n c3^. /Av- \ BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW VOLUME XXI CONTAINING LIFE SKETCHES OF LEADING CITIZENS OF STRAFFORD AND BELKNAP COUNTIES NEW HAMPSHIRE "Biography is the home aspect of history' BOSTON Biographical Review Publishing Company 1897 ATLANTIC STATES SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEWS. The V oliimcs issuL'fl ill tliis slmIcs up to date are the following: I. Otsego Couniv, Nkw York. II. Madison County, New York. III. Broome County, New York. IV. Columbia County, New York. V. Cayuca County, New York. VI. Delaware County, New Ydrk. \ll. Livingston ANn W'ydmini; Couniiks, New York. VI 11. Clinton and E^.sex Counties, New York. IX. IIami'uen County, Massachusetts. X. Franklin County, Massachusetts. XI. Hampshire County, Massachuseits. .\11. 1,1 1 CH field County, Connecticut. XIII. York County, Maine. XIV. CUMIiERLAND CoUNTY, MaINE. XV. Oxford and Franklin Counties, Maine. XVI. Cumberland County, New Jersey. XVII. Rockingham County, New Hamp- shire. .X\'II1. Plymouth County, Ma.ssachusetts. XIX. Camden and Buri.ingt.in Counties, New Jersey. XX. Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and W'aluo Counties, Maine. XXI. SiRAFFORD and BeI.KNAI' CkIINTIES, New Ha.mpshire. .Notk. — /Vll the biographical slietches puljlishetl in this volume were submitted to their respective subjects or to the sub- scriber.<, from whom the facts were primarily obtained, for their approval or correction before going to press ; and a reasonable time was allowed in each case for the return of the typewritten copies. Most of ihein were returned to us within the time allotteil. or before ihe work was printed, after being corrected or revised; and these may therefore be regarded as reasonably accurate. A few, however, were not returned to lis; and, as we have no means of knowing whether they contain errors or not, wr camiot vouch for their accuracy. In justice to our readers, and to render this work more valuable for reference purposes, we Iiuvl indicated the.se uncorrected sketches by a small asterisk (*), placed imniediate'y after the name of the subject. They will all be found on the last pages of the book. July, 1S97. H. R. I'Vli. CO. PREFACE. HAVING labored with dilig'cnce and with the liclp of many hands, as is needful in tliis fast-going-, news-lo\-ing, novelty-producing age, availing ourselves of the material kindlv pi iced at our disposal by our patrons in StrafTord and lielknap Counties, representative citizens of New Hampshire, whose cordial co-opera- tion has made the work possible, we are happy to announce the completion of another Biographical Remew, the twenty-first yolume in our Atlantic States Series, whose puljlication we began a few years since, have carried on without intermission, and are still continuing. The local biographer supplements the work of the town and county historian, and lights up with living interest the dry names and dates dear to the genealogist, while freely conceding to the census enumerator the palm for longer schedules. W'ell-born, (jf reputable ancestry, sprung, some of them, from early colonists of two hundred, yes, even of two hundred and sixty years ago — ior Dover, it must Ije remembered, was the first permanent settlement in the State — the persons whose life stories are here outlined have earned the right to be commemorated. The accounts here given are of used talents and opportunities, of industry, energy, and enterprise, far-reaching and to good ends, not of slothfulness, not of selfishness, knavery, and greed, but of fair dealing, of public spirit, i}atriotism, self-sacrifice. Some attention has been given to tracing lines of descent and kinship, interesting in themselves and often valuable as showing the transmission of both, physical ami mental traits. Every wise generation does its own work in its own way, and, writmg its own records, leayes its reputation and its example as a legacy to posterity. JOHN J. MORRILL. BIOSRAPHIGAL OLONEL JOHN J. MOR- RILL, late an esteemed resident of Gilford, N. H., was a citizen well known in public life, for many years an influential factor in the State politics. A son of Barnard Morrill, he was born in Gilford, on August 3, 1816; and he died in the same house and the same room on January 20, 1892. Abraham Morrill, who at an early date settled in Amesbury, Mass., was the immi- grant founder of the family in New England. Barnard Morrill, father of John J., came from Brentwood, N.H., to Gilmanton, now Gilford, which had then but few inhabitants. By occu- pation a tanner and shoemaker, he became a prominent citizen, and in the years that fol- lowed held all the important offices within the gift of his townsmen, being Selectman and Justice of the Peace many years. While a Jus- tice of the Peace, he sat on a majority of the trials held, and he also devoted considerable time to other legal duties. He married March 23, 1809, Judith Morrison, daughter of Jonathan Morrison, a Revolutionary soldier, who was a descendant of a New England pio- neer. Mr. and Mrs. Barnard Morrill had a son, John J., and two daughters — Rhoda and Sally. Rhoda Morrill married John Davis, a resident of what is now Lakeport, N. H., who was at one time agent for the Lake Company, and was also associated as a partner with B. J. Cole at Lakeport, under the firm name of Cole & Davis. John J. Morrill attended the district school in his native town, and subsequently received the benefit of a few terms at Gilmanton Acad- emy and New Hampton Institution. He then studied under the tuition of Dudley Leavitt, who was well known as the originator of Leavitt's Fanners A/iiiaiiac. In this way Mr. Morrill acquired an unusually good edu- cation for his day. His principal business was tanning and the lumber trade. He was also engaged in farming. Energetic, ambi- tious, and capable, he was brought into jnib- lic notice, and was appointed on the staff of General VVadleigh of the old State militia, with the title of Colonel. He was agent of the town of Gilford for years, and handled its law suits and other important legal matters. He was a delegate to the Whig Convention in Baltimore in 1840, which nominated William Henry Harrison for the Presidency. The campaign which followed was one of the most exciting in the history of this country, and became known as the "log-cabin and hard cider " campaign, because the opponents of General Harrison undertook to bring up his past life against him. The Whig party, however, swept the country, and its candidates were triumphantly elected. Subsequent divi- sions among its adherents, owing to slavery becoming the leading issue, led to its dis- ruption; and, after electing Taylor in 1848, and failing to elect Scott in 1852, the North- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW cm Wliii;s became Free Soilers and by 1856 Republicans. Mr. Morrill took an active part in the exciting politics of the times, and was one of the influential factors in the organiza- tion of the Republican party in New Hamp- shire. He represented Gilford in the State legislature several years, and lie was a member of Governor Straw's Council in 1872 and 1873. His abilities soon brought him into wider notice; and as the opponent of General Mars- ton, one of New Hampshire's ablest men, he lacked but a few votes of receiving the nom- ination of Representative to Congress, a posi- tion that he was well qualified to fill. He was also a I'residential elector in 1876. About the time that he was proposed for Congress he was spoken of by many as a candidate for the gov- ernorship. Si.x years before his death he was stricken with paralysis, which was subsequently followed by a second and fatal attack on the morning of January 20, 1892. Mrs. Nancy Sanborn Morrill, his wife, taught school sev- eral terms before their marriage. She was born on January 27, 18 19, in 15rentwood, N.H. Her parents afterward removed to Gilford, where her father, Mesech Sanborn, was for many years a prominent citizen. They had three children, namely: Stark; John Barnard, who was born December 26, 1849, and died July 20, 1852; and John B., who is now the only survivor. Stark, born on December 9, 1846, died on June 8, 1880. He was educated in the district school and at New Hampton In- stitution, and for several years before his death was associated with his father in carrying on the tannery. He was a capable and successful business man. John B. , the youngest child, was born on November 11, 1854. He attended the district schools of Gilford and the high school in what is now Laconia, then studied with S. C. Kim- ball, A.M., a noted tutor, who was at that time pastor of the Free Baptist church in Gil- ford. He fitted for Bates College, but went instead to Dartmouth, and was graduated in the class of 1879, taking the degree of Bach- elor of Science in Chandler Scientific Course, and is permanent Secretary of his class. It was his intention to take a com]3lete course in civil engineering, but the illness of his brother and an accidijnt to himself interfered; and re- turning home he took up his father's business, lumbering, real estate, and farming. He has given considerable attention to stock-raising, trading in cattle to a large extent. Of late years he has taken many premiums for fancy teams exhibited at fairs. He keeps Hereford stock principally. On November 9, 1882, Mr. Morrill married Miss Mary S. Rowe, a daughter of Simon Rowe, of Gilford. She completed her educa- tion at New Hampton Literary Institution, and was a teacher before her marriage. Mr. Morrill has always adhered to the Re- publican principles loved by his father. He was at the last Constitutional Convention held in 1889, and is a member of the Republican State Central Committee. In 1895-96 he represented the town of Gilford in the New Hampshire legislature. The past three years he has been Chairman of the Board of Select- men, and has held various minor town offices. Since the organization of the Gilford Public Library he has been one of the Board of Trustees. ENRY KIMBALL, attorney and coun- sellor-at-law, and superintendent of the public schools of Rochester, N. H., was born in Shapleigh, Me., December 14, 18331 son of Daniel S. and Love (Wilson) Kimball. His father was born in North Ber- wick, Me., May 24, 1804, and his mother in Shapleigh, April 17, 1806. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Daniel S. Kimball was reared to agricult- ural pursuits, and the active period of his life was spent in tilling the soil of a good farm in his native town. A prosperous farmer and a useful citizen, he gained by his upright Chris- tian character the sincere esteem of his fellow- townsmen. He died April 28, 18S2; and his wife died May 2, 1893. Both were members of the Congregational church, the father act- ing as Deacon for many years. Henry Kimball prepared for college at the Maine Wesleyan Seminary, and was graduated at Bowdoin College with the class of 1863. His legal studies were pursued under the direction of his uncle, Increase S. Kimball, of Sanford, Me. ; and he was admitted to the York County (Maine) bar, June 30, 1866. He remained with his uncle for three years, and in 1869 settled in Rochester, where he has since resided. Teaching school was a favorite occupation in his younger days, and his in- terest in educational matters has never been allowed to die out. In connection with his law practice he has occupied his present posi- tion of superintendent of the public schools in this city, with the exception of a few short intervals, since 1871. Politically, Mr. Kimball supports the Re- publican party, but has never taken an active part in politics, excepting such as pertains to educational interests. -AMES D. HARTLETT, senior member of the firm Bartlett & Smith, con- tractors and builders of Meredith, and an ex-member of the New Hampshire legis- lature, was born July 27, 1833, in Centre Har- bor, N. H., son of Samuel G. and Sally (Rowe) Bartlett. His great-grandfather was Abiel Bartlett, son of Adam Bartlett, who was a native of Beverly, Mass. Abiel Bartlett re- sided in Deerfield, N. H.,and died in 1816, aged sixty-five years. The maiden name of his wife was Margaret Goodhue, and his chil- dren were: Abiel, John G., Joseph, Moses, and Mary Jane. James D. Bartlett, the grandfather, was born in Deerfield. During his active jieriod he cultivated farms in Mere- dith and Centre Harbor, and was one of the stirring agriculturists of his day. In politics a Democrat, he served as a Selectman in Centre Harbor, and died January 5, 1861. He married Olive Libbey, daughter of Sheriff Libbey, of VVolfboro, N.H. Samuel G. Bartlett, father of James D. Bartlett, born in Meredith, March 2, 1807, learned the trades of a carpenter and mill- wright, which he afterward followed for ten years. Then he bought a farm in Centre Har- bor, where he resided for the rest of his life. He voted with the Democratic party; and, although not an aspirant for office, he was Supervisor and a member of the School Com- mittee a number of years. He died July 22, 1896. His wife, Sally, who was born in Gil- ford, N.H., October 20, 1803, daughter of Ezekiel Rowe, became the mother of eight children, six of whom attained maturity. These were: James D., the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth R., wJio married Charles P. Leavitt, of Meredith, and is now deceased; Lucinda, who married John R. McCrillis, of Centre Harbor; Emily Jane, who is the wife of Jonathan Fox, of the same town; Josiah R., who resides in Centre Harbor; and Arvilla R., now deceased, who became the wife of Joseph Howard, of Northfield, Mass. The mother died August 23, 1857. Both parents were members of the Free Baptist church, and the father was one of its choristers for many years. James D. Bartlett acquired a public-school education in his native town. At the age of BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW seventeen he went to Lowell, Mass., and there served an apprenticeship of three years at the mason's trade. Having become well ac- quainted with brick-laying and plastering, he was for two seasons engaged as a journeyman in Boston and for the same length of time in Manchester, N.H. In 1S58 he settled in Meredith, where he did general mason work until 1 88 1. He then formed a partnership with his present associate, and is now doing quite an extensive contracting and building business both in New Hampshire and Ver- mont. He was Chief of Police for two years, and at the head of the fire department for the .same length of time. He served for four years as inspector of the check list; and he wras elected to the New Hampshire House of Rep- resentatives in 1886, in which he served on tlio Committee on Fisheries and Game. On March i, 1856, Mr. Bartlett married Lydia R. Hubbard, daughter of Rodney Hub- bard, of New London, N.H. He is a member of Chocorua Lodge, F. & A. M. ; is Past Grand of Belknap Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; a member of Meredith Lodge, Knights of Pythias; and of Winnepesaukee Grange, Patrons of Husbandry. Mrs. Bartlett is con- nected with the Daughters of Rebecca. Both are members of the Free Baptist church. "IRAM SAWYER OSBORN, an ex- tensive farmer of Rochester, was born in Loudon, N.H., March 26, 1831, son of Green and Mehitabel (Barton) Osborn. The Osborn family in America is of English origin. The great-grandfather of Hiram S. was one of three Quaker emigrant brothers of that name, who came to this coun- try in the early days and settled in the Massa- chusetts colony, probably driven to this step by the persecution of non-conformists in the parent country. lilijah Osborn, the grand- father, was presumably born in Salem, Mass. After learning the trade of a potter, while still a young man, he removed to Loudon, N.H., and settled down on a farm, although he still continued to work at his trade. His re- ligious principles were those accepted by his Quaker forefathers. The maiden name of his wife was Margaret Green. Green Osborn, born in Loudon, N.H., son of Elijah and Margaret (Green) Osborn, after completing his education in the district schools of his native town, began to learn his father's trade of potter. This purpose he soon after abandoned, and turned his attention to the cultivation of his father's farm. When about forty years of age, he took up a farm in Pittsfield, N.H., and was thereafter occupied in its cultivation for the remainder of his life. He married Mehitabel Barton, of Pittsfield, and had a family of nine children, eight of whom attained maturity. They were: Eliza- beth Ann, now deceased, who married Hiram Walker, of Amesbury, Mass., also deceased; Charles B., deceased; Mary Jane, who married Nathaniel O. Sawyer, of Amesbury, Mass. ; Hiram Sawyer, the subject of this sketch, and the twin brother of Mary Jane; Margaret, who married George O. Harmon, of Haverhill, Mass., and is now a widow; Warren Gl, resid- ing in Dover, N.H.; Angeline A., who mar- ried Munroe Wiggins, of Haverhill, Mass. ; and David G., now living in Rochester. Although Green Osborn was a man of a retir- ing disposition, he served in some of the minor town offices. Hiram Sawyer Osborn received his educa- tion in the public schools of Loudon and Pitts- field, N. H., and of Ouincy, Mass. In Quincy, between the school sessions, he was employed by a wealthy quarry owner. After completing his education, he learned the car- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW penter's trade, and thereafter followed it con- tinuously for more than forty years. In the year 1852 he went to California, and pro- spected for gold along the Yuba and Feather Rivers with a fair degree of success. After- ward he engaged in farming for a year and a half in the valley of the San Joaquin River, and worked at his trade for about one year. In 1S61, after returning PZast, he bought the farm in Rochester, N.H., where he now resides. Although engaged in the cultivation of this farm for a period after, he devoted the larger share of his time anti attention to his trade, which developed into the business of a con- tractor and builder. Of late years, however, he has applied himself almost exclusively to agriculture. His farm contains one hundred and twenty acres or more. He makes a spe- cialty of milk, which he ships daily to Boston, Mass. Besides wintering some twenty head of cattle, he cuts from forty to fifty tons of hay annually. Intermittently, between 1865 and 1885, Mr. Osborn taught plain and ornamental penmanship. He is a good penman to-day. The first of Mr. Osborn's two marriages was contracted with Nancy Jane Waldron, daughter of Benjamin Waldron, of Rochester. By her he became the father of two children, namely: Caroline J., who married George Whitehouse, of Dover, and is now deceased; and Annie B., who married Oliver M. Vickery, of Rochester. By his second marriage he was united to Mary E. Ham, of Rochester. She has borne him one daughter, Nellie F., who married John L. Foss, of Dover. In politics Mr. Osborn is a Republican. He enjoys an unusual share of the good will and confidence of the townsfolk, who have elected him to their Board of Select- men and to other public offices, and who would gladly place him in more important positions, could he spare the needful time from his per- sonal affairs. He is a Mason of Strafford Lodge, No. 29, of Dover. Taking an earnest interest in the Patrons of Husbandry, he is connected with Cocheco Grange, of which he is a Past Master, with E. N. H. Pomona Grange, the New Hampshire State Grange, and the National Grange. Successful through his industry and sterling worth, Mr. Osborn is highly esteemed in Rochester. ILLIS P. EMERSON, one of the most energetic young business men in Alton, was born in this town, November 13, 1866, son of Charles P. and Ellor J. (Jones) Emerson. His grandfather, William Emerson, came to Alton over a hun- dred years ago, and was engaged in trade here for the greater part of his life. William lived to be about eighty-two years old; and his wife, whose maiden name was Susan Rollins, died at the age of eighty-six years. They reared si.x sons; namely, Walter G. C, Seth R. , Lewis, Charles P., Chester B. , and Smith. Walter was a merchant in West Alton; Seth resided in Alton; Smith was in early life a trader in this town and later station agent in Dover, N.H. All except Smith married and reared families. Chester B. is the only one now living. Charles P. I'lmerson, father of Willis P., was born in Alton, September 16, 1823. When a young man he started a mercantile business at Alton Bay, and afterward for sev- eral years had a large and profitable trade. At a later date he engaged in the manufacture of shocks. Business reverses came upon him sud- denly with disastrous effect; and he died May 30, 1882. He was an upright, conscientious man, and an exceedingly progressive business man, whose enterprises were very beneficial to the community; and his untimely death was generally deplored. Politically, he was a >4 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Republican, and his business ability naturally led him into prominence in public affairs. He was twice elected a Representative to the legislature, and for over twenty years he was Postmaster of Alton Hay. He married Ellor J. Jones, daughter of James N. Jones, of Al- ton, and became the father of two children, namely: Mary Belle, who died at the age of twenty-one; and Willis P., the subject of this sketch. Willis P. Emerson acquired a good practical education. But sixteen years old when his father died, his only inheritance was a busi- ness overwhelmingly in debt. The task of liquidating the many claims upon his father's old store was enough to discourage a much older and experienced person. However, the youth went earnestly to work at it, and the result attained will long remain a bright spot in the memory of the townspeople. By the closest attention to business and the exercise of the most rigid economy young Emerson gradually lessened the debts left upon his shoulders, until all the creditors were satisfied in full. The business which he so nobly and perseveringly reclaimed is now in a most flourishing condition. Modestly, but emphat- ically, he declares that his mother's guiding hand did more toward retrieving the fallen fortunes of the family than did his own efforts. Those who were in a position to know, however, do not hesitate to assert that a case has never come within their observa- tion in which a youth without business ex- perience displayed so much real energy and determination and, above all, such a steadfast adherence to the principles of integrity. Since entering mercantile life Mr. Emer- son has rapidly advanced in prosperity, as might be expected from a man of his character and progressive tendencies. He carries on a well-stocked store, receives a large share of patronage, and is a popular as well as a suc- cessful merchant. In politics he is a Repub- lican, and he served with ability as Postmaster for four years. He is a member of Winnepe- saukee Lodge, No. 75, A. F. & A. M. ; and of Cocheco Lodge, No. 28, Knights of Pythias, of Alton. OHN F. CLOUTMAN, a leading shoe manufacturer of Strafford County and an esteemed resident of Farmington, was born in New Durham, this county, De- cember 27, 1 83 1, son of John F. and Patience T. (Edgerly) Cloutman. The family origi- nated with three brothers, who came from Scot- land, and respectively settled in Conway, N.H., Portsmouth, N.H., and Maine. John F. Cloutman, Sr. , was a carpenter by trade, and also followed the occupation of farmer. The early years of his life were spent in New Durham and his last years in Rochester. He married Patience T. Edgerly in New Durham. Of thei'r nine children, three are living: John F., the subject of this sketch; James A., of Farmington; and Ellen F., the wife of E. I). Seymour, of Lynn, Mass. The father died in Memphis, Tenn., at the age of forty-seven, of congestion of the brain. John F. Cloutman received but a limited amount of schooling. After reaching his majority, he took up the shoe business, first learning to cut shoes. At the age of twenty- two he set up in business for himself at Farm- ington in a small way. This humble begin- ning has since developed into bis present prosperous business. P'or twent)'-three years, commencing in 1S71, he manufactured for Wallace Elliott & Co., of New York, medium grades of children's, women's, and misses' shoes. At the present time he gives employ- ment to about one hundred hands, whose weekly pay-roll takes about a thousand dollars; BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW IS and he sells mostl}' to Boston jobbers. Mr. Cloutman built the factory in which Wallace Elliott & Co. do business at the present time in Farmington. He has been twice married, on the first occasion to Amanda M. Davis, of Alton, who died in 1868, leaving no children. His present wife, whose maiden name was lijla E. Kimball, is a native of Bradford, Mass. They have two children: Nellie A., who is book-keeper for her father; and John F- Cloutman, Jr. In politics Mr. Cloutman has remained faithful to the Democratic views since his majority. The first office to which he was elected was that of Representative to the State legislature for the year 1 861-62. fie was Town Treasurer and Moderator for a number of years, and State Senator for two years, 1876 and 1S77. Of the Town Committee, com- posed of J. E. Fernald, Alonzo Nute, and Mr. Cloutman, that built the Opera House, he is the only survivor. He is a prominent Mason, belonging to Fraternal Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Columbian Chapter, R. A. M.; and Palestine Commandery, K. T., of Rochester. For si.