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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.
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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,
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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,
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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
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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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
^^t!
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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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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
�-90
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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
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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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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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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.
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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
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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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
147
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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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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
175-
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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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
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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
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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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
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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
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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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
233
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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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,
239
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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.
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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,
245
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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
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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.
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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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
�John Williams Storrs
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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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
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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
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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
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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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305
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;
�w
"''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
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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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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,
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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-
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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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
1
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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
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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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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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.,
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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.
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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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
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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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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.,
�452
ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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,
�Huntley N. Spaulding
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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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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;
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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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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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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.
483
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
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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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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;
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"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
507
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,
�Edward W. Rollins
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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
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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,
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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
533
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
535
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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
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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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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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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,
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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
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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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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
PAGE
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139
237
401
365
334
402
349
467
266
273
327
513
398
162
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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178
394
255
394
360
345
317
355
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
21
24
351
391
174
323
387
390
57
322
541
�550
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
PAGE
382
18
166
361
366
480
109
79
425
89
325
65
547
525
527
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
233
361
110
NAME
PAGE
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
498
155
523
93
522
19
77
366
175
1 15
479
230
474
517
154
390
28
500
137
501
500
501
3
245
231
190
51
158
383
95
39
27
237
353
19
464
127
12
353
518
367
283
193
482
359
331
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
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
PAGE
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226
157
367
203
282
317
438
277
295
306
542
4
153
138
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
409
419
531
154
NAME
551
PAGE
Curtis, Wardon Allan
Cutter, Guy Henry
417
29
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
455
94
418
418
Ill
138
511
306
74
527
101
87
165
310
271
331
419
318
421
126
544
90
530
530
438
54
85
434
285
523
326
94
279
149
240
439
305
329
98
435
258
433
107
Eames, George Herbert, Jr
Eastman, Clarence Willis
Eastman, Samuel Coffin
Edes, Samuel Harcourt
Edgerly, James Bartlett
381
158
37
30
287
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
PAGE
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
270
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
529
217
236
419
270
150
430
429
282
540
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
61
425
531
65
427
302
159
186
212
212
38
509
391
73
21
157
290
35
427
57
423
375
426
457
426
430
398
131
240
240
Gage, Walter Boutwell
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
429
456
247
429
15
385
23
434
434
433
143
348
66
499
429
458
447
286
447
205
226
102
471
476
474^
325
356
89
456
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
PAGE
Green, Henry Francis
Greenleaf, Charles Henry
Greer, Benjamin Fuller
Griffin, Appleton Prentiss Clark .
Guernsey, Alice Margaret
Guertin, George Albert
Gunnison, William Towne
5
139
422
443
445
393
47
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
451
142
370
507
386
101
241
101
248
405
222
441
31
531
480
51
217
443
142
146
446
275
497
193
446
314
405
504
455
215
455
456
106
244
453
414
67
83
130
425
222
382
77
166
178
NAME
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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30
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43
464
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49
81
189
33
243
233
289
127
59
469
492
223
491
163
469
344
267
43
377
442
17
512
259
181
236
74
59
203
403
545
71
81
58
257
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305
119
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281
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
PAGE
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
16
394
536
193
229
150
303
212
370
99
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
25
285
85
38
459
91
229
335
211
461
529
453
229
277
141
461
279
482
461
202
182
515
109
417
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
377
487
51
488
315
356
463
513
274
259
145
295
489
462
426
545
330
NAME
PAGE
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
489
516
413
343
352
379
86
528
385
481
287
323
415
481
53
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
469
468
397
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351
495
290
519
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�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
PAGE
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
421
421
423
253
473
467
54
470
528
470
249
223
261
547
473
366
62
511
69
533
63
473
109
122
171
471
170
510
537
365
331
206
543
207
58
209
77
547
225
450
511
182
127
330
47
9
261
57
54
194
Nash, John Barzillia
Nason, William Francis
69
123
NAME
555
PAGE
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
540
311
510
447
511
422
294
49
451
294
274
279
199
507
491
389
455
267
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
509
341
341
149
540
310
505
504
499
258
146
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
417
439
403
91
345
387
10
9
394
543
113
329
507
505
258
497
321
251
503
3
546
248
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ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
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
546
325
505
Ill
501
70
115
24
479
482
339
175
27
491
55
43
318
55
63
491
253
69
481
494
49
33
515
510
481
516
129
493
307
153
517
489
513
Quimby, Charles Elihu
Quimby, Frank Pierce
Quimby, Fred Elihu
Quimby, Henry Brewer
Quincy, Josiah Hatch
513
103
126
301
48"
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
114
517
313
62
179
360
201
NAME
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
516
458
494
493
62
121
465
489
486
73
483
221
82
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477
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28
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145
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118
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39
495
450
476
475
475
117
255
348
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
262
411
110
339
376
497
75
162
337
345
294
518
494
�ONE THOUSAND NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTABLES
NAME
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 . .
17
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
21
Spaulding, William Waldemar. . .
13
NAME
557
PAGE
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
,
Sullivan, Patrick Henry
Sulloway, Alvah Woodbury
Sulloway, Frank Jones
Sulloway, Richard Woodbury . . .
Swart, William Dumond
Sweet, William Isaac
231
227
282
289
12
244
265
275
211
465
158
546
541
293
429
524
45
27
515
103
397
385
269
314
521
11
525
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
389
386
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334
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NAME
FAOE
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
18
290
319
281
315
343
190
355
406
162
227
69
407
262
535
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
382
6
145
150
170
447
134
450
251
261
167
133
22
309
134
363
363
363
11
479
233
129
NAME
PAGE
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
141
291
474
206
167
399
539
535
439
161
534
86
131
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327
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257
106
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2003
Town Report
(Dedicated in
January
Tond Memory
1,
of(D. Cdristo-pfier %enyon.
2003 - December
31,
.
2003
�Table of Contents
Kenyon
Tribute to D. Christopher
1
Chairperson of Board of Selectmen Report
2
Town
4
Hall Office
Hours
2004 Town Warrant
5
2003 and Proposed 2004 Budget
9
Itemized Proposed 2004 Budget
2003 Comparative Statement
of Appropriations
11
& Expenditures
18
DRA2003 Statement of Appropriations & Taxes Assessed
DRA Revised Estimated Revenues
21
2003 Tax Rate Calculation
22
19
Summary
2003 Inventory and
Utility
2003 General Fund
Financial Report
2003Detail of Receipts -
2003 Summary
23
24
Town General Fund
27
Payments
2003 Parks and Recreation - Income & Expenditures
31
Wastewater Expenditures
37
of
36
Water Expenditures
38
2003 Treasurer's Report
39
Long Term Debt
,
42
Town Clerk-Tax Collector's Report
Unredeemed Taxes as of 12/31/03
44
Trustees of Trust Funds Report
49
46
Auditor's Report
51
Balance Sheet as of 12/31/03
2003 Town Meeting Minutes
.
53
54
Departmental Reports
Parks & Recreation
62
Police Department
64
Fire/Rescue
65
Water-Wastewater
66
Landfill
67
Highways & Vehicle Maintenance
Code Enforcement
67
Planning Board
69
68
Zoning Board of Adjustment
70
500 Boys &
71
Girls
Club
Farmington Community Television
72
Goodwin
73
Library
�Farmington Conservation Commission
Farmington's Conservation Commission had a
busy
fairly
increase
There was a significant
number (and complexity) of
year.
the
in
appUcations for fiUing wetlands or encroaching
on
resources
natural
came
that
within
the
Conmiissions purview as a result of increased
rates
A
of development.
key achievement of 2003 was the purchase of
Road
Paulson
the
along
lands
the
which was completed in
partnership with the 500 Boys & Girls Club,
Pike Industries and the National Parks Service.
The
regional
conservation
group
Moose
Moimtains Regional Greenways (MMRG) won a
federal
grant
from the Land & Water
Pokomoonshine,
Conservation Fund,
Commission and
complete
the
and coordinated with the
Administrator
The
purchase.
only
authorized
Town
the
$6,750
to
Commission
the
town
Jfrom
conservation fiind which helped to acquire lands
for
500
the
Club
conservation
fields
-
buffer
and a town-owned
lands
valued
at
over
Discussions are ongoing with other
$200,000.
area landowners for the siting of a multi-use
trail
system.
A
second
major
cooperative
undertaking
with
effort
was
another
MMRG
to
comprehensively study ten wedands in town.
The fiilly funded project cost the town nothing,
but entailed around $20,000 in consulting and
mapping
services.
regional
assessment
The
project
covering
was
six
part of a
towns
and
ahnost seventy wetlands.
As
part of the
7-acre
Mad
River Greenway project, the
Smith property on River Road,
long
the Flume, granted an
easement to Strafford Rivers Conservancy. The
town of Farmington assumed a maintenance
agreement with SRC, with the responsibility to
known
to
locals
as
provide a gate and to place a sign. Both the gate
and sign will be completed this spring. Daytime
use of the beautifid property by
and visitors is permitted when the
owners are not using the property. (Please be
sure to leave the area clean.) Hunting and
wheeled vehicles are prohibited.
recreational
residents
I
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D. Christopher
Kenyon
The Farmington Board of Selectmen wish to honor resident and
Christopher Kenyon who, sadly, passed away in May of 2003.
active
community member,
D.
in several
Christopher Kenyon, always concerned about Town affairs, was
important Town issues. Mr. Kenyon sen/ed two consecutive terms on the Farmington Planning
Board, during which time he helped to see through passage of Farmington's first zoning
instrumental
ordinance
in
1979.
of the development and construction of a new
in Town, spending countless hours in the effort to write a successful grant for
even providing materials for the center at cost and donating the labor needed to
cover remodeling expenses.
Another important contribution to the Town of Farmington was Mr. Kenyon's diligent and
dogged work with Davidson Rubber (now Collins & Aikman) to achieve a settlement agreement
pertaining to the contamination of Town well #2 by the company, even spending his own money
to ensure this agreement was successfully negotiated.
Mr. Kenyon was elected Selectman in 1984, serving part of his term from his wheelchair
He was a tremendous supporter
recreation center
the project
-
prior to resigning for health reasons.
and devotion
to
the
to his
memory
community. He
of
will
Christopher Kenyon exemplified honor, dignity, service
This Town Report is hereby dedicated
not be forgotten.
Christopher Kenyon
contributions to his and our
home.
in
deep
gratitude
of
his
generous and
selfless
�2003 Cftdirpersons ^gport - (BoarcfofSekcttnen
What
a year
I
we have seen
2003! The Board of Selectmen transitioned from a 3-person body to a 5-person body,
in
more diverse perspective and not a
providing
that
am
have achieved since
individuals,
last
among
controversy
little
pleased about the accomplishments we,
in
the group at times.
However,
I
have
say
to
partnership with other Boards, Commissions, Committees and
March.
Economic Development
The Board negotiated a sale
Coastal Marble & Granite, an ongoing business concern which
to
Sarah Greenfield Business Park.
facility
dedicated
to the
over the next three
Coastal Marble & Granite
to five years.
generating property that
is
now new
to the
completing the construction of a 5,000 square foot
is
manufacture of marble and granite products. There
be a creation of two
will
tax-exempt property
Additionally, this project converts formerly
to four
new jobs
a tax revenue-
to
help to reallocate the community's tax burden from residential to commercial/industrial
will
development - a worthy accomplishment, indeed.
on Route
the
&
addition to Coastal Marble
In
reasons has been
11
in
Farmington,
SGBP. The
Granite, another Sarah Greenfield Business Parl< project, which for several
two years,
stalled for the past
be moving from
will
finally
is
on
its
way
Artemus
to fruition.
Industries, presently located
current space to a newly constructed 5,000 square foot
its
construction permits have been obtained and construction
is
anticipated to begin
in
facility in
the spring of
2004.
There
is
an important Economic Development issue upon which you, as voters,
influence at the polls this year.
A 150
of property abutting Route 11,
between Family Care of Farmington and D & D Homes
The development
Realty).
least
80%
to a
will
one member
As
citizens.
This
is
reduce the largest cost-driver
in
zoned
currently
upon which
this
will
be asked on the
The zoning amendment extends
as the proposed age-restricted
the Commercial Center
proposed
for
uses
will
like
to the
Rocky
at
community: school-age children,
amount
Zone
of tax relief
it
represents to our
consider zoning changes that
official ballot to
is
proposed
will
particulariy hard to
develop
Commerce
Park on Route 11. The land
for typical industrial
The
land
uses because of
its
allow a mix of commercial and commercial-residential uses for this zone, such
project,
like
is
allow
will
the Commercial Center zone currently tightly located around
Business with a very small portion also zoned as Agricultural-Residential.
for Industrial
zone change
The zoning change
topography.
have tremendous
(the former site of
tax revenue, which represents $5 to $6 dollars off the
the intersection of Routes 11 and 153 to a point approximately 500' west of
is
will
being proposed for a piece
each household be age 55 or older throughout
not a project to be lightly considered given the
part of this proposal, voters
this project to occur.
of
is
non-age resthcted development.
This project could provide upwards of $1.2 million
current tax rate.
housing development
unit age-restricted
require that at least
the result of which
of project,
when compared
will
200
to
along with other uses
listed in
the
Town
of Farmington Zoning
Ordinance
for
banks, grocery stores and other commercial-retail types of uses. The project being
maintain a 400' deep piece of the overall 140 acre parcel to be
the ones previously described.
responsibly regarding the proposed zoning
This
is
left
open
too important an issue not to learn
amendment on Tuesday, March
9,
for
commercial development
more about, so you can vote
2004.
Landfill
The Board has been examining, along
with staff, the options the
have discovered, the closure of the Town's
(owned by
Collins
closure date.
in
In
& Aikman, formerly
the meantime,
we have been
terms of revenue and long-term solutions
the
Town
of
landfill is
in
2005.
As we
its landfill.
will
may be
beneficial to the
Town
never-ending issue of waste collection and disposal. During 2003,
partnership, developing a functional, licensed, lined
Town Meeting Body
with the closure of
exploring various closure scenarios that
to the
Farmington received several proposals from private firms
and weak points and the Selectmen
the
Town may have
too closely linked with the final closure of the Cardinal Landfill
Textron, formeriy Davidson Rubber) for us to be able to accurately predict a
landfill
with a
to
take over the
landfill
and work
it
as a
commercial component. The idea has both strong
continue their examination of the options for a possible recommendation to
�Planning Process
would
I
like to
my compliments
extend
The purpose
Committee (TRC).
ordinances and regulations that
to the Planning
of the
Board with regard
Planner for Strafford
to give the
The Technical Review Committee
enable Town
to
staff to
conduct the overall review process.
to
establishment of a Technical Review
objective of the
is
is
place since September of 2003.
(with Lieutenant Willey sitting in occasionally)
It's
been a bumpy
Planning Board regarding
to
be that
Ernest Creveling,
it
is
more
a far
and
Fire Chief
Ky Goslin
Director of
imposed by
this
effective
Water & Waste
Clark Hackett, Police Chief Scott
(with
Deputy Ed Robinson
in
sitting in
keeping up
process.
road...
joking aside, the spring of
little bit
to the
Special appreciation also goes to Planning Secretary Fran Osborne for her hard work
with the extra administrative burdens
All
complete plans
fully
consistency of review
Further thanks go the other department heads that have
Town
to make this process effective:
Management Dale Sprague, Director of Highways and Vehicle Maintenance
worked
occasionally).
to introduce
make recommendations
Administrator
Roberge
more
chaired by Gerald Mylroie, the Senior
TRC
The consensus seems
in
manner
which
its
Planning Board more time to consider more crucial aspects of development applications.
The TRC has been
in
to
conduct preliminary project reviews based upon applicable
to
Regional Planning Commission. The
among Town Department Heads,
and
is
allow the Planning Board to consider acceptance of
will
submitted to them for consideration.
applications,
TRC
2003 was a bumpy
of constructive criticism from resident
then gave the Selectmen a
little
implement a better approach
bit
to
tongue
of a
ride for
those of you
who
reside on
unpaved roads. As a
result of a
Lee Russell (he took the Town Administrator on a bone-jarring tour and
lashing!), the
Board worked with the highway crew
Extensive work
maintaining the Town's unpaved roads.
to
develop and
was completed on
Meaderboro Road, Ten Road Road, Poor Farm Road, Reservoir Road and other locations. Thank you Mr. Russell
for
your persistence and your concern.
E-911
Compliments must go
serious about
members
to the previous
Board of Selectmen (John
Emergency 911 implementation.
will
be on
been dedicated by numerous personnel, including former
Town
Clerk-Tax Collector Kathy Seaver,.
Officer
Deb
Fitch,
With the appointment
also deserve special recognition, E-911
Members
its
CEO
way
Gerald McCarthy and David
last
Hall) for getting
year of the E-911 Commission, whose
before 2004
Town
Many hours have
Meeting.
Paul Charron, Assessing Clerk Judith Nichols, and
of the E-911
Commission
include:
Resident Petr Brym, Health
Lee, Selectmen's Representative Jerry McCarthy, Police Chief Scott Roberge, Fire Chief Ky Goslin, Rick
Gladding of Farmington Fire/Rescue, Director of Highways and Vehicle Maintenance Clark Hackett.
for
Thank you
all
your hard work.
Farmington Community Television
Have you
noticed Channel
26?
Thanks
Charrette, Christie Marquis, Rich King
There
is
no way
to
to the
work of Ed Mullen and
and Kevin
Russell),
his
group of dedicated volunteers (George
Farmington Community Television
is
up and running!
adequately express the appreciation the Selectmen have for Ed's leadership and dedication
to
own homes by watching televised Selectmen's
meetings. Planning Board meetings. Budget Committee meetings and even the Town Meeting (but obviously it's
better for you to come and participate
you possibly can!). For more information, please turn to Ed Mullen's FCTV
this effort.
Citizens can stay informed
in
the comfort of there
if
report later on
Respectfully,
in this
booklet.
We
salute you, Ed!
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911
or
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&
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�TOWN WARRANT
2004
To the inhabitants of the Town of Farmington in the County of Strafford qualified to vote in Town affairs: You are hereby
notified to meet at Town Hall in said Farmington on Tuesday the ninth day of March next (2004) at eight o'clock in the
forenoon to cast your ballot for Town Officers and for questions required by law to be on the ballot. Polls will close no earlier
than seven o'clock in the evening. The remainder of the Warrant will be acted on beginning at seven o'clock in the evening,
Wednesday the tenth day of March 2004.
Article 4.
Article 1.
To choose two Selectmen
two years; one Treasurer
one Moderator
for three years;
for
one
one Trustee
year;
for
for three
years and one Trustee for one year; three Budget Committee
positions for three years, two Budget
Committee positions
two years and one Budget Committee position
one Supervisor
Tax Collector
of the Checklist for six years;
for
for
To see
Town
the
if
amount
the
of
entrance of
Town Hall and to
Town Hall with
for the
purposes
Road Bridge and
by
proposed
as
ordinance
to the
Board
the
of
Selectmen, as follows;
Articles 6
of bridge repair
Hometown Road
the
ramp
into the
come from
and 7
in
To add an overlay
Town
the
to
as Section 4.06 of the zoning
district
ordinance to allow Elderly Housing developments that comply
and State Laws
with applicable Federal
except the Industrial Business
Residential
1.12
of
add
to
District,
District
certain
ordinance,
the
in
on the West Milton
Bridge
(Article 6 of
zoning
all
and
districts
southerly which
southerly
also
will
to
fagade
Hall
be done
in
(Article 7 of the
Residential
(Ballot
extend
the
recommends
recommends
to
this
The Budget Committee
The Board of Selectmen
article.
this article.
Article 5.
Shall the
most
of the
of
this
Article
Board
the Farmingtor) Planning
is
(Official
Town
vote to rescind the adoption of a municipal
budget committee under
RSA
32; 14? (By Petition
-
Majority
- voting takes place for one hour)
Ballot Vote Required
Article 6.
we modify the elderly exemptions from property tax in
Town of Farmington, based on assessed value, for
Shall
the
Ballot).
qualified taxpayers, to
age up
Please see attachment for Entire text
to
be as follows:
75 years, $50,000;
to
80 years, $70,000;
$100,000.
OF Zoning Amendments.
To
for a
for a
person 65 years of
person 75 years of age up
for a
person 80 years of age or older,
the person must have been a
qualify,
Hampshire resident
for at least 5
property individually or
jointly,
or
if
least 5 years.
In
addition,
the real estate
is
owned by
up
if
Town
will
the
for
vote to raise and appropriate the
(One
Million
construction
of
sum
Three Hundred Thousand
new
screening,
new raw
sewage pumps, new aerators, new flow divider/selection tank
and other components otherwise known as the Phase
I
treatment plant upgrade and
more than $1,300,000
of
to authorize the
bonds and notes
the provisions of the Municipal Finance Act
and
in
fees
married, a combined
income of less than $50,000; and own assets not in
of $75,000. (Majority Vote Required). The Budget
Committee recommends this article.
The Board of
Selectmen recommends this warrant article.
to
through
Article 7.
we increase the optional veterans' tax credit to $250
$100? (Majority Vote Required).
The Budget
Committee recommends this article.
The Board of
Selectmen recommends this article.
issuance of not
Shall
from
(RSA Chapter
33)
determine the rate of interest thereon.
wastewater
billing
will
pay
for
these
Article 8.
we
improvements. The Selectmen recommend the appropriation.
Shall
The Board of Selectmen recommends this article. The
Budget Committee does not recommend this article.
conflicts
(Ballot
if
excess
accordance with
authorize the Selectmen to issue and negotiate such
to
bonds or notes and
tJser
or,
net
the
to SI, 300,000
Dollars)
for at
the taxpayer must have a net
income of not more than $30,000
Article 3.
New
consecutive years, own the
such person's spouse, they must have been married
of
is
and the Agricultural
District
Approval
District?
recommended by
Work
2001 Warrant).
of money for this work is to
Vote 2/3 Majority Required -
2004 and no amount
voting takes place for one hour).
most
definitions
change the boundaries
Business
Industrial
for
and the Agricultural
related
southerly Commercial Center District approximately 4,000 feet
To see
the
the 2001
the purpose of installing a two-stop elevator and restoration of
be raised by taxation.
Section
in
to the front
2001 Warrant), both of which have been completed, and
amendment
favor of the adoption of the
in
zoning
town's
reconstruct the
in
Thousand
Forty
said funds to
issuance of the bonds approved
Warrant
for three years. (Official Ballot)
sums on hand
Hundred
(One
and repair the ramp and steps
downstairs of
one year;
one Town Clerk-
Article 2.
Are you
vote to authorize the
will
$140,000
Dollars) to redesign
Vote
-
2/3 majority vote required
place for one hour).
- voting takes
increase the surviving spouse tax credit for surviving
spouses of veterans who died while on active duty
from $1,400
to
in
certain
$2,000? (Majority Vote Required).
The Budget Committee recommends
Board of Selectmen recommends
this
this article.
article.
The
�Articles.
Shall
we
Article 15.
increase the optional tax credit on the taxes due on
owned by any veteran who has been
honorably discharged and who has a service-connected total
property
residential
disability to
$2,000 from $1,400? (Majority Vote Required).
The Budget Committee recommends this article.
