot who commanded a New Hamp
shire company at Bunker Hill; ed.
Punchard Free School, Andover and
Phillips Andover Academy; in early
years in mercantile life, Boston, Lowell
and Lawrence, Mass. ; with Page Belt
ing Co., Concord, N. H., 1876-86;
insurance business, Concord, 1886- ;
member
First
Congregationalist
church (deacon since 1908); Repub
lican; member Common Council;
director Page Belting Co.; on Ceme
tery Commission several years; mem
ber Wonolancet Club (charter, 1891),
N. H. Historical Soc, S. A. R., Parker
Genealogical Soc, I. 0. O. F. (joining
in 1867), Blazing Star Lodge, Trinity
Chapter, Horace Chase Council,
Mount Horeb Commandery, A. F. &
�Ira Francis Harris
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A. M., Concord, N. H. (Past Master
of Lodge, Past Commander Mount
Horeb), N. H. Consistory, Scottish
Rite, 32d degree; m., May 24, 1870,
Lawrence, Mass., Kate Maria Shetler;
children, (1) Alice Frances, Concord
high school, 1894, N. E. Conservatory,
Boston, 1896, also post graduate
course; m. Albert Britton Smith,
Sept. 19, 1905, now living in Marion,
Ind.; their children, Francis Parker,
Katherine Belle, Elsbeth, Charles
Sumner, Harriet Evelyn; (2) Elisa
beth Abbot, Concord high school,
1900 (valedictorian), A. B., Smith
College, 1904. Residence, 238 North
Main St., Concord, N. H.
Harris, Ira Francis
Banker, traveller, author, lecturer;
b., Nashua, N. H., Nov. 9, 1855; s.
Robert and Mary (Glines) Harris;
descendant in seventh generation from
John Harris of Charlestown, Mass.
(1658): ed. public schools of Nashua:
went West and was variously engaged
after leaving school, but returned home,
and in 1877 entered employ of Indian
Head National Bank of Nashua;
promoted assistant cashier in 1886,
and cashier in 1895, which position he
still holds; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; cashier Indian Head Nat'l
Bank; president Edgewood Cemetery
Ass'n; trustee Nashua public library;
director Pennichuck Water Works;
treasurer Nashua Development Co.;
member American Bankers' Ass'n
(vice-president for New Hampshire);
treasurer of Nashua Board of Trade,
and New Hampshire Board of Trade
many years previous to 1916; ad
ministrator of many estates; traveled
extensively in this country and Mexico,
and made a tour of the world in 1913;
has prepared and delivered many il
lustrated lectures, depicting the coun
tries and scenes through which he has
traveled, having an unusually fine
collection of views; has also devoted
much time to the study of local history,
his lectures on "Historic Nashua,"
"Colonial Homes" and the "Merri
mack Valley," no less than those on
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Mexico and "Around the World,"
proving deeply interesting, and fre
quently called for; author of "Breezes
from the Orient" (travel volume), 1914,
and various monographs and historical
papers; member A. F. & A. M. in
cluding 32d degree, Knight Templar;
m., June 7, 1881, Mary C. Proctor,
Nashua. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Hall, Harriet James
Social worker; b., Manchester, N. H.,
May 24, 1869; dau. Henry Nason
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and Nancie (Crombie) Hall; ed.
private and public schools of Man
chester, high school, 1886, St. Mary's
School, Concord, N. H., School for
Social Workers, Boston, Mass., 190910; secretary St. Mary's Alumnae
Ass'n, 1893-5; secretary Molly Stark
Chapter, D. A. R., 1906-8; visitor for
Associated Charities, Boston, 1909-11;
trustee St. Mary's School, 1909- ;
superintendent St. Stephen's Neighbor
hood Club, Boston, 1910-11; secretary
Manchester District Nursing Ass'n,
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1911- ; chairman Girls' Club, Man
chester, 1912- ; visitor Home Seivice
Section Red Cross, 1918- ; communi
cant and S. S. teacher, Grace church,
Manchester (P. E.); member Molly
Stark Chapter, D. A. R., N. H. Soc.
of Colonial Dames, Manchester Fed
eration of Clubs, Graduate Club of
School of Social Workers (Boston),
Monday Evening Club (Boston), N. H.,
Historical Soc, N. H. Settlement
Ass'n, Manchester Historic Art Club.
Residence, 289 Merrimack St., Man
chester, N. H.
Tuck, Edward Arthur
Clergyman; field secretary Lord's
Day League; b., Milford, N. H.,
Feb. 6, 1860; s. Eben Baker and Lydia
(Frye) Tuck; ed. Milford high school,
McCollom Inst., Mont Vernon, N. H.,
Worcester Academy, Brown Univ.
(one year), Amherst College, A.B.
1885, studied law in Milford one year,
Chicago Theological Sem., Newton
(Mass.) Theological Sem., Rochester
(N. Y.) Theological Sem., 1889;
ordained Baptist minister, Newburg,
N. Y., 1891, pastor there till 1896;
Nantucket, Mass., 1896-9; traveling
evangelist two years; minister Congre
gational church, Otisfield and Casco,
Me., 1901-3; missionary among lum
bermen, Maine and New Hampshire,
1904; state missionary, N. H. Home
Missionary Soc, 1905; minister at
West Stewartstown, N. H., 1906-7;
minister Congregational Church, West
Concord, N. H., 1908-13; field sec
retary, Lord's Day League, 1913- ;
Independent; member A. F. & A. M.,
Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi,
N. H. Historical Soc, N. H. Home
Missionary Soc, Anti-Saloon League
(director), A. B. C. F. M., South
African General Mission (director),
China Inland Mission, Concord Equal
Suffrage League, W. C. T. U. (hon.),
Red Cross, N. H. Audubon Soc,
Central N. H. Congregational Club,
Merrimack Ass'n Congregational Min
isters; trustee Golden Rule Farm,
Franklin, N. H.; m., Feb. 19, 1897,
Grace Evelyn Whitson, Newburg, N. Y.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Madden, Joseph
Lawyer; b., Central Bridge, N. Y.,
July 1, 1866; s. Thomas and Honora
(Cain) Madden; cd. public schools of
Keene, N. H.; studied law with Don
H. Woodward of Keene; admitted to
the bar March 13, 1889 and since in
practice in Keene; Catholic; Demo
crat; member Keene City Council and
board of aldermen, and N. H. house of
representatives in 1907-8 and 1909-10,
on committee on Revision of Laws in
former and judiciary in latter session;
member N. H. National Guard and
captain of Co. G, six years, retiring in
1916; member A. O. H., B. P. O. E.,
and Foresters of America; m., June
27, 1894, Eugenie Chalifour of Keene.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Alexander, Thomas Branch
Physician; b., Grantham, N. H..
Nov. 12, 1875; s. Thomas Branch and
Mary Frances (Maxfield) Alexander;
ed. Newport, Vt., high school, Mont
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pelier Sem., Baltimore Med. College,
M.D. 1901; Maryland Univ., 1913;
commenced practice in Scituate Har
bor, Mass., in 1901 and has there
continued; Methodist; Republican;
school physician, Scituate; medical
examiner for New York Life and many
other insurance companies; member
Mass. Med. Soc, American Med.
Ass'n, Hatherly Med. Club; m., Oct.
15, 1907, Marion Collier Welch, Scit
uate, Mass. Residence, Scituate Har
bor, Mass.
Turner, HuffmanGeorge
Farmer; hotel keeper; b., Bethle
hem, N. H., July 29, 1859; s. James
N. and Mary A. (Hall) Turner; ed.
public schools of Bethlehem and Lit
tleton high school; Congregationalist;
Republican; selectman of Bethlehem
twelve years; treasurer of Grafton
Co. four years; county commissioner
fifteen years; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1907-8, state senate,
1909-10, Executive Council, 1911-12;
resides on the farm settled by his
great grandfather in 1798, and which
has descended in the family from that
date; has managed the same and con
ducted a summer hotel business since
the beginning of his active career;
manager Bethlehem Electric Light
Co.; trustee Littleton Savings Bank;
administrator and trustee of many
estates; Mason (K. T.); m., June 17,
1881, Susan R. White, Bethlehem;
children, Mary (Mrs. Walter S. Noyes),
b. Sept. 9, 1882, Dow Academy, 1900;
Helen Esther, b. May 8, 1885, Bethle
hem high school, 1902; James A., b.
Dec. 15, 1888, Bethlehem high school,
1908, superintendent Bethlehem Elec
tric Co.; Gertrude, b. Nov. 8, 1890,
Plymouth Normal School, 1912,
teacher in Bethlehem graded schools.
Residence, Bethlehem, N. H.
McCollister, Lee Sullivan
Clergyman; educator; b., West
moreland, N. H., June 5, 1859; s. Rev.
Sullivan Holman and Fanny Sophia
(Knight) McCollister; ed. Nashua
public schools, Buchtel College, Ohio,
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Tufts College, A.B. 1881, Tufts Theo
logical School, B.D. 1884, London
College, London, England; D.D.,
Tufts, 1892; Universalist; Independent;
ordained to the Universalist Minis
try, 1894; pastor Universalist church,
Claremont, 1884-8, Church of Our
Father, Detroit, Mich., 1889-1912;
Dean Crane Theological School, Tufts
College, 1912- ; member trustees
Universalist Gen. Con. (president
since 1913); president Universalist
Gen. Con., since 1915; Sons of the
American Revolution (Chaplain-Gen
eral National Soc); Soc. of Colonial
Wars (past Chaplain Michigan Soc);
A. F. & A. M. 32d degree and K. T.
(Detroit Commandery No. 1); Phi
Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta; Bos
ton City Club, University Club, Twen
tieth Century Club; m., May 1, 1889,
Lizzie S., dau. Hon. Hosea W.and
Caroline L. (Southgate) Parker, Clare
mont, N. H.; children, Parker, b.
Sept. 5, 1890, Detroit, Mich. (Tufts,
1911, Harvard Law School, 1914);
�Hon. John Henry Bartlett
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lawyer, legal department N. Y. C.
R. R., 1914-7; lieutenant in Transgortation Dept., headquarters A.E.F.,
irest, France; Catharine, b. Claremont, July 4, 1893 (Smith College,
1915); government service, General
Hospital, No. 6, Fort McPherson,
Ga., 1918-. Residence, Tufts College,
Mass.
Bartlett, John Henry
Lawyer, Governor of New Hamp
shire; b., Sunapee, N. H., March 15,
1869; s. John Z. and Sophronia A.
(Sargent) Bartlett; ed. Colby Acad
emy, New London; Dartmouth Col
lege, A.B. 1S94; taught school in
Portsmouth four years after gradua
tion, as principal of the Haven and
Whipple grammar schools and the
Portsmouth high school, meanwhile
studying law in the offices of John W.
Kelly and Hon. Calvin Page; ad
mitted to the N. H. bar in June, 1898,
and immediately engaged in practice
as a partner with Judge Page under
firm name of Page & Bartlett; after
wards Page, Bartlett & Mitchell;
Methodist; Republican; postmaster of
Portsmouth four years, by appoint
ment of President McKinley and four
years by appointment of President
Roosevelt; aide-de-camp on staff of
Gov. John McLane, with rank of Col
onel, and active in making the local ar
rangements for the Russo-Japanese
Peace Conference in Portsmouth in
1908; president Republican state con
vention, 1916; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1917-18, member Judi
ciary Committee, and introduced the
"54 hour act," "free employment
agency act," act removing the criminal
record of minora, a child welfare act
and other reform measures. In 1912,
by appointment of Governor Bass,
he represented New Hampshire at the
sixth annual meeting of the American
Academy of Political and Social
Science. He is a director of the N. H.
Nat'I Bank of Portsmouth, Portsmouth
Trust & Guarantee Co., Granite State
Fire Ins. Co., Piscataqua Fire Ins.
Co., president Allied Theatres Co.,
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Union Theatre Co.; trustee R. O.
Treadwell estate; member A.F.&A.M.,
K. T., I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E., P. of H., K.
of P., Amoskeag Veterans, N. H. Vet
erans Ass'n (honorary), Warwick Club,
Portsmouth Athletic Club, Yacht Club,
Country Club, Wonolancet Club, Con
cord, Denyfield, Manchester; many
years prominent as a public speaker
and occasional orator and in constant
service during the late war in patriotic
work ; unanimously nominated for Gov
ernor of New Hampshire in the 1918
primary and elected in November by
6,000 majority; m., June 4, 1900, Agnes,
dau. of Hon. Calvin Page; one son,
Calvin Page, b. Oct. 8, 1901, now a
student at Phillips (Andover) Acad
emy. Residence, Portsmouth.
Atherton, Ella Blaylock
Physician and surgeon; b., Ulverston, Eng., Jan., 1860; dau. William
and Margaret (Schollick) Blaylock;
removed to America in infancy; ed.
McGill Normal School, Montreal, Can.,
1880; Woman's Med. School, Queen's
Univ., Kingston, Can., 1887; student
N. Y. Post Graduate Med. School.
1896; teacher, 1880-2; commenced
practice of medicine, Newport, Vt.,
1887; removed to Nashua, N. H.,
1888, and has continued in practice
there; member staff of Nashua Emer
gency and St. Joseph's hospitals, at
tending physician Home for Aged
Women; member Nashua Med. Ass'n
(president, 1908), Hillsboro Co. Med.
Ass'n, N. H. Med Soc, American Med.
Ass'n, N. H. Surgical Club, Orleans
Co., Vt., Med. Soc', Fortnightly Club,
Nashua; Episcopalian; m., Sept. 8,
1898, Capt. Henry B. Atherton,
Nashua; two children. Residence, 31
Fairmount Heights, Nashua, N. H.
Cummings, Milon David
Head of Cummings Brothers monu
mental business; b., Acworth, N. H.,
March 5, 1844; s. Alvah and Polly
(Grout) Cummings, grandson Col.
Ebenezer Grout, also Rev. David Cum
mings, Baptist minister of Acworth;
seventh in descent from Isaac Cum
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mings, Topsfield, Mass.; ed. town
schools and Tilton Sem.; engaged in
monumental business since 1863, old
est man in business on Main street,
Concord; Republican; member of
Legislature, 1911; member First Bap
tist church, Rumford Lodge, I. O. O. F.;
m., Nov. 19, 1868, Concord, N. H., Sarah
Ann Sawyer; children, (1) Ralph
Cochran, d. March 15, 1879; (2) Alvah
Cochran, high school, 1892, B.S., Dart
mouth College, 1896, Harvard Med.
School, 1901, physician, Newton, Mass.,
m. Jeannette Harris, one child, Ann;
(3) Maude; (4) Edward Sawyer,
high school, Philadelphia Dental Col
lege, 1900, in practice, Concord,
N. H., m. Fannie Stimson, one child,
Edward Sawyer, Jr.; (5) Samuel
Quincy, high school, Boston Univ.
Law School one year, associated with
his father in business, m. Mary Agnes
Donovan; (6) Ralza Milon, high school,
1905, A.B., Dartmouth College, 1909,
in charge of infant shoe department,
Filene's, Boston, m. Genevieve Warner,
one child, Jean. Residence, 1 Fiske
St., Concord, N. H.
Holden, Arthur James
Lawyer; postmaster of Keene; b.,
Townshend, Vt., Nov. 22, 1863; s.
Hollis J. and Ardilla (Puffer) Holden;
ed. public schools, Leland and Gray
Sem., Townshend, and Glenwood
Classical Sem., West Brattleboro, Vt.
(1887), meanwhile teaching school in
South Windham, Brattleboro and
Grafton; commenced study of law in
the spring of 1888, with Carpenter &
Towle, Boston, Mass.; employed as
clerk for the assessors of Malden,
Mass., three seasons, also as a teacher
in the evening schools of that city;
attended Albany Law School, fall
term of 1889, and Harvard Law School
as special student, fall and winter,
1890-1; engaged in general insurance
with Edward L. Walker at Bellows
Falls, Vt., spring of 1891, countinuing
till summer of 1894, when he entered
the law school of the Univ. of West
Virginia, at Morgantown, graduating
LL!b. in 1895, and admtted to the
W. Va. bar in June of that year; ad
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mitted to the N. H. bar on examina
tion, Feb., 1896, when he located in
practice in Keene, continuing in prac
tice till commissioned postmaster,
Feb. 11, 1914, which position he still
holds, having been reappointed in
1918; Baptist; Democrat; several
years auditor for Cheshire County;
twice Democratic candidate for Mayor
of Keene, being defeated first by a
Elurality of fifty-nine votes and the
ist time by only ten; member, A. F. &
A. M., P. of H.; m., Oct. 9, 1895,
Mrs. Stella M. (Bemis) Martin of
Athens, Vt. Residence, Keene, N. H.
Cram, Ralph Adams
Architect; author; b., Hampton
Falls, N. H., Dec. 16, 1863; s. Rev.
William A. and Sarah Elizabeth (Blake)
Cram; ed. schools of Augusta, Me.,
Westford, Mass., and Exeter, N. H.;
Litt.D., Princeton, 1910; LL.D., Yale,
1915; practising architect since 1889;
supervising architect, Princeton Univ.;
professor of architecture, Mass. Inst.
Tech;. chairman Boston City Planning
Board; member American Academy,
Arts and Sciences, Nat'l Institute Arts
and Letters; ex-president Boston Soc.
of Architects; member Royal Geograph
ical Soc. of London, etc.; author,
"The Ruined Abbeys of Great Britain," 1906; "Impressions of Japanese
Architecture and the Allied Arts,"
1906; "The Gothic Quest," 1907;
"The Ministry of Art," 1914; "Heart
of Europe," 1915, etc.; m., Sept. 20,
1900, Elizabeth Carrington, of Virf'nia. Residence, 52 Chestnut St.,
oston, and "Whitehall," Sudbury,
Mass. Office, 15 Beacon St., Boston
and 33 West 42d St., New York.
Sampson, Cassander Cary
Clergyman; b., Harrison, Me., Sept.
2, 1850; s. Thomas Roby and Harriet
(Cary) Sampson; ed. public schools of
Harrison; North Bridgton, Me., Acad
emy, Bowdoin College, A.B. 1873; Andover Theological Sem., 1878; or
dained to the ministry, May 18, 1881;
pastor at Gilmanton Iron Works, N. H.
1878-9; Pembroke, 1879-85; Tilton,
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; Oongre
trustee N. H. Conference of Congre
gational churches; N. H. Home Mis
sionary Society; N. H. Congregational
Ministers' and Widows' Fund; director
N. H. Bible Soc. Residence, Tilton,
N. H.
Robie, Samuel Hastings
Journalist; b., New Hampton,
N. H., Aug. 9, 1862; s. William R. and
Harriet H. (Chase) Robie; ed. public
schools, Meredith high school; en
gaged for nearly twenty years with
Omar A. Towne in the printing and
publishing business, issuing the Frank
lin Transcript, at Franklin, N. H.;
since 1902 editor and publisher of the
Chelsea Evening Record, Chelsea, Mass.;
Republican; City Marshal, Franklin,
N. H., 1894-98; chairman Board of
Excise, Chelsea, Mass., since 1917
(appointed by Gov. Samuel W.
McCall); trustee County Savings
Bank, director Chelsea Co-operative
Bank, Chelsea, Mass.; member I. O.
�Rev. Jonothan S. Lewis
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O. F., Massachusetts Press Associa
tion; m., September, 1881, Olive L.
Mills. Residence, Chelsea, Mass.
Lewis, Jonathan Snow
Clergyman; State Commissioner of
Law Enforcement; b., Boston, Mass.,
Nov. 14, 1864; s. Luther and Almira
Horton (Smith) Lewis; ed. public
schools of Boston, Everett and Eastham, Mass., Newton Theological In
stitution, Newton Center, Mass., B.D.,
1911 (class president); Baptist; Re
publican; pastor Baptist church, Am
herst, N. H., 1908-18; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1915-16, 191718; father of the so-called "Lewis Bill,"
the passage of which gave the state of
New Hampshire her present Prohibi
tory law; N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1918; appointed State Commis
sioner of Law Enforcement by Gov.
Keyes, May 1, 1918; president N. H.
Anti-Saloon League; director AntiSaloon League of America; director
N. H. United Baptist Convention;
prohibition candidate for Secretary of
State in Massachusetts, 1906; chair
man Prohibition State Committee,
Massachusetts, 1907-8; nominee for
Lieutenant-Governor, 1907; delegate
from Massachusetts to National Pro
hibition Convention, and member
committee on resolutions, 1908; m.,
1st, March 31, 1886, Jessie A. Harris,
Charlemont, Mass., d. Oct. 30, 1900;
2d, July 27, 1910, Pearl Luella Wood
ward, Tyngsborough, Mass. (Simmons
College, 1908); children, three daugh
ters by first marriage, Elsie M., Ruth
E., Ethel J.; one son, F. Woodward,
by second marriage. Residence, 62
Church St., Concord, N. H.
Brown, John Henry
Public official; b., Bridgewater,
N. H., May 20, 1850; s. James and
Judith B. (Harran) Brown, ed. public
schools and New Hampton Literary
Inst., 1870; engaged as railway mail
clerk in early life, and later as railroad
freight and claim agent; Congregationalist; Republican; served as se
lectman, deputy sheriff, and post
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master in the town of Bristol, and rep
resented the town in N. H. house of
representatives in 1891; postmaster,
Concord, N. H., 1905-1917; commis
sary general, staff of Gov. Charles A.
Busiel, 1895-6; delegate Republican
National Convention, 1896 (original
McKinley man); presidential elector,
1900; member N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918; chosen member
N. H. executive council at special elec
tion, Sept. 3, 1918, to fill unexpired
term of late Hon. E. H. Carroll; elected
for full term of two years, November,
1918, by majority of 2,129; member Un
ion Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Bristol; Pemigewassett Chapter, Plymouth; Horace
Chase Council, Mt. Horeb Commandery, Concord; N. H. Consistory (32d
degree); Bektash Temple, N. H. His
torical Soc, Wonolancet Club, Con
cord; m., June 10, 1872, Marietta
Sanborn Lougee, Laconia, N. H.
Residence, 49 South Spring St., Con
cord, N. H.
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Freeman, Zoheth Sparrow
Banker; b., Hyannis, Mass., Dec.
31, 1875; s. Timothy Alden and Mary
Helen (Sparrow) Freeman; tenth gen
eration from Edmund Freeman, Lynn,
Mass., 1635, chief founder of Sand
wich, Mass., the first town on Cape
Cod; and eighth in descent from Major
and Judge John Freeman of Sandwich,
who married Mercy, dau. of Gov.
Thomas Prence and granddaughter of
William Brewster of the Mayflower;
ed. public schools of Concord, N. H.;
commenced business as a clerk in a
private banking house in Concord,
and later filled a minor position in
Hanover Nat'l Bank, New York; later
returned to Concord and held different
positions in the Mechanicks Nat'l
Bank of that city; removed again to
New York and took up the work of
the Credit Department in the Han
over Nat'l Bank; in 1906 elected
cashier of the Merchants Nat'l Bank of
that city, afterwards becoming a direc
tor and vice-president, which positions
he resigned in 1908 when he was made a
director and chosen vice-president of
the Liberty Nat'l Bank, continuing.
till 1915, when he resigned to go into
private life. In the fall of 1917, Mr.
Freeman volunteered his services to
the U. S. government and became
identified with the Alien Property
Custodian's office, in the liquidation of
various German concerns doing busi
ness in this country and finally was
made president of the Translantic
Trust Co., formerly an enemy institu
tion in New York, which position he
now holds; Episcopalian; Republi
can; president Transatlantic Trust
Co. ; director Bank of Alaska, at Skagway, Anchorage, Wrangell and Cor
dova, Alaska; trustee, under the will
of the estate of Samuel L. Clemens
(Mark Twain); member Union League
Club, New York, Bankers' Club of
America, New England Soc, Sons of
the American Revolution, Hahnemann
Hospital, New York; m., Nov. 30,
1899, Grace Watson Hill, dau. Rev.
Howard F. and Laura S. (Tebbetts)
Hill (see p. 186), great granddaughter
Gov. Isaac Hill of New Hampshire;
children: Laura, Mary. Residence,
39 West 55th St., New York City.
Hayes, Frank Lincoln
Superintendent N. H. State House;
b., Dover, N. H., Dec. 18, 1865; s.
Washington Paul and Amanda S.
(Hall) Hayes; ed. public schools,
Dover and Phillips Exeter Academy;
engaged for many years in Dover in
interior decoration and remodelling;
Episcopalian; Republican; member
Dover City council, 1898-1900;
board . of aldermen, 1901-2; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1903; superintendent N. H. State
House, 1915- ; member A. F. & A. M.,
to and including 32d degree, Knight
Templar and Shriner, K. of P.; m.,
July, 1885, Ida M. Winkley. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
Copp, Owen
Physician; b., Salem, N. H., Jan.
12, 1858; s. Millet Goodwin and Row
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
ena (Wentworth) Copp; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B. 1881, Harvard,
M.D. 1884; assistant physician Taun
ton (Mass.) Insane Hospital, 1885-95;
superintendent Mass. Hospital for
Epileptics, Monson, Mass., 1895-9;
executive secretary, Mass. Board of
Insanity, Boston, 1899-^1911; physi
cian-in-chief and superintendent Pa.
Hospital for Insane, Philadelphia, since
September, 1911; member American
Medico-Psychological Ass'n, N. E.
Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology, etc.;
m., June 15, 1886, Hattie Grace Sar
gent, Methuen, Mass. Address, 44th
and Market Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Crocker, Herbert Samuel
Civil engineer, b., Haverhill, N. H.,
June 20, 1867; s. Samuel Hooker ana
Abiah W. (Morse) Crocker; ed. public
school and academies, Univ. of Mich.
B.S. in Civil engineering, 1889; drafts
man, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Ry., 1889-91 ; assistant engineer, North
ern Pacific Ry., 1891-4; bridge eng'neer, Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo
y., 1895-6; assistant engineer; Den.
ver, Col., Board of Public Works,
1897-1901; assistant manager, Ameri
can Bridge Co., Chicago, 1901-6;
bridge engineer, Denver City Tramway
Co., 1906-7; in private practice since
Dec., 1907; supervised construction of
all important viaducts in Denver;
member for Colorado board of directors
for Industrial Preparedness; m., April
15, 1905, Edna Louis Mitchell. Res
idence, 1333 Fillmore St., Denver, Col.
Loveland, Israel Albert
Physician; investment banker, real
estate and insurance; b., Gilsum,
N. H., Nov. 3, 1850; s. Israel B. and
Sarah (Thompson) Loveland; ed.
Marlow Academy, Dartmouth Med.
College, M.D. 1874; practiced his
profession in Westmoreland and Gilsum; removed to Keene, N. H., in
1909 and gave up the practice of medi
cine, but retained his membership in
county, state and national medical
societies; in Westmoreland he was
physician to the Cheshire County
Almshouse, and superintendent of
schools; in Gilsum he was postmaster
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and executive officer of the board of
health; since coming to Keene he has
devoted his attention to fire insurance
under the name of Loveland & Hop
kins, the real estate business, and
especially the handling as owner of
extensive timberlands,the selling of high
grade securities and legal and corpora
tion work; Republican; a Freemason
and Granger; official member Grace
M. E. church; president York Corpora
tion Trust and Law Co.; eastern man
aging director Realty Bond Co. of
Minneapolis, Minn.; senior trustee
Securities Co. of Wisconsin under a
trust deed securing a large bond issue,
and holds other important positions
of trust; m., 1st, Oct. 21, 1875, Lucy
Mahala, onlv child of the late Gen.
Daniel W. Bill, d. Nov. 17, 1910, leav
ing two daughters, Fannie V., who
married Don W. Felch of Brattleboro, Vt., and Ada M., wife of W.
Bridge Jones of Keene; 2d, Dec. 11,
1912, Miss Mary Elizabeth Gunn.
Residence, Keene, N. H.
�Hon. Calvin Page
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Page, Calvin
Lawyer; banker; b., North Hamp
ton, N. H., Aug. 22, 1845; s. Simon D.
and Judith (Rollins) Page; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1863; Harvard Col
lege; studied law with the late Hon.
Albert R. Hatch; admitted to the
N. H. bar in 1868, and commenced
practice in Portsmouth, continuing till
1910, when he retired, as head of the
firm of Page, Bartlett & Mitchell, hav
ing been identified with much impor
tant litigation; Unitarian; Democrat;
chairman Portsmouth high school com
mittee 1883- ; mayor of Portsmouth,
1883- 4, 1899; member of N. H. consti
tutional convention, 1889; member
N. H. state senate, 1893-4, 1917-18;
U. S. Collector of internal revenue,
for Maine, New Hampshire and Ver
mont, eight years, under President
Cleveland; president N. H. Nat'l
Bank, Portsmouth Trust & Guarantee
Co., Granite State Fire Ins. Co., Man
chester & Lawrence R. R., Concord &
Portsmouth R. R., and director Upper
Coos R. R.; member Inter-State
Bridge Commission of Maine and New
Hampshire; president N. H. Bar
Ass'n, 1905, Rockingham Co. Bar
Ass'n, 1917—; member A. F. & A. M.,
K. T. Eminent Commander De Witt
Clinton Commandery, Portsmouth,
three years; Warwick Club; m., Jan.
6, 1870, Arabella J. Moran, Ports
mouth; one daughter, Agnes (Mrs.
John H. Bartlett), b. Aug. 21, 1871.
Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Knox, William Franklin
Journalist; b., Boston, Mass., Jan. 1,
1874; s. William E. and Sarah C.
(Barnard) Knox; ed. public schools,
Grand Rapids, Mich.; Alma College,
Mich., A.B„ 1898; employed on Grand
Rapids (Mich.) Herald, 1898-1901;
publisher Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.)
News 1901-12; Manchester, N. H.,
Leader 1912-13; Manchester Union and
Leader since 1913; Congregationalist;
Republican; President Union-Leader
Publishing Co.; member A. F. & A. M.,
32d degree and Shriner, Derryfield and
Tntervale Country clubs, Manchester;
2S
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private 1st U. S. Volunteers (Rough
Riders) in Spanish American War;
major in Mich. N. G., 1908; member
board of U. S. Indian Commissioners by
appointment of President Taft; Chair
man Mich. Republican State Com
mittee, 1910-2, on staff of Gov.
Samuel D. Felker of New Hampshire,
1913; in service in U. S. Army in war
with Germany, major horse section,
battalion of 303d ammunition train,
attached to 78th division; had three
months of front line activity and was
in St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest and
Verdun battles; m., Dec. 28, 1898,
Annie Reid, Alma, Mich. Residence,
Manchester, N. H.
Curtis, Warden Allan
Journalist; author; b., in New Mex
ico, February, 1867; s. Capt. Charles
Albert (U. S. A.) and Harriet Louise
(Hughes) Curtis; ed. University of
Wisconsin, A.B. 1889; engaged on
various newspapers in the West and
South for many years; removed to
Ashland, N. H., some ten years ago,
some time contributor to the Boston
Transcript, and later several years
special correspondent of the Boston
Herald; author, "Strange Adventures
of Mr. Middleton," 1903. Residence,
Ashland, N. H.
Cummings, Edward
Clergyman; b., Colebrook, N. H,
April 20, 1861; s. Edward Norris and
Lucretia Frances (Merrill) Cummings;
ed. Harvard college, A.B. 1883, A.M.,
1885; Harvard Divinity school, 1883-5;
Graduate School (Robert Treat Paine
fellow in social science), 1888-91;
studied sociology in Great Britain,
France, Italy and Germany; instructor
in Sociology, Harvard, 1891-2, asso
ciate professor, 1893-1900; minister
South Congregational Church (Uni
tarian), Boston, since 1900, succeeding
the late Edward Everett Hale; lecturer
on social science ; president Mass. Civic
League, Benevolent Fraternity of Uni
tarian Churches; director Mass. Prison
Ass'n, Watch and Ward Soc, Industrial
Aid Soc, etc.; general secretary World
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Peace Foundation; member Twentieth
Century Club, Boston City Club; m.,
June 25, 1891, Rebecca Haswell Clarke,
Roxbury, Mass. Residence, 104 Irv
ing St., Cambridge, Mass.
Brinley, Godfrey Malbone
Clergyman; educator; b., Perth
Amboy, N. J., Nov. 22, 1864; s.
Edward and Andrewetta Sims (Rowlett) Brinley; ed. The Pingrey School,
New Jersey, St. Paul's School, Con
cord, N. H., Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn., B.A. 1888, A.M. 1895; engaged
in teaching at St. Paul's School, Con
cord, since 1888; Episcopalian; Demo
crat; ordained deacon, Protestant
Episcopal church, 1893; priest, 1897;
chaplain Orphans' Home, Concord,
1915-6; trustee, 1917—. In charge of
the Mission of the Holy Spirit, Danbury, N. H.; founder and president
of St. Paul's School Camp, Danbury;
director of the Missionary Soc. of St.
Paul's School; member Psi Upsilon
Fraternity, University Club, N. Y.
City, Church Club, Manchester, N. H.
Morris Country Club, New Jersey; m.,
June 17, 1902, Elizabeth Agnes, dau.
George Macculloch and Elizabeth
(Hoffman) Miller, New York City;
one daughter, Elizabeth Malbone.
Residence, St. Paul's School, Concord,
N.H.
Davis, Nathaniel French
Educator; b., Lake Village (now
Laconia), N. H., June 11, 1847; s. John
and Rhoda French (Maxfield) Davis;
ed. Brown Univ., A.B. 1870, A.M.
1873; studied at Univ. of Gottingen,
1892-3; LL.D., Colby Univ., 1894; in
engineering department, Providence
Water-Works, 1870-1 ; instructor Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., 1871-3; vice principal and pro
fessor mathematics, Keystone State
Normal School, Kutztown, Pa., 1873-4;
instructor in Mathematics, Brown
Univ., Providence, R. I., 1874-9,
assistant professor, 1879-89, associate
professor, 1889-90, professor pure math
ematics, 1890-1915, professor emeritus,
1915-; secretary N. E. College En
trance Board, 1902-13, president,
1913-5; member American Mathemati
cal Soc, Mathematical Ass'n of Amer
ica, N. E. Ass'n of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, American Ass'n of
University Professors; fellow American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Con
gregational Club of Rhode Island,
(president 1901-2), Economic and
University Clubs, Providence; m.,
Dec. 23, 1878, Lydia Martin Bellows.
Residence, 159 Brown St., Providence,
R.I.
Davis, Charles Thornton
Lawyer; judge; b., Concord, N. H.,
Jan. 12, 1863; s. Charles Augustine and
Mary (Thornton) Davis; e<i. Harvard,
A.B. 1884; studied law at Harvard Law
School and office of Bacon, Hopkins &
Bacon, Worcester, Mass. Admitted to
Massachusetts bar in 1887, and in
general practice in Boston till 1892; in
Worcester, Mass., 1893-8; chief exam
iner of titles, Metropolitan Water
Board, 1895-8; appointed Judge of
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Massachusetts Land Court upon its
creation in 1898, since continuing;
Episcopalian; Democrat; member A. P.
& A. M., St. Botolph Club; author
"Massachusetts Land Court Decis
ions," 1909; m., Sept. 12, 1888, Frances
P. Anderson, Portland, Me. Resi
dence, Brooklme, Mass.
Currier, Charles Francis Adams
Educator; b., E. Kingston, N. H.,
March 17, 1862; s. Ezra F. and Isabella
T. (Webster) Currier; ed. Harvard,
A.B. 1887, A.M. 1888; studied two
years in Berlin and Paris; professor of
History and Political Science, Mass.
Inst. of Tech. since 1891; chairman
school board, Winchester, Mass., 190112; member American Historical Ass'n;
magazine writer; m., Dec. 26, 1892,
Florence M. Morton, Somerville, Mass.
Residence, Winchester, Mass.
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Education; m., Dec. 25, 1899, A.
Louise McClure, Syracuse, N. Y. Res
idence, Kingston, R. I.
Foote, Arthur Lowell
Lawyer; b., Lewiston, Me., Dec. 25,
1863; s. William Lowell and Elizabeth
Ann (Meserve) Foote; ed. public
schools, Great Falls (Somersworth)
high school, 1883; studied law with
George E. Beacham at Somersworth,
admitted to the bar March 11, 1887,
Cram, William Everett
Farmer; author; b., Hampton Falls,
N. H., June 22, 1871; s. Rev. William
Augustine and Sarah Elizabeth (Blake)
Cram; brother of Ralph Adams Cram;
author, "Little Beasts of Field and
Wood," 1900; "American Animals"
(with Witmer Stone), 1902; "More
Little Beasts of Field and Wood,"
1912; m., June 30, 1909, Esther L. San
born, West Roxbury,Mass. Residence,
Hampton Falls, N. H.
Dickinson, Leonard Perley
Educator; b., Hill, N. H., May 3,
1876; s. Benjamin F. and Margaret
(Wilson) Dickinson; ed. Manchester
high school, 1892, Mass. Inst. Tech.,
1896; instructor in electrical engineer
ing, Univ. of Maine, 1898-9; Manual
Training School, New Haven, Conn.,
1899-1900; Armour Inst. Tech., Chi
cago, 1900-2; assistant professor phy
sics and electrical engineering, Lafay
ette College, Easton, Pa., 1903-9;
professor physics and electrical engi
neering, R. I. State College, since
1909; member Alpha Chi Rho, Ameri
can Institute Electrical Engineers,
Society for Promotion of Engineering
and commenced practice at Sanbornville, N. H., where he has continued;
Episcopalian; Republican; member
Wakefield school board; solicitor for
Carroll County, 1892-4; member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1918; mem
ber A. F. & A. M., I. O. R. M., B. P.
O. E.; trustee Wakefield pub. library;
member legal advisory board and
chairman war instruction board, Car
roll Co.; chairman for Wakefield and
Brookfield Liberty Loan Campaign,
and Carroll Co. chairman for Relief in
the Near East and Red Cross Home
�Hon. Albert O. Brown
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Relief; m., June 15, 1888, Carrie Belle
Sanborn; d., June 13, 1913; one son,
Lowell Sanborn, b. June 2, 1891 (Bowdoin College, 1912), manager Library
Bureau, Denver, Col., m. Grace Mara
Allen, dau. Lewis F. Allen, Salem,
Mass., June 4, 1917, and has one daugh
ter, Grace Shirley. Residence, Sanbornville, N. H.
Brown, Albert Oscar
Lawyer; banker; b., Northwood,
N. H., July 15, 1853; s. Charles O.
and Sarah E. (Langmaid) Brown; ed.
Coes Northwood Academy, 1874;
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1878, A.M.
1911; Boston University Law School,
LL.B. 1884; admitted to N. H. bar
in 1884, and in practice in Manchester
till 1912, having been a member suc
cessively of the firms of Burnham &
Brown; Burnham, Brown & Warren, and
Burnham, Brown, Jones & Warren;
special counsel for New Hampshire in
railroad tax appeals in Supreme Court,
1910-11; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; chairman, N. H. Tax Commis
sion since 1911; president N. H. con
stitutional convention, 1918; president
Amoskeag Savings Bank, 1905-12;
treasurer and secretary since 1912;
director Amoskeag Nat'I Bank, Man
chester Traction Light & Power Co.,
clerk, John B.Varick Co. ; member N. H.
Bankers Ass'n, Nat'I Tax Ass'n, Ass'n
N. E. Tax Officials, executive commit
tee, U. S. Council of State Banking
Ass'ns., N.H.Bar Ass'n, A. F.&A.M.,
PsiUpsilon, Derryfield Club, Manches
ter; trustee Dartmouth College, Coes
Northwood Academy, president; m.,
Dec. 20, 1888, Susie J. Clark, Ayer,
Mass. Residence, Manchester, N. II.
Mead, Edwin Doak
Author; lecturer; b. Chesterfield,
N. H., Sept. 29, 1849; s. Bradley and
Sarah (Stone) Mead; ed. public schools
and academies; worked in youth on a
farm and in a store; entered employ of
Ticknor & Fields, publishers, Boston, in
1866; studied in Europe, 1875-9; since
engaged in lecturing and literary work;
editor New England Magazine several
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years; some time president Mass. Good
Citizenship Soc, also of American Free
Religious Ass'n, and Twentieth Cen
tury Club; director World Peace
Foundation; delegate American Peace
Soc. to Congresses of Glasgow, Rouen,
Lucerne, Munich and London ; chairman
executive committee, 13th International
Peace Congress, Boston, 1904; author,
"Martin Luther—A Study of the
Reformation," "The Philosophy of
Carlyle " "The Roman Church and the
Public Schools," "Organize the World,"
"The Influence of Emerson," "The
Principles of the Founders," etc.; re
ceived honorary A.M., Dartmouth,
1913; m., Sept. 29, 1898, Lucia True
Ames. Residence, 19 Euston St.,
Brookline, Mass.
Mead, Lucia True Ames
Author; lecturer; b., Boscawen,
N. H., May 5, 1856; dau. Nathan P.
and Elvira Ames; conducted classes in
Nineteenth Century Thought in Bos
ton, and lectured on economic and
social questions and international arbi
tration, for many years; delegate to
several peace congresses; national secre
tary Woman's Peace Party; member
Twentieth Century Club; author,
"Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers,"
"Memoirs of a Millionaire," "To
Whom Much is Given," "Primer of the
Peace Movement," "Patriotism and
the New Internationalism," "Swords
and Ploughshares," etc.; m., Sept. 29,
1898. (See preceding sketch.)
Dixon, Frank Haigh
Educator; b., Winona, Minn., Oct. 8;
1869; s. Alfred C. and Caroline Dixon;
ed. Univ. of Mich., Ph.B., 1892, Ph.D.
1895; instructor in history and assist
ant professor of economics, Univ.
of Mich., 1896-8; assistant professor
economics, Dartmouth College, 18981908; professor since; secretary Amos
Tuck School of Administration and
Finance, Dartmouth, 1900-4; expert
U. S. Interstate Commerce Com.,
1907-8; chief statistician Bureau
Railway Economics, 1910- ; member
American Economic Ass'n; American
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Statistical Ass'n, etc.; executive com
mittee public safety, 1917-; author
"State Railroad Control," 1896; m.,
April 17, 1900, Alice L. Tucker, Han
over. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Greer, Benjamin Fuller
Merchant and lumberman; b., Goffstown, N. 11., Jan. 20, 1864; s. Benjamin
and Elizabeth M. (Fuller) Greer; ed.
public schools and Pinkerton Academy,
Derry, N. H.; engaged on farm till
twenty-one years of age; merchant in
general store for eighteen years; since
then extensively engaged in lumbering;
Baptist; Progressive Republican ; super
visor, member school board six years;
appointed postmaster at Grasmere
(Goffstown) in 1887, holding till 1904
when he resigned; member N. H. house
of representatives from Goffstown
1901-2, serving on committee on in
corporations; N. H. state senate, 190910, on same committee; executive coun
cil, 1911-2, chairman committee on
finance; candidate for U. S. Senator on
Progressive ticket, 1914; delegate to
Progressive national convention, 1916,
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918;
member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F. and
P. of H.; m., June 8, 1892, Florence A.
Chappell, Manchester; children, two
sons living, Benjamin Fuller, Jr., serv
ing with A. E. F. in France, and Ray
mond Chase, Corp. U. S. T. D., Han
over. Residence, Grasmere (Goffs
town), N. H.
Nichols, William Theophilus
Journalist; author; b., Cincinnati, O.,
March 31, 1863 ; s. William N. and Isabel
M. (Blackman) Nichols; ed. Cincinnati
high school, Yale College, A.B., 1884;
on editorial staff New Haven Morning
News, 1884-7, New York Times, 188793, Cincinnati Tribune, 1894; manag
ing editor Manchester Union, 18961910; engaged in literary work till 1915;
managing editor Manchester Union
since; author, "The War for the Island,"
"Making Good " "The Safety First
Club," "The Safety First Club and the
Flood"; Congregationalism Democrat;
member Derryfield and Intervale Coun
try clubs, Manchester; m., Nov. 18,
1896, Helen F. Hull, Cincinnati, O.;
two children, Florence Hull, b. Oct.
18, 1897 (National School of Domestic
Arts, Washington, 1918) ; Leverett Hull,
b. Oct. 14, 1901 (Norwich University
and U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Class of 1922). Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
McDougall, Henry C.
Clergyman; b., Ypsilanti, Mich.,
Nov. 22, 1850; s. George and Mary
(Muir) McDougall; ed. Mich. State
Normal School, Ypsilanti, 1872; Univ.
of Mich., A.B., 1877; Harvard Di
vinity School, 1886; principal high
school, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1878-9,
Princeton, Ill., 1879-82; ordained to
the ministry, Rockland, Mass., Oct.
6, 1886; held pastorates at Rockland,
Mass., 1886-90, Madison, Wis., 1891;
Marblehead, Mass., 1892-9, Frank
lin, N. H., since 1899; Unitarian, In
dependent Republican; minister at
large for New Hampshire since 1907;
secretary N. H. Unitarian Ass'n since
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1899; member boards of education in
Rockland, Mass., Marblehead, Mass.,
and Franklin, N. H.; president Board
of Trustees, Proctor Academy; m.,
July 23, 1890, Marion H. Gleason
Abington, Mass.; children, James G.,
captain coast artillery, U. S. service in
France; Kenneth, lieutenant aviation
corps, U. S. service in France. Resi
dence, Franklin, N. H.
Emerson, Benjamin Kendall
Geologist; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec.
20, 1843; s. Benjamin F. and Elisabeth
(Kendall) Emerson; ed. Amherst Col
lege, A.B. 1865; Universities of Gottingen and Berlin, Ph.D. 1870; LL.D.
Amherst, 1914; instructor in geology,
Amherst 1870-2, professor of Geology
and mineralogy, 1872-1917, since then
professor emeritus; professor same in
Smith College, 1878-1912; assistant
geologist, U. S. Geological Survey,
1890-6, since then geologist; member
International Geological Congress, St.
Petersburg, 1897 (vice-president) fellow
American Academy Arts and Sciences,
(vice-president 1896); American Geo
logical Soc, American Philosophical
Soc, Washington Academy Sciences;
m., 1st, April 2, 1873, Mary Annette
Hopkins, d. July 31, 1895; 2d, Sept. 4,
1901, Anna H. Seelye, Amherst, Mass.
Residence, 529 West 11th St., New
York City.
Ferry, Edwin Sidney
Physicist; b., Croydon, N. H., June
14, 1868; s. Harvey S. and Hattie W.
(Eastman) Ferry; ed. Cornell Univ.,
B.S". 1889; graduate student, 1891-3;
fraduate student and fellow in physics,
ohns Hopkins, 1893-4; graduate stu
dent, Upsala, Sweden, 1897-8; pro
fessor of physics, Purdue Univ., In
diana, since 1899; member Delta
Kappa Epsilon, Signa Xi, American
Physical Soc, American Electro
chemical Soc, etc.; author "Elemen
tary Dynamics," 1906, "Practical
Physics, 1907; "Pyrometry," 1917;
m., Aug. 21, 1900, Ruth M. White,
Ithaca, N. Y. Residence, Lafayette,
Ind.
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Meader, John Levi
Manufacturer; b., Gonic (Rochester),
N. H., Sept. 11, 1878; s. John E. and
Clara E. (Varney) Meader; ed. public
schools, Rochester, and Moses Brown
School, Providence, R. I.; after leaving
school. entered employ of. the Gonic
Mfg. Co., learning the practical end of
the business in the different depart
ments; seven years superintendent
previous to July, 1915, when he be
came agent, now holding that position;
in religion affiliated with the Friends;
Republican; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1907-8; mayor of
Rochester, 1917; member N. H. senate,
1919-20; member Republican State
Committee and chairman Rochester
City Committee since 1915; director,
clerk and agent Gonic Mfg. Co.;
director Peoples Building and Loan
Ass'n; director and treasurer Gonic
Cemetery Ass'n; member A. F. & A. M.
lodge, chapter, council, commandery
and shrine; U. O. A. M.; m., Oct. 18,
1900, Lila Anna Malvern, Chicago,
Ill. ; children, Lois Julia, b. Oct. 2, 1901 ;
�Hon. Arthur M. Heard
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Clara Lola, Oct. 31, 1902; Ann Lela,
Aug. 23, 1916. Residence. Gonic,
N.H.
Heard, Arthur Marston
Banker; bu Sandwich, N. H., Feb.
13, 1866; s. William Andrew and Emily
(Marston) Heard; ed. Tilton Seminary,
1884; Amherst College, 1888; clerk
First National Bank, Arkansas City,
Kan., 1889-93; national bank examiner,
1893-5; cashier Merchants National
Bank, Manchester, 1896-1901 ; Cashier
Amoskeag National Bank, 1902-5;
president since July, 1905; president
Peoples Gas Light Co. ; director Federal
Reserve Bank, Boston, N. H. Fire
Ins. Co. (finance committee); Man
chester & Lawrence R. R., Concord &
Montreal R. R.; trustee Amoskeag
Savings Bank, Peoples Savings Bank,
member executive committee, N. H.
Committee on Public Safety, 1917-;
Massachusetts Commandery Loyal
Legion; A. F, & A. M. (32d degree),
Exchange and Union Clubs, Boston;
Derryfield and Intervale Clubs, Man
chester; Country Club, Nashua; Congregationalist; Democrat; m., June 12,
1895, Ora B. Farrar, Arkansas City,
Kan. ; children, Marston, b. Dec. 2, 1897
(Harvard, 1920) 2d lieuV U. S. Field
Artillery; Carlton Farrar, b. March 24,
1900 (Amherst, 1921). Student Army
Training Corps. Residence, 726 Chest
nut St., Manchester, N. H.; office, 875
Elm St.
Rainie, Herbert Williamson
Lawyer; b., Aberdeen, Scotland,
March 28, 1884; s. William and Jane
(Michie) Rainie; came to America with
his parents in 1891; ed. public schools
of Concord, N. H., Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1906; Harvard Law School, LLS.
1910; admitted to the bar and settled
in practice in Concord, where he con
tinues; Methodist; Republican; clerk
of Union School District, Concord,
1916-; elected solicitor of Merrimack
County for two years in November,
1918, secretary Concord Board of
Trade, 1918-; treasurer Concord
Charity Organization; member Wono-
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lancet Club; m., Sept. 29, 1915, Ruth
Mildred Garland. As an avocation
Mr. Rainie has been greatly interested
in music, both vocal and instrumental
and is well known as a baritone singer
and cornetist; is choir director at the
Baker Memorial M. E. church of
Concord, a member of the Capital
Quartette, and a composer of some note.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Fairbanks, Arthur
Educator; art director; b., Han
over, N. H., Nov. 13, 1864; s. Prof.
Henry and Annie S. (Noyes) Fair
banks; ed. Dartmouth College, A.B.,
1886; Yale Divinity School, 1887-8,
Union Theological Seminary, N. Y.,
1888-9; Berlin and Freiburg, 1889-90,
Ph.D., Freiburg, 1890; Litt.D., Dart
mouth, 1909; instructor in Greek and
logic, assistant professor German,
Dartmouth, 1890-2; lecturer on social
science and the philosophy of religion,
Yale 1892-4, instructor in compara
tive religion, 1894-9; acting assistant
professor ancient philosophy, Cornell,
1899-1900; professor Greek literature
and archeology, Univ. of Iowa, 19006; professor Greek and Greek arche
ology, Univ. of Mich., 1906-7; director
Boston Museum of Fine Arts since
August, 1907; member American Phil
osophical Ass'n, Archeological Insti
tute of America, etc.; author various
sociological and philosophical treatises,
and contributor to religious and
philosophical publications; m., May 2,
1889, Elizabeth L. Moody, Hanover,
N. H. Residence, 26 Elmwood Ave.,
Cambridge, Mass.
Blakely, Quincy
Clergyman; b., Campton, N. H.j
April 12, 1872; s. Rev. Quincy and
Gertrude (Sykes) Blakely; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B.j 1894 (Phi Beta
Kappa), Yale Divinity School, B.D.
1898; ordained and installed pastor
Congregational church, South Glaston
bury, Conn., Nov. 4, 1898; pastor
Farmington, Conn., since 1905; mem
ber Delta Kappa Epsilon, Casque and
Gauntlet fraternities; Twentieth Cen
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tury Club, Hartford, Conn; m., Oct.
10, 1900, Mary Twitchell. Residence,
Farmington, Conn.
Lee, William Andrew
Plumbing and heating contractor; b.,
Concord, N. H., April 10, 1861; s.
John J. and Kate (Coughlin) Lee; ed.
public schools of Concord; learned the
plumber's trade in early life and has
been extensively engaged as a contrac
tor in plumbing and heating for many
years past; Catholic; Democrat; mem
ber Concord city council two years,
board of Aldermen eight years, assessor
ten years, under the old city charter
member N. H. house of representatives
1913-14, 1915-16, 1917-18, 1919-20
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918
president and treasurer Lee Bros. Co.
member Concord Board of Trade
m., Oct. 10, 1883, Johannah Kelley
Northfield, Vt.; one son, John J., b
Nov. 4, 1893 (ed. Concord public
schools and business college), deputy
collector U. S. Internal Revenue,
Portsmouth. Residence, Concord, N.H.
Fisk, Daniel Moses
Clergyman; educator; b., New Hamp
ton, NY H., April 10, 1846; s. Rev.
Ebenezer and Miriam A. (Gordon)
Fisk; ed. Brown Univ.; Ph.B. 1869,
A.M. 1876; Ph.D., Findlay College,
1890; D.D., Hillsdale, 1897; ordained
to the Congregational ministry, 1886;
professor biology, Hillsdale College,
Michigan, 1872-86; pastor Jackson,
Mich., 1886-91; First Church, Toledo,
O., 1891-7; Compton Hill church,
St. Louis, Mo., 1897-9; First Church,
Topeka, Kan., 1899-1902; professor
sociology, Washburn College, Top
eka, Kan., 1899-; dean department
of Bible and social service, 1913-;
author, "Introduction to Sociology,"
"Rise of Democracy in Church and
State," etc.; member American Socio
logical Soc; m., 1st, Aug. 29, 1870,
Alma H. Moore, Wilton, N. H.,
d.; 2d, June 15, 1911, L. Louise Fox,
Topeka. Residence, 1516 College Ave.,
Topeka, Kan.
Crafts Albert Barnard
Lawyer; b., Milan, N. H., Sept. 4,
1851; s. Frederick A. and Maria L.
(Soule) Crafts; ed. Wesleyan Univ.,
A.B. 1871, A.M. 1874; taught school
in Connecticut, 1871-2; studied law;
admitted to the R. I. bar 1875; prac
ticed first in Westerly, R. I.; in Provi
dence since 1906; Republican; member
R. I. house of representatives, 1904-6;
member Alpha Delta Phi, R. I. Bar
Ass'n, Edgewood Yatch Club; m., 1st,
Oct. 1, 1881, Jennie Louise Blake, d.
Nov. 19, 1884; 2d, Dec. 17, 1892,
Mary A. Stark. Residence, Edgewood, Providence, R. I.
Fiske, Amos Kidder
Journalist; author; b., Whitefield,
N. H.. May 12, 1842; s. Henry and
Lucinda (Keyes) Fiske; ed. Harvard,
A.B. 1866, A.M. 1869; associated with
George Ticknor Curtis in preparation
of Life of Daniel Webster; on editorial
staff of N. Y. Times, twenty-two
years, N. Y. Mail and Express, 19002; associate editor N. Y. Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
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since January, 1903; author "Mid
night Talks at the Club," 1890;
"Beyond the Bourn," 1S91; "The
Jewish Scriptures," 1896; "The Myths
of Israel," 1897; "The Story of the
Philippines," 1897; "The Modern
Bank," 1904; "Honest Business,"
1914. etc.; m., Oct. 27, 1870, Caroline
Child. Residence, 144 East 45th St.,
New York City.
Farley, Frank Edgar
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
April 25, 1868; s. George W. and
Lucina C. (Baker) Farley; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1893, A.M. 1894, Ph.D.
1897; assistant in English, Harvard,
1893-5; Radcliffe, 1894-7; instructor
in English, Haverford College, 1897-8;
instructor, associate professor and pro
fessor of English, Syracuse Univ.,
1898-1903; professor of English, Sim
mons College since Oct. 1, 1903;
author "An Advanced English Gram
mar," 1913; m., Aug. 5, 1903, Mrs.
Amy Elwell Crane, St. Louis, Mich.
Residence, 108 Fuller St., Brookline,
Mass.
Ferguson, Frank William
Architect; b., Portsmouth. N. H.,
Nov. 3, 1861; s. Stephen and Martha
M. (Marden) Ferguson; ed. public
schools and Dartmouth College, scien
tific department; member firm of
Cram & Ferguson, architects of build
ings at U. S. Military Academy, St.
Thomas church, New York, Rice
Institute, Texas, Princeton Univ.,
Williams College, etc., fellow American
Institute of Architects, Boston Soc. of
Architects, Beta Theta Pi; m., Oct. 28,
1891, Elizabeth Clark Gardner, Ports
mouth, N. H.; d. 1896. Address, 15
Beacon St., Boston, Mass.; 33 West
42d St., New York.
Ernst, Clayton Holt
Journalist; b., Franconia, N. H.,
Dec. 29, 1886; s. Frederick William
and Emeline (Holt) Ernst; ed. Har
vard, A.B., 1910; Congregationalist;
member Delta Upsilon; district com
missioner Boy Scouts of America;
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author (with Norman B. Cole, M.D.)
"First Aid for Boys," 1917; short
story contributor to magazines; assist
ant editor, The Youth's Companion,
Boston, since 1911. Residence, 34
Harrington St., Newton, Mass.
Young, James Burlington
B., Glasgow, Scotland, March 4,
1864; s. Alexander and Arabella (Mc11roy) Young; came to America in
early life; ed. Rochester public schools;
engaged in teaming and advertising;
Methodist; Republican; member Roch
ester City council six years; com
missioner for Strafford county since
1915; Mayor, Rochester, 1918; mem
ber Humane Lodge, No. 21, A. F. &
A. M.; Rising Sun Lodge, No. 7,
K. of P., Chancellor Commander four
terms; Rochester Commandery, Golden
Cross, No. 50, past commander;
Rochester Grange, No. 86, master
three terms; district deputy N. H.
State Grange four years; m., August
29, 1890, Lillian J. Evans. Residence,
Rochester, N. H.
�Fred Williams Story
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Story, Fred Williams
Telephone business; b., Hopkinton,
N. H., Dec. 9, 1861; s. David Burnham
and Sarah J. (French) Story; ed. public
schools, Hopkinton, Lake Village and
Laconia, N. H.; Unitarian; director
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. of
Massachusetts and assistant to the
president, director Southern Mass.
Telephone & Telegraph Co.; president
Aroostook Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
Moosehead Telephone Co., Maine Tele
phone & Telegraph Co. (all in Maine),
Coos Telephone Co., Winnepesaukee
Telephone Co., N. H., Franklin County
Telephone Co., Vt.; vice-president
White Mountain Telephone Co., and
Carroll County Telephone Co., N. H.
Gramill Telephone Co., N. Y. Heath
Telephone Co., Mass., Connecticut
Valley Telephone Co. and White River
Valley Telephone Co., Vt.; member
Mt. Lebanon Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
N. H. Consistory, S. P. R. S., 32°;
Union Royal Arch chapter, Pilgrim
Commandery, K. T., Mt. Washington
Chapter, O. E. S., Bektash Temple,
N. M. S.; Exchange Club, City Club,
Chamber of Commerce, Boston, Mass. ;
m., Dec. 6, 1887, Dolly Frances Wentworth, dau. Col. Joseph and Sarah
Payson (Jones) Wentworth, Concord,
N. H. Residence, Boston, Mass., and
272 Pleasant St., Laconia, N. H.
Goddard, Christopher Marsh
Engineer; b., Claremont, N. H., April
16, 1856 ;s. Edward L. and Elizabeth P.
Marsh Goddard; ed. Episcopal Acad
emy, Cheshire, Conn. ; Dartmouth Col
lege, B.S. 1877; teacher Natural
Sciences, Episcopal Academy, 18771880; with Hatch & Foote, bankers,
New York, 1880-5; electrical engineer,
Plainfield, N. J., 1885-90; active in
promoting adoption of the Nation
al Electrical Code and insurance
rating fire prevention work; Congregationalist; Republican; member
Council Underwriters' Laboratories,
Chicago; National Fire Protection
Ass'n (president 1908-9, executive
committee. 1902-15); American In
stitute Electrical Engineers; Mass.
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State Fire Protection Ass'n; m., Feb.
14, 1882, Emillie Georgette Brandner,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Residence, Newton
Center, Mass.
Gage, Walter Boutwell
Educator; b., Nashua, N. H., April
21, 1872; s. Minot Gardner and Ellena
(Boutwell) Gage; ed. Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1890; Harvard, A.B. 1894;
Unitarian; Republican; instructor
Huckley School, Tarrytown, N. Y.,
1900-8; headmaster since 1908; m.,
June 28, 1900, Florence Davis, Syra
cuse, N. Y. Residence, Tarrytown,
N. Y.
Foster, Joseph
Rear Admiral, U. S. N. (retired);
b., Gloucester, Mass., June 7, 1841;
s. Joseph and Adelaide Coues (Spald
ing) Foster; ed. public and private
schools, Portsmouth, N. H.; entered
U. S. Navy, Oct. 3, 1862; appointed
acting assistant paymaster, Oct. 19,
1863; transferred to the regular navy,
Oct. 10, 1866; advanced through vari
ous grades and made pay-director with
rank of captain, Aug. 27, 1901; ap
pointed rear admiral and retired after
40 years service, Dec. 9, 1902; served
during the Civil War in South Atlantic
Blockading Squadron; Republican;
member Portsmouth, N. H., Board of
Instruction, 1909-13; member N. H.
Historical Soc, N. E. Historic-Gen
ealogical Soc, G. A. R.. S. A. R.,
Loyal Legion, Soc. of Colonial Wars,
etc.; m., 1st, Oct. 1, 1875, Helen
Dickey, Lowell, Mass., d. March 27,
1904; 2d, March 17, 1906, Josephine
Hunt, Broxbourne, Eng. Residence,
298 Middle St., Portsmouth, N. H.
Gallagher, Thomas
Congressman; b., Concord, N. H.,
June 6, 1850; s. John and Margaret
(Tighe) Gallagher; ed. public schools;
removed to Chicago in 1886; engaged
in mercantile business: Catholic;
Democrat; member Chicago City
Council, 1893-7; board of education
1897-1903 (vice-president, three years) ;
ex-chairman Cook County Democratic
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Central Committee;
representative
from 8th Illinois District, U. S. house
of representatives, since 1909; m.,
Oct. 12, 1886, Margaret Barsh, Chi
cago. Residence, 522 South Sagamon
St., Chicago.
Winslow, Sherburn J.
General business; b., Nottingham,
N. H., March 16, 1834, but removed
to Pittsfield in infancy; s. Josiah and
Ruth (Tucker) Winslow; ed. public
schools and Pittsfield, Pembroke and
New London Academies; engaged in
farming and teaching until forty years
of age, after which engaged extensively
in lumbering and contracting; con
structed the water-works for Merri
mack County at Boscawen, also had
charge of construction of the Pittsfield
and Tilton water-works; in 1894, when
the concern was in financial straits,
became treasurer of the Exeter Mfg.
Co., and raised the necessary funds to
put it "on its feet," paying the first
dividend for years in 1896; treasurer,
without bond, of the Crockertown
Lumber Co., spending 9200,000 an
nually; Episcopalian (warden and
treasurer of St. Stephens Church,
Pittsfield, for years); Republican (last
survivor of the organizers of the party
in Pittsfield, and has voted for every
Republican candidate for President);
member N. H. house of representatives,
1899-1901 ; chairman selectmen, 19056, town treasurer, 1909-13; member
school board many years; president
Pittsfield Aqueduct Co., Pittsfield Gas
Co.; director Sun rook Valley and
Peterboro & Hillsboro R. R.; treasurer
Pittsfield Savings Bank since 1897,
deposits doubling in the time; member
Corinthian Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Pittsfield; Wonolancet Club, Concord;
m., March 19, 1860, Margaret Dennison; two daughters, Cora and Nellie—
Mrs. James L. Hook and Mrs. Frank
H. Sargent, M. D. ; one granddaughter,
Margaret L. Hook. Residence, Pitts
field, N. H.
Foster, Herbert Darling
Educator; b., West Newbury, Mass.,
June 22, 1863; s. Davis and Harriet
Louisa (Darling) Foster; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B., 1885; Harvard
Graduate School, 1891-3, A.M. 1892;
Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland, Litt.D.
1909; professor English and history,
Worcester, Mass., Academy, 1885-91;
professor of history, Dartmouth Col
lege since 1894, having spent a year
previous in European study; editor
"A History Syllabus for Secondary
Schools," 1904; "The Records of the
Town of Hanover 1761-1818 " 1905;
"A Syllabus of European History"
(with S. B. Fay), 1916, etc.; m.,
July 7, 1897, Lillian Darlington Smith,
Liverpool, Eng. Residence, Hanover,
N.H.
Flanders, James Greeley
Lawyer; b., New London, N. H.,
Dec. 13, 1844; s. Walter Powers and
Susan Everett (Greeley) Flanders;
ed. Yale, A.B. 1867; Columbia Law
School, 1869; located in practice in
Milwaukee, Wis.; member Milwaukee
school board, 1875-7; Wisconsin As
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sembly, 1877; delegate Democratic
National Convention, 1896; president
Yale Alumni Association of Wisconsin,
1899-1904; member Milwaukee Bar
Ass'n, Wisconsin Bar Ass'n (president
1909-10), American Bar Ass'n; presi
dent Milwaukee Public Library, 19117, University Club, 1900-2; m., June
18, 1873, Mary C. Harvey. Residence,
161 Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.
French, Leigh Hill
Physician; soldier; capitalist.; b.,
Dover. N. H., Oct. 1, 1863; s. George
F. and Clara Shackford (Hill) French;
ed. Portland, Me., high school, Univ.
of Minn., M.D. 1894; practiced med
icine in Washington, 1897; captain
and inspector of rifle practice, 1898;
major 3d Cavalry, U. S. N. (Rough
Riders), 1898; studied law and ad
mitted to the bar 1902; engaged in
development of Alaska through build
ing of railways and hydraulic running
water-ways; president New Rochelle
Home for the Aged; member Loyal
Legion, Arctic Brotherhood, American
Institute Mining Engineers; Athletic,
Larchmont and Huguenot Clubs, New
York; Cosmos, Chevy Chase and
Army and Navy, Washington; author,
"Home Nuggets," 1902; "Seward's
Land of Gold," 1905: appointed lieu
tenant commander U. S. N., and as
signed to American embassy, Paris,
France, as naval attache^ 1918; m.,
June 27, 1893, Blanche W. Culbertson,
Louisville, Ky. Residence, 116 East
58th St., New York, N. Y.
Emery, Natt Morrill
Educator; b., Suncook, N. H.,
April 16, 1875; s. Natt B. and Abbie
H. (Sargent) Emery; ed. Pembroke
Academy, 1891; Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1895; M.A. Lehigh Univ.,
1899; Litt.D., business college, 1916;
instructor, Tilton Seminary, Tilton,
N. H., 1895-6; instructor in English,
Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, Pa., 18961902; registrar, 1899-1912; assistant
to president, 1907-10; vice-president,
1910-; member Phi Beta Kappa;
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m., June 23, 1904, Bertha Elizabeth
Snyder. Residence, 137 East Mar
ket St., Bethlehem, Pa.
Emerson, Abraham Fitts
Banker; b., Candia, N. H., June 19,
1864; s. Moses Fitts and Abbie (Patten)
Emerson; ed. public schools; entered
employ of First National Bank and
Merrimack River Savings Bank, Man
chester, October, 1884; trustee Merri
mack River Savings Bank since April,
1893; secretary of the board since
April, 1895; assistant treasurer Mer
rimack River Savings Bank since
April, 1916; acting treasurer N. H.
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts, 1895-8; treasurer Northern Tel
egraph Co. of New Hampshire; di
rector of Manchester Y. M. C. A.,
1902-13; member and treasurer Man
chester Food Committee, 1917-18;
member Manchester Board of Com
merce, Historic Ass'n, Institute of
Arts and Sciences; interested in agri
culture and forestry, and was among
�Rev. Jesse M. Dobrell
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the first to recognize the importance of
conservation and reforestation; set
out, under the direction of State
Forester Hirst, a large number of
white pines on the family estate at
Candia, N. H.; Congregationalist
Republican; member A. F. & A. M.
m., May 29, 1895, Emma Etta Smith
children, Howard Patten, b. Dec. 21
1901; Walter Robie, Sept. 10, 1903
Marion, May 27, 1908; Richard Lane,
March 12, 1912. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
Durrell, Jesse Murton
Clergyman; b., Boston, Mass., June
26, 1843; s. WOliam Henry and Sarah
(Averill) Durrell; descendant of Philip
Durrell, who emigrated from the Isle
of Guernsey and settled in the Piscataqua region previous to 1679, and
of his son, Maj. Benjamin Durrell, of
Revolutionary fame; ed. Eliot School
and Boston Latin School, Boston,
Mass., Tilton Seminary, 1869; Boston
Univ. School of Theology, 1873. Pre
vious to his course at Tilton and the
Divinity school, studied dentistry and
practiced for four years, then, feeling
a call to the ministry, prepared as be
fore noted; while studying at Tilton
preached as supply for the Methodist
churches in Tilton and Runiney, and
for the Allen St. Church in New Bed
ford, Mass., while a student in Boston;
joined the N. H. Conference in 1869;
ordained deacon in 1871 and elder in
1873, spending a year following in
European travel and study; pastor,
Bristol, N. H., 1874-6, Wesley Church,
Haverhill, Mass., 1877-8, Rochester,
N. H., 1879-81; travelled in the East,
1882; pastor St. John's Church, Dover,
1883-5; Garden St. Church, Lawrence,
Mass., 1886-8; St. Paul's, Manchester,
N. H., 1889-90; President N. H. Con
ference Seminary and Female College
(Tilton Seminary), 1891-5; pastor
Main St. Church, Nashua, 1896-1900;
Grace Church, Keene, 1901-2; super
intendent Dover District, N. H. M. E.
Conference, 1903-4; field agent, Tilton
Seminary, since 1905, having com
pleted the task of raising a fund of
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$150,000 for the seminary, with an
excess of $30,000 in the spring of
1918; Methodist; Republican; member
Nashua school board, 1899-1900; pres
ident trustees of Tilton Seminary;
member Olive Branch Lodge, A. F. &
A. M., Plymouth, N. H.; Temple
R. A. Chapter, Rochester; St. Paul
Commandery, K. T., Dover; Israel
Hunt Royal and Select Masters,
Aaron Hughes Lodge of Perfection
14th degree A. A. S. R.; Oriental Coun
cil of Jerusalem 16th degree; St. George
Chapter Rose Croix, 18th degree; N. H.
Consistory 32nd degree, Nashua; Peabody Chapter, O. E. S., Tilton; VeteranAss'n,A.F.&A.M., Concord; Chap
lain Grand Chapter R. A. M., Grand
Council R. & S. M., St. George Chap
ter Rose Croix, and Veteran Masons
Ass'n m., July 23, 1878, Irene Sarah
Clark, Plymouth, N. H.; d. Nov. 9,
1914. Residence, Tilton, N. H.
Gerould, John Hiram
Educator; b., Stoddard, N. H., Oct.
2, 1868; s. Rev. Samuel L. and Laura
Etta (Thayer) Gerould; ed. Dart
mouth College, Litt.B. 1890; Harvard
A.B. 1892 A.M. 1893, Ph.D. 1895
traveled and studied in Europe, 1898-9
teacher natural sciences, Burr and Bur
ton Seminary, Manchester, Vt., 1890-1,
associate professor zoology, Dart
mouth 19-; Congregationalist; mem
ber American Genet c Ass'n, American
Soc. Zoologists, American Soc. Natu
ralists, American Ass'n for Advance
ment of Science, Kappa Kappa Kappa;
m., July 2, 1902, Adah May Hasbrook,
Minneapolis, Minn.; children, May Fos
ter, b. Aug. 13, 1903; Elizabeth,
Sept. 20, 1904; Virginia, Dec. 10, 1908.
Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Rotch, William Boylston
Journalism and Insurance; b., Am
herst, N. H., June 6, 1859; s. Albert A.
and Helen (Boylston) Rotch; descend
ant of the Boylston family who were
among the early settlers of Boston,
Mass.; ed. public schools of Amherst;
learned the newspaper business in
youth in the office of the Farmers'
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Cabinet at Amherst, since removed to
Milford, of which he has been editor
and publisher since 1891; also engaged
in insurance business; Congregationalist; Republican; member N. H. house
of representatives from Amherst, 1895,
also town clerk and collector, and first
president Amherst Improvement Soc.
which he organized; since removal to
Milford president Milford improve
ment Soc, secretary and president
Milford Republican Club; member
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
director City Guaranty Savings Bank,
Nashua; three years secretary to
Congressman Currier at Washington;
member Republican State Committee
since 1912, and member executive
committee; I. O. O. F.; m., Oct. 10,
1884, Grace Marston Burrell, Wey
mouth, Mass.; one son, Arthur Boylston, b. March 24, 1887, (Dartmouth,
1908) now in the publishing business
with his father, m. April 9, 1910,
Serena H. Elliman, New York; one
son, William Boylston, 2d. Residence,
Milford, N. H.
Gerould, James Thayer
Librarian; b., Goffstown, N. H.,
Oct. 3, 1872; s. Rev. Samuel L. and
Laura Etta (Thayer) Gerould; ed.
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1895; as
sistant librarian General Theological
Seminary, New York, 1896-7; depart
ment chief, Columbia Univ. Library,
1897-1900; librarian Univ. of Mo.,
1900-6; Univ. of Minn., 1906—; Fellow
American Library Institute; member
Bibliographical Soc. of America,
American Library Ass'n, Delta Kappa
Epsilon; director of Chapters, northern
division, American Red Cross; director
Minneapolis Associated Charities;
Episcopalian; Democrat; m., Sept.
18, 1900, Mary A. Chamberlain, Ches
ter, N. Y. Residence, 2022 Second
Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minn.
Gerould, Gordon Hall
Educator; b., Goffstown, N. H.,
Oct. 4, 1877; s. Rev. Samuel L. and
Laura Etta (Thayer) Gerould; ed.
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1899; Litt.
B., Oxford Univ., England, 1901;
instructor in English, Bryn Mawr Col
lege, 1901-2; associate professor Eng
lish philosophy, 1902-5; assistant pro
fessor English, Princeton Univ., 190516; professor English since 1916;
author, "The North English Homily
Collection," 1902; "Sir Guy of War
wick," 1905; "The Grateful Dead—
the History of a Folk Story," 1908;
"Saints' Legends," 1916; "Peter San
ders, Retired" (novel), 1917; m, June
9, 1910, Katharine Fullerton, Brock
ton, Mass. Residence, 341 Nassau
street, Princeton, N. J.
Dow, George Francis
Secretary Essex Institute; b., Wake
field, N. H., Jan. 7, 1868; s. George
Prince and Ada Bingham (Tappan)
Dow; ed. public schools and private
i utors; in trade in Boston from 1886 to
1897; secretary of Essex Institute,
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Salem, Mass., and editor of its publica
tion since July, 1898; Congregationalist; Republican; member Mass. house
of representatives from Topsfield,
1900; chairman board of trustees.
Topsfield town library; founder ana
secretary Topsfield Historical Soc,
and editor of its publications; member
Essex Institute, American Historical
Ass'n, N. E. Historic-Geneological
Soc, American Antiquarian Soc,
A. F. & A. M. Residence, Topsfield,
Mass. Business address, Salem, Mass.
Duncan, George Henry
Druggist; manufacturer; b., Leo
minster, Mass., Dec. 23, 1876; s. George
C. and Mary E. (Coolidge) Duncan; ed.
Murdock School, Winchendon, Mass.,
Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.,
class of 1899, leaving at the middle of
senior year on account of father's
death, whose business as a druggist at
East Jaffrey, N. H., he took up and
continued; Democrat; selectman, Jaf
frey, 1904; member school board,
1907-8, N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912, 1918, house of representa
tives, 1915 (committee on revision of
laws) ; post-master, East Jaffrey, 1915
-17; treasurer Annett Box Co.; mem
ber Charity Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
P. of H., Jaffrey Board of Trade (presi
dent three years); an earnest advo
cate of the Single Tax and the Initia
tive and Referendum and active in
organizations promoting the same; in.,
Nov. 19, 1900, Helen Prescott; one son,
George Prescott. Residence, East
Jaffrey, N. H.
McLaughlin, Agnes Winifred
Lawyer; law stenographer; b.,
Groveton, N. H.; dau. Patrick ana
Elizabeth (Hopkins) McLaughlin; ed.
Lancaster Academy, Burdett's Busi
ness College, Univ. of Maine Law
school; studied with Hon. George A.
Wagner of Manchester; admitted to
the N. H. bar, June 3, 1917, first
woman admitted in the state on exam
ination; Catholic; in academy inter
ested in elocution, debates and athlet
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ics; while attending business college
in Boston member of the Halcyon
Club, and identified with the social ac
tivities of the Cathedral of the Holy
Cross parish; in Gorham, active in
club life, serving on important com
mittees, locally and in the state fed
eration. Residence, Gorham N. H.;
office, Sheridan Building, Berlin, N. H.
Shedd, Charles Gale
Pharmacist; b., South Wallingford,
Vt., May 18, 1865; s. Capt. Charles
W. and Sarah Frances (Doty) Shedd,
his mother being a direct descendant of
Edmund Doty, of the M ayflower party ;
removed with parents to Keene, N. H.,
in early life; ed. Keene public schools,
high school, 1881; entered the phar
macy where he has since remained,
and in which he later became a partner,
in 1886, and for many years past has
conducted the business, under the
name of "The Bullard & Shedd Co.,"
with an extensive wholesale and retail
trade; Unitarian; Republican; ten
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y
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Hon. Charles Gale Shedd
�Mrs. Charles Gale Shedd
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years member Keene board of health work of Keene Chapter, American Red
(sometime president); member Keene Cross, and chairman of the same for the
city council (president); member first two years. Three children. (See
N. H. house of representatives, 1900; preceding sketch.)
N. H. state senate, 1907, mayor
of Keene, 1911-3; secretary and Donovan, John Joseph
treasurer trustees Glencliffe sanitorCivil engineer; b., Rumney, N. H.,
ium; vice-president Keene Commercial Sept. 8, 1858; s. Patrick and Julia
club; president Keene Forestry Ass'n., . (O'Sullivan) Donovan; ed. Plymouth,
N. H., Normal School, 1877; Worcester,
Keene Park Corporation, Peoples In
stitute, Keene Chatauqua, Unitarian Mass., Polytechnic Inst., B.S. 1882;
civil engineer Northern Pacific R. R.,
club, ten years; member N. H. His
torical Soc., Keene Country club, Keene 1882-8; chief engineer Fairhaven and
Chorus club (treasurer), A. F. & A. M. Southern Ry., 1888-91; chief engineer
up to and including 33d degree (past and manager Bellingham Bay and
Grand High Priest Grand Chapter of Eastern R. R., 1891-2; chief engineer
and general superintendent Belling
N. H.), Sons of the American Revolu
tion (past president N. H. Soc), S. of ham Bay and British Columbia R. R.,
V., K. of P., I. O. R. M., N. H. N. G., 1898-1906; since 1906 engaged exclu
serving four years as hospital steward sively in lumber business; Catholic;
in the 2d Regiment; organized the Republican; member city council,
N. H. League for National Defense in Fairhaven, Wash., 1890-2; member
1915; engaged in voluntary service of committee of fifteen framing charter of
the American Red Cross, at the central the city of Bellingham, Wash.; alter
pharmacy in Paris in 1918; m., Sept. nate delegate Republican National
Committee, 1912; member and past
23, 1891, Rhoda Jane Colburn; chil
dren, Gale Colburn and Paul Wesley, president Bellingham Chamber of
b. July 14, 1892 (Phillips Exeter and Commerce; eight years trustee Belling
M. I. T.), the former serving as first ham State Normal School; vice-presi
lieutenant in 146th Field Artillery, dent Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills,
Columbia Valley Lumber Co., First
A. E. F., and the latter as first lieu
tenant in the Aviation Corps; Charles National Bank of Bellingham; presi
Herbert, b. Feb. 7, 1907. Residence, dent Washington State Catholic Ass'n;
member American Soc. Civil Engineers,
Keene, N. H.
National Civic Federation, American
Irish Historical Soc, American His
Shedd, Rhoda Jane Colburn
(Mrs. Charles Gale Shedd); b., torical Ass'n, National Municipal
Shrewsbury, Vt., Aug. 17, 1867; dau. League, and numerous other organiza
Leonard and Mary P. (Martin) Shedd; tions and clubs; m., April 29, 1883,
ed. public schools, and Black River Clara Isabel Nichols, Melrose, Mass.
Academy, Ludlow, Vt., 1886; taught Residence, Bellingham, Wash.
school several terms, before marriage,
in Swanzey, Troy and Fitzwilliam, Clow, Fred Ellsworth
Physician, b., Wolfeboro, N. H.,
N. H. ; united in marriage with Charles
Gale Shedd of Keene, Sept. 22, 1891, Oct. 25, 1881 ; s. Stephen W., and Car
and has since resided there, taking an rie (Canney) Clow; ed. Brewster Free
Academy, Wolfeboro, Harvard Med
active part in the social life and chari
table work of the city; member Ashue- ical School, 1904; commenced prac
tice of medicine in Wolfeboro, after
lot Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution (regent), Colonial graduation and has since continued;
Club, Fortnightly Club, Country Club Congregationalist; Republican; mem
(secretary for the last eighteen years), ber state board of registration in med
Hospital Aid Soc. (secretary for twenty icine, local board for Carroll County;
years); active in the organization and trustee and physician Huggins Hos
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ratal, Wolfeboro; lieutenant Medical
Reserve Corps, U. S. Army; member
A. F. & A. M. (Morning Star Lodge)
Knights of Pythias, Patrons of Hus
bandry; m., Oct. 25, 1905, Bessie
Frances Beless, Waltham, Mass.; chil
dren: Ethel Alma, b. Aug. 22,
1906; Mildred Beless, b. May 24, 1908;
Stephen Ellsworth, b. June 9, 1910;
John Hildreth, b. March 5, 1913.
Residence, Wolfeboro, N. H.
Wheeler, Bertrand Thorp
Civil engineer; b., Lempster, N. H.,
Nov. 25, 1863; s. Daniel Bingham and
Maria (Thorp) Wheeler; ed. Dart
mouth College, B.S. 1884; pursued the
profession of civil engineer for many
years in Boston and vicinity; street
commissioner of Boston under Mayors
Curtis and Hart; assistant engineer of
construction, N. Y., N. H. & Hartford
R. R.; chief engineer Me. Central R. R.
and Portland Terminal Co. since 1912;
Unitarian; Republican; member Amer
ican Soc. Civil Engineers; m., March
27, 1888, Mabel A. Cole, Fitchburg,
Mass.; three sons and three daughters.
Residence, 35 West St., Portland, Me.
Dudley, Albeitus True
Teacher; author; b., Paris, N. Y.,
June 18, 1866; s. Rev. Horace Franklin
and Josephine (Lamson) Dudley; ed.
Harvard, A.B. 1887, and German study;
teacher Phillips Exeter Academy, 188795, Noble & Greenough's School, Bos
ton, 1896-1917; Republican; antisuffragist; secretary N. H. Public Li
brary Commission, 1917-; N. H. house
of representatives, 1919-20; author,
"Following the Rail," 1903; "Making
the Nine,'7 1904; "In the Line," 1905;
"With Mask and Mitt," 1906; "The
Great Year," 1907; "The Yale Cup,"
1908; "The School Four," 1909; '!At
the Home Plate," 1910; "The Pecks
in Camp," 1911; "The Half Miler,"
1913, etc.; m., July 2, 1890, Frances
Perry, Exeter. Residence, Exeter,
N. H.
Page, Charles Tilton
Manufacturer (retired); b., Woburn,
Mass., Aug. 5, 1846; s. Moses Webster
and Mary Ann (Ayer) Page; ed. public
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schools and Eastman's Commercial
College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; engaged
with his brother, George F. Page, in.
the manufacture of leather belting at
Franklin, N. H., after leaving school,
under firm name of Page Bros. ; business
removed to Concord in 1871, when the
now extensive and widely known Page
Belting Co. was formed, of which he
became treasurer, continuing in that
position until 1913, serving also for
three years, 1872-5, as Boston agent of
the firm, during which time he resided
in Medford, but since then in Concord;
Congregationalist; Republican; active
in Y. M. C. A. work and some time
president of the Concord Ass'n; presi
dent N. H. Congregational Ministers
and Widows Fund; trustee General
Conference Congregational churches
of New Hampshire; moderator, 1910;
president Concord Board of Trade,
1910-12; m., June 2, 1870, Almira, dau.
Oliver H. and Sarah F. (Bergen) Booth
of Lebanon, N. H.; children, Grace
Farnum, wife of Dr. H. H. Amsden, b.
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Aug. 4, 1872; Elwic Lawrence, b. Feb.
22, 1876 (Williams 1900), lawyer in
Concord: Wilbur Jewell, b. Jan, 4,
1883 (Williams 1906), in employ of
U. 8. Department of Commerce.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Tobey, Charles William
Banker; b., Roxbury, Mass., Julv
22, 1880; s. William A. and Ellen H".
(Parker) Tobey; ed. Roxbury Latin
school; engaged in banking in Boston;
established his home in Temple, N. H.,
in 1903, where he purchased a farm and
engaged in agricultural pursuits; since
1916 has conducted business as an in
vestment banker in Manchester, with
office in Amoskeag Bank building, re
taining his legal residence in Temple;
Baptist; Republican; chairman select
men and school board in Temple;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1915-16, member committee on revision
of the laws; 1919, speaker; delegate in
N. H. constitutional convention, 1918;
chairman N. H. Liberty Loan Commit
tee, 1918- ; member Miller Grange, P. of
H., Temple; director Rotary Club, Man
chester; in.. June 4, 1902, Francelia
M. Lovett, Roxbury, Mass.; children.
Russell B., b. June 10, 1903; Louise
Cone, b. July 6, 1907; Francelia M.
Cone, b. June 22, 1908; Charles W.,
Jr., b. Jan. 26, 1911. Residence,
Temple and Manchester, N. H.
Elliot, John Wheelock
Surgeon; b., Keene, N. H., October,
1852; s. John H. and Emily Ann
(Wheelock) Elliot; ed. Harvard, A.B.
1874; M.D. 1878; Mass. General Hos
pital, 1878; studied in Europe, 1879-80;
began practice in Boston, 1881; physi
cian to Boston Dispensary, 1882;
assistant surgeon Free Hospital for
Women, 1883-7; surgeon, 1894-1907;
lecturer on surgery, Harvard Med.
School, 1900-5; retired from practice,
1913; Fellow American Surgical Ass'n;
chairman N. E. Surgical Dressings
Com., American Red Cross; director
Sullivan Machinery Co. ; member Tav
ern Club, Boston; frequent contributor
to medical journals; m., May 8, 1883,
Mary Lee Morse of Boston. Resi
dence, 124 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.
Ellis, Carleton
Chemist; b., Keene, N. H., Sept. 20,
1876; s. Marcus and Catharine (Goodnow) Ellis; ed. public schools, Mass.
Inst. Tech., B.Sc. 1900; instructor
Mass. Inst.« Tech., 1900-2; engaged
extensively in the field of oils, fats,
waxes, paints, varnishes, illuminating
gas, etc., and has taken out more than
200 patents; president Ellis-Foster Co.,
Hydrogenated Oil Co., N. J. Testing
Laboratories; vice-president Chadeloid Chemical Co.; Charter member
Inventors Guild; member American
Chemical Soc, American Institute
Chemical Engineers, Society Chemical
Industry, London, Eng., International
Congress of Applied Chemistry, etc.;
awarded gold medal for inventions at
Jamestown exposition, 1907; author
various scientific and technical works
and contributor to technical journals;
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m., Nov. 28, 1901, Birdelia M. Wood,
Dayton, O. Residence, 143 Gates
Ave., Montclair, N. J.
Hall, Walter Perley
Jurist; b., Manchester, N. H., May
9, 1867; s. James Perley and Catherine
(Willev) Hall; ed. Worcester, Mass.,
high school, 1885; Brown Univ., 18858; Harvard Law School, 1888-90;
honorary A.M., Brown, 1910; admitted
to Massachusetts bar 1891; Unitarian;
Republican; town solicitor, Clinton,
Mass., city solicitor Fitchburg; assist
ant district attorney middle Massa
chusetts district, 1905; first assistant
attorney-general, Massashusetts, 19067; chairman Mass. R. R. Commission,
1908-11; justice superior court Massa
chusetts, Aug. 9, 1911- ; formerly cap
tain Mass. Vol. Mil.; member Repub
lican state committee; presidential
elector 1904; member Mass. Bar Ass'n;
St. Botolph Club, Boston; m., Dec. 4,
1893, Anna Bigelow Davis, Worcester,
Mass. Residence, Fitchburg, Mass.
Brown, George Henry
Optometrist; b., Hill, N. H., June
1, 1847; s. Samuel and Nancy C.
(Swain) Brown; ed. public schools,
New Hampton Institution, Detroit Op
tical Institute; engaged in the specta
cle business, as it was formerly called,
in youth, and has been in the lead in
all movements that have made optom
etry the great profession it now is;
charter member of the N. E. Optical
Ass'n, the first optical organization in
the United States, and went to New
York by request to assist in the organ
ization of the second; regent for two
years of the N. E. Optical Institute,
Boston ; charter member of the Ameri
can Optometrical Ass'n, and two years
regent; many years president of the
Granite State Optometrical Ass'n;
chairman N. H. board of examiners in
optometry from its establishment in
1911 to the present time; instrumental
in establishing courses in optometry in
several universities; pioneer in ad
vanced eye sight work in New Hamp
shire, and used the first special
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sight-testing apparatus in the state;
Congregati onalist (member Hanover St.
Congregational Church, Manchester);
Republican; member N. H. house of
representatives in 1878-9, from Tilton;
president Tilton & Northfield Fire Ins.
Co. several years, and director of Til
ton Nat'l Bank; corporate member of
Amoskeag Savings Bank of Manchester;
member Manchester Chamber of Com
merce and three years president of
same; always interested in agriculture
as an avocation, and while a resident of
Tilton, whence he removed to Man
chester over twenty years ago, pro
prietor of the famous "Brook Hill"
farm; since residing in Manchester has
continued his interest, acquiring a large
amount of land which he has greatly
improved, and adapted to the use of
modern farm machinery, and for a
number of years has been one of the
largest growers of hay and potatoes for
the local market, with extensive crops
in other lines; member A. F. & A. M.,
Knight Templar and Shriner;. m., Dec.
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25, 1870, Laura E. Thompson; one
daughter, Maude E. Brown. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Huntress, Frank
Merchant; b., Lowell, Mass., Feb.
7, 1847; s. Leonard and Lydia Ann
(McKenna) Huntress; ed. public
schools and Philips Andover Academy;
engaged in the wholesale dry goods
trade in Boston many years, and, later,
established a train of retail stores in
New England to whose interests his
attention has been devoted, one of
these being located in Keene, N. H.,
where he has made his home; Repub
lican; member N. H. house of repre
sentatives, 1907, 1909, 1911 (chair
man committee on appropriations);
senate, 1913 (chairman committee on
banks); executive council, 1915-16;
house of representatives, 1917; con
stitutional convention, 1918; director
Cheshire National Bank; trustee Eliot
City Hospital; member A. F. & A. M.,
32d degree and Shriner, Red Men,
Elks and Grange; m., 1st, Feb. 3,
1885, Minnie E. Hen ton, Ogdensburg,
N. Y., d.^Nov. 25, 1885; 2d, Oct. 15,
1891, Birdia A., dau. Hon. W. P.
Chamberlain, Keene; children, Carroll
Benton, b. Nov. 25, 1885 (St. Paul's
School and Williams College) ; William
Chamberlain, b. Sept. 5, 1892, (Dartmouth 1917) lieutenant, Motor Truck
Transport Corps, A. E. F.; Frank
Chamberlain, b. Aug. 4, 1894 (Dart
mouth 1917), lieutenant 11th machine
gun battalion; Harriet Chamberlain,
b. Oct. 12, 1898. Residence, Keene,
N. H.
Evans, Ira Hobart
General business; b., Piermont,
N. H., April 11, 1844; s. Dr. Ira and
Emeline (Hobart) Evans; ed. public
schools and Barre (Vt.) Academy,
1862; enlisted in Co. B 10th Vt. Vols.
in the Civil War, July 28, 1862; pro
moted first lieutenant, captain and
brevet major; awarded Medal of Honor
by Congress "for distinguished brav
ery" at Hatcher's Run, Va., April 2,
1S65; honorably mustered out Jan.
31, 1867; assistant assessor and deputy
collector U. S. Internal Revenue,
2d District, Texas, 1868-9; member
and speaker Texas house of representa
tives. 1870-1; general manager Texas
Land Co., 1872^-80; secretary Houston
& Great Northern R. R. Co., 1874-80;
president N. Y. & Texas Land Co.,
Ltd., 1880-6; director Austin National
Bank since 1890; director and presi
dent Austin Electric Ry. Co., 1902-3;
president board of trustees Tillotson
College, Austin, since 1909; director
Austin United Charities Ass'n, since
1910; member Texas Soc, S. A. R.
(president six years), first vice-presi
dent general National Soc, S. A. R.
1903-4; Soc. Colonial Wars, Military
Order Loyal Legion; American His
torical Ass'n, Soc. Army of the Potomac,
Texas Historical Soc, N. H. Historical
Soc, National Economic League,
American Sociological Soc, American
Social Science Ass'n, University Club,
Austin, Army & Navy Club, New
York; Congregationalist ; president
trustees, First Congregational church,
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Austin, since 1909; moderator North
Texas, Congregational Ass'n, 1883-6;
vice-president American Missionary
Ass'n, 1817-18; member National Serv
ice Commission, Congregational church
es 1917-; m., June 13, 1871, Frances A.
Hurlbut, Upper Alton, Ill. Residence,
209 West 7th St., Austin, Tex.
Hanscom, Charles Ridgley
Shipbuilder; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
June 6, 1850; s. Pierpont and Eliza J.
(Philbrick) Hanscom; ed. public schools
and private tutors; draftsman, U. S.
Navy Yards. New York, Philadelphia,
Boston and Washington, 1873-80;
draftsman and naval expert, U. S.
Navy Department, Washington, 188090; superintendent Bath, Me, Iron
Works, 1890-6; general superintendent,
1896-1900, building government and
merchant vessels; president Eastern
Shipbuilding Co., New London, Conn.,
1900-6 (retired); designed and built
the Aphrodite and many other notable
steam yachts, and numerous large
steamers; Universalist; Republican;
director Union Bank & Trust Co., New
London; member Soc. of Naval Archi
tects and Marine Engineers; Mason,
K. T.; Thames Club, New London;
m., 1st, Feb., 1874, Eva L. Pettigrew,
Kittery, Me., d. June. 1874; 2d, Jan. 8,
1879, Adah L. Fernald, d. June, 1908.
Residence, 335 Pequot Ave., New Lon
don, Conn.
Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark
Librarian; b., Wilton, N. H.; s.
Moses P. and Charlotte Helen (Clark)
Griffin; ed. Boston public schools and
grivate tutors; custodian of shelves,
oston public library, 1871-90, keeper
of books, 1890-4; preparing catalogue
of books in Boston Athenaeum, 18957; assistant and librarian, Library
of Congress, Washington, 1897-1900,
chief bibliographer, 1900-8, chief assistant librarian since Aug. 14, 1908;
author of various publications relating
to bibliography; contributor to Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biograghy; member Soc. Colonial Wars,
■unker Hill Monument Ass'n; m.,
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Oct. 23, 1878, Emily C. Osgood, Cam
bridge, Mass. Residence, 2150 Florida
Ave., Washington, D. C.
Alexander, J. Grace
Banker; b., Winchester, N. H.,
Oct. 26, 1848; dau. Edward and Lucy
M. (Capron) Alexander; ed. public
schools of Winchester; Universalist;
Republican; taught school several
years; entered the Winchester Na
tional Bank in 1871 and soon became
assistant cashier, and treasurer of the
savings bank, being the first New
Hampshire woman to occupy such
responsible position; active member
Winchester Universalist Church and
Sunday School; treasurer, N. H.
Universalist Sunday school conven
tion many years; member, Electa
Chapter O. E. S. (first Worthy Matron),
Arlington Grange, P. of H., Current
Events Club, Winchester; treasurer
school district; trustee public library.
Miss Alexander occupies the old
Colonial family home in Winchester,
�Hon. Guy W. Cox
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where on the evening of her 70th
birthday anniversary, she was visited
by a host of friends from Winchester
and adjoining towns, who extended con
gratulations upon the happy occasion.
Cox, Guy Wilbur
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Jan. 19, 1871; s. Charles E. and Eve
lyn M. (Randall) Cox; descendant of
Edward Cox, a Scotch-Irish settler of
Londonderry, N. H., and Charles Cox,
one of the first settlers of Holderness;
ed. Manchester schools, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1893 (valedictorian)
A.M. 1896; Boston Univ. Law School,
LL.B. (Magna cum laude) 1896; ad
mitted to the Suffolk bar and com
menced practice in Boston the latter
year, there continuing; member firm
of Butler, Cox & Murchie; Congrega
tionalism Republican; member Bos
ton City council from Ward Ten, 1902;
Mass. house of representatives, 1903,
1904 (chairman committee on probate
and chancery); senate, 1906, 1907
(chairman committees on elections,
metropolitan affairs and taxation);
chairman Mass. state tax commission,
1907; chairman Massachusetts delega
tion to National Tax Conference; dele
gate in Mass. constitutional conven
tion, 1917-18 (chairman committee on
taxation); member Putnam Lodge, I.
O. O. F., Boston Bar Ass'n, Social Law
Library, University Club, Algonquin
Club, Boston, etc. Residence, Hotel
Westminster; office, 77 Franklin St.,
Boston, Mass.
Guernsey, Alice Margaret
Editor; b., Rindge, N. H., April 16,
1850; dau. Rev. J. W. and Lucy Ann
(Tucker) Guernsey; ed. Salem, Mass.
Normal School, 1871; student at
Wellesley College, 1879-80; teacher
1872-87; editor books and papers for
Woman's Temperance Publicity Ass'n,
1887-94; editor and business manager
of general publications for Woman's
Home Mission Soc, M. E. Church;
author "Under Our Flag," 1903; "Home
Mission Reading," 1905; "Citizens of
To-morrow," 1907; "A Queen Esther
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Round Robin," 1911; "Lands of Sun
shine," 1916; "Under the North Lights,"
1917. Residence, East Orange, N. J.
Sleeper, Charles Martin
Physician; b., Lakeport (now Laconia,) N. H., June 20, 1856; s. Alvah
and Rebecca Gould (Davis) Sleeper; ed.
public schools, Bowdoin Med. School,
Brunswick, Me., M.D. 1883; located in
medical practice at South Berwick,
Me., in 1883, and has there continued;
Free Baptist; Democrat; member
school board and superintendent of
schools many years; member board of
trustees of Berwick Academy; York
County board of pension surgeons,
1893-7; chairman York County Demo
cratic Committee; incorporator South
Berwick Savings Bank; cUrectorSanford
Savings Bank; member Me. house of
representatives, 1909, 1911, 1912; ex
ecutive council, 1915-16; York County
Med. Soc, Strafford District Med.
Soc, Maine Med. Soc:, A. F. & A. M.,
32nd degree, National Geographical
Soc; m., June 25, 1884, Julia Florence
Uniacke; children, Bertha Mildred, b.
May 4, 1890; Roger Davis, Feb. 16,
1893. Residence, South Berwick, Me.
Sleeper, Alvah Guy
Lawyer; b., Franklin, N. H., Oct. 23,
1872; s. Charles Wellington and Clem
entine (Thompson) Sleeper; ed. Frank
lin high school, Tilton Seminary, Dart
mouth College, 1899, Harvard and
Boston University; LL.B.. Boston
Univ., 1902 (cum laude); admitted to
the Massachusetts bar in 1902 and in
practice in Boston since then; asso
ciated with the late Alfred S. Hayes
till his death in 1912; alone since; has
been counsel in many important cases
including the Hiram Barker and H. W.
Berry will cases, Bromfield St. Church
case, and the Margaret Galbraith
Chatfield litigation, all involving large
amounts; Congregationalist; Republi
can; member Somerville Lodge, A. F.
& A. M. (Junior deacon); Mt. Vernon
R. A. Chapter, Roxbury, Mass.
(King); Boston Council, De Molay
Commandery, K. T. Residence, Som
erville, Mass.
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McAllister, George Isaac
Lawyer; b., Londonderry, N. H.,
Dec. 11, 1853; s. Jonathan and Caroline
(Choate) McAllister; ed. Pinkerton
Academy, Derry; Kimball Union Acad
emy, Meriden, N. H., 1873; Dartmouth
College, B.S. 1877; studied law with
Hon. David Cross and Hon. Henry
E. Burnham; admitted to the bar in
March, 1881, and since in practice in
Manchester; member of the firm of
Burnham & McAllister for several
years; Baptist; Republican; deputy
collector Internal Revenue, November,
1885 to December, 1889; member
N. H. constitutional convention,
1902, 1918; A. F. & A. M., Grand
Master Grand Lodge of New Hamp
shire, 1900; Grand Commander Grand
Commandery K. T., 1900; received the
33 degree (honorary) Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite, 1900; A. O. U. M.;
I. O. O. F.; vice-president and chair
man trustees, Masonic Home, Man
chester; member N. H. Bar Ass'n,
Hillsborough County Bar Ass'n, Thayer
Soc. of Engineers, Dartmouth College:
Manchester Institute of Arts and
Sciences, Manchester Historic Ass'n;
m., Dec. 22, 1886, Mattie M. Hayes,
dau. Hon. John M. and Susan E.
Hayes, Manchester; children, Bertha
Hayes, b. Sept. 27, 1887 (Mrs. Harry
F. Hawkins, Manchester), Harold
Cleveland, b. March 28, 1893 (first
lieutenant U. S. Army, who m. Meribah
O. French, dau. of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. French, Aug. 16, 1917).
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Harrington, Karl Pomeroy
Educator; b., Somersworth, N. H.,
June 13, 1861; s. Calvin S. and Eliia
Chase Harrington; ed. Wesleyan Univ.,
Middletown, Conn., A.B. 1882, A.M.
1885; studied at Univ. of Berlin, 18879; Yale, 1890-1; teacher, Westfield,
Mass., high school, 1882-5; professor
Latin, Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., 1885-7; tutor in Latin,
Weslyan Univ., 1889-91; professor
Latin, Univ. of N. C., 1891-9; Univ. of
Me., 1899-1905; Wesleyan Univ.,
since 1905; greatly interested in music;
organist and director in M. E. churches,
where located; now in Middletown,
Conn.; member Phi Beta Kappa, Psi
Upsilon, N. E. Ass'n Schools and Col
leges; Classical Ass'n of N. E., National
Geographic Soc, etc.; author many
educational works; lecturer on classical
subjects; m., Nov. 25, 1886, Jennie
Eliza Canfield. Residence, Middletown, Conn.
Hanson, Charles Lane
Educator; b., South Newmarket
(now Newfields), N. H., May 22, 1870;
s. John Clinton and Annie (Lane)
Hanson; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy,
1888; Harvard, A.B. 1892; teacher of
English, Worcester, Mass., Academy,
1892-5; English high school, Wor
cester, 1895^7; Durfee high school,
Fall River, Mass., 1897-8; Mechanic
Arts high school, Boston, since 1898;
head of the department of English,
since 1907; president N. E. Assn of
Teachers of English, 1905-7; author
and editor of various works pertaining
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to English composition; m.. June 25,
1902, Bertha Winthrop Flint. Resi
dence, 28 Linnean St., Cambridge,
Mass.
Goodall, Louis Bertrand
Manufacturer; b., Winchester, N. H.,
Sept. 23, 1851; s. Thomas and Ruth
(Waterhouse) Goodall; ed. public
schools and Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, N. H.; engaged in Woolen
Manufacturing business in the Mousam
River Mills, Sanford, Me., in 1874
director Sanford Mills since 1886
director Mousam River R. R. Co.
organizer Goodall Worsted Co. in
1899, and since then treasurer and
agent; treasurer Harriman & North
eastern R. R. Co. (Tenn.), Sanford &
Cape Porpoise Ry., Sanford Power
Co., Goodall Matting Co.; Unitarian;
Republican; member staff of Gov.
Fernald 1909; member U. S. house of
representatives, first Maine district,
since 1917; m., July 21, 1877, Rose V.
Goodwin, Saco, Me., d. April 15, 1894.
Residence, Sanford, Me.
Goodrich, Nathaniel Lewis
Librarian; b., Concord, N. H., Feb.
9, 1880; s. Arthur Lewis and Mary
Eastman (Bachelder) Goodrich; ed.
public schools; Amherst College, A.B.
1901; B.L.S., N. Y. State Library
School, 1904; Dartmouth, A.M. 1916;
reporter Utica, N. Y. Press, 1901-2;
in charge of order section N. Y. State
Library, 1904-7; librarian West Vir
ginia Univ., 1907-9; Univ. of Texas,
1909-11, Dartmouth College since
1912; Congregationalist; Democrat;
member American Library Ass'n, Ap
palachian Mountain Club, Theta Beta
Pi; m., June 30, 1908, Alice Lyman,
Albany, N. Y. Residence, Hanover,
N. H.
Newton, Earl Frank
Telephone business; b., Fairfield,
Vt., Aug. 8, 1879; s. Frank and Estella Josephine (Croft) Newton;
moved to Nashua, N. H., 1888; ed.
Nashua high school, 1898, private in
struction the next year under l'Abbd
Man-hand of Laval University, Que
bec City, Que"; on staff of L'Impartial
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a French tri-weekly paper, Nashua,
1899, 1900; assistant teacher, Milford,
N. H., high school, 1901; entered tel
ephone business fall of 1901 ; moved to
Concord, N. H., 1905; since 1914, di
vision toll wire chief in charge of 10,000
miles of wire, the toll circuits of the
state; since 1915 also in charge of the
city plant, Concord; Republican;
member Methodist church, Eureka
Lodge, A. F. & AM.,. Concord Ora
torio Soc, N. H. State Guard (bugler,
Co. M); for several years choir singer
(basso); m., Plymouth, N. H., June
17, 1909, Ethel Susanna Mitchell
(M.D. Tufts Med. College, 1903);
children, Nyleen Eleanor, b. Feb. 12,
1912; Janice Edith, b. Feb. 12, 1914.
Residence, 50 North Spring St., Con
cord, N. H.
Warren, George Herbert
Lawyer; b., Shirley, Mass., Oct. 15,
1860; s. N. Lafayette and Mary (Bar
nard) Warren; ed. public schools, Law
rence Academy, Groton, Mass., 1882;
Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.,
1886; studied law with Burnham &
�Hon. George H. Warren
�Mrs. George H. Warren
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Brown, Manchester, N. H., 1886 to
1889, admitted to the N. H. bar on
examination in August of the latter
year; employed in the office of Burnham & Brown until Sept., 1> 1890, when
he became a member of the firm of
Burnham, Brown & Warren, which
continued till January, 1902, when
Judge Burnham retired, and Edwin F.
Jones was admitted, the firm name
continuing Burnham, Brown, Jones &
Warren; later Allan M. Wilson and
Robert L. Manning entered the firm,
with no change in the name; when in
March, 1912, Albert O. Brown retired
to become treasurer of the Amoskeag
savings bank, the firm became Jones,
Warren, Wilson & Manning, continuing
until the death of Mr. Jones, Oct. 6,
1918; in January, 1919, De Witt C.
Howe of Concorcf was admitted and the
firm is now Warren, Howe & Wil
son; Unitarian; Republican; chairman
Board of Trustees, State Industrial
School, August, 1907 to June, 1913;
chairman Board of Trustees of N. H.
Public Institutions, June, 1915 to
June, 1917; member Derryfield and
Intervale clubs, Manchester; Country
Club, Nashua; Boston City Club; Wil
liams Club, New York; N. H. Bar
Ass'n; American Bar Ass'n; m., Nov.
19, 1891, Mary Hale Palmer; children,
Helen E., b. Aug. 2. 1895; Louise, Oct.
19, 1896; Mary B., May 26, 1901;
Robert P., Oct. 24, 1902; Elizabeth H.,
Dec. 24, 1906. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
Warren, Mary Hale Palmer
(Mrs. George H. Warren), club
woman; b., Groton, Mass., Oct. 9, 1864;
dau. Moses Poor and Martha G.
(Eaton) Palmer; ed. public schools
and Lawrence Academy, Groton, 1884,
taught school several years before mar
riage; has traveled extensively over the
United States, Cuba, Panama, Alaska,
South America, and was on her sixth
trip to Europe when the war broke out
in 1914; m., Nov. 19, 1891, at Groton,
Mass., George H. Warren, since when
her home has been in Manchester (for
children see Bketch of George H.
Warren); Unitarian; president Man
chester Woman's Alliance, New Eng
land Associate Alliance (Unitarian),
has also served as regent of Molly
Stark Chapter, D. A. R., president
Manchester Federation of Women's
Clubs, president Historic Art Club and
New Century Club, Manchester; mem
ber art committee and Bureau of Pub
lic Speakers, N. H. Federation of
Women's Clubs, Elliot Hospital Asso
ciates, District Nursing Ass'n, Man
chester Institute Arts and Sciences,
Red Cross, Navy League, Anti-Suf
frage Ass'n; president and director
Calumet Club, Woman's Auxiliary;
speaker in Liberty Loan campaigns.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Rundlett, Louis John
Educator; b., Bedford, N. H., March
14, 1858; s. William Ayers and Louisa
(McPherson) Rundlett; ed. Bedford
common schools, Manchester public
schools, Dartmouth College, A.B., 1881,
A.M., 1887; principal, Penacook gram
mar school, 1881-5; superintendent of
schools, Concord, since 1885; financial
agent, Union School District; Uni
tarian; Democrat; Mason, Horace
Chase Lodge, Trinity Chapter, Mt.
Horeb Commandery; member, Wonolancet and Passaconaway clubs and
Capital Grange; P. of H., Concord;
m., Sept. 5, 1891, Carrie Belle Copley,
who d. Sept. 30- 1915; children, Copley
McPherson b. April 22, 1893 (Dart
mouth, 1916), enlisted March, 1918,
in Co. B, 42d corps U. S. Engineers,
and served in France. Lois, b. Sept. 4,
1904 (Concord high school, 1919).
Residence, Concord. N. H.
Morrison, William H.
Clergyman; b., Farmington, Me.,
Nov. 4, 1850; s. William and Esther
(Allen) Morrison; ed. Farmington,
Me., Normal School; Wilton Academy;
Westbrook Seminary, 1871; Tufts
College, A.B. 1875, A.M. 1878, B.D.
1878, D.D. 1914; ordained in the Universalist ministry, 1878; pastor, War
ren, Mass., 1878-80; Wakefield, 18805; Manchester, N. H., 1885-99; Brock
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ton, Mass., 1899-1909; Nashua, N. H.,
since 1909; Republican; member I. O.
O. F., A. O. U. W., A. F. & A. M.,
K. T.; prelate St. George Commandery,
Nashua; m., June 24, 1879, Alice W.
Beckford, Salem, Mass. Residence, 8
Auburn St., Nashua.
Masseck, Frank Lincoln
Clergyman; b., Milford, N. H.,
March 19, 1865; s. Joseph Sewall and
Sarah Frances (Hurd) Masseck; ed.
public schools, Manchester, N. H.; St.
Lawrence Univ., Canton, N. Y., B.D.
1886; summer courses, Harvard and
Clark Universities; special courses,
School of Social Economics, New York;
ordained in the Universalist ministry,
1888; pastor Universalist churches in
Huntington, Brooklyn, Mt. Vernon
and Potsdam, N. Y., North Attleboro,
Spencer, and Warren, Mass., and
Brattleboro, Vt.; now, and for some
years past, pastor at Arlington, Mass. ;
king of the international order Knights
of King Arthur, 1902-15; member
A. F. & A. M.; author (with William
Byron Forbush) "The Boys Round
Table," 1906; m., April 17, 1889,
Luella Mary Clark, Potsdam, N. Y.;
one dau., Carol Luella. Residence,
Arlington, Mass.
Hackett, Frank Warren
Lawyer; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
April 11, 1841; s. William H. Y. and
Olive (Pickering) Hackett; ed. Har
vard College, A.B. 1861, A.M. 1864;
studied law at home, with B. H. Brews
ter of Philadelphia and at the Harvard
Law School; acting assistant pay
master, U. S. N., 1862-64; admitted
to the bar in 1866, and opened a law
office in Boston; private secretary to
Caleb Cushing, senior counsel Geneva
Arbitration Commission, 1872; in
practice at Washington, D. C., since
1873; Republican; assistant secretary
of the Navy April, 1900 to December,
1901; member N. H. Historical Soc.
(president 1912-13); author "Memoir
of W. H. Y. Hackett," 1878; "The
Geneva Award Acts," 1882; "A
Sketch of the Life and Public Services
of William Adams Richardson," 1898;
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"The Gavel and the Man," 1900;
"Deck and Field," 1909, etc.; m.,
April, 1880, Ida, dau. Rear Ad
miral Thomas T. Craven. Residence,
"Craighfen," New Castle, N. H.; of
fice, 1211 A. Connecticut Ave., Wash
ington, D. C.
Niles, Harold Herbert
Clergyman; b., Salem, Mass., Dec.
26, 1892; s. Charles H. and Henrietta
(Parkhurst) Niles; ed. public schools,
Marlboro, Mass., St. Lawrence Univ.,
Canton, N. Y., B.D. 1915; ordained
to the Universalist ministry at Hender
son, N. Y., 1914; pastor at Henderson
and Ellisburg, N. Y., 1913-15; Lyndonville, Vt., 1916-18; Concord, N. H.,
1918-; president N. H. Universalist
Sunday School Convention 1918-;
president N. H. Young Peoples Chris
tian Union 1918-; secretary Concord
Ministerial Ass'n; chaplain N. H.
house of representatives, 1919; spoke
extensively in the Red Cross, Liberty
Loan and other war work campaigns;
member Sons of Veterans, P. of H.,
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I. O. O. F.; m., Aug. 4, 1915, Hildred
Irene Orr, Enosburg Falls, Vt.; chil
dren, Albert C., b. June 24, 1916;
Nathan O., b. May 3, 1918. Resi
dence, 98 School St., Concord, N. H.
Thompson, Willis Duer
Merchant, hardware, wholesale and
retail; b., Alton, N. H., Oct. 13, 1853;
s. John S. and Charlotte A. S. (Wood
man) Thompson; moved to Concord
in childhood; ed. Concord public
schools; treasurer Thompson & Hoague
Co.; director Nat'l State Capital
Bank;
vice-president
Merrimack
County Savings Bank; director Page
Belting Co., State Dwelling House
Ins. Co., Concord Mutual Fire Ins.
Co.; Capital Fire Insurance Co.
Trustee Margaret Pillsbury General
Hospital, Concord public library; for
some years park commissioner, also
member Concord board of education;
on examining board Concord branch of
Red Cross; Democrat; member South
Congregational church, N. H. His
torical Soc, Wonolancet Club; m.,
Concord, N. H., Oct. 27, 1887, Abby
Morris Whiton; children, (1) Ray
mond Whiton, b. Concord, Aug. 8,
1888; ed. Concord schools, Lawrenceville school, N. J., 1906, two years
Dartmouth College; with the firm of
Thompson & Hoague nine years; m.,
Margaret Carpenter, Oct. 12, 1914;
entered the service, June, 1917; seven
weeks' training at Tuck School of
Military Stores, Dartmouth College,
July, August, 1917; Camp Johnston,
Jacksonville, Fla., December, 1917June, 1918; commissioned Second
Lieutenant, Q.M.C.; d. Sept. 13, 1918,
Boston depot, Q. M. C.; (2) Willis
Duer, Jr., b. May 26, 1895; ed. Con
cord schools, A.B., Dartmouth Col
lege, 1917; enlisted Naval Flying
Corps, Flight A, April, 1917, training
at Mass. Inst. Tech.; Norfolk, Va.,
Naval Base, September, 1917-January, 1918; commissioned ensign, Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 25, 1918; convoying
ships in English Channel and patrol
work overseas, March 9-December 1,
1918. Residence, Pine street, Concord,
N. H.
Hoitt, Charles William
Lawyer; b., Newmarket, N. H.,
Oct. 26, 1848; s. William K. A. and
Sarah C. (Swain) Hoitt; ed. Dartmouth, A.B. 1871 ; taught school three
years in Nashua and Boston; studied
law with Hon. Samuel M. Wheeler of
Dover and Gen. Aaron F. Stevens of
Nashua, and was admitted to the bar
in 1877, locating in practice at Nashua;
Republican; police justice of Nashua,
1889-1907; member N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1889, N. H. house
of representatives, 1901, N. H. senate,
1903 (president); U. S. District At
torney for New Hampshire, 1907-13;
m., Jan. 14, 1875, Harriette Louise
Gilman. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Holden, Gerry Rounds
Surgeon; b., Concord, N. H., Sept.
12, 1874; s. Benjamin F. and Sarah E.
(Rounds) Holden; ed. public schools;
Yale Univ., A.B. 1897; M.D., Johns
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Hopkins, 1901 ; special student, Berlin,
1901; house surgeon, Roosevelt Hos
pital, New York, 1903; resident gyne
cologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bal
timore, 1905; attending gynecologist,
St. Luke's Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla.,
1906- ; Florida State Hospital of In
sane, 1910- ; Presbyterian; Fellow,
American College of Surgeons; member
American Med. Ass'n, Southern, Med.
Ass'n, Southern Surgical Ass'n, A. F.
& A. M.; m., Nov. 8, 1905, Anne
Ridgeway Milliken, Summit, N. J.
Residence, 205 Goodwin St., Jackson
ville, Fla.
Hayes, Francis Little
Clergyman ;b., New Hampton, N. H.,
Jan. 5, 1858; s. Benjamin Francis
and Arcy (Cary) Hayes; ed. Nichols
Latin School, Lewiston, Me.; Halle,
Germany; Bates College, A.B. 1880;
A.M. 1883; Cobb Divinity School,
B.D. 1885; D.D., Bates, 1902; in
structor in Greek, Hillsdale College,
Mich., 1880; professor of Greek lan
guage and literature, 1881-3; general
secretary Y. M. C. A., Lewiston, Me.,
1884; ordained Free Baptist minis
try, 1885; pastor First Church, Bos
ton, 1885-90; First Church, Minneap
olis, Minn., 1890-4; Congregational
Church, Manitou, Colo., 1896-1902;
First Congregational Church, Topeka,
Kan., 1902-11 ; California Ave. Church,
Chicago, 1911-14; Western secretary,
Congregational Board, Ministerial Re
lief, 1914- ; president Evangelical Al
liance, Boston, 1889-90; Western Free
Baptist Pub. Co., 1890-4; lecturer on
homiletics, Biblical Department, Wash
burn College, 1909-10; trustee Wash
burn College, 1902-11; director Chi
cago Theological Seminary, 1905-11;
life member American Bible Soc; m.,
June 26, 1884, Cora Walker, Washing
ton, D. C. Residence, 5415 University
Ave., Chicago.
Kidder, Daniel
Mechanical engineer; b., Lowell.
Mass., June 15, 1838; s. John and
Betsey (Metcalf) Kidder; removed
with parents to Groton, N. H., in 1844,
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where he had his home and legal resi
dence till 1908; learned the trade of
machinist in youth, and has followed
the profession of mechanical engineer
most of his life; master mechanic and
superintendent Aiken's Knitting and
Machine Shops, 1862-70; master me
chanic Mt. Washington Ry., 1870-3.
Brown's Lumber Co., Whiteneld, and
Whitefield & Jefferson R. R., 187388; afterward engaged in his profession
in different localities until 1909, when
he removed to Rumney, N. H., and is
now practically retired; Universalist;
Democrat; held most town offices in
Groton for 36 years; member N. H.
house of representatives 1891 and
constitutional convention 1902, also
representative from Rumney 1915,
1917, 1919; member G. A. R., having
served as a private in the First N. H.
Vols.; vice-president and director Na
tional Veterans Ass'n; member A. F.
& A. M., Maccabees and P. of H.,
director Union Grange Fair, Ply
mouth, and associated in the manage
�Hon. Daniel J. Daley
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ment of all fairs at Plymouth since
1870; m., 1st, May 27, 1862, Emeline
Hardy, Groton, d. Jan. 5, 1908; chil
dren, Fred, b. April 16, 1864, farmer
in Groton (m. Sept. 18, 1887, Ida M.
Dunklee, one daughter, Lena G.);
Ada, b. July 22, 1868, (m. Nov. 28,
1900, Henry W. Blanchard, one daugh
ter, Helen M., b. Sept. 8, 1902); 2d,
March 1, 1909, Carrie Abbott, Rumney.
Residence, Rumney, N. H.
Daley, Daniel James
Lawyer; b., Lancaster, N. H.,
July 27, 1858; s. John and Bridget
(Dougherty) Daley; ed. public schools
and Lancaster Academy; taught school
winters and engaged in farm work in
summer to meet his educational ex
penses; studied law with William and
Henry Heywood of Lancaster and was
admitted to the bar in March, 1885,
and on Nov. 9 of the same year located
in practice in Berlin, where he has since
remained; was for a time a partner
with Herbert I. Gobs, Edward C. Niles
being later admitted to the firm.
Since 1906 Mr. Daley has been asso
ciated in practice with Edmund Sulli
van; Catholic; Democrat; supervisor,
Lancaster, 1882-3; treasurer, Berlin,
1886-7; solicitor, Coos County, 188993; member Berlin city council, 19012-3; board of education, 1907-8-9
(chairman in 1909); member N. H.
constitutional convention, 1902; mayor
of Berlin, 1910, and four times suc
cessively re-elected by large majorities,
though the city is strongly Republican;
member N. H. senate, 1917, and re
elected for 1919—the only senator re
elected; now director of Berlin Na
tional Bank (president several years)
and of the Fidelity Savings Bank; was
also for some time president of the
Peoples Building & Loan Ass'n; and
the Berlin Water Co.; trustee Y. M.
C. A., member Berlin Yacht Club; m.,
May 8, 1886, Ardelle A. Cowan, Lan
caster; one daughter, Helen J., trained
musician (studied in Boston and
Quincy, Mass.) and teacher of the
pianoforte. Residence, Berlin, New
Hampshire.
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Noyes, Charles Hermon
Educator; b., Atkinson, N. II., Dec.
30, 1867; s. Hermon and Harriet A.
(Bailey) Noyes; ed. Atkinson Acad
emy, Dartmouth College, B.L., 1892;
Congregationalist; Republican; teacher
in Nashua since graduation; principal
high school for eleven years previous to
1918; acting superintendent of schools,
1918-19; during absence of Superinten
dent Fassett on year's leave; president
Oak Grove Realty Co.; m., June 22,
1898, Caroline R. Bemis, Burke, Vt.;
children, Hermon Bemis, b. March 18,
1899 (Dartmouth, 1921); Rebecca, b.
July 15, 1901 (Nashua high school,
1919); Beatrice Ellen, July 1, 1903.
Hartshorn, William Newton
Publisher; b., Greenville, N. H.,
Oct. 28, 1843; s. George and Mary
A. (Putnam) Hartshorn; ed. public
schools, Milford, N. H., Appleton
Academy, Mont Vernon, N. H.; Bap
tist; president of the Priscilla Pub. Co.,
publishers of the Modern Priscilla, Bos
ton, Mass.; chairman executive com
mittee International S. S. Ass'n, 1902
-11; president 1911-14; vice-president
World's S. S. Ass'n; ex-president Bos
ton Baptist Social Union, and vari
ous state and local, denominational
and charitable institutions; m., Oct.
28, 1875, Ella S. Ford, Boston, Mass.
Residence, 1 1 Fresh Pond Lane, Cam
bridge, Mass.
Harris, Thomas Jefferson
Physcian; b. Claremont, N. H.,
July 26, 1865; s. Thomas J. and Myra
(Beaumont) Harris; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1886; Univ.
of Pa., M.D. 1889; post graduate
work, Univ of Berb'n, 1890-1; prac
ticed in Philadelphia two years, since
then in New York City; adjunct pro
fessor, diseases of the nose, throat and
ear, N. Y. Post Graduate Med. School;
junior surgeon Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital; trustee Jennie Clarkson
Home for Children; member N. Y.
Med. Soc, American Med. Ass'n,
Theta Delta Chi, etc.; Baptist; m.,
Oct. 21, 1896, Lena Breed, Lynn,
Mass. Residence, Scarsdale, N. Y.
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Greeley, Harry Parker
Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., March
21, 1874; s. Onslow S. and Gertrude
E. (Parker) Greeley; ed. Nashua high
school; Amherst college, 1898; Bos
ton Univ. Law school, LL.B. 1900;
admitted to the bar in 1900 and in
practice in Nashua since; Congregationalist; Republican; city solicitor
Nashua, 1900, 1901, 1915-19; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1907,
serving on Committee on Revision of
Statutes, N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1912; counsel for Nashua Build
ing and Loan Ass'n; member Rising
Sun Lodge, A. F & A. M. Residence,
24 Manchester St., Nashua, N. H.
Hartwell, Edward Mussey
Statistician; b., Exeter, N. H.,
1850; s. Shattuck and Catherine
Stowe (Mussey) Hartwell; ed. Am
herst College, A.B. 1873, A.M. 1876;
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1881; M.D.,
Miami Med. College, Cincinnati, 1882;
LL.D., Amherst, 1898; vice-principal
Orange, N. J., high school, 1874; teacher
Boston Latin School, 1874-7; asso
ciate in physical training and director
gymnasium, Johns Hopkins Univ.,
1883-91; director physical training,
Boston, Mass., public schools, 1891-7;
secretary statistical department, city
of Boston since establishment in 1897;
chairman Mass. State commission for
the blind, 1906-8; special expert agent
U. S. Department of Labor m Europe,
1888-9; author of many pamphlets
and articles upon physical training,
school hygiene, the condition of the
blind, etc.; member numerous asso
ciations and clubs; m., July 25, 1889,
Mary L. Brown, Baltimore, Md. Res
idence, 24 Burroughs St., Jamaica
Plain, Mass.
Britton, Arthur Harvey
Hardware merchant; b., Surry,
N. H., Sept. 28, 1865; s. Georg:e W.
and Sarah (Harvey) Britton; ed. public
schools, Newport, and EastmaVs Na
tional Business College, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., 1883; removed to Concord with
his father and engaged in the hardware
trade in the establishment of Scribner
& Britton, his father being the junior
member of the firm, and succeeding to
the business on the death of Mr.
Scribner; upon the death of his father
the business passed into his hands and
he has conducted the same for the last
twenty years; Universalist (member
prudential committee First Universa
list Soc. of Concord); Republican;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1901-2; commissioner for Merrimack
County since 1905 (eight times elected;
chairman of the board); director
Mechanicks National Bank; member
A. F. & A. M.; I. O. O. F. (colonel First
Reg't, N. H. Patriarchs Militant);
P. of H.; B. P. 0. E.; Wonolancet
Club; m., Feb. 14, 1895, Myrta M.
Chase, Newport, N. H. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Gale, Stephen Henry
Shoe manufacturer; b., East Kings
ton, N. H., March 23, 1846; s. Elbridge
Gerry and Ann Maria (Barnes) Gale;
ed. public schools, Kingston Academy,
Boston Ci numerical College; at the age
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of sixteen went to Haverhill, Mass., to
learn the shoe manufacturing business,
engaging first in the factory of William
M. Chase and later with his brother,
John E. Gale; soon started out on a
small scale for himself: was then, for a
time, a partner with Samuel L. Blaisdell, but in 1869 joined his brother in
business under the firm name of Gale
Bros., with factory in Haverhill, also
building, and subsequently greatly en
larging one in Exeter, N. H., where he
removed, later, serving as president and
treasurer of the company, whose busi
ness—the manufacture of women's
shoes—became one of the most exten
sive in New England, another factory
also being established at Portsmouth;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber city council and Republican city
committee while residing in Haver
hill; commissary general on staff of
Gov. John B. Smith of New Hamp
shire, 1893-5; member N. H. Senate,
1895-7; alternate delegate Repub
lican National Convention, 1896;
member N. H. executive council, 18991900; N. H. house of representatives,
1905-6, 1907-8; Republican Club,
Exeter; Derryfield, Manchester; A. F.
& A. M. to and including 32d degree;
m., Nov. 22, 1866, Anna M. Brown,
Haverhill, Mass. Residence Exter,
N. H.
Fiske, Abby Oilman
Philanthropy and club work; b.,
Concord, N. H., dau. Francis Allen
and Abby Gilman (Perry) Fiske, greatgreat-granddaughter, Rev. Timothy
Walker, first minister of Concord
(1730-82); grand-daughter of the elder
Dr. William Perry of Exeter; tenth in
descent from Edward Gilman, Hingham, Mass., 1638, who later settled
in Exeter, N. H. Miss Fiske's line
includes her great-grandfather, Col.
Nathaniel Gilman, state treasurer,
1805-14; his father, Nicholas Gilman,
state treasurer, 1775-82; and the
latter's grandfather, Judge Nicholas
Gilman, b. 1672; ed. schools of Con
cord, Bradford (Mass.) Academy,
1880-2; member board of lady man
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agers of Rolfe and Rumford Homei
Concord, founded by her grand
mother's cousin, the Countess of Rumford; president. Concord Female Char
itable Soc, 1916-19; president, N. H.
Branch of International Order King's
Daughters, 1910-14 and member of
Central Council; charter member of
N. H. Branch, King's Daughters,
1886; president, Concord Diet Kitchen
since organization, 1900; member First
Congregational church and for thirty-
five years teacher in the Sunday
School; Concord Woman's Club (secre
tary 1901-5); Concord District Nurs
ing Ass'n; Concord Friendly Club
(vice-president upon organization);
Country Club (charter, 1897); Waxwick (Shakespeare) Club (1890-1900);
Charity Organization Soc, N. H.
Home Mission Soc. and Cent Institu
tion, Woman's Board of Missions;
active Red Cross worker in surgical
dressings department. Residence in
home built by her grandfather, Francis
N. Fiske, Concord, N. H.
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Thomas, Edwin Herbert
Editor and publisher; b., Lawrence,
St. Lawrence County, N. Y., Nov. 19,
1857; s. Harris J. and Lucy D.
(Wright) Thomas; ed. public schools,
Nicholville, N. Y., and St. Albans, Vt.;
learned the printer's trade with the
St. Albans Messenger; subsequently
foreman and superintendent of a Mon
treal, P. Q., printing establishment;
served five years, from 1887, on the
reportorial staff of the Rutland, Vt.,
Herald; later assisted in establishing
the Rutland Daily Evening News; in
November, 1899, purchased the Farmington, N. H., News, removing there;
in charge of that paper till 1917 when
he retired; Episcopalian; Republican;
member N. H. house of representa
tives, 1915-16, 1917-18, serving on ap
propriations committee each session;
delegate Republican national conven
tion, 1916; secretary and treasurer
Strafford County Republican Club
president Farmington Board of Trade
trustee Farmington Savings Bank
member N. H. Pilgrim Tercentennial
committee. 1917-, Fraternal Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Columbian Chapter,
O. E. S., Harmony Lodge, K. of P.;
m., February, 1880, Jennie I. Shi pin an,
Hardwick, Vt.; two sons, Carl S., b.
June 3, 1883, now proprietor FarmingIon News; Guy E., b. Feb. 8, 1889,
now associated with the Du Pont Mfg.
Co., Portland, Me. Residence, Farm
ington, N. H.
Rich, George Frank
Lawyer; b., Bethel, Me., Dec. 1,
1868; s. James Frank and Sarah Ellen
(Bean) Rich; ed. public schools;
Gould's Academy, Bethel, Me.; Univ.
of Me., 1892; Univ. of Mich., law de
partment, LL.B. 1893; admitted to
N. H. bar, 1894; member firm of
Chamberlin & Rich, Berlin, 1894-1904;
Rich & Marble, 1905-17; since then
alone in practice; Congregationalist;
Republican; judge Berlin municipal
court, 1894-1913; member city council,
Berlin, 1914; mayor of Berlin, 1915-19;
member Republican state committee,
A. F. & A. M., 32d degree and Shriner;
Knights of Pythias; m., June 10, 1896,
Persis M. Mason, Berlin; two children,
Robert, b. March 25, 1897 (in U. S.
Navy); Barbara, b. Aug. 2, 1904.
Residence, 143 Prospect St., Berlin,
N. H.
Goldthwaite, James Walter
Educator; b., Lynn, Mass., March
22, 1880; s. James W. and Olive J.
(Parker) Goldthwaite; ed. Lynn, Mass.,
classical high school, 1898; Harvard,
A.B. 1902, A.M. 1903, Ph.D. 1906;
assistant professor geology, North
western Univ., 1904-8; assistant pro
fessor geology, Dartmouth, 1908-11,
Hale professor geology since 1911;
engaged in summers in field work for
geological surveys of Wisconsin and
11linois, for the U. S. Geological Survey,
and Canadian Geological Survey; Fel
low Geological Soc. of America, Amer
ican Academy of Arts and Sciences,
etc.; author various geological reports
and publications; Congregationalist;
m., June 25, 1906, Edith Dunnels
Richards, Newtonville, Mass. Resi
dence, Hanover, N. H.
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Jenks, Arthur Whipple
Clergyman; b., Concord, N. H.,
Aug. 9, 1863; s. George E. and Ella J.
(Grover) Jenks; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1884, A.M.
1887; B.D., General Theological Semi
nary, 1896; D.D., Dartmouth 1911:
ordained deacon Protestant Episcopal
Church, 1892; priest, 1893; rector St.
Luke's Church, Woodsville, N. H.,
1892-5; professor ecclesiastical history,
Nashotah House, Wis., 1895-1901;
Trinity College, Toronto, Can., 190110; General Theological Seminary, New
York, 1910- ; mem., Phi Beta Kappa,
Alpha Delta Phi, American Historical
Ass'n; author "Beatitudes of the Psal
ter," 1914; "Use and Abuse of Church
History," 1915, etc. Address, General
Theological Seminary, New York.
Kendall, John Chester
Agriculturist and dairy expert; b.,
Harrisville, N. H., March 13, 1877; ed.
public schools, N. H. College, Durham,
B.S. 1902; post graduate work, Ohio
State Univ.; instructor and assistant
professor, in charge of dairying, North
Carolina Agricultural College, 1902-7;
state dairy Commissioner, Kansas,
1907-8; director N. H. Agricultural
Experiment Sta., 1910- ; director of
extension work; Unitarian; Republican;
member Ass'n for Promotion of Agri
cultural Sciences, Official Dairy In
structors Ass'n, etc.; A. F. & A. M.,
Kappa Sigma, Alpha Zeta; m., Oct. 2,
1912, Marjorie Louise Foster, Malden,
Mass. Residence, Durham, N. H.
Ross, Winfred Smith
Teacher; scholar; b., Somersworth,
N. H., Dec. 3, 1865, in the eleventh
generation from Thomas Dudley, num
bering among ancestral relatives John
Winthrop, Simon and Anne Bradstreet, John Hancock and Israel Put
nam; s. Jonathan Smith Ross, M.D.,
Surgeon-in-chief Ninth Army Corps,
Civil War, and Martha Ann, dau. Aaron
Brackett, a maker of Littleton, N. H.,
and cousin to William Baldwin, Bos
ton philanthropist; A.B., Dartmouth,
1887; A.M., Harvard, 1892; two years
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Andover Theol. Sem. Learned teach
ing under William H. Ladd, 3d prin
cipal Chauncy-Hall School since 1828;
taught twenty years, some in famous
schools. Student from childhood;
expert engrosser and illuminator;
verbatim shorthand writer; journalis
tic experience as reporter, proof-reader,
editor; speaks or reads fluently ten
languages; owns large library master
pieces of literature in many languages,
rare works of reference, seventy dic
tionaries and enclycopaedias, astronom
ical observatory, five and nine-inch
telescopes, microscopes, polariscope,
spectroscopes and chemical laboratory;
several months trustee Somersworth
public library; member Theta Delta
Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, I. O. O. F.,
Deutscher Orden der Harugari; an
officer in Libanus Lodge 49, A. F.
& A. M., Somersworth; on two oc
casions recently ran fourteen miles
and walked fifty miles without stop
ping; m., 1st, Aug. 8, 1893, Mary
Frances Allen, Honeoye Falls, N. Y.,
divorced, 1901; 2d, Feb. 19, 1912,
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Hila Maria Guptill, Berwick, Me.,
d. Nov. 21, 1917, leaving children—
Jonathan Smith, b. Aug. 26, 1913,
and Martha Brackett, b. May 26,
1916. Mr. Roes is at present
teaching in Lawrence and Methuen,
Mass., doing expert work in higher
accountancy and preparing literary
work. Residence, Somersworth, N. H.
Spaulding, Huntley Nowell
Manufacturer; b., Townsend, Mass.,
Oct. 30, 1869; s. Jonas and Emeline
(Cummings) Spaulding; ed. public
schools of Townsend, Phillips (Andover)
Academy, 1889; entered business after
graduation in the firm established by
his father and since continued as
Jonas Spaulding & Sons Co. (Inc.),
manufacturers of leather-board, count
ers, novelties, etc., at Townsend Har
bor, Mass., Rochester, North Roches
ter, and Milton, N. H., and Tonawanda, N. Y.; Congregationalist;
Republican; Federal Food Admin
istrator for New Hampshire, 1917- ;
president N. H. League of Free Nations
Ass'n. ; member J. Spaulding & Sons Co. ;
treasurer Kenebunk Mfg. Co. ; president
International Leather Co., president
Atlas Leather Co., director Spaulding &
Sons (Ltd.), London, England; mem
ber Algonquin Club, Boston, Country
Club, Brookline, Mass., Country
Club, Rochester, N. H., Beaver
Meadow Golf Club, Concord, N. H.;
Sc.D.. New Hampshire College, 1918;
m., Aug. 11, 1901, Harriet Mason,
St. Paul, Minn. Residence, North
Rochester, N. H.
King, Charles Francis
Geographer; b., Wilton, N. H., Jan.