\ years he was Master of his lodge. He is also a member of Woodbine Lodge and Mad River Encampment, I. O. O. F. ; and of New Hamp- shire Grange, of which he was Master for one year. The family attended the Baptist church. 'ON. SAMUEL BAILEY SMITH, Mayor of Laconia, and an ex-member of the New Hampshire legislature, was born in West Newbury, Essex County, Mass., May 11, 1837, son of Moses and Mary A. (Bailey) Smith. On the father's side he is descended from one of three brothers, who emigrated to this country from England. His parents, who were prosperous farming people of West Newbury, are no lortger living. They reared a family of seven children, two of whom are residing in Dedham, Mass; three in West Newbury, Mass; one in Merrimac, Mass; and Samuel Bailey, the subject of this sketch, in Laconia for the past thirty-four years. After completing his education at Phillips Andover Academy, Samuel Ikiiley Smith en- tered on his business career. He was first employed in the cutting-room of a shoe manu- factory. Later he had charge of a dry-goods and clothing store in Lawrence, Mass. In the spring of 1862 he came to Laconia, antl formed a partnership with A. G. P'olsom, under the firm name of Folsom & Smith. This concern carried on the dry-goods and clothing business until 1869, when I\Ir. Smith bought the interest of his partner, and con- tinued the business at the old quarters in Fol- som ]?lock, but sulisequently leasing the two other stores comprising the remainder of the block. In 1882 he sold his business to the Lougee Brothers. He has been engaged in the real estate business here since 1875, fre- quently taking an active part in securing public improvements. He was a promoter and one of the largest subscribers to the stock of the Laconia Street Railway Company. In 1885 he built the Smith Block, erected a five- tenement block on Beacon Street in 1876, built a three-story business rind tenement block at the comer of Beacon and Mill Streets in 18S7, and in 1892 enlarged and remodelled the Tucker House, dividing it into seventeen tenements with modern improvements. Prom- inently identified with financial matters for a prolonged period, he has been a Trustee of the Laconia Savings Bank and a Director of the People's Bank since its incorporation. In June, 1869, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Ada A. Folsom, youngest daughter of A. G. Folsom, of Laconia, and has now one son and two daughters. One of i6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW the ilaughters is married; and his son, James S., is now employed at the People's Bank. In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican, and has advocated the principles of that party since he became a voter. Although he has never sought for public office, his business ability and knowledge of finance make him especially competent for the discharge of its duties. When elected a member of the School Board, he declined to serve. He subsequently ac- cepted a seat in the City Council. While in this body he was its Chairman for most of the time, and was Chairman of the Committee on Sewers under the old town government. Seeking to have municipal work carried on as economically as possible, he succeeded in keeping the departments over which he pre- sided within the limit of their respective appropriations. In 1895 he was elected Mayor, and the good results expected of his administration of that office have been fully realized. While a member of the House of Representatives in 1889-90, he served upon the Committees on Banks and Labor; and he was closely connected with the building of the State Normal School in Plymouth. /^^TeORGE E. DURGIN, Clerk of the \^J Supreme Court at Dover, N.H., has held this position for a score of years, and during the time has discharged the duties connected with it with .such eminent ability and fidelity as to command the respect and win the confidence of all concerned. He was born May 13, 1 83 1, in the adjacent town of Mad- bury, a son of Walter and Hannah (Woodman) Durgin. Walter Durgin was a native of Strafford County, born January 30, 1801, and was reared to farming pursuits, an occupation in which, in conjunction with carpentering, he was en- gaged during his active life. In 1856 he removed to Pipping, Rockingham County, pur- chasing a farm on which he spent his declining days. He died September 17, 18S1, in his eighty-first year. In politics he was a sound Democrat, clear-headed, capable, and always faithful to his trust. He frequently served as Moderator of town meetings, was a Selectman several terms, and later was on the Board of County Commissioners. He is remembered as a man of many sterling qualities, who enjoyed the esteem and confidence of all who knew him. His wife, also a native of this county, lived to the venerable age of fourscore and two years, passing away December 12, 1 891. The parental household included five children, all sons, namely: George E. , the subject of this biographical sketch; Charles C, who died December 20, 1861; John A., who died November 8, 1884, at Providence, R.I., where he was superintendent of locomo- tive works; Henry S. , who died while in ser- vice during the late Civil War, August 14, 1863, at -Cairo, 111.; and Walter Frank, now living on the old homestead in Epping, N.H. George E. Durgin remained with his parents on the home farm until eighteen years old, obtaining his elementary education in the dis- trict schools. In the shoe business he worked diligently until he had saved one hundred dol- lars, when he began fitting himself for the position of a teacher, studying at a private school in Lee, N.H. He subsequently taught school winters in the towns of Lee, Madbury, Rochester, and Barrington, this State, and West Newbury, Mass., for fifteen years, and worked at farming in the summers, making his home in Lee, where he was one of the board for examining teachers. During this time Mr. Durgin held different local public offices. In 1871 and 1872 he served in the State legis- lature; and in 1874, having been appointed \ GEORGE E. DURGIN. rtcd BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 19 Repjistrar of Probate of Strafford County, he removed with his family to Dover, where he has since resided. Two years later Mr. Dur- gin was appointed to his present position, in which he is giving universal satisfaction. He is ju.stly held in esteem by all who know him, being a man of strict integrity, and is often called upon to serve in important financial matters. He has probably settled more estates than any other person in the city, and at times has held the guardianship of as many as a dozen minors and pensioners at once. On April 18, 1854, Mr. Durgin married Miss Lydia Ann, daughter of David and Betsey Mathes, of Lee, N.H. Mrs. Durgin was a woman of fine character, dee]ily imbued with a religious spirit, and an active worker in the Advent Christian Church of Dover, whose house of worship was erected and freed from debt largely through her efforts. She was noted for her benevolence and generous hospi- tality, her house and home being ever open to preacher and layman, and to the poor and des- titute as well as to those of affluence and influence; and her death, which occurred August 5, 1893, was a severe loss to her friends and to the community. One who had been acquainted with Lydia A. Mathes in "her school days, when a pupil of one of the best teachers this country ever knew, Moses A. Cartland, of Walnut Grove School, Lee, N.H.," who was a cousin of the poet Whittier, thus wrote of her: "From him whom she so admired she caught her deep spiritual insight and feeling which found its outlet in a formal profession of religious faith in the doctrines of the Advent Christian church at Lee in 1854, the year of her marriage. F^rom that day until the day of her death she never fal- tered or grew faint in well doing. Her relig- ion was real and aggressive. Her thought by day and her dream by night was how best to serve her Master. Gifted as a school girl with a voice of peculiar power and jiersuasion, she became gifted in prayer and h)'mn ; and for thirty-nine years that voice edified and made strong many fainting, doubting hearts, and cheered and sustained many a discouraged mis- sionary and preacher." Mr. and Mrs. Durgin had but one child, Ella Gertrude, who remains with her father. Politically, Mr. Durgin is an adherent of the Democratic party, and, religiously, is a firm be- liever in the teachings of the Advent Christian church. UjLMER STEPHEN TILTON, a manu- facturer of hosiery in Tilton, but a resident of Laconia, Belknap Coun- ty, N.H., was born in Laconia, October 11, 1869, son of George H. and Marietta (Rand- lett) Tilton. His grandfather, Joseph S. Tilton, a worthy representative of one of the old families, was a resident of Laconia, where he was one of the originators of the hosiery business, which he carried on successfully for many years. Dur- ing the Civil War he was P'irst Lieutenant, but served as Captain, of Company H, in the Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment, and was wounded at Chancellorsville. He married I?etsy Ham, who lived near Strafford, N.H.; and they had four children. Grandfather Til- ton died in 1S79. George H. Tilton, the father of P'lmer S., was formerly in the hosiery business in Laconia. In i8gi he removed the industry to Tilton, N.H., where he still manages it with excellent financial returns. He also served in the Rebellion, in Company D, Fourth New Hampshire Regiment. In the engagement before Petersburg, Va., he received a sun- stroke. His wife was a daughter of Osgood Randlett, who belonged to one of the oldest BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW families ill Ik-liiiniit, N.II. Airs. Tilton died when Elmer S., their only child, was but four years of age. Mr. Tilton was a Representa- tive to the legislature during 1891-92. Klmer S. Tilton was graduated at the Laconia High School in the class of 1887, and has since been associated in business with his father in Tilton. In politics Mr. Tilton affil- iates with the Republican party. He is a member of the Republican City Committee, and is reputed to be one of the hardest party workers in Ward Three. In 1894 he was de- feated in his candidacy as a Representative to the legislature by only si.x votes, and in 1896 he was elected to the office. He is also one of the Auditors for Belknap County. In 1892 he was united in marriage with Lilian G., a daughter of E. B. Harrington, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer S. Tilton have two sons — Charles Henry and Elmer Har- rington. Fraternally, Mr. Tilton is a member of Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 32, F. & A. M. ; Union Royal Arch Chapter, No. 7, Pilgrim Commandery, K. T. ; and Mount Bel- knap Lodge, No. 20, K. P. — all of Laconia. He is also a thirty-second degree Mason, being a member of Edward A. Raymond Consistory, of Nashua, N. H. He also belongs to Aleppo Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Boston, Mass. ^'"^ ' ' ILLARD T. SANBORN, the super- intendent of the Dover Water Works, was born September 26, 1859, at South New Market (now Newfields), Rockingham County, this State. His father, Rufus Sanborn, a native of Epping, N.H., was there reared, and subsequently worked there as a mechanic. Moving to Rockingham County after his marriage, Rufus continued at his former occupation, and is still residing there, being now about seventy years old. He married Clara P. Paul, of South New Market, N.H., who died August 23, i860, after having been his faithful and devoted companion for many years. They were the parents of two children — Alice P. and Willard T. Willard T. Sanborn, who early showed a natural talent for mechanics, soon after gradu- ating from the district schools, was sent by his parents to the Institute of Technology in Boston. Here he took a full course in the mechanical department, spending his vaca- tions in a machine shop. On leaving the in- stitute, he served an apprenticeship in a machine shop, becoming an efficient machin- ist. Mr. Sanborn then secured a position as fireman on the Boston & Maine Railroad. About a year later, July 24, 18S0, he was ap- pointed engineer on the same road, remaining in that capacity until January, 1886. He was then offered, and he accepted, the responsible position of superintendent of the Dover Gas Light Company at Dover, an office which he filled to the utmost satisfaction of the com- pany for seven years. On March i, 1S94, he assumed charge of the city water-works of Dover, of which he is still the superintendent, his management being strongly characterized by good judgment and skill. On March 17, 1S86, Mr. Sanborn married Miss Emma J. Manson, of Boston, a daughter of John T. and Mary J. (Sawyer) Manson. He is identified with the Republican party, being one of the most ardent advocates of its principles. He was a member of the Common Council in 1890 and 1891, serving in the latter year as President of the Board; and in 1892 and 1893 he was an Alderman, represent- ing Ward Two. Besides being a Knight of Pythias, he is prominently connected with the Masonic order, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree, and belongs to the Scot- tish Rite. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW KORGE H. BROWN, M.D., of Gil- manton, where he is ii popular and successful physician, is a native of Haverhill, Mass.,. born April 3, 1S53. He is a son of Horace and Valeria (Clarke) Brown, and a grandson of Ebenezer Brown. The latter, who was a resident of Sanbornton, N. H., and carried on farming on a large scale, served as a Major in the War of 18 12, was prominent in the State militia, represented Sanbornton in the New Hampshire legislature, and served acceptably in some town offices. He married Susan Taylor, who belonged to an old family of Sanbornton, and who bore him three children — Jonathan C, Theodocia, and Horace. Theodocia first married Eben Tay- lor, a merchant, by whom she had two chil- dren — Kate and Eveana. Eveana is now the widow of John P. Piper, and lives in New Hampton, N. H. For her second husband Theodocia married Charles Cawley, a large farmer of Sanbornton, by whom she has had no children. Horace Brown, the third child of his parents, after attending the schools of San- bornton and New Hampton, went into a mer- cantile business on his own account. Subse- quently he kept the American House in Haver- hill, Mass., for many years. From Haverhill he went to Boston, and there continued in the hotel business for some time longer. Then he returned to the homestead in Sanbornton, and engaged in farming. His wife, Valeria M., was a daughter of Archibald S. Clarke, a mer- chant of Sanbornton. They had two children — Ella A. and George H. Ella married Jere- miah L. Fogg, who is engaged in the meat business in Manchester, N.H. George H. Brown was, like his sister, a student of Tilton Seminary. After leaving school he engaged in the meat business in Bel- mont. Later he drove a stage between Gilman- ton and Tilton for two years, and tlien con- ducted a grocery store for an equal length of time. Influenced by his association with Dr. Wight, of Gilmanton, whose friendship he had acquired, he ga\'e up trade, and turned his attention to the study of medicine. After spending four years under Dr. Wight's tui- tion, he took a three years' course of medical lectures at Vermont University in Burlington, and there received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1882. Thereupon he entered upon his profession in association with Dr. Wight, and quickly made his way in the esteem of the public. Upon the latter's death Dr. Brown assumed entire charge of the prac- tice, which covers a circuit of some six miles around the village of Gilmanton. Much in- terested in horses, the Doctor acquired posses- sion of one which he recently sold for fifteen hundred dollars. He takes quite an active part in town affairs. He served as Town Clerk for three years, and was legislative Rep- resentative for two terms. On December 31, 1889, Dr. Brown married Miss Henrietta Orange, of Gilmanton. Her father, Henry S. Orange, a retired merchant of Gilmanton, had an extensive business in Lowell, Mass., for many years, and was a member of the city government. Dr. and Mrs. Brown have one child, George Clinton, now two years old. AMES ELBRIDGE LOTHROP, of Dover, N.H., is the head of the well- known family of Lothrops, whose senior members are leading business men in New Hampshire and in I^oston, Mass. He was born November 30, i82r5, in Rochester, Straf- ford County, N.H., son of Daniel and Sophia (Home) Lothrop. The family history has been traced back to John Lowthorpe, of whom little more is known BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW than that about the middle of the sixteenth century he lived in Lowthorpe, Yorkshire, England. It is assumed that he derived his name, which signifies low field, from that of the town, in accordance with the practice of the time of distinguishing individuals by their paternity, birthplace, occupation, or some local feature associated with them. His son Thomas is known to have resided in Bur- ton Cherry and subsequently in I'Llton, and to have had two sons, John and Mark, who are believed to have been natives of the latter place. John, who was a minister of religion, after laboring at his sacred calling in Egerton, County Kent, for some time, became a non- conformist, and subsequently was pastor of the Separatist church established in Southwark, London. At a later date, after suffering im- prisonment for his religious opinions, the Rev. John Lothrop and his brother Mark came in the ship "Griffin" to this country; and he was pastor of the First Church in Scituate, Mass., in 1634, and of the First Church in Barnstable in 1639. After residing for short periods in Salem and Du.xbury, Mark settled permanently in Bridgewater, Mass., where he died in 1686. His son, Samuel Lothrop, a native of Bridge- water, married Sarah Downer, who had by him a son Mark, also a native of that place, born September 9, 1689. This Mark, who was one of the first settlers of Easton, Mass., and died there in 1777, married March 29, 1722, Hannah Alden, a daughter of Deacon Joseph Alden, of Bridgewater, and a great- grand-daughter of John Alden, who came in the "Mayflower." Their son Jonathan, who was born in Bridgewater, March 11, 1723, and died in 1771, married on April 13, 1746, Susanna, a daughter of Solomon and Susanna (Edson) Johnson, of Bridgewater. Jonathan's son Solomon, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, born in Easton, February g, 1761, was for some time a resident of Norton, Mass., where he died October 19, 1843. His wife, Mehitable, was a daughter of Cornelius White, of Taunton, Mass. Daniel Lothrop, son of Solomon and Mehit- able Lothrop, was born in Easton, Mass., Jan- uary 9, 1 801. In 1827 he removed to Roches- ter, N.H., and there bought a farm situated on Haven's Hill. At first he worked at his trade of stone mason. Subsequently he joined his sons in a clothing business in Dover, with branch houses in Rochester and Great Falls, under the firm name of Daniel Lothrop & Sons. He was much respected in Rochester, where he took a prominent part in public affairs. He was twice married. His first marriage was contracted October 16, 1825, with Sophia Home, daughter of Deacon Jeremiah Home, of Rochester. She was a descendant of Will- iam Home, who was one of the settlers of Dover