Board of Selectmen recommends this article.
).
The
To see
of
Town
the
if
vote to raise and appropriate the
will
$8,000 (Eight Thousand Dollars)
(Town
established
previously
Equipment Capital Reserve Fund
To see
Town
the
if
75%
vote to deposit
will
of
use change
Budget Committee recommends
RSA
36-A:5
50%
conservation fund of
$10,000.00 (Ten Thousand
recommend
not
recommend
RSA
to
tax) into the conservation fund
as authonzed by
III
RSA
in
79-A:25
The 2001 Town Meeting authorized annual deposits
does
the
accordance with the
in
The
this appropriation.
(Majority Vote
this appropriation.
annual
all
exceed $15,000 collected pursuant
to
(the land
accordance with
II.
sum
to
Recreation
Required).
revenues not
79-A
2003)
Farmington 2004-2009 Capital Improvement Program. The
Selectmen recommend
Article 10.
be added
to
Meeting
of
exceed
Bridge
revenues not
The Budget Committee
The Selectmen
article.
Town
the
if
vote to raise and appropriate the
will
$32,500 (Thirty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars)
added
of said
to
To see
to the
Dollars).
this
Article 16.
& Road Design and
accordance
in
be
Construction Capital Reserve Fund
2004-2009
Farmington
the
with
Improvement
sum
to
(Town Meeting 2003)
previously established
the
to
The
Program.
Budget
Capital
Committee
recommends
this
appropriation.
The
Selectmen
recommend this appropriation. (Majority Vote Required).
this article.
Article 11.
To see
Fund
Town
the
if
will
vote to establish a Capital Reserve
"Highway Garage Capital Reserve Fund." under
entitled
the provisions of
new highway
RSA
garage,
architectural work, site
35:1 for the purpose of constructing a
to
include
design & engineering,
all
work and contruction and
$82,000 (Eighty-two Thousand
appropriate
and
to raise
Dollars)
be
to
The Budget Committee recommends
appropriation.
The Selectmen recommend this
placed
this
this fund.
in
appropriation. (Majority Vote Required).
Article 17.
To see
Town
the
if
vote to raise and appropriate
will
$24,000
(Twenty-four Thousand Dollars) for the purchase of a police
cruiser
and
Thousand
to authorize the
withdrawal of up to $10,000 (Ten
Dollars) of surplus funds from the Police Outside
Details Special
Revenue Fund
to
apply toward purchase, with
Thousand Dollars) to come
The Budget Committee recommends
The Selectmen recommend this
the balance of $14,000 (Fourteen
from general taxation.
this
appropriation.
appropriation. (Majority Vote Required).
Article 12.
To see
Town
the
if
Public
fund
in
is
maintenance
offset
to
be added
Dollars) to
cost
the
vote).
Fund
The purpose
expensive
of
the
to
Reserve
Capital
2000 by Town Meeting
activities
sum
vote to raise and appropriate the
Maintenance
Buildings
(established
this
will
(One Thousand
of $1,000.00
of
building
such as roof replacement and other
The Selectmen
large-scale maintenance or repair projects.
Article 18.
To see
of
Town
the
if
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
$41,000.00 (Forty-one Thousand Dollars)
sum
for the repair of
Road Bridge and to authorize the withdrawal of
$41,000 from the Bhdge & Road Design and Construction
Capital Reserve Fund created for such purpose. The Budget
Committee
recommends
this
appropriation.
The
Tibbetts
Hill
The Budget
Committee recommends this appropriation.
The
Selectmen recommend this appropriation. (Majority vote
Selectmen recommend
required).
Article 19.
are the agents of this Capital Reserve Fund.
(Majority Vote
this appropriation.
Required).
Town
To see
To see
of
the
if
$134,390
Hundred
Town
(One
Ninety
established
accordance
Improvement
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
Hundred
Dollars)
Fire
to
Thirty-four
be
Equipment
the
with
added
Capital
2004-2009
The
Program.
Thousand
to
Three
previously
the
Reserve
Fund
Farmington
Budget
sum
in
Capital
Committee
recommends
this
appropriation.
The
Selectmen
recommend this appropriation. (Majority Vote Required).
if
for the
Article 13.
purpose of completing the Master Planning process
that
was
To see
of
if
and further
balance
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
$28,854 (Twenty-eight Thousand Eight Hundred
Dollars) to
Medical
be added
Motorized
accordance
with
to the previously established
Equipment
the
Capital
Farmington
The
sum
Fifty-four
Emergency
Reserve
2004-2009
Fund
in
Capital
Budget
Committee
recommends this appropriation.
The Selectmen
recommend this appropriation. (Majority Vote Required).
Improvement
Program.
to authorize
use
amount
that
in
of the
this
recommends
recommend
this article. (Majority
this
Town
Farmington
of
December
of the
for
Committee
31,
2003 fund
The Budget
The Selectmen
purpose.
article.
Vote Required).
Article 20.
if
the
31:95-c to
the
vote to raise and appropriate $85,000
will
Growth Ordinance by the voters
To see
Articled.
the
put into action by the implementation of the Interim
Town
will
vote to adopt the provisions of
one hundred percent (100%)
restrict
of
dispose of septage
establish
a
Management
constructing
alternatives
Fund"
new
and
to
revenue
for
who
Farmington Septage Lagoons
at the
special
RSA
revenues
from the collection of fees assessed to Septage Haulers
the
Septage
defray
fund
purpose
Lagoons
entitled
of
or
operating
other
to
"Septage
and
disposal
any closure and post closure
monitoring costs of the Septage Lagoons and furthermore to
appropriate from this fund $22,250 (Twenty
Two Thousand
�Two Hundred and
in
Fifty Dollars) for
by the legislative body
Any surplus
said purpose.
deemed
said fund shall not be
accumulated surplus and
part of the general fund
be expended only
shall
after a vote
amount from
to appropriate a specific
said fund for a specific purpose related to the purpose of the
The Budget Committee recommends
fund.
The Selectmen recommend
this article.
this article. (Majority Ballot
Article 24.
To see
Town
the
if
31;95-c
and
Inspector
furthermore
Town
vote to adopt the provisions of
will
one hundred percent (100%)
and future revenues from the sale
bags
for the
and
for
Farmington garbage
of
purpose of purchasing replacement garbage bags
paying costs related
to
closure of the Farmington
which have previously been placed
Landfill
reserve funds (one established
in
1987
be accounted
shall
known as the "Farmington
Revenue Fund" separate from
in
by the legislative body
for
in
shall
1994 with
in
Such revenues
a special revenue
Closure
Landfill
Special
Any
the general fund.
deemed
said fund shall not be
accumulated surplus and
fund
for
of
said
Any
surplus
the "Building Inspector
the general
deemed
said fund shall not be
in
part of the
general fund and shall be expended only after a vote of the
body
legislative
appropriate a specific amount from said
to
fund for a specific purpose related to the purpose of the fund.
The Budget Committee recommends
article.
The
this article. (Majority Ballot
Vote
vote to adopt the provisions of
RSA
Selectmen recommend
this
Required).
with a present value of
a present value of approximately $928,224).
and expenditures
two capital
into
approximately $75,436 and the other established
fund
RSA
of past, current
amount
the
this
Revenue Fund" separate from
Position Special
the
known as
a special revenue fund
fund.
if
appropriate
to
purpose. Such revenues and expenditures shall be accounted
for in
to restrict
of fees from collection of building
permit fees for the purpose of funding the position of Building
Article 21.
31:95-c
RSA
vote to adopt the provisions of
$40,000 (Forty Thousand Dollars) from
Vote Required).
To see
will
(50%)
restrict
to
surplus
part of the general fund
be expended only
after a vote
amount from
to appropriate a specific
Article 25.
To see
Town
the
if
31:95-c
will
one hundred percent (100%)
to restrict
revenues
of
from the collection of the Cable Franchise Fee from MetroCast
Cablevision for the purpose of funding staff and programming
Community
Farmington
for
and
Television
fees
legal
tor
associated with renegotiating Cable Franchise Agreements
the
Such
future.
and
revenues
expenditures
shall
in
be
known as the
"Farmington Community Television Special Revenue Fund"
said fund for a specific purpose related to the purpose of the
accounted
The Budget Committee recommends this article.
The Selectmen recommend this article. (Majority Ballot
separate from the general fund and furthermore to appropriate
fund.
for
Any
said purpose.
Town
the
if
Thousand
vote to appropriate $68,000 (Sixty-
will
purpose
Dollars) for the
of strategic planning,
groundwater management permit sampling and permitting
the
and
landfill
for
authorize the withdrawal of $49,000 (Forty
to
Nine Thousand Dollars) from the Farmington
Special
surplus
Revenue Fund
(established
in
Landfill
Article
Closure
20)
for
in
and
part of the general fund
Article 22.
Eight
fund
Twenty-eight Thousand Dollars ($28,000.00) from
Vote Required).
To see
revenue
special
a
in
deemed
be expended only
vote of the legislative body to appropriate a specific
from said fund
purpose related
for a specific
fund for
this
said fund shall not be
shall
to the
after
a
amount
purpose of
The Budget Committee recommends this article.
The Selectmen recommend this article. (Majority Ballot
the fund.
Vote Required).
the
purpose of defraying costs associated with these tasks and
Article 26.
the withdrawal from the Farmington Landfill Closure Special
To see
Revenue Fund
to
an additional amount not
of
exceed $19,000
to
(Nineteen Thousand Dollars) for the purpose of purchasing
garbage bags
The Budget
The
pay-per-bag program.
for the
recommends
Committee
Selectmen recommend
appropriation.
this
(Majority Vote
this appropriation.
if
the
Fire
structure
RSA
31:95-c
Town
to restrict
vote to adopt the provisions of
will
one hundred percent (100%)
from the collection of Fire Inspection Fees
funding
the
position
appropriate the
from
this
of
amount
fund
for
Fire
nf
for the
said
Such
in
not be
deemed
part of the general fund
only after a vote of the
to
the
revenues
legislative
and
a special revenue fund
the "Fire Inspector Position Special
separate from the general fund. Any surplus
specific
purpose of
Inspector and furthermore to
purpose.
Revenue Fund"
in
said fund shall
and
shall
body
to
accordance with
RSA
of the
require that the
154:1,
staffing
III,
Farmington
Fire
Chief be
for
a
include volunteer personnel and
to
Town
of the
154:1,
IV,
of Farmington.
implementation of the
not occur
will
until
In
accordance with
new
organizational
one year from today's
date.
(Majority Ballot Vote Required)
revenues
$20,000 (Twenty Thousand Dollars)
expenditures shall be accounted for
known as
of
RSA
in
to
personnel appointed by the Board of Selectmen as regular
employees
the
vote
appointed by the Board of Selectmen and to allow
combination of
Required).
if
will
Rescue Department
Article 23.
To see
Town
change the present organizational form
be expended
appropriate a
amount from
the
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote add the
Thousand Five Hundred
Sixty
sum
Dollars)
of
$55,560
to
the
(Fifty-five
Farmington
Fire/Rescue Department operating budget for the funding of
per
diem
positions
for
total
daytime
emergency medical
coverage. These personnel shall report directly to the Fire
Chief.
The Budget Committee
The Selectmen recommend this
(Majority Vote Required)
recommends
this article.
article.
said fund for a specific purpose related
purpose
Article 27.
recommends
of
this article.
article. (Majority Ballot
The Budget Committee
The Selectmen recommend this
fund.
Vote Required).
Article 28.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to contract an
ambulance service provider
to
independent
ensure effective coverage of
�the
Town
Farmington
of
for the
and welfare
health, safety
authority to the Board of
with such a service giving the
the contracted
purpose of safeguarding the
and
of the citizenry
Selectmen
article.
by the Town
balance not
Dollars)
to
pay
for
of
to
the
satisfaction
Article 32.
services and to raise and
for said
such services once negotiated
To transact such other business as may
this
legally
come
before
meeting. (Majority Vote Required)
the
to
this
article.
The Budget
The Board of
this
article.
(Majority
Board
Committee recommends
Selectmen recommends
into the
from
amount from the December 31, 2003 fund
exceed $100,000 (One Hundred Thousand
appropriate an
go
Vote Required).
to allow
to collect fees
insurance and other sources that would otherwise have been
collected
to
The Budget Committee recommends this
The Selectmen recommend this article. (Majority
general fund.
a contract
Selectmen authorization
ambulance service provider
as determined by the Selectmen, with proceeds
delegate
to
to negotiate
Selectmen.
of
Vote
Required)
Article 29.
To see
if
Town
the
sum
vote to raise and appropriate the
will
Three Hundred Seventy-nine
of $4,379,133 (Four Million
Thousand One Hundred
Thirty-three
commitments
operation, expenses, and
which represents the bottom
Dollars)
of
/
/^Gerald McCarthy
the
for
Town Government
column No. 8 (The Budget
line of
Committee's Budget)
in
the posted budget (MS-7).
The
Budget Committee recommends this appropriation. The
Selectmen recommend this appropriation. (Majority Vote
Barry
Elliott
Required).
We
Selectmen
Town
the
if
vote
will
states
to
authorize
the
Board
that
the
selectmen
shall
on the
day
of February 2004,
attested copy of the warrant at the place of
Meeting within
of
RSA
and buildings as authorized by
to acquire land
which
41:14-a,
certify that
we posted an
Article 30.
To see
hereby
named and
Office,
a public place
in
a
said
like
copy
at the
Farmington Post
Town.
have the
'
authority to acquire or sell land, buildings, or both; provided,
however, they shall
or
sale
to
commission
submit any such proposed acquisition
first
planning
the
board
and
to
conservation
the
review and recommendation by those bodies,
for
where a board or commission or both
the
After
exist.
M^thew
Sci
selectmen receive the recommendation of the planning board
and the conservation commission, they
hold 2 public
shall
hearings at least 10 but not more than 14 days apart on the
proposed acquisition or
written
petition
sale;
50 registered
of
however, upon the
provided,
voters
presented
RSA
provisions of
be inserted as an
The selectmen's
39:3, the
warrant
for the
41:14-a
conservation
the
shall
town meeting.
vote shall take place no sooner than 10 days
nor later than 14 days after the second public hearing
RSA
to
proposed acquisition or sale
article in the
the
to
Selectmen, prior to the selectmen's vote, according
prohibits
the
selectmen
managed
land
and
to
sell
is
town-owned
controlled
by
the
conservation commission, any part of a town forest, or any
real estate that
town
has been given, devised or bequeathed
for charitable
or
community purposes.
PlC^
Barry
Elliott
held.
Then personally appeared the above named Joan Funk,
Matthew Scruton, Gerald McCarthy, David Hall and Barry
Elliott
and made oath
that the
above
to the
(Majority Vote
Required).
Kathy
Article 31.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to authorize the Selectmen to
to the highest bidder municipal vehicles
sell
and other equipment
L.
Seaver,
Town
Clerk
certificate
by them
is
true.
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�Comparative Statement of Appropriations & Expenditures 2003
�Department of Revenue
Adm
�CONSERVATION
Purchase Natural Resources
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Administration
COAST
Bus
DEBT SERVICES
& LT Debt
& LT Debt
Short
Principle
-
Interest
-
Short
Interest
on TAN's
CAPITAL OUTLAY
Mach., Vehicles, Comp. Equip.
OPERATING TRANSFERS
Special
Revenue Funds
Enterprise Funds
-
To
Sewer
-
Water
Capital
Reserves
TOTAL APPROPRIATION:
�DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ADMINISTRATION
2003 REVISED ESTIMATED REVENUES
�Department of Revenue Administration
Municipal Services Division
Concord, NH 03302-0457
2003 Tax Rate Calculation
Town of Farmlngton
Appropriations
Less: Revenues
Less: Sliared Revenues
5,182,873
2,693,547
38,308
26,653
50,200
2,527,871
Add: Overlay
War Service
Credits
Net Town Appropriation
Special Adjustment
Approved Town Tax Effort
Municipal Tax Rate
2,527,871
13.19
School Portion
Net Local School Budget
Regional School Apportionment
Less: Adequate Education Grant
State Education Taxes
Approved School Tax Effort
Local Education Tax Rate
Equalized Valuation (no utilities) x
$254,734,812 =
Divided by Local Assessed Valuation (no
$189,027,356 =
Due
to
County
Less: Shared
Revenue
Tax Rates
7,
(4,
690, 234
865, 695)
(1,253,295)
1,571,244
State Education Taxes
$4.92
1,253,295
utilities)
��2003 General Fund Financial Report
Town
NOW Account
12/31/03
Petty Cash/Tax Collector's Office
�2003 General Fund Financial Report
Community Development Grant
Fund 6- Conservation Commission
Beginning Balance January 01
$
289.20 Current Use Warrant Share
^^_ 1$^
"---'34,097.20 Transfer from Savings
Bala nce J anuary 01^2003
33,808.00
interest
Balance December 31 2003
,
,
jtc:
j
Transfer from
[
1,
Interest
Trans
to
"
200373_^^7T
_ ^^
NHPDIP
_
Decemberjl 2003
"
152.49 'Jransfer
__J
1,
2003
:
71.881 11
Interest
Transfer to
Balance December
31,
2003
Current Use
5,853.60
6,750.00
Total
152 92
Expenses
12,756.52
Balance December 31 2003
,
NHPDIP-Bond Account
Beginning Jan. 01,03
403821.83
2003
3231.66
40,529.33
-35122.3
5,853.60
Interest
Slate Bridge Aid Hornetov^(n
Town GL
NOW Account
NHPDIP
5,000.00
Transfer from Savings
Transfer from
'
587,90
Deposit Current Use
Deposit from Appropriations
to
(153.03) -Trans Closeout Savings
;
Balance January
16,837.68
'
NHPDIP-Conservation Commission
2003
6,750,00
$
0.54 'Surveying
^
Balance
153.03
$
Total Receipts
Expenses
'
Balance January
2003
NHPDIP
I
Conservation Commission
720.25
9,214.40
(6
Rd
Expenses
1 52 92
Transfer to Fund 7
298 92
750 00) Balance Dec 31,2003
412,460.52
77,024.45
Fund 8-Police Outside Services
Fund 7- Bond Account
Receipts
Beginning Balance Jan 01,2003
Police Detail Payroll
Police Cruiser
Total
3 930 00
Beginning Balance Jan 01 ,2003
Retainage West Milton
25,801 82
Revenue
295 00
Revenue
30,026.82
Trans from
!
Expenses
Police Detail Payroll
18,691 70
22,691.70
31,
2003
Drug Restitution
Beginning Balance
Town
West
Milton Bridge
Total
59,841.61
Expenses
Expenses
Hall Architects
:
7,335.12 .Balance
2,296 77
Expenses
Balance December 31 2003
,
'
6,350.33
18,368.98
35,122.30
455.96
69,843-06
4,000.00
Expenses
Balance December
Total Receipts
Total
Cruiser Detail Expenses
Cruiser Purctiase
Total
NHPDIP Bond Acct
1
,940 95
December
70,299.02
31,
2003
(10,457.41)
�2003 General Fund Financial Report
Fund 9--Main
Street
�2003 Detail of Receipts
Town General Fund
Cash Balance January
2003
1
2003
From Local Taxes
Tax Liens
Payments of Lieu of Taxes
Interest & Penalties
,
$
Total Receipts
Business Licenses & Permits
Motor Vehicle Permit Fees
Licenses, Permits,
& Fees
Other Licenses, Permits & Fees
Reimbursement IRS
Shared Revenue Block Grant
Rooms & Meals Distribution
Highway Block Grants
Water Pollution
State
& Federal Forest
Other State Grants & Reimb.
Income from Departments
Interest
Fines
&
on Investments
Forfeits
& Reimb.
Other Misc. Revenues
Transfer from Capitol Reseve Funds
Transfer from Trust Agency Funds
Miscellaneous Revenues
Insurance Div
$
845,180.28
�2003 Detail of Receipts
Town General Fund
2002 Tax Lien
$
TOTAL
Payments
Interest
Interest
of Lieu of
Taxes
& Penalties
Received Property Taxes
Business Licenses & Permits
Licenses(Junk Yard, Food)
UCC
TOTAL
Motor Vehicle Permit Fees
Motor Vehicle Registration Fees
Titles
TOTAL
Licenses, Permit,
& Fees
Building Permits
Oil
Burner Permits
TOTAL
Other Licenses, Permit & Fees
Dog Licenses
Dog Fines
Marriage Licenses
Certificates/Birth-Death
Parking Tickets
Bad Check Fines
Current Use
Filing
Fees
Photo Copies
Pistol
Permits
Septage Permits
Wetlands Permits Applications
Municipal Agent Fees
Election Filing Fees
Total
�2003
Detail of Receipts
Town General Fund
$
�2003
Detail of Receipts
Town General Fund
Dog Licenses-A/P
State of
Certified's-Stateof
NH
Population Control Fees-
NH
Dog
$
Lie.
Marriage Licenses
Donations to Town
Insurance Checks/Payable
Leon Hayes Ball
State Grant Generator
Safety Council Grant
Fire
Department
Hall Rental
Fire/Ems Grant
Pay Per Bag
Cruiser Reimb. Police Detail Account
Fiscal Impact Studies
Checks Voided
Total Miscellaneous
�2003 Summary of Payments
$
Election, Registration
&
Vital Statistics
Financial Administration
140,808.52
$
85,711,17
$
Executive
86,696.20
Revaluation of Property
$
8,687.82
Legal Expenses
$
Personnel Administration
$
58,646.59
499,269.46
Planning & Zoning
General Government Buildings
$
34,366.32
Insurance
$
33,911.73
Police
$
629,759.06
Ambulance
$
70,048.46
$
126,441.68
Fire
Department
Emergency Management
$
&
61,770.64
3,675.27
$
Street
Streets
71,203.15
$
227,990.53
$
&
328,721.80
$
Building Inspection
Administration Highway
Higtiway
$
28,354.15
$
13,817.07
72,962.57
Bridges
Street Lighting
Highw/ay
OT FEMA
Grant
Sanitation Administration
Solid
Solid
Waste Collection
Waste Disposal
Animal Control
Health Agencies & Hospitals
Welfare Administration
Intergovernment Welfare Payments
Welfare Payments
Parks & Recreation
Library
Patriotic
Purposes
Other Culture & Recreation
Conservation Commission
Economic Development
Principal-Long Term Bond and Notes
Interest- Long Term Bonds and Notes
Capital Outlay Machinery, Veh & Equip
Trans to Capitol Reserve
Taxes Paid to County
Taxes Paid to School Districts
2002 Encumbrance
2002 Tax Lien
Miscellaneous
Total
$
1,008.70
39,798.28
6,
667.84
16,
010.00
3 ,362.40
4 000.00
63 709.66
110 774.16
124 706.00
900.00
23 999.80
9 937.94
8 713.69
209 984.03
76 982.00
492 178.73
277 085.00
705 368.00
3,527 328.58
73 837.83
260 955.52
2.050 857.31
$ 10,671,007.66
Executive
�2003 Summary of Payments
Financial Administration
Bookkeeper
31,655.20
Auditor
4,750.00
Assessing Clerk
31,061.61
Tax Map Update
1,275.00
Registry-Research
Insurance
Property and
Liability
Insurance
$
-_
TOTAL
$
33,911.73
1,356.00
Clerk-Town Clerk/Tax Collector
14,258.39
Total
86,696.20
Police Department
Police Salaries
& Wages
Crossing Guard
Revaluation of Property
Earls, Nieder, Perkins,
Police Department Overtime
LLC
Holiday Pay
School Resource Officer
Legal Expenses
Training
Legal Services
Mileage
Telephone
Personnel Administration
Dispatching
276.00
Staff Physicals
Personnel
26,921.46
Liabilities
Health Insurance
Encumber
Life,
to
263,410.28
5,934.00
2004
Short and Long Term Disability
FICA/Town
Maintenance
Office Supplies
Gasoline
Tires
61,808.64
Cruiser Maintenance
22,303.58
Police Supplies
31,853.20
Medicare
ICMA Retirement Corp.