30, 1843; s. Sanford and Susan (Burnham) King; ed. Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1867; commenced teaching in
1867; principal Dearborn grammar
school, Boston, 1887-1913; lectured
for many years on methods of teaching
geography before educational associa
tions and institutes; founder and mana
ger National School of Methods,
Saratoga and Glenns Falls, N. Y.;
pres. Mass. Geographical Club; mem
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ber and secretary Committee of ten on
Geography; author "Methods and Aids
in Geography," 1888; "Picturesque
Geographical Readers for Home and
School/' 1889; "This Continent of
Ours," 1890; "The Land We Live In"
(3 vols.), 1892; "Rocky Mountains,"
1894; "Northern Europe," 1896;
"Round About Rambles," 1898; "Ele
mentary Geography," 1903; "Advanced
Geography," 1906, etc.; retired, 1913;
m., 1st, Aug. 1, 1867, Elizabeth Boardman, Lowell; 2d, July 6, 1897, Gratia
Cobb, Philadelphia. Residence, 107
Elm Hill Ave., Boston, Mass.
Keyes, Homer Eaton
Educator and business director; b.
Brooklyn, N. Y, Dec. 21, 1875; ed.
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; Dartmouth
College B.L. 1900; traveled and studied
in Europe; Princeton, A.M. 1912; in
structor in English, Dartmouth, 1900-3;
assistant professor Modern Art, 190613; business director, 1913- ; Congre
gationalist; member Phi Beta Kappa,
Psi Upsilon, N. H. Historical Soc,
Archaeological Institute of America,
College Art Ass'n; editor Dana's "Two
Years Before the Mast," 1908; contrib
utor to various publications; m., April 2,
1903, Caroline Gardner Abbott, Cleve
land, O. Residence, Hanover, N. H.
Kimball, Herbert Harvey
Meteorologist; b., Hopkinton, N. H.,
Feb. 13, 1862; s. Elbridge Gerry and
Mary (Butler) Kimball; ed. public
schools, N. H. College, Durham, B.S.,
1884, M.S. George Washington Univ.,
1900. Ph.D. 1910; fellow Uruv. of Pitts
burgh, 1912-13; Meteorological Observ
er, U. S. Meteorological Service, Wash
ington, D. C., 1884-5; clerk at central
office, 1886-1900; assistant editor
Monthly Weather Review, 1901-3;
librarian, 1904-8; professor of meteor
ology in charge of solar radiation in
vestigations, since July, 1908; member
National Geographical Soc, Philo
sophical Soc, Washington, Academy of
Arts and Sciences, American Astronom
ical Soc, etc.; Baptist; Independent;
author many papers on meteorological
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subjects; m., Nov. 14, 1891, Margaret
Gertrude Cowling, Washington. Resi
dence, 1819 Monroe St., N. W., Wash
ington, D. C.
Ledoux, Henri Toussaint
Lawyer; postmaster of Nashua; b.,
St. Albans, Vt., Nov. 4, 1873; s. Tous
saint and Elmire (Bourgeois) Ledoux;
ed. public and parochial schools,
Nashua, N. H. ; Theresa Classical Col
lege, Quebec, 1893; Boston Univ. Law
School, LL.B. 1896; admitted to the
bar and commenced practice in Nashua
in the latter year, there continuing;
Catholic; Democrat; member Nashua
common council, 1895, N. H. house of
representatives, 1897-9; N. H. consti
tutional convention, 1902; member
Nashua board of Public Works, 1903-6;
collector of taxes, 1907-13; Democratic
candidate for Congress, 2d N. H.
district, 1906; delegate to Democratic
national convention, Baltimore, 1912;
postmaster of Nashua since April 16,
1917; National President L'Union St.
Jean Baptiste D'Amerique, since 1911;
director American Historical Soc.;
vice-chairman Nashua Chapter Ameri
can Red Cross; secretary-treasurer
French American Chamber of Com
merce for New England; director
Citizens Guaranty Savings Bank,
Nashua, First National Bank, Van
Buren, Me.; director and treasurer
Union Novelty Co., Leominster, Mass.;
m., June 6, 1904, Agnes A. Manseau,
Nashua. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Thayer, Lucius Harrison
Clergyman; b., Westfield, Mass.,
Nov. 28, 1857; s. Lucius Fowler ana
Martha A. (Harrison) Thayer; ed.
Westfield public schools; Amherst
College, A.B. 1882; Yale Univ., B.D.
1888, Dwight Fellow, 1889; D.D.,
Dartmouth, 1909; ordained to the
Congregational ministry, 1891; pastor
North Church, Portsmouth, N. H.,
since 1890; Congregationalist; Pro
gressive Republican; president N. H.
Home Missionary Soc; member Pru
dential Committee, American Board
C. F. M.; member Psi Upsilon college
fraternity, Winthrop Club, Boston,
Mass.; m., June 29, 1892, Helen Chadwick Rand; children, Dorothy Goldthwait, b., Aug. 29, 1893 (Smith Col
lege, A.B. 1916), Lucius Ellsworth, b.
June 19, 1896 (Amherst, A.B. 1918);
Sherman Rand, b. Sept. 28, 1904. In
youth Dr. Thayer served for two years,
1876-8 as supercargo on the ship Lucy
S. Mills, and after leaving college was
engaged for a time with the Franklin
Foundry & Machine Co., Providence,
R. I. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Thayer, Helen Chadwick Rand
(Mrs. Lucius H. Thayer); philan
thropist and social worker; b., Morisania, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1863; dau., Albert
Tyler and Sophia Anna (Chadwick)
Rand; ed. private schools, Brooklyn,
N. Y.; Adelphi Academy; Burnham
School, Northampton, Mass.; Smith
College, A.B. 1884; student of his
tory Newnham College, Cambridge,
Eng., 1886-7; a founder, in 1889, of
the College Settlement, Rivington St.,
New York City; president College
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Settlements Ass'n, since 1907; vicepresident Smith College Alumnae
Ass'n (secretary, 1888-92); alumnae
trustee Smith College 1901-07; mem
ber advisory board N. H. Equal Suf
frage Ass'n, College Equal Suffrage
League, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae,
National Congress of Mothers; director
N. H. Children's Aid Soc, N. H. Soc.
Charities and Corrections; member
State Commission for Belgian Relief,
Ass'n for Labor Legislation, chairman
Smith College Unit war work com
mittee, and active in various other
philanthropic and civic organizations;
m., June 29, 1892, Rev. Lucius H.
Thayer (see preceding sketch). Resi
dence, 664 State St., Portsmouth,
N.H.
Lane, Francis Ransom
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Dec. 23, 1858; s. John G. and Caroline
(Anderson) Lane; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1881; M.D.
George Washington Univ., 1885; A.M.
(hon.) Lafayette College, 1907; princi
pal Franklin School, Washington, D. C,
1881-2; head of English Dept., Wash
ington high school, 1882-8; principal
Central high school, 1888-94; director
high schools, Washington, 1894-1902;
principal Polytechnic Preparatory
School, Brooklyn, 1902-6; director
Jacob Tome Institute, Port Deposit,
Md., 1906-8; principal Worcester,
Mass., State Normal School, 1909-12;
headmaster Brooklyn Polytechnic
Preparatory school since 1912; m., 1st,
June 23, 1891, Elinor Macartney, d.
March 17, 1909; 2d, June 12, 1915,
Kathleen Langton. Residence, 3456
Broadway, N. Y.
Marshall, Roujet DeLisle
Jurist; b., Nashua, N. H., Dec. 27,
1847; s. Thomas and Emeline M.
Marshall; removed with parents to
Delton, Sauk County, Wisconsin, in
1854; ed. Delton Academy, Baraboo
(Wis.) Collegiate Inst. and Lawrence
Univ., LL.D. 1904; Univ. of Wisconsin,
1905; admitted to Wisconsin bar 1873;
county court judge, 1876-82; circuit
court, 1889-95; supreme court, 1895-
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1917; Republican; m., 1869, Mary E.
Jenkins, Baraboo. Residence, Chip
pewa Falls, Wis.
Amey, Harry Burton
Lawyer; b., Pittsburg, N. H., Dec.
21, 1868; s. John T. and Emily
(Haynes) Amey; ed. Public schools,
Lancaster Academy 1890, Dartmouth
College, 1894; taught school nine
years while securing education ; studied
law with Ladd & Fletcher at Lancaster,
admitted to the bar in 1898, com
menced practice that year in Milton,
N. H., removing thence to Island Pond,
Vt., where he has since remained in
practice; Unitarian; Republican; mem
ber Vt. house of representatives,
1910; state's attorney for Essex
County, 1904-8, 1910-2; state senate,
Essex County, 1918-9; attorney
Grand Trunk Ry., 1902-10; general
counsel, Central Vt., Ry., 1910-13; di
rector Island Pond National Bank;
A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and
Shriner; m., April, 1896, GraciaJJN
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Norton; children, Henry T., b. Nov.
21, 1898; Alpa N, b. Sept. 20, 1900.
Residence, Island Pond, Vt.
Hodsdon, Ervin Wilbur
Physician; b., Ossipee, N. H., April
8, 1863; s. Edward Payson and Emma
B. (Demeritt) Hodsdon; ed. Dover
high school, Phillips Exeter Academy,
Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo.,
M.D. 1884; interne St. Louis City
hospital two years; practiced in Dover
and at Center Sandwich before locating
in Ossipee twenty-three years ago,
where he has since remained in prac
tice; Methodist; Republican; member
Ossipee board of health since residing
in town, town clerk, selectman four
years, member school committee twelve
years, postmaster seventeen years, phy
sician to Carroll county farm, medical
referee, Carroll county, twelve years;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1915-16, 1917-18, 1919-20; chairman
committee on state hospital each ses
sion; member A. F. & A. M. (past
master); I. O. R. M. (P. S. S.), A. O.
U. W., P. of H., K. of P.; N. H. His
torical Soc, N. H. Med. Soc, American
Med. Ass'n; m., Feb. 25, 1917, Mary
L. Price. Residence, Ossipee, N. H.
(Mountain View, P. 0.).
Hill, Joseph Adna
Statistician; b., Stewartstown, N. H.,
May 5, 1860; s. Rev. Joseph B.
and Harriet (Brown) Hill; ed. Har
vard, A.B. 1885; A.M. 1887; Ph.D.
Halle, Germany, 1892; lecturer, Univ.
of Pa., 1893; instructor, Harvard Univ.,
1895; went to Europe for the Mass.
Tax Commission, to investigate
European systems of taxation, 1897;
statistician, U. S. Census Bureau, since
1898; appointed chief statistician,
1909; member American Economic
Ass'n, American Statistical Ass'n (vicepresident), Cosmo Club; author "The
English Income Tax," 1899; prepared
many important reports for the last
census; contributor to various eco
nomic journals. Residence, 8 Iowa
Circle, Washington, D. C.
Chellis, Frank Otis
Lawyer; b., Meriden (Plainfield),
....
N. H., Aug. 7, 1858; s. Otis H. and
Betsey M. (Morrill) Chellis; ed. New
port high school, 1878; Kimball
Union Academy, Meriden, 1880; Dart
mouth College, A.B. 1885; studied law
with Albert S. Wait of Newport three
years; admitted to the bar 1888 and
entered practice as a partner with Mr.
Wait; taught district schools in Croy
don and Enfield before entering college,
and was principal of the Newport high
school for nine years after admission to
the bar; interested in athletic sports
while in college, and played two years
on the Varsity baseball, and two years
on the football team; Unitarian; Demo
crat ; has served as town moderator, and
two terms as solicitor for Sullivan
County (1907-8 and 1913-4), the only
Democrat elected to the office in fifty
years; several years a member of the
Newport school board and superinten
dent of schools; member Newport fire
department over twenty years and six
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years member N. H. Firemen's Ass'n;
has taken an active part in local politics
in his party's interest, and labored for
the promotion of the civic, social and
educational welfare of the community;
gave much time to war work, serving
as secretary of the Sullivan County
draft board; trustee Sugar River Sav
ings Bank, Carrie F. Wright Hospital;
member Mt. Vernon Lodge, No. 15,
A. F. & A. M. (historian at its 100th
anniversary), Chapter of the Taber
nacle. No. 19, and Sullivan Commandery, K. T.; Sugar River Lodge
No. 1236, Loyal Order of the Moose,
Alpha Delta Phi, Newport Playground
Ass'n, Outing Club, Board of Trade;
m., Dec. 8, 1892, Emma G. Wilmarth;
children, Bernice Louise, b. April 20,
1894 (Newport high school, 1912,
Wellesley College 1916); Robert Wil
marth, b. Dec. 6, 1898 (Newport high
school, 1915,- Dean Academy, 1916).
Residence Newport, N. H.
McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell
(Mrs. James R. McDonald) ; author:
b., Manchester, N. H.; dau. Clark and
Clara M. Blaisdell; ed. public schools,
Mass. State Normal School, Framingham, 1891 ; taught school in Massa
chusetts, 1892-6; supervisor primary
schools, Brockton, Mass., 1896-9;
author (with Mary Frances Blaisdell)
"ChQd Life," 1899; "Child Life in
Many Lands," 1900; "The Child Life
Primer," 1901; "The Blaisdell Spell
ers," 1901; "The Child Life Fifth
Reader," 1902; "Boy Blue and His
Friends," 1907, and many child books
of travel; member Boston Authors
Club, Women's City Club, N. E.
Women's Press Ass'n; m., Aug. 3,
1899, James Richard McDonald.
Residence, West Medford, Mass.
Stoddard, Edward Percy
Insurance and Real Estate, b., Ports
mouth, N. H., Jan. 2, 1877; s. D. Fox
and Mary Joy (Pendexter) Stoddard;
ed. Dover and Portsmouth schools and
Dartmouth College; reporter for Ports
mouth Times and Manchester Daily
Union, 1900-3; U. S. deputy marshal at
31
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Concord, 1903-8; in general insurance
and real estate business at Portsmouth
since latter date; Congregationalist;
Republican; member Portsmouth city
council, 1910; N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1911-12; 1913-14; cham
pioned the movement for the Ports
mouth armory in the former session;
Republican candidate for state
senator in District No. 24, 1918; mem
ber A. F. & A. M., 32d degree, Knight
Templar and Shriner, B. P. O. E.,
K. of P., Derryfield Club, Manchester;
Athletic Club, Warwick Club, Country
Club, Portsmouth. Residence, Ports
mouth, N. H.
Richardson, Henry Sturtevant
Lawyer; probate judge; b., Brandon,
Vt., Sept. 19, 1873; s. Sidney K. and
Ella I. (Sturtevant) Richardson; ed.
public schools, Kimball Union Acad
emy, 1892; Dartmouth College, 1896.
studied law in office of Smith & Smith
at Woodsville, N. H.; admitted to the
N. H. bar, June 18, 1903; located in
practice in Claremont; Unitarian; Re-
�Hon. Horatio Colony
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publican; judge Claremont police
court, 1912-13; member school board,
1915-17; solicitor, Sullivan County,
1917; judge of probate, 1917- ; trustee
Fiske Free Library, 1911- ; member
A. F. A A. M. (lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine), Sons of Veterans
(past commander N. H. division); m.,
June 12, 1906, Valina J. Darling; one
dau., Barbara. Residence, Claremont,
N.H.
Colony, Horatio
Lawyer; manufacturer; b., Keene,
Nov. 14, 1835; s. Josiah and Hannah
STaylor) Colony; descendant of John
olony, Wrentham, Mass., 1640; ed.
public and private schools, Keene
Academy, Albany (N. Y.) Law School,
LL.B. 1860, having studied in the
office of Hon. Levi Chamberlain; ad
mitted to the bar in New York and
New Hampshire in 1860, and practiced
in Keene till 1867, when, having ac
quired an interest in the firm of Faulk
ner & Colony, woolen manufacturers, of
which his father had been a member,
he relinquished his profession and de
voted himself thereafter to the interests
of the firm, of which he became presi
dent and treasurer upon its incorpora
tion; subsequently interested in the
Cheshire Mills, Harrisville, N. H., and
president and treasurer of the same;
Unitarian; Democrat; member first
N. H. board of labor statistics, ap
pointed by Governor Weston; first
mayor of Keene, 1874-5; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1877;
Democratic nominee for speaker and
member judiciary committee; delegate
Democratic National Convention, New
York, 1868; some time president Keene
Steam Power Co.; director Cheshire,
Ashuelot and Citizens' National banks
of Keene, and Winchester National
Bank; president Cheshire County
Humane Soc; trustee Thayer public
library and president of the board;
member A. F. & A. M., K. T., P. of H.;
m., Dec. 10, 1863, Emeline Eames Joslin of Keene; d., Oct. 11, 1907; children,
John Joslin (see page 135); Charles
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Taylor, b. April 20, 1867; Kate (Mrs.
James A. Frye). Residence, 104 West
St., Keene, N. H.
Merrill, Charles Clarkson
Clergyman; secretarial worker; b.,
Marlboro, N. H., March 3, 1873; s.
John L. and Mary L. (Murphy) Mer
rill; ed. Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1890, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1894; B.D. Yale Divinity School,
1897; ordained Congregational min
istry, 1897; pastor First Church Steubenville, O., 1897-1902; North Church,
Winchendon, Mass., 1902-11; secre
tary National Council Apportionment
Commission, Congregational Churches,
1911-14; N. E. secretary Laymen's
Missionary Movement, Boston, 191417; secretary Vermont Domestic Mis
sionary Soc, 1917- ; Independent Re
publican; trustee Cushing Academy;
member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa
Epsilon; m., Oct. 8, 1907, Bessie Louise
Nichols, Winchendon, Mass. Resi
dence, 112 Loomis St., Burlington, Vt.
Abbott, Sewall Wester
Lawyer; b., Tuftonboro, N. H.,
April 11, 1859; s. George and Phebe
Jane (Graves) Abbott; ed. public
schools of Ossipee; Hebron (Me.)
Academy, 1878; Union College of Law,
Chicago, 1883; admitted to 11linois bar
same year; practiced one year in Chi
cago; returned East and commenced
practice in Wolfeboro, N. H., Dec. 18,
1885 and has there continued; Unita
rian ; Republican ; moderator,Wolfeboro.
twenty-two years; member school board
twelve years; solicitor for Carroll
County, 1903-7; judge of Probate since
Dec. 27, 18S9; chairman Legal Ad
visory Board, Carroll County, 1917- ;
chairman fuel committee, Wolfeboro
district 1917- ; president Wolfeboro
Woolen Mills; president trustees Huggins Hospital since foundation, Dec.31,
1907; trustee Brewster Free Academy
since 1895; member A. F. A. M., lodge,
chapter, commandery and 32d degree
(Past D. D. G. M., N. H. Grand Lodge.
and member committee on trials and
appeals), O. E. S. ; I. O. O. F., Rebekahs,
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P. B. O. E., P. of H., Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution; m., June 10, 1893,
Elma King (Hodgdon). Residence,
Wolfeboro, N. H.
MacMurphy , Mary L. Stuart James
(Mrs. Jesse G. MacMurphy.)
Teacher; lecturer; b., Deerfield, N. H.,
Sept. 1, 1846; dau. Joseph Warren ana
Harriet Neeley (Hoyt) James; ed.
Pinkerton Academy, Derry, N. H.,
Salem, Mass., Normal School, first
course, 1864; advanced course, 1866;
special work Vassar College and Chi
cago University; in the autumn of
1866 became head of the Senior de
partment of the Albany, N. Y., Female
Academy; later at request of Eben S.
Stearns, principal, accepted the posi
tion of preceptress at Robinson Fe
male Seminary; on April 22, 1870,
united in marriage with Rev. Jesse G.
MacMurphy, and became a resident of
Racine, Wis., where she soon became
principal of a college preparatory
school, and lecturer to the Avon Art
Club; in 1895 she was called to Chicago
as head of the history department in the
Waller High School, remaining until
1911, when she returned to New Eng
land, but has retained a deep interest
in the work to which her active life has
been devoted and for which work she
had prepared herself by foreign travel
and close study. She was a member of
the Woman's Club and Avon Art Club,
Racine, Wis. (president of the former
1894-6; director of latter, 1879-94) -the
Chicago and Oak Park Woman's Clubs
and The Glaux Syntelia, Chicago. She
is a member of the D. A. R. and the
Derry Woman's Club, in both of which
organizations as well as the Red Cross
she is an active worker; she served as
chairman of the Art Department, N. H.
Federation of Women s Clubs, 191517. Two children. Residence, Derry
Village, N. H.
Marvin, Winthrop Lippitt
Journalist; b., New Castle, N. H.,
May 15, 1863; s. Thomas E. O. and
Anne (Lippitt) Marvin; ed. public
Schools, Tufts College, A.B. 1884;
Litt.D. 1903; reporter and night editor
Boston Advertiser, 1884-6; on Boston
Journal in various capacities, 18861903; member Mass. Civil Service
Commission, 1901-4; secretary Mer
chant Marine Commission, Washing
ton, 1904-5; secretary-treasurer Na
tional Ass'n Woolen Manufacturers
since 1908; associate editor Marine
Journal, New York City; member Phi
Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi; Universalist; Republican; m., June 17,
1885, Nellie Meloon, Portsmouth,
N. H. Residence, Marvin's Island,
Portsmouth, N. H.
McDaniel, Allen Boyer
Civil engineer; b., Exeter, N. H.,
Sept. 5, 1879 ; s. Benjamin F. and Mary
E. (Wellman) McDaniel; ed. Mass.
Inst. Tech., B.S. in architectural
engineering, 1901; structural engineer,
N. E. Structural Co., Boston, 1901-2;
Fort Pitt Bridge Works, Pittsburgh,
Pa., 1903-5; instructor in civil engi
neering, Case School of Applied
Science, Cleveland, Ohio, 1906-7;
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professor civil engineering, Univ. of
South Dakota, 1907-12; assistant
frofessor civil engineering, Univ. of
Uinois, 1912-16; professor civil engi
neering, Union College, Schenectady,
N. Y., 1917- ; fellow American Acad.
Arts and Sciences; member Amer.
Soc. Civil Engineers, etc.; m., Oct. 21,
1903, Amanda Fowler, Boston, Mass.
Residence, Schenectady, N. Y.
MacGreggor, Henry Frederick
Railroading and real estate; b.,
Londonderry, N. H., April 25, 1855;
s. Lewis Aiken and Augusta (Watts)
Blodgett; ed. Pinkerton Academy,
Derry, and Bryant & Stratton Commerical College, Manchester; removed
to Texas in youth; secretary Galveston
City R. R. Co., 1879-83; vice-president
and general manager, Houston Rail
way System, 1883-1903; engaged in
real estate operations since 1903; vicepresident and director, State Land Oil
Co.; director, South Texas National
Bank, Houston Printing Co., Glen
Park Co.; Presbyterian; Republican;
chairman, state executive committee,
1894-6; Texas member Republican
National Committee since 1912; m.,
Dec. 10, 1885; Elizabeth Stevens.
Residence, 3530 Fannin St., Houston,
Texas.
Howes, Benjamin Alfred
Engineer; b., Keene, N. H., Aug. 4,
1875; s. Benjamin Thomas and Maria
Adelaide (Holt) Howes; ed. public
schools, Mass. Institute Technology,
B.S. 1897; with Frank Sprague,
Sprague Multiple Unit System, New
York, 1897-1900; with Randfontein
Estates, mining equipment and con
struction, South Africa, and Thomas
Robins, Paris and London, 1900-3; in
research and construction work, 19035; in private practice in New York
since 1905; advisory to various ship
building undertakings in concrete,
1918; member American Soc. Mining
Engineers, American Concrete Insti
tute, American Soc. Civil Engineers,
etc.; author "Building by a Builder,"
1914, and various technical articles on
concrete and building construction;
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m., Aug. 5, 1908, Ethel D. Puffer,
Framingham, Mass. Residence, Scarsdale, N. Y.
Hoyt, Louis G.
Lawyer; probate judge; b., Exeter.
N. H., Feb. 23, 1856; s. Gilman B. and
Marianna (Jewell) Hoyt; ed. Phillips
Exeter Academy, 1873; Dartmouth
College, 1877; studied law and com
menced practice at Kingston, N. H.,
1878; member banking firm of E. H.
Rollins & Sons, Boston, 1888-1900;
Universalist; Republican; superintend
ent of schools, Kingston, 1880 to 1886;
solicitor of Rockingham County, 18921900; judge of probate, Rockingham
County, since September, 1902; trus
tee Union Five Cent Savings Bank,
Exeter; Sanborn Seminary, Kingston;
Brown's Academy, East Kingston;
secretary, Republican state committee,
1899-1901; member Gideon Lodge,
A. F. & A. M.; author "Hoyt's Probate
Practice," "Hoyt's Law of Adminis
tration in New Hampshire," "Hoyt's
Homestead Right"; m., March 30,
1893, Mary S. Towle. Residence,
Kingston, N. H.
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French, George Barstow
Lawyer; b., Tuftonborough, N. H.,
Nov. 27, 1846; s. James and Eveline
A. (Moulton) French; ed. Tilton Sem
inary, 1868; Dartmouth College, 1872;
principal Milford, N. H., high school,
1872-4; studied law with Judge Rob
ert M. Wallace of Milford and at Bos
ton Univ. Law School; admitted to
Suffolk County, Mass., bar in May,
1876, and N. H. bar, September, 1876,
since when he has been in practice in
Nashua; Congregationalist; Republi
can; member Nashua board of educa
tion several years, N. H. constitu
tional convention, 1889; chairman
Legal Advisory Board under Selective
Service Act, 1918; member Lincoln
Club; president non-partisan Civic
League; formerly president Nashua
Trust Co., and director Pennichuck
Water Works; D. K. E. frater
nity, Dartmouth College; Rising Sun
Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; m., Dec. 24,
1879. Sarah F. Burnham. Milford,
N.»H.; children, Ruth H., b. Oct. 17,
1880 (Smith College, 1902, Teachers
College, Columbia Univ. in Domestic
Science, 1910), member of Nashua
board of education, and for over a year
past in Bureau of Military Intelligence,
U. S. War Department, Washington;
Robert A., b. Sept. 13, 1882 (Dart
mouth, 1905, Harvard Law School,
1908), lawyer in practice in Nashua
till commissioned captain, Bureau of
Military Intelligence, War Depart
ment, Washington, August, 1918;
served three terms in N. H. house of
representatives, and was associate jus
tice Nashua police court; d. in the serv
ice at Washington, Dec. 17, 1918; Helen
B., b. Sept. 5, 1884 (ed. in Nashua
high school, Abbott Academy and
Smith College one year); George M.,
b. May 2, 1888 (Dartmouth, 1911,
Boston Univ. Law School, 1914) ; prac
ticed law in Springfield, Mass., till
June, 1917, when he enlisted in the
104th infantry regiment, 26th division,
went to France in October, was made
a sergeant, served till Oct. 29, 1918,
when he was sent to a hospital and
was invalided home in November.
Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Merrill, William Bradford
Journalist; b., Salisbury, N. H., Feb.
27, 1861; s. Horatio and Sarah B.
(Whitman) Merrill; ed. Boston Latin
School, 1874-6; finished studies in
Paris, France, 1876-8; reporter on
Philadelphia North American, 1879;
telegraphic editor, 1880, Philadelphia
Press; dramatic and Sunday editor
1881-5; managing editor 1886-91;
managing editor New York Press,
1891-5; financial manager New York
World, 1901-7; managing editor New
York American since February, 1907;
author Guide to Railways of the
United States, 1881; m., Sept. 12, 1882,
Sara Louise Taylor, Georgetown, D. C.
Residence, Great Neck, L. I.
Messer, Loring Wilbur
Y. M. C. A. secretary; b., Somersworth, N. H., March 1, 1856; s. Charles
and Emily A. (Leathers) Messer; ed.
public schools; A.M. Northwestern
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Univ., 1908; with B. & M. R. R., Bos
ton, 1872-4; in dry goods trade, Read
ing, Mass., 1874-81 ; general secretary
Y. M. C. A., Peoria, Ill., 1881-3; Cam
bridge, Mass., 1883-8; Chicago, Ill.,
since April, 1888; director and instruc
tor, Y. M. C. A. College, Chicago;
trustee International Y. M. C. A. Col
lege, Springfield, Mass. ; director United
Charities; member State executive
committee, Y. M. C. A. ; member execu
tive committee National War Work
Council of Y. M. C. A. ass'ns; Union
League University Club; Republican;
m., Sept. 14, 1887, Elizabeth I. Garcelon, Lewiston, Me. Residence, 5729
Blackstone ave., Chicago, Ill.
Morrill, Albro David
Educator; b., Tilton, N. H., Aug.
29, 1854; s. Smith and Mary (Clark)
Morrill; ed. Dartmouth College, B.S.
1876, M.S. 1879; studied in Univ. of
Mich., 1876-7; teacher of science,
Lewiston, Pa., 1878-83; professor of
chemistry, physics and higher mathe
matics, Belmont College, 1883-8;
professor biology and geology, Ohio
Univ., Athens, Ohio, 1888-92; profes
sor chemistry and biology, Hamilton
College, 1892-6; professor biology
since 1896; fellow American Acad.
Arts and Sciences; member Amer. Soc.
Naturalists, Amer. Soc. Zoologists,
Boston Soc. Natural History; Pres
byterian; Republican; m., Dec. 23,
1879, Lena E. Carver, Binghampton,
N. Y. Residence, Clinton, N. Y.
Gould, Robert Truman
Dairy and fruit farmer; b., Hopkinton, N. H., May 23, 1861 ; s. Charles
and Ruth (Hill) Gould; ed. public
schools and Contoocook Academy;
Methodist; Democrat; selectman, Hopkinton, 1907, 1914-15 (chairman of the
board); member N. fl. house of rep
resentatives, 1917-18, serving on Com
mittee on railroads, and joining in
the minority report against the "re
organization" bill; member Committee
of Public Safety; chairman War Sav
ings Committee, local food representa
tive, member Liberty Loan committee
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and in Red Cross and Red Triangle
drives; member Harris Lodge A. F. &
A. M.; Patrons of Husbandry (past
master Union Grange, No. 56 and
Contoocook, No. 216). Mr. Gould re
sides upon the farm on "Gould Hill"
in Hopkinton, owned and occupied by
the Goulds for four generations; his
great-great-grandfather, Joseph Gould,
was one of the original proprietors of
Hopkinton; Thomas Hill and Moses
Hill, his maternal great-grandfather
and grandfather were both soldiers of
the Revolution and fought at Bunker
Hill, and the latter was a member of
the Committee of Safety in Hopkinton
during the Revolution, as was Robert
T. Gould during the recent war. The
Gould Hill farm is noted for its first
class fruit and excellent dairy prod
ucts; m., April 3, 1894, Mary M.
Currier; one dau., Jessie, b. May 12,
1900, graduate of Hopkinton high
school. Residence, Hopkinton, N. H.
(Contoocook, P. 0.).
�Hon. J. Duncan Upham
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Upham, James Duncan
Manufacturer; banker; b., Claremont, N. H., Nov. 7, 1853; s. James
Phineas and Elizabeth Walker (Rice)
Upham; ed. public schools, Claremont;
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden,
1870; Dartmouth College, Cornell
Univ., B.S., 1874; entered employ of
Sullivan Machine Co., Claremont, as
clerk and paymaster, continuing until
chosen treasurer and manager of the
Brandon (Vt.) Italian Marble Co..
July, 1886, which position he held until
July, 1891, when he returned to Clare
mont to become treasurer and director
of the Sullivan Machine Co., serving
as such till April, 1892, when the con
cern was reorganized and he became
treasurer and director of the Sullivan
Machinery Co. of Claremont, N. H.,
and Chicago, Ill., in which position he
continues, also member executive com
mittee of said corporation; president
Brandon Italian Marble Co., May,
1895, until sale of same in December,
1909; director, Claremont National
Bank since Jan. 10, 1893; vice-presi
dent same from Nov. 10, 1896, to
Sept. 19, 1905; president since Sept.
19, 1905; director B. & M. R. R. since
October, 1913; director United Life
and Accident Ins. Co.. Concord, N. H.,
since 1913; first president N. H. Man
ufacturers' Ass'n, 1913-14 and director
in same till 1918; vice-president for
New Hampshire American Bankers'
Ass'n, 1916-17; member and former
director, vice-president and president
Claremont board of trade; Episcopal
ian; Progressive Republican; trustee
town of Claremont trust funds since
1903; member N. H. executive council,
1907-8; constitutional convention 1912;
member N. H. public safety committee
of one hundred; chairman Claremont
public safety committee; chairman
Claremont Liberty Loan Committee;
member N. H. League for National
Defense, Red Cross, N. H. Children's
Aid and Protective Soc, N. H. Ass'n
for Prevention of Tuberculosis, N. H.
Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals, Soc. for Protection of New Hamp
shire Forests, Lincoln Club, 1906-10;
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N. H. Historical Soc, Claremont
Country Club; Zeta Psi (Cornell Univ.),
Cornell New England club; m., Oct. 25,
1882, Katharine Hall Deane of Clare
mont; children, Katharine Duncan
(Mrs. Roy D. Hunter) and Sarah
Elizabeth (Mrs. Percy R. Brooks).
Residence, Claremont, N. H.
Miller, Charles Ransom
Journalist; b., Hanover, N. H., Jan.
17, 1849; s. Elijah T. and Chastina
(Hoyt) Miller; ed. Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1872, LL.D. 1905; Litt.D.
Columbia, 1915; on staff of Springfield
Republican, 1872-5; New York Times
since 1875; editor in chief since 1883;
director N. Y. Times Co.; director
Tidewater Paper Co. ; Century, MetroSolitan and Garden City Golf clubs,
Tew York; m., Oct. 10, 1876, Frances
Daniels, Plainfield, N. H. Residence,
21 East 9th St., New York.
Mitchell, Harry Walter
Physician; b., Plymouth, N. H.,
Nov. 6, 1867; s. Harris B. and Frances
(Blair) Mitchell; ed. Peacham (Vt.)
Academy, Univ. of Vermont, M.D.
1896; ass't physician, State Farm,
Bridgewater, Mass., 1896-9; Danvers
(Mass.) State Hospital, 1899-1907;
superintendent Eastern (Me.) State
Hospital, 1907-10; Danvers (Mass.)
State Hospital, 1910-12; State Hospital
for Insane, Warren. Pa., 1912- ; mem
ber American Med. Ass'n, Pa. State
Med. Ass'n, Mass. State Med. Soc,
Boston Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology,
etc.; Unitarian; m., Aug. 16, 1902,
Mary Paulsell, San Francisco. Resi
dence, Warren, Pa.
Melville, Henry
Lawyer; b.. Nelson, N. H., Aug. 25,
1858; s. Josiah H. and Nancy R. (Nesmith) Melville ; ed. Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1879; Harvard, A.M. and LL.B.,
cum laude, 1884; admitted to the bar
in 1885, and since in practice in New
York City; partner of Roscoe Conkling,
1885-8; captain Co. A, 8th N. Y. Vol
unteers, Spanish American War; presi
dent State Board of Managers, Elmira
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and Napanoch reformatories; member
N. Y. Bar Ass'n, Naval and Military
Order, Spanish American War, Soc. Co
lonial Wars; Republican. Residence,
69 East 55th St., New York City.
Wellman, Justin Owen
Educator; head master Colby Acad
emy; b., Belgrade, Me., Sept. 19, 1875;
s. Owen Rogers and Ella (Russell)
Wellman; ed. public schools, Augusta,
Me.; Colby College, 1898; principal
Paris Hill (Me.) Academy, 1898; mas
ter of mathematics, Bangor (Me.)
high school, 1899-1901; principal
Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton
(Me.), 1901-5; headmaster Colby
Academy, New London, N. H., 1905
to date; Baptist; Republican; town
auditor, New London, 1907-10, 1914
to date; delegate N. H. constitutional
convention, 1912; war historian for
New London, 1918- ; chairman town
War S. S. committee, 1918- ; four
minute speaker in war work cam
paign; trustee New London Hospital
Ass n; trustee N. H. United Baptist
Convention; member National Edu
cational Ass'n, N. E. Ass'n of Colleges
and Secondary Schools; N. H. Teach
ers' Ass'n; N. E. Ass'n of Mathematics
Teachers; collaborator of National
Institute for Moral Instruction; A. F.
& A. M. to and including 32d degree
and K. T., O. E. S. (past Grand Pa
tron); I. O. O. F., P. of H., American
Red Cross, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta
Upsilon; m., Aug. 14, 1901, Caroline
Blanch Walker; children, Eleanor
Blanch, b. Feb. 19, 1907; Muriel Jus
tine, b. Sept. 9, 1912. Residence, NewLondon, N. H.
Gove, Charles Augustus
Naval officer; b., Concord, N. H.,
July 5, 1854; s. Col. Jesse A. and Maria
Louise (Sherburne) Gove; ed. public
schools, U. S. Naval Academy, Annap
olis, 1876; promoted ensign, March
29, 1879; lieutenant, Aug. 4, 1891;
lieutenant commander, July 1, 1899;
commander, May 6, 1905; cap
tain, Jan. 9, 1909; rear admiral, July
11, 1914; served on all principal sta
tions and at sea twenty-one years and
six months; on U. S. S. Topeka during
Spanish American War, 1898; com
mandant of midshipmen at U. S. Naval
Academy, 1908-9; commanded the
new dreadnought, Delaware 1910, mak
ing the trip around Cape Horn and,
later in the naval review off Spithead
at the Coronation of King George V,
it being the largest warship there;
commander U. S. Naval Training
Station at San Francisco, 1912-3;
retired, Dec. 11, 1914; Episcopalian;
A. F. & A. M., member Army and
Navy Club. Washington, D. C., Bo
hemian Club, San Francisco; m., May
23, 1887, Minnie Webster. Residence,
San Francisco, Cal.
Cavis, Kate Chandler
(Mrs. Harry M. Cavis); b., Balti
more, Md.; dau. Maj. George Henry
and Elvira Sargent (Coffin) Chandler;
niece of Senator William E. Chandler
(see p. 1); granddaughter of Capt.
Samuel Coffin, Concord, N. H. (Maj.
George H. Chandler, A.B., Dartmouth,
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1860, *BK, LL.B., Harvard, 1867;
served in the 9th N. H. Volunteers
during the Civil War and was wounded
in the battle of Spottsylvania) ; Mrs.
Cavis was educated in the schools of
Concord, N. H., and at the Oldfield
School, Baltimore, Md., 1887-9; spent
much of her youth in Washington,
D. C.; became a permanent resident
of Concord, N. H., upon her marriage;
communicant of St. Paul's Protestant
Episcopal Church, warden of Guild,
St. Anna Branch, and active in church
work; member board of managers,
Orphans' Home at Millville, Stratford
(Shakespeare) Club (president, 190811), N. H. Historical Soc., Concord
Female Charitable Soc., Country Club,
Beaver Meadow Golf Club (charter,
1897), Friendly Club, District Nursing
Ass'n, Charity Organization Soc., Hos
pital Associates, S. P. C. A., N. H.
Children's Aid and Protective Soc.; m.,
Washington, D. C., May 12, 1897,
Harry Minot Cavis, lawyer of Con
cord, who d. July 8, 1915; one son,
George Chandler Cavis, b. Feb. 14,
1898; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H., 1916, Yale Univ., 1921; in
training, Plattsburgh, N. Y., summer
of 1916; served as ambulance driver in
France (Yale Unit), five months in
1917; second lieutenant, Field Artil
lery, Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C,
1918. Residence, Concord, N. H.
Runnells, Everett Hazen
Farmer and contractor; b., Con
cord, N. H., June 7, 1851; s. Deacon
Hazen and Sarah E. (Corliss) Runnells;
sixth in descent from Sergt. Samuel
Runnells, of Bradford, Mass., before
1710; fifth in descent from Lieut.
Samuel Runnells and fourth in descent
from Lieut. Samuel Runnells, Jr., of
Boxford, Mass., both of whom served
in the French and Indian Wars, 1755-6;
grandson of Joseph Runnells, who
served in the Revolution; ed. Concord
schools; one year (1868), at Oberlin Col
lege, Ohio; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; supervisor of check list, Ward 4,
several years; m., Oct. 20, 1880, Clara
FVances Potter of East Concord, N. H.,
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descended from Robert Potter, Lynn,
Mass., 1630, great-granddaughter of
Richard Potter, who served in the
Revolution under Gen. Sullivan, niece
of Gen. Joseph H. Potter, U. S. A.
(West Point, 1843); children, (1) Clar
ence Everett, b. Dec. 10, 1881; ed.
Concord high school; employed by
Lynn, Mass., Electric R. R.; m. June
15, 1904, Katharine Isabel McClure,
Maynard, Mass.; their children, John
Franklin, b. Jan. 29, 1909; Maude
Frances, Dec. 14, 1915; (2) Maude
Edith, b. Nov. 10, 1886, d. Feb. 12,
1897; (3) Morrill Potter, b. Jan. 28,
1892; ed. Concord schools; foreman in
machine shops, U. S. Navy Yard,
Portsmouth, N. H.; m. April 8, 1917,
Blanche Evelyn Moran, Lowell, Mass.;
(4 and 5) twin sons, Ernest Potter and
Ellsworth Potter, b. April 7, 1894 (see
succeeding sketches). Residence, 6
Lyndon St.., Concord, N. H.
Runnells, Ernest Potter
Soldier; b., Concord, N. H., April 7,
1894; s. Everett Hazen and Clara
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Frances (Potter) Runnells (see preced
ing) ; ed. Concord high school; employed
National State Capital Bank; Episco
palian; Republican; entered tie U. S.
service, July 25, 1917; sailed for
France, Oct. 3, 1917; in the Medical
Corps of the 26th Division, later in the
101st Ambulance Corps; cited for
bravery by Major-Gen. C. R. Edwards
in the second battle of the Marne, July
18-26, 1918, "for rescuing wounded
comrades under heavy enemy fire";
cited by Major-Gen. C. R. Edwards
Episcopalian; Republican; member
White Mountain Lodge, I. O. O. F.;
employed in the People s Market, 1912—
17; entered the U. S. service, July 25,
1917; sailed for France, Oct. 3, 1917;
in the 103d Machine Gun Battalion,
26th Division, 52d Brigade, Co. B;
decorated with the Croix de Guerre,
Dec. 17, 1918, standing beside his
twin brother who received the Ameri
can Cross at the same time (this is
believed to be the only instance where
twin brothers were simultaneously
for "exceptionally meritorious service
and gallant conduct under a terrific
enemy artillery bombardment," Sept.
25 and 26, 1918; decorated with Dis
tinguished Service Cross (American),
Dec. 17, 1918 (see succeeding). Resi
dence, 6 Lyndon St., Concord, N. H.
decorated with French and American
crosses during the Great War); m.,
May 14 1917, Amy Isabel Milton,
Penacook, N. H. Residence, 6 Lyndon
St., Concord, N. H.
Runnells, Ellsworth Potter
Soldier (twin brother to preceding);
b., Concord, N. H., April 7, 1894; s.
Everett Hazen and Clara Frances
(Potter) Runnells; ed. Concord schools;
Gove Aaron
Educator; b., Hampton Falls, N. H.,
Sept. 26, 1838; s. John Francis and
Sarah Jane (Wadleigh) Gove; ed. pub
lic schools, I Hi in lis Normal Univ., 1861;
honorary A.M., Dartmouth, 1878;
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
L,L.D., Univ. of Colorado, 1888; served
in Union Army Sept., 1861 to
Aug., 1864, when honorably discharged
as brevet major; superintendent of
schools, Normal, 111, 1864-74; superin
tendent of schools, Denver, Colo., 1874
-1904; representative of the beet sugar
industry m the arid states 1905- ; com
mander Loyal Legion, Colorado Commandery, two years; A. F. & A. M., 33d
degree; Grand Commander K. T. of
Colorado, three years; president Na
tional Educational Ass'n, three years;
Congregationalist; Republican; m.,Feb.
13, 1865, Caroline Spofford, North Andover, Mass. Residence, Denver, Colo.
McLaughlin, George Asbury
Clergyman; b., Nashua, N. H., Oct.
13, 1851; s. John and Mary A. (Towle)
McLaughlin; ed. public schools, Wesleyan University (Conn.), A.B. 1873;
A.M. 1875; D.D. Taylor Univ., 1903;
ordained M. E. ministry, 1875; pastor,
Franklin Falls, N. H., 1875-7; Whitefield, 1877-9; Littleton 1879-82; First
Church, Haverhill, Mass., 1882-5;
Laconia, N. H., 1885-8; Exeter, 188892; in evangelistic work, Chicago,
1892-1912; editor Christian Witness,
Chicago, 1901-17; author of several
commentaries and pamphlets; Pro
hibitionist; m., 1st, Oct. 27, 1875, Mary
Ella Henshaw, Middletown, Conn.;
d., Jan. 21, 1910; 2d, Oct. 20, 1914,
Mrs. Jennie Reeves Walker. Resi
dence, Los Angeles, Cal.
Marden, Orison Swett
Author and editor; b., Thornton,
N. H., s. Louis and Martha (Cilley)
Marden; ed. public schools, Boston
Univ., B.S. 1877; A.M. and Bachelor of
Oratory, 1879; LL.B. 1882; M.D.,
Harvard, 1881; author "Rushing to
the Front," 1894, and about fifty
other books; founder of the Success
Magazine in 1897, and editor of the
same to 1912; editor Consolidated
Encyclopedic Library (10 vols.), 1901;
editor New Success Magazine; presi
dent Aldine Club; president League for
the Larger Life; m., May, 1905, Clara
L. Evans, Louisville, Ky. Residence,
Sea Cliff, L. I.
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Rogers, William Nathaniel
Lawyer; b., Wakefield, N. H., Jan.
10, 1892; s. Herbert E. and Lilian A.
(Sanborn) Rogers; ed. public schools,
Wakefield, Brewster Free Academy,
Wolfeboro; Dartmouth College; Uni
versity of Maine School of Law, 1916;
admitted to the N. H. bar in 1916 and
practiced that year at Sanbornville and
Wolfeboro; since July, 1917, in Con
cord ; member firm of Streeter, Demond,
Woodworth & Sulloway; Episcopalian;
Democrat; member N. H. house of rep
resentatives, 1917-18, 1919-20; mem
ber judiciary committee both sessions;
Democratic candidate for Congress,
1st N. H. District, 1918; for speaker of
the house in the legislature of 1919;
member Phi Kappa Psi, Dartmouth;
Phi Alpha Delta, Univ. of Maine,
Knights of Pythias, A. F. & A. M.,
K. T., N. H. Bar Ass'n; m., Aug. 31,
1912, Winnie E. Stevens, Farmington.
N. H.; children, Pauline E., b. April
29, 1913; Una C., b. July 3, 1915.
Residence, Sanbornville, N. H.; bus
iness address, Concord, N. H.
�Daniel Webster Perry
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Perry, Daniel Webster
Paymaster, Nashua Mf'g Co.; b.,
Dublin, N. H., June 21, 1852; ed. pub
lic schools, Peterboro high school, 1873;
freight cashier, C. R. R., at Nashua,
1873-81; in employ of Fisk Mf'g Co.,
Springfield, Mass., 1881-4; assistant
paymaster, Nashua Mf'g Co.. Nashua,
N. H., 1884-1903; succeeded the late
Webster P. Hussey as proprietors' clerk
and paymaster in the latter year, con
tinuing until the present time, making
thirty-five years of continuous service
for this corporation; Universalist;
Democrat; member Nashua board of
education, 1906-12; treasurer First
Universalist Society, Nashua, from
1898 to the present tune; superintend
ent First Universalist Sunday School,
1894-1914; treasurer N. H. Univer
salist State Convention, since Sept.
1907; member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.;
m., Oct. 8, 1879, Emma Augusta Cook
of Nashua; children, Grace M., b.
Springfield, Mass., 1882 (Nashua high
school, 1901, Teachers' Training School,
1903, teacher in Nashua public schools
four years; m., 1907, Edward Otis
Brown, South Weymouth, Mass);
Fanny Gertrude, b. Nashua, N. H.,
1890; Nashua high school, 1909,
Massachusetts Normal Art School,
1914; supervisor of drawing, Milford,
N. H., schools, 1914-15; Barre, Vt.,
schools, 1916-17; now teacher of Art
in Rhode Island State Normal School,
Providence. Residence, Nashua, N. H.
Weeks, Albert J.
Pharmacist; b., Exeter, N. H., June
12, 1866; s. John W. and Caroline A.
(Colcord) Weeks; ed. public schools,
Exeter; Unitarian; Republican; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1909-10, serving on the committees on
normal school and public health;
trustee Robinson Female Seminary,
Exeter Public Library; director Exeter
Co-operative Bank; member A. F. &
A. M. flodge, chapter, council and
commandery), O. E. S., I. O. R. M.
(past Great Sachem), A. O. U. W.
(past Master) ; Royal Arcanum, Grand
treasurer, N. H. Grand Council;
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Foresters of America; Sportsman's
Club, Exeter; m., June 20, 1893,
Gertrude R. Towle, Exeter; children,
Harold J., b. Dec. 12, 1894 (Dart
mouth, 1917), second lieutenant, ord
nance department, U. S. A., Middletown, Pa.; Laura T., b. Dec. 4, 1897
(Robinson Female Seminary, 1916).
Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Marshall, Harold
Clergyman; b., Kingston, N. H.,
June 8, 1866; s. James F. and Mary
Miranda (George) Marshall; ed. pubhc
schools and Tufts College; ordained to
the Universalist ministry, 1891 ; pastor
successively at Beverly, Swampscott
and Melrose, Mass., 1891-1917; now
manager Universalist Publishing House,
Boston and Chicago; president Mass.
Universalist state convention, Boston
Flower Mission; founder Marshall Hall
Forum; secretary National Open Fo
rum Council; joint author "Democ
racy in the Making," 1915; magazine
writer; m., Sept. 11, 1893, Bertha Hills,
Boston. Residence, Melrose, Mass.
Carter, William Scott
Manufacturer; b., Warner, N. H.,
Sept. 28, 1842; s. William and Hannah
(Badger) Carter; descendant of Thomas
Carter, a graduate of St. Thomas
College, Cambridge, who came from
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, in
1635, and settled in Dedham, and later
in Watertown, Mass., and became the
first minister of Woburn; ed. Warner
public schools, Henniker Academy and
Dartmouth College, leaving the latter
in his freshman year and enlisting as a
private in Co. D, 11th N. H. Volun
teers, for service in the Civil War; ap
pointed commissary sergeant and
served with his regiment at Fredericks
burg, Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., and
elsewhere; spent some time in hospital
with chills and fever, and subsequently
served as quartermaster at a convales
cent camp at Annapolis, Md.; later
returned to his regiment and served in
Grant's campaign up to the battle of
Petersburg; after discharge, in 1865,
entered the employ of H. W. Carter of
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Lebanon, conducting a large mercantile
business; five years later started in
business himself, subsequently forming
a partnership with Frank C. Churchill
which continued till 1898, when the
latter withdrew; since then Mr. Carter
has been president and manager of the
corporation known as the Carter &
Churchill Co., engaged in the manu
facture of shirts, lined coats, overalls,
jumpers, etc., in addition to this busi
ness he is also interested in manufac
turing in Pawtucket, R. I., and in the
South; Republican; has held various
town offices and served in the N. H.
state senate in 1891-2; auditor state
treasurer's accounts, 1S91; appointed
by Governor Jordan, in 1901, member
of commission to determine the position
of N. H. regiments in the siege of Vicksburg, and by Governor Bachelder, in
1903, to select a monument in com
memoration of their service; president
Lebanon Electric Light Co. for eight
years previous to 1906; director Leb
anon National Bank; trustee public
library; president 11th N. H. Reg"t
Building Ass'n; member James B.
Perry Post G. A. R., and past com
mander N. H. Department; member
A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine; m., Aug. 20,
1868, Theodora Bugbee, Lakeport, N.
H. Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Blaisdell, Bertram
Lawyer; b., Meredith, N. H., April
13, 1869; s. Philip and Jane (Leavitt)
Blaisdell; ed. public schools, Tilton
Seminary, 1888; Brown Univ., A.B.
1892; teacher in Meredith, 1892-5;
studied law and admitted to the N. H.
bar, July, 1897; in practice at Meredith;
Congregationalist; Democrat; chair
man Meredith school board; special
justice Laconia district court, 1913-15;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1915; Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon,
A. F. & A. M. to and including 32d
degree; past grand patron O. E. S. of
New Hampshire; trustee Meredith
Village Savings Bank; president Mere
dith Casket Co.: member N. H. Bar
Ass'n; m., April 25, 1893, Georgia
Moulton; children, Beatrice, b. Dec.
14, 1898; Dorothy F., b. Jan. 19, 1901.
Residence, Meredith, N. H.
Hamlin, Frank Wilbert
Merchant; banker; b., North Charlestown, N. H., June 14, 1863; s. George
Washington and Ellen L. Hamlin; ed.
public schools of Charlestown; proprie
tor of the Hamlin Department Store,
Charlestown, N. H., since 1887;
Episcopalian (treasurer and junior
warden St. Luke's Church); Republi
can; justice municipal court; trustee
town trust funds, trustee and treasurer
Silsby Free Library; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1903; Senate,
1909; constitutional convention, 1918;
president and director Connecticut
River National Bank, Charlestown;
member I. O. O. F., Charlestown
Lodge, No. 88; Evening Star Encamp
ment, No. 25, Claremont; Canton
Oasis, No. 18, Claremont; Rebekah
Lodge, No. 77; m., Dec. 26, 1887, Ada
E. Perry. Residence, Charlestown,
N. H.
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Prescott, Charles Henry
Editor; banker; b., Barnstead, N. H.,
Aug. 3, 1857; s. James Lewis and
Harriet Morrill (Tripp) Prescott; ed.
Berwick (Me.) Academy; Boston
Univ.; studied law and admitted to
the Maine bar, 1880; founder and sole
proprietor Biddeford (Me.) Daily Jour
nal, 1884- ; Republican; member Me.
house of representatives, 1883-4; sen
ate, 1895-6; member governor's staff,
1893-7; executive council, 1901-6;
treasurer York County, Me., 1887-90;
delegate at large Republican National
Convention, 1888; president York
County Savings Bank, First National
Bank, Biddeford; director North Ber
wick Mfg. Co., Union Mutual Life
Ins. Co., Portland; m., Jan. 17, 1882,
Ellen S. Hobbs, No. Berwick, Me.
Residence, Saco, Me.
Porter, John Lincoln
Surgeon; b., Alstead, N. H., June 2,
1864; s. Samuel H. and Harriet (Emer
son) Porter; ed. public schools; North
western Univ., M.D. 1894; interne,
St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, 1894-5;
frofessor orthopedic surgery, Univ. of
Uinois Med. School, 1900-17; same
in Northwestern Univ. Med. School,
since 1917; attending orthopedic sur
geon, St. Luke's Hospital; appointed
member advisory board on orthopedics,
U. S. A., Aug., 1917; member American
Med. Ass'n, American Orthopedic
Ass'n (president, 1918-19, 11linois State
Med. Soc.); Republican; member Uni
versity, Quadrangle and Flossmoor
Country clubs; m., Feb. 9, 1899, Ethel
Quigg. Residence, 51 16 Kenwood Ave.,
Chicago.
Lord, Harry True
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H., May
7, 1863; s. Harrison Dearborn and
Juliette (True) Lord; ed. Manchester
public schools (high school 1882);
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1887; stud
ied law with Hon. David A. Taggart
and admitted to the N. H. bar in
1894, since when he has been in prac
tice in Manchester; Episcopalian; Re
publican; president Manchester Com32
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mon Council, 1899-1902; member
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
N. H. house of representatives, 19056, 1907-8; N. H. Senate (president),
1909-10; executive council, 1911-12;
member local Draft Board, Div. No. 1,
city of Manchester, 1917-19; member
A. F. & A. M., Knight Templar and
Shriner; I. O. R. M.; N. H. Soc., Sons
of the American Revolution (vicepresident); Manchester Historical Soc.
(treasurer); Calumet Club, Manches
ter (secretary, 1893-1914); m., 1st,
Sept. 29, 1897, Flora I. Cooper, Man
chester, d.; m., 2d, Oct. 16, 1912,
Florence M. Stanley; one daughter,
Elizabeth, b. July 13, 1899, now in
school of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Lund, Fred Bates
Surgeon; b., Concord, N. H., Jan. 4,
1865; s. Charles C. and Lydia (French)
Lund; ed. public schools, Phillips Andover Academy; Harvard College,
A.B. 1888 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta
Kappa); A.M. 1892; M.D., Harvard
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Med. School, 1892; interne Mass. Gen
eral Hospital, 1900-3; in practice in
Boston since latter date; established
wide reputation for surgical skill; in
U. S. Medical Service in France during
war with Germany. Address, 529
Beacon St., Boston.
Kimball, William Henry
Farmer; lumberman; b., Columbia,
N. H., Nov. 18, 1853; s. Edward Walter
and M. Jannette (Lucy) Kimball; ed.
public schools of Stratford, N. H.;
engaged in agriculture in early life, and
has since carried on extensive lumber
ing operations; Methodist; Democrat;
member Stratford school board sev
eral years ; selectman twenty-five years ;
member N. H. house of representa
tives, 1901-2, 1909-10, 1917-18; com
missary-general of New Hampshire
1913-14; member Democratic state
committee since 1910; member Knights
of Pythias; director Coos County
National Bank, Groveton; m., Dec. 31,
1885, Emma J. Bass of Stratford;
children, George Marden, b. March 27,
1891 (Shaw's Business College, Port
land, Me., 1908); Lina Jannette, b.
Sept. 1, 1897. Residence, Stratford,
N. H.
Peterson, Oscar William
Clergyman; b., Lingdal, Wardnas
Parish, Ostergolland, Sweden; s. Peter
Johan Johanson and Johanna (Andersdotter) Peterson; ed. public schools in
Sweden, Rice Collegiate Institute,
Paxton, Ill.; Bangor Theological Sem
inary, 1902; Bowdoin College, Bruns
wick, Me., 1906; Congregationalist;
Republican: pastor Congregational
churches, Phillips and Strong, Me.,
1902-4; Cornish and East Baldwin, Me.,
1904-9; principal Parsonfield (Me.)
Seminary, 1909-10; pastor Congrega
tional churches, Brownfield and Den
mark, Me., 1911-13, Newcastle, Me.,
1913-17, Claremont, N. H., 1917- ;
member A. F. & A. M., Phi Beta
Kappa; published, 1909, patriotic
hymn, "God Save the President"; in
1910, "Songs and Lyrics," translated
from the Swedish; in 1917, "Abigail
Goodhue Bayley," a memoir; exten
sively engaged as a speaker for various
war causes; m., 1905, Emma Augusta
Stubbs, Strong, Me.; children, Alma
Stubbs, Hilda Stubbs. Residence,
Claremont, N. H.
Chutter, Frederick George
Clergyman; b., Chard, Somerset,
England, Sept. 12, 1857; s. George and
Hannah Chutter; ed. Phillips Andover
Academy, Colburn Institute, Colby
College (A.B. and A.M.), Andover
Theological Seminary (B.D.). Oxford
University, Edinburgh and Paris;
preached m various places in Maine and
New Hampshire while pursuing his
studies; ordained in the Congrega
tional ministry and installed pastor of
the church at Littleton, N. H., Sept. 9,
1887; resigned on account of ill health,
Sept., 1890; traveled in Europe ana
the East two years; later for several
years in mercantile business in Little
ton; resumed ministerial work as pas
tor of the Congregational Church at
Norwich, Vt., and later at Lebanon,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
N. H., where he is now engaged; Re
publican; member Littleton board of
education, 1888-90; 1895-8; president
trustees Littleton public library sev
eral years; has lectured on various
topics suggested by his travels, and
published a book on the "Art of the
Lagoons"; m., Oct. 19, 1887, Caroline
Clark, Newton, Mass.; two children,
Mildred Caroline, b. Aug. 29, 1892;
Reginald Frederick, b. Aug. 23, 1893.
Residence, Lebanon, N. H.
Riley, Phil Madison
Editor; writer; b., Belmont, N. H..
Sept. 25, 1882; s. James Francis and
Elizabeth L. (Williams) Riley; ed. pub
lic schools, Burdett's Business College;
secretary and director, Laconia, N. H.,
Lumber Works, 1899-1904; teacher,
Waltham, Mass., public schools, 19045; associate editor, Photo Era, Boston,
1905-10, 1913-16; architectural editor,
Country Life in America, 1910-3; on
editorial staff, India Rubber World,
New York, since 1916; Congregationalist; Democrat; co-author, "The Wood
Carver of Salem," 1916; "The Colonial
Architecture of Salem," 1918; con
tributor to various magazines on archi
tecture and photography; m., Dec. 24,
1910, Caroline Mabell Sanderson,
Springfield, Mass. Residence, 6 Dear
born St., Dorchester, Mass.
Tilton, George Henry
Clergyman; b., Nashua, N. H., Jan.
31, 1845; s. William Wells and Sarah
Ann (Morrill) Tilton; ed. Williston
Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., 1866;
Amherst College, A.B. 1870; Andover
Theological Seminary, 1873; ordained
to Congregational ministry, Hopkinton, N. H., 1874; pastor, Attleboro
Falls, Mass., 1874-5; Wolfeboro, N. H.,
1876-7; Rehoboth, Mass., 1878-91;
Lancaster, N. H., 1891-6; Woburn,
Mass., since 1896; Republican; mem
ber Rehoboth school board, 1885-6;
founder and first president Rehoboth
Antiquarian Soc; interested in his
torical matters and botanical study ; m.,
June 6, 1876, Ella Minerva Mann,
Attleboro Falls, Mass.; two children.
Residence, 41 Elm St., Woburn, Mass.
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Brehaut, James William
Educator; b., Murray Harbor, P. E.
Island, July 7, 1863; s. Thomas S. and
Janet (Clow) Brehaut; ed. Prince of
Wales College, Dalhourie Univ., Har
vard Univ., A.B. 1892; Congregationalist; Republican; principal high school,
North Attleboro, Mass., 1894-8; super
intendent of schools, same town, 18981907; proprietor Bryant & Stratton
Business College, Manchester, N. H.,
since Aug. 1, 1907; Local War Historian
of Manchester; member I. O. O. F.,
P. of H.; m. Dec. 27, 1894, Annabel!
Hawkins; children, Wilfred Hawkins,
b., Oct. 22, 1895 (Phillips Exeter, 1914;
Harvard, 1918), first lieutenant 56th
Regiment Coast Artillery Corps, at
front from July to Oct. 18, 1918; Ellerton James, b. April 6, 1897 (Harvard,
1918), corporal in S. O. S. of the
Quartermaster's Dept., went to France
in June, 1918. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
�Charlotte Stewartson Smith, M.D.
�J. Brodie Smith
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Smith, (Joseph) Brodie
Electrician; b., Richville, St. Law
rence County, N. Y., April 6, 1861; s.
William Priest and Sarah (Hungerford)
Smith; ed. public schools of Richville,
N. Y., and special course in higher
mathematics m Manchester, N. H.,
fitting himself to become an expert
electrician; came to Manchester in
1880 and engaged in the drug business
with his brother Amasa D.Smith, Ph.C.,
becoming a registered pharmacist in
both New Hampshire and New York;
retired from the drug business in 1885
to devote his time to electrical work;
in 1886 elected the first superintendent
of the Ben Franklin Electric Light Co.
of Manchester, N. H., which was after
ward consolidated with the Manchester
Electric Light Co., and, later, purchased
by the Manchester Traction, Light &
Power Co.; Republican; vice-president
and general manager, Manchester Trac
tion Light & Power Co.; general man
ager Manchester St. Ry., Manchester
& Nashua St. Ry., Manchester & Derry
St. Ry.; trustee Manchester Savings
Bank; president Elliot Hospital trus
tees; director Manchester Chamber of
Commerce; member Manchester Water
Board, member N. H. Pharmaceutical
Ass'n; Associate Member American
Institute of Electrical Engineers; secre
tary and treasurer of the Association of
Public Utilities of New Hampshire;
member council of Manchester Insti
tute of Arts and Sciences; vice-president
for New Hampshire, New England
Street Railway Club; appointed, April
3, 1918, associate member and N. H.
director U. S. Naval Consulting Board;
president N. H. Ass'n for Prevention of
Tuberculosis, 1917-18; member Ridgely
Lodge, I. O. O. F., also Wonolancet
Encampment and Canton Ridgely;
member Washington Lodge A. F. &
A. M.; Mount Horeb Royal Arch
Chapter, Adoniram Council and Trinity
Commandery, K. T.; past master Ado
niram Council and past grand master
Grand Council of New Hampshire;
member Bektash Temple, A. A. O. N.
M. S., Concord, N. H.; member
Scottish Rite bodies of Nashua, N. H.,
32d degree; received 33d degree in
Scottish Rite Masonry at Indianapolis,
Ind., in 1905: trustee Masonic Home,
Manchester, N. H.; member Rotary,
Derryfield, Calumet and Intervale
Country clubs, Manchester, and
Nashua Country Club, Nashua, N. H. ;
m., July 14, 1909, Charlotte Dodd
Stewartson, M.D. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Smith, Charlotte Stewartson, M.D.
Physician; b., West Medway, Mass.,
Jan. 22, 1864; dau. Robert E. and Sylvia
F. (Bisbee) Stewartson; descendant
of Charles Bisbee, the seventh pioneer
of Sumner, Me., a soldier of the Revo
lution and a direct descendant in the
5th generation from Thomas Besbedge
(the original spelling) who sailed from
Sandwich, England, in the ship,
Hercules, and landed at Scituate Har
bor in 1634; from Charles the descent
is traced through his son, Elisha, a
lieutenant in the Revolution, and his
wife Molly Pettingill, their son, Daniel,
and his wife Sylvia Stevens, their
daughter Sylvia F. Bisbee and her hus
band, Robert E. Stewartson; ed. in the
West Medway schools and special
courses in Manchester, N. H.; grad
uated M.D., Tufts Medical College,
1900; externe one year, Mass. Home
Hospital, Boston; interne, one year,
Woman's Charity Club Hospital, Bos
ton; in practice of medicine, in Man
chester, N. H., since 1902; member
Mass. Med. Soc, N. H. Med. Soc,
Hillsborough County Med. Ass'n,
Manchester Institute Arts and Sciences;
m., July 14, 1909, J. Brodie Smith,
Manchester. (See preceding sketch.)
Richardson, William Cummings
Architect; b. .Concord, N. H., March
12, 1854; s. David Cummings and
Henrietta G. (Barnard) Richardson;
ed. Lawrence, Mass., high school, 1872;
special course in architecture, Mass.
Inst. Tech., 1873-5; spent several
years as assistant in architecture offi
ces and made several trips abroad for
observation and study; m practice in
Boston since 1881; member firm of
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Hartwell & Richardson many years;
now Hartwell, Richardson & Driver;
designed Youth's Companion building,
Boston; First Church, Plymouth;
Springfield, Mass., high school; Abbot
Academy buildings, Andover, Mass.,
Cambridge, Mass., Latin School and
other notable structures; Swedenborgian; Republican; fellow American
Inst. of Architects; Boston Soc. of
Architects; A. F. & A. M., K. T.; m.,
Oct. 5, 1882, Frances Shippen Webster,
Northampton, Mass. Residence, Newtonville, Mass.
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Thurber, Lester Freeman
Manufacturer; banker; b., Washing
ton, Vt., Aug. 24, 1858; s. Liberty Free
man and Sarah E. (Chapman) Thurber;
ed. public schools and Goddard Semi
nary, Barre, Vt.; private secretary to
Gov. Roswell Farnham of Vermont,
1880-2; removed to Nashua, N. H.,
in 1882, where he has since been ac
tively engaged in business; Congrega-
Quincy, Josiah Hatch
Lawyer; b., Rumney, N. H., March
8, 1860; s. Samuel Hatch and Sarah
Ann (Webster) Quincy ; ed. New Hamp
ton Institute, Phillips Exeter Academy,
Dartmouth College, B.L., 1884 (Phi
Beta Kappa), Boston Univ. Law
School, LL.B. 1887; admitted to the
bar in 1887, and in practice in Boston
since; Episcopalian (senior warden
Emmanuel Church, West Roxbury);
Republican; director Boston Y. M.
C. A. sixteen years; director Mass.
S. P. C. A., Wells Memorial Ass'n;
member Mass. and American Bar
Ass'ns, Social Law Library, Boston
City Club; m., Oct. 11, 1899, Irene
Margaret Brown. Residence, 37 Strat
ford St., Boston.
Ladd, William Palmer
Clergyman; b., Lancaster, N. H.,
May 13, 1870; s. William Spencer and
Mira Barnes (Fletcher) Ladd ; ed. public
schools, Dartmouth College A.B., 1891;
studied two years in Europe; B.D.
General Theological Seminary, New
York. 1897; A.M., Harvard, 1903;
ordained deacon, P. E. Church, 1897;
priest, 1898; rector St. Barnabas
Church, Berlin, N. H., 1897-1902;
professor church history, Berkeley
Divinity School, Middletown, Conn.,
since Sept., 1904, acting dean, 1917-18;
dean, 1919; examining chaplain, Conn.,
since 1905, N. H. since 1913; m., Jan.
17, 1916, Ailsie Taylor, London, Eng
land. Residence, Middletown, Conn.
tionalist; Republican; served in both
branches Nashua city government, six
years member board of education
(president one year); member N. H.
house of representatives, 1895, serving
on railroad committee; delegate to
Republican national convention, Chi
cago, 1908; member executive commit
tee N. H. committee of public safety,
1918- ; president Second National
Bank, City Guaranty Savings Bank,
and Wonalancet Co., Nashua; treasurer
and manager White Mountain Freezer
Co., Nashua (president, 1914); mem
ber N. H. Bankers' Ass'n, A. F. & A.
M., 32d degree and Knight Templar;
Nashua Country Club and Derryfield
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Club Manchester; m., April 25,
1885, Lizzie Ellen, daughter of George
P. and Elizabeth A. Little, Pembroke,
N. H.; children, George Freeman, b.
Feb. 5, 1888 (Dartmouth, 1911),
Dorothy (Mrs. Frederick W. Cox), b.
April 25, 1892. Residence, Nashua,
N. H.
Lamb, Fred William
Machinist; journalist; b., Manches
ter, N. H., Jan. 22, 1876; s. Franklin
Lee and Josephine Augusta (Savory)
Lamb; ed. Manchester public schools;
employee of the Amoskeag Mf'g Co.,
and associate editor of the Amoskeag
Bulletin; Congregationalist ; Republi
can; member N. H. house of represen
tatives, 1911-12 and 1913-14, serving
in both terms on education and state
library committees, being clerk of the
former committee in the Tatter session;
during the sessions of 1915 and 1917
served as library messenger of the house
of representatives of which he was again
a member for 1919-20, serving on the
Normal School and School for FeebleMinded committees and clerk of the
former; former member and past presi
dent, N. H. Soc., S. A. R.; former mem
ber and past commander W. W. Brown
camp S. of V.; member Amoskeag
Textile Club, Franklin St. Congrega
tional Church and the Manchester
Historic Ass'n, of which he is curator,
corresponding secretary and librarian,
being deeply interested in historical
pursuits; has written much upon the
early history of Manchester and vicin
ity, and also several historical and gen
ealogical monographs, particularly one
upon the "Great Tornado in New
Hampshire," in 1821; has a fine his
torical library specially covering the
Indian, Colonial, Revolutionary and
Civil War periods. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Robinson, Maurice Henry
Educator; economist; b., Meredith,
N. H.; s. Joseph Wadleigh and Eliza
Frances (Weld) Robinson; ed. public
schools, Dartmouth College, B.L. 1890;
Yale, Ph.D., 1902; superintendent of
schools in North Dakota and Minne
sota, 1890-6; assistant in political
science, Dartmouth, 1896-8; instructor
in economics, Yale, 1899-1902; profes
sor of economics, Univ. of 11linois,
since Sept., 1902; special expert Census
Bureau, 1903, in valuation of railways;
expert on supervision of corporations,
11linois efficiency and economy commis
sion, 1914-5; author various economic
treatises, including a "History of Tax
ation in New Hampshire"; Episco
palian; m., Sept. 10, 1890, Elinor
Corse, West Dover, Vt. Residence,
Urbana, 11l.
Robie, Virginia Huntington
Writer; b., Salmon Falls, N. H.;
dau. Rev. Thomas Sargent and Vir
ginia Dare (Pendleton) Robie; ed. pubBe and private schools, Boston, Mass.,
School of Decorative Design, Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, Art Institute of
Chicago; associate editor, "The House
Beautiful," 1903-13; editor, 1913-15;
author, "Historic Styles in Furniture,"
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1905, 1916; "By Paths in Collecting,"
1912; "Quest of the Quaint," 1916;
member Pen and Brush Club, New
York; Woman's Club, Chicago. Resi
dence, East 29th St., New York; Yar
mouth, Me. (summer).
Richardson, Leon Josiah
Educator; b., Keene, N. H., Feb. 22,
1868; s. Josiah Crosby and Isabel J.
(Chamberlain) Richardson; ed. public
schools, Univ. of Mich., A.B. 1890;
studied in Europe, 1895-7; teacher,
Greek and English literature, Jackson,
Mich., high school, 1890-1 ; assistant in
Latin, Univ. of California, 1891-2;
instructor, 1892-5 and 1897-8; assist
ant professor, 1898-1907; associate
professor since 1907; dean Univ. of
California summer school several years ;
president board of trustees, Berkeley
fublic library; adjutant Intercollegiate
ntelligence Bureau, Univ. of Cali
fornia, 1917- ; author several educa
tional works; member Berkeley, Fac
ulty and Claremont Country clubs;
m., April 26, 1900, Maud Wilkinson.
Residence, Berkeley, Cal.
Learned, Henry Barrett
Educator; writer; b., Exeter, N. H.,
March 31, 1868; s. John C. and Lucelia
(Wakefield) Learned; ed. Harvard
Univ., A.B. 1890; A.M. 1897; Univ. of
Chicago, A.M. 1894; Ph.D., Yale,
1909; studied at the Univ. of Leipzig,
1899-1900; principal private school,
Plymouth, Mass., 1890-2; teacher of
history, University School, Chicago,
1892-3; head of department of history,
Armour Institute of Technology,
Chicago, 1894-6; assistant in history,
Harvard, 1897-8; literary editor Hart
ford Couranl, Hartford, Conn., 1900;
instructor in history, Sheffield Scien
tific School (Yale), Hartford, 1900-6;
lecturer on history, Wesleyan Univ.,
1909-10; in Bureau of Investigation,
Dept. of Justice, 1917- ; member Dis
trict o f Columbia Board of Education,
1917-20; member American Historical
Ass'n, American Political Science Ass'n;
trustee. All Souls (Unitarian) Church,
Washington; author "The President's
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Cabinet," 1911 ; "The Vice-Presidency,"
1918: m., June 14, 1899, Emily Cheney,
South Manchester, Conn. Residence,
2123 Bancroft Place, Washington, D. C.
Putnam, George Martin
Dairy and fruit farmer; b., Hopkinton, N. H., Jan. 18, 1864; s. Charles
and Almira (Eastman) Putnam; ed.
public schools and Contoocook Acad
emy ; proprietor of the M t. Putney dairy
farm, on Putney Hill, upon which he
was born, and for which he has estab
lished a reputation as one of the best
dairy farms in New Hampshire, and
which is also noted for fruit production;
Unitarian; Democrat; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1899-1900,
serving on committee on agriculture;
N. H. constitutional convention, 1902;
N. H. board of agriculture, 1912-13;
member Agricultural Advisory Com
mittee, appointed by Governor Bartlett; member and first president Merri
mack County Farm Bureau; president
Merrimack County Farmers' Exchange;
president N. H. State Farm Bureau
�Hon. True L. Norris
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Federation; member State Emergency
Food Production Committee, 1918;
president West Hopkinton Telephone
Co.; member Patrons of Husbandry
(past master) ; m., Jan. 19, 1899, Flora
E. Clough, Hopkinton. Residence,
Hopkinton, N. H. (Contoocook, P.O.).
Norris, True Livingston
Lawyer; editor and publisher; b.,
Manchester, N. H., May 4, 1848; s.
Arthur F. L. and Olive (Wallace)
Norris; ed. public schools; served as a
private in the 5th Mass. Vols, in the
Civil War, 1864-5; studied law and
admitted to the bar in 1868; practiced
in Boston. 1868-72; Washington, D. C.,
1872-6; Concord, N. H., 1876-80; on
staff of New York Herald, 1883-5,
Boston Globe, 1885-8; editor Ports
mouth Times daily, and States and
Union, weekly, from 1888, and editor
and proprietor from 1893 to 1918;
Democrat; member N. H. executive
council 1893; resigned to accept ap
pointment as Collector of Customs for
the District of New Hampshire, which
he held till 1898; New Hampshire mem
ber Democratic national committee
1896-1908; delegate at large from New
Hampshire to the Democratic national
convention at Kansas City in 1900, and
St. Louis, 1904; member N. H. con
stitutional convention 1902; trustee
N. H. state normal schools, by ap
pointment of Gov. Samuel D. Felker,
1913-18; member St. John's Lodge,
A. F., & A. M., Portsmouth, Ports
mouth Lodge, No. 9, B. P. O. E., and
Storer Post, G. A. R., Portsmouth; m.,
May 20, 1890, Lillian G. Hurst, Eliot,
Me. Residence, Portsmouth, N. H.
Pillsbury, Arthur Judson
Editor; b., Londonderry, N. H..
Jan. 31, 1856; s. Josiah Hobart ana
Frances Alnora (Pervier) Pillsbury;
ed. public schools; Kansas Agricultural
College; studied law and admitted to
Kansas bar, but went into journalism
and published the Tulare Register,
1883-1903; editorial writer Oakland
Herald (Cal.), 1903-4; secretary Cali
fornia State Board of Examiners, 1904
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-7; editor Sacramento Union, 1907-8;
founder California Weekly, organ of
Progressive Republicans, and editor
same till its merger in the California
Outlook, 1911; chairman Industrial
Accident Board of California 1911- ;
Unitarian; m., Sept. 15, 1881, DeEtta
Warren, Lawrence, Kan. Residence,
224 Pala Ave., Piedmont Station, Oak
land, Cal.
Hoyt, Deristhe Lavinta
Teacher; lecturer; b., Wentworth.
N. H.; dau. Dr. Peter Livingston ana
Elizabeth (Aspinwall) Hoyt; ed. Kim
ball Union Academy, Meriden, 1864;
teacher Appleton Academy, New Ips
wich, N. H., 1865-7; Reading, Mass.,
high school, 1869-70; studied in South
Kensington, Art School, London, Eng.,
1872-3; teacher Mass. Normal Art
School, 1874-91; lecturer in same on
history of painting, 1891-1913; author
"Historic Schools of Painting," "The
World's Painters and Their Pictures,"
"Barbara's Heritage." Residence,
Malden, Mass.
Pollard, John William Hobbs
Physician; educator; b., Brentwood,
N. H., Feb. 22, 1872; s. Francis Dow
and Mary Jane (Gray) Pollard; ed.
Dartmouth, B.L. 1895; M.D., Univ.
of Vermont, 1901 ; student in physical
culture, Harvard summer school, 1896,
1902; post-graduate work in medicine,
Harvard, 1905-6; physical director
and instructor, Union College, Schenec
tady, N. Y., 1897-1900; physical di
rector, Lehigh Univ., 1901-2; Univ. of
Rochester, 1902-5; professor of physi
cal education and lecturer on hygiene,
Univ. of Alabama, 1906-10; professor
of physical education and associate
professor of biology, Washington and
Lee Univ., 1910-15; professor of hy
giene and physical education, 1915-;
president South Atlantic Intercolle
giate Athletic Ass'n, Virginia State
Public Health Ass'n; member Ameri
can Ass'n for Advancement of Physical
Education, etc., A. F. & A. M., K. T.
and 32d degree, N. H. Historical Soc.;
commander First Reg. Med. Res.
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Corps, 1917—on active duty at Fort
Rodman, Mass.; m., Dec. 8, 1898,
Kate Marion Blunt, Haverhill, Mass.
Residence, Lexington, Va.
Setzer, William Judson
Minister; b., Johnson City, Tenn..
Nov. 10, 1889; s. Daniel Monroe ana
Margaret Bell Dora Kate (McNees)
Setzer; ed. public schools, Johnson
City; Carson-Newman College (Jeffer
son City, Tenn.), A.B. 1913; Newton
Theological Institution (Newton Cen
ter, Mass.), B.D. 1916; ordained to the
Baptist ministry, Jefferson City, Tenn.,
1911; preacher to rural churches in
Tenn., 1911-13; preached at Centerville C. E. chapel, Beverly, Mass.,
1913-16; minister of Pleasant St.
Baptist Church Concord, N. H., since
Feb. 1, 1916; appointed chaplain with
rank of lieutenant for overseas service,
October, 1918, but prevented from
going by the signing of the armistice;
member Concord Ministers' Ass'n,
Y. M. C. A., United Baptist Conven
tion of New Hampshire, Salisbury
Ass'n, Newton Theological Institution
Alumni Ass'n, N. H. Soc. for Charities
and Corrections, Anti-Saloon League,
Red Cross, North End Tennis Club.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
Sawyer, Frederick W.
Banker; b., Milford, N. H., April 16,
1862; s. Frederick T. and Sarah (Lovejoy) Sawyer; ed. Milford high school,
Chauncey Hall school, Boston; assist
ant cashier Souhegan National Bank,
Milford, 1883-98; cashier, 1898-1919;
vice-president,
1911-9; president,
1919-; Congregationalist; Republican;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1901-2, 1903-4 (chairman banking
committee) ; treasurer town of Milford,
Milford school district and Milford
Board of Trade many years; member
N. H. Bankers' Ass'n (chairman execu
tive committee), A. F. & A. M., Grand
Master Grand Lodge of N. H., 1908-9;
m., Oct. 26, 1893, Bertha M. Wilkins,
Amherst, N. H.; three children. Resi
dence, 18 Myrtle St., Milford, N. H.
Sawyer, Edward Allen
Physician; b., Acworth, N. H., Nov.
7, 1857; s. Edward J. and Orpha J.
(Allen) Sawyer; ed. Amherst College,
A.B. 1881, A.M. 1886; M.D., N. Y.
Univ. Med. College, 1883; in practice
in Gardner, Mass., since latter date;
Episcopalian; Republican; consulting
physician, Henry Heywood Memorial
Hospital; medical examiner, Worcester
North Dist., since 1890, and various
insurance companies; local surgeon
B . & M . R. R. ; member board of health,
and school board, 1885-1905, Mass.
Med. Soc. (councilor), A. F. & A. M.
(lodge, chapter and commandery); m.,
Myra B. Tebault, Norfolk, Va.; two
children. Residence, 402 Elm St.,
Gardner, Mass.
Howland, Fred Arthur
Lawyer, b., Franconia, N. H., Nov.
10, 1864; s. Moses N. and Sylvia Ann
(Howland); ed. Phillips Andover Acad
emy, Dartmouth College, A.B. 1887;
studied law with Hon. W . P. Dilling
ham, Waterbury, Vt.; member firm of
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Dillingham, Huse & Howland, 18921903; counsel National Life Ins. Co.,
Montpelier, 1893- ; vice-president,
1909; president, 1918; Republican;
clerk, Vermont house of representa
tives, 1896; state's attorney, Washing
ton County, Vt., 1896-8; secretary of
state, 1898-1902; chairman committee
to revise banking laws of Vermont,
1910; secretary Vt. Historical Soc.;
member Dartmouth College alumni
council; m., 1st, Sept. 24, 1894, Rena
Forbush, Lancaster, N. H., d. Oct. 24,
1894; 2d, Feb. 1, 1899, Margaret
Louise Dewey, Montpelier, Vt.; four
daughters. Residence, 120 State St.,
Montpelier, Vt.
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cago. Residence, 1325 No. Cascade
Ave., Colorado Springs; Newport,
N. H.
Preston, Frank Wesley
Educator; b., Barrington, N. H.,
Jan. 2, 1855; s. Nathaniel and Margaret
Jane (Horne) Preston; ed. Franklin
Academy, Dover, N. H.; New Hamp
ton Literary Institution, 1877; A.M.,
Dartmouth, 1887; special study in
science and law, Cornell Univ., 1893;
Barry, William Henry
Lawver; b., Nashua, N. H., March
13, 1878; s. Patrick and Honor (Moran) Barry; ed. parochial and pub
lic schools, Nashua; Holy Cross Col
lege, A.B. 1898; Boston Univ. Law
School, LL.B. 1901; admitted to the
bar and in practice in Nashua to the
present time; Catholic; Democrat;
city solicitor, 1907-9; mayor of
Nashua, 1911-14; director Nashua
Coal and Coke Co.; member Fra
ternal Order of Eagles, B. P. O. E.,
A. O. H., Knights of Columbus. Resi
dence, 104 Palm St., Nashua, N. H.
Richards, William Francis
Manufacturer; banker; b., Newport,
N. H., Jan. 28, 1867; s. Dexter and
Louisa (Hatch) Richards; ed. Phillips
Andover Academy, 1885; Harvard Col
lege, A.B. 1889; traveled in Europe,
1889-90; president Dexter Richards
Sons Co., Newport, since 1910; presi
dent First National Bank, Newport;
trustee Newport Savings Bank; vicepresident Colorado National Bank,
Colorado Springs, Col.; Congregationalist; Republican; member N. H. house
of representatives, 1902-3; colonel on
staff of Gov. Chester B. Jordan, 1901-2;
member A. F. & A. M., K. T., S. A. R.,
N. H. Historical Soc., Penowan Club,
Newport; Harvard Club, Boston, El
Paso Country Club, Colorado Springs;
m., April 4, 1914, Leora Moore, Chi
teacher, New Hampton Literary Insti
tution, 1878-86; associate principal,
1887-97; principal, 1898-1919; now
president; Baptist.; Republican; mem
ber N. H. house of representatives,
1909 (chairman committee on educa
tion), 1911 (chairman committee on
education), 1915 (chairman committee
on education and member committee
on appropriations); author of the
famous "Preston Amendment," pro
hibiting transportation of spirituous
liquors from license into no license
towns; member Social Fraternity, New
Hampton Literary Institution; m.,
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Aug. 18,
Hubbard;
Margaret
Residence,
1879, Adrietta Goodwin
children, Nathaniel M.,
L., Frank P., Lovell H.
New Hampton, N. H.
Powers, Jennie B. Carter
Humanitarian; b., Brattleboro, Vt.,
Jan. 5, 1869; dau. Capt. E. W. and
Isabel Bigelow Carter (Capt. Carter of
the Fourth Vt. Vols, in the Civil War,
participated in many battles, and re
ceived wounds which made his case one
of the most famous in the history of
medical science. Nursed by his wife,
who left their daughter, a few weeks
old, in charge of her sister, and re
moved to a private hospital from one
in which every patient died of gangrene,
he recoveredf and was subsequently
commander of the famous Ransom
Post, G. A. R., at St. Louis, and was
buried with full military honors, in Jef
ferson Barracks); ed. public schools in
Canada and Brattleboro, Vt., with a spe
cial course at Mass. Agricultural College,
Amherst; Unitarian; agent for Cheshire
County Humane Soc., and special
deputy sheriff since 1903; previously
for seven years agent of the Vt. State
Humane Soc., which position she still
holds, but goes into that state only in
extreme cases; honorary life member
Mass. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, and Animal Rescue
League of Boston; charter member
Audubon Soc., Vt.; has investigated and
attended to over 5,000 cases of cruelty,
neglect and crime; arrested about 100
Eersons, and shot about 300 suffering
orses and cattle and many smaller
animals; has also cared for hundreds
of neglected children, for many of
whom good homes have been secured;
m., 1881, Frank A. Powers (divorced).
Residence, Keene, N. H.
Richards, Charles Herbert
Clergyman; b., Meriden (Plainfield),
N. H., March 18, 1839; s. Cyrus S. and
Helen D. (Whiton) Richards; ed. Kim
ball Union Academy, Yale College,
A.B. 1860, Andover Theological Sem.,
1865; served on Christian Commission
in Civil War; pastor Congregational
Church, Kokomo, Ind., 1866-7; First
Church, Madison, Wis., 1867-90; Cen
tral Church, Philadelphia, 1890-1903;
secretary Church Building Soc., since
1903 ; president Wis. Home Missionary
Soc., 1885-90; trustee National Coun
cil Congregational Churches, 1901-7;
president Penn. Evangelical Alliance,
1890-3; trustee Howard Univ., Wash
ington, D. C.; author many religious
books, and editor sons books and
hymnals; m., 1868, Maria M. Miner,
Charles City, Ind. Residence, Montclair, N. J.
Sanderson, Henry Stephen
Mining engineer; b., Rochester,
N . H., Aug. 25, 1878 ; s. Stephen Francis
and Nellie (Strout) Sanderson; ed.
public schools; Univ. of Minnesota,
Metallurgical Eng., 1901; U. S. min
eral surveyor, 1901- ; consulting engi
neer; director Pingrey Mine Co. ; Meth
odist; Republican; A. F. & A. M., 32d
degree; m., Sept. 29, 1903, Margaret
Ella Jamieson. Residence, 642 Cor
ona St., Denver, Col.
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Brown, Edmund^Towle
Physician; b., Bridgewater, N. H.,
July 18, 1871; s. Josiah and Sarah
(Towle) Brown; ed. public schools,
New Hampton Literary Institution,
Univ. of Vt. Med. College, M.D. 1897;
postgraduate work, New York, 1898;
Univ. of Vienna, Austria, 1909; in
practice in Burlington, Vt., since 1909,
specializing in diseases of eye and ear;
fellow Amer. Med. Ass'n, Vt. State
Med. Soc., A. F. & A. M., K. T. and
Shriner; m., Sept. 5, 1899, Mollie J.
Hardacre, Winooski, Vt. Residence,
381 South Union St., Burlington, Vt.
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sity, City and other clubs; m., Jan. 12,
1899, Juliet Barrett, Chicago. Resi
dence, Cornish, N. H.
Mann, Hosea Ballou
Railroading and mercantile life; b.,
Benton, N. H., May 27, 1858; s. George
W. and Sarah (Bisbee) Mann (George
W. Mann was long prominent in the
public and political life of Northern
New Hampshire, an active Democrat
and many years representative in the
Burbank, Charles E.
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., July
5, 1866; s. Jason and Edna M. (Willey)
Burbank; ed. public schools, Boston
Univ. School of Law, LL.B. 1894;
admitted to bar same year and since
in practice in Boston; member firm
of Stebbins, Storer & Burbank since
1903; Progressive; member Mass.
state senate, 1914; Mass. Bar Ass'n,
Economic Club; m., Oct. 10, 1906,
Lilly Owen Baker, Boston. Residence,
East Bridgewater, Mass.
Rublee, George
Lawyer; b., Madison, Wis., July 7,
1868; s. Horace and Kate (Hopkins)
Rublee; ed. Groton, Mass., 1886, Har
vard, A.B. 1890; LL.B. 1895; in
structor, Harvard Law School, 1896; in
practice in Chicago—Rublee & Burl
ing, 1897-8; removed to New York
City in 1898, and there in practice;
appointed member Federal Trade
Commission by President Wilson,
March 5, 1915; member commission to
report on operation of Adamson eighthour law, 1916; member Commercial
Economy Board, appointed by Coun
cil of National Defence, 1917; special
counsel for Treasury Dept., 1917; ap
pointed to represent U. S. Shipping
Board and Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion on Priorities Committee of War
Industries Board, 1917; Progressive;
Trustee Groton School, Mass.; member
Bar Ass'n, City of New York; Univer
state legislature); ed. public schools
and, like several of his brothers long
known to the traveling public, engaged
in early life in railway service; conduc
tor on White Mountain Division, B. &
M. R. R., for eighteen years previous
to 1898, when he retired and engaged
in the furniture trade in Littleton where
he had removed from Woodsville in
1886, continuing till 1916; Liberal;
Democrat; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1919-20, serving on
Committee on Public Improvements;
member Littleton Board of Trade;
m., Oct. 6, 1886, Ida E. Ladd. Resi
dence, Littleton, N. H.
�Gen. Joab N. Patterson
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Patterson, Joab Nelson
Soldier; public official (retired); b.,
Contoocook (Hopkinton), N. H., Jan.
2, 1835; s. Joab and Mary (Lovering)
Patterson; ed. public schools, Contoo
cook Academy, Dartmouth College,
1860; taught school winters while
securing education; on the outbreak of
the Civil War opened a recruiting
office at Contoocook and raised a com
pany; was commissioned lieutenant
of Co. H, 2d N. H. Regiment, June 4,
1861, and promoted to captain May
23, 1862 (wounded at Gettysburg July
3, 1863); lieutenant-colonel, June 21,
1864; colonel, Jan. 10, 1865; brevetted
brigadier-general for courage and good
conduct, to date from March 13, 1865 ;
mustered out, Dec. 19, 1865; Episco
palian; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives from Hopkin
ton, 1866-8; appointed U. S. Marshal
for the district of New Hampshire in
1867, serving nineteen years; com
mander First Regiment N. H. Militia,
1866-8 and brigade commander 186871; colonel 3d Regiment N. H. N. G.,
1878; brigadier-general in command,
1889; second auditor, U. S. Treasury,
Washington, four years from 1889;
captain First Regiment N. H. Volun
teers, in Spanish War, on staff of Gen.
J. P. Sanger; superintendent of public
buildings in Havana, Cuba, three
years; U. S. pension agent at Concord,
May, 1908, to Jan., 1913; agent for
the state of New Hampshire for trans
portation of soldiers of the state to
attend fiftieth anniversary of the Battle
of Gettysburg, 1913; member N. H.
Soc. O. A. R. (president, 1917), A. F.
& A. M., K. T. and 32d degree, Wonolancet Club, Concord; m., Nov. 12,
1867, Sarah Cilley, dau. Rev. Nathaniel
and Elizabeth Ann (Cilley) Bouton;
children, Louis Marston, b. Nov. 11,
1869 (treasurer Me. Central R. R.;
m. Alice Harriman Osborn and has two
daughters): Julia Nelson, b. Oct. 26,
1872, m. Edward Warren Guyol, four
children; Allan Bouton, b. Jan. 27,
1875 (formerly in United States Forest
service; now in Napa, Cal.). Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
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Harriman, Alice Stratton
Teacher; clubwoman; b., Mattawamkeag, Me., July, 9, 1874; dau.
Guilford Dudley and Eva (Wing)
Stratton; ed. public schools, Gorham,
N. H. (high school, 1892); private
training school for kindergartners,
Portland, Me., 1895; N. H. State Nor
mal School, Plymouth, 1903; principal
of a private kindergarten in Brunswick,
Me., two years; public kindergarten
in Paterson, N. J., one year; assistant
in kindergarten and primary depart
ment, Plymouth Model School, two
years; teacher in Laconia graded
schools two years; Unitarian; member
Laconia Woman's Club (president,
1908-9), Laconia Parent-Teacher Ass'n
(president, 1913-5), Woman's Alli
ance, Unitarian Church, Laconia (pres
ident, 1909-10); president N. H. Fed
eration Women's Clubs, 1917-19;
president N. H. State Parent-Teacher
Ass'n, 1916-19; member executive
committee N. H. Civic Federation,
women's committee, Council of Na
tional Defense, N. H. War Savings
Stamp Committee, N. H. Womarvs
Liberty Loan Committee, N. H.
League of Free Nations (executive
committee), Children's Aid Protective
Soc. (executive committee), Mt. Wash
ington Chapter, O. E. S. (Matron 191 1),
Interlaken Grange, P. of H., Daughters
of the American Revolution, Laconia
Park Commission, 1915-20; m., Oct.
4, 1904, Alpha H. Harriman, physician,
Laconia; one dau., Louise, b. Dec. 17,
1906. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Sanborn, Frank Berry
Engineer; b., Hampton Falls, N. H.,
Jan. 15, 1865; s. Albert J. and Sarah
Ann (Johnson) Sanborn; ed. Dart
mouth College, B.A. 1887; Thayer
School (Dartmouth), C.E. 1889; Har
vard, M.S. 1898; expert in fire protec
tion engineering; assistant professor,
civil engineering, Tufts College, 18991901, professor, 1901- ; substitute
professor, Univ. of Illinois, 1908-9;
author, "Mechanics' Problems for
Engineering Students," 1902; "Public
Health Survey," 1912; inventor of
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many engineering appliances;- pro
prietor Sanborn Company, manufac
turers scientific instruments; m., Sept.
21, 1892, Grace Adelaide Cobb, Boston.
Residence, 8 Buena Vista Park, Cam
bridge, Mass.
Crowley, James Benedict
General insurance; b., Nashua, N. H.,
Nov. 19, 1866; s. Timothy B. and Mary
F. (Danahy) Crowley; ed. Nashua
public schools, high school, 1883;
actively engaged in general insurance in
Nashua for more than thirty years;
Catholic; Democrat; member Nashua
board of police commissioners twelve
years; mayor of Nashua since Jan. 1,
1915; member Knights of Columbus
(past state deputy), Foresters of
America, Ancient Order of Hibernians,
Sons of Veterans; treasurer O'Donnell
Memorial Ass'n, Nashua Hospital
Ass'n; president Nashua Oratorio
Soc.; director Second National Bank;
trustee City Guaranty Savings Bank;
member Nashua Country Club. Resdence, Nashua, N. H.
Burley, Benjamin Thomas
Physician; b., Epping, N. H.,
Nov. 26, 1874; s. Joseph Cilley and
Sarah Elizabeth (Haley) Burley; ed.
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1893; Har
vard, A.B. 1897, M.D. 1901; post
graduate work in hospitals of Boston,
Worcester, Vienna and London, 19014; in practice in Worcester since 1904,
specializing in diseases of the nervous
system; visiting neurologist, Worcester
City and Memorial Hospitals; mem
ber American Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med.
Soc., American Academy Arts and
Science, etc. Residence, 25 High
St., Worcester, Mass.
Burton, George Dexter
Inventor; b., Temple, N. H.,
Oct. 26, 1855; s. Dexter L. and Emily
F. Burton; ed. Appleton Academy,
New Ipswich, N. H., and Comer's
Commercial College, Boston, Mass.;
editor and publisher New England
Star, New Ipswich, 1873-7; inventor
of the Burton Stock car, and of a
Erocess of heating and welding metals
y an electric current, and of various
other electrical processes for different
purposes; president American Elec
tric Forge Co., Electro-chemical Pulp
and Paper Co., Reno, Nev.; Re
duction Works; the Burton Co.,
yarns and fibers, Clinton and Holliston, Mass.; lecturer on electrical sub
jects before various societies, etc.;
has received over 500 patents, and a
dozen gold and silver medals for his
different inventions and processes;
m., Jan., 1894, Frances C. James,
Newton, Mass. Residence, New Ip
swich, N. H.
Campbell, Alfred Hills
Educator; b., Litchfield, N. H.,
Sept. 28, 1850; s. Smith and Sophia
(Hills) Campbell; ed. Bridgewater,
Mass., Normal School, 1870; McCollum Institute, Mount Vernon,
N. H., 1872: Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1877, A.M. 1880; Ph.D., Univ.
of Vt., 1888; Universities of Leipsig
and Jena, 1895-6; principal Kingston,
N. H., Academy, 1877-9; associate
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principal Cushing Academy, Ashburnham, Mass., 1879-84; principal John
son, Vt., Normal School, 1884-95;
principal Plymouth, N. H., Normal
School, 1896-1900; superintendent
schools, South Hadley, Mass., 19004, Glastonbury, Conn., 1904-7; prin
cipal Campbell School for Girls since
1903; principal Normal Dep't, Home
Correspondence School, Springfield,
Mass., since 1907; manager American
Teachers Agency since 1908; presi
dent Vt. State Teachers Ass'n, 1892,
N. E. Normal Council, 1893; Congregationalist; Republican; member Phi
Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi; life
member Soc. Science Literature and
Art, London, England; Royal Arch
Mason. Residence, Windsor, Conn.;
office, Myrick Building, Springfield,
Mass.
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officer of various other clubs and organ
izations; contributor of zoological def
initions to Webster's International
Dictionary. Address, Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago, Ill.
Glessner, John George Macbeth
Trustee of State Institutions; b.,
Chicago, Ill., Oct. 2, 1871; s. John J.
and Frances (Macbeth) Glessner; ed.
Chicago schools, Harvard Univ., 1894;
came to New Hampshire with his
Busiel, John Tilton
Manufacturer; b., Laconia, N. H.,
Oct. 12, 1847; s. John W. and Julia
Maria (Tilton) Busiel; ed. public
schools; Phillips Exeter Academy,
1864; Harvard, A.B. 1868; Congre
gationalism
Republican;
member
N. H. house of representatives, 1883,
constitutional convention, 1902, 1912;
trustee Laconia public library (presi
dent); president Peoples' National
Bank, Laconia, Laconia Savings
Bank; m., July 6, 1870, Marian Pinkham, Schaghticoke, N. Y. Residence,
Laconia, N. H.
Osgood, Wilfred Hudson
Naturalist; b., Rochester, N. H..
Dec. 8 1875; s. Marion Hudson and
Harriet Amanda Osgood; ed. public
schools and Leland Stanford Jr. Univ.,
A.B. 1899; biologist in U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, 1897-1909; in
charge U. S. biological investigation
in Alaska, 1899-1909; studied in Eu
ropean museums, 1906, 1910; special
investigator for U. S. government in
fur seal question, 1914; member Amer
ican Academy Arts and Science, Amer
ican Ornithologists Union; founder and
first president Cooper Ornithological
Club of California and member and
parents as a summer visitor, in 1877,
and spent a part of each year for many
years at Bethlehem, where his father
established a summer home and devel
oped one of the finest estates in North
ern New Hampshire, long well known
as "The Rocks," and here he has
resided permanently since 1906; en
gaged with his father in the Harvest
ing Machine business in Chicago from
1894 to 1906; Republican; town audi
tor Bethlehem, three years; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1913-14,
1915-16; member board of trustees of
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state institutions from 1915 and secre
tary of the board; president Littleton
Hospital Ass'n; trustee Littleton Sav
ings Bank; member Passaconaway,
Wonolancet and Bow Brook clubs,
Concord, and St. BotolphClub, Boston;
m., June 7, 1898, Alice Hamlin; children,
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1899; Frances,
Dec. 7, 1900; John J., 2d, April 27,
1902; Emily F., May 3, 1904. Resi
dence, Bethlehem, N. H. (Littleton
P. O.).
Chandler, William Dwight
Editor and publisher; b., Concord,
N. H., Feb. 3, 1863; s. Hon. William
sole owner same since April 1, 1918;
trustee N. H. State Library, 1896-1914
(chairman 1902-14), 1918- (chairman):
member all Masonic bodies up to ana
including 33d degree A. A. Scottish
Rite, having been presiding officer in
most subordinate bodies, and now an
officer in the Grand Council, Chapter
and Commandery and 2d lieut. com
mander, N. H. Consistory; member
Capital Grange, P. of H. and Wonolan
cet Club, Concord; m., Feb. 9, 1885, Lil
lian M. Porter, Winona, Minn.; child
ren, Clark P., William Dwight, Jr.,
Horton L. (see following sketches),
Katharine, b., Jan. 1, 1902. Residence,
121 School St., Concord, N. H.
Chandler, Clark Porter
U. S. Army Officer; b., Winona,
Minn., March 30, 1886; s. William
Dwight and Lillian M. (Porter) Chand
Eaton and Ann Caroline (Gilmore)
Chandler; ed. St. Paul's School, Con
cord, 1882 and by travel and study in
Europe, 1882-3; Episcopalian; Repub
lican; assistant cashier First National
Bank, Winona, Minn., 1883-92; vicepresident and treasurer, Republican
Press Ass'n, 1892-S; publisher Concord
Evening Monitor and Independent
Statesman, and treasurer Monitor and
Statesman Co., 1898-1918; editor and
ler ; oldest grandchild of the late Senator
William Eaton Chandler; ed. Concord
high school and U. S. Military
Academy, West Point, 1907; in contin
uous service since graduation, with sue
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cessive promotions, present rank being
lieutenant-colonel, in Tank Corps;
present chief of staff, Nantes, France;
Unitarian; A. F. & A. M., lodge and
chapter; m., Jan. 4, 1908, Shirley
P. Walker, Boston, Mass.; children,
William Eaton, 2d (oldest great grand
child of the late Senator William Eaton
Chandler); b. Oct. 28, 1908; Thomas
Walker, b. Dec. 3, 1911 ; Stuart Penn, b.
Jan. 21, 1915.
Chandler, William Dwight, Jr.
U. S. Naval Officer; b., Winona,
Minn., May 30, 15,90; ?. William
Dwight and Lillian M. (Porter) Chand
ler; grandson of late Senator William E.
Chandler; ed. public schools, U. S.
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1911;
in continuous service in U. S. Navy
since graduation, with regular pro
motion, present rank being lieutenant
commander; engaged four months in
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U. S. S. Huntington; Unitarian; A. F.
& A. M., lodge and chapter; m., April
24, 1912, Amy Richardson, Washing
ton, D. C.; children; Amy, b. June 15,
1913; Betty, b. May 1, 1916; Charles
R., b. Jan. 19, 1918.
Chandler, Horton Lloyd
Student; b., Concord, N. H., May 1,
1898; s. William Dwight and Lillian M.
(Porter) Chandler; grandson late Sen
ator William E. Chandler; ed. Concord
high school, 1914; Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1918; in training at Camp Zachary
Taylor (Kentucky) 1918-19; commis
sioned 2d lieutenant, U. S. F. A. R. C.J
Jan. 29, 1919; Unitarian; member Sigma
Chi fraternity, Dartmouth College.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
convoy duty this side the Atlantic, at
the opening of the late war, and four
teen months in overseas duty with the
destroyer force; now navigating officer
Perin, Florence Hobart
(Mrs. George L. Perin); author; b.,
Brookline, N. H., Aug. 17, 1869; dau.
George W. L. and Lydia Maria (Sawtelle) Hobart; ed. public schools,
Salem, Mass., Normal School; author
"The Optimist's Good Morning," 1907;
�Hon. Edgak Aldrich
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
"The Optimist's Good Night," 1910;
"Sunlit Days," 1915; m., Nov. 6, 1901,
Rev. George Landor Perin. Resi
dence, 23 Naples Road, Brookline,
Mass.
Aldrich, Edgar
Jurist; b., Pittsburg, N. H., Feb. 5,
1848; s. Ephraim C. and Adeline Bedel
(Haynes) Aldrich; ed. public schools,
Colebrook, N. H., Academy; Univ. of
Mich. Law Department, LL.B. 1868;
admitted to the New Hampshire bar
in the latter year, and practiced in
Colebrook from 1868 to 1881, serving
as solicitor of Coos County, 1872-4 and
1876-9; associated for four years of
this time with the late William H.
Shurtleff, and three years with James
I. Parsons, and alone the balance of the
time; removed to Littleton, Jan. 1,
1881, where he formed a partnership
with the late Judge George A. Bing
ham, which continued until Judge
Bingham's second appointment to the
bench of the N. H. supreme court, the
late Daniel C. Remich having been
previously admitted to the firm, which
continued as Aldrich & Remich, until
Mr. Aldrich's appointment as U. S.
district judge for New Hampshire,
Feb., 1891; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives from Littleton,
1885, and speaker of the house; mem
ber N. H. constitutional convention,
1902; U. S. district judge for New
Hampshire since 1891, serving also,
extensively, on the bench of the U. S.
Circuit Court of Appeals for the First
Judicial Circuit, under the act of
March 3, 1891; author of many his
torical papers and addresses; m., Oct.
7, 1872, Louise M. Remick; children,
Florence M„ b. July 1, 1874 (Mrs.
Howard S. Kniffin, Cedarhurst, Long
Island, N. Y.), ed. Tilden Seminary,
West Lebanon, St. Mary's School,
Concord, and Abbott Academy, Andover, Mass.; Ephraim Fred, b. June
9, 1878 (Phillips Andover Academy,
Boston Univ. Law School, LL.B.
1902), in practice of law in Boston,
who d. in Littleton, Sept. 13, 1916.
Dartmouth College conferred upon
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Judge Aldrich the honorary degree of
A.M. in 1891, and the Univ. of Michi
gan that of LL.D. in 1907. Residence,
Littleton, N. H.
Bullock-Mahan, Lillian Gertrude
Physician; b., Manchester, N. H.,
May 13, 1867; dau. Silas Warren and
Cynthia Annie (Eaton) Bullock; ed.
Manchester public schools (high school
1886); Eclectic Med. College, New
York City, 1895; in practice in Man
chester since graduation; Episcopalian;
examiner for Fidelity Life Ins. Co. and
N. E. Life Ins. Co.; member Hills
borough County Med. Soc., N. H. Med.
Soc., American Med. Ass'n, Medical
Women's National Ass'n; member and
ex-vice-president National Eclectic
Med. Ass'n; first woman member and
first woman president (1902) Mass.
Eclectic Med. Ass'n; member and expresident Boston District Eclectic
Med. Soc.; member and state chairman
American Women's Hospitals (for war
service); member Manchester Infant
Aid Ass'n (past two years in charge of
baby clinic—now under control of
Board of Health); member N. H. Me
morial Hospital Ass'n for Women and
Children; member and secretary N. H.
Animal Rescue League; member and
department superintendent W. C.
T. U.; member American Red Cross,
Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of
Veterans, Florence Nightingale Club,
Manchester Federation of Women's
Clubs, Manchester Institute of Arts
and Sciences, N. H. Settlement Ass'n,
N. H. Children's Aid and Protective
Soc., Manchester College Women's
Club; m., July 30, 1912, James Henry
Mahan. Residence, Manchester, N. 11.
Paul, Sarah Woodman
Educator; b., Tamworth, N. H.,
Feb, 8. 1859; dau. Samuel and
Eliza A. (Hidden) Woodman; ed.
public schools, Wellesley College, A.B.
1881; studied in Cambridge, England,
1895; teacher, Washington, Dec., 18837; instructor Wellesley College, 188890; secretary same, 1890-5; principal
Kent Place School for Girls, Summit,
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N. J., since 1896; Presbyterian; mem
ber Women's University Club, New
York; Fortnightly Club, Summit,
N. J.; m., June 23, 1887, Edward A.
Paul, Washington, D. C.; d., 1888.
Residence, Kent Place, Summit, N. J.
Harris, Sarah Neal
(Mrs. Augustus G. Harris); teacher
of literature and elocution; b., Ports
mouth, N. H., May 4, 1841; dau.
George W. and Minerva (Neal) Jeffts;
grand dau. Capt. Joseph and Polly
(Dearborn) Neal; ninth in descent
from Godfrey Dearborn of Exeter,
N. H., 1639, later of Hampton; ed. in
private schools, Hampton and Ports
mouth, Hampton Academy, N. E.
Conservatory, Boston; m., Dec. 14,
1864, Augustus Gray Harris of Con
cord (d., Dec. 20, 1906); children, (1)
Edward Neal, b. Sept. 10, 1865, d.
Sept. 10, 1867; (2) Arthur Henry, b.
Dec. 5, 1866, d. June 24, 1903; (3)
Julia Atherton, b. April 29, 1874, m.
June 23, 1910, Robert Whiting Har
rington of Newton, Mass., artistdesigner, graduate of Eric Pape Art
School, Boston, 1904; their children,
Robert Whiting, Jr., b. Concord, N. H.,
April 14, 1911; Richard Bartlett, b.
Concord, N. H., Nov. 1, 1912; Edward
Neal, b. Medford, Mass., May 4, 1914.
Upon her marriage Mrs. Harris moved
from Hampton to Concord, which be
came her home till 1913, when she
moved to Massachusetts with her
daughter; in 1876 began her teaching
career which continued for twenty
years; classes at Gray's English and
Classical School, Concord; Pembroke
Academy; Hampton Academy; Miss
Morgan's School, Portsmouth; Sauveur
Summer School of Languages, Exeter;
special classes at Dartmouth College.
Hundreds of private pupils in Concord,
Manchester and other New Hampshire
cities and in Newburyport, Mass., have
profited by the inspiration of her
teaching; communicant of St. Paul's
P. E. Church, Concord, charter mem
ber of the Shakespeare Club, founded
in 1877, the oldest literary society in
continuous existence in Concord; pub
lication, "Voice, Gesture, Expression,"
188 pp. Concord, N. H., 1891. Resi
dence, 73 Perkins St., West Newton,
Mass.
Osgood, Etta Haley
(Mrs. Edward S. Osgood); journalist
and club woman; b., Chatham, N. H.,
Jan. 21, 1853; dau. Thomas Jewett
and Lucretia Eaton (Colby) Haley;
ed. Mt. Holyoke Seminary (now col
lege), special course in German later,
and graduate work, Univ. of Washing
ton, Seattle; some time correspondent
at Bar Harbor, Me., for Boston Globe,
New York Herald and other papers;
special writer for Portland Argus, Ex
press and Telegram; correspondent
Philadelphia Public Ledger; founder
and first president Civic Club, Port
land, Me.; life member Portland,
Maine State, and National Woman
Suffrage Ass'ns; first president Maine
Federation of Women's Clubs (now
honorary president) ; officer and parlia
mentarian, General Federation of
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Women's Clubs from organization till
1904; member Livingston Manor
Chapter, D. A. R., Washington, D. C.;
m., Oct. 20, 1877, Edward Sherburne
Osgood, Portland, Me.; Congregationalist. Residence, 37 West Louden
St., Philadelphia, Pa.; summer home,
"Rippling Waters," Stone Harbor,
N.J.
Pattee, Fred Lewis
Educator; author; b., Bristol, N. H.,
March 22, 1863; s. Lewis F. and Mary
P. (Ingalls) Pattee; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth, A.B. 1888; A.M. 1891;
professor of English Literature, Penn
sylvania State College, since 1894;
author, "The Wine of May and Other
Lyrics," 1893; "Pasquaney—A Study,"
1894; "A History of American Litera
ture," 1896; "Reading Courses in
American Literature," 1897; "The
Foundations of English Literature,"
1900; "Mary Garvin," 1902; "Elements
of Religious Pedagogy," 1909; "The
Breaking Point," 1911; "Compelled
Men," 1913; "History of American
Literature since 1870," 1915; m.,
March 9, 1889, Mary L. Plumer, Bris
tol, N. H. Address, State College,
Center County, Pa.
Orcutt, William Dana
Author; typographic expert; b.,
West Lebanon, N. H., April 18, 1870;
s. Hiram and Ellen (Dana) Orcutt;
ed. Harvard Univ., A.B. 1892; as
sociated with the Plimpton Press,
Norwood, Mass.; lecturer on the
higher phases of printing as an art;
author, "Good Old Dorchester—A
Narrative History of the Town," 1893;
"The Princess Hallisto," 1902, 1911;
"Robert Cavelier," 1904; "The Flower
of Destiny," 1906; "The Spell," 1908;
"The Lever," 1911; "Writer's Desk
Book," 1912; "Madonna of Sacrifice,"
1913; "The Bachelor," 1915; "Bur
rows of Michigan and the Republican
Party" (2 vols.), 1917; m., 1st, 1893,
Alice Wilson, Cambridge, Mass., d.
1894; 2d, 1896, Louie Thompson, St.
Louis, Mo. Residence, 333 Common
wealth, Ave., Boston. Mass.
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Peavey, George Smith
Farmer and cattle broker; b., Green
field, N. H., Feb. 14, 1835; s. Zebadiah
and Mary B. (Patterson) Peavey; ed.
public schools, Tubbs Union Academy,
Washington, N. H., and Hopkinton
Academy, under Dyer H. Sanborn;
large landholder in Greenfield and
vicinity, and extensively engaged in
cattle dealing since early life, being
now the oldest man in the business of
sending cattle to the Boston markets;
taught penmanship in early life, and
served in state militia; his land holdings
include two fine parks in Greenfield,
open to the public—Lake & Mountain,
and Otter Lake parks; Congregationalist; Democrat; has served many
times as moderator, town clerk, select
man, school committee and highway
agent in Greenfield; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1867-8; con
stitutional convention, 1902; state
senate, 1893^4; house of representa
tives again, 1919-20 (oldest member
of the body, receiving an ovation on
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his 84th birthday); member com
mittee on banks and ways and means;
member Altamont Lodge, A. F & A. M
Peterboro; m., June 16, 1872, Sarah
Patch of Greenfield; one son, George
Frederick, b. May 13, 1890, auto
mobile dealer in Milford. Residence,
Greenfield, N. H.
Tilton, Frank Pierce
Lawyer; judge of probate; b., Little
ton, N. H., March 4, 1880; s. Frederick
A. and Hattie G. (Sawyer) Tilton; ed
public schools, Spokane, Wash. ; Boston
University Law School; admitted to
N. H. Bar in 1902; member law firm of
Shannon & Tilton, Laconia, until the
death of E. H. Shannon in 1918; since
then alone in practice; Congregationalist; Republican; solicitor, Belknap
County, 1907-13, judge of probate
since 1912; member school board since
1914; member Belknap County Selec
tive Service Board; clerk and counsel
for various corporations; member A. F.
& A. M., lodge, chapter, commandery,
shrine and 32d degree; B. P. O. E.,
P. of H.; m.. Jan. 30, 1906, Leonora B.
Gould; children, Frederick A., b. Oct.
24, 1906; Richard G., b. March 15,
1909; Frances B., b. Feb. 29, 1912
Sarah W., b. May 22, 1913; Robert P.,
b. May 11, 1917. Residence, Laconia,
N. H.
Varick, Thomas Rice
Merchant; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Oct. 3, 1863; s. John Barnes and Jane
Isabella (Rice) Varick. (Descendant
of Richard Varick, lawyer of New York,
who joined the Revolutionary Army
in 1775, and was appointed captain in
the 1st N. Y. Continental Infantry,
made deputy muster-master general,
Northern Department, April 10, 1777,
was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, served as inspector general at
West Point, and later as recording
secretary of the official and private
correspondence of General Washing
ton, the commander-in-chief; was re
corder of the city of New York in 1783,
speaker of the N. Y. Assembly in 1787
and 1788, attorney general in 1789 and
elected mayor of New York city in
1790, serving till 1801; president of the
New York Soc. of the Cincinnati, which
he founded in 1800, till his decease,
July 30, 1831 ; also grandson of Thomas
Rice, Jr., of Newton, Mass., for whom
he was named, who was an extensive
paper manufacturer and eminent citi
zen, an elder brother of Gov. Alexander
H. Rice, and served in both branches
of the Mass. legislature and the execu
tive council, and other positions of
responsibility); ed. Phillips Exeter
Academy, 1883; Harvard College, 1887;
Episcopalian; Republican; member
Manchester police commission, 191013; president People's Savings Bank;
vice-president People's Gas Light Co.;
treasurer John B. Varick Co.; director
Amoskeag National Bank, N. H. Fire
Ins. Co., Manchester Traction, Light
and Power Co., all of Manchester, and
of the Franklin and Tilton R. R.;
hereditary member of the New York
State Soc. of the Cincinnati, succeeding
in the right of Col. Richard Varick,
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above mentioned; m., June 26, 1889,
Mary Miller. Residence, Manchester,
N.H.
Patrick, Mary Mills
Educator; b., Canterbury, N. H.,
March 10, 1850; dau. John and Harriet
(White) Patrick; ed. Lyons College, la.,
1866-9; A. M., Univ. of Iowa, 1890;
Universities of Heidelberg, Zurich,
Leipzig and Berlin, 1892-5; Ph.D.,
Univ. of Berne, 1897; LL.D., Smith
College, 1914; president American
College for Girls, Constantinople, since
1890; member Psychological Con
gresses, Munich, 1896, Paris, 1900;
Philosophical Congresses, Paris, 1900,
Bologna, 1911; author "Sextus Empiricus and Greek Skepticism," 1899;
"Sappho and the Island of Lesbos,"
1912; contributor to Hastings Diction
ary of Religion. Address, Constanti
nople College, Constantinople, Turkey.
Norris, Harry Waldo
Educator; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Sept.
11, 1862, s. Moses Leavitt and Lydia
Ann (Joy) Norris; ed. public schools,
Iowa (now Grinnell) College, A.B.
1886, A.M. 1889; Cornell Univ., 188890; Univ. of Nebraska, 1890-91; Univ.
of Freiburg, 1901-2; instructor, natural
history, Grinnell College, 1888; pro
fessor biology, 1891-1903; professor
zoology since 1903; Congregationalist;
fellow Iowa Academy of Science,
American Academy Arts and Sciences;
American Soc. Zoologists; American
Ass'n of Anatomists; exchange lecturer,
Harvard Univ., 1913-14; author (with
M. L. Macy), "Physiology for High
Schools," 1899; engaged in research on
comparative anatomy of the nervous
system; m., June 14, 1893, Harriet
Victoria Ruliffson, Lincoln, Neb.
Residence, Grinnell, Iowa.
Hadley, Elbridge Drew
Lawyer; banker; secretarial work;
b., Deering, N. H., Sept. 16, 1842; ed.
New London Literary and Scientific
Institution (now Colby Academy),
New London, N. H.; Appleton Acad
emy, Mont Vernon, 1862; enlisted in
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Co. D, 14th N. H. Vols., Aug. 15,
1862, first sergeant; promoted to
second lieutenant Co. F ; first lieutenant
Co. H; brevet captain of volunteers,
for gallant and meritorious service in
the Battle of Winchester; discharged
as of Dec. 29 for disability from wound;
studied law with Judge David Cross of
Manchester; admitted to the bar at
Nashua, Sept. 20, 1869; in practice
at Manchester until Dec, 1871; re
moved to Iowa, and practiced at De-
Witt until January, 1873; removed to
Luverne, Minn., and practiced there till
1880, when he became a partner in the
Bank of Luverne, and later, after its in
corporation, cashier and vice-president,
continuing till 1887, when he returned
to DeWitt continuing till 1896, since
when he has resided in Des Moines;
Congregationalist; Republican; taught
school in Weare two winters before
enlistment; taught in Manchester
while studying law, and served on the
school board in that city in 1868, also
as clerk of the common council several
years; county attorney and judge of
probate for Rock County, Minn., while
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located at Luverne, also president of
the school board, and editor of the Rock
County Herald; member A.F. &. A. M.,
lodge and chapter; G. A. R. ; Sons of the
American Revolution (secretary Iowa
Soc. continuously since 1898); Loyal
Legion (recorder Iowa commandery
since 1909) ; author of many historical
articles, published in Granite Monthly
and elsewhere; m., Jan. 30, 1873, Mary
Elizabeth Bourne, DeWitt, la. Resi
dence, Des Moines, la.
Frost, Stephen A.
Manufacturer; b., Halifax, N. S.,
Jan. 15, 1862; s. John Lewis and Mary
Ann (Winters) Frost; removed with
parents to Massachusetts in childhood;
ed. public schools of South Natick and
Shirley Village, Mass.; commenced
work in the leather-board factory of
Hill & Cutter at Shirley, Mass., going
later into that of Jonas Spaulding at
Townsend Harbor, Mass., where he
continued till removal to Fremont,
N. H., where Mr. Spaulding had es
tablished a large cooperage plant of
which he assumed the management,
and has there continued, with the ex
ception of four years at Gloucester,
Mass., where he was associated with
Mr. Spaulding in a similar enterprise
which was disposed of in 1893, when
the Fremont concern was reorganized
and incorporated as the Spaulding &
Frost Co., with Mr. Frost as clerk,
treasurer and manager, in which
capacity he has continued, the busi
ness having become one of the most
extensive of the kind in New England;
Universalist; Republican; has served as
member of the school board, town audi
tor, trustee of town trust funds; dele
gate in N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1918; A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.,
P. of H.; m., June 13, 1885, Catherine
G. Fertig, Cleveland, O.; four daugh
ters, two of whom, Lillian E. and
Lizzie J., survive. Residence, Fre
mont, N. H.
Oakes, Frederick Warren
Clergyman; b., Troy, N. H., Sept.
28, 1860; s. Appleton and Lucy J.
(Stickney) Oakes; ed. public schools,
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Bates College, Lewiston, Me., A.B.
1888, A.M. 1893; Yale Divinity School,
B.D. 1891; ordained deacon P. E.
Church, 1893; priest, 1894; rector,
Church of All Saints, Denver, Col.,
1893-7; founder, in 1894, and superin
tendent since, Oakes Home (church
home for invalid strangers), Denver;
chaplain Church of Our Merciful
Saviour; Republican; member A. F. &
A. M., lodge and chapter; Denver
Country Club; m., June 16, 1891,
Mabel Underhill, Yonkers, N. Y.
Residence, 2903 West 22d Ave., Den
ver, Col.
Brown, Fred Herbert
Lawyer; b., Ossipee, N. H., April 12,
1879; s. Dana J. and Nellie (Allen)
Brown; ed. Dow Academy, Franconia,
N. H., Dartmouth College, Boston
University Law School; student at
law in office of James A. Edgerly; ad
mitted to the N. H. bar in 1907, and
commenced practice in partnership
with Mr. Edgerly, continuing until the
death of the latter in 1908, since when
he has been alone in practice; Demo
crat; city solicitor of Somersworth,
1908-14; mayor of Somersworth, 1914
to present time; U. S. district attorney
for New Hampshire since July, 1914;
delegate in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1912; presidential elector,
1912; member A. F. &. A .M., lodge,
chapter and commandery; K. of P.
Residence, Somersworth, N. H.
Fassett, James Hiram
Educator; b., Nashua, N. H., Jan.
11, 1869; s. James Boutelle, and Ellen
Maria (Morrill) Fassett; ed. public
schools, Dartmouth College, A.B. 1890;
principal Mount Pleasant grammar
school, Nashua, 1890-3; superintend
ent schools, Nashua, since 1893; Uni
tarian; Republican; trustee N. H. State
Normal School; author, "Colonial Life
in New Hampshire," 1899; "History of
Education in New Hampshire," 1900;
"The Beacon Series of School Readers,"
1914; m., June 23, 1897, Bertha Chester
Smith, Northampton, Mass.; one son,
James Adams. Residence, 14 Abbott
St., Nashua, N. H.
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Prentiss, John W.
Farmer and lumberman; b., Walpole, N. H., Nov. 20, 1857; s. John W.
and Emetine (Slade) Prentiss; ed. pub
lic schools, Boston, Mass., and Walpole
Academy; resided in Walpole till 1910,
when he removed to Alstead, purchas
ing a large farm near the village, where
he has been extensively engaged in
agriculture, which pursuit he has
always followed, though teaching school
to some extent in youth; interested in
breeding Morgan horses and Berkshire
swine, but more particularly noted for
his superior herd of pure-blooded
Holstein-Friesian cattle; also largely
interested in lumbering; Unitarian;
Democrat; tax collector in Walpole
three years, road agent four years,
selectman ten years; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1907-8, 190910; N. H. Senate, 1911-12, 1913-14,
serving as chairman of the judiciary
committee the latter term; member
I. O. O. F. and P. of H.; m., Dec. 1,
1883, Katie M. Fisher, of Alstead;
children, Flora May, b. March 26,
1885 (Mrs. W. R. Long, Walpole;
three daughters); John W., Jr., b. July
17, 1889 (took two years course at
State College; married Minnie Clark of
Alstead, and has a son and daughter;
is associated with his father in business
under the name of J. W. Prentiss &
Son) ; Ethel M., b. Sept. 26. 1890 (Mrs.
R. M. Galloway of Walpole; three
sons). Residence, Alstead, N. H.
Nelson, Edward William
Naturalist; b., Manchester, N. H,.
May 8, 1855; s. William and Nancy M.
(Wells) Nelson; ed. public schools,
Cook County, IE, Normal School,
1875; engaged in scientific explorations
in Alaska, 1877-81; naturalist of the
U. S. S. Corwin, on the search for the
Jeannette, 1881; with Bureau of Bio
logical Survey, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, 1890- ; member Death
Valley expedition, 1890-91; several
years engaged in scientific explorations
m Mexico; chief field naturalist, 1916;
president American Ornithologists'
Union, 1908-9, 1912-13; president
Biological Soc., Washington, 1912-13;
member Washington Academy of
Sciences; author many scientific mono
graphs and reports. Address, U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton, D. C.
Morrill, Charles Henry
Banker; real estate operator (re
tired); b., Concord, N. H., July 14,
1843; s. Ephraim and Mahala Morrill;
ed. public schools and Colby Academy,
New London, N. H., private, 11th
N. H. Vols., 1862-5; emigrated to
Nebraska; private secretary to Gov.
Nance, 1879-83: president Stromsberg
(Neb.) Bank, 1883-90; Farmers' and
Merchants' Bank, Stromsberg, 1890-2;
president Lincoln (Neb.) Land Co.,
since 1895; also president Lancaster
Land Co., So. Platte Land Co. and
Boston Investment Co.; collector of
customs, 1897-1901 ; regent Nebraska
state university and president board
of regents, 1891-1901 ; twice chairman
Republican State Committee of Nebras
ka, and member Republican National
Committee from Nebraska, 1904-8;
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founder Morrill Geological expeditions
from Univ. of Nebraska: Morrill
County, Neb., was named in bis honor;
m., 1863, Harriett Currier, Nashua,
N. H. Residence, Stromsberg, Neb.
Nichols, Herbert
Civil engineer; author; b., Walpole,
N. H., Feb. 7, 1852; s. Amos and Lydia
Nichols; ed. public schools, Worcester,
Mass., Polytechnic Institute, B.S. in
architecture, 1871 ; Ph.D., Clark Univ.,
1891; civil engineer, Pennsylvania R. R.
1871-85; instructor in psychology,
Harvard, 1890-3; lecturer, Johns Hop
kins, 1896; author, "The Psychology of
Time," 1891; "Our Notions of Number
and Space," 1894; "A Treatise on
Cosmology," 1904; also many mon
ographs and magazine articles; m., Oct.
1, 1900, Jenny L. Clark, Somerville,
Mass. Residence, 219 Commonwealth
Ave., Chestnut Hill, Mass.
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N. Y., 1899-1903; president, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., board of education,
1909-11; member American Economic
Ass'n; author, "French Revolution in
San Domingo," 1891; "Practical Eco
nomic Problems," 1893; "Labor Prob
lem," 1895; "Outlines of Economics,"
1906; m., July 30, 1890, Mary Louise
Sansbury, Palmyra, N. Y. Resi
dence, 106 Academy St., Poughkeepsie,
N. Y.
Dearborn, Burt Stephen
Contractor and merchant; b., Thorn
ton, N. H., Feb. 18, 1881; s. Clarence
Morse, Edward Leland Clark
Educator; b., Dover, N. H., June 12,
1855; s. Moses L. and Louisa (Clark)
Morse; ed. public schools, Harvard,
A.B. 1877; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ.,
1893; post-graduate work, Univ. of
•Chicago ; principal Phil Sheridan School,
Chicago, since 1892; member American
Historical Ass'n, American Political
Science Ass'n, Modern Language Ass'n
of America, Illinois Bar Ass'n; Epis
copalian; member Harvard Club, Chi
cago; author, "Spanish American Life,"
1917; m., April 27, 1897, Louisa Penn
Weaver. Residence, 7650 Saginaw
Ave., Chicago.
Mills, Herbert Elmer
Educator; b., Salem, N. H., Aug. 8,
1861; s. Edward and Esther (Butterworth) Mills; ed. Univ. of Rochester,
A.B. 1883; A.M. 1886; Ph.D., Cornell
Univ., 1890; principal Marion, N. Y.,
Collegiate Institute, 1883-4; Union
School, Palmyra, N. Y., 1884-6; in
structor in history, Cornell Univ.,
1887-90; associate professor, history
and economics, Vassar College, 18902; professor economics since 1892;
president board of managers, State
House of Refuge for Women, Hudson,
and Torrie Bryant (Broad) Dearborn;
ed. public schools; Laconia high school
commercial department; engaged in
business with the late William Wallace
of Laconia, and is now head of the con
cern—The Wallace Building Co., con
tractors and builders and dealers in
building supplies, wood and coal;
Congregationalist; Republican; super
visor of check list; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1915-16
(chairman Belknap County delega
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tion); N. H. Senate, 1919-20 (chair
man committee on roads, bridges and
canals, clerk committee on finance and
manufactures, and member claims
and forestry committees); member
A. F. & A. ML, to and including 32d
degree shriner, and O. E. S.; Knights of
Pythias (all bodies), P. of H., Laconia
Gun Club, Board of Trade, etc.; m.,
Feb. 8, 1905, Clara Bessie Wallace,
dau. William Wallace, Laconia; three
daughters. Residence, Laconia, N. H.
Hurd, Henry Norris
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
March 6, 1871-; s. Irving Austin and
Caroline (Norris) Hurd; ed. Claremont public schools (Stevens high
school 1890), Dartmouth College,
A.B 1894; studied law with Thomas
F. Johnson of Colebrook; attended
Harvard law school 1896-7; admitted
to N. H. bar July, 1897, and later to
the Federal courts of the N. H. Dis
trict and First Circuit; practiced in
Exeter from 1877 to 1879, in the office
of the late Attorney General Eastman ;
succeeded Hon. Robert J. Peaslee as
partner of the late William H. Drury
in Manchester. 1899-1901, and con
tinued practice in Manchester till
May 9, 1910, when he removed to
Claremont, and has there continued in
practice; Episcopalian; Republican;
member N. H. house of representa
tives from Ward 2, Manchester, 1907-8,
1909-10; delegate Republican state
convention, 1908; delegate in N. H.
constitutional convention from Clare
mont, 1912; solicitor Sullivan County
1915-17, 1919-20; water commissioner,
Claremont, 1912-15; trustee Fiske
Free Library, 1916- ; member Stevens
high school committee, 1919- ; member
Hiram Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Sullivan
Lodge, I. O. 0. F., Claremont Grange,
P. of H., David R. Roys Camp, S. of
V., Claremont, N. H.; m., Nov. 14,
1902, Zoa Mildred Plummer, Mon
mouth, Me. Residence, Claremont,
N. H.
French, Daniel Chester
Sculptor; b., Exeter, N. H., April 20,
1850; s. Hon. Henry F. and Anne
(Richardson) French; ed. Mass. Inst.
of Tech.; studied under Dr. William
Rimmer of Boston and Thomas Ball,
Florence, Italy; hon. A.M. Dartmouth,
1898; Yale, 1913; Columbia Univ.,
Litt.D. 1913; had studio in Washing
ton, D. C., 1876-8; Boston and Con
cord, Mass., 1878-87; in New York
since 1887; among notable works pro
duced are "The Minute Man of Con
cord," at Concord, Mass.; Statute of
Gen. Cass in the Capitol at Washing
ton; Rufus Choate, in Boston court
house; John Harvard, at Cambridge,
Mass.; "Dr. Gallaudet and his first
Deaf Mute Pupil," the Milmore
Memorial; collossal statute of "The
Republic,"at Chicago Exposition, 1893;
bronze doors of Boston public library;
four groups—Europe, Asia, Africa
and America—in front of New York
custom house; statute of E. Rockwood
Hoar at Worcester, Mass., of Abraham
Lincoln, at Lincoln, Neb., etc.; mem
ber National Commission of Fine Arts,
1910-15 (chairman 1912-15); trustee
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Metropolitan Museum of Art; member
National Sculpture Soc., Architectural
League, American Academy of Arts
and Letters, Academia di S. Luca,
Rome; m., Mary French, Washington,
Dec., 1888. Residence, 12 West 8th
St., New York; Stockbridge. Mass.
Quimby, Charles Elihu
Physician; b., New Ipswich, N. H.,
June 21, 1853; s. Elihu and Nancy A.
(Cutler) Quimby; ed. Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1874; A.M., 1877; N. Y.
Univ. Med. College, M.D., 1878; Bellevue Hospital, 1879; in practice in New
York City since 1882; assistant pro
fessor practice of medicine, Univ. of
New York, 1889-90, adjunct professor
1890-5, clinical professor since 1895;
visiting physician N. Y. City Hospital
since 1895; trustee Mary Fletcher
Hitchcock Hospital, Hanover, N. H.;
member Amer. Med. Ass'n, New York
Academy of Medicine, etc.; m., Sept.
28, 1881, Julia M. Cobb, Hanover,
N. H. Residence, 278 West 86th St.,
New York, N. Y.
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resentatives, 1900-1-2-3 ; president
and director Union Trust Co., Alpha
Investment Co.; trustee and mem
ber finance committee, Melrose,
Mass., Savings Bank; director Melrose
National Bank; vice-chairman Mass.
State Board of Charity; Melrose His
torical Soc., Malden Historical 'Soc.,
Boston Art, City and Press clubs.
Residence, 66 Orient Ave., Melrose,
Mass.
Lang, Walter Monroe
Real estate and insurance; b., Fulford, P. Q., Jan. 20, 1867; s. Henry and
Putnam, Stephen Greeley
Artist; wood engraver; b., Nashua,
N. H., Oct. 17, 1852; s. Abram and
Clarissa (Greeley) Putnam; pupil of
H. W. Herrick, Frank French and E. J.
Whitney; student at Brooklyn Art
School, and New York Art Students'
League; received bronze medal for
wood engraving, Paris Exposition,
1889; Chicago Exposition, 1893; Paris,
1900; Buffalo, 1901; m., May 21, 1881,
Fanny Vetter, New York. Residence,
College Point, Borough of Queens,
N.Y.
Adams, Charles Henry
Journalist; b., Rochester, N. H.,
April 22, 1859; s. Samuel and Hannah
W. (Lord) Adams; ed. public schools;
went to Boston at seventeen years of
age and entered employ of Boston
Advertiser and Record, continuing with
same through various positions to that
of manager, which he held up to union
of Advertiser with the Herald; Repub
lican; member Mass. house of rep34
Mary E. (Wright) Lang; ed. schools of
Magog, P. Q.; came to Manchester.
N. H., in early life, and was engaged
for several years in connection with
different mercantile enterprises, after
which he commenced business in the
line of real estate and insurance, in
which he has been highly successful;
became, in 1893, state manager for the
Prudential Life Ins. Co., continuing
for several years, until his real estate
business so demanded his attention
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that he relinquished this position,
though continuing as district manager.
He is agent for other important com
panies, including Aetna of Hartford,
Conn.; has attended many important
insurance conventions in all parts of
the country; Christian Scientist; Re
publican; member Manchester city
council, 1900; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1907-8 (chairman
committee on insurance); member
I. 0. O. F. (encampment and Patri
archs Militant), White Mountain
Travelers' Ass'n, Calumet Club of
Manchester; president and treasurer,
Walter M. Lang Realty Co., Manches
ter; m., Dec. 18, 1889, Clara E.
Magoon; one dau., Marion E. Lang,
b. Sept. 15, 1893. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Streeter, Thomas Winthrop
Corporation law and business; b.,
Concord, N. H., July 20, 1883; s.
Frank Sherwin and Lilian (Carpen
ter) Streeter (see their sketches else
where); ed. St. Paul's School, Con
cord, 1900; Dartmouth, B.L., 1904;
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1907;
admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1907;
in practice in Boston; member firm of
Streeter & Holmes, Shawmut Bank
building; Unitarian; Republican; treas
urer American International Corpor
ation, New York City; president
Contoocook Mills Corporation, Mex
ican Investment Co.; chairman execu
tive committee Mascoma Light &
Power Co.; member Wonolancet Club,
Concord, N. H.; Tennis & Racquet
Club, St. Botolph Club, Harvard
Club, Brookline Country Club, Bos
ton, Mass.; m., July 23, 1917, Ruth
Cheney, dau., Mrs. William H. Schofield (see sketch elsewhere); one son,
Frank Sherwin Streeter, 2d, b. March
25, 1918. Residence, 112 East 74th
St., New York City.