in 1662, and who met his death in the massacre of June 28, 1689. Home's Hill, the estate left by him, is still in the posses- sion of the family. Another of Sophia's an- cestors was the Rev. Joseph Hull, a graduate of Cambridge University, England, who in 1662 took up his residence in Durham, N.H. By his second marriage, which took place Sep- tember 24, 1S49, Daniel Lothrop was united to Mary E. Chamberlin. His children by both wives were: James Elbridge, the subject of this article; John Colby, born September 12, 1828; Daniel, born August 11, 1831; Matthew Henry, born January i, 1S51; and Mary Sophia, born August 15, 1S53. The parents were members of the Methodist church. The father died May 31, 1870. James Elbridge Lothrop spent the first fif- teen years of his life on the Haven's Hill farm in Rochester. His early education was ac- quired by attending the district school in win- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 23 ter. In the summer he was usually employed on the farm. On the frequent occasions that Daniel Lothrop was obliged to be absent from home in the pursuit of his calling, the superin- tendence of the farm vvoriv was intrusted to James E. , as the eldest son. Among the duties that devolved on him in this way at the age of ten was that of taking loads of wood to Dover and making sale of them in the market- place. Having finished with the district school, he attended the Rochester and Straf- ford Academies for a short time. At the age of sixteen he taught for brief periods suc- cessively in a winter school and a private school in Rochester. In the following year, abandoning his pur- pose of pursuing a collegiate course, he went to Fall River, Mass., where his uncle, Jere- miah Home, besides attending to a lucrative medical practice, conducted a flourishing- drug store. Here, learning the drug business under his uncle's instruction, Mr. Lothrop passed two years, in the course of which lie also began to read medicine. Early in 1845 he went home to Rochester; and in the autumn, upon a capital of three hundred dol- lars borrowed from his fatlier, he opened a drug store in Dover. A year later he gave it in charge to his brother, in order to be able to pursue his medical studies. He subse- quently attended the winter lectures at Jeffer- son Medical College, Philadelphia, and ob- tained his medical degree from that institution in 1848. His plan was to follow Mr. Home's example by uniting the practice of medicine to the dispensing of drugs. This he found impracticable soon after his return to Roches- ter, whereupon he devoted himself exclusively to the management of his store. At this time he took his brother Daniel into partnership, and they adopted as the firm name D. Lothrop & Co. The next important event in this firm's history was the opening of another drug store in New Market, N. H., under the management of Daniel. Shortly after, a third brother, John C, was taken into the firm, and sent to New Market to learn the business. Other stores were then established in Great Falls, Meredith Village, and Ames- bury. When John C. was duly qualified, he was placed in charge of the store in Great Falls. Subsequently the stores in New Mar- ket, Meredith, and Amesbury were disposed of; and the firm made a new departure by opening a clothing house in Great Falls. This venture proved so much more profitable than the drug store in the same town that the latter was abandoned in order that John C. might give the former his whole attention. The establishment in Dover, however, had been so successful that the firm were encour- aged to open another there. This was con- ducted solely by clerks until 1866, when it was sold. At the original store further help in the management became necessary; and a half-interest was disposed of to Alonzo T. Pinkham, after which the place was conducted under the style of Lothrops & Pinkham. Later, taking their father into partneiship, the brothers formed the firm Daniel Lothrop & Sons, who thereupon opened a clothing house in Dover and branches in Rochester and Great Falls. After the death of Daniel Lothrop, Sr., Matthew Henry Lothrop, who had been employed as a salesman by the firm, bought an interest in the clothing business here, and was in charge of it until 1880, when he went to Boston. Charles H. Farnham was then admitted as a partner; and the firm name became Lothrops, Farnham & Co. Some time before, musical instruments had been added to the stock in trade. The business of the house has since increased to dimensions scarcely equalled in New England. 24 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW In 1850 D. Lothrop & Co. first engaged in the business of booi FORGE F. SANBORN, of Meredith, yPj] President of the Paris Night Robe Company, and an ex-niember of the New Hampshire legislature, was born in this town, August 17, 1857, son of Dr. George and Sophronia (Stockbridge) Sanborn. His grandfather. Squire Samuel G. Sanborn, a prosperous farmer and a lifelong resident of Gilford, N. H., was prominent in the affairs of that town. Of his sons, George entered the medical profession; and W. A. Sanborn be- came widely and favorably known as cajitain of " Steamer Lady of the Lake. " George Sanborn, M. D., the father of George F. , was born in Gilford, October 27, 1820. Having completed his early education at Franklin Academy, he pursued courses at FLarvard and Dartmouth Colleges, graduating from the latter with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. After he had practised his profes- sion in Gilford and Sandwich for a time, he 54 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW moved to Mcixxlith, where he was a leading physician fur thirty years. His practice, which extended over a circuit of fifteen miles, kept him constantly busy. Respected for his hisih character and ability, he was elected legislative Representative of Meredith for two terms. He also served with efificiency as Town Treasurer and superintendent of schools for a number of years. His wife, Sophronia B., was born in Alton, N. H., daughter of George Stockbridge His only child is George F., the subject of this sketch. George F. Sanborn received his elementary education in the public schools. He subse- quently attended the New Hampton Institute and Tilton Seminary. After his studies were completed he engaged in the printing business, and established the Meredith Xncs, a weekly paper, which he carried on for twelve years, and which was the first one printed in Mere- dith. In 1883, while still publishing the A'e7C's, he entered the drug business, which he still follows, having a thriving trade in that line. In 1896 the Paris Night Robe Company was organized and incorporated, and he was elected its President. Under the able direc- tion of its ofificial head the business of this concern is developing rapidly. At present its output facilities are tested to their fullest capacity. Mr. Sanborn is also the Manager of the Meredith Electric Light Company, and is quite extensively interested in the coal trade. Common opinion represents him as one of the most progressive young business men of the town. On December 10, 1885, Mr. Sanborn was united in marriage with Charlotte J. French, daughter of John B. French, of Meredith. He has one child, Royden W. In politics he has voted with the Democratic party since he came of age. He served as Moderator at town meet- ings for some years. In 1885 he was elected a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, in which he served with ability for one term, and was appointed upon the Committee on Military Affairs. When the Hoard of Water Commissioners was estab- lished, he was elected President of that body; and he still serves in that capacity. lARLl^S ESTES, a manufacturer of agricultural implements at Rochester, was born November 20, 1830, at North Berwick, Me., a son of John listes. He comes of English ancestry, the emigrant ancestor having been Richard Iistes, who settled in North Berwick at a very early period. Jedediah, son of Henry Pastes, born in that town, was the grandfather of Charles. John Estes, who was a plough-maker by trade, had an iron foundry in Berwick for many years. In 1840 he transferred his residence and busi- ness interests to Rochester, N.H., remaining there until his death in 1S89, at the venerable age of eighty-seven years. He was a man of enterprise and business ability and a valued member of the Republican party. A pillar of the Society of Friends, he was always inter- ested in its welfare, and contributed liberally to its support. In his estimation there was no religious creed comparable to that of the P'riends. He married Abiah Green, o.f Straf- ford, and they reared four children ; namely, Charles, Edwin T. , Simon G., and Albert. Charles Estes completed his education at the Friends' School in Providence, R.I., at the age of nineteen years. Returning then to Rochester, he worked with his father for two years, and was afterward for some years engaged in the foundry business in various places, including the cities of Dover, N. H., Lowell, Mass., Lawrence, Mass., the Charles- town and Portsmouth Navy Yards, New York, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 55 Fitchburg, Mass., and Woonsockct and Provi- dence, R.I. Going in i S64 to the Pacific Coast, he spent six months in Sacramento, Cal., and then for eight months was engaged in mining at Virginia City, Nev. He subse- quently made a short stay in Oakland, Cal., and the following year worked in the Montana mines, afterward travelling through the differ- ent States of the West for a time. In 1867 he returned to Rochester, took charge of his father's plant, and has since carried on a sub- stantial business as a manufacturer of agricult- ural implements of all kinds. Mr. Estes is a man of intelligence and capability, upright in his dealings and prompt in his support of whatever, in his opinion, is calculated to advance the welfare of the town and com- munity. He cast his first Presidential vote for John P. Hale, and since that time has been identified with the Republican party. P'or two years he served as Selectman in Roches- ter. He was also Surveyor for a time, and held other offices. Mr. Estes was married in 1S52 to Miss Mercy Varney, daughter of Israel H. and Sarah (Knowles) Varney, of Rochester. They have seven children, namely: Helen E., the wife of Joseph H. Clark; Charles K., of Providence, R. I. ; Florello, a physician, who is now in Switzerland; Almeda, who died at the age of si.xteen ; Albert V., who died at the age of twenty-five; John F., of Hyde Park, Mass. ; and Adaline S., the wife of William Wright, an attorney-at-law, of Rochester. Mr. Ivstes and his family attend the religious meetine:s of the I"'ricnds, of Rochester. iOLONEL GEORGE W. STEVEN.S, at one time a prominent lawyer of I.a- conia, was born at Hill, N. H., No- vember 16, 1 8 14, son of Eben Stevens, a farmer of Hill. His mother, who came from Hampton, lived to the venerable age of ninety- five. The father continued his active life on the farm until a short lime jirevious tn his death. At one time he was a member of the State legislature. They had five children, of whom Hiram, the eldest, became a I^aptist minister, and died at Meredith Village; Lo- renzo D. was a farmer of Franklin; Cutting, the third son, was Captain of a company in the Seminole War in Florida, and afterward settled in the West ; George W. is the subject of this sketch ; aiid Chase, who was connected with a Manchester woollen-mill, served as a non-commissioned officer of the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment during the late war. The educational advantages of his day hav- ing been limited, the schooling of George W. Stevens was confined to the short winter term in the district schools of Hill. His father, absorbed in agriculture, wished his son to take up farming life; but the boy was of a studious temperament, and was resolved to ob- tain a higher education in spite of obstacles. He studied early and late, and by persistent apjjlication to his books he qualified himself to teach school. From this he became able to commence the study of law in the office of Judge Ncsmith at I'ranklin. ITpmi his ad- mittance to the bar he bought the practice of Judge Warren Lovell, of Meredith, where he remained until he came to Laconia in 1S55. Here he was associated with Jeremiah Elkins, under the firm name of l{lkins & Stevens, and later with O. A. J. Vaughan. After one or two more changes he formed a copartnership with C. F. Stone, a relation which continued until his retirement from practice, June 17, 1S73. He marrieil Sarah A., daughter of Thomas Davenport, of Mereilith, whose family was among the first settlers of the place. Of the four children born to them, three are liv- S6 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ing, namely: Georgianna, who mairied M. C. Boynton, a dry-goods merchant of Boston ; Klhi, now Mrs. M. K. Harkncss, of Salt Lake City, Utah ; and George Edward, who was educated at Tilton Seminary, New London Academy, and New Hampton Academy, is now married, resides in Laconia, and is the Superintendent of the Winthrop Hosiery Mills. Colonel Stevens died October 2, 1877, two years after his wife, whose death occurred No- vember 10, 1875. They were both active workers during the Civil War. The forming of the Twelfth New Hampshire Regiment was largely due to his untiring efforts; and Mrs. Stevens was prominent as President of the Soldiers' Aid Society, which did so much for the comfort of our brave soldiers. Colonel Stevens was President of the Belknap County Bar Association for some time previous to his death. He was one of the founders of the Unitarian Society in Laconia, and of those who took an active part in the erection of the church. A Democrat in politics, he repre- sented Laconia for a time in the legislature. Colonel Stevens was a man of the strongest individuality. A brother lawyer, long asso- ciated with him, gives the following word por- trait of the Colonel : — "As a lawyer and a neighbor I have known him since 1859. He was a magnificent-look- ing man at his best, tall, heavy, with a Web- sterian head and a high, massive forehead. He possessed a flexible, agreeable voice, and was a profound thinker, being recognized as one of the ablest thinkers of his day through- out the State. No man was more impressive as an advocate or before an audience. Seen in the court-room at his leisure, he was disap pointing, and in his ordinary work he did not e.xcel ; but with the eccentricity of genius, once aroused and interested in the cause he championed, he would descend like an ava- lanche upon his unlucky opponents, and in a whirlwind of eloquence carry everything before him. Erratic, he would maintain a ]:)n.sition with zeal in trying a case, which he would suddenly abandon; and he was quite likely to do his most brilliant work on cases involv- ing the smallest sums, while the most impor- tant causes would be treated with inattention. Like most men of genius, he possessed whims. He always read the dissenting opinions of the court, feeling that they had something of worth. He was a bold free-thinker, and read such authors as Buckle, Lecky, Herbert Spen- cer, and Jdhn Stuart Mill, grasping their thoughts with a mental power that carried him oftentimes far beyond the conceptions of these weight)' minds. Colonel Stevens was at his best in his thirties, maturing early in life. He was public-spirited, and labored always for the interests of the town. He wanted good churches, good hotels, good roads, develop- ment of water-power, and worked hard to attain these ends. He had no quarrel with any creed. He was familiar with the Bible and the commentaries thereon, and revelled in log- ical fields. He was a man of the most upright moral character and a kind husband, though home interests meant less to him than to many. His heart was in his efforts for the good of town. State, and country; and, in the death of this original and brilliant man New Hampshire lost one of whom she may be justly proud." RANK HOLT, a retired hosiery manu- facturer of Lakeport, Belknap County, N.H., was born in Leicester, Leices- tershire, England, in 1827, son of William and Sarah (Hospool) Holt. William Holt was a native of the same English town, where he was engaged in dyeing and cleansing hosiery. He died in his native land through BIOGRAPHICAL REVIKW 57 overwork, at the age of forty-nine years, leav- ing four children. Frank Holt, who was the third child of his parents, acquired a good education in England, and also learned the manufacture of hosiery. He came to America in 1853, at first locating in Philadelphia, where he worked about a year and eight months in the factories of Wiah Co.x and Edward Wade. He then went to Frank- lin, N.H., where he was employed as over- seer in Thomas Appleton's mill until it was destroyed by fire in 1856. The following year he came to Fake \'illage, now Lakeport, finding work in another mill owned by Mr. Appletoii. In 1877 he began manufacturing for himself, and three years later became asso- ciated with Mr. John Lee in the proprietorship of the Bayside Mill, the firm conducting business under the style of Frank Holt & Co. This partnership lasted until 1892, when Mr. Holt disposed of his interest and retired from business. In 1848 Mr. Holt married Anna, daughter of John and Mary (Waters) Iliffe, of Inkley, Leicestershire, England. Three children are the result of their union — Mary, Sarah, and William. The two daughters still reside at home with their father; while William is a resident of Meriden, Conn. Mrs. Holt died in July, 1888. In politics Mr. Holt is a Re- publican. He is a member of Chocorua Lodge, No. 5r, I. O. O. F. , of Lakeport; and he at- tends the F^ree Baptist church. He has been successful in acquiring a competence, and is enjoying his well-earned retirement. HARLES E. MANSON,a well- known and respected citizen of East Rochester, was born December 20, 1828, in Great Falls, this State, a son of John and Caroline (Lord) Manson. His paternal grandfather, John Manson (first), who spent his early life in Limington, York County, Me., subsequently removed to ICaton, Wash- ington County, Me., where he made his per- manent home until his death. Nathaniel Manson, a seafaring man, and one of the first John's brothers, in the War of 1812 was taken on board a jirivateer, conveyed to England, and confined in Dartmoor Prison for some time. John Manson, the father of Charles E., came to Rochester in 1834, and was engaged in the business of carpenter, contractor, and builder in this vicinity until his demise in 1869. A man of much force of character and quite in- fluential in local politics, he was one of the six men who bolted from the Whig party and formed the Free Soil party. He married Miss Caroline Lord, daughter of Benjamin Lord, of Berwick, Me. They became the parents of four children, as follows: Charles K., the sub- ject of this sketch; Sabrina, who died at Great Falls in infancy; John, whose death occurred at Port Chester, N.Y., at the age of forty-four years; and Frank C, of Saxonville, Mass. Charles E. Manson received his preliminary education in the district schools of Rochester, afterward continuing his studies at the Roch- ester Academy until sixteen years old. He then learned the carpenter's trade from his father, with whom he worked for five years. In 1851 Mr. Manson entered the factory of Messrs. Hall and .Springfield at East Roches- ter, where he had charge of the repairs and the weaving department until the burning of the mill in 1857. Going then with Mr. Spring- field to Wolfboro, N. H., he was employed by him in the same capacity until 1879. In that year Mr. Manson accepted the position of superintendent of the Cocheco Woollen Mill at East Rochester. Next year he became agent for the Cocheco Woollen Manufacturing Com- ss BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW pany, an important office, which he faithfully filled for fifteen years. He practically retired from active business then, although he has since been connected with the firm of Tibbetts & Hayes, lumber dealers of East Rochester. Mr. Manson cast liis first Presidential vote in 1852 for General Scott, and since that time he has been a steadfast supporter of the Republi- can party. In 1885 and 1886 he served as a Representative to the General Court of New Hampshire. He belongs to Cocheco Lodge, I. O. O. F., of East Rochester; to Hu- mane Lodge, F. & A. M., of Rochester; to Temple Chapter, R. A. M., Rochester, of which he is a charter member; to the Orphan Council of Dover; and to Palestine Command- ery, K. T., Rochester, of which he is also a charter member. Mr. Manson contributes lib- erally toward the support of the Methodist Episcopal Church of East Rochester, which he usually attends. In 1849 Mr. Manson married Eliza A. Jel- lerson, of Rochester. The fruit of this union was one child, George E., born August 31, 1854. He contracted a second marriage Jan- uary 29, 1856, with Mary A. Foss, daughter of Benjamin and Patience (Home) Foss, of Rochester. By this union he became the father of two children, namely: Mary Carrie, born June 5, 1859; and Annabell, born Sep- tember 17, 1S62, who died September iS, 1864. < * ■ » > "ON. JOHN VV. BUSIEL, for many /ears a well-known woollen manu- facturer of Laconia, N.H., was born at Moultonboro, N.H., March 28, 1815. His parents were Moses F. and Relief Busiel, and he was the eldest of a family of seven sons and one daughter. Five of his brothers are now living, namely: Albert H., Lewis F., and William M. Busiel, of Laconia; Harrison M. Busiel, of East Andover, N. H. ; and George H. Busiel, of Providence, R.L Mr. Busiel's education was obtained in the common schools at a period when country boys seldom attended school more than one term of eight weeks during the year. P^ager for knowledge from the first, he made the most of his limited opportunities. He was quick to learn ; and what he learned he learned thor- oughly, thus building a solitl foundation for the acquirements of after years. In his early youth he decided to be a woollen manufact- urer; and he started out at the age of twelve years, with his scanty wardrobe tied up in a handkerchief, to walk to Loudon, N.H., where he entered the mill of his great-uncle, Lewis Flanders, who carded rolls and made flannels and cloths used in that period. A boy of ex- ceptional energy and determination, he re- mained with his uncle until he was nineteen years old, seizing ever)' opportunity to learn the business, and at the same time proceeding