Unemployment Compensation
Worker's Compensation
NH Retirement Police)
New Equipment
6,228.96
32,370.10
31,311.09
(
TOTAL
Planning & Zoning
Master Plan & Planning Consultants
Printing and Ads
Postage
Enforcement Funds
& Prosecution
Uniforms
16,852.15
Contribution
499,269.46
Investigations
Equipment Maintenance
Police Misc. Expenses
TOTAL
Ambulance
$
30,262.30
$
1,604.02
$
2,500.00
EMS/Fire Dept Secretary
Ambulance Corps Pay
Ambulance Dispatch
Training
TOTAL
Radio Repairs
Office Supplies
Chemicals and Diesel Fuel
Vehicle Maintenance
General Government Buildings
Medical Supplies
New Equipment
Custodian
29,396.05
Town Hall Electricity
Town Hall Fuel Oil
Town Hall Water/Sewer
Town Hall Repairs & Maintenance
Town Hall Supplies
Town Clock
11,258.99
151.25
Fire
TOTAL
61,770.64
Fire
10,204.79
16,492.75
$
Bonds
2,340.00
Treasurer
$
Vehicle Insurance
TOTAL
156.64
Department
7,394.70
Fire
3,208.22
Fire Inspector
Fire
Fire
Fire
Fire
Fire
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
Physicals
Mileage
Telephone
Software
Office Supplies
Payroll
Training
17,418,98
�2003 Summary of Payments
Fire
Department Chemicals
�2003 Summary of Payments
Health Agencies
Rural District Healtli
$
12,018.00
NSC-JCDP/Chances
$
2,500.00
Sexual Assault Services
$
1,492.00
TOTAL
Welfare Administration
Welfare Director
Intergovernment Welfare Payments
Strafford County CAPP
Welfare
Welfare-Medical
$
6,630.58
Welfare- Rents Etc.
$
57,079.08
TOTAL
Parks
&
Recreation
91,757.07
Recreation Payroll
Parks and Recreation Training
1,500.00
Parks and Recreation Telephone
Recreation Department Supply
Parks and Recreation Equipment
Parks and Recreation Grant
Maintain Parks
2,266.52
TOTAL
Purposes
Other Culture & Recreation
Hay Day
Road Race
Summer Program
Girl's
6,432.00
1,000.00
4,482.96
$
Farmington Library
Patriotic
3,335.61
Club
Boy's Club
110,774.16
$
124,706.00
$
900.00
�2003
Fiscal Impact Studies
Summary of Payments
�2003
PARKS & RECREATION-INCOME & EXPENDITURES
Beginning Balance 01/01/03
Parks
&
Recreation Income
969.94
�WASTEWATER EXPENDITURES
Balance Jan 1,2003
$
89,235.91
Auditor
Receipts 2003
March 2002-Wastewater Rents
October 2002-Wastewater Rents
2003-Wastewater Rents
October 2003-Wastewater Rents
9,660.95
23,433.56
87,875.48
April
Service
Work
69,576.95
443.11
Connnection Fee
Interest
$
4,483.92
Finals
3,000.00
on Past Due
3,069.03
Reimbursement Clarifier
Interest NOW Account
5,021.00
315.52
Sewer Miscellaneous
Total Receipts
Dec
31,
160.00
2003
$ 207,039.52
Expense
Wastewater Personnel
Additional Labor
Treasurer
79,822,32
18.18
678.00
Overtime
3,324.17
284.93
Supplies
General Maintenance
Mainline Maintenance
Service Line Maint.
Gasoline
6,568.21
326.00
1,057.23
289.44
Diesel
1,970.90
Vehicles Maintenance
Tools Misc
652.62
2,996.79
Grease and
Oil
Paving
Specialized labor
Telephone
797.86
Water
39.00
Uniforms
1,348.69
Dewatering Belt Press
Lab Supplies
Chemicals
New Equipment
Personnel
Liabilities
Heath Insurance
Disability
Fica and
18,639.13
9,845.19
4,354.30
317.74
458.50
24,359.20
1,246.79
Med
Icma Retirement
Training
Unemployment
Worker's
3,223.61
27,942.58
Electricity
Comp
6,114.93
2,163.89
180.00
280.00
597.00
�WATER DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES
Balance Jan 1,2003
�2003 TREASURER'S
General Fund
Balance Forward January
Total
1,
2003
Town Receipts and Transfers
Selectmen Manifests
Balance December 31, 2003
Total
Conservation Commission/Land Acquisition
Beginning Balance
Interest Earned
Transfer to NHDPIP Account
Balance December 31, 2003
Community Economic Res & Dev.Corp
Balance January
Interest Earned
1,
2003
Balance December
2003
31,
Sarah Greenfield Industrial Park
Balance January 1, 2003
Interest
Earned
Gravel Sale
NHPDIP Sarah Greenfield
Refund PSNH
Less Orders Paid per Selectmen
Transfer from
Balance December
2003
31,
Bicentennial Account
Balance January 1, 2003
Interest 2003
Balance December 31, 2003
NH-PDIP Wastewater Money Market
Balance January
Interest Earned
Transfer to
NOW
1,
2003
Account
Balance December 31, 2003
REPORT
845,180.28
$
12,004,190,08
$
(11,861,610.66)
$
�6
NH-PDIP Wastewater Capital Reserve
Balance January 1,2003
Interest Earned
Connection Fees
Balance December 31, 2003
50,542.74
$
$
411.74
$
2,250.00
$
53,204.48
Balance January 1 2003
Interest Earned
Transfer from NOW Account
$
3,710.58
Balance December
NH-PDIP Water Money Market
,
$
215.37
$
100,000.00
$
103,925.95
Balance January 1 2003
Interest Earned
Connection Earned
Connection Fee In Transit
$
1
Balance December 31 2003
$
NH-PDIP Water
31,
2003
Capital Reserve
,
33,463.28
$
1,101.88
$
7,500.00
1,500.00
$
,
143,565.1
NHPDIP General Funds
Beginning Balance January
1
,2003
12,365.69
$
$
66.83
NOW
$
(12,428.91
Balance December 31,2001
$
3.61
$
1,000,738.36
Interest
Earned
Transfer to
Bank
of
)
New Hampshire
Balance January 01, 2003
Interest to
December
31
2003
,
4,951 .28
$
NOW
$
Balance December 31,2003
$
Transfer to
(1,005,689.64 )
Bank of New Hampshire Money Market
Deposit Julyb
Interest
3,
2003
$
2003
$
1
,750,000.00
6,862.06
NOW
$
Balance December 31 ,2003
$
421,862.06
$
403,821.83
3,231.66
40,529.33
Transfer to
(1,335,000.00 )
NH-PDIP 2001 Bond
Beginning Balance January 1,2003
Interest
$
Earned
$
State Bridge Aid
Transfer to
Town
NOW
Balance December
31,
Bond Expenses
2003
$
(35,122.30 )
$
412,460.52
$
43,459.96
$
5,655.75
NH-PDIP Sarah Greenfield
Balance January
1
,
2003
Transfer from Sarah Greenfield Checking
��Long Term Debt
Clarifier
Bond
Project No. CS-330095-02
Interest of 2.9%
Total $300,000
@
Payment
3/1/04
3/1/05
3/1/06
Principal
Interest
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$30,000.00
$1,705.50
$1,137.00
$568.50
Admin. Fee
$900.00
$600.00
$300.00
Total
$2,605.50
$1,737.00
$868.50
Water Bond - Water Department
NO. 01-0431303
Total $350,000
PRINCIPAL
@ Interest of 5%
Annual Payment
$32,605.50
$31,737.00
$30,868.50
�Well #6 Bond Issue
Interest of 2.865%
$520,284
@
Pavment Date
�2003 Town Clerk-Tax Collector Report
Work continues
to
be done on the state and town
motor vehicle renewals
"on-line"
town and school
Meeting
Wednesday, March 10
SB2
is
March
Dog
at
Be
9.
is
at
7:00PM
there and
at
7:00PM
licenses are available.
$1.00/month
is
everyone "one
added
last
to
law.
for property
a priority to have the ability to accept
the old
Town
The
in
the
Town
gymnasium. Town
Hall
gymnasium. Remember, the town voted
The School
budget.
District
Hall
District
to
results of the deliberative session
will
be on the
ballot
Remember
to license
your licenses expire on
We now
your dog.
Save money and
He
April
have a new dog
2004.
who
then be issuing $25.00
will
license your
30,
officer
dogs
will
civil
After
June
Seaver,
L.
Town
forfeitures
on
in
July to give
all
unlicensed
prior to April 30!
Clerk/Tax Collector
TAX SALE/TAX LIEN
ACCOUNTS
Town
Fiscal Year
Farmington
Ending 12/31/2003
of
Debits
Tax Sale/Lien on Account
2002
of Levies of
2001
2000-Prior
Balance of Unredeemed Taxes
$143,604.04
Beginning of Fiscal Year
Liens Executed during Fiscal Yr.
$16,697.24
$41,433.83
$265,631.97
$160,301.28
$190,710.25
$79,796.62
$87,527.17
$89,326.82
1029.39
776.66
3064.54
$1,517.08
$1,650.36
$9,133.07
$4,676.45
After Lien Execution
TOTAL DEBITS
Remittances
Fiscal
$149,276.42
$260,955.52
& Cost Collected
Interest
to
on
1st a penalty of
be going out
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy
adopt
Meeting deliberative session was
vote count.
unlicensed dogs.
chance"
dogs as provided by
in
Farmington High School.
make your
it
Tuesday, March 9 from 8:00AM - 7:00PM
form of voting on the School
for the
February 5
officers
accept credit card payments
calendar year.
in this
Election of
level to utilize the ability to
Governor Benson has made
tax and motor vehicle registration transactions.
Treasurer during
Year
Redemption
Deeded During Year
Abatements During Year
& Costs after Lien
Unredeemed Taxes End of Year
$4,676.45
$16,697.24
$41,433.83
$178,612.43
$53,649.85
$47,751.99
TOTAL CREDITS
$265,631.97
$160,301.28
$190,710.25
Interest
44
�Town
of Farmington
�TOWN OF FARMINGTON
UNREDEEMED TAXES AS OF 12/31/03
NAME
2002
& Leslie R.
Bruce D.
Allain,
Allfrey,
$
$
146.86
881.78
$
705.42
$
950.12
$
Boston
$
1,584.25
$
Wanda & Shane
& Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Barnes,
1,045.41
$
854.48
$
543.45
$
283.12
$
71.62
$
2000-Pnor
1,237.48
$
Timothy
Trudy
Bailey,
2001
313.78
$
120.63
$
1,226.92
Brooks, William K.
$
1,882.21
Brown, Donna Lee
$
931.45
Bruce, John
$
725.33
$
1,638.08
$
285.61
$
763.76
535.50
Buffett,
Bion Estate
Camp, Wendall
Carbone, Peter
E.
& Marlene
J.
J.
$
& Carroll
& Beth
Cardinal, Cathy L.
Carlson, Robert
Childers,
D.
Wayne M.
72.16
$
1,526.75
$
637.07
$
Cardinal, Arthur S. Sr.
948.76
Codair, Steven
$
142.85
Coe, Peter D.
$
376.66
$
1,185.57
Collins, Eric
J.
& Melvin
$
1,760.65
Cyr, Brian P.
S
1,713.54
Dagostino, James Et Al
$
481.58
Daly, Marilyn G.
$
122.41
S
126.63
$
2,086.64
$
749.17
S
2,991.85
Coorssen, Heather K.
Dashnaw, Raymond
&
& Annette
4,043.26
$
Day, Percy
$
1,322.88
$
955.93
Defalco, Daniel
$
1,414.51
$
426.32
Defalco, Daniel
$
905.95
$
85.40
Demeritt, Delphin
$
1,020.19
$
761.48
$ 10,324.27
Demeritt, Delphin
$
662.52
$
469.33
$
4,664.22
Demeritt, Terry
$
1,509.82
$
852.14
627.93
$
1,151.76
Davidson, David
Demetrios, Peter
Michelle
J.
& Wendy
& Mary Ann
Duffy, Brian P. & Sharon L.
Dore, Michael
$
839.48
S
Dube, Peter
$
1,539.39
$
532.03
S
400.70
Sr.
$
1,676.27
$
2,103.46
$
1,560.88
$
2,527.36
$
1,211.90
Ferland, Beverly
$
1,171.31
$
873.02
& Anita
Foster, Charles & Ursula
$
466.52
$
531.75
702.55
$
527.42
Freeman, Dennis
$
294.80
$
4,058.97
$
444.83
Emerson, Kevin
Estes,
S.
Kathryn
Ferguson,
Jimmy
L.
Fisher, Daniel
Glidden, Lois
I.
Glidden, Lois
I.
& Stanley C.
& Stanley C.
$
46
�& Kristen
$
962.44
1,152.71
$
$
100.15
968.43
$
103.98
$
1,085.10
538.46
$
$
859.78
717.88
$
1,292.92
Gorman, Dennis & Roberta
Gosselin, Donald M. & Desjardin
$
7,063.05
$
Gray, Dean
$
Gordon, Marcus
L.
Jr.
M.
$
1,563.46
Gullison, Joyce
$
397.23
3,619.93
Gray, Linda
Gullison, Joyce
$
Hagen, Lloyd Estate
$
124.24
Ham,
$
720.24
Ernest
J.
& Margaret
$
1,991.40
$
1,706.48
Henderson, Martha
$
1,056.91
$
523.80
Hodgdon, Royce Estate
$
1,406.90
$
943.99
Hogan, Kimberly
$
2,329.08
$
1,696.52
Howard, Donald
$
772.63
Howard, Donald
$
930.26
Howard, Donald
$
2,368.49
$
1,232.38
Hapsis, Michael
$
& Donald E.
Howard, Everett A.
Howard,
Ilene
Huber, David M.
Jewett, Kathleen R.
& Clayton
& Norma J.
$
4,355.01
1,882.59
$
E.
931.45
$
Howard, Donald
356.14
$
Howard, Donald
991.00
$
1,559.38
$
1,054.58
$
486.81
Kalar, Kermeth A.
$
712.40
$
535.17
Kazukus, Karen
$
104.36
$
1,673.00
$
1,067.30
$
430.44
$
1,691.94
Johnston, Robert H.
Kendrick, Mahala
Kimball,
& Nancy
Howard
King, Lindsay Et Al
Nancy
& Truman
& Darlene
& Darlene
$
677.98
$
1,422.54
$
1,031.41
$
1,046.16
$
636.77
Lavalley, Harold B.
$
152.58
Leavy, Cal
$
231.59
$
179.62
Leonard, Roger
$
493.09
Lapointe,
J.
Laquerre, Donald
Laquerre, Donald
Lessard, Sue
& Roberts, Michael
S
5,790.30
Lougee, Joseph Harry
$
2,852.64
$
1,877.40
Lougee, Joseph Harry
$
853.73
$
292.24
$
702.67
$
2,940.30
$
2,179.21
$
4,807.55
$
1,407.63
$
1,041.24
$
5,276.54
$
292.90
S
224.88
$
455.28
$
2,180.17
$
1,401.34
$
1,599.44
S
1,818.26
$
2,843.10
Malachowski, Edward
Masson, Wayne
P.
Masson, Wayne
& Colleen
P.
McCarthy, Shaun
&
Donna
McCormack, Douglas
McDuffee, Steven C.
& Kristie
J.
Michaud, Michael A.
$
1,568.97
Marie
$
2,683.57
$
1,588.90
$
677.33
$
499.41
$
241.96
$
724.10
$
789.63
Miller,
Morley, William
Jr.
Murphy, Michael
J.
Murray, Harold
Jr.
& Et Al
Nelson, Georgia R.
& Georgia
Newcomb, Scott & Melissa
Parent, Conrad N. & Dorothy
Nelson, Dennis
$
236.03
$
1,137.77
$
120.16
$
559.66
47
�Parsley, Esther
I.
& Edward R.
�IN
5
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�The Mercier Group
a professional corporation
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMMUNICATION OF
REPORTABLE CONDITIONS AND OTHER MATTERS
To the Members of the Board of Selectmen
Town of Farmington, New Hampshire
Farmington,
New Hampshire
In planning and performing our audit of the Town of Farmington, New Hampshire for the year
ended December 31, 2003, we considered the Town's internal control structure in order to
determine the scope of our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the
financial statements. Our review of these systems was not intended to provide assurance on the
internal control structure and should not be relied on for that purpose.
Under the standards established by the American
coming to our
reportable conditions involve matters
Institute
of Certified Public Accountants,
attention relating to significant deficiencies
of the internal control structure that, in our judgment, could adversely
Town's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data consistent with
the assertions of management in the financial statements. A material weakness is a reportable
condition in which the design or operation of one or more of the internal control structure
elements does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors or irregularities, in amounts
that would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited, may occur and not be
detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of perfonning their assigned
functions. Our consideration of the internal control structure would not necessarily disclose all
matters in the internal control structure that might constitute reportable conditions and,
accordingly, would not necessarily disclose all reportable conditions that are also considered to
be material weaknesses as defined above.
in the design or operation
affect the
We
are pleased to report that, during the course of our review of internal controls, no material
Town's accounting systems and records were identified. Minor weaknesses or
coming to our attention were generally procedural in nature and dealt with
record keeping practices.
In
these instances, we made specific
recommendations or provided instruction to those individuals involved during the course of our
weaknesses
in the
other considerations
or
administrative
audit fieldwork.
This report
is
intended solely for the information and use of management and others within the
administration as a resource for improving operations.
foi^any other purpose.
he Miw-pier Group,
uaU/lI
FebruaW/11,2004
It is
not intended and should not be used
�The Mercier Group
a professional corporation
INDEPENDENT A UDITOR'S REPORT ON FINANCIAL PRESENTA TION
To the Members of the Board of Selectmen
Town of Farmington, New Hampshire
Farmington,
New Hampshire
We
have audited the accompanying general-purpose financial statements of the Town of
Farmington as of and for the year ended December 31, 2003, as listed in the table of contents.
These financial statements are the responsibility of management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these general-purpose financial statements based on our audit.
We
conducted our audit
States
in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
of America. Those standards require that
assurance
about
misstatement.
An
whether
the
we
general -purpose
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
statements
financial
are
fi-ee
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the
disclosures in the general -purpose financial statements.
accounting principles used and significant estimates
An
material
audit also includes assessing the
made by management,
the overall general-purpose financial statement presentation.
of
amounts and
as well as evaluating
We believe that our audit provides
a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
above present fairly, in all
New Hampshire, as of
December 31, 2003, and the results of its operations and the cash flows of its proprietary fund
types and nonexpendable trust funds for the year then ended in conformity with generally accepted
In our opinion, the general-purpose financial statements referred to
material respects, the financial fwsition of the
Town of
Farmington,
accounting principles.
Our
audit
was made
for the purpose of forming an opinion
statements taken as a whole.
schedules listed in the table of
The combining and
on the general-purpose financial
and
of additional analysis and are
individual fund financial statements
contents are presented for purposes
not a required part of the general-purpose financial statements of the
Town of Farmington, New
Hampshire. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of
the general-purpose financial statements and, in our opinion,
is fairly
presented in
respects in relation to the general -purpose financial statements taken as a whole.
all
material
�Town
of Farmington,
Balance Sheet
-
December
All
amounts are expressed
in
American Dollars
New Hampshire
General Fund
3
1,2003
�TOWN MEETING MINUTES
2003
March
1-3
the meeting at 7:15 PM.
Moderator led us
the Pledge of Allegiance.
88, the
which were voted on the
Article
2003
Thomas Huse opened
Moderator,
Troup
12,
in
After a presentation of the flags by
The Moderator then read the
Boy Scout
results of Articles
Official Ballot.
1.
To choose one Selectman
year, three
for
one
year, two
Budget Committee memJDers
the Trust Funds for three years and
Selectmen
for three years,
one Treasurer
for
for three years,
one Trustee
one
two Budget Committee members
of the Trust
Funds
for
one
year,
for
one
one Trustee of
(Official Ballot)
year.
Article 2.
Shall
we adopt
Town
of
Yes
51
the provisions of
RSA
40:13 (known as SB2)
to allow official ballot voting
on
all
issues before the
Farmington on the second Tuesday of March? (Official Ballot)
1
No 356 This
failed to get the required
60%.
Article 3.
To see
if
the
Town
amended on March
•
Amend
will
vote to
amend
Section 3.14 Housing
require fencing
the Zoning Ordinance which
Amend
2001 (and subsequently
and Other Standards, to require compliance with various construction codes and
for swimming pools. This change will potentially affect anyone wishing
in
Amend
Officer.
Section 2.00
This change
potentially affect
will
Base Zoning
anyone wishing
to
develop land
in
by reformatting the section, changing the
Districts,
also add a reference table for land use codes.
wishing to develop land
•
Amend
in
This change
will
Code
notification for special
potentially affect
This
anyone
Farmington.
Section 4.04 Waterfront Protection Overlay
revised with words and a diagram
in
mentioned. Approval of this Article
order to
is
A
clarify
District,
to reformat this section.
This Section has been
the point at which the prohibition begins for the waterways
recommended by
Prior to the reading of Article 4 the Moderator
American Red Cross month.
to
Farmington.
exception from 15 days to 10 days, and adding Section 3.17 Special Exception General Standards.
amendment would
to
Farmington.
Section 1.07 Interpretation, Administration and Enforcement, to outline the roles and duties of the
Enforcement
•
13,
and protective devices
develop land or operate a swimming pool
•
was adopted March
12, 2002) as follows:
the Farmington Planning Board (Official Ballot).
announce that the Governor had proclaimed this to be
Red Cross was in attendance and was
representative from the American
recognized.
Article 4.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
sum
of $2,500.00
(Two Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars) to
be added to the Public Buildings Maintenance Capital Reserve Fund (established in 2000 by Town Meeting vote).
The purpose of this fund is to offset the cost of expensive building maintenance activities such as roof replacement
and other large-scale maintenance or repair projects. The Selectmen are the agents of this Capital Reserve Fund.
The Budget Committee recommends this appropriation. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation.
(Majority vote required).
54
�Howard made
Sylvia
seconded by Arthur Capello. After some discussion concerning tlie purpose
a motion to call the question, seconded by Mary Barron. This was
cards vote. Article 4 was approved by a show of cards vote.
a motion,
made
of the fund, Marl< IVIcGowan
approved by a show of
Article 5.