Pratt, Louise
Educator; b., White River Junc
tion, Vt.; dau. Myron Jefferson and
Jennie Louise (Currier) Pratt; niece of
Hon. Frank D. Currier of Canaan;
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moved in childhood to Concord, N. H.;
ed. Concord high school, 1895, Radcliffe College, 1897-8; instructor in
history, Bishop Thorpe School, South
Bethlehem, Penn., 1900-2; head of
department of history at the Castle,
Tarrytown, N. Y., 1902-10; instructor
in French and German, St. Mary's
School, Concord, N. H., 1910-18;
appointed a Y. W. C. A. secretary for
overseas work, Feb., 1918; stationed
at Lyons, France, returning Feb., 1919,
this being her fifth trip abroad; Epis
copalian; official visitor Orphans'
Home, Millville; secretary Modern
Language Section of the N. H. Teach
ers' Ass'n; member Radcliffe Alumnae
Ass'n, N. H. Children's Aid and Pro
tective Soc, Beaver Meadow Golf
Club, S. P. C. A.; letters from France
in N. H. papers; speaker on war work
before woman's clubs. Residence,
Concord, N. H.
Kivel, John
Jurist; b., Dover, N. H., April 29,
1855; s. Patrick and Catherine Kivel;
ed. public schools, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1876; studied law with the late
Frank Hobbs; admitted to the bar in
1879, and engaged in practice in Dover;
Catholic; Democrat; solicitor for
Strafford County, 1887-93, member
State Board of License Commissioners,
1903-13; appointed associate Justice
N. H. Superior Court May 26, 1913;
chief justice, Oct. 4, 1917; m., Oct.
12, 1879, Eva G. Ennis. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Cole, Anna B. Taylor
Physician; b., Sugar Hill (Lisbon),
N. H., dau. Joseph L. and Laura
(Gove) Taylor; ed. public schools,
Whitefield, N. H.; Western Mass.
Normal School; Boston University
School of Medicine, M.D. 1884; com
menced practice in Charlestown, Mass.,
but removed to Somerville in 1890,
and has there continued, specializing
in diseases of women; Universalist;
member Mass. Homeopathic Med. Soc,
Boston Med. Soc, Boston Surgical and
Gynecological Soc, Woman's College
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Club, Professional Woman's Club,
N. H. Club of Somerville; m., March
31, 1894, Herbert A. Cole. Resi
dence, Somerville, Mass.
Lewis, Homer Pierce
Educator; b., West Claremont, N. H.,
July 28, 1849; s. George Gilbert and
Adeline (Labaree) Lewis; ed. public
schools, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., Dartmouth College, A. B.,
1874; principal Pinkerton Academy,
Derry, 1874-5; grammar school, Dav
enport, la., 1876-80; high school,
1880-83; Omaha, Neb., high school,
1883-96; Worcester, Mass., English
high school, 1896-1901, South high
school, 1901-3; superintendent schools,
Worcester, Mass., 1903-1918; member
Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon, National
Educational Ass'n; American Institute
of Instruction, etc.; founder Worcester
Economic Club; m., 1st, 1878, Kate
Roberts (Vassar, 1875); 2d, 1891, Elisa
beth Goodson (Univ. of Mich.), 1878).
Residence, 82 Elm St., Worcester, Mass.
Rice, George Samuel
Mining engineer; b., Claremont,
N. H., Sept. 8, 1866; s. George Samuel
and Abby (Parker) Rice; ed. public
schools, College of the City of New
York, two years; Columbia Univer
sity School of Mines, 1887; assistant
engineer, Colorado & Utah R. R., 1887 ;
mining engineer with Colorado Fuel
Co., 1888-90; mining engineer, Whitebreast Fuel Co., Ottumwa, la., 1890;
chief mining engineer same and allied
companies, Chicago, 1897; consulting
mining engineer, Atchison Topeka &
Santa F6, and Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Rys., 1900-08; chief mining
engineer, U. S. Bureau of Mines since
formation in 1910; Episcopalian; mem
ber American Institute Mining En
gineers, American Academy Arts and
Sciences, etc.; in., Dec. 23, 1891, Julia
Sessions, Kalamazoo, Mich. Resi
dence, Woodley Road and 35th St.,
Cleveland Park, Washington, D. C.
Bradley, Mark Spaulding
Physician; b., East Jaffrey, N. H.,
Jan. 16, 1868; s. Dr. Oscar H. and
Julia A. (Spaulding) Bradley; ed. pub
lic schools; Columbia College Physi
cians and Surgeons, N. Y., M.D., 1892;
interne, N. Y. City Hospital, 1892-4;
in practice in Hartford, Conn., since
1894; aurist, American School for the
Deaf since 1908; visiting physician,
Hartford Hospital; assistant medical
director, Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co.;
director Glazier Woolen Mfg. Co.,
Williams Bros. Mfg. Co., Glaston
bury, Conn.; Baptist; Republican;
member Hartford Med. Soc., Conn.
State Med. Soc., American Med. Ass'n;
m., July 5, 1904, Jessie E. Goodnow,
East Jaffrey, N. H. Residence, 956
Asylum Ave., Hartford, Conn.
Prescott, Samuel Cate
Bacteriologist; b., South Hampton,
N. H., April 5, 1872; s. Samuel M. and
Mary E. (Cate) Prescott; ed. Mass.
Inst. Tech., B.S. 1894; post-graduate
study in Europe; assistant in biology,
Mass. Inst. Tech., 1895-6; instructor,
1896-1903; assistant professor indus
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trial biology and bacteriology, 19039; associate professor, 1909-14; profes
sor industrial microbiology, 1914- ;
instructor bacteriology, Simmons Col
lege, 1902-9; director Boston Bio
chemical Laboratory, 1904- ; fellow
American Academy Arts and Sciences;
member American Chemical Soc.,
American Soc. Naturalists, etc.; m.,
June 30, 1910, Alice Durgin Chase,
Brookline, Mass. Residence, 79 Cy
press St., Brookline, Mass.
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Maurice P., b. March 29, 1899; Bar
bara, Sept. 24, 1904. Residence, Westfield, Mass.
Randolph, William J.
Printer and editor; b., London,
England, June. 15, 1859; s. William
F. and Lucy Randolph; ed. Twyford
Hall school, London; learned the
printers' trade in the office of the
Bristol, N. H., Enterprise; afterward
employed on the Laconia Democrat
Pulsifer, Harry Bridgman
Mining engineer; b., Lebanon,
N. H., Dec. 23, 1879; s. Charles Ed
ward and Ellen Diantha (Bridgman)
Pulsifer; ed. public schools, Mass.
Inst. Tech., B.S. 1903; post-graduate
work, Univ. of Munich, 1906-7; in
structor in chemistry, N. H. State
College, 1903-4; assayer and mining
engineer, Sonora, Mex., 1905; superin
tendent placer mine, Oregon, 1907; in
structor in metallurgy, Armour Inst.,
Chicago, 1911-15; assistant professor,
1915-17; professor metallurgy, Mon
tana State School of Mines, 1917- ;
member American Inst. Mining Eng'rs,
American Academy Arts and Sciences,
etc.; m., Sept. 9, 1909, Sarah C. Canthon, Salt Lake City, Utah. Residence,
Butte, Mont.
Chadwick, Henry Dexter
Physician; b., Boscawen, N. H.,
Jan. 2, 1872; s. Jeremiah C. and
Eliza A. (Austin) Chadwick; ed. public
schools, Harvard Med. School, M.D.
1895; house officer Boston City Hos
pital, 1895-6; began practice in Waltham, Mass., 1896; in charge private
sanatorium, Rutland, Mass., 1903-6;
superintendent Vt. Sanatorium, Pittsford, Vt., 1907-9; superintendent
Westfield, Mass., State Sanatorium
since March, 1909; acting assistant
surgeon, Spanish American War; as
sistant surgeon 5th Reg. M. V. M.,
1899-1900; member National Ass'n
for Study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis, American Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med.
Soc.; m., May 24, 1898, Edith Nichols
Clark, Cambridge, Mass. ; two children,
and in the government printing office
at Washington; later in the Courier
office at Lowell, Mass., removing to
Plymouth, N. H., in 1886, where he
was employed on the Record; for
four years editor and manager of the
Meredith News; for twenty years
regular correspondent of the Boston
Globe and Manchester Union and now
temporarily doing that work for his
successor who is absent some months
in the year; Methodist; Republican;
selectman in Plymouth, 1904; census
enumerator in 1900; school committee,
1907-8; auditor, 1918; register of
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deeds for Grafton County since 1908;
member A. F. & A. M., K. T.; m.,
Nov. 30, 1885, Ardella Bagley, dau.
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Eastman
Bagley, of Plymouth. Residence,
Plymouth, N. H.
Sanders, Loren Addison
Surgeon; b., Grafton, N. H., July
5, 1874; s. George S. and Prudence
Sargent (Parker) Sanders; ed. public
bury General Hospital, N. H. Memorial
Hospital for Women and Children;
some time deputy medical referee for
Merrimack County; fellow American
College of Surgeons, member N. H.
Med. Soc, Merrimack County Med.
Soc, N. H. Surgical Club; A. F. &
A. M.; m., 1st, Sept. 29, 1898, Marga
ret A. Clough of Warner, N. 6.; d.
Sept. 7, 1916; 2d, Oct. 18, 1917, Mad
eline Currier. Residence, 22 West
St., Concord, N. H.
Clark, George Langdon
Teacher; real estate; b., Sandwich,
N. H., March 11, 1844; s. Langdon
Goddard and Maria (Beede) Clark;
ed. Beede's Private Academy, Sand
wich Center, N. H., New Hampton
Literary Institute, 1866; taught dis
trict schools in Sandwich; teacher
Highland Military Academy, thirteen
years; treasurer and business manager,
twenty-four years; steward State
Hospital, seven years; in real estate
business since 1912; trustee Pinkerton Academy; treasurer Hospital
Cottages for Children, Baldwinsville,
Mass.; auditor Worcester State Hos
pital and Asylum; Congregationalist;
Republican; member Worcester City
government two years; A. F. & A. M.;
m., July 1, 1885, Caroline Aiken
Pinkerton, Derry, N. H. Residence,
12 Schussier Rd., Worcester, Mass.
schools, Latin-Scientific Course, Tilton Seminary; University and Bellevue Hospital Med. College, New York,
M.D. 1899; associated with the late
Dr. Granville P. Conn, in medical
practice in Concord, N. H., from grad
uation until death of the latter; since
then alone; Baptist; Republican;
member Concord city council four
years; board of aldermen two years;
board of health several years; member
N. H. house of representatives, 191112; attending surgeon Margaret Pills-
Child, Samuel Mitchell
Lawyer; b., Temple, N. H., Sept.
10, 1862; s. Nahum Abbott and
Ellen (Sargent) Child; descendant
William Child, Watertown, Mass.,
1630; ed. Phillips Exeter Academy,
1886; Harvard College, one year,
Harvard Law School, LL.B. 1890;
admitted to the bar in 1890 and prac
ticed in Boston since; Democrat;
member N. H. constitutional conven
tion, 1889, from Temple; member
executive committee Young Men's
Democratic Club of Massachusetts,
1892-5; appointed assistant corpora
tion counsel, Boston, 1895, resigned
Jan., 1907; member Boston Bar Ass'n;
Mass. Bar Ass'n; A. F. & A. M. (32d
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degree, K. T.); Harvard and Univer
sity Clubs; m., Aug. 14, 1901, Margaret
I. Rea, Boston. Residence, 57 Ver
mont St., Boston, Mass.
Collins, Clarence Morton
Shoe manufacturer; b., South Dan
ville, N. H., Aug. 12, 1858; s. Leonard
W. and Aletha J. Collins; ed. public
schools and New Hampton Literary
Institute, New Hampton, N. H.; Free
Baptist; Republican; has held most
town offices; member N. H. consti
tutional convention, 1912; State sen
ate, 1917-18; house of representa
tives, 1919-20; A. F. & A. M., K. T.,
32d degree and O. E. S.; m., in 1883,
Ada F. Coffins, Saugus, Mass. Resi
dence, South Danville, N. H.
Marble, Thomas Littlefield
Jurist; b., Auburn, Me., Dec. 24,
1876; s. Dr. Henry and Mercy (Littlefield) Marble; ed. Edward Little high
school, Auburn, Me., 1894; Bowdoin
College, 1898; Harvard Law School,
1904; admitted to the N. H. bar and in
practice at Berlin, until appointed
associate justice of the superior court by
Governor Keyes, Oct. 4, 1917; Universalist; Republican; member Phi
Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon,
A. F. & A. M., K. T.; m., Aug. 15, 1906,
Harriet E. Fuller. Residence, Gorham, N. H.
Branch, Oliver Winslow
Jurist; b., New York City, Oct. 4,
1879; s. Oliver E. and Sarah (Chase)
Branch: ed. Manchester high school,
1896; Phillips Andover Academy, 1897;
Harvard College, A.B. 1901, A.M. 1902;
Harvard Law School, LL.B. 1904:
admitted to the bar and commenced
practice in Manchester, in partnership
with his father, continuing until ap
pointment as associate justice of the
superior court by Gov. Samuel D.
Felker, November, 1913; Congregationalist; Democrat; president Man
chester Y. M. C. A.; m., Nov. 27, 1910,
Isabel Dow Hoyle, Rochester, N. Y.;
children, Jane Montgomery, b. April
II, 1913; Oliver Winslow, Jr., b. Aug.
2, 1914. Residence, Manchester, N. H.
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Yantis, Erne Earll
(Mrs. Arnold S. Yantis); illustrator;
lecturer; social worker; b., Skaneateles,
N. Y., June 28, 1869; dau. John Mur
ray and Julia Brown Earll; ed. Skan
eateles Academy, 1886; Clinton Liberal
Institute, 1886-8; Cornell Univ., 1893;
m., 1st, 1893, Mark Vernon Slingerland, professor economic entomology,
Cornell Univ., teacher, writer and lec
turer, who died in March, 1909, leaving
one daughter, Kathryn Lillis, b. Ithaca,
N.Y., June 2,1895 (Ithaca and Auburn,
N. Y., high schools, Smith College,
1918; fellow Cornell Univ., 1919, and
candidate for degree of M.A.); m., 2d,
in Ithaca, 1912, Rev. Arnold S. Yantis,
Universalist clergyman of Auburn,
N. Y., native of Harper's Ferry, W. Va.,
graduate of Western Maryland Col
lege and George Washington Univ.,
who practiced law for a time in Wash
ington, but has been in the ministry the
last twenty-five years, holding pastor
ates in Brooklyn, Fort Plain and
Auburn, N. Y., and in Manchester,
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N. H., since 1915 (member A. F. &
A. M. and B. P. O. E.)j before mar
riage to Mr. Yantis she did illustrating
for scientific books and made lantern
slides for colleges and universities;
organized the Housekeeper's Club in
Auburn, N. Y., and in Manchester the
Homemakers' Club, of which she is
president; during the late war worked
on the Woman's Committee, Council of
National Defense, organizing food com
mittees and lecturing throughout the
state; lectured under the War Work
Council of Y. W. C. A., and served on
the State Speakers' Bureau, and Food
Conservation Committee; put on the
War Pageant" Awakening of America";
member N. H. Sunday School Ass'n,
Universalist State Sunday School
Board, Elliott Hospital Associates,
Universalist Church, N. H. Federation
of Women's Clubs (on Economics Com
mittee in both state and city federa
tions). Residence, Manchester, N. H.
Rollins, Edward Warren
Banker; b., Concord, N. H., Nov.
25, 1850; eldest child Edward H.
(U. S. Senator, 1877-83) and EUen
(West) Rollins; ed. Concord high
school, B.S. 1871, Mass. Inst. of Tech.;
civil engineer, Col. Central R. R.,
1871-6; banking business, Denver,
Col., 1876-99; president E. H. Rol
lins & Sons, investment bonds, 18911908; succeeded by his brother,
Frank W. Rollins (governor of New
Hampshire,
1899-1901),
1908-15,
meanwhile serving as chairman of the
board; on the death of the latter again
became president, 1915- ; helped start
Denver Electrical Light Co., 1881, be
came its president, serving till 1899
when he moved to Boston; Episcopa
lian; Republican; active in promoting
the Denver Country Club, the Denver
Club, Denver Athletic Club (president
of latter seven years) ; member Univer
sity Club, New York; University
Club, Boston; Brookline Country
Club; Midwick Country Club, Los
Angeles; Technology Clubs of New
Hampshire and New York; Old Col
ony Club of Boston, New York, etc.;
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Press Club of Boston; Middlebrook
Golf Club, Dover, N. H.; president
N. H. Ass'n of Technology; in 1919
gave $25,000 to the Wentworth Hos
pital, Dover, for a Nurses' Home in
memory of
his daughter-in-law,
Gladys B. Rollins; m., 1st, Feb. 27,
1878, Jessie V. Witter, Denver, Col.;
child: Ashton, m. Gladys A. Brown,
Wellesley Hills, Mass., Sept., 1908,
who d. July 19, 1917, leaving Jessie,
b. Sept. 22, 1909; Edward, b. Sept. 4,
1911; Ann, b. Sept. 17, 1913; Eliza
beth, b. Nov. 18, 1915; m., 2d, Nov.
25, 1891, Clara S. Sherwood, St.
Louis,
Mo.;
child:
Sherwood,
m., Oct. 20, 1917, Lucia Goldsmith
Russell, Somersworth, N. H. Resi
dence since 1901, Three Rivers Farm,
Dover, N. H., in which town his an
cestor, James Rollins, settled in 1644;
business address, 200 Devonshire St.,
Boston, Mass.
Sulloway, Richard Woodbury
Manufacturer of hosiery; b., Frank
lin, N. H., Feb. 15, 1876; s. Hon. Alvah
W. and Susan (Keith) Sulloway; ed.
St. Paul's School, Concord, and Har
vard College, 1898; engaged in the
Sulloway Mills, manufacturers of hos
iery at Franklin, since graduation;
Unitarian; Democrat; member Frank
lin city council, six years; trustee N. H.
State College, nine years; treasurer and
manager Sulloway Mills corporation;
vice-president Franklin National Bank;
m., Oct. 31, 1914, Bertha, dau. the late
Hon. Albert S. Batchellor of Littleton;
one daughter, Mary Jeannette, b.
Feb. 19, 1917. Residence, Franklin,
N. H.
Cox, Channing Harris
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Feb. 28, 1879; s. Charles E. and Eve
lyn (Randall) Cox; ed. public schools;
Dartmouth College, 1901; LL.B., Har
vard Law School, 1904; in practice in
Boston since graduation; Congrega
tionalism Republican; member Mass.
house of representatives, 1910-18
(speaker three years) ; lieutenant-gov
ernor of Massachusetts, 1919- ; mem
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ber Boston and Mass. Bar Ass'ns,
A. F. & A. M.; Lincoln, City, Univer
sity and Country clubs, Boston; m.,
Feb. 18, 1915, May Emery Young,
Brookline, Mass. Residence, 91 Westland Ave., Boston; office, Tremont
Bldg.
Cox, Louis Sherburne
Jurist; farmer; b., Manchester, N. H.
Nov. 22, 1874; s. Charles E. and Evelyn
M. (Randall) Cox; ed. Manchester
public schools, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1896; Boston Univ. Law School,
LL.B. 1899; admitted to the bar and
located in practice in Lawrence, Mass.,
continuing until his appointment as
justice of the Mass. Superior Court in
1918; Congregationalist; Republican;
member Mass. state senate, 1906; post
master of Lawrence, 1906-14; district
attorney, Eastern Mass. district, 191418; justice superior court, 1918-; mem
ber A. F. & A. M. to and including 32d
degree and K.T., I. O. O. F., B. P. O.
E., P. of H., Mass. Republican Club,
Essex Republican Club, Salem Club,
Home Club, Merrimack Valley Coun
try Club, English Social Club, Con
gregational Club; m., Oct. 16, 1902,
Mary I. Fieles, Lawrence, Mass.;
children, Randall T., b. March 16,
1904; Dorothy, b. Nov. 25, 1908;
Judge Cox has a fine dairy farm outside
the city in attention to which he finds
his chief recreation. Residence, Law
rence, Mass.
Carpenter, Georgia Butters Drake
(Mrs. Josiah Carpenter); philan
thropist and social worker; b., Pittsfield, N. H., Jan. 15, 1836; dau. Col.
James and Betsey (Seavey) Drake;
ed. public and private schools; Pittsfield Academy; Episcopalian; organ
ist St. Stephen's Episcopal Church,
Pittsfield, for many years; m., Sept.
1, 1858, Josiah Carpenter, grandson of
Josiah Carpenter, first minister of
Chichester, and descendant of William
Carpenter, freeman of Weymouth,
Mass., 1640. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter
had two children—a daughter, Georgia
Ella, wife of Frank M. Gerrish, de
ceased some years since, and a son who
died in infancy. They resided in
Pittsfield, after marriage, where Mr.
Carpenter was cashier of the bank,
until March, 1877, when they removed
to Manchester, where Mr. Carpenter
was active in the organization of the
Second National Bank, and the Me
chanics Savings Bank of which he was
cashier and treasurer, respectively.
He died May 22, 1913. Mrs. Car
penter was State Regent of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution for
New Hampshire from 1895 to 1901 and
has since been Honorary State Re
gent; during her regency fourteen
chapters were organized; charter
member National Soc. Colonial Dames
of America, in the State of New Hamp
shire; corresponding secretary of same,
1913-16; historian, 1916- ; treasurer
United Offering, for P. E. Diocese of
N. H., 1895-1916; president Man
chester Children's Home since 1895;
vice-president Woman's Aid and Re
lief Soc., Manchester, since 1881;
president Woman's Auxiliary, Grace
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Church, Manchester, 1902-13; hon
orary president since 1913; director
Manchester District Nursing Ass'n
since 1914. Among her many bene
factions may be mentioned the fol
lowing memorial gifts: For her hus
band, a brick gymnasium and $5,000
scholarship fund at Holderness School
for Boys; for her father a splendidly
equipped Athletic Field of thirteen
acres, in Pittsfield; for her mother a
fund for a course in Domestic Science
at Hampton Academy; for her brother,
Frank James Drake, $5,000 scholarship
fund at Dartmouth College; with her
husband, in memory of their daughter,
a beautiful stained glass window and
a stone parish house to Grace Episcopal
Church, Manchester, and to the town
of Pittsfield, a library building of
brick and stone construction. Mrs.
Carpenter has traveled extensively at
home and abroad, and holds her in
terest in national and international as
well as social and community affairs.
Residence, 1667 Elm St., Manchester,
N. H.
Copeland, Elmer Humphrey
Physician; b., Acworth, N. H.,
March 1, 1861; s. Hezekiah and Olive
S. (Nichols) Copeland; ed. public
schools; Amherst College, A.B. 1889,
A.M. 1897; M.D., N. Y. Homeopathic
Med. College, 1893; in practice at
Northampton, Mass., since 1893; Congregationalist; Republican; member
staff Cooley Dickinson Hospital,
Northampton, since 1907; director
Y. M. C. A. since 1900; member Mass.
Homeopathic Med. Soc. (orator 1904);
president Seth Pomeroy Chapter, S.
A. R., A. F. & A. M. ; m., Aug. 23, 1893,
Anna Covell, Shelburne Falls, Mass.;
four children. Residence, 168 Elm St.,
Northampton, Mass.
Doyle, Jeremiah Joseph
Lawyer; b., New Boston, N. H.,
Jan. 23, 1861; s. John and Julia
(O'Neill) Doyle; ed. public schools;
studied law and admitted to the bar in
1884, and has since practiced in
Nashua, N. H.; Catholic; Democrat;
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delegate Democratic National Conven
tion, Chicago, 1896; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1887-8, 188990, 1903-4; mayor of Nashua, 1903-4;
A. O. H. (having held all offices), For
esters of America; Knights of Colum
bus; m., Luella J. Lucier. Residence,
Nashua, N. H.
Carpenter, Dumont Hamilton
Electric railway inspector; b., Con
cord, N. H., Oct. 26, 1867; s. Henry
Harrison and Mattie (Cotton) Car
penter (H. H. Carpenter served
three years in the 6th Maine Vols,
during the Civil War) ; ed. Concord
schools; employed on Boston & Lowell
R. R., 1887-1901; superintendent
Concord Electric R. R., 1901-2; in
spector Concord Electric R. R., 1902- ;
Republican; Congregationalist (South
Church); Knight Templar, A. F. &
A. M.; member I. O. O. F., Sons of
Veterans, Veteran Railroad Men, N. E.
Street Railway Ass'n, Charity Organi
zation Soc., N. H. Children's Aid and
Protective Soc., Fish and Game
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Spaulding, Daniel Minot
Teacher; farmer; b., Sullivan, N. H.,
Sept. 10, 1859; s. Henry O. and Sarah
college both sessions and also on banks
and state library in latter session);
A. F. & A. M. (past master), P. of H.,
past master Cheshire Grange, Keene,
and of Cheshire County Pomona
Grange and past D. D. N. H. State
Grange; secretary Cheshire County
Farm Bureau; president Monadnock
National Farm Loan Ass'n; in., April
14, 1891, Kate M. Barker; one son,
Earl Barker, b. Feb. 16, 1892. Res
idence, Keene, N. H.
E. (Houghton) Spaulding; ed. public
schools, Keene high school, 1878,
Amherst College, A.B. 1884, Phi Beta
Kappa; engaged in teaching for sev
eral years—instructor in French and
Science, Arms Academy, Shelburne
Falls, Mass.; principal, high school,
Methuen, Mass.; farmer in Keene since
1894; Congregationalist; Republican;
member Keene board of education since
1911, Keene city council, 1916; member
N. H. house of representatives from
Ward 5, Keene, 1917-18, 1919-20
(member committee on agricultural
Estabrook, Fred Watson
Manufacturer; financier; b., Graf
ton, Mass., Sept. 23, 1852; s. John
W. and Julia (Howe) Estabrook;
ed. public schools of Grafton and Marl
boro, Mass.; Bryant & Stratton Busi
ness College, Boston, Mass.; com
menced work as bookkeeper in a shoe
factory, and at 23 years of age was
made manager of the factory of Crane,
Leland & Moody at Nashua, N. H.;
in 1879 organized the firm of Esta
brook & Anderson Bros., manufacturers
of shoes, whose product gained high
reputation; with greatly increasing
business the concern was incorporated
as the Estabrook-Anderson Shoe Co.
in 1895, Mr. Estabrook continuing till
1912, when he retired to devote his
attention to other interests, including
extensive mining enterprises in the
West;
Episcopalian; Republican;
member Republican national com
mittee for New Hampshire, 1908-20;
director General Development Co.,
Miami Copper Co., N. Y.; National
Shawmut Bank, Boston; Second Na
tional Bank, Nashua; Nashua Sad
dlery Hardware Co.; president and
director White Mountain Freezer Co.,
Telegraph Publishing Co., Nashua;
director and vice-president Sioux City
Stock Yards Co. ; director and treasurer
Estabrook Gold Dredging Co., Boston
& Idaho Gold Dredging Co.; director
Manchester Traction Light & Power
Co., Wonolancet Co. Nashua; trustee
Protestant Episcopal Church, St.
Mary's School, Concord, N. H • mem
ber Nashua City Club, Vesper Country
Club; Union League, New York;
League, Concord Gun Club, Council
of National Defense, Red Cross, Pro
hibitionist, Suffragist; in., Oct. 25,
1898, Eva May Stevens of Concord;
one dau., Martha Phyllis, b. June 7,
1901, Concord High School, 1919.
Residence, Pleasant St., Concord,
N. H.
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Algonquin and Boston Athletic Clubs,
Boston, Mass.; m., Nov. 5, 1879,
Alice, dau. Judge Geo. Y. Sawyer of
Nashua (deceased); one son, Winthrop Howe, who served as captain of
engineers during the late European
war. Residence, Nashua, N. H.;
office, 201 Devonshire St., Boston,
Mass.
Bowman, George Ernest
Editor; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Jan. 5, 1860; s. George A. and Ernestine
(Lord) Bowman; ed. public schools,
Hartford, Conn., Yale College, A.B.
1883; has long been engaged in com
piling the history of the Mayflower
passengers and their descendants;
founder and editor of the Mayflower
Descendant, quarterly magazine, and
Pilgrim Notes and Queries, monthly;
founder Boston Chapter, S. A. R.,
first secretary and second president of
same; life member Mass. Soc., May
flower descendants; Soc. Colonial
Wars; order Colonial Governors, N.E.
Historic Genealogical Soc., etc.; com
piler various volumes of vital records;
Congregationalist; Republican; A. F.
& A. M. Residence, 81 Pinckney St.,
Boston, Mass.
Sweet, William Isaac
Clergyman; b., Throop, N. Y., June
6, 1863; s. Vaughan and Julia Ferris
Sweet; ed. Union College, Auburn,
N. Y., Theological Seminary, 1887;
ordained to the ministry May 7, 1887,
PennYan, N. Y.; pastor Presbyterian
Church, Fair Haven, N. Y., 1887-8 ; Con
gregational Church, Farmington, N.H.,
1888-92; Passaic, N. J., 1892-7; Ever
ett, Mass., 1897-1911 (church member
ship increasing from 250 to 700 during
pastorate)) Pittsfield, N. H., 1911- ;
Congregationalist; Independent; al
ways interested in civic affairs; head of
Boy Scout movement in Pittsfield, also
chairman Red Cross; member West
N. H. Congregational Club, A. F. &
A. M., I. O. O. F.; m., Aug. 6, 1884,
Jennie E. Johnson; three daughters,
Harriet M., Elizabeth J., E. Louise.
Residence, Pittsfield, N. H.
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Amey, John Tillotson
Lumberman; member, N. H. Tax
Commission; b., Pittsburg, N. H., Oct.
16, 1858; s. John Tillotson and Emily
(Haynes) Amey; ed. public school,
Pittsburg; employed at eighteen years
of age by one of the large lumber
operators of that region, and has fol
lowed that business most of the time
for forty years, having been associated
with the Van Dyke interests for several
years; Democrat; elected to the N. H.
house of representatives for 1889, from
the town of Stratford, where he was
then conducting a lumber business for
a Massachusetts corporation ; sheriff of
Coos County, 1893-4; chairman N. H.
Democratic State Committee, 18941902; appointed minority member
N. H. Tax Commission when the board
was created, and has continued a
member of the same; delegate from
Lancaster in N. H. constitutional con
vention, 1918; member A. F. & A. M.,
lodge, chapter, commandery and shrine,
m., 1st, 1S81, to Emeline Higgins of
Pittsburg, to whom one son and two
�George A. Tenney
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daughters were born, all of whom are
living, married and have children; 2d,
Feb. 28, 1897, to Elsie Dolloff of Lan
caster, who died Aug. 13, 1912; 3d,
June 30, 1915, to Katherine O'Dowd,
Lancaster, now living. Residence,
Lancaster, N.H.
Tenney, George Amos
Banker; cotton manufacturer; b.,
Claremont, N. H., Feb. 11, 1864; s.
Edward J. and Frances M. (Hall)
Tenney; ed. public schools of Clare
mont, Stevens high school; engaged
for a time as clerk in the auditing de
partment of the Boston & Lowell R. R.,
Boston; went through the various de
partments there, and later was located
in Concord, N. H., in charge of the
Northern R. R. freight account; in
1888 went West and engaged in bank
ing business in St. Joseph and Kansas
City, Mo., Ellsworth, Kan., and
Nebraska City, Neb.; upon organiza
tion of the People's National Bank
in Claremont, N. H., in 1892 he re
turned home to accept the position of
cashier, in which he has continued and
is also vice-president and director; in
1907 became treasurer and general
manager of the Monadnock Mills of
Claremont, of which he is also a director,
as well as of the Claremont Gas Light
Co., of which he is treasurer and general
manager; director, also, of the Sugar
River Savings Bank of Newport and
the Sullivan Co. R. R.; Episcopalian;
Republican; member staff of Gov.
Charles M. Floyd with the rank of
colonel; member Algonquin Club of
Boston, and of the Triton Fish and
Game Club of the Province of Quebec;
m., June 2, 1891, Sarah E. Ballou,
No. Adams, Mass.; two sons, Edward
Ballou, b. May 4, 1892 (ed. St. Ste§hens College and Philadelphia Textile
chool); George P., b. Nov. 17, 1900
(ed. St. Paul's School). Residence,
Claremont, N. H.
Boynton, Roy J.
Physician; b., Hillsboro, N. H.,
July 31, 1881; s. David E. and Lydia
(Roberts) Boynton; ed. public schools,
527
Dartmouth College; M.D., College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Boston,
1904; began practice in Boston same
year; professor materia medica and
therapeutics, and theory and practice
of medicine, College of Physicians and
Surgeons since 1901; secretary and
professor materia medica and thera
peutics, Middlesex College, Medicine
and Surgery; consulting physician,
Middlesex Hospital; president N. H.Vt. Lighting Co., American Electric
Light & Power Co.; Mass. Gas &
Electric Co.; m., Nov. 20, 1911,
Beatrice H. Underwood, Providence,
R. I. Residence, Framingham, Mass.
Crossfield, Frederic S.
Physician; b., Keene, N. H., July 29,
1854; s. Kendall and Rebecca (Martin)
Crossfield; ed. Dean Academy, Frank
lin, Mass., Bellevue Hospital (N. Y.)
Med. College, M.D. 1878; in practice
in Hartford, Conn., since latter date;
Episcopalian; Republican; larvngologist to Hartford Hospital and Wildwood Sanatorium; consultant to Cyril
and Julia Johnson Memorial Hospital,
Stafford Springs, Conn., and Isolation
Hospital, Hartford; member American
Med. Ass'n, Conn. and Hartford Co.
Med. Socs., etc.; m., July 21, 1898,
Mary Evelyn Affleck, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
one son. Residence, 148 Kenyon St.,
Hartford, Conn.
Dearborn, Sam Starrett
Physician; b., Milford, N. H., Jan.
30, 1872; s. Sam Gerrish and Henrietta
(Starrett) Dearborn; ed. Phillips Exe
ter Academy, 1890; A.B., Harvard,
1894; M.D. 1898; in practice in
Nashua since 1899; member visiting
staff Nashua Emergency Hospital and
St. Joseph's Hospital; city physician,
Nashua, 1900-2; chairman board of
health; member board of education;
director Second National Bank, Wonolancet Co.; member Nashua Med. Soc,
Hillsboro County Med. Soc, N. H.
Med. Soc, N. H. Surgical Club, A. F.
& A. M. (32d degree); Unitarian; Re
publican; m., Oct. 12, 1898, May H.
Chandler. Residence, 6 Concord St.,
Nashua, N. H.
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Livingston, Frank Channing
Lawyer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Nov. 10, 1858; s. Charles F. and Carrie
E. (Guild) Livingston ; ed. Manchester
public schools, high school, 1877;
studied law with Hon. Joseph W. Fel
lows; admitted to the bar in 1881 and
since in practice in Manchester; Uni
tarian; Republican; treasurer H illsbo ro County, 1893-1905; associate
justice Manchester municipal court,
1910-12; delegate N. H. constitutional
convention, 1918; chairman Commu
nity Labor Board, replacement com
mittee for returning soldiers and sailors ;
director Manchester Safe Deposit &
Trust Co.; Mason 32d degree, past
commander Trinity Commandery, K.
T.; member Grand Commandery of
New Hampshire, Bektash Temple,
N. M. S.; Ridgley Lodge, I. 0. O. F.,
past chief patriarch Wonolancet En
campment; m., Nov. 13, 1890, Minnie
A. Campbell; children, Carolyn Guild,
b. Nov. 4, 1891 (Simmons), m. Daniel
D. Chase; Alice Carey, b. Feb. 27,
1893 (Simmons); Allen Campbell, b.
Feb. 27, 1893 (Dartmouth), sergeant
1st class, U. S. Engineers; one and a
half years service with American Ex
peditionary Forces in France. Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Taylor, Frederick Wellington
Educator; b., Wooster, O., Jan. 25,
1876; s. Samuel and Susan (Albright)
Taylor; ed. public schools and Wooster
College; Ohio State Univ., B.Sc. 1900;
in service of the Ohio Experiment Sta
tion, 1896-1901; U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Bureau of Soils, 1901-3;
professor of agriculture, N. H. State
College, since 1903; now dean of the
Agricultural Department and agrono
mist for the Experiment Station;
"Methodist by birth, Congregationalist by adoption, Republican always" ;
selectman of Durham, 1916; member
Alpha Zeta, Sigma Xi and Alpha Tau
Alpha college fraternities, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amer
ican Breeders' Ass'n, etc.; Farm Insti
tute lecturer and author of many bulle
tins and circulars; m., Dec. 23, 1903,
Jessie L. Stocker; three children, Ralph
S., Julia A. and Samuel F. Residence,
Durham, N. H.
Merrow, Lyford A.
Manufacturer; b., Center Ossipee,
N. H., Sept. 8, 1865; s. Daniel and
Maria Elizabeth (Brewster) Merrow;
descendant of Henry Merrow, Read
ing, Mass., 1661; direct descendant on
maternal side of William Brewster of
the Mayflower; ed. public schools, New
Hampton Literary Institution; engaged
in manufacture of oils, paints and var
nishes since 1882; president and man
ager New England Oil, Paint and Var
nish Co.; president Burbank & Ryder
Varnish Co., Hoffman Paint & Varnish
Co.; director Hildreth Varnish Co.,
George T. McLauthlin Co.; Congregationalist; Republican; colonel on
staff of Gov. Charles A. Busiel, 1895-6;
member N. H. executive council, 190910; delegate at large from N. H. in Re
publican National Convention, 1912;
member N. H. board of trustees of
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state institutions, 1915-17;N. H.Home
Missionary Soc, Boston City Club; m.,
Dec. 17, 1902, Elizabeth Rena McLauthlin; one son, Parker McLauthlin.
Residence, Malden, Mass.; Mountainview (Ossipee), N. H.
Floyd, Charles Miller
Clothing and lumber dealer; b.,
Deny, N. H., June 5, 1861; s. Sewall
and Sarah J. (Sleeper) Floyd; ed.
public schools and Deny Academy;
engaged in clothing trade in Manchester
since 1886; Congregationalist; Repub
lican; member N. H. senate, 1901-2;
executive council, 1905-6; governor
of New Hampshire, 1907-9; director
Manchester National Bank, Manchester
Building & Loan Ass'n, Manchester
Traction, Light & Power Co.,
Derryfield Lumber Co.; partner in
Batchelder & Floyd Lumber Co.; m.,
June 16, 1886, Carrie E. Atwood,
Haverhill, Mass. Residence, Manches
ter, N. H.
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Keyser, Frank Nathaniel
Railway conductor; b., North Haver
hill, N. H., Sept. 12, 1866; s. Scott W.
andMaryE. (Stocker) Keyser; ed. pub
lic schools; entered railway service in
1888, and has continued to the present
time, having been for many years past
one of the best known passenger con
ductors on the White Mountain divi
sion of the Boston & Maine R. R.;
Methodist; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1915-16,
Straw, Herman Foster
Manufacturer; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Dec. 31, 1849; s. Ezekiel A. and
Charlotte Smith (Webster) Straw; ed.
St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H.,
Harvard Univ.; associated with his
father in the management of the
Amoskeag Mfg. Co.'s establishment at
Manchester, after leaving school, con
tinuing to the present time ; agent since
1885; m., Sept. 18, 1873, Mary O.
Parker of Boston. Residence, Man
chester, N. H.
Spalding, James Alfred
Surgeon; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
Aug. 20, 1846; s. Lyman Dyer and
Susan Parker (Parrott) Spalding; ed.
public schools, Dartmouth, A.B. 1866;
Harvard, M.D. 1870; in practice in
Portland, Me., since 1873; ophthalmological and aural surgeon, Me.
General Hospital, 1881-1914 (now
consulting); member American Acad
emy of Medicine, Me. Medical Ass'n,
etc.; m., Nov. 16, 1882, Sarah Chase
Shepley, Boston, Mass. Residence,
627 Congress St., Portland, Me.
serving on Fish and Game committee,
and 1917-8, when he was a member
of the same committee and that on
Liquor Laws, from which the state
prohibitory law was reported; member
N. H. senate, 1919-20, being chairman
committee on Labor, and a member of
the Incorporations, Railroads (clerk),
Towns and Parishes and Fisheries and
Game (clerk) committees; member
A. F. & A. M., 32d degree, K. T., and
Shriner; Railway Conductors of Amer
ica and Anchor Club of Boston; m.,
May 1, 1894, Addie M. Kimball.
Residence, North Haverhill, N. H.
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Donahue, John Joseph
Insurance; b., Keene, N. H., Aug. 7,
1859; s. James and Margaret (Quintan)
Donahue; ed. Keene public schools;
engaged in early life in mercantile pur
suits in Keene and Peterboro, N. H.;
in insurance business since 1890, in
Keene and Manchester, removing to
the latter city nearly twenty years ago;
Unitarian; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives, from Ward 2,
Manchester, 1903-4, 1905-6 (chairman
Insurance Committee each session);
U. S. pension examiner, 1907-14; dep
uty sheriff, Hillsboro County, 191719; member N. H. senate (District No.
16), 1919-20; chairman committee on
Revision of the Laws; clerk committee
on State Hospital ; member committees
on Judiciary, Education and Towns and
Parishes; appointed Insurance Com
missioner for N. H., April 2, 1919, to
succeed the late Rufus N. Elwell;
member Republican state committee,
and executive committee for Hillsboro
County; chairman Republican [city
committee of Manchester; member I.O.
R. M. (past Great Sachem for )New
Hampshire), K. of P., Amoskeag
Grange, Amoskeag Veterans, tlNew
Century Club, Manchester Institute
of Arts and Sciences; m., Jessie E.
Rice. (See following sketch.) Resi
dence, Manchester, N. H.
Donahue, Jessie Edith Rice
(Mrs. John J. Donahue) ; clubwoman,
social worker and literary pursuits; b.,
Jaffrey, N. H., Nov. 7, 1873; dau.
George Laban and Lucy Harriet (Bald
win) Rice; ed. Keene schools; school
teacher for some time; later had practi
cal experience in life insurance and as
secretary and claim adjuster for a
health and accident insurance com
pany; Unitarian; for six years director
National Alliance of Unitarian Women:
vice-president and director National
Unitarian Sunday School Soc; director
Star Island Summer Meetings Ass'n;
past president Manchester Federation
of Women's Clubs (during her term of
office introduced playgrounds to Man
chester); chairman Art Committee,
N. H. Federation of Women's Clubs;
past president Manchester New Cen
tury and Shakespeare clubs; vice-pres
ident National Shakespeare Federation ;
vice-president Manchester Institute of
Arts and Sciences, and president of its
literature section; member Historic Art
Club; director Settlement Ass'n of New
Hampshire; state superintendent of
Americanization of W. C. T. U.; regent
Molly Stark Chapter, D. A. R.; vicepresident Manchester Equal Suffrage
League; member Amoskeag Grange,
P. of H., Boston Arts and Crafts Soc,
Haverhill, Mass., Arts and Crafts Soc.,
and instructor in wood carving in the
latter organization in which art she is
an experienced teacher, and skilled in
various other handicrafts; has also con
ducted classes in Americanization for
some years; special correspondent of
the Boston Transcript, and frequent
contributor to other newspapers and
periodicals; m., John J. Donahue;
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children, Helen Rice, b. May 17, 1895
(Radcliffe 1916); Esther, b. Oct. 24,
1901.
Fairbanks, Charles Albert
Physician; b., Portsmouth, N. H.,
Dec. 17, 1849; s. Albert A. and Lydia L.
(Brock) Fairbanks; ed. public schools,
Dartmouth College Scientific Depart
ment, 1871; Harvard Med. School,
M.D. 1877; commenced practice in
Dover, N. H., in 1878 and has there
continued; Republican; city physician,
Dover, 1882-98; U. S. pension exam
iner, 1897-1913; mayor of Dover, 18981900; member school committee, 18821917 (chairman, 1909-17); member
board of water commissioners, N. H.
house of representatives, 1907-8, 190910, 1919-20, A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.,
I. O. R. M.; Strafford County Med.
Soc., N. H. Med Soc. Residence,
Dover, N. H.
Currier, Clinton Harvey
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Jan. 1, 1876; s. Harvey L. and Eliza
True (Kenny) Currier; ed. Manches
ter public schools; Brown Univ., Ph.B.
1898, A.M. 1899; Univ. of Gottingen,
1910-11; instructor in mathematics,
Brown Univ., 1899-1914; instructor in
mathematics and astronomy since
1914; instructor at R. I. School of De
sign, 1901-9; member Ass'n of Math
ematics Teachers of N. E., American
Mathematics Soc, etc.; m., June 4,
1910, Theresa M. Connolly, Residence,
311 Wayland Ave., Providence, R. I.
Hamblett, Charles Judson
Lawyer; b., Nashua, N. H., Jan.,
1862; s. Judson A. and Mary A.
(Perkins) Hamblett; ed. Francestown
Academy, 1883; LL.B., Boston Univ.,
1889; hon. A.M., Dartmouth, 1900;
admitted to the bar in 1889 and since
in practice in Nashua; Republican;
assistant clerk N. H. senate, 1887-89;
clerk, 1891-3; city solicitor, Nashua,
1901-4; U. S. district attorney for
New Hampshire, 1898-1907; m., 1st,
Oct. 4, 1894, Georgie Ellen Stevens; 2d,
Dec. 23, 1914, Mrs. Belle F. (Small)
Fletcher. Residence, Nashua,\N. H.
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Young, Harrie Minot
Civil engineer ; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Sept. 26, 1866; s. Hiram P. and Mary
S. (Ayer) Young; ed. public schools of
Manchester—high school, 1884; civil
engineer for the city of Manchester
many years; Universalist; Republican;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1895-6, 1897-8 (chairman committee
on Military Affairs), 1899-1900 (chair
man Appropriations) ; ass't clerk, house
of representatives, 1902-4, 1905-6;
clerk, 1907-8 and since; president
Realty Investment Co., Manchester,
N. H.; director The Real American;
clerk Manchester Institute of Arts and
Sciences; clerk and treasurer Amoskeag
Veterans; clerk of trustees of Pine
Grove Cemetery; chief of records,
Agawam Tribe, I. O. R. M.; member
Minnehaha Council Degree of Poca
hontas, and the Great Council of N. H.,
D. of P.; great chief of records of the
Great Council of N. H., I. O. R. M.;
member and reading clerk of the Great
Council of the U. S., I. O. R. M.; mem
ber Manchester Lodge, B. P. O. E.,
�Mrs. William H. Schofield
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Amoskeag Grange, P. of H., Union
Pomona Grange, and has received the
state and national degrees of the order;
member N. H. Good Roads Ass'n,
Manchester Cadet Veteran Ass'n,
Manchester Y. M. C. A., Manchester
Historical Ass'n, Manchester Turn
Verein and Calumet Club; m., July
8, 1911, Idella Frances Corser, Contoocook, N. H. Residence, 277 Concord
St., office City Hall, Manchester, N. H.
Schofield, Mary Lyon (Cheney)
(Mrs. William H. Schofield) ; b., New
Britain, Conn., Dec. 24, 1869; dau. Dr.
Edwin Bradbury and Charlotte M.
(Ward) Lyon ; special student at Wellesley College, 1888-90; m., 1st, April 27,
1893, Charles Paine Cheney of Boston,
A.B. 1892, Harvard, who d. 1897; chil
dren, (1) Charles Ward, b. April 28,
1894, Lieut. Engineer Corps, A. E. F.;
(2) Ruth, b. Oct. 2, 1895, m. Thomas
W. Streeter (see sketch elsewhere) ; (3)
William Halsall, b. Jan. 15, 1897,
Lieut. Aviation Corps, A. E. F., killed
in Italy, 1918; m. 2d, Sept. 24, 1907,
Prof. William Henry Schofield, Ph.D.,
head of Department of Comparative
Literature, Harvard Univ. Mrs. Scho
field has always been greatly interested
in civic and economic problems and has
spoken throughout New Hampshire on
Preparedness (before the United States
entered the war) ; on the Liberty Loan,
especially women's new financial obli
gations; and on Opportunities for
Women in Agriculture; has established
training courses for women at her estate
in Peterborough and was instrumental
in the establishment of a Dairying
Course for Women at the N. H. State
College, Durham; chairman N. H.
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee,
1917-19; president Woman's Land
Army of America; member new board
of trustee of N. H. Schoo for Feeble
minded Children; chairman committee
on training courses, N. H. Woman's
Committee, Council of National De
fense; chairman N. H. Committee,
Woman's Committee of National Civic
Federation; chairman committee on
war relief, N. H. Soc. of Colonial Dames
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of America; member N. H. Council of
Americanization; Lyceum Club, Lon
don, England; Chilton Club and May
flower Club. Boston; Episcopalian;
Residence, Boston, Mass., and East
Hill, Peterborough,N. H.
Minot, Lena Margaret
Bank clerk; b., Concord, N. H., July
9, 1873; dau. George Edward and Mary
Jeannette (Floyd) Minot; grand dau.
George Minot, president of the Mechamcks Bank, 1854, and treasurer of
the B. C. & M. R. R.; tenth in descent
from Elder George Minot, one of the
first settlers of Dorchester, Mass., and
representative, 1635-7; ed. Concord
high school, 1891; clerk for A. J. Shurfrlen, clerk of Supreme Court, later for
J. S. Matthews; clerk in Mechanicks
National Bank, Feb., 1901-17; clerk
in Merrimack County Savings Bank,
1917- ; communicant St. Paul's P. E.
Church and assistant treasurer of St.
Paul's parish; member St. Anna
Branch and St. Agnes Chapter of
Guild of St. Paul; treasurer Woman's
Auxiliary of St. Paul's parish; treasurer
Concord Chapter of American Red
Cross; member Woman's Council of
National Defense and active in war
work; charter member (1896) of Outing
Club (Camp Weetamoo) and president
several years; charter member Hatha
way Shakespeare Club (secretarytreasurer. 19 17-); charter member
(1904) Hathaway Outing Club (presi
dent, 1919-); charter member (1911)
Concord Friendly Club (treasurer 1911
-14); member N. H. Historical Soc.,
Concord Woman's Club, District Nurs
ing Ass'n., Concord Female Charitable
Soc., S. P. C. A. Residence, Concord,
N.H.
Wyman, William D.
Insurance; b., Hillsboro Bridge,
N. H., April 24, 1859; engaged in em
ploy of Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co.,
at Chicago, 1883, becoming general
agent; appointed state manager Berk
shire Life Ins. Co. of Pittsfield, Mass.,
1889; now president; president Chi
cago Life Underwriters' Ass'n, 1892-3,
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1897-8; National Ass'n Life Under
writers, 1901-2. Residence, Pittsfield,
Mass.
Barnes, George Washington
Farmer and general business; b.,
Lyme, N. H., March 18, 1886; s. Hiram
and Esther B. (Gillett) Barnes; ed. pub
lic schools, Thetford, Vt., Academy,
St. Johnsbury Academy, 1891 ; Meth
odist; Republican; member school
board of Lyme; selectman nine years
director Connecticut & Passumpsic
Rivers R. R. and Connecticut Valley
Telephone Co.; member N. H. Public
Safety Committee, and National De
fense League; local food administrator;
war historian; district chairman War
Savings Stamp work, etc.; trustee
estate of the late Herbert H. Barnes,
with large holdings in Boston, where he
has an offica and spends much time;
has a large farm in Lyme, specializing
in the raising of Hereford cattle, sheep
and poultry; also has extensive real
estate interests at White River Junc
tion, Vt.; member A. F. & A. M., P. of
H., N. H. Historical Soc., and Boston
City Club; m., 1897, Laura A. Smith.
Residence, Lyme, N. H.
Snow, Alpheus Henry
Lawyer; b., Claremont, N. H., Nov.
8, 1859; s. Alpheus F. and Sarah Maria
(Dean) Snow- ed. Trinity College,
1876-7; A.B., Yale, 1879; LL.B., Har
vard, 1883; in practice of law at
Hartford, Conn., 1883-7; Indianapolis,
Ind., 1887-95; engaged in literary work
at Washington since 1895; lecturer on
Colonial Government, George Wash
ington Univ., 1908-9; member board of
trustees, George Washington Univ.;
executive council American Soc. In
ternational Law; American Bar Ass'n;
American Political Science Ass'n;
American Historical Ass'n, and various
clubs; m., June 29, 1887, Margaret
Maynard Butler, Indianapolis. Resi
dence, 2013 Massachusetts Ave., N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
and present chairman of the board;
trustee town trust funds; member
N. H. house of representatives, 1915-16,
also 1917-18 (chairman committee on
Public Improvements); N. H. senate,
1919-20 (chairman committee on Pub
lic improvements, also serving on
State Library, Forestry, Public Health,
School for Feeble-minded [clerk] and
State Hospital committees); trustee
Dartmouth Savings Bank, Hanover,
and North Thetford church funds;
Whipple, George Hoyt
Pathologist; b., Ashland, N. H.,
Aug. 28, 1878; s. Ashley Cooper and
Frances Ann (Hoyt) Whipple; ed.
Yale, A.B. 1900; M.D., Johns Hop
kins, 1905; assistant in pathology,
Ancon Hospital, Panama, 1905-6;
pathologist, Bay View Hospital, Bal
timore, 1908; associate professor path
ology, Johns Hopkins, 1911-14; pro
fessor research medicine, Univ. of
California, and director Hooper Foun
dation for Medical Research since 1914;
member American Med. Ass'n, Inter
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national Ass'n of Medicine, etc.; m.,
June 2, 1914, Katherine Ball Waring,
Charleston, S. C. Residence, 2085 9th
Ave., San Francisco, Cal.
Weston, Robert Spurr
Sanitary engineer; b., Concord,
N. H., Aug. 1, 1869; s. Lon and Mar
tha B. (Greenman) Weston; ed.
Brockton, Mass., high school, 1887
Amherst College, B.S. 1891 (A.M
1900); Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1894-5.
Univ. of Berlin, 1897-8; assistant
chemist Louisville Water Co., 1895-8
Superior Water, Light & Power Co.
1898-9; in private practice since
assistant professor public health en
gineering, Mass. Inst. Tech. since 1913,
member American Soc. Civil Engineers,
American Chemical Soc, American
Public Health Ass'n, etc.; member
Boston Chamber of Commerce, Twen
tieth Century, City, Engineers and
Appalachian Mountain clubs; m.,
Dec. 21, 1909, Josephine Fitz Randolph,
Plainfield, N. J. Residence, 81 Griggs
Road, Brookline, Mass.
Wright, George E.
Lawyer; b., Brookline, N. H., Jan.
20, 1867; s. William and Eliza A.
(Elliot) Wright; ed. Lawrence Acad
emy, 1884; Phillips Exeter, 1885;
Harvard, A.B. 1889; A.M. and LL.B.
1892; in practice in Seattle, Wash.,
since 1893; Congregationalist; Demo
crat; ex-president Seattle Public Li
brary; Seattle Bar Ass'n, Municipal
« League of Seattle; member Phi Beta
Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Phi,
University Club; m., July 16, 1895,
Mary Estelle Wyckoff, Seattle. Res
idence, 1227 38th Ave. N., Seattle,
Wash.
Turtle, George Thomas
Physician; b., Northwood, N. H.,
March 18, 1850; s. Thomas and Olive
Furber (Garland) Tuttle; ed. Dart
mouth College, A.B. 1872; M.D.,
Harvard, 1878; commenced practice
in Boston, 1878; second assistant
physician, McLean Hospital, 1879-80;
first assistant, 1880-1904; medical
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superintendent since Jan. 1, 1904;
Republican; member Mass. Med.
Soc, American Medico-Psychological
Ass'n, Boston Soc. Psychiatry and
Neurology, etc. Address, McLean Hos
pital, Waverly, Mass.
Ayer, Frank M.
Merchant; b., New Durham, N. H.,
Aug. 25, 1873; s. Joseph F. and Har
riett (Downs) Ayer; ed. public schools
of New Durham and Farmington; in
mercantile business at Alton (dry goods
and automobiles) ; Liberal; Republican;
selectman, 1907-8, 1910-12, 1917-18
(chairman four years) ; town treasurer,
1909; justice Alton municipal court
since March, 1915; member Republi
can town committee seven years;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1919-20, serving on Railroads and
Education committees; member and
past master Winnipesaukee Lodge,
A. F. & A. M., Alton; past patron
Alpha Chapter, O. E. S.; past grand
patron O. E. S. of New Hampshire;
member Cocheco Lodge, I. O. O. F.,
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and Merry Meeting Grange, P. of H.;
m., March 3, 1909, Stella Francis.
Residence, Alton, N. H.
Jones, Andros B.
Shoe manufacturer; b., Pownal, Me.,
Aug. 5, 1846; s. Sewall L. and Mary A.
(Libby) Jones; ed. public schools;
engaged in shoe manufacturing in
Massachusetts for some years after
haying served three enlistments in the
Union Army, during the Civil War, in
the Fifth and Sixty-Second Mass.
Vols, and Battery I., 5th U. S. Artillery;
removed to Nashua, N. H., thirty
years ago, and has there continued,
serving first as superintendent of the
Brackett shoe factory and later, as
foreman for Estabrook & Anderson;
Congregationalist; Republican; mem
ber Nashua city council, 1891; alder
man, 1892; member N. H. house of
representatives, 1893-4; N. H. senate,
1901-2; police commissioner, 1903-5;
mayor of Nashua, 1905-6; police com
missioner, 1916-18; member N. H.
house of representatives, 19 19-20; mem
ber A. F. & A. M., K. of P., G. A. R.;
m., Nov. 2, 1871, Lizzie J. Young; one
son, Fred A. (see sketch p. 150). Resi
dence, Nashua, N. H.
Atwood, Charles Edward
Journalist; b., Waltham, Mass., Jan.
11, 1858; s. Luther and Katherine L.
(Marsh) Atwood; ed. Exeter public
schools, Phillips Exeter Academy,
1877; Harvard Univ., 1880; engaged
now, and for many years past, with
John Templeton on the Exeter News
Letter, long known as one of the best
managed and finely printed weekly
newspapers in New England; Congre
gationalist; Republican; trustee Ex
eter Public Library ; member Swamscott
Club. Residence, Exeter, N. H.
Smith, Archibald Lavender
Real estate business and service in
France; b., Hillsborough, N. H., Feb.
1, 1889; s. John Butler (governor of
New Hampshire, 1893-5) and Emma E.
(Lavender) Smith; ed. Hillsborough
grammar school, Noble and Greenough's preparatory school, Boston;
Harvard Univ., A.B. 1911; Republican;
Congregationalist, uniting with the
Hillsborough Church, Sept. 10, 1905;
member Pi Eta Soc., Harvard College,
and the Harvard Club; enlisted in the
Quartermaster's Department, U. S. A.,
Aug. 7, 1917, and attached to the 301st
Co., Motor Supply Train 401 ; m., Made
leine Fellows of Manchester, N.H., Nov.
1, 1916; child, John Butler, b. Aug. 2,
1918; Lieut. Archibald L. Smith died at •
Tours, France, while serving in the U.S.
Army, Aug. 21, 1918. A lieutenant's
commission was announced almost sim
ultaneously with his death. At the
memorial service at the Smith Mem
orial Church in Hillsborough, named in
honor of Gov. John B. Smith, Rev. E.
D. Towle said: "In Archibald Smith
flowered the finest traits of New Eng
land culture. . . . Modest, rev
erent, teachable, respecting the rights
of others, but never self-assertive, he
grew in wisdom and power until the
end. ... A beautiful courtesy
lent distinction to his bearing. . . .
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His innate refinement kept him from
the coarser things, but pure democracy,
for which he died, was also something
by which he had always lived. . . .
Concerning the part he played in this
critical period of the world's life, a
soldier-friend in Europe wrote: 'He
is doing a wonderful work and doing it
well.' . . . He had much to give
and he gave all, for he had learned that
service of humanity crowned with love
to God is the sum total of life's mean
ing."
Morrill, Ellen Rebecca (Bryant)
(Mrs. Ezekiel Morrill); b., Canter
bury, N. H., April 27, 1843; dau. John
Joseph and Harriet Maria (Hoag)
Bryant; moved to Concord in child
hood; ed. Concord high school, 1861;
m., Sept. 21, 1863, Dr. Ezekiel Morrill,
a prominent Concord physician, surfeon in the 13th N. H. Vols, and 1st
[eavy Artillery during the Civil War;
he d. April 18, 1908; children, (1) Ed
ward Dewey Bryant, b. Concord,
N. H., Oct. 2, 1864; d. Aug. 26, 1881;
(2) Alpheus Baker, b. Salem, Mass.,
Dec. 25, 1867; ed. Dummer Academy,
Byfield, Mass., Dartmouth College,
1891, M.D. 1895, Hahnemann Med.
College, Philadelphia, post-graduate
at Johns Hopkins Univ., N. Y. Med.
College and N. Y. College of Physi
cians and Surgeons; practising physi
cian, Concord; d. July 12, 1908; (3)
Annie Stickney, b. Concord, May 26,
1877; d. April 6, 1879. After her mar
riage Mrs. Morrill lived at Portsmouth,
Va'., while her husband was in camp,
then at Salem, Mass., returning to
Concord in 1874 upon the death of Dr.
Alpheus Morrill, Dr. E. Morrill's
father. She has spent many months
in California at seven different times,
and in 1896 visited Egypt, Palestine,
Greece and modern Europe; in 1881
she founded the club which in 1883 was
formally organized as the Stratford
(Shakespeare) Club, the second oldest
literary society in town; president,
1889-92; charter member of Concord
Woman's Club, 1893, and chairman of
various committees; life member, Home
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for the Aged; member Friendly Club,
Woman's Alliance, Unitarian Church,
Red Cross; Suffragist, Republican.
Residence, Concord, N. H.
French, Frank
Artist; b., Loudon, N. H., May 22,
1850; s. Hiram W. and Lydia W.
French ; at a very early age he showed
aptitude for drawing and in this was
encouraged by an elder sister, Clara,
who was a painter of some prominence;
went to Manchester when about
twenty and had charge of the art de
partment on the Manchester Mirror
under John B. Clarke; became a pupil
of Henry W. Herrick; two years later
went to New York where he made a
name for himself with the Tract Soc.;
later was a partner of the engraving
firm of Smithwick and French at 70
Fifth Ave.; m., Alice Hendricks,
Brooklyn, April 22, 1875; made resi
dence in East Orange, N. J., and New
York City until about ten years ago
when the longing for New Hampshire
decided the family to remove to
�Hon. Oscar L. Young
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Manchester. Mr. French has received
the highest honors for his work at
notable exhibitions; medal at Colum
bian Exposition, Chicago, in 1893;
Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, in
1901; Paris Exposition, 1900; gold
medal, St. Louis Exposition, 1904.
his specialty is portraits; member of
Artists Fund Soc, Kit Kat Club,
Salmagundi Club of New York; author
of "Home Fairies and Heart Flowers,"
and other works. While acting as
secretary of the Soc. of American Wood
Engravers he caused to be completed
the "Portfolio" of fine original wood
cuts by the foremost engravers and
published by Harper and Brothers.
Mr. French now maintains his studio
in the Odd Fellows Building, Manches
ter, 81 Hanover St.; is president of the
Studio Shop and has associated with
him his daughter, Mabel Edna and son
Frank A., the latter assuming the
active management of the business.
Young, Oscar L.
Lawyer; attorney general; b., Ossipee, N. H., Sept. 11, 1874; s. Timothy
B. and Isabel S. (Buzzell) Young; ed.
Brewster Free Academy, Wolfeboro,
N. H., 1895; Boston University Law
School, LL.B. 1900; admitted to the
N. H. bar, 1900, and commenced prac
tice in Wolfeboro, removing to Laconia
in 1901, where he has since remained in
practice; now member law firm of
Young & Cheney (Thomas P. Cheney),
with office in BaldiBldg., Laconia; Free
Baptist; Republican; justice Laconia
police court, 1903-13, Laconia munici
pal court, 1915, 1917; clerk Board
of Railroad Commissioners, 1909-11;
chairman Republican state committee,
1908-10; attorney general of New
Hampshire since April 15, 1918;
trustee Laconia Savings Bank, Brew
ster Free Academy, Wolfeboro, N. H.;
president Lake City Club, Laconia;
member A. F. & A. M., I. O. 0. F.,
P. of H.; m., July 11, 1909, Anna M.
Paris, Wolfeboro, N. H. Residence,
84 Whipple Ave., Laconia, N. H.
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Hetzel, Ralph Dora
Educator; b., Merrill, Wis., Dec. 31,
1882; s. Henry Clayton and Sadie
(Dorn) Hetzel; ed. Merrill, Wis., public
schools; Univ. of Wisconsin, A.B. 1906;
LL.B. 1908; LL.D., Dartmouth, 1918;
instructor in English, Oregon State
College, 1908-9; assistant professor,
1909-11 ; professor English and political
science, 1911-3; director of Extension
Service, 1913-17; president N. H. Col
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
since August, 1917; admitted to the
Wisconsin bar, 1908; Oregon bar, 1910;
member Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi,
Gamma Sigma Delta, American Ass'n
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations (chairman Extension Section,
1915); m., Aug. 4, 1911, Estelle Helene
Heineman, Merrill, Wis. ; four children.
Residence, Durham, N. H.
Whoriskey, Richard
Professor of modern languages; b.,
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 2, 1874; s.
Richard and Anne (Carroll) Whoriskey;
ed. Harvard College, 1897; Harvard
Graduate School, 1897-8; professor of
modern languages, N. H. College of
Agriculture and Mechanics Arts, Dur
ham, since 1899; former president mod
ern language section, N. H. Teachers'
Ass'n; former president, N. H. School
masters' Club; member Modern Lan
guage Ass'n of America, Kappa Sigma;
author of various monographs; chief of
the division of cooperating agencies on
the staff of Huntley N. Spaulding,
federal food administrator for New
Hampshire; speaker for the League of
Nations. Residence, Durham, N. H.
Weston, George Franklin
Educator; b., Hancock. N. H., Oct.
3, 1853; s. Ephraim and Almira H.
(Gates) Weston; ed. New London
Literary and Scientific Inst., New
London, N. H., 1874; Brown Univ.,
1878, A.M. 1881; principal, Elmwood
grammar school, Providence, R. I.,
1878-95; principal, Technical high
school, Providence, since 1895; mem
ber R. I. Institute of Instruction, R. I.
Ass'n Mech. Eng'rs, R. I. Historical
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Soc., etc.; m., Oct. 14, 1879, M.
Louise Stewart, Keene, N. H. Resi
dence, 89 Oriole Ave., Providence,
R. I.; summer home, Hancock, N. H.
Foster, William Hamilton
Vice-rector, St. Paul's School; b.,
Concord, N. H., Aug. 27, 1861; s.
Judge William Lawrence and Harriett
Morton (Perkins) Foster; grandson
Judge Hamilton E. and Clara B.
(George) Perkins; eighth in descent
from John Foster, one of the early set
tlers of Salem, Mass.; ed. St. Paul's
School, 1883; honorary M.A., 1885,
Dartmouth College; master St. Paul's
School, Concord, N. H., 1883-1911;
vice-rector St. Paul's School, since
July 1 , 19 1 1 ; Episcopalian ; Republican ;
member N. H. Historical Soc, N. H.
Soc. of Colonial Wars, Wonolancet
Club; m.. June 28, 1888, Alcina E.
Gordon, dau. Nathaniel and Alcina E.
(Sanborn) Gordon of Exeter, N. H.;
child: Harriett Evelyn, m. Frederick
Merrick Gardiner of Philadelphia,
Sept. 22, 1913; their children, Evelyn,
b. 1915; Isabel, b. Nov. 2, 1917. Resi
dence, St. Paul's School, Concord,
N. H.
O'Kane, Walter Collins
Entomologist and writer; b., Colum
bus, O., Nov. 10, 1877; s. Henry and
Catherine (Van de Water) O'Kane; ed.
Ohio State University, A.B. 1897;
A.M. 1909; engaged in newspaper and
magazine work, 1897-1909; circula
tion manager Farm and Fireside, Wom
an's Home Companion and Twentieth
Century Farmer; professor economic
entomology, New Hampshire State
College, 1911- ; deputy commissioner of
Agriculture, state of New Hampshire,
1911- ;Congregationalist; member Beta
Theta Chi, Sigma Xi, American Ass'n
for Advancement of Science, Entomo
logical Soc. of America; president
American Ass'n Economic Entomolo
gists; author books relating to agri
culture; m., Dec. 30, 1902, Clifford
Hetherington; two sons and two daugh
ters. Residence, Durham, N. H.
Neal, John Herbert
Physician; b., Parsonfield, Me.,
March 20, 1862; s. John and Sarah Jane
(Lord) Neal; ed. public schools, North
Parsonfield, Me., Seminary, Bowdoin
Medical College, Brunswick, Me., and
Long Island College Hospital, Brook
lyn, M.D. 1886, having also studied
with Dr. J. M. Leavitt of Effingham,
N. H.; commenced practice at Sanford,
Me., in 1886, removing to Rochester,
N. H., in 1894, thence to Portsmouth, in
1907; Republican; member boards of
health in Sanford and Rochester; mem
ber Rochester board of education
three years; member N. H. state
senate, 1903-4; promoter of the law
abolishing the office of coroner in New
Hampshire and establishing that of
medical referee; first medical referee of
Strafford County ; U. S. examining sur
geon for pensions ten years; chairman
N. H. State Board of Arbitration and
Conciliation; chairman Portsmouth
board of health; ex-president Strafford
and N. H. Med. Socs.; member Amer
ican Med. Ass'n, A. F. & A. M., 32d
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degree and K. T.; m., Nov. 28, 1888,
Lula E. Clark, Sanford, Me.; son,
Cecil M., b. Oct. 25, 1890. Residence,
Portsmouth, N. H.
Smith, John Warren
Meteorologist; b., Grafton, N. H.,
Sept. 21, 1863; s. John R. and Mary
E. (Wadleigh) Smith; ed. public
schools, N. H. College, B.S. 1888;
M.S. 1900; Lawrence Scientific School,
Harvard, 1891-2; summer school,
Ohio State Univ., 1902; entered
service U. S. Weather Bureau, 1888;
director New England section, 18906; Montana section, 1896-7; Ohio
section, 1898-1909; district forecaster,
St. Louis, 1909-10; professor meteor
ology and director Ohio section, 191015; professor meteorological science,
Ohio State Univ., 1910-15; chief
division of agriculture, meteorological
Weather Bureau, Washington, 1916- ;
president Ohio Academv Science,
1914-15. Residence, 10 E."Oxford St.,
Chevy Chase, Md.
Stone, Winthrop Ellsworth
Educator; b., Chesterfield, N. H.,
June 12, 1862; s. Frederick L. and
Ann (Butler) Stone; ed. Mass. Agri
cultural College, B.S. 1882; Boston
Univ., B.S. 1886; Ph.D. Gottingen,
1888; LL.D., Mich. Agricultural Col
lege, 1907; assistant chemist, Mass.
Agricultural College Experiment Sta
tion, 1884-6; chemist, Tenn. Agri
cultural Experiment Station, 1888-9;
professor chemistry, Purdue Univ.,
1889-90; vice-president, 1892-1900;
president since 1900; member Ind.
State Board of Education, and various
associations and societies. Residence,
Lafayette, Ind.
Tilden, George Thomas
Architect; b., Concord, N. H.,
March 19, 1845; s. Rev. William
Philips and Mary J. (Foster) Tilden;
ed. Phillips Exeter Academy, Mass.
Institute Tech.; in architectural offices
of Ware & Van Brunt, Boston; studied
in Paris under Emil Vaudremer;
associated in practice with Arthur
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Rotch, as Rotch & Tilden, Boston,
1880-94; since alone; designed and
erected many church, library and
school buildings; fellow American In
stitute of Architects; member Boston
Soc. Architects, etc. Residence, 55
White St., Milton, Mass.
Billings, Warren Tracy
Newspaper writer and advertising
specialist; b., Cambridge, Mass., Jan.
11, 1868; s. Emilius G. and Lillieore
(Tracy) Billings; lineal descendant of
Lieut. Thomas Tracy, born in Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England, in
1610, who crossed to the Massachu
setts Bay Colony about 1630, was in
Salem till Feb. 23, 1634, and in 1660
became one of the proprietors of Nor
wich, Conn., removing to that town,
where he died Nov. 7, 1685; also lineal
descendant of Nathaniel Billings who
crossed to Boston and was in business
there in 1630; ed. public schools, leav
ing at thirteen years of age, and at
seventeen becoming entire support of
a family of four, continuing several
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
years; Liberal; Republican; engaged for
twenty years as reporter and traveling
correspondent of the Boston Herald
and other newspaper enterprises; estab
lished industrial departments on Bos
ton & Maine and Maine Central Rail
roads in 1907, retiring voluntarily on
change of managements 1911; Mem
ber Sons American Revolution; m.,
1st, July 19, 1890, Lucy L. C. Bigelow;
2d, Dec. 11, 1908, Marina A. H. Whit
ney; children, Constance, b. Dec. 4,
1894; Warren Dudley, b. Sept. 20,
1897. Residence, Gilford, N. H.
Cogswell, John Ross
Physician; b., Landaff, N. H., April
18, 1840; s. George W. and Harriett
(Taylor) Cogswell; ed. public schools.
Lisbon, N. H7, New Hampton Literary
and Scientific Institute, 1859 (one
year of college course), Dartmouth
Medical College, M.D. 1864 (post
graduate course in Harvard, 1869);
practiced at Franconia, N. H., 186474; removed to Warner, N. H., in
1874, and since in practice there: Congregationalist; Democrat; superintend
ing school committee in Franconia five
years; member school board in Warner
three years; high school superintendent
three years; member A. F. & A. M.,
lodge, chapter and commandery; I. O.
O. F. (district deputy grand master,
15th district, five years) ; P. of H. (past
master Warner Grange, No. 90; past
lecturer Merrimack County Pomona
Grange); member White Mountain
Medical Soc. (secretary), Center Dis
trict Medical Soc. (past president),
N. H. Medical Soc, holding various
offices; m., 1st, July 9, 1867, Ella M.
Knight, Lisbon; d. Aug. 31, 1869,
leavmg one son, Edward K., b. Aug.
30, 1869, now in mercantile business in
Keene; 2d, Sept. 18, 1872, Ellen L.
Hildreth, Lisbon, d.; one son, Lloyd H.,
b. Dec. 7, 1879, now physician in War
ner. Residence, Warner, N. H.
Smith, George Albert
Physician; b., Wakefield, N. H.,
Nov. 9, 1858; s. Alfred F. and Susan
E. (Mordeaugh) Smith; ed. public
schools, Bellevue Hospital Med. Col
lege, Univ. of N. C., M.D. 1881;
physician, assistant superintendent
and superintendent N. Y. Asylum for
the Insane, Hart's Island, 1882-95;
medical superintendent Central Islip
State Hospital for the Insane since
1895; member Med. Soc. State of
N. Y., American Medico-Psychological
Ass'n, Associated Physicians of Long
Island, etc.; Republican; m., Dec.
8, 1886, Amelia M. Kaus, New York.
Address, State Hospital, Central Islip,
L. I., N. Y.
Smith, William Clarke
Educator; b., Manchester, N. H.,
Feb. 22, 1857; s. Judge Isaac W. and
Amanda W. (Brown) Smith; ed. pub
lic schools, Dartmouth College, Univ.
of Berlin, M.A. 1894-5; instructor,
Univ. of Wyoming, 1887; master and
part owner, St. Luke's School, Wayne,
Pa.; Episcopalian; Republican; mem
ber Alpha Delta Phi, Soc. of Philadel
phia; author, "About Us and the
Deacon," 1911; "The Vigil," 1912;
"Songs from the Foot-hills," 1915, etc.
Residence, Wayne, Pa.
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Morrill, Sibley Gage
Physician; b., Oct. 3, 1873, Concord,
N. H.; s. Luther Sullivan and Mary
Agnes (Gage) Morrill; grandson Dr.
Charles P. Gage, who began practice
in Concord in 1838; grandnephew Dr.
Alpheus Morrill, who began practice in
Concord in 1848, being succeeded by
his sons, Drs. Ezekiel and Shadrach C.
Morrill and his grandson, Dr. Alpheus
Baker Morrill, making a period of over
seventy years that the Morrill name
has stood at the head of the medical
profession in Concord; ed. schools of
Concord and Harvard Univ.; M.D.
1898, Harvard Med. School; specialty,
internal medicine; physician to and
president of staff of Margaret Pillsbury
General Hospital; consulting physician
to N. H. Memorial Hospital for Women
and Children and to Pembroke Sana
torium for Consumptives; member
N. H. State Board of Health and City
of Concord Board of Health, Fellow
American Medical Ass'n, member N. H.
Medical Soc. and Center District Soc. ;
Independent Republican; member St.
Paul's (P. E.) church, Sons American
Revolution, Blazing Star Lodge, A. F.
& A. M., Mount Horeb Commandery,
Knights Templar and Bektash Temple,
Mystic Shrine; publications in medical
journals, especially on the subject of
Acidosis; m., Oct. 16, 1905, Georgia
Sherman, dau. Roger and Mary (Gilman) Sherman of Lincoln, Mass., who
d. Oct. 6, 1918; children, Sibley Sher
man, b. May 13, 1908; Roger Sherman,
b. June 8, 1913. Residence, Concord,
N.H.
Parker, Walter Matthew
Banker; b., Manchester, N. H.,
July 18, 1850; s. Nathan and Charlotte
M. (Riddle) Parker; descendant of
Capt. James Parker, Woburn, Mass.,
1640; ed. private tutors, Dartmouth
College, A.B. 1871; entered employ of
Manchester National Bank, of which
his father was president, after gradua
tion, later becoming cashier, and
succeeding his father as president in
1894; Congregationalist; Republican;
served on Manchester school board and
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as a member of the common council;
member N. H. house of representatives,
1883; vice-president N. H. Fire Ins.
Co.; director and treasurer Manchester
Gas Light Co.; director Concord &
Montreal R. R.; m., July 29, 1896,
Christina Holmes, Cape Breton, N. S.;
one dau., Charlotte, b. June 4, 1897.
Residence, Manchester, N. H. .
Conant, Charles Sumner
Musician; b., Greensboro, Vt., July
2, 1860; s. E. Tolman and Mary J.
(Fisher) Conant; descendant, on pater
nal side, in the ninth generation, from
Roger Conant, who settled Salem,
Mass., in 1623; on maternal side de
scendant of Dea. Samuel Fisher, early
settler of Londonderry, N. H.; ed.
public schools of Greensboro and St.
Johnsbury, Vt., Academy; devoted his
attention from youth to vocal music,
studied under private teachers in St.
Johnsbury, Boston, Mass., New York
City and London, England (under the
tutelage of William Shakespeare in the
latter city); taught singing in the
schools of St. Johnsbury, Vt., in 1886,
and in various places in Northern New
Hampshire ana Vermont, in 1887; re
moved to Concord, N. H., in 1888, to
accept the position of teacher of music
in the schools of the city, in which posi
tion he has continued; spent two days
per week in Laconia, for four years—
1888 to 1892—introducing music into
the schools of that city; has been direc
tor of the Concord Oratorio Soc, since
its organization in 1899; director of
church choirs in Concord and Man
chester twenty-four years in all; has
taught hundreds of private pupils, and
still continues the work; member and
past president N. H. Music Teachers'
Ass'n; member and former vice-presi
dent National Music Teachers' Ass'n;
member Eureka Lodge, A. F. & A. M.,
Concord; Congregationalist; Republi
can; m., Jan. 22, 1883, Martha P.
Burnham, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; one son,
Roy W., b. May 4, 1885, now in auto
mobile business in Kansas City. Resi
dence, Concord, N. H.
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
Bartlett, Benjamin G.
Lawyer; b., Haverhill, Mass., Nov.
9, 1872; s. Thomas B. and Victoria E.
Williams (Cilley) Bartlett (descendant
of Gen. Joseph Cilley and Gen. Thomas
Bartlett); ed. Dean Academy, Frank
lin, Mass., 1891, Williams College,
A.B. 1895, Boston Univ. Law School,
LL.B. 1898; in practice of law at Derry,
N. H., since latter date; member of
firm of G. K. & B. T. Bartlett; Universalist; Republican; member N. H.
house of representatives, 1915-16 and
chairman Committee on Revision of the
Laws; N. H. senate, 1919-20; chair
man judiciary committee and member
committees on military affairs, elec
tions, State Prison, Industrial School
and Soldiers' Home; justice Derry
police court, 1906-13; member N. H.
Bar Ass'n, N. H. Historical Soc, A. F.
& A. M., K. T. and Shriner, I. O. O. F.,
Eagles, Derryfield Club, Manchester,
N. H.; m., June, 1907, Lillian G. Nel
son, Haverhill, Mass.; four children.
Residence, Deny, N. H.
Dolloff , Amy Josephine Babb
Physician's assistant; social worker
and writer; b., Lowell, Mass., Aug. 30,
1870; dau. John William and Josephine
(Damon) Babb (direct descendant on
maternal side of John Hancock, min
ister in Lexington, Mass., in 1696,
grandfather of Gov. John Hancock,
and on paternal side of John Mason,
grantee of New Hampshire in 1629);
ed. public schools, Lakeport, N. H.,
and Providence, R. I., and private in
struction in college branches at Han
over, N. H.; m., May 5, 1888, Albert
Simeon Dolloff, M.D. (Dartmouth Med.
College, 1891), a native of Meredith,
N. H., b. Aug. 19, 1862, who practiced
some time in Beverly, Mass., and, later,
for fifteen years, at New Hampton,
N. H., removing to Lewiston, Me., in
1916; but retaining a summer home in
New Hampton. Dr. Dolloff, who is on
the staff of the C. M. G. Hospital at
Lewiston, holds a captain's commis
sion in the U. S. Medical Service, did
relief work in France during the war,
and after its close was sent on a Red
Cross expedition to Montenegro, where
he established a hospital and dispen
sary at Niksitck and has charge of re
lief work in a district embracing 55,000
people. Mrs. Dolloff has been physi
cian's assistant and nurse for more than
twenty years, and was actively en
gaged in her husband's sanatorium at
New Hampton; in Lewiston she has
been police matron since Feb. 22, 1918;
Baptist (superintendent Sunday school
at New Hampton nine years); mem
ber Cosmos Guild, W. C. T. U., Red
Cross, Y. W. C. A., Hospital Aid Ass'n,
Housewives League (treasurer); poeti
cal writer of note and frequent mag
azine contributor; One son, Albert
Franklin, b. Nov. 23, 1896; graduated
from New Hampton Literary Institu
tion 1915; entered Bates College in
class of 1919; enlisted in U. S. Coast
Artillery, April 19, 1917; in active
service as corporal one year in France,
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returned in March, 1919, and will com
plete his college course. Residence,
Lewiston, Me.: summer home, New
Hampton, N. H.
Leighton, George Bridge
General business; b., St. Louis, Mo.,
July 19, 1864; s. George Eliot and
Isabella (Bridge) Leighton; ed. Har
vard Univ., A.B. 1888; Episcopalian;
Republican; member N. H. Republi
can State Committee; colonel on staff
of Gov. Henry B. Quinby, 1909-10;
member N. H. Forestry Commission ; N.
H. Conservation Commissioner; pres
ident Los Angeles Terminal Ry. (Calif.);
Leighton & Howard, 1889-1900; Steel
Company, St. Louis, 1899-1903; Lone
Star Ship Building Co., Allegheny By
product Coke Co.; vice-president N.
H. Historical Soc., Copper Exploration
Co.; director, American Steel Foun
dries, Emerson-Brantingham Agricul
tural Implement Co., New York Rail
ways Co.; member Committee on
Safety Appliances, Amer. Ry. Ass'n,
1898-1903; Master American Railway
Guild, 1899-1900; chairman Committee
on Geology, Harvard University;
founder and first president Associated
Harvard Clubs; member Cincinnati,
Loyal Legion, Society of Colonial
Wars, S. A. R., Pepperell Ass'n, Lewisburg Memorial Ass'n (honorary trus
tee), Somerset Club, Boston, Mass.;
Union and University clubs, New
York; Harvard Clubs, Boston, New
York, Chicago, New York Farmers;
owner of Monadnock Farms, Dublin,
N. H., and strongly interested in agri
culture; m., April 12, 1893, Charlotte
Kayser, St. Louis; children, George
Elliot (Harvard, A.B. 1917), Ensign
U. S. N. R.; John Langdon (Harvard,
A.B. 1919), ensign U. S. N. R.; Henry
K., U. S. N. R. Address, Monadnock,
N. H.; Ill Broadway, N. Y.
Scott, Clarence Watkins
Educator; b., Plymouth, Vt., Aug.
20, 1849; s. Hon. Charles A., M.D.,
and Betsey E. (Watkins) Scott; ed.
Vermont State Normal School, Ran
dolph, 1867; Black River Academy,
545
Ludlow, Vt., Kimball Union Academy,
Meriden, 1870, Dartmouth College,
A.B. 1874, A.M. 1877; LL.D., N. H.
College, 1913; librarian, Dartmouth
College, 1874-8; instructor N. H. Col
lege, 1876-81 (admitted to Vermont
bar, 1879); professor English, N. H.
College, 1881-94; professor history and
political economy, 1894-1913; profes
sor history since 1913; Congregationalist; Republican; member Phi Beta
Kappa, Kappa Kappa "Kappa, Ameri
can Historic Ass'n; m., 1888, Harriet M.
Field, Duluth, Minn.; three children,
Charles Field (B.S.), b. Jan. 23, 1891;
Sue H. (A.B.) July 30, 1895; Alice H.,
Aug. 12, 1899. Residence, Durham,
nTh.
Jackson, Andrew
Lawyer; b., Littleton, N. H., Jan. 8,
1882; s. James R. and Lydia (Drew)
Jackson; ed. Littleton high school,
Dartmouth College, A.B. 1903; in
structor at Lyndon Institute, Lyndon,
Vt., 1904; instructor in the Rochester
(N. H.) high school, 1905, and later
elected superintendent of schools in
that city; in 1908 entered Boston Univ.
Law School, graduating with highest
honors. Upon his admission to the
Massachusetts bar in 1910, he became
associated with the firm of Hurlburt,
Jones & Cabot, remained with this
firm two years, then formed a partner
ship with Paul Hurlburt, son of Hon.
Henry F. Hurlburt of Boston, and
opened an office in Rochester, N. H.,
under the firm name of Jackson &
Hurlburt. The success of the new
firm was immediate and during the
next five years there was little litiga
tion of importance in Strafford county
in which it was not engaged on one
side or the other. On the entry of this
country into the war, he enlisted in the
1st N. II. Reg. of Infantry, and was en
rolled in Company C as a private; his
two brothers, Harry B. Jackson and
William M. Jackson having enlisted in
the same organization. He went over
seas in the 103rd Infantry. In the
Second Battle of the Marne, in an at
tack on Hill 190, north of Chateau
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Thierry, he was wounded in the left
wrist by a machine gun bullet and for
his conduct in refusing to be evacuated
and continuing in action and rescuing
the wounded under heavy fire till over
come by loss of blood, was cited for
bravery, recommended for the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and pro
moted to Sergeant-Major. His regi
ment on this occasion lost 770 of 890
men engaged, and of 234 men in his
company but ten remained unscathed
after the attack; following the cessa
tion of hostilities he was designated by
the government for a course of in
struction at the University of Can.
Pearson, Edward Nathan, Jr.
Investment banker; b., Concord, N.
H., March 4, 1884; s. Edward N. and
Addie M. (Sargent) Pearson; ed. Con
cord high school and Dartmouth Col
lege (class of 1906, non-graduate);
member of the firm of Schwabacher &
Company, investment bankers, San
Francisco, Cal.; m., July 6, 1910, E.
Jean Povor; dau., Jane, b. May 31,
1914. Residence, Oakland, Cal.
Pearson, Robert Houghton
Engineer; b., Concord, May 30,
1885; s. Edward N. and Addie M.
Pearson; ed. Concord high school,
Dartmouth College (class of 1907) and
Thayer School of Civil Engineering;
engineer on Panama Canal, June, 190710; assistant foreman of construction
on the Gatun Locks, laid the first con
crete in that structure; d., Medford,
Mass., Jan. 5, 1911.
Stone, Harlan Fiske
Lawyer; educator; b., Chesterfield,
N. H., Oct. 11, 1872; s. Frederick Lauson and Ann Sophia (Butler) Stone;
ed. Amherst College, B.S. 1894; A.M.
1897; Columbia Univ. Law School,
LL.B. 1898; lecturer on law, Colum
bia Univ. Law School, 1899-1902;
professor of law, 1902-5; dean since
1910; member firm of Satterlee, Canfield & Stone, New York City; I di
rector Atlantic & Charlotte Air Line
Ry., Woman's Hotel Co.; president
Ass'n American Law Schools; member
American Bar Ass'n (com. on legal
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
education), etc.; m., Sept. 7, 1899,
Agnes Harvey, Chesterfield, N. H.
Residence, 2 Chestnut St., Englewood,
N.J.
Pearson, John Walter
Investment banker; b., Concord,
N. H., Nov. 6, 1888; s. Edward N. and
547
field municipal court since 1902; mem
ber board of education; treasurer
Lancaster & Jefferson Electric Co.;
member A. F. & A. M., lodge, chapter
and commandery; S. A. R., P. of H.;
m., Aug. 30, 1904, Marie Halligan,
Boston. Residence, Whitefield, N. H.
Morrison, Howard A.
Manufacturer; b., Jersev City, N. J.,
March 30, 1891; s. Henry K. and
Emma M. Morrison; removed in child
hood with his parents to Concord,
N. H., and prepared at the Concord
high school for the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology (class of 1914);
superintendent of transportation, Scoville Manufacturing Co.; m., Oct. 14,
Addie M. Pearson; ed. Concord high
school and Dartmouth College (class
of 1911); with Bonbright, Herrick &
Co., investment bankers, Cleveland,
O.; assistant paymaster, with rank of
ensign, in U. S. Naval Reserve, July,
1917-March, 1919; m., Margaret
Withee of Grand Rapids, Mich., July
3, 1917. Residence, Cleveland, O.
Bowker, Edgar Marshall
Lawyer; b., Lisbon, N. II., April 18,
1876; s. Mitchell H. and Laura P.
(Brooks) Bowker; ed. Whitefield,
N. H., high school, 1893; George
Washington Univ. Law School, 1903;
admitted to N. H. bar, 1905, and
in practice in Whitefield, N. H., since;
Baptist; Republican; justice White-
1916, Mildred, daughter of Edward N.
and Addie M. Pearson of Concord,
N. H.; s. Howard A. Morrison, Jr., b.
March 5, 1919. Residence, Waterbury, Conn.
Metcalf, Henry Harrison
Journalist; b., Newport^N. H., April
7, 1841 ; s. Joseph P. and Lucy (Gould)
Metcalf; ed. public and private schools,
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Mt. Caesar Seminary, Swanzey, N. H.,
Law Department of the Univ. of Mich
igan, LL.B. 1865; studied law in the
office of Hon. Edmund Burke, New
port, N. II.; admitted to the Sullivan
County bar, Sept., 1866; engaged in
journalism as editor of the White
Mountain Republic, Littleton, N. H.,
1867-8; editor of The People, Concord,
N. H., 1868-72; editor of the White
Mountain Republic, 1872-4; founded
The Democratic Press, Dover, N. H.,
1874, and edited and published the
same till 1879: meanwhile founded The
Granite Monthly, which he removed
to Concord in the spring of 1879; in
November of that year sold the maga
zine to John N. McClintock and en
gaged in the service of Stilson Hutchins
as managing editor and editorial
writer for the Manchester Daily Union,
then established as a morning paper,
continuing till 1882, when he returned
to Concord as editor of The People and
New Hampshire Patriot, continuing ten
years in that position; purchased The
Granite Monthly in 1892 and published
the same for two years, then sold it to
the Republican Press Ass'n; many
years N. H. correspondent of the New
York World, Herald and Times, and of
the Boston Post; editorial writer for
the Portsmouth, N. H., Times, twelve
years and for the Cheshire Republican,
Keene, N. H., five years; regained con
trol of The Granite Monthly again in
1906 and continued its publisher till
1919; received hon. A. M., from Dart
mouth College, 1913. Member First
Universalist Church, Concord, N. H.,
moderator parish four years, superin
tendent Sunday school seven years;
vice-president N. H. Universalist state
convention, 1906-15; member board of
trustees, 1918- ; Democrat; secretary
N. H. Democratic state committee,
1869-70; delegate Democratic Nat'l.
Conv., 1876; president N. H. Demo
cratic state convention, 1900; chairman
Democratic city committee, Concord,
several years; Democratic candidate
for representative in Congress, Second
N. H. District, 1910; appointed editor
of State Papers (state historian) July
1913; member board of education,
Littleton Union Dist. 1873-4; auditor
Union School District, Concord, since
March, 1906; member N. H. Constitu
tional Convention, 1918; Concord
Board of Trade (secretary, 1893-8,
1900-13) ; secretary N. H. State Board
of Trade, 1907-16; member N. H. Soc.
S. A. R., serving as necrologist; member
board of managers and vice-president
at different times (president, 1918-19);
member executive committee N. H.
Old Home Week Ass'n, 1899-1914,
president since 1914; member N. H.
Historical Soc., Patrons of Husbandry,
(first lecturer and past master Capital
Grange ; lecturer Merrimack County Po
mona Grange eleven years; N. H. State
Grange, 1897-1903; m., Dec. 18, 1869,
Mary Jane Jackson, Littleton: children,
Harry Bingham, b. Concord, N. H.,
Jan. 25, 1871 (Dartmouth, 1893);
Edmund Burke, b. Littleton, N. H.,
July 7, 1872 ; Laura Prucia, b. Littleton,
N. H., Feb. 4, 1874 (m. Harlan C.
Pearson). Residence, Concord, N. H.
�ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS
NAME
Abbot, Charles Greeley
Abbot, Florence Hale
Abbot, Stanley Harris
Abbott, Alfred Wells
Abbott, Frances Matilda
Abbott, Frederick Wallace
Abbott, Harlan Page
Abbott, Leon Martin
Abbott, Sewall Wester
Abbott, Warren
Adams, Blanche Spalding Griffin
Adams, Charles Darwin
Adams, Charles Henry
Adams, James Meade
Adams, Wesley
Africa, Walter Greenland
Ahern, William Joseph
Aiken, Edwin Joseph
Albee, Ernest
Aldrich, Edgar
Aldrich, George Isaac
Aldrich, Walter J
Alexander, J. Grace
Alexander, Thomas Branch
Allen, Carl Addison
Allen, Edwin Morris
Allen, Fred Hovey
Allen, Glover Morrill
Allen, John Eliot
Allison, Henry Darracott
Amey, Harry Burton
Amey, John Tillotson
Amsden, Charles Hubbard
Anderson, George Weston
Anderson, Isabel Weld Perkins . .
Andrews, Herbert Marston
Anthony, Francis Wayland
Aspinwall, Ada Mae
Atherton, Ella Blaylock
Atwood, Charles Edward
Averill, Elisabeth
Ayer, Frank M
Ayers, Helen McGregor
Ayers, Joseph Gerrish
Ayers, Philip Wheelock
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365
334
402
349
467
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327
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398
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390
33
247
349
503
399
401
443
406
23
249
291
402
387
10
463
525
123
311
309
352
399
46
409
536
275
535
118
352
191
NAME
Babbidge, Paul Freese
Bachelder, Nahum Josiah
Bachelder, Thomas Cogswell. . . .
Bailey Benjamin Franklin
Bailey, Charles Hardy
Bailey, Irving Widmer
Bailey, Marshall Henry
Bailey, Solon Irving
Baker, Benjamin Ward
Baker, Dana Wingate
Baker, Walter Smith
Ball, Sumner Nehemiah
Ballard, William Preston
Bancroft, Charles Parker
Bancroft, Susan Cushing Wood. .
Barber, Daniel Fletcher
Barnabee, Henry Clay
Barnard, Charles Daniel
Barnard, Harry Everett
Barnes, George Washington
Barney, Charles Oscar
Barry, William Henry
Bartlett, Benjamin T.
Bartlett, Edwin Julius
Bartlett, John Henry
Bartley, William Tenney
Barton, Jesse Morton
Barton, Ralph Martin
Bass, Robert Perkins
Bassett, Whitman Sears
Batchelder, Ernest Allen
Baynes, Ernest Harold
Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney
Beal, Frank Johnson .
Bean, Edwin Curtis
Bean, George Fremont
Beaton, Alexander, Argus
Beckley, Chester Charles
Beckwith, Hira Ransom
Beede, Joshua William
Bell, Charles Upham
Bell, Louis
Benton, John Edwin
Bickford, John Calvin
Billings, Warren Tracy
PAGE
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360
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317
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98
142
343
169
171
173
391
134
360
190
534
395
493
544
135
409
393
105
322
245
319
322
67
263
349
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351
391
174
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
Bingham, George Hutchins
Bingham, Harry
Black Archibald
Blackburne, Mary F. Blaisdell. .
Blaisdell, Albert Franklin
Blaisdell, Bertram
Blaisdell, Carlyle W
Blake, Amos Jewett
Blakely, Quincy
Blanchard, Grace
Blunt, Harry Harmon
Boutwell, Harvey Lincoln
Bowker, Edgar Marshall
Bowman, George Ernest
Boynton, Roy J
Brackett, Charles Albert
Brackett, John Q. A
Bradley, Mark Spaulding
Branch, Oliver Winslow
Brehaut, James William
Brennan, James F
Brennan, Vincent John
Bridge, John Davis
Bridgman, Don Seavey
Brinley, Godfrey Malbone
Britton, Arthur Harvey
Britton, William John
Brooks, John Graham
Brown, Albert Oscar
Brown, Alice
Brown, Alice Van Vechten
Brown, Calvin Luther
Brown, Edmund H
Brown, Edmund Towle
Brown, Elisha Rhodes
Brown, Emma Elizabeth
Brown, Frank Herbert
Brown, Frank Parker
Brown, Fred Herbert
Brown, George Henry
Brown, Harry James
Brown, Henry Currier
Brown, John Henry
Bugbee, Marion Louise
Bugbee, Perley Rufus
Buuock-Mahan, Lillian Gertrude
Burbank, Charles E
Burgum, Edwin Berry . .
Burleigh, Alvin
Burley, Benjamin Thomas
Burlingame, Harriet Grace Boyd
Burnham, Sylvester
Burnham, William Henry
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166
361
366
480
109
79
425
89
325
65
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163
71
516
519
483
119
137
90
151
418
456
95
206
421
266
270
121
34
495
273
360
151
213
509
441
262
37
413
83
155
503
495
307
45
498
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NAME
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Burroughs, Sherman Everett. ...
Burton, George Dexter
Busiel, John Tilton
Buss, George Washington
Buxton, Willis George
35
498
499
286
105
Cain, John Leavitt
Campbell, Alfred Hills
Carlton, Charles Elijah
Carpenter, Dumont Hamilton. .
Carpenter, Frank Pierce
Carpenter, Georgia Butters Drake
Carpenter, Philip
Carr, Clarence Edgar
Carr, Henry James
Carroll, Annie Wilkins
Carter, Solon Augustus
Carter, William Scott
Cavanaugh, John Bernard
Cavis, Kate Chandler
Chadwick, Henry Dexter
Chamberlin, Alonzo Laban
Chamberlin, Edson Joseph
Chamberlin, Henry Eastman. ...
Chandler, Clark Porter
Chandler, Fred Gray
Chandler, Horton Lloyd
Chandler, William Dwight
Chandler, William Dwight, Jr. . .
Chandler, William Eaton
Chapin, Bela
Chapman, Charles E
Charron, Henry Emery
Chase, Arthur Horace
Chase, Charles Parker
Chase, Harvey Stuart
Chase, Ira Arthur
Chase, Levin Joynes
Chase, Olin Hosea
Chase, Russell MacMurphy
Chase, Stuart
Chase, William Martin
Chellis, Frank Otis
Cheney, Elias Hutchins
Cheney, Harry Morrison
Child, Edwin Leighton
Child, Samuel Mitchell
Child, William Henry
Churchill, Mabel H. Hall
Churchill, Winston
Chutter, Frederick George
Claggett, Fred Porter
Clark, Allan Chester
357
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155
523
93
522
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77
366
175
1 15
479
230
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517
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501
500
501
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231
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51
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95
39
27
237
353
19
464
127
12
353
518
367
283
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482
359
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NAME
Clark, George Langdon
Clarke, Olive Rand
Clay, Charles Leonidas
Clifford, Thomas Fellows ...:...
Clough, Clarence Edward
Clough, Joseph Messer
Clough, William Rockwell
Clow, Fred Ellsworth
Cobleigh, Marshall Day
Coburn, Jesse Milton
Cochran, John Milton
Cogswell, John Ross
Colby, Frederick Myron
Colby, Ira Gordon
Colby, James Fairbanks
Cole, Anna B. Taylor
Cole, John Adams
Cole, Samuel Winkley
Collins, Clarence Morton
Colony Horatio
Colony, John Joslin
Conant, Charles Sumner
Conant, Ernest Bancroft
Conant, John Willis
Conn, Charles Fuller
Cook, Charles Fred
Cook, George
Copeland, Elmer Humphrey ....
Copp, Owen
Corey, Francis A
Corning, Charles Robert
Cottle, Marion Weston
Couch, Benjamin Warren
Cox, Channing Harris
Cox, Guy Wilbur
Cox, Louis Sherburne
Crafts, Albert Barnard
Cram, Ralph Adams
Cram, William Everett
Creasy, Frank
Cressy, Will Martin
Crocker, Herbert Samuel
Crosby, Eva May (Emery)
Cross, Allen Eastman
Cross, Alvin Benton
Crossfield, Frederic S
Crowley, James Benedict
Cummings, Allen Curtis
Cummings, Edward
Cummings, Milon David
Currier, Charles Francis Adams .
Currier, Clinton Harvey
Currier, Frank Dunklee
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4
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515
375
371
519
467
135
543
371
371
195
13
5
523
414
303
7
344
6
521
445
522
426
411
419
78
297
415
299
373
373
527
498
186
417
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419
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551
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Curtis, Wardon Allan
Cutter, Guy Henry
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Daley, Daniel James
Danforth, Mary Shepherd
Davis, Charles Thornton
Davis, Nathaniel French
Day, Arthur Kehew
Day, Harry Brooks
Dearborn, Burt Stephen
Dearborn, George Vann Ness . . .
Dearborn. Josiah Greene
Dearborn, Sam Starrett
Dearborn, Sarah Frances Stevens
DeMeritt, Jennie Mabelle
DeMeritt, John
Demers, George Arthur
Demond, Fred Clarence
Dewey, Henry Sweetser
Dickinson, Leonard Perley
Dillingham, Thomas Manley. . .
Dixon, Frank Haigh
Doe, Haven
Dolloff, Amy Josephine Babb . .
DollofT, Charles Hall
Donahue, Jessie Edith Rice
Donahue, John Joseph
Donovan, John Joseph
Donovan, Michael Henry
Douglas, Orlando Benajah
Dow, George Francis
Doyen, Charles Augustus
Doyle, Jeremiah Joseph
Drake, George Robert
Drake, James Frank
Drake, Nathaniel Seavey
Drew, Irving Webster
Drury, Samuel Smith
Dudley, Albertus True
Dudley, Harry Hubbard
Duffy, George Ernest
Duncan, Charles
Duncan, George Henry
Dunlap, Roger Allen
Durrell, Jesse Murton
Dutton, Samuel Train
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85
434
285
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326
94
279
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240
439
305
329
98
435
258
433
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Eames, George Herbert, Jr
Eastman, Clarence Willis
Eastman, Samuel Coffin
Edes, Samuel Harcourt
Edgerly, James Bartlett
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NAME
PAGE
Edgerly, John Albert
Edgerly, Joseph Gardner
Edgerly, Winfield Scott
Elliot, John Wheelock
Ellis, Carleton
Elwell, Rufus Newell
Emerson, Abraham Fitts .
Emerson, Benjamin Kendall ....
Emerson, Charles Franklin
Emerson, Charles Sumner
Emerson, Francis Patten
Emerson, Henry A
Emery, Fred Parker
Emery, Natt Morrill
Emery, (William) Stanley
English, Fred Hubbard
Ernst, Clayton Holt
Erskine, James Buddington
Estabrook, Fred Watson
Evans, Alfred Randall
Evans, Ira Hobart
Everett, Frederic Elwin
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265
302
440
440
7
431
423
107
15
202
297
143
431
257
395
427
223
524
207
442
31
Floyd, Charles Miller
Folsom, Channing
Folsom, William Odlin
Foote, Arthur Lowell
Foss, George Ernest
Foster, George J
Foster, Herbert Darling
Foster, Joseph
Foster, William Albert
Foster, William Hamilton
Fowler, George Winthrop
Fowler, William Plumer
Freeman, Zoheth Sparrow
French, Daniel Chester
French, Emma Blood
French, Frank
French, George Barstow
French, Horace
French, James Edward
French, Leigh Hill
Frisselle, Frank Monroe
Frost, Robert
Frost, Stephen A
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419
270
150
430
429
282
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58
147
414
512
137
537
470
243
181
431
191
303
509
Fahey, John H
Fairbanks, Arthur
Fairbanks, Charles Albert
Fairbanks, George Arlington ....
Farley, Frank Edgar
Farmer, James Cliiton
Farmer, William Parker
Farnsworth, Kate Maria Sheldon
Farnum, Charles Henry
Farnum, Lewis Calvin
Farrand, George Edward
Fassett, James Hiram
Faulkner. Philip Handerson
Felch, Albert Dustin
Felker, Andrew Llewellyn
Felker, Samuel Demerritt
Fellows, Nellie E. Newton
Fellows, William Bainbridge ....
Ferguson, Frank William
Fernald, Josiah Eastman
Ferry, Edwin Sidney
Fischer, Herbert Brainertl
Fisk, Daniel Moses
Fiske, Abby Gilman
Fiske, Amos Kidder
Flanders, James Greeley
Fletcher, Lucy Nettie
Fletcher, Robert
Flint, William Willard
Flint, William Willard, Jr
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Gale, Stephen Henry
Gallagher, Edward John
Gallagher, Thomas
Gallinger, Jacob Harold
Gardner, Rufus Parker
Gay, George Washington
Gerould, Gordon Hall
Gerould, James Thayer
Gerould, John Hiram
Gerrish, Frank Lawrence
Gibson, Harvey Dow
Gile, John Martin
Glessner, John George Macbeth .
Goddard, Christopher Marsh. . . .
Goldthwaite, James Walter
Goodall, Louis Bertrand
GoodelL Richard Carter.
Goodrich, Nathaniel Lewis
Gordon, George Henry
Goss, Winifred Lane
Gould, Alfred Josiah
Gould, Robert Truman
Gove, Aaron
Gove, Charles Augustus
Grattan, Lawrence . . .
Graves, Eli Edwin
Graves, Robert John
Greeley, Harry Parker
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Green, Henry Francis
Greenleaf, Charles Henry
Greer, Benjamin Fuller
Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark .
Guernsey, Alice Margaret
Guertin, George Albert
Gunnison, William Towne
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Hackett, Frank Warren
Hackett, Wallace
Hadley, Charles John
Hadley, Elbridge Drew
Hadley, George Plummer
Hadlock, Albert Emerson
Hale, William Gardner
Hall, Daniel
Hall, Dwight
Hall, Harriet James
Hall, Newton Marshall
Hall, Walter Perley
Halloran James Ambrose
Hamblett, Charles Judson
Hamlin, Frank Wilbert
Hammond, Otis Grant
Hannaford, Mary Elisabeth Neal
Hanscom, Charles Ridgley
Hanson, Benjamin Frank
Hanson, Bert
Hanson. Charles Lane
Hardy, Willis Chenery
Harriman, Alice Stratton
Harriman, Walter C
Harrington, Karl Pomeroy
Harris, Almon Greene
Harris, Ira Francis
Harris, Sarah Neal
Harris, Thomas Jefferson
Hartford, Fernando Wood
Hartshorn, William Newton ....
Hartwell, Edward Mussey
Hatch, Albert Ruyter
Hayes, Charles Carroll
Hayes, Francis Little
Hayes, Frank Lincoln
Haynes, Martin Alonzo
Hazelton, Gerry Whiting
Hazlett, Charles Albert
Heard, Arthur Marston
Henderson. James William
Hendrick, Nellie Towne
Hening, Crawford Dawes
Herbert, John
Hering, Hermann Siegfried
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Hetzel, Ralph Dora
Hill, Frank Pierce
Hill, Howard Fremont
Hill, Joseph Adna
Hirst, Edgar Clarkson
Hobbs, Frank Pierce
Hodgman, Burns Plummer
Hodsdon, Ervin Wilbur
Hoitt, Charles William
Holden, Arthur James
Holden, Gerry Rounds
Hollis, Abijah
Hollis, Allen
Hollis, Henry French .... .\ ... .
Holt, Hermon
Hook, Andrew Jackson
Hopkins, Ernest Martin
Hough, Arthur Hugh
Howard, Alfred Franklin
Howard, Charles Danforth
Howard, Charles Woodbury ....
Howes, Benjamin Alfred
Howland, Fred Arthur
Hoyt, Charles Burleigh
Hoyt, Deristhe Lavinta
Hoyt, Horace F
Hoyt, Louis G
Hoyt-Stevens, Jane Elizabeth . . .
Humphrey, Alice Caroline
Hunt, Edwin Sumner
Huntington, William Spooner . . .
Huntress, Frank
Huntress, Harriet Lane
Hurd, Henry Norris
Husband, Richard Wellington. . .
Huse. Raymond Howard
Hutchins, Harry Burns
Hutchins, John Corbin
Ives, Henry Goodson
Jackman, Charles Lyman
Jackman, Samuel Hason
Jackson, Andrew
Jackson, James Robert
Jackson, Lydia Drew
Jackson, Robert
Jameson, John Butler
Jenks, Arthur Whipple
Jewell, John Woodman
Jewett, Stephen Shannon
Johnson, Jesse
Johnson, Martha Evelina
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Johnson, Perley Albert
Johnson, Thomas Franklin
Jones, Andres B
Jones, Edwin Frank
Jones, Elgin Alonzo
Jones, Fred Andros
Jones, Seth Warner
Jones, William Safford
Jump, Herbert Atchison
Junions, William Oliver
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Keeler, Irad Eugene
Keenan, George William
Kellom, Franklin Pierce
Kempton, Elisha Moody
Kendall, John Chester
Keyes, Anson L
Keyes, Arthur Louis
Keyes, Frances Parkinson W. . . .
Keyes, Henry Wilder
Keyes, Homer Eaton
Keyser, Frank Nathaniel
Kidder, Daniel
Kimball, Benjamin Ames
Kimball, George Morrill
Kimball, Henry Ames
Kimball, Herbert Harvey
Kimball, Martha Smith
Kimball, William Henry
King, Charles Francis
Kingsbury, Edward Newell
Kingsbury, William Josiah
Kivel, John
Knowlton, Edgar Jay
Knox, William Franklin
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Ladd, Fred Newton
Ladd, William Palmer
Lake, Harry Foss
Lamb, Fred William
Lamprey, Maitland Charles
Lane, Edward Austin
Lane, Francis Ransom
Lang, Walter Monroe
Langdell, Samuel Frank
Lauder, George Burns
Laycock, Craven
Leach, Edward Giles
Learned, Henry Barrett
Ledoux, Henri Toussaint
Lee, William Andrew
Leighton, George Bridge
Leonard, Charles Hall
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Leonard, Henry Barrett
Lewis, Homer Pierce
Lewis, Jonathan Snow
Lewis, Samuel De Wolf
Linehan, John J
Little, Clarence Belden
Little, Cyrus Harvey
Livingston, Frank Channing ....
Lockhart, Burton Wellesley
Lord, Harry True
Lord, John King
Lougee, Arthur Jewett
Loveland, Israel Albert
Lund, Fred Bates
Lyford, James Otis
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MacGreggor, Henry Frederick . .
MacMurphy, Mary L. S. James .
Madden, Charles Augustus
Madden, Joseph
Madigan, Thomas Henry, Jr.. . .
Manahan, William Henry
Mann, Hosea Ballou
Mann, William Hazeltine Gage . .
Marble, Thomas Littlefield
Marden, Orison Swett
Marshall, Harold
Marshall, Roujet DeLisle
Martin, Frederick Roy
Martin, Nathaniel Everett
Marvin, Winthrop Lippitt
Mason, Ellen McRoberts
Mason, Nathaniel Robert
Mason, Wallace Edward
Masseck, Frank Lincoln
Matthews, Joseph Swett
McAllister, George Isaac
McCollester, Lee Sullivan ....
McCollester, Sullivan Holman. . .
McCrillis, John
McDaniel, Allen Boyer
McDonald, Etta Austin Blaisdell
McDougall, Henry C
McDuffee, Willis
McElwain, Herbert Andrew
McFarland, Annie Avery
McGregor, George Wilbur
McHugh, Bartholomew Franklin
Mclntyre, Daniel
McLane, John Roy
McLaughlin, Agnes Winifred. . . .
McLaughlin, George Asbury. . . .
McQuaid, Elias Alfred
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Mead, Edwin Doak
Mead, Lucia True Ames
Meader, John Levi
Melendy, Jesse George
Melville, Henry
Merrill, Charles Clarkson
Merrill, Robert Josiah
Merrill, William Bradford
Merrow, Lyford A
Messer, Loring Wilbur
Metcalf, Frank Arthur
Metcalf, Harry Bingham
Metcalf, Henry Clifton
Metcalf, Henry Harrison
Miller, Charles Ransom
Miller, Edward Sherman
Miller, Ida Farr
Mills, Herbert Elmer
Minot, Fanny E. Pickering
Minot, Lena' Margaret
Mitchell, Abram Whittemore ...
Mitchell, Harry Walter
Mitchell, John Lewis
Mitchell, William Hugh
Moore, Herbert Fisher
Morrill, Albro David
Morrill, Arthur Putnam
Morrill, Charles Henry
Morrill, Ellen Rebecca (Bryant) .
Morrill, Grace
Morrill, Harley Winslow
Morrill, Osma Caroline Baker . .
Morrill, Sibley Gage
Morris, George Franklin
Morris, James Henry
Morris, Lula J. Aldrich
Morrison, Henry Clinton
Morrison, Howard A
Morrison, Obe Gray
Morrison, William H
Morse, Edward Leland Clark . . .
Morse, Harris A
Moses, George Higgins
Moulton, Warren Joseph
Murchie, Alexander
Murchie, Robert Charles
Murphy, David Edward
Musgrove, Frank Abbott
Musgrove, Mary Donker
Myers, Walter Crane
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Nason, William Francis
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Neal, John Herbert
Nealley, John Haven
Nelson, Edward William
Newton, Earl Frank
Nichols, Herbert
Nichols, William Theophilus
Niles, Bertha
Niles, Edward Cullen
Niles, Harold Herbert
Niles, Mary
Niles, William Porter
Nims, Harry Dwight
Nolin, William Peter
Norris, Harry Waldo
Norris, True Livingston
Norwood, Charles Miles
Noyes, Charles Hermon
Nute, Eugene Pearl
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Oakes, Frederick Warren
Odell, Eva Beede
Odell, Willis Patterson
Odlin, Arthur Fuller
O'Kane, Walter Collins
O'Leary, Thomas Mary
Orcutt, William Dana
Osgood, Etta Haley
Osgood, Wilfred Hudson
Otis, Edward Osgood
Owen, Ellery Scott
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Page, Calvin
Page, Charles Tilton
Parker, Charles Sullivan
Parker, Edward Melville
Parker, George Amos
Parker, Harry Elwood
Parker, Hiram
Parker, Hosea Washington
Parker, Samuel Sewall
Parker, Walter Matthew
Parks, Isabel Merial
Parsons, Frank Nesmith
Patrick, Mary Mills
Pattee, Fred Lewis
Patten, Helen Philbrook
Patterson, Joab Nelson
Paul, Amasa Copp
Paul, George Washington
Paul, Sarah Woodman
Pearson, Edward Nathan
Pearson, Edward Nathan, Jr. . . .
Pearson, Harlan Colby
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PAGE
Pearson, John Walter
Pearson, Robert Houghton
Peaslee, Robert James
Peavey, George Smith
Pender, John
Perin, Florence Hobart
Perley, George Edmund
Perley, Mary Elizabeth
Perley, Sir George Halsey
Perry, Daniel Webster
Peterson, Oscar William
Pettee, Charles Holmes
Pike, Edwin Bertram
Pillsbury, Albert Enoch
Pillsbury, Arthur Judson
Pillsbury, Rosecrans William. ...
Pingree, Samuel Everett
Plimpton, George Lincoln
Plummer, John Wesley
Plummer, William Alberto
Pollard, John William Hobbs ...
Poor, Ruel Whitcomb
Porter, Eleanor Hodgman
Porter, John Lincoln
Powers, Jennie B. Carter
Powers, Samuel Leland
Powers, Wilbur Howard
Pratt, Louise
Prentiss, John W
Prescott, Charles Henry
Prescott, Samuel Cate
Preston, Frank Buchanan
Preston, Frank Wesley
Preston, George Culler
Proctor, Edna Dean
Pulsifer, Harry Bridgman
Putnam, George Martin
Putnam, Stephen Greeley
547
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Quimby, Charles Elihu
Quimby, Frank Pierce
Quimby, Fred Elihu
Quimby, Henry Brewer
Quincy, Josiah Hatch
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Ramie, Herbert Williamson
Rand, John Prentice
Randolph, William J
Ranney, William Bradford
Ray, Robert Allen
Reed, George Harlow
Remick, Helen L. Benedict
Remick, James Waldron
425
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PAGE
Remick, Mary Pendleton
Rice, George Samuel
Rich, George Frank
Richards, Charles Herbert
Richards, William Frances
Richardson, Albert James
Richardson, Ellen Ruddick
Richardson, Henry Sturtevant .
Richardson, Leon Josiah
Richardson, William Cummings
Ricker, Marilla Marks Young. . .
Riley, Phil Madison
Robbins, Joseph Henry
Roberts, Ernest Porter
Robertson, John Evans
Robie, Charles Warren
Robie, Edward
Robie, Samuel Hastings
Robie, Virginia Huntington
Robinson, Maurice Henry
Rogers, Fred Ashley
Rogers, William Nathaniel
RoSe, Jennie Clapp
Rollins, Dillwyn Sidney
Rollins, Edward Warren
Rolofson, Mary Currier
Roote, Charles Burgess
Ross. Winfred Smith
Rossiter, William S
Rotch, William Boylston
Rowe, Stewart Everitt
Rublee, George
Rundlett, Louis John
Runnells, Ellsworth Potter
Runnells, Ernest Potter
Runnells, Everett Hazen
Runnells, John Sumner
Russell, Frank Webster
Ryder, Herbert Daniel
201
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Saltus, (Amasa) Wright
Sampson, Cassander Carv ......
Sanborn, Alden F
Sanborn, Alice Evelyn
Sanborn, Eugene Dana
Sanborn, Frank Berrv
Sanborn, Jeremiah Wilson
Sanborn, John Page
Sanborn, Mary Farley
Sanborn, Walter Henry
Sanders, Charles Henry
Sanders, Loren Addison
Sanderson, Henry Stephen
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PAGE
Sargeant. Frank Wadleigh
370
Sargent, Orison Clark
219
Sawyer, Edward Allen
492
Sawyer, Enos Kittredge
295
Sawyer, Frederick W
492
Sawyer, Herbert Noyes
397
Sawyer, Roland Douglas
225
Sawyer, William Henry
187
Scales, Burton True
117
Scales, John
93
Scammon, John
347
Schofield, Mary Lyon (Cheney) . 533
Scott, Clarence Watkins
545
Setzer, William Judson
492
Shea, Michael Francis
379
Shedd, Charles Gale
435
Shedd, John Graves
326
Shedd, Rhoda Jane Colburn .... 438
Shepard, Annie Bartlett
213
Shepard, Ida Frances
327
Shepard, Joseph Eastman
42
Sherman, Lillian A. Tourtelotte . 146
Sherry, George Henry
306
Shockley, Alice Porter
45
Shontell, Frederick William. ... 340
Shurtleff, Merrill
271
Shute, Henry Augustus
369
Sibley, Mary Matilda Putnam . .
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Silver, Ernest Leroy
199
Simonds, Katherine Call
263
Slayton, William Harvey
234
Sleeper, Alvah Guy
445
Sleeper, Charles Martin
445
Smalley, Fred Charles
293
Smith, Archibald Lavender
536
Smith, Charlotte S., M.D
486
Smith, Edward M
50
Smith, Ezra M
63
Smith, George Albert
542
Smith, Jeremiah
266
Smith, John Warren
541
Smith, Jonathan
174
Smith J. Brodie
486
Smith, William Clarke
542
Snow, Alpheus Henry
534
Snow, Leslie Perkins
337
Snow, Norma Cutter Currier. . . . 337
Spalding, James Alfred
529
Spaulding, Daniel Minot
524
Spaulding, Huntley Nowell
461
Spaulding, Oliver Lyman
187
Spaulding, Rolland Harty
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Stacy, Thomas Hobbs
Stearns, Edward Roland
Stearns, George Landon
Stevens, Edwin Dearborn
Stevens, Henry Webster
Stevens, Jabez Howes
Stevens, Raymond Bartlett
Stevens, Roland Eugene
Stickney, Edward Huntington. . .
Stoddard, Edward Percy
Stone, George Weare
Stone, Harlan Fiske
Stone, Winthrop Ellsworth
Storrs, John Williams
Story, Fred Williams
Straw, Herman Foster
Streeter, Frank Sherwin
Streeter, Lilian Carpenter
Streeter, Thomas Winthrop
Sullivan, Dennis Edward
Sullivan, Edmund
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Sullivan, Patrick Henry
Sulloway, Alvah Woodbury
Sulloway, Frank Jones
Sulloway, Richard Woodbury . . .
Swart, William Dumond
Sweet, William Isaac
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Taggart, David Arthur
Taylor, Amos Leavitt
Taylor, Frederick Wellington ...
Taylor, Levi Colby
Taylor, Maria Sanborn
Tenney, George Amos
Thayer, Helen Chadwick Rand. .
Thayer, Lucius Harrison
Thayer, William Fiske
Thayer, William Wentworth ....
Theriault, Marcel
Thomas, Edwin Herbert
Thompson, Edward Payson
Thompson, Willis Duer
Thorne, John Calvin
Thorne, Mary Gordon (Nichols) .
Thorp, Louis Ashton
Thurber, Lester Freeman
Tilden, George Thomas
Tilton, Frank Pierce
Tilton, George Henry
Tobey, Charles William
Towle, Fred Scates
Towle, Loren Delbert
Town, Francis Laban
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Towne, Hollis Frank
Towne, Omar Alvah
Townsend, Manley Bacon
Tracy, Charles Alden
Trickey, William Henry
Tripp, Walter Henry
Tripp, Warren
True, Reuben Cutler
Tuck, Edward
Tuck, Edward Arthur
Tucker, William Jewett
Tufts, Edith Souther
Tufts, James Arthur
Turner, George Huffman
Tutherly, Herbert Everett
Tuttle, George Thomas
Tuttle, James Patterson
381
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290
319
281
315
343
190
355
406
162
227
69
407
262
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97
Upham, James Duncan
Upham, Warren
Upton, Robert W
473
123
381
Varick, Thomas Rice
Varney, Charles Wesley
Vaughan, Charles Woodward . . .
Verette, Moise
506
339
369
321
Wadleigh, Fred Tilton
Wagner, George Augustus
Walker, Charles Rumford
Walker, Reuben Eugene
Wallace, Ellen Alfreda
Wallace, James Burns
Warren, George Herbert
Warren, Joseph
Warren, Mary Hale Palmer
Wason, Edward Hills
Wason, Eugene
Wason, George Butler
Waterman, Thomas Palmer
Watson, Irving Allison
Weaver, George Albert
Webster, Harold Adams
Webster, Jennie Josephine A. . . .
Webster, Jerome Pierce
Webster, Lorin
Weed, Charles Frederick
Weeks, Albert J
Weeks, John W
Welch, John Tapley
177
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363
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Wellington, Leonard
Wellman, James Albert
Wellman, Justin Owen
Wells, Christopher Henry
Wendell, Caroline R
Wentworth, Joseph
Weston, George Franklin
Weston, Robert Spurr
Wheeler, Bertrand Thorp
Whippen, Frank Warren
Whipple, George Hoyt
Whipple, Henry Chandler
Whipple, Sherman Leland
Whitcher, William Frederick. ...
White, Eliza Orne
Whitford, George Langdon
Whittemore, Arthur Oilman ....
Whoriakey, Richard
Wiggin, Joseph
Wilder, Ella Caroline Abbot. . .
Willis, Eben Marston
Willis, John Richard
Winchell, F. Mabel
Winslow. Sherburn J
Wood, George Albert
Wood, Leonard
Wood, Mary Inez Stevens
Woodbury, Charles Edward ....
Woodbury, Elmer Ellsworth. . . .
Woodbury, Frank Ernest
Woodbury, Frank Taylor
Woodbury, Gordon
Woodman, Frederic Thomas ....
Woolson, Augustus A
Woodward, Nellie F. Tupper
Woodward, Sarah Jones
Woodward, Susan Jones W
Woodworth, Edward Knowlton .
Woodworth, Mary Parker
Worthen, Thomas Wilson Dorr. .
Wright, George E
Wright, Robert Morrill
Wyman, Louis Eliot
Wyman, William D
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One Thousand New Hampshire Notables: Brief Biographical Sketches Of New Hampshire Men & Women, Native Or Resident, Prominent In Public, Professional, Business, Educational, Fraternal Or Benevolent Work
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Henry Harrison Metcalf & Frances Matilda Abbott
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1919
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A 558 page collection of indexed portraits & bios, from various NH men & women, from different walks of life, from the late 1800's & early 1900's. This collection contains several persons from Farmington NH.
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��S O closely is Hon. John B. Smith connected with New
Hampshire
and her interests that one is loath to credit another state with his
birth; yet it was in Saxton's River, Vt., April 12, 1838, that he was
born. At nine years of age, with his family, he removed to Hills
borough, where he was educated in the common schools, supplemented
by a course at Francestown academy. In 1854 he became a shop hand
in a peg-mill at Henniker, afterward was employed in Manchester, was
then a clerk in a country store at New Boston, and afterward became
proprietor of a drug store in Manchester, a year later establishing a
small factory at Washington for the production of knit goods. Soon
after he leased the Sawyer woollen mills at Weare. Encouraged by
his success in these ventures, he went to Hillsborough Bridge in 1866
and built a small mill that was the beginning of the extensive plant of
the Contoocook Mills Co., of which he is president. Until 188o Mr.
Smith made his residence in Manchester; since then he has lived at
Hillsborough Bridge, where he has just built a residence that is ranked
among the finest in the state. His wife is Emma E., a daughter of
Stephen Lavender, of Boston. In politics Mr. Smith has always been
an active Republican, though it was not until 1884 that he held office,
being in that year a member of the electoral college. Two years later
he was elected a member of the executive council, and in 1888 was a
candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, missing the honor by a
slight margin. In 1892 this honor came to him by acclamation, and
was followed by his election by the people, being the first governor
thus chosen since 1884.
GOV. JOHN B. SMITH.
As a business man, his career has been
marked by success. As an employer of labor, he has never met a
difficulty, though his employés are numbered by the hundreds. In
politics, his record is bright, and New Hampshire may well waive the
credit of his birth, since to her belong the fruits of his manhood's
endeavor.
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�H
ON. TRUE. L. NORRIS, member of Governor Smith's council
from the First district, was born in Manchester. He was edu
cated in the public schools of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and
fitted for Harvard college, but the call of his country echoed the voice of
duty, and he forsook a college course to enter the army, and saw service
with the Fifth Massachusetts volunteers.
At the conclusion of his mili
tary service, the youthful soldier took up the law as a student in the office
of his father, Col. A. F. L. Norris, in Boston, and was admitted to the
bar on the day that he attained his majority. Several years of practice
followed, until the allurements of a newspaper career drew him away
from the law to follow a more jealous mistress, journalism. With the
zest of a born journalist, Colonel Norris entered upon his work. For
several years he was stationed at Concord, where he represented the
AVew York //erald, the Boston Globe, and the l/anchester (7tton.
HON. TRUE L. NORRIS.
His
correspondence for these papers during the years of his service ranks
among the most brilliant of newspaper productions in the last ten years
in New England. The years covered by Colonel Norris at Concord,
were exciting in politics, and crowded with important events. In hold
ing up a daily mirror to this panorama, Colonel Norris displayed a ver
satility, a piquant originality, and a correctness and minuteness of de
scription that called attention to his work as among the best of its kind.
In 1887, Col. Charles A. Sinclair bought The Daily / vening Times,
and weekly States and (Whion, and Mr. Norris at once assumed the po
sition of editor and manager of both papers, thereupon transferring his
residence to Portsmouth. As an editor, he sustained the reputation he
had made as a correspondent; and as a manager, he has developed bus
iness qualities equal to his journalistic skill. As a result of this rare
combination, Colonel Norris has the satisfaction of presiding over a
bright paper, that in point of circulation and influence is second to.
none.
�ON. JOHN C. RAY of Manchester, member of Governor Smith's
council from the Second district, was born in Hopkinton, and is
66 years old, and through all the years of his life has been an active,
influential, and honored citizen. His parents removed to Dunbarton
when he was but seven years of age, and from this town, when he had
but barely become of age, he was sent as representative in the legisla
ture. His youth did not prevent his influence, however, and he was
gladly elected a second and a third time. His fellow-citizens afterward
honored him by election as chairman of the board of selectmen, and
superintendent of schools, and here, too, his service was eminently sat
isfactory. He was chosen superintendent of the state industrial school
at Manchester, July 2, 1874, and succeeding years have witnessed his
unanimous re-election by the trustees, despite his desire for release from
the duties. Mr. Ray's administration of this important public institu
tion has been marked with great success. A rigid disciplinarian, he
has tempered justice with mercy, yet never relinquishing his firmness.
Compelling respect, he has won also affection, and in dealing with those
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thrown under his care he has continued to make the influences of his
own personality a factor in the formation of the character inculcated
by the training of the school. Under him the state industrial school
has become a reformative, not a penal, institution. In addition to the
duties of this position, Mr. Ray also sat in the legislature during
HON. JOHN C. RAY.
the session of 1881 as a representative from Ward 2, Manchester, and
served as a trustee of the state normal school at Plymouth. He is
greatly interested in stock raising, and at Dunbarton he owns one of the
best stock farms in New Hampshire. On taking his seat in the council
he resigned his position as superintendent of the industrial school, but
the trustees of the institution, with full recognition of the value of Mr.
Ray's services, have steadfastly declined to accept his resignation.
�H E family of Hon. Edward O. Blunt have been honored in
In that city, Mr. Blunt was
born, forty-five years ago. He was educated in the public schools and
became a member of the firm of J. G. Blunt & Son, a firm that suc
ceeded to a business established by Mr. Blunt's grandfather in 1836.
T Nashua through three generations.
Of this business Mr. Blunt became owner in 1883, when his father died,
HON. EDWARD O. BLUNT.
after forty-nine years of active mercantile life. Mr. Blunt's great interest
in public affairs in the city of his birth and residence led him soon to
office, and he was made a member of the board of aldermen during the
administrations of Mayors Williams and Holman, being with one excep
tion the only man that has ever served three years as alderman from
Ward 6. In this position Mr. Blunt's years of service were given to
various important committees, and under his championship and direc
tion a part of the present sewerage system of Nashua was built. In a
larger field of politics Mr. Blunt has also won renown. For many years
he was a member of the Republican state committee. In 1881 he was
a representative in the legislature. In 1886 he was elected to the state
senate, serving in the session of 1887 as chairman of the committees
on labor and incorporations, and as a member of others. The first
named committee was an especially important one during the session of
1887, by reason of the large amount of labor legislation that was pro
posed or enacted in that year. In 1892 Mr. Blunt was again called to
office by an election to Governor Smith's council, where he sits as the
representative from the Third district, elected by a large majority on the
popular vote. His knowledge, gained by a varied experience in local,
municipal, and legislative bodies, and state administration, is gauged by a
personal acquaintance that extends over all New Hampshire, among
which acquaintance there are none to gainsay the honor, the courtesy,
the ability, and more than all, that unfailing and modest liberality that
endears him most to those who know him best.
�ON. FRANK N. PARSONS of Franklin, member of Governor
H
Smith's council from the Fourth district, is one of the later gen
eration of New Hampshire men who have achieved prominence through
the modest brilliance of ability. He was born in Dover, September 3,
1854, and was educated wholly in New Hampshire, taking a degree at
Dartmouth College in 1874. Immediately following his graduation
from college he took up teaching as a profession. He read law with
Hon. Daniel
Barnard, and later in the office of Hon. Austin F.
Pike, and upon becoming admitted to the bar he forsook teaching and
became a partner of Mr. Pike, the firm of Pike & Parsons continuing
until the death of the senior member in 1886. As a lawyer, Mr. Par
sons displayed remarkable scholarship. His preparation of a case is
careful, and his presentation of it is masterly. He has been frequently
engaged in cases of magnitude, and in the celebrated proceedings in 1890
for a mandamus against the clerk of the house of representatives with
relation to the roll of the next legislature, Mr. Parsons, as counsel for
the “if entitled ' ' members, raised the successful issue that caused the
full bench to render its decision of “no jurisdiction.” In 1891, Judge
William S. Ladd, reporter of the decisions of the supreme court, died,
and the court, in choosing his successor, selected Mr. Parsons as pre
eminently the member of the bar best fitted by taste and by learning to
fill the position. Governor Smith's council is composed largely of
young men. In point of youth, Mr. Parsons takes precedence; in point
of ability, he yields to none.
HON. FRANK N. PARSONS.
�N the council of Governor Smith, Herbert B. Moulton, of Lisbon
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has exhibited the strong traits that have characterized his straight
forward life. Mr. Moulton was born in Lyman, July 5, 1846, and his
education was obtained in the common schools. His early life was one
of toil, and he came finally to embark in the lumber and live-stock busi
ness, in which he has built up a large and lucrative trade. He resided
in Lyman in the early years of his business life, and in that town re
ceived many honors at the hands of his associates. In 1876, and again
in 1877, he represented Lyman in the legislature, and after a few years'
residence in Lisbon, to which place he removed in 1878, he was chosen
to the same position, sitting in the legislature of 1885. As a partisan,
Mr. Moulton has been active, and his nomination to the council from
the largest of the councillor districts came with substantial unanimity,
and he was elected by a gratifying majority. His place upon important
committees has given him an opportunity for the display of his energy,
and he has acquitted himself with credit in all that he has undertaken
in the public service. In private life Mr. Moulton is greatly esteemed:
a man of sound judgment, his advice is often sought, and as a man of
wide experience his counsels are readily followed.
HON. HERBERT B. MOULTON.
�G'. AUGUSTUS D. AYLING, adjutant-general of New Hamp
shire, was born in Boston, Mass , in 1840.
He was educated at
Lawrence academy, Groton, Mass., and in the public schools of Lowell,
and was employed in the office of J. C. Ayer & Co. when the war broke
out. April 16, 1861, he enlisted in the Richardson light infantry, an
unattached company that afterward became the Seventh Massachusetts
battery. January 4, 1862, he was appointed second lieutenant in the
Twenty-ninth Massachusetts volunteers, and was made first lieutenant,
December 6 of the same year.
GEN, AUGUSTUS I). AYLING.
He was mustered out, May 26, 1864.
April 25, 1865, he became a first lieutenant of the Twenty-fourth Mass
achusetts regiment, and was made adjutant of the regiment. He was
also aide-de-camp and judge-advocate on the staff of Maj. Gen. R. S.
Foster, who commanded the First division, Twenty-fourth corps. He
was mustered out of the service January 20, 1866. In the fall of that
year he went to Nashua, and for three years was a travelling salesman,
For ten years following, he was the confidential clerk of Charles A.
Gillis. During his residence in Nashua, he served as inspector of
check-lists, assessor, and assistant city marshal. He was senior vice
commander of John G. Foster post, G. A. R., and mustering officer
for the department of New Hampshire. In 1877, when Company F,
Second Regiment, N. H. N. G., was formed, he was elected first lieu
tenant and succeeded to the command of the company, retaining it un
til July 15, 1879, when, by Governor Head, under the new law, he
was commissioned adjutant-general of New Hampshire, and has held
the position ever since, being by virtue of his long service the ranking
state adjutant-general in the United States. He is a Mason, a Knight
Templar, a member of the G. A. R., of the Loyal Legion, and of sev
eral military-social organizations. General Ayling's term of service has
seen great improvement worked in the National Guard of New Hamp
shire, most of which may be directly traced to his keen foresight.
�EN. JERRY P. WELLMAN, inspector-general on the staff of
G Governor Smith, was born at Hinsdale, October 22, 1843.
He
is a citizen of Keene, and has held many municipal positions with dig
nity and credit, serving always to the best of his ability, and receiving
and meriting the approval of his friends and constituents. In his selec
tion for his present position, no mistake was made, for he has been
long and conspicuously identified with the National Guard in New
Hampshire, his service in that body dating from April, 1878, when he
enlisted in Company H, Second regiment. His first six years of ser
vice saw him wearing a sergeant's stripes. At the end of that time he
was made a second lieutenant, his commission bearing the date of De
cember 15, 1883.
On July 16, 1884, he rose to be first lieutenant,
and was made a captain, August 1, 1885.
Five years from that date
he was discharged by reason of the expiration of his term. But his
connection with the military of the state did not cease then, for on
February 17, 1891, he was appointed inspector of rifle practice with the
rank of major on the brigade staff, leaving that office to accept his
present position. General Wellman has won a just recognition in his
connection with military affairs in New Hampshire, and his appoint
ment as inspector-general is a reward of merit as well as a compliment.
By reason of his years of service in every grade of military activity, he
has acquired a thorough and accurate knowledge of the necessities of
the brigade. By training and by desire he is enthusiastic for the better
ment of the service. He has but to follow in his new position the
course that he has pursued in other places of trust and responsibility,
and the results that he desires, the ends that he aims at, will be secured
GEN. JERRY P. WELLMAN.
permanently and positively.