methodically with his studies, wliile the other boys were "at play. At nineteen years of age, with a new suit of clothes and one hundred dollars in his pocket, young Busiel left his uncle's roof and went to Amesbury, Mass., where he was employed in a woollen-mill, and completed his trade. Many times during his stay in Amesbury he walked home, and out of his scanty earnings assisted in maintaining the family. After completing his period of service in Amesbury, he returned to New Hampshire, and in a small mill in Meredith, N.H., began business for himself. This he carried on for the next ten years, carding woollen -rolls for hand spinning, and finishing the cloths which it was then the custom for the farmers" wives to weave. He also began there the manu- facture of satinet cloth and knitting yarn. In 1846 he took the old Bean Mill at Laconia, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW SO and here continued to produce these articles. This mill was later called the Morrison Mill, and upon its site now stands the dyehouse of the firm of J. \V. Busiel & Co. During the great fire of the Strafford Mill this old one- story wooden structure was partially burned, and in 1853 Mr. Busiel purchased the land and water-power formerly used by the Strafford Company. On this site he erected the first of the buildings now used by J. W. Busiel & Co. He here added to his list the manufacture of Saxony and Germantown yarns. Mr. Busiel received a gold medal at the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London, for the best mixture of cotton and wool yarn. The invention of the circular ribbed knitting machine by Jonas and Walter Aiken in 1856 led Mr. Busiel to in- troduce the manufacture of Shaker socks and underwear. At the beginning of the Civil War the production of army socks became an industry in which Mr. Busiel engaged; and after the war the manufacture of different vari- eties of hosiery became the sole product of the mill carried on by Mr. Busiel until the time of his death, which occurred July 26, 1872. On December 23, 1S41, he married Julia M., daughter of Stephen and Julia Tilton, of Meredith. Of this union were born three sons and one daughter. The daughter died in infancy. The sons have lived to be an honor to their father's name. The eldest is Charles A. Busiel, ex-Governor of New Hampshire. The other sons, John T. and I-" rank E., now carry on the business founded by their father; and all three live in Laconia. The house in which Mrs. Busiel now resides was built by Mr. Busiel five years previous to his decease. He was a strong Democrat in politics, and represented Laconia in the State legislature in the years 1870-71. Mr. Busiel manufactured the first gas burned in Laconia, and laid the first slate used here for roofing purposes. He also put in the first iioiler and steam heat in Laconia. He took a great interest in the wel- fare of the town, and always gave generously to public buildings and for the jiromotion of all plans for town improvement, lie was a Trustee of the Belknap Savings ]}ank. He attended the Congregational church, of wliich Mrs. Ikisiel is a member, and contributed lib- erally to its support. This public-spirited man was of a kind- hearted, generous nature, benevolent and un- selfishly devoted to the interests of his town. His rugged honesty, his strong anti[iathy to sham and false pretence, his fair and generous dealings with his employees, and his e\'er- ready help to the poor and unfortunate arc well known to the townspeople of his genera- tion. He was emphatically a self-made man. From nothing he rose to a comfortable inde- pendence in this world's goods; and in his early, sudden death the community lost a man whom it had learned to love and to respect. His mortal remains were buried in tiie beau- tiful Union Cemetery in Laconia. RANK E. BUSIEL, a well-known woollen manufacturer of Laconia, Ikd- knap County, N.H., was born in this town, October 31, 1852, son of John \V. and Julia (Tilton) Busiel. His fatlier was a native of Moultonboro, and his mother of Meredith. They had four children: Charles A.; John T. ; Frank E., the subject of this sketch; and one daughter, Julia M., who died at the age of eight months. John W. Busiel was a prominent woollen manufacturer, and was the first in Laconia to make use of a steam boiler. Frank E. Busiel was educated in the schools of his native town anil at Gilford Academy. He then entered his fatiier's factory to thor- Co BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW oughly taniiliari/.c himself with tlie business. He worked three years as second hand, and proved so efficient that he was placed in charge of the knitting department, which position he filled until his father's death in 1872. He was then admitted to partnership, the business being carried on under the style of J. W. Busiel & Co. In politics Mr. Busiel is a Re- publican. While too much absorbed in busi- ness to give much attention to politics, he has served as Chairman of the Police Commission, to which position he was appointed in April, 1895. On November ig, 1874, Mr. Busiel was united in marriage with Hattie A. Sanborn, of Haverhill, Mass. He has two children, the elder of whom, Grace, is now attending Brad- ford Seminary in Massachusetts. 'ON. WILLIAM F. NASON, Mayor of the city of Dover, N.H., was born in Sanford, York County, Me., on the twenty-second day of November, 1S57. He is the son of Joseph T. and Susan Frost Nason. His paternal grandfather, Daniel Nason, who was born in the town of Kenne- bunkport, Me., and lived there for a goodly portion of his earthly years, was a substantial citizen, possessing ability and property, and was engaged in ship-building and in the foreign trade. His father, Joseph T. Nason, as a young man was interested in educational matters. He spent three years as a student in Bowdoin College, and then served as principal of several of the leading schools in the State. Later in life he was engaged in navigation, and was master of vessels in the foreign trade. Mr. Joseph T. Nason died at Kennebunk, Me., in the month of January, 1S84, his wife surviving till December, 1893. They were respected members of the community, commu- nicants of the Congregational church, anil ex- amples of probity. William F. Nason attended school in the towns of South Berwick and Kennebunk ; and after completing a high-school course in the latter place he entered a law office, where he remained for two years in the study of law. He then went to Wolfboro, N.H., and read law with the Hon. Buel C. Carter. Being admitted to the bar in 1879, he came to Dover, his present home, and formed a law partnership with Mr. Carter, where he has since given his time to the practice of his profession. Although ever a stanch advocate of the principles of true Republicanism, and fre- quently selected to represent his party in ]iosi- tions of trust and responsibility, it cannot be urged that Mr. Nason has courted political honors. Strong and loyal in his friendships, quick to comprehend, and fearless in his con- victions, tenacious of purpose, yet eminently fair and considerate in his judgments, he has won the universal respect of his fellow-citi- zens, and is held in the highest esteem, even by those who have found in him a professional or political adversary. He was chosen Solicitor of his adopted city in 1883, and again in 1884, serving in all seven years in that capacity. As a member of the New Hampshire legislature in 1887 and 1888, he took a prominent part in all the im- portant measures of that session, winning rec- ognition as one of the most forceful speakers and ready debaters on the floor of the House. During his legislative term he served on the Judiciary Committee, and was also Chairman of the Committee on Elections. In 1892 he was prevailed upon to allow his name to be presented before the County Convention as a candidate for County Solicitor; and in the "battle of the ballots" his popularity through- WILLIAM F. NASON. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 63 out the county gave added strength to the party ticket, and secured for him a flattering majority. His services proved so satisfactory that he was returned by a phenomenal majority in 1894, and was re-elected for the third time in 1S96. At the mayoralty caucus in November, 1895, he was selecteil as the standard bearer for his party ; and at the succeeding election he received the unanimous vote of the people, no opposing party candidate being presented. Again in 1896, under almost jirecisely similar conditions, was he chosen as the city's chief magistrate; and at the present writing, 1897, he occupies the Executive chair. His admin- istration as Mayor has been conspicuous for its practical economy and broad and comprehen- sive business methods, no suspicion of parti- sanship attaching to his management of mu- nicipal affairs. Although manifestly averse to notoriety, desirous of avoiding all pomp and pageantry, he has, nevertheless, judiciously antl becomingly fulfilled the social functions of his high office; and, in fact, no emergency has ever found him unprepared when the interests or dignity of the city required an able and worthy champion. (sjYACOB SANBORN, a prosperous and well-to-do farmer of Laconia, was born in Mouitonboro, N. H., January 13, 1843, son of William and Sally (Dame) San- born. His grandfather, Jacob Sanborn, was a farmer and a lifelong resident of Gilford. He died at the age of forty -three years. He was the father of two sons — • William antl Enoch, of whom the last named is living in Gilford, at the age of seventy-eight years. William Sanborn was born in Gilford, and remained at home until he was thirty years old. He then bouLfht a farm at Mouitonboro Neck, where he resided until 1850, when he returned to Gilford, and passed the rest of his life in that town. He was prominent in church matters. His wife, Sally Dame San- born, was a daughter of Richard Dame, who came from Portsmouth, N. II., to Gilford. She was a woman of superior education, and had taught school prex'ious lo her marriage. She became the mother oi two children: l-^l- vena, who died in 1886; and Jacob, tlie sub- ject of this sketch. Jacob Sanborn, after attending the district school in his boyhood, began active life as a farm assistant. He continued thus employed until 1866, when he was engaged to manage his present farm by Polly Smith, who owned the property. This lady was the representa- tive of a well-to-do family ; and at her death she willed the farm to Mr. .Sanborn, as a re- ward for the faithful manner in which he had labored in her behalf. He has since enlarged the property by the purchasing of more land, and has otherwise improved it by remodel- ling the buildings; and he has met with the natural reward of his industry and good judg- ment in a continually increasing prosperity. He owns land in Sanbornton, Mereditii, and Gilford; and he has derived considerable profit from stock-raising. Mr. Sanborn married Augusta Perley, a sister of Louis Perley, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. antl Mrs. Sanborn have one child. Pearl, who is now attending the high school and is preparing for college. ■Y^KVI W. ALLEN, a retired business |Jj man of Rochester, was born March 26, "^^ ^ 1823, near the house whicli he now occupies, son of William and Sarah (Nute) Allen. The Aliens originally came from 64 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIFAV ICngland, where they were people of considera- tion. The American family is traced back to two brothers, Charles and Samuel Allen, both members of Parliament for some years, who were sent here by the English government to take charge of Whitehall Swamp, a tract of land one mile wide and eight miles long, sit- uated in Rochester on the Salmon Falls River. Here, for a number of years before the Revolution, they engaged in getting out limber for the manufacture of masts and spars for the use of the home government. John Allen, the great-great-grandfather of Levi W., came to Rochester from Durham, and was one of the pioneers of this town. He left his land to his son William, whose son. Major Samuel Allen, served in the Revolutionary War. Major Allen's son William, the father of Levi W., was the next proprietor of the homestead property. Brought up to farming and lumber- ing, William continued in these occupations. In following the latter, he made a specialty of supplying the material for masts and spars. The lumber for the first woollen factory at Great Falls was furnished by him. By his wife, Sarah, who was a daughter of Jotham Nute, of Milton, N.H., he became the father of eight children, of whom Amasa is the only other survivor. After attending the district schools of Rochester in his earlier years, Levi W. Allen completed his education at Great Falls. In 1839 he left the parental home, going to Natick, Mass., where he was engaged for three years in the shoe business. He returned to Rochester in 1842, and for a long time after- ward carried on an extensive business in the manufacture of shoes and lasts, and had a large wholesale and retail store. Subsequently he transferred his business to Dover, and there successfully conducted it for twelve years. In 1882 he returned again to the scenes of his childhood; and on account of asthma, with which he is afflicted, he has since lived retired from business pursuits. He was married Sep- tember 3, 1846, to Miss Sarah Ann Furbush, of Lebanon, Me. He has always taken a great interest in local affairs, giving his hearty sup- port to the Reiniblican party, but has not been an office-seeker. Since boyhood he has been in communion with the Walnut Grove Free Will Baptist Church, which lie has served for some years as Sunday-school super- intendent. ^OHN RANDOLPH HAM, M.D., a well-known and highly esteemed physi- cian of Dover, Strafford County, N. H., was born within the limits of this township, October 23, 1842. His father, Charles Ham, a son of Ephraim Ham, and a native of Dover, born May 10, 1800, for many years carried on general farming in this locality, and here mar- ried Abigail D. Bartlett. John R. Ham was reared on the parental homestead, and received his elementary educa- tion in the district schools of the neighbor- hood. He subsequently continued his studies at Franklin Academy, in Dover, after which he worked on the farm during seed-time and harvest. His winters for a time were em- ployed in teaching school, thereby earning some money toward defraying his expenses while preparing himself for a professional career. In 1S62 he read medicine with Dr. A. J. H. Buzzell, of Dover, in the meanwhile attending lectures at Bowdoin Medical Col- lege. During the following spring he studied with Dr. Levi G. Hill, of this city, and in the next winter attended lectures at Harvard Medi- cal School, afterward reading medicine with Dr. J. H. Wheeler. In August, 1864, Dr. Ham was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the One Hundred and BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 6S Fifteenth Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, being mustered in at Louisville, Ky. He was also medieal purveyor for a time of the Twenty-fifth Army Corj^s. The Doctor was subsequently promoted to the jjosition of Surgeon of the regiment, and with the Army of the James was present at the fall of Richmond. After that event he was on duty in Texas until March lo, 1866, when he was honorably discharged from the service. On his return to Dover, Dr. Ham resumed his studies at Bowdoin RTedical College, from which he was graduated in the following June. Since then he has been successfully engaged in the ]M"actice of his pi'ofession in his native city. For ten years of this time he served as Coroner of Strafford County, and for four years of it he was a member of the School Committee. In politics he is a stanch Repub- lican, and during the administration of Presi- dent Harrison he served as United States Pension Surgeon for Strafford County. The Doctor is an active member of the New Hamp- shire Historical and Medical Societies; of Charles W. Sawyer Post, No. 17, G. A. R., of which he is Past Commander; and he is a prominent Mason of this city, belonging to Strafford Lodge, No. 29, and to Belknap Chapter, No. 8. He has been a member of the First Ciiurch (Congregational) since 1S64, in which since 1S78 he has performed the duties of Deacon. The Doctor has published "The Ham P'amily in Dover," "The Physi- cians of Dover," "Localities in Ancient Dover," and "The Bibliography of Dover." His library contains the best private collection of local history in that part of the State. On November 9, 1871, Dr. John R. Ham was united in marriage with limily Caroline Hcrsey, daughter of General George W. Hersey, of Wolfboro, N. H. Of this union five children have been born, of whom but two are now living — P'mily II. and Julia M. The forniei', who was graduated from Welles- ley College in the class of 1893, is now a teacher in the Dover High School; wiiile the yoLMiger daughter is a jiupil of that insli- tutiori. RANK LESLIE TOVVLI'., a memlKr the firm of Simjjson & Towle, dealers in general merchandise. Centre Har- bor, N. H., was born in Parsonsficld, Me., August 27, 1868, son of James F. and pjiima J. (Moulton) Towle. His grandfather, Josejih G. Towle, was a native of Porter, Me. ; and the active period of his life was spent as a farmer. James I"". Towle, father of l'"rank L., was born in Porter, Me., and in his younger days was variously eni|)l(iyc(l as an operative in saw-mills and as a clerk in country stores. He finally engaged in agri- cultural pursuits in his native town. His wife, Emma, is a daughter of John S. Moul- ton, of Sandwich, N.H. She has had two children: Irving, who died in 1SS8, aged twenty-six years; and Frank L., the subject of this sketch. Frank Leslie Towle received a public- school education, and entered mercantile busi- ness as a clerk immediately after completing his studies. He was emplojed in a store in Centre Harbor for a year, and then went to work for Simpson & French, with whom he remained for two years. He then went to Dover, N.H., where he clerked one year for W. S. Wiggin, finally buying out his em- ployer. A year later he sold the business, and, returning to Centre Haibur, jiurchased Henry V.. French's interest in the firm for which he had formerly worked; and the firm of Simpson & Towle is now one of the most prosperous among the general merchants in this section of the State. 66 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW On August 27, 1S93, Mr. Towle was joined in marriage with Eliza S. Graves, daughter of Joseph S. Graves, of Centre Harbor. Mrs. Towle is the mother of two children — Ruth G. and Mina E. Mr. Towle is a member of Winnepesaukee Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men. <^»^ » -OSEPH N. HAYES, a practical agri- culturist of the town of Rochester, was born August i, 1836, on the farm where he now resides, a son of James Y. Hayes. The paternal grandfather, Joseph Hayes, was the founder of the family in this section of New Hampshire. Prior to the Revolution he settled on the old Hayes home- stead, and during that hard struggle for inde- pendence he contributed toward the support of the patriot soldiers from the scanty productions of his farm. James Y. Hayes succeeded to the parental acres, spending his life on the farm where his birth occurred, being here engaged in general agriculture until his death. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Alice A. Hayes, several children were born; namely, Joseph N. , Lydia S. , Mary A., Julia A., Clara A., Lucretia A., James C. , and Benjamin F. Joseph N. Hayes received his education in the district schools of Rochester and at the academy of Wolfboro. Then, at the age of nineteen, he returned to the homestead, and thereafter assisted on the farm until the death of his father in 1S65. The farm, of which he has now full charge, contains one hundred and seventy-five acres of land, and is plea.santly situated on the Rochester Neck Road, about five and a half miles north-west of Dover. Here he carries on mi.xed husbandry and dairying with most satisfactory results. Pay- ing close attention to the details of his busi- ness, he is considered one of the most skilful and prosjjerous farmers of this locality. Mr. Hayes was a member of the State legislature in 1S69, representing the town of Rochester before it became a city. In 1870 he was again a candidate for the same office, but failed of a re-election by a few votes, his defeat having been caused by the Eabor Reform party, then dominant in some parts of New England. While in the legislature he worked for the best interests of his constituents, and was influential in having a bill passed for abolish- ing the district-school system, and placing all the schools under the control of a board of education. He is a member of Wechohamet Lodge, I. O. O. ¥., of Dover; of Cocheco Grange, of Dover; and of the Good Templars Society of Gonic, having held the most of the offices of the lodge. He attends the Baptist church in the village of Gonic, which is about three miles from his home. On January 23, 1859, Mr. Hayes married Miss Susan P. Meserve, a native of Bartlett, N. H., and a daughter of Isaac Meserve, a prominent resident of that town. Mr. Meserve was Selectman of ]5artlett for many years. Mrs. Hayes died in 1879, having borne her husband three children. These were : Arthur H., who lives on the home farm; P'red E., who died at the age of fifteen; and Alice L., who died in infancy. Mr. Hayes contracted a second marriage on April 34, 1883, with Miss A. Augusta Trickey, of Dover. /STTo EORGE W. MORRILL, one of the \J5 1 leading farmers of Gilford, N.H., was born in this town, July 16, 1839, son of John Dudley and Lavina (Robin- son) Morrill. He comes of a very old family, being a lineal descendant of Abraham Morrill, who immigrated to this country with his brother Isaac in the ship "Lion," which ar- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW rived September i6, 1632. Both joined the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston in 1638, the year of its charter. Abraham Morrill was a blacksmith by trade, and so many of his posterity in successiv'e gen- erations chose the same occupation that the family has been humorously spoken of as be- longing to the Tubal Cain fraternity. He was granted a house and lot in Salisbury in 1641, and was married June 10, 1645, to Sarah, daughter of R(5bcrt Clement, of Haverhill. Their children were: Isaac, born July 10, 1646; Jacob, born August 24, 1648; Sarah, born October 14, 1650; Abraham, Jr., born November 14, 1652; Moses, born December 28, 1655; Aaron, born August 9, 1658; Richard, born February 6, 1660; Lydia, born March 8, 1661 ; Hepsibah, born January 11, 1663. Abraham Morrill died in 1662; and his will, which was probated October 14 of that year, shows him to have been a well- to-do man for those times, the estate being valued at five hundred and seven pounds. His wife exchanged her house lot for forty acres of upland on the "Great Playne " ; and on this land stand a parsonage, a school, the town office, and other buildings. Mrs. Sarah C. Morrill, after the death of her first husband, married Thomas Mudgett, and had one daugh- ter, Mary Mudgett. Isaac, son of Abraham, and the second in the line now being traced, was also a black- smith, and lived in Salisbury. He married Phcebe Gill, daughter of John Gill. He had eleven children, as follows — by wife Phoebe: Abraham, born August 22, 1671 ; and Isaac, born probably July 24, 1673; and (by second wife, Susanna, says Savage) Mary, born Feb- ruary I, 1674; Sarah, born May 29, 1675; Jacob, born May 25, 1677; John, born Novem- ber 2, 1679; Rachel, born F"ebruary iS, 1682; Daniel, born February 18, 16S3 ; Je- mima, born October 9, 1685; Mary, born Sep- tember 10, 1689; and Rachel, born August 24, 1692. Isaac Morrill died October 17, 1713, and his widow May 6, 1714. Jacob Morrill, son of Isaac, married l-lliza- beth Stevens, and the following is the record of their children: Jonathan and Joanna, twins, born P'ebruary 15, 1703; Abraham, born De- cember 22, 1703; Samuel, born -September 27, 1705; Joanna, born February 17, 1707; Ruth, born December 16, 1709; Jacob, born Septem- ber 3, 1711; Jeremiah, born August 7, 1713; Elizabeth, born November 14, 1715; Judith, born July 4, 1719; and Sarah, born June 22, 1722. Abraham, son of Jacob, was the fourth in this line. His first wife, Eleanor, died March 26, 1745; and his second wife, Mary Currier, whom he married June 30, 1747, died July 2, 1788. He was called by many Father or Faithful Abraham. He was a Representative to the General Court for many years. On February 11, 1757, he bought part of the iron works at Crawley's, Brentwood, N. H. His children were: William, born April 21, 1735; Abraham, born December 10, 1737; Zebedee, born August 4, 1740; Eleanor, born October 30, 1742; and Jabez, born February 15, 1745. William, son of Abraham and I'Heanor, was Selectman in Brentwood in 1766, also in sub- sequent years ; and was a De|uity to the New Hampshire Fourth Provincial Congress at E.xeter, May 17, 1775. He was made Justice of the Peace for Rockingham Count)- in 1777, and was reappointed to that office in 1789 by the Council of New Hampshire. lie m;irricd Lydia Trask in 1760, and their childien were: Abraham, Lydia, Anna, William, Jr., Jona- than, and Nathaniel — the first three horn in Brentwood. He died there January 28, 1812; and his wife died August 15, 1817. His will shows the following disposition of a proijerty 6S BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW which was valued at thirteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine dollars and one cent: to his son Ahraham he gave ninety-six acres on which ho was living, to William, Jr., two-thirds of the I'hilhrick farm and a watch, to Jonathan eighty-three acres, and to Nathan- iel the homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. William Morrill, Jr., the sixth in line, was horn November 8, 176S, and died August 22, 1838. His first wife, Mary Gordon, died May 26, 1799; and his second wife, Elizabeth Dudley, daughter of Samuel Dudley, died Oc- tober 12, 1865. His children were: Nathan- iel, born July 23, 1791 ; Dolly, born April 6, 1794; Zebedee, born July 10, 1796; Mary, born April 25, 179S; Sarah, born January 3, i8oi ; Samuel, born March 23, 1803; John Dudley, born July 25, 1S05; Ann, born July 20, 1807; William, born April 2, 1810; Washington, born January 3, 1813; Frederick, born August 24, 18 15. John Dudley Morrill, the fourth son, mar- ried first Lavina Robinson, and by this union had three children : James R. ; John F. ; and George W. , the subject of this sketch. His second wife was Ruth Stevens, who had no children. George W. Morrill, having completed his course of study at Laconia Academy, engaged in teaching school in the winter and farming in the summer. For a year after his marriage he remained with his father; and he then bought the Franklin Weeks estate, where he has since made his home. This place con- sisted originally of three hundred acres, and Mr. Morrill has added to it until it now em- braces five hundred acres. He has turned his attention to stock-raising, especially that of sheep, and is now making a specialty of the milk business. Becoming interested in the massage treatment about four years ago, he took up its practice, and as a masseur has established quite a reputation. He uses the Monroe or deep treatment, and has been very successful in his cases, which have been among the best people of the community. Nevertheless, his farming has, by no means, been neglected. Mr. Morrill has been Select- man of Gilford for three years; and for two years he represented his town in the State legislature, while there serving on the Com- mittee on Agriculture. He is at present Town Treasurer. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Methodist church, in which he has held the office of steward for the past eighteen years. He is a Past Master and is now Lecturer of Mount Belknap Grange, No. 52. In politics he has always been an out- spoken and active Republican. Mr. Morrill was married November 26, 1863, to M. Frances, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Hill) Weeks. Her father, who was a man of some prominence, serving as Select- man and as' Representative, and also holding other offices, was born in 1816, and died in 1884. He had three children — M. Frances, S. Amanda, and Austin B. Mr. and Mrs. Morrill have one child — Leon, now married to Carrie E. Kimball. 'ffTt'OlIN D. OTIS, a leading representative of the industrial community of Farm- ington, N.H., where he is carrying on a thriving business as a blacksmith and gen- eral jobber in iron work, was born in this town, January 15, 1850. His father, William Otis, a son of Micager Otis, was born in Farmington, and here spent his life engaged chiefly in agricultural pursuits. He died in i860, at the age of fifty-three years. In poli- tics be was a sound Democrat, but took no part in local affairs. His wife, whose maiden BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 69 name was Sarah Dealand, bore him eleven children, four of whom survive, namely: A. I. D. Otis; George W. ; Roxie; and John D. John D. Otis attended the district schools of Karmington in his boyhood, and [nit his hand to the plough in early life, working until twenty-eight years old as a farmer. He then established himself as a blacksmith and car- riage repairer, and has since built up an ex- tensive and lucrative business in general job- bing, his work being noted for its durability and superior finish. Honest and upright in his dealings, and taking an active interest in the welfare of the town, he enjoys a wide pop- ularity, and in 1896 was elected as a Repre- sentative to the General Court at Concord, receiving the largest majority ever cast in Farmington. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. On February 12, 1885, Mr. Otis married Miss Susie B. Pitman, of Barnstead, N.H., a daughter of Edward and Ann S. Pitman. They have two children — Harry I^. and John C. Mr. Otis contributes liberally toward the support of the Baptist church, which he and his family regularly attend. -|^TI<:NRY H. THOMPSON, a prominent r^H contractor and builder of Belmont, Ji® ^^ . N. H., and a member of the Board of Selectmen, was born in Gilford, Belknap County, November 2, i860, son of Joseph H. and Sarah A. (Bennett) Thompson. The Thompson family, it is said, are descendants of six brothers — Moses, Amos, Richard, Samuel, Jacob, and John — who were pioneer settlers in Centre Harbor, N. H. Joseph H. Thompson, father of Henry H., was born in Centre Harbor, N.H. He liveil there and at Laconia till about 1S48, when he moved to Gilford, ami there resided until his death in 1861. He was a shoemaker by trade. His wife, Sarah A. ]5ennett, was born in Gil- ford, of which town her ancestors were pio- neers and among the first tax-payers. She became the mother of two children, namely:! luiimaj.; and Henry H., the subject of this sketch. luiima J. married P>nest B. Veasey, a prosperous contractor of Manchester. Henry H. Thompson was educated in the common and high schools of Laconia. After leaving school he engaged in agricultural pur- suits for a time, and in 1S88 he entered into business as a contractor and builder. He has already gained a high reputation for reliable and painstaking work, and has just completed a house and stable in Laconia, costing fifteen thousand dollars. In 1885 he removed to Bel- mont, and erected a large frame house on Ladd Hill, where he accommodates summer boarders. On June 18, 1885, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage with Annie E. Ladd, daughter of Harlan P. Ladd. She was edu- cated at the Laconia High School. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, namely: Ralph H., who died young; Blanche E. ; and Sarah Marion. Politically, Mr. Thompson supports the Re- publican party. He has been a Selectman for the past three years, and as a member of that body has rendered valuable services to the town. He is connected with the local grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and with the United Order of Pilgrim Fathers, of Laconia, N.H. -|p)TENRY E. CHAMBERLAIN, of New r^n Durham, who enjoys the distinction Ji® ^^ . of being the first Republican Rep- resentative to the legislature from this town, was born in Alton, N.H., November 20, 1846, 70 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW son of Durrcll S. ami Lucy (Huckins) Cham- berlain. His father was a native of Alton, as was also his grandfather, John Chamberlain. Uurrell S. Chamberlain has always resided at the homestead in Alton, situated near the New Durham line, and is an active and pros- perous citizen. In politics he supports the Republican party. He married Lucy Huck- ins, a native of Alton, and has three children: Henry E. , the subject of this sketch; Ida C. ; and Ella, wife of Frank B. F"oss, of Farming- ton, N.H. Henry E. Chamberlain attended school in New Durham and Alton, and on the comple- tion of his studies he learned the shoemaker's trade. In i86S he bought the J. B. Young farm, where he has since resided, and, having made various improvements upon the land and buildings, now has one ot the most valuable pieces of agricultural property in this locality. He has availed himself of all modern machin- ery and appliances for general farming and dairying, and his success is the result of his progressive tendencies and excellent judgment. Mr. Chamberlain married Sarah Tucker, of Penacook (apart of Concord, N. H.), and has three children: Stella, wife of Harry C. Knowlton, of Haverhill, Mass.; Arthur D., who is attending the New Hampton Literary Institute; and Lucy, who is now a pupil at the seminary for girls in Exeter, N.H. For several years Mr. Chamberlain acted as Road Commissioner. His election to the House of Representatives in 1896 was considered a notable event in this vicinity, as the Demo- cratic party had succeeded in electing its leg- islative candidate for the past fifty years; and it is predicted that the new Representative from New Durham will do honor to his town, as well as to his party. Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain are Adventists in their religious views. JOHN G. JEWETT, of Laconia, las served the public in various ofifices of trust, and is one of the best known public men of Belknap County. He is also prominent as an officer in some of the leading fraternal organizations of the ilay. A son of Smith and Statira (Glines) Jewett, he was born September 4, 1829, in Laconia, at that time known as Meredith Bridge. His grandfather, Samuel Jewett, was the first permanent settler in what is now Laconia, coming here in 1782, when the country here- about was covered with heavy timber, and game of all kinds was plentiful. He owned more than half the land in what is now Ward Five, his property extending along the east side of the Winnepesaukee River from far above Main Street to some distance below; in fact, he had so much land that he could almost afford to give it away, and he sold the water privilege on this side of the river and seven acres of land for seven dollars. A part of his estate is still owned by the family. His first dwelling was built near the site of Judge Jewett's present residence. Samuel Jewett was a small man, but, like Captain Myles Standish, his courage was greater than his stature. He offered his services at the breaking out of the Revolution; and, being obliged to pass under a pole to see if he was of the requisite height for military duty, he raised himself to his tiptoes, and passed the examination. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and served all through the war. Though not a church member, he was commonly knmvn as "Deacon Jewett." He married Alpheus Smith, and had a family of three sons and five or six daughters. Smith Jewett was born on the homestead in Laconia, and spent his life in this place, working at carpentry, and also following agri- cultural pursuits. He died at the age of ' f BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 73 seventy-five. His wife was a native of North- fielcl, N.II. Tiieir family consisted of five boys and five girls. John G. was the sixth child born to his parents. In his boyhood he attended the public schools of L.aconia and Gilford Acad- emy. After finishing his studies he taught school more or less for ten years, also working at the carpenter's trade. In 1855 he went to South America, where he remained about six- teen months, returning in March, 1S57. He was subsequently employed for eight years in the Laconia Car Works. In 1876 he was ap- pointed Justice of the Police Court of La- conia; and for nearly sixteen years he attended to the duties of his office, presiding with dig- nity and impartiality. In 1891 he resigned; and in April of that year he assumed charge of the post-office in Laconia, having been ap- pointed Postmaster by President Harrison. He resigned this office in May, 1895, and since that time has been retired from public life. Judge Jewett was Registrar of Probate for two years. He began to serve the public nearly forty years ago, being appointed super- intendent of the School Committee of Gilford in 1858. In 1859 he was Collector of Taxes, the three years following he was Selectman of Gilford, and in 1863 he was recruiting ofificer in that town. Me was in the State legislature in 1867 and 1868, elected from Gilford, and while in the House served on the Committee of Belknap County to apportion the State tax. Judge Jewett was a member of the Laconia Board of Etlucation some twelve years. In December, 1855, he was married to Caroline L. Shannon, a native of Barnstead, N.H., and at the time of her marriage a resi- dent of Gilmanton. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett have three children: Stephen S., a jirominent lawyer of Laconia; John B. ; and Katie B. — all married. The Judge has been a free Mason for over thirty years, having joined Mount Lebanon Lodge, No. 32, of Laconia, in 1864; and he is a Past Master of this lodge. He is High Priest of Union Ciiapler, No. 7, R. A. M. ; and belongs to Pilgrim Command- ery, Knights Templar. Though not a profess- ing church member, he contributes liberally to the support of the Congregational church in Laconia. ON. BENJAMIN JAMES COLE, a venerable and esteemed citizen of Laconia, N.H., for sixty years a leading business man and manufacturer of Lakeport, was born in P'ranconia, Grafton County, this State, September 28, 18 14, the son of Isaac and Hannah (Atwood) Cole. His parents had twelve children, and he is now the only survivor of the family. Several emigrants from England having the name of Cole settled in Massachusetts in the seven- teenth century, among them Thomas, the pro- genitor of this branch of the family, who was living in Salem in 1649. It is thought that he came in the "Mary and John" in 1634. His son John removed from Salem to Maiden, Mass., and later to Lynn, where he died in 1703. John Cole's son Samuel settled in Box- ford, Essex County, Mass., in 1717, becoming a farmer in the West Parish. In the early part of the eighteenth century Samuel Cole's son, Samuel Cole, Jr., tiie great-grandfather of Benjamin James Cole, was well known in Rowley and Boxford as a man of solid worth and property. Among his numerous children was Solomon, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, born in 1742. The family was intensely patriotic; and Solo- mon and his brothers — Daniel, Benjamin, PHiphalet, Phineas, Samuel, and Simeon — it is said, jjcrformed all together twenty-seven years of service in the Continental army dur- 74 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ing the Revolutionary War. Solomon was en- ga-^cil in military service throughout the great struggle. He took part in the battle of Bunker Hill and numerous other engagements, and was wounded in the battle of Chippewa Creek. The house in which he lived is still standing in Rowley, and is occupied by one of the name, Caleb Cole. Solomon Cole married a Miss Barker, and had eight sons — Timothy, John, Kimball, Isaac, Benjamin, Solomon, Samuel, and Asa. He was one of the stalwart men to whose patriotism, devotion to duty, and strong religious faith so much of our modern prosperity is due. He lived to the age of ninety-three, spending the last years of his life with his son, the Rev. Samuel Cole, in Lisbon, N.H. Samuel Cole was a preacher of the gospel for forty years; and his son, the Rev. Moores Cole, has been in the Free Bap- tist ministry for forty-eight years. Isaac Cole, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Rowley, Essex County, Mass. In his young manhood he learned the trade of a cooper and later that of a carpenter. He married Hannah Atwood when he was about twenty-three, and settled in Chester, N.H. Mrs. Cole was a woman of deep relig- ious principles, and carried her creed into daily practice. She was a native of Atkinson, N.H., and a cousin of Harriet Atwood, who married the Rev. William Newell, and was the first woman missionary to go from the United States to India, about 1820. Mr. Cole lived in Chester for a few years, when he purchased some land in Landaff, Grafton County, and removed thither, giving his name to Cole's Hill. As he did not incline to agriculture, he went to Franconia to assume the superintendency of the wood-working de- partment of the New Hampshire Iron Manu- facturing Company located in that place. He remained in this position for eight years, and at the expiration of that time removed to .Salisbury, now Franklin village, where he constructed one of the first foundries built in New Hampshire, and carried it on for six years. In 1S27 the great advantages afforded at Batchelder's Mills, now Lakeport, induced him to remove to this place. Here he estab- lished and conducted for nine years the small foundry which was the germ of the present ex- tensive iron works of the Cole Manufacturing Company. Mr. Isaac Cole was a very alert and intelligent business man, and had great mechanical aptitude. He was a valued mem- ber of the Free Baptist church for many years. Benjamin J. was seven years old when his father removed to Salisbury ; and he obtained his education in the schools of that town and in the Noyes School and Sanbornton Acad- emy. In 1836, after an enforced idleness of a year and a half on account of poor health, he, with two brothers, assumed control of his father's iron foundry at Lakeport, under the firm name of Cole & Co. Ten years later the name was changed to that of Cole, Davis & Co. ; and at the close of another decade Mr. Cole became the sole proprietor of the plant. In 1873 the manufactured products of the busi- ness were in such great demand as to necessi- tate the erection of additional buildings, the introduction of new machinery, and a large increase of capital. The Cole Manufacturing Company was incorporated, having a capital of sixty thousand dollars. All the stock, except- ing about eight per cent., was owned by Mr. Cole and members of his family. This com]5any has carried on a very exten- sive business. Its annual product has ranged as high as one hundred and twenty-five thou- sand dollars, and a force of one hundred and sixty men has been employed. Under the present business depression the product reaches BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 75 sixty thousand dollars, and sixty operatives are employed. Machinery is constructed for various kinds of business, such as hosiery, woollen goods, lumber, paper pulp, and paper. During and since the Civil War one hundred thousand dollars' worth of looms have been made in one year. The company also makes a specialty of manufacturing water-wheels. In their forge and foundry they make car axles, agricultural implements, and stoves. Eight sets of machinery, which were the first set up in the State of California for the manu- facture of excelsior, were made here. Mr. Cole was Treasurer and Superintendent of the corporation until [ScS3, when, upon his resig- nation, his son-in-law, Colonel Henry B. Ouinby, was elected to succeed him. This estabUshment has done all the castings for the B. C. & M. R.R. since the road, of which Mr. Cole was one of the projectors, was built. The total product from this one line aggre- gates from ten thousand dollars to thirty thousand dollars per year. The power for this vast machinery is furnished mostly by water, of which there is two hundred horse-power. For only a few months' time in forty years has it been found necessary to use steam. Mr. Cole was one of the incorporators of the Winnipiseogee Steamboat Corporation, for which he, together with the late Captain Will- iam Walker, built the "Lady of the Lake." He is an incorporator of the Lake Village Savings Bank, of which he was ten years Pres- ident; incorporator and for ten years Director of the Laconia National Bank; and incorpo- rator, and until recently President, of the Wardwell Needle Company. For more than half a century Mr. Cole has been immediately connected with the growth and prosperity of Lakeport and one of the vital factors in its flourishing condition. On June 17, 1S38, Mr. Cole was united in marriage with Miss Mehitable, daughter of Nathan and Peace (Clifford) Batchclder, of Lakeport. Five children were horn of this union, three dying in infancy; and two daugh- ters — Ellen A. and Octavia — are now living. Mrs. Cole died on July 15, 1893. On her father's side she was descended from the cele- brated Rev. Stephen Bachiler, the founder of Hampton, N.H.; and on her mother's side she was allied with the old English family of Cliffords, who belonged to the nobility. Gen- eral R. N. Batcheldcr, Mrs. B. J. Cole's brother, having served through the Rebell- ion, was appointed a Quartermaster in the regular army, and advancing through the sev- eral grades became Quartermaster -general. He was retired July 27, 1896, during the ad- ministration of President Cleveland, having reached the limitation age of sixty-four years. Until the breaking out of the Civil War Mr. Cole had always been a Democrat. Since that time he has voted the Republican ticket, and has held many positions of trust and honor in the public service. In 1849-50 he repre- sented Gilford in the State legislature, and in 1866-67 he served on the Governor's Council for the Second Councillor District. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in i86Sand to the National Republican Conven- tion which renominated Abraham Lincoln in 1S64. He is a member of the F"ree ]5aptist church and a Trustee of the New Hampton Institution, and is always ready to devote time and money to the furtherance of works of benevolence or projects caculated to promote the welfare of the general public. For many years he was clerk of the church; and together with Mr. Davis, his former pastor, he built the chapel, and helped to build the first church in Lakeport, as well as the present church, which is more costly, and has a larger society than any other in this county. 76 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW /^rK(3RGE A. SIMPSON, senior mem- V ST ber of the firm of Simpson & Towle, general merchants of Centre Harbor, was born in Rumney, N.H., October 25, 1863, son of Thomas and Adell Grace (Merrill) Simpson. The grandfather, George \V. Simp- son, was a native of West Rnmney. He learned the trade of a shoemaker, which he fol- lowed in addition to farming, and resided in Oxford, N. H. He was a man of considerable local prominence, and served as a Selectman for two or three years. His wife, in maiden- hood Mary Savage, was a native of Oxford. Thomas Simpson was born in Oxford, March 7, 1835. At the age of sixteen he left the homestead, and for several years was em- ployed upon a milk farm in the vicinity of Boston. He then returned to Oxford, and, purchasing a dairy farm, carried it on for some time. Selling his property, he removed to Rumney, where he bought a farm and a saw- mill. After carrying on quite an extensive business here for a few years, he sold the mill, and worked as foreman for three or four years in the employment of the purchaser. At the end of that time he sold his farm, and removed to Rumney village. Some four years later he engaged in the tinware business, which he fol- lowed successfully for sixteen or seventeen years, driving a well-stocked cart, and for eight years making his headquarters in Plym- outh, N.H. He finally settled in Centre Harbor, and is now engaged in agricultural pursuits. His wife, Adell, who is a daughter of George L. Merrill, of Rumney, has had three children, two of whom are living, namely: George A., the subject of this sketch; and Austin G., a resident of Campton, N.H. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simpson are members of the Baptist church. George A. Simpson obtained his education in the public schools of Rumney and at the New Hampton Institute. He commenced his business career in Plymouth as a clerk for Plummer Fox, with whom he remained five years. He then came to Centre Harbor, where, in company with Henry E. French, he started a general mercantile business, uniler the firm name of Simpson & P>ench. On May i, 1894, his partner sold his interest to Frank L. Towle; and the present firm of Simpson & Towle are conducting a thriving trade. On December 7, 1S86, Mr. Simpson was united in marriage with Mabel L. Wyatt, daughter of George Wyatt. Mrs. Simpson is the mother of four children; namely, Percy G. , Leon W., Earl T., and Marian G. In politics Mr. Simpson is a Republican. He served the town as Postmaster for four years, and he was elected Moderator at town meetings in 1896. He is connected with Winncpesaukee Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, in which he is Collector of Wampum. bfREEMAN A. HUSSEY, proprietor of PIj the principal bakery in Somersworth, N.H., is a native of this place, born January 23, 1852, son of John and Mary (Locke) Hussey. He spent his boyhood and youth in the parental home, and obtained his elementary education in the common schools of the vil- lage. When about nineteen }'ears old he began to learn the baker's trade, working in the same shop about eight years, or until May, 1879, when he bought out his employer, and has since conducted the business in his own name. He has one of the largest and best equipped bakeries in Strafford County, and employs four or five men the greater part of the time. Having a thorough practical knowledge of the business, he is able to super- intend it in all its various deixartments. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 77 On October 23, 1878, Mr. Hussey married Miss Celia A. E. Fall, of Sonicrsworth, a daughter of Noah I,, and Amanda (James) Fall. They have two children: Leona Iv, born May 5, 18S0: and Edith A., born July 17, 1882. Mr. Hussey is a stanch Republican, and has been quite active in political matters. In 1887 and 1888 he was a member of th > /^TkORGE H. and JOSEPH S. CLARK, \ ^ I who, under the firm name of George H. Clark & Co., carry on a large lumber business in Meredith, are the sons of Jonathan and Elsie (Sturtevant) Morse Clark. Jonathan Clark, a native of Beverly, Mass., having learned the carpenter's trade, moved in 1S24 to Centre Harbor, N. H., and engaged ill business upon his own account. In 1834 he removed to Moultonboro, N.H., where he followed his trade as a master builder for the rest of his life, and died in April, 1868. In politics he was originally a Whig and later a Republican. He married Mrs. Elsie (Sturte- vant) Morse, daughter of Joseph Sturtevant, of Centre Harbor. She became the mother of four children, namely: Elizabeth, who married Reuben Clough, of Warner, N.H.; Emeline A., now the wife of Samuel Lull, of the same town; and George II. and Joseph S. , the sub- jects of this sketch. She died in 1847. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Clark were members of the Congregational church. George H. Clark, who was born in Centre Harbor, February 13, 1833, acquired a dis- trict-school education, and then learned the carijentcr's trade with his father. He was afterward employed for five years in a piano factory. At the end of that period he and his brother engaged in the manufacture of lumber in Meredith. In politics he is a Republican. He belongs to Chocorua Lodge of Masons and to the Masonic Chapter in Laconia. In i860 George H. Clark was united in marriage with Mary A. Tilton, daughter of Joseph Tilton, of Meredith Centre. He atteiuls the Congrega- tional church. Joseph S. Clark was born in Moultonboro, August 30, 1S38. After completing his stud- ies in the district schools he served an ap|)ieii- ticeship with his father, and afterward lol- lowed the carpenter's trade for a time. At the age of twenty he became a partner in the firm of George H. Clark & Co. The firm are extensive manufacturers ami dealers in all kinds of lumber, and their annual outimt reaches large figures. In 1866 Joseph S. Clark married Eliza J. Wiggin, daughter of Washington Wiggin, of Meredith. Mrs. Clark is now the mother of two chiUlren — Joseph and Mary. In i)olitics Mr. Clark is a Republican. < •••» '^Y^^ORRISON BENNETT, a farmer by occupation, is an influential citi- zen of Alton, Belknap County, N. H. A son of Benjamin, Jr., and Lydia (Morrison) Bennett, he was born June 7, 1S22, in the house he now occupies, a substantial frame dwelling built by his paternal grand- father in 1774. Benjamin Bennett, .Sr. , was one of the ear- liest settlers of Alton, coming here from Dur- ham. He had previously worked out for a few years in New Durham. In Alton he ])ur- chased a one-hundred-and-fifty-acie tract ol wild land, on which he felled the first trees. The Bennett house is probably the first frame dwelling built in Alton, ami in the early days town meetings were frequently held here. Grandfather Bennett lived to be eighty-two years of age, and was twice married. His first wife, from whom he was soon called to part by death, was Betsey March, daughter of Squire Paul March, a well-to-do farmer; and his sec- ond was Mrs. lilizabeth Ciage Bell, daughter of Captain Gage, of Dover, N.II. By the first 86 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW union there was a daughter, Iklsey, who mar- ried Samuel Willey, of New Durham; and by tlie second, there were two sons and three ikuighters, namely: Sarah, who married Jona- than liuzzell; Nancy, who married Squire Uavid Willey; Hannah, who married John Runnals; Gage, who went away when quite young, and was unheard from; and Benjamin, [r. Their mother was first married to Colonel I'"rederick Bell, of Great Island, N.H., who was killed in the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Bennett, Jr., passed his life on the homestead, dying here September 7, 1870, aged seventy-nine years. His wife, Lydia, survives him. She is a daughter of David Morrison, who fought in the Revolution under General John Stark, going into the war when eighteen years old, and serving three years. David Morrison, born in 1763, was of the third generation in descent from Samuel Mor- rison, one of the early settlers of Londonderry, N. H. Benjamin and Lydia (Morrison) Ben- nett had si.x children — Morrison, Albert, John, 1-^veline, David, and a child that died in infancy. David Bennett died when two and one-half years old; Albert, now deceased, re- sided in VVolfboro; John, who emigrated to New York State, and served in the Civil War, in the Seventh Independent New York Bat- tery, died in 1866; Eveline married Jeremiah York, of Dover, N.H. Morrison Bennett in his youth attended pri- vate schools and Strafford Academy a few terms; and then he taught seventeen terms of school winters, and did farm work summers. I'"inally he took up farming exclusively, and upon his father's death purchased the home- stead, which he still owns. Besides attending to his personal affairs, Mr. Bennett has for twenty years served as a Selectman of Alton, has been Town Treasurer, and for two years he represented Alton in the State legislature, being for many years past one of the leading politicians of the town. Mr. Bennett was married on July 17, 1852, to Miss Christiana E. Berry, of Strafford, one of his pupils. They have had nine children; namely, Ina B., Abbie J., Hezekiah H., John M., Charles A., Nettie E., Ered S., Lillian C, and Ira B. Abbie and Nettie died in childhood; Ina B. is the wife of Frank E. Mooney; Ira B. married Lulu V. I'lint, and has one child that is the fifth generation of the family to reside on this place, and the fourth now living here, as the mother of Mr. Morrison Bennett makes her home with him. Mrs. Lydia Morrison Bennett is the oldest person residing in Alton, being ninety-seven years of age. Despite her years, she is re- markably well preserved, with memory and other faculties clear, but somewhat troubled with rheumatism and a slight deafness. The following interesting notice of her aj^peared in the Boston Globe, July 18, 1896: — "Mrs. Bennett has fifteen grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, antl two great -great- grandchildren living. The house in which she now lives was built in 1774 by her hus- band's father; and in its front room to-day stands an old-fashioned tall clock which her husband bought at an auction before their mar- riage, and which has ticked steadily in this same house through all the vicissitudes of the family for seventy-four years. This clock is known to be one hundred and fifty years old. It still keeps the best of time, and its owner is very proud of it. "One remarkable thing about Mrs. Bennett is the fact that she was the daughter of a sol- dier, the wife of a soldier, and the mother of a soldier. Her father served in the Continental army in the Revolutionary War seven years; her husband served in the War of 1812, by reason of which she is now a pensioner; and a BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 87 son, John, served in the Rebellion, dying soon after his return home from the effects of disa- bilities contracted in the service. "Mrs. lieniiett was born less tlian four years after the incorporation of the town of Alton, the centennial anniversary of which was cele- brated June 16, 1896; and her stories of the early days of the town are very interesting. During her married life she has spun wool and linen, and she wove all the cloth necessary for use in her family for clothing and all other purposes. Travelling was all on horseback in her early days; and she used frequently to take a bridle in her hand, and go to the past- ure and catch the horse and start away. In speaking of the difference of the amount of labor performed by the women of to-day and those of her time, she remarked with disdain that the women nowadays, who only had their housework to do, wanted a maid to do that for them. "Mrs. Bennett knits, sews, and reads, with- out the aid of spectacles; and when the corre- spondent visited her she was engaged in taking up stitches preparatory to knitting a stocking. A year ago she finished a quilt of patchwork containing one thousand and seventy-one pieces; and last winter she knit a pair of double mittens, in what is known as the fox and geese pattern, and all without the aid of spectacles. She tells with pride that she knit each of her boys a pair of mittens when they left home, remarking that the last pair was for her grandson. Her hearing is some- what impaired; but her memory is remarkable, and her mind wonderfully clear and strong." |RVIN HENRY SMITH, Commandant of the Soldiers' Home, Tilton, and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Langdon, N.H., February 2, 1840, son of Orin and Merinda (Partridge) Smith. His great-grandfather, Kbenezer Smith, who was a native of Massachusetts, servetl as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and after- ward settled in Langdon, Siilli\'an County. Ezra Smith, the grandfather, who was born in Winchentlon, Mass., September 13, 1778, ac- companied his parents to Langdon when he was ten years old, and was reared a farmer. He followed agricultural pursuits during the active period of his life, and died in Langdon. His wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Henry, reared four children ; namely, Nancy, Alden, Orin, and Franklin. Alden and Orin were twins. Orin Smith, born in Langdon in 1808, re- sided at home until his marriage, after which he engaged in farming upon his own account. In 1 861 he sold his property in Langdon, and bought a farm in Peterboro, N. H., where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1884. His wife, Merinda, was a daughter of Samuel Partridge, of Alstead, N.I I. Of her grandfather, Samuel Partridge (first), a brave Revolutionary patriot, who died in the service, it is related that he insisted ujjon doing duty in the Continental armv, although unable to stand. Herfather, Samuel Partridge (second), who was a native of Boston, settled in Alstead, where he became a prosperous farmer, and was an active member of the Congregational church. She and her husband were the parents of seven children — Ezra M., I'",r\in PL, Harriet M., Albert O., Silas AL, ICmma R., and Alden K. Harriet M. married A. B. Tarbell, of Peterboro, and is no longer living. The mother died January 17, 1889. She was a member of the Congregational church. Ervin Henry Smith began his education in the public schools of Langdon, and completed his studies at the Union Academy in Alstead. At the age of -nineteen he went to Peterboro, 8S BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW and was a clerk in a store until 1864. He then enlisted in Coni])any C, First New llaTupshire Cavalry, which was attached to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Cavalry Corps, under the command of General Sheri- dan. He participated in Wilson's ten days' raid in June, 1864, was present at the battle of Winchester, and remained with the army through the Shenandoah Valley campaign, until the engagement on the back road, No- vember 12, 1864, where he was taken prisoner. He was first confined in Richmond, and later at Salisbury. He suffered much in the latter place, where a hole in the ground was his only siielter, and the supply of food was scanty and of the poorest quality. The prisoners were divided into squads of one hundred men each. Between December 6 and February 22, si.xty- one of Mr. Smith's squad died from hunger and exposure. The prisoners here were offered a chance to enlist in the Confederate army, with the assurance that they would not be ordered into the field. Mr. Smith was paroled on P'ebruary 22, 1865, and was mustered out of service as a Sergeant on June i 5 of that year. Returning to Peterboro, he was engaged in mercantile business there until 1872, when he moved to Springfield, Mass., and was in the hardware trade there for seven years. After this he was again in trade in Peterboro for a time; but on account of failing health he sold his business, and then engaged quite exten- sively in truck farming. When the Soldiers' Home was opened in Tilton, December 3, 1890, he was appointed Commandant by the Board of Managers. The home now furnishes an abiding-place for nearly one hundred veterans. On December 18, 1867, Mr. Smith was united in marriage with Clara L. Gray, daugh- ter of William C. Gray, of Peterboro. He has one daughter, Clara M. In politics Mr. Smith is a Republican. He cast his first Presiden- tial vote at Cedar Creek, Va., for Abraham Lincoln. While residing, in Peterboro he served as Tax Collector for a number of years, was Town Treasurer for seven years, and he resigned from the ]5oard of Selectmen upon his removal. He is a member of Peterboro Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F. ; and a Past Com- mander of A. l*". .Stevens Post, No. 6, G. A. R., of Peterboro, N.H. M UDLEY L. STOKES, M.D., a suc- cessful and [lopular j^hysician of l^ochester, Strafford County, was born in P'reedom, N.H., July 26, 1866, son of Stephen A. and Esther A. (Mills) Stokes. His father, a native of Eaton, N. H., was the well-to-do proprietor of a carriage and carpen- ter shop. The subject of this sketch lived at home with his parents until about fifteen years of age, receiving his education in the common schools. He then went to New Hampton, where he attended the Literary Institute. Later he studied medicine with Drs. Merrow and Lougee, of Freedom, N. H., for about a year. In the summer of 1S86 he entered Dartmouth College, from which he was gradu- ated in November, 1S88, then going to the Long Island College Hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y. , where he took a four months' post-grad- uate course. In May, 1889, he went to Goffs- town, N. H., where he-was engaged in practice for two years, subsequently coming from that place to Rochester. Here he has acquired a good practice, and is numbered among the leading physicians of the town. On October 11, 1889, Dr. Stokes was united in marriage with Miss Sarah I*". Tyler, of F^reedom, N.H. Two sons arc the fruit of their union — Leroy T. and Samuel. Politi- BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 89 call)', Ur. Stokes is a Democrat, but on ac- count of his professional duties has not de- voted much time to jjolitical matters. He was County Physician, however, from Decem- ber, 1 89 1, to December, 1892; was City Phy- sician a year; and served a short time on the Board of Health, from which he subsecjuently resigned. He is a member of Humane Lodge, No. 2, F. & A. M. ; Temple Chapter, R. A. M. ; and Palestine Commandery, K. T. /®Tc I'LORGE WILLIAM YOUNG, a suc- VmT cessful farmer of Rochester, was born in the town of 15arrington, N.H., July 24, 1830, son of Aaron and Lydia (Daniels) Young. The family is of Scotch- Irish descent. James Young emigrated to this country from Scotland, settled in Phila- delphia, and married Margaret Sloan. Their son William, the grandfather of George W. , settleil in the town of Barrington, N.H., and married Charity Howe. Aaron Young, who was born in Barrington, received his education in the district schools of his native town. Soon after his marriage he purchased a large farm in Barrington, and spent the remainder of his life in its cultiva- tion and improvement. In politics he was a Whig, and he was well known throughout all that section of country. He represented the town of Barrington in the New Hampshire legislature, served on its Board of Select- men and in other public ofifices. In re- ligion he affiliated with the Congregation- alists. His death occurred in 1854. He married Lydia Daniels, daughter of Clement Daniels, of Barrington, and had a faniily of si.x children. These were-: Esther, who mar- ried John E. Buzzell, of Durham, and is now a widow; Sophia A., now deceased, who married George S. Hanson, of Somcrsworth ; the Hon. Jacob D., living in Madbury, who was Judge of the Probate Court in Strafford County for seventeen years, and more recently a member of the Governor's Council ; Aaron, who resides in Portsmouth, and is Special Agent for the United States Treasury Department in Boston, Mass. ; Andrew H., Aaron's twin brother, who was Collector of United States Internal Reve- nue for thirteen years, later Uuartermaster, United States Army, and died December 10, 1890; and George William, the subject of this sketch. George William Young received his educa- tion in the district schools of I^arrington. At the age of sixteen years he entered the news- paper office of the Dover I'.nqiiinr as an ap- prentice to learn the printing trade. Upon the expiration of his term of service, being then twenty years old, he bought out a job printing establishment in Dover, and subse- quently