To see
if
the
be added
Town
The purpose
vote).
vote to raise and appropriate the
will
of this fund
recommends
of $3,500.00 (Three
to offset the cost of future
is
The Selectmen are
municipal operations.
sum
Thousand Five Hundred
Technology Improvements Capital Reserve Fund (established
to the Future
this appropriation.
in
Dollars) to
2000 by Town Meeting
computer and commurications technology needs
for
The Budget Committee
the agents of this Capital Reserve Fund.
The Selectmen recommend
this appropriation. (Majority vote required).
made a motion to approve, seconded by Manny Krasner. After some questions on the
purpose of the fund, Linda Ghareeb made a motion to call the question, seconded by Mary Barron. This was
approved by a show of cards vote. Article 5 was approved by a show of cards vote.
Michael Mains
Article 6.
To see
if
Town
the
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
sum
of
$99,125 (Ninety-nine Thousand One Hundred
Twenty-five Dollars) to be added to the previously established Fire Equipment Capital Reserve Fund
with the
2003-2008 Farmington Capital Improvement Program,
appropriation.
The Selectmen recommend
this appropriation. (Majority
Mary Barron made a motion to approve, seconded by Manny Krasner.
is in the fund now and what the next expenditure would be.
money
handouts that spelled
Michael Mains
this out.
made
motion to
a
in
accordance
The Budget Committee recommends
this
Vote Required).
Discussion centered on
It
call
was pointed out
how much
that there
were
the question, seconded by Linda
show
Ghareeb. This was approved by a show of cards vote. Article 6 was approved by a
of cards vote.
Article 7.
To see
if
the
Town
will
Fifty-four Dollars) to
Reserve Fund
in
vote to raise and appropriate the
be added
sum
of
to the previously established
$28,854 (Twenty-eight Thousand Eight Hundred
Emergency Medical Motorized Equipment
accordance with the Farmington 2003-2008 Capital Improvement Program.
Committee recommends
this appropriation.
The Selectmen recommend
this appropriation.
Capital
The Budget
(Majority Vote
Required).
Arthur Capello
made
on
and Rick Gladding spoke for the Rescue Company.
this article
a motion to approve,
discussion as they are related
failed
articles.
A
seconded by Sylvia Howard. John
Fitch
Article 18
motion and second were made to
spoke
call
the question.
by a show of cards vote. After more discussion, Mike Mains made a motion to
seconded and approved by
a
show
of cards vote.
The show
of cards vote
for the
Selectmen
and 19 were brought
call
was too close
into the
This motion
the question, duly
to call
and we did a
counted show of cards vote as follows: Yes 141
No 134
Walter Mills
made
a motion to
go
to Articles 18
and
19.
This
was duly seconded and approved by
a
show
of
cards vote.
Article 18.
To see
if
the
Town
Dollars) for the
sold
will
vote to raise and appropriate the
sum
of
$96,850 (Ninety-six Thousand Eight Hundred
Fifty
purchase of a new ambulance. The older of the two ambulances that the Town now owns would be
and the newer ambulance would continue
Committee does not recommend
this article.
to
be used as the back-up ambulance, (by petition)
The Selectmen do not recommend
required)
55
The Budget
this article. (Majority vote
�Gerald McCarthy
call
made
a motion to not accept, duly seconded. After
some
discussion, Mike Mains
moved
to
the question, duly seconded and approved by a shovi of cards vote. Article 18 w/as defeated by a show^
of cards vote.
Article 19.
Town
vote to raise and appropriate the
To see
if
the
and ambulance equipment
fire
the
will
The Budget Committee does not recommend
Walter Mills
the question
show
sum
capital reserve specifically
$20,000 (Twenty Thousand Dollars)
of
The Selectmen do not recommend
this article.
be added
to
to
toward the purchase of a new ambulance, (by petition)
this article.
made a motion to defeat, seconded by Arthur Capello. After some discussion, a motion to call
was made, duly seconded and approved by a show of cards vote. Article 19 was defeated by a
of cards vote.
Mike Morin made a motion to restrict reconsideration of
approved by a show of cards vote.
all
previous articles, duly seconded.
This
was
Article 8.
To see
if
Dollars)
the
to
Town
will
be added
vote to raise and appropriate the
to
the
previously established
sum
of $61,606 (Sixty-one
Thousand
accordance with the 2003-2008 Farmington Capital Improvement Program, The Budget Committee
this appropriation.
The Selectmen recommend
Hundred Six
Six
Highway Motorized Equipment Capital Reserve Fund
this appropriation.
in
recommends
(Majority Vote Required).
Mary Barron made a motion to approve, seconded by Arthur Capello. After some discussion, Mark
McGowen, made a motion to call the question, seconded by Mike Mains and approved by a show of cards
vote. Article 8
was approved by
a
show
of cards vote.
Article 9.
Town
To see
if
Capital
Reserve Fund"
the
anticipated for road
Program and
added
will
for the
& Road Design and
Construction
purpose of setting aside annually the design, engineering and construction costs
and bhdge repair
to raise
to said fund.
vote to establish a Capital Resen/e Fund entitled "Bridge
to
be done
in
accordance with the 2003-2008 Farmington Capital Improvement
and appropriate the sum of $73,500 (Seventy-three Thousand Five Hundred
The Budget Committee recommends
this appropriation.
Dollars) to
The Selectmen recommend
be
this
appropriation. (Majority vote required),
Arthur Capello
made
made
Article
seconded by Mike Morin. After some discussion, Mark McGowen
seconded by Jacqueline Capello and approved by a show of cards vote.
a motion to approve,
a motion to call the question,
9 was approved by s show of cards vote.
Article 10.
To see
Fund"
if
the
for the
Town
will
vote to establish a Capital Reserve Fund entitled "Recreation Equipment Capital Reserve
purpose of setting aside annually
Improvement Program and
fund.
to raise
for anticipated recreation
equipment
in
accordance with the Capital
and appropriate the sum of $8,000 (Eight Thousand Dollars)
The Budget Committee recommends
this appropriation.
The Selectmen recommend
to
be added
to said
this appropriation.
(Majority vote required).
Mary Barron made a motion to approve, duly seconded. Kerry Mucher, Recreation Director, explained the
After some discussion, Mark McGowen made a motion to call the question, duly seconded and
article.
approved by a show of cards vote.
Article 9
was approved by
a
show
of cards vote.
Article 11.
To see
if
the
purpose of
Town
final
will
vote to raise and appropriate $225,000 (Two Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars) for the
engineering and design and development of specifications and bid documents for
56
final landfill
closure
�and
withdrawal of $125,000 (One Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars) from the Landfill Closure
to authorize the
Fund (established 1995) established
Capital Reserve
for the
$100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Dollars) from the
Landfill
purpose of engineering and closure of the
Closure Capital Reserve Fund
Marl< IVIcGowen
The Selectmen recommend
asked
The
appropriation.
for a point of order to clarify
After an explanation of
seconded.
tliis
how these
and
The Budget Committee recommends
the purpose of defraying costs associated with the closure of the Landfill.
this appropriation.
landfill
(established 1986) for
(iVIajority
Vote Required).
whether we were raising and appropriating or spending.
type of articles work,
Arthur Capello
made
a motion to approve, duly
and appropriating and withdrawal issue was discussed further as well as landfill
Emmanual Krasner made a motion to amend to change the wording to say by way of
raising
closure issues.
money is coming from and
was seconded by John Scruton. After discussion,
Arthur Capello made a motion to call the question, duly seconded and approved by a show of hands vote.
The amendment was approved by a show of hands vote. Mary Barron made a motion to call the question,
seconded by Mark McGowan and approved by a show of cards vote. Article 11, as amended, was approved
by a show of hands vote.
withdrawal from the following two capital reserve funds clarifying where the
emphasizing that there are two separate funds.
This
Article 12.
To see
Town
the
if
new plow
truck
Thousand
vote to raise and appropriate $76,000 (Seventy-six
will
and authorize the withdrawal of up
Dollars) from the previously established
Dollars) for the
purchase of a
$57,725 (Fifty-seven Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-five
to
Highway Motorized Equipment Capital Reserve Fund
for said purchase, with
Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-five Dollars) to come from general taxation. The
Budget Committee recommends this appropriation. The Selectmen recommend this appropriation. (Majority
the balance of $18,275 (Eighteen
Vote Required).
Jacqueline Capello
made
a motion to approve, duly
seconded.
Atter an explanation from Clark Hackett,
Road Supervisor and discussion, Kevin Willey made a motion to change the wording to say by authorizing
instead of and authorizing. This was duly seconded. A motion was made to call the question, duly
seconded and approved by a show of cards vote. The amendment was approved by a show of cards vote.
After discussion on plowing private roads and questions of clarification, John Scruton made a motion to call
the question, duly seconded and approved by a show of cards vote. Article 12 was approved by a show of
cards vote.
Article 13.
To see
if
the
Town
police cruiser
and
will
vote to raise and appropriate $23,000 (Twenty-three
to authorize the withdrawal of
Police Outside Details Special
Thousand
Dollars) to
come from
Selectmen recommend
Revenue Fund
to
general taxation.
this appropriation.
up
to
Thousand
Dollars) for the
$4,000 (Four-thousand Dollars)
purchase of a
of surplus funds from the
apply toward purchase, with the balance of $19,000 (Nineteen
The Budget Committee recommends
this appropriation.
The
(Majority Vote Required).
Mike Mains made a motion to approve, seconded by Arthur Capello. Discussion centered on the number of
what was being replaced, etc. Mike Mains made a motion to call the question, duly seconded and
cruisers,
approved by a show of cards vote.
Yes 162 No 78
Article 13
A
on preceding
motion to
restrict reconsideration
Barron and approved by a
show
was approved by
articles
a counted
show
of cards vote as follows:
was made by Mark McGowan, seconded by Mary
of cards vote.
Article 14.
To see
if
the
Town
purchase of two
will
(2)
vote to raise and appropriate $32,500 (Thirty-two
stainless
Improvement Program and
steel
sanders and one
to authorize the
(1)
Thousand Five Hundred
York Rake, as outlined
in
Dollars) for the
the 2003-2008
Capital
withdrawal of up to $32,500 (Thirty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars)
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�from the previously established Highway Motorized Equipment Capital Reserve Fund for said purchase. The Budget
Committee recommends
this appropriation.
The Selectmen recommend
this appropriation.
(Majority Vote
Required).
Arthur Capello
made
a motion to approve, seconded by Sylvia Howard.
A
say by instead of and, seconded by Kevin Willey.
Manny Krasner moved
motion was made to
call
to
amend
to
the question, duly seconded
and approved by a show of cards vote. The amendment was approved by a show of cards vote. After a
short discussion a motion was made, duly seconded and approved to call the question. Article 14, as
amended, was approved by
a
show
of cards vote.
Article 15.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to raise and appropriate $45,000 (Forty-five Thousand Dollars) for the purchase of a
alarm system for the Fire Department to be funded by withdrawal of up
to
new
$30,000 (Thirty-thousand Dollars) from the
previously established Fire Equipment Capital Reserve Fund for said purchase, with the balance of $15,000 (Fifteen
Thousand
Dollars) to
come
Selectmen recommend
Sykvia Howard
this
made
The Budget Committee recommends
from general taxation.
this appropriation. (Majority
a motion, duly
this appropriation.
The
Vote Required).
seconded. After determination that there were sufficient funds to take
from capital reserve, a motion to amend to $45,000 from capital reserve and $0.00 from general
all
was made and duly seconded. After some discussion about the present system and an explanation
by Fire Chief, Ky Goslin, Arthur Capello made a motion to call the question, seconded by Jacqueline Capello
and approved by a show of cards vote. The amendment was approved by a show of cards vote. Article 14,
as amended, was approved by a show of cards vote.
taxation
Article 16.
To see
if
the
500 Boys &
fields to
Town
Girls
will
Club
vote to raise and appropriate the
for the
sum
of
$10,000 (Ten Thousand Dollars) as a donation
express purpose of the purchase of property along the Paulson Road
remain under the ownership and management of the 500 Boys &
recommends
this appropriation.
The Selectmen recommend
Girls Club.
to the
to establish ball
The Budget Committee
this appropriation. (Majority
Vote Required)
Brad Anderson made a motion to move Article 16 to just before Article 22, because they are related. Manny
Krasner seconded this and
it
was approved by
a
show
of cards vote.
Article 17.
To see
if
the
Town
vote to adopt the provisions of
will
revenues from the private
rental of the hall in the
maintaining the Farmington Fire Station
revenue fund known as the
surplus
in
"Fire Station
facility.
RSA
31:95-c to
restrict
Farmington Fire Station
to
Such revenues and expenditures
one hundred percent (100%)
of
expenditures for the purpose of
shall
be accounted
for in
a special
Maintenance Special Revenue Fund," separate from the general fund. Any
deemed part of the general fund accumulated surplus and shall be expended only
body to appropriate a specific amount from said fund for a specific purpose related to
The Budget Committee recommends this article. The Selectmen recommend this
said fund shall not be
after a vote by the legislative
the purpose of the fund.
article. (Majority ballot
vote required).
Howard made a motion to approve, seconded by Jacqueline Capello. After much discussion on the
made a motion to amend to change the last line to not have to go
back to Town Meeting to spend. Barry Elliott suggested that we just defeat the article and leave things the
way they are. Vernon Bonar withdrew his amendment. John Scruton made a motion to table, seconded by
Sylvia
merits and need for this, Vernon Bonar
Matt Scruton and approved by a
A
show of cards
motion was made to table Article 20
show
vote.
until after Article 29.
of cards vote.
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This
was duly seconded and approved by
a
�Article 21.
To see
Town
the
if
will
vote to appropriate the
sum
paying salary and benefits of an additional police
recommend
of
$35,000
The Selectmen do not recommend
this article.
(Thirty-five
(by petition)
officer,
Thousand
Dollars) for the
purpose of
The Budget Committee does not
this article.
made a motion to defeat, seconded by Brad Anderson. Much discussion ensued on the
merits and need for this. Vernon Bonar made a motion to call the question, seconded by Mike Mains and
approved by a show of cards vote. A petition was presented to make this a ballet vote. Article 21 was
Yes 110 No 82.
defeated as follows:
Gerry McCarthy
was then brought up as moved earlier. A motion was made and duly seconded to approve. Brad
Anderson and Daniel Woodman presented background information.. After some discussion, John Scruton
made a motion to call the question, seconded by Manny Krasner and approved by a show of hands vote.
Article 16 was approved by a show of cards vote.
Article 16
Article 22.
if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,397,288 (Four Million Three Hundred Ninetyseven Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-eight Dollars) for the operation, expenses, and commitments of Town
Government which represents the bottom line of column No. 8 (The Budget Committee's Budget) in the posted
budget (MS-7). The Budget Committee recommends this appropriation. The Selectmen recommend this
To see
appropriation. (Majority vote required).
Brad Anderson made a motion to amend to increase the appropriation to the conservation commission
operating budget from $2,800 to $99,800, and to authorize the
Town
to accept federal funds through the
Land
amount of $97,000 to apply against the increase. The increase will be
used to acquire land on Paulson Road from Pike Industries for recreational use and shall not impact the
municipal property tax rate. This was seconded by Paul George.
After some discussion, it was decided
that there was no main motion. Brad and Paul withdrew their amendment. John Scruton made a motion to
approve the article, duly seconded and then Brad and Paul reinstated their amendment. The amendment
was approved by a show of cards vote to bring the budget to $4,494,288. Mark McGowan made a motion to
reduce the budget by $60,000 to delete the position of Town Administrator because it is overfunded and
unnecessary. This failed to get a second. The budget, as amended was approved by a show of cards vote.
John Scruton made a motion to restrict reconsideration on prior articles, seconded by Brad Anderson and
and Water Conservation Fund
in
the
approved by a show of cards vote.
Article 23.
To see
if
the
153:14, the
Town
NH
will
vote to establish a Fire Safety Inspection Program to be administered
State Fire Code, as published by the
authohze the Board of Selectmen
NH
to establish fees to offset the administration
pehodically review and adjust such fees accordingly.
Selectmen recommend
call
accordance with
RSA
costs of said program and to
The Budget Committee recommends
this article.
The
this article.
John Scruton made a motion
motion to
in
State Fire Marshal's Office and other pertinent laws and to
to approve, duly
seconded.
some discussion, Arthur Capello made a
show of cards vote. Article 23 was approved
After
the question, duly seconded and approved by a
by a show of cards vote.
Article 24.
To see
if
particularly
the
Town
will
vote to accept ownership of land and buildings located at Perkins Avenue, and more
shown on Tax Map U2,
Town's relinquishment of any claim
authohze the Selectmen
Committee recommends
to
Lot 69
where such land and buildings are conveyed
for outstanding property
execute
all
this article.
to obtain
The Selectmen recommend
59
in
consideration for the
taxes on the property and to see whether the voters
necessary documents
ownership of the property.
this article.
will
The Budget
�A
motion to approve was made and duly seconded.
show
With
little
discussion, the article
was approved by
a
of cards vote.
Article 25.
To see
Town
the
if
vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen, after review and
will
Conservation Commission,
execute a drainage easement
to
153 and allowing water from Route 153
to flow
for the
owned by
onto property
comment by
the Farmington
purpose of improving the drainage
off of
Town
of Farmington. (Majority
article
the
was approved by
Route
Vote
Required)
A
motion to approve was made and duly seconded. After discussion, the
a
show
of
cards vote.
Article 26.
To see
if
Town
the
Lawrence Lane
houses.
is
vote to accept a private road, Lawrence Lane, as a town road and maintained as such.
will
a small road located off of Glen Street.
other aspects,
In all
meets the Town
it
the undersigned, request examination of this petition and
Town road,
recommend
Kevin Willey
(by petition)
is
It
one
tenth of a mile long ending
of Farmington's specifications
its
in
a cul-de-sac with six
and requirements of a town road. We,
attachments and acceptance of Lawrence Road as a
The Budget Committee does not recommend
this article.
The Selectmen do not
this article.
made
a motion to
approve with the changing of Road to Lane
discussion on private roads, Vernon Bonar
made
in
the last sentence. After
a motion to call the question, duly
some
seconded and approved
by a show of cards vote. Article 26 was defeated by a show of cards vote.
Article 27.
To see
if
the
Town
will
who
is still living,
Town
vote to establish a rule for the
agent of the Town from destroying the personnel
files
or
that
will
prohibit the
Selectmen or any other employee or
any related records of any current or former Town employee
(by petition)
Manny Krasner made a motion to approve, seconded by John Scruton. Manny spoke on the article. Dan
Auger spoke and called for Selectmen David Hall's resignation which was ruled out of order. Questions on
whether this had already been done and plans for the future were addressed by Gerry McCarthy. Linda
Ghareeb made a motion to move the question, duly seconded and approved by a show of cards vote. Article
27 was approved by a show of cards vote.
Article 28.
To see
if
the
Town
vote to authorize the Selectmen to
will
equipment as determined by the Selectmen, with proceeds
The Budget Committee recommends
John Scruton made a motion
this article.
to approve, duly
sell to
to
go
the highest bidder municipal vehicles and other
into
the general fund.
The Selectmen recommend
seconded and approved by
a
(Majority Vote Required)
this article.
show
of cards vote.
Article 29.
The Health Care
for
New Hampshire
Resolution:
Whereas, New Hampshire residents pay the
Whereas, the cost
of health insurance
12"^
premiums
highest cost of insurance
for families
Whereas, 100,000 New Hampshire residents have no
in
the country; and
45% over the past three years; and
77% of them have a full-time worker
has increased by
health coverage and
at
home; and
Whereas, due
their
to
these
rising
employees, therefore be
officials
from
all
levels of
costs almost half of
it
New
Hampshire's small business cannot afford health coverage
resolved that we, the citizens of
government, and those seeking
FARMINGTON, New
office, to
providers to ensure that:
60
Hampshire,
call
for
on our elected
work with consumers, businesses, and health care
�Everyone, including
access
to
tlie
self-employed, unemployed, un- and underinsured, and small business owners has
an affordable basic health plan similar
to
what federal employees receive;
Everyone, including employers, consumers, and the state, local and federal government makes a responsible
and
fair
contribution to finance the health care system;
Everyone receives high
-
That these
quality care that
is
cost efficient and medically effective; and
efforts help control the skyrocketing cost of health care,
(by petition)
Arthur Capello made a motion to
was explained by Arthur Capello.
Manny
accept, seconded by
Article
Krasner. The
a non binding resolution,
article,
29 was approved by a show of cards vote.
John Scruton made a motion to tal^e Article 20 off the table, duly seconded. Linda Ghareeb made a motion
seconded by IVIil^e IVIains and approved by a show of cards vote.
to table,
Article 20.
To see
if
the
Town
will
vote to deposit revenues collected from ambulance services into a special fund, separate and
apart from the general fund, to be used to pay the salaries and benefit costs for the hiring of two
technicians to staff the ambulance during the normal working day,
Monday -
Friday,
when
emergency medical
volunteer emergency
medical technicians are not available. The emergency medical technicians shall be regular employees of the Town,
but shall be paid from funds generated by
recommend
this article.
ambulance
fees, (by petition)
The Selectmen do not recommend
The Budget Committee does not
this article. (Majority ballot vote required)
Article 30.
To transact such other business as may
Manny Krasner made
Kathy
L.
legally
come
a motion to adjourn, duly
before this meeting. (Majority Vote Required)
seconded and approved by
Seaver
Town Clerk-Tax
Collector
61
a
show
of cards vote at
12:15AM
�2003 Parks & Recreation Department
:n'
2fl03wasac-ea
KenyMucher. Dvect:dedcaied part time z".
in ffie
\
Town Hal gym.
meals and sefve over
addirc^
5 "nual
:
Leon Hayes BaB. The
popyfaf pfograms in town contjnues to be our
.'/en
52
Summer
firs:
Recrealion program for students
as many omer exciting adractkxts.
mis progran *as
�Recreation staff membeis and brought to the Town HaU to partictpate in a vari^of games, sports, crafts and special
^want a/*fn/Hioc Thic rirrviram ic nffanaH 9VerY VeaT and r&O^^'^t^O" t9^65 O'?^^ '^ K^^V
-a. Ti. i:.":
re
as T.^- .al
f
:
Time. The da.
.a? :;: f;
\
:
es for the entire famiy. The
teams rompete;
evening band perfoTmance
-"-a
;•
~-e \-;a = ;:a -a
'.'a^thon did not take place this year and
Faimingtcn Parxs arid Reoeation Department
We would
like to
will
— ance
-a. la- :a-:
-:--;
a
-a. Day
a
no longer t)e offered as a program by the
thank everyone that had assisted us with the race
over the yearsl
"
Dr'-^?' *^? Rec'^st'C"
"^a'j^tecl
"^cj??
was
""r'.'".'?-'
""^'s vea*"
we
'a'S9c!
'^''^"
''jst
c.'?- S''
"
" "^'"'•s
not yet S--
a-"ua! egg hunt, r;icr
-s
Parks
&
.'.e
e-:e- a
-ew year we
nign oartces,
strive to continue to offier
Reaeation... the benefits are endless
y.
'\ClkJ
-
get involved!
r!
y^iJukiL
RespectfilKy submitted.