�EN. WILLIAM D. SAWYER of Dover, quartermaster-general
G on the staff of Governor Smith, is a son of ex-Governor Charles
H. Sawyer, and was born in Dover, November 22, 1866. He was ed
ucated in the public schools, and attended Phillips academy, Andover,
graduating there in 1885. He pursued his studies in Yale college, and
received his degree from that institution in 1889, immediately taking
up a business career in connection with the Sawyer woollen mills in
Dover. In this corporation General Sawyer holds the highly responsi
ble position of treasurer, and as a collateral business interest he is a
member of the firm of F. A. & J. Sawyer, selling agents for the Sawyer
woollen mills. Other positions of trust held by him embrace a member
ship in the directory of the Portsmouth & Dover railroad, and a similar
position in the Somersworth Machine company. General Sawyer is a
Mason, and a Knight Templar. In politics he has taken an active in
terest and has seen service, being now a member of the Republican
state committee. General Sawyer married Susan G., daughter of Hon.
Joshua G. Hall of Dover, and has one child. General Sawyer is one
of the leading young men of the state. In religious matters he is a
Congregationalist.
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GEN. WILLIAM
D. SAWYER.
�EN. STEPHEN H. GALE, commissary-general on the staff of
He attended the
public schools, and finished his education at Kingston academy and
at Comer's Commercial college at Boston. In 1864 he embarked in
G Governor Smith, is a native of East Kingston.
business at Haverhill, Mass., as a manufacturer of boots and shoes.
This business he carried on for five years, until, in 1869, under the
firm name of Gale Brothers, he became associated with his brother,
John E. Gale, in the same line of business in the same city.
This
firm continued at Haverhill until 1884, when a branch establishment
GEN,
STEPHEN H.
was set up in Exeter, and General Gale went thither to assume charge
of it, his brother, with John H. Sanborn, who had been admitted to
the firm, taking charge of the Haverhill factory. The two factories at
Exeter and Haverhill were conducted in this manner until 1891, when
the plant at Exeter was enlarged, and the two branches were consoli
dated at the latter place. This factory is now one of the largest in New
Hampshire, and contributes not a little to the energy and prosperity of
Exeter. Around it have sprung up the homes of its operatives, and by
its pay-roll each month many thousands of dollars are put into circula
tion. Its output is constantly increasing, and its reputation is wide and
favorable. General Gale during his residence in Haverhill, was a member
of the city government, serving in 1874. He was a member of the
Republican city committee, and was also a director in the First National
bank of Haverhill. General Gale, during his residence in Exeter, has
become actively and intimately connected with the enterprise of the
town. He has been public-spirited and benevolent. He has contrib
uted not a little to the success of his party. He has labored for the
interests of those associated with him in business. He is modestly
self-assertive, kindly, genial, hospitable,—a rare man of rare quality
GALE.
frank, earnest, and successful.
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�G'. H. ADAMS, judge advocate
GEN. GEORGE
general on the staff of
Governor Smith, is a native of Campton, where he was born
May 15, 1851. After the usual training in the public schools he
entered Kimball Union academy at Meriden, and fitted for college,
entering Dartmouth in 1869. Four years later he was graduated, and
at once became principal of the high school at Middleboro, Mass..
where he remained only one year, at the end of that time turning to his
chosen profession, the law, as a student in the office of Hon. Henry
W. Blair at Plymouth. In 1876 he was admitted to the bar and in
that year also came his first political honor in the form of an election
to the constitutional convention. This has since been followed by
membership in the legislature of 1883 in which he performed the duties
attendant upon a prolonged and somewhat turbulent session with
great display of zeal and skill. In 1890 he was appointed a deputy
collector of internal revenue for this district, and has just now received
his appointment on the governor's staff. He is a director in the Pemi
gewasset National bank of Plymouth, where he practises law as the
partner of Hon. Alvin Burleigh. General Adams is eminently qualified
for the positions that he has held. He is one of the most genial men
in disposition, a merry, laughter-loving spirit wins him friends, and
back of that lies a measure of ability and a capacity for work that make
him a dangerous antagonist at the bar and that fit him to adorn a high
place in the esteem of associates and acquaintances. General Adams
has long since given promise of success and has long since honored its
draft. His law practice has covered every portion of preparation and
pleading and his social duties, calling him into every field of activity,
have developed the gentlemanly qualities that needed no nurture.
H. ADAMS.
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�EORGE COOK, M. D., surgeon-general upon the staff of Gov
G ernor
Smith, was born at Dover, November 16, 1848, the son
of Solomon Cook and Susan Ann Hayes. At the age of seven he re
moved with his parents to Franklin, where his education was begun in
the Franklin academy, and was completed in the high school at Concord
in which city his parents had taken up their residence, and in Dart
mouth medical college, receiving his degree in 1869. Dr. Cook be
gan the practice of his profession in Henniker, but soon removed to
Hillsborough, and after a few years came to Concord, where he has since
resided. In medical circles Dr. Cook has taken a high rank, due
largely to his studious habits and care. For seven years he was city
physician and member of the board of health of Concord; is a member
of the New Hampshire Medical society, and has been president of the
Centre District Medical society. Since 1889 he has been a member of
the United States pension board of examining surgeons, and on the
staff of the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital, and medical officer at
the Odd Fellows Home.
GEN. GEORGE COOK, M.
Dr. Cook has also been visitor from the New
Hampshire Medical society to Dartmouth medical college. His ap
pointment as surgeon-general came almost in the line of promotion, as
for different years he was connected with the medical branch of the
military service as assistant surgeon, and surgeon of the Third Regi
ment of New Hampshire National Guard, and as medical director with
the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the First brigade under Gen. D. M.
White. General Cook's membership in secret societies embraces
Masonry, Odd Fellowship, and the Sons of Veterans. In religion, he
is an Episcopalian, and is a member of the vestry of St. Paul's church.
General Cook as a man is esteemed no less highly than as a physician;
for his sterling qualities, the unerring exercise of his keen perceptions,
D.
and the unaffected manner of his intercourse with his associates have won
him esteem as much as his professional skill has won him admiration.
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�OL. CHARLES H. DUNLAP of the governor's staff was born
He
is the son of Archibald H. Dunlap, a famous seed-grower, and is asso
C at Nashua, June 17, 1853, and has always lived in that city.
ciated with his father in business.
COL. CHARLES H.
He was educated in the public
schools of his native city, and as a boy was one of the most popular of
Nashua's ingenuous youth. Arriving at manhood, he lost none of his
hold upon his associates, and in every field of endeavor that he has en
tered he has found on every hand scores of friends who have been at
tracted to him by his winning qualities. In the conduct of his business,
Colonel Dunlap has been rarely successful. Colonel Dunlap's extensive
commercial relations extend into every state and territory. From the
day of attaining his majority, Colonel Dunlap has been deeply interest
ed in politics, and beginning in his own ward, among those who had
known him from birth, he has worked upward, first holding office as
selectman, and then passing through other local and municipal offices,
through the common council and the board of aldermen, and coming in
1889 to a seat in the house of representatives, where he made many
warm personal and political friends, and was a deservedly popular and
efficient legislator. Colonel Dunlap is one of New Hampshire's repre
sentative young men. Connected by blood with one of the best and
oldest families in the state, his natural ability has been such as to win
for him many places of honor and responsibility. By education and
taste, he is a business man, yet the increasing cares of large interests
have not been permitted to dwarf the sunny side of his social nature,
and to all circles he is an eagerly welcomed addition.
DUNLAP.
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�OL. FREDERICK C. DOW, aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov
C ernor Smith, is a resident of Manchester, and was born in Pem
broke in 1847. He attended the public schools of the town, took a
course in Pembroke academy, and when seventeen years old went to
Manchester, where he has since resided and where he began life as a
clerk in a shoe store. Three years as a clerk had given him such a
knowledge of the business, and had rendered him so valuable to the
firm, that he was admitted to partnership, and a year in this relationship
enabled him to purchase his partners' interest. At the age of twenty
one, therefore, he was in sole ownership of the store in which four
years before he had found employment as a clerk. This business has
grown under the personal supervision of Colonel Dow, and is now the
largest boot and shoe store north of Boston, and its proprietor is
ranked among the leading men of affairs in the metropolis of the state.
He is a trustee of the Manchester Savings bank, and a director in the
Manchester National bank.
Colonel Dow is married, and has two
children. His home in Manchester is one of the most elegant in the
city. Colonel Dow's connection with Governor Smith is a long one,
having begun when each was a young man laying the foundations of
future success. Nor is the connection a personal one only, for they
have jointly erected in Manchester an extensive block of apartment
houses. Colonel Dow's qualities are attractive. Through energy he
has compelled success. Through frankness he has won respect.
Through tact he has made friends. Through honor he has kept them.
COL.
FREDERICK C.
DOW.
�OL. BENJAMIN F. DRAKE, aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov
New Hampton, October 8, 1844.
When he was two years old his parents removed to Lakeport, where
C ernor Smith, was born in
he was educated in the public schools and French's select school.
At
the opening of the war he entered the government employ at the Spring
field armory, where he learned a machinist's trade. He was afterward
superintendent of two manufactories in Massachusetts, and later was
master-mechanic of the Mount Washington railway. In 1878, return
ing to Lakeport, he became a member of the firm of J. S. Crane & Co.,
retiring in 1885 to assume charge of the construction of the Lakeport
& Laconia water-works, resuming the partnership at the completion of
the contract, this time organizing the Crane Manufacturing Co., build
ers of knitting machinery. Of this corporation Colonel Drake is treas
urer, a director, and a moving spirit. Colonel Drake has not limited
his attention to his private interests solely, but has been much in pub
lic and corporate service. He has been a selectman, sat in the general
court in 1883, and was a member of the constitutional convention of
1889. He is a director in the Lakeport water-works, of the National
bank of Lakeport, of the Lake Village savings bank, president of the
Mutual Building and Loan association, a trustee of the public library,
and a member of the Lakeport board of trade. In 1887 he was appoint
ed steamboat inspector by Governor Sawyer. Colonel Drake is a mem
ber of the New Hampshire club, of the Lincoln club, of the Home
Market club, and of the White Mountain Travellers association. In
secret society life, Colonel Drake has been and is prominent. He is a
Mason, a Knight Templar, and has reached the thirty-second degree:
he is an Odd Fellow, a Patriarch Militant, a Red Man, a Knight of
Pythias, and present grand vice-dictator of the New Hampshire Knights
COL, BENJAMIN F. DRAKE.
of Honor.
Laconia.
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Col. Drake is member from ward six, first city council of
�OL. WALTER S. SCRUTON of Hillsborough, aide-de-camp
C on
Governor Smith's staff, is a
native of Rochester, and
was born January 26, 1865. In the public schools of his native city
he obtained his preliminary education, graduating from the high school
in 1883. In the fall of that year he entered Dartmouth college and
took his degree with the class of 1887. Almost immediately following
his graduation he went to Hillsborough, where he assumed charge of the
high school, succeeding a college classmate who had died. For two
years he retained this position, and then resigned to enter business as
a druggist, purchasing a store in Hillsborough. This calling he has
since followed. For two years he has served as town clerk of Hills
borough, and has been a member of the board of education. No sketch
of Colonel Scruton's life would be complete without reference to his
college career, in which he was a conspicuous member of a brilliant class,
and was prominent and active in all the varied social and athletic life.
He was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity, and of the Sphinx senior
society. In athletic life he was especially prominent. He was a mem
ber of the college base-ball nine for three years, and during his senior
year was pitcher on the first championship team that Dartmouth ever
boasted, to his work more than to any other being due the winning of
the pennant of the American College Base-Ball association. Colonel
Scruton has entered actively into the enterprises of Hillsborough. His
ready companionship has won for him merited friendships, and he has
reaped the reward in prominent business successes. Progressive intel
ligence has marked his mercantile career, and successive honors await
him.
COL. WALTER S. SCRUTON.
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�ON. EZRA S. STEARNS, secretary of state, came to that office
1891, richly endowed with the character and attainments
necessary to sustain the exacting requirements of the position. He was
born in Rindge, Sept. 1, 1838, and has always resided there, being edu
cated in the public schools, by private tutors, and in Chester, N.J., where
he studied and taught at the same time. For several years he was man
ager and editor of a newspaper at Fitchburg, Mass., and before that
H in
was connected with publishing houses in Boston, New York, and Phila
delphia. Mr. Stearns, in 1876, published a history of Rindge, follow
ing it in 1877 with a history of Ashburnham, Mass., works of great
value in point of historical accuracy and literary skill. Mr. Stearns has
always been actively, ardently, and prominently a Republican. In 1864,
1865, 1866, 1867, and 1870 he represented Rindge in the legislature.
He served in the state senate in 1887 and 1889, and in 1891 was holding
a seat in the house of representatives when he was elected secretary
of state. For more than twenty years Mr. Stearns has been moderator
in Rindge. In the legislature, Mr. Stearns could not fail to take an
active part. In debate he was keen, incisive, ready, with a wealth of
satire that was both dreaded and admired. His committee assign
ments were always laborious, and therefore important; but he shirked
none, winning credit in the committee-room equal to that attained upon
the floor. Among the duties of Mr. Stearns's first term as secretary of
state, was the inaugurating of the Australian ballot system, an arduous
task.
HON.
EZR.A. S.
Its completion without an error was a rare tribute to the secre
tary's methodical and careful conduct of the office. Mr. Stearns is a
widely read, scholarly man, and the degree of master of arts, which he
received from Dartmouth college, in 1887, was a merited tribute to a
studious, cultured gentleman, who assumes nothing that is not won,
and who concedes nothing that is not due.
STEARNS.
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Mor
twenty-one years, with the exception of 1874–75, a year of
Democratic control, Colonel Solon A. Carter has been treasurer of
the state, his renominations in Republican caucuses coming as a matter
of course, without dissenting voice. Why, then, multiply words?
That fact speaks too plainly for amplification. Colonel Carter was born in
Leominster, Mass., June 22, 1837; since 1859 he has been a resident
of this state, first making his home in Keene, where he was superin
tendent of the Keene gas-works. In September, 1862, he went out as a
captain in the Fourteenth New Hampshire regiment. His service lasted
till the close of the war, and he was mustered out in August, 1865,
with the rank of captain of staff, having served, however, in 1864, as
assistant adjutant-general of volunteers. Colonel Carter's service was
a brave and active one. He fought in many of the most severe engage
ments of the war, among them being Petersburg, the campaign before
Richmond, the Fort Fisher expeditions, Baylor's Farm, and the capture
of Wilmington. This service was not unrecognized, for, after the
close of the war, he was brevetted by President Johnson, for gallant
and meritorious conduct on the field, major and lieutenant-colonel of
volunteers.
At the close of the war he returned to Keene and was en
gaged in clerical work until called, in 1872, to the office that he now
holds.
In addition to his service as state treasurer, Colonel Carter has
seen public life as member of the legislature in 1869 and 1870. Col
onel Carter's conduct of the treasury has been a creditable life-work.
The burden of his labor has been always great, and for much of the
period of his incumbency he performed the work of the department
unaided, or nearly so, with no thought of lightening his load. In 1891
the legislature provided him with a deputy,–a mark of appreciation too
long delayed.
COLONEL SOLON A. CARTER.
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�T is a marked honor to succeed while yet young to important pub
lic position. This marked honor belongs to Fred Gowing, super
intendent of public instruction, who was born in Medford, Mass.,
December 6, 1860, the son of James Gowing, Jr., and Elizabeth Jane
Caswell. He was educated in the public schools of Medford, and
entered Tufts college in 1877, receiving the degree of bachelor of
arts in 1881. He immediately entered the ranks as a teacher, begin
ning first in the district schools at Barrington, and coming thence to
the high school at Wilmington, Mass., and then to the Cottage Grove
College Preparatory school, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., then as principal
of a grammar school at Lawrence, Mass., and at Haverhill, Mass.,
I
until he was called to the head of the Mount Pleasant school in Nashua,
where he achieved a pronounced success as an educator and a disci
plinarian, and in 1890 was selected to be superintendent of the schools
of Nashua, remaining in that position until the winter of 1893, when
he was unanimously selected by Governor Smith and his council to
succeed Hon. James W. Patterson as superintendent of public instruc
tion. Mr. Gowing's family is one that for two centuries has been
identified with New Hampshire, and he is thoroughly in touch with
the public school movement in the state. By his youthful enthusiasm,
no less than by his solid attainments and experience, he is qualified to take
up the work of his eminent predecessor, and to carry it forward even
more symmetrically than before. Mr. Gowing, though elevated to a
very important position, yet retains that innate modesty that has been
the charm of his life. A distinctly self-possessed man, possessing a
marked courtesy and gentleness, he is eminently qualified, aside from
his mental gifts, for the office to which he has been chosen, and the
FRED GOWING.
earnestness with which he has laid hold of his new work is the most
happy promise of the success that is to follow him in years to come.
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�T is a divided allegiance that Hon. John C. Linehan gives to the
land of his birth and the state of his residence, yet neither can
complain, for to one he bears the tender loyalty of a son, to the other
he yields the fruits of his activity. Colonel Linehan was born in Ire
land in 1840, and came to this country in 1849, residing since 1852 in
Penacook. At that time he began to earn his own living in the cotton
mill at Penacook, and in five years time he passed through nearly
every department of cotton manufacture. Then he assumed charge of
the box department of Rolfe's sash and blind factory in Penacook,
remaining there from 1857 to 1861, when he entered the army and
enlisted in the Third New Hampshire. He returned home in 1866,
engaged in the grocery business at Penacook, continuing—with partner
or alone—until 1890. Colonel Linehan was always a Republican, and
his activity caused him to be elected to the city government, where he
served in both branches, and in 1886 he was chosen a member of the
executive council, serving till June, 1889. In 1890 he was an agent of
the eleventh census to compile the manufacturing statistics of Concord
and vicinity, and in September of that same year he was appointed by
Governor Goodell insurance commissioner, to succeed Hon. Henry H.
Huse. Since the close of the war, Colonel Linehan has been greatly
interested in Grand Army matters. He was first commander of the
post at Penacook, and department commander of the state in 1883-'84.
He was president of the New Hampshire Veterans' association in
1885–86, was a member of the national pension committee from 1884
to 1888, was junior vice commander-in-chief of the national G. A. R.
in 1887, and is a director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial asso
ciation.
HON. JOHN C. LINEHAN.
Colonel Linehan's first term as insurance commissioner was
marked by the enactment of the Barber law, directed against the opera
tion of the so-called endowment orders in New Hampshire.
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�AMES OTIS LY FORD, son of James and Mary I. (McLane)
Lyford, was born in Boston, Mass., June 28, 1853. He was edu
cated in the Boston public schools and at the New Hampshire Con
ference seminary at Tilton. He read law in the office of Sanborn &
J
Clark, of Concord, and was admitted to the bar in 1880.
He practised
two years at Tilton, when he was appointed law clerk in the Interior
Department at Washington. He resigned his position in that depart
ment to become the confidential clerk of General R. N. Batchelder of
the U. S. army, which place he held until appointed bank commis
sioner of New Hampshire, by Governor Sawyer, in 1887. In 1889,
upon the reorganization of the bank commission, he was appointed its
chairman, and served until 1892, when he was re-appointed by Gover
nor Tuttle for another term of three years. In addition to these posi
tions, Mr. Lyford was elected a member of the constitutional conven
tion of 1876 from the town of Canterbury, being one of its youngest
members. He was a member of the legislature of 1893 from Ward 4,
Concord, served upon the judiciary committee, and was the leader of
his party in the house. This summary conveys no idea of Mr.
Lyford's work: for aside from his highly creditable career in office, he
has made himself prominent in the journalistic field by his editorial
connection with the leading newspapers of New Hampshire, and as
political editor of the National Republican at Washington. He is an
interesting speaker, and his services are always in demand in political
campaigns, upon the stump, or in service in the committee head
quarters. This sketch would be incomplete not to contain at least a
reference to his work upon the bank commission, and to the creditable
manner in which he has discharged the duties of his office. He found
the commission at the date of his first appointment without method,
without records, without influence; and he has brought it into the
confidence of the people and of the banks.
JAMES OTIS LY FORD.
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�WILLIAM
ANDREW
ILLIAM ANDREW HEARD was born at Wayland, Mass..
August 25, 1827, the son of William and Susan (Mann) Heard.
A sturdy constitution and a vigorous mind were his only inheritance,
and at the age of fifteen, after limited schooling, he began life for him
self as a clerk in the store of Timothy Varney, at Center Sandwich,
and in 1849 embarked for himself in general trade, retiring from mer
cantile pursuits after nearly twenty-eight years of service, and after sev
eral profitable business ventures. In August, 1862, Mr. Heard enlisted
in the Fourteenth New Hampshire Volunteers, and upon the organiza
tion of the regiment was commissioned quartermaster, becoming brig
ade quartermaster in November of the same year, and resigning in
September, 1863, on account of ill health. During the long years of
his residence in Sandwich, Mr. Heard has held many public trusts and
offices. From 1859 to 1861 he was town clerk, in 1873 and 1874 he
was representative in the legislature, from 1872 to 1887 he was treas
urer of the Sandwich Savings Bank, and from 1874 to 1887 he was
clerk of the courts of Carroll county. His high reputation as an able
financier, gained by his many years of successful business experience,
led to his appointment as national bank examiner for Maine and New
Hampshire in December, 1886, and he embarked upon the duties of
that position to resign them in 1889, when, upon the reorganization of
the bank commission, he was appointed a member of the board by
Governor Goodell, and was reappointed in 1891. Mr. Heard has had
a life of great activity, and has been followed by success. A kind,
hearty, mild-mannered, genial gentleman, wise yet modest, his honors
have come as a merited recognition of his ability; and the half century
that he has spent in Sandwich, to say nothing of the years of his pub
lic service, have stamped him as a noble, trustworthy, upright man.
HEARD.
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�MONG the influential men of New Hampshire, men who are
A trusted, men whose opinion is quoted, men whom the people find
find pleasure in honoring, none is better known or more respected than
Alpheus W. Baker, of Lebanon. He was born in that town May 22,
1834; but aside from the years of childhood, his residence was else
where until after the war. When fourteen years of age he was appointed
a page in the New York assembly, which position he held during the
session of 1848 and 1849. Two years later he was clerk in a commis
sion house in New York city, where he remained until 1856, when he
emigrated to Wisconsin and settled there. In 1862 he enlisted in the
23d Wisconsin regiment as a private. By faithful and meritorious ser
vice he won a commission; but impaired health compelled him to resign
in 1864. After leaving the army, he returned to his native town, where
the remainder of his active and busy life has been spent. He was
elected to the legislature from Lebanon in 1873, and re-elected in 1874.
He was made assistant clerk of the house two years later, which posi
tion he held for two sessions.
He was then twice elected clerk of the
house, and might have held that position indefinitely had he been dis
posed to accept continued re-elections. He was also assistant secretary
of the constitutional convention of 1876. He was appointed postmaster
of Lebanon by President Hayes in 1881, reappointed by President Ar
thur in 1885, and served until the second year of President Cleveland's
administration. In 1890 he was appointed a member of the board of
bank commissioners, an office he now holds. In the various positions
of honor and trust in which he has been placed, he has invariably
acquitted himself with credit. It was, however, as clerk of the New
Hampshire house of representatives that he was most widely known.
ALPHEUS. W. BAKER.
What Charles P. Sanborn was to the speakership of that body, Alpheus
W. Baker was to the clerk's position. Neither has been surpassed by
any of their honorable and worthy successors.
�RVING ALLISON WATSON, of Concord, a son of Porter B.
I
and Luvia E. (Ladd) Watson, was born at Salisbury, September
6, 1849; received his preliminary education in the common schools
of New Hampshire and at Newbury (Vt.) Seminary and Collegiate
Institute; commenced the study of medicine in 1868 with Dr.
Cochrane, of Newbury, Vt., and continued with his uncle, Dr. H.
L. Watson, and later with Dr. A. B. Crosby, of New York; at
tended medical lectures at Dartmouth college and at the Medical
Department of the University of Vermont; graduated from the latter in
1871. The same year he located and commenced the practice of medi
cine at Northumberland, N. H., remaining there ten years. During
his residence in that town, he was several years superintendent of
schools, and twice (in 1879 and 1881) was elected to the state legisla
ture. He was largely instrumental in securing the passage of the law
creating the state board of health, and was appointed one of its mem
bers, and at its organization in September, 1881, was elected secretary
and executive officer of the board. In October of that year he removed
to Concord, where he has since remained, still holding the posi
tion of secretary and executive officer of the state board of health. In
1889 the state board of health was made also a state board of lunacy,
and the executive work of the latter board has devolved upon him since
its creation. He is also registrar of the vital statistics of the state and
president of the state board of cattle commissioners. He has four times
been elected secretary of the American Public Health association, hav
ing held the office continuously since 1883. He is a member of the
American Medical association, American Public Health association,
White Mountain Medical association, Centre District Medical society,
New Hampshire Historical society, and several other societies and
organizations.
IRV ING ALLISON WATSON.
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�EW Hampshire has no fitter son in this generation than Edward
Nathan Pearson, who was born in Webster, September 7, 1859,
the son of John C. Pearson and Lizzie S. Colby. Mr. Pearson was
educated in the Warner high school and at the Penacook academy, and
graduated from Dartmouth college in the class of 1881. Immediately
following his graduation he was employed as city editor of the Concord
Evening Monitor, and has retained his connection with that paper ever
since, with the exception of one year spent in the schools of Wash
ington, D.C., as principal of one of the grammar departments. Mr.
Pearson in 1882, upon his return from Washington, became associate
editor of the Monitor and Independent Statesman and in 1890 was
made managing editor. In 1892 he assumed also the duties of business
manager of the Republican Press association, and as such was the can
didate of his party for public printer in January, 1893, and was elected.
He was married December 8, 1882, to Miss Addie M. Sargent, of Leb
N
anon, and has four children.
Mr. Pearson's life has been one of modest
yet incessant activity. In every position that he has been called upon
to fill he has considered the best fruits of his power none too great to
be yielded. His connection with the Monitor and Statesman has been
marked by a versatile solidity of achievement. Vigorous, honest, out
spoken, graceful, he has contributed to every department with a lavish
hand, and has impressed a worth of style and reliability upon their
columns. No man ever had a better friend than he: untiring in his
courtesy, gentle, impulsive, frank, true, the symmetry of a genuine
gentlemanliness makes perfect the meed of his praise.
EDWARD NATHAN PEARSON.
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�HILE NAHUM J. BACHELDER retains his present rela
tions to New Hampshire agriculture, that industry will not lan
guish, for to him, as to no other, are the farmers of the state indebted.
VV
Mr. Bachelder was born and has always lived in East Andover.
He was
educated in the schools of that town, at Franklin academy, and at New
Hampton institute, supplementing this course with such extensive pri
vate reading and study as to receive, in 1891, the degree of A. M. from
Dartmouth college. Mr. Bachelder has always been a farmer, and has
been for many years connected with grange interests in New Hamp
shire. In 1883 he was elected secretary of the state grange. The
office of secretary of the state grange he held until 1891, in one of the
years intervening declining an election as master, accepting the chair in
the latter year, and still holding it. He was the first secretary of the
Grange State Fair association, and to him is due the success that has
attended the annual meetings of the association at Tilton. In 1887 he
was chosen secretary of the state board of agriculture, and in that
capacity has done valiant service for the farmers of the state. In
1889, as a just recognition of the man who first conceived the idea.
Mr. Bachelder was appointed commissioner of immigration, and at
once set at work to populate the abandoned farms of the state, working
with such energy and so much to the purpose, that the first year of his
service saw more than 3oo farms reclaimed. By the legislature of 1891
this office was consolidated with that of secretary of the board of agri
culture, and Mr. Bachelder has carried on the work along both the old
and new lines, yet always with success. In April, 1891, he was
appointed a member of the newly created board of cattle commissioners,
and by his activity has succeeded in nearly extirpating tuberculosis
from among the herds of the state. Mr. Bachelder is a progressive
NAHUM J. BACHELIDER.
thinker in a position requiring progressive thought.
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�ON. ALBERT STILLMAN BATCHELLOR was born at Beth
H
lehem, April 22, 1850. Immediately upon graduation from
Dartmouth, in 1872, he entered the office of Hon. Harry Bingham, at
Littleton, and was admitted to the bar in 1875. He soon became a
member of the firm of Bingham, Mitchell & Batchellor, and the con
nection still continues. Twenty years association with Mr. Bingham,
as pupil and partner, is a voucher for a good lawyer and an honest one,
and Mr. Batchellor has never discredited his credentials.
The business
of the firm has been varied and extensive, and Mr. Batchellor has had
a professional experience that is accorded to few men of his years. In
the realm of politics Mr. Batchellor has achieved an enviable reputa
tion, and ranks with the younger leaders of the Democratic party of
New Hampshire. A liberal share of such honors as the party has had
to bestow have been conferred upon him, and they have been modestly
and worthily borne. As solicitor of Grafton county for two years,
representative in the legislature for Littleton during three successive
sessions, and as a member of the governor's council in 1887–88 he
performed much valuable public service. Notwithstanding the great
demands of his professional and public life, Mr. Batchellor has found
time to devote to literary pursuits, becoming especially interested in
the history of our state during the provincial period and the early years
of statehood. It is safe to say that few men are so well versed in the
history and traditions of those stirring times. That he was appointed
by a Republican governor to the very responsible position of editor of
the provincial papers is a worthy compliment to the learning and re
search of the one, and to the discernment and fairness of the other.
As a trustee of the state library he has performed invaluable service to
the state, while his influence has at the same time been felt in educa
HON. ALBERT STILLMAN BATCHELLOR.
tional matters as an active alumnus of Dartmouth college and in other
directions.
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�HARLES ROBERT CORNING was born in Concord, Decem
ber 20, 1855, and was educated in the schools of that city, at Phil
lips Andover academy, and by private tutors. He read law with
Anson S. Marshall and with William M. Chase and Jonathan E. Sar
gent and attended lectures in the Harvard law school, and was
admitted to the bar in March, 1883. Mr. Corning's tastes, however,
inclined rather to literary pursuits, and he has won more than passing
fame as a student and author. He has three times visited Europe,
and his journeys have provided material for interesting lectures in addi
tion to having furnished the inspiration for a most charming and viva
cious work of travel under the title of “Aalesund to Tetuan.”
HON. CHARLES
He is
also the author of valuable historical and biographical pamphlets and of
numerous lectures and magazine articles upon historical subjects. In
politics Mr. Corning is a Republican, and as such was a member of the
house of representatives in 1878, declining re-election because of failing
health. In 1883, however, he again sat in the house, and in 1889 was
a member of the state senate. In 1891 he was appointed an assistant
attorney in the department of justice at Washington. Mr. Corning
also served for six years on the board of education of the city of Con
cord and is a trustee of the state library and of the Fowler Public
Library. As a man of letters, Mr. Corning is among the most promi
nent in New England, his careful and acute knowledge giving weight
to his work. Mr. Corning, before he was called to his present posi
tion, was for some years secretary of the New Hampshire Historical
society, and was among the most efficient and valuable working mem
bers of that organization. Added to his rare mental characteristics,
Mr. Corning possesses a charming conversational power, a fascinating
grace of expression, and a warm geniality of manner.
ROBERT CORNING.
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�EORGE CLINTON GILMORE, a descendant on both sides
from the Scotch-Irish of old Londonderry, New Hampshire,
is a typical son of the state, born in Bedford, September 25, 1826;
son of William Gilmore and Matilda (Eaton) Gilmore; educated in the
public and private schools; was connected with the manufacturing cor
porations of Manchester and Milford for 37 years, from bobbin boy to
agent; married, in 1853, Miss Lucy A. Livingston, born in Walden,
Vermont, March 1, 1830; one child living, Waldo Eaton Gilmore,
born April 28, 1854; member of both branches of the city council of
Manchester, and of the house of representatives in the years 1856, '67,
'72, '75, 76, '79, '80, 85, '86, and '93, and a member of the state senate
in 1881–82; was chosen colonel of the Amoskeag Veterans for 1875-'76;
member of the constitutional conventions of 1876 and 1889; one of
the trustees of the state library since 1888. As president of the New
Hampshire Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Colonel
Gilmore has labored industriously for the revival of patriotism, and is
proud of the history of New Hampshire and has contributed not a little
to its pages, having compiled and published the “Manual of the
New Hampshire Senate from 1784 to 1894,” and the “Roll of New
Hampshire Soldiers at the Battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777,”
and by his own life and labors has set an example for those who will
follow him, an example luminous in its integrity and fidelity to the tra
ditions and history of the state, in the love of its past, and the hope of
its future.
HON. GEORGE CLINTON
�LLIOTT BRAINARD HODGE, chairman of the board of fish
and game commissioners of New Hampshire, was born in Eaton
in the province of Quebec, November 14, 1839, the son of Berzillia
Brainard Hodge and Sarah Elliott, and was educated at the Cookshire
high school and at Colebrook academy. At the age of twenty-one Mr.
Hodge began life as a professional photographer, following that calling
in various localities until 1881. June, 1882, he was appointed superin
tendent of the state fish-hatching house at Plymouth, and entered upon
what has proved to be the work of his life, for in 1883 he was appointed
by Governor Bell a member of the fish and game commission, and was
re-appointed in 1888, being at present chairman of the board. As fish
and game commissioner, Mr. Hodge has been at the head of the move
ment for placing the New Hampshire commission abreast, if not in the
lead, of similar organizations in other states. How successful that
movement under his leadership has been, the testimony of the sports
men of New England will best prove. The restocking of the lakes and
streams of New Hampshire with food-fish, the extinction of poaching
in the game-producing forests of the state, and the creation of a senti
ment favorable to the sportsman and discrediting the pot-hunter, have
been carefully fostered and developed by Commissioner Hodge. Not
only has Mr. Hodge proved himself an organizer, but he has also
shown himself to be a student. His reports have been models of excel
lence and compendiums of information. Thoroughly conversant with the
needs of New Hampshire and delicately in touch with the pulse of
improvement, Mr. Hodge is carrying out the great work which he
began and will not suffer to lag. Mr. Hodge is prominent in Masonic
circles, having held nearly all the minor offices, has been high priest of
Pemigewasset Chapter, thrice illustrious master of Omega Council, and
for two years was most illustrious grand master of the Grand Council
of New Hampshire.
ELLIOTT BRAINARD HODGE.
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�HE New Hampshire fish and game commission numbers as one of
T its devoted members Willard Henry Griffin, of Henniker, who was
born in Groveland, Mass., April 28, 1857, and is the son of Henry
Dustin Griffin and Sabrina Knight Carr. Mr. Griffin attained his edu
cation in the common schools of Groveland, his native town, and at the
high school in Georgetown, Mass. His present occupation is that of a
manufacturer of shoes at Henniker, this industry ranking at the head in
the industries of the town. Mr. Griffin has served upon the board of
fish and game commissioners but few years, though in that time he has
given evidence of his devotion to the interests committed to his charge,
of his ability, and of his foresight. In the town of Henniker Mr. Griffin
is justly one of the most popular men. A genial good-fellowship easily
wins friends, but the solid qualities of his character more readily retain
them. His friendships are cemented by the strongest possible ties.
At the head of the leading industry in the community, he could not fail
to be prominent, yet he would be prominent in any community were he
wholly without business connections, for such a man as he could not
fail to win and retain the esteem of all who admire integrity in business,
in common friendly intercourse, and the fruits that can come only from
such integrity when constantly and consistently displayed.
WILLARD HENRY GRIFFIN.
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�ATHANIEL WENTWORTH, member of the fish and game
commission of New Hampshire, was born in Brighton, Mass.,
December 8, 1833, and is the son of Nathaniel Wentworth and Lydia
N
Lord.
Like most of the successful men of whom this book treats Mr.
Wentworth secured his education in the common schools and began at
an early age to solve for himself the problem of existence. How suc
cessfully that problem has been solved the record of his life will tell.
The beginning of the war found Mr. Wentworth successfully engaged
in the business he had chosen, a contractor for masonry, yet he aban
doned his business prospects and enlisted in the 11th Massachusetts
battery and served through the war, being mustered out after the sur
render at Appomattox. Returning to his duties he took up the thread of
his life where he had laid it down, and the success that has attended
his efforts showed no signs of interruption because of his service for his
country, perhaps indeed it may have been increased thereby, for Mr.
Wentworth, in the years that have followed, has stood at the front in
his line of work.
In the town of Hudson, where he resides, Mr.
Wentworth has naturally been prominent. His marked ability as a
business man, his uprightness, his fidelity, have caused him to be
called to various positions of confidence and honor. In 1887 he was a
member of the legislature from his town, serving his constituents faith
fully and well. Mr. Wentworth is an enthusiastic sportsman in the true
sense of the word. Realizing the necessity of the prevention of the
indiscriminate destruction of the fish and game of the state, he has
always been actively identified in the work of securing the enforcement
of the game laws, hence it was but natural that, with the retirement of
Mr. Riddle from the state board of fish and game commissioners, Mr.
Wentworth should have been chosen to succeed him. In this position
Mr. Wentworth is showing marked capabilities for his work.
NATHANIEL WENTWORTH.
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�ON. CHARLES H. AMSDEN, president of the New Hamp
shire World's Fair commission, is a native and life-long resident
of Penacook. He was born July 8, 1848, and was educated in the
public schools, and at Appleton academy, New Ipswich. He began
his career in the office of his father, Henry H. Amsden, furniture manu
facturer, and was later with his brother, a member of the firm of H. H.
Amsden & Sons, a name that is yet retained though both his father
and brother are dead.
Mr. Amsden's other business interests comprise
the presidency of the Concord Axle Co., and a membership in the
directory of the Mechanicks National Bank, Concord, the Portland &
Ogdensburg railroad, and the Granite State Fire Insurance Co.
But
Mr. Amsden has another prominence in New Hampshire afforded by
his political career. Beginning in 1874, he was an alderman of the city
of Concord, and was reëlected by a unanimous vote. In 1883 he was a
member of the state senate, being chosen from among a Republican
constituency by a majority of 376. In 1888 he was the Democratic
candidate for governor, making a run that merited the renomination
that was tendered him in 1890. That campaign was fought by Mr.
Amsden with such a persistent brilliancy that the result was left so much
in doubt that many people believed him to have been elected. The days
intervening between the election and the assembling of the legislature
that was to settle the mooted question were trying ones. But they brought
out the true character of Mr. Amsden who comported himself with a
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CHARLES
H.
quiet dignity that won for him the hearty esteem of his opponents and
added to the affection of his supporters. The balance dipped against him
and he calmly accepted the result—a result that brought no discredit to
him, since he left the field without the prize, though supported by a
larger vote than has ever been polled for any other Democratic candi
date for governor.
�EORGE F. PAGE is thoroughly a “New Hampshire man.” He
G was born in Pittsfield in 1844, but early in life moved to Frank
lin, passed through the public schools of that town, graduated from
the Franklin academy, and supplemented this training by a course at the
Eastman Business college at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In 1860 he started
in to learn the art of leather making, beginning work in Franklin and
continuing his researches and experiments in Europe. As a result of
this training he has given to the product of the Page Belting Co., of
Concord, of which he is president, a national reputation for excel
lence, and caused that corporation successively to outgrow its plant at
Franklin and Concord, and to cause the erection of the present hand
some and thoroughly equipped buildings that it now occupies. Mr.
Page was a prime mover in the establishment of the Concord Commer
cial club, serving several years as its president. He was also one of
the first to advocate the establishment of a state board of trade, and
in 1891 he was elected its first president. In 1890 Mr. Page was
elected to the house of representatives from Ward 4, Concord, and in
that body distinguished himself by his championship of a bill, of which
he was the author, providing for the Australian ballot, which he intro
duced and pressed to a final and successful issue with signal ability and
force. In 1891, Mr. Page was appointed a member of the board of
World's Fair commissioners and served in that position with fidelity and
credit. The fertility of Mr. Page's mind led him early to a belief in
the development of the water-power adjacent to Concord, and he organ
ized in 1892 the Concord Land & Water Power company for the pur
pose of putting in at Sewall's Falls a plant to utilize water-power in
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the production of electricity, this in turn to be distributed to centres
of industry for light and power.
�ON. FRANK MARTIN ROLLINS, treasurer of the New Hamp
shire World's Fair commission, was born in that part of Holder
ness, now Ashland, fifty-two years ago, and for more than twenty-five
years resided in Lakeport. He was educated in the schools of his native
town and at the academies in New Hampton and Sanbornton. In
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Laconia where he lived until 1876, when his home was annexed
to the town of Gilford, Mr. Rollins was a prominent citizen and was
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FRANK MARTIN ROLLINS.
selectman in 1871 and 1872. In Gilford he was equally prominent
and served as overseer of the poor in 1878 and 1879. In 1882 and
1883 he was selectman of Gilford, and also served as member of the
Lake Village school committee. In 1879 he was elected one of the
county commissioners of Belknap county and was reëlected two years
later. In 1874 he represented Gilford in the legislature, and in 1887
was member of the state senate. In the legislature Mr. Rollins was a
consistent member of his party, yet his action was characterized by no
narrow spirit. For several years past he has been connected with the
Manchester Union, being at the head of the counting-room in that
establishment and as such being a constant and valuable factor in the
paper's success. This position Mr. Rollins but recently resigned and
he has acquired newspaper property in Denver, Col., to which city he
will remove upon the completion of his duties as World's Fair com
missioner. In this latter capacity Mr. Rollins has added greatly to his
reputation. Upon the organization of the board he was chosen its
treasurer, and in that office has displayed much administrative force.
Mr. Rollins has made his way in so many directions, and has made so
many friends in the state, that his removal to another community will
be marked by regret. Yet his love for the state of his birth will make
her the sharer in all the honors and prosperity that may await him in
the new field.
�HOMAS J. WALKER, of the New Hampshire World's Fair
commission, was born in Bellville, Ill., March 12, 1856,
received a common-school education, and studied law at the Columbian
university, Washington, D. C. He was a page in the Forty-second
congress, was engaged as a railroad accountant in St. Louis from
1874 to 1879, and for one year thereafter was eastern manager of the
St. Louis Journal of Commerce, with offices at New York city. In the
fall of 1880 he returned to Washington and became chief clerk of the
agricultural division of the tenth census, remaining there until March,
1883, when he was appointed clerk to the United States commissioner
of railroads. That office he resigned in 1886, and came to
Plymouth and founded the Plymouth Record and a year later ob
tained control of the Northern Herald published at Lisbon, adding
to those papers in 1892 the New Hampshire Advertiser, a new
project in New Hampshire journalism. In newspaper circles in New
Hampshire, and in New England as well, Mr. Walker has become a
recognized factor. His columns teem with bright, trenchant, pertinent
matter, and have given him a prestige and a standing second almost to
none. Mr. Walker has persistently advocated the promotion of the
summer resort interests of New Hampshire, and since his appointment
as secretary of the board of World's Fair managers, which occurred
at the organization of the commission, he has devoted his attention
largely to the advancement and development of this branch of the
state's resources, giving to an old and hackneyed subject a brightness
and a versatility that have called renewed and valuable attention to its
possibilities.
In 1883, Mr. Walker married Grace E. Parker, daughter
of the Hon. Charles Parker of Lisbon.
THOMAS J.
WALKER.
He is a member of Olive
Branch lodge of Masons, of Pemigewasset chapter, and of Pilgrim com
mandery.
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�ON. EDWIN G. EASTMAN was born in Grantham, Novem
ber 22, 1847, and was educated in the common schools, at
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Kimball Union academy, Meriden, and at Dartmouth college, being a
member of the class of 1874 in the latter institution.
He studied law
in the office of Judge A. P. Carpenter at Bath, and in March, 1876, was
admitted to the bar. Since September of that year, Mr. Eastman has
practiced his profession at Exeter, having been the partner of the late Gen
eral Gilman Marston.
In 1876, Mr. Eastman was a member of the house
of representatives from Grantham, and in 1889 sat in the state senate.
From 1883 to 1887, Mr. Eastman was county solicitor of Rockingham
county. In 1891, upon the death of the late Daniel Barnard, Mr. Eastman
was appointed attorney-general of the state, and still holds that posi
tion. Mr. Eastman is a typical New England lawyer. His education
for the law was not obtained without a struggle, and his position at
the bar is merited, and has been accorded him, from the first, because
of acknowledged ability. As a public prosecutor, both as county
solicitor and as attorney-general, Mr. Eastman has been called to
serve in many important and famous cases, and his service has been
direct and positive, leaving no stone unturned to reach his desired end.
As an advocate, Mr. Eastman has proved himself vigorous and suc
cessful, his natural honesty so impressing itself upon the jury as in
stinctively to prejudice its members in his favor. As a counsellor, Mr.
Eastman is sagacious, keen, and conservative; he never leads astray.
Frank, almost impulsive, in judgment, his advice is relied upon with
the utmost confidence. In his legislative service he has won equal
credit, occupying a prominent and honorable position. As a citizen he
is enterprising and respected, and his labors for the advancement of
the interests of the community have been earnest and progressive.
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�ON, JOHN J. BELL, of the state library commission, was
born in Chester, October 30, 1827, and is the son of Samuel
Dana Bell and Mary Healey. He was educated in the common
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schools of Exeter, Concord, and Manchester, at Concord and Man
chester academies, and pursued his professional studies in the Dane
law school, at Harvard university. He was admitted to the bar of
Hillsborough county, in April, 1848, and practised his profession at
Nashua, Milford, at Carmel, Me., and at Exeter, where he was judge
of the municipal court. In 1876 he was a member of the constitu
tional convention.
In 1882 he was chairman of the commission to exam
ine into the condition of the insane poor in New Hampshire.
In 1883,
1885, 1887, and 1891, he was a member of the house of representa
tives.
In
1885 he was appointed a member of the commission to
determine the boundary line between New Hampshire and Massachu
setts, and still retains the position; and upon the formation of the state
library commission, in 1892, Judge Bell was made a member of the
board. Judge Bell's business and financial interests are very exten
sive. He is president of the Exeter Mfg Co., of the Suncook Valley
R. R., and of the Exeter R. R.
He is also a director in the Concord
& Portsmouth R. R., in the New Hampshire Fire Insurance Co., in
the New Hampshire Life Insurance Co., and is president of the New
Hampshire Historical society, of the New Hampshire library associa
tion, and of the New Hampshire state board of trade. Judge Bell's
active practice of his profession ceased with his retirement from the
bench, in 1883, yet it will be seen that his retirement is not an idle
one. Probably no man in New Hampshire has a more extensive or
more ardent interest in the various enterprises that have tended to
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build up the state. As president of the state board of trade, an or
ganization of which Judge Bell was one of the founders, he has been
untiring in his efforts to increase the usefulness of the institution.
�ENRY M. PUTNEY, the oldest of the eight children of Henry
and Abigail Putney, was born in Dunbarton, N. H., March
22, 1840. He fitted for college at New London academy, graduated
at Dartmouth in the class of 1861; was principal of the Dunbarton
high school, and at Manchester grammar school, read law in Concord,
and New York city, and was admitted to the Hillsborough county bar.
January 1, 1873, he became a member of the editorial staff of the
Manchester Mirror, to the columns of which he had formerly been a
contributor, and has ever since been employed in that capacity. In
1867–68, he represented Dunbarton in the state legislature. He was
appointed collector of internal revenue for the district of New Hamp
shire by President Arthur, and removed by Cleveland for offensive
partisanship. In 1886, Governor Currier appointed him chairman of
the railroad commission of New Hampshire, and he was reappointed
by Governors Goodell and Tuttle. His third term expires January 1,
1896. He has a wife and two daughters, and resides in Manchester.
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HENRY
M.
PUTNEY.
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�O be twice president of the New Hampshire senate is an honor
that has fallen to but one man in forty years. That man, Hon.
John McLane of Milford, was born in Scotland, in 1852. When two
years of age he came to this country with his parents, and has been a
resident of Milford for nearly a score of years, where he is engaged in
the manufacture of postoffice furniture, in this line of work ranking
among the first in the country. Mr. McLane's business success has
been won by fidelity and capacity. He has always taken a lively
interest in the development of his town and is president of the Souhe
gan National Bank, a trustee of the Milford Savings Bank, and a
director of the building and loan association. In 1885, Mr. McLane
was a member of the legislature from Milford, and also again in 1887.
The first term of his service saw him placed on the judiciary committee
and on the committee on towns.
In 1887 he was chairman of the in
surance committee and a member of the committee on the revision of
statutes. In 1891 he was a member of the senate and was elected to
the presidency of that body, presiding with marked dignity and urban
ity. In 1892 he was again chosen to the senate, and in 1893 he was
again made president, an honor almost unprecedented. Mr. McLane's
public and private life has been characterized by the most rigid and
uncompromising honesty of purpose, of deed, and of word. By this
characteristic he has achieved his present standing; by it he will win
yet more renown. Faithful, conscientious, able, he has carved out
already an enduring record in the annals of the state, and the future
can add but little to his credit.
JOHN McLANE.
Above all that could be added in
honors would yet stand the man in all the virility of his integrity, in
all the honesty of his judgment, in all the nobility of his purpose.
�HE past ten years have brought to the front in New Hampshire
Among these may be numbered
Charles J. Hamblett of Nashua, who was born in that city in 1862.
His parents removed to Milford when he was five years old, and in the
public schools of that town he followed the usual course, graduating
from the high school in 1881, and subsequently attending a private
school and the academy at Francestown, from which he graduated in
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1883.
He read law with Robert M. Wallace of Milford, and entered
the law school of Boston university in 1887, graduating therefrom two
years later, having, however, taken the full three years course. He
immediately opened an office in Nashua, where he soon won an envia
ble reputation among his associates in the matter of ability and patron
age. Shortly after beginning his practice he was elected city solicitor
of Nashua, and was reëlected for the years 1891, 1892, and 1893. In
1883, before he had become a law student, he was elected messenger
of the New Hampshire senate, and was reëlected in 1885. In 1887
he was advanced to be assistant clerk of that body, holding the same
position during the session of 1889 also. In 1891 he succeeded to
the clerkship, and was reëlected in 1893. A young man of ability, he
has forced his way forward and upward by his own exertions.
CHARLES J. HAMBLETT.
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�ON. PEARSON GOULD EVANS, member of the senate of
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1893 from the First district, was born in Shelburne, August
9, 1838, the son of Fletcher Ingalls Evans and Abigail Wiggin Gould.
In the common schools of Shelburne and Gorham he
obtained his
education, and his youth was that of the ordinary New Hampshire
farmer's boy. From his seventeenth to his nineteenth year he worked
in a saw-mill, and in 1857 began railroading in the employ of the At
lantic & St. Lawrence railway, now the Grand Trunk, and has contin
ued in the employ of that corporation until the present time. During
that length of time Senator Evans has been actively employed, and is
now a locomotive engineer on the Portland division of the Grand
Trunk railway, covering the road from Gorham to Portland; and to
his remarkable credit it is said that for thirty-three years he has covered
his route, averaging one hundred miles a day, without an accident, a
record unmatched by any man in railroad circles. Mr. Evans, in 1871
and 1872, was elected to the legislature.
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His course during the ses
sions of those two years was highly commendable, and the long interim
between that service and his next in the legislative line was due wholly
to the fact that he was unwilling again to serve. In 1889, however,
he again came to the house and sat through the session of that year
and through the extra session of the year following. He was nom
inated to the senate in the fall of 1892, and was elected by a vote which
clearly indicated his popularity. Senator Evans is one of the most
reliable of men; his judgment is rarely at fault; the long years of
responsibility have made him cautious, yet they have not made him
timid. With all the principles of progressive legislation Senator Evans
is in hearty accord, and as a legislator renders the same valuable
service that has made his life in other respects so highly respectable
and so thoroughly reliable.
PEARSON (SOULD EVANS.
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�ON. EDWARD WOODS, member of the New Hampshire senate
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from the Second district, is a native of Bath, the town in which
he now resides. He was born October 24, 1835. He was educated
in the schools of his native town, was fitted for college at Phillips
Exeter academy, and graduated from Dartmouth college in the class of
1856. He studied law with Hon. Andrew S. Woods, and was admit
ted to the bar in 1859. In addition to his legal duties Senator Woods
is interested in the Lisbon Savings Bank and Trust company, of which
he is president, and holds the same office in the Bath Lumber company.
In politics Senator Woods is a Democrat, and as such was chosen a
member of the legislature from Bath in 1873 and was reëlected in 1874.
In the latter year he was selected by Governor Weston as a member of
his staff, serving as aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel. In pas
sing, it is worthy to note that nearly every member of this staff has
since attained an enviable prominence in the various walks of life pursued
by each. As an evidence of the esteem and confidence reposed in Senator
Woods by his townsmen, it will be enough to say that for twenty-five
years he was treasurer of Bath. Among other honors that have come
to him was an election as solicitor of Grafton county, his term includ
ing the years 1889 and 1890. Senator Woods as a legislator displays
the qualities that have marked him in other capacities.
In him con
stituents and clients find a faithful and conscientious friend, adviser,
and servant.
HON.
EDWARD WOOI)S.
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�HE career of Hon. Newton S. Huntington is symmetrically
T rounded out by a seat in the senate of New Hampshire, after
years of service in the lower branch of the legislature. Mr. Hunting
ton was born in Lebanon, August 9, 1822, and for sixty-eight years has
been a resident of Hanover, where until his thirty-third year he was
engaged in agricultural pursuits, at that time embarking in trade, contin
uing for seven years. In 1865 he organized the Dartmouth National
Bank, of which he was chosen cashier, and was elected treasurer of the
Dartmouth Savings Bank, holding both of these positions for fourteen
years, when he resigned and accepted the presidency of both institu
tions. Mr. Huntington has been signally honored by the citizens of
the town in which he has lived so long. He has held every office
within their gift. For more than thirty years he has occupied the
moderator's desk, has filled every town office, has been called upon in
positions of trust and responsibility, and was elected to the house of
representatives in 1858, 1859, 1885, 1887, 1889, and 1891 and came to
the senate from the Third district with a reputation for legislative integ
rity almost unexampled. Mr. Huntington is a man of wide experience
in life, having traveled extensively in this country and in Europe. In
local affairs he has always been a leader. Mr. Huntington is a man of
scholarly as well as business tastes, and in recognition of this the degree
of master of arts has been conferred upon him by Dartmouth college.
Mr. Huntington's life has been marked by a most intense integrity.
His successive return to office by the almost united voice of the people
of his town, speaks louder and truer than any words of eulogy. The
confidence reposed in him has never been violated. Called frequently
to serve in matters requiring the closest, and at times the most delicate,
of judgment, he has met each responsibility with fidelity and has acquit
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ted himself with credit.
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�ON. CHARLES HAVEN DAMON, member of the senate of
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1893 from the Fourth district, was born in Lowell, Mass., Sep
tember 16, 1851, the son of Warren Damon and Adeline F. Blaisdell.
He was educated in the common schools of Campton, in which town he
now resides, and when seventeen years of age, began work in a retail
grocery store at Lowell, Mass., serving there in different capacities for
ten years; then going to Boston, where he entered the wholesale
grocery business as a travelling salesman, in which capacity he is at
present employed by the firm of John F. Nickerson & Co. Mr.
Damon's residence, as has been noted, is in Campton, where he has
received many substantial tokens of the esteem of his fellow-citizens.
In 1889 he was chosen a member of the constitutional convention and
his work during the session of that body was so meritorious as to
secure for him an election to the house of representatives in 1890
where Mr. Damon was arrayed upon the right side of every question,
taking a prominent part in the work of the session, speaking infre
quently but always forcibly, and making himself a factor in all the pro
ceedings of the session. In 1892 he became a candidate for the state
senate for the remodelled Fourth district, and after a spirited campaign,
in which were opposed to him some of the strongest elements of the
party, Mr. Damon was nominated and his nomination was followed by
a ready election. Coming to the senate, the advantage of his previous
legislative experience was at once noticed, and his work has been of
great value to his constituents. He has kept a watchful eye upon the
proceedings of the session and has been found always ready to speak
promptly and efficiently upon the subjects that lie close to his heart.
Senator Damon in the course of his business career has been brought
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in contact with men in
all parts of New England, the experience thus
gained giving him a wonderful knowledge of human nature. He is a
IDAMON.
Mason and Odd Fellow.
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�ON. FRANK K. HOBBS, who sits in the New Hampshire
senate of 1893 as the member from the Fifth district, is a native
and life-long resident of Carroll county. He was born in Tamworth,
November 4, 1841, but is now a resident of Ossipee. He was edu
cated at Wolfeborough and at the New England Masonic institute at
Effingham. During the war for the preservation of the Union, Senator
Hobbs saw service in Company F, Eighteenth New Hampshire volun
teers, and was mustered out as an orderly sergeant. Since the war he
has been variously employed. For one year he travelled as salesman
for Stowe, Richardson & Parker, dry goods merchants of Boston;
and has been engaged in the lumber business, and as a merchant. He
is now occupied in farming. Senator Hobbs was always a Democrat,
and as such has been elected by his fellow-townsmen to hold every
office in their gift, serving as member of the school committee and as
selectman for three years. In 1875 he began his legislative service as
a member of the house of representatives. In 1877 he was returned
by his constituents and again in 1878. In 1880 he was elected again
to the same position, but was unseated. In 1881, however, and again
in 1885 he was in his place as representative from Ossipee. Through
all these years of service in the lower house, Senator Hobbs has
become remarkably well equipped for the duties of the senate chamber.
There are few measures of public importance that have not, in some
form or other, passed beneath his legislative eye in the lower branch.
Hence his services are doubly valuable. His vote records the decision
of a well balanced judgment strengthened by years of experience in
matters of public import relating to the common welfare.
HON.
FRANK
K.
H() BBS.
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�ON. GEORGE ALBERT HATCH, member of the senate of
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1893, from the Sixth district, was born in Meredith, July 17,
1848, the son of David P. Hatch and Adeline N. Swain.
He was
educated in the common schools of his native town, and in early life,
following the completion of his school days, he spent a considerable
time in New York city as a collector of bills, and since that time has
been engaged as a druggist in Laconia, and in Boston, Mass., though
he is now retired from active commercial life and is engaged in real
estate business in the thriving city by the lake. Since Mr. Hatch was
twenty-one years old he has maintained a legal residence in Laconia,
and has always taken an active part in the politics of the community.
At present he is chairman of the Democratic city committee, a position
that he has filled with remarkable fidelity and ability. In 1876 and
1877 he held his first office, that of town clerk, and in the two years
following was a member of the legislature. Since then he has declined
proffered candidacies for office although he was placed upon the ticket
in 1892 as candidate for senator and was elected. Senator Hatch is
prominent in Masonic circles, being a Knight Templar and a thirty
second degree Mason. He is a past presiding officer in Union Chapter
and Pythagorean Council at Laconia. He received his commandery de
gree in Mt. Horeb commandery at Concord, and was made a thirty
second degree Mason in the Edward A. Raymond consistory at Nashua.
In the senate Senator Hatch was a working senator, serving his constit
uents with remarkable industry. As the senator from the district
embracing Laconia, much of the important legislation of the session
had a deep interest for his constituents and Senator Hatch carefully
guarded those interests. He was infrequently heard in debate; yet in the
councils of the senate, in the committee-room, and in personal conver
sation, he was one of the influential members of the body.
HON. GEORGE ALBERT HATCH.
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�ON. SHEPHERD L. BOWERS of Newport, who represents
the Seventh district, in the New Hampshire senate of 1893, is
a native of Acworth, and was born December 13, 1827. In the two
towns named has always been his home. He was educated at Kim
ball Union academy, Meriden, at Thetford academy, Vermont, and at
Dartmouth college. He read law with Hon. Asa Fowler at Concord,
and immediately established himself in practice at Newport, where he
has ever since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession.
From 1861 to 1871 and from 1876 to 1882 he was registrar of probate
for Sullivan county, and from 1886 to 1890 was county solicitor. In
1864 he was a delegate to the Republican national convention and in
1884 was alternate in the Republican national convention, in Chicago.
In 1866 and in 1885 he was a member of the house of representatives,
and at each session was a conspicuous member, serving at the latter
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date as chairman of the committee on revision of statutes.
In the
senate Senator Bowers is chairman of the judiciary committee, and
takes an active and leading position in debate. Mr. Bowers has always
been a Republican and has always taken a high place in the councils
of his party, serving for many years as a member of the state com
mittee and as member of the executive committee for Sullivan county.
He is deeply interested in the growth and development of Newport
and is president of the Newport Improvement company. Mr. Bowers
has found time in the midst of an active professional career to gratify
a cultivated literary taste, and as a result of wide reading many pleasing
essays and lectures have sprung from his pen. As a debater many an
antagonist has felt his steel in the rush of parliamentary discussion or
at the bar.
HON.
SHEPHERD L.
BOWERS.
Senator Bowers has been twice married, his first wife
dying in 1861. He has three children, two sons and a daughter, the
oldest son being at present a member of Dartmouth college.
�HE member of the New Hampshire senate from the Eighth
district, Hon. George S. Peavey, was born in Greenfield, Feb
ruary 14, 1835, and was educated in that town and in the academies at
Washington, Hopkinton, Pittsfield, and Hancock. Senator Peavey
has always resided in Greenfield since the close of his school days, and
has been actively and prominently identified with the progress of the
town, having been for many years member of the firm of C. F. & G.
S. Peavey, which is largely interested in the real estate business and
handles thousands of cattle and sheep throughout the season, and
which has an interest in almost every concern of the community. In
all that has pertained to the town of Greenfield, Senator Peavey has
had more than a proportional share, having been willing himself to ad
vance the town's interests by any means within his power. He has
held all the offices in the gift of the town, and in the councils of his
party has been prominent, having been its candidate for senator on two
occasions. He, with his brother, was one of the promoters of the
First National Bank of Francestown and both were directors and held
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GEORGE S.
a tenth part in the stock of the bank at the time it was voted to close
it up in 1891. Senator Peavey's legislative experience has been marked
by a long lapse of years, he having first come to the legislature in 1867,
accepting a reëlection in 1868. From that time, until his present
appearance upon the floor of the upper house, his increasing business
cares have precluded his acceptance of political office that would de
mand so large a share of his attention as would a faithful performance
of senatorial duties. Yet with his increasing years has come increasing
confidence, and that Senator Peavey has been enabled at last to lay
aside for the time being the pursuit of private interests in order to serve
his constituency, is a result more gratifying to them than to him.
PEAVEY.
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�HON.
GEORGE C.
PRESTON.
ON. GEORGE C. PRESTON, member of the senate of 1893
from the Ninth district, was born in Manchester, August 17,
1848, and for more than twenty years has been a resident of Henniker.
His education, beyond that allowed by the public schools, was secured
in the academy at Francestown; and all his active business life has been
passed in Henniker, where during all the years of his residence he has
been engaged in general business under different commercial relations
and firm names, at present being associated with his brother under the
style of Preston Brothers, their interests not being confined to purely
commercial pursuits but branching out into real estate and fruit broker
age, having built up in each of these lines an extensive and lucrative
patronage. In all the circles of activity in his town Senator Preston
has been prominent, and has entered into many organizations having
for their object the benefit of humanity, his liberal views of life endors
ing all societies that tend to elevate the human race. To this end
Senator Preston has become prominent in the Masonic fraternity, as an
Odd Fellow, and as a member of the Grange. In politics Senator Preston
has always been an ardent Republican, and has served his party faith
fully and well, nor has his service gone unrewarded. For four years
he was postmaster of Henniker and for six years held the office of town
clerk. In 1891 he was a member of the house of representatives, and
was elected in 1892 to the state senate by a vote largely above his
party associates on the ticket. As a legislator Senator Preston has
been constantly faithful to the interests of his constituents. Beginning
with his service in the house of representatives, he has lent his efforts
chiefly to the securing of the rebuilding of the North Weare & Henni
ker railroad, and that at last the desire of the people of Henniker has
been consummated is largely due to his earnestness and assiduity.
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�ON. JOSEPH BURBEEN WALKER was born in Concord,
H June 12, 1822, and was educated at Phillips Exeter academy,
and at Yale college, graduating in 1844.
He studied law in the office
of Hon. Charles H. Peaslee and at the Harvard law school, and was
admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1847, though he has never been
an active practitioner, giving his attention to general business, which
has embraced directorships in several New Hampshire railroads, sav
ings and other banks, and a continuous service for forty-six years as
trustee for the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane, trustee of Phil
lips Exeter academy, and member of the board of agriculture. Mr.
Walker, although but little in political life, has been a member of the
house of representatives in 1866 and 1867, when he was active in his
efforts for the incorporation of the New Hampshire College of Agricul
ture and the Mechanic Arts, of which institution he has always been a
warm friend. In 1889 he was a member of the constitutional conven
tion, and is a member of the senate of 1893 from the Tenth district.
Mr. Walker has written many agricultural and historical monographs,
among them being a history of the New Hampshire Federal convention
of 1788, and he has delivered many agricultural addresses at meetings
of the board of agriculture, every volume of the board's reports
with one exception containing some contribution from his pen. Mr.
Walker has developed a high taste for forestry and was a member of
the state forestry commission of 1885, and was president of the com
mission formed in 1889 and continued in that office until 1893. For
many years he was a member of the school board in Concord. Mr.
HON. JOSEPH BURBEEN WALKER.
Walker lives the quiet life of a country gentleman upon his ancestral
farm and in the oldest house in Concord, which Rev. Timothy Walker,
the first minister of the town, built in 1734 and occupied until his
death in 1782.
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HE senator from the Eleventh district, Hon. John Whitaker,
a native of Hopkinton, having been born in 1835, a
child of Revolutionary stock. For a number of years he was engaged
in the livery business in Penacook, and remained in that business until
1865, when in company with Caldwell & Amsden he went into the
lumber business, continuing therein until 1887 with his partners, and
since that year conducting the business for himself. In 1860 Senator
Whitaker was married to Frances Caldwell and for more than forty
years has been one of the prominent citizens of Penacook. He was
foreman of the “Pioneer Fire Engine company” in its palmy days and
for five years was assistant engineer of the Concord fire department.
His first political office was held in 1859, when he was elected assessor
of his ward; and in 1862, despite the fact of an adverse party majority,
he was elected to the legislature and voted faithfully for a vigorous
prosecution of the war. He has also represented his ward in both
branches of the city government, and is a recently appointed member
of the board of water commissioners. He has but recently retired from
the active conduct of the lumber business, and is now engaged in a new
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enterprise as manager and proprietor of a fleet of pleasure-boats upon
the beautiful Contoocook river, and in this connection has been instru
mental in opening up and developing one of the most lovely of New
Hampshire's suburban pleasure resorts. Senator Whitaker is a marked
specimen of New Hampshire's manhood,—a magnificent physique and
a power of endurance, combined with the hardihood of severe good
sense, have enabled him to undertake and carry forward successfully
many an enterprise of magnitude. He has had ample experience in
business affairs to prove his ability, and in public life he has served
with the same measure of fidelity that has brought success to his own
private endeavors.
HON. JOHN WHITAKER.
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�ON. WILLIAM E. WATERHOUSE of Barrington, member
of the New Hampshire senate from the Twelfth district, was
born in Barrington, January 31, 1845, and has always been a resident
of that town. He was educated in the common schools, at the high
school, and at Franklin academy, Dover, and has been engaged in
agricultural pursuits and general business since first entering upon the
active arena of life. Coming early to prominence in the town of his
birth and lifelong residence, Senator Waterhouse has held almost every
office within the gift of his neighbors. For four years he was town
clerk, for six years he was selectman, for two years he was county com
missioner, and has been honored with repeated continuous elections
to the moderator's desk. In the general detail of political activity he
has also taken a prominent part, having been for eighteen years a mem
ber of the Republican state committee, where his services have been
valued and efficient for the success of the party whose principles he has
espoused. Senator Waterhouse has become identified with all of the
enterprises of note in his community, and as a member of the house of
representatives in 1871 and 1872, he vigorously presented the views
of his constituents. Upon the organization of the Concord & Roches
ter railroad he was chosen director, and is a director and president of
the Barrington Creamery association. His election to the senate was
hailed with joy by the citizens of his native town, irrespective of party,
and in the business of the session Senator Waterhouse gave a vast
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measure of faithful devotion to the interests of the district which he
was chosen to represent. He has taken broad views of life and has
formed correct and impartial judgments upon men and affairs. In pub
lic and private work he has observed a scrupulous honor in his dealings
HON. WILLIAM E. WATERHOUSE.
with his fellow-men and the united esteem of those who know him is
the due reward of his probity.
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�ON. CLEMENT J. WOODWARD, member of the senate
from the Thirteenth district, was born in Roxbury, September
7, 1850. His parents moved to Keene when he was six years old,
and both have since resided there.
Mr. Woodward received his educa
tion in the public schools of Keene, completing a course at the high
school and at Colby academy, New London. He is treasurer and
manager of the Sentinel Printing company, of which corporation he is
one of the principal stockholders, and publisher of the daily Keene
Evening Sentinel and weekly New Hampshire Sentinel, journals whose
probity, sturdy uprightness, and wide influence but mark the make-up
of the publisher.
As a financier Mr. Woodward is a man of excellent
judgment, and in business matters he is keen, energetic, and far-sighted.
His executive ability is of a high order. He is a director of the Keene
National Bank, and has been a member of the Keene city government.
In politics he has always taken an active interest, all his life having
been an ardent Republican. Honors have not been withheld from him
by his party associates. For many years he has been a member of
the Republican state committee. In 1887 he was chosen to a seat in
the house of representatives, and served upon important committees,
his membership embracing a seat in the railroad committee, the most
important in that stirring session. His election to the senate of
1893–'94 was a merited one, and his services were such as to prove the
faith of his fellow-citizens. He attends the St. James' Episcopal church.
He was married October 3, 1877, and has one son now in his sixth
year.
HON. CLEMENT J. WOODWARD.
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�ON. WALTER LUCIUS GOODNOW, member of the senate
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of 1893 from the Fourteenth district, was born in Winchendon,
Mass., March 1, 1851, the son of William E. and Abigail Beaman
Goodnow. The family removed to New Hampshire three years later.
He was educated in the public schools of Dorchester, Lyme, and Jaf
frey, and at the age of eighteen years entered the store of Spaulding &
Perry at Fitzwilliam, as a clerk. In 1873 he established the firm of
W. L. Goodnow & Co., at East Jaffrey, continuing as senior partner
and business manager in the firm until 1891, when a corporation—The
W. L. Goodnow company,– was organized and he was chosen presi
dent and treasurer. The corporation has stores at East Jaffrey, West
Swanzey, and Keene. Senator Goodnow has other large business
interests, and is a director of the Monadnock National Bank at East
Jaffrey, and of the New Hampshire Trust company, at Manchester.
He is also a member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce.
He was
a member of the house of representatives, from Jaffrey, in the legisla
ture of 1889 and 1890, and was elected to his present position in
1892. Senator Goodnow's success is largely due to his upright busi
ness methods, his close attention to, and thorough knowledge of, his
business, and his capacity in perceiving and seizing a commercial
opportunity. Entering mercantile life at an early age, he became
acquainted with the most minute particulars of modern business require
ments, and has shaped his course in accordance with the trend of
modern commercial life. As a legislator, Senator Goodnow, both in
the house and senate, has been faithful to every interest with which he
has been identified, and has given the same careful attention to affairs
of the state, that he has given to his personal affairs. He is one of
the bright, active, successful business men of Cheshire county.
HON. WALTER LUCIUS GOODNOW.
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�N the New Hampshire senate of 1893, as member from the Six
teenth district, sat Hon. Freeman Higgins, of Manchester, who
was born in Standish, Maine, January 11, 1830, the second son in a
family of eleven children and a descendant of one of the pioneers of the
Pine Tree state. Mr. Higgins in his early life endured the same limi
tations that have attended so many of the successful men of New
England. Mr. Higgins enjoyed but few educational advantages, and
at the age of fifteen went to Lowell, Mass., where he attended school
for a few terms and later went to Lawrence, Mass., and obtained em
ployment in the Essex Machine shop, where he mastered the principles
of mechanics and remained until 1860, when he came to Manchester
and entered the employ of the Amoskeag Co., which was at that time
under contract to supply a large quantity of United States government
rifles, and Mr. Higgins was placed in charge of the most intricate por
tion of this work, where he was so successful that at the close of the
war he was promoted to be master mechanic of the corporation, and
has since had charge of the mechanical department of the Amoskeag
Co. Mr. Higgins is a stockholder and director of the First National
Bank, Manchester, also of the Nashua Trust Co., Nashua, and trustee
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of the Merrimack River Savings Bank, Manchester. His life has been
a modest one. Each of his successes has been accepted in the same
quiet spirit in which it has been achieved. His activity, by reason of the
calls made upon him by his increasing duties, has not permitted him
to step aside from the path of his calling, yet by the earnest fidelity with
which he has discharged his duties, he has won the approbation of
those who know him. In calling him to his present position, the
united voice of his party associates selected Mr. Higgins as a faithful
representative of the interests of his district, nor was their selection
FREEMAN HIGGINS.
made in error.
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�ON. ALFRED G. FAIRBANKS, member of the New Hamp
shire senate of 1893 from the Seventeenth district, was born
in Francestown, January 16, 1822, and was educated in the common
schools and at the academy in that town. Senator Fairbanks is
engaged in mercantile life, and in his especial calling ranks among
the first in the city of Manchester Through all his life he has been
actively identified with public affairs, having been honored by appoint
ment and election to various positions entailing responsibility, and he
comes to the senate, after many years of experience in different official
capacities, well equipped to perform the legislative duties that fall to his
lot. Senator Fairbanks first held office in 1865, when he was appoint
ed deputy sheriff; serving also as jailer until 1874. He was elected
a county commissioner in 1883, and served in that capacity for six
years. In 1881 he was elected to the house of representatives. Sen
ator Fairbanks, though one of the oldest members of the senate, is one
of the most vigorous. His long experience in public affairs enables
him to secure a prominent position in the proceedings of the senate.
As a conscientious and faithful legislator, Senator Fairbanks stands
preeminent. His voice is seldom heard in debate, but is never heard
without respect and influence. Constant in his attendance upon his
public duties he wins the esteem of his constituents, and faithful in his
guardianship of their interests, he adds to his reputation for integrity.
In the city of Manchester, where Senator Fairbanks has resided for
nearly fifty years, he is justly regarded as one of her leading citizens
in all good works. His charity is unostentatious, yet liberal; his
friendship is not boastful, but cordial. Thrown constantly into asso
ciation with all classes of society by reason of his business duties,
Senator Fairbanks has developed the most sterling qualities of man
hood, benevolence, sympathy, and tact.
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HON. ALFRED G.
FAIRBANKS.
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�ROM the city of Manchester, under the recent apportionment of
F the senatorial districts of the state, come
three members of the
state senate. From the Eighteenth district, Leonard P. Reynolds is
the representative, being the first Manchester Democrat to sit in the
senate for many years. Mr. Reynolds was born in New Boston, Sep
tember 12, 1852, and was educated in the public schools of that town,
and at Manchester. He is engaged in mercantile life as a wholesale and
retail dealer in tobacco, and is worthily reckoned among the most pub
lic spirited of Manchester's citizens. Mr. Reynolds has been actively
interested in public affairs in Manchester and represented a con
stituency in the city council of 1879 and again in 1880, and was
elected to the board of aldermen in 1882, 1884, 1886, and 1888. His
present position follows up his other honors as a compliment well
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P.
earned by faithful service to the party that has honored him, and to
the citizens whose interests he has had in charge. Though coming
to the senate without previous legislative experience, Mr. Reynolds has
not found that a bar to his influence. His committee assignments
have been important, and although his party is in the minority in the
senate, his work has not failed to be marked by positive results. Mr.
Reynolds is a type of the New Hampshire man who wins success by
his own efforts. His business achievements have been reached by
degrees, and have been rendered permanent by application to business
and by the most scrupulous honor in mercantile transactions. Resid
ing in Manchester during most of his life, Mr. Reynolds has kept
closely in touch with the growth and progress of the metropolis of
New Hampshire, and to this fact may be attributed much of the suc
cess that attended his efforts. Thoroughly reliable, his counsel is
sought by many, his advice is received with respect, and his course is
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emulated and admired.
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�HE member of the senate of 1893 from the Nineteenth district,
Hon. Joseph Woodbury Howard, was born in Washington,
November 22, 1844, and was educated, in addition to preliminary
study in the public schools, at Colby academy, New London. Mr.
Howard is a business man, and has been for many years identified with
the business interests of the city of Nashua, where he was at the head
of Howard, French & Heald, furniture manufacturers and dealers, until
the dissolution of that co-partnership in the present year, and is now
engaged in the same line of business. In the city of Nashua, Mr.
Howard has easily ranked among the foremost citizens, and has been
frequently honored with election to political office, where his eminent
business qualities have served him and his constituents in good stead.
As selectman of his ward he merited promotion and was elected to the
common council, and from there was promoted to be alderman of the
city and thence came to the house of representatives in 1887, followed
by an election in 1892 to his present position. He has been deeply
interested in the educational welfare of his city, and for twelve years
was an active member of the board of education, serving during the
time when the modern school system was supplanting the methods of
other days and lending his voice and vote to the support of the educa
tional methods now in vogue. Mr. Howard as a business man has
experienced the satisfaction of constantly increasing success. In addi
tion to the conduct of large warerooms in the business portion of the
city of Nashua, his firm has many factories in that city and also at Mil
ford, handling the product for themselves both as wholesalers and as
retailers.
Yet Mr. Howard's success has not been unattended by mis
fortune. He has seen valuable properties consumed by fire, yet he has
never permitted himself to be daunted by such adversities. This spirit
has buoyed him up and this spirit yet sustains him.
HON, JOSEPH WOODBURY HOWARD.
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�ON. GEORGE FRANKLIN HAMMOND, member of the sen
ate of 1893 from the Twentieth district, was born, and has
always lived, in Nashua. He is the son of Evan B. Hammond and of
Sarah A. Adams, and was born June 8, 1858. He was educated in
the high school of Nashua, and at the Bryant & Stratton commercial
college in Boston. Senator Hammond has large business interests in
the city of his birth and residence, being a member of the firm of F.
D. Cook & Co., lumber dealers, and is one of the most prominent
young men of Nashua. He has been active in the business world, and
first came forward in political life in 1891, when he was chosen to the
house of representatives, his service there winning for him the nom
ination as senator in 1892, a nomination that carried with it no assur
ance of election, because of the recent readjustment of the lines of the
senatorial districts. Yet Senator Hammond entered upon the campaign
with vigor and met his opponent in the very strongholds of his political
faith, and wrested victory from him almost in the very face of an adverse
majority. Coming to the senate Senator Hammond brought to the
discharge of his duties those business-like qualities that had won for
him success in the commercial world.
He was not idle upon the floor,
and in the committee room his service was of marked value.
The
legislation of the session in many particulars bore witness to his dis
Cernment.
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FRANKLIN
HAMM()
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HON. JOHN D.
LYMAN.
ON. JOHN D. LYMAN, member of the senate of 1893, was
born in Milton, July 3, 1833, and since 1869 has resided in
Exeter. He has served the public faithfully and constantly in various
capacities, and the mere enumeration of his service is replete with sug
gestion. He has served as school committee in three towns, in 1865
was visitor to West Point Military academy; he has been trustee of the
normal school, of the state college, and the New Hampshire Orphans'
home; for several years he sat in the house of representatives and in
the senate, and was in the constitutional convention of 1889; he has
served as bank cashier and as bank commissioner; has been president
of the state temperance society, and for fifteen years was lecturer of the
state grange; for three years he was secretary of state; he has been
and is a member of the board of agriculture, and has been delegate to
various national bodies of economic and agricultural societies. He was
the first bank commissioner to learn by test the actual amount of sav
ings-bank deposits, and was the author of the law requiring savings
banks to lay aside a guaranty fund. He has travelled extensively and
spoken frequently in behalf of agriculture, and has addressed farmers'
meetings in this state, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York city,
New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Canada. To him the increasing value of
the corn crop in New Hampshire is due by reason of the interest
awakened by his personal offer of premiums. Many of the laws bene
ficial and necessary to the farming interests of the state were introduced
by him or enacted through his influence. Mr. Lyman's industry,
sagacity, discernment, and enlightenment have been to him a constant
source of power, and have given him an ample equipment for oratory.
He is a most popular man, and his election to the senate came by a
majority of 663 in a district where 3oo has been a handsome margin.
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�ON. JOHN CURTIS TASKER, member of the senate of 1893
from the Twenty-second district, was born in Rochester, August
17, 1844, and is the son of Thomas Jefferson Tasker and of Comfort
Bickford.
His education was obtained in the schools of his native
city, and in Meaderborough academy at Rochester. His time un
til his nineteenth year was spent upon the farm; he then entered a
shoe factory at Dover, where he was employed for three years, and was
then for four years clerk in a grocery store in the same city. For eight
years thereafter he was engaged in the grocery business for himself,
and at the expiration of that time entered the railway mail service, con
tinuing there for several years, and is now employed as a commercial
traveller. Senator Tasker has been prominent in the city of Dover,
in political as well as in business circles, and has been for several years
a supervisor of the check-lists of the city. In 1881 he was chosen to
the house of representatives, and was accorded in 1883 a reëlection.
In the senate he served as chairman of the committee on labor, and
gave to the measures presented to that body careful and studious atten
tion. This chairmanship was an eminently proper one for Senator
Tasker to hold, as through all his life he has been accustomed to hard
labor and is in deep sympathy with the efforts of the laboring man
to secure the legislation necessary to keep pace with this enlightened
age. Moreover, the city of Dover may be fittingly termed the parent
city of the labor movement in New Hampshire, and Senator Tasker
by his long residence there was well qualified for his important chair
manship. Aside from the duties laid upon him by this position, Sen
ator Tasker's work during the session was marked by his faithful adher
ence to duty. A well balanced mind, fortified by the experience of
previous sessions of legislative work, made him an invaluable member
of the senate, and he added much to his already honorable record.
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�ON. ANDREW KILLOREN, member of the New Hampshire
senate from the Twenty-third district, was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, thirty-eight years ago, and received a common school education.
Mr. Killoren has been a resident of New Hampshire for many years,
and has been engaged in business at Dover during the greater part of
his life in the state.
Mr. Killoren, as a business man, drew about
himself a large circle of friends, and by his great popularity won an
influence in politics that placed him in the house of representatives in
1887, where in the legislation of that long and important session he
took a prominent part, and was honored with a reëlection in 1889 and
again in 1891, followed in 1893 by a seat in the state senate. During
Mr. Killoren's legislative career covering four sessions of the general
court, he has distinguished himself as a friend to the labor element in
his constituency, not only in his own locality, but throughout the state.
Much of the labor legislation of 1887 was urged by him in the
debates in the house, and his activity on the floor, before the commit
tees, and in general among the members of the legislature, was largely
instrumental in securing the passage of so much legislation favorable to
the laboring man. In 1891 Mr. Killoren still further distinguished
himself in this direction by introducing the bill to make Labor Day a
legal holiday, and by his championship succeeded in placing this meas
ure upon the statute books of the state. Though Mr. Killoren is an
intense partisan and his legislative record has never shown desertion
of his principles, he has yet taken broad ground upon the important
non-political legislation of the various sessions in which he has repre
sented a constituency. His advanced stand upon the question of labor
legislation is but an index of his position upon other public matters.
Mr. Killoren has frequently participated in the debates of the legislature,
and has always been heard with respect by the body in which he has
Sat.
�ON. CALVIN PAGE was born in North Hampton, August 22,
1845, and was educated in the common schools and at Phillips
Exeter academy. He entered Harvard college as a sophomore in 1864,
but left college to take up the study of the law. Since 1865 he has
resided in Portsmouth where he studied and has practised law, standing
in the front rank in his profession. In the city of Portsmouth Judge
Page has been preeminent in official circles, having served as city solic
itor, judge of the municipal court, member of the board of water com
misioners, of the board of education, and mayor. From 1885 to 1889
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he was United States collector of internal revenue for the district of
New Hampshire, and in 1889 was a member of the constitutional con
vention. He at present represents the Twenty-fourth district in the
State Senate.
HON. CALVIN PAGE.
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�O characterize the life of Hon. William E. Chandler needs no
T miniature painter's brush.
The barest outline of his life denotes
a career of intense activity. Born in Concord, December 28, 1835, at
the age of seventeen he had completed the course of study in the public
schools and in the academies at Thetford, Vt., and Pembroke, and was
a law student. At twenty he had graduated from the Harvard Law
School with prize honors, and before becoming of age he was a mem
ber of the bar. Evincing an eager interest in politics, he assisted in
the formation of the Republican party, and has since grown gray in its
service. In 1859 he received his first public office—reporter of de
cisions of the New Hampshire supreme court. In 1862 he was a
member of the state house of representatives; in the two succeeding
years he was its speaker, his second term of office being marked by the
most stormy session in legislative annals. In 1864 and in 1865 he
was chairman of the Republican state committee, previously serving as
its secretary. In November, 1864, he was appointed by President
Lincoln special counsel to prosecute the Philadelphia navy-yard frauds,
and became, March 9, 1865, first solicitor and judge advocate general
of the navy department. From June 17, 1865, to November 30,
1867,—the date of his resignation, —he was assistant secretary of the
treasury. In 1868 he was a delegate to the convention that nominated
President Grant, and served as secretary of the national committee
from that year until 1876, when he declined reëlection. In the prepa
ration of the Republican case before the electoral commission, Mr.
Chandler was one of the active counsel. April 17, 1882, he assumed
the office of secretary of the navy, retiring from that position with the
Arthur administration in 1885. In June, 1887, he was elected to the
United States senate to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Austin F. Pike,
and two years later was chosen to succeed himself for a full term.
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�ROM the printer's case to the United States senate—this, in brief,
Gallinger, of New
Hampshire. Born at Cornwall, Ontario, March 28, 1837, he had only
limited educational advantages at home, and he was at an early age
thrown upon his own resources to make his way in the world. His
remarkable success is due to an untiring industry, which has enabled
him to attain distinction in his profession, and rapid advancement in
political life. The printing-office was at one and the same time his
source of revenue and his preparatory school in fitting himself for his
later public career. While learning his trade as a printer, his even
ings were devoted to the study of medicine. After the completion of
his apprenticeship, he took a medical course at Cincinnati, Ohio, where
he graduated at the head of his class in 1858. For the next three
years he worked at his trade, practised medicine, studied and travelled,
and in 1861 settled in New Hampshire. He rose rapidly in his pro
fession, and soon acquired a large practice. He early became interest
ed in politics. He was elected to the house of representatives of New
Hampshire in 1872, 1873, and 1891, and to the constitutional conven
tion of 1876. He was a member of the state senate in 1878 and 1879.
and was made president of that body in the latter year. He was a
member of the national house of representatives in the Forty-ninth
and Fiftieth congresses, and declined a re-nomination in 1888. In
1891 he was elected by the legislature, of which he was a member, to
the United States senate, to succeed Henry W. Blair for the term of
F is the story of the life of Senator Jacob H.
six years.
He was also surgeon general of the state in 1879 and 1880.
In 1882 he was made chairman of the Republican state committee and
was three times reëlected, serving until 1890, when he voluntarily retired.
In 1888 he was chairman of the state delegation to the Republican
national convention at Chicago, which nominated Benjamin Harrison.
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Hampshire has never withheld honors from her deserving
sons, and to few has she accorded richer laurels than to Hon.
Henry W. Blair, who was born in Campton, December 6, 1834. Left
fatherless when two years old, and motherless at the age of twelve, his
boyhood was passed in farm work. His winters he passed at school,
and in 1856 he began the study of law, being admitted to the bar three
years later, and becoming solicitor of Grafton county in another year.
When the war broke out he was refused admission to the Twelfth New
Hampshire regiment by the surgeon, as he was previously rejected at
the organization of the Fifth New Hampshire volunteers. He after
ward enlisted as a private in the Fifteenth, and was chosen captain of
Company B. Before leaving the state he received a major's commis
sion, coming in command of the regiment soon after its arrival in
Louisiana. He was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel and commanded
his regiment most of the time while it was in the service. His ser
vice in the army had shattered his health, and his discharge was
followed by months of sickness and the loss of six years of active life.
He was elected a member of the house from Plymouth in 1866. In 1867
he came to the state senate, and again in 1868. As his health im
proved he again took up his profession, and in 1874, he was selected
in the old Third congressional district as a Republican candidate to
turn a Democratic majority into Republican victory. He did, and was
reëlected in 1876.
HON.
HENRY W.
In 1878 he declined a third nomination, and was
elected to the United States senate in 1879, and again in 1885, nar
rowly losing a third term in 1891, after which he was appointed
minister to China but was rejected by the imperial government on ac
count of his opposition to Chinese immigration to this country. In
1892 he was again called to face a Democratic majority, this time in
the First congressional district, and he repeated his victory of eighteen
years before, being triumphantly elected.
�ON. HENRY M. BAKER is the son of Aaron W. and Nancy
(Dustin) Baker and inherited most heroic New England blood.
Among his paternal ancestors were Captain Joseph Baker and Hannah,
his wife, daughter of Captain John Lovewell, the famous Indian fighter.
On his mother's side, he is a descendant of the heroine, Hannah Dus
tin.
He was born in Bow, January 11, 1841.
His preparatory educa
tion was in the schools of his town and at the academies in Pembroke,
Hopkinton, and Tilton. He graduated at Dartmouth in 1863, and
received the degree of A. M. in 1866. In 1864 he was appointed to
a departmental clerkship at Washington, D. C., and, continuing the
law studies begun at home, graduated from the Columbian college law
school in 1866, and was admitted to the bar. In 1882 he was
admitted to the United States supreme court.
In politics he has
always been a Republican.
In 1886-'87 he was judge advocate general
on the staff of Governor Currier.
He was elected senator in the
Ninth district in 1890. In the senate he was chairman of the judiciary
and a member of other important committees and took a prominent
part in its proceedings. He was elected representative in congress
from the Second district in 1892, by a good plurality, reversing the
Democratic victory in the preceding election. General Baker has been
an extensive traveller at home and abroad, and at all times a close
student and keen observer.
The cultivation of a natural taste for liter
ature has been to him both a pleasure and a recreation.
HON.
HENRY
M.
BAKER.
He has
made valuable contributions to the New Hampshire Historical Society,
of which he is a member, and has given to Dartmouth College two
prizes, one for the best words and the other for the best music for an
original college song. Mr. Baker has achieved success because he
has earned it. He is a good organizer, is not discouraged by oppo
sition, and possesses executive ability to a high degree.
�F'
PIERCE, the only president New Hampshire has
given the nation, and the last to come from New England, was
born in Hillsborough, November 23, 1804. He was fitted for college
in the academies at Hancock, Francestown, and Exeter and graduated
from Bowdoin in 1824, ranking third in his class. He began the
practice of law in 1827, and in 1829 was sent from Hillsborough to the
legislature, where he remained four years, the last two as speaker. In
1833 he was chosen to congress and remained four years. In 1837
he was chosen United States senator, and in 1842 he resigned his
seat and devoted himself to his law practice. In 1845 he declined an
appointment to the United States senate; he declined also the nomin
ation for governor of New Hampshire and also a seat in President
Polk's cabinet. In 1846 he enlisted in the Mexican War as a private,
and was soon appointed colonel. In 1847 he was commissioned briga
dier-general and distinguished himself in the campaign that followed as
a man of great personal bravery and a soldier of great skill. In 1850
he was a member and president of the constitutional convention. In
1852 he was chosen president of the United States, receiving 254
electoral votes to his opponent's 42. His administration was a credit
able one and after its close he made an extended foreign tour. After
this he lived quietly in Concord until his death, October 8, 1869.
General Pierce's was a brilliant career. In nearly all that he under
took he stood preeminent. As a lawyer his life was filled with suc
cesses, and the allurements of his profession were sufficiently bright to
induce him to resign a United States senatorship and to decline high
places in political life. As a legislator he made a mark, and as a sol
dier he achieved favor sufficient to have enriched one career. As presi
dent he brought to his state an honor that no other has given it, and
enriched his own life with the highest honor of earth.
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�ARON H. CRAGIN was born at Weston, Vt., February 3, 1821;
A received an academic education;
studied law in Weston, Vt.,
and at Albany, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in New York city in
1847, and practised at Lebanon, New Hampshire; was a member of
the state house of representatives, 1852 to 1855; was elected a repre
sentative from the Third district of New Hampshire to the Thirty-fourth
congress,—as an American and a Republican, receiving 12, 126 votes
against 8,640 votes for William P. Wheeler, Democrat; and was
reëlected to the Thirty-fifth congress as a Republican, receiving 10,938
votes against 9,841 for William P. Wheeler, Democrat, serving from
December 3, 1855, to March 3, 1859; resuming practice, was a dele
gate from New Hampshire to the national Republican convention at
Chicago in 1860, which nominated the immortal Abraham Lincoln for
president; was elected United States senator as a Republican, to suc
ceed John P. Hale, Republican ; and was reëlected, serving from
March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1877; was appointed at the close of his
second term, by President Hayes, one of the commissioners for the
settlement of land titles, for laying out the town into lots and blocks,
and for laying out new streets and widening old ones, in the town of
Hot Springs, Ark., and deciding who among the occupants should be
entitled to buy lots, etc.; was made chairman of said commission, and
spent three years in discharging the duties pertaining thereto. For
nearly ten years last past he has resided in Washington, D.C., engaged
in the practice of law. In the senate Mr. Cragin was chairman of the
committee on naval affairs. The esteem with which he was regarded
by his colleagues is shown by the fact that at the inauguration of
General Grant he was made chairman of the committee of arrange
HON. AARON H. CRAGIN.
mentS.
�HE laurels of oratory have been but just now torn from New
and the silver tongue of Hon. James W.
T Hampshire's brow,
Patterson, so lately silenced, will win no new honors for his native
state.
Mr. Patterson's eminence was not attained at a bound.
Born
on a farm in Henniker, July 2, 1823, his youth was not an idle or an
easy one. In childhood he passed a few years in Lowell, Mass., return
ing there in 1838, after two years of alternating work and study in New
Hampshire. At that time he began work in the counting-room of the
Lawrence mills, resigning two years later to resume his studies in
preparation for college, studying Greek at Manchester under the guid
ance of Hon. Moody Currier, afterwards governor of the state. In
1844 he entered Dartmouth college, graduating four years later with
high honors. The succeeding two years found him a teacher at Wood
stock, Conn., at the same time busily engaged in reading law, a pur
suit that he abandoned at Henry Ward Beecher's request, and turned
himself to the ministry, studying at Yale Divinity school in 1852.
From here he returned to his alma mater, this time as an instructor,
becoming successively tutor and professor of mathematics and pro
fessor of astronomy. In 1862 he came to the legislature, and won
the hearts of his colleagues by his eloquence, going thence in the fol
lowing year to congress, and winning a reëlection in 1865. In 1864 he
was appointed a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. The comple
tion of his term of service in the national house of representatives
saw him transferred to the senate, where he ably sustained himself in
debate and committee. He retired from the senate in 1873. His life
was quiet until 1881, when he was called by Governor Head to be
come state superintendent of public instruction. In 1893 he returned
to Dartmouth as Willard professor of oratory, where his work was
cut short by death May 4, 1893.
�N the senate of the United States, Edward Henry Rollins sat as
New Hampshire's representative, and honored himself and his
state. He was born in Rollinsford, October 3, 1824, passing his boy
hood and youth in labor upon the farm, in attendance upon the dis
trict school, and at South Berwick academy and at Franklin academy in
Dover; in his seventeenth year coming to Concord, where he became
employed as a druggist's clerk.
In Boston for a few years (until 1847)
he was similarly employed, and in that year entered upon business for
himself in Concord, where undaunted by reverses he compelled success
and amassed a competence. In 1854 political events caused Mr. Rol
lins to sever his party ties and join the American or Know-Nothing
movement. In 1855 he was chosen to the legislature and served effi
ciently. The next year saw the birth of the Republican party in New
Hampshire and Mr. Rollins stood by its cradle. In 1856 he was
again elected to the house, this time as a Republican, and was chosen
speaker and was reëlected in the following year. He was chosen
chairman of the first Republican state central committee and served
until 1861, when he took his seat in congress. In 1863 Mr. Rollins
was reëlected to congress, and again in 1865. In 1869 he was chosen
secretary and assistant treasurer of the Union Pacific railroad, having
for some time previous, after the expiration of his terms in congress,
acted as agent of the company at Washington. In 1871 he was elected
secretary and treasurer, with an office at Boston, serving until March,
1877, when he again entered public life as a member of the United
States senate. From 1868 to 1871 was again chairman of the state
committee. For six years, until 1883, Mr. Rollins was a member of
the United States senate.
HON,
EDWARD
After Mr.
Rollins's retirement from the
senate he founded the banking institution of E. H. Rollins & Sons,
which has grown to be one of the soundest of fiscal institutions in
New England. Mr. Rollins died July 31, 1889.
H. ROLLINS.
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�USTIN F. PIKE was born in Hebron, October 16, 1819, and his
A education was obtained in the schools and in the academies near
by his home. The ambitious young man studied law at Franklin with
the late Judge Nesmith, and was admitted to the Merrimack county bar
in July, 1845, becoming at once the partner of his preceptor, the rela
tionship terminating with the elevation of Judge Nesmith to the bench,
and followed by a partnership with the late Hon. Daniel Barnard, and
with Hon. Isaac N. Blodgett, now a justice of the supreme court,
which last in turn was ended and followed by a partnership with Hon.
Frank N. Parsons, now of the governor's council. In 1850–52 Mr.
Pike won his first political laurels as member of the house of represent
atives, coming again to that body in 1865, and 1866, when he was
speaker. In 1857 and 1858 he was a member of the New Hampshire
state senate, and president of the senate in the latter year. In 1858–60
he was chairman of the Republican state committee, displaying marked
executive ability and political sagacity. In 1856 he was a delegate to
the national Republican convention, and in 1873 became a member of
congress, serving for two years. Following his retirement from the
national house of representatives, Mr. Pike returned to Franklin and
resumed the practice of his profession, which was broken in upon in
1883, when, after a prolonged struggle in the legislature, he was elected
to the United States senate to succeed Hon. E. H. Rollins. Taking
up his duties in the senate, Mr. Pike brought to them the qualities
that had marked his career in other walks of life. The chairmanship
of an important committee was his, and as a member of the senate Mr.
Pike's duties were greatly enhanced. The arduous duties of this posi
tion wore upon him, however, and October 8, 1886, he fell dead, ex
hausted by the intense application and ceaseless industry which were the
-
.
_
AUSTIN F. PIKE.
habit of his life.
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�ON. JAMES FRANKLAND BRIGGS was born in Bury, Lan
H cashire county, England, October 23, 1827, and when less than
two years old was brought to this country by his parents, who came at
last to be residents of Ashland, where he spent his early boyhood at work
in a mill. At the age of fourteen, however, he attended school at New
bury, Vt., and afterward at Tilton, continuing his studies until 1848,
when he began the study of law with Wm. C. Thompson of Plymouth
and Joseph Burrows of Holderness, finishing with Judge Nehemiah
Butler of Boscawen.
He was admitted to the bar in 1851, im
mediately establishing himself in practice at Hillsborough Bridge, where
for twenty years he was an honored resident, thence removing to Man
chester in 1871, where greater honors awaited him. In 1857–59 Mr.
Briggs was a member of the legislature from Hillsborough, and at the
outbreak of the war entered the service, becoming quartermaster of
the New Hampshire volunteers. In 1874 he was elected member of
the house of representatives, and in 1876 sat in the constitutional
convention and also in the state senate. A year later he was nomi
nated for congress, and was twice reëlected, each time by an increased
majority, serving with conspicuous ability. In 1883 he again sat in
the legislature, in 1889 was once more a member of the constitutional
convention, and in 1891 was again found in the lower house of the
general court. Aside from the duties of his profession, which a large
and devoted clientage have rendered increasing, Mr. Briggs has found
an outlet for his activity as a promoter in many an enterprise. He is
president of the Hillsborough National Bank, of the Granite State
Trust Co., Manchester, and of the Queen City Land and Building
association, and is a director of the Citizens Building and Loan asso
ciation, the People's Gas Light Co., and the Elliott Manufacturing Co.,
no field of activity being too wide for his versatile talent.
HON. JAMES FRANKLAND BRIGGS.
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�ON. OSSIAN RAY was born in Hinesburg, Vt., December 13,
1835, the son of George and Hannah (Greene) Ray. He was
educated in the common schools, and at Derby academy, and studied
law with Jesse Cooper at Irasburg, and afterward at Lancaster with
Saunders W. Cooper, where, January 1, 1857, he formed a partnership
with the late Hon. Jacob Benton. He was admitted successively to
the bars of Vermont and of New Hampshire, and, January 25, 1872, to
the bar of the supreme court of the United States. In 1867 Mr. Ben
ton was elected to congress, and Mr. Ray was thereafter associated
with Hon. William S. Ladd and others until 1883. From then, except
for one year, until his death, he had no partner.
In 1868 and 1869
Mr. Ray was a member of the legislature from Lancaster. From 1862
to 1872 he was solicitor of Coös county. In 1872 he was a delegate
at-large to the Republican national convention at Philadelphia. From
February 22, 1879, to December 23, 1880, he was United States attor
ney for the district of New Hampshire. This office he resigned to
accept a nomination to congress to succeed Hon. Evarts W. Farr, who
had died in office. Mr. Ray was chosen to fill the vacancy for the
unexpired term to March 4, 1881, and was also elected to succeed him
self. In 1882 he was again elected, this time from the Second district,
the state having been redistricted since his first election. In congress
Mr. Ray served upon the committees on invalid pensions and claims.
He took advanced ground on public questions, and was indefatigable
in his efforts for the interests of his district, the public buildings in
Concord and Manchester being largely the results of his efforts. As
counsel for leading corporate interests, his efforts before courts and
judges were followed with a large measure of success. To the town
OSSJAN
RAY.
of Lancaster he was of inestimable value as a citizen, and his death,
January 28, 1892, was a stroke of grief, widespread and personal.
�ARTIN ALONZO HAYNES was born in Springfield, July 30,
1842, the son of Elbridge G. Haynes and Caroline R. Knowl
ton. He was educated in the public schools of Manchester, and when
not quite nineteen years of age enlisted in the Second New Hampshire
regiment, with which he served until June, 1864, with a record of faith
ful and arduous military service. At the close of the war he resumed
the printer's trade, and after a time established the Lake Village Times
of which journal he was for many years editor and proprietor, and
while there attracted public attention, and was chosen first to be clerk
of the courts of Belknap county, then served in the legislature as a rep
M
resentative from Gilford, and for two terms sat in the lower house of
the congress of the United States, where he was prominent in the New
England delegation. At the close of his congressional term he returned
to his professional duties, and in 1890 was appointed special agent of
the internal revenue bureau, with stations first at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
now at Boston, Mass., where he has been detailed for two successive
years in charge of the New England division. Colonel Haynes is one of
the brightest of New Hampshire's sons: a genial, sunny nature makes
him welcomed everywhere, and has won for him an immense popularity
that he has found of advantage in his various political campaigns. On
the stump he is a power, and is called into service in every campaign.
As a newspaper writer he evinces more than ordinary ability, and in all
the callings in which he has served he has brought a full measure of
ability.
HON. MARTIN ALONZO
HAYNES.
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�ON. ALONZO NUTE was born in Milton, February 12, 1826,
and received a common-school education.
Until he was sixteen
years old he lived in Milton and then removed to Natick, Mass., where
he remained until 1848. He then returned to Farmington, where he
commenced the manufacture of boots and shoes in 1849, in company
with his brother, Jeremy O. Nute. After four years they dissolved
partnership and he continued business alone until 1875, when his sons,
Eugene P. and Alonzo I., became partners in the business as A. Nute
& Sons. He was married, April 14, 1850, to Mary, daughter of Joseph
Pearl, of Milton. At the outbreak of the war, in the spring of 1861,
he entered the army in the Sixth New Hampshire volunteers, and
served on the staffs of Gen. Simon G. Griffin and Gen. Rush Hawkins.
He was incapacitated for service by reason of failing health, and he
retired from service.
After the close of the war he was drawn into
public life, and was sent to represent the town of Farmington in the
legislature of 1866. The next session saw him promoted to the state
senate, and serving in 1867 and 1868. In 1876 he was a delegate to
the Republican national convention, at Cincinnati. He was always an
enthusiastic member of his party and enjoyed an immense personal
popularity. In 1888, when it became necessary to overcome an adverse
majority in the First congressional district, Mr. Nute was put forward
as his party's candidate, and was elected by a handsome plurality. In
the Fifty-first congress Mr. Nute served upon the committees on terri
tories and invalid pensions. He was a valuable representative and
served his district and his state with untiring zeal. He declined to
become a candidate for a second term on account of his enfeebled
health, and at the close of his term he returned to his business duties
at Farmington. Increasing infirmity, however, compelled him to sur
render his cares, and he died December 24, 1892.
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�UTHER FRANKLIN MCKINNEY, for many years well known
L as an eloquent, forceful, and popular preacher of the Universalist
denomination, and subsequently prominent in politics and public life,
was born near Newark, Ohio, April 25, 1841. He spent his early life,
when not attending school, in farm labor; commenced teaching in
the winter at the age of eighteen; enlisted in the Union army in
August, 1861, serving as sergeant in Company D, First Ohio cavalry,
until discharged for disability in February, 1863. In 1865 he went to
Iowa, where he spent two years in teaching and farming. In 1867 he
entered the theological department of St. Lawrence university, Canton,
N. Y., graduating in 1870, and immediately entering upon the work of
the ministry in the state of Maine, whence he removed to South New
market, N. H., in 1873, and to Manchester in 1876, where as pastor
of the Universalist church for ten years he labored with great zeal and
fidelity. Politically an earnest Democrat from principle and conviction,
he accepted the nomination of that party in the First district for con
gress, in 1884, reducing the Republican majority nearly one half, and
securing an election two years later. Defeated by a small plurality in
1888, he was again elected in 1890 by a decisive majority. In 1892
he was summoned by his party to leadership in the gubernatorial can
vass, and made a characteristically vigorous canvass, his opponent,
John B. Smith, being elected by a majority considerably less than that
of the Republican electoral ticket. April 25, 1893, he was appointed
by President Cleveland U. S. minister to Colombia. Mr. McKinney
is a strong debater, an effective stump speaker, and made several not
able speeches in congress, one million copies of that on pensions, deliv
ered in August, 1888, having been distributed for campaign purposes
by the national Democratic committee. He has been prominent in
HON. LUTHER FRANKLIN McKINNEY.
Odd Fellow and G. A. R. circles, and was for several years chaplain
of the First regiment, N. H. N. G.
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�HE record of the career of Hon. Warren Fisher Daniell would
T read like a romance were it not so full of the varieties of life.
He was born in Newton Lower Falls, Mass., June 26, 1826, the son
of Jeremiah F. Daniell and Sarah Reed, and with his father came to
Franklin in 1836, where his father established himself as a paper man
ufacturer. Mr. Daniell's life as a boy was filled with toil. After his
removal to New Hampshire he was sent to Concord, where he worked
upon a farm for his board and clothes and the privilege of a few weeks'
schooling in the winter. At the age of fourteen this advantage was
denied him, and he was called home and entered his father's mill as an
apprentice, thence to rise to the proprietorship, though not until he
had for ten years worked in every department of the mill at Franklin,
and had, after that, been employed at Waterville, Me., and Pepperell,
Mass., as superintendent of paper mills. In 1854 he returned to
Franklin and became his father's partner, this relation continuing for
ten years, when he bought his father's interest and was sole proprietor
of the mills at Franklin until 1870, that date marking the establishment
of the Winnipiseogee Paper company, as successors to the firm of J. F.
Daniell & Son. Mr. Daniell then became connected with a large paper
house in Boston, but soon afterward returned to Franklin, securing
a large interest in the Winnipiseogee Paper company, and becoming
its resident agent and manager, which relation he sustained until
recently, when he became president of the corporation. In the face of
an adverse majority he has frequently represented Franklin in the legis
lature, and twice sat in the state senate as member from a district
that no Democrat but he could have carried. In 1872 he was a dele
HON.
VVARREN
gate to the national Democratic convention, and has declined time
without number other political honors. In 1890, however, he was
elected to congress, in a Republican district by a pronounced plurality.
FISHER DANIELL.
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�H' NATHANIEL SPRINGER BERRY, the oldest living ex
governor in the United States, was born in Bath, Me., Septem
ber 1, 1796, a descendant of patriotic Revolutionary stock. At the age
of six he lost his father, and his educational advantages were very lim
ited.
At sixteen he was apprenticed to a tanner in Bath, N. H., and
in 1818 removed to Bristol, where he has since resided, and where, in
1820, he engaged in the manufacture of leather, in which he continued
for thirty-five years. For two years he was colonel of the Thirty-fourth
militia, and from 1841 to 1850 was judge of the court of common pleas,
and for five years, to June 5, 1861, was judge of probate. In 1828,
1833, 1834, and 1837 he sat in the legislature from Bristol, and in
1854 was the representative from Hebron. In 1835 and 1836 he was
a state senator from the Eleventh district. For twenty-two years he
was a Democrat, and was a delegate to the national convention in 1840.
The action of this convention caused Mr. Berry's withdrawal from the
Democracy, and he became a leader of the Free-soil movement in New
Hampshire. At its first state convention, in 1845, he was nominated
for governor and received votes enough to prevent an election by the
people. He was four times renominated. In March, 1861, he was
elected governor as the Republican candidate, and was reëlected in
March, 1863. He was indefatigable in his efforts toward the suppres
sion of the Rebellion, and enlisted, equipped, and sent forward to the
seat of war more than sixteen thousand troops. He was one of the
northern war governors who signed the letter to President Lincoln,
upon which he made the call of July 1, 1862, for three hundred thou
sand volunteers. Governor Berry has been a life-long Methodist, and
in 1872 was a delegate to the general conference.
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�HOUGH New Hampshire has given freely to other states, she
T has not hesitated to borrow, and from Vermont she took Joseph
Albree Gilmore, who was born in Weston, June 10, 1811, the son of
Asa Gilmore and Lucy Dodge. He was educated in the common
schools, and when a young man went to Boston and engaged in mer
cantile pursuits with success. He afterward removed to Concord and
became prominent in the construction and management of the railroads
of the state. Entering a political career, he was elected to the state
senate, and in 1859 was its president. For the two years from June,
1863, to June, 1865, he was governor of New Hampshire, and in that
position was most active in the prosecution of the war.
His untiring
efforts secured the completion of New Hampshire's quota. To the
patriotic work devolving upon him he gave the most energetic and
devoted attention, and retired from office, after the close of hostilities,
followed by the plaudits of his fellow-citizens. But the arduous labors
of the governorship during the critical period in the nation's history,
and the anxiety that he felt because of his position as governor of a
loyal state, had made their inroads upon his rugged constitution, and
his shattered health never revived. For the two years following his
retirement from office, Governor Gilmore lived quietly, but his span
was not lengthened, and April 17, 1867, at the age of fifty-five years,
ten months, and seven days, he laid down his life, mourned as the
“War governor" of New Hampshire, a patriotic, a faithful, an efficient
Servant.
�ON. ONSLOW STEARNS
was born in
Billerica, Mass.,
H
August 30, 1810, and for seventeen years lived upon his father's
farm, attending the common schools. At that age he went to Boston
and was engaged in a clerical capacity for three years, and then joined
his brother, a famous railroad contractor, who was at that time engaged
in the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio canal. Subsequently he
became interested with his brother in the construction of various rail
HON.
ONSLOW STEARNS.
roads in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey, until the summer of
1837, when he returned to New England and soon after became engaged
in the work of completing the Nashua & Lowell railroad, being made its
superintendent in the fall of 1838, resigning in 1846 to become agent
of the Northern railroad, being connected with the corporation from its
very inception, securing the necessary legislation and personally super
vising its construction, becoming manager of the road upon its com
pletion and holding that position until 1852, when he was elected pres
ident, continuing his service in that capacity until his death, Decem
ber 29, 1878. His other railroad connections embraced the superin
tendency of the Vermont Central, directorship in the Ogdensburg, in
the Nashua & Lowell, in the Northern Pacific, and the presidency of the
Old Colony and Concord railroads, and the Old Colony Steamboat Co.
In addition he served most faithfully and acceptably as a state senator
in 1862 and in 1864, being president of the senate in the latter year.
In 1864 he was delegate to the Republican national convention. In
1867 he was unanimously nominated for governor of New Hampshire
and was elected by a decided majority. Though declining a renomina
tion, the convention in the following year declined to accept his refusal
and again he was called to the gubernatorial chair. During his admin
istration Governor Stearns, by a display of the eminent business quali
ties that had made him so signally successful in private life, added to
his renown and greatly benefited the state.
�X-GOVERNOR JAMES ADAMS WESTON was born in Man
chester, August 27, 1827, the son of Amos Weston, Jr., and Betsy
Wilson. His youth was passed in farming, and in securing a substantial
education at the district school and at the local academies.
Endowed
with a strong mathematical bent, Mr. Weston studied civil engineering,
and at the age of nineteen he was appointed assistant-engineer of the
Concord railroad, and was promoted in 1849 to the position of chief
engineer, which he held for many years, discharging also the duties of
road master and master of transportation of the Concord and Manches
ter & Lawrence railroads, superintending the construction of the Con
cord & Portsmouth line, and also the Suncook Valley railroad. In
1867, Mr. Weston was elected mayor of Manchester, and in 1869
again held that office, being reelected in 1870 and 1873 also. In 1871
he was the candidate of the Democratic party for governor of the state,
and received a plurality of votes and was chosen governor by the legis
lature, being the only Democrat thus elected since 1855. In 1872 Mr.
Weston was defeated for reëlection, but in 1874 was again the candidate,
and was once more chosen governor. Since his retirement from the
executive chair Governor Weston has held no political office, though he
served as chairman of the New Hampshire Centennial commission, and
as a member of the Centennial board of finance. Since the organiza
tion of the board he has been a member of the state board of health.
He was for some time one of the trustees of the Amoskeag Savings
bank, and is now president of the Merchants' National bank, having
succeeded to that office in October, 1880.
HON. JAMES ADAMS WESTON.
He is clerk and treasurer
also of the Guaranty Savings bank of Manchester, and is president of
the New Hampshire Fire Insurance company. Governor Weston has
served as president of the New Hampshire Trust company, and in rail
road circles he holds important places of trust.
�H ON. P. C. CHENEY was born in Holderness, February 25, 1828,
the sixth child of Moses Cheney and Abigail Morrison. His
early days were passed in Holderness, and his boyhood and young man
hood at Peterborough, where, after having secured an education in the
academies at Peterborough and Hancock and at Parsonsfield, Me., he
was engaged in the management of a paper mill. In 1853 he became a
member of a firm engaged in the manufacture of paper at Peterborough,
and remained there until 1856. During his residence in Peterborough
he entered actively into politics, and was twice a member of the legisla
ture. In August, 1862, he entered the army, and was appointed quar
termaster of the Thirteenth New Hampshire regiment, rendering faithful
service until August, 1863, when he was honorably discharged because
of failing health. In 1864 he was chosen railroad commissioner, and
served three years. In 1866 he removed to Manchester, to engage in
business as a paper manufacturer, and has since continued there, being
now president of the P. C. Cheney company. He soon became promi
nent in Manchester, and in 1871 was elected mayor of the city, declining
reëlection. In 1875 he was made his party's candidate for governor,
and under his lead the party succeeded in wrenching from the Demo
crats the control of the state. In 1876 he was reëlected by an
increased vote. Upon his retirement from the chief magistracy of the
state he did not lose his interest in politics, and has been an active and
influential factor in every campaign that has followed. In 1886 he was
appointed a member of the United States senate, to succeed the late
Austin F. Pike. In 1888 he was elected a member of the Republican
national committee, and was reëlected in 1892, and in December, 1892,
he was appointed by President Harrison envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Switzerland. From
this post he has just now returned.
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�X-GOVERNOR BENJAMIN F. PRESCOTT, though boasting
He was
born in Epping, February 26, 1833. He was educated at Phillips
Exeter academy and at Dartmouth college, graduating with honors in
1856. Teaching and the study of law engaged his attention for the
next four years, and he practised his profession until 1861, when he
entered journalism, remaining five years. He held office from 1865 to
1869 as special agent of the United States treasury department, was
secretary of the Republican state committee for fifteen years, from
1859, and was elected secretary of state in 1872, and was three times
reëlected. In 1877 he was elected governor of New Hampshire, and
was reëlected in 1878. In 1887 he was appointed a member of the
railroad commission, and was reappointed in 1890. In 1880 he was
chairman of the New Hampshire delegation to the Republican national
E. an extended lineage, has won fame by his own merit.
convention.
HON. BENJAMIN F. PRESCOTT.
Governor Prescott is a man of literary and scholarly
tastes, which have been recognized by his election as fellow of the
Royal Historical society of Great Britain, and as vice-president of the
New Hampshire Historical society, and as president of the Bennington
Battle Monument association, and as trustee of many institutions of
learning, including the state college and Dartmouth college, the latter
position coming to him in 1878 by the vote of the alumni of the college.
Governor Prescott has been often before the public as an orator, notably
at the inauguration of President Bartlett of Dartmouth, and at the laying
of the corner-stone and the dedication of the Bennington monument.
On all of these occasions he acquitted himself with scholarly credit and
oratorical dignity. Governor Prescott has firm faith in New Hamp
shire, and a just pride in her institutions, and it is largely due to his
efforts that the portrait galleries in the state house, in the rooms of the
New Hampshire Historical society, at Phillips Exeter academy, and at
Dartmouth college were collected, 230 portraits in all.
�ON. NATT HEAD was born in Hooksett, May 20, 1828, and
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received his education in the common schools and Pembroke
academy. When he was but eight years of age his father died, and
several years later he succeeded to the business of the manufacture of
bricks, adding an extensive lumber trade, and associating his brother as
partner. The firm, Natt & W. F. Head, became very generally
known throughout New England, and was, perhaps, excelled by no
individual enterprise in the state. He was early interested in the mil
itary of New Hampshire, and was promoted through various offices
to be chief of staff of Governor Gilmore, by whom he was also com
missioned quartermaster-general, fulfilling the duties of that office with
conspicuous ability during the years of the war, adding also those of
inspector and adjutant-general. In 1875 he was elected to the state
senate, but was unseated by a technicality. He was, however, reëlected
in 1876 and 1877, being chosen president of the senate by a large vote.
In 1878 he was nominated for governor for the biennial term under the
new constitution. He was triumphantly elected, and his administration
ranks among the purest and most brilliant in our history. During
the war his services were most valuable, and in the years following,
when as adjutant-general of the state he made up the record of New
Hampshire's valor in the War of the Rebellion, his work was thorough
and complete. During his official career he travelled extensively, speak
ing on many public occasions, enhancing his own and the state's repu
tation.
HON. NATT
HEAD.
After his retirement from
office he returned once more to
business. His health, however, was soon impaired, and after several
months of weakness and illness he died November 12, 1883, in the
full glow of the love and respect of an entire state. He is remem
bered as the courteous, genial, generous Natt Head—the friend of
everybody.
�splendid and impressive example of the possibilities for the
A American youth is taught by the career of Hon. Moody Currier,
who has attained to eminence in many fields of lofty endeavor. Born
in humble circumstances in Boscawen, April 22, 1806, he early mani
fested those qualities of genius which paved the way to the greatest
honors within the gift of the state. Although limited to six weeks of
schooling per year, his application was such that he mastered the Eng
lish studies, and was enabled, when not at work upon the farm, to take
up teaching. He graduated from Dartmouth college, class of 1834,
with the distinguished honor of having the Greek oration. His subse
quent rise was rapid. He was principal of the Hopkinton academy one
year, and of the Lowell high school five years. In the meantime he
found time to study law, and, removing to Manchester in 1841, was
admitted to the bar and practised in the state and United States courts
with conspicuous ability. As time went on, he became identified with
the organization and management of nearly all of the prosperous finan
cial and industrial institutions of the city, filled all of the intermediate
offices leading up to governorship, and was governor in 1885–86.
Distinguished for what he has accomplished in public life, and in the
building up of large financial and industrial interests, he is also a
remarkable man in scholarship, easily ranking first in the state in litera
ture. He has fluent command of many languages, is versed in the
sciences, and is a poet of recognized ability, who has given to the
world many beautiful productions. He has devoted much time to the
study of ancient as well as modern religions, and while not assenting
to creeds and dogmas, is an earnest believer in a Supreme Being. Mr.
Currier has carved for himself a name on the highway of success which
New Hampshire can never forget when she calls her roll of fame.
HON. MOODY CURRIER.
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�X-GOVERNOR CHARLES
HENRY SAWYER is the eldest
E son of Jonathan Sawyer and Martha Perkins, and was born at
Watertown, N. Y., March 30, 1840. At ten years of age his father
moved to Dover, and after six years in the public schools of that city,
he began as an apprentice in the Sawyer woolen mills, and passed
through every branch of the concern, in 1866 becoming superintendent,
and in 1873, upon the incorporation of the company, being admitted to
the firm, and advanced successively to the posts of agent and director
to president. The Sawyer mills, over which he presides, rank among
the strongest and the largest woolen manufacturing corporations in the
country, and the credit of this position in no small measure is due to
the capacity and ability of the man who is at their head. The citizens
of Dover early came to appreciate Governor Sawyer's qualities, and he
was chosen to serve in both branches of the city government. In 1869,
187c, 1876, and 1877, he was a member of the house of representa
tives, and held positions upon important committees, being a working
member of the house.
In 1881 he was a member of Governor Bell's
staff, was delegate at large to the Republican national convention in
1884, and in 1886 was elected governor of New Hampshire, serving
in that high office with conspicuous fidelity to the dictates of his con
science, and with scrupulous regard for the interests of the state,
retiring with a record for diligence, for honor, and for sagacity that
has placed him among the noblest of New Hampshire's rulers. Gover
nor Sawyer, by reason of his prominence in Dover's business circles,
has been connected with other interests than the corporation which
bears his name, and is a director in the Strafford National Bank and
HON.
trustee of the Strafford Savings Bank, director in the Somersworth
Machine company, and Dover Gas Light company, president of the
Elliott Bridge company, and was for many years a director in the Ports
CHARLES HENRY SAWYER.
mouth & Dover railroad.
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�X-GOVERNOR DAVID H. GOODELL is a typical son of
New Hampshire, in that he is persistent, earnest, and successful.
He was born in Hillsborough, May 6, 1834, the only child of a farmer.
In 1841 his parents removed to Antrim, and that town has since been
his home. Though his parents had enjoyed limited advantages, they
determined that their son should have them all, and the boy was sent
to school at Hancock academy, at New Hampton, and at Francestown,
afterward entering Brown university in the fall of 1852. He left college
in his sophomore year on account of ill health, and returned to his
father's farm.
With renewed health, he left the farm and devoted him
self to teaching, quitting that calling, however, again to return to farm
ing as a life-work. But it was not to be, for he became treasurer of
the Antrim Shovel company upon its organization, and in 1858 became
its general agent. In 1864 this industry was removed to North Easton,
Mass., and its plant was occupied by D. H. Goodell & Co., in the
manufacture of apple-parers, a business that steadily increased. In
1867 fire consumed the factory, but six weeks' time saw another in
operation. In 1871 Mr. Goodell bought the interest of his partner.
In 1872 he helped organize the Wood Cutlery company at Bennington,
and in 1875 he united it with his business and organized the Goodell
company, to whom he transferred both plants. The Goodell company
to-day has factories at Antrim and Bennington, employs 200 hands,
and has a pay-roll of more than $120,000 yearly. In 1876 Mr. Goodell
entered politics by overturning a Democratic majority in Antrim, and
was sent that year to the legislature, returning again in 1877 and 1878.
In the house he made a mark as a leader in debates and in legislation.
In 1882 he was elected to the executive council, and in 1888 he was
nominated and elected governor, taking his seat in June, 1889, and
serving to January, 1891.
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�HE town of Barnstead has given many men to the service of the
Hiram A. Tuttle, just now retired from office
with the proud knowledge of a popularity merited by his worth. Gov
ernor Tuttle was born fifty-six years ago. His boyhood and youth
were spent in labor as a farmer and a shoe-maker. When he was
seventeen years old he entered a clothing house, and some years later
became manager of a branch house for the firm in Pittsfield, soon after
ward becoming proprietor. During all the years of his residence in Pitts
field no public enterprise has gone forward without his active and cheerful
coöperation. He is a trustee of the savings bank, a director in the National
bank, and a trustee of Pittsfield academy. In 1873 and 1874 Governor
Tuttle represented Pittsfield in the legislature; in 1876 he served on
Governor Cheney's staff with the rank of colonel. In 1878 he was a mem
ber of the governor's council, and a year later was reelected under the
new constitution for a term of two years. Governor Tuttle was always
prominent in his party, and in 1888 his name was presented to the
T state, among them
state convention as a candidate for governor.
HON.
HIRAM
A.
Failing to receive the
nomination that year it was accorded him in 1890 with practical una
nimity, and he took his seat in January, 1891, after a most spirited
contest. The duties of the governorship were discharged by him with
marked fidelity and credit. His administration was marked by many
events of more than ordinary public importance, and through them all
Governor Tuttle was conspicuous for his unswerving steadfastness of
purpose. Few men have so grown in public esteem as did Governor
Tuttle during his term of office. Governor Tuttle's life has been busy,
honorable, and happy. At home and abroad, in public and private
life, he is the same unassuming, kindly, sympathetic gentleman that all
TUTTLE.
have ever found him to be.
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�N recommending Gen. Richard N. Batchelder, of New Hampshire,
for appointment as quartermaster-general of the army, that dis
criminating military critic, Gen. Francis A. Walker, the historian of
the Second army corps, said: “No other man's services can exceed
his in the claims they make upon the consideration and gratitude of his
countrymen.” It is impossible in this brief sketch to give even a
synopsis of General Batchelder's military career, a career which won for
him the confidence and affection of the commanders of our armies,
which advanced him in the volunteer service by rapid promotion from
the rank of quartermaster of the First New Hampshire regiment to the
responsible position of chief quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac;
which carried him over the heads of six seniors in the regular service,
and all of them West Point graduates, when President Harrison was
called upon to appoint a quartermaster-general of the army, and which
secured for him indorsements and recommendations for that position
unsurpassed in the history of the regular army. One of the first of
New Hampshire's citizens to volunteer at the outbreak of the Rebellion,
he has reached the highest rank in the regular service of any volunteer
from this state, and it is not too much to say of him that he is the
most efficient quartermaster-general the army has ever had. General
Batchelder is the son of Nathan and Peace (Clifford) Batchelder, and
was born in the old town of Meredith, July 27, 1832.
GEN.
RICHARD N.
BATCHELDER.
His parents
moved to Manchester in his youth, and he was educated in the public
schools of that city. He started out in life in business with his father,
and was well advanced upon distinguished civil career when the first
call came for troops to put down the Rebellion. With a genius born
to command, he has adorned whatever position he has been called to
occupy. His life is filled with successes and honors. Loyal in his
friendships, his achievements have been without envy among his
associates.
�J'
GRIMES WALKER was born in Hillsborough, March 20,
1835. After the death of his mother he came under the care of his
uncle, Governor Grimes, of Iowa, and entered the naval academy from
that state in 1850. He graduated at the head of his class, and at the
breaking out of the War of the Rebellion was a lieutenant. He served
with distinguished gallantry at the taking of New Orleans and Vicks
burg, and in almost all the battles on the Mississippi river and its trib
utaries during the years 1862 and 1863, commanding various expedi
tions in which several vessels were engaged. His conduct at Arkansas
post, during the siege of Vicksburg, and on the Yazoo river was men
tioned with great praise by Admiral Porter in his reports to the navy
department. He also commanded the gunboat Shawmut at the taking
of Wilmington, N. C., in 1865, and was engaged in the closing opera
tions of the war on James river. He was always commended for cool
ness, sound judgment, and integrity, and was specially promoted to the
rank of commander for gallant and meritorious service. In 1866 he
was made assistant superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis,
and in 1873, after a cruise, was appointed secretary of the lighthouse
board. This place he filled most acceptably for five years, bringing the
work to a high state of efficiency. During a two years leave of absence,
from 1878 to 1880, he occupied himself in the management of the
Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad, but the autumn of 1881 found
him—after more sea service—again in Washington as chief of the
bureau of navigation in the navy department, with the rank of commo
dore. Here he served eight years, performing the duties of an onerous
position with honor to himself and great benefit to the navy. In 1889
he was assigned as rear-admiral to the command of the squadron of
evolution, in which our new ships were collected. This squadron was
in 1892 merged in the North Atlantic squadron, which Admiral Walker
ADMIRAL JOHN GRIMES WALKER.
now commands.
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�EN. OLIVER LYMAN SPAULDING, son of Lyman and
Spaulding, was born at Jaffrey, New Hamp
shire, August 2, 1833. He entered Oberlin college in 1851, and grad
uated in 1855, in which year he removed to Michigan. He studied
law, was admitted to the bar in 1858, and in the same year was elected
a regent of the University of Michigan. In July, 1862, he raised a
company for the Twenty-third Michigan infantry, of which he was made
captain, successively being made major, lieutenant-colonel, and colonel,
and brevetted brigadier-general at the close of the war. In 1866 he was
elected secretary of state of Michigan, and reëlected in 1868. In 1875
he was appointed special agent of the treasury, and made a study of
customs matters, and while holding this office was elected to the Forty
seventh congress, serving on the committees on military affairs and
Indian affairs, but failed of election to the Forty-eighth congress in a
Democratic district by less than fifty votes. In 1883 he was chairman
of a commission sent to the Sandwich Islands to investigate alleged
violations of the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty. On his return he resumed
the practice of law, and subsequently was reappointed special agent,
resigning the office in December, 1885. He was reappointed in 1889
by Secretary Windom, and upon the selection of Assistant Secretary
Tichenor as one of the general appraisers, he was appointed assistant
secretary of the treasury, and given complete charge of customs matters.
In this position he was called upon to decide intricate and important
questions under the McKinley tariff law, and was also called upon to ex
amine other important questions requiring the exercise of sound judg
ment as well as the possession of superior legal abilities. During the
absence of Secretary Foster he was almost invariably designated as
acting secretary, and in the discharge of the various duties he was called
on to perform, enjoyed the full confidence of the president and the
secretary of the treasury.
G Susan (Marshall)
GEN.
OLIVER LYMAN SPAULIDING.
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�HE long lines of the boys in blue, who fought so bravely and
T died so nobly, if need be, for their country, are fast thinning
out; and it becomes highly desirable to preserve in permanent form
the record of their valiant service. Very few can boast a longer or
more honorable “following of the flag” than General Joab Nelson
Patterson. Born in Hopkinton, January 2, 1835, the son of Joab and
Mary (Lovering) Patterson, he was educated at Hopkinton academy
and the New Hampton institute, and Dartmouth college, where he grad
uated in the class of 1860. Enlisting as a private, April 22, 1861. he
served the Union cause faithfully and well until mustered out, December
19, 1865. He was in twenty-four engagements, from the first Bull Run
to the taking of Richmond, and rose rapidly through the different
degrees of rank until March 13, 1865, he was appointed brevet briga
dier general for “courage in battle and good conduct throughout the
war.” Upon the establishment of peace General Patterson took up his
permanent abode in Concord, and represented the capital city in the
legislature of 1866. From March, 1867, to December, 1886, he served
as United States marshal for the district of New Hampshire. In June,
1889, he was appointed second auditor of the United States treasury, a
position which he filled with credit until the change of administration
brought him a successor. He is now successfully engaged in the life
insurance business at 1,326 F street, Washington, D. C. After the
close of the war General Patterson held a brigadier's commission in the
state force. When the militia was reorganized, however, he retired
and had no active connection with the citizen soldiery again until April
18, 1879, when he was commissioned colonel of the Third regiment.
His valuable service in that position, and later as brigadier-general of
the First brigade, N. H. N. G., is still fresh in the minds of all.
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�ARROLL DAVIDSON WRIGHT was born in Dunbarton,
July 25, 1840. He was educated at Tubbs's Union academy, at
Washington, the Cold River academy, at Alstead, and the academy at
Chester, Vt., and also in the High school at Reading, Mass. In 1860
he began the study of law with Wheeler & Faulkner of Keene, but
concluded his studies in Boston. In September, 1862, he enlisted at
Keene as a private in the Fourteenth New Hampshire regiment, but
was made a second lieutenant of Company C in that regiment just
before it departed for the seat of war in October. In December, 1863,
he was made adjutant of the regiment, and in December, 1864, was
commissioned as its colonel.
On account of illness he resigned in
March, 1865, and later on returned to the study of law, and was admit
ted to the New Hampshire bar in October, 1865. He did not com
mence practice until August, 1867, and then at Boston. In the same
year he was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts; also to practice in
the United States courts.
He was elected to the Massachusetts sen
ate in 1871, and served during the sessions of 1872–73. In June,
1873, he was appointed chief of the Massachusetts bureau of statistics
of labor, and served until September, 1888. He was a presidential
elector in 1876. He took the state census of Massachusetts in 1875
and 1885, and was also supervisor of the United States census of 1880 for
the state. In 1885 he was commissioned by the governor to investi
gate the public records of towns, parishes, counties, and courts, and in
January, 1885, he was appointed United States commissioner of labor.
Mr. Wright still holds this position. He was lecturer during 1879 on
phases of the labor question at the Lowell institute, in Boston, and in
1881, at Harvard, was university lecturer on the factory system. He
has been university lecturer on statistics and other subjects at Johns
Hopkins and other prominent American universities.
COL. CARROLL DAVIDSON WRIGHT.
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�J'
RICHARDS
DODGE
was born in New Boston, New
Hampshire, September 28, 1823. His education was obtained in
common schools and academies, in Richard Boylston's Farmers'
Cabinet office in Amherst, in teaching, in journalism, and in technical and
scientific investigation. Though not a college graduate, he received in
1880 an honorary degree of A. M. from Dartmouth college. From
1845 to 1849, inclusive, he taught an academy in Mississippi, and
during the five years following he was editor and co-proprietor of the
Nashua Oasis, and afterwards editor and publisher of the Ameri
can Ruralist, at Springfield, Ohio. In 1861 he went to Washington,
and through the long session of the first war congress was senate
reporter for the National Republican and also for the National Intelli
gencer, which was still under the management of Colonel Seaton. On
the organization of the department of agriculture he was offered a posi
tion, at the suggestion of the Ohio delegation in congress, including
Senators Ben Wade and John Sherman. For four years following, he
was employed in editorial and statistical work, and was also connected
with the New York Associated Press as congressional special; he
became statistician of the department, May 6, 1866, in which position
he remained until March 31, 1893, except about three years in which
he was in charge of the agricultural statistics of the tenth census, and in
expert service in the bureau of statistics of the treasury department.
In 1873 he spent the summer in Europe, on an investigation of the
statistical methods of the principal governments, and as honorary com
missioner to the Vienna World's exhibition, appointed by direction of
President Grant. In 1887 he made a supplementary investigation in
London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Vienna, and Rome, attending in the
latter city the sessions of the International Statistical institute, of which
he is an original member.
�ON. FRANK D. CURRIER. In the line of alert, progressive,
and brilliant young men of the later generation in New Hamp
shire, Hon. Frank D. Currier occupies a prominent position. He was
born in Canaan, October 30, 1853, and educated in the public schools
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of that town, Kimball Union academy at Meriden, and Dr. Dixon's
school at Lowell, Mass. He first studied law in the office of Pike &
Blodgett at Franklin, but was admitted to the Grafton county bar from
the office of George W. Murray of Canaan in November, 1874. Imme
diately entering upon the successful practice of his profession in his
native town, he continued there until May 19, 1890, when he was
appointed naval officer of customs for the district of Boston and Charles
town by President Harrison. Mr. Currier during his professional
career in New Hampshire was conspicuously prominent in the politics
of the state. He was a member of the house of representatives in
1879, clerk of the state senate from 1883 to 1886, was elected a mem
ber of the senate in the latter year, presiding over that body through
the session of 1887; was secretary of the Republican state committee in
the four campaigns from 1882 to 1888, and a delegate to the Repub
lican national convention in 1884.
Mr. Currier is a Mason, a member
of St. Andrew's Royal Arch Chapter and of Sullivan Commandery
Knights Templar. Mr. Currier possessed, to a remarkable degree, the
model qualities for a vigorous and honorable career. Called, at an
early age, to a prominent position in the councils of his party, the
duties devolving upon him were most faithfully executed. As a public
official and a legislator he has displayed the brilliant qualities that have
marked him in other fields of endeavor. A winning and graceful
orator, he has frequently appeared upon the political stump and as an
after-dinner speaker, and achieved renown no less marked than that
which has distinguished him elsewhere.
HON.1 FRANK D. CURRIER.
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�H
ON. JAMES E. FRENCH, collector of internal revenue for
the district of New Hampshire, was born at Tuftonborough,
February 27, 1845, and is the son of James French and Evaline A.
Moulton.
In 1851 he removed with his family to Moultonborough, and
has made his residence in that town since that time.
He was educated
in the common schools of Moultonborough and at the seminary at Til
ton.
School days over, Mr. French was a clerk in the store of his
father for several years, and was also employed as clerk in the years 1864
to 1869 at Plymouth, Centre Harbor, and Great Falls. In 1869 he
returned to Moultonborough to enter upon trade for himself, continuing
therein until 1884, in the meantime occupying several positions of trust
and responsibility. Having been active in politics, Mr. French was
rewarded with many positions of honor and dignity, serving as post
master of Moultonborough from 1873 to 1884. Under the old statutes
he was elected railroad commissioner of the state of New Hampshire
and served from 1878 to 1883. He sat in the legislature as a member
from Moultonborough in 1878 and again in 1879. In 1882 he was
appointed a deputy collector of internal revenue and served until 1886.
In 1887 he was a member of the New Hampshire state senate, and in
November, 1889, was appointed to his present position, his district
covering the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Mr.
French has a remarkably acute mind, trained by constant intercourse
with human nature in almost every phase of its existence. His intuitive
perception is remarkably keen, and indeed this may be called his chief
characteristic. Rapid in thought, quick to seize upon an emergency,
Mr. French has lifted himself to successive high positions, and in each
of them he has acquitted himself with credit. His present position is
meritoriously bestowed, and in it Mr. French is serving with the same
HON. JAMES E, FRENCH.
ability that has won for him his successive promotions.
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�HOMAS P. CHENEY.
It is no small matter to have been
T prominent in a state of prominent men for a generation, and Col.
Thos. P. Cheney boasts of that distinction. Colonel Cheney was born
in Holderness, February 24, 1833, and was educated in the Holderness
high school and the New Hampshire Conference seminary at Tilton.