carried it on for some three years, when he sold out the business. In 1S57 he became the agent of the New England Protec- tive Union Store at Bow Lake, Strafford, and remained in that position for about two 3'ears. He then engaged in the grocery business on his own account in Dover, and continued in the same until March, 1863. During this period he was chosen to represent his ward on the Board of Selectmen, and afterward in the Common Council. He also served as clerk of his ward for two years. In 1S63 he went into the Quartermaster's department of the United States Army, and remained in the service of the government until the close of the Civil War. Beginning on December i, 1865, he was chief clerk antl cashier of the I'^reedmen's Bureau in the State of Virginia until May i, 1869. Pie then entered the service of the military government of Virginia, and had the oversight and charge of the offices of the Clerk of the Senate, Clerk of the House, and the 9° BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Adjutant-gencrars Department; and he was the Superintendent of Public Printing. Sub- sequently he was appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for Virginia, which office he held for nearly sixteen years, with his headquarters at Clarksville, Va. During his residence in Virginia he was elected by the Republicans for nine successive years to rep- resent Mecklenburg County in the Virginia legislature, where he served on most of the committees. At one time he received from his party a complimentary nomination for Speaker of the House. Throughout the whole period of his residence in Mecklenburg County he was the United States Commissioner there. In the year 18S5 he returned once more to his native State. After residing for about two years in Dover, he came to Rochester, and purchased his present farm of some twenty-five acres, where he has continued to live ever since. Since his arrival he has served the city as the Moderator of his ward. An interesting sou- venir of the war, preserved by Mr. Young, and used by him for several years in Virginia, is a fine mahogany desk, which came from the house occupied by Jefferson Davis all through his presidency of the Southern Confederacy. Mr. Young married Cynthia E. Moody, daughter of Nathaniel and Urania (Hobbs) Moody, of Ossipee, N.H. His six children are: Ella C, who married Herman E. Can- ney, of Dover; George W., Jr., who resides in Brookfield, Mass. ; Aaron Clarence, of Rochester; Emma E., married to George H. Clark, of Dover; Charles Sumner, who resides in St. Louis, Mo. ; and Albert S., living in Rochester. In politics he is a Republican, in religious belief a Congregationalist. He is well content to pass the residue of his days among his kinsfolk and early friends, by whom he is held in the highest regard. OXATHAN LUKE LOVERING, who conducts a flourishing livery business in Tilton, was born in Springfield, N.H., March 29, 1839, son of Daniel ami Sarah (Russell) Lovering. His grandfatlier, Daniel Lovering (first), a native of Raymond, N.H., was one of the early settlers in Spring- field, and became a prosperous farmer of that town. Daniel Lovering (second), father of Jonathan L., was born in Springfield in 1806. He was reared upon the homestead farm, which he inherited; and the active period of his life was de^'oted to tilling the soil and raising cattle and sheep. In politics he was a Democrat. His wife, Sarah, who was a daughter of Jonathan Russell, of Springfield, became the mother of nine children ; namely, Moses H., Sarah P., Levi R., Susan R., Rosina R. , Jonathan L., Lydia J., Augusta M., and Amos E. Of these Moses H., Levi R., Susan R., Rosina R., Lydia J., and Au- gusta M. are no longer living. Sarah P. mar- ried Benjamin P. Cross, of Wilmot, N. H.; and Amos E. married Adella Gage, of Pena- cook, N.H. The father died in Springfield, N.H., December 22, 185 1, aged forty-five; and his wife died in New London, N. H., Julv 25, 1 868, aged sixty-one years. Both were members of the Universalist church. When his father died Jonathan Luke Lover- ing, then but twelve years old, took entire charge of the farm, and thereafter conducted it for four years. In that period his brothers Levi R. and Moses H.died, the former on May 10, 1853, and the latter on the 14th of the same month. At the age of sixteen he moved with his mother, who married again, to New Lon- don, N.H. He acquired a district -school edu- cation, and resided at home until he was about eighteen. He then began to work as a farm assistant; and some four years later he bought of General Luther McCutchins a farm in New BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 9' Lomlon. After this lie was engaged in gen- eral farming and butchering, and he ran a meat cart for six years. Later he bought and ran the stage and mail routes between New London and Potter Place, and that from New London to Bradford for three years. In 1873 he sold his farm and stage lines, and, coming to Tilton, purchased the stage and mail route, together with the livery business connected with the hotel, which was then known as the Dexter House, He ran the stage line from Tilton to Franklin until 1895, when it was discontinued, owing to the building of the railroad from Tilton to P""ranklin. In 1880 he bought the Dexter House, rebuilt it in 1886; and now, bearing the name of the Lovering Hotel, it is one of the finest public houses in this section. He still owns the property, and continues to carry on the livery stable con- nected with it. In politics he supports the Democratic party, and was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1892. On February 11, 1862, Mr. Lovering was united in marriage with Roxanna E. Todd, of New London, daughter of James and Mary (Dodge) Todd. Of his four children two are living, namely: Fred H., who was born Octo- ber 18, 1865; and Wenona D., born July 10, 1882. Fred H., now an architect in Buffalo, N.Y., married Charlotte Calef, of Lowell, Mass., and has one son, Maitland C, born December i, 1894. Mr. Lovering is con- nected with the Knights of Honor. Mrs. Lovering is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church. [ARK H. MATHE.S, a well-to-do farmer and prominent town officer of Durham, Strafford County, was born here, October 2, 1840, son of Jacob and Mehitable J. (Willey) Mathes. Ten genera- tions of this family have been born at the ancestral mansion. l-'rancis Mathes, the ear- liest progenitor and original grant-owner, came here from England in 1640. The grandfather and great-grandfather of Mark H. were both named \'alentine. Jacob Mathes was a stone cutter, and fol- lowed his trade for many years in Ouincy, Mass. Returning to the old homestead in Durham in 1848, he continued at .stone work and contracting until 1872. In politics he affiliated with the Republican party. Offi- cially, he served acceptably as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Collector and Rejjresenta- tive to the legislature. His wife bore him five children; namely, Sarah E., Mark H., Carrie A., Hannah A., and Emma E. Sarah E. married William R. Coffin; Carrie A. married Ambrose C. Hill; Hannah became the wife of George Shrives; and Emma E. is deceased. The father died in 1872, at the age of fifty-six years; and his wife, who lived to be sixty- seven, died in 1S84. Mark H. Mathes removed with his parents to the ancestral abode when he was seven years of age. His district -school education was supplemented by a course of study at Colby Academy in New London, N.H. When his father died he returned home, where he has since managed the farm. Since first exer- cising the elective franchise, he has affiliated with the Republican party, and like his hon- ored father he has attained official distinction. He served as Selectman for three years, being Chairman of the Board in the last year; was a member of the State legislature in 1S85; was Tax Collector in 1893, 1894, 1895, and 1896; and was Road Commissioner in 1895 and 1896. Mr. Mathes has been twice married. By the first union, contracted in 1875 with Emma Clark, there was one child, Jacob, who died in 1890. The maiden name of his seconil wife 92 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW was Zella Stevens. They were married in 1878, and now have two children — Charles E. I', and Albert H. Fraternally, Mr. Mathcs is identified with Swaniscott Lodge, I. O. O. v., of New Market, N.H. ; and with Scammel Grange. Mrs. Mathes is a highly respected member of the Durham Congrega- tional church. STEPHEN SHANNON JEVV- 1{;TT. — "Of the young men of New Hampshire who have made their mark within the past few years, no one has advanced to the front with such rapidity and certainty as Stephen S. Jewett, of Laconia. His success has not been owing to any fortui- tous circumstances, nor to any special advan- tages of birth, education, or wealth, but wholly to his merits as a man of superior ability, of great courage, and of unsurpassed fixity of pur- pose. He is one whom, in homely but expres- sive language, it is safe to tie to." ( T/w Granite Montlily, April, 1895.) Mr. Jewett was born in that part of Gilford, Belknap County, N. H., now included in La- conia, on September 18, 185S. He is the son of John G. and Carrie E. (Shannon) Jewett, and comes of English stock. His great- grandfather, Samuel Jewett, who was one of the Revolutionary patriots in the battle of Bunker Hill, resided for some time in Hollis, N.H., whence he moved to Laconia, he and his brother being practically the first settlers of this place. Smith Jewett, Mr. Jewett's grandfather, was a respected citizen of La- conia; and his son, John G. Jewett, is a native resident of this place, and is a highly esteemed citizen. A gentleman of scholarly attainments, he taught school for a number of years. Stephen Shannon Jewett acquired his early education in the public schools of Laconia and under private tuition by his father. At the age of seventeen he took up the study of law with the Hon. Charles F. Stone, and was prepared for examination for the bar in 1S79; but being under age he was obliged to wait a year. Admitted to the bar in March, 18S0, he began practice in Laconia, and. until i88g conducted an independent business. William A. Plummer then became his partner, and he is still associated with him. During the fif- teen years of Mr. Jewett's active practice few important cases have appeared on the docket of Belknap County without his name in con- nection, either as counsel for plaintiff or de- fendant. His most noted recent case was the celebrated crim. con. suit of Wilcomb against VVilcomb, Mr. Jewett appearing for the plain- tiff. In 1S84 he accepted the position of Clerk of the Supreme Court for Belknap County, as an accommodation to suit the 'con- venience of the court, and served for a short time. He drafted and secured the passage of Laconia's city charter, was the first City Solicitor" elected, and as City Solicitor is still in office. Aside from his legal work he has many financial interests. He is a Director in the Laconia Building and Loan Association, the Laconia Land and Improvement Company, the Standard Electric Time Company, the Laconia Masonic Temple Association, the La- conia National Bank, and the Weirs Hotel and Land Company. Mr. Jewett began to take an interest in pol- itics in 1876 when a youth of eighteen, and was soon recognized as a Republican leader. He conducted the affairs of the Town Com- mittee from 1880 to 1890, and, becoming a member of the State Committee in 1884, was elected Secretary of that body in 1890. He gave ample proof of his efificiency in this capacity during what is known as "the famous Tuttle campaign, the hardest-fought political STEPHEN S. JEWETT. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 95 battle ever known in New Hampshire." In the House of Representatives he was luigross- ing Clerk in 1883, and served at different times as Assistant Clerk and Clerk. "As Clerk of the House of Representatives, who had the making up of the roll, he appeared before the full bench of the Supreme Court in the famous attempt of the Democrats to make him disclose his intentions as to whether or not he intended to place on the roll the names of certain Representatives who had been de- clared elected in town meeting. The great battle over, the 'If Kntitled' will not soon be forgotten in this State, nor will Mr. Jewett's services to the Republican party at that criti- cal juncture. As in all the crises of his life, he rose to the occasion, and suddenly the people of all parties recognized him as the coming man. At the opening of the next campaign, that of 1892, Mr. Jewett was chosen Chairman of the State Committee; and the triumphant election of Governor John B. Smith proved the wisdom of the choice. In 1894 he was again put at the head of the great organization; and, with the experience of two years before to guide him, he secured the elec- tion of the candidate. Governor Charles A. Busiel, by the unheard-of majority of ten thousand votes. At this election he was himself elected to represent his ward in the legislature, and his name was at once put for- ward by his friends as a candidate for the Speakership. With the tremendous prestige which he had attained as leader in the great Republican victory in November, no candidate could stand before him; and he was nominated for Speaker in the Republican caucus by a vote of two to one over his only competitor. He was elected as a matter of course, and has made as good a Speaker as ever presided in our legislative halls." {Graiii/r Montlily.) Mr. Jewett was Colonel on the staff of Gov- ernor Goodell in 18S9. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at St. Louis in 1896 that nominated McKinley for President; and at present, though his contin- ually increasing law ]:)ractice prevents him from entering to any great extent into political work, he is a member of the Executive Com- mittee of the New Hampshire Republican State Committee, and he is on the Executive Committee of the Republican National League. Mr. Jewett was married June 30, 1880, to Annie L. Bray, of Bradford, England. lie had then just started in the practice of law, and had not even an assured income; and his subsequent success he insists is due much more to his wife than to himself. They have one promising boy, Theo S. A member of several bar associations, Mr. Jewett has also formed a number of other social connections. At one time he was a member of the New Hampshire National Guard ; and for several years he belonged to Company K, Third Regiment, of Laconia. In Masonry he has taken all the degrees up to the thirty-second ; and he has been Master of Mount Lebanon Lodge, High Priest of Lhiion Chapter, Master of Pythagorean Chapter, and Commander of Pilgrim Commandery — all of Laconia; and is now an officer of the Grand Council of New Hampshire. In private life he is courteous and agreeable, witii a kindly word always for the absent and those in trouble. < * ■ > I fs^AMES E. HAYES, Sheriff of Strafford County, was born April 13, 1841, in the town nf Earmington, N. H., on the homestead which his great-grandfather, Daniel Hayes, cleared from the wilderness. This homestead was likewise the birthplace of Daniel Hayes, Jr., the grandfather, and of liis son Richard, the fatlier of James E. Each of 96 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW these progenitors was a sturdy tiller of the soil; and each in his turn added to the im- provements already be,<;un on tiie land, and made it his honie. Richard Hayes married Martha A. lidgerly, of Farmington, who bore liim two children, namely: Annie M., who marrieil Alvah M. Kimball; and James E., the subject of this sketch. James E. Hayes, in common with most farmers' sons, received the larger jiart of his education in tlie district school. He left school at the age of thirteen years to learn shoemaking. This trade he afterward fol- lowed for thirty consecutive years. In 1882 he erected in his native town a factory for the manufacture of heels for boots and shoes; and he has since carried it on successfully, build- ing up an extensive business. The factory is now under the charge of his son, Eugene B. Hayes. It was personally managed by Mr. James E. Hayes until 1892, when he was appointed Deputy Sheriff, an office to which he was re-elected the following year. In 1895 and 1896 he served in the capacity of Sheriff of Strafford County with so much ability that he was elected to the office for a second term. In politics he has been a firm supporter of Republican principles, and cast his first Presidential vote for Abraham Lin- coln. In 1872 Mr. Hayes represented the town of Farmington in the State legislature, and in 1887 he served it as Selectman. Dur- ing the administration of President Harrison he took the manufacturers' census of his dis- trict. He is a member of the local grange, and both he and his wife are members of the Congregational church. On November 24, 1870, Mr. Hayes married Miss Mary E. Peavey, of Farmington, a daughter of John L. and Emily Furber Peavey. The only children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hayes are: Eugene B., Deputy Sheriff and manager of his father's factory in Farmington; and John R. , a student of the Dover Business College. » ■ ■ ■ I LPHEUS L. BEAN, a retired farmer and an extensive real estate dealer of Belmont, was born at Loudon Ridge, N. H., February 4, 1820, son of Elijah and Betsey (Mudgett) Bean. The maternal grandfather, Scribner Mudgett, who was pron)inent among the early settlers of this district, emigrated from England about the year 17S3, settled upon two hundred acres of wild land situated in Gilmanton, and there cleared a good farm, half of which he gave to one of his sons. He died at the age of sixty- five years. His ten children were: Edward, Richard, Samuel, John, Mary, Sally, Susan, Betsey, William, and one whose name is un- known. Susan became Mrs. Clifford. Sally taught school for some years, after which she married Levi Sleeper, a prominent farmer. Betsey, born February 29, 17SS, who was William's twin sister, and always resided at the homestead, in 1813 became the wife of Elijah Bean, who was born November 30, 1788. P21ijah and ]5etsey (Mudgett) Bean were the parents of six children, one of whom died in infancy. The others were: Fanny G., Joseph M., Alpheus L. , ]5etsey N., and Erastus Alonzo. Fanny G. , who was born September 10, 1815, married Joshua Wood, son of John Wood, a stone-maker of Hancock, N. H. Joshua Wood, who was a painter, followed his trade in Manchester for a time; and he and his wife passed their last days in Tilton. They had two children, neither of whom is living. Joseph M. Bean, born October 11, 1S17, who was engaged in farming and the live-stock busi- ness until he reached the age of seventy, is still living. His first wife, who was before BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 97 marriage Catherine Tilton, became tlie mother of three children, of whom George, the only survivor, is now residing in Springvalc, Me. l?y his second wife, Ann (Neal) l^ean, who was a native of Meredith, N. II., he became the father of Ellen Bean. Mllen married for her first husband Otis Clark, a well-known citizen of Manchester, who died in 1892, leav- ing one daughter. She married for her second husband Frank Davis, who owns a farm situ- ated upon the dividing line between Manches- ter and Canterbury, N.II. Both her parents reside with her. Betsey Bean, born Novem- ber 18, 1822, died in Lowell, Mass., October 21, 1S39. Erastus Bean, born February 23, 1827, who died in California in 1852, married on December 19, 1850, Augusta Ewer, of Bel- mont. The only child of that union, Flora Elizabeth, died when one year old. Alpheus L. Bean was educated in the dis- trict schools. When his studies were com- pleted he engaged in farming. Having bought a part of his father's farm, he resided there imtil 1847, when he sold the property and en- gaged in the stone business. In 1850 he again turned his attention to agricultural pur- suits, and bought a farm of one hundred and eighteen acres, located in what was called the Jamestown Section of Belmont. He erected a new house upon that farm, and resided there until 1854, when he sold ths estate advantage- ously. From that time until settling upon his present farm he made a business of buying agricultural propert)', which he would improve and sell, realizing each time a handsome profit. Among the estates that jjassed through his hands in this manner were the Ilackett Emery place, a farm located in the French neighbor- hood, and another situated in the Jamestown Section. In 1865 he purchased forty acres of the farm on Ladd PI ill he now occupies. Since then he has increased its size to eighty acres. Aside from carrying on general farm- ing, he had a milk route, and kept ten cows and four horses. He has been successful botJi in speculation and agricultural pursuits, and for many years was one of the most active and industrious residents of Belmont. Some time since he retired from active labor, leaving the management of the farm to his son, and is now devoting his time to looking after his invest- ments, which include some valuable interests in Laconia. In politics he is a Republican; and, though averse to taking ]iart. in public affairs, he was persuaded to serve two years as a member of the I^oard of Selectmen. In 1S44 Mr. Bean contracted his first mar- riage with Polly G. Dow. She was a daughter of Joseph Dow, of Sanbornton, N. H., and died in 1846. In 1850 he wedded Matilda A. Bean, daughter of Joseph Bean, of ]5rentwood, N. H. ; and on April 22, 1869, he married for his third wife Mrs. Addie L. (Leighton) Morrill. Moses Leighton, the father of his third wife, was reared in h'ranklin, N.II., son of Edwin Leighton, was a prosperous farmer of Sanbornton, and was prominent in local politics. He was the father of seven other children; namely, Lydia, Samuel, Ira, Wes- ley, Freeman, Edward, and Joel. Lydia mar- ried C. J. Smith, a foreman in the Laconia Car Works, and had one daughter, Carrie, who died at the age of thirty three years. Samuel enlisted in a New Hampshire Cavalry Regi- ment, and died from disease contracted in prison during the Civil War. Ira, who is an overseer in the Laconia car shops, wedded Martha A. Somes, and became the father of two children, who died at an early age. Wes- ley, who enlisted in the Twelfth New Hamp- shire Volunteers, was killed in the battle of Fredericksburg. Freeman died of tyjilioid fever at the age of twenty-one. Edward, who is overseer of a foundrv in Concord, married 98 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW for his first wife Leltie Currier, of Belmont; and she bore him three children — Archie, Edward, and Grace. Mrs. Bean married for her first husband Frani< Morrill, of Gilford, N. II. By her Mr. Bean has two children — Mattie May and Frank A. Mattie May, born Fci)ruary 26, 1870, was a graduate from the Laconia High School at the age of fifteen, and then took a cla.ssical course at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary in Tilton. After teaching school for a time, she in 1892 married Edward G. Rand, a prosperous farmer of Belmont. I'rank A., born August 18, 1876, was educated at the seminary in Tilton, and is now managing the homestead farm. Mr. Bean was one of the first to join the Christian Church in Laconia. 