Keny Mucher,
Director of Pa:>;s
;
raa: ;a-a:e
mtomani maoness programs, toddler programs. Karate and
i Recreation
63
new programs and everts
for citizens of Fanrnngton.
�ANNUAL REPORT
2003 POLICE DEPARTMENT
The Farmington
honored
Police
inroads
significant
Equipment was
or
be updated
at
no cost
unable
to
have an
was
not noticeable or
officer
On
resulted
street
felt
members
or arrests
in
while
In
Chnstmas
lights for
violations.
money
for
Officers
made
arrests that
off
the
chosen by the Great Bay chapter
the
Hero
Award.
Red
of the
award
was
for
off-duty.
We
are
This
of this department,
in
number
the overall
of offenses
arrests by the department
its
to
see a decrease
tradition of giving
into
for
We
in
back
will
both of these areas
to the
these
to
continue to be aggressive
in
We
community.
in
its
2004.
again conducted a
The fundraiser
organizations or programs for the community.
the Farmington High School football team; new and improved
and sound system
lighting
Due
mind, the department
in
is
went up over
increased by almost 11%.
new uniforms
downtown; new
Boys Club Cal Ripken baseball team.
community
same
forward and provide the
being forfeited to the department with more
increase
Our hope
dressed as Santa Claus delivered presents
to the
money
member
January tunneling the money back
allowed us to donate
drug
in
'
2003, the department continued
in
in
ensure
February and over 6 pounds of marijuana being taken
accidents
of
enforcement of motor vehicle
move
same
at the
department was
to the reduction, the
accomplishments.
:
was no statistical
2003, the number of DWI
number
now
to great lengths to
2002 and 2003 while
increases and with the safety of the community
fundraiser
in
of
.^.
.^.
.jpai^siBgi^
of
there
the
continue to
in
have Sergeant Crossley as a
to
While
100%
saving efforts
life
will
are
program, be less proactive
department went
of the
We
officers.
DARE
This allowed us to update and improve our equipment at no cost to the taxpayer.
Myron Crossley was
Cross as the law enforcement recipient
Sergeant Crossley's
We
number
The department also received over S2300
Further, Sergeant
1 1
community.
of this
over SI 5,000 worth of heroin being seized
in
in July.
from 13 to
However, due
call us.
desired.
a high note, the department achieved a
money expected duhng 2004.
proud
who
by those
downtown as much as we
high level of service to the
staff
Members
the community, and shuffle duties within the department.
that the reduction
the community through arrests and drug seizures.
This forced the department to eliminate the
1990.
in
in
were
Officers
taxpayers through grants and seizures.
2003, reducing our
lost 2 positions in
we were
to the
2003.
in
were added. The department made
while other programs
lost,
the sale and distribution of drugs
in
will
The department
staffing level that
Department experienced a number of highs and lows
some programs were
for lifesaving efforts;
for the
Farmington Town Players and sponsor a 500
also started the Santa's 'Blue Light' Special program
to children in the
community.
We
where
officers
look forward to continuing to give back
2004.
in
The department
will
again conduct a Citizen's
look to continually improve service
Academy
revamping our annual surveys
to
to
determine how
the surveys by telephone to reach a larger
department's Crimeline
for
anonymous
and community oriented programs
in
2004.
educate community members about the criminal justice system.
we many
segment
better serve this
We
of the population.
reporting of criminal activity.
community and,
will
also look to
The phone number
if
possible,
will
We
We
conduct
expand the usage
for the Crimeiine
will
are
of the
is
755-
9797.
As always,
department and
Scott R.
its
I
encourage members
officers.
This
is
of the
community
your police department and
Roberge
Chief of Police
64
to
provide feedback about the performance of the
we want
to provide the best service possible.
�Fire
Rescue Department
2003
The Farmington
Rescue Department experienced another very busy
Fire
or 55 fewer calls than the previous year.
Emergency Medical responded
were received during the day,
was down
aid
out.
was
this
called
to
at
504
in
to transport patients,
months, for a
to
typically are
total of
You saved
department.
to support their towns.
So, did
we
one license
I
calls
year.
373
from
Year 2003
Smoke
helpful.
the
Town money as
of which
same as
must be an
EMT
300 hours per course or more. Ongoing
have a professional department ready
detectors should be
Doug Houston, Captain
from
all
for
calls,
Call
calls
volume
to
respond
in all
to a
full-time firefighters.
Two
all
members
of
Ladder
Bill
all
closing, the Fire
their
Your support with
this safety
Rescue Department would also
of E-1
support and donations.
If
it
were not
for
maximum
of
order for the
They should be
to:
Their shoes
will
fire
all
Assistant Deputy
Gary Pageau and Lieutenant
never be forgotten.
like to
a
in
concern would be lifesaving
bedrooms, hallways and attached garages.
will
is
is critical,
vahety of emergency situations. To the community as
Cameron, Captain
hard work and efforts that
The State
licenses are required
Each medical course
or higher.
training for
made
taxpayers, but other towns
of this? All firefighters are required to
Gorton, "who have recently retired from the department and for their dedication to the
department
877
and Rescue
year and about 200
last
hardwired with battery back-up. The Fire Rescue Department wishes to extend special thanks
Chief
totaled
of those calls
no medical personnel who can respond.
really benefit
the
certified,
a reminder, "Safety" should be everyone's main concern.
and very
to
course, which currently takes between 300 and 500 hours to complete.
I
requires call/volunteer firefghters to be Level
merely
There was a difference of 55
calls.
which time there
to transport for the
Your money went
Town
Department responded
Fire
year, but on the other hand the department was short-handed personnel, daytime hours and mutual
complete the Firefighter Level
six
The
of E-1
Mike
service and to the
be very hard
to
fill.
In
take the time to thank the citizens and businesses for their
them, the department wouldn't be equipped or be as able
community during emergencies.
Respectfully submitted,
Randall (Ky) Goslin, Fire Chief
65
to assist the
�2003 Department of Water & Waste Management
Water Department
The Water Department supplied an average
standards.
We
mailed our
fifth
they are receiving as well as
everyone had an opportunity
billing in
around
January 2004. Also,
fire
of our goals for
distribution system.
utilize
it
way we
to
I
call
want
fire
2004
all
of our
and
if
all
current Federal and State
customers describing the
US EPA
quality of water
related to drinking water issues.
That
who
We
is
will
start quarterly
took the time to clean out
a big help to us and obviously
will
be
develop a hydraulic model of the water
to
when
calibrated,
will
be used as a planning
tool.
The Town
will
be able
determine system deficiencies and the most economical way of addressing those deficiencies.
the model
will utilize
hope
saftey for those areas.
This computer model,
thet^ are impacts the
I
you have any questions
us at 755-4883.
thank those
to
to
required by
performing very well.
is
hydrants after each snowstorm.
provides a higher level of
One
system
radio read metering
286,700 gallons per day that met
to look at the report
concerning your drinking water, please
The
of
Annual Water Quality Report
some mandatory language
is
Town can
to
determine the impact that a new development
will
to
Another
have on the water system.
If
then negotiate with the developer to eliminate these impacts.
Respectfully submitted,
Dale Sprague
2003 Wastewater Department Report
The Wastewater Treatment
removal efficiency of 95.8
parameters continue
to
Facility
%
and a
continues to operate very well with a biochemical oxygen
total
suspended
solids
be well above the minimum
demand (BOD) average
(TSS) average removal efficiency of 95.6 %. These two
85%
The wastewater flows
removal required by our permit.
averaged 214,700 gallons per day.
The Phase
I
facility
upgrade
is
currently being designed.
and additions of new mechanical equipment, new
divider,
changes
piping
and
redundancy and
dependability,
safety
safety
performance. The plant was constructed
and maintain
We
are currently waiting for the
and USEPA.
We
phase upgrade
expect
will
all
in
the
plant
The
and
will
include replacement
controls,
first
also
phase
help
and new flow
will
increase
improve
1976 (28 years average) and we
still
plant
operate
the original equipment.
(Total maximum daily load) study to be finalized by the NHDES
Once we have that information we can determine what the second
Cocheco River TMDL
to receive this in
in
This
electrical
equipment.
2005,
require.
Respectfully submitted,
Dale Sprague
66
�2003 Solid Waste Report
There has been another change
postpones the closure
until at least
the
fall
in
of
2005 and possibly the Spring
landfill
We
closure.
use
will
this
plan to
meet
to
This
delay
meet
to
Pay
from
the
money
the town
of
significant
increase
in
Per
will
with several private
town
to
companies
borrow.
to
some
collect
program which
Bag
have
not
option.
does allow the
revenues
will
options regarding
it's
the surrounding towns to discuss area
with
discuss a public/private partnership
amount
This postponement
further evaluate
time to
wide long term trash disposal and
of 2006.
NHDES.
affect our available grant funding from
The Town
The new schedule
the scheduled closing of the Town's Landfill.
also delays the
and dispose of trash
costs to haul
additional
help to reduce the
will
The Town
for at least
two
more years.
The recyclables market has
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.
.
has been some movement towards increased revenues particulary
has been very successful. This recycling program collects many
see an attendent
for details
on what can be disposed
for tin
been up and down
and
plastics.
this year.
The waste paper
different types of paper, not just
There
collection
newspaper. Please
of.
Respectfully submittedl
Dale Sprague
2003 Highway Department Report
The Highway Department has had a very busy year implementing the scope of work
planned for budget year 2003. The winter was hard and the roads were long. Snowfall was
above average and there were numerous ice storms. The department
functioned well, with little or no repairs to equipment.
During the summer months, the department deployed two
crews to work on different projects: performing the preparatory work
for the paving of lower Ten Rod Road and a section of Meaderboro
Road, as well as performing extensive work on our unpaved roads.
The department widened gravel sections of upper Ten Rod Road,
replacing culverts where needed.
We also rebuilt a 72 mile of
Reservoir Road, which included tree removal, installation of closed
drainage, lining the ditches with crushed gravel, and installing
geotextile matting in particularly vulnerable parts of the road.
This
should help prevent the roadbeds from becoming soft and mudding up during the spring thaw.
We also performed the same type of work on approximately 700 feet of Sheepboro Road.
Another substantive piece of work was performed on approximately 2 miles of Meaderboro
Road from Merrill's Corner to the entrance of the Girl Scout camp. The work entailed tree
removal, widening, installation of 860 feet
in
various sized culverts, and once again, the
Finally, we also performed our normal spring clean-up work
removing winter sand from streets, cleaning and flushing storm drains, striping crosswalks,
parking spaces, and all municipal parking lots.
installation of geotextile matting.
Clark Hackett, Director of Highways and Vehicle Maintenance
67
�CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE REPORT
2003
This year has been another extremely busy year for this
the end of the year and a
contracted to
new Code Enforcement
Fran
Osborne
attended
recording minutes of the meetings.
Association,
Commission,
E-9-11
Review Committee meetings.
Planning
The
CEO
Emergency
The Planning
smoothly with plan review before scheduled
extra work and
were resolved by year's end
and 51 Bunker
St.,
Zoning
Board
RSA
Development's 60-
The
CEO
permits),
and
Code Enforcement
Paul Charron
Officer,
left
Enforcement
^^^^S^
vs.
Planning
Board
court
hundred eighty four thousand
has done many inspections
child-care
facilities,
Planning
meeting
of
NH
the
Building
Officials
Response Committee Meetings and Technical
Board meetings are progressing much more
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duster subdivision
off
Elm
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hearings.
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in
sixty
2003 valued
eight
at
eleven
($44,584,568.00).
permits (including several separate electrical and plumbing
apartment buildings, junkyard,
inspections, health related inspections
attended
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Officer
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There have been (221) building
million five
office,
Jack Dever, from Municipal Resources has been
Code
During the course of the year, both the
Secretary
Officer,
do building inspections 2 days a week.
and building violations
earth
removal permits and
resulting in
numerous complaint
about 800 inspections. The
CEO
reviewed
for scheduled public hearings throughout the year. The workload
many applications to come before the PB and ZBA
was greater this year as can be seen from 221 building
Revenue generated from
as follows:
New Homes
permits issued.
building permits totaled $72,447.55.
The
building permits (221) are broken
down
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.
BOARD YEARLY REPORT
2003 PLANNING
The Planning Board had a busy year
more.
Private road standards continue to be
with
some
projects having
been under consideration
for
a year or
worked on. Several Planning Board members attended conferences
throughout the year.
The Planning Board appointed a new subcommittee this year (ZAMPS) to work on the Master Plan and
The ZAMPS Subcommittee was voted to have 12 members and the Research Subcommittee 4
Zoning Ordinance.
members.
ZAMPS
Brad Anderson was voted chairman of the
Research Subcommittee.
members working on
& Zoning
Subcommittee.
of the
Volunteer
(ZBA Chairman), Norman
Proulx, Alicia Sprague, Cindy Poulin,
Russell,
Joyce White, and
The Research Subcommittee members are Don MacVane (Planning Board), John Wingate,
Patience Taylor.
Margaret Russell & Donna Gorney.
residents for input on Master Plan
Surveys were compiled by the
Strafford Regional Planning
site
to
town
contracting out to a planner to work with the Planning Board on regulations,
Water & Waste, Highway, Town Administrator) as
subdivision and site plan applications to
come
to provide planning services to the
Planning Board working
a committee which includes Department
-
well as Mr. Mylroie
and Code
Officer.
Heads
(Fire, Police,
This committee reviews
all
before the Planning Board.
The Planning Board held 30 Public Hearing reviews
at
Removal Permits
meetings
in
2003 as
follows:
(4)
Subdivision Review Applications
(11)
Lot Line Revisions
Special
Subcommittee and mailed
reviews before the board. Additionally, Gerald Mylroie, senior planner for
Commission, was contracted
formed Technical Review Committee
Earth
ZAMPS
amendments.
The Planning Board voted on
ordinances and subdivision and
(8)
Use Permits
(2)
Voluntary Mergers
(4)
Cluster Development continuation
The
ZAMPS
Bob Talon. Subcommittee volunteers working on the Master Plan
Board), and
Watson (Planning Board), John Scruton, Paula
with the newly
for the
the Zoning Ordinance are Brad Anderson, Paul Parker
Charlie King Planning Board
include Hiram
Subcommittee and Don MacVane chairman
Meetings have been held every other week
(
following Site Plan
1
Review Applications were received:
Craig Lancey Site Plan Review Application for 55 Bunker
St.
apartment
building.
Review
of Notice of Decision
on
Site
Review Application by Craig Lancey, 53 Glen
St. for
apartment
building.
Site
Review Application by David Grondin/D&D Builders
business at 530A Rte.
for contractor
custom/modular home building
1 1
Review Application by Scott White (Hawgs Pen), Rte.11 add cafe/restaurant (25 seats) and motor
cycle showroom.
Site
Review Application by Thomas Demers, 516 Rte.11, change
Site
coffee
& donut shop,
retail/office
residential
use
for drive
through
space.
Site
Review Application by Farmington 500 Boys &
Site
Review Application by Barry & Angela
Girls Club,
Elliott,
Elm
Paulson Rd., for recreational
St. to
ball field.
expand car wash & bays, new
office
building.
Site
Review Application by Ron Howard (Coastal Granite) new business
at
Sarah Greenfield Business
Park.
Site
Review Application by Thomas & Lauren DeJulio, Pearl Lane, change duplex
building.
69
to 4-unit
apartment
�•
Site
Review Application by BU Rentals (David DeJager),
6 to 9
Special thanks go to
boards including
1 1
Summer St.,
increase number of units from
existing unit.
in
all
volunteers involved with subcommittees which comprise
some members from
amend town ordinances and
regulations which
Future projects included but not limited
will
members from
These committees have endeavored
the general public.
improve the quality of
life in
to
other town
develop as well as
Farmington.
to:
Development Regulations"
•
Amending the
•
Amending the "Famnington Master Plan"
"Cluster
•
Continued amendments
•
Adoption of a "Sexually Oriented Business Ordinance"
to the
"Farmington Zoning Ordinance"
recommended
(
for inclusion in
Town Warrant
March of 2004)
•
Revisions of the "Land Subdivision Regulations"
•
Review and revise
•
Drafting
"Private
Road Standards"
& Adopting "Growth Ordinance"
Planning Board resignations this year were Christina Purdum, Marty Chagnon,
New
Planning Board
members
this
year were Donald MacVane, Barry
Norman
Elliott
Russell and
Ann Alexander.
(Selectmen's Representative) and
Matthew Scruton (Selectmen's Altemate Representative).
At present the Planning Board consists of 9 regular board
members
-
Jim Horgan, Chaimian;
J.
Hiram Watson, Vice
Chaimnan; Troy Robidas, Secretary; William Tsiros, Chariie King also Liaison betv/een the Planning Board & Zoning
Board of Adjustment; Gerald White and Selectmen's Representative, Bany
Elliott.
Altemate Planning Board members are Donald MacVane and Selectmen's Altemate Representative, Matthew
Scruton.
members
Planning Board
are dedicated volunteers.
Applications to
become
a board
member
Selectmen's Office and the Code Enforcement Office. Planning Board meetings are held at 7:00
3"=
Tuesdays
good
of
each month. The public
at the Planning
is
encouraged and welcome
to attend.
are available
p.
m, on the
Public attendance has
in
1='^
the
and
been very
Board Meetings and with televised public hearing meetings now, we expect more public
involvement.
Jim Horgan, Chairman
Planning Board
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
YEARLY REPORT
2003 ZONING
The Zoning Board
court case
was
of Adjustment held ten (10) meetings this year.
resolved before year's end.
Meetings which included public hearings are as follows:
(4)
Applications for Variances
(1)
Appeals from an Administrative Decision
(1)
Motion for Rehearing
70
The Zoning Board
vs. the
Planning Board
�(4)
Application for Special Exception
(1)
Non-public meeting for resolution of Zoning Board of Adjustment vs.
Planning Board lawsuit
Chainnan Paul Parker, Charlie King and Margaret Russell have been active participants of the Planning Board
ZAMPS Subcommittee meetings to review and amend the Master Plan;7oning Ordinance/Cluster Ordinance
members
Board
changes.
^
attend
_
_
_
Office of State Planning conferences as
well as others throughout the year.
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appointed
King
Charlie
Board/Zoning Board of Adjustment
Moholland resigned
this
year from
The Zoning Board
of
Adjustment
Planning
the
Liaison
^^^
^^^^
^"^
'^°'^^^
the Zoning Board.
consists
of five
(5)
regular
members:
Paul Parker, Chairman; Randy Orvis, Vice Chainnan; Margaret Russell, Secretary; Russell Stoakes and Charlie King
and Altemate board member Gordon Grant. Members are appointed by the Selectmen.
becoming a volunteer member we encourage you
Enforcement Office
755-2774.
at
Applications are available
If
anyone has an
interest in
Selectmen's Office at 755-2208 or the Code
to contact the
in
the Selectmen's Office or
Code Enforcement
office.
A
special thank you to
all
members
Several issues this year were
issues with care and
integrity.
of the Zoning Board for their dedicated time
I
am
and support during the past
proud to have served with
this
year.
Board members resolved these
and demanded the best of those involved.
difficult
board and look forward to the upcoming year.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul Partner, Chainnan
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Town
of Famnington
2003 500 Boys & Girls Club Report
Let
me
begin this year's annual report by saying thank you, thank you, thank you to the taxpayers of
Fannington! With your support at
Road
for additional athletic fields.
The support
Softball.
last
years Town Meeting, we have now acquired 21+ acres of land on the Paulson
This
of the taxpayers
facility will
support of Pike Industries and the community,
In
addition to spending
quality programs.
be the new home
and town agencies and
many hours
this facility
for
officials
Babe Ruth
baseball, youth soccer, and
could be ready for soccer season
finalizing the land
girls'
has been overwhelming. With the continued
in
the
fall!
purchase, our volunteers continued to help provide
Last spring, our baseball and Softball programs for ages 5-12 enrolled over 300 children while our
Babe Ruth program experienced growth causing us to add an additional team for ages 13-15. Our baseball softball
program fomied 8 all-star teams, which competed all over the state in the month of July. Our 10 and under all-stars
were the District 6 Runner-Up Team! Our Track and Field Team competing in the Hershey meet perfonned very well
last year.
Hann
Several participants advanced to the state competition;
Olstad, Anthony Spinale, and David Richardson.
JJ King, Jon Bartlett, Alex Morin, Nick Raucci,
Anthony Spinale paced 2™ in the 100 yanj dash and David
Richardson became the state
softball champion in his age division!
Our youth soccer program continued to experience record numbers
we organized
the
2'^=
year of our youth volleyball program, which
annual Courier Cup Classic was once again a
"hit"
and saw 15
71
is
with over 130 children participating
becoming very popular with
wiffleball
teams
participating.
and
giris
ages 9-12. The
We
continue to run
�provide
Jr.
2004
in
also
to look forward to this
year
ages.
for various
High and JV tournaments.
prove
will
are... The return of the
here
We
teams once again
basketball programs for boys and girls ages 6-12 and have travel
to
be another exciting year
Things
our organization.
for
Memorial Weekend Toumament, the 2004 Cal Ripken 9-year-old State Tournament
town, continued development on the Paulson
Road
and the second induction
facility,
be held
to
ceremony
of the
Farmington Sports Hall of Fame! Again, thank you FarmingtonI
Yours
Joel
in
sportsmanship,
Chagnon
500 Boys Club President
2003 Farmington Community Television
Channel 26
came about
Farmington Community Television (FCTV)
television franchise
agreement
with
MetroCast Cablevision of
January 2003. The contract provided the Town with a
departments and another
VPN
as a result of the Town's negotiation of a
New
Virtual Private
interconnecting the school
facilities.
Hampshire, L.L.C.
,
Network (VPN) connecting
We
were also able
to
new
cable
which was concluded
in
the various town
all
extend the cable service to
new areas and secure funding and channel access for FCTV, Channel 26. Thanks are due to the Cable Franchise
Negotiations Team members David Hall, Kevin Willey, Paul Turner, Jim Taylor, Ed Mullen, along with the team's very
able attorney, Susan Chamberlain.
Farmington Community Television
We
provide
live
is
a government and
civic affairs
channel broadcast only
broadcasts of Selectmen's meetings. Planning Board meetings,
meetings and any others that our
staffing allows
broadcasting School Board meetings.
We
us
ZBA
As soon as we are equipped
to cover.
rebroadcast meetings
in
in
Farmington.
meetings, Budget Committee
to
do
so,
we
also be
will
the morning, afternoon and late evening time
slots.
The Community
Bulletin
Board
is
another important part of our service. Government departments and non-
profit
organizations can post notices to be broadcast on Channel 26.
open
to
Application are available at the
all.
Town
The only
limitation
is
that
all
activities
must be
Municipal Office at 41 South Main Street. Thanks to the ladies at
the Recreation Department for maintaining the board.
the future
In
we expect
to
expand our services
include regular informational interviews with town and
to
school personnel, board members, state legislators, and candidates for local
important to the community and film the activities of the various
Department
will
have a regular program designed
Shool Department
Funding
the tax rate.
to create programming that
for
FCTV
is
us
to help
will let
us
all
provided by a franchise fee of
of Farmington
Community
3%
life
of the community.