He was actively engaged in business until the outbreak of the war, when
he enlisted in the army of the United States and served in Company A
of the Sixth New Hampshire volunteers, being mustered out as a lieu
tenant. After the termination of his military service, Colonel Cheney
was appointed deputy sergeant-at-arms of the United States house of
representatives, and served in that position until he was appointed super
intendent of the railway mail service in the New England states, which
position he held for fifteen years. Retiring from this position, Colonel
Cheney was appointed by President Arthur to be pension agent at Con
cord, and held the position until 1886, when he was removed by President
Cleveland. In the fall of that same year Colonel Cheney was elected to
the house of representatives from Ashland, and served through the
exciting session of 1887, taking a prominent part in the deliberations
of the house. In 1889 he sat in the senate from the Plymouth district,
and in that body his eminence in political and legislative work was by
no means diminished by his record there. In 1890 Colonel Cheney
again returned to the pension office, this time by appointment from
President Harrison, and now holds the position. Colonel Cheney's
earlier political career was crowned with honors won by great activity
for his party, and in 1859 he first held office as door-keeper of the state
house of representatives. Under President Lincoln, Colonel Cheney
served as postmaster at Holderness. He was a member of the house
of representatives, representing Holderness, in 1865 and 1866, and
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delegate to the Republican national convention in 1868.
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�ONVERSE J. SMITH, special agent of the United States treas
C ury department, and in charge of the New England special agency
district with official station in Boston,
is a native of Plainfield.
CONVERSE J. SMITH.
His
early life was spent in Meriden, and he was educated at Kimball Union
academy, graduating in the class of 1866. Mercantile business was
selected as an avocation and in 1868, after a year's service in the country
store of Converse Cole of Meriden, a clerkship was obtained with
Messrs. Warde, Humphrey & Co., leading hardware merchants of
Concord. After several years of service, upon the death of the senior
member, Hon. David A. Warde, a new copartnership was formed under
the firm name of Humphrey Dodge & Smith, which continued until
1889, when Mr. Smith retired. During the twenty-one years Mr. Smith
was the travelling salesman of the firm, and naturally acquired a wide
acquaintance, which extended far beyond his native state. In the years
of 1884 and 1885 he was a member of Gov. Samuel W. Hale's staff, with
rank of colonel, and was a member of the legislature in the years 1889
and 1890, representing in part the city of Concord. Colonel Smith has
given considerable attention to journalism, and for two years was the
regular New Hampshire correspondent of the Boston Daily Traveller.
In the fall of 1890 the honorable secretary of the treasury appointed
Colonel Smith a special agent of the treasury department, and six
months later promoted him to the charge of the district, one of the
largest territorially and considered one of the most important in the
country, a position requiring great executive ability and a thorough
knowledge of customs laws. Special agents of the United States treas
ury department, who have represented New Hampshire in the past, are
ex-U. S. Senator Aaron H. Cragin, ex-Gov. B. F. Prescott, and Hon.
Harry Bingham.
�OL. JAMES A. WOOD was born at Alstead, May 24, 1832,
C and is the son of Amasa and grand-son of Benjamin Wood, a
soldier of the Revolution. He was educated in the East Alstead high
school, the South Acworth high school, at Marlow academy, and at
Kimball Union academy, Meriden. He taught several terms of district
school, and was engaged when a young man as an auctioneer, convey
ancer, administrator, and executor of estates in Acworth and vicinity.
In 1871 he became connected with the Republican Press Association
as general agent, and for nearly twenty years continued with that cor
poration, visiting in that time every town in New Hampshire and
acquiring an intimate personal acquaintance with nearly every business
and professional man in the state. In politics Colonel Wood has been
one of the most active Republicans in the state. For thirty years he
was a member of the Republican state committee, and for seventeen
years, with the exception of one campaign, represented Sullivan county
in the executive committee and took an active part in the management
of the campaigns. For twenty years he has been moderator in the
town of Acworth, and has held the office of selectman. For eleven years
he was postmaster at South Acworth, and in 1875 and 1877 was a mem
ber of the state legislature. In 1875 and 1876 he was a member of the
staff of Gov. P. C. Cheney. In March, 1890, he was appointed con
sul of the United States at Sherbrooke, Canada, and was succeeded in
July of the present year.
COL. JAMES A. WOOD.
�F' the past few years Concord, a small city, has enjoyed a metro
politan postal service. This is due entirely to Hon. Henry Robin
son, the postmaster, who was born in Concord, July 14, 1852. He was
educated in the schools of the city and studied law at the Boston law
school and with Minot, Tappan & Mugridge. He was admitted to the
bar in 1875, and by his talents won a high place in its membership.
In 1879 he was a member of the legislature, and his youth did not pre
vent him from exerting great influence in the house. In the next session
he also had a seat, being the only member from Concord to be reëlected.
This session he served as chairman of the railroad committee.
In
1885 he was a member of the state senate, and, although the youngest
member of that body, was chairman of the judiciary committee. The next
years of his life he devoted to his profession and to general literary
work. In the summer of 1890 he was appointed to his present posi
tion. As postmaster, Mr. Robinson brought to the discharge of his
duties the generous enthusiasm that has marked his life. His ideal was
the best in point of efficiency and completeness. His quick perception
sought many points for improving and diversifying the service, and he
has given to Concord postal facilities far beyond those enjoyed by any
other community of like size and importance, not hesitating to draw
largely upon his own resources to supply what he deemed to be
demanded. Mr. Robinson is a highly gifted man, turning his endeav
ors easily into various channels with uniform success. Suave and
graceful and eloquent, he has frequently been heard upon the platform as
a political orator and on other occasions, always acquitting himself with
marked credit. A polished man of the world, a skilful raconteur, he is one
of the most companionable of men. Mr. Robinson was married in 1878,
to a daughter of the late United States Senator Edward H. Rollins,
and has five children.
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�LIAS H. CHENEY was born at Holderness, now Ashland,
January 28, 1832, and is the son of Moses Cheney and Abigail
Morrison. He was educated in the Holderness high school, New
Hampton institute, and at Phillips Exeter academy. Having ended his
school days he served an apprenticeship in the office of the Peter
borough Transcript, and in 1853, when his apprenticeship was ended,
became editor and proprietor of the paper. In 1855 he removed to
Concord and became publisher of the New Hampshire Phoenix and
was subsequently engaged in the office of the New Hampshire Sentinel
at Keene and the Sullivan Republican, at Newport. In 1861 he pur
chased and has since owned the Granite State Free Press at Lebanon.
Mr. Cheney as a newspaper man has been foremost in the great histori
cal movements that have taken place during his editorial career. A
fearless and able exponent of the truth, he has stood for the right in
many a fiercely contested battle, and in the field of politics has achieved
many a notable triumph. He has held office infrequently, because of
his disinclination.
In 1867 and 1868 he was a member of the house
of representatives, and in 1885 was a member of the New Hampshire
senate from the Third district. January 6, 1892, he was appointed con
sul of the United States at Matanzas, Cuba, and still holds that position,
HON.
ELIAS H.
his paper being conducted by his younger son. As a journalist, Mr.
Cheney has figured nobly, because of the intense virility and breadth of
his conceptions. To him no task has been too arduous, no duties too
severe when, as always, he has espoused the right. Puritanically con
scientious, he has achieved his prominence by the sheer weight of his
intellect, by the uncompromising rectitude of his conscience, and by the
severe logic of the situation which he has oftentimes created in
behalf of the cause that he has championed.
CHENEY.
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�HARLES M. DORR was born at Somersworth, May 31, 1845,
C and with the exception of ten years spent in Berwick, Maine, has
always resided there.
He was educated in the public schools of
his native city and in the academies at Berwick and West Lebanon,
Maine, and has been engaged in the dry goods business during most of
his life, first as partner in the firm of Dorr & Hobson and since Febru
ary 1, 1892, as sole proprietor. Mr. Dorr has been a director in the
Somersworth National Bank since 1880, and is also one of the trustees
of the Somersworth Savings Bank; he is a prominent Mason and
served as secretary, junior and senior warden of Libanus Lodge; is a
past high priest generalissimo of St. Paul Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Dover, N. H. For two years he was town clerk of
Somersworth and for six years one of its supervisors. He has served
as moderator and for three terms sat in the house of representatives.
He has been a prominent member and president of the Somersworth
Republican club and for three years was a member of the Republican
state committee. In February, 1890, he was appointed United States
bank examiner for New Hampshire by President Harrison, and still
retains that position. Mr. Dorr is fully entitled to the success that he
has won; he has worked hard and honestly to achieve it, and the credit
due him covers the whole range of his endeavor. In business life he is
reckoned as prompt, ready, energetic, honorable; as a member of the
legislature he served with sufficient credit to merit two reëlections; and
as United States bank examiner he has followed the prescribed line of
his duty with fidelity and renown. He is one of the most enterprising
of citizens, one of the most companionable of men, one of the most
CHARLES M.
IDORR.
faithful of officers.
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�N the front rank of the eminent practitioners of the New Hampshire
bar stands Hon. Henry P. Rolfe of Concord, who was born at
Boscawen, February 13, 1821. He was educated in the district schools,
at New Hampton institute, and at Dartmouth college, where he was
graduated in the class of 1848. He studied law with Hon. Asa Fowler
of Concord, and was admitted to the bar in 1851. Immediately open
ing an office in Concord, he maintained himself with credit, advancing
in professional reputation and influence, and winning in 1869 an appoint
ment as United States district attorney for New Hampshire, and hold
ing the office for five years. During the years 1852 and 1853 he was
a member of the board of education for Concord, serving as chairman
during one year, and was a representative in the legislature, as a Demo
crat in 1853, returning as a Republican during the stormy years of
1863 and 1864. He has also received other political honors, among
them being an appointment as postmaster of Concord from Andrew
Johnson. And he served on the lake commission in 1878–89 by
appointment of Governor Prescott. He was Democratic candidate for
state senator in 1859 and 1860, and Democratic candidate for the electoral
college on the Douglas ticket in 1860. He has always been a strong
prohibitionst and a total abstainer from the use of tobacco and intoxicat
ing liquors. Mr. Rolfe is one of the Nestors of the New Hampshire
bar. His practice extends over the years when intellectual giants stood
before the tribunals of the state, and among those men Mr. Rolfe easily
maintained himself with credit. In all the branches of his professional
service Mr. Rolfe has won conspicuous success.
As a counsellor he is
unerring and sagacious; as an advocate his career has been marked
HON.
HENRY
P.
ROLFE.
with triumph.
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�RED A. BARKER was born in Westmoreland, September 16,
He
secured his education in the town schools, taking a high school course,
and at the age of eighteen left home to become an express messenger
for Fiske & Co., running from Boston to Burlington. For twenty-five
years thereafter he was with the United States & Canada Express Co.,
with Thompson & Co.'s Express, and with the American Express Co.,
serving all three companies as agent at Keene. Always an enthusiastic
Democrat, he has been advanced in political honors. In 1871 he served
on the staff of Governor Weston, with the rank of colonel, and in 1876
was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis. In
1883 he was elected a member of the legislature from a strong Repub
lican ward, and for three years was a member of the city council, and
for the same length of time served as assessor. During President
F 1835, the son of Col. Tileston A. Barker and Semira Albee.
Cleveland's first administration, Colonel Barker served as United States
marshal for the district of New Hampshire, and upon retiring from that
position became freight agent of the Boston & Maine R. R., with an
office at Keene. In 1861 Governor Berry appointed Colonel Barker
recruiting officer at Keene, and he enlisted several hundred men for the
war.
In 1877, when the state militia was reviewed, Colonel Barker
took a great interest in naming and organizing the Keene Light Guard
Battalion, Companies G and H of the Second regiment, N. H. N. G.
He was elected first lieutenant Company G, and promoted to be quar
termaster and major. Colonel Barker is a man of eminently solid quali
ties and he has displayed in the various positions that he has filled a
marked degree of adaptability. In public office he has served faith
fully, and in political campaigns his worth has been time and again
manifested. His genial disposition has attracted numerous friends, and
MAJOR FRED A. BARKER.
the worth of his character has retained them.
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�OL. JOHN PENDER of Portsmouth was born of Scotch de
Pender and Margaret Lenox Paton, at
Southbridge, Mass., June 7, 1843. His parents removed to Ports
mouth when their son was but three years of age, and in the com
mon schools of that city Colonel Pender was educated. His parents
were poor, but the undaunted courage of the Scotch lad gave him a
prestige even in his school days. In 1853 he began work as a factory
boy in the Portsmouth mills, and from that time until now has steadily
advanced in the world. He was a member of the Portsmouth city
council in 1867 and 1868, of the board of aldermen in 1869 and 1870,
and in 1871 and 1872 was a member of the legislature. He entered
the Portsmouth custom house in 1873 and remained there until 1885,
C scent, the son of Hugh
the advent of the Cleveland administration.
Since then he has been
engaged in a general insurance business in Portsmouth, classing among
his clients the most prominent and best known and wealthiest people
of the state.
Colonel Pender was a member of Governor Hale's staff,
and there received his military title. In 1890 Colonel Pender pur
chased the Portsmouth Evening Post, and has since that time been its
proprietor and publisher.
He has for many years been a member of
the Republican state committee and has been a wheel-horse of his
party in all the stirring campaigns that have been fought in and around
old “Strawberry Bank.” Colonel Pender has won his success by his
indomitable courage. Handicapped in his youth, he has overcome
obstacles and climbed the pathway of competence. His life has been
one of advance, which is not checked as years go on.
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�I)ANIEL
M. WHITE was born at Peterborough, May 4, 1844,
and is the son of Isaac D. White and Timnah Mansfield.
He
was educated in the common schools of Peterborough, at the Peter
borough academy, and at the McCollom institute, and had hardly
finished his education when he enlisted as a private in Company E of
the First regiment, New Hampshire cavalry, and was promoted to be
lieutenant, bearing that rank at the expiration of the war, when he
returned home and became a teacher in the public schools of the state,
continuing for ten years in that capacity. During the last three years
of this time he was engaged in the study of law in the office of Hon.
E. M. Smith of Peterborough, and was admitted to the bar in Hills
borough county in May, 1874. In addition to the duties involved by
the practice of his profession, he took a deep interest in the develop
ment of the New Hampshire National Guard, and for seventeen years
held a commission as an officer in that body. For seven years he was
colonel, commanding the Second regiment, and for five years was a
brigadier general, commanding the First brigade. And, as a result of
his zeal, ability, and untiring efforts in the discharge of his duties,
New Hampshire could boast of as good and well disciplined military
organization as any state in the Union at the time he retired from
the command of the brigade. In 1877 he was appointed by Governor
Prescott a member of a commission to revise or draft a new military
code for the reorganization and government of the state militia.
General White retired from military service in 1889. In 1878 he sat
in the state senate, serving with distinction. In August, 1887, Gen
eral White was appointed consul of the United States at Sherbrooke,
Canada, and served until March 13, 1890, when he was relieved.
then General White has practised law at Peterborough.
Since
�RTHUR
LIVERMORE
MESERVE
was born in Bartlett,
A April 18, 1838.
He was named for Judge Arthur Livermore of
Plymouth, who was a friend of the older members of the family. He
was educated in the common schools and at home, both of his parents
being teachers. He has been a merchant and connected more or less
with railroads. He is possessed of literary taste and has written very
much for the press. He is one of the leading citizens of his section of
the state and has filled all the various town offices many times. He
was representative in 1873–74, and was a member of Governor Wes
ton's staff, with the rank of colonel. He was county commissioner of
Carroll county from 1875-'78 and was a member of the council of Gov
ernor Bell, being elected from his district by a large majority. He has
had much to do in building up the village of Bartlett, and has seen it
grow from a little farming community to a lively, bustling place. He
belongs to the Odd Fellows and Masonic fraternities, being a member
of the North Star commandery at Lancaster. He is also a member of
the Sons of the Revolution, being eligible by the Revolutionary ser
vice of his great grandfather on his mother's side. On his father's side
is numbered George Meserve, who before the Revolution was a collector
of both the ports of Portsmouth and Boston. He was also the one
who brought over the stamps from England which his neighbors in
Portsmouth compelled him to burn, and also hung him in effigy.
Colonel Meserve, who commanded a regiment at the siege of Louis
burg in the old French War, was also of the family. Mr. Meserve is
not a member of any church, but is inclined to the Episcopal church,
whose services he attends.
HON. ARTHUR LIVERMORE MESERVE.
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�N the front rank of the men engaged in the fundamental industry of
New Hampshire, agriculture, stands Hon. Warren Brown of
Hampton Falls, who was born in that place August 11, 1836, the son
of John Berry Brown and Sarah Murch Leavitt. He was educated in
the common schools of the town, at Rockingham academy at Hampton
Falls, and at the Phillips Andover academy. During all his life he has
been engaged in farming and success has followed his efforts, yet Mr.
Brown may boast of honors in another field. Having turned his atten
tion to politics, Mr. Brown was elected to the legislature in 1871 and
followed this with a seat in the New Hampshire senate in 1872 and
again in 1873. His next advance was to the executive council, where
under the revised constitution he sat for the two years embraced in
Governor Head's term. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Republican
national convention. Mr. Brown as a farmer has been among the first
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to recognize the value of associated effort, and as president of the New
Hampshire Agricultural Society he served for eleven years with un
wavering success, the society under his administration reaching its
acme of usefulness and grandeur. As trustee of the New England
Agricultural Society he has served for twenty-four years, and is now its
treasurer and one of the most valued members of the executive board of
that sterling, old-time, yet ever young and vigorous, organization.
Mr.
Brown realized, too, the value of education to the farmer, and has always
been deeply interested in the growth and development of the state col
lege. Serving as trustee of that institution, he did much for its advance
ment during the earlier years of its existence; and later, as the scope of
the institution widened, Mr. Brown, as member of the board of control
of the experiment station, keeping closely in touch with the scien
tific progress of the age as related to agriculture, has been largely
instrumental in placing the work of the station upon a high, practical,
and scientific plane.
�YMAN DEWEY STEVENS was born in Piermont, Septem
ber 20, 1821, and is the son of Caleb Stevens and Sally Dewey.
His preparatory studies were pursued in the academy at Haverhill and
he graduated from Dartmouth college in 1843. He became principal
of the Stanstead (C.E.) academy, where he remained for two years,
and later was assistant for a short time to Jonathan Tenney, principal
of the academy at Pembroke. While a teacher at Stanstead he deter
mined to study law, and began his studies in the office of E. C. John
son, Esq., at Derby, Vt., subsequently pursuing them with Hon. Ira
Perley in Concord. In October, 1847, he was admitted to the bar and
at once opened an office in Concord. In 1868 and 1869 he was
mayor of the city. Since 1865 he has been a director in the National
State Capital Bank, and has been president of the Merrimack County
Savings Bank since its organization. He was also president of the
board of trade during that organization's existence. Governor Gilmore
appointed Mr. Stevens commissioner to adjust the suspended war
claims of New Hampshire against the United States and he was also
a commissioner of the state of New Hampshire to attend the dedica
tion of the National cemetery at Gettysburg. He has been deeply
interested in religious and philanthropic work, and has been a promi
nent member of the South Congregational church, is vice-president
and treasurer of the New Hampshire Home Missionary society, and
trustee of Kimball Union academy, of Boscawen academy, member of
the board of education in Concord, and trustee and president of the
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Polit
ical honors have come to Mr. Stevens in the form of the city solicitor
ship in 1855 and 1856, membership in the house of representatives in
1860, 1861, 1866, and 1867, presidential elector in 1872, member of
the governor's council in 1881, and of the state senate in 1885.
HON. LYMAN DEWEY STEVENS.
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�ON. JOHN W. WHEELER of Salem stands easily as one of
the foremost men of the state, his prominence being due to
activity, service, and success in the various walks of life. Mr. Wheeler
was born in Salem, August 19, 1826, and has always lived there.
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There he has attained his success and his honors.
He was educated
in common schools, supplemented by attendance at Northfield academy.
He early came before the public as the incumbent of various town
offices, and in 1868 he first came to the legislature and was reëlected
the following year. In 1875 he was again in the house, and in the next
session he again represented his town. In 1877 he was found in the
state senate, and the following year was for a second term a member of
that body. In 1881 he entered the executive council under Governor
Charles H. Bell and served until 1883. During all these years of pub
lic service Mr. Wheeler sustained himself with credit.
He was a faith
ful legislator, and the wishes of his constituents and the doctrines of his
party found in him a willing executor. Since his retirement from
office Mr. Wheeler has been by no means idle. Added to the cares of
his business he has assumed the leadership of his party and has repre
sented his town in every Republican convention and has been a mem
ber of the Republican state committee. He has enjoyed the fullest
confidence of the party counsellors and his energy and sagacity have
been formidable factors in many a well fought and hard-earned vic
tory. Mr. Wheeler is easily the leading citizen of Salem, and full of
years, full of honors, is yet in the arena, as young in soul and as alert
in temperament as ever.
HON, JOHN W. WHEELER.
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�ON. JOHN A. SPALDING of Nashua is one of the self-made
H
men of New Hampshire. He was born in Wilton, May 29,
1837, and attended the common schools and Crosby's academy, Nashua,
securing there his only education aside from that contained in the vast
school of human nature. When but nineteen years of age he embarked
in business for himself as a clothing dealer at Nashua, continuing in
that line until he was chosen cashier of the First National Bank of
Nashua, and entered upon his duties with the organization of the bank,
having been its only cashier during the thirty years of the institution's
existence. Mr. Spalding's work as a banker naturally has drawn him
into other financial enterprises, and he has been a director in the Con
cord railroad and is now a director in the Wilton railroad and in the
Worcester, Nashua & Rochester railroad, trustee in City Guaranty
Savings Bank, and, in addition, has dealt extensively in real estate.
He has also found time to make for himself a prominent place in
the political history of the state, beginning in 1865 and 1866, when he
represented Ward seven, Nashua, in the legislature of the state. Under
the old constitution he was a member of the state senate of 1878, that being
the last senate chosen with but twelve members. In 1883 and 1885 he
served as member of the governor's council, and in 1885 was elected
mayor of Nashua. In 1880 he was a presidential elector upon the
Republican ticket, and is at present chairman of the police commission
of the city of Nashua, having been appointed by Governor Tuttle upon
the organization of that body. Mr. Spalding has faithfully followed his
career to success; becoming at an early age identified with a prominent
fiscal institution, he has carried along its development upon progressive
lines; yet his progressiveness has ever been conservative. In politics
Mr. Spalding has also represented a substantial element in his party,
and the gratifying majorities that have greeted his efforts as a candidate
sufficiently attest the weight of his reputation.
HON. JOHN A. SPALDING.
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�ATHANIEL HAVEN CLARK was born in Plaistow, February
26, 1826, and is the son of Col. Nathaniel Clark and Betsey
Brickett. He was educated at Atkinson academy and in the academy
at Pembroke and has spent his life as a farmer and an old-time country
miller. Mr. Clark has, however, not been allowed to give his whole
attention to the demands of his calling. By the wish of his towns
people he has filled every office in their gift. In 1876 he was a mem
ber of the constitutional convention, in 1878 and 1879 he was a member
of the house of representatives, in 1885 he sat in the state senate, and
in 1887 was a member of the executive council, firmly declining and
almost sternly forbidding his friends to work for his further political
advancement. In 1885 Mr. Clark was appointed by Governor Currier
a member of the commission to establish and define the boundary line
between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and under his direction
this much mooted question has been thoroughly examined in all its
bearings and many valuable historical results have been achieved. By
his tact he prevented a possible quarrel with our neighboring common
wealth, yet, by his firmness, he secured to New Hampshire what justly
belonged to her. The work of this commission is not yet completed
and Mr. Clark gives to it his untiring labors for securing the rights of
his state. The establishment of the true boundary between New Hamp
shire and Massachusetts is a work of no small import. Carrying with it so
much of possibility, and freighted also with a delicacy of manipulation,
the problem has called to its solution the rare qualities that Mr. Clark
has so clearly displayed in the discharge of his duties. In his hands
the state's rights will not be over-ridden, yet his inherent sense of jus
tice will not permit him to seize more than is due.
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HON. NATHANIEL HAVEN CLARK.
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�ROM the town of Sutton many men have gone forth to make
mark in life, among them is William S. Pillsbury of Lon
donderry. He was born March 16, 1833, the son of Rev. Stephen
Pillsbury, a Baptist minister. He was the sixth lineal descendant from
William Pillsbury who came from Straffordshire, England, and settled
at Dorchester in 1641. Colonel Pillsbury passed his youth in Sutton,
and at the outbreak of the war enlisted in the service of his country in
Company I of the Fourth New Hampshire volunteers, in which com
pany he was first lieutenant, and served also in Company A of the
Ninth New Hampshire regiment. His last year of military service was
passed in the capacity of ordnance officer in the first brigade of Hard
ing's division, engaged in the defence of Washington, with headquarters
at Fort Reno. His title of colonel comes to him from having served on
the staff of Governor Prescott. For more than twenty years Colonel
Pillsbury has been engaged in business at Derry Depot as a shoe man
ufacturer, where from year to year he has seen a gratifying yet deserved
increase in the business of his firm. In politics Colonel Pillsbury has
always been a Republican, and as such served as county commissioner
for Rockingham county, and was elected to the house of represen
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tatives in 1874.
In 1888 he was chosen a member of Governor
Goodell's council from the Third district, where his business training,
his cool, clear, calm, and considerate judgment, made him a valuable
adviser in the administration of state affairs. Colonel Pillsbury's
career falls nothing short of unqualified success, due wholly to his own
efforts, based wholly upon his own sagacity, and conserved wholly by
his own prudence. These qualities stamp a successful man in any
capacity, and through all the experiences of his life, in his private
business and in public business, Colonel Pillsbury has displayed these
qualities with conspicuous consistency.
COL. WILLIAM S. PILLSBURY.
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�T was in the town of West Fairlee, Vermont, August 2, 1850, that
Col. Frank C. Churchill, of Lebanon, was born.
He lived in that
town until 1868, and for two years after that was a resident of Lyme,
N. H., and since 1870 has lived in Lebanon.
Colonel Churchill was
educated in the common and select schools and at Thetford academy.
His business career was begun as a travelling salesman, and in this
capacity he continued for many years, even after he had embarked in
business in company with Hon. William S. Carter in the manufacture
of shirts and overalls. While engaged as a commercial traveller, Col
onel Churchill visited nearly every state in the Union, and acquired an
acquaintance with men and affairs, and above all with human nature, so
extensive and varied that, united with his innate sagacious qualities, it
has enabled him to compel success in whatever he has undertaken.
Though evincing a lively interest in public affairs, though always a
Republican and always acting, Colonel Churchill persistently declined
preferment until 1888, when he yielded to the solicitation of his friends
and was nominated to the executive council, being elected by a phe
nomenal majority. As an adviser of Governor Goodell during the term
of his administration, Colonel Churchill's counsel was prudent and was
always heeded. He served upon all the important committees of the
council, and was secretary of the commission appointed to superintend
the erection and dedication of the statue to Gen. John Stark. During
Colonel Churchill's term in the council, he was chosen chairman of the
Republican state committee, though not a member of that body, and
conducted the campaign of 1890 with a brilliancy and shrewdness,
with a capability and fidelity, and an integrity that has been rarely
equalled in the political annals of the state.
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�ON. SHERBURNE R. MERRILL was born in Newbury, N.
January 2, 1810. When he was eight years old his
father removed to Croydon, and in 1825 to Peeling (now Woodstock),
N. H. The following year his father died suddenly, and the boy was
thrown upon his own resources at sixteen years of age. For three
years he worked upon farms in Croydon and vicinity, and at the age of
H H.,
nineteen set out for Boston to seek his fortune.
HON.
SHERBURNE
He remained in that
city seven years, attaining there by industry and frugality his first start
in life. For the next sixteen years he resided in Woodstock, N. H.,
where he was engaged in farming and manufacturing. In October,
1852, he removed to Colebrook, where he had previously had large
business dealings, and resided there until his death, which occurred
April 9, 1891. During his residence in Colebrook, Mr. Merrill was
extensively engaged in many important business enterprises. Although
not robust in health his temperate and regular habits enabled him to
accomplish an immense amount of work. As manufacturer, merchant,
and financier, he was uniformly successful. In early life he was con
nected with the old state militia, serving as captain of a company from
1841 to 1849, and afterward was promoted to the rank of major and
colonel. In politics he was a life-long Democrat. He represented the
town of Woodstock in the legislatures of 1850 and 1851, and Colebrook
in 1872 and 1873. For two terms he was a member of the state senate,
and in 1889 was elected a member of Governor Goodell's council, the
only Democrat to sit in that body. Mr. Merrill was a man of strong
convictions and rugged honesty of opinion. In him his party had a
tried and true representative. The blunt honesty of his nature sought
frank expression, nor would he be satisfied with less from his oppo
nents. To the town of Colebrook he was a tower of strength. For
many years he was a trustee of Colebrook academy, and a trustee of the
Methodist society from the building of its church.
R. MERRILL.
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�ENRY BREWER QUINBY was born in Biddeford, Me.,
June 10, 1846, and is the son of Thomas Quinby and Jane
E. (Brewer) Quinby. He was educated first in the city schools of
Biddeford and then fitted for college at the Nichols Latin school at
Lewiston, Me. He graduated from Bowdoin college in the class of
1869, afterward graduating at the National medical school at Washing
ton, D. C. During his residence in New Hampshire Colonel Quinby
has lived at Lakeport, where engrossing business cares compelled the
relinquishment of his professional pursuits. His business interests
comprise a directorship in the Cole Manufacturing company, in the
Laconia Car company, in the New Hampshire Life Insurance company,
and in the Laconia National Bank; and trusteeship in the Laconia
Savings Bank, and the presidency of the Mutual Building and Loan as
sociation of Lakeport. He gives his chief attention, however, to the
duties of superintendent and assistant treasurer of the Cole Manufac
turing company, manufacturing car axles, castings, and machinery.
Colonel Quinby derives his military title from service on the staff of
Gov. E. A. Straw in 1872. In politics Colonel Quinby has won con
secutive advancements from membership in the house of representatives
in 1887, through a chair in the state senate in 1889, to a seat in the
executive council during Governor Tuttle's administration. Colonel
Quinby is an officer in the Grand Commandery, Knights Templars of
New Hampshire, and a Mason of the thirty-third degree. Colonel
Quinby may be justly ranked as one of the ablest of New Hampshire
men. Sound, native ability has been increased by the judicious use of
a liberal education, and at every emergency in his life he has called upon
a mental reserve force for the needed support to success.
His business
life has demanded and developed rare executive ability, and his political
success has been brought about by integrity, by solidity of opinion, by
earnestness of purpose, and by honesty of expression.
COL. HENRY BREWER QUIN BY.
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�ON. DAVID A. WARDE was one of New Hampshire's most
distinguished and promising sons in many lines of activity. He
was born February 1, 1828, at Henniker and was educated in the
private and public schools of the town and at Professor Ballard's noted
school for young men at Hopkinton. At the age of sixteen he began
mercantile life as a clerk in the hardware store of Messrs. Porter &
Rolfe, in Concord, and in 1852 he was made one of the proprietors of
the firm and continued to his death, May 14, 1874, at the head of the
house, giving it a high reputation through his enterprise and ability.
Mr. Warde aside from the increasing duties of his extensive business
found time to win many laurels in other fields. He was a prominent
and active Republican, and represented his ward in the legislature in
1867 and 1868, and was a member of the state senate in 1872 and 1873,
in the latter year presiding over the deliberations of that body with
remarkable tact and urbanity. He served as an aid upon the staff of
Governor Smyth, with the rank of colonel, and was, for a long time,
a member of the Republican state committee, and for the last few years
of his life a member of the executive committee directing the work of
the campaign. Mr. Warde married Martha S. Cleaves and had two sons
and three daughters. Mr. Warde's death in the full bloom of a fruitful
existence was a sad loss to many branches of New Hampshire's activity.
As a business man he had won success by the strictest probity and
fidelity. In social circles he was prominent by the rare cordiality of his
spirit. In political life he had ranked high because of the unfailing
trust of his fellow-citizens. In beneficent organizations he was a lead
ing spirit, actively identified with all good works and exemplifying to a
high degree in his own life the ideal which he wished to impress upon
others. Colonel Warde's death was followed by most lasting regret.
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�ON. JOHN KIMBALL was born in Canterbury, April 13,
1821, and in infancy went with his parents to Boscawen, where
in his youth he attended the schools of the town and for one year
studied at Concord academy, after which he was apprenticed to learn the
trade of constructing mills and machinery. As a millwright in 1842
his first work after attaining his majority was to rebuild the grist mill
near Boscawen Plains, and until 1848 he was similarly employed at
Suncook, Manchester, Lowell, and Lawrence. In the year men
tioned he was employed by the Concord railroad to take charge of the
new machine and car shops then building at Concord, and in 1850 was .
appointed master mechanic of the Concord railroad, serving for eight
years, when he resigned. In 1856 Mr. Kimball was elected to the
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common council of Concord, and in 1857 was reëlected and chosen
president of that body. In the two years following he was a member
of the legislature, serving in the latter year as chairman of the com
mittee on state prison. From 1859 to 1862 he served as collector of
taxes and city marshal of Concord, and in 1862 was appointed collector
of internal revenue for the Second district of New Hampshire, holding
this office for seven years. In 1872 he was elected mayor of Concord,
and was reëlected in 1873, 1874, and 1875. During Mr. Kimball's
incumbency of the mayorship many important public works were begun
and carried forward to a successful completion. In 1876 he was a
member of the constitutional convention, and in 1877 was appointed
chairman of the commission to erect a new state prison.
In 1881 he
was a member of the state senate and was elected president of that
body. Mr. Kimball has won an enviable fame in the world of finance,
having been, since 1870, treasurer of the Merrimack County Savings
Bank, and for many years treasurer of the New Hampshire Bible society
and of the Orphans' Home at Franklin. He was also treasurer of the
Republican state committee from 1863 to 1890.
HON. JOHN KIMBALL.
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�N' outline can portray the life of Gen. Charles H. Bartlett.
recital of dates can describe his career.
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He was born in Sun
apee, October 15, 1833. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm,
but a precocious mind, spurred by the desire of a broader activity, led
him to professional pursuits and he began the study of law after com
pleting his education at Washington academy and New London. In
1858 he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Wentworth,
removing to Manchester in 1863. In 1861 he was clerk of the New
Hampshire senate. In 1865 and 1866 he was private secretary to Gov.
Frederick Smyth.
GEN.
CHARLES
H.
BARTLETT.
In 1866 and 1867 he was treasurer of the State
Industrial school. In 1867 he was appointed clerk of the United States
district court, serving until 1883. In 1867 he was chosen city solicitor
of Manchester, declining a reëlection for the following year. In 1872
he was elected mayor of Manchester, resigning the office February 18,
1873, in accordance with a Federal ruling forbidding United States
officials to hold state or municipal office. In 1872 he was appointed a
United States commissioner, and still holds that position. His resigna
tion as clerk of the district court was called forth in 1882 by his election
to the state senate, presiding at the session of 1883 over the body of
which he had been clerk twenty-one years before. In 1890 he was
appointed a trustee of the State Industrial school, and in 1891 was ap
pointed judge advocate general upon the staff of Governor Tuttle.
In 1890 and 1891 he was major of the Amoskeag Veterans. General
Bartlett is a man of marked capability, a fact attested by the conspic
uous success that has attended him in all the various positions of an
active public career. As an official he was tactful, faithful, and honor
able. Fertile in resource, remarkably equipped for positions of
distinction, he has won and held fame in many walks of life. Possessing
oratorical gifts of rare power, his voice has often been heard from the
platform in political campaigns and on numerous public occasions.
�ON. DAVID ARTHUR TAGGART was born at Goffstown,
June 30, 1858. He graduated at the Manchester high school
and at Harvard college, graduating from the latter institution in the
class of 1878. He studied law with Judge David Cross of Manchester,
and upon his admission to the bar became a partner of Judge Cross,
continuing that relation until 1885. In 1883 he was elected to the
house of representatives from Goffstown, and though a young man and
a new member served as chairman of the committee on elections and on
HON.
DAVID ARTHUR TAGGART.
the committee on the revision of the laws, and took an active part in
the spirited debates of the session. In 1889 he took his seat in the
state senate and was chosen president of that body, serving with marked
distinction as a parliamentarian, with great dignity, and with unex
ampled affability. In the summer of 1890, by reason of the continued
and serious illness of Governor Goodell, Mr. Taggart, by command of
the supreme court, assumed the office of governor, serving until Governor
Goodell's recovery with modest fidelity and decided ability. In the fall
of the same year Mr. Taggart received his party's nomination for con
gress, in the First district. Mr. Taggart is a young man of whom New
Hampshire may well be proud, and of whom New Hampshire is proud,
as is amply attested by the honors that have been bestowed upon him.
In his profession Mr. Taggart has achieved pronounced prominence by
reason of his marked ability as a counsellor and an advocate. As a
public speaker he has won many laurels. Fluent yet concise, rigid in
thought yet graceful in utterance, and always uncompromising in his
convictions, he has appeared upon many a platform as an orator and a
political speaker, always with unvarying success. Called while yet
young to assume the duties of the highest offices in the gift of the
commonwealth, Mr. Taggart has filled each position with credit to his
constituents that has reflected upon himself most favorably.
�H
ENRY ABBOTT was born in Keene, October 5, 1832, and is the
son of Daniel Abbott and Polly Brown. When he was an
infant his family moved to Surry, where his boyhood was spent upon
the farm, his schooling being received in the common schools and at
the academies in Marlow and Westminster.
When Mr. Abbott was
eighteen years old he went to Virginia, intending to become a school
teacher, but three months of travel over different parts of the “Old
Dominion ” satisfied him with life in the South, and he returned to the
North with its free institutions. For two years thereafter he was
engaged in western Pennsylvania as clerk for a large lumber firm, and
the next ten years were spent in a store at Keene, with the exception of
one year, when he lived in Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1863 Mr. Abbott
joined the United States Sanitary Commission and was stationed at
Washington in the special relief department, looking after the pay of
sick and wounded soldiers in the hospitals of that city. He was after
wards placed in charge of the sanitary supplies of the Ninth army corps
at Annapolis, and was with that corps in its march and battles from the
Rapidan to the James, retiring from the service because of failing health
and returning to New Hampshire. September 5, 1864, Mr. Abbott
was chosen cashier of the Winchester National Bank, which position he
has held ever since.
Mr. Abbott in 1866 was elected town treasurer
of Winchester, and has been reëlected every successive year. In 1869
and 1870 he was a member of the legislature, and 1873 and in 1874 was
a member of the New Hampshire senate. In 1889 he sat in the consti
tutional convention. Mr. Abbott is justly esteemed. The integrity of
his life is amply attested by his long continuance in offices of import
ance, responsibility, and trust.
HON. HENRY ABBOTT.
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�IRAM KING SLAYTON was born at Calais, Vt., August 19,
1825, the son of Bucklin Slayton and Sallie Willis. He was
educated in the common schools of Calais and at Montpelier academy,
and for three years was himself a teacher. In 1843 he went to Boston
and entered mercantile life, and for three years was engaged in a count
ing-room, returning to Calais, where for ten years he owned a general
store and bought farm produce. During his residence in Vermont Mr.
Slayton was for seven years elected justice of the peace, and represented
his town in the legislature in 1857 and 1858. In 1856 he was a dele
gate to the national convention at Philadelphia which placed in nomina
tion the first Republican ticket, and in 1860 was a delegate to the
convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln. In 1863 he came to
Manchester and established a wholesale produce and provision house,
which has since passed into the hands of the E. M. Slayton company.
of which he is president. The people of Manchester chose him for
their representative in the legislature in 1871 and 1872, and elected him
to the state senate in 1877 and again in 1878, he being the last senator
from Manchester under the old constitution. Mr. Slayton was a dele
gate to the first meeting of the Sons of the American Revolution, held
in New York city in April, 1887, and was made vice-president general
of that organization. As a writer upon economical topics Mr. Slayton
has won the hearty endorsement of the keenest minds in the circle of
political economy and finance. His writings in favor of honest money
and against the passage of the Bland silver bill, and also in favor of the
resumption of specie payment, were widely copied by the press through
out the country. Mr. Slayton was the author of the resolutions adopted
by the New Hampshire legislature in opposition to the passage of the
Bland bill, and of a resolution of the same tenor passed by the legisla
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HON. HIRAM
KING SLAYTON.
ture of Vermont.
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ON. JAMES FRANK SEAVEY, of Dover, was born in Roch
ester, N. H., August 14, 1838, and was educated in the common
schools of that city, at Miss Caroline Knight's private school in Roch
ester, and at the Franklin academy in Dover. The first nineteen years
of his life were passed at Rochester upon a farm. At that age, however,
he embarked in a business career by becoming a clerk in a dry goods
and grocery store at Dover, where he remained for eight years until he
was enabled to begin business for himself by the establishment of a
clothing house under the firm name of James F. Seavey & Co. Mr.
Seavey has found time as personal director or projector to enter into
numerous other enterprises of business or financial concern, being one
of the directors of the E. H. Rollins & Sons corporation, bankers;
member of the firm of Charles N. Seavey & Co., manufacturing lumber
dealers; director in B. F. Haley & Co., Newmarket, N. H., whole
sale clothiers; one of the managing committee of Dover Navigation
company; director Dover Improvement association; trustee Dover Five
Cent Savings Bank; president and director Dover Coöperative Savings
Fund and Loan association; and proprietor of a livery and hack stable.
In secret society circles Mr. Seavey has arisen to a high rank in
Masonry, being a Knight Templar, and in the Knights of Pythias
having been grand chancellor of New Hampshire in 1876, and in 1878
and 1879 having been the state's representative in the grand lodge of
the world. In politics Mr. Seavey has had an eventful and honorable
career. In 1867 he was elected member of the common council of
Dover, for two years he was selectman of his ward, and for the same
length of time ward clerk. In 1869, and the two years following he was
county treasurer of Strafford county, and in 1878 and the three years
thereafter he was a member of the legislature. In 1881 he was
elected to the state senate, and in 1883 was honored with a reëlection,
a distinction as rare as it was merited.
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HON. VIRGIL CHASE GILMAN.
ON. VIRGIL CHASE GILMAN was born in Unity, May 5,
1827, the son of Emerson Gilman and Delia Way. He was
educated in the public schools of Lowell and removed to Nashua in
1843, and for twenty-one years was engaged as a manufacturer of
printers' cards and paper. In 1865 he was elected mayor of Nashua and
in 1879 was a member of the legislature, and in 1881 he sat in the
state senate and was honored with the chairmanship of the judiciary com
mittee. For several years he was a member of the board of education
of Nashua, and for twenty-five years has been a trustee of the public
library in that city, at present being treasurer of the board. He is a
director in the Nashua Iron & Steel Co., president of the Nashua
Saddlery and Hardware company, and director in the Indian Head
National Bank. Upon his retirement from business as a paper manu
facturer, Mr. Gilman was called to the position of treasurer of the old
Nashua Savings company, and assumed the duties of that position on
the first of January, 1879, and still retains it. Mr. Gilman is one of
Nashua's most honored citizens: the frequency with which he has been
called to positions of trust, and the long terms of service that he has
given to them, indicating the esteem in which he is held by the people
among whom the active years of his life have been spent. In all good
works he is foremost. Prominently identified with the religious, the
social, and the literary life of the city, no less than with its financial and
commercial interests, he is a man of marked eminence. He is devotedly
attached to agricultural interests, and is the owner of a fine farm a short
distance from the city of Nashua, where he maintains a magnificent herd
of Jerseys. Mr. Gilman is a gentleman of broad culture with discrim
inating taste, he has read widely and retentively, and is a gentleman to
the manner born. Called to high position, he has never lost the true
courtesy that has characterized his every act.
�EORGE G. DAVIS was born at Roxbury, August 28, 1842, and
He was educated in
the schools of Roxbury and at Keene. Until eighteen years of age
Mr. Davis was a farmer boy, and at that period of his life he enlisted as
a private in Company A of the Second New Hampshire volunteers, and
was severely wounded at the Battle of Williamsburg, Va., retiring from
the war in 1863, when he settled in Marlborough and was engaged in
manufacturing boxes and toys until the first of March, 1870, since
which time he has been occupied in mercantile pursuits and other bus
iness interests. Mr. Davis for fifteen years was town clerk of Marl
borough and for twenty years was its treasurer. In 1879 and in
1881 he was a member of the house of representatives and in 1883 sat
in the state senate. In 1885 he was appointed an aide-de-camp on
G is the son of Joshua Davis and Eliza Rice.
Governor Currier's staff, with the rank of colonel, and in Cheshire
county has been elected three times as county commissioner, his present
term expiring in 1895. Mr. Davis, in addition to his personal business
interests, is also trustee of the Keene Guaranty Savings Bank. January
1, 1866, Mr. Davis was married to Maria L. Collins, daughter of J. T.
Collins of Marlborough. In politics Mr. Davis is a Republican and by
religious preference is a Congregationalist. Mr. Davis is justly reckoned
as one of the most prominent men in Cheshire county, though it would
be unfair to him to insinuate that his reputation is confined to the limits
COL.
GEORGE G.
of that county. By reason of his service in the legislature, and by
reason of his career upon the governor's staff, Mr. Davis has made hosts
of acquaintances and friends through all the state, who have come to
esteem him as he is, an honorable, upright gentleman, frank and fear
less in his dealings with his fellow-man.
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�ANSON S. BROWN was born in Bridgewater, November 30,
1835, and is the son of James Brown and Judith Harron. His
boyhood and youth were spent upon the farm, and his education was
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attained in the common schools and at New Hampton institution.
In
1859 he commenced work at Campton as a blacksmith, and continued
therein until the summer of 1863, when he enlisted in Company C of the
Thirteenth New Hampshire volunteers, under Col. Aaron F. Stevens
and served with credit, being wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg
and at Cold Harbor. Mr. Brown was with his regiment in all its
skirmishes and battles with one exception, and was promoted by suc
cessive steps to become principal musician of the regiment, and as such
led the musicians of the First brigade into the city of Richmond, April
3, 1865, when that city capitulated to the Union army. At the close
of the war Mr. Brown took up his residence in Plymouth, returning to
his old trade and continuing his work until the spring of 1870, when he
was commissioned deputy sheriff of Grafton county and several other
counties of the state. In 1874 he was commissioned high sheriff of
Grafton county, and served in that capacity and as deputy sheriff under
different high sheriffs for several years. In 1885 Mr. Brown sat in the
state senate as a Republican, being elected from the Fourth district, and
was appointed state liquor commissioner December 26, 1886, and still
holds that position. Mr. Brown has had extensive business relations
in connection with real estate, both in the East and West, always with
unvarying success. Mr. Brown's home in Plymouth is on a large farm
overlooking the beautiful valley of the Pemigewasset, and among his
HON. MANSON
S.
BROWN.
neighbors he is classed with high esteem, and as one among those who
by their probity and honor have added solidity to the reputation of the
Granite State.
�RANCIS TILTON FRENCH, member of the legislature from
He
F East Kingston, was born in that town, September 2, 1835.
is the son of Enoch Sanborn French and of Permelia Tilton, and his
education, like that of many another of New Hampshire's men, was
found only in the common schools, to be supplemented with the broader
course afforded by the great university of active life. He spent his
boyhood and youth upon the farm, and became inured to hard labor.
At the age of twenty he forsook agriculture, and entered into business
in company with G. W. Sanborn, as a cattle-dealer and butcher. For
twenty-five years this partnership existed, and the same business is
still carried on by Mr. French. In those years he was often elected by
his fellow-citizens to various town offices. In 1865 he was first elected
to the house of representatives, in 1879 he came again, and in 1880
was once more a member.
HON. FRANCIS TILTON
FRENCH.
In 1883 he sat in the state senate, and in
1892 was again his party's candidate for the house of representatives,
carrying his contest from the polls to the floor of the house where,
after a ten weeks struggle, he was awarded his seat on the ground that
he had been illegally declared defeated in November. Mr. French is
one of those successful men who have become so through industry,
and careful attention to the details of business which have enabled him
to command hearty and deserved support in his undertakings. When
elected to office he has followed the same rule, and his constituents have
done well in repeatedly reëlecting him. The years of his service as a
legislator cover an interesting period in New Hampshire's history, and
embrace two changes of the organic law, yet Mr. French is always
abreast of the times and to-day, as a member of the legislature, is
as active, as progressive, and as interested as when he first sat in that
body twenty-eight years ago.
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�ALTER SCOTT DAVIS was born at Warner, July 29, 1834,
his parents being Nathaniel Ambrose Davis and Mary Clough.
He was educated in the schools of Warner, Gilmanton, Washington,
Thetford academy, Vermont, and Colby academy, New London. At
the age of fourteen he began to earn his living as a mill boy, and so
labored until 1854, when he engaged in business with Samuel H. Dow,
dealing in lumber and hemlock bark, remaining with him until 1865.
In that year the firm of W. S. Davis & Co. was formed to engage in
lumbering and had an existence until 1872, when the firm of Dow &
Davis came into being as manufacturers of straw board and continued
until 1878, being succeeded by the firm of Davis Bros., who were
located at Davisville, a thriving community named from the many
descendants of General Aquila and Capt. Francis Davis, who had settled
there and been identified with its industries.
Mr. Davis moved
to
Contoocook in 1874, purchased the mills and water-power there in
1887, made extensive improvements and additions to them, and erected
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WALTER S.
the large silk factory in 1890. Here he has a machine shop where he
materializes his inventions, his latest being an automatic machine
capable of making forty boxes per minute from rolls of pasteboard sus
pended on the machine. He has always been an enthusiastic believer
in the Bell telephone, being one of the large stockholders in that com
pany, and has erected an elegant residence from the profits in that
enterprise. Mr. Davis is a Mason, has been master of Harris lodge
at Warner, is a member of Woods chapter of Henniker, and of Horace
Chase council of Concord. In politics Mr. Davis has taken an active
part, having been always prominent in his party councils, was a member
of the house of representatives in 1878, of the state senate in 1885, and
of the constitutional convention of 1889. In all of Mr. Davis's life, and
DAVIS.
amid all the successes that have followed him, he has been always the
same genial, unassuming, honest gentleman.
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�DWARD HARRISON GILMAN, the son of Joseph Taylor
E. Gilman and Mary Elizabeth Gray, was born in Exeter, May 13,
1855. He was educated in the schools of Exeter and in the Chandler
Scientific department of Dartmouth college, graduating in 1876. From
1879 to 1882 he was employed at Albany, N. Y., in various capacities
in the offices of the Boston & Albany railroad. From Albany he
went to Boston, where he became a dealer in mill supplies, and was thus
engaged until 1887, when he became interested in the Somersworth
Machine company of Dover, and was made treasurer of the corporation,
a position that he has since retained, adding to his duties as treasurer
those of manager. Under his direction and supervision the business of
the corporation has been greatly increased, and not only has it outgrown
its original but it has also absorbed the business of other concerns, and
stands today in the front rank of like institutions in New England.
Aside from his business career Colonel Gilman has been prominent in
public life, first by his service upon the staff of Governor Bell, where he
served as aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel. In 1885 he was a
member of the legislature from Exeter, and was promoted in 1887 to the
state senate, serving in both bodies with credit.
In 1888 he was a
delegate to the Republican national convention, and in that same ye"
was member of the executive committee of the Republican state commit
tee from Rockingham county, adding to his party service another term
in the same position during the campaign of 1890. Colonel Gilman,
the bearer of an honored name, has allowed this heritage to lose none
of its lustre.
His own efforts have been rewarded with a success suffi
cient to have made him prominent, and when this is added to his family
record it will be by no means the dullest of its pages.
�ON of an honored sire, and not a whit less sturdy and honored
Hon. Lycurgus Pitman, of North Conway, was born
in Bartlett, April 9, 1848, the son of Hon. George W. M. Pitman.
He attained his education, as did so many of the prominent sons of
New Hampshire, in the common schools, and himself wielded the birch
and directed the studies of the rising generation for many terms of
school. Entering upon a business career at North Conway, he has
pushed forward steadily, not only in his own line of endeavor but has
embarked successfully in many issues calling for enterprise, public
spirit, and sagacity. In politics Mr. Pitman has always been a Demo
crat and for twenty years has held a place in the councils of his party.
In 1880 he was a delegate to the national convention and in 1887 was
a member of the state senate from the Second district. In 1889 he
S himself,
was a member of the constitutional convention.
Mr. Pitman's enter
prise has already been spoken of. He is one of the projectors of the
North Conway & Mount Kearsarge railway and is a director and
clerk of that corporation. He was one of the promoters of the North
Conway system of water-works and is manager and treasurer of the
company owning the property. In connection with the work of the
state board of trade Mr. Pitman has been of incalculable service upon
important committees, and in the work of developing the summer resort
business of New Hampshire he stands second to no man.
He has lent
no idle hand to any enterprise, his whole soul has entered into the
work that he has endeavored to accomplish, and the vigor of his labor
has been rewarded by the measure of its results. In the development
of the East Side mountain region Mr. Pitman has been especially active,
and particularly so in his own town.
HON.
LYCURGUS
As president of the North Con
way board of trade he has led the way to municipal improvements that
have been prominent and alluring additions to the many attractions of
PITMAN.
that beautiful town.
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�DMUND ERSKINE TRUESDELL, superintendent and pay
E. master of the China, Webster, and Pembroke mills at Suncook, is
one of the stalwarts of New Hampshire. Strong in all the points that
go to make up a noble and successful manhood, he is admired for his
outspoken opinions, liberal views, and unfaltering friendships. A man
of earnest convictions, he never hesitates to stand up and be counted in
defense of those convictions. Of Scotch ancestry, he has all the te
nacity of purpose of that hardy race. The architect of his own fortune,
he has builded grandly and well. Generous, public spirited, honest,
and with no hesitating notions of right and wrong, his is a strong char
acter, well rounded in all its parts. He is the son of Thomas and Mary
(Boyden) Truesdell, and was born in Jewett City, Conn., March 3,
1845. Banking on no other capital than a common-school education
and a vigorous constitution, he worked his way from the humblest
beginning as a boy in a cotton mill to the position of superintendent of
three corporations, employing 2,000 operatives. As has been well said
by a leading newspaper of the state, the man who at the age of thirty
two had worked his way from a poor boy, earning a living selling
newspapers at a profit of one-half a cent each, to the control of three
great manufacturing corporations “does not require a certificate of
ability.” He has not only been appreciated by his employers, but by
his fellow-townsmen and fellow-citizens of the state.
He was town
treasurer of Pembroke for four years, from 1878 to 1882. He was a
member of the lower branch of the New Hampshire legislature in 1879
and 1880; and state senator in 1887 and 1888.
HON.
Mr. Truesdell
belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He is past master of Jewell lodge,
member of Trinity Royal Arch chapter, Horace Chase council, R. and
S. M., Mount Horeb commandery at Concord. He is a member of the
supreme council, having taken all the Scottish rites up to the Thirty
third degree.
EDMUND ERSKINE TRUESDELL.
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�ON. JOHN C. PEARSON was born at West Boscawen,
H May 25, 1835, the son of Nathan and Eliza (Couch) Pearson.
He was educated in the district, village, and select schools, at Kimball
Union academy, Meriden, and in the Merrimack Normal institute at
Reed's Ferry. He was born and reared a farmer, and was occupied in
that pursuit and as a wool-grower until 1871. His grandfather was
one of the pioneers in the settlement of the town, and one of the first
to introduce Spanish merino sheep into the state, and his son and
grandson continued to breed them on the same farm until 1874. From
1871 to 1876 he was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Webster, and
since that date has lived at Penacook, to which place he removed for
the purpose of giving his children better educational privileges. He
had served the town of Webster as selectman for three years, and
represented that town in the legislature in 1871 and 1872; has served
as deputy sheriff, county commissioner, moderator, and selectman of
Boscawen ten years; representative in the legislature in 1887, and
member of the state senate from the Ninth district in 1889. In all of
these official positions, coming to him with successively increased
honor, Mr. Pearson has exhibited marked traits of courageous honesty.
As a member of the legislature he was frank-spoken in his views, and
the cause that he espoused found in him a never-failing friend. He
has won the confidence of all who have been associated with him in any
capacity and has known the respect and esteem of varying constituencies.
He is a man of great public spirit and has clearly evinced it in his advocacy
of enterprises for the benefit of the community in which he lives, and
notably, by his activity in procuring for the village of Penacook its
present abundant and pure water-supply. It is not enough of him to
say that he has lived a good life, for he has impressed it upon others
and has made his influence speak for the best in every field in which
he has been found.
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�ON. CHARLES TRACY MEANS was born in Manchester,
January 20, 1855, and is the son of William Gordon Means and
Martha Allen.
He was educated in the common schools at Andover,
Mass., where as also in Boston he has resided as a youth. His
present position, paymaster of the Manchester Locomotive Works, he
has held for several years past, his connection with that corporation
following naturally by reason of his father's interest in the company.
In the city of Manchester Mr. Means is justly ranked as one of her
most noble men. In social life he stands without a peer, in politics he
has received frequent and ample honor, in business life, by reason of the
importance of his position, he takes a prominent stand. Mr. Means in
1883 was a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives and
in 1889 sat in the state senate, his services in those two bodies being
marked by intelligent application to legislative duty and by faithful con
sideration of the needs of his constituents. In 1892 he was chosen a
delegate at large to the Republican national convention at Minneapolis,
yet these offices do not mark the limits of his political activity, for as
the counsellor of his party and as a liberal contributor to its success,
Mr. Means is among the most active and prominent of the men of Man
chester. One of the most charming of men personally, Mr. Means's
friendship embraces hundreds. The unaffected modesty of his bearing
stamps him a true gentleman, while the frank and open warmth of his
friendship marks the genuine character of the man. Alert and vigorous,
he occupies a commanding position on an eminence in life, entrenched
by the vigor of his intellect and sagacity, secured in a position meriting
HON. CHARLI.S TRACY MII.V.N.S.
honor and esteem.
�ILLIAM S. CARTER was born in Warner, September 28,
VV
HON. WILLIAM S. CARTER.
1842, the son of William Carter, Jr., and Hannah Badger.
He was educated at the common schools and at Henniker academy,
and entered Dartmouth college in 1862. In August of that year, how
ever, he enlisted in Company D of the Eleventh New Hampshire vol
unteers, and finished his college course in the army, serving under Col.
Walter Harriman, by whom he was appointed regimental commissary,
and was mustered out May 27, 1865. At the close of the war he went
to Lebanon and took charge of the store of his uncle, Henry W. Carter,
with whom he remained for five years. In 1877 he formed a partner
ship with Col. Frank C. Churchill, in the manufacture of working
men's goods, employing hundreds of hands and keeping corps of
travelling agents constantly upon the road, and maintaining a wholesale
office in Boston. Mr. Carter has been a tower of strength in the com
munity in which he resides, while his clear, careful judgment and his keen
business insight have caused him to be frequently called to positions of
responsibility. He is a director in the First National Bank and of the
Lebanon Savings Bank. He is president of the Business Men's asso
ciation of Lebanon and of the Lebanon Electric Light and Power
company. In 1890 he was appointed state auditor, serving until 1892.
In 1890 Mr. Carter was chosen member of the state senate and served
his constituents with remarkable zeal during the session of 1891. Con
stantly in his seat, the course of legislation was closely marked by him,
and his voice was never heard in the senate chamber without carrying
with it the weight of influence springing from solidity and honesty.
Mr. Carter is a Mason and for more than twenty-five years has been a
member of Franklin lodge and Sullivan commandery. He is also a
member of James P. Berry post, G. A. R.
�N the eighth American generation of a good old English family,
Hon. Dexter Richards was born in Newport, September 5, 1818,
one of the eight children of Seth Richards. His youth was spent in the
schools of Newport and Lebanon, where, under the tuition of Professor
Edmund R. Peaslee, he enjoyed two terms in the high school. Leav
ing school he embarked in business at Newport with his father, contin
uing there until 1853, when Richards & Son became interested in a
flannel mill, which passing from father to son is still conducted with
increasing success. Aside from the demands made upon him in the
conduct of this business, Mr. Richards has become embarked in many
financial enterprises of great extent and variety. He was one of the
foremost projectors of the building of the Concord & Claremont railroad,
and through his instrumentality the wires of the Western Union Telegraph
company were brought to Newport. The First National Bank of New
port and the Newport Savings Bank owe their inception to him, and he
is a director in the Eastern Railroad in New Hampshire, of the New
Hampshire Fire Insurance company, of the Concord Street railway, and
of the West End Street railway corporation in Boston. His benevolence
has been wide and deserving, a scholarship at Dartmouth college, bene
factions to the Kimball Union academy at Meriden, to the Congre
gational church at Newport, to the Orphans' Home at Franklin, Abbott
academy at Andover, Mass., and the erection of the beautiful Richards
free library at Newport are instances of his generosity. In public life
Mr. Richards has held the offices in the gift of his town, in 1865, 1866,
and 1870 representing Newport in the legislature. In 1871 and 1872
he was a member of the governor's council, in 1876 of the constitu
tional convention, and in 1887 sat in the state senate.
Mr. Richards
HON. DEXTER RICHARDS.
is a widely successful New Hampshire man, pushing forward, not without
obstacles, to high eminence in business and social circles.
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�AMUEL E. PAINE, fifty-seven years old, a native of Sweden, Me.,
S and for a half century a resident of Coös county, is one of the most
prominent business men in all the north country, where his entire com
mercial career, with the exception of five years in Pennsylvania, has been
spent. Mr. Paine was born in Sweden, Me., and for twenty-six years
was a resident of Milan, where, after securing a common-school educa
tion, he embarked in business and afterward removed to Berlin, where
he has been an influential factor in the development of that thriving,
hustling, almost western town, and in all the various movements which
have gone forward to make Berlin's prosperity what it is. The national
bank, real estate improvements, educational progress—all claim him as
a friend and coadjutor. Mr. Paine is not without honor in political as
well as commercial circles. He has served Berlin in almost every town
office. In 1877 and in 1885 he represented that constituency in the
house of representatives, and in 1887 he was a member of the state sen
ate. In all these positions Mr. Paine served with credit, his record
being that of the business man called into affairs of state—sagacious,
honest, persevering.
�ICHARD M. SCAMMON was born at Stratham,
December
6, 1859, and is the youngest son of Richard and Abigail
(Batchelder) Scammon. He was educated at the Stratham public
schools, Exeter high school, and Cornell university, and has since resided
in his native town, where he is one of the largest real estate owners.
His integrity and ability have given him a high place in the esteem of
the community and he has filled an active and honorable part in the
affairs of his state. He was elected town treasurer when twenty-one
years old, and has since served as superintendent of schools, moderator,
and was elected chairman of the board of selectmen but declined to act.
He was a member of the house in 1885 and 1886. He is a Democrat, both
by inheritance and conviction, and is one of the recognized younger
leaders of the party, has served several years as chairman of the town
Democratic committee, and has been a member of the state committee
and secretary of the county committee for six years and done effective
work on the stump. He was the unanimous choice of the nominating
convention of his senatorial district in 1890, and was elected by a flat
tering majority largely ahead of his ticket, especially in his own town,
and was the youngest member of the senate of that year. He served
ten years in the New Hampshire National Guard, enlisting in Company
D, First regiment, in 1882, and was successively promoted corporal,
sergeant, and lieutenant of the company, captain and aide on the brigade
staff, and lieutenant-colonel of the First regiment, holding the last posi
tion from 1886 till his resignation in 1892. Company E, First regiment,
adopted the name of Scammon Rifles in honor of his services.
COL.
RICHARD
M. SCAMMON.
Colonel
Scammon was appointed by Governor Sawyer as the state representative
on the staff of General Schofield at the Washington centennial in New
York city, May, 1889. He has been an interested student of the local
history of his section and is a member of two historical societies.
�ON. GEORGE A. CUMMINGS, of Concord, is descended
from a rugged parentage and ancestry, his family dating back to
early colonial history. He was born in Acworth, June 13, 1833. His
education was secured in the public schools of Acworth and the South
Acworth academy. He then moved to Franklin, where in company
with his brother he formed a co-partnership in the marble business that
has since existed, though the firm removed from Franklin more than
thirty years ago, and is now located at Concord in its own block, and
covers with its product nearly all the New England states, and having
branch shops at Pittsfield and Franklin. Mr. Cummings has found time,
aside from caring for his own growing business, to become interested in
many public and private enterprises. He has served as a trustee of the
Merrimack County Savings Bank and of the Orphans' Home at Frank
lin; and is a director and member of the executive committee of the
Concord Street railway. He is also president of the Concord Shoe
Factory association and, with his son, Frank G. Cummings, has exten
sive property interests at Haverhill, Mass. Mr. Cummings has been a
prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has
been honored by that body in New Hampshire with all the gifts of
official position that it could bestow, and is now vice-president of the
Odd Fellows Home, and president of the Odd Fellows Hall association.
Naturally so energetic a man would be called into public life, and we
find Mr. Cummings receiving civic honors at the hands of his fellow
citizens in great abundance. He was twice elected to the board of
aldermen from his ward. He was honored with three years in the
mayoralty of Concord. He was twice sent by his associates to the
house of representatives, and in 1890 he was chosen a member of the
New Hampshire senate from the Concord district. In all of these posi
tions Mr. Cummings was a leader.
�ON. JOHN G. TALLANT was born in East Concord, March
22, 1846, and has always resided upon the homestead farm.
He was educated in the common schools of his native village and at the
academy at New London, and has given his attention since leaving
school to agricultural pursuits, developing later the breeding of fine
Jersey cattle, his herd, the “Crystal Spring,” being reckoned among the
best in New England and having been decorated time and again with
the much desired “blue ribbon.” In the concerns of the community
Mr. Tallant has taken an important part, and has been especially active
in the political field, having served as selectman, member of the school
board, assessor, councilman, alderman, and member of the legislature.
In 1890 he was the candidate of his party for the state senate, and was
elected by a large majority, serving through the session of 1891 with
great credit, his legislative record being marked with a conspicuous
honesty of purpose and frank avowal of position. Mr. Tallant's interest
in agriculture and his prominence in that pursuit, led him to be selected
in 1891 as trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, a position of great importance at that time, because of
the impending removal of the institution from Hanover to Durham.
To the duties of this office Mr. Tallant has given marked attention, and
has been largely instrumental in the reforms that have been set on foot
with regard to the management of the institution. To him must be
given the credit of having aroused his associates on the board to the
necessity for more advanced ground in the field of agricultural educa
tion, and he has labored unceasingly to secure the adoption of measures
of still greater benefit to the institution. Mr. Tallant in all his dealings
with men has been conspicuous for his outspoken honesty, and to this,
perhaps as to no other characteristic, he owes the measure of his
advancement.
�H
ON. JACOB B. WHITTEMORE was born in Hillsborough
and has always resided in that town with the exception of the
years from 1877 to 1880, when he lived in Antrim upon the Whittemore
homestead farm. He was educated in the common schools, at Frances
town academy, and at Phillips Exeter academy, and his life in Hillsbor
ough has been full of activity. He has held many public positions,
serving as superintendent of schools for three years, as town clerk for
two years, and was secretary of the Democratic state committee from
1880 to 1882. He held a commission as lieutenant of the Carter Guards,
Hillsborough, and was promoted to be captain, then paymaster of the
Second regiment of the New Hampshire National Guard with the rank
of major. In 1883 he was a member of the house of representatives
and from 1885 to 1889 was a United States post-office inspector. In
1891 he was a member of the state senate and in that body served with
faithful assiduity. Mr. Whittemore is a member of Harmony lodge of
Masons at Hillsborough, of Woods chapter at Henniker, and of Mount
Horeb commandery, Knights Templar, at Concord. Mr. Whittemore is
one of New Hampshire's most popular men. Having been brought by
virtue of business and official relations into contact and acquaintance
with almost every community in New Hampshire, his genial character
has readily made friends for him and his friendships are as extensive as
his acquaintance, and that covers the entire state. To his party he
has been of valuable service in many hotly contested campaigns, both
as a candidate and as an officer of the canvass, yet his political activity,
however vigorous, has not resulted in personal animosity, his genial
good nature discounting attack and disarming criticism. In public
positions Mr. Whittemore has been equally successful, displaying the
same qualities of tact and good humor. His advancement has resulted
not only to his own benefit but has been a source of gratification to
HON. JACOB B. WHITTEMORE.
the hundreds who have known him and admired him as a friend.
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�ON. SAMUEL D. FELKER was born in Rochester, April 16,
1859, and is the son of William H. Felker, a wealthy farmer
residing in the village of Gonic, where Mr. Felker's boyhood was spent.
He was educated in the public schools of Rochester, at New Hampton
institute, and at Dartmouth college, whence he was graduated with high
honors in 1882, being one of three brothers who graduated from that
institution in three successive years. He studied law in Dover with
Hon. Joshua G. Hall, and at the Boston university law school, from
which he graduated in 1887 and was admitted to the bars of New Hamp
shire and Massachusetts in the same year. At the law school Mr.
Felker took the three years course in one year and received his degree
“cum magna laude,” ranking among the highest in his class. He also
H
stood at the head of the class of candidates for the New Hampshire bar
and began immediately the practice of his profession in Rochester. In
1889 he was a member of the constitutional convention from Rochester
and in 1890 was nominated and elected to the state senate from the
Somersworth district, after a most exciting campaign. In the senate
Mr. Felker took a prominent part in the deliberations of the session.
He was a member of the judiciary committee and also of the joint com
mittee on the revision of the laws. The important measures of the
session were ardently championed by him, and his entire legislative
course was marked by a freedom of mind untrammelled by political con
siderations and characterized solely by an earnest desire to labor for
what his conscience deemed the right. In 1891, upon the incorporation
of the city of Rochester, Mr. Felker was made his party's candidate for
mayor, and the vote that he received at the polls was large and gratify
HON.
SA
ing. In 1892 he was his party's candidate for county solicitor of
Strafford county, and again the support of his friends was his in full
MUEL D, FELKER.
neaSure.
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�ON. GEORGE.
R.
ROWE, the son of Robert Rowe and
H Sally Sinclair, was born February 22, 1849, in Brentwood, and
in that town has always made his home. He was educated at the
public schools of his native town and at the academies at Kingston and
Tilton. When he became of age he entered into a partnership with his
father and brothers in the firm of Robert Rowe & Sons, manufacturers
of carriage woodwork, and since the death of his father in 1882, the
business has been continued under the name of Robert Rowe's Sons,
employing a large number of workmen. In politics Mr. Rowe was
always a Republican, and for several years was town clerk of Brentwood,
and was selectman for two years, being chairman of the board during
one term. In 1889 he was a member of the house of representatives
and in the following session of the legislature held a seat in the senate
from the Rockingham district. Mr. Rowe was married, July 3, 1870,
to Betsey J., daughter of Lewis B. and Mary Robbins Gordon, and has
two sons, George Russell, a graduate of the Manchester Commercial
college, and Robert G. In religion Mr. Rowe is a Congregationalist;
he is a member of Gideon lodge of Masons, of St. Albans chapter at
Exeter, and of De Witt Clinton commandery at Portsmouth. Mr.
Rowe is a thoroughly reliable man. In business circles the name of
his firm has been synonymous with the utmost honesty. In official life
Mr. Rowe has displayed the same characteristics. Thoroughly com
panionable, he has hosts of friends, and all who know him know him
only to respect him for the admirable qualities that have made his life
what it is.
HON.
GEORGE
R.
ROWE.
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�ON. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BRYANT was born at East
Andover, February 25, 1825, and passed his boyhood upon his
father's farm, attending the infrequent terms of the district school, with
one term at a private school and a few terms at the academy at Frank
lin. At the age of fourteen he assumed the burden of his own support,
and upon borrowed money secured a term of school at Boscawen acad
emy, and by teaching himself each winter was enabled to secure the
necessary preparation and to take a college course at Waterville college.
At the age of twenty-two he began the study of law with Nesmith &
Pike at Franklin, and was graduated from the Harvard law school in
1848, entering upon practice at Bristol in the fall of that year. At the
age of twenty-five he was one of the commissioners of Grafton county
and at twenty-nine had become county solicitor. From 1853 to 1855
he resided at Plymouth, and few cases graced the docket in which he
did not appear on one side or the other. In the latter year Mr. Bryant
removed to Concord and formed a partnership with Lyman T. Flint.
In 1856 he entered political life by espousing the cause of the new-born
Republican party, firing his constituents by his magnetic eloquence on
the stump in all parts of the state. In 1857 he was elected to the legis
lature, and was reëlected in the two years following, serving as speaker.
In 1860 Mr. Bryant was a delegate to the Chicago convention, but
following the election in that year removed from New Hampshire to
take up the practice of law in Boston, where he attained remarkable
success in his profession, giving but little time to political affairs except
by appearing at rare intervals upon the stump in state and national cam
paigns. A few years since, Mr. Bryant retired from active participation
in practice, and has of late made his home at East Andover beneath the
shadow of grand old Kearsarge. He is a member of the forestry com
mission, created by act of the last legislature.
HON. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BRYANT.
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�EN. S. G. GRIFFIN was born August 9, 1824, at Nelson,
Brought up on a farm, with little opportunity for school,
yet at the age of eighteen he became a teacher, and afterwards repre
sented his town in the legislature. Practising law at Concord in 1860,
at President Lincoln's first call he volunteered as a private, was chosen
captain of Company B, Second New Hampshire volunteers, mustered
into the service June 4, 1861, commanded his company at the first
G N. H.
battle of Bull Run, was promoted to be lieutenant colonel of the Sixth
New Hampshire volunteers, and joined Burnside's expedition to North
Carolina.
In April, 62, he was commissioned colonel, and commanded
his regiment at the battles of Camden, N. C., Second Bull Run, Chan
tilly, South Mountain, and Fredericksburg. With the Ninth corps he
was transferred in 1863 to Kentucky, and thence to aid Grant at Vicks
burg, where he commanded the First brigade, Second division.
Returning to Kentucky, Colonel Griffin led the Second division over
the mountain to East Tennessee, and afterward commanded the import
ant post of Camp Nelson. He commanded the Second brigade, Second
division of the Ninth corps, in all the battles of Grant's campaign of
'64, winning his star at Spottsylvania, being promoted to be brigadier
general by recommendation of Generals Burnside and Grant, made on
the field of battle. He led the charge that broke through the lines on
the Jerusalem plank road April 2, 1865, and gave us Petersburg and
Richmond. For gallantry in that action he was brevetted major general
of volunteers, and commanded the Second division of the Ninth corps
at the surrender of Lee, at the grand review at Washington, and as
long as it remained in service. August 24, 1865, he was mustered out
of the service. After the war General Griffin represented Keene in the
legislature three terms, two of which he served as speaker of the house.
Since then he has engaged in manufacturing, and has had large interests
in Texas land and cattle.
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�MONG the sons of New Hampshire whose abilities have been
A signally rewarded with honor and success, may be counted Hon.
Chester B. Jordan of Lancaster, who was born at Colebrook, October
I5, 1839, and who passed his boyhood and youth upon the farm until
1860, when his ambition to secure an education led him to enter Cole
brook academy. From this time until 1866 he attended school, gradu
ating in the latter year from Kimball Union academy, and becoming at
once a popular teacher of public and private schools, being also super
intendent of schools of Colebrook in 1865 and 1866. He was always
a Republican, and during the early years of that party's existence was a
prominent factor in the successes it achieved. In 1868 he was appointed
clerk of the Coös county court and because of his intense partisanship
was removed in 1874 by a Democratic administration, although his
retention had been asked by every attorney in the county. While yet
clerk of the court Mr. Jordan began the study of law, and was admitted to
the bar in November, 1875, forming a partnership which, with various
changes, still continues under the name of Drew, Jordan & Buckley. In
1870 Mr. Jordan purchased the Coös Republican and became its editor,
fearlessly and forcibly supporting the position of the Republican party.
In 1880 Mr. Jordan was elected to the house of representatives, of which
he was chosen speaker in 1881, presiding with impartiality, ease, and dig
nity. In 1882 he was chosen chairman of the Republican state conven
tion, and his tact greatly aided the deliberations of that body all through
a stormy and bitter contest. In 1867 Mr. Jordan declined a position
upon the governor's staff, but in 1872 accepted a similar offer from
Governor Straw. He is also a member of many historical, literary, and
social organizations. Mr. Jordan has received noted recognition of his
abilities in many circles. In all that he has undertaken he has acquitted
himself with credit.
�ON. AUGUSTU S A. WOOLSON, son of Amos and Hannah
(Temple) Woolson, was born at Lisbon, June 15, 1835. He
made the most of the educational advantages of his native town until
the age of sixteen, after which he attended for a few terms the acad
emies at Meriden, and at Newbury, Vt. At the close of his school
life, on attaining his majority, he went to Minnesota, where he remained
about a year and a half, afterwards returning to Lisbon, where he has since
continued to reside, an acknowledged leader in every public enterprise.
His life has been an honorable as well as a busy one. He was town
clerk several years, soon after reaching his majority; has been moderator,
with the exception of the few years of Democratic ascendancy, since
1866. He is at present, and for years has been, town treasurer and
chairman of the board of supervisors. As chairman of the Republican
town committee he has directed the Republican politics of the town
since 1865. He was elected to the legislature in 1875, and reëlected
in '76, 77, and '78. He was chosen speaker in 1877 and reëlected in
1878, receiving almost the unanimous vote of the Republican legislative
caucus the first year and being nominated by acclamation the second
year. He performed the duties of the chair with credit to himself and
honor to his town. He has served for many years as a member of the
Republican state central committee, and was for some time a member
of the executive committee and chairman of the Grafton county commit
tee. He has been a delegate to nearly every Republican state convention
for more than twenty years, was a member of the Garfield convention at
Chicago in 1880, and headed the Harrison electoral ticket for New
Hampshire in the presidential election of 1892. Mr. Woolson was
also, some years ago, a deputy sheriff for Grafton county, deputy United
AUGUSTUS A. WOOLSON.
States marshal, and assistant assessor of internal revenue.
He is at
present a director in the Lisbon Savings Bank and Trust company.
�ON. ALVIN BURLEIGH was born in Plymouth, December
19, 1842. He secured his education at Kimball Union academy,
Meriden, and at Dartmouth college, whence he was graduated in 1871.
The year following his graduation he was principal of the Woodstock
(Vt.) high school, and then entered upon the study of law with Hon.
Henry W. Blair at Plymouth, and was admitted to the bar in November,
1874. He formed a partnership with Mr. Blair, which existed from
1875 to 1879, when Mr. Blair was chosen to the United States senate;
and since then has been associated with George H. Adams, under the
firm name of Burleigh & Adams, practising in the state and United
States courts. In 1887 he was speaker of the New Hampshire house of
representatives, and filled that arduous position during the long and try
ing session of that year with remarkable fidelity and impartiality. For
several years he has been president of the Plymouth school board, is a
trustee of the Methodist church in Plymouth, of the Plymouth Guaranty
Savings Bank, and of the State Normal school. When a boy Mr.
Burleigh learned the tanner's trade, and from the age of fifteen has
supported and educated himself. He forsook the tanner's bench in
1862 to enlist in Company B of the Fifteenth New Hampshire regiment,
and served until it was disbanded, being one of four children descended
from a Revolutionary grandfather, who fought in the Rebellion. Mr.
Burleigh is a member of the Grand Army, has been commander of the
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Penniman post, twice judge advocate of the department of New Hamp
shire, and a member of the national staff. Mr. Burleigh is one of the
most reliable of men. He has been called as counsel in some of the
most noted cases that grace the records of the bar, and as an advocate,
as well as a counsellor, his fame is secure; a large practice attests his
success, but above all that rests the knowledge of the confidence of
HON. ALVIN BURLEIGH.
those who know him, a dearer and sweeter reward than can come from
any measure of honor.
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�NE of the busiest of New Hampshire's young men is Hon. Hiram
D. Upton, of Manchester, whose activity knows no bounds. Mr.
Upton was born in East Jaffrey, May 5, 1859, the son of Hon. Peter
Upton, who for fifty years has been one of the leading bankers of the
state. Mr. Upton was educated at Appleton academy, New Ipswich,
at Kimball Union academy, Meriden, and was graduated from Dart
mouth college in 1879, immediately entering the financial world as clerk
in the Monadnock National Bank at East Jaffrey, being chosen cashier
in the following year as soon as he had reached his majority. In 1883
he began to operate for himself in the investment business, and in that
same year was chosen president of the Northwestern Trust company
of Fargo, North Dakota, from which concern has grown the New Hamp
shire Trust company, which was organized two years later. In the New
Hampshire Trust company Mr. Upton was chosen treasurer upon its
organization, and was promoted to the presidency in January, 1892.
Mr. Upton's prominence in the financial world has led to his engage
ment in other enterprises than those represented by the company of
which he is president, ranking also as one of the largest real estate
owners in Manchester, in this respect being alert and progressive.
Mr. Upton is a staunch Republican, and in 1889 he represented his ward
in the legislature of New Hampshire, and was chosen speaker of the
house, with one exception the youngest man who ever held that posi
tion, and the only one not a lawyer to be so elected in ten years.
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HIRAM
D. UPTON.
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�HE age of young men has dawned in New Hampshire.
The
T exigencies of the public service within the past decade have called
for the vigor and enthusiasm of youth. Among those whom this call
HON.
has brought to the front is Hon. Frank G. Clarke of Peterborough, who
was born in Wilton, September 10, 1850, and who was educated at
Kimball Union academy and at Dartmouth college, and who entered
upon the practice of law at Peterborough in 1875. From the first Mr.
Clarke's career was full of promise, that was amply fulfilled by his
achievements, as he successively passed in the public service to places
demanding the exercise of mental qualities beyond the average.
Mr. Clarke became a member of Governor Hale's staff in 1883, with the
rank of colonel, and in 1885 first came before the public as a member
of the house of representatives, where his quick and vivacious intellect
ual qualities gave him a prominence beyond his years, and an influence
commensurate with his prominence. In this session Mr. Clarke won
many a laurel in the hotly contested debates that clustered about the
legislation of that year. Returning to the practice of his profession
after this interim of public duty, Mr. Clarke was again called in 1889 to
legislative work by an election to the state senate, where he added to
his reputation as a young man of exceptional brilliancy, and in 1891
again sat in the house of representatives, being elevated to the speaker
ship by a handsome majority in his party's caucus. In this position
Mr. Clarke won additional honors by his bearing as presiding officer
through the troublesome session of the legislature, and at the close the
tributes of esteem that were paid to him by the members of the majority
and minority parties were hearty, numerous, and genuine. In the cam
paign of 1892 Mr. Clarke again came before the public, this time as a
campaign orator, and his service for the party candidates on the stump
was vigorous and enthusiastic.
FRANK G. CLARKE.
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�OBERT N. CHAMBERLIN, speaker of the house of represen
tatives, was born in Bangor, N. Y., July 24, 1856, and is the son
of Antoine Chamberlin and Electa B. Sears.
He was educated in the
common schools and at Colebrook academy, and at the academy at
Derby Centre, Vt. He studied law with George W. Hartshorn at
Canaan, Vt., and was admitted to the bar of Essex county in March,
1881, and in July of that year became a practitioner in New Hampshire,
being admitted to the bar at Concord in March, 1883, and taking up his
residence in Berlin. Mr. Chamberlin has rapidly advanced to distinc
tion. In 1887 he was chosen a selectman of the town and was reëlected
in 1888, resigning his office, however, before the completion of his
second term. In that same year he was elected to the legislature by a
large majority, and served through the session of 1889 with positions
upon the judiciary committee, and the chairmanship of the committee of
elections. Through this session Mr. Chamberlin was especially prom
inent in the work of the house. He spoke frequently upon the many
important questions coming before the legislature, and always to the
point. He achieved a notable success in the legislative field, and upon
his reëlection to the house in 1892 was spontaneously advanced as a
candidate for the speakership, to which position he was nominated by
an overwhelming vote in the party caucus. His election followed as a
matter of course, and as speaker Mr. Chamberlin added to the reputa
tion he had already attained. With skill he directed the deliberations
of the session, with courtesy he smoothed the pathway of legislation,
with force he impressed his personality upon the house. Upon the .
formation of the municipal court of Berlin, Mr. Chamberlin was appointed
its judge, and although resigning that position to assume legislative
duties, the position was held open for him during the session.
HON. ROBERT N. CHAMBERLIN.
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�OL. STEPHEN SHANNON JEWETT, the son of John Glines
Jewett and Carrie E. Shannon, was born in Laconia, Sep
tember 18, 1858.
He was educated in the public schools of his native
place and at the old Gilford academy. He read law with Charles F.
Stone, and in March, 1880, was admitted to the bar. In the same year
he established himself in practice, and has since continued at Laconia,
having now a partner, the firm being Jewett & Plummer. Early in
his career Colonel Jewett attracted the attention of his associates, and in
1884 he was appointed clerk of the Belknap county court. This posi
tion he held but a short time, however. In 1883 he was engrossing
clerk of the New Hampshire legislature and in 1887 he was elected
assistant clerk of the house of representatives and was reëlected in 1889.
In 1890, at the extra session of the legislature, he was advanced to the
clerkship of the house, and in 1891 and 1893 was reëlected. For several
campaigns Colonel Jewett was a member for Belknap county of the exec
utive committee of the Republican state committee, and in 1890, he was
chosen secretary of the committee, and in 1892 he was advanced to the
chairmanship. In these positions Colonel Jewett displayed unusual
energy and an uncommon amount of executive ability. Upon him fell
almost unknown tasks and in hitherto unknown quantities, yet they
were all faithfully discharged. In 1893, upon the chartering of the city
of Laconia, Colonel Jewett was chosen city solicitor, and upon him
devolved the duty of preparing the entire ordinances of the new munici
pality. Colonel Jewett is a Mason in the Thirty-second degree, and is a
member and past commander of Pilgrim commandery. He is director
and counsel of the Laconia Building and Loan association. Colonel
Jewett's title comes from service upon the staff of Governor Goodell,
1889–91. Colonel Jewett is easily a leader in his native state, and in
his leadership is no disparagement, his youthful enthusiasm rather
pressing him on.
COL. STEPHEN SHANNON JEWETT.
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�ILLIAM TUTHERLY was born in Claremont, June 3, 1866,
the youngest of six children born to William E. and Lorette C.
(Rossiter) Tutherly. He was educated in the public and high schools
of Claremont, the University of Vermont, and the Boston University
law school. During the academic years of 1887–88 he was a cadet in
the United States military academy at West Point, leaving on account
of injuries received at the institution. He studied law under the direc
tion of Hon. Ira Colby of Claremont, graduated at the Boston Univer
sity law school in June, 1892, and was admitted to the bar in July of
the same year. The following year he removed to Concord, where he
is engaged in the practice of his profession. He served as assistant
secretary of the constitutional convention of 1889, and at the extra ses
sion of the legislature in 1890 he was elected assistant clerk of the
house of representatives. This position he now holds, having twice
won a reëlection at the sessions of 1891 and 1893. Upon the reorgan
ization of the Republican state committee in 1892, Mr. Tutherly was
chosen secretary of that organization, and served with marked fidelity
and ability through the successful campaign of that year. His interest
in military affairs did not cease with his retirement from West Point,
and in May, 1889, he was commissioned paymaster of the Third regi
ment, N. H. N. G., on the staff of Col. True Sanborn, a position which
he still holds. Mr. Tutherly is one of New Hampshire's brightest
young men, and has brought to the discharge of his official and quasi
public duties a vigorous, mental alertness, combined with a remarkable
facility of execution, which have attained for him a prominence not often
accorded to men of his years. Thrown in contact with the best men in
the state, he has in nowise suffered by the comparison, and has given
promise and performance indicating a high degree of capability and
pointing the way to further advancement and success.
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WILLIAM TUTHERLY.
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�O name is more widely known or more justly honored in the
northern valley of the Connecticut river than that of Keyes. The
present representative of that family, Henry Wilder Keyes, was born
May 23, 1863, the son of Henry and Emma Francis Pierce Keyes.
He was born in Newbury, Vt., and received his earliest education there.
Removing to Boston upon the death of his father in 1870, he fitted for
college at the Nichols Latin school and at Adams academy, Quincy,
Mass. Entering Harvard university in 1883, he graduated with “cum
laude " honors in 1887, having gained distinction in society, athletics,
and scholarship alike. Besides playing on the football team, he rowed
for three years on the university crew, the last year (1887) being cap
tain and coach, and succeeding in turning out a crew that lowered all pre
vious records for four miles. At graduation his class honored him with
an election as first marshal, the highest social distinction in Harvard
life. After leaving college Mr. Keyes travelled extensively abroad, and
upon his return, in spite of tempting business offers, decided to locate
permanently on the farm in Haverhill which his father had owned and
which he had managed while in college. This estate comprises a thousand
acres of land in both New Hampshire and Vermont and is acknowledged
to be one of the finest in the Connecticut valley. Here are located a
herd of Holstein cattle and a flock of Shropshire sheep whose fame is
international, as well as other imported stock. Mr. Keyes also owns
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farms in Kansas and Dakota and has taken much interest in the improve
ment of stock and the establishment of coöperative creameries.
Besides
holding various town offices he represented Haverhill in the legislature
of 1891 and again in 1893 in which year he was also the Democratic
candidate for secretary of state.
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�LEXANDER. M. BEATTIE, member of the house of represen
A tatives from Lancaster, was born in Ryegate, Vt., July 29, 1830.
He was a son of James Beattie and Margaret Gillespie, who after
their marriage in 1808, settled in Ryegate. He was educated in the
public schools of his native town, Newbury seminary, and St. Johns
bury academy. After leaving school, he moved to California, spend
ing nearly seven years in gold mining. May 8, 1861, he enlisted
in the Third Vermont; was mustered into service July 16, 1861, as
second lieutenant; promoted to captain November 13, 1862. Captain
Beattie was in all the principal battles in which his regiment was en
gaged. While in command of the Second division, Sixth corps sharp
shooters, which was given him in the spring of 1864, he did efficient
work in tearing up the rails and breaking the enemy's line of communi
cation, June 23, and in quick and skilful work on the skirmish line in
front of Petersburg, and at Fort Stevens, July 11. Absolutely fear
less, always on the alert, and quick to catch the situation and to
act, Captain Beattie never lost an opportunity, and never failed, with
courage and decision, to make the most of it. In 1866-'67, he was
interested in the oil regions in Bothwell, Canada, with success. In
1868 he bought large tracts of wild lands in New Hampshire and Ver
mont, and commenced a lumber business, in which he has been suc
cessful.
In 1869 he married Celest, daughter of Gen. A. J. Congdon,
and has one child, Mabel Alexander.
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ALEXAN IDER M.
BEATTIE.
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�HOMAS JEFFERSON COURSER, member of the legislature
T of 1893 from the town of Webster, was born in Wilmot, July 20,
1837, and is the son of William Barnard Courser and Nancy Morey.
He was educated in the common schools of Warner and began at the age
of nine years to earn his own living, finding time, however, to attend a few
terms of school at Contoocook academy. Mr. Courser's parents were
not wealthy, and at an early age the boy began farming, coming at the
age of twenty-one to enter the employ of Dr. Robert Lane of Sutton,
remaining there for eight years. Being fore-handed, as the New Eng
land expression has it, Mr. Courser in time had laid up a little capital
and moved to Webster where he engaged in farming on his own account,
continuing that occupation until the present time and scoring in it a
pronounced success, adding, however, to his occupation that of dealer
in cattle and stock. Mr. Courser has given some attention to politics,
and for two years served as deputy sheriff of Merrimack county and for
four years held office as county commissioner, being elected upon the
Democratic ticket. In 1892 he was chosen to his present position, and
has taken a high stand among the working members of the house for
his practical common sense and judgment. His genial nature has won
him friends in every direction.
THOMAS JEFFERSON COURSER.
�MOS NOYES BLANDIN, member of the legislature, was born
A in Landaff, September 6, 1864, the son of Willis Barrett Blandin
and Jane Noyes. He was educated in the schools of Bath and at Phil
lips Exeter academy, his parents having removed to Bath when he was
three years of age. Until his eighteenth year he worked upon his
father's farm, and has since then been engaged in lumbering on his own
account, having through his own efforts built up an increasingly prosper
ous and lucrative business.
In the town of Bath he is esteemed as one
of its citizens, and has already been honored with election to many of
the town offices, serving as representative in the legislature during the
last session with credit to himself and with honor to his constituents.
He is at present engaged as treasurer and manager of the Bath Lumber
company, and under his direction are cut six to eight million feet of
lumber annually, he personally superintending the cutting of the timber.
Mr. Blandin is, by recent appointment, a member of the commission to
appraise the timber land in unincorporated places in the state. In addi
tion to these duties Mr. Blandin serves as director in the Woodsville
Loan and Banking company, and is a director in the National Bank of
Commerce at Pierre, South Dakota. Mr. Blandin is an active young
man, and to his activity he owes his success. In this hustling quarter of
the nineteenth century, such men as he bear off the palm. No enter
prise too vast, no obstacle too severe, no task too arduous, presents
itself to the young, enthusiastic men of the present, and among them
Mr. Blandin ranks as one of those who never falters, never shirks, and
A MOS NOYES
BLANDIN.
always succeeds.
�DWARD H. EVERETT was born at Henniker, November 23,
1854, and is the son of Charles W. Everett and Laura Soule.
His father was a veteran railroad conductor but his son chose another
line of work and served an apprenticeship in the apothecary store of
George E. Hall at Manchester, although he in turn came into railroad
life, serving for several years as cashier in the Concord railroad office
at Nashua. He resigned that position, however, on the death of John
J. Whittemore and purchased the drug business which that gentleman
had conducted, and is now engaged in carrying on the store. In his
ward Mr. Everett has attained a prominent position by his constant
display of a “Bourbon Democracy” that has advanced him in political
circles. Twice he sat in the legislature, first in 1885 and again in 1893,
and during each session he was prominent in the debates of the house,
his speeches stamping him as an original and courageous legislator.
Mr. Everett's mind is distinctly unconventional. He is a pronounced
atheist and, though never obtruding his views, stands ready always to
give answer for his lack of faith. In the city of Nashua he commands
an increasing clientage. In business circles he is popular, in political
circles he has won honors and should he aspire he may hope with
encouragement for better and more honorable gifts to come.
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EDWARD H. EVERETT.
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�DWARD H. CARROLL was born in Sutton, October 31, 1854,
Hale. Since
his thirteenth year he has resided in Warner, where at the age of eighteen
he entered into business with his father, and has for twenty-five years
continued as clerk and partner in the same store. In 1877 he was appointed
postmaster of Warner, and resigned in 1884 voluntarily, and is said to be
the only postmaster in New Hampshire who resigned without request but
because of a belief in rotation in office. In 1885 and 1886 he was town
treasurer, and from 1886 to 1889 he was a member of the school board.
He was elected treasurer of Merrimack county in 1890, and has but now
relinquished the duties of that office. In 1893 he was a member of the
legislature from Warner and was one of the most prominent figures of
the session, through his connection with the Carroll highway bill,
relieving towns and cities from liability for accidents upon highways.
Upon this bill all the parliamentary struggles of the session concentrated,
yet Mr. Carroll, with supreme confidence in the wisdom of his measure,
and with remarkable sagacity, rallied about him an enthusiastic corps of
supporters and pushed the bill to a brilliant and successful issue. Mr.
Carroll was chairman of the committee on incorporations during this
session of the legislature, and to the important duties of that position
gave careful and conscientious heed. Mr. Carroll is New Hampshire
E. and is the son of Alonzo C. Carroll and Mercy A.
born and bred.
He was educated in the common schools and in the
high school at Warner, and while yet in his teens began the active
work of life. The enthusiasm with which he then entered upon his
duties has never left him, but remains still a constant factor in his suc
cess. Mr. Carroll is an active, earnest, enterprising citizen, to whom
the community owes much, and for whom the community is always
ready to do much.
�J
ONATHAN THORNE DODGE, member of the legislature from
the new-born city of Rochester, was born in that city, June 23,
1844, and bears the same name as his father, his mother having been
Sarah Hanson.
He was educated in the common schools of his native
city, in Boston, and at Phillips Andover academy.
Following the
course of his father, who was possessed of extensive business and real
estate interests in Rochester, Mr. Dodge became clerk in Dodge's hotel,
a famous stand in olden times which still maintains its well-earned repu
tation. As clerk in this hotel Mr. Dodge passed many of the years of
his life, succeeding to the proprietorship of the property upon the death
of his father. Mr. Dodge could not fail to be prominent in the various
local concerns by virtue of his extensive interests in the city, but more
by virtue of his personal interest in the prosperity of Rochester. He
has become actively identified with nearly all of the public organizations.
He is a director in the Cold Spring Agricultural society, is vice-presi
dent of the Rochester Savings Bank, is a director of the Rochester
board of trade, and has been chief engineer of the fire department.
When the new city of Rochester was chartered in 1891 and came to
elect its first city government, Mr. Dodge naturally was chosen to serve
in the council, where his keen insight won for him merited appointment
upon the leading committees and his work during the first, the crucial,
year of the city's existence, was faithful, careful, reaching permanent
results, and merited the election to the house of representatives which
he received before his term of office in the city council had expired.
Mr. Dodge has become so thoroughly identified with Rochester as to
be one of its constituent parts, and the figure is not exaggerated, for in
all that Rochester implies, in its bustling, progressive, prosperous activ
ity, Mr. Dodge typifies in his own career the essentials that have made
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JONATHAN THORNE DODGE.
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HERBERT FELLOWS was born in Brentwood, August 29,
1850, and is the son of Stephen and Narcissa Gale (Sinclair) Fel
lows. He was educated in the schools of Brentwood, at Kingston
academy, and at Tilton seminary. He has been engaged for several
years in business at West Brentwood where he built up a large estab
lishment for the manufacture of wood and paper boxes. Nothing but
the energy of the proprietor has made this establishment successful, for
in addition to its unfavorable location it has also suffered from the rav
ages of fire, requiring not only diligence and patience, but also courage
in a large degree. Mr. Fellows has found time, however, to devote him
self to other interests than those of his immediate business.
For
example, he has held office as postmaster at West Brentwood, and for
two years was a selectman of the town of Brentwood. In 1893,
he was sent by his fellow citizens to represent them in the legislature,
and was one of the most industrious and capable of the members of the
house of representatives. Mr. Fellows is a man of much worth of char
acter and the quiet fortitude of his manner, no less than the well-under
stood uprightness of his honor, has enabled him to push forward through
obstacles to success.
JOHN HERBERT FELLOWS.
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�HARLES H. HOYT was born in Concord, July 26, 1860, the
son of George W. Hoyt, a famous hotel man of Concord who
afterwards served in the railway mail service. Mr. Hoyt was educated
at a private school in Charlestown, where his family residence has been
since 1868, and later at the Boston Latin school.
He read law in the
office of Chief Justice Cushing, and abandoned that profession for jour
nalism, being first connected with the St. Albans Advertiser, and later
with the Boston Post where he conducted the “All Sorts” paragraphical
column for five years, in addition assuming the work of dramatic, musi
cal, and sporting editor. Mr. Hoyt, during the period of his news
paper work, wrote more or less for the Boston local stage, but his first
important production, “A Bunch of Keys,” was not brought out until
1883. So marked was the success of this comedy, that a year later Mr.
Hoyt abandoned journalism for active theatrical work as manager and
playwright, producing in company with Charles W. Thomas, “A Rag
Baby.” The partnership then formed with Mr. Thomas has since con
tinued, the firm now managing Hoyt's Madison Square theatre in New
York and also controlling the travelling companies now producing Mr.
Hoyt's plays. In all Mr. Hoyt has written fourteen plays, none of which
has failed of winning popular favor. In 1887 Mr. Hoyt married Flora
Walsh of San Francisco, who died January 22, 1893. Mr. Hoyt in
1892 was elected representative from Charlestown, and was his party's
candidate for speaker. As New Hampshire's only playwright, Mr.
Hoyt enjoys a unique distinction yet he bears his honors modestly.
The sparkling briskness of his plays is the characteristic of the man.
CHARLES
H.
HOYT.
Keenly satirical yet never wounding, good humoredly witty, frank and
genial, Charles H. Hoyt, like his own plays, is a New England produc
tion and New Hampshire proudly claims him as her own.
�EORGE FREDERICK MATHES, member of the house of
G representatives
from Wolfeborough, was born in Rochester,
March 25, 1856, and is the son of Stephen Meserve Mathes and Louisa
Fish Davis. Mr. Mathes was educated in the public schools at Roch
ester, and upon leaving these institutions entered upon what has been
his life work, railroading. He began in the freight office of the Boston
& Maine railroad at Rochester, serving in a subordinate capacity and
gradually being promoted through the different grades of service until
he finally left the office to become a conductor on the northern division
of the Boston & Maine railroad, in which capacity he has served for
thirteen years, with unvarying success, winning the praise of his
employers and the friendship of his patrons. Mr. Mathes has been
chosen to public position as a mark of trust on the part of those who
know him. He was elected to the constitutional convention of 1889
and to the house of representatives of 1893 by the citizens of Wolfe
borough, a constituency that has always been represented in the legis
lature by men of ability and integrity. Mr. Mathes is one of the
pushing young men of his section of the state. In his chosen line of
work he is deservedly one of the most popular employes and numbers
his friends by the hundreds. He is a sample of the vigorous and earnest
young manhood of New Hampshire, and the fact that he has made his
mark in the community in which he was born and educated and has
always lived, speaks much for his credit and standing before the most
critical of audiences, one's lifelong friends and neighbors.
GEORGE FREDERICK MATHES.
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�RANK I. MORRILL, member of the legislature of 1893 from
He
was educated at New Hampton Literary and Scientific Institution and
graduated from the Boston University law school in 1873 and was
admitted one year later to the Suffolk county bar, and began the prac
tice of his profession in the courts of Boston, following it for eight
years, when he returned to New Hampshire and took up his residence in
Contoocook, engaging as a lumber manufacturer and dealer, since fol
lowing this calling. During Mr. Morrill's residence in Massachusetts
his residence was in Newton though he practiced law in Boston. In
the former city he was prominent in various social and political matters,
serving as a member of his ward and city committee, and giving always
F Hopkinton, was born in Contoocook, November 30, 1849.
to the use of his constituents the best of his time and talents.
After
taking up again his residence in the state of his birth Mr. Morrill evinced
the same interest in public affairs and has been frequently honored by
his fellow citizens in Hopkinton with elections to town offices, all of
which he has filled with sufficient ability and credit to merit repeated
returns.
Mr. Morrill is a member of the Masonic Order and also of
the Odd Fellows.
In 1892 he was chosen a member of the legislature
and became one of the most prominent members of that body, taking
an active part in the work of the session both in committee rooms and
upon the floor of the house.
�YRUS SARGEANT, the descendant of revolutionary stock and
C coming from a good old English family, was born in Candia, August
24, 1824, and spent his earliest years on the farm, in the district school,
and in the country store. Leaving the state at the age of sixteen, he
engaged in a larger field of activity in Boston, where for twenty-two
years he became prominently identified with the mercantile interests of
the city, retiring from personal participation in business in 1862. The
next ten years of his life were spent in travel both in Europe and Amer
ica, the cultured taste and wise discrimination of Mr. Sargeant leading
him into all parts of the world. Mr. Sargeant was first married in 1855,
his wife dying three years later, leaving one child. In 1873 he was
again married to Mary E., the daughter of his lifelong friend, James
McQuesten. His wife's parents dying while he was in Europe, he returned
to America to take up his residence in Plymouth upon the homestead of
Mrs. Sargeant, a house with a history, having been the shelter of George
Thompson, the noted abolitionist, during his memorable visit to this
country. Mr. Sargeant's oldest child is the wife of Dr. Robert Burns
of Plymouth and his two youngest, a son and daughter, are now at
school. During his residence in Plymouth Mr. Sargeant has become
identified with the best interests of the town, his broad spirit, his
wide culture, his unceasing vigor, leading him into all channels of activ
ity. He is a trustee of the Normal school and was one of the most
active in securing the erection of the new and elegant building which the
school now occupies. In 1891 Mr. Sargeant came to the legislature
from Plymouth, and so excellent was his record as to merit reëlection.
In the house of 1893 he excelled even his former work as a faithful,
capable, conscientious legislator. His vote has never been cast except
for conscience sake; his voice has never been raised except in behalf of
honesty; his sturdy character repels deceit; the vigor of his mind courts
CY RUS SARGEANT.
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�LONZO IRVING NUTE, member of the house of representatives
from Farmington, is the second son of the late Hon. Alonzo
Nute, who represented the first congressional district in the Fifty-first
congress. Mr. Nute was born at Farmington, September 21, 1853.
He was educated at the Farmington high school and at Phillips And
over academy, and immediately entered a business life in company with
his father and elder brother under the firm name of A. Nute & Sons,
and engaged in the manufacture of shoes.
This business is still con
tinued since the death of the senior member of the firm.
Mr. Nute is
one of New Hampshire's keenest business men. He has served in
various quasi-public positions and in 1887 was appointed by Gov. Charles
H. Sawyer to become a member of the New Hampshire bank commis
sion. In this capacity under the old statute, Mr. Nute remained until
the summer of 1889, when by legislative act the commission was remod
elled, its duties increased, and its membership enlarged. Mr. Nute was
at that time chosen to become one of the new commission and in this
position he was invaluable. At the expiration of his term of service he
returned to his business at Farmington, and has been actively engaged
therein since that time, being now treasurer of the A. Nute & Sons
Shoe Co. In 1891 he was elected chairman of the board of town offi
cers in Farmington by almost the entire Democratic majority and at the
last election he was made his party's candidate for representative, and
though the town is normally Democratic by a large majority, Mr. Nute
was chosen with two Democratic colleagues. In the house he served
with the same fidelity, the same courtesy, the same efficiency, that have
marked him in his various capacities. His experience in public life
rendered him valuable as a legislator, his insight quickening his judg
ALONZO. IRVING NUTE.
ment and execution.
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�RANKLIN P. ROWELL, of Newport, was born in Weare and
F was educated in the schools of that town and in the academy at
Francestown, starting out at the age of eighteen to earn his own living
and to achieve, if possible, success. He began by learning the machin
ist's trade in the Amoskeag shops at Manchester, after which he worked
in Blood's locomotive works and was sexton of the Franklin street church
FRANKLIN P. ROWELL.
in the same city. In 1874 he removed to Newport and engaged in the
grain and flour business, and has succeeded in building up and main
taining a clientage that brings to him a competence. In 1875 he mar
ried Eliza I. Young of Manchester and has five children, Arthur,
Stephen, Lena, Irving, and Jessie. Mr. Rowell is a keen and aggres
sive business man, and opportunities that have come to him have been
quickly seized upon and exhaustively expanded. He early developed the
possibilities of extensive advertising and much of his success in life has
been due to the unique manner in which he has placed himself before the
public in the endeavor to obtain their patronage, which has followed in
increasing amounts. Mr. Rowell is a public spirited citizen, and aside
from the engrossing cares of his increasing business has found time to
become interested and instrumental in the development of many of the
public enterprises of his town. In public and private life he is scrupu
lously honest; from each he has exacted his due and to each he has
cheerfully rendered an equivalent. He has won the esteem of his
acquaintances by his cheerful, ready honesty, and has won the respect
of all by his manly demand for the rights that are due him. Mr. Rowell
was elected to the legislature of 1893, and was an influential member of
that body, taking part in the debates of the session with ease and fluency
and appearing before the committees of the house in advocacy of many
important measures which he either introduced or championed in the
progress of the legislative business of the session.
�ENNIS O'SHEA was born at South Ashburnham, Mass., Octo
ber 23, 1851, and at the age of six moved to Laconia where he
has since resided. He was educated in the public schools, at Gilford
academy, and at Holy Cross college. He early began to care for him
self and at the age of eight worked in a mill during the vacations. At
the age of thirteen he was one of the organizers and captain of the
Laconia Zouaves, a boys' military company that won high renown and
was invited to Concord to parade in 1864 by the governor and council.
While attending school at Gilford academy he was office boy in the
Belknap Mills, from 1864 to 1867, and in 1867 began the dry goods
business as clerk for Folsom & Smith, with whom he remained until 1875
with the exception of one year spent in college. In 1875 he entered
the dry goods business with his brother, John, under the firm name of
O'Shea Bros., a firm that has built up the largest trade in northern New
Hampshire, embracing more departments, employing more salesmen,
and calling for more capital, more enterprise, and more sagacity than
any other firm in the state. In addition to the duties devolving upon
him as member of this firm Mr. O'Shea is sole proprietor of the Laconia
Knitting company, employing about one hundred and fifty hands in the ,
manufacture of hosiery. He is a director and the first president of the
Laconia Electric Lighting company, director of the Laconia Board of
Trade, and in 1893 was elected a director of the Laconia National waw.
He is one of the charter members of the Merchants Guarantec
saving:
Bank. In 1893 he was a member of the legislature from Laco"
and
served with the same quick, unerring sagacity that has characterized his
DENNIS O'SHEA.
business career.
�HOMAS H. VAN DYKE, who represented Stewartstown in the
T legislature
of 1893 as a Republican, and who served in that
body upon the committee on railroads, is one of the most active young
men in the Coös country. He is engaged in the lumber business at
West Stewartstown in connection with the Connecticut River Lumber
company, and in politics has been his party's nominee for many offices,
and has often succeeded in wresting victory from a firmly entrenched
and vigorously supported opponent.
THOMAS H. VANDY KE.
17o
�J'
H. LOCKE of Zealand represented the town of Carroll in
the legislature of 1893 as a Democrat, and served on the commit
tee on incorporations. Mr. Locke is engaged in lumbering at Zea
land as resident manager for the Van Dyke company, and before that
was in the same business at McIndoes Falls, Vt., and with the same
company. Before that he was for some time proprietor of the Valley
hotel at Hillsborough Bridge, where he made many firm friends whom
he has retained in his new positions.
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�OL. CHARLES SCOTT, a native, a life-long resident, and an
son, of Peterborough, was born April 14, 1829, his
C honored
parents being William and Phylinda (Crossfield) Scott. He is a
grandson of Hon. John Scott, who served several years in the Revolu
tionary War, and is a great-grandson of Maj. William Scott of Revo
lutionary fame. He attended the common schools of his native town,
and until he was sixteen years of age was at home upon the farm. For
four years he was a clerk in a store in Peterborough, and for three
years he was publisher of the Peterborough Transcript. He gave up
this work when he was appointed high sheriff of Hillsborough county,
and for eighteen years he filled that position, a longer term than any
other incumbent, and since his retirement from the high shrievalty he
has been a deputy sheriff of the county. Upon the organization of
the Sixth regiment of New Hampshire volunteers he was appointed
major, and before his service in the army was ended he was promoted
to be lieutenant-colonel. Colonel Scott is now justice of the Peter
borough police court, and in the legislatures of 1889, 1891, and 1893.
was a valued working member. Colonel Scott is also a familiar figure
in political conventions. His shrewd advice has been constantly asked
and given in his party's councils, and in many a contest he has been no
inconsiderable factor. He is a debater of firmness and decision, and
never talks without listeners, and never closes without converts. His
long years of official service have given him that prominence attainable
COL. CHARLES SCOTT.
only by constant, indefatigable, honest methods. The sheer force of
his character has fixed his position in the minds of those who know
him beyond the power of place to add or to detract.
�HOMAS LANG WADLEIGH was born and has always lived at
Meredith. He is the son of Nathan Batchelder Wadleigh and of
Sarah Whitten Lang, and first saw the light October 21, 1858. As a
boy he attended the schools of Meredith, and as a youth he studied at
the New Hampshire Conference seminary at Tilton, beginning his busi
ness career in 1880, when he engaged in lumbering in company with his
father, however, to cast his fortunes with the Meredith Shook & Lum
ber company, Dodge & Bliss Co., proprietors. He became general
manager in the manufacture of box shooks for the Dodge & Bliss Co.,
of New York. In this line of work Mr. Wadleigh has been remarkably
enterprising and successful, the increase of his business annually
attesting to his ability. Under Mr. Wadleigh's direction the business
of his company has steadily grown until today it is the chief industry in
the town of Meredith. This success is largely, indeed it is no stretch
of fancy to say that it is wholly, due to Mr. Wadleigh's careful super
vision. Under his father's instruction his training had been careful and
complete. The results of that training are now daily exhibited by the
development of his own business. In the affairs of the town of Mere
dith Mr. Wadleigh has naturally taken a prominent part. The enter
prises of that town, its efforts for its own betterment, have all received
his cordial approbation and many of them owe their originating to him.
Mr. Wadleigh was elected to the legislature of 1893 and to his constit
uents during that session gave most careful and conscientious service,
characterizing his efforts there by the same tireless zeal, the same care
ful and correct habits, the same courtesy and sagacity, that had won him
success in previous efforts.
THOMAS
L. WADLEIG. H.
�G'
ALBERT B. WOODWORTH.
and Louisa (Hovey) Woodworth were the father and
mother of seven sons and five daughters. The family was poor,
and the children were obliged to work for the common good at an early
age, but both parents possessed a vigorous intellect and it was a home
where such books as the Bible, Shakespeare, Gibbon's Decline and Fall
of the Roman Empire, and Dickens's works were not only read but
digested. All the children grew up to manhood and womanhood, and
all have prospered, but no one more deservedly so than Albert Bingham
Woodworth, the sixth son, born in Dorchester, April 7, 1843, three
years before the family moved to Hebron. The only schooling available
for the lad was that afforded by the district school, supplemented by a
short course at Boscawen academy. He early developed a marked taste
for business, and after serving four years as clerk in a general mer
chandise store, in 1866 began business at Warren, two years later suc
ceeding Parker & Young of Lisbon. At that time Mr. Woodworth
had only a small capital, but friends who had watched his career stood
ready to lend a helping hand, and his own indomitable energy supplied
the rest. In 1873, in company with his brother Edward, he entered
the retail grocery business in Concord, and in 1875 bought the whole
sale and jobbing business of Hutchins & Co., which they have since
carried on with ever-increasing success. Never seeking political prefer
ment, Mr. Woodworth's abilities have been appreciated by his fellow
citizens, and as alderman from Ward 5 from 1885 to 1889, and as
representative from the same ward in the legislature of 1893, he has
done credit to their judgment. Mr. Woodworth was one of the founders
of the Parker & Young Manufacturing company at Lisbon, and has served
continuously as director. In 1880 he purchased an interest in that
famous hostelry, the Tip-Top House, and has been interested in Breezy
Point since the building of The Moosilauke in 1886. Early and late
he has been diligent in business; and, deserving success, has attained it.
�A.J. GEORGE RUSSELL LEAVITT, of Laconia, was born
in that town November 30, 1857, the son of Almon Curtis and
Mary Freeman (Russell) Leavitt. He was educated in the public
schools of his native city, at the New Hampshire Conference seminary
and Female college at Tilton, and at the Gaskell commercial college
at Manchester. For sixteen years to 1890 he was employed by the
Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad as telegraph and ticket agent at
Laconia, and in the latter year he embarked in the wood, coal, and
lumber business at Laconia, and is still engaged in that pursuit. Major
Leavitt has been for many years an enthusiast in military affairs, and
since 1878 has been connected with the New Hampshire National
Guard, enlisting first as a private in Company K of the Third regiment.
In 1880 he became quartermaster-sergeant and was afterward promoted
to be paymaster. In 1889 he was made brigade quartermaster, and in
1893 was promoted to be assistant inspector-general with the rank of
major. In the latter year he was chosen engrossing clerk of the house
of representatives, and in that position made a record for speed and
accuracy which no incumbent of the office of late years has even ap
proached. Major Leavitt is one of the active young men in an active
M
young city.
He counts each acquaintance as a friend, made so by his
unaffected good nature and his generous impulses.
MAJ. GEORGE RUSSELL LEAVITT.
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�VERETT FLETCHER, son of Hiram Adams Fletcher, for
forty-five years a prominent member of the Coös bar, and Persis
Everett Hunking, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Hunking, and grand
daugter of Hon. Richard C. Everett, was born in Colebrook, Decem
ber 23, 1848. He obtained his education at the Lancaster academy,
and at the University of Michigan; read law with Fletcher & Heywood,
at Lancaster, and was admitted to the bar November 18, 1870.
He
established himself in practice at Lancaster, and June 11, 1873, formed
a partnership with his father under the firm name of Fletcher &
Fletcher. This connection continued four years, when the firm of
Ladd & Fletcher was formed, his partner being the Hon. William S.
Ladd, who at that time had retired from the supreme bench.
HON. EVERETT FLETCHER.
This
partnership continued until the death of Judge Ladd in 1891, the firm
name, however, being renewed by the admission of Fletcher Ladd,
Judge Ladd's son, to partnership. Immediately upon his admission to
the bar Judge Fletcher obtained a large practice, which has continued
to the present day. In 1883 he was appointed judge-advocate-general,
with the rank of brigadier-general, upon the staff of Governor Hale, and
served two years. In 1885 he was appointed judge of probate for
Coös county, and still holds the office. In politics he is a Republican,
and has served efficiently as a member of the Republican state com
mittee. He is one of the best read lawyers in New Hampshire, a man
of sound judgment, untiring industry, and unquestioned integrity.
When the last vacancy occurred in the supreme court, his name was
prominently mentioned in connection with the position, and had the
appointment gone to the northern section of the state he would un
doubtedly have received it. He has filled the important office of judge
of probate, to the universal satisfaction of the bar and public. Only
one of his decisions has been carried to the supreme court on appeal.
and in that instance his views of the law were sustained by that tribunal.
�J'
D. YOUNG of Madbury was born in Barrington, Decem
ber 28, 1823, and was the son of Aaron and Lydia (Daniels) Young.
He received his education in the common schools of his native
town and at Durham academy. After completing his education he
taught school several years in the towns of Barrington, Strafford,
Dover, and Madbury. At the early age of twenty-two he was chosen
superintendent of schools of Barrington, and subsequently was elected
for several years selectman and town treasurer. He represented the town
in the legislature three sessions. He was twice elected county treasurer
for Strafford county. In 1868 he moved to Madbury, where he served
the town as selectman and town treasurer four years, and in 1888 was
chosen a delegate to revise the constitution. In 1876 he was appointed
judge of probate for Strafford county by Governor Cheney, which office
he still continues to hold. He was a delegate to the first Republican
state convention, and has always been a firm believer in the principles
of that party, serving fifteen years on the state committee. Judge
Young, previous to his appointment to judge of probate, did a large
share of the probate business in his section of the county. He has,
through his long term of service as judge, undoubtedly gained a larger
circle of acquaintances than any other man in Strafford county, and he
enjoys the confidence of the entire community.
HON. JACOB D. YOUNG.
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�LIPHALET SIMES NUTTER, the second son of Eliphalet
E. and
Lovey (Locke) Nutter, was born in Barnstead, Belknap
county, N. H., November 26, 1819, and is a grandson of Major John
Nutter, who in the War of the Revolution served in the regiment of
Colonel Reid. The subject of this sketch passed his boyhood days on
the farm of his father, in the town of Barnstead, where he acquired
those habits of industry and thrift, which he has so fully exemplified
throughout the period leading up to manhood's ripe fullness of years.
His life represents one continuous chain of successful application. In
1839 we find him captain in the state militia, then proprietor of a
country store in 1844, and postmaster from 1847 to 1855, upon which
date he removed to Concord, the capital of his native state, where he
established a home and residence, which has been maintained to date
(1893), yet during that period he has engaged in business in New
York city and Boston, also in Lawrence, Mass. Mr. Nutter was pres
ident of the New Hampshire Central railroad, also of the Franconia
Iron company, a large owner in the Atlantic & Pacific Railway
Tunnel, at Denver, Col., and is also president of the National Railway &
Street Rolling-stock company. Mr. Nutter has found opportunity,
even amid the cares of his busy life, to closely identify himself with
many patriotic deeds, thereby keeping in touch with the public, one of
which was the erection of a monument to commemorate Hannah
ELIPHALET S. NUTTER.
Dustin and her rescue from cruel captivity, which now stands upon
that historic island near the mouth of the Contoocook river. His gen
erous and untiring exertion was a prominent and most essential contri
bution. In 1845 Mr. Nutter married Sylvania M. Blanchard, of
Lowell, Mass., and now at their charming home in Concord, they enjoy
the fruitful accumulation of a successful life, whose measure of pros
perity is but the honorable reward of sagacious, earnest, and persever
ing activity.
�HE high sheriff of Merrimack county, James F. Fellows, was
born in Salisbury, September 26, 1855, and bears his father's
name.
He attained his education in the town schools of Henniker and
at Henniker academy, and at a commercial college in Boston, beginning
life as a lumber-man in Andover, gradually extending his business in that
line until it now covers Merrimack, Sullivan, and Grafton counties,
numbering his enterprises by the score. Mr. Fellows early in his life
came into prominence by reason of his alert temperament. His quick
discernment, schooled each day by added experience, enabled him to
grasp opportunities that had lain unused for years in the path of other
men, and he has succeeded in demonstrating, in the face of seeming
difficulties, that New Hampshire yet bristles with opportunities for the
sagacious and industrious man. This success in business life attracted
the attention and the admiration of his townsmen, and though residing
in a sterling Democratic community Mr. Fellows has been repeatedly
chosen to be selectman of Andover, a testimonial to his worth and
efficiency the more highly valued because of its source. Into the larger
field of politics Mr. Fellows came in 1892, when he was nominated by
acclamation to be the Republican candidate for sheriff of Merrimack
county. Entering upon the canvass with the same spirit that had
animated his business course, Mr. Fellows conducted a remarkable cam
paign, and though his opponent was strongly entrenched in the position
and was supported by the patronage of the office, Mr. Fellows was
enabled to win by a minute organization of his forces and a careful
attention to the detail work of the campaign, born from the fidelity
with which he had attended to his private business. Mr. Fellows by
reason of this success has become a man of mark in politics, though he
JAMES F. FELLOWS.
was before prominent in the business world. Yet he will not allow the
allurements of the one to draw him from the more substantial rewards
of the other.
I79
�OHN TILLOTSON AMEY was born in Pittsburg, October 16,
1858, and bears the same name as his father.
Emily Haynes.
His mother was
His educational advantages were limited to the
schools of Pittsburg, which he attended in winter, and worked on a
farm summers. He followed that line of study and industry until
1873, and in that year became engaged in lumbering operations in
northern New Hampshire and Vermont, and up to 1885 was con
nected with the Hilliards, Weekses, Beatties, and other large operators
in the business in that section. From 1885 to 1890 he was manager
for the Turner Falls Lumber company, and assumed the personal
superintendency of their extensive lumber business in New Hampshire,
including large drives of logs driven down the Connecticut, and the
running of their mills at Stratford. It was as a representative from that
town that he came to the legislature of 1889, in which he was an
active and useful member, both in general routine work and debate.
Mr. Amey retired from the lumber business in 1890, and opened a
general insurance office in Lancaster, where he has since that time
made his home.
His removal from Stratford to Lancaster did not
debar him from activity in political circles, however, and in November,
1892, he was elected high sheriff of Coös county, and assumed the duties
of the office April 1. Mr. Amey is a bright, keen business man and a
sharp, shrewd politician. While with few early advantages he has
fought his way along in all the various occupations of his life, he has
found in each something to carry him forward; each task undertaken has
TILLOTSON
been an incentive to another.
�O public official in this state is more widely known or more uni
versally popular than Ed Coffin, high sheriff of Rockingham
county. He was born in Portsmouth, March 31, 1831, the son of
N
James and Nancy (Scriggins) Coffin.
He was educated in the public
schools of his native city, graduating from the high school during the
principalship of Prof. Israel Kimball. When he was thirteen years of
age he began to work at printing, and continued until, as he says, he
“took an impression on the third finger of his left hand,” when he
concluded that he had had enough of the art preservative of all arts.
He then went to Boston and learned there the trade of a painter, a
business which he afterwards carried on with great success for
more than twenty years at Portsmouth. Mr. Coffin served on the
board of aldermen of the city by the sea for two terms; was a member
of the state legislature for two terms; and is now serving his fourth
term as sheriff of Rockingham county. As indicating his potency as
a political factor, and his wide-spread popularity, it may be said that
Mr. Coffin is at present the only Democrat upon the long list of Rock
ingham county officials. He was a member of a cavalry regiment in
the New Hampshire National Guard from the formation of the brigade
until 1883, and in 1878 was promoted from first lieutenant to captain
of a company.
Whole-souled, hearty, and honest, Mr. Coffin makes
many friends and keeps them.
His eminent qualifications for the place
he now holds he has proved on many trying occasions.
ED COFFIN.
18 I
�PRUNG from generations of sturdy pioneers, Hon. Daniel Hall
His youth was spent
upon the farm with brief intervals for schooling. He fitted himself for
college and was graduated from Dartmouth in 1854 at the head of his
class. In the fall of that year he entered the public service, as a clerk
in the New York custom house, a post from which he was removed in
1858 because of his outspoken avowal of a change in political beliefs.
S was born in Barrington, February 28, 1832.
He then studied law in Dover, and served as school commissioner for
HON. DANIEL
Strafford county. He was admitted to the bar in 1860. In 1861 he
became private secretary to John P. Hale, but resigned to enter the
army, receiving a captain's commission in March, 1862. Colonel Hall's
army record is a bright one. Assigned to staff duty he served with
distinction, particularly in the engagements at Fredericksburg, Chan
cellorsville, and Gettysburg. Failing health compelled his retirement
from the field, and he served as provost marshal of New Hampshire
until October, 1865. Then he returned to his profession. In 1866 he
was appointed clerk of the supreme court for Strafford county, and in
1868 he became judge of the Dover police court. In 1874, however,
he was removed from these positions by a Democratic legislature. In
1876 and 1877 he was state law reporter, producing volumes 56 and
57 of the N. H. Reports. In 1877 he was appointed naval officer at
the port of Boston, and was reappointed in 1881. Colonel Hall has
always been prominent in Grand Army circles, and “passed the chairs”
in that organization in 1892. A man of rare ability, he has often ap
peared as a public speaker, the most notable of his productions being
the oration at the dedication of the Hale statue, in August, 1892,
which was a most finished, logical, and eloquent review of the great
statesman's life and work. In it, rather than in this meagre outline,
Colonel Hall finds characterization as a ripe student and rigid reasoner.
HALL.
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�ENJAMIN FRANKLIN NEALLEY was born in South Berwick,
B Me., October 24, 1839, the son of Benjamin Mason Nealley and
Abbie Pray. He was educated in the common schools of his native
town, and at South Berwick academy, and at the age of nineteen re
moved to Dover, where he engaged in the dry goods business, follow
ing it with marked success until 1893, when he retired from active par
ticipation in business life. In the city of Dover Mr. Nealley has
become identified with many of its most prominent enterprises, having
been a director in the Dover National Bank, and a trustee of the Straf
ford Savings Bank. In 1878 he assisted in the organization of the
Dover Navigation company, and has been its secretary and treasurer
since its incorporation. Mr. Nealley has been prominent in Masonic
circles, being in 1886 and 1887 Worshipful Master of Strafford lodge.
He is a member of Orphim Council and St. Paul's
HON. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN NEALLEY.
Commandery
Knights Templar. In 1883 Mr. Nealley was a representative in the
legislature from Ward 4, Dover, and in 1887 was elected to the state
senate from the Twenty-third district. In 1889 and 1890 he was
mayor of the city of Dover, and in 1890 and 1891 served as chairman
of the City Hall Building committee, under whose direction Dover's
magnificent municipal building was erected. By religion Mr. Nealley
is a Congregationalist, and is a member of the First Parish Church.
In all the years of his residence in Dover, Mr. Nealley has been follow
ed by the continuous favor of his fellow-citizens, who have repeatedly
placed him in positions of trust and have frequently elevated him to
places of honor and responsibility. In whatever position he may have
been placed, as a business man, as a financier, as chief magistrate of a
city, or as legislator, Mr. Nealley has had but one purpose, faithful, con
scientious performance of his duty to his constituents. In his hands
their views and wishes have found a faithful exponent, a valuable cham
pion.
�ROM Croydon, the birthplace of so many good men, Hon. Still
He was born November 15,
1833, son of John and Charity (Darling) Humphrey, and was educated
in the common schools of Croydon and Marlow academy. For a short
time he was a school teacher, and in 1852 he came to West Concord
and worked for one year in a kit factory. For three years he was clerk
in a store at West Concord, and in 1856 he removed to the city proper,
where he engaged as clerk in a hardware store with the late Col. David
A. Warde. For two years he remained in that position, and since then
F man Humphrey came to Concord.
has been in business for himself in the same store.
This firm has
passed through several changes of name, yet Mr. Humphrey has always
retained his connection with it and his name has led the rest.
Since
the death of Mr. Warde in 1874, Mr. Humphrey has been frequently
honored by calls to positions of high official responsibility, and has
served his ward in the legislature, in the common council, and the board
of aldermen. He was mayor of Concord for two years, from 1889 to
1891, and for thirty-three years has been clerk of Union school-district.
In 1882 he was elected a member of the state board of railroad com
missioners, and in 1893, upon the formation of the board, he was ap
pointed police commissioner for the city of Concord. Mr. Humphrey
is also president of the Centennial Home for the Aged, and is vice-pres
ident of the Concord Commercial Club. Mr. Humphrey is one of the
best known of Concord's residents.
He is a man who has worked his
way upward gradually and always meritoriously.
He is a man of gen
erous instincts, kindly, sympathetic, genial. He bears an honored
name and has added to its honor by his own efforts.
�ON. HENRY W. CLAPP passed the first eighteen years of
his life in Massachusetts, having been born in the town of
Easton, in that state.
He then came to Nashua, where for fourteen
years he was engaged in the foundry business. More than thirty
years ago he removed to Concord, where he has since resided. His
first charge in Concord was the old Cooper foundry, at that time a
broken-down concern, but under his management it became a remuner
ative piece of property for its owners, Messrs. Ford & Kimball, with
whom he remained until 1882, when he began business for himself
under the firm name of H. W. Clapp & Co., and erected a foundry on
Chandler street. No insignificant factor in Mr. Clapp's success in busi
ness life has been his ingenuity, as a large part of the output of his
firm has been the various devices of which he is the patentee—the well
known Clapp grates, sewer castings, and fountains. In 1879 Mr. Clapp
held his first public office as an alderman from Ward 6, Concord. In
1880, and again in 1881 he held the same position, and in 1885 the
same constituency had him for their representative in the legislature.
In 1890 he was the Republican candidate for mayor of Concord and
was elected, serving during the years 1891 and 1892. Mayor Clapp's
administration was a busy, useful, and productive one for the city.
No mayor, during a single term of office, has seen the beginning and
completion of more important public enterprises than he. Under his
chief magistracy was witnessed the dedication of that noble benefac
tion, the Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital; the erection and dedi
cation of the soldiers' memorial arch that stands at the entrance to
the state-house park; the beginning, the completion, and the use of
the present efficient high-pressure water service; the building of the
new lower bridge; the purchase of land for the state library park; the
acceptance of Rollins park as a gift to the city; and a large extension of
the sewerage system.
�ARSONS
BRAINARD COGSWELL was born at Henniker,
January 22, 1828, the son of David Cogswell and Hannah Has
kell. His boyhood was spent upon the farm and his education was
obtained in the common schools, supplemented by an occasional term
in the academy and a short attendance at the Clinton Grove school.
In the fall of 1847 he entered the office of the Independent Democrat
in Concord, remaining there until the spring of 1849, when he began a
three years service in the office of the New Hampshire Patriot. From
1852 to 1854 he was employed at his trade, and in March of the latter
year formed a partnership with A. G. Jones, as a book and job printer,
afterward conducting the business alone until February 1, 1864. May
23, 1864, in company with George H. Sturtevant, he established the
Concord Daily Monitor, the first permanent daily paper published in
Concord, which was afterward consolidated with the Independent Dem
ocrat and New Hampshire Statesman, and is now published by the
Republican Press Association. From the establishment of the Monitor
Mr. Cogswell has been connected with the paper, as local, associate,
and managing editor and editorial writer, wielding a vigorous editorial
pen, yet contributing with grace and vivacity to all the departments of
the journal. In 1858 he was elected a member of the school commit
tee of Union school-district, and in 1859, upon the reorganization,
became member of the board of education and has been continuously
a member of the board ever since, serving as president for several years
and for eighteen years as financial agent. In 1872 and 1873 he was
a representative in the legislature. From 1881 to 1885 he was public
printer, has been an auditor of state printer's accounts, and was one of
the board of trustees of the state library at the time that institution
began its later development. He is a member of the New Hamp
shire Historical society, and was for four years its secretary.
HON. PARSONS B. COGSWELL.
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�OR twenty years Hon. E. J. Knowlton has waged for himself the
battle of life, counting among his honors at thirty-six triumphs
that others have achieved only by a life-time of exertion. Mr. Knowl
ton was born in Sutton, August 8, 1856, the oldest of eight children.
In 1873 he went to Manchester and entered the office of the Manchester
Union as a printer, passing thence to a reporter's desk and rising to be
city editor whence he was called to another field of activity in Feb
ruary, 1890, to become secretary of the board of trade. In this posi
tion he displayed a marvellous grasp of affairs, a remarkable analytic
scope of execution, followed by phenomenal results. So prominently
indeed did his work call him to public attention, that in the fall of the
same year he was called by the Democratic party, to which he had always
given his allegiance, to become its standard-bearer in the approaching
mayoralty contest. This call was too unanimous to be disregarded,
and he accepted the duty implied by the nomination. So faithfully was
HON. E. J.
this duty done that he was triumphantly elected in a city overwhelm
ingly Republican and his first term was followed by a renomination
and a reëlection. As chief magistrate of the Queen city Mayor Knowl
ton has shown himself unspoiled by place. For him public or private
position had but one watchword—duty. And this has been the main
spring of his life. By absolute fidelity he won his successes, aided not
a little by a personal popularity engendered by that noblest of attributes
a frank and genial honesty. It is perhaps out of place to speak here
of possibilities, yet Mayor Knowlton is a marked man. With the
golden years before him and a stainless record behind, he has won
the right to press forward and upward. The fond hopes of his friends
centre about him too persistently to be disregarded, and he may look
eager-eyed into the future, assured that it can hold for him higher
place and great power no worthier tribute to his ability than that
already written down in the hearts of those who know him best.
KNOWLTON.
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�ON. FRANKLIN N. CHASE was born in Andover, Massa
H
chusetts, November 16, 1865, the son of Seth Chase and Mary
Spellman. He was educated in the public schools of his native town
and in the Carney Commercial college of Lawrence, Massachusetts, be
ginning life in 1880 as a telegraph operator and serving in that capacity
for two years. From 1883 to 1885 he was a station agent, and in the
latter year became manager for the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph com
pany at Haverhill, Massachusetts. In 1886 he came to Great Falls as
ticket agent of the Boston & Maine railroad, and in 1891 was promoted
to be New England passenger agent for the same corporation. In
1892 he received another promotion to be assistant general passenger
and ticket agent of the road. In 1889 and 1890 he was treasurer of
the town of Somersworth, and from the same town was sent to the
legislature in 1891 and 1893. When the town of Somersworth was
incorporated as a city Mr. Chase was made the candidate of the Dem
ocratic party for its first mayor and was elected, being not only the first
mayor of the youngest city of the state, but one of the youngest of
mayors in any city of the state. Mr. Chase has won his present posi
tion in the business and political world by steady, sturdy application
to work.
Promotion has come to him in the line of his chosen career
by reason of his merit, and his popularity has advanced him along the
political path. He has been called upon to fill important positions for
one so young, and he has acquitted himself with credit at each advance.
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�H
ON. JOHN J. LASKEY, whom the citizens of Portsmouth
have delighted to honor, was born in that city December 25,
1840, the son of William and Martha (Jones) Laskey. He was edu
cated in the schools of Portsmouth, and after a brief mercantile experi
ence in his native city he caught the western fever and went to Detroit,
where he found employment, first as clerk and then as travelling sales
man. It was during his residence in the West that he was for a short
time a soldier of the United States. With the fund of experience
gained by several years of life in the West, Mr. Laskey returned to his
native place and embarked in business.
There honors awaited him.
In 1883 he was chosen a member of the city's board of education, and
served for several years upon its most important committees. Under
President Cleveland's first administration he was appointed assistant
postmaster of Portsmouth, and served two years, resigning because of
failing health. For one year he was a member of the common council,
and in 1888 he was chosen city treasurer and tax collector. From this
office he was called, three years later, to become mayor of Portsmouth,
and was re-elected in 1892. His term expired August 8, 1893, and
during it he saw begun and completed many important public works.
Mr. Laskey is a prominent member of the Odd Fellows, and numbers
his friends by hundreds. He was a worthy man in all the positions
which he was called upon to fill and by his industry, no less than by
his integrity, added to his reputation as a reliable, trustworthy man,
faithful to every obligation and trust laid upon him.
HON. JOHN J. LASKEY.
�UCH of the muscle that has developed the mighty West came
no doubt from across the water; but New England claims with
justice the credit of furnishing the greater part of the brains that
directed the undertaking. A typical western Yankee's career is that
of the Hon. George Martin Dewey, who was born in Lebanon, Febru
ary 14, 1832, the son of Granville and Harriet Byron (Freeman)
Dewey. He was educated in the public schools of New Hampshire, at
the Lowell (Mass.) High school, and at the Lebanon (N.H.) Liberal
institute. Removing at an early age to the then far West of the state
of Michigan, his work since that time may be classified under the three
heads, teacher, editor, and platform speaker. His work in the first
named capacity was mostly done in the years up to 1857. In 1854 his
editorial life began, and has continued uninterruptedly up to the present
time. During most of that period his services have been rendered the
Republican party through the columns of its press, though he is now
connected as editor and publisher with The Odd Fellow, Owosso,
Michigan. Mr. Dewey's devotion to his party has also manifested
itself in much of his platform speaking, and nearly every state east of
the Mississippi can testify to his brilliance and worth as a campaign
orator. Here in New Hampshire we have heard him before every
presidential election since 1860. He has also spoken considerably
in the interests of temperance reform and Odd Fellowship. The offices
Mr. Dewey has held show the varied interests with which he has iden
tified himself: Deputy state superintendent of public instruction,
1857–58; six years in the postal service; five years state agent of the
board of charities: state senator, 1873-'74; alderman of Hastings
four years; six years a member of the board of education; grand mas
ter of the I. O. O. F. of Michigan; grand representative to the S. G.
L.; and grand councillor, R. T. of T. for Michigan, and supreme vice
HON. GEORGE M. DEWEY.
councillor, R. T. of T.