20UIS WARNER FLANDERS, M.D., of Dover, prominently identified with ^■^ the medical profession as a special- ist in treating diseases of the eye and ear, was born April 27, 1864, in Wickford, Washington County, R.I., son of the Rev. Alonzo B. Flanders, D. D., and a grandson of the late James F'landers. The grandfather was a man of some prominence in Vermont, where his death occurred when seventy-si.x years old. The Rev. A. B. I^'landers, who was born in Chelsea, Vt., December 6, 1829, received his early education in Exeter, N. H. He then studied for the ministry with Bishop Carleton C. Chase, of this State, and was duly admitted to priestly orders at Claremont, N.H., in June, 1853. Soon after this event he was called to Wickford, R.I., where he labored twelve years as rector of St. Paul's Church. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Fourth Rhode Island Volunteer Infan- try, and served as Chaplain at the front for two years. During this time he was twice stricken with malarial fever. The second attack was so severe that only the bravery of his devoted wife, who made her way through the lines and nursed him back to health, could have pre- vented a fatal termination. After his return to Wickford, acting upon the advice of his physician, he went to Vermont, hoping to ben- efit his health by a stay in the mountains. In December, 1868, he settled in Chester, Vt., where he afterward founded St. Luke's Churcii, of which he was rector for fifteen years. Af- terward he spent a short time at White River Junction, Vt., and then removed to St. Al- bans, in the same State, where he is still actively engaged in his ministry, which now covers a period of more than forty years. He is one of the oldest and most highly esteemed ministers of Vermont. His degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by the Ver- mont University. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the diocese, an K\- amining Chaplain, and has served as a dele- gate to the General Convention several times. His wife, in maidenhood Sarah A. Ide, was born in Windsor, Vt., daughter of Simeon Ide. Mr. Ide was well known in literary and po- litical circles, having been an editor, pub- lisher, and politician, and the founder of the Vermont Journal and the American Yioman, both of which he established in iSiS. In 1815 he printed in an old blacksmith shop the first edition of the New Testament ever printed in New Hampshire. He was de- scribed as "leader among men," was a mem- ber of the State militia, and he had an extensive acquaintance with the most promi- nent politicians of his native State. He lived to the venerable age of ninety-four years. Louis W. Flanders obtained his early edu- cation in the common schools of Chester and the Stevens High School at Claremont, N. H. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 99 Subsequently ho entered the University of Vermont, and graduated from the medical de- partment in the summer of 1885. Then he began the practice of general medicine at Highgate, \'t., remaining there a short time. The Doctor removed then to Brandon, Vt. , and in the following year was associated with A. T. Woodward. Going thence to Castleton, Vt., he continued in practice there until iSgo, when he gave up his general work and re- moved to Burlington, in the same State. Here he was assistant to J. H. Woodward, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Otol- ogy, and Adjunct Professor of the Materia Medica in the University of Vermont. Dr. Flanders remained in Burlington three years, becoming skilled in the branches of study in which he was specially interested. In 1893 he opened an ofifice in Dover, where as an oculist and aurist he now possesses a lucra- tive practice within a circuit of twenty miles. On December 26, i8go. Dr. Flanders mar- ried Miss Annie Miriam Hilton, of Chester, a companion of his early childhood and a school- mate. Politically, the Doctor is a stanch Re- publican, but takes no active part in public affairs. Socially, he is prominently identi- fied with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to ]?urington Lodge, No. 100, F. & A. M., of Burlington, of which he is a Past Master; to ]3urlington Chapter, R. A. M. ; to Orphan Council, R. & S. M., Dover; to Burlington Commandery, K. T. ; and to the Vermont Consistory, A. A. S. , Northern jurisdiction. "ON. WILLIAM E. WATERHOUSE, the proprietor of a large farm in Bar- rington, his birthplace and present home, was born January 31, 1S45, only child of Jeremiah and Martha A. (Winkley) Water- house, and grandson of Jeremiah Waterhouse. Timothy Waterhouse, the father of Jcicmiah Waterhouse, Sr., was the first of the family to settle in Barrington. Jeremiah Waterhouse, Jr., served a four years' a|iprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, and then took up the business of building on contract. This he followed successfully for twenty-five years, after which he retired to a farm and engaged in agriculture. I'ormerly a Whig, after the formation of the Republican party he became an adherent of that organiza- tion. In 1859 and I S60 he was a member of the State legislature; and from 1861 to tlie time of his death, which happened in 1888, he was Postmaster of Barrington. In the latter ofifice he was succeeded by his widow, who con- tinued to hold it thereafter until her death in 1892. William E. Waterhouse was educated in the common and high schools of Barrington and at Franklin Academy of Dover. Being the only child, he lived with his parents until their death. In the home farm he has about three hundred and fifty acres. Besides this he owns other land amounting to four hundred and fifty acres. While gi\'ing due attention to his real estate and other interests, he has taken a very active part in jniblic affairs. He was first elected to ofifice in 1867, when he became Town Clerk, in which capacity he afterward served the town until 1S71. During the ne.Nt two years he was legislative Repre- sentative. In 1876 and 1877 he served as Selectman, and in 1886 he was re-elected to serve until the sjiring of 1890; and he was Chairman of the Board for two years of that time. In 1882 he was elected Count)' Com- missioner, and afterward held the ofifice two years. Since 1887 he has been Moderator at town and school meetings. He has served on the Scliool Board for the past foui' years. In 1893 he was elected to the New Hani[ishire BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW Senate from the Twelftli District, on the Re- publican nomination. For tlie past twenty years he has Ijccii a member of tlic State Cen- tral Republican Committee. On February i, 1868, Mr. Waterhouse mar- ried Miss Flizabeth S. Hale, of Barrington. His children are: Jeremiah, born April 14, 1875; and Ruth, born June 22, 1887. In the fall of 1896 Jeremiah was elected to the legislature, and celebrated the event by giv- ing a supper to over a thousand of his friends. He belongs to the third of the three gen- erations of the Waterhouse family that have represented Barrington in the legislature. The Hon. William E. Waterhouse is a mem- ber of Centennial Grange; of Wannalancet Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, of Dover; and of Mount Pleasant Lodge, I. O. O. F., of the same place. iALVIN JENKINS, a successful farmer of Barnstead, was born here, April 30, 1840, son of Joseph and Lydia Ann (Merrill) Jenkins. John Jenkins, Joseph's father, who came to Barnstead from Lee, N.H., purchased a tract of land near Suncook Pond, on which he settled, and subsequently became the owner of considerable land in Lee. He died in the latter place. His children were: John, Joseph, Lois, Hannah, Sally, and William. John, who lived and died in Lee, N.H., leaving five children, represented his town in the State legislature and held other offices. Sally married John M. Chesley, and lived in Barnstead. Lois married Sargent Hanson, and now resides in Madbury, N. H. Hannah married Jacob Odcll, of Durham, and had one child, who died while attending col- lege. William, who was a manufacturer of starch in different places in New York, and died in 1895, married Joanna Foss, who died some years ago. They had five children, of whom Louisa, Fannie, and Emma are living. Joseph Jenkins, born in Lee, removed when a young man to Barnstead, where he took up farming, and subsequently became the largest land-owner in this town. He was also quite largely engaged in buying and selling timber lots. In politics he was a loyal Republican. Whenever he was a candidate for office, he was always successful. He was Selectman for many years, and he represented the town in the State legislature for two years. In relig- ion he was a strong believer in the tenets of Quakerism. He lived to be ninety two years old. The first of his two marriages was con- tracted with Miss Nancy Walker; and the second with Miss Lydia Ann Merrill, daugh- ter of Elisha Merrill. By the first there were five children; namely, William A., Joseph, John, Oren, and Louisa. Of these, Joseph, John, and Oren are living. Louisa died in girlhood. The children of the second mar- riage were: Charles F., Everett, Lewis and Louisa (twins), Calvin, Melvin, Mary and Lyman (twins). Everett served in the Civil War until a severe" wound, received at the battle of Fredericksburg, obliged him to re- turn home. Lewis and Melvin were also sol- diers in the war. Lewis was wounded in the foot. After the war Melvin served for a time on the police force of Manchester, N. H., and there subsequently became the City Marshal. Lyman is now a Deacon in the First Congre- gational Church of Barnstead. After acquiring a common-school education, Calvin Jenkins took up farming with his father, with whom he remained until he was twenty-si.x years of age. Then he started out for himself, continuing in the same occupa- tion on a farm on Beauty Hill, that his father gave him, containing one hundred acres. The buildings were subsequently destroyed by fire, BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW entailing a licavy loss to him. Afterward, in 1892, he purchased the place at Barnstead Parade where he now lives. Mr. Jenkins is one of the representative farmers of the town. He is prominent in the Republican party. In 1888 and 1889 he was elected Deputy Sheriff of Belknap County, and served two years. Re-elected in 1892, 1894, and 1896, he is still serving in that capacity. On pre- vious occasions, when he was a candidate for ofifice, the Democrats carried the elections. On February 26, 1S62, l\ir. Jenkins married Miss Hannah M. Sackett, daughter of Noble Sackett, of Barnstead, who had eleven other children. Mr. Sackett, who came to Barn- stead from Massachusetts and was the first shoemaker in this town, followed his trade up to the age of sixty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have one son, Edgar, who is em- ployed by the American E.xpress Company, Boston. Edgar married Grace A. Willey, daughter of Horatio G. Willey, of Barnstead, and now has one child — Harold W. , born April 7, 1895. Mrs. Calvin Jenkins is a member of the First Congregational Church. LVAH B. FLANDERS, Tax Collector of Alton, was born upon the farm he now occupies, in West Alton, son of Andrew and Betsey (Eaton) F^landers. His grandfather, Ezekiel Flanders, in young man- hood accompanied his parents from Amesbury, Mass., to Alton, and later, in West Alton, took up a tract of fifty acres of wild land, and converted it into the farm now owned by his grandson, Alvah B. Ezekiel, who was prob- ably the first settler in this part of the town, besides clearing thirty acres of his land, hauled lumber on sleds to Gilmanton. He finally erected a frame house, and resided here until his death. He married for his first wife Susannah Buzzell, and reared five chil- dren — Andrew, luioch, Sally, IClizabcth, and Su.san. Enoch, who settled upon land in Gil- ford given him by liis father, about one mile from the homestead, married, and raised a family of three sons and three daughters. Sally became the wife of Jacob Leavitt, of Gilford, and left one daughter. IClizabeth married Lyman Blaisdell, a farmer of Gilford; and of her family there is one sin'vivor. Susan married William B. Hinckley, of Alton, and had a family of six childien. The mother died at the age of seventy-five; and the father, who was then eighty years old, married Betsey Davis, and passed the last ten years of his life happily with his second biide. His second wife died at ninety-two. Andrew Flanders, born in Alton in 1790, was nine months old when his parents moved to West Alton. When a young man he settled and erected a house on a part of the homestead property. He finally succeeded to the ownershiji of the entire farm. Energetic and industrious, he became prosperous, and added about one hundred acres to the tract. He supported the Democratic part}' in politics, and acted as a Justice of the Peace for many years. He was one of the first Adventists in Alton, and continued in that belief until his death, which occurreil in 1872. His wife, Betsey, who was a nati\e of Pittsfield, N.H., became the mother of a large family of chil- dren, nine of whom lived to maturit\'. These were: John K. , Sally, lizekiel S. , Andrew S., Betsey, Aniasa K. J., Dana J., Ilezekiah 11, and Ah'ah B. John ]■'.. died in Laconia, leav- ing one son. Sally became tlie wife of John Carr. Andrew S. married in Newburyport, Mass., and resided there for the rest of his life. Amasa married, and resided in Alton Dana J. died in Salem, and left four daugh- ters. Betsey died at the homestead, aged BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW twenty-two years. Hezekiah moved from Gil- ford to Salem, where he died. Mrs. Andrew Flanders died in i was a son of John Dalton, whose father came from the north of Ireland. Sam- uel Dalton enlisted in the Continental army for the short term when eight years old, and afterward re-enlisted for four years. In 1793 he settled upon a farm in Northfield, and died in upper Gilmanton, January i, 1837. He married for his first wife Polly Myrick, who was born in Hampstead, N. II., March 16, 1778, and died July 18, 1820. His second marriage was contracted witii Mrs. Rachel (Gile) Wadleigh. Absalom Dalton, the father of Henry O. , was born in Northfield, July 31, 1801. When a young man, he taught school in Stewarts- town, N. H. Later, in Massachusetts, he learned the stone cutter's trade, and followed it for some years in some of the largest quarries of New England. Afterward for thirty years he followed agriculture in North- field and Sanbornton. Upon the death of his wife he took up his residence with his son, Henry 0. His death occurred in October, 1 888, at the age of eighty-seven years. In politics he was a Democrat. His wife, Har- riet B. , who was a daughter of Caleb Aldrich, of Northfield, became the mother of seven children, five of whom reached maturity. Of these there are living: Henry O. , the subject of this sketch ; and Urana M., the wife of Eben B. Calef. The others were Ransom S. , Mary A., and George W. Mr. and Mrs. Absalom Dalton were members of the Free Baptist church. Henry Quimby Dalton was educated in the district schools. When ten years old, his father's house, including all the furniture, with the e.xception of a chair and a bed, was sold to satisfy a note which the elder Dalton had indorsed. In consequence young Henry then went to work upon a farm in Hookset, N. H. Thirteen months later, he left Hook- set for Belmont, where he worked upon differ- ent farms. When fifteen years of age, he began to learn the stone cutter's trade with his father at Sanbornton; and he has since fol- lowed it at intervals. When twenty-one years old, he purchased the Jerry Gilman farm. I,ater he sold that estate; and in 1866 he HENRY Q. DALTON. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 107 puichiised his present pnipeity, which now contains about two hundred acres. He culti- vates fifty acres, keeps tliirty head of cattle, seven or eight horses, ami employs several assistants. The greater part of his farm prod- ucts are used at the Lakeside House. He also owns considerable real estate in Laconia. In 1869 he began keeping summer boarders. As the business increased, he found it neces- sary to enlarge his house. The Lakeside, which occupies a sightly location on the shore of Lake Winnisquani, and has ample accom- modations for one hundred guests, is the larg- est summer resort in Tilton. From May to September it is filled with patrons, some of whom come from Florida and San Francisco. In politics Mr. Dalton is a Democrat. He has served the town well and faithfully in the various capacities of Selectman, Tax Collec- tor, Road Agent, Supervisor of Church List, and Appraiser of the Town. He has acted as a Justice of the Peace for fifteen years. On December 11, 185 1, Mr. Dalton was joined in marriage with Mrs. Sarah S. (Gil- man) Weston, daughter of Moses Gilman, of Sanbornton. By her first marriage Mrs. Dal- ton had one son — Amos G. Weston, M. D., born October 29, 1846. He studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pittsburg, and Cincinnati, practised in Yellow Springs, Ohio, luitil his health failed, and died of consumption in Poor- est City, Minn., P'ebruary 16, 1867. In Janu- ary, 1865, he was married in Yellow Springs to Ilattie D. Chamberlain; and he left one son — Willie Herman, who is now a farmer in Ashland, Neb. Willie Herman Weston mar- ried IClla Vance, and has three children living. By her present husband Mrs. Dalton has one daughter — Mary Hattie, now the wife of Mar- cellus W. Bennett and the mother of five children — Harry Halford, Mar.shal P'rank, Jean L. , Leeland Wilson, and I^lwood Vance. Harry Ilalfortl Bennett, bom N'o\emlier 22, 1873, has always resided with his grandpar- ents, and is now the junini p;ulner in the liini of Dalton & Pennctt. lie mairied yXiinie .S. , daughter of l-'rank I.ea\iH. of Laconia. Mr. Dalton, Sr. , is connecteil with the grange in Tilton, and is a member of the People's Chris- tian Church of Laconia, having been an ni-- ganizer of both societies. ORACI-: T. BAlil!, a well kn.iwn ami pojndar citizen of Dover, is a nati\'e ^ \ of Strafford Count)'. He was born September 8, 1842, at 15arrington, on the farm on which his paternal grandfather, Thomas Babb, settled in the early part of the last cen- tury. His father, Joseph T. Babb, was a farmer, and likewise woi'ked at the carpenter's trade, in which he was ([uite skilful. He was three times married. His first wife, in maidenhood Abigail Cater, dietl, leaving him three children, namely: Dennis A., who died at the age of fifty-si.\ years; Martha S., also deceased; and I'llizabeth J. His second wife, whose maiden name was Mary B. Tibbetts, bore him two children — Henry H. and Horace T. Henry IL, the elder of the two, enlisted in 1861 in Company K, Seventh New Hampshire \'ohmteer Infantiy, and died, while serving in the late war, at Beaufint, N.C. Joseph T. Babb's third marriage was contracted with ;\bigail Kimball, who bore him three children. These were: Mary ;\., who died in i88i ; and John C. and P'rank H., both of whom are living. The father died May 4, 1S92, in his eighty-ninth )'ear. Plorace T. Babb grew to man's estate on the home farm, acquiring his early education in the district schools, and comjileting it ;it the village high school. While attending the latter institution, throughout the teini fi)llow- io8 BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ing his eighteenth birthday, he walked the in- tervening distance of four miles between it and his home morning and evening. On at- taining his majority, he went to ]'"armington, this county, and secured work in the mills of Mr. W. W. Hayes, a manufacturer of rough lumber, carriages, and boxes. Here he re- mained three years, being foreman of the mills in the latter part of the time. After occupying a similar position in a lumber-mill at Rochester, N. H., for a while, he returned to his first employer, and worked for him a few years more. I'or the succeeding two years he was employed in a shoe shop of Farming- ton, whence he came to Dover, accepting an- other position. A few years later he was in business for a short time with Manny & Ahl, shoe manufacturers of Rochester. He subseciuently disposed of his interest in the factory, and was employed by C. W. Thurs- ton & Co., of Farmington, and later was foreman of an ui^per leather and stitching room for three and a half years in Wolfboro, N. H. f laving again returned to Farmington, Mr. Babb had entire charge of the lumber, box, and board mills of Mr. Hayes for four and a half years. Removing from there to Dover, he next became agent for L. W. Nute & Co., shoe manufacturers, continuing in the same position with Mr. Nute's successor, C. H. Moulton, until 1894. Since then he has lived retired from business. Mr. Babb was married June 12, 1 87 1, to Miss Carrie A. Nute, who was born in Boston, August 28, 1844, daughter of Cyrus W. and Elmira (Banfield) Nute. Politicallv, Mr. Babb is an earnest advocate of the principles of the Republican party. He served most acceptably as a Representative of the town of Harrington in the State legislature in 1871, and as Alderman from Ward One of Dover in 1893 and 1894. He has been, identified with the Masonic fraternity since 1867, being a member of Fraternal Lodge, Farmington, N. H., and afterward becoming a charter mem- ber of Moses Paul Lodge of Dover. He is also a member of the Columbia Council, I'^arm- ington ; of St. Paul's Commandery, of which he is Standard-bearer; and of the Dover Lodge of Perfection. Mr. Babb also belongs to the Odd P^ellows, having afifiliation with the Woodbine Lodge, of Farmington; the Royal Arcanum, of Wolfboro; the Order of Elks, of Dover; and the Dover Bellamy Club,