An
programs on issues
The Farmington
We
Police
are working with the
paid by MetroCast subscribers and
Television
is
Christie
informed, involved citizen
Respectfully submitted,
Ed Mullen, FCTV Coordinator
72
is
New Hampshire
is
not a factor
in
Technical College
Marquis and Kevin Russell.
to provide
to provide access to the functions of town government and schools to
of the civic
will air
remain safe and secure.
Personnel consists of a contract coordinator, an unpaid intern from
The purpose
We
view the workings of our schools.
and our wonderful volunteers: George Charrette, Richard King,
is
all
office.
Town departments.
a good
access
all
to the functions of
town residents and
citizen,
please tune
in.
town government
to create
awareness
�2003 Library Report
Library continued to visually grow and change in 2003. A new front door was purchased as a
It matches the side door that was replaced in late 2002, and is much easier to open for our
new sections of shelving were added to accommodate our growing collection. We received the Gates
computers and now have four brand-new super-fast machines complete with an abundance of databases to offer to
The Goodwin
gift
from Beulah Thayer.
patrons. Five
the public.
We
system from
provided public access computer service to 1124 patrons.
and since August have
Follett,
fully
serious work of planning our handicap accessibility- and
When
that
is
completed, the Children's
Room
will
and Children's Collection are currently located
The
Historical Collection.
While
new
all
front of the Library will
planning and changing
this
new
cataloged our
will
be moved downstairs
will
be dedicated
to
to
in
patrons.
We now
2003.
The
We
LULA
was going
on,
Our very busy
Over 30%
staff
we
continued to add
to
our collection.
1040 new
for
a
for children,
Summer
included services for
Head
View Elementary School.
at the Valley
Start,
the
adults attend our adult/family programming.
Museum
2,430
Banke Museum; and
Currier Gallery of Art
in
The Goodwin
financial support of the
our
materials that
Manchester.
of the residents of Farmington
The
Inter-Library
as well as the
split
now have
We
almost evenly
also borrowed 189
Loan program, and loaned 119 items
Summer Reading
in
We
2002.
We
to
other
offered our
Program. Our outreach programs
School Program and services through the school year
We
We
library cards.
to
2"''
and
3'^
had 436 people attend our children's programming, and 267
We
this
NH Farm Museum,
Squam Lake Science
Museum in Concord and the
offered free family passes to 8 local attractions:
year
we added
the
Tuck
NH
History
are considered to have one of the best pass programs
in
the State.
Farmington Women's Club, the Farmington Historical Society, the Thayer family,
web page and
we
added 1079
items for our
Library would like to take this opportunity to extend our deepest appreciation to the continued
to
Metrocast for providing our high-speed cable Internet access.
express our deep appreciation
great service.
We
new
of Portsmouth, Odiorne Science Center, Christa MacAuliffe Planetarium,
Center, Strawberry
publicly
the computers
books went on the
children's
total of
answered 4,917 reference questions almost 1000 more than
and Story-Times
for adults
grades
for hosting
early spring of 2004.
1902 current registered patrons who borrowed 19,605 volumes-
books on behalf of our patrons through the State Library
Children's
began the
also
Reference, Non-Fiction, and hopefully the
subscribe and/or have donated subscriptions to almost 60 magazines and 5 newspapers.
Book Club
automation
library
We
have almost 14,000 volumes on the shelves.
Library has
between Adult and Children's materials.
libraries.
full
in
lift
own space, and where
its
added 32 new videos and 49 new audio books,
also
purchased a
be the adult reading room.
adult books, updating three entire sections of the Adult Non-Fiction.
shelves
We
materials into the database.
begin construction on a
staff
to
all
our volunteers
and administration look forward
possibly can to our valued community.
continued support; and urge
all
of
you
to visit
who have donated
We
to continuing to provide the best service,
And we thank you, the townspeople
us and check out
all
Worldpath
also want to
programs and
of Farmington for your
the things you can do and learn at your library.
Respectfully Submitted,
Deborah
A. Christie
Director,
Goodwin
73
to
countless hours to help us to provide
Library
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1868
'^xtrcises
101st A n n i v e r s a r y M e m o r i a l
conducted by
1959
Day
C L A R E N C E L . PERKINS POST N o . 6 0 , AMERICAN L E G I O N
F A R M I N G T O N , NEW HAMPSHIRE
Eight O ' c l o c k i n the Forenoon
L i n e of M a r c h Forms at E d g e r l y Park
Officer of the D a y , A l l a n Drew
Parade M a r s h a l , L a w r e n c e G i l b e r t (18th Year)
F i r s t S g t . , "A" B t r y . , 172nd A r t y . - N . H . N . G .
�E X E R C I S E S E D G E R L Y PARK
Hymn
Sanford Community Band
Invocation
John Adams
Reading G e n e r a l Order N o . 11
Robert Hoage
D e c o r a t i o n of C i v i l W a r M e m o r i a l
M r s . M a u d Rand
P r e s i d e n t of C a r l t o n Womens R e l i e f C o r p s
" T h e Blue and the G r a y "
American Legion Aux. U n i t
Ceremony for the G o l d Star Mothers
V . F . W , Aux. Unit
EXERCISES TOWN HALL
Short S e l e c t i o n
Sanford Community Band
D e c o r a t i o n of W o r l d W a r I Honor R o l l
D e c o r a t i o n of M e m o r i a l T a b l e t
Prayer
J r . Aux.
M r s . Peggy G a r l a n d
Robert W a l k e r
C h a p l a i n , A m e r i c a n L e g i o n Post #60
D e c o r a t i o n of Honor R o l l
Boy S c o u t s
E X E R C I S E S AT S O U T H MAIN S T R E E T B R I D G E
"Anchors A w a y "
Remarks
Hymn
Sanford Community Band
M r s . Irene Wentworth
P a s t P r e s i d e n t , C a r l t o n Womens R e l i e f C o r p s
Sanford Community Band
Ceremony of C a s t i n g F l o w e r s & Dipping F l a g s
P r e s i d e n t , Womens R e l i e f C o r p s
C h a p l a i n , Womens R e l i e f C o r p s
P r e s i d e n t , V e t e r a n s of F o r e i g n W a r s
President, American Legion A u x . Unit
Commander, V e t e r a n s of F o r e i g n W a r s Post #6806
Commander, A m e r i c a n L e g i o n Post #60
Prayer
F i r i n g Squad
Taps
R e v . John Sindorf
A m e r i c a n L e g i o n Post #60
Band Bugler
�E X E R C I S E S AT VETERANS C E M E T E R Y L O T
"In Flander's F i e l d s "
M r s . Dorr G r e e n
"America's Answer"
M r s . Walter
D e c o r a t i o n of Monument
Newbury
R i c h a r d D e r b y , Commander,
Prayer
V.F.W.
R e v . E v e r e t t B . Moore
E X E R C I S E S AT C I V I L WAR M E M O R I A L
Prayer
F a t h e r Albert Gagnon
Hymn
Sanford Community Band
L i n c o l n ' s Gettysburg Address
A l a n Spear
D e c o r a t i o n of Monument
C a r l t o n Womens R e l i e f C o r p s
A d d r e s s by S p e a k e r of the D a y
Francis Gross Lewis
F i r i n g Squad
A m e r i c a n L e g i o n Post #60
Taps
Band Bugler
Echo
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" S t a r Spangled B a n n e r "
Norman L e a r y , Troop 188
Sanford Community Band
EXERCISES TOWN HALL
Remarks
Benediction
A l l a n E . D r e w , P a s t Commander
Roscoe G . C h a m b e r l a i n
Refreshments for Adult M a r c h e r s at A m e r i c a n L e g i o n H a l l
R e f r e s h m e n t s for Youth Group M a r c h e r s at L o w e r Town H a l l
PROGRAM U N D E R D I R E C T I O N O F
C l a r e n c e L . Perkins Post # 6 0 , American Legion
A s s i s t e d by
W i l s o n - H u n t Post #6806, V . F . W .
W i l s o n - H u n t Post # 6 8 0 6 , V . F . W . A u x .
C a r l t o n Womens R e l i e f C o r p
C l a r e n c e L . Perkins Post # 6 0 , American Legion A u x .
Farmington S e l e c t m e n , P o l i c e D e p t . & F i r e D e p t .
C l e r g y from a l l the C h u r c h e s i n Town
Farmington & New Durham H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y
Farmington Womens C l u b
Farmington M e r c h a n t s & B u s i n e s s m e n
�ORDER OF M A R C H
Parade M a r s h a l l
Colors
Firing Squad
Police Department
React Team
Members and A l l Veterans
American Legion Aux. Unit
Junior A u x . U n i t
V . F . W . Aux. Unit
Gold Star Mothers
Carlton Womens Relief Corps
Farmington Selectmen
T r o o p 188 B o y S c o u t s
P a c k 188 C u b S c o u t s
G i r l Scouts
500 B o y s ' C l u b ( B a s e b a l l T e a m s )
School C h i l d r e n
Other Motor V e h i c l e s
40 & 8 L o c o m o t i v e a n d F i r e E n g i n e
A l l of our c i t i z e n s are c o r d i a l l y i n v i t e d to c o o p e r a t e a n d u n i t e w i t h
C l a r e n c e L . P e r k i n s P o s t # 6 0 , A m e r i c a n L e g i o n , i n the proper o b s e r v a n c e of M e m o r i a l D a y .
W e a l s o e x t e n d a n i n v i t a t i o n to a l l h o n o r a b l y d i s c h a r g e d V e t e r a n s
a n d t h o s e on l e a v e from p r e s e n t a r m e d f o r c e s to u n i t e w i t h u s i n
o b s e r v a n c e of the s a c r e d d u t i e s w e owe our d e p a r t e d c o m r a d e s .
Fred M a r s h , J r . , Commander
Robert H o a g e , F i n a n c e O f f i c e r
Harry Dodge, Adjutant
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Farmington NH 101st Anniversary Memorial Day Exercise Booklet 1969
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Farmington NH 101st Anniversary Memorial Day Exercise Booklet 1969. The booklet is four pages, printed in blue ink on paper.
The front page is simply decorated with a single, five line, angle border, which extends across three quarters of the top and left side of the front page. The border frames an image in the center of the page, The image in the center is a bald eagle, holding an olive branch in its beak, sitting atop a shield with four stars and alternating dark and light stripes and a banner saying "Memorial Day ." Details of the event are at the middle of the page to the bottom of the page topped with a US American Legion emblem.
The details say that the 101st Anniversary Memorial Day exercise was conducted by Clarence L. Perkins, Post No. 60 American Legion, Farmington, NH. They were to begin at "eight o'clock in the forenoon," at Edgerly Park. Officer of the Day was Allan Drew. Parade Marshall was Lawrence Gilbert. It was his 18th year doing so.
It details the activities for Memorial Day on the second and third pages starting with a march at Edgerly Park, then Town Hall, then the Main Street bridge, Veterans Cemetery, the Civil War memorial, then ending at Town Hall., At all places they included prayer, remarks, song, and many a band or musician playing.
The last page is devoted to order of the march and a public invitation to join them in " the proper observance of Memorial Day."
Size: 6.25 W x 9.5" H
Condition. Very good. Booklet was folded and has a crease.
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American Legion, Farmington, NH
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1969
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1869 Handwritten Martha Safford Letter & Envelope
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1869 letter to Martha Safford of Farmington NH, sent from her sister Bella. The letter is written on plain paper, with black ink. The handwriting is a beautiful script, but grammar slips sometimes and there are several writing cross outs.. The letter opens with pleasantries and regret for having not written Martha sooner. In the document she discusses Martha going to school, boarding with her aunt, a sister Marie, and coming to visit Bella and her mother.
Condition: Good. Paper is in good condition, but the ink is beginning to noticeably fade.
Size: 4"x5"
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Sepia souvenir postcard Of "The Turn" of the Cocheco River in Farmington NH. The falls can be seen very clearly as well as the vegetation on the banks of the river. The water appears to be swiftly moving and the trees and shrubs have leaves so the photo was taken some time during the growing season.
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��For families and relatives, the period of time between a death and
the tlnal disposition is a period of considerable confusion.
Few people have ever had the personal experience to know exactly
what has to be done at a time like this. It is for this reason that your
funeral director stands willing to grant you all the necessary counsel
and guidance needed during the next few days.
It is his wish in presenting you with Guidelines that it might offer
some assistance during this period of uncertainty.
The purpose of this book is to provide informative guidelines and
basic factors to be considered in the making of funeral
arrangements. Expressed thoughts found in the succeeding pages
are derived from extensive physiological studies of grief therapy, and
are in no way meant to influence a family's personal request.
Copyright©! 970,1st Edition
Copyright©! 973, Revised Edition
Copyright©! 978, Revised Edition
Guidelines Publications
P.O. Box 245
Stamford, New York, 12!67
�T A B L E O F CONTENTS
Page
Banks, Safe Deposit Boxes
Cemetery Plot
Guidelines
Monuments of Memorials
Certificate of Death
Cremation
Etiquette of Acknowledgment
Flowers and Other Memorials
Forms for Record Keeping
Automobile List
CheckHst of Future Obligations
Friends Who Called at the Residence
Friends Who Assisted
Memos
Pallbearers to be Asked
Record of Flowers - Mass Cards
and Memorials Received
Record of Food Received at the Residence
Record of Telephone Calls and
Telegrams Received
Relatives and Friends to be Notified
Sympathy Cards Received
Record Gifts of Food Sent to Your Home Unmarked
Funeral
Calling Hours
Children Attending the Funeral
Cost
Experience of Value
Presence of Body
Public or Private
Insurance
Legal Aspects of Death
Selecting A Lawyer
Social Security
Applying for Benefits
Benefits
Veterans
Benefits for Survivors of
When Death Occurs Far Away
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�THE FUNERAL,
AN E X P E R I E N C E OF V A L U E
No man is an island. His death touches and affects his world of
relatives, friends, and associates in a direct and forceful way. In
arranging a funeral it is well to consider the feelings of others who
shared in or benefited by the life of the deceased. For sorrow shared
is sorrow diminished.
The funeral is a ceremony of proven worth and value for those
who mourn. It provides an opportunity for the survivors and others
who share in the loss to express their love, respect, and grief. It
permits facing openly and realistically the crisis that death presents.
Through the funeral the bereaved take that firm first step toward
emotional adjustment to their loss.
A funeral is an unique event in the life of a family. No two are
exactly alike. It should also be remembered that the funeral of every
man, famous or unknown, rich or poor, can be equally important for
those bereaved he leaves behind.
The funeral is one of the few personal events and ceremonies to
which none is invited but to which all should be able to come. In a
very real way, the funeral not only recognizes that a death has occurred, but it also is testimony that a life has been lived.
T H E PRESENCE OF THE BODY
A funeral with the body present gives identity and purpose to the
service. With the body present, a climate for mourning exists which
makes the sharing of sorrow natural. Without the body, expression
of sympathy may be forced, empty and unnatural for many people
and makes the acceptance of death difficult for others.
The funeral is a rite of separation. It confirms the reality of death.
This, psychiatrists say, is a necessary beginning toward healthy
adjustment to loss.
There are some who want to deny that a person has died and that
such a person's life on earth has ended. The presence of the body in
the casket actualizes the fact of death. Viewing the body serves to
reverse the process of denial while it promotes the acceptance of
reality.
P U B L I C OR P R I V A T E F U N E R A L
A public funeral gives the community a chance to offer its support
and share the sorrow of the immediate family of the deceased. An
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�outstanding pastoral psychologist has written that "the funeral and
the varied events that surround the ceremony are for those who live
on."
A private funeral limits those who may attend. It arbitrarily shuts
out relatives, friends, associates and acquaintances who sincerely
want to bring comfort to the bereaved.
C A L L I N G HOURS
Funeral practices vary. In some areas the greatest number of
people pay their respects to the deceased and to the survivors by
attending the funeral service. In other places, the largest number
call at the funeral home or at the mortuary while the body is lying in
state. Some do both.
Sometimes attendance at the actual funeral service is not possible
because of the hour or day when it is held, but many people will want
to pay their respects during the so-called visitation period which may
be referred to as, calling hours - visitation - a wake - or a shivah.
Having the body lying in state with members of the family present
encourages sharing the experience of death and mourning. It is
gratifying both to members of the family and to those who care
enough to call.
F L O W E R S AND O T H E R M E M O R I A L S
Many persons wish to express their sympathy by sending flowers
or some other memorial in addition to extending their condolences
in person. Others do this because they cannot be present at the
visitation or service.
Those who wish to demonstrate their feelings should be able to do
it in the way they prefer. Flowers, for example, have a message all
their own. They add beauty to the casket setting and to the funeral
service. It is considered proper for the family to suggest a certain
memorial, but it should not be done in such a manner that any other
form of expression is excluded.
EXAMPLES:
(Good) In remembrance of Mary Jones those that wish may make
contributions to the building fund of the John Doe Hospital.
(Poor) Please omit flowers
No flowers
Send no flowers
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�CHILDREN ATTENDEVG T H E FUNERAL
Authorities agree that it is not only correct to permit a child to go
to a funeral but, from approximately the age of seven, the youngster
should be encouraged to attend. The child needs to participate with
his family in offering his last respects to the deceased as well as to
express in his own way love and devotion. To shut him out of this
experience is to deny him a significant and meaningful life experience that can have important consequences for his future
emotional development. If the child is unwilling, however, he should
not be forced to attend a funeral or made to feel guilty because he
"let the family down." In any event, children should not be spared
knowledge about death.
THE CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Your funeral director has the responsibility of seeing to it that all
the required statisitical information about the deceased, as well as
the place of interment or cremation, is placed on the original certificate of death.
He then in turn refers this official document to the deceased's
attending physician for his certification.
This certificate now becomes a permanent record with the
registrar of vital statistics in the town, village, or city in which the
death occurred.
The registrar, for a nominal fee, will issue to you certified copies
of the original death certificate which you and-or your attorney will
need for the following estate settlement purposes:
1. Insurance claims of all kinds
2. Veterans Administration benefits
3. The sale or transfer of real property
4. The sale of transfer of stock and bond certificates
5. Banking transactions
6. Motor vehicle registration transfers
7. Others
INSURANCE
Sometimes the mere word "INSURANCE" can be looked upon as
being complicated, but the filing of an insurance death claim is a
relatively simple procedure. The following steps should be taken by
the beneficiary of a deceased's insurance policy:
1. Contact if at all possible the InsuranceCompany's local office or
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�agent in your area. If you are successful, they will handle the death
claim for you. CAUTION: Do not surrender the insurance policy
without an authorized receipt.
2. If there is not a company office or agent in the area, this claim
may be processed by mail.
3. Write a letter to the home office of the insurance company whose
name appears on the face of the policy. State the name of the
deceased, the date of death, and the policy number of the insurance contract. C A U T I O N : Do not send the policy in to the
company.
4. Enclose with the above letter, one certified copy of the original
death certificate.
5. Within a two or three week period the named beneficiary should
receive the face amount of value of the insurance policy.
6. The next of kin of the deceased should always check all other
possibilities of insurance claims including unions, fraternal and
other organizations the deceased belonged to that may offer a
death benefit.
T H E L E G A L ASPECTS O F D E A T H
The earthly possessions, known as the estate of the deceased, must
be distributed after his death. Any assets that are left must be used
to pay any debts, and any balance left must be lawfully distributed
after payment of estate or death taxes. If the deceased owned or
operated a business, the business must be administered and
maintained in an orderly manner or must be liquidated.
In order to accomplish this process of distribution, legal
proceedings are necessary to decide how any property should be
distributed and who is to be in charge of this distribution. Because
of the technical nature of these proceedings and all the complications involved in settling the estate and distributing the assets,
it is advisable that a lawyer be consulted.
Some, not all, of the major matters to be considered are listed
below:
1. Did the deceased have any property? Is there any real estate,
stocks, bonds, bank accounts, personal items, or other types of
property? Is this property held in the name of the deceased, or is it
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�held jointly with someone else?
2. Did the deceased leave a Will? Where is the Will located? What
are the provisions in the Will regarding the distribution of the
property? If there is not a Will, what is the state law regarding the
distribution of the property?
3. If there is a Will, who was appointed the Executor of the Estate?
If there is not a Will, how can proceedings be brought to appoint
an Administrator? If a court is to appoint an Administrator, who
is the court to appoint?
4. Are the assets of the deceased subject to any state or federal estate
or death taxes? If the assets of an estate are less than approximately
$127,000.00, or $250,000.00 if there is surviving spouse, the estate is
not generally subject to the federal estate tax, but smaller estates are
often subject to State death taxes (the law varies from state to state).
Is a certificate of payment of taxes necessary to clear the title of any
Real Estate?
5. Is the deceased the sole owner of an automobile or trailer, or is
the vehicle owned by the deceased and another person? Does this
vehicle become part of an estate?
6. Is the deceased a sole proprietor of a business, in a partnership
with another person, or a member of a corporation doing business
under an assumed name? What are the provisions of the partnership or corporation contract in the event of death of one of its
members?
There are many other considerations that often arise, but a
competent attorney should be able to advise of any matters not
discussed above.
BANKS-SAFE D E P O S I T B O X E S
Because all banks are subjected to state and federal statutes
governing their operations, it is very difficult to satisfactorily define
the banking rules and regulations in any one given area. General
banking law also undergoes constant change from time to time
which makes it impossible to pin point local procedure in the event
of death of an owner of an account or safe deposit box.
It is recommended that the bank that holds an account or safe
deposit box of the deceased be contacted directly to find out the
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�necessary steps to take for the release of their contents. Although it
may not be absolutely necessary, generally the services of a competent attorney is desirable to handle these matters.
SELECTING A LAWYER
The basis for selecting a lawyer for legal guidance and professional
advice should be made on past experience or of a personal acquaintance
nature. He should be selected for reasons of trust, confidence, respect
and the ability to effectively settle an estate in a reasonable length of
time. In the event you do not have any previous experience with a
lawyer, a close friend, your employer or even your funeral director
will be able to recommend a competent attorney to you.
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
When a person who has worked under the social security law dies,
some member of his family should get in touch with the social security
office. If you cannot come to the social security office because you
are housebound or hospitalized, write or telephone and a social security
representative will arrange to visit you.
Long delay in filing an application can cause loss of some benefits,
since back payments for monthly cash benefits can not be made on a
retroactive basis. Cash benefits to survivors arefiguredfrom the amount
of retirement or disability benefit of the deceased.
In most cases a lump sum death benefit is paid to the dependent
of a worker under the social security program. An application for a
lump sum death payment must usually be made within 2 years of the
worker's death.
Monthly payments are also paid to dependents when a worker
dies. These dependents are:
1. Unmarried children under 18 or between 18 and 22 if they are
fulltime students.
2. Unmarried children 18 or over who were severely disabled before
they reached 18 and who continue to be disabled.
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3. A widow, regardless of her age, if she is caring for a child under
18 or disabled and the child gets payments based on the worker's
record.
4. A widow 60 or older even if there are no children entitled to
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�payments.
5. A widow 50 or older (or dependent widower 50 or older) who
becomes disabled not later than 7 years after the death of the
worker or, in the case of a widow, not later than 7 years after the
end of her entitlement to benefits as a widow with a child in her
care.