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�J'
STEPHENS ABBOT was born in Albany, Me., Feb
ruary 22, 1804, and losing his parents in infancy spent his school
days and youth in Salem, Mass., where he was apprenticed to
Frothingham & Loring, chaise builders, and was afterward induced to
settle in Concord, where, in partnership with Lewis Downing, he pro
duced the first coach bodies ever constructed in the state of New
Hampshire. This was in 1828, and from the partnership then formed
sprang up the greatest coach-making industry in the United States,
passing through various firm names, though never with a change of
ownership, until the present day, when it exists as the Abbot-Downing
company. The Concord coach, the product of this company alone,
was the development of Mr. Abbot's ingenuity. Schooled in the old
time trade of coach-building, his work possessed the old-time charac
teristics of strength and solidity. In 1847 Mr. Downing retired, and
Mr. Abbot admitted his son, Edward A., to the partnership. In 1865
the firm was again changed by the admission of Lewis Downing, Jr.,
the son of Mr. Abbot's old partner, and the new firm began the manu
facture of the celebrated Concord wagons, manufacturing in addition to
the specialties of their own invention many vehicles built upon private
specification and order. Mr. Abbot being thoroughly conversant with
the rudiments and developments of his trade, his judgment and skill
were almost stamped upon every individual product of his factory. This
ripe judgment he carried into all the affairs of life. In Concord, where
he lived so many years, he enjoyed the intimate friendship of the best
and foremost citizens. March 16, 1871, after a short illness, he died,
bequeathing to his children the substantial rewards of industry, yet
more than that, the priceless gift of a good name the synonym for rug
ged, virtuous honesty, uncompromising rectitude, modest benevolence,
JOSEPH STEPHENS ABBOT
and constant frieudship.
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�N the line of an ancient and honorable family of the state, Joseph
Henry Abbot, the son of Joseph Stephens Abbot and Grace
Stevens Wiggin, was born in Concord, February 6, 1838, and was
educated in the schools of that city, at the “Little Blue” school,
Farmington, Me., and at Phillips Andover academy. At the conclusion
of his school days Mr. Abbot became connected with the Abbot-Down
ing company of Concord, a corporation of which his father was one of
the founders and which is engaged in the manufacture of Concord
coaches and carriages known the world over, whose stamp is the syno
nym for thorough construction, the sign-manual of honesty and the
guaranty of service, of sturdiness, of solidity, of worth. The products
of the Abbot-Downing plant equipped the first of the stage lines in
California and Australia, and from this same establishment came the
great twelve-horse coaches traversing the Transvaal gold field in South
Africa. The operations of the Abbot-Downing company reach every
continent, and to many a foreign land the Concord coach is the only
evidence of the great republic beyond the seas. Of this corporation
Mr. Abbot has been vice-president for the past fifteen years and in that
capacity has had not a little to do with the development of the extensive
business that has been done.
It would be unfair to attempt to trace
in detail his connection with the upbuilding of the Abbot-Downing cor
poration, yet it is but just to say that in every branch of its develop
ment his hand has been felt, his judgment has been demanded, and his
advice has been followed.
JOSEPH HENRY ABBOT.
As a witness of the esteem in which Mr.
Abbot's reliability is held, may be instanced the fact that he is a mem
ber of the board of water commissioners for Concord, having succeeded
in that position the Hon. James R. Hill. Personally Mr. Abbot is
one of the most popular of men, for his sunny, genial, kindly disposi
tion naturally wins friends and his honest uprightness retains them.
�RANCIS LEWIS ABBOT, who represented Ward Six, of Con
English
F cord, in the legislature of 1893, comes from a line of
ancestors that settled in Andover, Mass., A. D. 1643, who were of that
sturdy and valiant race of pioneers who laid the foundation of this great
Anglo-Saxon nation. He is a son of J. Stephens Abbot, the original
builder of the world-renowned Concord stage-coach, and the founder
of an industry unrivalled in the history of manufacturing establishments
in America, and was born at Concord, May 20, 1843, and was educated
in the public schools of that city, and afterward at St. Paul's school,
where he was one of the first pupils. After leaving school he entered
the office of the Abbot-Downing Co., with which the name of his family
is indissolubly connected, and afterward became secretary of the corpo
ration upon its formation, and still holds the position, devoting his time
almost exclusively to his duties there, though he serves the Margaret
Pillsbury hospital as secretary of its board of trust, having been, from
the first, prominent in the movement for the establishment of the city
hospital in Concord. Mr. Abbot is a prominent layman in the Epis
copal church, and is a vestryman of St. Paul's church, Concord. Mr.
Abbot, by his life-long residence in Concord, by his activity in the
business world, and by his various interests of a quasi-public nature, no
less, however, by his courtesy, gentleness, and true worth of character,
is justly recognized as one of the leading men at the state's capital.
�HROUGH two generations the name of Lewis Downing has
been borne among New Hampshire men. The first to bear it
was born in Lexington, Mass., June 23, 1792, and in 1813 he came to
Concord and commenced the carriage business at the spot now occu
pied by his successors, the Abbot-Downing Co. The first wagon was
turned out by Mr. Downing in November, 1813, and in the spring of
1827, in company with J. Stephens Abbot, he turned out the first
coach ever built in New Hampshire. This first Concord coach was
followed by thousands of others, and for fifty-eight years Mr. Downing
remained actively connected with the business, seeing it grow—in repu
tation as well as size—and watching its various gradations of title in its
course from individual to corporate ownership.
His retirement took
place in 1865, and in that same year and in 1866 he was a representa
tive in the legislature, a slight return for what he had done to benefit
his fellow-citizens.
He died March Io, 1873.
To his son he left his
name, a greater bequest than wealth, and to the Unitarian church of
Concord he bequeathed his entire estate, to be used, upon the death of
his children, in spreading the liberal Christianity represented in the
writings of William Ellery Channing, whose philosophy had soothed
the generous testator's mind, whose cheerful logic had quickened his
hope, and in whose faith he had died, conscious of the reward which fol
lows him whose life is lived in peace and love, and in trust in God.
LEWIS DOWNING.
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�AJOR LEWIS DOWNING, Jr., of the Abbot-Downing Co.,
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was born in Concord, December 6, 1820, and attended school
in Concord and at the Burr seminary in Manchester, Vt. For a short
time thereafter he was employed in a store in Concord, and he then
entered the establishment of Downing & Abbot to learn the coach
maker's trade. With that firm he has been for fifty-six years, and is
now president of the Abbot-Downing Co., the corporate successors of
the firm. Major Downing has almost equally long been promi
nently identified with the most important financial interests of the city
of Concord.
Since 1867 he has been a director in the National State
Capital bank, and since 1878 he has been its president. In 1872,
upon the organization of the Loan and Trust savings bank, he was
chosen a trustee and a member of the investment committee, and is
now vice-president of the institution. For seventeen years he has been
a director in the Stark mills, Manchester, and almost no benevolent
enterprise in Concord has been attempted without his co-operation and
assistance. In the days of the old militia system, Major Downing
acquired his title. The legacy of his father's name, with its generous
reputation, Major Downing may leave with added credit, while as a
rare type of the old-school business man, punctual, courteous, exact,
Major Downing, vigorous, though full of years, stands at the head of
large business and financial interests, keenly alive to all the require
ments of latter-day commercial development.
MAJ. LEWIS DOWNING, JR.
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�HE development of the newer New Hampshire has been due to
Among them is George White
field Abbott, who was born at Webster, March 13, 1837, and is the
son of Nathaniel Abbott and Mary Fitts. He was educated in the town
schools and at Salisbury academy, and when nineteen years of age
T the busy enterprise of her sons.
went to Boston to become a clerk in a store, where he remained until
1860, when he opened a grocery store of his own in Norwich, Conn.
In 1862 he disposed of his business to enter the service, coming to
Penacook and enlisting in the Seventh New Hampshire regiment, serving
until the close of the war in 1865. Mr. Abbott's war record was a credit
able one. He followed the fortunes of his regiment, and was severely
wounded at the Battle of Olustee, Fla., on Feb. 20, 1864, and was con
fined to the hospital for more than a year, rejoining his regiment in
North Carolina early in 1865. On his return to Penacook he at once
entered upon a mercantile career, and followed it until 1870, when fail
ing health compelled him to seek an out-door line of work, which he
followed for two years, by building blocks and houses at Penacook,
then accepting the position of selling agent for H. H. Amsden & Sons,
furniture manufacturers.
In 1882 he commenced the manufacture of
furniture for himself, under the firm name of J. E. Symonds & Co.,
which business he rapidly developed, until it demands the employment
of about forty men in the manufacture of tables, desks, bookcases, etc.,
which is now one of the largest of its kind in New England. In addi
tion to the engrossing duties of his own business, Mr. Abbott is
a director in the First National bank and the Concord Street railway,
of Concord, also director and manager of the Penacook Electric Light
Co. He was presidential elector on the Republican ticket of 1892.
Mr. Abbott is one of those sons of New Hampshire whose enterprise
and activity have entered so largely into the development of the state's
resources, and is classed among New Hampshire men in the front rank.
GEORGE W. ABBOTT.
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�REPUTATION for sagacious prudence and conservative wisdom
is one much to be desired by a banker of to-day, in a time of
financial distrust. And it is precisely that which is universally ren
dered to Harley Benjamin Roby of Concord. Mr. Roby was born in
the capital city December 13, 1867, and is one of the youngest bank
ers in the state, a fact which makes his success the more noteworthy.
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His parents were Benjamin F. and Ella L. (Sargent) Roby, and his
education was gained in the public schools of Concord, supplemented by
two years under the private instruction of Professor Amos Hadley.
Upon the completion of his education he at once entered the widely
known banking-house of E. H. Rollins & Son, with whom he
remained for six years. During three years of this time he was a mem
ber of the firm, and after its incorporation as a company, served as
secretary and director of the corporation. Severing that connection
about three years ago, he has since been engaged in the banking busi
ness independently, and has achieved marked success. Active, self
reliant, and public-spirited. Mr. Roby gains and holds the respect and
confidence of all with whom he has relations.
He has been a director
in the Capital Fire Insurance company since its organization, and is
now president of the Concord Commercial club.
HARLEY B. ROBY.
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�HE third son of Hon. Wm. E. Chandler was born at Washing
ton, D.C., August 17, 1869, and in that city and in Water
loo, N.H., his life was passed, attending private schools in Washing
ton and the district school at Waterloo, until September 4, 1884, when he
entered the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, and was graduated
in June, 1888, ranking thirteen in a class graduating thirty-five members.
He was at once assigned to the U.S. S. Roston, one of the cruisers of the
new navy that had been built under the administration of his father as sec
retary of the navy, and in September, October, and November of that
year made a cruise on that vessel, which was then under the command
of the now Commodore Francis M. Ramsay. May 16, 1890, he was
detached from the /Sos/on, and ordered to Annapolis for final examina
tions, and passing them, ranked ten in the class, which by that time
had been reduced to twenty-eight members. June 19, 1890, he was
detached from the Naval academy, and placed on waiting orders. July
I he was commissioned an ensign in the United States navy, with the
rank of nine in the class, and October 28, 1890, reported for duty on
board the United States training ship Portsmouth, one of the old wooden
sailing vessels, built at Portsmouth, N.H., and then acting as one of the
training squadron for apprentices. On board the Portsmouth he served
until June 15, 1892, and on July 10, 1892, he reported for duty on the
gunboat Concord, under Commander Edwin White, then attached to
the North Atlantic Station, where he remained until March, 1893, when
he was detached, and granted leave of absence for three months, at the
expiration of which he reported for duty in the United States coast and
geodetic survey, on board the U. S. S. Zagre, then occupied in sur
veying Boston harbor.
T
LLOYD H. CHANDLER.
�ILLIAM DWIGHT CHANDLER, the second son of Hon.
William E. Chandler, was born in Concord, February 3, 1863,
and was educated at St. Paul's school, Concord, where he was a pupil
for six years, and in Europe, where he spent a year and a half in travel
and study. Upon leaving school Mr. Chandler became city editor of
the Concord Evening Monitor, retiring from that position in 1882 in
order to visit Europe, at which time he made the tour before mentioned,
covering in his travels nearly every part of the continent, being present
in Russia at the ceremonies incident to the coronation of the present
czar. In 1883 Mr. Chandler returned to America, and immediately went
to Winona, Minn., and joined the clerical force of the First National
bank in that city, remaining there until March, 1892, passing in that
time through all the grades of the fiscal service, and being at the time of
his resignation assistant cashier of the bank. During Mr. Chandler's
residence in Minnesota he became a Mason, and took the degrees in
that order, up to and including that of Knight Templar.
Mr. Chand
ler's return to his native city was made in order that he might assume
the position of vice-president and treasurer of the Republican Press
association, publishers of the Independent Statesman and Concord
Evening Monitor, a corporation in which he had acquired a large
moneyed interest. Mr. Chandler entered upon his work in the East
with the same vigor that had characterized his career in Minnesota, and
with the same enthusiasm that had won him such success in the latter
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state. In the few months that have elapsed since he assumed his pres
ent position, Mr. Chandler has developed a remarkable capacity in the
new field. Under his direction new departments have been added, and
the business has been extended in many directions, bringing to the cor
poration the energy that the latter-day business development demands.
CHANDLER.
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LARENCE JOHNSON, of Pittsfield, is a native of that town.
He was at one time city editor of the Concord Evening Monitor,
and is now connected with that paper and the Independent States
man as associate editor.
While Senator W. E. Chandler was chair
man of the U. S. Senate committee on immigration Mr. Johnson served
as its clerk.
CLARENCE JOHNSON.
Since then he has been clerk to Senator Chandler.
�OBERT HENRY ROLFE, the son of Henry Pearson and Mary
R. (Sherburne) Rolfe, was born in Concord, October 16, 1863,
After fitting for college he graduated from Dartmouth, in the class of
1884, and immediately entered the office of the Northern railroad, at
Concord, and was employed there until August, 1889, when he removed
to Zylonite, Mass., but shortly after returned to Concord, where he became
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connected with the Republican Press association, first in the circulation
department, afterward being promoted to cashier, in which position he
still remains. For nearly ten years he has been a member of the
New Hampshire National Guard, and that organization has no more
zealous member than he. Twice he has been an enlisted man, returning
to the ranks after having held a captain's commission, which his removal
from the state compelled him to surrender. For two years he was ser
geant-major of the Third regiment, and his first commission was as
first lieutenant in Company C. He was also captain of the same com
pany, and resigned as indicated above. He was afterward a private in
the same company, and was taken from the ranks to become adjutant
of his regiment, and from that position he was called, by the vote of
his fellow-officers, to become senior major of the Third regiment, in
command of the First battalion. Major Rolfe was appointed, in 1893,
a member of the commission to revise the military law of the state, and,
by virtue of his rank, is recorder of the board. Major Rolfe is the best
type of a citizen-soldier; an enthusiast, a student, he has mastered the
service in every detail; and more than that, has imparted his own spirit
to his command. Destined for yet higher honors, he wears his present
laurels modestly, but as one ready to defend that which he has won.
MAJ. ROBERT HENRY ROLFE.
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�J'
I. EASTMAN, of Philadelphia, though not born in New
Hampshire, is credited as a New Hampshire man, because the
early years of his life and the first fruits of his activity were
given to the Granite state. Mr. Eastman, the son of Robert Eastman
and Sarah (Lee) Eastman, was born in Middleboro, Mass., February
16, 1831, and when he was one year of age his father moved to Con
cord, where the boy was educated in the common and private schools
until his sixteenth year, when he went to Lowell, Mass., and learned
the machinist's trade at the Lowell Machine shop, afterward returning
to Concord and entering the gun business, manufacturing chiefly rifles.
The first company of sharpshooters, from New Hampshire, that entered
the service of the Federal government in the War of the Rebellion, was
equipped with the Eastman rifle, by order of Governor Berry, and the
weapon had high renown for efficiency and durability. In 1873, Mr.
Eastman sold out his business in Concord and left the city and the state,
going to Philadelphia, where he embarked in the business of manu
facturing perfumery and toilet soaps, which under his management has
been built up until now it is the largest of the kind in the state of Penn
sylvania, controlling a business of a quarter of a million dollars yearly.
Of this company, the Eastman & Bros’. Co., Mr. Eastman is president.
Mr. Eastman's success has been shared in by the state of New Hamp
shire, because of the pride of the state in the success of one of her sons.
That Mr.
Eastman's success
has been so merited, has been the source of
so much the more pride. Amid it all he has not lost sight of the
Granite state, and his appearance here among the sons of New Hamp
shire justifies his reciprocation of the esteem and affection in which the
state has always regarded him.
JOHN I. EASTMAN.
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�ILVESTER PRENTICE DANFORTH was born in Boscawen,
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August 14, 1838, the son of Nathan Courser Danforth and
Sophia Brown. He was educated at the Fisherville and Boscawen
academies, and at the age of seventeen began work in Caldwell & Ams
den's furniture factory, remaining there for eleven years, and in that
time becoming thoroughly familiar with every part of the business. At
the age of twenty-eight he engaged for himself in the manufacture of
furniture at Concord, and remained in that business until 1871, when
he began the manufacture of exterior and interior finish stock with a
partner, under the firm name of Kimball & Danforth, this relationship
existing until 1888, when the firm of Kimball, Danforth & Forrest was
formed, and engaged in general contracting and building. To this
firm Mr. Danforth has given the most faithful endeavor, and through
his efforts has raised it to the front rank among similar business enter
prises, their operations extending over a large part of New Hampshire,
and their contracts each year amounting to many thousands of dollars.
Mr. Danforth is a remarkably popular man, and has been his party's
candidate for many an important office, and has always run far ahead
of his ticket.
These honors, however, have come to him unsolicited,
for he is too busy a man to give heed to the demands of politics. In
business circles Mr. Danforth is justly ranked as one of the most con
servative and solid business men in the community. He never under
takes that of which there can be the slightest doubt of complete fulfill
ment, and in fulfilling all that he undertakes no labor is deemed by
him to be too severe. Mr. Danforth is a most pleasant gentleman,
and numbers his friends by the hundreds. His genial manners have
been a constant aid to him in business and political life, and his true
and sterling worth has never failed him. In all that he has been called
upon to do he has displayed marked qualities of honesty and integrity,
of complete and unequivocal steadfastness.
SILVESTER PRENTICE DANFORTH.
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�I HEREVER in New Hampshire or New England good music is
loved and appreciated, the name of Henri G. Blaisdell is well
known and honored. From earliest youth he has been an ardent wor
shipper at the shrine of melody, and the ability and experience of
maturity are now consistently and successfully devoted to raising the
standard of musical taste in this part of the country. Mr. Blaisdell was
born in Dorchester, October 23, 1849. His musical talents were evident
from a remarkably early age, and when nine years old he became the
delighted possessor of a violin. Since he was twelve he has devoted
his entire life to the cause of music, and boasts to-day a record along this
line unequalled by few New Englanders and certainly by none in New
Hampshire. The orchestra which bears his name ranks among the
finest in America, and its services are in demand throughout a widely
extended territory. As a conductor, Mr. Blaisdell's merit and success
are unquestioned, and many of the principal musical festivals of New
England furnish the best of testimonials to that effect. The high repu
tation achieved by the Concord Choral Union is in a large measure due
to his efforts, while the annual meetings of the New Hampshire Music
Teachers' association at The Weirs owe no small measure of their suc
cess to his unremitting energy as conductor. He has been for many
years choir master of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Concord. Mr. Blais
dell is a writer as well as a musician, and some of his contributions to
the periodical press are models of trenchant style and vigorous diction.
As musical editor of the Granite Monthly, Mr. Blaisdell has made his
department both interesting and valuable.
�EORGE LAWRENCE BROWN was born in Dunbarton, May
G 29, 1852, and is the son of James H. Brown and Nancy Chase
Ray. He was educated in the common schools of his native town and
New London, also taking a course at Colby academy, the “alma
mater” of so many of the successful business men of New England.
At the age of eighteen Mr. Brown came to Concord, where he entered
the employ of C. H. Martin & Co., wholesale druggists, and became
thoroughly familiar with every branch of the business. In 1878, so
marked had become his proficiency and so great his aptitude,
he was admitted to the firm, the name, however, continuing the same as
before, and this relation he still maintains.
Mr. Brown has felt the
cares of an increasing business, yet he has found time on one occasion
to serve his party by accepting an election to the house of representa
tives in 1881, where as a member from Sutton he was one of the most
prominent members of the minority on the floor of the house.
In bus
iness life Mr. Brown is one of the most careful of men, his calm, con
siderate judgment, fortified by his accurate knowledge of the details
and necessities of his business, making him a power in the mercan
‘tile world, and the wide advance of his firm's trade over all sections of
the state has been due in no small measure to his foresight and energy.
In private life Mr. Brown is highly esteemed. He is a member of the
Baptist church, and has won the respect of all those who admire ster
ling worth wherever displayed, and who especially admire the success
that attends the exertion of natural integrity and acquired ability.
GEORGE LAWRENCE BROWN.
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�EMAN FISHER ELDREDGE was born in Chatham, Mass.,
H
April 13, 1852, the son of Heman and Mary (Harding)
Eldredge. He was educated in the schools of Chatham, and of Ports
mouth, to which city his parents removed during his childhood. He
early became connected with the well known Eldredge Brewing com
pany, in which his father, and his brother, Hon. Marcellus Eldredge,
were large owners, and he has now become the sole owner of the stock
of this corporation, and is its president, treasurer, and manager, and
devotes all his time to its vast business. Mr. Eldredge has no desire to
hold office, and though he has been repeatedly urged to allow his friends
to elect him senator from his district, and mayor of his city, he has
firmly refused to allow his name to be used. Against his wishes he was
elected to the legislature from his ward, in 1889, and made a creditable
record. He is connected with many enterprises of a public nature, in
Portsmouth and elsewhere, is a director of the New Hampshire National
bank and the Portsmouth Gas-Light company, in both of which he
takes a deep interest. He is a man of genial manner, of unaffected gen
erosity, and deserving of the many friends which he has all over New
England.
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�EORGE A. LEIGHTON was born in Manchester, March 23,
At the
age of six he removed with his parents to Concord, where he attended
the public schools until the age of fourteen. Then he went to work on
a farm, and remained there until his eighteenth birthday, when he
returned to Manchester and entered the Amoskeag Machine shop to
learn the trade of a machinist. Here he remained for several years.
He enlisted in the army of the United States in 1863, and was hon
orably discharged the same year. He was appointed foreman for the
Forsaith Machine company in 1867, and remained with them three
years. A number of important patents were granted him in 1881, and
he established the business of the manufacture of knitting-machines
the following year. In February, 1887, he established the Everett
Knitting-Works, since removed to Lebanon, and became president of
the corporation, a position that he resigned in August, 1892. and is
now engaged in the manufacture of knitting machinery, the product of
his shops being largely machines of his own invention or development, and
sold throughout America. In May, 1890, he purchased the Kelley's Falls
G' and is the son of Alexander and Lydia Leighton.
property at Manchester, and organized the electric company, of which
he became the treasurer, still retaining that position. He is a member
of Louis Bell post and of the Amoskeag Veterans. A man of Mr.
Leighton's activity can but turn his attention to public affairs, and
though increasing business cares forbade, he accepted a seat in the state
legislature, and served through the memorable session of 1887, since
then declining public office in justice to increasing business responsi
bilities. As a business man, Mr. Leighton has displayed marked enter
prise and sagacity. The projects with which he has been connected
have always been advanced under his direction. He is thoroughly
abreast of the times, and has sought for the exercise of his endowed
ability, fields of activity demanding special study and attention.
GEORGE A. LEIGHTON.
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OBERT M. WALLACE, associate justice of the supreme court
of New Hampshire, was born in Henniker, May 2, 1847, the son
of Jonas Wallace and Mary Darling. He was fitted for college at Hen
niker academy, and graduated from Dartmouth with the class of 1867.
He studied law with the Hon. Mason W. Tappan, late attorney-gen
eral of New Hampshire, and in January, 1872, commenced the practice
of his profession at Milford, as the partner of Hon. Bainbridge Wad
leigh, and has made his home in Milford since that time. In 1877, and
the year following, he represented Milford in the house of representa
tives, and in 1889 was a member of the constitutional convention. In
1883 he first took office as solicitor of Hillsborough county, and by
repeated re-elections held that position until April of the present year.
Mr. Wallace's practice, aside from that entailed by his official duties,
was extensive, and at the time of his appointment to the bench he
maintained an office in Nashua in addition to the one so long es
tablished at Milford. In February of the present year he was appointed
judge-advocate-general on the staff of Governor Smith, and in the fol
lowing April received the appointment of associate justice. He has been
prominent among the alumni of Dartmouth College, especially in the
new movement for alumni representation upon the board of trustees,
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and was one of the candidates for alumni trustee selected for the first
balloting, and received a handsome support. As a private practitioner,
no less than as a public prosecutor, Mr. Wallace met with great success.
His legal acquirements are broad and flexible. As a prosecutor he has
been zealous for the state, yet tempering his zeal with mercy, and has
won marked success in this branch of professional pursuits. He ex
celled as an advocate as well as an examiner. Diligent preparation ren
dered him an effective opponent, and a ready mastery of the law, obtain
ed by deep study and minute retention, added to his legal equipment.
HON. ROBERT M. WALLACE.
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�NE of the most commendable features of the administration of
() President Harrison was the excellence of his judicial appoint
ments. Upon the decease of Judge Daniel Clark, it became his duty to
select a successor from the bar of this state. The singular unanimity
of the members of the bar in recommending Hon. Edgar Aldrich of
Littleton opened the way for a most satisfactory exercise of the appoint
ing power. With but two years of service in his high office, Judge
Aldrich has developed an exceptional aptitude for its duties. So plainly
has this been impressed upon his associates in the United States
courts for the Eastern circuit, and so welcome to the bench of the cir
cuit and district courts of other states has he become, that the fact that
he is nominally the district judge in the comparatively limited juris
diction of New Hampshire, is obscured by the abundance of his labors
in the midst of the most important litigation that finds what may be
termed the legal “storm centre” in the United States courts in Boston.
He is a native of Pittsburgh, born February 5, 1848, the son of
Ephraim C. and Adeline B. (Haynes) Aldrich. At an early age he
had acquired an academic education, principally at the Colebrook
academy, and entered upon the study of law with Ira A. Ramsey at
Colebrook. He was a student and graduate of the law department of
the University of Michigan, and was admitted to the bar at Colebrook
at the August term, 1868. He remained in practice at that place until
January, 1881, when he located at Littleton, which has since been his
residence.
He was solicitor of Coös county from October Io, 1872,
to June 4, 1879, with the exception of an interim from 1874 to 1876,
and representative from Littleton, and speaker of the house in 1885.
Among his notable arguments before the law courts was that in the
HON.
Olcott Falls case, involving the constitutional right of trial by jury in
equity cases. He was nominated to be judge of the district court
February 16, 1891, and confirmed February 20.
EDGAR ALDRICH.
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�ON. JAMES WALDRON REMICK, already one of the most
Hardwick,
Vt., October 30, 1860, and attended the common schools. When
nineteen years of age he began the study of law under the tuition of
B. F. Chapman, at Clockville, N. Y., later pursuing his studies in the
office of Aldrich & Parsons at Colebrook, and Bingham & Aldrich at
Littleton. He attended lectures at the Law school of the University of
Michigan, and was admitted to the bar in 1882 following his gradua
H prominent of New Hampshire lawyers, was born at
tion from the Law school.
For two years he practised at Colebrook,
and was subsequently in the office of Aldrich & Remick at Littleton.
In 1885 he formed a partnership with Hon. Ossian Ray, of Lancaster,
taking charge of an office for the firm in Littleton. In 1890 Mr.
Remick was appointed United States district attorney for New Hamp
shire, the youngest man ever to hold the position, though by no means
the least able.
In the brief decade since Mr. Remick came to the bar
he has shown himself to be a diligent student, a faithful counsellor,
and an eloquent advocate. A man of literary tastes, he has gratified
HON. JAMES WALDRON REMICK.
his inclinations with wide reading, and has varied the monotony of legal
pursuits by frequent appearance upon the lecture platform, where he has
won an enviable reputation. Upon the stump in succeeding campaigns
Mr. Remick has been invaluable to his party, his youthful enthusiasm,
his rare eloquence, and his brilliant presentation of the claims of his
party, making for him a reputation second to that of no political orator
in New Hampshire. As district attorney Mr. Remick has faithfully
applied himself to the duties of his office, and has been a painstaking
officer of justice, seeking single-minded to do his duty. As an earnest
advocate of all the principles of right living Mr. Remick has been of
great service in the field of social reform, giving freely of his time and
labor to advance the interests of the community in this regard.
�W W
7 ILLIAM LAWRENCE FOSTER was born at Westminster,
Vt., June 1, 1823. His great grandfather, Abraham, was a
soldier of the Revolution, participating in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
His grandfather, while a freshman at Yale college, joined the minute men
of Reading, Mass., and fought at Lexington. His father removed to
Fitzwilliam, and thence to Keene, dying in 1854. When about seventeen
years of age he commenced the study of law with Levi Chamberlain, and
in 1844 and 1845 attended the Harvard law school. In the latter year
he was admitted to the bar in Keene, and practised in partnership with
John J. Baxter, and afterward with Mr. Chamberlain. From 1845 to
1849 he was postmaster at Keene, from 1849 to 1853 he was clerk of
the New Hampshire senate, and was a member of Governor Dinsmore's
staff, and by that executive in 1850 was appointed state law reporter,
holding that position until 1856, and editing volumes 17–19, 21–31,
inclusive, of the New Hampshire reports. In 1853 he removed to Con
cord, and formed a partnership with Col. John H. George, Hon.
Charles P. Sanborn being subsequently admitted to the firm, from which
Colonel George retired in 1867, and which was continued by Messrs.
Foster and Sanborn until 1869. In 1854 Colonel Foster was appointed
commissioner of the circuit court of the United States, which he held
until 1862, when he was elected a member of the house of representa
tives, and was reëlected in 1863. October 1, 1869, he was appointed a
judge of the supreme court, and October 1, 1874, he was appointed chief
justice of the circuit court. October 1, 1876, he was again appointed
judge of the supreme court, and resigned that office, July 1, 1881, to
resume the practice of law. In 1884 he was appointed United States
commissioner. His legal attainments are of the highest order, adding
to a profound knowledge of the law a ready adaptability, a keen
perception, a graceful and winning manner, presenting in all a complete
equipment for the forensic and other conflicts of the court room.
HON, WILLIAM L. FOSTER.
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distinguished
party
THE firstwas in the state house thisrepresentatives lawyer and Since
leader
of
in 1861.
that day his character and service have been universally recognized.
He has in his thirty years well earned the distinction of being the intel
lectual leader of the New Hampshire Democracy. A representative or
senator in eighteen legislatures, and his party's nominee for United
States senator in every legislative election, save two, since 1866, his
name has become eminent, in an age of great men and great events, as
an exponent of Jacksonian Democracy. In five great national conven
tions he has been a delegate from New Hampshire, and in four he has
taken part, as a member of the committee on resolutions, in formulat
ing the statement of principles on which the national Democracy has
gone before the people for judgment and finally prevailed.
A graduate
of Dartmouth under the administration of President Lord, his intellect
ual life is characteristic of the precepts and example of that great educa
tor. Such a man, endowed with great and well balanced mental and
physical powers, in a life-time of deep, critical, and well directed study
of men, books, institutions, and all the concerns with which a lawyer
and statesman is inevitably thrown in contact, cannot fail to mould the
opinions of mankind, and to make a deep and lasting impression upon
political movements, legislation, and jurisprudence.
That he did not
commence a career in the great forum of national affairs when he might
HON.
HARRY BINGHAM.
have been sent to Congress by giving the word in 1855, was because
he refused to pay the price of a temporary and secret espousal of a
political movement which his honest judgment condemned. What he
would have been in the senate or on the bench of the highest court
can only be conjectured from what he has been in the less conspicuous,
but possibly not less exacting positions, in which he has served his
clients, his party, and his state. He was born at Concord, Vt., March
30, 1821, son of Hon. Warner and Lucy (Wheeler) Bingham.
�ON. GEORGE AZRO BINGHAM was born in Concord, Vt.,
H April 25, 1826, and was educated in the schools of that state.
He studied law with Hon. Thomas Bartlett, at Lyndon, Vt., and was
admitted to the bar in December, 1848. He practised his profession at
Lyndon until July, 1852, when he came to Littleton, in this state, and
became associated with his brother Harry in business, under the firm
name of H. & G. A. Bingham, which firm continued until 1870, ex
cepting three years, when the two brothers associated themselves with
Hon. Andrew S. Woods and his son Edward of Bath, with offices at
Littleton and Bath. The brothers dissolved partnership in 1870, and
Mr. Bingham continued in practice alone until 1876, when he was ap
pointed a justice of the supreme court, which position he occupied
until October 1, 1880. He then resigned and formed a partnership
with Hon. Edgar Aldrich and D. C. Remick, under the firm name of
Bingham, Aldrich & Remick. In December, 1884, Mr. Bingham was
reappointed and served as a member of the court until March, 1891,
when he again resigned, and forming a partnership with his son,
George H., resumed the practice of his profession at Littleton, under
the firm name of Bingham & Bingham. Judge Bingham is a Demo
crat and was elected a delegate to the national Democratic convention
in 1860, twice to the state senate, and the same number of times a
member of the house of representatives, and was his party's candidate
for congress in 1880. He has been a member of the Littleton board
of education, and a trustee of the state normal school.
He is a
director of the Littleton National Bank, and president of the savings
bank in that town. His clear and keen scrutiny discovers his oppo
nents' errors, and his ready self-possession enables him to take advan
tage of them. Upon the bench he administered justice with admirable
impartiality, patience, and industry. At the bar he is an effective
advocate, and in private life a most estimable citizen.
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�ON. CHARLES H. BURNS, a leader of New Hampshire's
bar, was born in Milford, January 19, 1835. The public
schools and Appleton academy at New Ipswich gave him his early
training, and after reading law with Col. O. W. Lull he graduated from
the Harvard law school, becoming a member of the Suffolk bar in May,
of that year, and beginning his practice before New Hampshire courts
in October. His first clientage was won in Wilton, where he has
resided since 1859, but he now has offices at Nashua. Early in his
career Mr. Burns attracted attention by his varied gifts, and in 1864
and 1865 he was chosen treasurer of Hillsborough county; in 1873
and again in 1879 he sat in the state senate, serving each time as
chairman of the judiciary committee; in 1876 he was appointed solic
itor for Hillsborough county, and was reëlected until his service cover
ed seven years. In 1876 he was a delegate-at-large to the Republican
national convention. In 1878 he presided over the Republican state
convention. In 1879 he was appointed judge advocate general on the
staff of Governor Head; in 1881 became United States district attorney,
receiving reappointment in 1885, and resigning in 1887 to devote him
self to his private practice that was rendered more exacting by increas
ing duties as general counsel of the Boston & Maine railroad. Mr.
Burns is also counsel for many other important corporations. He is a
director in several banking institutions, is a member of the New Hamp
shire Historical society, and of the New England Historical and Gen
ealogical society. In 1874 he was made a master of arts by Dartmouth
college. In all Mr. Burns's life it has been marked by one character
istic and no sketch of him could be complete without a reference to it:
he is a superb orator. Before juries, on the stump, in legislative halls,
at the bar, on the lyceum platform, and on memorable public occasions
Mr. Burns has delighted thousands with his polished periods, facile
expression, and graceful dignity of delivery.
HON. CHARLES H. BURNS.
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�ON. DAVID CROSS was born in Weare, July
of David Cross and Olive Kimball. He was
at Hopkinton and at Phillips Andover academy, and
Dartmouth college in 1841. He studied law in the
Raymond at Troy, N. Y., with Hon. Daniel Clark at
5, 1817, the son
fitted for college
graduated from
office of Willard
Manchester, and
in the Harvard law school, and was admitted to the bar in 1844 and
has since continued in active practice. At the bar Judge Cross soon
took a high stand. In 1852 and 1853 he was city solicitor of Man
chester. In 1848 and 1849 he was a member of the house of represen
tatives, and also in 1856, 1876, and 1877. In 1856 he was appointed
judge of probate for Hillsborough county, and held office until 1874.
From 1865 to 1872 he was United States pension agent, at the same
time maintaining his position at the bar. From 1855 to 1865 he was
a director of the Merrimack River State Bank, and has been a
director and vice-president of the First National Bank of Manchester
since its organization. He has also been for more than thirty years a
trustee of the Merrimack River Savings Bank. Judge Cross has con
ducted his practice at times in partnership, but for the most part alone.
For forty years he has been a guide and friend to many a youthful
aspirant for legal honors. He is the president of Hillsborough county
bar and in 1892 was president of the Southern New Hampshire Bar
association. Dartmouth college in 1891 conferred upon him the
degree of LL.D.
HON. DAVID CROSS.
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�LIVER E. BRANCH was born at Madison, Ohio, July 19,
()
1847.
His father, William W. Branch, and his mother, Lucy
J. Bartram, were of New England stock and early pioneers of the
Western Reserve. Born and reared in the country, working on the
farm in summer and fall, he attended district schools and academies
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OLIVER E. BRANCH.
until he was nineteen, when he began teaching. He finished his prepa
ration for college at Whitestown (N.Y.) seminary, and graduated with
the highest honors and most brilliant record of his class at Hamilton
college in 1873. He was principal of the Forestville free academy for
two years; graduated at the Columbia college law school in 1876; was
at once admitted to the bar, and joined his brother in business at 1 oz
Broadway. He soon came into the front rank of trial lawyers, and had
a large litigated practice, being general counsel for two of the great
sewing machine companies. He married Sarah M. Chase of Weare, only
daughter of John W. Chase, in 1878, by whom he has three sons and
one daughter; moved to Weare in 1883, and was employed to edit the
National Series of Speakers; was elected to the legislature in 1886 and
became widely known for his remarkable speech on the “Hazen bill.”
In the session of 1889, he was Democratic candidate for speaker and
again distinguished himself, particularly in his efforts to secure the
adoption of the Australian ballot law, which he then first brought
before the legislature. In the litigation which involved the organiza
tion of the legislature in 1891, he was one of the counsel employed by
the Democrats and made the principal argument at the law term. Since
coming to New Hampshire he has had a large and lucrative practice,
and has won many notable victories. He is an accomplished lawyer,
equally at home in the trial of causes and the argument of questions of
law, studious, diligent, thorough, persistent, a polished orator, and a
debater of rare powers of analysis and expression.
�HARRY G. SARGENT.
ARRY G. SARGENT was born in Pittsfield, and is thirty-three
years of age. Almost all of his life has been passed in Concord,
where he attended the public schools, graduating from the high school
in 1878. He then entered the office of W. T. & H. F. Norris as a law
student, and later attended the law school of Boston university for a
year. Returning to Concord he resumed his studies with Hon. John Y.
Mugridge and was admitted to the bar in 1881. After his admission to
practice he was for a time in the office of Jackman & Larkin, but he
soon returned to the office of his old preceptor, Mr. Mugridge, and re
mained there until the latter's death. Mr. Sargent early made a favor
able impression upon the public by his first professional work, and pub
lic confidence in him was attested by his election as county solicitor in
1886, followed by an election as city solicitor of Concord, which latter
office he has since held by continuous reëlections. Mr. Sargent's prac
tice is an extensive one, calling him constantly before courts of all
classes of jurisdiction both within and without the state. As counsel be
fore legislative committees he has often appeared in behalf of various
clients and interests, and has had a marked influence before every tribunal
that he has addressed. During the session of 1891, he made an argu
ment in Representatives hall in opposition to the Mount Washington
bill, and since that time, he has been engaged as counsel for Coe &
Pingree in the suits in the state and circuit courts which involve the
title to the summit of Mount Washington. During the same session of
1891, when Austin Corbin was seeking to buy for a million dollars the
state's interest in the Concord railroad, Mr. Sargent, as counsel for
Mr. Corbin, was associated with Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, ex-attorney
general of the United States. These were rare honors for so young a
man, yet deserved; for Mr. Sargent is a thoroughly equipped lawyer,
with a richly stored mind, a quick perception, a readiness and resource
that have won him just successes and will win him more in days to come.
�N the fulness of the vigor of his young manhood, already reaping
I
the fruits of his industry, Frank S. Streeter stands in the front
rank of New Hampshire lawyers. Mr. Streeter was born in Charles
ton, Vt., August 5, 1853, but his youth was spent in St. Johnsbury,
Vt., where he was fitted for college in St. Johnsbury academy, and
entered Dartmouth as a sophomore, graduating in 1874, and during
the following year was principal of Ottumwa (Ia.) high school.
He
read law in the office of Hon. A. P. Carpenter at Bath, and was admit
ted to the bar in March, 1877. For six months he practised his pro
fession at Orford, but seeking a wider field, he came to Concord and
formed a partnership with J. H. Albin, continuing in this relation for
one year, at that time forming a partnership with Hon. Willliam M. Chase
which continued until 1891, when Mr. Chase was appointed to the
supreme bench, and the firm now became Streeter, Walker & Chase,
by the admission of the son of the former senior partner and R. E.
Walker. Mr. Streeter's life has been so filled with urgent demands of
large professional duties, that he has been able to give little time to
other interests. Yet, he has found opportunity to serve his party in
the legislature, sitting as a member from Ward 4, Concord, in the
session of 1885, and presiding at the Republican state convention of
1892. He has always been deeply interested in the welfare of Dart
mouth college, and his election to the board of trustees of the college
by the vote of the alumni was a deserved reward for his labors in bring
ing about the desired result. Mr. Streeter is a legal specialist, dealing
almost wholly in cases involving large corporate interests, though the
general practice of his firm is wide and varied. He is one of the gen
eral counsel for the Concord & Montreal railroad, and in this capacity
has carried through to a successful issue nearly all the road's important
litigation of the past five years.
FRANK. S. STREETER.
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�DWARD B.
S. SAN BORN of Franklin was born in Canter
bury, August 11, 1833, and was graduated from Dartmouth
college in 1855. He read law with Hon. George W. Nesmith, and
was admitted to the bar in 1857. His practice has always been a suc
cessful one, and its allurements have been enticing beyond the proffers of
engrossing political position. Yet Mr. Sanborn has not been without
political experiences. He represented Franklin in the legislatures of 1873,
1874, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1889, and 1891, and sat in the constitutional
convention of 1876. In 1883, upon the reorganization of the railroad
commission, Mr. Sanborn was appointed a member and was chosen
clerk of the board. This position he held for five years. He has
always been interested in educational matters and was for a brief time
a trustee of the State Normal school. For many years he served on the
board of education in Franklin, and during his years of service that
town went to the front rank in matters regarding completeness and
efficiency in school work. Mr. Sanborn is a man of large intellectual
powers. At the bar he is a most effective advocate, and his practice
is such as to command the highest order of remuneration. Upon the
floor of the house he was an
acknowledged
leader, and in all the affairs
of men in which he has a part he is a pronounced force. A well stored
mind is to him a constant source of power, and the natural character
istics of the man have been reinforced by an observant culture.
EDWARD B. S. SANBORN.
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�N the city of his birth and lifelong residence, Edwin F. Jones has
been honored in a degree that speaks more highly for his merit than
can any perfunctory words. Mr. Jones is the son of Edwin R. Jones
and Mary A. Farnham, and was born in Manchester, April 19, 1859.
He was educated in the public schools of Manchester and at Dartmouth
college, graduating in the class of 1880. He studied law in the office
of Judge David Cross and was admitted to practice in August, 1883,
establishing himself in Manchester as the partner of William J. Cope
land, this relationship terminating by the death of Mr. Copeland in
August, 1886. Mr. Jones early came into public notice by his election
as assistant clerk of the New Hampshire house of representatives in
1881. He was promoted to the clerkship in 1883, serving in that
capacity during the session of that year, and again in 1885, where by
his thorough capacity, his intricate knowledge of legislative details, his
quick perception, and his unfailing urbanity, he won for himself the
deserved praise of those with whom he was associated. The city of
Manchester, quick to recognize his worth, elected him a member
of the school board, and he served in that capacity for several years. In
June, 1887, he was elected city solicitor, and has been reëlected at each
successive municipal change of administration, his seventh term begin
ning in June of the present year. In July, 1887, he assumed the
duties of treasurer of Hillsborough county, and by continued reëlec
tions still holds the office.
He was married, December 21, 1887, to
Nora F. Kennard of Manchester. Mr. Jones is one of the busiest of
Manchester's busy young men. In his general practice and as city
solicitor he is constantly called before the courts, where the qualities
that have won him his success in other fields, stand him in good stead.
In the councils of the Republican party Mr. Jones is a valuable coãd
jutor. No campaign in recent years has passed without his active
service on the stump, where he has added to his reputation.
EDWIN F. JONES.
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�EW Hampshire is proud to reckon among her younger sons
Henry Webster Stevens, who was born in Concord, March 5,
1853, the son of Lyman D. Stevens and Achsah Pollard French. He
was fitted for college at Phillips Andover academy, and graduated from
Dartmouth college in the class of 1875. He took his degree in law at
the Boston University law school in 1877 and immediately began the
practice of law in Concord, in partnership with his father, with whom
he had studied law, having been admitted to the bar in 1878. This
partnership continued until June, 1879, when he became a partner of
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Edward G. Leach, which relation still continues.
In addition to the
demands of a growing clientage, Mr. Stevens has become identified
with many other enterprises. He has been a trustee of the city library,
and during the years 1885-86 was city solicitor of Concord. In 1887-88
he was a member of the house of representatives, and at the present
time is an alderman of the city of Concord. He is a trustee of the
Margaret Pillsbury general hospital, vice-president of the Mechanicks
National bank, trustee of the Merrimack County Savings Bank, treasurer
of the Firemen's Relief association, and of St. Mary's school. Mr.
Stevens has cast his fortunes in with those of his native state, and has
reflected his own measure of credit upon New Hampshire, who holds
dear those who make the state of their birth the state of their residence,
and who withholds no honors from those who win them.
HENRY W. STEVENS.
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�ON. JOHN PAIGE BARTLETT was born in Weare, Feb
ruary 4, 1841, the son of John Bartlett and Lurena (Bailey)
He was educated at the academies in Francestown, Deering,
Meriden, and Mont Vernon, and at Dartmouth college, taking his
degree in 1864. He read law at Manchester with Morrison, Stanley
& Clark, and was admitted to the bar, beginning his practice in the
Bartlett.
West, where he served as United States circuit court commissioner for
Dakota in the years 1867 and 1868. Removing thence to Omaha,
Neb., he became eminent in his profession and was chosen city solic
itor for the years 1869, 1870, and 1871. Returning East, he estab
lished himself in Manchester, where he at once attained a high rank
in his profession, being chosen city solicitor in 1875 and being ap
JOHN PAIGE
BARTLETT.
pointed judge of the municipal court and serving in the years 1875
and 1876. Mr. Bartlett has been prominent in the political field, and
served with great credit, execution, and ability as chairman of the Dem
ocratic state committee in the campaigns of 1890 and 1892. He is
prominent also in social life, and is now judge-advocate of the Amos
keag Veterans; is a Mason, having been master of Washington lodge,
and holding high positions in the Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks, being now in his third term as district deputy grand exalted ruler.
Mr. Bartlett was the first president of the Granite State Club, the lead
ing Democratic social organization of the state, and was one of the
organizers of the Southern New Hampshire Bar association. He was
the first attorney to be admitted to the bar in the state of Nebraska,
and in 1867 was chosen first president of the bar association at Chey
enne, Wyoming. Judge Bartlett is richly endowed with talent, his
laurels have been won on many a field, and that, despite the allurements
of other states, he has yielded the trophies of his endeavor to the state
of his birth, endears him the more to those who are jealous of the
name and fame of New Hampshire.
�J'
BURNHAM was born in Dunbarton, N. H., November 8,
1844, and is a descendant of the eighth generation from John
Burnham who came from Norwich, England, in 1635, and is the
son of Hon. Henry L. Burnham. His early youth was spent upon his
father's farm; he fitted for college at Kimball Union academy, and
entered Dartmouth in 1861, at the early age of seventeen, and gradu
ated with high honors in 1865. His college life gave promise of the
brilliant professional career for which he is distinguished, and fore
shadowed the fine oratorical powers he has since displayed with so
much credit to himself, and to so great advantage to his numerous
clientage. He studied law with Minot & Mugridge at Concord, and
with E. S. Cutter, Esq., and Judge Lewis W. Clark at Manchester, and
was admitted to the bar at the April term, 1868, in Merrimack county.
He at once opened an office in Manchester, where he has since prac
tised his profession with great energy, severe application, and eminent
success.
He is now the head of the law firm of Burnham, Brown &
Warren, whose extensive business extends into several counties, and is
one of the largest and most lucrative law practices in the state. He
filled the office of judge of probate for Hillsborough county, for the
years from 1876 to 1879. He was a member of the house of represen
tatives in 1873–74, and of the constitutional convention in 1889.
Judge Burnham has taken a deep interest in Masonry, and after filling
all the offices in Washington lodge of Manchester, received the highest
honors of the Grand lodge of the state, serving as M. W. Grand
Master in 1885.
He has also long been a prominent member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
In 1874 Judge Burnham married
Elizabeth H. Patterson, who with his three daughters and venerable
HON. HENRY E. BURN HAM.
parents constitute his present family circle. Judge Burnham is an
orator of rare gifts and attainments, and as such is widely famed.
�HE subject of this sketch is one of the best known of the young
He
was born at Wheelock, Vt., September 18, 1856. His academic educa
tion was obtained principally in the Derby, (Vt.) academy, and the Little
ton high school. He became a student of law with Hon. Harry Bingham
T er men now in active business in Northern New Hampshire.
in 1877, and was admitted to the bar in 1880.
Since that time he has
been a hard-working and successful practitioner, doing his full part in
maintaining the prestige of the law office which his distinguished pre
ceptor opened in Littleton nearly fifty years ago. In these twelve years,
he has made an enviable reputation as a lawyer. He acts upon the sound
principle that the thorough preparation of a case for trial is the essen
tial of success in the profession of law. The public know how well
this was exemplified in the two important state cases with which his
name has been associated. In every-day affairs, he is accurate, reliable,
and energetic, and in emergencies he has an abundance of that quality
which in familiar parlance is called “sand.” He has acquitted him
self handsomely in all the public offices which he has been called to
administer. For many years he has been at the head of the school
board which gives the village of Littleton one of the best high and
graded schools in the northern part of the state. In the legislature he
secured the enactment of the free text-book law, which has opened
the schools to hundreds of boys and girls, who, without that assistance,
would remain illiterate.
The Normal school and the soldiers' home
have received yeoman service from him on occasions when such assist
ance was all important to those institutions. The delicate and labori
ous duties of the office of county solicitor have been performed by him
for several years in a manner which has commanded the approval of all
W. H. MITCHELL.
parties.
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�IGH standing at the New Hampshire bar, always strong, is
Among the leaders of the
lawyers in the state stands John M. Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell is a native
of Plymouth, his birthday being July 6, 1849. His school days were
passed in Vermont, finishing at Derby academy, Derby, Vt., where he
also began the study of law, completing his course at Littleton in the
office of Judge Harry Bingham, with whom he formed a partnership
that still exists. Mr. Mitchell now makes his home in Concord, though
for the eleven years preceding 1881 he was a resident of Littleton,
where he was for several years a member of the board of education, and
for two years was chairman of the board of education. In 1878 he
was appointed by the court solicitor of Grafton county, to fill the vacan
cy caused by the resignation of Major E. W. Farr, who had been
elected to congress. Following this he served the full term of two
years in the same position by election. In 1869–70 Mr. Mitchell was
superintendent of schools at Salem, Vt. In 1888 Mr. Mitchell was ap
pointed by Governor Sawyer a member of the state board of railroad
commissioners, and resigned that position in April, 1891, to become
one of the general counsel of the Concord & Montreal Railroad. At
the election of 1892, Mr. Mitchell was elected a representative from
Ward 4, Concord, though he is an ardent Democrat and the ward has
always been strongly Republican. Mr. Mitchell has long been a mem
ber of the Democratic state committee, and was president of the state
convention that met in 1888 to choose delegates to the national con
vention. Mr. Mitchell is a lawyer in all that that implies. As a coun
H not attained or held by mediocrity.
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JOHN M. MITCHELL.
sellor, he is sagacious and clear-visioned; as an advocate, he is winning
and gracious. In the preparation and trial of causes he is painstaking
and successful. His best praise may be read in the reputation of his
firm and in the character of his clientage.
�AMUEL BERKELEY PAGE of Haverhill, a leading lawyer of
S the state, was born at Littleton, June 23, 1838.
He was educated
in the academies at Kingston, Lyndon, Vt., and McIndoe's Falls,
Vt., and at the Albany law university. He has practised his pro
fession at Warren, Littleton, Concord, and Woodsville, and served on
the boards of education in Warren, Haverhill, Concord, and Woods
ville. From 1864 to 1869 inclusive, he was a member of the house
of representatives, and also in 1871, 1887, 1889, and 1893. In 1876
he was a member of the constitutional convention. Mr. Page is a
fluent speaker, and has been heard upon the stump in this and other
states during many successive campaigns. As a member of the legisla
ture he easily ranked as its ablest parliamentarian, and has marshalled
both the majority and minority in many a stubborn legislative contest.
For many years Mr. Page has been counsel for some of the leading cor
porations of New England, and has enjoyed a large and lucrative
general practice. Of late he has become deeply interested in temper
ance work, and has given freely of his time to advance the cause of that
reform. Mr. Page is a man of great natural ability, is well read, is of
a studious nature, and his earnestness challenges respect. As a mem
ber of the house he has been thrust frequently into the thick of heated
debate, but he has never failed to command aitention.
His is a nature
of infinite variety, yet there is nothing superficial in his makeup.
is a direct, vigorous, penetrating character.
SAMUEL B. PAGE.
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�OL. FRANK GARDNER NOYES was born at Nashua, July
1833, the son of Leonard White Noyes and Anna Sewall
Gardner. He was educated at Phillips Andover academy, at Williams
and Union colleges, taking his degree in 1853, and at the Law school
of Harvard university, from which he graduated in 1856, studying also
in the law offices of Sidney Bartlett and Rufus Choate in Boston, and
being admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in June, 1856. In that
year he went to Clinton, Iowa, and formed a partnership with Nathaniel
B. Baker, who had been governor of New Hampshire in 1854. He
practised law in Iowa from 1856 to 1861, when, after the attack on Fort
Sumter, he was appointed aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel of
cavalry on the staff of Samuel J. Kirkwood, the famous war governor of
Iowa, and served one year in Iowa, organizing troops for the United
States service. In 1862 he was commissioned captain and C. S. of
the United States volunteers by President Lincoln, and was assigned
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to duty in the field with the Thirteenth army corps. He served through
the war, and was mustered out November 9, 1865, with the rank of
lieutenant-colonel, having been assigned to duty by the president as
chief C. S. of the Thirteenth army corps. March 18, 1867, he was
appointed United States consul to Panama. In 1869 Colonel Noyes
returned to Iowa, where for about ten years he was engaged in
manufacturing, as proprietor of the Clinton Iron Works. Of late he
has resided in Nashua, where his family have always been prominent,
and has retired from the active practice of his profession, and is engaged
chiefly in literary pursuits. February 9, 1893, after passing through the
chair of senior vice-department commander, Colonel Noyes was elected
by the twenty-sixth annual encampment to be commander of the
Department of New Hampshire, Grand Army of the Republic, and
established his headquarters at Nashua. Since 1866 he has been a
member of the Loyal Legion, commandery of New York.
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�ORACE STUART CUMMINGS was born in Southborough,
Mass., where his father, a Congregational clergyman, at that
time resided. Receiving a call from the church in Hillsborough,
the son removed thither with the family, remaining until 1856, when
he removed to Exeter, which is still his legal residence. Here he
prepared for college at Phillips academy. He entered Dartmouth in
the autumn of 1858, and was graduated four years later. During his
college vacations Mr. Cummings had begun the study of law under the
instruction of Hon. Charles H. Bell, and continued the study at the
Albany Law school and in New York city, where he was admitted to
practice. For a few years subsequently he lived in Exeter, until an
appointment in the treasury department at Washington was offered to
him and accepted. In this responsible position he remained for several
years. The years 1870–71 were spent in travelling in Europe, and at
the capitulation of Paris he was one of the first civilians to enter the
starving capital. Soon after his return to Washington he began the
practice of his profession, and quickly gained a large and profitable
clientage. Mr. Cummings has always taken a lively interest in New
Hampshire politics, and when a young man served for four sessions as
clerk and assistant clerk of the state senate.
In 1876 and 1877 the
town of Exeter elected him as one of her representatives to the general
court. During these legislatures he was honored with the position of
permanent caucus chairman, and discharged his duties to the accept
ance of all. In the business work of the house he took an active part,
serving as chairman of the committee on elections, whose work during
the sessions was of more than ordinary importance and interest, owing
to several exciting contests over seats. In 1876 his warm friend,
Governor Cheney, commissioned Mr. Cummings as an aide-de-camp on
his staff, with the rank of colonel. Few men entertain a deeper affection
for the Granite state and its institutions than the subject of this sketch.
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�N the historic old town of Bath, famous for having been the scene
of bitter contention, fierce litigation, of prosperity, of decay, and of
all the vicissitudes of an old-time ‘‘hill town,” General Philip Carpen
ter, the son of Judge A. P. and Julia R. Carpenter, was born March 9.
1856. After a preliminary course he entered Dartmouth college, and
was graduated in the class of 1877. He studied law, and was admitted
to the bar in due season, and engaged in practice at Lancaster in
partnership with Maj. Irving W. Drew and Hon. Chester B. Jordan.
In 1885 he withdrew from this partnership, and removed to New York
city, where he is engaged in practice at 38 Park Row, at present being
alone in business, though he has had since going to New York a
partner. In 1885, before he removed to New York, he was appointed
judge-advocate-general on the staff of Governor Moody Currier, a
position which he resigned upon his removal from the state. General
Carpenter's success in his new field of labor has not caused him to
forget his native state, and the summer months see him a happy and
welcome visitor at his birth-place and in other communities endeared
by old associations.
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�J'
WARREN TOWLE, son of General Joseph Towle and
Nancy Ranlett Towle, was born at Epping, N. H., August 15,
1825. His father was a gentleman of the old school, and was high
sheriff of the county in the days when that personage, resplendent in
gold lace and uniform, would open court, the observed of all observers.
Mr. Towle entered Phillips Exeter academy in 1840, where he
fitted for Harvard university. Upon the completion of his course at
the latter institution in 1851, he received the degree of A. B. He at
once began the study of law in the office of Col. Seth J. Thomas of
Boston, and in the year following attended the Harvard Law school.
He was admitted to the Suffolk county bar, Boston, Mass., July, 1853,
and in the fall of that year began the practice of law in the office of the
Hon. Ichabod Bartlett of Portsmouth, N. H.
After Mr. Bartlett's
death, Mr. Towle continued the practice of the firm alone for some six
years, when he removed to Exeter, and has since known no other
home. Democratic principles were an inheritance to him, and he has
ever been true to the faith, having served for over 30 years as a member
of the state Democratic committee, and attended every Democratic
state convention since 1853, with one exception. Although repeatedly
urged to allow his name to be used, he has never been a candidate for
public office, but always comes to the front whenever aid can be
rendered to the party. As a lawyer, Mr. Towle is brilliant, witty, and
polished, and his commanding appearance, clear voice, and keen
searching eye seldom fail to carry conviction to the minds of the jury.
In 1858 Mr. Towle was married to Abbey H. Lord of Cambridge,
Mass.
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�H
ERMAN W. GREENE, of Hopkinton, was born in that town,
April II, 1836, and was educated in the public schools and at
Pembroke and Gilmanton academies. He entered upon the study of law
HERMAN W. GREENE.
with George & Foster at Concord, continuing it with the firm of Beard
& Nickerson in Boston, and on his twenty-first birthday was admitted
to the Suffolk county bar, successfully passing the examination, and en
tered upon the practice of his profession in Boston where he was
actively engaged before the municipal court in all branches of legal pro
cedure. Following this, he returned to his native town, where he now
resides and where he has been in the active practice of his profession
ever since. In local political circles, Mr. Greene has taken an active
part, having served as moderator of the town of Hopkinton since 1863,
and as superintendent of schools for five years, and having been fre
quently elected to the legislature, serving in the sessions of 1881, 1889,
and 1891, taking a brilliant and conspicuous part in the debates of the
session, and serving with credit upon various important committees.
Mr. Greene was county solicitor of Merrimack county for five years, an
unprecedented period of service in these later days of rotation in office.
Mr. Greene in early life was a Democrat, but at the outbreak of the
war became identified with the Republican party and has served it ever
since, upon the state committee and in whatever way his versatile talent
could find an outlet for his partisan enthusiasm. Mr. Greene as a pub
lic speaker possesses the traits necessary for success, and has been
called on various public occasions to serve as the orator of the day,
always acquitting himself with remarkable credit. In the debates that
have occurred in the house during his terms of service as a legislator,
Mr. Greene has always been prominent, not only by reason of his im
portant committee assignments, but by reason also of his quick percep
tion of the drift of legislative affairs and of his zealous enthusiasm for
the cause that he had espoused.
�AVID RUSSELL PIERCE was born in Lexington, Maine, Feb
ruary 4, 1848, the son of Simon D. and Sarah A. (Parsons)
Pierce. He was educated at the Bloomfield academy, Skowhegan, and
at the Edward Little institute at Auburn, Maine. After leaving school
he was a teacher in California for three years, and in 1869 was admit
ted to the bar in that state. For six years he was engaged in news
paper work in Poston, and was connected with the Commercial Bulle
tin and the Boston Post. For the past six years he has been in the
practice of law in Somersworth, where he has built up a fruitful busi
ness. He served in the Seventh Maine battery during the war, and
made a creditable record. He has been a member of the Grand Army
for sixteen years, and is now the senior vice-commander of the depart
ment of New Hampshire. He has always been an ardent Republican
and was a delegate from the First district to the National convention
at Minneapolis in 1892. He is easily ranked as one of the prominent
men of the state, his diverse occupations having given him a versatility
of intellect and a facility for labor that are telling in his professional
work.
He is a finely cultured lawyer, and as a public speaker has
made his mark. He is already in the line of promotion in various di
rections, and has only to live hereafter in accordance with his past to
secure the abundant rewards that follow upon the exercise of such
characteristics as he has shown himself to possess.
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�J' was born in Wolfeborough, N. H., on the(Wedgwood)
Edgerly,
15th day of
A. EDGERLY, son of James and Nancy H.
May, 1846; was educated at the public schools and at the Wolfe
borough and Tuftonborough academy; lived upon his father's farm in
Wolfeborough until twenty years of age, then removed to Great Falls,
now Somersworth, N.H., where he has since resided. After teaching
school for several years, he studied law in the office of William J. Cope
land, and was admitted to the Strafford county bar in 1874, and at
once became a partner with Mr. Copeland under the firm name of Cope
land & Edgerly, which partnership continued until the death of Mr.
Copeland, August 1, 1886. He was a member of the New Hampshire
legislature in 1883, and again in 1885. Was a candidate for speaker in
1885, but withdrew before the caucus in favor of Hon. Edgar Aldrich,
who was subsequently nominated and elected. Since that time he has
devoted himself exclusively to his profession, and has a large practice
in this state and western Maine. As a criminal lawyer he has had an
extensive practice, having been engaged in the defense of twelve mur
der cases, some of them being among the most celebrated trials in this
part of the country. His law library is said to be the largest private
law library in the state, and he also has a large collection of rare his
torical works. He was married to Annie A. Wood, November 19,
1874, but has no children.
JAMES A. EDGERLY.
�J'
LANGDON SPRING was born at Newport, January 14,
1830, and is the son of John Clark Spring. His education was
obtained in the common schools, supplemented by such self-sought
instructions as he was able to secure. He began the study of law with
Hon. Thomas Wentworth and Hon. C. W. Woodman at Dover, and
was admitted to the bar at Manchester in 1860. He began practice at
Wilton and was there engaged for a part of one year, then removing to
Milford, where he was established as a lawyer until 1870, when he
moved to Lebanon and has since resided there.
In the course of his
practice Mr. Spring has been very successful, having enjoyed at one
time the partnership of his son and always having commanded a consid
erable part of the docket. Among his brethren at the bar Mr. Spring
has always been held in high esteem, and has been a vice-president of
the American Bar Association. He is a Royal Arch Mason and is
very prominent in Odd Fellowship in New Hampshire, having served
for four years as grand representative in the Sovereign grand lodge.
In 1875 Dartmouth college made Mr. Spring a Master of Arts. He
sat in the constitutional convention of 1876, and in 1891 was elected
to the house of representatives, and was again chosen in 1893, serving
in each session as a member of the judiciary committee, and taking an
important part in the debates of the session, espousing many successful
measures and taking a decided stand against encroachments upon the
people's rights. Mr. Spring has coöperated in many of the enterprises
that have sprung up in Lebanon, and has favored from the first the
liberal policy that has made that town so thriving. In the house of
representatives Mr. Spring's career was highly creditable. He fre
quently spoke upon the important questions presented, and never with
out the respect of his colleagues nor yet without influence. He is a
man of bold and vigorous mental parts, with a fluent command of lan
guage, a rapid and logical flow of thought, and of impressive presence.
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He was educated
at the Stevens High school in Claremont, at the Highland Military
academy, Worcester, Mass., at Dartmouth college, and at the law
school of Boston university. Admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1876, he
practised a short time in Boston, afterward in Concord, and now is in
practice in Claremont. Scholarly in tastes and habits, a reader, a
thinker, as well as a man of affairs, Mr. Brown ranks high among the
coming men of New Hampshire. Able in debate and a tactician of no
mean ability, quick of comprehension and courageous of action, the
stump, the platform, and the field of politics furnish him with a
congenial theatre of action. Representing Claremont in the legislature
of 1891, and again in 1893, he early won the respect and recognition
of his colleagues. An easy and fluent speaker, eloquent and able on
the platform, strong in debate, fanciful and charming as an after-dinner
talker, Mr. Brown holds an enviable place among the orators of the
Granite state. Honest and fearless, with high aims and purposes, his
democratic good-fellowship has given him a large acquaintance and
F Brown, born in Claremont, February 2, 1854.
many friends among all classes and conditions of men throughout *
state. A courteous and honorable gentleman, of fine sensibilities, w
eral in thought and action, his career already successful is yet fruitful
with possibilities.
FRANK HERBERT BROWN.
�OL. THOMAS J. WHIPPLE was born in Wentworth, January
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30, 1816, and read law with Josiah Quincy, of Rumney, and
was admitted to the bar in 1840.
He enlisted in the Mexican War,
serving as first lieutenant, Company H, United States infantry, and
landed at Vera Cruz, June 21, 1847; was taken prisoner July 13, and
exchanged at Jalapa, September 1, of the same year. After his
exchange he served as aide-de-camp and assistant adjutant-general under
General Scott, until the close of the war. In 1849 he opened an office
in Laconia, where he continued the practice of law until his death,
December 21, 1889. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he responded
with characteristic promptness to the call for soldiers, and went into
service as lieutenant-colonel of the First New Hampshire regiment. A
born soldier, his nature resolute and intensely patriotic, he was the
embodiment of courage. He commanded the Fourth New Hampshire
regiment until he resigned, March 18, 1862. Unanimously chosen colonel
by the men of the Twelfth regiment, New Hampshire volunteers, he had
every known qualification for leadership; the only reason why he was
not a great leader was because he was not commissioned and allowed
to command the brave men who had volunteered to serve with him; and
thus the military career of this accomplished soldier was closed forever.
In religious matters Colonel Whipple was charitable to others, while he
entertained very strong and positive views of his own. He fearlessly
approached the close of life, and when the warfare was ended he con
fidently went to his rest, having outlived the world's superstitions and
childish fears. His matchless power of expression, his blistering sar
casm, his vivid and impressive description, cannot be delineated. His
gems of thought and expression are strewn all along the pathway of his
career, but it is as impossible to preserve their brilliancy and point as
it is to preserve the sparks struck from flint and steel.
�ON. CHARLES F. STONE, of Laconia, was born in Cabot,
Vt., May 21, 1843, and his early days, like those of many
prominent professional men of to-day, were passed on a farm. After
passing through the common schools of his native town, he decided to
study a profession, and took a preparatory course for Middlebury col
lege, which he did in 1885, at Barre (Vt.) academy, graduating from
Middlebury college, class of '69. He defrayed the expenses of his college
course by teaching school, and began the study of law in the office of
Hon. J. W. Stewart at Middlebury, at the same time filling the position
of principal of the graded school. In 1870 he went to Laconia, where
he continued his legal studies in the office of Hon. E. A. Hibbard, and
was admitted to the bar in 1872. He began the practice of law in
company with Geerge W. Stevens, and later he conducted a lucrative
business alone till 1880, when he formed a partnership with E. P.
Jewell, with whom he is now associated in a large and successful prac
tice.
Mr. Stone was chairman of the Democratic state committee, from
1882 until 1890. He served in the legislature in 1883–84; also in
1887–88, where he was conspicuous in the great railroad fight, opposing
the “Hazen bill” and advocating the antagonistic measure, the “Ath
erton bill.” He was first president of the Laconia board of education.
In 1892 he was nominated a candidate for congressman by his party.
He is a member of the Laconia grange, and of the Belknap County
Pomona grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and since he attained his
majority has been a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Stone is
an able, sound lawyer, an eloquent pleader, and easily holds a place in
the front rank of his profession.
�DWARD G. LEACH of Franklin was born in Meredith, June
28, 1849, and has made Franklin his home since 1871. He was
educated at Kimball Union academy and at Dartmouth college, gradu
ating from the latter institution in 1871. While yet at school in the
fall of 1864, Mr. Leach, fired by the example of his father and only
brother, the latter of whom died in the service of his country, sought to
enlist in a company of heavy artillery then being formed at Laconia,
but was prevented by his relatives. During his college course he
taught school at several places in New Hampshire, and passed his
summers as clerk at various summer hotels. After graduation he read
law with Hon. Daniel Barnard and E. B. S. Sanborn at Franklin, and
was admitted to the bar in 1874, being partner with his preceptor, Mr.
Barnard, until 1879, at which time he formed a partnership with Henry
W. Stevens of Concord, which relationship still exists. Mr. Leach
has been known in many fields of endeavor. He is president of the
Manufacturers and Merchants' Mutual Insurance company, of the
Franklin Building and Loan association, and of the Franklin Board of
Trade.
He has also been clerk and one of the trustees of the Unitarian
society in Franklin for the past ten years, and a member of the board
of water commissioners for the same term.
Mr. Leach was elected
county solicitor of Merrimack county in 1880, serving four years. In
his long career in public and private life Mr. Leach has won many
laurels by his own efforts. His activity has been great and his success
has been commensurate with it. As a member of the present House
he takes a leading rank, and he has but to view the future with unfail
ing eyes, as the past is ample security that his prospect is brilliant.
EDWARD G. LEACH.
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�J.'
ELLERY BARNARD was born in Franklin, January 29,
1863, the son of Daniel Barnard and Amelia (Morse) Barnard.
His preliminary education was obtained in the Franklin High school,
and at the Holderness school for boys. He entered Dartmouth college
in the class of 1884, but failing health compelled him to relinquish his
college course, and at the end of his sophomore year he made an ex
tended tour in the Orient, returning in 1884 to enter the Franklin
National bank, where he was employed for two years; then going to the
National Bank of the Republic, in Boston, whence he was called, by the
death of his elder brother, to the study of law in the office of his father,
the late Hon. Daniel Barnard, and was graduated from the Boston Uni
versity Law school in 1890, being admitted to the bar in the same year.
From that time until the death of his father he was a member of the
firm of Barnard & Barnard, and succeeded to the practice of the firm
upon his father's death, in 1892. Upon the formation of the municipal
court in Franklin, Mr. Barnard was appointed its first judge, and has
but now entered upon the duties of the position. The academic honors
relinquished by Mr. Barnard because of failing health came to him in
1888 when, honoris causa, he was granted the degree of A. B. by the
trustees of Dartmouth college. In the few years that have passed since his
admission to the bar, Mr. Barnard has made a name for himself inde
pendent of that bequeathed him by a brilliant parent. As an active,
energetic young lawyer, he has commanded the respect of an increasing
clientage. Applying himself with diligence to the tasks set before him,
he has succeeded already in securing a foothold in the pathway to suc
cess. To his advantage has been turned a rare social temperament, and
an extended circle of friends rejoice no less than he at the evidences
already given of a future marked with success.
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�A' the younger members of the
New Hampshire bar, there
is no one who has attained a higher measure of success in an
equal number of years, and certainly none with higher promise for the
future, than Nathaniel Everett Martin, of Concord, junior member of
the firm of Albin & Martin, which ranks second to no law firm in Mer
rimack county, either as regards extent of business or reputation for
successful work. Mr. Martin is a son of Theophilus B. and Sarah L.
(Rowell) Martin, and was born in the rural town of Loudon, August 9,
1855. He received his education in the common schools of Loudon
and Concord, and the Concord High school, and, deciding to follow the
legal profession, pursued the study thereof in the office of Sargent
& Chase, in Concord, where he was admitted to the bar on August
14, 1879, and has since been actively engaged in practice, having been
associated with John H. Albin since May, 1885. For two years, from
July 1, 1887, to July 1, 1889, he held the office of solicitor of Merri
mack county, and distinguished himself therein by strict regard for the
letter and spirit of his official obligations. Although heartily identified
with the Democratic party, and at present holding the position of chair
man of the Democratic city committee, Mr. Martin has not sought pro
motion at the hands of his party, and has never neglected his profes
sional and business interests for partisan or political work. A thorough
lawyer, keenly delighting in the labors and contests incident to the pro
fession, he has not forgotten his early associations, and takes an
active interest in agricultural pursuits, particularly in stock breeding.
He is also quite extensively engaged in real estate and other business
operations, bringing thereto the same aptness and sagacity, as well as
tireless energy, which characterize his professional life.
NATHANIEL E.
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�OHN HENRY ALBIN was born at West Randolph, Vt., October
17, 1843, and is the son of John Albin and Emily White. He
was fitted for college in the high school at Concord, and graduated
from Dartmouth in the class of 1864, beginning at once the study of
law in the office of Judge Ira A. Eastman of Concord, and was admit
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ted to the bar in October, 1867, becoming in April, 1868, a partner of
Judge Eastman.
In December of the same year Samuel B. Page from
Warren was admitted to the firm, which was reckoned one of the
strongest in the state and was dissolved in 1874, at which time Mr.
Albin became associated with Hon. Mason W. Tappan, this part
nership being broken by the appointment of Mr. Tappan as attorney
general of New Hampshire; upon the repeal of the statute which pre
vented the attorney general from practice in cases to which the state
was not a party, it was renewed. Later Mr. Albin formed a partner
ship with Nathaniel E. Martin which still exists under the firm name
of Albin & Martin, and is extensively occupied with general practice.
In 1872 and 1873 Mr. Albin was a representative in the legislature
from his ward in Concord, serving as a member of the judiciary com
mittee during his first term, and as chairman of the committee on rail
roads during his second term. In 1875 he took up his residence in
Henniker, and in 1876 represented that town in the legislature, his
committee service being important and valuable. In Odd Fellowship
Mr. Albin has taken a high rank. He has held all the official posi
tions of the Grand lodge, being elected Grand Master in 1879, and in
1881 and 1882 represented the state in the Sovereign Grand lodge at
its sessions in Cincinnati and Baltimore.
In September, 1881, he was
appointed a member of the committee which was to prepare a degree
JOHN HENRY ALBIN.
of uniformed patriarchs.
In 1884 Mr. Albin was chairman of the
patriarchal branch of Odd Fellowship, and since that time has been
prominently identified with its development.
�ALTER SCOTT PEASLEE was born at Wilmot, November
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WALTER S. PEASLEE.
14, 1854, and is the son of George Washington Peaslee
and Caroline Taylor (Burbank) Peaslee. He was educated in the
common schools of his native town, at Colby academy, New London,
and at Wolfeborough academy, and read law with Col. Thomas J.
Whipple, at Laconia, being admitted to the bar in July, 1885, and im
mediately entering upon the practice of his profession at Laconia, where
he still resides. Mr. Peaslee gave diligent attention to his profession,
and won success. In 1890 he was nominated and elected solicitor of
Belknap county, upon the Democratic ticket, and his service in this
capacity was painstaking and creditable. Mr. Peaslee boasts, not vain
gloriously, that he is a self-educated man. With a rare fondness for
books, he has followed along the pathway of culture with diligence.
Widely read, he has attained the broadest of equipments for the practice
of his profession, has given much attention to the study of the languages,
and as a writer has evinced no mean ability, his productions both in
prose and verse reaching a high plane of merit. As a lawyer, Mr.
Peaslee has been singularly fortunate, though his good fortune has
come, not as the result of any stroke of luck, but as the due reward of
faithful, intelligent application, and of a sturdy, upright integrity that
merits and receives approbation in every walk of life. Possessing the
qualities of New England manhood—acuteness, firmness, uprightness,
—Mr. Peaslee has developed those qualities in the practice of his pro
fession, and their development has redounded, not only to his own ben
efit but to the benefit of his friends and clients. Both as a public official
and in his private practice, Mr. Peaslee has given evidence of great latent
power, the reserve force of his nature being sufficient to meet and con
quer any emergency.
�AMES F. BRENNAN was born in Peterborough, March 31, 1853,
and received his preliminary education in the common schools and
academy of his native village. In 1880 he commenced the study
of law in the office of Charles Poe, Baltimore, and after a three years
course in the law school of the University of Maryland, graduated in
the class of '84, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Law. He was ad
mitted to practice at the New Hampshire bar, August 28, 1884, the
United States circuit court bar the next year, and establishing an office
in his native town, has attained an excellent law practice. Mr. Brennan
is a Democrat in politics, and has done good work for his party on the
stump in all recent campaigns. In the November election of 1886 he
ran largely ahead of the general ticket, as Democratic candidate for
county solicitor, this being the only time he has allowed his name to be
used as a candidate for a political office. He has an extended acquaintance
throughout the state, possessing a host of friends. He was chairman
of the Second district Democratic congressional convention in 1888, and
has served on the board of auditors, library committee, and school board
of his native town. He is a lover of books, and possesses a very fine
law library.
JAMES F. BRENNAN.
�HOMAS E. O. MARVIN was born at Portsmouth, December
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18, 1837, and is the son of Capt. William Marvin and Marianna
(Martin) Marvin. He was educated in the public schools of Ports
mouth, and at the Portsmouth academy, under the tutelage of the famous
master, William Harris. After finishing his school days, he became
prominent in the city of his birth, and has held various city offices. For
two years, 1872 and 1873, he was mayor of Portsmouth, and in the
latter year presided at the meeting of the Sons of Portsmouth, upon
their return, welcoming them with a proper address. In 1872, at Boston,
during the big fire, he rendered effective service in charge of the fire
department of Portsmouth, and is credited with having saved the Old
South Church from destruction. He is now associate-justice of the
municipal court of Portsmouth, and military instructor in the public
schools of the city. He also holds many private positions of trust, and
was a member of Governor Cheney's staff. Since 1872 he has been
president of the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, and in that position has rendered the most effective and effect
ual service in behalf of humane sentiment. This society Colonel Marvin
was active in organizing, and has been more than active in sustaining;
indeed the noble work of this organization in New Hampshire has been
almost entirely accomplished by him personally. He is also president of
The New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Colonel Marvin's tastes and occupation inclined him to the study of the
law. His counsel has been eagerly sought by a large clientage, and the
rare tact and common sense that have characterized him have been useful
to his friends who have sought and followed his advice.
In the city of
Portsmouth, where he was born and has always resided, Colonel Marvin
is held in the highest esteem, which is shared by the people of New
Hampshire, who have come to know him through his activity in a just
THOMAS E. O. MARVIN.
and noble cause.
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�RA ARTHUR CHASE was born in Bristol, March 25, 1854, and
is the son of Ira Stephen Chase and Cordelia Page Simonds. He
was educated at the Bristol high school and at the New Hampton Lit
erary institution, graduating from that institution in 1872, and from
Dartmouth college in 1877. The interim between his graduation from
New Hampton and his entering college, Mr. Chase passed as a school
teacher, being principal of Orleans Liberal institute at Glover, Vt.
Upon leaving college Mr. Chase again resumed teaching, following that
occupation one year, and then began the study of law at Bristol with
Hon. L. W. Fling, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1881. He
at once began the practice of law at Bristol, and has ever since achieved
success in his calling. In 1883 Mr. Chase was chosen assistant clerk
of the state senate, and was reëlected to that position in 1885, being
promoted to the clerkship in 1887 and reëlected in 1889. Mr. Chase
has been and is interested in many business enterprises, and all of the
projects looking to the development of the town of his birth and resi
dence have received his cheerful support and hearty coöperation. In
his profession Mr. Chase has justly achieved a large measure of success,
due to his unexampled fidelity and honor. A rare degree of foresight
enabled him to take a high rank in his profession as a counsellor, while
the studious care with which he prepared his cases and the vigor with
which he prosecuted his cause have but added to his reputation as a
lawyer in the field belonging especially to an advocate. The recogni
tion of these qualities that Mr. Chase has so conspicuously and con
stantly displayed, has brought him respect, esteem, and emolument. In
receiving them he has not lost sight of the modesty of his honest man
hood, nor has he allowed them by their allurements to take him from
the path in which he first found the way to success.
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IRA ARTHUR CHASE.
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�EW, indeed, among New Hampshire's numerous band of lawyers
and politicians are more widely known or more universally
liked than Samuel T. Page, of Manchester. His smiling face and genial
personality are familiar from Coös to the sea, and his every acquaintance
is a friend. Mr. Page was born in the good old town of Haverhill,
from which many distinguished sons have gone forth, February 14, 1849.
He was educated at the Haverhill academy, and at Kimball Union acad
emy, Meriden, for Dartmouth college, from which institution he grad
uated with honors in the class of 1871. He took up the practice of law
as a profession, and in this line has achieved great success, both in
consultation and as an advocate. During most of his life he has resided
at his native town of Haverhill, and has there practised his profession.
Having large real estate interests needing his attention, he removed to
Manchester a few years ago, and continues to hold an honorable posi
tion among the members of the Queen city bar, among whom he pur
sued the study of his profession, and was admitted to practice in 1874.
Mr. Page has always been active in politics, and there are few in the
state whose knowledge of the workings of legislative and other machin
ery, is more intimate and practical. He was private secretary to Hon.
F
James A. Weston during the latter's service as governor of the state,
and thus gained a fine initiation into political life. He served as super
intendent of schools at Haverhill, and was register of probate of Grafton
county for eight years, surrendering that office to his successor in 1885.
He was a member of the house of representatives in 1877, in 1878, and
again in 1887. His service in this body, on the floor and in committee
rooms alike, was useful and indefatigable. Mr. Page is a steadfast
Democrat, a member of the Congregational church, and happily married.
SAMUEL T. PAGE.
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�NE of the sons of Coös county, Alfred Randall Evans, has found
enough field for the exercise of his
talent. He was born at Shelburne, March 21, 1849, the son of Otis
() New Hampshire a broad
Evans and Martha Pinkham.
He was educated at Lancaster academy,
at the Nichols Latin school, Lewiston, Me., and at Dartmouth college,
graduating in the class of 1872. After leaving college he studied law,
and before his admission to the bar was elected to the house of repre
sentatives from Shelburne, in 1874. He was admitted to the bar in
April, 1875, and immediately entered upon practice at Gorham, where
he has since maintained himself. In all the north country there are
few men who take a higher rank in all departments of life than Mr.
Evans. In 1875, and again in 1888, he was elected to the house of
representatives from Shelburne, and has always taken an active part in
every enterprise that would inure to the benefit of the community
in which he has lived. He is a Republican in politics, and although
his party is in the minority in Coös county, he has never hesitated to wage
political battles with vigor and zeal, giving to the party the best services
that in him lie, and even leading the forlorn hope always with credit,
and generally with brilliant distinction. Upon the organization of the
Berlin National bank at Berlin, February 21, 1891, Mr. Evans was
chosen president of the corporation, and still retains that office. He
is one of the busiest of men. His varied talents have sought and
found a field for exercise in many departments of activity. Calling
always upon himself for the highest degree of capacity, he has never yet
called in vain. Responding nobly to every call, yielding cheerful
acquiescence in every public decision, Mr. Evans is a model citizen and
ALFRED
RANDALL EVANS.
a gentleman of culture and of strength, a valued member of New Eng
land society.
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�ERBERT IRVIN GOSS, son of Abel B. Goss and Lucy S.
His
early education was secured in the common schools, and later in the St.
Johnsbury academy, from which he graduated in June, 1880. He spent
the first year thereafter as a school-teacher. In 1881 he began the
study of the law in the office of Hon. Elisha May at St. Johnsbury, and
remained with Mr. May after that gentleman had formed a partnership
with Hon. Henry C. Bates, until June, 1883, when he was admitted to
the bar of Caledonia county. In October, 1883, Mr. Goss formed a
partnership with F. B. Wright in Minneapolis, Minn., but relinquished
the practice of the law in the West in October, 1884, the last six
months of that time having been in practice by himself. In 1885 he
opened an office in Guildhall, Vt., and a few months thereafter went to
Lancaster, where he became a partner of the late Hon. Jacob Benton
for the two succeeding years, being admitted to practice in New Hamp
shire courts in July, 1885. In October, 1887, Mr. Goss formed a
partnership with Gen. A. S. Twitchell, and resided in Gorham until he
H Ross, was born in Waterford, Vt., December 4, 1857.
moved to Berlin, which was in November, 1888.
Mr. Goss's next
partnership was formed February 1, 1891, with Daniel J. Daley, of
Berlin, and to the firm as thus constituted was afterwards added another
HERBERT
partner, in the person of Edward C. Niles, under the firm name of
Daley, Goss & Niles, the firm enjoying one of the largest and most lu
crative practices in Coös county. Mr. Goss is a young lawyer of
marked ability; a frank and easy manner makes him a winning advocate;
in the conduct of cases he displays remarkable skill, and his knowledge
of the law is extensive and ready. To his firm his services have been
of great value, and as years pass will become more and more valuable.
In the bustling town of Berlin, Mr. Goss has made himself a power
by the earnestness with which he has entered into the projects that
have contributed to the upbuilding of the community.
IRVIN GOSS.
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�D' J.
DALEY was born at Lancaster, January 27, 1858,
and is of Irish extraction, being the son of John and Bridget
Daley, who now reside at Lancaster. He was reared upon his father's
farm, and received a common-school and academical education. At the
age of sixteen he began teaching school, teaching in the winter and
working upon the farm during the summer, and applying his earnings
toward the payment of the expense incurred in securing his education.
At the age of twenty-two he chose the law for a profession, and entered
the office of William and Henry Heywood, pursuing his legal studies
under their direction until March, 1885, when he was admitted to the
New Hampshire bar. November 9, of that year, he established himself
at Berlin, and took up the practice of his profession, following the law
alone until February 1, 1891, when he formed a partnership with Herbert
I. Goss, which continued until September 15, 1892, when Edward C.
Niles, son of Right Rev. W. W. Niles, Episcopal bishop of New Hamp
shire, was admitted to the firm, which then became Daley, Goss & Niles.
In politics, Mr. Daley is a Democrat. In 1882 he was a member of the
board of supervisors of Lancaster, and in 1883 was chairman of the same
board. In 1884 and in 1888 he did remarkable service on the stump for
his party, and in 1886 and 1887 served as town treasurer of Berlin. In
1888 he was nominated and elected, by a large majority, to be county
solicitor of Coös county. In 1889 he was elected moderator in Berlin,
serving also at the fall election in 1890, and at the March meeting in
1891. In 1890 he was again nominated to succeed himself as county
DANIEL J. DALEY.
solicitor, and was elected by a majority of 751, running far ahead of his
ticket. In 1892 he declined a re-nomination, from business considera
tions. Mr. Daley has been prominent in the upbuilding of that lively
town of Berlin, and is now president of the People's Building and Loan
association of that place, and a director in the Berlin Heights Addition
Land company, and in the Berlin Aqueduct company.
�HARLES CHESLEY was born in Wakefield, April 12, 1827.
C He was graduated at Bowdoin college, Me., in 1852, and studied
law with Hon. John Hickman of West Chester, Pa., and with Hon.
Chas. Doe, the present chief-justice of New Hampshire, at Dover. He
commenced the practice of his profession in his native town and for
several years was solicitor of Carroll county. He was chief clerk of the
United States board of enrollment for the First district of New Hamp
shire from June, 1863, to June, 1865. He resigned that place to accept
a clerkship in the office of the United States commissioner of internal
revenue at Washington, D.C., where he remained until June, 1872, when
he resigned to accept an appointment in the office of the United States at
torney general. In October of that year, without solicitation from him or
from any one else in his behalf, he was appointed United States solicitor of
internal revenue by President Grant. Soon after the inauguration of Presi
dent Cleveland in March, 1885, at the request of Mr. Garland, the new
attorney general, Mr. Chesley sent his written resignation to the president,
in which he said he had “always believed in the principles of the Repub
lican party, and desired its success in the recent election.” Two days
thereafter he received an autograph letter from the president, in which
he was requested to remain as solicitor “at least sixty days longer.”
To this he replied that he would continue to discharge the duties of his
office to the best of his ability, until his successor should be appointed
and qualified. In June, 1888, his resignation, tendered more than
three years before, was accepted, to take effect on the 1st of July.
About that time Mr. Chesley met with successive severe domestic afflic
tions. Acting upon the urgent advice of friends, he made an extended
trip through Europe, accompanied by his step-daughter, the only re
maining member of his own immediate family. He returned to Wash
ington in the fall of 1892, where he now resides.
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�LETCHER LADD, born in Lancaster, Coös county, December
F 21, 1862, a son
of Mira Barnes (Fletcher) Ladd and the Hon.
William Spencer Ladd, who was one of the most distinguished lawyers
of northern New Hampshire, and for many years a judge of the supreme
court, comes from that old rugged New England stock who have fur
nished so many pioneers and statesmen for the country at large, and
who have supplied every state in the Union with pillars and ornaments
to uphold and adorn the bar and the bench. There is no prouderances
try of which any man can boast. His education was obtained at Phil
lips academy, Andover, Mass., Dartmouth college, the Harvard Law
school, and Heidleberg university, Germany. He received the degree
of A. B. from Dartmouth, and LL.B. from Harvard. In 1889 he was
admitted to the New Hampshire bar, and to the Massachusetts bar the
same year, and to the United States supreme court bar, at Washington,
in 1892. He practised law from 1889 until 1892, in Boston, when, upon
the death of his father, he went to Lancaster, and entered the firm of
Ladd & Fletcher, and has since continued his professional labors there.
Mr. Ladd is a young man of evenly balanced mind, studious habits,
and superior judgment. From his father he inherited a taste for legal
pursuits, and his large mental resources, together with his careful
training in the duties of his profession, have made him in every sense
a splendidly equipped lawyer, whose comprehensive abilities are already
highly appreciated by an extensive clientage.
FLETCHER LADD.
�EN. PAUL LANG is a native of Bath, where he was born July 1,
When he was very young the family residence was
changed to Orford, and there the subject of this sketch has made his
home during practically all his life. He was educated, after passing
through the public schools, at Orford academy and at St. Johnsbury
academy, and entered Dartmouth college with the class of 1882, re
maining there but one year. After leaving college, following the course
of his father, the late Judge David R. Lang, a distinguished jurist of
Grafton county in an earlier generation, he studied law, reading in the
office of George W. Chapman at Haverhill. His studies were com
pleted in 1882, and in March of that year he was admitted to the bar.
He at once established himself in practice by forming a partnership
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with his preceptor, Mr. Chapman, a relation that still continues, the
firm having offices at Haverhill and Orford.
General Lang's practice
was marked with success, and attracted attention so that he became at
torney for the Boston & Maine railroad, ranking high among that cor
poration's valued and able counsel. With a natural inclination toward
political life, General Lang was active in the service of his party, and in
1885 he was chosen a member of the Republican state committee, and
has since been a member of that body. In the campaigns of 1888 and
1890 he was the member of the executive committee from Grafton
county. Though active in politics, General Lang never was an office
seeker, his only public position being that of a member of the constitu
tional convention of 1889. In that same year, however, he was ap
pointed judge advocate general on the staff of Gov. David H. Goodell,
with the rank of brigadier general. General Lang's acquaintance with
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New Hampshire men and affairs is wide and valuable.
He has been a
factor in many a political and legislative struggle, always espousing his
friend's cause with zeal, yet never wounding his opponent by aggres
siveness or animosity.
GEN. PAUL LANG.
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�MONG the New Hampshire men of this generation, James R.
Jackson, of Littleton, claims prominence by reason of a life of
varied and successful activity. Like many another of the successful
men of the Granite state, Mr. Jackson is the native of a neighboring
commonwealth, having been born in Barnet, Vt., in 1838. He has
made his home in Littleton since 1846, and in that town he was educated
in the common schools, and in private schools, attending the latter eight
terms in all. He chose the law for a profession, and studied in the office
of Harry and George A. Bingham. He was admitted to the bar in
1867, and took up his practice in Littleton, but abandoned it after abrief
period. For four years he devoted himself to newspaper work, being
for that length of time connected with the editorial staff of the Dover
Press. Always a Democrat, always active, and always prominent, Mr.
Jackson has, nevertheless, held office infrequently. In 1871 he was
clerk of the house of representatives through a session remarkable in
the political annals of the state, and in 1889 he was secretary of the
constitutional convention. He was for several years a member of the
board of education in Littleton, and is a trustee of its public library.
He is fond of books, and owns a large and well selected library.
Mr. Jackson has, however, occupied a quasi public position for some
years, having been secretary of the Democratic state committee during
the campaigns of 1888, 1890, and 1892. And it is in this position that
he has won his laurels. To him his party's call has been as law; to him
his party's service has been a pleasure; to him his party's success has
been a solace, and to him its defeat has been a sorrow, chastened, how
ever, by the thought that his efforts have been unhesitatingly put forth,
with no higher prize than that he, as a member, might share in the good
fortune of all. He married, in July, 1879, Miss Lydia Drew of Dover.
JAMES R. JACKSON.
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�VILBUR HOWARD POWERS, one of a famous New Hamp
shire family, was born in Croydon, the birthplace of many em
inent men, January 22, 1849, and is the son of Elias and Emeline
(White) Powers. His preliminary education was obtained in the dis
trict schools and at Olean academy, New York, and at Kimball Union
academy, Meriden. From this latter institution he graduated in 1871,
and four years later took his degree from Dartmouth college. He at
tended lectures at Boston University Law school, graduating in the
class of 1878, and on January 22, 1879, he began the practice of law
in Boston, where he has met with excellent success.
In the Massachu
setts house of representatives, in 1890, 1891, and 1892, he represented
the town of Hyde Park, and was an acknowledged leader on the floor.
In the house of 1890 his service was especially conspicuous, as he had
in charge the bill to re-divide the state into congressional districts.
The bill which was presented for the endorsement of the house was in
large part the work of Mr. Powers, and this bill had the honor of being
the first non-partisan re-districting measure ever presented to any leg
islature. He also introduced and advocated a bill for the equalization
of taxes for one purpose, especially aiding the poorer municipalities.
Mr. Powers has amply sustained the family name in his life-work, and
has given ample credit to the state of his birth. The cases in court,
and the causes before the legislature with which he has been identified,
stamp him as a man of broad attainments, of keen, practical insight,
and of great power. The confidence of his fellow-citizens, which he
has won in high degree, speaks louder for his worth than any other
tribute, and he would not be the man he is if he did not find in that
WILBUR
HOWARD
POWERS.
the highest reward for all of his endeavors.
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�HE subject of this sketch is one of New Hampshire's sterling
business men.
He is a native of the Green Mountain state, and
is the son of the Hon. Hiram King Slayton and Amanda (Mitchell)
Slayton, and was born in the town of Calais, Washington county, Vt.,
September 5, 1851. When about ten years of age he removed with
his parents to the city of Manchester, and received his education in the
public schools of that city, graduating from the high school in the class
of 1868. At the conclusion of his school life he entered the employ of
his father, who at that time was carrying on the produce business which
he had founded in 1865. The business proved to be to Mr. Slayton's
taste, and he entered most heartily into its prosecution, so much so
that in 1873 he assumed entire charge, and from that time until April,
1892, he carried on the business for himself. In April of that year the
business was merged into a stock company, with a capital of $1oo, ooo.
This move was made for the reason that many of the employés of Mr.
Slayton had been with him many years, and he as well as they desired
that they be interested in the business financially.
The E. M. Slayton
Company, Manchester, thus founded, deals in eggs, butter, cheese,
evaporated apples, potatoes, and all sorts of country produce, its
customers being found throughout the length and breadth of New
England. In 1873, when Mr. Slayton assumed charge of the business,
the yearly receipts footed up $67,ooo. The business of this house for
the year ending March 31, 1893, exceeded the sum of $1,000,ooo.
This surprising increase of business is due as much to fair and honorable
E. M. SLAYTON.
dealing as to enterprise and sagacity, and is a gratifying testimonial to
Mr. Slayton's business methods. Mr. Slayton is a director in the
Amoskeag bank, and is also president of the Manchester Board of
Trade.
�ILLIAM
HENRY DEARBORN COCHRANE was born in
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North Chelmsford, Mass., December 29, 1838. He was edu
cated in the public schools of his native town, Leicester academy,
Tilton seminary, and Manchester high school. April 19, 1861, then
a student in the law office of the late Hon. William C. Clarke of
COL. W.
H. D. COCHRANE.
Manchester, he enlisted in the First regiment, New Hampshire (three
months) volunteers, and was discharged with the regiment August 9;
he was appointed quartermaster's clerk by Capt. R. N. Batchelder,
A. Q. M., U. S. Vols., and served until August 20, 1862, when he
was commissioned first lieutenant, Company E, Tenth New Hamp
shire volunteers; he was promoted to captain A. Q. M., U. S. Vols.,
May 5, 1863; major, July 4, 1864, and brevet lieutenant colonel, March
13, 1865; served in the Second and Ninth Army corps, in the Army
of the Potomac from Ball's Bluff to Appomattox, being wounded at the
Battle of Suffolk, Va. After the capitulation he was stationed at
Richmond, Va., as depot quartermaster, in charge of transporting troops
and unused munitions of war to the North, until December, 1865,
when he was transferred to a similar duty at the depot at Brazos,
Santiago, Texas, where he was honorably discharged June 15, 1866.
Shortly after his muster out he was appointed an agent of the quarter
master's department in the regular army, and was stationed at Louis
ville, Ky., New Orleans, La., Little Rock, Ark., Jackson, Miss., and
Jeffersonville, Ind. In April, 1874, he was appointed superintendent
of the Nashua, Acton & Boston railroad, and returned to New Hamp
shire, settling in Nashua, He was for several years the New England
agent of the Hoosac Tunnel line and Nickel Plate Fast Freight line,
and is now agent of the Old Colony railroad, with office at Nashua.
In October, 1886, he was appointed by President Cleveland United
States disbursing agent of pensions for the district of New Hampshire
and Vermont, holding the office three and one half years.
�VERY smoker in New Hampshire knows Roger G. Sullivan, at
Mr. Sullivan was born in Bradford, December
18, 1854, the son of Michael and Julia (Kean) Sullivan. He was
E. least by name.
educated in the schools of his native town and in the Park Street
grammar school at Manchester, where his parents removed when he was
a child, and in that city he began and built up the business which has
brought him success and fame. Mr. Sullivan is the largest manu
facturer of cigars in New Hampshire, and in addition carries a large
line of smokers supplies. He early saw the benefits to be derived from
honest workmanship and fine material, and he has been careful to see
to it that no brand put upon the market in his name should fall short
of the standard demanded by the tastes of the day. From small stand
ing he built up his business, and from small rented quarters he passed
successively to larger ones, until now, in a building of his own, especially
adapted for his purpose, he carries on the work which he has seen grow
in his hands.
Mr. Sullivan is highly esteemed by the citizens of Man
chester, and in his ward has served as moderator.
He has modestly
declined further honors, on the just plea that the increasing demands of
his business forbid him embarking in anything else. He has recently
built for himself a beautiful home in Manchester, where he enjoys the
benefits of success, and no one begrudges them to him who has shown
himself a whole-souled, hearty, honest, upright business man and
citizen.
ROGER G. SULLIVAN.
�PERCIVAL STEWART, president of the Granite State Provi
association, comes from a sturdy Scotch family which
came to the United States about 1650. In the few years that Mr.
Stewart has been a resident of New Hampshire he has identified him
self with its most agressive and enterprising activity. Mr. Stewart was
born in Portland, Me., about thirty years ago, and is the oldest son of
Professor William P. Stewart, special actuary and instructor of agents
of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. His early years
were passed upon the farm in Maine, and in 1872 he went to New York
and while yet a youth organized a manufacturing business employing
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two score hands, and upon disposing of this business became identified
with various enterprises, always, however, confining his main attention
to real estate, in this calling becoming familiar with the building
and loan associations then springing up in New York. His keen per
ception, however, led him to formulate new plans for the development
of this work, and the Granite State Provident association was the out
come of his labors. In the fall of 1890 he took up his residence in
Manchester, to give his entire attention to the work of the association,
joining with him a number of the most prominent business men of the
state. In the brief space since then, Mr. Stewart has bounded into
prominence in Manchester, taking a leading position in social as well as
in business circles. He is a member of the Amoskeag Veterans, of the
Manchester lodge of Elks, of the Masons, the Knights of Pythias, and
the Derryfield club in Manchester, and retains his membership in the
famous Lotus club of New York. Young, energetic, popular, Mr.
Stewart has already attained an enviable prominence in New Hamp
shire affairs.
�FRANK MORSE, expert accountant and secretary of the
Granite State Provident association, was born in Loudon,
March 9, 1849, the son of Harris E. and Sarah Ann (Eaton) Morse.
H.
He was educated at the New Hampton institution, and soon after leav
ing school developed a system of double entry book-keeping, which at
that time was new and practical, and which has now lost nothing of its
novelty and effectiveness. This system he taught with great success
to a large number of pupils in various parts of the country, and he is
also employed as an expert accountant in unravelling the tangled skein
of many mazy partnerships. His expert testimony on handwriting is
also recognized by attorneys and the courts. In the pursuit of his
profession he travelled extensively, and became widely acquainted with
men and affairs in all parts of the country. His present position he
has held since October, 1890, yet he has impressed his associates with
his value. A large part of the executive work of the great institution
with which he is connected has fallen to his share, and the steadily
mounting assets of the concern may be justly said to be due in a great
measure to the care with which the office work under his supervision
has been administered. Mr. Morse is a member of a profession with
few associates in New Hampshire, yet among those he easily leads,
and among the many in other states with whom he has been associated
he has proved himself the peer, at least, of them all.
H. FRANK MORSE.
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�HE name of Pillsbury, made conspicuous in former generations,
Rosecrans
W. Pillsbury, son of Col. Wm. S. Pillsbury, was born at Londonderry,
September 18, 1863, and was educated in the public schools and at
Pinkerton academy at Derry, and entered Dartmouth college with the
class of 1885, remaining there for one year, when he was compelled by
ill health to retire from a scholastic occupation. Upon regaining his
strength, Mr. Pillsbury entered his father's counting-room and assumed
charge of the book-keeping of the large business of the Derry shoe
factory. Finding this distasteful, however, he began the study of law
in the office of Drury & Peaslee at Manchester, continuing it at Boston
university, and was admitted to the bar, and is now practising his pro
fession with the firm of Crawford & Pillsbury at Derry Depot. Mr.
Pillsbury has been actively interested in politics, and has been honored
by the Republican party with repeated elections to the state central
committee, and in 1889 sat in the constitutional convention, the
youngest member of that body. He has frequently served as modera
tor in his town, and was tendered by Governor Smith an appointment
as judge advocate general upon his personal staff, an honor that Mr.
Pillsbury declined. In addition to his law practice Mr. Pillsbury is in
terested in various manufacturing enterprises, and gives some of his
attention to agriculture, being devoted to the breeding of high-class
trotting stock, his farm “Woodmont,” beautifully situated in Lon
donderry, numbering in its stud some of the finest and best bred colts
in the state. Mr. Pillsbury was married December 10, 1885, to Annie
T loses none of its lustre in passing from father to son.
E. Watts of Manchester, and has two children.
ROSECRANS W. PILLSBURY.
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�OL. FRED ALBERT PALMER, of Derry, is a native of that
He is the son of William
C. Palmer and Mary A. Hanson, and was educated at Pinkerton acad
emy, Derry, the “alma mater” of so many of New Hampshire's most
noted men. He began his business career.as a clothing dealer, and for
twelve years followed that occupation with marked success, being at the
close of that period at the head of one of the most extensive and remuner
ative stores in southern New Hampshire, and retiring from that business
only to seek a larger field for his efforts as general agent of the Granite
C town, and was born February 2, 1855.
State Provident association of Manchester, with whom he has been
engaged for the past few years, and for whom he has done an incalcul
able service in presenting the claims and the merits of the organization
in many parts of the land. Colonel Palmer's military title is due to the
fact that he was a member of Governor Goodell's staff, serving as aide
de-camp, with the rank of colonel. Colonel Palmer is one of the bright,
alert, agressive young New Englanders of the day. Carrying with him
into every branch of endeavor the honest fearlessness of youth and the
intense practicability of a man of sense, Colonel Palmer has merited the
measure of good fortune that has fallen to him.
�RED NELSON CHENEY is another of those young men who
Mr. Cheney
was born in Arcola, Washington county, Minnesota, July 9, 1858, and
is the son of Frederick Porter Cheney and Louisa Hill. He was edu
F have come to New Hampshire from another state.
cated in the Orleans Liberal institute at Glover, Vt., and in the Barton
academy and graded school at Barton, Vt., and until the age of eighteen
worked upon a farm and attended school. He then began as clerk in
a country store, and for five years was thus employed. For the next
five years he was engaged as manager of a clothing store, and in 1887
entered the service of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
at Manchester, in the firm of R. H. & F. N. Cheney, engaging with
his brother as the special agent, and working up a large and valuable
clientage, which he still retains, although in 1889 he assumed, still in
partnership with his brother, the general agency of his company for the
district covering the territory embraced by the states of New Hampshire
and Vermont. Mr. Cheney possesses all the requisites for a successful
insurance man, keen and alert, progressive, persistent, popular, he
maintains himself with ease amid the fierce competitions of insurance
circles. Fully in touch with the requirements of his calling, aided by
a bright and cheerful courtesy, supported by unflagging zeal in the
pursuit of new business and the maintenance of old alliances, he has
made for himself a position in the front rank.
FRED NELSON CHENEY.
�EUBEN HOWARD CHENEY, reversing the general practice,
R came to New Hampshire from the West.
He was born in Ar
cola, Washington county, Minnesota, February 14, 1856, the son of
Frederick Porter Cheney and Louisa (Hill) Cheney. He was educated
at the Orleans Liberal institute at Glover, Vt., at Barton academy, and
the graded schools at Barton, Vt. Prior to his sixteenth year he worked
upon a farm and attended schocl. For two years after he was clerk in
a country store, and then held a clerkship in a railroad office, resigning
to be freight division agent of the Northern, the Concord, and the
Boston & Lowell railroads. In 1886 he resigned these duties to accept
a position as special agent for the Mutual Life Insurance company of
New York, making his headquarters in Manchester. In 1869, upon the
death of the company's manager for this state, Mr. Cheney's capacity
had so impressed itself upon the officers of his company, that he was
appointed general agent, which position he now shares with his brother,
Fred. N. Cheney, under the name of Cheney & Cheney, supervising not
only the work of the company for New Hampshire, but also that tran
sacted in Vermont. Mr. Cheney is a man of careful habits of business.
A long clerical training has fitted him for the minute duties of a super
intending insurance agency, although in the active work of the insurance
world he has but few equals, as may be judged from the rapid promotion
that has attended his efforts in this line of work. He was a young man
when he came to his present responsible position, and the vigor of his
young manhood at once exerted itself, and impressed itself upon those
under his supervision. Hence the rapid growth of his business is not
to be marvelled at. It is the logical result of the earnest and conscien
tious endeavor of a young man, ambitious for himself, yet devoted to his
employers, for such a man is Mr. Cheney.
REUBEN H. CHENEY.
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�NOCH L. C. COLBY was born in Henniker, January 15, 1854,
Study
ing first in the common schools, he later attended the Henniker and
Francestown academies, taking a regular course in the latter institution
and graduating with credit. Following his graduation he engaged as a
teacher in the public schools. When he was nineteen years of age he
began a mercantile career in a country store at Henniker, and for five
years was thus employed, and then engaged in farming, lumbering,
buying and selling cattle, and later on returned to mercantile life in
E. the son of Benjamin Colby and Martha Cleveland Childs.
Manchester and afterward in Laconia, where he now resides.
For the
past four years he has been engaged in the insurance business, as special
and supervising agent for the Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance
company. In this latter calling, Mr. Colby has found what has proven
to be his opportunity, and he has grasped it with all of its possibilities,
developing them to the utmost and achieving in the few years that he
has followed his new pursuit a remarkable success, rising to a command
ing position among his competitors and growing constantly in the es
teem of the corporation to whose interests he devotes his labors. Dur
ing Mr. Colby's residence in Henniker he was honored with an election
to several town offices, and discharged the duties of the same always
with fidelity to the people whom he represented. Mr. Colby's profes
sion is one in which success can be attained only by the most con
stant and faithful labor. It permits no laggards within its ranks, and
those who win must win by force of character as well as of intellect.
That Mr. Colby has been enabled to achieve the present successful re
sult, is attributed to the symmetry and perfection of his qualities.
ENOCH L. C. COLBY.
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�OL. JOHN J. DILLON was born in London, England, October
C 25, 1841, and at the age of twelve years became a sailor, follow
ing the sea for about ten years, and visiting during that time nearly
every country on the globe. In the course of his travels in 1863 he
found himself in the United States, then in the midst of war, and he
volunteered as a private in the Fourth regiment of New Hampshire vol
unteers. His term of service lasted two years, one year of which was
spent in Libby prison, Andersonville, Florence, and other rebel prison
pens.
COL. JOHN J. DILLON.
At the close of the war he settled in Manchester, where he has
lived practically ever since. Upon being mustered out of the federal service
Colonel Dillon entered the New Hampshire National Guard, serving
in various capacities and companies until 1884, when he was com
mander of the First regiment, and in that year resigned his commission.
During nearly all of the years from the close of the war until 1880,
Colonel Dillon was employed by the Amoskeag corporation, and in the
year last mentioned became local agent at Manchester for the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance company, of Milwaukee, Wis., being promoted
one year thereafter to be its general agent for the state of New Hamp
shire, which position he now maintains with increasing success each
year, being considered one of the most conservative managers, and at
the same time most progressive, in this hotly contested field of activity.
He also represents the American Casualty Insurance Company, of Bal
timore, Md. In politics, Colonel Dillon is a pronounced Republican, and
in religion is a Universalist. He is an active member of the Grand
Army of the Republic, is an Odd Fellow, and a Granger, and in all parts
- of the state is known and welcomed for his unflagging good nature and
urbanity.
�HARLES CARROLL DANFORTH was born in Amherst, April
C
12, 1831, and is a son of Joel C. and Betsy P. (Andrews) Dan
forth. His parents removed to Concord and he was educated in the
schools of that city. At sixteen years of age he went to Nashua, and
there attended an academy and was engaged as a clerk in the post-office
by his uncle. In 1858 he went West, and for several years was in the
employ of the Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. He returned to New
Hampshire in 1871, and has since resided at Concord, being engaged in
the general insurance business, and is now, as for several years past, a
member of the firm of Morrill & Danforth. In Freemasonry he first
saw light in Rising Sun lodge, No. 39, Nashua, N. H., February 17,
1859; was exalted to the degree of Royal Arch Mason in Madison
chapter, No. 4, Madison, Wis., May 17, 1859; created a select master in
Madison council, No. 3, Madison, May 21, 1859; created a Knight
Templar in Robert Macoy commandery, No. 3, Madison, June 3, 1859;
and received the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite degrees, 4 to 32 in
clusive, in Wisconsin consistory, Milwaukee, at the time of its organiza
tion, August 7, 1863. He was created a sovereign grand Inspector-gen
eneral (33°) and elected an honorary member of the Supreme council of
the northern Masonic jurisdiction at New York, September 18, 1889. He
also received the Royal Order of Scotland, at Boston, in 1891. During
his residence in Wisconsin he was the incumbent of several state offices
in Masonry. On his return to New Hampshire he affiliated with lodge,
chapter, council, and commandery of Concord, filling several offices in
chapter and council. In Mount Horeb commandery, after serving in
subordinate offices, he was elected commander in 1884 and 1885.
After several years of service in various offices of the Grand command
ery he was elected grand commander in 1889. In the Grand lodge
he has been grand steward and chairman of the committee on creden
tials.
�HE life of Charles E. Staniels is a record of great activity.
T He was
born in Lowell, Mass., December 27, 1844, the son
of Edward Langmade Staniels and Ruth Bradley (Eastman) Staniels.
He was educated in the Boston public schools, at Pembroke academy,
and at the Roxbury (Mass.) Latin school, and in 1861 began a business
career with a mercantile house in Boston. In 1865 Mr. Staniels became
a commercial traveller, following that occupation for twenty years, trav
elling throughout the United States and Canada in the interests of one
of the largest firms in the country, and winning a thorough acquaintance
with men and affairs in all parts of the land. In 1886 he retired from
this calling to become district superintendent of agencies for the Con
necticut Mutual Life Insurance company, establishing his headquarters
at Concord.
In this field of endeavor, despite Mr. Staniels's few years
of service, he has already won honor and enviable fame, and has taken
a high rank annong the brilliant and brainy men who have devoted their
lives to the insurance business.
As an evidence of the esteem with
which Mr. Staniels is held by his associates, may be mentioned the fact
that he has been chosen president of the New Hampshire Life Under
writers association, and for two years was a member of the executive
committee of the National Life Underwriters' association
Mr. Staniels
has also been president of the White Mountain Travellers' association,
the largest of its kind in the United States, is a member of the
advisory board of the life insurance department of the Auxiliary Congress
of the World's fair, and has just been chosen president of the New
Hampshire Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. He was
also invited to address the National
CHARLES E. STANIEI.S.
Life Underwriters convention
at Cleveland, in September, 1893, upon technical subjects. As an in
surance man Mr. Staniels is thoroughly posted in all the details of the
profession. His facile pen contributes frequently to the columns of
business and secular journals.
�EW HAMPSHIRE counts among her adopted sons Dr. Henry
Marble of Gorham, who is the son of Barnard L. Marble and
Lucy Trask Abbott, and who was born at Dixfield, Me., September 5,
1848. Passing through the schools of Dixfield, Dr. Marble finished
his education at Norwich university and at the Bowdoin Medical college,
taking his degree of doctor of medicine (M.D.) in 1870, and immedi
ately settling down in the practice of his profession at Auburn, Me.,
removing thence to Gorham, where he has since resided and been ac
tively engaged in practice. Dr. Marble's life as a physician has been
highly successful. His practice has covered the entire range of the
profession and has been limited in extent of territory only by Dr.
Marble's physical endurance, yet upon all that experience Dr. Marble
may look back with no sense of professional or personal regret. His
genial presence, his professional skill, the magnetism of his person,
have brought relief to so many that it would be idle to attempt to de
scribe it. Dr. Marble's prominence in his profession is such as to have
merited the attention of the incorporators of the Northeastern Life In
surance company, and upon the formation of that corporation he became
its medical director, and the success of the company has been in no
small measure due to his personal efforts consistent with his well earned
reputation. Dr. Marble has morever exerted an active influence in the
councils of his party. Though residing in a community overwhelmingly
Democratic, he is frequently appointed opposition candidate for high
office, and despite the disadvantages of political environment, he has
always polled a handsome vote, running in every instance far ahead of
his ticket, and in 1887 the Democratic town of Gorham sent him to
IDR. HENRY MARBLE.
represent it in the legislature.
�EORGE A. McKELLAR is a native of South Thomaston, Me.,
where he was born October 25, 1852. With his parents he re
moved to Rockland, Me., in 1857, and obtained his education in the
common schools of that town, and at the Maine Wesleyan seminary, at
Kent's Hill. After leaving school, Mr. McKellar was engaged in the
express business at Lawrence and Boston, and was after that engaged
as book-keeper for the Corporation Supply company, of Lawrence.
Then he went into railroading, and was a station agent for the Boston
& Maine railroad for about fifteen years. From railroading he went
into insurance, and for three years he held the general agency of the
New York Life Insurance company, having his office in Concord. In
1893 he abandoned this branch of the business, and entered the field as
a general insurance broker, but devoting a large share of his time to the
duties of the special agency for the Granite State Provident association,
a position which fell into his hands at that time. Mr. McKellar is one
of the best known and most highly esteemed insurance men in New
Hampshire. It may also be added that he is on that account one of the
most successful. He possesses the very qualities best needed in his
line of work, and by the constant exercise of these qualities he is daily
advancing himself in his profession. In the estimation of those who
are associated with him, as well as those who know him either pro
fessionally or personally, he is a remarkably successful life insurance
broker.
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�LARENCE HERBERT WILKINS, the youngest of four children
C of Rodney Wilkins and Harriet Lewis Ellinwood, was born in
Deering, May 12, 1855, and was educated in the public and private
schools of Hillsborough Bridge and at the Gaskell Business college in
Manchester. His early business experience was had at Hillsborough
Bridge, where, his father having died, he paid his school expenses by
working during vacations for the village merchants and printer. In
1874 he graduated from the business college and entered the office of
the New Hampshire Fire Insurance company, and was promoted through
the clerical departments to be manager of the local department and in
spector. The outdoor work of inspecting having its charms, in 1885
he became surveyor for insurance maps, gaining valuable experience.
Upon the organization of the New Hampshire Manufacturers' Mutual
Fire Insurance company at Concord, in 1886, he was elected secretary
and served until near the end of that year, when he resigned to become
assistant secretary of the Granite State Fire Insurance company at Ports
mouth. In 1887 he was appointed special agent of that company for New
York and southern New England, resigning in 1889 to take a similar posi
tion with the British America Assurance company of Canada, for New
England, and in 1892 became special agent and adjuster of fire losses
in New England for the United States Fire Insurance company of New
York, which position he now holds. He is a member of the New Eng
land Insurance Exchange, and holds chairmanships of important com
mittees. During his residence in Manchester he became a member of
Washington lodge, Mt. Horeb R. A. chapter, and Adoniram council,
A. F. and A. M., was an active member and an officer of the Manchester
cadets, and chief consul of the New Hampshire division League of
American Wheelmen in 1883. He married, June 1, 1889, Alice, second
daughter of the late Hon. David A. Warde, of Concord, and has two
CLARENCE. H. WILKINS.
children.
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�RA N. BLAKE, the son of Ira Blake and Dorothy (Sanborn)
Blake, was born in Kensington, October 11, 1832. He attained
his education in the common schools of Kensington, and at an early age
began to carve out for himself the fortune that he has so successfully
won. Mr. Blake has been steadfast in his occupations. He has been
engaged in the shoe business during the entire course of his commercial
life, beginning, after mastering the details of the business, as a manu
facturer of ladies' boots and shoes at Seabrook, removing thence to
Hampton Falls, thence successively to Pittsfield and Northwood, where
he now resides. Each of Mr. Blake's successive changes of location
was made solely for the purpose of securing the increased capacity needed
by the ever increasing demands of a steadily growing business. Under
his careful supervision, aided not a little by his own labor, always sup
ported by an intricate knowledge of the business that he had taken up,
Mr. Blake has reaped the reward due to care and sagacity; no man could
more honestly boast that he had wrought out his own fortune. Mr.
Blake, aside from his honors in business circles, has achieved some
measure of fame in political life. He was a member of the legislature
in 1881, and ten years later sat once more in the same body. In 1892
he was elected a delegate to the Republican national convention at Min
neapolis, and there he was proud to record his vote for James G. Blaine.
In financial circles he has always stood high in the community, and was
president of the Farmers' Savings bank for four years. The relations
existing between Mr. Blake and his associates and subordinates, in a
business capacity, have always been the most pleasant, a fact largely due
to his own tact in his intercourse with men. Thoroughly honest him
self, he has brooked no attempts at deceit on the part of those asso
ciated with him, and has impressed the integrity of his own nature upon
IRA N. BLAKE.
the men with whom he has to deal.
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�EORGE LITTLE was born in Boscawen, now Webster, August
He was educated in the public schools and at Pem
broke and at Meriden. During all his life he has taken a lively interest
in all affairs pertaining to the good of the town, and for many years has
been counted one of the most prominent and public-spirited of her citi
zens. His early life was spent on the farm where he was born. Later he
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left the old homestead on “Little Hill,” and was a merchant on Corser
Hill, at first as a member of the firm of Pearson & Little, and later under
the firm style of George Little. For many years he took a prominent part
in the political affairs of the town of Webster. He became a Republi
can when that party was formed and was president of the first Repub
lican club of the town in 1856.
He served on the board of selectmen
in 1861, 1862, 1863, and again for one year in 1874. He represented
the town in the state legislature in 1864 and 1865. During the succeed
ing years, in which he held no office, he continued to take an active
interest in political affairs, and was always prominent in the councils of
his party. He has always been interested in the cause of education, and
in addition to his contributions for the support of schools, served as a
member of the school board the first year of the adoption of the town
district system. He is a member of the Second Congregational church,
to which he has always given liberal support. His business is broader
than that of the country merchant, and for many years he has been
almost constantly engaged in the settlement of estates. He was a justice
of the peace for many years. His unquestioned integrity of character,
added to sound business sense, led many of his townsmen to entrust
these important matters to him. For many years he was secretary and
treasurer of the Granite Mutual Fire Insurance Company, positions
GEORGE LITTLE.
which he filled to the satisfaction of all associated with him in the
management or interested in the success of the corporation.
�LL the manhood days of Dr. Graves have been spent in New
Hampshire. His mother's family were among the pioneers of
Vermont, going there from Killingworth, Conn., his father's from
Greenfield, Mass. He was born at Jericho, Vt., September 9, 1847.
His father died when he was only six years old, but his mother was a
woman of great energy and perseverance, as well as skill and ingenuity,
and he being the eldest child was not only her constant companion but
chief help, and early knew something of many kinds of work. His grand
mother was famous for her knowledge of roots and herbs, and skill in
their use, and from her he inherited a love of medicine, and never desired
to be any other than a doctor. At fourteen he began a course of study at
Essex Classical institute, and an anatomy was always among his books.
He studied medicine with Dr. F. F. Hovey, of Jericho, two years, and
two years with Profs. Thayer and Carpenter, of Burlington, doing labo
DR. E. E. GRAVES.
ratory work for four months with Prof. Peter Collier, now of New York.
Graduating from Medical department of University of Vermont, June,
1868, he immediately entered the office of Dr. Walter Carpenter of
Burlington. Dr. E. K. Webster, of Boscawen wishing a young man
to take his place, he came there in September, 1868, just after he was
twenty-one, and Boscawen is still his home. In the winter of 1876-77
he took a private course in surgery at the Harvard Medical school,
Boston. He is an ex-president of the Centre District Medical society,
member of the New Hampshire and American Medical societies, and of
the American Public Health association. For nearly seventeen years
out of the twenty-five of his practice, he has been the physician at the
Merrimack county almshouse, and for several years consulting physi
cian at the Margaret Pillsbury hospital, Concord. In no sense is Dr.
Graves a politician, but in 1889 he represented his town in the legisla
ture. His interest in archaeology is a pastime, and he has one of the
largest private collections in New England.
�OSHUA P. ABBOTT, though far away from his native town, yet
retains a warm affection for New Hampshire.
He was born in Bos
cawen, March 3, 1840, and until eighteen years of age he assisted
his father on the farm, and attended the public schools. He fitted for
college at Boscawen academy, and entered Dartmouth college. In 1863
he went to California, where he taught school one year, and in 1864
engaged in a speculative enterprise which called him to Idaho, the trip
being made on horseback, though not completed, an Indian war com
pelling him to return after six months in the hostile country, he being
the only one of five companions who escaped alive. He read law in the
office of Thomas J. Tucker in Napa City, and was admitted to the bar
in 1866, and the year after removed to Antioch, Cal., where he has
since resided. For ten years he was editor and proprietor of the Antioch
Ledger. He is now a member of the law firm of Hartley & Abbott,
and enjoys a lucrative practice. He is the owner of one fourth interest
in the Antioch Land and Lumber company, doing a business of $1 oo, ooo
a year, and for twenty years has been prominent in political affairs—
always as a Republican. He was elected state senator from the Fifteenth
senatorial district in 1887, and has held, besides other positions, the
office of deputy collector of internal revenue. For twenty years he was
a delegate to every state convention, and has frequently appeared on the
stump during political campaigns, where he ranks among the foremost
of platform speakers in California.
HON. JOSHUA P. ABBOTT.
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�M. KILBURN was born in Webster in 1842, and received the
_. usual education of the New Hampshire farmer's boy, viz., the
advantages of the district school in winter, supplemented by a few terms
at the excellent New Hampshire academies, with plenty of hard work
interspersed between terms. This is the school which has developed
the manhood of the Granite state. He taught a few terms of district
school in winter, and while a student at Elmwood institute enlisted in
Company E, Sixteenth New Hampshire volunteer infantry, for service
in the War of the Rebellion; was with the regiment during its full term
of service. He emigrated to Iowa in 1868, and located in the sparsely
settled new county of Adair, where, after teaching for a couple of terms,
he settled upon a farm, and engaged in the business of stock-raising and
general farming, to which he has closely given his attention ever since.
He has seen his adopted county and state rapidly develop into a country
of beautiful farms and happy homes of a progressive and intelligent
people. He has helped plant and maintain the standard of New Eng
land morality and virtue, which have so much to do in moulding character
among the plastic materials, from all the world, which go to make up the
society of our new states. He has been prominent in local circles, in
temperance, alliance, and Grand Army work, and helped to organize and
make successful an insurance association which is doing good work in
that community. Born of a race of reformers, he has kept abreast of
all the progress of the age in reform movements. In his home relations
he has been very fortunate. He was married, in 1870, to Elizabeth H.
Peet, daughter of a New England minister then engaged in church work
in Iowa, and has three children, who will take up his work when he leaves
LUCIAN M. KILBURN.
it, and carry it on to higher and better planes when he “shall rest from
his labors.”
�ARREN ABBOTT, of Webster, was born in that town March
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20, 1838, and was educated in the public schools and at Elm
wood institute. Until twenty-six years of age he lived upon the farm,
beginning at the age of eighteen as a school teacher, and thus occupying
his winters. In February, 1864, he went to California and was a teacher
in that state for eighteen years, where his success was very great, receiv
ing from the state department of public instruction a life diploma. So
pronounced was his ability that he was nominated by the Republican
party for county superintendent of schools in Contra Costa county and
was defeated, although he received a full party vote. On account of
ill health and for private reasons, he returned to the old homestead in
Webster in 1882, where he has since resided. He early became a mem
ber of the grange in this state, and has held the offices of lecturer, treas
urer, and master of the sub-grange, and for two years was lecturer, and
for the same length of time master, of the Merrimack County Pomona
grange.
For several terms he was superintendent of schools in his
town and was selectman for three years. In 1891 he was a member of
the house of representatives and was one of the most prominent legisla
tors of that session, being especially active in the formation of the
farmers' council and equally prominent in the championship of all meas
ures looking toward the betterment of the agricultural condition of the
state. Mr. Abbott was married, October 12, 1891, to Mrs. Jennie A.
Abbott of Anoka, Minnesota. He is one of the most prominent
agriculturists in New Hampshire, being well versed in both theory
and practice. A man of wide experience, of broad culture, and far
seeing views, he has been enabled to seize upon and to hold and to
improve each point of vantage as it has appeared in his life.
WARREN ABBOTT.
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�7 ILLIAM WIRT BURBANK was born in West Boscawen,
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now Webster, September 13, 1842, and has spent the whole
of a useful and successful life in his native place. He succeeded his
father, the late Friend L. Burbank, in the general manufacture of lum
ber, and has extended the business until it has become the chief indus
try in the town. Mr. Burbank has not let his business cares interfere
with his duties as a public-spirited citizen, and his fellow-townsmen
have shown their appreciation of his ability and integrity by repeatedly
electing him moderator, making him a member of the board of select
men for ten years, and sending him as their representative in the legis
lature in 1881. He is deeply interested in the work of the grange, and
at the organization of Daniel Webster grange was chosen worthy master,
serving for four years. For one year he was the master of Merrimack
County Pomona grange, and for five years served on the executive com
mittee of the New Hampshire state grange. He assisted in the institu
tion of the New Hampshire Grange Fair association; for four years was
its general superintendent, and for two years was its president. He is
a director in the Merrimack County Fire Insurance company, and in the
Blackwater Valley railroad. Mr. Burbank's usefulness has been mani
fested in other ways than in those enumerated. As a friend of good
schools, and as a member of the Congregational church and superinten
dent of its Sunday-school, his influence has always been along the lines
of highest endeavor. He was married, in 1865, to Ellen M. Dow of
Concord.
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WILLIAM O. TUTTLE was born in Meredith, October 21, 1837,
the son of Bradbury C. Tuttle and Betsey C. (Wallace) Tuttle.
He was educated in the common schools and in the high school of his
native town, and worked with his father at home until he was twenty-one
years of age, during which time he learned the mason's trade. He then
went to Lowell, and served as a clerk in a dry goods store, and after
wards engaged in the dry goods business at Lakeport, in partnership
with H. J. Odell. For four years this partnership existed. Mr. Tuttle
then went to Boston and went into the real estate and building business,
where he remained for two years. He next entered the employ of G. D.
Dows & Company, manufacturers of soda apparatus and bottlers, with
whom he served as cashier for nine years. Then, in company with O. A.
Atkins, he went to Reading, Penn., where he embarked in the extract
business, and until 1885 resided in that state. In the latter year he
returned to Boston where, with the same partner, under the firm name
of W. O. Tuttle & Company, he established himself in business as a
bottler and extract manufacturer. Mr. Tuttle's business training had
been such as to give him the lead at once, and the knowledge that he
brought to his new relation served him in good stead. The business of
the firm has been built up to large proportions. In the prosperity that
it shares, and which he shares, New Hampshire, as the state of his birth
and education, may claim no small part, for the affection for his home
is still strong within him.
WILLIAM O. TUTTLE.
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�ELCOME JENCKS, one of the prominent young business meri
of the Spindle city, was born at Providence, R. I., December
11, 1854. He is the son of Welcome Jencks, for many years prom
inently identified with the manufacturing interests of Manchester. From
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his father, who was a successful inventor, and his mother, Clarissa
Billington, Mr. Jencks inherited the sterling qualities, so characteristic
in his personal make-up, and to these in no small degree is due his pres
ent standing in the business and commercial world in which he moves
to-day. Early removing with his parents to the Queen city of the
Granite state, he was placed in the public schools of that city, and there
his education was acquired, for following his graduation from the higher
grades of the same he entered the mill business with his father, learning
the same in all of its many details. His education in his chosen line of
labor was a thorough one, and becoming thoroughly conversant with the
business in all its many details, he went upon the road in 1879, looking
after the patent business which his father had established, and in this
particular line he has followed up to the present time. Early in life he
took an active interest in political affairs, and has been for many years
a prominent figure in both city and state conventions. Taking his
business and political career together, it can well be said that of the New
Hampshire men of to-day, few are better known the length and breadth
of the state, and he is rated among the enterprising and pushing men of
the city, for whose welfare he is always solicitous. January 4, 1880, he
married Georgie W., the daughter of Lafayette Robinson, and one
child, Bessie, now twelve years of age, is the result of this union. He
can well be claimed among the leading men of the state, for there are
none who know him but who are pleased to class him within the circle
of their business and social acquaintance.
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�USTAVUS WALKER was born May 7, 1830, at Amoskeag,
where his father, William Walker, was a tavern-keeper of renown,
keeping three different hotels, two in Amoskeag and one in Piscataquog.
When he was an infant, his family removed to Andover Centre, where
he lived until December, 1835, when his father removed to Concord and
became proprietor of the Washington tavern, and a year later of the
famous Eagle Coffee House, where the Eagle hotel now stands, which
he kept until the fall of 1849, when he retired from business. Gus
tavus was educated in the schools of Concord, at Hopkinton under the
tuition of John O. Ballard, at Portsmouth under Master Harris, at Phil
lips Andover academy, under “Uncle Sam ” Taylor, and at Northfield
seminary. His familiarity in boyhood with the guests at his father's
hotels, gave him an extensive acquaintance, and he added to this while
express messenger for Cheney & Co. from 1846 to 1849 and clerk of
the steamer Lady of the Lake during the seasons of 1850 and 1851.
March 1, 1852, he engaged with the late Hon. David A. Warde in the
hardware business in Concord, under the firm name of Warde & Walker,
and in 1855 he embarked in the same business in Phenix block under
his own name, and for twenty-eight years thereafter was one of Con
cord's most honored and active merchants.
Since his retirement from
mercantile life, on account of sickness in his family, Mr. Walker has
devoted himself to the care of his own and his brother William's es
tates, which embrace some of the most desirable pieces of property in
Concord. He is deeply interested in giving his city the best possible
railroad connections; was largely instrumental in securing the building
of the Peterborough & Hillsborough, and is an ardent advocate of the
building of the Concord & Rochester railroad, of which he is president.
Mr. Walker's life has been an active one, and to him is accorded a rep
utation for honor, unsurpassed by any. Mr. Walker's wife is a daugh
ter of the late John D. and Mary C. B. Butler of Bennington.
�ILLIAM WALKER, JR., the son of William and Betsey (Gay)
Walker, was born in Chester, September 18, 1810, and was
educated in the public schools of that town, and at Amoskeag village,
to which place, when William, Jr., was twelve years of age, his father
moved, becoming proprietor of a famous old-time stage tavern. The
subject of this sketch was for a time employed in the Amoskeag mill,
meeting there the young lady whom he subsequently married,—and was
next engaged in driving a stage between Hopkinton and Piscataquog.
In 1830 the family moved to Andover, and young Walker drove a large
freight team for a time, a little later resuming staging, and driving
between Wilmot and Concord, Concord and Lowell, and Concord and
Nashua, respectively. As a stage-driver he was noted for his courtesy, and
the good condition in which his fine horses were kept was often remarked.
Forming ideas of the express business through his acquaintance with
Harnden, the pioneer, Mr. Walker embarked in a similar enterprise, with
B. P. Cheney and Nathaniel White as partners, under the name of Walker
& Co.'s express, which in turn became Cheney & Co., United States & Can
ada, and finally a part of the American system. Mr. Walker was one of
the pioneers in the navigation of Lake Winnipiseogee, and a projector and
builder of the Lady of the Lake, and for several years its popular com
mander, his first experience having been gained on a steamer plying be
tween Haverhill and Newburyport. Mr. Walker married Mary E. Goss,
November 22, 1831, and the celebration of their golden wedding in
Concord in 1881 was an important social event. Mr. Walker died on
the following anniversary of his marriage, in 1882. His widow sur
vives, at the age of eighty-four years.
WILLIAM WALKER, JR.
�W' AUGUSTUS GILE,
now residing and practising his
profession at Worcester, Mass., was born at Franklin, June
5, 1843. His father, Alfred A. Gile, was a native of Northfield, in
which town the family had lived for two generations, the original home
stead having been built by Jonathan Guile (which was the former way
of spelling the family name). The family first came from England to
Dedham, Mass., about 1630. The subject of this sketch, Maj. William
A. Gile, was reared upon the farm in that part of Franklin on the east
side of the Merrimack river, nearly opposite the Webster place, which
was formerly a part of Northfield, and which became a part of Franklin
before the Civil War, and the homestead has always been the place of
rest and recreation for Major Gile and his family, since he has lived in
Massachusetts. His family consists of Mrs. Gile, formerly Clara A.
Dewing, of North Brookfield, Mass., whom he married in 1878, and five
children—William Waitt Gile, the eldest son, and Minnie Helen Gile,
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS GILE.
the eldest daughter, whose mother was Major Gile's first wife, and
whose maiden name was Mary Green Waitt; Alfred Dewing Gile, eld
est son of Clara A. Gile, Margaret Lucinda Gile, her eldest daughter,
and Lawrence Bliss Gile, the youngest son, and two infant sons who
died, constitute the rest of the children. Major Gile went to the war
when nineteen years of age, with his brother Frank, who is now a phy
sician in East Orange, N.J., serving in the Sixteenth and Eighteenth
New Hampshire volunteers, being captain of Company E in the latter
regiment. After the war he studied law with Hon. Austin F. Pike and
Hon. Isaac N. Blodgett, then co-partners in law at Franklin. There
after he finished his studies for the legal profession at Harvard Law
school, and, having been admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1869,
began the practice of law at Greenfield, Mass., as a co-partner with the
Hon. Whiting Griswold, of that town, and since 1871 has been practis
ing law in Worcester, Mass.
�ON. HENRY H. HUSE was born in West Fairlee, Vt., May
30, 1839; died in Concord, September 7, 1890.
Early in life
he removed to Barnstead, where he was residing when the Civil War
broke out. On the formation of the Eighth New Hampshire volun
teers, he was elected and commissioned captain of Company G, on De
cember 20, 1861. For gallant conduct during the siege of Port Hud
son he was promoted to major of the Eighth regiment. He was with the
regiment up to September 22, 1863, when, broken down by the hardships
of two years service in the malarious districts of Louisiana, he was
obliged to resign his commission, and received an honorable discharge.
Major Huse read law at Pittsfield and Manchester, and was for a time in
partnership with Hon. Lewis W. Clark. When Mr. Clark went upon
the bench Major Huse went into partnership with Hon. James F. Briggs.
He represented his ward three terms in the legislature, serving as speaker
of the house in 1879. He was for a time chairman of the state
committee of the Republican party. He was commander of the Amoskeag
Veterans in 1876. Major Huse was appointed insurance commissioner
by Governor Sawyer in March, 1888. He gave his best endeavors to
the duties of his office, and made an honorable record. As a public offi
cer he was “faithful and efficient, ever discharging all public duties with
signal ability; a lawyer of large experience in his profession, of well
balanced judgment and discretion, well grounded in the fundamental
principles of the law, faithful alike to the court and his client; a citizen
patriotic and public-spirited, and in private life a pleasant, kind, and
genial companion.” Major Huse was a man of fine presence, and in a
marked degree possessed unmistakable traits as an organizer, being sys
HON. HENRY H. HUSE.
tematic and decisive in all his actions.
�ARON YOUNG was born in Barrington, N. H., June 16, 1827.