6. A dependent husband or widower 60 or over.
7. Dependent parents 62 or over after the worker dies.
8. Others: Social security benefits are subject to constant change.
For this reason, if any question of elegibility arises, contact the
social security office.
SOCIAL S E C U R I T Y P R O C E D U R E
F O R APPLYING FOR B E N E F I T S
As many as possible of the following items should be obtained
prior to your visit to the Social Security office. Do not delay contacting the office because all of the items are not available.
1. Deceased's social security number.
2. Record of deceased's earnings, if any, in year before death.
Income tax return W - 2 is satisfactory.
3. Record of deceased's earnings, if any, in year of death. Approximate wages for that year and name of employer.
4. If deceased was drawing social security, what was done with the
last check? Was it cashed? If not, the Social Security Administration will reissue it to the family.
5. Approximate amount of funeral expenses.
6. Birth record of children under 23 years of age.
7. Marriage record of widow. (Not necessary if husband is survivor).
8. Social security numbers of those above (wife and children.)
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�NOTE: Under the law and regulations, social security records are confidential. Information from your record may not be disclosed without proper authorization.
BENEFITS FOR SURVIVORS OF VETERANS
State veteran counselors and veteran service agency directors provide
specialized counseling on benefits available to the survivors of veterans
and servicemen, under the different programs established by local,
state, and federal laws.
Your funeral director may be able to offer guidance in making application for one or more of the following benefits:
BURIAL ALLOWANCE: An authorized federal government burial
allowance up to $300.00 is provided by the Veterans Administration to
the widow, children, parents, or any person who pays the funeral
expenses of an eligible war-time veteran, or certain peace-time veterans.
Claims must be filed within two years of permanent burial or cremation.
PLOT OR INTERMENT ALLOWANCE: Public Law 9343, enacted
June 18, 1973 provides for payment of an amount not exceeding $150
as a plot or interment allowance, in addition to the $300 basic (nonservice connected) burial allowance, only when the veteran is not
buried in a national cemetery or other cemetery under the jurisdiction
of the United States Government. Burial in a State, County or Municipally owned cemetery does not bar payment of the plot or interment
allowance. If the cost of the grave, mausoleum space, columbarium
niche or any other place of final disposition has not been paid, the plot
or interment allowance is applicable thereto up to $150.00. If the
amount unpaid is less than $150.00 then the balance between the unpaid amount and $150.00 can be applied to other funeral and burial
expenses, whatever they may be. If there are no unpaid plot, grave,
mausoleum, columbarium niche or other place of disposition expenses,
the entire $150.00 may be used for other expenses, including those relating to the funeral, cremation, interment receptacle, transporation
and the like.
IN SERVICE DEATH BENEFIT: Public Law 9343 also provides that
when a veteran's death is service connected, burial and funeral expenses
may be paid in an amount of $1,100.00 and is in lieu of the $300.00
basic burial allowance and the $150.00 plot interment allowance.
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�TRANSPORTATION: Transportation costs, when payable, are in addition to the non-service and service connected benefits.
A BURIAL FLAG: This is available for draping the casket of a wartime veteran, a veteran discharged or released because of a service connected disability, or a veteran who has served at least one enlistment.
The flag is presented to the next of kin following burial.
BURIAL IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES: This is available to any veteran of a war-time or peace-time service whose last period of service
(other than for training) terminated honorably. Reservists who die
while performing active duty for training, an eligible veteran's wife,husband, widow, widower, minor children, and under certain conditions,
unmarried adult children are also eligible. U.S. citizens who served in
time of war in the Armed Forces of an Allied Government may also be
eligible. All expenses incident to the grave site and actual interment are
provided without charge. Application should be made at the time of
the veteran's death.
HEADSTONE OR MARBLER: The government will furnish, free of cost
a headstone, or marker to be placed at the unmarked grave of a member
of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Confederate States of
America who died in service or whose last discharge was honorable. The
next of kin has a choice of four different markers or headstones at the
time application is made. Upon application, a monetary reimbursement
is now available to families wishing to purchase a monument or marker
other than the one provided by the Veterans Administration.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT L I F E INSURANCE: It should be
determined first if the veteran carried this insurance as a result of an
option after leaving actve duty. Application and information for filing
claims for U.S. Government life Insurance should be obtained from
the nearest Veterans Administration office. Forms may also be obtained by writing to the Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
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DEATH PENSION: A (Non-Service-Connected Death) pension is payable to eligible unremarried wodows and minor children of deceased
war-time veterans, depending upon their income and, in some instances,
net worth. Minor children may be eligible even though the widow has
remarried or is ineligible because of income. A widower, under certain
conditions, may also be eligible.
DEPENDENCY & INDEMNITY COMPENSATION: This is payable
to eligible widows, unmarried children under 18, children 18-23
if attending approved schools, certain helpless children and.
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�dependent parents, for veteran's war-time or peace-time serviceconnected death after 1-1-57. Annual income of parents is an
eligibility factor. The widowerof a female veteran may qualify if heis
incapable of self-maintenance and was, at the time of her death,
permanently incapable of self-support due to physical or mental
disability.
D E A T H G R A T U I T Y : (Six Month's Pay of Deceased) is payable to a
deceasedveteran's spouse or children (parents, brothers, or sisters, if
designated by the deceased). Veteran's death must have occurred
while he was on active duty, active duty for training or inactive duty
training, or as a resuh of a service-connected cause within 120 days
after discharge. In no case will the amount be less than $800 or more
than $3,000.
G O V E R N M E N T SHIPS H O U S E H O L D E F F E C T S : When a
serviceman I dies on active duty, his dependent surviviors have one
year to arrange for shipment of their household goods, at government expense, to any destination they choose. The property may
include one automobile, if death occurs outside the continental
United States. The shipment is authorized from the last duty
location or from wherever the household effects may be stored. The
government also will pay storage costs for up to six months, in
connection with the shipment.
A D D I T I O N A L A L L O W A N C E : In some areas of the country at a
particular state or county level there is an additional death
allowance for the next of kin of a deceased veteran. It is advisable to
check with your funeral director or local Veterans Administration
office for a local clarification.
Note: A widow visiting a Veterans Administration office should have
with her as many of the following documents and facts as possible.
Do not delay contacting the office because all of the items are not
readily available.
1. Veterans Discharge
2. Veterans G . I . Insurance Policy if covered
3. Marriage or divorce certificate
4. Birth certificates of minor children or crippled children
5. Amounts of all Life Insurance
6. Amounts of all savings accounts, checking accounts, stocks,
bonds, etc.
7. Expenses of deceased's last illness
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�8. Record of Social Security Payments
9. Certified copy of death certificate
iO. Copy of funeral statement
GUIDELINES FOR SELECTING A C E M E T E R Y PLOT
In the brief period between death and burial, cemetery plots and
graves are sometimes purchased by a family without careful thought
and often without a personal visit to the cemetery and later found to
be inadequate or undesirable.
Quite often persons buying cemetery plots in haste will not buy
enough graves, or they will purchase many more than the family will
ever utilize in future years. To avoid mistakes and to meet the
present and future needs of your family, the utmost consideration
should be given this decision.
When purchasing a cemetery plot, one should ascertain whether
the cemetery meets the requirement of the family's religion.
One should also determine just what restrictions, if any, the
cemetery might enforce in regard to the kind of outside burial vault
to be used and the type of monument or memorial to be erected.
Buying a cemetery plot for investment purposes is considered an
unwise practice. The majority of cemeteries retain the right to
repurchase a plot at the original price. For this reason, even though
the lot may have increased in value, there is rarely a profit realized
by the purchaser.
MONUMENTS OR M E M O R U L S
Within a very short time from now, you will be called upon by one
or more retail monument dealers, suggesting that you purchase a
memorial from them.
One should take particular care during this after period of
emotional strain to avoid the hasty purchase of memorials that are
of questionable quaHty or are priced beyond their means.
To give all cemetery plot owners general protection, most
cemeteries retain the right to approve the type of memorial to be
placed on a grave site. Some cemeteries have restrictions on size and
design of memorials, while others require that only a flush-with-theground bronze plaque be placed.
After determining if any cemetery restrictions prevail and
deciding just what your individual needs and desires are, H reputable
retail monument dealer should be contacted.
The quality, material, design, and craftsmanship of a memorial
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�you are going to have erected permanently deserves very careful consideration.
WHAT DO FUNERALS COST?
In the realm of everyday living, you are constantly confronted with
the age-old question: HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? This holds true
whether you are purchasing an automobile, a house, a boat, television
set, or even something as small as a loaf of bread. You should likewise
be concerned with the question of cost in making funeral arrangements.
Funeral costs are no secret, but often are misleading by not being fully
explained at a time when it is difficult for families to understand.
Whether a funeral home uses a system of charging one price for the
complete funeral based on the casket selected, or they itemize their
charges individually, there are four basic factors that constitute the cost
of funerals. These are merchandise, professional services, use of funeral
home facihties, and cash expenditures.
MERCHANDISE: Merchandise may include such items as the casket
selected, the outside burial case or urn, clothing provided by the funeral
home, and memorial folders and-or acknowledgment cards.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: Professional services are the personal
services of your funeral director, and the arrangements and supervision
conducted by himself and his staff of personnel.
USE OF FUNERAL HOME FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT: There
is a vast amount of cost involved on the part of your funeral director
in providing and maintaining a funeral home facOity capable of
satisfying the requirements of each and every family he serves. It is for
this reason the Funeral Home Facilities and Equipment category is
a pertinent factor in the cost of a funeral.
CASH EXPENDITURES: Cash expenditures that are occasionally
advanced to the family as a courtesy of the funeral home may include cemetery and crematory charges, clergy honorariums, church
offerings, limousines, flower cars, newspaper notices, certified death
transcripts, flowers, professional pallbearers, gratuities, etc. In certain
instances a state law or local policy may prohibit a funeral home from
extending a family cash advances.
In determining funeral expenses, consideration should be given to
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�the assets of the deceased. Insurance, veteran benefits, social
security, and other resources is the basis for a family's ability to take
financial responsiblity for a funeral of a loved one.
QUESTIONS MOST F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D
ABOUT CREMATION
Q. Do we need a casket for a cremation service?
A. Since a cremation funeral service is the same as any other, the
casket is used in the same manner and for the same purpose. For
health and esthetic reasons, most crematoriums require that a
casket or some form of combustible container be used.
Q. Is a funeral director necessary?
A. His services are exactly the same as for other forms of care, and
his services are needed for the first call, embalming, casket
selection and conducting of the service.
Q. What authorization is required for cremation?
A. Specific requirements vary with the different states, but as a
general rule written instructions from the family and a permit
from the local health authorities are required for the protection of
the family, the crematorium and the public.
Q. What are cremated remains or cremains?
A. They are recognizable skeletal fragments of the human form
which weight from 6 to 12 pounds for adults, depending upon the
size of the individual. On the average they occupy about 175 cubic
inches of space. They are not "ashes" or "dust".
Cremation is not disposition; it is only a method for preparing the
remains for memorialization. They are still human remains, and
should be placed in a dedicated place such as a columbarium,
mausoleum, family plot in a cemetery or other places where they
will receive continuing care. In rare instances a deceased will
request that his cremains be strewn over a designated area. This
practice is by far not the most common, but is permitted by law in
some areas of the country.
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�W H E N D E A T H OCCURS F A R AWAY
Because of temporary employment transfers, vacations, etc., a
death occasionally will take place far away from the deceased's
home. The distance factor automatically necessitates your home
town funeral director to call upon the professional services of an
associate at the place of death. He will direct the person called to
prepare the deceased for transfer, file all required permits and
authorizations, and make the necessary arrangements to have the
deceased transported home by funeral coach, airplane, or train
depending on the distance involved and the most effective mode of
transportation available. These additional services will be
reflected somewhat in the total funeral statement a next of kin will
receive at a later date.
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�E T I Q U E T T E QF A C K N O W L E D G M E N T
We hope the following suggestions will prove helpful in
acknowledging the various expressions of sympathy you receive
during your bereavement.
The acknowledgments you receive from your funeral director
should be sent within ten days or two weeks after the funeral. In
order to give your expression of gratitude a more personal touch, a
few words may be written on the inside of these Acknowledgments.
This tends to make the recipient feel that one's thanks are as personal as if they had been expressed verbally.
C L E R G Y - Send a personal note (not a printed Acknowledgment)
thanking him for his consolation. If an offering is sent it should be
sent separately from the note.
E X A M P L E : Dear Mr. Smith or Dear Father Smith (not Dear
Reverend or Dear Rev. Smith). My husband and I wish to thank
you for the consolation you gave us during our most trying times.
Your comforting words during the funeral service will help us
tremendously.
B E A R E R S - (including honorary but not professional). Include a
message of thanks for their time and services in the
Acknowledgment.
E X A M P L E : Thank you for your kindness in acting as a pallbearer
for Father. Being one of Dad's closest friends made this very
meaningful to us.
L E T T E R S - - Replies may be brief, and written on an
Acknowledgment. At a later date you may feel more like writing a
longer note to particular persons sending letters.
E X A M P L E : Thank you for your kind words of sympathy. It is so
nice to have friends like you.
T E L E G R A M S - A few words on an Acknowledgment if you wish
is sufficient.
E X A M P L E : Your telegram was most appreciated.
F L O W E R S - A personal message may be written on the
Acknowledgment if you wish.
E X A M P L E : The vase of Roses you sent for Dad was beautiful.
M E M O R I A L S - Treat the same as flowers.
E X A M P L E : The contribution you made to the community hospital
in Dad's memory was greatly appreciated.
29
�SYMPATHY CARDS - If there is a personal message on the card and
you feel you should answer it, you may do so on an Acknowledgment.
It is not necessary to acknowledge a plain sympathy card.
E X A M P L E : Your comforting words during this time were most
helpful.
E X P R E S S I O N S O F S Y M P A T H Y F R O M AN ORGANIZATION
- Send an Acknowledgment to the President or Secretary of the
organization and include in the message reference to the other
members.
E X A M P L E : Dear President Jim: The vase of Red Roses sent for
Dad by the members of the Nowhere Rotary Club was greatly
appreciated.
E X P R E S S I O N S O F S Y M P A T H Y F R O M AN UNORGANIZED
G R O U P - When a group of neighbors, employees, etc., send an
expression of sympathy, send an Acknowledgment to everyone listed
on the card.
F R I E N D S WHO V O L U N T E E R E D S E R V I C E S , CARS, OR
SENT F O O D - A personal note on an Acknowledgment is
satisfactory.
The following are suggestions of classifiednewspaper-typethankyous oftentimes used in addition to regular Acknowledgments.
C A R D O F THANKS
The family of Charles M. Smith wish to thank their relatives,
friends, and neighbors for their kindness during their recent
bereavement.
C A R D O F THANKS
The kindness and sympathy shown to us by our family and friends
during this time of sorrow will always be remembered by the family
of John J. Doe.
C A R D O F THANKS
I wish to express my sincere thanks to all my relatives, friends,
and neighbors for all their kindness and sympathy during the illness
and death of my beloved husband John Doe. Special thanks to Rev.
John Smith and the Nowhere Funeral Home.
Mrs. John Doe
30
�C A R D OF THANKS
We wish to express our deepest gratitude to all our friends and
neighbors for flowers, food, cards of sympathy, and memorials sent
at the time of the loss of our wife and mother Mary M. Smith. A
special thanks to the Smithtown Hospital staff. Dr. Jones, Rev.
Brown, and the Green Funeral Home. It is such a comfort to know
so many people share our loss.
The Family
PALLBEARERS TO BE ASKED
L I S T T H E P A L L B E A R E R S OF YOUR C H O I C E A N D A L T E R N A T E S FOR THOSE
WHO MAY B E U N A B L E T O S E R V E . YOUR FUNERA L D I R E C T O R W I L L WANT
TO KNOW YOUR S E L E C T I O N S , A N D W I L L ASSIST IN T H E S O L I C I T A T I O N OF
THEIR SERVICES.
DATE THANK
YOU SENT
PALLBEARERS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
A D D I T I O N A L P A L L B E A R E R LISTINGS OR A L T E R N A T E S
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
31
�CHECKLIST OF FUTURE OBLIGATIONS AND
APPOINTMENTS
NAME
Telephone
No.
Dote
Completed
Doctor
Hospital
Nursing Home
Clergyman
Cemetery
Funeral Director
Registrar (Town C l e r k )
Lawyer
Social Security O f f i c e
Veterans A d m . O f f i c e
Florist
Motor V e h i c l e Bureau
Insurance Company
Banks
•
Monument Dealer
32
�RECORD OF FOOD RECEIVED AT THE RESIDENCE.
RECORD EACH GIFT OF FOOD RECEIVED BY INSERTING DONOR'S
NAME IN NUMERICAL ORDER AND PLACING A CORRESPONDING
NUMBERED STICKER ON DISH
Nos.
Date
D e s c r i p t i o n of Food Sent Thank You
and Kind of Container
Sent
Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
33
�Nos.
D e s c r i p t i o n of Food Sent
And Kind of Container
Nome
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
34
Date
Thank You
Sent
��" G o placidly amid the noise and haste and remember
what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible
w i t h o u t surrender be on good terms w i t h all persons.
Speak y o u r t r u t h q u i e t l y and clearly; and listen to others,
even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
A v o i d loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the
s p i r i t . If y o u compare yourself w i t h others, you'" may
become vain and bitter; for always there w i l l be greater
and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy y o u r achievements as well as. y o u r plans. Keep interested in your o w n
career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of t i m e . Exercise caution in your business
affairs for the w o r l d is f u l l of t r i c k e r y . But let this not
blind y o u t o what virtue there is; many persons strive
for high ideals, and everywhere life is f u l l of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign a f f e c t i o n . Neither be
cynical about love; for in the face of all a r i d i t y and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take k i n d l y
the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the
things of y o u t h . Nurture strength of spirit to shield y o u
in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself w i t h
imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle w i t h yourself.
Y o u are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and
the stars; y o u have a right to be here. A n d whether or not it
is clear to y o u , no d o u b t the universe is unfolding as it
should. Therefore be at peace w i t h G o d , whatever y o u
conceive h i m to be, and whatever your labors and
aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace w i t h
your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful w o r l d . Be careful. Strive to be h a p p y " .
�
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1970 Guide Lines Booklet C.E. Peaslee & Son Funeral Home
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A C.E. Peaslee & Son Funeral Home Guide Lines booklet. The booklet has thirty four pages and begins with explanations about funerals, presence of the body, calling hours, flowers and memorials, certification of death, insurance, and finally the legal aspects of death.<br /><br />Size:5.5" x 8.5"<br /><br />Condition: Very Good. Some minor wear.<br /><br />FHS-Kyle Leach
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Circa 1970
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Donated by Ann (Linde) Ordway
booklet
business
community
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document
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mourning
Peaslee
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of t^e pttstnt
Sfitat Olongtegattottal Oll)utcl| in Ufarmington
Jiarcli f tgljtl}. Ntttettcn I$un6re& Jfiftg-on«
Founders of the Church, September 15th, 1819
REVEREND JAMES
BENJAMIN
MEHITABLE
FURBER
NOAH
PETER
HOBNE
AKERMAN
MAHY
HAYES
MARY
MEHITABLE
WALKER
(MRS. SAMUEL)
ELIZABETH
FTOBER
"These all died in faith not having
the promise
"And
FURBER
FURBER
received
but having seen it afar off"
their works do follow
them"
ROBERTS
�PROGRAM
ORGAN
PRELUDE
INVOCATION AND DOXOLOGY
HYMN:
" T h e Church's One Foundation",
339
INTRODUCTION BY P R E S I D E N T OF T H E LADIES' A I D
MRS.
EVERETT
EMERSON
" E a r l y History of the C h u r c h "
MRS.
"Organizations
JOHN
of the C h u r c h "
MRS.
ADDRESS:
F. CLOUTMAN
" L a t e r History of the C h u r c h " -
L . A.
CLARKSON
presented
by Mrs. E . T . Willson as given by her at the
100th Anniversary i n 1919.
" T h e L a s t T w o Decades"
MRS.
ERNEST
KIMBALL
RAY B.
CURRIER
"Choir History"
MRS.
ANTHEM:
" H a r k , H a r k M y Soul"
Choir
Harry Rowe
Shelley
"Ministers of the Church Since the Rev. P a u l
Pitkin"
MRS.
ADDRESS:
"Christian Effort" -
Text Ephesians
4:13
EVERETT
EMERSON
-
used by the Rev. P a u l Pitkin at the Dedication
Rev. Myles D . Blanchard,
28th Minister of the Church
HYMN:
"Blest Be the T i e T h a t Binds", 24
BENEDICTION
REV. M Y L E S D . BLANCHARD
POSTLUDE
Organist:
MRS.
RUBY
CHESLEY
�OUR C H U R C H
T h e T o w n of Farmington, formerly the Northwest Parish of Rochester, was incorporated Dec. 1 , 1798.
I n 1819, September 15, the F i r s t Congrega-
tional C h u r c h was organized by the Rev. James Walker, under the auspices of the
New Hampshire Missionary Society, with a membership of eight persons, three
men and five women, namely: Benjamin Furber, Peter Akerman, Noah H o m e ,
Mehitable Hayes, Mary Furber, Mary Furber (Captain Samuel Furber's wife),
Mehitable Furber, E l i z a b e t h Roberts.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F u r b e r and Noah
Horne were received by letter from the church in Rochester, and Mehitable Hayes
had been a member of the Lebanon church.
Religious services had been held by
both Free Baptist and Congregational people, i n the tovm, prior to 1819,
the present so-called " F i r s t " church dates to that year, previous
not having been permanent.
but
organizations
O n the date named a discourse was given from L u k e
12:32, and the ordinance of the Lord's supper was observed.
T h e church remem-
bers with grateful appreciation the labors of men and women, pastors and laymen,
whose devotion to the interests of the organization ceased only with their visible
lives, and the people hold also in tender remembrance
the self-sacrifice
and
faithful love of the living to whom so much is owed for like reasons.
- F r o m the Second Manual -
OUR MINISTERS
1819-1826 James W a l k e r
1893-1898 Sam H . Goodwin
1827-1829 Clement Parker
1898-1901 C a r l E . Sinclair
1829-1840 Pulpit served by students
and visiting elders.
1901- 1902 Arthur L e e Golden
1902- 1908
E d w a r d D . Disbrow
1840-1842 Timothy Morgan
1908-1913 James D . Smiley
1844-1846 Joseph L a n e
1913-1916 Burton L . Hess
1847-1850 Benjamin G . W i l l e y
1916-1923 JeflFrey G . Haigh
1851- 1852 Roger M . Sargent
1923-1925 George W . C l a r k
1852- 1858 D a n i e l Dana Tappan
1925-1928 W i l h a m R . H a m l i n
1860-1869 Roger M . Sargent, D . D .