A His father was Aaron Young, a man of uncommon natural ability,
and very prominent in the affairs of the town and party to which he
belonged. The subject of this sketch spent his early years on his
father's farm and in the public schools of the town. In 1851 he went
to Manchester, where, in 1853, he married Miss Louisa B. Paige,
daughter of Deacon Osgood Paige, and for a few years following was
engaged in business in Manchester and Dover. Mr. Young was by
birth and family traditions a Whig, and became an earnest Republican
at the birth of the party. He held a position eight years in the custom
house at Portsmouth, and was deputy collector of internal revenue
13 years. In 1889 he was appointed a special agent of the treasury
department for New England. He is still engaged in that business, and
has the reputation of a vigilant, painstaking, and capable officer, whom
violators of the law find it hard to deceive or evade. Mr. Young has a
natural taste for politics, and no man is better known as an unswerving
Republican and skilful manager of party affairs. He generally knows
what is going on, and nothing of importance escapes his attention and
influence. His shrewdness as a manager and thorough understanding
of the currents and cross-currents of human nature cause his counsels
AARON
and advice to be held in the highest respect by all who aspire to office
or influence in the party. Of amiable disposition, agreeable address,
great fidelity to friends, and wide acquaintance with public men and
political history, he is always an important factor in New Hampshire
calculations. Mr. Young is a brother of Hon. Jacob D. Young, of
Madbury, and George W. Young, Esq., of Dover, and a twin of
the late Col. Andrew H. Young. He resides in Portsmouth, and
has a daughter, Alice R., who presides over his house, and a son,
Philip, of Dartmouth college. Mrs. Young, a most estimable woman.
died March 14, 1893, greatly lamented by a large circle of friends.
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�NDREW H. YOUNG was born in Barrington, June 16, 1827. He
A was a son of Aaron Young, a man of ability and prominence in town
affairs. He spent his early years on his father's farm, gaining a good prac
tical education in the town schools, of which he was superintendent when
only twenty-three years of age. He took an early interest in politics, and
was one of the leaders of the movement which made New Hampshire a
. ANDREW H. YOUNG.
Republican state in 1855, and has kept it so till this day. He was reg
ister of deeds and clerk of the supreme court in Strafford county till
1861, when he entered the military service as quartermaster of the
Seventh New Hampshire volunteers, was promoted to captain and as
sistant-quartermaster United States volunteers in 1862, to major and pay
master United States army in 1864, and to lieutenant-colonel by brevet
in 1866. Appointed internal revenue collector for New Hampshire by
President Grant in 1869, he served till 1881, collecting and disbursing
large sums of money. In 1885 he was appointed quartermaster in the
regular army, and in that capacity rendered valuable service to the gov
ernment, especially in constructing the new United States barracks at
Newport, Ky. In that malarious climate he contracted a heart disease,
and died at his home in Dover, December 10, 1890. Colonel Young
was a man of uncommon ability and public spirit, and exerted a strong
influence in the affairs of the state and nation. He will long be remem
bered by hosts of friends for noble qualities of head and heart, for his
genial presence, agreeable manners, and a fund of information, wit, and
anecdote which made him a delightful associate. He married Miss Susan
E. Miles, of Madbury, in 1854. Mrs. Young survives him, as do also
a daughter, Mary Hale, and two sons, Haldimand Putnam and Richard
Batchelder, both actively engaged in business.
�AJOR CHARLES A. YOUNG was born at Barrington, Septem
ber 22, 1842, the son of William Hale Young and Sarah
(Daniels) Young. He was educated in the private and public schools of
his native town, and remaining on the home farm until twenty years of age,
in 1862 removing to Boston, where he became identified with a large and
successful business. For more than thirty years he has held his resi
dence in one locality, where the impress of his character, both in public
and private life, has been markedly beneficial. He possesses a genial and
social nature, and is a member of many organizations. For three years
he was commander of the Roxbury Horse Guards, and for three years
commander of the First battalion of cavalry, and for many years com
mander of the “Old Guard ” of Massachusetts. He stands high in
military circles. He was the originator and first president of the
Harvard Improvement association at Dorchester.
He has an at
tractive and impressive manner, and occupies a position in whatever
circle he enters, flattering to himself and enviable to his associates.
As a citizen he is a recognized leader; he is graceful and winning
in debate, courteous to his opponent, and pronounced in his convic
tions. A New Hampshire Republican, he holds the respect and
esteem of the men of all parties, and has frequently come before the
people as a candidate for public office. Although loyally attached
to the city of his adoption, his love for his native state has never dimin
ished, and among the sons of New Hampshire who have gone forth to
win for themselves success in neighboring states, none turns more fondly
to the home of his birth than Major Young.
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MAJOR CHARLES A. YOUNG.
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�W' HENRY
HARRISON YOUNG, of Boston, Mass.,
son of William Hall and Sarah (Daniels) Young, was born in
Barrington, May 15, 1837. After receiving his education at the town
schools and at South Berwick academy, he taught school in Great
Falls and Rollinsford till 1858, when he went to Boston and engaged
in contract work.
In 1862 he returned to his native town to enlist as
a private in a company then forming. Shortly after he was appointed
recruiting officer for the state, and September 27, 1862, was commis
sioned first lieutenant in the Thirteenth New Hampshire regiment,
which he helped to organize, and was appointed judge advocate. Dur
ing the Fredericksburg campaign and General Dix expedition up the
peninsular, he was disabled, and although recommended for promotion
to captain, was obliged to resign after spending five months in a hospi
tal, receiving his discharge February 2, 1864. He returned to Boston,
where he has since resided. His wife, Susan Tappan, was the daughter of
Thomas Jefferson Cook of Boston, a native of Milton, N. H. Mr.
Young is a member of the New Hampshire club and of the Loyal Le
gion. In politics a staunch Republican, he has never missed a chance
to vote. In business he has always been held in high esteem by those
who know him for his sound and practical sagacity. As a representa
tive of one of the most noted families of the state, and coming from one
of the most noted towns, he has ever been true to his birthright, and
the honor and integrity of each have been well maintained.
WILLIAM H. H. YOUNG.
�EORGE. T. CRAWFORD was born in Alexandria, December
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1828, the son of Col. William Crawford and Joanna
Sleeper. He was educated at Hebron academy, at New Hampshire
Conference seminary, and at Andover academy. He was a farmer
until 1865, and has been a surveyor of land since his boyhood.
In 1854 and in 1865 he represented his town in the legislature.
In 1856 he removed to Bristol and engaged in the flour and grain
business, remaining there until 1872. Since then he has been en
gaged in the lumber business. During the years of his residence in
Grafton county, Mr. Crawford was honored by his fellow-citizens by an
election as treasurer of the county in 1868 and 1869, and as county com
missioner from 1870 to 1877.
In 1880 he removed to Boston, where he
has since resided, being engaged as agent of the Fall Mountain Paper
company of Bellows Falls, Vt. Mr. Crawford still retains his interest
in the state of his birth that was for many years his abiding-place.
Deeply interested in all of its concerns, the years of his residence in
another state have not dulled his perception of New Hampshire's
progress. Mr. Crawford is keenly alive to all that goes on in New
Hampshire. The recent movements with relation to the preservation
of the state forests has awakened in Mr. Crawford a lively sympathy and
has won from him a hearty encouragement, yet he has believed that to
nature may be left the work of repair that cannot be safely taken up by
man. Mr. Crawford is large and broad in his perceptions. A man of
parts, he has acquitted himself with dignity in many positions requiring
varying degrees of skill and aptitude. A sound, earnest, and unfailing
common sense has characterized his career, and a rigid, incorruptible
honesty has marked his course. Mr. Crawford has impressed himself
upon those who know him as a man of force, a man of weight in argu
ment, and of power in example.
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GEORGE T. CRAWFORD.
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�AITH FUL persistence in an honorable calling has certainly led to
distinguished rewards in the case of James N. Lauder. He was
born in Topsham, Vt., May 29, 1838, the son of George and Jean
(Laird) Lauder, and was educated in the public schools of Vermont.
When but fifteen years of age he began his life-long career of railroad
service, from whose toils and dangers he has never shrunk, and the lau
rels of whose success he has repeatedly plucked. In 1865 he was
appointed master mechanic of the Northern railroad, and held that posi
tion until 1881. For the eight months ensuing he was superintendent
of motive power on the Boston & Lowell railroad, and subsequently
held the same position for a year on the Mexican Central system. Dur
ing the last ten years he has been a valued member of the staff of the
Old Colony road, serving as its superintendent of rolling stock. Mr.
Lauder's residence is in Ward Four, Concord, and he has creditably
represented that portion of the Capital city in the state legislature. He
served as one of the judges of awards in the transportation depart
ment of the World's Columbian exposition, having received that
appointment from the fair commissioners.
N. LAUDER.
�MONG the most distinguished educators who have gone from
New England is Sylvester Waterhouse, who was born in Bar
rington, September 15, 1830. Disqualified by the loss of a leg for
mechanical pursuits, to which his natural tastes inclined him, he was
obliged to follow a literary career. He was fitted for college at Phillips
Exeter academy, and graduated from Harvard in 1853, where he took
honors in Greek. In 1855, he received the degree of LL.B. from the
Harvard Law school, and was soon after appointed professor of Latin
in Antioch college, Ohio. In 1857 he took charge of the Greek
department in Washington university, St. Louis, and has just com
pleted thirty-six years of professional service in that institution. Pro
fessor Waterhouse entered the university soon after its inauguration,
and is now the senior member of its faculty. During the war he was
an earnest advocate of the Union, and, though incapacitated for mili
tary service, was a voluminous and effective writer for the cause. He
has always been deeply interested in the development of the West, and
has actively coöperated in many of the movements for the advancement of
that section. In 1867 he declined an appointment as superintendent
of public schools for Missouri. Since 1870 he has held many impor
tant trusts, including official positions in the Missouri Bureau of Geology
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and Mines, the St. Louis Board of Trade, the National Railroad con
vention, and the Mississippi River Improvement convention.
He was
a United States commissioner to the Paris exposition of 1878, honor
ary commissioner to the New Orleans World's fair, and to the Ameri
can exposition in London in 1887, and to the Nicaragua Canal conven
tions. In the latter he was selected to speak for the state of Mis
souri. His labors in behalf of Washington university have been
no insignificant element of its prosperity. The breadth of his learning,
the versatility of his talents, his rare practical judgment, and his tire
less energy have been potent factors in the growth of this institution.
�HE subject of this sketch, Alonzo Shaw Weed, was born in Sand
wich, March 13, 1827, the son of Elisha and Mary Ann (Shaw)
Weed.
He attended the district schools of his native town, and the
academy at “Sandwich Corner.” In 1844 he began life for himself, as
clerk in a mercantile house at Bangor, Me., and continued in that posi
tion for eight years. Having thoroughly mastered the principles of
trade, he set up in business for himself, and during his mercantile life of
twenty years maintained a reputation as one of Bangor's successful and
honorable business men. In 1871 he changed his residence from Ban
gor to Newton, Mass., having been elected by the Wesleyan association
to the responsible position (which he now holds) of publisher and
business manager of Zion's Herald, Boston, which is the oldest Meth
odist newspaper in the world, and is the special organ of New Eng
land Methodism. The financial success of that sterling religious
publication, Zion's Herald, has been largely due to the fostering care,
and efficient and careful business management of its present publisher.
Mr. Weed has always been actively interested in moral and religious
and educational affairs, and has done much work in these lines which
does not appear upon the surface. Conscientious and steadfast in his
political convictions, he styles himself “always a Republican and a firm
believer in the principles of that party.” Among his public offices are:
Trustee and treasurer of Bucksport (Me.) seminary for twelve years;
alderman and common councilman in city government of Bangor, Me.,
seven years; councilman and school committeeman of the city of New
ton, Mass., five years. Has been treasurer of the New England Educa
tion society over fourteen years; also one of the directors of the Home
Savings bank, Little Wanderers' Home, and Young Men's Christian
association, Boston, for eight or ten years past.
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�AMES FLYNN was born in Portsmouth, January 6, 1847, but has
been identified with Boston commercial circles since 1870, and for
sixteen years has been engaged in the manufacture of architectural
ironwork in that city, utilizing complete facilities, and giving employ
ment to many men and manufacturing prominent specialties, among
them being an invention of his own, a patent folding fire-escape ladder,
which has had the honor of being adopted for use in many of the prin
cipal hotels and business blocks of the large cities. Mr. Flynn is at
the head of a prosperous business house, and his prosperity is in no
small measure due to the sturdy integrity that he took away with him
from New Hampshire as a part of his birthright. The talents given to
him have been entered upon, and through years of faithful, con
scientious endeavor, he has pushed his way forward and upward to
prosperity and success. He does not forget his native state: frequently
he returns to renew the acquaintances of his boyhood, he keeps closely
in touch with the scenes of his youth, is well versed in the events that
are daily transpiring in New Hampshire, and holds through the varying
routine of a busy man's life his youthful affection for the state that gave
him birth, and that claims him now as one of her own though he has
gone out from among her citizens. Among the business men of Bos
ton, Mr. Flynn ranks as a solid and conservative merchant. He con
trols a special line of business, and with that is satisfied; yet his rewards
have not been insignificant, and he daily is adding to the measure of
his success and daily notes the increase that comes from the exercise
of honest judgment, careful supervision, and unswerving integrity.
JAMES FLYNN.
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| "HE mechanic who wins honorable place deserves notice equally
with the winner in commercial and professional life. Charles
Albion Langley, the oldest son and child of Moses and Sarah (Gear)
Langley, was born at Dover, in March, 1850. He is now among the
leading residents of Washington, D. C. Mr. Langley received his
early education in the public schools, and left home at sixteen to make
his way in life. He worked in New London, Conn., and Brookline,
Mass., at anything that offered, and at nineteen years of age entered
his apprenticeship as a carpenter at the latter place. Worked as a
journeyman at Cambridge and Brookline, Mass., until 1875, when he
came to Washington, where for four years he was still a journeyman,
though most of the time acting as foreman. In 1879, Mr. Langley
formed a partnership with a fellow-workman, and the firm rapidly
forged to the front as builders of fine private houses. The partnership
ceased in 1889. Among the houses built under Mr. Langley's super
vision are those of Chief Justice Richardson, United States court of
claims, the house of Senator Hearst of California, that of Capt. A. C.
Tyler, which is on the site of the house in which Harrison's secretary
of the navy, A. T. Tracy, met the horrible loss of his wife and daugh
ter through fire, and the Army and Navy club building, by far the
handsomest club house in Washington. Considerable of this work
has been done on the percentage plan, and such is Mr. Langley's
standing for probity that he has never been required to give bond or
had his accounts questioned. Recognizing the value of fraternity and
sociability among working-men, Mr. Langley has always been an earn
est promoter of social organizations. He has filled all the chairs in
the Odd Fellows lodge of which he is a member, as well as those of
the encampment. He was one of the original nine members of the
Mysterious club, an organization to promote social relations among
CHARLES A. LANGLEY.
business men and their families, which now numbers 260 members.
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�RED P. VIRGIN was born at East Concord, January 25, 1853,
He was educated
F the son of Rufus Virgin and Mary A. Stevens.
in the schools of East Concord and pursued an academic course in the
Penacook academy and at Pinkerton academy, Derry. At sixteen
years of age he began life for himself, and at that time went to Boston
and entered the employ of Martin L. Hall & Co., wholesale grocers.
For three years he worked in the store of this firm, and at the age
of nineteen engaged as a travelling salesman for them and followed that
vocation for ten years. For the past twelve years he has been a member
of the firm. Mr. Virgin won a rapid and deserved promotion by the
display of the true qualities of a New Hampshire character. With
genuine enthusiasm he began work while almost a mere boy, and with
pluck, with persistency, with stoutness of heart, and with honesty he
faithfully observed the rules of mercantile life. Studying his employers'
advantage no less than his own, he came naturally to the success that
awaited him. Mr. Virgin's life has been an active one, yet his activity
has met its reward.
The cares of his business have demanded his entire
attention, yet the acquaintances that he has cultivated bear witness to
his worth. The years of his life upon the road have quickened his per
ceptions, and the daily calls of his present labor cause them to be exerted
to the utmost. Vigorous, alert, and progressive, though young in years,
he has achieved a measure of success that would do credit to the exer
tions of a lifetime.
FRED P. VIRGIN.
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�H
ENRY A. EMERSON, of Henniker, has risen to a position of
success in the business world in New Hampshire through his
own efforts.
He was born at Concord, May 1, 1837, the child of Fen
ner H. Emerson and Clarinda (Baker) Emerson. He was educated in
the common schools, and in the academy at Franklin, and at Fisherville
academy. His family was poor, and at eleven years of age he went
away from his home to work upon a farm, laboring also in a shingle
mill and cotton mills, at Franklin, Fisherville, and Manchester, until he
was seventeen years old, when he went to Pepperell, Mass., to work in
a paper mill, and has followed that calling ever since,—beginning at the
bottom and working his way up to the head without assistance. After mas
tering the details of the paper trade, Mr. Emerson went to Henniker in
1871, where he began business with the Contoocook Valley Paper com
pany, of which corporation he is now president and treasurer, having held
that position since 1886. Mr. Emerson in his business career has
mastered all the essentials; by care and attention to his business he has
achieved an enviable reputation in the commercial world; and among
those who come daily in contact with him, Mr. Emerson is ranked
high in esteem. His only official position he held in the '70s, when
for two years he was a representative to the legislature from Hen
niker. This lack of political honor, however, is due to Mr. Emerson's
own desire, since he never sought without receiving. Mr. Emerson's
life has been purely commercial: beginning with nothing, he has won
much; without influence, he has exerted his own influence; beginning
without capital, through the capital of honesty, Integrity, and fidelity,
the capital of every New Hampshire boy, Mr. Emerson has entered upon
his talent and improved it.
HENRY A. EMERSON.
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�LBERT C. LORD was born at Tilton, July 30, 1852, and has
always resided in that town. At the age of sixteen he began
to learn the trade of watchmaker and jeweller. When nineteen years
old he engaged in that business for himself, which he continued till
1887. In 1875 he, in company with his brother, began the manufacture
of optical goods, under the firm name of Lord Brothers January 1,
1893, the new firm of the Lord Bros. Mfg. Co. was organized—a stock
company with a capital of $50,000, of which he is president, and which
now manufactures and supplies to the trade by travelling salesmen an
annual output of $75,000. This business has been largely built up
through Mr. Lord's personal industry and oversight. The careful train
ing which he experienced in his early days gave him a practical knowl
edge of the business which has stood him in good stead in his enlarged
relations; to this he has added, moreover, a personal acquaintance with
the trade which he aims to supply, and from this he has drawn his
highest incentive to perfection. The magnitude of his firm's operations,
the extent of their sales, and the breadth of territory covered by their
agents, has made him through his wares known far and wide, and by
those wares known as a sterling, upright, honorable, business man.
This is high praise, but to it must be added the record of the esteem in
which Mr. Lord is held at home by his employés and business asso
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ciates.
ALBERT C. LORD.
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be to a large extent northward. Coös and Carroll counties
have long been comparatively undeveloped. Only recently have their
latent resources in mountain, stream, forest, and meadow been to any
extent made productive. Now, however, the movement has fairly
begun, and a genuine western “boom” exists at many points in the
north country. It is to the beautiful scenery of this part of the state
that New Hampshire owes her title ‘‘the Switzerland of America,” and
it is the yearly influx of visitors from the four corners of the globe that
has largely contributed to give Coös and Carroll their present position
in the line of progress. The north land, however, has been remarkably
fortunate of late in the character of its leaders. Like all pioneers, they
have been strong, bold, and aggressive. But they have been more than
that. They have united the westerner's enterprise with the Yankee's con
servative prudence. They have built broadly, but firmly and well, and
future generations in northern New Hampshire will have just cause to
remember the wisdom and foresight of the men of to-day. A typical
member of the younger class of these leaders is Walter Pitman of Bart
lett. He was born December 25, 1855, the son of Joseph and Sarah
Charles Pitman of Bartlett, and received an education in the public
schools of that town, which he has since materially supplemented by
travel, observation, and experience. The measure of confidence with
which he is regarded by his fellow-citizens, is shown by the fact that he
served as selectman of the town in 1885, and in 1887 was chosen repre
sentative to the state legislature. So efficiently valuable was his service
in that body, that he was returned for a second term, serving with
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similar credit in the house of 1889.
�RA WHITCHER of Haverhill (Woodsville) was born in Coventry
(now Benton), December 2, 1815. His father, William Whitcher,
was one of the first settlers of the town, where he reared a family
of sixteen children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh.
His grandfather, Chase Whitcher, was one of the early settlers of
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Warren, and was active as a soldier in the War of the Revolution,
serving for quite a period as one of the committee of safety for the
northern part of the state. Mr. Whitcher received only a limited com
mon-school education, and engaged in the lumber business in his
native town, a business which he has since carried on extensively in
Benton, Warren, and at Woodsville, he having removed to the latter
place from Benton in 1870.
Mr. Whitcher has filled various town
offices in both Benton and Haverhill. He represented Benton in the
New Hampshire legislature in 1845, 46, '50, 51, ’63, and '64, and
Haverhill in 1891–92. He was a member of the constitutional con
vention of 1850, and was chosen by the legislature of 1864 one of the
commission to supervise the rebuilding of the state house. He served
for six years, 1867–73, as one of the county commissioners of Grafton
county, the county almshouse being constructed during his term of
service. He was largely instrumental in securing the removal of the
county-seat to Woodsville, and was one of the special commission
which built the present handsome court-house at that place. Mr.
Whitcher was married, November 27, 1843, to Lucy Royce, and two of
his four children, William F. Whitcher, editor of the Boston Daily
Traveller, and Mrs. Chester Abbott of Woodsville, are still living.
IRA. WHITCHER.
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�HARLES PARKER was born May 21, 1826, in Lisbon. He
was educated in the common and high schools in Lisbon, New
bury seminary, and Phillips academy, Danville, Vt. After completing
his education, in 1851 he moved to Lyman, where he, in connection
with James R. Young, formed the business firm of Parker & Young,
and entered into mercantile and manufacturing pursuits. In 1856 the
firm established another store in Lisbon. In 1864 they disposed of
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their Lyman business, Mr. Parker moving to Lisbon, where he has since
resided.
In 1884 the partnership was terminated by the death of Mr.
Young, and the Parker & Young Manufacturing company was formed,
Mr. Parker being its treasurer and general manager. In the affairs of
Lyman and Lisbon Mr. Parker has been prominent, having represented
both towns for two years each in the house of representatives. He has
been a justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state for more
than thirty years. His business success has been great, although he
has suffered large losses in several disastrous fires. But he has faced
and braved all such reverses, which would have overcome men of a less
determined and resolute character. Throughout the entire north coun
try, few men are better known or more highly esteemed than Mr. Parker.
His genial presence, his endowed vigor of body and intellect, have won
for him a high place in public affection, while his unflagging enterprise
and indomitable zeal have made him known throughout the business cir
cles of New England.
To him, perhaps as to no other man, the town
of Lisbon, with its varied and progressive enterprises, owes much of its
prosperity. He was one of the first directors in the Lisbon bank, and
as a member of the legislature was very instrumental in securing that
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institution's charter.
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�AMES N. MCCOY was born in Thornton, December 11, 1848,
and is the son of Nathan McCoy and Mary A. (Cilley) McCoy.
During the childhood of Mr. McCoy his parents moved to Con
cord, and in the public schools of that city the subject of this sketch
was educated, finishing his education at Newbury (Vt.) academy, where
he was a classmate of Col. Charles A. Sinclair. After leaving school,
for the two years from 1862 to 1864, Mr. McCoy was employed in the
Sinclair House, Bethlehem, and in 1866 he went to Iowa, where he
became agent for the Walter A. Wood harvesting machines, achieving
in this line of work marked success, until his return East a few years
later, when he embarked in the roofing business in New York city, fol
lowing this until 1880. He then returned to the state of his birth, and
became engaged in lumbering and real estate business in northern New
Hampshire, in which he has continued until the present time, now giv
ing his services to the Winnipiseogee Paper company, of Franklin,
having charge of that corporation's extensive interest in the Pemige
wasset valley and throughout the entire north part of the state. Mr.
McCoy is a sturdy son of New Hampshire; genial but unassuming, he
nevertheless has worked his way forward to a competence, and the
responsible position that he now occupies is due solely to his capability,
his steadfastness, his fidelity, and his energy.
JAMES N. McCOY.
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�IDNEY BENJAMIN WHITTEMORE was born at Colebrook,
July 21, 1839, the son of a farmer, Benjamin Whittemore, and
of Elmira (Chandler) Whittemore. His boyhood was passed upon his
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father's farm, and he attended the common schools of Colebrook, and
Colebrook academy, and yet resides upon the old Whittemore home
stead, where he carries on the farm bequeathed to him by his father,
and is engaged as a shipper of country produce. Mr. Whittemore is a
man of rare good judgment, and in the affairs of Colebrook and Coös
county, and even of the state, has been an active factor in shaping
events. In 1875 and 1876 he was treasurer of Coös county; in 1885
he was a member of the legislature, and served his state faithfully. For
three terms he was a member of the board of agriculture, and co-oper
ated heartily in all the progressive matters of the board during his term
of service. In 1885 he was appointed a member of the board of trustees
of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts,
and by re-appointment still holds that position. To the duties of this
position Mr. Whittemore has given much attention. He is deeply
interested in the work of the college, and was one of the warmest advo
cates of its removal from Hanover to Durham; and in the work of
establishing the college in its new home, Mr. Whittemore has been
prominent. Mr. Whittemore was a member of the New Hampshire
National Guard during the period of the reorganization of that body,
and at the time of his retirement from military service was captain of
Company I, of the Third regiment. Mr. Whittemore is one of the solid
farmers of the state. Bringing to agricultural pursuits the advantages
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derived from study and observation, he has been enabled, in his work as
a shipper of country produce, by closely following the markets, to attain
success not always given to endeavor, and the permanence of that suc
cess is justified by the care with which its results have been attained.
�T is a characteristic of New Hampshire men that they readily turn
their hands to almost any occupation. This characteristic in a
successful degree belongs to Frank Parker Brown of Whitefield, who
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was born in Bow, March 24, 1847, and is the son of Parker Brown and
Clara A. Gault.
He was educated in the common schools of his native
town, at Colby academy, New London, finishing with a course at
the commercial college in Concord, and immediately entering upon a
business career as merchant, following that calling for ten years, since
which time he has been variously engaged in lumbering, farming,
banking, and milling, and always with an unequivocal measure of pros
perity. Mr. Brown is a Republican in politics, and his natural activity
has led him to prominence in his party. In 1876 and 1877 he was a
member of the legislature, and from 1885 to 1887 he held a commission
as commissary general on Governor Currier's staff. During the recent
campaign he was his party's candidate for sheriff of Coös county, and
made a most gallant and so nearly successful fight as to win the plaudits
of his party associates all over the state. Mr. Brown's zealous activity
has led him to take an intense interest in the development of the town
in which he resides, and no public institution has been formed in recent
years without his earnest personal coöperation. He has held many
town offices, at present holding the position of town treasurer, and is
president of the Whitefield Banking and Trust company. He is also
president of the Whitefield Aqueduct company and treasurer of the
Whitefield Manufacturing company. Mr. Brown has made himself a
factor in whatever he has undertaken.
In none of the enterprises in
which he has embarked has he failed to assume a prominent place,
either at the outset or as the institutions have become developed.
His
nature would permit no other result. Modestly ambitious, Mr. Brown
has made his future secure by the record of his past.
FRANK PARKER BROWN.
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�O be the highly popular manager of the most successful hotel in
Chicago in this Columbian year, 1893, is an enviable distinction,
and it belongs to a New Hampshire man, Oscar G. Barron, of the Ray
mond & Whitcomb Grand hotel. He was born in Quechee, Windsor
county, Vt., October 17, 1851, the son of Asa T. and Clarissy (Dem
mon) Barron.
His education was gained in the schools at White
River Junction, Vt., and in the Williston (Vt.) and Thetford (Vt.)
academies. His lifelong occupation has been hotel-keeping, with every
department of which he is thoroughly acquainted, and in the pursuit of
which he has gained a success that is almost unrivalled. The mere
mention of the houses over which he has exercised a guiding care, tells
the story of his remarkable career. The list includes the Senate restau
rant at Washington, D.C.; Putnam hotel, Palatka, Florida; the great
Eastman hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Raymond & Whitcomb Grand,
Chicago, Illinois; Twin Mountain House, Crawford House, Fabyan
House, Mount Pleasant House, and Summit House in the White
mountains.
In addition to these business cares, Mr.
Barron has
found time and opportunity to enter extensively into public life. He
has held about all the offices in the town of Carroll, including chair
man of the board of selectmen for many years, justice of the peace,
and member of the house of representatives. He acquired the title
of colonel by service upon the staff of Gov. Charles H. Sawyer, and
has held the office of postmaster through all changes of administra
tion since he was 20 years of age. A Chicago writer, speaking of
the Grand hotel, says: “The management of this unique hotel was
entrusted by its promoters to Mr. Oscar G. Barron. The result is a
splendid organization, excellent service, and a fine cuisine. Mr. Bar
ron, who is a bluff New Englander of fine physique, gives his personal
attention to every department of this unique hotel, his alertness and
indefatigability being proverbial among those who know him.”
OSCAR G. BARRON.
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�DSON JAMES HILL, the son of James Riggs Hill and Sophia
Pickering, was born in Concord, October 19, 1857, and was
educated in the schools of that city and at St. Paul's school. At the
age of seventeen he became book-keeper for J. R. Hill & Co., manu
facturers of the Concord harness, and until 1884 was employed in that
capacity. He then became landlord of the Phenix hotel, which had
been for half a century one of the leading hostelries of the state, and
maintained his relations with it until the organization of the Eagle &
Phenix Hotel Co., in 1889, of which he became treasurer and man
aging director, and is now the moving spirit of the corporation, which,
by lavish expenditure of money, has remodelied the Eagle hotel, making
it, in equipment, appurtenances, cuisine, and advantages, among the
leading hotels in New England. Mr. Hill, in addition to his duties in
connection with the management of this property, is also a trustee in the
Union Guaranty Savings bank, and a director in the Capital Fire
Insurance company. Mr. Hill is the principal owner and manager of
the J. R. Hill estate, and his rent-roll covers many of the finest of the
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stores for which Concord has of late become noted.
As a financier Mr.
Hill has developed remarkable sagacity, and with unerring acuteness
has placed himself in the van of public progress in his native city.
Improvement has waited rather upon him than he upon it; justly proud
of his reputation as a landlord, he has increased his holdings in real
estate, and has in each case improved the property that has come into
his possession. Mr. Hill is a quiet, cultured gentleman in private life,
suave and courteous in manner; in him the reputation of an honored
name maintains itself, and the wisdom of a sagacious sire is perpetu
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�ALTER M. ROGERS was born at Plymouth, and is the son
of John Rogers, a merchant of that place, who was a man of
more than ordinary abilities, of fine presence, cultured literary taste,
—in short, a true gentleman of the old school. Mr. Rogers's family is
one of the best. His uncle, Nathaniel P. Rogers, was one of the early
Abolitionists, and was associated with George Thompson, William Lloyd
Garrison, and Wendell Phillips. He was the editor of The Herald of
Freedom, an anti-slavery paper of those days. As a newspaper writer
he was considered by his contemporaries unequalled by any in the jour
nalistic field. Mr. Rogers himself has been in mercantile life since the
age of seventeen, and for fully thirty years has been connected with the
Bradley Fertilizer company, of Boston, the leading fertilizer company
of America, whose representative he now is. In this capacity Mr. Rogers
has visited every quarter of New Hampshire, and in each community that
he has visited he numbers his friends by the score, winning them with
ease, and retaining them with permanence. A lover of fine horses, Mr.
Rogers has made his numerous tours through New Hampshire behind
some of the finest roadsters that have ever pressed the highways of the
state. His genial, sunny nature has endeared him to all with whom he
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has come in contact, in both a business and a social manner.
His rela
tions have been not only those of a business associate, but of a friend,
—firm, enduring, substantial. Mr. Rogers is ardently in love with the
beautiful scenery of his native state, and interested in all the measures
looking to its preservation. Keen, clear in his perceptions, rapid in his
conclusions, honorable in his dealings with all men, aided by the warmth
of his sunny character, he has achieved a remarkable success for himself
and his employers, a success that finds its more enduring encomium in
his long years of service, in his increasing number of patrons, in the
deepening of his fraternal ties.
WALTER M. ROGERS.
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LARK FERRON ROWELL was born in Goshen, February 20,
1834, and was educated in the common schools and Tubbs’s
academy at Washington, under Prof. D. H. Sanborn. For many
years he has resided in Keene, and has held municipal offices; was six
years a member of the board of education, and has sat in the common
council. During the administration of Governor Weston he was ser
geant-at-arms of the New Hampshire legislature, and has been the
candidate of his party for state treasurer at several different elections.
In Keene he holds several positions of trust, having been a trustee in the
Keene Five Cents Savings bank since its organization, treasurer of the
Keene Humane society, and member of the board of health. For the past
ten years he has been travelling agent of the Cheshire and Fitchburg
railroads, numbering his acquaintances and friends by the hundreds, and
having been second vice-president of the White Mountain Travellers'
association. In Masonic circles Mr. Rowell stands high, having received
all the degrees, up to and including the thirty-second, in regular order.
For several years he was treasurer of the Hugh De Payens commandery,
Knights Templar, of Keene, and is a member of the grand chapter of
New Hampshire. Mr. Rowell is a most urbane gentleman, his occu
pation naturally bringing him into contact with thousands of men
annually. He has so delicately and tactfully conducted his business as
to make each of those thousands of men his friend.
The soul of honor.
the positions of trust to which he has been chosen, and for which he has
been made his party's candidate, but emphasize his integrity, and the
various official positions which he has held serve only to call attention
to his ability. In the city of Keene, in the state of New Hampshire.
indeed through all New England, Mr. Rowell finds ready welcome by
the unostentatious merit of his life, by the cordial friendliness of his
greeting, and by the warm depths of his comprehensive friendship.
CLARK F. ROWELL.
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�EORGE ALVIN SANDERS was born in Laconia, December Io,
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1846, and was educated in the public schools of that place and
at Appleton academy at New Ipswich. He began his business career
by entering his father's store as a clerk, but shortly after, in 1864, he
removed to Boston, where he became book-keeper for a wholesale house,
relinquishing this a year later to enter the employ of Abram French &
Co., by whom for twenty-one years he was employed as a travelling
salesman, canvassing almost the entire New England states in his routes.
In 1886 his father's failing health drew him back to his old home in
Laconia, where, in company with his brother, he assumed the manage
ment of his father's business, under the firm name of Sanders Brothers,
a partnership which terminated in 1892, when Colonel Sanders assumed
sole charge. As a Republican, Colonel Sanders has been prominent.
In the legislature of 1889–90 he headed a successful legislative ticket
in Laconia. In 1891 he was made an aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov
ernor Tuttle, with the rank of colonel. In 1892 he was chosen a com
missioner of Belknap county. Colonel Sanders was active in the
formation of the White Mountain Travellers association, and serves it
as secretary and treasurer. In the new city government of Laconia he
holds the position of chief engineer of the fire department. He is a
trustee of the Belknap Savings bank, and a director in the Laconia Gas
company. In secret society circles he takes rank as a thirty-second degree
Mason, eminent commander of Pilgrim commandery, Knights Templar,
a Knight of Pythias, and a Red Man. And everywhere he takes rank
as a whole-souled, genial, companionable, active man, the best of
COL. GEORGE A. SANDERS.
friends, the truest of comrades.
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�R. GRAN VILLE P. CONN was born in Hillsborough, January
25, 1832, of mingled Scotch, Irish, and English ancestry. He
resided at home until the age of sixteen, attending the common schools
and working upon the farm, following this with a few months of school
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at Francestown and Pembroke academies, and with two years at the
Military academy at Norwich, Vt., preparing himself for the profession
of civil engineering, which ill-health compelled him to relinquish. He
then studied medicine with Dr. H. B. Brown of Hartford, Vt., at the
same time teaching school. He attended two courses of medical lec
tures at Woodstock, Vt., and at Dartmouth Medical college, receiving
his degree from that institution in 1856, and immediately began the
practice of his profession in East Randolph, Vt., continuing it at Rich
mond, in the same state, until August 19, 1862, when he was commis
sioned assistant-surgeon in the Twelfth Vermont volunteers, serving
with this regiment in the field; was mustered out of the United States
service in 1863. In the fall of that year he came to Concord, where
he has since remained in the practice of his profession, advancing until
he stands in the lead in the medical profession in the state. Dr. Conn,
as a physician, has given much attention to matters of public health,
and has served as city physician of Concord, as president of the state
board of health, and as vice-president of the National Association of
Railway Surgeons. In all of these positions Dr. Conn has taken advance
guard upon sanitary problems. The health laws of New Hampshire
were largely drafted by him, and the present efficiency of the state board
of health is largely due to his efforts during his years as president. Dr.
Conn's ability has been recognized by the trustees of Dartmouth Med
ical college, who honored him with a position upon the faculty of that
DR. GRAN VILLE P. CONN.
institution; and he is a member of numerous medical and scientific
associations.
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�F' A. STILLINGS was born at Jefferson, March
3O,
1849, the son of Anson Stillings and Phoebe de Forest (Kenison)
Stillings.
His preliminary education was secured in the high and pri
vate schools, and he took a degree in medicine from Dartmouth Med
ical college in 1870, and completed his professional studies at the
Rotunda in Dublin, Ireland, from which he graduated in 1874. After
graduating from Dartmouth, he was assistant physician at the McLean
hospital in Somerville, Mass., for three years; then he went abroad,
where he studied in Dublin, Paris, and London, returning to this
country in 1874, and settling in Concord, where he has since resided,
and has secured a prominent position among the medical fraternity of
the state, and has built up an exacting practice, which extends to wide
territorial limits. During his residence in Concord, Dr. Stillings has
served as United States pension examining surgeon, and as chief sur
geon for the Concord division of the Concord & Montreal railroad. He
has been connected with the hospital service in Concord since its incep
tion, and is now a visiting physician and surgeon on the staff of the
Margaret Pillsbury general hospital. From 1891 to 1893 he was sur
geon-general of the New Hampshire National Guard, by appointment
from Governor Tuttle. Dr. Stillings, though still young, may recount
many a weighty professional achievement. A solidity of learning, a
brilliancy of execution, a readiness of diagnosis, and a skilfulness in
treatment, have combined to win him professional standing and success,
and among his fellows in the profession, as well as among those who
know him, he is hailed as a genial, cultured, and welcome companion.
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�New Hampshire
A MONG the prominentC.physicians ofwho was born at
classed Dr. Anson
Alexander,
must be
Littleton,
October 10, 1855, and was educated at the New Hampton institute and
Colby academy, New London. His parents were among the pioneers
of northern New Hampshire. Both great grandfathers were Revolu
tionary soldiers, and fought at Bunker Hill. His medical education
was obtained in Philadelphia, at the Hahnemann Medical college, Phil
adelphia school of anatomy and surgery, and the Pennsylvania hospital,
receiving his diploma from that institution in 1881. Dr. Alexander's
career in the medical college was characterized by high scholarship. In
1880 he won the one hundred dollar gold medal for superior scholarship
in all branches, the first honor of that degree ever taken by a New
England student. In September following his graduation from the med
ical college, Dr. Alexander began the practice of his profession at Pen
acook, where he has since resided, each year adding to his success. His
practice, from the first, was large, and in later years he has come to be
almost a specialist in diseases of lungs, and in that peculiarly New Eng
land disease, the scourge consumption. This disease Dr. Alexander
has made a special study, and as years have gone on and opportunities
increased he has given more and more attention to the alleviation and
cure of it, and his success has been very gratifying. As a physician in
general practice also, his skill has been called constantly into requisition
by the demands of a practice covering territory of miles in extent. In
the community in which he lives Dr. Alexander stands high in every
circle. He is a Mason, a Knight Templar, a member of Mount Horeb
commandery. The enterprising physician has been also a good citizen,
his time has been freely given in reply to public demands, and to the
extent of his power he has served the community well. He is yet young,
and his successes lie before him. Some are past, yet those that have
gone are such as to indicate that greater ones are yet beyond.
�was born July 29,
H.,
D IXI CROSBY, M.D., Alpheus Benning 1869, at Hanover, N. sur
son of the late Prof.
Crosby, professor of
gical anatomy at Bellevue hospital, New York city, and grandson of the
late Prof. Dixi Crosby, the celebrated physician and surgeon who was
dean of Dartmouth's medical faculty for thirty years. His preparatory
studies were pursued at Holderness school, Holderness, N. H., and at
Tufts college, Somerville, Mass. He received his medical education at
Bellevue Hospital Medical college, New York city, and at the Dartmouth
Medical college, at which institution he graduated with high honor
and distinction in 1890. Prior to his graduation he was appointed
demonstrator of anatomy and prosector at Dartmouth Medical college.
In 1890 he commenced the practice of his profession in New York city,
where he was appointed clinical assistant in the genito-urinary class, out
patient department of Bellevue, and also to a similar position in the
Vanderbilt clinic. At the same time, he received the appointment of
clinical assistant in the throat department of Bellevue.
In 1891 he was
appointed assistant visiting surgeon, O. P. D., of St. Mary's hospital,
which position he filled until March, 1892, when he removed to Exeter,
N. H., where he is now engaged in his profession. In the same year
he graduated at the Broome-street Midwifery dispensary in New York
city. He is a member of the New York County Medical association,
and fellow of the New Hampshire State Medical society. In 1895 he
was elected a member of the American Academy of Social and Political
Advancement, and also appointed pension examiner by President Cleve
land. By reason of his interest in the Humane society, he was appointed
by Sheriff Coffin deputy sheriff to enforce the laws for prevention of
cruelty to animals, in 1893. In 1891 he presented to the profession the
DR. DIXI CROSBY.
“Crosby Surgical Needle Holder,” an improved and valuable instrument
in the practice of surgery. He is unmarried.
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�HE name and fame of Dr. J. Alonzo Greene, like good wine
T “needs no bush.” He was born in Whitingham, Vt., October 5,
1845, the son of Reuben and Lydia (Wasto) Greene, and was educated
in the schools of Boston and at the Ohio Medical institute at Cincin
nati, from which he graduated in 1867. Dr. Greene's education was
preceded by hardship, for in 1861 he set out from Boston with three
dollars and brought up at Pike's Peak, Colorado, where he enlisted in
Company H, First Colorado cavalry. He was wounded in battle at
Sand Creek, but served throughout the war and was mustered out at
Fort Leavenworth in 1865. After his graduation from the Medical
college, Dr. Greene for several years was engaged in private practice,
but the fortunate discovery of “Dr. Greene's Nervura,” a vegetable
remedy of great merit, turned him from the path of private practice to
that of a dispenser of patent medicine, and he built up a business which
is bounded only by civilization. Now, however, he has in a measure
retired from the exacting cares of his large business, and at Long
Island in Lake Winnipiseogee he has established a poultry and stock
farm, the largest and most beautiful in the world, where with lavish
hand he entertains and enjoys the goods which the gods have provided.
Dr. Greene is prominent in Masonry, Odd Fellowship, and the Knights
of Pythias, and is a member of the Amoskeag Veterans and the Grand
Army of the Republic. The doctor organized and is the president and
principal owner of the Winnipiseogee Transportation company, as well
as other enterprises about the lake region.
DR, J. ALONZO GREENE.
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�D". EDWARD BOYNTON DAVIS, secretary of the New Hamp
shire board of registration in dentistry, was born in Concord,
April 2, 1854, and is the son of Charles W. Davis and Helen M.
(Boynton) Davis.
He pursued a course of study in the public schools
of his native city, and entered the dental office of Cummings & Young,
in March, 1873, remaining there for nearly six years, during which time
he also attended the Boston Dental college, graduating with the class of
1879. Immediately upon his graduation Dr. Davis returned to his native
city and established himself in practice, where, with constantly increas
ing success, he has since remained.
His patients have grown yearly
more numerous, and his standing among his professional associates has
been annually enhanced, as is attested by the fact that he is now vice
president of the New Hampshire Dental society, and vice-president of
the Alumni association of the Boston Dental college, and member of
the New England Dental society and of the National association of
dental examiners. His position as secretary of the New Hampshire
board of registration in dentistry was assumed in 1891, by appointment
of Governor Tuttle, upon the formation of the board. Aside from his
prominence in his profession, Dr. Davis has been active in other walks
of life, having been one of the promoters of the Young Men's Christian
association in Concord, and is at present one of its most active coad
jutors. Though never holding office, Dr. Davis has evinced a warm
interest in politics, taking a prominent part in successive municipal cam
paigns. Dr. Davis is a most courteous gentleman, well schooled in the
amenities of life; in him one finds a warm friend, to whom is yielded
the credit of worth, and for him the future presents inspiring views of
hope crowned with the reward that follows faithful, meritorious work in
any line of life, especially when measured, as in the present case, with
the “golden rule.”
DR. EDWARD BOYNTON DAVIS.
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�ON. GEORGE W. PIERCE was born in Winchester, April
24, 1833. He was educated in Townshend, Vt., at the New
England Institute in New York city, and at Shelburne Falls, Mass.
H
He studied medicine with his father, Hosea Pierce, a famous old-time
physician, and was graduated from the Berkshire (Mass.) medical col
lege in 1854. He established himself in practice in his native town
and has since resided there, with the exception of a year and a half
spent in the service of his country as assistant surgeon and surgeon of
the First New Hampshire cavalry. Dr. Pierce's military experience
was filled with excitement.
In November, 1864, he was wounded and
made prisoner, and was confined until the following March in Libby
prison. During his incarceration he was promoted to be surgeon for
meritorious and gallant conduct on the field. His military service em
braced participation in fifty-two battles and he was wounded five times.
Following his service in the army he took up his practice in Winches
ter, and served until 1875 as pension examining surgeon, being again
appointed in 1893 and was removed by the Cleveland administration.
He served upon the staff of Governor Moody Currier as surgeon-general,
and in the Grand Army of the Republic has held the position of com
mander of E. N. Taft post. For twenty-five years he has been a jus
tice of the peace. He has always been an active partisan, and for
twenty years was a member of the Republican state committee. In
1875 he was a member of the house of representatives, and in 1891
represented his district in the New Hampshire senate. In the medical
profession Dr. Pierce takes a high rank, his practice being both exten
sive and lucrative, and is followed with a remarkable measure of success.
In all public affairs he takes an ardent interest, and in private life his
kindly disposition endears him to an ever-increasing circle of friends.
HON. (EORGE W. PIERCE.
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�EN. CHARLES W. STEVENS, of Nashua, was born in Caven
dish, Vt., in 1844. For more than forty-six years he has resided
in New Hampshire, and here has won his success in life, a success
ustly entitling him to be ranked among the leaders of the state. In
business life, General Stevens is a builder and contractor, the owner of
extensive quarries, and a director or stockholder in many manufacturing
corporations. During the war General Stevens served with the First
New Hampshire cavalry, and has been a prominent member of the
Grand Army of the Republic since the formation of the order. He is
a past commander of John G. Foster post, Nashua, and in 1892 he was
an aide-de-camp on the personal staff of Gen. John Palmer, com
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. In 1889, upon
the erection of the New Hampshire Soldiers' home at Tilton, General
Stevens was selected by Governor Goodell as one of the first board of
managers, and by re-appointment from Governor Tuttle he still holds
the position. From Governor Tuttle also he was honored with an
appointment as quartermaster-general on his staff. General Stevens has
always been a Republican, and as such has been valuable to his party
as a leader or a counsellor. His fellow-citizens repeatedly elected him
a member of the Nashua common council, of which body he was presi
dent for one term; and for four years he was a member of the board of
education in his city. In 1885 he was a member of the house of rep
resentatives, and in the campaigns of 1888 and the four years following,
he was the efficient chairman of the Republican city committee. General
Stevens, though born in Vermont, has lived so long in New Hampshire
as to have assimilated the characteristics of the state.
He is indus
trious, therefore successful; he is genial, therefore popular; he is hon
orable, therefore respected.
�A.J. HARRY B. CILLEY was born in Manchester, May 13,
1862, and is the son of the late Jacob G. and Martha B. Cilley,
his mother being the daughter of the late Rev. Nathaniel Bouton,
D. D., of Concord, for more than forty years pastor of the North church
and first state historian of New Hampshire. At the age of eight years
Major Cilley went to Europe, where in the schools of Germany and
Switzerland he laid the foundation of his education, completing his
course of study in the public schools of Manchester after his return to
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America, and in St. Paul's school, Concord, where he remained four
years.
Following this, he was a student at the Cambridge (Mass.)
High school, and afterwards studied in the law school of Harvard
university. For two years thereafter, Major Cilley was connected with
a broker's firm in Boston, and was for a year engaged in mercantile pur
suits with his cousin, Bradbury J. Cilley, at Buffalo, N. Y. During the
three years following these employments he resided at Concord, where
he gave much of his time to his official duties in connection with the
New Hampshire National Guard, with which organization he began his
connection in May, 1882, when he became commissary-sergeant in the
Third regiment. May 24, 1884, he was promoted to be first lieutenant
and regimental quartermaster, and May Io, 1889, was again promoted
to be major and inspector of rifle practice in the First brigade, holding
this position until February 6, 1891, when he took up his residence in
Washington, D.C., whither he was called by appointment as private
secretary to the second auditor of the treasury. On November 2, 1891,
Major Cilley was commissioned first lieutenant and adjutant of the
Sixth battalion of the District of Columbia National Guard, and was
MAJ. HARRY B. CILLEY.
promoted to the position of captain and adjutant of the Second regi
ment in the same organization in the following December, holding that
position at the present time.
�J'
GANNON, JR., now residing in Manchester, was born in
Maine, forty-one years ago, and has resided in Manchester for many
years, where he has followed the business of an interior decorator,
being renowned for the remarkably fine work that he has turned out,
decorating many of the most important public buildings, churches, halls,
business places, and the finest residences throughout the state, among
them being the Rockingham House, at Portsmouth, and Governor
Smith's elegant residence at Hillsborough Bridge, Mr. Gannon has
served meritoriously in the New Hampshire National Guard, as adjutant
of the First regiment, for three years, serving also under Generals White
and Patterson as brigade commissary for four years. He is at present
adjutant of the battalion of Amoskeag Veterans, and is also connected
with the military affairs of the state as captain of Company C, Man
chester, the Upton light infantry. Mr. Gannon is a Mason, and a
Knight Templar. He is also a member of the Red Men, having served
as a district deputy in that order, and having passed through the chairs
in Agawan's tribe, No. 80. Mr. Gannon is a genial, companionable
man, numbering his friends throughout the state by hundreds, and his
prominence among New Hampshire's citizens is due to his own manly
qualities, that have won for him the approbation of those about him.
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�HERE is a man in Manchester who has seen the entire develop
ment of the city thus far, and who has typified in himself the in
dustry, skill, honesty, faithfulness, liberality, goodfellowship, loyalty,
and readiness which have been the characteristics of her people. He
was one of her best mechanics. He was for sixteen years her popular
postmaster. He has always been one of her best citizens. He is
everybody's friend and helper. He was one of the founders of the Re
publican party and no other has done more to promote its success. He
is honest above suspicion, generous to a fault, genial, unassuming,
genuine everywhere and at all times. Joseph L. Stevens was born
upon what is now the city farm in Manchester, January 15, 1827. He
was the son of Ephraim and Olive Leach Stevens. He attended the
district school at Manchester Centre until he was fifteen years old, and
then received instruction two terms in a private academy kept by John
G. Sherburne, which completed his school education. In 1846 he en
tered the Amoskeag machine shop, where he remained until February 2,
1849, when he started for California via Panama. After two years
spent in mining and other Pacific coast pursuits, he returned to his
lathe in the machine shop in Manchester. In 1854 he was employed a
few months in Lawrence, and then went to Boston, where he worked at
JOSEPH L. STEVENS.
his trade four years. In 1858 he again settled in Manchester, and
built the pump for the first Amoskeag fire-engine. He continued to
construct pumps for those engines until 1870, when he was appointed
postmaster, a position which he filled so acceptably that he was re
appointed again and again, and a fourth time, and served until the place
was wanted for a Democratic partisan in 1886, when he retired. He
has since been engaged to some extent in the insurance business and
the management of the Manchester Street railway.
�WO of the sons of the late John Farr have been prominently
T identified with
general affairs in this state. These are Evarts
W. Farr, who died while a member of congress, and George Farr, who
easily holds a position among the most prominent and useful citizens in
his locality.
His mother was Tryphena (Morse) Farr.
He early
learned the lessons of self-reliance, under circumstances which required
steady industry, and forbade him the ordinary recreations which to the
modern youth are regarded as a necessity. He was prepared for col
lege at the Thetford academy, in Vermont, and passed honorably
through a full college course at Amherst and Dartmouth, graduating at
the latter in 1862. Soon after he enlisted for a three years term,
assisted in raising Company D, of the Thirteenth regiment, at Littleton,
and served as its captain through the war. He was severely wounded,
June 1, 1864, at the Battle of Cold Harbor, and was unable to partici
pate in the further campaigns of his regiment, but did good service on
courts-martial and military commissions, at Norfolk, Va., until mustered
out in 1865, as the senior captain of his regiment, which was the first
organized body of Union troops that entered the rebel capital. Captain
Farr prepared himself for admission to the bar, but the condition of his
health prevented the gratification of his purpose in this direction. He
engaged in trade and manufacturing for some five years; was deputy
sheriff nine years, selectman two years, collector two years, and justice
of the police court of Littleton since 1880. Several years ago he pur
chased the Oak Hill House, and has made it a famous summer hostelry.
For several years he was master of Northern Pomona grange.
He was
for many years a member of the board of education, trustee of the public
library, and chairman of the committee on town history.
He was active
CAPT. GEORGE FARR.
in instituting a post of the Grand Army at Littleton, was one of its early
commanders, and was commander of New Hampshire G. A. R. in 1886.
�RA PARKER, the founder of the glove business in Littleton, the
general manager and treasurer of the Saranac Glove Co., was born
at Sugar Hill, October 7, 1846. He is the son of the late Silas Parker
and Eliza Stevens Parker. While attending the common school and
the academy at Lisbon, he devoted his evenings to the making of
gloves and mittens. When nineteen years of age he came to Littleton.
Bringing his ingenuity to bear upon the tanning business in its relation
to the making of gloves and mittens, he was soon manufacturing leather
with the grain on, a process for glove stock unknown to the world up
to that time. With push, sagacity, and hard work, he laid the founda
tions for a successful business career, and the working out of his ideas
has led to the industry of which Littleton is justly proud. He conducted
the business alone until 1875, when the firm of Ira Parker & Co. was
formed. This firm continued, under the successful management of Mr.
Parker, until all the glove interests of the town were combined in the
present stock company on December 31, 1889. As a citizen Mr.
Parker is liberal and public-spirited. He is a generous contributor to
the support of the religious interests of the town, is a member of the
Masonic bodies, represented the town in the legislature of 1887, and is
a director in both the Littleton National and Savings banks. He has
recently purchased a mountain, lying beyond his extensive farm lands,
about two miles from the village, and by a liberal expenditure of money
has an excellent road to the top, which commands one of the finest
mountain views in the state. November 23, 1869, he was married to
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Miss Louise R. Bronson of Littleton, N. H., with whom he lived until
IRA
PARKER.
her death January 7, 1879. June 1, 1882, he married Miss Mandane
A. Wright of Boston, Mass., with whom he is now living. To them
have been born two interesting children, a son and a daughter.
�HE paternal ancestry of Mr. Corning was of English origin.
The maternal line was
Irish-Presbyterian.
His father was Nathaniel Corning, and his
T That branch settled at Beverly, Mass.
mother, Mary (McMurphy) Corning.
Benjamin H. was born at Litch
field, July 15, 1835. His early education was in the schools there and
at Manchester. Developing aptitude for mechanical pursuits, he had
thoroughly covered the machinist's trade in the Amoskeag locomotive
works before he had fully come to manhood. With this tuition he entered
the employ of the Grand Trunk railroad at Gorham. He was with this
corporation several years. Subsequently he engaged in trade at Grove
ton, and was made postmaster there by appointment of President Lin
coln.
In 1866 he was made sheriff of Coös county by commission
from Gov. Frederick Smythe, and served a full term of four years. Mean
time, President Lyon of the B., C. & M. railroad was preparing to ex
tend his railroad system on two branches into Coös county and the
White mountains. Mr. Corning became associated with him in this
work in 1869, and was ever after one of his most trusted assistants. In
the last years before the transfer to the Boston & Lowell
was superintendent of the northern division.
company, he
In 1869 he made his res
idence in Lancaster, and in 1882 at Littleton, where he found a more
central location for attention to his duties as superintendent. From
1885 to 1889 he again held the office of sheriff, having been the first
Republican elected to it under the changed constitution. His insurance
agency, established at Littleton in 1885, is one of the most reliable and
best conducted in northern New Hampshire. He has earned a repu
tation as a most capable man of affairs, and in the management of
those large interests which are involved in the great industrial and me
chanical undertakings of the present time, he stands in the front rank.
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�HE town of Littleton has drawn liberally on the strong and pro
T gressive families of the Green Mountain state for leaders in its
business and professional circles. A representative of this region is
Charles C. Smith, president of the board of trade. He was born in
Danville, Vt., August 18, 1832, his parents being Hiram B. Smith and
Catharine (Colby) Smith. They came to Littleton long before it had
attained any such importance as a commercial or manufacturing centre
as it now enjoys. Their sons were educated in the local common and
high schools. Both adopted the occupation of their father, hardware
and tinware manufacturing. The subject of this sketch has devotedly
pursued this business for forty years, seven (from 1856 to 1864) at Gor
ham, and the remainder at Littleton. In that period he has accom
plished a large success. In the full possession of his physical and
mental powers, with the record of a long, profitable, and honorable
business career behind him, he now retires to a well earned respite from
business responsibilities. Mr. Smith has been repeatedly an incum
bent of public office, but never from his own seeking of it. He was
town clerk in 1865, '66, '67, and '68; selectman at Gorham, in 1863;
representative in the legislature, from Littleton, in 1869 and 1870; and
for three successive terms he has been elected chairman of the board
of supervisors, irrespective of the partisan result of the election on
other parts of the ticket. His conection with Freemasonry goes
almost back to the date of the establishment of Burns lodge at Littleton,
in 1859. He has always been zealously devoted to this institution.
He is a member of Franklin chapter, of Lisbon; Omega council, of
Plymouth; Aleppo temple, of Boston, and he has received the thirty
second degree in the consistory at Nashua. He was a charter member
of St. Gerard commandery of Knights Templar, of Littleton, and its
CHARLES C. SMITH.
eminent commander in 1888.
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�M
R. GREENE became a resident of Littleton in his youth, and
has ever since remained prominently identified with the affairs
of the town.
His parents were Josiah Greene and Rebekah Cram
(Bailey) Greene.
He was born in Weare, N.H., July 17, 1836.
He
received an academic education in the Green Mountain Liberal institute
at South Woodstock, Vt. For some years he followed a mechanical
trade, but gradually his adaptation to broader business pursuits became
recognized, and he was called to manage important undertakings. He
was a Republican in politics at the time of the formation of the party,
and has consistently adhered to its principles and policies. He early
identified himself with the Masonic institution, and was master of Burns
lodge at Littleton for several years.
He was made a chapter Mason at
Lisbon, and in 1868 became a charter member of St. Gerard command
ery and its first eminent commander. He was also master of Omega
council while it was located at Littleton. He is a 32 degree member of
the consistory at Nashua. He was grand commander of Knights Tem
plar of New Hampshire in 1877. Mr. Greene entered the army in Sep
tember, 1864, as orderly sergeant of Company I, First New Hampshire
heavy artillery, and December 26, 1864, was promoted to second lieu
tenant of Company I. He served faithfully to the end of the war, when
he entered the federal government service as route agent in the railway
mail. After ten years in this employment he resigned, and accepted
the office of indexer of records in the New Hampshire state treasury,
December, 1889. He was occupied on this work two years and two
months.
This laborious and difficult task covered the archives in one
department for the whole period of our state and provincial existence.
He was appointed postmaster at Littleton by President Harrison in
March, 1891. The same painstaking industry, and unostentatious de
votion to duty that have always marked his career, have placed him
among those who are justly regarded as model postmasters.
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�HARLES FRANKLIN EASTMAN is one of the solid men of
C northern New Hampshire.
Born in Littleton, October 1, 1841,
the son of Hon. Cyrus Eastman and Susan French (Tilton) Eastman,
he was educated in the local public schools, the Kimball Union acad
emy, and the Business college of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. When he
entered their employ as book-keeper, in 1858, the Eastmans were vet
eran merchants.
CHARLES
He became a member of the firm of Eastman, Tilton
& Co. in January, 1866, and upon the decease of Franklin Tilton the
firm was reorganized, Colonel Eastman remaining at the head, with
C. F. Eastman as the junior partner. For many years C. & C. F.
Eastman were unquestionably the foremost merchants in the White
mountain region. They occupied the “depot store,” one of the land
marks of trade in Littleton. In 1882 they sold the business to Edson,
Bailey & Eaton. Meantime, Charles F. Eastman had married Mary Ida
Taft, daughter of Richard and Lucinda (Knight) Taft, who had made the
Profile House a famous hostelry. Mrs. Eastman deceased in 1887, and
he married Mary R. Colby in 1891. His children are a son and a daugh
ter. He is averse to holding public positions, but some way or other
his neighbors manage occasionally to get the benefit of his sagacious
administration of responsible offices. He has served as a member since
1882, and treasurer since 1885, of the school board in Union district;
trustee and treasurer of the public library; selectman three terms;
each time enjoying the special compliment of a unanimous election;
member and treasurer of the committee on town history; national bank
director and vice-president of the Littleton Savings bank, and a mem
ber of the present legislature. His church relations are with the Con
gregationalists. Littleton has two strong local Masonic organizations,
a lodge and a commandery. Mr. Eastman is a working member of
both bodies, and is serving at the present time as master of Burns lodge,
and is a 32 degree Mason.
FRANKLIN EAST MAN.
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�MONG the rising young men in the profession of medicine in
A northern New Hampshire, is Dr. McGregor, of Littleton.
a native of Bethlehem, born June, 1853.
He is
His parents were Willard A.
McGregor and Almira G. (Blandin) McGregor. Dr. McGregor was
educated in the common and high schools at Bethlehem, and in the
seminaries at Tilton and New Hampton.
His medical preceptors were
Dr. Geo. S. Gove, of Whitefield, and Dr. L. B. How, of Manchester.
He was graduated in medicine at the Dartmouth Medical college in
1878. His first location in practice was at Lunenburg, Vt., where he
remained from October in the year of his graduation till August, 1880.
Since that time he has been located at Littleton, and has in that vicinity
built up an extensive and lucrative practice. His characteristics as a
practitioner are thoroughness in diagnosis, skilful appreciation of the
necessities of the case in hand, and wisdom and courage in the applica
tion of remedies. Dr. McGregor, besides keeping himself in close
touch with the best medical thought, as it is reflected in the current
technical and periodical literature of the profession, takes time to re
vise and perfect his acquirements in the medical arts by courses in the
best post-graduate medical schools and hospitals of the metropolis. He
is an authority in preventive medicine, and has served repeatedly as
health officer. His administration of this duty has always been wise
and efficient, and his reports are terse and instructive. Always one of
the most active members of the White Mountain Medical society, he
has often contributed papers and addresses in its proceedings, and in
1889 was its president. His biographical notices of Drs. Tuttle and
Moody were especially commendable. He is a member of the New
Hampshire Medical society, and one of the board of censors. He is a
Free Mason, is identified with the Congregational church, and is
a sturdy Democrat in politics, and influential in the councils of that
DR. GEORGE W. MCGREGOR.
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�GRADUATE of the old bank of Newbury, Mr. Hatch came
the service of the Littleton National and Savings banks
when he had just passed his majority. He had, however, already
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attracted favorable attention as a successful cashier of the Bank of Chel
sea, Vt. The Littleton banks were then but little advanced beyond the
state of financial experiment. In his twenty years of service as their
chief executive officer, he has seen the deposits in the National bank
advanced from $30,000 to $250,000, and those in the Savings bank
increased from $40,000 to $1,130, ooo.
As treasurer of the one,
and president of the other, of these institutions, he is now recognized as
a man who has won an enviable position in business and finances on his
merits. In the prime of life, he now stands before the public with a
character unspotted by any vice of act or habit, with a business career
unmarred by failure, and with the respect and confidence of his fellows, not
limited by party divisions, personal associations, or immediate constitu
encies. Though always persistent and unlagging in devotion to the respon
sible business offices which he has accepted, Mr. Hatch has never been
unmindful of the duties devolving upon him as a citizen. In the affairs of
the church, in municipal progress, in social organizations, and in all legis
lative work assigned him, and as a square party man in fair politics, his
associates have learned to rely upon his judgment, because it is seldom at
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fault, and to expect certain results from his efforts, because, though unos
tentatious, they are none the less wisely directed. He is a representative
of that class of men whose advice is oftenest sought by the people in all
conditions. He is a genial companion, and a faithful friend. His home
life is the centre of the most agreeable domestic relations, and a rational
and kindly hospitality. This is his first service in the legislature, but
he takes his place by the law of “natural selection” at the head of the
committee on banks in the house of representatives, and he is a con
spicuously useful and successful legislator.
HATCH.
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�HE three sons of Adam and Sally Chandler of Bedford have each
In the finan
T attained prominence in an especial line of activity.
cial circles of New Hampshire each ranks with the leaders.
The oldest
of these sons, Henry Chandler, was born in Bedford, October 30, 1830,
and his education was acquired in the district schools. At the age of
twenty-one, Mr. Chandler left the farm of his father and removed to
Nashua, where he began a business career as clerk in a grocery and
hardware store. In October, 1854, he removed to Manchester, and en
tered the employ of Plumer & Bailey, clothing dealers, with whom as
employé and partner he remained until March 1, 1870, when he sold
his interest and went to Boston to become a member of the firm of
Sibley, Cumner & Co., wholesale dealers in tailors' trimmings, retain
ing his interest there until 1879. During his business residence in
Boston, Mr. Chandler still made his home in Manchester, and at the
conclusion of his relations with the firm last mentioned he became con
nected with the Amoskeag Savings bank in the latter city, and was made
its treasurer in 1884, still holding the position. In addition to his
duties in connection with the bank, Mr. Chandler is treasurer of the
Manchester & Lawrence railroad, in which position he succeeded his
brother, Hon. George Byron Chandler, is president of the Brown Lum
ber company at Whitefield, and member of the board of water commis
sioners of Manchester, and is the oldest director in point of service
of the Amoskeag National bank Mr. Chandler, as a business man,
has displayed through all his life the family characteristic, the art
of winning success. Following in the same line of work in which his
brothers have also achieved renown, it is rather remarkable that so
HENRY
many members of one family should have become so conspicuous, yet
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the success of each may be clearly traced to the exercise of the natural
ability with which each is endowed.
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�LONZO ELLIOTT was born in Augusta, Me., July 25, 1849.
A and is the son of Albert Elliott and Adeline Waterman (Black
burn) Elliott.
He completed his education at the New Hampshire
Conference seminary at Tilton, and began life as a clerk in a country
store in Coös county, then becoming telegraph operator and clerk in
Tilton and Wentworth, and in 1869 going to Manchester to become
telegraph operator and ticket clerk of the Concord railroad with James
R. Kendrick, succeeding to the position of ticket agent in 1870, and
holding it until 1893. Yet Mr. Elliott's reputation has been made in
other walks of life than that afforded by his duties in the railroad
office. He is a director in the Garvin's Falls Power company, the
New Hampshire Life Insurance company, and the Guaranty Savings
bank: is clerk of the People's Gas-Light company, and is secretary of
the Citizens Building and Loan association, and is treasurer of the
Elliott Manufacturing company and the Bank of New England, and
president of the Manchester Electric Light company. Mr. Elliott is
prominent in the ranks of Trinity commandery, Knights Templar, and
is one of the charter members of the Derryfield club, the leading social
organization of Manchester. Mr. Elliott has many business connec
tions, making him one of the Queen City's most hustling citizens. He
has never aspired to political office, although his name has been prom
inently mentioned among Democratic candidates for mayor of the city.
He is in hearty sympathy with the wage-earner, the manufacturer, and
the merchant, and deeply interested in matters pertaining to the
advancement of Manchester.
ALONZO ELLIOTT.
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�RANK WEST ROLLINS was born in Concord, February 24,
He
was educated in the schools of Concord, by Moses Woolson, at the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1881, and at the Harvard
law school. His law preceptor was Hon. John Y. Mugridge, and he
was admitted to the bar in August, 1882. For one year he practised
his profession and then entered the banking business, establishing the
firm of E. H. Rollins & Sons, becoming vice president of the house
after its incorporation. To the work of the house he has given his close
personal attention and is now in charge of its Boston office, though still
residing in Concord. For relaxation he has turned to literature and the
military. In the New Hampshire National Guard he has served in
various capacities, from private in the Rollins Guards to position on the
brigade staff as assistant adjutant-general with the rank of lieutenant
colonel. In literature Colonel Rollins has made his name known by
fragmentary contributions to the periodical press, and by more pretentious
publications, which have been received with favor. Colonel Rollins is a
F 1860, the son of Edward Henry and Ellen (West) Rollins.
careful man, careful in his work, in his business, careful with his friend
ships, and above all careful of the good name which he bears so modestly
and so well.
FRANK WEST ROLLINS.
�ENRY OAKES KENT, a gallant son of New Hampshire, and
a son of Richard Peabody Kent and Emily Mann Oakes, was
born in Lancaster February 7, 1834.
He was educated at Lancaster
academy and at Norwich Military university, graduating in the class of
1854. He studied law with Hon. Jacob Benton, was admitted to the
bar in 1858, and for twelve years was editor and proprietor of the Coös
Republican, conducting that newspaper with rare ability until 1870, in
which year he became engaged in office business and also turned his
attention to banking and manufacturing, as treasurer and a director of
the Lancaster savings bank, and as manager and one of the owners
of the Lancaster paper mill. During the war he was appointed aide
to the adjutant-general, to organize the recruiting service in April,
1861. He was made assistant adjutant-general of the state April 30
of the same year, and colonel of the Seventeenth regiment, New
Hampshire volunteer infantry, October 23, 1862, his rank and service
being recognized by special act of congress July 21, 1892. He has
held numerous positions of political importance and personal responsi
bility, serving as bank commissioner in 1866, 1867, and 1868, as pres
idential elector in 1864, moderator at Lancaster over twenty years,
assistant clerk of the house of representatives in 1855, 1856, and clerk
in 1857, 1858, and 1859, as member of the house in 1862, 1868, 1869,
and 1883, as state senator in 1885, as delegate to the Chicago conven
tion of 1860, the Cincinnati convention of 1872, and the national Dem
ocratic convention in 1884, as naval officer at the Port of Boston from
1885 to 1890, as president of the Lancaster Trust company and as
a director in sundry railroad, insurance, and banking companies. He
rode as colonel of the Governor's Horse Guards, has been grand com
mander of Knights Templar, post commander of the Grand Army of the
Republic, three times the candidate of his party for congress, and a
commissioner to adjust the eastern boundary of the state.
. HENRY O. KENT.
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�ILLIAM F. THAYER was born in Kingston, March 13, 1846,
where his grandfather, Rev. Elihu Thayer, D. D., was for more
than thirty years the pastor of the village church. Mr. Thayer's parents
removed to Meriden in 1855, and there in Kimball Union academy he
secured his education, coming in 1865 to Concord to become a clerk in
the post-office where, soon after being promoted to chief clerk, he remain
ed four years. He then spent a few months in the West, and returned
to Concord, serving for a brief time in the counting-room of the Elwell
Furniture company and then entering the employ of the First National
bank, and coming through successive promotions to be assistant cashier,
cashier, and president. His other financial connections embrace mem
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bership in the directories of some of the most eminent and soundest
WILLIAM F. THAYER.
fiscal institutions. In 1892 Mr. Thayer was chosen treasurer of the
Republican state committee and still holds that position. Since 1879
he has been treasurer of the city of Concord. Mr. Thayer is a Mason
and a Knight Templar. In the little more than twenty years of Mr.
Thayer's connection with the First National bank the patronage of the
bank has largely increased, the amount of its surplus has been multiplied,
it has moved into the most spacious and elegant quarters of any New
Hampshire fiscal institution, it has established itself in new lines of
financial enterprise; it has been progressive in all directions. In the
city of Concord Mr. Thayer has won an enviable place in the esteem of
the people. Though enterprising he has not been rash, and his judg
ment has been sought in matters of great financial import to the city
and its investors. His hand is ever ready to assist those who are below
and is never reached out to drag down those who may, perchance, be
above.
�ON. MATTHEW GAULT EMERY was born in Pembroke in
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1818, was one of six brothers, and of a patriotic ancestry, both
his grandfathers having been prominent officers in the New Hampshire
contingent of the Continental army. Mr. Emery attended the best
schools and academies in his native town, and then, deciding to enter an
active business life, left the home farm in 1837, coming to Baltimore,
where an elder brother was then living. Choosing the occupation of
builder and architect, he apprenticed himself as a stone mason. In
1840 Mr. Emery received his first public contract, cutting the stone for
the post-office department building. In 1842 he made his permanent
residence in Washington, and from that time until 1872 was actively
engaged in the execution of public and private contracts, doing much
of the stone work on the Capitol, and all of the public buildings. Dur
ing all these contracts, Mr. Emery never had any trouble with his work
men, his liberality to them always securing the best mechanics. Mr.
Emery held many official positions under the city government of Wash
ington, being for many years a member of the board of aldermen, and
in 1870 was elected mayor as a “citizens candidate,” receiving a
majority of 3, 194, every ward giving him a plurality. His inaugural
address contained the following sentences: “I am a Republican, but
my Republicanism is based on principle, and is not mere partisanship.”
“I claim no right which I am not willing to accord to all Americans,
without regard to race or religion.” In the religious, charitable, and
business life of the national capital Mr. Emery has been and still is a
conspicuous leader. The limits of this article will not permit an enum
eration of the many enterprises covered by these heads in which he is
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an officer or director.
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�ORACE G. CHASE is a native of Hopkinton. He was born
July 9, 1827, and was educated in Hopkinton academy. His
father, the Hon. Horace Chase, was a lawyer and for many years judge
of probate for Merrimack county, and postmaster, but on account of his
professional and judicial duties could give to the office but little personal
attention, and installed our subject, who was then but twelve years old,
as deputy postmaster. At the age of sixteen Horace became an appren
tice in the mathematical instrument store of Samuel Thaxter & Son,
Boston, and remained there until his health failed, when he returned
home, and in 1852 followed his brothers to Chicago. In 1855 he
became a partner in the firm of Rees, Chase & Co., examiners of real
estate titles. A few years later, Mr. Chase, with his brother, bought
out the Interest of Mr. Rees and continued the business till the time of
the great fire in 1871, which destroyed every vestige of the county and
court records. Having saved most of their indices to the lost records,
Mr. Chase effected a consolidation of his own firm with that of two
others engaged in the same occupation, when the business of furnishing
abstracts of titles was resumed, confidence in real estate titles fully
restored, and the rebuilding of Chicago commenced. The consolidated
firms were true to their trust and loyal to Chicago, refusing to sell their
indices at any price to a syndicate, who would have withdrawn them
from their legitimate uses, and made them solely a source of personal
profit. The result can be imagined, when it is remembered that these
books contained the sole and only evidences of titles to real estate
worth more than seven hundred million dollars.
Mr. Chase has been
closely identified with the history and growth of Chicago for the past
forty years, and with unlimited faith in its future, has improved his
opportunities and been very successful as a business man.
HORACE G. CHASE.
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�W' LUNT MELCHER was born in Gilford (Ward 6.
of Laconia) October 7, 1832, and was fitted for college at Gil
ford academy, graduating from Bowdoin in 1856. For two years he
was principal of Gilford academy, and then read law with the Hon.
E. A. Hibbard. He was admitted to the bar in 1862, and began prac
tice; soon after relinquishing his professional duties because of failing
health, though he has always retained his connection with the legal fra
ternity, and is now treasurer of the Belknap County Bar association.
In 1861 he was appointed register of probate, five years later he was
reappointed, and resigned in 1871, in order that he might give his atten
tion to the settlement of his father's estate, of which he was executor.
In 1864 he was chosen treasurer of the Laconia Savings bank, and held
the position until July, 1885, when he resigned, though he has since
consented to act as a trustee and member of the finance committee. He
is also a director and vice-president of the Laconia National bank.
He
served on the school board of Gilford and Laconia for most of the time
from 1862 to 1890, when he declined further election. For several
years he was president of the Laconia board of education. He was
active in promoting the street railway and the water-works, two enter
prises that have added greatly to Laconia's prosperity, and is now a
director in the water-works company. For several years he has been
at the head of an insurance agency in Laconia and is a director in the
Capital Fire Insurance company, and vice-president of the Merchants'
and Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance company, of Concord. Mr.
Melcher is a Republican, and as such sat in the constitutional conven
tion of 1889. In religion he is a Unitarian, and is a Mason, a Knight
Templar, and a member of the Grange.
�ENJAMIN PIERCE CHENEY was born at Hillsborough,
August 12, 1815, and at the age of ten years began to earn his
living. At the age of sixteen he was driving a stage between Keene,
Nashua, and Exeter and while thus engaged the Boston & Lowell rail
road was opened, and in 1842, when the line was extended to Concord,
Mr. Cheney embarked in the express business, first as a local agent be
tween Boston and Concord. But from that arose great connections,
and the absorption of the companies which he created by the American
Express Co., led him into positions of responsibility and trust in the
inauguration of some of the greatest and most widely extended express
lines and railroads in the country, among them being the Overland
Mail, Wells & Fargo's express, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé, the
Northern Pacific, the Mexican Central, the Vermont Central, and the
Northern railroads. Mr. Cheney has lived in an age of great opportu
nities and has been able to take advantage of them. Yet in his success
he has been generous. To the state of New Hampshire he presented
a statue of her greatest son, Webster; to Dartmouth college he gave
$50,000 for the endowment of a chair, and his other benefactions have
been numerous and valuable. His summer haunts are found among the
hills and vales of his native state, and she has no small measure of grat
ification in the successes of his life, which he has shown himself so
ready to share with others.
BENJAMIN PIERCE CHENEY.
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�HE story of the career of Andrew Bunton is that of life-long de
T votion to the service of a great company; a devotion so brilliantly
successful, as well as thoroughly sincere, as to be rewarded with high
position and the entire trust of his employers. Mr. Bunton was born
in Manchester, August 6, 1842, the son of Andrew and Lettice
(McQuesten) Bunton. He was educated in the public schools of the
Queen city, leaving the High school before graduation, however, to go
into business. December 1, 1856, he entered the employ of the express
company, then Cheney & Company, and has remained in its service ever
since, a record of steadfastness and mutual appreciation seldom sur
passed. Beginning as clerk, in 1856, Mr. Bunton rose steadily through
all grades of the service, learning every branch of the business with a
thoroughness that has been invaluable to him in later life. Upon the
death of Col. James S. Cheney, in February, 1873, he succeeded to
the position of agent at Manchester, and held it until February 1, 1889,
when he was appointed superintendent of the New Hampshire division
of the American Express company. This is his present station, and he
discharges its manifold duties with an accurate precision and brilliant
rapidity that are nothing less than wonderful. Outside of his business
duties Mr. Bunton is known far and wide as one whose social tastes are
as pronounced as his accomplishments are distinguished. He has been
president of the New Hampshire club and is a prominent Knight Templar.
Deservedly popular among a large circle of friends and acquaintances,
Mr. Bunton's life, whether looked at from its business or its social side,
is almost ideal.
ANDREW BUNTON.
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�YRON J. PRATT, superintendent of the American Express
company at Concord, was born at Braintree, Vt., March 1,
1831. In early manhood he engaged in mercantile business at Ran
dolph, managing stores in two villages of that town. He left the
Green Mountain state in 1849, and became a produce merchant in
Faneuil Hall square, Boston, and continued that business until 1857,
when he took up his abode in “the wild-woolly west,” locating at Wy
andotte, Kansas, as a real estate broker. In 1859 he returned to New
England to accept a position with the Cheney & Co. express, and has
followed the fortunes of that company through the years of its wonder
ful development, including consolidation with the United States &
Canada Express company, and with the American Express company,
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a continuous service of more than a quarter century. As a messenger
he travelled many thousands of miles, having intrusted to his care,
upon railway trains, stage lines, and in the offices of the company, un
told millions of dollars in current funds.
From 1867 to 1881, with
headquarters at White River Junction, as superintendent for the United
States & Canada Express company, there were 1,300 miles of territory
under his supervision. The United States & Canada Express company
in 1881 located Mr. Pratt at Concord, as superintendent of the affairs
of that corporation in New Hampshire, where by honest business
methods, and courteous treatment of patrons and those officially con
nected with him, he has won a remarkable increase of patronage for
the corporation he has so faithfully served for the past thirty-two years.
Mr. Pratt is thoroughly Republican in politics, and prominent in the
councils of his party, notwithstanding the fact that he has ever declined
public office. He is secretary of the Lincoln club of New Hampshire,
and manifests a lively interest in everything that is conducive to the in
terests of Concord, the capital city of the state of his adoption, to
which he is ever loyal.
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�ANY men have gone out from New Hampshire to find their
sphere of usefulness and eminence in every walk of life. Among
those who have added renown to the state of their birth is Rufus Blodg
ett of Long Branch, New Jersey. He was born in Dorchester, Octo
ber 9, 1834. Mr. Blodgett received a common-school and an academic
education, and at the age of eighteen was apprenticed to the Amoskeag
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Locomotive Works, at Manchester, where he learned the trade of loco
motive builder. In 1866 he removed to New Jersey and engaged in
railroad business and is so occupied at present. He has won eminence
in the business world and is now president of the First National bank
of Long Branch. In 1878, 1879, and 1880 he was a member of the
New Jersey legislature, house of assembly, and in the latter year was a
delegate to the Democratic National convention at Cincinnati. In 1887
he was elected to the United States senate, to succeed Hon. W. J.
Sewall, and retired from that body March 4, 1893. In the senate Sen
ator Blodgett was conspicuous for the fidelity with which he performed
his duties; a man of eminent attainments in a business sense, he was one
of the most energetic members of the senate. His service upon impor
tant committees on the fisheries, manufactures, pensions, post-offices
and post-roads was most valuable. Senator Blodgett is a member of
one of New Hampshire's most distinguished families and his own
achievements in adding to its fame are by no means the least important
in the steps by which it has been led to prominence in the genealogies
of the state.
. HON, RUFUS BLODGETT.
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�EMARKABLE business success, achieved through honest and
R legitimate methods, is the record to which Joseph Albert Walker
of Portsmouth can proudly point. He was born in that quaint old city
by the sea August 13, 1839, the son of Nathaniel K. and Sarah Ann
Walker. His education was gained in the public and high schools of
his native city, and under the private tuition of Professor William C.
Harris. Upon leaving school he went to sea, and during a year's voyage
served before the mast.
Then he entered the hat and fur store of his
father and engaged in that business for several years.
He left it to
enter the wholesale coal trade, to which he has ever since devoted his
energies.
JOSEPH ALBERT WALKER.
Beginning modestly at Portsmouth, his natural adaptation to
the business, and his persevering devotion to its interests, caused a natural
but remarkable increase in its extent. To-day, Mr. Walker's transactions
spread all over New England, and his reputation for integrity and ster
ling business qualities is as firmly founded as it is widely extended.
The large fortune which he has accumulated Mr. Walker has not
allowed to lie idle and profitless, but has turned it into fresh channels of
industrial enterprise. Prominent among the offices which he holds in
connection with various corporations, is that of treasurer of the Manches
ter Mills. Mr. Walker has found little time to spare from his manifold
business cares in which to engage in the pursuit of politics. He has,
however, served as a presidential elector, being chosen on the Repub
lican ticket, and during the past few years his name has often been prom
inently mentioned in connection with the gubernatorial nomination of
that party. A genial gentleman, an energetic business man, brilliant,
brainy, and forceful, Mr. Walker deservedly ranks as one of New
Hampshire's most prominent and most successful business leaders.
�EORGE DEXTER BURTON, the distinguished electrician and
G mechanician, was born in Temple, October 26, 1856, the son of
Dexter L. Burton and Emily F. Ward. The common schools, three
years at Appleton academy at New Ipswich, and a course at Comer's
Commercial college in Boston, finished his education so far as schools
were concerned, and he at once gave promise of the future by turning
his attention to mechanical contrivances, and has since taken out
patents upon the Burton stock car, -the best of its class, –the electric lo
comotive headlight, the Burton system of working metals by electricity,
and numerous other letters-patent on different devices. For four years
he was treasurer of the Burton Car company, and is now assistant gen
eral manager. He is also president of the Electrical Forging company.
In recognition of Mr. Burton's acknowledged ability as an inventor, he
has been awarded six gold and four silver medals for improvements in
mechanics and electricity, and has had issued to him more than two
hundred letters-patent. As an inventor he ranks among the first, and
is a fitting successor to that pioneer of electricians who went forth from
New Hampshire years before him, but who did not in his field accom
plish more than Mr. Burton in his. Mr. Burton has studied from a
humane stand-point, and all of his devices bear the mark of a mind
alert to lighten the labors of his fellow-men, or to ameliorate the hard
conditions that surround existence in any form.
GEORGE DEXTER BURTON.
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�EW Hampshire is prodigal of her most noted product, men,
many of whom have become the statesmen, orators, and finan
ciers of other commonwealths. The present governor of Vermont,
Levi Knight Fuller, was born in Westmoreland, February 24, 1841, the
son of Washington Fuller and Lucinda (Constantine) Fuller. Leaving
home at an early age, he attended the High school and learned tel
egraphy at Brattleboro, Vt., and the Roxbury (Mass.) institute, and later
served an apprenticeship as a machinist in Boston. In 1860 he became
mechanical engineer of the Estey Organ works at Brattleboro, and a
member of the firm in 1866; then superintendent of manufacturing,
patent expert and inventor, for many years has been vice-president of
the Estey Organ company, and aided in establishing and building up its
large foreign trade. Through his influence, an international pitch for
musical instruments was recently adopted by all the leading makers. In
1874 he organized, and, until his inauguration as governor, commanded
the Fuller light battery, Vermont National Guard, the first to receive
the new-model United States breech-loading guns, and which regular
army inspectors have repeatedly pronounced second to none other in the
country. He has held the various town and village offices, sat in the
state senate in 1880, was lieutenant-governor of Vermont in 1886. He
is a member of various societies—scientific, mechanical, and astronom
ical, having a fine private observatory; is a trustee of religious, benev
olent, and educational institutions, which he liberally maintains, and his
election as governor of Vermont is a just tribute to the sterling qualities
of his character, his brilliant attainments, his eminent political worth;
an honor coming to few sons of New Hampshire, but to none more
worthily. Governor Fuller carried from his home in New Hampshire
the basis of a rare manhood, and in the years of his success has dis
played the development of a self-made American citizen to a very
marked degree.
HON. LEVI K. FULLER.
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�ERHAPS one of the most widely known New Hampshire men in
is George A. Bartlett. Having held the position
since 1881 of disbursing clerk of the treasury department, paying out
some $6,000,ooo yearly, many people have a most pleasant recollection
of him. Mr. Bartlett is the second son of a family of four children of
Richard and Sally (Fellows) Bartlett, and was born at Kingston, April
23, 1841. His ancestors on the paternal side date back to the time of
“William the Conqueror,” and on the maternal side were prominent in
New Hampshire affairs, his uncle, Moses Fellows, having been the first
mayor of Manchester. Mr. Bartlett supplemented his district-school
training with a course at the Kingston academy, the principal being
Thomas W. Knox, afterward war correspondent of the New York
Herald. When sixteen years of age Mr. Bartlett left home to go to Law
rence, Mass., as an apprentice to E. W. Colcord, who had gone there
from Kingston and established a belting business. At the breaking out
of the war he enlisted with the second company of the Fourteenth
Massachusetts infantry, on May 20, 1861, for three years. Mr. Bartlett
participated in all the battles of the regiment, being recommended for
promotion for bravery on two occasions, but declined promotion, pre
ferring, as he expressed it, to “stay with the boys.” His life in Wash
ington commenced in 1866, when he entered the paymaster-general's
office. Some two years later he resigned. In 1871, he again entered
government service as a clerk in the treasury department, soon rose to
the grade of $1,800, and in 1881 was appointed by Secretary Windom
to the responsible position he now holds. Mr. Bartlett is a 32 degree
Mason, and a member of the Mystic Shrine. He also takes great interest
in the District militia, having organized the Treasury guards, and hold
ing the rank of major of the department battalion. He is a member
of the various veteran organizations, and is always actively interested
in all gatherings of New Hampshire people in Washington.
P Washington
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�ROF. GEORGE H. BROWN was born in Hill, June 1, 1847,
P and secured his education in the public schools of Hill, at the
New Hampton institute, and at the Detroit Optical college, in which
institution he received his professional training. Professor Brown's
early life was spent on a farm, and he has always retained a great love
for progressive agriculture, having put into practical operation the
tenets of his faith as owner of the well known stock farm in Tilton, the
“Brook Hill” farm, where he demonstrated that agriculture as a pur
suit, even by proxy, is not without its reward in New Hampshire. De
spite his present retirement from active participation in agricultural
pursuits, Professor Brown is still the owner of a number of high-bred
promising horses, the mementoes of his devotion to practical agricul
tural development. In Tilton Professor Brown stands among the lead
ing citizens. It was largely through his efforts that the Tilton and
Northfield Fire Insurance Co. was formed, and of that institution he
was president for a number of years. He has held several town offices,
including a seat in the legislature in 1878 and 1879, and for several
years has been a director in the national bank at Tilton. In profes
sional pursuits he is justly ranked as one of the most skilful in New
England; from his first entrance into the professional field as an opti
cian, he has commanded the highest patronage, and upon his prescrip
tion books are found the names of the best families of New Hamp
shire.
PROF. GEORGE. H. BROWN.
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�I
T is a great debt that the bar of Massachusetts owes to New Hamp
shire, for a remarkably large number of its most illustrious lights
own and love the Granite state as the scene of their birth and educa
tion. Prominent in the long line is the name of Stephen Gordon Nash,
son of John and Abigail Ladd (Gordon) Nash, who was born in New
Hampton, April 4, 1822. He was fitted for college at the local institu
tion and graduated from Dartmouth in the celebrated class of 1842,
having entered at the early age of 16. He engaged in teaching after
leaving college, first at New Hampton, where he had charge of the
classical department, and later at Franklin, as principal of Noyes acad
emy. Here he began his law studies with that celebrated gentleman of
the old school, Judge George W. Nesmith. Subsequently he removed
to Boston and entered into general practice there, being admitted to the
Suffolk bar in 1845. In 1855 the superior court of Suffolk county was
credited with a jurisdiction higher than that of common pleas, and Mr.
Nash was appointed one of its first judges. This position he held for
four years, until the formation of the present superior court, when he
resumed general practice. He is now the only survivor of the judges
of the superior court of Suffolk county, who were Messrs. Nelson,
Abbott, Huntington, Charles Allen, and Morton. Judge Nash was a
member of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1855, and
travelled extensively in Europe in 1859–60 and again in 1883. He
was married in 1860 to Mary, daughter of Edward Upton, Esq., of
Wakefield. Their two sons died in childhood. The story of Judge
Nash's life is that of long years entirely devoted to the diligent and
successful prosecution of a noble profession. Both as a member of the
bench and of the bar, he has constantly shown himself the possessor of
qualities that win admiration and esteem. The hoary head of old age
is surely, in his case, a crown of glory.
HON. STEPHEN GORDON NASH.
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�EVI WOODBURY is among the sons of New Hampshire who
have achieved a marked and merited business success at Wash
ington city. He comes of an ancestry of honorable distinction in the
state, his grandfather Israel having enlisted in the Revolutionary army at
seventeen years of age, having a military career of seven years, and
subsequently serving the state in civil capacity, in its legislature, for
thirty-one consecutive years. Levi Woodbury is the son of Israel and
Eliza (Graham) Woodbury, and was born at Salem, October 17, 1834.
That he has not lost interest in early associations and the state, is evi
denced by the fact that he has purchased the old homestead, and makes
it one of his outing-places during the summer; and also by the fact
that, though he has become a Knight Templar, he has never dimitted
from his mother lodge, St. Marks, No. 44, of Derry. Mr. Woodbury's
early life was passed upon the farm, and his education was obtained in
the public schools. His first fixed business engagement was in 1860,
when he entered the service of the Manchester & Lawrence railroad, as
station agent at Windham. Here he remained eight years, besides his
duties as station agent engaging in the lumber business, at which he
he was very successful. In 1869, having disposed of his business, he
resigned from the railroad service, and going to Washington engaged
in the hotel business, since which his fame as a successful hotel man
has extended to all parts of the country. Mr. Woodbury is also well
known as one of Washington's busy business men, being identified with
several interests for the benefit of the city. He is vice-president of the
new line of steamboats to Old Point and Norfolk, is a director in the
Central National bank, and largely interested in Washington real estate.
LEV I WOODBURY.
He is a man of affairs, who conducts whatever he undertakes with abil
ity, and to a successful issue.
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�ARLON S. WILLIS was born in Cambridgeport, Mass., July
H 18, 1843, the son of Rev. Lemuel and Almanda R. (Simmons)
Willis.
He was educated in the common schools at Westmoreland and
Warner, and in a select school in the latter town.
When twenty years
of age he entered the mail service as a mail agent, and for many years
was connected with that department of the governmental employ. He
was promoted to be full postal clerk, and for several years was employed
in the office of the superintendent of railway mail service at Boston,
where his work is pronounced to have been most efficient, painstaking,
and valued by his superior officer. During the administration of Presi
dent Arthur he was appointed a postoffice inspector, and after an inter
regnum, occasioned by the Democratic administration, from 1885 to
1889, he again came to that office, and still holds it. In these duties Mr.
Willis has been indefatigable. Being called to various parts of the
country in pursuit of his official duties, he has displayed a remarkable
knowledge in their fulfilment. In the legislature of 1883 Mr. Willis
represented the town of Warner, and was a valuable and consistent
member. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Grand
Army. August 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, of the First reg
iment, Berdan's sharpshooters, and was mustered in September 16; dis
charged, and sent home to die, on November 23, of the same year, on
account of disability resulting from pneumonia. From that disability,
it is needless to say, he recovered, and still enjoys fairly good health,
devoted to his work, and winning in it the commendations of those who
view its results in either an official or a friendly capacity.
HARLON. S. WILLIS.
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�EORGE FREMONT BEAN was born in Bradford, March 24,
S. Bean and Nancy E. Colby. He
was educated in the Simonds Free High school at Warner, in Colby
academy, New London, at Brown University and at the Boston Uni
versity Law school, and in 1885 was admitted to the Suffolk bar, open
ing an office in Boston, where he has since practised his profession
with unvarying success. In 1886 he married E. Maria Blodgett of
Watertown, Mass., and has two children, Esther and Stephen Sibley.
He makes his home at Woburn, Mass., in which city he has won
the confidence of his fellow-citizens to a marked degree, having been in
1891 elected mayor of Woburn, one of the youngest men ever to attain
that honor. Mr. Bean is a type of the successful young men who are
each year going out from New Hampshire. To him, perhaps, success
has come more freely and readily than in most cases, yet his success is
typical of that son of the Granite state who carries with him the ideals
of his birth-place and finds in them the true guide to his life and efforts.
Mr. Bean has been early called to high position, yet he has brought to
his duties a measure of conscientious ability commensurate with the
tasks set before him, and has rendered a service to the city that has
honored him second to none of those who have gone before. Other
honors may await him, to which if they come he will bring the same
high degree of ability which has characterized already his service
wherever he has been placed.
G 1857, the son of Stephen
GEORGE. F. BEAN.
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�X-JUDGE HOSEA BALLOU MOULTON comes of good stock.
E. He was born in Vermont in 1844; his father, Capt. David Moulton,
and his mother, a member of the Hale family of which Hon. John P. Hale
was a descendant. Judge Moulton's early school-days were spent in
New Hampshire. He was still a boy when he left his studies, in 1861,
and enlisted as a private soldier in the New Hampshire sharpshooters.
When mustered out, in 1863, he was assigned to a position in the labo
ratory of the Washington arsenal, where he was foreman for three
years; then he became an examiner in the treasury department. Now
it was that he resumed his studies, attending lectures at Columbia col
lege, Georgetown university, and National university, from which latter
institution he graduated in law. Resigning his government position,
Judge Moulton at once began the practice of his profession in Wash
ington. From this on, his advancement in business, social standing,
church work, and reform leadership has been marked, until he has come
to be one of the conspicuous figures among the larger men at the national
capital. His specialty, however, is law and equity practice, and
trials in the supreme court and court of final appeal. He is author
ity in many legal matters, having compiled local laws for two National
Digests, and other works. For years he was one of the justices of the
District of Columbia. To a clear, strong, legal mind, he adds the
fortunate quality of oratory of a high order.
He is recognized among
the foremost speakers of the District. Judge Moulton is the accepted
leader of the temperance and prohibition cause at the national capital.
He has firmly and fearlessly stood for this cause before congressional
committees, in all organized movements, in the enactment and execu
tion of temperance laws, both local and national.
HON. HOSEA. B. MOULTON.
He was a candi
date for congress in the Sixth Maryland district, on the Prohibition
ticket, making a vigorous, if not successful, fight.
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�EN. GEORGE WILLIAMSON BALLOCK was born at Clare
mont, December 3, 1825, and was the son of George Williamson
and Amanda (West) Ballock. The family is of Scottish descent.
His early life was passed in Cornish, between the district school and
farming. Later, he attended two terms at the New England seminary
at Windsor, Vt., and spent part of three years as a cadet at the Nor
wich university, Vt., paying his expenses by teaching and farm work.
In 1847 he joined the engineer corps of the Sullivan railroad, remaining
till 1850, then entered the employ of the Boston & Maine as agent at
Wakefield, Mass. He went from there to Andover, Mass., as freight
agent, and thence to Great Falls, where he remained until 1858, when
he formed a partnership with George Moore in the drug business. He
was town clerk of Somersworth in 1857-59, and the town's first police
justice. In August, 1861, he opened a recruiting office for the Fifth
New Hampshire regiment, and entered the service as first lieutenant of
Company D. The regiment was assigned to General Howard's brigade,
by whom he was detailed as brigade commissary of subsistence. He
served in the subsistence department during the entire war, being pro
moted successively to captain and lieutenant-colonel, and was mustered
out as brevet brigadier-general. He served with Generals Howard,
Hooker, Slocum, and others of note. In June, 1865, he was assigned to
duty in the Freedmen's bureau as disbursing officer, remaining till 1871,
disbursing during that time over $20,000,000. In 1871 he was made
superintendent of streets under the board of public works of the District
of Columbia, and served until the board was abolished.
GEN. GEORGE W. BALLOCK.
Since that
time he has been engaged in business at Washington as a patent attor
ney and insurance agent. He is a Republican in politics; in his church
relations, a Congregationalist, being an original member of the First
church. He is a zealous Freemason, having received all the degrees.
�MMONS STOCKWELL SMITH is a native of New Hampshire
honorable place...among the business men at the
national capital. Mr. Smith is the son of William H. and Eudora
(Weber) Smith, and was born at Lancaster, February 3, 1859. At
the age of fourteen he commenced active business life in a store in his
native village, which he erected entirely from money he had earned in
various ways, keeping a confectionery and notion store. Here he re
mained until he reached twenty-one, at which time he had quite a
property for that section. Having voted for James A. Garfield for
president, he came to Washington to see him inaugurated. Thinking
he saw an opening for success, he started the Boston variety store, oc
cupying one building. This business has grown until now three build
ings and a large outside storage-room are required. The Christmas trade
is something enormous. Mr. Smith is a director in the Traders' Na
tional bank, and also of the U. S. Electric Light company. Charitable
in private life, he is also a promoter of public charity, being a director
of the Eastern Dispensary and other charities. Mr. Smith is an active
member of Lafayette lodge, F. and A. M., also Lafayette chapter, and
Washington commandery, and in rank has attained the 32d degree.
Genial, of ready wit, Mr. Smith is no less popular socially than he is
E. who has an
successful in business, reflecting credit by his life on his family and
State.
EMMON'S STOCKWELL SMITH.
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�EORGE ALPHEUS FERNALD, broker and member of Boston
G stock exchange, was born in
East Concord, February 13, 1850,
the son of Josiah and Mary E. (Austin) Fernald, and was educated
in the public schools and at Penacook academy. He then entered the
banking business with the National State Capital bank, and was later
with the Loan and Trust Savings bank. For sixteen years and a half
he was continuously connected with these banks. He was first a clerk
in the National bank, beginning his duties as such in May, 1869.
August 1, 1872, upon the formation of the Loan and Trust Savings
bank, he was chosen its treasurer, and served the bank in that capacity,
and also as a trustee and as clerk, until November 28, 1885, when he
went to Boston and engaged in business for himself, under the firm name
of George A. Fernald & Co., and has since continued there, residing
meantime at Winchester, Mass.
Mr. Fernald is a director in the Shoe
and Leather National bank, and a trustee of the Home Savings bank in
Boston, and a director in the Mount Washington railway. Mr. Fer
nald's removal from Concord was the occasion of much regret to his
business associates, and suitable action was taken by them at that time,
to express their high appreciation of his services and of his character.
Of his services, it is enough to say that during his years as treasurer of
the Loan and Trust Savings bank he saw its deposits grow from $5oo to
$1,800,000. And of his success in a new field, it is enough to say that
confidence followed him.
GEORGE A. FERNALD.
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�HARLES ALFRED PILLSBURY was born in Warner, October
3, 1842, the son of George A. Pillsbury and Margaret S. (Carle
ton) Pillsbury. He was educated in the Concord High school, at New
London academy, and at Dartmouth college, graduating in 1863. He
at once entered upon a business career, first at Montreal, which he soon
abandoned, however, and betook himself to Minnesota, where he em
HON. CHARLES
A. PILLSBURY.
barked in the milling business, under the firm name of C. A. Pillsbury
& Co., in connection with his father, Hon. George A. Pillsbury, and
his uncle, Hon. John S. Pillsbury, adding, later on, his younger brother,
Fred C. Pillsbury, and building up the largest milling establishment in
the world, adopting first the most improved processes, and winning the
most faithful and ingenious service of their employés by a practical sys
tem of profit-sharing, the first to be adopted upon any large scale in
America. To this enterprise Mr. Pillsbury has been the guiding spirit.
His sagacious brain foresaw the possibilities of his business, his unerr
ing commercial instinct has led him to seize the advantages as they
have appeared, and to him, more than to any other, is due the credit for
having made his firm known throughout the world, a power upon every
wheat exchange. Such a man as Mr. Pillsbury could not but become
prominent in other lines than those connected with his own business,
and we find him a prominent factor in many other enterprises; railroads,
banks, parks, real estate, elevators, all find in him a warm and generous
friend and supporter. In politics, too, Mr. Pillsbury has made his mark,
and for ten years, ending in 1887, he sat in the state senate of Minne
sota. Yet in the midst of all his success he has not forgotten the place
of his birth. His native town remembers him with gratitude and re
counts his benefactions; the church that he attended during his life in
Concord calls him blessed, and hundreds of isolated interests throughout
the country attest the benevolence of his nature.
�ON. WALTER
H
HENRY SAN BORN
of St. Paul, Minn.,
judge of the United States circuit court of appeals in the
Eighth judicial circuit, which has jurisdiction over the ten states, Minne
sota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Colorado, North Dakota, South Da
kota, and Wyoming, and the four territories, New Mexico, Utah, Okla
homa, and the Indian Territory, was born in Epsom, October 19, 1845,
and is the son of Hon. Henry F. Sanborn of that town.
He was edu
cated at Epsom and Pittsfield, and at Dartmouth college, where he was
graduated in 1867 at the head of his class, although he had taught
school five terms during his college course. From 1867 to 1870 he
was principal of the high school at Milford, and studied law with Hon.
Bainbridge Wadleigh. In March, 1870, he removed to St. Paul, was
admitted to the bar, and formed a partnership with his uncle, Gen.
John B. Sanborn, in 1871, which continued until he was elevated to
the bench, on February 10, 1892, by President Harrison. In 1874 he
married Emily F. Bruce of Milford.
In his twenty-one years of prac
tice he was an attorney in more than four thousand law suits and rose
to the highest rank among the lawyers of the Northwest. He was a
member of the city council of St. Paul for nine years, and it was under
his leadership that the rapid transit system of that city was established
and developed. He was treasurer of the state bar association from its
foundation until 1893. In 1890 he was president of the St. Paul Bar
association and of the Union League of St. Paul. He is one of the
most eminent Masons in the state of Minnesota and was elected grand
commander of the Knights Templar of that state in 1889. His high
intellectual endowments, untiring energy, and genial temperament ren
dered him eminent in all his undertakings and have already elevated
him at the early age of forty-six to a judicial position inferior only to
that of justice of the supreme court of the United States. The sons of
New Hampshire win no laurels she does not share.
HON, WALTER H. SAN BORN.
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�H ON. JOHN WOODMAN JEWELL was born in Strafford, July
26, 1831, the son of Milton Jewell and Nancy (Colley) Jewell.
His educational advantages were limited, and he early learned to labor.
When but five years of age he was at work in his father's tan-yard, and
at the age of eighteen, having thoroughly learned the trade, began life
for himself, expending the first money that he earned for tuition at Gil
manton academy. He then, through the summers, worked for three
years in a steam saw-mill, and taught school during the winters, attend
ing school at Strafford seminary in the intervals. In 1853 he entered
the employ of S. A. & B. F. Haley, of Newmarket, and remained there
a year, and then returned to his native town to enter the employ of Hon.
B. W. Jenness, whom he succeeded in business in 1864, and since that
time has been a leading business man of the town. He has been very suc
cessful, and is wonderfully popular. His counsel has been sought on
every important topic, and his sagacious advice has been followed in
political and business matters. He has been for years one of the wheel
horses of the Democracy in this state, and has been honored with many
a political office. He has filled every position within the gift of the
people of Strafford. For two years he was sheriff of Strafford county,
for ten years he was postmaster of his town, and for several years was
a member of the Democratic state committee. In 1885 he took his
seat in the executive council, and served until 1887, having previously
sat in the legislature in 1862. Mr. Jewell was married, in 1853, to
Miss Sarah Folsom Gale, of Upper Gilmanton (now Belmont), N. H.,
HON. JOHN W. JEWELL.
by whom he has three children, two daughters and one son. The son,
John Herbert Jewell, is a very popular, energetic, and capable young
man, who for the past twelve years has been associated with his father
in business, under the firm name of J. W. Jewell & Son.
�D' LYMAN JEWELL was born in Tamworth, January 26,
1837, the son of Bradbury and Lucinda (Chapman) Jewell. His
father died when young David was four years of age, and his mother
soon after removed to the factory village of Newton Upper Falls, Mass.,
where he attended the common schools, beginning at the age of nine,
however, to work in the factory. Having familiarized himself with the
details of mill work, he at the age of seventeen entered a machine shop.
and his mechanical taste and ingenuity were rewarded by rapid advance
ment.
His educational limits, however, caused him to leave this
work to attend school, first at Wesleyan academy, Wilbraham, Mass.,
and afterward in the Normal school at Bridgewater. Following his
graduation, he was for three years a school teacher in New Jersey and in
New York, at the same time pursuing the study of engineering and sur
veying. At the outbreak of the war he laid aside the theodolite to
become manager of the Newton mills, where as a boy he commenced
his life-work, and while employed here he was engaged by the Pembroke
mills as a draughtsman in the erection of the Webster and China mills,
at Suncook. While he was thus engaged, the agent of the mills died,
and Colonel Jewell was chosen to take his place, and has followed the
fortunes of the corporation ever since. In social life, Colonel Jewell
stands high; he is a member of the New Hampshire club, was aide upon
Governor Head's staff, was elected, in 1888, commander of the Amos
keag Veterans, is an active member of the Ancient and Honorable Artil
lery company, of Boston, and of the New Hampshire Veterans associ
ation. He is a man of wide culture, of artistic tastes, with a rare
combination of great executive ability and ardent ethical impulses.
Colonel Jewell possesses a charming combination of characteristics, and
through them all shines the pure light of a gentlemanly soul; his pres
COL. DAVID L. JEWELL.
ence is eagerly sought in all circles, and always graciously welcomed.
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�ILLIAM FERNALD HEAD was born at Hooksett, Septem
ber 25, 1832, and is the son of Col. John Head and Anna
Brown.
His education was obtained in the schools of Hooksett and at
the Pembroke Gymnasium, and at the age of twenty he went into busi
ness in partnership with his brother, Gov. Natt Head, in the manufac
ture of brick, which partnership continued for more than thirty years
and was terminated only by the death of his brother. It is pardonable
to speak more fully of this business which, under the name of W. F.
Head & Son, now manufactures annually from the celebrated Head clay
bank from six to ten millions of the famous Hooksett brick.
In addi
tion to the cares entailed by this business, Mr. Head is also a director
in the Merrimack River Savings bank, and of the First National bank
at Manchester; is a director in the Suncook Valley railroad, and is
vice-president of the Head & Dowst company, Manchester, builders
and contractors. In politics, Mr. Head has held few offices, his busi
ness cares compelling him to withold attention from political allure
ments. In 1870 and 1871 he was a member of the state house of rep
resentatives, and in 1876 was a member of the constitutional conven
tion, since which time he has held no office. Mr. Head has been for
WILLIAM FERNALD HEAD.
many years prominent in Masonic circles. In 1863 he became a mem
ber of Eureka lodge, Concord, and was a charter member of Jewell
lodge of Suncook. He is also a member of the council, the chapter,
and the commandery at Manchester. Mr. Head is a representative
business man of New Hampshire. His success has lain in his ability
to perceive and develop the natural opportunities offered by the state,
nor has his success been less marked by his ability in studying the
market. Though producing a staple, he has yet been careful in its
production, has regulated the supply by the demand, and has looked to
it that for integrity and honor neither he nor his firm should be outdone.
�UMBERED among the busiest of New Hampshire's young men
N
is Eugene S. Head, of Hooksett, who was born in that town,
June 1, 1863, the son of William F. Head and Mary H. (Sargent)
Head. Mr. Head was educated at Pembroke academy and at Dartmouth
college. Upon the completion of his education Mr. Head entered upon
an active business career as a member of the firm of W. F. Head &
Son, brick and lumber manufacturers, one of the largest concerns in
the state, and in addition to the increasing duties placed upon him by
reason of his connection with this firm, also maintains an interest in
various other financial enterprises—as a director in the People's Fire
Insurance company, the Head & Dowst company, of Manchester, and
the savings bank department of the Merrimack Mortgage company, of
the same city. In 1891 Mr. Head sat in the legislature as a member
from his town, and was reckoned among the most faithful members of
that body. Mr. Head has been a member of the Republican state com
mittee for some time, giving to his party such service as to merit the
praise of his friends.
He is a 32° Mason, and a member of Aleppo
temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and of the Amoskeag Veterans.
He was married, November 19, 1884, to Hattie M., daughter of Amos
and Harriet Hoit, of Allenstown, and has two children.
Mr. Head's
life has been filled with reward won by his activity. His business inter
ests, though extended and varied, meet careful attention from him, by
reason of his capacity. In all positions that he has been called upon to
fill, Mr. Head has never failed to score a distinct success, and his youth
insures to him still greater success in the future.
EUGENE. S. HEAD.
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�APT. NORRIS COCHRAN GAULT was born at Hooksett,
C May 11, 1838, the son of Matthew Gault and Dolly Doe (Coch
ran) Gault. He was educated in the schools of Hooksett and at
Pembroke academy, and passed his youth until his sixteenth year upon
the farm of his father. The next five years saw him employed in a brick
yard, and in February, 1862, he went to Chicago, where he became a
clerk in the employ of the Galena & Northwestern railroad. Three years'
railroading sufficed, however, and he returned to his homestead in
Hooksett in 1865, and for nine years again busied himself with farming.
In 1867 he represented his town in the legislature. From 1874 to
1884 he was employed as an expert brick-burner, in New Hampshire,
Maine, and Massachusetts, and in 1884 began the manufacture of
brick at Barrington, where he has developed a business of 2,5oo. ooo
annually. Mr. Gault comes of sturdy New Hampshire stock.
The farm
on which he lives was taken up by Samuel Gault, in 1721 or 1722.
The “Gault Garrison” was the first house built in the vicinity. The
farm has always remained in the Gault name. He joined the New
Hampshire National Guard in 1866, and served through the different
gradations until he was commissioned captain of Company A, Amos
keag Veterans, February 22, 1871. In the town of Hooksett, where he
was born, and where most of his life has been spent, the Gault family
has made its mark. In 1858 he married Annie H., daughter of Nathan
iel Mitchell, of Hooksett, and has a family of two sons and two daugh
ters. His oldest son, Matthew, is a graduate of Dartmouth college,
and is now chief engineer in the sewer department of Worcester, Mass.
Youngest son, John, is a student at Dartmouth college. Oldest daugh
ter, Emma C., married A. S. Paine, and lives at Glenwood, Mass. Young
est daughter, Clara G., married Robert W. Skelton, and lives at Mil
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waukee, Wis.
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�J'
E. RANDLETT, architect, was born Sept. 5, 1846, in
Quincy, Mass., his parents being James S. and Abbie O. (Chase)
Randlett, who moved when he was nine years of age to a farm in
beautiful Gilmanton. He enjoyed the regular school advantages of
Quincy and Gilmanton till the War of the Rebellion absorbed his interest,
and August 15, 1862, he joined Company B, Twelfth New Hampshire
volunteers, as a drummer boy, when only fifteen years of age; was mus
tered into United States service Aug. 30, 1862, as a private. He served
three years and participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec.
13, 1862, and Chancellorsville May 1 and 4, 1863. At the close of the
war he learned the carpenter's trade and engaged in business in Con
cord, N. H., where he has since resided for eighteen years. He was
the first mail carrier appointed when Concord was awarded the free de
livery system, and was keeper of the state house for four years. This posi
tion he resigned in 1890 and accepted a partnership with the well known
architect, Mr. Edward Dow, under the firm name of Dow & Randlett.
Mr. Randlett is ranked among the progressive men of the capital city,
and his practical ability and executive force are very largely felt in the
promotion of his firm's affairs. Plans for many public buildings, including
the New Hampshire Agricultural college, have been furnished by his firm
the past two years, and as an architect his work has more than a state
reputation. Mr. Randlett has been prominent in military and fraternal
circles, a Republican, a Baptist, a man of earnest convictions, possesses
hosts of friends, and has proved himself worthy of important public and
private trusts.
E. RANDLETT.
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�EORGE LYMAN THEOBALD was born at Warrensburg, N.Y.,
1851, the son of Joseph Peter Theobald and
Samantha Marsh. His early educational advantages were limited and
his boyhood and youth were not exempt from hardships. The days
that he would gladly have spent at school he was compelled instead to
give to work, finding no task too hard to be undertaken and displaying
even in those early days the vigor and energy, and most of all, the deter
mination, of his later years. At the age of nine he began service in a
hotel at Luzerne, N. Y., and until he was fourteen years old was em
ployed variously as office boy, steward, and assistant clerk. He then
engaged in the express business for himself, and in one year forsook
that for travel as a canvasser for the sale of fruit trees and cutlery
through New York and New England, until 1876. In that year he came
G on February 6,
to Concord, and now that he finds himself able to look back with mirth
upon those early days, he laughingly tells how he came on foot into the
city with little money and few friends. He soon found work and shortly
became a mover of buildings, adding to that business, as years went by,
general contracting, teaming, and an extensive trade in horses, hay, and
straw. Mr. Theobald has been in life a shrewd and highly discerning
man and has wonderfully prospered. His business has not been confined
to Concord but has extended all over New Hampshire, and he has become
GEORGE L. THEOBAL.D.
largely interested in real estate. Mr. Theobald has been active in poli
tics and interested in all the concerns of his ward and city, and has held
various offices conferred by his fellow-citizens, his last public position
being a seat in the legislature in 1887. As a secret society man he
maintains membership with the Odd Fellows, the Patriarchs Militant,
the Red Men, and the Grangers. He has worked untiringly through
his whole life, and his intense energies are in no respect abating; but
the daily increasing returns of his labor give him ample satisfaction for
his years of toil.
�OREN S. RICHARDSON was born in Waitsfield, Vt., August
1843, and is the son of Elisha Benton Richardson and
Betsey (Cutler) Richardson. He secured his education in the com
mon schools, attending the district school in his native town both
summer and winter. Being one of eight children, he spent his youth
upon the farm, and at the age of twenty enlisted in Company H, of the
Second United States sharpshooters. In June, 1864, he was severely
L Io,
wounded in the left shoulder, at the Battle of Cold Harbor, and was
mustered out with his regiment in July, 1865, having served with mer
itorious fidelity. At the close of his military service he went to St.
Albans, Vt., and engaged as a salesman in a clothing house. For two years
he remained there, and in 1867 he came to Concord, where he began
business for himself, and has since continued, being now senior member of
the firm of Richardson & Adams, the largest clothing house in the city.
Honors have come to Mr. Richardson in the political field; for four
years he served his ward as selectman, and for two years as alderman.
In 1891 he was elected a representative in the legislature—having held
all these offices as a Republican, to which party he has devoted a great
amount of his time and energy. He is prominent in Odd Fellowship
in all its branches, is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and of Eureka lodge of Masons. Mr. Richardson
is one of the most active and enterprising of Concord's citizens; ever on
the alert to seize and hold a new advantage, he has contributed to the
prosperity of the city at the same time that he has advanced his own
interests.
LOREN S. RICHARDSON.
A sunny nature has made him a genial companion, strong
integrity has given him commercial standing, and real worth has con
tributed in no small measure to his success.
�SCOTT LOCKE, the efficient city marshal of Concord, was
G. born in Chichester forty-four years ago, but has lived in Con
cord for the greater part of his life, where he was for twelve years
engaged in the wood and ice business. It was while he was engaged in
this business that he first became an officer of the law, by appointment
under Sheriffs Dodge and Pickering as deputy sheriff. He was also jailer at
the county jail. In 1883, however, he removed to Texas, where he still
has large landed interests, and for three years was engaged in the cattle
business. In 1886 he returned to Concord, and in 1888, though a
Republican, he was appointed to his present position by Mayor Robert
son, a Democrat. He was repeatedly re-appointed, and upon the appoint
ment of a police commission for Concord in 1893, Marshal Locke was
retained in office. His administration of the police department has been
singularly successful.
He has introduced new methods of discipline, of
drill, of work among his men, and has brought the execution of the law
to a high state of perfection. Marshal Locke is married and has one
son who bears his father's name.
Marshal Locke is an enthusiastic
sportsman and his name and fame are familiar to the race-track, where,
as an officer of the course, as a driver, or as a patron of the turf, he has
been prominent for many years. Marshal Locke is a member of Blazing
Star lodge of Masons and is ranked high in the esteem of the citizens of
Concord.
G. SCOTT
LOCKE.
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�G'. PERLEY WARDE, the son of Hon. David A. Warde
and Martha S. (Cleaves) Warde, was born in Concord, February
17, 1866, and was educated in the public schools of that city, graduat
ing from the Concord High school in the class of 1885. In the fall of
that year he entered the employ of the Boston & Lowell railroad, leaving
them soon after to accept a position with the Concord railroad, serving
with the latter corporation from the spring of 1886 until 1889, when he
went south and became connected with the American association of Lon
don, England, and the Middlesboro Town company, two corporations
owning large tracts of mineral and timber lands in Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Virginia. During Mr. Warde's three years of residence in the South,
having returned to Concord in 1892, he was actively identified with the
marvellous development about Cumberland Gap, having been no insig
nificant factor in the peopling of the magic city of Middlesboro, one of
the few southern boom towns that attained permanence. Mr. Warde
returned to Concord in order that he might be with his family, and his
activity would not suffer him to remain idle. In that year he organized
the Northern Electrical Supply company, and was chosen its general
manager, which position he now holds. He at once saw the possibil
ities enveloped in the work of the corporation, and through his efforts
his company has extended its business, has increased its capacity, and
has won success. Mr. Warde inherits many of the business and per
sonal traits of his father, who was one of New Hampshire's most suc
cessful business men. Young, eager, enthusiastic, Mr. Warde is des
tined to make his mark in business life. The severe tests and criticisms
GEORGE P. WARDE.
which he is compelled to undergo, by reason of his having embarked
upon a business career among those who have watched his course from
childhood, have not deterred him from pressing forward in the work
that he has undertaken.
�HERE are some men in every community who, by reason of their
T constant devotion to the general welfare, fully deserve the title,
“public-spirited.” To secure to them some meed of recognition from
future as well as present generations, is one of the objects of this work; and
for this purpose it could have no worthier name upon its list than that of
Isaac Kimball Gage. Born in Boscawen, Oct. 27, 1818, the son of
William H. and Polly (Morrison) Gage, he was educated at the district
schools and Boscawen and Franklin academies. In 1841 he engaged in
trade in Fisherville, in partnership with Luther G. Johnson, leaving in
1850 to enter the employ of the Essex company at Lawrence. Return
ing in 1854, from that year until 1882 he was a member of the firm of
Gage, Porter & Company, saw manufacturers. Since 1857 he has been
actively engaged in the insurance business, and is now senior member of
the firm of Gage, Buxton & Company, agents for the leading fire com
panies. Aside from these duties, those of an extensive farmer and
dairyman at present occupy his time. Mr. Gage's public relations have
been so numerous and varied that their mere summary almost exceeds
our space limits: ensign in the state militia 1839, member of the first
-
Lawrence (Mass.) common council 1852 and president of it 1853, treas
urer of the New England Agricultural society 1865–69, member of the
constitutional convention 1876, postmaster at Fisherville 1846–5o,
justice of the peace since 1846, notary public since 1883, trustee of
Penacook academy during its existence, secretary of the New Hamp
shire Orphans' Home, is but an incomplete list. He has been a member
of the New Hampshire Historical society since 1872, and in 1876 was
given the degree of A. M. by Dartmouth college. Perhaps his most
recent public service was his promotion of the now highly successful
Penacook and Boscawen Water Works. In October, 1892, Mr. Gage
celebrated the golden anniversary of his marriage to Miss Susan John
son, by whom he has four children, three daughters and one son.
ISAAC KIM BALL GAGE.
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�O become a successful lawyer and the holder of important public
positions while still a young man, is a sufficient test of ability
and integrity as well as of popularity. That is the success which Willis
George Buxton of Penacook has achieved. Mr. Buxton was born in
Henniker, August 22, 1856, the son of Daniel M. and Abbie A.
(Whittaker) Buxton.
He attended Clinton Grove and New London
academies and graduated from the Boston University Law school in the
class of 1879. He was admitted to the bar in March of the same year
and practised his profession for a short time at Hillsborough Bridge.
Removing to Penacook in 1882, and becoming the worthy successor of
the late Judge Butler, Mr. Buxton has enjoyed from the first a large
practice, which is constantly upon the increase. In consultation and in
the active prosecution of cases he is alike successful. In politics Mr.
Buxton is recognized as one of the potent forces in his adopted town.
For six years he was a member of its board of education and has served
as town treasurer and in other local positions. In 1889 he represented
Boscawen in the constitutional convention, and for many years has
been a member of the Republican state committee. Prudent and saga
cious, yet determined and persevering, Mr. Buxton has a future before
him in the law and politics of New Hampshire.
WILLIS G. BUXTON.
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�ON. HORACE A. BROWN was born in Cornish, N. H., Octo
H
ber 3, 1823. His early life was spent on a farm in Windsor,
Vt., and at the age of thirteen years he entered the office of The Dem
ocratic Statesman, and subsequently that of The National Eagle, of
Claremont, where he served an apprenticeship of four years. In 1844
he was employed by the Claremont Manufacturing company; in 1847, in
partnership with Joseph Weber, was publisher of The Northern Intel
ligencer; again for three years in The National Eagle office; in 1851–52,
pressman for the Claremont Manufacturing company, and in the latter
year entered the employ of the New Hampshire Statesman, in Concord,
and, with the exception of four years, has been a member of its force ever
since.
In 1866–67 Mr. Brown was assessor for Ward Four, Concord,
alderman in 1868–69, representative in 1875-'76, mayor in 1878–79,
commissioner of highways for the same years, and was for many years
secretary of the Republican city committee. In fraternal life Mr. Brown
has been highly honored. In Odd Fellowship he passed through the
various positions of honor and trust, to the office of grand master,
which position he held in 1883. In Masonry, he was master of
Blazing Star lodge from 1871–75, inclusive; high priest of Trinity
Royal Arch chapter in 1873, grand high priest in 1891–92, and
is now prelate of Mount Horeb commandery, Knights Templar. He is
also a devoted member of St. Paul's Episcopal church–was a member
of the choir for thirty-five years, has been secretary of the annual dio
cesan convention continuously since 1857, is a member of the standing
committee of the diocese, and has been a licensed lay reader of the diocese
for years. Mr. Brown was married, May 29, 1845, to Miss Sarah S.
Booth, daughter of Col. Hosea Booth,
now living.
of Claremont, and has one son
His life has been one of great activity, honorable alike to
himself and to the state.
�OHN W. BOURLET, commissioner of labor, was born in New York
City, March 7, 1850, and is the eldest son of the late John W. and
Dorothy True (Batchelder) Bourlet. In 1859 he became a resident
of Concord, in the suburbs of which he lived for seven years on a farm,
receiving such education as the public schools gave in the limited time
he was privileged to attend them. In 1866, at the age of sixteen years,
he became apprenticed to the Monitor office, and with the exception of
a few months, was in its employ until May, 1893, when he was placed
at the head of the newly-created bureau of labor by Governor Smith.
He is widely known as a printer, and at that time was foreman of the
job printing department, which position he had held since 1879.
Apart
from these duties he has been, since 1884, editor of the Odd Fellows
department of the Monitor and Statesman, has been a member of the
New Hampshire Press association for several years, and is now secre
tary and treasurer of the National Odd Fellows Press association. In
1887 he was a member of the legislature from Ward Four, Concord,
and served as chairman of the committee on printers' accounts, and
as clerk of the committee on labor.
He was also clerk of the Mer
rimack county convention and was one of the county auditors for two
years. As an Odd Fellow Mr. Bourlet has had exceptional prominence.
The highest honors of the subordinate and grand bodies have been con
ferred upon him, he having been grand master in 1891–92, and grand rep
resentative to the Sovereign grand lodge in 1892–93. He is also secre
tary of the Merrimack County Odd Fellows Relief association, and edi
tor and publisher of the Popular Odd Fellow, a monthly review of the
literature of Odd Fellowship. In all the walks of life he has reflected
honor upon himself and the state.
JOHN W. BOURLET.
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�ON, FRANK JONES, of Portsmouth, was born at Barrington,
Strafford county, N. H., Sept. 15, 1832. At the age of seven
teen he engaged as clerk in the hardware and tin business, at Ports
mouth, where by patient industry and honest methods, he opened the
pathway to fame and fortune. He soon became partner, and later sole
proprietor of the establishment. His life has been one of remarkable
prosperity, making him a conspicuous example of “self-made” New
England men. In 1858 Mr. Jones became interested in the brewing
business, which has under his sagacious management attained to first
rank among the breweries of America.
Born with the germ of Democ
racy within him, he is always true to its principles. A leader and direc
tor in his party, he was twice elected mayor of Portsmouth, and was a
member of the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses. Mr. Jones is
closely identified with banks, insurance companies, and railroads. He
is a director of the Lancaster Trust Company, of the Wolfeborough Loan
and Banking Company, and of the National Bank of Portsmouth. He
is president of the Portsmouth & Dover railroad, of the Granite State
Fire Insurance Company, and of the Portsmouth Fire Association, and
has through late years devoted much time to the active duties of the
presidency of the Boston & Maine railroad. Mr. Jones is largely inter
ested in hotel property, north, south, east, and west. The luxurious
Rockingham at Portsmouth, and the magnificent Wentworth at New
castle, both marvels of modern hotel architecture, are structures of his
own design, erected and equipped under his direction. The homestead
residence of Mr. Jones, “The Farm,” (one mile from the Rockingham),
with its thousand acres inclosed, its hedges and charming grounds,
conservatories, etc., is by his courtesy the “Public Garden" of Ports
mouth. His home is New Hampshire, its prosperity his pride, and his
life-work has been in aid of its growth and influence.
HON. FRANK JONES.
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�ON, JOHN W. SAN BORN, born in Wakefield, Carroll county,
16, 1822, was educated in the schools of that town, and
passed his boyhood upon the farm of his father. When twenty-four
years of age he began buying, selling, and shipping cattle, also became
largely interested in the lumber business. Although never a lawyer, he
was frequently called into counsel by his neighbors and citizens of his
county, and had an extensive practice in the settlement of estates. He
represented his town in the legislatures of 1861 and 1862; was a mem
ber of the executive council in 1863. In politics a Democrat, he was
elected to the state senate in 1874 and 1875, and president of that body
the latter year, and was a member of the constitutional conventions of
1876 and 1890, and has held many official positions connected with the
state institutions. He is a director in several railroad corporations,
banks, and insurance companies, also the president of the Wolfeborough
Loan and Banking Company. During the Civil War he believed in and
aided its vigorous prosecution in organizing troops and seeing that his
locality seasonably furnished its quota. Financially and otherwise, he
contributed toward the raising and equipment of Company A, Thirteenth
New Hampshire Volunteers. Mr. Sanborn became interested in the
extension of the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conway railroad, and the
building of the Wolfeborough railroad. In 1874 he was appointed
superintendent of the Conway division of the Eastern railroad, and
upon its consolidation with the Boston & Maine, he became a division
superintendent of that great railway system, and in 1892 he was chosen
general manager of the system, which position he now holds. Mr.
Sanborn is a genial and true friend, whose rugged personality has im
pressed itself upon many an important bit of legislation, as recorded in
the history of the business enterprises of New Hampshire.
H June
HON. JOHN W. SAN BORN.
�ANY of New Hampshire's most noted men are natives of other
M
states. Such a man is Alvah W. Sulloway who was born in
Framingham, Mass., Dec. 25, 1838, and he has resided in Franklin
since 1860.
He was educated in the common schools, at the Green
Mountain Liberal Institute at Woodstock, Vt., at Barre (Vt.) academy,
and at Canaan academy. A considerable portion of his time between
the ages of ten and twenty-one was spent in his father's hosiery mill at
Enfield, and at the age of twenty-one he came to Franklin and formed a
partnership with Walter Aiken, which continued four years, when Mr.
Aiken was succeeded by Frank H. Daniell who continued until 1869, since
which time Mr. Sulloway has been sole proprietor and principal owner
in the Sulloway Mills corporation which has been recently formed. Mr.
Sulloway has had an active career in railroad circles, having been since
188o a director in the Northern railroad corporation, and its president
since 1885, and a director in the Boston & Maine railroad since 1889.
Since 1879, the year of its organization, he has been president of the
Franklin National bank. In politics he has been more than ordinarily
prominent also, beginning in 1871 as a member of the legislature, fol
lowed by a reëlection in 1872, 1874, and 1875, and by a position as
railroad commissioner from 1874 to 1877, membership in National con
ventions since 1876 and of the Democratic National Committee since
1876 and in the New Hampshire Senate in 1891. To speak of Mr.
Sulloway one must mention always his immense energy. Few men in
New Hampshire would have been able to cope successfully with the vast
amount of business that he has undertaken, and few men could have
dealt so promptly and so correctly with the details of all the various
interests.
No brief record of his career can show that career.
To
understand and to measure its success would require an intimate knowl
edge of the most important political and financial transactions in New
Hampshire for a score of years.
HON.
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�HARLES A. SINCLAIR was born in Bethlehem, Aug. 21, 1848,
and is the son of Hon. John G. Sinclair. He was educated in New
bury, Vt., at Sanbornton Bridge, and prepared for college at Phillips
Exeter academy. He entered Dartmouth with the class of 1871, but
did not graduate. From 1869 to 1873 he made his residence in Little
ton, and since the latter date has lived in Portsmouth, where he has
been actively engaged in business, coming in later years to be closely
identified with the railroad corporations of New England, having been
president of the Worcester, Nashua & Rochester railroad since 1884,
president of the Manchester & Lawrence railroad since 1887, and direc
tor of the Boston & Maine railroad for a number of years. He is, more
over, a director in many other financial institutions of great importance.
In 1871 he was a member of the staff of Gov. James A. Weston, and
in 1873 served in the legislature as a representative from Littleton. In
1889 and in 1891 he was a member of the New Hampshire senate, and
in the latter year was his party's candidate for United States senator.
In 1893 he was again returned to the house of representatives. In
addition to his other business connections, Colonel Sinclair has been
for several years proprietor of the Portsmouth Evening Times, and
has cordially approved the enterprise of that paper's managers in forcing
it to the front among New England newspapers. Colonel Sinclair is one
of the busiest as well as one of the most successful of men.
His whole
time is taken up with his multifarious business connections. As presi
dent of railroads, as a hotel proprietor, as a business man in general, as
financier, as a manufacturer, Colonel Sinclair's business interests cover
the whole of New England in their scope; yet so deftly does he manage
them, and so closely has he organized their various interests, that their
burdens sit lightly upon him. Colonel Sinclair is a genial man, and has
HON. CHARLES A. SINCLAIR.
attached to himself a host of devoted friends, who have made his inter
ests their own.
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�ORACE E. CHAMBERLIN was born in Newbury, Vt., Novem
ber 20, 1834, and is the son of John E. Chamberlin and Laura
Willard. His education was obtained at Bradford (Vt.) academy and
at Newbury seminary, and his entire life, since leaving, has been spent
in railroad service, beginning first as agent of the Boston, Concord &
Montreal railroad at Littleton, where he remained for seven years, fol
lowed by service in a similar capacity at Burlington, Vt., for one year,
and then for six years at Rutland, Vt., as general freight agent of the
Rutland railroad, followed by nearly twenty years of service as superin
tendent of the Concord railroad, following the consolidation of that rail
road with the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroad with two years ser
vice in a similar capacity. Then he resigned, becoming a year later act
ing superintendent of the Concord division of the Boston & Maine rail
road, during the absence of Hon. George E. Todd in Europe, and after
six months of service, succeeding the latter gentleman as superintendent
of the division. In all the years of Mr. Chamberlin's devotion to one
calling he has developed a remarkable degree of ability in railroad work.
Holding almost from the first a position requiring the display of executive
judgment, he has gone on with increasing success and ease of execution.
The smallest details of railroad management are known to him and the
larger necessities of traffic are met and overcome. Mr. Chamberlin is
HORACE. E. CHAMIBERLIN.
one of the group of men who have watched almost the entire growth and
development of New Hampshire's railroad systems; to him its railroad
history is an open book and from its pages he has conned the lesson of
experience and has applied it in daily life as exemplified by his conduct
of the interests committed to his charge.
�ON. GEORGE E. TODD, whose life for forty-five years was
devoted to railroad business, was born in Cambridge, Mass.,
February 6, 1830, the son of Moses Todd and Rebecca Turner. He
was educated in the public schools, and when barely eighteen years of
age came to Lebanon as a clerk in the office of the Northern railroad,
removing in July, 1848, to Concord, where he held various positions in
the same employ, and became in 1866 superintendent of the road.
This position he held until 1884 when the Northern railroad became
part of the Boston & Maine railroad system, and Mr. Todd was then
appointed division superintendent and held that position until November,
1891. His health failing him at that time he was granted a vacation
and spent several months in Europe, returning home only to die Novem
ber 16, 1892, sincerely and devotedly mourned by those whom his faith
ful service, constant friendship, and untiring zeal had taught to value
him at his true worth. Mr. Todd from 1879 until his death was a
director in the Northern railroad, and was also a director in the Con
cord & Claremont and in the Peterborough & Hillsborough roads.
He was elected to the house of representatives in 1872 and 1873, and
was a senator of the state of New Hampshire in 1874 and 1876.
Through the years of his service to these railroads Mr. Todd saw the
growth and development of the railroad systems of New Hampshire and
under his direction the Northern railroad was kept fully abreast of
modern progress. Thoroughly devoted to the interests of his road Mr.
Todd was always eager to enhance its prosperity. In touch with the
modern idea of concentration, he was interested in bringing about its
consolidation with the Boston & Maine railroad system, and his reten
tion as division superintendent in the employ of that corporation indica
ted the value of his services and the esteem set upon them by those
familiar with railroad management in New Hampshire.
HON. GEORGE E. TODD.
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�UT few young men are better known in New Hampshire than John
Demeritt. He is a descendant of Huguenot ancestry and was born
in the old historic town of Madbury, Strafford county, August 8, 1856,
and has always lived in that town. He is the sixth John in direct
descent, and amply sustains the worth of his name. Like all farmer
boys, he received the first rudiments of his education in the district
school, and afterward attended Coe's academy at Northwood, and Phillips
Andover academy from 1875 to 1877, and later was a student at Colby
academy, New London. During his school years he developed a de
cided taste for business pursuits, in preference to a profession, and at the
close of his studies he entered the employ of the Boston & Maine rail
road, serving in various capacities continuously up to this date, Novem
ber, 1893. In recognition of his earnest and faithful service, he was
advanced, step by step, to the highly responsible position of city pas
senger agent at Boston, with headquarters on Washington street,
which position he now holds. Mr. Demeritt was chosen to represent
his native town in the legislature of 1887, where he served with marked
distinction upon the committee on finance, and with characteristic en
ergy he won renown for his zeal in general legislative work. In all the
walks of life he is honest, conscientious, upright and faithful to a
remarkable degree, and has earned the honors which have come to him
by his own untiring industry. There may be other and brighter posi
tions to which he may aspire, and in which his friends would wish him
success, but he fully recognizes the measure of credit that is recorded
for him. The career of Mr. Demeritt furnishes a most happy illustra
tion of the recognition of faithful service, modestly and courteously
JOHN DEMERITT.
rendered.
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�MAN in a mask.
A brave and battle-scarred soldier, who has
A never been heard, since the war closed, to mention his connection
with the army. A sound and successful lawyer, who never talks law or
practises outside his office and the court-room; a tireless worker, who
never appears to be busy; a man of excellent judgment and rare sagac
ity, who proclaims no opinions and forces advice upon no one; a stanch
friend, who never advertises his friendship for anybody; a generous
giver, who never promises to give anything; a man whose sincerity,
sympathy, and earnestness are so cloaked in the exuberance of his good
nature that few know how genuine and strong they are; whose greeting
is always a laugh, who parries all attacks with jests, illustrates all points
with parables, and demolishes opponents contentions by exploding
against them grotesque imaginings; who quarrels with no one, allows
no one to quarrel with him, and yet generally has his own way,
was born at Ossipee, September 17, 1843. When but eighteen years of
age, he was enrolled in Company A, Thirteenth New Hampshire vol
unteers, and was mustered in as a lieutenant. He served in that posi
tion until he was severely wounded at Petersburg, June 15, 1864, by a
bullet which he carried in his body for many years. When his wound
had partially healed he returned to the front, and was aide to Generals
Raulston and McCullom, of the First division, Eighteenth army corps,
and General Ripley, of the First brigade, Third division, Twenty-fourth
army corps. Subsequently he was commissioned captain, and was mus
tered out at the close of the war. He was then clerk in the treasury
department at Washington, and for eight years clerk of the naval com
mittee of the United States senate. He read law at Ossipee, and Dover,
and graduated at the Law school of Columbian college, at Washington.
CAPT. CHARLES B. GAFNEY.
He resides at Rochester, and is a member of the law firm of Worcester,
Gafney & Snow, of that city. For the last few years he has been sec
retary to the president of the Boston & Maine railroad.
377
�ON. EDWARD FOSTER MANN, born in Benton, Grafton
county, September 7, 1845; died in Concord, August 19, 1892.
Upon a rugged New Hampshire farm, within the shadows of her granite
hills, he passed his boyhood days; and while compelling her reluctant
soil to yield the fruits of earth, acquired those habits of industry and
steady perseverance that so well stood him in hand in later years.
Breathing her pure air amid the grand scenery of her majestic moun
tains, his mental strength and bodily vigor grew together. In the
midst of these stimulating surroundings his youthful ambition was
aroused, and he early conceived the idea of gaining that honorable dis
tinction which he afterwards attained.
Educated in the schools of his
native town and the N. H. Conference seminary at Tilton, he, upon
leaving his mountain home, entered the service of the Boston, Concord
& Montreal railroad, where he filled the various positions from brakeman
up to superintendent and in 1892 became general superintendent of the
entire railway system of the Concord & Montreal railroad. During the
years of his railway service the phenomenal village of Woodsville devel
oped, and most of its local enterprises matured under his watchful care.
He was director in the Woodsville Aqueduct and Electric Light company,
and in the Woodsville Guaranty Savings bank. Reared in the faith of
Democracy, he was ever an earnest worker in its cause, representing
his native town in the legislatures of 1871–72, and was a member of
the state senate of 1879–81. He was a member of Burns lodge of F.
& A. M. in Littleton, and of Franklin chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at
Lisbon. The religious convictions of Mr. Mann were broad and liberal
—a firm believer in the universal fatherhood of God and brotherhood
HON. EDWARD F. MANN.
of man. He was frank, sincere, earnest, and outspoken, faithful and
true in all relations of life, and loyal to every obligation of manhood
and citizenship.
�LIFETIME of persistence has placed John H. Pearson in the
front rank of New Hampshire business men. Mr. Pearson was
born at Sutton, N. H., March 17, 1818. With scanty advantages he
started out in life and sturdily exchanged blows with the world. He
did not gain his present eminence at a bound. Men are not born into
the centre of great financial institutions, nor do they inherit the manage
ment of great railroads, or stumble upon mastery in finesse if occasion
requires it. They win supremacy in all these, and Mr. Pearson won his
supremacy in all these by his persistence; so, too, he has mastered all
the obstacles in his life. How many these obstacles have been, and their
nature, none can testify so well as he who overcame them all. But what
they taught him his daily habit of life reveals. They taught him the
chief secret of all success—perseverance. They taught him the noblest
attribute of man—honesty. And perseverance and honesty have no
better exemplars than he. These characteristics he brought into his
earliest business enterprises—into his mills, later, as if for a trade-mark;
into his newspaper, as if for a motto; into his railroad, as if for a code of
rules. And in these signs he has conquered. In them he has fought
his way to the front and has maintained his place against both sedition
and attack. The tumultuous years of his life sit easily upon him. He
has shaken off disease and laid a firmer hold on the responsibilities of
his existence, finding care almost a tonic and labor a balm.
379
�ENJAMIN A. KIMBALL, railroad man, manufacturer, and
banker, was born in Boscawen, August 22, 1833, and was gradu
ated from the Chandler Scientific department of Dartmouth college in
1854, at once entering the employ of the Concord railroad as a
draughtsman. After two years he became foreman, and at twenty-six
was master mechanic of the road, resigning in 1865 to engage in busi
ness under the firm name of Ford & Kimball. In 1879, he returned
to the railroad as a director, to succeed Governor Onslow Stearns, and
has since been actively connected with the road's management, becom
ing, in 1889, a member of the executive committee of the Concord &
Montreal railroad. During nearly all his residence in Concord, Mr.
Kimball has been prominent in public affairs. For six years he served
as a member of the water board, was for four years its president, and
was chiefly instrumental in procuring the construction of the city's
water-system. He was trustee of the old Concord Savings bank, and
is president of the Mechanicks National bank. He is president of the
Franklin & Tilton railroad, and a director in a number of similar corpo
rations. In 1870 he was a member of the legislature, and declined a
second term. From 1885 to 1887 he was a member of the governor's
council, and for some years has been chairman of the board of visitors
to the Chandler Scientific department of Dartmouth college. In all
the affairs of the community he has had a prominent part, and his
activity has always been for good. His rise in life has been due to
his own prudence and foresight, and in his successes he has not lost
sight of the sound principles which guided his struggles.
BENJAMIN A. KIM BALL.
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ON. CHARLES ALBERT BUSIEL, the first mayor of Laconia,
was born in Meredith (Village), November 24, 1842, the son
of John W. and Julia (Tilton) Busiel. When he was but four years of
age his family removed to Laconia, and there he has since resided.
There he was educated, and there, upon coming of age, he embarked in
the hosiery business, which he had first practically learned in his father's
mill. In 1868 he disposed of his first plant and became interested with
his brother, John T., under the firm name of C. A. Busiel & Co. This
continued until 1871, when the brothers' father was admitted to the firm
and the name became J. W. Busiel & Co. Mr. Busiel's only political
office, prior to 1892, had been a membership in the legislatures of 1878 and
1879, yet when the new city of Laconia cast about for its first mayor,
no name was so spontaneously mentioned as Mr. Busiel's. His nomin
ation was followed by a triumphant election, and that by a wise and care
ful administration, the mayor's directing hand and warning voice being
of great service to the new city in its first days. Besides the attention
claimed by his private business, Mr. Busiel's time is filled with the work of
the affairs of life.
He is a director of the Concord & Montreal railroad and
a member of the executive committee of that road.
He is also a director
of the Boston, Concord & Montreal, the Meredith & Conway, the New
Boston, the Franklin & Tilton, the Moosilauke, and the Profile &
Franconia Notch railroads, and is president of the Lake Shore railroad.
Mr. Busiel is a man of large business interests. He is, moreover, a
man of large friendships. Few men are more winning; and none hold
their friends more closely.
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HON. CHARLES A. BUSIEL.
381
�EW Hampshire men have gone out to win their way in every
field of endeavor, and among those who have won the highest
rank in the commercial field claiming New Hampshire as their birth
place may be named Charles E. Morrison, who was born at New
N
Hampton, August 14, 1833, the son of Thomas W. Morrison and
Dorothy Gordon. He was educated in the schools at New Hampton
and Franklin, and forty years ago, under the firm name of Charles E.
Morrison & Co., established himself in business, in Boston, as a com
mission merchant and dealer in foreign and domestic fruit and produce
in the Faneuil Hall market.
This house from the start has won and
held an enviable reputation; its trade area covers the entire country,
and its export business is among the heaviest in Boston commission
circles. The promptitude with which it has conducted its affairs is in
no small measure due to Mr. Morrison's active and untiring efforts, his
personal attention being given to almost every detail of the business.
Mr. Morrison has grown in another world than the commercial also,
and at the present time is a director in the Faneuil Hall National bank,
in the North American Fire Insurance Co., in the Concord & Montreal
railroad, and his rectitude is affirmed by a position as trustee of Tufts
college. He also holds many other positions of responsibility and
trust. Mr. Morrison has fought his way to the top almost unaided.
His extended business relations draw him frequently to his native state,
and his affection for the interests of New Hampshire still glows bright
and warm within his breast.
CHARLES E. MORRISON.
382
�IRAM N. TURNER has won prominence in two distinct lines
of work, as will be seen from the outline of his career. Mr.
Turner was born at Bethlehem, December 20, 1839, and very early in
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life entered upon a railroad career, and served in it until 1889. From
subordinate places he rose to become successively travelling agent
of
the Worcester & Nashua railroad, freight and passenger agent of the
Portland & Worcester road, manager of the Quebec, Ottawa & New
England air line, general freight agent of the Boston & Lowell rail
road, and general traffic manager of the same system. Thus he was
occupied until his fiftieth year. He then stepped aside from the path
in which he had so steadily mounted and turned himself to a manu
facturing pursuit. With most men the change would have been dan
gerous or even disastrous; but the ability that had carried him successively
and successfully forward in railroad life, was his reliance now, and in
his new position, as general manager and a director of the E. & T. Fair
banks & Co. scale manufactory at St. Johnsbury, Vt., he found new
victories. In the village of St. Johnsbury Mr. Turner became prom
inent, and now holds the position of president of the board of trade in
that place. His connection with the railroads of New England did not
cease with his entrance upon another field of continuous application, and
he is now a director of the Concord & Montreal system, where he is a
valued and effective officer. Mr. Turner was married, January 12, 1861,
to Miss Ellen Brewster, of Whitefield. The record of his life is the
story of enterprise, and each step marks renewed appreciation by the
world. That appreciation Mr. Turner's native state shares in, and does
not hesitate to express.
HIRAM. N. TURNER.
383
�HE development of the railroad interests of New Hampshire has
T carried with it into prominence many sons of the state who have
devoted themselves to this greatest of nineteenth century industries.
Among them is Frank Eugene Brown, the son of Hon. Horace A. Brown
and Sarah S. Booth, who was born at Claremont, July 15, 1850, and
who was educated in the public schools of Concord, to which city his
parents removed while he was yet a small child. Upon finishing his
school course Mr. Brown, at the age of eighteen, in August, 1868, en
tered the employ of the Concord railroad, continuing with that corpora
tion and its successor, the Concord & Montreal railroad, until the present
time, and passing in that time through the various branches of clerical
work and superintendencies until he has reached his present position
of general passenger agent of the road last mentioned. Such a record
is Mr. Brown's proudest boast, betokening as it does the confidence
and esteem of those who have known and watched him in his business
life. This confidence and esteem have been given in large measure to
Mr. Brown by all who have known him in any capacity, and have been
communicated by his election to various positions in social and other
organizations, and by his choice in 1882 to a seat in the New Hamp
shire house of representatives. Mr. Brown through all his life has
amply deserved the success and honor that have come to him. His
unflagging zeal, his rare discretion, his unmatched courtesy, have been
to him the greatest sources of his success. Added to this is the ut
most integrity, joined to an infinite capacity and industry, making a
remarkably symmetrical equipment for the work that he has so success
fully carried out. Mr. Brown is a man of highly refined tastes and a
musician of more than ordinary ability. Combining, as he does, the
courtliness of the old school with the energy and the sprightliness of
the new, Mr. Brown is a most charming acquaintance, a most stead
fast and loyal friend, a zealous and honorable citizen.
FRANK E. BROWN.
384
�ANIELS CARPENTER PRESCOTT was born at Somerville,
D Mass., May 2, 1853.
His parents were Samuel Dana and Mary
Abigail (Carpenter) Prescott, and he was educated in the public schools
of Malden, Somerville, and Foxboro, Mass.
At the age of twenty
he entered a railroad office and in a railroad office he has since been.
When he began he was with the Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg road;
now he is with the Concord & Montreal. For five years he remained
with his first employers, and from 1878 to 1886 he was with the Old
Colony railroad. He then became assistant general freight agent of the
Boston & Lowell railroad, and became in 1887 general freight agent.
In 1889 he went with the Boston & Maine as assistant general freight
agent and in 1891 he came to the Concord & Montreal as general freight
agent, Mr. Prescott, it will be seen, has pushed steadily upward in the
work which he took up at twenty, and at forty his position in the rail
road world is marked by the great confidence reposed in his ability and
fidelity. His has been a painstaking department of railroad administra
tion, requiring careful foresight, a lively knowledge of details, accuracy,
and rapidity. Mr. Prescott's possession of these qualities is best
attested by his record, a record of advancement that could not have been
possible except under the complete possession and daily exercise of all
these characteristics.
385
�OHN FRANCIS WEBSTER was born
in Dorchester, Mass.,
November 18, 1837, the son of Nathaniel F. Webster and Miriam
(Couch) Webster, both of whom were born in Salisbury.
He was
educated at Chatham academy, Savannah, Ga., and at Professor Barnes's
academy at Concord, obtaining a commercial education with Rodney
G. Cutting. In 1856 he was book-keeper for Moore, Cilley & Co.,
in Concord, and March 14, 1857, became local freight cashier for the
Concord railroad. He was appointed cashier of the Concord railroad
system May 1, 1865, and retained that position until October, 1889.
He was appointed cashier of the Manchester & Lawrence railroad,
August 1, 1867, and remained with that company until its absorption
by the Boston & Maine railroad. Upon the formation of the Concord
& Montreal railroad, in 1889, he was elected treasurer of the system,
and now retains that position. In 1889 and 1890 Mr. Webster served
in the legislature as a representative from Ward Four, being chairman
of the finance committee.
In addition to his services as treasurer of
the Concord & Montreal railroad, Mr. Webster holds a similar position
with relation to the Profile & Franconia Notch, the Lake Shore, the
Manchester & North Weare, and New Boston railroads. He is also a
director of the Mechanicks National bank.
Mr. Webster is one of the
most prominent members of the Masonic fraternity in New Hampshire,
having taken the thirty-third degree, and having held almost every office
in the gift of his jurisdiction. Mr. Webster is a courteous business
man. A remarkable knowledge of detail, and a careful application of that
knowledge, have enabled him to rise in the confidence and respect of the
corporation with which he has been so long connected. A conscientious
devotion to principle has won for him also the respect of his acquain
tances, and his genial qualities have added, moreover, the unfaltering
friendship and affection of those who have come to know him inti
JOHN FRANCIS WEBSTER.
mately.
386
�RANK P. QUIMBY was born in Concord, September 22, 1856,
and is the son of John and Lydia Quimby. He was educated in
the public schools of his native city and at the Bryant & Stratton business
college at Manchester. All his life, since his fifteenth year, has been
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devoted to railroading, having begun, in 1871, service with the Concord
railroad as section-hand, passing through the various positions of switch
man, yard brakeman, fireman, and clerk in the treasurer's office, retain
ing his position with the road after the organization of the Concord &
Montreal railroad, and occupying now the position of chief clerk and
paymaster of the last named corporation. Mr. Quimby has made a
steady advance in railroad life through faithful devotion to the interests
of those with whom he has been associated and for whom he has labored.
The measure of his service has never been too severely strained, for no
additional duty has been too onerous for him to undertake. In all
that he has undertaken Mr. Quimby has displayed a remarkable cheer
fulness of disposition, and has readily won friends who have advanced
him in political life at the same time that he has been advancing in bus
iness circles.
He was alderman from Ward Seven, Concord, for four
years, and was elected in 1892 a member of the house of representatives
from that same ward. In the house Mr. Quimby's service has been
quiet but valuable, and he has been closely connected with some of the
most important legislation of the session. In social life Mr. Quimby is
deservedly popular; an unaffected frankness of manner, a winning affa
bility, and a decided honesty of expression endearing him to many. Mr.
Quimby is successful because of his incessant attention to whatever con
cern is immediately before him, and winning successive promotions by the
minute and faithful care that he has devoted to the concerns always
immediately at hand.
FRANK P. QUIMBY.
387
�VERY intelligent farmer in New Hampshire has often heard the
and nine cases out of ten it has
been mentioned in connection with some progress or improvement in
agricultural craft. George Austin Wason, born in New Boston, Sep
tember 13, 1831, was the youngest of the nine children of Robert and
Nancy (Bachelder) Wason. He was educated in the regular town
E. name of George A. Wason;
schools and in a select school at New Boston, and also at Francestown
academy. Born and reared upon ancestral acres, he became their man
ager and proprietor at an early age, through the death of his father. For
thirty years now he has cultivated his old homestead, constantly intro
ducing improvements, and fully determined to keep abreast of the times.
His interest in agriculture has manifested itself, also, in other than per
sonal ways. For three years he was president of the Hillsborough
County Agricultural society, and for the same period was at the head of
the Piscataquog Valley Fair association. The members of the state
grange united in honoring him with an election to the office of master
for two terms, and he thus became a member of the National grange
for four years. Four terms he has been appointed by different govern
ors and councils a trustee of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts, and twice the same authority has made him a
member of the state board of agriculture. An easy transition brings us
to his distinguished political services. For six years he acted as county
commissioner for Hillsborough county, and for four years represented
the town of New Boston in the legislature. The success that attended
his efforts in the house of representatives led to his elevation to the
higher body, and in the state senate of 1883 and 1884 he represented
the Amherst district, No. 16, very efficiently. In whatever sphere of
action he is placed, Mr. Wason is faithful, capable, and persistent; and
his eminent devotion to agriculture has not hindered his usefulness in
GEORGE A. WASON.
various other directions.
388
�RISTRAM A. MACKINNON, general manager of the Concord
T & Montreal railroad, is a native of Ireland, where he was born
July 7, 1844, his parents being James and Mary J. (Allen) Mackinnon.
His education was received chiefly at St. Francis college at Richmond,
Quebec, and in December, 1868, he began a railroad career in the em
ploy of the Passumpsic railroad at Lyndon, Vt., and holding the various
positions of shop clerk, superintendent's clerk, and acting superinten
dent. His connection with the Passumpsic road ceased in August,
1873, when he went to Brockville, Ontario, and became superinten
dent of the Brockville & Ottawa, and Canada Central railways. Here
he remained until 1880 and in that year he went with the South-eastern
railway as manager, with head-quarters at Montreal. He occupied this
post until 1886, and then was made general superintendent of the On
tario & Atlantic division, and later, manager of transportation of the
Canadian Pacific railway. In this place he served until 1890, when he
assumed his present position, coming to the Concord & Montreal road
soon after its formation by the uniting of the old Concord, and Boston,
Concord & Montreal systems.
TRISTRAM. A. MACKINNON.
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�HE rise of George Edgar Cummings from the lowest to the highest
position on the staff of a railroad corporation has been marked
by the steady advance that always follows meritorious labor. Mr.
Cummings was born October Io, 1853, in Rumney, and is the son of
George Spaulding Cummings and Mariette Vinton. In 1854 his parents
removed to Woodsville, where his father is now the oldest settler in the
place, and in the district school their son was educated. At the age of
fifteen Mr. Cummings began work as an engine cleaner for the Boston,
Concord & Montreal railroad at Woodsville, and passed successfully and
successively through every branch of the train service, becoming in 1882
wood agent of the road and entering the service of the Boston & Lowell
railroad when that corporation secured control of the Boston, Concord
& Montreal railroad, his position then being that of transfer agent and
stationed at Concord. In 1884 he was appointed train master of the
White Mountain division of the Boston & Lowell railroad.
His next
promotion came in 1891, when he was appointed assistant superintend
ent of the Concord & Montreal railroad, Northern division, with head
quarters at Woodsville, rising in the year following to be superintendent
of the division, which position he still holds and fills to the eminent
satisfaction of the road and its patrons. Mr. Cummings has devoted
his life to railroad business and with success.
His advance has been
both steady and merited and came as the reward of solid approbation of
solid, faithful work. In every position that he has filled, and those posi
tions have been many, Mr. Cummings has brought to his new duties
the best of his ability in their execution. Such a spirit could not fail to
win reward, and that it has is as much a source of pleasure to Mr.
Cummings's friends as to that gentleman himself, for no more deservedly
popular man has worn the uniform of a train man or has sat at a super
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GEORGE E. CUMMINGS.
intendent's desk.
390
�O successful has been the brief span of the life of William Griggs
S Bean, that it is a matter of regret that New Hampshire may not
claim him as a son as well as a resident.
Mr. Bean was born in Dav
enport, Iowa, October 20, 1861, the son of John P. Bean and Eliza
beth Fitts. His education was secured, after the public schools, at
Knox college, Galesburg, Ill., and at Dartmouth college, being at the
latter institution a member of the class of 1883. He was engaged as
civil engineer at Olcott's Falls, Vt., in 1882, and in 1883 was similarly
engaged with a railroad in northern Vermont, becoming in 1884 con
nected with the St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain road, and in 1886
entering the employ of the Boston & Lowell railroad on the White
Mountain division, passing from that corporation to the employ of the
Concord & Montreal, where he has won frequent and rapid promotion
through the various gradations of service, being at the present time
superintendent of the Southern division of the Concord & Montreal
system; one of the youngest men in New England ever to hold such an
important position. But rapid as Mr. Bean's rise in life has been, it
has not come unworthily. Each of his many promotions has been won
by constant fidelity and signal ability. As a railroad man he has be
come thoroughly familiar with the needs of his calling, and this familiar
ity with the details of his profession has enabled him in each of his
successive positions to grasp the completed details of the necessities of
public service.
Mr. Bean has shown himself equal to every emergency.
His youthful vigor has not permitted him to grow dull or slothful as he
has advanced in prominence. He has not been content with duties
done, but looks forward with hope to future responsibilities, with a con
fidence that he will be equal to the demand made upon him.
WILLIAM G. BEAN.
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�ILLIAM H. ALEXANDER was born in Tunbridge, Vt., No
vember 24, 1836, the son of William and Ednah Alexander.
Though a native of another state, he has been a resident of New Hamp
shire for more than thirty-seven years, and has, during all that time, been
employed by one corporation, having been for thirty-four years with
the Concord railroad in various capacities, continuing his services when
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the road became united with the Boston, Concord & Montreal, and be
coming supply agent of the new corporation, the Concord & Montreal
railroad, which position he now holds. Mr. Alexander has risen to his
present post after many years of varied experience in railroad life. Root
and branch he knows it, and in the special department with which he is
connected he ranks with the leaders. Trusted by his superiors, and re
spected by his subordinates, he fills his office with ease and credit. As
a man, few can count more friends. His generous temperament has
made him readily congenial to all; his worth has deeply impressed itself
upon his circle of acquaintances, and among those who know him only
by casual contact he is known as he is in his business — a firm, honor
able, kindly man, doing no man wrong, and permitting none to be
done.
392
�AMES T. GORDON, of Concord, member of the house of repre
sentatives from Ward Six in that city, was born in Meredith, August
4, 1833. His education was that of every New Hampshire boy,
and in May, 1854, he entered the employ of the Boston, Concord &
Montreal railroad as a locomotive fireman, retaining this position until
1856. He then entered the shops of the company, and learned the
machinist's trade, going then to the employ of the Concord railroad, in
1865, in the meantime having served his country in Company A of
the Fifteenth regiment, New Hampshire volunteers, in which he enlisted
September 15, 1862.
He was appointed third sergeant, and served
until April 30, 1863, when he was promoted to first sergeant, serving
in this capacity until August 15, 1863, when his term of service expired,
and he was mustered out. In 1869 he left the machine shops of the
Concord railroad, and became a locomotive engineer, relinquishing his
hold upon the lever, however, in April, 1873, when he was appointed
foreman of the machine shop. In August, 1878, he was appointed
acting master mechanic, and succeeded to the full duties and responsi
bilities of that office in June, 1879, retaining the position until July,
1889, when the Concord, and the Boston, Concord & Montreal railroads
were united, and he was then appointed superintendent of motive power,
which position he now holds. Mr. Gordon is a Mason and a Knight
Templar, and was Democratic candidate for mayor of Concord in 1882
and 1884. His election to a seat in the house of representatives is a
deserved compliment, and the tidal wave that carried him into office was
due not a little to his efforts.
JAMES T. GORDON.
393
�OHN HENRY HAMILTON was born in Melbourne, Province
Quebec, March 28, 1847, the son of John A. and Mary A. (Stimp
son) Hamilton. When five years of age he came with his parents
to Concord, and has since resided there, and in the schools of that city
secured his education. When fifteen years of age he entered the ser
vice of the Northern railroad in the freight department, and afterward
became yardmaster at Concord for the Concord railroad, continuing in
that position for eighteen years from 1865; and being promoted lost
freight agent of the Concord railroad, is now serving in that capacity
for the Concord & Montreal railroad system. In 1892 he was made
joint station master at Fabyan's for the Concord & Montreal and Maine
Central systems, which position of responsibility placed in his hands
the care of the whole volume of White Mountain trains which cross
that famous railroad section during the summer months. The onerous
and taxing duties of that position he filled with great success. Mr.
Hamilton is prominent in the Odd Fellows fraternity, being a past
grand of Rumford lodge, and past chief patriarch of Tahanto encamp
ment. He is a member of Blazing Star lodge of Masons, of Trinity
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, of Horace Chase Council, Royal and
Select Masters, of Mount Horeb Commandery of Knights Templar,
and has taken all the Scottish Rite degrees up to the Thirty-third.
Mr. Hamilton is a man of wide friendships, his various positions have
placed him in contact with the world at large, and in the great school
of human nature he has developed tact and courtesy. The long years
of his service attest his growing worth, and he has become in the rail
road circles of New Hampshire a man to be depended upon in any
JOHN HENRY HAMILTON.
emergency.
394
�I
RVIN LYMAN BOSS was born in Valley Falls, N. Y., No
vember 13, 1863, and is the son of James E. Boss and Fannie M.
(Sheldon) Boss.
In the schools of Fitchburg, Mass., he received his
education, followed by a course in the Eastman Commercial college at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. At the age of fifteen, however, he was employed
as shipping clerk for the Walter Heywood Chair company at Fitchburg,
and was then engaged as book-keeper for the S. Hess Publishing com
pany, of New York, being stationed at their Boston office, in Pemberton
square. He was afterward engaged in the photograph business with A.
Marshall, at No. 147 Tremont street, Boston, and in 188o became a
commercial traveller for Charles Rosenfield, of Boston, fancy grocer.
In 1881 he was engaged by the Railway Clearing House association of
New England, and for nine years served with that company, becoming,
July 15, 1890, car accountant of the Concord & Montreal railroad, which
position he now holds. Mr. Boss has come through natural steps to
his present position; a mind fitted by nature for intricate combinations
has been trained by long years of business, and has developed that readi
ness which responds to every emergency. In the position that he now
holds, Mr. Boss superintends the work of numerous subordinates, yet
the grand total is ever in his mind, and few of the minor details are
lacking from his mental inventory of a day's labor. In addition, Mr.
Boss's department looks after the mileage accounts of the cars of his
own and other roads; their earnings, their positions, their loads, in
short, everything in connection with them. Mr. Boss is among the
leaders in his work.
He is a member of the International Association
of Car Accountants, and of the New England Association of Officers in
Charge of Car Service. In a position demanding unusual qualities,
he has developed those qualities to an unusual degree, and ranks easily
in the fore-front of railway officials in New England.
IRVIN LYMAN BOSS.
395
�ANY of the leading railroad men of the country own New
Hampshire as the land of their nativity or of their residence;
but the Granite state never had within her borders a brighter student of
the class than one who has recently come from the queen's dominions,
William Joseph Callaghan. Born in Montreal, Canada, July 23, 1872,
the son of James J. and B. Helen (O'Brien) Callaghan, he received
his education at private schools and at St. Ann's school, then consid
ered one of the leading educational institutions in Canada. Graduating
there in 1886, he served for a time as book-keeper for Callaghan &
Foley, wholesale pork dealers. He soon discovered his true vocation,
however, and, January 11, 1887, entered the office of the car service de
partment of the Canadian Pacific railway as a clerk. November 13, of the
same year, he was promoted to the general superintendent's department
as private secretary to the general superintendent. March 19, 1890, he
was appointed chief clerk in the superintendent's office of the Canadian
Pacific railway, a position which he filled with remarkable success until
he relinquished it, November 10, 1890, to become private secretary to
General Manager Mackinnon of the Concord & Montreal railroad. Mr.
Callaghan at present is chief clerk in the general manager's office of the
same road, and is perhaps the youngest man holding a position of this
kind, but at the same time one of the keenest and best posted men in
his branch of the business. Although a resident of the state but a few
years, he possesses a wide and influential acquaintance, and is very pop
ular among railroad men. Meeting so many different characters in his
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profession, his disposition has readily accommodated itself to changing
WILLIAM JOSEPH
conditions, and he has filled with ease positions of increasing responsi
bility and usefulness.
CALLAG HAN.
396
�OHN TAPLEY WELCH was born at Dover, December 15, 1856,
and was educated in the public schools of that city and at Dart
mouth college. Mr. Welch has been engaged during most of his life in
journalistic work, as an editorial writer upon the Whiteside Sentinel at
Morrison, Ill., upon the Dover Daily Republican and the Dover Daily
Times, and also as special correspondent for the Boston Daily Globe.
Mr. Welch is an ardent Republican, and has attained more than ordi
nary prominence by reason of his activity. He has been a delegate to
nearly every state convention since he became of age. He was a mem
ber of the New Hampshire legislature in 1889, was for five years register
of probate for Strafford county, and has held positions in political com
mittees, both state and local. He is a member of many historical,
secret, and other societies, and is married and has one son. Mr. Welch
at present is chief time clerk in the government printing office, having
been appointed to that important position February 3, 1890. As a
journalist, Mr. Welch has contributed to many important and influential
sheets, writing always with force, grace, and fluency. Under his direc
tion the journals to which he was an editorial contributor ranked as
leaders of political thought in their locality, while his special work as a
newspaper man rose even to brilliancy. Though removed from the state
by reason of his office, Mr. Welch still retains his residence in Dover,
and is frequently at his home. In official life Mr. Welch has won the
same distinction that attended his efforts in the journalistic field. He
has fulfilled the duties assigned him with prominence and credit. He is
one of New Hampshire's worthy sons, and that the field of his endeavor
lies without her border does not remove him beyond the reach of the
many friends in the Granite state who rejoice in his success as if it were
their own.
JOHN TAPLEY WELCH.
397
�EV. WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER, president of Dartmouth
His boy
hood was largely spent in New Hampshire, and he was graduated from
Dartmouth in the class of 1861. From then until 1863 he was a
school-teacher, and in the latter year he entered Andover Theological
seminary, from which he was graduated in 1866. In 1867 he became
pastor of the Franklin-street Congregational church at Manchester, and
remained there until 1875, when he was called to the pastorate of the
Madison-square Presbyterian church, New York city. From this pul
pit he was called, in 1880, to the chair of homiletics at Andover Theo
logical seminary, and on May 1, 1893, he left that post to become pres
ident of Dartmouth college, a position which had been tendered to him
more than a year before, and which he accepted at last in a conscien
tious belief that it was his duty. Dr. Tucker, before his election to the
presidency of the college, had been for some years a trustee of the insti
tution, and upon his accession to the chair had nothing to learn of the
needs, or traditions, or ambitions of the college. The brief months of
his administration are already filled with a marked measure of good for
Dartmouth. New courses, new chairs, new equipment, greater endow
ment, and an increased student-body have already come to encourage
Dr. Tucker's labors. Dr. Tucker, while at Andover, became prominent
in special departments of Christian work, and the Andover House in
Boston looks to him as its projector. His scholarly attainments have
met with wide recognition, and are attested by the thoughtful excellence
R college, was born in Griswold, Conn., July 13, 1839.
of his occasional addresses and sermons.
His own alma mater has
conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Divinity, and Williams
college, at its recent centennial, decorated him with the degree of
REV. WILLIAM J. TUCKER, D. D.
Doctor of Laws.
398
�EV. CHARLES SUMNER MURKLAND, president of the New
Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, was
born in Lowell, Mass., May 20, 1856, the youngest of fourteen children
born of Scotch parents, of whom seven are now living. He passed
through the regular course in the schools of Lowell, and graduated from
the High school in 1872. For the next five years he was at work in the
mills in the engraving department, and in 1877 he entered Middlebury
college, and graduated in 1881, the valedictorian of his class. Three
years later he took his master's degree, and at that time he was selected
to deliver the master's oration. During these last three years he occu
pied himself by supplying the pulpit of the Congregational church at
Ferrisburgh, Vt. In 1883 he took the degree of bachelor of divinity,
from Harvard Divinity school, and for the next year was engaged in
post-graduate study at Andover Theological seminary. From June,
1884, to 1886, he was pastor of the Congregational church at Chicopee,
Mass., and from there he came to Manchester as pastor of the Franklin
street Congregational church, whose pulpit he filled until June of the
present year, when he was called to the presidency of the agricultural
college by the unanimous voice of its trustees. He was inaugurated in
August, 1893, at the same time the new college buildings at Durham
were dedicated. Dartmouth conferred upon him the honorary degree
of doctor of philosophy, in 1893. Dr. Murkland is also chaplain of the
First regiment, New Hampshire National Guard, with the rank of
captain.
REV. CHARLES S. MURKLAND, PH. D.
399
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�TILSON HUTCHINS was born in Whitefield, November 14, 1838,
educated in Hopkinton and in Cambridge, and in 1856
went to the new state of Iowa, bent on his early formed purpose of
making himself a name in the journalistic world, and in that purpose
few Americans have ever accomplished greater results. Bred from ster
ling New Hampshire stock, with ancestors that fought at Bunker Hill,
the young man soon made his mark. His quick mind and expressive
pen made him a leading editor of the state, and a worthy competitor for
newspaper honors in a larger field; consequently he removed to St.
Louis, and buying the Times, speedily made it the most successful
newspaper property in that city. With an instinctive genius for the call
ing, he left St. Louis in the late seventies, and went to Washington,
where, founding the Washington Post, he conducted its manage
ment up to the day when it passed into the possession of its present
proprietors. New Hampshire has no son more devoted to her beau
ties, or prouder of her annals. Governor's island, in Lake Winnipise
ogee, has felt the influence of his devotion to beauty, for there he has
expended large sums in adorning and beautifying the landscape. Mr.
Hutchins's winter home is on Scott circle, in Washington, and there
he entertains his friends in a manner as charming and simple as his
surroundings are superb. His picture gallery is one of the richest of
the private collections in the country, and is so acknowledged by crit
S was
ics and connoisseurs.
With the true tastes of the scholar, Mr. Hutchins
has given time and labor to autographs, and his collection is enriched
by original letters from the famous men and women of history. In the
portfolios is a complete set of autograph letters of Napoleon and Jose
phine, and all the marshals of France. In politics Mr. Hutchins is a
Democrat, and as such he has been a member of the Missouri and of
S.
the New Hampshire legislatures, being a member of the latter during
the session of 1881.
4oo
�ON. JAMES I. CHRISTIE, of Dover, born in that city, May
9, 1842; died at Washington, D. C., April 6, 1889, was a
noted national character who, at the time of his decease, was nominally
the assistant-doorkeeper of the United States senate, an office created
expressly for him, but virtually he was the major-domo of that body.
He was the great master of ceremonies, and his death resulted from la
grippe, contracted while standing uncovered in the rain, superintending
the inauguration of President Benjamin Harrison. The senatorial,
official, and other excursions, and funerals, for many years were under his
personal charge and direction. He grew to be the most efficient, pop
ular, and valuable officer of that body. While yet a lad, in 1857,
Senator John P. Hale took him to Washington, to be a page in the
senate, and continuously afterward, until the day of his death, he re
mained connected in one capacity or another with that dignified organ
ization. Mr. Christie had a happy faculty of doing favors for others,
and his life became a round of cheerful, generous self-sacrifice. He was
so bright and willing, so apt and affable, that he won the friendship of
the leading members of each succeeding senate. He was a handsome
commander, whatever the occasion, without ostentation or any show of
pomposity, conducting public exercises and ceremonies with remarkable
grace, ease, and dignity unequalled. He had a great noble heart, and a
nature that delighted in pleasing others, and he had a noiseless way of
helping those around him, and an intuitive knowledge of their wishes and
doubts, that made him almost invaluable in the place where he served so
long and faithfully. No man in Washington had a more wide ac
quaintance throughout the nation, and no man there had more personal
friends throughout the several departments of the government, during
the successive administrations of Abraham Lincoln to that of Ben
HON. JAMES I. CHRISTIE.
jamin Harrison.
4o I
�OWARD PERRY MERRILL, the son of Joseph S. and Irene L.
Merrill, was born in Concord, June 4, 1860, and after a course in
the public schools in that city, graduating from the High school in 1879,
he entered a printing office at Haverhill, Mass., returning to Concord,
however, in September, 1880, to engage in journalism, which has since
grown to be his profession. He was first employed as a reporter on the
Concord Daily Blade, and afterward went, in August, 1881, to Springfield,
Mass., where for four years he was proof-reader on the Evening Union,
and afterward was employed as New England editor. For a short time
he did special work for the same paper, and afterward was city editor,
managing editor, and telegraph editor of the same paper, in the order
named. In 1892 he came to Nashua, and was employed as managing
editor of the New Hampshire Republican during that journal's brief
career. Upon its demise he at once returned to his old mistress,
The Union, and now is engaged as day editor. The year 1887 Mr.
Merrill spent in California, in an editorial capacity on the Los Angeles
Times and Tribune. June 25, 1885, Mr. Merrill married Nellie A.
Currier, daughter of James M. Currier, a noted architect of Springfield.
Mr. Merrill is one of the best of young newspaper men to whom New
Hampshire claims parentage. His long connection in so many capa
cities, with a single journal, has made him a factor of great force in
newspaper circles in western Massachusetts, and his continued success
H
is a sufficient testimonial of his merit.
HOWARD PERRY MERRILL.
402
�UICK, accurate, painstaking; having a practical knowledge of the
printer's trade, an understanding of the niceties of the English
language and its punctuation, a familiarity with legal, medi
cal, and scientific phrases and authorities; poised, courteous, forbear
ing; alert to discover errors but keeping himself and others in good
EDWARD
OLIVER
LORD.
temper during their correction, and above all, possessed of the executive
ability to keep each of many books, pamphlets, and magazines moving
rapidly toward completion:—such are some of the characteristics re
quired of the man at the head of the Republican Press Association's
book department, and it pleases the subject of this sketch to know
that he performs satisfactorily the manifold duties of the position.
Edward Oliver Lord was born in Somersworth, March 1, 1856, the
youngest child of Oliver H. and Mary (Stevens) Lord. His early educa
tion was received at the Great Falls high school and Phillips Andover
academy. He was matriculated at Harvard in 1874, graduated from Colby
university in 1877, and received the degree of master of arts in 1880.
A teacher in the Great Falls high school in 1877–78, editor and busi
ness manager of the Great Falls Free Press from August, 1878, to
February, 1883, farmer and breeder of Holstein-Friesian cattle in New
London from 1883 to 1890, and book proof-reader for the Republican
Press Association in 1891, his life has been one of incessant activity.
In November, 1892, he was called to the business management of the
New Hampshire Republican at Nashua. After a careful examination of
the books and prospective business of the “new morning daily,” and a
thorough investigation of the political support which could be obtained
for it, Mr. Lord recommended the purchase of the Nashua Telegraph as
a solution of the political and financial difficulties of The Republican. But
The Telegraph could not be bought at a satisfactory figure, so The
Republican was sold in February, 1893, and Mr. Lord accepted his
present position.
�HE county solicitor of Merrimack county, Daniel Bartholomew
was born in Concord, October 6, 1855, the son of
Daniel and Mary Donovan, who emigrated to the United States, from
Ireland, in 1847, and has always lived in that city, where he was edu
cated in the public schools. In 1878 he was admitted to the bar, and
has since been actively engaged in practice, at first as partner of Samuel
B. Page, but of late years without a partner. For eight years he was a
T Donovan,
member of the school board of Union school district in Concord, and
for some years was secretary of the board. He served as clerk to the
superintendent of construction of the Federal building in Concord, and
in 1890 was elected, as a Democrat, to the solicitorship of Merrimack
county, receiving a re-election in 1892, being the first Democratic solic
itor in the county to receive that honor. He took an active interest in
the National Guard, and for nearly ten years was a member of that or
ganization, first as an enlisted man and later as an officer, holding seven
different commissions, among them being as assistant-inspector general,
judge advocate, and inspector of rifle practice of the First brigade, New
Hampshire National Guard, each with the rank of major. In addition
to his professional duties, Major Donovan has become known in news
paper circles as the faithful agent of the Associated Press at Concord,
for many years, and as the active correspondent of the Boston Globe
since 1890. Major Donovan in 1886 received the honorary degree of
A. B. from Dartmouth college, a rare honor, yet merited by his attain
mentS.
�JOURNALIST whom everybody in New Hampshire knows,
whom everybody likes, whom politicians trust with party secrets,
and who never wrote a malicious article of anybody or anything, is
Allan Hazen Robinson of Concord. Born at Salisbury, July 11, 1848,
he was educated in the public schools of that town and of Concord,
completing his education under the tutorship of the late Rev. Dr. J. H.
Eames of St. Paul's church, Concord.
In 1861 he entered the business
department of the New Hampshire Patriot, under the late Hon. William
Butterfield, where he remained for six years. He was for ten years the
New Hampshire agent of the Associated Press, and for four years city
editor of the New Hampshire Patriot, under the control of Edwin C.
Bailey. For a time, in addition to his newspaper work, he was con
nected with the Boston & Lowell and Concord railroads.
In 1881 he
was appointed New Hampshire correspondent of the Boston Herald,
which position he still holds. Since 1887 he has been telegraph editor
of the People and Patriot. His newspaper connections have brought
him into close personal relations with leading men of the state, whose
confidence he has never violated, and whose esteem he has ever
held.
When his name was suggested for appointment to the position of immi
gration commissioner under the present administration, he was
cordially
endorsed by prominent men of both parties in the state, and his *.
tion for that office by President Cleveland is the most popular appoint
ment in New Hampshire. Mr. Robinson is an industrious and discr1m
inating newspaper writer, respected by the public and his associa".
Invariably courteous, he wins friends as he makes acquaintances, and the
men who know and trust him are the solid and influential citizens of
New Hampshire.
ALLAN HAZEN ROBINSON.
405
�ON, JOHN HATCH, of Greenland, member of the New Hamp
shire bank commission, was born in Portsmouth. January 1, 1849,
in a family of long line and much distinction. He was educated in the
public schools of his native city and at St. Paul's school, Concord, and
was for some time connected with the latter institution in an adminis
trative capacity. He afterward studied law and established himself in
practice at Portsmouth, taking up a residence at the old family home
stead in Greenland, where he has lived for nineteen years. From this
town in 1879 he was sent to the legislature, and again, also, in 1881.
During both these sessions, Mr. Hatch was a prominent member of the
house. He served upon its most important committees, and though a
member of the minority party, was a forceful factor in legislation. In
1885 he sat in the state senate, as member from the Newmarket dis
trict, and added to his credit the record of faithful service in that body.
He was a member of the constitutional convention in 1889, and has
served his town as a member of the school board and town treasurer
for a number of years. In August, 1893, he was appointed member
of the bank commission, succeeding William A. Heard, and has entered
upon his new duties with earnestness and vigor. Mr. Hatch is one of
the most active laymen in the Episcopal church in New Hampshire, and
has become a familiar figure at diocesan and other church conventions,
numbering also among his services to the church several years of mem
bership on the standing committee of the diocese.
406
�OAH S. CLARK, one of the most successful business men of
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Manchester, was born in Quincy, Mass., May 17, 1830, and
when but five years of age removed with his parents to New Hampshire,
making their home upon a Rockingham county farm in the old historic
town of Chester, where he passed the days of his boyhood as a farmer
lad, and received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of
that town; afterward he went to Manchester, where he graduated from
the High school, when it was located upon Lowell street, and under the
tutorship of John W. Ray. Having a taste for mercantile pursuits, he
immediately upon leaving school began clerking in the dry goods and
fancy goods business in Boston, New York, Chicago, and Cincinnati.
In 1856 Mr. Clark returned to Manchester, and opened a dry goods store
in what was then known as the “Old Ark,” located on Elm street.
The phenomenal success attending that venture induced him, the next year,
to remove his place of business to Hanover street, where he continued
until the great Hanover street fire. Undaunted by calamity, he erected
a substantial brick block upon the lot where his fancy goods emporium,
the “Big 6,” now stands, and has continued there to this date. Mr.
Clark is a thorough and practical business manager, and has won a
merited success by constant personal attention to the management of his
business affairs. He is not a member of any secret organization, and
his motto has ever been, “Live and let live.” Mr. Clark has, even in his
busy life, found time to serve his city upon the board of aldermen, and
his ward as representative in the state legislature. He is one of the
directors of the Manchester National bank, and is also one of the direc
S. CLARK.
tors of the Concord & Montreal railroad. On December 1, 1893, his
excellency the governor and the honorable council appointed Mr. Clark
to the responsible position of police commissioner, upon the newly con
stituted board of police commissioners for the city of Manchester.
�OSEA BALLOU CARTER, of Concord, was born at East
Hampstead, Rockingham county, September 5, 1834, and has
ever since been irrepressibly pushing. His few weeks of schooling
taught him, what he afterward learned better in the wide school of
experience, that, to achieve success in the world, a man must hustle;
furthermore, if the early worm had essayed more live dignity and less
languor, its final morning interview with previous poultry could un
doubtedly have been postponed indefinitely. The mile-stones marking
the course of the route of “ Hozee” from the shoe-bench at Hampstead
Peak to the state house at Concord, are many and interesting; in fact,
his career marks an epoch in the political history of New Hampshire.
Hozee has histled as a cyclopedia canvasser, a patent-medicine manu
facturer, a sewing-machine agent, a safe salesman, a desk drummer, a
typewriter expert, an editor, a statistician, a detective, a railroad com
missioner, a publisher, a politician, a candidate, and an office-holder;
even now he is hustling as chief clerk of the newly created New Hamp
shire Bureau of Labor, a position in which his epigrammatic wisdom
finds many a chink for its overflow. He is also a philosopher, and “if
there are anythings in heaven and earth that are not dreamed of" in his
pungent philosophy, they must be paltry and insignificant. The works
of his head and hand abound; a complete blue-book of New Hamp
shire, from 1680 to 1891, published by the state, attests his superiority
as an editor, collator, compiler, and statistician. The Town and City
Atlas of New Hampshire, a larger and more pretentious work, pub
lished in 1892, does his talent credit. And so on through life he
has gone, cheerfully turning his hand to whatever came next, ungrudg
ingly “paying the freight,” and always serving modestly and efficiently
to some good purpose, now placing his “phiz" last in the work, in
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order (to quote his own language) “to keep the others from falling
out.”
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New Hampshire Men: A Collection of Biographical Sketches, With Portraits, Of Sons & Residents Of The State Who Have Become Known In Commercial, Professional, & Political Life
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January 1, 1893
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A 413 page collection of indexed portraits & bios, from various NH men, from different walks of life, from the late 1800's. This collection contains several men from Farmington NH.
They are: page 74-Hon. Alonzo Nute, page 167, Alonzo Irving Nute, page 192, Joseph Henry Abbot
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Farmington NH School Educator Contract 1800s
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Handwritten, in ink, on paper, Farmington NH school educator contract from the early to mid 1800s. Notable figures mentioned. Eastman, Wentworth, Wingate, Peavey, Dame
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Dame
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Rochester Radar April 2017 Featuring Singer Songwriter Ricky Reilly
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Rochester Radar April 2017 featuring Farmington resident, singer/songwriter Ricky Reilly, with interview and photos. Ricky Reilly, a 30-year-old graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, worked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. He wrote the song and sang the song, “I’m Going Crazy Waiting (For A Giraffe)” when an online fan suggested he write about the online webcam stream of April the giraffe, who had been due to deliver her calf, any moment, for weeks. The song was a quick sensation and became widely popular. Size: 12"x14"
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Donated by Kyle Leach & Stan Freeda
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In this article from the Sunday March 2, 2014, Sunday Citizen, the Farmington Historical Society gives the 2014 scholarship to Kelsey Gregoire. Seen in the photo, from left to right are Vice President Dottie Bean, Secretary Joyce White, Kelsey Gregoire, and President Jim Horgan.
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FARMINGTON, (N. H . ) HEWS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1947
The FarMjui<ton:Newas!;|
FARMINGTON WOMAN'S CLUB
Published Friday* »'t T»rjnliigto»rItrXrii't)J'
** Teacher's Reception
- * CABINS, THOMAS • •'
A reception will be given the
Correspondence and'ltoma of -nomj are
cordially solicited, bat man reach the offloa
teachers of Farmington Etihools
In Urns lor publication In tbo ourront Issue
In the Woman's club hall over
All Communications must be signed by tbo
writer, and snob matter will be handled at
tbo library on Tuesday evening.
be dlsoxetlon of tbo publisher.
November 4, at 8 15 o'clock.
SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, $1 JO
Guest speaker will be Prot.
Six Months, $1.00
Three Months, Mo
Willlopi Yale of the faculty of the
University of Now Hampshire,
WARNING AGAINST BURNING
Announces that.
of _ New Hampshire, who will
Charred and desolate remains ment, upon whose shoulders fell
speak on "The Palestine Situa- of square mile after square mile the gigantic task of directing ANYTHING OUT-OF-DOORS
of
valuable timber, hardwood Jlreflghtlng operations, Is com
In answer to many questions
tlon '
growth, pasture lands and farm mended highly for the excellent concerning tho burning of leaves,
Professor Yale has for njany lands, givo mute evidence of onedlschargo of his duties. Despite rubbish, trash in incinerators and
years been known as an outstand of the greatest fire disasters this criticism from tho usual sources, such, which have been' asked Are
ing lecturer, on world affairs, town has ever known. Not the Chlof Glbbs stuck by his poet and officials recently, Fire Chief Mar
will be made on
with particular reference to the scorched earth, but tho 'burned mode every effort possible to shall F. Glbbs announced Wed
earth, Is the only possible way of combat t/bls disaster, with much nesday that despite a day ot rain
Mlddlo East. A graduato of the describing this holocaust, which loss of sleep, proper food and
which has dampened things to
Shetfleld
Scientific
School of by some miracle beyond "under limited
oqulpment.
His total some extent, permission to do any
Yale Unlvorsity In 1910, ho re standing.* did not claim tihe lite disregard for bis own personal outside burning, will not be giv
ceived hts master's degreo from of one single resident of this com feelings <tnd welfare la the face en anyone until tbe danger of
the University of New Hampshire munity of some 4,000 people, and of this emergency put confidence fires ihaa been eliminated. Chief
burned but three dwelling build In the hearts of those working Oibbs also announced that no
in 1928 The war years. 1914 to ings.
with htm and confidence in tbe rubbish Is to be burned at the
1918, ho spent in tbe Middle
hearts of the townspeople, who town dumping lot, under any
The outbreak of this Ore oc
East, and has kept close contact curred Tuesday afternoon, Octo-' were depending upon his Judg circumstances.
and interest in that part of tbe ber 21, near the Boston and Maine ment for their safety
Also Instrumental to
world since. Professor Yale has railroad tracks, about two miles extent In assisting with a great FARMINGTON GIRL SCOUTS
the dl
south of tbe village oft U S.
On Wednesday, October 22, the
traveled extensively and was in Route 11, and owing to the ex rection of fireflgntlP.g were for
•attendance at the United Nations tremely dry condition, spread over mer flro chiefs. Andrew J Foss 'four Farmington Scout troops
.m. ••• M. » »
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Conference at San Francisco. a considerable area and was a and Uel A. Gardner, who acted met at the high school assembly
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During tho recent world conflict, major conflagration in a matter directly under Chief Glbbs and hall. Mrs. James Thayer, chair • ^ T T T T T T T T T T T T T T ^ T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T ^
helped organize one of the larg
of minutes.
he was in tho service of the gov
Throughout the jnlght and all est flreflgbting groups this town man of the Scout committee,
showed several films of various
ernment as an expert on t'fio Near day Wednesday bupdreds of fire has ever known.
Bast.
lighters,
using
all
available Working in almost a team with Scout activities of the past year,
COMBINATION GAS AND OIL RANGES.
equipment, battled the blaze un the firefighters, the Farmington as well as of other events, sucTo.
til It was brought under tem police department played a large as the May party of several years
GUIDE BEE REPORTING
porary control, during which time part In keping order, patrollng
ago.
Many of the Scouts had
Hello, folks, there isn't too all traffic, except lire trucks and highways constantly, answering
emergency vehicles were routed all sorts of messages and calls participated In the scenes shown
much to report on our Pioneer
over the Chestnut Hills road and and watching out for tbe safety and derived much pleasure from
Oirls this week, as ma wore through Mlltoa.
Norge Pot-Burner Room Heaters
of everyone. All special officers the films, some of which, were
obliged to postpone our regular
On Thursday,
following the were called Into action at once by shown twice, by popular demand!
meeting Thursday, also our Hal outbreak of the fife, fate showed Chief Elmer F Clougb, under
The Intermediate Scouts stayed to
lowe'en party tho 29 th, because Its hand again, In. the form of a whose direction they worked
sudden strong wind. The blaze State poilco and other law officials hear an Instructive and interest
of tho (Ire.
which provlous to that hod been also gave needed help to this ing talk by Margallne Joy, on the
By Competent Men,
There will be our usual meet brought under
control, was area.
conservation camp held this past
ing Thursday at 3 46 p m., at tanned by a 30 to 40 mile an
The Farmington highway de summer at Spruce Pond camp,
Immediately
turned
the Baptist diurch vestry} overy- hour gale and quickly broke out partment
Allenetown
ono is welcome to be with us of all control, swept across Route over all available equipment and
11 In a southeasterly direction, men, and performed an important
The food
s a 1 o originally
thon
We still have a lot of at a point near Qiadray's restaur task In making passablo a much
CHARLES F. W00LLETT & SONS
plans for our National
Pioneer ant, razing two cottages owned needed but previously little used planned for Wednesday, October
NORTH MAIN ST.
TEL. 4191
FARMINGTON, N. H
Oirls week from 3-9. so waten for and occupied by the 'Proprietor road, from the Paulson road to 29, was postponed because of lo
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• •
m. m m * * m « T
,
more about it later
That's all of this favorite roadside lunch the Ten Rod road, that this area cal emergency conditions, but — - room, and a third,
familiarly along the flro line might be served will be Ibeld at a later date.
for now
T T T V T T T T ' I V 'I
• W V 'V'm V 'T I '1 1 'M> • W
'
' V 'I I I V W V
s
'B^ • • • V V W^r^T^F f f | |
known as "Ben's Rest, owned by more quickly and more efficiently
Olrl Scout week opened Sun
Ben (Jarrow, add situated a short Highway department trucks ren
distance away
It rolled on like dered equally important
assist day, October 26„ wlfh "go-toCONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
a sea of Ilery water
through anco In hauling equipment for ohurch" day. Many of our lead
Myles D. Blanchard, Minister
miles of forest between Route 11 •men fighting fires.
ers and Scouts were unable to be
Morning worship at 10 30 a m and the Chestnut Hills road, in
Of extremely great help during
Church Bchool ,at 1 1 4 5
the direction of Rochester De the direction of operations was present because of their Rod
Pilgrim Fellowship at 4 p. m spite all possible efforts this tidal tho use of short wave radio Cross duties, also the sorvices at
Owing to tho fact that the wave of flames could not be equipment. Communications were tho Congregational church, which
PLUMBING SUPPLIES AND FIXTURES.
church has been used as bead- stopped, and within a few short established by the use of three was being used as Red Cross
hours created perhaps its worst transmitters located in fire areas headquarters, had to be cancelled
quartOrB for tho Red Cross dur destruction when it roared down and a receiver located at the fire
STEAM AND HOT WATER BOILERS. HOT A I R FURNACES
ing tho recent emergency, all ac through the Chestnut Hills sec station. Through
these facili Nevertheless, we are proud of
tivities In -tho parish Have been tion of Rochester, razing scores of ties, equipment could be rushed the showing made at our local
WE NOW HAVE IN STOCK
cancelled for tlhts week-. There homes and other buildings, and to tbe scene of new outbreaks and churches Sunday morning by tihe
continued on Its mad way toward patrols relieved or reinforced Scouts, who received tho coopera
will be further notice as to when
Somersworth
and Berwick. So when needed,* with a minimum of tion of churches and parents.
thoy will bo resumed. It has utterly complete was tbe devasta delay
These short wavo sets
been extremely gratifying to see tion wrought by one of man's were made avallablo by four pub
with what alacrity the citizens of worst enemies, that words alone lic-spirited men who responded to SHOWER PARTY FOR
the call of an emergency
our town responded to the call for cannot describe it.
MRS. ALBERT CURRIER
Hundreds of volunteers Joined
help. People of all faiths have firemen with shovels, brooms,' The H. Q. Rondeau Shoe Com
JOBBING AND REPATR WORK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
'Mrs. Albert Currier, a momber
operations on
been willing to aid Tragedy rakes, hoes. and anything and pany ^ Bsuspended and went'Into of the office personnel at tbe Ron
f<r i
.i „
„
. \ ,_..„
Wednesday noon _ „ , i
recognizes no creeds.
everything that could 'be used in action In the battle. The general deau Shoe company, was the
any way to subdue tho fire. Fire manager of the firm, NormandP guest of honor at a shower at the
fighting equipment was rusheu Liberty, who also Is chairman of borne of Miss Florence Pope on
from nearby _ towns and cities, the local disaster committee of Tuesday evening
Mrs. Currier,
SOLD AND INSTALLED
trucks bearing tanks of all sizes the American Red Cross, cancelled who had been asked to attend a
Yes, we have a large stock of
for carrying water were ruabed all other matters and not only glamour party, was greatly sur
STORE OPEN FROM 8 A . M. TO 5 P. M
Remnants
to ohoose
from,
to the scene, which eventually gave his personal active aid prised iwherl she was greeted by
also, Press on Tape, Plastio covered an estimated area of over equipmont from tho factory, and the entire office force, who to the
15 square miles In
Farmlngton^e^nceiie,] important b u s i n e s s tune of Happy Birthday, were
Aprons, all kinds of Towels, alone.
matters, but ..proved very con singing Lovely Baby For You.
Numerous homes along tho/j structive In organizing his groups Mrs.
Curtain Material, Ironing Cov
Ourrler
received a great
main highway, tho Chestnut Hills for the greatest possible advant> many lovely gifts and a delicious
ers, Rugs, Thread, all colors;
road, and Meetinghouse hill road ago.
The employees of the fac buffet luncheon was served by the
FARMINGTON, N. H.
MECHANIC ST.
TEL. S331
woro constantly threatened, "but tories remained on tho fire front hostess, Miss Florence Pope.
Darning and Mending Cotton,
wero saved tlmo after
time by as long as they were needed and
Safety Pins, Ladies' Handker
firefighters, who .fought the Maze It was tbe following Tuesday
chiefs, Pearl Cotton, Blanket as If each 'home belonged per morning before they reported for BAPTIST CHURCH
sonally to them.
A. Auberc. Pastor
usual work of shoemaklng
Binding, Seam Binding, Elas
NEW
—
BEAUTIFUL
ELECTRIC
By late Friday all major
fires
Blblo school, 9 45
wore brought under some resomOrganizations, Stores,
tic, i Common Pins, Narrow
Preaching services at 11 a m
blance of control, nowever, were
and Private Citizens
Baby Ribbon, pink and bine;
and 7 p. m.
far from being out.
Young people's meeting at 6 p
Feed Army of Firefighters
Bags of Ribbon.
New Fires Break Ont
For more than a week volun m.
•New threats
to
the
Village
teer workers of (ihe local Red
Thursday, 3.45, Pioneor Oirls.
wero seen when a brush flro was Cross chapter, V F W Auxiliary,
7, prayer meeting
discovered on the FarmlngtonA FAMOUS NAME
—
A FAMOUS PRODUCT
iMlddleton road late Wednesday Savlatlon Army, individuals and
retail food
and
night, October 22, and again on ganlzatlons stores, been other
Oandy Cupboard Chocolates,
constantly
Friday, October 24, when a blaze on the Job, have
supplying warm food 95c lb. RobertB Rexall Store.
was found a short distance from for • the army of • .firefighters.
tho West Milton road near the They not only prepared the food,
8 Orange Street
Dick Dame brook. Both
fires
wero extinguished
quickly by but delivered It right to the men
Farmington, N. H. firemen before a major threat de at every area, where they were
stationed
Hot coffee, sandwich
veloped.
Tel. 4 4 2 a
«b, soups, cakes, cookies, and
other nourishing foodstuffs aided
Open Evenings
Ring Bell
Direction of Kreflgnting
no end in providing materia,! and
Gigantio Task
SPECIALTY SHOP
moral comfort for the men who
Flro Chief Marshall F Oibbs wero giving their best In tho
emergency
of tbe Farmington fire depart
SOCIAL SUPPER TRAYS AND
Farmington Escapes Being Wiped Out
By The Greatest Fire in Local History!
LAUNDRY
In Path oh Forett Fire, With Advene Odds, Heroic
Work by Hundred*, of Peraotu Saved the
Town From Total Destruction.
Weekly Pick-ups
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Build up your menus with grand-tasting plentiful foods . . .
an abundant variety of wholesome, nutritions foods that are
plenty good and plenty l o w in price. That's the way toSERVE MORE and SAVE MOBE! That's the way to cooper
ate sensibly with the President's Food Conservation Program.
Do your bit by buying as lfttle as possible of the scarce, high
priced foods—and we'll do our best t o bring you adequate
supplies of lower priced plentiful foods.
Green Giant PEAS
19c can
Old Dutch CLEANSER
2 for 18c
Sunny Morn COFFEE
2 lbs. for 77o
Swan's S o w n CAKE FLOUR 37c
Gerber's BABY FOOD
3 for 25c
Mondays & Tuesdays
H. W. VARNEY
Phone Farmington 5067
Agency at Gray's Petroleum
Glenwood and Florence
Quality
Meats
69c
89o
69c
59c
59c
BEST CENTER CUTS PORK CHOPS
•BEST BEEF RUMP STEAKS
TOP ROUND CUBE STEAK
BONELESS CHUCK POT ROASTS
PURE PORK- SAUSAGE
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
Florence Oil Burners
PHILGAS INSTALLEP
F r i go Gas & Appliance Co.
a mn t n
v
1
Maine POTATOES
59c peck
Green PEPPERS
19o lb.
Sweet POTATOES 3 lbs. for 29o
.Florida ORANGES, large size
56o doz.
People's
SUPER I. G. A. MARKET
Phone 287
Farmington
FOUR TEARS AGO W E ORDERED SOME MODEL 'A' W i T E R
PUMPS AND T H E Y
JUST
ARRIVED.
YOU WOULD BE
SURPRISED HOW MUCH WARMER YOUR CAR IS D? IT
HAS A GOOD FLOOR MAT.
ONES.
W E H A V E GOT SOME GOOD
T H E SAME ABOUT SEAT COVERS.
OF COURSE
ALL THIS STUFF IS FOR FORDS.
AS A RESULT OF OUR A D W E A R E SOLD OUT
OP
PERMANENT ANTI-FREEZE, BUT W E MANAGED TO
SNARE PLENTY OF ALCOHOL
A N D MENTHOL, AT
REGULAR PRICES.
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. T H E STUFF IS 60o A FOOT
AND T H A T IS AN OUTRAGEOUS PRICE.
Farmington Motor Car Go.
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Farmington, N, H.
Phone 291
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the Cold next winter!
Ixaert Burner Service—We're S.
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Tel. 97-2
Electric Water Heaters
Peggy's
Morton Sink & Cabinet Comb.
Bendix Washers and Ironers
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Temporarily
Living Quarters
BURNED O U T
Business will be resumed as
soon as possible.
HATE THOSE SMOOTH
TIRES RECAPPED W I T H
a
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Kclvinator Stove
BURNO'S
ROUTE 11, BETWEEN
FARMINGTON & ROCHESTER
Automatic Fus>l OH Dollvttry—
Saves you the nuisance o f check
ing your tank and re-ordering.
CALL
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Remnant Shop
, D O N T BUY A N Y % IN. HEATER HOSE UNLESS IT IS
ISALEKl
Lavatories, Sinks
Recessed Bathtubs
FRESH WATER SYSTEMS
"Gappy" .LaChance, Prop.
Central St,
Plumbing & Heating
Winter Snow Treads
CHINTZ CANOPIES
FIREMEN'S DANCE
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Fred Flewelllng, Pastor
POSTPONED
In Attractive Colors and
We hear from practical James
Postponement has been mode
Designs.
ot tho firemen's first annual dance again this week as ho emphasizes
which was scheduled for tbla Fri "Christian Standards of Con
CHILD'S TRAY.
,
day evening. October 31, at tihe duct"
Our Sunday school meets at 10 SMART PERFUME BOTTLES'.
Farmington
town
hall. The
dance will bake place at some fu a. m.
I^Iornlng worship at 11 a. m., NEW LINE O F TOYS FOR
ture date and tbe committee an
nounces that all tickets out will followed by communion.
EARLY CHRISTMAS
In tho evening we meet at
bo recognized at that time or
SHOPPERS.
6.30 for the prayer group and the
money will bo' refunded.
Evangelistic service follows at
STERLING FOR SHOWER
seven.
NOTICE!
•You need tbe spiritual touch
GIFTS.
Due to the present fire emerg
can got from attending
ency existing in this area, the you
New Durham fire company's an church and you are cordially In
MARGARET BUNKER
nual ball, which was scheduled vited to meet with us Sunday; al
for November 1, has been post so our prayer meeting each Thurs
Proprietor
poned until Saturday, November
day night at 7 30.
15.
Stromberg-Carlson
CONSOLE AND TABLE MODEL RADIOS
EMERSON Electric Co.
Telephone 4752
Night Phone 4419
NORTH MAIN STREET
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WAGON
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Carpenter
REPAIR WORK
DO NOT TAKE CHANCES
WITH SLIPPERY
Furniture Repairing
.
WINTER DRIVING.
Prepare N O W !
.FIX THOSE STAIRS,
WINDOWS, ETC., THAT
MECHANIC 8T.
FARMINGTON, N. H.
ROGER-PLACE, Manager
.TEL. 4961
CENTRAL ST., FARMINGTON
D O IT N O W
Prompt Service.
Expert Work
ARTHUR N.MILLER
Turnovers,
ight every time with OCCIDENT FLOUR
it, the SPEEDIE BAKING METHOD
Sandwiches of all kinds,
POOL TOBACCO
CANDY TONICS
CALL 6066
FARMINGTON, N . H . *
Doughnuts,
Dinners, Hot Chicken Sandwich
NEED ATTENTION.
ESSO
SERVICE
STATION
All Home Gooktd Foods
Pies,
Clamjj French Fries,
Pepper Steaks,
Baked Beans to take out.
Gas • Tubes - Tires
CALL 6061
Allen Hanchett
HOURS 11 A . M . TO 1.30 A . M.
Proprietor
Farmlngton-Rocliester Road
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FARMINQTON, (N. H.) NEWS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1947 _
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Put yonr hand on the best food buys of the week b y filling
your entire order at PEOPLE'S SUPER MARKET.whereevery
price is a low price every day. Yes—yon get SEAL SAVINGS
here—savings yon can see and feel in the extra change our low
prices pnt in the palm of your hand. And remember you get
KNOWN BRANDS—foods known to yon for their high quali
ty and good-tasting goodness. So, if you're
for ways
to reduce your food bill-look to PEOPLE'S SUPER MARKET
29c
39c
43c
8d
1 lb. pkg. 17o
65o
N. B. C. RITZ CRACKERS
GOOD LUCK OLEOMARGARINE
SNOWS MINCED CLAMS
I. G. A. TOMATO SOUP
COOK'S MACARONI
ACORN'S COFFEE
•Rite
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MEATS
§•?, Cube Steak 69c lb
Pot Roasts
Corned Beef
Sausages
Hamburg
59c lb
59c lb
59c lb
49c lb
Boneless Chuck
Clear Meat, Lean
Pure Pork, Link
Fresh Ground
FISH D E P T .
FRE8H MACKEREL
HADDOCK FILLETS
STEWING OY8TER8
HALIBUT 8TEAK8
29 lb
45 lb
89 lb
69 lb
People's
EXPERIENCED
Stitching' Room
Help
ALSO
INEXPERIENCED
GIRLS
FOR VARIOUS JOBS IN PACKING AND STITCHING ROOMS
Steady Work
Good Pay
APPLY AT
HUBBARD SHOE GO. m
ROCHESTER, N. H.
51 WAKEFIELD ST.
Come And Eat
" W h e r e O l d Friends M e e t99
Open From 5:30 a. m. to Midnight
REGULAR MEALS
L U N C H E S AT A L L H O U R S
FARMINGTON GIRL SCOUTS
UNDER MANAGEMENT OF
Brownie Troop 17, at the meet
lng on Tuesday, October 14, held
a general discussion of Helpful
ness at Home, after which they
worked on tho first part of a proj
oct on this subject.
Troop 15 has selected the (pro
ficiency badges for which It will
work during the first half of the
year They Include weaving, cat
and dog care,' design, hostess,
CENTRAL COURT, FARMINGTON
child care, leather, and horse
woman.
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On Wednesday, October 29, the
four Farmington Scout troops
will hold a food salo for the bene
fit of the general fund, to be used
for various needs and project;
which a slnglo troop could not
ROOFING PAPER, No. 45, No. 55 and No. 65
undertake. Mr LaChance ha>
THICK BUTT SHINGLES AND FELT BUILDING PAPER
kindly given the use of his store
RLXFORD AXES, RED OAK HANDLES
$3.00
for the sale.
,
RLYFORD SCYTHS
SPECIAL AT $2.50
National Otrl 'Scout week beWOODEN SNATHES
SPECIAL AT $2.50
gins Sunday, October 26 On that
Sunday, Girl Scouts all over the
CHIDDEN WHITE HOUSE PAINT
United States will attend church
SPECIAL THIS WEEK, 5 gallon pails at $5.00 per gallon
In groups, each a t t c i l l n g I'll
church of her choice During the
PURE LINSEED OIL
week, speolpl obscrvanco will b
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made of tho birthday of Juliette
SPECIAL AT 85c per quart and $3.10 per gallon this week
Low, founder of Girl Scouting In
HAY, FEEDS, GRAIN, SHELLS, SALT, FLOUR,
the United StateB.
BISCUIT MIX, DOUGHNUT MIX, DOG POOD, ETC.
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HOYT'S COZY LUNG
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Phone 287
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SUPER I.G./L MARKET
Central St,
The
GUIDE BEE REPORTING
Hello Co you all, ICe me egsln
with more news of our Pioneer
OlrlB. We bod a fine meeting
Thursday afternoon with plenty
of sewing and activity We
were very pleased to have Mrs.
Miller^ and Mrs. Foley as our
guests. We hope more will be
with us every meeting day, as all
are welcome.
Martha Foley sang a solo,
which we enjoyed very much, en
titled In The Garden. We now
havo organized a Pioneer Girls
choir, under the leadership of
Anne Swanson and Dot WlllBon,
about twelve girls have been
chosen, so watch for more about
their progress.
Wo had two generous gifts pre
sented to us this week, Ave dol
lars from an Interested friend
from Massachusetts, also flvo dol
lars from a mother of one of our
Pioneer Girls. The money will
be used to purchase Bibles and
scissors for our Fortallces.
Now, a t last, hero Is the news
of our October fun date. It is td
be a real Hallowe'en party, with
all tho fixings. All Pioneer Girls,
come in costume to t h e Baptist
church vestry Wednesday night,
October 29, at 7 30 "clock. Don't
miss this iparty, as there will be
loads of fun and plenty to eat.
Tho girls on our refreshment
committee are Thelma Willson
Martha Foley, Viola Brough and
Virginia Sauter, so we know It
will be good. The guides and
helpers have charge of the games
and program, so wear your best
smile and worst costume and loin
the fun
Well, folks, that's It tor an
other week, but I'll be back soon
with more about our real Pion
eers.
Farmington
RURAL GAS IS HERE!
BOTTLED GAS
For Cooking, Heating, Refrigeration
WB SELL GAS RANGES (Domestio or Commeroial) ALSO
COMBINATION RANGES, Coal and Gaa, Oil and Gas
CEMENT
Delaware Feed Store
ADVENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Fred Flewelllng, Pastor
In our Sunday school leBBon for
this week we are asked to face
ourselves In tho mirror of God's
NEW DURHAM, N. H.
Word It is a lot easier to look
TELEPHONE: ALTON 68 ring 11
at our neighbors and criticise
their faults, but If we face our
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selves In this light and boeomc
"doers of the Word and not hear
era only", tbon wo shall be blessed
and our religion will not bo In
at
vain.
Our school is observing Rally
day and Promotion day combined
this week. A special feature ol
the morning session will be a
moving -picture of the early lite
of Christ.
8 Orange Street
Sunday school a t 10 a. m. Farmington, N. H.
Morning worship a t 11 o'clock.
The prayer group a t 6 30 in Men's Red and Bine Handker
the evening will bo followed by a chiefs, 25o each; Men's White
Ties, , Donghnnts, Turnovers,
big union service with the Bap Handkerchiefs,
15o e a c h ;
Dinners, Hot Chicken Sandwich
tlst church uniting with us. We Ladies' White Handkerchiefs,
expect to hove another beautiful 12o each; Ladies' Linen Hand
Sandwiches of all kinds,
Christian* moving picture as B
Clams, French Fries,
kerchiefs, Ladies' Belts, Neck
part of tho evening program
Pepper Steaks,
which will he In charge of theScarfs; Baby Dresses, Home
laymen of' the churcheB.
made Patchwork Quilt. Get*
Baked Beans, to take ont
Plan now to attend church b6th ting low on Outing Flannel,
Gas - Tabes - Tires
morning 'and evening this week.
come np and look around and
CALL 5061
see for yourself what bargains'
HOURS 11 A. M. TO 1.30 A. M.
we have.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH •
Myles D. Blanchard, Minister
Open Evenings
Ring Bell
Morning woraSlp a t 10.30.
Church school a t 11.46.
Pilgrim Fellowship at 4.30.
Tho Men's club will have for
Its speaker next Tuesday night,
Sherman Adams, ex-congressman
from New Hampshire.
) The Young Adult group will
meet on Wednesday at 7 30 and
tho program will include- an en
tertainment by a magician.
Choves Haskell has been elect
ed president of tho Pilgrim Fel
lowship.
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YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BUY A STOVE FROM U9 TO HAVE
GAS INSTALLED IN YOUR HOME.
IMMEDIATE INSTALLATION FOR ALL TYPES OF STOVES.
HARVEY'S Home Appliances
PHONE 3783
36 NORTH MAIN STREET
FARMINGTON, N. H.
ins
BURNO'S
Remnant Shop
WAGON
WHEEL
RANCH
All Home Cooked Foods
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SATURDAY, October 25
At 2 U'clock in the Afternoon, the town of
Farmington Will Sell at Public Auction at
THE SELECTMEN'S OFFICE
THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY IN SAID TOWN, DESCRIBED
AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT:
1. J . MARSHAlii HTJBBAiRD LOT, comprising ,20 acres, near
t h e former trotting, track.
2. HAROLD PEAIUi BUILDING, located on Mechanic BlTeot.
8. NEW ENGLAND COTTON VABiN LOT, noor property of
OEllmer Thompson, comprising 60 acres, off Meaderboro road.
4. - J . A, MQRRELL LOT, comprising 20 acres, on Chestnut
Hills road, (part of Otls_and Edgerly lot).
6.
r
CLARENCE E . JEWELL LOT, comprising
'known as Rtcker Lot, Chestnut Hills road.
i
27 "acres,
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TERMS OF SALE: Ten Percent (10&) Cast At Time of'Sale,
Balance at P-asiing of Deed.""
j i l J E S . E . THAYER,
LEO L. NEWBURY,
TJEL A. GARDNER,
Selectmen of Farmington."
Farmlngton-Rocliester Road
Carpenter
AL'S
REPAIR WORK
Pool Room
Furniture Repairing
BAPTIST CHURCH
A. Aubert, Pastor
Bible echool, 9.46 a. m.
Preaching at 11 a. m.
At 7 we will have our monthly
union service In the Advent
church. We expect to have a
sound* motion picture. You will
want to see i t .
,
Thursday, at "7, prayer meet
ing.
Scouring and. loss of hair may
occur in young dairy calves on a
rlboflavin-deflclent dleL
FIX THOSE STAIRS,
WINDOWS, ETC., THAT
NEED ATTENTION.
D O IT N O W
Prompt Service. Expert Work
CALL 5066
FARMINGTON, N. H.
ARTHUR N, MILLER
MECHANIC 8T.
FARMINGTON, N.H.
POOL
TOBACCO
CANDY TONICS.
Allen Hancheif
Proprietor _
VAtmm^nJScy^:
rtbllihod Fridays »tT»rin(citoD,-H. H.y b;
OAKL S." THOMJLS '' '
Correspondence and turns a t now* u s
cordially solicited, but moit reaoh u>e offlw
Is Umo for puUUoatlon In the current Usuo.
' A l l Communications n u t bo »l£nod by tho
writer, and such matter will be nandlod at
lie discretion of the publliher.
SUBSCRIPTION: One Tear, tl.80
Six Months, tl.on
Three Months, BOo
FARMINGTON
SANITARY LAUNDRY
Announces that
FARMINGTON BATTLING
RAGING FOREST FIRE
Weekly Pick-ups
Homes Menaced by Blaze
Covering Many Square Miles
will be made on
Since Tuesday, a forest 'fire
which has been raging in Farm
ington has burned over many
square miles and has menaced
many buildings especially In the
southern part of the town The
fire Btarted a t a .point not far
from the highway on Route 11,
two or three miles from the vil
lage and duo to the tinder dry
conditions, it was a matter of
minutes before' it was covering a
large area.
The 'Farmington fire depart AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaViftAJaaiUitiAJ
ment raced to the scone, and soon •
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scores of men and boys were bat
tling a situation which was ter
rorizing in the face of a galo of
wind, that was blowing In the
direction of the village. .Appara
Pot-Burner Room Heaters
tus ifrom Rochester joined the
local forces, while state and local
Florence Comb. Gas and* OH Ranges
special police came to aid In
handling traffic. For a time
Philgas and Philgas Service
general travel waB detourod while
the lighters made a desperate ef
fort to keep fire from crossing the
highway and they succeeded.
Several families in the ex
posed vicinity were all packed up
ready to abandon their homes.
By Tuesday night it appeared
CHARLES F. WOOLLETTftSONS
tihat the fire was temporarily un
TEL. 4191
FARMINGTON, N. H.
der control, but early Wednesday | NORTH MAIN ST.
It renewed Its intensity and sov- WW W W W W W W W W^^W WWW
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eral hundred persons were fight
ing furiously in a short time.
The firemen under direction of
Chief Engineer Marshall Glbbs,
Mondays & Tuesdays
H. W . VARNEY
Phone Farmington 5067
Agency at Cray's Petroleum
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For Your Heating and Cooking Needs
FARMINGTON
Gas & Appliance Co.
Included the boys of Farmington
high school, armed with spades,
and supervised by Headmaster
Carl Harrlman. They succeeded
controllng the fire a t tho most
critical points, and by tbls Thurs
day morning It was burning In a
westerly direction.
It Is not .possible to estimate
tho loss of timber and young
growth, but- fortunately up to
now no valuable buildings have
been destroyed and no porsonal
casualties have been suffered.
Farmington may well be proud
of the capable operation of Chief
OlbbB and his fire department,
and of the. groups who aided in
providing food and other neces
sities.
Normand P Liberty, chairman
of the local disaster committee of
the American Red Cross, fur
nished a vehicle from the H O.
Rondeau Shoe Co., to distribute
food, which was prepared by
members of the Red Cross. These
women worked In shifts, all
Wednesday night at the Congre
gational vestry to prepare the
food. The Auxiliary of Willson
Hunt Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, worked long hours prepar
ing and distributing food to the
men, with headquarters at the
Wagon Wheel Ranch. Too nrnoh
praise cannot be given to all these
agoncles for aid which is of major
Importance in this extremity
.Condition of surface a n d
weather make it Inadvisable to
build backfires, ^so It la necessary
to use every other possible meas
ure to combat tho danger No
rain Is predicted as this section
goes into its second month of
drought, and until rain comes in
quantity, every precaution must
be taken against) further fire ha*
ard.
MARSHALL F. GIBBS
NAMED VICE PRESIDENT
OF COUNTY FIRE WARDENS
Marshall F . Glbbs, chief of the
Farmington lire department mnd
county fire warden, was named
first vice .president of the Straf
ford County Fire WardenB as
soclatlon a't^the first annual meet
ing, of thai'group held at Orange
hall, Rochester, October 15. The
group Is headed . by Capt. John
CNeil of the Dover fire depart
ment, who was named president.
Other officers "of the association
are: Mrs. Ruth O. Kelley of
Middleton, second vice president,
only female member of the ten
associations in the state; Carl
Wentwor'th of Madbury, secre
tary; Harold Flower of Barrington, member of t h e executive
committee. for three years. A
nice banquet was served by
Women of tho Rochester Orange.
PLUMBING SUPPLIES AND FIXTURES.
STEAM AND HOT WATER BOILERS.
HOT AIR FURNACES
WE NOW HAVE IN STOCK
Lavatories, Sinks
Recessed Bathtubs
JOBBING AND REPAIR WORK PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
FRESH W A T E R SYSTEMS
SOLD AND INSTALLED
STORE OPEN FROM 8 A. M. TO 5 P. M.
SEARLES • TAYLOR
MECHANIC ST.
TEL. 5331
FARMINGTON, N. £
Immediate Delivery on
Electric Ranges
And Electric
Hot Water Heaters
ORDER NOW!!
Strombcrg-Carlson
RADIOS
BENDIX Automatic
Washers Driers Ironers
EMERSON Electric Go.
Talaphona 4752
Night Phone 4419
NORTH MAIN STREET
JUST ARRIVED!
FARMINGTON, X. &
Large and Medium
Coleman Room Heaters
Available For Immediate Installation
A normal dog that is bitten by
a rabid animal may develop rab
ies In as short a time as ten days,
or It may show no symptomBtintll
several ^months later.
I t h a s been estimated that
there are ZE million cats In tie
United States.
Plumbing & He,
Christmas Toys
{ I r e Arriving Daily. Come In and Look Around
The ration for turkey poults
should contain not less than 25
percent protein.
Learn t o fly w i t h the air
force. Ask for full 'details on
this excellent opportunity at V.
8. army and #lr force recruiting
stations.
PALMER'S
H A R D W A R E
STORE
TELEPHONE 4641
South Main 8trMt, Farmington
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The Misses Tuckerman arc guests of
Mrs Lougee ia entertaining ber daugh
Mrs Nellie Ilayes.
ter and Igrandson from Wolfboro.
Mr and Mrs Flye of Boston are guests
Miss Butts left; Friday after having
had a pleasant visit at the hotbo o f - M r of Mr and Mrs W F Thurber.
and Mrs Stiles. :
Oscar Moorohouse of Boston has been
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spending a few days with Mrs Annie
Mr and Mrs Ira Mitchell entertained
the latter's niece and children from Bos Cook.
Mrs
Kuistenmachor and' little son
ton the |past week.
Walter o f Jamaica Plains are at the
John card lias his boats renovated and
at his boat house near the wharf ready Garland farm.
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Mrs John Nute returned from the
Ruth and Doris Stiles left Monday for Carney hospital -last Saturday, much
Norway, Me,, whero they will spend tile improved in health.
Miss Roberts and Miss Ring of North
remainder of the summer on their
Hampton are spending thoir vacation
grandparent's farm. °,
at Mrs T F Longley's.
Mr and Mrs Frank Emerson tendered
Miss E D Lindsay has had the pleas
a wedding reception and lawn party to
ure of. a visit from her brother, David
their friends last; Monday evening at
Lindsay and daughter.
.
their home in the' village.
to serve the public with pleasure boats.
Mr Harold Johnson and daughter
Mr and Mrs Herbert Jones.Mra Dodge
Julia, have- been visiting tho former's
and Miss'Gladys Dodge were the guests
of Mr and Mrs Rowe at Twin Pine cot aunt and family,, Mr and Mrs George
tage on Lake Winnisquam for a few Cannoy.
days the past week.
*,
DEXTER.
Blueberries are coming in slowly from
Miss Sylvia Cook visited relatives in
the /mountain districts north, of the
"town,. Jon account of the , drought. Farming ton last week.
H P Boodey and Luther Claflin have
Frank H o w a r d ' r e p o r t s a fairly "good
their hay crops harvested.
crop on Mt. Prospect. '
Rev. M r . Sederquest of the CampL S Boucher is assisting E F Simonds
meeting association was present and and F H Leavitt with their haying.
addressed a large gathering at the open
Miss H Ardena Berry of West P a r t
' air meeting in front of the
Baptist ington is visiting at Pond V i e w farm.
church Sunday„evening.
•
Mr W H Simonda of Worcester, Mass,
, T h e Railroad company have installed, is visiting his daughter, Mrs F H Leav
a new pump in their well near the Alton itt.
Bay depot. This will be much appreci
G W Cook is working for H E Chaniated by, the public as the water is the
borlln and son through
the - haying
best in the neighborhood.
season..
The hay crop has been harvested on
Mr and M r s ' John C Thompson and
several of the farms and is unusually son of Alton Bay were at their home
light on account of the 'drougth. Fore here Sunday and Monday.
man Gleason, who finished haying Tues
Mr and Mrs F H Leavitt have -had as
day on the Dr. Hays place, reports onea ^ u e s t the former's sister, Miss Emma
half crop.
'
!.
Leavitt of Worcester, Mass.. tho past
Frankjvarney h a s - b e e n making- imweek.
prDvements in his | a tore. H e moved his
lefrigerator .to the back of the store,
. „
The Remedy That Does.
''Dr. King's New Discovery is the one
and has installed modern, up-to-date of
fice furniture. Rojscoe Brooks is work that does tho healing, others promise
but fail to perform," says Mrs E R Piering'for him this summer.
son of Auburn Centre, Pa. "It i« cur
Forest'Nutter and .Miss Ooorgia Ger- ing mo of throat and lung trouble of
rish were united | in marriage at the long standing, that other treatments re
Baptist! | parsonage, Monday evening/ lieved temporarily. Now Discovery is
doing me so ranch good that I feel sure
July 0,! by Rev. JMr. Cummings. M r its continued u s e - f o r a reasonable
and Mrs!Nutter are residents of Alton length of time will restore me to perfect
and have the best wishes and hearty health.". This renowned cough and
cold remedy and throat and lung healor.
congratulations o i a host of friends.
is sold at W W Roberts' drug store,
A case of assault was brought before also by L G Welch of Alton. 50c. and
the police
court
Tuesday
evening $1.00. Trial bottle free.
:
against one of the pol'ce officers at the
camp ground for beating a b o y on the
evening of July 4th. The case was set
tled through intercession, C \V Wentworth acting as counsel for the respon
dent by! payment of costs amounting to
$4.02 and making an apology.
Forest fires for the past two weeks
have-been
very) .troublesome. Will
Stephens and Joseph Mooney called out
the departmentj Sunday
afternoon.
Monday lire broke o u t ' in the pine
woods of Mr. Gooch ' and required the
all night watch of a crew of men. The
fire hasjbeen going over the w o o d and
timber lands on Mount Major and Pine
Mountain
for the
past four days.
Squads of men with the firemen from
this village have been trying to check it.
It worked its way, entirely around Pine
Mt, burning over several acres destroy
ing wood and timber, but "didn't cross
the road at M t . Major, where if it had,
several thousand feet of sawed lumber
• belonging to E H Rollins would have
been endangered: For several nights
the brisk wind fanned the flames in the
brush,causing.the fire to spread rapidly.
From 20 to 30 men have been fighting
it, but did not get it under subjection
until the rain of Tuesday afternoon
came to their assistance.
LOCKE'S CORNER.
Deacon' Nutter and Marion
were in Farinington Wednesday.
Jones
Ruby Ranger of Lynn, Mass., is visit
ing Marion Jones at Eben Nutter's.
Mr. Smith and family,'who have been
visiting at Charles Weeks' have returned
to their home in Alton.
Clarence B'Rand, who has been attending school in Boston for the past
five months, has- returned] to his home
in this place, j
There has been a bush fire burning
noar Barnstead Ceptre since last week
and men have been fighting it night
and day. It has caused much anxiety
among the p e o p l e ' w h o have buildings
nearby.
PHONOGRAPHS
I
We soli the Edison Phonograph, the
most perfect sound producing machine,
Mr. Edison's favorite invention, which
contains all bis how improvements, and
sell it for cash or on the easy-payment
plan. jWe are now showing the new
model with the big horn, the greatest
triumph in Phonograph making. Don't
orget that Mr. Edison is the inventor of
the entire Phonographic idea, and that
the Edison Phonograph, is the original
talking machine.
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w.
Pi
Emerson
ALTON BAY, N. H
... . .
THE . .
DOWNING CO.
J. H. DOWNING, Manager
A L T O N BAY, N, H.
Dealers in Long &
Short Lumber,
House Building
Material,
In accordance with the fco table adopt
ed by a majority of the physicians of
From Gilpin News Bureau.
Concord, horeaftor the foo for house
Concord, July 15.
visits will be $2 instead of §1.50. This
All varieties of fat men were in Conrate had been in vogue for nearly half a
cord last Saturday in attendance upon
century.
the annual midsummer onting of the
When the members of the second regi-,
New England Fat Men's club,the unique
association which is composed of 1100 ment of the New Hanipshiro national
^men who weigh more than 200, pounds guard reached Concord on the return
eaclj. | The heavyweights have tho jol- from thoir tour of duty with tho regu
liest possible time when they assemble, lars at Pine Camp in New Y o r k , their
in fhe winter for the annual meeting at torn and terribly soiled khaki uniforms
Hale's Tavern, Wells River, V f , and for gave evidouce'that the militiamen's so
the summerljunket at Contoocook river journ in tho Empire state had not boon
park in Concord. A year ago when a round of luxurious easo. Tho boys
they' gathorejd in the capital city the rain were, happy, though. They had worked
fell in torrents, but this year's event hard, it is truo, and were tired, but all
unusually
successful by were well, and as a consequence the
wasl made
es., A leading member of national guard officers are considerably
ploasant sk
the club is Col. William Jennings Bryan incensed bocause of tho continued ro
of ^ebraska[ and the fat men had hard ports that tho men did not recoive
ly got together when the news of Bry enough to eat at the big camp. They
an's! nomination for the presidency at insist that the government does not
Denver wasj spread. This congratula make a practice of starving its men and
tory telegram was immediately wired: that there is no more generous provider
"Col. W. J. | Bryan, Lincoln, Neb. The than Uncle Sam. Tho fact that some of
New England Fat Men's club at its mid the New Hampshire boys lost flesh is
summer mooting, extends to you, its not so much due to tho lack of food,
most distinguished
member^ sincere they say, as to the stiff and unusual
congratulations upon your selection as course of work which the men experi
a candidate f o r the office of president of enced in the sudden change from confthe jUnited States b y one of the greatest fortable home life to the hardships of
partitiB of tliis greatest republic on the camp. In some instances,it is acknowl
short,
face, of the [earth." Senator Gallinger, edged, the food supply ran
who is another prominent member of though not to starvation extreme, but
groat club, was on the committee on this, it is believed, was duo to the inex
the
perience of the company cooks in not
entertainment of the visiting "heavies,"
understanding
how to distribute the
but was unable to attend. He tele
rations.
Inspector General
Sullivan
graphed his good wishes. A sumptuous
was on hand and made careful notes of
banquet was served, the post prandial
all the trouble's of this character which
speakers, including Mayor Corning of
wer.e encountered, should N e w Hamp
Concord, H on. Rosecrans Pillsbury of
shire send another regiment to the
D,erry. Senator H . *E. Parker of Bradford
manoeuvres noxt year.
Vt.J and J. F. Hale of Well's River, V t .
A feature ofjthe exercises was a discus
Officials of the United Statos depart
sion of a proposition for the establish ment of agriculture have called atten
ment of an | insurance endowment for tion of the authorities here to the fact
those ponderous members of the club that the "elm leaf beetle," the ravages
who are given over b y the different life of which are said to bo as disastrous as
insurance companies as bad risks. For those of the gypsy moth, has found its
athletics the fat visitors indulged in way into New Hampshire. It is urged
many wondrous antics 'which vastly as that steps be taken at once to procure
tonished the uninitiated
witnesses. its extermination, which should not be
The^ festivities closed with a theatrical very difficult as it is beliovod th6 beetle
entertainment, a steamer ride on the- is still iu its first gonoration in this
Contoocook,! and dancing.
state. The government will assist by
Our Concord Letter
" W E S T MILTON.
;ALTON
The Lotlirops-Faruliani Go's
ON
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Boys and Children's
(
Suits.
In Years
supplying a parasite.
The members of the state' tax com
mission are actively engaged in collect
ing statistics from the assessors and tax
collectors rj in the "different cities.
Praptically all the' data concerning the
books of ihej town assessors necessary
for tho coming report i of the commis
sioners has been accumulated and the
othor work j will soon be completed.
There has been a suggestion that there
is more or less dissension among the
commissioners and that a minority re
port from one member of the board
would not cc me utterly unanticipated.
Thej officials who know!most about the
board, however, say nothing to verify
thisjrumon Asked this week concern
ing tho progi ess they have made, one of
the | commissioners said that if any
change is recjommendedj in tho "statutes
providing for the taxation of public
service corporations it| will be in the
line! ' o f a complete exclusion of the
property taxpd at specific rates in de
termining the rate of tax to be imposed
upon the corporations. This amend
ment would j exclude savings bank de
posits and tax, insurance capital and
poll-tax, if the latter is^made a fixed tax
as many persons advocate. It would
result in levjjing a tax jon the corpora
tions at the genoral property rate.
1
On
The splendid water power in a stream
near by the site selected at Glencliff for
the new state sanatorium for consump
tives is expected to generate all the elec
tricity used at the institution.
^UTHS'RUGBY
^IjT^lCARLTONl
Press Comment.
It would be profitable to go miles to attend such a Seasona >le
Money Saving opportunity and right at a time when y o u n^ed
them, with several months ahead to wear them.
Hon. " H . B. Quinby of Laconia has
yielded to the requests of his friends
and announced himself as a candidate
for tho republican nomination for gov
ernor. M r . Quinby is a man of large
experience in public affairs, of undoubt
ed qualification for the office, and his
candidacy will not be embarrassed by
affiliations with any of the factions of
the party in the past. He will undoubt
edly have a large following from tho
start -and if nominated and elected a
worthy and capable man will fill the of
fice of governor.—Bristol Enterprise.
B W
M
Every suit in this Store has been subjected to the pruning knife
and marked at a price that must effectj a very quick clearing of every one of our counters. The clearance mast be absolute in order
to live up to our policy adopted a year ago of new goods Each Sea=
son.
The announcement of Col. Henry *B.
Quinby of Laconia as a candidate for
the republican nomination for governor
of New Hampshire will go a long way
towards clarifying the political situation
and makes it more than probable -that
the threatened repetition of the dis
graceful squabble of two years ago will
not materialize. Although there are
now three avowed candidate's in the
field for tho republican nomination, noWorld's Greatest
Some m o n p s ago tho assistant secre ITody who is at all familiar with Now
tary of tho navy wrote | to somebody in Hampshire political affairs entertains
Clairvoyant
Portsmouth saying thej battleship New any idea that Col. Pillsbury's candidacy
Hampshire, on its v i s i t ' t o the Ports will be seriously considered b y the state
mouth navy yard, woiild be .obliged to convention, and there are indications
remain in the outer harbor in the inter that Col. Pillsbury at last recognizes
ests of safety. Immediately a tremend that his aspirations in this direction are
ous howl of^protest went forth. Con hopeless and is merely staying in the
gressman Sjilloway Classed the navy field from motives of revenge and to
department's action as " A b l a c k eye for breed discord .in the grand old party.
.Portsmouth and an outrage. Perhaps Col."Ellis of E^eeno got into the contest
this last bombastic expression was the wrong end to or hind-side front and his
modus operandi. Anyhow the day has candidacy has been rocoived
withaM
beoh saved and the new battleship will "frost" in all sections of New Hamp^
enter the inner harbor to receive her shire, notwithstanding tho fact that hegorgeous silyer service from the state is a gentleman well qualified for the
whose name ^he bears. Gov, Floyd has honor which he seeks and which will
received a letter from Secretary of the perhaps come to him later. Thero have
Navy Bonaparte which vouchsafes the been rumors that Col. Ellis would witb>
information that the battleship will draw if Col. Quinby entered the field,
Extraordinary
clairvoyant powers, reach Portsmouth August 8, when the and although the supports of the Keene
combined with his superior knowledge presentation |of the silyer servise will be aspirant indignantly deny this state
of occult forces, enables him to read made official y by Gov.; Floyd. On the ment, it seems more than probable that
human life with accuracy from infancy same occasion the beautiful stand of he will be out of tho race 'before the
time comes to elect delegates and that
to old a g e . , His powers are wonderful,
1
his name will not be presentod to the
indisputable, his advice reliable, his in
convention. Indeed, although politics
formation clear, concise and to the colors to be given the ship by the New.
uncertaain, especially in
point in love, courtship, marriage, di Hampshire JDaughters of the Ameri is mighty
vorce, sales, wills, patents, journeys, can Revolution will be presented. All New Hampshire, it is now predicted by
pensions, investment", hoaltli, specula the arrangements for the event will be some o f tho best political judges in Now
Hampshire that Col, Quinby will be
tion, property, etc.
in charge of Capt. Newberry, now sta
nominated with practically no opposi
tioned at Newport, R.' 1. Before going
Withoiit Previous
Knowledge
tion. The reform wing of tho republi
,nd having no natural means of* know to Portsmouth the battleship will assist can party cannot object to him, as he is
n who you are, or whenco you 'come, in representing this government at the not classed as a railroad or machine
ig
h i tells your name, what y o n call for ter-centenaryj of the jcify of Quebec. man; is -clean and above reproach in
and anything you desire to k n o w ; tells Gov. Floyd will ask that the ship be both his personal and political record
you whether husband, wife or sweet kept at Portsmouth for a few days at and stands pledged to the reforms ad
heart is true or false. Tolls you the least for inspection b y the people of the vocated by the Lincoln c l u b ; in fact,Col.
name of tho one you should marry and state! If the request is granted it is Quinby was chairman of the committee
date of marriage. Tells you how to win expected that the members of the New on resolutions at the last republican
the affection of auyono you desire, evon Hampshire Press association will be state convention which declared in fav
entertained o|n board the battleship dur
though miles away.
or of legislation to carry out the pledges
ing its stay, j
Secrets You Should Know- Col. Quinby's appearance in tho gub made by the party two years ago.
tVgain, Col. Quinby will beacceptable
ernatorial race as a bonafide candidate
How can I succeed in business?
problem of whether he to the so-called railroad influonco and
lias aroused interest in the political sit
How can I win tho oner I love?
will retain his non-committal attitude machine men as ho has not affiliated
uation. The
How can I make money?
in regard to his railroad affiliations is with tho crowd who have been trying
How can I conquor ouomies?
attracting a considerable amonnt of dis for personal reasonsto upset the pres
How soon can I marry?
cussion, the jrolunie of which is proba ent
republican organization in New
How to conquer my rival?
bly not reduced by the active campaign Hampshire. In fact, Col. Quinby has
How soon will love propose?
of Col. Pillsbury along the "railroad held himself aloof from tho petty squab
How can I get a position?
rates" route., A story is in circulation bles and factional fights which have
How to regain my health?
to tho effect, that Col. Pillsbury pro made such a breach in the republican
n o w to hold husband's love?
poses soiling! his organ, the Manchester party during tho last few yoars, and
How to hold wife's lovo?
Union, to a syndicate of domocrats, if both wings can gracefully join in his
n o w can I .make my homo happy?
he does not recoive the nomination for
support withoutsacrificingthoir dignity.
How can I nyirry well?
the igovornorship at the approaching
All things considered,Col. Quinby seems
n o w can I make my husbaDd, wifo or stato convention.
to be an ideal candidato just at this
sweetheart bo kind and truo to me?
Meat has taken a jump, the drougth time, and although it is still two months
No mattor what your aim, objoct of
to tho primarios for choosing dologates
ambition, call on this gifted mau and is said to be]responsible for tho marked
incroase in the cost of garden truck, tho to tho state convention, wo do not hesi
you will go away happier, wisor, and
tale the loug-rango prediction that Col
bolder than before. Hours 10 a . m . to iceman have! boosted the price of their
Quinby will be the next nominee of his
8.30 p. m. Foo, $1.00. No more. No loss chilly commodity, hotols and boarding
houses are raising their rates, and now party for governor of Now Hampshire,
17 Railroad Avenue
Conc;ord doctors have caught the fever and tlwith practically no opposition.
Like, Cement, Hay,
Grain Pipe, Etc.
PROF. S. M.. TURNER
This Sale involves One thousand three hundred and fifty Men's and
Young Men's suits, and nearly one
Boys' and Juvenile suits
Every suit marked clown to the lowest notch ever at
tempted for first-class high grade garments.
These
suits are the production of the very best nia^er^ of Re
liable Clothing in Boston, New York,"Philadelphia and
Baltimore. This remarkable collection of Suits twill be
placed on Sale for the balance of the Month of July.
Reduction in price of 1 5 to 5 0 per ct.
During this Sale this reduction will embrace every Sea
sonable Suit in our Store. Black, Blue, Fancy, Two
piece or three piece and gives each and every man'or
boy in Kochester or vicinity an opportunity to purchase
Reliable Clothing at a tremendous saving, and a| chance
to select from the greatest stock east of Boston.- Remomber there is more Snap aud Style put into the cloth-
1
and
issuod
tho
following
old by us than is found in any Clothing mad e or
sold by others in this part of New England. Reaq the
Gret.t Values.
Men's and Y o u n ^ M e n ' s Suits.
In £ .11 the new browns, grays modes and tans, lAlso
blue serges, black clays and fancy mixtures, cut in] R e geni Sack, or College style for young:men, or more iconserv itive for older men. All sizes are embraced in this
sale with a good collection of stouts and- longs. The
Greitnessof this stock will appeal to everyone at a
glance. The original prices placed on these gDods
re so low a s to give us the best
ring: and S u m m e r business ever
d p lie by
n
o
w
a
US,
^> the present reduction
thejj ouglrtrto go, as the saying is, like a flash.
-
H U N D R E D S of $ 1 0 . 0 0 , $ 1 2 . 0 0 and $ 1 3 . 5 0 S U I T S at $ 7 . 8 9 and $ 8 . 8.
L O T S of $ 1 5 . 0 0 , $ 1 6 . 0 0 and $ I 7 . 0 0 S U I T S at $ 9 . 8 9 and $ 1 0 . 9 8 .
Fine Suits made to our order from goods selected by us worth | 8 tO 2 0 Dollars, hOW $ 1 2 - 8 9 tO $ I 4 . 9 8 .
Our Finest Suits from 2 2 tO 3 0 Dollars now $ I 5 . 8 9 tO $ 2 1 . 9 8 . W e always have ' more or less small sjized
Suits in broken lots that we place a ridiculous| price on to move them, $ 8 . 0 0 Suits $ 3 , 7 5 , $ 1 0 . 0 0 Su its
$ 4 . 8 7 , $ 1 2 . 0 O Suits $ 5 . 9 8 , $ 1 5 . 0 0 Suits $ 7 . 5 0 . Small sized Young Men's Suits in same proportion
t-
Rochester, N. H.
j High Grade Men's Suits.
REMEMBER!
Your money will be cheerfully refunded for any unsatisfactory purchase.
Boys' and Juvenile Suits. j
This is a Department that has grown tremendously dur
ing the past year and has won high commendation from
discriminating Mothers and Fathers who appreciate the
sterling values we have given. Now during this Great
Sale they will certainly glory at the great bargains of
fered.
Hundreds of Boys' Knee Pant Suits, ages 8 to 17, val
and $3.48.
Aft>w$6-00 and $8-50 ' Suits at $3.89 and $5 48.
Juvenile Suits for Boys 3 to 8 years, in Fancy 'Wlors
ors-
ues $1.50 and $2.C0 now $1.09 and $1.48. Tremen
dous lot at $3,00 and $3-50 now $1.89 and $2-48-
teds, Plain Blue, Red, Gray, Brown, Mode or Tan and
e
light colored Cassimeres, some fancy braided, mad|e in
Russian or Blouse .styles at remarkable reductions
]Ve would also state that 'there, are some lots where
thei e are only one to three Suits of a kind; in that; cjase,
case,
we i jut prices about the same as on Men's Odd I
Shits,
Some Elegant Values at $4,00 and
naneiy, a b o u t
M e n ' s Stiff H a t s
$5.00 nowl $2.79
$ 3 . 0 0 grade $ 2 . 2 5 ,
half price.
$ 2 . 5 0 grade $ 1.75,
$ 2 . 0 0 grade $ I .4 5
Boys'50 cent Blouses 39 cents. Some great values iu Men's Shirts at 38 cents and 48 cents.
There will also be .alios of
other Great values in our Furnishing Department to supplement this sale of Suits.
It behooves every man and woman that appreciates the saving of money on the best wearing apparel made to come at c(nce.
The Sale continues the balance of this month but "the early bird catches th > worm," so be on hand as soon as you read this and
R E M E M B E R THE
NAME.
i
43 No. Main Street,
Rochester, N. H.
Southern New Hampshire's greatest Clothiers and Shoe*bealers.
statement: —Laconia Democrat.
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THE
NEWS
F A R M I N G T O N , N . H . , FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1947
Vol. LXVIII
GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS
BY
New, Fall Styles in
F
Ladies' Hand Bags
Glbbs,
week
ty
that,
unions,
fighting
future
will
Increase
facilities
Its Ore
AKD
flro
p r o t e c t i o n b y Uhe r e g u l a r
I Wfl1tfnsT!tectricShop
appara
Black, Brown, Green, Red and Tan
ions totaled
than
a
that
is more
cost o f
Glbbs
also
t h e town
men,
FWWWWWWW
We Have Openings For:
t h e local board o f select
description,
Ghe
pump
complete
pur
o f this
with 600
F R E N C H C O R D STITCHER
FRENCH C O R D TURNERS
F L O O R BOYS
BENCH HELP
feet o f h o s e a n d a l l fittings.
PERKINS' STORES
It
i s also understood
offers h a v e been
ly
assist
m a d e to f i n a n c i a l
t h e Are department In
Increasing
against
i t s -first l i n e o f d e f e n s e
another
similar
ThiB generosity
V W WWW fTffTTTt *
the
spirit
every
that
Che
is a
disaster
from the w o r s t
It has ever
APPLY
SHOULD BE RETURNED
CHENILLE SPREADS, $5.98 and $7.98 on sale
IH. 0, Rondeau Shoe Co,
TO RIGHTFUL OWNERS
THREE-PIECE MAPLE FINISH BEDROOM SUITE, $114.25
THREE-PIECE PARLOR SUITE, Heavy Tapestry,
was $225.00
Many
persons,
especially
were
$175.00
loaned
fighting
various
ONE 3-PC. SET HIGH PILE VELOUB, $150.00, was $200.00
cal
STUDIO COUCH, 3 pillows, $49.95, save $20.00
the
fire
danger
and by others
ting
out of control
this
PELLETIER
as
to return
borrowed equipment
possible,
needed
I n case
Ina
water
a s soon
It s h o u l d b e
hurry
pumps
as s o o n
COMPANY
has been less
uaged
Indian
should
type
a s possible, unless
latter,
notify
home
of
last F r i d a y
Scouts
ty
enjoyed
upon
a Hallowe'en par
FOR VARIOUS JOBS I N PACKING AND STITCHING BOOMS
Steady Work
Good Pay
and
parents a n d
a l l kinds o f "spooky"
tions.
T h e playroom,
party
w a s held,
trimmed
and
with
occasion
ing
a n assortment
freshments
attrac
HUBBARD SHOE CO. m
ROCHESTER,
51 W A K E F I E L D ST.
to
N. H .
will
b eheld
vember
7,
fair
evening, N o
town hall, and w i t h o u t doubt
attract a largo
*
Tho
date
originally
and now, after
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ever
Drug Sundries, Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes |
MTT.T.TTR A N D H O L L I S C H O C O L A T E S ,
MTT.T.ra A N D H O L L I S D E L U X E
79c
due
the
t h o emergency,
planned
t othe
serious
almost
will welcome the oppor
for tho fun that
f o r this
event.
is prom
w i l l I n c l u d e a l l k i n d s o f bootBis, a
door
prize,
refreshments
a n d 'an
entertainment.
P E P P E R M I N T S , 45c lb.
R E Y N O L D S B O M B S H E L L , O N E C O L O R P E N S , 59o
BAB.
ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES
FOB
EVERY D A Y HOKE
ELECTRIC STOVE,
good as new.
LOUGEE'S
8econd - Hand Store
;
Hm Si, Tel. 3076, Itamington
Including Trimming and
Removal of Trees.*
Control Poison Ivy, Spray with
Weed Killer.
William Nehrlng
RIDGE FARM NURSERY
NEW DURHAM, N . H.
TEL. 18-EN. BABNSTEAD ,
HANSON'S
Motorists!
HAVE YOUR CAB INSPECTED
AND TUNED U P FOR
WINTER DRIVING
LET US CHECK YOUR
RADIATOR, BATTERY,
TIKES, BRAKES, ETC
TO FEEL SAFE IS HALF THE
PLEASURE OF DRIVING
Prop.
0VEB NUTTER'S STORE
TEL.
VIC'S 6ARAGE
VICTOR E. DAUDELIN, Prop.
SO. MAIN ST., FARMINGTON
TEL. 206
bursed
ALL ENDS
J EFFERSON
P H O N E
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lunches t o
d i g deep
relm
COHIS
these
a r e the
which
will
bill,
more
GAYLENE*S
will
and
weeks,
It
accurate
Your
OTHER DRESSES I N RAYON CREPE IN WIDE RANGE OP
STYLES. COLORS A N D MATERIALS
guess
a s ours
TEL. BIS-W
to the
have
cerning
been
GIFT SUGGESTIONSUnderwear. Slips in sizes 32-52.
Panties in sizes small-iucx. Snuggles and Vests (fine rayon
cotton, for those allergic to wool)
forest
fires,
theBe
J
head
game
was
lire areas
one squirrel
found
ono of the
only
were
rabbits
found
were
also
stated
made
this
<'onrerning
week
have
known
Farmlngton
victims
a member
Just received a new line of
last
M r
appoint
T h eap
a t I'he r e g u
meeting of the select
night
has been
resident
considered
one
and is
of Farmington s
businessmen
that* h i s
will hepopular
It
appointment
among
PICTURE
Gardner,
lectman
t o Berve
recently
the appointment
term
by
the
of
se
J
C a p e C«M1 h o u s e u n h
m i n u t e w a l k f u m i MJU.I
Four room c o t t a g e
g a r d e n and shed
11
i<
11
v
sh.Ml O n e
%1 4-M.
w i t h p u n h e l e c t r i < try { r o o d w j - n n g w a t e r
10 m i n u t e s w a l k from s q u a r e
$2 7 0 0
E i g h t r o o m house w i t h bath steam heat a n d gum I n liar
barn
with basement
o n e o f t h e he.*i b u i l t h o u s e s in t o w n
1 a< r e
lund
n e a r stole?* a n d s< h o o N
t~ m n i
75 a c r e f a r m
7 r o o m houBO w i t h
electricity
flush
tollot,
porch
L a r g e born
S o m e farm equipment
Some furniture
Fields, hardwood
a n dpine
( J r e o t q u a n t i t i e s of b l u e b e r r i e s .
$2 500
N E A R M I I - T O S IX)N*1>S
4 r o o m s w i t h « u n pop* h
Klectriclty electric pump artesian
well
line e. liar
'-beds a n d
g a r d e n p l o t O n blax k r o a d
7 m i l e s from F a r m i n g t o n
%2 UO0
IN ROCHESTER
Store
Groceries, meats, fruits
business
Camp o n MIlton Ponds
On N e w H a m p s h i r e s i d e
and vegetableq doing
$S o n n
4 furnIshed
$1 4 0 0
rooms
Sandy
$31,000
beach
Farmington Real Estate Agcy
Mros. w a s
t o tender
his
resignation
reason
the
room
unexpired
of Edward
1 CHARLES ST
A L I C E U. C A N N E Y
TEL. 4242
FARMTNQTOH
o f his connections w i t h
New
game
Hampshire,
department
department
for t h e
who only
accepted
forced
land
the towns
people
Mr
Vine
communi
o fyears
successful
expected
6 jin?
a woH
o f this
for a number
moat
t o fill
b y t h e resigna
Monday
S n i 11 h
known
that
o f the board
w a s made
members
do
fish
and
By-laws of t h U
not permit its
t o hold a n y p o l i t i c a l o f
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fice
Holidays
Old
Frames Refinished and
made to look like new.
Interior and Exterior Decorators
THREE FARMINGTON MEN
RECENTLY ENLISTED I N
U. S. A. AIR FORCE
The
following
from
for
this
HASKELL'S
Farmlngton.
$1.00
three-year
army
of
ter
UP
N
a i r force
Mt
street,
o f 15 W i n *
and Everett
H
Funpral
services
the
Otis
afternoon
Gould,
Teias
funeral
The
deceased
of a former
the Farmlngron
Baptist
and
for a numher of years
known
resident
of
feeble
hospital
Rev
ing
See Bill Johnson
last S a t u r
In C o n c o r d t h e
Thursday
was tho w i d o w
of
held at
REAL ESTATE
and
INSURANCE
for M r s Ocorge D
w h o died
previous
were
home
well
Fdotballs $1.59, $2.39
teaM-
They ore
at San AnTonlo.
day
New Fall Stamp Pieces
Waher \V
Vernon
IN MEMORIAM
Mrs. George D Gould
B.
THE SHOPPING CENTER
enlisted
t e r m s In t h o I ' n l t e d
of M e c h a n i c street
Btationed
AND
young men
recently
C Cameron
court,
man
three
town
Lawrence
22 Main Street
week
t i o n o f l*el A G a r d n e r
Brown
56
ihh»
Left
of
o f select
James A Smith has been
weekly
w i r h e l e c t r i c i t y s p r i n g shi d
y± m i l e f r o m w - | n a r «
$1 ] < • • '
Ten
room h o u w w i t h modern
l»ath a n d c e n t r a l
heat
pome
h a r d w o o d f l o o r s l a r g e b a m f o r < a r o r M u r a g e a b o u t 1 a c r e of
l a n d , n e a r s t o r e s a n d s c h o o l s s u i t a b l e for business location I f
desired
$ 6 .1(H)
chairman
board
announced
men
OFFERINGS THIS WEEK
IN FARMINGTON
Five room camp
been
the (Ire
pointment
W i % ~
o f the Ktxrmlngion
was being
vacancy
NEW
as
N o traces
so fur n o reporlR
heard
I T 'I I ~
Real Estate For Sale
one fox
o r deer
M r Cheney
that a c a n v a s s
F I f"l
of the
wardens,
victims o f the disaster
burned
~
lit
In a thorough t w o
which
Well tailored skirts and slax
^' '•' T
f T !'
found t o
o f uhe F r e e d o m - K f l l n g -
area
'I 'f • i f '!' '•' ^' ^' '•
stories
Cheney,
that.
SPORTSWEAR
W
of the
very
h a s been
Hampshire
urea
rumors
life as the result
evidence
and
many
circulated c o n
t h e l o s s e s In N e w H a n i p
wild
DRESSES, BEAUTIFUL JEWEL TONES IN
100", VIRGIN WOOL. SIZES 10-20
per
before a n
m a y be given
Contrary
lar
GROVE ST.
Farming-ton
contributing
be Itemized on
therefore.
months,
Uh a t
the
F O P the Fair Sex
Dial 3791
N H. WILD LIFE LOSSES
FROM FOBEST FIRES
AMAZINGLY LOW
ed
o m s i T E1
T THE FAIR SHOP
In their
unless
w n i bear
many
of
|
N . H . f
n o help
total
of
F A R M I N G T O N ,
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overwhelming
and
5232
organiza
by public and private c o n
"trltnrtlOTlB
Is
fxcd& Supply Co
5*
will
funds,
Slfltefl
10c
rnnooik sr.
civic
J
of vol
for
b y furnishing
treasury
ty
5361
FARMINGTON, N. H.
Range & Fuel Oil
Hardware
Grain
OF
and
FURNISHINGS
H E N ' S , L A D I E S ' A N D C H I L D R E N ' S SHOES
equipment
t o b e paid
w h ogave
men
NS
IE
AMD
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LAND8CAPING and
TREE 8ERVICE
Besides
**********
HURD
KEN'S
be paid f o r their ser
Patriotic
J. P.
b e t h e costs o f
James K T h a y e r ,
USES.
SERVICE.
will
have
with
of the
A r e Itself
a n d auxiliary
w|ll
t o re
firemen, hundreds
uoteera
vices
have
portion
will
Uhe
regular
tho
DELIVERIES BEGULARLY.
lb.
J O H N S T O N C H O C O L A T E S , $1.25 lb.
costs
lighting
********************
ser
JAMES A. SMITH
APPOINTED SELECTMAN
Features
MINIATURE
$1.25 lb.
T R Y W R SANDWICH
tunity
ised
will
attendance
t o be postponed
ness o f
LINCOLN'S
Legion,
t h o Farmlngton
fire,
BOUGHT, SOLD and
EXCHANGED
Phone 71
J. R. H a n s o n ,
Clarence L .
Friday
entire
public
poles
considerable
hain
SIGN SERVICE
sponsored
American
in
A
mention
and timber
will
place some burned
BE READY W H E N THE BAN IS LIFTED
Oth
or Tel. 205, Farmington, N. H.
w e r e
FAIR, NOVEMBER 7,
FARMINGTON TOWN HALL
SPONSORED B Y AUXILIARY
OF AMERICAN LEGION
Post,
to
and
companies
day search
tbe even
o f nice r e
the Auxiliary of
vice
HUNTING TOGS
were
Currier
Irving Tanner
Telephone
staled
various
a n d drinks
had
USED FURNITURE
} Somersworth, IM.H.
una
Perkins
lots.
New
and t h e e v e
served.
by
B
losses t o w o o d
Arnold
streamers
During
postponed
HIGH GRADE SHIRTS THAT FIT WHITES AND FANCIES. +
HOLIDAY ASSORTMENT NOW AVAILABLE.
how
as a total
losers
Roy
t o onumerous
und
was attractively
w a s devoted
ers,
showed
substantiate
Dover Shoe Mfg. Co.
where tho
orange
Jack-o'-lanterns,
ning
The
APPLY AT
FOUNTAIN
were a c
a r r i v i n g w e r e met by ghosts
tho
INEXPERIENCED
GIRLS
CANADA
Glen
night,, t h e C u b
by their
Olaf Carlsen,
tle
games, which w e r e appropriate t o
ALSO
CHOCOLATES,
9courmaster
S o m e o f t h e boys
companied
greatly,
the heavy
S. H a l l .
hard-hit
M r s . John L a w r e n c e on
street
suffered
devastating
HALLOWE'EN PARTY
the
Errol
haps
Innersole
Binders
Fire
Glbbs.
At
not c o v
Timber and'
loss.
shire
a n d I n case o f t h e
s h o u l d
were
w e r e not described
CONFINED FRANCHISE.
W H I T N E Y and E L B E C O
D R E S S SHIRTS
»++++>l"i"f<i"i-+<i"i-+<i-+<i
CUB SCOUTS
and
woodlots
Is a s g o o d
those h a v i n g them In their
Chief
b y insurance
account
abso
needed,
possession
bo determined,
ercd
be
be returned
lutely
PHONE 4651
near
on the Henry
can
SUPERB IN QUALITY
COMFORT AND WEAB ITS CURTIS
OF COURSE.
highway, which, a s far a s
Uhe
Shoe Help Wanted!
FOR FLEXIBILITY,
These
N o w that
o f t h e fires a g a i n g e t
oned, p e o p l e a r e
Stitching Room
Help
SERVICE
homes by thel o
o w n i n g such e q u i p m e n t
HASSOCKS SALE, $1.98, $3.98 and $5.98
EXPERIENCED
EMPLOYMENT
for the pro
department
WANTED!
N. H. STATE
TOPS I N STYLING
|
w e lost
buildings
Lunch
These
9 H A N S O N ST., R O C H E S T E R
types o f A r e
equipment
o f their
FARMINGTON, N. H.
OR
confla
Real e s
$10,000
o f several
Wilson
FOR MEN
one
a
a r e not expected t o
to over
factors
those
great
be large
few,
Oladray'e
ST., F A R M I N G T O N
[ J i v i n g i n t h e I m m e d i a t e Ore a r e a s ,
tection
FURNITURE
CENTRAL
and
buildings, o fwhich
support
OFFICE O F
has
per
EXCLUSIVE BURLEY-FLEX CONSTRUCTION
o f this
will
firefighters
FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT
COMFORTERS, $5,95 and $7,95
AT EMPLOYMENT
faced.
LIVING BOOM and BEDROOM CURTAINS, $2.25, were $3.95
BLANKETS,_$5,85
tale
tions
o f firefighters w h o
FIVE-PIECE DINETTE SET, $49.50 and up
KITCHEN CURTAINS, $1.98 and $2.98 on sale
BLUE CROS8 and BLUE 3HIELD
AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYEES
for the
performed b y
saved Farmlngton
SCATTER RUGS, ALL 18 x 36, $2.95 to $5.95
token of
citizen
work
hundreds
disaster.
i s i n Che h e a r t o f
Farmlngton
miraculous
FAMOUS SAMSON CABS TABLES, $3.95
that other
that
every
time
costs
Among
o f Farmlngton,
o f another
present
Tbe
'Curtis Shoes
for
is impossible t o answer
gratlon
announced
h a s authorized
chase
the
ever,
pump.
through
*******
which
t h e actual
one-half
new
Ohlef
1.98 and 2.98
$200,
18 SOUTH MATTT STREET, FARMINGTON, N . H.
Phones: Office 233 Residence 3755
these u n
question
b ynearly
in this community,
which
consist
tus.
from
son
amount
fighting
o f normal
did tho recent
Farmlngton'
is tho
asked
very
NEEDLES.
especially
f o r forest
That
FLOOR LAMPS,
ALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, PHONOGRAPH RECORDS
of a n e w
f o r fires o u t s i d e
Contributions
SPACE HEATERS,
much
Ore cost
been
PORTABLE RECORD PLAYERS, GLASS COFFEE MAKERS,
In t h e near
A r e ipump,
adapted
anel
STumYF.Y IRONEBS,
shoe
t h e town o f
b ythe addition
portable
Imitation Leathers
this
<tho g e n e r o s i
o f members o f eight local
Farmlngton
(
Marshall
lt« known
through
workers'
Plastics and
fire chief,
made
How
est
Radios, Refrigerators and
Quick Freezers
PORTABLE FIRE PUMPS
Farmlngton
I^ttf TtTf t f
PHILCO
SHOEWORKERS' UNIONS
NEW
FOREST FIRE COSTS
TO BE EXPENSIVE
.
TO A I D I N SECURING
No. 28
and highly
o f this town
health,
patient
A . Aubert
pastor
church
was a
respected
B y reason
she became
some
was the
clergyman a t the
a
years a g o
officiat
The Benway Agency
12 Central St., Farmington
BUSINESS PHONE 5291
RESIDENCE PHONE 3552
funeral.
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Radios
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Enjoy
Real Warmth and
- Comfort With a
|Heating Pad
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Portable & Console Models
Enjoy the Finest in Musio
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Would Mora Than P l « a t «
Any Housawif*
SANDWICH TOASTERS
Vary Attractlva
Vary Useful
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General Electric Automatic Casseroles
I Pressure Cookers
Food Mixers
Breakfast Egg Sets
*************************
Mix Master
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Your Gift 8eleotlons
Waffle Irons
Make Ideal Gifts
+*+*+*f+++**+**********4
Electric Blankets, Coffee Makers, Floor Lamps,
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Electric Irons, Clocks, Electric Ranges
m ^ a t e r Heaters, End Heaters With or Without Oil Burners
Xmas tree Lights and Sets
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fcmersbn
Electric Co.
lOTRH MAIN STREET
FARMINGTON. N. H.
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NEWS
N E W DURHAM
PLAY
BEANO
EVERY
TUESDAY NIGHT
Legion Hall
B A N K BOOK LOST
In accordance with Chapter
261, Section 46 of N. H. public
hvws, notice Is hereby given that
Savings Book No. 3438, dated
June 29, 1946, has been lost or
destroyed.
November 26, 1&47.
Farmlngton National Bank.
STATE O P NEW H A M P S H I R E
SWMTIftiuMICATI
'OUR F O P O DEALER uwounsttvia-EASYTtiw
O H I I & R E N i ' a ^ H B l S T K A S l Y h'SIS
Fred Flewelling, Pastor
P A R T Y , JCONDAY,NIGHT
.
What a wonderful thins It' A T T O W N B A L L
would be it the world, so troubled
Next. Monday night more than'
In spirit today, • would pause 200 children of preschool age and
and seriously think of r e a l school ctilldren through the eighth
meaning of this Christmas season. grade are expected to congregate
That night of long ago the angels at Farmlngton town hall, where
sang over the Judenn hi lie, "Peace they will be the guests of tb,e
on Earth, Good Will Toward Farmlngton Kiwanls club a t a
Men", and In .practicing the gala Christmas party. This, no
teachings of Him who was born doubt, will be one of the largest
that nlgbt that is just what would holiday parties in this town and a
happen. It has happened In In rare treat for the youngsters.
dividual hearts and if enough In Moving pictures, gifts, Ice cream
dividuals in the world would and other refreshments .will he
yield their lives to Him, Bhe re furnished, and a special^ feature
sult would be Just what the an will lie a maglo dhow with the
gels sang But He Is coming again, well known magician, Carl Wentat the second advent and God's worth. performing his feats of
glory Shall cover the earth as the eleigiht-oNhand.
waters now cover the sea All
The party will begin at 6 30 p.
Peace and Oood Will We wish m., and will be supervised by
you Just that.
members of 1ihe Farmlngton Ki
Sunday school 10 a. m Christ wanls club, under whose sponsor
ship the party is being held.
mas lesson
Santa Claus will be on hand
Morning worship at 11 a. m •,
hlmseTf to great the youngsters.
subject. "The Two Advents"
Evening a t 7 p ra., a Ohrlsmas
program of reading and song and OCTOBER F I R E - F I G H T I N G
NEW DURHAM
we will bo using our Junior choir COSTS ABOUT $15,000
BAPTIST CHURCH
Come to ohurch on Sunday.
Mrs. Charlotte Bridges, Pastor
The long awaited settlement of
costs ot the October forest fire
Sunday morning service at the
disaster was accomplished Wed
chapel by the pastor and special CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Myles D. Blanchard, Minister nesday, when about 11)5,000 was
music by the young ladles' choir
paid out to those people who
Church school at 10 a. m.
Sunday school at noon.
aided directly in fighting the Are
Morning worship at 11
A Christmas candlelight service
Pilgrim Fellowship, 4 30 p. m and whose names appeared on t2t>
will bo presented at the chapel at
7 o'clock by the young pooplt.
The church choir will 'present roll kept by the Farmlngton Fire
The Sunday school Christmas special music a t our Christmas department.
tree and party will bo'held Mon service next Sunday morning. Mr
Fire Chief Marshall F Glbhs
day evening at the chapel
Blancbard's s u b j e c t will be, was In charge ot distributing this
money and all payments were
"Needed" More Wise Men"
A colorful and Impressive ser made in cosh. It Is estimated that
NOBTH BAENSTEAD
there were over 700 separate ac
Past Master Ruth B. Varney vice will be held next Tuesday counts and about 90% were
'presided a t last Friday evening's night when the church school will from Farmlngton.
postponed meeting of Crescent o b s e r v e Christmas. A candleThe costs of this great lire ac
Lake Grange. The first and second Ughtlng service will be held All cording to the chairman of the
degrees were conferred on two are Invited to attend.
This church wishes all a very Farmlngton board of selectmen,
candidates. Contributions w e r e
James B. Thayer, will be borue
voted to the Crippled Children's merry Christmas.
equally hy the town of FarmingRestoration hospital, Coldon Rule
ton and the State of New Hamp
farm for <boys and the Christmas BAPTIST C H U R C H
shire, and although this will rep
seals campaign. Overseer Herbert
A. Aubert, Pastor
resent a great expense to tbe
C. French brought a report of last
Special 11 a. m , the cbolr will town. It is pointed out that most
week's State Grange 'proceedings. give a musical program based on of the money paid will remain In
At the close of the meeting the cantata, "Star of Hope", by town.
Worthy Lecturer Prlscllla Myors John S. Fearts.
presented a Christmas program
6 p. m., meeting of Young Peo
WEDDING
The next meeting will bo held on ple.
Friday evening, December 19
7 p. m., Christmas program, A N N I V E R S A R Y O F
when the third and fourth de musical selections and pictures.
M R . A N D MRS.' W M . JACKSON
grees will be worked
Sunday school Christmas tree
About a dozen frlondB of Mr
A community Christmas tree Wednesday, December 21, at 7 and Mrs. William Jackson were
and party will be sponsored by o'clock, fun night, and program. present at their home on the even
Crescent Lake Grange at Grange
Mother and dad, bring your ing of Saturday, December 6, and
hall, Monday evening, December kiddles.
enjoyed with them a celebration
22 Everyone Is invited to come.
of the seventeenth anlnversary of
Special attention will be paid to
their marriage. Among the pleasthe children.
urea of the evening wero very
nice refreshments, social conver
A meeting of the Comet 'home
sation and a number of gifts ex
demonstration group recontly was
pressing the sincere friendship ot
held at the home of Mrs. Henry
the guests.
Orau. It w a s a combination
OhrlBtmas party and nutrition
meeting. Nutrition leader, Mrs.
F A R M I N G T O N H I G H SCHOOL
Grau. gave an Instructive ta|k on
A N D JUNIOR H I G H TO
food costs and bread and roll
H O L D CHRISTMAS P A R T I E S
making. A delicious lunaheon In
This Friday afternoon students
which various kinds of hot rolls
7.30 p. m.
In t h e seventh and eighth grades
were featured was served by the
in the high school building will
hostess, assisted by Mrs. Cbarles
hold separate Christmas parties,
Marsal and Mrs. Edith Hydo. Pro
with the usual exchange of gifts
FARMLNGTON,
ject leader. Mrs. Harold Dow, had
and refreshments. Members of the
charge of table decorations and
Sponsored by
four grades in high school will
gave an Interesting demonstration
gather In the assembly hall,
AUXILIARY OF
on the use of Christmas greens.
where a Joint Christmas party
The business meeting. In charge
WTLLSON-HTJNT POST,
will be held. Following this, all
of the president, Mrs. Harvey
schools will be closed for the an
V . P . W.
Merrill, was followed by a music
nual two weeks vacation period
al program. Christmas carols were
Classes will be resumed January 5
sung and Mrs. Orau entertained
Coran K. Davis, Mr. and Mrs.
Timothy B. Stevens, Mr and Mrs.
Herbert C. French, Mr and Mrs.
Ira Bailey and Mr and Mrs. Ralph
Collins of the local Subordinate
attended sessions of the State
Orange at Concord last week, Mr
and Mrs. French as delegates. Mr
and Mrs. Bailey and (Mr Collins
were members of the large class
taking the sixth degree.
Coran Davis and Moses Oosso
ihave been confined to their nomes
by Illness.
• CHECK DISTRIBUTOR
ADVERT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
ent t
Mr and Mrs. George Wlesen
of Northwood were Sunday after
noon callers at the parsonage. Mr
Wlesen Is director of town and
county work of the state conven
tion.
Many friends and acquaint
ances will regret to learn of the
Illness of Rev C. Raymond Chappell of Manchester, general secre
tary of -the United Baptist con
vention. Rev Chuppell waB taken
111 In Boston, while enroute home
from a meeting In the midwest
and. Is now at a hospital In that
city.
Bar I A Hill Is able to be 'out
after a week's Illness which con
fined him to the ihouse
Mr and Mrs. .Loula Holtzberger
spent a-couple of days In Boston
last week.
,
Mr and Mrs. Robert E. Fergu
son are having a two-car garage
built at their home recently pur
chased from Mr and Mrs. Ralph
C. Jenkins.
with piano selections. Mrs. Krause
won the myBtery package and the
beautiful apron, donated by Mrs.
Stella Osgood was won by Mrs. H
E. Gillespie Christmas glftB were
exchanged by the members and a
basket of food packed for a needy
family. The next meting will be
held January 13 at the homo of
Mrs. H. E. Gillespie.
. M$
msax;-rm(Mmm to, mf-
Strafford,'es.
Court of Probate
To the heirs at law of the
estate of Harry E. Thayer, late of
Farmlngton, in said County, de
ceased, Intestate, and to all others
interested therein:
Whereas Velzora N. Thayer,
administratrix of the estate of
said deceased,' has filed In the
Probate Office tor said County the
account of her administration of
said estate:
You are hereby cited to appear
at a Court of Probate to be bolden
at Dover in said County, on the
sixth day of January next, to
show cause. It any you have, why
the same should not be allowed.
-Said administratrix Is ordered
to serve this citation by causing
the same to be published- once
each week for three successive
weeks in the Farmlngton News, a
newspaper printed a t Farmington, in said County, the last pub
lication to be at least seven days
before said Court.
Given at Dover, In said County,
this second day of December, A.
D„ 1947.
"" "
By. order ot the Court,
'
Dthel G. Waldron,
. •
Register.
FURS
F U R COATS REMODELED,
RELTNED A N D R E P A I R E D .
ALTERATIONS ON CLOTH
COATS, S U I T S AND D R E S S E S .
Armstrong
E A R L Y COPT
N E X T WEEK, P L E A S E
Owing to the tact that Christ'
mas day occurs on Thursday,
which Is the regular publishing
day of the Farmlngton News, the
paper will be published one day
earlier, on Wednesday, December
24, and all correspondents and ad
rertlsors are requested to send
their copy In early next week.
R i v e r s i d e Manor
11 Smnmer St., F a r m l n g t o n
USED FURNITURE
BOUGHT, 8 0 L D and
EXCHANGED
E L E C T R I C STOVE,
g o o d a i new.
LOUGEE'S
8econd-Hand 8tore
E l m St., T e l . 3 0 7 6 , F a r m l n g t o n
GOOD WILL C L U B
Meetings this week are on the
usual schedule, at the home of
Mrs. Henry Lawrence.
Next week all meetings will be
omitted on account of the Si oil
days. .
';Tho next meeting will bo hel3
on January 1.
Let lis check and clean your
oil burner in preparation for
winter.
GLOVER A N D CHASE
Parker and Waterman Fountain
Pens for Christmas;' all styles and
also in "Gift Seta". Roberta Rexall Store.
pimifEf^O'Jioose
SKIS
BOOTS
POLES
K A N D A H A R . Cable Bindings
For The Children
H I C K O R Y SKIS
SKI BOOTS
C A B L E BINDINGS
$4.60 - $7.60
$6.50 - $9.95
$ 2 . 2 5 - $3.50
A T HEADQUARTERS F O R
DARTMOUTH SKIS in FARMINGTON
J. H. L E A H Y
4 2 CENTRAL STREET
•
• • W V '•'
T T T T T
Come One Come All
TO T H E
New Durham
Town Hall
DANGE
Every Saturday Night
TO T H E LILTING R H Y T H M
OF
Jerry Tanguay's Orchestra
" Y O U ' L L BE GLAD YOU C A M E "
ADMISSION 60o, t a x i n o l u d e d
Fancy Chocolates and Nuts
T H E CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON W O U L D NOT B E
COMPLETE WITHOUT T H E S E T W O I T E M S .
COSTUME J E W E L R Y , STATIONERY, D O L L S , PANDAS.
HOOD'S ICE CREAM SPECIALS.
CHATEAU'S
CANDYLAND
CENTRAL STREET
M a. » .
•
FARMINGTON, H. H.
m m m • sTi ill * i* •*• * •*• •»•
M
Amendment to
Parking
Regulations
1. T H E O W N E R O R PERSON I N C H A R G E O F A MOTOR
V E H I C L E S H A L L N O T ALLOW T H E S A M E T O - B E P A R K E D
B E T W E E N T H E H O U R S OF 3 . 3 0 P . M. A N D 4 . 3 0 P . K . I N
T H E PARKING S P A C E S ON T H E NORTH S I D E O F CENTRAL
S T R E E T , IN S A I D FARMINGTON, D I R E C T L Y I N F R O N T
O F T H E T W I N FACTORIES, SO C A L L E D , O F T H E
H . O. RONDEAU SHOE CO., I N C .
T H E FOREGOING A M E N D M E N T S H A L L T A K E E F F E C T
D E C E M B E R 20, 1 9 4 7 . A F T E R THIS D A T E , VIOLATIONS
W I L L BE PROSECUTED W I T H O U T WHHfl'HKB. NOTICE.
•ET.TTEtt. F . CLOUGH, C H I E F OF POLICE.
A P P R O V E D D E C E M B E R 15, 1 9 4 7 .
J. E . T H A Y E R ,
J.' A S M I T H ,
L L. N E W B U R Y ,
S E L E C T M E N O F FARMINGTON.
1
S T A T E OF H X W TTASTPCTTTRT.
PLUMBING
HEATING
AND
Oil Burner Service
LET U S OLEAN
AND REPAIR YOUR
OIL BURNER N O W .
Prompt Service
Guaranteed.
Glover & Chase
1 6 Courtland St.*.'
Strafford, so.
Court of Probate.
To the heirs- a t law of the
estate of Nettle B . French, late of
Farmlngton, in said County, de
ceased, intestate, and to all others
interested therein:
Whereas Ned L. Parker, admin
istrator ot the estate of said de
ceased, has filed in the Probate
Office for said County, his petition
for license to sell real estate be
longing to the estate ot said de
ceased, said real estate being ful
ly described in his petition, and
open for examination by ail par
ties interested.
Ton are hereby cited to appear
at a Court' of Probate to be holden
a t Dover, in said County, on the
sixth day of January next, to
show cause If a n y you have, why
the same should not be allowed,
Said administrator.,.)*'',.ordered
t o serve this citation by causing
the same to be published once
each week iox - three, - successive
week* In '.the, •yarmliigton News,;
a newspaper printed at Farming-!
ton, in said County, the last pub
lication, to be- a t -least seven days
before' said. Court.
Given a t Dover, in said County,
this twenty-fourth day of'Novem
her, A . D„ 1947; ~ ~ .
Ethel O/Waldron,
Register.
7
T e l 3185
Farmington
All - Night Parking
ON FARMINGTON STREETS
PROHIBITED
T o Aid Snow Removal
. TO F A C I L I T A T E FLOWING A N D T H E R E M O V A L O F SNOW
F R O M ALL T H E . S T R E E T S O F T H E T O W N , C A S O W N E R S
A R E NOTIFIED T H A T P A R K I N G CARS A L L N I G H T DURING
T H E W I N T E R MONTHS I S STRICTLY P R O H I B I T E D .
PER ORDER,
E L M E R E. C L O U G H
C H I E F OF P O L I C E
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Farmington News Articles October-December 1947 Discussing Great Fire Of 1947
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Farmington News articles from October-December of 1947 discussing and detailing the Great Fire of 1947. Some of the later articles detail the human toll and monetary costs of the fire. Full news page size.
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Farmington News
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Farmington News
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1947
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1947
expense
Farmington NH
fire
firefighters
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