1928-1931 Stanley R . Hopper
1869-1871 W . S. K i m b a l l
1931-1933 D . HaiTison Smith
1872-1874 Eugene H . Titus
1934-1938 James W . Newton
1875-1877 P a u l H . Pitkin
1939-1941 I r v i n g B . F a r n u m
1877-1889 Walter E . Darhng
1942-1946 James B . F o r d
1889-1892 W i l h a m J . Sweet
1946-1951 Myles D . Blanchard
1902
�OUR PRESENT ORGANIZATION
Moderator — Myles D . Blanchard
Vice-Moderator
— Ned Parker
Clerk - Mrs. Alex Haskell
Treasurer — Roscoe Chamberlain
Financial Secretary — Mrs. John H a m , Jr.
Assistant Financial Secretary — John H a m , Jr.
Wardens — Walter Young — 1951
Auditors
Mrs. H a r r y Nute - 1952
Normand P . Liberty - 1953
I v a n Golding 1954
John Lawrence — 1955
— Leslie H a m
Mrs. Helen Bragg
— Ernest K i m b a l l
Leslie H a m
Alternate Deacons — Ralph Whitehouse
John Oilman
I v a n Golding
Roscoe Chamberlain
Deaconesses — Mrs. E d i t h Bowley
Deacons
Mrs. L u l u V . Tuttle
— Mrs. Leora Otis
Mrs. Ernest K i m b a l l
Mrs. Clifford Cilley
Decorating Committee — Mrs. E t h e l Hayes
Mrs. Velzora Thayer
Mrs. Walter Greeley
Music Committee — Mrs. James Thayer
Mrs. E d w i n T o w l e
D r . Charles Shagoury
Religious Education
Committee — Mrs. G u y Harrison
Mrs. John Lawrence
Mrs. Richmond Parshley
Social Action and Parish Welfare — Mrs. Melvin E a r l e
Superintendent
of Church School — Mrs. G u y Harrison
President of Ladies' Aid — Mrs. Everett Emerson
President of Men's Club — Sherburne Buckler
Director of Music — Mrs R a y B . Currier
Organist — Mrs. R u b y Chesley
Ushers — John H a m , Jr.
I v a n Golding
Ralph Kingsbury
R a l p h Burnham
Sexton — Melvin E a r l e
Alternate
Deaconesses
�
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1951 Congregational Church 75th Anniversary Booklet
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A 1951 Congregational Church 75th anniversary bi-fold booklet with a photograph of the church on the cover. The event was scheduled for March 8, 1951. The founding of the church was September 15, 1819. The booklet lists the founders on the cover under the photo. the interior of the booklet includes the program of events, which included music from the organ, an invocation, hymn singing and several speakers before a closing. The third page of the interior highlights the start and history of the church and a list of ministers, from 1819-1951. The back page includes a list of the entire organization in 1951, with names and titles.
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Congregational Church
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Congregational Church
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1951
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Donated by Lorraine Meyer 2018
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First Congregational Church
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March 1838 Handwritten Letter Cordelia W. Edgerly Farmington NH
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A March 29, 1838 handwritten letter, in ink, by Cordelia W. Edgerly in Farmington, NH, to son James Edgerly, aslo of Farmington,NH. The letter contains advice to her son, mainly on faith, and how he is fortunate. His younger brother Henry is mentioned in the letter. The letter is folded so the paper creates an envelope for delivery, thus protecting the "enclosed letter."
Size: 7"x12.25" Fold out adds 7.5" to width.
Condition:Good considering age. General fading Spotting. Multiple folds and creases. Small tears.
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Cordelia W. Edgerly Farmington NH
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1838
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1838
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FARMINGTON'S F I R S T M^iilTING H0U3E
and
' I T S F I R S T DEACON
Dea.
BENJAMIN FURBfiR
An H i s t o r i c a l Memoir
Presented at
The F a r m i n g t o n C o n g r e g a t i o n a l
J a n u a r y 1 , 1978
E t h e l W. Mazza
Church
�Though ray t o p i c t h i s morning i s F a r m j n g t o n ' s F i r s t
Meeting House, and i t s f i r s t
to
!
Deacon, i t seems a d v i s a b l e
t r a c e some of t h e h i s t o r i c a l
background.
I t i s g e n e r a l l y w e l l known t h a t t h e f i r s t
settle-
ments were i n t h e v i c i n i t y of G r e a t Bay: Dover P o i n t ,
S t r a w b e r r y Banke, L i t t l e H a r b o r , and a l o n g the P i s c a t e qua R i v e r —
t h e s e o c c u r r i n g i n the e a r l y 1 6 ? 0 ' s . The
names of many o f t h e e a r l y s e t t l e r s a r e a m a t t e r of
r e c o r d , though t h e names of some have been l o s t
the
with
passage o f t i m e .
One o f th«Be e a r l y s e t t l e r s was James Newt, who
was s e n t as a s e r v a n t o f John Mason E S Q . i n t o t h e P r o v i n c e of New
1631;
Hampshire
( R e g i s t e r : 2 - ? ^ ' \n or b e f o r e
was a freeman i n 1653; l i v e d on Dover Neck where
he was t a x e d between 1648 and 1677: ar"^was s t i l l
living
i n 1691 ( R e g i s t e r : 7 - 2 5 9 ) • At l e a s t two sons were b o r n :
James J r . i n 164-3 and Abraham i n ^6^\A.
'<oth sons a c -
q u i r e d l a n d from t h e i r f a t h e r on F e b . 1 , l ^ ^ ' l .
James J r ' s .
e s t a t e was i n v e n t o ^ i d
(Ibid)
1691,
r e f e r e n c e b e i n g made t o h i s widow; J a t r ^ s
J^l.
with
born
J u l y 27, 1687, Samuel, born i n 15R9 - - 1 a t l e a s t
two
other c h i l d r e n .
Another e a r l y s e t t l e r was Gat)t.
of
/illiarr^^
Dover Neck, 1659, and B l o o d y ^'oint,
?urber,
"'6S7,
'Nonstable,
1645, Freeman, 1653, s e r g e a n t , 16^^; v^h-^ w n s born i n
E n g l a n d about 1614, came i n t h e
C o g s w e l l from London i n 16^==^, a n i
^•^'""T-'-^ w i t h John
,;r-<^->-d
He was dead i n 1699 when t h e r e wer'^
p - ^'ernaquid.
+
o»»?v^^f^.
f o r the
d i s t r i b u t i o n of h i s e s t a t e .
It
i s i m p o r t a n t t o remember tha-t- Tr.-n-/ o'" t h o s e
e a r l y s e t t l e r s l e f t w h a t e v e r c o T i f o ^ t ' - ' ^'^-t they
may
have known f o r an unknown f u t u r e b o - a n s o o f r e l i g i o u s
�I p e r s e c u t i o n , and t h e i r d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n w i t h t h e Church
I of E n g l a n d .
r
As l a n d g r a n t s were made-, p r o v i s i o n w a s made f o r
i i a meeting house, and l a n d was r e s e r v e d f o r the m i n i s t e r ,
llAs we s i t here i n t h e comfort o f t h i s church today, havI i n g come fcom our c o m f o r t a b l e homes, m n n y f i n d i t n e a r l y ;
impossible t o v i s u a l i z e t h e hardshir^s of these e a r l y
'
s e t t l e r s , who had t o e r e c t temporary s h e l t e r s w h i l e
l a n d was c l e a r e d f o r t h e i r new homes. There were no roads i
as we know them; o n l y t r a i l s t h r o u g h t h e woods. T h e i r
:
b u i l d i n g t o o l s were most p r i m i t i v e , a n d t h e c l e a r i n g
and b u i l d i n g p r o c e s s must have been m o s t arduous.
Most l i k e l y , even a s t h e y we'r-e do:^n^ t h e i r own
b u i l d i n g , thought was g i v e n t o the meeting house, where
t h e y c o u l d w o r s h i p God.
1
W i l l i a m F u r b e r had a t l e a s t s i x c h i l d r e n , and
j
j
'
^
p o s s i b l y o t h e r s o f whom no r e c o r d h a s b'^on f o ^ i r i d .
1
p
L t . W i l l i a m F u r b e r J r . was boi^n ^ n ' ^ o v e r about
j
1646, and l i v e d a t Welch Cove, BlJiody P o i n t ; was an
j
e n s i g n i n 169^, f e r r y m a n , member o f t h ^ '"'olonial Asseme
b l y . H i s f i r s t w i f e was E l i z a b e t h
, by whom
he had a t l e a s t two c h i l d r e n , a n d nn^-p^ h i v ^ o r e . "f*''ollowi n g h e r d e a t h , he m a r r i e d E l i z a b e t h ( W u r d ) Nute, daugh- \
t e r o f Capt. John and E l i z a b e t h Pu-^d , a n d w i d o w o f James '
Mute J r . Thus t h e union o f t w o ^ D r l y f - > - ] i . nr.
\
. W i l l i a m F u r b e r became s t e p f a t h e r t ^ •*-he '^ute c h i l d r e n ,
and she became stepmother t o t h e -^'unb^r c ' l i J d r e n .
1
W i l l i a m ' F u r b e r o f Newington. n o n n 1 6 7 ? and d i e d
,
20 Mar. 1757, m a r r i e d S a r a h Nute, d a u f ^ h t e - p o f James J r .
and S a r a h ( H u r d ) Nute. She was born 167'- a n d d i e d 28
I
A p r i l 1762. .William's b r o t h e r J e t h r o m a r r i e d o a r a h ' s
s i s t e r L e a h , f u r t h e r ceraentingthe '''nrber-'Sute c o n n e c t i o n s .
�i
The Town o f R o c h e s t e r was g r a n t e d i n 1722, and
I t h e d r a w i n g o f p r o p r i e t o r ' s g r a n t s f o l l o w e d soon a f t e r .
! T h i s f i r s t d i v i s i o n i n c l u d e d t h e l a n d from Dover t o
1| a p o i n t a p p r o x i m a t e l y n e a r t h e p r e s e n t R o c h e s t e r Common.
; W i l l i a m F u r b e r I I I was a f u l l s h a r e p r o p r i e t o r , w h i l e
: James Nute I I I , h i s b r o t h e r Samuel Nute, and Thomas
T u r t l e were t h i r d s h a r e p r o p r i e t o r s , s e t t l e m e n t was
, slow because o f I n d i a n r a i d s , b u t by t h e 1750's, t h e r e
W8LB a Meeting House a t t h e t o p o f R o c h e s t e r
Hill.
These same p r o p r i e t o r s a l s o a c q u i r e d l o t s i n t h e
second d i v i s i o n o f 1750, and a l s o i n t h e l a t e r t h i r d
.division.
Attendance a t Meeting was c o n s i d e r e d compulsory,
;and t h o s e who d i d n o t a t t e n d r e g u l a r l y were s e v e r e l y
admonished, and n o t i n f r e q u e n t l y p e n a l i z e d .
As latie a s 1750, t h e a r e a above t h e Common was
d e s c r i b e d b y McDuffee a s unbroken w i l d e r n e s s . T r a v e l l i n g from p l a c e t o p l a c e was u s u a l l y on f o o t , by way o f
I narrow b l a z e d t r a i l s , l a t e r widened enouprh f o r a h o r s e ,
and s t i l l l a t e r f o r wagons.
Many o f t h e s e f i r s t p r o p r i e t o r s d i d nor l i v e l o n g
enough t o s e t t l e on t h e i r own g r a n t s , and t h e g r a n t s
were p a s s e d t o sons o r g r a n d s o n s , o r were s a c r i f i c e d
f o r unpaid t a x e s ,
Richard'*- F u r b e r , son o f W i l l i a m I I I , was born about
1700, and b a p t i s e d a t t h e Old North -^hurch i n Portsmouth.
He m a r r i e d , had two sons i n 1725 and 1725, and d i e d
soon a f t e r .
R i c h a r d ^ , b o m i n 1725» a s o l d i e r a t I.ouisburfehin
1747; m a r r i e d f i r s t A b i g a i l Wadleigh; and s e c o n d l y ,
E l i z a b e t h Downing on 28 J a n . 1748. There were a t l e a s t
s e v e n c h i l d r e n o f t h i s second m a r r i a g e , but t h e t h r e e
!i
�I
i ' b r o t h e r s Samuel, B e n j a m i n , and R i c h a r d a r e of concern
j!
•
i
lito U S t o d a y .
j
11
'
E n s . R i c h a r d F u r b e r ^ , a c q u i r e d p a r t of h i s grand-
; | f a t h e r ' s g r a n t i n t h e second d i v i s i o n by deed on J ^ l y
;|10,
i
j
1 7 4 6 . I t i s not known when he a c t u a l l y s e t t l e d on
lithe l a n d , a s h i s c h i l d r e n were a l l b a p t i s e d i n Newingt o n between 1749
and 1 7 6 2 . N e v e r t h e l e s s ,
his
!
gravestone
t o g e t h e r w i t h t h a t o f h i s second w i f e have been l o c a t e d
•near t h e p r o p e r t y o f A l i c e and the l a t e C e c i l
J u s t o f f Route
202A
!
Dustin,
i n Rochester.
|
A c c o i n i n g t o t h e n a r r a t i v e s e c t i o n of the
I S t r a f f o r d County A t l a s , "Among t h e f i r s t
who
1871
i
settled in
t h e M e r r i l l ' s C o m e r s e c t i o n were B e n j a m i n , Samuel,
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and R i c h a r d F u r b e r , Samuel J o n e s , Benjamin C h e s l e y ,
Paul DeMeritt,
t h e Ten Rod
The
try
who
s e t t l e d between 1770
and 1783.
and
j
On
Road, J o s e p h and L e v i L e i ghton were l o c a t e d . ;
first
I
r e c o r d s a t the S t r a f f o r d County R e g i s -
of Deeds d a t e from 1773,
w i t h a l l of the
[ ones a t t h e A r c h i v e s i n Concord.
earlier
I have not r e s e a r c h e d
F u r b e r l a n d t r a n s a c t i o n s t h e r e , but
a l l three
i
Furber
b r o t h e r s were b u y i n g l a n d i n t h e M e r r i l J s Corner a r e a
i n 1773,
177^,
and 1 7 7 6 , and presumably s e t t l e d t h e r e
v e r y soon t h e r e a f t e r , a« t h e f i r s t
'
i
s c h o o l d a t e s from
1791.
All
of t h e F u r b e r c h i l d r e n were b a p t i s e d by
Rev.
• Haven, and i t seems l i k e l y t h a t t h e y made the l o n g t r e k
to Rochester
H i l l f o r t h i s purpose.
I'hus i t was
;
not
l o n g b e f o r e t h e y r e a l i z e d the need of h a v i n g t h e i r own
m e e t i n g house, much c l o s e r t o t h e i r homes.
'
p
'
With the establishment
separate
from R o c h e s t e r
of Farmington a s a community
i n 1798,
the need became even
more i m p e r a t i v e .
The
church_at
{
:
|
Meeting House H i l l was
b u i l t by
the
i
�I I p e o p l e o f F a r m i n g t o n and were a s s i s t e d by Oongregation||alists.
A l o t w i t h 100 f o o t f r o n t a g e and 75 f e e t deep
. ( C a r l s o n ' s f i e l d a t t h e t o p of t h e h i l l ) was purchased
•from Samuel J o n e s , an e a r l y s e t t l e r of Farmington who
i ' l o c a t e d i n 1770 where Gen. R o b e r t s r e s i d e d i n 1888.
i; ( D u r a l t p l a c e i n I 9 6 0 ) .
Lemuel Meader worked a t f r a m i n g t h e b u i l d i n g . He
i'was t h e f a t h e r o f E l d e r J e s s e Meader. ( I might add h e r e ,
t h a t Lemuel was a f i f t h g e n e r a t i o n descendant o f John
Meader; one o f t h e seven b r o t h e r s who s e t t l e d t h e Meader^ boro s e c t i o n } and my own g r e a t - g r e a t - g r e a t g r a n d f a t h e r ) .
' Lemmy f e l l and was i n j u r e d c o n s i d e r a b l e , but r e c o v e r e d
r
a f t e r a l o n g s p e l l . The d i m e n s i o n s o f t h e b u i l d i n g were
40' by 50', two s t o r i e s i n h e i g h t w i t h windows i n both
• s t o r i e s . I t was b u i l t , i n 1806.
P r e a c h e r s a t Meeting House H i l l i n c l u d e d T i l l y
H owe and Dyer Burge, and o c c a s i o n a l l y 5 ] i a s S m i t h , a
n o t e d m i n i s t e r spoke t o a l a r g e a u d i e n c e . I'arson Haven
p r e a c h e d on d i f f e r e n t o c c a s i o n s , a l s o ^ l d e r Joseph
i
[[ Boody. The o n l y female p r e a c h e r e s s t h a t ev<^r spoke
, a t Meeting House H i l l was M i s s O a r i s s a ' i n n f o r t h .
( O l d Time ^''ar--^ r.gton #25)
!
With c o l d w e a t h e r , t h e meetings
M e e t i n r House
;
H i l l were d i s c o n t i n u e d , but were held a t t h e "Oock"
schoolhouse i n s t e a d , t h e y h a v i n g no heat i n i t . Somet i m e s t h e y would b r i n g t h e i r c h a r c o a l f o o t h e a t e r s o r
,
- warmers w i t h them. Most a l l o f t h e oeoT^le wo 3id.
i
;!
i
; i sometimes 9 0 and meet t h e r e a t "Th^ 0 ] d B l a c k S c h o o l
•j House" ( c o r n e r o f cemetery l o w e r e n t r a n c e ) .
T h e r e would be Simon Dame and '-^enja^in : ! m both
-a,
v e r y r e l i g i o u s and "good exhorter-^"; t ^ o ..'ingates a l s o
' went, t h e S a u i r e and h i s w i f e , s h ^ t - k i r - '' s arm ( a
^^
i,
•
r v e r y worthy c o u p l e ; Mr. Jeremv v i n ^ a t e , t h e s t o r e k e e p e r
,
ji
�and h i s w i f * , ' and o f t e n h i s s i s t e r , M i s s Nancy; Lawyer
Eastman and wife*, t h e Widow P e a r l and h e r p r e t t y daught e r S a l l i e ; Capt. B d g e r l y and w i f e ; o l d J e r e m i a h Folsom
and h i s worthy companion; and Thomas Ham's f a m i l y ; w h i l e
''<3ooper" E b e n e z e r Wentworth J r . l e d the s i n g i n g t o t h e
minister's great d e l i g h t .
T a l l o w c a n d l e s were a l l t h e y had t o l i g h t the
s e h o o l room w i t h . ~ 6ro*m-ups a t t e n d i n g meetings would
b r i n g a c a n d l e a p i e c e t o l i g h t up w i t h .
A l l three Furber brothers served t h e i r country i n
t h e R e v o l u t i o n a r y pWP* B e n j a m i n F u r b e r , t o g e t h e r w i t h
Moses F u r b e r , John Nute, and Joseph Thompson were i n
C a p t . D a v i d P l a c e ' s Go., a t Seaisrey I s l a n d i n 1 7 7 5 . S g t .
R i c h a r d was i n Oapt. D a v i d Copp's Go. a t P i e r c e I s l a n d
a t t h e same t i i M ^ l a t e r a t S a r a t o g a ; and s e r v e d a s
I a d j u t a n t a t t h e 8%u?render o f Burgoyne.
I
B e n j a m i n IHirber m a r r i e d f i r s t Deborah T i b b e t t s on
i D e c . 18, 1777; and'second, K e z i a h Ash on J u l y 5 , 1795.
iHe was t h e f a t h e r o f a t l e a s t e i g h t c h i l d r e n : J o n a t h a n ,
Mary, A b i g a i l , E l i z a b e t h , B e n j a m i n , - W i l l i a m , Deborah,
j and R i c h a r d .
ji
A b i g a i l m a r r i e d John Murray J r on Nov. 26, 1807,
, and t h e i r d a u g h t e r i6a»ia m a r r i e d O t h n i e ] '/amey and
|
I s e t t l e d on t h e f a r m about two m i l e s above M e r r i l l ' s
j C o m e r . E l i z a b e t h a a r r i e d D a v i d Hayes and s e t t l e d on
th»; f a r m now o c c u p i e d by L e s l i e Harden. They a r e b u r i e d
i n t h e cemetery i n t h e upper c o r n e r of the fi«'ld.
T h e i r daughteir, B l i a a J a n * Hayes m a r r i e d as h i s second
wife:, t h e Hon. J o s l a h B a r t l e t t E d g e r l y of F a r m i n g t o n ,
I a man o f prominence and honor i n h i s community. E l i z a
was a t e a c h e r i n F a r m i n g t o n b e f o r e h e r m a r r i a g e . They
l i v e d i n t h e house boiight of Hon. Nehemiah Eastman,
o r i g i n a l l y t h e J o n a s C. March house, the second frame
�b u i l d i n g b u i l ^ i n F a r m i n g t o n . I t stood d i n e c t l y o p p o s i t e
j t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church.
I
S i n c e genealogy i s p r e s e n t l y o n l y a s p a r e - t i m e
; hobby of mine, I r e g r e t t h a t I have not had time t o
|
pursue t h i s f a m i l y f u r t h e r . Hov/eve^, I would c a l l t o
I; y o u r a t t e n t i o n t h a t y o u r own Ronald P a r r o c k i s a g r e a t g r e a t - g r e a t grandson of Capt. Samuel F u r b e r ; f u r t h e r
t h a t F u r b e r d e s c e n d a n t s were s t i l l l i v i n g i n the M e r r i l l '
; C o r n e r a r e a w i t h i n my own memory.
The i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t I have found p a r t i c u l a r l y
' i n t e r e s t i n g i s t h e v e r y e a r l y Furber-Nute c o n n e c t i o n s ;
; t h a t Deacon B e n j a m i n F u r b e r ^ was t h e deacon of t h e
'
!i
ij f i r s t Meeting House, and t h a t Deacon "ugene Nute,
; g e n e r a t i o n u n c e r t a i n , but p r o b a b l y 1 0 t h of 1 1 t h i s t h e
|
S e n i o r Deacon of t h i s C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church, t o d a y .
i
i
The e a r l y P u r b e r f a m i l y cemetery i s l o c a t e d on
l a n d o r i g i n a l l y b e l o n g i n g t o Capt. Samuel P u r b e r ,
] a p p r o x i m a t e l y % m i l e i n t h e woods, w i t h i n l a n d now owned
i by L e s l i e B a r d e n , and c o n t a i n s 17 F u r b e r g r a v e s t o n e s .
j
.
•
"
I t i s w i t h a g r e a t d e a l of p l e a s u r e t h a t I today
p r e s e n t t o t h e F a r m i n g t o n C o n g r e g a t i o n a l Church,
i! s u c c e s s o r t o t h e F i r s t Meeting House, a mounted and
! framed r u b b i n g o f Deacon Benjamin F u r b e r ' s p-ravestona,
and I t h i n k t h a t i t i s o n l y a p p r o p r i a t e t h a t Deacon
! Nute be a s k e d t o u n v e i H i t .
I
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Farmington First Meetinghouse & Its First Deacon -Deacon Benjamin Furber An Historical Memoir
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Farmington First Meetinghouse & Its First Deacon -Deacon Benjamin Furber An Historical Memoir was presented at the First Congregational Church of Farmington, January 1, 1978 by Ethel W. Mazza. The document is eight pages typed on paper. This appears to be a photo copy of the original.
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Ethel W. Mazza
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1978
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